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1 (Soc 1) Statesman. Scdsm. Ore Sunday. May 24, 1953 -High Society Wedding Held zFor Joe Kennedy's Daughter By AGNES MCCLOSKEY a medical checkup. Saturday he NEW YORK ID-Ina wedding sparkling with pomp, orchids and .champagne, radiant Eunice Mary Kennedy became the bride Satur day of Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. - It was one of high society's fan ciest flings since the heyday of the Tour Hundred. Intimates of finan- cir .--philanthropist Joseph P. Kei nedy, the bride's father who was once U. S. ambassador to Great 'Britain, would neither confirm nor wa with the thousands watcning the mnning of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlict Racetrack in M yland. It was the first big wedding which Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy? who live in Palm Beach. Fla.. and Hy annisport, Mass., had been able to iv for one of their daughters. A son. Nay Lt. Joseph P. Ken ned Jr., another daughter Kath leen, and her husband died sep- deny published estimates that the j aretely in World War II airplane oDuler affair cost $100,000. One thing was certain: Every thing as done to make it a wed ding to remember. Even Jie weath erman turned up with blue, sunny skies. And just so things wouldn't be too formal, several score folks from .among the uninvited throng which crowded Fifth Avenue and pressed .against the giant bronze doors of St Patrick's Cathedral were invited in to sit with the 1,700 leaders of mishaps. Kathleen was wed in a quiet wartime ceremony. Saturday's bride, who was born in Boston July 10, 1921, has been activ. for several years in social welfare work. Her husband, born in Westmini ster, Md., in 1915, is the son of Mrs. Robert S. Shriver of New York, and the late Mr. Shriver, who . was a Baltimore and New Yori" financier. A law graduate of Yale Univer society, business and politics who sity, Shriver is assistant general had been invited Cardinal Spellman Francis Cardinal Spellman offi ciated at the wedding ceremony and nuptial mass. Nine brides maids, with her sister, Patricia, as maid of honor, attended the bride. The ushers were 20 scions of prominent New York. Connecticut, Illinois and California families. The bridegroom's brother, T. Herbert Shriver, II. was best man. Among those attending was Mar garet Truman, in a blue gown with straw colored hat. Elder statesman Bernard Baruch was also on hand. Among those who previously ac cepted invitations to attend were Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. Col. and Mrs. Robert R. VcCormick. Mr and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Farley. McCarthy Not Present One of those who previously had accepted but did not attend was U. S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. .Earlier this week he had undergone manager of Kennedy's Merchandise Mart in Chicago Doukhobor Homes Razed Bv Arsonists I in tn J DUt i 54 wyyfu vdouks ba 1015 pps NELSON. B. C. W Torch throwing arsonists early Saturday burned seven homes and failed in attempts on two others in Kootenay Ike to Support Plane Budget With Prestige By JACK BELL WASHINGTON . Sen. Fergu son (R Mich) indicated Saturday President Eisenhower's military prestige will be invoked in an ef fort tc quell a threatened senator ial rebellion against proposed Air Force money cuts. , Ferguson's observation came as some Republicans appeared ready to join Democrats in protesting ag'inst the administration's deci sion to slash five billion dollars off asked by former President Tru man. Among these GOP members. Sen. Young of North Dakota said he fears the proposed economies will leave the U. S. with an Air Force inferior to Russia's "and I don't think we can afford to let that happen." Can't Match Men We can't match the Russians the number of men they can put into armies but we can cer tainly do it in the air and should, he declared. Ferguson, who heads a Senate appropriations subcommittee con sidering defense requests, said he kAtiai' ,i IKa fie kr Ko Kmiiffht m if district Doukhobor villages. ; . . . Aamnnctr9ta lhat The homes burned all belonged ,. ,,,, Ko K;it n Wrecks Leave 2 Injured, 5 Cars Damasred Two men were hospitalized and five cars wrecked in three acci dents Saturday in the Salem area investigated by state police. Taken to Salem Memorial Hos pital were Charles R. Moody, 110 Shaw St., Salem, and his passen ger, Isam Dykes, Iola Acres. Moody suffered a cut above an eye and fractured ribs, and Dykes a lacerated ear. Moody was re leased after treatment, but his companion