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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1956)
fir run viii1,! Otjj flirt 0 General Matthew B. Ridgway now retired after a brilliant record is officer of the Army which cul minated In serving a term 11 Chief of Staff, now carries Into Journal . km hit battles with his erstwhile superior! in government. He laun ches hit memoirs in the Saturday Evening Post with a sweeping at tack on the penny pinchers in Washington who rejected h I recommendations for support and expansion of the Army to meet its global obligations. As soldier he is convinced "that hope of peace rests solidly on strength for war." He brands as "dreamy-eyed delu sion" the idea that threat of the torn bomb alone can keep the peace, and as a "corollary fantasy" the "nebulous faith" that air and, naval power alone can win a warj not even a little one. He sums ! up his experience as Chief of Staff ! by saying that his troubles in Eu-' rope as Supreme Commander of NATO forces "were in no way comparable to the vexations, the frustrations, the sheer travail of, spirit which were my final lot in my two year tour as Chief of Staff." What was his grief? Well, when he got to Washington and looked round and saw all the military ob ligations the government had as sumed, all the treaties for mutual defense, expressed or implied, and then found the civilian administra tors would not provide the means by which the Army could perform (Continued on editorial page, 4.) busnect in Linn Robbery-Beating Nabbed at Coast Pictures Identified by Witnesses;. District Attorney Prepares Charge -r- SUteimaa Ni Servlc -..ALBANY. Ore.-A free-spending Texan who drew attention by giving away $20 bills was arrested at Coos Bay and will be charged with robbery of $8,001 from the Linn County courthouse here, Sheriff George Miller said Wednesday night. Robert Lee Roberts, 33, who told police he was from Sweetwater, Tel., was identified from pictures by several Albany residents, pre sumably including County Tress- , Arrested Arizona Girl Found Beaten Near Mesa MESA, Arii. (AP)-A 7 year old girl, object of a huge search, was found beaten and bleeding under a bush on the desert east of here Wednesday afternoon. The sheriff's office said it be lieved Carta Hixon hrd been sexu ally attacked. '"1 , The child had been missing since she stepped off a school bus and started walking to her ranch home Tuesday afternoon. Mesa city employes, who had been released from their jobs to join the hunt, found the uncon scious girl. . Sheriff L. C. (Call Boies took her in his car to a Mesa hospital, where she was rushed to the emergency room. Her condition is reported as serious if not critical. Carl Cluff, one of the search ers who found Carta, said both of her eyes were blackened. The blonde, blue-eyed daughter- of Mr. and Mrs. pari Hixon had been hunted by 'more than 300 persons, mounted and on foot. An airplane and a helicop ter joined the search. Police broadcast a pickup or der for a 43-year-old man, S feet 8 inches tall and weighing 215 pounds. They did not disclose now he had been linked with the case. Yi Vv v. PCUMDHD ttll 105th Year 2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, January 19,. 19J6 PRICE 5c No. 2?S Candidate i I VJ I ALBANY Robert Lee will be charged the M.W1 Llna house robbery, Sheriff Miller said. Roberts urer Raymond Tomlinson, as a participant in the Tuesday holdup, officers said. Hotel Arrest Roberts, who denied the accusa tion, was arrested Wednesday at a Coos Bay Hotel following re ports of a drunken spending spree which included cash gifts to new found friends, it was declared. Both his description and that of the tar he was driving tallied with those sent out after the Linn County treasurer was knocked out by a pistol-wielding stranger and the money taken from the office safe, police said. Tomlinson is now recovering in a hospital. Dice Game The man, arrested at Coos Bay, had boasted of winning 18,000 in a dice game at Reno. Nev., and a briefcase resembling one used in the robbery was found under a seat of the car, police declared. The briefcase and pictures were brought from Coos Bay to Albany by Sheriff Miller. The 61-year-old treasurer said L L . 