Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 10.

Pinay Resigns Finance Post

PARIS < UPl)—Flnsncc Minister Antoine Pinay announced today aftar mini President Charles dr Gaulle that ha wiU quit the government and retire at leant temporarily from political Ufa. Hl* announcement climaxed a crista brought on by Pinay'n open disagreement with Premier Michel Debre over economic pollcle* for France and hi* criticism of De Gaulle's attitude toward NATO •i am quitting the government and I am retiring from all political life, at leant momentarily." Pinay announced. Thin squelched speculation that de Gaulle might persuade Pinay to accept a leaser cabinet post and avert a grave political crisis The meeting today was Pinay s second with De Gaulle in 24 hours. The fig-year-old Pinay had atMobile X-Ray Unit Scheduled In County The new tuberculosis X-ray schedule for Adams county was released today by Mrs. W. Guy Brown, of the Adams county tuberculosis association. The project will begin in Berne January 25 and continue for four days, concluding in Decatur January 28. No charge will be assessed any person for the X-ray. It is urged, however, that all county residents submit to these check-ups at regular intervals to prevent the dreaded disease from getting out of control. In most cases, the disease can be curbed, if it is detected at an early stage of development, according to official medical reports. Jointly Sponsored •* The project is actually jointly sponsored by the Indiana state board of health and the county group. The X-ray equipment is furnished by the board of health, while the county TB association pays for the reading of the films. The schedule is: Monday. Jan. 25—Berne (Old State Bank Bldg.) 2 to 5 pm. Tuesday, Jan. 2ft—Decatur Casting Co.. 10 a.m. to noon and at the G.E. Co., 2:30 to 6:30 p m. Wednesday. Jan. 27—G. E. Co.. 8:30 to 11 a.m., and Central Soya Co.. 1 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2ft—for the general public at Decatur at the court house, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.. and at the Bag Service, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Need Not Shed Persons under 18 years of age will not be X-rayed, nor will pregnant women be allowed to take a test. The removal of clothing for these tests is not necessary. Os course, bulky overcoats must be removed, but normal wearing apparel need not be shed. Metal combs, pens, lighters, and other interfering objects must be set aside while the picture is being taken. Persons who have metal buttons on their clothing will have to shed their shirts while being filmed. Earl Wilson Seeks Congressional Seat BEDFORD, Ind. (UPI) — Former 9th District Rep. Earl Wilson announced today he will seek to regain the congressional seat he lost in the Democratic sweep in 1958.

Sugar Plantation In Cuba Is Fired

HAVANA CUPI>—A small plane set fire to a sugar plantation 25 miles northwest of Havana Tues.jlay, apparently by dropping some < kind of incendiary bombs, it was reported today. Some reports said the red, twin-engined plane set seven fields on fire. Five hundred militia members and sugar workers put them out. , . _ The militia, organized by Premier Fidel Castro to repel the uivasion he says threatens Cuba, scheduled a parade and ceremony -■ W ith electrical workers to give the Castro government money to buy new arms. The militia is recruited from farm workers and students. The invasion of the island was likely to be a prime topic in day? to come. Unofficial reports said that the 145 persons charged witr. trying to launch an anti-Castro i v vasion last summer would conje up for trial within the next 72, hours. Castro and ex-American Ifaji William Morgan are among! the 51 prosecution scheduled. Korgan broke up the plot after pretending to be a member of the invaders. The pro - government press meantime, lashed United "States for its protest against

