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Last Sunday's New York Times
Magazine had a cartoon a scene
in Suburbia. Habitants were busy
mowing the, lawn, clipping the
hedge, hoeing the garden. On the
street -was a prairie schooner, auto-borne
with the sign: "New York
or Bust" and in the distance loom
ed the shining towers of Manhat
tan. The cartoon was to illustrate
an article "From the Suburbs Back
to the City." The author, Herbert
Mitgang was actually reporting a
reverse migration to the city. The
city-bred souls who so lately fled
from the noise and grime and con
gestion of the city to the delight
of the suburbs are becoming fed
up with commuting, communing
with nature, do - it - yourself and
fresh air."
The reverse movement -doesn't
balance the outflow by a good deal.
The New York board of education
figures showed 16,000 families with
school children moved -lo nearby
counties in the past three years
and 7,500 from them to NYC. As
to Long Island which has been fill
ing up fast with city migrants the
city outflow was 36,000 but the in
flow was only 5,000.
What drives them back to the
city? A variety of reasons so it
seems. Those accustomed to living
in apartment houses where all they
had to do was to call the manager
to report leaky plumbing, a defec
tive light switch or insufficient heat
may tire of being fireman, plum
ber and repair electrician as they
live in a detached house in the
country Some revolt
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
FBI May Join
WideningHunt
For Oveross
The FBI may join the widening
hunt for Casper A. Overosst wanted
in Marion County for the Feb. 17
slaying of Ervin Kaser, it was in
dicated here Thursday. ,
Possibility that Oveross. who was
indicted by a grand jury here Mon
day for first degree murder, may
have left the state could swing the
widespread net of FBI agents into
the hunt.
Overess, a 43-year-old Silverton
carpenterreportedly left this area
a month ago to seek work where
he "could get away from hounding
by deputies."
It was considered l&ely that he
had gone to California to visit bro
thers at that time, but the brothers
reportedly deny seeing him. He al
' so had not checked through border
stations, according to police offi
cials here. There are several routes
by secondary- roads leading into
California on which there are no
checking stations, however.
If the FBI joins the hunt. Over
oss will have been charged on a
federal warrant with being a fugi
tive from a murder charge.
There was a growing belief
among local officers Thursday that
Oveross may not have left Oregon
at all when he dropped from sight
April 17, two weeks before a gun
was found in the Pudding River
linking him with the slaying of his
one-time neighbor. Former haunts
of -the veteran woodsman in Cen
tral Oregon were being checked by
state police and local vigil was be
ing maintained. .
Officers, checking Oveross' activ
ity in the days before he left dis
covered he had- paid up bills in
cluding a bank loan against his
automobile, advanced by a Salem
bank.
Forecast Says
Cooler Today
After two days with the mer
cury in the high 70s. a high of I
about 10 degrees less is predicted
for today by McNary Field weath
ermen. A high of 68 is seen, with
a night low near 41 following. Sat
urday should be a little warmer.
Thursday the high was 78 a
degree less than the seasonal
high set Wednesday. The lowest
it got the preceding night was 72.
Low cloudiness is predicted for
northern Oregon beaches Friday
morning but It should become
sunny toward afternoon. The hi?h
should be 58-63. Northwesterly
beach winds of 10-20 miles an
hour are seen. '
HEADS PRESBYTERIANS
LOS ANGELES W Dr. Paul
S. Wright of Portland, Ore., son of
a missionary, was elected Thurs
day to lead the Presbyterian
Church in the jUnited States of
America.
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Postal
Pay Rise
WASHINGTON (J) President
Eisenhower vetoed an 8.6 per cent
postal pay raise bill Thursday and
several senators said he has the
votes to make it stick.
The test will come on Tuesday,
when the Senate will vote on
whether to override the veto.
Eisenhower, in apparent antici
pation that he will be upheld, asked
Congress in his veto message to
"quickly consider and enact postal
pay legislation that will be in the
public interest and fair to all of the
half million employes who man the
postal service.
