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Work Progressing "Rapidly on YM Project ate ttfiOtl MUNDBD 106th Year 2 SECTIONS-24 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, JuneeS) 1956 PRICI 5 No. 16 Pattern Set for Cannery Pay Boost ft I&5I .. " " ; 4 u hM ' I' cv J-J fas vr Plumbers Harold Ewart (in rear) and R. G.' Zimmerman work on pipes in basement of Ihr new wing f Salem YMCA. Work on the structure in progressing rapidly and is expected lo be completed in early October. Pipes shown here will furnish water for men'i shower room. (Statesman Photo). Rescuers Drag Watery Grave of Fatal Airliner; All 74 Passengers Dead NEW YORK (Jv Rescue vessels dragged in 120 feet ot water Wed-1 nesday, seeking the shattered Venezuelan airliner that carried 74 per- sons to death in a flaming Atlantic Ocean crash. a was ine worst disaster any regularly scheduled commercial aviation The big plane exploded while IF 0MEQ3 TO HUE In Oregon the AFL and CIO la bor federations havt merged on the state level as they did earlier In the year On a national level. Tba "wedding" In Portland was attended by Senator Mors and Governor Smith, but the applause and the campaign contributions were for Morse who is Labor's darling in the coming campaign. Since the former heads of the sep arate organizations are all placed in suitable niches in the merged organization, and since for several years there has been a large de gree of cooperation between the ' two bodies the public will not no tice a great deal of change. The individual unions are still the ne gotiating bodies, with the federa tion functioning as the "public re lations" or general policy-forming arm of organized labor. How action is followed by reac tion and pressure by counter-pres sure is made clear in a whimsey which appeared in the May 26th issue of the London Economist. Normally this publication pub lishes only serious articles on top ics of business and politics but this time an editor let himself go in a manner reminiscent of George Or well's "1984" without its tragic prognostications. The title of the piece is "The General Strike of 1962" and its purports to be a chapter from a school history pub lished in 1986. It seems that the British Labour party regained power in 1959 hut it "remained strangely blind to the possibilities of a (Continued en editorial page, 4.) Sudden Stop of Vehicle Cracks Head, Windshield A Seattle woman cracked the windshield of the family car with , her head w hen her husband made i a surtden stop nere weanesaay, city first aidmen reported. First aidmen, who treated Mrs. C. E. Thomas for a minor bump about 4:30 pm., said Thomas re placed one side of his windshield on his 1950 model car at a Salem glass company. WIIBERT "And this time send paper tanfler wh likes chlldra-" , -V . I ptace in me worm in me nistery ot dumping its gasoline as it returned I to New York with one engine dead. Hours later, only six badly smashed bodies had been recov ered and brought to New York by a Coast Guard vessel. From the instant the plane hit said Gus Moore, general sccrc the water within sight of the lights itary. of New York, it was apparent that The concrete hell of the new everyone aboard had perished in one flaming moment of impact with the sea. Prayed for Doomed Passengers aloft in another air liner within easy sight of the tragedy prayed for the doomed men. women and children as the PORTLAND on The graad pareats of (wo children killed la Wednesday's Veneiuelan plane crash Into the Atlantic Ocean plan to go ta North Hollywood, Calif., to console the parents. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Louis Witter and Mrs. Ha xrl Antlsdel. all of Portland. Their grandchildren were Doro thy Ann. 13. and George Louis Witter, 12, the only children of Mr. and Mrs. George Witter of North Hollywood. Venezuelan craft went down ablaze like a shooting star. Twenty victims were Americans including a mother, father, and their son and daughter. Others aboard included 24 Venezuelan school children returning to their homeland for summer vacations. The big plane was only 10 min utes from Idlewild Airport and safety when it exploded and slant ed down from 9.OO0 feet at nearly a mile a minute. Huge Rail of Klame It leveled o(( lor an instant, then in one huge ball of flame it crashed into a calm sea 32 miles off the coast of Asbury