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Newspaper Page Textt 'i ' f r i r 1 i. a n t ' 1 r i ( i i i i ! u U w U v 103th Year 2 Firm Buys 60-Acre Tract Near Albany For Titanium Plant Immediate Construction Planned By CHARLES IRELAND " " '" Valley Editor, The Statesman ALBANY, Ore. Plana (or immediate construction of another new Industry in this expanding mid-valloy city were announced Friday. " The recently-organized Oregon Metallurical Corn, announced our chase of a 60-acre tract on the south edge of the city where it will rect a titanium ingot manufacturing plant. "We hope to be operating by July. 1," said Steve Shelton, Albany, IF I 9MIQ3 Politicians in Oregon had hardly .recovered from the airplane dash of Walter Norblad from Washing ton to switch his filing from gov ernor to congressman than they were given another spin on the roller coaster with word that Sec rctary McKay had returned and would file for the U. S. Senate to succeed Sen. Wayne L. Morse. This was confirmed by his own statement and by his action in filing a declaration of candidacy Friday, afternoon. Coincidental there was released a highly com mendatory letter to McKay from President Eisenhower. In his statement McKay said he was coming back home "to bring to a showdown in Oftgon the ques tion of whether the President's program is to be jeopardized in the future, as it has been iirthe past, by those seeking personal gratification and notoriety at the expense of the national welfare." Me told reporters that the Repub lican national committee had asked him to run. . After the. McKay, filing Lamar Tdoze,-Portland1, lawyer, who pre viously had, iilea for the office, withdrew his name. Remaining in the Held at filing time were Phil Hitchcock, former state senator and Elmer Deetz, Clackamas county state representative. Can didates have until Monday night to withdraw if they so desire. The advent of McKay, assuming he becomes the Republican nom- (Continued on editorial page 4) Race Assured For Sheriffs Post in Polk auteinua News Sfrvlct ' DALLAS, Ore. A Democrat and a Republican filed for Polk County sheriff here Friday as the deadline dropped on political fil ings. Lone state representative seat In this nominally strong Republi can county went by default to the Democrats when there were no GOP filings for the office. Rep. Joe Rogers, Independence dairyman, seeks a second term in the house. He is unopposed for the Jlpmnorntie nominal inn tthirh now is tantamount to election. She riffs Post Filing for sheriff as a Democrat was Monmouth Police Chief Ed ward C. Leum. A last-day Repub lican filing was made by Phillip R. Peterson, West Salem, who op poses Sheriff Tony Neufeldt in the primary. p nn : : . : 1 : " t "'j ri v.ww - scheduled for county commission er where W. Frank Crawford, Wal lace Road resident, opposes in cumbent C. L. Burbank of Pedee district Emmet Rogers, Brush College, is the only Democrat to seek the office. Three Dallas attorneys have filed for the justice of the peace position here which Kenneth Shet tcrly is relinquishing. They are R S. Kreason, C. L. Marters and Darrell J. Williams. Lone Candidate The deadline saw Bay Babenau, West Salem, as only candidate for county assessor. A Democrat, he is deputy for Assessor Ed Dunn, who will retire. ' Betty Adams, Republican clerk, has no primary opposition and will oppose James Copp of Smithficld district. ruing ior county ciera were Betty Adams, Dallas Republican (incumbent), and James Copp, Smithfleld district Democrat , Also filing wwra.J-Paul Bullman, (R-Dallas) for coroner: Louis W. Plummer (R-Dallas) for treasurer; W. A. Wiest for Justice of the peace at Inripnendenre: and waiter Foa- ter (R-West Salem) as district at torney, All art incumbents. ' POUNDHD I&5I ' ' ' ' ' ' SICTIONS - 20 PACES I who will resign as regional direc tor of the U. S. Bureau of Mine next week to manage the new operation. Growth Seen , The new plant will employ 20 to 30 men at the (tart, Shelton said, and hopes to grow right along with the rapidly-expanding titanium in dustry. . Titanium currently is used chief ly in the aircraft industry, Shelton said. It is a lightweight metal heavier