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Rented Hous3 Becomes Governor's Mansion y"' ""S 0 m V I I , V 1 V TV I1 , - rOUNDBD 103th Year 4 SECT10NS-36 PACES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 24, 19S6 PRICE 5c No. 334 iHiMiu n i - - -- -. ; t . ------ , t. f,i I . . : M r , . u: - . A h-- : llA i h: ' j' A f, . Gov. and Mrs. Elmo Smith are shown above posed In front of the have rented for four month. They moved into the bouse earlier Mrs. David Eason who left Thursday for a four-months vacation in Petitions Ask Fire District for Territory North of West Salem By CHARLES IRELAND Valley Editor, The Statesman BRUSH COLLEGE Petitions ecking a new rural fire protec tion district in the Brush-College-Orchard Heights sector will be circulated Friday. The area in volved is just north of West Sa- T. H. The mountains of Hawaii i serve, as do the Cascades of the 9MDQ0 Pacific Northwest, is a n n eon.iwuul" P "UIln "" i5"c"' denser. Only here the eastside is the wet sjde and the west the dry side. The prevailing trade winds are from the east and their water vapor content is precipitated by the high mountain massifs. (Mau na Loa had a snow cap today (Tuesday), and there was skiing at times on the slopes of Mauna Kea). In parts of the island the rainfall is so limited they carry the label of desert, and rightly so. So here at Kona on the west side of the island, the air is calm and softly warm and there is more sunshine. This town, Kailua, was once the summer home of Hawaiian royalty. It was here that Christian missionaries began work on the island in 1823 and the church they founded, Con gregational, still thrives. We ar rived in the late afternoon and at the vesper hour came the sound of chimes from the church, playing familiar hymns. It was a touching e- :rience to hear at this distant point the testimony of an old faith carried with de votion to tho inhabitants of these islands over a century and a quarter ago. I observe, however, that the earliest missionaries have been followed by the same varieties of sects as we have on the main Iand.t It must be difficult to ex plain to non-Christians why those who profess it are split into so many fractions. It must seem to -them like religious liberty going to seed. , The Kona coast is hailed as one of the choice spots (Continued on Editorial Page, 4) Employment Up 10,000 in Oregon About 10.000 more persons have jobs in Oregon than a year ago, the Oregon Unemployment Com pensation Commission reported Thursday. It satf 449,100 persons were working in non-farm jobs in Janu nr. . Logging and sawmills reported 52,000 working last month, .'com pared with 56,700 a year earlier. Cold and wet weather was respon sible for the decline. .-An la favor of abolishing Fri h 7 y 'Ayf wX . . v; -iK inwM ii Mum -nsaar lem and currently is without fire protection. More than 150 families live in the area and the number is grow ing, according to Ralph C. En nor, president of the Brush Col lege Community Club which is backing the move. Sponsors of the proposed dis trict favor buying fire protection from the city of Salem if resi dents of the district approve its creation, Ennor said. Salem has informed the Community Club that a six-mill levy on property would maintain the district, he added. Backers of the district believe that insurance premium reduc tions would offset most, perhaps all, of the new taxes. Boundary Outlined The proposed district would be bounded on the' south by Orchard Heights Road to Chap- m ,r"w; , .u . ' '7 dan Road to property known as the Rogers Homestead; the north east boundary would follow Wal lace "Road south to River Bend Road; balance of the east bound ary would be the old channel of the Willamette River. The proposed district includes property which Salem School Dis trict 24CJ has purchased as a junior high site. Property on the south side of Orchard Heights Road, is not included in the dis trict. Areas Eligible However, Ennor said any own ers of property adjacent to the proposed district may be includ Ankeny Hill House Burns SUUimaa Ntwi Srrvlrt JEFFERSON A noon-time blaze, apparently atartinc from an oil stove explosion, completely de stroyed a six-room home, wood' shed and garage at the Bob Harris farm on Ankeny Hill, five miles northwest of here Thursday. Occupant of the house was Richard Guy who reported he had just gone outside when he heafd an explosion. He said he opened the door and was met by heavy smoke and