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Goal Walkout
WASHINGTON IB John L.
Lewis won sweeping concession
from northern soft coal operators
Saturday in a new contract which
Staves off a strika due Monday.
Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers Union, was expect
ed to insist on and probably
get the same terms from the
rest of the industry.
His agreement with the north
ern operators calls for a boost of
$1.90 in daily pay and a 10 cent
. a ton increase in the royalty mine
owners pay -into the miners wel
fare fund. " X . j
Present pay is S16.3S a- day and
the current royalty is. 30 cents a
ton., .
The wage increase and other
96 Degrees
And No Relief in Sight
The temperature Saturday of 96
.. . . - . . ,
the nottest' teptemDer aay in six years, dui u was sua uie uoiwai
Sept 20 record hereabouts. :
The heat record is 103, recorded years ago, but Salem recorded
a sizzling 97 on Sept 23, 1943 which has yet to be surpassed.
Onlv sliehtly cooler weather is predicted for today, when ther
Home again, on schedule, thanks
n the transcontinental railroads.
And into a cauldron of heat. For
that matter the whole country has
tun eiriKrUncine weather un-
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seasonally hot and dry.
. First I want to express my per
nnul nnnrwiation for the mes-
eairps which came to me on my
return, offering congratulations
for my appointment as alternate
Delegate on the U. b. delegation
to the 'Seventh General Assembly
of United Nations. The invitation
came fsom Secretary Acheson just
as I was leaving for the East, and
was announced in my absence.
I realize my great deficiency for
service in this capacity oui ie
I could represent the general
public and particularly the Pacific
Northwest which has supported
very loyally the cause of United
Nations. Believing firmly as I do
that we must find a solution for our
international disputes through the
means f negotiations and diplo
macy rather than by military
might and that the United Nations
offers one opportunity for hammer
in out agreements. ' I certainly
will do my best to help our dele
gation make a definite contribution
to the cause of world peace.
It may be of interest to know
what the duties of an Alternate are.
While in New York 1 called at the
offices of the United States mission
to UN. They are located at 2 Park
Ave. I met Ambassador Warren
' AncHn the IL S. - representative.
and his deputy Edward Gross and
others of the staff. They gave me a
brief orientation, f
The delegation, principals and al
ternates, and state department ex
perts meet daily at 9 to. go over
the day's agenda. They leave in
time to get to the sessions of the
General Assembly
Continued on Editorial Page, )
Two
ees
KilledinBattle
NEW YORK OP) - Two of three
long-sought federal prison esca
pees were killed and anotner
captured early Sunday in a blaz
ing gun batue in wnicn two ue
' tectives were shot, police report
ed. - . ' " .
The three convicts who escaped
from the Lewisburg, Pa, peniten
tiary Sept. 10 - and were lfnked
to a Bronx bank robbery last
,' Tuesday - were cornered by de
' tectives in an upper westside
, Manhattan rooming house.
'Indian9 GirVs
Father Denies
Barmaid Tale
FORT WORTH, Tex. (flr-With
an Indian sign of greeting an up
raised arm a girl, who had claim'
ed to be right off an Iriquois re
servation greeted her parents Sat
urday.
"Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Hanks
of Fitchburg, Mass, picked up
Yvonne Agnes Marie Hankv 16,
at the county jaiL
She had been held in the juven
ile ward since Wednesday when
it was discovered she really was
not Kim Yalamulankastidanmusto,
'Which she explained meant Rising
Cloud in Indian.
Family friends recognized
newspaper picture of the girl aft
er she was found living with her
dog in the woods near here. These
she admitted her story of belong
ing to an albino tribe In Canada
was just make believe.
She really left home, she said,
to escape tending her la her fath
ers saloon. - :
This her mother denied.
"It's net a saloon. It's a restau
rant and she has never done any
mora work in the cafe than pee
few potatoes and she-only did
that a very few times," Mrs. Hanks
said.
Escap
contract terms will 'be effective
Oct. 1 and run until Oct 1. 1953.
Lewis told reporters he had sent
out telegrams ordering northern
mine workers to remain at their
jobs Monday. . About r 170.000 of
them had been scheduled to walk
out then. :
Lewis called the agreement "a
triumph of collective bargaining
in the minine industry.
