Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1960 — Page 1

Vol. IVIII. No. 116.

Khrushchev Withdraws Bid To Ike-Accused Os Sabotaging Parley

Six Plans On School Units

The Adami county school reorganizatton study committee di»cu«aed six possible reorganizations of administrative units at its regular monthly meeting Saturday. August Seiki ng. chairman of the group, said today. The plans were based on material gathered by the several committees working with the school unit study committee. Afteet AdmintotrsUon Only The committee explained that these plans merely consider the reorganization of administrative units—they do not in any way limit the number of schools that would be possible within one unit. Decatur, for example, has four schools in its present administrative unit. The committee is considering the following six plans of community school units within the county, and for united school units including parts of other counties: Possible Plans Plan 1. One community school corporation embracing all present school corporation of the county. Plan 2. Two community school districts; one including Decatur and Preble. Root and Union townships. and south an undefined distance. and second to include the school corporations south of Decatur. including Adams Central. Blue , Creek township. St. Mary s township, Berne-French. Jefferson. Wabash. and Hartford, not included in school district 1. In other words, parts of St. Mary’s. Washington, and Kirkland townships might be included in district one, depending on further study and information. Plan 3. Three community school district: a northern district including Preble, Root. Union and Decatur: a middle district including St. Mary’s’ Adams Central, and Blue Creek school districts; a southern district, including the present Jefferson, Hartford, Wabash" and Berne-French districts. Plan 4. Thre community school districts and one united school district: The north and central school districts as described in plan 3, a community school district in the Berne-French township area, and a united school district embracing Jefferson, Wabash, and Hartford townships of Adams county and Wabash, Bear Creek and Jackson townships of Jay county. A united school district includes parts of two or more counties. < Plan 5. Three community school , districts and one united school district: The central and south

Russian Space Ship Launched

MOSCOW (UPD — The Soviet Union today hailed its launching of a huge model space ship, complete with a dummy spaceman at the controls, as well-timed proof of Russian superiority in rockets for both peace and war. The 9,988 pound space vehicle, launched early Sunday from a secret site inside the Soviet Union, was traveling starbright in a south-north orbit that carried it over Paris—where the Big Four chiefs are meeting—once eveijy 91 minutes. Today’s Communist Party newspaper Pravda proclaimed in a headline, •'Soviet space ship blazes the trail to the stars for mankind.” It’s front page was covered with predictions by scientists and citizens of greater space feats to come. k Emphasise “Peaceful” Purpose The writers emphasized the “peaceful” purpose of the Soviet project, contrasting it with the U-? spy plane. Scientists here proudly announced that conditions inside the pressurized cabin wiere the mansized dummy astronaut was seated “are those of an ordinary dwelling unit”—meaning they be-

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districts described in plan 3. a community school of the Decatur school city area, and a united school district inchiding Prebid. Root, and Union townships of Adams county and Madison-Marion school and Monroe township of Allen county. The latter would include Poe. Hoagland, and Monroevile. Plan 6. Three community school districts and two united school districts. This plan would include the two united schools described in plans 4 and 5, the central district described in plan 3. 4 and 5, the south district as described in 4 (Berne-French area), and the north district described in plan 5 (Decatur school city I. Areas Not Defined None of the areas for plans two through six have been clearly defined as yet. “Die actual boundaries will depend on much further study, and from suggestions from people of the areas involved. The fact that schools are present(Contlnued oa pag* otrnt) Mrs. Anna Schafer Is Taken By Death Mrs. Anna Schafer, 84, a native of Adams county and former resident of Decatur, died at IPo’clock Sunday morning at the Sacred Heart home at Avilla after a brief illness. She was born in Adams county Sept. 19. 1875, a daughter of John and Mary Hart-Johns. Her husband, Peter Schafer, preceded her in death 26 years ago. Mrs. Schafer, while a resident of Decatur, was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church and the Rosary society. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic church while residing in Fort Wayne. Surviving are'a brother. Herman Johns of St. Petersburg. Fla., and a granddaughter. Mrs. Thomas Wedler of Fort Wayne. Her only daughter, Mrs. Edna Dayton, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Right Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home until time of the service. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 this evening. —-

: lieved one of the biggest problems to manned space flight had been ; solved. (Western scientists agreed the new staellite’s record size represented an achievement that ' brought the Russians close to manned flight in space. (They pointed out that America’s man-in-space project, Projject Mercury, was not scheduled to begin tests on man-capable space capsules until July ) Order to Descend Tass said no attempt would be made to retrieve the 2% ton cabin of the space vehicle but that it would be separated from the rest of the satellite upon a radio command from earth-’ Both parts then would disintegrate as they plunged into the denser atmosphere. ' Dr. Vladimir Dobronravov, a specialist in mathematical physics, said the time the satellite stayed aloft would “depend on ■ when its instruments will have transmitted all readings, after ■ which the apparatus of the satellite will be given the’ order to ■ descend.”

