Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 90

West Hoping For Nuclear l est Ban

WASHINGTON <UPI» - Tk» Wrrtren powers today ptomri thr-tf principal hope far «**«*• •< thr May 18 xummß ronfarvnre on •*> iimlNWy of a nucte»r tort ban treaty with Ruaata Thia w made clear after Secretary of State Chrtatten A. Hertee. Brtorh Foreign Rrcretoy •tetwyn IJoyd and Frorti For-<-ign Mtaton r Maurice Oouvr dr Misrvtlte concluded three day* of pre-gummM talks here OMetals said the foreign mto**tres wore not partwutorly optimistic of any spectacular breakthrough toward a aoiutton of jmihlrm* of Germany- Berlin or oeivmtinnal disarmament Re-Jigger Frace Flan Harter. Lloyd and Couve de Murvdte. *ftor meeting with tttrtr Canadian. Italian and Wert German counterparts. wixmd up with a .re-jiggered Western peace ptan on Germany and Berlin which represented no change to basic potter. Th** only achievement was In the realm of strategy, when- they decided to emphasize th*' njdrt of th** 17 millton people w Coen mu

Cuba Reports New Violence

HAVANA (UPI) — New anti-1 government violence was reported, today to central Cube, northwest | of the rain-drenched mountains I where troops led by Premier hide! Castro himself are said to be battling guerrilla forces. Anti-Castro activity has been reported this week in the Maestra, Crista! and Esoambray mountains the fastnesses from which the premier and has allies once fought ousted ex-Preaident Fulgencio Battfla. Reports from Las Villas Province said guerrillas emulating Castro's own former tactics have seized and burned several trucks* and other vehicles on the southcoast highway between Trinidad and Cientfuegos. dash With Guerrillas In Oriente Province, a Castroled force of 2.000 to 3.000 troops - end militia were said to have clashed with guerrillas led by exMaj. Manuel Beaton in the Maestra Mountains near Palma Soriano. One report said Beaton s men bad overrun an army outpost in a surprise attack, capturing all of its arms and ammunition. Other reports from the area said Castro’s troops, slogging through seas of mud, were trying to encircle Beaton’s band, said to number about 80 men. Two other guerrilla bands, numbering about 85 men in all. had been reported in action near the logging town of El Uvero and in the vicinity of BaitiquiriVeil of Secrecy ‘ Anti-government activity also (bad been reported in the Cristal Mountains along .the coast north of Palma Soriano, once the hideout of an anti-Batista band led by Castro’s brother Raul. None of .these reports was either confirmed or denied by the government, which has cloaked the situation in central and eastem Cuba in a veil of secrecy reminiscent of the security precautions Batista used to conceal details of his army’s operations against Castro’s rebels.

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ntei Kart Germany to vrtr on their future, free from Sk’vtei , pi*<Mßurv The mtoixters dretoorf <*» hilto counter Sovtrt Pre m ter 1 Nttota Khrushchev a expected I* - nrwai of tea demand far a arparare proev treaty wHJi Cwr* many. Na New Ideas They also agreed to try again to negotiate a new atop • gap Mnvnxrt on Berlin Which would cuniirm more specifically th Al--1 Usd stoUa to the Western part of the cMy But they appeared to I have come dp with no new ideas for the bargaining Cable. Thr Western mtotolcrs decided, in annthre tactical conclustan. to break up their package disarmament proposal and negotiate on some of the individual items if Rtwsla remains reluctant to consider thr plan as a whole. Hop*' for summit agreement on ■« nuclear test ban treaty appro rs to stem principally from the belief that Khrushchev is ready to mre-t Allu'd terms for such .1 pact. '

Plans Dropped For Merchant Showcase Conflicting dates this summer caused the Decatur Chamber of Commerce to drop plans for the annual Merchants Showcase, which had become a phase of the Chamber’s promotional program. Retail division chairman Tom Garner said this morning that the proximity in dates to the rural mail carriers state convention slated for three days in July helped the Chamber members in their decision to forego the showcase this year. Conflicting Dates Fred E. Kolter, executive secretary of the chamber, also cited other conflicting dates late in June as other causes for cancelling the display of new merchandise by the local merchants in a gala event at the Community Center. Kolter said that senior parties are being planned for late in Junq at the Youth and Community Center, and other events would also detract from the showcase. Garner said that all the Chamber members will now assist the, local rural mail carriers in preparing for their state convention. Garner said that the event should attract many thousands to the Decatur area, and all merchants should get behind the carriers in their program. Seeking New Plan Kolter added that the showcase plan had probably reached its peak in popularity anyway, and the group would seek another promotional device to create interest from the buying public. The mail carriers convention will feature two separate million dollar stamp exhibits, a graphically illustrated theme of the postal service growth, and various other ideas. Most of the ideas were promoted by Adams county president Tom Miller.

