The Daily Telegram from Adrian, Michigan • Page 1

VOL. 128, NO. 87. ADRIAN DAILY TELEGRAM Showers; Low 42; High 60 (Weather Details on Page 11) ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1960 PRICE SEVEN CENTS MARKS TRAGIC CRASH Director's Salary Cut From Both City And School Estimated Budgets OTHER CUTS PROPOSED The future of Adrian's recrca-j tion program appeared uncertain! as members of the city commis-j sion began discussions Monday night on the proposed city budget. I City officials said that the school! board has indicated it would not pay the salary of a city recreation director.

City Administrator Robert Finley said the salary had I not been included in the city budget, either. The city administrator said the parks, trees and cemetery work could be reassigned to the! public works department; Cityj Recreation Director Harry Wag-! ner has been in charge of these-: departments, in addition to super-j vising the recreation program. The city administrator suggested that $2,000 might be alloted for a part-time director of the recreation program, if a full-time director were not provided in either the school or city budgets. At the same time the city officials recommended that recreation fees be increased so that they would be more in line with the costs of the program. Business Activities Tax Upheld; $10,000,000 At Stake In Ruling LANSING busi-: million dollars this fiscal year, ness activities tax has survived i Lock said.

jwhat State Revenue Commission-' Armco. with only 13 of its ier Clarence W. Lock called its1000 employees in Michigan, con- jmost important; court test since it; tended the tax was a levy on was enacted in 1953. interstate commerce in violation As much as ten million the federal constitution. It a year in state revenue was at: sought to recover in taxes stake in a decision by the state JP aid over three vears i supreme court yesterday uphold-l Chief Justice John R-.

Dethmers, the business activities levy supported by the other five jus- ion Armco Steef Lock said.jtices ruling on the case, held that I Armco Steel, of. Middletown.l^e tax was "reasonable" and pays less than $35,000 lw as applied only against gross jyear, he said, but many other receipts of the firm's Michigan firms were affected by the ruling, business. (Like Armco, they have sales of-! "The tax bears a real and rea- ifices but no plants warehouses I sonabte relationship to the priv- in Michigan opportunities and protec- paid the business!" 1 A power line pole, snapped when one of two cars which had collided hurtled into it, hangs over the wreckage of the two vehicles at Lubbock, Texas. Seven persons were killed Sunday, and a small boy critically injured in the crash. It was the worst traffic accident in Texas this year.

(AP Wirephoto) case," Lock said. "Some who should be taxed have not paid." The BAT, the top revenue producer for the state's general will bring in between 65 and 7() Car Bumps Girl On Bicycle Convicted Of Contempt Boy, 6, Spends A Night Out FLUSHING, Mich. Six- year-old Terry McLeod spent the night at a boy friend's home, unaware that he was the object of a police search that began last night and which was intensified at daybreak. State police from six headed 3 posse of more than 50 policemen and volunteers who were NIXON vearching along the banks of the Flint river shortly after daybreak when the boy was found safe. West Virginia Observers Suspect Plot; Political Activity Is High I CALIFORNIA THE ASSOCIATED Talk of a stop-Kennedy' move- Terrv.

who lives with his ma- lent West Virginia to- tcrnal grandparents. Mr. and MrsJ fte Mlne time movement Robert McLwd. bicvcled about two miles to the home of a friend, Kenneth Revnolds. vesterdav aft- Of seemed sn uff Vork In esl -moon and spent- the night.

The Reynolds thought he had W0ndered er a st way home, he was spotted by Abe' fc of Flushing ho. tum of Sen John Kennedv recognized the boy and t(Ward Washington "Task Force" Planning Visit To Adrian On April 20 Adrian will be receiving assis-ihere who are seeking to interest 1 and released Monday i This would mean an increase tance from the nation's industry in moving to Adri- her bicycle on North 3 She is the daughter Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Arnold of 143V2 North Main Street. The ac- Icident took place at 12:08 p.m.

