The Oregon statesman., March 12, 1956, Page 1, Image 1

i esumony beans i
nslilutions Graft
By THOMAS G. WRICnT JR.
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Over 80 witnesses have been
lubpoenaed to testify before the
grand jury investigating charges
of graft in the operation of Ore
gon institutions.
Names of some 50 witnesses
were included in i list furnished
by the Oregon Board of Control
I li tell cock Still urn
On Senate Bid Plans
PORTLAND W Ex-State Sen. Philip S. Hitchcock, one of two
candidates opposing Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay for the
Republican nomination tor U. S. senator, said Sunday night he is not
yet ready to announce whether he will withdraw from the race.
"I've talked with 100 people this afternoon but I'm not ready yet
to announce my decision," he said. "But I'll have to decide tomorrow."
3EP
Tongues are still wagging over
the sudden decision of Secretary
McKay to resign from the cabinet
and run for U.S. Senator in his
home state of Oregon. It was a
Friday bombshell all right and it
scattered fragments all over the
Oregon landscape.
The natural question is: What
prompted the Secretary to change
his mind after having repeatedly
rejected suggestions that he might
contest' with Senator Morse for the
office? Jack Bell, AP's veteran
Washington political reporter, of
fers this explanation:
"President Eisenhower is re
ported to have personally nudged
Secretary of Interior Douglas Mc
Kay into the Oregon Senate race."
McKay told folk here that the
President had not asked him to run
but that GOP Chairman Leonard
Hall and Presidential Assistant
Sherman Adams had put it up to
him to run. Bell wrote further:
"there were clear indications here
the president left the cabinet mem
ber almost no other choice at the
White House meeting Thursday."
Such is McKay's deep devotion to
Eisenhower that he would not de
cline this summons to duty.
This prompts the question why
the President pushed McKay into
the race. Democrats and enemies
of McKay are sure to say that
Eisenhower was just dropping Mc
Kay as a political liability. Bell
even notes a tremor among friends
f Vice President Nixon:
"The fear being expressed by
some of Nixon's 'friends was that
If . ..
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Boys Robbed
Of 10 Cents,
Get Ducking
Two boys reportedly were
pushed into Pringle Creek Sunday
afternoon after one of them had
been relieved of his Davy Crockett
billfold containing 10 cents and a
YMCA membership card by two
older boys.
The incident was reported to
police by Leo Olson, 875 Cross St.,
father of 11-year-old Jan Olson,
owner of the billfold.
Olson said Jan and a friend,
Steve Blaisdell, 9, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don JL Blaisdell, 1605 S.
Summer St.; came home dripping
from Bush Park shortly before 3
p.m. The boys estimated the age
of their aggressors at 17.
Clouds Roll
From Valley
The clouds rolled away Sunday
and gave motorists a glorious View
of the white-capped Cascades. The
anow peaks, particularly Hood and
Jefferson were crystal clear and
the lower peaks and ridges were
white with lately fallen snow.
The sky was clear-all day for
the first time since Jan. 31, just
40 days ago, and more sun it pre
dicted for today, McNary Fiejd
weathermen said. Precipitation was
zero Sunday for the second con
secutive day.
The temperature today will be a
little warmer. A high of 52 is ex
pected, weathermen said.
1S.0M BEAR GRAHAM
HONOLULU Iff-Evangelist Billy
Graham, his hair flying in the
trade winds,, preached to 11,000
people Sunday from a boxing ring
In Honolulu Stadium.- '.;
CRASH KILLS FIVE
LYONS, Kan. iff Five persons
were killed and seven others in
jured Sunday in the collision of
two cars, 11 miles north of here.
AD right, Bublet's act yen
get aim."
which, supervises the Institutions.
Twenty-three had been called as
a result of a preliminary investi
gation of the charges by the
Oregon State Police.
The special grand Jury will be
gin hearings this morning on the
charges brought out in state
ments and letters by At Rich
ardson, former food manager at
Deadline Today
Monday, at S p in, is the dead
line for candidates wishing to with
draw their names from Oregon's
May 18' primary election ' ballot.
