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Tie Weather - FORECAST (ream Vt. aathf ko fau. McNarr rial', tam: Claud his mamlng. Woomlnf partly elnafl this anarwvm and tanlfht; tncrvajina' ' laudlMia Waatnaaalay. I hlah to ll. r an WatfnaxU, TJ, sad Ux laa? anlfht.4a. Timparatur at 11 to ajn. today was M. SALKM PUBCIPRATIOM Hint Start ai Waathar Yaar .. 1 ' Tkis Yaar . Lart Taw Xraa POUND0D .1651 lOofh Year 2 SECTIONS-14 PACES Th Oregon Statesmen,-Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 3, 1954 MCI S Ne. ft DtF Heads GOP Slayer of 3 Women Shot in Tree, Dies Flashing Beauty Named Salem's July 4th Queen ucpcorg In the middle of March this year, Sen. Long of Louisiana intro duced a bill, S 3444, which so far has received little attention. Thanks to the diligence of our Washing ton correspondent, A. Robert Smith, this desk has received a copy, for he sensed the interest which the bill would have for residents of Oregon and other 'western states. The bill Is frankly designed to expedite the liquidation of forest reserves and grazing lands and set up machinery to effect that end. Lumber interests are behind the bill. Directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers' association meeting in Seattle recently pledged the best efforts of -that, organiza tion in support of the bill and in vited assistance from "all organiza tions and individuals believing in private ownership and competitive I nterprise." I An analysis of the bill is in' order: When the governor or legislature of any stae asked him to do so the President would set up a federal-state land study commission of five, two from federal departments, two from list of names submitted by the governor. This commission would then undertake a study of federal land ownership in its state, giving attention to these factors: 1. Relation of public land owner ship to total area, and relation of federal ownership of forest and grazing lands to other public and private ownership. 2. Relative benefits of federal, other public and privte ownerships with respect to various land uses and "whether management of lands now in federal ownership by state or local governments or private (Centimed page 4) Government Sets Steel Strike Talks (Picture aa Pago t, lee. 1) riTTSBURGH I The federal government Monday arranged separate meetings Thursday with steel industry and union leaders in an effort to revive contract ne gotiations in the 3-day-old steel strike. The move came as railroads anu other carriers largely de pendent on steel , industry busi ness posted layoff notices affect ing thousands of employes. They will he idle along with 650.000 I'nitcd Steelworkers members for the duration of the walkout. Joseph F. Finnegan, federal me diation service director, said he will meet in Pittsburgh with rep resentatives of each side in the deadlock. The meetings will be "explora tory in nature and for the purpose nf discussing the real differences between the union and the indus try representatives," Finnegan said. . The government action indicat ed plainly there is no hope for the negotiators to resume contract talks before the July Fourth holi day. Wednesday. Negotiations were broken off in New York Sat urday night. The union's basic steel members walked out at midnight Saturday, rutting off 90 per cent of the na tion's steel production, Flooding Ends City's Drouth BETHANY, Mo. on Bethany, desperately short of water for many weeks, had floods Monday In the two streams supplying the city. A downfiour of rain, 3.56 inches In the pasV 24 hours, flooded the bottoms of East and West Big Creeks, BOMB TOSSF.R SLAIN NICOSIA. Cyprus ( - A Greek Cypriot extremist threw a bombi at a British motorized convoy Monday and killed a Greek child and slightly wounded two British soldiers. The bomb thrower was shotdead as he sped off on a bicycle. WIIBERT John H. .Carkia, newly elected chairman af the . Ms rial County Republican C e t r a 1 Committee. (Story on page 2, see. 1.) $125,0100 Fire Guts Eugene Store Building EUGENE Fire swept through the big John Warren Hardware Store early Monday, chased guests from an adjacent hotel and caused smoke damage in a drug store. Warren, former University of Oregon basketball coach who bought the store several years ago from Joe Gordon, former major league baseball player, made no damage