Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 170.

Congo Leader Threatens To Seek Russian Troops If Belgians Keep Forces

’ LEOPOLDVILLE (UPI) — Premier Patrice Lumumba said today he would appeal to the Soviet Union to send troops to the Congo immediately If the United Nations Security Council does not order Belgian troops out of the Congo tonight. ’ Lumumba told a news conference he would wait until the Security Council meets tonight in New York before appealing for Russian troops and troops from the Communist and Afro-Asian blocs—but he showed an immediate desire for Red help. Lumumba accused the “capitalistic. bloc” of • fully supporting “Belgian aggression” against his country. He said he would not Hesitate to “make a pact with the devil himself’ to achieve the immediate departure of the Belgians. “We Trost the UJi.” Lumumba already was under heavy fire at home and abroad for his threats to call in Soviet military intervention and faced a vote of censure in a rebellious parliament today for his Commu-nist-leaning “dictatorial" demands and ultimatums. He told a room full of newsmen at his residence that "Belgium is violating the U.N. decision by refusing to pull out. We trust the U.N. since we personally appealed for their help. But how long shall we wait before Belgian troops depart?” He said a “special cabinet meeting today with the full approval of the chief of state (President Joseph Kasa Vubu) decided to appeal to other nations for military aid” if the U.N. fails to drive the Belgians out forthwith. Blames Western Nations In answer to questions he said he would appeal to the Soviet Union and nations belonging to the Afro-Asiatic bloc since he was ready to accept aid from any quarter which does not attach political strings to its aid. “This is not a question of ideology,” the young premier said. “I <wish to emphasize that we are not interested in the political coloring of nations coming to our aid." He said “No civilized nation, no

11 Killed In Ship Collision

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (UPI) — The Navy tried to find out today wby two war-proud Navy destroyers equipped With radar collided off the fog-shroud-ed Southern California coast. A board of inquiry was set up to look into the cause of the collision which took the lives of 11 men, all aboard the USS Ammen - when it collided with the USS Collett. Seven others aboard the two ships were injured. Both ships were able to make harbor at Long Beach. . The Ammen ironically was * heading to San Diego for retire- - ment into the mothball fleet. Both ships had distinguished records in the Pacific during World War 11. The bow of the Collett sliced midships into the leftside of the USS Ammen Tuesday at 12:44 yua. about five miles from tne coast and 30 miles southwest ' of Los Angeles. A gaping hole was opened about % of the way back on, the Ammen and the bow of the Collett was crumpled hack 20 to 30 feet. Foreboding of Disaster There had been a foreboding of disaster among some of the 235 sailors and otficers aboard the Aimmen just before the collision. “If rfe collide with another ship in this fog we wouldn’t have a chance," Seaman Royce L. Jones of the Ammen reported a sailor as saying. Despite quick action by commanders of both ships, the heavy fog had cut visibility to about % of a mile and prevented the ships to sight each other before it was too late to avoid the collision. Cmdr. A. T. Ford, 3», of the Collett, said his first order when he saw the broadside ot the Ammen look before his craft was: “All engines full, back full rudder.” But it was too late to avoid the

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BULLETIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —(UPI)-Ths • Navy fired a Polaris test vehicle from a nuclear submarine at sea off Cape Canaveral today. The test appeared successful. Western nation has come to the aid of our young nation which depends so much on external assistance.” He particularly blamed France and England for supporting Belgium. Lumumba said the Western nations are backing “the Belgian aggression against the Congo (and) are doing it although Belgian aggression threatens world peace.” Vote of Censure The news conference was attended by U.N. representative Ralph Bunche. Bunche told newsmen he wanted to emphasize he had not taken a public stand on what has been called Lumumba’s ultimatum to Belgium to remove its troops or face the threat of Soviet intervention. Bunche said he wished to deny statements that he had “rejected" premier’s and the president’s note with the assertion the Congolese government had the distion of being the first to send an ultimatum to the United Nations. The rebellious senate which condemned Lumumba's ultimatum prepared a vote of censure against him if he does not explain his actions satisfactorily. Opposition leaders hoped the chaos which has gripped the Congo in its first three weeks of independence under Lumumba’s government would unite a badly splintered parliament behind their move. Lumumba returned to the capital from Stanleyville T u e s.d a y night to try to put down the smouldering political rebellion. Grip of Terror Easing His chief opponent was Albert Kalonji, leader of the powerful Baluba tribe of Kasai Province

