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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1954)
2 (Sc. 1) Statesman. Salem, Or., Friday, May 21, 1954 Agency to Work On Atomic Power For Peace Urged LACROSSE. Wis. The Pent agon's atomic coordinator pro posed Thursday night immediate formation of an agency to push a high speed program for peacetime nuclear power development. Robert LeBaron, chairman of the military liaison committee to the Atomic Energy Commission, urged creation of something like the "Manhattan Engineer Dis trict," the World War II organiza tion which produced the first atom ic bomb within three years. In an address prepared for the dedication of a new research lab oratory by the Trane Co.. LeBaron said "if we could only re - create the Manhattan Engineer District philosophy and its unique devotion for the military atom in a cam paign for the peaceful atom, we Convict Flees Prison Annex A fi foot 5 convict with a pro nounced stoop walked away from the State Prison Annex Thursday afternoon. Penitentiary officials said they didn't know how Earl Edward Buckley managed to get away undetected, but he turned up missing about 2 p.m. and a search of the area turned up no clues as to his whereabouts. Buckley, working at the annex since October and with no disci plinary background, has been a pri?oner since Sept. 21. 1951. when he was received from Klamath Countv following a mayhem con viction with a 10-year sentence. The 39-year-old convict is des cribed as weighing 167, having brown hair and eyes. He has been undergoing medical treat ment at prison for his inability to walk erect. 19-Year-Old Arrested on Two Charges Cleo Elmer Harris. 19. of Sa 1pm. was arrested Thursday by secret service agents and Marion County sheriff's deputies on a charge of theft of a government check and forgery. The young' man" was transfer red to Portland shortly following apprehension at his home. Records indicate the arrest fol lowed t h e cashing of a U. S. Treasury check last Dec. 3 for $37.10 and made out to Henry H. Block, Salem 'now deceased ! Of ficers said they believe Harris re moved the check from an un locked mailbox in an apartment house where he and Block resided. Vietminh Pounded HANOI, Indochina W French planes pounded Vietminh concen trations and convoys only 50 miles from the Red River Delta's western-most defenses Thursday as France's top generals huddled here on strategy to keep the key bastion from falling to the Communist-led rebels. Maj. Gen. John V. O'Daniel, ch:ef of the U. S. Military Aid Advisory Commission in Indochina, planned to leave Saigon for Manila Saturday for conferences with De fense Secretary Charles E. Wilson. They will take up new aspects of the billion-dollar U. S. a.d program for Indochina in the face of new Red threats to the delta. O'Daniel was expected to discuss with Wilson also a plan the general favors for American officers to par ticipate in training a Vietnamese national army. Helicopters and small planes con tinued to fly French wounded from $25.00 CASH Weekly Jackpot at KELLEY'S CORNER SERVICE STATION 3300 N. River Road DRIVE-IN THEATRE Si uiun aipij.kmwat g Gate Open 6:45 -Show at Dusk NOW PLAYING la Technicolor ALAN LADD LEO GENN in Paratrooper" . ALSO -Walter Wangor's "RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11" - ALSO - All Color CARTOON CARNIVAL Brine the Whole Family could move into this great new era in five years instead of ten." He said ten years in the time scheduled "if we go at the rate now being considered." He added: "I am not advocating a 'crash' program which will waste the tax payers' money. I am emphasizing the point that there is much more than can be done. . . I will not attempt to give you the details of this 'the current" program. "It has been five years in the making and has representee" some 350 million of your tax dollars plus a large segment of the en gineering time of our best indus trial brains." LeBaron. whose job has been to coordinate the requirements of the military for atomic weapons with the design and production ef forst of the AEC. said that "until now we have looked only at the atom of darkness, the military atom which carries possible evil forebodings for the future" but the time has come to turn attention to peaceful use. President Eisenhower and AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss, said Le Baron, are convinced that "our future is bound up with our ability l exploit this peaceful atom." LeBaron's recommendation for haste in developing useful, practi cal atomic plants lor power gen eration presumably is based in part on reports that Russia is working feverishly tovard the same goal. The Soviets, these reports sug gest, are concentrating nuclear weapon development and manufac ture on thermonuclear materials, and diverting more and more of the fissionable uranium material to power production efforts. Used this way, nuclear power production could become an in strument of national policy, some thing for the Soviet Union to offer a nation like India as inducement to come within the Communist orbit. Two Charges Of Kidnaping Face Valentine PORTLAND UP Dist. Atty. John B. McCourt said Thursday a man found innocent Wednesday of the attempted kidnaping of the son of a wealthy Portlander must face trjal on two charges of kid naping. A , jury by a,. 