estimate, but a fire de partment official said the loss would be above $125,000. about $25,000 for stock and $100,000 for the building. The building is in the heart of the downtown district. It extend the width of a short block and Is a quarter-block deep. , The Smeed Hotel adjacent to the store was threatened, and its guests were conducted to safety. The hotel and the Tiffany-Davis Drug Store suffered some smoke damage. There also was water in the drug store basement. Harold Miller, one of the Tiffany-Davis partners, and Fire Marshal Les Barker were trapped in lh Tiffany-Davis building when a corridor door swung shut and locked. They used crowbar to break loose.- Poland Shuts Borders, to HaltRehcls BERLIN Of - Red Poland Mon day slammed down the Iron Cur tain on the East German frontier to block rebel workers seeking to flee the terror of a communist purge in Poznan. Western travelers arriving from Poznan reported Monday that workers trying desperately to get through the Red security ring around the city in a "westward break for freedom. In Vienna a compilation of eye witnesses estimates received by Western diplomatic sources put the dead from last week's three day revolt at "close to l.ooo." This was far greater, than the 200 to 600 estimate of Western busi nessmen arriving here and the figure announced by the Polish government of 48 killed' and 270 wounded. The Warsaw government order ed thousands of steel-helnVted troops and police to hunt refu gees from Potnan in. automobiles and trains rolling westward. Hot Music, Cold Beer Blamed for Teenager Riots ASBL'RY PARK, N. J. I -The police chief of this resort commu nity said Monday he believes the rock and roll and boardwalk me lee here late Saturday night was "a case of hot miific and cold beer not mixing." Police chief Fred A. Lemhke said the battle involving some 200 youths started during a dance at Convention Hall when a band was playing rock- and roll music, Lemhke said investigators "found plenty of empty beer cans" at the scene and added the rioters ranged in age from IS to 20. "You put beer In the stomachs of kids 15 and 20 and you've got nothing but trouble,", he said. NORTHWEST t.rAC.I'g At fipokana S. Wenatchaa Only lima Khtduled. PAririr coast i KAcrr. At Vancouver 1. l-na Anselei 4 Only gama athadulad. NtTIONAI. I.EAr.l'R At Brooklyn I. New York I ' At Cincinnati I. Milwaukee I At Cnirjun S, at. 11111 I Only jamrl Khedulrd. ' America v i.nr.rr At Detroit J. Chleam t At Wahlntnn 2. Bn.lnn 1 Only lamaa achedula4 WARREN, Ohio 1 - Triple slayer Alfred Wilson, object of. a 12-day manhunt after the slaying of three women, died at a hospital here Monday night a few - hours after he was shot out of a tree by a state highway patrolman. The 37-year-old truck driver lived about 3'i hours after two bullets from the officer's pistol had pierced his brain. Cornered by three state high way patrolmen in a woods behind a relative's house, Wilson climbed a tree and was reaching for his Luger pistol when the otticer fired the patrolmen said. The felative, Wilson's brother-in-law. James Lawson, told the patrolmen afterwards that V. ilsnn was going to force Lawson to drive to Warren where the fugi tive wanted to find snd kill his estranged wife, Juamta. Quarrel Led la Kllllags It was a quarrel with his common-law-wife that started Wilson on a 30-mile death dealing tour jf this area the night of June 21. He killed two sisters of his wife and a young girl he met by chance and kidnapped. A tip that Wilson had been seen entering Lawson's car provided the break that ended Ohio's big gest manhunt in recent years. Ptl. Russell H. Duffy Jr., of the Warren post went to the door while the other officers stayed in the cruiser. They were Ptl. Floyd Smith of Findlay and Cpl. Joseph Zabo of Columbus, both on special assignment. Rnas From House While Duffy talked with Lawson. the other officers saw Wilson run from the back, of the house. Smith shouted to Duffy and the Stronger Ike Signs 21 Biils, Talks to Aides GETTYSBURG, Pa. if) De scribed as feeling stronger day by dayMPusident Eisenhower signed the hue $34.56.727.000 defense appropriation bill Monday and okayed but complained about public works measure. The President put in his heavi est working session since his in' testinal operation June t an hour with aides in which he signed 