Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 152, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 152.

Disarmament Parley At Geneva Collapses, Send Conference Record To UIS

GENEVA <UPI>— The West today called a halt to the 10-nation disarmament conference in the face of a Communist walkout and ordered the conference record sent to the United Nations in New York ' . The action marked the complete collapse of the talks which had begun with high hopes three months.. atf> It meant that the problem of international disarmament would go back to the United Nations where it will be debated by more than 80 nations in an open forum instead of a select group meeting in closed session. Wait It Minutes The representatives of the United States, Britain. France, Italy and Canada gathered for a formal session this morning at the Palais des Nations despite the fact there was no hope of the Communists showing up. For 10 minutes the five delegates, who since March have sought some means of reconciliation with the Soviets on the arms question, waited in silence. Then Britain's David Ormsby-Gore took the chair and called the meeting to order. , . . He described at ,meeting he had had with Soviet delegate Valerian A. Zorin Monday night when the latter made it plain the walkout was final. The shadow session adjourned briefly for the participants to confer off the record. Then OrmsbyGore reconvened it long enough to formally pronounce as dead three months of delicate East-West negotiations on the arms race. Records to UN He ordered the records sent to the United Nations where Russia was pressing for a General Assembly debate on the disarmament issue. The Western delegates had decided to hold the meeting primarily to dramatize their determination to keep alive even the slimmest hopes of slowing the arms race. President Eisenhower, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and President Charles de Gaulle held a similar ‘shadow" meeting the day after Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev turned the Paris summit meeting into an historical fiasco. • Fear Nuclear Walkout The . Communiat bloc walkout Monday, coming just before American delegate Frederick'M. Eaton presented new U.S. compromise proposals on arms reduction, was linked directly to Khrushchev s professed disrespect for Eisenhower, as a national leader. The immediate fear of Western diplomats was that Soviet walkout tactics also would apply to the nuclear test ban conference, where 20 months of tedious negotiation had brought the United States, Russia and Britain to the verge of a treaty. , Today marked the 221st session of the nuclear conference. Although Soviet negbtiator Semyon K. Tsarapkin has toughened his stand considerably in recent days, he did not fsay flatly that a breakoff was'ngar. . Calls II “Regrettable”

President Eisenhower, who was advised otf Russia’s to

Tidal Waves Pound Philippines Coast

MANILA (DPI) I — Twelve-foot tidal waves churned up by receding Typhoon Olive battered the western coasts of the Philippines today, adding to the damage wrought by the most destructive Storm in recent years. At least 1081 were dead and 55,000 were homeless. (Property damage caused by the typhoon’s winds and rains was estimated at $25 milion.

Huge waves spilled over the protective seawalls at the U.S. naval base at Subic Bay northwest of Manila today. v An official Navy spokesman told United Press International there was no toss of life at the base. He said damage was not extensive among the vast complex of harbor facilities, dry docks and airfields. He said the base got off lightly because of advance preparations and an ‘emergency alert”

