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Newspaper Page Text2-(SfC I) Statesman, Salem, Ore. Tuc. DecTl3, 19351 North Europe Areas Buried inBlizzards LONDON t Winter's first 1.1 : J . : J . ti 11 uiuuriB puncg paru w nonmm Europe under deep snow Monday and sent avalanches tumbling on homes in Norway. A father and his 1-year-old State College Construction Eyed by Board . PORTLAND W Committees ef the State Board of Higher Edu- cation Monday discussed construe - linn of, new facilities for state upponen college, Preliminary plans far the pro- a l l a l . . i a posea one-nuiuon-aouar romana State College student center were gone ever by the board. J. F. Cramer. Portland State president. said it would not be oos&ible toig"PPM m a sun-sero cold wsve, provide parking space as request- ed by the city planning commis- Oregon State President A. L. Strand was authorized to put ar - chitects to work on plans for a second dormitory unit at the Cor - Vallis college. m O. Meredith Wilson, president ihe university at Eugene, reported that about one-fifth of the student body at his school were married couples. He said be hoped private builders in the area would provide apartments for them. .-:. u.i. vum vwiuiuiivc wuvu uiuuu- ti- intwioilm ) Vu.iJii Pim Atltnorttauon Ot President tlmo I fl"rT...'f S u:!f' I visions broad enoueh to encom- tion from Englewood Evangelical Ruction or armament pronimuon : he i r r-t srarn uui uiu una siaiuiory pro- i . . 1!L S Y ol, V l, J'pass It." i United Brethren Church for per-; of atomic weapons ana 'ine uireat ! y ' tion of a wouu of Western rail- building without observing set- vormuorj. , , .. , u.-i. i;.. .... FuH board action on committee recommendations waa expected at Ti-tH.ti'. .inil i Tuesday ttession. I Winter Range w"fi"f v 1 1 DENVER UB Supply of winter range ami pasture teed in the 17 Western states was said Monday esiern siaies was saw juonaay by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture; to be a little better than it has been lor the past three years. The Agriculture Marketing Serv ice of the department said in its report of Dec. 1 that the reported condition of range feed was 7) per cent This was 1 percentage points higherUhan it was a year ago but dowa I per cent from a month earner. . The service said cold, snow cov er and dry conditions reduced the condition of range feed mare than usual during November. The 73 per cent rating was S percentage points oeiow uw iv-year average of 71 per cent. The reported condition of cattle and calves was 80 per cent, com pared with 82 per cent month ago, 71 per cent a year ago and the 10-year average of S3 per cent. Condition of sheep and lambs was rated at S3 per cent, the same as last month. A -POWERED CARRIER NORFOLK. Vs. Iff! The Nor-folk-Virginian Pilot Monday quoted unidentified "high Navy officials" in Washington as saying the Navy will ask Congress for an 85 000-ton atomic-powered aircraft carrier in its request for funds for the 19SS fiscal year. for K. .nd'eEst'rv S Summerf.eld exceeded his author-1 The Council recommended re trAtnZSJa in Puttin th PrimenUl new.l of 26 liquor licenses for Ing at Oregon State. . nnss and voted not to recom- TERRIFIC NECCHI These are trade-ins reconditioned by Mars experts VALUE Save W faa MfatMfaauM raICMSSail HOVMSiJ! Sew the most Intricate Makes Iwrton Holes Sews an Buttons , Blind Stitchss Sews Forward and Reverse - . - Phonr4-7102 For Free Home Trial Toll Calls Accepted Within 50 Mil Radius SALEM limited Quantity, Ne Sales te Dealers i daughter were killed by 250-yard- I . j i i . r-1 I . .1 f. wiae avaiancne on rian.'mii ' j land, in Norway's Lofotens. Their nouae was cru a arcung a.