Ames Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - February 9, 1960, Ames, Iowa Ames Daily Tribune Volume 187 United Wire Ames Iowa Tuesday February 9 1960 Official and Story County Paper Ike Pleads for Quick Overhaul of Farm Laws Urges Constructive Program Be Found WASHINGTON UPI dent Eisenhower called on Con gress today to overhaul the fed eral farm program to make it sensible and economically sound and not a political poultice The President submitted his new farm legislation proposals in a special message reiterating views he has expressed in the past but taking a softer line and ing the lawmakers to suggest al The President said quick action Is needed to avoid visiting havoc upon the very people this program is intended to help Every additional day of de lay he said makes a sound solution more difficult Cites Cost Pointing out that the govern ment is spending each every sta wheat prices alone the President said unless constructive action is taken promptly the danger is very real that this en tire program will collapse under the pressure of public indigna tion The one clearly new proposal in the program suggested that farm ers participating in the soil bank World War II German Borders Stand Nikita MOSCOW Nikita Khrushchev has declared that Russia and its satellites will fight rather than consent to any change in the frontiers on Ger many after World War II What has been modified by war cannot be modified again without war Khrushchev told visiting Italian President Giovanni at an Italian embassy reception Monday night The premier took President Kli ment place at the microphones after hearing a brief speech by Gronchi It is indispensable to realize peace by definitely settling a situ ation provoked by war told an audience of 400 So viet leaders and foreign diplo mats If the necessity not to modify that which was achieved by the second world war is recognized then also must be recognized the necessity for a peace treaty That is what we are trying to do as well as liquidating the re gime of occupation Western de fense forces in Berlin program might be given pay ments in kind from out of the existing government held crop surpluses He recommended an orderly ex of the soil bank program under which farmers take land out of production to hod down surplus output from the present 28 million acres to 60 million acres Eisenhower described low farm income combined with surplus production as a most vexing do problem Wants Constructive Program We are most fortunate that our problem in agriculture is over abundance rather than a shortage of food he it defies common sense to continue to en courage at the cost of many mil lions of tax dollars the building of ever larger excess supplies of products that as they accumulate depress farm prices and endanger the future of our farmers The President said he would ac cept any constructive solution offered by Congress but that a constructive program must con form with these yardsticks First that price support levels be realistically related to what ever policy the Congress chooses in respect to production control it being recognized that the high er the support the more regiment ed must be the farmer Second that price support lev els not be so high so as to late still more excessive produc tion reduce domestic markets and increase the subsidies re quired to hold world outlets Third for reasons long ex pressed by the administration that we avoid direct subsidy pay ment programs for crops in sur plus likewise we must avoid pro grams which would invite harm ful counter measures by our friends abroad or which while seeking to assist one group of farmers would badly hurt other farmers Fire Victims Stout Family Will Try To Celebrate Birthdays Ike to Tour Missile Base WASHINGTON UPI dent Eisenhower will fly to Cape Canaveral Fla Wednesday to make a inspection trip through the missile test base there the White House announced today There will be little celebrating of birthdays for the Marvin Stout family forced to flee their home Monday morning when flames completely destroyed their home The husband Marvin 37 today is in Mary Greeley Hospital yes he became ill as a re sult of trying to fight the blaze that completely wiped out his fam belongings He is being held for observation and is not in seri condition Expecting Child Mrs Stout 34 is expecting her fourth child any day She did not go to her husbands home as first reported because of his illness and the nearness of her delivery date She will celebrate her birth day Thursday Her youngest son Matt will have his second birthday to morrow If we can Just get a house thats all the celebrating well need Mrs Stout said today She had just come from looking at a vacated farm home near their own place three miles northeast of Ames A Boone man owns the home and has offered to let them live there contractors and builders are able to build a new home for the Stouts by donation of time materials and equip ment We hope to move in as soon as possible she said We have quite a bit of stuff given to us She included in the list of donated belongings bedding beds clothing some furniture and an undetermined amount of cash to be used in purchasing goods for the new home to be built and gen to get the family back on its feet Friends of the family have been caring for the victims The Bruce Kellogg family 619 13th St and the Neil Carpenter family 1608 Clark Ave have housed and fed the Stouts and will continue to do so until they can move into the newly located temporary home Plenty of Help Before the fire that destroyed their home had completely died out friends neighbors and per sons unknown to