Park. N. J. Until that last instant, the big ship, bound originally for Cara cas, Venezuela, had been beating its way back to Idlewild with one engine giving it trouble. The pilot. Capt. Luis F. Plata, was calm as he talked by radio about his engine trouble. It seemed like no more than a rou tine emergency. Giant airliners often turn back to safety with one or more of their engines out. Normal Routine As Capt. Plata drew within 40 miles of Idlewild, he opened his gas tanks to get rid ot the s.noo gallons of highly explosive higlvZanuck Wednesday announced octane gas. Again, his procedure : plans to film 'The Secret Crimes was normal routine in advance of Joseph Stalin'' as a semi of an emergency landing. documentary on a wide screen But from somewhere came a an(' ln color, flickering of sparks, scarcely vi-1 A Zanuck spokesman said the sible against the brightness of a nearly full June moon. An instant later, plumes of fire shot from . ., l i... ihle against the hrichtness of a . - beneath the belly of the big ship as the curtain of falling gas caught fire. Capt. Plata managed one final message, gasping out in shock. "Gas caught fire." Two minutes later the burning plane vanished into the sea. Dearth of Floats Threat to Alhany Carnival Parade SUttiman New, Service ALBANY The Albany Timber Carnival committee got tough Wed nesday and threatened to cancel lts grand par,acie unless more noai 444 in a uranium windfall for entries are received. 'mineral rights nn land they own Chairman Warren Handle said nn the Spokane Indian Rcserva nnly two floats had hcen entered turn in the traditionally large parade, Mrs. Gallegos walked happily In Reporters and telex nion camera- Mining Co of New York, was high scheduled for 10 am on Monday, police court Wednesday morning men added to the lug day with bidder for uranium rights ami the July 2 'after telling a reporter, "I'm so questions and pictures offer of $340,000 was accepted hy liandle said plenty of riding j excited, it's got me running "I don't know wal-III Ho with the Indian Service for the Boyds rluhs. logging trucks, sport cars around in circles " so much money," she aid "I Six other members, of the, family, and nldtime cars were entered but! Judge Gordon Ixwer. who satriiguess I II build a home on land , cousins, aunts, 'unfits and grand tb float situation was critical i she had appeared before haml own with my brother on the I mothers, will share $30,556. Part of Y Wing w To Be Ready In Six Weeks Some facilities in the new wing of the Salem YMCA, now under (construction, are expected to he ,compieiea lor use within six weeks, it was reported Wednes day. "Work has progressed to the point where we hope soon to be able to move the boys' and senior men's shower and locker rooms from their present location in the old building to the new buildinc." two-story addition is completed and work goes on inside to finish up the interior walls, partitions and other work. Completion date has been set for Oct. 1. The new instruction and physi cal therapy pool, object of many recent benefits to help pay for it. will not be put in use until the wing is completed. But already entranceways be tween the new and old structures have been made and some work is going on inside the present structure in connection with the overfall construction project. Much of the plumbing and elec trical work in the new wing is done. Workmen are now install ing metal air and heat ducts and window frames. When the boys' shower and locker rooms in the present building .are vacated the space will be renovated for use as a "business men's'1 division, Moore said. 2 Penalized For Display Of Fireworks Suspended fines of $25 were giv - en to operators of two Salem firms in municipal court Wednes-1 day on charges of displaying and ollering illegal fireworks for sale. Hen O Pad e, proprietor of Padc's Market. 1244 State St., and S. K. Fisher, manager of the Owl drug firm, 400 N. Capitol St., were arrested by Salem police Tuesday on the charge. Both received sus pended fines Wednesday. Police said they made the ar rests after noting that displays in cluded illegal sized sparklers and other outlawed types of fireworks Two firms called police Wednes day to check the legality of their fireworks stock. Only caps and sparklers are legal in Oregon, po lice said. Zanuck to Film Stalin's Crimes HOLLYWOOD W Darrvl F producer has written Nickolai A ' "l"n 'K.nai n j M'khailov. Russian minister ol ,c"l,ure- background informa lion. ! nil. 1. - 1 rt : r OI Indian Woman, In Drunk Tank, Gets $159,722 Mining Windfall (Picture on Wlrephnto page) SPOKANE f A pudgy In - dian woman, "well known'' at city jail, got five days for drunk enness Wednesday, a plate of beans for lunch and the wonder ful problem of how to spend $159, 722. Mrs. Lucille Boyd Gallcgos, 30, and her 17-year-old orphan broth- er, Richard Boyd, will split $319.