When McKay unexpectedly entered
the ra.e last Friday, the final day
for filing, three candidates al
ready had filed. One of them, Port
land attorney Lamar Tooze, with
drew. Hitchcock and the other candi
date, State Rep. Elmer Deetz, re
fused to withdraw at once. Hitch
cock said at the time that McKay's
decision came as a surprise and
"I do not see how I could with
draw."
Conferences Held
Hitchcock, publicity director of
Lewis and Clark College here, said
he had been away from home all
weekend, returning Sunday after
noon to confer with GOP leaders
and friends about the decision.
McKay's entering the Senate
race against Oregon Democrat
Wayne Morse was seen as a piece
of Republican strategy to present
a strong candidate in the hope of
defeating Morse, a main target in
the GOP campaign to retain con
trol of the Senate.
British Claim
Jet Record
Of 1,132 MPH
' (Picture on Wirephoto Page)
LONDON IffBritain announced
Sunday that its "droop snoot" jet
plane had recaptured the world
speed record from the United
States with a. run of 1,132 miles
per hour. , ,
The record breaker was a dart
like jet formally known, al the
Fairey Delta 2. , -
It turned in the nigh speed per
formance over a rune mile course
in southern England Saturday,
The fct flew at 38.000 feet. It
made two runs, one at 1.117 miles
an hour, and the second at 1,147
miles an hour. The average was
submitted as the record.
The Royal Aero Club said the
"droop snoot" became the first
plane to fly more than 1,000 miles
an hour over a measured course
in straight and level flight. These
are the conditions set by the In
erntional Aeronautical Federa
tion tor world records.
Col. Horace II. Ilanes of the U.S.
Air Force set the previous' record
last August. He flew a F100C Super
Saber at just over 822 miles per
hour. Another American plane, the
Bell XLA, has flown at 1.650 miles
per hour but not under record con
ditions.
The "droop snoot" gets its nick
name fron. the needle-pointed nose
which shoots out far in front of
the cockpit. During takeoff and
landing the snoot bends downward
so the pilot can get a better look
at the airstrip.
Peter Twiss, test pilot for the
Fairey Co., put the plane through
its record paces. He Is a 35-year-old
Royal Air Fore ace of World
War II.
The plane has wings swept back
60 degrees. It is powered by a
single Rolls Royce Avon jet. Its
wing span is 26 feet 10 inches and
length 52 feet 3 inches. It first
flew on Oct. 7, 1954.
I YOUTHS INJURED
EVERETT. Wash. Iff - Eight
young Snohomish County residents
were injured early Sunday when
two cars collided on the Sti
Pass Highway, about one mile
north of Snohomish.
Adlai's Backers Hurl
New Charges at Estes
MANCHESTER, N. H. Iff - Adlal
Stevenson's supporters charged
Sunday night that Sen. Kefauver
(D-Tenn) is "receiving money from
the governor of a large state" in
an effort to knock Stevenson out
of contention for the Democratic
presidential nomiation.
The Tennessee senator's backers
labeled the charge "absolutely ri
diculous." They described It as "a
desperate, last minute maneuver"
calculated to influence New Hamp
shire voters who will cast ballots
Tuesday in the nation's first presi
dential primary of 1956.
Kefauver himself, , passing
through Boston en route M Man
chester, labeled the charges "ridi
culous." .
Little Meaty
"We've received mighty little
money from anybody," he told
newsmen at Logan Airport, "and
no governor has given or offered
us any contribution."
- Then he smiled and added:" "
"I wish they would." ,
Kefauver said be also wishes
"Adlal would come up to New
Hampshire himself. I'd be pleased
cv.zy o:
Charge
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the State Prison who rcsisned to
run for state treasurer. Richard
son had indicated he intended to
expand on the charges during
his campaign, but a request by
the Board of Control for a grand
jury probe took the case into le
gal channels.
Several Days
District Attorney Kenneth
Brown, who is directing the in
vestigation, says it will take sev
eral days to hear all the witness
es. The first 23 have been called
to testify Monday, but it was ex
pected that much of the day
would be taken up with testi
mony of Richardson who will be
the first witness.
The state institutions, except
for the prison, were subject of
considerable criticism in a recent
food management report compiled
by Richardson and two' other
state officials, but none of the
report indicated any criminal ac
tivities; Single Diet
Inadvertently, the Statesman's
account of the report said cne of
the criticisms of MacLaren School
for Boys was the serving of one
diet for employes and another
for inmates. The report read
that only one diet was served to
employes and inmates.