PARIS (UPU —Premier Nikita Khrushchev today withdrew bi* Invitation to President Eisenhower to visit Russia, and tn an ensuing bitter exchange over U.S. spy flights was accused by Eisenhower of coming all the way from Moscow just to sabotage the summit talks. The Rig Four conference teetered on the verge of immedkste collapse after Khrushchev delivered what Western sources called an “insulting” attack on Eisenhower and the United States The Soviet premier threatened at the opening three-hour session to walk out of the summit meeting unless the United States halted its spy flights over Russia and punished those responsible Eienhower issued a statement after today's angry and abortive opening session in which he said intelligence flights already had been suspended since the U-2 incident and asserted they will not be resumed.

Eisenhower then offered to negotiate directly with the Russians on such flights Would Postpone Talks The sharp and bitter public statements by the two leaders threw the world into a new siege of crisis and gloom. Khrushchev also insulted Eisenhower in a different way—he suggested any summit talks be postponed for six to eight months, or until the United States has elected a new president to take Eisenhower’s place. Western diplomatic sources said Khrushchev’s statement had virtually, wrecked hopes the summit conference could actually get started. He lambasted Eisenhower over the U-2 spy plane incident and repeated his threats of retaliation against the United States and its Allies who provide bases. Eisenhower, in a statement read later by Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty, was far more conciliatory although he was visibly angered at the morning session and answered Khrushchev with heatedly firm remarks of his own. Eisenhower made it clear he is prepared to stay in Paris and continue the summit talks even though he refused to bow to the Soviet leaders ultimatum or to make a public apology as demanded by Khrushchev. Makes 3 Demands The summit meeting was almost written off before it could get started, but the Western foreign ministers called a meeting this afternoon to try to save it. No time has been set for another Big Four session. Khrushchev's statement suggested that if the Big Four meeting collapsed right now it should not be resumed until after Eisenhower has left office. He made it .clear he was unwilling to sit down at the conference table with Eisenhower or receive him as a guest in Russia unless Eisenhower made a public apology and punished those responsible for the spy flights. Ike Rejects Ultimatum Khrushchev, said American statements on the spy plane were those normally made only by a nation 4n a state of war and that they doomed the summit in advance. He said the United States was “crudely flouting” international law and had violated the United Nations charter. Eisenhower’s statement showed he was in no mood to accept Khrushchev’s apology ultimatum. "The only conclusion that can be drawn from his behaviour this (Continued on page eight)

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Decatur. Indiana, Monday, May 16,

Daniel Weldy Dies Early This Morning Daniel W Weldy. 74. of I*7 South 10th street. died at 635 o'clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital following a year’s illness of complications. He was born at Peterson Dec 21. 1885. a son of Seth W. and Elizabeth Emst-Weldy. and was married to Jo*cptinc Robenold Sept 1857 Mr. Weldy spent his entire life in Adams county. Surviving in addition to his wife are a brother, Charles Weldy at Leesburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Althea Clark of Dallas. Tex., and Mrs. Sue Souder ’of Bluffton. Three sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Gillig * Doan funeral home, the Rev. J. O. Penrod and the Rev. John D. Mishler officiating. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time at the services. Mike Biberstein Dies This Morning Mike M. Biberstein. 74, of 1121 Elm street, died at 7 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, where he had been a patient for the past four months. He was bom in French township Dec. 21, 1885, a son of Abraham and Mary Moser-Biberstein. His wife, tne former Martha Neuenschwander, preceded him in death. Mr. Biberstein was a member of the Evangelical Mennonite church at Berne. Surviving are five daughters. Mrs. William (Mabie) Lister of Preble, Mrs. Doyle (Marie) Lytle of Bourtainnaise, 111., Mrs. Roger (Arvenia) Beard and Mrs. Robert (Beulah) Bowman, both of Decatur, and Mrs. Clyde (Betelva) Everett of Pleasant Mills; two brothers, Abraham Biberstein of Bluffton and Menno Biberstein of near Berne: two sisters, Mrs. Noah (Bertha) Stauffer of pear Berne, and Mrs. Barbara Habegger of Decatur, and 20 grandchildren. One son, two brothers, two half-brothers and a half-sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Evangelical Mennonite church in Berne, the Rev. E. G. Steiner officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home in Berne after 1 p. m. Tuesday.

