The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 14, 1956, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text2-S -c. I) Slatrs-un. $icrr. Ore., Turs., Feb. 14. '56' ;i!iG Honor Si:: Salem Area F Sitidonfs gs Youth Leaders Six Sa'em area high school tu- North Salem nd Gerald Carleton j dents, three boys and three girls, of South Salem, wond places, I Here announced Monday night as and third places went to Sally De ' winners of the !alem Elks district I Armond of North Marion and Youth Leadership Contest it a ' James Gordon of North Salem. Turn-About is Fair Flay for 1,000 School Teachers Joint banquet of Flks and the Sal vation Army in the Marion Hotel. The six winners were given first. second and third place priies of The two first place winners were automatically' entered as contest ants in a statewide contest, from which a boy and a girl will be 150. 25 and $15. The prizes went selected to compete nationally for to Florence Keller of South Salem prizes of ll.Ooo, $.SOO and S300. and Frederic Skmin of Silverton. ' Sente f Humor first places; Judith Secley of PublicHearing Due on Salem Transit Issue t Story also on Page 1) Salem's citizens win he sounded cut Feb. 27 on the City Transit i whlcn was S'ven in recognition! Lines proposal to abandon most of 1 of ,h cooperation and assistance i its night bus service, it was de- i Kvt"n lne Salvation Army over the cided Monday night by Salem City i yea" bv Elks members. Council i ,rw Board Members Aldermen called the hearing for .Fiw m" j . the y. I p.m. that date. They set the elected T" afternoon hour, an unusual time'werf PrTnt at banquet to for a council hearing, in deference rec',ve, P1??"" mbersh.p to night workers who use bus!"'" Lh?r .effort! ,n V m A committee of Klks members headed by Circuit Court Judge Joseph Fclton chose the winners for their qualities of leadership citizenship appreciation, persever ance and resourcefulness and sense of humor. The joint banquet also witnessed the presentation of Salvation Army plaques to the Salem Elks Lodge and to new members of the Salva tion Army Advisory Board. Exhalted Ruler Robert Jones ac cepted the plaque from Salvation County school teachers were on the pupil end for one day Monday of Oregon, who was principal speaker, lead the closing session la if- ST I J -f t ii ii c J i avaMavaMBMrikafi . IL Army Captain William Ricken at the annual Marion County inservice training program, held la the Leslie Junior High School auditorium. Some 1,001 teachers Salem. Here Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school superintendent who : attended the sessions. (Statesman Photo). (Story la Sec. 2, Page 0 directed the program, and Dr. Arthur Heara of th University 1 transportation i with the Salvation Army. They Council members held no further ?"Elm" "H "T discussion on the proposal after dicr H. Larsen of Portland and Mrs. Elmo Smith. Major and Mrs. Charles Cox, Mrs. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ohmart, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones and Cap tain and Mrs. William Ricken. receiving the formal letter outlm- shire- nd Willard Marshall. The te the bus firm". rprntlv in. IJ" iic-mi uy un.- nounced plan to drop its buses after 5:45 p.m. Sundays and holi days. 9:15 p.m. Mondays and Fri days and 6:45 p.m. other days. First definite step toward estab lishing a joint office and staff for both city and county planning com missions came at the Monday night council session when aldermen ap proved a $390 emtwgency appro priation toward the cost of office equipment. This would supplement $300 on hand in city planning funds. Final Legislation Final legislation was passed to deepen a South 12th Street business wne in connection with the pro posed location of a new Erickson supermarket tbere. The councilmen gave City Attor ney Chris Kowitt authority to start condemnation proceedings, if nec essary, to acquire last three prop erties needed for the 12th Street ' widening, extension and rail track separation project. These would involve parts of the Scott estate at Court and 12th. and John J. Mur phy residential lot on Union Street and the Pacific Mutual Life Insur ance property at rear of Toyland store. Aldermen also introduced and set for action Feb. 27 a bill to author ize actual sale of $200,000 worth of bonds approved by 'voters for the 12th Street project two yean o. Annexation Election An annexation election was set for April 3 in a 57-acre West Salem heights area oo Loeweo. Avenue. Only the residents of that area will vote. The Council refused to renew the solicitor's license of Fred erick Fischer, 1321 N. Capitol