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IkDlAm tlEHA.HI ItflJlAKllPOLlS i UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TTS WIRE SERVICE sea Feature and picture Service COLlJMBlA CrTY 1N1 MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1960 Dean Rusk, Secretary Of State; Stevenson (. W. Ambassadore Massive Snovstorm Flails East, Transportation Crawls. Pennsylvania. In all, 38 deaths have attributed to the storm since ft was spawned in the Southwest.

New York Hit In contrast, warm air mass pushed north through the Texas Panhandle leaving southwestern skies clear to partly cloudy today. Snow flurries in the western Great Plains and Rocky Mountains gave way to showers along ft cold front in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. New York City suborns reported np to seven Inches of light, powdery snow that swirled tote the city accompanied by lightning and thunder. The city called out 1,206 men In 20-dcgree weather for snow removal work. About 259 sand and salt-spreading vehicles fanned out through metropolitan streets.

JR. His parents are among the most the Florida sunshine and gaining weight famous in the world. The son according to his Palm Beach JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY of the president-elect is doing fine In pediatrician. Recount 01 Votes In like County Election Resumed GARY, Ind. (UPD- recount of Votes cast in Lake County's Nov.

8 election resumed today following weekend incidents that Involved a newspaper reporter, two mayors and an attorney. The recount of votes cast for county recorder in all 333 Lake precincts started on order of Lake Circuit Judge Felix Kaul. As he left his Gary hotel 10 cover the recount story at the Crown Point county seat, reporter Lester M. Hunt of the Indianapolis Star was greeted by pickets of Puerto Riean extraction carrying signs, one of which Said: "Puerto Ricans are American citi-lens." The signs apparently protested a news story: Hunt wrote two weeks ago which said Puerto Ricans Were registered to vote from a church address In Gary, The pickets followed Hunt to Crown Point but the picketing was peaceful. At Crown Point, Democratic Mayors George Chacharis of Gary and Walter Jeorse of East Chicago were seen arguing "with Theodore L.

Sendak, a former Republican candidate for 1st District congressman. Sendak is a Crown Point attorney. One witness said Sendak was grabbed and shaken by the coat lapels. Recounting of votes cast in the gubernatorial race, which Democrat Matthew E. Welsh won in Lake County by about 60,000 votes, was postponed pending a decision by Kaul in whether he has Jurisdiction in a state ballot contest.

Oral arguments on Welsh's contention Kaul does not have juris-; diction is a suit filed by Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker, whom Welsh defeated, were scheduled for Tuesday. Kaul also will hear arguments that day on a petition oftwo representatives of the Indiana attorney general's office for permission to inspect poll sheets used during the election.

lie, Jiiu.v-ri.ua, Highways Boost Traffic Deaths In Indiana 1 During Weekend By United Press internal)! tee and snowpacked highways were blamed today for boosting Indiana's weekend traffic death toll into double-fisrares. 1 At least 11 persons were kiflod during the 54-hour period, pushing the year's highway fatality to8 to at least 1.054. A collision of two cars on fey! Indiana 37 shout six miles south) of Martinsville Sunday claimed two lives and left an Indiana University toed "poor" condition. Injured fatally were Mrs. Elsie; Freemafn, and William t.

Siti-, clair, 49, both of Indianapolis. Sinclair's 'daughter, Ellen, 18. freshman at flT was hospitalised fn Indianapolis with severe injuries. Authorities Said the car driven by Lester Freeman, 69, the dead woman's husband, skidded into the path of the Sinclair car. Free man and Fred Claxton, 72, Indianapolis, a passenger, escaped "with minor injuries.

Jack W. Dix, 41, Harlan, wa killed Sunday when police said lie apparently fen (sleep at the wheel of his car on Allen County road, about five miles east of Harlan. The crashed Into utility ole. Mrs. Jesse Jane Leigh, 55, Midland, was killed Saturday night when she Was hit by cat while crossing Indiana SB.

about wie mile north of Linton, the ear was driven by Paul Woods, 19, Hymera. A prominent Seymour -cattle man, Edwin Andrews Bllsh, SB, was killed late Saturday when his sports car went out of "control on a curve on Indiana 11, about four miles south -of Seymour. Blish's car flipped 'over, landing on Hs top. Jerry Maday, 29, Boonville, was killed and three -persons were in jured, one critically. In ft two-car collision on Indiana 1 Saturday, about two miles south of Boonville.

In critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital -at Hvansvill was Jaclt 36, HetoH burgh. The driver of the car, -Bert France, 26, Boonville; a passenger, James Kirby, 26, -end the driver of the second -car, Curtis Ingram, both of Boonville, -also were Injured. A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train struck a car at a -crossing in Austin Saturday, killing Herman Stacey, 18, and Dorsey Sand-len, 18, both of Austin. Sandlen died a few hours after the accident at Jewish Hospital in Louisville.

Fred Hisgen 17, and Hobert R. Donaldson, 18, both of Evans-ville, wese killed Saturday when their car skidded into a utility pole on a county road northwest of EvansviUe. The first weekend fatality Friday night was Ronald Wright, 16, Andrews, who lost control of his car on a bridge near Fort Wayne. Wright was killed when the car hit a utility pole on Indiana 105. Christmas Programs Information Needed Special church Christmas programs scheduled for this Sunday and Intended for newspaper publication should be in tills office not later than Wednesday.

against Europeans. At the outskirts of Bab-el-Oued, a mixed Moslem-European dis trict, a band of French settlers opened fire with pistols and rifles. At least 10 Moslems fell dead in the street and scores were wounded. Fire On Moslems French officials warned that troops would open fire if the Moslems continued their ram-page. The Moslems screamed "jihad." At ihe Place de Gouvernment in the heart of 'Algiers, battle- hardened paratroopers and French Souaves in scarlet berets raised their rifles and fire from a Na poleonic-style square.

When the gun fire subsided the Moslems scurried back to the Casbah, carrying their dead and wounded. Soldiers ringed the Casbah and sealed it off. By BRUCE W. MCNN United Press International UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) France sought today to beat back Afro-Asian efforts to get United Nations intervention in Contimed an pate six By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White Hoase Reporter PALM BEACH, Fls.

UPI President-elect John F. Kennedy today announced the appointment of Dean Rusk as secretary of state. Kennedy also announced that Adlai E. Stevenson had accepted Kennedy's offer of appointment as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

The president-elect also announced the selection of Rep. Chester Bowles, D-Conn. as undersecretary of state. Rusk, 51, a native of Cherokee County, Va. Is now president of the Rockefeller Foundation Snd served during the Truman administration as assistant secretary of state for Fat Eastern affairs.

Stevenson, former governor of Illinois, was the Democratic presidential candidate In 1952 and 1966. Bowles is a former ambassador to India. Kennedy announced his long-awaited selection of a secretary of state in the patio of his ocean- front villa here. Rusk Was at bis side, having arrived here Sunday night. Before the appointments Were made public both Kennedy and Rusk conferred by telephone with Stevenson who was offered the U.N.

post last week, but deferred acceptance until he knew the iden tity of the secretary of state. Praises Three Appointees Kennedy was high is his praise of the three appointees and spoke briefly of his hopes for American foreign policy. "My hope in the coming years tS that the foreign liolicy of the United States will be identified in the minds of the people of the world as a policy that Is Iwt merely anti-Communist, But is for Kennedy, with Rusk in emphatic agreement, said the goals of American foreign policy would be "peace, freedom and the pursuit of Just life." The president-elect said he decided on Rusk "after 6 -long and careful study because it seemed to hie that tie was the best man 'for the office." Kennedy met Rusk lot the 'first time only last week, but he was deeply familiar with the background of his Cabinet selection. Rusk was particularly recommended to Kennedy by some of the current key officers of the State Department. A Sobering Responsibility Rusk in accepting the appointment said he was aware that it was "a compelling and sobering responsibility" which he accepted in the knowledge that "there is an enormous amount of work to be done." Rusk praised Stevenson us "one of our greatest American states men" and Bowles for his under standing and knowledge of broad range of international prob lems.

