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    Ballot Boxes Today to Reveal
Result of Political Campaigns
Early Voting Sought; Near 400,000 Expected at Polls
By THOMAS G. WRIGHT JR.
SUlf Writer, The Statesman
Final word on 1956 s uniquely
sot and cold Primary campaign
drops into ballot boxes all ever
Oregon between I a.m. and I p.m.
today.
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Coed Ponders First' Ballot
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Today will be the fint time Shirley Witters, WiUamette University
coed from Cottage Grove, will vote, as she was 21 this year.
Shirley Is shown above pondering a sample ballot on the campus.
(Statesman Photo). ,
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Gov. Elmo Smith has asked the
attorney general about the legal
ity of Portland General Electric's
construction project for a dam on
the Deschutes River for which it
has a federal license but lacks
one from the State Hydroelectric
Commission. Attorney General
Thornton advises that the com
pany is in violation and has re
ferred the prosecution of the
company to the district attorney
of Jefferson County. That offic
ial says he is going to study the
law before he initiates any action.
If he refuses to act or fails to
act within a reasonable time the
governor may have the attorney
general take over the case.
To this "sca-lawycr" a criminal
proceeding seems the wrong fork
of the road. It hardly seems
probable that a jury would con
vict the corporation when it is
armed with a federal license and
with a Supreme Court decision
which validates it and makes it
supreme over state requirement
ol a Hydroelectric commission
licen.-c.
There is another fork of the
road, however, which might be
followed. That would be a civil
action to determine whether the
company has the right to divert
for use waters of the Deschutes
Kiver. The State Engineer might
seek a declaratory judgment, and
this case would be handled by the
attorney general. That would
(Continued on Editorial Page 4.)
End Seen Near
For Talks on
Columbia Kiver
WASHINGTON f A joint Sen
ale committee plans to end hear
ings next Wednesday on a bill to
develop the upper Columbia Riv
er. Chairman Murray of the Senate
Interior Committee said Thursday
he believes the record can be
completed Wednesday.
"Now remembor, tha idea is
to make juik sale and
WILBERT !
Some 400.000 of the state's eligi
ble voters are expected to parade
to the polls in warm, sunny wea
ther and under watchful eyes of a
whole nation. Interested in the out
come of the two top races.
Despite an indication of a light
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County Budget
Brought Below
6 Limitation
By CALVIN D. JOHNSON
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Marion County's 1956-57 budget
was unofficially balanced Thurs
day at $1,512,246, which is $14,353.
40 under the 6 per cent allowable
increase.
The new budget is $188,407 more
than this year's operating expense (some 30,000 are expected to
of $2,938,820. It represented 31. cast ballots) have the added to
days of interviews, examinations centive of a controversial county
and cutting by a six-man budget zoning bill, a six way race for
committee to lower a preliminary district attorney, and seven Re-
figure of $3,235,845.
County Judge Rex Hartley, com
mittee chairman, brought the bud
get within manageable figures Republican ballot is the contest
through a recommended $50,000 : between Co lege Dean Mark Hat
cut in the county road mainlen-!' W " Wllha,m Healy both of
ance and improvement fund. This Wem- for secretary , ?I state-Go
lowered Commissioner Edward Ro-
gets' original request to $.73,000. i' " R F Cook for
11 appeared that this step had ess sj Lnander u unton.
been contemplated for severs :(ested for renomination as state
days, but was not made until treasurer as j, 'arl Francis for
some concept of other savings was att0rncv general,
known. !From l00d Rjvfr
Assisting the balancing process; 0n the Democratic side Morse
were announcements that certain inas (en opposition from Wood
estimated revenues-such as O&C , row W. Smith of Hood River for
Land Grant Funds, health off i- the Senate nomination. Only oth-
cer's fees, dog license fees and
funds for old age assistance
could be increased. Previous esti-
motes were based on tentative in-
formation received some two
months ago.
