Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 73

Record Cold For Frostbitten North

I'bMml Ptm* tatvrMttaaal The *ev*ntt day <rf »p*tag brought driving *now and a record cold wav, to th* frostbitten North today A mw itorm bolted out at the Dakota* Friday night to hit Chicago and its nuburba wtth up to two inches ot mow. Foroeaatera raid it would churn aero** the Great Laker Into New England today. The latent rtorm followed by M hours an earlier wintry blart that buried Syracuse, NY., under a had foot erf snow and dropped three inches on western Pennsylvania. Winds whipped off Lake Erie to pile up road - clogging dnfts In northeast Ohio and close three achoola in the Cleveland-Wooster area. Albany. N.Y., residents looking for the long-delayed spring thaw shivered today as the mercury dropped to 7 above—a record cold for March 26 Match 25 cold records were set Friday at Lansing, Mich , with zero, Syracuse, with 7 above, and the lowa towns erf Cedar Rapids, with one degree below zero, Burlington, with 5 above and DuArrest Youth After Attack On Synagogue GADSEN, Ala. (UPD — Police FBI agents arrested a Id-year-old self-styled Nazi early today seven hours after a fire bomb and rifle attack on a synagogue where 180 were worshipping. Officers rushed Jerry Hunt, a thin-faced high school junior, to the police station and began questioning him about the attack in which two members of the Jewish congregation were hit by bullets. One man was critically injured in the attack on Temple Beth Israel about 10 p.m. e.s.t Friday night and was in surgery through most of the night. Three Believed Involved _ Three young men were believed involved A gasoline filled bottle wrapped in rags shattered against the frame of a stained glass window of the temple in downtown Gadsden. The "Molotov cocktail" fell outside the synagogue. Members of the congregation who rushed outside were met with fire from a semi - automatic .22 caliber rifle. Alvin Lowi, owner of a chemical supply company, was shot in the hand. Alan Cohn was hit in the leg and side, and a specialist was rushed here from Birmingham to operate. Young Hunt was an immediate suspect- He had been telling friends for the past three weeks that he was planning just such an attack because Jewish youths had complained of his Nazi armband and red-painted Nazi helmet. Drove Father’s Taxi The attackers sped away from the synagogue in a taxicab owned by Hunt’s father, Walter Hunt. The cab was found abandoned later, and in it police found a Nazi helmet, a semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle, a machete, a can of gasoline and a bundle of rags. Hunt’s father helped police search for his son. When officers locked the boy in the interrogation room at the jail, the seni °r Hunt stood outside pleading to be admitted. "He made a mistake, but he’s still just a child,” the boys father said with tears running down his cheeks.

cCenten Meditation (By Rev Leon Lacoax. Pleasant Mills and Salem Methodist Churches) - “THE EUGERON” Job, chapter 32, verses 1- 10 ’''l , Th® nin cliche “Time waits for no one," is familiar to all of of time changes occur. Christ was aware «? thi of “Hail Him” changed to “nail Him,” “crown to “crucify Him.” There was a scarlet robe in every piece toXn in front of Him, a cross in every palm branch, a moan* wM from Calvary’s hill in every wave of emotion, a every cheer, a drop of bitter gall foY every tear of joy. '• and lived °t all humanly. As This is a person who accepts this changeand adapts himself to it. This does not mean that we have less fnd the passing of time should come wisdom. Job w V* l sneak and the multitude of years should teach ” y “h-ifof Christ within us. He,shall lead ™lto all 4uto. Maywe pray that the changing of time shaU us serving Christ in a greater capacity than we are at this present time.

