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THE KOKOMO TRIBUNE KOKOMO I A VOL. 1XXIII-NO. 80 CITY EDITION KOKOMO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1955 TWENTY-TWO PAGES SEVEN CENTS PER COPY E. Germany Demanding Recognition From West BATTLE STUDENTS Atlanta police battle of Georgia Tech students protesting action by Gov. Marvin who vigorously opposes participation by Georgia colleges in athletic contests with teams having Negro players.

The governor's opposition may (AP Wirephoto) lake Tech out of the Sugar Bowl game with Pittsburgh. Georgia Tech To Play in Sugar Bowl ATLANTA W) Regents of the university system of Georgia today gave Georgia Tech a green light to play Pittsburgh In the Sugar Bowl football game Jan. 2. The regents adopted a resolution to apply to all athletic teams of the university system stating that "all contests held within the State of Georgia shall be held in conformity with the Constitution, laws, customs and traditions cf the state. The resolution declared, however, that games played outside of Georgia shall be under the laws, customs and traditions of the host: state.

This was qualified, however, with a clause stating "no contract or agreement shall be entered into for an athletic contest in any state where the circumstances under which It is to be filled are re- to the laws, customs, and traditions of the host state." Gov. Griffin requested that athletic teams of the university system of Georgia be prohibited from playing opponents who do not maintain segregation. Tech students rioted through downtown Atlanta early Saturday, stormed the state capitol, burned effigies of Griffin and paraded to the governor's mansion. Saturday night students at Mercer University in Macon, demonstrated and hanged the governor in Early yesterday an effigy; of Griffin was found hanging from a tree near the faculty club on the University of Oregon campus at Eugene, Ore. At Baton Rouge, the Southern Gentlemen's organization, a secret prosegregation society, urged Gov.

Robert Kennon and (Continuacf on Page 2, Column 2) Ronnie Weitkamp's Body Found in Crane Thicket 6 Garyites Victims in By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Five accidents cost the lives six Gary residents as weekend roster of traffic deaths reached 12 names. Wendy Marshall; 5, daughter of Benjamin Marshall, died Sunday of Injuries suffered Saturday when she was struck by a car in Gary The child did not regain con (ciousness. Irvin S. Myers, 35, injured Satur day when his car swiped four car: parked on a Gary street, died Sunday. Lonnie Wilson, 21, was killed a a Gary intersection Saturday after outrunning a police car chasing him ns a speeder.

Michael Vargo, 3B, also of Gary was killed Saturday when his ca hit a truck in dense fog on U.S 30 in LaPorte County, near Hanna Ethel Lee Spencer, 16, and Jean Alice Robinson, 18, both of Gary were injured fatally in Hammon Friday night in an auto that hit italled pickup truck. Robert Eaton, 23, a South Ben police patrolman, was killed am his companion, Patrolman Leroy Barrett, 24, Injured critically early Sunday when their auto crashe into a parked car. The two were off duty. Investigating officers said Eaton apparently fell asleep at th wheel. Among 12 Auto Crash Indiana over Weekend Glance Inside Editorials Rieael Column 4 Edson Column 4 Lawrence Column 4 Deaths Hospital Notes 9 Blrlhs 11 Classified M-21 Radio Programi Id Comics -16 News for Women 8-9 Sports 17-18-19 Theater News 15 Television Programs 15 Tlplon News 15 Peru News 15 Today's Chuckle Sign on the outskirts of a Wash ington state town: "Our speed limil is 25 miles per hour, with a fine of $3 per mile for faster driving, Pick out a speed you can afford." Indiana Weather (Kokamo IB In Zone 4 INDIANA ZONE FORECASTS 1 and 2--Fair and colder tonight Tuesday fair and continued cold.

Low tonight 8. 3 through 7 Mostly fair and colder tonight. Tuesday fair and continued cold. 3, 4 and 5--Low tonight 10. 6 and 7--Low tonight 15.

Wednesday outlook--Fair and lit tie warmer. Tribune Weather Report For 24-hour period ending 5 p.m. Sunday: Maximum, 41; minimum, 27. At 1 p.m. Monday: 22.