was held for observa tion. Police said the car in which they were riding apparently went out of control and into a ditch on Highway 51 between Independ ence and Independence Junction about 5 p.m. Three cars smacked into each other on the North River Road near the skating rink about 7:20 p.m., and although all had to be towed away, none of the occu pants was injured. According to investigating of ficers, a 1941 Ford driven by Ben R, Cooper, 1375 Holgate St., Sa lem, collided with the rear of a 1953 Ford operated by David J. Ferguson of Pratum. The Ferguson car was knocked into the opposite lane and side swiped a 1947 Plymouth driven by Mary M. Swegart, 1168 Sag inaw St, Salem. Ferguson's wife was thrown from their l car, but was unin jured, said police. A second one-car accident in volved a Rickreall man, Leroy P. Neufeld, whose cat swerved into a ditch near the Bonneville sub station on the Salem-Dallas High way. Police said he was not hurt Rain Postpones Midget Racing A wet track and grandstand seats, plus the 'threat of more rain forced postponement of last night's scheduled midget auto races at Hollywood Bowl. Pro moter Henry Ireland announced that a full-scale destruction, der by, involving over 30 cars, wiU be held at the- bowl next Satur day night The midgets will be rescheduled later on. Army Accepts Neiv Excuse OfAWOLGI Thieves Take Car. Gas, Suit Thefts of a car, a tank of gas and a man's suit were under in vestigation by Salem police Satur day. The car, owned by Kelly Whil hite, 307 Jefferson St, Dallas, was stolen between 8 and 9:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Cheme keta Street Police said it was a 1938 blue Chevrolet Mrs. Violet Truitt, 2209 N. Front St., reported to police that a full tank of gas was stolen from her car early Saturday morning while it was parked in her driveway. The suit was reported stolen from Hewitt's Mens Shop, 501 Court St., and valued at $95 re tail The store owner said he suspected it was , shoplifted. It was found missing when the store was opened yesterday morning. Ranchers Ask Protection For Coyotes YAMPA. Colo. GH Imagine a cattleman going to the defense of the coyote despised var mint" of Western history; Forty Northwestern Colorado ranchers actually want protection for coyotes. They have closed 40,- 00C acres of grazing lands to hunt ing or poisoning of the animals They explain it's a matter of trying to regain a natural balance of wildlife. The coyote population has been reduced so drastically tha. their natural enemies Held mice and jack rabbits have increased tremendously. Mice and rabbits hurt grass lands, the cattlemen said and coyotes don't eat grass. to the Radical Sons of Freedom Doukhobors and were in the vil lages of Krestova and 'nearby Goose Creek. - The f.res came following the Fri- MUUfy Expert the Air Force will be built up faster under the Eisenhower ad ministration's program than under plans laid down by the Truman administration SAN FRANCISCO The Army, notoriously unsympathetic about excuses, heard a new one Satur da . It was so good the Army went along with it. It was all a mistake. PFC. Ben jamin McGhee told officers at Let- iV T i terman General Hospital. H e ! INeV InSectlClCf P wasn't really AWOL: he thought he was on leave. McGhee, 21, one of the repatri ated prisoners of war who arrived here from Korea April 29, was sent to Letterman for a checkup. On May 5 he disappeared Baccalaureate Dueniiofhtat Cascade Hih Statesman News Service ; TURNER Lorene Edwards, valedictorian, and 4Vanda Stin nett, salutatorian wijl head the class of 62 seniors which will graduate from. Cascade Union Hi eh School an Tuesday. The commencement address will be Riven by Dr. Victor P. Morris. Awards and diplomas will be given by Louis J. Urham mer. The, invocation will be de livered by the. Rev. Guy Arm strong and the benediction by the Rev. Scott Anderson. Music will be by the mixed chorus and the high school band. Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday with the Rev. Dud ley Strain as speaker. Graduates Listed The graduates include Joe Ar thur, Vernie Bales, Jerry Broad bent, Patricia Bridges, Lora Lee Brown, Kenneth Burris, Louis Bales, Betty Collier. Ron Chad dick, Albert Chicklero, Bobby Dodson, Lorene Edwards, - Jean nette Fowler,, Dan Feller, Nell Dean Foster, Bryon Gavette, Charles Germond, Ernest Guest Ardyth Gaver and Roy Gene Gleason. Also Loretta Horsley, Richard Hein. George Headrick, Thelma Beach, Marthene Hankel, Lois Holmquist, Millie Hampton, Er in Hanchett, Sally Klein, Lenore Keudell, Christine Lil$5ren, Helen Mickenhara, Nancy Man ning, Barrel Mertle, Lee Met calfe, Bormie Jo Nicholson, Dol ores Ostrem, Thelda Parmenter. Marilyn Pease, Jeanette Price, Richard Rea. Bernard Riches, Phillip Schollian. Ronald Seney, Paul Scheele, Billie Schaefer, Arnold Schelske, Don Sproul, Wanda Stinnett, Gary Stewart, Astrid Severin, Leon Stair, Paul Thomas, Donald Vaughn, Joseph Wilkinson, Glen Whitfield, Fred Wells, Harold Whitley, Lilbern Webb, Melvin Whitley, Allan Ward and Phillip Yancey. . , Crews Saved off Sinking Vessels DEAL, England (A All crew-me- were reported rescued from t - sinking freighters Sunday aft er separate collisions is heavy fog blanketing hte English Channel. The Coast Guard said the 1,451 tot Norwegian steamer Ternefjell sank after colliding with another small ship, the British Dotterel,' 11 miles off Start Point on Ep gland's southwest coast, The Dotterel took al oard all the "sunken ship's crew men, it was not Known immediate ly how many there were. , ; 52 on Airliner Reach Alaska - 2 Hours Late . , ..y ANCHORAGE, Alaska W The Scandinavian Airlines plane carry ing 52 persons from Oslo to Tokyo via the North Polar region landed here at 7:50 p. m. Anchorage time. twj hours behind schedule. The- 41 passengers and 11 crew-; men immediately bedded down for th- night to rest for a 10 a. m. Sun-1 da takeoff for Shemya Island in the Aleutians. The trip to Shemya j is expected to take six hours. ; Capt. .Michael Aschim, 31, one of three pilots aboard the giant air liner, said headwinds over-Greenland and along the route here de layed the plane, adding two hours to the estimated flight time. He reported, however, that no difficulties were encountered and that the scenery was unique al though frequently, blotted out by clouds. The airliner has been 21 heurs in the air since leaving Oslo. Its firs', stop was at Thule, Greenland. The 41 passengers are relief per- Lsonnel for the Norwegian field hos pital in Korea. A Scandinavian Airlines an nouncement said this was the first time the Europe-Asia short cut of the Northwest Passage had been put .to commercial use and was made possible by the establishment of U. S.-air bases in the Alaska area. . The airlines is currently negotiat ing with American officials for reg ular use of those bases for Scandinavia-Japan flight service. , , A spokesman said he is pptimis- tic satisfactory arrangements cpn be made. Japan has granted per mission to make Tokyo a terminal Point, j , r. ;: "We expect to open the route iq a short time." the spokesman said, Kills Flies, Bugs Immune to DDT day warning from Premier W.A.C. Bennett thr.t the "fooling around is over for the Doukhobors. The fire? broke out around 3a.m. within minutes of each other, the Royal, Canadian Mounted. Police re-j ported.' ' ' ! Police spotted the fires from a I Relieve that when the facts are all known, most of the senators will go along with the President on this because he is a military expert and his judgment must be trusted." the Michigan senator said. There were signs that some re- distance and soon were at the publican members of the subcom mittee other than Young were crit- started' scene. Houses started Durning an , icai 0 the proposed cuts. j He d been visiting friends in San aooui me uisinci, sam a puuee sen. Margaret Uiase imitn K : Francisco, he told ipoKesman. Me) addressed a series of sharp "Two unexploded botfTes filled questions to Secretary of Defease with gasoline were found, but by ; Wilson. Sen. Thye (R Minn) said the time investigators got them i his support or opposition to the NEW YORK I A new in- and the ' secticide that will kill flies and Army listed him as absent without ! other insects that have become re leave. " sistant to DDT was announced Saturday. McGhee turned up , Saturday by American Cyanamid back at Letterman. He'd tele-' Company. phoned his mother in Phoenix, j The new product, called Mala Ariz.. Friday night, he explained. ! thon, is a broad-spectrum insect and was completely surprised to I icide which the company said is learn the Army was looking for j a killer of a wide range of farm him. After all, he said, he'd been ! and garden pests, including told when he first arrived there j aphids, mites and scales. that all POWs were getting 30 i The company added that experl days leave, and he somehow got : ments indicate that flies are less the impression that his had likplv to hprnmp resistant tn Mai- Airport Tower Closure Noted V'ASHINGTON Ml The. Civil Aconautics Administration (CAA) sai'' Saturday it will discontinue, for eonoroy reasons, 16 of its air por. control towers. Also, two ad ditional towers which had been planned will not be put into oper ation. In all, the CAA operates 170 tow ers at airports throughout the country. Of these. 