crash. The Collett (which also carried 235 men) was estimated unofficially to have been traveling at 17 knots at the time of the collision. Ford said he did not know if the radar aboard the Collett had picked up the presence of the Ammen. “We should have, but I don’t know if we did,” he said. Radar Picks Up CoUett Cmdr. Zaven Mukhalian, 41, of the Ammen said radar on his craft was working “very well.” He Said the Ammen’s radar picked up the presence of the Collett about a half-hour before the collision. “ At that time, he said, the Collett was on the right side of the Ammen, although when the collision occurred the Collett came in on the Ammen’s port side. “It takes time for the radar man to interpret plots,” said Mukhalian. Th? bow of the Collett gashed out a huge hole in the Ammen’s side, exposing her rear engine and fire rooms and leaving them looking like “a junkykrd,” as one reporter described it. : The CoMett’s bow was crumbled back, the upper part pressed back against her left side and the lower part ripped open and wedged back tn the right side. She had undergone modernization and had embarked on sea trials. A gun turret was toppled over on the Ammen and about 50 to 75 feet of a railing section were torn away. ' ' The Ammen had jflst unloaded her ammunition at Seal Beach Depot Monday. A greater toll of Lives aboard the ship might have been taken if she still had been carrying the explosives, a spokesman said.

Cuban Catholics Resisting Castro

HAVANA (UPl)—Roman Catholics arrested for demonstrating against Soviet influence in Cuba signaled the start of a passive resistance campaign against the Fidel Castro regime today by refusing to bail themselves out of Jail. Twelve women and seven men taken into custody during the first of two “Cuba yes, Russia no!” demonstrations that erupted outside Havana Catholic churches Sunday and Monday refused to put up the 100 peso bonds required for their freedom. Their action appeared to set the pattern for other Catholic faithful to follow in the face of Monday night’s open declaration of war by Castro on "fascist” priests and their “counter-revolutionary” folAnother U.S. Protest The young premier was confronted today with another sharp U.S. diplomatic protest—this one on a mob attack against an American mother and her two young sons as they drove past the scene of Monday’s demonstration at suburban Jesus de Miramar Church. Mrs. Bertha Price of Fairfield, Conn., and her sons Jeffrey, la, and Richard, 14, were hauled from their car and pummeled by pro-Castro hecklers. Richard escaped and ran to get help at the American Embassy in near-hys-

and spokesman for the principal opposition in the lower chamber of Parliament. Another antagonist wes Senate Speaker Joseph Ileo. The terrible drama of black against white which has kept Leopoldville in the grip of terror began to ease today with the continued withdrawal of Belgian troops from the city. They were giving up their positions to United Nations forces. But in its place grew the specter of hunger among an estimated 70,000 natives who have been left jobless by the mass exodus of whites fleeing violence by mutinous Congolese soldiers. Throngs of Africans roamed the city looking tor odd jobs. They even rushed once again to carry the bags of white refugees heading for the airport. U.N. Force Increasing They were so worried about getting food they showed no reaction Tuesday when it was announced the Belgians were pulling their troops out of the Leopoldville area. At the present rate of influx, the U N. command hopes to have a force approaching 10,000 troops in the Congo by the end of the week and there are indications It win need even more. For the present Belgium is keeping its troops in the interior until UN. forces can take over at key trouble spots to protect the remaining whites. There was no move to pun the approximately 50 U.S. soldiers and airmen out of Leopoldville despite a demand by the Russians that they leave immediately. They are helping U.N. forces coordinate land and air traffic around Leopoldville and flying helicopters and light planes in spotting and refugee rescue work. Fort Wayne Girl Dies Os Needle In Heart FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI) — The death of 10-months-old Carol Rose Mitchell from a sewing needle in her heart was expected to be recorded today as accidental. Coroner’s officers, however, withheld a formal verdict pending further investigation. The little girl died in a hospital Tuesday, two days after her mother, Mrs. Beatrice Mitchell, noticed a sore spot on the baby’s chest. The needle was removed through surgery Sunday night. Mrs. Mitchell said she had no idea how the needle pierced the child’s body.

