U.S. Senate Molds Marathon Session - " ' J. ' ... - , On A-La w Change Eisenhower Plan for New Private Power Plant in TVA Area Passes , . - -. .- . - - .- WASHINGTON CflPV The Senate approved President Eisehhow tr'i controversial plan for a new private power plant in the Tennes see Valley! area and wearily continued debate well past midnight Wednesday over atomic energy. There "was no end in sight to the bitter wrangle, now in its ninth to Reduce Flights Over City Favored A' straight-away takeoff for northbound planes leaving Salem was proposed Wednesday by Sa lem's Airport Advisory Commis sion. ?" ; -- - City Airport Manager Charles Barclay said this would be a tafetv measure in that nlanes taking off would avoid flying ever the city as: they now do, under a standard pattern calling for planes to turn left on taking off. then angle offta the right Request for permission to head straight north, as a new standard for the Salem airport, will be ' made to the Civil Aeronautics Authority. r Considerable objection was voiced at the City Hall meeting by commission members and air port interests to a proposal that auto "drag" races be held on the airport Oct 10. commissioners saia iney wouia study the matter further with leaders of the three auto clubs seeking to sponsor the race. Discussion was given on capi tal improvements the airport will including a new water system, rebuilt taxiways to handle heav ier planes and other repair proj- cvu. A special tax or a bond issue probably would have to be sub mitted to the voters, the commis sion indicated tsince current air port revenues barely cover nor mal maintenance. ; ' George Kreitzberg, a eoramer- :.l ,.-, . ,v . : -a cidi vjjcrauii i ttic urpuru was 'designated operations supervisor to help with enforcement of air port regulations. Richard Krenz lease for farming airport land .was extended to 10 years. - Camera Can See 30 Miles FT. MONMOUTH, N.J. f - The Army Signal Corps Wednesday an nounced development of a long dis tance "peeing torn" camera which can peer across battle lines up to 30 miles into enemy terri tory. '. . ; The mammouth new-camera is built about a 100-inch telephoto lens which was developed in the Signal Corps engineering laboratories here. It permits battle field pictures to be taken when aerial photo flights are not possible due to weather , or enemy action. Using the long F: 12.5 infrared lens, the Signal Corps says the camera can record images up to 30 miles away, depending on weather conditions and the belzht from from which the picture is taken. . Pictures already have been takea at distances up to 25 miles. so penetrating is the camera s eye, that it can pick out details of a jeep or other targets ' six miles away. ; It can be used in close support of military missions, such as watch-, Ing for enemy activity, . locating fortKicatons, obstacles, ' supply points, artillery and other mili : tary features. : i . i TM t S . J.-l.J llt VUIKIK UrV U WWUKU . W civilian use, such as providing cop stant vigilance over forest areas to detect and help figbtf forest fires, WESTERN INTERNATIONAL At Salem 10, Victoria 2 At Yakima 3, Tri-City 1 At Ltwiaton t. Wenatchec T (Ue) At I cmonton X. Vancouver COAST LEAGUE At Seattle 4-3. San Die to 3-3 . At Portland 4. Sacramento J At San Francisco 2. Hollywood S At Los Angeles 3. Oakland 2 '. AMERICAN LEAGUE " At Washington . Baltimore I At Philadelphia 3. Detroit 1 At New York J, Chicago IS At Boston ?, Cleveland t (tie) NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati 1, Brooklyn I At Milwaukee 1, Philadelphia I . At Si. Louis 13. Pittsburgh 12 At Chicago 1. New York 2 Animal Crackers IDEM 'lit-' NUDIST OL0HY I i . . 1 f I i 1 IV "Eurekor . fa 11,1 I II I ' 111 L. 1 I day. Sen..Xnwland of California, the Republican leader, told a reporter "some members of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party have started a filibuster of pure ob structionism in the attempt td sab otage the whole legislative pro gram. . vTv " V "But they won't get away with it, he said. . ' ' The -GOP leader saif he would attempt to keep the Senate in con tinuous session until the measure passes. " t Climaxing a sharp fight,' the Sen ate at 8:40 p. m. Wednesday night rejected, 55-36, an amendment to kill . the President's proposal by restricting the authority of the Atomic Energy Commission (ABC) to carry it out. . ' Then by a 56-35 vote, the senate nailed down specific authority for the AEC to contract with a South ern utility group for "a new private steam plant to serve the Memphis, Tenn. area. - : ' : Debate on the issue went on as the senators continued an around the - clock schedule to consider the "remainder of an omnibus bill that, would permit private industry into the atomic field and would al low the release of some nuclear secrets to allied armies. - - The Senate had started its de bate Wednesday at 10 a. m. The senators were still talking after 2 a. m. and seemed settled down for an all night session, after a breather from 12:57 a. m. to 1:43 a. m. while a quorum 'was gathered. ' c " Sen. Morse find Ore) said he was prepared to take the floor for four or five hours of "batting prac tice." He wore a fresh, rose in his lapel -and told newsmen he intended speaking until it wilted. Miss U.S.A. LONG BEACH, Calif, m. Miss South Carolina, a luscious blonde who lost her luggage en route, and bad to borrow clothes-Wednesday night was named Miss U.. S. A. over 46 other contestants. Runners op came in this order: Misses Virginia. New .York State, New York City and Texas. ' . Miriam Stevenson. 21 - year i. oW delectable doll from Wmsboro, 5. C was named1 Miss U. S. A. by virtue of an outstanding figure and face and real southern charm. She and the runners up had been selected as the field was nar rowed to five shortly before the winner was announced. - I Two of the favorites did not make the final judging. They were Miss Montana, a honey blonde who resembles - Marilyn Monroe, and Miss Maryland, who was disquali fied because of -being under the age limit She is 17, a year under the contest limit. WASHINGTON W - The House Wednesday defeated an adrninis tration effort to pass a one-package bill raising both postal rates and postal workers' pay and set the stage to force separate, action on the two proposals. . The double-barreled " measure, which would have given -postal workers a 5 per cent increase and raised .postage rates 233 million dollars a year, was supported by the majority, 228-171. However, un der the prevailing parliamentary situation, it needed approval of two-thirds of those voting, or 266. The administration had insisted on a boost in postage rates to off set the added costs of pay increas es.':. The principal increase would be on first class letters, from 3 cents to 4 cents. ' There were 169 Democrats and two Republicans opposed to the proposal, and 207 Republicans, 20 Democrats and 1 independent sup ported the measure. Beauty CIO ; i-egotiabrs Confer fwlajor Mill Operators; By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . CIO- Woodworkers regional nego tiators met with spokesmen for the Weyerhaeuser . Ti m b e r Co.'s fLongview operations Tuesday, but the seven-hour session ended with out result. Clyde Deal, federal mediator from Portland, presided. Thursday, the 32nd day of the crippling Pacific Northwest lumber ttrike, Weyerhaeuser officials will' meet with representatives, of the Ray mond, Wash., Woodworkers local and Deal in an effort to work out a settlement for the Raymond area. . .-: . Deal said he told both parties' at the Longview meeting' he will press for settlement" v .j "I called this meeting and I am determined to. stay with it until the answer, is found," he said. ' Weyerhaeuser, "told its CIO employes last week it was" aban doning company-wide negotiations in favor of local bargaining. 104TB YEAR Tax Law, Overhaul WASHINGTON UB A House- Senate conference committee agreed late Wednesday on a com promise bill overhauling almost all tax laws. It would reduce rev enues an estimated $1,363,000,000 next year. - 4 ' Settling one much-debated Issue, the committee agreed to permit taxpayers to deduct from their tax bill 4 per cent of their income from corporation dividends. " In addition, the first $50 of divi dends would, be . excluded from taxes. ; Authorities said this compromise between House , and Senate ver sions would, cut taxes on dividends about 204 million dollars the first year and 363 million dollars a year later, when it reaches full t effect. . The House had approved a much more liberal cut amounting to 240 million dollars' the first year and eventually to 860 million dollars a year.1 The Senate had voted 71-13 to knock out all dividend tax re lief except-about . 46 million dol lars provided through the $50 ex clusion. Dividend Tax Relief. . Republicans had advanced the the, idea of dividend tax relief with the main argument that it would encourage investments which would result in job-creating busi ness expansion. Democratic critics said it , was : tax - relief for the wealthy The big bu. running almost 1,- 000 pages, does not change major tax rates. but provides scores of tax. reductions through new or big ger deductions for medical ex penses, depreciation of new plants and equipment, child-care expens es of working parents, soil conserv ation expenses, income of retired persons, 4- dependents ;who make more than 600 a year, and other items. 