Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVUI. No. 206.

Congress Near Adjournment

WASHINGTON (UPD— Speaker Sam Rayburn said today he hoped the 86th Congress could wind up its shirt-tail session and adjourn sine die tonight — probably at a late hour. Having spurned key points in the legislative program of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy, the lawmakers were in a mood to quit. Remaining roadblocks were falling. The Senate helped break the jam by shouting its approval of stopgap bousing legislation to extend the home loan improvement program for another year and provide millions of dollars in federal aid for college dormitories and community facilities. The measure was tacked on to a minor resolution already passed by the House in a last-minute effort to ram a housing bill through Congress before it adjourns. ‘‘l hope we can adjourn tonight,” Rayburn said as the House began what it hoped would be a final session at noon. “I am willing to stay here very late.” Compromises appeared to be shaping up on such remaining issues as foreign add. Raybum predicted the House would go part way with the Senate’s last-minute addition of $l9O million to the President’s foreign aid funds. Sugar legislation seemed the main threat to the speaker’s adjournment hopes. The House has voted to give President Eisenhower, under certain conditions, authority to block an impending "windfall” sugar sale to the United States by the Dominican Republic. The Senate still had to act on this, and some key members were reported anxious to knock out the House bill’s conditions, in line with administration requests. This could throw the sugar issue into a House-Senate conference committee with resulting delay in adjournment plans. The drive for speedy adjournment began after a collapse in the efforts to work out a compromise bill to increase the minimum wage from $1 an hour to $1.15 and expand its coverage. The failure of Congress to produce any minimum wage legislation plunged the issue into the presidential election campaign. Kennedy, leader of the Senate negotiators, said he would rather have no bill than accept the measure which conservative-con-trolled House conferees were willing to give him. So would leaders of organized labor. The Democratic candidate promptly announced he would "take this fight to the American people.” He already had stated he would make campaign issues <4 other items in his legislative program. Kennedy also failed to get what he wanted on medical care for the aged, school construction and housing. Congress passed a medical care bill sharply scaled-down from his proposal, while the school and housing measures were bottled up in the House Rules Committee. The two big issues still to be resolved by Congress were: —What should be done about President Eisenhower’s urgent plea for additional foreign aid funds? This issue probably will be settled on the House floor today. There was a chance that the President would get a part—probably a small part—of the $l9O million in extra funds which the Senate voted in response to his appeal. —will the lawmakers give Eisenhower the power he wants to stop the Dominican Republic from getting a "windfall” quota to market sugar in the United States?

Reveals Halperin Working For Reds

WASHINGTON (UPD— A State Department document showed today that a former Boston Univer- ; sity professor and wartime intelli- J gence officer, Dr. Maurice H. Halperin, is now behind the Iron Curtain "working for the Soviet government.’* The document was published in the Congressional Record at the request of Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R-N.Y., a member of the Senate internal security subcommittee. The State Department said there are indications that Halperin is now advising the Russians on Latin American affairs. Halperin was suspended and later fired from his university < teaching job in 1953 because he refused to tell Senate investigators whether he was ever a member of the Communist Party. During World War 11, Halperin .

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The House approved compromise legislation Tuesday to grant this authority, but the measure ran into trouble in the Senate. House passage was expected today for an administration bill to authorize a SSOO million economic aid program for Latin America and SIOO million for earthquakedamaged Chile. The Rules Commirvee cleared the measure Tuesday for a floor vote after members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee promised that no funds would be available for the Castro regime in Cuba.

