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Q Cliar racer Jurors Consider W0m jury Frees Oveross ty rr ge Case 24 Hours Prior to Verdict By THOMAS G. WRIGHT JR. Staff Writer, The Statesman Cap Oveross, the man almost no one wanted Iq KUNDOD 1651 105th Ytar 87 'Aboard as P tane Limps Over Pacif ic HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE. Calif. UPtA Strategic Air Command Globemaster landed here Thursday night with two en gines dead after "sweating it out" for five hours over the fog-bound Pacific Ocean. The big plane, a" part of the Air Force's Operation Gyroscope, carried 87 men eight in the crew and 79 members of the 187th 9MDQB kernel ' Several weeks ago the Commis sion on Intergovernmental Rela tions created under an act of Con gress filed its report with Presi dent Eisenhower. Unfortunately the filing date coincided with the final reports of the Hoover Com mission. The , latter reports em braced more controversial recom mendations and so received fuller attention in the press and at the hands of editors and publicists. Actually this - Intergovernmental Relations report is one of very high merit. It could very well be used as a textbook in administra tion in colleges and a handbook among .public officials. It should be required reading lor all the politicians who sound off on the subject of federal-state relations. The Commission got off to rath er a bad start. Its first chairman was Clarence Manion, former dean of the law school at Notre Dame. When he openly opposed administration policy on tha Brkk r amendment he, was asked to give up his post on the Commiv ion. His t successor was Meyer Kestenbaum, head of Hart-Schaff-ner and Marx clothing firm.. The report surely reflects the change in the chairmanship. Dtv Manion was radical in his views of limit ing federal powers. -The report. ' however, is surprisingly moderate in tone, well-balanced m its treat ment and in its judgments, toe may find occasion to disagree" with some or many of the specif ic recommendations but not with the temper of. the document. The historical summary is com pact and informing. The evolution of our. federal system is sketched, together with the shifts in powers! made in the course of tne years and the effect of judicial decisions (Continued on editorial page, 4) Temperature Soars Again In Northwest By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Temperatures soared up to 106 degrees again Thursday in inland areas of the Pacific Northwest but the Weather Bureau said it would be a little cooler Friday. Pasco recorded the highest ther mometer reading, one degree be low the 107 high of Wednesday. Ephrata had 105, and Walla Walla, 104. - ! , f Pendleton was high in Oregon with 103, matching Wednesday's high for the state. ; j What appears to be a three-day- , , . , . . t only heat wave ended m the Salem area Thursday with a high tem perature of 88, after a 91-degree high was experienced Wednesday and a high of 85 Tuesday, t A high of near 77 is predicted for today by McNary field weather men. . I ' At northern Oregon beaches, skies are expected to be cloudy this morning and partiallv clear ing this afternoon. r With the increasing fire danger, there occurred three - minor, forest fires on state lands. Thursday, One, caused by logging operations, occurred about 10 miles west of Amity ni was extinguished. The othertwo, both controlled, were near Grants Pass and Monument in eastern Oregon. ' -' ' ' ANIMAL CRACKERS StV WAR RIN OOOPtlCf Emily, I love you for what von II - are. By the way, what art! in a co-operative mosquitc conrol 4 yu7" 4 SECTIONS-40 PAGES Regimental combat Team (Air borne) who are being transferred back to the United States by air from Japan. The plane, which left Hickam Field, Hawaii, early Thursday, was due at Travis Air Force Base, Suisun. Calif., at 9:41 p. m., (PDT) It finally landed here at 9:08 p. m. escorted by all available res cue air craft in the Pacific Coast. Loag Ordeal The long ordeal began at 4 p. m. 750 miles out when the oil line on one of the starboard engines of the 4-engined transport blew out The engine lost so much oil it had to be cut out and the propeller feathered. A few minutes later the plane radioed here that the one engine was out and another "acting up.' By the time the plane landed here both starboard engines were out and