The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 04, 1954, Page 1, Image 1

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'U(D GEOua
Secretary Dulles has neatly
passed the buck to the military.
Perhaps he got tired of having
State take - the blame for failing
to win in Korea, as Lt. ', Gen.
George E. Stratemeyer's testi
1 mony implied. ("We weren't per
mitted to win. ) Anyway, he says
it is up to .American military
authorities - to determine which
islands they want to defend in
safeguarding Formosa. ,
The question arose when the
Red Chinese made a raid on the
?r-1 in4 t AiiAmAV tiicf rff Vls
mainland, which still is held by
the Nationalists. Later, they
bombarded the island and Little
Quemoy nearby. So far, the Sev
enth Fleet has" made no move to
defend these offshore . islands,
though the Pescadores, an island
group in the Formosa Strait, are
included in the protective custody
of the U. S. fleet: No Red move
has been made against them or
Formosa, ' i
- It is very probable, that the
Joint Chiefs of Staff win not ex
tend their naval and air coverage
to protect the Nationalists en the
other islands near the China coast
They are not worth the risk. When
there was talk of a possible at
tempt by Chiang to attempt a ."re
turn from Elbe" they had some
value -as possible jumping , off
points. Since that dream of re
conquest of continenutal China by
the troops on Formosa has long
since faded, these outposts are of
scant value save for observation
and irritation. : ' , ' l
U. S. policy in Asia is pretty
much . an inheritance from the
. (Concluded on Editorial page, O
Off Span
GRANTS. PASS A 14-year-old
cyclist fell off an abandoned
railroad bridge over the Rogue
River Friday, and only; the pres
ence of a youthful angler j made
possible difficult rescue. ; There
is a chance the victim may live.
- In Josephine General Hospital
was David M. Walls, 14, of Grants
Pass. He suffered a compound leg
fracture, broken jaw and possible
internal injuries. His condition was
described as serious. ' ':'
'' The young angler, Dkk JCralicek,
13, also of Grants Pass, told this
story: . .: ' " if
Kralicek and Walls, who was
wheeling his bicycle, passed each
other on the C&OC railroad bridge
in opposite directions. A few min
n(H iatr. KYflliepk said, be beard
a noise, and looking back, saw
Walls and the bike falling.' r
'-Kralicek ran back and saw Walls
lvirnr nnronscious on . a concrete
abutment about 35 feet below the
span. The young angler summoned
sid nil tmI'm and an ambulance
crew had' to obtain a boat and
cress the river from the opposite
side to reach the stricken Walls.
Fair Weather Due
The Labor Day weekend will get
off to a warm, sunny start in ue
&aim sru. the forecast from the
McNary Field weatherstation in
dicated early Saturday, i'j i r
Weathermen Predicted I cloud-
tnstf fnr this mornins and Sunday
morning, but said the skies would
be mostly sunny botn .aiternoons.
Temperatures were expected to
rise to about 77 this afternoon
and to near 80 Sunday.
Guided Missile
South Atlantic
By JOHN W. FINNEY
United Presy Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON (UP The Air
Force plans soon1 to extend its
guided missile testing range more
than 5000 miles into the South
Atlantic to test its first intercon
tinental guided missile, .itLWas
learned Friday. c ;
The proposed "target" for the
missile which could revolutionize
warfare is British-held Ascension
Island in the Southern ) Atlantic
The island is 5000 miles from the
Air i Force missile . launching 1 site
at Cape Canaveral in Cocoa, -Fla.
Diplomatic informants reported
the United States is now negotiat
ing with Great Britain to establish
Animal Crackers
V WARREN aOQORlCM
OORICM
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"And a tall, cool drink for my
friend."
Cyclist Falls
Rogu
to
Bate Set
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
Today several thousand of you
will attend the Opening Day bf
Oregon's 89th annual State Fair
at the Fairgrounds on Silverton
Rd. Last year 36,330 went
through the gates on the first
day. Hi ', 4
I'm one up on you. I went to
the fair Friday. I noted, too, that
Leo Spitzbart, state fair manager.
Today at the Fair
n1 Saturday, Sept 1 : --
7:00 ajn. Gates open.!
8:09 ajv Gov. Paul L. Patter
mow officially opens the
89th Oregon State Fair.
