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The multiplicalion of Christian
bodies, particularly within the last
half-century, has been one of the
puzzles of our time. True enough
the fragmentation began long ago
with the branching off from the
Roman Catholic church of the fol
lowers of Luther and Calvin and
other religious leaders. In recent
years, however, the splitting seems
to have been accelerated. The di-; crest recently, and Miss Marjorie McBride, superintendent, may be
Vision has occurred primarily behind the eight-ball as a result.
within the o!der Protestant' de- What should be done to quell the disturbances was the subject
nominations, t'sually the appeal of lengthy conference at the Capitol late last week between mem
has been for i more emotional Te-jbers of the Board of Control and the young woman who heads the
sponse to religion often faith heal-'state's 42-year-old home for incorrigible, delinquent and, some
ing is espoused. 'and always the! tinIeKs' Jf plain unfortunate girls.
doctrine proclaimed is given a' The conference was termed by one board member as "simply
Bihlical has Adherens if older a-mee.tmg between employer and employe to discuss future matters
UJucai Das s. Aunc rents ot iaer.of 1.- at the institution which now has about 2C of its 94
religious bodies have found it hard ; students housed elsewhere Marion County jail, Oregon State Hos
to understand the appeal of these ;pital and Multnomah county juvenile home,
sects but less of their members ,
acquaints them with its reality Three Factors Frequently Mentioned
That the propagation of faith by .
these newer groups is not localized W.hat's wrong at Hillcrest?
is attested by the report given by Tne answ is not simple, nor can it be assumed there is any-
Dr Henry Van Duen president tmng actually "wrong." But critics in the main mention three
of Union Theoloical Seminarv in ! factors the comparatively recent acceptance of Indian girls, the
xL. rfr u nTfnr kkJ Pollcv of -"owing girls to dance with eath other, and a more kindly
eraT tea-hin-Dr Van Dusen has than strict discipline. Homo-sexuality, with attendant tensions, is
eral teaching ur van uusen has a constant pr0Diem with some.
n -article in tne Christian Century j Empioyes say the answer j-rgelv rests in the type of gTl Hill.
reporting his recent leisurely trip ; crest and similar schools throughout the nation have been getting,
through the Carribean islands. -Nat-; "Some are more arrogant than they used to be and some are more
tirally he paid particular attention vicious, too." one woman employe said.
to the status of Christian religion Miss McBride pointed to several factors: A large influx of stu-
and its church in these regions, dents during June, July and August which influenced group stabil
He writes: ity and the fact that only girls '"considered very much a problem"
"My principal discovery (not
together new was the third mighty j
arm of Christian outreach standing I
on the opposite side m traditional :
Protestantism from Roman Cath
olicism that whole complex of
I (Continued on editorial page 4)
Fire Destroys
Lumber Yard
At Jefferson
j Statesman News Service
! JEFFERSON Fire that broke
out late Saturday night totally de
stroyed the Freres Building Sup
ply lumber yard here.
The blare, which reportedly re
duced the yard to a brick chimney
in a half hour, broke out about
11:43 p.m. with what sounded like
an explosion.
"Something banged and it just
went up," said Mrs. Roy Wicker-
sham who lives nearby.
Firemen were called from . Al
bany and Stayton to join Jefferson
volunteer firefighters.
The owners, who operate other
yards and mills in the area, are
Robert and Ted Freres and Mar
vin Goodman of Stayton. None of
the owners could be reached at
their homes or at the scene.
An unofficial estimate of loss
was about $40,000. The yard is lo
cated on U. S. 99E.
"m - w f -A- Li i-v -mat -.-a.-..
Four Reserv e
Units in Salem
Four more Army Reserve units
will be activated in Salem in the
near future, according to present
plans of Army officials.
Sixth Army headquarters has
indicated that the four will be
added to the four units now
located here. .
Tentatively to be activated will
be an Army postal unit; service
battery of the 929th Field Artillery
Battalion; a company of the 1st
battalion of the 413th Infantry
Regiment, 104th Infantry Division.
