Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVItl. No. 65

United States Proposes Nuclear Powers Act To Prevent Space Weapons

Casting Plant Men On Strike

About 60 worker* at the Decatur Casting Co. went out on *trike this morning at 7 o'clock in lieu of contract negotiations with management officials at the local plant. Marley Purvis, district representative of the United Steelworkers union, told the Decatur Dally Democrat this morning that members of local 1932 walked off the job this morning after working about 44 months without a contract. Purvis said that the contract expired Oct. 29. at which time negotiations began. The local firm, which has Clarence Fishbaugh as resident manager. and Glen Mauller as superintendent. produces foundry parts for housings, pumps, castings and other products for various uses. Fishbaugh declined to comment

Inch Os Snow, Rain Reported In Decatur Another inch of snow and rain fell on Decatur last night and early this morning, but all county and city roads remained open today. Slush and Ice. however, persist to make driving conditions less than normal. County highway department crews worked late last night widening county roads to prevent serious drifting from the windblown snow. Lawrence Noll, highway superintendent, said that onlv one mad was considered closed yesterday, but his crews opened it last night. TTie Jefferson township school, which was closed Wednesday with Pleasant Mills, was re-opened today. -Pleasant Milts also reopened after closing yesterday because of ( boiler malfunctioning. Even with slippery road conditions, city, state, and sheriff’s police report no accidents last nif'ht or this morning. All law j enforcement spokesmen, however, j said that motdrists should exercise extreme caution in driving. Decatur weather observer Louis Landrum said that 1.1 inch of precipitation was measured this i morning, bringing the two-day total to 2.2 inches. Yesterday’s inch |

Worst Snowfall Os Year In Midwest

By United Press International A new storm spread snow, rain and ice up the Atlantic Seaboard today while the Midwest began cleaning up six-foot drifts left by its worst snowfall of the winter. Spring was only three days away on the calendar, but the Weather Bureau warned that heavy ice might snarl communications and slicken highways from Virginia through West Virginia into Pennsylvania, New York and southern New England. Thousands of midwestern travelers were stranded by up to 18 inches of new snow which blanketed lowa, Illinois, Indiana, southern Wisconsin and southern — Michigan Wednesday. Chicago traffic slowed to a standstill beneath eight Inches of snow — the city's worst storm in six years. Close Many Schools Thirty mile an hour winds * whipped the snow into heavy drifts and closed hundreds of schools from Nebraska and Kansas to the great lakes. The Eastern storm marched up the East Coast after soaking Florida with thunderstorms and rlring a tornado which wrecked Robinson Airport at Plant City, Fla. —• Spring floods in a #iree-county area in central Florida drove more than 200 persons from their homes and damaged 2,500 miles of country roads. Officials reported hailstones "as big as a hen egg” mixed with the

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immediately on the strike issue this morning, but added that the management would make a statement at a later time. Picket lines have been established around the plant rt 833 Dayton avenue. Charles Mann, president of the local union, accompanied Purvis this morning. Both said that they are ready to discuss a contract with the firm’s management. The union started at the local plant in 1937 and previously authorised one strike, which lasted for about five or six weeks. Purvis, a district representative for the international union, works in the 30th district which takes in most of north central Indiana, including cities such as Kokomo, Logansport, Decatur, and others.

was all snow, while the figure given today was partly snow and rain. St. Mary’s river continued at a depth less than two feet as the level was recorded at 1.56, the same as yesterday. i Ready Amendments Over Civil Rights WASHINGTON <UPI> — A plan carefully worked out by House leaders to push the administration's voting referee proposal through Congress showed some signs today of falling apart. ) The plan was agreed to last weekend by Democratic and Re- : publican leaders with some conI cessions being made to Southerners in an effort to head off delaying tactics. • But Southern Democrats are making a stronger bid than ex- ! pected to water down the proposal which would authorize federal courts to appoint referees to gaurantee Negro voting rights. . Possible GOP Support There were indications that the Southerners would pick up some GOP support for a proposed amendment to limit the plan to elections for federal officials. It now would apply also to state and | municipal elections. Hie Southerners had a series of 'other amendments in reserve. > • ’