'Coroerstone of Program - ' t President Elsenhower has termed the bill. the cornerstone of his domestic program. He said it would spur business investment and economic growth and provide more and better jobs, and remove scores of. unfair provisions for business individuals. - The cnnrornis bill, settling S53 differences between the House and Senate version!,- still must be ap proved by both the House and Sen ate. ' .;. '"-X-r . In view - of the substantial tax reduction on , stockholders' . divi dends and the heavy Senate vote against substantial relief in this field the compromise faced a pos sibly stiff fight in the Senate. Less OppMitiea In the House, where it faced less opposition, leaders' said the com promise probably would be called up next week. In other-last-stage action, .the conference' committee agreed to knock out of the big revision pro gram a House-approved section cut ting taxes on income earned by corporations from foreign opera tions. - - This section would have reduced taxes on foreign income by about 147 million dollars a year. The Sen ate balked at this cut and the con ference " committee accepted the senate version. exemption Left la , v In another major decision, ! the conference 'committee knocked out of the . bill a senate amendment which would have killed the tax exemption granted to charitable or educational foundations, if they made any grants to suspected sub versives. -, . -.." .The trading among the conferees on various sections of the bill pro duced little change in total rev enue effect. ' As passed by the House, the re ductions would have amounted to $1,370,000,000 the first year. The Senate ' cut this to $1,316,000,000 knocking out most of the dividend tax cut and the foreign Income tax cut, but adding reductions for child-care expenses of working pa rents, and other items. : The CIO union and the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers are on strike for a 12 V-cent hourly wage increase. Major employers insist they cannot afford any boosts and are trying to get union locals to. renew, contracts. - There were several other devel opments in the strike Wednesday. " George Weyerhaeuser, manager of the Springfield operations of Weyerhaeuser, said he had told his attorney to seek an injunction against illegal picketing at the plant there. , In another ""picketing case in which an . injunction has been asked, a decision is expected next Monday., Earlier, Circuit Judge James Crawford had indicated he would give the decision Thursday. That is in Portland where M and M Plywood Corp. has said picketing of the firm's .plywood operations in Oregon and Califor nia is . illegal. - Weyerhaeuser.'s injunction will be sought because, he said, "there Finished 2 SECTIONS 16 PAGES Salom Girl to Reign at Dayton J' 4 f' 1' DAYTON, Ore. This weekend will be Buckeroo time again at Day ton and presiding as queen of the eighth annual rodeo will be Judy Seamster of the Salem Saddle Club, pictured above with her half-Arab filly, Timber Lee. The Buckeroo will open with a Satur day morning parade. (Story oa page t, aee. 1.) Rain Relieves Eastern U.S. Heat, DrougHt By THE : ASSOCIATED . PRESS Rain and, cool weather brought relief from beat and drought in tome sections of the nation Wed nesday. . ' The beat wave has -claimed 114 live in the last two weeks. . "Cool air, from Canada spread southward ' between f the Rockies and the Middle Atlantic states as far south as Kentucky. Rain fell in-heavy , amounts in Southern West Virginia, Ohio, Northern Indiana, Northern Illinois and Eastern Iowa. Some areas in these states recorded more than an inch of precipitation. ; Local showers were reported in the lower Ohio Valley, and. South ern Illinois, but not enough fell to cause much relief. . i ' ' Searing beat continued in the Southwest, the South; and the Cen tral - and Southern Plains states. In Gage, Okla.,- it was 104. Em poria, Kan., 98, and Fort Smith, Ark., 100. ' ; ', Coolest spot in the nation was Mullan Pass, Mont.; where light rain and snow brought av temper ature of 36. r i Berry Pack . Tops Estimate l ; PORTLAND 11 Oregon straw berry growers .who feared a pack about 23 per, cent smaller than a year ago had a pleasant surprise Wednesday. : , . - t -s; ? .The federal market . news service, in a special strawberry report, aid. that total berry re ceipts to date totaled 47 ,i million pounds. ' -N This, the report explained, meant the year's, figure to date was only 13 per cent below a year ago and additional' receipts before the end of the season will bring the crop even more- in line with that