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Expressway Set To Open Friday Salem-Wilsonville Route Ready The Salem-Wllsonvllle section ef the Baldoek expreaiway will reaeea te traffic at oo Friday. The section hat beea closed since May t m paving af a lS-mlle stretch af the Iwa southern lanes and ether work could be com pleted. The expressway now la com plete with four lanes all the way from Salem ta Portland, accord ing ta W. C. Williams, date high- -way engineer. Wllliami aald with Friday's re opening restriction! will be lifted Hope Voiced in Britain for Peaceful Suez Settlement LONDON (AP)-PrimcMinistrr Eden told the 'world Wed nesday night that Britain never can accept Egyptian President Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal.. However Britain's Foreign Office issned a statement giv-. Ing 'assurance that ''our .intention., is that the dispute on the Suez Canal should he peacefully , settled." Nevertheless, Dip H33IEQ TOCCD3 Present - day politics consists largely in appeasing segments of the population. Appeals are made to groups according to their inter ests or prejudices. Thus, speaking at Junction City in a grange hail Sen. Morse declared the GOP had done the farmers wrong with the soli bank bill. At Monmouth, home of educators, his opponent. Doug las McKay, endorsed federal aid tor education, the day after Sen. Monroe Sweetland told teachers to use their muscle in politics. Appeals are not limited to eco nomic interests. Republicans, ac cused of being lukewarm toward Israel, are said to aim now at gaining the Zionist vote. Demo crats are trying hard to keep Negro voters in line in the North! and the Southern white aristoc racy within the party fold. .This isn't new. For years ap-, peals have been directed to for eign language elements. From Minnesota west candidates who are of Scandinavian origin seem to have an advantage. Washington to have an advantage. Washington state has Gov. Langlie, Sea. Mag- nuson, Rep. Magnuson and Rep. Tollefson who belong In that cate gory. Montana has an Aronson for governor who will be opposed by a Democrat, Olson, this fall. May be none of these can speak the tongue ot the Norsemen, but the "" lit a state like Oregon there are no party conventions and any member, of a party or any can didatecan roll his own platform. Political strategy dictates cam paigning by group association. The big blocks are organized labor and farmers (neither of whom stay hitched very well). (Continued aa editorial page 4.) Steele to Quit As Portland Transit Chief PORTLAND i Gordon Steele announced Wednesday he will retire Aug. 17 as head of the Rose City Transit Cq He will be 66 on that date. Steele has been associated with rortland transit operations for the past 45 years. He was named president of the Portland Traction Co. in 1942, This firm later became the Rose City Transit Co. and recently was awarded a two-year franchise by -the Portland City Council to operate a mass transit system in the city. Thief Takes Coat, Leaves Aiiolher At Salem Home A Salem family reported the theft of a $15 Jacket from their home Tuesday evening but said the thief left another coat under their bed. Thomas G. Fischer, l5?0 N. Front St., told police that loss ap parently occurred between S p.m. and t p.m. Officers said the jacket found In the Fischer bedroom be longed to the Oregon State Hospi tal. Entrance to the house was gain ed through an unlocked basement door, police said. WILBERT i ! e nsrteetotMat y ' . fclUP l lPftWBy trark travel aa the mate. Whea first apened, aaly ears were permitted. , The Slate Highway Cammiiilea recently named the reule Balderk Expressway la bsaar af R. H. Balderk, longtime itate highway engineer wha retired effective August 1. There will be aa formal cere monies whea barricade! are re moved from the expressway and traffic flow atarti Friday, Wll liamsjaid. i Britain s greatest postwar mill- tary . deployment in the Mediter ranean continued in close coordi nation with similar French moves. Kden said Middle East oil that passes through the canal is a mat ter of life and death in Europe. He gravelv said: today about half the oil, without which the industry of this country, of Western Europe, of Scandinavia and many other countries could not be kept going. This ia matter of life and death to us all." He said Nasser cannot be' trust ed to keep the canal open. Of the 103-mile waterway, the Prime Minister said: For Own Ends "The world's commerce de