105th Year
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iJtD IJj0lr
What is more worrisome to our
State Department tbaa toe supply
of Czech arms to Egypt is the
evidence of economic penetration
v.. il. c..:..i t r: : l.
East. First sig is a reported offer
to finance and provide engineering
cervices for constructing a big dam
at Aswan tin the Upper Nile. The
estimated cost of this project is
some 11,300 million. Jt would pro
Vide water for irrigation and, thus
-increase production from lands in
.Egypt The USSR would lend $600
million at two per cent interest
and take repayment in cotton and
rice. A deal like this -would put
Communist engineers and techni
cians into Egypt for an indefinite
period.
In further pursuit of influence in
I he Oriental world Parrv Rasc
Khrushchev and Premier Bulganin
are off on a tour with calls sched
uled for Afghanistan, India and
Burma.' And of a sudden Soviet
satellite are sirengmening ine;r
diplomatic ties with Middle East
countries. " - .
, This. news, from ' that strategic
sector has stirred Washington. Im
mediate proposals are made that
the United States should counter
Russia's offer and finance the high
dam. (Wouldn't it be hard to put
up $600 million for Egypt for a
high dam and say the treasury is.
too poor to finance a high dam in
11.11. "......,... T)... TU TTli:.
ter, new administrator of foreign
aid. on nis recent return irom a
foreign tour has "held out hopes of
curtailing-this outgo. The question
of U.S. participation will have to
(Continued on editorial page 4.)
Homecoming
Crmvn W
By Salem
rn
Girl
EUGENE m Sally Jo . Greig.
a: pretty brunette from Salem, was
crowned Queen of the University
of Oregon Homecoming Week in
traditional ceremonies here Friday
Bights ;k - . ; - - -
O.'-Meredith Wilson, president of
the university placed the crown
on Miss . Greig's head shortly after
the announcement of .her selection
at. the annual -Varieties Show in
McArthur Court.
Lon Stiner,; Oregon U. 'football
captain, ; presented , Miss . Greig
with a bouquet of roses.
She has been active in a number
of student activities, including the
co-chairmanship of the Canoe Fete
last spring i and membership in
the rally, squad. She is a. junior
and her parents live at. 935 Acad
emy SL, Salem. -
Oregon Fails
To Use Salic
Vaccihe-Qupla
PORTLAND (JB The State j
Board of Health said Friday toe
many Oregon residents- do not
realize the importance . of Salk
anti-polio vaccine shots. :
It said .the state has not come
near - to -using up iU quota for
commercial distribution and that
the U.S. Public Health-Service has
asked whether -some of it cannot
be transferred to other states. .
Oregon's commercial quota is
130.737 ' cubic penti meters. Only
80,937 have been ordered and jf
that, 25,973 remains in drug stores.
Another 17,049 was released"; to
Oregon Friday by the - National
Health Service 50 per cent for
commercial use and the rest for
public agencies. ; ' . :
Hunters Safe
SEATTLE -tri - Five ; Seattle
hunters who had been sought since
they failed to return home on sche
dule Sunday returned Fridav nisht.
They explained the delay by. say
ing they stuck arounft. Eastern
Washington hunting grounds in the
hope of bringing home more than
one elk. : . t.
The returnees are Vincent Fol
linger, his three sons and a
grandson. - ..; , -
rMIt YOKaf
Whaft the matter? Cidnt you
"i tvtr set anyone chop
before?
Wm
2 SECTIONS 16 PAGES
lAM Claims Airline,
'Overloaded Planes'
WASHINGTON I, The Civil
Aeronautics Administration said
Friday it previously had accused
Peninsular Air Transport one
of whose planes crashed at Se
attle, early Friday morning with
loss of 27 lives - . of flying its
planes overloaded on 17 trips
last May, July and August.
' Seventy-four persons were
aboard the plane which crashed
in Seattle. .
The charges of . overloading
against Peninsular Transport,
which has headquarters at Miami
Springs, Fla., the CAA said, in
volved flights from Travis Air
Force Base,, Calif.; to Honolulu
Aug. 3: Santa Maria, the Azores,
to Gander, Nfld. Aug. 1; Mc-
.