of last yeart . i v" -. ; ior Seven Hours With i Tw'Jore Tallis Scheduled Pickets, from the firm's Oregon has been violence and threats of violence. He referred specifically to a non-union man being punched in the . face. Tuesday when -: he crossed the AFL picket ' line at Springfield. ? A - John Doe warrant charging assault, and battery was issued for the. "picket but the sheriffs office . said ' he had not been identified late Wednesday. ; In the M ant M picketing, the allegation is that the pickets are not employed at the plywood plants and they , are , keeping ; workers from carrying out terms ' of their agreement. The AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers have answered that the pickets v are M and M employes, although in a different Unit, and the picketing is fully authorized.1 4 i Roving AFL 'pickets closed the Long-Bell Lumber Co.'s last Siskiyou County operation in Northern California; - Wednesday. That was a logging job at Tenn ant. coastal . operations, j shut down poundsd 165! Th Orecjoa Stcrttsnma, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, '..nt,. .. V .1 Juveniles Getting Beer at Groceries- Iii Pop Cartons s i: - ;:. ' PORTLAND (UP) The Oregon Food Merchants Association told Ra members Wednesday to have grocery clerks carefully check- six can cartons of soda pop purchased by juveniles. . The association said some juve niles have been replacing the two center cans of pop .with canned beer Before presenting the carton at we eneexstana. - . . , Driver Brings ? Tivo Vehicles To Safe Halt ASHLAND fa George Nichols, a beekeeper, taw a sedan slip its brakes on an incline. , He jumped from his truck and managed to halt the moving car a' moment before it would have smashed into a parked machine. " Nichols then turned towards his truck, but it wasn't where be left it. It, too, had slipped its brakes and was rolling down the street. While onlookers held their breath, the truck, narrowly missed the parked car of Dr.. Walter Red ford of Ashland. Nichols sprinted after his truck, caught 'up and got it, just as it was about to speed through an intersection. , , , . .-. Smudge Pots Used In Klamath Basin KLAMATH. FALLS (Jfi - The calendar- and the weather were poles apart in the Klamath Basin Wednesday. The temperature dropped to 27 degrees at Mt. Hebron, ' just across the Jine in Northern California, and it was only eight degrees warmer at the Tule Lake field station. . . Planes were called to keep the air stirred up, and growers fired up smudge pots. The freeze, first since 'early spring, caused slight damage to crops. : . Long-Bell's Weed, Calif plant Tuesday. Those who showed up at Tennant were identified as being from Weed. . ; Two pickets also appeared at a Do rr is, Calif., lumber and mould ing " plant Wednesday and only about 14 of the 60 to 5 regular employes would cross the line. : It was disclosed Wednesday that a bonus pay settlement not an unconditional wage 1 increase ended AFL strikes at the Medford Veneer and Plywood and Medford Door, two affiliated operations. -Loren Haugen,' ' president of Medford Veneer, showed newsmen a signed agreement providing no boost in wage scale but a bonus of 5 cents an hour if 50 per cent or more of the plant's major plywood items sells at $SS o." above a thousand feet, -and 7 cents if it sells at($90 or above. ' t . Tuesday a union official said settlement had been for straight pay increases. , hI ' . . - v. 'r V.; y 1 Guarantee in inaQciima West Greets Armistice With Relief. Distaste By DONALD M. MCNICOLL LONDON (fl Europe and Asia greeted the Indochina - armistice Wednesday with mingled relief, distaste and optimism; Prime Minister Winston Church ill cabled congratulations to Fore- eign Secretary Anthony Eden on the "success which has at length rewarded" the negotiators at Gen eva.. But British papers said the Western allies had small cause for self - congratulations.!' France generally praised Pre mier Alendes - rxance. lor tne major part he played in getting the settlement, but Sen. Roger Dou chet, former cabinet minister, de clared: "The West has lost a new battle.