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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1956)
un. 5,ilrm, Ore, Thnrs., Frk 23, '56 J load Threats Ease For Northwest; Cold Slows Snow Runoff (Story also on pace 1 Paw had seven inches of rain By THE ASSOCIATED FRESS (Tuesday, less than half an inch Flood threats in the Pacific.; fell during the msht. This prr Northwest Wednesday eased as mitted the RoRue River to carry rains became shoviers. and as off the excess water. The stream colder temperatures halted snow crested at just over flood stage Bielt. jlT.9 feet. It had dropped to 7 In Southern Oregon where Grants feet Wednesday. The cold improved the situation Freight Rate Hike Under Study by ICC V k CUTXTTftV im TV. r- . r ,irr last December. n nuniuri m udsruirmg were in Eastern Washington, where arm temperatures had melted snow and filled the streets in the Connell business district with three feet , of water. The towns o( Lind and Mesa, also flooded, were receiving aid from the Red Cross. Lens Damaite Damage from the flood in the southern section of Oregon ap peared to be much lighter than that caused by storms and floods Wednesdav took a projected half freight rate increase under con-i billion - dollar - a year railroad . . - tideration, after an agreement was were evacuated in an area south reached to postpone-the scheduled , f'he. al n,dK 20 houses were effective date from Feb. a to!"d "P. ,0,the "VM llarch 7 I l'teen 'anuhes were evacuated ', , , J from low-lying areas along the Three days of oral argument !itmnn,. t-... In Eastern Washington, where Triplets Share Washington's Honor i -I Navy Terms A-Operation t Cig Success Police Still Seek Identity Of Beaten Tot; Lead Fails . .f - . A 1 I, mm i w J r -.e '"'r'.?,?-,,f' ' . . v . ever what action the ICC should UKe prOQUCea a long Siring 01 .u nwtnn. rirnu-nMl Tnrtiv ahipper protests and numerous de- the Norlhcrn Patlic rcpol.u.d tna, mands for hold-downs on spe-!high watm had washed out w)m(, cific commodities described as un- x o( rajiroad and able to absorb the flat 7 per cent , weakened bridc,s. Increase proposed by the rail in- orden finrellrd fiustry. it jsl jk. D.A rro,, cancelled CHICAGO The Ilebler triplets af auburbaa La Grange, 111., share their first birthday with that af TYCTMCARI. N . if Author!- sheriff's office were taking over ties late Wednesday night wrre the investigation, still looking for the identification Husky Yminnsler of a badly beaten and abandoned Hospilnl attendants said the bov after a promising lead appar- child seemed to respond to tha ABOARD I'SS MT. McKIN'LEY ently had failed. name "tommy" or "Tony. Ha , The man who commanded A 1 C. Jerry Damman of F'.ast was described as a husky, blond last week's big navy-marine "ato- Meadow, N.Y.. when shown a pic- youngster In good physical shapa mic age" assault of Iwo Jima ture of the waif, said it was not except for the marks of beatings. Wednesday described the orr. ms son Steven, who was kidnaped The Damman boy. three yean rtion as a "tremendous training jn York Oct. 31, 1955 old. vanished from in front of a success in both concept and prac- .ik,iii. ik. .,i,rmarirot in Fast Meadow a HCal tacllCS. 'l,;j l u... k nmo .,,h,,rh r.1 Vui V'nrk ntl in Neve not only tried to train .... ' m. .,. i.m. our men-in. the practical aspects T," r, T . i. i m. of in amphihicAis landing.' Rear . P8")"-. however after exam- shopping at the time. Adm. Irving T. Duke said, "hut ,mnK picture of the boy, said: Police searched for dayi have attempted to penetrate the 11 ' 1,01 wr cma- mrougnoui me area nu. worn psychological barrier which con- ne "d. t'U unable to talk search failed, presumed the bo-e fronts all of us when we think of coherently, was found early Mon- had been kidnapped, what we would do in an atomic dav morning abandoned on the The Dammans said Wednesday war " i outskirts of this Northeastern New a picture of the boy found in New Forty thousand men have Mexico city. He was about 4 or Mexico looked like their son. but been given an idea of whit it 5 years old. i there were some changes and they micht be like to face