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1CSoc 1) Statesman, Salem. Dixon-Yates Pact v i ; ,t - i But Status Termed in Doubt WASHINGTON ( Congress financial watch-dog said Friday night the controversial Dixon-Yates power contract has been greatly improved but that he couldn't say whether it is a good one. j That was the way acting Comp troller General Frank H. Weltiel Jilted Lover Convicted of Shotgun Death SPOKANE A Spokane car penter, described as a jilted man with "a terrific love that absorbed his whole bein?" was sentenced .to life in prison Friday for killing his woman mend a hew suitor. Vernon L. Stum, 32, 1 pleaded. guilty to second degree murder in the April 24 shotgun slaying of T. Sgt. Charles V. Lyon, 23. who was killed on the woman's front porch after a date. ; ,jr 1 u a. . brum attorney pictured Dim as an ."infatuated" person: torn apart emotionally when tqe woman. Mrs. Selma Coffman, 33-year-old divor cee with four children, , quit him and began to date young Lyon. Superior Judge Raymond Fv Kel ly said he would recommend psy chiatric attention for Stum in pris on. He made the comment after Prosecutor Hugh Evans told of past "emotionally erratic". .Inci dents. I .si Once while a crewman on i B34 bomber during World War II, Stum parachuted out for no apparent reason, Evans said. Another time be missed a flight on which a fel- low crewman was Kiuea, ana in a t!tf J 3 fit tf rawe-rut cknf int . wAiiw4awl himself, the prosecutor Is told the court. - I. I . ; -rii Stum, who Sew 39 missions dur ing the war, was originally charged with forcing Mrs. : Coff man into his car after the shooting and driving into ; the . country. Evans said be apparently meant to kill her, too, but relented when she pieaoea on behalf of ber four children. The second degree i murder charge was substituted for i first degree murder and kidnapping counts. , , , , ' , . Lyon, native of Vancouver, Wash., was stationed at Geiger Air Force Base here. Evans said Stum pleaded with Mrs. Coffman to re sume their . courtship after 'the started dating the airman. Vets Asked To Remember War Trauiiiig PITTSBURGH (fl Some W 000 Pittsburgh district war vet erans have been asked how much they remember of the military knowledge they acquired. Dr. Har ry. W. Braun, University of Pitta burgh psychologist, requested the veterans to give two hours of their time to complete a questionnaire Dr. Braun says the survey will have no bearing on a veteran's pos sible future service. It is. he said. simply an attempt to compile in formation on retention of military knowledge and its findings will af fect future training programs tak en by hundreds of thousands of new servicemen. , The survey iis being made for the human resources offices of the Department of the Army at George Washington University. ; Now Playing! CINEMASCOPE Open 5:J0 iverOHIoRertrn'' Marilyii Monro .' Robort Mitchum j Plus . ' I -'vH. Riders to the Stars" i Space Thriller i Hollywood Kid Club Matinee' 1 to 4 p.m. ; . "Knights Of The Round TabU'U Serial Three Cartoons ' ALSO ' L ! BENSON'S Birthday Cake fort Robert Beardsley, Diane Sa dowsky, Mike Kolb, Roland Schuh, Gary Gardner, Cyril Weisner, Connie Lapschies, Ju dith Howard, Glenda Bonder, Sharon Tuor, Gary John Fick en, Samuel Koonce, Penny Ty ner, Johnny Hall, Hugh Wal kup, Penny Tyner. to j Reduced ; F? TlC ' 1 M 12:3 Admission ! Qjly) I f ltt Miles Soatb . UmtilSl' J Or. SaU Nor. 13, 1854 Improved,; sized up the 500 million dollar con tract at hearings on it by the Sen ate-House Atomic Energy Commit tee. . Also at the hearings: " 1. Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic 'j Energy Commission repeatedly and at times warmly contended that the uproar! over the deal hasn't impaired the. atomic weapons program in the slightest, 2. Seas. Gore (D-Tenn) and An derson (D-NM) 1 took the position that i the contract . carries what Gore called fa very glaring possi bility of a tax windfall to Dixon- Yates." j- 3. Sen. Fulbright iD - Ark.) stepped up to bat for the .contract, which would bring about construe tion of a 107-million-dollar gener ating plant in his state. He said it compares very favorably" with the performance of the Tennessee Valley Authority power program on an actual cost basis. Fulbright also challenged what he termed