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Graco Receives Royal Wedding Ring POUNOBD 1651 lOoth Yttr 4 SECTIONS-! PAGES Tht Oregon Statesman, Salem, Dragon, Friday, April 20, 1956 PtlCl S No. 24 , l "s v' .' A' . V-K , Vi 15 ' ' 1 -J" ' i jt y V - 'i ) . ' X f,' Vivl ,x? V$l) T' ' MONACO Prince Rainier III solemnly places ring an finger of hit Ing religious ceremony in Monaco's Roman Catholic cathedral Thursday. Between them stands the Right Rer. Cities Barthe, Bishop of Monaco, who married the couple. (AP Wirephoto). (Pictures also on pages 11 and 22) Portland Station Buys Salem TV Channel 3 Television VHF Channel 3, held by KSLM of Salem, has been sold to KPTV in Portland, subject to approval of the Federal Com munications Commission and the United States Supreme Court, it became known Thursday. KPTV now operates VHF Channel 27. The lower frequency chan nels VHF 2 to 13) are regarded as superior. '. - 3D5 1 msiibI An editorial in The Statesman several days ago discussed the in volvement of officials of the Team sters tmionr Hi WarAiqal activities In Minneapolis and m an alliance with the racketeering element still In control of the longshoremen's union in. New York. Bland reference was made to the assumed orderly conduct of the teamsters in this part of the coun try after the prosecution of their goons during the administration of Gov. Charles Martin. Recent dis closures indicate, however, that the teamsters in this jurisdiction have fallen under evil leadership. First, there was the disclosure by Commissioner Stanley Earl of Portland, former executive of the CIO in Oregon, that the reason he lost the endorsement of the Central Labor Council for reelec tion was that he refused to accept the dictation of Clyde C. Crosby, International official -of the team uteri, to vote to open up the city for pinball operations. Friday, the Oregoman dropped a Domosneu with the first of a series showing an attempted alliance of teamster officials and underworld charac ters to organize rackets (bookmak ing, prostitution, gambling and bootlegging! in Portland, with po licd protection through control of the Portland police. The impetus came from Seattle gambling figures, but was checked through lack of cooperation in Portland. For one thing, reports the Oregonian, Mayor Peterson re fused to fire Chief of Police Jim PurcelL The expose has political significance because one of the (Contlnurd aa editorial page, 4.) Girl Killed in Lowell Wreck EUGENE ( An automobile skidded off a highway and threw the 16-year-old driver, Wanda Gaines, Springfield High School! junior, to her death near Lowell, 17 miles southeast of Eugene, Thursday. Three other persons In the car were Injured seriously. They were Ann Beverly Vangnes, 15, another Springfield High School student; Richard C. Mangum. 21, of the Navy, and another sailor who was not identified at once. Tn1 matm ntmt far this, yo knew . lrlwhjitgr W1LBERT ji 1L6J1 - Announcement of the transfer of Channel 3 to KPTV said that Glenn McCorniick, owner of KSLM, "will become associated with KPTV in supplying public service and other types of television programs to be originated in Salem and which would assist in proving a type of television service and coverageof Salem and Willamette Valley acti vities which presently is, not , avail-j able." - To Seek Approval FCC approval will be sought Im mediately, KPTV Manager Frank J. Riordan said in Portland. Al ready on file in the U. S. Supreme Court is a suit seeking to set aside regulations limiting the number of VHF stations one company may operate. It was filed by the Storer Broadcasting Company, owner of KPTV. which has VHF stations In Florida, Wisconsin and other states. KSLM has been attempting to obtain approval for a Channel 1 tower in the Molalla area for sev eral months. The matter was still in litigation before the Federal Communications Commission when it became known Thursday that the channel would go to KPTV. Other Channels Salem also has been allocated three TV channels-VHF 18, 24 and 66. Channel 18 is specifically for education. No applications are on file to activate any of the three. Spilled Tacks Cause Tire Repair Boom Upholstery tacks, apparently spilled from a truck, caused flat tires, created irate drivers and broucht on a tire repair boom in Salem Thursday. The tacks were reported to