The Oregon statesman., July 21, 1956, Page 1, Image 1

15,000
Turkeys Dead
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On Farm Due to Heat
Farmer Loses 700
By LILLIE L. MADSK.V
Farm Editor, The Statesman
Fifteen thousand turkeys out of
flock of 20.000 on a farm be
tween Lebanon and Albany have
died from heat in recent days.
Smaller numbers of both chickens
and turkeys were reported dead
Friday in numerous other flocks
throughout the Willamette Valicy.
The 15,000 dead were in the.
flock of Vcrn Nofsiger, who owns
a feed warehouse at Lebanon,
but whose farm lies nearer Al
bany. Nofsiger said the dead
birds were the older ones, fat and
Highway Engineer
Baldock to Resign
To KihI 41-Year Slate Career Aug. 16
R. H. Baldock. Oregon Stale Highway Engineer for the past 24
years, announced Friday he would resign Aug. IS.
He said he would head a highway mission to Iraq. '
Baldock. who is 67 years old, has been with the Highway Com
mission for 41 years.
The three-man Highway Commission will appoint Baldork's sue
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Iraq Calls
late Highway Engineer R. H.
Baldoek announced Friday he
It resigning U head a highway
Mission to Iraq.
The Republican administration
Anally made it a balance of the
budget, I mean. The long-cherished
goal of the Republican Party
since the advent of the New Deal,
the first opportunity the party had
in control of the executive arm
to achieve this result came with
the election of General Eisen
hower. After the election when the
General-President faced the facts
of national and international life
he felt compelled to permit deficits
to continue. And so they did for
the first three years of his admin
istration. This yfar, however, the
bookkeepers in the treasury report
that at the end of the last fiscal
year its books were in the black
to the tune of over a billion and
three quarters.
As the news reports have told,
this is the first time since 1951
that a budget balance was at
tained. This was in the Truman
administration.
Since the end of the world war
the budget was in balance only
three years: 1947, 1948 and 1951.
The first reflected the sharp drop
in spending after demobilization.
The second reflected economics
Imposed by. the Republican Con
gress. After 1951 the step-up of
defense spending put the books out
of balance again.
Actually expenses continue to
mount, but this last year tax and
other receipts increased, too. In
come was roughly $68,100,000,000
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
South Oregon Boy
Drowns in -Creek
MEDFORD m James Rich
ard Kercher, 14, Central Point,
drowned Friday in an irrigation
pond In Willow Springs- Creek,
three miles northwest of Central
Point.
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Chickens; Oilier
well feathered. The younger ones
of the flock have "made it so
far", he said.
The only, salvage in the birds
which have died from sunstroke
is that realized through' fertilizer
plants.
Reports from Mt. Angel Friday
were that Frank Hettwer, former
manager of the Mt.1 Angel Co
operative Creamery, but now
operating a poultry farm near
there, lost 700 young White Leg
horn hens just beginning to lay.
From Dallas was word of a 250
fryer loss at the poultry farm of
Junior Fobert.
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cessor. It probably will be W. X.
Williams, now Baldock's deputy.
Baldock has been recognized as
one of America's leading highway
engineers. He is a past president
of the American Association of
Slate Highway Officials, and now
is a member of that organization'!
Executive Committee.
Consulted Odea
He has written many technical
papers and often has been con
sulted by highway officials of the
Federal Government, other gov-
ernments and other states. He
played a big part in obtaining con
gressional passage of the new
highway bill to improve the inter
state system.
Baldock will take charge of a
'highway mission that is working
under an agreement between the
United States and Iraq, acting as
advisor on highway matters to the
Government of Iraq.
To Leave for Europe
He and Mrs. Baldock will leave
Salem in mid-August. They will
lour Europe for several weeks be
fore proceeding to Iraq, in the
Middle East, where they will re
main for two years.
Baldock led the modernization
of the . Oregon highway system.
After graduating from the Univer
sity of Colorado Engineering
School, he worked for- various
steel) power and construction com'
panics, and was a transitman for
the Port of Astoria from 1908 to
1915.
He went to work for the newly
created Oregon Highway Depart
ment in 1915 as a district engineer,
and rose rapidly through the de
partment. Smith Issues Prats
"The years of service R. H.
