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The Weather Today's forecast: Morning fog today and Friday, other wise fair. High today 54; low tonight 26. (Complete report pa( 2) I07rh Year 2 DtP 333HH PCD cars The ground observation corps of Tolunteers who have been doing piaoe spotting over, me country being released from dutv, thouch whether this is a complete dis mantling of the project or not I do not know. Revived a few years ago in response to fears of a sur prise attack, observers scanned the skies and reported flights to filter centers, after the manner of wartime. The reason given now for winding up this work is the lessen ing fear of attack by manned air craft. In addition new installa tions, such as the SAGE being con structed at former Camp Adair, provide a superior system of detec tion and gives direct coordination with defense units. This was an Air Force project though it did require recruiting of civilian volunteers for the work. The civil defense organization re mains, but it continues to run into a vast amount of public inertia. People refuse to get alarmed over possible local danger, or else take a fatalistic attitude toward it. One civil defense proposal has never gained favor, that was the building of underground shelters. As developed by research engi neers of the National Academy of Sciences this would have initiated construction of shelters to protect some 13S.000.000 people. The cost was variously estimated at from $20 to $34 billion. Aside from the staggering cost another factor has lessened any enthusiasm for the project and that is the shift in wea pons. If attack came from manned bombers flying at 600 mph there still would be several hours' time i if our warning system worked) to alert the people (Continued a editorial Page 4.) Egypt Given Assurance of Russian Aid CAIRO, Nov. 10 (A-Maj. Gen. Abdel Hakim Amer flew home from Moscow today in a Soviet Jet airliner with a reported prom ise ot 173 million dollars in Rus sian economic, aid (or Egypt. A Soviet-Egyptian communique said he also discussed military ques tions in Moscow. The war minister reported im mediately in a tworhour session f with Egypt's President Nasser on ! Elmer Berglund, corporation secre his three-weeks Soviet tour span- tary. The new officers will take ning the Soviet 40th anniversary celebration of the Bolshevik Revo lution. The deal for economic aid as described here is similar to the c. Pfeiffer. South Commercial area 12-year tie-up recently made be-: and Thomas Kav, 12th Street area, tween the Soviet Union and Syria, j South Salem and downtown repre Egypt's close Arab ally and pros- sentatives will be chosen later, pective partner in federal union. R(,tirin(. Dresiden, claud(, . There was no announcement di rect from the government, but Egypt's Middle East News Agency said tonight that Amer and Soviet leaders reached an agreement calling for Russia to provide 700 iur nus&ia iu pruviiie tw million mbles-about 175 million ! dallars at the official four rubles to the dollar. rate of New Peace River Bridge Planned Victoria, B.C.. Nov. 20 cp- Tha British Columbia highways de partment will build a new bridge over the Peace River at Taylor, B.C.., to replace one that collapsed recently, with the federal govern ment footing the whole bill, B.C. Highways Minister P. A. Gag lardi announced Wednesday. Woman Blind 18 Years Sees Light With Electronic Aid NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 20 W I stimulated. A woman who has been blind for The test "ooens the door to the 18 years has been able to see light flashes by use of a photoelectric , cell connected to wires in her brain. Her doctor predicted that with adequate funds, medical science could refine the apparatus so that within five years almost all blind people could see by means of clec- trical stimulus of the vision cen- ters. . "The device would be something like a radarscope or television! set. said Dr. Jonn u turoon, a neurologist who lives in nearby South Orange. His patient was Betty Cor storphine, 35, who has been hlind for 18 years because of the pres sure of an inoperable, benign tum or on her optic nerve. A regular patient of Dr. But ton's, she volunteered for the tests which were begun Oct. 28 in Ce dars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. "Oh, I can see the light," she aid when wires from her brain were hooked up to a