Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1960 — Page 1

Vol LVIII. No. 129.

200 Weather Flights By American U-2 Airplanes Made In Past Four Years

WASHINGTON <UPl>— American U-2 plane* have made 2uo weather flight* since UM .Senate investigator* were told today by Deputy Space Administrator Hugh L. Dryden. But Dryden, testifying behind dosed doors before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, emphasized that the National Aeronautic* and Space agency "produced only research Information used in the design of airplanes." He said these flights to test the effect of weather on aircraft have been conducted in the western United States. Western Europe, Turkey and Japan. Dryden said NASA has ‘ no detailed knowledge of the flight plans until after the fact’ when films and other weather informa tion reach that agency. Dryden said that at the present time "we have instruments on Pan American and TWA- jets which, of course, go around the world. ” Study Aircraft Loads In his opening statement. Dryden spoke only of "weather flights” by U-2 planes This is the type of plane which was downed over Russia and produced the crisis involved in the collapse of the Paris summit conference last month. The weather Rights. Dryden said, extended over about 264.000 miles—9o per cent of this above 40 000 feet, and 40 per cent of it, about 100,000 miles, above 50,000 feat. An important part of this research. Dryden said, involves loads on aircraft due to atmospheric disturbances or gusts. He cited the problem of caught in thunderstorms, like that of the Northwest Airlines Electra which crashed at Tell City, Ind., and the “more insidious” type of loading which results in (“fatigue failure” of the plane structure. Chairman J. Wiliam Fulbright (D-Ark.) said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would ask

Crackdown On Expense Funds

WASHINGTON (UPD—A House crackdown on congressmen’s expense accounts was ordered today in the wake of published cha^ s that some lawmakers. used public funds for high living dn “official journeys The House administration committee agreed at a closed session to “reiterate in strongest terms the limitations on what congressmen may and may not charge off to the taxpayers in their travels at home and abroad. Committee Chairman Omar Burleson (D-Tex.) announced the action. Burleson was one of ttiose named in copyrighted dispatches in Life magazine and the Knigh. newspapers today charging abuse of congressional expense accounts. Burleson and other congressmen available for comment denied charges in the articles that they had used public money for nightclubbing, liquor and vacation cruises. Other congressional news: Summit' The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was told by Deputy Space Administrator Hugh L Dryden that American U-2 planes have made 200 weather flights since 1956. But Dryden, testifying behind closed doors, emphasized that his agency used the U-2s only to produce "research information used in the design of airplanes.” Postal: Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield prematurely answered the prayers of, several Protestant leaders today by withdrawing the administration’s request to increase postage rates for religious, philanthropic and other non-profjt organizations. He did so just before the Rev Dr. Normafi Vincent Peale was about to make what he called “a rather powerful speech” against the increase. Golf Course' The Air Force, under congressional prodding, has tightened its rules on spending

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Dryden about NASA's role in the first, and conflicting. 'U S. statamenta about the plane downed in Russia on May 1 The U-2. whose pilot was captured by the Soviets, bore NASA markings. The space agency issued a statement saying the plane was on a weather reconnaissance flight and might have become lost. Fulbright Valces Concern Fulbright voiced concern that President Eisenhower's acceptance of personal responsibility tor the U-2 intelligence - gathering flighta might set a preci-dent that would bind future presidents. He previously criticized the wisdom of Eisenhower breaking historical diplomatic precedent and taking personal responsibility, as a head of state, tor intelligence activities. Fulbright said nothing in the hearings had changed his opinion that the decision was unwise — -1 The Arkansas* 1 Democrat told newsmen he hoped Eisenhower s action would be regarded as an “exception to the rule and that “future presidents don’t feel under an obligation” to follow the same course. Committee Hears Dulles The committee heard five hours and 40 minutes of super ' testimony Tuesday by Director Alen W Dules of the Central Intelligence Agency. At . Duller request. none of the testimony will be made public. Fulbright said he did not think the CIA had any role in advising Eisenhower to take personal responsibility for the U-2 He said he did not blame Dulles hush-hush agency for ‘Q u « stl0 ’ 1 ' able decisions” for Eisenhower to follow such a course. Although most members described Dulles as being frank and candid, the CIA director refused to tell the committee what information the U-2 plane was seeing that justified risking the flight such a short time before the scheduled summit meeting.