flames. All of Guy's possessions includ ing $30 in cash and a new movie camera were lost in the fire. Neighbors, summoned by Guy, were unable to control the blaze in the older-type structure, Harris, who lives on a nearby farm, said the loss was only par- iiany insurea ana wouia mane no damage estimate. Plea to Put 'Rural Zoning in Rural Hands' Heard at Discussion of Suburban Problems By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman Put it rural xoning in rural hands It; might be better received and in the outlying districts of Mar ion County. N This wss the thought Injected by R Jl. Wood, Middle Grove, into I meeting Thursday night In Uhe Marlon County Court House. It was called by the League of Women Voters of Salem, and at tended by some 80 people. ' "If you do not try to zone farming areas, you'll have no trouble in 'getting zoning into ef fect." Wood said. He continued: "We are drifting a little in the wrong direction. Too much plan ning from a central point Out at Middle Grove we had to come into the city school administra tion to get permission to hold Sunday school and to have a com munity club in -the basement of I the school we built partly for that home at 735 S. Church St. they thii week. It ii owned by Mr. and Europe. (Statesman Photo). ed if they petition the Polk Coun ty court. The 20 petitions which will start circulating here today will require signatures of 25 per cent of all property owners involved, Ennors said. If secured, the pe titions will be presented to the county court for approval and' election would follow. The name Wallace, Sheridan. Orchard Heights Roads Fire Pro tection District has been selected as tentative name of the pro posed district. Onion Grower Demo Entry in Congress Race A Labish Center onion grower, who says "I sent 'Joe' before, now find I must do it myself," filed Thursday for the Democra tic nomination for congress from the First Congressional District. Don H. Metheny, 43-year-old native of Illinois, said he would base his campaign for the nomi nation on a platform to stop for eign imports, waste of natural resources, immigration, foreign aid and class legislation. Metheny, who resides at Brooks Route 1, box 173, became the third official candidate for the Representative post since Walter Norblad announced two weeks ago he would not seek reelection, Two Republicans R. F. Cook, Sil verton, and William E. Healy, Salem, have both filed for nomi nation. Jason Lee of Salem has announced he will seek the De mocratic nomination. "I refuse to use my position to promote the power of any party or organization, but will fight to raise stature of all through the basic laws ss outlined by the Con- - .pUtution, education and religion," Metheny stated "My experience and sense of values have forced me on mv own initiative to seek this posi tion of power for our mutual protection," he added. Metheny is a member of the Farmers Union and of organized labor, and has been an Oregon resident since 1933. He is mar ried and has two children.. boy and a girl FESTIVAL OPENS FOREST GROVE Ul - Forest Grove opened its annual Gay 90s (Festival Thursday with women's quartets in competition Men will cumpcie in me Daroersnop oai- 'iaa contests rriaay and Saturday. ipurpose. Somecontrol should be left in the hands of the people in the communities where theyj i live." i Wood explained he was not op posed to zoning as such, and felt that there was need of some zon ing in the suburban areas, but added, "Farmers aren't going to let you tell them whether or not they can put an additional house for their son on their land." Mrs. Gordon Shattuck presided, and introduced the two speakers: John Anderson, Marion County engineer, vho talked on roads, and D. Baker, who explained the planning and zoning of .the coun ty. V. D. McMullen, secretary of the county planning commission, assisted In sniwering questions on zoning. Baker, in answer to Wood's re marks said that farming land was protected from zoning so long as It remained in farming, but that Six Light Planes Missing on Flight Over Caribbean MIAMI, Fla. AP The U. S. Coast Guard said six light civilian planes with II persons aboard are unreported Thurs day night on a flight from Camagny, Cuba, to Kingston, Jamaica. The aircraft were from ' group of nine which began the flight. The other three arrived safely, the Coast Guard said. No word had been received from the others. The Coast Guard cutter Au rora was dispatched to the