C (ac I) Statesman, Salem,
California Ux -
Policemen 1
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; Car Chase
A wild high-powered police chase tip and down moisture-slick
i S PaeifitTHighway in thick Aog earty Saturday morning ended in ar
- rest and 10 days in. jail for r -California ex-convict. .r . , .
- " Twenty-seven-year-old - John Howard .West was brought to hay
, . by a state poke roadblock at Gervais Junction on 99E after he bad
outdistanced three city police cars at speeds sometimes near. 100
. miles an hour. . .
- West, who lied his occupation
as a . salesman from . Oakland,
Calif.,' pleaded guilty to reckless
If driving in District Court later
Cl Saturday morning and was given
10 days in the county jaiL
i He told police he was on par
ZZ, t from Santa Rita, Calif., reha
p,m bilitation center where be had
;tr served snore than seven months
on a check charge.
4 L,iiy , ponce tn. mer up
jT: off on West about -4:30 a.m. from
r George Wetkum Jr- and George
Ringnalda, employed at Holly-
Wood Associated Service Station.
They said West drove in and of
fered to trade a watch and dia
mond ring for gas.
West, driving a 1953 peSoto,
headed north on Fairgrounds
Road as three city police cars
covered in.
One patrolman spoted the West
car and gave chase at 75 miles an
hour, but was left behind. West
then doubled back on Portland
Road and headed for Salem. A
second police car was outrun. "'
Meanwhile, another city police
man stationed himself near North
Salem Drive-IB. Shortly, the West
ear came by heading North again.
The " policeman dropped in be
hind West and gave him the
liren. According to the officer.
West tooluoff at over 90 miles an
hour through fog which limited
visibility to 50 feet
He reportedly pa&ed 10 trail
er tracks, two busses and several
ears as the officer managed to
keep him in sight until just south
of Woodburn. ;
Suddenly West Was seen head
ing back towards Salem. The
pursuing officer radioed the in
formation ahead and West was
stopped at Gervais Junction by a
state police 'roadblock.
Police said a search of the car
uncovered numerous watches,
rings and billfolds which West
said he was selling.
West told police he had just
bought the car after putting $30
down and trading another car.
At the request of police here,
California authorities wtre check
ing Saturday night on the fact
that the license plates on West's
ear belonging to another Califor
nia vehicle not registered to him.
Travel Ban
Relaxed on
Red Officials
WASHINGTON W Soviet dip
lomats in Washington and two oth
er Western capitals have been giv
en a little more elbow room.
They've been told by the U.S.
; government that they may visit
n summer resorts on Chesapeake
, Bay. some 30 miles away fr6m
wbr Washington, without giving ad
2 an notice to the State Depart -i
ment. London and Paris also have
eased travel restrictions on Rus
. sian officials.
- The moves came after the Soviet
government announced it was lift
tZ ins some restrictions on the move-
ment of Americans ad other for
2 eisers in Russia.
Until Wednesday all Russians in
jsi Washington were required to give
: j advance notice to the State De-
partment whenever they wanted to
go more than 25 miles away. The
- same curb applies to Soviet offi
cials in New York.
'--Members of the Embassy staff
ilf here" have leased seven cottages at
Bay Ridge and Woodland Beach,
5 Maryland resorts on Chesapeake
w Bay' and have been PPlyhig regu
larly for permission to travel back
.rr and forth.
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1 saw the doctor today, dear. Now we just have
to get a loan from General Fin? ace Corp. and buy
a larger trailer!" ...
Then later -they'll help us finance ear new
f arrival. They're wonderful friends to have!
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Wilba Lappen
Succumbs to :
Long Illness
Mrs. Wilba Ruth Lappen,' 33,
of 725 Cummings Lane, died at
her home Saturday following an
illness of several years. She had
been bed-ridden since last Jan
uary. '
Mrs. Lappen was born Jan. 21,
1915, in Washabaugh County,
S. D., and attended schools there.
May 19, 1934. she was married
to Gerald Lappen. He is em-
doyed at Lee's Feed Store, Sa
em. i - ;v ' '
Mr. and Mrs. Lappenj have lived
in Salem the past 10 years.