Eisenhower, who has indicated a
7.6 per cent raise would be as
much as he would approve, said
the rejected bill failed to meet the
criteria of fairness., workability
and reasonableness in cost. He
specified:
(1) It discriminates against
large groups of postal workers
such as rural letter carriers, spe
cial delivery messengers, and
many supervisors and postmasters.
These total tens of thousands.
"(2) Aside from creating new
and serious administrative prob
lems, the total cost of the bill,
approximately 180 million dollars
a year, is substantially greater
than is necessary to adjust postal
salaries to a fair level, either from
the standpoint of pay for compar
able worker from the standpoint
of increase in the cost of living."
While Eisenhower has vetoed
many bills since he became Presi
dent, most of them minor ones,
Tuesday's vote will mark the first
attempt to override him.
Picnic Spot to
Remain Closed
This Summer
Paradise Islands, popular
Salem area picnic spot for many
years, will not open this summer
for business, the owners report
ed Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto R. Nation,
who have operated the picnic
spot since 1948, said the closure
was decided on because recent
highway construction in that area
had rendered Mill Creek unfit for
picnic use. Mill Creek runs
through the property and forms
a natural island formation there.
The grounds are located on
Turner Road about three miles
east of Salem.
Construction of the East Salem
bypass highway has recently been
completed in that area. After
construction began the state high
way department reported it had
received complaints that inter
ference with the stream above
the picnic, area had damaged
boating and swimming facilities.
In existence for many years
prior to the Nations' ownership,
Paradise Islands has long provid
ed picnic facilities for thousands
of individuals and organizations.
It was one. of 'the few remaining
privately-operated parks in this
area. , :
In addition to water sports it
provided dancing, softball and
other game facilities. The Na
tions are temporarily residing in
San Francisco.' Whether the farm
vill ever be restored to picnic
use later was not known.
France to Boost
Algeria Forces
PARIS tf French forces in
Algeria will be increased to 100.000
men in an attempt to stamp out
spreading attacks of Arab nation-
lalists, authoritative sources said
j Thursday.
Vetoed
Newbry Critical of -Apparent
Roadblock on
State election administrative
officials here were critical Thurs
day of what they termed an, ap
parent official roadblock against
the right of referendum on acts
passed by the 1955 Legislature,
following reports Wednesday
that the tobacco industry would
file a referendum against the 3
cents a package cigarette tax
bill if it is signed by the gov
ernor. "The procedure is all wrong.
said Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry under whose jurisdiction
the state election bureau is ad
ministered. - ,
"Under the Oregon constitu
tion, any citizen or group of cit
izens is entitled to a full 90 days
-following adjournment of the
Legislature in which to secure
referendum " petition against an
unpopular , enactment. In the
present instance a substantial
part of this time is being con
sumed and cancelled out by the
Grade School 'Symphony' Assembled at Music Festival
A - J
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Thp four violinists were nmonz
last night in the Salem Elementary School Music Festival at the
North Salem High School Gymnasium. The festival, first in
many years, featured band, orchestra and vocal groups repre-ipage
Monmouth Schoolteacher, Two Pupils
Chat With President at White House
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Statesman Washington
Correspondent
Mnnmnnth fir .rhoiltMeher and
two of her fourth grade pupils
chatted with President Eisenhower
at the White House Thursday.
Miss Margaret Perry, with nine
yeae old Sue Mull and Dickie
Peterson, were greeted by the
Chief Executive in his office on
the occasion of Miss Perry's being
named "Teacher of the Year."
Later - Vice ISsident Richard
Nixon presented the award at the
capitol.
. It left the elementary teacher
admittedly somewhat breathless,
she said after a full day meeting
Washington dignitaries.