the taxpayers’ money on golf courses and other “welfare and morale” projects. This action was reported today by a House armed services subcommittee which looked into plans to use $24,785 in tax funds, including enlisted men's . labor valued at $5,250, to build a ninehole golf course at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The project became an issue at a Feb. 3 hearing of the subcommittee, charged with investigating the alleged misuse of military manpower such as assigning’ enlisted men to be officers’ servants. Chainman Melvin Price (D-Rl ) noted that the Air Force planned to assign enlisted men to help build the additional nine holes at Offutt and questioned whether it was proper to compel GI s to work on a project of that type. The Air Force contended it was perfectly legal. Other congressional news: Sugar: Chairman Harold D. Cooley (D - N.C.) said Present Eisenhower Wanted the House Agriculture Committee to commit an act of economic aggression against Cuba that would hurt the United States hi Latin America. Cooley made the statement as his committee went into a closed meeting to consider a compromise version of Eisenhower’s request for discretionary authority to change quotas allocating U.S. purchases of sugar among Cuba and Other countries. Equal Time: The Senate Commerce Committee takes up a bill to suspend the radio - TV time” requirement for the 1960 presidential campaign. A subcommittee approved the measure Tuesday instead of a controversial bill that would have required TV stations to give major presidential candidates eight hour-long intervals of free time-

McCammon Hits Government Waste

Gross waste in purchases by the' military were severely criticized. Tuesday night by Byron McCam-| mon. Democratic candidate for congress from the fourth district., in a speech delivered before the! Adams county Jefferson club and Adams county Women's Democratic club. More than 100 persons attended) the dinner, believed to be one of the largest held here recently.* SingletoA Reelected Roger Singleton was reelected president of the Jefferson club.| and Helen Hofstetter, was reelect-1 ed vice president. Mrs. Rose Kneuss was elected secretary, and Al Cott, treasurer. Decatur attorney Lewis L. Smith served as master of ceremonies. Severin H. Schurger gave a fundraising speech, and the large amount raised was split arnong the county, state and national campaign funds. Each of the loyal candidates present were introduced. Larry Macklin led the group in singing kdme songs from a Democratic, song sheet, and Miss Nancy Bollenbacher accompanied the group on the piano. Text of Speech The following is the text of McCammon’s speech. “In a recent news release the controller general of the United States government stated that waste, due to uncompetitive buying by the armed services may be costing the American taxpayer 4 billion dollars per year. We cannot continue to do business in such a manner. "Dick Martinsen. a copy editor of the Houston Chronicle la an article written for ‘The Progresslve.’T Wi»g«ine founded by the late Robert M. Lafollette of Wisconsin, reports some starling facts he has uncovered. The ‘surplus’ business— although it has been 15 years since there has been an official war—has mushroomed into a mighty industry of 8000 firms and trade groups. - “In his investigations he has found Navy stainless steel pitchers purchased at $lB 6ach now on sale at a profit for 2 for $1.25, casual sport shoes at $5.97 a pair, cost now $1.99. Why, he asks, should transit levels be purchased at $250 eayh wholesale, now $29.99 retail. He also found late model 22 caliber Stevens target rifles which cost the government $129 each now selling for a profit at $37.50. The Navy had six inch speakers in ‘original boxes’ costing $75 now for $9.95 and compensating compasses costing $143 now $12.50. “The list of surplus bargains is so long that one begins to wonder if there is any rhyme or reason in buying supplies for the military. One-Third National Debt “The investigation by Martinsen and his disclosure led other newsmen to sense there was a big story behind it all. One news bureau, aftdr checking back through years, estimated the government has recovered an average of 8 cents on the dollar for more than one hundred billion dollars worth of equipment junked as surplus since World War I. 1116 loss is about Mi of the public debt. “A house appropriations subcommittee learned that the Army had cornered the canvas market during the Korean conflict and purchased $300,000,000 worth — about 5 times as much as conceivably could be used then, or ever in peace time. There is a surplus of 79,608,000 square yards of cloth. Representative George H. Mahon, the committee chairman, figured that this canvas would cover 16,447 acres or over 100 good sized farms. Great stacks of this canvas are now piled up in a surplus depot at Cartip Atterbury, here in Indiana. I have seen it there. “One instance was disclosed where an automobile manufacturer charged the government $39.42 each for missile parts on a negotiated contract but later when the same item was put out to the low-