The pact was announced Jointly
by Lewis and Harry M. Moses,
president of the Bituminous Coal
Producers' Association. They said
in a statement:
"We are gratified to be' able to
inform the American people they
will have an uninterrupted supply
of bituminous coal tills fall and
winter."
in Salem,
fell short by one degree of being
1 . A. ..HI .1 1 U .
mometers are expected to register
about 93,
There was no lessening,, either.
in. fire " danger througRout the
state. Most, Western Oregon for
ests remained closed to logging
and Saturday s record tempera'
tures forced the closing of the rest
of Southern Washington forests.
Brisk northeast winds fanned a
number of brush fires in the Port
land area. One, which covered 60
acres, burned a garage, damazed a
home and threatened a school be
fore being brought under control.
No brush fires or forest fires
were reported in the Salem area,
Challenge Title
Of Truck BiU
PORTLAND Legal action mav
be taken by leaders of the Oregon
Good Roads Alliance to challenge
the ballot title on the so-called
"Truckers Amendment" to the
Oregon constitution and the 'Attor
ney General, George Neuner's rul
ing on the "Price Tag" nrocedure
ior tne voters" .Pamphlet.
Ralph Moores, secretary of the
recently formed Alliance, said that
tne matter" was being discussed
with a firm of Portland attornevs
and .that it would be entirely senar-
ate from the mandamus nroceed-
ing instituted by . Dtw?. Frank R.
Menne in behalf of the state racing.
uranussion. - '
In Question is the ballot title
which reads:
"To provide equitable taxing
method for use of highways."
xne lntiated amendment would
outlaw Oregon's mileage taxes on
trucKs ana limit future taxation of
motor vehicles to registration fees
Dy weight and fuel taxes by gallon-
age, uui uio text oi me measure
does not say it attacks .taileaee
taxes, and the alliance claims the
ballot title is not sufficiently
clear.
Also objected to by the Alliance
Is the attorney general's ruling
that the "price tags" on financial
measures cannot show, the loss to
the state which DresiimflMv wHTl
result -The rfJing says only that
sponsors enow now much a meas
ure will cost taxpayers.
IStory Also on Page 2) -
British Firm
Plans to Export
Valets to U.S.
LONDON m You can import
ft guaranteed bona fide English
"gentlemen's gentlemen" com
plete with accent at bargain
rates starting next month.- T .
A new employment outfit in Lon
don says it 11 export one just like
in the movies with a certified
"background of faithful service"
for a $30 fee.
-The. new man win agree to la
bor "faithfully,- respectfully and
with diligence" for a minimum of
sioo a month plus board and lodg
nigs. V . -
- The agency also offers a fine
top-grade line of housemaids, less
er Duuers and assorted minor mi
nions at the same rates. If they
are female, a British' government
law says youH have to offer a
character reference " to confirm
tne moral nature of the employ
ment. ; . . - ;
Wages and prices beinir wh
they are even in the statelr homes
of England, you'll have to put up
io cover tne new hand s fare
and expenses across the Atlantic
But, the agency said, youTl ret
that back in installments out of
Jeeve s first three months salary.
Editor's note'. If aaya has aay i
(peclnc qneitloa aaout tratrie proa-1
lems, write it concisely U Safety Edi-'
tor, ear of The Oregoa St&tesmu,
i It wffl aasweree ay personael
f Ue State Traffic Safety Division,
y whom this scries was prepared),
either la The Stotesataa r by perse
U letter -:-::v-:
...
Whenever a fire truck, police
car, ambulance or other emergency
vehicle Is sounding a warning with
o a siren or belL
. VtlVZI of-way over all
other vehicles.
When a 'warn
ing is heard, a
driver must move
his car immedi
Alliance May
FrM ft - fr fin r m n
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102nd YEAR
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Football Scores
UCLA ...... .....13..
Oregon ..........6":
Ore. State . .......14"
Utah 7
Washington ......... 39
Idaho .... .............14
Calif. .-..-34
COP .................... ... -.13
Stanford ...................8
Santa Clara 13
Kansas ...13
Texas Christian ...i...-.-.0
Additional scores on sports page.
