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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1956)
2-(5ca I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fit. Sept. 21, '56 Extension of One- Awaits Traffic, Rail Lights Way Grid . Cne-wajr traffic across newly- wtdeaed Uth Street oa (our streets ttctth of the Capitol area will go . Ititt effect wtta completion of traf fic and railroad crossing signals . abet Use middle f But moat, Karm Income lp But Buying Power Dips CORVALLB. Sept. J ur-Ore-oi farmers handled more money i st year, but fewer of the douars tirk in their pockets, Oregon State CoueM reDorted todav. Cross farm iBcome Was US mQ- Hot douars, U million more than in-' 1964, but fanners came out with a set income- of 144.4 million, which was f700,ooo less than la 194 and the forest since records we started in IMS. said. Elvers Barrell, Extension Service agri cultural economist., a - - With fewer farms in the state 1. I A me, net income averagra , tt.uj, wlflch was 2t more than In 1954 hui 1771 below the pesk In 19SL v the economist said the Oregoa av-frage was $200 above the na tional average vita oregoa rank ing. 18th among the states. ' Farm mcjxnw varied widely among the states with the Western farms iajtha highest bracket ' "JSo far this year we have not kept pace, vregon casa recetpu from the tales of farm products durjmg the first seven months mre naming behind the-em mdhths last year. We have as yet ri 1 .J M .1 . .. rot's production expenses are tak ing Nationally prices en produc tion items during 4he first quart erot the year were below the au-A - a star - - - -- V.J caught np by mid-year," the eco nomist said. r - t? j vjruup r uraieu To Support Tax Measure s - rurther organization of a Marion- Polk Citixens Committee support ing; ballot measure No. 1 was made at a Thursday night meeting at the Hotel Senator. The measure would eivu the Legislature authority to pais tax bills with aa emergency elapse. . . Arthur If. Ericsson. Salem, chairman ef the committee, said plant have been made tor an edu cational campaign to acquaint the public with purpose ef the measure. m phrcing the measure en the Mot. the 19SS Legislature pointed euMhat legislators are handicapped bedause present law does not per mit immediate placing ef tax plans bits immediate effect. The emer gency clause permits such action. E rick son said Oregon is the only sta)e la th lead without amer geacy lause previsions. - Bruce Jtckett was named chair men ef the advertising and pub licity committee ef the organisa tion ai Loocis and Lee Ohmart wit serve as ee-chalrmea of the Speakers Bureau and Gardner Knjspp was picked aa co-chairman of the finance committee, with otljer co-chairman to be named BIT. tlCN UPOBTED j if onto Vera Langford, MS Cum in thjs Lane, tok) city police Thurs day evening that a car had dam M the right side ef his automo bile whea k wu parked la the SO block ef Ilarket Street Police sajd the hit and run occurred atyut 7:30 p.m. t Al Head, asslstsnt aUte traffic engineer, said Thursday. Southern Pacific Railroad repre sentatives In Portland said they could not tell when installation of crossing gstes will start because of a delay in receiving materials. Head said, however, that railroad signalmen have Indicated that the installations will be advanced by Oct IS at least to the stags where warning signals csn be coordinated with the traffic lights, i One-Way Traffic ' Extension of one-way traffic east to 13th Street on Court, Chemeketa, Marion and Center streets will go in effect when the signal are turned on. Head said. Capitol Street from Court to Center Street also will be made one-way for northbound traffic, he said. Since the entire length of 13th Street was opened to traffic Tues day, four-way stops have been In effect at the busy intersections. Traffic ea Capitol Street which ha been running 10,000 cars a day, dropped le 7.000 Wednesday, the first full day uth Street was open. Head said. Bridge Project ' Work started en widening ef the 13th Street bridge near Southern Pacific depot hut its completion la expected to take several months. Head said. Two-way traffic will be maintained, however,' as well ai on the city-financed widening of Prin gle Creek bridge to the south, which City Engineer Harold Davis said will be completed before the end of the year. Estate of Elder Nixon Estimated' At Over $15,000 -SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept 30 I The win af Frank A. Nixon, fa ther of Vice President Richard M Nixon, was filed Wednesday la Superior court The elder Nixea died at his La Habra homo Sept. 4 after a long uineas. He was 77. The wiTL drawn last Hay 30. left more than $3,000 in personal property and "in excess of 110, 000 fat real property to his wife. Theatre Time Table XLSINOBS "MOBY DICK" 7:00. 