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reeled rranct i economic recovery during the peat 19 months. There were persistent aeports Pinay would refuse the lesser cabinet post But there were strong reasons tor Pinay to hesitate before making a final break with De Gaulle—and the reasons Included the fire * breathers In Pinay’s own party who oppose any "soft" line on Algeria. Quitting the cabinet might sabotage De Gaulle's Algerian peace efforts. Most French newspapers today already were reporting that Wilfrid Baumgartner, governor of the Bank of France for the past U years, would succeed Pinay as finance "i‘n liter. Baumgartner talked with both De Gaulle and Pinay Tuesday after the President had seen Debre and St. Mary's River Is Rising Steadily Unseasonably warm weather for this part of the winter and steady rains boosted St. Mary's river more than nine feet last night as the waters approached flood stage here in Decatur this morning. According to weather observer Louis Landrum, the river was at a nominal 3 09 feet Tuesday, but abetted by 1.10 inches of rain yesterday pnd an additional 26 this morning, the level rose to 12.68 feet at 8 a.m. today. Theoretical flood stage here, where the waters flow out of their banks, is 13 leet. The river gauge has been broken recently and no measurements were being taken, but Landrum said that the situation had been remedied, and reports can now be given daily. , Bank Directors And Officers Reelected The shareholders of the First State Bank of Decatur met for their annual meeting at the bank offices Tuesday, reelecting the full slate of officers, headed by G. W. Vizard, chairman of the board. T. F. Graliker, president: Earl C. Fuhrman, vice present; H, H. Krueckeberg. cashier, and R. E. Glendening, E. M. Caston, William Lose, Jr., and'A. J. Heimann. and Robert T. Boch, assistant cashiers, were reelected for 1960. L. M. Busche. Earl C. Fuhrman. T. F. Graliker. H. H. Krueckeberg. and G. W. Vizard, members of the board of directors, all received reaffirmation to that office. Normal and routine business matters were conducted, but a board spokesman did indicate that because tile remodeling of the bank building was nearly completed, an open house would be conducted in the near future. A previous statement released from the bapk showed a total of $17,028,461.10 in resources. Os this total, more than 11 million dollars is in liquid form with slightly less than six million in demand deposits. The 1960 figures showed a marginal increase of about $600,000 from the 1959 total. The Decatur bank was established in 1883. and is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation; providing a maximum coverage of SIO,OOO for each deposit.

aleged discriminatory treatment of American citizens in connection with Castro’s- land reform program. The semi - official newspaper, Revolucion, publication of Castros 26th of July movement, denounced Washington’s pro t e s t Monday against the alleged illegal seizures of property and goods of U.S. citizens as “insulting.”" It said the protest was designed to “create new tension” between Americans and Cubans. Local Lady's Sister Dies Last Evening Mrs. Minnie Williams, sister of Mrs. Bert Haley of Decatur, died Tuesday evening at her home in j Chicago, 111. Surviving in addition to the sister are a son, Robert Williams of Park Forest, 111., and one brother, Harry Pence of Hunting-, ton. Funeral services will be held Friday, with burial in Racine, Wis. Mrs. Haley left today to attend the services.

Stiff Prison Terms Given To Apalachins NEW YORK <UPI» — A federal judge ordered stiff prison terms today for delegates to the 1957 Ate alachin gangland convention "to segregate them as a protection to society." * 7 In the toughest crackdown on organized Interstate crime since the Capone era. U. 8. district judge Irving R. Kaufman decreed sentences ranging from three years to the maximum penalty of five years for It alleged syndicate leaders who refused to tell why they came from across the country to meet in upstate New York. Sentencing of a 20th was delayed because of travel delay. All were convicted last month of a conspiracy of silence to obstruct justice. » • They all hid behind their rlbak of respectability which acted as a facade shielding their underworld connections," Kaufman said. "They show a propensity for a career of crime. It is my duty as a judge to segregate them as a protection to society. Their chances of are extremely poor and I feel that segregation is essential.” Kaufman continued all the defendants free in ball pending an appeal. Seek Contributions To March 01 Dimes

Five thousand mailing pieces asking contributions to the March of Dimes have been sent to residents of Adams county outside of the city of Decatur, it was announced today by Mrs. Leo Curtin, county drive chairman for the local chapter of the National Foundation. . In each letter there is information telling of the great need for funds, and a stamped self-address-ed envelope is enclosed. The use of this mailing piece makes it easy and simple for everyone to make a contribution. Money or checks can be placed in the envelope and dropped into any mail box. Those women who worked to get the mailing pieces ready for distribution include Mrs. W. W. Cravens. Mrs. Robert Heller, Mrs. Max Gilpin, Mrs. Robert Holthouse, Mrs. Ferris Bower. Mrs. Leo Curtin and Mrs. Roy Kalver. . Dime cards in which children may make contributions to the cause were distributed last week to all the schools in the county by Mrs. Curtain and Mrs. Holthouse. It was announced that Mr. and Mrs. Will Schnepf will act as co-chairmen for the Mothers’ March in Monmouth. In addition to fighting polio, the new projects of the National Foundation include research on the cause of birth defects and arthritis in children. It is estimated that 250,000 children are born annually with birth defects and of these. 8,000 are being given patient aid by the Found/tion. Arthritis sufferers needing medical care each year number 16,000. More than 50.000 polio victims still get patient aid from the March of Dimes. Some 10,000 new patients were added in 1958 and 1959 as the result of outbreaks in the Des Moines, Kansas City, Detroit and other areas. Patient polio aids for 1959 cost $16,500,000. More than $2,000 was spent in Adams county alone. - H A lollipop sale will be conducted by the teenagers on tiie streets of Decatur Saturday, all proceeds going to the March of Dimes, it was announced by Dick Linn, chairman of teen-age activities.

