Vidette-Messenger, The (Newspaper) - January 6, 1954, Valparaiso, Indiana Partly cloudy low 20 to 25 Thursday mostly occasional snow high near 30 Flint 2 p 34 Farm Photo No 10 On Page 12 Vol 156 Telephone ami January 1954 The Home of Valparaiso University AUTO INSURANCE RATE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT A break from the aged practice here in Indiana of lumping all auto drivers into three classes as far as the amount they pay for auto insurance has come t With it has understanding and misinformation on the part of many On July the Hoosier Day predicted that In- diana would have to follow the plan of Michigan and now 38 in awarding the safe auto driver with more reasonable auto insurance rates He On Jan the Indiana Insurance Harry E proved the new basis of fixing charges of auto insurance as con- in the schedule filed by the National Association of and Surety Underwriters NEARBY STATES CUT INSURANCE CHARGES Members of the association write 70 percent of the auto insurance in Indiana On the basis of the ness it is estimated that the overall savings to Hoosiers by this new method will total a year What the new schedule is to break down the traditional three classes used in fixing auto ance rates into seven classifications Handley Is Hopeful of Meet Results Jan 6 Lt Gov Harold W Handley said today he believes the In- diana Legislative Advisory committee will achieve some results when it meets Jan 19 to discuss a special session of the legislature Handley announced the sion will 1 Suggested proposals of the State Committee on Traffic Safety 2 A report of the State Office Building commission 3 Feasibility of calling a cial session of the legislature to work out the office building lem He said he thought the sion will something May Bs Significant The meeting may be significant of an invitation issued to all state legislators to attend and lair their views on the office ing special session issue Gov George N Craig favors a limited one-day special session to appropriate money to build a million dollar office building he believes is needed to ease crowded conditions at the statehouse and other rented office space Some legislators agree with Craig on the need but they want a special if one is in which other issues can be dis- cussed without the one-day tions Among the issues is state aid to cities and towns bluntly warned South Korea today he will unleash his 8th j Handley believes most tors will attend the meeting and make their attitudes known Kiwanis Leadership Changes Hands BENJAMIN F KEMP new Kiwanis is shown ing the club gavel from 0 E general secretary of Kiwanis who was in charge of induction while Art first district lieutenant looks on at the ritual held day evening at Hotel Lembke Story on page 2 Studio Fringe Residents Hit City Annexation Plans Congress Is In Session Again Would Send Eighth Army To Battle South Koreans If Prisoner Attempt Is Made By FRANK JORDAN Press Staff Jan 6 Gen Maxwell Taylor Here Are Issues By RAYMOND LAHR Press Staff Jan almost equally divided begun a fateful second session today with its lican leadership in a mood Joviality prevailed on this opening day of a session that will pass judgment on President Eisenhower's legislative program and make the record which will decide the outcome of next November's con- gressional elections With the republicans in a mi- in the senate and holding only paper-thin control of the GOP House Leader Charles A Halleck made it clear at the outset the republicans will try to get along with the democrats Ad- ministration republicans are aware they will need some democratic support to put Mr Eisenhower's and Means committee to go to program across work next week on a general tax The president will present his program to a joint session of con- gress at p m Thursday in a brief speech con- gratulating House Democratic WASHINGTON Jan The big issues before the second session of the President Eisenhower ex- to recommend TO congress that it keep tax rates at about where they are House Ways army against South Korean troops if any attempt is made This refinement is designed to to free the more than prisoners from give the safer auto drivers a better break in what they pay for CUStOdy j The statement was made in an official i release which will be delivered to the South Korean tonight In the Taylor The departure from the old brought a varied reception In ion and Lake where the accident record is there have been howls of protest Youthful drivers under 25 who are looked upon in many instances as drivers are hit On the other the county seat and smaller where the auto accident incidence Continue To Search Area For Teenager Observers believe Craig would not call a special session unless he had the assurance of a majority of legislators they would make the session brief and restricted in character the threat made Tuesday South Korean Foreign Minister Yung Tae that the ROK I army might take if the Indian custodial troops con- their of the prisoners United Taylor Federal Bureau of agents and state police units invited the attention of are elated at the prospects h h Hb the Republic of Korea government of being rewarded with lower in- Ito the groundless nature of the area late Tuesday and early cay m their search for Kenneth India and had Cornwall former Hebron made who escaped a month ago h itg responsibility under from the Indiana Penal f arm paragraph six of the terms The old method of classifying where he was serving a year s the agree Hoosiers as to how much their auto i robbery county police said surance rates based on their safety record HOT ROD DRIVERS PINCHED BY RATE insurance rates was based onT sheriff Les Hineline reported Paragraph six guaranteed that family owned the car authorities were a United Nations will use allied driven by the young and the Cornwall wno eluded for and re- commercial like that used night m any armed forces a salesman to make a living was jn