Sa lem police by Floyd Brower, manager of the Mobiloil Service Station at 17th and Center Streets. Polire said the tacks were found at intervals on 17th Street between S'ate and Madi son Streets and on Madison Street between Capitol and Taft Streets. Brower said his station handled seven cars with nine flat tires Thursday, One tire contained 14 tacks, he said.. . Grant B. Fallin of Fallin It Bradley Service Sta tion said he repaired two flats. How many othe motorists were affected was not known. A city street department crew swept and washed down the tark-infrsted area. Fallin saiu he picked tacks up "by the handful" in the street. They were appurently drrpped some time between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Thursday. 1 DIKE FIND GROWS PORTLAND ( - Army Engi neers gained another $225,000 Thursday for emergency dike use, tunning up the total to $1,100,000 available for flood protection use in the Pacific Northwest this spring. Today's Statesman Psge Sec Bsbson Report 23.111 Classified 24.27JI1 - Comes the Dawn .4.: I . Comics .' .22.. Crossword 22.111 Editorials 4 . I Food :... . ........17.21. Ill Homo Panorama 13-15 . II Markets 23-24 III Obituaries ... 31 IV Radio, TV ..... 31 IV Sports ..29-30 IV Star Caier 14 .11 Valley News 10, 11.. I Wirephoto Pago actress bride, Grace Kelly, dur Royal Couple sail mvav on Hoheymoon ' By PRESTON GROVER -MONTE CARLO, Monaco JH Princess Grace and Prince Rai nier III took their final marriage vows in the austere Monacan cathedral Thursday and, wrapped in each other's arms, sailed away on their honeymoon. "Are you happy Grace?" came an American shout at the dock. lirr serene highness, the film star daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B, Kellyjif Philadelphia, didn't answer, but the prince smiled and nodded emphatically. Grace, 28, and the - J2 year-old sovereign of this little principali ty united Wednesday in civil rites became man ' and wife in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church in the cathedra) cere mony. They exchanged plain gold band rings and pledged to support one another "for richer, for poor er, in sickness and in health." They cut a four-foot-high wed ding cake before their brilliantly dressed guests in the sunlight courtyard of the palace. About two hours later came the getaway started with a drive in their big American car down the long road that hugs the rocky cliff to the quay. At the quay, with engines pur ring, was their white 300-ton yacht Deo Juvante II, whose name the prince interprets as meaning "God helps us." At 5:07 p. m. they pulled away. Whistles blared from other yachts and visiting destroyers in the har bor... .,..,... . The;4 stood side by side on the bridge he in blue coat and slacks, she in the light gray suit as the little ship wheeled toward the narrow port entry. They were away, truly alone for the first time since the bride's arrival in Monaco a week ago. Mercury Soars In Salem Sector Salem temperature rose to M Thursday as the city's spell of hot spring weather continued. . McNary Field forecasters pre dict a high of 80 again today with a low tonight of 44. The fair weath er is expected to continue through Saturday. Northern Oregon beaches are ex pected to be fair through today with fog or low clouds Saturday morning. , Politics on Who's Runniii" - (Editor! NaU: It Orvfaa ItalHMi't (aclnlT Tftlttlul firaSr" .rift It vtitl.a kT t tor Uw ranSltel litlYri. Tht mUrUI It . yrruntcS u public irrvlrr, wtlh.ot ml or kUellra I ;, wi4 or bujt aot la accorS with ttt ertltartal fUti H UM m . ' ... vVINTON HUNT R OaSlditt tor Marion Representative - Winton J. Hunt, the Republi can candidate from the north section of Marion County for a position in the House of Rep resentatives, is a native son of the county. He was born in his home town of Wood burn 44 years ago, de scendsnt of a pioneer family of 1846. Mr. Hunt has Wlnloa Hunt not previously presented himself to the voters for election to any of fice. However, he Is not unfamil iar with the problems of state or local government He is pres ently serving as chairman of the Woodhurn Tlanning Commission, ind is currently a member of the Marion Count Fair Board. Portland I Quit; House Group Approves Soil Bank Program By WILMOT HERCHER WASHINGTON ( The House Appropriations Committee voted $1,200,000,000 for a soil