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The Weather FORECAST (from V. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudiness and threat of shower continuing -into the first part of next week, followed by drying and warm- ; ing. Little change tn temperature- high today near 71. low tonight 54. Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today was 56. SALEM MECIPITATIOX Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Year Last Tear Normal .M 4S.lt JJ.24 . 9$ aSMSfel FOUNDED 1651 Intergovernmental Relations Part II As a supplement to the report of the Commission on Intergovern mental Relations, which was re viewed in this column Friday, the Governmental Affairs Institute, at the request of the Commission, as sembled studies from 25 states dealing with the impact of federal grants-in-aid on the political struc ture and function of state and ! local governments. The Cre?on chapter was- pre pared by A. Freeman Holmer, as sociate professor of political sci ence at Willamette university. The c.ioice ct tret, noimer was a gooa one, for he brought to the study the detachment of the scholar plus toe benefit' of knowledge obtained in handling special state govern ment assignments. Holmer doesn't find that federal grants-in-id, which embrace such items as highway funds, welfare assistance, ' vocational education and agricultural extension. , have -been particularly upsetting in Ore gon. Their impact has been far less, he reports, than' that created by the federal government's as sumption of responsibility for. the development of, certain physical resources of the area. The sums spent on power dams 'and sums distributed from sales of forest products have been far in excess of the crants-in-dd to state and local agencies. What is of greater interest Is Hclmer's dissection of Oregon's political structure in the light of history. Its development baa been Influenced chiefly by indigenous causes and not by federal grants-in-aid: "The availability .of fed eral funds has cot been a major cause of the organizational hodge podge of (Continued -on editorial page, 4) Flood Control. Af-;:- d:ii LiaviHauuii uuu Signed by Ike WASHINGTON Iff) Complain ing that Congress gave him too much. President Eisenhower Fri day signed "with great reluctance" a bill appropriating money for flood control, navigation and recla mation projects. Eisenhower said money in. the bill would provide for "construction starts on 107 projects he hadn't planned for this fiscal year and declared: ' i "... Initiation of the added pro-1 jects cannot be " undertaken until the detailed engineering plans have been completed and we have a sound basis forcost estimates. As the hundreds of projects in the bill fall into various categories, it could not be determined which ones Eisenhower was referring to and he named none. For flood control and navigation projects, built by the Army Engi neers, the bill carries nearly 554 million dollars about 7 per cent more than the President budgeted. The reclamation section provides $146,041,000 in new funds, fast about what the President asked On the Senate's insistence, how ever, the bill includes 5 million dollars in previously appropriated but unused money. This gives a total reclamation program of S151, 541.000. All the money is for use in the year that began July 1. WASHINGTON (tf-With a flour ish of his pen. President Eisenhow er Friday authorized a $2,360,530. 300 construction program at U. S. military bases around the world. Many of the project are secret. Air Force projects dominate the big bill signed by Eisenhower, a compromise measure cleared by Congress July 11 after the House and Senate earlier had passed varying versions. In round figures the bill breaks down something like this: Air Force, $1,300,000,000; Navy and Ar my, $500,000,000 each. - Noted Newsman Aboard Damaged Plane at Yakima YAKIMA. Wash.'tfl Newscast er Edward R. Murrow, two mem bers of his family and 12 other persons escaped uninjured Friday when a Northwest Airlines-plane they were aboard struck a pole while landing in a thunderstorm here Fridav evening. The twin-engine DC3 which left Seattle at 5:30 p. m. was en route to Spokane and stopped here to let off three Yakima passengers. Airline officials said the plane was caught in a sharp wind shift as it taxied down the runway and rolled several hundred yards off the south end of the runway before its right winztip struck the pole, Six feet of the wing was crushed but no other damage was reported. ANIMAL CRACKERS IV WARRIN OOOR1CH 4 f " .4, 1 w 6 m .