Mr Force IocEcet , rSets Sky on Fire' 70-Mile High Test Seen 300 Miles ' ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (JfV . Air Force scientists probed t new field of upper atmosphere research Wednesday nisht with a spectacular pyrotechnic dis-, plry. ,. . Despite warnings that ob , servers might see nothing, the Air Force sent an Aerobee rocket almost 70 miles above earth at dusk in its widely her alded sodium experiment, false ly known as the artificial moon light test with a fiery display that spread in the darkened skies above a southern New llexico research base. A, gigantic red-orange train or vapor trail spread itself from the vaporized metallic sodium into a gigantic figure -C almost a "G" with a fancy tail which was clearly visible many .miles away, for- more th?n 20 minutes. ; The Turin? was sighted from Amarillo, Tex., more than 300 air miles away. . . "."-!" Test of Sodium 'Technical results of the test may not be known for weeks.. The Air Force fired the research-rocket to probe the pres ence of natural sodium in the. upper atmosphere and to deter mine its triin, density a.nd characteristics. There was a human element Margaret, OTownsend Converge on London 7 ; (Pictures on Wirephoto page) JJDN'DON (JPt Croup Capt. Peter Townsend, handsome friend of Princess Margaret; arrived in London from Brussels Wednesday Bizht "just for a holiday." The vivacious princess, her Scottish vacation over, left Balmoral Ccstle and caught a train south for the capital. Townsend, unshaven, and tired cur KHMIBB f&f.lrfZf2 : i MANCHESTER , ermont-The;., The princess is scheduled next forest fires that blaze on the. week to attend a party staged by aides of the mountains here would !a RoyaJ Air Force movie unit of riot disturb Al Weisendanger ofiwhich she is sponsor. ?X:FJL Officials conceded that Town- u r v i : j their beauty becomes a real asset for the towns that dot the valleys between the mountain ridges. The ? timber though i. of minimal vah.pS it is chiefly brush or trees of small dimension. The sugar bush does furnish sap from which maple syrup and sugar are refined, but j in this area there is no substantial j lumbering industry. The chief pro-! duct of the mountains is marble 1 and granite, and they have brought fame to Vermont as well as re- , tvenue-the main public buildings 1 in Salem are sheated in Vermont i marble. The valleys are too narrow i - for much agriculture though in a drive we did see one fine dairy i farm. . , Appearances may be deceptive, and the lack of active industry and generous agriculture does not tell the whole story in Vermont. Its i people have been thrifty, and are holders of substantial investments in savings, in mortgages and secur ities. This income from invested capital helps provide income in many a Vermont home, (Continued on editorial page,' 4.) Red Arms to Israel Hinted WASHINGTON W - The Stale! Department reported Wednesday the Soviet bloc may be preparing Xti l" as .a ;iiving witn them. teUing each he SSWk 1 af Communist arms i would "be -good", and stray no deal with Egypt. j more Top officials said any such Soviet ! ,, ... . ., ... bid would be a deliberate attempt ! v MurJ?e 5 T5 ie d he to heighten the already dangerous ' brought her red roses for. their an tensions between Arabs and Jews j TSu Tuesdav andn.the" 'e in the Middle East. hooting her. Their baby However, they said, it would ex- Lmdf- months. - was not in the ose Russia's ""Campaign to con- apartment at the time. vince the Arabs that Moscow is f "Poor Johnny," said Mrs. Nor their staunch friend and supporter.,1 a Murietta. "he must have been A spokesman for the Israeli Em-Herribly ill mentally to do a thing bassy confirmed that Russia has; passed on a "roundabout indica tion" that it might be willing to sell some of its store ' of surplus weapons to Israel pons to Israel. - The Israeli government, he said, has made no effort yet to follow up the Soviet hint. He said Israel is relying on. western countries for assistance. ; " ' '. : - BANKS DRIVER KILLED v ! TTTT .T.RRfVRr in limn Pran. stetter. 