an enemy r...iuj could not be sure. In,-B.lln.h?tri Damman- at his home ln East Ra oalling ISJ50 have weapons, he rontnued- 1 only ; M-Hi, , .k.k o m., vrir been offered for information lead- pray to God that all of this train- ri, nn '.A . ing to the Child. Of this $3,354 was CwHrtT"'1" lexaUeithiiceVcture It lhe contributed by fellow airmen of tniique Hew ' ,!w.u .u the father at Milrhef A r Forca Duke discussed the maneuvers ,ounu, ,nouK". ",r itf nli with top navy and marine officers ","mt' Cn,W m1 Dmmarid at bT. -East Mead. at a critique aboard the Mt. Mc- ""A. vvr i" ... . i . .:. v. I.j .u "... - Kinley. headquarters ship for The boy found, he said, had only "7 "T" f""T .! the operation. iinree teeth while his son had 22. ""' '"u,mm Throughout the exercise, a na 'He said there were ' also other New Mexico, transmitted by police y spokesman said, bcth offensive discrepancies. photo network. and defensive aspects of atomic Footprints of the child have been ' ,ine eyes look like our boy i. warfare "were emphasized as sent to New York authorities for ne saia lne nair ,s lne Mme . never before in a military oper-!a check snadc- Tne ears are imilar. I felt ation of this size." j Nurses at Tucumcari General a11 alo"8 K aIive .bu.1 ' don t They included a relatiyelv new i Hospital said the child had ap- ant to et 100 optimistic." ; concept of deployment of the 70 parently received mere bating, l.'.8' .s"-?n,r?Ps a;shore l and was Just starting to say a few 1 YOUTHS CHARGED ctrnvintT inn miinh at nn fimai WuruS, Wallace Dean Roth. 480 S. 18th Bonine;St who gave his age as 18, and Ihe Pennsylvania Railroad. said ;lhe moved in ith nciljhbor. or in a closing statement for the in dustry that if the ICC granted ex- emptions In whole or in part on tome freight business, the general returned home. Most major roads in the stricken regions were re-opened to traffic. The Southern Pacific main line. aavance wouio. nave w De raiseo , flosed by llid in the, Cascade to something more than 7 per cent. Mountains, was re-opened Wednes- He reiterated the railroad argu- day ,nd ,rajM were a(!ain ment that addiUonal revenue is portland and San Fran- needed immediately to cover re- clK0 ,fler , M.hour ihutdown. cent rail wage hikei and advanc- nt Oregon-California coaxial Ing materials costs so as to pre- cabie broken by , slide touth o( iene the carriers current earn-; Rosetwrg .Ore., was restored early mdustry describes . Wednesday morning and television as modest gtations were able again to carry A major attack on the proposed ! network programs, rate-boost was made by the Na- tional Coal Assn., which says it the father of their country, George Washington. Hence, the patriotic decorations an their cake, much of whose frosting decorates the faces of the girls (left to right) Marie, Eliiabeth and Martha. (AP Wire At Ami kimk wmtiiwu v. n. uuiiinr 31., wno gave nis age as in, ana A i?J.J,w. 8,?l.uJal?"t ! aid the boy apparently had been three younger persons were chare- force iZ lwJrlL ,ead' hlS ed late Wednesday with illegal pos. Ing mushroom-shape clouds that ad ben Tken ,at s?meJtim n , session of liquor, Salem police said. have become the symbol of the-"' , V "u atomic age Deeontamlnatioa Drills represents a "distressed" product. j Trim ftl ict Pt The association charged that thelJ"111 Ul5ltU Idaho Flood Threat Eased railroads are seeking higher freight rates to cover continuing deficits in passenger business and that the industry has greatly un derestimated its 1936 earnings potential Help Rushed To Flood Area In Washington c SAN FRANCISCO tf) - Red Cross Pacific area disaster direc tor Richard Van Meter Wednes day said emergency aid has been rushed to the towns of Connell and Mesa in Central Washington following Tuesday night's floods. Van Meter said the Red Cross is feeding 240 people in Connell and the entire community of 125 lIJliIrt,.ni Firm people at Mesa. Some 40 homes ; 1Tllcll,ru were flooded at Connell, he said. j'r . rrnl.n Ovnt as were two motels and 27 small! 