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CRIN AND BEAR IT By Uchly
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Suteanun PubUahlng Company '
CHARLES A. SPRACUE, Editor k Publisher
Published aver mornlaf. lunnm ffte IN '
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Oracle Failure
Tht Oregon Voter, gleeful over the nomi
' nation of Oouglai McKay, chortlet a bit la
Its last issue over the discomfiture of the
editor of The Statesman who had supported
McKay's opponent, Phil Hitchcock. The Voter
4-1 - il.i wi r . 4Mm AA mm
, iaac nvio uiai ne oiaiciuiau cuuvi tuu im
function as the Republican oracle on this
occasion, even In his own county. It suggests
that other editors who endorsed Hitchcock
may feel "let down" for having foolishly
followed the lead of The Statesman. '
Well, we credit Oregon editors with a high
degree of Intelligence as well as Independ
ence. Whatever "let down" they may feel is
more apt to come from feeling the voters let
Hitchcock and perhaps the party down.
As for the "oracle" business we hope our
ens of humor is too lively to presume on ,
such role, for we recall the scorn of Gra
tiano In The Merchant of Venice":
There are a sort of men who visages
Do cream and mantle like a standing pond.
And do a wilful stillness entertain
With purpose to be dress'd in aa opinion
Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit;
As who would say, 'I am Sir Oracle, '
And wbea I ope my Hps let no dog bark."
A veteran editor la not distressed by the
barking of dogs, even at his own heels. They
idd test to his occupation. Our own head
has oft been bloodied in defeat, even in our
awn city and county witness fluoridation,
county coning ... and "Venus Victorieuse"
(see what we're to get In its place)!
Fact is, The Statesman's recommendation
In the lata primary was not based on any
expectation of victory for Hitchcock. We did
not sea how,' In his first state-wide race, he
could win from McKay, who had proved him
self a popular figure. Our endorsement was
!;iven for the reasons stated, and was quail
ied by the comment that others might judge
the situation differently. An editor who
merely tries to "pick the winner" may qual
ify as soma sort of oracle, but we hope not
to become so spineless as to make that a
final test of editorial endorsement
' New Interior Secretary -
President, Eisenhower found a good man'
for secretary of the interior In his own staff
at the White House Fred Seaton, Nebraska
publisher, former senator from that state, a
, strong Elsenhower booster in 1852 and more
' recently a "deputy assistant" on the Presi
dent's staff. His predecessor, Douglss McKay,
' has praised the nomination, and so have the
: latter's arch foes, Senators Morse and Neu
berger, the latter sounding off to claim it a
repudiation of the policies of McKay, on the
ground that the President passed over Clar
ence Davis, the acting secretary, who is also
from Nebraska a far-fetched assumption.
Seaton is described as a "liberal Republi
' can"; but he endorses the principle of, part
nership power development by private and
Eublic bodies. He voted against the offshore
nds bill, which Eisenhower favored, but
supported the St., Lawrence seaway which
had the endorsement of the President Seaton
has asked Davis to stay on as undersecretary,
as former Nebraskans the two must know
each other welL ,
The appointment appears to be a good
one. It will be interesting to see whether he
is subject to savage attacks as was his prede
- cessor. In administering this department with
Its power over natural resources you can't
keep everyone happy.
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Like the four-minute mile, once a record
is broken it seems to crumble. In 1953 Ed
mund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing
Norkay his Nepalese guide, reached the sum
mit of ML- Everest first men to stand on its
summit though many previously had tried to
scale the highest peak on the globe and a
' number had lost their lives in the attempt
Last week a' party of Swiss mountaineers
climbed to the summit twice. This will not
make it a common jaunt for a weekend hik
ing club, but it does show that the mountain
can be conquered given experienced moun
taineers with proper equipment and favor
able weather conditions.
"That government export says we small farmers gotta go Lrm!
. , , Says we dont produce surpluses efficiently enough! . .
