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103RD ; YEAR 2 SECTIONS 40 s PAGES j : Th Ortgon Statesman, Salaxn. Orgos, Friday, March 5. 4954 I il PRICE 5c .' : No, 343
A jammed landing (ear in mid-air
Joseph A. Torenne, Independence, (ngnt) and nis passenger, Jonn bill, 947 rarsway ur (left).
Prior, to their crash landing, the plane circled around McNary Field alerting them to the fact only
ne wheel could be lowered and then "came in." No one was injured and damage was estimated by
Tnrepne at abont $400. (Statesman Photo, Story on page 8, Sec L) i , I
SMS
Whileit is to J early to tell just
what the '1954 tax law will be,
the lines of the House bill are
taxing snape. Tne House com
mittee has vote! to continue the
corporation tax at its present
rate of 52 per cent top (the only
negative votes in the committee
were from two Democrats). While
voting to continue some of the
high excise taxes, as on liquor
and tobacco, thw committee voted
to reduce others, as on cosmetics,
furs, phone service, theatre ad
missions, etc., to a ten per cent
level. , I i
The real clash! probably will
be over proposals to lift the ex
emption on personal incomes. At
present it is $600 per " person.
Some- would raise it' to $700;
others to as much as $1,000. Sen
ator George w-ho is a member of
the Senate1, finacce committee
which will review any House
bill, has come out for higher de
ductions a boost to purchasing
power. Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey opposes such a change
because of tht resulting loss of
.revenue. K K:K K'K : ' .. -v,"
A good many Democrats have
seized this issue to make as much
political hay out of it as they
can. They Claim the Republicans
are out to give succor to business
on the "trickle down" theory,
while a raise in the personal ex;
emption would help consumers
and -stimulate ; buying and thus
help cure the present - dip in
business. When Republicans
voted to postpone the effective
date" of the present law which
would cut. th- corporation rate
r en . : . a t -.
xrum a frrr vein iu nt as ui
April 1st next they took some
ot tne wina out oi me sans
(Continued on Editorial Page 4)
Bandit Chiefs
Aide Victim of
2nd Poisoning
PALERMO. Sicily ( Death
by poison Vis reached inside pris
on walls for the second time in
three weeks and struck down an
other henchman of the slain Sicil
ian bandit chief, Salvatore Giul
iano " -i . ''
Officials at the Palermo Peni
tentiary said the death of a 50-yeaH
term prisoner Wednesday and the
lesser poisoning of seven other:
. men was "still a ; mystery."
But to the press and public it
was another case of the long arm
of ."vendetta, ; the ancient Sicilian
blood vengeance law of an eye for
an eye, a life for a life. -
Three weeks ago poison killed
ex-bandit prince Gaspare Pisciotta.
cousin and onetime .lieutenant of
Giuliano. Wednesday the victim
was Angelo Russo, Giuliano hench
man who sided with Pisciotta in
the bitter rivalry within the bandit
ganz. " !. : i' .
After drinking his morning cof
fee, Pisciotta writhed in agony and
dropped dead. An autopsy showed
arsenic in his stomach.
BLAZE DESTROYS MUX
KLAMATH FALLS . The
Modoc Point Planing Mill. 19 miles
north , of here, was destroyed by
fire Thursday night There was no
immediate estimate of loss.
Animal Crackers
v WARREN GOODRICH ,
my
"Don't worry, dear, pretty
seen Mr. Right will ceme
along and MUNK1 jrew got
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caused a good deal of concern Wednesday afternoon for both Pilot
Drawings. Contest for j Queen
To Ppen Spring
Tonight; Broom
First series of prizes, cash and merchandise, will be given away
tonight in the Salem Downtown Merchants Association's Spring Fes
tival at a drawing In downtown 'streets.) S
The first of a series of festival queens also will be selected to
Blind Woman
SeesApain
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After Surgery
BY FRANK CARET.
