Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1960 — Page 1

Vsl. LVIII. No. 49.

Another Bitter Storm Rips Southern Plains; Death Toll Is Mounting

Mercury Skids To Near Zero Friday Night Pitm liUrnUonil IjOW temperature records for the season were equalled at Indi anapoMs today aa the mercury plunged to four degrees above zero in a cold wave that slipped into Indiana on the heels of the winter's wont snowstorm. The brunt of the icy wave struck the middle third of Hoosierland Lafayette’s three above was the coldert reported officially by the Weather Bureau. It was 8 above at Terre Haute, 9 above at Fort Wayne. 10 above at Chicago, 14 at South Bend and Evansville. 17 at OncinnaU and 21 at Louisville. The four above mark at Indianapolis was the coldest recorded there since last Nov. 17, which previously was the chilliest day of the 1969-60 winter with a fourabove tow. Since that date, the mercury had dropped no lower than seven above in the capital, once in January and once earlier tmg snaok. — — — Skies cleared over most of the state to pave the way for the near<«ero readings. • The mercury stayed below freezing throughout Friday and prevented the up to 12-inch blanket of snow that covered the state from melting much except on sidewalks and highway surfaces, where traffic was fast returning to normal. The Indiana State Highway Department reported this morning that roads around the state were mostly clear. There was no heavy snow in the forecaste for the weekend and Monday, although predictions indicated flurries and light snow would occur in various portions of the state daily. Temperatures crested Friday between 28 at South Bend and 31 at Evansville. Highs today will ■ range from the mid to upper 20s, lows tonight from 5 to 20 and highs Sunday from the mid 20s to the low 30s. Continued coldwas predicted for Monday. Escape Serious Injury When Plane Crashes LOWELL, Ind. (UPD—Two men escaped serious injury Friday when their light plane developed engine trouble and crash-landed in a field west of here. The men were identified as Dale Whitener, the pilot, and William Morland, both of Mount Vernon, 111. State police said the plane was forced down when a crankshaft broke. It made a wheels-up landing on a snowy field near the intersection of U.S. 41 and Ind. 2. , NOON EDITION

Ike Rests In Andean Resort

BUENOS AIRES (UPD — President Eisenhower takes a breather today in his strenuous schedule and dies to the Andean Mountain resort of San Carlos de Bariloche with President Arturo Frondizi for informal talks — and perhaps a bit of golf, swimming, hiking, fishing or just loafing. Friday night at a glittering banquet while followers of deposed dictator Juan Peron chanted Peronista slogans outside Eisenhower warned that demagoguery and falsehoods will keep private investor's capital from reaching areas where it is needed most. He did not mention Cuba in the speech but his remarks could well have been aimed at the government of Premier Fidel Castro which has been expropriating American-owned property, primarily land and agricultural products. The President’s aiiociitei

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Senators Meet In Saturday Session

WASHINGTON <UPD — Th* legislative mills ground to a halt in the Senate this week, shortcircuited by the leadership's determination to reach a civil rights vote and stubborn Southern resistance. Senators met today in an unusual Saturday session to continue the fiery 11-day-old debate. They I faced the prospect of around-the-clock meetings beginning Monday Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B Johnson (Tex ) declared he would start the 24-hour sessions If no vote Was reached this week. Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen (Ill.) supported Johnson's plan. But Southerners declared the action was "tyranny’’ and "legislative Wackmail.’’ Sen. Strom Thurmond the chamber's filibuster champion, pledged a "fight to the finish " Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.) said "determined men” could not be quieted. While the civil rights row raged. Appropriations Committee Chairman Carl Hayden (D-Arlz.l worked for agreement to allow passage of vital money bills as they become ready for full Senate action. It appeared possible the Senate would have to wait for the House to dear its own civil rights bill before a vote would be reached. But House action was not expected tor nearly two weeks. Other congressional news: Veto: House Democrats failed to override President Eisenhower s veto of their bill to combat water pollution. It would have sharply increased federal grants to cities and towns to help build sewage treatment plants. Defense: Central Intelligence Director Allen W. Dulles went back before the combined Senate pre-paredness-space committee. Chairman Johnson and administration defense critic Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) said Dulles failed to clear up "confusion'’ over comparative U.S. - Britain missile St Bpaeei Atomic Energy Commission officials told the House Space Committee the United States could land a man on the moon ahead of schedule during the 1960 s, but only if the nuclear-powered rocket program was pushed. Rep. Randall Harmon Files Candidacy INDIANAPOLIS (UPD - Rep. Randall S. Harmon of the 10th District filed his candidacy for renomination Friday with the secretary of state, bringing to nine the incumbent Indiana congressmen officially entered in the May 3 primaries. All 11 members of the Indiana delegation have indicated they will run again. Still to file are Ray Madden, Ist District, and Fred Wampler, 6th both Democrats.