Feel S Special
"These people," she declared in
astonishment," all make us feel so
At the White House, Miss Perry
and her students were led into
the executive office for a private
chat with the President before
reporters and photographers were
admitted to record the event. Ei
senhower made a hit with the two
pupils, chosen by their classmates
at Monmouth, to make the trip
with Miss Perry, for he reached
into his desk and handed them
ball ooint pens as souvenirs of
their visit.
When Miss Perry admitted to
Lebanon Man
in
Assault Case
ALBANY Wl Ivan Dale Het
land. 22, Lebanon, won acquittal
Thursday from a charge of assault
and battery on E, A. Gall, 65.
Lebanon.
Gall was struck March 9, and
his wife. Goldie. asserted he had
been attacked because she was
urging changes in welfare pay
ments, charging that many, recip
ients were squandering the money.
Hetland said, however, that Gall
was intoxicated and tried to at
tack him. The accused man said
he fought only in self-defense.
The district court jury took less
than an hour to reach its verdict.
Hetland had lived in Salem be
fore moving to Lebanon.
Referendums'
state's creaking legislative and
executive machinery which,
however, seek to operate with
remarkable smoothness when
ever a new regulation or exaction
is to be imposed upon' the peo
ple." He was referring to the wait
for the governor's signature on
some bills, like the cigarette tax.
Newbry said it appears that
the governor is not solely at
fault in this case since the ciga
rette tax bill has not as yet,
more than two weeks after the
Legislature adjourned, been de
livered to -him for his signature.
Investigation here Thursday
indicated the cigarette tax bill!
was sent to Klamath Falls, the
home of -x House Speaker Ed
--- ;, iir j,
Geary, for Signature W ednesday.
It was indicated that it may be
three or four davs before the
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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon,
the 450 pupils which participated .
, some anxiety about 33 students i
back home who didn't get to come
to Washington, D. C, with her, i
i tne iTesident cnucKiea in under-;
standing and pulled out a picture
the whole class. Vice President
Nixon also gave the students a
picture when Dickie asked him for
it
Eisenhower kidded young Peter
son about his "Butch" haircut,
recalling that his son had worn a
2,000 Youths
To March in
Scout Parade
Two thousand boys from Mar
ion, Polk and Linn Counties will
march through downtown streets
Saturday in the annual Cascade
Area Council Boy Scout circus
parade.
The boys will assemble in the
Capitol Mall area at 1 p. m. and
the parade will start at 2 p. m.,
marching west on Chemeketa
Street to High Street, south to
Court, then east on Court to the
Capitol area.
Bands from South and North
Salem high schools, Woodburn
High School, Parrish and Leslie
junior high schools, the Salva
tion Army and Salem Senator's
Rooters, will take part '
The procession will be led by
Cub Scouts, to be followed by
Boy Scouts, Explorers, Air and
Sea Scout sections.
The events will shift Saturday
night to Waters Field where a
grand entry of scouts will be
made at 7:30 p. m., and a full
schedule of circus activities will
follow. (Additional details on
page 3, sec. 1.)
Preliminary Big 4
Session at Frisco
Proposed by Dag
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (Ji -
Dag Hammarskjold suggested
Thursday the Big Four foreign
ministers could confer at the U. N.
commemorative session in San
Francisco next month as a pre
liminary to a later meeting "bf their
government chiefs.
"We know there will be a very
broad attendance of foreign sec
retaries," the U. N. secretary gen
eral told his regular news confer
ence. They will meet in an at
mosphere for on-stage and off-stage
talks which develop when you get
people like that together."
The U. N. session. June 20-26,
will commemorate the 10th anni
versary of the signing of the U. N.
charter-
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FORECAST (from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
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j Saturday. Cooler with hiKh today
I n"r 6- low toenut near 41. a lmie
j warmer Saturday with high near 72.
Temperature at 12:01 a. m. today was
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Friday May 20, 1955
senting all Salem elementary schools. Shown are from left to
i right, Leslie Clapton, Francis Gaskins, Steven Palmason and Cathy
Wilson. About 1,000 persons attended. (Statesman Photo.) (Full
of pictures on page 8, section 4.)
crewcut as a boy.
observed rather
The President
philosophically
'hat mothers always seemed to op-
pose crewcuis ano xamers always
lavored tnem.