City police said Patricia rode $10 per year per team for the Old descriptions in. He look tte boy into his home and are onh caQ telephoned state police who called didales the search parties. ln york Goy Rockefeller opposed circulation of a letter that belittled the qualifications of Vice President Nixon the presidency. Some Republican supporters of Rockefeller had signed the letter. Nixon, in San Francisco today rackets investigating commit- Seven new directors for the Ho open the hew baseball season, their premises in violation of a tee.

Hutcheson was allowed to 'Adrian Area Chamber of Com--told a newsman yesterday he was remain free on bond pending jmerce were named Monday eve-'not disturbed by the letter and. sentencing. (AP Wirephoto) Ining. About. 350 votes were fact, thought it might add spice for the new 1960-61 Chamber to the campaign, i officials.

Meanwhile, Adlai Stevenson The new directors are John ominued lo draw support for Maurice A. Hutcheson, presi- Circuit Judge Rex Martin today dent of the Carpenters union, ricia K. Ar-! took der advisement a motion was convicted of contempt of Bixbv hospi- by Raisin township to enioin ai on 0 iess 01 from using I zoning ordinance. Defendants are Kenneth Opal They own a farm' on Sutton Road just west of Rog-i ers Highway. In the case heard i would be increased so the the Brass would only be paying that program.

The officials suggested that fees 'A task'force from Washington i gasman Meader for the summer swimming pro-; ju be in Adrian April 20 to ob-j Heading the task force will be gram be increased from loc tojt. am a first hand view of the Theodore K. Pasma, chief of the north on Main Street. The automobile had the right of way. Patricia rode her bicycle from behind a 25c for children and from to 50c for adults.

The program would be reduced from 12 weeks to eight weeks in duration and the swimming pools would be used only 160 hours of 246 hours each' summer. A minimum of 60 persons would be required to make a class feasible, if the schools accept a rate of $10 per hour in the summer and S12 per hour for the facilities and the community. They confer with groups swimming program would not be warranted, the officials agreed. H-less than 60 persons were interested in swimming, the program could be further curtailed. Playgrounds Curtailed Summer playground programs, which are paid entirely out of tax BLISSFIELD The Blissfield forUvo years for industrial location division of the office of area development of the commerce department.

Mr. Pasma has his offices in Washington. Participating in the task force operation will Hunt, manager of the Detroit office of the commerce depart'- ment, and representatives of the Society of Industrial Realtors, nt car into pam 01 Zimmerman car. Officers said the Zimmerman car skidded 20 feet on the wet pavement attempting to stop. Patricia was taken to the hospi- CJack) Rose.

Richard Camburn. 1hc Democratic nomination des- iDr. D. F. Sarapo.

James Sack- Ile hls repeated statements that isteder, M. J. Michael. Merrill! 1 a cand F. Amsler and Robert Barnard, i he estl of a ss gan The state was! Nominated for president of the- 0 MI es i Virginia it can collect board were Barnard as "'sed yesterday by former farm is SBtes ta on artic i es gi veil ex-.

Mr Camburn Nominations Franklffl Rooswe11 Jr LANSING with two housetrailers side by side, a chicken house, a hog house and an outside toilet. Attorney Beardsley called the 035 for i change for trading stamps. vice president are Edward; Stamp redemption stores mak- Hosken and Mr. Sacksleder while 0 inst ing sales at retail must be li- Roger Wyatt and Mr. Amsler -NY).

a Kennedv supporter. In Roosevelt said ing censed under the state sales tax for paign to clear out undesirable sa ia Monday. Gen. Paul L. 0 second vice president.

the combined opposition'' of Hum- position i ev Stevenson, Sen. Johnson j(D-Tex), and Sen. Symington (D- serfions nf thp tmvnehin AttVio 1 I The new directors will meet tfmeof! fiKng; the Octo I- ik ther retaUers the trad 30p.m. at the Lenawee Country 1 Kennedy echoed this at a news of new! conference on the capilol espla- Arnold. She was treated and re- James Mitchell said that be William T.l leased A summons for failure to wear corrective glasses was issued Orta Joan Stepp, 39, of'2486 Airport Road, after an accident on jthe township was trying to avoid another "Wildcat Ridge." school operation.