-- wncn uwre uur.ru .n..r. without loss of lite. Denmark was blsnketed snow. And snowdrifts four to live the Council decreed that now there "n"!"" up feet deep blocked many roads in win t B0 parking on the west, 0 15 yM". pmon Wales and Scotland. Nine British j g,d. , Church Street, between! glider pilots caught at a hut MO feet up on a hillside in England's Shropshire country battled through huge drifts to safety. Gales pounded much of Europe's Atlantic coastline. A royal navy helicopter won a big gamble to pluck a sick watch' 1 man from an anti-invasion fort-ai mile out in the English Channel, j Pilot Lt. Andrew Hudson landed the helicopter on the roof of the ion wim us wnreis oniy incnes . , from a .Wfoot drop into the raging aiA a ' A K.wii A.an kirn Uiinil riiiaa " ",u i blowing. I Th Moscow radio said the north- ! part of European Russia was with blizzards, expected.. : TT S PflStfll j J7 ' iAJCriniCIll I J I M UpbcldinRule ! WASHINGTON l A Post Of - fice Department experiment carrying some ordinary first class (mail by air was upheld ,Monday h the i, s Tnnrt nf Annpait i i ' t i - Tne court said it found nothing . i.:i:. : .. i'0 proninii uic cxpenmemai pro-. .... ... " firouo i J a 1 -. . y- t rruiiiK rial fniimBtiir laCMrni v L "A".- i T.'j- . - v .u"i ' v" e J". rn' Kirkland had ruled the postmaster k ment in the transportation of mail but that oroloneed exnerimental dispatch of three-cent mail by air is not within his authority. Lnder the experimental nrb :'Tr:,v' 7.". r -Mi mpi aner au oiner iramc, in- Icludintf mail beat-ins air mail nnt. age is taken care of. gv 1 . LlieVTOiet IrOinS r l Ull t OTfl t lrm 111 Registered Cars DETROIT. Mich. (A Chevrolet increased its lead over Ford divi sion In new car registrations dur- October, Figures as published Monday by Automotive News credit Chevrolet .1 The court rejected the conten, mission to build a Sunday School ot a new war.; by with 1.35$071 registrations during Sprinfffleld Official this years first 10. months. Ford, . r n , division figures were 1,299.641. For nine months the figures were Chev rolet 1,220,094; Ford division 1,168, $50. The Industry total for the January-October period was 6.041,768. In the same 1954 period the indus try total was 4,528.624. with Ford in the top spot with 1.144,770 reg istrations and Chevrolet second with 1.122.038. In the battle for third place this year Buick registered 646.952 against Plymouth's $57,920 in the January-October peri ad. Their nine-months figures were Buick 585.650; Plymouth 615,569. Oldsmobile continues to top Pon nac for fifth place. The 10-month figures show Oldsmobile S01. 646 registrations against Pontiac's 448.211. iritchet SEWING CENTER Hollywood Dist. Dn-JLi-I Jm i (lining 111 M&F Block Revised Again (Story also on Page 1 ) Salem City Council ordered still ! annihnp nark inn change at the j yieieT Frank b block Monday. Af(er A6man CIay.ton j0Mt rc. ponj that the recent revision had ! resulted in congestion and many I withiparkine tickets for Mega! parking. Center and Marion, on weekdays from 9 a m. to 9 30 p.m. Last month the city had posted a sign which in effect prohibited parking during store hours when traffic is heaviest in that block. The fact that store hour varied during the week led to the con- fusion officials said. j Anntnrr Problem i. Tackling another traffic problem ,cUd prohibit park- ,hB att i,u ,J Hioh Street jbeUeen Ufele and Rural where . -i the 30-ioot wiae sireex is navnjr proposal to give President Eisen- j office termed the outbreak the lne larm P'an" 01 lneir P'auorms