9:00 a,ra. J n d g 1 n t starts on
rabbits, honey bees, land
products, foods, i I
10:00 a.m. Jndging floral sec
' tioa. - i ;,-
10:30 ajn. AH rides epea on the
midway.- i j
12:00 Noon Flower show opens.
1:30 pjn. Horse rating at
grandstand. 1 ' t
- 2:30 p.m Circus at stadium.
3:00 p.m Ted Mack Amateur
Talent j Quest on midway,
4:30 p.m. Flower arrangement
demonstration, j ' ,
6:00 p.nu Free band concert
7:00 Bum. Roy Gordon's Free
. Show Fan on midway.
8:00 p.nu Helene Hughes Stage
Kevne at grandstand.
8:00 p.m. Circus at stadium.
Midnight Gates close.
was going to the fair Friday.-1
met him first in the garden divi
sion, where airs, jack Bartlett,
superintendent was answering; a
dozen questions at once and point
ing out the smoke which was
coming - out of the little - cabin
topping Ernest Iufer's (display;
Mrs. Bartlett took time out to
say the flower show wovld offic
ially open at 12 noon to the pub
lic Judging would start at 10
a.m. There were 42 garden clubs
which will furnish 14 table ar
rangements daily at the fair.
All Kinds of Machinery f 1 f
And the ifarra machinery!
There are all kinds of things for
the big little boys to watch run
around. "Self-propelling" j appears
on many labels. I watched Bob
Ebersole of Interstate setting tip
a new D-2 Caterpiller with a tool
bar dozer. That .' should mean
something to someone.
' Wandering about the grounds
I noted that the lampposts which;
carried palm trees last year, are
topped with" wooden-cutout cir
cus folk and animals this year., i
In the Agriculture Hall, herbs
sion, where I sampled some ex
cellent fudge while Gladys Turn
bull said that entries were com
ing in more rapidly than ever
before.1 There were 5S by 4
o'clock against the usual less
Stater Faniil
Income Downj
PORTLAND W Oregon farm
ers received, 1 per cent less for
their products from niid-July to
mid-August according to the Fed
eral Crop Reporting Service. $ -
The all-crops price index was up
about one-half of 1 per Icent be
cause of better prices for wheat
hay, potatoes, new crop' onions and
peppermint ; j V !
The all-livestock index fell 4 per
cent however, due to declines for
meat animals, poultry, eggs and
wooL - . . :. .?
Project Seeks I
Isle as Target'
a missile observation station on
Ascension, site of a U. S. iair ferry
field between . South America and
Africa in World War ILj -
The negotiations are viewed as
the first positive indications : that
the United States is making pro
gress in the deadly international
race to develop a missile capable
of zooming across oceans and
striking suddenly on the enemy's
continent -. ' i
U. S. progress in developing an
inter-continental missile -was the
subject of running debate in the
Senate last month between Sen.
Stuart Symington D-Mo), former
Air Force secretary in the Tru
man administration, and Chair
man Lever tt Saltonstall (R-Mass)
of the Senate Armed j Services
Committee. j
? , Several Years Away'
- Symington contended that the
United States was not: putting
enough emphasis on the iirogram
to meet the Russian challenge.
Saltonstall argued that progress
was being made- and that no
"crash' (hurry-up) program was
necessary. j '
- Establishment of a 5000-mile
missile test range will not mean
that the intercontinental missile
Is about to become part of the U.S.
arsenal of atomic weapons. Rather
the Air Force is entering the "ex
perimentaT stage; Missile experts
agree it probably will be several
years before a truly operational
intercontinental missile wiH be
developed. . , .
Show
104TH YEAR
2
Area Youngsters Catch Clown
A.
Salem-area youngsters caught Popo the clown with his wig off Friday during tour behind .scenes at
? State Fair circus where rehearsal was In progress. In doorway (left to right) are Tommy Hnghes,
sob of circus producer Helene Hnghes, who was showing circus sights to Greg Barnell, Keizer, and
JinunyDurbin, 465 N. 17th St. Circus. will, start at 2:30 and 8 pan. (Statesman Photo.)
half a dozen by that hour.. Half
of the entrants were new, too,
ch csM ,-.-. L-- rv : M
Beautiful Blondes: ' ; i : r r ' i
A lot of folk had to work Jater
than usual Friday night because
of the two beautiful blondes go
ing through their rehearsals at
the Pacific Telephone booth." I
could just " imagine the -crowd
around that booth during the rest
of the week. "V . r f v
from Santolina to Costmary made
a good showing among Land Pro
ducts, and the Scone Booth was
being put together but no
scones until Saturday, k .-
I fared better in the foods divi
We caught Helene Hughes
Eod China Bombards
Nationalist-CleId; Isles
;" By SPENCER MOOSA V' j ".