Rusk said he planned to be in touch soon with Secretary of State Christian A. Herter. Kennedy pointed out that he and Rusk would confer shortly about the selection of an undersecretary of state for economic affairs. Kennedy had no plans for send ing Rusk on international assignments prior to inauguration. Rusk, in response to questions, said he did not Intend to go to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization coun cil meeting in Paris this week, This was Kennedy fourth Cab inet appointment and he expected to have No.

no later than Wednesday of this week. Weather conditions in Washington permitting, the president-elect said he still planned to leave Palm Beach about 8 o'clock to night for the nation's capital, Eloph Sees Six Deer Raymond Eloph, former county auditor who resides in section 36 of Jefferson township, reported seeing sfx deer on his farm Friday Eloph was burning grass and underbrush in his woods when he saw six deer of good size grazing and resting nearby. After being frightened, the deer ran further into the brush along a fence to wards a pond on the Eloph farm. IMHER By United Press International Considerable cloudiness and cold with snow flurries this afternoon, frequently heavy near Lake Michigan. Gradually clearing and quite cold tonight.

Tuesday fair and eold. Low zero to 12 above, high Tuesday 26 to 34. Sunset today 4:21 p.m. CST, 21 p.m. CDT.

Sunrise Tuesday 6:57 a.m. CST, 7:57 a.m. CDT. Outlook for Wednesday: Fair to partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low Tuesday night 9 to 16, high Wednesday mostly in 30s except low 40s extreme southwest.

High Sunday 35 Low Sunday Night 13 12; 30 Honday 19 Rccer Fails To ide Curve, ti Killed, 33 Injured ftv JAMES WHELXN t'rtted Press International i BUENOS AIRES "XUPD women and children crowded the- curbs of the traffic circle hi sub-nrban San Justo. Good-naturedly they Jostled one another for ft better Vantage point to Watch the racing cars whizzing by in the final lap of the Argen tine Grand Prix. They were in a holiday mood- it Was Sunday and this Was the windup of the 2,872. 5-mile 'endurance race which is one of the major sporting events in Argentina. Before the day was over, 16 of them were dead and at least 30 others Injured.

They waved and cheered and -pushed Onto the roadway as the drivers wrestled their racers around the circle and straightened out for the dash to the finish line miles away. Then Juan Carlos Navone, at the wheel of -ft stock car named "Lucky Seven," roared into the circle. There were cheers for him too but they dissohfed' into shrieks of pain When the racer failed to make the curve. It' slammed into the crowd. Went Sfagte Accident Thirteen persons were "killed and 28 critically injured, lt was the worst single accident in the 38 years of the running of the Grand -Prix.

When favone's car finally halt-d, leaving path of 'crumpled bodies in its wake, his assistant driver jumped out But he jumped back in when when Navone dazed ly backed the car over aome of the injured and dead and headed for 'the flntah Hne. Navone ped oft. with blood Sid bits of "flesh snd clothing plastered to thescar, there Were angry shouts of "criminal, mur derer, stop." The crowd then vented its anger on following racers, hurling stones as they came around the circle. Two policemen blamed "public imprudence" for the tragedy, because the spectators had edged onto the road. One said the crowd stood its ground as the car bore steadily down.

Even while private -cars were taking the -Injured to hospitals in the city, tragedy struck again about 1,500 yards from the circle. Two youths on a motorcycle were killed when their vehicle was struck by a racer driven by Pli- nio Rosetto. Another Pedestrian Killed At least 10 persons were in-Centlnned on page six Advise Local Area To Decide If Trustees On Mew School Boards The Northwest Area County Superintendents Association following a meeting at Kokomo have contacted all county superintendents pertaining to the Indiana School Reorganization bill asking: Should township trustees have the right to serve on the new proposed school boards by virtue of their office? The state commission has ruled that all school corporations are to be reorganized in accordance with the acts "So stating that trustees must be replaced who are already on school consolidation boards of education." The association of superintendents recommends "That it should be permissive by the local area to decide this Question. If in a certain county, the people want trustees on their school board they should have the right to put them on; if they should want an elect ed board, they should have this right; if they want an appointed board they should have this right" Still Seeking Clues In Effort To Catch Avilla Bank Robbers AVILLA, 'Ind. (UPD Authri-ties sought clues today in an effort to apprehend five men who robbed an Avilla bank of $6,799.

