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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1954)
i ' i 2 (Sc 1) Statesman, Salsm, Traffic PrbblemVi Byj Gify Council I (Story also on page L) Downtown l traffic and parking claimed City Council attention Mon day night ia five particulars, in cluding an order for 220 new park ing meters i of the Park-O-Meter type the city has used several years. I , : - ! The meters were ordered on, a bid price of $49.35 per meter from the Magee-Hale i company, com pared with bids of $49.07 oa the Duncan "Automaton" qmeter and . $56 on the Dual Automatic parking meter. . ' : i City Manager ! . L. Franzen recommended the Park-O-Meter on the ' grounds that maintenance nation SessionOpens InPbr PORTLAND on President . C. Petrus Peterson f of the National Reclamation Assb. Monday called for reappraisal of that part of 4he - Eisenhower foreign aid program which he said has resulted in spending nearly as much abroad on reclamation i seven years as has been spent, in . the United States by: the government in more than SO jears. ' Secretary of the Interior McKay, in his first speech since last Tues day's elections, in which control of Congress shifted to the Demo crats. caHed for cooperation from "forward-looking groups" such as the reclamation! association to make the Eisenhower partnership program for natural resource' de 1 velopment a success. i i Is Both spoke at the first formal session of the 23rd annual conven tion of the association. Earlier at separate j caucuses of delegates , from the' arid and sem-arid states of the West, it was indicated the next convention will go to Lincoln, Neb., Peterson's home town. ? ; Peterson is apparently going to' be elected to a fourth term as president by the board of directors Wednesday. ' " ' Peterson cited figures thaT the nation's domestic reclamation pro gram in more than 50 years had cost the government about 2.4 bH . lion dollars while the foreign aid oroerara in five years through June 30. 1953, had included ex- Denditures of $1,729,123,000 for rec lamation and hydro-electric instal lations in 30 or more foreign na- i tions. ! ..- ! i " -: : McKay, however, told the con- .vRitioa that In the present state of the federal budget the task of providing for water use and con trol which may be desirable is too great for the government to under take alone. 4 ,!i ;. i 'lip "It is for . that reason that the President has declared himself re peatedly' in favor of a partnership policy for the construction and wise as of these facilities." Mc Kay said. j ' ; 1 - After his speech, the i secretary was presented a huge reproduction of a check depicting that the Co lumbia Basin project has already paid to the government more than 100 million dollars on its account arising from investment of more than ; 473 millioa dollars in the project. i , LE. Coles of Prineville Monday was elected Oregon director of the National Reclamation Assn. 'Hi; Heart Attack Takes Life of Mrs. Smith i Mrs. Mary Smith, 67, wife of S. Judson Smith, died Sunday ki her borne at 1780 Beaca St. Relatives 6d a heart attack was apparent ly the cause of death. Mrs. Smith and her busbaod had lived in Oregon since 1936, when they moved to the Hubbard area from their native state of Tennes see.. They moved to Salem In 1943, In Salem Mrs. Smith attended the Fsith Gospel Tabernacle. 1 Survivors include the widower; three daughters, ' Mrs. Ray Moore of Salem; Mrs. Clara Clark, La- porte, Ino., ana Mrs. , Norma , Kaeensraf t. South Bend' Ind.; four sons, Herman C.! Smith, Evansville, Ind. : Norman ' Smith Clay City, 111. ; Paul and Stephen Smith, Coos Bay, and Roy A. South, Oklahoma City, Okla.fc a sister, Mrs. Chris Barnes, Web ster. Fla.; two brothers, George Newman, Rockwood, Term., and W. PaV Newman, Niota. Teno.; j grandchildren and I ' great-grandchildren. . - I 9 .