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q ',1 - -i 1.1 w w L i 4 m t u . V Av frJ v Senate Farm Hill WASHINGTON ufl Tha Senate' Killed luO million dollnn to the I proposed loll bank payments In in rlertlon year (arm bill Thuri day night end then recned until 10 , m. it.Sf) rrUliiy. Majority ladrr Lyndon B. Johnion abandoned efforts to get the omnlbui bill passed Thursday nitctil after the Senate had been In scsaion for 1 hours. Before recessing, however, the Senate adopted a propoial by Sen, Allott a-Colu) to add the loo million to (ht acreage reserve, or long range part, of the soil bank program. Approval was on voice! vole. As the bill came from the Sen ate Agriculture Committee, it car- rled 730 million dollars for the "Short-term "acreage reserve pro-f Fairvicw Home Testimony Ends Without Indictments Operations of Falrvlew Home, under scrutiny of a special grand jury called to Investigate charges of graft and mistreatment in stale Institutions, apparently got a clean bill of health Thuriday. This was indicated Thuriday night when the grand jury declined to return any Indictments after hearing three days of testimony on the home for mentally deficient Dcrsona located mi!hint nf Kni.m The big write-in vote which Nixon drew in the New Hamp shire primary attracted a lot of publicity, but the victory of Sen ator Kefauver for the presidential preference in the Democratic Party is a subject for close bi partisan study. Since Stevenson elected not to compete in New Hampshire a Kefauver victory had been conceded. However, a slate of delegates favorable to Steven son was on the ballot. Kefauver won all 12 delegates, with a vote of over 21.000 to 5,132 write-ins for Adlai. With the encouragement of this strong New Hampshire en dorsement the tall senator from Tennessee is contesting vigorously for the preference in Minnesota where both candidates are active. The primary there is next Tues day. Stevenson has the advantage because he has the Democrat Farmer Labor organization for him, headed by Sen. Humphrey and Gov. Freeman. Any sign of weakness on the part of Stevenson in the Minnesota primary , will weaken his prospects for winning the nomination. He remains, how ever, the man in frdnt. -What is wracking the Democrats t present 1s the sharp split on civil rights issues. The Manifesto signed by most of the Democratic senators and representatives from Southern states, land few Re publican congressmen) stirred up a big reaction in the Senate where it was formally presented by ven erable Senator George. Morse and Ncuberger and Humphrey prompt ly took issue with the substance of the Manifesto. Morse scoffed at vuminu-u on cuuviuu page, i. - m WT , moon, Venus dnf Tn rrntlt rr VSlsl J. llsSStlsf InWestSkv 7 That spot Salem area folk saw In front of their eyes Thursday eve ning when looking at the moon wasn't from indigestion. It was the planet Venus. wnai viewers ODservea in me western sky was the thin disc of the moon floating within close proximity of the brightest of planets. The distance between the two objects . waa less .than the moon's diameter. GtnHnnta nf actrnnimv tfliri the spectacle win appear even bright er this evening because Venus is moving, toward the earth and will continue to do so for several days. No danger of a Venus-moon col lision, through. While angle of vi sion has the 4wo bodies seeming ly huggin one another, they're still many millions of miles apart, a S t m. . Sec. Page Babson Report ....III I Business Pace ..III. I Classified .IV 4-7 Comes the Dawn I..- 4 Comics ........L.....N.. Crossword ... III.. 9 Editorials . Food ....., .. U. 4 111 14 Hatlo Cartoon III ... 13 Home Panorama .. II 1-3 Market III-.-. I Obituaries .. ....III I Radio, TV II 6 Sports ................ IV..