Surprise Alert Is Held By Military

WASHINGTON (UPD — The Defense Department early today completed a surprise combat readiness alert for all American military commands throughout the world. Mystery surrounded the exercise, which a Pentagon spokesman called a "communications readiness alert,” which was_ “not supposed to attract public attention ” Word of the alert, however, spread widely and .caused some cases -of- jitters among the civilian populace, Denver residents flooded newspaper and radio station telephone switchboards with frightened requests for information. One family reported it was hiding in the basement after hearing- this military order broadcast by a civilian station: “All fighter pilots FlOl and fighter pilots FlO2 .. . Code 3 alert, Hotcake I and Hotcake S scramble at Lowry immediately.” Denver station KOA-TV reported it was asked by local police, who relayed the request from Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, to read the order. The. defense spokesman said, however, no air planes were

Late Bulletins WARRINGTON (I’PIl — The Supreme < ourt tod*» refused In rvcon® liter ll® March 28 <tecl«hui allirnimz the 1957 espion ate ennvtetton In New tork of Soviet agent Rudnlf Ivanovich Abel. WASHINGTON lUPII — The Supreme < ourt today a treed to review a denaturaiiaalten judgment againvl Frank < oateUo. former king <•! the underworld now aerving Umr far federal income tax evasion. Bid Is Awarded On Police Radio Units A low bld ol Vf.ZSS by Motorola I was accepted unanimously this morning by the Adams county i commissioners on a new radio station for the county sheriff and city police units, ordered to be installed by the federal communications! I commission. The bid by Motorola was accepted over a bid of $3,374 for the same type of equipment by General Elec-1 trie. Half of the cost will be paid j by the city, and half by the county. City Represented Mayor Donald F. Gage, city councilman Lawrence Kohne, city attorney Robert S. Anderson, the members of the city board of .works, and Mrs. Laura Bosse, city clerk-treasurer, met with the commissioners, and approved the bid. The new equipment is necessary because the FCC ordered all county and municipal law enforcement organizations to convert their radios to new bands by Jan. 1,1962. The tremendous number of new sending stations has made necessary changes in the present width of sending bands. It would have been more expensive to convert the old equipment than purchase the new, and less satisfactory. New Station At Jail The present afation is located at the court house, on-the third floor, with remote control radio stations at the sheriffs offices in the jail and court house, and the police station. The ndw equipment will be installed at the county jail, rather than at the court house, but remote stations will be located at the court house and police station as at present. Relocation of the sending station at the jail will give easier access to radio equipment. The low bid was submitted by H. C. Garrett, radio communications representative for the Motorola Company, of Chicago, 111. A bid of $3,374, with alternates of $2,917 and $3.226. 4 were submitted by A. C. Shepherd, of Fort Wayne, for General Electric.

» - ... ■ I . ; “scrambled” into the air. nor . were other forces put in motion. ’ He said the test covered, among , other things, the ability of all commands to communicate with key personnel and officers. There was some apparent concern at ' the Pentagon because some fields commanders were considered to have overdone the test, leading to such reports as the Denver radio announce- . menl ± | _—* * —. — There alto was some questioning privately in official quarters about the timing of the exercise. It took more than two hours for the department to decide on the following brief statement it finally issued : “A communications readiness alert affecting all U.S- commands was held and completed last night and early this morning. It t was . conducted at the direction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.” The spokesman said “the exercise was started at 10 p.m. e.d-t. and ran through the wee hours today.” He said it was officially ended at 4:30 a.m., but that the operation was not completely would up until about 5:30 a.m.

