Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 70.

Soviet Premier Asserts Russia Has Not Exploded Any Bomb

PARIS <UPII — Soviet Premier Nikita Khrunhchcv said today Russia has never exploded a nuclear bomb underground and docs Dot intend to do so. Khrushchev made his statement in an informal talk to the FranceUSSR Friendship Society a few hours after he arrived for an Ilin the tightest security network of day state visit in a Paris wrapped the century. He added in his comments at the Quai d'Orsay. where he is staying while in the French capital. that if present Soviet proposals at the Geneva disarmament and nuclear test ban talks are accepted. "the disarmament problem will be exhausted." •Now there are only insignificant differences left between our respective positions.” he said. Greeted by de Gaulle Khrushchev had raised the disarmament issue earlier in the day. In his speech at Orly Airport shortly after his arrival from a five-hour flight from Moscow, he had termed disarmament "the greatest question of our times.’ President Charles de Gaulle gave Khrushchev a hearty personal welcome at the airport. Khrushchev's statement that the Soviet Union has never conducted an underground nuclear test—the only kind generally considered un-| detectable—was believed to be the first such revelation from a Soviet official--you know that we have accepted the American and British proposals on the discontinuation of nuclear weapons tests." he said. “Now there are only insignificant differences left between our respective positions. “They deal with the queston of undrground explosions. We have accepted the Anglo-American proposal to work together on the means of detecting such tests. Tight Security Wraps “But until we work out such mithods of detection, let us agree not to have any more underground explosions. We have never carried out any underground explosions of nuclear weapons and we have no intention of doing so.” Khrushchev made- his -remarks following a formal drive up the Champs Ely see under such stringent security wraps that 300,000 Frenchmen lining the famed broad boulevard scarcely could see him slumped in the official limousine beside the towering figure of de Gaulle. The crowd was encouraged by a blazing spring sun as well as the efforts of the French Communist Party which brought thousands of supporters into the capital for the

World Protest Over Killings

SHARPEVILLE, , South Africa (UPI) — African nationalists said today they want to fight back against the police who killed at least 80 of their number Monday but have no weapons. They debated holding another mass protest meeting against the law that forces them to carry identity passes, which are not required of whites. Monday’s meeting turned into a stone-throwing riot which police supressed with machineguns. The shooting left nearly 300 Africans dead or wounded and prompted the United States to take the unusual step of deploring the violence. The incident, and another shooting in Langa, near Capetown, caused similar protests from London to Moscow ‘ and turned world attention to Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd’s “apartheid” —a policy of strict racial segregation. Reluctant To Talk Africans here were reluctant to speak to reporters on the street because of the tension still pres- - ent two days after the killings. -It was believed they would abandon their plans for a new meeting because of the danger of police actionBut although they asked for arms to fight back, Africans were beginning to make, use of another

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occasion. But the throng was smaller than the half-million wb<> showed up to cheer President Eisenhower when be made "the same drive last September Wave Red Flags After the colorful and noisy airport ceremonies and an exchange of greetings, de Gaulle and Khrushchev rode into the city. The crowds at the airport and along the route into the city totaled an estimated 60.000. De Gaulle, accompanied by Premier Michel Dcbre and other high French officials, walked to the end of a long red carpet to where the plane taxied into position. A republican Guards band struck up ruffles and flourishes and Khrushchev appeared in the plane doorway. Mrs. Khrushchev came behind her husband dawn the ramp and following his lead shook hands with de Gaulel and others. About 2.000 persons greeted the Soviet leader from the top of the airport building. Many waved red flags and shouted “Vive Khrushchev." Daughter Rides Along Mrs. de Gaulle walked with Khrushchev's daughter. Rada, and Mrs. Khrushchev up to the airport lounge. Their arms were loaded with flowersKhrushchev began his brief arrival speech by thanking de Gaulle for h.s invitation to France. “I accepted your invitation with great satisfaction,” he said. “I i came here feeling that this meeting will be fruitful with regard to French - Soviet relations and will strengthen peace. I hope our meetings and talks will lead to better understanding between our two countries." Khrushchev’s plane touched down at 1054 a.m. (4:54 a.m. e.st.l. Slight Decline In Jobless Pay Claims INDIANAPOLIS (UPD - T h e Indiana Employment Security Division. Tuesday reported a slight drop in the number of claims for jobless' compensation. Division director Richard A. Phillips said 55,267 claims were received last week, a drop of 349 from’ the week, previous. The total included 6.886 claims from newlyunemployed workers. 48,381 from persons out of work a week or more, and 1,617 from workers receiving their final benefits.

