Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. W.

Anti-Government Mobs Raging Through Seoul, At Least 81 Are Killed

- Negro’s Home In Nashville Bombed

I’nited Preaa totemUml Aft rerly-momfag exptoska, today wrecked the home <rf • Negro attoraty who boa fouRM many anti-regregtaton gutta in NadivUle. Tenn PoUre Mid a bomb apparently w«a teased nt or placed under the house al Z. Alexander Looby, a cMy councilman. The Negro lawyer and his wife, who were aateep in a t«ck room, ereaped toforyThe force of the exptoeton shattered windows tor blocks around the Lobby borne and damaged two houses next door. Racial viotence alao erupted Monday night to Savannah. Ga . where Negro and white youths battled with knives and ax handles to a public park. Four youths were injured, one serioualy-

Insurgents Hit At Cuban City

HAVANA (UPD — An insurgent band of troops believed ted by ex-Maj .Manuel Beaton attacked the east Cuban city of Palms SoCastro forces. Palma Soriano is provincial headquarters for the army • Reports from Oriente Province said *be insurgents battled government troops for half an hour before being repelled. The sard the government troops took some prisoners but there was no immediate confirmationhere. The attack was considered significant here because of its very boldness .with the ing go come out of the Sierra Maestro Mountains in a hit-run raid. Premier Fidel Castro has been personally directing operations against the guerrillas. Castro returned to Havana Monday. Today be irraumed ins attacks on the United States and said President Eisenhower bad “no right” to speak out against him, the Cuban revolution or the Cuban governmentCastro made the statement in an interview granted CBS correspondent Richard Bare and published in full by the semi-official newspaper Revokicioo. . The premier also denied that he had suggested personal talks with President Eisenhower or u.b. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter to seek solution of differences between Cuba and the United States. He said has remarks in a previous interview with Bare had been distorted. The premier charged that the U.S. government “is taking advantage of every opportunity to create confusion” over the Cuban ’‘‘SSTsaid Eisenhower 'W no right to speak the way be has spoken about the Cuban revolution >and .the Cuban government. Eisenhower to a recent letter to Chilean students said Castro had betrayed the kteali of the revolution. “As prime minister I have been faithful to the revolution,” Castro asserted. Castro denied he was seektag talks wtth Eisenhower or Herter- - He charged “somebody fa the wire services changed his original remarks to make it appear he was suggesting such talks. Methodist Pastors To Trade Pulpits INDIAN APOUS (UPD —lndiana Methodist Bishop Richard C. Raines announced Monday that Rev. John Kirkpatrick and Rev. i> Charles Elson will trade pulpits, Kirkpatrick going from First Church in Washington to Trinity in Fort Wayne and Elson from Trinity to Washington.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT OR! T DAILY NrwnPAF—B ADAMI QOtWfT — —

Police estimated 20 Negroes and II wtitte boys took pmt fa the brief, vtotous fight to Forsyth Park near the downtown section Two Negroes and seven whites were jailed, Also in Savannah. where Negroro have matotamed daily picket Unas and boycotts, Benjamin White. 18. a Negro stodent at Savanrrnh State College. told police a white man. Marvin Crumpton, 29. slugged him. Crompton said White had nudged a white woman at a lunch counter “And it made me mad. Crumpton was charged with disorderly conduct and assault and battery, and White was arrested on a disorderly conduct rtiarge

Sylvan Rupert Dies After long Illness - Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon for Sylvan I. (Buz) Rupert. 53, of 110 North 10th street, well known Decatur man, who died at 2:15 o clock Monday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been seriously ill for the past five . months. • Mr. Rupert had been employed as payroll clerk for the Central Soya Co., Inc., in Decatur since 1938, with the exception of time spent in the U. S. Army during World War 11. He was born near Monroe Aug. 16, 1906. a son of Lewis and Anna Trippe - Rupert, and graduated from the Monroe high school in 1925. He was married to Miss Lucille Oliver July 5, 1928. Mr Rupert was a member of the First Methodist church, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He enlisted in the Army Dec. 30, 1942, and was discharged Oct. 25, 1945, after serving in France, Belgium and Germany. Surviving in addition to his wife are three brothers, William T. and Harve Rupert, both of Monroe, and Jesse Rupert of Decatur, and two sisters, Mrs. Jesse (Mary) Laughrey of Monroe, and Mrs. Margie Armstrong of Geneva. Services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. F. Hazen Sparks and the Rev. Willis Gierhart officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. Nine Airmen Die In Newfoundland Crash STEPHENVILLE, Nfld. (UPD— A U. S. Air Force board will investigate the crash of a Globemaster- . cargo plane here Monday which killed nine airmen. The C 124 crashed in cloudy weather shortly after it took off from the U. S. Earnest Harmon AFB here. No distress message was received. The U. S. Military Air Transport Command plane was on Itsway from Dover, Del., to Lajes Air Base in the Azores when it plunged into the woods six miles from the base. ,«

