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V t ; . .1 . i. . 4 i Reels ioiina: Under 'lone V Assault; MUNDBD 1651 ' 105th Year 2 SEaiONS-16 PAGES Th Oregon States man, Salem, Oregon, Monday, September 19, 1955 PRICE 5c No. 176 Disaster. Units "Ready Ground, Aerial Activity Thrills Air Enthusiasts Ga Coast VS. Jk. A. JL. . -'i V' Vi II II if Z AJ II II Torrential Rains Add Threat of Floods HATTERAS, N. C. (AP) Hurricane lone third and most vicious to hit the East Coast ,. : r. , ' -. i - v - . :t - i , i - :t . 1 i rTTrTT-rv. itn "' . j . -r.' T1 i ? , i - t . ,Vi ; . - ., . .. - . " 'j' : c. .. '"-; .,1. 4 Kot all Salem'f annual air show -a in ike Missile arawtag attention of a steady stream of Mc.Nary Fleit specutors. This "air view ef the accumulated aircraft and early spectators was taken from the Airport control tower. Large plane in the picture is an Air Force C-54 transport. The flags of 60 nations will be flying Tuesday in front of Unit - ed Nations headquarters on East river. New York City. Gathering will be the representatives of the nations whose flags are flung to the breeze for the 10th session of the General Assembly of Unit ed Nations. They . will meet in an a t m o s phere considerably more relaxed than in recent years. The anniversary session at San Francisco last summer captured some of the benevolent ' impulses which prompted the drafting of the Charter in 1945. The subsequent conference of four major powers at Geneva did more to promote a conciliatory spirit. It is hardly to be expec ted that any nation will purpose ly . pluck the feathers from the doves of peace at this session of the -Assembly. Perhaps no con cessions , will he made, and there were none at Geneva, but surely the acerbities that have marked debates in previous sessions will be fewer and less sharp. The Assembly draws Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and Foreign Minister Molotov of the . USSR has already arrived in New York. Whether Foreign Sec retary Macmillan will come from England has not been' announced. The French foreign minister doubtless is detained as the cab inet wrestles with its own colon ial problems. This 10th Assembly Is one to' decide whether to call for a re-; Tision of the U.N. Charter. The weight of opinion is - ' t -(Continued on editorial Ipage, 4.) Commies Free if :on Man HONG KONG W - The Rev. Levi A. Lovegren, an American Baptist missionary from Cherry Grove , Ore., crossed into Hong -Kong territory Monday after near ly five years' imprisonment in Red China on espionage charges. The Rev. Mr. Lovegren was the seventh American released' in the past four days by the Reds, who promised ' at the ambassadorial talks in Geneva to turn loose 10 U.S. civilians held in jail or under bouse arrest, as well as 12 others previously denied exit permits. . Three U.S. Roman C a t h o 1 1 c priests were freed by the Chinese Sunday. Pale and underweight, they told of poor food and long questioning during more than two years of house arrest,- Double Amputee . Motorist" Killed EFFINGHAM. El. (fl A dou ble amputee motorist was killed early Sunday' when his car, spe cially fitted with hand controls, rammed the rear of a semi-trailer some 10 miles south of this Central Illinois community, Dead is Francis O'Donnell. 43, of Mason, III. He lost both legs in World War IL : ANIMAL CRACKERS BV WAKKIh QOOICH; -It's a quia show.- ures was ia the air Sunday with displays Cj .n w - ' -V. :- ' . ! ; ' .p ; i i . . ! ' : -. rr - r -j ! Spectators at Salem's annnal Air Show, pome several thousands of them, were treated to a demon- stration Sunday of a rescue of a down! pilot from the sea by a helicopter. Lt. Cmdr. Ivan Esau, Dallas, Naval Air Reserve pilot, dangle! from the pick-up strap lowered from the helicopter, before being pulled up into the craft. A minor miscue brought a laugh to the big crowd. The pickup rope was Inadvertently dropped while the helicopter was on the way to Esau's rescue, so they landed the craft. at "sea" the pilot got out and walked on the "water" to retrieve it (Statesman Photo). Diplomats! U.N. General (Picture on Page UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.I (JP) ing here Sunday for Tuesday's opening session of the 10th U. N. General Assembly. Quick tests of U. S.