Baldock has given as State High
way Engineer have been an era
of highway development not only
in Oregon, but throughout the na
tion," Gov. Elmo Smith said in
connection with the veteran high
way engineer's resignation.
"He has achieved world-wide
recognition as a leading highway
engineer and has brought great
distinction upon the State of Ore
gon as well as upon himself. Ore
gon wishes him well in his new
adventure." ,
Yellow Paint
Decreed for
Center Lines
Yellow paint will again be used
for the center stripe on Oregon
highways, it was announced Fri
day by State Highway Engineer
R. H. Baldock.
Two years ago Oregon changed
from yellow te white center
stripes in a move to standardize
the color of stripes used through
out the U.S. .
But it has been found since that
white lines fade sooner than yel
low and that Oregon drivers have
expressed a preference for the
yellow, said Baldock, even though
fresh white lines are considered
somewhat more visible than yel
low lines.
After explaining this back
ground" on the matter, the state
highway official declared:
"It is, therefore, the considered
opinion of the Highway Depart
ment that the yellow line should
be used in the interest of safety
and economy, particularly be
cause of the winter conditions in
Oregon.
"It will tajte quite some time,
perhaps a year, to make the
transition, but it will be started
as soon as possible."
FOREIGN AID GAINS '
WASHINGTON I - The Senate
voted the Eisenhower administra
tion the $2,300,000,000 it asked for
military assistance to foreign na
tions tonight after rejecting a se
ries of' amendments to slash.it,
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bureau. Mi-Nary field. Salemi: Clear
except for rcnrninR clnudincM
through Sunday. Cooler .with huh
today S2. low tonight SS.
Temperature at 11:01, .m. today
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Flocks Affected
W. T. Geurts, manager of the
Oregon Turkey Growers, said
said a number of growers report'
ed smaller losses, particularly in
chickens.
Calls to numerous of the Val
ley's large turkey growers includ
ing (Jam Brothers at - Turner,
Felix Wright and A., N. Doerfler
at Silverton, and Newton Fruit at
McMinnville. revealed that these
.men had suffered.no losses so
far, but all were using prccau
tionary measures of shade, elec
trie fans, and water sprinkling.
(Add, farm-weather story Page
10, See. 2.)
Temporary;
Relief Due
In Hot Spell
Salem area temperatures
dropped slightly Friday and at
least temporary relief from the !
current heat wave is expected
here today.
Salem s maximum temperature
Friday was a warm 95, eleven
degrees below Thursday's sizzling
high, and the mercury is sched
uled to reach only 82 here today.
Skies are expected to be clear
through Sunday except morning
cloudiness, according to the Mc
Nary Field weather station. Pre
dicted low tonight is 55.
Cooler on Coast
Hot weather continued virtual
ly unabated throughout the Pac
ific Northwest Friday, with
coastal points receiving the only
real relief.
Cool, moist marine air which
had been expected to drop tem
peratures west of the Cascades
as much as 20 degrees failed to
spread much beyond the coastal
fringe. The coast was 25-30 de
grees cooler, but maximums else
where west of the mountains
were only 5-10 degrees below
Thursday's highs.
Mercury Down
Some cooling is expected with
in the next five days but temper
atures win probably still rema in
above normal.
The Dalles, which had tied
Thursday as the hottest spot in
the nation with 108, was down
to 99 Friday, the Associated
Press reported. Portland
dropped from an official 102 to
93.
(Additional details pa(a J,
ore. i.)
Turkey Plant
Rising at Cost
Of $300,000
A $300,000 turkey plant is now
under construction for the Oregon
Turkey Growers in West Salem.
A dedicatory ceremony is planned
for Friday. July 27. at the annual
membership meeting of the co
operative association.
w. T. Geurts, manager of the
Growers, said Friday that the
new building would -be of tiltuo
concrete, and the first unit would
be completed by early September.
This will contain the killing, evis
cerating, aging and chilling de
partments. The remaining two
units of the plant will be com
pleted following the next turkey
season, which will be in 1957,
Courts said.
"Salem will have orte of the
most modern and complete tur
key processing plants in the na
tion when Uiis is completed. We
are using all the new equipment
which industry research has
brought out as being most eco
nomical and providing a better
product," Geurts said in "making
the announcement.
