Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 293.

Offer Prizes For Decorated Homes

A city-wide contest, with a SIOO defense bond as first prize, and other zope prizes, to beautify Decatur with outside Christmas decorations on the homes of the city, will be sponsored this year by the Decatur Daily Democrat in cooperation with the Homestead association and the Stratton Place association. Last year the two associations sponsored contests for their own sections, which created great interest, and many unusual displays, including one with a southwest Spanish motif, anpther mosaic lighting effects with black light to bring out color warmth, and many others. Idea Grew This led to the idea that Decatur could do much to brighten Christmas and recall the religious theme of Christ’s birthday by home decorating. Van Wert, 0., is known for its peony festival, Bluffton for its street fair, Portland for its county fair races, but Decatur has no such publicity-winning and publicdrawing attractions at present. The contest will be run on a trial basis this year to see if the people are enthusiastic enough to draw area-wide attention to the city. Districts Described Entry blanks will be published in the newspaper so that judges /a. will'know where to look for the homes to be judged. i The city will be divided into four districts, as follows: District one, north of Adams, west of the Pennsylvania railroad. District two, north of Adams, east of the Pennsylvania railroad, including Stratton. District three, south of Adams, east of Winchester street, including Homestead. District four, south of Adams, west of Winchester street., • Judges will be appointed to judge the city-wide contest, and the special area contests. All north of Adams, including Stratton, will be judged on -December 21. All south of Adams, including Horpestead. an December 22. For first in each district, a $25 defense bond will be given. In addition, Stratton place and Homestead will also award cash prizes for their districts. Homestead and Stratton Norman Steury, Homestead Advertising Index Advertiser Adams County -s— 4 Adams Theater 3 A&P Tea Co. 3 Beavers Oil Service 4, 5 Bower Jewelry Store 2,3, 4 Burk Elevator Co. ...- 5 Butler Garage —, —— 5 Budget Loans 2 Briede Studio 3 Cowens Insurance Agency 2 Decatur Super Service — 5 Fairway -3, 6 Farm Bureau Insurance — 2 Holthouse Drug Co —--— 3 Holthouse Furniture Store 6 Kelly Dry Cleaners 3 Myers Cleaners -— 2 Mies Recreation — 6 Price Men's Wear — 2 L. Smith Insurance Agency 5 Schmitt Meat Market 4 Stucky & Co. 4 Shaffer’s Restaurant — . 2 Teeple — 5 Uhrick Bros. 2, 3 Zintsmaster Motors 4,5, 6

HIGH PRICES—Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, president of the American Association of Retired Persons, tells a Senate investigating committee in Washington that three drug manufacturers refused to sell supplies to a pharmacy set up to fill mail order prescriptions for retired persons at discount prices./

Decatur Stores Open Tonight For Your Christmas Shopping!

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1 * chairman, announced that prizes ■ of $25, sls, $lO and $5 will be ’ awarded for the first four places • in that area. Robert Worthman is - serving with Steury on the com- ’ mittee to decorate Homestead. ’ Lights must be on December 22 be- ’ tween 7 and 9 P-m. to be judged. Mrs. Clark Mayclin has been 1 named chairman of the Stratton 1 Place decorations committee, ’ where the judges will name three ■ winners between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Monday, December 21. Winners of the special contests ’ will be eligible for the overall city decorations contest winner, but not for the four district championships. The grand champion of the outdoor home Christmas lighting ' contest may be one of the six area winners. ■ Motion Overruled By Judge Parrish l ! A motion to strike out parts of ' a petition, in the Ray McDougal et al, vs the city plan commission. Mies-Dawson Realty Co. Inc., and 1 the city council, was overruled this ' morning by Judge Myles Parrish ! in circuit court. The ruling, in effect, showed that a declaratory judgment and a writ of certiorari can be combined in ■ one action. The ruling, however, has no basis on the writ itself, ■ which may be set for review soon, ■ if no further preliminary actions are filed by either side. The petition by the plaintiff re- ’ quests that the circuit court review the legality of the city council ' and plan commission in its part in 1 the passage of an ordinance, al- ! lowing the Mies interests the right ' to construct on its own property a $300,000 bowling emporium and ! parking facilities, on U. S. 224, 1 near the Schwartz Ford Motor ’ Sales, Inc. Several preliminary , motions ’ have been filed and answered by ' both parties in the case, and few actually remain, which could be ’ filed, if either side wished to do so. Should none be filed, the case would be reviewed by the court and a decision rendered.

