Battle Creek Enquirer from Battle Creek, Michigan • Page 1

A ENQUIRER and NEWS For practical, down to earth advice on child care and guidance don't mi ANGELO PATRI The Weather Cloudy and Warmer FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1956 32 PAGES-4 SECTIONS CITY EDITION PRICE SINGLE CENTS COPY New Aerotrain Puts Chicago 3A Hour Closer New York Central's Short-RurtSpeedsterDpens UuU Lru Lb? nicitgergacz -Ktuiulrar Nwi Industrial Writr. ABOARD THE AEROTRAIN A new era in railroading, which will bring Detroit and Chicago closer to Battle Creek in point of tnrlav when the new. liehtweieht Aerotrain pulled IRE SMS FillHE IS HSUT ES j--. i i i I Citv Will Make ET' V. fULi nrrn nil ninrn nnnnr-T out of Chicago at 8:30 a.m., Battle Creek time.

Hitting speeds- stainless steel of the locomotive and the aluminum skin of its coaches. i Jii.M I THIS fEAR AHD IIEXT President's State of Union Message to Congress Shows Optimism Over Both World And Domestic Affairs. WASHINGTON (JP) President Eisenhower in his State of the Union Message to Congress today ruled, out a tax cut for the present, but in a lengthy document that highlighted optimism, said the budget will be balanced this fiscal year and next. The President said a tax cut would be justifiable only if it would not put the government in the red again. Enquirer and News Photo.

This frontage on W. Jackson st, just east of the Farmers Market, has been leased by the City Commission for development as an additional public parking lot for an estimated 75 cars. The city also has an option to buy the two lots, i'hjcn kivej frontage of ,133 feet Jackson street ch fcave.fr mil tores Reas I A 1 I I II Stoi eason I Vacant City Leases Two Lots For Downtown Parking Acting to provide additional off-street parking for the western section of the downtown business district, the city commission last night leased property on the south side of W. Jackson street with the option of eventual purchase. The property is just east of the Farmer's Market at the corner of W.

Jackson and Carlyle streets. It formerly was used as a parking facility for customers of the Sears' store when the store was located on W. Michigan avenue The city js leasing the property for seven years from Vera Sloan Wood, Maxine Clegg and Hazel Sloan Saville for $375 per month At the end of seven years, the tin to 90 m.D.h. on straight stretches along the way, the sil very train rolled through Battle Creek without stopping on its first run. The locomotive crossed Michigan avenue at 10:53.

Cuts Time 47 Minutes The normal running time between Chicago and Battle Creek was cut 47 minutes. The Aerotrain made the trip in two hours and 23 minutes, as against three hours and 10 minutes for the conventional passenger train. The 10-coach train was not "opened up," this being a test run with 300 railroad executives, General Motors Corp. officials, and press representatives aboard. However, just west of Michigan City, they were informed by the engineer over the interphone that the train was rolling along at 00 m.p.h.

This is by no means a luxury train. The Aerotrain seemed to sway and joggle more than does the Mercury, one of the New York Central's regular trains on the Detroit-to-Chicago run. No Luxuries There are four wheels instead of eight on the coaches, and a bellows type suspension instead of springs for the "air ride." And there are no dining services or other luxury features. It is a train built for speedy mass transportation of passengers on short distance runs. The coaches are simply but tastefully furnished in plastics, foam rubber and nylon, in ivory and charcoal.

There are no blinds on the highway-type coaches. The large windows are tinted. The coaches are some 14 inches lower than standard ones, but passengers nevertheless ride as high as usual. The undercarriage provides luggage space. Smoke Anywhere The smoking car, too, is gone.

Sideboard ventilation takes care of smoke. The train was due In Detroit at 12:30 p.m., four hours after leaving Chicago. The Mercury makes this run in five hours and 25 minutes nearly and hour and a half longer. The Aerotrain pulled out promptly at 8:30 a.m. from Chicago's Central (12th Street) Station.

Alfred E. Perlman, New York Central president, formally accepted the train there from GM President Cyrus Osborn. Train Is 'Christened' A bottle of champagne was smashed against the front of the locomotive. This ceremony was televised by Dave Garroway (Today Show, NBC-TV) and presumably was viewed by many in the Battle Creek area, which receives the Garroway show. All along the way, at depots and rail yards and crossings, the word was received that "the train" was coming, and every where people lined up to see it roll by, ther-sun- glinting on the City iBondsvt Eisenhower told Con gress the nation's outlook is "bright with promise" even though Soviet leaders have shown they "are not yet willing to create the indispensable conditions for a secure and lasting peace." Russians Shift Mr.