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“suspend" disarmament talks in a letter from Khrushchev, described the action in his public report to Amar Wans Monday night as •regrettable.” The U S State Department earlier had charged that Russia’s move to transfer the disarmament issue from the quiet work atmosphere of round table discussions to the United Nations General assembly was "irresponsible, deplorable and disappointing ” Million Dollar Waferfront Fire Under Control BOSTON <UPI>—A spectacular million-dollar waterfront fire that blazed through the night after spreading from a freighter to a warehouse was brought under control today. The fire destroyed approximately 71 million pounds of Cubangrown sugar in the Revere Sugar Refinery warehouse and aboard the 3.736-ton Honduras freighter Choloma. No injuries were reported as a result of the four-alarm blaze that broke out shortly before midnight although scores of firemen and crews of six fireboats were threatened with the poisonous fumes given off by the burning sugar. An arson squad later began sifting through the wreckage in a routine investigation. Damage to the Charlestown pier alone was estimated at SIOO,OOO by Fire Chief John A. Martin. The soaring flames could be seen for miles and spread close to a lumber company pier where a tanker was tied up. Fireboats set up a curtain of water to save that pier. The Choloma and the tanker were freed from their moorings and brought to the center channel of the harbor. The freighter was still flaming when it was cut loose. . The warehouse contained about 60 million pounds of the unrefined sugar. The Choloma carried an additional I'l million pounds, a cargo that was to have been unloaded later today. The Choloma arrived here Monday from Cuba. Officials said the fire originated in the hold of the vessel. It then leaped to the 500fobt long three-story brick warehouse on the Mystic River, which empties into Boston harbor. September's Draft Call Fixed At 8,000 WASHINGTON (UPD - The Army has issud a call for 8,000 draftees in September. The quota is 1,000 larger than in August and is the largest monthly call since last December. The Army requested 9,000 draftees theife The new call will bring to 2,547,930 the number of men called up under the draft since the start of the Korean War in 1950.

called before the storm struck. The spokesman said the advance warning also may have helped oth<r coastal areas escape more serious damage, but he said there was some flooding in the civilian community of Olongapo. •‘The tides spilled over our 9-foot-high seawalls at Olongapo, but the winds stopped and after 20 minutes the watrs subsided,” the. spokesman said. In little more than a month, typhoons have taken a toil of nearly 300 Filipino lives, and hundreds of others, officially missing, are believed dead. „ . Extremely high tides today inflicted new misery on west coast areas in the aftermath of the storm, which was howling northwest toward the British Chinacoast colony of Hong Kong. Eliminates Early

Ike Declares Trip Success

WASHINGTON (UP!) — President Eisenhower says his personal diplomacy has been so successful that it drove the Communists to extreme measures to block his visit to Japan. The President told the nation Monday night that Russia and Red China forced the Japanese government to cancel the Tokyo trip because they realized his worldwide missions have helped to obstruct Comminist imperialism. ' . ■ His radio-television report on his 23,000-mile Far East tour drew mixed reaction from congressional leaders. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B Johnson <Tex.» said he hoped and prayed Eisenhower was correct in believing that the Asian tour had produced beneficial effects for the free world. “Answer” To Critics Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen 4 111. > called.. the speech "an adequate answer" to Democratic critics of the President's trip. _ Eisenhower said the Communists suffered a sharp setback even though they blocked his Japanese visit. He said ratification of the U.S.-Japan security treaty was a "signal defeat for the Reds that far outweighed cancellation of his Tokyo stop. The President said he had no plans for any more such trips before leaving office next Januar ?- But he said he would not hesitate to travel a « ain , the XS arose — and he urged his White House successor to follow his lead. . Ex-Hospital Head Enters Guilty Plea PORTLAND. Ind. (UPD —Former Jay County Hospital Administrator WilX<m H. Dowling pleaded guilty today to one of 25 Indictments charging him w!fh obtaining money by presenting false claims. . Dowling, hospital administrator five years ’until 1959, entered his plea in Jay Circuit Court before Special Judge Myles Parrish He previously pleaded innocent to indictments charging him with obtaining more than $34,000 illegally. The count to which Dowling pleaded guilty involved $662 in hospital funds, officials said. Paul Lennington, the defendant s attorney, told the court Dowling would make full restitution of all shortages* The court was scheduled to hear from witnesses before sentence is passed.

1935 Graduates Plan For Reunion July 10 The Decatur high school class og 1935 will hold its 25th year reunion Sunday, July 10, at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. A feature of the reunion will be an open house starting at 2 p.m. All friends of the class of ’35 are invited to come and renew old friendships. INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness with occasional showers and a few. thunderstorms this afternoon. Partly cloudy, scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Continued warm and humin, turning cooler northwest Wednesday afternoon or night. Low tonight 64 to 7s, high Wednesday in 80s. Sunset 8:17 p.m. c.d.t, sunrise Wednesday 5:20 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy and cooler north, mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers south and turning cooler. Low Wednesday night 58 to 63, high Thursday mostly in 70s.