Varieties Os Spring Weather Across Nation By I'ailed Prete l»tosilto.l Turbulent spring weoUwr touched all thr today with record bre* in Washington, tor nto«» to Arkansas. snow and hall to thr Pacific Northwest and tee on the St larwrencc Srerwuy. Miuaiurl official' added a footnote to dmartrer by appealing for fedreal aid to their ftanr-acourged agate and small fires blackened hundnds of acres of Under-dry | brutoiand to southern Indiana More snow was predicted today for the WMtocm Roctare and ! thunderstorms were expected to tirench a vast area from Texas .•nd Unasiana to the Canadian ; bordw of Mtoncsnta and Michigan.' Throe torruidoc* dipped into Arkansas. damaged five houses and M-vwnl farm buildings and slightly injured three women , Two women wore injured at Concord, near Fort Smith, when the twist«"r unroofed their home ;ind whipped the house 100 feet off its foundatioi. Power Lines Down A third woman wsa injured at nearby Dyer and two horn** were damaio-d 00 mites away, at Norman. Snow, hail and thunderstorms left a path of felled trees and power Itoes and caused thoudsnds of dollars damage as they ripped through the Willamette Valley in Oregon and invaded the northern Rnctoies. Winds up to 62 miles an hour uprooted traffic signals at Eugene. Ore., and toppled o four- ! story training tower for firemen, injuring thee men, before hitting Seattle and Western Washington with 23-mile-an-hour gusts. A 40-foot coast guard picket boat foundered in wind - whipped waves near the Seattle harbor. All three men aboard were rescued from the water. A 7-vear-old boy was knocked out when a big maple tree fell on a car at Salem. Ore. Another lad suffered a broken leg when gusts knocked him from his bicycle at Aimsville, OreCherry Blossoms Late The cherry blossoms bloomed week late—at Washington. DC, where 90-degree temperature readings broke the old April 14 record of 88 set in 1941. Thursday night’s low of 62 was only two degrees below the average daily high tor this time of year. St. Lawrence Seaway officials at Massena, N.Y., said ice fa the St Lawrence River near Montreal would delay opening the seaway to Lake Michigan for at least three days. . Citizens Telephone Lists Net Earnings The c»st of converting the Nap-' panee telephone exchange to a dial operation lowered the net earnings of the Citizens Telephone Company $9,925.28 to $89,877.69 for the year 1959, the annual report showed todsy • The earnings after preferred stock dividends are paid are $60.932 69 as compared with $70,682.97, equal to $1.01% a share, as compared with. sl.lß in 1958. Conversion of the Nappanee system to dial telephones will be completed late this year. By fall Argos will be converted to the subscriber dial system, so that telephone users will be able to dial directly to many points in the U.S. and foreign countries. Because of increased demands for service. In the Argos area, expansion is quite large in that area.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 15, 1910.

Decatur Postmaster Dies Suddenly Thursday Night Following Heart Attack

Chris A. liechly Dies This Morning Chris A. Uechty. 77. of Linn Grove, a brother of Mrs Ralph O. Gentix of Decatur, died at the Adams county memorial brepital at 4;20 o'clock this morning, following surgery last Wednesday. He had been ill about a month. The son of Chris E. and Emma Lehman Liechty. he was bom in Berne, Switzerland. August 23. 1882, and was brought to this country by his parents when he was a baby. They settled on a farm in Wabash township, and Mr. Liechty was a farmer all his life, retiring several years ago. For seven years he also served as custodian of the Hartford schools, retiring a year ago. On February 29. 1908 he was married to Nettie Myers, who survives. The couple had no children. Mr. Liechty was a member of the Union Chapel Methodist church. Surviving in addition to the widow and sister are four other sisters, Mrs. John Scheer. Mrs. Elma Sullivan, both of Berne, Mrs Minnie Cramer, of Lomita, Calif., and Mrs. Bertha Moser, of West Covina, Calif. Four brothers and three sisters preceded him in death. The body was taken to the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva, where friends may call after 7:30 p. m. today. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, the Rev. T. E. Beihold officiating. Burial will be in the M.R.E. cemetery in Berne.

