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The Weather JDSru yam. WW ta to Srewtk W OraaM 106th Year Land and Water Rites Mark V IW mum A "partnership" which ought to meet with quite general ap proval is that contemplated in a joint study to be made of the Upper McKenzie watershed. By invitation of J. Herbert Stone, regional U. S. forester, the new state water resources board has agreed to join in the study. The need for this was made clear in the recent sharp controversy over the Beaver Marsh hydro electric project of the Eugene Water & Electric Board. It will be recalled that the Board ob tained licenses from the FPC and the State Hydroelectric Com mission for this project which involved installing a dam at the outlet of Clear Lake in the Cas cades and diverting the flow of the Upper McKenzie around the 1 falls in that stream. Only the refusal of voters of Eugene to approve the bond issue to fi nance the development stopped j the invasirto of the region's prim itive beautyC- j After the negative vote in Eu-, gene, attention has reen cen tered on what to do with the area, particularly on how to pro tect it from subsequent encroach ment. The study contemplated is directed toward developing a plan for this section, from Bel knap Springs to Fish Lake. Since it is to be made more accessible by (Continued on editorial page, 4) Six Satellites Due in 1958 SAN FRANCISCO - Thcj Navy said Wednesday that the j United States will launch at least : six full-scale space satellites, and hopes to get them up before the end of 1958. But before any of them are launched, seven "test vehicles" none of them having energy enoigh to reach orbiting altitude will be fired. Navy Capl A. B Melsjer. dep uty chief of Naval research, dis closed the extent of the "van guard" satellite program at a meeting of the Aviation Writers , Assn. I Metsger said that in addition to' these 13 rocket launchingsat Pat- rick Air Force Base. Florida, there will be two Viking rocket launch-, ings. The Vikings will be modified to serve as simulated space satel ites. W1LBERT 2 SECTIONS - iifr ..-Tin i Memorial Day services In Salem Wednesday were aamersas and Following this, a special observance was held the Willamette varied. They began with ceremonies at the Civil War monument 'River at Wallace Park. Flowers were thrown from a beat and from in Pioneer Cemetery (top photo) and the Legion Circle in City ' an airplane. Edwin Payne Is shown in the top photo playing taps at View Cemetery. Later services were held on the Courthouse steps.! the Civil War monument Wednesday morning. (Statesman Photos). C.C.Cliai)maiijSalem Remembers Military Indianapolis 80, Political Writer, Dies (Picture oi Page 4, Sec. 1) PORTLAND Death claimed C. C. Chapman Wednesday, end ing a career which had exerted an influence on Oregon political life over a span of 40 years. His views, expressed in the weekly magazine Oregon Voter which he founded in 1915, were widely quoted. Although hj retired from the editorship a year a so Chapman continued to write rite fc to the1 the magazine almost up time of his death. ( A cerebral hemorrage felle'd Chapman Monday and he lapsed into a coma. Death came early Wednesday. He was 80 years old Youth Killed Under Truck ROSEBURG A nine-year-old Pleasanton, Calif., boy, visit ing relatives here, was killed Wednesday under the wheels of a water truck sprinkling an auto mobile racetrack. The coroner's igffire reported that the boy, Terry McCumber, ; apparently jumped for the run ning board of the truck and fell ; under the wheel. 1 Breitenbush Resort Sold To Four Salem Persons Bruckman's Breitenbush Springs resort, situated in the Cascades above Detroit and known as one of the Northwest's most popular recreation centers, has changed ownership in a deal believed to invnlya stest to 12- 000. The tran saction became effective Wednes day. The resort was purchased from founder Merle D. Bruckman, Sa lem, by four other Salem persons, Wendell, Wayne and Albert llal seth and Everett Holt. Included in the transaction were 160 acres of land, 32-room hotel, fi2 cabins, 60 hot mineral springs for which the resort is famed, and a natural warm water swimming pool. Also changing hands were a bath house and store. Ed Schreder of Oregon Develop- ! 