- : fi, ' Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday ifl the Howell Edwards Chapel with the Rev, Wilson M. Wyatt officiating. Burial will be in Bckrest Cemetery CAR LESS DANGEROUS .DANVILLE, Va. UB-Traffic Of fjcer Williar Lee Carter brought stra;' pony to book but feels the motor car is less dangerous. The pony charged him, bit him and knocked him down, j Or Tuesday. Nor. 9, 19S4 Parking problems would " be ' fewer. ' The Council recently ordered 300 Kar park meters taken out after a year's trial. Maintenance reports were the deciding factor, alder? men indicated. Recently the coun cil permitted a free trial demon stration of the Automaton meters which now appear in some blocks. New Parkiag Area '' f ' In another parking meter mat? ter. Mayor-elect Robert F. White order legislation drawn to order parking meters installed on tne east. side: of Church Street near Ferry, in front of Burright's Clean;- era. There the council two years ago' after considerable debate re moved meters from several spaces arranged for parking at a. cut-back curb in Tront of the business. The rest-of the block has meters. - i "As I see it," said White, "this would correct a situation that's been going on a long time." . J 'Immediate AcUoa' : I White first sought immediate ac? tion, but Alderman David O'Hara argued the affected businessman should have some notice ! of thjj pending change. A sign recently appeared on the cleaning estab lishment saying "Customer Park ing Only." ; -, S A letter of protest about a block of Winter street being blocked off at noontime for St. Joseph's school children to play, was withdrawn by personnel of the State Board of Aeronautics which has an office nearby. . " f " " i But the aldermen adopted a mo tion of Alderman Robert White that the church . be - notified the special blockade will not be re ntvM nnnthpri uhnn vpar tmJpsJl council action s sought i S Alderman O'Hara said the church ' was making progress to ward more playground j area and should have the situation improved within two years. 1 ; ,' I The council acted to set aside the most easterly lane of Com mercial Street near'1 Court as a left turn only" i lane for traffic turning, into Court. ; ! .11 Drive Approved " ' Aldermen approved a plan of Lipman, Wolfe it Co. for a .double driveway on Commercial at Che meketa Sts. where the department store firm plans to tear down two old buildings and put in a parking area. ; 'i , , 1 The controversial proposal to join 18th and A Streets for addi tional traffic flow in a residential area off Center St. was approved by a 5-4 vote of the Council last night after a public bearing and a council argument over the pro cedure which was - recommended by the Planning Commission. j Alderman Fry, "Walter White, Robert White, Clayton Jones and Mayor Alfred Loucks voted for the street : extension; Armstrong, Chase Nicholson and O'Hara op posed it. ' ; ; Owners Object j 1 Property owners along l$th Street objected to the move and maintained that it would benefit only property developer Maynard Haverland who is building courts in the vicinity. ' i Another neighborhood's protest against a service station develop ment at Center and Jason Sts., was referred to the planning group for study. ; j 1 1 Held up for further study was request of Walter Heine for 30-foot instead of 24-foot driveways for a new service station at Broadway St., and Tryon Ave. ; ratnmmdatlna Rim Elmer Berglund was commend ed by formal city resolution for his work as campaign chairman for Salem United Fund which recent ly raised over $198,000 for 31 youth and welfare agencies. i The Council voted to notify the State Speed Control Board they do not want a 35-miles-an-hour; speed xone established on Broadway St. north of Pine St. I An operating agreement with the County Court on management of Salem Pioneer Cemetery, long known as the Odd Fellows Ceme tery, was approved, along with legislation to set up a trust lund to receive gifts for . a cemetery fund. ; . , - u ' ' i STARTS TOMORROW! FLAMING ADVENTURE 1.1 TKE in -1 : j Action Co-Hit - - - ii 1 1 I 1 YMGATinish The Job Prive' Announced With $110,000 still needed to complete the goal of the YMCA building fund, the group's board of directors has set from -Nov. 