. Surviving, 'besides her widow
er, are three children. Miss Iona
Belle Lappen, Gerald James Lap
pen and Michael Roy Lappen, all
of Salem; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter W. Mendenball 6r., Sa
lem; three sisters, Mrs. Frank
Lappen, Albany, Mrs. Myrle
Giersch, Salem, and Mrs. Lee
Rogers, Tillamook; four brothers,
Walter W. Mendenhall Jr., La
Grande, Howard Mendenhall,
Salem, Ramond Mendenhall,
Camp Roberts, Calif., and Neil
Mendenhall, Salem.
Funeral services will be an
nounced later by Clough-Barrick
Co.
Peace-in Korean Capital Gives
Picture of Again Gay People
Editor's Note: For three -years,;
a Seoul aateune meant a story
of war. Today it leads off a story
of peace a peace that finds, a
people already laughing and sing
ing, against a backdrop of ruin).
By FRED SAITO
SEOUL if. There is peace in
this South Korean capital, and it's
a surprisingly happy peace.
Big buildings are in ruins and
burned out. The imposing Capitol,
where ' the Reds barricaded them
selves, still looks like a skeleton.
But Korean civilians Walking the
wide streets show no signs of stu
por, uneasiness or hunger. Nor
do they reflect the terror of a see
saw war which saw the city twice
overrun by the invaders, twice re
captured by the United Nations.
It is all in marked contrast to
Tokyo after Japan's surrended end
ed World War H eight years ago.
Japanese roamed the bombed out
streets aimlessly, haggard from
apathy and hunger. .
Only the dim light at night is the
same. For like the Tokyo of 1945,
Seoul has a power shortage. .
But as you walk Seoul at night,
you hear ringing laughter and the
sounds of Korean children. You
hear no sound of the wailing from
hapless citizens who, after the first
occupation in 1950. mourned the.
massacre of families by Com
munists who called them "pro-Westerners."
The city's million residents now
seem divided half and half in
dress, one group wearing Western
clothes, mostly military uniforms,
the other in the traditional Korean
garb. Not a few, of the older dress
es are neat lineii. crisply starched.
The big buildings destroyed were
largely the legacy of 40 years of
Japanese rejgn over the peninsula,
which many Korean leaders are
trving hard to forget But the mud
and rock Korean houses in back
streets 'have largely remained in
tact. That may partly account for the
robust look of the civilians. Even
if industries are still disrupted,
life does not seem too hard.
Long an exporter of rice, outh
Korea still produces almost enough
for its 20 million people. Koreans
lopg'used to austerity food do not
need sugar or meat Their meals,
spiced by .garlic and red pepper,
lack calories necessary 'Tor West
erners hut seem adequate for Ko
reans. ;' "
Fancy dresses or other luxurie;
fetch prohibitive prices, but mili
tary uniforms and clothing poured
PoliceTreat ;
Lost; Hungry
j5oiia?uieaZr
Four shivering and supperless
boys, ages 4 to 14, were found by
a foot patrolman In downtown
Salem early Saturday morning
huddled in a car their home for
several hours. ,
The youths, ages 4,' 5, 7 'and
14, were discovered sleeping; in
a ear about 1 a.m. by a police
officer walking bis beat
Cold and hungry, they- told the
officer their parents had left
them in the ear about sundown.
All are from Mission Bottom.
The three 'youngest: boys were
taken to the police station, and
the oldest accompanied police on
a futile search for the parents in
bars and restaurants.
Since the youngsters had not'
eaten since . noon, police took
them to a restaurant and the boys
filled up on soup, hamburger and
milk. . '
Then" they were bedded down
for the night in the detective's
office, wrapped up in Army
blankets.
At 5:30 a.m. the parents called
for their children at the station.
The parents said they had been
looking for the boys r and hadn't
seen a note left at the ear by
police.
