Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1960 — Page 1

Vol. Will. No. 26

Appraisers Named For City’s Utility

Th* third wt of appraiwr* was a panted thia morning by Adam* circuit court judge Myles F. Parrish with Edwin Relfstcck. of Preble township. Christian A. !n---nlger. of Monroe township, and Delmas Bollenbacher. of Jefferson township, being named to enter a valuation of the city-owned electric utility. Judge Parrish said this morning that he will issue instructions and an oath of office to the men. possibly this week, after obtaining copies of the contract, photostats of the utility maps, and other data the appraisers will need to do the job . City Bequest* Appointment He also said-that this being the first day of the February terp. it was the first day authorized to file this team. The city Hied its request for the appraisers on the last day of the November term. The court order stated that the appraisers must file their valuation promptly and will do so with the city council. The appraisers have the right to hire an engineer to assist them with their appraisal. Fair And Just The first set of appraisers, which Guy Shoemaker, set the figure as had Eli Graber. Robert Long, and ‘•fair and just," according to Indite ana and Michigan’s offer of $2,'102,300 for the power plant. The second appraisal, filed four days before the Nov. 3 election, nullified the results of the balloting because the figure was $175,000 higher than the I&M offer of $2,099,100. These appraisers were Mark A. Morin, Harley Reef and Henry Rumple. The third I&M offer. almost a year after the second offecr, is Still $2,099,100.

Gen. MacArthur In Serious Condition NEW YORK (UPD—Gen 'Douglas MacArthur, hospitalized with a urinary ailment, was reported improved but still in serious condition today. He will be in the hospital for at least two weeks. MacArthur, who was 80 last week, was reported feeling stronger Sunday. He entered Lenox Hill Hospital Friday complaining of .not feelihg well. - t His condition was diagnosed as -» blocked urinary tract. r < “Considerable time will be required to complete a full evaluation of the general’s condition,” Dr. George W. Slaughter, a urologist’'who is treating MacArthur said.’ Sdrgery was not being contemplated at present, officials said. Additional medical reports on the general’s condition were expected later today when further tests have been evaluated, Slaughter said. The five-star general, still considered on active duty, is being cared for by Army nurses and an Army sergeant stands guard at his door. His hospital bills are being paid by the Army. Col. Gordon Barclay, Ist Army public information officer, said. 4-H Adult Leaders Will Meet Tuesday A 4-H adult leaders meeting will be conducted Tuesday at the Adams Central cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is for the organization df leaders. Miss Ruth Ann Nine of the state 4-H office will be meeting with the group.

r — ' r ~]~ g ■ ■ A FAMILIES AFFAlß— Married last June, widower Robert Walsh and widow Kathleen Egan arranged ’ tTadopteaeh other's children (12 altogether, in Chicago. CountvJudge ft£2 aDDroved the move that united the families. Group at left, the Walshes. are, left to ri s}}£» front. Robert 5, and William, 7; second row, Patrick, 11, and James, TO; third row, Thomas. 15, and Ma’ry, 14. At right are the Egans. Front, left to right, Patrick, 9, and Virginia, 3; rear, Marilyn, 13: Kathleen, 12, and John, 11. « ■ ' i

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Israeli And Syrian Forces Stage Battles TEL AVIV. Israel (UPD-laraeli and Syrian armed force* fought a raging night-long battle that lasted until dawn today in the demilitarized rone south of the Sea of Galilee. There were casualties on both sides. Several hours later fighter ►planes from the two nations clashed in a brief dog fight over Metulla on the Israel - Lebanon border. An Israeli military spokesman said in Tiberias that three Israelis were killed in the battle for the Arab village of Tawafik Seven more soldiers were wounded in the attack, launched against Syria after an Israeli border patrolman was killed and two more wounded in a border clash Sunday. A military spokesman in Damascus said two Arabs were killed and four wounded in the fighting at Tawafik. News of the aerial dog fight came from an army spokesman in Tel Aviv. He charged that four Russian - built MIG jet fighters from Syria tried to penetrate Israeli air space and were chased off by two Israeli jet fighters.

