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POUNDBD 1651
While President Kisenhower is
making good slridos toward re
covery from his recent intestinal
operation, one notes expressions of
doubt that he should run again fur
the presidential office. The Repub
lican high command bluntly as
sumes he will run. Lrn Hall told
reporters: "Kisenhower k Nixori,
you r,an paste that in your hat."
This attitude would deny to Kisen
hower the privilege ol making his
own decision It serve the party
ill because it wets down any talk
of an alternative in case Kisen
hower does announce he is not go
inr tn run.
True, the external signs point
toward his announcement that he
will stay in the race. He is visibly
making an effort to transact public
business and plans to fly to Pana
ma (or a meeting with heads of
Latin American stales in July.
These signs do not point toward
a renunuation of candidacy; but
they do not commit him to running
again cilher. He surely, as Stewart
Alsnp wrote in Monday's States
man, i.i making his own "reapprai
sal" of his future plans.
Republican governors at Atlantic
City joined in a fine tribute to the
President and his administration
ami pledged their support for his
(Continued on editorial page. 4.)
Salem to Fete
Franzen at
Close of Work
City officials, c nployes and
former employes- of the citv w
honor retiring City Manager .1, L.
Franzen Friday afternoon at a re
ception and party in City Hall.
It will be Franzen s last official
work day as city manager, but he
will be staying on several weeks
to help break in new city manager
Kent Mathewson. from Martins
ville, Va.
Franzen, Salem's first citv man-i
aqcr, came here Jan I. 1!47. from
Oregon City.
The reception Friday will be
from 2 to 4 p.m. in the City Coun
cil chambers. City employes from
all departments have been invited
Slid former employes- are welcome
and urged to attend. Special invi
tations will go out tn former City,
Council mwiibers who served wiih
Franzen.
Refreshments will be served ;
Committee chairmen assisting'
Miss Mary Brady in arrangements
include Miss Betty Marsh, Mrs i
Lois Mahaffev. Mrs Delia Colver, I
Mrs. Phyllis Scharff.
A public reception honoring
Franzen is ficing planned for July :
IB with Salem Rotary Club as
sponsor and former mayor H I.
Elfstrom as chairman.
Move to UHF
Band Charted
WAMIIM.ION T - the l cil -
rral Communications ( ommisMon
(FCC i Tuesday moved tn end the
mixture nf I'HF and VIIF te!r-i
vision channels in a score, of cities
It also charted a course toward
possible long-term shift of all. or
a major portion oi. i v to tnc uiiralas KovaUk Jr. Brooklyn, N.V..
h'gh froemrncv U HF1 channel
numbered 14 through 83.
The commission s;nd it has made
no final determination on a I HF
shift, but invited comment on the
possibility to be suliiiiillcd by Oil
i.
The ul. in would involve a h ngthv
transition period, possibly over 10
years. During that period FCC sug-"
gcsleil very high licqucncy VHP i(
stations now operating on channels
numbtred 2 through 13 might be i
required to broadcast on both VHP
and HIP channels. j
V.I1I Siai IM1S nave l-lltoinnei ni
major difficulties in competing
with HF stations.
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KORTHH'KST 1 KAI.I K
At V akim.1 o-.l S;i 3-2
At Tri-Olv :t, F.iinrn.' 2
At VVro.il. lire !l l.rw it"H 8
PACIFIC t OAST I 1 K
At )'n tin""! '. Seattle :'
At llulhwooU 10. S.m Ki.nu Ki'O 8
At fcan Olefin 1. Sin I ;t!iien!u !
At Vanc(v.jer-I.es Amine-. ian
NATIONAL l.tKV.Vr.
At Brooklyn in, ('iilrafio 5
At N-w York 3. St. Lmiu 0
At Philadelphia 4. Miluaukrp 2
At rithwrgh-t'inrtnnati. rain
AMKKH'AV IHtirr.