- A. - to vv -y a, ,v - V w v "Look, I like your friends I think they're fine, bat taB't we ' be alone once im a while? - . 105th Year Weird Costumes 'Dress Up' City Playground i I A V ? '-- I v - " ir!:"-1 -rv- Resembling a cigaret add on television, Kent Nelson is shown above robot Looking on are Claudia Meadows, dressed as a I airy princess, and Meven scott, a water pistol toting clown. Occasion for the weird costumes was dress-op day at city playgrounds. These three entered at Englewood. (Story on Page 2, Sec. 1.) (Statesman Photo) Riches to Rags Pair To Regain Fortunes PORTLAND t?V A parcel of timberland near Gold Beach. Ore., which figured in a 1951 fraudulant sale, will be sold soon by the Indian Bureau, officials reported Friday. Money from the sale of the 747 acres valued at $500,000 will go to Jasper Grant and Harold F. Thornton, two Indians who now are living on the edge of poverty Once before Grant and Thorton were very wealthy. That was after they signed over the Timberland for $135,000. Grant went through $25,000 in four months, buying con vertibles, entertaining women and spreading $100 bills around. Thorn ton also .spent lavishly but on a smaller scale. -Sale Fraudulent The original sale was financed by Henry B. Taylor of The Dalles. Federal Judge Gus J. Solomon ruled in 1952 that the sale was fraudulent and set it aside. He told Taylor to sue the state for money he lost in the deal and the court ordered that $56,695 which was left, after the Indians' spree, be returned to Taylor. No charges were brought against Taylor but three others who figur ed in the sale were indicted in 1953 by a federal grand jury. They are Clyde W. Flinn, area realty officer for the Indian Bureau; Fred M. Marsh, a Lebanon logger, and John C. Blanford, Marsh's land buyer. All served short terms in the McNeil Island federal prison. Title Contested , After the sale, title to the tract was contested at almost every level of the courts up to the U.S. Supreme Court, Indians inherited the land and it was held in trust for them by the Indian Bureau until the fraudulant sale. The property was returned to them in 1952. - 'Great Future' For Uranium Near Molalla Stateu&aa News Service MOLALLA A "great future for this area in uranium mining was foreseen for the Molalla area Friday by a Montana geologist. Richard Miller of Montana Ur anium Producers Association, de clared he was "very enthusiastic" about claims of the Clacko Mining Co. after a two-day field check. The claims, held by L. R. John son and other Salem residents, are located near Wilhoit Springs, seven miles south of Molalla. Johnson said the geologist took a detailed report back to his home office at Billings. Mont, He said that Paul Dawson, president of the Western Uranium Exploration Co. at Billings, was expected to come to Salem soon to discuss terms for developing the property. Only Administrative Details, Scars Left in Oveross Trial Only a few administrative details j and the scars remained Friday of the first degree murder trial of Casper Oveross which ended Thurs day in his acquittal by a Marion County Circuit Court jury. While Oveross enjoyed a happy reunion with members of his fam ily in the Silverton area, officials counted up the costs and the words, and the case became a part of Marion County's official history, i " Court Reporter B. D. Peyton who took shorthand notes and tape re cordings of all the testimony dur ing the 18-day trial estimated it added up to some 450.000 words. It was enough to fill 17 shorthand books, most in all his experience as a reporter, Peyton said. The 450.000 words will not be transcribed, now that Oveross is free, but if he had been convicted and the case was appealed the long task of converting the shorthand 2 SECTIONS 14 PAGES Bonn Lower House Okehs ' Arms Bills . - - - j BONN, Germany (ffi Chancel lor Konrad Adenauer's first mili tary bills for formation of the new 500,000-man West German army won overwhelming approval Fri-, day in the Bundestag. Spurred by Adenauer s plea for a decision before the Geneva Big Four conference, the lower house approved two bills that: 1. Permit the government to call up the first 6,000 volunteers for the wehrmacht this year. 2. Set up a permanent civilian committee to screen appointment of all officers of the rank of col onel and above. The vote on the "volunteers bill" came on crucial second read ing. A final vote is required Sat urday but this is a formality. Ap proval is certain. Then both bills go to the Bundesrat (upper house) for a final vote next Friday. Friday's Bundestag action vir tually insured that West Germany will fulfill Adenauer's pledge to the Western powers to start build