than aluminum but with higher strength-weight factor than either aluminum or steel, he added. The Albany plant will purchase titanium metal sponge, as it is called in the industry, "and melt the product into ingots. Five Planta Shelton said there are only five titanium metal plants in the Unit ed States comparable to the one that will be jjuilt'hcre. He de scribed the titanium industry as a quarter-billion dollar industry "that could easily become a several bil lion dollar industry." "We hope we're getting in on the ground floor," Shelton said. Announcement of construction plans for the titanium plant is un related to statement Thursday by Interior Secretary McKay that the zirconium plant at the IT. S. Bu reau of Mines plant here would be reopened soon. The new titaniunvplant here win be housed in a building embracing 25,000 square feet for which bids will -be opened March 20.- Man Guilty In Beating Of Teacher HILLSBORO Wl A circuit court jury convicted Louis Forrest, 23, on a charge of assault and bat ter. Friday night in a case that publicized dissension at the Sco fi eld -school in Washington County. Forrest was accused of beating the school's only teacher, Mrs. Esse Robertson, 54, last month. Today's Statesman Sec. Page ...1 9 ...II 6-9 I.. S ....II...... 4 ....I 4 .... I. ....... 6; 7 ...II....6, 10 Church Ntws Classified ....... Comics . Crossword Editorials ....... Horn Panorama Markets Obituaries ... ....... I 3 Sat., Sun. TV II 4 Sports ..... i..ll... 1 , 2 Star Oazer 7 Valley, ... I . 10 Wirephoto Page ....1....!; I World This Week ....II 3 Young Baton Twirler Wins k i 4 Too young to enter herself, 11 year-old Nancy Louis Cook, Canby kiton, twirler, is show above, , receiving the applause ef centesUnta in the Itth annual state championship bates twirling ceatect held here Friday Bight She earned the program with a special twirling demonstration, but could ot enter the contest because of her age. The contest was sponsored yvThe Salem Elks lodge. (Statesman Photo) (Story ea jpage 2, sec. L " . ., , The Oregon Statesman, Senate Backs Ike Pla n Vote Defeats Fixed Wheat Price Props 'WASHINGTON W - President Eisenhower scored another big farn. bill victory Friday night with a close 46-45 Senate vote to knock out 90 per cent price supports oh wheat. Administration forces needed the vote of Vice President Nixon to break , tie." The vote first was announced as 46-45 In favor of an amendment to knock the high wheat price sup ports out of the general farm bill But r. was discovered shortly afterwards that a clerical error had been made on this tally. Then, in an unusual move, the Senate ordered a recapitulation of its vote. The new tally showed the true result was 45-45. Nixoa Vote This tie gave Nixon the right to cast his vote the only Senate situation in which he can do so and he cast it for the amendment and thus put it over by one vote. After recapitulation, Nixon an nounced thetie and cast the dead lock breaking "Aye", overruling an objection from Sen. Gore D Tenn), who challenged his right to do under the existing parliamen tary situation. "If the senator will read the Constitution," Nixon said, "he will find that the Vice President can always vote" when a tie occurs. The chair votes aye, he then announced. Liter Gore took the Senate floor to raise a further question about Nixon's right to vote and touched off an hour-long parliamentary argument. Planned Maneuver . This new vote was on a maneuv er by administration forces to clinch their earlier victory. This is done by moving to reconsider the earlier vote, and then to lay that motion on the table. The ad ministration forces carried this 46-41. The administration barely scraped through to victory on the issue of replacing present flexible supports with rigid 90 per cent props on milling varieties of wheat. These varieties include about 96 peiujcent.if all wheat grown. Rain, Snow Gn Forecast Intermittent sunshine, showers and a brief snow squall featured the weather menu Friday in the Salem area. Forecasters expect rain and snow showers today and Sunday. While there were hints of spring in the valley, mountain regions still felt the cold grip of