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The Weather mriECAST llmm U . weather Bureau, MvNary livid. S.ilen): .Shnwera and pei!.d of partial tlrnr!n today and 1 urirUy. (oolrr. ilti a hidh lortay 4-4 and drj-rea nr io rmili-r Tuesday, tha low to Mehi. Xi-M . Temperalura at 1101 am. today aa 44. i.rM MrcirrMTio Sine mart at Weather Vrar Sept. 1 thU Year Lat Vear Normal 40-12 It 11 12 M iie ire ,v ! I "nTTti7 sua pcundhd 1651 i rrd n OA faorao1 ta Ike Crtwlfc at Oratas 105lh Year 2 SECTIONS-U fACES Thi Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ortgon, Monday, January 23, 1956 PR1CI 5c No. 302 r FTP UCDCD I Railways Consider SllVTpiflrpi i.1 Ja-VJL faa VJL "With the powerful backing of majority leader Sen. Lyndon Johnson the Harris-Fulbright bill to exempt independent produc ers of natural gas from federal utility regulation was brought out on the Senate floor last week. ine Dill passed the House in the; preliminary tud ,nt() thp last session, senator uougias oi r i r Four Western Lines Reveal Possible Move ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A lllinni. nnnnnn t K MUIC IlllTKtT aniiiuto, Tiint;ua upsVMaDi b vi tut . i , . hill bnan hi. tnoph 0aint it nation s maior western rail- Friday and said it would extend roads plus a fourth, smaller over several days. linc, was announced Sunday This has developed into a bat- by the Great Northern and North tie of the giants, with the gas in- ern Pacific Railways, duftry split down the middle.! The consolidation, either firian- Promoting the bill are some of cial or operative, would involve: the biggest corporations in the the Great Northern, Northern Pa compeny. Though there are 1,500 cific, The Chicago, Burlington so-called independent producers, Quincy and the Spokane, Portland most of the natural gas is sup- & Seattle Railways. plied by 197 corporations who usually are in the oil business. Opposing the bill is the Council oi Local Gas Companies, the dis- 0f the Spokane. Portland fc tributors who buy from the pipe-! tie, emphasized the joint line companies, iney tear u mis bill passes that gas at the well head will be boosted in price to their Injury. Joining them are public representatives 'from big The GN and NP, which jointly own 97.18 per cent of the Burling ton stock and are equal owners Seat-study would be exploratory in scope at this time. Authority Glvea ' Authority to conduct the study was given by the boards of dircC' Albany Policeman Flees Kidnapers, Captures 1 Thug Statesman Newt Servlct ALBANY, Ore.-State police were searching early Monday for aa armed ma who had ell aa Albaay city officer for aa hour at gunpoint while bargaining (or his freedom, stale police at Albany said. At large after allowing Of flctr Kenneth Goia to arrest his partner was Walter Eageae John son, recently of Washington State Prison, pollca said. He was driv ing a IMS Chevrolet registered to James Carlton Schnlke, the maa captured by Coin, also a former Washington State Prison Inmate, police said. Goia was captured at gunpoint while apprehending the two mea la a check passing case, police said. He apparently was held prisoner la a police ear for al most aa hour after radioing late Sunday that he was bringing the men la, police said. State police were notified aad set ap road blocks wbea Goia was not heard from after notify, lag the office that he was return ing with the mea. Anxious Relatives Aid Rail Crash Victims '(QvCf 60 Hlirt, High Speed on Curve Blamed cities of the North and East who tors of roads t0 speciai Mm. think the consumers will be stuck 1 mittPt if the bill parses. Members of the Senate thus are caught in the The joint statement said the committees would explore the pos nvddle brlvcen two powerlul sibjlitv of unification with an eye ooby groups. The division is apt (oward presentiPg any re-ulMg Ike's Report May Forecast Business Din WASHINGTON President to fall along geographic lines: 1 i ..CaJL. Eisenhower's economic report to senators from the gas-producine j j ... r.. Congress is expected to forecast a tllo. u- II kn .mnnrt h kill'- I '- " " states will be among the bill's supporters and those from con suming (Continued on editorial page 4.) Fear Voiced Of Division in GOP Ranks WASHINGTON (M-Sen. Bridges CR-NH) said Sunday he fears con- i L10" ?i,a"' troversy over one of President Eis enhower's State Department ap pointments may split Republicans' merce Commission ICC The four lines now operate a total of about 27.000 miles of