Presently active in Salem, all
now at summer camp, are Co. K
cf the 413th Infantry Regiment:
headquarters and . headquarters
battery of the 929th Field Artillery
Battalion: and battery A, 929th
Field Artillery Battalion. All are
from the 104th Infantry Division.
There is also headquarters and
service company of the 235th Eng
ineer Battalion.
Captain, Mate
Fight to Save
Burned Ship
LONDON W A daring sea
captain and his first mate, alone
on a battered ship, rode out a gale
in the North Atlantic Saturday
night inching closer to victory in
a life or death gamble to save
their fire-ravaged craft.
The Swedish passenger liner
Jungsholm took 29 other crewmen
off the 7,133-ton British freighter
Argobeam ""during a fire Friday,
but Capt. George Watson and Chief
Officer Kenneth Seaman stayed
aboard to fasten tow lines hen
salvage tugs arrive.
Saturday night the gale lessened
and the British weather" ship
Weather Record, was standing by
300 miles of the Scottish Hebrides.
The Weather
Max.
tt
2 77
SO
9
65
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67 i
Min.
52
58
Precip.
Salrm
Portland
Baker
Medford
North Bend
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47
52
47
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HosebuTf
San Francisco
Zjrm Anseles
12
Kfw York 98
Willnmete Riv-r .
9 feet.
TO RECAST (from U.
S. Weather
Bureau, McNar- Field. Salem):
Fair and a littl warmer today
partly cloudy and a little cooler
Monday.' Hjgh today 85-87: low to
night 50-52: hieh Monday 78-80. Tem
perature at i.mi am. tndar was as.
SALEM PRrrtPfTATION
ne Start f Weather Year Sept 1
This Year
Lt Year
Normal
32 31
45 13
39.60
Spells Out Trouble
At Hillcrest School
(Editor's note: Two recent riots with $8,500 damage, pins
? escapes and attempted escapes, have pointed public attention
to the state's Hillcrest School for Girls. To ascertain major
causes of the flare-ups. The Statesman recently assigned Staff
Writer Vinta Howard to go behind the scenes from all angles.)
By VINITA HOWARD
Staff Writer, The Statesman !
It can hardly be expected that collection of emotionally-dis-
turbed girls with abnormal behavior patterns would live together
in peace and quiet. They dou't at Hillcrest or at any similar school.
But a variety of factors have led to more than usual trouble at Hill-
al-'now come to the school since more
departments.
"The disturbances," she said, "resulted from no particular
- -"f,"'" i"c sm.
"Of the. two disturbances which have been considered of major
proportion this summer," she said, "only about 17 girls were actual
ly involved, yet both were written up as riots. People forget that
the majority of the student body stayed out of the incidents and
helped to clean up afterwards."
Staff Members Get New Training
"Our staff training." she added, "has been somewhat limited, but
we are planning row to further the on-the-job training of our staff.
At present, we are having weekly sessions with the psychiatrist to
help staff members more readily work out problems of girls who
are emotionally disturbed or have extreme behavior problems."
Another relatively new problem at Hillcrest, one which no one
at the school likes to mention but which can hardly be avoided, is
the addition of Indian girls who previously were federal wards and
not admitted to the institution.
"The biggest mistake ever made was to put Indian girls at
Hillcrest," a former school employe said. "The other girls at the
school have been underdogs out in society, and they know the
Indian girls have been even worse underdogs than thev have. Put
them together, as they've done, and for some reason the white girls
look to the Indians for leadership and friendship. An unhealthy
situation results because the Indian girls have an ingrained dislike
of any state authority."
The outbursts, staff members said, seem to be spontaneous erup
tions which begin after the girls return to their rooms from eve
ning recreation at Farrell Hall.
Rounded Program Answers Critics
The recreation, the former employe said, often consists of view
ing a movie, watching the school's single TV set. and. on occasion.
social dancing. The latter, in particular, she said provides too much
opportunity for close physical contact and sends some girls back
to their cottage in a highly emotional state." -
Miss McBride. however, takes
out the program also includes active sports, charm and grooming,
skating, folk dancing and a generally well-rounded program much
iixe inose oi any scnooi in me state.
I believe," she said, "that treatment is the primary purpose of
the institution. We aim to provide
needs, concepts and relationships
satisfactory and satisfying relationships while in the institution and
upon her return to the community.
