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National Guard to Put Boots to Use Soon 106 Yr 2 SECTIONS-JO .PAGES Th Ortgen Statesman, Salam, Oregon, Wednesday, Juno 13, 1956 N. 71 Air Force elays Woodlbiioirira -pgiss M1CI U a tie, ;. 1 Lj I Preparations for the annual two-week National Guard summer camp at Fart Lewis are la fall awing here aa some JO Salem guardsmen prepare ta leave this weekend. A groan of them is shown above receiving supplies tram 8gt Larry Kelley, (left). They are (left ta right) Kelly, Pvt. Donald Harris, ?vt William Grimmett, First Sgt. Homer Davenport and Pvt. Rodney Kitchen. (Statesman Photo). (Roster of guardsmen an page 9, sec. 1). IPG) 0333 Columnist Dorothy Thompson calls the February speech of Nikita Khrushchev on Stalin "probably the most remarkable document in mod ern history." That covers quite a range in time and literature; but certainly it has set the whole world rocking on its heels, the Commdnist world as much as the non-Communist. The speech merely confirmed the conviction which the West had of Stalin and his system, even though President Truman once referred to him familiarly as "Uncle Joe," implying he wasn't too bad a chap. Elsewhere it had the impact of a revolution. How the West got hold of the lex o. me ajiruanciiev prrvn .peeled date of return, names of 11,11 " ?1S?": "'",?rj!:iPersons with kf'5 h have per- sod asserts that some one "leaked the document directly to Ameri can representatives or to others who would see that it reached the state department. Whether the leak occurred in Russia or the satellites we are not likely to learn, says Miss Thompson. However, a United Press report from Washington un der date of June 6th attempts to do some tracing of the disclosure. The Communist Congress was attended by some 1400 delegates. After K's speech was delivered it was distributed in edited form to (Continued an editorial page. 4.) Portland Vice Probe Results In Libel Suit PORTLAND U" - A $300,000 libel suit was filed Tuesday by the head of the Teamsters Union in Oregon against the newspaper, The Oregonian. Clyde C. Crosby said he was libeled, by articles printed by the newspaper in a series that touched off a grand jury investigation here. The investigation is still going on. Crosby name as defendants the newspaper, two of its reporters,' Wallace Turner and William Lam bert, and another man, James B. Elkins. The newspaper identified Elkins as financial backer of after-hours establishments who supplied the reporters with tape recordings. Crosby said The Oregonian ac cused him of engaging in politics, trying to get the police chief replaced, and of meeting with plotters. He listed four separate causes of action and asked $50,000 general damages from each of the defend ants, plus Sion.ooti punitive dam ages for a total of $300,000. The grand jury, now in its second week of its investigation, called Police Chief James Purcell and Mayor Fred L Peterson Into Its secret session Tuesday. TRUCK KILLS BOY PORTLAND l - Warren Hunt, 15, of Portland was killed Tuesday when he fell from his bicycle into the path of a logging truck on N.W. Gcrmantown Road. WILBERT H't svppf rim and ye told frlm to Hry hi lilfMMffit1l Mm Berry Picker Bus Flips; 59 Aboard HILLSBORO, Ore. lff A woman was killed and 10 youngsters were hurt Tuesday when a bus carrying 59 young strawberry pickers ran out of control and overturned near Cornelius. Mrs. Irene Brooks, 47, Portland, was killed outright when she was Police Offer to Check Homes Of Vacationers Vacationers may have their hous es checked nightly during their absence by notifying the Police Department, Chief Clyde A. War ren reminded Tuesday. Information needed hv the Hp- partment is date of departure, ex- mission to enter the house, and j .,.m.c, yr,.,., ,o ..uuiy m case . stances Places where the vacationers may be contacted also are some times helpful for emergency mes sages. Warren said. lie also suggested: Stop deliveries of milk and news papers or have someone pick them up so they will not tip burglars to the fact that no one is home. Stop mail deliveries unless there is a chute which drops mail inside the house. Arrange for care of