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"So long as the threat of Communist domination may hang over the free world, 1 believe that any future president will conclude that reciprocal visits by heads of friendly governments have great value in promoting free world solidarity.” he said. Eisenhower said the Communists apparently concluded some time ago that top-level exchanges, which have taken him to 27 countries in 7W years, "were of such positive value to the free world as to obstruct Commiftiist imperialism." Oppose Ike's Trips For this reason, he said. Russia and Communist China “went to great lengths and expense" to stage the riots in Japan which forced the government of Premier Nobusuke Kishi to call off his Tokyo visit. Declaring that the Communists have used every possible method to try to block his world trips. Eisenhower said the Reds “bitterly opposed my entry into the Philippines, in Taiwan, in Okinawa, in Korea, and of course. JaP But he asserted that no policy aaainst Communist, imperialism can be.carried out fa the DnHed States permits itself to oe "bluffed, cajoled, blinded or frightened." ’Die said, must never be timid, pas sive or apologetic.” r

Webster Funeral To Be Held Thursday Funeral services will be held Thursday for Mrs. Ruth Webster, 62 of Bunker Hill, who died suddenly Monday afternoon of a heart attack, while visiting at the home of her son, Bernon Webster. 222 West Jefferson street She was born in Adams county but lived most of her life in Monroeville until moving to Bunker Hill five years ago. Mrs. Webster was a member ot the Grace Evangelical United Brethren church at Monroeville. Surviving in addition to*the son in Decatdr are her husband, William of Bunker Hill; another son, Robert Webster of -Monroeville: a daughter, Mrs. M. Wayne Marquardt of Monroeville: six grandchildren: a brother. Clinton Stevens of Wren, 0., and two sisters Mrs. Ethel Ross of Scott, 0., and Mrs. Earl Pierce, Sr., of Monroeville. The body was removed to the Marquardt funeral home in Monroeville, where friends may call after 7 p. m. today. Services will be held Thursday in Monroeville, the Rev J. C. White officiating. Burial will be in the Monroeville IOOF cemetery.

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Tornadoes Hit In Nebraska And Colorado • 1 By United Press International Tornadoes skipped across parts of Nebraska and Colorado Monday night, killing two persons and I inflicting extensive damage. Alan B. Crowe. 54. Topeka. Kan., and Marvin W. Cox, 52. a Holyoke, Cok> . farmer. «were killed when a twister swooped down on a rural area northeast of Holyoke and trapped them in their cars. Forty minutes before the Holyoke tornado hit, another twister struck rural. Sedgwick. Colo. The funnel cloud knocked out power and communications for almost five hours but caused no injuries. Stil another torlnado cut a 10mile swath across southwestern Nebraska, near Sidney. The twister struck eight farms but injured no one. Tornado-like winds damaged farm buildings near Venturia. ND, 75 miles southeast of Bismarck Hail and high winds accompanied a thunderstorm at Linton, N.D. An elderly man drowned in a near cloudburst at Viroqua, Wis. The victim, Olaf Bagstad, about 58. died when a flash flood swept down a dry creek bed at his house trailer. The threat of floods persisted in the Gulf coast area of Texas, hit by the hardest rains in Weather Bureau history in the past four days. About 200 weary volunteers stood by today to battle the floodswollen Colorado River m case weakened dikes giye way. The flood crest passed Bay City. Tex., Monday, night without incident and Matagorda, 2S miles down stream, ’expected the crest about noon today. The tropical disturbance killed 11 to 15 persons in Texas and Atkansas. Damage in the Houston area alone was set at $1,500,000.

