2-5ae. 1)-Sta!tsman, Saltm,
House
Raise Despite Veto
By WHITNEY SHOEMAKER
WASHINGTON (JB - Despltt
warnings of a veto, the House vot
ed 224-189 Wednesday to give a
half-million postal workers an 8.2
per cent pay increase.
Republicans -tent up the warn
ings shout almost certain nie
tion at the White House. But Dem
ocratic boosters of the raise" won
out after' retorting they weren't so
Eure President Eisenhower would,
turn it down and claiming an "ex
cellent" chance of overriding a
veto even if he should. s
Eisenhower has indicated strong
ly he opposes any increase beyond
the average 7.S per cent provided
Hangs Curtain
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DALHART. Tex. Rich top-
soil swept, aloft by one of Colo
rado's worst dust storms, cast a
haiy curtain over parts of the
Southwest Wednesday.
Winds subsided and the fine dust
sifted slowbr downward from sun
ny skies.
Afternoon visibilities ranged
from Vh miles in the Texas pan
handle up to S miles in western
Oklahoma and Southern Kansas.
The dust also was clearing out of
extreme Northeast New Mexico
Colorado skies were clear of dust
but the memory lingered on.
A highway department employe
at Strasburg. 37 miles east of Den-
ver, called Tuesday s big blow
real one."
"Worst since 1935, and I've been
in : this country for years, Roy
Ndrris added. ,
Winds up to 69 miles an hour
at a number of points sucked un
told tons of soil from the thou
sands of Colorado acres.
Traffic piled up along stretches
Df ; highways ' east of Denver and
inched forward slowly during the
brief Intervals in which the brassy
sun pushed through the pale light
There were a number of pDeups
but injuries were' minor because
of the slow pace.
Two Accidents
West of Salem
Damage Autos
Two late afternoon traffic ac
cidents west of Salem Wednesday
left several cars damaged but no
injuries more serious than bruises.
State' Policeman Leonard Chrisler
reported.
About 4 s. m. a mile and
half west of town a car driven by
Harry Clyde Dawson, Salem Route
1, struck the rear of that of George
F. Kraus of Silverton when Kraus
stopped for a school bus discharg
ing pupils. Both cars were exten
sively damaged, but neither driver
was nurt
About 5:10 p. m. south of Rick
reall on U. S. 99W, four north-
bound cars were damaged when
two approaching from the rear
drove into two following a slow-
moving truck ahead.
Drivers were J. C. Thomas, Port
land: John Adams Jr., Ft. Lewis,
Wash.: Gregory B. Wood,, Cor
vallis; Harry Charles Wkk. Seat
tle.
Klamath Boy, Gir
Held in Beating of
90-Year-Old Indian
KLAMATH FALLS (UP)-Sher
iff Murray Britton said Wednesday
a 18-year-old boy and a 14-year-old
girl were in custody of Juvenile
- officers in connection' with the
beating and robbery of Roscoe
Watah, 90. one of the oldest liv
ing members of the Klamath In
dian tribe.
Previously arrested were Perry
Chocktoot. 23, and his wife. Julia
They were arraigned Tuesday be
fore District Judge D. E. Van
Vactor and . preliminary hearing
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The beating occurred about 12,
cays ago at watans nome near;
Beatty. Watah was unable to
summon help for two days.
Power Failure
"
Halts Engineers
BALTIMORE Wi Power failure
Wednesday twice delayed a ses
sion 6f the national conference of
the American Society of Mechani
cal Engineers.
Subject of the session: generat
ing electric current
The session began at the South
ern Hotel. Power failure knocked
out the microphone and after some
unsuccessful attempts to get things
going, the session trooped over to
the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
Seattled again, a speaker sur
veyed those before him.' cleared
his throat And the mike prompt
ly died.'
The session switched to vocal
power.
Dance
IMh Angel ;
Everyene invited te EL
Mary's Auditorium April It, te
danee te the music ef "Un"
Wolfer and his erchestra.
Dancing M2 pjn.
