,'.. '"-.1. .; ; .-. ; . . . ; v "; ' - . y ' ' y ' . . . ' ' ' '" T reuNpgp 1651 ' ' - - '; Indiana Cons j,;. . ' . w : Tl Til in rrison 8 Injured; Bad Food Blamed (Picture Wirephete paf PENDLETON, Ind. lv- Rioting inmates roared 'through the In diana reformatory administration building Sunday in what was described as a protest over ill treatment, bad food and an unpopular guKrd. , - " Eight' persons, Including two guards and six inmatei.-were in- IF 3M0QE TOCllO Hindsight is always -so much Clearer than foresight. 'When the 1955 Legislative Assem bly was sitting, one of its most difficult problems was balancing the budget for the next biennium. Income tax receipts had been de clining; he old war and postwar surplus was wearing thin. Projec tion had to be made for two years head both for expenditures and on . revenues. Since our state tax structure is geared so close to cur rent business levels it will reflect tremors in employment 'payrolls) and in business profits I. For weeks, tax committees wrestled witn the problem of providing enough revenues. Various schemes were offered. The' old sales tax idea" was brought out again, and s usual, kicked around. Based on estimates of revenues offered by the state tax commission, which must -be conservative on the side of financial safety, the assembly finally voted a 45 per cent surtax and a clgaret tax. Again, as usual, the cigaret tax was suspended by a referendum. When tax-paying time rolled round and the 45 per rent surtax one loot eilect. complaints were many and loud. Democrats who had been members of the legisla lure were quick to capitalize on the complaining, though they had been most adamant against a sales tax and had Insisted on adding we Duraen io income Taxpayers. When, a few days ago, it was re vealed that revenue receipts are running higher than was antici pated and the carryover from last biennium e x c e e de d estimates, Democratic (Caatinaed Editorial Page 4) Pentagon Fork, Spoon Sale Spurs Probe WASHINGTON UV. Senate in vestigators reported Sunday that the Pentagon sold 23 million wood en picnic spoons and forks at bar gain prices while another, agency was buying them under new con tracts. They said the Defense Depart-' Blent replaced the wooden utensils with expensive plastic models while the General Services Ad ministration continued purchasing the wooden items at regular prices. This was among 32 cases cited by the Senate preparedness in vestigating subcommittee as ex ample of what It termed unwise telling and buying by defense! agencies. j Investigators for the subcom mittee, headed by Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson D-Tex, said the mili tary establishment "has been guilty of telling property as surplus and then turning around and buying new property of the tame kind." In' addition to the deals in picnic spoons and forks, the report cited similar transactions in hacksaw blades, pots and pans, hypodermic needles,- leggings, road rollers, shaving brushes, sun glasses and other items. The Weather Max. Ml. Prrl. ..7 i .at -n si ,oo 7J 17 .00 ..7S 44 .00 M 4S 00 .70 44 . .00 SS tl trara 7.1 as .oo ..101 ' 7t .00 si as .ot S ileal Portland Baker Medford North Bnd Roaeburs San. Franrleco . Lm Anil Chlrain . New York Willamette Stiver 01 et. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau, McNary Held. Salami: Generally fair with cloudy morn Inn today and Tueiday. A lew ahow. en over mountain! In the afternoon. Little chane In temperature. Huh tdday and Tueaday JS. tha low to nisnt 4S. Temperature a) 13:01 a.m. today was S4. r SAI.IM PRECIPITATION tinea SUrl f Weather Year Sept. 1 fhla Veal laat Vear Normal t(il tilt MM WILBERT tlaw what alte rvaedt iMihi I SXSHSR, I Mured. The riot apparently was timed to coincide with a baseball game between the reformatory team and a Chrysler Corp. industrial league team from Indianapolis, Number of Things One of the wounded Inmates said the prisoners were protesting a number of things. He said seven men were taken from the "hole," a maximum security section, and flogged "for no apparent reason" rnday night. He also said a new guard was unpopular and food had been "off" the last week. v ("apt. R. J. Urbahns said about 25 inmates carrying clubs and iron bars rushed him and Lts. L. E. Woods and. J. L. Poynter in the administration, building and tried to hold them hostages. He said the guards were able to "talk" their way out. All Disarmed State police said all of the riot ing prisoners had been disarmed and returned to their