29 to Dec. 11 as the time for a "Fin ish the Job" campaign, it was an nounced at the 63rd annual meet ing of the Salem YMCA Monday night ,. v So far, $380,000 has been raised toward the $490,000 goaL The funds will be, used for construc tion of a new youth wing at the present YM building and to im prove and renovate present facili ties at the building, Leader for the ; finish-the-job campaign is W. IL Winslow. . Dr. Stanton Turner, former American general secretary of the YMCA in the Phillipines, spoke to the meeting on the Y's work in the Far East j ; Dr. Turner served in the islands for 27 years and during World War II was a prisoner of the Japanese for 34 years. He stated that "to see the mean ing and faith in Christ and what is done about it" has taught him the most about the, persons that he has known, if The former secretary contend ed i that "Godless Communism is the greatest threat to world brotherhood and freedom yet known to man." He added that Christianity must win the battle for the world and that the YMCA is a "great instru ment i with which to achieve this goal, j ' ..' t -J . " The speaker added that "it will be a hundred years before some Asian countries are ready for democracy" and that "we must respect a land's people and their beliefs." I ; 3 v . .. Nine members of the Salem YMCA board of directors were te-elected to their j posts. The men are Carle Abrams, president of the board; Reynolds Allen; Dr, Frank j Brown, G. F. Chambers, Ronald Hudkins, J Al Loucks, Charles A. Sprague, Loyal Warn er and Otto J. Wilson. Five boys from each Salem high 1 1 1 j . . scnooi were singiea oui as out standing by Hi-Y. is Named for outstanding contri bution to, Hi-Y were Jack Loy, North Salem High, and Phil Burk- land, .South Salem High. Outstanding athletes in each school, Terry Salisbury, North iaiem, ana Herb Juran, South Salem: best students, Jerry Berg. North Salem, and Bill McDonald, 2outn &aiem. 1 - Outstanding Christians. Dick Engdahl, North Salem, and Bob Griffin, South Salem; outstanding all-around boy, Bob Cotner, North Salem, and Neal Scheidel, South baiem. ;. - - i, j .. 1.-,.. , Sex Murder Victim Buried NORWOOD, Mass. U) - Ger- aldine Annese, 15, was laid to rest in Highland Cemetery Monday while Peter Makarewkz, her 15- year-old neighbor and alleged slay er, pleaded innocent to a charge be strangled her Thursday sight in a darkened garage. me mandatory piea ox inno cence was recorded in nearby Dedham District Court a few hours after the boy went to con fession and received holy commu nion from the Rev. j Hippolyte Za- walich, pastor of St. Peter's Cath olic Church where the lad had been an altar boy. i The mothers of both the boy and 1 1 gin were near collapse. Christmas Leaves Due for Enlistees ! Half -of the enlistees' in the UJS. Army this roonta will be granted 10-day leaves for Christinas and the remaining half 10-day leaves for New Year's, it was announced Monday by the Army . Recruiting Office here. Current vacancies in branches of tLe Army ere Signal Corps, nine; Medical Service, seven : Adjutant Gtral Corps, six; Quartermaster Corps, four, and Chemical Corps, LAST DAY rWomons World' end "The Cow Boy" GaEAT PACIFIC KCm'V.'EST! B29 Withheld Fire When Hit By Red Jets (Story also on page 1.) ' TOKYO .. U.S. Air 'Force officers charged Monday that two Soviet MIGs swept 20 miles be yond a demarcation line to within ess than three miles of Japan s coast while shooting down their RB29. Sunday off Northeast Hok kaido. The photo-mapping plane had guns: which it failed to use in re taliation but the RB29 group com mander solemnly : warned that all his planes would shoot back if at tacked in the future. '!..! Capt. Anthony F. Feith, of Ches ter, Pa., 35-year-old commander of the downed plane, said that he had authority to order firing back but did not use it in the mistaken be lief the RB29 could finish' its photo-mapping mission. Feith s group commander, CoL Albert Welsh, of Daltbn City, IB., gave newsmen the impression he may have been personally disap pointed that the RB29 