Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 11.

Nikita Claims Russia Has Greatest Nuclear Force In Entire World

MOSCOW «UPI> — Premier Nikita Khrushchev said today Russia had built up the greatest nuclear-rocket striking force in the world and that a ■ fantastic" and more formidable weapon was in the works. Krhushcbev said Russia now was so far ahead of the United States and the Western powers it will slash its armed forces by one-third—l.2oo,ooo men—within the nett year or two. He did not describe the new weapon but said he could announce that "the weapon we have today in the hatching stage is even more perfect, more formidable" than anything developed before. . ■"Die weapon, which as they say is in the portfolio of our sci- „ entists and designers, is a fantastic weapon,” he said. He said its power was so great as to be "incredible.” Khrushchev, speaking before the Supreme Soviet, already had boasted: “The Soviet army wields such means of warfare and such firepower as no other army has ever had." “Several Tears” Ahead Khrushchev said cutting conventional troop strength would leave a 2.400,000 man force equipped with nuclear weapons and rockets so powerful they can obliterate any enemy. He said Russia was several years” ahead of the United States in rocketry and would strive to maintain the lead. He added Russia already has sufficient atomic and hydrogen bombs but will continue to make them until there is a worldwide ban. He said the several years lead extended to “the creation and mass production of intercontinental ballistic missiles of various types.” Zhrushchev also outlined a new concept of warfare for the Soviet with the air force eventually abolished in favor of rockets, with the navy built around a powerful submarine force and the army made up of smaller units armed with nuclear weapons. % Says Talks “Sincere” But not all his speech was sa-bre-rattling and he insisted that international disputes should and could be settled by negotiation. He said his talks with President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan had been “sincere and friendly” and "gave reason to expect that a spirit of realism, frankness and cooperation would prevail at the forthcoming summit talks” in Paris May 16. Khrushchev expressed hope his Paris talks with President Charles de Gaulle would lead to positive results in the improvement of So-viet-French relations and in the future normalization of the international atmosphere. Khrushchev said Russia had maintained large awnies after World War II only because of “atomic bomb blackmail**-by the ■■ West but now it had outstripped - — the West and was “several years”

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I AREQUIPA, Peru (UPD — A shattering earthquake—the worst disaster in the history of this second largest city of Perukilled at least 38 persons Wednesday and injured more than 200, it was’reported today. ; —Aftershocks continued through the night, and thousands of persons slept in the open for fear that another major quake might shake down their homes. President Manuel Prado, U.S. Ambassador Theodore Achilles and other American and Peruvian officials were flying here today to assess the extent of damage. Airlift Aid An emergency airlift brought doctors, nurses, food and essential medicines for quake victims. Help also was on the way from Bolivia. , Local authorities proclaimed a state of emergency in Arequipa and surrounding areas shortly after the first shock rocked the city at 10:40 a.m., destroying or dam-

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ahead in the designing and production of intercontinental ballistic missiles. i Cut Plane Preduction Khrushchev said nuclear weapons would continue to be produced until the Western powers agree to a ban. In the meantime the rocket striking force is taking the place of the air force 1 and the production of some bombers has been discontinued, he said. , Khrushchev set present strength of the Soviet armed forces at 3 623,000 men and said they could slashed by 1,200.000 because of what he called Russia’s growing rocket superiority. He made the statements before a joint session of the Supreme Soviet, the Russian Parliament, meeting in its first session of 1960. The I.WO-member body unfaili ingly approves proposals put forth by Khrushchev. He suggested .that ; the cqts be made “in the course of one or two years.” May Rely On Task Force* Reports had been circulating in Moscow that Khrushchev would suggest the Soviet place more reliance on smaller task forces equipped with the latest nuclear weapons instead of large conventional armies. He told the Supreme Soviet Russia would make the troop reduction irrespective of any action taken by a forthcoming 10-nation disarmament conference in Geneva. Khrushchev said the Soviet Union had been forced to maintain large armies after World War II because of what he called “atomic bomb blackmail” by the West.. “At that time the Soviet Union did not have that bomb yet,” he said. “The Soviet Union was compelled to increase the strength of its troops in order to strengthen its defense against possible provocations.” Hold Joint Session The two houses of the Supreme Soviet met briefly and adopted today’s agenda “disarmamentr—a way to and insure friendship between nations.” Then they met in joint session to hear Khrushchev. He gave the key to the arms cut when he stated, “we are several years ahead cf all other countries in the designing and production of intercontinental ballistic missiles of all sizes.” Khrushchev said the numerical strength of the Soviet armed forces would be lower than the level proposed by the United States, Britain and France in 1956 when it was suggested the East-West armed forces be fixed at 2,500,000 each. “The defense potential of our’ homeland will by ho means be weakened,” Khrushchev said. “The Soviet Union has stockpiled the needed quantity of atomic and hydrogen weapons. Our armed forces have been largely switched to rocket-nuclear arms.”

