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1Q TTCTVriTTP1- MUNCIE THE WEATHER Rain or Snow, Much Colder FINAL EDITION "Where the Spirit of the Lord Is, There Is II Cor. 3-17 VOL Lll. No. 24 Entered at Postoffice, Muncle, Second Class Matter MUNCIE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1956 Member of th Associated Fress PRICE FIVE CENTS r7 I i Ml 1 jvL mm Tornado Cats Path of Destruction Dead Wake Twister Leaves And injured in 1 By The Associated Press A tornado skipped viciously across Marion Tuesday night, killing one person, sending 22 others to the hospital, and causing damage estimated by state police at a million to one and one-hall million dollars. Other twisters struck at Dunnington, in Benton County near the Illinois line, and at Galveston, between Kokomo and Lafayette.

Four men were injured at Dunnington. The storm knocked out power lines to Marion General Hospital. Doctors worked by flashlights i as the first victims were brought in, and an emergency generator i 1 I A "4 was brought in later from Sum mitville. Mrs. Floyd Dove was dead on arrival at the hospital.

Her 5-year-old son, Randy, was injured critically. Also in critical condition was Sirs. Betty Inzer. Mrs. Dove's husband and an- I ti ti" i it i --i Jr I -i J.

v. I Plan Moving Of Gas Pumps To City Barn The removal of the fire department's gasoline pump to the City Barns was taken into consideration by the Board of Works Wednesday as the board prepared to make room for the new emergency reporting system at Central Station. The new alarm system is to be housed in an addition to be built at the rear of the station, where the gasoline pumps now are located. Fire Chief Abe Falls told the board that under the present system fire trucks from all stations are driven to the Central Station for gasoline. If the 500-gallon capacity tank is moved to the City Barns it could still be.

operated under the present system, the fire chief said. C. W. Garrard, architect for other son, Carson, 9, were reported in serious condition. A daughter, Rita, 8, suffered only minor injuries.

Members of the Dove family were, blown 150 feet, Dove landing just five feet from a deep creek. They were on the top floor of a three-story brick-and-stucco apartment building demolished on the northeast side. Hundred of buildings were damaged by the storm and about 20 homes were demolished. Electric power remained off today in the storm area, knocking out traffic lights on the busy Ind. 9-37 bypass, just two blocks east of the area where the storm first hit.

State troopers concentrated their efforts on directing traffic. State and county hishwav This house, photo at left, was remodeled into a structure resembling a real life set of stage props Tuesday night at Marion as tornadoes swept through the Grant County city and other Indiana communities. Although some of the house apparently was undamaged the force of the winds removed the sides of the building, leaving the furniture for the most part within. The bedroom, kitchen and living room of the home were left intact in the -storm which left one dead and several injured. The other house shown here, at right, was completely leveled, but fortunately the occupants managed to escape to the basement before the full force of the blow smashed their home to splinters.

Parts of the house and furniture were scattered over an area extending about 200 yards from the location. Many other homes were crushed and trees uprooted and utility poles downed. The dam age was not only to private property, for the sudden change in temperature and air pressure as the tornado moved in caused several streets to buckle. The dead woman was Mrs. Floyd Dove.

The storm, striking shortly before midnight began in the Fifth and Sixth St. area and extended north to Ilorton St. Muncie Press Photos by John Weesner Other Pictures on Pages Three and Twelve the proposed addition at the rear of the Central Station, showed crews tackled the huge job of removing fallen trees. The wind broke 90 per cent of blue-prints to the board members. A proposal that the board reaffirm past action on all street stop signs in the city was re the windows in the high school, and it weakened the east waU quested by city Attorney Mar- and a roof section.

Choice Rests With to urharn toy in ecision snaii inaniey, who pointed out the difficulty of finding authorization for any particular stor The students faced an indefinite vacation. Another 632 pupils attend the junior high school. sign when there is no way of knowina when it was eiven. Tn Muncie Crowds of curious thronged traffic cases involving the run- ixo fee Asse rts righfesis icrure the city but were kept out of the ning of stop signs, Marshall pointed out, the city has to show storm area. by what authorization the stop Also listed in serious condition WASHINGTON VP) President Eisenhower, said today he has was Mary Gentry.

asked Vice President Nixon to chart his own course as to whether of Commerce that others looking for attractive locations will find Muncie's industrial climate most attractive. For those other firms signs were put up. "Some of the signs were authorized 10, 20, 25 years ago," Nine of the 22 injured were he wants to bid for another term. Durham Manufacturing Cor-fwas staying in Muncie was that poration's decision to remain inlof John W. Fisher, vice president Muncie, announced by 'Joseph S.

