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Grand Finals
fWt llParrish X
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g Con test (Tonight'
SpeUin
The fight over Snake River
hydroelectric ' development in
Hells Canyon heads for a show
down battle. Tuesday bills were
introduced in Senate and House
in Washington to authorize the"
federal government to undertake
this development Its sponsors
were Senators Morse and Neu-
berger of Oregon, Magnuson and
Jackson of Washington and 26 of
their colleagues, and three mem
bers of the House: Mrs. Edith
Green of Oregon's third district,
- Don Magnuson of Washington
and Mrs. Gracie Pfost of Idaho.
Only two Republicans are among
the number: Senators Langer and
Young of North Dakota, Never
before has such a strong front
been presented for this project;
and it seems certain that the
question now will go to a decision
on the floors of Congress. Favor
able action there would not in
sure federal development, for the
bill would require presidential
approval with scant chance of
repassage over an executive veto.
, This referral to Congress isi
welcome, for it is the proper
body to make the decision on v
policy which involves not only
the expenditure of hundreds of
millions of dollars but also the
future role of the federal gov
ernment "in power development
here and over the nation. Of
course such a decision would not
be final because some future
Congress could alter or reverse
a policy decision. As . far as
Hells Canyon itself !'-"
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Ike Over Cold
But Mamie
Still Has Flu
WASHINGTON (fl -.President
Eisenhower went golfing Wednes
day after the White House report
ed he was almost completely re
covered from a "slight j cold.
Word on the President's condi
tion was relayed to newsmen by
his physician, Maj. Gen. Howard
M. Snyder, who also sent a mes
sage that Mrs. Eisenhower still
was in bed with the flu but feel
ing better. I .f
James C. Hagerty, White House
press secretary, quoted Snyder as
saying the first lady was progres
sing satisfactorily. Hagerty added,
however that she has t cancelled
all her engagements for the rest of
the week-:-w- - j
Snyder ordered Mrs. Eisenhower
to bed Monday. The President de
veloped what Hagerty called
'slight symptoms of a cold" Tues
day, and he stayed away from
his office most of that day.
The chief executive! cancelled
a news conference he had sched
uled for Wednesday but did keep
a breakfast engagement at the
Sulgrave Club with a group of Re
publican women. , . '
Princess Said
Ready to Wed
Commoner
LONDON cm Princess Mar
garet, was reported ready
Wednesday to surrender her royal
prerogatives for the love of a di
vorced commoner. !
The 24-year-old princess and
RAF Group Capt Peter Townsend,
40, father of two children, intend
to marry this fall, an informant
in touch with the royal family aid.
The informant declined use of his
name. f
'Townsend, British air attache in
Belgium, was quoted as saying:
"There can be nothing said un
til the time is ready or somebody
else does something.
Word that the engagement is to
be announced was leaked here in
London to an important group of
commonwealth newspapers.
j There is every indication the pe
ople of Britain and the common
wealth are being tested to de
termine how they would react to
a formal announcement
New Jet Fighters
Can Be Carried
In Mother'Planes
" : ! ' -
WASHINGTON I The Air
Force disclosed Wednesday it has
formed the first unit of jet fighters
capable of being launched from
and returning to mother planes.
The unit, the 91st Strategic Re
connaissance Squadron, has been
activated at Great Falls, Mont
ANIMAL CRACKERS
V WARREN OOOORICM
That's right. Jailor Trat keep
J9cr iom 4m aad took wor
Site for
Big 'Bee'
fiftMn rirls and five bovs will
compete under the floodlights of
Parrish Junior High tonight for
the championship of The States-man-KSLM
Mid-Valley Spelling
Contest of 1955: ; -The
20 Grand Finalists com
prise the top . two : spellers from '
each of the 10 semi-finals in
which the champions of 84'
scnoois parucipaicu iu iuc kui
two weeks. The contest takes in
Marion, Polk and parts of Linn
and Yamhill Counties.
Public Invited Free
Tonight's finals will begin at
7:45 p.m. and the public is in
vited without charge or collec
tion of any kind. Much of the .
contest will be broadcast direct!
from the stage by KSLM. Top'
price is a f 100 defense bond. I
Prior to the picturesque spell
ing bee, the 20 Grand Finalists,
their 20 teachers, county school
officials- and judges are to be
guests of the sponsors at a din-,
ner at ramsn. The event is de
signed to give ' the contestants
time to become acquainted and
familiar with their surroundings.
