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V 2-See. ly-Statesman, Slmr Edith Green Condemns Strangulation P o w e r s Of Legislative Chiefs BY THOMAS G WRIGHT JR. SUff Writer, The SUtetmae Frustrations and achievements of the last session of Congress and hopes for the next session were told by Oregot Rep. Edith Green here Friday night in a "Freshman's Report" ta the Marion- Gunman Takes $l,000atStore ' PORTLAND Ufi A gunman " walked into a Safeway Store just before closing Thursday night, took about $1,000 and then loitered around outside for 15 minutes. Walla Whitney, assistant man ager, said the bandit, whom he described as sloppily dressed, or dered him to empty the till and that he ebeyed, putting the money in a paper sack. Whitney said he started for the telephone to call' police after the man walked out but changed his mind when he saw the gunman gesture threateningly at the front window. He finally telephoned po lice when the man disappeared. Police belive he waited ouside .for an accomplice in a getaway car. Cost of Living Edges Upward i WASHINGTON - The cost of 't living edged upward in September to within five-tenths of one per Tcent of the record level of 1953, the government reported Friday. It said the rise was seasonal and that in 11 of the last 14 years - there has been an increase from .August to September. Last month's rise was three ! tenths of one per' cent over Au ; gust, sending the Labor Depart- ment index -to 114.9. The index '.uses the 1947-49 average as 100. The September level was two ', tenths of one per cent above a jyear ago, the highest since Au gust. 1934, and half an index point ; tinder the record index level of 115.4 in October, 1933. : Man Fails in Try to Attack 3 Salem Girls An attemoted attack on three '. high school girls was made Fri day night by a 'man while the girls were walking home from a i football game, city police reported. "An approaching car scared" The , man away and saved the trio from ' harm. The girls, all 14, wete in the ; 500 block of E.,LefeIle Street when the incident occured about 10:15 .p.m. The girls told officers the man, described as about 30, made ' a lunge for all three. He then grabbed two of the girls, dragged them several feet and threw on? . to the ground. The girls said the attacker then was apparently scared by the ap 'proaching car. He last was seen running east on Lefelle Street, police said. LIVESTOCK MEET SET. , GEARHART 'UP Clatsop and Columbia livestock men will serve as hosts for the 20th annual meet ing tf the Western Oregon Live- stock Assn. here, Nov. 17-19. :food prices climb PORTLAND UR Food, prices rose slightly, here between mid- August and mid-September, the ! Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. It Now Takes Ovr 1,000 Steaks a Week To Supply-the Demand at Nohlgren's Try One Now! Served All Hours Daily TOP SIRLOIN STEAK Jrom Swift & Company Treat The t t ILOitUi Delicious SEAFOOD DINNER At The Famous- orcijester House Delightful Atmosphere Ocean View Only 60 Miles From Salem - Ocean Lake, Ore. o w EVE? cfUt ..JO Mder Music OICIiSOM'SBallRoom Hi Miles Sooth Or., Saturday, Oct. 22, 1955 Polk Democratic-Clmb. t - Congresswoman Green, repre sentative of Oregon's Third Dis trict, is the lone state Democrat in the house and prefaced her talk befort some 200 persons with . the remark that it "gets awfully lonesome there," in an invitation to First District Demo crats to elect a fellow congress man. 1 Abuses t in committee control and the strangulation powers of committee chairmen ion legisla tion drew criticism from Mrs. Green, Salem born and educated and a teacher here i for many years. Particular criticism was leveled at the rules and the ways and means committees. Activities Told i Activities as a member of both the education ind. labor committee and interior and in sular committee of the