the two left engines were "very rough" from ,the strain. Capt. Theodore Roosevelt, a dis tant relative of both the late Presi dents Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt, was commander of the plane. The Elyria, Ohio, officer drew high praise from the passen gers and crewmen for his cool handling of the operation. Deeply Concerned Roosevelt said that the two re maining engines had been running at top capacity for the last part of the trip and were "beginning to act up." "I was deeply concerned that the magnetos might go," he said. I was surely glad to get down for we were running on fumes as far as fuel was concerned. The pilot reported that when the engines went out the plane lost altitude rapidly but when it set tled down to heavier air near the ocean it was able to maintain alti tude on the two remaining engines, The passengers and crew mem- bers all threw out all personal be-1 longings and all equipment except their rifles to lighten the plane Federal Board Seeks to Block Two Mergers WASHINGTON UrV- The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it was moving to block mergers in two fields: 1. The purchase by Farm Journal Inc., of Better Farming, formerly known as The Country Gentleman, which the FTC described as Farm Journal'! leading rival in the agri cultural magazine field; J The alleged acquisition by Un ion Bag It Paper Corp. of New York City of control of Hankins Container Co. of Cleveland. The FTC described these as two of the nation's oldest paper product manufacturers and said agree ments made between the two firms in June and July of 1954 violated the laws against interlocking di rectorships and unfair competition. The FTC said Farm Journal ranks first in monthly net paid circulation in U the agricultural, magazine field. $ : It said acquisition of Better , ,v. D..ki;,k i AtUIll life UL tuuiuir . . r M ,iimiatl Farm ing Journal's "only effective or sub stantial' competitor" and "may substantially lessen competition and tend to create a monopoly." Air Academy Fund Rejected WASHINGTON W :The House Thursday failed to approve money to start construction on tne Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. Colo. The academy has been a matter of controversy since proposed de signs for its buildings - were un veiled several weeks ago. Critics, including many members of Con gress, thought the designs too modernistic. The plans have been characterized as looking like "a supermarket. . , The House Appropriations Com mittee recommended denial of an air force request for 79 million dollars to begin work on the acad emy. ; ' ; .-. JOINS MOSQUITO WAR . PORTLAND JB Clark County, Wash., borne of many of the mos quitoes which pester Portland's north, and northeast sections. agreed Thursday to join Portland 1 program. 1 ; Tht Oregon Statesman, Family Rushes L KVl V: . :. A t V f J. A relieved family, led by his two daughters, surrounded Casper Oveross Thursday evening when a Jury returned a verdict of at guilty in his trial for the .murder -.of .Ervin-Kaserr. a. one-time neighbor. Here left to right in the courtroom a few seconds after Klirushcliev, . Zlrakov Also to Attend Meet MOSCOW m Communist Party boss Nikita S. Khrushchev and Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov, de fense minister, are going to the Geneva conference with Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin. The Premier said Thursday this means the So viet delegation "is the very sum mit." i Khrushchev, Zhukov, Bulganin, Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov and Deputy Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko will make up the five-man Soviet delegation, the Kremlin announced. The official announcement called this a "government delegation." Khrushchev technically is not a member of the government, though he is a member of Parliament. His main title is that of secretary of the Soviet Communist . Party. . But he has been occupying an increasingly dominant role in So viet affairs. , At the , same time. the recent prominence of Marshal Zhukovhas indicated a strong rise in the influence of the Soviet armed forces. Thursday night Khrushchev and Bulganin headed a group of lead ers helping celebrate Bastile Day at the French Embassy. Reporters buttonholed both of them to : in quire about the 'announcement made a few hours before.' 