Admission
Only
$1.00
Topsoil Dust
Or., Thurs., April 27, 1955
fates Pp0tmeri's 'Pay
In the, bill which came back on I
the floor Wednesday. The test ccn-1
tered on an amendment by Rep.
Moss (D-Calif.) to lift the figure in
to 8.2 per cent -
Voting adhered closely to party
lines.4 Favoring the higher raise
were 202 Democrats and 22 Re-
publicans. Against were 172 Re-
publicans and 17 Democrats. A
voice vote approved making the
increase retroactive to March 1.1
Jnst Formality
With the main issue settled, the
vote of 324-85 for final passage 8
was just a formality.
As bow recommended by the
House, the raise for the country's
letter carriers and other postal
employes would cost an estimated
171 million dollars. But how much
Congress as a whole ultimately
decides on, subject to presidential
Houae
okay, hinges on Senate
Negotiations.
The Senate previously voted a 10
per cent increase. This would add
some 220 million dollars to the
post office payroll. Organized pos
al employes hope for support of
-W-h? iJS
goes to conference, but some law-
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can Reps. Pelly and Tollefson of
Washington state Wednesday in the
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for postal employes.
Accident Suit
Verdict Uohel
By High Court
A $15,000 verdict obtained by
Hazel Morey, widow and admin-
istrator of the estate of Alvin
Jess Morey. against J. C. Redifer.
Portland, was affirmed by the
State Supreme Court - Wednes-
day. . -
The opinion was written by
Justice Walter Tooze and upheld
Circuit Judge Carl Wimberly.
Coos County.
Morey died as the result of an
accident on the Coast Highway
between Bandon and Coquille on I
May 23. 1952. His automobile
was struck by an unloaded truck
and trailer operated by Redifer's
mnlnv who v att.tnntinv In I
IfiXMS. at ,pfWoo' Moslem
Fair Trial
The court concluded' that de-
fndant bail a fair trial and thrl
was no oreiudlcial error in the
record.
A iurv's verdict for defend-
ants in. aal action to replevin a ly anti-Communist Moslem coun-semi-trailer
alio was affirmed by tries of the Middle East by taking
the high court the side of the Arab states against
This decision, bv Justice
Georee Rossman. affirmed Cir-
cuit Judge James R. Bain, Mult-
nomah County, in an action
brourht bv Thomaa R. Decillo
and William T. Johnston, lain-
Uffs-appellants against IMonte
C. Osborn and F. L. Osborn. de-
f endants-respondents.
Title to the trailer had been
transferred to the olaintiffs who
contended the transfer was made
in consideration of money ad-
vanted to them bv defendant.
Contention that the court erred A resolution on Palestine pro
in instructing the jury was re- posed by Afghanistan and support
Jected bv the Supreme Court d. ,bv Chou said:
Also Affirmed
Also affirmed was a verdict of
Multnomah Countv Circuit
Cnurt iurv awardincr S5.139.50 to
Orval Sorenson, as commission
on the sale of an apartment
hous Th firi Reaitv Com-
ptny, Portland, was defendant in
flnininn In ihm rac alsft Wll
written by JusUce Tooze.
The Court affirmed a Multno -
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suit involving Bert Inman, olain-
tiff-respondent, vs. Brice Realty
Companv, ' defendant - appellant
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tenberg, 640 Menlo Dr., Wednes-
amy evening ran into a parxea
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John E. Hall, 1511 N. Church SL
Mrs. Stoltenberg told officers she
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fender and hood of Hill's.
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Cite
Threat
The measure passed 222-189 and
was sent to the Senate
Voting with Pelly and Tollefson
favor were Democratic Reps.
Magnuson (Wash.), Green (Ore.)
and rlost (Idaho).
Opposed were Republican Reps.
Holmes, Horan, Mack and West.
land, an from Washington state:
Coon, Ellsworth and Norblad, aQ
Oregon; and Budge, Idaho.
The vote was on an amendment
to a pay raise reclassification bill.
The issue was whether to favor the
J per cent pay raise or one of
7.8 per cent backed by the House
Post Office Committee.