AP Science Reporter
WASHINGTON ll Two cm
neas from eyesof two Army men
have been succfeSSfully transplant
ed, in a rare operation, to restore
virtually normal sight to a woman
whose vision was a blur from child
hood. I
Mrs. Samuel B. vJ ones, 40, of
Augusta, Ga., one of the few peri;
sons ever to have such an opera
tion on both eyes, said Thursday
that her vision had been so bad
"that I could pass my own mother
on the street and wouldn't recog
nize her.". - f
But now, she said,, she. can dis
cern people's features clearly and
see . trees and leaves -for what
they are rather than just a blur
df green." ' I
She owes it all. she said, to the
skin of Walter Reed Army Hospit
al surgeons, and to the eye cor
neas "donated" by an Ah- Forc
colonel and an Army master serf
geant each of whom had one
otherwise healthy eye removed be4
cause of a tumor behind it. ' I
She now has 20-20 or normal vi
sion in the right eye with the aid
of glasses and 20-40. which is close'
to -normal, without glasses. The
left eye, second to be operated on,
is expected to yield fully-normal
vision,! at least with the aid of
glasses.
ITS
Irish Luck
Not So Good
ASHLAND, Ky. tfl Lost: One
job, one house, one car. . .but
that's not all the Harold Murphy
family has to worry about. j
ilurphy. of nearby Summit, was'
laid off from his job a week' ago
at the Armco steel Corp. plan;
here.
Wednesday night the family's
house was destroyed by fire. All
belongings, except a few blankets
were- lost -. x-. 'f '., i
. After v the fire. Murphy was
searching for a place to live when
his car stalled on a railroad cross?
ing. Efforts toxmove it failed. It
was .demolished by a train. , I
On top of all this. Murphy's sevf
en children ranging itf age . from
12 days to 10 years all havethe
chicken pox.
AVALANCHE KILLS GIRLX S
BRIANCON, France tf , A
small girl was reported missing
and another child injured Thurs
day when an avalanche swept over
a group of 10 children near the
village of Villeneuve le Bez,t? 10
miles from here in the high Alps
of Southeastern France. t '
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Rinks of Jobless Cut as Spring Work Besins;
State Unemplovment Rolls Trimmed 9.600
v.' .
Office managers of the Ore
gon Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission Thursday esti
mated that 9,641 persons found
work during February which re
duced the number of job seekers
down to 63,818, compared with
4T,J59 a year ago. .. -K f
Durin the - saine four-week
y. Iod claimants! asking compen
sct'on dropped 4,871 - to 42,659
Lst week. The number, howevci?,
was-down 6,438 from the peak 'of
49.097 reached during the first
week of February, comparing
with the early 1950 top of 64S&
Fete
Activity
Parade
night. The drawing and queen se-
lection will start at 9 o'clock on
the N. High street side tt the
courthouse square. I
A total of 11 main prizes and
three cash bonus gifts will be
awarded to lucky Spring Festival
ticket holders. The awards-cash-
queen program I will take place
each (Friday night until April 9
when the grand $1,000 cash bonus
will be drawn and Miss Down
town ' Salem selected.
Cash Bobus Slated '
t irsi prize tonight; will be a
Hamilton wrist watch from Stev
ens It Son and! the cash bonus
will be $100. Second prize is to be
an Elgin watcn from Brown's
Jewelry with a $50 bonus. Ah An
sco camera set from Andy i Fos
ter s will be the, third prize plus
a szj, Donus,
Ticket holders need not be
present to claim the merchandise
prizes but they must be on hand
to claim the cash bonus awards.
Unclaimed cash ! awards will : so
over to the following Fridav
drawing and : any accumulated
cash will be given, away at the
final drawings .. ,, u j ,
Other . prizes I tonight include
cosmetic sets, steam iron, port,
able radio, card . tablf r jewelry,
stationery, and 20-gallons of gaso
line. ' -' ' i ' ;.-' .: , '
Five in Running X 7- K. 4
Five girls, alii members -nf the
Oregon 5tate Employes Associa
tion, will vie in: the Miss Down
town Salem contest. The contest
will consist of a quiz. Each Fri
day night five girls will compete
and each night's winner will: com
pete in the finals oh April f(
Tonight's contestants ,' will in-
rT,iHp
Martha Lierly Fairview
h
employe ; j Jean Phennig,
state tax commission: Louise
ParkerK secretary of state per
sonnel division; Dorothy Hudson,
department of veterans affairs:
and Uela Scott j department of
agriculture. K ! , I
Tonight's .winner will receive a
string of gifts including a perma
nent wave, cosnietics, gift certi
ficates and other; awards. ; - ;
-'This is one of the finest Festi
vals, we have had,", said .Ralph
(Dick) Schlup, merchants asso
ciation president.) "In .order to ob
tain tickets for Ithe." free awards
shonccrs
must! shop downtown
merchants displaying 'the associ
ation emblem.
