10 I r 1 ' Ff -3 0 I! I 1 nan Ou J Vw' mS r" i .. r ") rrs s f - r- - M. fiilirrn 1 L TRACY. Cahf. W One of the Maj. Harold F. Korger of Atwater, blasted off and then another Dew 8 million dollar Strategic Air Calif., one of the four survivors seemed to tear away. Command all-jet Bi2 Stratobomb-! who was taken to San Joaa'iin1 tv k; ci,(.kk. ,,. . training mission from Castle Air ers exploded 32,000 feet over North- General Hospital in Stockton. ern i a 1 1 1 o r n i a Thursday and It knocked out the inter-com crashed "like a ball of fire" in system. A few minutes later there burning wreckage over a 5-mile was a second explosion. 1 bailed area east of here: It was the first crash of one of Force Base. One of the four men who para chuted to safety was Maj. Michael Shay, the copilot. Major Wetzel quoted him as saying there were nine men aboard the plane. The force of the explosion broke FouNono ISSI 105th Year 4 SECTIONS-36 PACES Tht Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 17, 1956 PRICE 5 No. 317 out. We were at 32,000 feet." Korger was interviewed at his the intercontinental nuclear weap- j hospital bed. He suffered a broken on carriers. iarm. ' ii.. u-i-j i.l After his 'chute landed near . itoi ui uic nm uuiainuiea 10 ,. ... . . l r t. atety and were taken to hospitals; f'1 , arming community - ""'r 'v t for treatment oT minor injuries" m,les of Stockton. Maj. Gen. William E Eubank, Later three bodies were recovered Kor8er a Picked up by W llltam commander of the Castle base, in parts of the widespread wreck- Dedini- a farmer who took the air- said after preliminary investiga te and a fourth body was sought. ;m i.the P'1.3'- . tion 'na,t. the Jratobomber simply . . " i Dedim spotted the airman after caught fire in flight and exploded. There was an explosion when ne and his son had seen the plane There was no explanation as to we were over Sacramento," said , explode. Dedini said one wing was , what started the fire. Fathers, Men Over 26 Free Of Draft Call WASHINGTON UT) - A new pres idential order Thursday virtually relieved fathers a'nd men over 26 from, any present likelihood of be ing drafted.. They will still be subject to call, a White House announcement said, bu: they won t be drafted unless military manpower needs cannot be met from pools of younger men and non-fathers. s An executive order, signed by j f President Eisenhower Wednesday : f An4 qnnnilniuid Tkuwiln,, L. ........ .1 T anu aiiiiuuuicu inuiauuy, iiitiiiru the order in which registrants will ! be called for induction. It put childless registrants aged' 19 through 25 ahead of fathers and older men on the list from which draft hoards will fill their quotas. There are now an estimated 1,347, 000 registrants in the 19-25 group. Annual additions to the category are estimated at 200.000. By comparison, the annual na tionwide draft calls would be 192,- fl at fka rata nl tfi nnn a vnntU The March draft call is at the 16,000 figure, but the February and -April calls are for only 6,000 each month. Globes Built Around Balloons FCC Hearing Set on Salem Video Station The Federal Communications Commission will conduct a hear ing in Washington, D. C, next Thursday on a - move that may be a major itep toward estab lishment of i television itation by KSLM-Tv of Salem. The hearing concerns the re quest for authority for location of a - transmitter on Highland Butte near Molalla This repre sents a change from the former ly announced Eola Hills trans mitter location. The hearing was scheduled a month ago but was delayed when it appeared there would be opposition from Port land television stations. KSLM-TV will be represented at the hearing by Wayland, Fish . er and Duvall, a law firm in Washington. The transmitter location at Molalla has been approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board. The site was picked some time ago as most suitable spot for the Sa lem station's transmitter. .... t ! i w f . ( . '? ,.: ) -. .. .. . 