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S k, I. J . .. 4. 4 -4- t H . British Navy Defies . Union, Tows Liner Queen Mary to Sea I SOUTHAMPTON. England,. Thursday, March 21 (-Six Brit ish admiralty tugs look the New York-bound liner Queen Maryjut In sea early loday in defiance of inking shipyard workers. I'nion leaders declared they would re taliate with action to paralyze the whole port. Office workers of the Cunard Line cast off the mooring lines of the big ship. While hundreds of passengers lining the. rails, clapped and cheered, the tugs' pulled the liner out into the shipping channel. Union officials circled the tugs in a motor launch, shouting that civilian sailors on the tugs were strikebreakers. Cabinet minister's ordered the Royal Navy tugs to lake a hand, The 81,000-ton Queen Mary, with more than 900 passenger; aboard, was scheduled to sail yesterday afternoon. bailors on privately owned tugs, however, refused to move her because of the shipyard .strike. What retaliatory action the shipyard unions would take was not disclosed immediately.'!' It was thought, however, that they might appeal for a sympathy strike by all Southampton dock workers. This could completely cripple the port, one of . the world's great shipping centers $550,000 Water Bond Issue Voted at Keizer SMteimalt Nfwl Service KEIZER, March 20-Keiy.er Water District Tesklonts passed a $550,000 bond issue today by a vote of 490 tn 312. Keizer Water Board Chairman Robert O. Smith announced after the vote was counted that the board will start negotia tions Thursday for mains, hydrants and source of supply, ; ' 1 which will be either the Salem PlDCuQB - Restoration of the status ante (of a sort) in the Middle East makes renewal of dickering . with President Nasser of Egypt necessary. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold of United Nations has gone to Cairo to confer with him over such vexing subjects as operation of the Suez Canal, order in the Gaza strip and access to the Gulf of Aqaba. Agreement on these issues would go far toward aessening the friction in that stra tegic area," but- we-dare not- be -too optimistic that such an agreement, will come early. . Col. Nasser plays his game with great shrewdness. He used the U.S. withdrawal of help on the As wan Dam project as pretext for seizing the Suez Canal company property and ending its control of the canal. But by continuing to operate the canal as before he avoided violation of the Constan tinople convention. When the-west-ern nations, it the suggestion of -Secretary Dulles set up Canal Users Association," Coir Nasser deftly sidestepped any concession of authority over the canal to this organization. When Britain and France fol lowed Israel in invading Egypt; Col. Nasser (whose military force was smashed by the Israeli) claimed for Egypt protection of United Nations and obtained it. He played his cards skilfully to force complete evacuation, stow ing down the clearance of the canal, and making commitments vague respecting the future. He sent In civil governor to Gaza hard en the heels of the U.N. police force, but has assured the United States he is not tending (Ceatiaaei M editorial page. 4.) system or wells. Votes were cast by 803 persons, two less than the number that voted in formation of the district last September. The bond issue was approved, however, by a larger margin than the 56-vote difference last fall. ONE BALLOT VOID One ballot was void because both answers were marked. Ten persons were turned away because they lived ' outside the district or 1U0:had hot been registered in the district long enough. The .district includes an esti mated 1.500 families. Covering 1,800 acres, it extends north from Salem city limits to a mile north of Keizer School, and from Wil lamette River east to the Oregon Electric Railway. V fOUNDID 1651 The Weather f Today's forecast: Partly cloudy with scattered showera this morning and late tonight. High S3. Low 36. (Compl't Report Tit I I 106th Year 3 SECTIONS-30 PACES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, March 31 1957 PRICE 5c No. 359 Salem Heights Well Tops Expectations K.rnaaLi' V r-v lit- 4 . I few 'ik V "vf, 0 is- " -?r -Y ... :'V ; Probers Poised to Brewster's Files i6DZe 22 MILES OF MAINS The bond money is to finance 21 miles of -water mains fire hydrants within 500 feet, of most buildings and possibly an inde pendent water supply. Purchase of wells now operating in the. dis trict and installation of pumping and storage facilities is planned unless it is found that water can be bought from Salem cheaper Smith attributed the larger sup port of the bond issue compared with the close vote for formation of the district to the educational campaign of a volunteer advisory committee headed by Lawrence F. (Bud) Sheridan. Members are Cliff Bowder. Allan