cells two hours after the flareup. However. a wavy concentration ol stale troopers remained on guard while cells were searched for weapons Negro Bus Boycott Cuts White Service Til T iwiccrr ru It was call a cab or walk Sunday j for those among Tallahassee's 12.000 white residents who depend upon public transit facilities. Cities Transit Co. suspended service on its bus routes Saturday midnight as a result of a month long boycott by Negro patrons. The Negroes - normally supplied about 70 per cent of the bus com pany's revenue. Cities Transit had serviced Flor ida's capital city since 1940. Stetson Coleman, president of the company, announced 10 days ago bus service would end July 1 unless tome solution was found to get the city's 14,000 Negroes back on the buses. The last hope for a compromise ended Friday night whed the Ne gro Inter Civic Council refused to retreat on its demands for an end to segregated seating on the buses and immediate employment of Ne gro drivers. The city had agreed to amend the bus franchise to permit open seating on the predominantly Ne gro lines except for one three passenger lateral seat at the front which wduld have beejjJreserved tor wnnes, ana io snow employ ment of Negro drivers at the dis cretion of the company. (Story also aa page I tec. 1) Strawberry Queen Named lutermaa Newt lervlre . SILVERTON - Freya Martin. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Martin, was named Queen of the Silverton Hills Strawberry Festi val here Sunday. Runner-up in the contest, based on ticket sales, was Murial Hov land, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hovland. Twenty points separated the. two leaders. The new queen was crowned by David Hartley. Hartley was intro duced by Mrs. Melvin Brenden. A total of 975 persons attended the festival where strawberries and shortcake were served from noon until about I p.m. From One S. ' ---- , y-v ' M ; t ' . V i .t ,- nV '"v ' . " " KLAMATH FALLS F.arl Sheridan, right, who aUked a uranium mining claim oa the main street of thit southern Oregon town, htt his diggings exsmined by an eld timer. Miles (Rattlesnske Fete) Jackson, retired gold prospector. Sheridan Sonrlay refused to leave bit "camp'' despite a appen dicltit attack. (AF Wlrcphoto), (Set ttory tbove), ' ' ' 106th Year Salem Festival Tonight Selection of Queen Due at . 8 P.M. Rites By CONRAD PRANCE Staff Writer, The Statesman Salem's first July 4th celebra tion in many years, the Willam ette River Days festival, will start chugging downstream to night when selection and crown ing of a queen is made at 8 o'clock. One of the eight pretty and busy-River Bays princesses will be crowned "Queen of the Wil lamette" at colorful open-air cer emonies at the Capitol Mall. Se lection will be based on sale of tickets to theIndependence Day festival." Floodlights and music will ac company the impressive corona tion on the steps leading into the sunken garden across Court Street from the capitoL Lustre Added Adding lustre to the occasion will be the presence of Rose Fes tival Queen Sharon Frev and her court from Portland. They will be accompanied by Harold Kel ley, president of the Rose Festi val Association and other offic ials. A band concert by local mu sicians will open the public fes tivities at 7 o'clock. Court and other streets in the Capitol Area will be closed to traffic at 6 o'clock. Spectators are to group on the sides of the sunken gar den. , i Bouquet Presentation The coronation program will begin with the River Days prin cesses making their entrance on the arms of Cherrian escorts and sponsor representatives down the steps of the Capitol. They will present bouquets to the visiting Portland court. T. M. Jenny, King Bing of die Cherriana, will then reveal the name of the first Queen of the Willamette, and crown her. First official art of the new queen will be to officially open the River Days festival Greetings will be extended by Gen. Thomas Riles, representing Gov.Elmo Smith, and Russell Bonesteele. representing Mayor Robert White. Narrator will be Dave Hojs. (Add. details en rage 4, tec 1) NORTHWRIT LtKGV At Salem 1-4, Trl-City 4- At Eusene 4-1. Yakima - At Lewlon 1-1, Spokane 1-1 PAririr rosr i.ragi'i At Portland S-0. Vancouver 7-1 At Hollywood 4-S. Scramentn S-t At San Dieso -4, San Franrlaco 1-S At Seattle 4-2, Los Angelea 7-4 NATIONAL I.CAGrR At Chiraso 1-1, Milwaukee 0-4 At Bronklvn 4-4, Philadelphia 7-1 At Pitubursh 1. New York 1 At St. Louli 15-1, Cincinnati lt-T AMERICAN LEAOUE At New York 1-S. Waihlnfton I-t At Baltimore S, Boston 1 At Cleveland 7-4. Chlrato 4-1 At Kanaaa City 4. Detroit 1 Prospector to Another . . . 