(Add. details page S. see. 1)
Foreign Aid
Given Setback
WASHINGTON1 i President!
r.isennower losi a major rounu in chadwicki R(lbrrt L. Elfstrom
the foreign aid fight Thursday as af)(, E(ldje AnrenSi and winton
the House Foreign Alfairs Com- Hunt, I,ee Bvers, David Crom-
mittee turned down his request wc all Jierbcrt Barker seek the
ni specific power to pledge long- Republican nominations,
term aid to foreign' nations. Kice I'nopposed
Instead the committee approved Roy Rice, incumbent commis
a "policy statement" that as long .sinner, is seeking nomination Un
as there is a communist menace "PPOsed on the GOP side while
the United States should continue Anl" Vlst,ca and Patrick Mc-sm-h
foreign aid as is compatible ai thy are contesting for he
,k . i.,hiin., Democratic nomination to the
with its own stability. coun(v cnur, mathl csndi-
In another blow at Eisenhower s j dalPS for Da are Thomas C. En
$4. 91)0.000.000 aid bill, the com-J right and Ralph Wycolf; on the
mittee voted to cut in half the Republican ballot are Hattie
. , Bratzel, George Jones, George
200 million dollars in special eco- (;ross and Hnward Kaffun
nomic assistance funds asked for Onlv other competition is be-
, .
the troubled Middle East and
Asia.
Today's Statesman
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Business Page 28. ...Ill
Classified 36-39 ...IV
Comics 30 .
Crossword 29..
Editorials 4.
Food 21-24
Home Panorama 13-16 .
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Obituaries
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Star Gazer .
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Valley News
Wirtphoto fig -..30....III
vote estimates running from 45
to 55 per cent of the registered
voters elections officials contin
ued Thursday to plead for early
balloting to avoid any late-bour
congestion in larger precincts.
Legal holidays for state, county
and city offices, including all
liquor stores, is expected to help
the "Vote Early" campaign. Bars
and taverns are prohibited from
serving alcoholic drinks during the
time the polls are open.
Top interest, and biggest voter
attractions today, -will be the con
tests between former Secretary of
Interior Douglas McKay and Philip
Hitchcock, former state senator,
for toe Republican nomination lor
U.S. Senate, and between Adlai
Stevenson and Estes Kefauver for
Democratic write-ins for president.
Test far McKay
Both races have drawn national
interest because one furnishes a
test of strength for McKay who
resigned from the Cabinet to run
with the endorsement of President
Eisenhower, and the other ha?
been labeled a make-or -break
showdown for Stevenson, the 1952
Demo standard bearer.
Kefauver, running ahead of Stev
enson in the number of pledged
delegates, hopped back into Ore
gon Thursday for a day of shirt
sleeved campaigning which in
cluded a swing through Marion
County. At Salem Kefauver ad
dressed an audience of some 400
who waited an extra half-hour to
hear him. (Additional details and
picture on page 27, sec. 3.)
Coatreverty Lost
Today's decision of the voters
will end a primary campaign
which reached fever pitch before
filing deadline last March 9, but
fell off to generally non-controversial
contests leading up to election
eve.
The campaign became a chain
reaction of political maneuvering
at the unexpected death of Gov.
Paul L. Patterson only a few days
after he had announced he would
seek Republican endorsement to
take on Sen. Wayne Morse. His
death brought out a host of candi
dates both for the Senate post and
for the governorship.
Despite the maneuvering which
captured front pages for several
weeks and was climaxed in the
final-day return of McKay to file
tor the Senate, the expected pri
mary campaign battles failed to
develop. McKay and his chief op
ponent Hitchcock campaigned on
an Eisenhower platform against
Morse rather than against one an
other. The same was true of
Kefauver and Stevenson who both
leveled their campaign barrages
at the Eisenhower administration.
Fluoridation Issue
Additional interest was devel
oped for the voters in Salem's 53
precincts 50 in Marion county
and 3 in Polk) in the presence
of measures to fluoridate the city's
drinking water and for several
bond issues
All of Marion County's voters
publican candidates for the coun
ty's four House seats.
Below the Senate race on tne
fn. nni Dai Wiltflf
cr competition for the top state'
offices is between Wiley Smith:
and Al M. Richardson for state
treasurer and between Jason Lee
and Donald H. Metheny for Cong-
ress. Monroe Sweetland is unop-
i posed for secretary of state, Rob
ert Holmes (or governor, and
i Robert T. Thornton for attorney
general.