Watts, Dan Watson, J. M. (Rusty) Peet, Bernard Smith and Harold Duncan. SALEM HEIGHTS, March 20 Newest well supplying Salem Heights Water District, located a half mile east of Liberty School south of Salem will supply a minimum of 1400 gallons per minute. Pumping Operator Eddie Hart happily watches discharge during test pumping this morning. (Statesman Photo) Clouds, Rain Seen Today Showera and some clouds are expected in the Salem area this morning, late tonight and early Friday, the Weather Bureau at McNary Field said. High should range near 52 and the low near The first day of spring came in with mild temperature. A high of 50 was recorded Wednesday with the low-at-S Rainfall measured M ef an inch. Five-day forecast Wednesday was for recurring rains with tern peratures below normal, weather men said. Bankruptcy Shows Man's Address Not Too Accurate ' NEW HAVEN. Conn., March 20 (-Alexander J. Gyunnanaritz of Bridgeport, Conn., was .adjudged bankrupt in U.S. District Court here today. He lives at 1M Success Ave. Vitamin Vat Blast Kills 3 LINDEN, N.J., March 20 UV-An explosion, touched off in a vita min A processing vat, thundered through a building of Merck k Co. early today and killed three per sons. Eleven others were injured, one seriously. As the blast, still echoed and windows 75 feet away shattered, numerous flash fires sprang up from' other solutions in the four- story brick building.' The flames were quickly quelled. Hours later plant officials could not say definitely what caused the accident. Splintered steel, accom panied by flames shot in all direc lions "Like shrapnel," said one of the injured survivors. Decision to Dig Deeper 'Anti-Langley' ?jJLSjigged The House ran into a legal de bate Wednesday over a bill to let the governor suspend a public of ficial who has been indicted. This is aimed at removal of Multnomah County District Attor ney William Langley, who has been under indictment several months on charges growing out of a vice investigation. House lawyers contended the proposal might be unconstitutional because it would apply to persons indicted before the bill is passed. They also said there was no pro vision for paying a successor to the official removed. The House sent the bill back to committee for further study. Pays Dividend SUtcimaa Nrwa Srrrlc SALEM HEIGHTS, March 20-A seventh well to augment the Sa lem Heights Water District "came in" last night a regular gusher capable of producing at least 1,400 gallons per minute. The 12-inch eased shaft had reached the 475 foot depth when tests were ordered.- Volume sur passed all expectations, and a 500 gallon-per-minute pump used all night was being dismantled today and will be replaced by a larger unit capable of handling the great flow. Drilling has been underway since last fall, and two months ago when tests were made at the JOO foot depth the volume produced was a scant 35 gallons per minute. Water board directors then con sidered feasibility of going deeper or giving up. With the exception of a top 40 feet of dirt, the shaft has been through solid volcanic rock formation, sometimes so hard that drillers penerated only one foot per day. Water District Manager Rollo Wilson said the new well assures the 1,200 patrons of the system living in Liberty and Salem Heights areas of an adequate wa ter supply even through the dry summer irrigation months. The district has six wells cur rently supplying needs, with in dividual production ranging from m to 500 gallons per minute. None have casings larger than eight inches. President of the Salem Heights Water District is Don Gardner, residential contractor and builder, District maintenance man is Ed Adams. . . ., - , Milk Dealer License Bill Passes in House One of the prime-interest farm hills in the Oregon legis lature advanced to the Senate Wednesday w hen the House passed the proposed law to license milk dealers and audit their books. This measure (HB 495) passed easily despite some objection it might be opening move toward a renewal of the milk control sys tem Oregon voters threw out a few years, ago.- , ,.:..... Cost of state auditors checking how distributors use the milk pur chased from dairy farmers would be borne by the producers, paying of a cent on each hundred pounds sold. This would add up to about $34,000 for the biennium, it was estimated. Ike Meets Macmillan In Bermuda (Picture on wlrrphoto pace.) TUCKERS TOWN, Her muda, March 20 (AP)-Prcsi- drnt Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan tonight opened tlieir American-British partnership - mending confer ence with an informal "working dinner." The two chiefs got into prelimi nary discussions over the table at their midocean club conference headquarters. Onlv Secretary of State Dulles, British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and the U.S. and Br.itish