NORTHWEST I.r.AGl K
At Spnkune Salem, nln
At Wtnatrhee 11, Tri-Cllv 1
At I.twiilon 10, Zusrm 3
PACIFIC COAST I HAGir
At Hollywood 5. Portland 4
At Sacramento 1. (Seattle 0
At San Dieio S, Vancouver 7
At San Francisco 1, Loa Angelea I
nation;. I KAr.m
At Milwaukee in, Philadelphia I
At St.Loula l, Brooklyn 4
At Cincinnati , Plttubursh
At Chicago 7, New York. 4
AMRRICAN I.F AGI r
At New York . Kaniaa City 1
At Bonlnn S. Detroit
At Baltimore. Cleveland, rain
At Wihlnlon Chlcafo, rain
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Conferees Accept Lower .
Social Security Age Limits
WASHINGTON HP Senate
House conferees Friday night
reached final agreement on a
trail-blazing social security bill
permitting women to draw retire
ment benefits at age 62 and dis
abled workers to get payments at
age 50. .-,
The bill, opposed in several of
its principal features by the ad
ministration, is expected to be
passed by both branches and sent
to President Eisenhower next
week
Rep. Cooper (IV-Tenn), chair
map of the conferees, said that
all seven Senate and five House
conferees signed the conference
report. He said they would meet
again next Tuesday to takt a final
106th Year
Man Who Whistles
On Honey moon
Loses Spouse
DALLAS, Tex. (P) Mrs.
W. L. Blackerby won a divorce
Friday because she said her
husband whistled all night on
their honeymoon.
"Was it a sort of wolf whis
tle?" asked Dist. Judge James
K. Evetts. "A wolf whistle
might not have been out of or
der on a honeymoon."
Mrs. Blackerby replied: "No,
judge. It was just plain
whistling. He would sit in the
rocking chair by the bed and
whistle. And sing too. No par
ticular tune."
She said that her husband ap
parently wanted to aggravate
her on the second night of
their marriage because of a
minor argument.
"Cruel treatment Indeed,"
observed Judge Evetts. "Di
vorce granted."
Blackerby wasn't in court
United States
Entry Wins
Universe Title
LONG BEACH, Calif. (JP
Iowa's Carol Morris, Miss, United
States, Friday night was named
Miss Universe in the interna
tional beauty contest.
The new queen was selected 15
minutes after midnight from a
final group of five contestants
that included: Marina OrscheL
Germtny; Rosanna Galli, Italy;
Carol Morris, United States; In-
grid Goude, Sweden: Iris Waller,
England.
Miss Germany Second
As runnersup the judges selec
ted Miss Orschel, second; Miss
Goude, third; Miss Waller, fourth,
and Miss Galli, fifth.
In tdition to the glory of being
named the most beautiful girl
among the 72 entrants in the con
test, the new Miss Universe won
a six-month motion picture con
tract at $250 a week; a three
month personal appearance con
tract with a bathing suit manu
facturer; a convertible taupe; a
fox stole and numerous items of
clothing and jewelry.
Pareats Watching
Among the audience of 4.500
watching the final judging ses
sion were Miss Morris parents,
The Rev. and Mrs. La Verne of
Ottumwa, lows, who flew in to
day.
Rev. Morris disclosed that he
still carried in the toe of his
shoe a penny he found in the
street shortly before his daugh
ter left Iowa to compete in the
contest.
"I told her I'd keep it there
until the won or lost."
Ike Flying to
Panama Meet
PANAMA m - The chiefs of
state of 19 American republics, a
convalescent President Eisenhower
among them, converged on this
tropica crossroads Saturday for a
meeting designed to strengthen the
historic bonds on Pan-American
friendship.
Eisenhower winged southward on
an overnight flight from Washing
ton to meet the other presidents
and presidents-elect at the hemi
sphere parley commemorating the
first Pan-American conference
called by Simon Bolivar 130 years
ago.
Oregon Hay fever
Season Nearing
Last Gesundheit
PORTLAND OB - The state
Board of Health reported Friday
that Oregon's 1958 hayfever sea
son is nearing its end.
The pollen count in Portland has
been dropping rapidly since the
June 1!) peak, said Dr. Harold M.
Erickson. state health olficer.
The daily pollen count was made
by the' American Academy of Al
lergy here.