Organizational Meet Held For Jaycees

More than 20 interested persons attended the informational meeting on the Junior Chamber of Commerce held at the Youth and Community Center Tuesday night, and a committee of two was appointed to draw up a slate of two candidates for each proposed offcie for a provisional organization to be formed in two weeks. Those Attending All of those present showed interest in forming a Junior Cham- « ber, or Jaycees, here. Those attending and signing the registra- , tion list from Decatur were: Dick , Mies, 266 North Second street; Jack Petrie, 558 Studebaker; i Ralph Smith, Jr., 1135 Marshall; > Dick Heller, Jr., 751 Parkview; Gene Ziner, 276 Park Place; Jack Heller, 330 South Third; Gene Nicks, 1346 Master Drive; Don Middendorf, 949 Mercer; Andrew Colace, 607 W. Monroe; Lynn McDougall, 310 Winchester; Fred ; Macke, route 2; David Moore, < 636 North Second; Ted Hill, route 4; Bob Sittier, 1136 Mix Avenue; : Dick Galbreath, route 5. Steve Winner, ot the Fort Wayne Jaycees, presided at the meeting, and several members erf . the Fort Wayne committee spoke. Among those attending from the Fort Wayne Jaycees were T. R. Kenny, Russ Colvin, Cletus Rumschlag, Don Boyles, Warren Jackson, and Bob Keefe. Unable To Attend Unable to attend the first meet- : ing, but showing interest in forming the group, were Don Bieber- : ich, James Webb, Dick Sullivan, : Dick Reidenbach, Dan Freeby, I James Beery, Lyman Hann, Dr. ! Harold Bohnke, and Dr. C. Wil- 1 liam Freeby. An informal meeting of some of those interested will be held at ' 8 o’clock this evening at Leland 1 Smith Insurance Agency. Those unable to attend the first meeting, or who desire to take part, ! are invited to be present. Next Meeting Sept. 13 < An organizational meeting will 1 be held Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 8 ■ p.m. at the Community Center. Provisional officers, to serve about three months, while a charter is being obtained, will be elected. All interested persons between 21 and 35 years of age are invited to attend. A constitution and by-laws will be discussed. All those interested were invited to attend the membership drive kickoff Thursday, 8 p. m., at the Fraternal Order of Police building in Fort Wayne for that city’s organization.

was in charge of the Latin American division of the Office of Strategic Services, an intelligence unit. The State Department said Halperin and his wife, Edith, appeared at the U.S. embassy in Moscow July 15 and presented their U.S. passports for renewal. At the time, the department said, Halperin told officials he was employed by the Soviet Academy of Sciences to do “research” on underdeveloped countries. Halperin told embassy officials that he and his wife had been in Russia since December, 1958, the department said. The department said Halperin slipped into Russia from Mexico after obtaining airline reservations “in the name of another person.”

Gov. Lawrence Seeks To Avert Pennsy Strike PHILADELPHIA (UPD — Gov. David L. Laiwrence met separate* ly with union and management representatives Tuesday night in an effort to avert a threatened strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad scheduled to begin at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Michael J. Quill, international president of the Transport Workers Union said “the deadlock is complete. Absolutely nothing happened here today that would break that deadlock.” Bargaining subcommittees of the TWU and thS railroad, meanwhile, recessed their second straight day of meeting with Francis A. O’Neill Jr., chairman of the National (Railway) Mediation Board early today. O’Neill reported the committees had made some progress but declined to say on what issues. They were scheduled to continue talks later today. Quill told union leaders to alert their membership “for final strike action midnight Wednesday.” The strike by some 20,000 maintenance employes could shut down the Pennsylvania, the nation’s largest railroad, for the first time in its 114-year-history. The two main issues in the dispute center around so - called "scope rules" involving the hiring by the railroad of outside firms to build or repair equipment and the assignment of men in one job classification to work temporarily in another classification. The union wants rigid job classification and an end to sub-con-tracting, but the PRR charges this would seriously hamper its ability to operate efficiently and economically.

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Monmouth Students Detail... Root Township History

(Editor’s Note. This is another - of a series of historical articles written by the Monmouth speech class of Mrs. Hugh J. Andrews last spring.) Civil War Adams county furnished about 700 soldiers for the Civil War or nearly one in ten of the total population. The county offered a 8100 bounty to each volunteer, with $5 a month to a wife and $1 to each child until they were fourteen. Most of the townships also gave bounties to fill their quotas. Root expended $2,200. Upon the Return of the Civil War boys, great public dinners were served and the occasion was enlivened with much oratory, and music. One of these, in Fonner’s grove near Monmouth, was the first held of the kind. They were repeated year after year until the observance of Decoration Day took over. Newspaper An interesting fact of the year 1870 was that three young men. Saw and Jacob Magley and Paul Hooper published a non-political newspaper called the “Cyndian”. It was a semi-weekly and gained quite a circulation. It was about Bxl2 inches in size and every issue contained an original poem.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August, 31, 1960.