ambassadors, John Hay Whitney and Sir Harold Caccia. joined Ei senhower and Macmillan for the dinner talks. Eisenhower arrived this after noon on the cruiser Canberra and stepped -ashore- from a barge at Albowys Point m Hamilton. He was met by Macmillan and Ber muda's governor, U. Gen. John Woodall. Macmillan arrived by air from London this morning. Marries Heir ROGERS SPONSOR Rep. Joe Rogers (D), an Inde pendence milk producer and spon sor of the legislation, said th pro ducers need these audits so they Sign on Vacant Service Station Starts Price War ELLENSBURG. March 30 (-A sign proclaiming gasoline, 28.9 cents a gallon went up here. Next day operators blanketed the streets with matching signs. A gas price war was on. Today prices jumped four cents. The war was almost over and faces were red. The first price cutting sien. it was discovered, had been placed on an abandoned service station. Plane Falls in Columbia; Two Feared Killed CASCADE LOCKS, Ore., March 20 lift A light airplane crashed into a cliff bordering the Columbia River Highway east of here to night and the pilot was believed to have drowned in the wreckage. He was identified by the Inland Navigation Co., owner of the plane, as Lou C. Herron, 36, The Dalles, who was flying from Van couver, Wash., to The Dalles, Ore. Ha may have had a . passenger, the firm reported. Parts of the plane was found on the bluff, on the highway, and down to the river shore. Tugboats were probing the river's water to locate the main wreckage. The identity of the passenger. if there was one aboard, was not determined. The pilot apparently was trying to land on the highway at the time of the crash A Today: Beck to Show His Financial Record s With Qualifications Brewster Admits Owing $42,000 To Teamsters Insurance Broker I'll WASHINGTON", March 20 (Al tors said tonight they will seize n II financial records of Frank Brews I J Coast hoss, unless he agrees ton I ! voluntarily. I 20 (AP) Senate rackets investiga- nder subpoena the personal ster. Teamster Union West tomorrow to surrender them Legislature' Today . 10 a.m. Senate and House meet. 1 p.m. House highways coro mittee hearing on HB 633 to curb gas price cutting, Room 326. 7:30 p.m. House commerce committee hearing on HB 247, revising state water code, Room 321. Red Generals Go on Diet MOSCOW. March 10 OB Be- medaled Soviet generals and ad mirals sadly refused extra help ings of borsch, pancakes and aour cream today and instead flexed unaccustomed muscles in setting- up exercises. It's because. Marshal Zhukov, Soviet defense minister, observed pointedly last week that too many military men were getting too fat, Amity Girl, Sheridan Boy Win Right To Enter Spelling Bee Grand Finals AMITY, March 20 Betty Mae Ingram, sprightly 13-year-old from the Amity Grade School, walked off with top honors in a semi-finals of The Oregon Statesman-KbLM Spelling Contest tonight. In second place, and thus joining Betty Mae in qualifying for the Grand Finals at Parrish Junior High in Salem on April 3, was Ronnie Wells, 13, of Sheridan. Both are in the 8th grade. These two, as well as the third and fourth - place winners, waded clear through the basic 250-word list, ft took "reversible." the 257th word, to down Ronnie. Betty spell ed it and. then spelled a required extra word, "consensus," to win first prize a Webster'! New Col leflatt, Dictionary. Betty is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Ingram of Amity. Her teacher is Hubert W. Deaver. Ronnie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wells, Sheridan. His teacher is Henry I. Brown.' It was Betty's second try for top honors. As a 7th-grader, she placed third in the semi-finals last year. A fine third tonight was Judy Cardwell, 13. in the Kth grade at Willnmina, who missed "super sede" which Betty spelled to re main in the race. Judy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cardwell, Route 1, Willamina, and her teacher is Mrs. Eula Petite. Placing a high fourth and also still in the race when published words were exhausted was Mar- , ..' garet Richards, 12-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Rich ards, Route 2, Dayton, who is in Dayton's 7th grade. Her teacher is Mrs. Ruth Stephens. Margaret missed "accommodate," which Ronnie spelled. Patricia Ridgeway, 14, In the 8th grade at Mill Creek, tangled up on "technical," and Sharon Relst, 12. in Hopewell's 8th grade, missed the tricky word "villain." One of the high points came when the word "inaugurate" was called with three contestants re maining. All three missed it, leav ing all still in the running for honors. Eighty-three words w e r used before anyone went down. (Spelling stories ala Faget fc, II) can find out if they are being paid enough for their milk. When a producer sells to a deal er, a two-price system is used depending on whether