(Engine Trouble Factor
In PC4 Crash; 27 Dead
, (Pictures on Wirephoto Page)
SEATTLE (VP) Witnesses and a crew member said Friday a
chartered airliner was having engine trouble before it crashed and
killed 27 of the 74 persons aboard on a midnight takeoff . here.
However, the injured crew member, Co-pilot Fred Hall of
Miami, Fla., said he was sure the trouble in one .of the big plane's
four engines would not have caused the disaster; that the DC4 was
capable of climbing on three,
The plane, was oa a special flight
to take 66 soldiers from the. Far
East toward their . homes in the
Miawest and East. None of the
passengers or crew was from the
Northwest. .,; , '
- An Army' spokesman said the
men had arranged for . their own
trips on a "charter" basis. The
plane crashed between houses in
a residential area.
Survivors Hart '
All of the survivors," who es
caped when the plane broke apart,
and before a gasoline explosion
tore it into pieces, were injured,
some only slightly. '
The three crew members of the
Peninsular Air Transport Co., of
Miami Springs, Fla., survived. - .
A witness to the, ire-spewing car
nage said "It was a miracle any
one lived through that crash.."
Saw 'Crash .' '. ' 1 '
' . There was "poppin' and sputter
in'" from the engines, said elder
ly E. J. Rice. who. saw it all as
the plane crashed near him. That
pilot knew ne was going la crash.'1
It looked like, he was fighting. to
reach a little clear space among
the houses.". The plane was one U
nearly two dozen to take off with
about 1.000 soldiers within 15 hours
after the transport Gen. R. L.
Howze arrived from the Orient.
The Civil Aeronautics Adminis
tration reported that the Peninsu
lar Co., which has a non-schedule
air service, : had a two-week sus
pension last summer after com
plaints were' made about its oper
ations. ." , ' ... .
Saspeasien Lifted V ,
A CAA spokesman said the sus
pension was lifted after an inves
tigation convinced officials the firm
was-. "able and willing to . conduct
proper operations." - -
Tragedy . marred the survival of
Mrs. Edward McGrath and her
three small children, as they es
caped with only bruises. McGrath.
the 29-year-old father and husband,
was listed as missing and pre
sumed dead. '
He had- joined - the airline only
a month: ago.:
Or 54 Crash
Site Viewed
LAS VEGAS. Jev. (fl The
margin of death was only 300 feet :
for 14 persons aboard an Air Force ;
transport plane which crashed into 1
a snowy mountain peak Thursday
while flying to the Nevada' atomic
bombing range." , -. ? ,.
Although ground parties, battling
rugged terrain and temperatures
near , zero, had yet to reach the
crash, a reconnaissance pilot Fri
day flew over burned wreckage and
said there was no sign of life. -
Jf aj. J. E. Manch. operations of
ficer . at Nellis Air . Force ' Base
here reported the C-54 wreckage
was about at the 9,000-foot eleva
tion on Charleston Peak, visible
from this city. ; - " -.' ,
Train Speecfs in State
Cities Fixed by Order
Speed limits on mainline South
ern Pacific trains in Salem and
37 other Oregon cities were fixed
Friday by Charles H. Heltzel. state
public utilities conunissioner.
The ' Salem train speed limits
are the same as had prevailed by
city ordinance until in Oregon
Supreme Court decision early this
year held that only the state had
authority to govern train speeds observed was the regular sched
in cities and towns, of less than , uled SP speed for the run at that
100,000 population. point about 70 miles per hour.
Speed limits as set for SP main-
lin In Colrr are Wl ntiltfc n
hour between Mission and Marion
-streets and 33 miles an hour, else-
4-hor nn th mainlirtp
The only speed limit under 20 is
the 10 miles an hour set for two
crossings in Medford. The only
other 20 mile an hour limit is at
Ashland.