winter. Four feet of snow was reported on the ground in the Bridge Creek area some 15 miles east of Silver- ton. Four inches of snow fell Fri day in the Detroit area in the Santiam Pass. The State Highway Department said chains are needed on almost all mountain routes, including the Santiam Highway. -t Salem, Ortgon, Saturday, March Sec McKay Files for U.S. Senate J Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay Friday looks ever papers which made him Republics candl date for V. S. Senate from Oregon. State Election Bureau employe Mrs. Kuta query ueit) kelps McKay who will resign from Candidates State's Major Offices U.S. SENATOR Republicans: Douglas McKay-, Salem; Philip S. Hitchcock and George Altvater, both of Port land; and Elmer Deetz, Canby. Democrats: Sen. Wayne Morse, Eugene, and Woody Smith, Hood River. GOVERNOR Republicans: Gov. Elmo Smith, John Day, and Earl L. Dickson, Albany. Democrats: Robert D. Holmes, Gcarhart, and Lew Wallace, Port land. CONGRESS, 1st DISTRICT Republicans: Congressman Wal ter Norblad, Stayton; and R. F. Cook, Silverton. Democrats: Jason Lee, Salem, and Don H. Metheny, Brooks. CONGRESS, 2nd DISTRICT Republicans: Congressman Sam Coon, Baker. Democrats: Al Ullman, Baker, and A. E. Glidewell, Hermiston. CONGRESS, 3rd DISTRICT Republicans: Phillip J. Roth, Peter W. Welch, A. W. Lafferty PIPELINE EXPLODES HERSCHER, 111. Iff) - A natural gas pipeline exploded in a field about three miles west of Herscher Friday night, touching off a spec tacular fire. Applause ; t T 10, 1936 PXICI J1 cabinet post (Statesraaa Photo). Listed for and Elizabeth Carson Sailor, all of Portland. Democrats: Congresswoman Ed ith Green, Portland. CONGRESS, 4th DISTRICT' Republicans: Congressman Har ris Ellsworth, Roseburg. Democrats: Charles O. Porter, Eugene, and David C. Shaw,. Gold Beach. SECRETARY OF STATE Republicans: Mark Hatfield of Salem, and William E. Healy, Salem. Democrats: Monroe Sweetland, Milwaukie. STATE TREASURER Republicans: State Treasurer Sig Unander, Portland. Democrats: Al M. Richardson, Salem, and Wiley W. Smith, Portland. ATTORNEY GENERA T, Republicans: Carl H. Francis, Dayton. Democrats: Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton, Salem. (Additional candidate list Page 3, Sec, 1.) 2 Demos Vic For Yamhill Sheriff Post McMINNVILLE - The raee for Yamhill County sheriff got hotter Friday when Richard O. Waits, McMinnville Democrat, filed for the post. Waits will oppose Wallace (Bud) Mekkers, former state policeman, in the primary and the winner will try to unseat Republican Sheriff W. J. Jones of DayUm.., Primary opposition for coroner was assured also Friday with the filing of Norman R. Scott. Coroner Glen Macy seeks another term. Both are McMinnville Republicans. Another primary contest pits Charles Newman, McMinnville, against incumbent Charles Teagar den for the Republican nomination for commissioner. Herbert Hoist, Carlton Democrat,' also seeks the Job. Unopposed for reelection are Cir cuit Judge Arlie G. Walker, Coun ty School Superintendent D. Lann Gubscr and Surveyor H. W. Her ring R. The Weather i Portland 1 'Rk.r Mrtford Sun FnncUco Loi Anfelet Chicago New York .. Wlllamtt River it feet Forecast Urom u. a. weather bnreaj, McNary field, Salem): Partly .cloudy with scattered show ee a4 tme twtey tbrotiti flttnday; hlah today 44. low tonight 28. Temperatur. at 1201 a.m. today ww as. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year Srpt. This Year Lt Year JJorma MM tlJl SOU Max. Min. Preclp 44 21 Jt , 41 33 JO 31 17 .11 50 34 XO M 47 .00 , - 70 4 .00 " 21- .00 47 21 .00 Ne. 34 . Salem Boy Succumbs to Heart'BIock1 Steven Kelly, the nine-year-old Salem boy who hoped to gain nor mat health through a rare heart operation, died early Friday morn ing at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The boy's death came some eight hours after the operation, which itself had been termed "success ful" by .doctors. Post-operative complications which proved fatal were described by the clinic as a heart block a condition in which the auricle and ventricle cham bers of the heart became off bal ance. The boy,, a fourth-grade student at McKinley School and