of Ball Brothers Co. and chair-Neff, president and general man-j man of the Business Development ager, today sharply brightened; Committee of the Muncie Cham- At a news conference Eisenhower declined to sav whether he kept in the hospital, and 13 were dismissed after treatment. would favor Nixon as his running maie if the vice president should Marshall said. "When they're (scattered through the records over a period of so manv var I A 17-year-old wife and her ber of Commerce. Muncie's industrial picture.

uaiue ne wouia line to try ior anotner term, Wilson Thinks Missile Just Another Arm WASHINGTON" (INS) Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson's conviction that the Importance of long-range rocket missiles has been exaggerated appears likely today to dominate the intensive "new look" being taken at America's security. Wilson leaves Washington today to join the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a secluded meeting at Ramey Air Base in Puerto Rico, where an historic three-year blueprint for America's defense is being drafted. The defense secretary told reporters before taking off that a rocket, whether Russian or America gets it first, wiU be "just one more weapon" in the total arsenal, and that there has Eisenhower said he was not going to be pushed Into a corner fifSt elieve? tohavej they're difficult, sometimes im! i h-mnthptiral mipciinn dierf in the wreckage of a house! JJU hypothetical question. But he said he died in the wreckage of a house "This important manufacturer's It was good news to everyone, business and industrial leaders, on a has nr criticism what, in the community considering expansions or additions to their line, Durham's decision should be of much value.

I'm very happy that Joe Neff and his Durham asso- (Continued on. Page Two) possible, to decision confirms the belief of the but later were found to have es soever oi iNixon as a man, as an labor leaders, merchants and the members of the Business Develop caped with only slight injuries. associate or as his running mate. man the street. A REAFFTR3L4TION of all the ston ment Committee of the Chamber am-imj i.uuuA uLiiuui wcric require a survey listing them, it closed today.

The high school was pointed out. and th Ttnar-rt THE DURHAM Corporation, in an announcement by Mr. Neff, in Navy Blamed For Jet Flop WASHINGTON House in which he was joined- by Fred building and Washington Junior decided to delay action until it High were damaged badly. A can find out what personnel is water main burst at the high available for the survey. AN EDITORIAL Durham Stays With fykincie The decision of Durham Manufacturing: Corp.

to re Crapo, president -of Kitselman Brothers, said it had bought the school, adding to the damage. Contracts for the purchase of a Kitselman Brothers plant and or Merle Rife, superintendent of Pickup truck for the sewage de- In this first meeting with newsmen since his own second term announcement a week ago, Eisenhower also said in response to a question that if at any time during the campaign he decided that his general, organic health was not what he felt it should be, then he would go to the -American people and tell them so. The implication was that he would withdraw from the race, fice building on s. Council main in Muncie, despite very tempting- offers elsewhere, maintenance for city schools, partment ana a panel truck for estimated damage to the high that it planned rebuilding of itsj is the most encouraging industrial news Muncie Siitlbetaihas received in a long time, especially since it comes while vestigators said today "large errors" and "waste of public funds" marked a half billion dollar effort to build a Navy jet fighter. school building, the largest building in the city, at $600,000.

(Continued on Fags Twelve) City Bus and Muncie is making- an energetic effort to attract other industries. At the Washington School, a Durham could have moved to other cities, complete A government operations sub been "too much emphasis on this development. chimney collapsed in a classroom, not far from an auditorium in which 40 men were practicing for a minstrel show. Truck Crash but he did not say so in so many words. factory plants were available at a very low cost, but as Joseph S.

Neff said "Durham belongs in Muncie and will In a news conference at the Pentagon, he even referred to the committee said the Navy, the McDonnell Aircraft and the Westinghouse Electric Corp. "must share the responsibility" rocket as a "minor His remark came in response to stay Muncie. The very fact that Durnam was The worst of the damage was in West Marion. The (Continued on Pags Twelve) A city bus and a truck collided founded in Muncie and has progressed to the very top for this. a question as to what he would do under such circumstances.

weapon, but he later asked that the word "minor" be withdrawn on the ground that it might be at the intersection of Main and' Liberty Sts. Wednesday afternoon and two women were taken to the BUT IT SAID IN a unanimous manufacture by mid-summer. Mr. Neff said. the company had rejected very tempting offer from other communities because "Durham belongs to Muncie and will stay in Muncie.