2 SECTIONS-1 PACES Wreckage GRAND CANYON, Aris. Arrow base of butte by Colorade river wkere TWA Saper-Ceastella-tion fell in flames killing It) aboard Satarday. Other arrow Sickness Fails to Budge Prospector Klamath Falls Street Miner Rejects Hospital r By LYLK DOWNING (See Pictare Belaw) ' KLAMATH FALLS OH Uranium miner" Earl Sheridan, who hat hin ht hv irate citv officials since be pitched a tent and started kail m Mai bm Sunday. Shortly before noon, the stubborn prospector, who hat been en camped at one of the city's busiest teiied with an abdominal ailment which a surgeon diagnosed at ap pendicitis While an ambulance stood by, Dr. Raymond Tice and two nurses from Klamath Valley Hospital made a futile attempt to talk Sheridan into leaving his claim and submitting to an operation. Ta Take His Caaacet ' "I'll take my chances that it won't net any worse for a few days." Sheridan said. "If I leave here now, I'll lose everything. I know I'm on the verge of becom ing a millionnaire. This is a great strike and. I'm going to stick with It." Meanwhile Sheridan's attorney. Harry Boivin, announced be bad telegraphed a request to Austin Dunn, Baker, Ore:, a member of the governor board of the State Department of Geology. Boivin asked Dunn to tend a mineralo gist to Klamath Falls to inspect the claim. Not Glrlag Up - We are not going to give up the fight to thwart tht city in its attempt to evict my client. Boivin aaid, "but 1 want to have the advice of an expert on the uranium which Mr. Sheridan be lieves it under the street." Boivin said he also still plans to circumvent any adverse action by the city by applying to Circuit Judge 'David R. Vandenberg for a restraining order. 9 ! 1A of Two Craft Located in Map, at left painta to baraed apet at and an indignant property owner digging on Main Street rriday, intersections for tnree cays, was 14Year-01d Tumbles Down ; .1 Elevator Shaft PORTLAND (Jl Paul Lamson, a 14-year-oia Doy irom Waterloo Iowa, fell three stones down a hotel elevator shaft Sunday, but suffered only minor injuries. The boy,- with hit parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lamson, was visiting hereson a vaction. He was unable to say bow the mishap occurred but police said he probably mistook the da or leading into the ahaft for altair- way. He leu, irom the seventh floor to the fourth where the un occupied elevator bad stopped. The inpace of hit plunge bashed in the top of the elevator. He suffered fractures of the el bow and wrist and numerous bruises, attendants at a hospital here reported. The mishap occurred in the Sovereign Hotel In downtown Port land. . Crash Kills Lebanon Man luteamaa News terete LEBANON A Lebanon man wat killed Sunday night in a two- car collision at the Junction of Highway 226 and the Richardson Gap Road, state police reported. Fatally injured was Robert Charles Melson, W, Route 1, Lebanon, the Linn County cor oner's office reported. Injured in the accident were Vernon L. Wiley and Lloyd Wal lace Zoss, both of Albany. They were taken to Albany General Hospital for examination and treatment. The coroner's office tafd- the accident apparently occurred about 7:10 p.m. Wiley was re ported to have received an in jury to the lower back. Zoss was apparently not seriously injured, reports Indicated. 1 Congregation Right in Stride SPRINGFIELD, Ore! W The congregation of the Springfield Lutheran Church . was singing a hymn Sunday morning when a po lice officer strode in and motioned for silence. , He announced that the church was on fire and; urged the IV) worshippers 'to file out in an or derly fashion. . ' t The miiMo began again and the congregatitfSalked out the doors singing "He Leadeth Me." The (ire was quickly put out and damagt wat minor. Tho Oregon Statesman, $Um, Oregon, Indicate spot en butte where UAL-DC -7 fell, killing 61. Wreckage of UAL plane cascaded dawn cliff to river below. Rescae teaant were busy combing the fatal tight Sunday. (AT Wirephete). y'':----:::l"T73i : ; r cxaxo cantcv m. y"'.x'i vj -".v. 71 :auf: 4-j v 'rv. i ''If i V x ' FLAGSTAFF, Arisona Map locates the two peaks. Chair tad Temple bultes. in Anion s ragged Grand Caayea where a United Air Lines plane aad a Tram World Alrwayt craft crashed Saturday, A total ef 1Z persons was killed. (AP Wlrephote). Annie Oakley, Autry Spark Ylolalla Rodeo By CHARLES IRELAND Valley Editor, The Statesman MOLALLA Television's pig- tailed