6 PAGES Memorial Day 4 ) -? if r M ... i - It. t Mi J ,p " iTr: 7j f ;;i U fit I 111 I vA " ; tl , Dead in Memorial Services Salem remembered the dead many of her citizens visiting family graves and taking part in public Memorial Day services honoring the military dead. A symbolic wreath floated on the Willamette River past one crowd at Wallace Marine Park in a special feature of the Memorial Senators to Query Seaton WASHINGTON l-In a switch of plans, Chairman Murray D Mont.l said the Senate Interior Committee will question Fred A. Seaton about administration power policies before passing on him for a cabinet post. Seaton, now a deputy assistant to President Eisenhower, was nominated by the President Mon-j Offshore, from a group of three, two crew men and two specta day to be Secretary of the Interior , official boats were released family tors. Murray said shortly afterward he floral tributes to the memory uf Flaherty had wrecked cars in expected his committee to recom-; Knsicn Eugene Sanders and of two, of n'5, previous four 500s mend confirmation without a for ' Malcolm Driskill and memorial r'laherty s run for some $75,000 mal hearing. , flowers from Salem Navy Mothers, f 'm!' enfld ln 'radV lf While continuing to predict Sea-! American War Mothers. Gold Star ,D,!;LBY?1T. ton will win Senate confirmation, I Mother, and Marine Corps ; Aux,l-1 l1 L noXai? rn! muiidy aaiu irrauraun; nc imi asked Seaton to appear at a com' mittee hearing Monday morning for "some questions about the partnership power policies" of the Eisenhower administration. (Story o Seaton also as Page IS, See. !.) ment Company handled the deal with assistance of Salem Title Co. Exact price of the purchase was not disclosed. The resort, located 11 miles above Detroit deep in the Cas cades, was opened by Bruckman about 30 years ago and had been operated "by him and hli fafflllyf ever since, uruexman reponeaiy nas no miure pians omer man re- liremeni. New owners announce that Wen- dell A Halselh will serv as pres- Hi ill UI II IU I t fldi i iiuvi ouuii, n n ii Albert Ilalseth as secretary and Holt- as treasurer. Breitenbush, named for Dutch pioneer Peter Brietenbush who discovered the spot's hot springs in 1046. has become nationally known for the reported curative powers of waters from the springs. Lightning Scatters Damage in JIM 1 r ioou Holiday Deaths Edge Close to Predictions By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I Death on the nation's highways Memorial Day pasted the "norm al" figure lor a week day on Wednesday night and headed up ward toward the 110 fatalities safety experts and forecast. The normal figure for a non-holi- Wednesday at this time of is 70. ' y f in fitting ways Wednesday, with Day activity. The marine service climaxed a series of four ceremonies in which uniformed veterans and military units set the memorial scene of the day at Pioneer Cemetery, at City VUw Cemetery, at Courthouse 1 Sauare and finallv. at the river- i front. Massed Colors With massed colors of the veter ans' organizations on the shore at Wallace Park and with scores j0f citizens watching from both sides of the river and from the bridges, a large white wreath was ; dropped onto the water from a plane flown by Ace Demers. larv. Lone Tribute From the Marion Street bridge at the outset of the program had come a lone red and white flower offering, dropped to the watrr be low by an unidentified elderly wo- man who had walked out to take a part in the service. As the flowers floated downriver. a salute was fired from the rifles ' of a Company B firing squad, : 162nd Infantry, National Guard, I Taps sounded from the marine park, with echoing taps from across the river, played by Sea drive, a French News Agency dis Scouts Michael Young and Jee patch from Saigon said Wednes- Witteman, : Sea Schout Ship Willamette commanded by Edward Gottfried, the