Frisinger Is Recommended As Postmaster Ibrfxrt D Frisinger. Decatur ‘ pn( office employe ft* moroj than 30 year*. and preacnUy •»* i •latent pnatm»»UT. wna recom-1 mended today ft* appointment a* acting protmaatcr «* D * r “ t “N Congn-aaman E R<** Adair teleyraphcd th. Decatur Daily Demo-! crat thia m<*ninc. Faacx withdrew hia name last i Thursday night from conaidcra | twai giving poor health aa the, major rea«oo ft* turning down, the job. Son a< PaaUnaater Frisinger is the aon of the late Maynard A- Fnsingcr and Almn | K Dailey Frisinger. The elder Mr. Friainger waa poatmarter of ( Decatur, from June 11. IBM to June 14. IMO when his father. ; John Frisinger. was Republican | county chairman. Maynard r rising! r worked for the post office| department more than 30 years, both in Decatur and in Louisiana ! On May 4. 1926 Robert D Fri-| ginger, while atill n Decatur high school student, started working for the post office as a temporary I employe. He worked there until August 31. 1927. when he enrolled; in engineering at Purdue Univer., sity. He was graduated in chem-1 leal engineering in 1931. anti rctumed to the post office on July 6 He has worked there, except for a period of military service, since that time. Assistant Since 19>2 Frisinger began as a substitute carrier during the dark days of the depression. In February. 1936 he was appointed a substitute clerk, and the appointment was made permanent as a regular clerk in March. 1939. On March 1, 1952 he was appointed assistant postmaster of Decatur. No official notification of the appointment has yet reached Frisinger. but it - will probably be effective May 28. the beginning of the next pay period. Frisinger is married to the former Bernice DeVoss. and the couple have two children, a daughter. Carol, and a son. Thomas. Former Postmasters The Decatur post office was established in 1837, about one year after a village was platted here The postmasters of Decatur and the date of their appointment, have been: _ Samuel L. Rugg. April 1. 1837. James Crabs. October 31. 1841 Nicholas Fetick. October 6 1845 Joseph D. Nuttman, Dec. 24. 1845 James J. Lockhart. Dec. 24, 1849 Joshua R. Randall, Jan. 22, 850 James H. Smith. April 16 1851 James Crabs, July 21, 1852 Abraham Bollman. Jan. 7. 1853 John M. Nuttman. July 14. 1854 Samuel C Bollman Oct. 28. 1856 Samuel S. Mickle. April 18. 1860 Thomas T. Dorwm. Dec.lß. 1860 Harry L. Phillips. Oct. 5 1866 Beni S’ Blossom. April 15, 1869 James H. Hamilton. March 11, Jeremiah A._ Blossom, March 29. 1875 _ Benjamin W. Sholty. March 7, ioqi Shaffer Peterson, Nov. 7 1883 Norval Blackburn, May 14 1885 Barton W. Quinn July 13, 1889 John Welfley. Feb. 5, 1894 Philip L. Andrews. Jan 14 1898 Albert Brittson, May 21, 1902 Maynard A. Frisinger, June 11. Witom A. Lower, June 14[1910 John W7 Bosse, May 19, 1914 Harry Fritzinger, fk-pt. 22. 922 Lewis A. Graham Feb, Phil L. Macklin, Feb. 7, 1936 Mrs. Lola Macklin. August 2, 1937 Leo W. Kirsch, March 1, 1940 Robert D. Frisinger, May , 1960 Injured By Auto GARY, Ind. <UPD — - Schmidt. 96, Gary, was injured and- hospitalized briefly for reducing an arm fracture when he stepped into the path of a car during the weekend. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms developing north, partly cloudy south this afternoon. Showers and scattered thunderstorms north and central, partly cloudy, chance of a few thundershowers extreme south tonight. Tuesday showers ending and cooler north, partly cloudy to cloudy, chance of a few thundershowers south. Low tonight 55 to 60 extreme north. 60s central and south. High Tuesday ranging from the 60s extreme north to lower 80s extreme south. Sunset today 7:53 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 5:29 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Showers and thundershowers, not much temperature change. Lows upper 50s north, 60s south. Highs 70s north. 80s south.

Decatur BPW Club Wins State Award

Th,- Ducxtar Bu*inr®« and ***> Eternal Women’* <** dub iMitteua took Onrt nlacr at thr alate ! ' r> * <*to**** w * br . £v?3 14 .nd l> «• *±L Mr< Betty Boater, the BrW SX • editor „J* C<4cm«n of Now Albany, public relation® chairman. •* “»•* award. presentation Saturday Mr*. Mary Howard, retiring nn-tidml. accepted <«c erf atx certificate* prrwented for a 20 l**r cent or mor* incrvaac In mrmbrrxhip for th* year. All 145 dub* tn the »tate participated in this drive Aaairtlng Mr*. Rrwler thia part year with the award-winning bulletin were Mi»» Janice Bu«lck and Mrs Maxine Ford, art editor. -Serving on the membership committee which toergased local membership 38 percent during the year were Mr*. Irene Hicks, chairman, and the Mi»«s Glenny* R<xip and Joan Wcmhoff Mrs ' Vera Doty. 1960-61 president. was the third delegate from Decatur attending the convention which had two outstanding speakers. At the banquet held at the Indiana Club Saturday evening, C. Dudley Foster, regional manager of residential market development operations of the General Electric company in Cleveland, gave the