Decatur Auto Supply Looted Early Today Th6 rash of recent break-ins in Decatur and Adams county continued early this morning as city police reported the Decatur Auto Supply Co. had SSO looted from its cash register. Police patrolling the area at 1 a.m. today noticed a window had been broken at the south side & the building. Upon investigation they learned that the place had been burglarized. Assisted by the sheriffs department, the police investigated further. They learned that the culprit left and entered by the same window. Dirt from the soft ground outside the window indicated this. Authorities fixed the " time of the breaking and entering from_ between 12:01 to 1 am. They are continuing their investigation. •

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Eisenhower Concedes Right Os Russians To Use Area In Pacific

Annual C.C. Dinner Meeting January 28

Vernon C. Sheldon. Fort Wayne realtor and speech instructor, will be the guest speaker at the 30th annual meeting of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, to be held Thursday evening. January 28\ at the Deoutur Youth and Community j Budding. A light, entertaining pro-' gram is planned. The speaker expresses his phll osophy as being "if we want to be happy, we have to work at It" and he promises to explain how pleasant that “work" may be. Sheldon has been connected with the Fort Wayne center of Indiana University for nearly 40 years and has made hundreds of addresses before conventions and sales organizations. In 1959. he w r as named “Indiana realtor of the year" and received special honors at the national convention in Toronto. Canada, last November He is a past president of both the Fort Wayne and Indiana real estate associations. Tickets for the event will be mailed to all members of the Chamber, the Decatur Rotary club and the Decatur Lions club early next week. The public is invited and may purchase tickets at the Chamber office. Details as to music and other entertainment for the annual affair, which attracts a large crowd each year, will be announced in a lew days, but the committee hq.s already pledged an interesting, light program with emphasis on entertainment aud without numerous introductions or controversy. Earl Sheets, C. of C. president, has announced the following committees for the annual affair: Entertainment and program — Lawrence Anspaugh. chairman: Glen Ellis, Glenn Maulier, Earl Sheets. Tickets — Louis Jacobs, chairman: David Macklin, Harry Schwartz, Noah Steury, George Thomas. Dinner — Robert Ashbaucher, chairman: Earl Fuhrman. Leo SeUenrigjit, Dr. John Terveer, Ferris Bower. ■.. » ' Franklin College Trustee Is Dead FRANKLIN, Ind. (UPI)—W. W. Suckow, 74, member of the board of trustees of Franklin College and of the board of directors of the Indiana Masonic Home for many years and formerly a member of the Central State Hospital visiting committee, died Tuesday.

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House Group Hears Gates

WASHINGTON (UPD-The Dc-j fenso Department gives Coagress a report today on Russian missile Strength and American ability to \ survive and strike back after a j surprise attack. I Defense Secretary Thomas S. i Gates Jr., and aides were called ■ before a closed-dooi*session of the, House military appropriations subcommittee. t Gates was reported confident of, U S. power to deter Soviet attack during the cxitlcal few cyars j ahead when the Russians may | outnumber this country in intercontinental ballistic missiles. See Small Target Margin The "mix" of forces — missile bombers, carriers and submarines —and their wide dispersal around the globe will be more than Russia’s available missiles could knock out in one blow, according to this view. | The Defense Department said officially only that Gates woutd give the “latest available facts” on vulnerability of U.S. retaliatory forces arfß on Soviet missile capability. ~ , Military experts frankly concede that there will be a short period in the early 1960's when the margin of American "targets" over Rpssian missiles is uncomfortably small. . To Have Underground Sites During this period, American “targets” will be "soft” — bomber bases and above ground misAdvertising index Advertiser Index A&P Tea Co f Arnold Lumber Co.. Inc. ----- * Beavers Oil Service, Inc — —5, 7 Briedfe Studio , | Burk Elevator Co. jj Butler Garage - * Chevrolet - ------- 4 Constant Comment Tea ——— 2 Cowens Insurance Agency 7 Doans Pills --—------ ? Farmers Marketing Service, Inc. 5 Gerber’s Super Market 8 Holthouse Drug Co. ---. 3, 6 Jack Hurst —- ® Kent Realty & Auction Co 5 Kohne Drug Store 5 Kroger - ——————— ® J. J. Newberry Co. - 4 Schafers —— 2 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co. 3 - 4 Shaffer’s Restaurant —— 2 Shady Park 7 Teeple - ------ 5 Tony’s Tap - - 7 Walter Weigman, Auctioneer — 4