new Salem police rescue boat commanded by Leonard Skinner and- Charles -Creasy ani a Hard! boat with Gil Ward as skipper wert. the participants on the river. i (n ahnre VFW rmtimmuln fhir ,rs H Dws ronduc,rd ,hf prn m nd (he Rpy vinfpn Cun niff offered prayers.' (Add. drlalls. Page S. Sec U0 TITO OFF TO RI SSIA BELGRADE, Yugoslavia President Tito left Wednesday ! night for Russia io discuss Yugo-, I slav-Soviet relations. FOUNDBD 1651 Tha Ortgen Statesman, Saltm, Oregon, i i j liters Alarm iwnn roriianu With the midnight deadline passed in most areas, the traffic death toll was 89. In other violent deaths, there were 28 drownings and 28 persons were killed in miscellaneous mishaps. Ned Dearborn, president of Na tional Safety Council, had said there might be a "good chance" the figure would be lower. mm ie - f ' l "1T Race Won by Pat Flaherty INDIANAPOLIS UP Pat Fla herty, a 29-year-old Chicago tav ern owner, gunned his Zink special to squeak victory Wed nesday in a wreck-studded 500 mile auto race. The slim, red-haired Irishman, who finished 10th in last year's "xnanapons motor speedway Rnnd' was ,h? slxlh "f 40 chmP- ions who also had won the pole position in the lineup. Running behind Flaherty were two California. Sam Hanks of Burbank, in second place, and Don Freeland of Redondo Beach in the third spot. A half dozen major crarkups marred the holiday race, injur ing six persons, drivers Jimmy Davwalt of Indianapolis and Tonv BettenhausenofTinlevPark.il!.. Th D.ih.... by about two feet and whined on to victory lane and a kiss from movie star Virginia Mayo. Flaherty's average speed was 128.490 miles an hour, compared with the record of 130.84 set in 1954 by Bill Vukovich, killed in last year's 500-mile event Add. details en sport pages.) VICE RAIDS MADE PARIS South Vietnamese police have arrested more than 2,500 prostitutes and opium ped- dlerr in a three-day anti-vice oay Today's Statesman Page 14, 15 11. Sec. ... II ... II ... II ... II ...II ....II, Classified Comics Crossword Editorials Farm Homo Panorama Obituaries Radio, TV 13 4 12 6 13 , 13 9, 10 Sports Star Gaisr Valley News .... Wirephoto Pago .ii.. n Thursday, May 31, 15 A 1 Dikes Not in Dang' er Minor Leaks Cause Panic V At Race Track By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The flooding Columbia River swirled past the truck gardens which used to be the city of Van port on this Memorial Day, strain ing again at the dikes which failed cignt years ago, Rumors that the broken again caused panic weonesrJay morning, only two minor leaks were covered. The level Wednesday was feet under the crest of 1948, the river still is rising. By Monday, the forecast says, it will be at 25.4 feet at Vancouver where the flood stage is 15. In only three other years I8!M, 1948 and 1950-has the Columbia touched 25 feet at Vancouver. Routine Leaks Two routine leaks behind. the dikes in North Portland set olf scare rumors resulting in mo mentary panic and partial evacu ation of the area. County civil de fense crews worked under flood lights to pile sandbags over the largest of the KKalled 'boils " in which water seeps under the dike and surges up through a fis sure in the earth. This leak was noticed by em ployes of Portland Meadows race track early Wednesday and they nenevea tne dikes had broken, sheriff's officers said. Before the dike crew could intervene the track employes sounded off thai10 " country, ne wouia dc vig flood alarm at the race track and ran through the stables shouting that the dikes had broken. Train ers loaded their horses into trail ers and drove away. About 40 trainers had fled with their horses before deputies could stop them. Two Suspended Two men who had spread the false alarm were suspended from the track for ten days. Officials said the leaks were not ' serious and should be easy to con trol, and that the dikes themselves were in no danger. All dikes arc patrolled around the clock by em ployes of the diking districts and sheriff's officers. Across the Columbia, rising wa ters broke through a community dike and flooded