- TAIPEH, Formosa UP) Communist Chinese artillery Friday
bombarded two Nationalist-held islands off the China Coast for more
than five hours. :. ..... u ;, .jv.t"'- ' :
i : A Nationalist government communique said about 3,000 shells
Were fired at Quemoy and Little Quemoy. Casualties were listed as
light three killed, two seriously wounded,: five slightly wounded.
v (Red China s ; Peipinc radio,
heard in Tokyo, claimed the Com
munist bombardment sank one
gunboat damaged a submarine
chaser and a tugboat demolished
a wharf, enveloped both islands in
flames and smoke and "complete
ly silenced" Nationalist batteries.)
; The attack immediately raised
speculation here whether it pre
saged an attempt to seize the
two islands or was for political
purposes only. Unofficial quarters
regarded it mostly as an effort to
inject disharmony into the South
east Asia security conference
which opens in Manila Monday.
Quemoy Island, a Nationalist
strongpoint, is seven miles east of
Amoy, Red-held island city just off
the China manland. Little Quemoy
is only five miles east of Amoy.
The Nationalist and Red holdings
thus are within easy artillery
range of one another. -:
Should the Reds make an effort
to seize Guemoy, they would in
effect be challenging a recent
statement by U. S. Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles.
r Late last month Dulles, com
menting on Peiping talk of "liber
ating" Formosa, said American
forces would be justified in defend
ing some other Nationalist-held is
lands. He said it would be up to
American military authorities to
decide fwhich islands, other than
Formosa to defend.
' The U, S. 7th Fleet is assigned
to guard Formosa, the Nationalist
China stronghold, against invasion.
Formosi is 100 miles east of ue
moy, across Formosa Strait
FRATERNITY ELECTS CASE
LOS ANGELES A Portland,
Ore., attorney and former Repub
lican national cemmitteeman,
Ralph H. Cake. Friday was named
president of Phi Gamma Delta,
college social fraternity, at the
group's lOGlh annual meeting.
. SALEM FRtCrPITATlOX
Since Sunt of Weather Year Sept. I
This Yir Last "Year , Normal
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"Boom-de-booming" the , circus
band into, the rythm she needed
lor her Various circus acts Ele
phants, had not yet arrived, she
said., but she was awaiting them
anxiously: The circus i actually
looked like it would be a top
notcher. Here I found Spitzbart
again, watching -with wide open
eyesv . - r r; k " "..
, Out on the : grounds were a
number 6t neft green picnic ta
bles and benches, brought in-for
the convenience, of the - public
by the Hollywood Lions Club..
Barns Bulging j
The barns were actually bulg
ing . . 480 pigs, 605 sheep, hun-
I dreds " of ) cattle. not so many
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ior Power
SHoftage'Said
Facing Region
PORTLAND tf Unless addi
tional generation is l provided
preferabbly by the "partnership
approach" the Pacific: Northwest
will experience an electric power
shortage by 1961-62, the Bonneville
Power Administration said in its
annual planning report Friday,
"The federal government invites
local participation in the construc
tion and financing of large multi
purpose projects.' If adequate pow
er capacity is to become available
to meet - the region's - economic
growth, the active' efforts of all
parties in the partnership are re
quired," the report stated.
Small federal and non-federal
projects and McNary J CKief Jo
seph and The Dalles dams on the
Columbia : are expected to add 4
million kilowatts to' the Northwest
power pool Within the next eight
years. , . t I
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WESTER.V 1VTIRXATIONX
At Salem S-2. TrlOtr S-5 '
At Vancouver 3-3. Wenatcbe O-S
At dnwntonr . ,Iwistoa (rain) '
COAST IXAGt'K
At Portland ; .Seattle (rain
At Hollywood 3, Loc Antreles 3 .