pends on it. ,lt Is in fact the great est international waterway in the world. What Colonel Nasser has just done is to seize it for his own ends. "If Colonel Nasser's action Were to succeed, each one of us would be at the mercy of one man for the supplies on which we live. We could never accept that." Emphasis in the Suet crisis shifted Wednesday to a peaceful settlement rather than deployment of force. PCC Backs Off; Seniors Get j"! ll I ffl I linfiPP v71 lit VtlldllvV PORTLAND un The Pacific Coast Conference Wednesday par tially lifted the bars on senior foot ball players of four schools who previously had been ruled .inelig to permii ine piayers to partici pate in one-half their respective schools' games. The action modified earlier pe nalties imposed by the conference on UCLA, Southern California, Cal ifornia and Washington for viola tions of the conference code. Conference officials, meeting in Portland, also demanded that these four schools, all now on pro bation, follow conference rules or fare expulsion as of Aug. ), 1957. Stanford, Oregon State, Oregon, Washington State and Idaho all were given clean bills of health Wednesday after a study of re ports. (Add. details aa sports pages) RehelsReel In Ecuador tjtTTOr 'FuaW"TirU"TJoyaT troops, closing in on a rebellion in western Ecuador's . Manabi province, have recaptured the provincial capital and put rebel leaders to flight, the government announced Wednesday. The capital is Protoviejo. a main stronghold of the rebellion. All Ecuador has been politically restless since Ecuador's liberal parties lost the presidential elec tion last June. Presidential spokesman Gustavo Tamayo said the rebels also have been driven from the cities of Manta and Jipijnpa and that rem nants of their forces have been corner on Andrade's ranch near Chone. Naval forces from the de stroyers Presidente Alfaro and Presidente Valasco Ibarra landed at Manta without being opposed by the rebels he said. Medford Man Buys Marion Motors Firm Marion Motors. Sqlem car agen cy, has been sold to' a Medford man, it was announced Wednes day. Amount involved in the tran saction was not disclosed. The new owner, Frank V. Sur roz, purchased the firm from a three-man corporation comprising William L. Phillips Sr., Alfred Loucks and Tyler Smith. The tran saction is complete except for mi nor details. Marion Motors. Nash agency here and also dealing in used cars, was established about 12 years ago at 333 Center Street. Phillips was one of the original associates In the business and Loucks and Smith joined the corporation later. Surroz, in the car business for some eight years, has operated auto agencies at Medford and Grant! Pass. He announced Wed nesday that he plans to retain his Granta Pass agency. He, his wife and three children will reside in Salem. ' 106th Yaar Blast Toll Estimate At 1,200 Relief Supplies Hushed to City In Colombia (Picture ra Wlrrphote Page) CALI, Colombia (AP)-The donlh toll in Tuesday's clvna mite hlast in ,tlie heart of Cali was estimated as high as 1,200 eclnesday. Relief poured in and the task of burying the dead went on. . Dp to 2.000 buildings may have been destroyed by the explosion some sources figured. Damage to business and industry was esti mated aahiflhag 1 40- wtHtow--4t4-f ' a" ' ne blast" left a crater 85 feet deep and about 200 feet wide, Trucks Explode - Seven trucks loaded with gov ernment dynamite, parked for the night Monday in densely popu lated area of slums, warehouses, small hotels, stores and factories, let go -in the blast. President Gus tavo .Rojas Pimlla charged that it was an act of political sabotage. The only official announcement on the death toll was Rojas Pin- ilia's. He said more than 1,000 were dead and injured. Political Plot But the newspaper La Republic! of Bogota said the death toll may reach 1,200 and Diario de Colom bia there estimated the dead at 1.200. Dairio, which supports the government, also charged the president's political enemies with setting off the blast in a move to overUjjaw the regime. MIAMI. Fla. W Former Pres ident Albert Llera Camargo of Colombia said in a statement reaching here Wednesday that he and Laureano Gomes, another ex president, had been linked to Tuesday's' explosion in Cali be cause they were political oppon ents of President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. McKay Calls Pelton Dam PORTLAND, Ore. I Doug las McKay. Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, called for a delay in construction of Pelton Dam Wednesday. McKay, addressing a Portland veterans club on conservation and wildlife, said there was a serious question as to whether Portland General Electric Co. should be permitted to build Pelton Dam on the Deschutes River in Central Oregon without a state license. "If there were a legal and proper way in which construction could be delaved until issuance of a state license, 1 would favor such action,"" McKay said. He also urged federal purchase of Klamath Indian lands as the federal government terminates control" over" the reservation. He railed for establishment of a wild life refuge in the Upper Klamath marsh area. Parrot for Ike Gets Convention Bid to Bay Area ST. JOSEPH. Mo. I A parrot which can say "Vote for Ike" has been granted special permission to travel by regular railway coach to the Republican National Con vention in San Francisco. The parrot, Mickey, 27-years-old, is owned by City Assessor and Mrs. Jake Neighbor. They will accompany their pet to the na tional convention. Frank V. Surroi, Medford, whose purchase af Marion Merer car agency In Salem was anneuncaa! Wednaaday. Delay ' r I l X ACTOR BOSPfTALlZED i! Sffit "EjTn? i"' VT '.. V; HOLLYWOOD Character At Wenatrhee I. Yakima a 'g,ir 1 SA ! Actor - William Frawley, who ap- pArinc coast i kaoi k V . I t I l pears in the "I Love Lucv" tele-' A' Portland 7, sn fiw 4 ' . J l 1 vision series, entered Good' Samar- i! Klr.'.'Jrr I - tJj 3 SECTIONS-24 PACES Democrats' CHICAGO Gov. Frank Clamant 1 " U3lC tor Democratic National Convention, carrying big gaval made, from wood taken front law ffic of Andrew Jackson at Nashville. (AP Wiraphoto). Dixie Demos Bristle At Adlai's By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL . (Picture Wlrephola Page) , CHICAGO (AP)-Dixie Democrats bristled Wednesday at Adlai Stevenson's more militant stand on civil rights, and the Stevenson high command conceded a loss of votes for the Democratic presidential nomination...,....- . .. , , bunoorterf m Cov. Averell enson's top rival for the nomination at next week's Democratic National Convention, tiyed to pro- mote the idea that Stevenson had away from the former Illinois governor. Stevenson s top lieutenants said some votes have been lost, nut only a few. They stuck to predic tions their man will turn up with a quick victory in the presiden tial nominating derby. No Stampede And, so far, there are no signs of any real stampede away from Stevenson as a result of his pro nouncement Tuesday night that Democrats, through their national convention and platform, should "express unequivocal approval" of the Supreme Court decision barring racial segregation in pub lic schools. Even with Stevenson taking that position, for a party declaration that would be highly unpalatable to most Southerners, there still appeared to be a good chance the bulk of Southern delegates would wind up in Stevenson's corner. At this "poihC ThereseemS"to be ' no other comfortable place they can go. Harftmaa Contender Harriman is the only other out standing contender for the presi dential nomination, and his views on civil rights and other issues long have made him unacceptable to the South. Gov. A. B. "Happy" Chandler of Kentucky got into town Wed nesday with 30 votes from his home state in his pocket and hopes of a Harriman-Strvcnsnn deadlock (hat would let him slip in and grab the nomination. State Reports 10 Polio Cases PORTLAND Iff) The state Board of Health reported Wednes day that 10 new cases of polio were reported in Oregon last week. This is the largest wk tlal;,queclH . tube of shaving cream sim.c iaM witihw . ..u ui..uk,u the total number of cases so far tnis year in tne state to i. There were 109 cases at mis , time last year. ! A spokesman tor the hoard said that three of the 10 new cases had received inoculations of Sslk anti polio vaccine. None, however, had received the three shots at the recommended intervals three to five weeks between the first two shots and a booster shot seven months after the first inoculation. llan Hospital Werlnesdav for checkup and rest. He is a. INDIAN RITES JAMMED GALLUP, N.M. urt-Gallup's an nual inter-tribal Indian ceremonial opened Wednesday with thousands of white and red visitors filling tht unr to capacity. FOUNDMD 1651 Tho Oregon Keynoter Ready of Tennessee, keynote speaker, RaccView Jlarnman of New York,, Stev EaiiiSkifis On Tap Today Skies will be fair today, tonight and Friday except for