rail way in 19 states and two Canadian provinces Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa. North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Kan sas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ken tucky, Wyoming and Manitoba and British Columbia. A total of about 13,000 persons are employed by the four roads. which, in 19o5, had a gross op erating revenue of some 732 mil- 2 Other Lines Also involved merger would be in any future the facilities of the Colorado and Southern Rail way and the Fort Worth and Den ver Railway, both while the administration's foreign policies are under sharp Demo- ftatin att a-lr Rr,HfTA wtl ., ciJ subsidiaries of the Burlington dicated he expecU fireworks when ilhe In,mik, e and the Senate takes up the nomination nuf f10 TTS " r nK,. d D..,i- r miles of track. The Great North- k- . ...;,0f ern has 8,300 miles, the Northern i slowdown of business growth but, I nevertheless, a record 400-billion-dollar production rate this year. The report, third and last ot tne major annual messages of the President, is scheduled for deliv ery on Tuesday. A high administration - official said Eisenhower will reemphasize his view, declared in both his State of the Union and budget messages, that reduction 61 the national debt should recede any tax cuts. However, this official suggested te s reporter that Eisenhower may make it clear ha would sanction tax relief if. later in the year, the unDrecedented business boom shows signs of softening into a re cession. This was hinted at in earlier messages, when Eisenhower-said the country could not justify a tax t . . M v 'I -. t o .1 I A .. i I 1 r I : pS-. " I SV .. 0 I, f I - j n- - i 'i Tin mm irr ' i i i ii r i mSkimm wmm 1 1 i fi -- -- ' Diesel Bound for San Diego Plows 200 Feel on Its Side LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thirty-one to thirty-five persons were killed Sunday night, the Santa Fe Rail road estimated, when its two-car diesel train leaving for San Diego tipped over on a curve and ground alone on its side for about 200 feet, crushing some of - . a .1. h. the victims under it. (Pictures also on wirephoto page.; The railroads headquarters! in Chicago said also its best in formation was that 60 to 70 were injured. Thirty-three deaths would make it the worst railroad wreck In California history. Deputy Coroner Charles J. Wood ward estimated earlier that 47 wera killed. Thirty bodies, many badly mangled, with several ' de capitated and others without arms or legs, were brought to the county morsue. Fifteen were male, fifteen Abbott Jury to Enter 4th Day Of Indecision By HAROLD V. STREETER OAKLAND, Calif. The mur der trial jury holding the power female. There were three children. '0f life or death for Burton Abbott Raymond D. Shelton, general still hadvnot reached a verdict Sunday night after nearly 29 hours f as ANr.tt FSAniloni relatives ef nassengers injured here Sunday wgat wnea a uiesei vats ni-Aiit t Kan nice overturned an a curve kneel betide tnem wnue waning tor anuuiances ia arrive. (AP Wirephoto). , wholly-owned i . at the expenSe 0f future gener ations "under conditions of hign peacetime prosperity. of state. "I have tried to do everything I can to keep party unity but I am afraid the administration's insist ence on pushing this nomination is going to split the Republicans," Bridges said. Bridges and Sen. Knowland of California, the Senate Republican leader, have made it clear they are opposed to promoting Bowie, who has headed the State Depart ment's policy planning committee In that position Bowie serves as one of Secretary Dulles' advisers, While Bridges and Knowland have not given any public reason for their opposition, it is reported to be based on Bowie's reputed stand that the United States mus Custody Suit Paotic e.SflO miles ana the spo-lAri o.i n 1 kane, Portland . at Seattle about,! II TTlltll Iwll'l nrm v 1,VW4 North Africa Battles Kill 40 TUNIS. Tunisia W Forty per sons were killed Saturday in a Bride for Prince, 7, 'Cause for Concern By JAMES F. KING (Picture on wirephoto page) ' LONDON ',lV-Prince ' Charles is only T.but some people already are worrying about a brfde tor the heir to the British throne.' Lord Beavcrbrook's empire-minded Sunday Express, in all serious n said Sundav the time has come to give the matter thought, with the idea of . possibly relaxing rigid restrictions governing royal marriages "to avoid another tragic royal crisis" such as that which befell