Rending Dec. 5. 1954; Maximum, minimum, 24. Sun sets Monday at 4:21 p.m. Sun rises Tuesday at 6:50 a.m.

Mrs. Margaret Mastin, 19, of New Castle, was killed, and her husband. Jerry, 23, and their 4- month-old baby, Peggy Lee, injured early Sunday in a headon crash in New Castle. i charged the driver of the second car, Benny Hollon, 24, of New Castle, with drunken driving and reckless homicide. escaped with minor injuries, but a passenger in his car, Mildred Decker, was more seriously injured.

Mrs. Betty Keller, 30, of Fort Wayne, was killed Sunday in a two- car crash practically in front of the home of the sister she was going to visit. Four others were injured. State troopers were en route to investigate reports that Frederick R. Stillabower, 25, of Columbus, was wandering along.

U.S. 31 east of Columbus when Stillabower was struck and killed by a car Saturday night. Jane Turfler, 9, of South Bend, was killed early Saturday when a car sideswiped an auto transport truck in South Bend. Virgil L. Tague, 40, of Michigan City, was killed by a car Saturday after he leaped from his own car in downtown Michigan City.

Witnesses told police, it 'appeared Tague jumped out to "direct traffic." CRANE, Ind. (ffl Three boys tramping through a thicket Sunday stumbled on the body of Ronnie Weitkamp, 54 days after the 3- year-old boy's disappearance sent 2,500 servicemen and civilians combing the 'huge Crane Naval Ammunition Depot for 30 hours. The body of the tow-headed youngster, bady' decomposed, was found 50 yards north of the depot, where the child's father, Lawrence Weitkamp, works as an ammuni tion inspector. "There's no question about the identification," Delmar a i Greene County coroner, reported. Capt.

Robert Dillon, chief state police investigator, said a inary check of the scene brought out no reason to suppose foul play. JHe said it appeared to police the boy died of "starvation and exposure," but emphasized the in vestigation would have to be completed before more positive con elusions could be drawn. Capt. Dillon attached no importance to the fact that part of the child's clothing had been removed. He 'cited several cases of lost children removing their clothing -especially youngsters only a few years' old.

Apparently they associate taking off clothing with going to bed and disrobe when they be come tired and sleepy. Ronnie's body was lying approximately miles from his home. When the child failed to answer his mother's call for lunch Oct. 11, a 4-year-old playmate, Debbie Gallagher, told Mrs. Weitkamp: "Ronnie went off into the stick- Good Fellows Want To Childish Faith in Santa Help A childish faith in Santa awareness of approaching Christ mas maybe a trace of fear These thoughts must have gone through the boy's mind as he took up a pencil and scribbled: "Dear Santa Claus.

am a little boy years old And will you please remember me on Christmas and bring me some thing because I won't have much Christmas if you don't. And my mother is a widow woman." Yes, it's a simple letter. But ii tells its story with an unmistakable tug. Sort of makes you pause anc reflect on those virtues of childhood that we somehow lose in growing up. Makes you think of a child's trusting heart.

Reminds you that to a child this world is full of wonderful things to be discovered each day. Makes you wish that 'you could live each day as a child keeping each day to itself with little or no thought for the mor row. These are the children for whom the Good Fellows of Kokomo have existed for 45 years. Each Decem- ser there are many persons who desire that no child be forgotten the sharing of Christmas happiness. And so they bring or send Good Fellows Fund Previous Balance 57.72 Homemakers Club 10.00 Kokomo Boiler and Weld- Ing Co 10.00 S.S.

Kresgc Employes 30.00 In memory of Dick Becchy and Robert Rescner 10.00 Cressy Thomas Havens 25.M Total SHOPPING DAYS LEFT H.lp Fight U.Buy Christmas their contributions, large and small, to The Tribune which acts as the''custodian of the Good Fellows Fund. Last Christmas approximately 600 impoverished children were helped to a happy Christmas through the good offices of the Good Fellows. Your gift today will help perpetuate the work of the Good Fellows. A search, started almost at once, expanded until 2,500 a i Naval personnel, Boy Scouts and civilians were marching practically shoulder to shoulder through the giant camp. No trace of the boy was found.

