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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather .... I" II-. n WUf .....,, M . I .4 . ( .,r i-out, t..f.'t't T. . (, f n ihi- it in j. a ... ,i I.-:.. tua( II s4 I I, 1 -Milar it m LM.f L. 1 1 I.. I tl M pan trrr )) I i f a:-,. fcltl MM Mil a1 h fen, at 0f POUHDOD IA51 106th Year 3 HCTIONt-14 fACIt The Oregon Itafeantsn, lalem, Orea, Monday, April 21, 19S4 rmci s No. 27 Mission Possible Forerunner mmm mmmm"mmmnmio in i mil uuum I ."'"i ,- tm I m-r nm i ir ri an m . . n ... - f 1 ' .,. ' aaF . . - ' " ' ' , ' ' .... Jt 1 . k .-v- . 0 I---;-, . 'ill V 'i -7f Jte. Ceorge Swift (btrkgroand, tenter), rector of RL PibI'i Eplt- topal Chnrck, ronducU iMuguril lervlre Kaaday tt church's aew ailuioa at Veterans of r'trelga Wars Halt Loeklaf a ts Governor Smith has acted in Compliance with the law In direct ing tht Attorney General to assume charga of the grand Jury in Mult nomah County called for the pur pose, ot investigating charges af fecting public officials in that coun ty and the alleged endeavors of certain individuals to profit from illicit operations. District Attorney William Langley, himself under firt, tardily requested the Attorney General to take ottrthe Investiga tion which ho had had scheduled to start on Monday. The law cover ing the power of the Attorney Gen eral under such circumstances is act forth in OCLA 180.070 lnj "U - 180.080, He is given quite broad I powers of investigation or prose- Michael Palmer, received a Jun cutioa of violation of law in which i0r seedling award, the circuit court has jurisdiction.! In the garden club division. This does not remove the District Labish Meadows Club took first; Attorney but makes him subordi-1 Woodburn Garden Club, second; Bate to the Attorney General in the 'and Brooks Garden Club, third. conduct of these proceedings. A district attorney, like a judge of the Supreme Court, may be re moved from office by the governor, but only on the joint resolution of the Legislative Assembly, by a two-thirds vote for specific causes let forth in the resolution. ' In his announcement the Gov ernor said he was prepared to call a special session of the Legislature if the investigation is made a ve hicle for partisan politics or prop aganda, for authority to name a special prosecutor. We doubt if the warning was necessary, for any such attempt would react against the one who tried it. The (Coatinaed editorial page, 4.) Missing Boats Located Safe LONG BEACH, Calif. ( A huge 27-hour air and sea search was called off Sunday night after the last of 38 outboard motorboats, missing in a race from the main land to Santa Catalina Island, was accounted for. The Coast Guard said 145 pf the 309 boats entered in Saturday's race are safe in the Avalon har bor on the island. Weather per mitting, the Coast Guard said, they will be escorted back Mon day. Others returned to mainland ports. Cmdr. Arthur M. Davidson of the Coast Guard said a thick fog turned the race into one of the largest air-sea searches on rec , crd. .msf:.. rtew ramembet, this Is four I aurk) sarvka kinchT W1LBERT St. Paul's Opens New North Salem Mission A congregation estimated at ISO persons was present Sunday morning when St. Paul's Kpiscopal Church conducted lis first parochial mission at Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in north Salem. Inaugural mission services were conducted by the Rev. George Siftr rector ott-Paul's and music Top Winner in Flower Show Of Ml. Angel luttraua Newt ttrrko VT. ANGEL Grand sweep stakes In the ML Angel Prim rose Show Sunday went to Mrs. Mary Prsnger of ML Angel, with Mrs. Arthur Holmes of Salem as runner up. . F.iffht.var.nlf! Varr Pi1mF ftf w ... J - Mt Angel wnn th Innlnp awMn. .t.k mwarA h mp knih Top Winners The list of first prize winners included Mrs. Paul Sliffe and Miss Juliana Dehler, auricula; Mrs. Mary Chapman, acaulis; Miss Dehler, seedlings; Mrs. Ada Seely, arrangements; and in poly anthus. Mrs. Chapman, dark red; Miss Dehler, light red; Mrs. M. Persyn and Mrs. Josephine Bochsler, light yellow; Mrs. Her eford, pink; Mrs. Holmes, dark yellow; and Mrs. Pranger, white. Salem, Woodburn Gervais, Brooks and Monitor contributed entries, besides a large showing from Mt. Angel. - Mrs. Marguer ite Clark of Clark Gardens and Mrs. Ben Torpen, Beaverton, were judges. Many Visitors A continuous line of visitors from a large area filed through the show room throughout the afternoon. Misgivings about a supply of flowers proved ground less when a full house of 294 entries were registered, but va rieties were