- 14 Star Gator .......... I . t Valley II 4-5 Wirephoto Page ..IV t 111 bet yea joit Bk me for any k - v, yearta Still Unfinished gram and JV million fuhe long range rowMTvnllon reirrve, a total of I 1,100,000.000, The 750 million li authored ta reimburse (armert ho reduce their plantings of wheat, cotton, corn, rice, peanuts and tobacco, all major crops. The conservation reserve applies to any crop lands that are convert ed to frais, trees, water storage, game refugees or similar comer vatlon mes. ' The sol bank program still has 10 vo,ed on ln SenM Earlier the Senate approved t "dual parity" ayitem of price sup ports for basic cropi,' which prom ises farmers about 400 milllor dol- lars more in benefits this year. (Additional det., Page 1, See. 1.) i It was expected that If any serious crime were discovered the grand jury would have acted when testi mony on the institution was com pleted. Centers an tloipital Today the topic of Investigation will shift to Oregon State Hospital. Al Richardson, whose charges in an announcement and letters for his state treasurer' "candidacy sef off the lengthy probe, will be first to testify when the grand jury re sumes this morning. He also testi fied at the beginning of the Fair view Investigation and will be re called as each of the four other institutions is taken up. District Attorney Kenneth Brown, who called the probe on request of the State Board of Control, said Hillcrest and MacLaren schools would follow the state hospital on the probe list.-The State Deaf School and State Tuberculosis Hos pital will be taken up last, he in dicated. Oregon State Penitentiary and the State Blind School have so far not been enbroilcd. lacludiag Superintendent Ten witnesses testified Thursday on Fairvicw including Dr. Irvin Hill, superintendent, and his chief aide Dr. Dominic Callicrate. -It was not known whether the grand jury would take action on each institution separately or save a report for conclusion of the In vestigation. It was expected that the questioning of witnesses on the State Hospital would not be con cluded before next week. C of C Seeks U.S. Aid for Auditorium A Salem Chamber of Commerce committee will study whether Sa lem might be eligible for federal funds to help finance a public au ditorium or other project under the present "urban renewal" program. In some cities where blighted areas are taken over for general improvement, the urban renewal section of the Housing and Home Finance Agency Is providing two thirds of the needed funds. When the Salem Chamber's Me tropolitan Planning Division exe cutive committee heard about the program at a meeting Thursday morning. itauthor1zedChatrman Robert D. Gregg to appoint a com- mittee to investigate whether Sa lem has an run down or aging areas, either residential or com mercial, which might qualify for federal funds. . Sun to Stay, Forecast Says "More nun-kissed weather is the forecast for today and Saturday in the1 Salem area, according to forecasters at McNary Field. The forecast indicates that area atudents are going to get 'a full week's cooperation from the weather man. Sunshine ''has greeted youngsters all week while enjoying annual spring vacation. High temperature reading Thursday was 61 and the early morning low was 28. Temper atures are expected to remain about the same the next two days. New Law May Force 14 Non-High Areas Into By THOMAS G. WRIGHT JR. , Staff Writer, The Statesman Salem school district snay In herit same 14 adjacent area schools and 1,401 mare pupils in two canities as a result ef a new law which is abolishing a.n high ncbMl districts la Oregaa. Tbe law, passed by. the IKS Legislature, gives districts wltb at high schools natfl Jnly 1. list, to consolidate) with a Battled district, Jala a anion high dis trict or begla eperatioa ef their ewa Ugh school to take care of the pupils. Farced to take action ander the laaf-'arr some It nan high : districts la Marian County. With little likelihood af formation of any new Ugh school districts, all apparently have a choice af Join ing the nnlfled districts ef Salem. 'Jeftersea, Detroit or Weodbara, IOJiS Year Bad Luck Holds For Salem Teams In A-l Tourney EUGENE - Both latent high ar koala were bounced (ram the state A-l basketball tourney here Thursday as they hnt games far Ibe aacond day la a raw. South Bairns bowed ta Pendte toa, tt SI, aad Nartk Salens to Beavertoa, M-M. Drfeadleg state rhamploa Eegeae also loot Thursday, la Franklin High, M W.'ts) overtime.