lawn and plants, for the same reason. Also leave a light on in an up stairs room or behind drawn cur tains so' the house will not look empty at night. Close and lock all windows. And be sure all stoves, radios and other appliances are turned off. It is recommended, however, that electric and gas service be allowed to continue, and refrigera tors and freezers be kept running. DEAN OF PAINTERS DIES DITCHLING, England W Sir Frank Brangwyn, silver-bearded dean of hnglish painters, died at ; on recreational facilities, includ es country home here Monday ing $.i,7fi7,000 for swimming pools, night He was 89 RANGES IN TOP SHAPE PORTLAND W - Livestock ranges in Oregon are in their best condition since 1945. the Oregon crop and livestock reporting serv ice said Tuesday. OSC-Bound 4-H . :v- , S . Twenty-five Salem 4-H dub member left Taesdsy aeoa for the annual 4-H Bummer School st Oregon State College. The group along with a full supply af lugrtg I shewn above on the Courthouse law preparing t board school bus for th trip t Cemllii. The tcheel will tad Jon ZZ, (Statea- , auarhot). , V crushed by the rolling bus. Jack Cogswell, manager of the Hillsboro Community Hospital, said at first that only two young sters had been injured and that the rest had been given first aid treatment and then released. Some In Portland Later it was learned that six. ranging in age from 17 to 12. had been hospitalized here. Five others were taken by ambulances and private cars to a Portland hospital for treatment and observation. Those being treated here are John Weiler. age not reported: Karen Sandifort, 12; Avis Holle voet, 12; Roger Clastill. 17; and Herbert nekow. 12. Linda 7jo- lander, 12 was treated here and ,, taken by ambulance to Port, land Injured Listed Also being treated in Portland was Nancy Lee Evenson, 13. Under observation were Charles Meyers, 15; Susan Spencer, It; Mrs. Thomas R. Lipscomb, and her daughter, Sandra 7. Mrs. Brooks was in charge of the group. Her husband. Lauren Brooks, also was accompanying the group, which had been picking at the Charles Springer farm. Brakes Failed Dennis Bell, driver of the school bus being used to transport the youngsters, said the brakes failed as he started down the hill. He said he slowed the vehicle by putting it into compound gear. But the gear slipped out and the bus gathered momentum. Bell tried to run the bus into a ditch. But the speeding vehicle jumped across the ditch and ran 200 feet into a field and overturned. It came to rest on its top. POOL FUNDS OPPOSED WASHINGTON W -Air Force plans to spend 62 million dollars! have run into opposition in the House Appropriations Committee. NEWLYWEDS HAVE GUEST MONTE CARLO I - Sir Win ston Churchill was a luncheon guest Tuesday of Prince Rainier 111 and Princess Grace. Youths Not Short of Luggage After Thoughts Season on Again YAKIMA - Vacation time has arrived, the Yakima Police Department was reminded Tues day. A Yakima woman telephoned with a request. She had reached Pendleton, Ore. on a southward ! trip wnen .nc rancmuncv mc , ,. . ,. , i . Would a policeman please let the cat out of her house? Police did. Ike Continues Recovery, Signs Papfers By ED CREACH WASHINGTON ( President Eisenhower signed three routine official documents and initialed two confidential papers .Tuesday as his doctors reported "another good day on his way to recovery." From his Walter Reed Hospital room, on his third day after un dergoing emergency surgery foi an abdominal blockage, the Pres ident also sent a plea to Congress to restore some of the money cut from his foreign aid program. The last medical bulletin of the day, timed at i p. m. said: "The President's condition con tinues to be satisfactory. "His pulse, blood pressure, tem perature and respiration remain stable and essentially normal. "He rested throughout the after noon, sleeping at intervals. "The president did not engage in his walking exercises this after noon, and the doctors did not awaken him, preferring to let him sleep without interruption. Sweet Home Woman Dies in Crash; 5 Hurt SWEET HOME 01) - A truck automobile collision killed Mrs. Horace Horan, 35, Sweet Home, and injured five children