In the county only Guy Jonas'
name will appear on the Demo
cratic ballot for representative
though an organized write-in
campaign is seeking support for
Cecil Fames, Sheila Laue and
Steve Anderson for the other
IKmh ennlc lnillmKanl U UT
iiuc ,-iinuij. i muni i- si o " .
twoen Republicans Denver Young
and T. Oliver Kickman for sher
iff and between Leston Howell
and Dr. John Ahlbin for coroner. S.
W. Burris has no opposition for the
Democratic nomination for sheriff,
v County Clerk Henry Mattson,
Treasurer Sam Butler, Surveyor
A. D. Graham, School Superin
tendent Agnes Booth and District
Judge Edward O. Stadter Jr. are
all unopposed.
Leading the parade of early
Salem voters today will be Mc
Kay and Gov. Smith. The Mc
I Kays will vote in their precinct
24 at 10 a m while the Smiths
will cast their ballots in precinct
! 12 about 9 a.m. The governor
will leave shortly after by plane
, for Hermiston, but will return to
Portland to await the election
returns tonight. McKay and
Hitchcock will also both watch
i the count from Portland,
j (Story alt Pag f, 8k. D
IMrti Year
Soy
Federal Budget
Surplus Expected
our pi us ijApcuicu
To Hit $1.8 Billion
WASHINGTON (AD The ad
ministration Thursday forecast
a budget surplus at IIJOO.MHI,
lot far the fiscal year 1951
ending June 30. This compares
with 230 million predicted In
the January budget
The revised estimates were
made public by Secretary of
the Treasury Humphrey and
Budget Director Perctval B run
due. They said the administration
expects budget receipts will to
tal 67,70.0O,0O0 compared
with an estimate of $64,500,.
000,000 in January.
Budget expenditures were
estimated at 16572,000,000
compared with a January fore
cast of $04,270,000,000.
FBI Arrests
Three in Theft
Of Document
NEWARK. N. J. - The FBI
Thursday arrested three business
men and an Air Force sergeant in
connection with the theft of a
classified government document
from the Brooklyn Army terminal.
Three of them were arraigned
before U. S. Commissioner Theo
dore (X Kiscaras -at Rutherford
and released in bail.
The sergeant, Harold E. Brill,
28, who is married and the father
of one child, was released in $500.
He is stationed at the passenger
movement division of the Brook
lyn terminal. He is an eight-year
Ail Force veteran.
Released in bail of $5,000 each
were Sidney M. Stern, 39, and
Seymour S. Hindman, '39. owners
of the Distinctive Emblem k Uni
form Corp., East Orange.
- A fourth man, Byrnat Ernest
Schreiber, 43, owner of Schreib
er't Snapshot Service, Linden,
was arrested by the FBI at his
home at Mlllburn, on a conspiracy
charge.
The FBI laid the document had
been recovered by declined to give
any details.
Brill was picked up at the Man
hattan Air Force Base, Brooklyn
Brill is charged with the theft
of the government document and
the other three of conspiring with
him.
The charges brought against all
four under the theft of govern
ment property statute, which pro
vides penalties ranging from three
to five years in prison and fines
of $2,000 to $10,000.
Table Turned
On Reporter
Fred Zimmerman, longtime
Capital Journal reporter, has
copied down countless marriage
license applications for his pa
per's "News of Record" column.
Thursday it happened to Fred.
Among applications filed at
the Marion County clerk's office
was one carrying the names of
Zimmerman and Maria Marta
Buck, a Salem nurse.
A widower, Zimmerman was
all smiles as he and his future
bride waited for the slip of
paper he) has copied so many
times for daily publication. No
wedding date has been set, he
said.
Walter Dry
School Chief After Quarter Century
Retirement of Walter J. Dry (seated), superintendent of the State
Blind School since 1931, was announced Thursday. He will be
succeeded by Everett Wilcox (standing), Dry's present assistint.
(Statesman Photo).
4 SECTIONS-40 PACES
rooms; Temperaiure . HjHfc
jBypaSS Pond
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jUaimS IOlltll
From Salem
A hot-weather swim in a Salem
Bypass pond ended fatally for a
19-year-old Salem youth Thurs
day afternoon and almost claimed
the lives of his two companions.