dairy farm lands in the river boftom peninsula area several miles northwest of Van couver. Clark County sheriff's officers said the break in the dirt dike was about si u k, ( lk.,exlTt "remen as the flamesi .... ,r... .., daTrv f, Hht spre-d" from the ground floor of ln"u' MVin. of more than h,?,,,, , arcYva''u' the building to upper stories andj500'0' ,0. Policyholders, ater) their cattle last week hpn ,c vr,,a,. An optimistic outlook for the - - ..... n , . oku na changed swiftly when tempera tures soared in the river head waters, sending more snowmelt cascading down into the already high rivers. (Add. details as Page 2, See. 1.) The Weal her Max ti M m 77 ss 7S fi.r 70 flfi Mtn Trrrlp U 12 II Kl no Salem Hortinnd Bak. r Mrdfurrt North Bend Rosebuig San Francisco .. Lo.s AngrlM Chicago New York Willamette River, M Ml 4!i SS 4H M .VI Ml M feet. no on trace ' 7.1 I Oregon Share Highway Bill Senate passage of a gigantic fed - eral highway hill will result in al- location of approximately $340 mil- lion to Oregon for construction of '"terstate hichwav. it was an- nounced Wednesday by W. C. Wil- fnd 30 in Oregon, it will free other liams, deputy slate highway engi- funds for use on other state high neer , ways, Williams said. The State has a 13-year period: It was indicated that some funds for construction under bill provi-ican be re-channeled to speed work sinns, Williams said. ion the Santiam Highway from Sa- The bill from which Oregon will lem to Bend and the proposed new get its allocation sets up a 40,000- Dallas highway. mtle system f tnterxtaU- and dt fense highways connecting 42 state capitals and 90 per cent of all cities over VI.OOO poujilalion Fav orable senate vote on the measure came early Wednesday. The measure now rim-s tn a eon ft.ence committee from both houses of Coneress for straiten ing out of diflerenees in the bill passed by the Senate and 'the one passed earlier by the House Additional funds to be provided by tbe bill will bring a tremendous AT U.S. Officer to Visit Air Show in Russia Trip by Air Chief Approved by Ike By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON UH-By personal decision of President Eisenhower, the nation s top air general will make an extraordinary journey io Russia to attend the Soviets' Aviation Day celebration June 24. Gen. Nathan F. Twining. Air Force chief of staff, accepted the Soviet invitation Wednesday. Several other Air Fores officers will accompany Twining on this rare high level visit, during which they will catch at least some glimpses I , . . . ' . of part of Russia's military might. Overrules Advice In directing Twining to accept, Eisenhower apparently overruled a military recommendation that the United States should hold off while trying to get the inviM .a .broadened to include other mem dikes had hers of the Joint Chiefs of Staff momentary i Md a look at other Soviet forces in addition to tne air lorce. Ad ministration officials have been angling for such a wider invita tion but so far in vain. It was learned that a message from Ambassador Charles E. Boh- len in Moscow, dispatched here over last weekend, helped the discussion over the Soviet vitation to a head. The message made clear that the ed States was confronted firm invitation to send an Air Force delegation to Moscow and left little ground for belief that, the Russians would be inclined to broaden the bid. Reciprocal Aclloa However, Wednesday's action gave rise to new talk of reciprocal action by the United States which might lead to further exchanges of military visits by the United States and Russia. There was no comment from Sen. Knowland of California, Re publican Senate leader, who has warned that if the exchanges should lead to proposals to invite such Russian leaders as Nikila I Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganln orously opposed. The President's decision and the acceptance of the invitation were announced at the Defense Depart ment simultaneously with the de livery of the acceptance at the Soviet embassy. $250,000 Fire Hits Portland PORTLAND m-K