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f 2-(Sc 1)-Sratsman, Salom, Marion, Polk School Districts Vote Funds Etatesmaa News Service Many voters in Marion and Polk counties approved their own dis trict school budgets Monday in gen erally light balloting. (School stories also on page one.) In one district, that of Fruitland, was there a tie vote. Voters there deadlocked 31 to 31 on a local school budget. Voting tallies follow: MT. ANGEL A "light" turnout of voters Monday elected Joe Berchtold. Gordon Aman and Leo- Murder Case Trial Opens This Morning (Story also on page one) Testimony in the first degree murder trial of Casper A. Oveross may not get underway before Friday, it was indicated Monday on the eve of opening of the Marion County Circuit Court trial. It Is expected that two to three days may be consumed in selec tion of a jury before District Attorney Kenneth O. Brown can make his charge against Oveross. . After that questioning of the 59 prosecution witnesses and an other 15 or more for the defense will get underway. Defense Attorneys Bruce Wil liams and Otto R. Skepil Jr. in dicated they would not file their list of witnesses until later in the week.' Repeated Denials 43-year-old 'Cap Oveross, na tive resident of the Silverton area where Kaser was slain last Feb. 17, was indicted a month ago by a Marion County grand jury for the crime. He has re peatedly denied being near the home of his one-time Evergreen community neighbor at the time of the starlight shooting. Kaser, 49-year-old hop farmer and also a lifetime resident of the area, was fatally shot in his automobile, moments after he drove into the driveway of his home 2Vi miles south of Silver ton on the Cascade Highway. Two Witnesses Only known witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Keller halls who reported they heard and saw the four shots fired by the killer from his own car parked on the highway some 50 yards from Kaser's. They said the car sped away into the moon less nisht toward Stayton. Oveross was Questioned at length immediately after the slaying when police learned he had blamed Kaser. for the break up of his marriage. t Five days later he was jailed on a criminal complaint for murder. His arrest followed interrogation by police of what is considered the key y iritnessin the state's case against Refused to Indict District Attorney Brown took the case to a grand jury in Feb ruary but it declined to indict 7 Oveross on the evidence then presented and he was released. Discovery of a rifle, reported to be the murder weapon, in the Pudding River some five miles from the scene presented major new evidence in the case and a second grand jury indicted Over oss who was then working in Fairbanks, Alaska, i Brown is expected to hinge his case Tm linking the rifle to Over oss and the fact that he had blamed Kaser's associations with his wife Ethel for their divorce. Police have reported that Kaser and Mrs. Oveross were together a few hours before the slaying. Military Rules Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES l Most of Buenos Aires Monday had an out ward ir of normalcy under strict control of the armed forces. They were instructed by their su preme commander, Army Minister Maj. Gen. Franklin Lucero, to maintain order and suppress ru mor mongering. The Argentine state radio pn nounced that President. Juan D. Teron had resumed work, attend ing his usual official task in col laboration with his principal as sociates. " Write-in Candidate Beats Out Regulars BAKER LB -i Dr. ; Kim McKim was elected a city school director for a 5-year term in a write-in campaign in a special election here Monday. He defeated the two regular can didates, Carl Davis and Fred Koh lcr. I . 