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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'Deslry
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In Technicolor with
Audie Murphy
Mari Blanchard
Thrilling Co-Hit
"Conquest of Space"
In Technicolor
in BERGS spotless
is killed and then
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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!
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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
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The National Geographic Socie
ty estimates that. 400 million
people chew bethel nut
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"This Island Earth"
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'Bowsry to Bagdao'
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