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. - - i t ji -x - . m - i in i" Hi -i 1 1 I -i. i -.,- ,i. I, - Lebanon. Fafch'ef. Killed Aer i Qrdei-IiisJ: Child o Fire mm WL a UMir'tib (fit ifti fril .(ZZS&k fb yh ieKMii A - : - J X, : , Statesman. Nw Serrlct LEBANON A 40-year-old father - was shot to death, apparently by his 2tt-year-oId son, late Wednes day after ordering the child to "point the gun at Daddy and pull .the trigger." The victim was Mar ion Ezra Leavitt, 40, a Lebanon . mill .worker and father of four children. ". The youngster. Clarence, pulled v the trigger at his father's urgings at approximately 5:15 p.m. in the 3 Pacific powers For Asia Defense WASHINGTON The United States, Altrafia'-and New Zealand called Wednesday for "immediate action to, establish a collective defense arrangement in Communist-threatened Southeast Asia. ' 'W v '. '. L- 4 ,-'- ,- . -V. The three governments jointly issued this call after a meeting of Secretary of States Dulles, Australian Foreign Minister Richard G. SOMES PlDOKE " Prime Minister. Churchill "and Foreign Minister Eden have come and gone. There were photographs interviews, formal statements. But does the public really know what went on and what was accomplish ed, if anything? A plea for disarma ment was made, with no ground for . hope that any steps jirere taken which might advance the day.' It 'was agreed to start a study on "col lective action" on defense of, South east Asia an agreement which Dulles thought he had two months ago. , . On the surface it seems that the Churchill-Eisenhower conference had failed. It seemed' anti-climactic a threshing of old straw with little winnowing of gram from chaff. Foreign policy both of the United States and of the, Anglo-American alliance is now quite .nebulous. So many statements have been made. so many positions announced, that the country seems almost drowned In a surfeit of words. Eisenhower uand Churchill join in saying that we must try to coexist witn tne Communists, but -the President de nounces any appeasement saying he will not be a party to any agree ment that makes anybody a slave, a virtuous declaration to be sure; but "the complex-relationships of international politics,: are not re solved by so, simple a pronounce ment.- ' v.. " Qearly there , is no heart in this renewal of negotiation on united action- The very phrase .has lost its anoeaL So ."few rallied to the , April call of Mr. Dulles that he ' was left empty-handed, on the eve (Continued on Editorial Page 4) Blood Drawing Tliis Afternoon A sound? truck will cruise the streets of Salem today urging residents to donate . a pint of blood during the regular; month ly drawing at the National Guard Armory from noon to 5 hclock this, afternoon. Red Cross, officials, , anticipat ing , a heavy demand for whole blood during the long holiday weekend, have, issued an urgent appeal for - donors . at., today's drawing. Thme of the appeal .is "Share your blood for independ ence." - Feud Between Judge, D. A. Neat Climax f KLAMATH FALLS (A The prolonged rift between Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg and District Attorney' Frank Alderson erupted again Wednesday when the jurist announced he. would not preside at any trial with Alderson as prosecutor ' . The judge's action followed .Alderson's. third request within a week to the : Oregon Supreme Court for another Judge. No action has; been- taken by ;the high tribunal on the two previous pleas. There has been friction between Vandenberg and Alderson for more than a year, and on one occasion the jurist bitterly criticized the i prosecutor ' for what ' he - termed i faulty and improper indictments.. Alderson Wednesday was prose cuting a morals case before the judge. It had' been set before Alderson , began his campaign to have Vandenberg replaced. Animal Crackers r living room of the Leavitt home at 150 Hobbs St., according to Linn County Coroner Glena Huston, The bullet from" a 30-30 rifle s tore through the father's stomach and buried itself in the ceiling of the room. Leavitt died almost instant ly, Huston reported. : According to. the widow, Rose, the dead man had tried repeatedly during the day to persuade his wife and his children7 to kill him. Leavitt was said to hi ve been despondent Call Casey and New Zealand .Am bassador Leslie K. Munro. ' j The State - Department said "continuing consultations" wugo on among the three governments to help