limited because of spring freezes. The largest class, as usual, was polyanthus. Interest was added by compli menta'ry displays ot African vio lets by Mrs. Marcus Wampach arid Mrs. Helen Schmiti of Cali fornia, who is visiting her mother, Mrs. John Ebner, in Mt AngeL Fire Kills 5 Tots, Parents ROME, N. Y. I - A family of seven, five of them small children, perished Sunday night in a smoky fire that burned out their modest home in this Mohawk Valley city. All apparently were asleep when the fire broke out. The father's body was found on a sofa in the living room. The children and the mother, In night clothing, were beside their beds in three rooms on the " second floor. Today's Statesman Page Sac. 12, 13 II n ii 3 I 4 I Classified Comics Crossword Editorials .... Home Panorama ...7 I Obituaries 12 II Radio, TV 7 I , Sports .,10..... II Star Gater 14 II Valley Newt 6 I Wlrtphoto Pag .11 " of New Episcopal Church part rongregitUn fttlauted it held etch Bundiy In the Mluloa ( a pouihlt new Epiatopal charch was provided by the St.- Paul s choir. The mission establishes a prece dent here and is first' step toward a possible second Kpiscopal church in North Salem. The minion's establishment Is unique in that it was founded by the vestry of St. Paul's. Usually such functions are established through the state church organisa tion. Called the Mission of SI. Paul's Episcopal Church, the latest addi Uon to the city's bouse! af worship will bold family service each Sua day, with classes to follow. Theme of the Rev. Swift's mes sage fitted the occasion as he pointed to the need for domestic mission development as well pro grams as well as foreign mission development. The Rev. Swift said he will handle occasional sermons at the mission. He conducted four ser mons Sunday one at the mission opening and three others at St. Paul's. Dr. W. G. Burrows Is chairman of the Mission board. Lad Broods Over Licking, Kills Parents MANSFIELD. Conn. l - An 11 year-old boy with poor eyesight. apparently brooding, police said over a parental spanking, shot and killed his parents and an old er brother who picked on him. The shooting occurred at milk ing time Saturday night on the small farm of Richard Curgenven, 42. He died in the triple tragedy with his wife Beatrice, 41, and their other son, Richard Jr., 14 1'oiice said, however, that no one knew about It until the boy himself, Robert went to a neigh' bor's home to tell him what he had done after having spent the night with the bodies. State police Lt. Harry Taylor reported the boy said he sighted a .22 calibre rifle with his left eye, because his right eye was poor, and held his spare bullets in his teeth. Taylor said Robert apparently planned the shootings a week ago, after his last spanking. After telling his story to police, Robert was ordered committed for a mental examination at the state hospital in Norwich. State police said the order, signed by a local physician, called for a 30 day committal. 'Longing for Travel' Top Desire of Girls NEW YORK lav. Girls, if a good fairy tapped you on the shoulder for three wishes, what would be your first? , A rich husband? A 'trip to Mars? A million dollars? The YWCA asked 15.253 girls and women in a national survey, and travel topped their dream list. ' Not that some of the gals don't hanker for a well heeled hubby or a sock ful of cash. Many do, but more than 15.000 of those questioned in 31 states thought they'd like to pack a bag and head off somewhere, any where, before they died. "A" trip to Massachusetts,' anonl 151 ptnw, Scnrkn will which If coaiidered foreraaaer la North Saleau B and K Meet Queen; Hint Visit to US.' By RICHARD K. O'MALLET ILONDON " ir-Tkita Khrush chev and Nicolal Bulganin had tea Sunday with Queen Kliubeth II at grey old Windsor Castle. Then they hustled off to Lon don reception where they talked of a changed, more hospitable Russia and invited Britons to vis it any place in the Soviet Union They mingled .with t ot Lon don's 28 mayors, with aldermen and sheriffs, and other guests in London's county hall across the Thames from the Houses ot Par liament, "Yew most coma to Russia, It's not the same la Russia now,' Communist party chief - Khrush chev told Labor Party leader Hugh Gaitskcll. There were indications the two Russian visitors were angling in the course of their British tour for an Invitation to visit the I'ni ted States. One Soviet official told a cor respondent that "this visit is, above all. a rehearsal lor the visit we hope Khrushchev and Bulgan in will make to the U.S.A. alter the Presidential elections, of