the Stouts began offering cash food clothing fur and materials and labor to get the family started again IOWA TRAFFIC FATALITIES Through Feb 8 48 1959 70 It Happened Today FARM Eisenhower sent a concilatory message to Congress today asking for a quick constructive solution of the farm problem Summary of his message is on page eight old Generalissimo Rafael Tru jillo is under guard and the regime Js facing its most severe crisis authoritative sources told United Press International More on page 12 momentum appears to be building up for full time labormanagement negotia tions to ease nearly two years of increased animosity between the two groups Labor Secretary Mit chell is understood to be laying the groundwork for peace con on a full time basis Hill can for Democratic nomination for state secretary of agriculture said he will hold a news confer ence Wednesday on his inability to get adequate number of nom papers He claimed pre he had not been given as many as Clyde Spry incumbent IDA Hughes candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination told a fund raising dinner at Ida Grove if elected he would carry on expand the programs of the present administration in Iowa TRAFFIC TOLL National Safety Council predicted that if the present trend continues there will be 55000 traffic deaths and two million disabling injuries in 1970 saying the traffic situation is one of the great unsolved soc ial problems of our times o dent George Meany in a sur prise attack on Rep Adam Clayton Powell DNY Mon day said it would be ter rible if the Negro congress man were elevated to the chairman of the House Labor Committee and accused Pow ell of using his public position to foment racial strife of the AFLCIO were concerned today over the pos the attack may back fire and hamper labors poli tical and legislative activities US has be gun to take a second look at sum mit meeting Secretary of State Christian Herter said Monday Premier Khrushchev seems to be getting tougher as the time nears for his meeting May 16 with west ern leaders Herter told a news conference he felt it highly un likely summit conferences in their relatively brief meeting could actually draft a satisfactory agreement on Germany or any other major problem The home being built by Stout was begun more than four years ago and he was preparing to have the ground floor plastered when an overheated furnace started the tragedy In the meantime the had been living in the basement and fled their living quarters with only the clothes on their backs when the fire broke out at am Seven Cents Interstate Case Iowa Top Court Upholds Pipeline Use Tax Ruling DES MOINES Iowa Supreme Court in a precedent setting decision ruled today that the Northern Natural Gas Co must pay state use taxes on ma terials used in construction of their pipelines in Iowa The high court in a 72 decision upheld a ruling by Polk County District Judge Dring Needham The decision called on the Oma ha Neb firm to pay 358515 in taxes and penalties Brief Period The company had claimed it was exempt from the state use taxes because the materials were used exclusively in interstate transportation and interstate com merce The Iowa use tax law pro vides for exemption of such inter state materials Building Rising But So Is Ames School Enrollment HAROLD HEGLAND Jaycees Mark Year The Ames Jaycees will cele brate their anniversary to morrow with a banquet in Memor ial Union at pm The celebration will he in con junction with the annual Awards Banquet Awards for the Out standing Young Farmer Out standing Boss Representative Teacher and Distinguished Ser vice will be given during the eve ning Speaker for the evening will be Harold Hegland of Ames winner of the Jaycees distinguished ser vice award in 1943 Hegland will trace the history and develop ment of the Junior Chamber in Ames Construction of the first section of the new Ames High School may be completed just in time to give the Board of Education more headaches according to reports at the new school board meeting last night In a report from Frank C Mack inspector the board was told the new building is about 40 per cent complete Mack esti mated all phases of the work 35 to 40 days ahead of any reason able expectations Enrollment Report At the same time Supt of Schools Walter Hetzel presented a report of enrollment for the nine weeks ending Jan 22 According to the report total enrollment in the Ames Public Schools is 4482 an increase of 328 over a year ago Of the total elementary enrollment is 2787 junior high 1052 senior high 743 Average attendance Is 4122 Hetzel said an increase of 315 overlast year In other business last night the board o Postponed a decision on the St and Ridgewood tion arrangement pending approv al of a comprehensive plan for development of the school site which adjoins the intersection e Discussed a site near Welch School for future building Approved two change orders on the new school for a hoist for three sections of blackboard Accepted the resignation of Mrs Jeanne M Johnson as of Jan 25 and of Mrs Carol Lock hart and Mrs Elizabeth Randolph as of the end of the spring semester Children In Need Approved the election of Mrs Earleen D Bolie to teach in Jun ior High school With 13 years of teaching experience Mrs Bolie is placed in the seventh step with an annual salary of Referred to the education committee bids received on language laboratory equipment Four bids were reviewed e Approved the school calendar for the 196061 school year School will begin Aug 30 1960 extend until May 24 1961 Total days 179 Received a report from board secretary Frank Howell that in vestments of school