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est bid, the winning bid was $2 32. The negotiated contract or the cost-plus method of purchase is little short of outrageous. In 1958. 84 per cent of the 23 billion dollars spent on military procurement went went into negotiated contracts A negotiated contract is an often feather-bedded, cost plus commitment without competitive bidding, more generous than Santa Claus to the manufacturers and sometimes to the agents who arranged the deal. Only in war time is there the slightest excuse for it. Coaid Save Billions “Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois has said in a public talk, that the military could save at least two to three billion annually by better stock management alone. “Who can be blamed for this hodge-podge of mis-use of public funds? Certainly the military personnel who buy these vast quantities of sometimes unnecded Articles at prices no private individual would for a minute consider paying should crack but they seem dis-inclined to do so. Then where does the blame lie? Is this to continue and finally tax us into bankruptcy or is there somewhere a glimmer of hope? “The hope lies in an administration more interested in the affairs of our nation than in coddling an old war heroe’s health on a golf course. We need an administration headed by leaders, not heroes, by public servants not double-talking politicians, by those who dare to do rather than those who desire to offend no one. We need leaders who are not only good, but good for something. The waste must stop.”

Bloodmobile Unit In Decatur June 8 Mrs. H. P. Engle of the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross announced the followcommittee for scheduling blood donors: June 1, Mrs. H. P. Engle and Mrs. Cletus B. Miller; June 2. Mrs. Max Keeps, Mrs. H. P. Engle and Mrs. Lloyd Bowman; June 3, Mrs. Ed Bauer and Mrs. Cletus B. Miller; June 6, Mrs. Joe Hunter and Mrs. Earl Fuhrman: June 7, Mrs. Robert Teeple and Miss Fan Hammell. Staff’ aides to work Wednesday, June 8 are: Mrs. Max Kreps, Mrs. Harold Messick. Miss Fan Hammell, Mrs. Noel Burton; Mrs. Clarence Smith. Mrs. Joe Hunter. Mrs. Ed Bauer. Mrs. H. P. Engle. Mrs. Cletus B. Miller is chairman. of the program." The bloodmobile unit will be in Decatur from 10 a. mr until 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 8. New donors are encouraged to make appointments, or to walk in on the day of the bloodmobile visit.

MB ■ ~ 'W' ' lllii ’ 5#% Wil SUNKEN DRIVING — Arch Franklin tools his truck across the bottom of a pool in Detroit. In skin-diving gear, he’s testing an Army underwater truck designed to cross bridge less rivers. TL

Miss Rose Appelman Dies This Morning Mbs Row* Appelman. 78. memI Iht a prominent Ad.'inw <*<<in|sy family, died at 3 o’clock this morning at the family home west 'of Decatur on rural root* 4. She had been ill for six months with i complications. ! She was born in Adams county Oct. 11. 1881. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Appelman, Sr., •nd had never married. Miss Appelman was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church.! the Rosary society and the Third Order of St. Francis. Surviving are one sister. Miss Ix>na Appelman, and one brother. Joseph Appelman. both of whom reside at the family home. She was preceded in death by two brothers, George and John Appelman. and four sisters. Mrs. Anna Nesswald. Mrs Elizabeth Loshe, Mrs. Theresa Schafer and Mrs. Mary Faurote. Funeral services will be conducted at 10-30 a. m. Friday at | St. Mary’s Catholic church the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may -call at the Gillig & ®«»n funeral home' after 7 o’clock thus evening I until time of the service®. ’Die I Third Order of St. Francis will '\erite the rosary at 7:30 p. m. ! Thursday, and the Rosary society at 8 p. m. Thursday. Advertising Index Advertiser Page A & P Tea Co., Inc ...........- ~ Beavers Oil Service, Inc ' i Burk Elevator Co • ■ Butler Garage, Inc — r — a Budget Loans ......... ‘ Cowens Insurance Agency £ ' Decatur Drive In Theater 3 I Doans Pills —— “ Ford — , Hth Frame £ Gerber’s Super Market « Holthouse Drug Co 3, 6 Holthouse Furniture Store ....„ 5 Kohne Drug Store 5 Kroger ------ ” Kent Realty & Auction Co 5 Klenks —- % Lightning Homes < G. C. Murphy Co 2 Glenn C. Merica, Auctioneer 2 Model Hatchery •> Standard Food Stores —— 4 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Smith Drug Co 2 Sherwin-Williams :...— 3 Teeple Truck Lines 5 Dr. M. I. Weisman 2. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer with showers and thundershowers likely tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and turning cooler with showers or thundershowers probably ending over most of the state by afternoon or evening. Low tonight in the 60s. High Thursday in the 70s northwest to 80s extreme southeast. Sunset today 8:06 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 5:19 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Fair and a little cooler. Lows 52 to 60. Highs 68 to 76.