33. of Banks, was fatally injured when hit by a car as he walked along the Sunset Highway, near Manning, northwest of here, Wednesday morning. f ANIMAL CRACKERS I WARRtM GOODRICH Well, here . we g t another tacitlBl winter." mom : to the gigantic Fourth of July type research, both at the launching site at Holloman Air Development Center and at an observation post on 10,000 foot Sacramento Peak 12 miles away. There were children of Holloman workers and scient ists watching. As the control tower counted down the firing "time in reverse numerical or der of seconds the children re peated the call and clapped their hands. ' " Around Star The giant "C", as seen from the launching site, wrapped it self around a . glittering solo star, the bright star Vega. From Sacramento Peak, Dr. John W. Evans, director of the Air Force Observatory there, estimated that at its peak the flaming plume covered an area . 20 miles in diameter. "Science at Utmost Ray Black of the Alamogordo : Daily News, said it was "the Fourth of July and then a lot better. It was science at its utmost, plus the human ele ment." ' , The Air Force announced earlier it expects to continue the tests for another two or three years. from his drive across Europe to ; eaten tne air terry across the 1 channel, angrily brushed aside the big question: "Will you meet the princess?" "I'm not answering questions like that," Townsend wearily told reporters. "I've told you I'm just here for a holiday. I expect to' be back at my job in Brussels in four weeks time.' With socialite London's winter season just getting into swinn ' speculation grew that the 40-vear- old divorced flier and the 25-vcar- old princess might soon mceL send, as a -fighter pilot hero of the Battle of Britain and Britain's air attache to Belgium, rated an ihlVho, Vl " bWeVer Aether h wa getUng invitation. They would . not . say. one. Dual Husband Wounds Mate, Ends Own Life LOS ANGELES LB A .woman, wincing with pain, from seven bul let wounds, had this to ay Wed nesday for the man who shot her and .then killed himself: "Johnny was a good guy such a lovable personality everybody liked him. " "Johnny" was John Murrieta, 32, an electroplater who had two wives and divided his time be tween them. Mrs. Norma Murrie ta, from her bed at General .Ios pital, said her husband shot her after she told him she was going to get an annulment because he had another wife. She was wounded in the head, jaw, body, leg, hand and heel. Mrs. Gloria Murrieta, who lives ri7"--r"", , t.w. ,., v.,kj j lBoth women he alternated le this.- bod rest tiis soi'l may be he'll - rest , in peace now." Stock Prices Bounce Back NEW YORK (AP) The stock market cut a string of four daily declines Wednesday by making its in.two wceks ; Gains of around $1 to $3 a share were made by ':ey stocks in all major divisions but steels and motors st-KHi out in -he advance. The Associated Press 60-Stock average rose $2.40 to $165.80 for its best comeback since Sept 27 when it regained $2.90 of the loss suffered the day before in the market's, first reaction to Presi dent Eisenhower's illness. Brokers said Wednesday's rally was a technical rebounu based on buying attracted by low prices. (Additional details on page 6, sec 2.) ADENAUER BETTER BONN, Germany uB West Ger man Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, ill with bronchial pneumonia, con tinues to improve, it waa aa oounced Wednesday sight 105th Year Weather Aids UF Teams Big Volunteer Crew Working House-to-House Sunny weather gave a boost to Salem United Fund's solicitation Wednesday, particularly in resi dential areas where a force of several hundred women are doing house-to-house "selling" on behalf of 77 youth and welfare organiza tions. One of the busiest woman's groups turned out to be a team of four WillampMe University ropds who -surprised United Fund head-! Quarters by volunteering to heto , in the campaign. ;. Coeds Work ; Than PAAAiitnrf Hn!fiVkAliAn1 J.HCT itvcivcu a iiciiiuui uuuu assignment from Mrs Leon Perry j residential div,slon chairman and ; uucc uuui punt. ig bells and explaining United Fond, in the Wallace road section of the westside. They collected $47.09. V- - tQ the nearDy Hudson River. Liin!1nfcCrt0f the mmuni,y MacFadden once was the oub service committee of the campus jj h , h ma2azines Phvs:. YWCA. were Nancy Peet. chair- Trn ,f". ST. t 1 Stark and Sharon La vert y. 