up this year of a 12-division army, 1,300-plane jet air force and a navy to be integrated . In the Atlantic alliance. The first West German soldiers conceivably could be in uniform before the Geneva conference ends. Volunteers could be called up immediately after the Bundes rat votes next Friday morning. More than 150,000 West Germans already have volunteered. Gov. Patterson's Daughter Obtains License to Wed Gov. Paul Patterson took time out from his duties as chief execu tive of the state to act as witness for his daughter. Virginia, and Jimmie Fred Dollard, as they ap plied for a marriage license Friday at Marion County Courthouse, i The couple will be married Sun day. Mrs. Patterson, who has been in ill health in recent weeks, will be unable to attend due to doctor's orders. Her condition, however,' is reported "much improved." into typewritten pages would prob ably have, taken a month. As it is the books and the tape become a part of the records, to be kept for ten years as required by law. , Two rifles, one of which the state claims killed Ervin Kaser last Feb, 17, and all the other pieces of evi dences become a part of the rec ord. too, locked away in courthouse vaults. A few personal belongings, for gotten in the jubilation over his new freedom, still awaited Oveross to claim them at the Marion Coun ty jail where he had been held since May 29 on the charge. . The case of Casper Oveross was officially closed, but the mystery of Ervin Kaser's death remained "WeU always stand ready to consider any evidence in the case. District Attorney Kenneth E. Brown said Friday. i (left) dressed as a mechanical Ridgway Says U. S. Forces uate WASHINGTON Iff) Fresh Sen ate controversy over the adminis tration's "new look" military pro gram was stirred Friday by a hith erto secret letter from Gen. Mat thew B. Ridgway. Ridgway, whose retirement as Army chief of staff June 30 was reported to have been hastened by his opposition to cuts in Army strength wrote a parting blast at what he called overemphasis on atomic bombers. . . In the 4,000 word letter to Sec retary of Defense Wilson, which had been kept under wraps until now, Kidgway said present U. S. military' forces "are inadequate in strength and improperly propor tioned to meet this country s glo bal commitments in the cold war with. Russia. His views were promptly de nounced as "Unfortunate. . . Nega tive. . . Dangerous by Sen. Fland ers K vti and endorsed as "Sound" by Sen. Morse . (D Ore). Flanders, a member of the Sen ate Armed Services Committee, said "General Ridgway would have us lose our neck by defending our shirt." Morse said he considered Ridg way "the most competent author ity in America on ground force problems. New Klamath DA Appointed Richard Beesley, 33. Klamath County assistant district attorney, was appointed district attorney Friday by Gov. Paul Patterson. He replaces Frank Alderson who resigned to become assistant dis trict attorney at Eugene. Beesley was given the almost un animous recommendation of the Klamath County GOP executive committee. The other major candi date for the position was Clarence Humble, who was recommended by the Klamath County Bar Asso ciation in an 8-7 vote. Gov. Patterson said in making Hie appointment that Beesley, in his present job, is familiar with the cases at hand, and is a young man. The governor pointed out that he is endeavoring to select young er men when possible. He also said that Beesley was recommended by many of the peo ple with whom he will be working, such , as the county's law enforce ment officials. Alderson had been involved in a legal feud with Klamath County Circuit Judge David Vandenberg for some time prior to his resigna tion. ; Silverton Airman Escapes from Jet Plane Crash DENVER Iff) An Air Force T-33 jet trainer crashed and burned on takeoff at Lowry Air Force Base Friday as its two-man crew leaped to safety. They are Capt. L. R. Miller of Berlin, Ohio, the pilot, and Capt. G.' E. King of Silverton, Ore., a crewman. Both are students at the University of Colorado . ander an Air Force Institute Tecnnological program. j An i Air Force spokesman said the plane received major dam age. . MILL DESTROYED BAKER (ffl Fire destroyed a lumber mill here early Friday morning and threatened two nouses and a cafe before it was controlled. Iiiadeu The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Ike Off Storm, Cool Temperature Follows Heat Friday night's short electrical storm blew two service transform er fuses affecting two or three nouses each in the Salem area, and brought down .05 inch of rain, nearly all in a five-minute period. Cooler