Contest in 5th Year
Judges for tonight's finals are
Supreme Court Justice . Harold
Warner, and Circuit Judges Jo
seph Felton and Arlie Walker.
Dave Hoss, KSLM, will be mas
ter of ceremonies, and Wendell
Webb, Statesman, will call the
words. ,.
. .
; This year's spelling contest is
the fifth in successive years.
Nearly 4,000 pupils took part It
was open to every school with
7th or 8th grades in this area,
public- and parochial. . No an
nouncement has been made re
garding continuance of the con
test I
f
Wdman Beaten,
droits
Attack Attempt
An unemployed Salem youth
Wednesday night confessed to
the noontime bludgeoning of a
31-year-old woman a few hours
before state ' police caught him
walking north on U. S. 99E a few
miles from town.
' Charged with assault with in
tent to commit', rape -is -Floyd
Gene Gard, 21, 860 -Marion St,
who, police said, elected to type
his confession of the attack he
ultimately decided against
The victim, f Mrs. Beatrice
Erickson, a roomer at the same
address, is in "good" condition
at Salem General Hospital where
she was taken after passers-by
encountered her walking in a
daze in the 800 block of Marion
Street
She sustained minor scalp lac
erations in an attack with a pipe
or a wrench which, she said,
began at the rooming house tele
phone on the first floor and end
ed in the house's basement from
which she escaped through a win
dow.
Police said Gard, in his signed
confession, admitted striking Mrs.
Erickson, a widow, while she was
using the telephone. They said
the youth's account then related
that he pursued her into the base
ment where he attempted to
choke her into submission.
His account police said, re
lated that he lost heart at sight
of her head injuries. He told
police he then left the house
after changing his clothes and
washing up, and spent the after
noon in a downtown movie house.
Toward nightfall he started
hitchhiking north and got as far
as Brooks where he was appre
hended by State Policeman
George Simons, acting on the
basis of descriptions.
Gard, who faces arraignment
in district court today, was in
city jail under $5,000 bond.
Windy Night
Expected Here
The possibility of fairly high
winds tonight was seen by U. S.
weather forecasters at McNarj
Field Wednesday. They predict
partial cloudiness in the morning
and scattered showers this after
noon and tonight
' Temperatures will be about the
same as Wednesday's. The highs
to be about 50 and the night's
low about 40. . (
The state highway department
warned motorists , to drive care
fully at higher elevations because
of ice. -
Father Saves Two
Children, But Is
Burned Critically
PORTLAND in A 28-year-old
father was burned critically
Wednesday while saving two small
daughters from a fire that de
stroyed the family home southeast
of here.
Peter Ames was hospitalized
with burns that covered 80 per
cent of his body. The girls, aged
I and 5k whom he carried to safe
ty after arousing them from .sleep
in . second-floor bedroom, suf
fered less critical burns. -
Youth A
15 Girls, 5 Boys
All Set to Vie
For Top Place
These 29 ton spellers ia The
States man-KSLM Mid-Valley
Spelling Contest for 1955 have
won their way into the Grand
Finals to be held at Parrish Jun
ior High at 7:45 tonight 1
-4 t,
Patsy Baker
k Bnena Crut
Mary Ann Cain
Turner
11 1:0
CoUeen CranneU . Harry Cnmmina
Petfee
Betty Eder
Woodborn
Carl Graffenfcercet
saiem Academy
Bilea Horrman Robert Hoyter It.
DalUi J.U. i JUvtrsId
Susan Jeaa Hunt Charlcnc Kanblt
Broadacrei , WQUmlna
tWVij d4.itt
Loanle Kilmer
Perrydale
Loree Kinjc
Victor Point
Carol Marx
Oak Grovo
Michael M11U
Clear Lak
Catherine Made
Sublimity
JeaB Nelmeyer
Letlle J.H.
Carol Kelsea
Bridf eport
Sara Orr
SUyto
Joaa Ituei
Mt Anicl
Winari
EXPLORER DIES
NEW YORK tfl Matthew Alex
ander Henson, 83, last surjiving
member .of the .Adm. Robert JB.
Peary expedition to the north- pole
in 13C9, died Wednesday,
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104th YEAR
2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES
Dog Told to
riving
WEST LOS ANGELES tfl
Harry Bernstein's cocker span
iel was in the doghouse Wednes
day, with a stern - warning to
never again drive the family car.
