Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1960 — Page 1

Vol LVIII. No. 30.

Cuban Gunmen Spray Prado

HAVANA. Cute <UPD—Ouamen firing from a fait.movia* auMnobllr i prayed Havana'* fashionable I Prado with tommy gun bullets today at the tame tune that Sdkiet First Deputy Premier Ana»tai l Mikoyan was opening the Soviet | exposition only a block away. Pate* immediately seated off building! la the area after what I appeared to ba an attempt to in- i terrupt the formal opening of the exposition. which atoo waa to be attended by Premier Fidel Cat-; tro. Mikoyan had juat arrived Crowd! which massed outside the Palace of Fine Arte for the exposition's opening scattered and ran after the first shots at 11:08 a.m. c.s.t The initial fire was followed by two otter attacks. A military tend helped to reduce the panic by playing the 26th of July revoiutonary hymn. Mikoyan was cordially received Sen. Kennedy Criticizes Ike Administration GARY. Ind. (UPD—Sen. John F. Kennedy toured heavily Democratic Lake County today, criticizing the Eisenhower administration and warning his party against overconfidence in this election Kennedy flew to Gary from Washington shortly after announcing Thursday his intention of entering the Indiana presidential preference primary, in which he is expected to have no formidable OP M a breakfsat for Lake County Democratic women this morning, Kennedy warned against waging a 1960 campaign with too much assurance of the election outcome. •■Let us face frankly the advantages which the HepuMitens possess,” Kennedy said. * They are in power nationally, controlling the executive branch—and that means power to channel defense contracts, award patronage, purchase surplus commodities, file criminal indictments and hold presidential press conferences. Cues GOP Assets “The Republicans in addition have a great asset and great campaigner in the current President of the United States. And Mr. Nixon himself (Vice pre^. e ", Richard M. Nixon) is a skiUtel campaigner, an experienced political fighter and a candidate with tremendous financial and newsP Kennedy said the Democrats have important assets, too. among them the record of .eight vears of Republican rule and the dynamic, progressive man in the to Terre Haute this afternoon for a “ meeting with 6th District party leaders, a news conference and an address before an estimated 1,700 guests at a Wabash Valley lecture series. About 1,400 persons at the Gary International Institute, including many persons in this populous steel-making area who are immia rants or sons of immigrants, heard Kennedy in an addl { ess upon his arrival Thursday night Kennedy at that time denounced

Five Sailors Lost At Sea

NORFOLK, Va. <UPI> — Hope was all but abandoned today tot five sailors thrown into the cold Atlantic when a World War II destroyer making its farewell run Was rolled 65 degrees by a sudden swell. . ... The accident severed the arm of one sailor aboard the ship, the USS Daly, fatally injuring him. » Ten crewmen were thrown overboard about 150 miles east of the Virginia Capes. The Daly pulled three sailors to safety shortly after the accident Thursday and the merchant Bh<-> Alabama picked up. two more, one of them seriously injured With a deep gash across his buttocks. , . The search continued today ana a Navy spokesman said it would go on until after dark. But he admitted there was little hope. “If they haven’t found them by now I don't think they will,” the spokesman said. . A message from the destroyer at mid-morning said it had been running an hour and 40 minutes at