Castro Unleashes New International Uproar On . — _ . 3 . Charges Against U. S.

THE WEIGHING SPOON—Measuring spoon in London, England, has tiny scale built into its long handle so housewife gets just the right amount of various cooying ingredients. It will accurately measure up to 8 ounces.

Probe First Death In Racial Violence

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPD— Three white men who fired pistol bullets at Negroes in a speeding car were questioned today by police investigating the first death so four days of racist violence Here. The car slammed into a utility pole, kiling the driver and injuring a Negro passenger. An Itopsy Tuesday discosed that the victim, ex-convict Charlie Edward Davis, 27, had been shot in the head. But police declined to say whether Davis died from the bullet wound or from injuries in the crash. “He could certainly have been killed in the car accident,” said homeicide Sgt. W. C. Barber. “He was torn up bad—real bad.” Experience Calm Night Questioning of the white men, attendants at a service station about one block from the scene of the accident, began as Jacksonville experienced its calmest night in. a half-week of racial tempests which have left some 70 persons injured and more than 150 arrested. The three men, whose identities were withheld, told police earlier they had fired a barrage of bullets at Davis’ car as it sped by in a police chase. Their service station had been shot up in an earlier incident Tuesday morning. Barber said a coroner’s inquest probably would be called into the

These boys ranged in ages from 15-17. They were the owners, proprietors, and general managers. They used one of the upstairs rooms of one of the Ziba Dorwin taverns for their work shop. They had enough money to secure a few fonts of type and a handpress. The Magley boys sold out to Charles Hill, a lad of 16. Later all the boys became teachers. We were privileged to see one of these papers. It belongs to the Kunkels. Another industry was a brick kiln owned by the Wilder brothers. This mill was near where the Owens now'live. They built three brick houses—one was across from."' Owens. Another is the Jgbarley Johnson home. The third is about of a mile north of Charley Johnsons or the Al Schneider place. The Wilders were Mrs. Dick Harkless’ greatgrandfather and his brothers. Williams and Monmouth Root township has had two other towns—one is Williams, laid out in 1872. It originated as a timber town and is still very much in existence. The other town was Manheimlaid out in 1834 at the north end of the Winchester road in section 19 and 20 on the St. Mary’s river. It is gone now but once competed

incident which left Davis’ companion, 47-year-old Willie Green, severely injured. Question Police Officers There were no immediate plans to place charges, pending further questioning, authorities said. ’Statements also were taken from police officers who took part in the chase of the stolen car Davis was driving, or were at the service station. The chase began when police officers,- patrolling an area which had been hit by vandalism and violence, asked Davis to stop. Instead, he sped away. A fusillade of bullets erupted from the service station as the cars whipped past, anti the Negroes’ vehicle swerved out of control and wrecked seconds later. No gun was found in the car and officers found no bullet holes in the vehicle. Swimming Pool To Close Labor Day Hubert Zerkel, Jr., supervisor of the Decatur municipal ’ swimming pool, announced today that the pool will close for the season Monday, which is Labor Day. Hours for Labor Day will be from 1 to 4 p.m. only.

for the county seat. Then, too, we must pay tribute to one of the most beautiful parks of its day. In the southwest corner of section 35 was located Steele’s park, a 115 acre tract which for many years was the site of the great northern Indiana fair. Someone has told us that once there was also a park across from the Dick Harkless home. We would be glad for particulars. G. R. and I. In 1871—just fifty years after the first settlement in Root township, the G. R. and I. railroad was completed. For a time there seemed to> be activity in Monmouth because of it. A road between Elzey’s and DeLong's led to the railroad and also to the river. Mrs. Moses tells that as a child she would go with the others to watch the trainman throw out the sack of mail for Monmouth. At the same time he would pick up the outgoing mail which was suspended on a pole with a hook. Then she said, “We’d all go to the post office and watch the postmaster sort out the mail so we could run home with our share.” David Rice ran the post office and a connecting general store. Prodace by River Incidentally, we know that as continued on page three

