The Daily Reporter from Greenfield, Indiana • Page 1

THE GREENFIELD DAILY KEPORTER PHONE IN YOUR NEWS Phone HO 2-5528 Entered as Second-Class Matter at The Post Office, Greenfield, Indiana By Carrier 25 Cents Per Week; By Mall In Indiana, $6.00 Per Year SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS Member of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 7v VOU'ME NUMBER 87 GREENFIELD INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1959. PlAafiniSfv fo Sheri Reports Bank Robber Draws Lightest Sentence City Will Pay Paving Costs Council Reverses On Madison Ave. Ike Calls for Labor Reform Makes Appeal for Racketeering Clean-up ihei! of Clothing Thivcs took a quantity of clothing from Quitman Shirley Cieaners in Shirley last night, ac-ci rd.nq Sheriff Ed Kirkpatrick. He value lias been placed (ii a number of sport coats and (i( us( r.s after the thieves i'uiced their way into the cleaning plant by breaking a window pane. There was also a report of stolen clothing at the 4-H Fair last night.

The sheriff said the items were taken from a parked truck. A por-jthe table radio was also missing. He said the theft was reported by I along Jerry True and Bill Kuhn. both 0f'Micnacl's ill Nx 3 i jqj- i in. i j.

TO THE VICTOR BELONGS THE SPOILS This old and familiar saying held true at the Hancock County 4 Fair Thursday r.s Dor i L.arc; 01 Vernon Township, accepts ihe Grand Champion Steer trophy from the donor, J. N. McCullers, after Daryl's steer was named Grand Champion ever oil breeds. The 1959 Fair Queen, Joan Brooks, is on the right and ready to hand Datyl the Grand Champion Blue Ribbon, also. (Reporter Photo Kivett.) FAIR SCHEDULE FRIDAY, Al GI ST 7 (Farm Implement Day) 7:00 p.m.

Tractor Pullins Contest Classes 4, 5 and 6. tSATFKDAY, A I Til "ST 8 (Pony Day) 10:00 a.m. 4-H Ponies Due. 1:00 p.m. Ponies Judged.

Ponies will be released after the show. Tex Evasion Victor C. Wompncr Foccs Fine, Sentence Victor Wampner appeared in Cour day before Jud-e Mil 11 am Sir.kler. waived, by grand jury and, entered pleas of guilty to all of throe counts cf a criminal in- formation filed by UnMed States District Attorney Don A. Tab-ben.

Mr. Tabbert charged that Wampner, who lives at 80 Jefferson here, willfully attempted to evade and defeat a large part of his federal income tax for the "years 1954. 1955 and 1956. The criminal charges made against Wampner revealed that he failed to report almost halt of his income tax for the three-year period. He was picked up last May 28th by federal agents as he arrived at a pre-Memorial Day 500-Mile Race party at the home of friends in Indianapolis.

Wampner was released on bond about three hours after he appeared before U. S. Commissioner Lawrence E. Turner Jr. He admitted to intimates here at that time that he had a "tax problem." Wampner is socially prominent here and is 54 years old.

He iz married and the father of a son. Locall known as an In refrigeration and air conditioning, he recenly resigned the important civilian post he held as chief quarterman at the U. S. Naval Avionics Facility in Indianapolis. The resignation, according to federal agents, came about just before Wampner's arrest.

They said he is reported to have cx- I pressed the cause as "an inves-j ligation by the agent of the In- telligence Division of the U. S. Treasury was embarrassing him." i He was in complete charge of the air conditioning system at the Navy plant. Exacting temperatures were of vital importance in the plant because ot delicate instruments used there. Associates there said that during the 14 years Wampner was in his post, the system functioned flawlessly.

Judge Stockier has ordered a presentence invetsigation in this case. It was revealed that Wamp- r.er could receive a sentence up to 15 years' and $30,000 fines. of in Sunny Weekend Weather Promised ASSOCIATED PRESS A string of showers was expected to taper off across Indiana today, setting up a weekend of sunny and pleasant weather. Temperatures Saturday and Sunday were predicted in the 80s again, but humidity readi ngs shculd drop to more comfortable levels. The Weather Bureau said temperatures over the next five days will be about seasonal normal.