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buquv. wnh 4 abow. The thermomrtrr plunged to »> below zero at Peltetan. Mich . and IS below at Alpena. Mich But rising temper eturr« In the Great Ptalna brought a new form <rf misery. Melting znow« »ent high water atroamtag acro»» rour highway* in *outh central Nebraska northern Ka«*a*. wvrtern low, Mid South Dakota. A one -Inch snowfall to Milwaukee Friday enough to m*ta the winter the worstof the 20th Century. Official* »aid total snowfall to far thi* year waa M 3 inches, a half Inch more than the snow of 1951-52 The rpcrcury hovered bel<>» freezing this morning north of a line from central Delaware across northern Kentucky through north-1 western Missouri and into the Dakotas The U.S. Weather Bureau predicted more showers today from east Texas to the Atlantic Coart and from northern California into the Pacific Northwest. Light snow was expected today in the northern Platas at the eastern storm moved out <rf the Midwest into the New England states by nightfall - Winifred Rafert Miss Limberlost Miss Winifred Rafert, a junior at Monmouth high school, was chosen 1960 girl of the Limberlost at the ninth annual Limberlost land party at the Geneva school Friday night. Miss Rafert, who performed a vocal number, was selected over four otter contestants, including: Miss Martha Brewster, Hartford Center senior, reading: Miss Linda Rigby, Poling high school senior, twirling: Miss Pat Uptgraft, Petroleum high school junior, flute solo: Miss Janice Yoder, GenevaWabash township high school junior, vocal. . Heller Honored Robert H. Heller, Decatur realtor and former state representative from Adams and Weils counties, was given a special certificate from the Geneva Lions club in appreciation of the “invaluable services and cooperation extended in the establishment of the Limberlost memorial.” Dick James, formerly of Jay county and now of Indianapolis, and also formerly lieutenant-governor, was also honored. The program opened at 7:30 p.m. with David Stucky, a member of the Geneva Lions club, leading the Geneva Boy Scout troop in the flag ceremony. Judges Introduced David Rankin welcomed the crowd, and introduced Jim Louck, of radio station WOWO, who MC’d the program. Judges for the Limberlost Girl contest were then introduced: Mrs. Jane Dustin, Fort Wayne; 15frs. Mary Dilts, of the Fort Wayne Gene Stratton Porter club; Eric Purchas, Indianapolis, state secretary of Lions International; and Russell Jones, of Wabash, vice president of the Wabash Lions club. The Geneva high school saxophone ensemble then presented “Music maker" and “Memories of You.” Following the music, the contestants presented the talent portion of the show. James and Heller were then honored while the judges deliberated. Music by the high school German band preceded the crowning of the queen by Miss Gail Egly, last year’s girl of the Limberlost. The queen and her court were then presented to the crowd.

Article Explains Wheat Exemption Rrwnl factor* affecting wheal produce* who haw wheat allotment* of tea* than IS acre* for IMO were called to th* attention of farmer* today by J a me* Garbodon. chairman of the county agricultural itablllzaiion and ronacrsaltan committee The law that authorize* marketing quota* provid** that in commercial wheat producing itatc* a* much a* IS acre* of wheat may be produced on any farm without being subject to markettag quota penalties Thi* proviaion applies to farm* with no wheat allotment* a* well a* to farm* with wheat acreage allotments of lea* than IS acre*. However, wheat on such farm* Is subject to marketing quota penalties when more than IS acre* of wheat is produced. When the 15acre limitation is exceeded, the excess bushelage of wheat is determined by multiplying the normal yield for the farm by the number of acres of wheat above the farm allotment. Garboden cited the following as an example: A farmer with a wheat allotment of 12 acres for 1960 produces 20 acres of wheat. Hie difference between the allotment and the wheat acreage pro duced—eight acres—would be considered excess acres. The eight acres excess would be used in determining the amount of wheat subject to the marketing quota penalty. However, if the acreage over 15 is disposed of, the wheat would not be subject to marketing quotas. Farmers who have applied for the feed wheat provision under which they may produce as much as 30 acres of wheat for use on the farm are not subject to marketing quota penalties unless tfiey produce more than 30 acres. The deadline for adjusting wheat acreage into compliance with the farm wheat allotment is June 1 in Adams county.