photo-electric cell. "I saw flashes, at one time a ' bright flash like an electric light bulb, and at another time a gray ness as though a light had just gone out." Button said the test showed that brain cells did not atrophy like unused muscle cells but could be SiCTIONS-24 PAGES Cost of Inflation Said $13 Billion Figured for First By G. K. HODENFIELD WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 1 nearly 13 billion dollars in the official government figures indicated today, Government economists figure prices may continue to rise slightly during the balance of the year, dip a bit in January, then level ott in a period ot Elected Robert D. Gregg, elected Wednesday as 1958 Salem Chamber of. Commerce president Gregg is dean of Willamette University's college of liberal arts. (Statesman photo.) Dean Gregg New Chief of Salem C of C Dr. Robert D. Gregg, dean of the college of liberal arts at Willam ette University the past nine years, was elected 1958 Salem Chamber of Commerce president Wednesday evening. He succeeds Claude Miller who will assume new duties as the Sa lem Chamber's national chamber representative. Others elected during the direc tors' meeting were Lee Ohmart, first vice-president; Erwin Batter man, second vice-president; Del Milne, re-elected as treasurer: and "over their posts Jan. 1. The Chamber directors also ap nnintpd two husinrss Area rpore- wntatives Those Kplprted wre L. reviewed the accomplishments and civic projects carried out during 1,1 ic iaav jrcDl . Dean Gregg, this year's Cham ber second vice-president, has an . M ----j u 'Trr u. V, '.lu' . " liliurc uii luicigu uuiJiv anu la wic i cnmnimee 5 uiaarmtiiiiem mioluiii- llillicc Liiaii mail, lie in a lui inci i president of Salem Rotary and ! Knife and Fork Club; a member of the Salvation Army board of dir ectors and was the first chairman of the Salem Chamber's Metropoli tan Planning Division. While praising the directors' choice of a new president, Cham ber manager Stanley Grove com mented that Dean Gregg is a "leader, hard worker and a man) wno represents an msmuuon wnicn annually contributes over a million dollars to Salem's economy." possibilities of electronic vision, "i Button said. "Eventually I'm sure ?f - -a ; VV. "-iv"' '-A we'll get real sight." EUGENE, Nov 20 A pro- Button, who is also an- osteo- Psa! to startLa kindergarten pro path, conducted the experiment j 8rrn as part of the school system with Dr Tmrv Putnam former was s no wed under by voters in a :professor of neurosurgery at Har - yard University and now chief of neurosurgery at the Cedars of Leb-! anon Hospital. : ' Lead inn Scipnthh in Russia Earn 'Up to $50,000 a Year" dj aliu.i l.. NEW YORK. Nov. 20 W-A ton I n . . k a. ... -w, ... scientist in Kussia apparently earns a salary equal 'to $50,000 a year in the United States. A Russian scientist suggesting an idea worthy of study can get full support from his government. These statements tonight high lighted an unusual question-and answer exchange between Soviet and American aeientist in a radio broadcast, "Radio Beat " over CBS radio network Two American scientists and a newsmen put questions to' the Russians. Their answers were re- ceived through Radio Moscow and The Orogon Statesman, Salom, Oragon, Thursday, Novombar 21, 1957 9 Months of '57 (AP)-Inflation cost Americans first nine months of this year, comparative stability. Officials said the figures should not be taken to mean that Ameri cans as a whole were 13 billion dollars worse off. Many received wage or other income increases, they said, which contributed to the increase in prices, but at the same time eased the effect of higher prices on those who got the raises. Business Report , The cost of inflation was high- l lighted in a report by the Office of Business Economics OBE). The total value of goods and serv ices, it said, rose from an annual rate of 426 billion dollars at the end of 1956 to 439 billion dollars during the third quarter this year. This figure called the gross na tional product or GNP jumped three billion dollars in the first quarter of 1957. five billion in the second quarter, and another five billion in the third quarter. A spokesman for OBE said practically the entire 13 billion dollar increase, reflected higher prices. Spending Climbs The government report, showed that American consumers spent nearly five billion dollars more in the third