The body of Gary Hammerton,
son cf Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ham-,
merton. 1295 Shady Lane Dr., was
dragged from ten feet of water by
state police at 3:30 p.m. Thursday,
about 45 minutes after the mis
hap. Hugh Towery, 5585 Sunnyview
Ave.. Salem, one of the trio which
was swimming in the pond near
the interchange of the Santiam
Highway and the bypass, told how
the drowning happened. He said
he, Hammerton and Lloyd Agan,
of Silverton Route 2, Box 94A,
were swimming across the 150
yard wide pond when both Ham
merton and Agan tired.
Tragically Hammerton and Agan
were only about ten yards from
wading depth when they tired and
went under. Towery said. He said
he returned to help the half con
scious Agan to the safety of the
bank, and then plunged back in to
aid Hammerton. But the drowning
youth almost pulled him down too,
he said.
Towery's shouts for help were
heard by another group of Salem
swimmers on the other bank and
part of them began diving for
Hammerton while other youths
ran to the highway for assistance.
State policeman Norman Johnson,
patrolling nearby, rushed to the
scene and made several diving at
tempts in the murky waters.
Other state policemen and first
aidmen were on the scene1 a few
minutes later and began dragging
operations from the bank, but
Hammerton's body was not recov
ered until a boat was brought into
action.
(Add. details, nag 4. see. 1.)
High Court
Accepts Lane
County Case
The Oregon Supreme Court
Thursday accepted jurisdiction in
mandamus proceedings brought
by Lane County District Attor
ney Eugene Venn to challenge
the legality of the recently em
paneled Lane County grand jury.
The high court directed issu
ance of a write returnable at 10.
a.m. next Wednesday.
The proceedings are directed
agsinst Circuit Judge Frank B.
Reid and County Clerk .Harry
Chase.
Judge Reid empaneled the
jury to' investigate whether the
funds of Moses Moody, peniten
tiary Inmate, had been embez
zled. Venn contends the jury was
drawn from an illegally compiled
list.
Gov. Elmo Smith Thursday
asked Attorney General Robert
Y. Thornton for his opinion on
enlarging the scope of the attor
ney general's investigation in
Lane County, including the
charges and statements involv
ing irregularities in jury lists.
The governor's request fol
lowed -an open letter in the Eu
gene Register-Guard appealing to
him to "use your powers in di
recting an impartial investigation
of all charges."
Resigns as
NUNDBD 1651
The Oregon Statesman,
Exhausted
ki.u Mii ftrt TtaailJ W
Sales youth, who drwwswsl Thmnday afternoon In a nana near the Bale bypass Niitheart of tk
city, la the foregronnd Salesa First Aii Captain Bofcert Blegaa Ulks U Uoy Agan, ef SUver
ton, whe narrowly escaped death In the dee water ef tht send. 8Udlag la the water Is State Pa
trolman Norma Jehu whe made several dim in attempt to men tht yauth. (Statessnaa IPlMto
by John Erickten). . ' - - - ;
Police Probe
Coos County
Sky Blasts
COQUILLE in The Sheriff's
office checked reports that three
unexplained explosions occurred
at high altitudes In Southern Coos
County Thursday afternoon.
Sheriff Charles M. Strawn said
a deputy sent to Powers reported
residents told him an explosion
seemed, to occur directly over the
town. Some said there was a burst
of smoke. There was no damage.
Strawn said there was specula
tion "this and two other reported
explosions could have been caused
by gun fire from Naval maneuvers
off the Southern Oregon Coast.
However, the 13th Naval District
Headquarters at Seattle said no
maneuvers were being conducted
in the area. The Coast Guard
here also reported no knowledge
of any exercises.
CREW BELIEVED DEAD
OTTAWA (,Tt-Royal Canadian
Air Force officers said Thursday
they believe the pilot and navi
gator of a VF100 jet fighter were
dead or unconscious before the
plane crashed into a convent rest
home Tuesday, killing 15 persons.
State Blind
Walter J. Dry, who drew na
tional attention to the State Blind
School in his 25 years as super
intendent, has retired from the
position, it was announced Thurs
day by the State Board of Con
trol. Dry, who leaves the institution
under the State Retirement Act,
will be sucreeded by Assistant
Supt. Everett Wilcox. The new
superintendent assumes his duties
late in June.