At San Diego 2. Sacramento 7
At San francisco 0. Oakland 1
AMERICAN UAGCE :
At Chicago 2. Cleveland S
At Washington 2. New York S
At Philadelphia 1. Boston 11
At Detroit 4. BalUmora a
NATIONAL LEAGIE : '
At New York 1. Erooklyn 4 -At
Cincinnati Z Milwaukee
At St. Louu 4. Chiraio 4 -
- At Pittsburia 1-2. Philadelphia 7-18
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The Oregon Statesman,
With Wig Off
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horses, goats down In number too. j
but the whole made: a? terrific
cnorus. j (Vivian Poorman, in
charge of registering the animals,
slid there were far more than
"ordinary.' M ' ' -!- :
'Gobblifls' turkeys, Quacking
ducks, and cackling hens drowned
the conversation with Kenneth
Jennings, but all pens appeared
full-' ' ;!;:
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ing sunshine for Saturday after
noon . and Sunday,- things were
looking f p for' a mighty fine fair
one that I'm not going to mind
seeing for eight days straight
It Additional . Fair : details on
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of Movie
ette
I los Angeles un Eugene
Pallette, corpulent character actor,
died of cancer Friday at; the age
Of 65. . ''!- : .. . ' j
41 Pallette appeared in hundreds
of movies before retiring severaj
years ' ago. , Among , them were:
'Mr. Smith goes to Washington,
"One Hundred Men and a GirL"
"My Man Godfrey," "The Three
Musketeet's, r and "Suspense." '
: He attracted considerable notice
in the earlr years of World War
It when rumors circulated that he
had hoarded huge supplies of food
stuffs ; on bis remote 3.500-acre
rench in jWallowa County; Eastern
Oregon,) ; . i - - I ;
! PalletU. at the time explained
he was hot hoarding but seeded
the supplies to operate his huge
ranch.
i In 183
300. head
He also
he sold the ranch, its
of cattle and its sawmill.
sold the foodstuff cache.
He tame to Oregon in 1909 with
a stage show that went broke hi
Portland.! He got a job as a street
cari motorman by impressing the
firm's superintendent with his en
terprise. He outwitted several hun
dred other applicants by. climbing
through a rear window of v the
trolley company's office, i
i He was born at Winfield, Kan.
and. educated at Culver; Military
Academy His parents were, stage
performers. 7 : .'-vv. j,:
t After playing in several stock
companies. Pallette entered mov
ies in their early days as an extra.
By 1916 lie had big roles in films
With : Norma Talmadge and other
stars. As! his girth increased the
5-foot-9 actor turned from 'leading
man portrayals to character parts.
i He served two years in the Army
during World War L He retired
in 1344 to a ranch near La Grande,
Ore., but! sold it and returned to
Hollywood five years later,
I Surviving is his widow, Marjorie
BIG DEVELOPMENT i
i SEATTLE W If Harvey Lumi
num. Inci. finds a power project
et Alaska's Copper River feasible
and goes! ahead with it, it wouia
mean the i biggest jingle industrial
development m the territory's his
tory.
Actor PaU
Salem, Oreaon, Saturday, Sept. 4, 1354
Islands9
Defense
Pledged
MANILA to U. S. Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles Friday
declared "If the Philippines were
attacked, the United States would
act immediately."
; Dulles gave this assurance in a
statement at the: opening of the
U. S.-P. t mutual defense talks.
To allay any Philippine -fears
that the United States might not
come to the aid of this country in
the event of ; aggression, Dulles
said: . "n :
Emphatic (Terms ;
"I wish to state in most emphatic
terms that the United States will
honor fully its commitments under
the mutual defense treaty. If the
Philippines r were attacked, the
United States would act immediate
ly. . -
"We expect the Philippines to
contribute to I its own security to
the extent of its capabilities. To
that would be added the U. S. air,
naval ' and logistical support."
Dulles remarks were apparently
aimed at soft-pedalling Philippine
enthusiasm for a NATO-type South
east Asian collective security
agreement ,
Nations to Meet - . '
Eight nations wiH meet in Mani
la Monday to forge a pact against
ruttner communist aggression in
Asia.' - . j ;.- i i
It is generally believed that if
the Philippines get strong military
commitments from the United
States in j the current mutual de
fense talks, it will back down on its
present strong stand ior the SEATO
conference. r U! - , . j -
Rates Reduced
n r
un insurance
ForiDwellin
Insurance rates on houses and
nouse contents aave been . re
duced for many Oregon cities, in
cluding Salem, by the Oregon in
surance rating bureau. -5 ,
saiem: rates ior a smngie roox
dwelling; have been lowered from
$30 to $1.88 per $1,000 for a
one-year term policy.- On the
same type policy, composition
roof dwelling rates in Salem
dropped, from $3 to $1.68 per $1-
000. :;.
