Husband Held
For Slayin
a
Riddle 'Woman
ROSEBURG tfl .Betty! Jean
Owens, about f 30, was ,,shpt is to
death at her home f at aearby
Riddle Tuesday and police said
her husband. Burt Owens, hid ad
mitted he fired the gun.
State Police officer; Holls ol-
comtt. who investigated, sasi jthe
shooting occurred this ways
Owens, who -; had filed cgvarce
proceedings a week ago. ad his
wife went to Roseburg Tuesa to
arrange a property -t settlement
Mrs. Owens, accompanied by ber
sister, returned to their hoahe?on
the outskirts oft Riddle. i
Owen drove to the home if his
half-brother, M. -L. i Kirkfndall,
and borrowed a shotgun. Hi then
went to his own home -and -shot
his wife as she was sitting! ia a
rocker on the front porch Hoi
comb said, i 1 I
The sister. Wffiie Woolsejt wit
nessed the ; shooting. The Owens
two children, and Mrs. Owenf" wo
cnuaren oy a previous! marjiase
were playing nearby. !
- Holcpmb jsaid that Owens ire-
turned' the : gun to bis brother's
home and then turned himself in
to police at the nearby comniueity
f Canyonville. ; ; f I 1
Owens, about 45. contended? in
his divorce suit filed Aug. 1 that
Mrs. Owens: had once fixed 4 jifle
at him and had almost hit him
and their 3-year-old son. ' j I
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f Missing Girl
Enroute to
Nevada Town
PENDLETON tf A 15-year-old
Echo, Ore., girl for whom po
lice of. four states had been look
ing since? Monday was reported
either in or en route to Nevada,
R. D. Wilson, Echo police chief,
said Tuesday.
He told authorities in Oregon.
Washington. Idaho and Montana
to drop the ' search which was
started after the 'girl, Barbara
Puechell, did not arrive.' at Great
Falls, Mont, on a bus trip from
here. ; r,s ; : ',; . - j;,.' ';
Wilson said he learned the girl
got off the bus at Walla Walla,
returned to Pendleton, withdrew
$600 from her savings account and
headed for Nevada. He notified her
mother, Mrs. George Jefferson of
Echo.
Postmaster
Suspended
After Arrest
WASHINGTON ( Postmaster
General Summerfield Tuesday sus
pended the Los Angeles postmas
ter, Michael Fanning, as a result
of Fannings arrest in Hollywood
on drunk driving charges
. A Post - Office Department
spokesman said the suspension
was ordered after an investigation
substantiated a report that Fan
ning had' been arrested Monday
night
The suspension will be in effect,
he said, while the department in
vestigates the circumstances of
the arrest
Fanning, postmaster for Los An
geles since 1945, said evidence
would prove "I wasn't drunk, just
in. a hurry."
CHOOSE TACOMAN
TACOMA If) Ralph Rosenberg
of the Tacoma News. Tribune was
elected president of the Western
Classified Advertising Assn. here
Tuesday.
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Pov School Busses r
Advaneed by 'Board
By ROBERT EL GANGWAKE
r City Editor, The Statesman
Salem School District's directors Tuesday night moved to reopen
negotiations for widening D Street at Salem High School, upped
its bus transportation, rates and sold a 32 million bond issue at
a 3.07 per cent interest rate. ! . ,
Directors Gardner Knapp and Gus Moore and Superintendent
Walter: Snyder were directed to consult city officials on what can
be done soon to widen D Street
Plans to widen it by 1,4 feet on
the south side lens have been
held up because two privately
owned homes are in the way.
; Bus transportation price to
non-Salem districts - using Salem
High SchooL and to individuals
not entitled to free transporta
tion was raised from 2JZ to 2J5
cents per mile, payable in ad
vance and with an $18 annual
minimum charge. Bus route
changes for the coming school
year opening Sept 21, also were
adopted by the board. (Story on
Section 1, Page Z
The bond issue covering part
of the authorized $4,280,000 issue
for South Salem High School
construction was sold to low bid
der First National Bank of Port
land Mid associates. .Total inter
est cost under the bid would be
$643,000 over the 20-year period,
with the interest ranging from
2 to 4 per cent and averaging
3.07 per cent
Local bidders present and fi
nancial house officials who tele
phoned from Minneapolis and
Chicago to learn the outcome of
bidding agreed the district re
ceived a very favorable bid,
based on present market condi
tions. Schools Business Manager
C C. Ward was told the general
market is .44 per cent higher in
interest since last March when
Salem schools sold SlVt million
of the bond issue at a 2.71 perl
cent interest
Other bidders last night were
Halsey, Stuart Co., Foster &
Marshall and other firms com
bined to bid at an interest of
3.163 per cent, and U. S. National
Bank of Portland, 3.196 per cen
In teaching staff changes ap
proved at the Tuesday night
board meeting in the Public
School Administration Building,
Mrs. Caroline Blake was named
teaching principal at Mountain
View School and Mrs. Shirley
Newberry teaching principal at
Halls Ferry.
Mrs. Gladys Mazac will go from
Mt View to Garfield where Mrs.
Blake had been teaching several
years. .Mrs. Blake lives near Mt
View school.
Mrs. Opal Berry, Leslie Junior
High art teacher, obtained leave
of absence until Jan. 29, to be
replaced by substitute Ronald W.
Neperud of Silverton.
