The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, November 13, 1956, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text2-(Sec. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore. Tues., Nov. 13, ,'56 Golleg Living Group Fight Order Requiring Furniture Tax Levy CORVALLIS. Nov. 13 UP, Col lege-living organizations are being ordered lo pay state personal nroDertv taxes on furniture and ether assets, and they don't like H. Fraternities, sororities and other living groups long have been considered exempt from this tax, Historical Unit Appointments Named a J Meet Announcement of boards and committees of the Marion County Historical Society were made Monday night by Pres. Lewis Jud son at a meeting ot the group in the city library. Appointments included: Re no - i j ,i t -I ..i j t .irni i ii v in u 1 1 m i n v , . be applied now. But the state Taxllser p . 0, W Frost sA Mlu Commission said in a recent rul- Martha' .la. r; library . Roy Ohm- Smith, Edward Payne and David Eyre: parsonage committee. Mur ing the tax should have been col lected right along. Richard Wegener, Benton Coun ty assessor, said he has sent no- ray Wade; and program commit- 1 anncBsui, uu us lion avui nr . n..M n..n;..,..r tices to Oregon State College ; tet-Daj'd. Z l Historic Mine Re-Activated Near Eugene EUGENE, Nov. 11 (Jl The historic Black Butte quicksilver mine is back in- production after a. decade of idleness. A crew ot 30 miners and mill workers it on duty at the mint, J7 mile -loutheast of Eugene, where there is newly completed mercury reduction plant. The production started Saturday. The Black Butte mine, idle since World War II, now is operated by tha Mercury It Chemical Corp., New. York. The firm has rebuilt . the operation and moved in new machinery. It expects to produce about 100 tons of cinnabar ore per day. Mercury is vaporized from the ore in a revolving furnace and then reduced to liauld form In W large condensers weighing about a ton each. President Richard Fischer, who now lives here, said the first pro duction goal will be about 120 flasks of mercury per month. Each flick contains 71 pounds of tha silvery liquid. The, company has received a 11340 loan from the Defense Minerals Exploration Administration to finance pros pecting for new ore in the Black Butts area. " j Speaking at the meeting was E. society 9 Youngsters l.Z" T:' lull L- L.y. McKeon. Historical nninx nuunrs umv me must yaj i M c.l. the tax. The bills are back-dated membr rom Salem five year In Benton County fori ' ha total of $18,500: The 19S4 tax amount! to $3,531. W. W. Smith, Lane County assessor,, said steps taken to collect the tax versity of Oregon living groups. The law affects student coopera tives and boarding houses a swell as fraternities and sororities. Re ligious and benevolent organiza tions are exempt. Fraternities and sororities have j made - tentative plans to protest to the county sheriff later this month. They have - hicect Peter Gunner:, Salem attorney, to ad- vise them. A ruling by the sheriff can be appealed to the tax com mission. , - 'SLf& See Mother Slay Father Ike Considers Demo for Top Envoy Post Safe Cracking Fails at Ir School. Try High luteunaa Mews Irrvtr. - TURNER,' Nov. 12-A vain at tempt was made to crack a safe in a weekend entry at Cascade Union High School near here, state police reported. Nothing was taken. Officers said a . combination to an office vault was knocked, off after the school was entered by breaking a window and unlocking a door. Attempts to pry opea the safe itself proved unsuccessful; police said. Desks and cMnct.l? the office reportedly rs - not "dis turbed. . . . . . - ELLSWORTH. Wis.. Nov. 12 I A M-year-old mother of nine children was. charged today with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband during a quarrel witnessed by the terrified youngsters. . r::.': Mrs. Jane Marie-Spengler, Spring Valley, who told authori ties she "didn't mean to shoot" herhusband, Earl Francis Speng ler,'45, was brought before Pierce County 'Judge Paul Magdanl for a reading of .the complaint. She was accused of killing Spongier with a- blast from a 11-guage shot gun that struck him in the hud. Judge Magdanx set Nov. 20 for a preliminary hearing and or dered Mrs. Spengler held without bond. The shooting occurred ' Sunday night in the Spengler's one-story frame home. The children range in age from six ' months to 15 years. After she was taken Into custody, friends and neighbors stepped in to cart for the children. Uniform School Law Equalizes Utah Assessments : WASHINGTON,' Nov. H ( -Ellsworth , Bunker, retiring president of the American Red Cross was reported today to be the top prospect for the key diplo matic Job of ambassador to India. President Eisenhower may dis cuss this appointment with Indian Ambassador G. L. Mehta when they meet tomorrow at the White Bunker, I Democrat, would be , Ike Issues the first important member of his party to be named to a high diplo matic post since the Eisenhower administration came into office in January 19&3. Bunker, a businessman-banker, now serving temporarily on the American delegation to the . United Nations Assembly refused to com ment when asked about his possi ble appointment. Thanksgiving Proclamation WASHINGTON. Nov. 11 I President Eisenhower 'ssurti a Thanksgiving proclamation today; Quizzed in Check Racket f iM-.!tt----'-sa(-i'j .