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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1953)
Russ Return 2 Missing GIs BERLIN (I) The Russians re- tui-oed two long-missing GIs to the U. S. sector of Berlin Tuesday in what' some authorities regard as a growing move to clean out a "country dub" of absentee Allied soldiers living in East Germany. Sergei Dengin, Soviet chief for erlin. went to the unusual length of inviting the U. S. commandant, Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Timberman, to his headquarters to explain the release of the two men. Turned over to the Americans were Pvt. Raymond V. Michalow ski of Perth Amboy, N. Y.f and Pvt. Lieutenant Night of Los An geles. Calif. They had been miss ing, for 175 days. The men are being interrogated. The Russiani have sent back four American soldiers from the zone in the past few weeks. According to Army estimates, the East Zone still is giving haven to 14 Americans, and between 12 and 14 British ' soldiers. Berry Box Weight Set TTnninff to isrevent both buyers and sellers of strawberries from getting into a jam the State Agri culture Department Tuesday is sued its annual warning that berry hallocks sold in this state must contain 12 ounces ox Denies. Tieoartment Director E. I Tftjrnn said his deoartment has irpariv found several markets selling early strawberries in con tainers weighing only 9 ana iu Department field men say this short-weight comes about mostly because merchants skim the top off hallocks to increase the num ber of hallocks, and sometimes customers piucK a zew uemes off adjacent boxes to add to thn thev huv. Peterson said if the hallocks dont look full, customers should ask the storekeeper to weigh them. Portland Hit By Measles PORTLAND OF A measles epi demic is sweeping Portland, Dr. Thomas L. Meador. city health of ficer, reported Tuesday. h said 578 cases have been re ported in the city this year with 20 cases reported since rriaay. Thw 39 earlier last week. 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Mich., urged that outdoor education and conservation of natural resources be taught in public schools throughout the nation. Smith is assistant superintendent of Michigan's Department of Pub lic Instruction. He told delegates at an afternoon section meeting that the outdoor program is being developed in Michigan and several other states. Fe declared conservation is a "natural" in the curriculum of the community school and that it can be better promoted through out door recreation activities and ex periences than in textbooks. Measles Tops Disease List Measles cases gained in num ber in Marion County last week, the - county health department reported Tuesday, going to 98 new cases, compared to 78 the previous week. 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