stubborn fire which broke out in a plumb ing supply company quickly spread to the adjoining General Paint company store and ware house in downtown Tortland Wednesday night. Firemen estimalarl th riamis at S250.000. Three firemen ,f. fered cuts in fighting the blaze. The fire department had to call three alarms and summon extra firemen as the flames the basement. Both the Gilbert ! frording to A. J. Show, manager Brothers olumbine firm and thei0' tn ratinK bureau- Brothers plumbing firm and the paint company properties company properties were destroyed. The blaze was controlled at 10:50 Dm. about an hour after it started, but firemen remained on the scene after midnight to clean up. Haliv Abandoned on i DoorKie p in Portland PORTLAND ii A Catholic j 1 priest, the Rev Francis J. -Malon-ey, was summoned to his front , door late Tuesday night and there ! 1 on his doorstep he found a baby. A note said only: "Robin St.! Anthony, III mos,, Catholic." The infant was taken to Alber tina Kerr nursery. of Massive $340 Million ; jump in highway construction in the stale While the money, to be spent at an approximate annual rale of $2 million, is earmarked mainlv for interstate hivhwava s! -L'nrlet ptMkiftnj adopted J?y. bjth.: branches of Congress, states will receive W per cent of cost of rnn structinc interstate highways, with 10 per cent It be provided hy stales themselves The Slate Highway Commission reportedly favors a two-year pro gram tor interstate construction with a further three-year program (or guidance. I'nder this plan, first contracting could start hy fall, ac- cording to Williams I (Story also ss Page 7, See. 1) fllCl s il rb Gen. Twining 1 S to bring Tff' ' viet in- ,,f,A;jK. he Unit-1 i . f f , ;4 with., XAilkl, WASHINGTON At the. Invita tion ! the Soviet Umtea. If. I Air Chief tl Staff Gen. Nathan Twining will visit Mm Moscow air show Just 14. Insurancemen Gut Business Building Rates Savings of thousands of dollars in fire insurance rates is the happy prospect for commercial building J' - i - M owners in the Salem area as weU'pinaea ot as the state as i whole, Insurance rate reductions amount ing to 23 per cent on most classes of commercial buildings and their contents were announced Wednes day by the Oregon Association of Insurance Agents. New rates as published by the Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau become effective June 1, although the change also applies to policies issued on or after April 1. policies Issued prior to April 1 may be en- dorsed to take advantage of ln ;chan8e- spokesman said. Major Savings The reduction will mean an esti - Classes of risks affected Include frame merchants buildings, ware houses and automobile garages. Other eligible properties are office buildings of all classes of con struction including banks, city halls and courthouses; printing plants, including newspapers, of frame and ordinary brick con struction; and fire-resistive build ings other than those used as manufacturing, industrial or hab itations! dwellings. Loss Lew II. Hallock Bartlett of Port land, chairman of the OAIA rate committee, said the reduction is the result of good loss experi ence in the commercial building class during the past several years. He noted the change is part oi the continuing downward trend of fire insurance rates which has brought about substan tial rale reductions on dwellings, schools and hospitals during the The day had started with bright past 18 months. sunshine in Northwest Oregon, but Salem has been a leader among bv ("SMall there were wide cities of the state in keeping fire "Preaa reports of power outages losses at a low point. ""d wind damage. Thunderstorms b Jan moving into Southwest Ore- JWMMM7M"l;8i' Tuesday night and moved Iy? 'Vafi! f al aJl'il 'A I ! northward Wednesday. Pj l!l"f " Tf?S Wind gusts reaching 47 miles sa NORTHWEST LKAnUC At Salem S. Eufenc 3 (aacond. game, rami. Al Trl-ntv 1(1 Yakima tl At Weiiatchte 4-3. Lewlaton 11-4. fnw-ArwAai,' At S.tn Francuco 7-1. Portland (1-0 At !. AnvHe 2.(1 Vancouver 0-3 Al S in Di.