- Mammoth Road Bill Readied Compromise on S32.9 Billion Plan Reached WASHINGTON on - A $32,900, (100 000 compromise road building bill carrying the biggest non defense spending program in his tory was virtually put into final lorm W ednesday. Senate House conferees, work ing morning and afternoon in their fourth day ot sessions on the measure, announced they had cleaned up all but a few minor details. They will meet again Thursday ito finish work on construction fea tures of the bill, l ater, another set of conferees will convene to work out the tax provisions to finance the vast con st ruction program. By lar the biggest share of the money, $27,500,000,000, is allotted by the bill to the proposed 40,000 mile interstate system. This blue ribbon network of superhighways connecting all parts of the nation would be built over a 13-year period. Increases in funds for the other three federal aid systems pri mary, farm-to-market and urban would also be provided. They would benefit from a total of $5, 100.000.ono in federal-state outlays during the next three years. Four Corners Water District Vote July 21 Residents of the Four Corners area east of Salem will have an opportunity to vote July 21 on formation of a proposed East Sa lem Water district. After a final public hearing Tuesday Marion Countv Court issued an order Wednesday ap proving the election. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p m. at the Four Corners Community Hall. Three election judges from the area involved are to be appoint ed by County Clerk Henry Matt son. If voters decide in favor of the district then a second election must be held to elect directors. The district proposes to issue bonds in the amount of about $400,000 to install water mains to supply water. The area of the proposed dis trict would include some 1200 aCres. About 160 property own- ers filed a petition with the county court this week objecting to being included in the district, Proponents maintain the dis- trict is necessary to supply un contaminated water to housing developments and for fire pro tection. County court members said they were convinced, after study ing evidence developed during two public hearings, that forma tion of the district would benefit the area involved. NORTHWEST LEAGUE At Salem . Spokane 1. At F.uffne 5-7. Wfnatrh 1-4. At Yakim 3, Tn-Cily 2. PACIFIC COAST I.KAOI T. At Portland 6, Sacranienln 8. At Seattle 7, San Diego . At I.os Angeles 0. San Frannvro 4. At Vanrouver 6. Hollywood 5. AMFB1CAV I FM.I F. At rhlcaco 12. RaMinio'e At K.ins.ts ( ilv 4. Waimp'on 5. At Drtioit 1. New Voik 4 At C!reland 5. Ito-lnn i. nation i. I F. vr.rr. At Hrnoklvn 4, St I.ouik 7 At New York 4. Chlraso 1. At Philadelphia 3, Onrinna'i J. At Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 7. "manv times'' on drinking chart ies. gave her five davs in jail then suspended the sentence Mrs. Gallegos, however, must stay in jail until Friday for a checkup and she joined other ex cited cellmates in the regular noon fare, beans. Matron Julia Milliron said Lucy is "well known" there. She was arrested downtown Monday. "I'm so excited. I've drinkme Ion much and 'hut been win I'm here." she s;nd 'Verim -da1. Driver Upright But Car Isn't After Bout With Train c-.IV .. Leonard Nullon Hiys, 5699 Qulnaby Road, poses with all alenol- ish 1946 Chevrolet sedan after collision Wednesday with aa Ore- gon Electric train near the Bonneville substatioa north ( Salem. Man Fatally Shot at Bend; Wife Arrested BEND UP A man who went to look over the property where his estranged wife was living was killed by a shot from inside the house Wednesday. The wife was arrested. The woman, Mrs. Jennie Bali- hiser, 41, had obtained a court order to keep him away from the service station and restaurant which they formerly operated to gether, and where she continued to live after their