1st Luftwaffe
Units to Take
To Air in '57
BONN, Germany Iff The first
combat squadrons of the new West
German air force will be in the
skies by May 1 of next year, the
defense ministry said Sunday.
From then on, one new squadron
will be put into service each month
under a schedule giving the Luft
waffe its full operating strength of
1,300 planes by 1959.
In addition to this combat force,
the Luftwaffe will have about 1,700
planes for training and other pur
poses.
The Defense Ministry said the
new German air force will number
150,000 men by 1959, including 50,
000 in anti-aircraft and construc
tion units.
- This year the Luftwaffe will con
centrate on training. At present,
665 instructors are being trained
with Allied help in Germany, the
United States and Britain. About
300 German pilots are receiving
training in the United States and
at American airfields in South Ger
many.
Twenty-live airfields already are
being prepared for these units.
Eventually, the Luftwaffe will have
47 fields.
The buildup of the air force with
in the next four years will
cost about 952 million dollars the
Defense Ministry said.
Armed Bandits
Raid Firm at
Oregon City
OREGON CITY - The Richfield
service station at 10th and Main
Streets was robbed of an estimat
ed $120 by two men armed with
pistols Sunday morning, state po
lice said.
An attendant, Richard F. Young
of Milwaukie, was reportedly
alone in the all-night station when
the men approached on foot about
S a.m. They scooped about $86
from the cash register and forced
him at gunpoint to open a safe
containing some $25 in a coin box,
Young told police.
The robbers fled after locking
him in a back room and cutting
phone wires, Young said.
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to discuss all matters with him.
That would be much better than
having these supporters make ri
diculous charges."
The New Hampshire primary Is
highlighted by a hot battle between
Kefauver and Stevenson's admir
ers for control of the state's 12
member, 8-vote delegation to the
Democratic National Convention.
Kefauver and Stevenson each are
represented by a complete slate of
delegate candidates.
Demo Oratory
The ballot also includes single
candidates favorable to Gov. Av
erell Harriman of New York and
Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michi
gan. All the traditional last minute
oratory was confined to the Demo
crats. .
In the Republican contest, Presi
dent Eisenhower appears assured
of a decisive victory, although sev
en candidates favorable to Sen.
Knowland (R-Calif) art also run
ning. Both Kefauver and Eisenhower
art unopposed In the preference
poll sections of the two-part bal
lots. r
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DEL MAR, Calif. A small cottontail takes a longing look at Ihis
nine-pound carrot found in the
Nod Seen For
Extension of
Excise Taxes
WASHINGTON UN The House
is expected to vote approval Tues
day of President Eisenhower's re
quest for another one-year exten
sion of business and excise taxes
at their present rates, t-
No opposition was in sight to
legislation cancelling a three bil
lion dollar cut slated under pre
vious law to take effect April
in corporation income taxes and
excises on liquor, autos, gasoline,
special motor fuels and cigarettes,
Eisenhower has said continuance
of the present rates is necessary
for a balanced budget this year
and next, and prerequisite to
fut." general tax reduction or re
payment on the national debt.
Unless blocked by Congress, cor
poration income taxes would auto
matically go down from 52 to 47
per cent and excise taxes drop
back to their various pre-Korean
levels. The extension up for a vote
Tuesday would continue present
rates in effect until April 1, 1957.
Still unsettled this election year
is the touchy problem of indivi
dual income tax relief.
The administration thus far has
given no indication of any soften
ing of its opposition to general tax
reduction except under the most
favorable budget circumstances
and with a sizeable treasury sur
plur in prospect.
By continuing corporation taxes
at 52 per cent, Congress will pre
vent, an estimated revenue loss
otherwise of two billion dollars.
Another billion dollars will be
saved by preserving excises at
their present rates.
300-Foot Fall
Kills Trucker
" OREGON CITY UN A man
identified as Taylor Comer, 47-year-old
Estacada truck driver,
plunged to his death Sunday over
a 300-foot cliff at a lookout point
five miles northwest of Estacada.
He had been missing from his
home since Saturday night.
A rescue team of police and vol
unteers brough!4he broken body
back up the steep cliff in a basket
attached to rope slings, drawn up
by a tow truck winch.