rain at Tampa and Vero Beach A foot of new snow fell on southern Appalachian Mountain areas where helicopters crews were hard at work to bring fuel and food to thousands of stranded mountaineers. Takes Death Toll United Press International counted at least 31 persons killed in the two storms. Kansas and Texas reported 6 each, .Illinois had 5. Indiana and Wisconsin 4 each, lowa 3. and Nebraska, Arkansas and Florida, 1 each. The Midwestern storm weakened as jt crossed the Great Lakes to * merge with Eastern snows. But Pittsburgh, Pa., and Rochester, N.Y., reported three inches of new snow during the night and Brookville and Williamsport, Pa., had two inches. Even the coming of spring won’t * bring much relief, the Weather Bureau said. It predicted temperatures below the norm for the first week of the new season INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. A little Colder most sections tonight. Low tonight 15 to 25. High Friday 30 to 30. Sunset today 0:54 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Friday 0:52 a m. c.d.t. Outlook for Saturday: Considerable cloudiness, no importmt temperature changes. Lows 15 to 25. Highs 32 to 40.

1 GENEVA <UPI* — The United States proposed today that the nuclear powers take Immediate step* to prevent weapons of destruction from being shot Into spict. US. chief delegate Frederick M Eaton told the 10-nation disarmament conference the world must move at once to prevent the east-west arms race from entering the missile age French delegate Jules Moch already had outlined the terrifying prospect of an ’ absolute weapon," a monstrous hydrogen bomb equipped missile that could be called in from an orbit in space on signal. Eaton also urged that missile flights be •’audited" — that each nation keep tab of all such flights —so there would be no sneak Brings that could threaten another nation. Eaton warned a two-hour session of the conference that the United States would never enter a disarmament agreement unless proper controls are guaranteed from the beginning. To do so would be “totally irresponsible" and “unrealistic.” he said. Before the session opened Communist Chinese and Russian propaganda organs denounced the Western disarmament blueprint, scoring the emphasis on controls and saying it was not what the world wanted. Moch told the Soviet block that, the Geneva conference had not been convened simply to study Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's plan for total disarmament in four years. “We have come here to explore ways tb reach agreements and to make Recommendations that might lead toward general disarmament," he declared Throughout the session Soviet bloc spokesmen reiterated constantly the Soviet plan was the only one feasible. Moscow Radio said the threestage Western plan made public Monday "fails completely to express the sentiments of the people.” . , “Thp plan being put forward by the West reflects the sentiments of the Pentagon genitals who are demanding that the rearmament drive and the nuclear experiments be continued,’ it said. , Peiping's NCNA charged the West was insisting on controls “to the point of absurdity in order to cover its reluctance for disarmament-” “Not a word on the elimination of military bases in foreign countries was mentioned in the Western plan though they constitute one of the major sources of international tension,” he said. Authoritative Western sources at Geneva said the West plans so step up pressure on the Soviets to concentrate at least on preventing the arms race from entering outer space. Western delegates have warned increasingly of the urgent need for this before one side or the other is able to develop what Frances Jules Moch called the Absolute weapon —a space satellite with a nuclear warhead that could be called down on a target at will. Urges All Americans Cooperate On Census WASHINGTON <UPI) - President Eisenhower has called on all Americans over 18 years of age to cooperate fully with the national census that gets underway April 1 In a special proclamation Wednesday, he reminded all citizens that it is their duty under federal law to answer all questions applying to theii families when the census taker calls. Mother, .Four Children Are Victims Os Fire FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY. (UPU—A mother and her four children burned to death today when fire destroyed their splitlevel home. Police said the fire was discovered around 2 a.m. e.s.t., spread rapidly and destroyed the structure. The deal were identified as Mrs. Lottie Gottart and her children, Martha, 8, Peter, 5. William, 3, and Lydia, 10 months.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thutfdoy, March 17, 1960.