area. The Coast Guard planned to send aircraft at dawn Friday to search. The identity of the planet was not immediately estab lished. It was thought, how ever, that they were from a group of nine planes visiting the Caribbean area on a good will and Christian fellowship mission. The mission is sponsored by the Church of God of Prophecy with headquarters In Cleve land, Tenn. (The Rev. P.1 G. Shroyer, Sa lem pastor, reported Thursday night he was acquainted with most of the men on the flight. He is pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy in Portland but lives in Salem). Snow Piles High in South Oregon Areas By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New snow hit the Rogue and Illinois valleys of southwestern Oregon Thursday. Some six inches fell at Medford. Schools continued open there but those at Jacksonville, Rogue River, Phoenix, Applegate and Prospect were shut down. Two and half inches fell in the Illinois Valley, threatening more trouble for California - Ore gon Power Co. repair crews. They were able to restore serv ice to Wolf Creek and Azalea in northern Josephine County. Lines still were out in areas from Glen dale to Merlin and Galice, and new snow brought renewed trou ble at Glendale. Heavy snows and falling trees snapped lines. Saturated ground collapsed under repair machinery. The Southern Pacific Railroad announced it had restored service on its Siskiyou freight line run from Eugene to Medford. It had been closed since Tuesday by washouts. fPlumhingyof New School Intrigues Kids DALLAS, Tex. I - Like their pioneer forebearers small fry at the new Daniel Webster Elemen tary school have something to brag Parents protested. , It came about because the city was a little slow in laying a sewer line to the school. School officials tried to solve the situation by erecting a little struc ture of by gone years on the edge of the playgrounds. Parents protested. Principal Howard H. Martin took the problem to the youngsters themselves. He pictured the situation like that of early settlers they will read about, and told them it would be something that perhaps no other student their age would experi ence. "You should bring your cameras and record the little house," he said. Principal Martin relaxed Thurs day amid clicking of cameras. RED TROOPS IN H TEST MOSCOW urv-The Moscow press dropped a hint Thursday that So viet army troops 'took part last fall in a ha nvdroera hnmh tt. if this ii so it nuts Soviet forces a ! steo ahead of U.S. trooos who. so far as is officially known, have not taken part in an H-bomb test should it be divided into hous ing, it would come under the reg- ular proposed zoning and plan- Anderson told that of the 1,200 miles of country roads in Marion, 30 per cent were surfaced and the other 600 miles were grav eled. ' , "Unless we can devise some means of accelerating finances to meet road improvement we will never be able to keep up with the Increased travel and speed of modern living," he said. ' Mrs. Shattuck, in opening the meeting, explained that the League was non-partisan and the meetings were called to give folk more knowledge of questions upon which tbey wers to vote. Discussion during the evening was lively but entirely free from rancor, showing eoniiderabte In terest by both men snd women ia the problems presented. ' Revised Teacher Pay Scale Adds 5 Die, 62 Hurt BALTIMORE -Rescue workers try to free one of the people trapped la the dining tar of Penn sylvania Railroad train that jumped that tracks near here Thursday on its way from Washington to New York. The train wreck took the lives of five people and injured many. (AP Wirephoto). Patterson Memorial i ........ Highway Designation For Freeway Urged ' J By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. AiKKtattd rrra Writer The Portland-Salem Freeway, one of the finest roads in Amer ica, might become a memorial to the late Gov. Paul Patterson. Gov. Elmo Smith and State Rep. Robert L. Elfstrom. Salem, chairman of the House Highway Committee in the 193S Legislature, favor the idea. ' "I am for it," Gov. Smith said, "because there could be no more fitting memorial to Paul Patterson than to name a highway after. him. He played a big part in developing highways in both the state and the nation." Elfstrrtm agreed With the idea. Moreover, he thinls the name "Paul Patterson Memorial Highway" sounds much better than "Portland-Salem Expressway." Thanks to the 72 million dollar bond