Annie Oakley scored an at tendance bull's eye for the Molsl la Buckeroo Sunday as 14,000 people attended the two opening day performances. Traditional rodeo events pro-. vided the bulk of the progrim, but 'a 40-minute performance by Annie and movie cowboy .Gent Autry was the hit of the show. Entertainment by the Holly wood pair was primarily musical. Annie (stage name Gail Davis) rode into the big rodeo arena in a pink cowgirl suit, carrying her trusty .22 rifle. Weak Batting Average From a range of about 100 feet, she took aim at four Christ- River Claims CanbyGirl r OREGON CITY lit - Ruth Nie land, 2, drowned in the Molalla River Sunday evening while on a picnic with her family. . The girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Nieland, Canby, wan dered away from her family at about 7 P m The body was found an hour later about one mi I e downstream. ' , ' Today's Statesman Page Sec. Classified 14, IS II Comics 12' II Crossword 16 II Editorials 4 I Horn Panorama.. 6 I Obituaries .14 II Radio, TV .... 13 II Sports 9, 10 II Star Cater I I Valley Newt ...... 3 I Wirephoto Page 1 2 II World Thit Weak 11 II Monday, July 2, 156 Photograph mat tree balls and required sev en shots to shatter them, a bat ting average that might have made the original Annie Oakley hang up her guns. . Annie's' vocal cords wen truer, however, tnd the delighted the crowd with choruses ot "Blue Suede Shoes' and Western bal lads. Gene Autry, accompanied by the Cass County Boys instrumen tal trio, sang many of the twangy tunes he hii made popular. He also put his celebrated horse "Champion," through somt intri cate paces. Salem Cowboy Start A Salem cowboy, Lawrence. He Witt, roped a wild calf in 14 6 seconds, but wss nosed out by Msrlln Stephenson, whose time was 14 4. Stanley Purdy moved into the lead in wild-cow milk ing with a time of 29 seconds. Bleschers seats were Jammed for the opening afternoon per formance and only a smattering of reserved seats were empty in the 8,000 ctpaclty standi. The. Buckeroo eontinuei with performtneet tt I p.m. Monday, Tuesday tnd Wednesdty, plus a Wednesday matfnee. Nudes, Remain Quiet, Laic fid NOTTINGHAM, England Uft-A lion attacked his trainer on the stage of the crowded Empire Theater Saturday night while two nude showgirls ' posed inside the cage. The trainer, '51-year-old Nich olas .Trifodis, was clawed on the hand before he drove the. linn aff. The girls did not move a muscle unlit the curtain rang down. Nude's are legal en the British tttgt only if they remain motionless, . , 1 . Planes Found on Adjoining Peaks Bodies Burned Beyond Recognition By LAWRENCE MALKIN ' (Mctures also ta Wlrephote Page) I CnWD CANYON, Ariz. (AP)-Two huge airliners, rumexi into hurtlins coffins for all 12S persons aboard presumably by colliding in flight, were found burned and shattered Sunday on adjacent peaks in Arizona's Grand Canyon. No turvivort could be found by a helicopter crew which battled turbulent air currents to land beside the wreckage oo Government Moves to End Steel Strike (Ptctare an Wirephete pafe) PITTSBURGH Uv. With the nation't basic steel Industry shut down by a strike of 50,004 Unit ed . Steelworkert members, the federal government made its first tentative move Sunday toward re viving contract negotationi. Joseph F. Finnegan, director of the federal mediation service, laid in Washington be has been endea voring to contact both union tnd management to "discust the sta tus of the situation and tee if and bow we can be helpful." Union members walked away from the closed steel plants and tet up picket lines Saturday mid night at the expiration of contracts with to per cent of the nation's basic steel Industry. Steelmaking facilities had been put on an in definite stand by basis. Only man agement personnel were In the mills to carry out the essential maintenance work. Through the long weeks at ton tract debate between the union and companies the federal gov ernment hat remained entirely exit of the pMore; la the Mat. federal agencies have moved into timiiar situations when a Kale- mate became apparent Finnegan did not say htt agen cy la becoming a participant In the dfscutsions. Instead, be indi cated be wishes to talk separate ly with the top aeiotiatort. Offi cials in Washington taid private ly "we want bout side to hive some time to do a little thinking," Fair Weather, Forecast Says Fair weather will . continue In the Salem area except for a few clouda in the mornings todty and Tueaday, according -to the V. 8. weather station at