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Decatiir, Indiana, Wednesday, July 20, 1960.

terical condition, but not before Jeffrey had been badly roughed up and taken by his attackers to army intelligence as a “Yankee prisoner.” Fights Back Mrs. Price, wife of an American businessman and a long time resident of Havana, said one man held a gun on her while Jeffrey was being hauled away. She kicked the man in the groin. “I don’t know what came over me,” she told Ambassador Philip Bonsai in an interview at her home after the incident. "I saw my son being dragged off and all I could think of was losing my son.” Bonsai went Tuesday night to the Cuban Foreign Ministry to present the protest and demand that President Osvaldo Dorticos make good on his recent promise to guarantee the safety of all U.S. citizens in Cuba. He also protested the temporary arrest of Tad Szulc, a New York Times correspondent, who was allowed to return to the United States' Tuesday after being held over night.

Sound The Warning Bell When the question of the sale of the Decatur electric utility was being argued, the Decatur Daily Democrat promised to warn the people if any administration, ever, attempted to fritter away the money. Now, just 20 days after the sale, the first attempt is being made. An obscure legal ad on the inside pages announces today that “the proper legal officers” will meet at 7:30 p.m. August 2at the “regular meeting place” to transfer $20,000 from the proceeds of the sale of the electric utility to the city street department. Although the city declined to say what the transfer was for, it was discovered that the money will be used to repair one small street. One short block! On Thursday, April 9, 1959, the city council, in a 2’/ 2 hour session, made the following statement: “We strongly admonish all future mayors and councils to hold the principal inviolate until such time as the $925,000 debt in sewage disposal bonds may be retired, and never to spend the money without a full and public discussion of the • merits of the case.” The million which the city now possesses must be intelligently invested in the future. Let’s see an intelligent plan for spending the money. Let’s not fritter it away on this and that. We understand from a very good source that money is available elsewhere in the city street department for the repair of that street, which is badly needed, but not badly enough to begin the “fritters.” Citizens of Decatur! Let’s keep our heads. We have $1 y t million, given to us by the forwardlooking people who built and maintained our city electric system I - Will we allow any mayor or city administration to fritter it away? Don’t we want a full public discussion of the use of the money? Talk to ydur city councilmen at once — They are: Norbert Aumann, Clyde Drake, Lawrence Kohne, Frank Braun, and Carl Gerber., They can nip this in the bud. The city administration should also be informed of your wishes: Mayor Donald F. Gage, city clerktreasurer Laura Bosse, city attorney Robert S. Anderson, and street commissioner Adolph Kolter. Let’s make Decatur a really good place to live by intelligently planning ahead to use the sl'// million—let’s not just fritter it away on general maintenance. $

Two Jets Collide, Four Persons Dead SHAW AFB, S.C. (UPI) — Two RFIOI “Voodoo” jets from Shaw Air Force Base collided in flight early today, killing both pilots •nd a family of two asleep in a home struck by one of the wrecked planes. The other aircraft crashed into an open field. “ The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. ; Davis*Sr. was burned and Mr. and Mrs. Davis were killed. The names of the two pilots were being withheld pending notification of next of kin. An Air Force spokesman said the collision occurred at 3:46 a.m. shortly after the two jets had taken off. The Air Force spokesman said one of the aircraft sheared off a tree before falling onto the Davis home, setting it afire. A nearby bam and several other outbuildings were also burned. The second plane crashed into an open field. The spokesman said cause of the crash had not been determined. Both planes were on a -night refueling mission.