bank pro gram Thursday, but Secretary of Agriculture Benson said he had no authority to spend the money. . "We cannot . put the soil bank program into operation without new legislation," Benson insisted during an appearance before the Senate Agriculture Committee on the other side of the capttol. ' Action in the appropriations committee came with a rush and was described by Chairman Can non (D Mo) as an attempt to "take the, farm question out of politics." It was the latest move in a con fused struggle over farm relief program in this important elec tion year. While the appropriations com mittee voted 36-7 in favor of the big fund for "acreage reserve and soil conservation payments." its bill contained no authority to make the advance payments pro posed by President Eisenhower. ' It was not immediately ex plained how -the committee ex pected, the Agriculture Depart ment to put the program into op eration on a broad scale this year since many Southern crops have already been planted and seeding is under way In the North. Pre sumably many farmers would have to plow -up some of their plantings in order to benefit. The soil bank plan was the only major administration recommend ation In the farm bill Eisenhower vetoed Monday. It contemplated payment up to $100,000,000 a year to farmers who withdrew acreage ; from the production of crops now in surplus and devoted it 4o conservation purposes. Expansion of Dutch Maid Plant Studied Expansion of the Dutchmaid Food Products plant in Salem and establishment of plants in other Northwest cities will be considered in a special stock holders meeting tonight in West Salem City Hall A company official said plants are contemplated in Seattle and Spokane, Wash., and possibly Vancouver, B. C, as well as en larging the Northwest's first plant established three months ago on Portland Road. According to notice to stock holders, the meeting tonight also is for voting on release of addi tional stock and splitting stock to finance expansion, and a pro posal by an outside interest to buy up to 23 per cent of the stock at ISO per cent book value. Salem Man Elected To National Office" RENO, Nev. 11 George Den ney of Salem, Ore., has been elected secretary-treasurer of the American Assn. of Motor Vehicle Administrators. He was named at the organization'! annual confer ence here. Parade for What Office As a business man in a small town for the past 19 years he is well acquainted with the prob lems of that group. As a prop erty owner and farm operator he is also aware of the tax and mar keting problems of those groups. Mr. Hunt does not champion sny special interests but bsses his campaign on the slogsn "Sound, Sensible Legislation." He has attended the Woodburn Schools snd the University of Oregon, and is also a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College, He served during World War II with the U. S. Army In the European Thester. During 1952 54 he served at chairman of the Marlon County Republi can Central Committee and in 1953 was a memher of the State Republican Legislative Advisory Committee. He has been associat ed in the insurance firm of Jno P, Hunt at Son since 1937. He is a member of the Salem Elks, Knife snd Fork and tht Wood burn Rot7. V - -- - " .4 Cover Educator Elmer C Rleck, newly selected deao of stadrnt for Willam ette University. , 4 , Rieck Named New Dean at WiUametteU. Elmer C, Rieck, 44-yetr-old for mer dean of men at ooutnern Methodist University, was ap pointed Thursday to succeed State Sen. Mark Hatfield as dean of studenU at Willamette Uni versity. ' i President G. I Herbert Smith said Rieck, now ! taking graduate work at University of Wisconsin after many years of varied edu cational posts, would start his duties in Salens this fall Rieck is a graduate of Wiscon sin State Teachers College, with a muter of arts degree from University of Wisconsin. Dean Rieck was with the. Wis consin public school system as a teacher, coach and principaL In 1942 he became a graduate assistant in the department of education to the University of Wisconsin while working on his master's degree. Serving in the V-lz units of the Navy for the remainder of the war, he was executive offi cer and later commanding offi cer for the groups at Brothers College of Drew University and at Cornell College, Mount Ver non, Iowa. . In 1948 Rieck Joined