temperatures followed the three-day heat wave. At least one minor Salem traffic accident was in part blamed to the rain, arid two in Woodburn that were i investigated by Police Officer Tom Ostrom amid tfie short4ived downpour. There was also some electrical trouble in Woodburn. Portland General Electric's Divi sion Manager Fred G. Starrett ob served that Salem got by easy with only two transformers hit. One was in the" Brooks area and the other in the 400 block N. Com mercial street. A loud clap of thunder about 9:10 p.m. in the downtown area brought numerous calls to the lice station asking what was hit. Apparently nothing was. Involved in the Salem traffic ac cident at Lana Avenue and Port- Peace . i i land Road were Andy Loren Gow-!be an, 665 E. Ewald St., and Maddie Mae Wright, Brooks Route 1 Those involved in the two two car Woodburn crashes were Lloyd Thweatt, Culp Creek, and Kathey Thompson,! Woodburn, and Wil liam Peckner, and Dennis J. Gun ther, both j. of Woodburn. No one was hurt j Cloudiness and threat of show ers will continue into the - first part of next week, according to McNary field weathermen. Mr. Peepers Fired by Club In Las Vegas LAS VEGAS. Nev. (ffl Televi sion's Wally Cox, fired from his $44,000 nightclub act because the Dunes Hotel! management said he flopped, showed up on schedule Friday niht but he wasn't per muted to penorm. "They wouldn't let me go on," said TV's mild Mr. Peepers. Cox was fired Thursday, but he declined to quit. He said earlier Friday he'd be on hand when the Dunes show opened, and he was. "They haven't given me any thing written," Cox said. "So I'm going to go down to appear." The management said Cox was fired because he "laid an egg." Asked if this were true, Cox replied: "I don t know. I guess so. They were displeased." Irvin Mazzei, head of the Amer ican Guild of .variety Artists (AGVA) in Hollywood, said that Cox would have to be paid in full. Cox was to received $11,000 a week. Dog Major Concern of Hurt Driver PORTLAND (ff Marie Augusta Auvenshire, 73, of Tigard was in jured Friday when an automobile she was driving collided with a Portland Stages bus near Tigard. She refused medical treatment until arrangements were made for her dog that had been riding with her. The dog, Butch, bopped on to his mistress's stomach as she lay on a stretcher. They were taken to gether in an ambulance to Tigard for treatment of the woman's head injuries. ; The dog was not hurt nor was a passenger : in her car, Augusta bchuck, 75, Tigard. DAM WORKER KILLED THE DALLES Iff) John B Meyle, 18. of Hood River, suffered fatal injuries Friday in a fall while working on construction of the powerhouse for The Dalles Dam NORTHWEST LEAGUE At Salem 7. Yakima 10 At Lewiston 3-12. Eurene 6-2 At Spokane 10, Tri-City 11 COAST LEAGUE At San Diego . Portland 12 At Los Angeles 8. Oakland At Sacramento 1-0. Seattle 2-5 At San Francisco 5-4, HoUywood 2-1 AMERICAN LEAGUE At New York 4. Cleveland 3 At Chicago 5. Washington 4 At Kansas City S. Baltimore At Detroit-Boston, rain NATIONAL LEAGUE At Brooklyn 12. St. Louis 3 At New York i. Chicago 3 At Pittsburgh 1. Cincinnati t At Philadelphia 1. Milwaukee Saturday, July 16, 1955 for Decision Agents From Volga, Potomac Post Tight Security at Geneva By EDDY GILMORE GENEVA VP) American and Russian Secret Service men Fri day clamped down super-security regulations on Geneva's Big Four conference. ' The men from the Potomac and the Volga will seperately guard President Eisenhower and the top men of the Kremlin. They are making sure that no one threatens their bosses. They have historical precedent. Shortly after World War I, a Soviet delegate to an international confer ence was assassinated at nearby Lausanne. The government men from Wash ington and Moscow have asked the Swiss authorities to: Halt all traffic on roads between the airport and the villas being used by the Americans and the Russians when the top men are arriving. Insist that all photographers have open and unloaded cameras when they approach the airport. Instruct Swiss customs men to' po-(note suspicious - looking arrivals and give strange-looking luggage a thorough going over. In some nations, less moderate than the practical Swiss, this would a virtual invitation to barricade j the frontiers and frisk everyone except presidents and prime min isters. "Our men are working so per fectly," said a Swiss customs offi cial, "that even Swiss citizens are complaining." British and French agents have laid down no regulations. Premier Edgar Faure is even reported to be driving in by car. Russian, American, British, f French and Swiss