St.. after an hour's hearing on the matter. Through his attorney, Jason Lee, Fischer was appealing from the license turndown made upon recommendation of Police Chief Clyde A. Warren. The police chief is required by law to inves tigate license applicants. Several Complaints' Chief Warren outlined several .complaints he said had been re . ceived from citizens on Fischer's conduct as a vacuum cleaner salesman calling at homes. The attorney reminded that Fischer had been cleared in district court of assault charges and in circuit court on a sanity bearing, both growing out of some of the inci dents related by Warren. Lee said Fischer was entitled to con tinue his self-supporting business despite a nervousness caused by a palsy condition. The Council approved purchase of two new vehicles for the city engineering department, from low bidders Stan Baiter Motors, $1,272 for a pickup truck, ind Capitol Chevrolet, $1,490 for a aedan. Introduced was a bill to cbinge sidewalk construction notices, sponsored by Alderman David O'Hira who was absent due to illness last night His bill would require primary notice to property owners by registered mail when they are ordered to put in sidewalks. Mrs. F ry, 56, Lived in City For 40 Years 'Story also on page 1) Mrs. Violet Fry. 56. who died Heart Disease in U.S. Sid Literal Epidemic SAN FRANCISCO i-Heart dis-; Francisco Heart Assn., Dr. White' sease in the United States has in- presented a paradoxial picture creased to the point where it is about the disease, its causes and 40 specialist said here Monday. In an address before the San Mnnrinv at a Salem hosnital from literally epidemic, with one of ev- V. ": "V.1".'. I...... U.h.M lihnraiarv iedt indicated was I cry two deaths charged to it. Dr. wasKArmy Co.. 11, had been a resident Z- M Richards, of London England, who a ar? w described some of his many ex- Kars. She had made her home periences from 48 years with the j al 14,10 "mM , , .., ' Mrs. Fry had been a house Chairman of the banquet andjmwtlMT at the State Blind School master of ceremonies was G. D. ! f(,r Past tyce years and prior j Henderson. Other guests seated at w t was empioyea bi aaiem k BnAuif mM th! inrinterf p. General Hospital. She was born results. Regarding President Eisenhower Doctors Report To Ike Today WASHINGTON I - President Eisenhower -will get a Valentine Day medical report Tuesday on the condition of his heart. On Wednesday he will leave for a va cation in Georgia, and he may reach a final decision there on whether to seek reelection. A team of physicians including Dr. Paul Dudley White of Boston will meet at the White House around noon Tuesday to start an alyzing the results of a series of tests the President underwent Sat urday at the Army's Walter Reed Hospital. A few hours later the doctors will tell Eisenhower how his heart if standing the strait of the presi dency more than 44 months after suffering a coronary thrombosis in Denver last Sept. 24. His last previous full scale ex- lamination was in mid-December. At that time the physicians aid they should know by the middle of February just how complete Ei senhower's recovery was going to be. April 26, 18!, at Bridger, Mont. Her husband, John Fry, died in Salem several years ago. Mrs. Fry was a member of the First Christian Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joanne Kowitz, and Mrs. Vera Jean Foltz, both of Salem: mother, Mrs. Rose Rickards. Dallas; sis ters, Mrs- Vera Dickey, Dallas, and Mrs. Marie Katke, Mrs. Mar garet Beebe, Mrs. May Berry, and Mrs. Maude White, all of Portland; brothers, Frank Rickards and Woodrow Rickards, both of Cali fornia; and Earl Rickards Port land; and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by ClougTi-Barrick Mortuary. McKay Seeks Land for Park ROSEBURG U Secretary of Interior McKay wants 80 acres of mountain land east of here devel oped as a "county or local" park Forest Unit Discusses Fir Thinnings A panel discussion featured the third annual meeting of the Port land chapter of the Society of American Foresters Monday night at the Senator Hotel, A total of 168 persons attended the affair. The panel, which followed a buf fet dinner, had as a topic the thin ning of second-growth Douglas fir stands in the state. Panelists, who generally favored this move, included T?H. Starker, Corvallis and former professor at Oregon State College School of Forestry, who served as modera tor; Nelson Jeffers, forester for the Longview branch of Weyerhae user Timber Co.; Robert Lindsey, resident forester for Crown Zeller bach Corp., and Jack Winn, wood procurement manager for Coos Bay Pulp Corp., Anacortes, Wash. Radar