weapon potentially more powerful. Between 30,000 and 40,000 African workers stayed horn from plants in the Vanderbijl park and Vereeniging areas near here TuesProduction was slowed or halted. Europeans had to shovel coal to keep the Icor foundry blast furnaces going. In Capetown, African organizers passed out leaflets urging a strike to protest the killing of 12 demonstrators at Langa. It was estimated that 68 per cent of Capetown’s African work force was off the job. Smaller Protest Groups The Pan Africanist Congress .(PAC), which led the protest against the passes here, planned to send groups of five and ten Africans to police stations without passes to invite arrest. A mass march on the station brought on Monday’s riots. PAC leaders said the smaller groups would avoid trouble but would be as effective a protest. In Capetown, Verwoerd Tuesday night refused to appoint a judicial commission to investigate the mass killings. He told Parliament such a commission would serve as a platform for agitators. The opposition United Party, which takes a more liberal line on segregation, had demanded the commission.

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17 School Census Crews In Decatur

Seventeen crews of census workers are visiting Decatur homes this week and the remainder of the month, compiling data for the Adams county school study committee The facts and figures gained here will be tabulated with the rest of surveys currently being conducted under the school reorganization act of 1959 Harry Dailey, chairman of the the local group, announced today the workers and the areas that they are covering. 1. Dick Gehrig and Paul Moore —Pennsylvania R.R. on the east. Dayton street on the south. U.S. 27 on the west, and the corporation line on the north. 2. Mrs. Cletus Miller. Mrs. Richard Linn and Mrs. Roger Blackburn —Monmouth road and north Fifth street to the east. Nuttman avenue on the south, Pennsylvania R.R. on the west, and the St. Mary's river on the north. 3 Mrs. Nelson Doty and Mrs. Dale Whetstone — Pennsylvania R.R. on the east. Nuttman on the south, corporation line on the west, and Dayton avenue on the north. 4. Mrs. Joe Krick. Mrs. Adrian Burke, and Dave Moore — St, Mary’s rive on the northeast, Monroe street on the south, and Fifth street on the west. 5. Dr. John Terveer—l3th street, east; Adams street, south: corporation line, west and U. S. road 224, north. 6. Mrs. Arthur Beeler and Clifford Hoverman — Fifth street, east; Monroe street, south; 13th street, west, and Nuttman avenue, north. 7. Harry Dailey — Fifth street, east; Adams street, south; 13th street, west, and Monroe street, north. • 8. Mrs. James Smith — St. Mary’s river, east; Adams street, south: 13th street, west, and Monroe street, north. 9 Mrs. Bob Anderson and Leo Curtin — Stratton Place. 10. Dr. Harry Hebble — 11th street, east; corporation line, south and west, and Adams street, north. 11. Mrs. Kenneth Singleton — 10th street, east; Krick street, south; Uth street, west, and Adams street, north. 12. Bill Hutker — Line street, east; corporation line, south. 10th street, west, and Adams street, north.

Oscar Teeple Dies Tuesday Afternoon Oscar O. Teeple, 69. of 417 North Third street, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 1:20 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at St. Joseph's hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been hospitalized 10 days and underwent surgery Monday. He was born in Adams county Feb. 4, 1891, a son of Oscar and Ida Ayres-Teeple, and was married to Ruth Conner Aug. 15, 1912. , ' Mr. Teeple was employed at the Decatur plant of the General Electric Co. for 35 years prior to his retirement in 1955. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrrs. Dwight (Lenore) Little of Decatur; one son, Charles W. Teeple of Fort Pierce, Fla.; three grandchildren; seven great - grandchildren; two halfbrothers, Paul Newberry of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Hear! Newberry of Detroit, Mich., and two step-brothers, Clarence Chronister of Wren, 0.,' and Milton Chronister of Bobo. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. F. Hazen Sparks officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services.