Bernstein had come out of a
market March 1 and started his
c? when the dog jumped in,
landed on the accelerator, With
the car in reverse gear it crash
ed into two .cars. .Bernstein
shifted into forward.
. The pup was still on the ac
celerator. The automobile shot
forward and rammed three more
vehicles before it finally stopped.
Officer Jeane F. Tabbs compil
ed the damage reports and gave
the bill to Bernstein Wednesday
11,325. . ,
County D.A.
Won't Seek
Re-Election
District . Attorney Kenneth E.
Brown, announced Wednesday he
would not be a candidate for re
election to the Marion County
post next year.
Brown, a Republican from Sil-
verton, said he would return to
full-time practice in Silverton
after his tour of service is com
pleted Jan. 7, 1957. He has main
tained a part-time office in Sil
verton since his election to the
four - year term . in November
1952.
The young county prosecutor
cited the low pay of the post for
his decision to step out of the
running for the job. He said it
was impractical to maintain a
private practice . and continue
public office at the same time.
Under regulations the district
attorney is permitted to continue
private practice, but devotes a
major portion of his time to the
public office. The pay for , the
post is $5,800 annually. .
, Brown said he feels the dis
trict attorney job should be full
time and added that, the county
should expect to pay $10,000 to
get a good full-time prosecutor.
Hotel Worker
In Girl's Death
HELENA, Mont, (fl A 28-year-old
: hotel worker, described
as a "friend of the family" ; was
held without charge Wednesday
night as police pressed their in
vestigation of the death of as at
tractive Helena high school girl.
Sheriff-Coroner Dave Middlemas
of Lewis and Clark County, said
"there is every indication that the
girl, Renee Marlene McCarty, was
murdered.".
The 18-year-old victim was found
dead in a downtown Helena apart
ment by an aunt Tuesday . after
noon. Middlemas said the girl appar
ently was strangled, but said he
has not been able to find a mo
tive. He added there were no signs
of a sex attack.
Helena Chief of Police John
Fred said that his department was
questioning several - persons, in
cluding the hotel worker, whose
stories "don'tt jfoe." He declined
to give names. .;
Train Strikes
Car in Salem I
Two Salem persons were shaken
up shortly after midnight today
when the car in which they were
riding was struck by a Southern
Pacific freight train at Union and
Liberty streets. "
They are Mrs. Stella Ott. 390
McNary Ave., the driver,' who suf
fered a slight head cut and sore
neck, and A. C. Wood, 14 Water
St. whose hand was cuL Mr.
Lorene Ouellette, another passen
ger ia the small sedan, appeared
to be uninjured.
The front end at the car vn
struck by the locomotive, which
shoved it clear of the tracks. The
branchline train,- whose engineer
was T. N. Kelso, Portland, was
en ..route to Salem from McMinn-
ville. ( .
Max. Mia. Trred.
Sal era
. M 4fl M
. 54 40 trace
.41 21 .00
.54 37 .00
.90 41 M
.54 33 jDO
.63 53 .08
.74 M ' .00
.O i .00
Portland
Baker.
Mecttord
North Bend
Roaeburg
Saa Francisco
Los Angeles
cmcago
New York
4 33 ' XI
Willamette River J foot.
FORECAST (from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
Partly cloudy this morning, mostly
cloudy with scattered showers this
afternoon and tonight. Possible wind
tonight. High today SO-&2. low to
night aa-40.
Tempenrtur at 1111 ijb. today
was 42.. ,t . - , , ..
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Stace Staxl mt Weather Tear teyt 1
rtli Tear Last Taw Nensal
QuitD
Questioned
SLU .. S7.U : . 10.71
Solons
Ajpp
rove
10-4 Vote Backs
Nominee for
Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (JB The nom
ination of Circuit Judge John
Marshall Harlan for a seat on
the Supreme Court was approved
by the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee Wednesday..
A 10-4 vote, with one member
abstaining, ended a drawn-out con
troversy within the committee
over President Eisenhower's nom
inee ' to replace the ' late Jus
tice Robert H. Jackson on the na
tion's highest court.
Odds In Favor
Chairman Kilgore (D-WVa)
said he hoped to get the nomina
tion up on the Senate floor quick
ly, but acknowledged it would take
several days. Odds appeared to
favor confirmation of the tall.
gray-haired 55-year-old grandson of
a Supreme Court justice, although
not without challenge.
Sen. Dirksen (R-Ill) foresaw "a
bit of a floor fight.". Dirksen voted
for Harlan in committee.