allegations that Dixon- Yates would make a ' guaranteed profit" of 9 per cent on Its deal with the government. ' He ' said the Dixon-Yates com pany has taken "a very substan tial risk" and wiH earn about 3J per cent on its total investment. compared with 6 per cent for regu lated private utilities. Weitxel testified that not all ob jections raised against it by his General Accounting Office have been ; met, but that major ones have been taken care of by. last minute changes. "We definitely fed I that many improvements hav j been made in this contract in the interests of the government." Weitzel said. "We were not the negotiators, and can't, say whether we would or would not have signed the con tract: BuM t is a much better con tract thaawu here last week." Asked by reporters whether he now considers it a good contract, Weitzel replied: '"I can't answer that question." Damage Suit Blames Crash For Iiiiuries Neil V. Greene filed a damage suit Friday seeking $8,395 in dam ages for injuries allegedly receiv ed in a collision with a car driven by James E. ,Mohatt Aug. 7.: I The suit was filed in Marion County Circuit Court and charges that the Cause of the mishap was Mohatt's negligence. i t Greene contends that he was stopped for a red light on (Com mercial street when his auto was struck in the rear by the Mohatt vehicle. . f ' " v r r H Greene seeks $8,000 la general and $195 in special damages;' $300 for loss of wages and $50 for re pairs to his car. j ; on collision Damages Autos Two vehicles received consider able damage Thursday' night in a head-on collision on North Lancas ter Bd. but injuries were Only. superficial, state police reported. Drivers were listed as Donald Theodore Smith, . Salem Route 3, and Raymond Eugene Sonderman, 4938 Elizabeth St Officers i laid Sonderman sustained a bump on the' head and his wife received a slight; knee cut Damage to the cars necessitated the use of tow cars. I h irflr . - i? s " :.r i 'THE LIST HUE I SAW PARIS"... "it was a city of , joy... a never ending ; champagne party... and r was a party girl!" i M-t-afi Tsslaicslet rtsitaee stssstaf DJ2AKTH TAYtCaiVAfl JV.XZZX PUTEX flCCtC DOCSQ. J : .! - COMING 1 FOR THANKSGIVING TO ; f 9saBBBaBSSS3BBSaSsSBsCaBBBaa 41 ill rl Beauties and Bearcats Set for k 1 ' V. Wills mette University's X3rd annual homecoming weekend will climax today with a football game against College of Idaho here. Meanwhile, the campus sprouted signs carrying out the "Coyotes Cower From I Bearcats' Power" slogan. Shown with the Delta .Gamma sign are from left to right Marion Smith, Marilyn atennaa and Carol Hewitt. The girls are decked out in paper mache masks worn in the homecoming parade Friday night. L ; J ( Mardi Gras Parade, Bonfire Set Of f Homecoming for MJ j By GARTH FANNING ' ; . Staff Writer, The Statesman , A roaring parade with a Mardi Street Friday, night as Willamette University put on its 33rd annual homecoming parade, culminating with a giant bonfire at. Bush's Pasture. ! . Floats'aplenty, noise and cowering coyotes, symbolizing the Col lege of Idaho, which Willamette plays today at 2 p.m., rolled down the street as car horns blared. I Lausanne and Baxter Halls pic tured the Idaho college as a dra gon, complete with horny, green scales. Pretty girls in bathing suits prodded the "monster" with pitch forks, j Sigma Chi and Pi Phi Epsilon sponsored a float with a King Nep tune theme. Men were "painted" a silver hue and were attired only in bathing suits, also of a silver color to blend in with their bodies. Other floats had a circus theme. and one of them carried a band and a line-up of chorus girls doing the "can-can. complete with the flying leg movements. 