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13. Dr. William Freeby — St. Mary's river, east; Erie R R.. south; Line street, west, and Adams street, north. 14. Ed Wolfe — Nickle Plate R.R., north and east; Bollman street, south and Line street, west. 15. Frank Lybarger — Mercer avenue, east; corporation line, south; Nickle Plate, west, and Erie north. 16. Mrs. John Spaulding and Mrs. Clinton Hersh — St. Mary’s river, east; corporation line, south, Mercer avenue, west, and Erie R.R.. north. 17. Jim Cowens — Homestead and Gage addition. These leaders are responsible for contacting other workers to assist them and to have the survey completed by April 1. Dailey said that many have started and are near completion, but others still have more data to gather. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy south, mostly cloudy north, not so cold tonight. Thursday partly cloudy, turning colder north, warmer extreme south. Chance of snow flurries near Lake Michigan Thursday. Low tonight 25 to 30. High Thursday low 30s north to upper 40s extreme south. Sunset today 7 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Thursday 6:43 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Friday: Generally fair and warmer. Lows 25 to 33. Highs 38 to 50. ,

Memorial Service For Plane Victims

TELL CITY, Ind. (UPD — A motor caravan wound through the Ohio River valley of Southern Indiana today, bringing more than 100 relatives and friends to a memorial service for 63 persons killed in a Northwest Airlines plane crash. Sunny skies and crisp cold temperatures prevailed as 25 cars rolled through nearly 100 miles of scenic hill country toward Tell City cemetery, scene of a four faiths memorial service featuring symbolic burial of the victims. The caravan came from LouisVille. Ky., where two Northwest planes took the grieving relatives from Minneapolis and Chicago late Tuesday. Those of the Roman Catholic faith attended a requiem mass at the Cathedral of the Assumption near Louisville shortly after dawn. The celebrant was the Rev. Frank Cunningham, a Chicago area priest who flew to Louisville with relatives and said he was a friend of seven of the victims. “They died "together, , Father Cunningham said. “The last thing we can do is pray for them together.” The cemetery memorial service was planned for 11=30 a.m- c.s.t. Four hours earlier, however, the Rev. John Bankowski of St. Michael’s Church at Cannelton celebrated a solemn requiem high mass at the cemetery. Among those at the memorial services were- Governor Handley and State Police Supt- Harold S. Zeis representing the State of Indiana; Mayors J. Wiliam How and Frank Steinsberger of Tell City and Cannelton, representing the small cities nearest the crash scene; Croil Hunter, chairman of the board, and Donald W. Nyrop, president, of Northwest Airlines. Northwest said it would erect an obelisk at the cemetery site, a 44 by 46 foot plot, with names of" the victims inscribed on it. A big grey canopy lay over the grave site hours before the services. A blanket of artificial grass was spread over a wide area, and baskets of bright flowers were

Mike Bollenbacher Seeks Nomination Dclmas 'Mike' Boltcnbochcr. well known Jefferson township farmer, announced today that he Will be a candidate, for county commissioner from the third district In the Democratic primary Mnv 3. BoUewbacht r is a native and lifelong resident of Adams county and is the owner of a 120 acre farm in Jefferson township and also operates an additional 120 acres in the same neighborhood. In addition to feeding out beef cattle he raises from 35 to 40 acres of tomatoes each year. He is prominent in the Adams county five-acre corn club and was winner of the contest in 1956. having raised more than 150 bushel* to the acre in that year. He is also I treasurer of the Adams county i crops committee, which organizes the annual Addms county farmers’ achievement banquet. He has always been interested in education and served this year as a member of the 12 person committee representing Jefferson township on the school re-or-ganization committee. Bollenbacher is a lifelong Democrat and has taken an interest in Democratic politics in his area. He presently is serving a second term as a member of the Jefferson township advisory board and this -’ear was elected president of that group. This is the only office he has held. He is married to the former Miss Lauretta Fichert and has two daughters, one a pupil in the fifth grade at Jefferson township grade school, and the other a .graduate (Continued on page three)

