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Sketches of Junior Highs rVnveiled;To: Opm-Bids Nov. 19 o . .... ... n " p n. ' JL'ju UCJiib LfLviGJu ... ' tzJ Rescue Aid Sent Jordan Clash mm m I -i. Hiit'l what Salem'l two m $tbo.OM JanUr high. arbMl bulldlagt wUI iMk like. Bids U1 be opened an the Marty ideatkal structures Nt. It at a special meeting at the Salem Scheel Board and eta strnctioi expected to get anderway Immediately. 'ardlf to final Charies D. Schmidt. Penpectlve above Is actually ( Waldo ' Junior Hl(k which will be located oa Lansing Avraoe wear Wasn- The Weather Today's forecast: Cloudy with occasional rain today, Eartly cloudy Saturday; high oth days near 63, low to night 45. , (Comptol report paie 14) 106th Year mwW nrWnAfWw V l"T awfnwyawpiap The UN Security Council is wrestling with the controversy ever who is to control the Suez Canal, without much sign of suc cess thus far, but with the presis tence which offers hope of settle ment through negotiation. Alter the V. S. election on the eve of the 11th session of United Nations Gen eral Assembly it is safe to say that the old issue of admitting China - lo the United Nations will bob up MSSSS 00) (HP Theplatforms of both parties hvtf U.. the United States oppose any such action. Red China failure to ; carry out its agreement to release Americans detained in that coun try and its callous attitude over shooting down of a U. S. patrol plane sens to harden American opposition. The real question, though. If whether the United States tan "hold tho line" with other VH members to deny Red China majority vott. If that can bo done-another year of "grace" wilt bo obtained. In this connection, the London Economist offers the suggestion that tho problem be solved by ad mitting to membership both Red China and Taiwan, as independent sovereignties (though it doesn't say which would be tagged as the permanent member with veto power). The idea Is not new, but has bad little consideration of late. Presumbably the United States still would protest Red China's ad mission because of its demonstra ted indifference to amicable rela tions with other nations. Given some indication by Red China of respect for rules of international (Continued oa editorial page, 4.) Negro Solon Swings to Ike WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (-Rep. Adam Powell Jr., Harlem's Demo cratic congressman, announced to day he will support President Ei senhower for re-election because he is pleased with Eisenhower's attitude on civil rights. The Negro House member, who is also pastor of thei Abyssinian Baptist church in New York, told reporters at the White House he feels , that Adlai Stevenson "snubbed the whole liberal group Republicans and Democrats" on the civil rights issue this year. Powell supported Stevenson in 1952. But now, he said, he intends to form a national organization to work for a second term for Eisen hower. It won't be a Negro move ment, he added, but "an organ ization of independent Democrats for Elsenhower." Ml AT MEDICAL SCHOOL PORTLAND, Oct. 11 UP Final : enrollment at the state Medical School was listed today at 549, with 222 in the nursing program and! 907 students in medicine. Family Car By Wally Falk E3 "It was Inevitable she has hay favor and he kaa an atr-oaodl-Haul af.M ur. j - ! i 4 SECTIONS-40 PAGES Republicans Hold Polk County Lead Slatranaa Newt Strvlrt DALLAS, Ore.. Oct. 11-Rcpub-licans continue to hold a lead in Polk County registrations, it was revealed in a count com pleted today by the staff of County Clerk Betty Adams. A total of 12.413 persons are registered to vote in the Now 6 general election. Republicans account for 6.666 of the total, while Democrats have 5,517. Miscellaneous regis trations make up the balane. Current registrations are 1,251 above the figure for the 1954 general election. At that time Republians held a more com manding lead with 6,427 to the Democrats 4,657. octicm nuiium Critical After Clothes Burn A Salem woman was critically burned Wednesday when her cloth ing caught fire from i heating stove. Mrs. Jean Miller. 693 S. 19th St., ran a half block down the street with her clothing ablaze before neighbors and an unidentiiied pass erby stopped her and smothered the flames. Salem General hospital attend ants said her condition was "poor". She had second degree burns over most of her body, face and head, they said. Mrs. Miller told firemen she was standing by the stove when it backfired, but firemen said they could find no evidence of a back- 'ir The house was not damaged, but firemen found fire in bedding where they said Mrs. Miller ap- apparently had tried to smother the flames. A divorcee, Mrs. Miller was home with her two younger chil dren at the time of the accident, about 1115 a.m. The children, Darrell, 4, and Peggy, 1, were be ing cared for by a