Resignations were accepted
from Miss Jacqueline Bogan,
r Salem : High physical, education
teacher who will become an
assistant professor at College of
Idaho, and from Miss Nell
Guthrie, Salem High health
teacher. Mrs. Esme Glenn,, for
mer Austin, Tex teacher new in
Salem, was hired as a McKinley
School 6th grade teacher and
Miss Shirley Zimdars of Moline,
I1L, was hired for secondary
physical education teaching.
The 'board heard a committee
from Salem Insurance Agents
Association protest placing liabil
ity insurance on school busses
with State Farm Mutual which
is not a member of the agents
association which has jointly
handled all the school district's
insurance for several years.
The committee comprising
Charles Huggins, Earl Bourland
and Clarence Byrd asked that
the insurance be left with the
association or all thrown open to
bidding. The board deferred
action for further study.
t School directors authorized a
start on microfilming of school
records by renting a camera for
at least four months and buying
a $275 viewer.
Superintendent Snyder issued
a reminder to parents that health
examinations of children new to
Salem schools or those entering
the first or seventh grades this
fall should be arranged with
family doctors before schools
open Sept 21. Medical record
blanks are available at the Mar
ion County Health Department
Snyder also reminded that school
supplies may be purchased now,
as local stores have lists of what
pupils will need.
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For Your Youngsters
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WHEN HOME'S NEAR SCHOOL
2 1';
Life's a!er and happier for your youngsters wheri school and home
are near eaoh other.
Aftore sleep mpf nings.
No travel-time wasted, leaves more for play and study.
Home for lundt makes Mom supervisor. Saves money, too.
Njo j transport atibn, I avoids crowding, perhaps, saves you money..
And with home near school the kids are close by more, so you
keep a steady eye on 'em. . ' '
Today's, the day to start looking for that home of your own in;
i the Classifies! section! You'll find 'many splendid buys near in ;
Salem! school districts. Start looking! Leisurely home-shoppings
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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (JPh
The Rodney Vista Home Econo
mics and Extension club met for
an outdoor breakfast After the
meal Mrs. Joe James spoke. Her
subject: "Better Breakasts."
Vction Delayed
On Seals for
All State Carsi
(Story also on page 1)
The State Board of Control
studied the problem of labelling
two state-owned vehicles ia busi
ness before them Tuesday.
Action involving putting state
seals on two state cars was de
ferred for one week while board
members study the law. It was
brought out that these two cars
are used in - making collections
for the care of patients in state
institutions. A previous board of
control exempted these cars on
the ground that if they were
labeled with the state seal 'col
lections would be more difficult
State Treasurer Sig Unander,
who has been waging a campaign
to have all state-owned cars car
ry the state seal, objected to ex
empting these two cars or any
other cars.
"Let the collectors park the
ears some distance from the
homes of relatives of these pa
tients,"i Unander suggested.
State Finance Department Di
rector, Harry Dorman, said the
current law exempts no state
owned cars from carrying the
state seal, although some exemp
tions had been made. Cars previ
ously exempted, Docma? said,
involved cars used by investi
gators for the state liquor con
trol commission,
"If the law requires that state
owned cars should be labeled with
the state seal there should be no
exemptions by this board," Gov
ernor Paul Patterson said
Authority was .granted for pay
ment of one-half of the 1953 flax
CivUDefense
Head Warns of
Old Ordnance
Twenty-four i war souvenirs In
the form of high explosives have
been discovered in various parts
of Oregon during the past year,
CoL Arthur M. Sheets, state
civil defense director, reported
Tuesday. . ,
He said persons' finding ex
plosives of any type -bombs or
small ordnance should advise
the civil defense organizations or
police agencies.; .
Explosives uncovered recently
ranged from a 37 millimeter anti
aircraft shell and rocket found
in Kings Valley earlier this
month to a 2,000-pound sea mine
at Cape Meares in ApriL
Ticking . up and moving any
item suspected i of being . unex
ploded ordnance is like playing
Russian roulette," Maj. Werner
Dintman, commanding officer of
the 522nd Explosive Ordnance
detachment at Fort Lewis, Wash
told Oregon civil defense agency
officials.
Statesman, Severn. Ore. WecL.
tyi 10th big!
1953, will be he
late Conceptio:
here Wednesda
Interment wi
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FuieralToday
IUUsbm Nwa SrTle
STAYTON Services for Rob
ert A. McConnllL Marion Coun-
y fatality lor
in the Immacu-
Catholic Church
at 9 a. to.
be at the Cath
olic Cemetery ujnder direction of
the Weddle Fuleral Home.
The body ofj the 39-year-old
World War II veteran was found
early last Saturday morning in
his overturned auto in the boul
der filled bed jbf Tunnel Creek
on the Santiani Highway about
six miles east ol Idanha. He was
unmarried and employed at the
Idanha Lumber Company.
I Wbenl the Sues Canal was first
dug it ras 72 feet wide but it
has bee widened to 200 feet
I I DON'T
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crop purchased by the state flax
Industry. The crop was estimated
at 2400 tons. The contract price
for the 1953 flax is $60 a ton
for first grade. ;
The financial situation 'involv
ing the flax industry was dis
cussed before authorizing the flax
payment It was argued that some
flax funds had been used in meet
ing capital outlays at the prison.
The penitentiary now has an
inventory of about $61,000 in can
ned goods on hand, board mem
bers were advised.
George Washington had small
pox while visiting Barbados in
the British West Indies.
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