'Thorough Coverage Mrs. Perrv said the woman snli citers have been reporting thor- ough coverage in most sections, with the result that their part of the campaign should be completed by this Friday. Women have col lected over half of their $16,000 quota. The overall UF campaign for $205,000 will continue through next week, however. -nairman.jvennew m. roils pre- 1 j:.t.J ...L.. ,rn rn 1 l t uineu aiiuu.cr sou.iaaj wuuiu dc re ported by solicitors at a United 5 Fund luncheon session Friday the Marion Hotel. About $30,000 has been pledged so far, Fire Alarm Poor Way to Report Theft NEW YORK Ufl Sailor Richard : Gaughan, on leave from his ship. 1 reached his home in Queens early Wednesday only to be robbed of. bore the brunt of the damage, his watch and $4 by two stickup ' Highway patrolman J. A. Smith men. . jsaid the big jam began when twoj The robbers fled and Gaughan vehicle collided while changing! ran down the street to a fire alarm . box.' Presently 'he was surrounded by trucks and hordes of firemen. The firemen, however, didn't take kindly to Gaughan's explana- tion and a cop hauled him off to the stationhouse. , Just then, in came another cop with two men in tow. "Hey," cried the 25-year-old sail - mi lhe are guys wb0 heldi . The pair were promptly charged) with assault and robbery. As for Oaushan. he was booked also, on a charge of malicious mis chief. The cops said they sympath ized with him, but he'd still have to tell his' story to a magistrate. He ended up in a cell alongside one occupied by the two accused of robbing him. j Fair Forecast InMid-Valley Fair weather is forecast for today and Friday by weather men at McNary Field. Only patches of early morning fog are seen to mar the clarity . of a warm day today. Temperature is expected. to reach about 74, ap proximately the same as Wed nesday. Minor showers Wednesday fail ed to leave measurable precipi tation so the total since the start of the weather year Sept 1 still stands at 6.82, three times what it was last year on this date and more than two and a half times normal. Three Oregon City Deaths ' Believed Murder Suicide, OREGON CITY W The bodies of a man, a woman, and a child were found near here Wednesday and authorities tentatively called the case one of double murder and suicide. , " Leroy Condray. 32, Portland sheet metal worker, was dead from a .33 caliber revolver wound in the head. The weapon was clutched in his hand. , Shirley F. Kompst, 24. Portland, and her son, Stanley, 3, lay dead nearby. i . . A pathologist. Dr. Mitchel Hain man. said they died from head injuries. Police said Condray' s bruised hands gave evidence he had beaten the two to death. . Joe Shobe, Clackamas County chief sheriffs deputy, discounted robbery as a motive. He said Mrs. Kompst had $22 in her purse and Condray more than that. 2 SECTIONS-24 PAGES Ike Offers Inspection MacFadden, Famed Health Culturist. Dies JERSEY CITY. N.J. CD Ber narr MacFadden, 87-year-old phy sical culturist and former million- aire magazine-newspaper publish er' die1 Wednesday night in Jer y City Medical Center. MacFadden, a colorful exponent ot strenuous exercise and periodic fasting, died after an attack of jaundice which his physician said had been aggravated by a 3-day rHni Unin he entered bo m M . MacFadden had lived a vi- gorous life Jn his early m he . nM, w' tt.n . .av0. I still flew his own plane and played .tennis. On his 83rd birthday, he Story. , ' ; At one "tune, his wealth was es-i timated at 30 million dollars. But , when he died. MacFadden wa in volved in court disputes with two f his three wives and had listed his income after taxes at $8,400 a year 37 Gars in V LA Freeway's asjWorst Pileup LOS ANGELES Wl Thick fog Wednesday caused the worst pile up of cars in freeway history when 37 of them slammed into each other on the La Cienega Freeway. A short distance away on the !wC-LrVT. same freeway m geles 