The vote was 656 the Consumers Power Company, against the proposal and 343 in the Michigan department of Street at 2.3 on tne tax to cuslomeis who redeem stamps for various premiums. "UKM -i "i "Heretofore we haven't collect- dC Rldge als IS the sales tax on trading stamp i officers. Raisin township. premiums," said Reuben F. Fors-i Judge Martin said he would an, director of sales and usej study the township ordinance and out and view the premises liam J.

Krohn, 22, of Romeo, favor in the second largest turn- economic development, the car driven by out of voters in the school district merce department and the South- and struck a Cal dnve by WU history. least Michigan Gas Company. A total of 1,005 votes were cast, Russell Roback will represent The largest voter turnout occur- the unions. High Costs Of Missiles Listed tax collections for the state rev- enue department. "We WASHINGTON red in when 1,200 votes were Arrangements for the task WHICH ale pdiu cnu.Jt.ij UUL LCI-V tutailgCtllciiLfr tui tut money, also would be curtailed.

I cast on a proposed bond issue lor f0rce eration were arranged 4hn c-t irin nt nAW nlPn The program would be reduced from nine to eight weeks duration the construction of the new high school. Two summonses were issued after a three-car accident in Blissfield Sunday afternoon. The accident happened on US-223 east of by Congressman Header in a North Monroe Street. A car driv- conference with the Secretary Myron Smith, 52 of rnp was driven awav from the and only six'parks instead ofj When the polls closed at 8 p.m. Frederick H.

Muel-! was driven away from the seven would be supervised. The i Monday there were 50 voters lef 1 th th parks which would be supervised (waiting in line to cast their bal-j under the proposed plan would be lots. Lincoln school, Riverside park, Alexander school. The Island, the Fail-grounds and Jefferson school. The estimated cost of supervision and basic materials was given by the officials as $3,336 for the summer recreation program.

Both IJie children's and the adult winter gymnasium program School officials had asked for KOREANS RIOT the additional funds to provide! SEOUL Demonstrations salary increases for teachers. The! against Syngman Rhee's govern pay rates would have placed the Blissfield district in a better competitive position in obtaining new teachers, board members said. The need for the additional levy was stressed as resulting from also would be curtailed under the state school aid because of ment continued in two South Kor- cities today, bringing one violent clash but no reported cas- ROME nade in Charleston. "Sen. Humphrey and I took the risk of defeat by entering he said.

"It seems to me that I'm i entitled lo run against one opponent." Some support for Hie Kennedy contention came from Sen. Rob- The high erl Bvvd (D -WVa) in Washing- that-the-tax---M effect, already i cost of space exploration was on A supporter of Johnson. Byrd Iliad bean paid when the today by officials of (lie announced his backing of Hum! brought the goods for which he)National Aeronautics and Space. re in the primary in hopes of i was given the stamps." i Administration. stopping Kennedy.

I Forsman could not'estimate the! Each major satellite launching But Humphrey denied any gang i amount of revenue the state! by the United States costs be- up. would realize as a result of the'tween 10 and million dollars. "Poor little Jack." lie toid a attorney general's decision. "i When the Saturn super booster "That's a shame. And -Catheirne The opinjon was sought by Kcp comes into use several can quote me on that.

Doomed Girl, Talks With Pope a seven-year-old American girl I seven-jL-ai-wu ftmeiican gin: Stom 0 w. the price will go up- VI wish he would grow up and suffering from fatal John i Bowman (R-Rosevilie) bo flies home tomorrow with heriwho took part last year in a houser" aljuu does he want all the fondest wish fulfilled. Pope John investigation of trading stamp' Dr. Hugh Dryden, deputy, Kocl-pfollpi- dpnlorcd TT irimin cn-atnr nf NASA savp. tip 1 AluiouKn KOCkeieiiei uepiorea curbing and into the path of a car an extraordinary, company practices.

