Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 78.

U. S. Satellite Orbits Around Earth, Gathering Weather Conditions Data

CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. <UPI> —The United State* put a satellite into orbit around the earth today to photograph the world’s weather conditions from space There were n ports it showed a big storm area over the U. S. Midwest A Weather Bureau official in Washington said several hours after launching that the Tiros satellite already had sent back some ••very fine pictures" of the earth's cloud and storm pattern. Harry Wexler, chief meterologist for the U. S. Weather Bureau, said the satellite's success "established the feasibility of space weather stations — no question about it.** The 270-pound satellite's findings may give scientists away to predict well in advance the weather movements that trigger tornadoes, hurricanes and storms that lath the earth's surface. An Air Force three-stage ThorAble rocket thundered from its pad at 6:40 a. m., aimed at an orbit 400 miles above earth. Dr. A. K. Thiel of space technology laboratories later said It is in orbit. It is up." In Washington, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the satellite had achieved a "successful orbit around the earth. Dr. T. Keith Klennan. NASA director, made the announcement after a tracking station at San Diego. CUlf.. Jacked up signals at 8:21 a. m., an hour and 41 minutes after launching. However, scientists had to wait for computed information after the satellite's first pass around earth to determine whether it had reached the exact orbit Thiel said the payload could still be useful even if its distance from earth vary as much as 120 miles. He added that "If the orbit is roughly circular, it could stay up for a long time.” Although a civilian project, Tiros may have military implications. Such a satellite would be useful in predicting weather far enough in advance to enable exact planning of troop movements during wartime. The delicate compact payload rode in the nose shroud of the Thor-Able rocket, one of the most reliable in the U. S. stable of space vehicles. The 90-foot-tall rocket, bathed in fog just before launch, lifted its 105,000-pounA weight from its pad in Game and smoke. It rumbled through low-hanging clouds and climbed high into the sky heading toward the Northeast. It hit high-altitude layers of cold air, touching off a brilliant, white vapor trail. The “weather - eye" satellite, shaped like a pillbox and covered by banks of 9,000 solar cells, was aimed toward an orbit that would take it around earth once every 90 minutes or so, covering an area between Montreal, Canada, and Santa Cruz, Argentina, in the. Western Hemisphere. Tiros — short for television and infra-red observation satellite —carried a pair of TV cameras about the size of a water glass and two magnetic recorders with 400 feet of tape each. The pay- ? load, however, did not contain the infra-red radiation sensors slated for a later shot to' map relative temperaturres on earth’s surface. Scientists emphasized that today’s satellite was not an opera-

WleJitalton (By Rev. James R. Meadows, editor of the Victory Prayer Band Magazine) “THE GAMBIER” • • - ’ > Romans 2:1-16 There has never been such a period i»_our life when the population of the world was doing as much gambling as at_ the present time and the sad part is that many are gambling with their own souls With the true, born again child of God, life is not a gamble, for we can say with the Apostle Paul (II Timothy 1:12) I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. As we read our Bible we note the great number of God’S servants who gambled with their soul, and so many of them had a sad reaping. Therefore it behooves us to be sure that we haVe been born from Above and can say with the Apostle -Paul, “For me to live is i Chrirt and to die is gam.” Don’t gamble with your soul, for Jesus said, (Mark 6:36) “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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tiona) weather xystem in itself. But data It wax 1X accumulate would help in developing a satellite system to eventually blanket the world In a 24-hour weather watch. Flood Threats Are Mounting Over Midwest By United Preus International Around the clock sandbag operations against enraged rivers were paying off in Nebraska today but new floods elsewhere in the Middle West brought the number of homeless to 6.000 persons National Guardsmen, civil defense workers and volunteers were winning the battle of the levies in Nebraska, hardest-hit state in the Midwest flood belt. Although close to 4,000 persons were homeless in the state, the floods failed to make a major breakthrough. However, the tons of water surging down flooded streams in the country’s mid-section were pouring into the great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Chunks of ice tore seven 15% ton gates from an electric power dam on the Mississippi at Keokuk, lowa. The breakthrough was expected to cause a three-foot flash rise downstream. The Weather Bureau at Memphis, Tenn., far downstream, issued its first.flood warning for lowland residents in five years. Hie Missouri River was out of its banks in parts of Nebraska and Missouri. Missouri Gov. James T. Blair ordered the National Guard to sandbag levees near Glasgow, Mo., to prevent a breakthrough. The death toll mounted as the floods spread from Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan into the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania. Eleven persons were dead — four in Missouri, three in Nebraska and one each in Illinois, Kansas. South Dakota and Michigan. Two Seventh Day Adventist ministers vanished on a boat trip up the rain-swollen Shiawassee River in central Michigan Officials said the current was too strong for their small boat and their only chance was in reaching h Two r of n the Midwest’s greatest cities Milwaukee and Chicago, were’the latest to feel the floods power.- .. . >' INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy this afternoon followed by showers and. scattered thundershowers tonight, possibly beginning west portion late this afternoon. Warmer tonight. Saturday cloudy with portions, turning cooler south Saturday. Low tonight ranging from the 40s extreme north to lower 50s south and central. High Saturday mostly in the 50s north and central awl low 60s southeast portion. Sunset today 7:09 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Saturday 6:28 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy south to mostly cloddy north, continued cool. Lows Saturday night 35 to 45. Highs Sunday . 50s north, 60s south.

