Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 30 December 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 306.

Judge Continuing Counting Os Votes

Judge Myles F. Parrish has finished examination of all mutilated ballots, and of ballots counted in precincts 1-A and 1-B, following work on the ballots until 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. The ruling on the ballots is being accomplished by research on,, the large table in the court library at the northwest corner of the court room. Judge Parrish examines each ballot, and county clerk Richard D. Lewton and court stenographer Mrs. Romaine Young help tabulate results, ballot by ballot. Judge Parrish explained that he will rule on each exhibit in each precinct before any count is made | of the ballots. After a complete!

Ike To Deliver State Message

AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPD — President Eisenhower will deliver his State of the Union message in V person to a joint session of Congress Jan. 7, the vacation White House announced today. His budget, expected to call for federal spending of about 81 billion dollars, will go to Congress Jan. 18 followed by his annual economic report two days later. A White House spokesman denied as “completely cockeyed” a columnists’ report that Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York bowed out as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination under pressure from Eisenhower. ‘ The schedule of presidential messages was announced after Eisenhower conferred with two of his White House aides. Presidential Assistant. Wilton B. Persons and Dr. Malcolm Moo#, a presidential speech writer, who flew here from Washington .early this morning. White House Press Secretary Jamefc C. Hagerty said the President will deliver the State of the Union message in person to a joint session about 11:30 a.m. c.s.t. Thursday, Jan. 7, the day after!

Decatur City Officials To Assume Duties

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Eight city officials, four of them new to their offices, will take office Friday at noon. Mayor-elect Donald F. Gage certified by the county recount commission after a very close election, will take office New Year’s Day as the fifth Republican of Decatur in 79 years. Gage was declared elected by four votes by the county election board, and; a -

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study of other recount cases. Judge Parrish stated that he would be extremely careful to comply with all past requests of the supreme court, as well as the mandates of the statutes. The judge also is planning to work straight through on the matter, with no interruptions, and will make no court entries until the final vote is tabulated. More than 3.000 ballots will be examined by the judge in making the court ruling. All rulings will be made before any votes are counted, so that the totals of votes cannot effect the ruling on the validity of the ballot being I counted in any way.

the Democratic - controlled Congress convenes for its 1960 session. Hagerty was asked about a (Drew Pearson) column published today saying that Eisenhower passed the word through Thomas E. Dewey that the President was opposed to Rockefeller as the GOP presidential nominee. Hagerty commented that “like most” of Pearson’s columns the dispatch about Eisenhower and Rockefeller was “completely cockeyed.” “It’s entirely wrong. There’s not a word of truth in it, but that’s par for the course,” he said. Asked about the announcement this morning that Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) would seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Hagerty replied, “You weren’t expecting a comment on R was announced ffiat Budget Director Maurice H. Stans and other White House aides would fly here Saturday to confer with Eisenhower about the budget message.

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recount commission held that he was elected by 39 votes. At the present time, Judge Myles F. Parrish is counting the ballots for the third time. Gage was the only Republican elected in the otherwise Democratic landslide. Mrs. Laura Bosse will take ofice as city clerk-treasurer, succeeding Mrs. Miriam Hall, who did not run for reelection. Mrs. - ■ ■ ■ yZpgh

Gov. Clauson Os Maine Dies This Morning AUGUSTA, Maine (UPD —Gov. Clinton A. Clauson of Maine died early today. He was 64. Dr. Joseph R. Crawford of Augusta said Clauson was dead when he arrived at the governor’s residence at 2:35 a.m. e.s.t. This was corroborated by another physician, Dr. M. R. Guilmette. Crawford said there was no way of being certain immediately of the cause of death but, “in all likelihood it was a heart attack or cerebral hemorrhage.” Clauson, a Democrat, had attended a dinner in Lewiston Tuesday night and his press secretary, John E. Byrne, said the governor appeared in fine spirits and in good health. Clauson, a chiropractor by profession, was a native of Mitchell, lowa and was elected in 1958 to supqeed Democratic Gov. Edmund S. Muskie who was elected to the U.S. Senate. Clauson would have been the first Maine governor to serve a four-year term under a constitutional change which raised the term from two years. Clauson leaves his wife, the former Ellen Kelleher; a son, Cornelius K. of Waterville; a daughter, Mrs. William Chasse of Brunswick; and seven grandchildren. His deatn occurred only hours before a special meeting which he had called to discuss the problems of state appointments with the all - Republican Executive Council. Clauson and the sevenman council had been at odds for several months over appointments to major state jobs. Senate President John H. Reed, 38-year -old wealthy Aroostook County ptoato farmer from Fort Fairfield, will succeed the governor. Reed is a Republican. Under its constitution,. Maine has no lieutenant governor. Good Fellows Club Previously reported -----$616.72 Mr. &■ Mrs. Doh L. HakeS 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. Al Beavers 10.00 Gerber Supermarket, additional ....... 5.00 Final Total $636.72