Study Procedures. | For School Census At meetings Monday at the Decatur high school, and Tuesday at the Berne high school, the school census workers met. discussing procedures to obtain information for the county study committee. In Decatur. 75 persons attended the meeting from the six northern townships and Decatur proper. Deadlines of two weeks were given to township chairman for completion of their census work, while Decatur was granted a four week deadline to corrmlete the study. Deadlines Set Within the townships and cities, a lesser deadline was given to the census workers by the chairmen, allowing the chairmen additional time to correlate the information. This data will then be presented to the county study group. Harold Schwartz and Elmer Johnson, co-chairmen of the county census work, presided at the meeting with Gail Grabill. county school superintendent and secretary of the study committee. They were elated at the enthu-j siasm shown by the men at the Decatur meeting, according to Grabill. After giving the workers suggestions on how to obtain all, the information necessary, theyj seemed to actually relish the idea of going out and getting the job done. About 25 of the workers were from Decatur. The chairmen also presented, these attending with census In-! struction sheets and maps to be filled in with the location of each child according to instructons on the sheet. Township Chairmen The chairmen of the various townhsios are: Mrs. Melvin Meyers. Wabash: Fred Fosnaugh. Hartford: Benoit Johnson, St. Mary's: Elbert Fuhrman, Preble; Norval Fuhrman, Root; Martin Steiner, Monroe; Andy Myers, | Jefferson; Carl Luginbill and Fred, Von Gunten, Berne Herman Bixler, Geneva; Mrs. Harold Zeigler, French; Arnold Thieme, Union; Weldon Soldner and Gerald Strick-

Three Chicago Women Slain

STARVED ROCK STATE PARK. 111. <UPU— Police melted down a deep cover of snow with flamethrowers today in a search for a hidden clue that would lead them to the sex maniac or maniacs who murdered and raped three society matrons in a rugged canyon. Crime laboratory investigators examined a heavy, blood-stained chunk of wood believed to have been the murder weapon and sought ot determine why twisted twine was wound around the left wrist of one victim and the right wrist of another. They also prepared to develop a exposed fikn found,ll} a dented at the mouth of a lonely cave where the women’s bodies, theiP clothing torn and their skirts pulled over their heads, were found Wednesday in pools of frozen blood. The women, all neighbors in a fashionable Chicago suburb and wives of prominent executives, met death while on a “get away from it all” hiking expedition in beautiful, canyon-flashed Starved Rock State Park op the banks of the meandering Illinois River. Mothers of Nine - "It was a sex crime, the most horrible I’ve seen in my 19 years as a policeman,” said State Police Supt William H. Morris. A night-long autopsy disclosed all of the women had been raped and died of fractured skulls. The victims were the mothers of nine children and were prominent in church work in their hometown of Riverside, western suburb of Chicago. They were: Mrs. Frances Murphy, 47, wife of R.W. Murphy, vice president and general counsel of BorgWarner Corp., Chicago. Mrs Mildred, Lindquist, 59; wife of Robert Lindquist, vice president of the Harris Trust and savings

ler, Washington: Lester Adler. Kirkland. Mr*. Elmer C. Beer. Monroe; Lester Sipe. Blue Creek, and Harry Dailey and Jim Cowens, Decatur. The Decatur group will meet at the high school library at 8 p.m. Friday. Discussion will center on getting the routes assigned and other data to get the census here underway. All those who have been contacted are urged to attend. Physicians' Offices Rifled Last Night A persistent burglar rifled through two physicians’ office* Wednesday night, or early Thursday morning, according to a city police report this morning. No money or medical supplies were taken. A burglar, police believe that only one man is.involved, attempted io break into the office of Dr John Terveer at 222 S. Second street, by breaking a glass on the rear door of the building. Failing at this, the burglar went around to the front of the building, breaking the door glass on the office of Dr John C. Carroll, which adjoins the other office. He gained entry into Dr. Carroll’s office and the office. TjSe burglar then gained entry into the. offices of Dr. Terveer by breaking through -a door that ad- i joins the two offices. He thent rummaged through the offiefc. Neither doctor reported anything missing. The police are continuing their investigation. 0 Portland Young Man Killed In Accident WINCHESTER, Ind. <U P I>— Billy Duane Ogle, 22, R.R. 6. Portland. was killed today when his car went out of control on slippery US. 27 and hit an approaching car headon. Driver of the second car. Merritt C. Garringer. 49. of R.R. Winchester, was injured seriously and taken to Randolph County Hospital here.