house were described by the speaker, She told of work to Secure ap propriations for northwest pro jects which had not been includ ed in President Eiienhower's budget I Rep. Green described commit tee work as the most important, because the government has be come a government by commit tee. Often gallery visitors are misled in the idea that the house doesn't earn its pay be cause the floor may be sparse of representatives, she said. Progress of federal aid for school construction and .minimum wage bills in the House were given top billing among achieve ments of the 84th Congress by Mrs. Green. She' took a political jab at Rep. Sam Coon of Ore gon's Second District for oppos ition to the minimum wage bill both in committee and when it first came to vote on floor. Statehood Bill I Failure to get an Alaskan statehood bill and Alaskan men tal health bill passed last ses sion were described as i particu lar frustrations by Mrs; Green. The policy under which '.Alaskan mental patients are cared for in a privately operated Portland in stitution was condemned by the congresswoman. f Passage of a bill to change the policy, and for federal aid to classroom construction are an ticipated for the next session, Mrs. Green said. Mrs. Green was introduced by Mrs. Robert Y. Thornton; of Sa lem, wife of Oregon's attorney general. f Speaking briefly at the meet ing yiwXWCA xwas ChairmanJ Howard Morgan of - tbei state Democratic central commitee. He cautioned Democrats to weigh carefully reports of political ac tivities from "now until Novem ber 1956" in a statement appar ently aimed at interpretations of recent criticism by him bf the possible candidacy Vf Gov.jAver- iH Harriman of New YorkJ Wreck Hurts Salem Man I Statesman Newt Service DAYTON A Salem man! suf. fered serious injuries aboat 5 p.m. Friday in a head-en high way crash one-half mile west of the junction of the Amity-Hppe-well mds. j Taken to McMinnville hospital with fractures of both legs was V. E. Hagen, 1075 Highland Ave., Salem. He reportedly was jthe only person hurt in the accident. but no other details were imme diately available. . With Tossed Green Salad Bowl Baked Potato Hot Rolls Strawberry Jam. 1,00 ONLY 7i N Family To A KlGST f Salem City Umrts on WE SALS Midair Explosion, Crash 0 WILLIAMSPORT. Pa. Victim in midair, crashed in flames 15 N.Y., his wife, their two children, and Russell Gowdy, Bloomingburg, N.Y. Body of plane was "spiked on sapling,! as it fell. (AP Wirf photo) . Miss Thebom Singing Said Full of Drama By STANLEY BUTLER Assoc. Prof, of Music. Willamette University Blanche Thebom, mezzo so-; prano, gave a concert last eve-j ning filled with drama, vocal , variety and artful effects. It wasj the lirst concert to be heard in! the new Willamette i University I Fine Arts AuditoriumJ j Miss xneoom is misxress oi an types of dramatic expression.) One is made majestic with the1 power of Beethoven's "The' Heav'ns Are Telling, 7 or every thing seems ridiculous, as in Dougherty's "The Bird and the Beast." j Miss Thebom sang arias from Carmen, where love is sinister,' and another time she sang of the naive young love of j the seventeen-year-old. The singer's emo tional communication, whatever be the plot, was always convinc ing. Tone Colors Fascinating tone colors kept one constantly interested during the program. There was a magni ficent pure legato in "Morgen" by Strauss, and a stomping rough ness in "The Blacksmith" by Brahms. i . Frequently there were lovely, ethereal high tones and frequent ly there were dark lower tones. One tremendously admired the artist's imagination, always alert to varied tonal shadings. Miss Thebom has mastered art ful effects to the point where they seem spontaneous. Her facial expressions are alive and helpful. She conveys the most intimate feelings with taste. Sin cerity marks her manner, and no where more