63 SS88 Or., Tuesday, Juno 21, 1955 nard Fisher to the school board of directors. Voters approved a $195,000 bond issue for the Silverton Union High School district, of which ML Angel is now a part, to build an addition to the high school The vote was 89 in favor and 33 against Also approved, 87 to 30, was the Silverton high tax levy of $187,133. The Mt Angel district's own bud get of $29,990 also passed 89 to 27. DALLAS This first class dis trict's school levy of $176,123 above the six per cent limitation passed Monday night 124 to 14. William B. Young was reelected to the district school board and Kenneth . Shet- terly, elected. HOPEWELL Elected , to the school board Monday were Mrs. Verne Sahnow, Roy Wright, Neil Currie and Mrs. F. L. Whithee. CLEAR LAKE Clifford Orey and J. W. Whelan Jr. were write in candidate winners to the school board at Monday's election. Also elected was Emil Beier. Tie district's budget of $10,000 was approved, 29 to 13. But the non-high school budget issue lost by one voce zs to zz. BROOKS The local district bud get was approved Monday night by a vote of 34 to 1, but the non-high school budget was defeated 19 to 16. Elected as directors to the school board were James Richard, Harry Sturgis and Harry Bosch. AUMSVILLE Directors elected to the school board here Monday are Robert Mickey, Overton Bruce and Kenneth Purdy. The .$29,102 figure in excess of the six per cent limitation was okehed by a 14 to 8 vote. MILL CITY Elected to the school board here Monday were Theodore Baughman, Mrs. Julia Bassett and Harold Kliewer. The $19,000 figure in excess of the six per cent limitation was approved 185 to 4. BETHEL Elected to the school board here were A. C. Spranger, Thomas Jones and W. R. Baker. The $5,048 local budget in excess of the six per cent limitation was approved 22 to 20; but the non-high school budget was defeated 28 to 14. WOODBURN Philip F. Bran son was elected to the Wood burn School Board Monday. He was named to succeed Roy Kuhns, who has retired after serving eight years on the board. Branson is a past president of the Woodburn PTA Associa tion. TURNER The local school budget figure passed here Mon day by a vote of 42 to 2. Harry Oldenburg was nominated to serve on the Marion County Rural School District Board, and elected to the Turner School Board were Ray Grim, Carl Graves and John Mickey. FRUITLAND The non-high school budget was turned down by voters here. 47 to 15. Mon day. A local school budget of $10,228 wound up in a tie vote of 31 to 31. The scnooi board win set a new voting date on the latter j item. Directors elected to the school board were Ernest R. Campbell, William Clay and Mrs. Pauline Wagner. PRATUM The local school budget was approved Monday night by a vote of 12 to 2, but the non-high school budget re ceived a tie vote of 8 to 8. New directors elected were Al bert Mantie, Arthur deVries and Raymond Lillie. EVERGREEN Directors elec ted Monday night were George Kaufman, Alfred Von Flue and Monroe Hansen. C A I CM Reslan(i Add'n. dALCll At Market ONE DAT 0XIT AFT. 4 KITE Thurs. June Spon. Jr. Cham, of Commerce Mum GGAMTIC 3RJNG RAILROAD MUCO ZACCMINt Mm ! to. Mm Mm waHl Mm tic Taut ttmm Mm WMtb at fiaty CANNON. CSIAT LINAirS Saala'a iiaur HANNIFOKDS latafMtfeiMl San ftacfc idmt Stan. Mm MM NIW Hat 400 Amric if, li Cm a, Twkf Dairy 4 t pXirtpolv Boon Opt 130 4 7 tM.) frkn General admission and reserv ed chair tickets on sale circus day only at Stevens it Sn, 391 State St: ?flflfl UNRESERVED SEATS AWUU Each Performance (Win 75 II- Adults 1.35 Includes All Ta EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION: Doa( Aatrr "stasias Cawaoy aa4 mis Caafrcaa f Kldtrs M M Catty X? h i A womHtiTnr i Million Minus Bus Service - i In LA. Strike LOS ANGELES OB A million Los Angeles transit lines patrons improvised new ways to get to and from work Monday as busmen and motormen took a holiday by striking. - The walkout threatens to be an all-week affair unless company of ficials come up with another, bet ter offer before Friday, a union spokesman said. The 2,600 workers by voice vote rejected their negotiators' recom mendation that the company's la test offer be accepted. Formal vote is slated Friday, but officials of the AFL Motor Coach Employes see little chance of a switch. , The company offered to step up pay from $1.91 an hour to $2.03 in three steps over a two-year