ADMITS SHOOTING
HOOD RIVER, Ore. I - James
Belton Athey, a field labor fore
man, pleaded guilty to a man
slaughter charge Friday In the
shooting death of Haskel Morrison
of Oklahoma City, Okla.
look at their report, and then the
House would act on it promptly.
The conferees accepted the Sen
ate provisions as to the two ma
jor issues the new disability
program and the lower retirement
age for women. The , retirement
age for both men and women now
is 65.
Under the measure agreed upon
Wtriav mchl'the arwlal aAurilw
tax would increase ' per cent
Jnn, 1, 19S7. Instead of 1 per cent
as voled by the House. i. i'iuui.a.mj vr inns were
The new retirement age for wo- called Friday for revetment re
men for the fir,, time breaks iV&j?"; Ft&XXt
BS deadline set up when the so- j Bnrtnw, n( Sa,.m,
cial security law was passed orig- Thepnrtland Oistrirt Army En
Inally la 1933. J. I ginecra will open bids Aug, I,
2 SECTIONS-! 4 PACES
PolkClackamas Residents
CANBY Volunteer "evacuees" from Clackamas County eat a com
plete meal built around stew in the Canby Emergency Aid Area
as they took part in nation-wide Civil Defense exercise Operation
Alert 195. The volunteers played the part ef evacuees from
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RICKREALL Four Monmouth men playing the part of refugees from a hydrogen bomb dropped on
Portland take part in the mass registration Friday at Polk County Fairgrounds. Left to right, they
sre Donsld True, partly hidden, David Zardeneta, Andrew Sedivy and Hugh Firklin. Checking
Firklin's registration is Mrs. Shirley Bird of Dallas, representing the Polk County Welfare Commis
sion. One hundred four persons representing 57 families were registered in 45 minutes Friday
morning in Polk County's volunteer test (Statesman photo.) , -
Mitchell Allotted Disaster
Funds; Road Protest Filed
President Eisenhower, in a telegram to Gov. Elmo Smith Friday,
declared the flood-stricken area in Wheeler County a Major Disaster
Area and allocated such Federal funds as necessary for assistance.
The Governor had requested l."oo.0O0 (or the reconstruction and
repair o' bridges, roads and other public facilities.
"The havoc wrought by the torrential rains is of deep concern to
me and all of those who have suf
fered anguish and hardship have
my sincere sympathy," President
Eisenhower's telegram read.
MITCHELL. Ore. ti Every
adult of this flood-ravaged Central
Oregon hamlet has signed a peti
tion asking the State Highway
Commission not to rebuild High
way 2(1 as it was when the flood
hit July 13.
"Catastrophe Inevitable"
They contend that the highway
was built in such a way that the
"catastrophe was inevitable."
They said that the commission
narrowed the channel of Briclge
Creek in building the highway two
years ago. This ercekf "washed out
half the town's business district
in the Friday the 1.1th flash flood.
Residents said that if the old chan
nel had not been narrowed, most
of the runoff could have been car
ried away.
Signed by 1M
The petition, signed by 100 per
sons, asked the commission to call
in independent engineers to sur
vey the stretch of highway passing
Ing.
It said: "By reason of construc
tion of the highway through our
town, a major section was de
stroyed, the lives of numerous
citizen endangered and" future use
' or habitation of the property dam
aged made impossible.
ft'HH Soticllt for Work
Ajioiip Kfi.rr Kaphl.a
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Coos Bay TV
Permit Near
WASHINGTON ( A Federal
Communications Commission ex
aminer has recommended that
KOOS, Inc., be issued a permit
to operate the first television sta
tion in Coos Bay, Ore. Commission
approval would assign the station
Channel 18.
Aurora Pageantry Marks
100th Anniversary of Town
By CHARLES IRELAND
Valley Editor, The Statesman
AURORA "Ya , . Ya . . Ya . .
Ya," it was a good centennial
pageant that Aurora presented be
fore a crowd of 2,nno or more on
lookers Friday night.
It was a pageant studded with
Little German Bands, covered
wagons, Indians and calico dress
es. And some of the pageantry will
be repeated Saturday in a big
parade that will step oft at 10
a.m. to start the biggest day of
Aurora's three-day celebration.
There'll be s free barbequed
beef sandwich for everyone at
noon, beard judging at 2 p.m.-, a
"colony supper" at S. and a pro
gram in the park at night.J'lus
band music from time to tfme all
day.