Dry has served as superintend
ent of the Blind School since
August 25, 1931. During his ad
ministration population of the
school has more than doubled
and several new buildings have
been completed.
Board of Control members said
Dry was one of the state's most
outstanding administrators and
was responsible for many import
ant innovations at the school.
Dry indicated he would enjoy a
needed rest and would remain in
Salem.
Wilcox has served in several
capacities at the school, includ -
ing principal and teacher, since
1942.
From 1946 to 1949 Wilcox was
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associated with the Veterans Ad-
ministration in Portland as a vo-
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ll'duiuiai ruuiauwn tti"'
graduated from The Dalles High
School and attended Willamette
i University. He ilso was in mill
Itary service during World War II.
Salem, Oregon, Friday, May II,
Swimmer Tells
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kmi Vatrelaun Robert Barnes drai
Representative ,
For Nudist Camp
'Smile Adorned'
OLYMPIA W It may have
been the hot weather but these are
the facts the bare facts maam
of a complaint some Olympia girls
registered with the Thurston
County sheriff's office..
They reported a tall man driv
ing a black coupe and wearing a
hat, glasses, pair of shoes and a
smile approached them as they
were walking along Walnut Road.
When their jaws fell open he
explained "I am a representative
for a nudist colony" and drove
off.
June Jury to
Weigh Vice
PORTLAND ( -Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton said Thurs
day a Multnomah County grand
jury investigation into charges of
vice and corruption would be de
layed until June.
Judge Alfred P. Dobson said he
Would not call a new grand jury
until June 4 and Thorntwi indi
cated he preferred to take the in
vestigation before a new grand
jury.
The investigation by Thornton
was ordered by Gov. Elmo Smith
after The Oregonian said in a se
ries of copyrighted articles that
Seattle gamblers had tried to gain
control of vice and rackets in Port
land. Shot Wounds
Oregon Man
MILWAUKIE. Ore - Gilbert
Alfred Beisell, 45, Gladstone, was
shot through both legs as he sat
down at the counter of a restau
rant here Thursday
Police Chief O. (). Nichols of
Milwaukie said a pistol was fired
by patrolman Royal Sherwood as
Sherwood examined the gun.
The Weather
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Inmate Dies
In Alabama
Prison Riot
(Ptctwe en Wlrephett Page)
By F. T. MACFEELY
RA1FORD. Ala. ( One con
vict was shot to death and eight
wounded Thursday in a short
lived mystery riot at state prison.
Warden Dcwitt Sinclair said 225
of the 2,539 prisoners were the
troublemakers but that they re
fused to say why.
He said several groups hadn't
eaten some of their meals recent
ly but "this wasn't a hunger
strike. There were Just 10 or 15
agitators."
There are 1,571 white prisoners
in the prison. All the rioters were
believed to be white.
Sinclair said he thought this was
the case even though I of the 11
injured were Negroes. He said
he didn't know how the two Ne
groes got into the front ranks of
the rioters, where all those shot
were advancing toward armed
guards at an inner gate.
Apparently the prisoners were
not trying to escape, Sinclair said.
but were trying to break into the
dining hall and kitchen.
The prison is about 45 miles
west of Jacksonville. It is one of
the few in the country enclosed
by a fence instead of a wall.
The shooting came when a small
group of prisoners armed with
baseball bats tried to force their
way through an open gate to get
into the dining room.
A gun squad of a dozen guards
warned them to stand back but
Sinclair said "some of them just
decided they could take the guns
and started to bull their way
through So we had to fire."
Sinclair said one work squad
Tuesday relused to eat the noon
meal of beans, sidemeut and
bread "about all you can get at
times out here in the country.
They said they were tired of
beans."
QUEEN CROWNED
SPOKANE Wi - Shari Lyn Fain,
21. was crowned queen of the
Spokane Lilac Festival Thursday
night.
NORTHWKST I.KAdl'E
At Salem S, Trl-Clty 7.
At Euiene S. Lewlstnn 1
At Yakima 8. Spokane 14.
PACIFIC COAST I.EAGI'E
At Vancouver 4. Portland I.
At l.os AnRelrs 6 Sacramento 1.
At Snn Francisco 0. San Diego 1.