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Bosse served as legal secretary to her husband, the late Ed A. Bosse, for many years. City Judge Richard J. Sullivan will take office at noon Friday, January 1 as the first city judge in the history of the city of Decatur. Previously the mayor served as city judge. An attorney, Judge Sullivan was unopposed for the office. ~.......' J-J./..'J. L'_ : 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1959.

City Asks Appraisers Named To Determine City Utility’s Value

Suspend Business Here For Holiday Most business will be suspended in Decatur Friday as residents join in greeting the New Year 1960. Only exceptions to the general closing for the holiday will be the theater, some confectioneries, newsstands and service stations. Public offices, county, state, and federal, the public library, and the First State Bank will be closed, as will all taverns under the state law. No edition will be published Friday by the Daily Democrat, with the regular 12 noon edition printed Saturday. Many of the city’s fraternal organizations are planning New Year’s Eve parties and dances Thursday night to welcome the new year. Others will gather in family circles for the end of 1959 and the dawn of 1960. Watch night services will be held in some of the city’s churches. At St. Mary’s Catholic church, the regular Sunday schedule of masses will be celebrated Friday, with the first mass at 6 a.m., followed with other masses at 7:15, 8:30, 9:45 (high mass), and 11 o’clock. The Zion Lutheran church of Decatur and other Lutheran churs^icU^t^ and New Year’s morning. On the official side, new city and county officials will be sworn to their duties Friday.

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Frank Braun, retired General Electric employe, will be the only new member of the Decatur city council. Braun succeeds Ed Bauer on the council. Bauer decided not to run. Reelected members of the council are Norbert Aumann, Clyde Drake, Carl Gerber, and Lawrence Kohne. The four members reelected have all served four years. —’ . -g-y- ■ j ; .

City attorney John L. De Voss filed the . city's petition for appointment of appraisers in Adams circuit court this morning, requesting Judge Myles F. Parrish to appoint three disinterested persons to appraise the city-own-ed electric property. According to Indiana law, the electric property must be appraised after the city accepted Indiana and Michigan Electric Co.'s offer of $2,099,100 for the property. The city council accepted the I & M offer at a special council meeting last week, and also approved the petition for the appointment of the appraisers. True, Just Valuation The petition requests that the three men appointed file oaths, prior to any evaluation, stating their intention to make a “true and just valuation” of the cityowned electric property. The petition was affirmed by Mayor Robert D. Cole and notarized by clerk-treasurer Mrs. Miriam Hall. As in the past two appraisals, the persons appointed to the posiUes must be non-residents of the city, and must not be taxpayers within the city. They must be freeholders, however, within the county. The first attempt to sell the electric property by the present city administration failed *on April 14 when city voters rejected the I&M offer of $2,102,300 by a 200-vote margin. The appraisal at that tsme “tfaA, offer was ■ fair and just:”" a professional .engineer, Robert Long a Wabash township farmer and Army reserve officer, and Eli Graber, of Berne, were the appraisers of the first attempt to sell. Vote Nullified After extreme pressure by two interested groups of local and rural citizens, another sale offer was procured from the firm, but a high appraisal nullified the item on the Nov. 3 ballot. The second set of appraisers, Mark A. Morin, a Decatur lawyer, Harley J. Reef, a Jefferson township farmer, and Henry I. Rumple, also a Jefferson township farmer, put the appraisal figure at $176,000 higher than the I&M offer of $2,099,100, which was their second offer for the plant. 777-Margin Favor Sale Again the two groups, the Betterment of Decatur Association and the Rural Electric Association, attended several council meetings, pushing the fact that the voters favored the sale by 777 votes oh the Nov. 3 ballot. ’The council initiated action for another sale and I&M’s area manager, J. Galvin Hill, presented the city with a contract. The offer was $2,099,100, effective Jan. 1 to July 1, 1960.

