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No. 183
Council Votes Modified
One-Way Traffic Srfd
By ROBERT E. GANGWARE
' City Editor, The Statesman
, A downtown one-way street plan was adopted Monday night by
Salem City Council after the aldermen hacked off several blocks of
the recently publicized grid plan. ; . v
City Engineer J. H. Davis said it would be at least three weeks
before the plan takes effect And when it does, declared Mayor Al
fred W. Louckt, it will be subject "to daily scrutiny and regular
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"Ex-Presidents have referred to
the "lonely" life they led in the
White House. They are of course
living in a goldfish bowl as far
as being in the public eye is con
cerned. A President can hardly
step out-of-doors but what a
cameraman will snap him or a
reDorter interrogate him, or
lobbyist or aspirant for office
waylay him. His loneliness is an
inner feeling, a sense of his
"alo'ne-ness" in making the final
decisions, the vast importance of
which weighs on him constantly.
Though the final "yes" or "no
must come from the chief execu
tive himself, he does not utter
the word without prior confer
ence with, trusted advisers. He
has his cabinet; but its advice
is sought chiefly on broad ques
tions of Dolicy (and by some
presidents not even then). Cabi
net officers are heads ot ousy
departments themselves and may
be seeking rather than giving
counsel. This has led others to
substitute as presidential ad
visers. President Jackson's inti
mate counsellors became known
as the "kitchen cabinet" Teddy
Roosevelt had his "tennis court
cabinet"; Harry Truman his
"cronies." !
Whom does Eisenhower have?
Well, he has a team, most of
whom are on the White House
staff. Cabell Phillips has listed
them for the New York Times
Magazine. Omitting cabinet heads
these are the ones closest to the
President:
Dr. Milton Eisenhower, .his
brother, president of Penn State;
but regular visitor at the White
House for conferences.
Sherman Adams, former Gov
ernor of New Hampshire, presi
dential (Continued on editorial page 4.)
KOIN-TVTest
Pattern Ready
PORTLAND UFi Portland's
second television station. KOIN
TV. will broadcast its first test
patterns Tuesday afternoon at 3
p.m.
The Channel 6 station, telecast
ing on a very high frequency, will
begin a regular program schedule
Oct 15. The station, to be affili
ated with the Columbia Broadcast
ing System, is the city's first
VHF outlet
Jet Fighters Turn
Target Practice
Into Buffalo Hunt
FAIRBANKS, Alaska ( The
keen-eyed boys of the wild blue,
etc., etc., came up with a slight
case of astigmatism around these
parts recently. As a result the Air
Force Monday ordered all jet fight
er practice bombing runs halted in
the Big Delta area.
Planes of the 416th Jet Fighter
Squadron based at nearby Eielson
Air Force Base took off last Friday
for practice ground support bomb
ing attacks.
Barrels had been set up in the
Big Delta region to serve as tar
gets. Sad to say, that also is the graz
ing area for 200 wild buffalo trans
planted from the states in 1928.
The jet pilots took dead aim on
what they were sure were their
targets, screamed down in near
supersonic dives and released their
bombs.
Net result: Eight buffaloes turned
Into buffaloburgers.
Animal Crackers
By WAR R FN COOORlCH
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discussion i or montns" to make
sure the grid is doing the traffic
improvement job intended.
Sections Eliminated
Tnese one-way sections were
eliminated from the plan recom
mended, to the Council by city
and state engineers. -Liberty
Street north of Divi
sion to Broadway; High Street
north of Union; North Capitol
between Court and Center
Streets; Chemeketa Street east of
Capitol; State and Ferry Streets
east of Cottage: Winter Street
south of State.
Also eliminated were proposed
new traffic lights at Liberty and
Broadway and at Court and East
Summer Streets.
Areas Excluded
The changes leaves the grid
area extending from the present
one-way Commercial Street east
to the Capitol Mall, except in
blocks south of Court Street
where the grid stops at Cottage,
The grid also extends from one
way Marion Street south to (and
including) Ferry Street
The Council vote on. the grid
was unanimous ' although Alder
man David O Tiara expressed
doubts over the use of residential
Cottage and Winter Streets in the
one-way plan. Alderman Robert
F. White said the only reason for
including these streets is the ad
vice of engineers that traffic
dangers result if one or two-way
streets are left between areas of
one-way streets.
(Additional Council News
page 2.)