That calls for marks ranging from CO to 86 in the north and from 63 to 90 in the south. It may turn a little cooler about Tuesday or Wednesday, the weatherman said, along with as much as half an inch of rain. Frequent showers dampened Indiana Thursday, but the pattern was spotty. Evansville -reported 1.47 inches, and Bluff ton got 1.12 inches. Several other communities logged smaller amounts.

It was overcast and foggy over much cf the state this morning, with rain reported at Goshen and Terre Haute. INDIANAPOLIS AP) Two men were sentenced Thursday for a $6,249 bark holdup at Mount Summit, one of them drawing the shortest bank robbery sentence given here in recent years. Federal Judge Cale J. Holder sentenced Richard E. Rhoades, 33.

Indianapolis, to nine years in prison and gave a two-year term to Frederick A. Hurst, 25, Mun-cie. The two men and Donald A. Kig-er, 28. formerly of New Castle and Richmond, were accused of taking S6.249 from the Mount Summit Branch of the New Castle State Bank Nov.

18. 1957. Kiger has pleaded innocent and is awaiting trial. He is charged also with a bank holdup at Phillipsburgh, Ohio. FBI Agent Harry Howard said that Kiger locked two bank employes in a vault while Rhoads remained at the door, gun in hand.

Howard said Hurst remained in the getaway car. Hurst was given a recommenda tion of leniency because he co operated with investigators and had no previous record. Go-Karts Run At 4-H Fair Board Clears Club For Exhibitions Go-Kart owners are running at the 4-H Fair after a tiff this week with City Building Commissioner Francis Ingram and Fair Manager Everett Foust, who resigned his post. After it turned out earlier in the week that members of the Greenfield Race Cart Assn. could not operate a Go-Kart ride concession at the track because of a contract with an amusement company to furnish all rides, they have been allowed to race three hours each afternoon and evening.

It was at first stated by Mr. Ingram that he believed the race track to be in violation of the zon ing ordinance. It was determined that the little racers could run as part of the fair and under the sanction of the fair's board of dir ectors. One member of the board re vealed that no liability insurance covers the spectators or drivers in case of accident. For this and "other reasons" Mr.

Foust is reported to have resigned. The cars were running until 7 p.m. last night and police reported that they were clocked on the track by radar at speeds up to 31 miles an hour. There have becnt no serious mis haps yet, but Mr. Ingram said the "city is off the hook" at least for the duration of the fair since fair officers have approved the racing.

Government May Pay Juror's Laundry Bill WASHINGTON (AP) The federal government probably will pay a Terre Haute, juror's laundry bill after all. All O. B. Foster needs, the office of Sen. Vance Hartke (D-Ind) said Thursday, is an order from the federal judge who presided over a recent gambling trial in Terre Haute.

Foster's wife brought the dirty laundry into the open by complaining to Hartke that her husband had run up a $10 laundry bill in the first 10 days of the trial, and that the government ought to pay it. A Hartke aide said the administrative office of the U.S. courts will make such payments if the presiding judge authorizes it. Car Thief Grasps Dead Rattlesnake INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The thief who broke into a parked car here Thursday was luckier than he knew. Police said the crook yelled and fled when he poked his hand into a plastic container and found himself clutching a rattlesnake.

The snake was quite dead. How ever, deadly scorpions reposing in glass jars were very much alive Prof. Arthur West, 31, Woburn, collected the specimens on the Arizona desert while doing research for Suffolk University. He said the thief did manage to get away with a radio and a clarinet GOCART DRIVER KILLED MARION, Ind. (AP) Six-year- old Ricky Chandler of Dillman (Wells County) was killed Thurs day night when a "gocart" hewas driving on a dirt track at Gas City flipped over on a turn.