A three-state alarm was issued after the men forced Wllmer Weimer, president of the Community State Bank of Avilla, from his home to open the bank's vault late Friday night. The men then returned Weimer to his home where they bound and gagged him and tore out the telephone wires. He was found by his wife several hours later. Weimer described the men as about 35 years old, wearing sun glasses, overcoats, hats and gloves. They traveled in a late model green Buick and two of them spoke English with an accent, he said.

Weimer told authorities the men missed an estimated $4,000 in silver behind tellers' windows and in the outer vault By United Press tnternaUmal A massive snowstorm gathering north Wind strength from Newfoundland to Lake Superior flailed the East today and spread misery south along the Appalachians to Atlanta. Transportation crawled In major Eastern cities. Forecasts of colder weather in the storm's wake offered fresh trouble for metropolitan suburbs and rural communities Isolated by the surprise onslaught. The storm pattern, a giant flying wedge pointed south over the nation's eastern third, was blamed in at least IS deaths tn Massachusetts, Vermont, New York and Curt) tof jU.wwl I twivl ALBION A croup opposing school mergers at KendaBville and Ligonler, approved Nov. referenda filed an injunction suit hi Noble Circuit Court Saturday, contending mergers "will disrupt education" in the county.

The newly formed organization, Patrons of Noble County Schools also challenged the constitu tionality of th eschool reorganization law. Voters had rejected third pro-nosed district, centered at Albion. The law provides for going ahead with plans in approved merger dis tricts, even though otner mergers In the county failed. The vote which created the East Noble School District was 8,440 to S.130 in the Nov. 8 election.

The merger -of the schools hi Kendafl- le plus Wayne Townsmp, uen -township. Swan township a Orange township would be organi zed Into a single school corpora tion. It involves the high schools of Avilla and Rome City. Under the law the plan would oe effective Jan. 1, 1961.

The -complaint for an injunction Involves this and two other proposals, one of which was defeated at the polls. The one defeated proposed a Noble Central District. It would have Included Albion-Jef ferson School Corporation plus the schools of York, Green, Noble and Washington townships. The vote against this plan was 1,794 to 572. Names defendants in the suit were school cities of Kendallville and Ligonier, the Albion-Jefferson School Corporation, the trustees of each township "school corporation and Noble Circuit Judge Kenneth A.

King. The complaint charges the state bill providing reorganization is unconstitutional! among other things because the act would require taxpayers of the East Noble School corporation to assume the debts of the School City of Kendallville and the School Corporations of Orange and Allen townships. The group's objection is to enjoin the judge from appointing a board and proceeding under the reorganization plan. The plaintiffs list four persons, Harold Frey, Clarence W. Chapman, Vaughn Kostielney and Lewis Briggs.

Judge King disqualified himself In the suit and sfet down three prospective special Judges, Judge Harold D. Stump, DeKalb Circuit court; Judge Lowell Pefley, Whitley county and Judge-elect W. O. Huges, Alien Circuit court. $153rC3 Sua Trial before a Whitley circuit court jury of the $150,000 Injury suit of Charles Georges, Wells county farmer, against the "Nickel Plate Railroad, outgrowth of grade crossing accident on Jan, 20, 1957 at the Dustman road near Georges' home, opened here to day.

A jury of seven men and five women will hear the evidence. These Include: Clarence Easterday, Leo Landis and Leonard Hoffert, Richland township; Clifford W. Truman, Mrs. Charles Rash and Mrs. Virgil Rosentrader, Smith township; Mrs.

Wilson Ewers and Mrs. Archie Hartman, Etna-Troy townshiD: Maurice Schrader and Joseph Pleus. Jefferson township; Mrs. Fred Beeching, Union town ship, and Carl Cooper of Thorn creek township. Representing the plaintiff are Jackson Parrish, Fort Wayne; representing the defendant railroad are Campbell.

Livingston, Dildine Haynie, Fort Wayne, Fred W. Campbell of Frankfort and Gates Gates (Earl Gates) Columbia City. Presiding is Judge Lowell L. Pefley. Georges' suit was venued here May 29, 1958 from Allen Superior Court 3, Fort Wayne.