the milk is used in the retail trade or is used for manufacturing. PROPER PAYMENT The audit, he said, would en able to producers to find out how much of their milk is sold for each use, and thus enable them to make sure they are getting proper payment. Rep. Keith Skelton (D). Eugene, said the bill "is an opening wedge for a return to milk control, which the people abolished three years ago." Rogers answered that the bill would forestall federal or state milk control. He also said it would stabilize the dairy industry.. Voting against the milk audit bill were Reps. Skelton. Jonas, Ey- mann, Killam, Klemsen, Peck and Stadler. , (Add. legislative sews page I.) Izvestia Suggests Transfer of Soviet Scientists Inland MOSCOW, March 20 un-lzvesiia suggested today the - wholesale transfer of Soviet scientists and technicians from Moscow and Len ingrad to Siberia and other distant areas. The Soviet government news paper complained that too many of the Soviet Union's scientific re search institutions are located in the two big cities and that many duplicate each other's work, caus ing Russian scientists to lag be hind other countries in some fields. It would be better, the govern ment organ said, if research out fits on oil problems, for example Brighter Side . . John Ericksen -l,im,lvg--y'Tryi:s w .. . '-"1MB " r v 1 -, : " :t i ' ,, " . , l t .v,.'!..; "' ' ," St. h w -J J I ' ' r-V :-i X ' ' 1 ' , - -V.. A V 'a W ' it :- ' ' 1 t Big Bug' CHICAGO, March 20 Miss -Jean Harvey, 20, Chicago, was. jnarrietLMarch12-in Mexico City to the wealthy Alfred Gwynne Vander bilt. (AP) Vanderbilt Weds Chicago 'Post-Deb' CHICAGO, March 20 tS Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, sportsman and heir to one of America i greatest fortunes, was married March 12 to Miss Jean Harvey, willowy Chicago post-debutante her parents reported today. Mrs. Daggett Harvey, the moth er, said the wedding was in Mm ico City and that no family mom bers were present. She added that Vanderbilt, 46, and his 20- year-old bride are now in Florida and later probably will live in his Long Island,-N Y.', home. Vanderbilt, owner of the race horse Native Dancer, was di vorced by Mrs. Jeanne Murray Vanderbilt in Gooding, Idaho, last December. The couple have two children, Heidi, 8, and Alfred Jr 6. Vanderbilt's first marriage to the former . Manuela Hudson end ed In divorce in 1949. They have a daughter, Wendie. This development followed an ! order late in the day to President Dave Beck of the international ; TftimElerc I 'ninn tn annnar nvt ' Tuesday before the committee and to bring his financial records from 1949 through 1955. This may i produce events that could be 'spec i tacular. I Brewster, a vice president of the Teamsters and chairman of the union's .Western -Conference, in testimony today parried a re quest that he surrender his per sonal financial records for scru tiny. He said he wanted to con sult with his lawyers before de ciding whether to give them up. A top committee source said Brewster's records take on added importance in view of the destruc tion of many documents the com mittee has sought to . subpoena perhaps before Brewster leaves the stand tomorrow, unless he National Bird Found Shot SHELBURNE, N.H., March 20 A conservation officer today found a dead American bald eagle the national bird floating in the And roscoggin River. The bird, protected by both fed eral" and'stateiaws, "had' been' shot twice, said officer Paul T. Do- herty. State Fish It Game Director Ralph G. Carpenter said few bald eagles are known to exist. The dead bird's wing spread measured 7 feet from tip to tip it weignea 13 pounas. tt: - . Fewer Workers Asked WASHINGTON. March 20 lift- Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D SC) an nounced today he is introducing legislation to cut federal employ, merit by about 300,000 for a pros pective , billion-dollar budget sav ing- . agrees to produce them voluntar ily. OWES NEAR 4!,000 Among other things, Brewster told the special Senate committee investigating improper labor and industry activities he owes around $42,000 to George Newell of Seat tle, who makes some $300,000 a year in brokerage fees on the un ion's health and welfare fund. The debt developed out of a racing stable partnership, now dissolved. (Picture on wirephoto page.) . Brewster said he saw nothing wrong no conflict of interest in this or in 50-50 ownership with Beck of a leased-out filling sta tion which does a big business with Teamster headquarters in Seattle. "The committee chairman. Sen McClellan (D-Ark), interrupted Brewster in midaftemoon to say that just before the committee's 3 p.m. deadline he had received a telegram from Beck in Seattle advising that the Teamsters boss will show up with the requested financial records whenever he is called. &S ADVICE OF COUNSEL" Hike Asked In