quarter of this year than they did in the second. Most of the expansion was in purchases of food, clothing, and other nondur able goods. During the third quar ter, consumer buving reached an annual rate of 2834 billion dol lars. F!vrwnHihirf fnr services, in-' eluding housing and household operations, also increased. Spend ing for consumer durable goods held about even with the spring quarter. The windup of the 195? automobile model year carried sales for the January September period to about tha same figure for the corresponding period of 1956. New Missile, Atom Power Chief Named WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 (iP-The Defense Department and the At omic Energy Commission today announced the creation of a new office to direct development of nu clear power for aircraft and guid ed missiles. The office is located in the headquarters of the AEC, the an nouncement said, and is staffed by specialists from the Air Force, !the AEC nd tne Navy The two departments said the "integrated project office' had been set up to manage their joint program for atomic power for the nrnnnlcinn of m9nnwl f.paff n n4 mjecjlAa The head of the office is Air!" n w . ' , . ,, Fo.rce Gen- Krn. He will continue as chief of the air- craft reactors branch of the AEC and as assistant deputy chief ofjpfArM Mf Ffna staff for development for nuclear systems of the Air Force. Former President of General Electric Dies NEW YORK, Nov. 20 iFi Gerard :Swope M who rosf from a mar. a -day handyman to become presi dent of the General Electric Co., died today. From 1939 to 1942, he was chair man of the New York City Hous ing Authority. Swope twice left and twice re turned to General Electric before he finally retired for good in 1944. He served 20 years as president. lr:.J.... I "'"iyoi ! school district north of Eugene .'"day by a 4-1 margin, An unprecedented turnout of' 'voters rejected the plan. 1.354-328. men oiscussea or anaiyzeu of mc Americans. . J ! 1 . I L... L i Asked wnat a lopnotcn soviet scientist earns, the reply was that Dr. Anatoli Blagonravov gets 13.- w ruDics mommy as a memoer oi me presiaing committee oi ine Soviet Academy of Sciences. He also draws a regular salary at his ' research institute. Harrv Schwarti. Russian exDert ! Of me New York Times anfl WnO was on the American panel, esti- mated this meant Blagonravov may ur earning ai w a inousana rubles a month. "He must be one of the top one- thousandth of one per cent of So- LSjfate NUNDID IA51 This Dog's House Quite mmmr una nmm LAWTON, Okli., Nov. M Spud fill di . A . ' J((' t lilt! in. tag .'j- ' 1 ' , " ".", " . rXfiil .i , T.'. , ,.J poses with "Joe", canine resident of the new little home. The tiny house was built after it became bothersome to keep the dog Indoors at night, and it has now become an eye catching sight in the neighborhood. (AP) State Okehs Plan at Aurora Airstrip By FERN BLACK Statesman Correspondent AURORA, Nov. 20-Hangers and servicing facilities that will convert long-dormant Aurora airstrip into a major private airfield will be built on adjacent private land, it was announced today following a go-ahead from the State Board of Aeronautics. I Earl Snyder, director of the board, sain James K. Sproat, Portland, plans to build hangers, plane repair shops, an office P''ols lounge on 3 acres of! private land bordering the strip He has been granted access to the strip and is being allowed temporary use of state property for an office and three hangers now under construction. To Start Neat Spring Main construction will probably start next spring, Snyder indicat ed. Sproat plana to build hanger in units of 10 as rental demands are received. Blueprints call for an eventual 200. Snyder said. Twenty six applications have been re ceived. A picnic ground and swim ming pool are also included in the plans. Air taxi service to Seattle and other West Coast cities, crop dust- j ing. seeding and fertilizing serv- ke will also be provided, hnyder said. Flight training is presently being given to 12 students. Strip Convenient Snyder pointed out that the Sa-lem-Portland freeway has made the Aurora strip as convenient for (.Portland plane owners as Port land International Airport. Other suburban airports are expanding for similar reasons, he said. The Aurora field was built in 42 as a war-time emergency i 1942 as a war-time emergency field just northwest of Aurora but has