Oil Tanker Slowly Sinking In Atlantic CHARLESTON, S. C (UPD—A Navy destroyer took 10 crewmen off a stricken oil tanker early today, leading only the captain and four crgwmen aboard the ship whiel*- / was slowly sinking in the Atlantic about 130 miles off the Georgia coast. Twenty-eight members of the 10.000-ton Sinclair Oil Co. tanker SS George MacDonald were rescued Monday night shortly after a dangerous rupture in the vessel's seawater casing — which serves as a cooling system for the turbine engines—flooded the engine room. — ~ The Esso Scranton, another tanker on rts”way from Moore City, S. C., to Baytown, Tex., was within 30 miles of the MacDonald when the accident happened. The Scranton {ducked the 28 men from lifeboats and proceeded with them to Jacksonville, Fla. The MacDonald’s skipper and 14 crewmen at first refused to abandon their ship even though at 3 a. m. the MacDonald’s deck was reported awash and its bow 20 feet lower than normal. But as the ship continued to sink, the destroyer U.S.S. Robinson took 10 more of the crewmen aboard. These were expected to be transferred to one of three Coast Guard cutters at scene and brought here. The Coast Guard-said the ship was not expected to remain afloat past 4 p. m. and the cutters were standing by to rescue the remaining men aboard before it sank. Those stni aboard were there on the off chance that the tanker might remain afloat and they did not wish to abandon it to possible salvage. \

■IF 1 *' t K ■B f i >4 ■k > " w ..# . 1 jf •t nnvFRNORS' CONFERENCE —Five state governors talk things over at the 1960 Governors Conare. from left John II Bred. .Me.; Mta. C. SU.M.M, Hl; Bert T Combs. Ky.; Harold W Handley, Ind., and MichSel .-

Five Crewmen Die As Tanker Crashes BETHEL. Maine* <UPI> — All five crewmen were killed Monday night when an Air Force tanker plane crashed and exploded "into a thousand pieces" in the foothills of the White Mountains. The huge KC-97 from Plattsburgh, NY., Air Force Base burned like a flickering comet as it plunged into the rugged forest in the hamlet of Newry, six miles north of here. Identification of dead was withheld pending notification of kin. Volunteers walked and motored nearly two miles a nai tow mountain road to the widelystrewn wreckage. Trucks and bulldozers to penetrate the dense forest were dispatched-. from Dow Air Force Base at Bangor, 160 miles away. Two Air Force officers from Plattsburgh, Majors William Cook and W. D. Burnham, began a preliminary investigation into the crash. Bernard Powers, a garage operator. said he heard a “very loud wailing noise” and thought the million dollar craft would hit his house. • “I saw part of it on fire and then the fire seemed to flicker out. Then it crashed and exploded." ~~ Bethel fireman Elgin Tibbetts said the searchers found plan? parts "blown all over the place ” "Everything had burned out except what I guess was magnesium which was still flaring up. I found four of the bodies. All were mangled and. burned .’’ Tibbetii?. said the four - engine tanker "blew into a thousand pieces” with only the landing gear and a tail section recognizable. The tanker,- assigned to the 380th Bombardment SCfuadron, was on 3 routine mission.

House Passes Payola Bill

WASHINGTON *UPI) — The House overwhelmingly approved today a broad bill to outlaw payola, rigged television quiz shows and other broadcasting industry abuses. ' . . The measure, an outgrowth of congressional hearing in the past year on deceptive radio and TV practices, was passed on a standing vote of 208-15 and referred to the Senate. Before stamping final approval on the bill the House killed by a standing vote, 149-35, a last-ditch attempt by Rep. John B. Bennett iR-Mich.) to expand the bill and provide for federal licensing of the radio and TV networks. Bennett tried unsuccessfully to force rollcall votes boUi on the network licensing provision and on final passage of the bill. He argued that terms of the measure wotid "severely penalize’’ some 3,800 radio and TV stations who are innocent of any wrongdoing, while continuing to exempt the networks from federal regulation. Bennett was beaten 101-16 Monday in an attempt to provide FCC regulation of the networks. Today he offered an even

