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
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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
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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.
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