Flossie L. Christy Dies last Evening Miss Flossie L. Christy, 71, a native of Adams county, died at 5 o’clock Friday evening at her home, 124 East Maple street, Van Wert, O. Death was caused by a coronary occlusion. She was born in Blue Creek township Sept. 18, 1888, a daughter of John C. and Frankie L. Kauffman-Christy, and had lived in Van Wert for the past 50 years. Miss Christy was a member of the First Methodist church at Van Wert. Surviving are three brothers, Norval Christy of Cincinnati, 0., William Christy of Amarillo, Tex., and Ralph Christy of Berne, and three sisters, Mrs. Dora Schulman of Williamsburg, 0., Mrs. Ella Dellinger of Willshire, 0., and Mrs. Leah Pierson of Van Wert. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Monday at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert, Dr. Paul D. Childs officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. Restaurant Owner Kills Young Burglar INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —- A 19-year-old youth was shot to death today by a restaurant owner awakened by a burglar alarm. Ronald Thomas, Indianapolis was found dead near the back door of Williamson’s Lunch when they arrived to investigate a telephone call from Fred Williamson, 53, owner of the restaurant. New Snowfall Adds To Wintry Touch A new half-inch of snow in Adams county this morning forced thoughts of planting oats out of farmers’ minds, and added another wintry touch to spring. Numerous local residents braved the snows, however, to see the spring opening bargains in the Decatur stores. Stores will remain op-en until 9 o’clock this evening. Decatur Lady Hurt In Auto Accident Mrs. Ida P. Lose, 69, of 228 North Fifth street, suffered a fractured right knee and head and chest injuries at 4:25 p.m. Friday when the car driven by her husband, William P. Lose, 70, collided with one driven by Miss Bonnie L. Lepper, 16, of Fort Wayne route 7, at the Tillman and old Decatur roads, south of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Lose is reported in good condition at St. Joseph’s hospital, where she was admitted following the. accident. Her husband was ticketed for failure to yield the right ot way.

Decdhir, Indiana, Saturday,March 26,1960.

Macmillan Arrives In Washington Tonight For Talks On Nuclear Bans

Stage Demonstration At Nashville Friday By United Prone International Negroes campaigning against lunch counter segregation staged the first demonstrations in more than three weeks Friday at Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee Gov. Buford Ellington immediately accused a television network of instigating the affair in hopes of getting films of ’ iolence. The network, Columbia Broadcasting System. categorically denied the accusation. While the Tennessee controversy] was raging, it was announced by the Congress of Racial Equality' (CORE) that one of the biggest; demonstrations to date was plan-! ned for Hampton. Va. today. CORE said that during the day; all 1.380 students at Hampton In-1 stitute, a Negro college, would take part in non-violent protests against chain stores The CBS Public Affairs Department said a film production unit was in Nashville to document the training methods used by Negroes i in their campaign to receive equal treatment at the lunch counters of dime and variety stores. Ne-' gro students, mostly from Fisk University, staged demonstrations in at least six stores. “While pursuing this story it was learned that a sit-in demonstration was planned for Friday afternoon at several points in Nashville,” CBS said. “The Public Affairs Department ... categorically denies any attempt to influence the demonstration in any way whatsoever ” Ellington did not state the reasons for his belief that the demonstrations were arranged by the film crews. But he said officials of the local CBS outlet "were as shocked as I to learn of this dangerous, trumped-up news story and the network’s part in it.” New demonstrations also were planned today by CORE against chain stores in New York and Los Angeles, and the AFL-CIO News in Washington endorsed the Negro protests in the South as a “legitimate use of the guaranteed rights of freedom of speech and assembly.”