-" ' (Add. details ea starts pages.) Two Redmon(i rr a . unicers onot In Gun Battle REDMOND UB - Two algM policemen la this Central Ore gee lawa were waunded early Friday la a sunlight with ee cupaan ( late-madel ear. , Mrsl reparta aald the ear was traveltlag the wrong way dawa aae-way street, and the two policemen started chasing It la a patrol car. They -cangbt ap ear a service station and ex cbangfdiholiwltk Jh eceu. pants. Clarence Durgaa was sbat la the left side and was la sertons condition. Leonard Klrby, with an arm wound, was lets ser loesly hurt. Both policemen were hospitalized. The tar sped away after the shooting. Salem Lad's Legs Broken By Automobile A 10-year-old Salem boy suffered fractures of both legs Thursday afternoon when struck by a car in the 3300 block of D street, accord ing to city police. Injured was Robert E. Nordyke, 1086 Vinyard St., who was rushed by Willamette ambulance to Salem General Hospital after the 5:30 p.m. accident. Attendants listed his injuries as a compound fracture of the right leg. a fracture of the left leg and a head abrasion. His condition later was described as "good." Driver of the car. according to officers, was Donovan Claire Cox, 1261 Hawthorne St. His IVi-year-old son, Michael, riding with him, suffered a minor mouth bruise, po lice said. Cox told police he saw the Nordyke boy start to cross the road, hit his brakes but was un able to avoid striking the lad. Pamphlets on Bond Issues Nearly Ready Illustrated booklets outlining the bond issue and special tax meas ures which will be on the city bal lot May 18 will be printed in the fiexTTew-aays; They have been prepared under supervision of Charles Barclay, as sistant to the city manager. Pur pose and costs of each proposal will be explained and overall tax impact will be presented. Plans are being considered for door to door distribution of the booklets, possibly by Willamette University fraternity men interest ed in giving aid to a public proj ect.: ,W Funds for Radar Fence Approved WASHINGTON W - The Senate Thursday rushed through a bill making available an additional 72 million dollars for work on the Distant Early Warning (DEW line) system in northern Canada and Alaska....,., ,, .-.,. REDS HEAR AMERICANS MOSCOW 11 American church rrfcn preached in Moscow's Bap tist Church Thursday night and more than 2,500 Russiar crowded in to hear them. Salem School District or the anion Ughs at Turner" (Cascade), Gervais. North Mar lon, St. Paal, Silvertoa or Stay, toa. Of the M, only six would be likely to seek admittance to districts other than Salem. Complications ef the law win probably block any ceusolldaliaa .moves with Salem aatll alter the 157 Legislature, Salem school officials said Thursday. Dr. Wai ter Snyder, superintendent of Sa lem ecbeels, said be would rec ant me ad against eonsolldatiea aa til the legislators act to amend a 1SJ law gevernlag retirement and social security of school em ployes, 1 , Under, the law,' school officials ' say they would be required to fire, rehire aad re-enrall each of the district's employes . every time the makeup of the district waa cbaaged by consolidation. 4 HCTIONS-44 PACES 0 Creole Near Turner Yields Young Bandits1 Loot Holding T-Shlrt that was esed as mask la Birthday Party hold ip at Marion community, IS miles south ef Salens, Is Sheriff Denver Young ef Marion County. LnVerne Tmltt, IS, U. 8. Air Farce, (right), who Is charged with participation la the armed robbery, led police to creek near Tamer front which snaik and stolen &; it; If' .---4 - i 1 I- EZZ. r t lu,. 1 r 7. : 4 State policemen and a deputy sheriff dragged small creek aear Tamer Thursday for items taken In burglaries and an armed robbery la Turner-Sclo-Marioa area Wednesday. A doxea, "birthday gifts," two shotguns and clothing were recovered at this spot during hour-long search. Scene is two miles southeast of Turner. (Statesman Photos by John Ericksen, Staff Photographer). Scientist at Caltcch Suggests Parts of Planets to Use as PASADENA, Calif, tfl - Re vamping the solar system to create a hundred new planets with a cli mate like Earth's was proposed Thursday by a noted astrophysicist as way of solving humanity's biggest problem overpopulation. Dr. Fritz Zwicky, California In stitute of Technology rocket ex pert, told a reporter that such a project is definitely within the realm of possibility. Dr. Zwicky envisions scooping Salem, however, will welcome all districts that want to come la, Dr. Snyder said, but will make no effort to Induce them to do so even though ia most cases the Incoming districts will bring with them a favorable tax bal ance per child. Salem's per child valuation Is $2 J88 while the aver age among the 14 districts is about tJ.JOO. The districts. If brought la In their entirety would add about five million dollars to the vaca tion of the Salem district. They are Sunnjrside, Pear Lake, Brooks, Willard, Prafum, Ratel Green, Lake