At dusk the day after the disappearance, the hunt was abandoned. Police then turned to the theory the boy might have been kidnaped and dozens of reports that a child Con Get Friendship CAIRO, Egypt Wl--The newspaper Al Ahram said today the United States still has a good chance to regain 'Egyptian friendship--and can prove its intentions by granting a loan for construction of Egypt's massive high dam at Aswan. Reds Are Arming TAIPEI, Formosa Wl--The Nationalist Chinese air force said its planes flew over heavily armed Red air bases on the mainland during the night and dropped millions of anti-Communist leaflets. District Politics Buzzing This Week Politicians and political workers of Kokomo Howard County will have a busy time this week. Local Democrats, having already held their own celebration of the victory they won in the city election lest month, joined party work ers from other cities of the Fifth District in a district victory feast scheduled for Monday nigfit at Anderson.

Mayor Eaymon Gilbert, one of Jie partjrs successful mayoralty candidates in this part of Indiana, headed a local delegation to the Anderson meeting. Congressman Ray Madden of Gary was the principal speaker. The Republicans got ready to take a long, hard look at precinct voting trends which cost them the Vov. election in Kokomo and Holiday Shopping Hours Are Listed Yule shopping'-note: Kokomo stores will be open Wednesday afternoon for convenience of Christmas shoppers. The stores will be open 'until 5:30 p.

m. Monday through Thursday. Closing hours Friday and Saturday will be 8:30 p. m. Beginning Dec.

18 they will remain open every night until 8:30 up to Christmas Eve when tbeyTetura to the regular schedule. other cities. They have three meetings scheduled-for this week in the district, the first on Tuesday night in Kokomo, the second Wednesday night at Anderson and the third Thursday night at Marion. All precinct committeemen and vice-committeemen in four counties--Howard, Miami, Tipto'n and Clinton--are to assemble at the YMCA here Tuesday, night for an analysis of precinct returns from this year's and preceding elections. (ConHnuod on, Pago Column I) matching his description had been seen were checked out without success.

Crane authorities describe the. spot where the body was found as an "almost impenetrable" thicket. The discovery was made by three Crane Village boys, John Medina, 13; Jim Gentry, 15, and Willard Neuhaus, 16, as they were taking a Sunday hike. Always outwardly confident the child would be found alive, the Weitkamps observed his third birthday Nov. 25 with cake and candles.

The parents have three other children, Larry Lee, Eileen Sue, 7, and Maria Ann, 16 months. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. (CST) Tuesday at the Jenkins Funeral Home, Bloomfield, and at 1:30 p. m.

Thursday at the Nass Funeral Home, Huntingburg. Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery. IKE AND MARTIN President Eisenhower emphosizes a point with his hand as he confers wilh Rep. Joseph Martin GOP House leader as the two sat down at the President's office in Gettyburg, Dec. 3 to discuss Congressional matters.

(AP Wirepholo) Republicans Squabble Over Role Of Merged AFL and CIO in Politics By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A squabble among Republicans over organized labor's political newly merged AFL-CIO prepare: newly merged AFL-CI prepared to hear today from President Eisenhower. Eisenhower had a chance to comment on. the situation in an afternoon message to the first conven tion of the new labor organization. His words were to be carried by special circuit i home to the AFL-CIO meeting in New York. Two prominent Republicans-Senator Goldwater of Arizona and Case of New Jersey--split sharply yesterday over union participation in politics, a subject that's been catching increasing attention with in the GOP.