McNary Field. There will probably be little change In temperature with a high today and Tuesday of 75, a low tonight of 41. Northern coastal areas art ex pected to be cloudy through to night except for a few aunny aft ernoon and evening hours. Pre dicted high It IS to M, the low 45 to M. Valley Events Include Timber Show, Rodeo Today ' ftalem Willamette River Days: mall; I p.m., queen coronation, State Capitol tteps, Albany Timber Carnival-?:) p.m., festivities; 1:50 p.m., eueett coronation both at Waverly Lake. Malalla Buckeroo g p.m., rodeo performance. At. Paul Rodeo I p.m., rodeo, fireworks. Tucfulay Salem Willamette River Days: I int., fret street dance, Marion County Courthouse area. Albaay Timber Carnival 10:30 a m., children's parade and rand parade, downtown;' 1:20 p nv,preliminaries of logging events, Waverly Lake; I p.m., horse show, Hudson Field; I p.m., queen's ball, American Legion Hall. Malalla Buckeroo I p.m., rodeo performance. M. Paal RodeoI p.m., rodeo, fireworkt. . . Vfflnrr!ajr Salem Willamette River Dayt: 10 t m., parade; noon, band con cert. Bush't Pasture; 12:50 pm.. boat races: I p.m., water ski ex hibition, boat parade; 3.20 p.m., prize drawing; 4 pm., buffalo barbe cue; pm., tugboat race, tug of war; 1:45 p.m., firework! display. All events listed above are at Wallace Marine Park except band l concert; 9: SO p.m., queen't ball, Crystal Gardens. Albaay Timber Carnival-noon, water thow; 1:15 p.m., finalt ef logging events; 7 p.m., water thow; 1:50 p.m., fireworkt. All events at Waverly Lake, north edge of Albany. Mill Clly-Gatea Celebration at city park U a.m. Dance at Cats High School and fireworkt display in evening. , Malalla. .Buckeroo 30 a m., children'! parade; 10:50 a m.. Western parade; 1:30 p.m., rodeo; I p m,, final rodeo performance, fireworks, i - - i Oakdale 5 30 p.m.', picnic; 150 Rlckreall Celebration at Polk County fairgrounds; contests at 7:30 p.m. with fireworks. W. Pial 10 a m,, parade; 1:30 p m., final rodeo performance. RohlimltT p.m.. basket dinner in SU Bonllact Church port, followed' by firefighting demonstration and fireworkt. Woodbine-: io am.. Chuck Wagon breakfast it Settlemier Park folk danct exhibition at 1:10 i.m. PRICI St Ne. f7 separate rock spires lest than mile apart In the desolate gorge, The heliconter crew report ed most of the bodies burned and mutilated beyond recog nition. (Stories also on pages I, 7, sec. 1; page 15, tec. 2.) At a tingle tragedy it wat the - worst commercial air disaster in history. Civil and military author Hies gathered Sunday night o be gin an investigation into the causa of the tragedy. Wreckage Reacted ' The helicopter first reached the wreckage of a Trans World Air Lines Superconstellation which carried 70 persons. Later it reach ed the United Air Lines bC7 lest than a mile away. It carried M persons. It's a tight I dont want t have to' see again," tald Dr. Don ald Hunter of Greenfield. Ind ' spokesman f o r the helicopter The three-member ever, planned to go out again Motf S ' day. The planet went down Saturday morning. Both were east bound from Lok Angeles, where they took off three mlnutea apart and flew into heavy thunderclouds ov er northern Arisona. 1 They carved two black burnt against the buff-colored terrain al the remote and rocky canyon. MM Feet Up Hape ' The TWA plane crashed and burned about 1.000 feet up a elope from the Colorado River's muddy waters. It's tail landed about IP feet from tht fcit of the wreck. The. DC7 smashed Into another nrak about 1.501 feet higher near er the confluence ef the Colorade aid Little .Colorado Riven. Representatives of the Civil Aeronautica Board, both air lines. and military Kirch groups met. at Grand Canyon airport Sunday afternoon to discust meant of bringing the bodies of the victims at least It of them children out to civilization. Nine Army helicopter! were standing by along with northers) Arizona law enforcement agencies with ground vehicles to help. - Capt. Byrd Ryland of March AFB. Calif., director of the search and rescue mission, taid the planet "mutt hive" collided la the air. Capt. Alvin C. Scott. Hamiltoa AFB. Calif., search officer, said ttat from the position of the wreckage "it's ilmott nndoabted ly'a collision in flight." Capt, Dean Lewis of Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix re ported he flew within 300 feet of the two peaks. Judging by- the wsy the wreck age it scattered, be said, the planes aparently plunged straight to the earth. 7 p.m., band concert. capltel p.m., fireworks.