(Sec. I) Statesman. Salem, Ore., Sat., April 7, Vm
Acid-llurling Thug'
May Have Escaped
If ARTIIl'R W. EVERETT
NEW YORK UB - A (hug who
hurled sulphuric acid Into th
eyet ef tabor eohimnlst Victor
Ilieacl may have fallen into poltc
hands Immediately after lit at
tack, then talked his way free.
Thti was Indicated Friday In a
Try for Quick
End to Fong
Trial Fails .
PORTLAND ( An effort to
negotiate I qukk end to tht
Ways Fong murder trial appar
ently failed her rrlday and tht
detenu opened H caw In the aft
ernoon, following morning long
recess. , .
Defense attorney John P. llan
Don called hii first witness at 1
Ji m., .after flurry of rumors
hat Fong at considerlnf plea
f guilty to manslaughter In bid
(or a short prison temv Th S7-
year-old Chinese , li accused of
having i part Id the slaying of
Diane Hank, II. Portland high
Khooi girt who wa a frequent
baby titter for the Feng.
Th (tat contend! that Tang
was Involved In a narcotlct racket
and that th girt cam to know too
much about it. She disappeared
arly la IM4 and her body rat
found tevra weeks later, trusted
In a blanket alongside a road near
w'ashougal. Wash. ...
Fong i wife. Sherry, was eon
vktcd of socond-degre murder
last December. Sh hu appealed.
Both were convicted la an earlier
joint trial but this verdict wat let
atld and new trials ordered. ,
The trial, which earlier was ex
pected ta go U th jury Friday.
bow will go Into an overtlm ses
sion Saturday morning.
Father Mixup
Case Studied
In Eugcn,c( ::
EUGEMt tP- the; ca
of
thrMwrMniwhaeuninthevme a
defrauded by a man they bclievrd ,
to b their fathr. was btinj i
ttudied by Circuit Judge William
Fort Friday.
Th ess involve tht eslat of
Mrt. Corrtn Wllsk Phillips,
mother ef th three. The plaintiffs,
Mrs. Thelma Cordon, Portland;
Carl F. WUsk Jr., Roseburg. and
Gerald N. Wilak. Eugen. con
tend that Edward J. Phillip in
duced them to sign waivers to
th.1 na4 In It..! nulW.
They said they were brought up
believing that Phillips was their
father. They discovered after their
mother's death, however, that
their real father la Carl F. Wllske
ef Champaign, HI., and that their
mother had run away with Phillips
la the late 1920s.
Tht thrt claim th estat is
Worth from $50,000 to 1100,000.
Judgt Tort I hearing th cat
without a jury.
"Aurr.svilla Darn
Pavilion"
Dancing
Saturday Nights
Wtittrn By
Urry end HIS r
Ccscdi
Rsn:a Ridsrs
awf
Arlut THE
Jolly Cowboy
Ak. $1.00, Inc. Tax
DANCE
TOIIITEI
; DAYTON
IECION HALL
" MutI by
IYLE
tnd th
VYESTERNAIKS
Ivary Sat. NlgSt
9:30 to
Adm. l.H (Tag
Cotfonwoods
Every Sat. Night
Jack Kizziah
Antl Hit
lIIswTexas
: Ramblers
i Adm. 1.00, tix Inc. 1 ':
; IltrtafKSLM
; Ii30-4i00 P. M.
1130
Inc.) W 1
Vak-4
report hy an Unnamrd policeman
ftiiw .om f"""R ........
running from th scene of the as-1
tault at about Ui Urn lUwwl was
se upon. , '
The man told the cop he was
running from two Puerto Rlrans
who had tried to hold him up. The
ofllcrr let the man go and went In
search of th Puerto Rtcans, but
without finding them,
Drwrlptlont MUrk
Th polieman'i description of
thx maa tallied with descriptions
of th acid hurltr wh confronted
Rlesel early Thursday as he left
Llndy's restaurant at Brcadway
and Slit St.
Riesel, facing posslbl loss of
his eyesight, attributed the vicious
assault to a radio broadcast ear
lier In which he had attacked
racketeers In th International
L'nloo of Operating Engineers
Newspaper and radio circlet,
aghast at th intimidation implied
In th attack, joined with other
agencies In offering rewards to'al
Ing mor Wan $30,000 for appre
hension of the acid Hurler.
Ne ..papers as far away as Mi
ami and Omaha offered rewards,
tl. 101 Reward
And a fl.OoO reward was of
fered by th very union local Rii
se: has bitterly atlacked-Loog Is- T" F . : 'T.' r..m Y"""-'1' r
land Joca. of th. Operating tlS!S
Engineers.