After a visit at the White House and an
interview with President Eisenhower Phil
Hitchcock, defeated by Douglas McKay in the
recent primary, was asked about his own
future. He replied that as a Presbyterian he
believed in "predestination." For non-Cal-vinists
we offer this explanation of that doc
trine, as given by an old lady who said she
believed; "What's as, is as; and what's going
to be is going to be, even if it never comes
lit pass." McKay is a Presbyterian, too, and
he has confidence in the "predestination"
that bell defeat Wayne Morse, who is a Con
gregatlonalist presumably is "independent."
Be sure to mark June 5 as a red litter . . . er . . .
letter day on your calendar. Because for that afternoon
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerficld announces he is,
calling a meeting in Washington, D. C, of
five nationally known dog experts "to seek
assistance in developing a program to re
duce the hazard of dog bites for the post
office dept's 125,000 letter carriers." Look
ing the problem squarely in the teeth, and
standing with his back to the wall, Summer
field said that American canines, large and
small, sank their fangs into nearly 8,000
meaty postmen last year. Three-fourths of
these required medical treatment, and mail
delivery was delayed . . .
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Grants Pass and Medford are only 35
miles apart but the editors of the two dallies
are poles apart Editor .Frank Streeter, of
the Grants Pass Courier, a survivor of GOP ,
standpatters, and Editor Bob RhuL of the
Medford Mall-Tribune, a free wheeling edi
tor wbo strongly supports Sen.' Morse, just
never see eye-to-eye on anything political.
Now they are la dispute over just what
McKay called Morse in the late campaign.
Ruhl stited that McKay "often" called Morse
aa "unadulterated" liar. Streeter denies It, ,
say that McKay merely was reading from a
Courier editorial which declared that "any
one who claims that there was anything
lhady about McKay's part in the Al Serena
case la a plain, unadulterated liar.'," We
will not undertake to settle the controversy
but would raise the question of when of when
la a liar "adulterated" or "unadulterated."
And which la the worse characterization?
CoE Arthur M. Sheets, state director of
civil defense, back from the mid-Pacific
where he witnessed the explosion of the big
H-bomb, gave out a very optimistic inter
view to the Corvallis Gazette-Times. He de
clared that Russia never will be able to pass
the free world in the development of nuclear
weapons. He expressed high praise for Amer-
, lean scientists, ana was- deeply impressed
. with the extreme care taken in preparation
for the H-bomb testing. Having read so many
gloomy articles telling' how fast Russia was
catching up with the USA or getting ahead
or us, it is rerresning 14 nave mis word from
an old soldier that "our side" is doing a
pretty good job after alL , .
., Recently the Eugene school board voted to
name a grade school after a woman who had
been a teacher and principal there for many
.years. It was an appropriate recognition of
the service of a teacher. In Salem there is
one name of a teacher which is well remem
bered, that of Margaret Cosper who taught
' here for many yean. She was universally
revered, and hundreds of her former pupils
now scattered 'round the country, remember
her with affection. The school board, which
has given the name of Mrs. Faye Wright
, long-time member of the board, to an elemen
tary school, might well keep Miss Cosper's
name in mind for application to a new
school. '
Homegrown strawberries are coming on
the market, and spite of the hard winter the
outlook is for a good crop, unless the weather
plans mean tricks. High point of the season
in this valley is the Lebanon strawberry fes
tival, set for June 14, 15, 16. That is when
they feed the multitude from a huge .straw
berry shortcake, which according to the Leb
anon Express usually weighs more than 5000
pounds cake, berries, ice cream and all.
Red berries with thick cream help make life
' in this valley delectable.
Sen. John Hounsell of Hood River proposed
to the interim committee on taxation a sales
tax of two per cent on retail sales, with no
exemption for food and medicine. Another
proposal has been for a three per cent tax
: with such exemptions. If we are going to
come to a sales tax (by no means certain)
just as well have it apply across the board.
It Is a nuisance for store clerks to sort out
the non-taxable items in sales, and the pub
lic soon gets numb to any tax.
The meeting ought to produce some doggone food ideas.
Because one of the authorities Is listed as a "dot psychologist.''
The list does aot include, however, any dogs. Which mi; bo
a mistake. Because if the committee wants to smell tut any
facts on dogs, a long-nosed canine would be Its best bet. One
with blunt teeth, of course. We found such a dog leader hero
la town and went right out and put the bite on him for aa
Interview.