course." While the Soviet leaden made their social tour, thousands of eastern European refugees marched in orderly protest against their visit. The refugees prayed for those behind the Iron Curtain. The Russians, at Windsor Cas tle, presented the queen with a Russian sable wrap. While they sipped their tea, young Prince Charles and Princess Anne were brought in for a polite how-do- you-do. The Russians gave them gins, too. Moscow U., Chicago Set Student Trade LONDON tfl Moscow Radio said Sunday Moscow University has accepted a proposal for ex changing students with the Univer sity of Chicago. Ivan Petrovsky, rector of Mos cow University, has notified Col. cago of his acceptance. In Chicago, Robert M. Stoiier Sr., dean of students at the uni versity, said the student body, not the university itself, Invited Mos cow to participate in the exchange program. Slozier said the program "has my sincere approval." He said its purpose is. to "break down false barriers between students of vari ous countries." wrote one girl who definitely seemed to know where she was going, even in her dreams. Other travel choices ranged from the home continent to the pyramids. Four were in terms of space travel, with a venturesome young lady in Santa Cruz, Calif., dreaming of "a trip out of space." , . . ' . The survey was conducted by M local branches, of the Young Women's Christian Assn. as a feature of national YWCA week. Opinions came from females aged IS to 70, both members and non-members. Everywhere travel led the list of fondest dreams or "unmet needs." , Spokane Woman Wins $7,011 oil Two Dollar Uct ACL' A CAI.IENTE, Mexico, lit-. A womin who laid (ho . widow from Spk4n ind a Aniflrt won 17.01 1 ur 2 t h C'tllrnU hnrtt rti trcrk Bundir by plrklng flv wlnnrri In In (iltn through tenth rirfl. Kh held lh only winning ticket la the live ten pool, which pyi olf to thoM pick Ing th (nt winner! In tht ill rcei. Tht pool wu recently tiubliihed. The womaa wouldn't iv her Dime, Grand Ronde Youth Dies in Polk Wreck Sumaua Hmi Srlft VALLEY JUNCTION A Grand Ronde youth was found deed esrly Sunday morning in a car which apparently had sailed 50 feet off a 30-foot "bank and tum 10 bled another 80 feet before com ing to rest on its top in the Yam hill River bed near fort Hill. The victim apparently killed Instantly wss Identified by sUte police as Dennis Harvey Duch- srme, 19, a member ot tne urano Rondo Indian Tribe. He was found alone la the demolished csr. police ssld. Two men in a cabin near ue scene told police they hesrd a crash about 4 a.m. but found nothing in a search in the dark They found the car on resuming their search after daylight, police said. The west bound car skidded 21S feet on Highway 18 arter touching the shoulder on the north side of the road before plunging over the bank south of the road, police said. They mini the driver must have gone to sleep. Ducharme's death wu the third fatality in Polk County this year and the tenth in the com bined Marion-Polk County area. The body was taken to Sherldaa Funeral Homo by Folk County Coroner s deputies. - - Male Bears Kill Cubs in Portland Zoo PORTLAND III Two bear cubs were attacked and killed by vi cious male bears in an enclosure at the Portland too Sunday. Hun dreds of horrified spectators watched from beyond the fence as the attackers knocked aside the mother bear to kill the defenseless cubs. The two furry cubs were brought out in the bright Spring day for the first time, after having been hidden by their mother in a dark den. As the larger bears attacked the mother bear tucked the cubs under her fore paws and reared back to slap at the five males. One of the cubs wss snatched free and torn to pieces. The moth er protected the other for half an hour but finally it, too, was killed. Distraught witnesses had plead ed with aoo keepers to try to save the cubs, but too director Jack Marks said the bears are danger ous at this time of yesr and that he could not order an attendant into the den because of the dan ger Involved. They were the first cubs born at the zoo here in ten years. They had been hidden in the den about two months and Sunday was the first . time xoo attendants knew they were there. - Grasg Fire Along Dallas Road Put Out by Firemen A grass fire that covered an estimated four acres of land in the vicinity of 3375 Dallas Rosd was placed under control Sunday by West Salem firemen. The clearing and burning ot some bushes and brush got out of control and spread to the field, firemen said, adding that no property was damaged. Turkey-Buzzing Aircraft S&ught OREGON CITY (ft - A red and yellow light airplane flew low over a large turkey farm near here Saturday afternoon, and police and Civil Aeronautics Administra tion investigators were looking for the plane Sunday. Police said the aircraft buzzed the farm for nearly 30 minutes, causing many turkeys to stam pede. Stores, Post Office Burn Near Beaverton BEAVERTON - Fire de stroyed a grocery store and post i office at nearby Garden Heme sunaay, wiin me loss esumaiea at $10,000. Firemen said the blaze apparently spread from a rubbish pile. Soaring Riveirs Menace Eastern Oregon, Top Essayist Carolyn Blsaep of Salens, wlaaer of WaahlagUa, D. C, trip sad 8204 prise. Salem Girl's Essay Wins Capital Trip Carolyn Bishop, 17-year-old South Salem High student, Sunday was named winner of a $200 re gional prise and an a 11 -expense-paid trip to-Washington, D, C, for her entry in the Christian Endeavor Citizenship essay con test. Cecil A. Jeffery of Los Angeles. vice-president of the International Society of Christian Endeavor, made the presentation Sunday at the close of a convention ot Oregon members in Salem. More than 1,700 delegates attended the con vention. A planning committee of Tim Kribs. president ot the Oregon Christian Endeavor Union, Doro thy Howes, executive secretary and the Rev. Robert Hess, field secretary, met with Harold Wes terhoff, administrative secretary at the Columbus, Ohio headquar ters, after the convention to lay plans for the 1(57 international convention which will be held in Portland. Miss Bishop's entry consisted of a 1,000-word letter to her congress man on "I Speak for Christian C)izenship." Contestants from seven western states. Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii entered the competition to challenge young people to be Christians and good citizens at the same time. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bishop, 2595 S. 12th St., are parents of the winner. Miss Bishop is a member of the South Salem Friends Church. Egypt Army Chief to Head New Alliance (Pictare ea wtrephete page.) CAIRO, Egypt I -Ma). Gen Abdel Hakim Amer, Egyptian army chief, has been named chief of the joint command created by the new alliance of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, it was report ed Sunday. The semi-official Middle East news agency announced the ap pointment as Premier Gamal Ab del Nasser returned from Jidda in Saudi Arabia where he signed the five-year military pact with the two Arabian countries Satur day. Gen. Amer already was top man In joint commands created by separate treaties between Egypt and Syria .and between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, c The newspaper Gumhurriya hailed the new pact as "another link in a great chain that will embrace all the Arab countries" and said it meant that "the Red Sea basin has come under the complete control of the united Arab front." (00 HOMES BURN FUKUI, Japan OP) A rag ing fire Monday destroyed at least 600 of 2,700 houses of Aws ramachi hot spring resort in cen tral Honshu. More than 1,200 per sons were homeless. PACiriC COAST LtAOft At Hollywood 0-1, Portland M At Sacramento 4-7. Vancouver S-S At Ban Franclaco 1-S, Lot Anfelea 1-1 . At San Die Jo 4-S, Srattla S-T matiowal mora At PMIdlphia 3-T. New Yorli l- At Chlmo 1-1. Cincinnati 4-1 At St. I.ouii 10. J, Milwaulvt 4-13 At PltUbursh 1, Brooklyn 4 American usaoib j At civind 4-1, rtmit t l J " W il tUosaa til a. Chicago mm. Ex-Multnomah DA Assistant Named to Help in Vice Probe PORTLAND UN-Atly. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton, aamed by the governor to head a vice InveitigatMn here, Sunday appointed attorney t'rancls Wade as his chief assistant la the probe. Wade, a W year-old career man In the attorney general's office, is a former esiiatant district attorney of Multnomah County, where (he Investigation will take place. He now la aislgned as counsel fur the state Liquor Control Commls-i 1 aion. Thornton announced preliminary plans (or the Inquiry, saying the subpoenas Issued by Dist. Ally. William Langlry will be continued until Friday to allow time to study the case. Three newipaper men and a Portland night club figure were subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury. Thornton was called Into the case Saturday night by Gov. Elmo Smith, replacing Langley as chief Investigator. Langley had original ly called the grand jury probe aft er the Oregonian began a copy righted series of articles Unking Seattle gambling Interests with at tempts to cootrol politics activity and vice In Portland. To I'ae Bute PeUro Statement