15 more cars piled up. Vis ibility was estimated at five to ten feet. Only one person was hurt and his injuries - were ' minor. Fenders, headlights, . bumpers and grills lanes. - The weatherman on this . Col ; umbus Day signed off his morning forecast with: j "it is extremely doubtful that Columbus would have discovered (America, at least Los Angeles, on a day like this." . j " : J - - - Salem IVlaii s I Polk Arson Trial Starts SUtesnuui News Servir DALLAS, Ore. Testimony cen tered around an apple box con taining a candle Tuesday as the arson trial of Carl A. J. Omlie, 2345 Alvarado Tr., Salem, opened in Polk County Circuit. Court. The charge stems from a fire on, July 28 at a small dwelling owned by Omlie in the Derry Crossing district, a mile east of ftickreall. The northern end of the- attic of the house was charred by a fire which was nipped by nearby work men and firemen.' Firemen testified that the attic was locked when they arrived and that they found an apple box in the attic with paper and a . lighted candle in it , . . State Police Officer Robert Haines testified that he questioned Omlie after the fire and was told that the latter had been on the property twice on the day of the fire. The house was rented to a Valsetz workman at the time of the 111 c. The jury trial will resume Thurs day, x The bodies were found by Paul Scheeff, Oregon City, Condray's uncle, in a wooded area near Carver, about eight miles east of here. They were close together at the bottom of a hill about 40 feet from a highway, where Condray's parked car was ' found locked Monday night. Discovery of the car had touched off a search for Condray. who left home Sunday 4 after 1 telling ' his mother he' was going prospecting. The . coroner said the three apparently had been dead since Sunday night . . ,' The woman was the wife of . . u . r r.. ... - n Airman lc Albert O. Kompst who was reported stationed . in Ger many. Shobe said he understood Condray " and Mrs. Kompst had been keeping company for some time. Tho Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, October to Ready to Serve Willamette University Homecoming above takint advantaze of Wednesday's unseasonably warm weather to pose for this photograph. A avid tennis, player. Peggy 4s ion V ote 1 . ' ! Asks U.S. to Quit UNESCO ; I ; MIAMI. Fla.l The American Legion Wednesday called on con gress to abolish the United States Matinnal fnmmiuinn' for 1TNKSCO Withdrawal of the commission ticipation in the world group the United Nations j Educational Scientific and Cultural Organiza tion. r . The commission has appointed 100 members, 60 delegates by na tional organizations land 40 ap pointed" . individually by the Sec retary of State. ' The measure was carried- over whelmingly in a voice vote at the legion's 37th annual convention. The U. S. government, however, still would be represented officially in UNESCO by government dele gates, f - I ' , - ArmSng the American organiza tjons naving representatives on the UNESCO commission are. the Unit ed States Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm "Bureau Fed eration, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the National Cath olic Education Assn., the AFL and the CIO. Recently a special legion com mittee issued a report which de clared UNESCO wis neither com munist, atheistic or! in favor of world government. The committee was headed by Past Commander Ray Murphy. Wednesdays action! rejected the Murphy committee's! findings. It said the Murphy report was "re ceived but was not adopted; and, K policy is now as it has- always been TRAINS COLLIDE; ONE HURT . SULPHUR SPRINGS. Tex. UP One crew member was critically injured and five others less seri ously when two Louisiana k Ar kansas freight trains collided head on about a mile east of here Wed nesday. : -' ,1 ', The Weather Max. Min. Preclp. Salem Portland 72 49 trace 65 . 62 74 . 68 . 75 as . 66 . 69 49 . 38 45 49 51 . 51 SB 63 trace .00 .00 .11 .00 .00 -.00 .31 JOO Baker Mfdford North Bend Roseburf San Francisco Lo Angeles Chicago New York 82 59 Willamette River 5.1 ! feet. FORECAST (from U. S weather bureau ' McNary field. Salemk Mostly fair today, tonicht and Tri day with patches of early morning i ni, nmunun warm wim man wm- ' .tur. today near 74. low tonight near 40. emperature at 1J.