The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 02, 1956, Page 1, Image 1

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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
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" Eight' persons, Including two guards and six inmatei.-were in-
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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
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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
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WILBERT
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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).
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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, .
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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. .
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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.
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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.