i Seek Squeeze Play iOn Steel Industry

’ WASHINGTON (UPD — Federal mediators watched aluminum : contract negotiations in Chicago ! today for a bargaining pattern • tht could lead to a possible set- ! tlement of the steel dispute. ! Federal Mediaion Director Jo- ’ seph F. Finnegan, who suspended 1 steel talks here last week be- ■ cause of lack of progress, has ( said that “a settlement area” for ! steel might emerge from the • aluminum sessions. f 1 Steel workers President David 1 J. McDonald and other top union ! officials planned to sit in on the > negotiations opening today with I Alcoa, giant of the aluminum ini | dustry.

School Study Group « Appoints Chairmen The Adams county study committee, which was established recently in all the counties throughout Indiana as part of the consolidation of schools program, met Saturday morning, establishing the educational areas which will be surveyed, and appointing the chairmen to the committees. The nine-man group also decided to select a county-wide advisary committee from Decatur. Berne, Monroe and Geneva residents. They will also announce the name of a well-known educator who will serve as professional advisor to the group. Committees and Chairmen The committees and the chairmen named are: School census, Harold Schwartz, of Adams Central, and Elmer Johnson, of Jefferson township; school building and facilities, R. H. Everett, of St. Mary’s township; curriculum, W. Guy Brown, of Decatur, who will direct a sub-committee of all principals and superintendents; transportation, E. Burry, of Hartford township; finance, Luther Yager and L. A. Mann, of Berne and Geneva, respectively; and publicity. August Selking, of route 2. Decatur, and Gail Grabill, of Decatur. Each of the above areas wfll be scrutinized carefully by the chairmen and their committees with a report forthcoming for study and evaluation by the nine-mem-ber group. Select Advisory Group In selecting the county-wide committee, the township trustees and township advisory boards will present 10 names each to the group, while the town boards of Geneva and Monroe will also present 10 names to the group. Berne city council will be asked for 20 names, and Decatur’s council will be asked to select 50 names. All of those selected will then be asked to serve on the advisory committee to gain information for the study committee. Many other areas of the county school system wifi also be dissected and studied by the group within the major areas listed. This is why a county-wide committee, which may assist in procuring specific data, has bene selected.

Attempt Sqneese Hay Union sources said the Steelworkers hoped to complete a squeeze play on the steel companies this week by signing new contracts with the major aluminum producers. The union recently reached agreements with can manufacturers and copper companiesThis is part of a campaign to convince the public that the big 11 steel firms are to blame for the deadlock in their negotiations because of a hold out attitude, the union sources said. Another Steelworkers’ aim is to reverse bargaining precedent by trying to set a wage-benefit pattern in can, copper and aluminum contracts that the steel indusry wil be compelled o follow. Issues Warning Government observers said any fact-finding board or similar neutral panel which may be requested to make recommendations to settie the steel dispute could not ignore terms of 1959 can or aluminum contracts. Sen. Kenneth B. Keating <RN. Y.) voiced another warning Sunday of probable congressional intervention unless the steel dispute is settled before the stay-at-work court order to he workers expires Jan. 26. ‘•lf here is no settlement by Next January, or even if there is one, it is likely that Congress will be asked to step in,” Keating said. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy through Tuesday with seme Mattered light rain beginning late tonight and continning Tuesday. A little warmer most sections and tn south Tuesday. Sunset 5:21 p.m. e.s.t., 4:21 p.m. c.s.t. Low tonight 34-42. Sunrise Tuesday . 7:59 a.m. e.s.t., 6:59 a.m. c-s.t. High in 495, low Tuesday night upper 39s north, 45 south. Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy with rain, high 49 north, 48 south. *' *

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Eisenhower Carrying World Peace Crusade -A Jf; Into Iran And Greece — ’■ ■■■— l " 1 r" - ■— l ' ' ■-■!!! ■