-.- -f ' ' r - - Vm.n- - . , it , v . sVf . V. . f ..-.-( -'f'" ! ' ' " ' ' V ' - ; j "t k v ' ' ; ( ! ; . . B . ' ' .. ,': . .( . ' . -! t - f v , ,7 - t :i "' ' - '-: I''" ' iv 1 ' J Board Votes State School- Support Hike PORTLAND. Nov. 1J I - The legislative interim committee on education voted today for a $40-a-child increase in state school support. With three committee members sbsent the group voted 4-2 to rec ommend to the Legislature an in crease in payments from M0 to $120 a child. In addition the funds would be distributed for each child showing in a census, instead of on the present basis of payments for number of children in school. Voting for the plan were Rep. Allen Tom R-Sherman, commit-a tee chairman; Rep. Herman Chindgren R Clackamas:v Carl Gehlert, Coos Bsy, . and . Mrs. Francis Marsh, McMinnvllle. Against It were Joe Rogers of Polk pninty and William Blackby of Ontario. Absent were Sen. Low ell Steen R-Umatilla; Sen. S. Kugene Allen 'R-Multnomah1: ; and Mrs. Raymond Graap, Port land. . j Theatre Time Table II.SINORS "WAK AND PEACE"! t:M CAPITOL (Continuous from 1 p.m.) "MAVERICK QUEEN": 10, 4:41. 1:34 DOCTOR AT SEA"; 1:11, I M, 10:4S HOLLYWOOD "THE RACK": 1, 11:00 "JUBEL": 0:10 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 12 John Beckrlt, 32, of East Lynne, W. Va., questioned today by beeret Service agents anout a check counterfeiting operation. Ralph Robuck, Secret Serv ice agent, said Beckett has admitted reproducing by pho tography some $75,000 in bogus checks during the past two years. (AP Wire photo). . The Weather Astoria Bakrr Medford !orth Bfnd Portland Salm . Chicago -.. Denver Fort Worth . .. Los Angfles . . Miami . ... NfW York San Francisco . Seattle Spokane Washington. D. Max. -.. 52 hS .... A .18 ... SO . J2 47. . 47 .. Tfi ... 7 ... 77 .... 7 .... SJ . i . 49 .. 71 Mln. 44 20 JT 4 43 41 .12 30 4 50 5S 41 49 4fi 3S 44 Runaway Truck Guided From Playground Area BROWNSVILLE, Pa.. Nov. II tfl William Grimm's truck killed one ' child today but his quick .thinking msy have . saved - the :.-uves .uwrv-;.vM.a i -Cfimm's daily route through this southwestern Pennsylvania town takes him past a grade school At the. bottom of a hill. As he was. descending the hill just as children were assembling for classes the brakes of his vehicle failed. TT7TyeaTold --"truck --driver ley, but struck and killed John Seaman, 7, a second grader who was en route to s c h o o l. But Grimm's expert driving kept the vehicle from careening into the LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1J -Utah's passage of a uniform school law. resulted in a statewide valuation of farm land and resi dential properties which increased ana equalised assetsmeiE. laijichool s playground where sever experts from 11 Westers sLstes.aj children wera gathered. The were told today. j truck smashed up after hitting the Selvoy 3. Boyer. in?a stare Ut child and Grimm auffered painful, commissioner, reported ' m ata tws oc serious injuries, state's experience ta the We era; States Assn. of Tax Admiastra DEMONSTRATORS JAILED tors which met in advance Mm. rnrvn Tida. Nov. u u. National Tax Conference opening tomorrow. Herbert A. Leggett, vice prttf dent ot the Valley National Bank r' Phoenix, Ariz., called L'tsh's uniform school tax aid program "i new way to do H."- - He said a sound; tax structure must go along with the West's great population and industrial ex pansion,. , . ' : Police today jailed two young rock-throwing demonstrators who stormed the Soviet fishery mission yesterday. They were charged with breaking Into private residence. counseling Americans to "be grateful that the foundations of Freedom in our nation grow stronger with each passing year, giving hope to fettered peoples. , . ." In setting aside Thursday Nov. 2 as a day of national thanksgiv ing, the President called' on citi zens to pray this year - "not only in the spirit of Thanksgiving but also as suppliants for God's guid ance, to the end that we may fol low the course of rignteousnes." Eisenhower and some of his top aides alsu began work today on the President's annual State of the Union mesage. to be delivered to Congress shortly after it convenes in-January. -M Corvallis to Hold Father of 10 Weds Mother Of Twelve ENTMCLAW, Wash., Nov-. 