separation, at Deschutes Junction, seven miles north of Bend. The husband, Bobby Balihiser, obtained permission to look over the property, and went there Wednesday, accompanied by Earl Livingston, sheriff s deputy. Livingston said they thought no one was at nome, geiung no response to their calls. He said Balzhiscr was trying to peer in a window when a shot crashed through the pane. It struck Balz hiser in the head. Livingston said the woman ran out of the house then, and he arrested her. The woman, who had started divorce proceedings some time ago, was placed in the Des chutes County jail. School Aid Bill Advances WASHINGTON - The $1 600.000.000 federal school aid bill was approved Wednesday by the House Rules Committee, which had bottled it up several months because of a brewing fight over public school segregation. An 8-3 committee vote cleared the measure for action on the House floor, perhaps next week. Southerners have opposed bring ing it to the floor because Rep Powell (D NY) savs he will pro pose an amendment that would forbid federal grants to schools which maintain segregation. General Twining Leaves Today on Visit lo Russia WASHINGTON (A Gen Nalh - an F. Twining, air force chief, of staff, will leave Thursday for hi visit to Russia. The plane, carrying him and nine other Air Force officers, will stop at Berlin. reservation. But first 1 want to pay up my bills." Mrs Gallegos has a broken arm and a lot of hospital hills Separated from her husband of two weeks in l!Mfi. she said she has made only $400 all this year She and her brother are sole heirs to most of 458 acres on the reserxation in northeastern Wash ington. The little money it's yield ed so far has come from a sheep grazing lease, I.asl week, the Pawn Mining Co . a subsidiary of I he Ncwnmnt - , . 5,' -"v i'AVJ'i' V. hi Vehicle Demolished in Rail Crossing Accident A 1948 Chevrolet sedan was with superficial injuries Wednesday with an Oregon Electric train a few reported. Officers listed the driver as Leonard Nullon Hays, 5690 Quinaby Road, and said the accident occurred at a rail crossing just off Quinaby Road near the Bonneville substation. Hays suffered mtnbr cuts on the face and a hip bruise when his vehicle was dragged some 30 feet by the southbound train. He told officers he was going west at the time of the ( p.m. accident and failed to see the train. The car struck the second of the two engines pulling the freight train, police said. Hays was taken to a hospital for a checkup but was released shortly. The car, after being dragged down the tracks, was dumped on its side in a ditch. Hays said he threw himself down on the seat to avert injury. Fair Forecast For First Day Of Summer Mostly fair weather is due for the first day of summer, accord ing to the McNary Field weather station. Summer got underway at 2 24 a m. today. However, today's sunshine greet ing of the first day of the new season is expected to give way lo increasing cloudiness with light rain late Friday. Predicted high today is 72, the low tonight 50. Northern Oregon beaches will probably be mostly sunny today, becoming cloudy tonight. High to day is expected to reach 65, the low tonight 45-50. Renter's Rifle Gains Him New 90-Day Residence A dispute between a landlord and his tenant resulted in the ten ant being handed a 90-day Mar ion county jail sentence Wednes day. William Owens, 4.1, Salem Route 4. was found guiltv hv District i.ludce Edward 0 Stadt'er Jr.. on a charge of pointing a rifle at his landlord. William M. Shuban Owens was arrested Tuesday af-1 ter Shuban I complained Owens met him at the door of the rental property with a gun when Shuban attempted to rolled the lent. 'CONSTRUCTION GUN' FATAL ANCHORAGE, Alaska W A shot from a "construction gun" killed L. E. Beasley of Fairbanks on an Air Force Base construe-1 tion job Wednesdav He appar ently dropped the gun, which is used to fire nails into steel It shot a nail into his forehead. Today's Statesman Page 2123 18 21 4 20 Sec. . II ... II II .... I Classified . Comics . .. Crossword Editorials .. Farm Home Panorama 8, 9 Markets Obituaries Radio, TV Sports Star Cater 21 21 21 12, 13 . '1.. 