LabUh, FruiUand, Bethet, Labhh Center, Mac lea y aad Baena Creat schools la Mar lon County, and Popcorn aad Eola distrieta of Polk County. (Additional details ea Page 12. fee. t) FCUHDHD 1651 The Oregon Statesman, ailed as r. s v up great portions of the major planets, such as Jupiter, Saturn and. Neptune, and 'transferring them to smaller planets and their satellites then changing the or bits of the enlarged planets to make their course around the sun roughly comparable to that of our Earth. Bumping the planets out of their orbits, transferring great masses of matter across space, all this can be accomplished, the scientist said, through proper use of the energies released by man's new weapon against the cosmos - the explosion of the atom. Instrument of Salvation ' The hydrogen bomb, Dr. Zwicky said, may not necessarily be the instrument of man's destruction. It may be the Instrument of his salvation. "The greatest problem man faces here on earth," he said, "is overpopulation, with its accom panying economic and political problems. , "There are far too many of us now, and It will be even worse In the future. . . The answer to this problem . is virtually within our grasp if only we would seize it." Just how does the world go about transferring whole races to other planets? Must Provide Planets "First, you have to provide suit able planets," he sail. "The forces we have Unleashed with the hydro gen bomb make lt possible to do this. We can bomb Jupiter and other major planets out of their orbiU and into other orbits more w Jatom, Oregon, Friday, March Birthday Bandits f items were recovered. State Police Lt Farley Magaa (left), directed hour-long search ef creek for stolea items. Holes la T-shirt were cut for bandits to see through during armed robbery at Ea1 Huber home la Marlon. y V . ' Blasting Of f Sparc Earths to our liking. We can transfer great masses from the surfaces of the big planets to thi smaller; planets and satellites and make them larger. The scientist was reluctant to explain just how great masses of material could be transferred from one planet to another. ' "I could tell you," he said, "but it would take three weeks to lake it clear. But if we can move plan ets, we certainly could move parts of planets, couldn't we?" Political (Parade The Oregon Statesman's exclusive "Political Parade" h now being assembled and will start In this newspaper within a few days. ' " - - - rrrrrr "Political Parade" was evolved by The Statesman several years ago as the most equable means ef acquainting readers with candidates for offices, and ef giving candidates a chance te make themselves knewa. The series consists ef 200-word stories prepared by er for the candidates la any manner tbey wish. Invited to participate are candidates for state, county (Marion and Polk) and Salem City offices who havepppo aitlon in trwrMajTl 8 "primarie or willface opposition- in November. "Political Parade" Involves ne obligstloa, financial er ether wise, en the part of the candidates. Nor does it involve The Statesman as endorsing or opposing whatever views they express. It is strictly a public service project. You wilMirKi interesting reading in th 50 Of W;"FIJ-. tical Parade" stories to start soon In 14, If 34 PC1CI Conferences Pack Salem With Visitors Salem Is a busy conference town this week with some 650 attending three separate meetings today- following the Class A-2 basketball tournament and county school su perintendents' meeting earlier here this week. One of the most Important con ferences going en today is the two-day meeting of some 200 per sonnel of the Oregon state forestry department and representatives of cooperating agencies which opened Thursday. (Picture Page 5, Sec. 1.) Approximately 300 school lunch workers from over the state regis tered Thursday for a two-day ses sion of the Oregon School Food Services Association convention. Another 150 opened the three-day convention of the Distributive Edu cation Clubs of Oregon. These visitors came on the de parting heels of the approximately 5,000 who visited Salem for the three-day basketball tournament. which ended Wednesday night. (Additional conference details, Page I, Sec. 11 - - ' Yule Comes Late for Tot In Portland PORTLAND Of Santa Claus arrived nearly three months late Thursday for Linda Carol O'Bray, solemn five-year-old Portland girl, who had her first real Christmas at home The child