Castro In Protest On Hiring Policies

HAVANA (UPD — The United States today appeared to face the alternative of rehiring a Cuban union official or provoking the imposition of Cuban laws on the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo. Premier Fidel Castro’s government protested against the hiring and firing policies at the base Friday night in two notes handed to American Ambassador Philip Bonsai. , ~ Labor Minister Augusto Martinez Sanchez indirectly threatened imposing the labor laws on the base Thursday when he noted that Cubans there are still subject to Cuban law. ■ Two other notes handed Bonsai asked the United States to reconsider its ban on selling helicopters to Cuba and its move of Department of Agriculture fruit inspectors from Havana to Up. note urged the rehiring of Federico Figueras Larrazabal, a labor leader of the Guantanamo installation. He said he was fired for trying to improve the working conditions of Cuban employes. Figueras once instructed workers to remain vigilant for activities at the base which might tip off planned U.S. military action against Cuba. , Another note charged that Guantanamo base officials were hiring “counter-revolutionaries and INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. Sunday mostly cloudy with chance of a little snow. No important temperature changes. Low tonight lower 20s north to lower 30s south. High Sunday mid30s north to mid-40s south. Outlook for Modftay: Considerable cloudiness with no important temperature changes.

Geneva Parley Is Deadlocked

GENEVA <UPD — The West ha* abandoned hope for quick agreement with Russia to ban nuclear arms from outer space and freeze American and Soviet armed forces, authoritative Western sources said today. Instead, the sources said, the United States and its Allies are preparing for prolonged EastWest slugging in the 10-power Geneva disarmament conference which could continue without marked progress until the summit conference in May. The Geneva conference ended its second week Friday tightly deadlocked over the Issue of controls to insure that the Russians do not cheat on a disarmament agreement. The 10th session of the conference was scheduled Monday morning. The Western powers came to Geneva hoping for quick agreeiments to outlaw outer space warfare and freeze U. S. and Soviet armed forces at the 2.500.000 level, but the Russians cold-shoul-dered both proposals. They refused any agreement to ' ban weapons of mass destruction from outer space unless the West i scraps its whole nuclear stockpile !at the same time. They rejected the proposal for an immediate i freeze on U. S. and Soviet armed forces as “a step backward not forward.” Western sources said the western delegations are preparing to step up their drive to get the Russians to give watertight guarantees that they would not welsh oA disarmament agreement U. S. delegate Frederick M. Eai ton called on the Russians Friday to quit quibbling and talk- ! ing generalities and to get down to cases on inspection of troop and arms cuts. Specifically, Eaton demanded proof that the Russians would not cheat if the United States and Russia agreed to slash their armed forces to 2,100,000 men each.

sympathizers of the deposed Batista regime, “obviously an obstacle to the betterment of relations” Thin Snow Blanket Falls Over Indiana United Press International Another dose of light snow and sub-freezing temperatures harassed Indiana today and spring weather seemed as far away as ever. A thin blanket of new snow fell over northern and central portions of the state Friday night and this morning while the mercury fell into the 20s. Month -old snow still covered parts of Indiana. The depth at South Bend was 7 inches today, Goshen 6 inches, Lafayette 3, Peru 2, Fort- Wayne 1 and Terre Haute, Cincinnati and Indianapolis a trace. Forecasts called for a few snow flurries today, a few in the far north Sunday. It will be a little warmer this afternoon and Sunday with no important temperature change Monday. However, temperatures still were to be well Below normal for this time of year. Highs Friday ranged from 26 at Fort Wayne to 39 at Evansville and in the Louisville area. Overnight lows ranged from 21 at South Bend to 35 in .the Louisville area. ■ - . Today’s highs will range from the low 30s to 45, tonight's lows from the low to upper 20s. and Sunday’s highs from the mid 30s to the mid 40s.