Some newspapermen- expressed
hope that a quick arrest and pun-
Ishment would put such attacks oa
working owsmea in th urn cat-
egory as so-called "cop killings."
By tradition, police seek . harsh
and soeedv Justice for anverlmln-!
at who kilU on of their number. I
Salem Seabec
Unit Ranks
High in Exam
Thirteenth N.vJ Dl.tlrrt In-
ipectors Indicated a high score
for Salem Reserve Seabea Di
vision 13-0 In in all-day inspec
tion Friday at the Training Cen
tj ;
ter on Airport Rotd.
criticism.;
criticisms, pna
le 33 member
el asrifUaBfifUtaw
' They made no
commented that the
mad a "very good appearing
I" personnel Inspection Friday
insptruon raiinus ar rx
pected in about three months.
after completion of Inspections
of th 13 divisions In th district
Inspector! were Ctpt H. W.
Rlsteen, district engineer; Cmdr.
J. R. Croat, Ens. R. T. Hart and
Ens. D. W. Richardson. All ar
from district headquarter at
Seattle, Wish.
Lava Boils
On Slopes
Of Mt. Etna
CATANIA, Sicily I Three matter would still give the people
fiery rleert of boiling lava poured , chanceto lnltlat repeal or to
down the flanks of towering Mt. i vote out of offices thos represent a
Etna Friday as the ancient vol- uVet with which they did not agree,
cano threatened to explode into j c,,!., ... 0DDOricnt! GtorfC
its most Violent eruption in recent
years
Experts from Catania's volcano
Institute said th situation was
"worsening." But there were no
Immediate threats to the small
villages clustered at the foot of
th nearly two-mil peak emit
ting a brilliant glow at night and a
towering plume of smoke by day.
Bend Area
Crash Fatal
BEND, Ore. I An automo
bile ran out of control on t'.S
Highway 20 about five miles north
of here Thursday night, killing the
driver.
He was Sgt. Harold H. Chaney,
21, formerly of Pocatello, Idaho,
a member of the Bend air defense
filter center staff. He wag a Ko
rean War veteran.
Chanr-y's car plunged off the
highway,, hit a rock and then
rolled tti feet down a hill, Stat
Police tald.
Good Music Big CMwdi
Sat. Nite
Crystal Gardens
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SAN Ql'ENTIM, Cal Robert
0. Pierce. 27, went kicking
and trreamlag I drsih la the
gss chamber here Friday for
the murder at a Oakland
cab driver. (Story oa psge
one.) (AP Wlrepbot)
Sales Tax
Sentiment Up
At Meet Here
(Star? else aa page 1.)
Aa average tax Increase of $.
140 a vear Tor the lower 73 per cent
of the taxpayers under a sales tax
m A sraiiiau Btt ah tianni.
of Commerce.
The prediction came from Robert
Hall, chairman of the Po"Jan,,
Chamber of Commerce Tax Coro-i
mlt- no u,i ,he fo,vi""ed "
'alettax becaus U would provld
a broader bas of Uxatloo and,
Hall, chairman of the Portland
strengthen the eenomy of Oregon.
Considerable sentiment wat
voiced. at th session for a talet
tax patterned after th California
systerri which incorporate a com
bination of tax basis Including a t ,
per cent sale tax. Food Items ar j in conjunction with the second an
exempt under th California plan. ' nual Oregon Broadcasters Confer
Considerable Stady ' (net.
Sen. Ue Ohmart laid th Interim Mount tucceedt PaulE. Walden,
Tlx CommlttM wai devoting con-1 mnr of ,
W . I
n an it a nnuininiv ai oiiiiiinv i
at a possibility of offsetting
th 4S per cent surtax on Incomes
voted by the IKS Legislature.
Under present laws a sales tax
would be referred to the people
'
"? Pa- . . , !
Cf n! a Tsisr nnrrrVniailnnA VatTi
State Tax Comroivsloncr Sam
Stewart reminded the group that j
incom uxe were oeieaieo i or i
time befor they were finally ap
proved In Oregon.
Most consideration Frfday went
to a Senate Joint Resolution 4
(SJR-4) which would repeat th
provisions requiring the Legislature
to refer all new tax measures to
th people 4or approval.
Slreag Plea
Ohmart, former Stat Sen. Eu
gene Marsh who was chairman of
the clinic. Hall, William E. Bade
and Lousi Humphreys of th Ore
gon Tax Research all Joined a
strong plea for removing what they
termed "ahacklet" on the legis
lature In tax considerations. They
said giving the legislature emer
gency clause powers over money
BrDwn Portland labor leader, and
Rep. Pat Dooley of Portland, said
giving emergency powers to the
legislature on tax measures Is Just
a way of getting around the will
of the people.
