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Jimmied Safe Yields $70 to Thieves New Potato Grades Due Next Month Statesman, Saltm, Or:, Thursday,' Oct. 27, 1955 See. 3-5 1MB est v; I? 7 " ' '7 ' ' I-' i I ... . - A- . r . - A -i L Wilraer E. Nelson, West Salem Machinery Co. employe, inspects the company safe he found jimmied Wednesday when he opened the office. An estimated $120 $7 from the safe was taken by burglars who broke a window to enter the office and drag the safe to an adjoining workshop where it was broken open. (Statesman Photo.) Salem Police Probe 2 Safecracking Jobs Police were investigating two W. Salem safecrackings discov ered and reported Wednesday morning. One netted an esti mated S120 but the other was a dud, police said. - . A window was broken to gain entry to the office of the West Salem Machinery Co., 7th St and Murlark Ave. The two-foot-square safe was found on its back in a room outside the office with the door pried open. Rnllrk00rMrc rrtrTor? ftVtrtif $70 missing from the safe and $50 from a cashbox kept in the safe, police said. The safe dial Lhad been knocked off before it was pried open. ' An old three-foot-square safe at the M. & E. Box & Pallet Co., 450 Wallace Rd., was broken into by striking the dial and a larger safe was attacked in the same manner but not opened. No money was found in the safe that was opened but about $2 in change was taken from the cash register, police said. Entry to the plant was made through an unlocked door and an office window was forced to reach the safes, police said. Berry Grades Hearing Set The State Department of Agri culture will conduct a hearing Thursday, Nov. .3, to discuss of ficial commercial grade standards for strawberry plants, according to Frank McKennon, plant division chief. The hearing will be in Sa lem. The standards to be adopted as a result of the hearing will apply also to strawberry plants of vari eties similar to the variety now known as U. S. Oregon" 2172. A permanent name for U. S. Ore gon 2172 is now under considera tion and is expected to be assigned before the official order is re leased. All certified strawberry plant growers are urged to attend the hearing or submit their views in writing prior to the hearing, Mc Kennon said. North Dakota now has 500 pro ducing wells. Arrest Follows 99E Accident Charge of reckless driving grow ing out of an accident north of Salem brought the arrest Wednes day of James Marshall Newton, 1905 Keizer Rd. Newton pleaded innocent to the charge in Marion County District Court Wednesday afternoon and was freed on $50 bail. He was arrested by Marion Coun ty deputies on complaint of the Rev. Lawrence B. Cronk, Silver ton who was driver of the second car involved in the mishap at Che mawa road and 99 E Tuesday night. Assault, Robbery Case Continued Assault and robbery charges against Carl H o g a n Blair, 111 Chemeketa St., were continude for today for preliminary examination in Marion County District Court Wednesday. Blair, 39, is charged with tatins $85 to $95 from Andrew Sutton at knife point at an Oxford St. party Tuesday night. He was held in lieu of $2,500 bail. Sutton was ordered held as a material witness in the case. A strong young male elephant is worth in East Pakistan from $800 to $1,400, says the National Geographic Society. ; A new set of potato grades and standards for Oregon will become effective Nov. 1, Frank McKennon. plant division chief of the State Agricultural Department, remind ed Wednesday., This order resulted from a, 1955 provision of the State Potato Law. Principal changes from grades now in operation are: 1. Addition of recent federal re visions to the U. S. grades. Five of the nine grades adopted in Ore gon follow the federal grade names and standards. 1. Provision for use of U. S. commercial grade, not recognized under the prior state grades. This grade is included at the request of a majority of those attending hear--", which preceded the grade or der. - F 3. Addition of Oregon percent grade "lo substitute for Oregon combination grade. 4. Changes in the Oregon stand ard and. Oregon utility grades to bring them in line with - Idaho standards for similar grades. The name of the state where grown is now dropped from the marking requirements. Otherwise markings on potato containers must include the grade, name and address or brand of the grower or packer and the net weight. Any size or kind of container may be used as container stand ards were removed earlier this year. The grade size specifications are unchanged. Youth Committee Meeting Planned Reorganizations! meeting of the Governor's State Committee on Children and Youth has been call ed for Nov. 15 by Gov. Paul L. Patterson. 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