did hot shoot back but emphasized that was a matter for Feith to decide. Then he added that . any. MIGs who might try it again would "get a different reception." ; Both Capt Feith and his 24- year-old co-pilot, Lt David N. Oliver, of Corvallis, Ore., said the two bullet-spitting MIG jets flew inside Japan's three mile limit on the last of four firing passes. -' They pinpointed a spot more than 18 miles from Russian waters as the plane's closest approach and said the firing MIGs chased them snore than 20 miles on the Japanese side' of the demarcation une. ' "' " r ! The Air Force said Sabrejets protected another RB29 which com pleted the photo-mapping mission Monday without incident. Malenkov Has 'High Regard' For President MOSCOW ! U.S. Rep. Victor Wickersham (D-Okla) said MorF- day Soviet Premier Georgi M. Malenkov. and Communist : Party boss zvikita a. itnrusncnev ex pressed j "high regard" for Presi dent Eisenhower. The visiting congressman met top government and party officials at a banquet given in the Krem lin Sunday night by Foreign Min ister V.M. Mototov to commemo rate the 37th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Wickersham said Malenkov and Khrushchev had asked him to "convey the re spects of our people to your Presi dent" . , - The congressman said be was chatting with Foraign Trade Min ister A.I. Mucoyan after the ban quet when Malenkov strolled up, The Premier said he admired Eisenhower and remarked the President was famous in World War II as 'an honorable soldier. Poiice Receive Morals Report j ' Willamette University officials reported Monday to Salem police that an unidentified man jhad ex posed himself indecently before a woman student in the basement of the university music building. Melvin Geist, dean of the music school, and W. W. Miller, janitor of the building, chased the man after the; incident was reported but he outran them. He was de scribed as being between 25 and 30 years old, partially bald and with reddish hair.. William Tierncy, Salem, Succumbs William Tierney, Salem Route 5 died Saturday in his home. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Annie Bell. Niagara Falls. N.Y., and a brother, -James Tierney, Baltim ore. Md. Mrs. Bell is scheduled to arrive in Salem this morning to super vise funeral plans. Clough-Barrick Chapel is in charge of arrange ments, i HOW PUYIII6! KM VS. SEKSATCAl IFOUIIXAIII Ofton WEBS Dorothy McGUIRE Jmh PETERS lovis JOURDAN ZadBigHit Tu rnerArea ent i .SUtesmaa News Senrie TURNER Mrs. Fannie Lorena Chamberlain, a long-time Oregon resident, died at her home west of Turner Sunday,! two days be fore her 70th birthday. ' ' ' Mrs. Chamberlain was born in Alsea, Ore., Oct 11, 1884, and had spent most of her life in the state. She moved to the Turner area four months ago after living in Nebraska since 1950. , Survivors include three sons. Harry McKenney iHarper,. Ore.; Floyd McKenney, Aumsville, and Archie Chamberlain, Ophir, Ore.; a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Ebberts, Hagerman, Idaho; ' a sister, Mrs, Stella English, Los i Angeles; a brother, Walter Peek, Cottage ! Grove; ajialf-brother, Elmer. Ben- j son, Huntington Beach, Calif.,: and 11 grandchildren. - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Wed dle Funeral Homej Stayton, with the Rev. Bob Luther of Aumsville officiating. Burial will be in the; Miller cemetery at, Shelburn. j l ' 2 Aldermen Sworn in by City Attorney (Additional Council news Page 1) Two of the six aldermen who will serve the City of Salemvin the coming year and more were sworn in and took their City Council -seats Monday night at City Halt i I They were Clayton Jones, rep resenting Ward 3 of downtown and South Commercial Street area, and Walter E. White, rep resenting West Salem's Ward 8. Both men are merchants. . The oath of office .was admin istered by City Attorney Chris J. Kowitz after the council accepted the official canvass of votes in the recent city election. . Jones , succeeds Claud Jorgen- sen, who has retired from the council after many- years