; Bank, Chicago i Mrs. Lillian Oetting, 50, wife of George Oetting, general supervisor of internal audits in the accounting department of Illinois Beil Teelphone Co. Authorities said they had no suspects and few clues. They said more than one sexual psychopath probably was involved because it would have been difficult for one man to corner and subdue three midle-aged women, even in the box-like St. Louis Canyon where the bodies were found. Find Few Items As police began burning down the snow, they were looking specifically for some object foreign to the scene—some shred of clothing or item which might have belonged to the killer or killers. The only items found in the area, aside from the bulky chunk of tree limb, and the string were believed to have belonged to the victims. They included the camera, a pair of binoculars broken in two pieces, and articles of clothing, some of them neatly stacked. State’s Atty. Harlan Warren said the twisted white twine, similar to that used by butchers, “poses a real mystery ” “Was one woman tied to the next for a while and flien cut loose before being attacked” he asked. “We don’t know.” Investigators believed the women used the camera and binoculars in a desperate effort to defend themselves after they were waylaid some Ume Monday. The search with flamethrowers fueled by bottled gas was concentrated in a 100-square-foot area around the caye. T - "We don’t know what we’ll find but something has got' to give,” Morris said.

Ike Requests Immigration Quotas Hiked WASHINGTON «UPI' «- President Eisenhower asked Congress today to immediately permit twice ii many immlffinU to come to llm* Unltfd fMutt** ind open the* gates to rrtugcr* from prrsecu* Hon anywhere in the world A key feature" of his program would be the abandonment of racial barriers and the rasing of nationality restrictions for entry Into this country In a special message sent to the House and Senate, Eisenhower recommended Immediate passage of legislation to double the overall annual immigration quotas. At present, about 154.000 immigrants come to this country under the annual quotas set by law The Presidents program would raise this to ab*t 300.000 bv allowing quota immigration equal to one-sixth of l per cent of the total U S population each year. More liberal Immigration from the so-called Asiatic-Pacific triangle in the Orient would also be allowed. . . . , Under the proposed legislation, refugees from oppression would be allowed to come here under pa”ln the world of today our immigration law badly needs revision.’ the President told Congress He suggested for the long run that a more flexible immigration policy should be adopted but said £ realized “such a departure from the past is unlikely w His special legislation for the refugees would allow acceptance of thousands of victims from oppression and those forced to flee their homes feega«* pohUcidracial or religious P* rs , e< ; u^? n t . , The White House explained that this would be general in application and not limited to victims of communism. ft could mean admission of refugees from upheavals in Latin America. Eisenhower suggested that the base for determining immigration quotas be changed from .the 1920 cenaus to the 1960 census.

Garage Is Destroyed By Fire Wednesday A garage owned by Jacob RSchwartz and rented by Lee Girod, two miles east of Monroe and two and a half miles south, burned to the ground {Wednesday noon, causing * several thousand dollars loss, Howard Habegger. chief of the Monroe rural fire department said today. An automobile belonging to the M&W Auto Sales of Decatur was in the garage at the time of the fire. The car, as well as the | garage, was a complete loss. ! Girod was painting the car for i the company. The other buildi ings nearby were saved by the 1 fire department during the 1 hour blaze. Seven or eight of the i Monroe rural firemen fought the ; flames, and helped cool down the I other buildings, Habegger said. Girod had been painting the car during the morning, and at noon quit to eat lunch. About 12:30 a neighbor. Roger Bluhm, contacted him, and told him the garage was burning. The cause of the fire was not known, and may have been spontaneous combustion. 9 Martin Fruechle Is Taken By Death Martin Fruechte, 77, farmer and lifelong resident of Preble township one mile north of Magley, died’at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been in failing health several months and hospitalized since Feb. 23. He was born in Preble township July 31. 1882, a son of William and Bernadine Peters-Fruechte, and was married to Louise Eigenberg Dec. 6, 1911. Mr. Fruechte was a member of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church at Magley. Surviving in addition to his wife is one daughter, Mrs. Lewis < Leona i Ehlerding of Preble township. His Sister, Mrs. Emma Bremer, died two weeks ago. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church at Magley,-the Rev. H E. Settlage officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.