Eisenhower declared Rus sia has shifted from "violence and the threat of violence to reliance on division, enticement and du plicity. To meet the Russian threat, the president called, among other things, for a stepped up foreign aid program and asked Congress "to grant limited authority to make longer term commitments for assistance to such projects, to be, fulfilled from appropriations to be made in Juture iscaLyears." Legislative Program Eisenhower legislative pro gram also called for: 1. A 25-billion-dollar program of federal aid to highways such as Congress failed to approve at the last session. Eisenhower suggested merely "an adequate plan of financing," rather than insisting on the long term borrowing program which caused the highway plan to bog down last year. 2.

Farm legislation, including a soil bank program as part of "a many-sided assault on the stubborn problems of surpluses, prices, costs and markets." The program will be detailed in a special message next week. 3. A five-year program of federal aid to school children. This, too, will be outlined in greater detail in a later message. 4.

A two-year slum clearance program calling for 35,000 public housing units in each of the two years. 1 5. Creation of a bipartisan Prince of Monaco Captures Heart of Blond Grace Kelly In Detroit, the train was to be greeted by Robert R. Young, chairman of the board of the New York Central Railroad. He was scheduled to make a major! policy address before a group oi Detroit and national business men at the Veterans Memorial Building.

Faster Service What will the Aerotrain mean to Battle Creek? Here's an answer from Karl A. Borntrager, senior vice presi- (Please Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Enquirer and News Photo. Reporter Nick Ger-gacz, with a trainman crouching beside him in 'a vestibule, tosses off his story of the Aero-train's test run as the train passes through Battle Creek non-stop. In the foreground, Copyboy Jim Moorehead reaches to catch the package.

The spot is near the W. Michigan ave. crossing. (Other train -pictures page 4, section 3.) The commission was informed that about 25 cities have issued highway fund bonds since the enabling legislation was passed in 1952. Expect Sale by Spring Early next month, the com mission will act upon an ordi nance authorizing the bond issue, and it is expected the bonds will be sold by early spring.

Mayor Frank C. Wagner stated last Saturday that he was urging the city commission to act promptly on the problem of financing construction work on certain phases of the railroad and flood projects, and when he outlined his plans to the com mission last evening following the regular session, the commission agreed unanimously to follow his recommendations. Confer with Benson ff 1 ru 'up ii fS Message Gives No Hint on 2nd Term WASHINGTON P) President Eisenhower didn't give the slightest hint today regarding his plans for a second term. In the nearly 8,000 words, of his Sta'e of the Union message, Mr. Eisenhower didn't once mention his future intentions, his heart attack, or even that this is an election year.

commission to investigate charges that in some localities Negroes are being denied the right to vote. The President said "we are proud of the progress our people have made in the field of civil rights we must expand this effort on every front. We must strive to have every person judged and measured by what he is, rather than by his color, race or religion." 6. Statehood for Hawaii something the President has repeatedly asked and Congress harl refused to approve. Eisenhower said he hoped "progress toward statehood" for Alaska also could be made at this session." Proposes Revision 7.

Revision of the immigration law so the number of persons admitted to this country each year could be based on the 1950 census rather than that of 1920. Eisenhower also asked amendment of the 1953 refugee relief act so more immigrants can come from Greece and Italy and from the ranks of Iron Curtain escapees. In his message, delivered to (Please Turn to Page 5, Col. 1) to be in balance by the time June 30. And that the budget will also be balanced.

Do you have Christmas tree? If you have and are wondering what to do with it, here is some good news from City Commissioner Russell V. Worgess. Commissioner Worgess reports that the city's public works de partment will send its trucks along the city streets next Monday and Tuesday to pick up all Christmas trees placed at the edge ol the curb. "We know many people do not have any facilities for disposing of used Christmas trees, so the city will collect them and burn them." Mr. Worgess said.