the fac ulty of the DeKalb public schools in Illinois as director of curricu lum. After two years there, he became assistant dean and later dean of men at Southern Meth odist. Rieck will be professor of ed ucation in psychology at Willam ette, in addition to his duties as dean of students. Hatfield re signed when he became candi date for secretary of state. Second Man in Linn Holdup Draws Life SUtnnua Ntwi Scrvlr ALBANY A second man In volved in a bold Linn County court house holdup last Jan. 17, was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday. Harvey Roberts (alias Robert Leo Roberts), 13, pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of armed robbery in connection with the S8. 001 robbing and slugging of Linn County Treasurer Raymond Tom- Iinson. Because of prior convictions on similar charges Roberts was given life under the Criminal Habitual Art by Linn County Judge Victor Olliver. Earlier this week Ernest L. Gib son. 37, was also sentenced to life after a Linn County jury convicted him of participating in the same robbery. Treasurer Tomlinson was forced to open the county safe and then was slugged over the head. He was left on the floor of his office while the robbers made their es cape. The next day Roberts was ar rested in Coos Bay after he drew attention to himself by spending money too freely. His arrest led to apprehension of Gibson. PArinc coast mr.rk At Int Ani.lM II, Portland I At San Frartritra I Staill. 1 AV Sarrafnanta J, HaUvarood 4 At San DirgQ 4. Vinrauvtr 1 NATION St. t KAOI'f At Brooklyn t I'hilarlrlphla 4 At Prw York I, Pillmurln 1 At Cincinnati in, SI 1-mn S At Miiwaukr 3, Chlralo I AMmiCAH IS ACtS At VtaaMnftnn 1. N.w Vnrk 1 At ntrnit I, Kmai Ctv At fhirafn I. rlv.!nr1 t At Bgttoa 4, Itisrare ... .-. y ,.v . UJJ flavor nor beans State Police j Investigation Not Completed By THOMAS S. WRIGHT JR. Staff Writer, The Statessaaa . Gov. Elmo Smith conferred for four hours Thursday vcith top law enforcement officers on alleged underworld at tempts to "organize" Portland i vice, but he kept a tight news ' lid on the results. He said state police have been investigating the situation and he indicated he would call on state police rather than the State De partment of Justice to continue any investigation of reports of organized crime to take over the city. A few hours after charges were revealed in the newspapers Thursday, the governor had call ed into conference at his office here Multnomah County District Attorney William Langley, his young deputy Howard Lonergan, State Police Superintendent H. G. Maison, Capt. Vayne Gurdane and governor's assistant Edwin H. Armstrong. No Comment Langley, visibly upset at the end of the long conference, was first to leave with his assistant He had no comment to make on the session but denied any con nection with those charged With underworld move. Gov. Smith's statement follow ing the session contained no do tails and no statement of a course of action in the case. "Reports that out-of-state mobsters are en deavoring to get a foothold for vice and gambling in Multnomah County have been under investi gation by the state -- police tor some time. Smith said. "Our Investigation la not com plete. I shall take anpronriaU action when the investigation has developed .sufficient facts to establish a proper course." Taoraioa Bequest The governor had no comment to make on a request by Attorney General Robert V. Thornton that his justice department be per mitted to make an investigation of the charges. Failure to include Thornton in the conference was taken as an in dication that the request would be bypassed in favor of continued probes by the state police. This indication was supported by the presents of Maison and Gurdane in the session. Gurdane Is head of the state police district which includes Portland and Multnomah County with headquarters st Hilwaukie. Seeks Investigation Thornton said "I feel that the facts set out in charges definite ly call for an investigation. I feel the department of justice should be authorized under the law to complete the investigation." in asking earlier for Dower to handle the matter Thornton had said he considered it inappropri ate for the district atorney to participate in this investigation because of chfrges directed against Ms oiiice. - Langley said that any implica tion be would