He's a fine Irish setter and president of the local chapter
of CUR (Canines United in Retaliation) an anti-burglar dog
group. He put down his dog biscuit and admitted that,
frankly, this mailman thing had his organization up a tree.
"Not that we haven't been stumped before," he barked
jovially.
"What do you dogs have against postmen," we asked.
'They don't taste any better than magazine salesmen or po
licemen, do they?"
"Well," grinned the setter, "as the dachshunds would say, ,
It's a long tale. Before any of us can join this anti-burglar
organisation we mutt subscribe to the Canine Code, and take
the Hypersensitive Oath. This binds ui to bare a fang at ene
mies (both animal and human) and to guard with our very
lives front yard, back porch and basement windows. And it
permits you to only gum your friends. But sometimes the boys
are not told the difference between a friendly leg and a hostile
foot And that's where the trouble starts . . ."
"What's the solution?" we asked. "The average letter
carrier has enough trouble with slippery steps, new lawns,
rain and soggy bags without having you fellows gnawing
away at his shins. And if this gets to Congress no telling
what'll happen. You can't fight the post office."
"What is needed," said the setter, "is a better under
standing between dog and man. A sort of lend-leash spirit
of cooperation. A non-aggression pact might help. A padded
uniform would help more. Research, even by experts, won't
help much. Because we dogs know most of the postman's
backgrounds pretty well already. Anyway, whatever the ex
perts decide, we all hope it'll be something (as they say in
Washington) with teeth in it . . " . . .
West Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting
This Week to Consider A-Research Pool
By X M. KOBEKTS .
AP News AMlytt
World War II was hardly over
when three of Its small victims
. Holland, Belgium and Luxem
bourgdecided their futures lay
In international cooperation.
The? formed an organisation.
known as Benelux, to establish a
customs union between them, and
urged other Western European na
tions to Join. , r-
The other nations formed organ
izations of their own designed to
do part of what the three small
frwwvia) (ivs w aw? v wwwh aw
for them. None of the organiza-
A! , I 1 1 , - ,
v lions naa oven enumj awxeuiui
in one of the world s most conserv
ative business areas. But none has
- entirely failed, ' and by gradual
process Benelux actually seems
to be approaching what seemed,
19 years ago, to be a hopelessly
naive goal.
- -
About the aame time Benelux
was getting started." two great
French statesmen, 'Jean Monnet
and ; Robert Schuman, Winston
Churchill and the German, Aden
auer, began to advocate even
greater European unity. , ,
The European r eammunlty Jfor
coal end steel waa formed, with
coordinated supra-national con
trols end single market objectives.
It baa had ita troubles, but it is
Mf m amine? mrw-ef 0.
The irternational control body
set up to handle coal and steel
operate under safeguards against
national finagling.
And it is moving into other
fields. 7 !.-. .'.
Under Its urging, the foreign
ministers of the six countries involved-France.
West Germany,
Italy, and the three Benelux coun
tiresare meeting this week to
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see if they can do much the same
thing for atomic energy they have
done tor coal and steel
They call the new project E li
ra torn. Its to be a pool for re
search into the production of atom
ic power for peaceful purposes. It
would co-operate but aot interfere
with national operations, nor with
International organisations as pro
posed under the Eisenhower plan.
It is designed to permit the six
countries to do in cooperation what
they do not have the resources to
do alone.
,7' - . .
The project, however, has been
tied in by ita originators to the
idea of European federation.
Following directly on the heels
of Euratom organization, If the
conferences prove successful, will
be a movement to establish a
European customs union and a
European single market.
Both movements will be tied to
supra-national authority through
the common assembly set up for
coal and steel. This body s mem
bers are appointed by Individual
governments, but work under a
charter designed to force them to
approach their decisions in a
spirit of objective international
ism. A few years ago the whole ap
proach was considered fantastic.
The obstacles, involving not only
nationalism but also Europe's an
tiquated economic practices, are
still gigantic.
But for the first time in cen
turies Europeans are working on
these problems in an atmosphere
of goodwill, as against the selfish
ness of the past, and things are
moving at least a little.