Heavy Fire Loss At Markle Last Night

United Press International Fires destroyed portions of two small northern Indiana towns Monday, causing at least $600,000 damage to the business district of Markle and a grain at West Middleton. The worst blaze was at the Huntington County community of Markle, where most of the business district was either destroyed or damaged severely. The fire broke out in the unused Belvedere Sales Barn near the Wabash River, spread through the livestock pens to a block of business buildings, and destroyed a tire company warehouse and a furniture store in addition to the barn and pens. At least five other buildings were damaged by fire and water, including the town library and a tire recapping plant. Damage was unofficially at more than $500,000. The sales barn, unused since last year, was formerly the Markle High School gym. Several families residing in apartments over the business establishments were evacuated before the fire spread out of control and no one was injured. The community was virtually isolated when the blaze cut through telephone lines and forced a power' shutoff, but ham radio operators broadcast a call for fire equipment and volunteers responded from Huntington. Warren. Ossian. Uniondale, Bluffton and Markle. i At West Middleton, the Howard Countv Farm Bureau Co-Op grain elevator was destroyed by a fire believed to have been caused by overheated loading machinery. Damage to the 77-year-old threestory brick structure was esti-

stronger proposal—a bill which was introduced earlier by Rep Oren Harris 1 D-Ark.4-, chairman of the ’’subcommittee which investigated broadcasting. Harris opposed both proposals at this time, contending that further study is needed. The bill finally approved carries a maximum penalty of a $lO,000 fine and one year in jail for anyone who fails to disclose that he has accepted payola to broadcast matter. The same penalty would apply to anyone who takes part in rigging a radio or TV "contest of intellectual knowledge." The payola provision is an expension of present law which requires a station to disclose whether material it airs is paid for. The bill would make this apply to station employes, as._well as the licensees themselves. __ The bill would allow the FCC to suspend any station’s license for up to 10 days if it negligently or intentionally failed to live up to promises it made when it got the license, or ignored any law or FCC regulation. The FCC aka could fine the offender up to SI,OOO a day..

mated by co-op manager LG. Johnson at SIOO.OOO. 1 Fire units from Burlington. Russiaville and Center and Honey .Creek Twps., helped confine the blaze to the elevator. Rail traffic on the Nickel Plate Railroad line was held up for more than two hours, and one freight engine was used to pull down a tottering wall. Local authorities said the elevator was one of the first flour mills in northern Indiana. Lions Entertain Ladies At Picnic The final meeting until September of the Decatur Lions club was held picnic style at Hanna-Nutt-man park Monday night. There were 65 Lions and their wives in attendance and they all enjoyed the meeting and the games that were played. ‘ The meal was prepared by the Fairway restaurant and Tiad fried chicken as’the main course. The Rev. F. Hazen Sparks brought along a guest. Miss Keiko Shemizu. from ‘Hiroshima, Japan. Miss Shemizu is here in this country as a guest of the Methodist churches of Adams county. She completed her freshman year at Taylor University this spring and is spending the summer in Decatur with friends. The 24-year-old lass is spending this week with the Sparks family. Everyone at the meeting thoroughly enjoyed Miss Shemizu. The only business discussed at ithe picnic was that all Lions who will be available over the coming holiday are asked to help park cars at the rural mail carriers* convention which will be in Decatur July 3 through the sth. . The members are asked to contact Frank Lybarger for their assignments: With the picnic held last night, the Lions club is now adjourned until September 12. Lase Bulletins -• ABERTILLERY. Wales — (UPI) — An explosion ripped through a coal mine here today, trapping dozens of miners below ground. Eleven bodies were reported recovered. WASHINGTON (UPI) — , Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) said today Congress may not I be able to finish its work before the political conventions and may have to return to Washington. WASHINGTON (UPD —The House Rules Committee today scuttled an omnibus $1,365 billion housing bill that was a “must” on Democratic leaders* program for action before Congress adjourns.

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