Concerted Effort To Save Covered Bridget A Wfort Ptra*ant Milla covrrod brJdgr from destruction by the Mtr highway <tn«rtmml will be «► ardiMiixl by the Adamz county Hiafortml zortety. mrmbera dr- < kI«M Tuezctay night in the lata of the itfOOfWl. 7b< r»»ltfon of the taatc high way rommtazfon. vddeh hcNte that the d«-«tnirtton of the bridge ti ncccraiary after th- mmpWkc of a new Iwidgc. will be carefully attacked in writing. *nd torn apart detail by detail . Meet With Ktate An apixiintmcnt will lx* made for a group from the county to meet With the ztata hltaiwuy commission. A rvpt‘tentative group of people from the entire county will make the trip hi Indianapolis to present the cose for the bridge, and the pcUtkxw with more than 1.000 aigners asking that the bridge be spared The group also authorized the officiate of the Historical aociety I to plan a new marker for the location of the county court hose ' The present marker, on the cor- , ncr of Third and Madteon street*. lis rusted through. Plans to build a marker that wth the I building now located on the corner will be submitted to the state historical society, as required by law. and estimates of cost will be obtained. Programs Next Year Programs for the meetings next year, starting in September, were discussed. One program will deal with the Decatur school system; another with the Civil war: several churches will be asked to present their histories; a history of the cemeteries of the county was also suggested. One of the old homes of the county may be visited by the society if arrangements can be made. , The group voted to J°' n •Council for Local History. with the magazine to be received every other month by the group. Ironworkers Strike In North Indiana HAMMOND. Ind. tUPD--About 2,250 ironworkers union members went on strike today against 200 contractors and builders in Northwestern Indiana, affecting an estimated 250 million dollars worth of construction projects. About two-thirds of the strikers were members of Local 395, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental • ■lronworkers Union. The others were members of other ironworker unions outside the area bounded by Indiana-Illinois state line, Michigan . City, Lake - Michigan and Kentland. Peter Parker, business agent for the local, said 6;; members voted to 1 to strike when a contract expired last midnight ana no new one was agreed on. A wage hike was one of the issues but Parker said the ■ chief issue was safety provisions-

First Lady Taken To Army Hospital

WASHINGTON (UPD — T* l e White House disclosed today that Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower is in Walter Reed Army Hospital suffering from an attack of acute asthmatic bronchitis. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the First Lady, who will by 64 in November, entered the hospifiM Tuesday afternoon. Hagerty said physicians at Walsaid that today the First Lady was “as comfortable as she can be and feeling better than when she scent in the hospital.” She has a slight fever today and is receiving what Hagertv described as “customary treatment.” , .. Hagerty did not describe the symptoms or the illness other than to cite the language of the doctors—acute asthamtic bronchitis which is an upper respiratory ailment. . . J The White House had no information on how long Mrs. Eisenhower would be in the hospital or whether the President planned to visit her in the same Ward 8 where he has been a patientseveral times. The ward is reserved for high government cialsThe.. First Lady spent the past weekend in Gettysburg, Pa., with the President on their farm But her hospitalization cast further doubt as to whether she would accompany the President on his Faj East trip later this month.

Much Interest To Unite Jay, Adams Schools

Very *irong InlrrvM in a unitrd schoil dltlriel m< ludina Jefferaon. Wnba«h «nd Hartford town*hi|m of Adam* county with Jack*«n. Bear Creek, and Waba»h t<>wn*hip» in Jay county, was «bown at the aac-1 ond meeting of tbr six groupa in the past week. The meeting took place at Geneva high achool. and school ot-l flciala. including township truatev*. advisory board member*, and members of the advisory board to the county study commission, nearly 70 in number, were present. Interest Great Four of the townships were propared to go ahead immediately — | Wabash and Hartford of Adams county, and Bear Creek and Wa-r bash of Jay County. Jefferson of Adams and Jackson of Jay were interested, but wanted further con-i LideraUoa of the boundary problems Feeling favoring the united school district ran very high, andi many felt that the district could be carried by petition, so that no election would even be necessary.l I.IM A. D. A. All six township® met together at first, and then broke up into township meetings. A total school population of 1.400 students was reported for the six townships, while approximately 1.200 students, or better than 1.100 average daily attendance, would be left If the top two miles of Jefferson township Wells County Child Is Killed By Auto Fifteen-month-old Edward Myers died in Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, about four hours after he was run over by a car driven by his father. who was backing out of a driveway. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Myers, 19, R R- 4, Bluffton. The accident occurred at 6:30 pm. at the boy’s home. He was taken to the Wells county hospital and then transferred to Fort Wayne at 8:30 p.m. Edward, who was born February 27, 1959. is survived by his parents. Rolland and Ruth Reed Myers; a sister. Penelope Jo, two weeWtild; the maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Russell Reed. R. R. 1, Craigville; the paternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Myers, R.R- 4. Bluffton, and the great-grandparents. The body was taken to the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, where friends may call after 12 noon Thursday. Services will be held at the Craigville EUB church Friday at 2 p.m.. with the Rev. Fred Pflugh officiating. Burial will be in the Oaklawn cemetery in Ossian.