Kids Parade Planned .
Merchants will don overalls and
will push brooms over downtown
streets ; in a "sweepers , parade
Saturday morning. The affair will
start: irom utyt Hall at, w o -
clock. ; r v K.? :
Heck: Harper, j star of, KPTV!s
children's western show, "Bar 27
Corral" will be grand marshal in
the children's parade on .March
13 as part of the festival. Other
parades and activities are also on
tap, Schlup said,' i . - t
POLITICIANS 'SLAIN
MEXICO'CITY i A Mexican
labor leader and a member of the
opposition Federated People's Par
ty were shot to death Thursday in
a new outburst f of political" vio
lence. A stray bullet struck a 14-
year-old girt
Nearly every section of the
state reported fewer persons look
ing for jobs than earry last month
but four, offices; in Eastern Ore
gon had more on their active
lists than in February. Increases
in the LaGrande, Lakeview, Bak
er, and Ontario j. districts were
small ' : , . ' -:
I Offices reporting largest de
clines in the number of job seek
ers were The Dalles, Tillamook,
Astoria, Coos' Bay, Toledo, Cor
vallis," Eugene and Lebanon.
- Payments to insured workers
unable - U-find lobs reached- $3
Slated
.Wilson Jfoims MeGaHfiy Critics
Against; Eeds Aim
Of Dulles! Eiitraty
';-K ! : ') i: fey BEN F. MEYER j ;v
CARACAS, Venezuela VP) Secretary of State Dulles Thursday
called on the nations of the Americas to unite in a "hands off
warning to Moscow against Communist infiltration of this hemis
phere, i i
Dulles made the plea before the
10th Inter-American Conference in
which 20 Western hemisphere na-
tions are taking part. In hu 3,000
word major policy speech, the U.
S. diplomat also spelled out Wash
ington's economic policy, toward
Latin America. He said private
capital both foreign and domestic
should play a ; major role in eco
nomic development
Dulles called on . his colleagues
to consider Communist intervention
as dangerous as an enemy, battle
ship and indicated that strong Red
infiltratien in any Western hemis
phere country should prompt emer
gency measures by its neighbors.
The delegates applauded the sec
retary of state lustily when he
sailed into communism. They were
not so enthusiastic over -his dis
cussion of economic problems.
Mortar Shell
Mishap Kills
Six Marines
WITH 1ST MARINE DIVISION,
Korea UR Six; U. S. Marines were
killed and 25 were injured Thurs
day when, a mortar shell exploded
during a training class near the
front, the division reported. Friday.
The division j said an instructor
dropped a live: shell which he ap
parently thought had been rendered
harmless, j The instructor was
among those killed.
9 Names of he victims were with-
held. l . t--
K The. division spokesman said the
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enecu ot me ma si were magnuieu
because the shell exploded inside
a Quonset hut!
Windows and; doors were blown
out and flying steel shards ripped
through the curved sides of the
builduig. I rv
Doctors were flown to the scene.
Every helicopter in the division
was alerted to fly out the wounded
several of whom were in critical
condition, i 1 .
Girl Collapses
At Pool, Taken
To Hospital r
A 16-year-old Amity girl was
taken to Salem Memorial Hos
pital Thursday night by Wil
lamette Ambulance after she col
lapsed while swimming at the
Salem YMCA.1
Miss Mary Davis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Monta F. Davis of
Amity, was j still unconscious
early this morning, hospital au
thorities said, j Cause of her ail
ment was jnotj determined. ;
4 Witnesses skid the I girl, who
was with a group pi high school
students from! Amity, was talk
ing to friends while sitting on
the- edge of the pooL She col
lapsed suddenly and fell in the
water. life guard W. D. Jones
lifted "her from the water and
city first aidmen were called. ,
FairjWeatlier
Due in Valley.
Fair weather, is expected in
mid-valley i today and tonight ac
cording to the weather bureau at
McNary Field,: except for a few
patches of fog early this morning.
! High temperature today is ex
pected to range near 64 while the
low tonight wjll dip to near 30,
forecasters predicted. Thursday's
high was 60. j ' , ;
768343, ! rise of $191,749 front
January and $1,043,349 from a
year ago. The. February, total was
below the record months of Janu
ary and February, 1950. .