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Tndia Demands
Big Powers
Settle Issues
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. ID
India's V. K. Krhsihna Menon
Monday called on the U. N. As
sembly to request formally a per
sonal meeting of the chiefs of state
of the ' big " powers' in an attempt
to solve the world's troubles.
Menon said the peace of the
world is the responsibility of the
great powers "primarily of the
two giants the United States and
the Soviet Union. He said they
alone have the means to enforce
peace.
He also urged the Assembly to
issue a declaration calling on toe
United States and Russia to prom
ise never to use atomic and hy
drogen bombs and other weapons
of mass destruction.
Referring to a meeting of the
chiefs of state, he said "this idea
is what humanity cries for."
The wavy-haired Indian delegate
spoke to the Assembly shortly after
Prime Minister Churchill broke into
his vacation to declare he still
thinks a top level Big Four meet
ing is a good idea.
Some diplomats here said they
looked on the Indian proposal
coupled with Churchill's statement
Monday as twin moves to put pres
sure on the United States to agree
to a top level conference on world
problems.
(Churchill story also on page 7.)
Rickey Petition
Asks Annexation
To Fire District
FOUR CORNERS Sixty-one
residents of the Rickey School
District Area filed a petition in
Marion County Court Monday
asking for annexation to Four
Corners Rural Fire Protection
District
The petitioners represented
about 90 percent of the landown
ers in the area which is some four
miles square and includes besides
the Rickey School District, ad
jacent land owned by realtors
Abrams and Skinner which is
scheduled for a.? housing develop
ment
The area has no fire protection
at present
Disagreement Over Facilities
Delays Processing of PWs
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN .
PANMUNJOM The Korean
Repatriation Commission told the
United Nations Command and the
Communists Tuesday the proces
sing of reluctant war prisoners
"may be delayed further if both
sides insist on improvements in fa
cilities." An Indian spokesman said both
sides had rejected the location and
design of compounds' already built
for use by "explanation teams
who will seek to persuade prison
ers to return home.
t The spokesman said the Reds
object to the present site because
Communist representatives "have
to go trough all the POW camps
in order to reach it
' "They want to avoid them be
B-52 Gets Top Priority in Air Force Plans
WASHINGTON United States' intention of relying on the Boeing B52 jet bomber for future patrol of
global skies was evidenced Monday with the Air Force announcement of the expansion of production
of the new plane. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.)
U. S. to Expand
F100 Fighter,
B52 Output
WASHINGTON 1 The Air
Force announced Monday it plans
expanded production of the Boeing
B52 jet bomber and the North Am
erican F100 Supersonic jet fighter.
The number of planes to be or
dered was not disclosed but Secre
tary Talbott said the Boeing plant
at Wichita. Kan., will be used as a
second source for the B52.
"Extensive tests have been so
successful it has been decided that
this aircraft is ready for expanded
production," Talbott said.
"To eliminate danger of a single
source for this important aircraft
it is essential that the Wichita plant
be tooled and put into production
as soon as possible.
"It is estimated that the cost of
tooling for this acceleration of de
livery and the insurance of a sec
ond source of supply will cost in
the neighborhood of 250 million dol
lars."
Talbott said the F100, which ex
ceeded the speed of sound in level
flight during its initial test, already
has completed preliminary tests.
He added: . ...
"Since all indications are that it
will meet its final test successfully,
the Air Force has placed the F100
into immediate accelerated produc
tion." The secretary said he hoped that
Air Force cutbacks have been com
pleted. He said the Air Force now
has reached the point where it can
accelerate production of those types
which show the most promise.
Although performance data Is
secret, the B52 is reported to have
the greatest speed and the longest
range of any jet bomber.
Navy Jet Short
Of Record by
Technicality
THERMAL, Calif. U A Navy
combat veteran flashed the bat
wing Douglas F4D Skyray 742.7
miles, an hour over a measured
course Monday, faster than any
previous run, but through a quirk
in international rules failed to set a
record.
The Federation Aeronautique In
ternationale requires that to set a
new record the old record must be
eclipsed by 1 per cent fr more.
Three days ago Britain's Com
mander Michael Lithgow. flying a
Vickers Supermarine Swift sped
737.3 in Libya.
Therefore to set a new record
Monday Lt Cmdr. James B. Ver
din aimed at a mark of 744.6 or
higher, and failed.