Ex-Bend Union
Official Admits
Embezzlement
offWalenlered Te Wedne
of embezzling 17.288 from his local,
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fost working as a prison
l!tl)ref in Japanese mine in
World, War II. walked into the
police station and said, "I guess
they're looking for me."
He waived preliminary hearing
before Circuit Judge R. S. Hamil
ton. The Judge turned his case
over to the probation officer for
pre-sentence investigation
Sheriff Forrest Sholei said
Chambers admitted he embezzled
the union's funds "a little at a
time" between November. 1953.
and March 23, 1953. The shortage
was discovered through an audit
land Charles Marrin. president of
the local, filed a complaint.
Chambers was a leader in last
summer's long lumber strike.
which closed the big Brooks-Scan-
ion mill here for a time. He
figured in several picket line
clashes when a back-to -work
movement started
He told police he had lived In
the Los Angeles area since leaving
here and that he was tired from
driving all night to get back and
five himself up.
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BANDUNG, Indonesia W Red
China Wednesday wooed the sohd-
Israel.
The Arabs are represented and
Israel is not at the 29-nation Asian-
Amcan conierence that opened
here Monday,
Red China's Premier Chou En
Lai played his political cards aklU-
rouy in tne role be apparenuy has
assumed of being everybody's
inend at the conference. He joined
seven Arab countries at the con-
ierence s political committee in de-
manding quick settlement of the
Palestine question,
in view i existing tension in
"e Middle East caused by the
situation in Palestine and the dan-
er of tension to world peace, the
Asian-African conference declare
u "PPrt of the right of the
Arao people in Palestine and calls
for implementation of United Na-
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DETROIT MB Chevrolet Mo-
wr!L, us mmioma
model, Chevrolet passenger car
Wednesday.
.The mUestone vehicle came ofi
the assembly lines earlier this year
than ever before in the company';
U.S. and Canadian assembly
plants Chevrolet began producing
1955 cars last October.
Columbia U. Gets
Soviet lllVltatlOIl
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verslty has invited Columbia Uni-
Iversity to send two representatives
to the Soviet Union for its 200th
anniversary celebration nex
The invitation is being consid
t. wwiu nwjiwa
I of Colombia said Wednesday.
The bid was sent to Columbia
by l.G. Petrovsky, rector of the
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A hot motor was discovered in
the basement of the State Blind
School by city firemen who an
wered an alert there at 11:15
J Wednesday. The school re-
Ported that smoke was evident in
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well refrigerated In a meat locker. Batcher Wade Bunting goes
about his business as though veal and vaccine were standard Items
In his shop. Meanwhile a vaccine locker is being readied. (AP
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Salem Area Guardsmen Quick
To Answer Nation-Wide Alert
. . .
(Story also on
Salem area National Guardsmen, participating in Wednesday's
nation-wide "Minute Man" alert,
ing nearly full strength in a matter
at strategic installations.
Local participants were Companies B and D of the 162nd In
antry Regiment and Battery D of
talion, all of Salem, and the tank
company of the 162nd Infantry
Regiment of Dallas.
Master. Sergeant A. A. Franzke
of the anti-aircraft-battery, said
his outfit had its four guns set up
at the Capitol shopping center
and north of the CapitQ) building
within a hour and a half of the
3 p.m. alert
74 Mobilized
At the end of the second hour.
74 of the unit's 79 enlisted men
and all six officers were mobiliz
ed. Those not needed on the guns
were put to work executing the
battery's loading plan for a the
oretical move-out
Capt. Fabian A. Nelson of Com
pany B, 162nd Infantry, had 68
of its 101 enlisted men and three
of its five officers ready to spread
around the city at 5:45 p.m. and
98 per cent of its strength on hand
by 6:50 p.m.
Observing that some of his men
have to get here from Jefferson,
Detroit and other faraway points,
he felt his unit, did "darn' good."
Sgt Clayton Zeeb of Co. D. 162nd
nfantry. said his 80-man unit was
assembled up to mobilization
strength 60 per cent by 5:35
p.m. and was on guard 10 min
utes later. By 6:15 p.m. all but
five men were accounted for.