Brown said the only reason for
approval of SJR-4 is to establish
i . . ... ...
f 'T ,no ' ln"
lraia)aiui w uvtiiru. aav oeaivi u wo
conceivable that the legislature
could past a sales tax in 1857 under
the plan, that II could not be re
pealed by Initiative until November
1958 and the legislature could re
establish it early in 1959.
Reason Denied
-pooley-denleaaUtheJcasoiWBA; tKNvm sovcm
sales lax diiis nau always uevn
defeated in the past was because
It was presented as an additional
tax, not as a substitute tax. He said
the 1948 tax had appeared as an
offset for existing taxes and iuL)(n
-i:n ii.. j.r..,.j aoa.nu.
Mill BUUIIUIJT UUICUICU.
In the end the 350 representatives
from nearly all Oregon counties
gave overwhelming vole to a
motion for adoption of SJR14. They
also adopted a resolution to author
ize appointment of a steering com
mittee to guide sentiment of those
attending to ill areas of the Kate.
IOWA GOP BLESSES IKE
DKS MOINES I Iowa Re
publicans picked a zn-member na
tional convention delegation Fri
day in a harmonious state con
vention which endorsed President
F.lsenhower for re-election and
had kind words to say for Vice
President Nixon. .
FLEET REJOINED
BREMERTON. Wash, t - The
t'SS Franklin D. Roosevelt, sec
ond In size only to super-aircraft
carrier Forrestal, rejoined the ac
tive fleet at recommissloning cere
monies here Friday.
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J.ihn Wavna A, UuifO Harall In
Til.OOfl Al.t.IY"
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In "GOOD MORNING, MISS
UOVf
Car Topples
Light Pole
A pedestrian "walkM light pole
was knocked down by a car Fri
day night when the auto'i brakes
apparently failed to hold.
Maxln Alley, Mottlson, JM
Wayside Terrac, ioiq por ""land not advantage! of th area.
accident about 1:40 p. m. on
Fairgrounds Road at Highland
Avenue occurred when Iter brakes
failed to Uke effect. Al there
were care slopped la front of her
for th traffic signal, sh attempt
ed to stop her car by rubbing thi
wheels against th curb, she said.
Th car. which cam to rtst
against a power pole after knock
ing down the pedestrian light, was
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EUGENE i - Jame Mount,!
manager of radio station KGW In!
Portland. Friday wat elected ,
resident of (he Oregon
5 t I t t I
Broadcasters Assn., meeting here
ST," .OT ddS
w
and Carl 0. Fisher, manager of
KUGN la Eugene, il secretary-
treasurer,
Irwin :dams. manager of ,
Johnson, manager 01 KMED.'
MeHford. were named to the hoard
ji a . i
nf Hireinr
xne conference close Saturday.
200 Girls
Register for
Baptist Meet
More than 100 girl registered
Friday for the 40th anniversary
meeting of Oreion Baptist Fellow
ship Guild at Calvary Baptist
Guild at Calvarv Baptist Church.
"Clouds of Witnesses" is the .
theme of this first state convention
In six years to be held at Salem.
A play was presented by Whit ;
Temple girl of Portland Friday ,
evening.
Stale officer attending the meet-
ing are Joann Holtan, Newberg. '
chairman; Marilyn Simonsen, as-'
sistant; Lorraine Bagley, Salem,
scribe; Delore Greenwalt, Helix,
steward; Mary Ellen McCarty,
Springfield, song leader: Judy
Radmacher, Portland, editor, and
Mrs. Roy Reed, Portland, direc
tor. Albany to Vole on
i Fluoridation Issue
ALBANY. Ore. W Tht ques
tiop of fluoridating Albany's water
supply will be on the May 11 elec
tion ballot.
The City Council authorlied the :
vote.
FLINT, Mich. ( - Police In
eastern Michigan Friday sought j
three or four gunmen who staged j
a daring lunch-hour hold-up of a!