COUNTY CANCER CRUSADE - APRIL 20, 21 AND 22 • • _ L . ■ ...... '• • ; ‘

SEOUL <UPD — Anti - government mobs raged through Seoul today, ptocing Pretadent Syngman Rhee under virtual siege in his preoktenttol palace, attacking government buildings, newspapers and pobee statxxv end setting fires Government troops and armored cm firing nt point bbok range rotted them back with heavy caauaMire but the mobs attacked ugafa and again. Two amertcana wore known to have txt*n injured. I Authorities at six major Seoul huapatoLs reported at 930 p m thM at toast 81 persons were dead •rad 300 seriously injured Republic of Korea authorities declared martial tew in Seoul and Hye other South Korean cities as demonstrations protesting last month s national elections spread from the soirth toto the capital ills*‘lf. The other cities were Pusan, where the Orient Press reported five dead, and Taegu, Kwangju, Taejon and Masan. Two Americans Hurt Orient Press said that rioting involving 30,000 to 40,000 demonstxwtors still raged in Pusan as of 9 pxn. * , , In Seoul, the fighting raged close % American Army installations and homes occupied by Americans but there was no known attack on any of them U. S. troops were kept fa their bases as a precaution. Outside the Korean government’s Anti - Communist Center, the mob tried bQt fajled to topple a statue of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The Americans nurt were identified as James Wilcox es Qutocy, Mass., a former preskient of the American Chamber of Commerce here, and Hugh F. Blaney of New Yonk City. Wilcox was shot fa the abdomen while watching the riots from the roof at the Bando Hotel and was hospitalized fa a “quite serious’ condition. Blaney, chief of the U. S. Army’s Seoul fire department was injured when hit in the forehead by a stone while driving his jeep past the capital building Attack Police Stations As night settled over Seoul, fighting generally was confined to attacks on two potice stations. Forty demonstrators wearing firemen’s uniforms engaged in a “fierce gun battle” with police at Seoul’s Tongdaemung police station, Their uniforms made it difficult to distinguish them from the the attackers moved on to the Sungbuk police station. The demonstrations began early today when thousands of teenagers massed outside the National Assembly building and began a march on Rhee’s official residence They smashed their way .through police and shouted Down with dictatorial government.” The government called mi the combat-ready 15th Division and soon armored vehicles were roaring through the streets. raking the rioters with machine gun end cannon fire. : _ Fire Engine on Fire A particularly heavy clash occurred near the Interior Ministry, about a block from the UPI bureau, leaving the streets littered with bleeding bodiesI sat on the floor of the UPI office 'as bullets whistled past the windows. An armored car rolled past and a blast from its heavycaliber gun rattled the windows. A fire engine set on fire by the rioters burned directly fa front of the window, its water tank hissing ominously. • - Rhee was holding a cabinet: meeting as the (demonstrations began and for hours he and other governmentleaders virtually were besieged in the building. Police rifle fire' roiled the rioters back from the doors of the presidential mansion, but the riotSTformed anew outside the old capital building. Police again opened fire and again the mob rolled back, only to direct another attack on the Interior Ministry. Policeman Trampled to Death Driven back from government metallations, the mob turned on newspaper plants. They set fire to buildings of -the newspapers Seoul Shinmoon and Seige Ilbo, and also to the Anti-Communist

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 19 t 1960.