At t'hli acn 4 U.isl.ei 1
At Kansas ritv 4, -.e Y'rk S
At PrtrrHl 2. VVashi":-1nn 2 '-ainl
At I Irvrland 4 ll.iltiMu.rr 1
WILBERT
Hi
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106th Year
48-Foot Aluminum Strips Used for Roofing
IP
lVHtx&h Mw t& -K' .XVc w
These 48-foot pieces of aluminum roofing sheets probably the longest ever corrugated in the North
westleft the Western Aluminum Corporation plant in Salem Tuesday morning bound for the new
Holt Kquipment building in Independence. Western Aluminum Salem branch manager Gail Howard
said the longest piece produced previously was made in Seattle. It was 47 feet long. Shown loading
the roofing sheets Tuesdav are (front tn back) Douglas McAlpine, Western warehouse employe;
Parrel Tennis, Willamette Valley Transfer driver, and Howard. (Statesman Photo).
5,000 Jehovah
Witnesses to
Meet in Salem
(Photo on page .". See. 11
A Northwest district assembly
of Jehovah's Witnesses will bring
nearlv 5,000 Witnesses to Salem
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U. .-., II .is amim.m.u
(lav hv
..fli. i .lc ,.f Iho rr in mis
group
The1- four-day Bible education
program for members will be con
ducted at the Slate Kairgrounds
grandstand. Those taking part will
he from more than W) congrega
tions in Nerlhei'n California. West
ern Oregon ami Washington.
Convention director will he John
iiieen. ti i II e u 1 1 iiinositi in
r,u.rn ohfornia and Southern
'(,,.,, ,nn r llammeilon is
pn.simnc ,inisrr f the Salem
enngregotioii The instruction of
Witnesses is sponsored by the
j yVatchtowrr Bible A: Tract Society,
, prim.lr., speaker w ill toe Nicho-
a district director of the Witnesses,
All congregation members arc con
sidered active ministers in the Wit
ness program and all attend at
least one .general assembly a year.
Salem's will be one of three dis
trict assemblies in the West Coast
area this ve;ir. the others sehed-
tiled for Albany. Calif. July III 22.
ami Spokane the same dates as the
Salem meeting
(,irl IT CfM Doctor
Mhfrr(l fr
i CLIFTON FORGK. Va. -When
Dr. (Who Paul Arcabnto
i 72. of Alderson. W. Va
Sharon Ann Kirhy, 20.
married
01 Ainer-!tnr
here the other day he had ;
son.
reason to he proud.
Dr. Arsahrile. who litcd him
self as a farmer and doctor, sai.;
hr delivered his bride at the time
n! her birth.
Ike Toyed With 3rd Party
Idea, New Book Declares
NKW YORK f - A book about; WASHINGTON' if - Sen. Mc
ii, 1. !,. ,,i,misiraiion Clellan 'D-Ark' Tuesday rallt-d
which has drawn senatorial at-
tention reports the President once ,,,. -morp secret" than Mime
seriously toyed with the idea, of the administration has withheld
fnrminc a thud parlv. from Concress
Vexed at what "powerful rijjh! J The demand from the chairman
winfi" Republicans were doinu to;of the Senate invrsticalinns sub-
his program in tt")3. Kisenhower ! committee came after While
"even went so far as tn try to House aide Maxwell Rahh turned
think up a name" lor the new down an invitation lo testify be-
partv, said White House forre- fore the subcommittee . . . -,iving
spondent Robert J Donovan of "there is nothing I can add' to
the New York Herald Tribune.
A name never selected, but of his staff "leaked" official docu- A( T0 p-jyr CLOSFD
from the third party discussion. , ments ,0 author Robert J. Dono- Detroit. Mich. 4- Studebaker
said Donovan, came such phrases van d,l.,j r., ,,i,j t a...
as "oroBressive moderates" and Donovan is author of a forth-: kard Co?. 1lsc;,osfd Tu.a.?