speed action in bringing about the anti-Communist alliance Dulles has been urging the last three months. " ' '- The statement, approved by the three 1 nations, appeared to put Australia and New Zealand on record ' as more eager for swift action to block the Communist advance in Southeast Asia. The statement issued ' after President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Cliurchill'ended their five- day conference, .Tuesday said merely that the -two governments would "press .forward with plans for ' collective defense " - Nothing was aid about "imme diate action to bring about the early establishment:, of collective defense in Southeast Asia," as the American-Australian-New Zealand announcement phrased it Wednes-J aay. i - . . i Additional Tdetails on page 6, sec. 2.) Soviet Claims . First Atomic Power Station 1 MOSCOW m The i Soviet Coun cil of Ministers announced ' Wed nesday night Russia 'has opened what they described as the world's first power station jun Toy Atomic energy. y;. . ; I' A Moscow radio broadcast heard in London said a small atomic engine power", station had been opened and Soviet authorities and engineers are planning construc tion of other plants with bigger capacities : from 50,000 to 100,000 kilowatts. The broadcast gave no hint as t the location of the sta tion. . : ' Both the United States and Bri tain have started work on atomic plants to generate electricity for industry but neither is scheduled. for completion for several years. Several other nations, including France ' and. Canada, have an nounced plans for similar projects. The Moscow broadcast Quoted a statement from the Soviet Council of Ministers las saying the new Russian installation, with a capac ity of 1 5,000 . kilowatts, i went into opefation Sunday producing elec trical: current- for both industry and agriculture. : . , -: West Stay ton School Project Bonds Pass Statesman Newt Service ' x ' WEST STAYTON Voters of West Stayton School District 61 Wednesday approved, a $28,500 bond, issue for school construc tion by a vote of 60 to 34. i Included, in the construction which ii scheduled to start immediately- are a two-room . addi tion, repairs to the present four room, building and - a complete new heating system. Architect is Lyle Bartholomew of Salem. The district defeated: a similar bond issue ou June 7 by a vote of 31 to 28, according to Mrs. Lora Rand, schopl clerk. During the past year the district rented ,a room from a building four miles away to take care of a .fifth class. ' ; . Indiana Mental Patient Killed After Wounding Wife, Eight Policemen in 21-Hour Gun Battle INDIANAPOLIS (fl A mental patient was blasted dead in his shabby" living room Wednesday after a 2V hour sun battle in which his accurate rifle and shot gun fire wounded eight policemen and his wife. . , - ' The end came when an armored car roared across the back yard Ito his west side bungalow and three heavily armed . officers leaped through the hack door for the second time.' ' ; . Howard Ellis, 64. was riddled with submachinegun apd pistol bullets as' he - fired at the trio, then managed one last, harmless round " into the ceiling as he fell dead. . li-:: :' " . - The berserk man had held off more than 50 policemen using ev ery bit of firepower they could muster. There were two armored cars on the scene. The dirty white, one-story bouse was splintered by thousands of rounds of ammuni tion and filled with - tear gas.- over financial problems and had been drinking heavily. As related by the coroner and sheriff's deputy Wade Collins, Lea vitt apparently placed the rifle against his- stomach, its t trigger within reach of Clarence, the fam ily's youngest child. The little boy then presumably pulled the trig ger after instructions from the father to "shoot me.! That was the story-the youngster told. The widow, reported that about half an hour before the tragedy she had become '"so alarmed over her husband's condition that she sent an older boy, Kenneth, 5, to summon police. But a neighbor. W. T Walker,, revealed Kenneth never reached; the .police. , He stopped to play with another boy in the neighborhood. '" Leavitt, an employe of the Mc Pherson Lumber Mill,, had return ed only last Friday from , Las Ve gas where ne-visited a cnucauy ill sister. His family said he had been drinking heavily for several days. t Survivors in additioh to the wid ow and sons Clarence and Ken neth are another son,' Leonard, 11, and a daughter, Caren, 8. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Huston Funer al. Home. - S. 0. Mpwery, Salem, Droivhs In Deschutes v A Salem party's two-day fishing trip to the Deschutes River near Lapine ended in tragedy Wednes day when Samuel Oliver Mowery, SI, attendant at the Oregon State Hospital, fell in the river and ap parently was drowned. , Mowery was with his wife and another Salem couple. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, .690 Thompson Ave., near Pnngle Falls, 35 miles south of Bend, the Associated Press reported. He was a short distance upstream from the others whenhe fell and the swift cur- Tent carried him by his wife and the Smiths before they could make a rescue attempt. , - Thev reported 1 they saw him grab fori a limb, but fail to reach it Then he disappeared. State po lice and; volunteer workers were dragging the river Wednesday but at last , report had. not recovered the body, r' The two couples, all employes of the state- hospital, left Tuesday in the Mowery car for the Bend area "and "had planned to" return Wednesday evening, according to Lee Wolfe, a fellow employe at the hospital, Mrs. Mowery and Mrs. Smith returned home Wednesday evening while Smith remained with the dragging operation. Mrs. Mow ery then left immediately for the home of a daughter in Portland, Wolfe said, and Mrs Smith re turned to Lapine. ' ," ... 7 - OSC Coed Must Pay 10,000 to Victim's Estate 'CANYON CITY U A 17-year-old vacationing Oregon State College student, Marjorie Holland, must pay $10,000 to the estate of James Lemons, a pedestrian killed by a car near ML Vernon last November, a Circuit Court jury here , decided . Wednesday. Miss Holland said she did not see Lemons. ; ; j WESTERN INTERNATIONAL .At Vancouver-Salem. rain At VictorU-LewistoB. rain At Wenatchee S, Yakima 4 At Edmonton 6. Tri-City S COAST LEAGUE " ' . At Portland-Hollywood, rala ., At Seattle-Oakland, rain ' .At San -Francisco 8. Sacramento 1 At X.os Angeles 1, San Diego t AMERICAN LEAGUE ' At Chicago 3. Detroit 4 At Boston 8. New York 1 1 At Baltimore 0. Cleveland S -At Philadelphia 8, Washington 7 NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York 8. Brooklyn 2 . At Milwaukee 7,Cnicg6 At' Cincinnati 3.' St. Louis 11 . : At Pittsburgh 0. Philadelphia The officers had won their en try through the back door a half hour earlier but had to retreat after running out of ammunition. The second time the flushed blue coats ; Inspector Russell Car- michael, SgtL Thomas HarloweJ ana ratroiman w. D. Sullivan. signalled through a window it was all over- . ..-r4 Mrs. Ellis told police that Ellis, a Central State Hospital mental patient on leave, had gone ber serk:, about 11 a. m. (CDT). : He returned home Wednesday morning and i begas beating- one of , the five welfare- department wards, for whom the EHises cared. Mrs. Ellis said he became en raged when she threatened to call the hospital and ptve him recom mitted. . ,' y 'Mrs. Ellis fled to the .home of a-neighbor, and called the hos pital and police. She returned home as Ellis emerged from their 104TH YEAR ; , .2 SECTIONS20 PflGESf FXtIi Orycjoix iStcdsincai, Salem, Oregon. Thursday, July 1. 1954 PRICE , Sc ', ' No. 96 " ,' GOPDe Ventriloquises Dummy Helps , V i i. i ' BROOKS One of Oregon's larger church camp meetings, the As semblies of God gathering at Bethel Park, is building up toward . an anticipated week-end registration of 3,000 persons. About one- V third of them will be children such as the above group which heard about Daniel in the lion's den Tuesday and Wednesday ' from Jimmy, a ventriloquist's dummy. .Manipulating Jimmy is Small Firms ExfemptFrom WASHINGTON (ilu- The National Labor Relations 'Board, by a change ' of rules, 'Wednesday vir tually exempted thousands of small firms from the Taft-Hartley Law. Under the hew rules the NLRB will restrict its jurisdiction to larg er firms, so longer handling many of the smaller cases it formerly processed. It was -estimated that the board's present j 14,000-a-year case load would be cat by 15 to 20 per cent. - - " : This means that both employers and unions -failing to meet the pew tests for NLRB, Jurisdiction won't be able to take complaints to the board. .. ' L Such employers will not be able to bring federal complaints against unions. Neither will unions be able to obtain from the NLRB the right to bargain for workers. . Many such cases, will revert to state - labor relations boards for solution. However, the jurisdiction as between federal and state labor relations boards is cloudy and in some cases, at least,' the. Supreme Court has ruled that states do not have jurisdiction over cases where the NLRB has voluntarily waived federal jurisdiction. ' The NLRB action Wednesday narrowing its jurisdiction is expect ed to be opposed byj labor unions. They . generally have favored fed eral, rather than state, handling of labor relations problems. However, NLRB chairman Guy armer has taken the position that the NLRB should surrender juris- dicupn over smaller cases to states and concentrate on "handling cases where the national interest is truly involved. chicken house, shotgun ' and .22 rifle in hand. , s Mrs. Ellis .said she fled but two shots hit' her, in the left thigh and left hand. j- . t . . Somehow no one seemed to know just how the five chil dren escaped from the house dur ing the first confusion. None was injured. r . Patrolman John ; Yates said, he and Lt- Paul Pearsey," 60, arrived and found Ellis crouching behind a' utility pole outside the house. Ellis fired two blasts . from a shot gun, wounding Pearsey seriously in the chest, head, arm and hand. "We, could have got him, then," Yates said later, ;"but there were a bunch of kids there (in the yard)." . . vyi- . From the house,' Ellis began a steady stream of gunfire. Police reinforcements arrived and four officers were picked off. three as they -rescued a wounded comrade, before Ellis was slain. Taft-Hartley BtiQ.0aLx:--Cut J 'I 7 Bodies of 38 RFd : Grande . EAGLE PASSr Tex. (JPh-The bodies ot ; 8 victims of the ram paging Rio. Grande were taken Wednesday from the' floods wept ruins of the border city of Piedras Negras llexico. - "' The total death count was at least 55iiead in the wild Rio Grande flood mightiest in history and In the downpours .and iiasn iioods inland that started the usually sluggish river on rampage. " . . No casualties were reported at Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, 100 miles down stream, after the crest passed there but about 7,000 home less refugees huddled in the high hill south of the Mexican city Wed nesday night. , - Rescue officials say there may be hundreds more dead at Piedras Negras. The exact total may never be known. : This much is confirmed:. The bodies of SLhad been found and laid out for buriaL Large num bers of sick and injured were,mak- ing their way toward makeshift hospitals. One temporary medical shelter reported 63 injured with more coming every minute. At least 15,000. were homeless with up to 7,000 refugees huddling in the hills with no shelter, water or food.. About 80. per cent of the homes in the city of 35,000 - was flooded,, with half .of those de stroyed. j -.' . ? Toll May Increase r V t Those were the. figures as this reporter looked over the vast scene of sodden destruction late Wednes day. Daylight Thursdayor maybe days later the toll may be more startling. - , '"From what I hear there may be anywhere from 200 to 500 dead. said 1L G. Walker. U. S. Public Health official here tojhelp in the rescue work and rehabilitation. "No: one will ' ever know', he said. .."There are five and six kids in every Mexican family and they taxe care ot tneir own. ii tney una a drowned kid, mey bury him pron to (quick).1 So who knows, how many are dead?. No one will ever know for sure." .' : Sanitation Horrible . Walker said sanitary conditions In Piedras Negras were "horrible. He said the water ;system was never adequate, "and now there is,nothing at all" for drinking or any other purpose. - f Charles Talifierro. U. S. consul in Piedras Negras, said he doubted if the death toll was as high as 500 but added that it is entirely pos sible" the total was a" great deal higher than the bodies .founoY so far." . . '"i- - Today's Statesman; SECTION 1. . ' Japan Rearmament 3 Editorials, features 4 Society, women's 6-8 Valley news - fl, 10 SECTION - Sports - . 4rlt Radio, TV i.:.JL r Comics. Farm page i - - Crossword puzzle i. 2 Star.gazer w. . Classified ads ,- '-- :7-9 Supply ReRgious Education (A the Rev. f oy Blakely, PbrUand. 