son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Kelly, 210 McGilchrist St., had suffered since birth from a defect between the ventrical openings of the heart wall. The parents, who were with their son during his valient fight, plan to return to Salem Sunday with the boy a body. Funeral arrangements will be In care of Virgil T. Golden Mortuary. Police fShf Of Motorist A car was seen early Friday morning going south on north bound Church Street But city police said, technically, they couldn't cite the woman driver on a "wrongway" charge. The citation, said officers, charg ed her with driving on a sidewalk, after the vehicle was observed to travel there all the way from Court to State Street about 2:45 a. m. 3 is r 1 World-Famous Stars to Community Concert By JERYME ENGLISH ' Statesman Society Editor Cesare Siepl, stellar basso of the Metropolitan Opera, and the Chicago Opera Ballet will head line the Salem Community Con cert series for 1956-57.- Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, leading soprano prima donna from the Vienna Opera House, and Clifford Cur- zon, Britain's outstanding pianist, complete the list of attractions for the season. The artists were selected by the board of directors of the Sa lem Community Concert Associa tion Friday at the conclusion of the successful membership cam paign which once again was a complete "sell-out" before Fri day, i Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, inter- nationallftHowB soprano star-of the leading opera houses of Eu rope and now of North and South America, is well known lor her work in opera and as the featured guest star of European Ike Steps In;' JEL Wild Shuffle In Final Day Tpozc Steps Out; Hitchcock Stays Pat; Healy Takes on Hatfield; Williams Says No' By THOMAS C. WRIGHT JR. Staff Writer, The Statesman Sec. Douglas McKay trieccrcd the bieccst bomb shell 'in Oregon .political history Friday, scattering casualties among both parties by his eleventh hour filing for the Republican nomination for U. S, Senate. McKay, considered the bitterest fnemy of Sen. Wayne Morse who he has ambitions to succeed, had all but rulod himself out of any political races until his un heralded arrival In Orreon a few hours before the Friday filinif deadline) for the May 18 Primary. Though his decision was met with mixed emotions, particu larly in his own party, it had all the promise for an unequalexl "meeting of the issues" should Republicans pick him as their standard bearer against Democrat Morse. In the shadow of the McKay action. Rep. Walter Norblad, wliose out-again In-again activities had furnished plenty of explosions previously, cfuietly wound up with no serious op position for renomination to his 1st District Congress seat , Tooze Withdraws From William E. Healy, former had done some pre-primary bouncing of his own, bounced bacK into the secretary of state race. Salem Attorney Bruce Williams decided, in the face of building, to withilrawUtom the congressional campaign. This left only R. F. Cook, Silverton area turkey grower, against In cumbent Norblad on the primary ballot. Healy will oppose State Sen. Mark Hatfield. Biccest rmanurv for surmised Republicans was what to do with several prime candidates who were already joined in the U.a. acnate race. Portland Attorney Lamar Tooze took care of part of tho problem by accompanying McKay to Salem to withdraw. But l'lulip Hitcliock, former state senator now on the Lewis and Clark faculty, nromised to make a battle of it Whether Hitchcock could muster the strength to compete with the widely-known McKay might find its proof in the primary, or it might come by 5 p.m. Mondaythe deadline for with- drawarof candidates. By filing deadline Friday voters could take their pick of , sentiments, reactions and statements on McKay's unexpected return to Oregon s political wars. They ran from State Democratic CluVf Howard Morgan's "I am as delighted to see McKay in the Senate race as Leonard Hall is delighted to see him out of the Cabinet", to President Eisenhowers" . . , you will add a great deal of the working strength we need and must have in order to carry out objectives of this administration." . In