traveled. This restriction carries on hower'i "open sky'' inspection pro- fyear's colest. Edmonton's, early I,e sa'd vyi"K "W s ho could uic similar nu-pi laiiipt ww wiv. from Mission to Lefelle. ! Four new designated speeds I ment deadlock, were accepted by the Council j Only the Soviet Union and its after recommendations from the four satellites were In the opposi State Speed Control Board and tjon as the committee the main the city's own Traffic Safety ; political body of the U.N. - voted Commission. ' 53 to S in favor of a disarmament These are: Pine Street. JO resolution advanced by the United miles an hour instead of 23; Wl-1 states, Britain, France and Cana lace Road, from Bassett Street to da city limits. 25 instead of 25. anij HenryXaboi Lodge Jr.. the U.S. from fcflgewaier to uasseu, a in-1 stead of 20; the bridge connec- 1 llon lretl y . , j iter t0 the bnd8e' 1 , of 20- I Net Meeting Aldermen set their next meet . , . , , 0- mg tor Tuesday night. Dec. 27. .nH rolloH nnhlii Ywarina i that r - - - .t, tv miniuni nl. Kalr linat uoi r nn n ih tn iwkuil licenses 1 nVt 'ioned bv ; pe'Monea d )A,leyi ind tne u- Capitol Bowln? b'ooden Shoe. All licenses sre decided ny tne state Liquor Control Commission, wh'ch recommendations '"m he Clty Council. - Homage to Saint MEXICO CITY M An esti mated 500.000 woman t-amonci , inched their way through the Ba-1 silica of the Virgin of Guadalupe Atonaay to pay nomage iu aicm1 co's oatron saint. Nearly 1.000 persons " collapsed in the crush. Over 350 nurses. 200 medical aides, 27 doctors, and 27 ambulances and motorized units of the 'Red and Green Cross worked throughout the day to care for the ill and injured. Announce Retirement SPRINGFIELD, Ore. The GENERAL DIES resignations of Police Chief Harry FERNANDINA BEACH. Fla. (ffi Matsler were announced Monday. A heart attack at a motel Sun Both have reached retirement age i day night took the life of Maj. of 65. j Gen. Frank D. Merrill. 52, New City Manager Robert Turner I Hampshire highway commissioner said Howard will remain on the and leader of a famed band of Job until a successor Is found. I World War II Junglelghters. AT HOGGS Hurry! L TIN I - : 1 HurryI ?!S!S5!S J I - ! Hurry! fgV1"' --t Hurry! f fiv'H, --fj Hurry! N Imp 0 3? ;' jj Hurry! 1 Hurry I HANDSOME FUNCTIONAL HASSOCKS Ideal st TV Seats or oFtomsruI Smart" Designs and Colors as Low as... Fr Parking Fr Delivery OPEN EVERY NITE TIL t TIL CHRISTMAS miwiTi Tiuiri Limit unmet i km ruiuiiii 1 Corner State and Commercial Former Clerk at The Dalles Admits Stealing Funds THE DALLES 0 A. C. Grin die, who resigned a city clerk treasurer June 30. pleaded guilty Monday to converting public finds to his own use. Rust djw.,0ted , lhorU(,e o( $2i678 in the city general (und. Circuit Judge Malcorqn W. Wil kinsnn said he would sentence G r i n d 1 e Wednesday afternoon, , r.Au -.. i. . i 'u.' "... " : Ike Inspection Plan Blessed By U.N. Unit t'NITED NATION'S. N Y. T. iim d.im,i . ;dorsed overwhelmingly Mondav a f " J Kram , IirK. conaerauon in new attempts to break the disarma delegate, hailed the -vote as ."a very great day" in the history of lne , , A , ' The rMolution now needs ony, the endorsement of the full Gen-1 eral Assembly. A similar vote is ' expected there The Soviet Union said it object- d to the four-oower oroDosal on - - . r ., . ; , Ithe crounds it failed to stress re- -- Sentencing of Sherry Due PORTLAND UH Sherry Pong, 24. convicted of second degree! the governor said. Reindar Bugge, president of the murder last week, will be sen- Beck said Sunday after his res-'coos bay bank, and E. C. Sam tenced Friday, Circuit