1 As the parade reached Mission Street and Bush's Pasture, an avid little group "watched" the orocession disperse students ' at the Oregon State School for the Blind- Lorraine Landrud, . Homecoming Queen, was introduced at the burn ing of the giant bonfire, in which Rube Menashe, student body presi dent, was burned in effigy at the ton of the stack of rubble. Students, at least some of them, feel that Menashe was responsible for the premature burning of most of the stack Thursday night The assembled group kept shouting. "Burn Menashe! Burn Menashe! Menashe was not available for comment ' Following the bonfire, a costume dance was held in the university's gymnasium. A troohy iwQl be awarded for the outstanding float in the parade tonight at the Homecoming Dance at Crystal Gardens at 9 p.m. Prizes will also be awarded at that time for the best signs decor ating the campus during the past few days. The signs are sponsor ed by various fraternities, sorori ties and living groups on the cam pus. Most all of them picture a coy ote, or coyotes, in different stages of despair at the hands of a bear cat, symbol of Willamette Univer sity. One pictures a goal post with a coyote s bead hanging from it; another a bearcat, with a bun- dozer, wheels moving, mowing down aicoyote. One scene, complete with music. shows a bearcat sitting in a power house while - two coyotes cower before him while he shoots elec tricity Into them. Still another shows a bearcat with a gold megaphone chasing a coyote with a white flag of sur render. '.r . h Today's activities will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the registration of visiting alumni.' ' The annual alumni luncheon win convene at 11:45 a.m. in the Marion HoteL Dr. Verne D. Bain will pre side and Mejvin H. Geist dean of the college ot music, will be mas ter of ceremonies. . A pushball contest between s -Saturday Hit o Icrry $ Ills Ccccd: 1 Rcnjj Hid:rs , AUHSVILLE PAVILUOIl , Westtrn Danet Band- 7!F - L V., " 4 r .1 Gras theme cascaded down State 2 Brothers Make Friends With Trout . i - VIENA JP) Two brothers devoted i seven years of their spare time to become the; friends of an entire family. Of brown trout The fish live in !a small stream that drives the brothers' mill at EngelhartszelL ion the banks of the Danube. 1 The hobby of Otto and Karl Lugar now attracts tourists and fascinated anglers. A single trout which they named Hansl was first to be tamed. He would follow his human friends alorig the little river, waiting for his food. " "He would come and get the worms like a dog," said Otto Luger. "He even allowed us to take him out of the stream and let us gently scratch him on his back for a few moments before he jumped back." . I "But HansL i apparently once trusted a stranger' too much. One day, he disappeared. The Lugers never gave up and now they are on the best terms with a family of' seven trout They say, . Mamma and Papa Trout jump out of the water as soon as they dip a finger Into the stream. The fish take worms di rectly from the brothers! hands. The Trout kids also are catching on fast, the brothers say.j Latest to By STAN SWINTON ROME (A That Roman jinx on Hollywood marriages struck again Friday. The latest victim:. Red head Rhonda' Fleming, j . i' The shapely actress announced she will leave for Switzerland in about 10 days to divorce Dr. Lew Morrill, whom she married in Kan ab, Utah, July 11, 1952. She had quietly established Swiss residence six months ago. ! i "Rome's done it again" was the comment around this Hollywood- freshman and sophomores will fol low the football game atjMcCul loch SUdiurni' a ::. j : - . Aa alumni coffee hour Is sched uled at 4:30 p.m. at Lausanne Hall, to be followed by the dance at Crystal Gardens at 9, Newt Croat 241itl i Combination Show) Comedy Co-Hit j tu rrmr tr tij ' at .-sawas) mm m mm Rome Rocks M i ll V u m Homecoming '"ST r Created hv LifeInsurance ! H ' 1- ! - CHARLESTON, S.C. UB-Colleges with endowment troubles might take a look jat a student-conceived plan in operation at The Citadel, South Carolina's state - supported military college. In 1948, two stu dents computed that if 100 mem bers of each graduating class signed , up for a $2,600 .insurance policy and kept it up, in 20 years the annual income from dividends would be about 130,000, The divi dents could form an endowment and the men would have the uv surance. n ; .': ' -. j..- The fund went into operation with the class of 1953 as lis sen iors signed Up. One hundred mem bers of the most recent class en tered the plan. : -j, . : .;; Insurance men figure there will be $8,400 in the fund for four years from its start and that by then scholarships; can be awarded from it , - -i : i- !