The red brick building on the hillside campus a few miles east
of Salem presented a serene appearance when The Statesman
assigned a reporter there.
Only the ever-present ring of keys carried by staff members and
used to enter and leave every building indicated it was anything
but a pleasantly situated private school.
Tension Apparent In Watchfulness
But, there was a watchfulness on the part o. the staff that made
it quite apparent the school has been in a state of guarded unrest.
A girl, returned recently from a brief escape, lett a physical educa
tion class to stroll to the hall and visit with another girl. She was
quicKiy called DacK to the gymnasium. Boisterous activity, loud
talk or running, were nipped in the bud.
One of the girls involved in a window-breaking episode complain
ed to a teacher because of a lost privilege.
"That's what happens when you smash windows," the teacher
said.
"Sure," the girl, replied, "but I didn't know what I was doing
when I did that"
"Yeah," another girl commented, "that's just like me. I didn't
know I was escapin' until I caught myself running down the hill."
There's also the impression that perhaps the girls are due for
more strict discipline a discipline that is overdue, in the opinion
of some outsiders. Already the maximum security rooms which
have been repaired are stripped of all furnishings with only a
mattress and bedding remaining.
What type of girl goes to Hillcrest? According to the latest bien
nial report, she's probably between 14 and 16 years old with an
IQ of about 93. A broken home or one in which one or both parents
are deceased is also a frequent factor.
Hillcrest Gets Quite "Selective" Group
Most girls are sent to the school for "delinquency," a term that
can cover a multitude of sins. Other reasons include truancy, forg
ery, immorality, incorrigibility and theft. The average stay at Hill
crest is about 11 months. But statistics leave much unsaid.
As William J. Ryan, state supervisor of institutions, explained:
Hillcrest gets a narrower range of delinquency, than does Mac
Laren, its counterpart for boys. The boys school is about the only
place in the state to send boys in trouble."
. On the other hand, he added, there are several state-aided and
private schools for girls in trouble St Rose, Louise Home, White
Shield and. others which means a girl usually does not get to
Hillcrest unles she cannot be handled by other agencies.
Some people not connected with Hillcrest have expressed the
opinion that Miss McBride, although extremely capable and well
liked,, got too much responsibility too young. (She is 29.) That
impression, however, is not held by staff members The Statesman
interviewed at the school.
Another charge ; is that Miss McBride, who replaced Lena B.
Smithson last year, has been too lax in disciplining the girls and
has made exceptions to her own rules in trying to win over the
girls. j .
Firm Discipline Declared Essential
"Those kids." one woman said, "feel secure oiny when they know
they have a firm, steady discipline. When you let them get away
with something, they actually hate you for letting them get in
irouDie.
While the school has been
members were (juick to point
outbreaks in the school s recent
une diiierence. r a sutler reported, "is that Mrs Smithson some-
times would call back members off-duty to help quiet the girls
instead of calling for police." Thus, the incidents were not report
ed by the newspapers.
People seem to have forgotten, one reported, "that in 1953
a girl, on the d-ire of several others, set fire tt the school admin
istration Duiiaing ana caused about 5125,000 m damages. That, she
added, is considerably more than the $8,500 loss the recent trouble
has caused.
That same year she said, a relief housemother was brutally at
tacked by four girls, who got away with it Several school employes,
in fact, termed this 1953 incident as the starting ioint of the
trouble. From that time on, some girls' seemed to become more
aggressive, -more vicious and violent one worker said
The next few months are bound to be a waiting and watching
period at the institution. Sterner discipline along with remodeled
and more secure security ward seem a certainty. Additional em
ployes 55 now work three 8-hour shifts per day may relieve
some of the pressure.
Miss McBride. herself, expressed the thought that she might
need more personnel trained as psychiatric aides if the budget would
allow it. i
- Meanwhile, some employes cannot forget the recent outbursts of
violence. At least one recalled the comment tf a girl, now in trouble
in California, not too long ago: Wt could kill housemother, you
know." When another girl protested, she. added. "Sure we could.