Advertising Index Advertiser Pare A & P Tea Co. 3 Adams Theater 8 Arnold Lumber Co., Inc „ 5 Beavers Oil Service, Inc. 5,7 Begun's Clothing Store 8 Budget Loans .... _ 7 Burk Elevator Co. 5 Butler Garage , 5 Cowens Insurance Agency 4 Fred Corah, Insurance ..... 4 Decatur Super Service ——7 Ehinger’s “Boston Store’’ 2 B. P. 0. Elks 7 Fairway .... 8 Fager Appliances & Sporting Goods 7 Dr. H. R. Frey 6 Holthouse Drug Co. 6 Holthouse Furniture Store 4 Haflich & Morrissey — 2 Habegger Hardware —.‘—J— 5 Hammond Fruit Market 6 jack Hurst — 5 Howell TV-Radio Service 4 Kaye’s Shoe Store -— 2 Kohne Drug Store ....... 5 Kent Realty & Auction Co. 5 Masonic Lodge — - 8 L. O. O. Moose 8 Myers Home & Auto Supply — 6 Niblick & Co. '2 Phil Neuenschwander, Auctioneer 6 L. Smith Insuamce Agency, Inc. 5 Shaffer's Restaurant — — 8 Sudduth Meat Market 6 Teeple „ 5 V. F. W. — - 6 Willshire American Legion .... 6

Floyd Draper Named Lake County Judge INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Floyd Draper was named late Tuesday to succeed the late William J. Murray as Lake Criminal Court judge. Governor Handley announced the appointment with the comment that it was “one of the finest I could have made.’ Draper, 66, is the first Republican to hold the SIB,OOO a year job since the Democratic sweep in 1932. ' Murray’s death at 80 last Wednesck-V gave Republicans their first chance at the judgeship in 27 years. Draper’s appointment apparently came as a surprise. Insiders believed the post would go to exprosecutor David P. Stanton, former Gary city judge Gilbert Gruenberg or Hammond attorney William O’Connor. As criminal court judge, Draper is invested with sweeping powers. He has the authority to dismiss a grand jury if the panel’s work is not to his liking and to appoint a new jury. He also has the power to name a special prosecutor to investigate crime conditions. Those powers could give Draper the necessary tools to launch a cleanup of alleged bribery, vice and corruption in Lake County. Draper will serve only until Murray’s present term expires at the end 1960. That led jo speculation he would take some action which could work toward possible election of either himself or some other Republican next November. Election of a Republican for any county-wide office is usually considered highly unlikely in heavily Democratic Lake County. Under Indiana statutes, a criminal court judge is not allowed to practice law in addition to his judicial duties. That fact undoubtedly swayed Stanton and O’Connor to disclaim interest in the judgeship. “I feel very fortunate that he (Draper) is sacrificing some of his well-earned leave and rest to dedidSte himself to the county and the state,” Handley said. Draper’s appointment came after Handley held a lengthy conference in his Statehouse office with Lake County GOP chairman Fred Ferrini. Draper, who was present when Handley made the appointment, declined to say whether he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate conditions in Lake County. “It all depends on conditions at the time,” he said.

Sen. Humphrey Is Candidate

WASHINGTON (UPD-Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) announced formally today that he is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. He will enter primary contests in Wisconsin, Oregon, South Dakota and the District of Columbia. Humphrey said he would “like to enter other primaries’’ but is faced with the problem of “limited” financial resources. “I have no illusions about my quest for the Democratic presidential nomination,” he said in a statement at the opening of a news conference. “It will be an uphill fight.” The senator described himself as the candidate of “the plain people of this country.” Humphrey also said he is. prompted to seek the 1960 nomination of his party because he believes he can make a contribution to the nation’s safety and security “through formulation of a foreign policy based on the real strengths of our people.” “Far more is needed than slogans and temporary flashes of activity,” he added. “I would draw into the councils of the presidency men and women from every walk of American life—a practice neglected in recent years—searching out every new idea, program and policy that could make a con-

