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$25,000 A-Prize
Given to Dr. Fermi
WASHINGTON UH The Atomic
Energy Commission Tuesday an
nounced iU first special award in
the iradear field 5,000 win
so to Dr. Enrico Fermi. He is the
Italian born Nobel Prize winner
who built America'! first nuclear
reactor which made the A-bomb
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ABC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss
Slick Streets
Bring Flurry
Of Accidents
A truck driver, an 1 8-year-old
boy tad a Cbemawa Indian school
i -- a a
siuoeni were injured m separate
motor vehicle accidents in Salem
Tuesday as slippery' streets and
poor visibility, brought a flurry
of traffic mishaps in the city.
The truck driver, William F.
Dobson of 1950 Market St.; was
' knocked unconscious in a collision
at the intersection of -Saginaw
and Owens streets. His , pick-up
truck collided with a ear driven
by Frank C. Stannard, 590 E.
Madrona Ave- about 2 p.m. I
Dobson was taken to Salem
Memorial Hospital after the acci
dent Attendants there said Tues
day evening that he had regained
consciousness and appeared in
satisfactory condition. He was
held for observation and x-rays
were taken to check on his head
injuries. -; ! j'
Driver Cited ! f
- Stannard was cited by city po
for a traffie sign. i
Johnny Mills, 8, of ,555 Penn
way Dr., sustained leg bruises in
an accident at the intersection of
21st and Center streets about
3:15 p.m. when his bicycle collid
ed with a truck driven by David
Korb, 407 N. 21st SL I ;
The boy told city police he lost
control of the bicycle and skidded
into "the rear of the truck. HIS in-,
juries were treated by a physician
and were listed as non-serious.
Chemawa Student j I (
In an accident on North Port
rand Road Tuesday! morning,
Chemawa school student Reynolds
Roanhorse suffered cuts and
bruises of the forehead while rid
ing in a car driven by another
Chemawa student, Gene Bak
Peon. . . - ffi , .
Their ear collided with a car
driven by Edward Franklin Chid-
aey, 4275 Auburn Rd., after Chid-
sey slowed to make a left turn in
the 3400 block on Portland Road,
ear apparently skidded on the wet
street, striking, the rear of Chid-
sey s car. The accident occurred
about 11:45 a.m. i ; f
Roanhorse's wounds were clean
ed and -dressed by city first aid-
men, who said he was not serious
ly hurt. -hi. j.
Cart Towed j I
Another traffie accident Tues
day resulted in damage to cars
driven by Albert Lawrence Scott,
960 Parrish SL, and Rex William
Bentley Jr.. 2180 N. Fifths Both
cars had to be towed away after
they collided at the intersection
of High and Marion streets about
rm - i
j..v p.m. xucxe were no . in
juries. : - i
In an accident in the 1000 block
on Mission St Tuesday; night two
parked cars were damaged when
struck by a car driven by William
Luchau, 244 N. 12th St jCity police
said Lochia told them ha was
blinded by the headlights lot an
oncoming car. The accident oc
curred about 10 psa. - i r !
said Fermi also will receive a
special , citation noting his contri
butions to basic ( neutron physics
and the achievement of the con
trolled nuclear - chain reaction. ,
The atomic energy 'act passed
by , Congress this1 year authorizes
the AEG to , make awards for
"especially meritorious contribu
tions for the development use, or
control' of atomic energy," Fer
mi's award was recommended by
the AEC's General Advisory Com
mittee' and approved by President
Eisenhower. f i
Strauss, in a1 statement noted
that Fermi designed and directed
the construction of the. first nu
clear reactor and headed the ad
vanced -physics! division at Los
Alamos, N.M. , . I ;
Fermi is now; professor of phy
sics at the Institute for Nuclear
Studies at the University of Chi
cago. I
In Chicago. Fermi said in a
statement be was "deeply honored
and; gratified by the award."
"I am certainly I aware." he
said, "that whatever scientific
achievements I may have obtained
would not have been possible with
out the help and collaboration of
many younger men.
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For Barrymbre
BOLLYWOOD tfl Lionel Bar
ryroore, patriarch of the Ameri
can theater's moat famous family.
will be buried Thursday morning
in the Roman Catholic faith of his
- actress mother. if ?i h 1 $
Barrymore, 78, died i Monday.
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5 Directors
Five additional members of
the new board of directors for
Salem Chamber of Commerce
were announced by the chamber
Tuesday, following the election
of 15 directors by the , general
memDersnip. - s
The five added directnn re
Sm one 10 to be designated hv
organizations representing vari
ous Business districts ox the city.
Chosen to date from the dis
tricts are R. J. (Dick) Schlup
and Virrit Duff ilnvntnvn Sa.
lem ' Merchants Association; El
mer Ber?J Canitnl Shonnin? Ten.
ter; Carroll Meeks, J Hollywood
Business Association and C. A.