10, 11... Valley News Wirephoto Page .11., Rays escaped with miner rata and a hip brake. J. A. rofarty, Bmi Title Power employe, snapped picture shortly after I p at. accident, His camera caught the departing train ta aackgroaid. demolished but its driver escaped afternoon when the vehicle collided miles north of Salem, state police Gun-Wielding Bandits Raid Salem Firm Three men held up and robbed a Portland Road service station at tendant of about $62 late Wednes day night. James Ackerman, 1998 Trade St., told Salem police that the three men entered the Richfield station. 3125 Portland Road, about 11:10 p. m. They asked for a road map, Ackerman said. While he was ob taining the map from a nearby rack, one of the men told him, "Okay, freeze, don't move," Ack erman told officers. One of the men held a revolver on him, Ack erman said. Took Cash The trio then removed all cash in the cash register and moved out of the station, pausing to yank off the receiver of the station's pay telephone. Ackerman said the men left the station in a late model Chrysler and headed north on Portland Road. He telephoned police from the Cascade Motel, next door to the station. Young Mra The station is owned by Ed Fischer, Mt. Angel. The men were described as about 20 or 21 years old. They made no attempt to disguist them selves, Ackerman reported. The gun-carrying member of the group was reported to be about S foot 8 inches tall and wearing light trousers and jacket. Ackerman said the weapon appeared to be a .32 calibre revolver. The men pulled up between the gas pumps and the station and parked their car with the rear door opposite the station door, the attendant said. Ackerman, who has only worked at the station since Friday, said that when he heard the command "freeze", "that's what I did." Stale police and the Marion County sheriff s ollice set up l i. il. c n I L,nL...... :and flt (ne j,inC(lon oI tne Molalla i I iu1 v, on hut I hui muiiMav highway and 99 K. KIWAMANS NAME CHIEF SAN FRANCISCO W - Kiwanls International Wednesday elected Reed C. Culp, 51-year-old Salt Lake City wool grower as their new president. Demos Ask Cancellation of AI Sarena Mining Patents WASHINGTON - The Demo cratic majority of the House Gov ernment Operations Committee Wednesday asked the Attorney General to seek cancellation of mining patents granted Al Sarena (trailing a strong minority report. Mines Inc . "in order to protect Davis has said he acted as re the interests of the United States " quired hy law It charged the Interior Depart- Opposing charges of "timber ment with gn mg rights to a grah" and "political smear" (omimny whuh took "not one cup- marked hearings held jointly last fill of ore " hut cut two million fall hv House and Senate subcom Imard fret of timher from the nut'ees claims in Oregon s Rogue Kixrr l Sarena was granted IS National Forest patents Feb. 15, 14. They cover The Democrats were parlicu-1 47S acres laxly critical of Clarence A. Davis, I (Add. detail! aa Page U, See. v 1 J Mass Break From Albany Jail Averted sutMMa Htwi terries ALBANY. Ore A mass brealc from Linn County iail was thwarted when officers broke up a hacksaw "work party" during the niffht Sheriff ftwirM Miller reported Wednesday, The sheriff said six prisoners were confined in the cell where his deputies seised fragments of hacksaw blades, a crude weapon and a 68-foot escape rope, made from bedding. The prisoners had aawed one bar from a jail window and were about to saw through a second one. With two bars out, they could have wriggled through to the courthouse roof and climbed down the rope, Miller said. Appealing Life Term The men in the cell Included James. Patton, 36, who is appeal ing a life sentence following his conviction on a charge of robbing an Albany supermarket and beat ing an employe. Sheriff Miller said the escape attempt had been in progress for several days." The men worked at night, replacing the first bar they sawed by using soap to hold it in place. Tried to Hide Hole The men first tried to find freedom by gouging a hole in the three-foot concrete roof ol the jail, the i hen it saia. iney abandoned that attempt and tried to hide the hole by stretching a piece of paper over it. The sheriit listed anotner member of the cell as Earl J. Bonney, 31, convicted of burglar izing an Albany clinic. He is appealing his sentence. Another was listed as Henry u. Mcuwen, 40, sentenced to two years in prison Tuesdsy on a forgery charge. NEGOTIATION COLLAPSE NEW YORK ( - Individual contract talks between the United Steelworkers and 11 steel firms collapsed