The Senate confirmed Harlan
more than a year ago as a judge
of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Ap
peals in New York. Voting against
his r promotion Wednesday - were
Sens. Eastland (D-Miss), Olin John
ston ' (D-SC), Langer (R-ND) and
Welker (R-Idaho).
Views Criticized
; Kilgore said Sen. McClelland
(D-Ark) merely voted "present."
Tha w controversy over Harlan
raged mainly over his views on
world government. Critics raised
the question , whether he would
hold treaties paramount to the con
stitution and domestic law. They
noted he. was a member of the Na
tional Advisory Council of Atlantic
Union.
-. Harlan said .he hadn't . been
active in . Atlantic Union,' an or
ganization which says it opposes
world government but favors study
ing the desirability of a closer
working arrangement among North
Atlantic Treaty" nations.
Harlan also said he was no "one
worlder" and opposed any sur
render of American sovereignty.
Quakes Jolt
Hawaii Area
Each Minute
PAHOA, Hawaii (J) Earth
(juakes jolted the volcano-devastated
Puna District Wednesday at
the rate of one a minute.
Fears mounted that the Eastern
trip of Hawaii Island would ex
plode in a new outbreak of gushing
eruptions. Steam and fumes still
rise from rifts and craters which
last weeft flooded rich cane lanes
with molten rock. . ,
Seismologist Jerry Eaton said
the quakes were "bigger hi size"
than Tuesday's and 'at least five
times threw the needle off the re
cording equipment.
He said the quakes appeared
centered south of here.
Civil defense officials continued
to plan for evacuation of this vil
lage if eruptions start up again.
The Puna District east and
southeast of here was evacuated
last week during volcanic erup
tions which caused more , .than
three million dollars damage.
Maj. Gen. Fred Makinney, terri
torial director of civil defense, said
a survey was made for possible
evacuation of the village only as
a ; precautionary measure.
3 Jets Cross
U.S. in Less
Than 4 Hours
NEW YORK l ' The Air
Force broke the speed record "from
Los Angeles to New York Wednes
day with three jet planes making
the flight : non-stop . in less . than
four hours.
The pilots said they could have
done it faster except for slow and
obsolete mid-air refueling tanker
planes.'
LL Col Robert R. Scott, 34, of
Des Moines, Iowa, flying a Repubr
lie F84F Thunderstreak, turned in
the fastest time 3 hours 46 min
utes and 33 seconds. He averaged
about 649 miles an hour.
i The old mark for the 2, 445-mile
route was 4 hours ( minutes and
IS seconds, set Jan. 2, 1954, by Air
National Guard CoL Willard W.
Millikan of Washington. DC
Scott was pressed closely for
the new mark by Maj. Robert C.
Ruby, 22.' also of Des Moines, and
Capt. Charles T. Hudson. 33,
of Gulf port. Miss., - also flying
Thunders treaks. , V
, Ruby, did it in J hours 47. min
utes and . 33 seconds and Hudson
in 3 hours 49 minutes and S3 sec
ondx
Harlan
OUNDDD 1651
Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon,
Tax Rise PDams om
Taxpayers Shotvui
By ROBERT
Gty Editor,
Like it or not, the state
to produce most of the new revenue needed; by .the
Oregon Legislature to balance the state budget.
. This is now conceded by most of the legislators
who are wrestling with the finance problem, Jut the
method of boosting income taxes is far from decided.
Eight or ten proposals are on record. j ,
How any of these would hit the individual taxpayer is now under
study by the House taxation committee, along with how much revenue
any plan would net. i "
To show "who is hit how," the State Tax Commission research
section has prepared charts after analyzing most of the iacome tax
plans for the legislatiye committee. j
New revenue ranges from $20 to $55 million a biennhjjm as goal
of the various plans.- ' j
House Tax -Chairman Lor an Stewart predicts his committee will
have to "find" at least $55 million after the ways and means com
mittee has recommended appropriations, and not more than $16 mil
lion of this will be found in revenue measures outside tie general
income tax, sales tax or property levy. , ! - ' 4
Income Tax Likely Source of Rise
Since strong resistance to enacting a sales tax or filling back
of a state property tax is felt in the Legislature, the tax committee
is going after the income tax for the $39 million needed the next
two years. ; ;. , jj '
Now, just how would Mr. Taxpayer make out, plan by plan?