10-2 vote cleared JTmrny. Valentine, 42, self-admitted narcotics addict and gambler, of trying to abduct 9-year-old George Brice III from a fashionable pri vate school last March. But two ' other charges remained against him. These are the kidnaping of j the boy's mother. Mrs, Virginia j Brice. and her maid, Mrs. Lizzy : May Brown. Bond on Valentine was reduced i from $50 000 to $5,000. Warriors by French Dien Bien Phu's pockmarked air strip. A total of 111 had been air lifted to date, with an additional 1(X) expected in Thursday's shuttle flights. However, only 40 were landed at Luang Prabang on the hop from Dien Bien Phu because heavy mon soon storms lashed the mountains and valleys and forced the airlift to taper off its operations, the French said. The French announced Vietminh may release a total of 753 of the 1.300 to 2.000 French Union wound ed at Dien Bien Phu. The 450 cas ualties the rebels originally agreed to release would ie the first re moved The French still hope Vietminh will permit repair and enlargement of the airstrip to make speedier evacuation of the casualties possi ble. NOW PLAYING! 1 MaoooeMMN NKMf 2ND ATTRACTION . TOP m THRILLS! m7J TA2AT mnnfrfwf Boys Give Up Meekly After Trail of Crime VANCOUVER. Wash. Two boys who set out in bravado from Seattle and left a trail of theft, gunfire and destruction behind them, surrendered in trembling meekness to police Thursday near Camas. Patrolman Paul Schmoe of the state patrol identified them as James Corey, 13, and Jerry Nel son, 16. both of Seattle. He said they were shaking with fright in the brush when he arrested them. Earlier they had stolen two au tomobiles, 13 guns and had fired five shots at a pursuing police car. They also burned down, apparent ly by accident, a two-story aban doned school house. Drive to Tacoma Schmoe said they told him this story: They took a car at Kirkland and drove to Tacoma. where they left it and stole another. At Chehalis they broke into a sporting goods store and took 13 guns and some ammunition. Then they drove on south, intending to go to Florida. Vancouver police saw them speeding through town at 5 a.m., and gave chase. Corey said he took a .22 caliber rifle and fired five shots at the police car. The policeman, Cecil White, said one bullet hit the radiator of his car, but he did not return the fire. The boys escaped by speeding out the Evergreen Highway to the east. Police reinforcements were called in. and soon 50 officers were hunting the pair. No one yet had a good look at the pair, and shoot-to-kill orders were given the police. White had followed the boys to Camas, but lost them there. Later he came across their car, which had been wrecked as they turned into a driveway. They had fled on foot. Try to Find Boat The boys said at first they tried to find a boat to get across the Columbia River, but finding none, turned north into fields and brush land. They found the abandoned school house, and built a bonfire inside to keep warm. After they left, the structure burned, despite efforts of a half-dozen state pa trolmen to control the flames. Nelson said he once was sen tenced on a car theft charge to two years in the state school for boys, but the sentence was sus pended. Corey said he was facing a burglary charge in Seattle with in a week, and so the two decided to" run away. Police said they would be taken to Chehalis to face charges of burglarizing the sporting gooda store. Tractor Firm Incorporation Articles Filed Articles of incorporation were filed Thursday with the State of Oregon for Scotty Tractor Corpo ration of Salem with capital as sets listed at $30,000. Negotiations are still underway for a location of the business with tentative offices slated in the North Portland Road district. The articles were signed by Glenn w . Ebert and Clarence G Greenlee, presently in business at 205 Center St., and Jason Lee. The business is scheduled to be gin operation sometime around June 1, primarily for distribution of the Marshall - Wells gasoline- powered garden tractor. CHIANG STARTS TERM TAIPEH, Formdsa (tf Presi dent Chiang Kai-Shek, starting a new term as sparks fly in a dorm ant civil war. Thursday called for a strong Asian anti-communist al liance. HJh.HU NOW PLAYING! CirjEftAScePE pinijonc j iiiminiir MITCHUM CALHOUN j Reckless, pfPtr 2ND THRILLER U TBI iiiaJL J V IV 6ILU Z M : : LOUIS HAYYARD ; Horses, Riders Warm Up for . jftf J Bis Yoongquist of Salem bends a stake on his prize horse Buddy Silvers as a warm up to Saturday and Sunday's annual Salem Saddle Club horse a how. Youngquist will be arena steward for the af fair at the Fairgrounds arena. Entries have been received from the Ellendale Acres of Eugene, High land Riding Club, Nicols Riding Academy, Columbia Hunt Club, Oswego Club and Joe Diles Train ing Stable. Western events are also scheduled for the varied program. (Statesman photo.) City Teachers. Honor Retiring .4 "Few men have had more effect on public education in the past four decades than has Harry B. intendent of public instruction as tors gathered to pay tribute to the