lasaed The governor's statement late Saturday night said: "It is imperative for the Interest of the people of Oregon that the investigation of the Multnomah county situation be above suspi cion in integrity and aonpartisaa character of the Investigation. Un der the present department of jus tice act the governor is without authority to employ a prosecuting attorney unassociated with any city, county or state agency. II the investigation is to be conducted by a stste agency, the governor is limited by law to investigate by the office of the attorney generaL "On Monday I will direct the at torney general to take over the grand jury investigation from Multnomah District Attorney Lang ley. I so Informed Langlry ot this during a conference in my office early Saturday. At this time I am informing the attorney general that if the investigation is preju diced by partisan politics, or if it is used as a medium of political propaganda, I am prepared to call a special session of the legislature to authorize the appointment of a special prosecutor and 1 will rec ommend that this prosecutor be named by members of the supreme court or by the board of governors of the stale bar association. Two Objectives I have two objectives. First, that any investigation will deserve the full confidence of the public; and second, that it will be made abundantly and emphatically clear that the state of Oregon will not tolerate gangsterism or the pur chase of public officials. '.'Let me make it perfectly clear that I have no evidence that such is the case at the present time. 1 just want to make it emphatically clear that this situation will not happen in Oregon while I am governor." At Seattle, Teamsters Union president Dave Beck said Sunday he Intends to stand by Clyde C. Crosby, Teamsters Union Interna tional representative for Oregon, who has become involved in Port land's gambling expose. Crosby has figured prominently In the Oregonian's series. The ar ticles said that he tried to influ ence city political and police af fairs. Politics on Who's Running (Idltor't Nott: fna Orifna Statwnnaii'i hImH "PMUel Para trlM I" wrtttaa ky or tar tat raaSiSatri thtmli, tka mtUrlal la rtMnttS aa a pohUt itrrlrr, without roil or oklliatlon s anroat, ua mi at aaay aot k la mmi4 with ika aitorlal aaUUaa at tbla aawa- -HP") ... AL M. RICHARDSON-(D) . Caa4l! for Slate Treasurer I want to be your next state treasurer, I feel the state treas urer should be a working treas urer, not just a position, I will stand on my record as food direc tor st the Oregon State Peniten tiary, for watching your tax dollar. I am 35 years old, veteran of the U.S. Navy, saw action in 17 invasions South Pacific. Honorable discharge 1945. In July 1953, when I was appointed food direc tor at the state penitentiary, food bills were exceeding the budget at the rate of f 10,000 per month At present, after inauguration of systematic rationing. . the . food bills are consistently $2,500 per month under the budget, and the inmates have a more adequate and palatable dirt than ever be fore. In contrast this savrs you, the taxpayer. $12,500 per month, or $l.V),ooo annually. Inauguration ot a food rationing in all our in 200 to Work With C of c Member Drive Nearly 300 members have been assigned by Salem Chamber of Commerce to tasks in the big one day membership campaign plan ned for May I. . Chairman Sidney A. Boise an nounces that the lineup of teams under 10 captains Is progressing well. The effort to call on 100 prospects in the one day will start with a breakfast meeting at which State Sen. John Merrifield. Port land, will talk. Each captain Is to have 3 mem bers in the drive effort By this Week Captains Charles E." Wsln wright, T. R. Hobart and Carl Armstrong already have com pleted their forces. Other captains now lining op trams are Robert Arthur, Earl Cook. Leslie E. Davis. Edwin Schrcder, Darren Sims, Frank Ward and Gordon Donkln. Youtlw Soar I62Fcctirt Car; Unhurt MITCHELL, Ont. m An automobile flew 182 feet through the air Sunday, smashing to bits when it landed. Its three occu pants wslked away from the crash scene. The car ran up an Incline ap proach to a railroad depot plat form with sufficient speed to pro pel it over a small baggage cart. the platform and a -board fence. Police said it first hit the ground 162 feet from the point of takeoff. , The three youths In the ear were treated for minor Injuries. Police found their shoes scat tered over the ground amid the wreckage. Heavy Traffic Follows Sun The Salem area enjoyed i weekend ot sunny skies marred however, by several traffic acci dents in and around the city, none of which were fatal. Roads were pretty well clogged with Sunday drivers, state police said. More brightness Is predicted for today and Tuesday, with day time temperatures nesring 70s, sccording to forecasters. Need for blankets is predicted for tonight when the mercury will slip to about 33 degrees. (Stories on page 2, See. L Parade . . . . for What Office stitutions would effect savings of staggering proportions. Such are the policies I intend to establish if I am elected. My platform is: 1. To continue my fight In be half of organized labor and the farmer. 