the Duke of Windsor. Bombay Riots Quelled; 400 Feared Dead LOS ANGELES Several days may be required to com plete the Identification of persons killed la Sunday alght'a train wreck, the Loo Aageles County coroner's office reported. jorie Smith, 35, is trying to get night of violence that spread , custody. But Mrs. l i i e n it gn- across both sides of the Tunisian-1 tower, tne sister oi ousani i ie Alpfrian bord-. Nina others were 1 father, contends that Mrs. Smith reported wounded. Medieval Touch ' "At first there seems a far fetched medieval touch about dis cussing the mdrriage prospects of a boy of 7, said the txpress. lei if we don't discuss and settle the matter when he Is a child, we m?y find that we have left medieval limitations upon his choice of con sort when he becomes a man. ' I As a future Prince of Wales in Charles custody suit starting here Monday. ! . P oe ,rm iu iuuj chancing times have made the 1I1C LII1IU illVlilti a - - Starts Today SAN JOSE, Calif. Susan S?;oU .kvcA fnrhAt IVAt milf. a Z T i. . wT Jill hi throbiect line to inherit the crown, Chai The violence included military clashes, political assassinations m4 Witnnninila Wa lot Act no n1 . . ., . aM- t:i. -.. ' PIU lUUliauiiisto, a lie ibicoi vaauar iace up to me issue ot we ny brought to nearly 200 the num- crop of eligible princesses skimpy. Two Possibilities The Express came to this con clusion: .sl.. ...... . - .In.. Ia trlnrA ba" 5 m. u ,k 'Charie taOnTta PrtaS of Mrs. Hightower and her hus- '- band after Mrs. Smith was charged with conspiring in the car United Nations. This is an issue full of explosive potentialities and most administra ber of persons killed, most of them Nationalist rebels, in tense French North Africa in the last 10 days. Two big clashes occurred Satur bomb-slayint of her husband, Ker mit, a Portland attorney, last April. Mrs. Smith was acquitted in a to see it soft-pedaled in an election, "g band? 8Mu,orcc d moved t0 get the child back. er of King Frederik IX and Queen year. Today's Speller (Edltar'i Note: A list ol IS word! is hln( publlihea each trhool 0r to mailt up ttea SOO-warS kaalc Hit for aemi-finola finals Tot Oreioa SUItiaiaa-KSLM MU-Val-. ley kpelllBf Conteat la whleh MOtljr 4.M0 1th- an lth-(rao ttuOcaU art and rebel bands French forces fought a with Algerian rebels and some Moroccans from across the nearby border south of Nemours, near the coast. Fifteen rebels and five French were killed, and eight ithcr French were wounded. Twenty-two rebels were captured. Christine of The Nether lands. The other is Denmark s Princess Anne Marie." I Maria Christine, S. called; Mariike by members of her family, is the fourth daughter of Queen conked him on the Juliana and Prince Bernhard. , bottle of beer. Walter Bucholz, another custom er, Jumped on top of him. Robber Glad To Sec Police After Failure PHOENIX. Aril. - The Joint was Jumping at the House of Jazz when a cat at the bar puiiea a He pointed thl smoker at the man with the Jugs and said. "Gim me your money or you re gonna die Bartender John Giardina forked over $270. Then the place began to rock and roll. , Waitress Phyllis Dixon hit. the gunman on the head with a chair. Giardina slugged him with a blackjack. Customer Robert Kirkpatrick head with BOMBAY.'tndia (v-The violence in Bombay over language frontiers apparently burned Itself out Sun day after six days of riots In which the death toll, counted by police at 56, may run to 300 or 400. But inflamed embers were still flying and could spa.k renewal of the disturbances here and else where at any moment..-.-- - Comparatively small flareups oc curred Sunday in Cuttack, capital of east coast Orlssa State, where oolice charged mobs with tear gas and clubs and three times opened fire. No casualty figures were available there. In Madras, to the south, there were demonstrations against ex elusion of certain Tamil-speaklngj areas of Travancore from the state of Madras. But these were con-' fined to small sections near the Madras state ministry and Indian government offices. American evangelist Billy Graham, who is visiting the city, went ahead with plans for scheduled meetings with Christian workers, students and pastors Monday. manager lor Santa res coast Lines, said the causa ot the wrecs was "undue speed on a curve. M Miles aa Hoar He added: "Engineer Frank Par rish estimated his speed at the time of the derailment at SO miles an hour. I think this curve would talra about 40 mi lei aa hour. Parriah, SI. said