Advertising Index A&P Tea Co. -1 3 Adams Theater v » L. Anspaugh Studios 2 Arnold Lumber Co.. Inc. ------ Beavers Oil Service. Inc. . 4A, 5 Begun's Clothing Store 5A Bower Jewelry Store.. lA, 3A, 6A Briede Studio — 2 Brooks - ----- ” John Brecht Jewelry 5* Burk Elevator Co. -----— » Butler Garage .— - 3 Budget Loans 7 Burke Insurance Service 7 Cowen’s Insurance Agency 8 Decatur Music House 6 Ehinger’s “Boston Store" 2 Ellenberger Bros., auctioneers . 5 Fairway ----- Fager Appliances & Sporting Goods -----7 Gambles 5A E. F. Gass Store 3 Gerber’s Super Market .... 8, 8A Goodyear Service Store 8 Habegger Hardware —... 1A Haflich & Morrissey lA. 4.1 Holthouse Drug Co lA, 2A, 7 Holthouse Furniture Store . lA, 2A International College ' 1 Jani Lyn 1 A - 2 Kaye’s Shoe Store — — 6 Kelly Dry Cleaners 3 Kiddie Shop 6A Kohn Drug Store .— r 2A Lords ------ 3 Mazelin Heating Service - 6 Myers Cleaners 4 G. C. Murphy Co, ------ 4A J. J. Newberry Co. lA, 3A Niblick & Co. ... 3A Old American Insurance Co.— 4 p. N. Hirsch & Co.. Model Department Stores,——— 2A Price Men’s Wear - 6A Schafers 1A - 4 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co lA, 4,6, 6A Shaffer’s Restaurant —— — 3 Sheets Furniture Co. ...... lA, 6A Teen Togs — ® A Teeple 5 Uhrick Bros -— lA, 5A Win-Rae Drive In lA, 7A

Rail Engineers Planning For Strike Vote CHICAGO (UPD—The Brother hood of I .<ocomotlve Engineers prepared today to take a strike vote while two other railroad unions resumed talks with the nation’s rail industry and the National (Railway) Mediation Board. The engineers union said it would ask its 40.000 members this week If they want to strike If no agreement is reached. Even if the workers approve a strike, any walkout would be delayed at least 60 days while a presidential fact - finding board studies the dispute and makes recommendations. Negotiators for the BLE and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers broke off talks with industry bargainers last week. Talks continued with two other operating unions, the Switchmen's and Conductors' brotherhoods. The switchmen's union said it is “only a matter of time before we break off. too, unless something comes up that we can send to our membership for ratification." . A railroad spokesman said he was optimistic that neither the conductors nor the switchmen's unions would break off talks at least before the middle of the Leverett Edwards, a member of the National (Railway) Mediation Board, said the board would decide in Washington early this week whether to proffer arbitraThe BL Eand the BLFE asked for such action last week. But they were expected to reject an arbitration proffer if it is made in order to get the case out of the hands of the mediators and before a presidential fact-finding board. , More than 711.000 railway workers would be idled by a strike o any one of the operating unions. The last major rad strike occurred in 1950-51 when President Truman put the radroads under government control by citing a Korean War emergency provision. Local Man's Mother Is Taken By Death Mrs. Jennie Rash. 93, mother of Don K. Lutes of this city, died Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Wdl Shaffer, in Indianapolis. Mrs. Rash had visited with her son here last month. Funeral services wdl be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Cory funeral home in Fortvdle, with burial in the Fortville cemetery. Native Os Decatur Dies In Michigan Mrs. Cai Myers, a native and former resident of. Decatur, died at 8 p. fn. Saturday at her home in St Charles. Mich- She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Butler. Survivors include her husband and a sister. Mrs. Esther Pate of Milwaukee, Wis. She was a sister-in-law of Mrs. Frank Lynch and Mrs. Frank Butler, and an aunt of Mrs. Joe Krick and Mrs. Francis Eady, all of Decatur. • Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in St. Charles. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPD—Rep, Ray J. Madden (D-Ind.) moved formally today that the House Rules Committee immediately clear for House consideration a long-pending bill to bolster Negro voting rights and school integration progress in the south.

ONLY DAILY NEWRPAPIR IW ADAMI COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, Feb 1, 1960

Armed Robbery Effort At Local Liquor Store Thwarted This Morning

2nd Super Missile Fired By Russians

MOSCOW (UPD — The Soviet Union announced today it fired a second super missile into the Pacific Sunday to complete its present series of rocket tests in that area ahead of schedule. The Tass announcement did not give the precise point of the rocket's impact, but said the nextto last stage with a dummy nose cone had "reached the intended region in the Pacific Ocean” at 7:58 p.m. Moscow time (10:58 a m. c.s.t.) Sunday. It added that this shot successfully ended the presently announced test series designed to develop a more powerful multistage rocket for launching earth satellites and to prepare for flights to other planets. "In this connection," the announcement said, “Tass is authorized to state that the area defined by the coorinates given in the Tass statement of Jan. 8. 1960, is being freed for sailings and flights as from Feb. I—that is, ahead of schedule.” Originally, the Soviet Union announced on Jan. 8 that it was setting aside a 44,800-square-mile test area in the central Pacific about 1.100 miles southwest of Hawaii for a month from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15. It warned shipping and planes out of the area during this time. _____