from HUNGRY FLOODWATERS— Joni Vencil, 4, is lifted aboard an Army duck in Venice. Neb. She aS[“herfam” weTtaken sISXm their farm which was swept by water from meltmgmow.

Late Bulletins Mrs. Helen Mae Ehrsam, 52. band and music supervisor in the Pleasant Mills schools, and wife of Elmer Ehrsam, died at 1:10 p.m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital after an extended illness. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Triplet Boy Drowns In Pail Os Water SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (UPIIMr. and Mrs. Vincent Evans of Shelbyville received word Thursday of the accidental drowning in a pail of water at his home in Birmingham, Mich., of -their 17-months-old grandson, Thomas Eric Siegesmund. Thomas was one of triplet sons born to the Evanses’ daughter and son-in-law, the John Siegesmunds, Jr. He was the second of the triplets to die. One died shortly after birth.

Religious Ad To Be Probed

MILWAUKEE (UP I) — Atty. Gen. John Reynolds said today he will investigate the publication of a newspaper ad which urged Protestants to vote for Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) in Wisconsin’s presidential primary next Tuesday. The probe, requested by an angered Gov. Gaylord Nelson, will delve into possible violation of the state’s corrupt practices law and false advertising law, Reynolds said. The controversial z ad urged Protestants to unite behind Humphrey, because of “Catholic solidarity” behind Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass.), Humphrey’s opponent in the state’s Democratic presidential primary“Neither Senator Humphrey nor Senator Kennedy had anything to do with this malicious scheme, and I join with both of them in deploring it,” Nelson said. “I know the people of Wisconsin will treat this effort with the proper contempt.” Calls It “Reprehensible” The ad was distributed to 350 weeklies belonging to the Wisconsin Press Assn., and paid for by a committee calling itself the “Fair Deal for Humphrey Committee.” One daily newspaper was reported to have printed the ad, too. "" ■■■ Nelson was asked to institute the probe by Sam Rizzo, Racine, chairman of the Wisconsin Humphrey for President Commit-

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 1, 1960.

2nd Atomic Blast Is Fired By France

PARIS <UPI> — France triggered its second atomic explosion in the Sahara today, ignoring objections from Soviet Premier Nikita $. Khrushchev who is here on a state visit. The blast went off successfully at the desolate French test site near Reggane at 12:15 a m. e.s.t. just a few hours before Khrushchev and President de Gaulle were to resume their secret talks. Only last Wednesday Khrushchev had said it would be better for humanity if no more nuclear explosions were set off ever. In addition, it had been reported that before arriving March 23 he sent word ahead to Paris that he would be displeased at any French nuclear blast while he was on French soil. But De Gaulle, avowedly aiming to make France the world’s fourth atomic power unless there is general global disarmament, brushed off the objections and told nuclear officials not to hold up any tests just because of Khrushchev’s visit.