. Here again some of the men had
to come from Aumsvule, Turner,
Stayton and other points.
Tank Company
Capt. Stanley P. Singler's tank
company in Dallas rounded up all
of his officers and 90 of his 93
enlisted men who got going on
their five tanks, five jeeps, four
trucks and one tank transport.
They set up road blocks around
Dallas and guard posts at the
Polk County courthouse, the city
hall, some war-useful industries,
the radio station, the telegraph of
flee and the Southern Pacific sta
tion. :
Part of the suppertime alert
consisted of getting the men fed.
Cooks got coffee going at the vari
ous armories and arrangements
were made with eateries. Box
lunches and. 18-cent hamburgers
were among the fare.
Take Up Guard :
The infantry units In Salem took
up guard at tne state capuoi
group, the telephone building, the
city hall radio room, tne water
works reservoir, radio transmit
ters and stations, the Willamette
River bridges and the airport .s
PORTLAND UR The National
Guard tested its national mobiliza
tion plans Wednesday, and
Oregon's 6,400 guardsmen were
called to duty at 5 p.m.
The mobilization call came from
Washington. D.C., and through the
offices of Gov, Patterson and Mai.
Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, i adjutant
general, who put into effect the
alert long prepared for the state's
units.
The principal units were the 41st
Division, the 237th Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Group and the Air Guard.
Liaison planes and helicopters
were alerted to take to the air to
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TB Officials
Back in Salem
Mrs. Ruby Bunnell, executive
secretary of the Marion County
Tuberculosis Association, and Mrs.
George Birrell, publicity chairman,
returned Wednesday from Bend
where they attended an associa
tion public relations conference.
The xour-iay conference was
headed by Ellen LovelL public
relations director for the national
association.
Discussion centered around the
changing problems of the associa
tion due to the lowered death rate
but increasing incidence of tuber'
culosis.
Odium Says!
A-Power Plant
Age by 1975
SALT LAKE CITY Wl New
York . financier Floyd B. Odium
Wednesday night predicted that
after 1975 "practically" all new
power plants will be nuclear-powered.
Odium, president of the Atlas
Corp. and Controller of several
large firms engaged in uranium
exploration in this area, was the
featured speaker before a meet
ing of the , Utah Manufacturers
Assn.
Odium said the demand for pow
er was increasing so greatly that
conventional fuels coal and oil
' will not be able to furnish the
power cheaply enough.
He said nuclear power will then
take over. And it will be cheaper
power also, he said, because op
erating costs of nuclear - powered
plants are already less and the
price of the product will gradually
decrease.
Conventional plants will "work
out their useful lives," he said.
help maintain contact with police
and .civil defense officials.
J Headquarters for the state oper
ation were set up at Portland, with
unit commanders sending in hourly
reports..
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Impairment of
Controls Told
SEATTLE (fl An aerodynam
ics engineer testified Wednesday
that there was "a very definite
impairment of the mechanical con
trol systems" of a Pan American
World, Airways Stratocruiser when
it was forced down in the water
off the 'Oregon Coast March 28.
Mark Sxnaby. the Boeing Air
plane Co., engineer, said testimony
of other witnesses at a Civil Aero
nautics Board investigation of the
crash convinced him : of the im
pairment
Nineteen persons were saved
while four lost their lives in the
ditching of the Honolulu-bound air
liner. ,
Asked if he could explain why
there had been an apparent ele
vator loci after 'the Stratocruiser
lost its right inboard engine.
Smaby replied:
There was no obvious reason.
It is aDoarent that some part or
object may nave come DacK ana
imbedded in the elevator control
surfaces or in' the fuselage con
trol wires. This is purely an esti
mate.
Lads9 Plan to
Build Dynasty
Overthrown
VENICE, Calif. W ! An ambi
tious plan by four boys to estab
lish their -own government on off-
snore aan Miguel isiana vumc 10
an ignominious end before their
expedition started Wednesday.