The Friday night pageant opened
with1 a big splash of color as
Don Smith and six little Indians
from the Indian Museum near
Aurora presented authentic In
dian dances. .
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday, July
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Portland which was H bombed by an Imaginary enemy at t:4S a.m.
Friday. Following evacuation routes through Clackamas County
they arrived at the county fairgrounds where they were registered
and fed. -
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Dallas Water
Supply Wanes
Stateamaa News Service
DALLAS Water users here
were asked Friday to curtail irri
gation as the heat wave put a
crimp in the city water supply.
City supervisor Lynn McCulley
said' "We simply haven't been
able to put water in as fast as
it was taken out." He added that
there are no restrictions on normal
household use.
McCulley estimated that the
water supply could be restored to
? opacity with 4ft hours of normal
onsumption. Tbe city has four
million gallons of storage capac
ity in three reservoirs serving be
tween six and seven thousand per
sons in the area.
Then the Aurora colonists hove
into view, marching to a German
hand. There was a squeal of
laughter from the predominantly
German audience as Waller Keil
portraying his great-great uncle
who founded the colonyi asked the
band leader in German to "ploy
a piece for the Indians."
Housing vocal renditions of
"Srhnitzelbank" and "Aeh du
Licber Auguslin," sung in Ger;
man, came next.
Between mujifal numbers, the
unique history of the Aurora col
ony was told by Narrator Elvan
Pitney.
The second and final scene of
the pageant saw a big group of
the colonists, safely arrived at
Aurora, singing "Oh, Susanna"
and other folk songs in English.
The pageant followed opening
ceremonies in which Mr. and Mrs,
Merrill Rnkrr brought greetings
from 'Bethel. Mo., HOyear-old
Elias Keil played a Strauss waits
on the piano, and Statesman Pub
lisher Charles A. Rprague crowned
72-year-old Amy Hurst as queen
ol Aurora "for to asut UO jraata."
21, 1956
PRICI
&F&W
of 'Evacuees'
I ft AJ
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Valley Assists
Portland After
'Bomb Drop'
The fearful mushroom cloud
would have appeared high over
the heart of Portland at : a.m.
If Friday's Civil Defense opera
tion had been the real thing instead
of a test.
The blast would have Keen felt
in Salem, and Dallas, 50 miles
away, and the cloud would have
been visible lor hundreds of miles.
'An estimated 294.100 residents
were theoretically evacuated from
Portland in the operation. Using
standard percentages supplied by
(Additional Mid-Valley Civil
- v 15-minute period, went off regu
Defense) exercise stories and ,r,iL a, V
pictures on Page 5, Sec. 1.)
the federal Civil Defense Agency,
theoretical casualies were estimat
ed at 20.943 including 6,038 killed.
5,734 injured and 8,823 dead, in
jured or sick for ' normal misad
ventuer." Wifh the shock of the hypotheti
cal hydrogen bomb drop on Port
land, Polk County Civil Defense
volunteers were called into action
by a Jong, steady blast of fire
sirens.
Taken to Dallas
More than lot) residents of Dal
las, Rickreall, Monmouth and Inde
pendence also answered the call
to Polk County Fairgrounds, where
they were registered as evacuees
from Portland and later taken to
Dallas City Park where they were
fed hot dogs, lemonade and cotlee
At Canby, an estimated 2,000
volunteers from Clackamas ana
Multnomah counties enjoyed a free
meal of stew, crackers, fruit salad.
cookies, coffee and iced orange
drink. Gov. Elmo Smith visited
the Canby operation before going
theoretically to a prearranged
emergency headquarters for state
government. Salem, although not
"bombed" in the test rnday,
would be considered a target area
because of its state offices.
Widespread Efferts
Marion County activities Includ
ed registration of Portland "evacu
ees" at the Public Service Build-
in, feeding at the Stale Fair
grounds, treatment of wounded at
llayesville, Aumsvillc and Silver
ton and at the fair grounds, and
operation of a Salem Amateur
Radio Club network, in addition
to a busy day of "emergencies" at
tho county CD office in the court
house.
Salem also was the center of
state CD activities, which were di
rected from the headquarters of
Col, A. M. Sheets, state CD direc
tor, in the basement ot ue oiaie
Office Building.