retiring assistant superintendent of Salem public schools. "We have been strengthened by Johnson's complete intellectual honesty, his sterling character, and unimpeachable integrity," Putnam continued. After a facetious account of Johnson's early life and school ing, Putnam lauded Johnsons contributions to education, citing especially Johnson's unanimous choice as president of the Oregon High School Principal's Associa tion. "During his years as president. Johnson helped spark the move ment which has attained for high school principals their place in the educational program. "We arways know where John son stands, ana why ne stanas there," Putnam concluded, "but he never loses his humanity nor his delightful sense of humor." Came to Salem in 1944 Johnson first came to Salem in 1944 from Eugene to be high sehool principal. When school su perintendent Walter Snyder, then assistant superintendent, joined the State Department of Educa tion in 1946, Johnson became the new assistant superintendent. Johnson also worked at Roseburg, Astoria and Montana. Mayor Al Loucks voiced the appreciation of Salem's 45,000 ci tizens for Johnson's years of serv ice. LeRoy J. Stewart, chairman of the school board, joined Loucks in wishing Johnson well. : As a small token of apprecia tion for his past efforts. Walter Snyder presented Johnson with a slide projector and case from the Salem Teacher's Association and tjie Administrator's association. 'Like Graduation' : "Retirement is like graduation," s'aid Johnson upon accepting the gift. "It is like stepping into an other phase of life. My ten years jn Silem have been fruitful, both n the contact I have had with Salem's youth and with Salem's teachers." Dale Merrill. Bush School, act IMrMiM NOW PLAYING! Two Technicolor Hits -ALDO RAY ALSO RITAg TURNS IT . f ON IN j RITA HAYWORTHl JOSE if FERRER) AlSMt rnu iai2rjL2fiT ',' a.wiiJ' vn w i -fni-t g r.w Administrators School Official Johnson," said Rex Putnam, super over 250 teachers and administra ed as master of ceremonies and presented Johnson with the re tirement pin from the STA. Fred Rugh, William Seeley and Art Meyers, Salem educators, made arrangements and the purchase of the gift. Fourteen visiting edu cators and friends from Eugene were present at the meeting. ' Although Harry' B. Johnson is retiring from public service the name will continue in Salem schools, as Harry B. Johnson Jr., will be a teacher next year at Leslie Junior High school. The elder Johnson was born in Clayton, Wis. He received his BA from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1913 and his MA degree from the University of Oregon in 1929. FEWER ULCERS DALLAS, Tex. (INS) A South American restaurateur says North Americans enjoy eating more than any one else, but the people in his country have fewer ulcers. Dino Pratti, owner of a Lima, Peru club, says this is be cause the people in South Ameri ca eat slower and less nervouslv. ft mwm NOW SHOWING - OPEN 6:4if "MONEY FROM HOME" Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis Co-Hit "SKY COMMANDO" Dan Duryea HEY ROY GORDON'S "CARNIVAL OF FUN" EXTRA . . . THIS SAT. ONLY A Real Live PONY On Our Stage Also A Brand New Bicycle See This Pony NOW! For You May Become the Lucky Winner! O CASH PRIZES! O ON STAGE FUN! O PRIZES GALORE! O GAMES! O SERIAL! O CARTOONS! O TWO BIG FEATURES! Big Western Feature Replacing "MISS SADIE THOMPSON" O Always A Grand Timo At Tho Grand Q Tumbleweed ? ? ? Starring- Come To The AUDIE show MURPHY This Saturday ATL.:ii:MM Anc See Who Thrilling l$ ln Thj$ Big Western western! With LotS THtlllS AND f m , CHILLS JUST Ut ACtlOn! , FOR THE KIDS! Annual Show t: . '- v ; .- ! K" 'W:-" " f""""3 ';j-i i The Theaters Today CAPITOL of No Return." Monro. "Saint'i "River Marilyn with Girl Friday. ELSINORE "Ma nd Pa Kettle at Home." ''Taza. Son of Cochise." GRAND "Miss Sadie Thompson." with Rita Hayworth. "Tumbleweed." with Audie Murphy. HOLLYWOOD "Money Trom Home." with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewla. "Sky C o m m a n d," with Dan Duryea. NORTH DRIVE-IN ''Paratrooper." with Alan Ladd. "Riot in CeU Block 11." Sprinkles Due In Salem Area The return of sprinkles to Sa lem seems eminent according to a prediction for the next two days by the U.S. weatherman at McNary Field. A "trace" of rain fell in Salem Thursday. Temyeratures ranged from a high of 63 to a low of 47 degrees Thursday and predictions are lor about the same Friday. Weather man predicted clearing conditions by Saturday afternoon. I SCHOOL PICNICS i j CHOOSE- I 1 PARADISE ISLANDS I I Dance - Swim - Boat Rido I I Snack Bar I I Regular Price Reduced to 20c per person 1 10c Reduc. for Large Groups 1 3 mi. from Salem on Turner Rd Phono 2-8250 Doors Open At 12:45 KIDS! AT THE FOOT OF THE BRIDGE ' WESTSALEI1 SALEII Open Every Day . . 8 a.n. to 10 pjx Prices Good Fflday-Salurday-Sunday Medium Size CHICKEN FRANKFURTERS OLD-FASHIONED .SKINLESS Wieners BEAUTIFUL, FRESH STRAWBERRIES baskets FRESH ROASTING EARS HOLIDAY "AA" LARGE SOUTHERN BEAUTY EttS OYSTERS a IDSQUDCEC n (5 package H MILE NORTH t OF THE UNDERPASS LIMIT LIMIT lb. LIMIT LIMIT LIMIT LIMIT LIMIT each LIMIT LARGE CAN LIMIT LT Sock HUDSON V See a Movie From Your Car I - t '
