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m ! I u i H : ' ' -f'i 1 The. Statesman. Salem, Qrt, 7 100 Texas Men Flight Sleep, $1 ,000 at Stake MIDLAND, Tex. GflP) Two fellows who haven't slept in more than 80 hours walked the street of Midland Monday night doggedly trying to stay awake. . Robert Cook, 32, and Jess Hensley, 30, house painters and room mates, say they haven't slept since 7:14 ajn. Friday; , The one who drops off first will lose a thousand dollars. The oth- -ler, they explained, will get the Turn Abolition tfoted as Aid to One-Way Route (Story also on Page 1) A new restriction designed to Improve Salem one-way traffic was adopted Monday night when ' the City Council moved to pro hibit left turns by southbound Liberty Street traffic at Division Street. ' . The corner has offered traffic safety problems, said City Man " ager J. L. Franzen, because the one-way northbound traffic there must either swing left to keep in the one-way pattern on north via divided Commercial Street or wing right toward Broadway Street. : Three vacation proceedings were completed, to close an alley in the Portland General Electric shop area near Liberty and Divi sion Streets and to close I streets . crossing property wher. the South Salem High School is being built The Council assessed PGE $1,250 for benefits derived. This was a committee recommendation Increasing the city administra tion's $980 assessment City En gineer J. H. Davis estimated the benefits to the Salem School Dis trict would havs been $3,150. The Council had earlier decided to waive this fee since both district : and city are tax-supported. Hearing Set Public hearing was called for " Dec. 22 on a proposed business zomng to permit a drive-in res taurant on Center Street across from the Capitol Shopping Center. After hearing affected neigh bors and C. P. Holgate, applying for permission to use a house at 1604 Chemeketa St. for Plymouth Brethren church purposes, the Council instructed the citj attor- - ney to draft an agreement suitable to both parties. Neighbors wanted assurance that no signs would be displayed and off-street parking ; would be provided. Signs reminding motorists to stop while crosswalks are occu pied were authorized for the D . street intersections at 19th and l Thompson Avenue. Residents of the area had asked for regular ? stop signs. Study will be given - the 19th and Market intersection ( for similar signs. At the recommendation of City Transit Lines, no change was au thorized in the Highland Avenue bus route. Residents had petition ed for a loop of .7 of a mile in the Front and Hickory Streets area, now four or five blocks from a bus line. Alderman David O' Hara said the potential bus users of the area' might make further 1 overtures to convince the bus company of the value of added service as requested. Bids on a new fire department pumper truck were again referred to a Council committee which earlier had tossed out a set of bid and asked the administration to write more detailed specifica- : Uoni. Low bidder Monday was Nlaon Equipment Co. of Portland with a Sea graves truck at $17,013. i The only Salem bidder was How ard Cooper Corp., with a Ken- : worth truck at $18,000 which WHOS EXCITED?. COME SEE the that's causing more excited talk than any new car has done In years.. .and for the best of all possible reasons 1 Salem Automobile Co. Inc. See D .drive U .i. Judge tt ; : : Tu day. December 9, 1951 money pot "for a good Christmas.' Things were really getting tough Monday night. Dark circles sur rounded their eyes and even the cigarettes and coffee weren't help too much. ' The two reported to their jobs during the day.; Off hours they spend walking 'from restaurant to restaurant, eating, drinking cof fee, visiting friends and going to all-night dnve-ln movies and cafes. They were not! lacking for com pany. Large crowds of friends many of whom have side-bets rid ing on one or the other followed them continuously, boosting their favorite's morale when necessary. Observers noted the two were losing ground fast Sunday but were spurred on by news stories published Monday. They take three showers a day and three at night Cook shaves about that often, too. But Hensley is growing a beard during the ordeal. Cook says he thinks he can hold out 200 hours, ; which would be until Saturday afternoon. Hensley has set no goal; except to out last Cook, 1021 Accidental Deaths in Oregon In Past 11 Months PORTLAND m Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, reported Monday that there were 1021 accidental deaths in Oregoa during the first 11 months of 1952. That Is an increase of .8 per cent over figures for last year when Oregon had the sixth worst accidental death rate among the 48 states. Erickson said - there were fewer of all types of : fatal accidents in Oregon except for those occurring in the home where a 22 per cent increase was reported. ranked next to high among the six bids. Pump Contract ; Contract fori three pumps to equip the new West Salem sewage pumping station was authorized E. A. Finkbeiner Co., Portland, on bid of $8,791, provided delivery is guaranteed in 70 days. Low bid was $7,827, from Worthington Corp, which would not guarantee delivery before; 160 days for the two sewage pumps and 266 days for the one large storm flow pump. There were two higher bidders. Permission was denied Hobart Price to build a second house on his property consisting of two partial lots near ' Fairmount and Luther Streets Price contended he had purchased the property and obtained building permits in good faith; believing the two parcels would be considered separate lots and not in conflict with recent legislation to