- . I , lhe Moscow radio described the case - tire as "a new victory oi the forces of peace.": Highlights among the other com ment: ; ' . West Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said his govern ment "welcomes an end to the shedding of blood. And German officials privately hoped the French can now reach a quick de decision on the European army treaty, which would bring German forces into the Western defense set - up. Some West German pa pers said they feared the splitting of Viet Nam amplified rather than lessened the danger of a third world war. Adenauer's Christian Democratic Party said "the burn ing French problems ; are in no ease solved until . the ; problem, of European defense and European cooperation is aettled. Another Milestone Formosa : Chinese Nationalist Foreign Minister George Yeh de clared i :' the', Communists have "achieved another milestone in their , plan of world conquest." Newspapers - on Formosa, the island ruled by Chiang Kai-Shek, accused the West of appeasement and said the Communists have won a great diplomatic victory. Yugoslavia - President - Marsh al Tito, Communist but anti - so viet, hailed the agreement as "a serious contribution to the cause of peace."; India Prime Minister Nehru said the settlement is "a great step forward. . . but it has to be followed by persistent efforts at further settlements to .assure fu ture peace." In praising the ne gotiators' work at Geneva, Nehru mentioned all the participants ex cept the United States. Welcomes Agreement . " Japan The, Foreign Office wel comed the agreement "with, great pleasure," but predicted Commu nist China will intensify its "peace offensive" that seeks to woo Japan away from, the West, uid empha sized that, "like the Korean armis tice, this is - not an everlasting peace' ; :i "' - H- .- ' Ceylon Premier "Sir John Kote lawala described the cease - fire as "one more nail in the coffin of colonialism." He said the agreement-was in line with policies ap proved by the Asian premiers at their Colombo conference. . Pakistan Prime Minister Mo hammed AQ ; said: : "Vie welcome this agreement in the hope it will lead to. peace and stability in the Southeast Asia region." He added significantly: "Now that the Gordi an knot has been cut in Indochina. Pakistan hopes that I ranee will take up- other problems facing her, like Tunisia, and Morocco, with a view to settling them hi the same admirable spirit" ' : . y Britain The - first comment came from Lord . Be-verbrook's Evening Standard. After . noting Communist claims that the pact threatens to split the West, it said Britain "must march in step" with the United States for the defense of free Asia as a whole. However, the Standard added, - "now that the guns are silent, the merchants may speak. Where threats fail, trade may succeed in creating a bridge of common interests be tween East and West." Today's Statesman SECTION 1 Editorials features ....... .l. .4 Society, women's 7 Valley news 8 SECTION 2 ' Sports 1,2 Farm news ............3 Comics 4 Radio, TV ......4 Stargazer w,... .......,.. 4 Crossword puzzle .............. 5 Classified ads 5, 7 July 22, 1954 to Refuse to T H - o Continuation of Fighting Reported From Indochina . HANOI, Indochina WB Gen. Rene Cogny, French Union ground commander in North Viet Nam, said Wednesday night he does not intend to push any . fighting between now and the effective hour of. the Indo china cease-fire. "We da not want unnecessary t deaths," he said. Even as Cogny spoke, reports of continued fighting were re- ceived here. Rebel guerrillas i blew yp a freight tram only 10 miles east of Hanoi and ripped up several hundred yards of track 25 miles east of here Tues day night. French artillery on . Hanoi's outskirts boomed at -guerrilla bases ,15 or 20 mile.- away. There were occasional spurts of light machine-gun . fire and grenade explosions closer In. French-piloted B26 bombers touched off explosions and fires in a string of Vietminh bases around the delta's edges. Light patrol clash es were reported. . Over French Truce Terms WASHINGTON If) The negoti ated oeaca in Indochina was Wednesday. - Sexk Knowland (R Calif) called it great Communist victory and Sen. ; Mansfield (D Mont) said it means no more man temoorarv peace. The expressions of regret and concern were mixed in with worry over what world Communism might achieve in the months and years ahead. " Sen. Symington (D Mo) told the Senate the Russians soon will have enough hydrogen and atomic bombs "to blacken. . every square mile of our American landscape." Calling for greater speed -in building up America's power to deter, defend and retaliate,. Sym ington also said that "within a few years It will be possible to deliver atomic and hydrogen weapons" by intercontinental missiles, with ac curacy at ranges up to 5.000 miles. Sen. Robertson D Va offered a prediction that Congress will be asked to supply two or three bil lion dollars for defense, above and beyond wh,at it already, plans to spend. . Tor Indochina alone, the United States, has appropriated about $2, 300,000,000 - since 1951 to help France and Viet Nam. fight the Communists. Pentagon officials estimated that dose to two billion dollars worth of . materials have been