At Least Nine Killed In New England Storm United Press International A nor’easter which killed at least nine persons and swamped many New England homes with salty sea water churned out into i the Atlantic Ocean today. The New England storm was the only major disturbance on an ■ otherwise mild weather picture which included snow flurries in > the Missouri Valley and light rains in the Pacific Northwest. The nor’easter dumped up to 16 inches of snow on New England and packed gale-torce winds which whipped tides to record heights. Hundreds of persons were trapped by the tides which swamped countless automobiles, flooded seaside basements and shops and contaminated cesspools. Damage was estimated at more than one minion dollars. The 15-foot tides were hurled ashore on 25-foot waves by winds up to 40 m.p.h. The U.S. Weather Bureau forecast higher tides today, but said they would be less destructive because of lesser winds. Hazardous driving conditions were posted in western Michigan where the storm left freezing Northerly winds from the Rockies to the East Coast dropped temperatures below freezing across the nation except on the extreme West Coast and in the southern states. Readings fell as much as 20 degrees in Virginia and the Carolinas. \ The U.S. Weather Bureau predicted mostly cloudy weather outside the precipitation areas with more cold weather in store for the northern and central states. $200,000 Gift To Rushville Hospital RUSHVILLE, Ind. (UPD — A check for $109,000 and securities worth about SIOO,OOO were presented to Rush Memorial Hospital officials Tuesday as final settlement of the estate of the late Fred P. Cutter. Cutter died in 1956 and left the estate for construction of an addition honoring Dr. Jefferson Helm, a pioneer Rushville phyisician who was Cutter’s grandfather.

tribution to American foreign policy and the unity of free nations.” “We can no longer tolerate government that reacts instead of taking the initiative. “We cannot afford to have an administration that spends all of its time repairing damage instead of building solid, long term programs.” Humphrey said everyone wants prosperity but it “must not be lopsided.” He said “we all want peace” but it “must be enduring, must have deep roots.” He said that to win enduring peace “the forces of freedom and decency must wage a war on the common enemies of mankind: Poverty, hunger, disease and illiteracy.” Humphrey is chairman of the Senate Disarmament Committee, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, and a leading Senate authority on agricultural matters. la announcing his schedule of activity in the 1960 primaries, Humphrey said he would like to enter others but “each of these is an election contest in itself, and is expensive.” He said “if financial support permits/1 will enter other primaries, and will make known my decision on these when the time comes.” •

National Guard May Stay In Albert Lea ALBERT LEA, Minn. (UPD — National Guard troops may remain another two weeks in Albert Lea to help keep the peace at a strikebound meat packing plant, it appeared today. Minnesota Adj. Gen. Joseph E. Nelson said the 100 troopers could safely pull out of Albert Lea today without any danger of new violence at the Wilson & Co. packing plant. But local officials, including Sheriff Everette Stovern, indicated they needed more time to reinforce police staffs to prepare for removal of the guard. Nelson said he was placing no time limit on when the 100 Guardsmen could quit patrolling the Wilson plant gates and return to their homes. But he said keeping guardsmen at Albert Lea was costing taxpayers $2,000 a day and “we can’t go on indefinitely.* “Sooner or later they (the local police officials’) are going to have to be on their own and they should be making plans,’ Nelson said. The Guardsmen were sent to Albert Lea Dec. 11 by Gov. Orville L. Freeman who declared martial law after two days of violence outside the plant, • scene of a 62-day strike by the United Packinghouse Workers of America. Civil law returned to the town Monday after a federal court ruled and closing the WUson plant. The Guardsmen remained on duty, however, to help local officials keep the peace. Talks aimed at settling the strike at Albert Lea and seven other Wilson plants across the country continued in Chicago today, with both sides stiH tar apart. Federal Mediator Douglas Brown said the major stumbling block to reaching agreement was the order in which problems were to be discussed. "Thte -company wants to agree on a contract first and then turn to the strike issues,” he said. “»rt the union insists that srike issues be settled first and then the question of a contact be taken up.” The encouraging thing. Brown aid, is that “things are peaceful and representatives of both management and the union are meeting in one room.’ Henry B. Heller Is In Poor Condition Henry B. Heller, Decatur attorney and abstractor, is reported fa poor condition at his home today following a cerebral thrombosis last week. Th well-known attorney, who has practiced law in Decatur for more than 60 years, is being cared for by a special nurse during the day and members of the family at night. Former Local Lady Dies In Osceola Mrs. Frances Kattenerich, 70, a former Decatur resident, died Tuesday afternoon at her home in Osceola following an extended illness. She was born in Decatur April 6, 1889, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hurst. Sefviving are two sons, three daughters, one brother, Edward Hurst of Decatur, and 13 grandchildren. Her husband Albrt Kattenerich, one son, five brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the First Methodist church in Mishawaka. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and a little colder with scattered snow flurries tonight. Thursday variable cloudiness with a few snow flurries likely and not much temperature change. Low tonight mostly in the 20s. High Thursday in the 30s. Sunset today 5:30 p.m. c.d.L Sunrise Thursday 8:06 a. m. c.d.t Outlook for Friday: Mostly cloudy with little temperature change, chance of some light rata south and light snow north by night Lows Thursday night from the low 20s north to low 30s south. Highs Friday 32 to 42.

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