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Mario County Sheriff Denver Yeung aad Ervin Ward, county dog
rescuing a dog Friday Bornlng front an island in the middle ( the Willamette River near Inde
pendence. Residenta an inert had heard the dog barking for several days, and when one of them
aaw that it waa marooned, he notified tb aheriff. Yenng and Ward rode to the Island in a a oat
piloted ky Walter Martin, Salem.
At the last teuton of Congress
fubcommlttees o( the House and
Senate Interior committees
squeezed -out approval of hills for;
authorizing a federal nign flam in
Hells Canyon on Snake river. So
far this session the bills have lain
dormant in committee. The Infer
ence is that proponents, particu
larly Senators Morse and Neu
berger and Congressman Edith
Green, have been unable to muster
a majority of the full committee
in either house. Now a new tack
ia being tried.
"Thursday Senator Johnson, ma
jority leader, itated that Demo
' crats would espouse the measure.
If they can't get it out of com
mittee they will try to attach it
as a rider to other legislation. This
last course seems to be the only
way to get the bill written into
law. Even if a bill for Hells Can
yon passed both houses it would
head into a presidential veto,
and such might be the fate of
whatever bill it was tied to. For
the policy of this administration
is to let private enterprise do the
job wherever it is willing to, do
so. Idaho Power Co. with permits
from the FPC is already busy with
preliminaries to constructing the
first of the three dams that would
close the river to a high federal
,dam.
The Hells Canyon debate has
flourished for years, but steadily
Congress has shied away from
authorizing a federal project in
, (Coatiaued an editorial page 4.)
State Income Tax
Collections in
March Doubled
Oregon State income tax collec
tions in March were double those
of March. 1955, the Tax Commis
sion reported Friday.
March collections were 15.128,
079, compared with $2,55,071 in
March of last year.
Higher tax rates were responsi
ble for most of the increase.
Personal income tax collections
for the nine months ended March
31 were $34,109,561. or t millions
more than in the similar period a
year ago.
Margaret Traveling
By Pink Cloud, Rail
NEW YORK - Margaret
Truman left by pink cloud and
railroad Friday night for Inde
pendence, Mo., whiire she will
wed newspaperman Clifton Dan
iel April 21.
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(SUteamaa Phota hy John Erlcksen).
Peace Hopes Grow
In Tense
Arabs, Israel Pledge to Refrain
From Hostile Acts Along Border
By WILTON WVNN '
CAIRO, Egypt I There were
inai uag HammarsKjoia I peace mission here has auieted the Israeli
jigypiian ironner.
And a U.N. spokesman said the
progresa toward keeping it calm.
Late Friday night there had been
Stripping of
State Theater
Completed
'Stripping of the State Theater,
early victim of the decline of the
movie era, has apparently added
the last reel to its history as a
movie house.
Removal of seats from the
theater, located on Church Street,
was completed early Friday. They
were transported to Portland for
use in theaters there, operated by
the Forman interests which also
operate three Salem movie houses.
Earl (Pete) Jones, Salem man
ager for Forman, said removal of
equipment did not indicate any
new plana for the one-story struc
ture. The Forman lease from the
estate of Donald Young still has
over a year to run. , v
U.S. Navy Sends
Four Destroyers
To Mediterranean
WASHINGTON I - The Navy
said Friday that a division of
destroyers (four ships) is being
sent to the Mediterranean but
a spokesman denied the move is
in connection with international 1 border. He said Egypt had prom
tension in the Mid East. Used to issue such an order.