'Near-Perfect'
Video Arrives
In Salem Area
The new era of television
opened "permanently Saturday
with near-perfect reception in
Salem of the initial program from
station KPTV in Portland, Ore
gon's first TV station.
Most Salem TV dealers who had
sets working also had crowds of
curious - Datrons. many of whom
were witnessing video for the first
time. The Portland station went
on the air at 3:30 pjn. with its
first regular program.
Earlier last week the station
beamed out test patterns which
gave Willamette Valley set owners
and dealers an opportunity to ad
just their screens.
Technical difficulties remain to
be ironed out, dealers said Satur
day. Because, while pictures came
in clear on some screens in Sa
lem, other sets recorded nothing
or very little. .r
The Portland broadcast was re
ceived clearly in Dallas at the
Adolf Electric Shop, according to
Donald Wernli, assistant mana-
Telecasting schedule for KPTV
will be on an irregular basis for at
least a week, it was announced.
Today's programs will begin at 5
p.m. Saturday's program consisted
of an introductory scene or me
KPTV studio followed by the Jim
my Durante network show, the
Hit Parade and a film, story oi
G. I. Joe.
Mrs. Perry
Co-Chairman
Of Ike Drive
Mrs. Leon Perry, local Parent
Teacher Association leader and
former Red Cross officer has been
named co-chairman of the Oregon-
f or Eisenhower committee, accord
ing to Gordon Orput, state chair-
man. .
Mrs. Perry teams with Kenneth
Potts of Salem as chairman for the
non-partisan organization to offer
assistance to Democrats, independ
ents and Republicans interested in
the Eisenhower candidacy.
A graduate of the University
of Nebraska, former second vice
president of the Salem Red Cross
Mrs. Perry has also, been active
in both Community Chest and the
P-TA.
' She Is the wife of one. of the
owners of Perry's Drug Store on
South Commercial Street.
Keizer Postoffice
Branch Authorized
New location of a branch post'
office for the Keizer area is at
Libby's Dry Goods Store, 4978 N.
River Rd, Salem Postmaster Al
bert Gragg announced Saturday. .
The office. will open Oct. 1. It
was formerly located at the Keizer
Paint Store. The contract station
will handle . parcel post, stamps,
money orders and registers, but
will not deliver mail, Gragg said.
ately to the extreme right-hand
side of the street or highway, clear
of an intersection, and stop.
No driver, except those official
ly concerned, can follow a lire
apparatus on its way to a fire at
a distance of less than 500 feet.
Ore eon law also requires drivers
to park at least one block away
from a fire truck answering an
alarm and at least three blocks
from the fire.
In heavy city traffic a. wrong
move by one driver could plug an
intersection so tiehtly that emerg
ency equipment could no longer
get through, Thepossible results
obvious.
2 SECTIONS 32 PAGES
List of 76
Donors
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Revekled
" . By The Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. (IP) The
names of 76 contributors to Sena
tor Richard Nixon's controversial
expense fund were made public
Saturday, along with an itemiza
tion of how the $835 was spent.
Dana C. Smith, Pasadena attor
ney and tax expert who handled
the money, said he made the an
nouncement on . orders from the
Republican vice-presidential can
didate, now on a whistlestop cam
paign trip on the i Pacific Coast.
The list includes the names of
Herbert Hoover Jr.. son of the
formed Republican president; Earl
B. Gilmore, multi-millionaire Los
Angeles oil man; John J. Garland,
San Marino real iestate man and
U.S. Olympic Gaines official; and
Charles S. Howard Jr, son of the
late auto magnate and horse rac
ing figure. i
L. A. Leaders ! '
The other names read almost
like a Blue Book! of metropolitan
Los Angeles business, -professional
and social leaders prominent
manufacturers, lawyers and oil
men but includes .only a few
who have been active in politics.
Foremost among the latter Is
Bernard C. Brennan. Glendale
lawyer and Southern California
GOP chief. Smith himself head
ed Nixon's campaign, when he de
feated ex-Actress t Helen Gahagan
Douglas two years ago.