New claimants dropped steadily
since the third week of January
but 7.918 were added during the
past month, bringing the 'figure
lot tne neneiit .year ,. to
100,467 against 61593 at this time
last year. In February 233 per
sons exhausted their annual bene
fits, bringing the totajjo, 6,449,
comparing "with 4,363 a year ago
and -16.454 u i Jiarch, issa
Polld Marion
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Leans
Seek
Al Dembowski, Dallas. Thurs
day became the first! candidate
to file for state senator from Polk
County., Hef is a Democrat i ?
Dembowski, who announced his
intention previously, filed soon
after the Supreme Court denied
an attempt to quash the recent
legislative . reapportionment' j
The reapportionment gave Polk
County a full senator:! Previous
ly Polk and Benton" Counties
shared one ' ; v . ' :.! ,
A new candidate appeared in
Marion County when E. W. Ack
lin, Salem shoe merchant filed
for state representative from
Marion County. J ' , K
Acklin, MOO N. Capitol St. lis a
former Salem, city alderman. He
has been at shoe dealer 23 years.
He is seeang Republican nomi
nation. t ;. - - f I "
Other filing for state represen
tative at the - Capitol Thursday
were Jeff B. Harris, Aloha,! and
Alice Taylor, Sherwood, both De
mocrats from Washington County.
Loose Bolts
T WASHINGTON tfl She Army
said Thursday, discovery of loose
screws in ; the transmissions of
some medium tanks has caused it
to recheck 6,450 of he vehicles al
ready delivered. ' K?
It said the 1st Armored Division
at Ft Hood.; Tex., had found trans
mission damage in "three or four
tanks and the trouble was traced
to the faulty, fastening: of screws
at the Allison Division of General
Motors. The transmission unit is
used in both M47 and M48 tanks.
As a result the Army said, it
has ordered: the transmissions of
6,430 tanks taken apart' to "stake
down" the screws. The ' work will
cost an estimated $60,000.. but no
decision has yet been made wheth
er, the Army or the company will
pay the bill. ' y j : N
Some of the tanks have been is
sued to the Array and others to the
National Guard.
Soldier Faces
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McGarthyjbn
Red Charges 4
By WILMOT HERCHER !
WASHINGTON ... Seni Mc
Carthy (R-Wis) produced Pfc Mar
vin S. Belsky at a public hearing
Thursday , as another, alleged
"member ot the Communist conr
spiracy semng m the Army.
: Called before McCarthy's Senate
Investigations .Subcommittee; Bel
sky, a 25 year old doctor, refused
to state whether he is a Commu
nist He invoked the Fifth .Amend
ment, which provides that witness
es cannot be compelled to incrim-
tnate themselves.. . ; .
The subcommittee will meet pri
vately Friday to decide whether
Belski should be cited for contempt
of Congress for declining to answer
a ; string of questions about Red
activities. . 1 - . 1 !
Belsky testified he doesn't be
lieve in "force or violence" to overt
throw the American government,
but he refused to say. whether he
had recruited three persons for the
Communist. Party since being sta
tioned at the Army's Murphy Gen4
era! Hospital at. Waltham, Mass,
School Districts9 i
Merger. Studied : !
1)4 ' y Statesm&a News Srvlel .'
WOdDBURNl Terms 'of. a
plan' to "unify the school. districts
of McKee, Monitor, Union, Mt
Angel and 103C for the purpose
of maintaining, a common high
school were studied at a meeting
of board members- of the districts
at Washington School here Wed
nesday night ; I ! ' i
i Further , study and action in
individual', districts will precede
any ' group-steps,- it was n
nounced. 't - r -
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Stop
Heading for tUO Presidency
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New University of Oregon president Meredith Wilson stopped Just
long enough in Salem Thnrsday morning en rente te Engene to
pose for this pictnre at the airport with, his wife and children.
Frem Jefo right they are: Bottonr step Margaret (3), John
Carleton (9) and David Oakley (4). Middle step Mary Ann (11),
Connie iK) and Meredith (14). Mrs. Wilson and her husband ire
shown on the top step f the airlines boarding ramp: (Statesman
' photo.) ..r : - ft' i---;; :, - KKrKi !VK.l-, '
By December
PORTLAND () Two channels
in Oregon and Washingtin will
have access to network color tele
vision by December, the Pacific
Telephone k Telegraph Co. said
inursaay. -
The' company announced that
the present channel, which takes
only black an white TV, will be
converted to color use by the time,
a second channel is added before
the end of. the- year.
