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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
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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. .
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Midair Explosion, Crash
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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
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Ask fer Year Free Prize Tickets
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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
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Saturday, October 22, 9 P. M.
VFW Hall, Hood & Church Sts.
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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.
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federal courts. The aim" is to re-r J" Postponed .indefinitely,
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pointment of some 20 new federal ! Yni , officla" lsald u fll?ht
judges. schedules were being operated
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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.
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