Existence of the fund, disclosed
Thursday, has caused a political
furore over the nation, and has
led to Democratic demands that
Nixon resign as his party's vice
presidential candidate. Nixon him.
PORTLAND (0 Sen. Rich
ard Nixon, under fire for an
$18,000 expense fond.: indicated
strongly, Saturday night he sees
no reason to resign as Republi
can candidate for vice president.
Speaking- before 1,700 at la
Portland high school auditorium,
he declared that everything con
nected with the contributions by
lils California political support
ers was ethlcaL If not, he said,
"I should never have accepted
the vice presidential nomination
and I wonld get, off the ticket
right away." . .
self has called the attacks a smear
because of his campaigns against
crooks and Communists.
A reporter asked Smith specifi
cally whether any of . the money
was used to fight Communism.
The attorney, who signed all the
checks for withdrawals from the
fund, said he could recall one item
of $180 for photostating certain
documents.
After Election I
All of the money went for ex
penses incurred between Nixon's
election as a UJS. senator in 1950
and his nomination as vice presi
dent in July, Smith-said. I
His itemization listed $18,166.62
in expenditures. There is a bank
balance of $66.13 he added, with
$2.25 in -unaudited difference."
Here, he said, is what some, of
the contributions went for:
Stationery, printing, m i m e o-
graphing and supplies, $6,166.60
Travel and hotel expenses for
Nixon and his aides, $3,430.78.
: Radio and TV expenses, $2,017.-
79. !
Smith said the money covered
"supplementary expenses by the
senator since his election two years
go. :
. Largest individual contributor
was Keith Spalding, a retired Pas
adena business man, listed at $1,-
000 in two $500 .. contributions.
Hoover, a Pasadena engineer, is
down for $500 in two contributions
of $250 each; Garland for $200,
Gilmore $250, Howard $100, Bren
nan $250 and Smith $300. .
J. B. Van Nuysj of the pioneer
family, which developed much "of
Southern California, gave 5600, as
did W. D. Coberly, Los Angeles
cotton and oil magnate. . -
TBTJMAN TO VISIT DAM
: WASHINGTON (JP) - President
Truman will give the signal at
Hungry Horse Dam'in Montana on
Oct. 1 which will" start hydro
electric power flowing from the
$109,230,000 reclamation structure,
Secretary of the Interior Chapman
announced Saturday. , '
Pacific Coast Lea rue
, At Portland 10. Saa Francisco 4 "
, At Sea .Ue V Hollywood
At Los Angeles S. Saa Diego 1
: At Oakland Sacramento S,
American Leariie
: At New York S, Philadelphia f
J At Cleveland 11. Detroit 2
At Washington 10. Boston S
; At St. Louis S-4 Chicago 4
National League
At Boston 0. Brooklyn 1 (10 Inn.)
i At Philadelphia 3, New York 2
At Chicago 4. St. Louis 1
1 Only games scheduled.
Tha Oregon Statasmcm, Scdaxou
Nixons Get Smiling Welcome in
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Smiling campaigners Sen. and Mrs.
itii) on me steps oi ne ureson sum vapiioi uciurc we vice preuucuiui i.uuiU.n. BVwu ..v i
sympathetie crowd of 1,000 persons Saturday. Hunt, MaridrT County Republican Central Committee I
chairman, was In charge of ceremonies preeeaing tne speecn. in Dacasroiuia is ur. reuai, x icsuj- i Turning to the charges concerh
terian minister, who gave the invocation.. In lower photo, Nixon (center) shakes hands with State ing $18,000 expense account
Sen. Warren ulu oi LUn county
Ellsworth of Roseburr. represenUUve from Oreron i lirst congressional aisinci wnicn inciuuca unn i
County. (SUtesman Photos). (Pictures also on page 1Z). - -
Persistence
Man in Prison
DALLAS, Tex. -Sidney M. Zie-
bert is a persistent cuss. Ziabert
went to prison for short terms for
mail theft Jn Dallas in 1915. 1928,
1930, 1932 and 1934. ; -
In 1937 they threw the book at
him 17 years and 7, days for the
same offense. . !