The-conversion will be of the
coaxial cable now running from
Sacramento to KBES at Medford
and to the two Portland stations
via Eugene .and Salem. The same
color service will go north Tacoma
and Seattle by microwave relay.
Death Takes
Stamp Editor
SUtetmas News Serrlet
3 ALBANY Al VanDahl, pub
lisher of one of the world's larg
est newspapers, for stamp collec
tors, died here late Wednesday
VanDahl started writing a
stamp column when he was pub
lisher of the old Mill City Logue.
The column developed into the
Western; Stamp Collector, now
published here twice a week. '-)
v VanDahl formerly; lived ' for
several years at Salem, where he
and his wife worked as composi
tors for both dailv newspapers.!
(Additional - details oh Valley
page 12.) , ' '
GENERAL WILLS EYES . , t
WASHINGTON Wt Maj., Ger.
William Dean, . of Korean war
fame, has "willed" his eyes to sci
ence for possible use , in helping
restore sight to someone , with im
paired Or blinded" vision. And his
wife has willed the - one ' eye ; she
has. She lost the other in an 'acci
dent: '...... v : I
SECTION I4- i4;-T . i
General News" ' ' . . . '
i ' 2, 3, 5, 6, 8,9, 1519
Business Outlook 10
if Market News- rL2 -.ll
Editorials, Features . . . 4
i Valley News v."... I.12-14
5 Sports News -16-18
section n . s
i Food News V-l-J-l-.l-S
I Society.-: Womens News .12, 14
Comisc, -Radio-TV .L. :15
- CTastfTiedi ' 17-19
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19tDead in Wake;
Of Eastern Storm
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A snowstorm that reached bliz
zard: proportions; in some places
moved out of the eastern half , of
the country ' Thursday and into
Canada. - K
Behind the' storm, Ohio counted
at least 19 dead in the five days
snow pounded down on communi
ties around Lake Erie. In Cleve-J
tana 4 mcnes 01 snow Thursday
brought tne total on the ground: to
12 inches. Sixteen inches fell on
Cleveland last weekend. ,1
Max.
58
- 30
- 69 i
53
' 64 ; 1
53
Min. Free.
2 lM
36 .00
13 f.00
29 ; . .00
2S,;i)
49 ' vfrace
. 11 1.00
Salem
Portland ,
Baker
Medford
Nortii Bend
Rose bur t
San Francisco
Chicago ...u-.:
39
New i York - 1 30
'.25 -trace
Willamette River . 1.5 ieet.
TOBCAST (from V. S. 'weather
bureu. McNary field.. Salem I: 1
A few patche of fog this .morning,
otherwise fair today and tonight.
High todty near 64 and low tonight
near 30. t
Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today
was ias. !..-.., ....
, j SAlEM PRECIPITATION ;
Sine StarT of Weather Year Sept 1
This : Year . Laat Year Normal
35.30 K 31.S7.V-2S.9S
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Host Contestant
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In Turner
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TURNER The host contest
ant,1 12-year-old " jy Ann Cain
of Turner's 7th grade, took top.
honors in a '.semi-finals4, of The
Statesman-KSLM Spelling Con
test' here last ni-hL: V K
. Mary Ann, .7th-?rade student
of . Mrs. Norman Goddard, "out
lasted -Frank (Tommy) Thomas.
13.. iCloverdale. i, 8th-grade pupil
Of Mildred Meunier, when she
I ' DAYTON TONIGHT. ,
f School champions frem the Yam
hill Ceaaty schools f Amity,
Dayton, Grand Sonde ' (agency),
HopewelV Sheridan - and WUlan
Ina will compete in a semi-finals
of The Statesman-KSLM Spelling
Contest at Dayton Grade School
at 7:45 tonight Chief judge 'win
be Sep. Carl Francis. Tbd puhlie
is invited free. '. v; K;'i";
spelled oceu!ant,;wnich Tommy
bad tnissed, and then went on, to
spell the ' required ' second word.