between were such ouotes as these: "He's making a mistake," "It's the best Republican news Oregon's had outside of Eisenhower's announcement", "good." Morse's Slippery Philosophy' Hit The Morse camp said "We are delighted to have McKay as an opponent' Morse himself said "McKay the handpicked can didate of the White House and Benson, will discover that not only Democratic and independent voters but a great many Oregon Republicans will welcome the opportunity at the polls to repudiate his record as Secretary of the Interior." In filing McKay made clear he would exert all his political energies in opposing Morse who he has labeled a "turncoat and a man of "slippery philosophy." McKay said he would resign from the Cabinet about lune 1 to gird for the campaign, in dicating he would not be free nation in the primary. The consensus was that McKay primary, but it was reported that Hitchcock wis surprised, hurt and sneered by the turn of events and might make a battle of it if be could find the necessary backing McKay Tersonally Nudged' by Ike WASHINGTON fAPl President Eisenhower is reported te have personally nudged Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay into the Oregon Senate race in a move that could have wide political implications. ... . . . For one thing, it Indicated Eisenhower is taking an early hand In the GOP drive to egain control of the Senate. Reports from Oregon said Republicans there consider McKay the most potent . candidate their party could put up against Sen. Wayne Morse 0., a strenuous critic of the administration. Although McKay said in Salem, Ore., that Eisenhower did not ask him to run for the Senate, there were clear indications here the President left the cabinet member almost no other choice at a White House meeting Thursday. McKay's exit from the cabinet obviously deepened the gloom of some of the friends of Vice President Nixon. Nixon's status has been unclear since President Eisenhower failed to say he wants the vice president on the ticket with him again, although he praised NiThe fear being expressed by some of Nixon's friends was that if McKay is expendable as a cabinet member, perhaps Nixon might be regarded in the same category as the President's possible run ning mate. - , (Add. details page z, sec i. page iu. aec u . music festivals. Last season Miss Schwarzkopf caused a sensation" at her San Francisco opera de but when she appeared in Mo zart's opera, Don Giovanni. Her appearance here in November will open the scries. T.Curzon IsTreturning to this country after a season's absence spent fulfilling European de mands. Mr. Curzon will appear in early January, Cesare' Siepl, who will be here in February, is possessor of one of the most remarkable Voices of this per. He is celebrated for his many memorable perform ances from Don Giovanni to Boris Goudounoff for the mag nificence of his recitals and ap pearances with symphony orches tras, and (or his record number of engagements on such TV shows' as TheJ Ed Sullirati Show" and "The Voice of Fire stone." ' " Final concert will be given by Ruth rage s "Chicago' Opera Bal Senate Contest ' . assistant secretary of state who Norblad's long political fence- and just plain "Oh! No!" and to wage a campaign for nomi would have little trouble in the for a costly campaign. me Series Here let," which stars the internation ally famous dancers Marjorie Tallchief and George Skibine. It consists of a company of 43 solo ists, Corps de Ballet and orches tra, complete with scenery and costumes. The group will appear in the original ballets "The Mer ry Widow" and "Revenge" (adopted from "II Trovatore"), in March. This season's series closet April 21 with the eagerly awaited concert by world renowed pianist Walter Gieseking, who is return ing to the United States after aa absence of 18 years. All concerts are held at North Salem High School auditorium and admission to performances are by season tickets. Ticket sales ended this week and no tickets will be sold at the door. Those wishing their names en tered or the waiting, list for lick-. eta for the 1957 58 series may contact Mrs. A. A. Schramm, membership chairman for the association.