Politics on
Who's Running
(Kdlbrt NoUl Tkt Ortfoa ItaUtmaa'i txelnilT "Political Parada
sarlra b wrlttta or for Ibo randlditrs tbtmwlw. Tko material h
omootte at a public irrvlr, without tod or oaUaaUoa to anyaao, aaa
aar or an; aot k la atcora with too oanorlal poHclM of ihia w-
EDDIE AHRENS (R)
Canaidata for
Representative (Marion)
A belief that one of Marion
County representatives should be
experienced in agriculture, the
t "' 1 1 1 " 1 county's prln
cipal resource,
was the moti
fating desire
if Eddie Ahr
ens to enter the
faV
J3o n?
race for State
1 . f representat I e
'-v served in the
j' I 1 1953 session of
, Lajthe legislature
aaaio Aaron aa vice chair
man of the agriculture commit
tee and was a member of the
livestock committee, forestry
committee and elections commit
tee. He now is asking for reflec
tion, realizing that experience
gained in the last session of the
legislature is a valuable asset in
serving the people of
Marlon
County
Ahrens has spent most of his
life in Oregon, coming to the
Turner area in 1910 from Ne
braska. Since 1929 Eddie and his
brother, Henry, hm operated
I
control (fleer, are shown a bare
Mid-East
growing indications Friday flight
secretary general is making tome
no report of any border Incident
since Thursday afternoon.
Egypt is understood to have as
sured Hammarskjold all Arab
commandos have withdrawn from
Israel. . , , .
Israel charged the raiders had
killed 14 and wounded 32 since
Saturday.
Both sides handed Hammar
skjold . written assurances . they
would refrain from hostile acta.
Air Battle
An air battle Thursday and an
exchange of fire across the fron
tier of the Gaza strip followed the
pledges. Then hostilities ceased.
Israel charged there were two
new Arab incidents Friday, but
neither involved the frontier with
Egypt. An Israeli army spokes
man said a child in the Jewish
section of Jerusalem was wounded
by a shot from the Arab-held
quarter. Israeli workers also were
reported fired on in the central
Jordan River valley.
The Israeli-Egyptian frontier re
gion appeared almost 'relaxed.
Hammarskjold held an unsched
uled conference with Foreign Min
ister Mahmoud Fawxi. He will
ser Fawzi again Saturday before
meeting again with Premier Carn
al' Abdcl -Nasser.
Note to Premier
- Hammarskjold sent off a mes
sage to Premier David Ben-Gur-ion
of Israel. He asked assur
ances that Israel had given or
ders to quit shooting across the
Parade. . . .
for What Office
the Ahrens Farms, being breed
ers of Purebred Romney and
Suffolk sheep, and have shipped
breeding stock throughout the
United States and foreign coun
tries. He has been active in com
munity activities and served In
many organizations devoted to
the betterment of the livestock
industry and community devel
opment. Eddie Ahrens is deeply con
cerned about the Inequities of
the tax structure and the demor
alizing effect it has on agricul
ture. He believes that even in
the cities the property tax hat
reached an unhealthy height, and
that after school support taxes
have been voted other necessary
cjty improvement projects often
are rejected.
He is fully aware of the prob
lems confronting the people of
Marion County and if re-elected
pledget sincere , and faithful
service to all the county In the
"' fast growing
population me improvement ana
j preservation of our natural re -
tourers thould be of concern to
our urban population at well at
to the rural people.
(Tomorrow; Herbert Barker)
Board Studies
Salem Heights
School Work
Salem Heights School will prob
ably , be given top priority on the
1957 building list, Salem School
Board members indicated follow
ing receipt of a letter from the
school's Mothers Club.
Classroom, additions, an audi'
torium-cafeteria and covered play
area are among the projects con
sidered for the school site at lib
erty Road and Madrona Avenue
south of Salem.
Utter From Mothers
The letter from the Mothers
Club urged particular attention to
the lack of a covered play area
at the school and to inadequacy of
present indoor playroom facilities.
It noted that tht auditorium was
not adequate to handle all the
student body at one time and that
the library had been located in
the hall for several years. ,
Members of the board said they
considered the Salem Heights situ
ation one requiring earliest atten
tion and indicated it would prob
ably be placed on the "must"
list for construction along with the
new Faye Wright Elementary
School for the north Englewood
area for next year.
Club Cetnmeaded
The board moved to commend
the club for the orderly and calm
presentation of the situation at the
school and advised it that plans
were under consideration for the
additions.