south Porter county but irregular armed in the I that police had no definite area of its control from any act i ledge of his whereabouts of disturbance and intrusion was not authorities against the location where the added I prisoners of war are in Examining Loot South Korean officials either re- I Deputy Sheriff Ewalt Jahnz and fused to comment on Taylor's county or were conveniently for Chicago this morning to I from their offices or homes examine some stolen articles which Declines Comment may have been taken in recent An Indian spokesman for Indian car used for j Porter Lake county Gen K S chairman of purposes and the auto controlled reported the Neutral Nations Repatriation by the youth under 25 j a companion of whose declined comment was arrested here last two except to is only days after their from the that TaVlor has quickly was reacted to the South Korean The new seven classifications re- for fixing has been widened It is based on such es as the family not driven to with no drivers under the auto driven to work where the distance is not more than 10 the family car with a youth driving it like a son home from the young married couple's MERIT SYSTEM IN AUTO SAFETY USED U S AID DENIED Jan 6 George N Craig announced today President Eisenhower has rejected Indiana's appeal to have 122 southern counties declared disaster areas because of the 11953 drought Craig said he received a tele- igram from Washington this ing in which Mr Eisenhower ad- vised him the Agriculture ment reported the situation is sufficiently acute at present ito warrant my declaration of a major disaster The governor said he had been that Mr Eisenhower had I asked prompt information if conditions warrant ferent Craig said he would not dispute the President's findings but plans co to Washington the week of Jan 17 to investigate reasons for the decision of the Agriculture department and the Federal Civil Defense administration Overall this new departure in ing auto insurance is a part of the program of Gov George N Craig's safety to a point system in highway safety in Indiana ly apprehended Monday in a i cago Hineline but managed to elude authorities has United Nations asked both the and communist About 10 police units were in commands to say whether they search Tuesday night in the Patrolman John Kane and units from Lake county change line for freeing the prisoners Gen John E U jN For a long timo Indiana safaty plus state units were in Implied firmly he will consider the officials known that many of eluded our auto accidents caused repeaters Three quarters of a D onn million doll.rs have been by To Receive the state in trying to set up i In ABC Distribution cation in the Bureau of Motor hides to keep individual records on drivers j prisoners free at one second after midnight Jan 23 The reds have replied i then a meeting of the for Thursday to consider the issue South Korea threatened to take City of Valparaiso will receive in the state-wide violent action against Indian troops The breakaway from the tional old classifications for auto insurance purposes in Indiana is going to pinch the young driver which amounts to some 3 percent of the V national studies show that youths under 25 are responsible for 60 percent more accidents than older people from tion of by the Indiana guarding the prisoners because of on page column Alcoholic Beverage Indian the United Press reported today which 135 Chinese back in Indianapolis Christine Moltz said the ABC payment received a year ago was about as a action in violation less than the one to be received of the armistice soon from the largest amount ever explanations collected by the state in a dally ended Dec 23 to communism last Thursday Protests Pyun protested the Is 72 Today Jan Rep Sam Rayburn of who holds the record for length of vice as speaker of the I his birthday today who was born Jan in Roane county was first elected speaker on Sept 1940 He served in that capacity until when the re- publicans took J over control of congress for two years He was ed speaker in 1949 and served until the cans again took Sam control the Eisenhower administration in 1953 He has been a member of the house since March and now holds the distinction of being the only member of congress ing for more than 40 years revision that would mean some new tax tion expected to resist pressure from some members of congress for another individual income tax cut Mr Eisenhower planning to submit a special message to congress Monday outlining a fied new agriculture present price support law on six basic commodities expires at end of farm state men expect existing law to be ex- tended without much re- of administration Mr Eisenhower planning to submit tions in special message many congressmen expect this to be a particularly controversial sue in this election Mr expected to urge some changes advocated by and others advocated by employers Social Mr Eisenhower expected to renew his dation of last year for broader old age insurance many congressmen also favor ing which Mr hower may some con- gressional sentiment for a mini- mum a month pension to cover all over age 65 but most bers expect this plan to get no- where Present reciprocal trade agreements law expires June republicans split on question on whether higher tariffs on many items arp in order to protect Mr Eisenhower awaiting recommendations o f study commission before making his recommendation on foreign trade Mr Eisenhower ning to submit federal spending program for fiscal 1955 to con- gress Jan 21 administration re- has abandoned plans for Soil Program Expert To Speak Here A Hoosier well versed in soil conservation practices will be the Protest Is Filed By 78 Persons Eight Reasons For Remonstrance Noted In Court principal speaker at the first an- meeting of the Porter County Soil Conservation district to be held here Jan it was an- Remonstrators appeal today by Howard annexation of the county chairman jEast