1 Freeze Relief Seen Early Morning Snow Blankets Valley Sector The winter's latest snowstorm. coming in on a south wind and warming temperatures, put a lay; er of white on the Salem area early this morning. Weathermen said depth probably would not ex ceed an inch. , Area folks continued to be a chilly lot Thursday as the mercury remained on the freezing side all day long under overcast skies. Oc casional feeble flurries of snow came oft a normally warm south wind, which was anything but warm Thursday. Forecast for today is mixed rain and snow this morning and occa sional showers this afternoon and tonight as temperatures warm up. Minimum reading early this morn ing was expected to be 28-30. The mercury dropped to 17 about 5:30 a.m. Thursday and didn't get back up to the freezing mark of 32 un til about 7:30 p.m. Snow hit Portland late Thursday night, with forecasts of perhaps two inches by dawn. Meacham was Oregon's "icebox" Thursday with a minus 20 reading. In North Central Washington, east of W7cnatchee, many Douglas County farmers were isolated for the fifth straight day because of snow drifts up to five and six feet deep on highways and roads, ac cording to the Associated Press. UoSo Plan to Shi 71 To Arabs Hastily Halted, Health Officials Search for Diphtheria Germs Dcetz Sued for Debt Incurred In Campaign PORTLAND OTI Elmer Dectz said Wednesday his successful campaigns in 1954 for the Legisla ture and the state milk market ing control act resulted in a $9,000 mortgage and a $7,511 promissory note. Deetz, a state representative and a candidate for the Republi can nomination as U.S senator, made the comment on a suit filed against him for collection of the note. Tryna Christian, Salem Heights School fourth grader, is shown displaying world globes her classmates made recently. Balloons were covered with paper mache and then painted to make the unusual globes constructed by Mrs. Arvilla Boyer's fourth-grade class. (Statesman Photo). County Zoning Issue To Appear on Ballot Marion County voters-will be given a third opportunity to authorize the county court to enact zone planning and land use regulations when the issue is put on a ballot for the May 6 primary elections. On a motion from County Commissioner Roy Rice Thursday the court moved to place the proposal before voters. The same measure was defeated at the polls on two previous first in May and then Floods Ravage Europe; 225 Ships Icebound LONDON (if Floods ravaged continental Europe Thursday while in frozen Scandinavia two small fishing boats were feared lost with all hands and 225 other ships were stuck fast in ice. The three-week cold wave already has claimed at least 575 lives. The mighty Rhine swept into the streets of three German river towns. Residents of Lorch, Lorch hausen and Assmannshausen were warned to pack for quick evacua tion. Turkey and Yugoslavia w?re hard hit by floods, too, with a freak rain swelling rivers in Tur key after sub-zero cold. Far to the north, an estimated 223 ships were stuck fast in the ice of Stockholm harbor and Dan ish waters. Aircraft searched the ice-packed Baltic Sea for the 280 ton Swedish motor ship Humber, feared lost with a crew of four. Nine men aboard the 339-ton Nor wegian ship Sagvaag have been missing since Sunday off Norway's icebound south coast. England and Spain, Turkey and France reported milder weather but freezing temperatures still plagued most of the rest of Europe. Fr .. j r ' ' :YV . j. ! ! .; BMBmaV. aBJL,.- . . : ' - i .-. . 1 1 J i .. .7. Little Dale Anne Jackson, 3460 Donald Ave, submi ts U a throat swab without complaint Thursday at the Marion County health office. Miss Erna Derstecher, county health nurse, is taking a culture ( make sure Dale Anne hasn't picked up diphtheria germs which have claimed Uvea of two people in Salem. The girl's mother is an employe of the. Blind School where one victim was a house mother . and the oihrr .was a pupil. Dale Anne said she often plays at the school while waiting for her mother. (Statesman Photo). Diphtheria Shots, Tests in Demand; Case In Springfield, 2 Possible at Grand Rondo Eight Missing In Shipwreck VANCOUVER. B. C. I - Snow and darkness blotted out the lonely Queen Charlotte Islands off the Pacific Coast of Canada Thursday i night' as six aircraft and eight ves- Deetz gave the note to attor- sels hunted for survivors of a ship- neys Stewart Whipple ana ivorman wreck. Easley. They sold it to M. F Kel ler, who brought the suit. According to Deetz the attorneys agreed to do the legal work in the milk law campaign on a "con tingency" basis and not to sue.for early Thursday near Cape St. collection of the note. 1 James at the southern tip of the But Whinbe contended it had islands, 400 miles northwest of noting to do with work on repeal .here, of the law. He said that actually, it involved the legal 'fee for court j TO SEEK REELECTION work connected with Deetz' defi- H00D RIVER w state Rep ance of state milk