1 I A lie was BMuiK un ine neau sevr j; j.t. ,u. T) t ,. wuuiu uc a laiiuiuaic iui uic HUM 01, J5UIJ(AJUli IU USCll .U1C BOlC. j Jurors Convict Driver "Of Negligent HoMcifle Stayton Youth Ruled Guilty in Fatal Wreck DAYTON Carl Francis, state senator from Yamhill County, announced Wednesday he will seek the Republican nomina tion for attorney general Carl Francis In Attorney General Race DAYTON - State Sen. Carl H. Tanker Blast Toll May Rise Beyond 25 (Picture on Wirephoto Page) LAKE CHARLES, La. OB - Two bodies and pieces of other bodies floated ashore Wednesday as the grim search continued for the sea men perhaps as many as 25 who worked aboard the tanker Salem Maritime when it exploded. The death toll could even grow higher than 25, for as the mon strous flames burst from the gasoline-filled tanker Tuesday night they were reported to have sucked in some workers on docks of the Cities Service Oil Co. refinery. But no official could release an authoritative list of the missing. The split and settling tanker con- Johnson New State Director of Finance Robert R. Johnson. 87. Oregon's first Civil Service Director and now secretary of the Legislative Interim Committee on Local Govern ment, was appointed by Gov. Paul Patterson Thursday as State Direc tor of Finance and Administration.' Johnson will succeed Harry S. Dorman, who is retiring on March 1. Johnson did the survey work for setting up Oregon's Civil Service System in 1944, and then stayed Russian Navy Said Next in Size to U.S. Francis announced Wednesday he Unued t0 burn dangerwsyi with choking black clouds billowing from flaming oil. .l. .u..l. u. lv.. ocii. nanus n ki mi t.nKr wnulrf nnl nur rannripn S ' m from me o!7 WT County Court- r,.. ' ' terms. He Is 40 years old. - frnm hpr ih uarrh wnt nn A second man that several wit- ' !LX?t!2 Wate" of ,he Uke CharlM' nesses said they had seen leave I ''J'Za KL th t A company gPk"man m. h.1. .m ' ilhat of th Democratic party in still bemg sought. . gjx rf hjj MVen campaigns. He f l,Mt In Safe nas aiM na(j Mven terms as mayor Roberts had about tl.BOO de- of Dayton. posited in the hotel safe at Coos , Pointing out that he was a mem' Geerge Mound, Two charred bodies were, car ried to local funeral homes Wed nesday morning. Both were un identified, although an undertaker described one as that of a Cities Bay and another 1200 on his per- ber of the 1947 legislature which j worker. son, nuuer saiu. i creaiea me present uepanmeni oi i Anotner refinerv .mnlove was in Roberts was driving a green justice, the Yamhill County Sena- IJSSZSA&PiR 1954 Chevrolet with cream top, tor said, "I know what the intent ! S Z Ilfiad w . answering the description of the of the legislature was when the law iSffiwm? S n Sou! con car police were seeking. . was passed. When elected. I hall . A'J1.!. 'Z WASHINGTON W) - The Navy told Congress Wednesday .it must! Roberts was quoted as saying conduct the office of attorney gen- push the building of big carriers tne car belonged to a stranger ne eral in the manner in wnicn uiai and nuclear ships "to insure our survival because Russia is now second only to the United States as a naval power. - Adm. Arlcich A. Burke, chief of J naval 'operations, said the Soviets i have more than 400 submarines , dition. Unaccounted for was the skipper, Cant. John Rugman, 42, of Milton, Mass.. For three seamen aboard the had met in Eugene. 'office should be conducted: the inal complaint Thursday morning be political; I will strive to serve ' . M J fh . charging Roberts' with assault and ,11 of the people of Oregon, in at fS"?!' ,lJ J: Mhhir. Tm.rf iith . Hnnaprnn. l.-.-.k.f;uin-.k. Hionitvnf tht becam terrifying 4-hour ordeal IV"W; iixvu umBi.uww lliailllCI UlliVllll ViV Uifiuy v weapon, and would bring him here office." from Coos Bay immediately on Francis has been a member of and then a miraculous jump to safety. P...L. n-t - r ri and even 18 monthrfrom now the receipt of a Linn County District the judiciary committee of either IrclwAin Z uS undcrseT nit wS conta"1 Court warrant. District Attorney th. house or senate sinct 1945. was fnrLGre" i"gtfmtoi? IS half manV ' i Courtney Johns said the warrant chairman of the house judiciary j JS?" 2, J of S S Burkf the Ny stoo uniformed' ! as being drawn Wednesday night. ; commi'tte. in 1951 and 1953. and S?,LKfiWJ ofSS'ufgeed7hV'S chairman of the efhn ; ef to .f !! on as the first Civil Service Direc tor. He took a leave of absence from that job to work for the Legislature's commission on re organization of the state govern ment. May FuactUas That reorganization commis sion set up the State Department of Finance and Administration, which took over all of the state's budget, purchasing, printing, and office management functions. In 1951, Johnson went to Greece as civil government adviser to the Greek government. He returned to Oregon last year to join the Legislature's local government committee. "We feel particularly fortunate," Gov. Patterson said, "in having a young man within our own state government with the necessary qualifications for such an import ant position. 