Vibbert, South? Salem Progress
Club.
It is exoected the rest nf the
organizations will name J direc
tors before the end of the week.
Illness Fatal to
Retired Salem
Police Officer
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Troy Branson, 79. a former Sa
lem police officer and guard at the
State Prison, died; Tuesday in a
Salem nursing home where be had
been a patient for several months.
He ' had been retired for many
years. " f
- Branson was born in Sheridan.
Ore., Dec. 1, 1874. i He was one
of 17 children of George Branson,
a pioneer Oregon j circuit-riding
minister. - t
Before entering ' the nursing
home. Branson made his home at
1920 S. River Rd. He is survived
by a son, Chester Branson, Port
land, and a niece. Mrs. Joe Gisler
of Salem. W. T. Rigdon Chapel
is in charge of funeral arrange
ments. ' :
GtyHaubs
Win Honors
Thirty-two 4-H clubs from Salem.
with 270 members and 50 leaders,
were, honored Tuesday night for
100 per cent completion, of work. ;
The ceremony took place at Bush
School, and cash awards and sum
mer school scholarships were also
presented. County medal winners
in nauonai 4-n. won were an
nounced. . .1
441 summer, school scholarships
were awarded to LeRoy, Hedberg
and Clayton Livengood for garden
project work; to Joanne Gray,
Janice Bishop, Gary Douris, cham
pion rabbit judging team at the
state fair; and to Kay Smith,
champion cake baker;, and Marilyn
Page, champion bread baker.
Awards were presented by Jim
Bishop, city 4-H agent, and James
Mosou, manager of Sears, Roebuck
and -Co.
i Cash awards of $3, $8 and $10
went to West Salem garden club
members, who won in 4-H com
petition sponsored by KSLM and
Sears. Winners are Jim Glodt,
Larry Sheridan, i Pat Bo nested,
Max Boese, Robert Young. Stan
ley Neufeld. Franklin LaQua and
Bobby Huntley.
s County medal winners ia na
tional 4-H contests were Penny
Albright Dorothy Anderson. Mary
Ellen Johnson, Roberta Meusy,
Marilyn Page and Janice Pahl,
dress revue; Paul Boal. Dean Hul
bert and Layton Webb, entomology.-
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i Clubs honored, which were pre
sented certificates by Jens Svinth,
representing the Willamette Valley
Bank, included 10 clothing clubs;
nine cooking clubs; three entomol
ogy dubs; two clubs each in for
estry and health; and one each
in bachelor sewing, camp cooking,
rabbits, vegetable garden, wood
working and photography.
Over 100 Seek
Census Jobs
5 Well over 100 persons rushed in
applications at City Hall Monday
for part-time city census jobs in
the next few weeks.
1 The city had to stop taking ap
plications after the supply of U:S.
Census Bureau) job- application
forms was exhausted.
' Whether any additional applica
tions can be taken will be up to
the Los Angeles office of the fed
eral census bureau, from where
a census official will come to
supervise the job in Salem.
The special census has been or
dered by Salem City Council to
update the local population count
in hopes of obtaining for the city
a larger share of state gas and
liquor tax revenues that go ,to
cities on a population basis.
About 75 or 100 win be hired
as enumerators. Pay is based on
the amount of canvassing done and
should average $12 a day, the city
has been informed. ' v . !
Secretary
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E. J. (Bill)- Ireland f Molalla,
..former state legislator, was ap
pointed Tuesday as secretary U
the State Board of Catrl to
replace Roy Mills who Is retiring.
(Story en page one.) f
Salem Woman
Succumbs to
Long Illness
f Si
t Funeral services will be f held
Thursday for Mrs. ! Marearet S.
Montgomery, 73, who died Mon-
day in a Salem nursing home
after a long illness.! i
Mrs. Montgomery! had been in
the home since February. She
had been in poor health since
1949,; when she was injured! in a
falL
A resident of Salem for more
than 35 years. Mrs.! Montgomery
formerly served on the staffs of
the Fairview Home and the State
Hospital. She was a member of
the Eastern Star,! the White
Shrine, Artisans and thef Re-
bekah Lodge. j j
She had been active in; the
Christian Science movement for
more: than 25 years and was a
member of the First Church of
Christ Scientist in Salem.
Mrs. Montgomery was ;born
Feb. 7, 1881, in Aurora, Ill hhe
lived; in Tacoma, Wash., before
moving to Salem in 1917 fwith
her husband, 'the late Sate S.
Montgomery, and two sons.?
Suivivoiii include the jsons,
Arthur J. Montgomery of Salem
and Alfred S. Montgomery of
Hines; a brother in Iowa and a
sister in California; four grand
children and several nieces.'