NATO leaders Meet Tuesday

PARIS (UPP) — Secretary of State Christian Herter assured NATO today that American defense forces will remain in Europe at present strength at least until the end of 1961. But he and Undersecretary C. Douglas Dillon told France and the other Allies the United States expects them to start carrying heir fair share of the Western defense burden, according to insources. Herter was moving in on a major NATO squabble before the family spat could mar the forthcoming Western summit meeting starting here next week. Some U.S. officials had accused Americaa’s 14 NATO Allies of falling behind in supporting the alliance. The battle betan when Gen. Nathan F Twining, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a secret meeting of NATO military chiefs Thursday that some nations, notably France, were weakening the alliance by failing to meet their military commitments. France, deeply hurt, let it be Kwasneski Infant Dies This Morning The month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kwasneski died in her sleep this morning at the Kwasneski residence. Anne Jeanne Kwasneski, who received the sacrement of baptism Sunday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church, was born Nov. 14 at the Adams county memorial hospital, the fourth Kwasneski daughter. Death was caused by acute pneumonia. Besides her parents, she is susvived by three sisters, Mary, 3. Susan, 2, and Jane, 1; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kelver, of South Bend, and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Kwasneski, of South BendThe father is an Indiana state trooper. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, at 10 a. m. in St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Very Rev. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the .Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 p. m. today. Robert C. Insley Is Taken By Death Robert C. Insley, Sr., 55, of 5725 Upper Huntington road. Fort Wayne, died Sunday afternoon at St. Joseph’s hospital in that city, where he had been a patient 13 days. He had been a car salesman for 33 years and for the past six years, operated the Insley Stone House restaurant west of Fort Wayne. Mr. Insley was a member of the Wayne Street Methodist church. Surviving are his wife, the former Winifred Merriman of Decatur; two sons, Robert C., Jr., of Seal Beach, Calif., and William W. of Fort Wayne; one daughter. Mrs. Eugene Ackerman of Fort Wayne; one brother, Edward Insley of Fort Wayne, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the Elzey home for funerals, Waynedale, the Rev. Paul Sago officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today.

understood she took a “grave view” of the charges. President ' Charles de Gaulle flew back to Paris today from a meeting of ( French community nations in Africa and was expected to join in the fracas. Herter scheduled meetings to- ; day with British Foreign Secretary Selwytr Lloyd and other NATO leaders on the eve of the annual meeting of NATO foreign ministers which starts Tuesday. Western summit talks start Dec. 19. Herter had his work cut out for him. On the one hand, the French greeted his arrival here Sunday With the chilly reserve that might be expected from those whose feelings have been ruffled. On the other hand, there was Uttle enthusiasm among the United States’ other European Allies over advance American warnings her Allies would in future have to carry' a larger share of the NATO defense burden. Selective Service Knds Seven Yquths even Adams countk'young men wefct to Indianapolis this iMMwWg, one for induction into the nation’s armed forces, and six for physical examinations under selective service. Larady A. Brown, a volunteer; was sentlor induction. Those taking examinations prior to induction were Donald Wayne Gerke, , Jarry Lamar Rhodes, Larry Dale Parry, John David Neireiter, Roger Dean Sipe and Ronald David Bleeke. Arnold Thieme Home Destroyed By Fire Fire fighting units from Wren and Willshire, 0., assisted the Decatur fire department in battling a major blaze at the Arnold Thieme residence, route 5, Decatur, about five miles from the city limits, IVt miles north and 2 miles east of the Decatur airport. The entire house was gutted and a spokesman for the fire department as a total loss. The Thieme family was at the Emmanuel Lutheran church for Sunday services when the misfortune occurred. The cause of the fire at the 47-year-old structure was not immediately determined by the fire officials or the family. Although the loss was partially covered by insurance, the family lost everything they owned and their residence by the blaze. Thieme, who farmed on the land and also is a drainage contractor, and his wife and five children are temporarily staying with a brother, Amos Thieme, nearby. The residence, which was built by R. Weiland in 1912, was so severely gutted that the walls had to be torn down. The firemen arrived at the scene about 9:30 a.m. and left at 6:30 p.m. Mrs. Thieme could not estimate the cost of the damage done, and the fire department does not attempt such estimates on rural fires. She said that her family had not made any immediate plans, but would remain with the Amos Thieme family until they get things situated. The Thiemes have five children, all at home, ranging in ages from 17 to 7. They are: Arlene and Marlin, 17. Alton, 11, Anita, 9, and Floyd 7.