43 are com- j bined communications centers and control towers. j The discontinuances are to take effect July 1. Included is the one at Salem, I Ore. ' I Noduag puts you "out of tun with th world mora quickly, and more surely lb an. poor health. Old Mother Nature you to b well. She will help, if you take the first step. Why not go to see your Doctor eight away? And we aope yoa will bring his prescriptions to as for our careful compounding. : W Civ S1H I Graan Stamps CAPITAL DRUG STORE 405 State St. at Liberty f "irvn m v vs&y mm ii ii m (Minn Continued Conscientious, Dignified Service At A Price Anyone Can Afford Howell - Edwards Phone 3 672 FUNERAL HOME 545 N. Capitol Across from Sears Leston W. Howell Hilda E. Howell Harry (Al) Vogt Charles C. Edwards Frances M. Edwards Donald Waggoner athon than they did to DDT. cut would depend on clearer an swers by Pentagon officials to vital stood absence. Ebbing in South several people had fingered them." No arrests have been made, but police investigators worked ana other matters. throughout the district during the Demos to Battle day. Led by Sens. Hill of Alabama The fires followed exactly the ano Maybank of South Carolina, same pattern as the burnings at Democrats already are out in the Perry Siding and Appledale last open with their battle gainst the 1 1 loOClinP" Rivr month when 13 houses were de- Eisenhower administration's rec-; "& iU'cl stroyed," the spokesman said ommended slashes. Krestova, headquarters of the Maybank has demanded that Radical Sons of Freedom, was the j Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg. retiring scene of mass burnings in 1950. j Air I orce chief, and Gen. Carl Fire is a Doukhobor form of pro- Spaatz, former head, be called for test, and it is not uncommon for ! testimony. the "Sons" to put the torch to their Wilson told the committee prev wn homes. ' iously that Vandenberg had been Police reinforcements were re-1 present as a representative of the cently sent into the Doukhobor dis- j Joint Chiefs of Staff when the Na tricts. 350 miles east of Vancouver, I tional Security Council decided on and commenting on the latest out- i tlu ail money cut. But he con break. Attorney - General Robert ; ceed that Vandenberg never had Borner said: approved the reductions. "We have sufficient people on j the ground to cope with the situa-' GEN. MARSHALL SAILS tion. The problem of stopping the1- Freedomite fires within their own ,EW Y0RK Gen- Geore village still remains." , C. Marshall, former secretary of The highways are patrolled each j state, sailed aboard the li er Uni night and public buildings have ted states Saturday to attend the Premier Bennett, who issued his I the officers. 1 ? Hadn't he read the newspapers? , Well, after a couple of years as a n i i t- rn tft prisoner, one doesn't spend his OUIltl JplOU9UUU time reading newspapers. ! 0 - m . 1 Well, hardly, the Army agreed, j aleni 1 e rill 1 113 1 ao aner a mild lecture. McGhee w-s sent on his official 30-day leave less is days of misunder- LAKE CHARLES. La. If) The cruel Calcasieu River began re treating Saturday from this flood beaten city while engineers ahanrf. West Coast Fast Freight, Inc., announced Saturday it will build a $150,000 terminal in Salem at North Commercial and Academy Streets. D .H. Roberts, company vice president, said a similar building will be built in Tamoca, Wash., and both will include the latest features of freight handling. Features cf th building here are 50 by 150-foot office and dock areas, concrete walls, overhead doors, canopy type roofs, parking "The worst is over and the whole flood level is subsiding here very slowly," said weatherman Paul Cook. Meximum heights of waves in the Atlantic is about 60 feet. says the National Geographic So ciety. warning in Victoria, was not avail able for comment. coronation of Queen Elizabeth as one of four representatives of President Eisenhower. i An T v 7 MS Protect Your Vision . . . g rUf from hadochf cauttd by Eyestrain . . . wear only einfif;colly-frrd Glmt. At Scmler' ell glotMt ore mod to the exact prescription of yowr Registered Optometrist ... In yevr choke of Medom, Youthful Stylos. NO IXTRACHAROt QUICK SERVICE Glasses Ready ki 1 Day mm ! SIGHT NOW . . . erreiif f pmy lemr. tm tmmO wkly r mtMf evts fm cen tily effortf. f4 Hp, ne r Stmlmr-f. 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