Another, try is scheduled Tues
day. Four times Verdin sped the white
needle nosed Skyray over the 3
kilometer (1.883 miles) distance at
the edge of southern California's
Salton Sea.
His first pass was clocked at
748.9 and a final disappointing pass
at 734.6.
cause of hostile prisoners, he
added.
The U. N. Command has pro
tested that the compounds are too
small and inadequate.
The "explanations to 22,600
anti-Communist prisoners and more
than 300 Allied POWs were sched
uled to start Oct 1. but the Re
patriation Commission . said they
would have to be postponed "un
less the two sides are prepared to
start the work with the existing
facilities."
The five-nation commission Is
under fire from the Allies for cir
culating a message "slanted to
ward unduly influencing" the anti
Communist prisoners. .The Allies
charged the message violated the
commission's neutrality.
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22 Die as Planeload
Of Soldiers Crashes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (JPh-At least 22 men lost their lives Monday
when a plane carrying soldier trainees from Camp Kilmer, New
Jersey, crashed and burned at Standiford Field, Louisville.
All the 20 others aboard the twin-engine plane were injured.
The plane, operated by Resort Airlines, Inc., carrying a crew of
three and 39 trainees, had taken off from Philadelphia. Most of the
U. S. Planes
'Attack' British
Battleship
ABOARD HMS VANGUARD (JV
American naval planes "attacked"
the British battleship Vanguard
Monday in the first big blunder of
NATO's North Atlantic maneuvers
off Iceland.
The planes, from U. S. carriers,
and the Vanguard were all seeking
the same "enemy" the British
cruiser Swiftsure in "Exercise
Mariner."
But the planes apparently took
the battleship for the cruiser and
gave the Vanguard a terrific ima
ginary pasting.
The Royal Navy- offfcertm the
bridge gave orders for the battle
wagon's own defense with blank
shells. "Never mind the enemy," he
ordered. "God save us from our
friends."
Governor of
Florida Dies
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. trV-Florl-da's
Gov. Dan McCarty died in a
hospital Monday night after serving
less than nine months of his four
year ,term.
The 41-year-old governor, weak
ened by a coronary thrombosis that
struck him down six weeks after he
was inaugurated in January, was
unable to fight off a case of pneu
moma.
The duties of governor will" be
taken over by Senate President
Charley E. Johns, 43 year old
Starke insurance man who sup
ported McCarty for governor last
year but later was at odds with
him over patronage and legislative
matters.
, McCarty, a native of Fort Pierce,
was a citrus grower and cattleman.
Survivors include the widow, two
sons and a daughter; two brothers
and a sister.
Color Change
Seen for Stop
Signs in Gty
With Oregon's State Highway
Commission planning to change
stop signs to red and white color,
on state highways, the city of Sa
lem probably will follow suit
No immediate change is expect
ed, but the state's action would
set the pattern for cities to fol
low, city officials said Monday in
discussing the state action at last
week's highway commission meet
ing. The new color combination
would be a red background with
white lettering for the octagonal
shaped stop signs. They are now
yellow with black, lettering. The
change has already been made in
California and has been ordered
or discussed seriously by several
other states.
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New York 78
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. Willamette River -3.1 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
Partly cloudy today. Cloudy with
rain tonight. Partly cloudy with scat
tered showers Wednesday. Continued
cool with the highest temperature to
day near SS and the lowest tonight
near 48. Temperature at 12:61 ua,
was 47 decrees. 4
SAXCM PRECIPITATION1
Slnee Start f Weather Tsar Sept 1
This Tear Last Tear , Normal
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trainees were of Puerto Rican an-
cestry and were being taken to
Fort Knox, Ky.
Deputy coroner Harry Ellstone
said the dead included the plane's
captain, Wharton A. Moller. 34, of
San Antonio, Texas, and the co
captain, John DeWitt Picket, 32, of
an Antonio.
Woman Loses Leg
Stewardess Dorothy Jean Bush.
32, of Miami, Fla., lost a leg in the
disaster, a hospital reported.
The accident occurred about 4:19
p. m., as the plane tried to land at
Standiford Field, on Louisville's
outskirts.
The craft almost touched its
wheels to the runway, then climbed
to about 150 feet and nosedived to
the field. The plane broke in half
at the middle, and both engines
Durst into names.
Spilled Over Field
The passengers in the rear por
tion were spilled about the field
"There wasn't much we could do
about the flre.v said fire Captain
Marion Norris. "People were lying
ail over tne place, and we handled
those we could.