conference offi cials staged a mock arrival of the Big Four Friday. "We did a dry run," said an American spokesman, "and with so many people around, it was a fairly long one." 17 Killed as Mobs Riot in Casablanca CASABLANCA, Morocco (ffl Moroccan and European mobs went on a rampage and took over the European quarter of this bus tling port city, for 12 hours Friday. Official figures showed 17 per sons were killed and 65 wounded in a day and night of riot action and a bombing by Nationalist ter rorists which triggered the tempers of enraged Frenchmen. Order was finally restored Fri-, day night with enforcement of a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew in the terror - ridden city, which for months has been kept tense by independence-seeking nationalists. The rioting was confined to the European quarter where 250,000 Europeans, mostly French, work and live in this business capital of the French protectorate. In the early stages Europeans were the only participants as they vented their anger toward the new resident general, Gilbert Grandval, and other Frenchmen who have shown moderation and sympathy toward nationalist aims. The Weather Max. C9 73 92 89 63 66 Mln. Preclp. Salem Portland Baker Medford . North Bend 55 .3 57 60 59 55 53 43 68 72 .07 .01 .00 .02 trace .00 .13 .00 .00 Roseburg San Francisco 63 Chicago 89 New York 90 Los Angeles 85 63 Willamette River -IS feet. House Committee Okehs Road Plan, Recommends New Taxe WASHINGTON tfl - The House; Public Works Committee voted 22 6 Friday for a biggest-in-history road-building program over the next 12 years, and recommended 12 billion 'dollars in new taxes to help pay for it. Approved for House action was a bill calling for 4814 billion dol lars worth of construction for pub lic roads, including about 351? bil lions to be put up by the federal government. Most of this would go to complete 40,000 miles of sup erhighways across the nation. The federal gasoline tax would be upped a penny a gallon for the next 15 years from two to three cents and levies on several oth er automotive items would be in creased. Rep. Fallon (D Md), acting committee chairman, reported the measure will be redrafted over the weekend for technical purposes and brouzht before the House erouD for a final vote Monday. Democratic leader McCormack (Mass) has listed the bill for early action by the House, probably by next week. PRICE 5c 'Summit 'Up to 'Russ' Ten 'Guilty' Of rossession Of Pinballs PORTLAND (ffl Ten men were found guilty Friday of illegal possession of pinball machines and were fined $50. The 10 were arrested in June 14 raids when police began enforcing the city s anti-pinball ordinance. In finding the 10 guilty. Municipal Judge John J. Murchison rejected their argument that removing the com chute made the machines legal. The judge did not rule on the legality of pinball machines from which the coin slots have been re moved. He said that should be de cided at another trial in which that issue alone is presented. - He also declined to rule on con fiscating the machines, pending ac tion by a higher court. Judge Murchison said the pinball controversy could be resolved faster and "with much less fuss if the city would drawup an en tirely new ordinance to plug seem' ing loopholes. .... And City Commissioner Stanley W. Earl took exactly that step Fri day, when he filed for council ac tion an ordinance . which would outlaw any kind of a pinball game as long as it has any "inherent element of chance." Meanwhile, Earl and another councilman said that tavern oper ators who have pinball machines in their establishments will have no vote from them when their li censes come up for renewal by the council. Commissioners Earl and . Or mond R. Bean exacted a promise from Roy H. Keller, who is pur chasing a tavern, that he, won t have any pinball machines on the place. The city pinball ordinance passed it's first test Thursday. Circuit Judge Charles W. Redding said city officials may seize pin ball machines but will have to defend the seizures in court Beaverton, Coos Bav Girls Post 1st Contest Wins SEASIDE (ffl Dorothy Mae Johnson, Miss Beaverton, won the bathing suit appearance contest in Friday night's Miss Oregon pa geant. She is 18 years old, 5-feet-6 and weighs 11" pounds. Donna Marie Davenport,. 