Center Al city hall ptaxa. a policerrmte woo trampled to deafa by a mob stampeding toward the Natnxwl . Aooembly building. j The rioters setacd rtrert <wr«. buses, fire engines, taxis and pri-| vate cars, beat mg any<«w who pro- j tMtcd. and raced faem wildly t through the streets The rioters were proterttog lawt i month’s allegedly "fnaurtatetti’’! vice presidential election, which l avus won by government canrtodnie i Lte Ki Poong. A poster pasted on , Lee's door by the mobs do-j scribed far etectuMi as munderous ; Historical Society To Meet April 26 The April meeting of the Adams county Historical society will bej held at St. John’s Lutheran school north of Decatur on highway 2T near the county line, at 8 p.m. next! Tuesday. Gerald R. Durkin, presfc I dent of the society, said today. The history of St. John’s school will be related by W. E. Uffelman, , the school principal. He has been ( a teacher at the school since 1932. | Uffelman wrote the history of the school for the centennial in 1945. and the new school dedication booklet in 1956. The new school has three clasprooms and is taught by three teachers. The meeting will be conducted by the society’s vice president, the Rev. Edwin A. F. Jacob, who is pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church. The public is invited to attend the meeting. ,

Boost Pay In Panama Canal

AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) — President Eisenhower today announced a broad program of pay increases and improved housing for employes of the Panama Canal Zone in an effort to improve relations between the United States and the Republic of Panama. The program, most of which will be put into effect immediately, included a 10 per cent pay raise for unskilled and semi - skilled workers, and teachers in the Latin American schools within the zone, provision of 1,000 new housing units for canal workers and installation of a $750,000 new water main to serve the city of Panama. Relations between the United States and Panama have been strained recently over a broad range of problems chiefly involving greater recognition of the government of Panama in its relations with the Panama Canal company, and improved benefits for Panamanians employed in the zone. The zone and the company are controlled largely by the U.S. Army. . ' Eisenhower, in addition to ordering a number of specific actions taken immediately, also directed all agencies in the zone to review the list of jobs hitherto reserved for US., citizens “with a view of placing more Panamanians in skilled and supervisory positions.” The announcement of Eisenhower’s approval of the program to improve relations between the two governments was >- made here where the President has been enjoying a golfing holiday . Huntington Seeks Water Rate Boost INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The City of Huntington today petitioned the Indiana Public Service Commission for authority to increase water rates and issue $760,000 worth of waterworks revenue bonds to finance a treatment plant. Proposed minimum quarterly rates for residential customers would be $2.60. ~

Annual Kindergarten Roundup Thursday The annual kindergarten roundup. sponsored by the parentteacher associations of Lincoln and Northweat schools, will be held | Thursday morning at the Lincoln school. Boys and girls eligible to enter kind< rgarten next fall will be given | physical examinations by focal > physicians, who safill donate their | time for the clinic. All youngsters who will be five years of age by September 15 will I be eligible to participate in the roundup and parents arc urged to i take advantage of the clinic. Birth certificates must be shown) |at this roundup or nt registration I in the fall. Hours for the roundup are from 8 to 9 a m. tor girls and from 9 to 10 a.m. for boys. Mrs. Ray Lehman is general chairman in charge of arrangej ments. She is being assisted by committees composed of members of both P.T.A. groups. Members of the associations will be at the clinlic Thursday to help with registration. INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday. Net so cool tonight. Warmer Wednesday. Low tonight 44 to 53. High Wednesday 72 to 86. Sunset today 7:27 p. m. c.d.t. Sunrise Wednesday 4:91 a. m. c.d.L Outlook for Thursday: Generally fair and eontinoed mild. Lows mostly in the 565. Highs 75 to 83.

Parrish Chosen For Hospital Case Trial Adams circuit court judge Myles F. Parrish has accepted the call to preside at the Jay circuit court case, involving William H. Dowling, the former Jay county hospital administrator, who is chaed with misappropriating hosp funds. Judge Parrish, who was informed of his selection by the defense and prosecution attorneys this morning by letter from Judge Burl V. Whiteman, of Jay circuit court, said that he would journey to Portland later this week dr early next week to-assume juristdiction in the case. Dowling requested a change of judge in the trial, which was to have started Monday. Judge Parrish had 10 days to deliver his answer, but. did not hesitate in accepting the job. Dowling was indicted on 25 separate counts of presenting false claims while serving as head of the hospital administration. He pleaded innocent March 21, and has been free on $20,000 bond since" Nov, 28, when he was arrested. Dowling will be represented by the prominent Muncie criminal lawyer, Clarence Benedum, while Jay county prosecutor John Ressler will be the leader of the prosecution. 1 Pedestrian Killed When Hit By Auto SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI) — John R. Long, 46, South Bepd. was killed Monday night when he was ■ struck by a car while attempting to cross U.S. 31 south of here. ; State police said Long started to cross the highway to reach a public telephone after his car broke down. He was hit by a car driven by Peter Sabinas, 40, South Bend.