regulations George J. Annala. Hood 'River Another target of a court action ! rancner id Thursday he wUl Is. Rep. Edith Green, who will;Mek ret.Iection to the Legislature seek re-election as a Democrat year He wiI1 Icek Democratic from Oregon's Third District. Alnomination real estate firm lost a suit against sale of There was no sign of the six men who were aboard the 82-foot lUilunga, a federal public works department survey ship, which foundered in a violent snowstorm occasions, again in November of 1954. On the latter date the proposal missed being approved by about 200 votes. Although Marion County citizens have yet to authorize the court to adopt land use regulations, the county has an active County Plan ning Commission and planning of fice, as set up several years ago. The Salem League of Women Voters called a public meeting for 8 p.m. next Tuesday at the court house to discuss the issue Salem City Council recently ap proved funds for eventual merger of the city and county planning staffs. The Salem Chamber of Com merce board: of directors decided tne cnamoer would actively sup port the campaign for adoption of the county zoning plan. The question asked voter? on the primary ballot will be identical to those asked previously: '"Should the Marion County Court be auth her for a commission on property. Then it sued again, ac cusing her of false testimony. She said this was "political blackmail," "Can't jron stop him he's run- ' sing off to get a Job as a decoy'- Today's Statesman Bsbson Report ....li Business Pag ....II . Classified IV Comes th Dawn . l Comics II...... Crossword . II Editorials . l.. food III..-.. Homo Panorama Marktts ....11.. Obituaries II Radio, TV II 4 Sports ..IV 14 Star Caztr i ll. 4 Valley ...1.10,11' Wirtphoto Paga ..II S Sec. Pago 2 2 44 18 6-8 2,3 Mississippi Tornado Fatal ABERDEEN, Miss. I A tor nado struck Aberdeen, a rural town of 5,300 in Northeast Missis sippi, and killed one person nnd injured about 25 others Thursday night. Property damage was be lieved heavy. Mayor w. u. sngnt said ap proximately 100 persons are home less. Bright said National Guardsmen are patrolling the city, and emer gency headquarters have been set up in a high school gymnasium. The storm swept through an area about 200 yards wide, and about a mile long. Most of the damaged area was occupied by Negro families. The dead man was an unidenti fied Negro... ' ..,,..,' IKE'S BROTHER CONFIDENT EL CENTRO, Calif. I - Edgar Eisenhower told newsmen here Thursday night that he thinks his By THOMAS G. WRIGHT. JR. Staffwriter, The Statesman Anxious Salem area residents swamped - doctors' offices and county health facilities Thursday in the wake of a diphtheria out break that has claimed the lives of a Salem woman and a little blind girl. County health officer T)r. Wil lard J. Stone reported that his staff has volunteered to keep open the county health offices X-Ray Eyes of Meter Reader Stir Protests WATERTOWN, N.Y. Ml - A city employe who "learned to read basement water meters from the curb" has been fired. But the complaints of outraged customers will be trickling in for some time. Water department officials oust ed the meter reader after an in vestigation disclosed that he had failed to read meters for the last nine months although he had sub mitted report! on which charges were based. Just how much the city will! job have to shell out in refunds on Tier, Saturday morning to take care" of the increased load of visitors. Meanwhile doctors and nurses were busy administering Schick tests, booster shots and swabbing throats for cultures, and health officials continued a relentless search for the unknown carrier who apparently gave the disease to both the victims. Thursday night no new cases of the disease had been reported in Salem as the normal incuba tion period continued to run its course. Elsewhere in the state a iVernonia woman, stricken with diphtheria, apparently was on the way to recovery, and a fourth case was reported in Springfield. Two suspect cases were under sur veillance in Grand Ronde. Walt for Week's End Health officials said they would breath easier if no additional cases cropped up by the end of the week, as the incubation per iod is usually from 2 to 7 days. Both Mrs. Violet Fry, Blind School attendant, and Christine Artano, a pupil there, became ill Sunday. The diphtheria carrier, though, was the principal concern of Viv ien Runte, public health nurse epidemiologist, who was assigned