Tuesday. The crash came as the east bound logging truck, unloaded, attempted to turn off Highway 20 between Sweet Home and Foster about 6 a.m. The truck was turn ing left when the collision came with the westbound Horan car. . Three of the injured were Mrs. Horan's children: Leonard, 16, Helen, 14. and May. 11. Riding in the car with them and also injured were David Payne, v 14, fhd his brother, Jack, 15, sons of Herman Payne of Foster. Leonard Horan was the most seriously injured. He was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital at Eu gene with a skull fracture, dislo cated hip, and other injuries. TWa nlhora omn tn 1.an0mArk r.., Hntnillli hPre Holm and Mav ,..flnd fare cuts: David Pavne a jawfracture and fact cuts and Jack Payne a broken arm and cuts. The truck driver, Harold R Wodtli, Sweet Home, had undeter mined injuries.' Architecture, Engineering Study Begins An architecture and engineer- M Forw rounding area is now in its pre- ,. ,, , work coordinating toning regulations has begun, it was disclosed Tues day. Walter Isaac of Seattle, from the Leo A. Daly Company which held the contract for the initial surveying and test-boring work carried out some months ago, has been in Marion and Yamhill Counties area this week ascer taining current zoning regula tions as they might affect the new base 15 miles north of Salem. To Offer Recommendations Major portion of the Daly firm's work will comprise a com plete presentation of recommend ations for construction of the base itself locations and designs for runways, barracks, admin istrative, housing and industriaj areas, Isaac said. Under an Air Force regulation, Isaac said, there must be a seven mile long stretch of land, at each end of the runway, that is strict ly agricultural. The end strips will be 4000 feet wide. Confirms Story (Such restrictions would seem to confirm an earlier Statesman story which speculated that the runway would point southeast from the Fairfield area on a line between Brooks and Gervais, and northwest on a line between Newberg and Lafayette.) Considerable data as a result of preliminary surveys and studies already has been turned over to the Air Fnrce, and it is under stood other portions are now be ing assembled at the Daly firm's principal office in Omaha, Neb. The initial appropriation for the base is contained in a current bill before Congress. Acquisition of property is to begin this fall. Classroom to Move to Farm DALLAS Ofl Texas Christian University plans to offer a unique course for which the dormitories will be bedding rolls and the chief textbooks will be crops and cows. Dr. M. E. Sadler, president of TCU, told of the plans for the farm and ranch 1 full-time course in a speech here. Dr. Sadler said that for nine months the 'students will live on farms and ranches. He said be cause the plan is unique in Ameri can education and is in experi mental stages, the first year's en rollment will be limited to 15 boys. Lane Anglers Drown in Lake EUGENE i Two men drowned in Lookout Point Reservoir when a boat overturned Tuesday. A third man was rescued by state police after he had clung for more than two hours to the capsized craft. Missing are George Middleton, about 40, and Eugene Hyatt, about 26, both of West Fir. Norman Thompson, 39, Willam ette City, was rescued and brought to a hospital here, where he was treated for shock and exposure. Police quoted Thompson as say ing that the three had gone fishing on the reservoir, about 23 miles southeast of here. At about 1 p m. the ho.nt rnnsized nrnr th rnl,.r of the reservoir. ... . ...... Argentines Execute Rebel BUENOS AIRES I The gov ernment Tliesriav rnntnroH mil shot Gen. Juan Jose Valle. whn emy stressed that ANY amount of sought to seize the presidency nf radiation, however small, is po Argentina with an armed revolt '"it,aly hazardous from the gen last weekend. p,'r' or hereditary standpoint It The government confirmed in sairi thr Pbleni ' to sure that an official night announcement the execution of Valle. No details were given in the terse announce ment. It appeared that the govern ment's death sentence had been carrier) out at an army base in or near Buenos Aires. Unander May Get Votes in Tacoma TACOMA -Tacoma residents wondered for a while whether they had been annexed hy Orecon. A big billboard here implored them to re-elect Sig Unander as treasurer nf Oregon. The billboard company that con trols the sign explained that R was merely trying to show a prospec tive Washington state client how a sign of that nature could b used la hit political ampalgn. Six Children Killed Wall Collapses in Grief Follows Tragedy r i .'V. 7v" ; ',f. v.v . ' ; V : ;. vy - - y i - - .