108th Indiana Fair Off To Booming Start INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-Gover-nor Handley got the 108th Indiana State Fair off to a booming start today for a nine-day run. An official 19-gun salute for the governor marked the opening which was followed by a balloonlaunching by Handley and the Indiana State Fair president, Chester H. Haokleman, Connersville. The ceremony also included presentation of a plaque to Simon P. Baus, Indianapolis artist, who was hailed as the veteran among State Fair exhibitors. Baus, whose paintings have been entered in the fine arts division of the fair for 40 years, also will be honored along with 59 other veteran exhibitors at a noon luncheon today. Handley, a lame-duck governor who goes out of office in January, will share some of his politically advantageous spotlight at the fair with the Republican gubernatorial hopeful, Lt. Gov. Crawford Parker. Politicians Present Parker, whose duties include being commissioner of agriculture, expects to make frequent fair appearances while his Democratic opponent. Matthew Welsh. Vincennes, plans to concentrate on speeches throughout the state. However, Welsh will spend one day, Sunday, at the fair. Welsh, who can’t even claim a share of the spotlight on “Governor’s and Legislators Day’’ because he resigned his senate seat, picked the day normally attracting the heaviest attendance for his one-shot appearance. Attendance on Sunday consistently is ahead of Labor Day, the second largest, with Saturday the third largest. The opening day, dedicated to the press and the Scouts, was primarily spotlighted on youth. Scouts in uniform or carrying their identification cards were admitted free. About 4,000 of them are expected to parade in front of the grandstand this afternoon, prior to the first edition of a Western horse show and rodeo. One of the main events today was to be the selection of a 4-H grand champion steer. John M. Wolfe, 17, Peru, whose Hereford steer won the title last year, is again seeking a second win with another Herford. Wolfe went home with some $3,200 last year received when his champion was auctioned. 'Die auction this year comes on Thursday. Judging Events Although the some 400 steers in competition for the title will get the most attention, several other 4-H and Future Farmer of America judging events are in progress today. Breed judging is underway in both the sheep and swine barns today. Champion 4-H poultry will be selected late today. Competition in demonstrations by 4-H and FFA members will be in the Farmers’ Building and the 4-H Exhibit Hall. Two early winners were Rita Holman, 16, Wheatland, whose demonstration on use of canned vegetables won over others in this class; and Linda Vores, 17, New Castle, winner in the electrical demonstration. Tonight, the fair-goers have a choice between a Western horse show -and rodeo in front of the grandstand and a vaudeville type program headed by singer Pat Boone and the Lennon Sisters in the Coliseum. Claude Lough Rites Thursday Afternoon Funeral services for Claude L. Lough, who died Monday evening after a week's illness, will be held at 1 pjn. Thursday at the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home in Fort Wayne. The Rev. Evan H. Bergwall will officiate, with burial in the Covington memorial gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