-01 ajn. today was 50. 'i I 1 - it - SALEM WtECtPITATlOX glace Start at Weather Year Sept 1 This Tear Lat Vear Normal . Ul 1 .2.52 ixaae i i earns as WU Homecoming Hostess .'A Hostess Peggy Buckley, 19 - year psych.logy mjor at Willamette, Air Force 'Takes . No A-Weapons on Training Flights' WASHINGTON W , The Air Force said Wednesday "we do not i carry any nuclear bombs on our training missions.' It made this statement when re porters asked about a remark made Tuesday by Rep. Edmondson D-Okla.). He said in Pryor, Okla., ; nign aiutuae jong-range DomD- i ers carrying atomic bombs are in the air day and night in this country ready to retaliate" against any attack on the United States. 1 ' '- y 2,128 to Share Eisenhower Birthday Cake DENVER W Fitzsimons Army Hospital " collected hundreds of rpounds of ingredients Wednesday for a flag-decorated birthday cake which will be presented to its most famous patient. iThe cake, being prepared for the 65th birthday of President Eisen hower Friday, also will be shared by the 2,128 patients and person nel of the hospital. - It will be baked in sections and the president's individual portion. which will be served with his noon meal Friday in his 8th floor suite. will be 16 inches in diameter, 10 inches highland baked in 2 tiers of 3 layers each. The cake will be covered with plain white icing and U.S. flags Across it will be enscribed "Happy Birthday Ike." Batter for the cake will include pounds of flour, 50 pounds of sugar, 33'4 pounds of egg white. 2 pounds of baking powder, 16 quarts of milk, 25. pounds of short ening and 1 pound of salt. The icing will be made of 40 pounds of powdered sugar, S pounds of shortening, S quarts of milk and 4 ounces of salt Smuggler Does Big Business in Steamrollers iLONDON (AP)TJohn McKen na is a ; big man and hr dees things in a big way. He has been fined 3,150 pounds ($8,820) for smuggling steamrollers out of Britain. . . British, law prohibit- the ex port of I scrap metal, of which there is a shortage in this coun try. So, said witnesses for the Customs Service in court, Mc- Kenna shipped out his old steam rollers as working machines which would be put to service flattening roads in Belgium. The jig was up when some Brit ish tourists spotted one of the relics in a" Ghent junk yard and 4 told a member of Parliament PRICE - old coed from Portland, is shown - and plans U he a physical edu- ExSalem Man Fatally Shot At Japan Base A former Salem man was found shot in the back Oct 4, while on guard duty at an Army guard house in! Kyushu, Japan, accord ing to word received here by his brother. , The Army gave no further de tails of the death of Sgt. 2.. C. Winston I L. Gunston. 40, but promised! an investigation, ac cording to the brother, James Gunston, 697 Illinois Ave. The body is being returned to Salem for burial, he said. Sergeant Gunston came to Salem at the age of 12 and enlisted in the Army shortly after his grad uation from Salem High School. He had 16 years Army service and planned to retire in 1959, his brother said. He was born in Innisfail,! Alberta, Canada, Jan 20, 1915.! Other j survivors are his mo ther, Mrs. James D. Simmons, Portland; brother, Raymond Gun ston, LaGrande; sister, Mrs. Or ville Goodrich, Roseburg; and step-father James O. Simmons, Portland. 8-Foot, 7-Inch Man Succumbs - PORTLAND in Clifford Mar shall Thompson, the 8-foot, 7-inch former circus giant who became an attorney, died .at a hospital Wednesday, a week, before his 51st birthday. . His 5-foot, 6-Inch widow said death was blamed on gall stones' and a liver ailment, and had no connection with his height . cr weight j Thompson weighed 4R0 pounds before he became ill last week, j A native of Rugby, N.D., Thomp son received his law degree from Marquette University in 1944. He practiced in Iola, Wis., and ios Angeles ! before coming here in 1949. I Today's Statesman Sec. IL Pag' 9-11 Classified Comes the Dawn l. Comics .. ll- Crossword ......11 Editorials I.. Farm I . IL Homo Panorama 11..6, 7 Markets II.... 6 Radio, TV IL. 7 Sports .: II If, 2 Star Caxer I.. 8 Valley lwt.,..,..LII.3, 4 , Wirephoto Pag -II 8 13, 1955 II II " II With: Rugs i No. 200 Reply Sent to Reds; Brother DENVER -'( President Eisen hower, in a letter to Soviet Pre mier Bulganin. made public Wed nesday, : has offered to accept Russia's proposal for stationing military ; inspection teams at key points in the U. S. and the Soviet Union if it would help create bet ter relations. Eisenhower ,! formally renewed his offer to combine both his own and a Soviet plan for mutual -checking on military installations and movements. The President made the offer jn a letter to Bulganin, signed Tues day, and delivered in Moscow Wed nesday. The release of the letter at the Denver -White House capped a day in which: . . 1. The President had lunch with -Mrs. Eisenhower and his brother Milton. The latter's name has fi gured in speculation over the Re publican presidential aomination next year. But presidential press secretary James C. Hagerty ,scid the luncheon was strictly a family get-together ' and 'no politics at all" figured in the chatting.- . 2, The chief executive set up a Saturday business conference with Secretary of the Treasury Humph rey. j. Still Satisfactory ' J 3. Doctors continued to report 'satisfactory progress in the condi tion of the President recuperating from a heart attack at the army a Fitzsimons Hospital. Eisenhower s letter to Bulganin was in partial reply to one from the Russian premier on Sept 13 that used conciliatory terms but still dashed cold water on the chief executive's proposal that Russia and the United States trade 'mili tary blueprints and permit mutual aerial inspection of military estab lishments. , : Control Posts - - , - Bulganin plugged for his own idea of creating "control posts" atiarge ports and railway iunc tions and on highways and air fields to "prevent dangerous con-. centrations of troops and combat equipment and "remove, the pos sibility, of sudden attack' The proposals of both chiefs of state were set forth at the Big Fpur "summit" conference in Ge neva. And Eisenhower told a news con ference in Washington Aug. 4 that speaking 'informally at Geneva, he had said, that if the Russians trusted the Bulganin kind of in spection system, "it was all right with us; we would adopt both. And I proposed, I said, let's take them both." Formal Note The President put this Idea into a formal diplomatic note. He said he was encouraged 'hat Bulganin was giving full considera tion to his proposal. Then he added: "I have not forgotten your pro posal having to do with stationing inspection teams at key points in our countries, and if you feel this would help to create the better spirit I refer to, we could accept that too." Details Later , Eisenhower made it clear he would have a more detailed reply to Bulganin's Sept 19 message later. He said it had raised many questions to which he could not reply "until the doctors let me do more than at present." Hagerty suddenly made public the preliminary answer to Bul ganin after having said it would not be released until Thursday. With the possibility that it might leak out first in Moscow or else where, he told reporters: "I don't want to get beat on my own story." PTA Group JL Opposed to Halting Shots SUteimaa Newt Servleo HAYESVILLE. The Parent Teacher Association ? for Hayes- ville School was on record today as opposing the abolition of class room immunization "t,:rics. Marion County health depart ment announced a fe days ago - " - .. . , o r tetanus, diphtheria and vaccina tion against smallpox would no longer be given in classrooms, V.. ft ......1 J 4a Va ttmtL UUl WUUIU CUUUUUC - iU 1 ,au .UT. ... - .I!.!., in VnsKSi off e or at regional office. Hayesville's is the second PTA to oppose the change. Richmond PTA took a similar action this week. By unanimous vote, the Hayesville parents at their Tues day night meeting decided to petition the health department for continuation of the immuni ation clinics-t the schools. 5c miliar v : Visits Hospital