Wednesday. The union will return Thursday to joint talks with the "Big Three" firms. . The Weather Max. MIb. Prf SAI.KM Portland Bakfr Mrrtford Noilh Hrnd . Rnscburg San Franclwo Ln Angtlrt . Chicago Nw York (W 4S DO so trart) -Jil 411 n: 4:1 mi " "l no i 57 tract j wcaihtr . M 73 2 117 71) 14 WlllamrlU Blver I S Irrt FORHrAST ((torn I'. I kurrau. MrMry Mi-Id. Salem): MoiUy lair todtv nd toniiht with htf.h tmprtur 11. lh low tonlfht M Inrrtainr cloudineaa with lnht lam laic Friday. I.mptralura at It 1 s ta. today wa V SM.f.M PRECIPITATION ( Slnr SUrt of Wrthr Yt?ar Spt. 1 Thl Year l.at Yar Normal MJI Jl 1SU undersecretary of Interior, for what they railed illegal and delib erate action in granting the patents. The Republican minority was Portland Dispute Settled Ratification Vote Today; Salem to Reflect Increase Salem area cannery worker probably can expect wage ln creases in the wake of a tfnta tJve contract agreement which ' the Associated Press said wai reached Wednesday between Portland cannery employes and a major packer. The Portland agreement ended, for the time being at least tha . threat of a strike which Port land workers had planned for T a.m. today. Salem workers had no plant for any strike but - had been carrying on negotiations. A tannery spokesman said that wage increases can be expected to go into effect here if the Port land issue is definitely settled. He added that normally this is the case since Portland sets a contract pattern for the remain der of the state, though there may be a variance of a cent or so. Hikes Next Year Tha tentative Portland agree ment, on which members of that -) city's Cannery Workers Union local will vote today, provides a "Kent hourly boost for women and 6 cents for men with a lu cent increase in classified Job. , Provision also is made for in creases next year. Salem workers have been con ferring in recent days with major, packers here about wage' jumps, a pension plan and what a Salem Cannery Local spokesman termed "matters peculiar to certain P' I Ne lanta.' cetiatlea State Talks had not advanced beyond ' the negotiating stsge in Salem,' packing and anion spokesmen aid Cannery official! here aaid they believed the negotiations la Salem were "simply markinc time until matter! were aettled in Portland." i Georce Paulus. of Paulu Brother! Cannery, said the work- en' demand! here, ai well aria Portland, are based on the Cali fornia pattern which also pro vides a pension. The Cannery Workers' Union Is a branch of the Teamsters. Some branches nrovide a pension but it is under stood the cannery branch, except in California, hu not done so in the past Portland workers naa posea their strike threat during negotia tions with General Foods, a ma jor packer. The tentative agree ment reached Wednesday enaea immediate threat of a strike against 12 canneries in the Portland-Vancouver area. Goat-Shooting Practice Hit ByNcuberger WASHINGTON (- Sen. Neu berger (D-Ore) asked the defense department Wednesday about re port! that live goats were shot with rifles to provide casualties for medical training at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. If the report is true, Neuberger declared in a letter to Secretary Wilson, those responsible for ap proving the practice should be disciplined. Saying the idea was "shocking," Neuberger referred to a story published June It In the Portland (Ore) Oregonian, The story reported an Interview with Capt. Carolyn Taylor about Kpinif the nnlv woman in a laree , " . " ' . .. J j "t ciass tnai weni inrougn meoicai training at Ft. Sam Houston. The story said that "in order to Kivr the doctors battlefield expert- ence. the army shot goats with high-powered rifles" , KF.FAf VF.K NOT INTERESTED ORRV1LI.E. Ohio - Sen. Es tes Kefativer said Wednesday he'i not interested in the Democratic nomination for vice president a role suggested for him Increas ingly often iiince recent reversal! in his hid to capture the party'! presidential nomination. Don't Miss It! You CAN take it with you The Oregon Statesman, that is. Or, if you're moving around too much -on your vacation, you can have your Statesman saved for you, sll nicely pack aged swaiting your return. You can make your choice hy sending in s coupon from Page 4 of today's edition, or lust call 4 R811 and ask for Circulation. There is no extra charge for this service. Tear HOME Kewepeper