12 Home will be crowded for Ken neth Huber and his new wife if the children all come home at once. U..k UM4nu-A mnA father of 1Q, was married yesterday to Mrs. er Bureau, mcn Adele Zane, a widow and mother : ma. v, becoming partly cioudv to- of four and stepmother to eight orphans she and her former hus band raised. Huber, 41, an airplane company mechanic, promised his late wife before her" death in July,-1955, he . would keep the 10 children to- (111 eil tiler - gethrr. Kenneth Jr. is 15. I t His plight, described in a news Rallied I resident paper story, orougnt Airs, .ane, a trained nurse working in Seattle, and her two minor children to his home. She volunteered to be his housekeeper. A romance followed. Mrs. Zane s former husband wss l from V S rv Field. with a few Rain - 20 truce .02 .12 0.1 .93 00 no .00 .00 no m oo 01 .00 .00 Weath Salem l : showers night and Wednesday; a little cooler with high tnflav 49. low tonight as. Willamette River: 01 feet. Temo. 1211 am todav: 4fi. S!.EM PRECiriTTIOS Since Star! t Weather Year, Sept 1 Ta data Last vear Norms! 7 87 10 94 7 42 Justice Says Intolerance Fight Needed NEW YORK. Nov. 12 i-r Earl Warren, chief justice of the t'nited States, said today ' "freedom can he endangered in America even in our day," unless the country stays vigilant against intolerance and injustice. ( Warren spoke at the annual meeting of theVatinnal Confer ence of Christians and Jews. Ear- J lier. he helped dedicate a new auditorium at the organization's 1 headquarters as a memorial to ! Charles Evans Hughes, one of ! Warren's predecessors as chief justice. Warren said Hughes' efforts in 1920 to" prevent the expuslion of five Socialists who had been elected to the New York State Legislature "had a profound ef fect throughout the country." "Of all the public services per formed by Charles Evans Hughes, i Warren said, "none was on a high 1 er plane or called for more cour SSo than this ... "1'nless we keep such acts of intolerance in our mind's eye. freedom can be endangered in :.Amprica even in our day." Red Revolts Laid to Still Faulty System MOSCOW, Nov. 12 -A publi cation of the Soviet Communist party said today that the Hungar ian crisis and the 1953 revolt in East Germany aimply proved the the "construction of tha people's democracies is not yet com pleted." The view was stated In Party Life, published by the Communist party's Central Committee. j It said there are still exploiting1 classes in some Communist-governed countries,-adding: "Ai l result, the construction of Socialist states is impossible j without a class struggle at times." ; Party Life said it wss these "exploiting classes" bscked by j ambitious imperialists outside that . caused the East German revolt of: June 17. 1953. It added that the same classes in Hungsry had tried vainly to destroy "develop-. ing socialism" in that country. It continued: " . i "The events in Hungsry hnvej shown that the construction of so-, ctslism is impossible without class struggle, without the relentless suppression of the antirevolution-; ary exploiting classes." The journal added: "In the Soviet I'nion, socialism is already established. The ex-! plotting classes have been liquid-! aled. and class antagonism has become a thing" of the past.'' Bridges to Lead Probe Protest March HONOLULU, Nov. 12 uT Harry Bridges said today he intends to lead a protest parade of long shoremen which will converge "en masse" on the Senate Inter nal Security subcommittee when it opens hearings on communism in Hawaii Nov. 27-30. Bridges, president of the Inter national .Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, previous ly hinted the dock members would refuse to work civilian ships dur ing the hearings. ! He said "thousands" of ILWU , members were expected to march on Iolani Palace during the terri tory wide strike against hearings! directed by Sen. James Eastland; (D-Miss. Bridges has accused Eastland j of coming here to wreck the ILWL". The committee has subpoe-' naed ILWU officials and mem-! bers of the union's law firm. Walkouts have been approved by the union's local executive board. Bridges said recommenda tion for a parade-demonsicaiion will be voted on by the 24,000 ! ILWU members here "in the next few weeks." Bridges said the appearance of i thousands' of union members. Would keep Eastland from "select- j ing and intimidating a few em-! ploycs of the union." - ,r Jack Hall. ILWU regionul direc tor, is free on