Sea Explorer
Troop Takes
River Cruise
Members of Sea Explorer Troop
1J conditioned their "sea legs"
with a recent overnight cruise
down the Willamette River to
Champoeg, some 15 miles north of
Salem.
Party making the trip on the
28-foot motor launch "Willamette"
included Skipper Edward Gottfried,
2nd Mate Jack Rhodes and the
following crew members: Tomm
Curry, Larry Nichols, Michael
Young, Jon Rhodes. Robert Far
man, Jeff Witteman and Aaron
Swenningson.
rrnlse down river was made
Saturday and the party male the
return trip Sunday.
Better English
By D. C. WILLIAMS
Time Flies:
Prom The
Statesman FIIm
10 Yean Ago
More of the nation's news
papers printed abbreviated edi
tions because strikes and crip
pled transportation systems had
cut deeply into available paper
supplies. Several of the large
papers had cut advertising.
23 Yeara Ago
May la, 1111
Three members of the recent
State Legislature, and of several
prior to that time, are new part
ners In a law firm in Portland.
Ralph S. Hamilton of Bend,
former speaker Iff the -house;
and Alan Bynon and Earl Bro
nough, members of the house,
joined with Bronough's father
in establishing a new firm.
40 Yeara Ago
May Sa, 1911
With patriotic fervor greater
than has been ia evidence in
many years, Salem citizens en
tered into the observance of
Memorial Day. The city was
draped ia flags and the Rev. F.
T. Porter presided at services
at the cemetery. f
i
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "John's and Robert's
suggestions were followed with
a dead silence."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation ol "gunwale"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Alegiance, alien
ation,r albatross, alimony:
4. What does the word "ob
literate" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with ea which means "to fas
cinate; to charm"?
ANSWERS
1. Say, "JOHN and Robert's
suggestions were followed BY
COMPLETE silence." 2. Pro
nounce gun-el, accent on first
syllable. 3. Allegiance. 4. To
remove or destroy utterly by
any means. "The writings on
the wall were obliterated by the
flood.'' S. Captivate.
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Salem Man's Son
Made Doctor of
Divinity in Texas
Plainview, Tex. Wayland Col
lege has conferred the doctor of
divinity degree on Harlon L. Har
ris, former Oregon resident, at the
annual commencement exercises.
Dr. Harris, son of Harlan Harris
Sr., 2985 Fisher Road, Salem, Ore
is a gradifate of Roseburg High
School. Russell Harris, Reedsport
a brother, was among the com
mencement guests and shared in
the week-end festivities on th Way
land Collge campus.
Dr. Harris is pastor of First
Baptist Church, Plainview, which
is attended by a majority of
faculty, staff and students of Way
land College. Dr. Harris is now
leading in a building program that
will more than double the church's
facilities Recently, $200,000
worth of property which adjoins
the First Baptist property was
purchased as part of the expan
sion program and plans are shap
ing up for an auditorium seating
1,500.
the subject of a long essay in one
of his books and. oddly, the Grant
volumes were a favorite of that
unique personage, Gertrude Stein.
Wilson in his review in the "New
Yorker" in 1951 commented that
"in general, the writing of the
'Memoirs' ia perfect in concision
and clearness, in Ita propriety
and purity of language." Again:
"TtwM literary aualltlet. w unob-
truilv, art IndublUbl. IntftUble
vldnr ( a natural nobility 'and
(Iimmm of tatta, and th book ran
vvi Urant'i dynamic fare and th
dlinltnM ol hit pcnonaltto. Pr
hapi nvr hi a book m objective
In form Mmd to prna In fvtry
lln. and though th tempo ti nvr
Increased, th narratlv. one w at
intn th war, ama to mov with In-
creating; momentum."
Grant's fame as a soldier was
dulled somewhat by his reprtation
for insobriety and for the scandals
that attended his administration
as President. Probably the most
brilliant part of his military ca
reer was his capture of Vicksburg.
How, this was accomplished in
spite pf the many obstacles
enemy occupancy of a strong posi
tion on the bluffs of the Mississip
pi, difficulty in bringing up sup
plies, swampy terrain across the
river is one of the very interest
ing portions of his Memoirs. After
four attempts to get behind Vicks
burg, Grant arranged with Ad
miral Porter who commanded the
river fleet to run downstream
past the batteries of Vicksburg.