One year . term content Tates
for $1,000 drop from $3.50 to
$2.04 for: shingle roof and from
$3 to $1.84 for composition roofs.
Policies renewed or written on
or after Sept. 1, will be written
with the new rates. -
Existing policies written since
July 1 may be corrected to the
new rates as of Sept 1. However
policies Iwritten before July first
can not be changed unless the
whole policy is canceled and re
written.! , f;i
Fire insurance rates are de
termined on the basis of a city's
class rating, which can vary from
one to 10. Portland with a class
2 rank gets lower rates than Sa
lem and Eugene who are rated
class 4. i -
Clark Gable Visits
In Iilamath Falls
. KLAMATH FALLS fl Movie
actor Clark Gable was an unan-
nounced visitor here Friday.
The actor went tb Keno, about
13 miles southeast of here, to buy
a hunting dog from Joe and Dick
Morgan.! well known dog breeders.
The Morgans will train the animal
and Gable will take the dog when
he. returns for the duck and geese
shooting: season at Tula Lake.
Ex- Vice Consul MFrmlMd
Oii Charge of A iding Soviet Spy
SYDNEY (B-i France's former
vice consul in Australia, a viva
cious 45 - year; old widow who
worked ior the French resistance
ia World War II, has been arrested
on charges of aiding the one.- time
Soviet agent Vladimir Petrov.
French Ambassador Louis Roche
Rose-Marie Oilier gave vital in
formation on Australian arms ship
ments to Indochina to Petrov while
he was; head of 1 Soviet espionage
ring in this country.
Roche said. Mrs. Oder was sus
pended from her job in May and
sent to; Noumea, capital of the
French ; Island of New Caledonia
90 miles east; of .Australia, where
one of her two sons attends col
lege. She was visiting him when
French i authorities took her into
custody: 12 days ago.
Mrs. Oilier, described as a short,
vivacious woman, is a law and
politics! science graduate who be
PRICE 5c
Reels Release'
.FrericEHero
Of IndocMiia
I By FORREST EDWARDS A
HANOI, Indochina (JP) The French High Command announced
Friday night that Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries, commander of , the
fallen Dien Bien Phu fortress, has been released by the Vietminh in
the Indochina prisoner exchange. ' -
- A command spokesman said de Castries, highest ranking French
officer captured by the Communist-led rebels during the nearly eight-
Employm
ent
In State Hits
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Year's Peak
Seasonal employment reached
the year's peak in the closing
weeks of August and because of the
late season may be expected to
continue at a high level for sev
eral weeks, the state unemploy
ment compensation commission
reported here Friday.
Officials said! they based their
statement on reports received from
26 local employment offices oper
ated; under direction of the com
mission. . .j. ' .
The number of those . actively
seeking work dropped from 37,200
to 29,300 during' the past month.
officials estimated. The figures
do not include I those engaged in
labor disputes I but do include
many students,! - housewives ond
other summer workers displaced
by lumber workers. A year ago
21.459 were looking foe jobs and
two years ago 14,400. In 1949 the
figure was 33,900. , ,
Payments Higher , ?
Payments to insured workers
were $1,222,984,1 higher than for
any August with the exception of
in 1949. The total compares with
Sl.O08.8ll in July. vt- , s ,
Unemnlovment declined dorms
August in every section of , the
state with thel exception of La-
Grande and Klamath Falls, where
small increases were reported. In
the metropolitan area. 2.500 fewer
were looking for: jobs than a month
ago, mainly because of pickup in
food processing land other season
al operations. -: - - -
Salem. 1 Roseburg.' Toledo,,- As
toria, and Hood River had good
gins in employment, v ; :
Because , of moderate weather
and i the number of persons in
volved in labor disputes,, few ac
tual shortages of agricultural help
were being reported.. Heavy de
mand for bean and blackberry
pickers were noted from, around
Portland, Hillsboro. McMinnville
and Salem. .; : . : ,
Most harvests are expected to
wind up this month although late
fruit; nuts and ! potatoes will re
quire help for additional weeks.
Rifle Bullet Fatal
Ta Portland Tot
PORTLAND (jfl A 4-year-old
girl was fatallyj wounded by her
older brother when a rifle they
found at the home of their grand
parents accidentally discharged,
police reported. ; .
The victim was Evelyn 'Eaton.
She died en route to a hospital.