has spent her previous Christmases at the Shriners Hos- P'tal for Crippled Children here, with steel pins through her hips and braces on ner legs Linda was born with no hip sock ets and has had three major op erations to correct this difficulty. GOLD CONFISCATED MANILA un One hundred gold bars valued at $100,000 were con fiscated Thursday night aboard the liner President Wilson shortly be fore she sailed for Hong Kong. The gold was found in a cabin. Your COMPLETE Nwspoper Si Ma. Ill Mother Gives Son ToPolice Police Recover Leoot in Creek Near Turner By OTAkLES IRELAND Valley Editor, The Statesnua Two youths, charged with ter rorizing a dozen women and three children at a birtbdayuirty hold up in Marion community Wed nesday night, were in custody Thursday. A 12 year -old Keizer boy who accompanied them alsa wss apprehended. Sheriff Denver Young said Air man 2e LuVerne TruitL 18. wit arrested at his Keizer area home where he was on furlough from the Air Force. Late Thursday night. Young said, aa intense search for Earl Elden Lane, 1, of U3 Ferry St... Salem, ended abruptly whea Lane's mother brought him to the sheriff's office. Recorded Statement Sheriff Young said Truitt re' corded a statement that he took pan in a series ot metis and a' burglary ln Marion and Linn Counties Wednesday. Young said' Lane was being questioned early today concerning the same events. Tne sheriff said both Truitt and Lane were booked on chara-" es of armed robbery. Most spectacular of the eventa with which the two are charged. Young said, was a Birthday Club party Hold up at Marion. The sheriff said a brjef spree ia which the youths are chdrged wila . participation unfolded like this: Truitt, the 12-year-old boy and. a third youth left Salem Wednes ' day afternoon In Truitt't car. They Woke into a farm home near Tur ner, taking a watch which they traded at Jefferson for gasoline and a tire-repair. Cans Taken Next they broke Into the Roy.: Ward Hui.llinff n.ir S-l nk... ' two shotguns, a radio and jewel case were reported missing. . About 10:30 p.m. Wednesday they drove past the Earl Huber home at Marion where a dozea members of the community' Birthday Cub were holding their monthly party. They were about to climax festivities with an ex change of wrapped gifts which 1. . 1 L.I L. , . porch of the Huber house. About that time, the youths drove by, saw the gifts on the porch, and took them. Wearing head-masks made from T-shirts and brandishing a shot gun, the two approached the front door and rang the bell. 'Stick 'Em Up' They said 'stick em up and I replied 'Oh, you're kidding'," said Mrs. Huber. But they weren't IriddingrThey- herded the women and children . into a play-room adjacent to the parlor wnere the party baa been. in progress. Tbey ransacked the women t purses, taking an estimated $50, most of It from Mrs. Glen Gentry. Unknown to the bandits, Mrs. Dave Niesse slipped out a rear door. She kicked off her high heels, ran barefooted several hundred yards, then caught a ride to the home of Harold (Cap) Smith from where authorities were notified of the robbery. Meanwhile, the bandits tore out telephone wires in the Huber bouse and ordered the women not to move for 1) minutes. Thea they took a .38 revolver from the house and drove off. The bandits drove north about five miles and dumped most of the stolen loot into a small creek. Truitt led authorities to the spot Thursday and state police men recovered most ot the loot. Young said he had gone to Truitt's home ln Ke'w to check on a report of a missing girL While he wss there,' Truitt men tioned that he lu.6 been in the Marion area the night before. A tire imprint, taken at the "birth day party" home, helped solve the case, " " ."""" ". The childish-faced lad, a vet eran of two years in the Air Force, had returned to the Salem area three weeks ago on a morale furlough. He was married here . on Leap Day. - The -12-year-old boy will be turned over to juvenile . author ities. Young said. The Weather -Hasv- ai - si - 17 Mia. Fro, is .aa 28 M 19 i .00 as .oo S3 .08 40 ,00 4S M n i .M SIm; Portland Baktr . Medford North Bond SO San fram-iKO . SS Ln Angtlcs 11 Chicaeo ., S4 tint Vork . I 40 M tm Wlllametta J vir I T f. FORECAST Mrom V. 8 Wath bur-ait McNary tlo. Balam): Moatly fair today, tonight ana Sat urday; Man botlt day a as, low ta night S4. " . .... 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