"dynamic conservatism" to de-
serthe Kisenhower s idea of what
the RoDubirafi partv should be
Aware of Fate
Aware of the historic fate ol
"snlinter" erouos. Donovan add-
ed the President gave up the
idea, concluding "his best hope
of attaining his goals was In per-
severe in trying to give the Re-
I publican party a new viewpoint
land new complexion."
2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES
1 1 k4ATry&pr
House Interior Committee
Approves Hells Canyon Bill
WASHINGTON 'J Hells Canyon Ham legislation, symbol of op
position to the administration's electric power policies, cleared the
j House Interior Committee Tuesday
j Democrats forced through the
proved by the rules committee, is
tack on what Democrats term the
hovver administration
The bill would authorize a fed
eral dam in the Hells Canyon
, . , ,,, ,.,, ,,,. .
Ml CU II III me .man. f,
1 no luano-uregon
border where
the Federal Tower Commission
FPC' has licensed the construc
tion of three smaller dams by the
Idaho I'nwer Co.
Courts Testing
Validity of the license is being
tested 111 the 1' S. Court of Ap-
power croups, including
the National Hells Canyon Assn.,
recently asked the court to stop
construction work by Idaho Pow
er until alter a decision on legali
ty of the FPC license.
Idaho Power lawyers, in an ar
gument filed with the court clerk
Tuesday, asked the court to up
hold the FPC license saying six
million dollars have been spent on
the dam.
The House Hells Canyon meas
ure is identical with a hill, spon
smed by Ml senators, which was
approved by the Senate Interior
Committee a week ago.
Deadlock Broken
Ilotise Intel lor Committee Dem-!
ncrats were jubilant alter the long
deadlock was broken by Tuesday s
1
Kl vote The outcome hmced on 1
the vote of one Iteptinlican mem-1
l . ..J.J ...,iu .i r
ner, woo suieu iui 11 lk-uiu- ,
rrats '
Rep. rhenoweth iR-Coln1, for: ,
merl an opponent of the Hells"
. ('anvon hill, was persuaded to
vnp fm j( m hr hol(1 flf g,,,inf;
Colorado Frying Pan - Arkan
as reclamation project sprunR
Irom the roles committee.
He said he was persuaded by
House Speaker Sam Itayhurn
'who was anxious to iH the Hells
Canyon bill out of the interior,
committee " !
upon the White House to explain
how an author not conies of dut u
his denial Monday that he or any
coming book on the admimstra-
tion, "Inside Story Id
wrote it
while on leave ol absence as
White House correspondent for
the New York Herald Tribune
"Inside Storv." MrClellan said
dearly is based on access to mm
utes of cabinet meetings and
o'her official documents more se-
cret than some the administration
1 has refused tn make available to;
I the subcommittee. I
alter a year-long deadlock.
committee a hill which, if ap
expected to touch off a flour at
"giveaway" policies of the Kisen-
Income Taxes
50 Per Cent
Ahead of '55
Personal income tax collections
for the lirsi l months of the hicn
nuim are $20 million higher than
during the same period a year
ago, Hay Smith, chairman ot the
.Mate lax ommission. saiu uies-i.
day. The increase was a gain of,
50 per cent.
"Full impact of the increased j
! surtax was not felt until April and
I May," Smith said, "The large in
crease in the May collections was
due to the fact that many of the
returns made in April could not
he processed immediately a n d
were not inihiocd in the May re
port" Totals for the pi-nod ending May
l 31 were Sltt.llO.O.'iG compared with
I $41,707,754 a year ago. The ligure
rellected results of the 45 per cent
(surtax applied to income taxes by
the l!bj Legislature
( orporate income lax collections ,
were also up witn April totals ai 1
o lion nm mnrA .. ..1. MniU
t.,. s.-n. c,,,,..
in 1953. Total corporate excise
taxes for the first 11 months were
$I",7I2. 7(14 compared with $13,304,-
031 lor last year
. .
nlrSllKUl lllVllOS
Arrol as Test for
Allianv Ordinance
Stalcsnian News Srrvlif
. I HVM 1 1., . v:ilrsm:in
invited an '.lhanv policeman t;
arrest linn Tuesday and the police
man i In i i I til ly obliged.