been used very little because lacked servicing ,acilitie- Hflf l3V3 jDGWS ' var www w w CATANIA,' Sicily. Nov. 20 un Mt. Etna, Europe's biggest vol cano, sent a tongue of red-hot lava flowing down its north side today. The Sicilian volcano has been in a state of fairly regular activi ty for the past three months. The new lava stream was 880 yards long. Authorities said there was no immediate danger to farms or in habitants. ' Linn-Lane Duo Win Judging Contest TILLAMOOK, Nov. 20 - A team from the Linn-Lane Soil Conservation District won the soil juding championship today at the annual meeting of the. .Oregon Assn. of Soil Coosf 5is- The team of Ly BarnrHal sey, and Ben CtfriSiansen, Har risburg, collected 57 points in de feating 13 other teams. - Mrs. Leroy Rue of SilvefTbn won the women's title wittf 286. points. viei wrKe earners, anu peuiapu comparable with the same Amen- f i . L can who is making $50,000 a year," Schwartz said. ' This would greatly top incomes of U.S. scientists except in the highest positions in the industry. Famous U.S. scientists at univer- sities earn 110.000 to $20,000 or sometimes more, depending on con- suiting fees, income from books r oinrr sourvr-. Physicists and engineers in Rus .j, gt,rt out ,t basic pay double the wages earned by the experi enced ordinary worker, Schwarti estimated on the basis of the Rus sians' replies. PRICE wuw s,v'Vav-v s.v Lawrence, who designed and Air Servicer looded Area - Freeze, Fog, Due in Valley U. S. Weather Bureau at MeNary Field said the Salem area can ex pect a cool 26 degrees temperature tonight with morning fog. Other wise, it will be mostly fair today and Friday. High temperature range today will be 52 to 54 degrees which was similar to Wednesday s high. State police reported that Wil lamette. Santiam and McKenzie passes all had packed snow early this morning. They added that the highways in these areas were slip- pcry in shaded areas. Chains also were auviMti on me mcnriuic, po say- Associated Press reported the Northern Oregon beaches fair through tonight with patches of morning fog. Low temperature range is expected to be 30 to 33 degrees, the high 52 to 58, with winds north to northeast, 10 to 20 miles an hour, they said. f)m3nno (2aaca VlsfflJC UCWC Anna if af O "rr ' EUGENE, Nov. 20 Fifteen geese, their necks dyed orange and bound with orange ribbon, waddled around the University of Oregon campus today. Orange is the school color of Oregon State College, which meets Oregon in a Pacific Coast Conference football game here Satrday. 'Brighter Sides' Ericksen Wins Top Honor : A4 f 'i John Ericksen (right), staff photographer for The Statesman, didn't take this photo. His usual "Brighter Side" space Is usurped today to show him receiving a trophy from J. Richard Elmers, chief of The Associated Press in Oregon, for winning the sweepstakes In photo competition among all AP newspapers in Northwest. Cup will remain on dis play in The Statesman's newt room. mm 5 No. 239 a Layout VfY built thli unusual doghouse, Uses Copters For Shopping WOODBURY, Ky.. Nov. 20 Cut off by 14 feet of flood water, residents of this community of 95 did their shopping by helicopter today. The Army dispatched the 'cop ter from Ft. Campbell to bring in . 1 food and medical supplies. As soon ! ( Portland whose Saic.i v ce omt them, he said, as it landed, the pilot was handed prMident Rex Gibson attributed the I ypuriRstera must steal to be eligi a number of grocery lists. ; iarM, interest rate to the recent I bl ,or membership. The town has no milk, bread or egg supplies but Mrs. Frank Neighbors, contacted by tele phone, said "no one is in great danger." She said Woodbury, located at the forks of the Green and Barren rivers in Warren County, has been isolated several - times. "We're sort of used to it." She said the pilot also "is sup posed to bring back the mail. We haven t had any since last Satur day. U.O. Students Burn Big 'O' EUGENE. Nov. 20 on Oregon students decided tonight their big, wooden "O" had become contam inated when Oregon State students stole it. So they burned it. About 200 students turned out for the burning on the intramural football field, where sections of the 20 by 40-foot letter were piled. "It is contaminated," said the student body president, Jim Lynch. "It has been touched by Aggie hands." The "O" was taken from its position atop Skinners Butte, north of