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CRT E5SH3DB fOtDODIJ With the Memorial Day week end past. Congress jvill settle down to handle a surge of busi ness in hopes of a recess by the first of August, both to escape the muggy summer weather of Washington and to give mer-.bers a chance to mend political fences in their home bailiwicks. To ac complish this, Congress, particu larly the Senate, will have to do some forced marching because of the pileup of work. The McCarthy-Army hearings will be press ed to a windup in a week or two. Barring a flareup of debate over Southeast Asia, Congress will work steadily on the legislative grist Besides a number of appropria tion bills, pending legislation of importance includes extension of reciprocal trade agreements . act (the sole salvage of the program for liberalizing foreign trade), housing, foreign aid, and revision of the atomic energy act. The last-named is one of the most vital bills before the Cong ress. It has received little atten tion, and this chiefly because of the controversy over the power of the chairman of the AEC. The incumbent. Admiral Strauss, func tions as its "principal officer" evidently to the distaste of other member and the bill as drawn identified him as the "principal officer." This is now a subject of considerable pulling and hauling. Of much greater importance, however, are amendments looking to encouragement of private en terprise in development of peace time use of (Continued on editorial page, 4) Vukovich Wins Indianapolis Race Again INDIANAPOLIS (;& Bill Vu kovich had to come from way back in the pack Monday but he roared across the finish line in record time to become the third man in history to win the 500 mile speedway classic here two years in succession. Most o the eyes of an estimat ed 175,000 fans were op favored Jack McGrath through the first half of the race, but Vukovich moved into first place at the 230 mile mark and after swapping leadswith McGrath and Jimmy Bryan, took over for keeps on the 150th lap- ... . Vukovich scooted his fuel In jection special over the 500-mile course at a record 130.84 miles per hour despite threatening weather1 which brought out the yellow "slow up" flag for six and a half minutes. His total elapsed time was 3 hours, 49 minutes and 17.27 seconds compared to the old record established in 1952 by Troy Rutman of 3 hours, 52 min utes and 41.88 seconds. The speed mark was nearly two miles an hour faster than Ruttman's 128. 922 m.p h. In winning two straight, Vuko vich joined an illustrious and small circle of Indianapolis im mortals. Up to Monday, Mauri Rose and Wilbur Shaw were the only racers to bring down the bunting twice. Shaw won his 500s in 1939 and 1940. Rose claimed his triumphs in 1947 and 1948. (Additional story on sports page 1, sec. 2.) Police Comb Guatemala For Plotters GUATEMALA Police combed the capital Monday for plotters alleged to be planning .a revolt against Guatemala's Red -tinged government," and five per sons, including the former head of the secret police, werereported to have taken political refuge in for eign embassies. Diplomatic and local news sources said Jose B. Linaries, who headed Guatemala's secret police 11 years ago under the regime of the late President, Gen. Jorge Ub ico. sought refuge in the El Sal vador Embassy over the weekend. He was said to have told diplo matic officials he was being "per secuted." An official of the Communist Party, which has supported the government of President Jacobo Arbenz, urged fellow Reds through the party newspaper to "close ranks" and protect the govern ment from aggression or internal disorders. ANIMAL CRACKERS BY WAMREN OOORICH -t - 1 of all my spinach. What's far dessert?" SSI - m e m mm . a mm mm mm 104TH YEAR One Last pm tmntc 'I ' 5 , 1 f Taking a final look around in the eld Salem High School, now being razed to make way for the new Meier k. Frank department store, ire members of the class of 1918. Shown in a third floor hall (front to back) are Leslie Springer, Mrs. E. C Charlton, Mrs. James A. Garson, Miss Gladys Barth olomew and George Croisan. (Statesman photo.) X V". -r'. : "y I Members of Salem High School's class of 1918, aided by a professional wrecker, peer anxiously into a bole as they search for a small metal box allegedly buried by the class some 36 years ago. (Left to right) Mrs. E. C. Charlton, Harry Radosevich (with spade), George Croisan, Miss Gladys Bartholo mew, Mrs. James A. Garson, Leslie Springer anff Floyd Siegmund. (Statesman photo.) Class of 191 8' s Search for Buried Metal Box at Old High. School Turns Up Nothing But Dirt Possible dirty work by the class of 1919? That was suggested by seven members of Salem High School's class of 1918 who gathered at the Hillary Said Recovering KHATMANDU. Nepal