cjCentcn WJeJitation iHv H»v H C Srttlaga. Salem Evangelical unit Mr formed Church. Magle.il “The Christian’s Armor” • Read Ephesian* I, MW C'hr lit tan living la a battle The «ugge*lcd scripture for today* meditation »prak* of a soldier * armor and we«i*»n lot df fen*e and attack: ‘ breastplate. ahleld. helmet, the sword The writer. St Paul. was hlmaelf a good **>ldler of Jraua Chrlat. and rncouraged fellow-Chrtattana to be gaud aoldtrr*. and near the ckwr of his life tpnkr of the |ad fight be had fought. Part of the battle la to keep one'a aelf fit. morally and *plr* Ituallv worthy of our high railing, "Christian " To keep pure u* heart, clean of mind, noble in purpoae and motive. Ru» require* honest self-appraisal. repentance, confeaaton. prayer, and renewed dedication! It require* alertneaa and vigilance, and perse* verence Special emphasis la placed upon thla phase of Christian living during the lenten »<-a»<«). Christian living, however, la more than a aeries of defensive maneuver* against the enemies of the soul. Victories are not won by Just parrying the enemy's thrusts. The weapon of offense la "the sword of the spirit, the Word of Oad." Here possession of the sword does not make a good soldier: h^must know how to wield it. Sin will be conquered. Ignorance and superstition can be overcome, faith and hope will be inspired, when the Truth of God's Word Is taught and practiced, and the crucified and risen Saviour is cxaltid

Mine Searched For Two More Miners

LOGAN, W. Va <UPI> -Disaster crews searched a vast unI derground labyrinth today for two l coal miners they presume died j with 16 companions in the Holden ! No. 22 mine tragedy j No one dared to hope either man, missing since March 8, i would be found alive. Rescuers early today were com- , pleting the grim task of carrying the bodies of the 16 known victims from the deep reaches of | the mine. Grimy litter bearers walked and crawled for two hours through three miles of partiallycrumbled mine tunnel to bring each body to the pithead Searchers Wednesday found three additional bodies in the fume-filled back slope area of the southwestern West Virginia coal pit where 13 lifeless miners had been located the day before. Scribbles Last Testament The pencil - scribbled last testament of a mine foreman, found attached to his safety lamp, indicated that at least some of the victims knew death was immii nent. Josh Chafins Jr., who survived two or three other cave-ins in the same mine, penciled these dying thoughts to his wife: “Mabel, I love you more than you will ever know. Take care of the kids and raise them to serve the Izird.’’ Chafins was the father of four children. Jack Matheson, among the rescuers who found the first group of bodies, said he believed they "felt safe” to the end. In Sitting positions ■ “The men in the group were sitting in normal positions when we found them,” Matheson said "One even had a dinner bucket open. Their positions were very lifclike They appeared to be discussing their predicament just before death came.” Mine officials theorized many of the victims just “fell asleep” as fire-generated carbon monoxide fumes filtered into the recesses of the Island Creek Coal Co. mine where they awaited rescue. The victims were in a party ot 120 miners trapped behind a fire

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and slate fall in the Holden mine several miles from here at 1:30 a m. March I. Two of the men struck out alone to scout for possible escape routes and managed to reach the surface. influenza Incidence Decreases In State INDIANAPOLIS <UPI> — The incidence of influenza in Indiana dropped again last week. Indiana State Board of Health records showed 802 cases for ttie week, compared with 1.372 the last preceding week. The latest caaes raised the number in 1960 to 15.738. compared with 8,383 a year ago. Advertising Index Advertiser Page A&P Tea Co., Inc. —3 American Legion 8 Adams Theater --- • Beavers Oil Service. Inc. ...... 5 Burk Elevator Co. .—- *»- 5 Bufler Garage, Inc. S Bukets * Bower Jewelry ' 3 Decatur Lions Club .. 6 Equity Dairy Store —■» 1 Ehinger's "Boston Store" 3 Gambles ......... 4, Nl Goodyear Service Store 8 Goodin’s Market 6 Holthouse Furniture - 2 Haflich & Morrissey 3 Habegger Hardware 5 Miller-Jones 3 Model Hatchery - 5 o Music Lovaltv Club 3 Niblick & Co. , 3 J. J. Newberry T Phil Neuenschwander, auctioneer 5 Standard Food Store ,- 4 L. Smith Insurance Agency. Inc. 5 Stewarts Bakery -- 8 Smith Drug Co. 2. 5 Sheets Furniture 7 Schmitt Market 8 Schwartz Ford Co., Inc. 5 Shaffer's Restaurant 2 Sudduth Market 2 Sonotone of Eastern Indiana ..6 Teeple ..... 5

Willshire American Legion ..... 2

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