aging an estimated 80 per cent of its homes. The trembler wrecked the Roman Catholic church at Santo Domingo, the Goyeneche Hospital, the Gibson bank and the public works building. Many other public buildings were destroyed or damaged. Without Power The Tiahaya district was reported "completely destroyed.” « The city was without electric light or power "Wednesday night and drinking Water was rationed. Although Arequipa, with a population of 130,000, was the largest city hard hit by the quake, it was felt in' scores of other communities in Peru, Chile and Bolivia. Telephone lines were down in many areas, delaying reports of death or damage. The shock here was worse than that which hit the city on Jan. 15, 1958, killing 21 persons and injuring 90.

Third Major Storm Os Season In U.S.

United Pre** International The nation s third major storm of the season today produced twofoot snows in the Southwest, one of the northeast’s worst ice storms in 50 years and damaging midwestern floods. The third major storm of the year swept out of New Mexico, Colorado and Utah to drop 22 inches of snow at Williams. Ariz. McNary. Ariz., reported 21 inches and nearby Grand Canyon had 20. Heavy snow warnings were issued for parts of Colorado. Kansas and Nebraska today. Six ot 12 inches of snow was expected from southeast Colorado through northwest Kansas and central Nebraska. A band of freezing rain and sleet was forecast for part? of Kansas, Nebraska and a > bringing hazardous driving conditions. Wind gusts up to 50 m.p.h. wore expected through the north* ern Plains area. Sleet Hite Northeast Nine Inches of snow combined with a bitter onslaught of sleet and ice to cripple Connecticut and glaze roads and trees in upper New York. Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Gentle, spring-like rains, triggered by a freak warm spell, sent rivers rolling through towna and farmland in Wisconsin, lowa and Illinois and threatened to send the mighty Missouri out of its banks above St- Joseph, Mo. The northeastern storm jammed all transportation in Connecticut, trapped six boats in Connecticut River ice jams, and covered the state’s highways with a slush or hardpacked snow. The worst sleet storm in half a century sent ice - crusted tfee branches crashing across power lines in Elmira. N.Y., shutting off power Jo 1,500 homes and Elmira College, which sent its 700 women students home for the day.

Three Indianapolis Youths Are Killed United Press International A three-fatality crash at an Indianapolis street repair barricade sent Indiana's 1960 traffic death toll soaring today. The deaths of three youths in the capital crash combined with three other fatalities in separate accidents during the last 24 hours , to increase the toll since Jan., 1 to at least 39. Eight-year-old Curtis Kneisley of Michigan City was injured fatally Wednesday when he stepped off a bus into the path of a car. Mrs. Stella Cayton, 66, Indianapolis, was killed today when she walked into the path of a car'on U.S. 421 after stepping from a bus. Jeffrey N. Hitter, 19, Lafayette, was killed today when his car missed a curve on Ind. 26 near Lafayette. The triple-fatality accident occurred when a car swerved into a pole to miss a street repair blockade at which police said no warning flares were burning. The dead were identified as Arnold Dale Lanham, 20, the driver; Jerry Dean Statom, 29, and Kenny Wilcher, 19, all of Indianapolis. Sheriff’s officers said the car passed over a rise in an east side street and the driver suddenly saw a barricade where the street was closed because a bridge is out. , . . Lanham applied the brakes, but it was too late. The car skidded wildly, plunged into a ditch and smashed into a utility pole. Lanham died at the scene, Statom died enroute to a hospital, and Wilcher died in General Hospital about four hours after the accident. The sheriffs office said a flare pot marknig the roadblock was not lighted. The construction work was being done by a private contractor. However, another lighted flare warning of the roadblock was burning west of the point where the eastbound car came upon the barricade. There was one survivor. Joseph Tanham, 18, a cousin ot Arnold,