The funeral will be held at
3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Virgil
T. Golden ChapeL A reader Jrom
the First Churc hof Christ Sci
entist will conduct; the services.
Management
Improvement
Program Held
How one big industry tries to
improve its executive manpower
was described to nearly 100 state
officials Tuesday by William Hart,
head of the management develop
ment committee of Crown Zeller
bach Corp. at San Francisco.
His talk at a noon luncheon in
the Senator Hotel was a highlight
of the opening of a new state gov
ernment program for top execu
tives which has the same object in
mind. - '
The first course is being taken
by 20 top state offic:als from as
many department?. The morning
and afternoon sessions for the
group Tuesday will be followed by
nine night conferences set up by
the State Civil Service Commission
and State System of Higher. Edu
cation. . !
In the noontime talk, Industrial
ist Hart said nisi company is find
ing, success in corporation-wide
program designed to fmd the high
est potential in all its manage
ment personnel, from foreman
supervisors on up. .
Basis of the program, he ex-1
plained, is an annual review of I
each executive or supervisor by
an appraisal group of three to five
men who are the subject's su
periors or equals in the company
and who are in position to observe
his work day ! by day. Strong
points and weak points are studied
and concrete suggestions on how
the company can help the man de
velop in his job are made, along
with an assignment of who is re
sponsible to carry out the sug
gestions. H &
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Today
ELStNOEK
THREE ! HOURS TO XSX"
with Dana Andrews Donna
Reed. :i"
A BULLET IS WAITING"
with Jean: Simmons .and Rory
Calhoun, i j
M CAPITOL j.
' "HAJJI i BABBA" with John
Derek and Elaine Stewart
"ADVENTURES OT ROBIN
SON CRUSOE." j .
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"SUSAN 1 SLEPT HERE- with
Dick Powell and Debbie Reyn
olds. - - i
"DUEL IN THE JUNGLE" with
Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain.j
,' HOLLYWOOD ;
-STUDENT PRINCE"' with Ed
mund Purdom. I
"WICKED WOMEN' with Rich
ard,E??n. , .
NORTH SALEM DRXVKi IN
CLOSED TONIGHT
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RcGidGii&s
Proiost Sifto
Of New Service Station
H
Hans for a service station !at
Center and Jason Sts., near 1 a
group of ; medical clinics and the
Walnut Park residential section,
brought a storm of protest to the
Salem Planning Commission Tues
day night at City Hall. r i
The commission took no, action
Escaped
City
Inmate Traced
To California
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Salem police reported Tuesday
that an escaped city jail prisoner,
James Franklin Beams, had ap
parently been 'traced as far as
Eureka, Calif. .
Reams escaped In September
from a work detail at the city dog
pound. Police were notified Tues
day that his wife, who is being
questioned by authorities in Eu
reka, admitted: her husband had
accompanied her to the Northern
California town after bis escape,
Mrs. Reams ' said: the had no
Idea where Reams is now. He is
being sought under a Marion
County District Court r warrant
charging him with escaping. .
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The flash of an atom bomb is so
bright that It can turn your eye
fluids to steam and ruin your
sight, scientists say. j ' .
TLS. Asks. Russia
Pay More to C.N.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. l -
The United States Tuesday called
on Russia to accept an increase
in assessments to pay for the U.
N.'s expenses.
James F. Nash, U. S. delegate
to the. General Assembly's Finance
Committee, rejected Russia's
claim that she lacks American cur
rency because of "discriminatory
trade practices." He pointed to
the U. S. S. R.'s gold supply which
he said could easily be converted
into dollars. .
The Russians, who now pay 14.13
per cent of the V. N.'s budget,
are protesting a proposed increase
of nearly 1 per cent The United
States pays one - third of the total
assessments. .
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AEG Committee
On Atom Junket
HONOLULU m Five members
of the Joint Congressional Atomic
Energy Committee arrived unan
nounced Tuesday on the first leg
of a round the world flight to be
gin putting into operation Presi
dent Eisenhower's atoms for
peace program.
Sen. John W. Bricker, acting
chairman and spokesman for the
group, told a reporter one of the
main purposes of the trip was to
study "possible utilization" of 220
pounds of, fissionable material al
located for the program by the
United States.
Salem Men See
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Radio t requency
WASHINGTON ( . Tbe Federal
Communications Commission re
ported Tuesday, that W. . Gordon
Allen and John Truhan, Salem,
Ore. broadcasters, had applied for
a license to operate, a one kilowatt
station in Portland.!
Th 1290 kilocycle freauency Is
the one formerly used by KUQ,
a station which was aoia at aocuon
when the firm went bankrupt.