issue for highways. Ore gon's Pacific and Columbia River-Old Oregon Trail Highways are in pretty good shape. So are some of the other routes, although much remains to be done. Patterson, when he was chairman of the Senate Highway Com mittee in 1949, had a big part in shaping the studies that led to this bond issue. In 1951, when the bond issue was passed, Tattefson, then president of the Senate, and Smith, then chairman of the Semite Highway Committee, helped steer it through the Senate. . Soon after Patterson became governor at the end of 1952, he was appointed to a committee of governors to draft the expanded federal highway program. This program seems sure to be passed by Congress in the next few months, as both parties have agreed on it. - Gov. Smith now has taken Patterson's place on this national Committee. Snow Isolates Valsetz Area SUteimia Ntwi Brk VALSETZ - Snow Six feet deep isolated this remote Polk County logging town from the outside world Thursday afternoon. The road to Falls City was closed by snow six feet deep at the sum mit. Approximately 60 men who drove or rode buses to work here Thursday morning bad to remain in Valsetz overnight. They were quartered in bunkbouses of the Val setz Lumber Company. Valsetz recorded five inches of snow in the 24 hours ending Thurs day night and it was still snowing hard. Roadside snow depth at Val setz proper was 22 inches. HAZING OUTLAWED EUGENE ( - The Interfrater- "JT Council at the University of hazing. The Weather Max. Ml. PraelB. .44 1 .IT Salfm Portland .44 14 . 41 IS .30 11 . 48 i 31 - 41 31 84 41 - M . SI .35 It . .04 .M .34 .30 .3 .M .30 -trar Baktr Medford North Btnd Rfwtburs ... Sin Franrtaco Ln Anielca Chicago . .. . New York 31 a Willamette River S 0 feet FORECAST (from U. S, weather bureau, MrNary field. Salami: Monlly cloudy with wattered (how art and period of clearing; today, tnnlfht and Saturday; Mfh today 42, low tonliht 30; hin Saturday 45. Temperatura at 13:01 a.m. V1ay wai 33 SALRM PRCCimATIOM Sine Start of Weather Vear Sept 1 ThU Vear La Year Normal MM 1S.U Jiu &202,000 to Salaries as East Coast Rain on Forecast For Salem Area It will remain on the rainy side in the Salem sector for at least the next two days, according to forecasters at McNarjr Field. The outlook calls for showery conditions, with a slight drop in temperatures tonight to a possible low ofM. ' Meanwhile the State Highway Department reported chains were needed in most mountain passes . . , hi r uiguway wcie agdw ujjen uiuir day. '. -r 1 Selection of City Manager Predicted Within 30 Days Salem City Council probably will have a new city manager picked out within 30 days, Mayor Robert F. White predicted Thurs day. With the time of City Manager J. L Franzen's retirement now fast approaching, city aldermen will start studying the 30 appli cations already at hand. White is asking all the alder men to go over the applications so the Council ss a whole can narrow the list to a few who will be Interviewed, II Applications The mayor said he had received 30 applications from ' 20 states and Germany the latter from a soldier now on duty there. "Some of these appear to be excellent applications from well qualified, experienced men," de clared White. He said most of the applications arrived recently, following a notice he bad placed Train Derailed Brakes Grab On Fast Train, ODEXTON. Md. I -i Five per sons were killed and at least 63 hospitalized Thursday night when the Pennsylvania Railroad's Em bassy, M-mile-an-hour Washington to New York passenger train, de railed about three miles north of Odenton. Enginer Herman Maker of Point Pleasant. N: J., told police he was making "normal speed, 80 miles an hour, when the air brakes automatically went on. Seven of the 14 cars on the train left the rails, including three Pull mans, two dining cars and a coach. The other seven cars remained on the tracks. Three of the derailed cars, in cluding both liners, overturned and plunged part-way down a 15- foot embankment. Oa Schedule ' " The Embassy, about 22 minutes and 22 miles out of Washington was on schedule when It passed the railroad s Oderfton tower. Four minutes later the train wrecked. Malzer said he was mak ing normal speed for the flat, straight area and saw nothing on the tracks. His first warning was when the air brakes automatically grabbed Passengers were thrown from their seats. Car Breaks Open One of the dining cars tilted as it left the rails, and struck one