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1. e Declares-US. Will Aid- Any Invaded Mid-East Nation Boost Can Factory Talcing Form 1 1 ' . ' , .. . "A V901 2 Wight March Onto Carolina Swamp Kills S A-Plane Marines, One Missing; Drill SergeanilHleld!Pl0jccts PARR1S ISLAND, 8. C. I -Seventy five Marine' recruits marched Into a swampy area near this big (raining bate Sunday Bight on oight maneuver!. Six failed to coma out. Five bodies o( drowned men have been recovered. The lixth was the object of an Intensive ground and air search. Top Marine official, headed by the Marine commandant. Gen. Randolph Pate, started an inten sive investigation of the tragedy While the hunt went on. The Marine drill instructor in charge of the men, identified by the Marine Corps as Staff Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon of Worces ter, Mass., was held in custody pending the outcome of the in vestigation. But survivors of the ill-fated march said McKeon tried valiant ly to save his men and was the last man alive out of the tidal stream in which the victims drowned. I First reports from the base pub- lie information officer indicated the night hike might have been a disciplinary measure against the recruits, but survivors said n was not. When voters of the Roseburg school district voted down the school budget for next year with Its call for extra tax support it was assumed that the defeat was due to penny-pinching. When a re vised, budget was presented for a vote on April 19th an organization, "Citizens Association for . Better Schools," announced its opposition as a means of fighting "present : education methods." Re-evaluation 1 of the schools is the keyword for , the organization. Its particular phobia is the imposition of state standards in order to qualify for a share of the basic state school fund. 3tP 1 UGM3 From the report of the meeting , feited his right to run because of the association given by the when he switched from the gov Roseburg News-Review it is a little i ernor's race to that of representa- hard to tell just what the specific : complaints are. One speaker, a school board member, called the i state law as "unconstitutional as the NRA." lie declared the school standards are "not geared to the not geared to the result Another the emphasis on product or the speaker decried the emphasis social studies. He questioned thejT a 1 a worth of -esthetic things" and JlOSPltOlS UCl would cut down studies which t. make a good mechanic into a : social butterfly." The U items li-tcd as purposes of the associa tion include one "to give more attention to the basic subjects of study." This agitation brought about the formation of a counter-organization, the "Save Our Schools com mittee" with SOS for an abbre viated (Coatiaaed editorial page, 4.) Spring Flower Show Dropped The spring flower show sched uled for April 28 29 under spon sorship of the Salem Garden Council was called off at a meet ing of the show committee Mon day night "A canvass of representatives of the 14 clubs composing the Council indicated that because of the freeze damage to gardens in this area last winter there would not be enough blooms available at this time to make a good showing," declared Eugene Crothers, chairman of the show committee. A survey of the situation, Crothers said, revealed that there would be few if any camellia, rhododendron or azalea blooms available for a spring show. WILBERT SECTIONS - 14 PACES rM 4. "I S6T. MATTHEW McKEON Drill Sergeant field I Maj. Gen. Joseph C. Burger, commanding general of the re- cruit depot said no disciplinary action was involved "so lar as we Norblad Sends Legal Defense To Thornton Congressman Walter Norblad an nounced Monday he was preparing legal arguments in his own behalf in the controversy regarding his right to run for reelection at the May It primary. In a telegram Monday morning, to Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton the U.S. Representative said he was sending by mail a legal memorandum. The telegram did not say what the brief would con tain. Meanwhile Thornton announced his staff Was continuing research on the question of Norblad's legal right to seek reelection raised by State Rep. Richard Groener, Mil waukie Democrat. Groener contends Norblad for- tive he transferred the registration : fee instead of paying a second 1100 fee. TT fy . 