"All we reauest is that the trees be placed at the curb by next Monday morning so me men can pick them up as they cover the city, street ty street. Barry Officers Half Jailbreak Tipoff by Trusty Balks Escape Try HASTINGS Three men who tried to dig out of the Barry County jail face additional charges and the prospect today of additional time in jail instead of freedom. Warrants for attempted escape were issued yesterday for David Wooten, 19, Route 1, Doster; Henry W. Whittaker, 19, Shelby- ville; and Clive Raymer, 18, Bellevue. Face Other Charges Wooten and Whittaker were to have been turned over today to Allegan County authorities to ap pear in court there on charges of possessing liquor as minors.

They are wanted in Allegan County for violation of probation and ma' licious destruction of property. Raymer was waiting to appear in circuit court here on a charge of larceny of an auto. The Air Force also wants him for being absent without leave, and for escaping from the stopkade at Selfridge Air Force base. The attempted escape, revealed today, was foiled Saturday on a tip from a trusty prisoner, who feared he would become involved in the break. Sheriff's deputies quickly moved the trio to a more secure cell block.

Used Variety of Tools Deputies said' the men were tunneling through a brick wall into an air shaft. They were using a table knife, a towel rack, a piece of shower drain pipe, a large screwdriver taken from the courthouse basement, and a star drill taken from the sheriff's tool box in the jail. Sheriff Clarence Donovan is on vacation. Deputies found a dozen bricks pried out from the wall under Raymer's cot. The bricks had been replaced loosely.

By way of the airshaft, the men could have climbed to the jail roof, and dropped two floors to the ground. In Your Paper Today Page Regional News, Sec. 2 3,4,5,6 Births, Sec. 3 4 Comics, Sec. 4 Crossword Puzzle, Sec.

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4 Stock Markets, Sec. 4 Weather Where to Go Women's News, Sec. 3 gram in advance, said "I'm trying to keep this (farm legislation) out of politics." But Chairman Cooley (D-NC) of the House Agricultural Committee, soured at Benson's private discussion with House committee Republicans yesterday, accused the secretary of wrapping the proposed farm program "in a shroud of partisan politics." Turned Down Offer He added in a statement that Benson was "more concerned with the political angles of this program than with the good of the country." Cooley said Benson last fall turned down an offer to meet with the Agriculture Committee during the congressional recess to consider farm relief plans, and added: "Now, when it appears Mr. Benson finally may have de veloped some suggestions, he a bedraggled and a depth of 165 feet. Adenauer, 80, Gets Gifts Of $1,180,000 BONN (IB Chancellor Konrad Adenauer celebrated his 80th birthday today and the free world joined his countrymen in saluting the "grand old man" of West Germany.

Gifts and congratulatory messages cascaded into Bonn for the man who made this former de feated nation an ally of the anti-Communist West. The gifts in cluded more than $1,000,000. Well-wishers included Pope Pius XII, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Prime Minis ter Louis Sst. Laurent of Canada, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Chancellor Julius Raab of Austria.

The lobby and halls of the chancellory, the gleaming white bemmburg Palace near the Rhine River, were stacked high with gifts and flowers. More were piled in Adenauer's own office and the adjoining bedroom. The gifts included an estimated 4,000,000 deutschmarks (nearly $1,000,000) raised by West German industry for Adenauer to use as he sees fit. Another 750,000 deutschmarks (nearly $180,000) was presented by Bishop Otto Dibelius, head of the Evangelical Church in Berlin. SPOTLIGHT On the News PRESIDENT TELLS Congress nation's outlook is bright but there would be no tax cut at the present time.

PRINCE RAINIER III announces engagement td screen star Grace Kelly. BARRY COUNTY OFFICERS frustrate attempted jail break. CRACK NYC TRAIN, making maiden run, sets new record on Chicago-Battle Creek trip. GOP SENATORS receive briefing on proposed new farm-aid legislation. CITY LEASES West Jackson lots for parking area.

Ike' Greets Brazil's New President-Elect KEY WEST, Fla. Uft President Eisenhower tnrlav wplrnmerl President-elect Juscelino Kubits-chek of Brazil to the United States. They spent 30 minutes to- gemer ai a DreaKiast meeting. Kubitschek flew to Eisenhower's vacation hearlnnarters as the 'first stop on a trip that takes mm on 10 wasnington and New York. After breakfast, Kubitschek hurried back to the airport, taking off at 9:25 a.m.