heartily welcomed the opportunity for his rest from this afternoon until Monday morning at the fashionable Liao - Liao (pronounced yow yow) hotel beside a lake outside BarQoche in the mountains of western Argentina. He has been pushing himself hard since his arrival in Brazil last Tuesday. Friday night in responding to a toast by Frondizi his voice seemed a trifle hoarse and he interrupted himself three times to clear his throat. The occasional chants of "payron” heard throughout his visit to Buenos Aires failed to detract from the immense welcome, warmest so far erf his four-nation South American tour. Crowds estimated from between 750,000 and 1,000,000 almost engulfed him in a reception rivalling those of India and Pakistan.

Three Accidents Are Reported By Sheriff The sheriffs department reported three accidents with two occurring Friday night and one early this morning. No injuries were noted. but 82.000 in damages was totaled to five cars Involved. At 4 p.m. Friday, about one-half-mile south of Berne, a car driven by Elnora B. Shoemaker. 57. of route 2. Geneva, skidded into the path of a car driven by Elmer Affolder, 58, of route 1, Berne The accident on U. S. 27 was partially caused by the slick pavemeat, according to the sheriff’s report. Damage to the Shoemaker car amounted io 8200 while 8600 was listed for the Affolder machine. At 11 p.m. on U.S. tl, about one half-mile south of Decatur, near Doc's Car Dock, a car driven by Stephen K Hike. 16, of Monroe, crashed into the rear of a taxi driven by William J. Hunter, 39. of 128 N. 3rd street. Hunter told police that he was slowing with the intention of stopping to help another motorist who had skidded into •< ditch. The Hike car was unable to stop in time and plowed into the rear of the taxi, causing 81,000 in damages, 8600 to the Hike machine and 8400 to the cab. James H. Peters, 21, of Rochester, N.Y., caused 8200 damage to his car when he struck a fence post on the Herman Keller farm about five miles east of Decatur on U.S. 224 at 7 a.m. today. Peters told police that he tried to pass a semi-trailer, lost ocntrol and skidded on the slick road into the post. Work Overtime To Aid Transportation Swirling snow drifts caused more trouble in the Decatur rural area Friday night than Thursday when the snow fell, with more than 40 cars pulled out by the county highway department alone, Lawrence Noll, county highway superintendent. said this morning. The persons stuck in the snow used every excuse from sightseeing to driving down the road to borrow eggs from a neighbor for being out Friday night. In Old Days Old-timers, who worked for the county highway department years ago, reported they used to have to walk a mile to a telephone, then wait for four or more hours for help. By use of the radio truck dispatching service, and with nearly every home equipped with a telephone, ear rescue work has been speeded greatly. The county highway department worked all night again, with the men taking turns on shifts, sleeping at file garage between times. Between 17 and 20 men were used, with two men to each truck. One drives, and the other works the snow plow, and they trade off regularly. There are four'snow plows, two under-body scrapers; and two diesel graders to use. Noll stated tijat the department hopes to have the roads dear again by evening; winds have kept the drifts moving back over the roads, although there has been no fresh snow. City Street Work The city street department also worked most ot the night, clearing Second street to the main perking area, and Court street. Other streets still remain heavily covered. however. Work began on Monroe street this morning. Slick roads caused three accidents Friday night, and basketball fans were caqtfoned to use extreme care to driving to the sectional this afternoon and eventow

QMLT DAILY NEWRFAPER Os ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, Feb 27, 1960