1 WO LOUIlty J 11 "I f 1 jfUrU lillCCKS Two Marion County hospitals re ceived checks Monday as half pay ment of grants given them by the Ford Foundation. Salem Memorial Hospital got a check for J27.800 and one for $7,750 went to Silverton Hospital. Re mainder of Salem Memorial's to tal grant of $55,600 will be mailed in March of next year as will the rest of the $15,500 to the Silverton institution. Two other hospitals of the coun ty alo previously announced as sharers in the grants have not yet received checks nor were they list ed among institutions to which checks would be mailed. They are Salem General Hospital whose grant had been announced as $50, 200, and Santiam Memorial Hos pital at Stayton, which had ex pected a $10,000 gift. . . The check received by Salem Memorial Hospital will be used to ward construction of a new service building, according to Manager Ir win Wedcl. Columbia Flood Threat Said Worst on Record PORTLAND ( Weather Bu- Snake Basin, flow volumes com reau river forecasters said Mun- parable to 19C and 1952 are ex day that record snowfalls in Co- pected and high peak flows are lumbia Basin mountains pose the likely." greatest flood potential on record. Anthony J. Polos, hydrologist in Some areas are certain to De flooded, but others, with help from the weather, may escape. A cold spring followed by a sud den warm spell in late May and June could mean a repetition of the disastrous flood that struck the region in 1948, wiping out the housing project city of Vanport, near Portland. But a sorine of moderate warm spells, followed by cool periods, : would permit a gradual runoff and . mfinv nninta unuM tcMiu BA-lmia damage. However, the forecasters said, i "the volume of snow Is so great "No flooding is expected from in the east slope of the Cascades snow melt alone in the Willam ii' Washineton that even with fa- ette Valley or coast streams In vorable weather, streams are err - tain to go out of banks in the Yakima, Wenatchee, Methow and 1 er reaches of the Skagit and Sno Okanogan basins. In much of thejbomish basins. C The Oregon Statesman, know." The hike was unscheduled, he said, but drill sergeants have au thority to conduct such maneuv ers. Mystery shrouded the details of the tragedy until late Monday night. Then reporters first were allowed ta talk to the mm whn came out of . the treacherous swamp only about a mile from this marine base, situated on promontory along Port Royal Sound some 30 airline miles north east of Savannah, Ca. Marched late Swamp, Gen. Burger said: "According to a preliminary in vestigation the drill instructor took his platoon on a hike about f p. m., last night. He marched them about a mile to an uninhab ited, marshy swamp area. Not completely familar with the ter rain the drill instructor led his men into the swamp and Into a stream. "With no lights and in the en suing confusion the missing men were lost in the darkness. "As soon as the drill instructor determined that some of his men were missing, a search was start - Traffic Changes Asked In 12th Street Project By ROBERT E. GANGWARE City Editor. The Statesman Several major parking and traffic changes considered necessary in connection with the 12th Street project were outlined to city officials Monday by the State Highway Department. The state agency, which is putting up some of the money for the big project, asked for an agreement on the traffic plan before state engineers proceed with field engineering and call for bids. Many Stocks Of Interest in Valley Area Stock market holdings of Wil lamette Valley folk or at least their interests In such cover an amazing number of issues, it ap peared Monday. The Statesman announced over the week end that it was adding 100 new closing quotations to the 'New York list it now publishes. and invited its subscriber-friends to make known which quotations they would prefer. The first mail brought in re quests for 116 separate stocks. The stocks for which preference is indicated most often in requests received up to tomorrow night will get first choice when The States man's final list is made up. The new list, chosen from the 1500 stocks now traded, will be a feature in The Statesman as soon as arrangements are completed to obtain its daily from the "Big Board" in New York. The Weather Max. Min. Frwlp, .11 M . Salrm .. Portland Baker .... Medford North Btnd ... Rowburf San Francisco Los Angelea .. Chicago New York - 71 64 76 SS 70 .. SS s SI S3 37 2S M SI 39 44 M 34 35 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 tract Willamette River 2.3 feet. . FORECAST Itrom U. S. Weather Bureau. McNarv field. Salem I: Mostly sunny today, Jwcomlns cloudy tonight