Judge cue from the tower that his wife mons, president of the Portland Alfred P. Dobson announced Mon- and children were III and starvi day:- ' . . . Iu I f uepi. uisi. nuy. nowaru uonvi-; i i I . i : A I gan, who prosecuted the case, said that under Oregon law, a li f e sentence is mandatory if the judge a.ab. - Brinn term. Mrs. Fong couid piacej on probation, noweveri ne Mjd. PRUSSIAN COIN VERDUN, Que. Leslie Fer guson, 15, found a three-mark Prussian coin dated 1776 in change he received at a Verdun store. But experts dispelled the idea it might j be of considerable value. They said ! the Coin was in poor condition I and probably not worth the 50 ! cents Leslie thought he was get-! ting. $ J50 Blizzard Hits Canada Area; Traffic Slows REGINA, Saskatchewan The year's coldest blizzard churned eastward across Alberta and Saskatchewan Monday night. In Regina the mercury dropped 37 ! degrees to five below zero in j three hours. Heavy snows, driven by arctic winds of up to 50 miles an hour, stopped nearly mobile. Bus and plane schedules were canceled and trains were slowed. The storm was expected to con tinue Tuesday. So far only minor traffic acci dents were reported but search parties were out at various points looking for persons who had dis appeared in the storm. One was a 6-year-old boy in Regina. In rural areas, many children were bedded down for the night in thai ahffkTAim m ritv .twi. ! nw nviiuuu vuuit. Vsli.T were dismissed before the worst of the storm hit. In Fdmnntnn Alia th u,.mr i year i coiaesi. r. a mono ton i early low. T otter Scaler Faces Mental Examination OKI.AHfiMArrrv i A . traught family man who crawled 250 feet up a television tower here , Sunday was returned home Mon- day where it was indicated a men- tai hearing probably will be ar- ranged for him. Asa Beck, partially crippled by hin.ii.n i?j . i i.j ukwiuuiui, wn umni m aim ik !,.... i. tl.i: . iu i a ii auciiiiuii hi n Ndi termed his family's plight. Sheriff Tom Grunden from near- Guthrie took the man in custody saying officials there "probably will give him a sanity hearing. Meanwhile Gov. Raymond Gary released a statement to newsmen that Beck's wife and children are drawing $136 a month in state pub- lie welfare payments. 1 "That shows his family is being taken care of in as satisfactory a ! manner as the law will permit." tdeclaring he intended to jump ."by ! ' If II. AA 1 . 1 1 u u mry UUi mn jcvi neij. i A..fl.A:U. A 1 I n I. i 1 Authorities declared Beck's fam ily is "better off now than it has ever been." WU Graduate Wins Pakistan U.N. Poet PORTLAND OB Word was re ceived here Monday of the ap pointment by the United, Nations of Victor D. Carlson as a social welare advisor in Pakistan, He is a graduate of Willamette University who left Oregon in 1941 after eight years with the Oregon Public Welfare Commissision. He later taught welfare at the Univer sity of Denver. IlEfi - P.M. ..; ; ' , . ' a,:,::. . .... , v- ... .. - ..- Theatre Time Table . CAPITOL - "WHITE CHRISTMAS1' at: 3 St. 1:41 and in r, THE STEEL CAGE" at: 1: 3 11 and SOT , HOLLYWOOD "YOTJ'HB NirVtR TOO YOUNG" it: T 00 and 10 IS "THE RAID" at: S OT Farm Dispute Politically9 'Dangerous' CHICAGO - Leaders of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion Monday advised political par- against taking the highest I bidder" approach to voters down , on tn farm- , Charles B. Shuman. nrtsident of 1 .... lhe organization, said he would I "M 10 Doln parties remove ' the level of price support'' from i H,u,,,,pr iii'ki m could have '"dangerous" results for agri culture. He told newsmen that car rying out any promise of farm price supports at a "high, fixed" level could result in "prices going down and surprluses continuing to accumulate." Roger Fleming, secretary-treasurer of the federation, said there is nothing' in political history since 1947 "to substantiate the assump- uon that larmers and ranchers '" Riv UP ln!ir birthright of l"um l lnf ""ncsl Dlaa"- J Shuman and Flem.ng appeared at a conference at ttic feder- ation's annual meeting. The dele- 'bh arc rAin.