Goldwater, chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, told a newsman in Washington that the combined AFL-CIO will have "no right" to endorse a presidential candidate in 1956. He said such an action would be "infringing on the rights of independent and minority mem' bers of their organizations." Case, however, told a labor press dinner in New York that unions "have a clear duty to bring before their members the real facts aboul each candidate, regardless ol party." Case, spokesman for a group of Eisenhower partisans in the Senate, described as "hysterical' statements by some members ol Ills party that labor union leaders are trying to take over the Democratic party. Such statements have come from Goldwater and Senate Republican Leader Knowland of California. Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn), a potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, also discussed organized labor's role in politics in a talk at the New York meeting of trade union editors.

He said: "Even if labor so desired, it couldn't hold a stick to the lobbying power, the corruptive influ ence and the capacity for intrigue that has been demonstrated by the giants of big business Another possible Democratic nominee, Gov. Averell Harriman of New York, conferred with 50 top Oklahoma Democrats yesterday. Today's News Briefs TAIPEI, Formosa (J--Five members of the U. S. House Foreign Affairs Committee went to central Formosa today to be overnight guests of President and Madame Chiang Kai-shek.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. HV-Lt. Gov. Harold W. Handjey laid today new electrical power and water resource! will aid phenomenal Industrial growth in southern Indiana during the, next decade.

DAYTON, Ohio dv-Dr. Walter C. VanNuys, 78, superintendent of the Indiana Village for Epileptics at New Castfe, for 46 years, died today at the home of a son, Walter C. VanNuys Jr. YORK W--The itock market pushed forward today to within a shade of ill old record high mark in (he early afternoon.

PRINCETON, Ind. W--The murder trial ol Leslie Irvin, 31-year- old Evansvflle pipefitter, moved into its fourth week today with the state and defense still unagreed on a jury. INDIANAPOLIS HV-AdJ. Gen. Harold Doherty today the last National Guard Inapt will he withdraws! Tuesday noon fromNew Castle, where they bad patroled the Perfect Clreto foundry area all tat ilz days ilnce a riot Oct.

I. He had gone to Oklahoina City for, the national convention of Young Democrats. Differing comments on whether Eisenhower will seek re-election came Saturday from Knowland and House GOP Leader Martin of Massachusetts, who conferred separately with the. President at Get- tyburg on congressional matters Martin later told newsmen hi believes Eisenhower will run again, health permitting, "for the world's sake." Knowland said he doesn't think the President hae reached a "final decision." Whether or not Eisenhower runs (Continued on 1, Column 2 County Council To Meet Tuesday on Appropriations The Howard County Council meets in special session Tuesday and Wednesday to consider re quests of 10 county departments for additional appropriations total- ling more than $20,000. The two-day session probably will be the council's last jn 1955.

In all, the council is asked to appropriate emergency funds total- ling $20,722.56. Following is a breakdown of the request: auditor, $25 for rents; treasurer, $175 for binding tax receipts; recorder, $3.41 for salaries and $S10 for equipment; sheriff $35 for stationery and printing county board of education, $130 for operating expenses; Circuit Court $85 for salaries, $65 for operating expenses, $820 for current charges $100 for supplies; board of county commissioners, $350 for salaries and per diem of the county council $364.95 for county's share of town ship trustees salaries as ex-offlcio township assessors and for current charges; county high' way department, $6,268.96 for op erating expenses, materials and rents. U. S. Urges Endorsement Of Ike's 'Open Sky' Plan UNITED Y.

W-- cotting the Assembly--and observ The United States launched its fight today for U. N. Assembly endorsement of President Eisenhower's "open sky" inspection plan a first step toward disarmament and a ban on nuclear weap- ns. Henry Cabot Lodge chief U. S.

delegate, told the Assembly political committee that the Eisenhower plan to exchange aerial inspection rights and defense blueprints between the Soviet Union and the United States would rule out surprise attacks and "may set a seal against war itself." He challenged the Soviet Union to drop its opposition to the plan before the Assembly's scheduled end next week and join the West 'in a policy of openness which which would reassure the world and advance the cause of disarmament" To the delegations of 59 member nations--South Africa is boy- ers of a half dozen nonmcmbcrs sitting in the committee. Lodge posed this question: "Why, if the Soviet Union Is sin cere in its concern about the pos sibility of attack from the West it not willing to join in an im mediate practical program to pro scribe further attack by either side?" President Eisenhower first proposed the exchange at the Geneva summit meeting in July. Lodge pledged that the United States, to meet one Soviet objec ion, would negotiate with other countries to extend the plan for aerial inspection to them and to (Continued an Pago 3, Column 3) Worker Critical After Mishap At Stone Quarry A 83-year-old Hemlock man, John W. Woods, was reported in critical condition at St. Joseph Hospital Monday after he was crushed in a' shaft of the Yeoman Stone 2900 W.