Eugene, three weeks ago. The Oregon State students hid it in a barn near Corvallis, then gave the cut -up sections back to Oregon students last night. It all is part of student activities leading up to the traditional foot ball game between the two schools Saturday. ':: vv .,.. f l I .. r Albany Plant Given $4 Million Contract - Former Cannery to House Tractor Firm A aew Salem firm, the Salem I, Tractor ana Equipment Co., will pen soon la the large North Front Street plant formerly oc cupied for many years by Hunt Foods cannery. New owners, W. W. Maneke and Romand A. Madsan, both of Atlanta, Ga said the aew plant will hold the John Deere farm machinery dealership. Plans call tor the buslneti to pea in December, Madsan Mid. He Is secretary-treasurer of the firm and Mancke, manager. Only minor remodeling of the sprawl ing plant is contemplated now. The cannery was closed a year ago after 5 years operation la Salrm. The plant was purchased Interest Rate Drop Aid to Salem School Bond Issue By ROBERT E. GANGWARE City Editor, The Statesman An easing of the high relief to Salem District School Board Wednesday night as the school directors sold a $1,400,000 bond issue at an effective interest rate of 3.408 per cent. A similar bond issue last high interest rate of 3.789 per gether represent the $2,900,000 voted by school electors to finance two new junior high schools, now well along in construction in South Salem and Northeast Salem. Winning Bidder Winning bidder for the bond issue last night at Public School Adminis tration Bldg. was F. S. Smlthers Co. of New York City, which offered the lowest average interest rate among five bidders. The Smithcrs firm was repre sented locally by U. S. National 1 Federal Renerve Bank decision to' lower its discount rate in some;tota' ' Dout M members, rang areas and to the favorable im- pression Salem operations have given bond buyers. He recalled the 1.33 per cent interest rate on tha preaent city water bonds. Other Bidders Usted Other bidders for the school eon- struction bonds last night were: First National Bans ot Fortiana. 3.478 per cent; First National Bank or uncago. j soa; iaa at bush Branch, U. S. National, 3.528; Fos ter MarshaU, 3.588. Under the low bid the net interest cost to the school district will be $501,095. Bonds will be paid off over 20 years. The money raised by the first half of the issue, sold last spring, has been spent on the building work to date. London Flights From Portland Start Dec. 2 PORTLAND. Nov. 20 - Pan American World Airways today said it will begin flights from Portland to London via the polar route Dec. 2. The airline said the DC7s it will use on the flights will travel from here to London in 19 hours, with stops only at Seattle and Baffin Island. Gov. Robert Holmes will speak at inaugural ceremonies here Dec. 2 before the first flight leaves. fj ) J by Bernard C. Davis of Salem who in tarn sold H to Mancke. Maneke was a Joha Deere dealer at Tialey Park. III., aad later at Homedale. Idaho. For the part three years be has' bea diviiienal credit mnnager for the eompnny al Atlnntn. He Is married and two . young sons aad three daughters. Madooa, a graduate la eagt aeerlag at the University of South Dakota, has for the last eight years heea regional mana ger for Faultless Caster Corp. at Atlanta. He Is married aad has four young daughters. Mancke and Madsoa plan to move their fam ilies her as aeea aa possible. interest rates brought a sigh of spring had gone for an all-time cent. The two bond issues to Youth Gangs Said Threat In Pendleton PENDLETON, Nor. SO (JrV-This Eastern Oregon town has five known juvenile gangs. Police Chief Earnest Gallaher said to day. Gallaher said the clubs have a ' from to IS. He said e clubs are sponsible for many cases of petty thievery here. Club members. Gallaher said were responsible for . the recent robbery at bow-and-arrow point oi a newsDoy nere. Most club members are marked. no said, by crosses made by knife I cuts on tne arm or leg. Gallaher said the fang situation here could become serious. Death Claims Tiny Triplet luunaaa Ntws Strrlc ALBANY. Nov. 20 Smallest of the set of triplets born in Albany Sunday, died last night after sur viving about 54 hours. The child, James W. Morgan, had been in an incubator since birth. He weighed three pounds and 11 ounces. Albany General Hospital author ities said today that the two sur viving triplets, Jon and Nancy, and their mother, Mrs. J. Wesley Morgan, 2035 Jackson St.. were all in good condition. The triplets were the first chil dren for Mr. and Mrs. Morgan. Graveside rites were held today by Fisher Funeral Home. 