per iod. The union has demanded a flat 20-cent increase to $2.11 for top operators. Senate Votes Military Funds WASHINGTON - The Senate voted unanimously Monday for a $31,882,000,00 military defense out lay after overriding President Eis enhower's plan for a 22.000-man cut in the Marine Corps by mid 1856. The vote on the big money bill was 80-0. It came shortly after the Senate voted by a hairline 40-39 to add 46 million dollars to keep Marine Corps strength at 215.000 men instead of the 193,000 Eisen-i bower asked. The House, which passed the bill earlier, must now act on the extra money voted the Marines for the fiscal year starting July 1. Plans to prevent a similar re duction in Army manpower were' dropped in the face of apparent defeat. A move to Increase 'Air Force funds also was abandoned after the Air Force recommended quantity production of two new su personic jet fighters. Klamath Crash Kills Youth KLAMATH FALLS Ut James Parazoo, 15, of Chiloquin was killed outright Monday night when a car he was riding in overturned on a highway between Chiloquin and Sprague River north of here. Three other youths in the car, Lawrence Mose, . 16, Chiloquin; Dale Moe, 17, Silverton; and Gor don Copeland, 16, Silverton, suf fered minor injuries. Legion Post 9 Installs Officers Installed as officers for the coming year in American Legion Post 9 Monday night were Com mander Jack Surles; first vice commander, Willi. mm Goodwin; second vice commander. Charles Stinnet; adjutant, Alvin John son, and finance officer, Jerry DybalL Rose City Legion Post 35's drill team handled the install Uon. The team is from Portland. Armours Star Quality tentacle Cast Entertaining In 'Can't Take It With You9 ' By MAXINE BUREN Statesman Staff Writer s Fair weather as usual, shown on Grandpa Vanderhof of the -You Can't Take It With You" Vanderhofs, when he and his family of mad, lovable Sycamores appeared Monday night, in the first of the Pentacle Theater's Summer plays. . The play continues through Saturday. As is usual with the Pentacle Players and Bob Putnam, the di rector, the choice of play, casting and production are excellent The hilarious comedy with a thought provoking plot lends itself to the arena-type theater. Many of the players are old-timers in amateur theater hereabouts. Grandpa, who walked out of his Wall Street office 35 years ago and has been having a wonderful time ever since, is played by Carl Ritchie. Penny Sycamore. (Clor inda Topping) has been a writer since a typewriter was delivered by mistake eight years ago. Paul, ber husband (G. Elmer Spencer) might have been an architect, but invents explosives instead, with the help of Mr. De Pinna, (Bill Smith) who came to deliver gro ceries and never left Then there are Essie (Jackie Blush) an aspiring ballet dancer and her husband Ed (Jim Jaqua) a man of many hobbies; Boris Kolenkhov (Al Laue) a hungry bal let teacher; Mr. Kirby (R. J. Schmidt) whose hobbies are orchids and ulcers, and his wife (Lauraine Moreland) an amateur ir. spiritual- ism; Donald (Dick Smith), who finds waiting for his relief checks breaks up his week and Rheba (Althea Ferris) who is happy only with him; the Grand Duchess Olga Katrina (Thelma Mankertz) who cooks a mean blintz and Gay Wel lington (Edith Gunnar), she's loaded. Alice Sycamore (Jeanne Bow- ers) and Tony Kirby (Bruce Foun tain) are the convincing love in terest The rest of the cast includes Ray Loter. Bob Morse, Jim O'Connell and Dell McManus. Tickets are on sale at Stevens and Son. Portland Pinball Hearing Delayed PORTLAND (J) A hearing on a suit brought by pinball operators to halt seizure of their machines was postponed Monday until Tues day morning. The suit was brought by Lou Dunis, owner of the Portland Amusement Co. He contends that since he has removed the coin slots from his machines, they are not banned under a city ordinance which makes coin-operated mach ines and "like devices illegal. Tray for Peace' Mark Favored WASHINGTON (UP) - The House passed and sent to the Senate Monday a bill authorizing post offices to