tee. The action is “reprehensible, and should be prosecuted vigorously if a violation of the law existed,” Nelson told Reynolds. Charles Schultz, vice president of the state AFL-CIO, named as chairman of the “Fair Deal” committee, called the ad “deplorable,” and repudiated the chairmanship he said he accepted about two weeks ago- He said he was told about some ads urging a “square deal” for Humphrey, but - was not told of their contents. • Audree J. named as vice chairman of the committee, explained her support 6f the ad by saying “I'don’t approve of a Catholic for president. I don’t want the Pope running anything.’ Candidates Deny Connection However, she added she probably wouldn’t have agreed to being on the committee if she had known “everything was going to go up in the air like this. Even at work, I don’t like to argue religion or politics.” “Let’s give Humphrey a square deal,” said the two-column, sixp inch ad. “A leading pollster reports solidarity of Catholic voters for Kennedy is far greater than f that of Protestants behind Humphrey. Included are normally Republican voters who said they would back Nixon against any Democrat except Kennedy. *,'Should Republican voters like those quoted above determine who the Democratic nominee should be.”

. Soviet sources said Khrushchev would not regard the explosion as an affront. Western sources said they doubted it would affect the current trend toward a nuclear test ban agreement in Geneva among the United States, Britain and Russia. Khrushchev, fully aware that France was getting ready for a second atomic exposion, hinted Thursday night that ' the Big Three might reach a nuclear accord within six weeks. The announcement of today’s explosion said it was of “low power,’’ indicating that the device was smaller than the first blast Feb. 13 which had an estimated yield of 60,000 to 70,000 tons of TNT —about triple the yield of the Hiroshima explosion in World War 11. April Arrives On Forecast Os Rain United Press International Indiana got its first April showers of 1960 today. Only a few hours after the new spring month arrived, drizzle fell on such scattered areas as Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and Gincinjaah. But the drizzle was only the vanguard of heavier precipitation. Forecasts called for scattered showers or thundershowers over most of the state this aftenoon, tonight and Saturday, with the likelihood of a few showers Sunday. ■ . 7— Furthermore, the five-dgy outlook indicated more rain Will fall about Monday or Tuesday, and the precipitation will total around an inch between now and the middle of next weekThe outlook sort of proved you can't have your cake and eat it, too.■ . Because of the rain, temperatures .will average near normal during the' five-day period. That was the outlook for the southwest, while upstate they will average up to four degrees above normal. Normal highs are 51 to 66 this time Qf year, normal lows 33 to 47. Temperatures were expected to reach highs today ranging from 58 to 74. They will drop to lows tonight ranging from 49 to 59 and climb tA highs between 54 and the low 60s Saturday in a cooler trend. It will warm up about Monday or Tuesday! > Highs Thursday ranged from a chilly 37 at South Bend to 49'at Evansville, and overnight lows ranged' from a near-freezing 33 at South Bend to 42 at Evansville.