It was "reliable." ' ' r-,
: Both Mary ; Ann, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Cain, Box
157K Turner, and Tommy, sen of
Mr. and MrsP." Thompson, Eoute
Senator Jabs
at
Of Tommyi-ot'
J WASHINGTON UBK-. Secretary
of Defense Wilson entered the row
over Sen. McCarthy's mpthnHi
Thursday by declaring: "The idea
inai tne Army is coddling Com
munists is just damn tommyrof.'
1 McCarthy, Wisconsin Republi
can, rapped back that ."certain in
dividuals" in the Army have been
protecting, promoting, cover ins
up and honorably - discharging
known ; Communists." .! m . , , - '
Toe Mach Footsie !
Swinging into the fray which has
blown up a major political storm,
Wilson also declared that "too
much footsie' has been I played
with the Communists under past
administrations. - : ; f . , .
f The defense chief said that dur
ing World War -H, when he was
president of General Motors, "I"
Wanted to throw some Conunun-
ists out of the plant, but the Penta
gon wanted to make peace.. -
i Wilson i, declined -to say who' in
the Pentagon sought to dissuade
him from ousting the Reds; . -Didn't
Ceme Back : -.'
! I kicked them out and the gov
ernment was trying to make me
put them back." ,K j -:
Asked if he did put them back,
Wilson replied,' "No." 1
! On Capitol Hill, McCarthy1 got
word ' of Wilson's "tommyrof
statement saying that the whole
uproar amounted only to "a good
healthy fight that cleared the air." -I
He predicted it would not result
in a lasting split in the GOP.
1 McCarthy's first comment, after
leading Wilson's statement was:
! "I'm through with statements on
this matter." ; : i.
! Minutes later he declared;
Restores Stands ; j ,
1 "No fan has ' vr rlaimnA ttiat
the Army as such is coddling Com-
roumsis. , . ... I.... . ..
j "However, it has been establish
ed beyond any possibility of a
oouDt ny sworn testimony, that
certain individuals 1n the 'Army
have been protecting, -promoting,
covering up and1ionorably dis
charging known Communists. '
"I'm sure Charlie Wilson will
not-disagree with that, he added.
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Hair Stops '
Assembly ' Line .
I LONG BEACH, Calif. ( The
girl with the green hair stopped v
production at the Douglas Aircraft
Co. Long Beach plant Thursday. "
', She showed up for work as a tool .
crib operator with hair eo grassy '
green it outshone her, bright red.
blouse. Fellow 1 employes stopped
and stared. They came from near
by areas in' building 343, then from
other departments. 1 r -t -
"I suppose 200 of 300 came by to
stare," said Mrs. Lucille BaUinger
of nearby Fullerton. "I didn't think
it would cause such a commotion,
III have to admit it was stopping
production." ;r . ..'
j She covered her hair with a ban-,
dana, but that did no good.1 Finally .
the company asked her to go home
and "please be brown-haifeJ gain
by Friday niorning," t kr r. -:
At home- ber-ha.sband.'lim4my.
who also works - at Douglas;' or
dered her to "wash that stuff out
.by Thursday night" .
' Mrs. : BaUinger said; she 'lae
quered her Jocks on a bet "I told
a friend one day, at work that the
day she cut her waist-length hair
I'd color, mine green. Sbe,did, so '
I did. - ' T f. ' i .
2, Box 30, Turner will compete
in the Grand .Tinals in Salem,'
.March. 24. . .. , , - , - n '
- Third place at- the semi-finals :
here went to -anis Burgess, 13-year-old
student of Roy Hutchin
son's 7th grade at Jefferson, who
tumbled on "lieutenant" Earlier
in the contest, ,Glen . Arthur, 13r
in' the 8th trade? at Marion,
slipped on "charity, and Gary
Grey, 11, a 7th-grader at Clover-;
dale, miised "excuse.
.The contest took 183 words to
decide; "K
Mrs. , ' Anges . Booth, t Marion -County
School J superintendent.
f presented the first-place certifl-
eate and a websters Coliegiata
Dictionary, to-MaryAmvn be
half of . sp1 nsors. Certificates
were presented to , the second
and third-place winners by Dave
Hoss, manager of KSLM and the
cf test's master, of "ceremonies. '
Chief . judp was Mrs, Floyd
Sanders; Marion Counrv School
supervisor. Wtndell Webb, man;
arjing editor , of . The Statesman,
called the words.- ' ' '
An Intervie with the three
top speller J will - be broadcast
over KSLlf at 2:13 pja. todayv
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Top'Speller:
Semi-Finals
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