Involved is Albany's city ordi
nance hanninK otit-ol-town peddlers
which Robert Ivan 1'ruc.sdcll. 35,
Spriimlield. said he was putting
t;r a "friendly test".
T,r. salesman invited patrolman
r ,,1 i.-,n. 1. 1.. ..,.,..,,,- hm. 1,.
.,' ,h,iny store where I'ruesdell
nl1((, a s'.,,.s p1t (r n, pholo-
graphic sluriui which he represents
he pnlu cman arresled I'ruesdell
onk hurt to police court where
a heannc was set (or Thursdav.
Meanwhile. I'ruesdell said tied
.A temporarv injunction which
wn,. prrml, mm to-solicit in AI-
)anv ponding his trial
it has completed its run of 1956
marl, 1 V.,,, ,rA ,,! ("'.....r.r ...nnlr
" ", ;;'i'P"
anu uiiu on itioeiiniieiy some j mni
i,s l,',r'l"t J'1'"''
No
definite date was disclosed for a
'tart on IM7 model cars.
SIK" LKADKR DIES
CHILLIWACK. R C 4" -The
only Sikh archbishop in North
America, Harnam Singh, died in
a hospital next at the age of 70.
The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June
Senate Adds $1 Billion for Jets
Ike Given $33 Billion Road Bill
Signature on
Highway Plan
Expected Soon
WASHINGTON if -The 3.1-billinn-dollar
highway bill, biggest
non-defense spending program in
history, was passed by Congress
Tuesday and sent to President Ki
senhower. Congressional action was com
pleted by an 8!M roll call vote in
the Senate. The lone dissenter was
Sen. Long 'D-I.a1. Karlier in the
day, the House passed the hill by
Voice vote and without debate
The roadhuilding program in
cludes just about everything Ki
senhower requested, except for
bond financing of the federal out
lays. Congressional Democrats
succeeded in substituting t a x
boosts to help pay for the 13 year
program.
"Irgent" Item
Kisenhower has listed Die high- ATLANTIC CITV ,F Ueptib
way bill as an "urgent'' item on lican governors put their second
his program for Congress. Sup-1 term support tor 1'residcnt Kisen
portcrs of the legislation expect ; hower in writing Tuesday while a
him to sign it promptly, perhaps survey turned up strong backing
this week. jn slates with Democratic Eover-
The hill provides for a $14,800.-
000. 000 hike in taxes tn he levied
on highway users in the next It",
years These will go into effect
July 1 if r.isenhower signs it by
th?! 1"n,;L . i ,, i
"Nf oi i ne ia doosis woiiiu auu ,
1 cent to the present 2-cents-a-
gallon federal tax on gasoline and
motor fuels. ,
Compromise Devised
j The measure represents a com -
promise worked out last week, of
I diffusing bills voted earlier by the
two branches - Some Congress
members have termer! it "the
greatest governmental construe
: tion program in the history of the
I world "
Its major feature calls for a
! 41.000-mile network of interstate i
rm.rl,;nku in ,-...1 cw.r.,.. 17 1 ..
hiilmn dollars The federal gov-:
flll AMlltlinin.1 l si .-.win. 4.1
ernment would pay !K) per cent
of the hill the slates I he rest
The system would connect 42 "" ,n ,,r 'ld" dn,"u'V dl .
states capitals and 90 per cent ofi,'"'al ,0 lhe a U""e P;ak ' lhw
all dies of over 50 Olio papula-. J" i,ni1 aPPp' 0 r!n !
., toward new record levels this
i. ... Uiimmer ,
i at nances
New and increased loves' nnart ,
from that on gasoline, are:
1 A new tax of 3 tents a pound
on retread rubber and a 3-cenls-a-pound
hike in the 5-cent levy
on tires.