Reports On Gravel Removed From Pit A report oo 'ho amount of grev* | r| takro from 0w newly tecetedi v>H tn Adams routay wos p»«wn**d I hy mginrer Waller Gilltom al the, i rgular Wrskly merlins nf the county comnttastanen Mseiday Tb«- jl.ii.niteSllOWTS •!»’> heard O| ilrataagi; <wnplaint from Zrhr. and rre. ivrd several appllcutww Mr road <>iling The rom-1 rrl.«tonrr» also met with the Decatur hoard o( works and approved i I lhe plans for revamping th* law ■ rnf-*cement radio system in Ute "•Die commissioners also remind-1 <d all county residents who wi»h to have their road oiled properly by I the highway they should contact !.awtcnce Noll count* highway superintendent. ■rather than submit their applies i Itlonw to the ctwviiDiMrtoDer Th.- CTHintv auditor, treasurer, land a scsaor will be open until 4 p.m on the next two Saturdays. April ?3 nn<i 30 *° #rn P**’ time for county residents to file their mortgage exemptions. Ed Jaherg. county auditor, said. Gilliom. in his report, listed the. volume taken o<rt by the SAL Gravel Co. at 7.084 cubic yards. The gravel firm located the pit recently and has taken the gravel for use in road entrnruction. They will now pav for the nmount that they have used. The pit is located west (of U-S. 27 and north of the Wabash river. i On the Z<hr drainage problem. 1 in Root township on county road 5 I between county roads 30 and 31. i the commissioners agreed to look > at the water situation next week. l| Safe Driving Tips Are Given To Lions Important steps must be taken to improve the driving of the 16 to 25-year-old male drivers, Al Brenticnhoff, representing the insuraace institute of Indiana, told the Decatur Lions Monday night. Michael Richards opened the Lions club meeting by leading the group in the pledge of allegiance. Richards is a new member of Boy Scout troop 62. • Guests of the club included John Krueckeberg and James Highland. The district convention of Lions International will be held at Woodburn next Sunday, and president Roger Gentis asked that as many Lions as can attend the meeting. Lion Roy Price announced that the state convention will be May 20 at Evansville, and several from the county are planning to attend. According to all insurance reports, the 16-25 year old male driver Is the most dangerous on the road, Brentzenhoff warned. He gave several suggestions for improving driving. ’ “Young people follow the drivof their parents.-so-set a good example all the time,” he said. “Drivers’ training in the school is very helpful. About 80S of the schools in Indiana offer drivers training. The cost is about $35 nupils. .he greatest influence on a Moy is his dad, who can teach courtesy and rights of others to -Z" “ “Periodic inspection of all vehicles is also helpful,” he concluded.

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Cancer Fund Drive Starts Wednesday

1.., 1 : jrear>h T«> th* av*ro<e prrwip. tbte ■mind* Ilk* a tot nf mom-y Rut to 1 I th*vic frrwfltlT wklftl llmf caum* I luhi! rWfHtt*! cut** of it was. I Ixitr|y twtfWWijfH * I I Thu year, al leaat that much «|||, Ibe »prnt <te research atone Th* ‘ 1 national cancer ln»Ulule provide* I I th* bulk of thia ahnr*. and the | American cancer ancieiy provido* a fair *har« aa well Other aourer* ' > arc tin- pharmaceutical bouse*, the ■ 'atomic energy committee, wter- ' an* administration, the Damon 1 Runyon fund, and univcrwHlea and i Drive On Wednesday Tho»c that have, arc giving. Md|< lon April ». 21 and 22 of this week, the Adorns county cancer society! will have its fund drive to help Hw overall project in Decatur, and| other towns in the county. All volunteer workers will ntent tonight nt 8 o’clock at the home lof Mr*. Robert Krueckeberg. of I 14«3 Bollman street. Information I concerning the campaign drive, land informative literature will b«-| I distributed to the group leaders I J and those workers who attend The local report will bt: conducted Saturday from 16 a.m. to n<*wi. ’ and from 1 to 3 p m. at the Med-| SIO,OOO Damage In ; Truck Wreck Today An estimated $10,060, one-vehicle accident this morning occurred on U.S. 27 west of the Monroe cutoff on the deep S-curvc with only minor injuries reported to the driver. Bernard F. Fleck. 45. of Fort Wayne, the driver of the semitrailer. sustained a laceration to i the forehead, and possible back > and leg Injuries. He is being treat- . ed at the Adams county memorial . hospital. ! The truck rammed through four guard rails and the cable while ; northbound on the highway, flipi ping over and landing topdown in about two feet of water in the Blue ’ Creek drain diteh. Fleck rode in th< cab ali the way down, and e» i caped from the wreckage by crawl- ■ ing out of the submerged cab’s window, _! 5 A passerby, viewing the wreck- ■ age and the position of the cab, k said, “that driver must have had r someone driving with him,” point- ■ ing to the sky, "the Man up there, surely must have helped.” r Sheriff’s deputy Robert Meyer 1 and state trooper Alan Coppcs, who are investigating, said that con- ’ flicting reports on the cause of the “ accident will have to be closely ' scrutinized before a final report is given. ' Fleck told police at the hospital that another semi-trailer had passed him coming into the curve, forcing Him off the road. Robert J. Paschal, 26 of Union City, the other semi-driver, said that he didn t think that he cut his trailer in close enough to force the Fleck trailer off the road. The police have several eyewitness reports, but nothing conclusive has been arrived at as yet. Another witness, who was unavail- ' able for comment, will be interviewed by authorities later today. Upside Down In Ditch The 1960 cab aid trailer are lying upside down in the ditch, and