UTt Brit ish Ambassador C. H. Summer hayes said Monday he has received a letter from Sir Edmund Hillary in which he mentioned he had hurt a rib while helping another climb er in the Himalayas and had. de veloped pneumonia. Hillary's letter, dated May 8, added that two doctors were at tending him and he was recover ing. Hillary, conqueror of Mt. Ever est. added that he intended to re sume climbing as soon as he was well. ; 'Objects' Sighted Over Northwest MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash, tif The Combat Operations Center here satf Moday night it had received eight feports of un identified "objects"' sighted over various sections of the Pacific Northwest. The center Suid no interceptions had been attempted because of the time element involved. All the re ports were received, in an 11-min-ute period starting at 9:07. The center declined to speculate about the nature of the objects. The objects, the center said, were reported over Spokane, Pas co, Ellensburg, Yakima and sev eral Oregon cities, including Red mond and Portland. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since start of Weather Year Sept. 1. This Year Last Year Normal 43.3S 41-SS 31.U 3 SECTIONS 28 PAGES Look at Old High School '"'1 ;" '" " .,-jb, v 1 1 11 j-wsf"'' ( old high school building Monday morning to unearth a metal box allegedly buried some 36 years ago. A concrete block, bearing the inscription "Class of 1918" sup posedly marked the spot at the north entrance of the school but a sizeable hole revealed nothing but dirt Floyd L. Siegmund, chairman of the delegation, explained the box was to have been opened at a class reunion banquet planned tentatively for June 26. Sieg mund said that location of the meeting is to be announced later. No one was certain of the box's contents, said Mrs. Luella Patton Charlton, a second member of the delegation, but it was thought to contain class records and oth er documents. Some expressed 3 Cadets Drown In Swimming Pool ROSWELL. N. M. Three cadets at New Mexco Military In stitute drowned in the college swimming pool during the annual final graduation ball Monday night. Col. Charles F. Ward, command ing officer, immediately called off the ball. He said four cadets dived into the pool to start a pump creating bubble effects as part of the ball entertainment When they rose to the surface, fumes from dry ice used in the stunt overcame them. One boy was rescued and may recover. 12 Drown as Ship Capsizes in Hungary VIENNA, Austria Twelve persons were drowned and many others injured when a Hungarian pleasure steamer capsized on Lake Balaton in West Hungary Sunday, fadio Budapest said Monday night. The report jaid 185 persons were aboard the vessel. BaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB w . - - POUNDS D 1651 Tha i 4X ( 't "1 doubt whether such a box was ever buried. Moving of the marking block during subsequent paving opera tions may be a factor to consider, Siegmund said. Milton Berle's Mother Dies NEW YORK un Mrs. Sandra Berle, who guided the early eareer of her son, television comedian Milton Berle, and backed up his jokes with enthusiastic laugher, died Monday night. She was 77. Berle often quipped that "Mom" was his best fan and he would call her from the audience to take bows with him. A friend of the family reported Berle was in California' when he received word of her death and would fly to New York Tuesday morning. The family spokesman said Mrs. Berle, who had been ill. for several days, died of a cerebral hemor rrhage. western International At Salem 3-6. Spokane 6-14. At Tri-Ctty 2-4. Lewiston 13-J. At Yakima 0-ti. Wenatchee 2-12. At Calgary, Victoria, rain. At Edmonton, Vancouver, rain. . NATIONAL LEAGUE At Milwaukee. Cincinnati (Rain) At Philadelphia 4. Brooklyn 5. At Pittsburgh 0-4Jew York 4-3. At Chicago 14. St. Louis 4. AMERICAN LEAGl'E At Boston 20-9. Philadelphia 10-0. At New York 0-7. Washington 1-6. At Baltimore 5-4.Dtroit 7-2. At Cleveland 4-45, Chicago SJ. COAST LEAGUE At San Francisco 7-16. Portland 0-1. At San Diego S-2. Oakland 4-1. At Hollywood 0-2.Scramento 1-1. At Seatt 3, Los Angees 1. Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oragon, Tuesday, June- 1, 1964 Ike Asks 'Truth Crusade' By WATSON SIMS NEW YORK OB President Eis enhower called Monday night for "crusade of truth" against com munism and sounded a warning against both foreign agents and "demagogues thirsty for personal power and public notice." Speaking at a dinner highlighting the 200th anniversary of the found ing of Columbia University, the President said there is no subject on which Americans are so com pletely united as in opposition to communism. But he asked: "Yet, my friends, and I say this sadly, is there any other subject that seems. .to be the cause of so much division among us? Less Prejudice "To this problem we must apply more knowledge and intellect and less prejudice and emotion," he said. "We must not permit anyone to inspire quarrels that eventually find good citizens bitterly opposed to good citizens, when basically all would like to be joined in ef fective opposition to commu nism." At no point in the speech didthe President mention the sharp differ ences of his administration with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis). Notes Divisions But his voice became sharply stern and impassioned when he re ferred to the "division among us " His remarks came just four days after . Attorney General Herbert Brownell challenged with Eisen hower's approval McCarthy's statement that it is the duty of government workers to supply in formation to congressional investi gators, even if such action violates White House directives. Brownell said the executive branch's responsibility for enforc ing federal laws "cannot be usurped by any individual who may seek to set himself above the laws of our land." Homecoming President Eisenhower's address at the Columbia dinner in the Wal dorf Astoria Hotel was a home coming of sorts. He headed the university from 1843 tmtil shortly before his inauguration last year, then becoming president emeritus. Some 1,800 alumni and friends of the university gave the President a vigorous reception and frequently interrupted the nationally-televised speech with applause. J Six interruptions came within two minutes during that part of his speech devoted to internal divi sion over communism. But the heaviest applause a 40 second burst came when he said America must guard against "all who seek to establish over us thought control whether they be agents of a foreign state or dema gogues thirsty for personal power and public notice." Polio Vaccine Shots Today Polio vaccine clinics for Marion county's second graders taking part in the nation-wide test will be conducted today at Englewood and Richmond Schools in Salem, Woodburn, Mt. Angel and North Marion High School. Third and final shots are scheduled. Clinics Wednesday are slated at McKinley School in Salem, Silver ton and Stayton ; Thursday at High land School in Salem and Cum mings School in Keizer; and Friday at St. Vincents and Bush Schools in Salem. A make up clinic will be heli at the Marion County Health Department Friday. 172 FLAGS STOLEN NEW HAVEN. Conn. W Police reported Monday that Memorial Lay thieves stole 172 American flags from veterans' graves in Ev ergreen Cemetery. Rescuers Making Fast Time Down Slope With Injured Man FAIRBANKS, Alaska UH Using a sled as a stretcher, a rescue party was making better time than expected Monday in bringing Pfc. George Argns wracked with a broken hip down the perilous slopes oflt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North ""America. Argus, 25 - year - old Gl from Brooklyn, N.' Y., was found "alive and well" Sunday in the lonely, wind-swept tent in which he had lain nearly helpless for 15 days seven days alone after being in jured in a 1,000-foot tumble off a precipice. 6ne member of his par ty was killed in the fall. Argus was roped tightly to the sled. The eight - man rescue party crunched through the snow in ex tremely fast time, in spite of the fact the men had to carry or hoist and lower the sled most of the time, rather than slide it. Their fast time was attributed (Hawaiian Volcano Dn VioBent Eruption By ROY ESSOYAN HONOLULU (P) Kilauea Volcano, favorite of tourists, roared into eruption Monday with a display of 600 -foot fountains of lava unmatched in more than a century. Within minutes after a pre-dawn boom and earthquake announc ed the awakening of the "drive-in volcano," hundreds of sight-seers were flocking to the scene. On hand was Defense Secretary Wil Troops Patrol Big Cities of East Pakistan KARACHI. Pakistan (JPi Mrmy troops patrolled all 24 of the big cities of East Pakistan Monday to prevent any violence from the ousting of Abdul Kasem Fazlul Huq, chief minister of the province. Fazlul Huq and his cabinet were thrown out of office by the central government Sunday on the grounds that they were fomenting a sepa ratist movement. East Pakistan is separated from the rest of Pakistan by 1,000 miles of Northern India. Dispatches from Dacca, the East Pakistan capital, said 210 arrests were made throughout the province Monday and more were expected Tuesday, but that otherwise the day had passed without incident. The new governor of East Pakis tan, Maj. Gen. Iskandar Mirza, and the new chief secretary of East Pakistan, N. M. Khan, accom panied by military and civil officials, visited Adamjee jute mills, the scene of recent worker riots. 