. Existing speed limits throughout
the state were made official in the
PUC order, with the exception of
,Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday,' November
Guire Air Force Base, N. J., to
.Gander July 23 and 30; Gander to j
Shannon, Ireland. July 14; New
ark, N. J., .to San Juan,-Puerto
Rico, and return 3Iay " 15; New
York to Gander May J anti 11;
Gander to Keflavik Iceland. May
C and 11, and Keflavik to Stur
gate, England, May 12.
i Peninsular and an associated
nonscheduled airline, ' Aero Fin
ance ' Corp.. also of Miami
Springs, were grounded for two
weeks last August on. CAA or
' ders.
Both airlines were permitted to
resume flying two weeks later,
however, upon assurance that
they had corrected the violations
of which they were accused.
Mark Hatfield
To Resign Job
At Willamette
Mark Kit field, who recently
announced his candidacy for the
office, of secretary of state. Will
leave his position with the Wil-, 3 Girl KOals ..Cand tne
lamette University faculty effec- c,ov,n z Pcrtland television per
Uve next July 1. i - , former,' will be grand marshal!.
.nauiciu, una ui men iiiu as
sistant professor of political sci
ence, said he will not ask for re
newal of his contract, which ex
pires next summer.
The decision -reportedly is
based upon Hatfield's desire to
leave the educational, field for
full-time -politics.- It also -will
leave the 33-year-old-Salem man
free to wage an all-out campaign
for the "office of secretary . of
stole.
Hatfield told the Collegian,
campus newspaper, that he re
grets leaving Willamette. He said
his decision - has come after a
"great deal of soul searching."
U. S. Approves
ruaauiff mver
Flood Stiidy;
'1 An official study, of ways to
prevent future.' flooding on . the
Little Pudding River watershed in
Marion County has been, author
ized by the federal government.
it was announced in Salem .Friday,
Moves to control the meandering
stream in central Marion County
gained impetus recently . when
Lake Labish onion growers north
east of Salem suffered consider
able loss through flooding: .. .
.Federal aid to make: a prelimin
ary 'study and to prepare work
plans had been sought by the Mt
Angel Soil Conservation District,
in which the Lake Labish region
is located. . . . "i
- Authorization Friday came from
the Soil Conservation , Service . in
Washington,- D.C. The "study and
plans will be made by a team of
soil conservation service special
ists who will be aided by the Mt
Angel district, according to" Mel
Rigdon, work unit ' conservationist
with the district. , V v
I Rigdon explained that, after the
study is completed,' the . people ;in
the district will be given a. chance
to vote on whether they . want the
actual -work - of controlling- the
river to be put in operation. . ?
! If the people decide to eo ahead
with the project, he said; part of
the cost of the flood control pro;
gram would be paid by the govern
ment. ' -
Canby's. ' - .',
J Heltzel announced a further
hearing would be held on the Can
by speed limit At the general
hearing last August, Canby voiced
the only objection to continuing
speed limits then in effect. .
Canby s, spokesman pointed out
at the tune that an SP crossing
i was near a school and the speed
Heltzel also said he would set
latr arinf nn train vrtosf nn
P branch lines. He set Dec. 7 as
date lor a Portland hearing on
train sneeds of Union Varifie arid
of Seattle, Portland k
Sookane
railroads.
The lawsuit which prompted the
Supreme Court ruling was a
Marion County damage action
brought by a trucking firm against
the railroad after an accident in
volving a truck and train.
i Mute testimony of Scattlo
If
i
X
SEATTLE Twisted propeller lies la front yard of a borne near Boeing Field fiere after1 being tors
. from a chartered DC4 which crashed early Friday morning killing 27 passengers and injuring 46.
Residents in the house, a mother and five children, were unhurt. AP Wirephoto. Jr
Fairyland Parage to
March Through City
" A pre-Christmas children's Fairyland Parade, complete with
fairytale floats and costumed characters, will march through Salem
streets on Saturday, Nov. 26, it was announced Friday.- .
. Twelve large, colorful floats, depicting scenes from children's
classics, will be from the famous Portland annual Fairyland Parade,
which is to take place in Portland on the previous day. .