2 '' per rent increase in the
S ncr cent excise tax on trucks i
nH lr. ,...,
, A n.w ,.,, ,
lljq
1 000 nounds on trucks and i
busrs
weighing more than 26.000
pounds and registered for use on i
highways.
Stale Highway
Aid Awaits
Ike's Signing
Federal aid highway funds total
ing $51,100,000 will be received by
Ori.onn s n n n :s I'roiHrnt
as soon
Kisenhower signs the new highway ; i(iwln0 th,r y,- tnn,
,. . .. . ..;i"ml" l'M.V ini'N
nill i,0pUy Hignwav r:neineer w.
c. niiuaiiis saiu lucsuay. 1
Autborization for immediate al
location of ltW-rifl allotments as
soon as the bill is signed has al
ready been received by the 1'. S.
Bureau of Pnhlic Roads.
Oregon will he allocated tl.l.fiOO -noo
for interstate highway con
struction in 1!C7 and $1 .RfKi.non lor
construction of non - interstate
rentes. Williams said. The ltl.rH1
1 allocations will he Sl'i.fioo.ooo fnr;
'non - interstate and $23,100.(101) lr t
lhe interstate systems including
hiuhways 9 and 30
Action is expected on ine i;i;h-:hs j
program by (lie highway commis-
sion lo get projects under way in
.Jtlgllst.
Willamette River Days Queen
Coronation on Monday Night
Plans for a colorful corona
tion of Willamette River Days
festival queen next Monday
night and fnr the gala public
outdoor dance Tuesday night
have been completed, it was re
ported Tuesday.
Winner of the ticket selling
contest for title of "Queen of
the Willamette," will be an
nounced Monday at 8 p m. at a
program on the Capitol Mall.
Tickets are on sale now.
Rosarians to Attend
Adding color to the eeremonv
will be the appearance of tho
Portland Rose Festival queen
and her court, attended by a
group n( uniformed Rosarian'
(iov Klmn Smith will he on
hand for the program and mas
ter of ceremonies will be the
Vote of Senators Aims to Put!Solous Reject
Woodburn
WASHINGTON ir-The Senate
Armed Services Committer ap
proved Tuesday an appropriation
of SI3.50S.OOO fnr the projected
(realer Portland Air Base seven
miles west of Wnndliurn, Ore.
It wnuld provide fnr operation
and training, maintenance, supply,
administrative, housing, and com
munity facilities, utilities and
ground improvements and land
acquisition.
The committee also approved
$258,000 for storage l.irilltiet at
the Army's I'malilla Ordinance
Depot and $1,130,000 for the Air
Force's contemplated land acqui
(X)I' (Governors
Hack Kisenhower
nors for Adlai K. Stevenson to' liiinnun Nrwt Service
oppose him. LABISH CENTER A. J. Har-
Gov. Averell Harriman still was' rjs was elected chairman of the
in their pitching for the Demo- mne-membcr board of directors
cratic nomination, though. "elected Tuesday night for the
Tnc New VorlH,r invi,od a" the newlv formed Labish Water Con-
Democrats attending tne bum an
nual Governors' Conference to i
cocktail party in
his hotel suite
-including those who like Stev
jenson.
1 -
.,,
Livins Costs
Back at Record
ITCn-li rii'mlisnn
Illy II. liliniDin!?
A Jll I 111 Jllllllf 111,
O C
7i 7 -n
,, ... ,1
" -imsc. l v-.s i.r-l.iv oil; costs.
II' 'IMVTnf ,n f . : '
;
lhl' Kcrnmrnt reported Tues-
day its living cost index rose a 'lose election were Noble Hag
whooping four-tenths of one per lnl. 12: 1-cslic Klampe pnd Wil
cent in May -- largest increase liam Heilman, 10 each; and Sam
fnr any month in three years. , ltamp, P..