They couldn't do anything to us, we're juveniles." ,
and more counties have juvenile '
uitjr ucju auuyiy wjr
exception to this . view, pointing
experiences which alter a girl's
so that she wil be able to achieve
having some trouble, several staff
out that these are not the first
history.
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105th Yoar
5 SECTIONS-36
Forest
Fires
Halted
Largest Covers
8,000 Acres in
Burns Sector
VALE, Ore. UP Eastern Ore
gon's two big forest and range
fires were reported under control
late Saturday.
The largest, which had covered
an estimated 8,000 acres of federal
and private rangeland near Burns,
was to be mopped up Sunday, fire j
fighters said
The other, near the town of Iron
side on the Vale-John Day High
way, was reported under control
most of Saturday.
Ed Porten, Forest Service dis
patcher, said Forest Service and
crews will begin the mopup of the
Burns fire Sunday.
He said the fire had burned
griev-imostiy grass and sagebrush and 1
only a small amount of timber.
There were still some pockets in
side the burns which had been by
passed by the fire, he said.
Derrell Fulwider. BLM's district
range manager, said that IV) men' " auum"" "'"c ivors
were on the line around the Iron-i"1" uho were
side fire. Aiding them were eight CJ. thT "mp .e also
h.iiMn7r anH thra nilmn.r. i found safe. They luckily were-not
,Ai I niv "itv "lint lllC WdlCiA
Three crews with power saws!came. They 1cft a snort time ear,
were felling snags around the fire
lines. Fulwider said no exact esti
mate of the size of the burn was
available, but it was more than
1,000 acres.
5 'Floating'
Girls Safe
After Trip
An au-out search ror three of i when a "wall of water hit the
the five Corvallis girls floating j bungalow and started to rip it to
down the Willamette River to Sa-I pieces."
lem on innertubes was called offj 'The children and I rushed up
about 11 p.m. Saturday when anifo the winter house (the home of
Army engineers launch picked up j camp owner, the Rev. Leon Davis,
the trio near Eoia. a retired Baptist minister of Nan
The girls, whose announced trip
began at 7 a.m. at Albany, plan
ned to arrive in Salem about sup
pertime. Two of the girls Louise
Hartman and Jerri Keene hitch
hiked here from Independence aft
er one of their truck tubes sprung
a leak at Independence.
There the five had divided and
the last the two saw of their col
leagues was when they rounded
a river bend.
The other three were Dorothy
Gathercoal. Lyn Hemmingway and
Kathryn McFadden. All are college
students and four are Corvallis
city swimming poor lifeguards.
Agencies participating m the
three-hour search were the Salem
pouce Department. Marion iounty
sheriffs department, state police
and the engineers, which furnished
the floodlight - equipped launch
while the police combed the banks.
Polk County police agencies "were
also alerted.
The girls explained to the launch
crew that there wasn't enough
current to keep them moving.
The 35-mile trip was to have
been a lark. The two girls who
arrived hitchhiking said it took
12 hours to make Independence.
Home Burns
At Silverton
Statesman Ncwi Service
SILVERTON A fire, which
the occupants were long unaware
of, Saturday afternoon destroyed
about half the house of Mrs. Bes
sie Morgan at 510 S. Third St. A
passer-by stopped and reported the
blaze and Silverton firemen were
able to save all except the garage,
a storeroom and two bedrooms.
The fire, thought to be caused by
defective wiring, started in the
attached garage and spread to the
other rooms. It was so hot it blis
tered the paint on the Austin San
ford house next door.
Damage was possibly around $3,
000 Owner of the house was Mrs.
Mary Cleveland, Albany.