neighbor, Mrs. Fred Lannigan, 774 S 18th St. An older child, Richard, 7, was in school. Albany Names City Recorder ALBANY, Ore., Oct. 11 UP Arthur B. Johnson, 27, deputy aud itor - treasurer at Grants Pass about a year, was named today as Albany city recorder He will take over Nov. 1, suc ceeding William D. Dollman, who has been elevated to city manag - er. The previous manager, J. J. Salovaara. resigned last month to go to a larger city. Princess Sees Two Witch Doctors 'Drive Out Devils' DAR ES SALAAM. Tanganyika, I Oct. 11 (fv-Britain's Princess Mar garet today saw two witch doc tor's "drive out devils" from Afri cans in a frenzied healing dance never before performed in front of a white audience. While spectators watched in rapt silence, the two witch doctors hypnotized their two patients, Af ricans who believed they were un der a spelt. Then the doctors began a jerk ing, twitching dance to the throb bing of drums which the patients took up, movement by movement. As the eerie dance of witch doc tors and patients reached its pul sating climax, Margaret's lips' parted in wonder and an occas ional visible shudder passed through the 26-year-old visitot1 from Buckingham. Palace. The dance ended when the pa tients collapsed in exhaustion. The spectacle wai the high spot of a program of entertainment! lnrtoa Grade School la northeast Salem. Jodson Junior High, which will differ only la color of the brick exterior trim aad exterior paint from Waldo, will be located oa a Joaea Road site la the Salem HeigaU-Liberty area. Schools, designed by Salem Architect William I. Williams, are lateaded to handle 1,00 pupils whea completed. Cast may keep the school district from awarding contract to include all Tho Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, October 12, 3 Arrested in Yamhill Girls' Gang Probe McMINNVlLLE, Oct. 11 UK Three men have been arrested in Yamhill County in what Asst. Dist. Atty. Harry W. Devlin said the outgrowth of an investigation of a gang of girls who carried switchblade knives. They are Norma Wayland Walt ers, 22, Sheridan, accused of sta tutory rape; Fred K. Fiet, 18, Willamina, accused of contributing to the delinquency of a minor; and Jerry Schmidt, 18, Sheridan, also accused of contributing. Devlin said the girls who were members of the gang were 14 to 18 years old. He said that about half the members of the gang car ried knives but that there was no evidence the knives had been used feloniously. Questioning of th girls led to tho arrest of the three men. , Freeze Seen For Eastern Area Hunters trekking to Eastern Ore gon today might be wise to carry mittens and heavy clothing. Fore casters warned that the mercury may dip as low as 22 this morn ing in some parts of that region. There apparently won't be any freezing conditions in the Willam ette Valley. Forecasters at Mc Nary Field said today's outlook in the Salem area is cloudiness with occasional rain and partial cloudi ness on Saturday. Expected cold weather to the east follows a period of general rainfall over the state. Dry forests and rangeland of Southeastern Ore gon got a badly-needed soaking, with Lakeview registering 1.16 inches in a 24-hour period. Assessor Eyes Candidacy for Supreme Court County Assessor Peter Welch, Multnomah county, said in Salem Thursday he probably would an nounce as a write-in candidate for supreme court justice at the gen eral election Nov. 6. William McAllister, Medford, in cumbent, was appointed to the office to succeed the late Justice Ea,i LaTourette who died a few j months ago. He, too. is a write-in candidate. Third write-in candidate is Cir cuit Judge David R. Vanderbug, 1 Klamath county. Welch said the constitution does j not require that a supreme court I justice be a member of the bar. typifying the different cultures of British East Africa. The princess, now in the third week of her tour of British East Africa, insisted on congratulating personally the performers includ ing the half-naked African witch doctors. Stage Set By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Republicans announced more plans yesterday for President Eis - enhower's talk in Portland Oct. 18, and asserted he would draw a larger crowd than turned out Wednesday night for the Demo cratic presidential choice, Adlai Stevenson. "We would rather have the Pres ident talk to 25,000 persons in Multnomah Stadium, rather than POUND1B IA5I Boy Among f , HONG KONG, Oct. 11 This ten-year-old boy was one of han- nine hours of on-campus credit for dreds injured by flying rocks during rioting anti-Communist 1 every ten years. With the amend demonstratlon In Sham Shut Pn. Knwlonn. mainland nart of i ment teachers could take nine ere Hong Kong adjoining Red China. (AP VVlrephoto) 44 Killed Before Fighting Eases in Hong Kong Area By JOHN RODERICK HONG KONG, Friday, Oct. 12 (AP)-Hand-to-hand battl ing between Communist and anti-Communist Chinese killed 30 workers in the Hong Kong mainland factory village of Tsun Wan, the government announced today. Acting Gov. L. B. David announced a total of 44 persons had been killed in two days of frenzizeil fighting between Chinese mobs and between Chinese ; - - and police. Before British artil lerymen discovered bodies of the Tsun Wan victims, police report ed 14 dead. The fighting and looting abated today under a tight curfew im posed on the riot-torn Kowloon peninsula. To Stay Indoors All residents were ordered to re main indoors from 7:30 last night to 10 o'clock this morning. Cruis ing patrols encountered only small knots of stragglers and dispersed them without gunfire. The riots sent about 145 persons to hospitals and countless hun dreds were treated for minor wounds. The spark that set off the rioting a dispute over pasting red and blue Nationalist Chinese flags on walls of a government resettle ment housing project has been all but forgotten since the fighting began Wednesday. Subsequent bat tling went far afield from this sim ple incident. Damage was counted in the mil lions. in Portland I some 3,500 In the auditorium, but ' Just couldn't take a chance on ' tn! ! .weather," said Robert 7. I Mautz, GOP national committee- man in announcing tnat nis party; had dropped a tentative plan to use the stadium. Stevenson spoke at the auditor turn. There were various estimates on the size of the crowd, but most airreed shout S flM iammwt Inxiriei"10 w,u oe ""CT- the building and from 2.000 to 3,.j 000, unable to get in, stood in the ; T 1 classrooms Is the eaaaeetiag center wing of the building. Finished building will have tt modular classrooms along with special educa tion, Industrial arts, scJeace, homemakiag, art, manic aad physical educatioB facilities. Gymaasium-anditoriam is at right rear earner; shop wing b at left. Offices aad library facilities will be Included la front wtag. , f afema 1956 PRICE Riot Victims 1 Taxmcn Accuse Ex-Operators of Timberline Lodge WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 UrW Charles W. and Elizabeth Slaney of Portland, Ore., former operat ors of Timberline Lodge and sev eral theaters in northern Oregon. .r. ,...,,, t, th r concealing thousands of dollars of income in the last decade. The government has sued in the federal tax court here for $319, 776 in taxes and penalties. The Slaneys deny they owe the mon ey. The government said the Slan eys were worth only $749 at the end of 1944. Subsequently Slaney acquired control of several theat- ers in the Portland area and at Delake. In 1953 he' acquired con- trot, of the Timberline Lodge lease. He operated the million-dollar, government-owned resort on Mt. Hood until early in 1955. for President's Visit : street outside the building, listen - ing to the speech through loud- speakers. Mautz said probably only 3,500 could get inside when the Kresi- dent speaks here, because The speech will be televised and the eauioment will take uo space, but , h aHHaH that ths nvrflmv lifti7 p.m., with the President schcd-i 1 . . . For the crowd outside, the Be - publicans plan to install a huge 5c No. 199 Travel Gets New Meaning For Teachers ; By THOMAS G. WRIGHT JR. Staff Writer. The Statesman A trip to Bermuda or Acapulco took on new meaning Thursday night for Salem'l public school teachers after the Salem School Board decided they could travel part of the way toward meeting education requirements by travel ing. The board voted to recognize the broadening value of travel for classroom teachers, amending in- service regulations to give teach ers up to six term hours of study credit for approved travel in the US, and foreign countries. Detailed Route The credit, however, won't be simply t bonus-for teacher vaca tions in .far away place! with strange sounding names. They'll have to submit a detailed itinerary! indicating mo eaucauonai vaiue, and complete t report or project within three months after return In order to qualify. Under the plan, recommended by Supt. Charles D. Schmidt and the economic welfare committee of Salem .ClassroomTeachers Asso ciation, teachers could tarn 45 points for a week of approved for' eign travel or two weeks of ap proved U.S. travel. They could ac cumulate 360 points, or credit for six term hours during a ten-year period providing no more than 180 points were, for travel inside the 48 states. Study Required Salem school regulations now re quire teachers to complete nine term hours of study in each five- year period and must at least have uii nuuis ui cummer ouuuui wuik, pick up three more hours through extension work and complete the 10-year study requirements through travel. (Additional School Board news on Page 14.) Russ to View U.S. Movies MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (-Bernard