4 "The composition of our delega tion is the very summit," Bul ganin said. "For instance,' how could we discuss disarmament at Geneva unless Defense Minister Zhukov came' along?" Walter ; Walmsley, U. S. charge d'affairs, commented that army men might be more interested in arms than in disarmament, and the goateed Bulganin retorted: "I do not think so. I have said before and I say again that no body' understands the terrors ' and hardships of -war better than . we soldiers. We know what. war a" : (Bulgainin was referring to him ; self and. Zhukov. Actually, Bul gainin is a "political" marshal, having received ' his rank from i Stalin in recognition A wartime work far from the battlefronts.) Sec Dulles at 111 PARIS (A Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrived Thurs day and went to work on proposals the Americans, British and French will put to the Russians when ttjey meet "at the summit ' in Geneva next week. A U. S. spokesman refused to answer questions about what the proposals contain. It seemed cer tain French agreement must have meant inclusion of Premier Edgar Faure'a plan for the big powers to cut slices' from their defense budg ets and pool these savings in a fund to raise living, standards in poor countries . Salem, Oregon, Friday, July 15, to Congratulate .'V- .r Ike to Address ; Nation Toniglit WASHINGTON President Eisenhower, made final arrange-, ments Thursday to tell the Ameri can people of his hopes for the Geneva Big Four conference, and then to take off for the historic meeting.- . J, The President will speak extem poraneously Friday night at 8:15 p. m. EDT, from the White House. All four TV networks plan to carry the 15-minute,talk at the time of delivery. SaJwill ABC and CBS radio.- MS and JJBC will broad cast the Speech at later hours. J NORTHWEST LEAGUE At Spokane 3. Eugene 4 (12 inn.) : At Wenatehee 5. Yakima IS At LewUton . Tri-Clty 4 COAST LEAGUE At San Diego 0. Portland 3 . At Sacramento 2. Seattle t At San Francisco 1. Hollywood T ' At Los Angeles 4, Oakland 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE At Brooklyn 1. St Louit I At Philadelphia I. Milwaukee T At New York 3, Chicago 3 At Pittsburgh 1. CincmnaU 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland 5, New York. 4 At Detroit S-3. Boston 0-7 At Chicaeo 13-5. Washington 4-1 At Kansas City 7-4. Baltimort 10.8 Hillcrest By CONRAD PRANGE Staff Writer The Statesman Ineffective security facilities and not enough housemothers were given Thursday as reasons for Wednesday night's destruction at Hillcrest School for Girls. - Eleven of the girl inmates wrecked part of Scott Hall in one of the state school's, most spec tacular disturbances. ; The girls are now in Marion County jail. , " , - y "I need at least one more house mother on this (the maximum se curity) ward, so we can do a more adequate job of supervising the girls said Marjone McBnde.su permtendent, as she surveyed damage done in Wednesday night's Gapiag Holes ia Walls Large" boles, some two feet in diameter, J gaped it room walls. Radiators -had 'been ripped from walls. Lighting fixtures were smashed and 'doors to rooms were battered and some glass punctur ed. Other damage, such as flood ing the floors with water, tearing up beds and mattresses, had all been cleaned up Thursday morn ing. : 1 While this was going on. said another official of the school, the rest of the girls in Scott Hall were quiet and appeared to be "out of sympathy" with the disturbance. This official ' also . said she had seen "lots worse" disturbances at the -school in the past. No estimate of the damage had been made by Thursday. Reason Not Specified Miss McBride said sbe was at a kiss to underline a specific reason for &e outbreaof violence amocg 1955 PRICE 'Cap' on 'Not V v;- - i s the jury decision was read are Oveross, his brother-in-law, Henry Anunson, daughters Colleen, and Karen, sister-in-law Mrs. Henry Oveross, and sisters Mrs. Lillian Anunson. ad Mrs. Ruth Schubert (Statesman Photo by John EricksenJ , Senate Ike-Backed Reserves Bill WASHINGTON (JB The Senate Thursday passed an armed forces reserve bill aimed at building up a combat-ready reserve of 2,900,000 men by 1960. Active reserves, in cluding the National Guard, now number about 800.000. Th. mil rail vt W9 vi with 1 only Sen. Langer r ND) voting no. , Sens. Jenner (R