EST for Washington where he was due to address the Senate and House shortly after If Ifil: Farm Plans call a breakfast to which only Republican members of our committee were invited, obvious ly to clear their political angles." Rep. Jensen (R-Iowa) called on Congress meantime to bury political differences and get to work at once on farm relief leg islation. 'Disregard Party Lines' In a speech prepared for House delivery, Jensen said neither Democrats nor Republi cans "should take all the blame for the plight of the farmers." He urged members of both parties to "disregard party lines and adopt the necessary legisla tion to help the farmers help themselves over the present emergency." Jensen recommended action somewhat similar to proposals Benson tentatively outlined to the House Republican commit 'tee members yesterday. III LI city can purchase the property for an additional $3,500. The property has a frontage of 132 feet on W.

Jackson street and a depth of 165 feet. There is space for about 75 cars, and work will be started soon to make the space available early this year. Legal description of the property is Lots 88 and 89 of Range of blocks 3 of the City of Battle Creek. In assuring off-street parking for this section of the downtown area, the commission hopes to stimulate interest in the utiliza tion of several W. Michigan ave nue store buildings which are now vacant.

from the famous Monte Carlo Casino. Official Communique An official communique issued by the palace said: "His Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III. of Monaco, is happy to announce his engagement to Miss Grace Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B.

Kelly of Philadelphia. "The news has caused a lively enthusiasm in the principality. The official and private buildings have been decorated with flags and M. Paul Noghes, director of the cabinet, has informed the high authorities of Monaco." In Philadelphia Miss Kelly's parents issued this statement: "We are happy to an-n the be-throthal of our-daughter, Grace, to his serene highness, Prince RAINIER Rainier III of Monaco." Close friends and relatives of the Kelly family were invited to a luncheon for the couple in Philadelphia today. Miss Kelly visited Rainier at his palace overlooking the Mediterranean last March, during the Cannes Film Festival.

After the prince showed her the state apartments, the museum, and his private zoo in the palace gardens, the actress declared: "It was the first time I had ever been received by a prince. His simplicity completely conquered me." Rainier has reigned over his tiny domain since ailing grandfather, Prince Louis II, abdicated in 1949. Louis died only four days later. Polio Cases Topple 25 Per Cent in 1955 WASHINGTON (IP) The Puh- lic Health Service announced to day that polio cases dropped about 25 per cent in 1955. Officials also estimated that the death rate in the first year of the mass Salk inoculation program was down about 40 per cent.

The health service said nrn. visional final figures show that 29,270 Americans got polio in 1955. In 1954, the total was more than 38,400. The service said "not less than three fourths" of the polio decline last year was due to a "natural decline in incidence." Most of the remainder, it said, was probably due to the mass Salk inocula tion program. 6 SENTENCED TO DIE MONROVIA, Liberia tfl Six men charged with treason after the attempted assassination of President William V.

S. Tubman of Liberia last June 22 were sentenced- to death yesterday. State of Union Message Highlights Washington (U.R) Summary of President Eisenhower's State of the Union message to Congress: No tax relief for the present. No tax cut can be "deemed justifiable" until the budget is balanced and a "modest" start is made toward trimming the $280,000,000,000 national debt. Excise and corporation tax rates, due to drop April 1, should be continued at present levels for another year.

Rail, Flood Programs Expects the federal budget the current fiscal year ends next for the coming 1957 fiscal year The special farm message he will send to Congress Monday will propose "a new attack on the surplus problem" including a "soil bank" plan under which the government would pay farmers to divert lands from crops to a "conservation He will also propose measures to "strengthen our surplus disposal MONTE CARLO, Monaco Prince Rainier of Monaco, royalty's most eligible bachelor, has captured the heart of Grace Kelly, one of Hollywood's most eligible stars. engagement was announced today first through a palace announcement here, and then by Miss Kelly's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kellv in Phila- I delphia.

He is 32 ana sne is zo. i ne handsome prince MISS KELLY met blond Miss Kelly when she was making "To Stop a Thief" on the Riviera. He is currently visiting her in the United States. Rainier is a Roman Catholic and rules over a mile-square principality on the Mediterranean coast. His subjects have been anxious for him to marry because the principality reverts to France with French taxes if the sovereign dies without an heir.