Arrests Soar OREGON CITY UP) - Police, using radar, arrested 26 traffic "I'll repeat what I've said many times before, that I don't think the presidency itself caused the Presi dent's neart attack. No one is hurt by hard work." Later, however, he suggested that the President's heart attack probably had been delayed rather than hastened by his golf playing since the game gave him relief from the stresses and strains of his job." During the speech the physician noted that "great strides" had been made against the disease in some fields but said there are oth ers in which' additional research is needed. Ohio Blast Kills Worker TOLEDO. Ohio Only survi vor of a gas explosion that killed three men in a downtown meat wholesale house early Monday was Stanley Damschroder, 55, whose cigaret lighter touched it off. Damschroder flicked his lighter and "the whole place went boom," leveling the three-story brick build ing and killing his fellow workers, Paul Borcherding, 54, Melvin Keg elman, 46, and James Libhart, 41. The 4 a. m. blast In the cooling FH A Vetoes Revision of Mortgages WASHINGTON 1 - The Feder al Housing Administration FHA) decided Monday against any major jet-age revision of mortgage insur ance policies for homes near, air ports. ' Norman P. Mason, housing com missioner, announced the decision following a conference with airline officials, airport operators and air plane manufacturers on noise problems of the rapidly-approaching jet age , Mason said the FHA and the Veterans Administration (VA had received assurances of coopera tion at the conference, from the Air Transport Assn., the Aircraft Industries Assn., and the Airport Operators Council. Mason added that the FHA and VA will work closely on jet prob lems with the Civil Aeronautics Ad ministration (CAA). The aviation experts said that noise suppression progress to date indicates that jet engine noise may be muffled to the level of that produced by the large four-engine conventional airliners. Scout Slaying Motive Listed As Robbery WHEELING. W.Va. i.f - A law officer suggested robbery Monday as the probable motive in the slay lng of a 9-year-old Cub Scout. Two young brothers still insisted they were innocent of the crime. Prosecutor Joseph Gompers said "robbery probably was the motive because money probably was i taken" from the victim, David j Powell. David was selling tickets (to a neighborhood Cub Scout show from door-to-door when he disap peared last Thursday evening. His body the skull shattered was found next day beneath the front porch of the Thomas Wil liams' home. Williams' 14-year-old twin sons, Thomas Jr. and Joseph are charged with murder. j The father said Monday, "I am, convinced my boys had nothing to ' do with it. David was at my house Wednesday to sell tickets to tK.e show and my wife told him to come back on payday. David, played with my boys. They gotf along good together " j Gompers said he would not pre-1 sent the case to the Ohio County grand jury which convenes Tups-, day. He hasn't received a report from state police on an analysis of stains found on trousers of one of the twins. Nor has he received a report on a lie detector test given by State' Police Cpl. James Baisden to the twins and 12 year-old Leo Bradford, a playmate. Gompers said a mental exami nation is planned for the Williams twins. Theatre Time Table H SINORK -HELEN or TROY" 7 0O and in "1 WINKLE IN COD'S EYE" ) :s CAPITOL - BRIDC.F.S TO CROSS" 100 ni 10 35 ' MOGAMBO" I OJ HOLLYWOOD -ILtiGAL" 7 l n1 11 "3 MR ROBERTS" t 0 Slayer Kills Four Children, Plus Mother SHERBROOKE. Que. JH Four children and their pregnant moth er .were found clubbed to death Monday in their home. Police aia holding the husband and father as a material witness. Police found the bodies of Mrs. Romeo Drapeau, 38, and her chil dren, Claude, 7; Pierre. ; Michel, 3 and Manon 11 months follow ' ing a telephone call from a parish j priest in Waterloo Que. Drapeau, known to neighbors as a devoted family man. had gone to the priest for counsel, officers said. I Police said the victims were beaten to death with an axe or a heavy hammer. Three of the bod ies, including those of the mother and the baby girl, were found in the kitchen of the home. The other two were found upstairs. Mrs. ; Drapeau also had a knife through I her heart Plane Prop Kills Alaska Game Guide rather than a national park as !,,, v, ' aouxm oy a .oca, organ,.. wg ,he mmhef o rQom Qf Beeg,e ine Laviu tree improvameni : traffic arrests here for a day injHydrage Food Products Co. also Poles Complain of Balloon Menace, Claim Damage UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. UB