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|by Cuban officials and a cheering crowd when be arrived by air from Moscow He was cheered and applauded in the streets I Thursday night when he walked I from the Cuban "White House" to I the Palace of Fine Arts to pre 'view the exposition. Mikoyan has given the impression during his brief stay here of 'being a man who is accustomed to doing things by B»e dock. He {turned up at the presidential palace on the stroke of 8 o'clock Thursday night tor a scheduled talk with Dorticoa. Cuban leaders, however, arei notably informal la their approach I to time —particularly Castro, who, ig often an hour late for appointments and who once showed up a day Ute for a convention speech. the policies of President Eisenhower’s administration concerning the European nations in bondage to Soviet Russia. “The administration has a policy of empty slogans and impractical formulas—a policy which we never intended to carry out—to which we never gave one iota of tangible support, and a policy whose very adoption, unfortunately. deprived us of any hope of formulating real alternatives for Eastern Europe, or formulating policies of real action, policies of real hope,” Kennedy said. Kennedy said the Elsenhower administration failed to give tangible hope to the overrun nations in every rebellion that arose against the Communists, including the outbreaks in East Germany, Hungary and Poland. Urges Soviet Reminder “For two fateful, turbulent weeks." Kennedy, said with reference to the Hungarian rebellion, “United States policy was practically paralyzed. We did not warn Moscow that intervention in Hungary might threaten world peace. We did not stop the United Nations from repeatedly postponing the Hungarian question We did not try to fly United Nations observers to Hungary so as to place it under some form of international supervision. “We did not even try to make the Soviets feel that we might resist their intervention, to do as much for Hungary as Russia was then doing for Egypt in bluffing the Western powers away from recovering the Suez Canal. Kennedy said it is not too late to offer encouragement to the overrun nations. He said in the future we must never in any treaty declaration recognize Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. “We must never," he said, “let the Soviet Union forget its pledges of Potsdam and Yalta to grant national self-determination to its captive nations. We must condemn Soviet abuses, and continually remind the world that millions of people are enslaved to Soviet rule." Three Persons Killed , In Richmond Wreck RICHMOND, Ind. <UPD —Three persons were killed today and a fourth was injured when two cars collided head-on in the rain at a railroad underpass on U. S. 40 seven miles west of here. Names of the dead were not learned Immediately.

full power without incident when an “abnormal swel” rolled it 65 degrees to starboard, hurling the 10 men into the sea. The skipper of the vessel was identified as Cmdr. K.C. Gummerson. A Navy Spokesman said he presumed the skiper was on the destroyer’s bridge when the accident occurred but had no confirmation. The Navy at the Newport, R.I. Atlantic Fleet destroyer headquarters identified the missing men 'as: Nicholas A. Calaluca, Beacon, N.Y.: Robert A. Carlson, West Haven, Conn.;" Charles E. Elis, Madison, Ind.; Paul J. Harvey, Lodi, N.J., and Jerral J. Neberz, Crystal Lake, Hl. The sailor killed aboard the destroyer was identified as David Allen Dale, son of Viggo L. Dale, Kenmore. N.Y. .. The Daly sailed Wednesday to be put into the mothball fleet here. It was accompanied by the destroyers Cotten and Cas s1 n Young.

Edward F. Jaberg To Seek Renomination I si i i ■ 1 t ™ ■ wl ■ ■ Edward F. Jaberg Edward F. Jaberg. auditor of Adams county, announced this morning that he is a candidate for renomination to the office of auditor. subject to the Democratic primary May 3. First elected to the office of auditor in 1*56. Jaberg is the sixth Democrat to announce for the primary, and the only one so far to announce for the office of auditor. A native of Preble township. Jaberg was graduated from Decatur high school in 1915. and has lived his entire life in Adams county. He attended Ball State Teachers College and Indiana University, and taught school for 30 years. 15 years in Preble township, and 15 years in the Decatur school system. : During World War I he served 18 months in Company A of the 139th field artillery, and went with them to France. He is a member of the American Legion and Veterans of World War I. Jaberg is a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church of Decatur, and has served as Sunday school superintendent, deacon, and elder. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and the Scottish Rite. Married. Jaberg has two daughters who are married, and three grandchildren. Hte is a lifelong Democrat, and a member of the Jefferson club. Other Democrats who have announced for office subject to th* spring primary are: Miss Rosemary Spangler, of Kirkland township. for recorder. Jan. 6; Herman Moellering for county surveyor, January 15; William L. Linn for county treasurer, January 20; Loren Heller, French township, for coiQ4pisSk>ner. third district, January 27; and Elmer Winteregg. Jr., for county coroner, January 22. ; . La- ~ Industry Division To Hear Mayor Gage The February meeting of the industrial division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will feature the city’s new mayor, Donald F. Gage, as main speaker Monday at noon. Gage will speak mainly off the cuff, giving the industrialists a general view of the problems and situations facing the city administration. I Fred E. Kolter, treasurer of the division, said that members who are unable to attend should phone his office before Saturday noon. The noon meeting will be at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. „ ' Advertising Index Advertiser Page Adams Theatre — 3 Beavers Oil Service, Inc. ... 5 A. G. Burke Standard Service « Briede Studio . . 3 Burk Elevator Co. —5 Butler Garage 5 Budget Loans 6 Chevrolet .......x 6 Cowens Insurance Agency 4 Christian Book & Supply Store - 3 Conrad’s “66” Service— 6 D. & T. Standard Service 6 B. P. O. Elks -6 F. 0.0. Eagles 6 Explorer Post No. 2062 —— 5 Federal Land. Bank Association . 2 Holthouse Drtig Co. iz..... 3 Kohne Drug Store---- 5 Merl Knittie, auctioneer— 2 Masonic 4 Model Hatchery - 5 Phil Neuenschwander, auctioneer 5 Petrie Ofl Co——- 4 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Schwartz Ford Co., Inc. ....z... 5 Smith Drug Co. -.3 Shaffer’s Restaurant 3 Stucky & Co. 5 Standard Oil ——- 4 Sonotone of Eastern Indiana .... 4 Stop Back News Stand 5 Teeple —— 5 Victory Bar 6 Walts Standard Service— 6 Rural Church Page — 2 •