Kreisler, president of the Interna tional Film Associates Corp., said tonight he has reached agreement with Soviet officials for distribu tion in Russia of 11 American movies. The agreement would permit So viet citizens to see postwar U.S. movies exhibited for the first time in the Soviet Union. All the films involved are old by American standards, having been made between 1945 and 1932 Kreisler said. Among their per - : formers are Gary Cooper, Loretta i Young- Jamps Stewart, Sonja Hei-1 g, James htewart, fionja mci - nie, Orson weiies, mgna erg- man and Frank Sinatra. Kreisler said in a separate transaction he had arranged to purchase for U.S. distribution a Soviet film, "Othello," and a car toon film called "A Bag of Gold." 1 pnx CLAIMS BANNED WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (-The Federal Trade Commission today banned any advertising claims ! that Carter's Little Liver Pills will : help biliousness, liver trouble, ' headaches, bad complexion or that i "worn-out feeling." 1 screen on which the television picture can be projected, Mautzl said. j The President is scheduled to! arrive in romana at z:&3 p.m.,! speak briefly at the airport, then! go to a downtown hotel. The aud- itorium program is to begin at ' j uled to speak at 7:30 p m. He is . scheduled to en direetlv to thp air j port afterwards and leave for j Washington at 6.40 p.m. Kills 59 Peace Envoys . Fear Reprisal Against Israel JERUSALEM, Oct. 11 (AP) -A reprisal attack against Is rael bv Jordan was feared to night, in the wake of a seven hour border battle that left a Jordan police station in ruins. Bv official count of both sides 59 were killed and 25 wounded In the artillery and hand-to-hand clash before a U.N. cease-fire de mand ended the firing at S a.m. A U.N. truce organization an nouncement put the number of Jordanian dead at 48. Other re ports said as many as 160 were killed. Young King Hussein of Jordan rushed to the scene and personal ly directed his troops in the fight' ing in the Judean hills. With un rest mounting in his small king dom, there was speculation in Arab capitals that Hussein might launch retaliatory raids in an ei fort to strengthen his position, Hussein sent out fresh appeals for military" help. He talked 'sev eral times by telephone with Leb anese President Camille Cha moun. Jordan faces a critical (lec tion in 11 days. Adding to the un rest in his country, Jordan army officers are openly grumbling that Hussein's military preparations are inadequate. Sack's Death Date Set for December 14 PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 11 (It- George F. Sack, wealthy Portland apartment house owner who was convicted of first degree murder in the death of his wife, today for the second time was sentenced to death. ' Sack, who gives his age as 60, was found guilty of the , Feb. 16, 1954, slaying ' of Goldie Sack, a former Great Falls, Mont., school teacher. There was no recommendation for leniency, making mandatory the sentence of death in the state gas chamber. - Sack appealed to the state Su preme Court, however, and won a stay of execution.. In July the high court refused a rehearing of the case and.today the execution date was set for Dec. 14. Strong Quake Believed Off Oregon Coast SEATTLE. Oct. 11 On - The University of Washington seismo graph recorded a strong earth quake at 8:50 a. m, today and Prof. Frank Neumann said it ap parently originated about 300 miles from Seattle probably off the Oregon coast. The direction could not be de termined but Professor Neumann said prior quakes have been ex perienced in the Oregon coastal area. Tremors were recorded for an hour. j A strong shock recorded on the: seismograph Wednesday evening was traced to the Kurile Islands 1 north of Japan, the professor said. ! . tt 1 v iuu i im in T iff IUU18 IntO JMOneV RUUnmaa Stmt S.rvlr. ALBANY, Ore., Oct. 11 -Howard Frederick Biggs of Albany posted $71 bail for overtime park ing here today. City police said Biggs was charged with failure to pay 61 parking ucnets wn.cn oa.e "iRa,Ho Announcer Today's Statesman Page See. Babson Reports . 29 ...III Business News 29 III Classified 36-39....IV Comics 30 lit Crossword 31 ...III Editorials 4 ... I Food 21-28....III Homo Panorama 6-9 ... I Markets .... Obituaries Radio-TV .... Sports Star Gazer ..28, 29....III , 31 ....III ..30,31.. ..,33-36 ...3. Ill IV . I .11 .III Valley Nows ....16, 17. Wirephoto Page ....30. INDEPENDENCE, Oct. 11 Rita - Bnckner (bottom of photo) be came Central High School's first homecoming queen tonight. Be hind her are princesses Judy McKnlght, Glenda Elvln, Shirley King tad Judy L'pmeyer. (States man Photo) y 6-Year Old High School Plans First Homecoming o - - -- ItiUimu Nws lenrica INDEPENDENCE, Oct. XI Six- year-Central High School will hold its first homecoming Friday night. The school embraces the Mon mouth-Independence area. Selection of Rita Buckner as queen was announced at a rally tonight. She was elected by her classmates, Events Friday include a foot ball game with Dallas at tho OCE field in Monmouth and a dance in the Central High gymnasium. Ancient Plane Due In Portland With 'Souvenir Load' PORTLAND. Oct. 11 -An old Ford three-engined airplane will arrive here next Wednesday with souvenir envelopes for stamp col lectors. The craft is flying routes of three decades ago as part ol Northwest Orient Airlines com memoration of its 30th anniver sary. The plane left New York City Tuesday. It will stop at va rious cities en route to the Pa cific Coast. 