make 6,000 square feet the minimum lot size. Citizens' petition for a cross walk at D and Commercial Streets was referred to the city manager with power to ; act. A bill was introduced to set a Jan.' 12 public hearing on annex ation of Wattuns Addition in West Salem to the city. L. A. Shaw was allowed to in stall a sign at 1815 S. 12th St A bill to regulate portable un vent ed oil heaters was tabled for two weeks. Authorized was petitioned improvement of Wild wind Drive between High and Summer Streets. ..EVERYBODY! Here's new beauty, new tiamor, new Highway Fashion . . . plus 180 H.P. FlrePower: the engine that outper forms all others regardless of horse power claims t Here's real Full-Time Power Steering . to do 45 of the work for you ... America's first Family of fino cars . . WINDSOR NEW Morse Asks I U.S.Strengthen West Alliance (Story also on page 1) SHERIDAN Sen. Wayne Morse called Monday for a solid front between the United States and its Allies as the first; step towards peace., Here to open a post-election se ries of speeches in his home state, the Oregon senator said our so- called unity alliance with: our Allies is a token alliance.' "Suppose we issue an ultimatum that if such-and-such doesn't hap pen well drop the A-bomb. Drop the A-bomb and you're not going to have any allies," the fiery sen ator declared. "We've got to find out from the British how big are the price tags on Hong Kong and recognition of Red China," Morse said. The number-one battle for the Allies, Morse asserted is to organ ize themselves, then deal with Russia. "I'm frightened about the Asiatic situation, and I don t frighten easily," he added. Prior to addressing 500 persons at Sheridan High School, Morse spoke to approximately 40 persons who attended a dinner at the Sheridan Bus Depot Cafe. The dinner gathering was: liber ally sprinkl'ed with Salem resi dents. Attorney Steve Anderson, who also bolted the Republican party to support Gov. Adlai Stev enson for president received a cheery wave from Morse on en tering the dining room. Others from Salem at the dinner included Freeman Holmer, Charles Jens, Mr. and Mrs. Jason Lee, Murray Wade. Mr. and" Mrs. Wil liam VanMeter, and five newspa per reporters. f Monroe Sweetland, Democratic national committeeman from Ore gon, also heard Morse's - dinner speech. Soot-Soaked Fog Spreads in South England LONDON ID A freak soot- laden fog that has crippled Lon don for four days spread over Southeastern England Monday night in a crazy-quilt pattern. Millions of homeward-bound commuters were stranded as a dense pall settled again over the H3 1 Ends Tonight Open f:4S "DREAMBOAT" Ginger Borers Clifton Webb "LAURA Clifton Webb Gene Tierney STARTS WEDNESDAY P. VAN JOHNSON I PATRICIA NEAL MtOKEY 00NET rev - - ' - f X C9UMM Ta, nanan m m 11 to give you 5 times greater ear control in every conceivable situation! 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Others were saved from death by penicillin, whisky or oxy gen. Some were saved by wrapping filters of damp sacking over their nostrils. Scores of accidents were report ed, but traffic was moving so slow ly few were serious. An electric train poking along the "Epsom Downs line rammed into-the rear of another train. Sev en passengers were hurt. Bus queues stringing out sever al blocks with as many as 3.000 commuters waiting in line remin iscent of wartime blackout days were seen again in Northeast Lon don where the fog was densest. Taxis, for the most part, gave up trying to operate. , OPEN C:45 PJkL STMTS T0I10RR0U! feist saleii snovniG! (FIRST BUN PRICES!) mm. wmamp' sv ' V " " ' 1 CO-FEATURE I ?y- I BLAZING THRILLS! jrv.jf: 1 CARTOON x";" n urn "" Vehicle Taxes Not All Used For Highways PHOENIX. Ariz. ! UB Ameri ca's multi-billion; dollar road sys tem is being depleted by a loss of SL2SO,000,000 in motor vehicle taxes that are not used for build ing highways, it was reported here Monday. . I Gov. Walter J. Kohler of Wiscon sin, addressing the -Western Cov ernors Conference, said the ers! government In the 1350-51 fis cal year returned to the states only 400 million dollars of the $L 660.000,000 it took from the mo toring public. ) His remarks were the high point of a panel discussion on the Jhorny issue of obtaining financing for needed roads. Earlier in the day, the 10 gov ernors attending the two-day meet ing heard reclamation Commis sioner Michael Straus report that the 83rd Congress would receive a $200.000,000 blueprint for build ing reclamation projects during the next seven years. And they participated In a free-for-all verbal battle over federal vs. state control of reclamation projects. Kohler, member ; of a special committee on federal and state turati. set up by the National Governors Conference, pointed out Ends Today! (Toe.) "Black Swan' Jk "Watch the Birdie" LATE NEWS STABTIIIG T0I20BB0W! lit: 'in. r i 7 0 the loss in hignway revenue' came from two sources: 1 The federal gas tax. Some 660 TniTiinw dollars is collected and only 9400,000,000 is returned to the 2 Federal excise taxes on such things as tires, tubes, batteries and other automotive equipment. An approximate one billion dollars is collected and none of it is re turned to the state for building highways. Kohler warned, however, that the problem of retrieving this lost money for the states' .would be complicated, and was part of a larger problem that of getting the federal government to aban don five fields of excise taxation fed-fcthat he felt rightfully belonged to the. states. The five fields are taxes on gas oline, distilled spirits, malted bev erages, cigarettes and motor ve hicle equipment. Gov. 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