Also eppcaring in the Salem par-
de Tm be local scnool chIldren
.r, cHpm hnnI v.., an(1 Bov
Cinderella rioal
Four ponies will draw a Cinder
ella float. Other floats, all char
acterizing fairytale scenes, will in
clude, Santa Claus on a 60-foot
float. Old Woman In The : Shoe,
Crooked Man, Sing Song Merry -Go-Round.
Peter Pumpkin Eater,
House That .Jack Built. Ride A
Cock Horse, Pussy Cat. Humpty
Durppty, Jack and the Bean Stalk
and the Nativity Scene.
Eight of the floats win contain
live , characters. ' The Portland
Fairyland Parade, which has
drawn thousands of ' participants
and : spectators, including many
parents and children from the Sa
lem, area, since 192S, is being spon
sored here by Salem merchants
from all areas of the city.
Start at Mall . "
The parade will form at I a.m.
and will begin at 10 a.m. from the
Capitol Mall. .Its route will be west
on Chemeketa to. High street to
State," to Liberty, to Center, to
Capital, to Chemeketa . and dis
band on the Mall. " ' ' '
Santa will arrive here by heli
copter on Friday, the day before
the parade, at 11:45 a.m. at the
Mall. He will be greeted by state
dienitaries and - will - appear in
stores." Friday and Saturday. 1
Although there "will be no- judg
ing children, especially the older
ones are urged to appear in the
parade in fairytale costumes.
- "
End of French
Protectorate ,
Awaits
.,-;.. . r i- i .-
RABAT. Morocco ull .. SuKan
Mohammed Ben Youssef announc
ed Fridav the end of the 33-year
old 'French protectorate ever1 Mo
rocco. ."But he gave .it. a reprieve
until-a new treaty. can be'made
with France. T "ij. -
It. took nine months to negotiate
a home . rule pact between: France
and its North African protector
ate.' Tunisia. . Moreover, Tunisia
unlike Morocco. already had an
effective home' government when
the treaty talks started. .
Ben Youssef has ; just returned
from more than two .years, exile
in Madagascar, where he was sent
for his nationalist ideas. He "made
his1' first speech from the throne
Friday. r-.'.f .
"Our first objective," he told
the vast crowd gathered at his pal
ace, is tne constitution oi re -
sponsible and representative Mo
roccan government, an authentic
expression of the will of the peo
ple." .. ' . - ;, .
Bank Robbery
Suspect Held
TEXARKANA, Akr. fl An
Arkansan was arrested at De
!rraignea nere ior a 7,ouo uregon
bank robbery. ' .
U.S. Commissioner ThelmaWuv
na m ""iwn wi iort
Tllmon B. Benson. 39. a naUve of
Bodcaw, Ark., at $100,000.
Jje
couiani iurmsn uie cau ana was
returned to jaiL " ' , - ;
" Benson is accused as one of two
men who robbed an Inland Em
pire - bank at , Umatilla, Ore., , of
$57,375 last Aug. 22. A second man
still is sought. . w . , i
Treaty
J 9, 1955
PRICE
r -
Cheers Greet
Riiss Chiefs on
Visit to India
NEW DELHI. India ID Soviet
Premier Nikolai Bulganin and par
ty chief Nikita S. Khrushchev got
a roaring welcome Friday on their
arrival for an 18-day state. visit
to India. i - .
Special trains, buses and trucks
were provided by the government
of Prime Minister Nehru for many
thousands far and near to join the
welcome. '
These - and other hordes who
came in bullock carts and afoot
were estimated "to total a million
people along the 12-mile route in
from the military airport.
The first remarks from the visi
tors made by Bulganin while
Khrushchev twirled a straw hat
and beamed contained no hint
that the Russians are here for any
other reason than to repay Neh
ru's visit to-Moscow five months
ago. . -
But India ' today is the strongest
single bulwark against Communist
Asia, for' despite flirting with Red
China and the Soviet Union in re
cent months, India, under -Nehru,
still is counted as the world's larg
est voting democracy. ; :
If " Bulganin .'and Khrushchev
could win India further from the
West politically and economically
and closer to the Soviets sphere
of influence, they would achieve a
major victory in the struggle 'for
world power.