-iru 10 rciinirm .,nflr ,avor ,or IleJ"Dle Pe sup- Bank Merger Permit Sought PORTLAND A proposal to merge the U.S. National Bank of Portland and the Coos Bay National Bank was disclosed by officials of the two banks Monday. rency had been asked for appro v.: . T. ... ... ' ' aj. jney gajd shareholders of each .. . . . . bank will meet in mid-January to vote on the matter. The Portland bank has a num ber of branches throughout Ore gon. The Coos Bay bank, organized in 1915, has deposits of $10,634,966. PHONI 4-4713 MARTIN and LEWIS "You're Never -Too Young" Van Heflin Anne Bancroft "THE RAID" 8 immm High Court to Rule on Union Right Claim WASHINGTON l The Su preme Court agreed Monday to rule oa whether a company which says it cannot afford to grant a wage increase may be compelled to open its financial records to a union. The court acted in response to a government contention that an employer could shut off wage ne gotiations merely by saying it is in no position to grant a wage increase. Involved in the case which (he court agreed to review and rule on are the Truitt Manufacturing Co., Greensboro, N.C.; and the AFL Ironworkers Union. In another action, the court ruled that' an. employer who fails to comply 'with a NLRB order to bargain' collectively with a union must do so -"within a reasonable time or be guilty of. contempt. Don't Let Your Head Cold Keep You Awake Tonight! flew Vlckt WtndefDrug Nasal Spray lets yon breetkt almost as if jour cold had (one-so you sleep! Relieve hud-cold distress of blocked, stuffv nose so you slirp with Vicks new nasat spray, Medi-Mist. Use the Clinic Style Atomiter as directed. Feel swollen membranes start to shrink. Breathe again for hours olmoit m if your cold STARTS TOMORROW ALL HONEY... off ifo iniiitl ALL FURY... on tht ovtsiitl JOAN CRAWFORD V BARRY SULUVAN BETSY PALMER JOHN COtUMSI TUH CO - JOHN t IRELAND Man - EXGUSH WtLUAllS feu HUON BEAUMONT Km City Project ( Plan Reviewed: By.Aldcrmcn; Salem city aldermen are now re viewing details of -a city long-range project list from which priority needs will be determined for tha special election ballot in May, Exolanation of the proposals have been made recently by sev eral city officers in talks before committees and clubs, but actual details on a department-by-depart ment basis have just been publish ed in a 47-oage City Hall report. This is in addition to the recent 21-page digest of street projects proposed for the next 10 years. Bond issues proposed In the over all report include estimates of 153,000 for airport improvement; $944,000 for hrtage replacement and street widening; alternates of ' ti40.ooo or $91,000 for fire alarm system, plus special ta levy; $211,375 frfr library remodeling; $750,000 for 4no acres of new park sites, plus special continuing levy of t35.ooo; 13,000,000 water line bond issue. had pone.' Helps fight germ-in fection with Vicks new wonder drug combination, Cetamtum and gramicidin plus antihista mine. By makers of famous .Vicks VapoRub. .i, aawl UI"S A" VICKS MaMIrmlf I -.. Last Day "White Christmas' and "Steel Cage" .i." i Wu jet ,Tr.ii r- . v IRELAND HIT - iMirn CHIt aUXQaWaSaTa aeausasMncruat M i 2007 Falrarawndi Rd.