Mrs. Morgan, who rented the
bouse, was in Silverton Memorial
! Hospital for surgery. Home at the
time were her three teenage chil
drcn, Charles, Pearl and Jose
phine, and her brother Joseph Gor
don. NORTHWEST LEAGUE
At Salem 11. Lewis ton 1
-At Tri-City 9. Wenatchee 3
At Eugene 19, Spokane 5
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
At Seattle . Portland S
At San Francisco 8. Oakland 7
At Sacramento S, San Diego 3
At HoUywood 5. Los Angeles 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Chicago S, Detroit 7
At Cleveland 7. Kansas City S
At Washington 6. Boston 1
At New York 3. Baltimore 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Philadelphia 3. Brooklvn 3
At Pittsburgh 9. New York It
At Cincinnati 7. St Louis 4
At Milwaukee , Chicago 1
PAGES
East Flood
Summer Camp Engulfed
31 Lost at
Pennsylvania
Vacation Site
STROUDSBURG. Pa., W
Twelve persons are known dead
and 19 are missing in a flood
tragedy at a Pocono Mountain
camp near here
Nine persons of the 40 who
were huddled in the attic of a 2 'i
story home which collapsed under
a churning mass of flood water
have survived. They are in a
Stroudsburg hospital.
The worst single tragedy 31
'dead or missing in Eastern Penn-
isylvania's flood history wiped out
a H-cabin vacation spot known as
"Davis Camp." It was situated on
Broadhead Creek, a normally juiet
stream which was turned ' into a
raging maelstrom by torrential
rains.
Clung to Debris
ler to visit friends at nearby Pine
Brook.
One of those who survived was
Mrs. Jennie Johnson of Jersey
City, NJ. She was picked up with
her 19-year-old daughter, Nancy,
and an 11-year-old girl after they
they had clung to floating
debris through the night.
Sons Lost
Mrs. Johnson, fighting back tears
as she told of her shocking ex
perience, said she feared her two
sons Roy, 14, and David, 10
were lost in the water. They are
among the missing.
She reported she was sitting with
her three children in their rahin
uet. N.Y.) and with the 37 other
people at the camp we made our
way first to the first floor, then to
the second and finally to the attic.
(Story on on page 4. sec. 2.),
Downtown
Tract Bought
For Parking
pias for parking lot space to
1 be used by the new Berg's Market
were completed Saturday with the
announcement of sale of property
for $47,500 in the 600 block ol
Marion Street.
The purchase, involving a 66
fect wide, 70-feet long strip, was
made by Portland Hotel. Inc., pur
chasing agency for Meier and
Frank of Portland, according to
Frank BHgh. Salem who handled
the-sale for his mother, Mrs. Anna
Bligh. Mrs. Bligh had owned the
property since 1920.
Elmer Berg, owner of the mar
ket, said he is renting from Port
land Hotel, Inc.. this property ?.s
well as the property upon which!
the new store rests, just south!
and in the same block. j
The parking strip will be located
in the northeast corner of the
block and the store will face it,
according to Berg. The sale was
handled by Grabenhorst Bros.,
Salem, he added.
Situated on the future parking
strip's site at the present time is
the old Fred Thielson home, which
win be torn down to make room!m0re spelling .champ who won
tor the lot, it is understood. The!$s.ooo on "antidisestablishmcn-
Thielson home, one of Salem's
earliest, was moved to the Marion
Street site in 1920 from Capitol and
Court Streets.
PICKUP TOO GOOD
A man driving a sports car W3s
arrested on a charge of excessive
speed at an intersection. The ar
resting officer estimated the driv
er's speed from a standing stop
as 45 miles an hour as he finished
crossing Chemeketa on High street
in front of the police station.
Patterson Makes Complete
Denial of Probe Cover-Up
Week-long sparring between Gov.
Paul Patterson and Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton left the
governor with the last word Sat
urday a blanket denial of any
cover-up of evidence and a decla
ration that "the public's business
has been conducted according to
law."
Gov. Patterson's statement ton
page 4, section 2) pertained to
the attorney general's insistence
that a report on a recent investi
gation of the state liquor commis
sion had not been made fully pub
lic. Earlier in the week. Thornton
accused the governor of a "bare
faced evasion of the true facts,
and the governor had labelled "not
true" Thornton's assertion that the
FOUNDED 1651
The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday, August 21, 1955
'How're They
F ...... ' . - . - (
" -. S !