The Labor Department's index Nominations were made from
J 1 '
l!)47-''!, hasf period, matching the;
record set in October 1953. Liv-!
ing costs in May were 11 per
cem n'Kn(r lnan a ear r
At the same time, the take-
nome P3? '" lanory worK'"
on Miiiiiwii.il. ! ing June 7, was organized to plan
Kuan Hague, labor statistics 1 Hood protection for the 1.2(H)
coinmissioiiei. said virtually all acre area northeast of Salem in
major consumer cost items are which land and crops have re
moving upward and seem sure to qurntly been damaged bv back-
continue on that trend through the
summer months Since tootl is a
bit; item in the index, the upward
spiral miuhl lie halted when more
plentiful 1 all crop harvests come
in.
Food prices particularly "'increased-
in May, continuing la
ments heard from housewives fnl-
to the
erncerv stores
1.3 per cent hike in food in
May was the largest monthly oars killed a fisherman on the
boost in three years However, , Wolf River near here Tuesday as
food is slightly below last year's he and a companion rowed to
level and nearly 5 per cent below Har(j shore to seek safety Irom a
I its AtiKMst 1 052 peak
The Weather
m
BultV-i""'
Meiii... a
Man Mm I'rfr
.Nurl'i ll.'h.l
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s.m I'mm -i-.
Ij aiuvih-s
'N','," '' r
Wlllanrrtt Klvrr
King Ring of the Salem Cher
nam, T M Jenny.
The Portland court will ar
rive in Salem to meet (iov.
Smith and the Salem court at
4 30 p m. Monday Both courts,
plus the governor and Mayor
Robert White and other digni
taries, will be feted at a dinner
at 6 o'clock in the Oregon Room
of Meier & Frank store.
Band Concert
A 7 pm. band concert at the
Mall will precede lhe corona
tion Tuesday at 8pm, on the eve
of the Jiilv 4 River l)a fesh
Val. a public d.mce will lie held
on the large west portico of the
Marion ( 'mints rmirlhou-e in
downtown Salem Fxhibitmns nf
folk and square dancing will be
held.
27, 1956
Base in High Gear
sition, operation, training, main
tenance, housing and utilities at
the Klamath Falls Municipal Air
port. Action of the Senate Armed
Services Committee in approving
a M3.5OX.0O0 appropriation for the
Woodhurn Air Rase apparently
portended a year's step - up In
plans Tuesday.
The 113 million figure was the
one originally announced as con
templated for the first 12-month.'
expenditure at the French Prai
rie site, and was to have provided
for construction work to begin late
this summer.
Harris Elected
Labish Flood
District Head
trol District
V TV f'nnmlpr wn alerted viee
I I...;- ' j rJ n,.i. .r..
i (lldll llldli, nu .vnr
tary-treasurer, in the board's first
meeting following the district
election in Labish Center School.
Dibby Leads Tally
Harris and Coomler earh re
ceived 21 votes in the district
election. Boies received 17.
Leading vote-getter was Max
Dibby with 22. Other directors
eteetod were () A Muss 21- N'a-
,h,n Kur,h- 20; W'illard Aker,
18: Krank Weinman 14; and Jim
Jackson, 13
Most of the elected directors
are onion growers.
Jackson, how-1
ever, w ho does not grow onions,
was a leader in a move .gainst
formation of the district.
For Flood Protection
Defeated candulates in the
ur in mi; oireiuiK atteiiueu
by 26 districl residents, mostly
onion growers. Election was by
ballot.
The district, which was brought
into existence by Marion County
( ourf following a public hear-
water from the Pudding Jtiver,
Holl of
Follows WVl Oar
To Kill Fisherman
AI.MOM), Wis. i - A bolt of
ightning which apparently struck
lhe water and traveled up wet
storm
I The dead man was 45-vear-nld
j (icorgc Nelson ol Almond.
