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Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, October 21, 1957
PRICE 5c
No. 201
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There is general awareness of
our surpluses of wheat and cotton
and corn. Schoolboards are in con
tinual hot water because of the
"surplus" of children of school age
surplus that is to the facilities
for their' education. There is one
more surplus which we shall hear
more about, because it is growing
women outnumber men in' the
United States by some 1,500.000.
Though more male babies are born
than female the ratio is 105 to 100
by the time age 24 is reached the
females are in a majority. The life
expectancy of the American fe
male is 73 and of the male 67,
which explains why there are more
widows than widowers.
Why do women live longer than
men? The October Harper's offers
answers in an article by Selig
Greenberg of the staff of the Pro
vidence Journal-Bulletin, who spe
cializes in reporting medical
science. He says that the females
are sot the weaker sex, as long re
puted to be. While not as powerful
in muscle the female starts with
one more X-chromosome, builds
higher count of white blood cells
and enjoys a superior glandular
system. This may be nature s way
of insuring the perpetuity of the
race.
The "killer" diseases seem to
hit more men than women. Green
berg' reports that diseases of
heart, blood vessels and kidneys
are two and one-half times more
prevalent among men than wo
men, that the mortality rate of
cancer is about five per cent high
er for men. Then he adds this
socker: "I believe that, in addition
to their biological superiority,
(Continued editorial page 4)
Dead
Errol Flynn, Beauty Face
Drunk Counts After Party
By JAMES BACON slightly different. She said that
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 2O0rV-Errol hen the officer asked Flynn to
,,:,,: , Ki. K ,w, meet his wife, Errol said: Let
Flynn. frolicking at a big ball that . . . d ... . meet
counted few sober frolickers was her The officer gave Errol the
jailed on a plain drunk booking badge and he gave it to me. I
LONDON, Oct. 20 Jack
Buchanan, Internationally
known British song and
dance man, died today in
a London hospital. (AP)
Famous
Comedian
Succumbs
wrapped the badge in my glove
and I guess I must have lost it.
At the jail, Flynn was tossed In
a cell with four other Saturday
night celebrants, but only for' an
hour or so. He paid $20 bail and
was freed.
Actor, Actress Booked
U.S. Radar in
Turkey Taps'
Russ Secrets
WASHINGTON. Oct. 30 -Avi-
atioo Week magazine said today
the United States has been tapping
Russia's missile secrets for more
than two years with powerful
long-range radar and other equip
ment based in Turkey.
"Operation of this equipment,
well known to the Soviet Union,
is considered . by diplomatic
sources as one of the reasons for
the current heavy Russian mili
tary and political pressure on
Turkey," the magazine said.
The usually well-informed pub
lication said the backbone of the
U. S. missile intelligence system
is radar equipment with a range
up to 1,000 miles, developed by
General Electric Co. and operat
ed by civilian employes near the
Black Sea fesort of Samsun, Tur
key. It added: "This radar can de
tect and track missile firings
from the main Russian missile
test center at Krasnyy Var on
both the intermediate range ex
tending to the southeast toward
the Afghan border and the longer
range track extending eastward
on about a heading of 70 degrees
to the Pacific Ocean in the area
around Vladivostok in Siberia."
Aviation Week said a similar
radar set is used at Laredo, Tex.,
to track ballistic missiles fired
from the White Sands, N. M.,
proving grounds.
A Defense Department spokes
man refused to confirm or deny
the Turkish radar report or to
comment on the Aviation Week
article. He also declined to say
whether any violation of security
might be involved.
Siamese Twins
Doing Well
WELLINGTON. Tex.. Oct. 20 W
Siamese twin girls born yester
day to an itinerant cotton worker
were reported doing well at a hos
pital here today.
The Infants, who together
weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces, were
named Guadalupe and Kasuel hs-
trada. They were born to Mrs.
Lina Estrada, 38, Donna, Tex.
They are joined at the chest and
abdomen. It had not been deter
mined whether they could be separated.