Welfare Aid Budget The Mario n County Welfare Commission is seeking a $163.17 increase in its budget requests for the coming year, primarily to cover an increased load of gener al assistance cases in Marioa County. Kenneth Peterson, com missioner, said Wednesday. The total budget estimate for 1957-58 drawn from federal, state and county funds, is $2,212,656 at compared to $2,048,980 for the cur rent year. Largest increase in the budget It isn't from outer space, it is a giant paper mache wasp from the Highland School fourth grade clasi tn Salem. Richard Dowen, one of the students who worked on the class entry in the annual science fair, poiet with It. (Story on page S.) . Snow Hits Northeast BOSTON, March 20 W-A north east storm dumped up to 10 inches of snow in sections of New Eng land today the first day of spring. Today's Statesman Ann lander Classified Comics Crossword Editorials ... Farm Newt Home Panorama Legislative News .. Page Sec, :...7i. i 17-19.. -.16. .17 i 4., ..14.. ...6.. I. Markets Obituaries .... Radio-TV ... Sports .L Star Guar . .11 .11 .11 ..I II .1 .1 .11 ...17 .....5 I 16 II .11-13 II 3.... I Valley Newt ........15... Wirephoto Pago 16. M .11 Beck had been given until 3 p.m. to volunteer such action or face a committee subpoena. He made his decision "on the advice of counsel," former Republican Sen. James Duff of Pennsylvania. Beck's telegram had a puzzling tagline that he will appear with the records "without prejudice to my rights under the Constitution and Bill of Rights." McClellan said he didn't know whether that meant Beck will make the records available to the committee or only bring them here physically. He said he hoped they will be made available. uThefe "was " a question!"" too. whether Beck. was reserving his rights to take the Fifth Amend ment and refuse to testify on grounds of possible self-imcrimi-nation. Beck wasn't available for com ment on the telegram, which his Seattle office had made public earlier. (Add. details m page I.) lsan $81.noo boost In cover gener al assistance. Peterson said. Ha pointed out that the county had already gone over its current gen eral relief budget by some $44,000. The commission was forced thit winter to draw from other budget ed items to carry general assist ance cases which jumped from 393 last February to 571 in February, 1957. Peterson attributed the increase of cases to a combination of fac tors including an apparent migra tion of families to Marion County with no visible means of support. General increases in the budget are necessary to cover a general upgrading of state aid standards, rising cost of living and rising me dical costs, Peterson said. (Add. details page 4) Mouse Delays Freight Train WASHINGTON. March 20 Un-A Pennsylvania freight train with 54 loaded cars was held up for an hour early today by a mouse. Rolling along easily en its war to Jersey City, the freight ground to a halt four miles or so north of the city. A track switch wouldn't work. . A maintenance man opened the switch control. Inside was a mouse. The rodent a very dead one was removed, and the rail road was in the hauling business again, ,s SOLD! 70 ewes 50 Iambi! This want-ad did Jta. job in 3 ayf.":"V 7 ewes an Tir st inks ' far SSM. Bt. X, Bax XXX, Salem. EM x-xxxx. k Make farming easier and more economical with want-ads. Phone 4-6811. NaUsaal Wait-Ai Week March 17-23 f or 1 Friendlv Tot Starts Kidnap Scare Story, CHICAGO. March 20 UT A tiny bov outstretched his hands today got an innocent' automobile ride and caused a kidnaping report and fullscale police investigation. It all happened within a few minutes as a real estate salesman took a woman and some children to view a North Side apartment building. "My, that's a bright young boy you ve got there, said Mrs. vo reeh Convery, 25, to the real es tate man. My God," replied Paul J. Greissinger,' 42, "isn't he yours?" No. ' these other two are ic.". KIDNAPING PROBE Piling the three children and Mrs. Convery back into his car, Greissinger sped to the Convery house and into a full-scale kid naping investigation. Mrs. Vlasta Wendt. V. Mrs. Convery neighbor, matched, open the door of the car and clasped little Robert, IVi, In her arms. An apologetic Greissinger told police, that when he called for the Converys, Robert was talking to Kathleen Convery;' . He said be-vasaomed the boy was part of the family and. when the lad extended -hit-arms, ho seated him in the car. ; B6T TAKEN A WAT ' 'Meanwhile, Robert's titter, 'Ka ren, 44, ran home to tell her mother that a man and woman ia a pink and white car had takes, her brother away. Hysterical. Mrs. Wendt called police. Her husband, Robert, tool maker, war summoned front, work. - , Three squads of aolica trad eft tectives were starting their lnvfjp, ligation when Greissbjger tlrovf "moved into tn oil fields." I . 4 --v