sile pads. Reasonably accurate intercontinental ballistic missiles could easily knock these out. But the expectation ia that by the time Russia has large numbers of ICBM’s. America will have a considerable number of •hard" targets — underground missile sites which are very difficult to knock out. ' ~. According to Dr. Joseph Charyk, assistant Air Force secretary for research and development, the United States can have a "hardened” strategic force that it would be "numerically impossible to knock out.” Seven Persons Dead In Louisiana Crash OIL CITY. La. (UPD — A station wagon with a wild fist fight going on inside careened wildly down a highway Tuesday and crashed into an oncoming car, killing seven persons and injuring four. , Deputy Sheriff Paul Baker said some of the men in the station wagon were painters returning ijrom a job. The impact of the crash kileld five of the six persons in the wagon and splattered brightly colored paints over the wreck?, The crash also killed two of the five persons in the car. The survivors were hospitalized. Baker said another automobile following the station wagon reported a wild fist "fight was occurring in it and it was weaving all over the road.” Baker said the wagon had forced several other cars off the road before it careened into the auto driven by Sam Evans, a Negro from Jefferson, Tex. Tb crash killed Evans and his wife. The sole survivor of the station wagon, Morris Hale of Vivian La., was unconscious and could not be questioned. Welfare Offices Are Damaged By Wafer The county commissioners promised quick action to curb further water leakage- damage to the tile floors and knotty pine walls in the public welfare offices m the county court house. The offices, which are located in the basement of the court house, are subject to mild flooding almost every time it The women workers there dread the prospect of coming to work the morning after a heavy rain, because they know what to expect —a flooded office. For example, the janitor emptied four large “five-gallon buckets of mopped up water from one office alone yesterday. The water apparently seeps in from the north wall and from the entrance way. The lower sections of the knotty pine walls are rotting out and the tile at the entrance way and in the northern offices have suffered as well. This morning, no had leaked down, but one of the commissioners, Hugo Boerger, did stop by to check the situation. He told Miss Bernice Nelson, head of the department, that he and the other commissioners would soon have the situation remedied. ; , INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and colder tonight and Thursday. Chance of rain southwest and extreme west late Thursday or Thursday night and oyer most of state Thursday night or Friday. Lows tonight in the 30s north and central to around 40 extreme south. High* Thursday generally in the 40s. Sunset todya 5:43 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Thursday 8:55 a.m. c.d.L Outlook for Friday: Rain and mild. Lows Thursday night 35 to 46. Highs Friday .45 to 60.

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Prvsl-J dent Eisenhower today conceded the right of the Soviet Union to uae an area as the central Pacific aa a missile target range. Elsenhower, at hla first press conference since Dec. 2, said U would be most unusual for the' United States to protest against the Russian plan when this government had been doing precisely \ the same triftt? — firing missiles I Into pre-announced oceanic target! areas. ~ Russia Announced last week that! It will test a powerful new space j rocket in the central Pacific west i of Hawaii. It cautioned ships and ] planes to stay clear of the area from Jan. 15-Feb. 15. Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield •D) Mont, demands that the United States lodge a protest over the tests. Attacks Defense CrlUeism Eisenhower, at his news conference. also: —Stoutly defended his defense program, saying that anyone who approached the defense plans of his administration on a partisan basis was doing a disservice to the United States. —Predicted that the new steel contract would not lead to price increases if the labor-management cooperation evidenced in settlement of the strike be vigorously pursued. —Expressed a willingness to take Democrats, particularly members of the Senate, to summit conferences of similar international meetings if these meetings concern themselves with specific treaties which must be ratified by the Senate. Bypasses Nixon Support —Disclosed that he was as much astonished as anyone else by New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeler’s announcement jthat he would not seek the GOP presidential nomination. He declined to make a formal declaration of support for Vice Presdient Richard M. Nixon because of Rockefeller’s withdrawal, but he said the governor’s action certainly did create an atmosphere of no competition for the nomination. —Said He wanted to see Congress act decisively on the civil rights bill as approved by the House Judiciary Committee and now blocked in the House Rules Committee. —Disclosed that his estimate of a 1961 budget surplus of $4,200,000,000 was based on an estimated gross national product of 510 billion dollars. He said his gross national product estimate was regarded in some quarters as too conservative and there were estimates ranging as high as 524 billion dolars. Defends U.S. Commanders —Defended American military commanders in West Germany for resisting press requests for alleged lists of former Nazis now