21 bills, ' vetoed two, nominated 48 postmasters and approved a pro clamation. And White House press secre tary James C. Hagerty told news men: "The President this morning got up at about 7:30 and the doctors tell me that he is coming along fine, and that he told them this morning that he realizes he is feeling stronger and stronger each day." Hagerty said Eisenhower is "eagerly looking forward one of these days" to some practice shots on the putting green on his country estate. But does he feel up to running for a second term? There still is no clear answer on that, and no indication when there will be one. (Add. details as Page 2, See. 1) The Weather Ma. Mln. Prrrlp. Salem t'uriland Baker Mrdford North Bend Boiteburs San Francisco . Lou Anaelel .... Chicago . .aa S3 SJ . 79 81 70 . S 74 sz M M 47 M 49 52 ss 70 .00 ..10 no Traca 00 Trace Trac .00 New l ork K4 74 Willamette River -.1 foot. Valley 'Jumping' With Two-Day Celebrations Today Salem Willamette River Days: I p.m., free street dance, Marion County Courthouse area. . J Albany Timbcr Carnival 10:30 a.m., children's parade and grand i parade, downtown; 1:20 p.m., preliminaries nf logging events, Wnverly Lake; I p.m., horse show, Hudson Field; 9 p.m., queen's! ball, American Legion Hall. , Molalla Buckeroo 4 p.m., rodeo performance. St. Paul Rodeo 6 p.m., rodeo, .fireworks. Wednesday , Salem Willamette River Days: 10 a.m., parade; noon, band con cert, Bush's Pasture; 12:30 p.m., boat races; 3 p.m., water ski ex hibition, boat parade; 3:20 p.m., prize drawing;. 4 p.m., bulfalo barbe cue; s p.m., tugboat race, tug of war; 1:4.1 p.m., fireworks display. All events listed above are at Wallace Marine Park except band concert; 9:30 p.m., queen's ball, Crystal Gardens. Albaa Timber Carnival noon, water show; 1:1.1 p.m., finals of logging events; 7 p ni., water show; 1:30 p.m., fireworks. All events at Wavcrly Lake, north edge of Albany. ' Mill City-Gates Celebration at city park 11 a.m. Dance at Gates High School and fireworks display in evening. Molalla BuAeroo 1:30 a.m., children's parade; 10:30 a.m., Western parade; 1:30 p.m., rodeo; t p m , final rodeo performance, fireworks. ' Oakdale 3:30 p.m., picnic; 1,30 p.m., fireworks. Rlckreall Celebration at Polk County Fairgrounds; Contests at 7:30 p.m. with fireworks. ''.. St. Paul 10 a.m., parade; 1:30 p.m., final rodeo performance. Sublimity p.m., basket dinner in St. Boniface Church grove, followed by firefighting demonstration and fireworks. ' . Wadbra 4:10 a.m.. Chuck Wagon breakfast at Setllemier Park, folk dance exhibition at 1:30 a.m. 1 , .... A three officers ran after Wilson, I When Wilson ignored corn spreading out 25 yards apart as . mand to drop his gun, Duffy fired they started into the woods. his pistol and Smith opened op ; Duffy spotted the strapping, with shotgun. Wilson-toppled to 200-pound Wilson, up in tree the ground, wounded in the fore holding a pistol, . head and jaw by pistol bullets. Neva Seems Wins River Days Crown CONRAD FRANCE Staff Writer. The Statesmai Neva Seems, 21-year-old receptionist in the, state department of veterans affairs, was crowned queen of Salem's first Willamette River t Days festival at impressive open-air "I've never been so happy in my whole life. This is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me", the pert and kve!y queen said in a shaky voice as Cherrian King Bins T. M. Jenny Prospector Drops Stake in Klamath Falls KLAMATH FALLS I -Prospector Earl Sheridan sadly gave up Monday his attempt to take million dollars out ot me main street of Klamath Falls. He took down his tent, and packed away the shotgun he had been using to guard what he said was a million-dollar uranium strike. Sheridan withdrew after hi at torney said he could not claim mineral rights under the streets by right of descent from the city's founder, George Nurse. The attor ney said the founder had failed to reserve such rights. Sheridan Indicated he was get ting doubtful about it all anyway. "I've been disappointed before. Anyway, my Geiger counter bad been acting up during the past two days. The signal was getting weaker and weaker." he said. . Sheridan, who had defied police to move his tent out of the street, refused to budge from his claim even when stricken Sunday with an abdominal pain diagnosed as appendicitis. He said Monday