business He is Lawrence of district to the city of was filed in Porter j cuit court Tuesday afternoon by the law firm of Douglas and representing 78 Wingate His subject will be servation On a Rampage The session will be held at the First Methodist church It will start at 7 p m when a turkey ner will be served Ticket sales will be limited to property owners in the area The remonstrance ing to the annexation ordinance 200 Deadline for procurement will b at Council NQV be Jan 11 Tickets arc balanced vear budget in next fiscal Foreign Administration ex- to recommend continuance of foreign aid program for an- other but on a reduced scale Leader Sam burn of Texas on his being what they I may have to kind of get along The political lineup of the house is 219 re- B 215 Rep Halleck democrats and one independent In the senate it is 48 47 republicans and one independent The senate's session lasted only 26 minutes Vice dent Richard M Nixon tered the oath to two new Robert W Upton N and Thomas A Burke Upton succeeds the late Sen Charles W Burke the late Sen Robert A Taft Four new house democrats and a the oath from Speaker Joseph W Jr They are William H Natcher Lester Johnson Harrison A Jr and Glenard P Lipscomb The house session lasted an hour and eight minutes Committee Acts The Senate Republican Policy committee met in advance of the session and immediately began laying out a program tor tion of bills The first major bills will be the St Lawrence seaway measure and the so-called Bricker amendment to put restrictions around the dent's powers Senate Republican Leader liam F Knowland was authorized to determine the order in which j congressional committees on behalf bills on the program will be called j of the districts beginning next week j in accordance with honored committees LAWRENCE McKINNEY available from the township super- visors and township as well as at the soil conservation office on Washington street and the county agent's office in the courthouse In a preview of his Kinney will attempt to bring you up to date on the gress that is being made in con- servation through our soil vation districts and will review some of the changes taking in our national program is my intention through stories and examples to convey to the group come of the excitement that is a by-product of this great conservation McKinney works 537 acres and lives on the farm that has been in the McKinney family for 115 years He is a supervisor of the Fountain county district and a member of the state soil conservation tee He is a past president of the Indiana association of soil vation districts The Hoosier fanner helped the national association of soil conservation districts and has served as a director He has also appeared before both senate and Two Local Women In dally informed Mr Eisenhower of i Hospital After Mishaps the opening of congress and filed just before today's deadline for 30 days after the second legal publication of the ordinance The petition was signed by 78 owners of some 50 properties The city must make an appearance by Jan 22 Area the remonstrators are op- posing for annexation Beginning at a point on Union street at the southwest corner of the Mclntyre court south feet to the north right of way of US then east along route 30 to a point about 125 feet west of Indiana then north to a point meeting Wood street extended to a point about 423 feet east of then south to the southeast corner of Mclntyre court then west to point of ment Eight Reasons Cited Eight reasons listed by the for remonstrance 1 Annexation will not erty owners within the 2 Prosperity of city will not be retarded nor safety of inhabitants endangered without 3 Annexation would cause increased taxes in the 4 With increased the owners would not re- any additional 5 City will not be able to furnish benefits for owners or property within the foreseeable 6 Addition is not necessary to the growth of the city because there it other property in the city 7 No need for annexation of the area for residential purposes and that the only potential business and industrial sites are already and 8 City has adopted ing plan which has regulated and zoned all territory within to to prevent the use of the property in a way to jeopardize the city's growth and development Mayor John E Wiggins said day little would or could be done in the matter until it comes up in Circuit court The annexation ordinance was amended and adopted Nov 23 A dozen persons attended the but no opposition was ed at that time Two legal cations followed and the city was prepared to file the final tion papers the end of the remonstrance period Property owners signing the tition Mark W on page 6 column month period from ABC permit The United Nations j holders A smaller payment from announced that the ABC is received in Last j Valparaiso's share was on page 6 column Three People Arrested Probe Into Paper Bills Theft Continues By RICHARD E MOONEY Press Staff Jan Secret Service agents today ques- a cousin of one of three sons accused of the daring and fated theft from the U S Bureau of Engraving after police received reports he was seen ing and flashing bills Police in nearby Prince Georges arrested Charles ard early today on sault charges Nelson and another unidentified man had been sought as additional suspects in the New Year's Eve robbery from the money vaults Secret Service agents questioned Nelson shortly after he was taken into custody Three one a were arrested by Secret Service agents Tuesday and charged with the theft All but about of the was all in bills was recovered Agents now are seeking to de- termine if others were involved in the in the history of the Bureau of Engraving where the nation's greenbacks are ed Police said a cousin of James Rufus Landis who is ed of engineering the was charged with beating George F a negro day night in a swampy area of Prince Georges county Blake said Nelson and a ion accused him of telling