18, Miss Coos Bay, was named talent win ner. She sang music from the opera Carmen. The girls will reverse contests Saturday and the final winner will be selected Sunday. She will represent Oregon in the Miss America contest at Atlantic City, N. J., later this summer. The Senate has already passed a multi billion-dollar highway con struction measure of its own. which doesn't include a method for finat.cing. President Eisenhower's program for highway expansion called for financing through long-term bor rowings, but this was turned down in both the Senate and in the House committee. In a day-long session, the com mittee gave its final approval to these tax increases, which would take "effect immediately on pas sage ot tne dlu: Gasoline, from 2 to 3 cents a gallon; diesel fuel, from 2 to cents a gallon; truck tires larger than 8'4 by 18, 5 to IS cents a pound; inner tubes for these tires, 9 to IS cents a pound; truck tires, from IVi to 8 by 18. 5 to 8 cents a pound: camelback, a rubber compound used in making retread tire, a net tax of 13 cents a pound. In addition, the excise tax on trucks, buses and trailers would be boosted from 8 to 10 per cent No. Ill Parley; Nation Asked To Pray for Conference WASHINGTON V President Eisenhower took off for the Big Four conference Friday night, de daring there will be "no trouble" with the men in the Kremlin if they really mean their words of "conciliation and toleration and understanding." ' The chief executive made the TV-radio address shortly before his plane, Columbine III, left the ground and headed eastward through the night for Eisenhow er's potentially fateful meeting" with the leaders of Russia, Britain and France. , 'Greatest Step " In the broadcast be declared that if a 10-year-old spirit of mu tual distrust can be lifted at Ge neva, then "we will have taken the greatest step toward peace, toward future prosperitv and tran quility that hase ever been taken in au tne history of mankind." ". The President, with his wife and son accompanying him, took off from Military Au- Transport Serv- Only a few minutes before he had ended his broadcast with a plea for every American to pray in cnurch next Sabbath for suc cess of the Big Four conference for an end to the threat of the terrihle KPnurffp" nf war One Stop The Eisenhower plane is sched uled to make one refueling stop at Keflavik, Iceland, a U. S. Air Force installation. During a two hour stopover there Saturday morning the President and Mrs. Eisenhower will be luncheon guests of President Assgier Assgiersson of Iceland. -The planned course for the Eis enhower trip is over the North At lantic route. The Weather Bureau described the weather as "rou tine" and said there were "no severe storms in sight." The President is due at Geneva at 8 p. m. Saturday evening (11 a. m. PST). The Air Force ar ranged to shepherd his plane with various craft. In addition nine Na vy weather ships are stationed at intervals of 400 miles. People Waved All along the route from the White House to the airport, people leaned from automobiles and waved. At the WTiite House gate a knot of bystanders had cheered as Eisenhower's limousine shot by the ceiling dome light flicked on by the President, adding luster to his grin. At the airport, a queue of for eign diplomats some in formal dress greeted the President and wished him godspeed. Behind a guard of honor and a chain fence stood perhaps 200 excited people. They cheered, waved and oohed particularly when Nicarraguan Ambassador Guillermo Servilla-Sacasa present ed Mrs. Eisenhower with a huge orchid. Jovial Mood Eisenhower was in a jovial mood, contrasting with his grave manner in the broadcast. In his pre-flight broadcast Eisen hower promised he and Secretary of State Dulles would be firm in principle yet conciliatory in atti tude at Geneva. Eisenhower said Soviet Premier Bulganin "talked tolerance and understanding" at Moscow Fri day. If that spirit really animatea the Soviets at Geneva, he said, "there'll be no trouble between the Russian delegation and this country." Eisenhower spoke from the White House broadcast room at 8:13 p. m. EDT, an hour and a quarter before he, his wife and his 'son were to emplane for Geneva. As he faced the TV cameras his manner was one of sober ern- estness, tinged with hope. Yet he warned at the outset that the world's problems are too many and too serious to be settled at a single conference. (Story also on page 2, sec. I.) SUNDAY SALES BAN HIT PORTLAND Ufi Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson Friday ruled Portland's ordinance forbidding Sunday sale of automobile uncon stitutional, saying it is "oppressive and discriminatory'." Today's Statesman Sec. Pagt Church I 7 Classifieds . II 3-6 Comas tha Dawn I 4 Comics . I 8 Crossword II 3 Editorials... I 4 Homa, Panorama L 3 Markets II "3 Sports II 1,2 Star Gatet I 3 TV, Radio (Sat.) I 8 TV, Radio (Sun ) II 2 Valley .... I 5 World This Week I 6