Clackamas County sheriffs offi
cers who investigated the death
said they had no idea how the
man fell over the sheer drop. A
four-foot high chain link fence sep
arates the cliff edge from the road
at that point. '
The body was discovered by Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Weber, West
Linn, who had stopped at the look
out to view the Clackamas River.
Comer's body was sprawled on the
rocks at the bottom of the cliff.
Deputy Fred Abelle said Comer
was seen leaving a nearby tavern
early Sunday morning.
The widow and two children sur
vive. Blaze Damages -M
& M Company
Mill at Portland
PORTLAND UN Fire caused
an estimated $13,000 damage to
the M and M Wood Working Co.'s
plywood mill in north Portland
Sunday morning.
F 1 r m e n, answering three
alarms, rushed to the two-story
metal exterior buildipg and found
that automatic sprinklers had pre
vented spread of the blaze from
the plywood room. Fire Marshal
Dais Oilman said an overheated
dryer in that room caused the
blase. ,
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family garden here by Tommy
British Author Stoned
By Rioters in Cyprus
NICOSIA. Cyprus UN-A British hero-author of World War II was
in serious condition Sunday from
protesting the deportation of Archbishop Makarios.
Maj. Tony Dean-Drummond was the latest victim in a 10-month
wave of violence that has marked the campaign of the 400.000 Greek
speaking Cypriots for union with Greece. The archbishop, Greek
Orthodox leader of the revolt, was
deported Friday on the ground he
was- an instigator of violence that
has taiten the lives of 17 British
servicemen.
Dean-Drummoned was attacked
Saturday night while driving
through Kyrenia by rioters who
stoned his car.
A fellow officer said It was
"touch and go" whether he would
live.
The handsome paratroop officer
took part in Britain's first airborne
campaigns in World. War II. He
was taken prisoner but escaped
and later fought at Arnhcim in
Holland. He told of his experiences
in a book, "Return Ticker which
became a best seller.
Dean-Drummond's wounding and
the killing of a 17-year-old Cypriot
by the explosion of a hand grenade
were the latest incidents of vio
lence. The youth was about to toss
the grenade at a military ambu
lance in the trodos mountains. He
was with a group of rebels who
already had thrown one grenade
which failed to explode.
New Romance
Rumored for
Miss Truman
ZEBULON. N.C. UN A small
town druggist said Sunday he
doesn't know if romance has en
tered into the friendship of his son
and Margaret Truman.
Speculation about the possibility
of a romance started when' E.C.
Daniel Jr., former Moscow cor
respondent for The New York
Times, and the daughter of the
former President came to Zebulon
for a weekend visit with Daniel's
parents, Mr, and Mrs. E.C. Daniel
Sr.' Daniel now works on The
Times' foreign desk.
"They've been friends for
years." said the elder Daniel.
"Whether there's any more to it
tha. that, I couidn t say.
Meanwhile, Miss Truman and
the younger Daniel went motoring.
'"They got the car today and
went on a little outing, said the
newsman s father. They said
there were several places in east
ern North Carolina she wanted to
see."
Mystery Tree
Planter Does
Work at Night
Twt months age a small tree
In the treat yard tf the Ciena
Kelley residence, S49S IHaald
Way, was broken eff apparently
by a ear. The Ktlleys were sur
prised to discover a new tree
laated on tk spot Saaday
BitralBg.
Mrs. Kelley said somrbedy ap
parently plaated the tree durlig .
the night. She said roots of the
damaged while birch tree were
removed and the new tree plaat
t4 Is manner that "leeked
profeniBal".
The Ktlleys wlthed te make
kaowa their gratitude U the
anonymous planter and said
they "guessed there still were
same honest people la the
werld".
At"the time the eld tree was
found damaged, the Kelteys said
they discovered tiro tracks la
their laws.
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Heraandei, 11 The extraordinary
belongs to Ralph Dixon, n, a neignaor noy. Kr nircpnowj.
being stoned by an anti-British mob
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Young Arabs
Mob French
In Algeria
ALGIERS. ' Algeria UN - Two
thousand irate young Arabs stoned
French automobiles and roughed
up some of the drivers Sunday
night at a suburban sports stadium
Tension was high, and further
trouble was expected.