County policeman John Raisor,
one of the first persons on the
scene, reported that "We just start
ed dragging people out of the plane
as Dest we could. Some of them
were pretty badly- mangled."
The stricken plane was one of
nve bringing soldiers from Camp
Kilmer. The first landed safely.
After the second plane crashed, the
three others were directed to Bow
man Field, also in Louisville.
'Sister Babe9
Arrested for
Drunkenness
HOLLYWOOD OP Babe Blum,
acting up like the sister-in-law Jack
Benny makes her out to be on bis
radio show, was jailed Monday and
accused of trying to break into the
apartment of a young TV actor.
Mrs. Blum, sister of Mary Living
ston, was booked on charges of
drunkenness and disturbing the
peace.
Two postal clerks with her also
were arrested. Officers said they
flashed post office badges at TV
actor "Bob Hannon and his room
mate, Ed Costley, 26, former friend
of Mrs. Blum
The badges failed to impress Han
non, who does roost of his television
acting as a detective on "Dragnet."
He called police.
, Sheriffs deputies reported that it
took four of them to get Mrs. Blum
into the squad car.
She was released on $1,000 bond
and ordered to appear in municipal
court Thursday.
Employment Shrinks to Two Men at Alumina
Plant, But Negotiations Reported j Progressing
Employment at the $3,000,000
alumina-from-clay plant shrank
to two .men this week but from
unofficial sources came indica
tions that negotiations were near
ing completion to permit its full
resumption of work.
The negotiations are between
the General Services Administra
tion, representing the federal
government and the Harvey
Aluminum Company. A tentative
final contract reportedly is under
study at Torrance, Calif., head
quarters of the aluminum com
pany's parent firm, the Harvey
Machine Company.
The Harvey Aluminum Com
pany's bid of $323,000 for the
Salem alumina-from-clay plant
was azented by the GSA some
months ago. Considerable delay
Egypt Claims
British Troops
To Quit Suez
CAIRO, Egypt (1 Egyptian of
ficials j said Sunday Britain has
agreea to withdraw her big garri
son from the vital Suez Canal area
in 18 months, but the British envoy
here said final settlement of the old
and often bloody feud is still a long
way off.
Even though there may be agree
ment on the withdrawal of troops
and Britain has indicated she isV
willing to do this provided some
arrangement is made for defense
of the strategic waterway in case of
an attack an official Egyptian
source made it clear that the nego
tiations still could break down on
some other issue.
Major questions still outstanding,
the informant said in a report.
were how long British civilian ex
perts would remain behind to see
that the great shipping canal runs
smoothly and whether they should
be permitted to wear identifying
uniforms.
Britain wants them uniformed
and wants them to stay on for
seven years. Egypt is against the
uniform and threatens to break off
negotiations even on this point She
also demands that they leave after
six years, turning the whole works
over to the Egyptian technicians
they are to train.
Ex-Reds Label
Army Report
6Pro-Commie'
WASHINGTON OR A pair of
fugitive Russians and a former top
American Red told Senate investi
gators Monday an Army report
used to train intelligence officers is
loaded with Communist propagan
da.
The Army contends the document
called "Psychological and Cultur
al traits in Soviet Siberia" isn't
Red propaganda at all and was in
tended merely to give intelligence
officers a picture of the Russian
people for use in event of war.
But Louis Bu3nz, a high level
Communist' party official in this
country for 10 years, told a Senate
investigations committee, beaded
by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis. ).
"In my opinion, this document
. is the- work of -a concealed
Communist"
Igor Bogelepov. who said he Is
a former Soviet diplomat and army
officer now under a Kremlin death
sentence, described the report as
"extremely damaging."
"I find there is a lot of deliberate
misinformation that serves the
Communist cause," he testified.
Vladimir Petrov, a Yale Univer
sity faculty member who was im
prisoned in Siberia for six years,
described the report as "extreme
ly biased in favor of the Soviet
regime in Russia."
As a training manual for Ameri
can intelligence officers, he said.
the pamphlet would be "definitely
harmful."
A slender man of 37, with a stiff
pompadour haircut, Petrov said
the author of the document "twists
and distorts" and tries to prove
that Communists are loved by the
Russian people. He said it was only
wishful thinking by the author to
say that the Communist in Russia
is "more priest than ruler."