of serv ice as an alderman. Jorgensen de feated Leonard Rowan in the May primary and was unopposed at the general election. Walter i White succeeds J. S. Lochead who was appointed to fill out the term of tarl Burk. Three others who will take their council seats Jan. 1 attend ed meetings of the council last night or yesterday noon. They are P. W. Hale,- Edward E. Roth and E. C. Charltoi. A sixth sew alderman will be the appointee of the Council who replaces Rob ert F. White when he steps up from Ward 7 alderman to mayor Jan. 1. "h r !'; 4 " , m. ' In the official i "vote canvass, White received 12,022 rotes; Ed ward A. Randle, a: former unsuc cessful candidate for mayor, re ceived 7 write-m votes and 35 "stray" votes", were east, The official count on the con tested alderman Taees showed: Ward 2, Hale 1,058, Chester Chase 846; Ward 6, Roth 1,262, Don Madison 996. i More Showers I Expected Today More cloudy weather, punctu acted by showers, is in store for Salem today and tonight, the Mc Nary Field weather station ; pre dicted in the learly morning fore cast Tuesday.) f i ' Little change m .temperature is expected. A high of 55 is antici pated for this afternoon, with a low of about 46 tonigh.; : HELD OVER! j OPEN 5:45 he Best Years of Our Lives" (double-feature ! length) ' plus j Walt Disney's colorful tru-life adventure of The Olympic Elk COMING WEDNESDAY . CINEMASCOPE - ' "RIVER OF NO RETURN" On Our! W!dr Wide Screen "I was an American girlin Paris... ! reckless, romantic! f How wonderful it was .u" ; i " THE LAST TIME 1 SAW PARIS V-e-MYTtcfcticolor ran sacs starriag IL12AEETH TWfL0RVAN JOHNSOJI WALTER P1DGE0N DONNA REED Resiri 1 ( -TV It, ' ' Jt. r- DannyKaye, Agent Charged WitliBattery HOLLYWOOD (UP) Comedian Danny Kaye and his , business agent, Edward Dukoff. ere named in a battery complaint Mon day by a doctor who charged tney roughed -him up Sunday night at International Airport: T Dr. Roland Marks, . 51, an ear and throat specialist! said he, was cuffed about the head and socked in the ribs following an alterca tion over a parking' space at the airport He filed a battery com plaint against the actor and Du koff. : - , . .- . . i -! An ' investigation 1 officer, P. Hobson, said Marks told him the . A. 1 At argument , sianea wnue ne , was unloading his baggage ! from his car in a three-minute parking zone. He said Dukoff approached him and "ordered" Mum to move on so a car could pick up Kaye who bad just arrived from New York." -. - .! r Hobson said ' an I argument "T re sulted over the time-limit in the unloading zone. The doctor claim ed Kaye gripped him with a head lock: while Dukoff hit him. The officer said Kaye and Du koff told him the altercation start ed after the doctor: became insult ing whin they asked him to move his car. ;! ':. I The battery report was to be forwarded to the j city j attorney's office for further action. Case Wins Senate Seat Official Count SHows NEWARK. N.J. (UP) Reoub- lican Clifford P. Case was elected to the U.S). Senate from New Jer sey in last Tuesday's disputed election, complete official returns showed Monday, j . Case's plurality, on the basis of returns submitted for certification from the 21 counties was 3502 over his , Democratic i opponent Reo. Charles R. Howell. The complete vote was: 861,583 for Case and 858,081 for Howell. QUICK PROMOTION I . FT. HUACHUCA, ' Ariz CB Hugh Stark retired from the Army as a corporal and jumped at once on the retired list to the rank of lieu tenant colonel. iA veteran of 20 years in the Army, Cpl. (Col.) Stark saw actios in the European theater during World War II. On his discharge after the war he re signed his commission and re-en listed in ' the Regular Army. See II Won af HEIBER' i. - ( AT IKE CCkXEX Cf CEXTEK AD RICH 's-t ymm ' i ' '' ' ' ' P y 't-C-', " X i ' (' -J - y J'J'?