-Soviet strength in between the Geneva Big Four meetings were !in the works. Soviet Foreign Minister V. ;M. Moliotovj arrived from .Moscow to attend his first General Assembly j working session since 1946, making one of his rare plane flights to gel here in time for the meeting. -" . - His arrival was expected to sharpen the clash over Red Chi na's demand lor a seat in the U. N., a fight he is expected to lose; over Communist Poland's contest for a Security Council seat against the U. S. -supported Philippines, where U. S. strength may be in danger; and over rival disarma ment plans. Fresh From Moscow " Molotov comes fresh from Mos cow, where Saturday the Soviet Union promised to give back the Porrkala naval base to Finland. It was a move interpreted as strengthening Soviet demands that the United States also give up its bases in foreign lands. '1 U. N. diplomats expect Molotov to stress the new Soviet position on bases as a counter to the an nounced U. S. demand for unani mous Assembly approval of Presi dent Eisenhower's proposals to ex change aerial reconnaissance and defense ' blueprints to avert sur prise attacks. t Disarmament Issue , Molotov also was expected to give the first 'hard indication in his policy speech next week on how the Russians will vote on that plan, f Disarmament is expected to be paper reports said Sunday a Na the biggest single topic in the As-1 tiortalist air force mechanic was sembly but not until the Oct Tt : killed when he was drawn into the meeting of the Big Four foreign ! a"" intake of a Sabrejet fighter ministers at Geneva. Until that time delegates are expected to go along with the "Geneva spirit. Today's Statesman Sec Pag 5-7 Classified Comics .... Crossword ......... Editorials . ',. . Homo Panorama Radio; TV Sports Star Gazer Valley . World This Week .11 4 ..I 4 l 7 ...!!. 4 .. ; . II 1, 2 3 . I. 6 3 of aircraft and I ! i Several thousand Massing for Assembly 6. Sec. 1) iU. N. Diplomats began mass Another Good Day Forecast I 1 ' ' ' : A combination of bright sunshine and, a ting in the air Sunday gave thej Salem sector ideal weather conditions. .- More fair weather is the predic tion for! today and Tuesday by forecasters at McNary Field. The Sunday maximum temperature was 74 and today's high reading is expected to rise slightly to arpund 77. Predicted minimum for tonight is near j2. Fair conditions .are also in the outlook for beaches today, though some morning fog is expected. Northerly winds will range from 5 to 15 miles an hour. ; v The fair, dry weather has re sulted in some increase in forest fire; danger in Western Oregon, it wai reported. ' Man, Sucked Into Jet Engine, Dies r TAIPEI. Formosa Wl News- plane af a Formosa air base. BOATS COLLIDE,. TEN DROWN PARAMARIBO, . Surinam U A boat carrying 21 persons on a fishing trip in the Surinam River collided with a ferryboat in the fog Sunday j and 10 members of the fishing arty drowned, t 1 Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGCE At Ne York 3. Boston 2 At Cleveland 3. Detroit 18 . A Baltimore 9. Wahinffton ' At Kansas City a. Chlcajo 1 O i - NATIONAL LEAGCE At Brooklyn 7. New York S At Milwaukee 2. St. Louis 1 At Philadelphia 2-2. Pittsburgh 5-1 At Chicago i, Cincinnati 12 persons jammed the field t see Lee Eyerly, -Salem air pioneer who is credited aviation prominence. (Picture also on page 3, tec 4 Crackdown ; Nets Juveniles In Portland PORTLAND Eighteen juve niles were arrested early Sunday in a. crackdown by police' and Oregon Liquor Control Commis sion agents. . Det. Sgt. David Bush said the arrest of nine boys and two girls, ranging ! in age from 13 to 13, cleared up a dozen car thefts, two burglaries and some 50 car prowls: One 18-year-old youth was booked oh a charge of larceny of an automobile and carrying a con cealed weapon. The others, all 17 or under, were turned over to juvenile authorities. Seven minor boys and three juve nile girls were picked up by liquor commission agents at the parking lot of a dine-and-dance establish ment in suburban Portland. The youths, all 19 and 18, were, booked on charges of unlawful possession of liquor. Two 15-year-old girls and one 17 were turned over to juve nile authorities. - About 40 bottles of beer , were seized as evidence. Trial Starts Today in V" SUMNER, Miss J. W. Milam, 35, (left) and bis half brother,! Boy : Bryant. 