Al Seattle 3. Hollvwood II
MKRIC.N I CACH E
At t'hicaeo :l. New York in.
At Kansas t'ltv I. Boston 6.
At Detroit Hattnrore rain.
Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL I.RAOl'E
At New York 3. Milwaukee 7,
At Philadelphia 4 St. Louii S,
At Pittsburgh I. Chicago 4,
Only f amci achadultd. .
1954
Reading
Heat Record
By LAIKY HOBAiVr 1
Staff Writer, Tht Statesman
The temperature rose to 95
in Salem Thursday to male it
the hottest day in May-oa
record here. -r
Previous May high was on
Mav 13. 193a when the mer
cury hit 94. according to weather
bureau records at aicNary field
which date back to U92.
Thursday's 95 also set i new
record for early spring tempera
tures. Earliest recorded tempera
ture of 95 degrees wai June 7,
1933. :
Ccaler weather it expected to
day and Saturday with a high of
80, the weather' bureau Hid.
Thunder showers may hit tht
area this evening. It will prob
ably be continued fair except for .
early morning cloudiness today;
and Saturday with low tonight
of 50, the forecast said.
Lightning Stem ' '
A brief lightning storm struck
the North Santiam canyon Thurs
day afternoon but no fires wert
spotted, the Detroit ranger sta
tion reported. Kim leu in tne
high country but only' a few
sprinkles wert felt in Detroit
A debris ftrt about 5 p in
humed over about on acre at
Detroit No buildings wert dam
aged. Two tankers, a portablt
pump and zo men were empioyta
to squelch the blaze.
High Unmldity ;
flUUUUilJ tin Its gU VAc:v
ridges fell to 25, tht station said.
A low of 28 was recorded at tnt
Detroit station.
Temperature at the Dallas lire
protection headquarters- hit 93
and relative numiuny oroppea so
31 Thursday, f. M. Henderson,
district warden, reported. -
Humidity dropped to 20 on .
high ridges between Valsetx and
Dallas due to a dry east "wind,
Henderson Mia. In lower treat
many operators were able to
keep on working, he reported.
F (rests Drying
Forest and slash areas am
"drying fast," Henderson said,
increasing fir dangers. ,
At Valseti tha temperature,
rose to 95 and humidity feD to
a low of 26. Loggers came in
from camps about 10 a.m. as tha .
humidity hit 30. Western Oregon
loggers are reauired by law tt)
shut down operations when tht
relative humidity falls below 30. ,
Cross Fired
In Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS Un --An eight-
foot fiery cross was ignited 1st
Thursday night on the grounds
of the residence of Catholic Arch
bishop Joseph Francis Rummel tf
New Orleans.
The wooder. gasoline-soaked
cross was propped against a wire
fence in front oi otre Jamn .
seminary which adjoins the arch
bishop's residence.
Firemen, summoned by I piss
ing motorist, quickly put out the
blaze.
The archbishop has been criti
cized in recent months tor hi
condemnation of racial segrega
tion, -. f
HydrogenShot
Again Delayed
USS MT. McKINLEY, OFT
BIKINI ITi The H-Bomb test
was postponed Friday just 41
minutes before the scheduled
shot time and with s B52 jet
bomber speeding toward the tar
get with the potent test weapon
aboard.
The postponement for it least
two more days because of un
favorable wind conditions was
the ninth delay in the Shot
Cherokee test blast, originally
scheduled for May 8 (May 7,
U S. date).
Scheduled for 9:51 p.m. Thurs
day. PST. it was called off be
cause of possibility of radioactive
fallout over inhabited islands in
the Marshalls.
ROSKBt R(i HIKES MILK PRICE
ROSE 111 'RG Two Roseburg
dairies have boosted the price of
milk a cent a gallon. One other
i said the one-cent raisa would go
j into clfect June 1.
i
Rides to Polls
Offered Today
Anyone wishing l ride to the
polls may call either the Salem
Junior Chamber of Commerce
at 3-3175 i Capital Chevrolet) or
the sheriffs office (44401).
The junior chamber Is sponsor
ing an all-out effort between
8 a m and 5 p.m. to boost the
vote The sherff ' office has the
names of several persons who
have volunteered to take any
one to the polls.
All-Tune May