Eugene-Coos Bay Train
Line Site of Derailment
EUGENE UFt There was a de
railment on the Southern, Pacific's
Eugene-Coos Bay rail line Satur
day. Two cars full of wood chips left
the tracks at Vaughn, 30 miles
west of here. Then a giant crane
was derailed in an attempt to pull
the cars back. Chips littered the
tracks and the siding.
No one was hurt. "
into this
land
war
during
are in
the three
abundant
years ot
supply.
Black market stalls which have
mushroomed everywhere sell U.S.
military uniforms and blankets at
one third or less of the official
PX prices. , '
Korean civilians aren't warlike,
although some leaders' adamant
stand against the armistice would
indicate otherwise.
I have talked with Koreans from
all walks of life and found them
all peacefully inclined. Asked whe
ther they joined the dramatic anti
armistice demonstrations in June,
every one of those 1 met at ran
dom on the streets emphatically
replied No
.Attractive Miss TT So Po, 17,
runs a small stall selling a variety
of items ranging from rice to
American ' cigarettes, the latter at
the equivalent, of about 30 cents a
pack.
' She earns 12.000 to 15,000 whan
($66 to S3) a month and sup
ports her eick father, mother and
one sister. Her family, stayed in
Seoul under both (Communist oc
cupations without being harmed.
' "The Communists did not try to
find fault with poor people like us,"
Miss Yi says.
Kim Kyong Hi, 18, a. schoolgirl,
is a daughter of once well off fam
ily. Her widowed mother teaches
mathematics at a high school and
supports her daughter and her dead
husband's mother. The husband
died before the war. , i
Miss Kim's 72-year-old grandmo
ther said she stayed on during the
Communist rule.
"The Reds only 'requisitioned
our kimchi (garlic spiced pickles
indispensable for Korean food life)
but didn't do any harm against
me," the sturdy old woman said.
"The only damage we suffered was
from an American bomb which fell
in the backyard and blew up doors
and kimchi jars without hurting
anybody."
Miss Kim's Korean style house
has nine rooms, but two other fam
ilies now board there.
Mrs. Lim Suk Ja, 22, and her
child wait for her husband, an
Army captain.
The other boarding family is
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this 4-wheel-drive 1-Ton Truck.
AU steel cab I
Adjustable driver's seat
Reinforced tailgate supported by heavy chains
In low-low, climbs 60 grades
Travels over fields, prairies
Gets youthrough heavy md, muck, "snow, sand
Saves oO tow charges . . . rubber . . . gas, oil, man
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Encfs bad-road worries
Ideal for on, or off-the-highway work.
Got a Willys
AH- Time, Sikh Expected
Jn'FallScJioolEnrotlment
School vacations are running
out and some 10,000 Salem boys
and- girls will be back in class
rooms within three weeks. Hun
dreds of other youths will be off
to college during September, too.
With .'the'.- emphasis now on
back-to-chool preparations, fam
ilies are busy winding up vaca
tion projects and ouwtung the
youngsters for school, while' the
school 'administrators 1 are even
busier getting schools in shape for
another record-shattering enroll
ment '
The picture is the same
throughout the Willamette Val
ley. -.',,'
In Salem the three Catholic
schools will reopen Sept 14 two
ween xrom Monaay ana ine
public schools will start Sept 2L.
Public schools-nave planned a
net increase of 14 classrooms in
expectation of at least 500 addi
tional elementary pupils in a
total enrollment of well over
9,000 this falL St Vincent de
Paul Catholic School will have an
additional classroom made avail
able by completion of a new con
vent for the teaching sisters.
By the time ' class work starts.
the high school football season
will be well underway, as Salem
High School plays two out of
town games and Sacred Heart one
before their schools actually
open.
Public , school opening in the
Salem district was delayed to
Sept 21, one week, when the
school board received urgent
pleas that late harvests and can
nery work would require the
services of hundreds of young
workers.
- Sclfbol opening timetables in
brief:
Sacred Heart Academy Fresh
men register Sept 8, report for
entrance examinations at 10 a.m.