taken to the cemetery in an effort to make the memorial as much like a graveside funeral as possible. The cemetery is situated on a hill overlooking a valley. Northwest planned to present each relative with a memorial folder containing the texts of the spur faiths services and two protographs of the crash site. Grieving relatives of the disaster victims were flown here for the brief ceremony in Greenwood Cemetery, only a few miles from where the Lockheed Electra disintegrated in flight and plunged into a muddy farm field last Thursday. Four empty caskets, representing the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Buddhist faiths of the plane’s dead, were lined up side by side on a snow covered hill overlooking this southern Indiana town, i The . Very Rev. Edward J. Hueke, a Roman Catholic priest from TeU City; the Rev. Henry Lippert, of a Tell City Protestant church; Rabbi Martin B- Ryback, Evansville, Ind.; and the Rev. Gyomay N. Kubose, a Buddhist priest from Chicago, were selected to speak briefly to the mourners before the caskets were lowered into the ground. Many stores in Tell City and nearby Cannelton closed during the half hour service for victims of Indiana’s worst air disaster Investigators also planned to suspend work at a still-smoking 50-foot crater made when the plane’s fuselage plunged into a soybean field Workers digging into the steaming hole Tuesday found what they believe represented the remains of all the victims. Officials were uncertain whether the remains should be exhumed or covered up again with earth. Northwest Airlines officials said none of the 100 or so relatives flown here for the memorial service would be taken to the crater.

OPENING THIS SATURDAY

Hold Blood Program Orientation Course Nearly M women, Inchwtlng 13 from the Drcattir arra. aUrnArd the an-dav Red Cros« ’’Uxl program orientation rourao at the Rrrne French high school Monday. Mr* C. B. Miller, county bkx»d program chairman, said today. The program »»t presented by Mrs Wanda Orlberg. who garo the Red Cross orientation talk tn the morning bv Mbs Selma Hernstrin. Fort Waynr area Red Cross field representative, Mias Helm McCrory, chief nurse. Fort Wayne blond bank: and Mrs. Ann Barrett, staff nurse with the blood program. Maries Shown "A woman with n letter’*, the story of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was shown during the morning session. Also shown was “My kind of a story." with Bob Considine's report on the different phases of Red Cross activities. The duties and responsibilities of a volunteer in the Red Cross blood program were explained thoroughly. Mrs. E. Goren Liechty, the new blood chairman for Berne, was introduced, and the next program will be held at Berne April 8 at the high school gym. The auditorium is now used for the Berne city library. From Decatar Attending the meeting from the Decatur area were Mrs. Ix-e Flemig. Mrs. Herbert Fravel, Mrs. Woodson Ogg. Mrs. L. E. Archbold. Mrs. Lucile Miller, Mrs. Will C. Schnepf, Mrs. Charles Belneke, Mrs. Edgar Reinking, Mrs. Noel Burton. Mrs. Ferris Bower, Mrs. Harold Messick, Mrs. Bonnie Lengerich. Mrs. Louis Zwick. Mrs. Max Kreps. and Mrs. Miller. From Berne were Mrs. Orlando Lehman, Mrs. Millard Sprunger, Mrs. Kenneth Liechty, Mrs. Tilman Bauman, Mrs. Harold Sprunger. Mrs. Orlando Sprunger, Mrs. Calvin Nussbaum, Mrs. Gilbert Stucky, Mrs. Roger Augsburger, Mrs. Charles Neuenschwander, Mrs. Milo Habegger, and Mrs. E. Gordon Liechty.

Production Resumed At Studebaker Plant SOUTH BEND, Ind. <UPD — Production was resumed today at the Studebaker - Packard Corp, after settlement of a strike over union charges of a production speedup. Some members of United Auto Workers union Local 5 went back to their jobs Tuesday and others returned today as assembly lines started moving again. Retired Minister Dies At Angola ANGOLA. Ind 'UPD—The Rev. Dr. John Humfreys, 95. died Tuesday in a nursing home near here. Dr. Humfreys, a native of England, was minister of the First Congregational Church here nearly 40 years until his retirement in 1943, and was formerly superintendent of all Congregational churches in Indiana.

Barbara Bieberich Dies Last Evening Mrs. Barbara Bieberich, 97, former resident of Decatur, died at 5:15 o’clock Tuesday evening at the home of a son, David Bieberich, Beech Grove. Death was due to complications and followed a long illness. She was born in Ohio Feb- 11. 1863, a daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Bailey-Buechrer, and was married to Christian Bieberich Nov. 14, 1882. Her husband preceded her in death in December of 1939. Mr. and Mrs. Bieberich lived in Decatur until moving to Oklahoma in 1932. Mrs. Bieberich had made her home with the son at Beech Grove for the past several years. Surviving in addition to the son with whom she lived are three other sons, Otto D. Bieberich of Decatur route 2, Edward Bieberich of Vinita. Okla., and Clarence Bieberich of Newville, N. J.; one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Hoffert of Ligonier; one brother, Martin Buechner of Avilla: 24 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and 21 great-great-grandchildren. Two sons and one daughter are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Richard C. Ludwig officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery.’ Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. Thursday until time of the services.