not be able to conduct an Impartial investiga tion was nonsense; that Team sters' support bad not influenced him in office and would not. Hitchcock in Area Today Phillip Hitchcock, Republican aspirant for the U.S. Senate, will take a whirl through Polk and Marion Counties today. His campaigning will Include a luncheon meeting at the Marion Hotel. Salem supporters have in vited about 50 local citizens whose support has not yet been committed to either Hitchcock or his Republican opponent, Douglas McKay. In the morning, Hitchcock will make stops at Dallas, Monmouth snd Independence. After leaving Salem be will visit seversl spots before sttrnding a candidates' night in Mill City In the evening. White House Peterson as WASHINGTON UP - Did tht White House let tht cat out of the bag Thursday on President Eisen hower's choice of a new secret sry of the Interior? Newsmen wondered about It aft er an incident in which assistant press secretary Murray Snyder figured. Vnf4 a- tstr mat - fatal- w4 I I ft t conference by whom the Interior Department would be represented at Friday's regular weekly cabi net meeting. Douglas Mi Kay's resignation as Secretary of the In terior was effective' last Sunday. He left to run for tht U. S. Scnatt from Oregon. Asks City. Official District Attorney Quizzed District Attorney William Langley , of Multnomah Ceaaty leaves the office of Gov. Elmo Smith here Tharsday after a conference called In the wake of charges of aa aaderworld attempt to con trol Portland. Langley (right), with his aide Howard Loaergsi were first to leave the session called by the governor. (States maa Photo). , - E&ypt; Kracl Order Unconditional Truce By ERIC GOTTGETREU - JERUSALEM ID Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold of the United NaUons announced Thursday Egypt and Israel had put Into effect a new and unconditional cease-fire on their strife-torn border. It was his first big accomplishment on a two-weetold Middle East peace mission for the security council He said both govern ments told him they had ordered their forces not to shoot across or pus over the armistice demarca- tion 41ne after p.m. Wednesday. day. Agree to Trace Both sides agreed to the cease fire more than a week ago but hid reserved the right to lire in self-defense. They also had de layed giving Hammarskjold con firmation that the necessary or ders had gone out to their forces. Hammarskjold held two private skjold &itam with the National Conn with Israeli. Premier r. . rt,lliu, th arhonl an- meetings Divid Ben-Gurion Thursday how to maintain the cease-fire. This made six such conferences between the two since Tuesday. Other U. N. and Israeli represent atives also attended. Ceafereaco Held Earlier, Ben-Guf ion and his cab inet had a private discussion of the talks between the premier and secretary general. Hammarskjold had conferred with Egyptian Pre mier Carnal Abdel Nasser in Cai ro and with Lebanese officials In Beirut before coming here. He will return Friday to his Beirut temporary headquarters. His assignment is to secure compliance with tht 1MI armis tice tsrtrmttft of Israel with Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria and reduce tensions along the de marcation lines fised by those agreements. He is to report to the council by May 4. Slip Points to Interior Chief Snyder's reply wss: "Peterson I mean Clarence Davis." His first reference was ap parently to Val Peterson, former Republican governor of Nebraska and now chief of the federal Civtl Defense Administration. Davis Is undersecretary of the Interior and he has been mentioned frequently ; ' , wTV VJJIT .L. Snyder whether he hsd uninten tionally "snillrd the beans" that Peterson would be named to suc- PORTUSD i - Portland Gas ced McKay. . j A Coke Co. directors voted Thurs- Snyder Joined In the laughter day for a quarterly dividend py and said it was Just that "I hsdiment on May 1$ of 15 cents a reicrsoo'i lacs bs.'o;t Bit," j skua. Tha. it a boost of J'o ctots. i Vice 1 Dr. Bennett Resigns Post At Willamette Dr. Thomss Bennett, Willam ette University religlon-philoso- nhv nrnfpnanr. his accented a onlnnunred Thursday. Dr. Bennett will leave lor .New York at the end of the current school year to become director of the education program lor the nYmrtment of church and eco- nomic we si tno nsuonu coun cil headquarters. He