Ind) and Schoeppel R Kan) answered present and Sen. Mansfield (D Mont) said he was paired against the bill with Sen. George , (DGa) who favored passage. The Senate action virtually as sures that President Eisenhower will get, at least in limited form, legislation he had tabbed near the top of his "must" list. The House already , has passed the bill but it will return there because of changes made by the Senate. However, both Senate and House voted for a key provision of the Eisenhower program. This would permit youngsters aeed 17-20 to volunteer for six months of active! training to be followed by 7Vi years oi service as a reserve. Riot Laid to Lack 11 girls housed-in the ward, which is known at Hillcrest as the "treat- ment ward." Some of the girls go on a rampage once in a -while, AUhonfB most ml the debris had -. - - -, -hi- . - : f .. r - V- ' - - r. '- ,- I - Nj w' t "" t --X , ? I ' , L r . as evidence of the destructive violence Wednesday night at the near Salem. Above is shown Statesman reporter Conrad Prange pounded through the plaster-bellow tile walls by girl inmates (Statefmaa raotaj No. 110 Guilty' Verdict Audie ; Murphy Due; in Portland For Vets Reunion PORTLAND" A Screen star Audie Murphy, America's most decorated soldier in World War II, arrives .in Portland Friday for the 36th annual convention and reunion of the Third Infantry Division So ciety. Murphy, a former company com mander in the division, will view a special preview of his autobio- graphical movie "To Hell and Pack" with society members. The Weather Max. - S - 84 Min. M 60 48 64 54 58 51 71 67 Prec. Salem ... Portland Baker .00 98 .00 .00 trace .00 trace Medford 99 North Bend 61 Roseburg 90 San Francisco 68 Chicaeo ..- 90 New York 89 Los Angeles 85 .00 .00 63 trace Willamette Rjver -1.6 leet. FORECAST (from V. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Night and morning cloudiness, with some afternoon sunshine today and Saturday. Risk of light showers ex tending through the weekend. Con tinued cooler with high today near 77. low tonight near 52. Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today was 57. ". SALEM PRECIPITATION father Y.ar Septal 32.49 45.14 39.23 she said, but not on such a de- structive scale. "For one thing," she said, "these 1 rooms should be of such construe - -r- r. "-"Hi-.-.--:' 'W -c -Wr been cleaned ua Thursday these 5c 'I i ? ,v i '. : m t ' , f J m f- see convicted, went free Thursday night. It nag the second time carpenter had been cleared Ervin Kaser was found shot to death in his car last Feb. 17, but this time it was by the conclusive, unani mous vote of a hot, tired and! solemn-faced jury, Jury Foreman Mrs. Bessie Ed wards read the verdict at exactly 5:26 p.m., just a 30 minutes short of 24 hours after the Marion Coun ty Circuit Court jury of nine wom en and three men began delibera tion. Oveross heard the verdict "Not Guilty" with little outward emo tion, but tears moistened the eyes of many of the 44 spectators, most of them members of his family who were on hand for the jury de cision. Days of Trial Defense Attorney Bruce Williams hugged Oveross's shoulder at the verdict, almost it seemed to keep him from sliding back into the chair he had occupied during the 18 days of the trial. When Circuit Judge George R. Duncan told Oveross he was re leased, be walked back to the sec ond row of spectator seats and sat down with his relieved family. Then they all filed quietly put of the courtroom. Unbroken Vigil Some five minutes after the ver dict Oveross, with daughter Colleen on one arm and daughter Karen on the other, walked out of the court house, presumably to a family re union at the home of one of his sisters or his brother. All had kept an unbroken vigil outside the court room while the jury was deliberat ing.. Oveross, forever -free of the charge of slaying Kaser, plans to stay a few weeks in the Silverton area with his family. Then he in tends to find a job to prove himself to his daughters, bis family-and to the 12 jurors who acquitted him. He says he wants to work to pro vide a college education for Colleen and Karen. He didnt say whether his plans would take him back to Alaska where his car and his car penter tools are. Difficult Case Jadgt Duncan thanked the jury for its public service. "No other jury will be called on probably for many years to come to hear such a difficult case." be said. Then the judge excused the jur ors. Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Louise Franzen and Perry Baker, both of Turner, Harry Oldenberg of Jef ferson, Mrs. Myrtle Rogers, Mrs.! Delores Throneberry, Mrs. Doris McMullen, Mrs. Helen Taylor and Mrs. Norma Lawless, all of Salem, Mrs. Evelyn Beard of Aurora and Mrs. Margaret Edgell of Wood burn. I Defense attorneys Williams and Otto R. Skopil Jr. were jubilant 1 over tne veraict. District Attorney Kenneth E. Brown appeared satisfied that the long deliberation of the jury was indicative of careful consideration of all the evidence. Special Prose- 1 ftiifrvr fharlA ffntatctf1 in Portland, said "The jury has spoken. We presented all the evi dence available. Judge Duncan gave us a very fair trial." At 5:28 p.m., only four minutes after the jury had filed back into the jury box. Judge Duncan recess ed the court in the case of State vs. Casper Arnold Oveross. (Additional details on page S, sec. 2.) of Staff, tion, metal or otherwise, so that they could not be demolished with materials at hand. Light fixtures, 1 radiators and even beds should be ... .-. bif boles in room walls remained State's Hillcrest School for Girls peering through a row of holes of the maxim am security anit. the lean-faced Silverton of a murder charge since Plywood Firm -Offer Rejected By Union Vote PORTLAND m Plywood work, ers of five plants of the M M " Woodworking Co. Thursday re jected a back-to-work proposal by a 706-493 vote. They continued their two-week-old strike. (In Lyons, plywood workers vot ed opposite from the general vote. Their vote was 235 to 30 to return to work. Each plant, -however, is bound by the overall vote.) j Claude McCulley, spokesman for ' the joint collective bargaining board of the unions involved made the announcement after ballots from workers at Portland, Albany, Lyons, ldanha, and Eureka. had been counted. The strike started when the com pany refused to renew the old con tract without certain modifications. The union wants the contract un changed. The company proposal voted on Thursday was that the . men return to work under pre-strike conditions and that, negotiations, continue for 30 days. 5 McCulley said the ' unions art "willing to meet- with M&M of. : ficials at any time for further ne- '. gotiation. . . Decision In Portland's Pinball Case PORTLAND til Portland'a puv ball cas ended Thursday with a . split - decision for th contesting parties. - Circuit Judge Charles W. Red ding said city officials may go -ahead and seize pinball machines but will have to defend the ael- . zures in court. Judge Redding overruled the city's demurrer that bk court did not have jurisdiction over tint case. He said he will hear evidence in the argument when no returns - from vacation. . Meanwhile, the city. is proceed ing with plans to prosecute IS pin ball operators. Judge Redding re fused to allow Lew Dunis, oper ator of Portland Amusement Co an injunction to prevent the city from seizing machines on which coin slots have been removed. Windows Smashed Instead of In-Laws PORTLAND (UP) John V. Stewart, 35, had 38 stitches takes in his hand after smashing out tht windows of his home with his fist. He told officers sent to arrest him that he became infuriated at his wife's visiting relatives and smashed the windows rather than hurt the in-laws. Facilities of the kind which cannot be smashed or ripped out." Her words jarred on die other wise peaceful atmosphere of th state institution for wayward girls Thursday afternoon. Girls, dressed in shorts or bathing suits, ' wero playing tennis or sunning them selves on the green lawns. (Ad ditional detaBs'on Pago 2, Sec. 2.) - Qub Raises Funds to Saye Police ChieFs Boy j EUGENE ( Funds raised by J the Drain Lions club will pay for a , lifesavmg operation lor iary Winslow, son of Drain Police Chief Elmer Winslow. ' The boy, now in a Portland hos pital, will be taken to the Univer i sity of Minnesota Medical Clinie at Minneapolis for a delicate heart operation which doctors say is ne ' cessary if tb boy's life is to bo saved. . ; 70(10$ Stafesmsn Sec Pag Babsort Report ..IV 5 Classifieds . .......IV - Comics I! t Crossword - IV 4 Editorials I 4 Food JIL. M0 Home. Panorama I 1-1 0 Markets Sports . Star Gazer . TV, Ridie ; Valley 5 1-3 2 -IV. -It 1L i I