ho stowed tha train after passing a s-m. p. h. marker and apparently blacked out. He said the next thing he knew the train was tipping over. Shelton said there were 161 per sons and a crew of five aboard the train, the San Diegan. which crashed in the city's southeast sec tion a few minutes after pulling out at 5:30 p. m. Shower of Sparks of deliberation in the four days it has had the case. The jury quit work at S: 15 p.m. on the 51st day of the trial. It was anybody s guess whether the Jury was deadlocked or delay ing a ballot until all doubts wera resolved over the unwitnessed kid- nap-murder of If year-old Stepania. Bryan. Tha strain of tha long wait tor the verdict finally proved too much for Abbott's mother.. She broke her constant vigil In tha court room and left, her body, racked with sobbing. , "I'm so trlghteotd, aha said. 'For tha third time aince tha Jurors got the case, they sat across the courtroom from the wan-faced 27-year-old defendant while mora testimony on his alibi was read. Some Jurors slumped in their chairs. At times they closed their eves. One who has been mentioned most prominently as a likely dis senter looked grimly ahead. During the courtroom scene, tha spectator gallery was well filled. The train toppled over in a huge shower of sparks and Plater the crowd dwindled and strapcu in uie unv uh ua u.-n aiuc along the railroad right-of-way. arUelpatint). familiar republic emotional tributary radar rascal detour volcamf vegetable broadcast territory crowd salad thtlter argue depend inhabitant action decide pleasant chorus taddle spiral beard remembrance The Weather hatttpiMrs. Hightower resisted. She filed mgria suit for custody of tne emid. Victor Laurence Wolf. 45, a for- . , mer handyman at the Smith home, 1 14 ntt rf A ftftPK admitted wiring the bomb that 1 lUXn, killed Smith and said he did it at Tr an r off Mrs. Smiths urging. After her ac- IV III 10111 1 if quittal he was convicted of second-1 degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Max. Mln. Freelt. Salem .. SI 41 .TI Portland BJ 41 .14 Baker M .01 Medtord 4S 41 sa North Bend S.1 M 1.25 San Francisco SO 49 IT Lot Anfelet M II traro Chicago : IS 1 M New York . 44 a M Willamette Riw 1ST feet. ST. LOUIS Bobo, the St. Louis Zoo's most amiable and pop ular eorilla. died Sunday of a heart attack, an unusual cause of death for a eorilla. Zoo Director George P. Vierhel icr said Bobo had become the sort of attraction on which a price tag BALLOON NEARS VS. OPPAMA, Japan ( A giant plastic weather balloon released here Saturday by the V. s. navy is rapidly approaching the United Pt.t.. a J I. Anui&l 0 j. jMai ill coast line between San Francisco ni 5 M.' VlL In the meantime, L. H. Van Spanckereit Jr., a customer, had slipped out and telephoned police, and the bartender's mother, Mrs. Vita Giardina, had run out the door and locked it. When police Sgt. Melvin Weil ar rived the whole bunch was pound ing on the would-be robber. "He seemed glad to see me," said Weil. Driver Killed as Truck Leaps Rail REEDSPORT I A truck Jumped a guardrail on Oregon Coast Highway early Sun day and the driver, Loren u. Jewett, 52. Westlake. Ore., was killed outright. His wife, Thclma, suffered minor injuries. r. , ., The accident happened three miles north of Gardiner, which is Just north of here. . and Portland, Ore., about 9 p. m. Sunday iPST), the Navy said here. "Aad aa job go forth bto the wide world, remember al ways shoot first aad ask tjaesttoas later." You Can Save Money On Your Income Tax! How to do it, as well as how to simplify th settle ment of your obligations to Uncle Sam, is told in 15 clear, accurate and up-to-the-minute tax columns by Sylvia Porter, authority on finance and economics. The columns were prepared in collaboration with the Research Institute ef America, and are presented exclusive ly in Salem In The Oregon Statesman. The first of the articles, to appear Monday through Friday for three weeks, Is in sec. 2, page 3 today in Your Home Newspaper death of the 8-year-old, 275-pound ape "a terrible loss." Bobo cost about 15,000 when . ' - ' , ' Slayer LlSendsJIate, Two Sons to Heaven' MARTINSVILLE. Ind Ul A: Younf said Heckman went to brought to St. Louis in 1948 from driver . sunday school teacfl- i the home of his father, Lewis the Belgian Congo jungle as a 15- pound baby. The death leaves tne zoo witn Phil, a giant gorilla which Vierhel ler calls the finest specimen In captivity, and a 7 year-old female, Bobby. Today's Statesman Classified ...... Comics .... Crossword ... Editorials , I.. Home Panorama .. I.... Obituaries ... ....II..