The Statesman presents here a digest from the. tax commission
analysis. Basic comparison of present with proposed rates is figured
at various income levels for a joint return for husband, wife and
one child. 1
GOVERNOR'S PLAN, eliminating the federal income tax offset,
estimated to raise an added $30 million: j ' .
On $4,000 total income, tax would be $10 more; on $5,000, tax
would be $21 more; on $10,000, tax would be $86 more. No effect un
der $3,000 income. . i
Tax increased by Ya to & on incomes $3,000 to $10,000, and by
increasing percentages up to 124 per cent on $100,000. j Single tax
payer would pay 30 to 40 per cent m6re tax on incomes between
$2,000 and $10,000. ' .'. ; ' j
DEMOCRAT PLAN, placing a 30 per cent surtax oa present in
come tax: ' f
On $4,000 income, tax is $12 more; on $5,000, is $20 more; on
$10,000 is $74 more. S !j
1 Per Cent Added to Eacli Bracket
LABOR-FARM PLAN, recommending percentage increase in tax
brackets:. - v.- i . ( '
(This plan didn't specify the amount of increase, but Tax Com
mission computed the following by adding 1 per cent to the tax
rate in each bracket) , '2
1 On $4,000 income, tax is $17 more; on $5,000, is $24 more; on
$10,000, is $83 more. On $3,000 income, the increase! is $9 which
amounts to about 50 per cent Range otherwise is 25 tq 40 per cent
hicher tax on $4,000 to SI 0.000 incomes: 14 to 18 Der cant on hieher
income! Single taxpayers would
ELIMINATING EXEMPTIONS: .
(As one of several variations,
with the $600 personal exemptions,
of $600 for each dependent except spouse.) j .
On $4,000 income, tax is $45 more; on $5,000,' is 148 more; on
$10,000, is $72 more. Biggest increase comes in lower incomes, being
$29 compared with present $2 tax on $2,000 income and! $53 compar
ed with present $19 on $3,000. Tax increase amount taj 29 per cent
on $10,000 income and, 3 to 11 per cent on incomes ever $20,000.
Single persons with $4,000 to $10,000 income would face tax increases
or 10 to 25 per e nt)
Plans Would Revise Exemptions
TAX CREDITS PLAN: Different variations have been suggested
for doing away with present personal exemptions andf dependency
credits as deductions from income and replacing the same with stat
ed tax credits which would be deducted from finally computed tax.
In this connection, the Tax Commission has computed -effects of
removing both personal and" dependency exemptions from taxable
income. This would be the highest income tax increase; of the many
plans analyzed for comparison purposes, and would raise an estimat
ed $26 million in additional taxes each year. j
Tax would be doubled or. tripled for incomes under $6,000 and
would increase 44 to 83 per cent on incomes up to $10;000.
But actually this plan has not receivedany consideration by it
self. It serves as the basis for applying tax credits as a simple sub
traction from the computed tax. A $10 tax credit would mean the
taxpayer with wife and one child would deduct $30 from .his tax
computation. - ; : !
The $10 credit would mean a plan raising an additional $12
million a year in income taxes; a $12 credit would mean $10 million
a year. j
Samples of Tax Proposals Offered
Here are samples of the proposed taxes from which the tax
credits, whatever amount decided, would be de"ducted:j
On $3,000 income for husband-wife-one child, with no exemp
tions allowed, tax would be $77, compared with preseit tax of $18.
On $4,000 joint income, tax is $108, compared with' $4$.
On $5,000, tax is $142 compared with $67; on $6,000 is $181 com
pared with $99; n $7,000, is $219 compared with $129? on $8,000 is
$263, compared with $167; on $309, comparedwjth $2054 on $10,000,
is $355, compared with present $246. 1 ' -
Under this plan, the percentage tax increase for sicgle taxpayers
would be much less than for others, ranging from '48 per cent on-
$3,000 incomes to 10 per cent on $10,000 incomes, an figured before
the deduction of any tax credits. But such taxpayers of course would
have only a single tax credit to subtract
1 UNIVERSAL INCOME TAX: This plan recentlyl proposed by
Rep. Walter Pearson hasn't yet been analyzed. It would mean sharp
increases in tax on incomes from $6,000 to $20,000 and) would repre
sent the most drastic shakeup of the income tax. All exemptions and
deductions would be eliminated and new overall tax rates would be
set at 3 per cent on first $3,000 of income, 4 per cent; next $3,000
and 6 per cent on all over that AH of the other income tax plans are
based on present tax rates. (Additional legislative news on page 7,
sec 2.)