and early Wednesday, clearing again Wednesday afternoon: high todav 63. low tonight 38; high Wednesday 60. Temperature at 11 Kit a.m. today was 46. ' , SAI.FM PRKCIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year Sent. I This Vear Lat Year Normal 5.1.23 25.03 34.34 PORTLAND Iff - Army Engi neers inneS noes' Monday that half a million dollars In flood emergency fundi will be made available this spring U strength en dikes In the flood-threatened Pacific Northwest. charge of the river forecast cen ' ter, said that with normal weather t! Columbia will rise to B'j-af'H fiit In the Portland harbor area. making it the third worst flood on record here. ' Oregon and Washington, except possibly slight flooding in the low- WUNDRD 1651 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, April GEN. RANDOLPH PATE Commandant Investigates ed that lasted throughout the night and all day today." The Marine commandant, who 1 flew here immediately from The project Includes curb sepa ration of the Southern Pacific mainline tracks, widening of 12th Street, drop-arm warning signals at crossings and extension of 12th on a curve into Union Street and North Capitol. . , . Mala Features Here are main features of the state-proposed traffic changes that; would result in the affected area Center and Court streets would become one-way eastbound streets all the way east to 13th Street. Marion and Chemeketa Streets would be one-way westbound all the way from 13th west. Thirteenth would be one-way northbound between Center and Marion Streets. This change would facilitate movement of traffic from the east to the downtown area via Center, 13th and Marion Streets. No parking would be permitted on either side of 12th all the way from Oak Street north to the new extension and north on Union to Summer Street. N't Parking No parking on either side of Marion between 12th and Capitol. No parking on 13th from Center to Marion, either side. No parking on south side of Marion Street from 12th to 13th. Access driveways would be lim ited and specified, including two entrances to Capitol Shopping Cen ter, one off 12th near Berg's Mar ket, and the other off Union Street near Capitol. From Court Street north, the new 12th Street will, have lane dividers; on the curve along the Union Street railroad, the tracks will be the divider. Entire length of 12th will be improved at width of 46 to 50 feet. Salem aldermen looked over the state traffic plan Monday and agreed that ifs terms should be brought before the City Council in form of a definite agreement to be put to Council vote. Illinois Vote Contest Today CHICAGO Otw Illinois presiden tial preference primary Tuesday, while legally just a popularity contest, could be an important battle of percentages among Pres ident Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. The vote will be watched for these signs: Whether President Eisenhower has gained or lost popularity in the state since he carried it in the 1952 general election. How former Gov. Stevenson now stacks up in his home state against both Eisenhower and the Democratic write-in votes, espe cially those for Sen. Kefauver. Political observers believe any thing less than a strong showing by Stevenson in the wake, of his upset by Kefauver in Minnesota last month would be a heavy i blow to his chances of winning the m-mmmum m was given in ljz. MASON MEET OPENS ASTORIA ( - The annual ! meeting of the York Rite Masonic bodies of Oregon opened here Monday. The conclave will close Thursday. NT v ..: i - ' Si V 1 10, If 54 PRICI Washington for a "personal In vestigation," said he was here "to Insure that appropriate steps would be taken to fix responsibil ity for the death of these young Marines and to make sure that nothing of this sort could ever happen again on a Marine base." Richard W. Asker, 17, of Utica, N. Y told this story: "We were all sitting around the barracks. The - lights were on. Then the instructor said we were going out in the boondocks. We thought he was kidding, because we were all laughing. Then he told us to fall out. We fell out in front of the barracks and went out through the dark into field. Death Toll in Bypass Crash Climbs to Two Death toll in last weekend's fiery head-on crash on Salem bypass climbed to two Monday morning with death at Salem hospital of Ellery McClain, 66, Lebanon. McClain was listed by state po lice as one of the drivers in the tragic Saturday accident in which; Mrs. Beulah T. Faber, 49, Central Point, was killed outright. McClaln's