ATHENS, Greece (UPD—President Eisenhower carried his world peace crusade from the 80-degree heat of New Delhi to wintry Iran and on into rain-swept Greece today with renewed pledges of U.S. aid and praise for the courage of small nations resisting communism. The President’s jet airliner arrived here from Tehran where, in a s*£ hour stop, he confered with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and addressed the Iranian parliament. • In Tehrn, the President drove over streets carpeted with Persian rugs in his honor, under achways galanded with flowers and past thousands who shouted, "I like Ike.” In his address to the Iranian parliament, he drew special applause when he praised Iran for its stand against the Communist puppet government in Azerbaijan province, the anniversary of whose fall in 1946 occurred Sunday. In the ensuing applause, only the Communist diplomats sat glimly on their hands. Makes Brief Speech The President’s voice seemed husky as he spoke, but Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty took pains to deny that the President had a cold. The President made the briefest speech of his tour on arrival here. ‘‘lt is a great privilege to be welcomed to this city for the first time in seven years,” he said after the customary acknowledgements to the King and the crowd. •*1 come back to a country responsible for much -of Western culture and civilization. Since I came back to this country seven years ago, Greece and its people have shown so much courage, such strength and have caused much admiration.” Greek monarch King Paul, the crown prince and Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis greeted the President on behalf of a nation which beat back a threat of Communist domintion with the help of three billion dollars in U.S. aid. The President reviewed an honor guard which included whiteskirted Evzone guardsmen in blue and gold capes and the pointed, tufted shoes of the Greek national army guardsmen. Dignity Marks Welcome Security precautions for the President’s safety were heavy both in Tehran and Athens. At Athens, the public was barred from the airfield and guards were posted thickly along the divided six-line highway from the airport to hold back crowds. Spectators crowded thickly at the airport entrance. Dignity rather than wild enthusiasm marked the Greek welcome. Instead of the tumultuous acclaim which greeted, him in India, Afghanistan and Pakistan where crowds broke police lines to get closer, Eisenhower here was greeted with calm and controlled warmth. It was almost dark when Eisenhower and the King arrived at their only stop along the route — the tomb of the unknown warrior, on a hillside immediately below the columned Greek parliament building. Eisenhower will return to the parliament building Tuesday for an address to parliament’s 300 members and to confer with Karamanlis. Addresses Iran Parliament Eisenhower planned to spend 21 hours in Greece before boarding the cruiser U.S.S. Des Moines for a restful cruise tp Tunisia and France. In that brief time Premier Karamanlis was expected to urge the necessity for controlled disarmament Eisenhower has asked for repeatedly. After the ceremonial welcome and a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb, Eisenhower had a brief schedule today— an official welcome by Queen Frederika and a black tie dinner tonight at the royal palace. The briefness •of Eisenhower’s visit to Tehran caused some disappointment among Iranians but it was scarcely noticeable in the warmth of the greeting.