-. For the Seniors taking out the policies, the plan means they ac quire insurance they might other wise think pt getting at that tkne Of life.1 r ! Founder! of Gleneden Beach Dies in Portland PORTLAND in Funeral serv ices were held here Friday for a man who founded the Oregon coastal community of Gleneden Beach SO years ago. ; i V He was J William F. Cary , 83, who died after a long illness.: Sur vivors include the widow, Val E.; and .two daughters, Mrs.; Lloyd Jackson, 'Portland, and Mrs. Glen Harper, Wiaslow, Wash, i SOUR BA ASS fRNC SAN FRANCISCO W - A big striped bass caught off Alcatraz Island had a lemon in its stomach. Go: on-theVTiberJ Since Italy became a ' postwar international film produc ing center this is the fifth marriage including Hollywood stars to blow un under the sultry Italian sun. . Back in 1949 Ingrid Bergman came to Italy ; to make "Strom boli" under j the direction of Ro berto Rossellint Husband ' Peter Lindstrom stayed borne. After, one of the most publicized romances ot a decade, Mrs: Lindstrom is now Mrs. Roberto RosseUini and hasn't even been back to Hollywood; 1 Robert Taylor came to town to HOY SliOWIKG GREAT ADVEHTUSE! r 6ltisr.iAC:8?n wMm AUOttT BAITON . MAItSA SAVSSf PLUS ri mm ' - , -v . i. ' - i xi f ; - V-r v Scholarships Wreck Romances; Rhonda Fleming it . i f t , ,7 . ' ; i - ft i yr: - mm At The Theaters Today ' . ' ,. CLSINOBS " i ' ' - ' SUDDENLY." with TVank Sin atra and SterUng Hayden -RICOCHET ROMANCE." With Marjoric Maine i ' "" CAPITOL ' "DRUM BEAT." with Alaa Ladd and Audrey Daltoa i " RACING BLOOD," with Bin Williama . ' ( . .. GRAND "THRES COINS IN THE rOUN TAIN," with Clifton Webb . . "BITKAYED," with CUrk Cabl and Lana Turner, BOLXTWOOD I "RIVER OF NO RETURN." with Marilya Monroe ' ' "RIDERS TO THE STARS with Herbert MarthaU f , NORTH SALEM DRIVE IN ' "VIVA ZAPATA,1 with Marlea Brando . . - 'TORT WORTH." with Ran dolph Sott a Beet Grmvers Set Meets on Wages, Price, . WASHINGTON UH The Agri culture Department announced Fri day it wQl bold a series of regional meetings soon on wage: rates ana prices for the 1965 crop of sugar beets. j . i Under the sugar control program the department sets ! minimum wages for sugar beet ' production and prices which processors must pay growers. I The meetings include: Greely, Colo., Nov. 29; Salt Lake City, Dec. 1; Billings. Mont, Dec. 3; Fargo.j N. D., Dec. 6. j Grower? and grower-processors must comply with the' wage and price rates to be eligible for sub sidies under the sugar program. Link of Historical Agencies Studied By Interim Group A proposal to consolidate the several historical agencies re ceiving I state assistance was studied here Friday by an inter im committee of the! 1953 legis lature. . ' ; j ; Most , of the agendes are I lo cated in or near Portland. 1 A suggestion that the -agencies be centralized in the Salem area developed opposition,! particular ly from Portland groups. It was argued at the 1953 Leg islature that consolidation. would reduce the . cost of 1 operations and increase efficiency. Inability of the Legislature to reach an agreement resulted in, creation of the interim committee. i Two Charges Put Against Motorist A Salem man was arrested on two counts early Friday morning after officers halted a vehicle near the Intersection of Wallace road and Edgewater street Police said Gerald Duane Bul lock was booked on a charge of driving while intoxicated and on a charge of driving with a sus pended license. The man posted $230 bail and pleaded not guilty on the first charge Snd trial was set for Dec. 23. He was released on his own recognizance on the second charge snd the case was continued to Nov. , 17, , ' DRIVER ARRESTED : Verion Melvin George. 140 Hoyt St., was arrested by state police Friday night and charged with driving while intoxicated. He was lodged in Marion County jail pend ing fixing of baiL . I " ' - -I film "Quo Vadis" In 1950, the hus band of Barbara Stanwyck in a "model" marriage. He was much photographed with Italian starlet Lia de Leo and divorce followed. Taylor is now married to Ursula Thiess, the German actress. - It was the Christmas season a year ago when Frank Sinatra flew to Rome to beg for a reconcilia tion with mercurial Ava Gardner, here making a movie days and being escorted nightly by Spanish bullfighter Luis JDominguin. Re sult: No reconciliation and divorce. pj m i Gates Open :45 Show At 7:00 - Now Playing! Marlon Brando Jean Peters ' "-In- f ''Viva; Zapata77 - - , .Also In Tochnicolor Randolph Scott David Brian