LONDON, Oct. 20 W-Jack Bu
chanan, internationally known
British song and dance man, died
in a hospital today after ' an ill
ness of several weeks. His trade
mark was his attire top hat, tails
and cane.
A performer who also was a hit
as a producer and director, Bu
chanan had been active in song
and dance routines until he re
cently became ill with spinal ,ar
thritis. He was always evasive
about his age but friends said he
was 64. All he ever said was that
his birthday was on April 2.
Buchanan became a leading
comedian soon after he began his
career as a chorus boy 45 years
ago. He appeared on Broadway
with Gertrude Lawrence and Bea
trice Lillie in "CharlplX Revue"
in the 1920s.
The debonair star entertained
troops during World War II and
continued to operate his theater,
the Garrick, through the worst
German bombings. After the war
he did a six-week Broadway re
placement for Frank Fay in "Har
vey." The movies which Buchanan di
rected included "The Sky's the
Limit," "That's a Good Girl"
and "Yes, Mr. Brown."
In his song and dance routines
he wore a top hat, tails and white
scarf and swung a cane. His soft,
saucy chatter was as popular
with American audiences as in
London's West End.
last night after he allegedly stole
an off-duty policeman's badge
and a kiss from the plainclothes
man's French wife.
It was all done in the spirit of
good, clean, fun, said Errol. his
friends and even the officer's wife
an attractive hat check girl.
But vice officer William Fried
man said Flynn was belligerent
as was the girl friend of one of
Flynn's friends, Maura Fitzgib
bon, Dublin-born actress who had
only bee,n at the ball 15 minutes.
She also was jailed on the same
booking drunk in a public place.
Flynn denied he was drunk and
his appearance and speech at the
jail accented his denial.
Bought Drink or Twe
"Why." the 48-year-old actor
told a reporter, I didn t even get
to the bar. My friend, Cedric Ke
hoe, bought me a drink or two
but that's all."
The occasion was the annual
Ballyhoo Ball of the Publicists'
Assn., a costume party attended
by hundreds, including many
scantily cladj starlets.
Don Boutyette, president of the
movie press agents union, called
Flynn's arrest "an outrage.
'He was arrested only because
he was Errol Flynn," said Bouty
ette. "He was not drunk, he cre
ated no disturbance. There were
a hundred people here who had
far more to drink or were more
boisterous than Errol."
Flynn, only in town a few days
for his role of the late John Bar
rymore in the movie "Too Much,(
Too Soon," said he planned to file
a suit for false arrest.
Just Police State
"What is this?" he asked,"
police state? Here I am at a par- if QL.I ,YWOOD, Oct.-20 Actor Errol Flynn and Actress
ly 04 wiiiui nine vtnv mice ui
four bars serving drinks, when an
officer, who was drinking himself
at the time, introduces himself to
me and asks me to meet his wife.
And I wind up in jail, fingerprint'
ed for the first time in my life."
Writer Kehoe, an old friend of
Flynn's who came with .Miss Fitz
gibbon, gave this version: "I left
Errol talking to Maura while I
went over to the bar to fetch some
drinks. As I returned a man was
introducing his wife to Errol and
asking for art autograph. After
Errol gave the autograph he
asked the man what he did and
the man answered: "I'm a police
officer.'
"Errol then replied: 'If you're
a police officer let me see your
badge.' As the officer showed the
badge, Errol playfully grabbed it
and gave it to Miss Fitzgibbon.
"Errol,' whom I've known for 20
or more years, was just kidding
and the officer took it seriously
and wrestled all of us into a po
lice car."
Miss Fitzgibbon's version was
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Dooley to
Stay as
Speaker
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Home Safety to Feature
Last of Health Programs
(Picture below)
Home Safety will be the subject
of the third and last in a series
of "sneak prevue" health programs
given by the Marion County Health
Department.
The meeting is to be held from
1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Salem Gen
eral Hospital conference room. It
is the third to be presented to par
ent, social, civic, farm and ser
vice group representatives showing
health programs which can be or
ganized, said Mrs. Bernice Yeary,
director of nurses in the health
department.