Thus Grant gained a foothold on
the east side of the river below
Vicksburg. He pushed up behind
the city, cut its communications
with other Confederate forces
and after a short siege forced its
surrender by General Pemberton.
The remarkable feature of this
strategy was that Grant violated
one of the common principles of
warfare in cutting loose from a
base of supplies. He did this over
the earnest protest of his sub
ordinate, General W. T. Sherman
who, in Grant's words, said "that
I was putting myself in a posi
tion voluntarily which an enemy
would be glad to manoeuvre
year or a long time to get me
in. I was going into the enemey s
country, with a large river be
hind me and the enemy holding
points strongly fortified above and
below.
Grant rejected the advice (but
not the adviser:
"To this I reDlled. th country la
already disheartened over the lark
of auccesa on th part of our armies;
the last election went against the
vigorous prosecution of the war, vol
untary enlistments had c a a d
throughout most of th North and
conscription was already resorted to,
and If w went back so far as Mem
phis it would discourage th people
so much that bases of auppliea would
be of no use; neither men to hold
them nor supplies to put In them
would be furnished. The problem for
us was to mov forward to a deci
sive victory, or our caut was lost.
No progress waa being mad In any
other field, and we had to go on.
This shows not only readiness
to assume a risk, but a fine per
ception of the politics of warfare
the immediate need of a vic
tory to hearten the North. (Sher
man himself followed the Grant
example on a bigger scale when
he cut loose from Atlanta on his
march to the sea, living off the
country in a manner that made
his name one of reproach in the
South for years'.
Blind Scribe
Back in Office
Writing Views
NEW YORK -Victor Riesel
blinded by an acid thrower eight
weeks ago, ia back in his office
writing his syndicated labor col
umn. .
He says his news sources have
Increased since the assault, which
he and authorities believe was mo
tivated by his attacks on racket
errs In some labor unions.
After his first day back at the
1 Post Hall Syndicate) office Mon
day, Riesel said:
"I have found a tremendous feel
ing of people wanting to help not
so much because I got hurt, but a
k" of these guys just are sick and
tired of being pushed around."
Riesel said he has received at
least 50,000 letters since an uniden
tified, young man threw sulphuric
acid in his lace in the early morn
ing dark on a mid-Manhattan
street April 5.
Riesel, who left a hospital last
Wednesday, said after his return to
the office: "The' thing that pleased
me considerably was that I sat
down at the typewriter and
knocked out the column with just
lew typogtaphical errors.
South Salem High
Graduation Rites
Moved Into Gym
Location of South Salem High
School graduation exercises next
Tuesday has been transferred to
the school gymnasium to handle a
larger crowd, Principal Carl
Aschenbrrnn.fr said Tuesday,
Time of the exercises, June I
Later Grant took command of
the Army of the Potomac and
forced the surrender of General
Lee at Appomatox courthouse.
There his deep humanity was
manifest. He let officers retain
their swords, let soldiers take
their horses home for the spring
plowing. As Wilsori says, "Grant
was doing his best to carry out
the Lincolnian principle of no bit
terness and no reprisals.'1 That
same touch of understanding
marked his order after the sur
render of Vicksburg;
"Paroled prlsonera will be aent out
of here tomorrow . . . Instruct the
rommands to be orderly and quiet as
these prisoners pass, to make no of
fensive remarks, and to harbor any
who fall out of ranks after they
have passed."
And at Appomatox, his feelings
as he describes them in his Mem
oirs were "sad and depressed. I
felt like anything rather than re
joicing at the downfall of a foe
who had fought so long and vali
antly, and had suffered so much
for a cause.
Perhaps in these days when the
South feels aggrieved because
some of its long cherished opin
ions have been condemned and
the custom growing out of them
declared illegal, we need to gt-
something of the spirit of r ant
and of Lincoln, a bit of toler
ance in point of time at loast
for the modification of old views
and old practices. Grant7s "Per
sonal Memoirs," written while
he was dying of cancer, without
the benefit of the ghost writers
who have been at the elbows of
our later day commander-writers
of memoirs, is well worth read
ing today, not only for its valuable
history but for its literary quality
whose chronicle of events is told
so tersely that the flow of the
narrative grips the reader.