he felt better Oregon's New Motor Vehicle Unit Formed Oregon's new motor Vehicle de partment came Into being Monday i in what Gov. Elmo Smith said was "one of the major changes in the state's administrative struc ; ture in several decades." , Action to divorce the departmen' j from the secretary of state and place the department directlv un der the governor was actually . taken by the 1935 Legislature. "It is our intention to carry out I the intentions of the 'egislature," Gov. Smith said. "We want to .provide the motoring public the maximum benefit and courtesy of single administration," he add ed. The governor said hi anticipated !hnie would be a few shakedown problems on moving a oVpHrtmi-nt i as larxe as motor vehicle, but through the cooperation of Warnt j Nunn and th? secre'ary of stale I "we don't anticipate any incon venience to 'he public or automo ' tit indii..' ry." ' Nunn took ever Monday as first head of thj rioter vehicle depart I ment. ceremonies Monday night. placed a glittering crown upon her brown tresses, As the new festival's first qucea accepted a flowing Ted robe of au thority she officially opened the River Days festival which will have its climax July 4 with a full day of parades, picnics, boat, races, barbecue and fireworks. Capitol Lighted With the flood lighted capitol as a regal backdrop S foot, 3 inch, brown-eyed Queen Neva stepped forward trnm m arnnn nf aiffht yautifuly crownei princesses to accept the crown. Her selection was based on sale of tickets to ths festival. The coronation ceremonies, Sa lem's first in many years, took place on the capitol mall while photographers, television camera men and a large crowd of spec tators looked on under blazing arc lights. Only hitch in the near-perfect production came when King Bing Jenny had to retreat to the capitol to pick up the queen's forgotten crown. Guests of the River Days court, and adding glamour to the fast paced program, was Portland's Rosa Festival Queen Sharon Frey and her court. Also present was Rose Festival President Harold Kelley. Ei-Lebaam Priaecas Queen Neva has been employed by the state for the past year, Prior to that sht resided in Leb anon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Seems. She was a prin cess in the Lebanon Strawberry Festival in 1951 She was born in Lebanon. Kans. The family resided in Bend for a time and then moved to Lebanon about six years ago. She graduat ed from Lebanon High School in 1953. Her sponsor in the festival con test was the Salem Chamber of Commerce. To music by the Salem Musi cians Union orchestra, participants in the ceremony made the long walk from the capitol rotunda to the edge of the mall. EscoruYg the royal courts were uniformed Salem Cherrians, Oregon State Employe representatives and rep resentatives from the governor's and mayor's offices. Warm Welrame Each Salem princess presented her Portland counterpart with a warm welcome and a bouquet. Many spectators agreed the mall never looked so festive. Queen Neva and her court will rule over a River Days jubilee street dance tonight at 8 o'clock at the Marion County courthouse square. Her princesses are Mrs. Shirley Sonderman, Rnnna Hard man, Pat Halseth, Mrs. Jnann Ertsgaard, Jackie Hayes, Minnie Neuharth and Mrs. Donna Eachle man. (Add. eVIalls page 2, see. I.) Accused Lane Judge Heard ' By Grand Jury EUGENE I Circuit Judge Frank B. Reid answered a sub poena Mondav and testified be-, fore a Lane County grand jury. The jury is probing what Dist. Atty. Eugene Venn has said might be a case of embezzlement of money belonging to Moses Moody, a convict at the atale penitentiary. Others tetifvin before the jurv were Joe L, Willis, secretary of the F.ugcne Building and Con struction ' Trades Council, and Hugh A. Stewart, president of the Eugene Boilermakers local. Several police officers and a for mer emplave of the I-anc County clerk's office, and Moodv were among those appearing before the jury. ' Scheduled witnesses Tuesday In clude. Lane County Commiri'ner Ralph Peterson and Roy Elliott, circuit court bailiff. FIREMEN CHECK SMOKE Salem firemen were called about 10:10 p.m. Monday to Salem Iron Works; 117 N. Front St.. where the odor of smoke Indicated fire but none could be found, they said. WHEAT HARVEST BEGIN LEXINGTON. Ore,' Har vesting of wheal, got underway Monday at