1U A"Kt businesses. At Mesa six to C'SM r-., .,llia Pl'itlt feet of water are standing in j Vvr 1HIS I luni Theatre Time Table ELSINORC "FOREVER DARLING": 1:00 and 10:15 "3 STOPS TO MURDER": 00. CAPITOL "FULLER BRUSH MAN" 1:00 nd 10:15 "FULLf R BRUSH CIRL": 1:00. HOLLYWOOD THE HOUSE": "DOCTOB IN 7:00 and 10:57. "EAST OF EDEN" I 00. Liberia YM Official Plans Salem Visit A YMCA secretary from Africa will visit Salem March 5 on a tour of the Northwest, Gus Moore, Sa lem "Y" secretary, said Wednes day. Dave Howell, general secretary for the YMCA in Liberia, estab lished the first "Y" in that coun try six years ago. Since then, YM associations have developed in six MIDVALE. Idaho Ul County road crews blasted an ice Jam places, with 15 families homeless loose from the Weiser River Wed-. and grocery stores washed out. nesday night, ending the immedi ate threat of a flood in this farm community of 231 persons MagmisonBill Urges Safer Aviation Laws - - t ! stream. WASTrtfofifttVlii IT m-"J.tt ame after earlier explo- gigned to provide safer aviation ion nad 'aiIei 10 lne JD and ' representative in Oregon. trolled by I was offered Wednesday by Sen later National Guard officers had i Van Meter said he talked to of- headed by llaenuson (D-Washi .' i considered driving a tank over the , ficials in Pasco, Wash., late Wed-; Chicago. DETROIT, Mich. U The Evans Products Co. of Detroit announced Wednesday it will acquire Chap One disaster worker, George Haean field director at Camp Hanford. already has reached Con- man Manufacturing Co., Inc., of The dynamite explosion loosed nell, an Meter said, and two more , torvaius, vre., some ume nexi huge chunks of ice from a pileup were on the way. Misa Alice Gil- month. about a quarter of a mile down- i len, case supervisor and disaster j e. S. F.vans Jr., company presl- worker trom a. Louis, mo., ana dcnt( said the Chapman firm will Miss Pauline Dow, Red Cross field be operated by a corporation con- Evans and a syndicate Fred C. Dalley of Evans manufacture, wood prod ucts as well as railroad loading equipment, aircraft engine parts, tricycles and other items. on the palm of his right hand had not yet healed. 1 ...u : J l li All of the 70 warships which " r e W?!' steamed from Japan and Okina- lu u,' . ws to the black volcanic ash . :L iwu beaches of Iwo Jima held de-been mostly gibberish.' j contamination drills against the-1 Tew Words c wetical radioactive fallouts from j Nurses said the child said a few the mock A-bombs exploded over, words, mainly "daddy" repeated the fleet. ... several times. Asked where he had Carrier pilots practiced man.ifotten a Kar on hij hc euvers necessary to escape theiplied ..dadd hjt atomic blast after thev had; H ' ... 'fc-j u. AA., ArT.A Amm i w. ir,!.l He as asked where his daddy simulated use of the new wea-l3,8' b,Vl rcPhed on is The boy was found outside a Tucumcari service station, shiver ing in the cold. He wore only a jacket and tattered pants. An Amarillo, Tex., truck driver, Charles Kennedy, after seeing the child's picture in an Amarillo pa- : m;.;.i umM..i u . n .. . f1' ?.a,u "c "au Bt l" ",c " ",u pons to help take their objective. Pakistan Area Capture Denied KARACHI, Pakistan I - For- cities with clubs in 11 other towns, jchowdry denied Wednesday Indian ; T.S "t. T,,. r.-- wmin. ,w,m. ih.t PoUctoni .rJn. h,. Fe Railway tracks about 20 miles . Trw. "Vs: ..v"l ;3 J"";- f Amarillo Sunday and start College in Chicago, he did "Y work before going to Africa, in Detroit, Mich.; Dallas, Tex.: Den ver, Colo., and Knoxville, Tenn. During his day in Salem, Howell Is to talk at a public noon lunch sponsored by the world service committee in the YMCA, and a 6:30 p.m. meeting of the Y's Men's Club. Other meetings are being ar ranged, Moore said. nesdav afternoon and understood a flood threat might develop there. The bill, introduced at the r ' effort t0 brtak UP the no.t rj th rvmmaif nnr. coniestioB. ment. would wovide for civil nen- Water had been backing up; He had not heard reports that the altiei for failure of around crews -ateadily all day. flooding one farm community of Utopia was allect and certain manufacturers to com- n threatening to pour into the ed, ply with certificates issued by the ,treu