1 "Well Acquainted" "Because of his close association with the problems of the depart ment during its formative stages, he is well acquainted with his new duties. His broad experience in business and industry as well as in state and federal government will be of great value to the state." Johnson was born in Anthony, Kans., attended school In Kansas City, Mo. He was graduated from Northwestern University in Busi ness Administration in 1939. He entered public service in 1941 in the personnel department of the city manager's office in Kansas City. rvirM rnmmitti In nnnrove a I " Qa7 seniemr jur imu.auun. commiuee on sex crime prrveii- lU.hillinn-Hnllnr th nhn dine oro- ' " """" 4 lion gram for the year Winning July ! T S Ford Stock Takes 'Jump NEW YORK uff Trading was brisk Wednesday in the new Ford motor shares, with quotations ranging from a top of $70 a share to a low of $67.87. -. . The 10,200,000 shares were sold at $64.50 each, so everyone who bought on the offering had a profit. The shares traded briefly Tues day, following clearance of the is sue by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This morning, they Wete quoted at $70 bid, $70.25 asked, but drifted down to $67.87 bid, reportedly because of selling in London and Amsterdam. - When the European markets closed, the price edged up to $68.50 bid, $61.75 asked. At about that time, however, prices started to po down on the New York Stock Exchange and the Ford shares, traded over-the-counter, moved lower again. In late afternoon, . they were quoted at $67.87 bid. $68.12 asked. , , .The Ford stock will move to tne stock exchange around March 1. Many in Oregon Buy Ford Stock PORTLAND (j Several tho and persons in Oregon purchased "Ford Motor Co. stockrinvestmcnt officials here reported Wednesday. James F. Miller of Blyth k Co., chairman of the group of under writers handling the sales, esti mated that between 3,000 and $.000 investors bought up some 50,000 hares which had been allocated to the 25 participating local dealers. 1. It includes another supercarner and a guided missiles cruiser to be the world's first nuclear-powered surface ship. The admiral pictured the Soviet navy as well planned for its mis sion "to prevent U.S. naval forces and shipping from entering the waters surrounding Europe and Asia." He said the Soviets have no need for a high midocean, (rated on the Dyer Act (driving a car across state lines) at kana, Ark., and four years on a forgery charge at San Quentin, Calif. stolen , ' , Texar-1 Wool WOrtll SlOrC Manager Shiftecl I. R. Young, manager of the Sa lem Woolworth store the past three and cruisers. tO ENTER RACE BOISE, Idaho. I Two Idaho years, will leave Salem to become physicians said Wednesday they manager of the downtown Wool would seek the Republican nomina- worth store in Oakland, Calif, tion for the U. S. senate seat now j The transfer is being made this fleet to fight in I held by Republican Herman Wei-.week. Young's successor as Salem so tney nave concen- leer, iney are ur. h. nay naicn. manager win De uienn neep, com submarines, destroyers 69, Idaho Falls, and Dr. Raymond ing from Burbank, Calif., due to and jumped aboard a tug boat, . They were hospitalized for mi nor injuries, but Toto, announcing "I made some promises down there" left his bed .to attend dawn mass in a hospital chapel. seas 'White, 42, Boise. I arrive on the job today. Miniature Roads, Equipment Go to Court 'II.1 Ml I - - - ' T , . ... . - i. v '!..-' ' V : . " ; .'"" , " ' I "4 ""r" i . ' "" I . . . . r.. I - - . T I 1 ' 1 -4 , f , v - " - i - . i ': ' i k J Mouse Ends Still Life for British Nude LONDON ID - Peaches Page a blonde show girl paid not to move when standing nude on a stage lost her job when a mouse ran over her foot. She not only moved she screamed and ran into the wings while the customers collapsed with laughter. That happened Tuesday night at a London music hall. She was fired on the spot, "I couldn't help it," she said. "When that mouse ran across my foot, I did what any girl would have done." The reason she lost the $50.40 a week Job: The Lord Chamber Iain's regulations allow nudes ta appear on British stages if they stand absolutely still. If they do anything more than bat their eyes it is considered an indecent per formance. ' Dallas Water Supply Due for Fluoridation taUtiM Ncwi lenrtrt DALLAS, Ore. The city of Dallas will fluoridate its water supply as soon as necessary equip ment can be installed, City Auditor Lynn McCulley said Wednesday. McCulley, who supervises the water department, said the City Council had adopted a resolution authorizing the move. He estimat ed it would cost $5,000 to equip the city water system for fluort dating the water supply. Portland Sports Center to Await Spring Primary ' PORTLAND (D r The Exposition-Recreation Commission indi cated Wednesday it will wait until after the May primary before at tempting to start construc tion of Portland's eight million-dol-gar sports center. The commission said it would buy no land until the outcome was known of an initiative attack against the selected site in the downtown area.