Asks Engineer Work On City Wafer Tanks Jack Gordon, of Clyde Williams and Associates of South Bend, appeared before the city council Tuesday night, telling the council that his company isr very much interested in handling the engineering of the elevated water tanks •that must be built in Decatur. The city must build a one million gallon water tank or two 500.000 gallon tanks if it is to stay in the same fire insurance classification. Gordon explained about the water tanks and showed some pictures of tanks that his company had engineered. He said that his company sets up the specifications for the building of the tanks and then takes bids on building them. Built of Enamel He told how the tanks that are befog built ry>w are of a hard enamel which holds the color better and need to be painted about every 5 or 6 years, which is a long time for the paint on such a tank to last. He further explained a film protection that is put on the tanks that is a bit more expensive but is well worth the expense as it definitely extends the life of the tank. He then gave an estimate of $85,000 for a 500.000 gallon tank and a 1 million gallon tank would be about $170,000. He stated that his company would probably work on an hourly basis on this type of a job. Before he left he said he would submit a letter to the council requesting his company be given the engineering on the job. Proceeds of Sale The proceeds of the utility sale were given by Laura Bosse, city clerk-treasurer. The proceeds were two checks received from I&M for $1,410,296.00 and $66,762.50. A transfer from the electric depreciation fund of $230,855.26 brought the total to $2,303,913.76. A total of $662,762.50 was sent to retire the bonds on the diesel plant and the other $1,490,940.43 was invested in U.S. treasury bills and bonds. Areaolution was adopted requesting the appropriation of $20,000 from the general proceeds fund from the sale of the light plant to the street fund. A petition from the Elks lodge was read, requesting an easement of an alley to extend the alley that runs from -Jackson street to the alley that extends between Second and Third streets. The Elks want to extend that alley behind their new building to run all the way through to Marshall street. The council reported they would send the petition to the planning commission for consideration. A letter was read from Robert Anderson, city attorney, to J. O. Tricker, telling Tricker that the council had received complaints about his lot on South Fifth street as being an eyesore. The letter said that Tricker had failed to remodel his building as required by the zoning board and if he didn’t begin work immediately the city would do the work and it would be taxed to him. Mayor Gage stated that he has noticed that work had already begun on the lot. Complaints The council discussed two complaints that they had been receiving lately, one about an overly loud loudspeaker that is located (Continued on page 8)

Budget Surplus Os sl.l Billion Told

NEWPORT, 8.1. (UPD -President Eisenhower announced today that the government ended its fiscal year June 30 with a budget surplus of sl.l billion. Eisenhower, in a statement issued at the summer White House, described this as “a very encouraging turn-around” from the previous fiscal year which ended a “recession-induced deficit of Almost $12.5 billion.” The President said the surplus resulted from revenues of $78.4 trillion against expenditures of $77.3 billion. "This demonstration of fiscal responsibility,” Eisenhower said, "not only reinforces economic strength at home, but reaffirms to the world that the United States intends to run its financial affairs on a sound basis.” This was the third budgetary surplus in' seven years. The announced surplus, even higher than had been predicted in recent days, was far above the $217 million estimated by the President last January. The Republicans were certain

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INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight, Thursday mostly sunny, somewhat warmer northwest. Low tonight 55 to 60 north, 58 to 64 south. High Thursday mostly in the 80s. Sunset today 8:09 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 5:34 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Fair with near normal temperatures. Lows 58 to 64. Highs 83 to 88 north, 87 to 92 south. Mobile X-Ray Unit In County Aug. 1-5 Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary, of the Adams county tuberculosis association announced today the dates and sites for the mobile X-ray unit which will be in the county August 1-5. •Monday, August 1, the wilt wIH be at the Smith Furniture Co. in Berne from 1:30 until 2:30 p. m. and at the Berne Furniture Co. from 3 until 4 p. m. Tuesday, the unit will be at the Dunbar Furniture Co. in Berne from 10 a. m. until noon and at the old bank building from 2 until 6 p. m. Wednesday, It will be’at the court house in Decatur from 1 until 5 p. m. and from there will move out to the 4-H fair at Monroe. where it will be stationed from 7 until 9 p. m. Wednesday and from 1 until 9 p. m. Thursday. . On the final day, Friday, the mobile x-ray will be at the court house in Decatur from 9 a. m. until noon. This project is sponsored jointly by the Indiana state board of health and the Adams county tuberculosis association. The X-ray unit is furnished by the board of health and the reading of the films is paid for by the Adams county association. There is no charge for the x-ray and the removal of clothing is not necessary. Only the removal of overcoats, metal combs, pens, etc. must be removed. No one under the age of 18 will be X-rayed nor will any pregnant woman be Xrayed. • ----- - - . . ■ <