Monaco has a voting population of about 1,000 but visitors and French residents swell the population to about 200,000. There are no personal taxes, with the government drawing its revenues Slain Airman's Girl Found Shot to Death GREAT FALLS, Mont. OH The body of a 16-year-old blonde, a bullet through her head, was found in a rocky ravine yesterday. eight miles from the lovers lane where her Air Force sweetheart was slain. Pretty Patricia Kalitzke's fully clothed body lay at the foot of a 20-foot embankment off a highway six miles northwest of this central Montana city.

The girl's escort, A.2.C. Lloyd Duane Bogle, 18, of Waco, was found face down beside his parked car Tuesday morning. His hands were bound behind his back. He also had been shot in the head. Sheriff D.

J. Leeper said there was little doubt the same person killed both. The sheriff ruled out both sex and robbery as possible motives. He said Patricia apparently had not been attacked, and there was $5 in Bogle wallet. Deputies were joined by air police from nearby Malmstrom Air Force Base, where Bogle was stationed, in searching the areas where the bodies were found and checking out leads.

"We are grabbing at every straw we can find," said Leeper. "We have a mad killer on the loose." DEMOCRATS TO MEET LANSING The' Demo cratic state central committee will meet here Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. to review its legislative program and discuss campaign plans. rial Communism still "poses a serious threat to the free world." Red tactics have shifted since the Geneva summit meeting from "reliance on Violence and the threat of violence to reliance on division, enticement and duplicity." The United States must have a "dynamic, flexible" foreign policy to meet this "dangerous though less obvious threat." To assure America's friends abroad of "continuity" in U.S.

economic aid, he asked "limited authority" to make long-term aid commitments for projects that will take several years to complete. GOP Senators Get Peek at Expressing a desire to get construction on projects related to railroad grade crossing elimination and flood control under way as early as possible this year, Battle Creek's city commission last evening took the initial step to obtain the necessary financing for some of the projects. Holding a special meeting following its regular session in the city hall, the commission adopted a resolution announcing its intention to issue $2,000,000 in motor vehicle highway fund bonds to finance the cost of the proposed improvements. Construction Project The commission plans to utilize the $2,000,000 to construct five new highway bridges and two new city streets. The bridges will be located over the proposed flood diversion channel for the Kalamazoo River along Liberty street, and the exact location of the bridges will be determinedly the final plans, which still are to be prepared.

The proposed new streets are the roadway along the south edge of the new river channel, which would be an extension of Dick-man road from S. Kendall street to E. Fountain street at Riverside drive, and the E. Goguac-Hall street extension. The highway fund "bonds will be sold under provisions of legislation enacted in 1952, but before the city commission authorizes the sale of the bonds, it is required to give public notice 30 days in advance of any such sale.

The action taken last evening provides the required public notice. The state law permits a municipality to pledge 40 per cent of the funds it receives from state weight and gasoline taxes for a period of 15 years to retire the bonds. In the case of Battle Creek, the amount pledged to retire the bonds will be $160,000 per year. The United States will persevere in seeking a general reduction of armaments under effective inspection and control." But until Russia agrees to a workable program, we have no alternative but to maintain powerful armed forces to deter aggression. The need for a big highway building program, which he proposed last year, is "even more urgent this year." In an apparent bid for compromise, he did not repeat last year's controversial proposal for a special bond issue to pay for the roads.

The government should undertake "an experimental program of flood-damage indemnities" and otherwise overhaul its programs for aid to disaster victims. He'll make detailed recommendations later. WASHINGTON tfl The new suit in which the administration hopes to dress up its farm program was modeled for additional tailoring today before Republican members of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Secretary of Agriculture Benson arranged a breakfast meeting with the senators, as he did with House members yesterday, to discuss with them the proposals he will suggest that President Eisenhower recommend to Congress in a special message Monday. Another Meeting He also arranged to meet later with Sens.

Ellender (D-La) and Aiken (R-Vt), the Democratic chairman and senior Republican on the committee, before flying late today to Key West, to make his recommendations to the President tomorrow. Ellender, saying Benson had invited him to discuss the pro He recommended that Congress create a bipartisan commission to investigate charges that "in some localities Negro citizens are being deprived of their right to vote and are likewise being subjected to unwarranted economic pressures." Congress should authorize construction of 35,000 new public housing units a year for the next two years. To deal with "pockets of chronic unemployment," the administration later will propose "federal technical and loan assistance" for "redevelopment" of some distressed industrial.