funds will net in interest by next July 15 Reviewed a proposal for a bond issue for future school construction Red Feather Vote Thursday The annual meeting of the Ames Community Chest will be held Thursday Feb 11 at pm in the Library Auditorium Election of directors for the coming year will be one of the main items on the agenda for the meeting Edmund C Johnson president of the Chest described the 1959 campaign as being a successful one and gave credit to the cap tains and lieutenants who worked n organizing the drive However Judge Harry Garrelt Corydon said in the majority opinion there was a brief but definite period when the materials were at rest in this state It was this taxable moment that allowed the state to its use tax Garrett said The gas company a wholesale supplier with pipelines from Tex as and Oklahoma into Iowa had filed the suit against the Iowa Tax Commission for recovery ol the taxes and penalties paid dun ing the 1953 fiscal year John OConnor Straw berry Point the chairman of the tax said that roughly was involved in case which were pending but held up to await the Northern Natural Gas decision Judge Henry Peterson Council Bluffs wrote the minority dissent ing opinion in which Chief Justice Robert Larson Iowa City agreed Test Case The minority opinion said that the pipe and compressor units which were taxed should have been exempt because they mov ed continuously from the state shipping point into the ground where they became a part of the interstate pipeline The case was a test of the states two per cent use tax which had an exemption for inter state commerce The company agreed that if it had purchased the materials in Iowa they would have been subject to the sales tax because the sales tax law contain d no exemption for interstate commerce But because the material was bought it came under the use tax law which has such an exemption THOR IS TESTED CAPE CANAVERAL Fla UPI Air Fores today fired its second hot rod Thor space rock et booster on a tes flight over the Ocean The shot which holds a key to American hopes of staying in the space race with Russia came less than 24 hours before dent Eisenhower was to make his long desired inspection trip through the nations No 1 space port here PASSENGERS SAFE MIAMI 13 passen gers were rescued from the Brit sh motor schooner Clara which Durned and sank off Port de France Martinque Monday the Coast Guard reported The pas sengers were picked up by the French warship Iowa Forecast More Snow Due United Press International A swirling snowstorm brought an abrupt end to Iowas springlike weather today and forecasters warned the state would be buried in a snowfall of 6 to 8 inches by Wednesday morning The snow carried on strong winds glazed streets and high ways and caused some disruption of airline flights Rush hour traffic was snarled in larger cities as cars and slid on icy hills The snow diminished somewhat at midmorning but forecasters said it was only a temporary re spite with the worst still to come Heavy snow warnings were is sued for the entire state with 6 to 8 inches of snow expected over much of the state through tonight The snow was expected to con Wednesday but at a littk lighter rate However winds were expected to increase from the east ant northeast causing considerable blowing and drifting of the snow The storm barreled into Iowa after a day of balmy weather which saw temperatures climb into the 40s Monday Colder temperatures were ex to accompany the snow which was being spread from an intensifying storm over the Rock ies Lows tonight were expected to range from 18 to 24 north and 24 to 30 south after afternoon lighs of the mid 20s north to the lower 30s south Highs day were expected to be about hc same as today By noon the weather bureau said Ottumwa had received 3 in ches of new snow Des Moines 2 inches and Cedar Rapids Sioux City and Davenport 1 each Traces were reported in Council Bluffs and Fort Dodge Independent JACKSON Miss UPI Mississippi Democrats having already threatened a bolt from this years Demo cratic National apparently intend to be as in dependent as possible Gov Ross has made his own arrangements for ho tel accommodations for the delegation independent of National Chairman Paul Butler mm n MNE BELOW NEW YORK lowest officially recorded in die nation this morning was nine degrees below zero at Devils Lake and Grand Forks ND the IJS Weather Bureau reported Mon days high was 89 degrees at Tex Demands for Service On Increase By DAN GARCIA Story County had a 23 per cent increase in Aid to Dependent Children payments last year with cases rising from 78 in January to a high of 101 cases in De cember The state showed an increase of 99 cases bringing the total at years end to 8491 The number of recipients in the county last year rose from 278 to accounting for nearly 23 per cent of the rise in the state Child Welfare Work In an effort to explain the work ings of the county welfare depart ment in its working with child ren The Tribune will explore the areas covered by the countys child welfare worker Mrs Patricia Russell of Ames Mrs Russell has been in the county since last September com ing here from Corpus Christi Tex where sho did protective case work with the Childrens Service there A graduate of Texas Womans University Dent on Tex with the BS degree in sociology she previously re search work for the mental health center in Luther W Va The child welfare worker to day works in seven main areas Protective case work involves neglected children In these cases the welfare department receives complaints from friends bors police teachers and rela tives who believe children are