- 1 t01fcXeltilliia CuiiliiipuiiJi wmali. Cwi-J whogowy (UA. MoW 21S521. Only Bvr T"0 fa bfefjem television! The new 21 -inch RCA Yictor Fehon brmgs you ihe sensational new -Aa-aear, Pktnre plus rich, Uld&e "Golden Throat PkJefity Sound! knagine a TV picture so dear you can take snap shots of your favorite stars right off the screen! You ge4 it with RCA Victor's new oluminized picture tnbe : and dark-tone safety glass! RCA Victors wtcfosiv "Gokka ThroaT FideBty ; jSowod is just as thriving! K gives you wonderful new I tonal depth and darky! iV New Tragic Monitor chassis automatically ties . dearest picture to finest sound. New "Easy-See"' iVtif tuning coal oaers readability makes tuning a breeze! Come m see and hear RCA Victor's Fe&on today ! rasa W.C Goodwin Dies at Home : William Gaylord Goodwin," 45, an employe of Douglas McKay Chevrolet Co., died Monday morn ing in his home at 2275 Electric Ave. .;;: : A He, is survived by the widow, Mrs. Ella Goodwin, and " a son, Larry William Goodwin, both of Salem; ., two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Whitmore, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Helen Campbell, Los Ange les, and a brother, Arthur J. Good win, Whittier, Calif. j . s ' ' W. T. Rigdon is in charge of funeral arrangements. Politicks Insist r Nehru Keep Job as Prime Minister NEV DELHI, India W - The working committee of India's gov erning Congress Party bowed Mon day to Prime Minister, Nehru's wish to step down from the party chairmanship. But it told him his suggested resignation as Prime Minister was inconceivable. The committee, which is the party's executive body, nominated Uchharang Rai N. Dhebar. -49. chief minister of Saurashtra state in Western India and a loyal fol lower of Nehru, for the party chairmanship. j Nehru, who will be 65 next Sun day, is the only Prime Minister India has had since she won in dependence from Britain in 1947. ; He has said several tides in re cent weeks he thought he was growing stale and should step down so younger leaders could have a chance. But he has made it clear that any formal resigna tion would not mean an end. to bis political activities, j f GIRL TREATED Josette Wood, 15, of 2375 Lee St, was treated by city first aid men early Monday i when she be came ill after taking j medicine. She was reported in satisfactory condition after her stomach was pumped. . - $5.00 Holds BAND INSTRUMENTS $10.00 Holds I PIANOS Delivered Christmas Eve '. No Further Payment Til Feb. MUSIC CENTER 470 N. Capitol Ph. 2-5371 ii m nun ct acta va tm JyllUlliZ irdro greater t FOR BETTER , SERVICE ON ANY Pendleton to Host ? Regional Jaycee ! Meeting Planned The Northwest Regional Insti- ' tute of Jayvee groups will be held Friday and Saturday at Pendle ton, it was announced Monday, i and Salem Jaycees will send one : delegate and possibly two, said ; president Stanley Schof ield. The national, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce or-' ; ganizations, E, LaMarr Buckner, Utah, will speak. , i Purpose of the meeting is to ; create an interest in national af fairs and emphasize youth acti- ; vities. : , Meanwhile, the local Jayvecs will hold their Bosses Banquet at 6:30 Wednesday at the Marion ; Hotel. . ; Basement Fire Causes Alarm Salem city firemen were called shortly after midnight Tuesday to extinguish a basement fire in a frame house at 404 N. Church St., just south of the Greyhound bus depot ; The house was unoccupied at the time the alarm was sounded by Walter Cline of the bus depot restaurant Smoke poured from the house, apparently from burn ing material stored in 'the base ment."'1': v'- MU& l DAYS! - : BUBBLING WITH EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT! : HUMPHREY 1 BOGART : AUDREY j HEPBURN : thiam j HOLDEN valis aAMPMN-mM niua oomu ana jmm n Added " Scotland Yard Calling! "MISSING PASSENGER" with Paul Douglas 39511. High 51. JiH Television Console with new! "All-Clear" Picture . and "Golden Throat" Fidelity Sound rot UHF-Nv tfigk-SpM WW Tm. t( 8 flB0C fflfltflf &Ofl RMflwloW cohMtmohs tmmrd IcWii. 'Oatdi Action" lor to tart, aeewato web la mm4 nm Wt. CH ol lim U yomr mnm, UMf mmd MAKE CALL CI", (( POP EDWARDS ) ) Every Wed.' Nite U ) DICKSON'S Room (( 'rJJa j KMIMQ KSGtVINQ TO . Corner Center and High Sts. Phone 4-5752 -