police they had a number of new bills told me they had two more to get before they went to officers quoted Blake as ing Police said Nelson is being held under bond They said none of the bills still missing was re- covered from Nelson and that he has not been charged as a pant m the robbery bureau em- ploye and a decorated veteran of World War and his were arraigned day Landis was held under a 000 bond and his who denied an active part in the un- der The third William was to be arraigned before U S Commissioner Cyril F Lawrence today a ment who lives in the same building as said he and Landis stole the new bills because they to buy something for our Wheeler Man Grateful For Helping Hand Frank charter member of the Wheeler Lions en by blindness several years is grateful to four of his fellow Lions for the helping hand they extended him Tuesday night Perrine lives alone in a second apartment in Wheeler He has been seeking a couple to share his apartment and has asked Wheeler and Valparaiso Lions to assist him So far no couple has been found When Wheeler Lions heard that Perrine had been sleeping on a mattress on the they went to work The Rev Louis M Reynolds con- club members Jesse Ernest and Jim Guernsey with the aid of a rope and they lifted a bed and springs through the window into Perrine's apartment and set it up for Perrine asked The senger to publicly express his to the men who responded to his need and with emphasis on military formal notification that the sistance j President will deliver his State of j the Union message Thursday But behind the conviviality and ceremony the storm clouds were piling up Issues Loom Ahead For events have moved in such a way that congress in the next few months must decide highly controversial issues affecting the nation's its basic tary rnd its labor and tax policies And congress must make these decisions with the republicans troubled by internal divisions and in little more than nominal con- trol and with the democrats ing aggressively to make a back in November The schedule began at 8 a m with an intercession and holy communion service at the National Presbyterian church for Mr Eisenhower and members of the supreme court and the administration Coffee Cost Hiked Again NEW YORK Jan 6 Coffee drinkers may expect to see the retail price go well above the a pound mark before long Wholesalers boosted prices an- other 3 to 4 cents a pound today Distributors attributed the rise to a tightening world supply resulting largely from a frost damaged Brazilian and a consequent price rise at the producing end of the line The Maxwell House brand of General Foods has been upped 3 cents a pound wholesale Several leading chain grocers raised retail prices on their own brands pound as much as 4 cents a Two Valparaiso women were here Tuesday afternoon as accident patients Mrs Walter RFD was admitted to Porter Memorial hospital with injuries suffered Tuesday morning when a truck she was driving skidded off Evans near Roosevelt into a police said Miss Margaret of 603 was hospitalized with injuries suffered in a fall at College and Chicago iCar Hits School Children TERRE Jan children escaped in- jury late Tuesday when their school bus hit an auto at an inter- section in North Terre Haute Alfred driver of the was arrested on a charge of failing to yield right of way to a school bus Neither Butler nor Roy the driver of the was injured Fight NYC Plans Commuters Hearing To Be Held Thursday Jan 6 Evensen urged all commuters tation could or do you 3 Are Service Commission of Indiana will using the trains in j these means if Chesterton Lions 411 S to consider the New York proposal to discontinue local suburban service The open to the will begin at 10 a and is expected to continue throughout the afternoon The Central Commuters well as persons now driving 4 How far is your home the NYC from the work who would use the NYC if ghore HQW near a suitable schedule were to appear Thursday morning or afternoon to give testimony Outlines Procedure is your place of employment to the NYC to other Eichhorn advised those giving Atty Fred Eichhorn of i testimony to keep a cool legal counsel for the ito answer only the questions which is fighting to keep the said that if a man could not be to request a restatement of the Road Supply Bids Okayed Two-Day County Commissioners Session Ended The only bid for a motor truck from the Jacob Rose com- was accepted by the Porter county commissioners day afternoon as they completed a two-day session involving purchasing supplies for the county highway department Rose's hid was for for a new Michigan truck with allowance for trade in of the old totaling Contracts for tubes and batteries were awarded the Tire Market for Heinold Oil and Supply company bid was Bid from the Bituminous al company of South Bend for 000 gallons or less bituminous terial was accepted The also approved bids from United Bituminous for and and Walsh and for for 700 tons or less of plant mixed nous material In other the ers approved the plat for the den Terrace east of Burlington Beach road off Indiana 49 The plat was submitted by Surveyor William Northland OB be- half of William M and Roberta horn The just north of UM local expressed present to his wife could question if and i Valparaiso Golf wsa laid of success at a meeting Tuesday give testimony for him Eichhorn you don't know the say with 94 lots on 60 acres evening Arne j said some of the questions asked cautioned that we should lose probably would 1 How He urged that as many persons the suburban the NYC could i do you ride the as possible attend the then remove our through trains as i how frequently would you ride it well without even the formality of jif it suited your a hearing before the 2 What other means of even though they do not to lend the support of their ence Commissioners also ordered the replacement of the to tin new office of Wood and Pro neth Wolf on the courthouse