Never Landed
When Miss Perry Remarked
that Dickie had had his first plane
ride to the nation's Capital, the
President said "good for you" and
told about the fellow he had. gone
up with who said he had flown 19
times before but had never landed.
"He was a paratrooper," ex
plained the President.
After 11 photographers finished
portraying the event, the Presi
dent took them into the garden
where the children took pictures of
one another but Miss Perry
realized she'd pulled a boner by
leaving her camera in the lim
ousine that awaited in the White
House drive.
Visit ta Agency
From there they walked through
part of the White Housa and were
driven to the U. S. Office of Edu
cation where Commissioner of
Education Samuel Brownell intro
duced her to all the heads of his
agency. Next came a visit to Na
tional Education Association Head
quarters, for Miss Perry is NEA
director for Oregon.
For lunch they sped to Capitol
Hill for a date with Sen. Richard
Neuberger, who then went onto
the Senate Floor to hail Miss Perry
as being "Symbolic of so many un
selfish teachers who work long
hours for low pay out of dedica
tion to getting the next generation
ready for citizenship."
The award ceremony in Nixon's
office at the Capitol came during
the afternoon.
School Budget
Vote Today
The largest budget in district
history will go before Salem
School District 2 voters today
from 2 p. m. to 8 p. m.
The total budget to operate
schools during 1955-56 is $5,177,-
321 which exceeds the six per
cent limitation by $1,166,809.
Also up for voter approval is
consolidation of the Brush Col
lege school -district with Salem.
The vote will also be taken in
Brush College where polls wHl
be open from 2 p. m. to 9 p. m.
Voting places in the Salem
district are at Highland School,
Washington School. Grant
School, Englewood School, Public
School Administration Building,
Richmond School, Leslie Junior
High School. Morningside School,
Four Corners School and West
Salem School.
Queen's Aunt
Hears Graham
LONDON m The Duchess of
Kent, aunt of Queen Elizabeth II,
Thursday night attended Billy
Graham's revival service at
Wembley Stadium.
She was the first member of Bri
tain's royal family to attend any
of the American evangelist's serv
ices in England or Scotland. - The
duchess entered a royal box with
out attendants or ceremony and
only, a few of the 56.500 persons
in the audience were aware of her;
presence.
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PRICE 5c
No. 54
Before returning to Oregon, a
week-end trip to New York is
planned by McCall's magazine for
the teacher and her pupils. The
award is sponsored by the maga
zine, which features her in its
June issue. It says the key to her
success lies in "her tremendous
patience and great understanding,
plus her insistence that her fourth-
graders' have a sense of belong
ing." Monday she is scheduled to ap
pear from New York on the nation
al television show,. "Today" on
NBC with Dave Garroway.
'.'Everything has been perfect,
said Miss Perry, resting at her
hotel between the day's activities
and a dinner arranged by Mc
Call's. All the details have been taken
care of. We even have a limousine
at our command. And that is very
amazing for a teacher."
Gas Firm to
Foot Bill for
Conversions
All Salem area gas appliances
are due for a change-over when
Portland Gas & Coke Co. switches
to natural gas in the summer of
1956, it was announced Thursday
by Charles Gueffroy, the firm's
president, and the company will
foot the bill. 1
Gueffroy said his firm expects to
spend $4 million to $5 million dol
lars in the change-over from man
ufactured to natural gas in the
whole system, which extends over
the valley. A half -million appli
liances would be changed.
Extensive pipe reconstruction is
not planned in this area for at least
two years, said Gueffroy. However,
a new pipe line from Portland to
Oreogn City will be laid immedi
ately because of paper mills in the
latter city.