rame to Willamette in from Kendall College, Evanston, UL Gambling in Lane County 'Nets Near $100,000 Yearly' EUGENE IK A Lsnt County rrsnd Jury reported Wednesday that gambling still is going on in the county, netting Us sponsors about 1400.000 a year, The pand jury said gambling in fraternal clubs resulted in profit of 1200.000 for its sponsors in 1955, and public card room op erators netted about $70,000. The remainder of the gambling was In beer parlors, the rand Jury said. There were no indictments. The rand jury made its investigation under a state law In which im munity Is granted to those who testify. About 40 witnesses. Includ ing club representatives and othn operators, testified. It was pointed out that the immunity does not extend to future dates. The grand jury said Dist. Atty Inhn Vnn rranrstmt the investi gation. Venn said it was part of litis ramnsisn to crack down on gambling in the county. DIVIDEND VOTED Charge Attempt to Organize Vice ; FORTLAXD (AP) - Mavor Fred L. Peterson called for uyae vj-osdvs resignation 1 4 t .a from city commission Thtirs day hecause of disclosure) that Crosby, Teamster 'i Union of flcal. one had served a prison term. 1 ' . The demand was one of the ' ramifications' trowing from tht Oregonian's copyrighted story say- lng that Seattle elements had tried to organist crime in Portland and ' gala a measure, of control over Portland police. (Crosby attempt' ed to legalist pinball machines la Portland last rear), Sa Attempts rail , ' Both tht Oregonian and tht Ore gon Journal said tht attempts failed. Tht twt papers Mid Crosby had ' tried to gain political influence and to changt the city's police ad ministration. ' Tht newspapers disclosed Cros by, under tht name of Boh Harper, served a terra In Arizona for burglary 3 years ago. The newspapers said records showed food and a watch were taken la house burglary, Crosby con firmed the prison sentence, but said he was a teen-ager looking for work at the time and only food had been taken. Ho aaid tht robbery was actually done by aa older companion. The mayor said tht disclosure that Crosby once was In prlsoa In uty Claimed "does not colnctdt with the tin. -graphical sketch ht furnished mo - when ht was being considered for 1 tht appointment to represent or ganked labor as a member of the Exposition-Recreation Com mission." Asks rer Keslgaatloa , Crosby later was appointed, and) -it was from that commission that Peterson demsnded his resigna tion. Tht commission was created to build and operata aa tight mil. lion dollar civic sports ctnttr. Construction has not started. Pistol Permit Tht Oregonian said Crosby also had obtained a pistol permit from tht office of Multnomah County Sheriff Terry Schrunk last year, Crosby, to obtain the permit, said he had never been convicted of a felcny, the newspaper said. Fingerprints were taken, ana tht FBI reported two weeks later that Crosby had served tbt Arv sons prison term, the newspaper said, adding that tht pistol permit, however, was not cancelled for another i"t months. - Schrunk. now a candidate lot -. mayor who has been endorsed br ibe Teamsters and other labor un-"-ions, said tht matter was aot called to his attention until last-, month. He said aides In tht office) s had not passed the tnformatioa along to him. Schrunk said that when he was notified ht went at ' once to Crosby and canctUtd tht - permit. - Klamath Falls1 Firms Burn ! KLAMATH FALLS (H - Urt destroyed the block-squart Xlam 1 ath alley Lumber Co. la th heart of Klamath Falls tarty Thursday. .i Tht flames also destroyed aa adjoining auto wrecking company. ' John Fowler, Klamath Falls, a co-owner of the lumber firm,, tentatively estimated damage at ltM.000. Tht flames broke out at 4 a.nv from a cause not yet determined. Somt 400,000 feet of lumber aa; well as other building material and paints were destroyed at tht), lumber company. A do ten auto mobiles were destroyed at the , wrecking plant SLIDES KILL M BELEM, Brain (It A cload bursl touched off landslides Wed nesday night la the Amaioa River port of Monte Alegrt. First report said about 20 persons were killed. TbeWcalbcr Sal a Pars land Har . North San rrannara li? ' n vr wniim.iia Slvar J4 faat rOBirST Itmm U waainar SMf ai . Mi Nary rtM. Salami' Fair tmlar. tnnif hi and Sa'ardaT. 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