Solon Asks
Billion Dollar
A-Aid Abroad
PHILADELPHIA -Sen. Clin
ton P. Anderson D-NM, chair
man of the joint Congressional
committee on atomic energy, Tues
day suggested a billion-dollar five
year atomic program, among "the
uncommitted peoples of the earth."
Addressing the 168th General
Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A., Anderson
said "to these friendly lands and
to the uncommitted peoples of the
earth I would send the evidences
of our purpose to use the atom
for peace, not just the nuclear
fuel which the President has al
ready promised, but the vessels
in which it Is to burn." He added
"Russia will build an atomic
plant in East Grmany, is pushing
atomic development in Red China
has her eyes on Egypt and will
undoubtedly expand her atomic
penetration whenever and where-
ever the chance may come,"
In those countries, under Ander
son's suggested program, the U. S.
should test the most promising
types of reactors, "revise and re
work them under actual operating
conditions and thus have them
ready for use at home when the
cost of their electricity became
competitive with the energy we
now have in abundance.
"Such a program." he said,
"would cost us aa a nation a bil
lion dollars in five years, a large
sum to be sure, but only a small
part of what is now contemplated
in military aid. ,
I think it would pay far greater
dividends both In security and
satisfaction. Actually, the House of
Representatives seems to feel that
the cost of foreign aid might be
cut a billion dollars this year,
enough for the whole program of
international atomic aid.
GlobalRed
Airline Said
Soviet Aim
SAN FRANCISCO - Stuart
G. TiDton. Air Transport Assn.
president, said Tuesday night So
viet Russia was displaying the
unmistakable intention" of trying
to establish a comprehensive Red
flag International air line net
work.
Tipton, in a dinner address to
the Aviation Writers Assn., said
that Aerofloat, Russia's civil air
transport system, would be linked
with satellite nation air lines. Tip
to said that Red China will try
to develop a first rate air line sys
tem tied to Russia's.
"We can anticipate a wholly
new force on the world scene, a
powerful worldwide network of
Communist air lines," Tipton said.
at I p. m., remains unchanged.
They were originally slated in Um
school auditorium. Time and place
of the baccalaureate program,
June 1 at a p. m. in the auditor
ium, remains the same.
"The auditorium will hold wt
1,200 while the gym will accom
modate 3,000," Aschenbrenner ex
plained. "The 285 graduating
seniors had requested 200 more
admission tickets than we could
have provided if the exercises had
been held in the auditorium."
At the ceremonies the gradu
ating class will be seated on the
main floor of the gym. Admission
to the downstairs area will be by
ticket only, Aschenbrenner said.
The upstairs seats will be thrown
open without reservations on a
"first come, first served" basis.
Twins Born to
Area Couple
Statesman News Service
DALLAS, Ore. Twins, a boy
and girl, were born Tuesday to
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Ander
son, Salem Route 1, Box 660. The
births occurred at Dallas Hospital.
Attendants said infants and
mothers were "doing fine."
The baby boy arrived at 1:30
a.m. and his sister followed at
4:10 a.m. Weight of the brother
twin was listed as 5 pounds, 2
ounces while his sister hit (
pounds, 4 ounces.
The Andersons have one other
daughter, Geraldine.
Maternal grandfather is Elmer
Anderson, Lyons, and paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Jess Christie, Brookings, Ore.
Seven Building
Permits Issued
Seven building permits, includ
ing one for a new house, were is
sued Tuesday hy the city engineers
office.
The house permit was taken by
Leonard Ryan for an $11,800 one
story house and garage at 2950 Is
land View St.
Other permits went to E. H
Alien, $.'i00 one-story garage, 2512
N. Commercial St.; W. L. Krause,
$458 house alteration. 2090 N. 19th
St.; A. E. Hansen, $350 house alter
ation, 1095 Howard St.; Dale Neli
ton, $2.i0 house and garage re
roofing, 870 Hickory St.; Emil
Goertzen, $100 patio alteration,
1215 Dorval Ave.; and Lloyd Pay
senn, $.10 garage reshaking, 2390
Laurel Ave.