Reason givep for no extensive,
immediate change in the Salem
area is that natural gas provides
a capacity - gain, .and present in
stallations here are adequate to
handle it
County Board
To $40,000 Budget Cutting Job
' By VIXITA HOWARD
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Marion County's budget com
mittee will probabry be asked
next week pare between
$30,000 asd $40,000 from sub
mitted budgets by county depart
ments to enable staying within
the six per cent Lmitation during
1955-56. The total budget wiU be
approximately $2,650,000.
The 1954-55 budget was $2;
618,915. Of the total budget figure,
$1,441,600 is within the limitation.
Estimated revenue for the new
budget has ,'jetn fixed at $1,153,'
000 and expendable surplus at
$230,000.
The budget committee, consist
ing of Pat McLaughlin, Wood
burn; V. T. Golden, Salem; Har
ley Libby, Jefferson ;and mem
bers of the county court will con
vene Tuesday morning tc begin
hearing requests from county de
partment heads. .
Decision Follows
Teamsters Strike
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Aga inst 3 Firms
Affects 100,000 Workers, Way :
Left Open for Emergency Hauling
LOS ANGELES (JP) A virtual shutdown of major trucking
operations in the 11 Western states, affecting 100,000 workers, was
ordered Thursday night by employers after AFL Teamsters Struck
threeJeading carriers. - - s '
Saying "A strike against one is a strike against all," the Cali.
fornia Trucking Assn. the employers group ordered all trucks
to stop rolling at midnight, butl
left one small opening for emer
gency movements.
The association authorized a
committee of member carriers to
seek permission from Teamster
unions to transport essential drugs,
foodstuffs and defense materials.
Perishable foods in transit at
midnight were to be allowed to
run to their destination, an indus
try spokesman said, but all pick
ups and deliveries were to cease
at that hour.
More than 10.000 AFL Teamsters
after a breakdown of month-long
negotiations, struck the Western
lines of the Pacific Intermountain
Express, Consolidated Freightways
and Pacific Motor Trucking Co.
Midwestern 2nd Eastern divi
sions of the lines operate under
already-negotiated contracts. The
strike will affect them, truckers
said, because shipments to and
from the West will be halted.
Three Firms
Truck operators attended a se
ries of meetings late Thursday to
plan for an orderly shutdown. The
strike against the three firms,
which handle 30 per cent of the
trucked freight in the West, is a
strike against the whole industry,
said the director of the California
Trucking Assn.
The shutdown would affect 100,
000 Teamster members in 11 West
ern states, including 28,000 drivers.
Trucking would be curtailed as far
east as Chicago, St. Louis and
Kansas City.
Federal Conciliator John Fenton
said he has not been asked to in
tervene but stands ready to help
at any time.
"Not Lockout"
President Frank Brewster of the
Western Conference of Teamsters
said union members have been
told the strike might be a long
one. He hit the employers' shut
down of all firms as "a lockout."
"We have no plans to strike any
other carriers," he said. "I am
always ready to resume negotia
tions." -
But an employer spokesman said
that truckers had not heard from
Brewster Thursday and that noth
ing had been settled on the con
tinued movemen tof essential com
modities. Lettuce growers expressed con
cern that they would not be able
to ship bumper crops in Arizona
and Southern California.
Smaller Towns First
Truckers don't expect the effect
of the tieup to be felt in larger
cities for about three days, due to
stockpiles in. warehouses. But
smaller communities will be hit
quickly.
There are many short haul truck
ing firms in cities operating under
separate contracts which will not
be affected by the walkouts.
Driver Held Guilty
In Traffic Death
LA GRANDE Wt A coroner's
jury here held Clayton R. Irey,
24, Baker, guilty of negligent
homicide in the Sunday automo
bile death vt 15-year-old Sharon
Jean Edwards.
The jury heard 15 witnesses
Wednesday night, then decided
Irey was negligent because he ran
through a red light.
Northwest League
At Tn-City 11. Salem 14.
At Yakima 10, Spokane S.
At Lewiston 7, Wenatchee 18.