Bluffton Population Shows Slight Gain l Bluffton gained only 176 in pop- : ulation in the past 10 years, and Portland lost 92 during the same period, compared with Decatur s gain of 1,001, preliminary census figures available today indicated. Bluffton moved up from 6,076 to 6,252. while Portland dropped back from 7.064 to 6.972. Figures for the past 40 years show the following comparisons. Year Decatur Bluffton Portland 1960 8,272 6.272 6,972 1950 7,271 6.076 7,064 1940 5.861 5.417 6.362 1930 5.156 5.074 5.276 1920 4.762 5,391 5,958 New Haven, which just recently became a city, has a preliminary 1 population figure of 3-416. and Gar--1 rett, 4,357, compared with 4,291 10 1 years ago, and 4,285 in 1940. The district office at Fort Wayne ’ was closed Tuesday, and John W. Wynn, district supervisor, announc- . ed that all mail for the census bu- ’ reau for the future should be ad- • dressed to Regionaid Field Direc- . tor, Bureau of the Census. New 1 Post Office Building, Room 1202. ; 433 W. Van Buren St. Chicago 7. m. . ....(j , ■

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nad the tup mile at W«ba*h town»hlp were •rparatrd tram the n<W district to allow them tn attend the Berne system. None of tba Hartford township group showed Interest in attending Herne, but aB desired tn be placed in the sama district. Part of Jackson township in Jay county will also be included in another district, according to tentative plans. Board IHscoaaed The group considered. but reached no decision, on the question of representation of school board members on the united school board. Some favored representation based on present units, others on population. Future meetings of the groups are planned. B L. Koch. superintendent of schools in Jay county, and Gail Grabill, Adams county school su'perintendent, attended the meeting. Boundary Problem Grabill pointed out that the removal of most of the south three townships from the county picture would mean that only two minimum units would remain, and that Berne and Adams Central could end up in the same district. The problem of boundaries between the several proposed districts, with special attention to the desires of the local people, should now be discussed by the various members of the advisory groups and the county committee, he recommended. Stevenson In Attack On Spy Case Handling CHICAGO (UPI) — Adlai E. Stevenson said today the nation needs a "grand strategy for peace” to restore confidence in American leadership and recover the initiative in the cold war. Stevenson said the "clumsy and provocative handling of the U-2 incident” and the collapse of the summit conference crippled the Eisenhower administration’s capacity for leadership and increased the danger of accidental war. The 1952 and 1956 Democratic presidential nominee proposed a five-point program of “priorities for peace,” including establishment of a special agency under the secretary of state to do ‘ the homework for peace." In a speech prepared ery at a convention of the Textile Workers Union ot America, Stevenson rejected Republican accusations that he and some of the announced Democratic presidential candidates are making a partisan issue out of the summit confer•‘True national unity will only come from courageous self-scruti-ny and search for truth by Democrats and Republicans alike, he said. . * “Good intentions are not enough. What we need is a grand .frateev for peace.” . —-—- Stevenson said the United States m —Forge a "deterrent power and a limited war capability” that will eliminate all chance of a Soviet miscalculation that might plunge us into war.” .... —Strengthen its Western Alli ance by setting up an Atlantic council to formulate joint policies on defense, disarmament, trade and aid to underdeveloped areas. -Join with its Allies in a longrange aid prograrrrto have-not na—Make it plain that peace and disarmament are the paramixint Goals of our foreign policy ami that "general and complete disXament under control has become an *8?? ra -— five” for all nations. U first things first here at home" to show the world that freedom works in such areas as civil rights, schooling, research, health, housing and urban renewal. J Disciples Officer, Is Token By Death BARGERSVILLE, Ind. (UPDThe Rev. Richard W. Moore, past vice president of the Convention qf Disciples ot Christ (Christian) Churches and chosen in 1958 as Indiana Rural Pastor of the Year, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was pastor « 7. .