"Paroled 11' years later, he was
caueht at it again at Denver and
sent back to serve the rest of his
time. . t : '
Last . Sunday, postal ' inspector
George Grey investigated a post
office burglary.
"Sidney s been here," he told his
division chief.
A check with Leavenworth show
ed Ziebert had been paroled again
on July 6.1
Officers picked him up Thurs
day night. He. was trying to open
a mail box. -
Shower of . Bugs
Falls in Georgia
MOULTRIE, Ga. WP) - Down
town shoppers were forced to run
for shelter Saturday when a show
er of bugs fell from the sky.
. When it stopped, the streets and
sidewalks were covered with small
black waterbugs. : '
. Apparently the waterbugs, of
the species: usually seen around
the edges of lakes "and ponds,
were sucked up through a water
spout formation and released in
the shower or rain.
Keep
Landing
Oracjcm. Sunday, September 21;
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Richard Nixon (top photo) are
jusi oeiore nis aiuhdj ptauonu
Max.
M '
70,
64
Min. Precip.
S2 .60
54 .00
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Salem '
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago -
45 .00 .
65 xO '
New-York
76
WinametU River -3S feet.
FOREC1ST (from V. S. Weather Bu
reau, McNary Field. Salem): Fair to
day and tonight. High today near 93.
low tonight near 60. Salem tempera
ture at 12 M a.m. today was 59.
SALEM PRECIPITATION h
Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1
This Year ' Last Year - - Normal
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St. Paul High School Awarded
Woodburri Fair Parade Prize
Statesmaa News Berries
" WOODBURN St. Paul Union j
High School won the major prize
in the North Marion County Fair's
annual parade Saturday as comic
strips came to life oa Woodburn
streets.
With the funnies for a theme,
youngsters came dressed like
every comic' character from Snuffy
Smith to Minnie Mouse. In winning
the parade trophy for the second
straight -year, St Paul: students
portrayed a boxing match between
Joe Palooka and Humphrey Penny
worth. -
Thousands lined downtown
streets to watch the parade.- Ed
ward C. Coman, Woodburn publish-'
er, said it was probably the biggest
one ever held at Woodburn. '
Major prize winners in the float
division were the Butteville Fire
Inrjrance - Co.. Woodburn Mer
chants Association and Terminal
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Salem, Albany
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greeted by Winton Hunt of Salem
pewu. i vr"lt1"t T. I
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Scotia jMills Soldier
Wounded in Korea
Pvt. Patrick H. Jackson, ton of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Jackson of I
Scotts Mills, was reported Friday
by the Department of Defense as
wounded while in" action inKo-
- jacKson, zu, naa uvea wim n
iamiiy m ocpiu nuxia xvi i
m . t x r a.a. a 1 1 4i i
past 10 years. He has one other
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no details available as to how heUhA rif nf sn cnaT-vman t
was wounded. .
Ice and Cold Storage Co.
rrt-- c,t.,i rtit
with a free snow at aetuemier
Park at which attendance was esti-
Joyce Mount. Keizer- girl wno
won numerous prizes in cooKingir , k fiutn
and needlework Thursday, came Cnf11 Salem, and a pledge of
i v n win th i.minr I allegiance to the fiaa led by CoL
swine showmanship championsmp,
one of the major awards at the
(imiitr livwtfwk show.
Art Jsiivennn. won in
.oninr nrine chowmanshio. Ken -
neth Klopps, Woodburn,-and Stew -
art Bve. Silverton. won senior and
junior honors respectively, in dairy
EDOwmanSUiPr ....
Merl McLaren. Aurora, won the!
beef showmanship contest; while
sheep showmanship winners were
Robert Banning, Brooks, in the
senior division and 'Jerry Etafek.
Salem, junior division.-
Additional esuits on rage s)
No. 17t
Saiy s Gift
Used for
enses
By THOMAS G. WRIGHT Jr. '
- SUff Writer, The Statesman . ;
Sen. Richard Nixon, badgered by -
a $18,000 "expense account." lash
ed back at his critics Saturday in
sweltering day of camoaienuxa
through the Willamette Valley.