Dr. Walter Snyder.' superinten
dent of Salem schools, told the
board that a classroom addition
could be placed on the north end
of the present structure with the
auditorium extending aa a finger
from the main building.
Fong Freed of
Delinquency
Charge Also
PORTLAND III Wayne Fong,
freed of 'a first-degree murder
charge Thursday by a directed
verdict for acquittal, will not have
to stand trial on a charge of con
tributing to the delinquency of a
minor.
The two charges stemmed from
the death of Diane Hank, a 16-
year-old Portland high school girl,
early in 1954.
Fong was acquitted on the mur
der charge just before the case
went to the Jury after a week
long trial Circuit Judge Frank
Lonergan ruled the state had not
brought forth sufficient evidence
to substantiate its contention of
Fong'a guilt.
Fong also was accused of serv
ing the girl alcohol on the night
before she disappeared.
Dist. Atty. William Langley said
the contributing case against Fong
was weak and that he would dis
miss it.
The contributing charge still is
pending against Fong'a wife. Sher
ry. She was convicted of second
degree murder in the girl's death
and has appealed the verdict.
Salem Area
Mercury Hits
High' of Year
Another summer day, but -with
low cloudiness morning and night,
was predicted for today by Mc
Nary Field weathermen. Sunday,
however, will be the start of a
cooler period, with temperatures
dropping from the 70s In'o the
60s, and a pojibility of showers,
they said. .
The temperature soard to 74
Friday,, the highest of the year,
and today may be even a iitll
Aarmer, weathermen said.
And the State Civil Defense
Agency wat warning of rising
rivers in Eastern Oregon, al
though no serious flooding was
predicted. The Willamette River
and tributaries were- holding
steady or falling slightly, but the
Lower Columbia River was
rising. " "
Highway 30 two miles west of
Hood River was blocked by i
slide for a time Friday, Associat
ed Press reported. The road was
cleared . later in the day. South
Santiam Highway, from which
200-foot section dropped 12 feet
Thursday M miles east of Al
bany, was ttiU closed, state po
lice said.
High Friday temperatures cov
ered most of Western Oregon,
Portland also reported the high'
est of the year at 73. It was 73
at Medford ind 74 at Pendleton
BIG CALIFORNIA Bl'DGET
I SACRAMENTO un-Cov. Knight
Friday tne bzit budset
i California hltory-4l.779 0n,.
500. The measure, adopted by the
legislature before adjournment
last week, will not require
new taxes to finance it.
any
Railway Crossing Near Salem Scene of Fatal Wreck
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creasing ef the Southern Pacific mainline southeast ef Salem Fri
day afternoon. The automobile in which the two women were
riding was ecattered ever a wide area hy the" impact. In fore
ground Deputy Corner Donald Waggoner inspects personal effects
Gen. Norstad New NATO Boss;
Gruentlier Retiring From Post
(Ptctare also en Wlrephete page)
AUGUSTA, Ga. Ur) - U. S. Gen.
Lauris Norstad, brilliant Air
Force strategist, was chosen by
President Eisenhower Friday to
be supreme commander of Allied
forces in Western Europe.
"The" President plckedNorstad
In announcing retirement of
American Gen. Alfred M. Gruen
ther from the top NATO military
poet by the year's end.
Nomination of Norstad, 4t, now
air deputy to Gruenther, waa rat
ified promptly in Paris by the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion council
Junes C. Hagerty, White House
press secretary, said at Eisen
hower's Augusta vacation ' head
quarters the 57-year-old Gruen
ther a close personal friend of
the President is retiring from
the Army snd as commander-in-
chief in Europe "because of per
sonal reasons. He did not elab
orate. In Paris, however, Gruenther
told a news conference he had no
personal plana, no arrangements
in mind for other employment,
and "no ulterior motive" behind
his resignation.
He said he thought three years
was about the maximum for a
supreme Allied commander and
that he was stepping out to make
way for younger men.