bail pending appeal of conviction of violating the Smith Act conspiracy to over throw the government y violence. Four From State To Go Abroad in Farm Program CORVALLIS, Nov. 12 I - Ore gon State College has named four Oregon residents to go abroad for three months' next year In the In ternational farm youth exchange program. The four who will live on farms In foreign countries are William Coats, Hood River; Marilyn Neill, Milwaukie; Violet Klobas, Bend, and Theodore Tidwell, Dufur. All are 21, Nation's War Dead Saluted At Portland Daughter of U.S. Attorney Said Missing MONTPEIJER, Vt.. Nov. 12 UJ Police across 14 states today sought Priscilla Whitcomb, 19, brunette daughter of the Vermont V. S. Atty. Louis G. Whitcomb. The young Smith CoMef e student disappeared Friday. Her father notified Vermont state police and FBI he believed his daughter was with. Richard S. Thatcher, 19, Evanston, 111., pa roled from Colorado Stare Reform -matory where he was sentenced to an indeterminate term in May, 1955, for passing worthless checks while absent without leave from the Navy.' Whitcomb tnld newsmen he wss sure his daughter didn't know nf Thatcher's criminal rerorrl. 'If she had known, I'm sure she would have had nothing to do with him," he said. The V. S. attorney said That chpr and his daughter tnld Jiim last Wednesday at Springfield, Vt., his home, "that it was their intention to get married with or without my permission." Thatcher has been working as a restaurant employe in North ampton. Mass., where Smith Col lege is located. Clothes Burned A collapsing clothesline 'Monday; evening resulted in some burned ; clothes at the home of Mrs. Doris ! Sandvvick, 1090 Sr46th St., city fire-! men reported. I Firemen said clothes on the line fell on a portable electrtr heater about 7:.T0 p.m. The clothes were consumed, a utility room floor scorched and there was some smoke damage.- PORTLAND Nov 12 - Tort- TSZTIXk ana saiuiea tne nation war orau in a colorful parade today in ob servance of Veterans' Day. Maj. Gen. Lamar Tooze, who will retire in February as com manding general of the 104th Di vision, was marshal of the blocks long march. Reservists of the 104th joined National Guardsmen. veterans of both world wars, auxiliary units and high school banks in the parade. Crowds along the route were i s 445 Downlovs sparse and the day was cold snd Maaaaaaa cloudy. '4aMHBaIHBBHMaa 1 k.i r mow wpen I 1 liinck Dinner ;l 112 51 tJ SUHOiYJ I 121 Of Red Cross WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 1 -Gen. Alfred M. Gruenthcr, retir ing supreme commander of Allied killed in an accident at Colorado , forces in Europe,, today was Springs, Colo., in 1954. Her eight named president of the American stepchildren and two older married Red Cross, effective Jan. 1. daughters are living in the east.j The announcement was made st Many contributions poured in on the White House. President Eiscn Huber from friends and newspa-! hower is honorary chairman of the per readers. He used part of the Red Cross, money as a down payment on a In a statement. Eisenhower five-acre country place orr Ne- ealled Gruenthcr "my great friend waukum Creek, four miles from! as well as an extraordinarily able here. j administrator and diplomat.'' He Salmon run in the stream to added: am delighted thaLJhe ... J . 1 1 . . n J - 11 t , r-i i t iiwn ami squirrels cnauer in nru viuss win nave mr i-ih-iu i llllrnniaHll.l linfTth trees Us iwncthlng of 1 his full time leadership ihthe CBVUC 1UI l.lll,U Cll. CORVALLIS, Nov. 12 (At - Cor-1 vallis will observe Its centennial year with a three-day celebration next June 28-30. Ken McGregor has been nsmed chairman of the committee which will organize the fete. Corvallis was chartered as a city on June 28, 1857. a his full time 'years ahead." TRANSIT STRIKE POSSIBLE SEATTLE, Nov. 12 Jf! ., Nego tiations between the Seattle local of the Streetearmen's Union and the Seattle Transit System com-! missioners have broken down. The ' 1.500 members of the union will1 start voting at 2 a. m. tomorrow on the question of a strike. Archer Best Rifles In Big Buck Content LAKEVTEW, Nov. 12 (JB - Ken neth Strong of Lakeview won the annual . contest sponsored by a local store for tha largest buck deer of the aeason. Strong entry weighed 230 pounds and was killed with an arrow. It was the first time aa archer had won first place in tha contest. - co::c?ficc TICKETS NOW ON SAIE Willtmatt. Cmart tafias fcvzch & Rcbovsky Ttiurtaay N.v. IS 1:11 PM Sim Ant Awdrtarwin iJT ASTlSTs D'NAI B'RITH PSESENTI 'fcri of Tomorrow' AVmiCAH UGION HAU Sitwdty Nay. 17, I 4S t. at. ' t' T ; sr;url.:3 5.3D r .-y tiy r " v.'. 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