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West Montana Is Treated To Cosmic Display MISSOULA, Mont. M A big chunk of Western Montani was treated to a cosmic display Tues day night, and it was speculated that it may have been a mighty explosion of a meteor from outv space. Men and animaU over a vasl area were firghtened by the phen omenal great light and thunderous wiifn T ink AnnAaMd tA ha rlifL ferent in color at different points, possibly because it was snowing. One observer reported that it seemed to strike the ground bui nothing was found. Bill Maloney, near Round Buue, said he was driving the cows home when the snow was lighted up redly. He said he looted up, saw what appeared to be m ar row with a flash behind it and it seemed to hit the ground to the northwest. A Hot Springs high school girl, Lorraine Marsh, reported the sky lighted up "as though a light had been turned on." She looked and saw a ball of light, then heard a "noise like thunder" in a few min utes. Others at Hot Springs , saw the light as pink or orange. The time lag of the sound was estimated at from 2 to 5 minutes. The Civil Aeronautics - Adminis tration in Missoula reported no air planes were in the vicinity. A CAA official said he felt the observa tion could' be explained by the explosion of a meteor. Mystery Veils Booby Trap Death i . ... SAN ANGELO, Tex. I Deepen ing mystery today veiled the booby trap bomb death of attractive Mrs. Harry E. Weaver, wealthy wife of a prominent architect ana geolo gist. Mrs. Weaver, 52, was killed yes terday about 8:30 a.m. as she ae-' out for a local hospital to visit her ailing mother. A Houston businessman, ques tioned following officers' long enn- ferences with Weaver, was accom panied to the Harris county court House by Texas Ransers and sher iff's deputies and his two small children. Four Rangers accompanied the man and the children back to their home in. a well-to-do section of Houston.' Neither 'he nor .officers would discuss. what, took place in the lone session behind, iocked doors. . ' ' . Officers would not answer ques tions either about the man's iden tity or any other development in their hunt for the person or per sons who plantell the nitroglycer ine bomb in. one of the Weaver automobiles IN THE THEATER NOW NEW YORK Ppsing.just like on actress, Gloria. Vanderbilt talks with newsmen in her Gladstone Hotel apartment. Gloria, who 'is rehearsing, for a part in a forthcoming Broad way production, said she mov ed to the hotel with her two children "for budgetary rea sons." She said she will have on announcement soon on her plans to divorce orchestra leader Leopold Stokowski. (A P Wirephoto). Don't miss the thoughtful, lucid reporting of America's most honored and respected newsman. ; EDWARD R.MURROWSw, Mon.-Fri., 5:00' to 5:15 pm Dial 1490 KRNR CBS Radio' ."' . '""-I mniiu.n p.ii II... U." mm. ...I I. ii " . 1 I. r. UJr rv - . .. . . 4-' - f ICY VIGIL With the traditional patience of the Orient, these two Korean fishermen squat for hours beside holes they have chopped in ice of the Han River near Seoul, des pite the five-below-zero temperature. Their discomfort is offset by the value of the Iqrge river salmon, each worth two day's ordinary wages and sometimes, they catch three in a day. Four years ago the big steel bridge in the background, scene of Asso ciated Press, Photographer Max Desfor's Pulitzer Prize picture, was a mass of twisted girders over which pathetic refugees painfully fled southward before the Chinese Rqds. (AP Wirephoto). ' v . Richfield Oil Co. Submits Lowest State Gas Bid WASHINGTON .11 The United States Wednesday barred Russian citizens from sketching or photo graphing military objects, railway stations, radio installations or oth er places or things in this coun try having possible strategic im portance. The ban is comparable to one which the Soviet Union has im posed on American citizens and other foreigners in Russia. Secretary of State Dulles gave formal notice of the action in a note to Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zaroubin. It applies to all Soviet citizens in this country except those for whom the United Nations is responsible. Russians , are also barred from fiurchasing ' aerial photographs, arge scale maps, navigational maps or "detailed development plans of industrial cities." Dulles' note ended with an offer to ease the restrictions if the Rus sians ever decide that they want to liberalize their similar regula tions. ' On Jan. 3. the United States out In regulations declaring more than on-fourth of the U.S. land area off limits to Russians. This also wp.s in reprisal to similar curbs against travel by Americans in the Soviet Union. Bing Crosby Successfully Undergoes Operation SANTA 'MONICA, ; Calif. . (if) . Bing Crosby, in surgery for about four nours tor removal 01 a Kid ney stone, came through in "ex cellent condition," his: doctor said Wednesday. The Doctor's announcement, made through Crosby's paramount studio, said the famed crooner was resting easily in his room af ter the surgery. Dr. Frederick Schlumberger said before the opeation it would prob ably last an hour ana a naif or more. Hospital sources said sev eral hours is not unusual for such surgery. V rKXM-x )A i " i ,7 r n - REPRIMANDED WALTH AM, Mass Col. Arthur J. Redland, above, commanding officer of Murphy . General Hospital has been reprimand ed in the promotion to corpor al of a doctor who invoked the 5th amendment on ques tions about communism. The Army said Marvin S. Belsky, a New York physician, had been demoted from corporal to private because his promo tion -violated regulations (AP Wirephoto.) Californian Wants Little Atomic Energy Board SACRAMENTO," Caiif. W Cre ation of a Little Atomic Energy Commission for California was pro posed Wednesday by Sen. Dale Wil liams (D-Alturas). ,- "The atomic age is here to stay," declared Williams, "and the grow ing use. of radioactive materials for commercial purposes is bring ing the hazards of radiation clos er to our people." Which m Full-Hip Life Girdle shown, nylon taffeta and SS.9S. Life Bra shown, nylon taffeto with lastt nylon leno elastic, $16.50. Other