in" i "Fort Worth Cartoon Carnival ''-'OPEN'- ' Fri. Sat Sob. - Collaborating Charge Faces Major Nugent FT. SILL. Okla. Uh Charges of collaborating with the enemy were announced Friday against Maj. Ambrose H, : Nugent 44, of Merrill, Wis., by the. Army. Nugent is a veteran of 33 months service in Europe during World War II, 26. months occupation duty in Germany and was a prisoner of war from July 5, 1950, to Sept 1, 19d3, in Korea. The charges were read to him here at his present station with the 41st Field Artillery Group. Nugent said he hoped for "a fair trial" The IS alleged acts, under two general articles of the " uniform 1 code; of military justice, were said to have occurred while Nugent was a prisoner of war in Korea. He was captured on the first day of Ameri car action while serving with the 24th Division. I : Two of the most serious charg es allege treasonable offenses, the Army said. He is accused of offer ing intelligence to the enemy, im peding escape of fellow prisoners of war. permitting use of his photo and signature on surrender leaflets cluu -luuauuiauuu. - Nugent arrived here a year ago after bis release from a Red prison camp. -. , 1 The charges do not necessarily mean courts matrial for Nugent, the Army pointed out The accused must first be informed of the charges against' him, then an in vestigating officer is appointed to decide whether the charges should be prosecuted or dropped, f "I'm glad to have this opportun ity to get matters 'cleared up once and for all," Nugent said. .;' 1 "I am not, and have never been, a Communist, nor sympathetic in any way with any of their teach ings or beliefs. I do not feel that I am guilty of any crime nor that I transgressed any army regula tions." , . Lumber Shipment Trom Astoria Due ASTORIA UPI Pope It . Talbot's P and T Seafarer, soon will: pick up the i first shipment of lumber loaded here in seven years.! The, vessel will take on 125,000 board feet of rough - timbers for Venezuela. ' , I The lumber is from the Tills mook area. Port Manager Richard Bettendorf said there had been no lumber shipments since; the OBnen mill closed here in 1947. Transients Blamed j For House Damage Vandals recently Inflicted heavy damage on a vacant house at '640 Mill St, police were told by the owner, H. E. Rabe, 402 S. Church St investigation disclosed thai two windows had been smashed, pan els knocked out of five doors, a table and light globes broken snd a hole knocked in a wait Entry apparently was made through a rear window. -1 Officers were of the opinion the damage was the work of tran sients.! v. . i ' : ' OLD TIME DANCE, OVER, WESTERN AUTO ''. Como and Bring Your Friends Every Sat. Night LARSON'S ORCHESTRA i Cent. Daily From 1 P. j ; V Ml Tonight and Every Saturday! I : BONUS FEATURE NIGHT Each Saturday night after our regular show, we will pre sent an extra feature at no Increase in prices! SEE THREE FEATURES! Be Here by 8:30, See the Regular Show, Plus Our Surprise Picture Tonight! - I ' TONIGHTS BONUS FEATURE STARS f - Van Johnson June Allyson $TARTS TOMORROW! WHIMX K WQIMAffS eiart WASmtJVCOtOP) -m i JOHN ? - CtAIXE tASAINE ROBERT tWAYIIE TREVOR DW STACK i JAN rHIl tOSIRT OAVID. STERU!!6MRRISlEVnO!lBRIAII mxerr sacrsjcoB-BXihtxa man saw rjwarn.su' u mii .,WttiiA)4 AwnUKAH . 2ND Roy Rcgsrs jr DELLS OF Channel Chuckles I By BU Keaae ' "Relax! Zoo parade went off m hour ago!" ! ' . ; V"; Business Names Filed With County Assumed business names filed with the Marion County Clerk! office during the past week iih elude: , Capital Sandwich Service, filed by Gordon A, McCoy, 620 S. Sum mer St I i Kuenzl Manufacturing Co., by Eugene A. and Beatrice J. Kuen ri, 1460 N. 24th St, and Chefs Service, by Chet Smith, 1363 Hall St - gVN VM1IY m tat aad eajsf tAUXT . . . lew at ssMai yst aifk OW VALLtY ACCt VAU31 "Made by the Bakers of- Master Bread - 5 MOOSE DANCE i To Pop Edwards Music Every Sot. (light PUBLIC INVITED Moose Ballroom 320 W. Third Albany, Oregon Adm. 1.00 - Students 50c Tax Included COTTONWOODS EVERY SAT. NITE RAY EVARTS and Hii RYTHM RANGERS Featuring Arkio on Fiddle Meet Your Friends and Swing and Sway, Ray's Way. 'Ends Tonite "5 Coins In The Fenntain Alio Clark Gable in "Betrayed" M. fSTCSrCOPHOMtC SOUNO BIG MIT 'Gabby Hayes In R0SARITA" li2rjsri5l!A,,nCh!3VaLS w aw:-' BOYB; t7