- An East Side group has an- j nounced it will try to get the initi auvc on ine may Dauoi. ine I Siders want the sports center their side of the Willamette River. Forecasters Say Clouds The sun that shone so brightly Wednesday will not be such a nuisance today as cloudiness in creases and turns to rain which will continue through the evening McNary Field weathermen said. Temperatures today will be somewhat cooler than Wednesday's high of 58. Meanwhile, the Wil lamette River fell another .7 foot to 16.8. Showers, and cooler weather are predicted for Friday. Appointed M v: ac . ,-:--.v.:-- ' . l: i- Robert K. Johnson, appointed Wednesday at state director ef finance and administration. Rep. Rogers Announces Bid For Reelection (Photo Sec. 1, Page 2) INDEPENDENCE State Rep. Joe Rogers, Polk County dairy man, announced Wednesday he would make a bid for reelection to the Oregon Legislature. He filed with the lUte i I Democratic candidate in the May primary for nomination as state representative from Polk County. Two years ago Rogers was nominated by write-ins on the primary ballot and subsequently was elected to the House of Rep resentatives. Since the 1953 leg islative session he has been serv ing on an interim legislative com mittee on education. Rogers operates his Grade A dairy and farm on Independence Route 1 between Independence and Monmouth. Ha and Mrs. Rogers have a son, Roland, now in the U.S. Navy as an ensign; a daughter, JoAnne, at Oregon State College; two daughters in Monmout'i elementary school and a three-year-old daughter at home. By JERRY STONE nun n riser,, lie statesman . A relatively rare conviction resulted Wednesday when i Marion County Circuit "Court jury found a 20-year-old Stay ton youth guilty of charge of negligent homicide. Th case resulted from an auto acci dent last Oct. 29 near Aumsville which fatally injured Fred Arthur Dennis, Salem. Attorneys for defendant Law rence Dean Pace, after hearing motion to Judge George Duncan that the verdict be set aside. Judge Duncan set 3 p.m. today for argu ments on the motion. 1$ to I Margin , The jury retired at 1:30 p.m. and came back in at 5:15 pjn. to announce a verdict of "guilty" by a 10-2 margin. Maximum sentence which caa be imposed on a negligent 'homi cide charge is reportedly three years. Pace had been charged by the state with responsibility for the accident in which Dennis was fatally injured. He was arrested four days after the accident oa complaint of the dead man's son, Delbert L. Dennis, who was driv. ing one of the two cars Involved, Charge Made It was mmnr(t that Par In attempting to pass a third car, struck the Dennis vehicle, causing it to crash into a tree. ttt j t. i a a uuucuiues oouoiea tor race . Wednesday when the son, Delbert Dennis, filed a $5,961 damage suit against the Stayton youth as aa outgrowth of the highway mishap. The plaintiff charged Pace with negligence and further claimed severe injuries were suffered. The suit asks $5,000 general damages and $969 in special da mazes. Sale of 2 Lots To Bank Waits Final Sanction Todas Statesman - Classified Sec. Page it... 7-9 Comics 1. Crossword II Editorials I ... Farm II.-. Home Panorama .. I.... Markets ...... .ll.-. ' Obituaries 'ZZZMZT Radio, TV .. j: II . Sports II- 1 Star Gaser ......... Valley Wirephoto Page Riots in India Kill, Hurt 100 BOMBAY. India 11 - Rioters defied a new curfew and fought a pre-midnight battle Wednesday with police over the future of Bombay city. The rioters lost nearly 100 of their numbers in dead and wound ed for the day. The violence began Tuesday in protest against a decision of Prime Minister Nehru to keep Bombay apart from the surrounding states and their language differences. The government reported early Thursday 21 rioters were shot dad and 75 woundd by 114 bursts of police gunfire between 10 a.m. and midnight Wednesday. Sale of two residential Iota oa the northeast corner of State a- d 13th Streets