FRASER, Colo, Young David Eisenhower, 7-year-old grandson of
President Eisenhower, looked the part of a fisherman Saturday
as photographers snapped him at the mountain ranch where he
is visiting the thief executive. David wore cowboy boots, a small
size western hat, a blue jersey shirt and part of the time black
sweater. But neither the togs nor the fishing pole could induce
any trout to bite while newsmen were visiting the ranch. (AP
Wirephcto)
Smashup Snuffs Life
Of Rickreall Driver
Statesman Newt Service
DALLAS, Ore. A Rickreall man was killed instantly Saturday
in the year's second fatal traffic accident near Baskett Slough, two
miles east ol Rickreall on Salem-Dallas Highway.
Dead is Louis Raymond Jenkins, 27. Polk County Coroner Paul
Bollman said he was thrown from
a turn immediately west of the
TVw rnrnnpr snifl another mo-
torist found the victim's body 50
feet from the car, a few minutes
after the 4:15 a.m. accident. He
said Jenkins was traveling alone
and was headed west.
23th Death
Jenkins, a warehouseman for the
m Charles Ross Farms, had
?il ve m is community
for 21 years.
His death was the 25th for the
Marion-Polk County area and the
10th for Polk County in 1955. A
Salem vouth was killed April 14
when his car plunged into t h e
slough in the same area.
Jenkins was born Jan. 3, 1928,
at Cioverdale and married Maxine
Holmes at Salem on Oct. 27, 1950.1
He served with the Air Force -in j
Germany following world war 11.
Two Children
Surviving besides his wife are
two children, Dwaine and Karen,
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond R. Jenkins, all of Rickreall;
and a brother, Darold Jenkins,
with the Air Force.
Services will be held at 10:30
a.m. Tuesday at Bollman Chapel
here with the Rev. Hugh Gookin
officiating. Interment will be at
the Masonic Cemetery, McMinn-
ville.
Gloria to Try
For $16,000
BALTIMORE Ifl Gloria Lock
erman has decided to try for the
S16.000.
Gloria is the 12-year-old Balti-
tarianism" on a TV quiz show
last Tuesday.
Next week she has a chance at
$16,000. If she keeps winning, it
can go up to $64,000. Even if she
loses, she's sure of a $4,000 fund
to finance her education.
Meantime, Gloria is relaxing.
CVie t- rf ctnHi net lir fn novt
Tudav A friend in West Engle- i contract calling for a per-day
wood. N. J., suggested she ought wap increase was announced Sat
ta be ready on noinanceinhipUi-! lS 'jug ht by he lm ted Muie
fication. But Gloria already knewi"- ;' VZ":"" "r'"-
;that one.
governor had declined to give him
(Thornton) a copy of the report.
The attorney general is a Demo
crat. !
Gov. Patterson, in a statement
starting wit-: "Let's get the facts
straight, concluded his Saturday
comment with the declaration that
"I simply will not be a party to
unauthorized investigations that
any attorney general may desire
to make in Multnomah County, in
Lincoln County where a grand
jury probed alleged vice condi
tions several months ago, or in
any other county. I believe that
the laws and statutes of Oregon
should be . followed by its public
officials as well as enforced by
them."
Toll at 143
Bitin', Dave?'
his car when it failed to round
slough.
I
fr - r
Logging Truck
Crash Fatal to
Salem Driver
Robert Junior Short, 28, 4230 Au
burn Rd., was killed Saturday
i when his runaway
i invri
log ituck.
. . . . ii Ar
the new municipal elevator at Ore-
! son City
According to the Associated
Press report, the brakes of his
truck apparently failed as he was
coming down a grade leading to
the bridge connecting , Oregon City ;
OIIU vv Cn -iillll. 11 I.I.CU UUl VI
control across the bridge, hitting
a wall near a pedestrian tunnel
leading under the railroad.
Born July 6, 1927 in Salem, Short
lived here all his life but recently
had been working out of Yamhill
while his family remained, here.
He leaves the widow Wanda and
children Richard Lee, 4, Linda
Marie, 3, and David, 2, in Salem.
He is also survived by his mothfr,
Mrs. Margaret Hindsman Yam
hill, and his father, Lawrence
Short, Grand Ronde.
Arrangements are in charge of
the Howell-Edwards funeral home
in Salem.
Five other persons died in ac
cidents reported in Oregon Satur
day, the Associated Press reported.
One was killed in an airplane
crash, one drowned and traffic
mishaps claimed three others.