of the huge steel poles which, sup port the railroad s overhead wires It peeled the top of the diner and broke it open in the middle, passengers said. Among the scores hurt was Her bert R. O'Conor of Baltimore, for mer Maryland governor and U. S senator, ; ' T...1 rk--l! . JllUgC IJCCimCS MJ Seek Morse Scat V. . j . V. 5 Donald L. Long said Thursday he will mn run OKiiiii.il tiojiic iiiuisc ...ill . u; - n i or me Democratic nomination aSj , ij.5. senator. Neither win ne oe a 'candidate for governor, he said. in a monthly bulletin of the American City Managers Assori-j ation. Franzen, Salem's first city man ager, is due for retirement July 1. He come to Salem as city man ager Jan. 1, 1947, following many years' service as Oregon City city manager. No Salem Mea Mayor White said none of the applicants is a Salem man. Some city department heads have ex- I pressed an interest in the open- ting, but councilmen for the most part have Indicated they would irefer to bring a manager in rom the outside. The mayor will interview one or two of the applicants in Port land today. These men will be there attending a meeting of the Northwest Asociation of City Managers. Mat of theapplicants for the poil ua bow cit fiunacri Cars Topple Salem Distric To Keep Gym' Requirement- By THOMAS G. WRIGHT ii, Staff Writer. The Statesman A pay schedule which may mean raises of $180 to $340 a year for Salem teachers was adopted by the Salem School Board Thursday night If ap proved for the budget it will cost the distnst an estimated 1202,000 next year. The board also decided to keep Its mandatory physical education program for ail 12 grades, and adopted a school calendar for next year which will give Salem school kids an extra holiday. Automatic Increase A 13 step salary schedule voted last year will be continued by the Salem School District if finally approved by the budget commit tee. It allows an automatic $180-a-year increase for each added year of experience for all teach ers. In addition, some teachers would regain the .experienca levels lost when the present schedule was adopted. aurung teachers with bache lors and masters degrees would also profit under the 1958-37 schedule which eliminates a be ginning step in effect this year. Base for a new teacher with a bachelors degree would be $3,630 instead of $3,310; those with mas. ters degrees would start at $3,870 instead of $3,750. Major Boosts Biggest boosts would come to teachers who have been with tho district for several years, and whoe experience levels were placed in by the current salary schedule. A recommendation of the Salem Classroom Teachers' Association, approved by the board last month, would readjust their salary on ex perience levels of 1954-M with the limitation that none would receive more than three jumps ($340). Superintendent Walter Snyder recommendation that mandatory physical education and health classes be continued through tho "m graae was approved without debate by the board. Law Repealed Previously Oregon law had mad the instruction mandatory, but the 1933 Legislature repealed the iaw ana leu u up to the State Board of Education which in turn passed the decision to Individual school boards. The state board required PE and health through the tenth grade. Salem youngsters win start to school Sept. 10 and will continut to June 7 in the approved calenr dar tor 1956-57. Included is as 11-day Christmas vacation, and an extra day off Jan. 18 to pro vide semester break, not pre viously recognized. (Additional School Board News in Sec. 2, Page 3.) State Delays r reigm nates Hike Request ine raiiroaas application for a 7 per cent freight rate increase oa shipments within the state of Ore gon will be suspended until a public hearing is held. Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel ordered Thursday. In the application, the railroads submitted no evidence that such as Increase would be reasonable, HelU zel said. Time and place of the hear int will be set later."The newratri would have become effective Sat urday if Heltzel hadn't ordered the ,' uraayimi application suspended. iiiv laiuupuai jura mr asiuiig uiv Interstate Commerce Commission far 1 fir runt hvut nn int , stale freixht rates, effective March 7 HlHtpI i nnnoinr thi hv h. I- "--"- " i,,r. ih. ir-p Clifford W Ferguson, Heltzel'i supervisor of rail transportation, argued the increase before the ICC in Washington last Monday. 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