-H" 2-7 Seattle '-( At S.icratiiento I- Holl wood 3-2 Wimit N I.K(il'K At Kansiin CHv .1-1. Detroit 1 1-3. A ( IrvcUna i-S. Chlcapo .-!. At Baltimore 3-J Ronton 1-4 At .Nr.- Y ik Wrtnun.tnn J-5. S XTIIIN XI l.'.AGll At Philaurui i(- j., Brooklvn S-i. At Pitlhunn 5-3. New York 4-1 iSerond fume 19 Inmnsai. i At chtcaio m-9. Milwaukee -U At st l.ui. I S, C'ncinnaU (Second latin called in 7th, rain) rT.CAST ((ram V I. WmOm ' Bureau, McNary Field. Salem): Clou mornlns and partiall elcarmff during afternoon today and Friday. A few aratlered shower mottle evet mountain. Cooler with the hifh te rSajr and Friday near 7t and tna tow? lonlfht near W. Tempara'tura at It St am. today Wm M. SALKM PKCrtPRATIO' flare Curt of Weather Tear Sea. It Thai Tear ., . Lax Tear Na MJi .-, . M M JT.n No. 41 il -jl L T One Bolt Snaps Tree . Phone, Power Service Fail In Some Areas Area - . By LAKIT ROB AIT Staff Writer, The Statesaaa Thunder, lightning and aU most half an inch of rain hit Salrm late Wednesday after noon. ' McNary Field weather Vmr eau station reported rainfall of .43 between 4:30 and 10:30 p.m. Forecast for today Is cloudy; this morning and Friday with' partial clearing during tna after j noon both days. A few scattered " showers are expected, mostly -Vow the mountains. d. i Predicted high today and Fri- day is 70. High Wednesday wai Expected tow tonight is 60. Only , a (ew iaobted Manning strikes were icportrd Wednesday, T ee Topped One boit of lightning took th. tup uui ot a poplar tree in the. wu diiktr ui aiaiiurin vnvv in the Keizer district. The 12 toot, section fell, narrowly missing a; parked car, but caused no dam age. '-. . ... ,... At Waters field t dead bird plununetted to the ground near home plate, apparently a victim ot tna storm. . , , ScatUrod Tratible ' Portland General Electric com. psny In Saltm reported scattered ti-niihl. H II a an (ha alnrm Trmnl. formors ' ajnd to be re-fused la tha Highland rllilrirl ahniit S D m. In the 600 block of North Church Street one transformer burned out and four fuses had ta bt- replaced. ' Scattered power failures wen : also repotted in the Four Cora- - ers and Wallace Road areas and , in tht vicinity of Silverton and : Woodburn, the company aaid. All .' damage had beta repaired early in the evening. ' Approximatery.'TSO subscribers ' lost telephone service Wednesday; evening due to the storm, Elmer i Berglund. Salem Pacific Tele-; phone and Telegraph manager,', said. j, . Over hilClh phones had been restored by 40 p.m. and the re-' mainder jfrre expected to be in service brjmidnight, he said, v Most otsfhe failures were due to contraction of cables brought' on by the sudden change in thf weather. Beretund said. Moisture In the cracks In cables caused some loss of telephone service, he said. ; iiihni.oi. i-i.. VnaJ , Although instances of knocked ! , phone, w.r. K,tter.d. sub- ; Krib; in , Morning ares- were without service lor about: an hour and a half. Farmers who have sprayed for' the cherry fruit fly will probably, have to do the job over because of Wednesday's rainfall. Tbe spray washes off easily and cher ry growers in the area will have tc wait for clear weather to re spray. The first cherry fruit fly ; was spotted Friday. , West, Central ; Oregon Hit by Holiday Storm By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A sudden change in the weather brought wind, rain, thunder and lightning to much of Western and Central Oregon Wednesday eve ning, dampening Memorial Day holiday outings. jnour sicsea up a swirung aars cloud of dust in wide areas of, Wasco County, Motorists had to pull off the road in The Dalles' area because of extremely poor visibility. The dust storm lasted, a hour Tnu1utes.':ii-i5 A number of power outages were reported in - The Dalles. A tree fell on a house there hut caused only slight damage be--.itise a limb of an adjoining tree cushioned the shock. Another tree blocked traffic for 30 minutes on a main thoroughfare in The Dalles. Lightning set numerous small-' forest fires in the Rosebure area' . "l "r noseourg arw. I W ednesoay afternoon.