'The home safety program will
present a skit "It Never Happened
Before," which is a satire on a hat
show. Each hat will represent a
home safety problem, such as stair'
case hazards or a cluttered yard.
said Mrs. Yeary.
After the presentation, the group
"six and six" discussion method
will be demonstrated. By this
method the entire group is broken
into sections of six, each of which
dicusses one phase of safety' for
six minutes.
Each section then reports to the
group possible solutions to' the
problems, and a general discussion
follows.
Two films are also scheduled for
the meeting. "Home Homicide"
concerns home safety problems and
solutions. "You .Can Take It With
You" concerns home and work
problems, said Mrs. Yeary.
Two previous Monday prevues
have been held this month.
Maura Fitzgibbon were booked on drunk charges after
a party here last night.' They are shown as they appeared
at jail. (AP
Ten Convicted of Plot
To Assassinate Nasser
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 20 (IP)-Former Foreign Minister
Mohammed Salah el Din and 10 other defendants were con
victed today on charges of conspiracy to assassinate President
Nasser and overthrow the regime.
Salah el Din got a 15-year pris
on sentence and former Defense
Minister Abdel Fattah Hassan
was given 12 years. Brig Ahmed
Atef Nassar, accused ringleader
of the plot, was sentenced to life
imprisonment along with army of
ficers Hassan Syam and Amin
Fawzi and civilian Abdel Hamid
Islambiuli. Retired Maj. Ghanem
el Saidy got 10 years, Capt. Ah
med Kawkab, civilian Mohamed
Sawady and civilian Ahmed Sak
k 7 years, and retired Col. Has
san Abdel Ghaffar 5 years. Mo
hamed Hilmy Ibrahim and Ah
med Ghannam, both retired army
officers, were acquitted.
The group was arrested in April
and indicted in July. They were
accused of plotting to assassinate
President Nasser and all mem
bers of his Cabinet in order to
take over the government. The
prosecution charged they intend
ed to restore Gen. Mohamed Na
guib to the presidency, with Salah
el Din as prime minister and Has
san as. minister of the interior.
The charge also was -made that
Communists were to be brought
intojhe government.
, Demos Caucus, -Back.
Holmes
Support of Gov. Robert D.
Holmes' tax relief program and
streamlining the coming spe
cial legislative session to save
time and money were agreed
upon bv House and Senate
Democrats at a joint caucus held
here Sunday.
Out of the Demo huddle it be
came clear that Pat Dooley. Port
land, will remain as speaker of
the House. It was advocated that
number of committees be held to a
minimum in the . session starting
uct. 28. I
Since taxation is the issue in the
special session, the 27 representa
lives and 10 senators present at
the caucus felt number of commit
tees should not go much beyond
rules and taxation committees.
Overhulse Prrteal
Among those present at the ore-
legislative pow-wow were Dooley
and Boyd Overhulse, Baker, who
is expected to retain his job as
president of the Senate. The sprink
ling of Upper House Democrats
joined in the confab here after en
gaging in a party Senate caucus
in Portland Sunday morning.
Gov. Holmes talked brieflv to the
lawmakers on aspects of the tax
picture.
In pledging "whole hearted" sup
port of the governor's tax relief
plan, the Democrats barked a pro
gram calling for some $18 million
relief for income tax payers plus
reduction of property taxes by ni
creasing basic school aid to $103
per census child per year as
against the 195 voted by the last
Legislature.
House Miaarlty
' Republicans, who have a House
minority of 24-36 and are dead
locked 15-15 in the Senate, are ad
vocating a program that would cut
taxes by $59 million.
(Add. details page I)
Car Given to
Pope on Third
Floor of Home
CASTEL GANDOLFO. Italy,
Oct. 20 (if A group of Italian pil
grims today save Pope Piux XII
an automobile and they delivered
it right in the third-floor hall
where he received them.
The pilgrims from the town of
Desio, birthplace of the late Pope
Pius XI brought a three-seater
Italian midget Bianchina to the
Pope's summer residence in this
hill town 15 miles south of Rome.