Decatur, Indiana, Feb. 1960.

Air Force’s Research Chief Says Russia To , Pose Gravest Threat

Thomas Honored For Boy Scout Service Bryce Thom ax was honored and awarded a pin for his 40 years in Scouting, Baul Strickler was inducted intoyhe club and then he and Rev. Harold Bond gave short' classification talks, at Thursday' evening's Rotary meeting held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Clarence Ziner inducted the new member and Louis Jacobs was program chairman. | W. Guy Brown made the presentation of the Scout award to Bryce Thomas. He read a letter of commendation from national scouting headquarters. Beginning as a Scout himself. Thomas has held nearly all of the various adult leadership assignments during the past 40 years of service. . Clarence Ziner briefly reviewed the history of Rotary in general and of the local club in particular before presenting the newest Rotarian, Paul Strickler, his pinSince membership in Rotary is based on the classification principle, with each member representing some particular business or profession, ft is customary for new members to describe their particular occupation. Strickler told of the humble beginning of the Adams County Trailer Service which he heads, and described its growth until last year’s sales of mobile homes, parked end to end. would approximate two miles. Tte» firm now has 16 employes and adds a sizeable payroll to this community. The Rev. Harold Bond, pastor of the Presbyterian church, who had been recently inducted into Rotary, then described his work as a minister. He pointed out that ministers feel a call to serve their God and the. church. This service to all age groups gives them a deep feeling of satisfaction. Student guests at last night's meeting were Gerald Straub, representing the Decatur Catholic high school, and Oscar Fuelling from Decatur high school. President H .P. Schmitt, Jr., announced that a unique program will be presented in the form of a post-Valentine party for the ladies February 18. The program will feature a style show, “Fashions of' Yesterday.” St Mary's River Is Still Receding St. Mary's river fell another foot today as weather observer Louis Landrum recorded the level at 3.29 feet this morning. The slight mist that clouded Decatur last night failed to register on the rain gauge, according to Landrum. This marks the eighth consecutive day that the river level has fallen. Jan. 28. the riverdepth was 6.29 feet, but lack of rain has produced a general recession since that time.

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Plan Challenge Os i Ike’s Farm Policy i