death raised the 1936 Marion County traffic toll to five 7 and the total for the Marion Polk area to seven. McClain who suffered I pelvis fracture, was first thought to have non critical injuries, but attendants said he suffered a relapse. Meanwhile five other passengers in toe McClain car, also all from Lebanon, were reported "improv ing" at Salem General Hospital. They are Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Mo Clain and daughters, Eldonna, 14, and Karen 10, and Mrs. Leota Mc Clain, widow of Ellery McClain. Karen McClain was removed Monday from the "critical" list, hospital attendants said. Funeral arrangements for Ellery McClain will be announced by Huston Mortuary at Lebanon. Body of Mrs. Faber, a former Salem resident, was sent Monday to Med ford, where services will be ' in charge of the Perl Funeral Home. Vans to Bring Science Show To City Today Thirty-five trucks" and passenger cars packed with miracles of mod-' era science will roll into Salem at I p.m. today in preparation for a five-day free showing at Bush's Pasture. It is the General Motors Parade of Progress, which will open to the public at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Show hours will be from 7 to 10 p.m. on opening night, and from 1 to 10 p.m. daily thereafter through Sunday.' The caravan will pick up civic officials and local GM representa tives at Waldo Street and Route 99 for the parade through down town Salem. Route of the proces sion will be Liberty Street to Cen ter Street, turn east on Center to High Strict anH frnm thor nut I High Street directly to the show site at Bush Park. , Feature event in the show is the 40-minute scientific magic show in the 1.250 capacity Aero drome tent, said to be the largest of its type in the world. This show will be presented six times daily on week days, and eight times on Saturday and Sunday. Outside exhibits in the Futurliner vans will be in continuous operation. Major displays in the show are designed to show advances in en gineering and scientific research. Farming Not Benson s Son By HAL NORBERG ' Valley Correspondent DALLAS, Ore. The farm pic ture, complicated as it is, has a bright side, Reed A. Benson, son of Agriculture Sec. Ezra Benson, told some 200 Republican leaders here Monday night. "Agriculture is not going to pot," young Benson said, "because the nation's population is growing and there are more mouths to feed. ''If the Elsenhower administra tion is given a chance to Carry out a constructive farm program it is sure to brine the best possible re sults to the farmers and all of the people." Benson cited the president's nine point farm program, particularly the proposed soil bank and flex ible farm supports, as the best course in meeting present farm problems. "The administration's goal is to get agriculture back on a peace YCyC OA m S N.. 14 Awarded Lockheed Plans Plant, Convair to Build 'Frame' WASHINGTON P The Air Force Monday announced the award of new contracts to two aircraft companies, Lockheed and Convair, for the "further de velopment of nuclear powered airplanes." The Air Force and Lockheed jointly reported that Lockheed will build near Dawsonville, Gi., the nation's largest research and development facility for atomic powered aircraft. At the same time. Convair di vision of General Dynamics Corp. jointly announced with the Air Force that it would use its exist ing fscilities at Fort Worth. Tex, for development of "an air frame for a nuclear powered airplane." The size of the new contracts was not disclosed. They will run to many millions of dollars. Brooks Man Heads Angus Cattle Raisers By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman Carleton J. McLeod. Brooks. was elected president of the Ore ion Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Asso ciation at the annual business ses sion held in connection with the 5th annual Spring Show and Sale Monday at the Slate Fairtrounds. McLeod takes the place of L C. Pemn, uaniand, whose term expired. Other officers to serve with McLeod are vice president, Donald bnabe of Powell Butte: secretary-treasurer, Loren Hicks of Turner; and directors, Lee Perrin. Harold Rankin of Hermis ton; Harold Ray of Hilisboro; Kenneth Hall of Oswego, Ben Hilton of Grants Pass and Alvin Shine of Klamath Falls. Bidding at the sale was rather slow, although the average paid for the 31 head sold was up S12 above that of a year ago when the sale was held at Corvallis. In Monday's sale the 27 females averaged $269 and the four bulls, $334. giving an overall average of $277. The ssle totaled $8,600. Kedar's Lady Elbina, entered by L. C. and Alberta Perrin of Oakland, won grand champion ship honors at the morning show, snd brought $385 from Edlon G. Powell of Cheshire,, at the after noon sale. ..,.'