7 Die, 7 Hurt In Minnesota C-47 Crash DULUTH. Minn. UP A nation al Guard plane with 14 aboard, groping for a landing in a heavy fog. crashed into a gravel pit near the Duluth airport Monday night Seven of the passengers were re ported killed and seven more were hospitalized, some in critical con dition. "How anyhody got out alive is miraculous." said Walter Dodge, a reporter for the Duluth News -Tribune at the scene. The C-47 transport was return ing from Indianapolis. The first word of the crash came when M. Sgt. Earl Sugars, who had been aboard the ship, stag gered into the rural home of Mrs. Russell Westberg and asked her to call for help. Dodge said the big transport crashed nose first into a hill of dirt at the edge of the gravel pit, nosed over and shattered into the pit itself. Dodge said that bodies, baggage and unopened parachutes were scattered over a wide area. Hun dreds of spectators gathered de spite a fog so heavy it approxim ated a drizzle. At Indianapolis Stout Field, M. Sgt. Edwin H. Rosener said the Minnesota National Guard plane had taken off there for the re turn trip to Duluth at 5:30 p.m. He said the passengers had flown to Indianapolis for the Mem orial Day auto race. 10,000 Attend Azalea Festival at Brookings. BROOKINGsf7 Ore. W An estimated 10,000 persons turned out Monday for the final day of the 15th annual Azalea Festival at this town on the Southern Oregon coast. They lined the banks of the Chetco River for the climaxing event of the three-day festival, a 65-mile boat race sponsored by the Brookings-Harbor Lions Club. to being able to follow, their own footprints down the mountains. Their principal delay in going up the mountain to the 11.000-foot lev el where Argus had been stranded was the necessity of finding a safe path between the dangerous moun tain crevasses. After establishing a safe trail, they now are following it back down at a comparably rapid pace. They'll heading 6,000 feet down the mountain to the 5,000 foot level where it is hoped a helicopter can pick up the injured Argus Tuesdify morning. The helicopter does hot function safely above 5,000 feet. Seven members of the rescue team took turns bearing the bur den. The eighth memberr Peter Gabriel, was not able to assist as be still is too ill. The rescue team, very tired, bedded down at 11 o'clock Sunday night and reumeJ the downward trek at 3 a. m. ill PRICE 5c son, who was resting at the Vol- cano House Hotel after a Far East tour. Take Closer Look Witnesses two miles away could feel the heat. Nevertheless, some were driving down into the crater for a closer look. Fountains of fiery- lava spurted 600 feet high from the fire pit Halemaumau said Dr. Gordon A. MacDnnald, volcanologist at the volcano observatory, who de scended into the ngry crater on the island of Hawaii. Other lava spurted 100 feet high from a livid gash 4 of a mile long on the floor of the crater itself. The crater floor had never cracked like" that since the observ atory was established in 1911, MacDonald said. Ample Crater The eruption was safely con tained within Kilauea's ample crater. This crater is from two to three miles across and as much as 700 feet deep. The fire pit. 1,000 yards across, descends another 500 feet below the crater floor. Recent eruptions in Kilauea, the latest in 1952, have been restricted to the Halemaumau Pit. Not since 1827-28 has, an eruption welled over the mouth on to the crater floor. , - Attracts Sightseers While most eruptions cause panic, Kilauea's attracts sight seers. Some drove down into the crater pit. This road was closed temporarily but was reopen&d at sunrise. Within an hour after the eruption, Inter-Island Airlines were sched uling sight-seeing flights over the crater, which is about 200 miles southeast of Honolulu.- While Kilauea is regarded as safe enough Monday, it erupted vio lently in 1790 and wiped out a large number of Hawaiian war riors who happened to be passing the crater. 'Mostly Fair' On Weather Chart Today Mostly fair conditions seemed in the offing for Salem and vicinity today, according to predictions by U.S. weathermen, but clouds and showers are scheduled to return Wednesday. , A total of .23 of an inch of rain fell in Salem Monday and temper atures ranged from a high of 61 degrees and a low of 47 degrees. Highest temperature looked for today is 66 degrees with i. low to night about 45. Only 1.34 inches of rain fell in Salem during the month of May wuich is .59 o' an inch less than normal. Greatest amount of rain to fall in any 24-hour period was .55 of an inch on the 25th and 26th. Average maximum temperature was 69.6 degrees and the average minimum 41.5 degrees with the month average 55.6 degrees. 