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Dvnt budding ulth De. JWw Ing wvxk.ni Tl.frx- local snmrtflrs are among tk> vulunirer worker * fr* lb< fund ranvav*. Tri Kappa, t> Ha Thrta T»u, and P»l lota Xl member* will Maunu* Uli* Campaign aa ■ wv-ik pm)cct. , GreSt Freer*® Today, afu-r is y»*r*. the voluntary h< allh agency- the ACS —bat put it* effort* into the great* ett Individual research pn«ram on cancer. It I* a rustling organixaUun. which la cored ..round ibou*»nd» of pcomiii’*nt art* ontlati wh<> are nearing the end yf the »t niggle forth. answer — (he answer to finally and dramatically end the scourge of cancer tn our lifetime. • Whether or not you believe in Hcpgrate fund drive*, whether you bgWi'e In orgartiratiaw that pour all their resource* into rvacnreh. or whether you simply do not care about the supposed conflict, you are a»ked to give, and give generously when the call Wixlecsday. Thursday and Friday evenings at your home. Give * check, and then go out and get a check up the next day or *® from your local physician.” _____ police are keeping n steady flow of traffic at the accident scene While the vehicle i« fully loaded, its removal from the ditch will be rather arduous, one wrecker mechanic said He also said that the automotive parts within the trailer will have to be unloaded before the 1 trailer and cab can be righted. ' According to preliminary police reports, the semi travelled about 50 feet on the berm of the road bci fore tipping over and cr ®’ hl " R • the icy water* <* 0,6 d, ’ ch T*. • half-filled gas tanks of the truck are spilling into the drain, and police are keeping viewers from lighting cigarettes in the «rea. Advertising index Advertiser . ® A & P Tea Co., Inc - ? Arnold Lumber Co , Inc — « Ashbauchers’ Tin Shop —— | AssU- for Betterment oLDccatul 8 Burk Elevator O—— • J Butler Garage, Inc ~ ® Bower Jewelry Store .--- —» Boardmans Sewing Machine -— Culligan Soft Water ’ Chi Rho Class, Zion E. & R. Church —- " Decatur Lumber Co --—- — Decatur Ready-Mix, Corp -—• • Clarence Dick — 2 Ehinger’s ‘‘Boston Store - ’ Fort Wayne Tent & Awning Co 2 E. F. Gass Store 3 Goodyear Service Store —- • General Electric Co • Haugks ——£— “ Habegger Hardware — • Ned Johnson & Bill Schnepf, Auctioneers » Kocher Lumber & Coal Co —- Kohne Drug Store». T Klcnks -------------- ---■ • N.I.P.S. Co. The GAS Company 4 Oldsmobile -------- T - — * Phillips “66” «■--—-— ® Petrie Oil Co., Distributor —• 2 Quality Cherolet-Buick, Inc 5 Rash* Insurance Agency .—--— 2 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Smith Drug Co 3, 5 Shaffer’s Restaurant —— " St. Mary’s & Blue Creek Shooting Match • Teeple Truck Lines —— 5 Yost Gravel-Readymix, Inc -—1