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At least five deaths were blamed on the storm—one each in lowa and New York and three near Harrow, Ontario, where a family of three drowned when their car flipped upside down on a fogbound highway and landed in a rain-swollen ditch. Wisconsin Rivers Overflow Three of Wisconsin's most troublesome rivers jumped their banks and drove flood-weary residents from their homes. The Pecatonica coursed across a third of Darlington's business district. The Little Sugar flooded the city hall basement, a community building, a lumber yard and a swimming pool at Monticello. Wis.. and lapped over a stretch of new highwav near town. The Rock River buried several streets and flooded basements in ' Beloit. Wis. I The U.S. Weather Bureau predicted rain or drizzle today from the southern Rockies through the middle and lower Mississippi Valley and from lower Michigan into Georgia. The rain was expected to change into three inches of snow tonight in thetogktahoma panhandle anji western Kansas. INDIANA WEATHER Rain tonight with moderate to heavy amonnto. Scattered thunderstorms south. Mostly cloudy Friday with rain north and extreme east probably ending. Turning colder south Friday. Low tonight 30s north to the 40s south. High Friday 40s north to 50s south. Sunset today 5:44 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Friday 8:05 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Saturday; Mostly cloudy and colder but no major change. Low Friday night 28 to 40. High Saturday 35 to 45. _____ was hurt only slightly when he was hurled from the car. The three deaths raised the 1960 Indiana toll to at least 36. It was the fourth multiple-fatality accident in Indiana in the first 13 days of the new year.

Local Man's Sister Is Taken By Death Miss Dorothy Lautenschleger, 55, of West Lafayette, 0., died Tuesday in a hospital at Cambridge, 0., where she had been a patient three weeks. She was a sister of Elmer Lautenschleger of near Decatur. Tw<T other brothers and one sister also survive. Elmer Lautenschleger and his son, Owen, of Van Wert, will attend funeral services Friday in West Lafayette, O. - Advertising Index Advertiser • Page Adams Theater 8 Beavers Oil Service, Inc.. 5 Bower Jewelry Store 6. 7 Briede Studio Budget Loans „ ----1 Burke Elevator Co.l-e.. 5 Butler Garage — 5 Bukets ~6 John Brecht Jewelry ’.- 3 Fred W. Corahx 7 Ehinger’s “Boston Store” -- 3 Gambles „„ 4 Goodin’s Market 6 Habegegr Hardware 3 Haflich & Morrissey 3 Holthouse Furniture Store 6 Kent Realty & Auction Co. 5 L. O. 0. Moose —7 Niblick & Co 3 J. J. Newberry Co. —7 Phil Neuenschwander, Auctioneer - 5 P. N. Hirsch & Co., Model Dept Store —1 2 Standard Food Stores 8 Schmitt Meat Market ... ,4 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Shaffer’s Restaurant 8 Sheets Furniture Store 4,7 Smith Drug Co. -——2, 5 Sudduth Meat Market 2 Teen Togs ’ 2 Teeple —- —— 5

BULLETIN BILOXI. Mis*, turn — A federal grand jury today refused to indict anyone in the lynching of Negro Mack Charles Parker. The grand jury reported at 10:46 a.m. c.s.l. to Judge Sidney Mine that it had "considered all evidence and was un- ■ able to arrive at any true hill.” Paul Uhrick Heads Retailer Division At a special meeting of Decatur retailers this morning. Paul Uhrick. of Uhrick Bros. Furniture Co., became the new retail division chairman of the local Chamber ot Commerce. Uhrick replaces Ferris Bower, of Bower Jewelry, who served in 1959. Tom Smith, of the Goodyear Service store, was elected vice chairman, with Herb Banning, of. Holthouse on the Highway. CletusMiller, of the Fairway Restaurant. and Miss Kay Alberson. of, the Kiddie Shop, selected to the' financial committee. One of the financial committee members will be chosen to serve in the joint position of secretarytreasurer for the division at a meeting to be announced shortly. The retail devision, which sponsors amongst other things, the spring and fall openings, the merchants show case, the fish fry, and other promotional events during the year, will agein stress group participation during 1960. - Ralph Habegger, of Habegger Hardware, and Ralph Trout, of Sherwin-Williams Store, acted as tellers for the election this moming. Uhrick, in accepting the head of one of the most touchy divisions in the Chamber, said that he would strive to gain a rapport with the individual merchants to get the ball rolling in the right direction. He said that he would give his best to gain as much cooperation, if not more, than was exhibited by the group last year. He said he thought this could be done.