Algiers Revolt Is Collapsed

ALGIERS, Algeria (UPD—The French settlers’ revolt against President Charles de Gaulle collapsed today. The insurgents surrendered their barricaded positions in Algiers without a fight. Last to surrender against the overwhelming odds - was Pierre LaGaillarde, the red-beareded 29-year-old former paratrooper. The end to the eight-day insurrection against De Gaulle came at noon (5 a.m. c.s.t.l. LaGaillarde marched out of the barricaded zone in the, heart of Algiers followed by 500 members of his armed forces. Moments later, the barricades thrown up last week began coming down and army troops moved into the areas. Echo War Cry News of the surrender spread like wildfire through the streets of Algiers. Thousands of civilians gathered in the streets to shout for the insurgents and chant “Algerie Francais” — “Algeria is French,"the insurgents’ war cry. Troops who entered the Algiers Bank headquarters of insurgent co-leader Joseph Ortiz found it empty. There were reports that he had gone into hiding. x The paratroops and other soldiers facing the ba r r ic a d e s_ snapped to attention and presented arms as the insurgents filed through. — Moments later, other French settlers who had defied De Gaulle and the French army for more than a week, began dismantling the main barricade. Many had tears in their eyes. Then LeGaillarde, his body guards and chief lieutenants marched out of the barricaded zone. He was still wearing his old paratroop uniform. P fOnt Surrender Terms Unconfirmed reports said that under the terms of surrender, LaGaillarde and his men would be permitted to join the ranks of the army in the fight against the Moslem Nationalist rebels. The hardcore of the insurrection which had threatened to plunge France into civil war, began crumbling during the night. Metropolitan France and virtually all the rest of Algeria had swung solidly behind De Gaulle. Even more important, the French army responded firmly to their commander-in-chief s demand for their loyalty. As LaGailarde led his men to the trucks, crowds massed on

The Tass announcement that the ' tests have ended ahead of sched- ’ ,ule means that normal surface ’ and air travel may safely be re- ’ Burned in the Pacific region two weeks ahead of time. Tass made its disclosure of this ■ second Soviet super-missile test shot in the Pacific in a special i broadcast at 530 p.m. Moscow : time (8:30 a m. C.s.t.). The broadI cast was the first news the Soviet people had that a second rocket ■ had been'launched. The latest Tass announcement , was extremely brief in compari- . son with the statement issued foli lowing the first shot Jan. 20. This time, it gave no distance the rocket traveled, nor did it say how close it came to its target ■ point. In announcing the first Soviet Pacific test shot, Tass said the 1 missile traveled 7.762 miles and landed within a mile and a quar--1 ter of its target. (The Soviet announcement of the second rocket firing confirmed • a U.S. Defense Department announcement Sunday that a Navy plane crew sighted an object that “appeared to be a missile" landing in the impact area of the Pacific set aside by the Soviet Union for its tests. It said the object was sighted about noon Sunday.

nearby streets broke out into the Marseillaise. Youths perched perilously on rooftops shouted “Long live LaGaillarde.” Army troops formally moved into the barricaded zone at 12:37 pirn. (5:37 a m. c.s.t.l. It was the end of a tragic page in French history. As late as Sunday night, LaGaillarde was vowing he would never surrender. But rumers were circulating that some sort of an “arrangement” had been made for him and his men to lay down their arms without a fight. Jean Demarquet, a former National Assembly deputy who joined the insurgents two days ago, appeared on the porch of the LaGaillarde command post early today and announced that he was “taking the grave responsibility of leaving the entrenched camp to which I shall return around noon.” He did not elaborate but it appeared he would confer with the French military authorities on a “surrender.” A young insurgent, wearing a paratroop uniform with the pockets bulging with hand grenades grinned wryly and said: “Well that does it. . vive de Gaulle.” There were other indications of the collapse of resistance in Algiers, focal point of the insurrection by French settlers opposing de Gaulle's' “Self Determination” policy for Algeria. Streets Come Alive The streets of Algiers were alive with crowds streaming to work for the first time since the revolt erupted. . ~ • It 'was evident that residents had responded to the appeals from government authorities to end the general strike called by the insurgents. . For the first time m a week, stores were taking down shutters, buses were running on full schedule and workers were heading for factories and offices. Most schools also were reopened. De Gaulle had called for the end to the insurrection in a nationwide broadcast last Friday in which he reiterated his determination to stand fast on his policy for Algeria. He demanded that troops, who had shown signs of wavering, owed him and France full allegiance. And he streesed that their mission in Algeria was to put down the Moslerh Nationalist revolt.