24, (second from left) go trial here Monday on charges f slaving a 14-year-old Negra bey, Emmttt Louis Till, (right) f Chicago wha allegedly whistled at Pryan't wife, (second from the show Sunday and to honor with giving the city its start to 1). (Statesman Photo). Throng Sees Air Show at McNarv Field By THOMAS G. WRIGHT JR. Staff .Writer. The Statesmaw Salem air was full of aircraft and praise for one of the cityvs air pioneers Sunday as several thou sand people turned out at McNary Field for Salem's annual Air Show. Spectators jammed into Salem airport and lined adjacent high ways to watch the show which in cluded a spectacular helicopter "sea" rescue pickup, a parachute jump and a display of scores of military, commercial and private airplanes. j I Despite the constant stream of planes landing and taking off dur ing the three-hour program, spon sored by the Salem Optimist dub. there were no mishaps except for a couple of small children who got temporarily grounded away from parents. , Mobile Tower A mobile CAA tower Controlled Dim heavy air traffic, which Includ ed" the 'arrival and departure) of ' a Navy Fighter squadron from Se attle. r:. : .j Eyerly, credited with nurturing flying interest in the mid-Valley area, had his spot in the bright autumn sun in the formal part of the- fast-moving program. 1 Gov. Paul L. Patterson! paid him a pioneer s tribute and presented him a plaque on behalf j of; the people of Oregon. Chamber of Commerce President Elton Thomp son presented him a certificate of achievement on behalf Chamber. And from the of! the hands of manager Robert Charles Barclay, airport and representing Mayor White, he received a symbolic key to the city. . Air Carious ' The area's air furious crawled over, under, in and around an Air Transport Service C54, a National Guard F86, helicopters, Navy fighters, and a wide variety of small commercial craft j f Favorable weather enhanced the show, drawing some 150 flying vis itors to the airport for j thej day. Visiting fliers were treated to a "brunch" from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. when the program got underway with the rescue opera tior Carrier Landings Activities moved through such other- highlights as a 1 simulated carrier landing and takeoff by the Navy Squadron, life raft drop by a Piper, and passes by an Air Force B29. Climax was an ear-splitting, smoke-spewing takeoff by the jet fighter enroute back to its base at Portland. j A stiff breeze complicated the parachute drop by Smoke-Jumper Richard Kreitzberg of Salem, but he anticipated the velocity! and direction to near perfection, ing safely amid-field after a foot descent . I land- 3,000- within six weeks smashed into the North Carolina beaches Sunday night i Hurricane winds and high tides pounded the jutting coastline as storm-weary residents all along the Eastern Seaboard to New England rushed preparations against the threat of high winds and possible new floods.. , ? -j . j Torrential rain poured down; on the. coastal areas as the front of the big storm reached land. Gusts up to 90 miles an hour were reported while the center of the hurricane pack ing winds estimated at 125 miles an hour was still miles at sea. - f-"- ;:- ' . - - Booming 'waves ' and high tides ripped at the beaches, thrice plagued by hurricanes in less than a 'year. . . Disaster workers were in posi tion in the Carolinas and Virginia and alerted northward. Beaches were evacuated, shelters opened. Military planes moved inland, ships put to sea or moved to hur ricane anchorages. ' At 2 a. m., the Weather Bureau placed the storm center 100 miles south southwest of Cape Hatteras and the same distance east south east of Wilmington, N. C. 125 Mile Wind The bureau said winds were es timated at 125 miles an hour over a small area near the center, but hurricane force winds (75 miles an hour or more) cover an area around the center 75 miles in the western and 100 miles in the east ern semicircle. ' Gales reach outward about 275 miles to the north and east and 160 miles to the .south and west. Warnings Extended The bureau extended its area of hurricane warning southward from Morehead City to Wilmington