Flint branch bank that netted
lea( (farbersliop nk
THIRD ANNUAL ROTARY
Barbershop Song
P a f a (1 c"
Saturday Evening, April 7, 1956
North Salem High Auditorium
8 P.M.
M1UMHG:
9 of fftt) tVorfirwtsts Top Barbershop
JO-Voice CiWvs or flie 5ofcm Stnatt-Airtt
Sponsored by the Salem Rotary Club
and the Salem Senate-aires for the
Benefit of the YMCA Summer Camp
Tickets Available at Stevant
Farmer Files
Suit to Halt
OSC Articles
EUGENE W! - A Fort Rock
farmer's suit to stop Oregon Hint
College from publiahlni articles
that might discourage others from
Investing In the Fort Hock area
was filed her Friday,
The suit earlier waa brought In
Lake County, but was dismissed
there as lielng in th wrong coun
ty. Th suit filed her named th
Stat Board of Higher Education
as on of th defendants. The
board's chancellor has his office
and bom here.'
Th suit was filed with Philip
If. Pitman at plaintiff, seeking a
restraining order In circuit court.
The suit ir.ert( an article In an
OSC publication, "Oregon'! Ajri
cultural .'rogrest," wat a "ma
licious attempt" to dlscourag de
velopment of th Fort Rock basin
in Lake County. Pitman said th
; aniC told only of disadvantage
The .suit is aimed at stopping any
similar articles in tha future.
Baghdad Pact
Confab Draws
U.S. Envoys
WASHINGTON OP - Tht United
Statet announced Friday one of
iti top dlplomati will head a dele
gation of U. S. observers at th
April II meeting of th Baghdad
Pact at Tehran.
He it Loy W. Henderson, deputy
undcrtccretiry and veteran Mid
dle East expert.
Lincoln White, itat department
fWiktftaimafi ajfiua wnmAm that .
..Wf irt ,,, pr.p,,. to .j.
h,re to it (lh. .... , thll timt
UawnHaisxnM mm U'kllaft ... at
aiiiuvi nun, mo tv iisitj yt i9
"knows th Middle East area very
well." Hit selection was dellber-
ately decided upon by President
Eisenhower and Secretary of Stat
Dulles, it was learned, to demon
strate U. S. support of th fiv
nation alliance against commun
ism, even though this country bat
no lmmedltt plant for Joining it.
v
McKAV, SMITH TO TAiaK
J! -fWJt
Kay and Gov. Elmo Smith will b
principal speakers at the annual
. ........
spring convention of th Pacific
Seedinen s Assn. here April 27-21.
VVoodburn Drive-In
Friday, Saturday and Suaday
"WYOMINO RINIOADES"
Phil Carey
plua
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Loretta Young
Opea :J9-Start 7 P.M.
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Frozen Atoms Eyed
As Help to Missiles
WAblIINGTON W Govern
ment sciential disclosed Friday
experiments with frozen atoms
that may contribute significantly
to the nation's mlsallrt develop
ment program.
Using a tcchnlflt (hot pro
duces (roien "flames," Ihcy said
they bellev they hnv caught
atomi ot hydrogen, oxygen and
nitrogen In solid form.
Tht national Bureau of Stand
ards said th studies by Its sci
entists could b meaningful .In
rich divers field is rocket pti.
pulsion, solid-stale physics, basic
chemistry and food iterliliuthn
by rsdiatlon.
4n experiments so far, th bu
reau Mid, pieces of ' moiecluei
thtt exist only for a brief instsnl
In hot gtses and flames hav ten
froirn solid at 430 degree below
tero. Scientist bellev th toDota
tory work ha produced . In a-iIKi
form atomic nitrogen, oxygen,
possibly atomic hydrogen tnd in
"unstable" molecule consisting of
an atom each of hydrogen and
axvaan.
These Komi art cilled unstiblt
specie or "fre ridlcalt" t
caus they ar not found under
normal conditions, la a fraction
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said, normal nitrogen or oxygen
molecules are broken Into
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rrcombtning, the atoms
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sucked Into a ion where liquid
helium plummets th tempera
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Mtiitlc CaKadt Wondarlandl Sea tha True Beauty
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Advcntura Story Thtt Tikes Its Stand Beside
"SHANE", "HIGH NOON" and "RED RIVER", He
Fought the Sioux as Fiercely i He loved one of
Their Womenl
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llu iltrrisi'BETSY PAIMU
WAR0BON0
Firm to Raise
Airliner From
Pliget Sound
TAC0MA W A Ticoma lug
boat company Friday was give
th green lliilit to raise 1
wreckage of a Hi million doll.tr
Stratocmlser that lies deep In fu
get Round.
Frsnk MiKlveen. civil aeronait-
lies ooara agent in cnarge, oia
the lacoma lugooat linn wiu be
gin Monday after television ram
eras hsve probed the 111 fa ed
craft from every angle.
' Four of th M passengers ar
known lo be dead, A fifth is mint
ing and presumed dead.
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