Mine Worker
Wages Hiked
WASHINGTON Wi A new coal;a2e for the Staters on wide end
ern and steel-industry-owned coart,arrv Ncwsom and Tackle Jerry
mine operators. iWalhng. (Additional details on
The UMW said it was the largest Sp-rfs p3-c.t.
wa?e contract increase negotiated JZ .
in the union s history. ; $2,250 IN DOGS BACK
John L. Lewis. UMW president,! The two female boxers of A. J.
said that he expected other seg-;Kuhns, 2410 Hyde St. were rcturn
ments of the coal industry to agree.! ed Friday after being lost since
to the settlement terms. (Addition
al details page. 5, sec 2.).
'Fair, Warmer'
Acain Forecast
V
Salem area weatner is slated to
be fair and a little warmer today,
but Monday it should be partly
cloudy and a little cooler, the U.
S. Weather Bureau at McNary field
says.
Today's high should be about 86;
Monday's, about 79.
Skies at northern Oregon beaches
are expected to be fair today ex
cept for morning fog patches. The
temperature range should be 50-70
degrees
No. 147
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t
9
Eight States
Reel Under
Devastation
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Northeast, still gripped tor
the most savage floods in its his
tory, counted the damage in bil
lions of dollars Saturday. An even
more terrible toll in human uvea
kept mounting.
At least 143 persons were known
dead in the eight seaboard states
ravaged by the uncontrollable tor
rents of water. Perhaps as many
more were missing and unaccount
ed for.
Swollen brooks, streams and riv
ers generally receded Saturday.
and the staggering task of setting:
things right began. But some
areas still were threatened by ris
ing waters.
More Bodies
As the mud was cleared away.
more bodies came to light bodies
fouled by the silt the flood left
fiverywhere as its calling card.
bodies trapped in crumpled, sub
merged homes in scores of villages
and cities.
Part of the village of Pellet's
Island, in the rich farmland of
New York's Orange County, was
inundated Saturday night by the
rising waters of the Wallkill River.
State Troopers, civil defense
workers and Army personnel
teamed to evacuate about 200 resi
dents. Fires Rage
In little Mechanicsville in North
west Connecticut, fires raged out
of control in two isolated nulls.
They were surrounded by flood
waters, but firemen were almost
helpless to halt the blazes. By night
the factories were blackened shells
their insides still raging infernos.
At nearby Putnam, Conn., a
town sliced in half by a river of
foam-flecked. flood waters, another
section of an incendiary bomb
plant caught fire.
Dangerous explosions of magne
sium stocks followed.
At the other end of the town, the
plant's other section had been de
stroyed by fire while the flood was
at its height. Drums of magnesium
broke loose and floated through
the streets, exploding like bombs.
Complete Devastation
Army engineers said the town
was "completely devastated."
Connecticut's governor embar
goed movement of food and drugs,
processed in plants that had been
flooded, to reduce danger of con
tamination.
Scores of communities still were
in turmoil, their communications
virtually cut off, utility services
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mined,' drinking water polluted.
President Eisenhower Saturday
designated six states Massachu
setts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut.
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week because of hurricane Diane's
damage. (Additional details on
page sec. u.
Shrine Grid
Classic Tied
PORTLAND Wl The Metro
politan All-Stars beat back a fourth
quarter drive by the highly favored
State squad and fought to a 7-7
tie in the Shrine benefit football
game here Saturday night.
It was the first tie in the eight
year history of the annual game.
State opened the scoring with
6 minutes, 27 seconds gone in the
first quarter.
South Salem's Neal Scheidel in
tercepted a pass from Metro's
quarterback Ted Miller of Milwau
kie on the Metropolitan 43-yard
line. Scheidel returned the ball to
Metro's eight and one play tater
carried it over from the four-yard
line.
North Salem's Terry Salisbury
accounted for much of the vard-
sweeps . after pitches from South
Salem's Herb Juran. Two South
Salem linemen were also among
thp Stntp line. Thev were Guard
- i Aug. 11. Police said the dogs, re
portedly worth $2,250. were found
by Mrs. Vern Gilmore, 2030 Park
Ave.
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