United Pre** tateroattoaal Another bitter snowstorm ripped through the southern Plains today and giant, death - dealing waves jxxinded the New England coast Weathermen predicted mon' than four inchs of snow for northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas with lighter snowfalls from the Texas-Oklahoma panhandle into the mid-Mississippi Valley. Sub-zero temperatures were expected to increase the misery a* far south as Kansas. The storm followed on the heels of another wintry blast which stirred up near-blizxards in the Midwest, and tornadoes and cropkilling cold in the South, then sent high tides crashing over New England sea walls as It put out to At* Lynn. Mass.. William Hollingsworth. 10. was swept to his death by the Atlantic Ocean as be stood on the stone wall of a promenade Four little playmates watched helplessly. The boy’s death raised to 34 the number of persons killed by the three day storm as it roared from the Rockies to the Atlantic. United Press International counted 6 dead in Arkansas. 4 each to Indiana, Illinois and Louisiana. 3 each in Ohio, Wisconsin, 2 each in Oklahoma and Montana, and 8 each in Missouri. Kentucky, Colorado. Washington, Michigan and Massachusetts. Frank Golobish, McHenry, D„ was Willed when his light airplane crashed to a driving snow storm near Piper City, Hl- . But Harold Bullis, a Fairview. Ohio, motorist, credited snow with . M vtog his life. Bullis r gaid a weeding train hit his car, but the auto merely slid off the tracks. The storm hit New Hampshire and Maine with a shot of eight inch snows and laid a chill on Mardi Gras revelers who jammed New Orelans' French Quarter to watch the Krewe of ' Hermes parade Friday ni S ht - Temperatures dropped 15 <**" 1 (trees this morning in Florida and the mercury began a downward i skid from the Carolinas into Teni nessee and from the upper Mississippi Valley into the Dakotas Freezing temperatures extended as far south as northern Alabama, but the nation’s coldest spot was the traditional Bozeman, Mont “icebox," where readings fell to 21 degrees below zero. C. Lee Custer Dies Early This Morning C. Lee Custer, 76, well known Adams county resident, died at 1:30 o’clock this morning at his home to Pleasant Mills. He had been seriously jll for the past two weeks. He was born in Mercer county, 0., Jan. 8, 1884, a son of William and Sarah Strete-Custer, and was married to Mary Fuller Nov. 15, 1905. Mr. Custer was superintendent of street car transportation for 30 years to Fort Wayne, Jackson, Mich., and New York City, and owned and operated a lumber company in Hicksville and Willshire. 0., until his retirement in 1948. Mr. Custer was a member of the Pleasant Mills Methodist church. Surviving to addition to his wife are one son. D. Burdette Custer of Decatur.; ons sister, Mrs. Hattie Beery of Bluffton; four grandchildren and three great-grandchil-dren. One brother and three sisters preceded him in death.' Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m at tbe Pleasant Mills Methodist church, the Rev. Leon Lacoax of- 1 ficiating. Burial will be in the De- ’ catur cemetery. Friends may call . at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Saturday until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy to dear today and tonight. Increasing cloudiness Sunday. Colder tonight. Continued cold Sunday. Low tonight 5 to 15 north, 15 to 20 f ■anti High Sunday mid 20s north to tow 30s sooth. Outlook for Monday: Cloudy and cold. Possibly some light snow central and north, and possibly > mixed with rota extreme south. J*

Warning On Future Weapons Os Horror WASHINGTON <UPI» — One of, man's future horror weapons may . be ■ gtbbal-rnnge ballistic missile that hurtles 10.000 or 15.000 miles to its target via the bottom of the | world. Pentagon research director Her-1 bert F. York raised that specter I in telling the need for U.S. satel-1 lites that could scan the entire earth and instantly detect an attack from any direction. In Soviet hands, a future gio- > bal missile could streak across I the Southern Hemisphere instead I <?f the arctic where American radar warning stations are nearing completion. Contracts for the stations run 750 million dollars so far. Improve On Radar The logical course for today's ballistic missiles is across the top of the world. York said, and U S. radar should give 15 minutes warning of a transacrtic attack. “But it is potentially possible for missiles to go around the other way.” he told the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association Friday night. ; "So it is important to have something better” than radar for warning. The “something better is the Midas satellite, the Rrst test model of which the Air Force tried unsuccessfuly to pot into from Cape Canaveral. Fla.. Friday. , . Detect Heat Trails The Midas — meaning missile defense alarm system — will carry infra-red sensing devices to pick up the heat trails of missile., the moment they are launched. A fuly operating military "spy in the sky” system, with many Midas satellites and ground-based data receiving stations, "won t be easy, inexpensive or soon, ’ York said- But it can be done and there must be a ‘’solid program to make it work he added. Such a system would at least double the 15-minute warning time now in prospect for any transarctic attack, he pointed out, and also could detect submarinelaunched missiles. One Driver Fined On Traffic Count One local motorist paid $1 and costs in justice of the peace court, another failed to appear, and a third will appear Feb. 29 to answer state police charges. Richard c. Lewton. 20, of route l.Decatur, paid the fine after pleading guilty to speeding on U.S. 27 north of Decatur. He was arrested Feb. 20 by state police and appeared Thursday. Gene Tricker, 17, of route 6 Decatur, who was arrested Feb. 15 on U.S. 33 in Pleasant Mills, failed to appear to answer state police charges. Lewis S. Heemstra. 47 of Quincy, 111. was arrested this morning on U.S 33 in Pleasant Mills for speeding at 7 a.m. He is slated to appear Monday to answer the charge. Advertising Index Advertiser Ashbauchers' Tin Shop — » Adams Theater ; - - % Beavers Oil Service, Inc. ----- ® Bower Jewelry Store —— « Burk Elevator —— •> Butler Garage —- —» Briede Studio * Citizens Telephone Co. i •> Decatur Ready-Mix, Inc. ® First State Bank of Decatur - 4 Fairway ■--- ■ First Methodist Church . 3 Goodyear Service Store T - 5 Green Belt Chemical Co. Gillig & Doan Funeral Home — 3 Klenks ——— -- ® Keystone Reader Service .—— 5 Pike Lumber Co. — ’ Quality Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. .. 4 Rash Insurance Agency -— ® Rice Hotel Coffee Shop =£s^—| L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Schafers -———- ® Smith Drug Co. —- 4 - 5 Shaffers Restaurant 4 Clark Smith, Builder ® Teeple ® WKJG-TV - 6 Yost Gravel-Readymix, Inc. —- 6 Zwick Funeral Home 4 Church Page Sponsors —- 2 * -■