scattered early morning cloudiness, accord ing to the U.S. weather bureau at McNary Field. The predicted high today is 85, the low tonight 48. Wednesday's high was S5, Tot, 4, Killed By Stallion BEAVER, Utah A Palomino stallion bit and shook to death a 4-year-old girl who was petting him Wednesday. - Gloria Ctarkr-hef three-yourfg brothers and 7-year-old David White . crawled under the corral fence unnoticed. Gloria petted the Palomino as her 10 - year old brother Tommy held her band. The horse turned suddenly, took Gloria's neck between his teeth and tore her from Tommy's grip. The horse shook her several times, dropped her to the ground and ran. Cracked Egg on Head, Gooey Hair Lead to Divorce SANTA MONICA, Calif. I Her husband's practical Jokes weren't funny, former movie ac tress Molly O'Day testified Wed nesday in obtaining a divorce from wealthy James McGregory Kenaston. Mrs! Kenaston, 40, told Superior Court Judge Edw rd R. Brand that her husband cracked a raw egg on her head at a party and jn ncr najr ,ne nox, morning 0n 8nother occasion, she testl fiod Kenaston shoved her head into the oven while she was bak ing a Thanksgiving turkey. Mrs. Kenaston formerly wss married to a comedian. At Vanrnuvtr 7-S, San Dirin 4-7 AMKRICAM t.CAC.l'R At Detroit S. Kanaaa Cltv 7 At Wanhtniton 2 Nw York 11 At Boiton 7. Baltlmnra I At Chicago 7, Cleveland S NATIONAL ISAOt'E At Naw York . Phlladtlohla S At Mllwauka 10-1. at. Urals 1-1 ! ", ! V Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Auguit 9, 13 With Gavel arrive In Chicago Wednesday Boundaries of New Air Base DefinitU The Air Defense Command is still working on a master plan for the projected Woodburn Air Base and no definite boundaries have yet been set, The Statesman was l-l -A ll'-J I Property acquisition, for which "The least amount, of property necessary will .fee acquired," the Air Defense Command said, and "property owners, of course, will be reimbursed for any crop loss amounting from this acquisition. Unofficial estimates of the land necessary for the base vary from two to eight square miles. There are to be about 2,000 persons initially stationed there, on com pletion of construction scheduled to start next year, with another 2,000 residing off the base. Even tual cost -is estimated from $40 million to $64 million. The base is to be in the French Prairie area about IS miles north of Salem and 7 miles west of Woodburn, near the Willamette River. It was Indicated that property owners would be contacted as soon I as a master plan is completed. Employment Sets Record WASHINGTON Wl - More Americans held Jobs last month 66,655,000 than at any time in the history of the country. The record breaking figure was announced Wednesday by the Commerce and Labor depart ments. They reported there were 2.6.13,000 persons without jobs in July, virtually the same as In June. The unemployment total represents about 4 per cent of the labor force, which includes those in the armed forces. July was the second month In which employment - has - climbed above the 66 million mark. There were about 66'i jobholders in June. The July figure was snout 1,700.000 above that or the same month a year ago. 4T :yk t.- Ike Plans Vacation at San Francisco Resort (Picture aa' Wlrephola Page) WASHINGTON - President Eisenhower plans three or four days of golf and rest at the swanky Cypress Point Club on the Monterey Peninsula south of San Francisco immediately after he attends the Republican National Convention. The White House announced this' Wednesday in reporting that the President played nine holes of golf at Rurninc Tree Club 'in nearby .Maryland Wednesday aft - ernoon It was the first time Kisenhnw er had played nine holes since he was operated on for an in testinal ailment on June at Walt er Reed Army Hospital. He was taken to the hospital by ambu lance the previous day. .. , 270 -Men Peodl Dim - Flames Stop Rescue of Belgian Miners Trapped in 2, 400-Foot Shaft; Hope Fades MARCINELI.E, Belgium (AP)-A coal mine fire trapped 270 men in' tunnels 14S5 fect!