2. The reorganization of our State Finance and Purchasing Department: To accurately and economically safeguard and allot the taxpayers' monies. 3. To take the politics out of our state institutions; establish a full time parole board'; establish use of the indeterminate sentence in Oregon; establish a separate penal institution for female offend ers; establish a centralized food disbursing agency for ' all state institutions. ' 4. Advance of local state em ployes when qualified In prefer ence to Importing out of state talent. If you like my platform, I will ajfirauata jrsur lufpoxt. Idaho Crews Bolster Dikes Threat Grows; Ike Allocates Disaster Fund By 1AM DAT BOISE. IJ-ho (AD-Volun. Iitti , ixiUtcml the) tliln of half dozen rivrn In MaliO) and r intern Oregon Sunday as Pacific Northwest mountain! Iiegun to sited one of their heaviest snowpecks la history. No major floods were reported yet, tut the rivers continued to rise to flood stage as warm tern peraturea melted the snowDacki which feed them. . The weather bureau reported a southward-moving cold air masa which could slow up the thaw somewhat. But It was accompaa led by some precipitation. President Elsenhower allocated tlOO.000 of disaster relief funds to Idaho Jlaturday. The White House said it was an unprecedent ed move, since do disaster baa yet occurred. Coatnl tres4 The Army Corps of Engineers has earmarked tut. 000 for flood control work for Idaho's northern panhandle and the snow-clogged Tetor. Mountains hi the eastera part of the state. Said Idaho's Gov. Robert Smylie Sunday: "As of now, no one Is la serious trouble. But with another two or three day of warm weather, we'll get a taste el what might happen next month. Immediate flood-control wort has been started on the Kootenai River ot north Idaho and the Blackfot River of the southeast ern part of the stste. The Kootenai River watershed has a water content it per cent above normal. The date started work on an access road to Ha banks, to enable workers to build up the dikes. It baa risen mora than a foot la the past two days. but la still about IS feet below flood stage. Bateoseats Flead The Coeur d'Alene River over flowed Sunday, spilling water bite basements at Cataldo la north- central Idaho. At Blackfoot, workers begaa hauling dirt and rock to streng then the dikes of the river which runs through the edge of the city. Some 100 new homes and a Dew high school are threatened, but street supt. Frank Bischoff said the threat does not look "quite as bad" Sunday as It did a few days ago. The St. Joe River, at St. Maries in north Idaho, has risen II inches in the past S4 hours. Vol unteers sandbagged the dikea Sun day but predicted soma II nearby farm homes would bo , flodea Monday. The Powder River at Baker, Ore., la almost at flood stage. WASHINGTON Three Ore gon members of Congress Sunday praised Army engineers' plans to meet impending floods la the Pa cific Northwest. Real SoluUea But they said project construc tion is the real solution to the perennial flood problem in the Co lumbia River basin. Sens. Morse and Neuberger and Rep. Gieen, Democrats, said la a joint statement that allocation at federal emergency funds for flood control la a "real step forward in preparations for the flood threat." Boy, 11, Drowns In Futile Effort To Save Brother F1SCATAWAY TOWNSHIP, X. J, I An 11 year-old boy tried to rescue his 1-year-old brother when he fell Into an open sewer Sunday and both drowned. Their bodies were found In a death grip about two hours after the mishap when a third brother, aged 3. who had been playing with them, led police to the scene. The youngest of the trio wss found wandering tearful and con fused along a ' nearby street. A motorist, unable to get a clear story from the boy, tarned him over to police. The Weather km Portland . . aa as m S4 41 .00 M 4S . 4J ,0 i7 n m .a SI i 4S . 'S as .os 1 1 tr- -U S M Bkr Mct(ort - North Bnd Nowburf ....... San Francisco , tot Anfrin Cnicafo .. av .