Storm Brings
Doivnpour
A half Inch of rain' fell in
Salem Monday' most of it in
the early morning hours and
prediction by U.S. weathermen
for today and tonight is for more
clouds and more rain.
Temperature range for Mon
day was a high of 66 degrees and
a low of 48 and weathermen ex
pected continued cool weather
today with the highest near 63
and the lowest near 48 degrees.
Salem's rainfall for this wea
ther year (begins Sept 1) now
totals .59 of an inch and the nor
mal rainfall for this year is 1 25
inches.
resulted because the contract as
then drawn would require the
purchaser to continue alumina-from-clay
experiments for five
years. The Harvey firm asked
that the restriction be changed
to two years.
A contract was re-drawn sev
eral weeks ago with the two-year
provision, but a contingent clause
was added if government engi
neers thought experiments should
continue after two years, the pur
chaser would have to continue
them. The Harvey firm has re
fused to accept this clause.
The, 'plant would get its clay
from Iollala, Ore., and Castle
Rock, Calif. Several chemists
have suggested that low-grade
bauxite as 'found, in the Salem
area held a better potential for
producing alumina than the clay,
and it has been reporteu unoffi
cially, that this comprises one of
Morse to Vote for
Demos if Senate
Balanced in 1954
NEW YORK m Sen. Wayne
Morse of Oregon said Monday
night that if the Senate remains
evenly divided after the 1954 con
gressional election he will switch
his vote on procedural matters
from tbe-Republicans to the Demo
crats. ! f
Morse made the statement to a
reporter before a dinner at which
the Four Freedoms Foundation
was to make its 1953 award to
former president Harry S. Tru
man. I
Morse was to be a speaker at
the dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel.
Although Morse has resigned
from the Republican Party, he
voted ! with the Republicans after
the death of Sen. Robert A. Taft
(R-Onio) in order to keep commit
tee chairmanships in Republican
hands;
He said that if the two parties
find themselves in the same close
balance after the next election
that they are presently he will
then switch his vote and give
committee chairmanships to the
Democrats.
Pen Trusty
Escapes With
New Truck
Raymond H. Smith, 44, Oregon
State Penitentiary trusty, was
the object of a search Monday
after he was missed at the 5 p.m.
count '
The inmate, an outside, trusty
and truck driver for the past
two years, apparently escaped in
one of the prison's newest 1953
green International flatbed
trucks.
Warden Clarence T. Gladden
expressed great surprise that
Smith would have escaped. "We
couldn't believe be had run off;
he's been a trusted prisoner for
some time," the warden explain
ed. Smith, serving time for forg
ery, was returned to the peni
tentiary Aug. 19, 1948, from
Multnomah County after his par
ole was revoked. He was slated
to be released in March, 1956.
He is described as 5 feet 10,
154 lbs., brown hair and blue
eyes. State police were still press
ingsearch for -the man at -mid
night No sign or report of th
truck 'Was established Monday.
Poland Strips
Cardinal of
Church Power
WARSAW, Poland W Poland's
Communist government has de
cided to divest Stefan Cardinal Wy
szynsld, head of the Roman Catho
lic Church in Poland, from his
churchly offices, the Polish radio
announced Monday night.
The broadcast charged the card!
nal had been guilty of "constantly
breaking" provisions of the 1950
agreement between state and
church.
(The broadcast, as reported from
Vienna, said he also was accused
of anti-state activities and misusing
his authority.)
Allan La dd Breaks Foot
Playing With Children
OTTAWA UPi Hollywood actor
Allan Ladd went to the hospital
Monday with a fractured bone in
his foot. He received the injury
while playing with his youngsters.
Ladd had just finished recording
dialogue for a recent picture filmed
in western Canada.
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Editorials, features 4
Society, women's 6
Sports 8, 9
Comics 9
Radio, TV . 10
Classified Ads 10-11
the reasons the Harvey firm de
clines to have its hands tied.
Only; persons at the plant Mon
day were A. W. Metzger, retained
by the Harvey firm as general
manager, and a caretaker on the
payroll of the General Services
Administration. Six workers em
ployed j by the Harvey Company
to paint and otherwise rehabili
tate the plant were released' last
week. A new truck and several
thousands of dollars worth of
other equipment already have
been added to the plant by the
Harvey: firm.
The plant reportedly would
employ from 150 to 300 persons
under I Harvey's contemplated
operations more If experiments
are successful and production
facilities are expanded. The plant
previously has been used by pri
vate chemical companies. A lease
to theRay-o-Vac (battery) firm
expired last January.