I Nelson's companion. .1. (' .lor-1
v.i nseii. also ol Almond, was tin- j
able to till authorities what hap-'
pined lie s.ihI In- ;mil Nelson!
niiliieil storm clouds approaching
an (lei nil il to seek shelter As
Iht y girt close lo .shore, Jorgenseii
.said, he turned around ami Nelson
was bent over bis oats, badly
bin net! anil dead.
Festival tickrls will not
required fnr either the en "na
tion or dance.
Featured activities nf the
River Days festival will begin
next Wednesday with a parade
through down'own streets at
10 30 o'clock. Other activities
include a noon picnic at Bip-h
Pasture, boat races on the Wil
lametle River, a h.irhei ue and
nighttime fireworks dispbv.
Sheet banner announcing
the festival, Salem's first Inde
pendence Dav celebration ill
many years. w !i ip t.nmir
row 1 he River I1 - coir ' .f
ei::ht princesses will atrpe.i r on
KLOR'TY in I'nrlland I hurs.l.iv
A I I 1 .1 Ji rrr r 10 v w ni no ." '
ih,i n-.ih mo.t, nn mth t hr
1 re . t-u. 11 r..n,. ..
Portland Rose court.
PRICI 5
Last month, however. It was an
nounced that only slightly more
than $3,000,008 would be asked
from the current Congress just
enough to begin property acqui
sition. It was nnder stood actual
construelioa was to be delayed a
year.
Tuesday's action f the Senate
committee, apparently represent
ed another change in plans. Con
currence by Congress In the com
m It lee reeonimendatloa w I d I
meaa a aearlv-lmmrdiate start
project which eventually Is esll-;
, . . . ., . . iwwiwio
mated to cost beUee. W.OOO.OOO .
and $64,000,000.
Ceremony to Fete
(tlas Line Arrival
PORTLAND '( Portland Gas
i Coke Co. will hold a ceremony i
here Aug. 16 to mark the coming'
of natural gas into this area.
It will be on Sauvie Island, north
of here, near the firm's metering
station. National financial leaders,
government officials and Pacific
Northwest public . officials will
participate.
The pipeline to bring natural gas
from northern New Mexico is
expected to be finished sometime
late in August.
Ike Asks Vet
Pension Boost
Plans 'Slowed'
WASHINGTON W The House,
squaring off Tuesday for an elec
tion year battle over veterans
pensions, heard a go-slow plea
from President Kisenhower.
An Kisenhower letter, dated
May 30 before the President was
hospitalized for abdominal sur
gery, was read to the House by
Rep. Ayres (R-Ohioi. The Presi
dent had written the letter to
Chairman Teague (D-Tex) of the
House Veterans Affairs Commit
tee. In it. Kisenhower said he was
convinced that findings of his
commission on veterans benefits
should be carefully evaluated "be
fore such basic and far-reaching
pension legislation as you mention
is acted upon."
The three rival proposals, which
will be voted on Wednesday, are:
1. An omnibus bill approved by
featuring a $105 a-month pension
plan sponsored by the American
Legion lhe administration says
it would cost l' billion dollars
the first year and a total 148 bil
lions by the year 2000.
2. A last-minute "compromise"
sponsored by Rep Dorn L)-SC)
with Legion and Veterans of For
eign Wars backing It would low
er the pension proposal to $!K) a
month and cut the estimated first
I year costs in half.
3 A "compromise" by Teague
which wnuld knock out most ofl"w "e 85 registered Tuesday,
the nnn-serv ice-connected pensions jC'ooler weather will be accom
called for in the other bills and
concentrate on service-disabled
veterans This wnuld cost some
200 millions the first year.
Hnhonie Plague
Causes Death of
California Man
SAN FRANCISCO If - Hubonir
plague was confirmed Tues
day as the cause of the death of
Andrew Sukacs. 43. of Port Hue-
neine. Calif . who died last night, I'm General Hospital Monday
at Corona Naval Hospital. 1 morning following a sudden illness
The announcement was made bv hum-- in condiion
hr Malcolm II Merrill, head of! '"'" night and able to hav
lhe Slate Department of Health. at;us,,urs- a,u,ndan,s sa,d-
I'.erkelev
11 was the first reported human
rase el the plague in California)
cmr,. I'll?