Pen -Warden
Gladden Has
Heart Attack
State Prison Warden Clarence
T. Gladden is in Salem Memorial
Hospital after a slight heart at
tack, the governor a office an
nounced Friday.
The warden reportedly entered
the hospital Monday after ex
periencing pains in the chest
The announcement said he is ex
pected to remain in the hospital
about two weeks, and return to
work in about a month. Deputy
Warden L. R. Barnes is tempo
rarily in charge of the prison.
Visitor! will not be allowed for
about 10 days, attending physicians
said. Hospital attendants said they
have been instructed not to give
information on Gladden's condition
POET LEAVES HOSPITAL
DETROIT, Mich. -Edgar A
Guest, the poet, was released form
New Grace Hospital Friday. He
had been hospitalized a week with
a heart condition. Guest, 74, suf
fered a heart attack last Septem
ber.
Ike Mum on Farm Bill;
Veto Rumors Persist
AUGUSTA, Ga. I Secretary the American people on the politl
Of Agriculture Benson, arriving cally hot Issue,
here tor a farm bill conference Hagerty cautioned newsmen
with President Eisenhower Satur -
day said Friday night he still re
gards the controversial election
year measure at unacceptable.
But Benson declined to say
Eisenhower veto it.
Meanwhile, the President him -
self keot mum on whether he will
ion nr v.tn ik nnlillrallv nln-
sive bill. He may make a nation-
wide trlevinion-radio address next
i. .l...r ar-llnn
he takes
' White House
press
swrrtarv
.James C. Hagerty said tisennow-
J tr it thinking about going befort
this accident at the Boone Road
Gruenther did say he Is not re
tiring for reasons of health.
Hagerty aaid Gruenther liked
GEN. LAURIS NORSTAD
New NATO Commander
Eugene Man's
Eyes Used in
2 Operations
PORTLAND Wl- Eyes be
queathed by Walter F. Henkel, 72,
Eugene, were used Friday in oper
ations that may restore sight to
two Portland hospital patients.
The corneas of Henkel s eyes
went, one to each patient, in the
first of a aeriea of operations that
may lead to a restoration of sight
for the two.
The Good Samaritan Hospital
identified one of the patients as
Robert E. Packwood, Clarkston,
Wash., who lost his sight in an
industrial explosion.
Medical authorities did not dis
close identity of the other patient.
Henkel died in a Eugene hospi
tal Thursday. Among his personal
effects was a card directing that
his eyes be used to try to restore
tight for tome blind person.
WALLACE BACKS IKE
FALLS VILLAGE. Conn. Wl -
Former Vice President Henry A.
Wallace said here Friday night
that if President Eisenhower runs
for re-eleition "I shall no doubt
vote for him."
STRIKE HALTS BUSES
MILWAUKEE (The wheels of
public transportation that carry an
estimated 200.000 riders here daily
ground to a stop at 4 a m. sharp
Friday as transit workers went on
strike on Friday the 13th.
; against concluding mat consider
ation Eisenhower is giving to the
idea of a TV-radio talk means
necessarily that the President al
ready has made up his mind to
veto the bill, which he has called
; unworkable.
:
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pressure mounted on President
Eisenhower Friday to sign the
politically hot farm bill.
Si Tmnnrtm ru.rsi.tad Ihul ha
Vr- r.-
planned lo veto the measure.
, anneals came from a number of
iarm siaie Kepuoiicans as weu at,;;- " N-rmai
j Democrats urging that he sign It. i i m ii.is m ti
of one ef the ceat-cevere victims
Kara a take measurements at right.
can be seen beyond the deep ditch
microphone at left la Marvin Brers
sion whe made a recording ef the
Norstad, a brilliant planner and
strategist will leave "toward
the end of this year." The press
secretary added that Norstad
probably will take over at that
time.
Norstad visited Eisenhower In
Washington a few weeka ago. At
that time, Hagerty said Friday,
the President talked to Norstad
about succeeding Gruenther.
Norstad was one of the mill
tary officers who helped plan and
push through unification of the
services in 1W7. That program
gave the Air Force equal status
with the Army and Navy.