- below the surface here Wednesday. Authorities fear it will turn ou to be the Worst mine disaster S in Belgium's history. All escape routes have been cut off bv the blaze. Rescuers workine desperately with fira' . fighting equipment Wednesday and seven injured men to the One mine official said itr would le miraculous if many more of the) trapped miners were saved, but he added that no rescue efforts are being spared. The mine engineer said the fire was started when a coal carjeft us rails, cut an electric cable and Twmtv.fiv mn .vrA h i.l evator before the flames melted its cable and sent its cars crash- Ing to bottom of the pit. Seven other men found their way to the surface through a labyrinth ofj side passages before these too, were blocked by the fire. Flames Halt Reaeae Rescue workers were driven back repeatedly by the flames, fumes and heat that melted their heavy rubber boots. A dynamite blast breached a concrete wall blocking one escape route. It was through this opening the dead and injured men were brought out. Bui apparently it led only to a side passage blocked by fire at its other end The burning pit is the Casier du Bois mine, one of the biggest in Marcinelle. a little town just outside the industrial city of Char leroi, 20 miles north of the French border. Ilaliaa Warkera Most of the trapped miners are Italians an official said. Whole communities of Italians have found work In the rich Belgian coal fields since -World War II mi.ttw one-third of the country's mining ioree-ta Italian. .. A surprise visitor at nightfall was King Baudouin, who talked with pit manager Audi a Yanden Hcuel. VU ffnr Wmitll hies imit to Oust Morse PORTLAND. Ore. W- Woody Smith, Hood River service station operator, filed suit in federal court Wednesday to have himself de clared Democratic nominee for the U. S. senate. It was the latest In a series of court actions by Smith aimed at Sen. Wayne Morse who easily won the Democratic nomination over Smith in the May primary election. In his suit Smith said that Morse, Gov. Klmo Smith and Sec retary of State Karl Newbry "con spired successfully and illegally to deprive plaintiff of the Democratic party nomination." The "conspiracy", the suit said, wasaccomplished - by false oath' made by Morse on Feb. 17, 1955, and accepted 'by the state officials. It was on that date that Morse changed his registration from Republican to Democrat. Smith's earlier suits In state court contended Morse was not a bona fide Democrat The suits were dismissed. Morse left the Republican party in 1952 and became an Independ ent. He now Is a registered Demo crat. Smith snld he suffered a loss of Jl.nfJ because of (he illegal "conspiracy" and he asks treble damages of $4,101 from Gov. Smith, Newbry and Morse. BURNING CROSS FOt'ND SAN ANTONIO. Tex. ufl-The third burning cross in a month wss found Wednesday night at the San Antonio city limits. The cross, about six feet high and four feet wide, was on highway right-of-way near two settlements, one occu pied by Negroes. . At a newt conference Wednes day the President disclosed plans for a brief vacation in the San Francisco .area after attending the GOP National Convention opening there a week from Mon day. Kisenhower. whose nomina tion for a second term is taken for granted, probably will attend the convention Aug. it to make! an acceptance address. WASHINGTON ( - President : Eisenhower said WednesdaV he .PC, phvsirallv fit. hut will have annlher complete physiral exami nation before the Nov. 6 election He reaffirmed his promise made when he announced for re election that he will let the American people know If anything causes him to think he la not fit ta serve a second tana, PRICI S ifneirv rucht-13 hours after the fire surface. 1 he dead men had been Polk Slayer Gets Life, Taken to State Prison :bi.j:waresjrfxanb Valley Editor, DALLAS, Orc.-A second-degree County rancher" Bayliss Fanning la the back-porch slaying ot But life sentences for first- or second-degree murder in ; Oregon are subject to parole consideration after seven vearlJ . l-8., ..u l. t -t.,r t inn . 1 ranch again some day as the state prison gates swung shut on him Wednesday afternoon. The 57-year-old, farmer did not flinch as the life sentence was pro nounced. But his grown daughter Beverly, seated in the front row of the dreary Polk County court room, burst into tears. Verdlet Indicated, Circuit Judge William Wells had indicated clearly what was coming In a 10 minute verbal prelude to the verdict. Fanning had been charged with first-degree murder and had changed his plea from Innocent to guilty Monday as his trial opened. But Judge Wells opined that the state had "failed to sustain the proof necessary to constitute the crime ot murder In the first de gree, On the other hand, the Jurist announced. - "language, however aggravating. ahUsSve or Indecent is not sufficient provocation to "arouse ungovernable p a s s i a a which will reduce a homicide from murdef'to manslaughter Mlaa Blank Fanning, had testified that he grabbed a pistol from his 41-year- old wile, Margaret, after sue his "mind was a blank by repeat edly yelling licentious names at him.