Poland charged Monday . American balloons endangered Canadian Foreign Secretary Lester B. Pear son on his flight over Polish terri tory to Moscow Last Oct. S. A Polish note said such balloons that day were "in dangerous prox imity" to Pearson's plane near Lodz and also near a British cour ie"r plane bound from Berlin to Warsaw. It said that later three Poles were burned and their liv ing quarters wrecked by exploding balloons. Poland's foreign ministry gave the note to the U. S. embassy in Warsaw. Assn. asked Sen. Wayne Morse re cently to investigate the possibility of making the area part of the national park system. Morse sent the request on to McKay. McKay, however, said he has asked the area administrator of the Bureau of Land Management in Portland to "withhold any ac tion that would result in disturb ing natural conditions on thri.lract until there has been ample oppor tunity for a decision concerning its suitability for park purposes." The area is in the North Ump qua River drainage about 30 miles east of here. . , FAST RELIEF for Cold's Pain VENETIAN BUNDS DYIAflf Alum. Screens KllVin am, Doors fat BTtrythlnt for Your Wlndoa SE El MED THE , ILIiLK BLIND MAN rr tttlmitet ltT or Nlsbt Ph. J-7121 (Ttrmtl U7I Cfnttr St nearly a year. demolished three adjacent build ings all deserted, and shattered The 1955 U. S. peanut crop, 71 j windows for two blocks around, per cent above the short 1954 crop Windows were broken in the Com with the yield per acre a record modore Perry Hotel, the city's average of 1,057 pounds. largest, less than two blocks away. 'nfeinBoV I .aw saa v m rKItU rKltl) f CHICKEN SHRIMP J (CHICKIN-ON. $TI 00 (SHRIMP II A-STICK) " ii IOAT) J$ ? MnDTll'C V..Vk. T I1UII III J ..: mr .1 vbbbb v I iiva r.... at. V'. s.,i.7'-.!f.:v.5rJ Vvy:.y.v;v; v;&s!;'V; vwiv:'4:'.v.a, gh rro' 12 TAILETS We Think Mothers Deserve a Break end Here's Hew! ----- $4 Just brlno rha family, anil Mathar oati far J FREE as our guest tortile. ON OUR FAMOUS SMORGASBORD STYLE MEAL From 5 F.M. to I P.M. Tonita Tonights Entries: ROAST TURKEY WITH DRESSING and GRILLED HALIBUT WITH TARTAR SAUCE with 30 salads t relishes to halp yourself to Choice of hot antra Coffee by the Silex-full Choice) of dessert CaiMrM woW It h44 " SMvtrtd Otfaa Moik Wttil Too PtM wMi AiUoa rarrla at tko in -n-i.n i.-n.WTr awlfc. " " ""'' n J (4:1 STARTS TOMORROW! ENDS TONIGHT TONY CURTIS la 'SIX BRIDGES TO CROSS" ALSO Cr.ce Kelly in 'MOGAMBO' IK;iitifa7W,tliaaf o MghTBttWi I ' - II I flail J I Vj- M, i-l! I 2VV" JF i. 33l l I' s II V ' ft I Vp' i i . 'ilaalJi n I t .; IKWDMrWIN Tmtl tkWtZS ttWlt I J-.? izz? T i Alert Firemen Repel Flames SUUiaua Ntwi lervteo SCOTTS MILLS - Quick action by firemen from Scott s Mills and Mt. Angel Monday night prevented flames from destroying the home of the Joseph Splonski family on the Crooked Finger road, about four miles east of Scotts Mills. Tae fire caused tonne, damage as the interior of the home. No other details were immediately available. S YEAR GUARANTEE! oWmWi Hit (0NTIM UIVKt HII III ST. In Salem! Portland Symphony Orchestra Theodore Bloomfield, Conductor ISAAC STERN Cuest Soloist At tht Nw Willamttta University Auditorium ' Tucs., Feh. 14 8:15 P M. Ticket Prices: ' Single Concert, 2.30 tc 3.5Q Two Concert Tickets: 400 and 6.00 . Tickets Available) At Stevens & Son ANCHORAGE. Alaska (JP -Maxwell M. Shellabarger, one of Alas ka's best known .big game guides and bush pilots, was killed Monday by the whirling propellor of an air plane he was attempting to repair. Shellabarger made an emergen cy landing in his light plane on the Skwentna River some 60 miles northwest of here Sunday afternoon. While attempting to repair the Piper PA18 Monday he apparently fell into the whirling blades of the propellor, suffering head and shoulder injuries which claimed his life. Shellabarger was a longtime resident of the territory. He hady guided hunting parties into prac tically every portion of Alaska. He took to bush flying in the early 1940s. , -! He is survived by his widow, a daughter Maxine, and a son, Leon, who operates the Shellabarger Fly-! ing Service here. j U.S. Balloon Sends Radio Data From Siberia Locale TOKYO Utl The U. S. Navy said Tuesday one of its weather balloons launched from Japan for the United States was sending ra dio data from over Soviet Siberia. The Navy said "wild and un predictable" winds over the Aleu- j tian Islands Monday night reversed the balloon's course and sent it over Soviet territory, r The Russians have protested vig orously in recent days about Amer ican weather balloons over their territory. 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