tyle from back and self straps, $5.00. Others from $1.75. Snow Tapers Off Over Country; ! . Weather Cold Snow tapered off over most of the country Thursday but moder ately cold weather continued, in nearly all sections. Freezing weather extended south ward to Atlanta while in Northern Florida. Cross City reported an early morning low to 36. Temper atures were mostly in the high 40s in Southern Florida and South ern Texas. , . , Coldest readings, zero and 5 be low, were in Wisconsin and Mich igan. Temperatures moderated a little across tho Plains with the Dakolas reporting early morning marks in the 20s. It was generally below freezing in most of the West except in the far Southwest and near the Pacific. The Weather Bureau reported the major storm track across the country for the last two weeks has been consistently farther south than normal. This has brought an extensive snow belt across the mid dle sections of the country from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast while there are considerable bare spots farther north. Snow measured one to five inch es deep across Kansas and Mis souri. From Tennessee and Ken tucky eastward to near the At lantic snow was on the ground with depths ranging up to about a foot in the mountain areas. There were nine inches on the ground at Raleigh, N.C. Snow flurries fell during the night over most of the Northeast while light snow, was reported over the Northern Rockies. 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Steen's bill - would place the trucks, barge lings and railroads under the same state regulation The barge lines want the bill, too, although there is a Uiugh legal question whether the state has power to regulate bargts on the Columbia River, A similar bill was considered by Prices Of Coffee Will Go Down, Senator Claims WASHINGTON lfl-Coffee prices will probably continue to go down, according to Sen. Beall (R-Md), who headed a banking sucbomrn It tee that inquired last year into the coffee price spiral. The subcommittee's report, re leased yesterday, said there Is a world surplus of cotlee now. And the report saia, "tnere should be a surplus of coffee in the future," which led Beall to comment: "I see no reason why we can't expect further price re ductions." Government statisticians said the price shot up to as high as $1.34 a pound for popular brands in April 1954, but since has dropped to ns low as $1.04. . The subcommittee report said "a rise in price was not surpris ing" last year, in view of "the devastating effect" of frosts in Brazil in July 1953. But it said the lump "was far bevond that to be expected by the natural effect of the law of supply and demand. A conservative estimate of the cost to consumers of the big price rise in the first eight months last year was 293 million dollars, he report said. The report said other factors had contributed to the price boost, and it declared the " New York Coffee arid Sugar Exchange had "retributed significantly." . The subcommittee majority, however, did not recommend put ting the exchange under regulation of the Commodity Exchange Au thority at this time. Resolution In Opposition To Excluding Of Portland SALEM Iffl A memorial ursine Interior Secy. McKay to intervene to protect Oregon's interest in the controversy between Portland and Sea tic over air trade with Alaska was introduced Wednesday in the Oregon House at Representatives, The memorial, by Reps. Robert E. Jensen and William J. Galla gher, both of Portland, reviews the action of a civil aeronautics exam iner recommending that Seattle be given exclusive air terminal rights for Alaskan commerce. The exam iner recommended cancelation of all temporary permits ranted Oregon interests several years ago. ine memorial says that if CAB upnoias the examiner's decision, it "would create a virtual monon. oly in behalf of Seattle." the 1953 Legislature, but was de feated. Steen said that a new factor in the dispute is the attempt by in terests in seauie ana racoma to unset nresent freight rates which favor Portland and Vancouver. The truckers and barge operators claim that all classes of carriers should be placed on an equal com petitive footing. The railroads argue that the Interstate Commerce Commission is alert to prevent rates that, are below cost. Sen.- Pat Lonerg an, Portland, ore Dared bill to change the pri mary election date from May to the first week in August. He said that long campaigns are too expensive for the candidates. . A resolution to creato a nine member legislative interim com mittee to plan Oregon's 100th anni versary of statehood in 1959 was introduced by Sen. John Mcrri- field, Portland. This committee. wbich would confer with civic (rouDi planning celebrations would report to the 1957 Legisla ture. Sen. Robert D. Holmes, Gear hart, introduced his bill to abolish uie tmee-man uquor commission. He would have trie state's liquor business run by an administrator who could get $12,000 a year. A bill to increase the one-yeai prison sentence for child abandon ment was two years was introduc ed by Sen. Carl H. 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He is one of four men indicted on the charge for refusing to an swer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee here last June. The others will be tried later. U. S. Judge George Boldt of Tacoma. sitting here, gave Wol- lam's attorney, Irvin Goodman, the choice of having the . trial be fore him or a jury. Goodman chose a jury. The first witness, testifying un der subpena, was Robert L. Kun zig, who was counsel for the com mittee In the Portland hearing. Kunzig said he since has resigned as counsel but still is technically a committee employe. - Turkeys can grow to be around 70 pounds dressed weight. k " .... 1 R a, News - Review, Roiebura, pre. 9 ,'Vt..- m TO ADDRESS CHAMBER .I -"PORTLAND WK, Albert M. nance administrator, will address a Portland Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting March 31. R. L. Clark, chamber president, said Coles will discuss the work of his'own agency and the proposed multi-million dollar federal high way program.' 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