be ing neglected left alone too much or subjected to physical cruelty Probes Complaints The complaints are investigated by the worker in all cases The complaints sometimes not legiti mate may come from people who hold a grudge but for the most part show sincere concern for the children The worker goes to the home and advises the parents a com plaint has been registered and explains the nature of the com plaint Unless the case goes into court done only where the situation is intolerable and the person who complains is needed for a witness the name be kept in confidence Parents in almost every case are cooperative however Mrs Russell explains they want to do the best thing they can for their children but are not aware there are agencies which can and do want to help them with their problems The welfare worker helps in the area of foster care finding homes for children who have no home or need a temporary home The children may bo placed in free foster homes whore there is no welfare aid given or in pay foster homes where aid is given by the state In all cases the worker and the children receive paid medical aid Adoptions are part of the realm of the worker although the welfare office Is not a licensed child placing agency ami does not do actual plac ing They do discuss child placement with prospective parents explain ing the rules and qualifications and putting them in touch with the right people They also do adoption investigation at the re quest of the courts Adoption Studies They also work with unmarried mothers and make adoption studies for people wanting U adopt foreign children through the International Social Services Andj they do studies for American Indian children through an inter state adoption program The according to Mrs i Russell does investigations people want to adopt Iowa children and when Iowa people want to adopt j children A big problem and one that j seems to be growing anc will need more study is in the realm of unmarried parents The number is not only growing hut the of the youngsters in trouble has dropped rapidly to as low as the 14 yearold age group j The worker does public re lations work by speaking at school groups law enforcement agency I meetings civic groups and others interested in juveniles Juvenile Problems One of the most ing and today for the welfare worker Mrs Russell said is in the area of does not enter a case unles ordered by the court They do investigations of the childs back ground his family environment and conduct psychological studies They may help find foster pnr needed and may do work in the probationary field although with the overwhelming list ofi duties the postmortem work frel comes too late In the next story the case of the neglected or dependent child who may be or living with disreputable per sons will be discussed Weather Noon Temperature 28 Extreme Past 21 Hours Low 2t 8 am High 12 1 pm AMES BOONE NEVADA Heavy snow warning tonight continuing Wednesday with heavy snow likely this after noon and tonight Snow ac cumulating 6 to 8 Inches to tal A little colder tonight low 2226 Little temperature change Wednesday high 2830 Increasing east to northeaster ly winds causing considerable blowing and drifting snow Twining Defends Program WASHINGTON UPI Gen Nathan F Twining chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff bluntly disagreed today with service chiefs who have recommended more submarines and a stepup in the Strategic Air Command to bolster the nations defenses He said he differed with Adm Arleigh Burke chief of naval oper ations who recommended Monday an additional one billion dollars for six new Polaris submarines I think we should go along just about as we are Twining said Its a good program The pro posed budget for fiscal pro poses only three new submarines As for the Strategic Air Com mand Twining said he favored an airborne alert capability but not the full alert endorsed by SAC chief Gen Thomas S Power Twining said the Joint Chiefs of Staff of which Burke is a mem ber went along with the program in the budget on both counts Earlier Twining described as merit the recent cism of the defense program by Gen Maxwell D Taylor former Army chief of staff who retired last June Twining said the nation has enough military strength to deter a Soviet attack today or in the foreseeable future Protest Gas Rate Increase WASHINGTON of communities in five states including Iowa crowded a Federal Power Com mission FPC hearing room to to register their protest to another proposed increase in the price of natural gas Northern natural Gas Co juvenile delinquency The worker Fr V i umana seeks FPC approval of a nn n unlace a million annual increase in rates to the 40 utilities which dis tribute the fuel in more than I m MRS PATRICIA RUSSELL northern plains communities in Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Wis consin and South Dakota The increase is the third which Northern has effect with out FPC final approval Mikes of SGA million were imposed An 27 and SHI million Nov 27 1058 The current increase has been in effect since Dec 27 If the FTC ultimately disal lows any or oil of the increases Northern would have to refund the money ai B per interest These rate raises have to he as almost an an occurrence H said in making his prrtct to th and for a i ruling by trie FPC fr a rv oi th I The and t lilies which buy from Northern contended the pipe line increases were unjust unreasonable and illegal North ern is collecting an excessive rate of return they said and never has submitted proof that any of the last three increases were justified s Blizzards of ns On Dollar Day In Ames Wednesday Feb 10