Coast League
At Seattle 1. Portland 4.
At Hollywood 5. Oakland 7.
At Sacramento 4, San Diego 12.
At San Francisco 17, Lot Angele 1.
National League
At Miiwaukie 2. New York .
Only game scheduled.
American League
No games scheduled.
Faces $30,000
Budgets submitted by depart
ment heads indicate most , in
creases requested are aimed at
advancing county salaries.
Virtually aU departments ex
cept welfare submitted increased
budget requests for the year.
District Attorney Kenneth E.
Brown's request was up $9,000
over last year, much of it ear
marked for salary adjustments.
Sheriff Denver Young submitted
a budget calling for a $16,000
more to operate the county jail
and law enforcement branch of
his office, according to figures
compiled by the County Clerk's
auditing department. Part of this
figure would go toward higher
salaries and would add two
deputies. -An
increase of $19,000 to oper
ate the courthouse is also in
cluded. This was necessary since
it was found the amount allocated
last year for building operations
was insufficient. '
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Strike Idles
Three Salem
Truck Firms
Three trucking operations In
Salem were tied up Thursday by
the Teamsters strike, and a fur
ther 'close-down of major truck:
firms by operators themselves
was expected today. i
A Salem trucker, whose busi
ness was not one of the first three
halted by striking drivers said he
was "almost sure" that most other
major over-the-road haulers would
stop operations.
He said the three struck out
fits were members of the Oregon
Truck Operators League and that
if other members of the League,
who are also involved in the un
ion contract dispute, would cease
operations it would mean virtual
elimination of public carrier haul
ing between Oregon cities.
Most of State !
The Associated Press reported
truck operators met in Portalnd
Thursday afternoon to map plans
to shut down most operations
hauling in the state.
Meanwhile the three Salem
firms which were struck Thurs
day morning said Thursday after
noon they were completing deli
veries of freight which was in
transit before the strike ;was
called. This is permitted under the
strike rules, which also , permit
emergency shipments, mail and
military deliveries to go through.
Managers at Salem branch of
fices of Pacific Motor Trucking,
Consolidated Freightways and
West Coast Fast Freight, the
three involved, said that when de
livery of current freight is com
pleted, probably by today, some
30 drivers and employes Would be
idled. .
Delivery at Depot ' i
At the Southern Pacific Freight
office, where Pacific Motor Truck
ing has its headquarters, it was
reported that freight, except per
ishables, would be accepted for;
rail transportation from persons
who brought it to the SP ware4
house themselves.
"No change in the situation,"!
was the terse comment Thursday'
from Ward Graham, representa-!'
tive of Salem area Teamsters Un-'
ion. .
Vaccine Delay!
To Continue I
WASHINGTON W) A series of:
official and unofficial statement
Thursday dashed hopes for an:
early resumption of Salk vaccine'
shipments to keep the nation's antUi
polio campaign going.
A spokesman for the U.S. PubJ
lie Health Service, which control?
release of the vaccine from mann-'
facturers, reported that it will be
at least next week before any ship
ments are resumed. j
Eli Lilly Co. of Indianapolis, in
another statement, said it did not
expect government approval of any
more of its vaccine before May 29,
and that its scientists havejdecided
on further tests because of the
public hysteria." . j
Rep. Staggers . D-WVaV said he
has been told that clearance pro
cedures for vaccjpie manufactur
ers conceivably could delay full
scale resumptionof inoculations as
much as four or -five weeks. - -
Thief Loves
Ice Cream
Someone had all the ice cream
they could eat' and then some
Thursday.
Marion County Sheriffs depu
ties are investigating a breaks n
of the Hollywood Bowl snack
bar which netted the burglars:
500 ice cream slices, seven boxes
of candy . bars and about 30
pounds of wieners.
A padlock was pried off the
door to sain entry sometime
after 3 p. m. Wednesday when it
was last checked by the care
taker, the sheriffs office . re
ported.
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