to U.S. National Bank Corp. for $34,650 has been tentatively authorised in Marion County Circuit Court. The lots are across the street from U.S. National's University branch. The lots rre now owned by the Viola A. Harrelson estate. The law requires a 15-day period of delay before the sale can be con summated. It bids at least 10 per cent higher are received la that period, sale to another par ty can be considered. U.S. National , now leases building at the southeast corner of the same intersection, for its branch operation. , -rtijr First Candidate r:io nrr: . In City Election Loring Grier. Salem's newest city alderman, Wednesday became the first citv candidate to actually ) for office. Grier, who operates a credit bus iness, filed with the city recorder his Intention to run for election at alderman of Ward I, the West Sa lem ward. He took out petition forms. Fifty signatures are re quired to put his name on the bal lot in May. Grier was appointed last month by the City Council to fill a va cancy left when Alderman Walter E. White resigned.. . JAPAN BLAST KILLS 7 FL'KUOKA, Japan I - An ex plosion ripped through a coal SCMMERFIELD DUE TODAY EEkZnSnW PORTLAND - Postmaster lyZi. k',"l!.l.,llea,t f,ve General Arthur E. Summerfield is others seriously injured. High Court Rules Last Will ft Of Wealthy Recluse Valid expected to arrive In Portland laie 1 1 nursoay in preparation tor r rinay i night's $I0O-a-plate "Salute to Eis The Weather Saltm Portland Baktr Mcdford Mas. Mia. Ttnip. 41 41 n 41 4S 46 47 4S 31 IS .14 M i .04 .11 .14 .04 JO oo tract .00 "Oh dear, toe at that little bey Sitting oe that alee aeft reck." ' Exhibits (above) supplement testimony Wednesday in Marion County Circuit Court ia a $295,701 damage snit against the State Highway Department. Plaintiff, Natt McDongall contractors ef Port land, contends the firm was misled by the stste'i specifications la bidding en highway project la Lane Coanty. Ia foreground Is a state model ef a section of the Stasia highway between June- tiea City and Florence, point ef debate la the case. Mrs. Daesy Chance, court clerk, holds another exhibit, a model ef earth-remover equipment, and in background are ether items including plain tiffs model ef the highway section. (Story tec. 1, page 2). (Statesmaa Pheta). North Bend Roacburl - San Franclico .. Los Angela 10 Chicaso SS Nw York 40 i Willamette Hrver lit leet.- - FORECAST ( frnm U S. weather bureau, McNary field, Salem): Increaiinl cloudineu with rain later thli morning or tarty afternoon, continuing thu evening; thoweri and cooler Friday. The high today, SO-U, and the low tonight, 42-44. Ttmptraturt at 12:01 a.m. today was 41. ' SAl.CM rwaCHMTATION Slnre Start f Weather ftat Seal. I fklt Teat Lat Year Normal SI.M nM. 11.1 James H. Miller, who esme to America from Latvia in 1905 and worked hard as a logger, lived the life of a lonely bachelor. But he saved $95,000, which goes to the American Cancer So ciety, Stanford University Medi cal School and the Oregon State School for the Blind. Miller died April 20. 1951. aft er having made two wills. These two wills caused a five-year legal made a new will, leaving the money to the - cancer society, Stanford, and the blind school. Moran sued to get the estate, trying to prove that Miller didn't know what he was doing when he made the second will. The Multnomah County Circuit Court ruled in favor of Moran. . The Supreme Court reversed the lower court holding that Mill er knew what he was doing when Today's Speller (Idltorl Mot: A Hit it H 1 ketng nkttiktd ttrk tcl trdi t1 U auk aa Um ttt-wer aula UU for aeaU-flnaia tag tin all T Ortgoa SUieiaua-aSLM (Mid-Valley SpeUlag Cantetf la which (Marly 4.0M Ilk. and SU-grad ttudeau art aarucipatiBi). eat battle that was ended Wednesday he made the second will, and that when the State Supreme Court he was legally competent to make upheld the second one. it. The first will, msde 13 dsys be- The high court also said there fore Miller died, left his money , was no undue Influence on Miller to H. Gerald ' Moran, Portland, employe of a brokerage house which looked , after Miller's in vestments. But Miller changed bis mind. 0a the day before ha died, ha to change bis will, and that he wasn't suffering from any insane delusions at the time. The opinion,' by Justice Earl C. Latourette, reversed Circuit Judge William J. Crawford. salmon ujfidayit pupil uolentine treason ; attending wreckagt pursuit ultimate relation . . quarantine plantt . saxophone retail purple . amateur ' stomae h rolatt chimney pyramid daughter . battery correction irxnd resuscitate