New Violence At lowa Plant

ALBERT LEA, Minn. (UPD — Resumption of negotiations in the Wilson and Co. strike which brought martial law to Albert Lea was forecast today as violence broke out at a Wilson plant in Cedar Rapids, lowa. The talks were expected to be resumed after the union delivered ‘‘assurances” to the company that it will refrain from ‘‘lawless acts” at the ‘eight strike-bound Wilson plants. However, the letter setting forth the “assurances” had no been received by the company’s Chicago headquarters at mid-morning. Meanwhile, Federal Court action seeking to reopen the Albert Lea plant was postponed until Wednesday - afternoon. The plant was closed by order of the National Guard Thursday when it was rushed to the city to enforce martial law. About <SO cars were dented or suffered broken windows when rocks were hurled as non-union workers passee through the picket lines at the Cedar Rapids plant. One car was smeared with brown paint. Several persons were arrested as authorities broke up the demonstration, which Police Chief Carl Badger said was. only a “little more active” than’ on previous occasions. The Cedar Rapids plant has been a focal point of the dispute between the company and the United Packinghouse Workers ionSeventeen Cedar Rapids workers had been fired for allegedly sabotating operations in the ham processing division. When the union sued to have them re-instated, the company countered by refusing to bargain until the suits were dropped. The break in the bitter labor dispute came at Albert Lea. where Gov. Orville L. Freeman ordered out the National Guard last Friday to prevent violence between strikers and non-union workers. The Democratic governor, accused by Wilson of declaring martial law only to aid strikers, met with management and union officials during a trip Sunday to this strike-torn city. He later said that back room bargaining by local union and management officials and Presbyterin minister had resulted in “indications” that negotiations would resume “in the relatively near future.” Wilson walked out of bargaining sessions Oct. 29 in Chicago, charging that United Packinghouse Workers of America members across the nation were “sabotaging” plants and engaging in “illegal strikes.” * The minister, the Rev. Lloyd A. Peterson, 52, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church here, said he hap helped union leaders draft the assurances and said they would be delivered today. , Rev. Peterson, whose 1.200member congregation includes many UPWA members and management officials, said, “It is time peace, harmony and good will return to Albert Lea. “Somebody had to do something to resolve all the misunderstanding in resolving the. issues involved,” he said. Freeman’s appearance in Albert Lea probably spurred the union’s softening in attitude. The governor had lashed out angrily at Wilson Saturday tor charging that he ordered troops into Albert Lea to aid strikers whose jobs wee being, filled by non-union workers. Wilson President James D- Cooney had directed company attorneys to file suit for a restraining order against the state today, seeking re-opening of the plant. There was no indication of whethi er the firm still .planned to seek ■ the order. Freeman and Maj. Gen. Richard ' Cook, Minnesota National Guard commander, also backed down on 4 -

previous orders prohibiting production at the plant. They granted a Wilson request that non-union workers be permitted inside the plant to process about 300,000 pounds of meat threatened with spoliation. Ward Bowman Dies Alter Brief Illness i Ward Bowman, 68, of 422 South 13th street, died at 5 a.m. Sunday ■ at the Adams county memorial ’ hospital, where he had been taken J six hours earlier with a heart ail--1 ment. He was an engineer with the , YMCA in Fort Wayne, and formerly served four years as a state ' conservation officer. He was born in Wabash county April 2, 1891, a son of Eli and Ruf- ! fine Tate Bowman, and had lived in Decatur and area for the past [ 16 years. Mr. Bowman was a member of 1 the Trinity Evangelical United ! Brethren church and the Loyal Or- • der of Moose lodge. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy; ‘ three sons, Floyd, Berlin E. and ' Roland Bowman, all of Somerset, ’ and James Bowman, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Lorene Con- . over of Indianapolis, Mrs. Mary . Ellen Dindinger of Des Plaines, t 111., and Barbara Bowman, at . home; 11 grarAghildren; 14 great- , grandchildren, and one brother, • Wilson Bowman of Amboy. : Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren ■ church, the Rev. J. O. Penrod officiating. Friends may call at the ' Gillig & Doan funeral home until 12 noon Tuesday, when the body will be taken to the church to lie , in state until time of the services! t V ; 17 Dead, 21 Missing In German Explosion i r l DORTMUND. Germany (UPD — ■ The toll of Germany’s worst ex--1 plosion since World War II mount- > ed today to 17 known dead and 21 r officially missing in the charred rubble of two apartment houses. ! The two buildings in suburban Aplerbeck were destroyed before ' dawn Sunday bya blast that “col- ’ lapsed one like a house of cards” . and set the other on fire. • • BULL ET I N At 2:45 p.te. today, Judge Myles F. Parrish set a December 28 date for a hearing on Mayor Robert D. Cole’s peti--1 tion for a contest of the election. The effect of the petition is that the judge will have to rale on the validity of the ballots in the recent recount of the race for mayor, which favored Republican Donald F. Gage by 39 votes over the incumbent mayor. t . . ’ SHOPPING DAYS LEFT MBFRMITB a* (moths sms 1

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