William Doherty's 2,000-acrs ranch near here. Neva Seems (36-25-36. , lovely employe ia state department af vet- crass affairs, flashes regal smile seeaads after she it announced as queen of the Willamette River Dsys festival as coronation cere- monies last aighL Cherriaa Teas BUI places white-trimmed, red Crashed Airliners Off Course, .' '., , Harsh Winds Hinder Recovery By FRANK WETZEL GRAND CANYON, Aril. Il Turbulent winds swished through the Grand Canyon Monday and interrupted recovery operations at the desolate, grisly scene where 123 .persons died in commercial aviation's greatest disaster. Before the operation was halt ed, the remains of several of the victims were brought out in five rubber sacks from the eastern end of the canyon, where a TWA Su per Constellation and a United Air Lines DC7 hurtled into jagged buttes Saturday, presumably aft er colliding in flight. Bad Weather Dae There were indications the re covery operation would be re stricted again Tuesday. The wea ther bureau said strong winds will develop in northern Arizona by late morning, and added that fly ing conditions in the canyon prob ably will be "extremely turbu lent." The recovery mission is sched uled to start at 4 a.m., however, and it appeared possible some work could be accomplished be fore the strong winds arrived. Twelve Mra Left Twelve men 'were left at the crash scene when thf operation was halted Monday It was pos sible they would have to stay there all night. They had an am pl supply of food and water. The temporarily stranded party included four paramedics and their warrant oflicer, two Civil Aeronautics - Board representa tives, two TWA officials and one United .Airlines representative, and the Coconino (.'oiinty coroner and deputy county attorney. Misconduct of Woman Juror Nullifies Trial A mistrial based oh alleged "misconduct" of a womenjuror In a $25,000 civil suit was ordered Monday by Circuit Judge Val Slo por. The case, which was running in to ' its third day, involved B suit brought by Frank Enyart against Valley Credit Service and the Dal las Hospital.. Judue Sloffer declined to elabo rate on iric reasons (or ordering a mistrial, commenting only that his decision was prompted by "misr conduct on the part of one of the jurors." However, other court house sources revealed that the juror gave some ambiguous an swers lo questions when the jury was selected. In his suit Enyart is asking $13, ono general damages and $10. ono punitive damages which the -defendants allegedly caused wh-n Ihrv erroneously sued him for a i debt that was not his. l. ' ' ' ' " ' Lightly dad Quartet Flees From Ilillcrest State police were searching late Saturday night for girls in shorts and T-shirts. Four of them, ages IS to 17, ran away about 1:33 p.m. from Hillcrest School of Oregon, they said. The girls managed to escape un detected while at recreation on the school grounds, Hillcrest at tendants said. Rain Threat For Holiday Increasing cloudiness is expected through Wednesday, with a chance of some rain on the '4th, McNary Field weathermen said Monday. The temperature will remain on the cool side, with a high of about 71 both today and Wednesday and a low about 4t tonight, they said. High Monday was 66. Northern Oregon . beaches also Vill be cloudy today, with light showers o r drizzle, Associated Press said. Light west winds S to 15 miles an tyur and temperatures SO to SS degrees are expected. Vancouver Gets Iii" Lime Plant VANCOUVER, Wash. -Plans for a five million dollar lime plant here were announced Monday by the Edna Bay Pure Stone Co. of Texas. The firm will secure Its lime from 27 olnims of high-grade lime ston in Alaska, a spokesman tor the firm said. The Texas corpora tion has signed a long-term lease on the claims owned by the Alu minum Co. of America. Gity ServicevStation Held Up Second Time in Two Weeks A North Salem service station, target of a holdup and a con man in the past two weeks, was clipped again early Monday morning, this time for $47 by a lone bandit with 1 a gun. James E. Ackerman again was alone in the Richfield station at 3123 Portland Rd. when the man approached from the rear of the ; building about 2:43 a m. and order ed him to' "empty the cash drawer ! snd hurry," he said. I A kcrman, the' victim of armed robbers who look an estimated $2 from the station the night of June 20. identified three men' held on another armed robbery charge at Vancouver. Wash., where he was taken Monday by two Salem detec tives, the officers said. Two nf the men. William B. Robertson. 