MOSCOW. Idaho tin Law stuT
dents from Willamette University
of, Oregon defeated a University
of Idaho- law team in moot court
competition here Friday. , - i
The Willamette's team's victory
in the regional - finals , won it a
trip to New York Dec. 15 for the
national tournament. "
William. Whitney and ' William
Sundstrom of the winning - team
bested Idaho's -John Reeze and
William Taylor in a case involving
monopolistic pracUces by a pro -
Moot Court
WonbVWU
uucer purcnasins reian ouueu
an alleged violation of the Sher- MONROE, Mich. ) Nine rail
man and Clayton Anti-Trust Acts., road section workers were killed
The competition -was ' held in
, connection with the first
Idaho Law Institute,
, ' ' '
annual
HUNTER FOUND SAFE ,
JOHN DAY CD Ted Palmer.
48, John Day, missing on an elk
hunting trip in the cold and snow,
was found safe Friday.
The Weather
Max. Mia. Freely.
Salem
Portland
Baker
55
1.2
1.55
. .22
, .08
' .67
T
JM
i .10
. M0
93
39
60
59
69
-32
47
24-
17
33
42
47
SO
21
33
North Bend
San rr.ncUco
Lo Aneeiea
"yoi"!?"
. wniamette River i.( feet
i FORECAST (from U. S
weaUicr
' bureau. MeNary field, Salem) f; i
voniiaeriDic cloudiness ua occa
sional showers today; rain tonight,
becoming showery Sunday; high to
day 53-55 low tonight 43-45; cooler
Sunday. Temperature at 12.-01, a.m.
today was 47. . I
- SALEM PRECIPITATION ' - j
Sine Start of Weather Year Septal
Thl Tear - Last Tear XrmaJ
12.11 . 1.01 " S.S3
No. 237
Air Disaster
rY
Whips Saleniy
Valley Areas
i Temporarily muscled out of the
valley weather picture by un-
seasonal cold and snow, rain came
back with a vengeance Friday to
soak tne Salem area with a meas
ured 1.22 inches.
Borne by gale-like gusts of
wind, the storm reached its height
early Friday evening. It flooded
storm sewers throughout the city,
sent citizens scurrying for shel
ter and removed last vestiges of
premature snow from the scene
The whipping rain made -driv
ing conditions hazardous but
city and state police reported no
serious accidents at an early hour
Saturday. .-..v.
Leaves Blown,,.,...--
The Friday winds , sped the
flight of remaining: leaves from
trees but officials of Portland
General Electrie and Pacific Tele
phone' Co.' reported ' no serious
damage to major lines and other
equipment . - - '
The Weather Bureau at Mc-
Nary Field reported that gusts
of wind at times reached 48 miles
per hour. - .
Occasional rain is on the' fore
cast today and Sunday.- , -Slide
Noted ''
State police reported - a slide
near Suttle Lake on the Santiam
Highway Friday night resulted in
one-way traffic. .A barrage of
rocks cluttered the Santiam High
way between Big Cliff and 'De
troit Dams. '
(Additional details sec 1, page
2, and Northwest weather story
see. 2, page 4). !
Merchants
Probe, Bring
Prowl Cars
.When - two . Salem merchants
checked their firms for possible
flooded basements Friday night
little did they realize their inno
cent missions would bring three
police cars to the scene.
Officers received a report from
a girl passerby that a man was
seen leaving the Jackson's jewelry
firm, 260 N Liberty St., and an
other was -waiting in. an adjacent
alley. , .
Police relaxed when they found
the two to be Holly Jackson, owner
of the jewelry firm, ; and John
Johnson, operator of an adjoining
women's apparel store. .Officers
said heavy rains had caused the
men to worry about flooded base
ments. 9 Railroad Workers
,Dic in Train Crash
and three others injured seriously
riday wnen a New yorx central
passenger tram plowed into a
truck carrying the men to work.
The train, en route to Detroit
from St' Louis, rammed the ruck
at a crossing. " . .