This 1* one of the first troop-cut-1 ting measure* proposed in the i West's disarmament plan. 60 Killed Or Missing After Tanker Blast I CARACAS. Venezuela (UPD — The 17.598-ton Panamanian tanker < Mobil Astral exploded Friday night ; in the Caribbean port of La Cfuz. 170 miles east of here, just after loading 200.000 barrels of oil. The national news agency INNAC reported 60 persons dead or missing and 5 injured In the blast. The explosion occurred at 9:15 p.m., just as the Mobile Astral was disconnecting its hoses after taking on a cargo of fuel at the Mene Grande Oil Company’s pier in La Cruz. . . ■ • On board at the time were Capt Horst Gehde, the tanker’s German skipper, and 66 crewmen — 14 Germans and 52 East Indians. The cause of the explosion could not be determined immediately. The explosion was the second] such maritime disaster in Latin America in recent weeks. The first was the explosion in Havana harbor of the French munitions ship La Coubre, in which 60 persons were

Kenneth W. Reynolds Dies At Fort Wayne Kenneth W. Reynolds, 62, a native of Decatur, was dead on arrival at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been ill for jhe past two weeks and hospitalized for a short time, having been dismissed Monday. He had lived in Fort Wayne for the past 28 years and was employed as service manager at the International Harvester Co. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Wayne lodge No. 25, F. & A. M.. Scottish Rite and the Mizpah Shrine. Surviving are fiis wife, Flossie B.: a daughter, Mrs. Robert C. Hensch, Fort Wayne; a grandson: three sisters, Mrs. Noah Pomroy of Kalamazoo, Mich., Mrs. Agatha Prestash of Detroit. Mich., and Mrs. Lucy Fuelling of Flaeger Beach. Fla., and a brother, Glenn Reynolds of Bay City, Mich. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm. Monday at the D. O. MeComb & Sons funeral home, the Rev Richard Howell officiating. Burial wiU be in Covington memorial gardens. Friends may call at the .funeral home after 7 p m. today. Pre-School Roundup At Pleasant Mills The Pleasant Mills PTA will hold a pre-school roundup for aU children of Union, Blue Creek and Ct. Mary’s townships who wi!? enter the Bobo and Pleasant Mills schools in September. Children must be six years of age on of before Sept. 30. The roundup will be held at a a m. Tuesday. April 5. Complete physical examinations will be given by local doctors, for which there will be no charge. Any person having a child entering school this fall and who has not been contacted is asked to call Mrs. Clarence Black, phone 7-<284.

WASHINGTON (UPD - President Eisenhower hope* to win 1 early British approval of a new i U.S. nuclear test ban formula designed to regain the Initiative > for the West at the critical Ge-1 neva negotiations. 'Oils was reported today by | high officials who said the com-1 promise American plan goes part. • way toward meeting Russia’* new; demand for a moratorium on small, hard-to-detect underground i I test* plu* a formal pact banning; all medium and large nuclear i explosions. | British prime Minister Harold Macmillan arrives here at 7 p.m i e».t. for talks with Eisenhower to agree on a Western response to the Russian proposal. Talk* Begin Monday The American plan to counter Russia's new test ban suggestion was agreed to by the President and his cabinet at a meeting Friday morning. It was reported later in the day by Secretary of; State Christian A. Herter at a news conferenceThe agreement ended a vigorous behind-the-scenes discussion, i Herter favored a compromise counter-proposal to the Russians but the Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission wanted flat rejection of any moratorium on small underground tests. Details Kept Secret Herter declined to disclose any details of the new U.S. formula but strongly implied that this country was ready to agree to a rigidly limited mqratorium of one ' year or less or tinderground nuclear tests having at ot less than 19.000 tons of TNT. The Russians proposed at Geneva a moratorium of four or more years while East-West scientists tried to agree on how to police a ban on small tests. But the United States will not agree Ito that long a period. East and West are in general agreement that there should be a formal treaty ban on all atom tests in space, the atmosphere and the oceans and on larger under ground tests. —.....