An audience had been arranged
in a courtyard, out it was too
cold and rainy for the 81-year-old
pontiff to go outdoors.
So several of the pilgrims picked
up the car and carried it on their
shoulders to the third-floor hall
inside the papal residence.
The Pope received them with a
smile and a blessing.
Paulette Goddard
To Marry Author
TMYTON, Ohio, Oct. 20 -Ac-tress
Paulette Goddard told a re
porter here today she plans to
marry German author Erich Re
marque "sometime in the future,"
but gave no specific date.
Miss Goddard, 46, is here with
Melvin Douglas for tomorrow's
opening of their road play "Waltz
of the Toreadors."
Remarque, 59, has written sev
eral novels, including "All Quiet
on the Western Front" and "Arch
of, Triumph." ' -i
Auto Dives
Into River
A car driven by Clarence Go'
ser, 1080' Church St., NE. went
through the ferry cable, and into
Willamette River at Buena Vista
about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, state
police said.
It came to rest in 1 feet of
water about 40 feet from the. bank.
The driver swam to safety. Ap
parently the unusual mishap was
caused by brake failure, police
said.
Ex-Church Leader Dies
PITTSBURGH. Oct. 20 UrV-The
Rev. James J. Ferguson, II. for
mer moderator of the General As
sembly of the United Presbyter
ian Church, died today in Mercy
Hospital. He was elected modera
torthe church's highest office
in 1945.
Forecast in
Area Clear
For Sputnik .
Another day of fair skies Is fore
cast by McNary Field weathermen.
Some high, dry clouds will move
in Tuesday, they said.
The clear sky is a break for a
growing number of satellite watch
ers but continued dry easterly
winds are bringing increasing fire
danger to Western and Central Ore
gon. Low humidity today is ex
pected to be between 30 and 40,
Associated Press reported.
Sputnik spotters get another
break as the satellite comes into
view on its evening crossing of the
Salem area. Morning observation
may be unsuccessful for a time as
the relationship of the satellite and
the sun have changed, AP said.
The satellite is due to cross the
Salem area from southwest to
northeast about 7:08 p.m. today
and 7:03 p.m. Tuesday. The rocket
is due about 1:40 p.m. today and
6:35 p.m. Tuesday.
Northern Oregon beach weather
is expected to be fair today except
for morning fog patches, AP reported.
BELPRE, Ohio. Oct.v 20 iV
Trapped in their two-room apart
ment, a 36-year-old mother and
seven of her nine children per
ished early today in a fire appar
ently started by defective wiring.
Found huddled around the tele
vision set in the living room were
Mrs. Vivian Snyder, ber daugh
ters, Linda, 14. Sheila. 11, Mona,
7 and Rcta Jo, 5 months: and her
sons Mickey, 9, David, 3. and
Danny, 2. Firemen said they died
from suffocation.
Mrs. Snyder's husband, Lloyd,
40. a glass worker, and two other
children were away at the time,
officers said. The father and one
child were visiting relatives in
Vienna, W. Va., across the Ohio
River from here. The other child
was in a hospital.
Fire Department officials said
the victims apparently tried to
reach the apartment's only door
way, bill were either cut off by
flames or were too weak from
fumes to make it.
. The apartment is on the second
floor, over a vacant store.
Belpre is 12 miles southwest of
Marietta on the river.
NEWARK. N. J., Oct. 20 i
Four small children were burned
to death today when they were
trapped in the third floor of
blazing tenement building.
Their mother, who leaped to the
street with her fifth child
clutched in her arms, was in
jured. The father, Godfrey Taylor,
thinking his family was safe,
swung to a second floor window
. and then jumped to safety 35 feet
below.
Found dead in the debris of the
ruined tenement, were four of
Taylor's children, Godfrey Jr., 9,
Marilyn, 7; James, I; and Ron
nie, 1.