Capital police began enforcing "emergency plan No. 1 after an eight-inch snowfall. The emergency measure provides for arrest of any motorist not equipped with tire chains or snow tiros at his vehicle stalls on a major artery. FeoMnct) SnewiaTIs Philadelphia area snows measured up to four inches. Along the Pennsylvania Turnpike state police dropped the speed limit from 65 miles per hour to 35 and the Weather Bureau predicted snow squalls for western Pennsylvania, where four inches of snow blanketed Pittsburgh Sunday night Other tour-inch snowfalls were predicted in northern New Jersey and Connecticut.

Gale warnings were posted along the East Coast from Cane Hatteras, HC to East port, Maine. 3-U? "WARSAW Invpstlgation hs the deBth- oarrr Saturday -ol' Mrs. Dave Studebaker, 31, at bar home ot Lake Wawasee. Ail indications pointed to the drinking of a quantity of weed killed as cause of death. Mr.

and Mrs. Studebaker moved from Goshen to a cottage on Ogden Island one month ago. A 12-year-old son of Mrs. Studebaker by a previous marriage was asleep In an upstairs bedroom and did not awaken until the arrival of police officers, called by the husband about -2 a.m. Reward Grows PAULDING, 'Ohio Reward for Information leading to the arrest of the slayer of 14-year-old Nancy Eagleson on Nov.

13 has grown to $5,450. Pledges of 3.800 have been received from Paulding citizens. Previously rewards totaling $1,450 had been offered. Divorce Holiday WARSAW Judge Seth E. Row- dabaugh, himself happily married 44 years, has declared a Christmas holiday from divorce suits, Dec.

15 to Jan. 6. This is the third year he h3s taken the holiday action on pending divorce suits in circuit court here. Win National Titles KENDALLVILLE Two Ken dallville high school vegetable judg ing teams coached by Dale schln-beckler, formerly of Columbia City, have returned after winning national titles at the National Junior Vegetable Growers convention, Colorado Springs. Colo.

Championships were won in the high school and Future Farmers of America divisions. Indiana Farm Price Index LAFAYETE, Ind. fUPD The Indiana farm price index fell one per cent from mid-October to mid-November, Purdue University econdmists said today. Purchasing power of Indiana farmers also dropped ohe per eent. The declines were to contrast to the national situation.

The U.S. farm price Index increased one per cent while the index of prices paid remained unchanged. 'Indiana grain prices were largely responsible for the decline. They fell six per cent while livestock dropped only one per cent. Com dropped 18 per cent to 80 cents a bushel, lowest price since pre-war levels.

1 SHOPPING DAYS TO -CHRISTMAS 1 Austin Assigned To Division In Germany Army PFC David X. Austin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil M. Austin, i South Whitley, recently was assigned to the 4th Armored Division in Germany.

Austin, a repairman in Company of the division's 126th Ordnance Battalion in Furth, entered the Army In January, completed basic training at Fort Jackson, and was last stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga. He is a 1959 graduate of South Whitley high school. Oseeda Biiik Is Thvi1vd ly OSCEOLA, Ind. (UPI)-X gunman's attempt to rob the Gsceola branch of the First National Bank of MlshawakV was thwarts Saturday by a woman' teller "whose head cold made her hard of hearing Miss Alta Lou Hoover was working behind the counter when the gunman entered the crowded branch bank and told her to "give me all the money you have in the cash drawer." Miss Hoover, her hearing tem porarily hampered by the cold, turned and asked the man to re peat what he had said. He did, this time In a muah louder voice.

Before Miss Hoover could act, the gunman glanced nervously at customers In the crowded lobby who had overheard his demand. Then he ran out the door. Miss Hoover said the bandit was armed, although he did not show his weapon to her. She said she saw the butt of a revolver sticking out from the pocket of his gray overcoat as be ran. She described him as tall, heavy-set and about 35 years of age.