Ransom Paid, Boy Released

PARIS (UPD — Kidnapers released 4-year-old Eric Peugeot unharmed in front of a Paris bar today after his father paid ransom which police said amounted |o SIOO,OOO. Police immediately launched a massive hunt far the captors, one believed to be a tall thin rhan, who had threatened to kill the chubby-faced heir io a multi-mil-lion dollar automobile fortune unless his family came through with 500,000 francs ($100,000). French police said they understood the father, Roland Peugeot, paid exactly what the kidnapers asked. Paid In Gold There was a report the money was paid all in gold coins which could not be traced through serial numbers but the police source could not confirm this. The report appeared in the newspaper “L’Aurore.” It said there wias reason to believe it was Eric’s grandmother who got the money to the kidnapers. The farther confirmed ransom had been paid but refused to say how much. ~T Over the police teletype crackled orders for all units to search for a “tall thin man dressed in gray” who apparently was believed connected with the abduction. - Little Eric jvas whisked to a police station and then home where his overjoyed parents tucked him safely in bed. Gives Detailed Description Police sources said Eric gave a “fairly detailed” description of an apartment in which he was held and said he believed it was inside Paris. Within minutes after the boy was released, police were notified that several motorists reported seeing a car speed away from the site toward suburban Saint Cloud. The police teletype crackled out out an alarm calling for “an immediate search for a tall thin man dressed in gray ” Eric was tired but apparently none the worse for his 57 hours of captivity in the hands of abductors who bad threatened to kill

INDIANA WEATHER Partly rteudy with scattered | kteawrr* or Unitwler*hower» tanight. Saturday cloudy aud mi to with scattered • bower* or thundershowcm likriy. low tonilhl mid MH north to lew 6«* south. High Saturday upper Ms north tn low to *«>uth thitlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy with scattered shuwers and thundert showers continuing. Nat much change in temperature. Acting Postmaster Will Be Appointed An acting postmaster will prob- ; ably be named by the post office department to administer the local ! post office until civil service examinations for the office can be given, Robert Frisinger. assistant postmaster, said this morning. Inspector M. T. Bruffy. of Marion, could be named acting postmaster. or it could be someone] i else, Frisinger explained. A pivil service examination will ’ then be given, and a list of three selected. Leo Kirsch, postmaster who died suddenly Thursday night, succeeded Phil L. Macklin as postmaster. Mr. Macklin died about 1937, and his wife was named acting postmaster. On August 2.11939. Mrs. I Macklin. Kirsch, and Joe Laurent were named as the three top persons in the civil service examination. Kirsch was appointed post- ] master in January of 1940, and took the office in February.

him unless his father produced SIOO,OOO ransom and did not cooperate with police His father. Roland Peugeot, 34, said he paid ransom but refused to say how much. Triggers Massive Manhunt The -release of the boy triggered a massive manhunt by French police who had permitted the father to conduct negotiations for the boy’s release without interference. Police set up roadblocks to try to battle the kidnapers — believed to be ait least two young men—within the city. Passengers leaving air, bus and train terminals were carefully screened. As the boy’s father stepped out of <a car in front of his apartment this morning with Eric bundled in bis arms, a crowd of people attracted by the good news applauded. Eric said, “The man was very nice to me.” As more cars poured into the street, police assigned a detail to break up the mounting traffic. — Overcome With Emotion A Peugeot family friend said Mrs. Peugeot was almost too overcome with emotion to speak. The friend said the boy was taken to the telephone to speak to his grandparents and said, “Hello, Gram, I’ve never seen so many policemen.” Two of Paris’ top cops, Commissioner Andre Pferangeli of the lamed Flying Squad (Ist Mobile Brigade), and Chief Pierre Clot of the criminal brigade went to the ' plush Peugeot apartment shortly after Eric was taken there. They stayed for several hours and Clot tokl newsmen later he knew “nothing” about the case blit that “little Eric is doing fine.” “A doctor examined him and he’s in excellent health,” Clot said. “Right now he's sleeping.'’ There was no indication whether police were able to get any pertinent information from the

Leu W. Kinete Local Lady’s Father Is Taken By Death Frank H. Cagnet, 77. retired Allen county farmer, died at noon Thursday at his home on Monroeville route 2. He had been in failing health for the past six years. He was a lifelong resident of Madison township. Allen county, and a member of St. Rose Catholic church at Monroeville. Surviving are his wife, Frances; two sons, Oris and John Cagnet, both of Monroeville; one daughter. Mrs Eugene Braun of Decatur, and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 8:45 a.m. Monday at the Marquardt funeral home in Monroeville, and at 9 a.m. at St. Rose Catholic church, the Rev. Edward Roswog officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery in Monroeville. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. Pre-School Roundup At Monmouth April 26 The Monmouth parent-teachers association will hold a pre-school roundup for all children of Union, Preble and Root townships at 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 26. Children “must be six years of age on or before Sept. 30 to enroll in the first grade. Complete physical examinations will be given by local doctors, for which there will be no charge. Any person having a child entering the Monmouth school next fall and who has not been contacted is asked to call Mrs. Richard Harkless, 3-9241.