Innocent Plea By Fort Wayne Youth Attorneys for the teenage Fort Wayne youth, the driver of the death car Sept. 12. filed a "not guilty" plea at the first day of criminal arraignments in Adams circuit court this morning. The case will be heard before a jury March 29 at 9 a m. The youth. Ronald Eugene Easley. 19, of Fort Wayne, was indicted on a true bill by the county grand jury on a charge of reckless driving Jan. 12. He is out on SSOO bond. Easley is reported by police to be the driver of the car in which a teenage companion, Robert James Kase. 19. also of Fort died of a crushed chest and fractured neck in the wee hours of the morning on U.S. 224, just west of the Indiana-Ohio state line. The report was given by sheriff Merle Affolder and the state police. Four other Fort Wayne area youths were in the car when it spun out of control on the roadway, spilling its six youthful occupants on the roadway. Two of the boys were treated at the hospital, while the others were released after being checked at the Adams county memorial hospital. A second car, driven by Frank Orsisi, of Pontiac. Mich., was involved in the wreck. He told police that the Easley car struck his in the rear on the S-curve. and then went out of control and crashed. It was the eighth traffic fatality of 1959, and pie last.

Third Grade Pupils To Circus Saturday About 600 third grade pupils from Adams county will be among the expected 11,000 kids from Northeastern Indiana who will attend the Shrine circus in Fort Wayne Saturday. In this county, the Adams county Shrine club is the sponsoring group as it has ben for eight consecutive years. R. L. Mills, serving as county circus chairman, said this morning that pupils from the Vera Cruz Opportunity school would also be invited and would receive tickets from the group. Trustees Supply Buses Transportation for the trip to the Fort Wayne Coliseum will be provided by the Adams county school buses through the courtesy of the township trustees. Attending the 10 a.m. performance Saturday will be 11,000 children from this part of the state. A revised schedule is planned for the circus with new and exciting acts a sure bet to thrill the youngsters. Buses will leave the various schools at a pre-arranged time table which is listed below. All parents are requested to take special note of this time and have the children there a little ahead of time , Bus Schedule The bus will leave Geneva at 7:45 a.m. and Berne at 8 a.m. Buses at the Lincoln school and St. Joseph’s will leave at 8:15 a.m. The Adams Central buses will depart at 8 a.m. as will the Pleasant Mills travelers. The Monmouth buses will take off at 8:15 a.m. Parents might wish to prepare a sack lunch for the kids because the expected return to the various schools will be way past lunch time, or about 1:30 p.m. Parents are also asked to bring and meet the children at the respective schools. This is more for the convenience of the children than the leaders. Report Robbery At Physician's Office City police reported a break and entry at the offices of Dr. John Terveer at 222 S. Second street, amounting to grand larceny. . The police report showed that the office had been entered after j 10 p.m. Friday and before 11:30 a.m. Saturday, The amount listed as stolen exceeded SIOO, the minimum for a grand larceny charge. I 76 Pages 1

A brazen broad-daylight armed robbery was foiled this morning at the Colchin package liquor store when the owner's wife interrupted the three young robbers, who were holding the owner. Herman Colchin. at gun point with a sawed-off double barreled shcXgun. City police alerted a three-state dragnet for the youthful bandits, who escaped from the scene in a late model two-tone. Chevrolet with Ohio license plates. The attempted hold-up occurred at 9 39 a m. at 258 N. Second street. Wife Walks In Colchin told chief of police Jim Borders that the robbers got no money as his wife walked into the store from the back entrance, frightening the men away. He said that the three men walked in as he was sitting at his desk in the store, going over the account book. The tallest of the three, wearing a light colored trench coat, t pulled the double barrel shotgun from under his .coat and told Colchin to “open it up." referring to the cash register. Colchin pulled the drawer open and the bandit asked. “Is that all you've got?" Colchin said there was about sls in bills in the drawer. At that point. Mrs. Colchin walked in the store from their apartment in the rear. “Get out of here," Colchin shouted at his wife. She immediately ran out through the rear exit to call the police. The bandits became excited and ran out the front door, into their waiting car, and sped down Second street. Colchin ran to the window and jotted down the license plate. Witness Reports A witness, Ralph DeLauter, who lives above the liquor store, told police that he saw the car with the three men pull in front of the store, and sit and talk for about three minutes before entering the store. He gave police a description of the car and of the men. Sheriff’s department and state police cars responded immediately to the call and took to the roads to chase the fleeing bandits. The investigation is being continued. Reports Attempt Jesse Sutton, owner of Sutton's Jewelry store, reported to the police that three men also entered his store this morning, but appeared frightened and left without showing any weapons. Sutton was alarmed enough to call two other jewelers, one of whom called him back 10 minutes later and told him about the armed robbery attempt at Colchin's. The three men. described by Sutton as between 30 and 35 years old, left soon after a woman entered the shop. One was about six feet, one inch tall, dark, and