Sept 9; others register at school
anytime xrom sept 8 through 12;
classes start Sept 14. .Additional
teachers will be on hand for the
student body expected to number
at least 250. -
St Joseph's Registration sow
in process, to continue until
opening of clasiwork Sept 14.
St Vincent's Enrollment of
450 and two full first grade
rooms expected for first time
when classes start Sept 14. One
Jokester Adds 'Fourth'
Dimension to 3-D Film
i
OKLAHOMA CITY UP A prank
ster added another dimension to a
3-D movie at a suburban theater
Friday night
Noxious fumes from two carbide
bombs dropped la water chased the
audience into the street, .coughing
and sneezing. -. ;,-.--
Mrs. Pak Soon Ja, 23, and her .two
children. ' f
"My husband dropped . in here
after midnight last night without
notice, and hurried back a few
hours later, for he visited Seoul
on assignment Mrs. Pak said
"There is no leave at all in the
Korean army and my husband had
not been home for six months.
Asked whether they joined the
anti-armistice . demonstration, the
two wives of ROK army officers
frowned. Mrs. Pak said:
"Where in tfie world are wives
who don't want their husbands
home and alive?'
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new teacher. Registration com
pleted, except for those who have
been out of the city. x. . .
Public ? Schools New first
graders should register with
school principals before opening
of. .schools . Sept. 21;. other , ele
mentary school newcomers to
Salem register on 'opening day.
Principals to open ; schools this
week; system's 65 new teachers
this year report r Sept 15 - for
orientation;' the other 325 teach
ers start Sept 17.
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Public school officials are re
minding that health examina
tions are required of all pupils
new to Salem schools sad of all
children entering first or seventh
grades (except those excused on
grounds of religious objection).
Family physicians are to be con
sulted before schools open.
Purchase of school supplies by
pupils also can be done in ad
vance as all stores handling the
supplies have lists of what the
children will need.
Salem School District has com
pleted or nearly finished a half
million dollar elementary school
construction program this sum
mer, in addition to extensive
summertime maintenance and re
pair work and continuing work on
the big new South Salem High
School which won't be ready for
another year.
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side. School, to serve a large
South Salem area east of the Pa
cific Highway, has been behind
schedule ever since Its delay by
early rains and excavation diffi
culties. : If the classrooms arent
ready by the 21st, reports Super
intendent .of Schools Walter E.
Snyder, pupils will be bussed to
other schools temporarily.
Other construction has been at
Liberty School where a new con
nected six - classroom building
will permit dosing the top floor
of the old school and still Add
three classrooms; at Hayesville
where one classroom and smaller
office and special education
rooms have , been completed; at
Roberts where special education
and storage rooms were added,
the entranceway and toilet en
trances improved.'
, Regular maintenance program
saw placing of new furniture in
classrooms of many schools,
painting of many classrooms and
otier work. Among bigger pro
jects was the work at Salem High
School where improved lighting
in the main gym, painting of 20
classrooms and a $3,500 reroof
ing job, were completed this
summer.
Registration for law students
and all new students at Wil
lamette University will be Sept
12 but new students must be
present Sept 8 for tests, Regist
rar H. B. Jory said. Registration
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AS Additional Korean
Casualties Reported
WASHINGTON if)' The Defense
Department Saturday identified 48
additional battle casualties in Ko
rea and reported tie death of seven
who were previously listed missing
in action. . ' . I :
A new, list (No. W) included 20
killed is action, $5 wounded and
three missipg. All Jot the casualties
occurred before thus July 27 cease
fire, f !
of returning students is set for
Sept 14 with classes commencing
the following da
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Portland in a church was
erected here Saturday by 35 Lu
theran laymen.
piey started at t a.m. By late
affernoon the roof was on and
pant was being applied. They will
put on , finishing , touches Sunday.
"he $10,000 prefabricated church
haii a 20 by 60-foot chapel and a
20? by 20 Sunday school wing. '
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specialties Teen-age perma
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