The vehicle is a frame with wheels powered by a small motor. By B. L. LIVINGSTONE WASHINGTON (AP) Criticizing Congress' actions on a labor bill thus far. President Eisenhower called Thursday night for a new law strong enough to end racketeering in labor-management relations.

out as the House headed toward a bitter battle over the issue next week, Eisenhower addressed a nationwide radio television. "I am talking about a reform law a law to protect the American people from the gangsters, racketeers and other corrupt elements that have invaded the labor-management field," he declared. A bill the Senate passed last April "is not effective," Eisenhower said, and a revised bill prepared by the House Labor Committee is even less so. He put his prestige behind a substitute sponsored by Reps. Phil M.

Landrum (D-Ga) and Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich), and said that bill offers "a good start toward a real labor reform law." A few hours later AFL-CIO President George Meany said in a radio broadcast that the bill Eisenhower backed Ls a "blunderbuss that would inflict grievous harm on all unions," whether they are corrupt or clean. Most labor unions arc opposing even the bills Eisenhower described as ineffective and arc backing still another bill which Meany said is aimed at "getting rid of crooks, instead of getting rid of unions." It is sponsored by Rep. John F. Shelley (D-Calif).

Reaction ran the full scale between Eisenhower's and Meany's views. In between were many supporters of the Senate-passed bill who contend that unless the House passes something along that line, a Senate-House disagreement will kill all such legislation. The Senate bill was sponsored by Sens. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) aJid Sam J.

Ervin Jr. (D-NC). Labor's spokesmen called the President's stand anti-union. They said he had been taken in by catch phrases. Republicans hailed his demand for "truly effective" legislation as a reflection of public opinion.

Democrats demanded equal air time to reply to Eisenhower's arguments. Eisenhower emphasized the legislation he asks has nothing to do with wages or strikes or a new approach to collective bargaining. A cleanup of crookedness and corruption "is not a partisan or political issue," Eisenhower said. "It is above any partisan political consideration," he added. "It affects every American, regardless of occupation, regardless of political affiliation." In outlining the aims of effective labor legislation, Eisenhower stressed particularly the need for bans on coercive or "blackmail" picketing of employers, and on secondary boycotts involving third parties to a labor dispute; for enforcement of democratic rights of of union members; and for giving the states authority to settle labor disputes which now are turned aside by federal agencies.

Of coercive picketing and secondary boycotts, which bring pressure against employers not involved in labor disputes, he asserted: "I want that sort of thing stopped. So does America." Hoosier Heads High U. S. Court CHICAGO (AP) An Indiana-born judge appointed to the federal bench less than two years ago is the new chief judge of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

John S. Hastings of Washington, took over Thursday to succeed Judge F. Ryan Duffy of Milwaukee. Ddffy, who is 71. stepped down as chief judge because of a new law that became effective Thursday and barred federal judges of 70 or more from holding top administrative posts.

He had been chief judge since Sept. 1, 1954. He remained on the court, however. The second-ranking member of the tribunal. Judge Elmer F.

Schnackenberg of Chicago, waived the chief post because he will be 70 later this month. The 61-year-old Hastings was appointed to the appeals court Aug. 26, 1957. There was no ceremony Thursday, since the court is in recess until September. The 7th Circuit Court has appeals jurisdiction in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

The City Council has reversed itself on a long-standing refusal to assist in the cost of paving a section of Madison Ave. in Weston Village and voted 3-to-2 to pay half the bill with the remainder to be paid by W. O. Pope developer of subdivision, The street in question is the south boundry located of St. Parochial School grounds.

It was a northern outlet from Weston Village near the St. Michael Catholic Church and had been used by parishioners for many months. The street was made of gravel and was eventually to be paved with concrete. Mr. Pope closed the outlet when it developed that the parish did not have available money to pay half the paving.

It was estimated to cost about S2.500. For several months there has been a stalemate and the council refused to assist. The street has remained closed against the wishes of St. Michael parishioners. Now the way has been cleared and the council has voted to pay half and also pay for opening an extension of Maple Drive in the McClcllan Addition to link up with Boyd Ave.

4 More Die of Road Injuries By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two men and two little boys were killed in Indiana traffic accidents Thursday, and another man died of injuries suffered earlier. A collision in Tennessee took the life of still another Hoosier. Harry Hutton. 72, Valparaiso, was killed in a collision on slippery Ind. 2 west of La Porte.