in rePat Performance Civil Aeronautic Administration !of aoii which inundated the com- JCAA). munity last uecember. Magnuson said he was Informed that there Is no reasonable penalty provided for failure of mechanics, repair stations, parachute riggers, ground aviation schools and others to comply with certificate provi sions. The bill would broaden the law to make them subject to provisions of the CAA regulations and civil penalties. The department said that under present law the only action it can take is suspension or revocation Stowaway, 71, Sails Atlantic SOUTHAMPTON. England UP The liner Queen Elizabeth arrived here Wednesday night with a tired 71-year-old man believed to be the Driver Wakes Up With Start, Hits Freight Train BOONE, lows on Leonard I EDITOR ILL captured an island on the disputed border on he west coast. Chowdry said an official inquiry had been ordered. Earlier, a Pakistani Foreign Of- hitchhiking west! Keller said there was a hope that the child may be the kid naped son of Airman Damman. No trace has been found of the person fice spokesman acknowledged a or persons who abandoned him clash had occurred between Indi ans and Pakistan border police. Keller said state police and the NOW! OPEN 6:45 Free Sample of Juv-ona' Face Cream From Fuller Brush to Every Lady Attending Tonight! I ICflMfelllfrtf Comedian's Wife Has Third Son SANTA MONICA, Calif. If -Comedian Jerry Lewis, who re- : fint1u knimhr e urVtola KilrcDMJ full It has wood products plants at y ,,t irri clothes Wednesdav Coos Bay and Gold Beach in , M bec the father of third Oregon and at Vancouver, B.C. !g0 The Chapman firm makes hard- j rJ pata Uws gave blrlh to uuuiu. events hiu iiu Liiaiic .l would be made in the firm, except that capacity would be doubled. Thomason, 52, Boone, pulled his car up ai a Fort Dodge, Des PORTLAND W! - Tom Gerber. editor of the weekly Canby Moines and Southern railroad 1 Herald, is being treated in a Port- crossing here, then dozed off as land hospital for a kidney ailment. a train passed by. Police rapped on his car window. 8 pound 13 ounce boy at St. John's Hospital here. The new comer was named Scott Anthony. It is the second birth for the Lewises. Their middle boy, Ron nie, was adopted. Both mother and baby are doing Tine but a friend reported: ' "Jerry's in a state of collapse." 2 50c fHONl 4-4713 OPEN 6:45 26c NOW PLATING EAST OF EDEN Stirring itm Dtm Voted It 55 Avo'ioiKO kwu4 W'moor CO-HIT Dick looard Mwiol PovUw Doctor in the House Wt CuortntM yoo will boh tt ttiii WonaVful Coowo'y Pvt Thio on Your "MUST SI I" list Generally Speaking You gel what ou pay for, but our customers get that "something extra" which brings them back again and again. 1ft THE SAN SHOP , The Oregon Home of Sloppy Jot A Great Sandwkhl t Portland Road at North City Limits For Orders to Go Phone 2-6798 proceedings action believed to on the North Atlantic run. be too severe in many cases. lt n.vid Strovman. of Brookline. Thnmawn awoke his foot hit oldest stowaway ever discovered the accelerator and the car ram- i med into the side of a moving; asuea ior auinonty to impose a quicker and less severe punish ment which it contended would provide safer aviation. Bend Girls to Take Rifle Training Class BEND iff A rifle training class for girls 10 to II years old Is being organized by Bend police chief John T. Truett. He said that parents had re quested that the classes be held and that safety be stressed. Truett has nearly completed Mass., was found wandering around the tourist class section on Feb. 18, when the liner was a day out of New York. He told ship's officers he had come aboard in New York to say boxcar. Thomason suffered minor cuts. RED LEADER FOUND MOSCOW iff Max Reimann, West German Communist leader goodbye to a passenger, but there who fled to East Germany to avoid was no one on the passenger list prosecution, turned up at the 20th with the name he gave. British immigration officials re fused to permit him to land. He will sail back to New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth when it leaves Saturday. 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