LOC.GEIt CRt'SHED
ROGL'E RIVER - Frank
Vaughn, 61,' Grants Pass logger,
died Friday when he was crushed
by a rolling log at a logging opera
tion west of here. Vaughn was
employed by the Palmroth Log
ging Co., Grants Pass,
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No. 11
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73 Cities Feel
hypothetical
Nuclear Wrath
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
America fivf! if vm am
mankind's new lurking monster
tne "bomb" and boned upv.
for disaster in a nationwide 5
"Operation Alert"
It began Friday, as a hvno-'
thetical swarm of enemy plane
fanned out across the land, un
leashing their nuclear loads of
death, destruction and terror.
In theory, the terrible "huhf
burit over 7J major cities.
Millions were presumed to have
died.
AU told, 12S bombs were con
sidered to have fallen.
Thousands of civil defense vol
unteers and their leaders worked
into that .weekend tfrannlinit writh
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the problems' of survival.
Before the imaginary attack
came, the ominous "Yellow Alert"
sent vital government centers scur
rying to hideaways.
Eo(h Warning
Theoretically, there was enough
warning, a few hours timo before
the on-rushing catastrophe.
In that interval, President Eisen
hower conferred with an em
ergency -etpanded National Secur
ity Council as the first sirens
willed. (Paftnre on wirepkete
page.) .
Then, skeleton staffs of more
than 30 government departments
dispersed to secret relocation
centers at "safe" distances from
presumably doomed Washington.
Nlne-Mimile -Noise
Later, in teeming New York
City, the alarm whistles turned
the world I largest city into si
lent, eerie immobility for nine
minutes. ,
Streets emptied, as pedestrians
crowded into shelters. Traffic
halted. Most . airport operations
paused. Police hauled in a tew
pacifists who refused to cooper
ate.
Down deserted mtdtown ave
nue, a firetruck raced, without
using Its bells. It didn't need
them. ' " ' " " -
The "best exercise", jrat,, said
Mayor Robert Wagner.
Changes Freoaeaclet
Radio and television stations, far
lar frequencies. Civil defense di
rectors took over on a special
"Conelrad" wave-length to broad
cast instructions.
Across the country, as the "Yel
low" signal turned to "Red, and
the mock devastation came, of
ficials struggled with the enor .
mous repercussions envisaged:
Medical aid to millions of in
jured; food and temporary shelt
er for panicky, uprooted hordes:
ensuing sabotage, lawlessness,
looting; transportation over
wrecked roads; supply sources.
AU these, and many more prob
lems, were studied and rehearsed,
as the nation tried out its ma
chinery for self-preservation in aa .
era of the super-weapon.
Through an emergency press
headquarters, at a site somewhere
about 100 miles from Washington,
the President authorized a "test"
declaration of "unlimited nation
al emergency and a state of war."
The civil defense training drill,
third and largest held by the coun
try, brought the military and De
fense Department into,, the pro
cedure for the first time.
WIIsm Directs Fight
Although there were no prac
tice military retaliatory measures.
Defense Secretary Wilson moved
to an emergency headquarters,
from where he would direct a
counter-fight.
Here are some of the conjectural-results
in specific areas:
In Chicsgo, two S-megaton "H-
-fbembs" fell, taking an estimated
toll of 1.100.000 lives and injuring
550,000. Property "damage" was
estimated at 11 billion dollars.
Traffic and shoppers in Chi
cago's downtown "Loop" did not
take part. But some plants did.
Advisers Ask
Park Bonds
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Vote Again
Salem's park advisory board
recommended Friday that the
City Council go hack to the voters
in November with a $650,000 bond
issue proposal for parkland pur
chase and parks improvement, in
cluding a swimming pool at
Bush's Pasture.
A $700,000 similar bond issue
was defeated by cjty voters in
May.
Mayor Robert F. White said he
was not inclined to take such aa
action, but that some City Coun
cil members have indicated they
favor putting a smaller bond issue
on the November ballot.
The mayor has given his ver
bal endorsement to a tentative
plan for submitting a t5.ono bond
issue which would finance pur
chne of the old McNary Farm
north of Keizer. This property has
been considered by city planners
as ideal for later dyvdnrmient as
a public park and. fouirictpa golf
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