99-E entrance to Bethel Park. 10 lllpliw ' :j q . . - J - ;j r-h ill v left to right, are (standing) Melrin Stockwell, Salem; MilUe King, Turner; James Stockwell,; Salem; Jimmie Trimmer, Silve'rton; Lee Olsen, WiJIamina; Dennis Ashley and Merryle Stockwell, both, of Salem, (f tatesman photo by John ded to Frddd Toll French Abandon Largd Section of Red Kiver.JDelta HANOI4 Indochina UD The; French announced Wednesday they are I withdrawing from the; southern loarter f the rich Red River delta abandoning to the Commnnigt-Ied , Vktihinh thous ands of miles of rich rice lands and an estimated twjp million Indochiaese. j, . ;i . . The withdrawal,' ruvored la ; progress for some days, yields to the rebels without a fight such major points as, the big Catho lic center! of Phat Dieny 75 miles sontheast of Hanoi; Thai Biun, 60 miles I southeast of the war capital, and Niuh Biuh. North In- . dochlna's! I major textile ' manu facturing iown 60 miles south of Hanoi. '. flrliHl J A Frenth army " spokesman said the reops were being pull ed oat f the delta's southern.' tone becaase they are seeded to protect ' Hanoi and . the " supply lifeline; biweea It and Indo- ; china's - major seaport, - nalph og, 14 miles to the east. Hindus-Fear Eclipse NEW DELHI, India (J Millions of Hindus jfaded;waist deep in riv er waters Wednesday ! praying to God to make the serpent demon Raho release the sun god it had swallowed. This is the Hindu myth- oiogicai concept oi.uie siar m m a II. 1 cancf U eclipse. 2 Guatemalan Anti-Red Chiefs Hold Peace Talks By CARLOS R.! ESCUDEKO SAN SALVADOR. El Salvador W The. rival anti-Communist rulers of Guatemala Dew here late Wed nesday and opened ther peace par ley in an optimistic ' atmosphere with El Salvador's President Oecor Osork) acting; as mediator. CoL Carlos .Castillo Annas of the rebel field force I that besan the open fight on Guatemalan Com munists and CoL Elf ego Monzon of the Guatemala City! military junta arrived in separate planes. .y, j i i After their initial two-hour ses sion .behind closed doors. President Osork), a lieutenant colonel, told reporters: "I ! feel very; optimistic, j I believe they will find a formula. At least that U my desire. , . We have jbeen chatting along and now the time; has -come to get some food and rest."! ? Meeting with the three colonels Plaids: .Defeated. " if--' yr -Hi. fvl .. ;; - 1 Large cross in! background is at miles north of Salem. Children, Ericksen). ects: anes In Labrador lAjNUVii tn ; Tne crew ot a British airliner reported Wednes day night their plane was. followed for 80 miles by seven weird flying black objects :. near Goose Bay, Labrador. . ; Capt- James Howard, pilot of the New York to! -'London air liner said the mysterious ' escort vanished when a u. S. Air Force fighter plane came .up to. investi gate. ' -- : .; ' ' . . . i' The - British Overseas Airways Corp. (BOAC) stratocruiser was at a height of 19,000; feet and about 150 miles southwest) of Goose Bay early Wednesday when the objects appeared. . ;-, ' "They flashed into sight sudden ly and were obviously not aircraft as we know them,f Howard said. "All . appeared black", and I will swear they were solid. They might have been five miles away. They stayed with us 18 minutes. "There was a big central object which appeared; to .keep changing shape 'flying jellyfish, we dubbed it -k !,- -. .-. "Sometimes it fcas wedged -shaped, sometimes like a dumbell, sometimes! like a sphere with a tail - like projection! The six small er objects , dodged about," either in front or behind." j All 10 members of the airliner's crew agreed with j Howard's des cription, as did those, of the 51 passengers who were awake at the time ot. sighting. "ONE-WAY" BILL WINS WASHINGTON Ml - The. House Wednesday approved a proposal to .use government way . tickets for- any resident of the United States desiring to live in Russia. Re entry to this coun: try would be barred. during the afternoon was Jose Per alta, president of. trie Salvadorean Congress. U. S. Ambassador Mi chael McDermott met the Guate malan colonels no their arrival at the airport but did not .go into the session with' them;': - The conferees: went into a night session at Osorio's . presidential mansion after dining together at Loma -Linda, palatial home, of Ra fael Meza Ayau, Salvadorean eco nomics minister and a beer baron. A statement issued during the night meeting by El Salvador's presidential press jofficertsaid Cas tillo Armas and Monzon were work-, ing tout final conditions of a settle ment. : ' ' t ,. j ' El Salvador m;id the' initial move to settle the Guatemalan con flict .by offering its good offices. A cease fire ended the fighting Tuesday. (Additional details on page 6, Sec. 2.) 