to Salem by the state department of health in Portland. It is her to sleuth out the germ car- believed to be responsible some "startlingly high" bills has yet to be determined. orized to enact zoning and land use brother, President Eisenhower, regulations in Marion County?" I will seek a second term Control Board Offers $40,000 For Salem Apartment Building The State- Board t of Corrtwl tThe board approved a memorial Under One-Fifth Eligible Persons Take Polio Shots PORTLAND un Less than a fifth of the eligible have taken the protective scries of shots against polio in Oregon, Dr. Harold M. Erlckson, state health officer, re ported Thursday. He said an estimated 242,000 vaccine shots have been adminis tered in the state. He estimated 152,250 have taken first shots, 75,- 220 have taken second shots and 14.970 have taken booster shots. He said the key group is those who have taken the two-shot basic protection. They will have enough time to get the booster shot later, he said. Thursday offered Walter Cline $40, 000 for a six-apartment building at Summer and Union Streets. The of fer was based on three separate appraisals, said William Ryan, board secretary. Gov.. Elmo Smith presided at his first meeting of the board. The Cline property adjoins the Glendora apartments which the state purchased recently in con nection with its program to extend to congress favoring a U. S. Senate bill which would make available surplus farm products to local pen al institutions. Copies of the me morial will be sent to Oregon's delegation in congress. Such products are now limited to the school lunch program; Board members said passage of the bill by congress might save the state a substantial amount of money. Second payment of approximate ly 112,000 on the 1953 flax pur Will.mrtt River l.S FORECAST (from U. 8. weilher bureau. MrNiry field, Salem); Comiderable cloudlneaa. with ihnw eri of mixed3 rain and "anow thli momlnir: warming and becoming partly cloudy with orcaalonal ahow era thla afternoon and evening; high the state capitol mall. The state chased for the state penitentiary ZmoVrTtur. .t u 5? . tuy purchases property within the area; flax plant was authorized by the waa m. only when the owners offer such! board. Rysn said pending pay-! sAi.r.M MrcirrrATiotf ' property for sale at what hoard 'ments would be about 54 ton 01 urtYU?" N"?mai members consider a fair price, for No. 1 flax. I 42.30 . u.u n u The Weather Salem ... Portland ...... Baker Med ford North Bend San Franclaro ... Lot Angelea Chicago . New York Max. J4 29 " 10 ... M M M 58 . 32 41 Mln. 17 IS -s 14 22 39 45 21 29 feet. Free rare .02 .00 M .00 .00 .00 .3D ,00 for the two Salem cases of diph theria, and to prevent its spread. Checks Made Meanwhile all persons known to be in close contact with Mrs. rry and the Artiano girl were being checked for presence of the germ. Throat cultures were be ing continued and results of some 80 taken Wednesday were due today. The cultures were from pupils and workers at the Blind School where the closest contacts appeared. v. '- There is no proof that the Blind School is the common ground, says Nurse Runte. It may be only coincidental that the two cases happened to be from there. She noted that the Fry and Artiano residences, at 1490 Hines St. and ) 713 S. 12th St., are less than six ( blocks apart. i Activities of the two while they were apparently Iirst coming down with the disease were re traced. It was reported Mrs. Fry accompanied several girls from the Blind School on a skating party Saturday night, several hours before becoming fatally ill. Mrs. Fry and Christine were present at Arbor Day ceremonies held in Highland Park Saturday morning with several score 411 youngsters and leaders. Nurse Runte said outdoor contacts would not likely spread the dis ease, however. The Artiano girl, who also first became ill on Sunday, attended regular church services at the First Congregational church that morning. Nurse Runte said she had in terviewed scores of Salem people. She said there was no apparent link between the Vernonia case and the two Salem deaths, though all possibilities had not been checked. (Additional details in Sec. 3, Page 10). Reopening of Albany Metal Plant Studied ALBANY - The Albany zirconi um plant may be opened on a pro duction basis, according to word here from U. S. Sen. Richard L, Neubcrger in Washington. The U. S. Bureau of Mines has a pilot plant here for zirconium which has been recently in the news. Sen. Neuberger telegraphed word that he was informed Thursday by Adm. Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, that the possible plant opening is result of a new prediction that "it now appears that by 1958 the com mission may need zirconium at a greater rate than was previously antiripated in the request for pro posals to industry in October." The admiral told the senator the controversial decision to abandon the Bureau of Mines plant here is now under review. The plant has had an important Albany payroll. Move to Fulfill! Treaty Raises i Demo Protest WASHINGTON (AP) - Thi government Thursday an nouncrd plans to ship IS tanks to Saudi Arabia but early FrU day quickly revoked the d cision in the face of vigorous Democratic protests. The reversal was an evident ef fort to prevent the impending delivery of the weapons from creating a new wave of excite ment and possible fresh trouble ia the delicate and dangerous Arab Israeli situation. It had the effect also of meeting outspoken Democratic criticism of 4 the proposed shipment in the Sen ate Thursday night. technically, the new decision was to suspend an export permit covering the tanks, which the State Department had described as training vehicles. ', Bulldog Tanks The action was announced by the State Department about nino hours after the department lad first disclosed that 18 Walker Bull dog tanks were scheduled for ship ment aboard the S. S. James Mon roe at Brooklyn for Damman. Saudi Arabia, in line with a deal concluded last September. A state department Spokesmaa said the, 25-ton - tanks - were - de -livered under a mutual defense agreement made with Saudi Arabia June 18. 1951. Anns Request Israel, which has had a 50-mil-lion-dollar arms request pending for months here, had denounced the previous decision to ship tht tanks to Saudi Arabia. Sen. Douglas ID-Ill) declared during an hour-long Senate discus sion Dulles should be brought be fore the Foreign Relations Commit tee without delay to explain this whole matter." . Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn) said the U. S. "has deplored the armt race in the Middle East and indi cated strong opposition to the arms sale to Egypt", by Communis Czechoslovakia. ' But now, he contended. "We have lost any moral grounds what ever to try to hold down the arm race." The Minnesotan said Saudi Ara bia "has sworn the destruction of the state of Israel and has been In conflict with our ally, Britain." British End Deatli Penalty LONDON, Friday Iff - In aa historic decision, Britain's House of Commons voted Thursday night to end the death penalty. In immediate effect, it apparent ly spared the lives of three young condemned killers who had beea awaiting hanging. The reaction of the British pub lic appeared to be mainly favorable. Today's Speller (Idltor-i Note! 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Some parti- which Salem Architect Louis Schmerber has been retained to. draw, plans, will involve complct-l Eisenhower ! Downs Quail TIIOMASVILLE. Ga. I - Presi dent Elsenhower's hunting luck changed for the better Thursday and he brought down some quail. It was one of his most active days outdoors since his September heart attack. Elsenhower's luck was very good he bagged the daily legal limit of 12 birds during sti hours of hunt- Mall chutes and sorting conveyors I ing. (Add. details Page 2, Sec. 4.) will also be installed to and from tion changes are also included for the main mail room area. Outside a 20-foot wide loading ing the basement of the post office platform running the full 134-foot building on Church Street. Along with outside loading space changes will be a new driveway entrance from Cottage Street. Salem Postmaster Albert Gragg says completion of the building pro gram should take care of Salem's post office needs for several years, lie said it had been sought for many years. Included will be a concrete floor with an asphalt slab over ft in the basement for handling parcel post. length of the rear of the building will replace the present 10-foot platform. Present driveways to Court and State streets will bt widened and a new entrance to Cot tage Street will be included along with additional truck parking space. Air conditioning' changes are planned and fluorescent lights will be installed in the basement Schmerber said tentative sched uling calls for letting of contracts on the project in April. Drawings are nearly complete, he sail