I II is possible he was
he was infected
'Pjwhm he went to the Sespe Gorge
in Ventura County on a fishing
trip June IS. He Was hospitalized
June ?2
Various forms nf rodents carry
the plague infection, which is
transmitted by fleas to the blood
stream of one animal to another.
Hoy killed as Swing
ItreaUtf I.i ml) of Tree
ItOSI Rt Rf; ? Ronald Dwayne
l.'fet 1. :ts killed Monday
nich! when a tiee 1 1 m W on which
.1 smg v. is f.is'ened broke
The boy was hit on the head
and chest by the limh. He was
I
i the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Jcllcri, who live north of Drain. I
No. 92
Ike Estimate of
Funds Needed
By HILMOT HERCIIER
WASHINGTON (AP)-Th
Semite rejttl President Ei
senhower's assessment of the
nation's air power needs Tues
dav and voted nearly a billion
dollar more than he wanted
for the Air Force in fiscal 1937.
The 48 40 roll call vote ws
smashing victory (or Seriate" Denv
ocrats, who refused to accept as
Frances of administration lead.
ers ,hat ,he Air loTC "ld hav
enoUKh monpy ((j
Russia in the itrusefe for air iu.
premacy. j
Voting was preceded by a bit
ter attack on Secrrtary ot De
fense Wilson, who ias called in
ept, vain, arrogant and contempt
uous of Congress, j '.
Improved Plaa j s
The extra AlrlForca money,
most of it earmarked for im
proved aircraft, . was added to tho
Defense Departmet's budget (or
the 12 months beginning next Sun
day.
Then the Senate passed the SJ
billion dollar defense measure on
a routine roll call vote of 88-0,
The big bill provide about lot
billion (or the Air Force, 10 bil
lion for the Navy and Marino
Corps and 74 billion for the At
my. The balance would go lor
miscellaneous Defense Depart
ment needs.
May Bo lmpoaaded -
The House ha yet to act on tho
controversial air power Issue,
which is sure to reverberate la
the election campaign this fall. If
the House approves the extra
money, it remains to be seen
whether Kisenhower will spend it
or impound it. as President Tru
man once did with additional Air
Force funds voted by Congress.
While the Senate was voting
more money for deiense, the Brit
ish government announced In Lon
don that it had trimmed SO H mil
lion pounds (about 140 million dol
lars) off its IS billion pound
(about $4,200,000,000) defense bud
get as an anti-Inflation measure.
Forty-three Democrats and five
Republicans voted for the Senate
amendment adding 960 millioB
dollars to the Air Force budget.
Both Morse and Neuberger of Ore
gon (avored the larger figure.
Forecasters
Say Warmer
Day on Way
Area residents baked Tuesday
in the hottest temperature so fat
this month, but the mercury la
expected to ooze about five de
grees higher today, McNary Field
weathermen said.
A break in the heat is expected
Thursday, however, with the tem
perature sliding to about 80, ten
degrees cooler than today's ex
pected high and five degrees be
panied ny partial cloudiness (un
ing tonight, weathermen said.
The high temperature of 85
Tuesday was far from the 95 re
corded May 17, the hottest day to
far this year, but it wai tht
warmest sir.ee May 29.
Northern Oregon beaches will
be fair today with a high tem
perature about 6368, Associated
Press reported.
Deputy Slrieken
Herman Doney, Marion County
Sheriff's deputy was taken to Sa-
I PAYROLL I.MS KNOWN
PORTLAND P - The Portland
loftier of the U.S. "Department of
1 !'.. r.. r.,,,,,rla T,,na,,. Ik-t
. u . 1' . . .... J-il Z
Oregon had a 77 per cent gain in
manufacturing payrolls from 1947
to 1W4.
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