'Black Obj Chase PI Iflce Regime Victorious in 4946 Votes WASHTNflTflV r Th Sunata defeated f both Republican ! and Democratic plans fori an income duced;a big victory fo-the- Eisen-f bower administration, which says the budget can't stand any more such reductions now. i otk' The votes were 49-46) in both in- tan ces but weren't identical ex cept for the total. 1 i Defeat for the Republican plan came at the hands of 47 Demo- -crats, Sen. Langer (R-ND) and" Sen. Morse ; (IndOre)J against a solid lineup j of O GOP senators. .1 i,The Democrats flan) fell before a combination or 45 - Republicans and four Democrats -a Byrd (Va), Holland (Fla), Robertson' Va, and Johnson' (Colo). Supporting it were 43 Democrats, phis Langer, Morse and Youngs (R4NDT. - Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) was the only absent' senator. Two Plans' Offered ; i Briefly here is what the oppos ing sides maneuvered over in a long and busy session ' I The Democratic plan: Offered by -Sen. George f&Ga), it rould boost all personal .exemptions from, $600 to $700, hut the taXbenefit on each, $100 of additional exemption would , be limited to $25. :Thus, a man ahd wife -with one chUd could get- a reduction of as much as $73 a year.- f ! j ! : ; Uth Hour Plan j ::;:-, " ,,f: i The Republican plan! Chairman Millikin tR-Colo) of the Senate Fi nance Committee came up with it only: j Wednesday, in 11th hour 1 strategy to block the George plan. I With some exceptions, it would al low an extra $100 exemption for a man,, and also his " wife, filing a joint return but would not in-; creasei the exemption for depend-1 ents. The effect, would be a $40 reduction ;to a . couple, since the 1 exemption! increase would apply ' only to the lowest taxable income bracket, which 'earned a 20 per cent rate. ... Also, to meet Democratic criti-1 cism that the Republican plan to give tax relief on dividend income - f was unduly favorable -n to the wealthy, Millikin proposed to out down this relief. As it passed the House this provision would elimi nate taxes on the first $50 of divi-" dend income, and the taxpayer could deduct from his tai bill 5 per cent of his dividend j income above $50. In subsequent years the exemption would rise to $100 and the credit to 10 per cent- , MBlikin's late offer was to knock out the second year step and leave , the dividend relief at $50 and 5 per ' cent credit. ! . 1 11 - ' "One-Half as Bad" - ; ; A . voice; vote accepted . the changes Millikin proposed km divi- ' dends, George saying it was only ' "one-half as bad" as the House ' biiif , t. :.-'..;- Then came the" toll call votes. First, Millikin offered the Repub lican plan as a substitute for the ' Democrats. That motion fell by the wayside just before 4:30 p. m., I EDT. i. ij , Some more maneuvering, and. 1 then the Democratic plan was of fered j It died about 5:40 p. m. ' Millikin and George agreed in "5 talking to reporters that the two votes ! had killed any chances of ' general tax relief in the pending general tax bill. - I They said they did not; expect any 'further attempts to write in come tax cutting amendments in to the measure. i ; - :;; ,, - - . Under the parliamentary situa-. tion, the watered down plan for dividend relief remained i in the bill, but that was still subject to later 1 action. Hvjr ' -- -jU:'-"- e To Tahoe City TAH&E CITY, Calif. UH -r A : wind-whipped forest fire raged -through the Tahoe National Forest" Wednesday and threatened to wipe out this lakeside resort town before the blaze was brought under con trol. ; A Fortst Service dispatcher, , Henry Toctalini, ' said the high winds that had fanned the flames had 'died down,J and present lines could be held as long as it re mained calm. ! ' The fire began shortly after noon i and turned out more than 60 acres ' of ML Watson just behind the..city.v.f Max. . 1 . 67 , 74 . 15 64 . 69 . Mini.' Precip. 21 M .04 T J T JDO .00 -T Salem 52 7 48 ss S3 35 . 53 - 69 Portland Baker Medford North Bend Roaburf aaa FrancuM Chieaio 63 90 " New-Tork - Ii C2 i Wjllamette Hiver 1.1 feet. . f FORECAST ilrom v. 5. Weather ureau, McNary Field.1 Salfem): Mostly cloudv - with lewi ghowers thisi morning; partial clearing , this , afternoon and evening; high today i near 66, low near 41; partly cloudy. ' slightly warmer Friday. Temperature at 12 M a.m. todijf w 5fi ' i ! SALEM PRECIP1TATIOX 1 Stnei Start of Weather Year Sept 1 Thii Year i Lait Year l Normal 44.S3 43JS 4 33M 1