Police found them,',! asleep un
der a parked car stocked with an
arsenal including a machine gun,
two rifles, two shotguns, two sticks
of dynamite, a pistol, a bayonet
and six knives.
The boys, one 16, one 14 and
two . 13. had copies of i their own
constitution for the "Republic of
San Miguel."
The oldest boy was to be the
governor, the others ; lieutenant
governor, treasurer and controller.
Others who came later would be
"the peasants."
The boys, who ran away from
their Venice homes Tuesday, hoped
to somehow get rope, candles
crates of vegetables and a boat
to get to the uninhabited island,
Salem Resident
Appeals Verdict
PORTLAND Federal Judge
Claude McColloch sentenced two
conscientious objectors to six
months in prison Wednesday for
refusing to be inducted into the
armed forces.
Albert Stain, 27. Salem, who was
convicted last October, appealed
and was permitted to remain at
large on bond.
The other man was Gale Hallett
20, Portland, who pleaded guilty
last October.
Amnesia Victim
Leaves Hospital
Dorothy Griswold, 22-year-old
New York girl found wandering
down U. S. 99E Monday night
Wednesday morning was dis
charged from Salem General
Hospital after undergoing exami
nation for amnesia.
An effort is being made to lo
cate the girl's diamond engage
ment ring and billfold, appar
ently lost that night She is stay
ing with Mrs. George Early, 1902
Broadway St
Car Strikes Train
A car driven by Paul D. Baker,
925 S. 15th St, sustained minor
damage Wednesday evening in an
encounter with a Southern Pa
cific switch-engine at Winter and
Trade streets, police ' reported.
The car's rear door and fender
were damaged. In charge of the
switching crew was Engine Fore
man Glenn Enright of Silverton.
$27 GONE I
Tom Wood, owner of the B & B
Bowling Alley at 3085 Portland
Rd., reported to police wednes
day that $27 dollars In change
mostly in rolls was taken from
his cash register till, j
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"Sure we've
- cot the best!
steaks in town: -
. . . I said explosively to this
needier on the 18th green! After
all you can take -just: so much
ribbing! ji
"Prove it" he suggested care
fully lining up his putt Boy, was
he trying to get me rattled!
"Only one way to do that" I an
swered calmly searching every
inch of the terrain from my bail
to the hole. "You'll just have to
visit the Oak Room and try one
yourself!"
That turned the tables. His ball
missed the hole by a good 4 in
ches. He glared menacingly and
replied. "I know my steaks!" You
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sinking my putt for a birdie. I
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always ready for doubting Thom
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voull doubt no more when you
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Ike 's A id for Asia
Request Hits Snarl
By J.W. DAVIS
WASHINGTON tfl President
Eisenhower's new 3tt billion dol
lar foreign aid program, a "save
Asia" project, ran into a legisla
tive snarl Wednesday a few hours
after the message outlining it
reached Congress.
Chairman Richards (D-SC) of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee announced that contrary to
custom, he is planning to postpone
final committee action ont he i au
thorization bill until the 'full Sen
ate has voted on it r
Sen. George (D-Ga). chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said on the other hand
he expected the House to act first
He told newsmen that until then
his committee plans only incidental
hearings.
For Firm Stand
Most of the money requested by
Case Closed
Against Fongs
PORTLAND (A The state closed
its case against Sherry and Wayne
Fong Wednesday after presenting
medical testimony, that a combi
nation of alcohol and bantal killed
16-year-old Diane Hank.
The state contends that the
Fongs administered the drinks and
the sleeping pills to kill the girl
because she knew too much about
what the state said were Fong's
narcotics and gambling rackets in
Portland. - - . ;
Dr. Joseph A. Becman. former
director of the State Crime Labo
ratory, said barbiturate poisoning
killed the girl, with death possibly
hastened by the drug s combination
with alcohol. .
Eating Spree
Continued by
Michigan Man
DETROIT, Mich. Pennsyl
vania miner Phillip Yazdzik wear
ily pushed back after eating his
3lst order of fried chicken Wednes
day and claimed a world record,
A two-fisted eater who disdains
knives and forks because "they
slow me down," the 42-year-old,
200-pound Yazdzik chomped stead
ily from 9:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m
to reduce 15 ten-ounce chickens
to a huge pile of bones.