HAVANA (UPL—Premier Fidel Castro whipped up a new international uproar today with charges of a U.S.-supported plot to shoot down an airliner carrying Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa home from San Jose, Costa Rica. The charge — sprung by the bearded revolutionary leader in a speech from his palace balcony Tuesday night — was spread throughout the island by the government controlled press and radio to give impetus to a mass rally set for this Friday in Havana. Castro called the demonstration to show Cuba’s contempt for the anti-Communist declaration issued last Monday by 19 hemisphere foreign ministers in San Jose and its determination to stick by its new Soviet and Red Chinese "friends.’* Called "War” Airplanes The premier claimed that “two airplanes of war based in Guatemala” had been alerted to attack Roa’s Cubans airliner over the Carribean on its return from San Jose. He said the aerial ambush was to have been carried out "by international gangsters who are supported by the United States” but that the plot was foiled when Roa left five hours earlier than scheduled on a secret flight arranged by the Costa Rican government. “You all know how many bandits there are, how many killers, gangsters and mercenaries who find work assured in the intelligence service of the U.S. State Department,”, Castro toM » hushed street assembly of an estimated 5,000 persons. Roa stood by his 'side. Arrest American Newsman The premier said Costa Rican authorities were notified of the alleged plot by the Cuban delegation and cooperated fully in arranging the special flight, while keeping Roa's regular airliner on the ground as a decoy. (Informed sources in San Jose stressed that steps taken to protect Roa were perfunctory and did not imply Costa Rica’s belief that the plot charges had foundation. They said local authorities first heard of the alleged danger in a handwritten note from the Cuba foreign minister). Cuban officials also arrested without explanation U.S. newsman Harvey Rosenhouse, Mexico bureau chief of Time Magazine who was on a brief stopover on his way to Puerto Rico. U.S. Denounces WASHINGTON (UPI) — The White House today denounced as ridiculous and untrue a charge by Fidel Castro that the U.S. government was involved in a plot to shoot down an airliner carrying Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa. Castro had accused the United States of being behind the alleged scheme to shoot down Roa's plane as it was flying from Costa Rica to Cuba. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty emphatically denied the charge. "It’s one of the most ridiculous charges that I have heard emanating from Cuba—and of course completely untrue,” Hagerty told newsmen. Edward H. Stahly Dies Last Evening Edward H. Stahly, 89, died ait 7:30 o’clock Tuesday evening at his home in Geneva after a brief illness. Mr. Stahly, a retired farmer. was 1 a former trustee of Wabash township, and a member of the Reformed church at Berne. Surviving are three sons, Christ Stahly of Geneva, and Albert and Paul Stahly of Berne; 10 grandchildren and two great-grand-children. Miss Annie Moser had resided with the Stahly family for 52 years. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a. m. Friday at the Reformed church in Berne, the Rev. C. A. Schmid officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery at Berne. Friends may call at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva after 7:30 p. m. today until time of the services.

School Bus Service Registration Slow Registration for the school bus service in Decatur has been very slow and manager Rich Hendricks announced that there is a possibility that the buses will not run this year if more children are not registered. Last year a total of 237 children were riding the buses but so far this year only 82 have registered. Hendricks stated that he could see no reason why there has been such a tremendous drop in registration and with the current total of only 82, the buses may not be able to operate this school year. He stated that maybe one of the reasons for the tremendous drop was because many people have forgotten to register their children this year and are planning to do so soon. Registration should be finished this week, however, as school starts next Wednesday, and to set up the routes and announce them to the public, Friday will be the last day to register. » The school bus service was started in 1950 by Bob Gay and taken over last year by Hendricks. Three buses, driven by Hendricks, Kenny Mills and Jerome Reed, cover all of Decatur. Price is $2 » week, which covers rides to and from school twice a day. Those who make only one trip a day, such as kindergarten children, Catholic school students and Lutheran pupils, are charged only $1.50. Two children in a family may ride for $3.25 a week and three may ride for $3.75. Registration may be done at Gay's Mobil Service station and it is hoped that many more will register before Friday so the buses can operate this year. East Germany Reds Put Ban On Travel BERLIN, Germany (UPI)— Western pilots reported unusually large concentrations of Communist aircraft at Soviet airfields astride the Western air corridors linking Berlin with the West today. The reports followed threatsby Communist East Germany to take whatever measures are necessary to back up a ban on travel to West Berlin by West Germans planning to attend a four-day meeting of refugees from the Red-held zone. Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin scheduled meetings today with the American, British and French commandants to discuss what the Berlin city government described as the Communist threat to the Western outpost and the “new situation.” The East German Communists Tuesday announced a five-day ban on travel by West Germans to Berlin, aimed at breaking up a “homeland rally” by members of an association of East German refugees who have fled to West Germany since the end of the war. The meeting is scheduled to begin Thursday. A statement issued by the East German regime did not specify what measures would be taken but Communist guards closed the East-West city border at midnight in violation of the four-power agreement providing for free travel in all sectors of divided Berlin. INDIANA WEATHER Fair, warm and humid tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 65 to 72. High Thursday 88 to 93. Sunset today 7:18 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 6:12 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Continued generally fair and warm except chance of scattered showers north. Lows 66 to 74. Highs 85 to 93. 12 Pages

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