so than in the often- hackneyed "Were You ' There When They Crucified My Lord?" Variety of Appeal -I Fine singers have so many ways of impressing their public. The variety of their appeal can be the despair of musicians dependant upon instruments of wood and metal, and having no words. Yet, while I may be quibbling, there was something lacking about the concert. Perhaps there were too many familiar' songs. Perhaps the vivid dramatic ex periences superceded too much the .purer musical experiences. Perhaps the accompaniments of William Hushes, which were cer tainly satisfactory, needed more individuality. Perhaps there were too many humorous and merely entertaining songs. However, the stunning radiance of Miss Thebom's voice and per sonality was delightful in this first concert of the present sea son. Planes to Keep Rendezvous With Senators WASHINGTON OrV-The defense department said Friday night it is going ahead with plans to send two special planes to Europe for the convenience of three U.S. sen ators despite their protestations that they did not ask for special transportation home. One of the planes, a four-engined DCS has already left for Madrid, where it is scheduled to be placed at . the disposal of Senators Mc Lellan D-Ark) and Stennis (D Missl. The second plane is due to leave for Paris Oct. 31. in time to pick up Sen. Chavei (D-NM) on Nov. 3 and bring him home. Good Music Big Crowds Sat. Nite ' 1 Crystal Gardens Ask fer Year Free Prize Tickets V. v 0V f. ' ; lies to right of rnins of 5 single-engine private plane; that exploded miles east -of here Friday, killing At The Theaters ELSINORE "SEVEN CITIES OT . GOLD" with Michael Rennie and Anthony Quinn. "PEARL Or THE SOUTH PA CIFIC" with Virginia Mayo and Dennis Morgan. CAPITOL -MY SISTER EILEEN" with Janet Leigh. Jack Lemmon. "THE LONESOME TRAIL" with Waynt Morm. John Afar. GRAND "HOUSE Or BAMBOO" with Robert Ryan and Robert Stack. "RAGE AT DAWN" with Ran dolph Scott and Mala Powers. NORTH SALEM DRIVE-IN "STALAG 17" with William Holden and Don Taylor. "THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA" with Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart. HOLLYWOOD "SEVEN YEAR ITCH", with Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. "NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL" with Broderick Crawford and Richard Cont. Curve Missed; Car Crashes SUtetmaa News Service ' - WOODBUrUSf A State Highway Department ear was extensively damaged Friday evening when it missed a curve south of here, and a PorMand man was charged with driving while intoxicated, state police said. I Officers said Reynold Paul Bet zer, 51, was arrested and lodged in Marion County jail under $250 bait He suffered minor lacera tions, police said. The car report edly struck a boulder near Belle Passi junction on 99E and crashed into a service station sign after missing the curve. TV Due for City General's Hospitalized Future patients at Salem Gen eral Hospital won't be missing that favorite TV program just because they're indisposed. The hospital's board of., con trol announced Friday that tele vision sets will be available if patients . desire them.' . Coburn Grabenhorst,! president of the board, said additional telephones also will be available. - .j A pre-registration service, starting Monday, will enable pa tients to subscribe for, TV or phone accommodations. Graben horst said the new services were authorized at a Wednesday board meeting. Salem Memorial Hospital prev iously had announced inaugura tion of TV and phone facilities. Search Yields FalselFalsies i BALTIMORE Uh Police matrons searching a I woman i suspect for dope uncovered something new in m'lady's unmentionables: false fal sies. ! I Police said; the search turned up two packages of heroin secreted in one of the woman's : falsies. Sgt. Jacob Simonsen of the narcotics squad said the stuff was worth about $2,100. 