Buell Miller, 25. Walkerton. whose car collided with Hutton's, was injured and was charged with reckless driving. State police said Miller slammed on his brakes as he came up behind a slow-moving line of traffic, and his car swerved onto the opposite lane and collided with Hut-ton's. Neal A.

Hollenbeck, 61. Marshall. 111., was killed in a collision on U.S. 40 in Hendricks County. William Beuhler.

58, Marshall, in whose car Hollenback was riding, was injured critically. Less seriously injured were the occupants of the second car the Rev. Harding Braaten, 26, Clagary, his wife, Donna, 25, and their one year old daughter, Becky Lynn. William Rayborn, 9, died after riding his bicycle in front of a city bus at Bloomington. He was the son of State Trooper Hal B.

Ray-born of Bloomington. City police said that the brakes on the bus were faulty but that driver, Fred Elliott, 30, could not have avoided the accident even with good brakes. The bus was impounded and all other buses were ordered inspected. William A. Johnson, 5, Clayton, was killed when his mother's car turned over on a Hendricks County road.

The mother, Mrs. Catherine L. Johnson, 39, was unhurt, but Jacqueline Means, 9, Clayton, was injured. J. Edgar Reed, 76.

Weslaco. died in a Lafayette hospital of injuries suffered Saturday in a collision at the intersection of Ind. 55 and Ind. 16 in Newton County. Arthur Shartle, 71, Danville, was killed in a two-car collision on rain-slick U.S.

231 near Lebanon, Tenn. His wife was hospitalized, but her injuries were considered not serious. The Shartles were returning from a vacation in Florida. (Reporter Photo Kivett.) It's Official Queen Expecting I-ONDON (AP both II is going early next year, announced today. A Buckingham Queen Eliza-to have a baby it was officially Palace spokes- man gave the news to British and Commonwealth reporters lvi morning.

He said her pregnancy was not confirmed until this week. The Queen has two children. Prince Charles, 10, and Princess Anne, 8. The Queen left Thursday with Prince Philip and her children on her annual vacation at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She returned Aug.

2 from her long tour. The Queen was smiling as she boarded the train and looked far from exhausted despite the rigors of her recent 45-day tour. Liltle Rock Police Ready for Trouble LITTLE ROCK. Ark. (API Police made quiet preparations today for the handling of any disorders that might flare when public high schools open on an integrated basis next week.

Chief Gene Smith said his force did not know what to expect but wanted to be ready. Six negroes are scheduled to about 1.700 whites at Central and Hall high schools. Three negroes were assigned to each by the school board. Reports persisted that Gov. Or-val E.

Faubus may summon an extraordinary session of the Legislators and seek new anti-integration laws. A sc.hool-clc.sing measure Faubus used to close Little Rock's four public high schools last fall was ruled invalid by a federal court several weeks ago. Segregationist leaders have demanded that the governor call the Legislature. N. B.

Murphy, a state representative, has proposed that Faubus declare Little Rock a pclio epidemic area and close the schools as a health measure. Rt. 2. Greenfield. The boys are exhibitors at the fair and were asleep in the truck at the truck at the time they were robbed.

Eight Die in Dynamite Blast Town Devastated By Exploding Truck ROSEBURG. Ore. AP A truck loaded with tons of explosives blew up with shattering force here early today. At least eight persons were killed. There were reports the toll had reached 10.

Buildirgs were smashed and a raging fire spread over the downtown area in this city of 12.200. In the truck were two tons of dynamite and 4'2 tons of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer with explosive nature that caused the Texas City, disaster a number of years ago. The blast came soon after fire was discovered in a building beside which the truck was parked, three blocks from the center of the business district. The fcrce of the blast was so great it bowled over people walking several blocks away. Hospitals held 52 persons, at least three of them critically hurt.

Physicians and blood plasma flown from nearby Grants Pass. The blast and fire virtually leveled six blocks of warehouses, small businesses and residences. Debris was spread through another six blocks, including the heart of the business district. The fire was controlled some four hours after the blast came at 1:20 a.m. There was a crater 50 feet wide ard 20 feet deep where the truck, from Pacific Powder Tenino, had stood.