1.6 degrees below normal. The high est temperature was 87 degrees on the 17th and the lowest was 25 degrees on May 1st. With winds prevailing from the north-northeast the month record ed only three clear days, 12 partly cloudy and 16 cloudy days. Egypt Officials Return Bodv'of British Soldier CAIRO. Egypt, Iffi The body of a British oldier who had' been shot through the heart was turned over by Egyptian authorities to British officials Monday. He was the second British soldier killed in the Suez Canal Zone over the week end. I The British. Embassy said the soldier whose body was" sur rendered at Suez had been missing since Saturday. There was no im mediate clue to the circumstances of his death. Another soldier was killed in Is mailia Sunday. British authorities said a mob of Egyptians attacked the soldier, who was riding in the cab, and looted the truck. Todav's Statesman SECTION 1 General news Editorials, features Society, women's .. - 2 5 4 6-ft SECTION 2 Sports 1-3 Radio, TV logs 4 Comics 4 Star Gazer, X-word 4 General news .' : 5 Markets 6 Classified ads 6, 7 Valley news 8 SECTION 3 Master Service Stations 1-12 The Weather Max. Mia. Trrrtp. 1 47 .23 82 49 J3 63 49 .00 Salem Portland Sa n Francisco Chicago -kSl 66 .SO Kfw York S5 5S .00 WiUamette River -0.8 feet. Forecast (from U.S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Mostly fair today and tonight. Mostly cloudy Wednesday with a few showers. Warmer today with the highest near 66. low tonight Bear 45. Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today was 47. c No. 66 Holiday Toll Tops Estimate By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The toll of the dead on the na tion's highways reached 341 short ly before the close of the long Memorial Day weekend Monday night surpassing the total esti mated by the National Safety Coun cil. The council had made a pre holiday estimate of 340 traffic deaths Friday. As the 78th hour of the long holi day neared a close, there also were 77 deaths by drowning and 66 from miscellaneous causes for a grand total of 484. The traffic toll was far above the fatalities for a "normal" May weekend. Figures compiled by The Associated Press for comparative purposes for a 78-hour period, 6 p. m., May 14 to midnight May 17 showed 243 traffic fatalities. 50 drownings and 66 miscellaneous deaths for a total of 359. The record Memorial Day traf fic toll of 363 was piled up during the three-day period in 1952. The record Memorial Day toll for all fatalities was set during the four day weekend of 1950 with 571. Highway Toll In Oregon Mounts to 8 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The highway death toll mounted to eight in Oregon as the long Memorial holiday weekend drew to a close Monday night. In addition a man fell to his death from a bridge pier in Southern Oregon. He was Claude Bewley, 58, Grants Pass, who apparently slipped and fell back wards about five feet, striking his head on a rock Monday. The scene was at a railroad bridge over the Rogue River near Grants. Pass. , Delbert DeWayne Botts, 28. lone, died late Srmday ' in a Heppner hospital from Injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident the. day before. The motorcycle skidded off a wet highway at Lexington, north of Heppner. Earl Miller, whe was riding with Botts, was hurt less seriously. Dick Webster, 16, Wren, was killed Saturday night in an auto mobile smashop nine miles east of Newport on Highway 20. Earlier in the weekend six other traffic deaths were reported. Electricity, Rain, Truck Fatal to Youth OAKRpGE on An electric light fixture, a truck and a rain storm lined up in unusual- se quence here Sunday night to draw the blame for the death of a serv ice station attendant. The rain provided water ander foot. The light fixture apparently sent current through the truck when the vetficle came under the station canopy and touched the fixture. Gerald Glenn Farmer, 18, West fir, the station attendant, touched the fender, and immediately slumped over. Howard Barnett, Oak Grove, the truck driver, said Farmer still was clutching the fender when he got out of the truck. He called medical aid, but Farmer was dead when help arrived. Electric shock was blamed, but. Coroner Fred Buell said there; would be an autopsy Tuesday. Gloria Krieger Cancels Date to Sing at Festival PORTLAND on Gloria Krieger. queen -of the Portland Rose Festival last year, will not sing at this year's festival as planned. Miss Krieger, now known as Gloria Greenwood, is -under con tract to a Hollywood -film studio. She said the studio had asked her t cancel - Rose Festival appear ance and remain in Hollvwood in connection with a proposed musical film. More Topflight Reds Defecting Two more high-ranking So viet secret agents have defect ed to the Free World, and the significance of such a pattern "can hardly be exaggerated." Joseph and Stewart Alsop tell about it in their exclusive. col umn on Page 4 today. rfon5$tatf 5nan rV K