cancel stamps with the admonition: "Pray For Peace." , VENETIAN BUIIDS DVI Of Alum, Screens KILUUl and Doors For Everythlnr for Tour Window SEE F MFD THE LLP1LK BUND MAN Frea Estimate Day or Nick Fa. J-7J2I (Terms) U7I Center It -fsm best The U.S.D.A. CHOICE quality Beef that you will find meat departments is ARMOURS STAR . . . beef that aged in ARMOURSv North Portland plant under rigid Government in spection. - We leave the ageing process to the experts that hove been trained in this type of work . . . men who know how to brng out the best flavor and texture in a side of beef. Upon arrival at Bergs, our butchers properly cut, trim and prepackage each cut; to protect the delicate flavor until you are ready to prepare it. We know that after you have tried some of the cuts of our U.S.D.A. CHOICE quality Beef, you too will soy that Bergs have the best beef in town. Remember, your money will gladly be refunded if you are not 100 Satisfied. THIS WEEK'S FEATURE CUT OF BEEF -Well Trimmed CHUCK Charge Filed After Wreck Statesmaft Newt Service ERUNKS CORNER -A Nevada man was charged with following another vehicle too closely after an accident Monday on Highway 22 about one-quarter mile east of the Oak Knoll Golf Course. State police said the accident, in which no one was injured, occur red when a car driven by John Peters, 704 Jefferson iSt, Dallas, slowed for another and was struck in the rear by Andrew Jackson Chandler's ca. Chandler is from Weed Heights, Nev., and was ordered to appear in Dallas Justice Court Tuesday morning on the charge. Neither vehicle was badly dam- laged. Mail Mail Boss o 1 T T "I OlIITeilUerS Unuer Leniency Edict NAIROBI, Kenya Of) One of the most notorious Mau Mau lead eis, self-styled "Lt. Gen. Ngre Garu," marched into a police op erations room Monday and gave himself up. Eight of his gang sur rendered with him. Ngre Garu is the first Mau Mau leader to respond to the govern ment's threat to withdraw its sur render terms on July 10. The Mau "Mau is an African ter rorist organization which aims at driving the white man from the British crown colony. Under the surrender terms of fered Jan. 18, the anti-white ter rorists would rot be prosecuted but the hard core leaders would be exiled. North Koreans Land at Seoul SEOUL Of Two North Ko reans flying a Communist training plane landed Monday at the Seoul city airport. ; They were taken into custody to the Republic of Korea air force headquarters. The men were not immediately identified. EX-SENATOR DIES LOS ANGELES un A heart attack as he was preparing for bed Sunday night killed former U. S. Sen. D. Worth Clark of Idaho. Woodburn Drive-In ENDS TUESDAY "AFTAIt IN TRINIDAD" Plus 1IRR0R SHIP" Starts Wed Plus "MONET FROM HOME" "JESSE JAMES vs. THE DAITONS" Now Have the beef In Town! BLADE CUT mm womem mo mam Gteft&teu -teijiM) umBeirCMi At The Theaters Today i ELSIXOKE "LOVI MI OK LEA VI ME." with Doris Day and James Cag- ney. "THE MARAUDERS." with Daa Duryea, Jeff Richards, Xeenan Wynn and Jarma Lewis. ' CAPITOL THIS ISLAND. EARTH.- with Jeff Morrow, faith Domerfue and Rex- Reason. -BOWERY TO BAGDAD." with Leo Goreey. Huntz Hall and The Bowery Boys. GRAND "CARMEN JONES." with Dor othy Dandridge and Harry Bela fonte. "UNCHAINED," with Elroy Hirsch, Barbara Hale and Chester Morris NORTH SALEM DRIVE-IN -THREE COINS IN THE FOUN TAIN," with Clifton Webb, Dor othy McGuire, Jean Peters. Louis Jourdan and Maggie McNamara. "SEMINOLE UPRISING," with George Montgomery. HOLLYWOOD "THE bridges; AT TOKO-RI." with William Holden and Grace Keltv. "ARROW IN THE DUST." with Sterling Hayden and Coleen Gray. No Injuries as Cars Collide Statesman News Service WOODBURN A two-vehicle mishap one mile south of here late Mondaj dented a car and knocked loose a telephone pole 1 knocked loose a telephone wire- ouino one was injured According to state police, an auto driven by Donald L. Board man, Portland and pickup truck driven by Cletus Bittler, Mt. An- eel Route 1, collided on Highway 99E as the Bittler truck was making a left turn. The impact knocked the auto against the pole and into a ditch. The car incurred dents on its right door and left front fender. Both vehicles were headed south, according to officers. A telephone pole repai crew was busily fixin? the wire damage early Tuesday. DRIVER FINED Helmer Hemberg, Dayton, was fined $250 on a charge of driv ing while intoxicated Monday in municipal court His car was stopped at Church and Court streets Monday morning at 2 by city police. Hemberg's license also was suspended. 