5c
Driving Rain
Cascade Scouts Choose
, Frees as New President
Korman Frees, ! retired state
worker long active in the Boy
Scout organization, was elected
Friday night as new president of
the Scouts' Cascade - Area Coun
cil. ... - , ; .
More than 50 ct the top adult
leaders of the three-county Boy
Scout council met at the Senator
Hotel for their annual planning
session. , ; , - - - .
Frees succeeds W. W. Mc Kin
ney, council president the past
two years. McKinney, Salem at
torney wn honored by the coun
cil executive board on his re
tirement -from the presidency
Dulles Relays Pledge After
- 'Report on Geneva-Failure
WASHINGTON (VP) President Eisenhower pledged Friday
night the United States "will never admit defeat" in its quest for
world peace despite the deadlock with Russia at Geneva. " -
"Success may be long in coming," he said, but "no setback, no
obstacle to . progress will ever deter this government and our
people frqm the great effort to establish a just and durable peace.-
secretary of btate uuiies relayed ;
Eisenhower's .views at the end of
a 30-minute radio-television report
Dulles made to the people of the
frustrated meeting of the Big Four
ministers meeting at Geneva.
Dulles, specifying that Eisenhow
er "fully shares", his assessment;
pinned the blame for the Geneva
stalmate squarely on the Rus
sians, j " ' . ' T
Ad Libbed Remark.
In fact," he said of the parley
etween the foreign ministers of the
United States, Britain and France,
on the one hand, and Russia's
Foreign Minister Molotov on the
other, t "it didn't get us anywhere
at allj".
That was an ad .lihbed remark
the secretary slipped into his pre
pared - in . advance report he
had gone over earlier Friday with
Eisenhower at Gettysburg. :
Dulles quoted the President as
telling! him the spirit of 165 mil
lion free Americans' will eventual
ly help achieve peace.
Five Questions ' -
Dulles built his 4,000-word speech
around five questions which, he
said. Tare in the air" as a result
of the failure of the Geneva meet
ing to make a single agreement.
1. Is the "spirit ot oeneva
dead? Not entirely, because So
viet leaders "seem not to want
to revert to the earlier reliance on
threats and invective.
2, Has the risk of general war in
creased? No, nothing that hap
pened changes President Eisenhow
er's July estimate, made after the
Big Four summit meeting, that
war is 'Mess likely."
3. Will the cold war be resumed
full force? Yes, in terms of
"peaceful competiton" but it is
hoped without the "hostility and
animosity which so defiled past
East-West relations. -
Gaard Never Lowered : r
4. Will the. Eisenhower adminis
tration have to' radically revise
defense and foreign aid programs?
NoJ because the government nev
er lowered .its guard on the basis
of promises by - Russia at last
July's summit meeting.
5. .Are future negotiations with
Russia - ruled . out? No. ' but it
"would of course be foolish" to
try new talks under present condi
tions.
LeedpihNew
Chairman of
Labor Board
GETTYSBURG, Pa. tf) Presi
dent) Eisenhower Friday named a
new chairman and a new member
of the National Labor Relations
Board NLRB), the agency which
administers the Taft-Hartley Law.
Boyd Leedom, 49, an NLRB
member since last April., was des-
IglUUCU a uiauiuwi, n j
can.i he is lormer justice oi we
South Dakota Supreme Court.
Stephen Sibley Bean, 63, Mas
sachusetts Republican, .was ap-
jwinted to a vacancy on the five
man Board. . Bean has oeen an
NLRB trial examiner. ' : -
Leedom's selection as chairman
came . as . a surprise. Only a few
months ago Eisenhower had passed
over Leedom, and picked . Philip
Ray Rodgers.' former, aide to the
late Sen. Robert A. Tatt (R-Ohio),
as acting, chairman when the term
of Chairman Guy Farmer expired.
No reasons were given, for by
passing Rodgers, the senior Eisen
hower : appointee with inore than
two! years NLRB -service, and giv
ing! the top job to Leedom.
- '
UF Directors
Criticize Palsy,
Dystrophy, Drives
PORTLAND Wi Directors of
the Portland United Fund Friday
criticized . fund-raising drives
scheduled by the United Cerebral
Palsv Assn. and the Muscular
Dvstronhv Assn.