., Making top price at the sale was a smooth, Coal-black five-year-old animal, Erick's Supreme, consigned by H. W. Ray of Hilis boro, and going to Eugene E. Rhodes of McCoy, for $525. (Add. details Page 5, Sec. 1.) Bishop Dagwell Plans to Transfer. Office to Eugene PORTLAND I The Rt. Rev. Benjamin D. Dagwell, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon said Monday he will move his headquarters to Eugene jbout Sept. 1. Bishop Dagwell said he will de vote the remaining years before his retirement to expanding church facilities in the southern half of the state and to supervis ing construction of a church hos pital in Medford. He told the 68th ahnual conven tion of the, diocese that the Rt. Rev. James W. Carman, bishop coadjutor, will take jver full supervision of the northern half of the diocese. Going 'to' Pot Tells Dallas time basis with a sound economic footing." Benson continued. He predicted it could be done in the next few years if the administra tion's ideas are carried out. "Present farm prospects are clouded," he said, "because huge surpluses smother the market like a wet blanket. The surpluses re sulted from extending wartime in centive too long and on top of this there have been high yields." . Benson said that unfortunately the farm situation has been sub jected to political pressures. "We're not going to outbid the opposition. We can't do it and have, things come out everlastingly right," he added. Young Benson's talk was the highlight of a candidates' meeting at Dallas City Hall, sponsored hy the Polk County Republican Cen tral committee. The rrfMing was attended by candidates from throughout the state. 'J y y'" " ' 'Mil i1 1 1 A WlW i . , . i ; i ,4 V. Shell of the new $1 Billion American Cast Co, plant nnder con struction here is shown above. The Salens facility, locate on an llVi-acre sectior In North Salem is being nnllt by Andersen Westfall Co., Portland. The building should be completed this spring. (Statesman Photo by John Ericksen). Assessment Protest Lops Paving to Industrial Plant A single residential block on McDonald Street was lopped off a city paving plan designed primarily to Improve new industrial area access road. In action Monday night by Salem City Council. Property cwners of that block protested against assessments for the part of the planned improvement that would normally be charged in residential areas. They said the road would serve mainly the new American Can Co. plant and other Industries , which might locate nearby. Valley Packing Co. owns most of the new industrial sector in volved. - It would pay most of the bill for paving the McDonald Street extension fo be known as Industrial Way. Until the recent can company construction was started, McDonald was a short dead-end street with seven houses, extending east from Brooks Ave nue. Widths Defined The plan presented by engineers for the Council approval last night called for a JtMoot wide curbed street paving in the residential block, of which the curbs and 30 feet of the width would be as sessed against property owners. Beyond their block, the street would have a 30-foot paving with S-foot gravel shoulders on both sides and no curbs. Lawrence A. Schmiti, who owns four houses and all the lots on one side of the McDonald Street resi dential block, told the Council he had only recently been assessed $1,000 for a Brooks Avenue im provement. Mayor Robert F. White and some of the aldermen said they were sympathetic but felt the only alternative would be to omit the one block from the improvement. Preferable Plan . Schmiti said this would be preferable to the paving, at least for the time being. Outcome of the Council action Monday night would leave a grav eled block between Brooks Avenue and the new road extending sev eral blocks on a curve to the north Into the Industrial area. Mayor White said future plans would be developed for new roads also en tering that area from Keizer and from the Pacific Highway. (Add. eonarll news. Page 2, See. 1.) PLANE MISSING . ANCHORAGE. Alaska W A Cordova Airlines plane with a pi lot and five passengers 1 aboard was reported missing Monday night on a flight from Anchorage to Sewafd. - i Sandy Co-op Sale Rejected SANDY -A proposal to sell the Sandy Co-op