The mother, Mrs. Lucille Tay
lor, 30, was taken to Martland
. Hospital where aha and ber hus
band were reported in fair condl
The fifth child, Rita, was eriti
cal. .
AMARIIXO, Te.. Oct " Ut
Smoke from fire which dam
aged a frame home tonight as- ,
phyxiated four children, left .
alone while their father visited
their ill mother in a hospitaL
Neighbors said the youngsterf
were in the back bedroom of
the frame home when fire'swept
through the living room and
kitchen.
The Negro children were those
of Airman l.C. and Mrs. Aaroa
White, He is stationed at Ama- '
rillo Air force Base. They wer)
identified as Kathy. t, Aaroa, -4,
Sharon, J. and Stanley, U ,
months. , .; ' .
Mysterious Barricade Leaves Salem
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original Uauy nar "original" was created (at Marlon County health office.
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moaeiea oy jnrs. nernice icary, county neaiin nurse supervisor, it win usm in
demonstration Monday on home safety.. Hat I motif was Inspired by a dangerously clut
tered staircase. (Story at left above.)
Father, Guide
Save Mother,
Two Sons
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.,
Oct. 20 A hunting guide aided
a young father late today in
bringing his wife, two sons and a
nephew to safety from a snow
bound cabin where they had been
marooned a week.
Routt County Sheriff A. B. Hit
ter said the father, 27-year-old
Dave Eskridge, and the guide,
Dennis Cullen, arrived here with
Eskridge's 24-year-old wife Bertha
his sons, Jimmy. 9, and Larry, 8.
and his nephew Dusty Long, 18.
"All were in good shape," Rit
ter said. He said he believed the
family left town to spend the night
with Mrs. Eskridge's parents six
miles south of this mountain com
munity. He said he thought they
would return to their Craig, Colo ,
home tomorrow.
Ritter said Cullen accompanied
Eskridge to the cabin with eight
horses yesterday. They stayed
overnight in the cabin in the re
mote Lake Luna area at the foot
of 11.940-foot Mt. Ethel and rode
out through 18-inch-deep snow to
day.
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Mayor Robert F. White packi a wandering street barricade Into his station wagon Sim- '
day for a trip to Portland and presentation to officials of the Rosa City. A "demand,
has been made for return of the barricade, which mysteriously showed up In Salem last
Halloween. ' -..,; .,...'?
Russ Warn of
A-Rockets If
Syria Attacked
MOSCOW, Oct. JO UrV-The So
viet Union issued a veiled warn
ing today it will use nuclear rock
et weapons if it must defend Syria
in a war. Such a war, it said,
would spread.
The warning came in an edi
torial in Izvestia, the official gov
ernment newspaper,, which called
it a "dangerous illusion" to as
sume that a war in the Middle
East could be localized.
"It should not be forgotten both
world wars also started with mil
itary actions of local character."
Izvestia said. "In our age of rapid
development of military tech
niques and atomic rocket weap
ons it is still more difficult to lim
it the boundaries of any armed
conflict.
Russia accuses the United
States of goading Turkey into an
attack on Syria. The Soviet
charges say the United States has
a master plan in which the Turks
will attack the Arab nation on
Turkey's southern border after
Oct. 27 Turkey's parliamentary
election day. Syria and the Soviet
Union contend Turkish troops on
Mayor
his engine exploded. After giving
an approximate "fix" to ships in
me ayrian Dnraer are preparing the area, the other Sabres con
for an assault. tinued their flight because of fuel
Izvestia said Syria was in a shortage.
powderkeg situation.
The Soviet army newspaper Red
Star said Syria does not stand
alone in her struggle.
"The Soviet Union cannot re
main indifferent when an area ad
joining its borders is converted
into a hotbed of military provo
cations," it said.
The Weathei
Today's forecast: Patches of
morning fog, otherwise fair.
High temperature 66 to 68, low
36 to 38.
