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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
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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
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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
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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. .
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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il tUosaa til a. Chicago
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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
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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.
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