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British Navy Defies .
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Queen Mary to Sea
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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.
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Today's forecast: Partly
cloudy with scattered showera
this morning and late tonight.
High S3. Low 36.
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Salem Heights Well Tops Expectations
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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
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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 . .
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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.
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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.
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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
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NaUsaal Wait-Ai Week
March 17-23
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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."
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