(Complete report page 2)
Hauls Portland ;
Ba rri cade Baclc Home'
By JEMY STONE
Staff Writer, The Statesman ; ;VV
Mayor Robert F. White took steps Sunday to see that tht)
city of Salem owes nothing to the city of Portland-not even t
street barricade. , , ,
' The mayor packed a wandering "City of Portland" barri
cade into his station wagon and
took off for the Rose City, where
he will attend a three-day meeting
of the League of Oregon Cities.
White said be plans to make a
formal presentation of the thing to
Portland City Commissioner Wil
liam A. Bowes at a Wednesday
morning breakfast of the League .
at the Multnomah Hotel ,4 .
Teagae la Cheek ' m "
Bowes with tongue in cheek
had "demanded" return of the bar
ricade after noting it in a recent
picture feature in The Statesman.
The device has been used on street
projects here ever since it myster
iously showed up last Halloween.
Bowes, carrying the gag further,
said "ail penalties for stealing bar
ricades will be waived if Mayor
White will humble himself and re
turn the barricade personally.' .
Mayor White.- plunging with
equally light-hearted test into the
issue, responded that "the city of
Salem is completely solvent and
docs not need to steal or borrow
from the city of Portland." :
"I think they want to make a
real occasion of this at the Wed
nesday morning breakfast.'
grinned White as he left for- Port
land with his precious burden.
When Salem's mayor attends the
League meeting starting Monday,
he will be among top candidates
for presidency of the organization
barricade or no barricade.
Pilot Leaves
Jet at 500
MPH, Lives
VALLETTA, Malta, Oct. 20 (aX-
First Lt. Herdis Clements. 25, of
Evansville, Ind., bailed out of his
U.S. Air Force Supersabre jet
while flying 500 miles an hour al
most six miles over the Mediter
ranean today.
He was finally picked up and
transferred to the British cruiser
Birmingham where he was report
ed "comfortable" despite his six
mile fall without oxygen in an
ejector seat.
Clements was flying with two
other Supersabres from Tripoli to
the French airfield of Etien when
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Retired Banker Dies
CLEVELAND. Oct. 20 IB-Edward
Belden Greene. 70, retired
Cleveland industrialist and bank
er, died today at his home after
an illness of several years.
Queen Ends 'Happy' U.S. Capital Visit
By WARREN ROGERS JR.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -
Queen Elizabeth II of Britain
brought to a close tonight a "hap
py and memorable" state visit to
the nation's capital and departed
by train for New York.' (Picture
on page 12).
Lovely in a pale green sown of
lace encrusted with gold, emer
alds and diamonds. Her Majesty
stood on the rear platform of a
private train as it pulled slowly
out of Union Station at 11:31 p.m.
Reside her was her husband
Prince Philip.
The observation platform was
brilliantly lighted as the train dis
appeared down the track, with the improved and that Americans
royal couple waving farewell. marveled at Her Majesty's ability
The Queen and her consort said ' me' her heavy schedule and
their formal farewells earlier in maintain so much "poise, charm
and grace.
In a short reply, the Queen
voiced her thanks and said her
ivisrf had been happy and memor-
the evening to President and Mrs.
Eisenhower at the White House.
At the station it was Vice Pres
ident Nixon who sned the Oueen
on her way. with words of crati-ifble and her only regret was that
tude from all the people of the
United States for the royal visit
to this country.
Nixon said that "no single event
could have done more" to bring
the people of two nations or the
nations themselves closer to
gether. He said there was no way in
which the visit could have been
we must leave so soon
As she turned away from a
small platform in the station con
course and, walked down a red
carpet to the train, Philip turned
to reporters and asked with a
smile: "Did you copy it all
down?"
Lined up alongside the track to
say farewell were ambassadors
and chiefs of missions of the Brit
ish Commonwealth nations and
various American dignitaries, in
cluding Gen. Nathan F. Twining,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
A color guard was drawn up at
stiff attention and a band played
in the distance.
There was a burst of cheering
from the estimated 1.500 persons
who thronged Union Station con
course behind iron gates as the
train moved into the night.
The Queen and Prince Philip
earlier had said good by and
thanks to President and Mrs. Ei
senhower, who told them "Please
come back again."