Deffenbaugh around 2:30 p.m. Saturday. First aid crewmen said Woods was on a cat walk about seven feet from the'ground when his clothes became entangled in the shaft He was crushed from the waist up. ReporU were that Woods suffered a brain concussion, a broken left leg. a fractured left arm, and a fractured jaw.

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Dial your ad by 5:00 p. m. for the next day 1 paper. Reach 'these buyers right away while they are itlll interested. (Adv.) Vital Barge Traffic May Force Issue BERLIN (J) --Communist East Germany insisted today that the question of barge traffic to isolated West Berlin must be handled on a ministerial level by the West German government.

The Communists thus acknowledged they hope to force recognition of their regime through the new clampdown on the water route. So far, West Germany has dealt with the Communists only on the level of "technical experts," something which does not imply recognition. The Red demand was voiced in Neues Deutschland, organ of the East German Communist party. The future of barge traffic a vital link in the lifeline of this Communist-surrounded city was raised over the weekend by the disclosure that the Russians have given the East Germans power to renew or deny, applications for the operation of Western-owned barges. The Russians to date have turned back 52 permit applications, saying these must be submitted to East German officials for processing.

The Soviet action raised the possibility the Communists might try to set up a partial blockade by cutting off Western barge traffic through the denial of About 24 per cent of West Bcrlin'i heavy supplies, such as coal, is brought in by waterway from West Germany. 110 miles distant from the city. However, the West German government press chief, Edmund Forschbach, told a news conference in Bonn that Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's regime does not believe a new blockade of Berlin is imminent. "The expressions 1 'squeeze' and 'blockade' used in reporting the situation in Berlin during the last few days do not correspond with the facts," Forschbach asserted, adding, "The events in and around Berlin give no reason for any panic." Neues Deutschland wrote: "Sure' ly the gentlemen in Bonn (the West German capital) are not just beginning to realize that the havcl (a link in the waterway system) is a German river which flows through the sovereign part of Germany, our German democratic republic?" This declaration was in line with the frequent Communist itate- menU that East Germany was given full "sovereignty" by the Russians last September, and in full control of its own affairs. Permits for shipping via rail and truck are not necessary, but the Communists keep control on the cargo by closely checking bills of lading.

If these do not coincide exactly with the bills, the cargo is sometimes confiscated, or the owner subjected to a heavy fine. Despite the continuing controversy over control of the Soviet sector, Mrs. America of 1956 and about 90 other tourists visited East Berlin Sunday in U. S. Army buses.

Army runs ropular bus touri through the entire city. A spokesman for Mrs, Romona Deitcmeyer of Lincoln, who was crowned Mrs. America recently, described the tour as "purely a routine tourist trip made- by the Army all the time." West German i i sources in Bonn reported the Soviet Union has started to equip the East German air force with MIG15 jet fighters in large quantities. They said several hundred East German pilots have taken extensive jet training courses in Russia and East Germany. Meanwhile, it was disclosed that East Germany now has the power to require West German auto and truck traffic to Berlin to be covered by Communist insurance.

An East German law establishing this was published last Sept. 15, but escaped widespread notice until today, when Dcr Kurier--a West Berlin newspaper--billed the law as "another trouble making maneuver." The law, effective next Jan. 3, does not specifically require the insurance on that date, giving the East Germans leeway to when they will crack down. Peiping Charge TOKYO Peiping radio tonight charged "Washington germ generals have gone mad" and are plotting to "sicken or kill a large percentage of the peoples of other countries.".