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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
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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. '
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'-
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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
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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
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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.
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$100,000 Project to Add to
Space in Salem Post Office
A $100,000 renovation and re
modeling project which will add
some 10.000 square feet to Salem
Post Office facilities is scheduled
to get underway this spring
the basement to facilitate the han
dling of parcel post mail
Use of the basement will leava
the main floor space for handling
of first class mail and for use of
Major part of the project, for j carriers, Uragg said. 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