Foreign Aid Bill Is Signed By Eisenhower WASHINGTON <UPI) - President Eisenhower today signed into law a $4,086,300,000 foreign aid authorization carrying a congressional slap at both the United Arab Republic and the Fidel Castro regime in Cuba. Although neither the Egyptian nor Cuban restrictions were mandatory, and authorized funds in the bill were close to what the President asked, he still is by no means over this year’s foreign aid hurdle. Next he must persuade Congress to give him the money. Advance indications were that the aid appropriation, which cannot exceed but need not match today’s authorization act, will be heavily cut. possibly by one billion dollars or more. Eisenhower has said this would be "calamitous.” . R.A The bill authorizes an appropriation of all but $88,700,000 of the $4,175,000,000 which the President said he needs to bolster the armed forces and economies of friendly nations in the 12 months starting July I.— Congress wrote into the law over the State Department's objections a suggestion that the President shut off further help for the United Arab Republic if the U.A.R. persists in barring Israeli ships from the Suez Canal. It also ordered a halt to the remaining trickle of economic aid to Castro’s Cuba unlessthe Presito Castro’s Cuba unless the President himself makes a finding this should be continued. Military aid to Cuba already has been ended.

I Ji i ■EiaHSk ■ JP li IB M I I ."4||B I I 8 F 1 I flr Wtt f If'X : ■ F ■AKING a BREATHER - Sen. John F. Kennedy relaxes in Balimore during his campaign tour of Maryland.

tnoro than too pereadt a Hack on the JUsltos ” Frotrading the year waa 1910. Foat«** dract ibcd the <-lee trie living actvanecmenta made during tho gulden aillDra decade. Following a special worship ace* View held at the First PreatnrtrrMin church Sunday mornlM. gurU speaker at the intrrnaUonal bra a Ufa at was Dr. John L- Buford, wuperinteadaot of jaibiic achnola at Mt. Vernon. 111., who received an ovotawi for hia apeech on "IXI Strive for Peace ,** Known in many rounlrica aa Mr. Ambassador of Peace, the speaker first dUCussed the thing* he war "agninat" and then drove home hia points by relating the things he wow "for" TJmw* Indudnl. taxes, being friends with the oilier uncommitted countries. for countries throwing off the vofte of colonialism, for religion in the home and in government and for school patrons insisting on a strong school system in their community. He declared, *Tt la the strong teacher that builds a strong democracy;** To close the convention new officers were installed by Dr. Minnie Miles. Tuscalooae. Ala., third national vice president Accepting the gavel from Mis Ellen McCutchan of Evansville, retiring president, was Mrs. Myrtle Wilson of JcJffcrsonville.

Dr. Charles Pease Killed Al Franklin Dr. Charles E. Pease. 80, of near Franklin, and a native of Kirkland *> township. Adams county, was killed Saturday afternoon in a collision of two autos in front erf his Johnson county home. Dr. Pease, a retired Indianapolis dentist, and father of James Pease. Metropolitan Opera singer, was one of two men fatally injured in the crash, both suffering crushed chests and fractured skulls. Authorities said the crash occurH fed"as Dr.Pease drove out Of-the; driveway of his home and into the path of a car driven by Jefferson C. Harrell. 25. of Franklin, on U. S. 31, five miles south of Franklin. - Harrell was also fatally injured, and a passenger in the Harrell car, Roy Sosbe, 21, Franklin, was badly injured. Dr. Pease practiced dentistry in Indianapolis for 52 years, and later practiced with another son. Dr. Edward L. Pease of Franklin, until retiring two years ago. The singer son is now living in London. England. JAmes Pease appeared in a concert In Decatur two years ago as a feature of the Adams County Civic Music Association series. Hugh J? Andrews, of Decatur, and True Andrews, north of Decatur, hre nephews of Dr. Pease. Funeral services for Dr. Pease have not been completed, pending the arrival of the son from London. The body was removed to the McGuire funeral home in Franklin. Chinese Reds Still Banning U.S. Newsmen TOKYO (UPI) — Communist China said today no American newsmen would be allowed to enter Red China unless the United States allows Red China’s newsmen to enter the U. S.

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