1 STELNFELD NAMED Dr. Gordon D. Steihfeld, Salem; has been named to the executive committee of the Oregon Heart Association, according to an an nouncement released .Friday. Pop Edwards Old Time Dance i - I. Saturday, October 22, 9 P. M. VFW Hall, Hood & Church Sts. i . : '. !' .' i" . : : T Dancing Every Saturday Night ' Admission 75c " Sponsored by VFW Post 661 Kills Five Dr. M.' O. Larnson, Middletown, Miss Stevens9 Rites Planned j Monday Here ! (Story also on page 1) Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at CIough-Bar-rick Chapel for Olive Inez -Stevens, 83, who died Friday at a Sa lem hospital of injuries suffered when she was struck by a car on a downtown street Thursday morn ing. Interment will follow at Sil verton Cemetery, j i Miss Stevens was ordained as a minister in 1941, organized the Salem Truth Center and served as its minister after coming to Salem in 1946. Prior to that she had resided in Silverton for a number of years. ! i Born at Fairfield. Me., Sept. 12, 1872, she spent hej" early years as a school teacher in Philadelphia. Miss Stevens was a member of Eastern Star and Rebekah Lodges. She was an accredited teacher of the Rosicrucian Order and Lodge. Only survivor is a foster sister, Mrs. Helmer Anderson, Dallas. Young Hunter Kills Brother MEDFORD Ufi Police re-' ported that a 14-year-old boy was fatally wounded by his 12-year-old; brother in a gun accident Friday,; the final day of j Oregon's deer! hunting season, i (i Dead is Donald' Archie Sommer, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Som-': mer, Talent. Hef was the fourth shooting fatalityt of the Oregon deer season. I .Dep. Coroner Gordon Hays iaid the accidental shooting occurred in the Grizzly Mojuntain area south ' of Ashland as Donald, his younger brother. Dean, md their father were returning from an unsuccess ful hunting trip. ALTERATIONS OKEHED A permit authorizing $7,500 in alterations at the Producers' Co op, 1695 N. Commercial St., was issued Friday by the city engi neer's office. Permits also went to Ada Knepper for a $125 reroofing job on a house at 2430 Lee St., and to Gideon Stoltz bottling firm for a $900 marquee project on its build ing at 450 S. Suitimer St OLD-TIME DANCE Over Western Auto Every Sat. Night Admission 50 1 Larson's Orchestra DANCE Saturday Nile Larry & His Cascade Range Riders "Western Dance Band AUMSVILLE PAVILION Die Okehs For War DENVER Uft Atty. Gen Brow- nell, a top administration political strategist, saw President Eisen hower Friday and said he got approval of a six-point program for war on crime and improved handling of federal criminal cases. Brownell spent 25 minutes with the chief executive at Fitzsimons Army Hospital. The man who played a major behind the scenes role in swinging the Republican presiden tial nomination to Eisenhower in 1952. told a news conference after- waiua uicic was 1111 uistuosiun ui politics. : , ' Question. Sidestepped To a question whether he thinks the President will run for another term next year, Brownell replied: "Well. I think whUe the Presi dent is on the on his way to full health and strength it would be inappropriate for anybody to make comment on that. : So the conference revolved al most entirely around the Justice Department's program in the field of criminal law for next year. Brownell said Eisenhower ap proved it in full and it includes: 1. A request to Congress for a law making it a crime to invade the privacy of juries while "they are considering cases. This grew out of the recently disclosed wire tapping of jury deliberations at Wichita, Kan., as part of a study of jury operations by the Univer sity of Chicago. Public Defenders . 