40et8Tetes
Past Chiefs'
' Marion County's volture 153 of
the 40 et 8, fun making group
of the American Legion, enter
tained passe chef de gares at
Chuck's Tavern Tuesday night
Passe chefs present were
Robin Day, Waldo Mills, D. E.
Owens, Chuck Zumwalt, Ira
Pilcher, Charles Huggins, Al
Feilen, Luther Jensen and John
Crcckatt j ' !
Tribute was paid to six de
ceased chefs. Some 50 attended
the meeting. 1
South Viet Nam
Armv to Receive '
U.S. Trainirip:
I SAIGON. Viet Nam tfl Gen.
J. Lawton Collins said Wednesday
the United States plans to take
over the training of South Viet
Nam's national ' army from . the
French. .!''' -
President Eisenhower's special
ambassador told his first news
conference since his, arrival 10
days ago that the training plan is
being discussed with the French
and Vietnamese governments.
Womaii Wins
Law, Suit for1
False Arrest
M. - I :
S.N DIEGO, Calif. M) The
38 - year - old wife of a former
University I of Oregon music pro
fessor was awarded $7,830 dam
ages Tuesday for her mistaken
identity arrest" here in 1932 on
charges of cashing forged payroll
checks, j I j : . j I ;
The superior court jury deliber
ated nearly ; five hours! before re
turning a , verdict against Harold
R. Haberman. a food market own
er who signed the t complaint
against Mrs. Mary Ellen Allton.
Earlier Judge Dean Sherry re
lieved San Diego Polfce Xhief A.
E. Jansen and Gydf McCain, for
merly: employed al a, clerk by
Haberman. of liability ia the case.
Mrs. Allton was exonerated of
the check charges and; later an
other woman admitted cashing the
forged checks passed here in 1952.
k Mrs. Allton and her hashand are
now living ; in Los Angeles and
teaching in private schools.
CAR STOLEN j
The theft j of a 1954 Oldsmobfie
sedan was reported t Salem po
lice Tuesday by employes of the
Loder Bros.: used car lot, 436 Cen
ter. The Car, valued at $4,000,
was apparently taken some time
before the ' lot . opened. Tuesday
morning, j j ,
Dulles Doub
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Reappraisal
WASHINGTON tf-Secretarv of
State Dulles said Tuesday be sw
no neeo tor a full cress reappraisal
of American policy toward Russja,
as proposed by Senate Republican
leader Knowland of California.
"I do not mvself see anv 5 re
mediate emergency which requires
eruier tnat review or discussion
should be I on any different bias
from what it normally is." Dulfes
told his news conference. The
State Department authorized di
rect quotation of the secretary on
this point. ! ' if
Dulles ah-o stated, in what was
a fresh warning ; to the Chinese
Communists, that any attack on
the Chinese Nationalist stmnffhihA
of Formosa would mean hostilities
with the United States. : ,
(Story also on page 3, section
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ACORNS FROM THE
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in the matter, but heard out the
objections as outlined by at least
24 of the crowd of 100 at the hv
formal hearing. , i
'Actually, the tone change per
mitting service stations in the
area took place last year in the
city zone code revision and Stan
dard Oil Co. of California already
has taken out a building permit.
Meanwhile,- the protesting resi
dents have entered a lawsuit in a
move to nullify the tone change.
Remain Residential -
Objectors reviewed; their pro
tests, based mainly on their de-.
sire to keep the area mainly resi
dential in character. ; f- .
Alderman Chester Is Chase of
the City Council appeared before
the, planners to suggest that if an
additional business center east of
Center and 17th Sts. were consid
ered ' necessary, it should be lo
cated east of Park Avenue, be
tween Center and. D' Sts.
To Study Matter
Planners agreed to give the pro
tests study and report later to the
City Council. ,
In other business the planners
recommended favorable, Council
action on two tone change re
quests that would permit deepen
ing the business zone at 12th and
Howard Sts. . where the new
Ladd's Market is being built and
establishing al barber shop ' on
Broadway it, near Columbia.
Planners also granted a variance
permitting Mrs. Hazel Taylor to
convert a house at 1563 Court SL
to a two-family rental building.
WITH DEL MILNE
Gee Whiz...
I Almost Forgot !
I've been so busy plugging
Thanksgiving and our special
50c children's dinner that I
almost forgot this column is
"Acorns from the Oak Room"!
But, you know ... watching
those kids- color our place -mats
while they wait to eat
. . .'and seeing their faces light
up for the Mr. Cone-bead des
serts really makes me proud!
Proud that we've answered the
wish of so many mothers and)
fathers by inviting them to j
bring their children to eat j
with us! j Proud also that we've
provided : the diversions that . j
make dining out with the kids
a pleasure instead of a chore! j
Oh, yeah. : And the Oak Room's
still going strong! come on i
down soon!
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