California
Winds Oft
House Roofs
CHULA VISTA. Calif. Ml A
wind described by some witnesses
as tornadic, uprooted ho net.
smashed windows and uprooted
trees Friday. Two persons were
cut by flying glass.
Police sti mated roof a of IS
homes and a kindergarten were
torn away or damaged and that
300 windows were broken.
Center of the damage was in a
housing area where 30 kindergar
ten pupils bad left minutes before
the wind ripped away the tarpa-per-type
roof of their classroom.
City street crews pirked up 10
fish they said apparently had been
sucked up out of San Diego Bay
by the twister.
'Extra Big
Raccoon Shot
At Fridiland
autrtmaa Ntwt at nrkt
FRUITLAND A 25 pound
raccoon, treed by dogs, was shot
Friday evening by Maurice Wodie
woda, Salem .Route 2. Bos M.
The animal, which measured
some two feet In length, had the
dogs stirring uneasily most of the
day aa it nosed about the Wodze
woda premises.
Wodzewoda said he believed the
animal could be considered "extra
big" for 'coons in the valley area.
A number of raccoons have been
reported In this vicinity In recent
weeks. They especially like chickens.-
Dog Catcher Gets 13th
I'oorh Friday the 13th
BF.LLEVII.LE. III. 0 - Jake
Vahlkamp. Belleville's newly-ap-
pointed and first dog catcher,
caught his 13th stray dog Friday
the nth.
Vahlkamp was appointed to the '.
post last Monday. j
The Weather
I Max. Mln rrrrlp.
I Slm ... 14 11 .
Coruand 11 M 00
Rakrr . ..... M III no
Medlord li ii T
North Bnd . 4 4S .01
Bowhurf S7 43 no
San rranrlar SI 41 .71
Un Anitln . SS 41 .4
Chicago SI 54 no
Nrw York S4 It .01
I Willirll Rlvr S I fl
1 rnHt'CAKT 4(rm U a wrathtr
itturrau MrNarir field. Salami:
Sarly log and low t'imlrilnttt. nth-
fri lair tly and thu vrnina;
Tu'nd." T toXtZf?
n. th. inw tnmiM. 4j-4S; rirr
Sunday th hlfh. !-
, Tn,or.lur. ! 13 nl a nr !..d.y
1 a
i w ipathiw
white State Patrolman Walter
Grill and fenders ef death car
twenty yards away. Man with
ef the alate traffic safety divi
tragedy, isiaieamaa mow.)
Registration
Lf
Clerks Man
Office at Night
Marion County clerk's office win
remain open until I o'clock tonight
for Persons wishing to register to
vote in the May II primary flec
tion.
Busy courthouse clerks manned
four windows Friday to handle the
lines of registrants. An estimated
several hundred were registered at
the office which remained open
until I o'clock last night.
The registration deadline
TuMtnv nioht Thai rlrrk'a of fir I
will also be open until I p. m. on
ha!..
minuta rush citizens are nrged to
register at soon as possible.
Voters also may register at any
Salem fire station from I a.m. to
p.m. today and Sunday. They
may also register anytime with
any one of 40 deputy registrars in
different sections of Marion
County. The county clerk's office
will be closed Sunday.
Klamath Falls
Wreck Kills 2
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KLAMATH FALLS (II - An
automobile struck a pedestrian
and then skidded out of control into
a tree here Friday night, killing
the pedestrian and the car driver.
A four-year-old boy ia tht car
escaped with minor Injuries.
Police said a car driven by
Jerald M. Riddle. 28, Klamath
Falls, struck George Pope, 69,
Klamath Falls, as Pops was walk
ing across a street in a suburban
residential district. Pope was in
jured fatally,
Today's Statesntsn
Pago Sec.