Spears, Schwartz Enter Guilty Pleas Th<- half-dav trial of thr defend.,nu in th* HljrkMtonc Cale safr burglary ended at noon today with Judge Mvlr» F, Parrlah ordering Adorn* county probatem officer C H Mu»rlman to conduct a preJame« M Spear* and Christian H Schwartz changed their "not guilty'* pica to two chargee, and entered a plea of “guilty * tn the wecond charge of grand larceny. I The first charge of entering with u*t«-nt tn commit a felony was I diamiated by the pmaecutinn. iUatutra < onfllct A conflict in statutes on sentencing defendants pleading "guilty" tn a charge prompted Judge Parrish tn order the pre-sentenc-mg investigation. One statute I state* that sentencing should take place immediately after a "guilty” plea, while another allows for a pre-sentencing investigation in | cases that warrant it. Charles Shannon, proprietor of the Blackstone Case, will receive I the 31.400 now held by the sheriff by order of the court. Both men were also ordered remanded to the county jail until Musclman presents his report in writing within five days. In final arguments, county proosecutor Severin H. Schurger I asked the court to sentence the men to the maximum—l-10 years, plus a SSOO fine. The dismissed charge also carried a 1-10 year I sentence, which would have been served concurrently, but with no fine involved. Claim Extenuating Circumstances Defense counselor H. R McClen- | ahan requested that the court take into consideration that intent to commit the crime was not proved by the prosecution, claiming also that the men had their senses clouded by alcohol, when they stole the safe containing the money. McClenahan asked that any sentence be suspended, and that the men be placed on probation because "they are not professional criminals.” He listed a term from 1-5 years as a range of the probation. He also asked for the pre-sentencing investigation. • < J. L Brenn Speaks At Rotary Meeting “Communist infiltration in the Caribbean area” was the subject of J. U. Brenn’s address to the Decatur Rotary club at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Thursday evening. Roy Kalv'er introduced the speaker. Brenn. who is president of Huntington Laboratories and a' past district governor of Rotary, has visited in all of the Latin countries. He is a graduate of Valparaiso University, serves on the board of Huntington College, and had served on the war production board during World War 11. He called his Rotary membership card an excellent passport in nearly any free country in the world, and recalled sonife of his experiences because of Rotary contacts. Brenn said there was a lot of “P-P-P-bacteria” loose in the world today. These he identified as “propaganda, politics, and pressure-groups.' ’ The speaker traced the background of Fidel Castro, told of his previous revolutionary activities, and some of his cabinet appointments who are known to be Communists. Guns used in the recent uprising were made in Czechoslovakia. Brenn said that the same pattern of prosperity in the modern cities with abject poverty only a short distance outside of them exists in nearly every Latin American country. Unstable governments are common. Folklore, with each community domineered by one strong leader, seems to be basic to Latin American thinking. Theft people simply cannot handle democracy as we understand Brenn said that “squandermania,” with the government spending billions on foreign aid, does little good to correct the problem. He said “you cannot buy or bribe friendship.” Brenn concluded,, his remarks by saying that America gets the blame for all the world’s ills because of the envy and jealousy which America’s, leadership creates in the minds of the less fortunate peoples of the world. Roy Kalver again urged every Rotarian to become a member of the Adams County Civic Music Association. He emphasized that Rotarians had a special responsibility as civic leaders to bring good music to the community. The two high school guests, James Reidenbach of Decatur high school, and James Heimann of Decatur Catholic, spoke briefly •and, thanked the club for its hospitality duftog the month.

1960 Census Opens Over Nation Today

WASHINGTON <o7*ll — Fred, dent Ei»cnhr»wvr told the rrn*u« I laker today that the White Itoo.c ha* ln»tdc plumbing and firmly dvacrtoed himndf •• bead al hi* household. The Prexldrot and Mr» Ebrnhowor were officially counted at a White House ceremony which got the IMO census under way across the nation. He expressed belief that this was the first Ume he had ever been visited by a census taker. "I’ve been in the Army all the rest of my life." he told Census Director Robert W. Burgess and Louis J. Alexis, census supervisor for the District of Columbia. Although the Census Bureau| makes a great point of assuring | Americans their replies during the i door-to-door canvas will be kept l confidential, the White House disclosed Eisenhower's answers. Maid Stays Overnight They showed: i —The executive mansion contains 132 rooms, has private kitchen equipment, bathtub, flush toilet, hot and cold running water. The Eisenhowers occupy it without paying rent —The President is the head of the household, married and was born in October, 1890. —His wife, Mamie, was born in November, 1896. —Mrs. Eisenhower's maid. Rose Woods is' the only employe who regularly stays overnight in the White House. —The President’s son. Army Maj. John Eisenhower, and the chief exeAitive's valet, John A. Moaney. were listed as visitors in the house Thursday night. PlKup sth pgh: A special A special census task force visited 10.000 of the nation's larger hotels and motels Thursday night to start the actual population and housing survey. About 160,000 census counters began trudging from door-to-door today to start counting an estimated 180.000.000 Americans in nearly 60,000,000 households. This will be the nation’s first do-it-yourself census. Forms to be filled in by heads of households were mailed to every home and apartment last week. They will be used by the enumerator as a time-saving device and are expected to increase accuracy. More Questions For Some One out of every four households will be asked tor additional details on employment, commuting to work, annual income and other matters oh a 10-page “sampler” formAnswers are mandatory. By law, even Ike and Mamie must