Pope Expresses Hope For Peace

ROME (UPD—Pope John XXIII expressed his hopes for “a just and lasting, concord between all people” and peace and prosperity for the United States in a Good Friday message to the American people today. ' His recorded message was released to American broadcasting stations on the most solemn day of the year for the Christian world, commemoration of the death of Christ on the cross. The Pope kneels barefooted before a Crucifix in the Rome basilica of St. Mary Major today to -toad the world's 'half-billion Roman Catholics in the observance. Bells were silent and altars stripped bare in token of mourning. . ~ Adoration of Cross The central part of the ceremony is the adoration of the cross. The Pope walks barefooted to the cross, kneels three times, and kisses the feet of the crucifix. Cardinals dressed in purple mourning follow him in the adoration. They then take communion. Net until midnight Saturday will the altars be decorated agate and the bells be set to ringing out the Easter news that Christ has risen from the dead. The Pope’s message was addressed specifically to American Catholics, but he sent his greetings to the entire population. “We greet, with the affection of our paternal heart, the entire American people, towards whom we cherish sentiments of warm benevolence and admiration,” the message sajd.

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Leo W. Kirsch. SS. Dectour poatmaxter for the paat 20 years, and one of the city's moat prominent and rcxpccted citizens, died •uddenly of a heart attack Thursday evening. Mr. Kirsch was leading the singing at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary dub at the Youth and Community Center shortly as-i ter 6 30 o’clock when he suddenly] slumped to the floor. Physicians, immediately attempted to administer to the postmaster, but he did not regain consciousness and was dead on arrival at the county memorial hospital at 6 so °Mr’ t Kirsch, a lifelong resident of Decatur, had been highly active for years in church, eivlc and fraternal circles. to UMfl A lifelong Democrat. Mr. Kirsch was appointed Decatur er early in 1940. and had served well in that position for 20 Prior tn his appointment, he opXi.» -e; cy in this city, associated with his father, the late Peter Kirsch. He was born in Decatur 1904 a son of Peter and Sophia Mutschler-KJrsch. He was ma tied to Miss Helen Farr June M. 1927. The family has r<s,^ e ’L ” their country home one and onehalf miles northwest of Decatur, for a number of years. Mr. Kirsch graduated from the Decatur high school inlwl. The postmaster had been a lead er in Sivities of the Zion Evangelical and ReforTn « !^ U f r i C t !L f rf many years, and at the time of his death was serving as church elder. A member of the church choir for years, he forn " *7?'' ed as choir director. L A iL m€ "^ r of the Churchmen's brotherhood, he also served as delegate to the general synod of the ‘ienomtoation representing Indiana and Michigan, and for several J terms served as lay representative on the Michigan and Indiana synodical council. Mr. Kirsch also served for several years on the board of trustees of Heidelberg College, Tifton, O. A member of the national association of postmasters, he served as president of the Indiana chagter in 1949 and 1950. Among his many widespread retvie activities, he served as treasurer of the Adams county Mental Health Assn., and a director of the county chapter of the American Red Cross. Mr. Kirsch, a life time member of the Rotary club, served as club president in 1942-43. He was a member of the Decatur Masonic lodge, the Scottish Rite and the Shrine.

Asks God’s Blessing “This message reaches you in Ainerica on the day when Christian peoples arc commemorating the passion and death of the Savior of mankind. We wish to assure you that in our daily prayers we beg our Lord to pour forth His blessings and the abundance of His redeeming grace upon each one of you and upon your families and dear ones. “And. as we fervently beseech him to grant a just and lasting concord between all people, we ask him to continue to bestow peace and prosperity upon your

e£enten ■ (By Rev. Wayne A. Smith, Nuttman Ave. United Brethren) “MAN ON A CROSS” Gal. 6:10-18 Without a doubt there will be many who will read toi s meditation and who will attend the Good Friday and J a stersemces who will not have any idea as to what the Apostle , Paa JL I ™ aa ? when he said, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is cructfiedimto me and I unto the world.” The reasoning is not too difficult because, without personal relationship with Christ and ad, out to self there is no Salvation for us. . . I■- Paul is showing us here in this scripture that as a born gai Christian we are no longer conformed to this world, but formed even as Christ has made this transformation possible ron the Cross. There is no middle ground for .^f. ehn ?^ an either crucified with Christ or we are crucified to Hun, Let us remember that the atonement for sins requires Perfect holiness and perfect obedience, and our only hope is in the Cross.

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great country.” In Jerusalem, 35.000 pilgrims crowded into churches and shrines for Easter celebrations, the greatest number in memoryThey included Christians of all faithsThousands farmed a procession Thursday, walking through the narrow cobblestone streets to the Holy Sepulchre, where Latta Patriarch Alberto Gori officiated at Pontifical High Mass. In the evening, pilgrims marched around the citj walls to Gethsemane, where the service of the Holy hour was held.