Boy. 6, Taken
From Private
Church School
KANSAS CITY tf) The 6-year-old
son of a 71-year-old millionaire
Kansas City automobile dealer was
kidnaped from an exclusive private
school Monday by a quiet young
woman who prayed in the school
chapel while the boy was being
called from his classes.
Police Chief Bernard C. Brannon
waited three hours after being noti
fied of the abduction before an
nouncing it to the press and radio,
explaining authorities feared earlier
disclosure might result in the child's
death or injury.
The Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion, which at first said it was tak
ing no hand in the case but was
keeping in liaison with police, later
Monday night replied "No com
ment" when asked if it had since
started an investigation. i
The mysterious woman posed as
the boy's aunt in gaining admission
to the school and told a nun that
Mrs. Greenlease had. suffered a
heart attack while shopping and
that she had come to take the boy
to bis mother at a hospital, j
Confined to Bed .
Greenlease said he knew of no
reason why anyone would kidnap
his child. He said he had received
no word from the abductor. Mrs.
Greenlease was confined to her bed
by shock.
The woman took young Green
lease away from the school, Notre
Dame de Sion, in a taxicab. They
left the cab at a parking lot' and
were seen by the driver to get into
a late model blue sedan.
The school, located in a quiet resi
dential section of the city, is op
erated by;a French order of the
Catholic Church. Among its pupils
are two daughters of Princess lie
ana of Romania. ! j
Cadillac Distributor 1
Greenlease is the distributor here
for the Cadillac Motor Co. He and
Mrs. Greenlease also have a daugh
ter, Virginia Sue, 11.
The nun said she suggested to
the young woman that she step into
the school chapel and pray for Mrs.
Greenlease while waiting for Bobby
to be called from his classroom.
She said the woman, 'whom she -described
as having dark hair and
wearing a white blouse and dark
brown skirt, entered the chapel and
kneeled.
-Did Me Geod"
"I'm not a Catholic," the young
woman remarked to the nun on
leaving, "but lt did roe good to
pray.,-, : ,4 J -v. . ....., ..
It was after the pair had left that
the nun phoned the Greenlease
borne in a fashionable suburb in
neighboring Kansas.
The nun said Mrs. Greenlease
answered the phone, said she was
not 111, and suggested that there
must have been some mistake. )
"Doesn't Make Sense" -
"I don't know why anybody
would do anything like this," Green
lease said. "There are so many
reasons why anybody would be
foolish to take such a risk. It just .
doesn't make sense." i
Mrs. Greenlease. who married
the auto dealer in 1939. collapsed
from strain early Monday afternoon
and was confined to bed at her
home under sedatives, the family
reported.
Relatives la Ashland
ASHLAND. Ore. 11 Robert C.
Greenlease, the ! six-year-old boy
reported kidnaped at Kansas City
Monday, is the- nephew of an Ash
land resident.
She is Mrs. Sam McNair. 355
Phoenix Drive. Mrs. McNair is
the former Louise Greenlease, sis
ter of the missing child's father.
Mrs. McNair said the Green
lease family, including. the young
ster, has recently returned from
three-month tour of Europe.
Fourth Major
Blaze Flares .
At Moses Lake
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MOSES LAKE, Wash, un The
fourth major fire in the past 48
hours leveled a barn and a small:
packing shed on the outskirts of
this Central Washington city of
5,500 Monday night.
City officials declared a state of
civil emergency existed and volun
teer police and Air Police from
nearby Larson Air Force Base
stood guard at all commercial and
public buildings.
The fires, all believed started by
an arsonist, caused damages esti
mated at more than $300,000.
The fire Monday night struck the .
A. Abbs ranch just west of the
city limits. Abbs son, Dajevsaid
he saw a man throw a piece ot
burning material into a haystack
before the fire broke out,
Bloodmobile in
Salem Thursday;
The Red Cross bloodmobile will
be at the Salem Armory Thursday
from! 1 to S p.m. for the regular
blood drawing program, Del Dow
ney, chairman of the Blood Bank
recruiting committee, announced
Monday.
Prospective blood donors may
sign up tonight at three Salem -theaters.
Members of the Alpha
Epsilon chapter of the Beta Sig
ma Phi, a Salem women's group.
will be in the theater lobbies to,
take the names of those willing to
donate, Downey said.