to embrace nearly the entire north Carolina Coast and the Virginia Capes. A hurricane alert was in effect all the way from Myrtle Beach. S. to Provincetown. Mass., on the t'P f lamed Cape Cod. Storm warnings were up from Charleston to! Atlantic City. '- The Weather Bureau warned f exceptionally high tides and heavy .rain. Tides were forecast up to 8 I to 10 feet above normal, especially i to ; the north and northeast of the storm's center. . Heavy rains were predicted for Eastern North Carolina and Vir ginia, probably as much as 3 to S inches near the hurricane center. The bureau warned lone is a "severe hurricane." Slfcrille Across Gulf Coast Town j ; TAMPICO, Mexico iff Tampko : was lashed Sunday night by winds I of Inear hurricane force, a raging river, and pounding waves. -j The government Weather Bu reau said hurricane Hilda, with winds of 'over 100 miles an hour; 1 hit; Isla . de Lobos, an island ' 60 1 miles southeast oPTampico.'short- !!u:Rfn,- 1 n m fPCTI i The government report predict ed! Ue storm would pass inland between Tampico and Tux pan, an isolated area in which little dam age would be done. But officials here still expect I he storm to strike in this immediate area Sunday night or early Mon day. , .. ' In Tampico, high waves and a rising tide forced back Panuco River floodwaters to inundate new areas of the city, which had been fighting a record flood for two straight weeks. Many residents fled to larger buildings in the center of town for protection. , A late report Sunday night said 20 1 new sections of Tampico had been flooded by the rising Panuco and by torrential rains which be gan at dawn. Greta Garfio Has 50th Birthday at Sea CANNES, France" iff) Greta Garbo observed her 50tb birthday Sunday somewhere at sea. She has been cruising in the Mediterranean aboard the yacht of Greek finan- cie Aristotle Dnassis, accompa- nied by her friend, George Schlee. 1 Mississippi Racial right). The bey's battered body weight aroond bis neck, was palled from the Tallahatchie River a little aver three weeks ago. (Story on page 2. see. 1). (AP Wire- Argentina's '.Capital; S ay e d ; b y B la cl ib u t" MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (JP) Driving rains and a blackout protected Buenos Aires Sunday night from threats of rebel warships to bombard the Argentine capital unless President Juan Peron re signed. . !,-' V Three large warships steamed up the River Plate toward Buenos Aires earlier in' the day on a mystery mission. A rebel fleet of river Crash Near To Salem Man Statesman Kewt Service ALBANY A 28-year-old Sa- lem man was fatally injured early Sunday . morning L when a car; in which he was a passenger missed a curve on the Albany Scio road near Crabtree, state police reported. Three other per sons were injured. ' The victim, Edmond A. Juedes, 260 S. Lancaster Dr., Salem, was rushed to an Albany hospital after the 12.30 a.m. , accident and died about 8:35 a.m. Sun day. Two other, persons, Barbara Dickson, 20, Salem, and Junior McCullough, 30, Albany, listed as idriver of the car, were hos pitalized with serious Injuries. Attendants said their conditions were "good", Robert Ellis Caudle, 23, the Albany, was released from hospital after treatment for minor hurts. ; Driver Cited Officers said McCullough was given a reckless driving citation. The vehicle reportedly smash ed into a power pole after miss ing! the curve about eight miles east of Albany. If was at approx imately the same spot where four persons were killed in a mishap hont a var ira. i Judea 'had . resided with his parents, Mr; and - Mrs Theodore Juedes. at the Lancaster Drive address for the past four-years. Prior to that the family lived on a farm in the Gervais sector for about 14 years.' ' ' , Born in Nebraska Born at Gurley. Neb., Jan.' 21, 1827, the accident victim in re cent years had been employed as a construction worker with the Southern Pacific ' Co. Lately he had; been on 'temporary assign ment at Ashland. . Juedes . was ' a member of St John's Lutheran .Church of Sa lem. ' ' ; ; . Surviving in addition to the parents are sisters, Mrs. Herman Rehnl, Salem; Mrs. . Carl Werner, Geryais; and Mrs. George Peper, Bremerton, Wash.; brothers, Har land and AUard Juedes, both of Salem. - 1 ; - Funeral ' services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Virgil T. Golden Chapel, with Rev. H. W. j Gross officiating. Interment will follow at Belcrest Memorial Park. ,-.:; Jets Collide; 3 1 Airmen Die TORRINGTON, Wyo. tffi Three airmen died Sunday in the crash of two Wyoming National Guard jet j airplanes after "colliding in flight Sunday' about fitf miles southwest of Torrington. - Two men crashed to earth in a T33 after the collision .during a formation flight at 19,000 feet. ' A j third pilot tried, to parachute but 1 his smashed body, still strapped in the ejection seat, was found 130 feet from the wreckage 1 of his F80. ; ! - Slaying s; Albany Fatal with a bullet bole la bis bead and 1 boats has been waiting in the wide. Plate estuary, reportedly for a rendezvous with heavier-gunnen ships from the ocean-going Navy. ' Broadcasts from the rebel navy. piaimy neara in Uruguay, our n? the day, said the fleet would shell -Buenos Aires when the revolution ary high command decided it was . advisable. 1 5 'But crowds lining the river front Sunday night at Colonia. Uruguay, 40 miles across the Plate from Buenos Aires, could see no trace of the ships in the lightning flashes which broke the stormy darkness. Decries Threat A communique from Peron's government decried the rebel threats to bombard the capita! and declared Buenos Aires should be considered an open city. . The L.I L.tJ T T 1 A reuci-irciu , ruciui dki&iouv iwua replied that Buenos Aires was not entitled to such exemption because it is defended by troops and ar tiDery. - : The government for the second . Cordoba, strategic provincial capi tal of 350,000 people in North Cen central Argentina.' Uprising Put Down The government also announced that loyal forces had put down en uprising in Tucuman, the capital of Tucuman Province, some 700 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. from Puerto Belgrano claimed the command of the 2nd army had -joined in the revolt and seized con trol of the Western Argentina province of Mendoza, where it is headquartered.' Rebels ia Central - Another ' rebel broadcast claim ing to be from Mendoza itself, said the rebels were in control of the provinces of San Juan, and San Luis as well as Mendoza. ectors Arrive Safely At Hospital (Picture and story on page 5, - sec. 2.) . . . VANCOUVER, Wash. () Two " elderly prospectors, who were lost for six days in the wilderness at the base of snow-capped Mt. St. Helens, were brought to a hospital here Sunday: Attendants said both men. Charles Allger, 85, of Tacoma, Wash., and Charles Dickens, 70, of San Diego, Calif., were in "pretty good" condition despite their ordeal. . , -. , . Both were resting and seemed satisfied to remain at the hospital A 30-man party of stretcher bearers carried the two uranium prospectors four miles through rugged forest country early Sun day. They were met by an ambu lance and brought here for treat ment of exhaustion. - The old-timers were found. two ' days after they generally had been given up for dead. A relative of one of them had posted a $1,000 reward for discovery of their bodies. Three searchers found thenr 20 miles from the spot where the men were seen a ' week ago as they set out hopefully wtih a geiger counter. The trio found them in an area several miles from an old mine . where search leaders were sure the men's bodies would be found under the dirt of fresh cave-ins. . - 4 Firemen Killed As Trucks Colliijc ST. LOUIS in Four firemen were killed early Sunday in a col lision between a fire truck and tractor-trailer truck in the worst accident of its kind in the history of the fire department . The victims were the only men on the pumper truck. The Weather Max. Mln. Preelp. Salem ' Baker Portland , Med ford North Bend Roseburc 14 .M 64 , Tl 14 64 73 33 43 ,40 4S as .00 -.00 .00 .00 '.0O .00 .00 San Francisco 7S 14 4 4 Cl Anceles Crueaeo B4 , 6 f .00 New York . SI 4 Uace ' WiHamette River feet. , FORECAST (from V. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem : Fair today and Tuesday, brief morning fog patches: a uttl warmer with high today near 17. low tonight near 42. Temperature at 1J1 a.m. today was 52. ; f SALEM PRECIPITATlOJf ' Weather Tear Sept. 1 Thlf Tea Laat Year Kama! 2 Prosp ,'.. IJ .... , .7 t K