He set out the company's concern for the welfare of its many employes and for the community, and, although the formal -announcement did not mention it, it seems obvious that the corporation's decision was guided by Mr. Neff's strong personal desire that the operations be retained for Muncie. TYPICAL OF the many expressions of "gratitude that Durham misunderstood. Order Curfew hospital. They were not believed The Joint Chiefs of Staff, led by Adm.

Arthur W. Radford, are to be seriously injured. In starting his reply, Eisenhower laughed and told newsmen not to hold him to -withdrawal from the race for such a thing as say a case of the flu. WITH A CHUCKLE, the Presi report that "final responsibility rests with the Navy as the government procuring agency." There was no immediate comment from the Navy. in Puerto Rico primarily to de There were about eight pas At Yorktown sengers on the bus.

termine now America's armed forces should be reshaped to meet the requirements of the guided Driver of the bus was Frank dent went on to say the newsmen Kern, RR 2, Gaston, while Charles A 9 p.m curfew at Yorktown The subcommittee's report fol missile era. was ordered in a special session J. Welder, 1723 S. Madison St was driver of the truck owned by lowed hearings last Oct. 24-27 on of the town board of trustees its own field while in Muncie was proof enough to Mr.

Neff and his associates that the company's future must be linked with Muncie's future. And the corporation's officers are thoroughly confident of Muncie's future; their decision attests to that. This decision means that some 600 men and women, long-time employes of Durham, workers who have been an integral part of the company's success, will stay in Muncie and will stay with Durham. This decision means that some 17,000 outlets in the United States and abroad will continue to receive the very best of folding furniture from Muncie, Ind. This decision means that the company's big payroll will continue to flow into the Muncie economy.

This decision means that the corporation's executives will continue, as they have in the past, to work for a httter Muncie. Acquisition of the Kitselman Brothers plant on S. ALTHOUGH WILSON does not the 8x2-year history of the "De tne vvert Lumber Co. Tuesday night, in the wake of a pretend to be a military man, his mon," built by McDonnell, St. teenage stabbing melee involving THE BUS WAS soins north on Louis, with jet engines from were worse than his doctors on that score.

At another point, Eisenhower said that unless he felt up to performing the essential duties of the presidency he would not be available for the job. The first question put to Eisenhower today dealt with what a re views are often controlling. He overruled a 2 to 1 vote by the two girls. Liberty St. and the truck east on Westinghouse.

The curfew within the town chiefs that would have prevented Main. The bus apparently hit Over that period, there were 11 limits of Yorktown will be for the army from developing a the truck broadside. crashes and four pilot deaths. all persons under 21 years of WE Strikers Holding Out WASHINGTON CSV-Union ne The two women receiving treat age, and will go into effect at 9 mile rocket missile, and would have assigned this job exclusively ment at the hospital were identi Sixty of the planes were grounded because their engines didn't have enough power. p.m.

Wednesday, yorktown porter called published reports to the Air Force. fied as Mrs. Thelma Covert 1714 school pupils were informed of Wilson's views on long-range Leland IndianaDolis. and the ordinance in a general as Some 220 of the later-model De and inter-continental missiles are gotiators continued to hold out to Mrs. Gladys McFarland.

713 W. sembly at the school Wednesday difficult to categorize. North St. The extent of injuries morning. that some of Eisenhower's advisers were urging him to dump Nixon from the Republican ticket this year, and that secondly the President himself was reported to have suggested to Nixon that he consider standing aside this time He obviously does not mean that America has devoted too Council and the new construction planned will give additional floor space and make possible further expansion.

This decision means that the Durham line again will be on the market by mid-summer, a factor that is THE YORKTOWN town board mons, fitted with more powerful Allison jet engines, are finally being delivered for fleet use, the committee said. But it said the planes are "now or soon may be obsolete." day for more lavoraDie imni than government mediators have proposed for ending the 143-day Westinghouse strike. Company representatives accepted the government plan also voted to discontinue warn much effort to these projects, since he himself has recently ear ing tickets to traffic violators and perhaps taking a Cabinet marked hundreds of millions of All persons breaking traffic laws additional dollars for their de will be arrested, even for first of the greatest importance to the corporation and its employes. THE HOUSE group made "no offenses, the board said. velopment.

A FEDERAL mediation service nnnpl which drafted the settle- Two teenage girls were still But he thinks there has been There is every reason to believe tnat uurnam iuanu- being held Wednesday in con charge of impropriety in the strict legal on a side issue involving retired Rear Adm. Lloyd Harrison. nection with the stabbing of a "too much talk" about missiles and that, important, as they are, they must not detract from the ment package reiusea to cuange facturing Corp. will continue to oe a very successiui vyvia-its provisions despite pleas from beginning to grow. Muncie girl in a sidewalk fracas James B.