Mrs. Cynthia Carver Is Taken By Death

Mrs. Cynthia Clininst Carver, 90, a resident of Wells county for 45 years, died at 1 o’clock Wednesday at the Cooper rest home in Bluffton. She had been in failing heatlh four years. She was married July 11, 1886, to Charles Carver, who preceded her in death in 1941. Two sons and a daughter are also deceased. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Parrish of Bluffton, and Mrs. Zelma Walker of Kirklin; one son, Lawrence Carver of Salem; 15 grandchildren, 36 greatgrandchildren and six great-great-granchildren. Funeral serivces will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, with burial in Fairview cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. Byron McCammon To Speak Here Tuesday Byron McCammon, -only announced Democratic candidate for the fourth district congressional seat, will address the Adams county Jefferson club next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, Ed Jaberg. chairman for the affair stated today. McCammon, a school teacher in Fort Wayne who lives in Whitley county, and also is a state representative, has been speaking throughout the district. Tonight, for example, he is addressing the Columbia City Young Democrats on the “farm forum" which he attended recently at Taylor university. McChmmon also is a Whitley county farmer. - Entertainment will be furnished, and refreshments served following the meeting. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Serving on the committee with Jaberg are Rosemary Spangler. William Linn, Herman Moellering, and Burl Johnson.

John L Lewis Bows Out As Miners Leader 1 WASHINGTON (UPD — John uL. Lewis, labor** living legend, I bow* out today •» president of the United Mine Worker* The white-haired warrior, who fought the miner** battles for 40 years and led an army of mawproduction worker* into industrial unions, planned to resign without fanfare. I He arranged to step down at a I closed session of the union's 30I man executive board about a I month tn advance of his 80th birthday on Feb. 12. Thomas Kennedy. UMW vice president, automatically succeeds to Lewis’ job. He is 72. To Name Kennedy Successor The union was expected to disclose a well-kept secret—thename of Kennedy’s successor as vice president — after the meeting is over' late this afternoon. The man who is e|gyated to one of the top three UMW offices <is sure to be regarded as the crown prince and eventual president of the UMW. . Lewis’ departure marked the end of an era for the UMW. Lewis a bull of a man who used words as his weapons — yields to the mild-mannered, soft-spoken Kennedy. As a Shakespearean scholar, Lewis might dwell on a phrase from Romeo and Juliet: „ Parting is such sweet sorrow. ~” To Hold Banquet Nostalgia was bound to be the keynote of a banquet tonight in [honor of Lewis and Kennedy at one of Washington's plushiest hotels. | For Lewis, it was sure to be ■another day full of memories: ' Sit-down strikes in the turbulent '3o’s; the split within the' AFL that led to creation of the CIO and took 20 years to heal; mountainous fines for contempt of federal court back-to-work orders. Today’s transfer of power was scheduled to take place in a plain basement room at the union s headquarters. Its walls are lined with dozens of cartoons depicting the crises, conflict and comedy that- marked Lewis' career. About 220 field representatives , of the union arrived from such coal capitals as Pottsville. Pa., Hazard, Ky.. Bluefield, W. Va. and Big Stone Gap, Va., to attend the ceremony. -

St. Mary's River Recedes Slightly S ‘ St. Mary’s river receded slightly this morning, easing worried minds in the vicinity of the swollen tributary as weather observer Louis Landrum recorded the level at 11.48 feet. Landrum reported that only .01 inch (f fra in fell last night and this morning up to 7 a.m., greatly assisting in allowing the river to dip slightly from high of almost 13 feet, which is theoretical flood stage here. E. Steele, of Union township, called in to report that a total of 1.3 inches fell in that area from Wednesday to this morning. His report covered the area west and north of the state line. Heavy rains in the northern part of the state put the Maumee River over the flood stage near Fort Wayne yesterday, according to the Baer field weather station observer this morning. The Maumee rose from about four feet to feet, which is the theoretical flood stage there. More rain i§ expected in both Decatur and Fort Wayne areas today, but as of . noon today, none had fallen. The temperatures are also expected to remain in the 40’s, with the same holding true for the next four or five days, according to the short range forecast.