to use the surplus — the third in seven Eisenhower budgets—as a major selling point in the coming election campaign. Eisenhower and his key lieutenants repeatedly have called for “fiscal responsibility” in the face of Democratic spending proposals. Officials kept secret the exact size of the surplug to build up maximum interest in the announcement. But informed sources said the government’s outlays in the fiscai year totaled less than tTfr brb lion and revenues exceeded the predicted $78.6 billion. In January, Eisenhower forecast spending of $78.4 billion. A pickup in exports of costly farm surpluses and other developments accounted for the saving. An unforeseen spurt in individual tax payments, more than offsetting a drop in corporate tax receipts, was responsible for the increased revenue. The surplus will be used to reduce the national debt, a prime objective of the Eisenhower administration.

Rev. George Yarian Resigns Pastorate

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with his farewell sermon Sunday, July 31. Rev. Yarian has accepted a call to become pastor of the Assembly ’ of God church at Richmond, a considerably larger congregation than in Decatur, with a Sunday » I school attendance averaging more ‘ than 200 persons. The Assembly of God church was organized here five and onehalf years ago, first occupying a rented store building. A new church was built at 1210 Elm street in October of 1956,- and the church indebtedness has been reduced to below 32,000. The church has shown a steady growth, and at the present time has a membership of more than 100 in the Sunday school. Rev. Yarian has been pastor for five and one-half years, the Decatur charge having been his first pastorate. He is a native of Fort Wayne, graduating from South Side high school. He attended the Fort Wayne .Bible College and the Central Bible Institute at Springfield, Mo. No successor has been selected to Rev. Yarian. GE Vacation Period Will Open Friday The Decatur plant of the Genera! Electric Co. will close Friday for the annual two-weeks’ vacation period. Work will be resumed at the local industry Monday, Aug. 8. A 34 Belgian Soldiers Die In Air Crash BRUSSELS (UPI) — A Belgian Army Cl 19 Flying Boxcar crashed in the Congo jungles Tuesday, killing 34 soldiers and injuring seven, the Defense Ministry announced today.* - The ministry said a rescue column was' sent to the scene of the crash 15 miles from Sake, a town at the head of Lake Kivu near the town of Goma. Goma is 62 miles north of the town of Bukavu in Kivu Province. Advertising Index A & P Tea Co., Inc — 3 Burk Elevator Cd 7 Butler Garage, Inc ——7 Budget Loans ... 6 Cowens Insurance Agency _—6 Decatur Drive In Theater — 8 Doans Pills L-—2 Holthouse Drug Holthouse Furniture Store ——7 Hammond Fruit Markets. Inc „ 6 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co 3 ; Kelly Dry Cleaners 6 Kroger ...... —— 8 Kent Realty Auction Co ——« 7 Kohne Drug Store —7 Model Hatchery « 7 Standard Food Stores —. 4, 5 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 7 Sutton Jewelry Store — .. 3 Sears, Roebuck & Co .. 7 Sherwin-Williams . Ca . 6 Shell Oil Co .„ 7 Tbny’s Tap 3 Teeple Truck Lines — . 7 Washington Training Institute .. 7

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I The Rev. ■George Yarliane pastor ■of the AsIsembly o f I God church, ■ today an- | nounced his | resignat i o n from the si off ettive | past or »t e