Mark Heart Sunday Here Over Weekend Heart disease, the fiumb r on* kilter in America, ran be stopped I <mly by research, which Is sup-1 ported and dirreird by the fund* I obtained from lhe heart fund drive. Mrs R C. Hersh, county' Across the nation Heart Sunday' will be observed this weekend but I there tn Adams county gifts have I been pouring in all month Fund* Needed Those who have not yet enntribI tiled nwkiM to th<*ir check* i Ito Mr« H C. Hvr»h. chairman of I the heart fund. 344 South First! I street, Decatur. There arc many forms of heart | land circulatory disease, but SO'. |of them are caused by high blood | (pressure and "hardening of the nr-1 teries." Other known causes inI elude rheumatic fever, inborn I heart defects, infectious diseases I , and others. Cause Strokes Atherosclerosis and other blood (vessel diseases cause damage to I the brain, producing strokes, and to the kidneys and other vital or-! gans Strokes alone cause more' I than 180.000 deaths annually and cripple many more. Disease of the heart and clrcula-1 tion are responsible for more than i 1 875,000 deaths each year. TTie economic loss attributed to heart trouble amounts to 69.200.000 man hours annually, estimated at 181 billion litis in turn deprives the government of more than 8133.000.000 in federal income taxes i from the lost earnings. 840 Million Research America’s heart associations, like Adams county's, have channeled more than 840 million into research to find ways of treating and preventing all forms of heart and blood vessel disease. This support has greatly speeded I advances in diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The heart fund dollars help to establish community heart programs designed to rehabilitate cardiacs and to help them continue in productive jobs; to prevent rheumatic fever and in other ways to help patients take advantage of our present knowledge. ■ l * ° I ' ■ ' > ' Dice Is Appointed As General Manager INDI AN APOUS (UPD — appointment of Harold H. Dice as general manager of the Allison Division of General Motors Corp, here was announced Friday. Dice, a native of Veedersburg and former executive at Muncie and Anderson GM plants, succeeds W. B. Newill, who retires Tuesday after 30 years with the firm.

22 Crash Injured Reported Critical

SHANNON, Ireland (UPD — Survivors of the flaming crash of an Italian airliner fought today for their lives in three srriall hospitals near the disaster site but officials fe.ared some were too badly injured to live. All but one of 23 persons on the suvivor list were reported in critical condition from burns, fractures, internal injuries and cuts. Several died Friday hours after the crash, raising the known death toll to 27. Two other persons were believed cremated in the crash. A spokesman at Limerick Region Hospital said all of the crash patients there were still “in critical condition” but he said(J.there had l been no significant change during the night. Teams of doctors worked through the night at Limerick Region Hospital, at the Barrington Hospital in Limerick and at