22. and I Gerald flcillcr, 18, admitted the aaitle of rayalty over Qaeea Neva's skeBlders la eaartly pragraa sal the Capitol Mall. Qaeea Neva and her eeart of tevea priaceasei will rale ever (all elate at activities tonight a ad Wednesday at 8 lem's first Jaly 4th eeservaaee la aaany years. (Statesaaa phole). Amity Picks Demo Judge litlwau Newt Sanrira AMITV The city's preponder antly Republican city council chose and Installed a registered Democrat. Ivan Shields, city judge at Monday night's council meeting. Shields. 51, a native of Amity and prominent business and civic lesder, was selected over Will Otborn, the other applicant for the ularied position. The new judge is msnager of the Amity Nut Grower's Associa tion, president of the Amity 30 Year Club, chairman of the board of the local Christlsn Church, and past president of the Rod and Gun Club. , la another action the eity coun cil lifted an emergency baa on the use of water that has been in effect since last Friday. Resi dents had been restricted to wa ter for drinking and cooking pur poses only. Heavy irrigation de mands had all but drained the city's two reservoirs. Turnabout Is Fair Play K1RKLAND Uh Three youths who let the air out of tires on more than 20 automobiles Mon day received punishment to fit the offense: They were ordered to report daily to the Kirkland Polite Sta tion for 30 days ... and inflate a tire with hand pumps. I June 20 robbery' in signed state ments, police said. They and the third man held, Donald James i Robertson, 20, are all from Duarte, Calif. Ackerman said the gunman In ; the latest holdup, after taking the ' money, forced him to lie"" an the 'ground behind a nearby building while he ran west across the rail 1 road tracks. Askrrman said he got ; up in about two minutes and called police. I He described the man as about 22 or 23. five feet eight or nine. 'about 125 pounds. The gun wss a long barreled revolver, he said. Another attendant at the Station. James Fox, was left helding a $3 watch Saturday night as security for $:io a stranger said he needed to avoid reporting a minor auto accident to police. The stranger , did Dot return. CA A Say of Bodic LOS ANGELES If) Both the United and Trans World airliner which apparently collided before crashing in the Grand Cairyoa Saturday were off course to the north. Civil Aeronautics Adminis tration officials said Monday. The United DC7 was about 23 miles off it light plan route to Chicago. The TWA Super Constel lation -was about I miles off its projected route to Kansas City. Both had left Los Angeles east bound within three minutes of i each other. Walter P. Plett, CAA W enters regional administrator, declined, however, te fix this as the reason for the' crash, which killed 121 persons. Official Statemeat ' In an official statement, the CAA reviewed the events leading -to the tragedy, worst in .commer cial airline, history. 0( particular interest were Instructions given ' the TWA pilot after he requested a change of altitude from 19.00 to 31,000 feet. The United pilot had already been assigned the 21.000 foot leveL TWA's request to change came prior te reaching Daggett, Calif. "Since the flight would proceed into the Salt Lake City control area shortly after leaving Dag- ' gett, the Lo Angeles center eo , ordinated the request tor change of altitude made by TWA with the Salt Lake City center," the CAA said. Ctwld Net Approve "Because of UAL at 21.000 feet,' TWA waa advised we could not approve 21.000. TWA's pilot then asked for clearance to fly at 1,000 feet on top (of the clouds), which was mutually agreed upon by the' two centers and approved. "Subsequently, , TWA reported over Daggett at :34 a. m. at 20.000 feet climbing te 1.000 feet on top, later reporting over Lake Mojave at ( S3 a. m. at 1.000 feet on top at 21.000 feet. - - ; i i, SALEM FIRM WINS BPA PACT PORTLAND .1 -The Mike B. Porter Excavating Co.. Salem, won a Bonneville Administration contract Monday to clear the right of way and build access roads in the 23mile Oregon City-Chemawa transmission line for $23.MS. 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