Police said they were informed
the shooting occurred whfcS the
children were playing1 in a bed
room. They said the gun was fired
by a 7-year-old brother, Byron.
EUGENE ASKS LICENSE
WASHINGTON tf The City
of Eugene, Ore Friday asked the
Power Commission for a license
to build a $7,223,000 hydro-electric
project on the McKenzie River in
Lane and Linn counties. -.
gan working for; the French gov
ernment in Syria in 1934.' She Is
currently held at Noumea to be
returned to France by ship.' '
Petrov is the former third sec
retary of the Soviet Embassy who
obtained asylum in Australia last
spring witn
en
offer to disclose
network' in Am
the Soviet spy
tralia. r
A transcript bf his testimony at
the Royal Espionage Commission
secret hearing on Mrs. OUier's
case, held in .Melbourne July 20,
was released Friday.
Petrov declared Mrs. Oilier told
him' of Australian shipments ; to
French authorities in Indochina at
seven or eight meetings, the last
on March 8 this year. He said her
code name in Soviet dispatches
was "Oiga" and that he had passed
on her information to Moscow.
Both Petrov and his wife told the
commission (hat. Mrs. OUier had
The Weather
BUx. Mln. Freda,
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Salem
Portland
San Francisco
T 54 Jto
WHlamette River -2.5 feet.
FORECAST (from V. S. weather '
bureau, McNary field. Salem):
Cloudy this morninf and Sunday
morning: mostly tunny both after
today 75 U 77. high Sunday 78 to
SO: expected low tonight 50 to 52.
No. 1E3
year ! war,' fwas turned over to
French representatives at Vietri.
He was scheduled to arrive here
shortly.
The official announcement came '
just 10 minutes after Vietminh Gen.
fran Van Dune told a reporter da
Castries would be released at Vie
tri Saturday "barring unforeseen
developments."
Statement Made : !
The Vietminh general made the
statement at a cocktail party given
by . Indian members of the Indo
china Armistice Commission.
The high command spokesman
said de Castries had been turned
over at Vietri -between 8 and 1:30
p. m., alter tne rezuiar prisoner
excnange .ad been completed.
-me spokesman said that as of
9:23 p. in. the general was still at
Vietri but would arrive in Hanoi
between' II o'clock and midnight
- r renca omaais nere naa no fur
ther details and no information
was immediately available on d
Castries' health.
A French spokesman said, how-
ever, that de Castries would ea in-'
to a French hospital in Hanoi for
a physical checkup. ; , -
Reporters Visit
Several American newsmen, in-
eluding Associated Press photogca-.
peer i?Tea waters, visited Vietri
Friday. The reporters left the vil
lage after 6 p. m. with the first
boat of returning POWs and said
that up to that time no prisoner
resembling the general had gone
through the. regular release pro
, cedure. n -:. ! - ;: ; ',.
A French official said the French
had asked the Vietminh when de
C!ries would be -freed, and fc
no-answer; Waters reported.
De Castries wife, Jacqueline,
was waiting for him in Paris,
where she returned after his cap
ture. She had asked permission to
return to Saigon to greet hira but
the government sidetracked the re-
quest because it would have been
unable to comply with'shnilar re
quests from wives of other
tured officers. ? -
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Not Mandatory
School districts may not require
pupils to obtain a physical exami
nation at parents' expense before
admitting them to school, Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton held
here Friday, j f
Thornton further held,, however,
that school districts may i budget
funds for free examinations and
authorize optional examination by
a private physician , at. parents
expense. ; i
The opinion was sought by State
Rep. Boyd S. Overhulse of Madras.
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been given a wristwatch worth 25
pounds $73.73 bought from Soviet
MVD funds. :r..
y Petrov said he was introduced
to Mrs. OUier in 1952 by' former
Tass representative Pakhamov and
later made contact with her when
she returned from a vacation in
France the next year. He arrarsd
to meet her on. Dc. 24, 1X3, in
Cooma, about 250 miles from Sydney.-..,
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1 The Cooma meeting, Petrov test
ified, was very important because
it was there she had agreed to
bring a list of arms -and weapons
which Australia promised to send
to Indochina. At the last meeting,
on March 8, Petrov stated, she told
him the name of the arms
the Radnor.
s.v-p.
Moscow asked him' to get the
French Embassy ciphers from
Mrs. OUier, -but he never asked
her, Petrov added. - ; '