The truck blew up moments after the fire siren had sounded the alarm for a blaze at the Gerret-sen Building Supply Co. building, beside which the driver had parked it while he got a cup of coffee. The driver, George Rutherford, Chehalis. said he was walking back to it and was knocked down by the blast. He was hospitalized, with injuries believed not critical.

At the height of the fire the six-story Umpqua Hotel's 65 guests and employes were evacuated. The manager, Dick Smith, said that at his home, two miles away, windows were blown out. LOCAL WEATHER Mostly cloudy with showers or thundcrshowers tonight. Saturday fair and pleasant. Low tonight upper 60s.

High Saturday mid 80s. Sunday Outlook: Mostly fair and a little warmer. Attract This Crowd ro Find Out.) U. S. Satellite Safely Launched 'Paddlcwhccl' Rocket May Fly a Year ASHINGTON AD or VI satoJIile is in orb't and will remain aloft for more than a year, the Spacr Administration announced this ternoon.

i CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. AP' i A TIirr-Al rockei blazed aloft today enrryinsj a "pad-! satcllitr that open! a new era of more advanced space iTsearch I The plorer flying mary The aimed satellite, to be called Ex-; VI if it orbits, contained a laboratory to investigate mysteries of rocket was at a higMy elliptical orbit that, would miles into take it as far as 23.000 space and as close -as 160 miles to the earth. Because cf this eccentric course, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it will be hours before it can be determined whether the satellite achieved orbit. The announcement will be made in Washington.

Fifteen major experiment devices were crammed into the spheroid-shaped satellite which is 26 inches diameter and 29 incnes Its mam mission was to study the radiation belts that surround the earth. Knowledge of this potentially deadly radiation is a Key to manned space travel The satellite was called a paddlcwhccl because of xour sour vanes designed to pope out from its sides. These paddles were designed to convert the rays into elec- trical energy to power radio transmitter batteries. If successful, future deep space probe rockets will employ hi device mation back from miles in space. to send infor-millions of DAJO'S LITTLE FOLKS ANN CHAPMAN Daughter of Dennis and Evelyn Chapman, Route 1, Greenfield.

DaJo Studio photo. lr's If I IUj jymi 1 ii 'ii mil iniiiimiw uwLJnp i i I ci tate Fair Hancock County Farm Bu-; reau has entered a float in thr 1959 Indiana State Fair Farm-; crs' Day Parade, September 10, -start in? at 10 a. m. Competition will include other community, township or county rural organizations' floats. The Indiana State Fair and the In-! diana Farm Bureau, have donated S1.940 for prize money.

The winning float will be de- termined on the basis of the clearness of tl.e meaning, ho-v well the theme is carried out, the cleverness and originality of the float, and the beauty of its oration. Alternating with the com-I petitive floats will be non-com- petive floats, sponsored by state and district groups or commercial firms, bands, and costumed children and pets. Mrs. Rex Beyers, Greenfield, is in charge of the Hancock County Farm Bucau entry. Life Sentence for Pony-tailed Killer SAN FRANCISCO AP Pony-tailed Killer Rosemarie (Penny) Bjorkland faces a life prison sentence today with the same nonchalance she has exhibited since her arrest.

The plump, 18-year-old blonde was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced Thursday by Judge Frank Blum, who tried the case without a jury. He called the killing "wanton, willful." Penny testified she shot gardener August Norry because she wanted a human for target practice. Blum ordered her to Corona State Prison for Women. 2 Trusties Walk Away From Prison Farm MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. AP 8 Two inmates of the Indiana State Prison farm near here walked away Thursday nigrt.

The escapees were Truman Cave, 39, Anderson, serving 1-10 years for armed robbery, and Mel- vin E. Madden, 36, Corydon, serving 1-7 years for nonsupport. Inmates cf the farm are trusties believed safe enough to be housed outside the prison itself. LUKURY MOTEL PLANNED INDIANAPOLIS AP) An Indianapolis realty firm is planning a 3-million-dollar luxury motel in southwest Indianapolis. It will include a bowling alley with a helicopter landing area rn the roof.

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