-i V 1 ,' - ' , A , i " NEW YORK Mrs. Theresa Staniknnas weens the shoalder f a neighbor as she learns that her son, Michael, 10, died in the cave titers lost their lives Tuesday. the victims, adds her tears to phote). Danger of Everyday Radiation Stressed WASHINGTON v-Major precautions to meet the threat caused by increased exposure to radiation in this atomic age were recommended Tuesday by the National Academy of Sciences. It warned that radiation from any sources-bombs, nuclear re actors, X-rays or natural environ- ment is "often harmful" to life. Stressing possible widespread danger to generations yet unborn unless control of radiation is as sured, the , academy called (or these two steps as heredity pre cautions: Calls for Action 1. Establishment of a national system for keeping a record of every American's exposure to ra diation from any source through out his whole lifetime. 2. Limiting the amount of man made radiation reaching people's reproductive organs. The limita tion would be on the amount be yond that encountered naturally from cosmic rays and radioactive deposits in the earth. The academy called for Step No. 2 to be undertaken 'by whatever controls may prove necessary." Give First Fiading The academy gave its initial findings in a year-long and con tinuing study of the effects of atomic radiation on man and his environment. It said that so far, tests of atomic weapons have pre sented a smaller genetic hazard than have medical uses of radia tion such as X-ray. And the group s 62.000-word re port declared that as yet there is no hazard tn present generations , "" V ' '.' i""" ; radioactive strontium in test nomn "fallout." Genetic Hazard Told But, in both instances, the acad emy warned that any intensified testing of weapons beyond the present rale would increase the genetic hazard, and might bring the strontium hazard to the criti cal point both on a worldwide basis. Throughout its report the acad- """"'' exposures are ncpi oe ow a level that might ailed the population as a whole. NORTHWEST LEAGUE At Drain I, Salem 7. (Exhibition) At Wenatrhee S, Eugene 4. At Tri-Clty U-n. Spokan ll-O. At Yakima t. Lewutnn 0. PArinc coast inr.t r At Uw Angele 7. Portland 4. . At SeattV t fan Frannmo S A' S.in Dieen 5 Hnllvwnnrt ". At Sacramento 8. Vanrouver 4 AMERICAN I.EAOl'E At Washington 3. Kannas City S. (IS. Irmtngm At Baltimore 1 Fletro-t a At New Ytirk 4, Chicago 1. At Roiton I. Cleveland 7. NATlONAb LtAOl'f At Cincinnati S. Pttahurfh 4. At Milwaukee I. Philadelphia (. AS Chieafo S, New York S, At at. Levu 4, StmU (L daughter, Lorriane, 5, and her - la in which six Brooklyn young Marie Staniknnas, right, alster of these ( her mother's. (AP VYIrt- Clouds to'End Fair Weather Continued sunny weather Tues day pulled Salem area youngsters and their elders to swimming pools and other outdoor spots. But weath ermen at McNary field said cloud iness and possible evening show ers are in prospect today. . . The mercury climbed to a high of 78 Tuesday, but temperatures are expected to slip somewhat to day because of cloudy skies. Par tial cloudiness is in the outlook for Thursday, forecasters reported. APPLE CROP DOWN - ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. -Apple growers from throughout the nation Tuesday estimated the 1956 crop at almost 85 million bushels a drop of more than 20 million bushels from last year. The Weather M. Mill. Prr. SALEM FortUnd , JS 7 7 62 fil 77 4 4S .IS 44 40 SI 5 7.1 61 ; Mrdfurd 'North Hend ,Sn rn.nrl.ro Wis AnRrlr . 