41 MORE CLAIMS FILED YAKIMA on Forty-one more persons filed mineral claims Mon day as uranium fever continued to mount in the Yakima area. GARRISON ELECTED PORTLAND un Howard B. ! Garrison, vice president and gen eral manager of the Evans Pro ducts Co. at Coos Bay, Monday was elevated to the presidency of the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. 50c Phone 44713 20c ENDS TODAY! Open 6:45 "THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-II" "ARROW IN THE MIST . Both to Color rri 'Deslry rr In Technicolor with Audie Murphy Mari Blanchard Thrilling Co-Hit "Conquest of Space" In Technicolor in BERGS spotless is killed and then mumn M$5 Ik Ty I Salem ) j Keizer Oil Companies Lose Verdict Of $240,000 SEATTLE tfl A Federal Court jury Monday night awarded a for- i mer service station operator 1240,-' 000 in damages against seven of' the largest oiL companies in the nation. George F. Moore had charged in the civil action that the big com panies had ruined his business in 1952 by agreeing to refuse to sell him gasoline because be cut his prices. The suit, filed under federal anti trust laws which nrovide for treble damages, had asked damages to- tailing $285,000. The jury found Moore had suffered actual dam ages of $80,000 and gave him three ! times that amount. ! Named in the suit were Standard Oil of California, Tidewater-Associated, Union, General Petroleum, Richfield, Texaco and ShelL The award was one of the larg est ever made by a jury in this area on a civil complaint. DeWitt Williams, attorney for Tidewater-Associated, who claimed to be speaking for all the oil com panies involved in the suit said "definitely there will be an ap peal." The oil companies contended throughout the 3-month trial that there had never been an illegal agreement between them as Moore charged. . Arguments on another phase of the suit, a request that the big oil companies be enjoined to cease operating retail stations in Western Washington, will start Thursday. The constitution of the Irish Free State was adopted Dec. 11, 1922. TOMORROW! About America's Greatest Frontiersmen! fred charlton donnv barbara MacMURRAY -HESTON-REED- hale IXIGDCQDZSCiDR 1 tW: VCL If A W A Yeull Travel from th Wide Missouri to the Broad Pacific en the Path of the Great Trail-BIazersI ' ADVENTURE CO-BIT Raging With the Fury and Excitement of a Lawless Era Starring WILD BILL ELLIOTT "BITTER CREEK" TOMORROW! TYRONE POWER -MAUREEN Q'HARA f 'vr .-.r f f- : t. 4 m m nr?fyYi a. ..TECHNICOLOR ; A A nSSos S mo rjSia cake AcUon Co-Hit! Gates Open e:4S Show at Dusk Ends Tonite Two Color Hits Clifton Webb In George Montgomery "3 COINS IN THE In , FOUNTAIN" SEMINOLE UPRISING' STARTS TOMORROW Two Great Technicolor Hits Together! GARY COOPER SUSAN HAYWARD RICHARD WIDMARK IN' "GARDEN OF EVIL" la Cinemascope The National Geographic Socie ty estimates that. 400 million people chew bethel nut ; Ruth Etting's Story and Wonderful Songs! w cC I CAMERON MITCHELL f tOSOTKOTN TOMIUIY Plus Gun-Thrills Hit IM0DJR3 TiTT' tnH NOTE' .TWO GREAT EVENTS! THURSDAY. Important Major SNEAK PREVIEW! FRIDAY ... MISS UNIVERSE CONTEST ON STAGE! ENDS TONIGHT "This Island Earth" And 'Bowsry to Bagdao' COLO sv TECHNICOLOR The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition... S'SN 11 iita It Prtwihla! i V K '4 - ' 4 LAST DAY! "CARMEN JONES" and UNCHAINED" A THRILL UPON THRILL! r . rijy7w7 luiirl v-jls-j j ia m a Twilight In The Sierras DICK POWELL DEBBIE REYNOLDS In "SUSAN (j jLcf I nLlvL n One of the Tear's fi Best Comedies! rA f W I LI N x a - v. j -r- i. rm t tv- 4 B U'WI'l .ji "in j a'