shipped. . Rescue Ends In Tragedy MEDF05D tfl A mid-stream rescue ended in tragedy near here Tuesday.' . ' "Samuel Charles Wedell, 18, of Ancho, N. M., rescued a girl member of a swimming partyin the Applegate River and brought her near shore, state police said. .,, il I L.I it.. vmerz m group hu"'e girl to shore, - but Wedell.H apparently exhausted, sank from sight. The" body was recovered. TV Station Plans New Transmitter PORTLAND OR Portland Tele vision Station KPTV will erect a new transmitter and increase .its power from, 17,600 to 204,000 watts by September !, Russell K. Olsen, station " manager, announced here Wednesday rv The new transmitter will enable the station' to reach viewers in twice the geographical area now covered, . Olsen said.. He added KPTV would become the most powerful television station in the Northwest. :. ' CAMPAIGN DAMPENF.n PARIS, Ky. ws Rainfall esti mated at ,3"4 inches fell here Wednesday on the eve of a. cam paign to raise $18,000 to employ a ' cloud-seeding firm to knock some precipitation out of the sky. Gloomy mi PRICE 5c No. 117 race Ike Warns a : gainst New Advance By JOHN SCALI WASHINGTON OP - President . Eisenhower pledged Wednesday the United States "will not use force" to upset the Indochina ar mistice but warned the Commu nists that any new aggression would be "a matter of grave con cern.". " . ...- At a news conference, he de clared the partition settlement signed in Geneva "contains fea tures which we do not like. Because of this, he said, the Uni ted States would refuse to join other nations in a joint declara tion guaranteeing truce provisions. In rapid-fire order, the President also made these points: - 1. The United States has asked the Indochina states of Cambodia and Laos to exchange ambassa dors with this country in a move to build up their independence from communism. 2. The big lesson . which free world nations can learn from the Indochina experience is to adopt a positive plan for banding togeth er so tightly , that none will ever giye up to communism. . N Challenge Likely ' . 3. He believes' the Communist world does not want war at this time, except through satellite ex cursions. The Reds -would not de liberately challenge the fret world to a war of exhaustion. 4. He knows of no one who ad vocates . mat the United - States should go to war to- unify Korea or Indochina even though these set tlement! are far from Satisfactory: - In talking with reporters, the President said the- government would soon - issue some sort of paper giving a history of the Indo china developments which would attempt to put ail events in focus. He disclosed this when asked s whether he could say whether the United States . ever actually pro; posed to send American bombers into the Indochina battle in a move in Northwest Indochina. Reads Statement The President opened his. week ly meeting with reporters by read ing a prepared statement which said he was glad the Geneva truce has stopped the bloodshed in In dochina. ' "The ' agreement contains fea tures which we do not like," he said, "but a great deal depends on how they work in practice." The President stressed thaUtoe United "States' haar not been in volved in final peace negotiations nor is it "bound by the decisions" adopted to .halt the hostilities. - But, he added, "as loyal mem bers, of the United Nations," the American government soon! will is sue a statement at Geneva saying the United .States "will not use force R disturb the settlement." "We also say," he added, "that any renewal of Communist aggres sion would be viewed by us as a matter of grave concern." Fire Chief Charged With False Alarm KINGSFORD, Mich. Fire Chief E. E. Jossens was hot under the collar Wednesday,. He was ar- rested on a warrant charging him . . . . . w rm with turning in a false alarm. Three members of the tire de partment charged Jossens ordered a fire call placed from the Kings ford High School. The department responded to the call but found no fire. ... - Jossens, who pleaded innocent, said the alarm was part of a train ing program tr see how fast his firefighters responded. ' Mix. Mia. preeip. Salem Portland Bak-r .... 48 .80 .01 Trace .00 Trace xx . .00 j .03 ; .00 f XX) 53 42 48 52 48 49 68 74 67 .66 -78 .87 75 Medford Nortl hBend Rosebur" San Francisco - 80 Chicago 78 New York H Los Angeles .....7S WiHnm-1t- River 2.5 feet, FORBXTAST (from U. S. weatner bureau McNary field, Salem): Mostly clear and warmer today, to night and Friday. Highest today near 80; lowest tonight near 50. .Temperature at. 12:01 a.m. today was 48. SALEM PRECIPITATION Sfnre "tart of Weather Year Sept 1 This Year Lact Year formal 4S.14 .. 43.28 39 JO War Keds A