It was almost the first .time
Arabs have turned on the French
in Algiers itself. Outbursts of vi
olence have been rare here despite
fighting between Nationalists and
the French in other parts of the
territory.
The outbreak started when
French and Arabs poured out of the
stadium after a sports event. A po
liceman tried to arrest an Arab
who had thrown a tin can. A men
acing crowd quickly surrounded the
policeman. ;
The young Arabs then started
stoning a long line of French-owned
tars parked around the stadium
Windows were smashed and occu
pants of the cars were insulted.
Meanwhile, French military
sources said . 125 . persons were
killed Saturday in a battle be
tween French troops and National'
1st rebels near Souk Ahras in east
ern Algeria. Earlier reports had
listed only 30 dead. The French
said the casualties included a
large number of the 75 Algerian
infantrymen who deserted to the
rebels Thursday. Twenty-four of
thw deserters were captured, they
added.
The Weather
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FORECAST (from U. S. wtithtf
bureau. McNary Held, Salem I:
Sunny today with ilowly Inrreai
ln cloudlnesa throufh Tuesday, A
tittle warmer, with h!h today, 12
low tonllM. 32.
Temperature at 1201 today wai
SAI.EM MrXIPITATIOM
Sine Start of Weather Tear Sept. I
Thla Year l.ait Year Normal
5003 21.40 21 00
Snowstorm Shoves Bitter
Cold Across
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A vast wake of bitter cold rolled
over the northern Midweit unday
behind driving snowstorm that
dumped up to two feet of snow
In its eastward course toward New
England.
Temperature falls of as much as
30 degrees followed the' blizzard
which Saturday caused three
deaths, choked off air a'hd high
way traffic In at least five states
and stranded 3.S00 high school bas
ketball fans in Wisconsin.
The cold front that whiplashed
in behind tha fast-moving storm
extended freexing weather as far
south as Tennessee and Texas. Be
low zero temperatures were In
prospect Sunday, night northward
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Monday, March 12, 1934
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Klamath Falls
Fire Sweeps
Shopping Unit
KLAMATH FALLS UN - Fire
whipped by a strong wind de
stroyed a big shopping center
Sunday morning, with the loss
estimated at $150,000.
The blaze, believed to have
started in refrigeration motors,
swept through a grocery store,
meat market, bakery, cow storage
plant, tavern and barber shop. The
owner, Harold Mallory, mad the
loss estimated. ' " "
The center was five miles east
of here on the Klamath Falls-
Lakevlew Highway. The suburban
and . Oregon Technical Institute
fire departments battled the
flames four hours but were unable
to save anything. They were ham
pered by the wind, lack of water
and cold weather.
Police Radio
Antenna Made
Of Beer Cans
CHICAGO UV-Chicago's tallest
beer can stands atop the State
Felice Headquarters at Irving
Park Blvd. and Harlem Ave.
Actually, there are 77 cans-
cleaned, dried out and soldered
together to make a new 30-foot
radio antenna. It sits on a ginger
ale bottle -that serves as an in
sulator. Radio operators Orval Wingate
and Thomas Korn made the beer
can antenna, and use it for radio
communications with police of
Buffalo, N.Y- and Wichita. Kan.
Korn said tubular aluminum
probably would have worked just
as well but they used beer cans
because they were cheap and
readily available.
Million Dollar
Loss by Bank
NEW YORK UN The Chase
Manhattan Bank blushed to its
vaults Sunday because somebody
misplaced a one million-dollar
treasury note.
The bank, one of the nation's
largest, called in 120 clerks for a
weekend search of the 4.500 file
drawers In its sub-basement.
But with half the drawers
checked, the non-negotiable U. S.
Series A Treasury note was still
missing. It had been deposited by
a smaller bank. The bank said
there was virtually no chance it
was stolen just filed in the rrong
place.
Middle West
from a line through Colorado,
Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and
UuDer Michigan.
Saturday night lows ranged down
to 24 below at Butte, Mont., 23
below at Grand Forks, N.D., and
xero to 7 below along the South
Dakota-Nebraska and Iowa-Minne
sota border areas.
Its perimeter winds diminished
from such peaks as 63 to 80 miles
per hour gusts at Chicago and De
troit, the storm Sunday carried
lessening snow and rain into New
York state and New England.