Civil Rights Fight Ending

WASHINGTON (UPD — The long battle over civil rights legislation neared an , end 'JL hi n ation this week passed a co i mbl ” a “ o a voting rights and school Integratton Mil ana th. senate ordered a committee to report back with a measure by Tuesday. Overwhelming passage of a five ooint bill Thursday ended 11 aays of* 1 wrangling in the House over civil rights legistation. The 311 109 vote overrode stubborn 9O ' Jta ern Democratic resistance whiwi succeeded in a last delay by Inventing final House passage Wednesday. The Senate immediately sent the House version to its ’ ary Committee - but gave the group only five days to study gJudiciary Chairman ' Eastland <D-Mass.) do everything I can against this bill ** Senate leaders hoped to get the House version approved without change and sent directly to the White House to avoid a time-con-suming congressional conference over diferences. — — However, attacks from two sides . appeared likely, to . make difficult protecting the House measure- Northern liberals wanted the Senate to strengthen the till — and Dixie senators pledged to continue efforts to weaken the ; legislation if they fail to kill it ! entirely. Other major developments: Health The administration told Congress it opposes a Democratic plan for medical care for the aged. But Welfare Secretary Arthur S. Flemming hinted broadly the administration may come up with a counter proposal later. Schools: Democrats and Republicans on the House Education Committee split sharply over the need for the three-year, 975 million dollar school construction aid bill approved last week by the group. The Democratic majority

Sct Cents

Last-Minute Foe For Cong. E. Ross Adair INDIANAPOIJS tUPD — The number ot Indiana congreastonal candidate* seeking victories in the May 1 primaries climbed U> 57 today as mail entires further reduced the number of Incumbent congressmen assured of renomination without contests. Entries received by mall after the Thursday midnight deadline raised the number of Republican candidates to 28 and die number of Democratic hopefuls to 29. This left without opposition among the 11 incumbent congressmen seeking new terms only Rep Rav J Madden of the Ist District. Rep. Charles A. Halleck of the 2nd. Rep. William G. Bray of the 7th. step. Earl Hogan of the 9th and Rep. Joseph Barr of the 11th. Rep. E. Ross Adair of the 4th got last-minute opposition from Robert Adang of Fort Wayne in the Republican primary. Besides the five Incumbent congressmen who will win automatic renomination barring further filings, two other congressional candidates appeared to have hurdled the Mav balloting without rivals from their own party. Both were Republicans—former Rep. F. Jay Nimtz of the 3rs Distric and George O. Chambers of Anderson in the sth. , There was one late withdrawal when J. Wesley Evans ot Muncie quit the 10th District Democratic contest, reducing the from 10 to 9 in that crowded districtOther new filers in addition to Adang were Everett Brenton of Shelburn in the 7th District Democratic primary and Robert E. Salyers of Muncie in the 10th District Democratic contest noon edition

report said the measure would finance nearly 41,000 classrooms that otherwise would not be built. The GOP minority report said present state and local programs would largely eliminate the shortage within five years. Senator: Hall S. Lusk, 76, an Oregon Democrat became a U.S. senator. The former Oregon Supreme Court justice wds sworn m to fill the unexpired term of the late Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, who died earlier this month. Farm: Congress learned a top administration farm economist recently forecast a 4% per cent drop in net farm income this year — to an 18-year low, adding fuel to the fire for legislative help for farmers in the election year. Advertising Index Advertiser Page Adams Theatre —— 3 Bower Jewelry Store 3 Beavers Oil Service 6 Burk Elevator Co. 1 Butler Garage, Inc. 5 Verlon O. Barkley x...——— 5 Fred Corah, Insurance 5 Citizens Telephone Co. ........ 4 Decatur Ready-Mix Corp. 6 Fairway 3,4, 6 First State Bank of Decatur — 4 Gillig & Doan Funeral Home — 3 Green Belt Chemical Co. —— 6 Holthouse Furniture Store .— 3 Mies Recreation 4 Floyd Mcßride Welding 5 Pike Lumber Co. 5 Rash insurance Agency ... 6 Royster Fertilizer Co. ... 5 L. Smith Insurance Agency 5 Smith Drug Co. 3,4, 5 • Shaffer’s Restaurant— 4 — 5 Mel Tinkham Agency 8 Yost Gravel-Readymix, Inc. — 8 , Zwick Funeral Home — —/ —- 4 ) Church Page Sponsors ... X