Miller car swerved to avoid the Smith car and collided with ai third car driven by Albin Wis-' niewski, 37, of Toledo. Mr. Smith was issued a summons for failure to yield the right of way and Armed police battled for failure t' lins hour in Taegu with 60 of the opposition Democratic par- Mr. Miller was issued a summons to have his opera- license on his person. proposed schedule.

The winter lower enrollment in the school I ty trying to stage an anti-govern gymnasium program for children district and increasing operatingjment demonstration. About 30 (Turn to COMMISSION, Page 11) I costs. i Democrats were arrested. SCHOOL BOARD AWAITS INCOME FIGURES Teacher Salary Decision Delayed The board of education won't be too great. (3) The boardi It.

also decided to give the John to act on "estimates" figured what the income un- night, delaying a decision until later on requested increases asked by school employees. The delay was the result of the fact the board doesn't know what its 196061 income will be. Superintendent William Austin said the estimated budget for the next fiscal year totaled $1,951,160. It is tentative. The estimated income for the coming fiscal year may be around $1,802,394.

This is extremely tenta- The difference in the two figures is meaning that the school board may wind up the 1960-61 fiscal year that much in the red. This, also, is tentative. der these conditions would be. The estimated budget was placed against the estimated and tentative income and the $148,766 deficit showed up. Only $10,000 Allocated In the process it allocated only 510,000 to capital outlay when teachers, principals and maintenance men had requested $133,000.

This means that only 810,000 may be spent on equipment improvement, new books and equipment replacement next year. This isn't all. The city juggled the local evaluation this year. Real estate taxes are higher while industrial and business personal property taxes are lower. If Why is everything so tentative? the percentage factor between the Here's the reason: (1) The school board has only an estimated local valuation for the portions of the four governmental units in the school district, Adrian city, Adrian township, Raisin township and Madison township.

This valuation is not positive. (2) It doesn't know the state equalized valuation for the units. (3) It doesn't know what the county allocation board will state equalized valuation and the local assessed valuation does not shift, the taxpayer may be paying two or three tax mills more than last year. But, the schools will be receiving the same amount of money as last year. While the taxpayers pay more, industry and businessmen would pay less.

That is the problem the school board faced Monday. Everything Warners of Adrian township the opportunity to purchase the Riverside school building. Under an agreement made many years ago and renewed in 1931 the school board constructed a school on the Warner property oh Tipton Highway. If the building went into dis- A summons charging violation of the basic speed law was issued "We never imagined anything charging sales or use tax on so wonderful," exclaimed Gather- trading stamp books and stamps. ine's widowed mother, Mrs.

Marlene Hudson of Oklahoma City. "The audience was a miracle, a miracle." Private papal audiences nor- are restricted to diplomats i and other high officials. However, Pope Pius XII granted one in July 1957 to comedian Red Skelton 'administrator of NASA, gave the Although Rockefeller deplored nf disavowed the anti-Nixon let- nn-Mfa Adams upheld the practice of ule ali ons subler in New York, there were still nf nso tav a "OUSC appiopi IBUOnS bUU, committee recently. His faint rumbles hinting that Nixon might have a fight at the to J. C.

Howell, 30, of 2443 Sut- and his 9-yearold son, Richard, ton Road at 9:05 p.m. Monday by who later died of the same blood sheriff's deputies. Deputies said Howell was driving east on Valley Road and his car went off the road and struck a utility pole and a mail box. The accident happened east of M-52 in Raisin township. cancer that has doomed the little Hudson girl.

The pope asked about her school and family but never mentioned the illness doctors say will mony was released today. i-n (Republican national convention. Dryden said iNASA bill foi ln Salt Lake city last flight, for launching a three-stage Hetiry Dworshak rocket the kind that there llbe some recent Pioneer and Tim satel- convention, you into orbit runs about wai( and see million dollars. i Not from Rockefcller himself, WASHINGTON Allied for- An0ther itn ss 3 I but from Rockefeller 1 1U1 V-A A phipi nf i T-I X-- -iversteui. IVAOA LIUCI ui a But Nixon pre-summit talks today with a blunt reminder that East-West leaders can't hope to settle their end Catherine's life in little more! bitter disputes at a single conference.