State and local police staged a massive manhunt for the bandit, but he apparently eluded their net. Osceola Is located east of Mlsh- awaka near the Elkhart-St. Joseph County line. Today's outbreaks appeared stirred by Abbas' declaration in Tunis that "the French colonialist regime has finaly lost the contest" after six years of bitter warfare. He rejected De Gaulle's plans for a semi independent Algeria.

The situation was so grave that De Gaulle cut short by one day the Algerian visit which touched off the new rioting. Today's fighting began when Moslem rioters tried to storm the center of the city but were driven back by troops and police who fired on them. Later, rioters surged down from the Casbah and from settlements on the city limits to attack Europeans. The center of the city was rocked by explosions. In the Bclcourt, Ha mm a and Ruisseau districts of the city which have mixed Moslem-European populations the Europeans locked and barred themselves in their homes while the Moslems staged noisy demonstrations, carrying the bodies of those killed Sunday.

New fighting was reported In Oran but calm was restored in Welsh To Press Indianapolis (Upd Gov, elect Matthew E. Welsh Said to day he will press for reapportion ment during the 1961 session of the Indiana Legislature. However, he said he would seek a change in the law, so that reapportionment 'is based on the Federal census. Welsh told meeting of the Association 'of Indiana Counties Is wrong to "pick and among the laws of the state. Be said the last year enumerations were -completed In all counties was 1919, and the last reapportion ment of the General Assembly was made in 1921.

By state law, reapportionment Is to be made every six years. Quoting from the 'Constitution, Welsh said, "The number of sena tors and representatives shall, at the session next following 'each period of making such be -fhtetJ -by-law, and apportioned among the several counties, according to the number of male Inhabitants, above 21 years of age "The law on how the enumeration ts to be made may be changed," said Welsh, "and I will propose such a change in order to expedite carrying out the specific mandate of the Constitution. "I shall propose to the next session of the General Assembly that it enact legislation permitting the Federal census to be used as the enumeration and permitting the apportionment to be based on this enumeration." Whether such 'a law can be passed or not, said Welsh, "we have the legal and moral obliga tion to reapportion the General Assembly." Mercury Drops To 13 Despite a drop in the mercury column to 13 degrees above zero early today, Whitley county counted itself lucky weatherwise. It es caped snow ice which 'early Sunday covered Indiana highways from Indianapolis' as far north as Huntington. Weekend lows in Columbia City were 20 on Saturday, 21 on Sunday a high of 35 was recorded.

the cities of Constantine and Bone Waves of Tear Gas French troops, and police moved into the Casbah later today, and cleared the narrow twisting streets of the "black village" with waves of tear gas. They entered shops, alleyways and houses searching for arms. De Gaulle spent the night at Bougie and was conferring with French military authorities to win their support for his plan for a referendum that would permit the predominantly Moslem Algerians to determine their own future. Throughout his tour he was greeted warmly by the Moslems and booed by hostile French settlers. Sunday at Tizi Ouzou, 50 miles west of Algiers, De Gaulle mingled with the Moslem crowds while his security guards sweated in an icy rain.

De Gaulle, shocked by the violent reaction his visit provoked, decided to return to France Tuesday instead of Wednesday. The Moslems howling such slogans as "independence vive De Gaulle jihad (holy War)" poured out of their quarters in Algiers Sunday bent on vengeance Mobs Of Arabs Are Shouting For A Holy War Against The French Throuahout Alaiers By ALAIN RAYMOND t'nited Press International ALGIERS, Algeria (UPD Mobs of Arabs shouting for a holy war against the French attacked French troops and Europeans throughout Algiers today and were driven back with bullets, tear gas and grenades. The French were reported calling in paratroop reinforcements to combat the worst rioting in the history of Algeria. The green flag of "Jihad" or holy war fluttered over the Casbah as Moslems who have lived here for 130 years under the French for the first time openly supported the FLN, the rebel movement headed by "Premier" Ferhat Abbas in neighboring Tunisia. The death toll in four days of fighting approached the 100 mark.

Unofficial reports put the dead at 81. The official figure for Sunday's fighting was 61 dead. Seven Moslems were reported killed In the Casbah fighting today. Other bodies were found nearby. Casualties were reported in today's clashes but censorship blacked out the exact number.

Rejects De Gaulle Plans.