, It left snow blankets ranging up
to 24 'nehes at Mitchell, S D ; 1
inches at Sioux Falls. S.D.; 13 Inch
es in southwestern Minnesota. and
Wausau, Wis., and IS inches at
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Southern Bloc
Claims Court
Abused Power
WASHINGTON (AP) Nino
teen senators and 77 represent
tatfvej," all from " the South,
Sunday pledged to exercise)
every lawful means" to re
verse the SupremeCourt rul
ing against school segregation.
They issued a manifesto calling
the court's 1954 decision ait un
constitutional, chaos-c r e a 1 1 a g
"abuse of judicial power."
In a "declaration of constitution
al principles.' they promised to
employ whatever legal devices are
available "to prevent the use of
force" in carrying out the anti-
segregation ruling.
The Southern lawmakers also
said:
In this trying period, as we all
seek to right this wrong, we appeal
to our people not to be provoked
by the agitators and troublemak
ers invading our states and to
scrupulously refrain from disorder
and lawless acts."
Nothing Specific
The manifesto recommended no
specific "lawful- means' of con
testing the decision and maintain
ing segregation in Southern
schools. Nor did It mention the
resolutions of "interposition' by
which some state legislatures have ,
challenged the Supreme Court's
authority to rule in field they
argue is reserved to the states.
But it did assert the high court
justices "undertook to exercise
their naked judicial power and -substituted
their personal political
and social ideas for the established
law of the land."
Signers of the manifesto repre
sented 11 states and nearly 20 per
cent of the total membership of
Congress.
Private Meetings
Sen. Thurmond (D-SC) said the
Southerners have conferred pri
vately for several weeks to work
out a policy statement on desegre
gation and the problems they con
tend it would precipitate. (Picturt)
on wirephoto page.
Sen. George (D-Ga) and Rep.
Howard Smith (D-Va) plan to pre
sent the manifesto to both houses
of Congress at noon Monday.
Although the phraseology dif
fered, the substance of the com
pleted declaration corresponded
closely to excerpts of a draft that
leaked out last week. ,
Thurmond said the committeo
that prepared the final statement
included Democratic Sens. Russell
(Ga.l. Fulbright (Ark.), Daniel
(Tex.), Stennis (Miss.) and him
self. George, at an initial meeting
in his office, earlier had called on
Russell, Stennis and Sen. Ervin
(D-NC) to develop the manifesto
on the basis of a draft submitted
by Thurmond.
Three Omitted
The only senators from the South
who did not sign the manifesto
were Democratic leader , Lyndon
Johnson of Texas and Democratic
Sens. Gore and Kefauver.
The names of two Republi
cans Reps. Poff and Broyhill
of Virginia appeared on the
document. AH the others will
Democrats.
U.S. Bomber
Lost in Africa
TAMPA, Fla. Iff - Macdill Air
Force Base reported Sunday ona
of its B47 Stratojet bombers hat
been missing since Saturday night
on an operational mission in
French Morocco. Three crewmen
were aboard.
CaDt. Robert E. Johnson, public
Information officer, said the bas
has no confirmation of a French
News Aeencv reDort that a B47
exploded in flight near Sebatna in
eastern French Morocco.
He added that was roughly tha
nnsitinn of the last reoort on tha
missing Macdill plane about M
miles southwest of Oran.
He identified the three met
aboard as CaDt. Robert H. Uodjcin.
31, the aircraft commander, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hodgin,
Indianapolis: Capt. Gordon M. Ins
ley, 32. observer, son of Howard
F. Inslpv. Ferndale. Mich.: and
2nd Lt. Ronald L. Kuril, 22, pilot.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos E.
Kurtz, Overland Park, Kan.
Spelling Contest
Scmi-Finals at
Turner Tonight
TURNER Spelling cham
pions of grsdo schools la south
western Marion County will
compete In the semifinals of
The Statesman KSLM Spelling
Contest at Tuner School at
7:45 p.m. Monday.
The winner and first nn
nerup will qualify for tha
grand finals In Salem Thurs
day, March 22, at Parrith Jun
ior High School
The last of the nine semi
finals will he at RlckreaU for
II Polk County schools at 7:45
p.m. Tuesday. Both contests
are open to tha pubUs vltksst-caarfs.
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