Africa Fears New Violence

JOHANNESBURG (UPI) — The government mobilized four reserve regiments and some units of the civilian Home Guard today in apparent anticipation of new racial violence in South Africa. The police reported “everything under control” early today after a night of sporadic clashes which killed at -least one person and wounded seven. The situation remained explosive. The latest casualties included one African killed and four Africans, two Indians and a Chinese wounded. . <ln New York, the U.N. Security Council was expected to vote speedy approval of a resolution authorizing Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to negotiate with South African officials. It was hoped that talks with Hammarskjold might ease tension in the embattled country.) Guardsmen on Patrol Home Guardsmen already were patroling some trouble spots, The Defense Department refused to say what use it planned to make of the four regiments it was recalling to active duty. Eighty-eight armed police flew in from Pretoria to reinforce the squads already on duty hereThe chief centers of potential trouble were the Langa and Nyanga locations, Durban’s squalid Cato Manor slums, Worcester in the Cape area and the university towns of Stellenbosch. ■ / Troops sealed off Langa and Nyanga for the second day. Hunger was reported becoming a serious problem in two native villages despite emergency food shipments provided by the Liberal Party. Food tor Women. Children The emergency food was earmarked for women and children, leaving the men in the surrounded communities to fend for themselves. More than 3,000 combatequipped soldiers and sailors stood guard around Langa and Nyanga, backed up by submachine gunners posted at strategic intervals. ,js .., .— ■' J

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report thedr month! years •€ birth, race and mariUil ata* i«*< They aIM must reply to quo*about bathtub*. hot wator. flush toilet* and number of rooma in the executive mamkm. Similar qucaUoaa are bring asked of prraona in all walk* of life — from aboeshiae boy* to millionaire*. Roads In County In Bad Shape In Thaw The worst spring thaw tn the history of Indiana has county road* all over the state in poor condition. Lawrence Noll, county highway supervisor, stated today, and Adams county driver* are asked to refrain from carrying heavy loads over the road* until the emergency passes. While in some counties, like Tippecanoe, the home site of Purdue University, 70% of the roads arc closed, only one road has been closed ao far in Adam* county, the French-Monroe township line road. The request for no heavy load* applies to blacktop* as well as gravel roads. Noll pointed out. Tne base under all the roads is still so wet and mushy from the thaw that every county road is endangered if heavy equipment uses them. Neighboring countie* are having the same problem. Allen county commissioners passed a law forbidding heavy equipment from using the roods. Jay and Wclia counties also report bad roads. Milk and oil trucks and school buses, which must travel the roads, are doing much damage, and it will take the department many weeks to repair just that damage. Those who disregard the notice, and continue heavy hauling over weak roads will find the roads impassable and unusable later this spring. Noll warned. — MDriver Killed When Auto Hits Bridge LEBANON, Ind. fUPI» — Harold Lasley, 26, Brownsburg, died of a broken neck and crushed skull and chest early today when his car skidded into a bridge pillar along U.S. 52 eight miles south of here. i

Africans made repeated attempts .during the night to cut off small police detachments, but they battled through to safety. One African was killed at Newlands, west of Johannesburg, when the crew of a surrounded squad car clashed with their would-be captors. Another police detachment was surrounded for a time at Natalsprult, but escaped without reported casualties on either sideAdvertising Index Advertiser Page Adams Theatre 8 Begun’s Clothing Store —7 Burk Elevator Co. — 5 Butler Garage, Inc. ........... 5 Budget Loans — Chevrolet —— 8 Chrysler 4 Cisco & Fast, Auctioneers —. 7 Cowen's Insurance Agency — 4 Conrad’s “66” Service 1 Dairy Queen 2; Decatur Hatchery 5 Delta Theta Tau Sorority 3 Ehinger’s “Boston Store” 3 Holthouse Drug Co. 2 Holthouse Furniture Store —- 2 Haugks 4 Hammond Fruit Market 3 Husmann’s Decorating House— 3 Joy’s B-K Drive In ——— 8 Kohne Drug Store _ 5 Lengerich Awnings & Railings 7 Model Hatchery — 5 Moose —————— — 8 Dick Mansfield Motor Sales — 5 Maico Hearing Service — 8 Niblick & Co. .... 2, 3 Petrie Oil Co. 8 Rudy’s Hybrids — — 6 Schafers 8 L. Smith Ins. Agency. Inc. — 5 Smith Drug Co. ... 2 Sheets Furniture Co — 8 Shaffer’s Restaurant 2 Singleton Radio & TV Service- 4 Stop Back News Stand - 8 Mel Tinkham Agency 7 Teeple Truck Lines —- 5 Teen Togs - 3 Thomas Realty Auction Co. -— 5 Rural Church Page Sponsors -- •