Grand Jury
Indicts Two
Two Salem men were indicted
Tuesday by the Marion County
grsna jury.
John M. Lamb, 270 Boice St.,
was indicted on a charge of
drawing bankcherks with insuf
ficient funds, and bail was set
at $1,000. TJie 34-year-old sales
man is now serving a 180-day
sentence in Portland Municipal
jail on another check charge,
sheriff's deputies said.
Also indicted was John Wayne
Donaldson, S3, 1180 Highland
Ave., charged with non-support.
He has been released after post
ing $500 bail.
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Heat Blamed for
Butane Gas Line
Leak at Keizer
StatrsmaB News Servlre
KEIZER The heat Tuesday aft
ernoon was blamed for creating a
potentially dangerous situation at
a Keizer area home when a butane
gas line sprung a laak.
An inside ''pop-off" valve be
came overheated and opened,
causing rooms in the house to be
filled with gas. Keizer firemen
were called to the scene, the J. O.
Scott residence at 1225 Alder St.,
but reported no damage. The valve
was repaired by gas repairmen.
Boy Refuses to
Yield Phone as
House Burns
STATESVILLE, N.C. (AV-A $15,
000 rural home burned to the
ground Monday while a boy gabbed
on a telephone party line, refusing
to yield it for a call to the fire
department.
Mrs. Paul Phillips said she
broke into the conversation. "I told
him my house vas on fire and I
wanted to call the fire department,
but he said, 'are you kidding?' and
went on talking."
As she was leaving to seek an
other telephone, a neighbor, Hoyle
Ellei. drove up. He ran into the
flaming house and pleaded with the
boy to get off the phone.
"Iet it burn," the boy said.
Eller then went to another house
and called firemen. When they ar
rived the fire was beyond control.
The house burned, down.
Keuscher to
Head Portland
High School
PORTLAND ( - Robert A.
Keuscher, 38, will be principal of
the new Woodrow Wilson High
School, when it opens in Southwest
Portland next fall.
Keuscher, named by the school
board Monday night is a graduate
of Willamette University and Ore
gon College of Education. He has
been vice principal at Benson
Tech here.-
Robert A. Keuscher, who has
been named principal of Port
land's new Woodrow Wilson High
School, Is a former assistant prin
cipal of Leslie Junior High School
in Salem.
For several years while in Sa
lem, Keuscher also served as as
sistant sports editor of The Ore
gon Statesman, working nights.
He left here to become Marshfield
High School principal, later going
to the Portland school system.
Elephant Strolls
Throjigh City
In New Jersey
BOUND BROOK, N.J. UI - It's
a good thing the citizens of this:
community of some 5.000 go to bed ,
at a reasonable hour or they would ;
have thought they saw an ele
phant roaming the streets at 4 a.m.
Tuesday.
For that s just what happened.
An elephant owned by the Benson;
Bros. Circus left his stall and wan-'
dered around town for two hours.
There was no panic and no calls
to police beginning, "I am stone;
sober, but. ... ,
Outside of police, apparently, no
one' saw the critter. I he cops,
found him at the Calco Recreation !
Field and trainers got him back to
the circus grounds in time for the
show to pull out on schedule this
morning.
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Jury Ponders
Libel Action
SPOKANE Ui - A jury of eight
women and four men was still
deliberating Tuesday night on a
$150,000 libel action brought by
State Auditor Cliff Velle and Jack
Taylor, former state land com
missioner, against the Cowles Pub
lishing Co.
Yelle and Taylor asked damages
of $75,000 for a editorial that ap
peared In the Spokesman-Review
July 31, 1951, that they claimed
was libelous.
The editorial concerned employ
ment of an architect to design a
state office building in Olympia.
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Output of Hens
WASHINGTON - Rep. Vursell
iR-Illi paid tribute Tuesday to
scientists who have gotten hens to
lay more eggs.
The average hen now lays 184
eggs a year compared with 122 20
years ago, he said in a speech pre
pared for delivery in the House.
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