to a , Corvallis group was defeated in a special election here Monday. The two to one outcome against the sale was announced late Monday night after votes were counted. Charles M. Emslle, manager of the Sandy system, said the vote was 209 for the sale, and 444 against. Consumers Power Inc., of Cor vallis, also a cooperative, had offered $1,010,000 for the Sandy properties. . Politics on Who's Running (ESitar'a Not: Tk Orte statnmaa txrlmlTt Tlltltal Para rrlra la wrltlra T w tor tha ranSISatrt thtmln Tk material ta mrntril a public arrvtrv, wlthiat ro r llntl t anrraf, aS nay or anajr ast kt In accorS wit tk adilorlal oaUrln of UUa P" ... S. W. Bt'RRIS (D) Candidal (or Marion County Sheriff Sherman W. Burris resides at 434 S. 16th Street, Salem. He is a former automobile salesmsn and trucking contractor, and is a, candidate for Marion County Sheriff on the Demo cratic ticket. He is a native of Des Moines, la. (Aug. 13, 1909) snd came to Oregon in 1942. I have been S W. Harris a taxpayer and resident of Mar ion County the oast 14 years. I CO? era Defen se Budget Congress Chiefs,' Dulles to Confer; Jet Speedup Due AUGUSTA, Ca. (AP)-Presl- lent Ei.sonhov.er, viewing tlie tense Middle East situation as one of "utmost seriousness," de clared Monday the United States is "determined to tin port and assist any aation" sub jected to aggression in that area. A White House statement Issued with "tul approval of the Presi dent." said this country "in ac cordance with Us responsibilities' under the charter of the United Nations, will observe Its commit ments within constitutional means to oppose any aggression" in the strife-ridden area. In Washington, Secretary of State Dulles, acting with Eisen hower's express approval, asked Republican and Democratic Con gressional leaders to a meeting Tuesday to discuss the Middle East ' Na Detalla The White House statement, put' out shortly after Eisenhower ar ' rived here tor a week at golf com bined with work, did not to into any detail regarding U.S. respon sibilities under the U.N. charter. But White House press secre tary James C. Hagerty, who is sued the statement, said It ob viously meant that If the U.N. declares any nation an aggressor la the Middle East, the U.S. is, as the statement put It, "deter mined ta support and assist any nation which might be subjected to such aggression." The statement added: "The United States Is confident that other nations will act similar ly in the cause of peace." 1 Talked With Dulles Hagerty noted that Eisenhower- and Dulles had a M-minute con ference before the President left' Washington Monday morning. He , said they discussed "repeated In cidents of hostility in the Middle East" - The statement came on the heels el fresh outbreaks of shoot ing and killing la the bitter dls puts between Israel and the Arab along the Caxa strip.-. . In advance of the statement, the State Department said U.S. i.n bassadors In the Mideast were urging both Israeli and the Arabs ta observe a strict cease fire. In the general national security field, Eisenhower took another ae' tion before taking off from Wash-i ington. Ha asked Congress for a additional 1547.100,000 in defense funds for the fiscal year startlni July 1. (Add. atory an Page S. Bee. 1) : ts 72 in Area Salem area folk sought the out doors in- mass numbers Monday as a day-long sun pushed to Tt highest point since last October IT. Forecasters' figures showed a high of 77 on that October day. Outlook for today Is more sun shine with temperatures expected to fall somewhat under those of Monday. . ' Range of the mercury was wide Monday. Low point reached in the early morning hours was 34. , I Today's Stattsmsa let. Pane Classified II 6, 7 Camas the Dawn I..- 4 Comks - - II..- 1 , Crossword . ..ll.. 4 Editorials : 1. 4 Horn Panorama I....4, 7 Markets .. Obituaries Radio, TV Sports . Star Caxer Valley ..... Wirephoto Page Parade. . . . for What Office am married snd have three daughters, one married and now living at North Bend, Oregon. The other two are at home. I am a member of the Court Street Christian church. In traveling Marion County I have found the people ou'd like a friendly, cooperative and efficient administrstion. Am a member of various fra ternal lodges.' (Tomorrow: T. Oliver Kicknun) MUSICIAN FOVND DEAD HOLLYWOOD, Fla. If - Little Jack Little, musician and com poser of former days, was found dead Monday in bed under cir cumstances which authorities con tinued tOjimeitigate. . Mercury Hi I II..- 4 ll.. S l. ll 4 .11..- t