1 11 1 i Heart Ailment Kills PORTLAND, Oct. 11 UrVJames T. Wyatt, news announcer known to thousands of listeners for his rasping, "Wotta world," died of a heart ailment at his home at Os wego today. Wyatt, 58, broadcast his news program nightly on radio station KOIN for 20 years. Surviving is the widow, Ella, whom he married in 1935. ! FRANK1E, EDDIE UNITE HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 11 If) . -Frank Sinatra and Eddie Fisher said today they have joined forces to form the Saga Music Publishing Co., which will be owned by the two singers and Hank Sanicola, personal manager for Sinatra. To Area Position Fixed Near Azores; 59 Aboard Craft NEW YORK.' Friday. Oct.' 12 (AP)-Pan American World Airways reported early today three of its planes crossing the j Atlantic heard distress signals from the missing U S. Air 5. Force plane with 59. Americans aboard. The Air Force ruhed rescue planes off from the -Azores to" search for the source of SOS mes- sages. . The four-engine military trans-- port was reported lost early Thurs- ; day morning on. a flight from v Britain to the Azores. . Pan American dispatchers at Idlewild Airport, working on a chart, fixed the position sl the downed aircraft as about 158 miles ' north of the Azores, . . Near Azores ' ' ' The airline said its first mes sage arrived at 10:15 p.m. 'ast night from Pan American Flight 71. The plane was then about 900 ' miles north of the Azores, the air- , lln said, s The second message, at 12:11 . a.m. today, came from Pan Amer ican Flight 5, also bound for New York. The plane reported a "very strong SOS received." The plane ' was then about 560 miles north of , the Azores. The third message was received i at 12:23 a m. from Flight 115. It also picked up another SOS mes- 1 sage. Its position was reported as . about 3bu miles west at the Azores. ; The airline said its dispatcher computed the approximate position 1 of the downed transport from th ' three SOS reports. ,.'-, -Search Armada As armada of aircraft h;J crisscrossed the Atlantic all day yesterday In hopes of locating the ' huge C11S Liftmaster. They failed to locate any signs of the aircraft. One false bit of hope yesterday turned out to be-nothing more than a garbled version of mes- , sage between ocean freighters dis cussing the search operation. ' - The homeward bound plane, loaded with military personnel, i vanished somewhere between Eng land and the Azores. Its last mes sage came from 41 point about 180 . miles southwest of the western- , most tip of England. . 1 The plane had fuel to last only ' until early yesterday when it was due to land at La jet in the Azores. , Aboard were two Air Force officers and enlisted men re- turning to Lincoln, Neb., Air Force Base after a tour of duty in Brit- ain. The crew consisted of three officers - and six enlisted Navy ' men. - - " - " - ' Nixon Gtes ' Tax Costs of i Adlai's Plans - BOULDER. Colo.. Oct 11 tfl Vice President Nixon tonight said 4 Adlat Stevenson's economic pro I gram is a "grab bag of govern v ment goodies" which would cost i the average umiiy pea a year in new taxes. ' ' Nixon, in a talk prepared for t , Young Republican rally, said he 4 was replying to the Democratic! presidential . candidate's charge . that the Eisenhower administra tion is indifferent to labor. - He said the Stevenson pro-5 gram would involve spending 15 to v 20 million dollars and would mean "increase in taxes, runaway inflation, government controls or ". all three." i "'If we go on this kind of a wild ? spending spred, it will mean that t the value of every life insurance policy, every government bond, 'j : every investment in pensions and ": ' Social Security will be in mortal danger," Nixon said. SYRIA'S ARMY READY DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. U I- A government spokesman said to- v day Syria's army is ready to rush troops to help Jordan in battle against Israel. Rented by 8:30 A. M. the f i r 8 1 morning this Statesman Want-Ad ap peared CLEAN, modern V. C. Iufcartsn 3 kdrms, a, II beat, Iff, lot, Attrh. SUM, water lur lihca. sts m. 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