"The road to peace is a long hard one and no one can now ranged between 10 and 14 lion dollars. test vice res jdent's vote-get- jij ability. Although he has no The air force has estimated the; opposition on the Republican bal- jcost of a missile firing at about lot. his vole will be compared (five million dollars, but Dryden i ilh the totals received by Re- said that was only the bare cost I publicans in the past. than a year.

"Pray for me," he told her in i Italian. "I do." she replied in English. "Thank you," he said, speaking this time in English, then adding in Italian, "I pray for jsay when the goal will be reach Jed," the State Department said in publishing a book of background documents. NEW YORK An assistant grammar school principal and use the land reverted to the Warn-1 five otner ersons have been ar- ers but the school house belonged to the school board. The building can be sold by the school board, but not the land.

the building is sold the land must be returned to its condition when the original contract and agreement was made. Church Asks Sale do millage-wise for the school i hinges' on the county allocation board, and (4) The tentative budg-- et had lo be in the hands of the county superintendent of schools Monday. A delay until Wednesday was granted, How do you determine a budget under these conditions? The school board doesn't know. Here's what it did. (1) It took an estimate unit ratio factor from each governmental unit.

(The U.R.F. is the percentage of local assessed valuation to the stale equalized valuation.) (2) It used last years state equalized valuation for the units hoping that the difference between this year and last year board and the state tax commission which decided the state equalized valuation. In other business it was announced that William Jeffrey had replaced Kenneth 0. Schultz as the E. J.

Christmas and Company insurance agency representative to the board. The firm is the school board agent of record. The board also approved renewal of tea riling contracts for Mrs. L. A.

Kaufmann and Miss Clara Musch of McKinley elementary school and Miss Mildred Armstrong of the senior high school. The matter was brought to the board's attention recently when an Adrian church requested that the board sell the property and building. After consulting the the board discovered it couldn't be done. Only the building can be sold. The meeting turned into one of the shortest sessions in many months.

It lasted only 65 minutes. Usually the board meetings take two to two and a half hours. Money problems that couldn't be solved Monday shortened the session. Despite the brevity the meeting was well attended. There were least 17 "interested citizens" present.

Some were teachers, others were members of the newly formed "Vigilante Committee," while six were interested citizens. Attending the meeting were: Mr. and Mrs. Wendall Lacid, Mr, and Mrs. Tom Nixon, Noel Francoeur, Phillip Bailey, Cliff Nelson, of the vehicle.

But. at a baseball banquet in But the big costs are still to i San Francisco last night, Nixon come, said Dryden. He joking unconcern about the total research and develop- The series of meetings opens ment program for the Saturn spring primaries. "We're not concerned with the this afternoon with a strate-v 886 million dollars, rookies who bloom in the: spring," this afteinoon with a operationa ve he told his laughing audience of will run about 20 million-'baseball fans, "but how score next fall." iiig uus ume in iMiguMJ, uieu Aftpi- 1ha1 Ihp ooer adding in Italian, "I pray 0 Catherine each, he said. replied.

rested on charges of selling academic papers to college students who turned them in as their own; work. i Prices for the ghost-written papers went as high as $3,000 for a dissertation aimed at a doctor's degree, Dist. Atty, Frank Hogan said. Cuba WontFreel Two Americans WASHINGTON Wl Fidel Castro's Cuban government has rejected an American plea to return (Foreign Minister Couve de Mur-; ville. i three allied foreign policy! ijflV i chiefs, meeting in an atmosphere! With Decline In Rouge Plant Jobs combined proposals their govern-! DETROIT Uti Waller P.