00 Chlr.un 17 Nrw Y(irk 6 Wlllamrltr Rlvrr t frrt IORKCAST (trim r. .00 weather burnu. MrNrr llrid AalPrn , lnrrrajinff rUiuriirjr!, today with norur chsncr of llnht shower tonight; ?rtly cloudv Thurdav; high today 3-73. low tonight 4.1-47: little tem perature rhange on Thurtday. Temperature at IMI a. an. today u SI. SAI.EM PRUrlPrTATIOM Thil Tear Lat Vear Normal M M Jin .1 4 AFL-CIO Woos Lewis' United Mine Workers By NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON - Informal overtures have been made to get John L. Lewis' United Mine Work ers (UMW) to end their nine-year independence and become part of the AFL-CIO. So far, only a suggestion has been made. Much remains to be done to smooth over deep-seated feuds between Lewis and key AKI.-C10 leaders before the I'MW rnulrl become part of the mereed lahnr movement. David Dtibinsky, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union ILGWU and an AFL CIO vice president, started the hsll rolling a month ago to ward getting the 7o-year-old Lewis hsrk In the federsted labor union fold. At th dramaot Worker as Earth Brooklyn NEW YORK til A dozen chil dren, tunnelling a cave in a game of cowboys and Indians, touched off a landslide in Brooklyn Tues day, night. Six of them died be neath tons of land. The sheer ZS-foot wall of t block-square expressway cut col lapsed with little more than a whispering sound as the children romped at its base. They were buried under three feet of sand Four small boys am) two girls aged J to 10 died before firemen could dig them out. Twsi of the victims were brother and sister. Their mother collapsed screaming as their small - bodies were brought out in blankets. A seventh child a boy wu taken to a hospital in critical con dition. Tenement Area The neighborhood In the Wil liamsburg section of Brooklyn is a rundown area el tenements and aging apartments. Many of them are earmarked for demolition In the state's expressway develop ment project. A huge force of police and Ore rescuers dug far nearly three hours in the debris, fearful lest other children might be buried. Two children listed as missing eventually turned up at their homes. This satisfied searchers that all the others imperiled In the cavein had scampered to safe ty. Crane Meves In Nevertheless, as a double check, a big, orange-painted, clam buck et crane moved In long after dark, after manual digging, had been discontinued. Enshrouded in the flat white ness of glaring searchlight beams. it sifted the loose earth once again on the outside chance some vic tim had been overlooked. The expressway cut was off limits to neighborhood children, police said. Repeatedly in recent months, youngsters had been chased away from the perilous excavation. But just as repeated ly they snaked back to continue their games. ' The dead, all of Brooklyn, were John William MoKehiie, t, a Negro boy; John T. Kotov, 7; An na Ortix, I; Louis Nlttt.'f: Lor raine Stanikunas, i, and her broth er, Michael, 10. Solons Charge Paul Robeson 'WASHINGTON (If- The House Committee on Un-American Ac tivities Tuesday Initiated contempt of Congress action against Paul Robeson after an uproarious ses sion in which the Negro singer declared, "You are the bad Amer icans. . . you ought to be ashamed of yourselves." A flushed Chairman Walter 'D Pa) abruptly adjourned the group's public hearing after a table-thumping exchange with the left wing entertainer who was given a Stalin peace prise In 1952. The committee then went into closed session and voted unani mously to recommend that Robe son be cited- for contempt. Be cause the group, technically s sitting as a subcommittee, It plans to meet again Wednesday to for mally ratify its action. A rnmmfin'otinn from th WithContemp ;J committee would go before the no ! full House, which would decide whether to vote an actual con no temp' citation. " I Add. details aad picture Page i, See. 1) .., 'i.iyi vn ruuni da.