The directors said the drives
were "unnecessary and unwar
ranted" and asked the city council
to ("find out accurately what these
tn 4tirii'f rnmnnttrnt Wilt enct
two particular campaigns will cost
and how and . where the money
; will be spent-
Both organizations have ' been
invited . to apply for a share in
United Fund drive and benefits,
ithe directors . said.
with a gift of an outdoor jacket
Other . officers elected Friday
night were Wesley. Goodrich, Sa
lem, council commissioner; Doug
las Parks, Salem, Orval Thomp
son, Albany, and Kenneth shet
terley, Dallas, vice presidents; F.
Li Thompson, Albany, treasurer;
W. Lb-, Phillips and McKinney, cf
Salem, and Hollis .Smith of Dal
las, national council representa
tive!. -, -a - 'vi-;
i Among persons named to the
council's " executive board were
two Salem men, Gerry Frank and
Judge' E. 0. Stadter Jr.
Woman Dies
From Injuries
In Accident
Itatetmaa Kews Jenriet
STAYTON Mrs. Birchev Nixon
of Aumsville died here Friday
morning of injuries incurred U
34
days ago when the car
she was riding in upset
on a travel road.
The 52-year-old woman had beea
hospitalized since the accident but
her condition was not considered
critical until shortly before ; she
died. ' Her. injuries were reported
to include seven broken ribs and
a punctured lung. Her attending
physician said caase of death had
not been determined Friday night
Police here said Mrs. Nixon was
riding with her daughter. Fay El
more, when the car : overturned
about three miles , southwest of
Aumsville on Marion County coun
try road. - : -
Mrs. Nixon's death was the 24th
attributed to traffic in Marios
County this year and the 34th in
the Polk-Marion County area, i
(Additional details in sec. 1, page
5.) -
HMfother Admits
BurningHands
Of Youngsters
Mrs. Dorothy. Bouge pleaded
guilty Friday to charges she burn
ed the hands of two of her small
children because she .caught them
playing with matches at their 2371
Brown Rd. home. . ?
HmT 30-year-old mother of three
was ' then - ordered sent , to - the
Oregon State Hospital for ,30 days'
observation by. Circuit Judge.
George R. Duncan in whose court
she appeared Friday for arraign
ment. ; ; . f
According to ' witnesses, Mrs.
Bouge ; had severely - burned 'the
hands of her four-year-old daugh
ter and two-year-old . son with
kitchen matches as punishment
for playing with the matches and
had held the boy's arm over the
flame-of a gas stove. The attend
ing physician had described - the
burns as second degree. -
. The children, including a nine-month-old
baby, have been placed
in a foster home pending court ,
decision on the case. After the
observation , period, - Mrs. Bouge
will be returned to the court for
sentencing '
Plane Feared i
Down; Search
HARRISBURG, Pa. tin A moun
tain search was underway here -
early Saturday morning for a
: - a i . . ,
large piaue rcporieu 10 uayr maui
a "low and troubled flight" - over ,
an area between here and Gettys-.
burg. -: - . . t
Some 75 civil defense workera i
began combing the densely wood-
ed area about 20 miles southwest
of here in search of the plane re-.
ported by at least eight persons
to have passed over Friday night
"probably in trouble."' -:
- The search was centered around
a 1,500-foot mountain peak where -flares
and other lights were report
ed observed. "
Salem Chamber to .
Hear Morse Monday
UJ5.. Sen. Wayne Morse will
address Salem Chamber of Com-:
merce Monday."
The senator has announced his.
subject will be "Applying the
Philosophy of Capitalism to Legis- ;
laUon." . .
He will be speaking at the
membership luncheon Monday
noon in the Marion Hotel.
FARM INCOME MAY DROP
WASHINGTON Wl The Agri
culture Department said , Friday
net farm income this year may
drop about 10 per cent under 1954,
from $11,800,000,000 to $10,600,000,
000. .
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Crossword . 4
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Homo Panorama . 3
Markets . jl 4
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Saturday TY H. 3
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