Carey, president oi nvi the post, Eisenhower hesitated momentarily. Then he said forcefully that if anyone ever has the effrontery to suggest to him that he dump someone like Nixon, there would be more commotion around his office than perhaps ever before. As for whether he himself had (Continued on Pase Twol Adm. Harrison was deputy and Tuesday evening. The victim, importance of other military pro grams.

suitered by the two was not learned, pending an examination. Deepening of Great Lakes Channel Voted WASHINGTON CP) The Senate Public Works Committee today approved legislation to authorize deepening of the channels connecting the Great Lakes. The work would cost an estimated 110 million dollars. This project would provide a 27 foot channel in the Great Lakes west of Lake Erie so that ocean-going ships could sail westward from the St. Lawrence waterway.

The bill approved today previously had passed the House. It now goes to the Senate. Opal Christopher, 17, of 728 assistant chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics from Sep Elm was described as being in "satisfactory" condition at Muncie Chamber of Commerce should be asked for any substantial proof that Muncie is a good town for an industrial operation, Durham's decision alone should be International Union of Electrical Workers. The plan would give the Westinghouse Electric a contract, similar to one negotiated by the IUE with another He said, for example, that he is considering an increase in the production of eight-engine B-52 tember 1952 until July 31, 1955, Next day he stepped into a Ball Hospital. Only quick action of the York 800-a-year job as vice president sufficient.

Continued on Page Two) town marshals, George Wagner, and Ernest Donovan, was cred of McDonnell. Both James S. McDonnell, president of the aircraft firm, and Harrison testified the retired admiral has not used ited with saving the girls life. after she was knifed, the wound penetrating her chest cavity. his military connections to gain Wagner and Donovan admims favored treatment for Mc tered first aid and rushed her to Donnell.

the hospital. However, the House report called on Secretary of Defense Weather Wilson to strengthen present rules covering industry hiring of Barometer 29.60 retired officers. Rainfall (24 hrs. to noon) none Relative humidity, noon 66 IN A STATEMENT to Deputy Deputy Sheriff Jerry Spence and Juvenile Aid Division officers, 16-year-old girl who is one of the two held, said she was walking from a drive-in in Yorktown with a friend when a "smart remark" by the Christopher girl provoked the argument. The 16-year-old, from Yorktown, con STORM LOSS MILLIONS Wind direction northeast BRISBANE, Australia (JP) A major electrical manufacturing firm, the General Electric Co.

The government proposed terms also would provide safeguards the union wanted against company job changes designed to economy. WAGE increases ranging from five cents to more than 17 cents an hour, plus pension and insurance improvements, also were recommended. Workers averaged $2.10 an hour when the strike began. David L. Cole, Paterson," N.J., attorney and one of the mediators, said, the recommendations were designed to be fair to both sides.

The company's acceptance statement said Westinghouse felt the terms are "fair to both company and union." Carey was reported insisting on outright reinstatement of 95 strikers fired by the company for alleged violence. The panel suggested that 59 of these strikers be reinstated and that the remaining 36 cases be submitted to arbitration. This was accepted by the company. Wind velocity 4 miles per hour Visibility 11 mile 90-mile-an-hour hurricane battered North Queensland Tuesday Sunrise 7:07 a.m., sunset 6:40 p.m. tended that Miss Christopher i- i if -a Temperature recorded in Muncie during 24 hours preceding noon today.

night. The storm, described as one of the worst on record, caused an estimated 2i million dollars damage. Noon y'st'rd'y 64Midnight 66 first drew the knife and made a "swipe" toward her, when she pushed the knife back toward the Muncie girl. The Yorktown girl is being held along with a friend, a 17-year-old Muncie girl who is thought to be a parole 2 p.m 66 2 a.m 62 4 p.m 71 4 a.m 60 6 p.m 67 1 6 a.m. 50 8 p.m 661 8 a.m 48 10 p-m.

6610 a.m. 43 Noon today 47 Maximum 72 minimum 45 (Additional Temperatures on Page Two) violator. TODAY'S CHUCKLE There are more important things in life than money but they won't go out with you if your broke. Local deputies planned to meet with the probation officer on the matter, and to question the to the Durham Manufacturing Corp. and will be used for manufacturing purposes.

The main Durham plant is across the railroad from the Kitselman property. Muncie Press Photo. SOLD TO DITIHAM MANUFACTURING CORP. The office building and plant of Kitselman Brothers, located on S. Council St.

at the New York Central Railroad, has been sold Christopher girfywhen she is able.