10:OS "AMAZON TRADER" S Z1 CANTOL (Continuous from t p.m.) "MOHAWK" 1M, I S. SSS. 7 -MASSACRf 1:1. :1S. S:17, 11 its MOaTa SALIM DS1VB-IM (Galas opm at t:S. anew at 1:M) "D-DAY THX SIXTH Of UNI" Robert Taylor. "SANTIAGO" Alan Lad. BOLLYWOOD high aocrrrY- is, so "BATTLK OF GETTYSBURG" t:ll Steer Found in Sorority House LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 20 UB Mrs. Jewel Spangler, housekeeper for the Alpha Chi Omega sorority st Purdue University, opened the house for the new semester Wed nesday and found a visitor. A 1,200-pound steer was strolling nonchalantly about the living room. The steer wss removed in time for 48 girls to move in, but damsge to the living room carpet and walls was estimated at $2,000. Police said the animal was stolen from the university live stock bsms. Man Breaks Into JaU at Klamath KLAMATH FALLS, Sept 20 UrV- A man who scaled the county jail wall te a aecond-story window wound np on the inside today. Lewis Sbipea. 31. Virgilia, Calif.. gold miner, was refused permis sion to visit a prisoner ea the Jail. When be started going, up the wan. Jailer Fred Calfet arrested him for vagrancy. , "If you like our iail so wen m fix it so you can get In," District Judge Van Vector told Snipes. murtjMjajra. Driver Arrested On Liquor Count Mikele Omar Carr. Salem Rt 47 Box 552, was scheduled to ap pear kt Municipal Court today on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Carr was arrested at Shelton and 30th Street Thursday after- city police said. AW0L Youth Faces Charge A charge of being absent with out leave has been placed against a 17-year-old Illinois soldier end the youth also faces passible charges of burglary and bad check writing, Marion County sheriffs deputies said Thursdsy. Deputies said the soldier gsve himself up Wednesday on the AWOL charge. He said be was en route from Fort Lewis, Wash., to Fort Ord. Calif. Questioning indicated two bad checks were passed here several weeks ago and two Portland tav erns broken into, deputies report ed. The youth is being held in the county Jail pending further Investigation. Albany Resident Accident Victim TOLEDO, Ore.. Sept. 30 (Jt-An automobile accident victim. Otto A. Welf, 73. Albany, Ore., died in a hospital here yesterday. State police said Wolf suffered internal injuries whea his car apparently went out ef control and overturned at Chitwood near here. HOOD LODGE WORK ESKED PORTLAND. Sept. 30 IrV-The Portland Chamber of Commerce today called for federal expendi ture of 11.300.000 to imnrove Timh- y' .arfMerlind Lodfe. the Mount Hood re sort.'". ' BLM Income Sets Record WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 I A record $100.992.6 was taken in by the Bureau of Land Manage ment during 1955-54 from its 'long established public lend manage meat activities, the Interior De partment announced today. This compared with $97,144,101, the previous record, for the book keeping year 1954-55. , In addition, the bureau received $111,223,854 during the year ended June 30 from oil and gas leasing of submerged lends in the outer continental shelf In the Gulf of Mexico. That total compared with $142,404.(30 for 1954-55, when the offshore leasing was started. The department said 26 states snd Alaska this week are receiv ing their final shares of the record 1955-5 receipts. Checks totaling $13,145,865 are being delivered. These represent leating receipts for the last half of the fiscal year and their share of receipts from grazing leases and public land and timber isles for the full year. A year ago the final payments totaled $13,071,773. Wyoming received the highest amount, $4,333,774, and New Mexi co was next with $2,487,574. The state receiving the lowest payment was Illinois $1. Missouri got $6.10. Solution Ends Paper Plant Pollution Row PORTLAND lil The Georgia- Pacific, Corp. promised not to dump wastes from a proposed 20 million dollar pulp and paper plant on Yaquina Bay and the state withdrew its objections to the plant today. The company will have to build a pipeline from the proposed plant at Toledo to Newport and on to the ocean to dump the waste. Oyiter growers of Yaquina Bay said they no longer objected to the plant if wastes were to be dumped in the ocean. They said earlier dumping into the bay would damage or destroy oyster beds. The Weather Attorla Biker Mtdford . North Band Portland .. Mix. Mia. Rala J , so jo M S3 trara .ej 4? .oo ..J u .07 u so .oa . se m Los AngalM . Miami Handicapped Week Proclaimed by Ike WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 1 President Eisenhower today set the week beginning Oct. 7 as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week." He said that opportunity for employment should not be denied sny qualified person because of s physical handicap." Eisenhower issued a proclama tion calling on the nation to ob serve the week for the 12th time. He urged "Increased community efforts to overcome misconcep tions among employers and co workers concerning the handi capped." When properly placed. he said, they make "efficient, re liable, and loyal employes and fellow workers. .. WILSON NOT INVITED WASHINGTON. Sept. 30 W - Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson, who msde tome cam paign speeches in the 1954 con gressional elections, said today the Republican National Commit tee has not Invited bun to make a political .speech In this campaign. PNION VOTES KAISE LOS ANGELES. Sept. 30 (V-The United Steelworkers of America today voted President David J. McDonald a $10,000 raise to $50,000 a year. ' NO WAR PROMISED JERUSALEM. Israeli Sector. Sept. 20 -W-Israell Prime Minis ter David Ben-Gurion declared to day in a newspaper interview that Israel never would make war against the Arab statea while he remains st the helm. Chicken Dinner & Bazaar Our Lady of Lourdes Jordan, Oregon Dinner, Sept. 30-12:00 to 2:30 Adm.-1.25 Adults -.7 Children Bazaar-Oct. 22 7:00 P. M. MDJLLLA5 M0T02-YU pates apea 1:45 shew at 7:N Kirk Pee ((lis. Else Martfaelll "im thDIAJl f ibKTUT ; ; daenui scope ' second featare y MadlMMi, Virginia Lettfc cinema seepe 57cc-ijni Drive-la Wed. Than. Fit Sat ' Bnrt Lancaster , , r - PLUS ). . ( Xicaard Egaa ! Opea 1:45 -Start 7:11 . teller PUt' SKATEIAKD WIST SALEM 1 mer aeealaita have keen I' i J Jed far yeur convenience. ; Set. and Sun. Matinee 1:C3-4;C3 ait. 9:004:00 ft ...... i I - vii ';r s!l b;!nnert and '.s!r ..'.Srjj H skat be t. " ' 1 c' ;i far tiny tots, 7 s. f i s snd D 'jr . , . '.i " 3, 19 a. m. Union Asks for Bargaining Right At St. Helens PORTLAND, Sept. 20 The Associated Millworkers, sa in dependent union, has petitioned for recognition as bargaining agent for workers at the Fix-Tex plant at St. Helens. The plant was struck In April, 1955, by the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union after prolonged negotiations failed. The plant shut down but later reopened When non-union employes went through the picket lines. The independent union, asking recognition from the National La bor Relations Board office here, ssid it had made a similar re quest to the company last March but got no reply. j .7s eo .oa -as 71 .07 Su Francisco .73 M .00 S.attl. J .U .03 Spokan. .- 8S 48 ' .00 Wuhintion. O. C. .1) 44 .oo f Today's foracait (from 7J. S. We.th rr Bureau. McNary Field. Stleml Lata nlaht and mornlnf cloudiness. w in Dirtiauv minny afternoons to dsy and Saturday: high today near in, low tonignt near Willamette River: I S feet. Tamp. 1J 01 a.m. today S3. Salem Precipitation .03 Slaea Start af WeaUier Year, Sept 1 T data Last year MoraaaJ M 1M M MISHAP KILLS INFANT PENDLETON. Sept. 20 trV-Four-month-old Rita Joy Hunt died yesterday of a skull fracture suffered when a truck ran over a pile of hay in which she wu lying. Trio Charged In Holdups OREGON CITY. Sept. 30 -Police arrested three men on the Mt. Hood Highway early today, and accused them ot slugging a woman and a man in separate holdups. Mrs. George Bistorioui, S3, tav ern operator at Brightwood, wss hit over the head several times with a pistol, and the tavern robbed of $50. The was treated at s Portland hospital. Earlier a ' Service station at tendant in a Portland suburban area, Harry Bruce Whitney. 21, was robbed of $13 and alugged over the head. Joe Shobe, chief sheriff's dep uty of Clackamas County, identi fied the three arrested men as Lsrrv Duane Simmons. 33. Rose- burg; Ben Werkman, 20. Sandy, and Robert Bivens, Portland and San Francisco. 1 . . 1 EARLY-BIRD SPECIALS 10 to 12 A. M., Saturday Only No. 2 Potatoes - -.89c Large Colored Fryers . 89c Mellorine i29cj Holiday 4 75c White House Coffee 89c I Canary Seed Tests Fail PENDLETON, Sept. 20 lA-Two-dozen Umatilla County farmers! are growing canary seed in an experiment this year. So far the experiment seems to ' have failed. The harvest is much ' below expectations, but the grow ers said they had learned what mistakes to avoid. 1 "Guess we'll try it again nextj year," one of them said. j Canary seed, used both as a feed for birds and for floral, sprays, also has been tried in Montana, North and South Da kota. The bulk of it used in this country comes from Morocco and Turkey. Farmers here have found it grows in areas with as little ss 11 inches of rain a year, and that fields planted early have -the bet-1 ter crops. I HELD OYER AGAIN 3rd Smash Wc.kl Bna Gract Frank' CRQSBT-KELLT-SIMATRA M4-M frtanto A SOI C SIECB. Production V, w fflfP Ttchnlcolor 1 .darria and ViSTAYlSION Technicolor . . i 1 1 v.. s-darnsw and VISTAV 15ION Celeste HOLM John LUND i...:. iniiornnun and his LDUISAWin band Music & mi r nnnTCD by wUii runim '1 M r, 1 BattU of Gattyibu A Historical Masterpiece HOLLYWOOD KIDS CLUB MATINEE EVERY SATURDAY 1 TO 4 P. M. 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