. He had said he could finish 40
servings, but declared himself
satisfied at 31. He figures his rec
ord will stand, along with the one
he claimed at Chicago Tuesday
when he devoured 77. hamburgers.
Yazdzik, an Olyphant Pa., coal
miner and delivery man, said he'd
like to get some exercise, then
dig into a few orders of spaghetti
and meat balls for dinner.
He passed up his customary
breakfast of 14 hot dogs and. sev
eral quarts of mUk as well as his
three dozen eggs for lunch to com
centrate on his chicken, eating. He
put away 16 fourteen-ounce glass
es of pop between chicken bites.
Yazdzik father of Seven children,
had a $130 a week food bill for
the family. In between cooking
meals, his wife works as a clean
ing woman to help with the budg
et.
He got Wednesday's chicken
free, along with $150 and $100 ex
pense money from the Northwest
Drive-In Restaurant where he per
formed his feat.
Mrs. Hazel Small
Taken by Death
Mrs. Hazel Small, wife of Wal
do T. Small of 425 S. 21st St.,
died Tuesday at a Salem hospital.
Besides her husband she leaves
a daughter, Mrs. Janette Lutz of
Ridley Park, Pa., and two grand
children. Services will be announced lat
er by the Clougb-Barrick funeral
home.
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the President is to help free Asian
countries stand firm against Com-,
munism. - -
Conditions in Europe, are greatly
improved, Eisenhower said in his
message. He pointed to the cre
ation of defense fortes that "now
constitute a significant deterrent
to aggression."
"The immediate threats td world
security and stability are now cen
tered in Asia," he said. "The per
ponder ance of funds requested of
the Congress will be used to meet
the threat there."
Richards told a news conference
he planned to delay action on the
program because he had heard
from unnamed "influential" sena
tors there is "grave doubt that
the Senate will vote for any eco
nomic aid this year."
Anyway, Richards said, his com
mittee is busy. '
The President's program for tht
year beginning July 1 includes
$2,717,500,000 for direct mihtarj
and associated assistance am
$812,500,000 for other purpose
largely economic: .
Veto Sought
For Portland
Tax Ban Bill
PORTLAND iff!, Gov.' Paul
Patterson will be asked by the
City Council to veto the Legis
lature's bill which would outlaw
Portland business and professional
license fees based on income. -
The council instructed the dty
attorney's office Wednesday to
draft a resolution calling the bill
a "plain violation of the principle
of home rule" and nrtinz Patter
son to veto it.
Councilmen figure the measure.
which would become effective in
1957, would take . from the city
about $1,400,000 annually Id license
fees. They also are afraid the bill
would deprive Portland of utility
franchise fees estimated at be
tween $750,000 and $1,000,000
annually.
The city attorney's office iaid
it would expect considerable 'liti
gation on the franchise fee matter
if the governor signs the bat
Police Wagon
Traps Man I
KITCHENER, Ont. WM2tizens
passing a parked police 'patrol
wagon Wednesday chuckled at a
man inside begging to be let out
He pleaded for about an hour be
fore he was recognized as Edward
Beitz, a city hall emplcrf e. and
released. Beitz was trapped inside
when the door locked as he was
cleaning the vehicle. t
Portland Records
First Traffic -
Death in 31 Days
PORTLAND id A string of
31 days without a traffic fatality
ended for this city Wednesday.
Marcia Bastedenbeck, 3, died in
a hospital from injuries suffered
a short time before when hit by
a truck near her home.
It was Portland's ' 13th traffic
death of the year.
Sgt. Kelley Home
From Far East
A Salem man, Sgt. Conrad .
Kelley, was among several thou
sand servicemen who arrived in
San Francisco Tuesday from the
Far East
Kelley, son of Mr. and 'Mrs. E.
F. Kelley, was on board Ihe U. S.
S. Patrick. He has been stationed
in Korea and Japan for two fears.
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