THURSDAY EVENTS AT. THE
10:15 a-m. House considers workmen's compensation buls
2:15 p.m. Public hearing on comic book regulation, before Sen
ate education committee. Room 309. - I -
Store Robbery Yields 825,000
VANCOUVER. B. C. tft Twjo
gramen who pistol whipped ja
city wholesale company casmer
here . Wednesday escaped with
more than $25,000 in a weu-timea
daylight robbery. ,
The daring raid en W. H. Mai
kin.Co Lti, wholesale grocers,
Thursday, March 10, 155
E. GANGWARE
The Statesman
income tax will , be expected
mostly pay 20 to 30 per cent more.
1 .
this plan is based oa doing away
but retaining dependency credits
LEGISLATURE
came when a maa pulled a gun
on cashier Alfred Yardley on his
way to the bank with a deposit.
The 32 year - ld cashier was
slugged on the side of the head
with the holdup man's gun who
grabbed the sack containing the
deposit money and fled In a car
driven by a companion.
No. 34
Portland
Blaze
Kills 5
6 Unaccounted
For in Hotel Fire;
Smoker Held
PORTLAND m At least. fiv
men died as fire blamed on a
cigarette, swept through an old
hotel early Wednesday.
f ire Marshal Dale Gilman said
late in the day that six nersons on
the register were unaccounted for
but may have gone to other hotels .
nearby on the waterfront fringe of
the business district These were
being checked...
C. W. Stickney, assistant fire
marshal, said the blaze started
from a smolderinz blanket in a
second -floor hallway. Stickney
quoted Kusseu uren, 42, a tenant,
as saying a cigarette he was
smoking set fire to a blanket. Uren .
told Stickney he poured water on
the blanket and believing the blaze
was out, threw.it into the hallway
in front of his room, .
Charge Filed
Charees of involuntarv
slaughter were filed against Uren
ana another tenant who escaped
the fire with him, Ann Alexander.
46.
A huge rubble hean from th
collapse of the roof and floors; of
the three-story structure was being
sifted for possible other victims.
mis, unman said, would take "a
long time."
The hotel, the Lind. was occtiniixl
mostly by permanent guests.
many 01 them iderly. The known
dead included men 63 to 78 years
old.
Early Morning
uuiu uic , urc was
sounded shortly after 1 a.m. Be
fore dawn four hnrfio KaH hsan
recovered and a fifth was found
in me first checking of the ashes. '
The hotel occupied the second
and third floors of the building.
Gilman said that as I guess, loss .
was around $200,000.' Shops occu
pied the first floor.
The guests fled down corridors
and fire escapes in night clothing.
Firemen, checking rnAmi ran intn
heavy smoke and at one tim
seven of them were stretched out :
on the sidewalk receiving nrvcron
Four firemen and six guests went
to a hoSDital ' but there wpi- nn
critical hurts and hospital attend'
anis saia omy one was ' burned.
The others' were treated for in
haling smoke and for shock.
Sat la Water
Among those treated were Uren
and a woman who had - jumped
into a lightwell where they sat in
water nearly two hours while the
building burned around them. I
Tomo Saito, the proprietor, said
his father-in-law, George Nuno-
tami, 78, died because he wouldn't :
1 l :i 1 , 'i
leave unui lie was aressea. saiio.
his wife, their seven children and '
his parents got out ' 1
The other dead were George
Nadenhoff, 69; Jack Boysen, 63:
Robert Edward Roden and Bill
Covington. ' ' .
Church Burns
At Silverton
Statcnaaa Nws ierrSc
SILVERTON The old C. M.
Wray house, . converted into a
church by the Latter Day Saints, .
was gutted Wednesday noon by
a fire which firemen said caused
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"several thousand dollars" dam
age. - . - t
Until the structure, located at
Oak and Second streets, is re
built, LDS services will be held
at the Knights of Pythias Hall. .
Firemen saved the exterior of :
the large-frame house and pre- :
vented the fire from spreading
to a house nearby. The piano and
other furnishings were saved.
Cause of the blaze is not
known. Members of the church 1
said there was so fire in iti
furnace. The property, they said,
is insured through - the parent
church at Salt Lake City. 1
PLANE OVERDUE
HILLA AIR FORCE BASE. Utah
un Officials at . this northern
Utah air base said a B25 carrying
a crew of three was overdue on
a flight from Hilla to March Air
Force Base in California Wednes
day Bight
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