De Gaulle Is Granted Power

PARIS (UPD—The French cabinet granted Gen. Charles de Gaulle full emergency, powers today and parliament was summoned into special session_Tuesday to ratify the decision. An announcement to this effect 1 was made by Information Minister Roger Frey following a 1 cabinet session held shortly after 1 the settlers’ rebellion in Algiers • collapsed completely. The cabinet session came as de 1 Gaulle moved swiftly to solidify ' his political advantage in the wake of the bloodless military vic- : tory in Algeria. De Gaulle was encouraged to ' move not only by the complete capitulation of the Algerian set- • tiers who had opposed his policies ■ given him in a one-hour nationwide strike by workers loyal to his views. The nation-wide work stoppage began at 11 a.m. (4 a.m, c.s.t.l. I t ended on the stroke of noon. ' At the same time Pierre LaGaillarde, the red-bearded insurgent chieftain, was marching out of his barricaded zone in Algiers, ending lan eight-day crisis which brought France to the brink of civil war. Promptly at 11 o’clock, most offices, factories and offices closed down. Public transportation | ground to a halt. I Cases, grocery stores and a few

weighing about 300 pounds: the second was about 5 feet, 10 inches Uli, full-faced blonde, heavy, and with a rash on his face: Sutton was unable to describe the third. Search Spreads For Logansport Robber INDIANAPOLIS <UPI> — A search was spread today for an Illinois auto repairman whom police said was identified as the bandit who held up a branch bank at Logansport last Friday and escaped with nearly S2O 000. Indiana State Police said a photograph of Edward Riley, 38. Bradley, DI., was identified by employes of the Eastgate branch of the Farmers A Merchants State Bank at Logansport as ‘the gunman who threatened them and stuffed 119,827 into a pillow. Riley, police said, is missing from his home, and his wife, who police said made a $2.800 payment on a mortgage at a bank the day after the holdup, insisted she does not know where he is. A charge of assault and battery with intent to kill a police officer has been filed against Riley in White Circuit Court at Monticello because a car answering the description of Riley’s struck Lt. Erwin J. Rhoda when he tried to stop it at a roadblock 30 miles northwest of Logansport about half an hour after the robbery. State police also said the U.S. attorney’s office has authorized prosecution of Riley on a bank robbery charge. Riley, an ex-resident of Hobart. Ind., is the father of five children. A bullet-riddled car believed to have been used in the robbery was found in a Bradley garge. The car is the one which struck Indiana State Police Lt. Erwin J. Rhoda when he tried to stop it at a roadblock 30 miles northwest of Logansport about 30 minutes after the robbery. Rhoda fired at the fleeing vehicle five times with a shotgun. The driver of the car was believed to be the bandit who robbed the Eastgate Branch of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of $19,827 and threatened the life of two bank employes. Sheriffs deputies here said the driver left the auto in the garage Friday night with instructions to repair and paint it. The driver, however, has not been seen since. Indiana State Police said the auto, a black Chevrolet sedan, was formerly used by the Monon, Ind., police department but was traded, in for a new patrol car last year.

other shops stayed open for the convenience of housewives. Taxis and some trucks .and busses kept operating. - .... , The work stoppage was billed as an “hour of silence."— The work stoppage was unique in the turbulent postwar - history of France. It was the first time since World War II that workers were ordered to strike as an expression of solidarity with the government. .. The massive gesture was aimed specifically at proclaiming support for de Gaulle’s ‘selfdetermination" policy> for Algeria. But at the same time, it was an acknowledged warning that anyone hoping to trigger a revo ution in France against de Gaulle would face a paralyzed nation as the price of success. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. A little colder extreme north tonight and south Tuesday. Low tonight 20s nort h and central, around 30 south. High Tuesday 32 to 38. Sunset today 6:05 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Tuesday 7:52 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Wednesday: Partly cloudy, no important temperature changes. Lows in the 265. Highs in the 365.

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