- - Thus ended a case that was opened the night of May 20 when Mrs. Finning succumbed to a hail of bullets on the back porch of the couple s sumptuous country home in north Polk County. Fanning submitted to arrest Im mediately but never admitted his guilt until Monday when he changed his plea and asked Judge Wells to personally decide Bis fate. Holt Due Witli Korean Waifs PORTLAND - Harry S. Holt. Creswell, Ore., larmer, will arrive here Thursday with 24 Korean orphans who- are to be adopted by American families. OrJ hsnd to meet him will be the eight young Koreans that he and his wife adopted last year. The youngsters are the aban doned children of American serv ice men and Korean mothers. Holt hss arranged for the adop tion of scores of Korean children by American parents. Eastern Oregon Wreck Kills One PKNDLETON UT-A two-vehicle collision on a highway near Athena Tuesday claimed the life of Mrs. Cora Ruth Cowan, S7. wife of Helix Marshal Orville L. Cowan. State police said she attempted to pass a county truck on the wrong side. Her car crashed into the right side of the truck and then plunged into a roadside ditch. The truck driver was not hurt. Willamette Claims Youth in Portland PORTLAND I - Larry Papa sadero, 14, drowned Wednesday afternoon when he fell from a log into the Willamette River. He and a companion, Leland Haslett. also 14, had been playing on a log raft The body of the boy. the son of Joe Papasadero, was recovered about two hours after the mishap. (olfl ilIOnKCy, . J Women Jaywalk Across Street Twa women and a ntankry were caught Jaywalking ea a Sa lem city street Tuesday. The Iwa women, who said they were hurrying to get the mon key Ml af the eold, potted ball M W.M each. The monkey, rid. lag aa the abealdar af awe af the vernea, raa Bat ahagod. ' The Weather : "s Today's forecast: Fair redey, ' tonight and Friday except scattered morning cloudiness. " Nigh today 13, low tonight I 4i. : (Coaapltla report pate I) - No. US Feoiredl started had brought eight bodicr ' asphyxiated. The Statesmaa murder verdict sent Polk '. to prison for life ednesday ; his wile. ; I 7 - ' I TT X It It i Sentenced 1AYUSS FANNING Slayer Starts Life Term Dealer Attacks Law in State ; Constitutionality of the Oregoa : law banning indecent literature was attacked in Marion County Circuit Court Wednesday by a Salem magazine and book dia tributor. Basis of the attack, said dealer ! Claude Cummlngs, is that the law" as it stands falls to set up a basis for Judging standards in literature: ' sold in the state. Cummlngs, Indicted by the Mar- ion County grand Jury recently oa '. a charge of selling indecent liter-; lure, filed a demurrer to the in- dictment Wednesday. '. The demurrer charged that facts I f V ' i L : aa set forth in the indictment are ; not sufficient to constitute a crime, I and that the statute upon which L the indictment rests is uneonstitu- tional. . t Because of a crowded court schedule. Circuit Judge George ' Duncan said he would announce ' a date on Aug. 20 for verbal argu-; ing of the demurrer. - Cummlngs, magazine and pocket book distributor in this area fort many years, and another local die-; tributor, were both indicted by the grand Jury recently after a four;' day study of books and magazines , sold on racks in stores in Marion . County. . . The indictments are based spe-- cifically on two pocket books div. tribuled nationally by a weUv' known publishing firm. PLANE WITH 21 LOST RANGOON. Burma uft A gov- . ernment-ewned Union of Burma ; Alrwavi olane diiaDDeared on a . locsl flight to Mandalay Wednes-; day with 17 passengers snd a ; crew of 4. The plane sent its last ' radio message when IS minutes ; out of the upper Burma city. EARLY 'SHOPPERS' J LOS ANGKLKS - Songwriter ; Jack Brooks, who wrote "Old But- " termilk Sky" and "That's Amore", appeared at the marriage license bureau with Singer Dorothy Baker Wednesday and obtained their per- , mit. "We shop early", said Brooks. Today's . Statesman Page See. Classified 21-23 .11 Comica - 1I....H Crossword 21. ...II Editorials I Firm Page 20... II Home PanoramalO, 11.... I Markets .. Obituaries Radio-TV 1S....II Sport Star Cataf Valley New .at II 15 II lMS..II Wlrtphere rage -ll-JI r