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House Passage Os Bill Seen

WASHINGTON <UPD — The House was expected to wind up I two weeks of civil rights debate today bv passing a five-point bill and sending it to the waiting Senate. Rep. Emanuel Celler (N.Y.), Democratic civil rights leader, said the bill would be passed before sundown "without fail" and with little, if any, change. The bill would safeguard Negro voting rights and outlaw interference with school integration orders in the South. Outnumbered Southerners, fighting to the last to weaken the measure, prepared to offer more amendments before the final vote. The Senate, meanwhile, was expected to vote on a motion to table — and thus kill —a proposed voting right* amendment by Sens. Joseph S. Clark iD-Pa.i-and Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.I. Senate Marking Time But for the most part the Senate was marking time awaiting the House action. The Clark-Javits proposal, criticized by Atty. Gen. William P Rogers Tuesday, would combine the administration’s voting referee plan with a system of federal enrollment officers proposed by Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. <DMo.). , * Rogers wrote Senate GOP Leader Everett M- Dirkhen Gil.) that the Clark - Javits proposal was "worthless” and "ineffective” and had the "fataf illness” of being unenforceable. . The House stamped its approval on the most controversial part in its bill — the administration’s plan for court-appointed referees to protect Negroes' rights to vote in all elections. The referee plan was added to a civil rights bill by a vote of 199 to 104. The House accepted one amendment to strengthen the administration proposal and defeated a string of attempts by southerners and conservative Republicans to weak it. A Milder Version In addition to the referee plan, the bill contains a milder version o[ President Eisenhower’s 1959 civil rights program. Other points would: —Require local officials to preserve election records for two years and permit federal inspection of them. —Make it a federal crime to

cjCenten (By Rev. John D. Mishler, Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren) “THE ATTIC” •‘To keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh. I remember finding all kinds of interesting items in my Senmother's attic as a boy. The main interest things from the past. They had been discarded because other items had taken their places and were more useful. The old side saddle for horseback riding and the vacuum s which worked by hand were dust collectors. The attic and its contents is about as high as some people ever attain in life.The apostle Paul spoke of a higher attainment when he sa d , he wished to boast about a spiritual experience which lifted nim to the third heaven. This was possible by the not by his own strength, he stated. He also had a "en his flesh” which was a blessing in disguise. It helped him Keepms feet on the ground while the higher inspiration led him on to wra. Man is of a dual nature. While his hopes and aspirations are beyond'fiim, he knows he must live his life where he is. How can it be done? The words of Christ to Paul, are just as helpful to any person who will let Him help them. “My grace is sufficient for for my power is made perfect in weakness. Make heaven your goal and not the attic. That is what our lives u. are intended to attain. ....

obstruct school integration orders by threats or force. —Add federal penalties for fleeing across state lines to avoid prosecution for bombing sny building or vehicle. —Provide schooling for servicemen’s children when their public schools are closed in integration disputes. Floyd Acker Files For Representative Floyd Acker, of 235 N. Third street. Decatur, filed his candidacy in Indianapolis for joint state representative on the Republican tick, et for Adams-Wells counties. Apply For Charter For New Scout Troop An application for a charter for Boy Scout troop 64. sponsored by the St. Mary’s Catholic church, was submitted to the Anthony Wayne counci| today, Carl Braun, institutional representative said this morning. A total of 40 boys are already registered, and every one of them has now passed his tenderfoot tests. The boys form six patrols. Medford Smith is scoutmaster for th<r new troop. Advertising Index Advertiser Page A & P Tea Co —— 3 Beavers Oil Service, Inc —— 5 Burk Elevator Co I Butler Garage, Inc —- 5 Budget Loan*——— 1— 1 Cowens Insurance Agency ——7 Doans Pills —■..... ,i S 8.P.0. Elks 4 F. 0.0. Eagles ———— T Fairway 2,7 Gerber's Super Market —— 2 Holthouse Drug Co ——2, 7 Jack Hurst S Kent Realty & Auction Co —— 5 Klenks l Kohne Drug Store — I Kroger —. S Model Hatchery 2...... $ Myers Flowers —— . 2 Monmouth Music Association — 2 Schafers -———- 6,7 L. Smith Insurance Agency 5 Smith Drug Co —2, 3 Shaffer’s Restaurant ——3 Teeple -•

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