- Radio, TV ......ll Sports Star Gazer Valley Wirephoto Page Sec. Page Il....6,7 II ... 4 4 6 6 S .II....1.2 .1 S .1..- 4 -II -4 er killed his wile and two sons necsman, in nearoy iwisviiie ana with a shotgun Sunday and toidjthe father called the sheriff. A truck driver and former farm er, Heckman taught a Sunday school class in the Brooklyn Meth odist church. 1 The sheriff said he was told that Heckman voluntarily took a 10-day treatment in an Indianapolis pri vate mental Institution last Sep tember. police "This is doomsday, and 1 sent them to heaven. Sheriff Victor Young said Robert Heckman, 31. "believes he is Jesui Christ. He gave that r his name when I asked him." The sheriff said the victims were Mrs. Jane E. Heckman, 30, and the boys, 10 and 11. ! Tha Knua' nalrM. twutiva war lying in a bathtub in their home at cfe . A,... it -,.rti, M.r. No charges were -rvi. ,,.,. twtw t,u ately. Young said the i. . kiiiav tuai autiide the bath- county grand Jury filed room. I Young said Heckman made an oral statement that he shot his wife first, then killed the boys. Ta Join Them "I sent them to heaven and 111 join them there," the sheriff quot ed Heckman. Tuesday to Two blocks ot track were gouged and torn up. Screams came from the cars as passengers were flung into heaps amid flying luggage and seats. None of the train crew was se riously Injured. Santa Fe President Fred G. Gur- ley said in Chicago: "All indications are the accident was caused by undue speed ap proaching a 10-degree curve. 201 Ambulances Four companies ot firemen, working by floodlight, swarmed over the twisted wreckage with axes and acetylene torches, extri cating the dead and injured. About 200 ambulances shuttled to and from the scene. Ambulance attendant Daniel J. Cesarotti said: "We gave them morphine until we didn't have any more and still there were people screaming out in pain. It was like a nightmare. "When we got there, we found tha turn rara tinned over. Wc picl'P ' climbed up on top of them and ; hrnlra wlnHniva aA W MMlM rtimh inside." There were screams and moans all about us. It was horrible. "We administered morphine to about 45 persons who were badly injured. We used up all we had. Bodies and parts of bodies were everywhere. Many of the passen gers had been crushed in tneir seats. Others had been thrown throush the windows of the rail road cars and crushed under them." The crash occurred near Wash ington Blvdf and Soto St Injured were taken to hospitals throughout the city. Relays of am- j bulances from city hospitals and private firms lined up at the scene. Emergency Call An emergency call was issued for doctors, nurses and plasma. Clergymen of all faiths, also sum moned, circulated among the dead and injured, giving comfort and final rites. Bodies of dead and injured were strewn along the right of way In the wake of the sliding cars. The Red Cross sent 100 pints of whole blood to the General Hospital and IS pints to California Hospital and said It had a total of 1,500 pints available. About 130 persons were oenevea two of those who stayed started playing chess,, . .. . The jurors win go oacs io wort at i;40 a. m. Monday. Cooler, Some Sun Forecast Cooler nights are in , prospect, with possible frost in the low lands Tuesday, McNary Field weathermen said Sunday. The period will be brightened, however, by an absence of the totally gray days which have been the rule in recent weeks. The sun is expected to poke through much more often than it has been, weathermen said. Forecast includes some show ers and cooler temperatures to day and Tuesday. It's Easier When on Foot i immedi Morgan will be called consider the case, .board the train, a railroad spokes- j Coroner Ed Holmes said he is de laying a verdict pending further investigation.' -- The sheriff said neighbors da scribed the Heckmans as a quiet family, and said they had not been known to quarrel a . . a. aT men said, about u per ceu w them military personnel returning to San Diego from weekend leave. The train had Just left here a few minutes earlier, at 5:30 p. m. PST. (Additional details in Sec. 1, Page t) V Wt simpler with both feet en the ground, reports Conrad Prange, than with one foot on a car brake end the other balancing the motorized mail carrier as he leans out his car window 400 time to stuff mailboxes on his route. See Here's How, seel, page I