-i umn.i WASHINGTON UfS The House Commerce Committee Tuesday approved a bill to prohibit the serving of Intoxicants on airplanes flying between points in the Unit ed States, The legislation is sup ported by airline crew members. vention early in May, Dubinsky praised Lewis for once being a "driving force" in AFL affairs. He expressed confidence the UM'.V would join the AFL-CIO "before long." Dubinsky followed that up with an informal talk with Lewis last week. Aides of Lewis said he had no comment. George Meany, AFL CIO president, could not be reached on the matter Lewis has pulled the UMW in and out nf 'lahnr federations often in the past He iiit the AFL in ITO with the group ot unions forming the rival CIO and he camf that organiiation's first president He quit the CIO in 1940 and rejoined the AFL in 194, Meany and Lewis clashed In a spectacular verbal battle at the ATL's 1M7 onvenUoo In Sao Frauds, - i Year's Wait Indicated; To Purchase Site By A. ROBERT SMITH Statesman Cerrespondent WASHINGTON The Afr Force disclosed Tuesday ft is -, ctitting back, Its coastruction H-hfduIe for the new air base )' near Woodburn, Ore, "in or dcr to reduce the acope" of the ' overall Air Force program but that eventually it will spend . about $33 million developing this (How much the -entbssk" would be reflected in actual eon- structlon apparently remained un known. Unofficial sources have I taid the Air Force already has .; several million dollars it could '. use for the Woodburn . develop- : ment after Congress approves the site. The urns sources have said 1 eventual cost might run up to $00,000,000). 't::. The possible change in eon- t struction schedule was revealed when the house appropriation committee released heretofore ' confidential testimony on the Air Force budget, Te Purchase Land I The Air Force informed the - committee it will require only , 92,400,000 during the coming c year for tha purpose of acquiring v land tor the Woodburn base, for approach tones and a restricted area around the planned ammu nition storage area. Previously, the Air Force 'had spoken of spending over $11 muV -, Uon during the coming year. For the coming fiscal year. ' which runs from July 1, 1S58 to Juna 30, 1837, the Air Force will ? only, make preparations for cot ; struction. Msj. Gen. Lee B. Wash, burne, assistant chief of staff for Installation, explained it this way; , This base Is one of the seven that we have taken out of the financial plan this year, In order ' to reduce the scope of the pro gram, we are asking only for the clearance, to buy land at greater ' Portland (which is the Air Force UCJliatlVU lm tJU U4TS.KT anil we art not asking clearance td go ahead with the construction it self." v. '.,.,. t,m'. When asked whether this rep . resented a slowdown in the de fense effort, Washburn said: "To certain extent, possibly." He said If funds were available wa ! could probably start some of the construction in the last part el tn coming year.' Firemen Get Moving Job , Salem firemen, who have been; called for all kinds of emergencies, mad a nia Tuesday morning to carry out refrigerator for a bousa wrecking crew. ' In removing the appliance, a . pipe was cracked and pungent rut-, fur dioxide quickly; drove tn ' worker from the house, firemen said. Firemen was gas masks car ried the machine out into the yard , where the gas could dissipate In the open air. The mishap occurred about I m. at 643 Court St., where the old Boise R. Breyman home is be ing removed for a parking let. Poison Deaths In Hospital Laid to Mixup NEWTON, Mass. UP - Author, ties said Tuesday a mixup in prep arations caused the poison deaths of two patients at the Newton-Wet lesley Hospital last Sunday night. The victims were Gordon M. Mo Mullen. 53, a hardware dealer, and Mrs. Marion C. Dumont. S5. a real estate dealer and wife of an auto mobile dealer. Dist. Atty. Ephraim Martin said they were given a dose of sodium nitrite by mistake. Martin said the sodium nitrite was used for cleaning surgical In struments. Mrs. Dumont had been In fbe hospital less than two hours. McMullcn had been in the hospi tal 10 days, undergoing tests. Mark C. Wheeler, president of the hospital, aaid a "thorough in vestigation was instituted by the hospital in conjunction with the authorities and is being vigorously continued." Today's Statesman Pag Sec. Classified .......17-H II Comes the Dawn . 4 I Comics ...15.... II Crossword .17..ll Editorials 4.... I Home 'anorama ..6-7 I Markers 17 II Obituaries 17.ll Radio, TV 1 II Sports .:: .n-un Star Osier 7 I Vslley News 14 It WWphtrna Piga .13n f