1 2. Proposed legislation to estab lish a system of paid public de fenders hundreds of them serv ing on a full or part time basis to protect the rights of persons Six Oregon U. Students Fined CORVALLIS Ut) Fines of $50 each were levied Friday against six University of Oregon students who pleaded guilty to burning the letters "UO" on the Oregon State! football field Tuesday. The court suspended $30 of each fine on condition of good behavior and payment of damage, estimated at $92. - - Meanwhile groundskeepers cam ouflaged with green paint and 1 grass clippings the burned turf to j obscure it for Friday's Oregon State Rooks-Oregon Frosh and! Saturday's Washington State- Oregon State games. NOW PLAYING , EIIEEN". Janet Jack Borty LEIGH LEMMON GARRETT Co-Hit L01OIIE TBI WAYNE MORRIS JOHN AGAR TRAIL' SOt Phone 4-4713 20 i ENDS TODAY! ! OPEN 6:45 "SEVEN YEAR ITCH" , "NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL Starts Tomorrow Cont. 1:45 THE HOST ASTONISHING ADVENTURE OF THE CENTURY! im na, mwf tdtmn a mm mm fiaa aMl sr aVU Gn Maass W nm ui aal Htfm . WXCM Metal HARK M6S0N and AIOUTTKAT ' f im-JS. THINS CAUIB'" 7 v ) tOYII 'P,,.,.,,S, -f FT? " ' W' f RICHARD ft ' WIDMARK V eo-araaaM i aS MAI ZETTERUNG ,4 NIGEL PATRICK 1 GEORGE COLE IV DONALD WOlfIT j mimics iffiA jraJf TECHNlcOLOIt Project on Crime who can't afford to hire lawyers ,day ni8n strike of AFL Flight in' federal cases. Engineers against United Air Lines 3 Steps to cut down delays'in bed for 12:01 a. m. Saturday, federal courts. The aim" is to re-r J" Postponed .indefinitely, duce the blacklog of ease's by 23 1 F mowing a conference with rep per cent. Task forces of lawvers fesentatives of the company nd will be sent from Washington "into e un,on- Edwards said negctia congested districts end Congress ?Uons A11?6 sFute would re will be asked to authorize the ap- isuJTc.? Saturday afternoon. pointment of some 20 new federal ! Yni , officla" lsald u fll?ht judges. schedules were being operated 4. Building a new 94 million uii iu icucvc me juaa on over- i crowded - Alcatrar, Atlanta andC " ' " JUU ucotciiwuiui. Correction Center 5. Constructing a 7H million dol lar correction center for youthful criminals to serve the area west of the Mississippi River. The only existing center, at Ashland, Ky., handles youths from east of the Mississippi. i A nationwide conference ' in, Washington next April on parole ! practice and procedures, with a i view to changes that would be i helpful in rehabilitating prisoners. CtM Open tNDJ ! William Hcldtn in "Stalag 17" STARTS TOMORROW! The Picture with Striking Force Second to Nonel JAMES STEWART -JUNE ALLYS0N FRANK LOVEJOY ALEX NICOL STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" Vistavision and Technicolor 2nd Big Hit i Silvana Mangano Shelley Winters - MAMBO STARTS TOMORROW! Cinemascope end Vistavision Bring You Two of the Year's Top Features! 1 . w . "CSSCSS. t ,.o-Warner Bpos CINEMASCOPE WarnerCouob STtlNS HENRY JAMES BETSY PALME! WARD BOND PHIL CARET Scrcn Plq bj FRANK NUGENT mi JOSHUA L0GA.1 I Adventure Classic of Our Northwest FRED MacMURRAY CHARLTON HUSTON DONNA REED BARBARA HALE DCJC1DDQ0Z2CIDRJ t -COCOM BV TECHNICOLOR I HXIM ion STARTS TOMORROW! THE BEST-LOVED', EPIC OF ALL TIME! Naaj' bit J .i i r jr v m t t, t r met?. 1 1 Barw Paramount presents KIRK DOUGLAS Color byTECHNICOUOR ANTHONY 0U1NN Wonderful Comedy JOSEPH COTTEN j !,.. in - j "SPECIAL DELIVERY" Air Engineers Cancel Strike CHICAGO wv- Federal mediator Leverett Edwards announced Fri- At issue between the company . .. Woodburn Drivc-ln SATURDAY SUNDAY "CATTLE QUEEN OF MONTANA" Barbara Stznwyck Ron Reagan Plus "UNTAMED HEIRESS l Judy Canova Sat.; Open 6:45, Start 7:15 Sun., Open 5:45, Start 6:15 4:43 Shaw at 7 TONIGHT Humphrey Bog art-Ava Gardner in "BAREFOOT CONTESSA" feCato in in Michael Rennie Vittorio Gassman in last Dty KkKarrf WioWk "Horn Of ImbM nd tandolph Scott "Rf At Dawn" THE HAPPIEST tUH TW Evtt PWrtD! 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