as far as he knew Reulher ment chiefs will lay before Soviet I ther, United Auto Workers presi-' 3n( ford had not spoken directly Premier Khrushchev at next i dent, reportedly is seeking a per- ab out such a meeting and that no month's Paris summit meeting.jsonal meeting with Henry Ford rfpfini(p ns had heeD made Ior West German Foreign Minister ill to avert a threatened "fight" defiD3te p)ans nad heeD made lor Out of 25 students who bought I two American flyers who were Heinrich von Brentano them i between UAW Local 600 and Ford. a meeting the papers and later testified! sn( down in Cuba after a sneak before a grand jurv nine flj nt from Florida, ftnv. public school teachers trying forj. The State Department, disclos- graduate degrees. Hogan said some of those arrested also took examinations for students.

ing this yesterday, announced also its own rejection of three Cuban protests on other matters. At i tomorrow, and the Italian and Motor Co. Stellato said employment at the Canadian foreign ministers will. Car! Slellato president of Local huge Rouge industrial complex be brought into the disarmament 1 600 at or d' giant Rouge had fallen from a peak of 36.000 phase of their discussion later. i £aid the, local's paper.

Ford last fall to about 29,000. In a deliberate move to curb ex- acts lnat he and other local of-! We not on 'y need more work icessive hope, the State Depart-! were angry with the com-: he said, "'but we want to persuade time the two flyers men published a bulky document pan y's handling of their request i the company to balance out avail- Most of the 25 were students arrested, Cuba said they how the 1955 summit! to ut more -jobs in the Rouge 1 able jobs. At some Detroit area at colleges and universities inFJ'ing to spirit out of the coun-i meetmg at 'Geneva failed to break! plant they are working six and New York City, but students at try a former agent of dictator the East-West deadlock. The 4781 he' seven days a week whUe Hofstra College on Long IslandJFulgencio Batista, who was page book of documents, nearly, JODS 8 Rouse, and Elmira College in by Castro's revolution. i ajl inch lh a lso recalled the! New York were among the ghost! authorities later said, how-j lan le proposals and counter-: writers' customers.

The fr.ur men and two women arrested yesterday were arraigned in special sessions court on charges of violating a provision of the state education law prohibiting fraud in obtaining diplomas and other certificates of learning. They are Morris Needleman, 52, the assistant principal; Joseph Lasky, 72; Mrs. Florence that they obtained a state- decision i Van Swaerengen, 60: Margaret ment from one of the American 1o lla ve the Big Four leaders tryj again in Paris May 16. STORE FOUNDER DEAD flyers, William J. Schergales.

34, that Castro's regime cooked up the flight to embarrass the United States. Cuba's refusal to the! NEW YORK W. W. Morten heightened Washington sus- Lellan. 87, founder and president picions on this score.

Cuba said Schergales and Howard Rundquist, 33, are subject to Cuban court action for a crime against He said Ford officials had told him "talking about more jobs is itions." dared in the paper. "'Over the past ten years ouri relationships with the Ford Motor Co. have not been the worst in the industry. However, if Ford is now! A CANDIDATE GRAND RAPIDS -tfi Mrs. Alof two chains of variety for a fight, we in Localibert S.

Koeze of Byron Center, died Monday. His first chain are prepared to give them chairman of the Republican more than 200 live cents lo one fight." stale central committee and 21 dollar stores was taken over by' Slellato said Reiither had a GOP worker, has an- Cuba 'another chain in 1933 after his: him he would try to meet with inounced her candidacy for Repub- Busack, H. K. Jerome, ftyan. 27; Samuel Michaelson,) The United Sbtes had wanted 'company went bankrupt.

In isesjFord personally discuss Ihe lican national to investigate Schergales and he founded another chain, called problem. iiom sne win Mahlon C. Smith, Raymond Mack- 52, and James Butterly, 54. But- ey, Bud Ellsworth, Loren Davis, Ken B. Glover, Arthur Gittus, Kay Peffers and James Thomas.

terly is a free-lance writer and- the others have their own writing agencies. Rundquist for possible violation! W. W. Mack, and was president Ford currently is in Europe and of American laws in making their of the company until his death. He is not expected back until about secret flight, born in Scotland.

April 25. A Ford spokesman said Mrs. Rae C. Hooker of Mt. ant who has held the position 12 years..