WASHINGTON iUPD—A small | group of House Democrats from i, ■ western and midwestern farm 1 states is preparing a head-on I challenge of President Eisenhow-." er's farm policy. Their proposal, a. version of the i' [Brannan Plan, would rely on rigid i [farm marketing controls. It dis-1 1 [feted sharply from administration j i proposals. Stiff protests from Senate wheat | belt Republicans have forced the . White House to delay President ] Eisenhower's special farm mes-1 j sage to Congress and to consider some revisions. i ] An authoritative source said)] Thursday the language now under ■ ( consideration would leave the door) ajar for short-term measures to I cut farm surpluses—even though > they are not included in the list) of steps the administration thinks are best.—■ — - j. The delay in sending the me* | sage to Congress occurred when western Senate Republicans pro-, tested because the/: were not con- ( •, Openings Al Noon Hour For Donors e. Parsons who have not specified a time to give blood are asked to come between noon and 1 pm. Monday, if they have free time then. Mrs. Cletus B. Miller, blood program chairman for the Red Cross announced today. The noon hour scheduling permits six to be processed every 15 minutes. However, only two are scheduled at noon, three at 12:15. four at 12:30, and one at 12:45. There are some openings from : 2:30 until 3 p.m. also. Thd Red Cross bloedmobile will : be present Monday at the Decatur ; Youth and Community Center from 10 a m. until 4 p.m. to col- • lect blood from those desiring to i give in Adams county. This blood will then be available : through the Red Cross blood bank i to people needing it in this general iarea. Collections are made every two months in the county. Mrs. Dorothy Lobsiger will serve as first aider with the motor corps. Ike, Mamie Spend Weekend At Farm WASHINGTON (UPD—President ■ and Mrs. Eisenhower will go to their farm at Gettysburg. Pa., today to spend the weekend. The First Lady will drive from Washington, but -the- President, planned to fly by helicopter, leaving the south lawn of the White House about 11:30 a m. e.s.t. They plan to return to the White House late Sunday.

suited in advance. Sources close to the West - Midwest Democratic farm group said there were strong indications party leaders would back their version of the Brannan Plan if it was approved by southerners who dominate the Democratic farm bloc in the House. The group also hoped to get the support of a "study group of House Democratic liberals which includes many city members. Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson has proposed a completely different solution to the governpient’s costly farm problems. Benson repeatedly has urged to move toward less and less government control over farm production. The new West-Midwest plan, developed by an 11-member group of House Democrats would impose the marketing controls only if they were approved by two-thirds of the growers of the commodities involved. • BULLETIN LA PAZ, Bolivia (UP!) — Lloyd Airlines reported today that one of its DC4 transports crashed early today on a flight over the Andes Mountains between Cochabamba and La | Pa*. It said first reports indicated 60 passengers and crewmen aboard perished. Mrs. Lulu Robinson Dies This Morning Mrs. Lulu M. Robinson, 70, of 1021 Elm street, died at 4:15 o'clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been a patient for four weeks. Mrs. Robinson, who had lived in Decatur for the past 19 years, was a member of the Church of God in this city. She was born in Wabash May 2, 1889. a daughter of Isaiah and Sarah Richardson-Warnick. Her husband, Fred D. Robinson, preceded her in death in 1941. Surviving, -are- thre* brothers, Clarence Warnick of Decatur, George Warnick Os Whistler, Ala., and Lawrence Warnick of Martinsville. Three brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Huston Bever, Jr., officiating. Burial will be in the Presbyterian cemetery, seven miles north of Fort Wayne Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Saturday until time of toe services.

Bernard A. Schriever, Air Force, research chief, said today that: Russia will pose the gravest threat ever faced by the United States once ballistic missiles are in full production. ' Schriever made the statement before the House Space Commit- ! tee as it opened hearings on the missile gap in hopes of learning ' when the United States might 1 catch up with Russia in both military and space rockets. Once production is big enough to herald the "military ballistic missile age.” Schriever said. "It is my belief that the Soviet threat ... will be the greatest in our history.” On the other hand, he said, produetton of U.S. missiles will be "the rwist significant factor in deterrence to all-out war.” Opposes "Soper-Agency” The House s%»ce Committee, taking up where Senate investigators left off. are trying to learn whether Air Force officers are satisified with money alloted to them in President Eisenhower's budget. Schriever and Maj. Gen. DN. Yates, commander of the Atlantic missile test range at Cape Canaveral. Fla . were summonded as the first witnesses. Schriever opposed suggestions that a “super-agency” be established to run the U.S. space program. He said there has been "close cooperation” between civilian and military space agencies which has "proven its feasibility, and is preferable.” His statement placed him in exposition to Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris, the Army’s retiring missile boss, who has called for placing the entire sffcce program under military direction. Schriever has endorsed proposals that more money be provided to keep Strategic Air Command retaliatory bombers in the air at all times so they wouldn't be destroyed by any surprise Russian j. missile attack. ' The former and current Army • chiefs of staff Thursday gave the : Senate Space and Preparedness • committees contradictory assessments of U.S. military might comt pared to Russia’s. — Sees Tide Turning 1 Gen. Maxwell Taylor, who retired as Army chief last year, said that beginning in 1961, "the tide will run against us” in the military race with Russia unless "heroic" sacrifices were made for a stronger defense. Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, who succeeded Tayldr as Army chief of staff, told the Senate inquiry: "Assuming that we carry out military progress at the present rate, we will have the capability of deterring general or limited War for the next two or three years.”