The young Republican vicepreaV
dential candidate repeatedly de ;
nied any wrong-doing concerning
the fund in whistlestop 'speeches
at Roseburg, Eugene and Albany
ana at baiem where he spoke -from
the steps of the Capitol-"
building. Nixon, . active in - cars- t
paigns against Communism, blank
ed his red-hunting efforts for what!
he called an attempt to smear .
him.
Over 1,000 persons waited an
extra 45 minutes under - a ? hot
autumn sun to hear Gen. Eisea-
hower's running mate promise a
cleanup of corruption in Washing-:
ton, a . new Achesonless. i foreign :
policy and a prosperity, based, on -peace
and not war economy.- -
A sympathetic crowd erected i
with a chorus -of J'noes" Sen. .
Nixon's questions: Are You Satis
fied with the present administra
tion? Are you satisfied with the
way your tax dollars are being
spent7 iney applauded when Nix- ,
on said "Then vote for Gen. Eia-Ti
enhower."
Hurried by a tightened schedula
due to delays earlier in the day,
IN ix on was forced to cut short his
Salem visit. He spoke for about'
half an hour after a motorcade '
tour of - downtown Salem. then
rushed back to his special "cam- "
paign train to keep schedule com
mitments ur Portland where hm :-
spoke Saturday night. ' He was
accompanied by his pretty blonde
wife, Pat, , and a political entour-4
age led by Gov. Douglas McKay.
Trsmin, Acheson
President Truman and - his ? sec
retary of state Dean Acheson took
the brunt of Nixon's attack. He
blamed them for the United State
losing top spot in the world to tha
Russians. He said the U. S. is no
longer strongest on land, in tactic
al air and in submarine power.
me two worlds line up with 540,
000,0000 people on our side. 800.
000,000 on the side of the Commun
ists and 600,000,000 neutrals. "In
1945 the odds "were 9-1 for us and
now they are against us," Nixon
said. . . -
The administration drew Nixon's
blames, too, for the "Reds receiv
ing the atom-bomb secret fiva
years early." The California sena
tor quoted Gen. Leslie Groves, di- a
rector of the Manhattan project
which turned out the first atomic
bomb, as saying Communists in
the government handed secrets to
the Russians at least five years
before they could have worked out
the atom bomb themselves.
Points to Ike's Record
Nixon indicated that the ReDub-
lican answers to Communists in
Povernment lies in th rtmnl
Gen. Kispnhnuror "Thora nrae rr
one instance of espionage in the
iusennower commana auring or
after Worli War n," Nixon said.
contributed by California support-
ers Nixon stated "I have had '
made public the whole thing so
all the American people could see.
If my opponents think the charges
will keep me from continuing my
campaign against them, they have
another think coming.
Nixon defended the expense ao-
count as a saving for the taxpay
ers. He said he did not feeL that
the taxpayers should be charged
with his political expenses. "I
et one red. cent of. it," the
senator asserted."
Then Nixon introduced hfs wif-
-,uh . ..r, j- A
Nixon. He said she never
Alabama. Democrat vice nresiden.
tial candidate and "she never wd
be in the future.'
"The biggest lie of the cam
paign," Nixon asserted, is that
Ike is going to take away pros
perity." Instead, he indicated, the
Republicans would work for a pros
perity built on peace rather than
prosperity built on war.
Nixon spoke at Salem after an
I lnixoaucuon py upv. Mcnsy. Me-
---- zrX7, y y u
Kep. Walter Norblad of the 1st
T?!
Uffnard Hicks. Marine veteran af
both World War H and the Korean
I conflict. - .
i nwwu nuui, uuurnua ox um
iaaanon county Kepuoucan centra
J committee, acted s ; master cf
ceremonies, and Introduced lead-
I ing city, county, and state Bepub-
uw wwmii ica, mauj Vl Huuut
joined Nixon on his train tour
1 through the valley. . Mrs. B. W.
I Stacey, county Republican - vica
I chairman, presented Mrs. Nisg
I with a bouauet as she steppct
J from the train at tha Salem sfcN
I Uon. (Stones on pages j, , i
Exp