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Sectional To End Tonight

NO Tl< KFTN Her* an Frants. AdaM* <•«»- I teal prtariwal aad a**U*anl toarney *aaager. announced Uii« martami that all Uckela hay* been «*ld for lhe a*Mlflaal and final araaton* today. There will be no ticket* for ■ale al tbe gym either thia afV rrnoon or tonight. Adams Central's aertional chain-1 , pion wi|) be crowned tonight. Semi final games in the annual I sectional meet were scheduled for I thia afternoon. The Hartford Gorillas, who , I edged the Decatur Commodores. I I 55-53. in the tourney opener ThtirsI day night, will meet the Adams | | Greyhounds.. 62-45 conquerors of II the Geneva Cardinals Thursday,!! in this afternoon's first semi-final’, at 1 o’clock. In the second semi-final, the Decatur Yellow Jackets, defending champions, will meet the highly | I favored Berne Bears. These teams ' i advanced with easy victories] I Thursday night, the Jackets with I a 72-48 triumph over the Pleasant Mills Spartans, and the Bears with an B’-54 win over the Monmouth Eagles This afternoon’s winners will batt'e at 8:15 tonight for the sectional crowd. Hartford and Adams Central met for the only time this season at the Adams Central gym, with the Greyhounds registering a 66-48 win over the Gorillas. , . The Yellow Jackets entertained the Bears at the Decatur gym early in December/ with Berne taking down a 62-55 victory. The Adams Central sectional champions will carry on to the regional tourney at the coliseum in Fort Wayne next Saturday, March 5. The regional will open at 1 p.m., with the Fort Wayne and Churubusco sectional winners battling, followed at 2:15 by the Kendallville and Adams Central champions. At least two new teams have already been assured for next Week's regional, as South Side, winder at Fort Wayne, and Brighton, winner at Kendallville, have already been eliminated from the 1960 sectionals. 101-Year-Old Woman Dies At Wakarusa - WAKARUSA, (Ind. (UPD—Mrs. Leah Bechtel, 101, died at the farm home of her Henry, Thursday night. Mrs. Bechtel was born Jan. 16, 1859. She left 46 descendants.

the Ennis County Hospital. A spokesman said it was impossible now to tell how long the survivors would be in the hospital—“it’s.just too early to know.” The Alitalia DC-7-C airliner left Rome Thursday on what was to have been a non-stop flight to New York. The plane encountered headwinds and set down at Shannon to take on a full load of 7,000 galons of fuel. Moments after takeoff at 1:30 a m Friday it fell and exploded in a graveyard with a blast that was heard for miles. Officils early today still were too concerned with the living and with identifying the dead to hold a formal investigation of why the plane crashed. An official said Friday it apparently was engine failure on takeoff since the plane rose from the runway normally and then plunged into a stone wall of a country churchyard. ■ - — --r—

Symington Groups Are Being Formed WASHINGTON <UFD — A Symington • for • president organization la slowly taking form with the unofficial blessing but without the formal endorsement of its This organisation, dedicated to winning the Democratic presidential nomination for Sen Stuart • Symington of Missouri. opened a national hradquaftrWS this month in a Washington office building The headquarters manager is William H. Pcrtaaa.\Jr.. Chicago businessman and former backer of Adlai E Stevenson. Perkins official titl-• is assistant to Rep. Charles H. Brown <DMoJ, national chairman of the "Citizens for Symington Committee.” who has traveled 20.0 M miles so far recruiting support for the Missouri senator. Brown told a Unitid Press International reporter the Symington 1 campaign already had formal I organizations operating in Arizona. Cokirdo. Idaho. Illinois, Indiana. lowa. Missouri. Nebraska. Oklahoma. Utah and Washington state. He said others would be set up soon in other states. Brown said the objective of these organizations was to present evidence to Symington that he had substantial support among delegates to the June Democratic convention in Los Angeles. Symington has made it dear he is eager for the presidential nomination. although he has not declared himself a formal candidate. Church Leaders Ask Apology For Charge WASHINGTON <UPI> — Chairman Francis E. Walter has invited the National Council of Churches to dispute before his House Committee .on Unamerican Activities an Air Force manual's charges that Communists have infiltrated the pulpit. The Pennsylvania Democrat telegraphed the offer after six church leaders demanded that he apologize to the council and the 60 million Protestants it represents for what ihe clergymen termed his “untrue statement” supporting the charges. Demand Repudiation The church leaders also called on Air Force Secretary Dudley C. Sharp to repudiate the allegations and forbid reissuance in any form of what they called the “false and slanderous charges” in the training manual for non-commis-sioned air reserve officers. The council’s national board, the church leaders noted, at a me e ting in Oklahoma Oiky Wednesday condemned the Air Force for Issuing a manual containing “untrue and ridiculous charges against educational institutions. churches of America and the National Council of Churches” Sends Invitation After receiving the clergymen’s wire Friday, Walter sent a telegram to the council’s New York City headquarters asking if the group wanted to testify “in order to question the accuracy of the material which comes from the (committee! files and which appears in the Force manual ” There was no immediate word on whether the council would accept the invitatjon. But a spokesman* for thrt ministers said Walter had ignored the issue raised by their telegram calling for him to retract his charges that American churchmen have Communist ties.

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