Hundreds Stranded By Storm In West

United Press International A fast-moving winter storm isolated a town in the Oklahoma Panhandle and stranded hundreds of travelers today. = The storm left the Plains states reeling under drifts as high as 12 feet as it battered the Midwest with snow, rain and sleet. Boise City. Okla., a community of 2,000 in the Panhandle, was almost completely cut off by the worst storm to hit the area this winter. The four main highways into the town were blocked by 12 foot drifts. Radio and telephone communications were also knocked out, with the exception of one long distance line into the community. A sheriff's deputy at Boise City said the state highway department was rushing extra equipment to the storm battered town and hoped to have a path cleared on one main highway some time today. — “But the trouble is,” the deputy said, “that many of the snow trucks got stranded themselves. This is the worst stdrm of the season.** At Buymon. Okla., 50 miles east of Boise City in the Panhandle, search parties made up of state highway patrolmen, Civil Defense

Boy Seoul Week In Decatur Feb. 7-13 Mayor Donald F. Gate has proclaimed Feb. 7-13 Boy Scout week in Decatur in honor at the founding of the Boy Scouts of America 50 years ago. it was announced today. The text of the proclamation will be printed in the Decatur Daily Democrat. Boy Scout week will start with Boy Scout Sunday in the churches of Decatur, honoring the many young men who participate in the scouting movement. ■ ■kite Flag Monday Monday morning, two scouts from each troop, and from the post, will assemble at the court house at 7:45 a m. to take part in the flag-raising ceremonies at 8 am., scout commissioner Steve Everhart announced today. The scouts will be led by Gene Ziner. sector chairman for Adams county. Each day during the week a history of a troop will be printed in the newspaper, listing the past scoutmasters, and present members of the troop. The scout movement has grown from a small group of boys in 1913 in Decatur to more than 500 young men in Decatur, Monroe, Berne and Geneva this year. Special PragraOM The Lions club will have a special program on scouting Monday . evening, and the Rotarians will have their scout program Thurs- ■ day evening. Friday afternoon two different • scouts from each troop will take part, in uniform, in the flag lowering assembling at i the court house ’at 3:45 p.m. for the 4 p.m. ceremony. . Friday evening a large number . of Boy Scouts from Adams county , are expected to meet at the Decatur Youth and Community Center st 6 p.m., and leave immediately ' for Fort Wayne, the transportation ■ to be provided by the individual ! troops. The scouts will attend the ’ annual Lincoln day ceremonies of ’ the council, and will receive the Lincoln pilgrimage award of the golden year of scouting. Hope Abandoned For 440 African Miners CAPETOWN, South Africa (UPD —All hope has been abandoned for 440 men buried for 15 days in a coal mine shaft at Coalbrook, South African Prime Minister Henrik Verwoerd said today. Verwoerd's announcement in the South African capital city was the first official word on the final fate - of the men.

workers and volunteers rescued 90 motorists stpqded by the huge drifts. — Air travelers reported seeing between 250 and 400 cars stalled on one highway between Dalhart and Springfield. Colo. The storm spread rain from Illinois to the south Atlantic coastal states. It spawned a tornado nea. - Bald Knob. Ark., . which the Weather Bureau said injured some persons. Nighttime temperatures ranged from below zero in some sections of the Rockies to the 60s over Florida. INDIANA WEATHER Occasional rain or driiile i this afternoon and tonight. Saturday cloudy, some light rain or drissle likely northeast half in morning. Not much temperature change. Low tonight 33 to 38 north, 37 to 42 south. High Saturday 38 to 43 north, ft to 48 south. Sunset today 6:10 p.m. e.d.t. Sunrise Saturday 7:48 a.m. e.d.t. Outlook for Sunday: Mostly cloudy and not much temperature change. Lows in the 30s. Highs 36 to 46.

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