Church Newt 7 I
Classified 1M4. II
Comics I
Crossword . I
Editorials ... 4..J. I
' Homo Panorama 3 I
Markets 11 II
Obituaries 11 II
Sat., Sun. TV... 4.... I
Sports ..9, 10 II
Star Gazer 4 I
Valley Newt .. 10 II
Wirephoto Pago I I
Statesman Will Add 130
Stocks Starting Tuesday
The Statetman'i Market Editor hollered "help" and al
most went down for the third time after asking this news
paper's reader-friends which 100 New York atock quota
tions they wanted added daily to the business page. The
hearty response has been most appreciated, and a new se
lected list has finally been compiled almost treble the one
now published. '
SUrtlag neat Tartday. 13S new taelatioBS wUI be carried dally
far a lata! f lit. They will be abulned trans Merrill Lyackv Pterte.
Feaaer aad Beaae, the aallaa't largest stock brakers, aad win be
telephaaest direct It The Statesmaa'a elftce after the Market closes
each day.
Every request for new quotations was given full consid
eration, and as many at possible will be met But there
still will be a few which it was found impossible to fill.
The Statesman's new list, however, should meet a distinct
nerd for expanded market newt in the growing valley, and
Your Jfome A'eu sjMiprr it more than glad to be of service.
Two Women
Raise County
Highway Toll
The second double-death
highway mishap in less than,
i wrck for the Salem are
claimed the lives of a young
Sta vton woman ana her
mother-in-lav Friday after
noon.
Fatally Injured . when their
automobile collided with a f
Southern Pacific freight train 2 I
at Boon Road Crossing five"
miles south fast of Salem were)
airs. Lois Eileen ktason. 26, Stay
ton, and Mrs. Wayne Mason, 63,
of Nysaa, Ore. .
The accident, scattering wreck -age
over a wide area, oceur-"
red leas than a mile from the zj '
B o e n 4 Road overcrowing. "
scene of a headon collision last
Saturday which waa fatal to two
drivers. ,
The deaths were the tighth and
ninth due to traffic ia the liar
ion-Polk area ttua year and
brought to seven tht total for
Marion County tine Jan. 1.
Lack of akid marks at tht
scene led investigating police to
believe that the two women did
not see the northbound train be
fore it collided with their east
bound sedan at about 3:13 p.m.
View of the tracka to clear for
several hundred yards ia, either
direction from the crossing which
has been the scene of three fatal
accidents in the last two years.
The impact crushed the front
end of the 1931 Nash sedan,
separating the grill and front
fenders from the rest of the body
and hurtling them some forty
feet across a deep ditch. The two
women were thrown out of the
car and the older woman was
killed instantly under the train's
wheels, police said.' The young
Mrs. Maaon was dead on arrival
at Salem Memorial Hospital
The fast freight, bound for
Portland, rolled tor a mile befort
coming to a halt, police added.
Add. details, rage X, Bee. u
Health Fcrcc
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Lew waloc
To Quit Race
PORTLAND, Ore. tit Lew
Wallace, Portland Insurance man,
withdrew from the contest for
Democratic nomination for gov
ernor Friday because he found he
had a heart aiunenL
That left state Sen. Robert
Holmes, Astoria radio atatloa
manager, as the only remaining
Democratic candidate for tht May
II primary election. Gov. Elmo
Smith has only light opposition on
the Republican ballot
Wallace, who was defeated for
governor in one election, and un
successfully sought hia party's
nomination two other times, said i
hia doctors had discovered tht '
heart ailment only recently. ,
Wallace said ia a statement: -
'1 sincerely regret to have to !
withdraw from tht race. This was
a decision which wat extremely ,
hard to make, but 1 realize that '
one's duty to himself and to hit
public is of paramount impor'
tance.
"I would not want to run for
public office If there was tht
slightest doubt In my mind that
I could not completely discharge
my duties because of a physical
Impairment.
Missouri Police
Exhaust Parking
Ticket Supplies
ST. JOSEPH. Mo. Ill - ShhhM
Don't tell a soul I
The police department Is out of
overtime parking tickets.
The chances are it won't hart
any for a few more days and
parked cars enjoy a gala time
In Ignoring the meters.