Swastika-Painting Is Spreading

By United Press International Swastika - painting penetrated even deeper into U.S. Society today despite increasingly alarmed denunciations by civic, union and religious leaders. As the newest college fad, it threatened to become as widespread as panty raids. As an outlet for juvenile energies, it caught on like rock ’n roll music. As a symbol of bigotry, it thrived unabated. But offenders were being caught and punished. An Ohio State University student was suspended. A student at La Crosse, Wis., State College and four other youths were ordered to court and a 13yearold New York City boy was. charged with juvenile delinquency. I National leaders, following Pres-

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Statewide Program Will Honor Lincoln Pupils in the Decatur city school system will join with other Hoosier ciilOL in a state-wide program honoring Abraham Lincoln during the 150th celebration of his birth, according to an announcement from W. Guy Brown, city school superintendent. The Indiana Lincoln foundation, which has the approval of both the state school board and local school board, is promoting an “Abraham Lincoln school fellow donor program.” One principal object of the project will be to build a “Itvfng” memorial to the 16th president at Spencer eounty, where the Lincolns resided when little Abe was a boy. Follow Lincoln’* Example Because the program* is a do-nor-type, each child will be asked to donate 81 to the fund, the officials of the foundation have pointed toward Lincoln's code of

Reds Work On Orbital Bomb

WASHINGTON (UPD— Nuclear scientist Ralph E. Lapp said today the Russians may be working on an “orbital H-t»mb” which could be stationed in space and launced or recalled at will. “A recallable bomb in orbit around the earth would have tremendous impact upon the world as a psychological terror weapon,” Lapp said. Lapp, who worked in the U.S. atomic bomb project during World War 11. also suggested that the Russians may have developed a long-range missile of super power and super accuracy capable of delivering a 100-megaton warhead on targets continents away. A 100-megaton warhead would have the explosive violence of 100 million tons of TNT. The A-bomb which destroyed Hiroshima was a 20,000-ton weapon. Lapp, now a writer on nuclear affairs, made these suggestions in commenting on a statement by Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev that Russia is working on a ‘‘fantastic weapon” of “incredible” power.

ident Eisenhower's lead, expressed—eoncern over anti-Semitic acts — the desecrating of synagogues and harassing of Jews—and said it "brought to mind the Germany of Hitler’s era, David -Jr McDonald, president of the Upited Steelworkers Union, said in Pittsburgh ; Wednesday night that the neo-Nazi activity was “tightening.” He urged “the proper governmental authorities to leave nothing undone to bring the offenders to justice, and to take whatever steps are necessary to end the present anti-democratic threat before it becomes more serious.” In Chicago, where many Jewish temples have been daubed with swastikas, Jewish cultural clubs urged Mayor Richard J. Daley to

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living as a guide. The school pupils will be asked to earn this sl. pcrpuUiating Lincoln by showing honesty, integrity, hard work, and 'self-discipline. Each contributor will be presented with a “Certificate of membership" as a memento to treasure. His name will also be placed in the cornerstone of the new memorial. Feb. 1 to 12 The donations at the local schools will be collected during Feb 1 through the 12th. The local school was advised to take part In this program early laat year, when Lincoln year was actually started, but felt that the project would be better supported nearer Lincoln's birth date next month. Lincoln, who spent 14 important years of his formative years in Indiana, has long been cherished as one of America's greatest presidents. Indiana proudly calls herself "Lincoln Land.”. While each school pupil is in no way obligated to contribute, each is asked to do so of his own free will.

Some scientists have discounted the like Wood of developing satellite bomß on grounds t hat it would be extremely difficult to pull them out of orbit and aim them effectively at a target on earth. But a technical report published by the House Space Committee last year said such a bombing System is feasible. It made the point that a satellite bomb coyld be launched into orbit in times of peace and then hurled at an enemy by command signals from the ground whenever its masters wished. Lapp agreed that such a bomb, recallable on demand, would require “highly sophisticated guidance.” And from a strictly military standpoint, he said, it might not be the best of all possible weapons. But as a terror weapon, he said, an H-bomb circling the world at an altitude of some 300 miles would have a vast effect upon the minds and emotions of mankind whether or not it was ever used.

appeal for brotherhood in a radiotelevision address. The mayor already had urged residents to report suspects of anti-Semitic acts to police. Rabbi J e fame Kestenbaum. Nashville, Tenn., told police Wednesday night an anonymous phone caller threatened to bomb a synagogue if war correspondent William L. Shirer, who wrote of Jews* persecution in a history of Germany, were permitted to speak. Shirer spoke but the threat did not materialize. In Arlington. Va., a veterans of foreign wars post Wednesday night called for the stripping of rank from a naval reserve officer. George L. Rockwell, 41, a selfstyled Nazi. -