Record Rainfalls In Midwest Areas

United Press International Spring - like rains soaked the Midwest today for the second day in a row and fell over most of the eastern half of the nation. But freezing rain pelted parts of New York state, Pennsylvania and New England. Record rainfalls in unusualy warm January weather threatened widespread damage at river towns and low-lying communities in midland states. Viaducts and hundreds of basements were flooded. The Rock River in northern Illinois was expected to rise 10 inches beyond its normal January crest, threatening homes in lowlying areas of Rockton. Three inches of rain feU in the area in 28 hours. , Record Rain In Chicago A January record of 2.38 inches for a 24-hour period fell in Chicago, and more was expected. The mercury reached a high of 58 degrees, the second warmest January day on record in Chicago. More than 10 viaducts were flooded in the nation’s second largest city, and many residents reported flooded basements. At Dayton, 111., the Fcoc River was expected to crest at three to five feet above flood stage. Sheriffs deputies said several families may have |oJ>e moved from * ‘ -\■ - * ,

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occupying official posta in the Wert German government. The President said certainly no military commander was going to become involved In local politics For his flrat question and answer session with reporters In six weeks. Elsenhower was mostly in high, good humor, but he flared in red-faced anger when a reporter cited allegations that be was "kissing off" criticism of his defense program as a partisan matitcr. In this instance BsenhoWer broke in on the reporter 'Sarah McLendon of the Manchester.NH. Union It Leader! to ask sternly whether she was asking a question or making a speech. Elsenhowet then continued, saying he did not take kindly to an implied accusation that be was dealing with defense on a partisan basis. „ ... Speaking animatedly, he said he did not have to be partisan, that he had devoted most of his life to defense and thought he knew more about It than Just about anybody he knew. He promised that his defense budget, which goes to Congress next week, would be adequate and efficient and that people attempting to make defense a partisan matter were doing the United States a disservice. » —. .. — Order Early Start On Saturn Rockets WASHINGTON f UPl)—The government today ordered an early start on ultrapowerful upper stages for the Saturn rocket designed for missions to the moon and planets. The upper stages will be powered by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, the most efficient rocket fuel yet developed. The Saturn, being built by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Huntsville, Ala., is an eight-engine booster capable of generating'l.soo,ooo pounds of thrust. With two upper stages, it will tower 150 feet and will be able to carry giant payloads to the moon or to Mars and Venus. Even more efficient later models are in the works. Ground tests for the booster are scheduled for early this spring at Huntsville. The first flight test, with dummy upper stages, is scheduled for 1961-62. Tbe first fujl-fledged space mission probably will be undertaken in 1964-65. The first Saturn version is expected to be able to put 15 tons in a 300-rnile-high test.. This is roughly 10 times as heavy as payload as Sputnik 111, Russia’s biggest*'satellite.

their homes. Rain, fog and ice hit lowa, which had one death blamed on the rains. John Peter Zahner, 50. was killed when he was hit by a semi-trailer near lowa City, lowa, on fogbound U.S. 6.. Herbert Wilson, Minneapolis, flying a four-place private airplane, made an emergency landing on a highway near Osceola. lowa, after being caught "upside down at 1,300 feet” by a sudden storm. , ‘ The mercury soared to 65 degrees at Kansas City for a Jan, 27 record. 'Hazardous Driving East The weatherman warned of hazardous driving in eastern New York state and western and southern New England, where freezing rain was expected. Freezing rain also fell over northern Pennsylvania, the Lake Superior region and northeastern South Dakota. Rain was forecast for nearly ail of the area east of the Mississippi River, except for Florida and southern parts of Mississippi and Louisiana. Some snow was expected in New England. Scattered showers also were expected in southern Arizona, northwestern Texas and the Pacific Northwest.