'Mixed-up Kid' Refused To Say 'Sir Jailed, ALDERSHOT. England. Nov. 20 UP Pvt. Barry Austin, 18, de scribed by defense counsel as "just a crazy, mixed-up kid." was sentenced to six months in the British Army guard house today because he refused to say "sir" to officers. Space Filled With Matter, ; Soviet Physicist Declares LONDON; Nov. 20 OP A Soviet physicist declared today Russia's earth satellites have proved there really is something out there in space billions upon billions of gas particles. "It has been proved that inter planetary space is not a .vacuum," Dr. Yakov AiDert tow memrjers1 of the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Moscow. "Cosmic space is filled with matter of a compara tively high density. Preliminary evaluation shows that every cubic centimeter contains several thou sands particles of gas." Moscow radio quoted Dr. Albert j as saying his thesis ' has been proved experimentally by means of the artificial earth satellite." Albert, described as a doctor of physical mathematical sciences, was speaking at a symposium of Russian physicists. Possibly hint ing at new difficulties in the way ot long-range cosmic travel, he said there was reason to believe the density of interplanetary sub stances increases, the nearer 'it is to the sun. He explained that Soviet scien tists ' "using new radio metric methods" have been working on the experiments, DENVER, Nov. 20 i-A rocket engineer said tonight that V. S. Navy scientists discovered in 1953 what a Soviet physicist announced , To Deliver! A-Reactor Zirconium lUttnaar Ntwt terries ALBANY. Nov. 20-A M mil lion contract to deliver zirco nium ingots to Westinghous Electric Corporation during the next 12 months was an nounced here today by Stephen Shelton, general manager of Ore gon Metallurgical Corporation. The zirconium will go into atom ic reactors manufactured by West inghousc under its contract with the Atomic Energy Commission. Due to its high resistance to cor rosion, ilrconium is a key material used in reactor manufacture. With WestlnghaMO Oregon Metallurgical and the zir conium division of Wall Chang Cor poration, also located In Albany, will work together in filling the Westinghouse order. The lirconium will be obtained from Florida ocean sands and shipped by rail to Albany. Wall Chang will refine the product and sell the lirconium to Oregon Metal lurgical ia 'sponge' form, in which the metal is in its pure state. Largeat Slagla Order Oregon Metallurgical Corpora tion will then melt the metal and cast it into solid ignots to be used by Westinghouse.. It is the biggest single order in the history of Ore gon Metallurgical which was or ganized in January 195 and start ed production in September. , - Shelton said the new order will mean some increase in the payroll of the plant. He said additional 1 technicians have been hired for tha work. Expert Denies Short-Range Missile Lag WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 (Jr-Rep. Machon (D-Tex) charged tonight the United States Is "seriously bo- hind" Russia in developing, an In termediate-range ballistic missile, but. a Pentagon expert aaid, " don't believe so..'"' C; ( j Tha disagreement .was voiced after Mahon's House Appropria tions subcommittee launched 'a surprise inquiry into the U.S. weapons program and spent the day takinx testimony behind closed doors. Wo have lagged behind the Russians in the intermediate-range ballistic missile IRBM and we've got to come from behind and come abreast as soon as we can,? Mahoo told newsmen. Ria subcommittee handles all the De fense Department's money re quests. , While disagreeing with Mahon's assessment of the IRBM situation William Holaday. the Defense De partment's missile director, said it might be true of the S.fWO-milo intercontinental ballistic missile- ICBM. -' ' .',:.-. Today's Statesman Pago Sec Ann landers t .. I Classified ...21-23 II Comics II II Crossword 21 H Editorials 4 I Farm Pago ...20.. It Home Panorama ..6, 7... fl Markets , 21 1 11 Obituaries . .... 21. II Kadio-TV II II Sports ..U 14 II Star Gazer ..... I II ' Valley Newt .; :..16..... II Wirephoto Page ...II II today that there are many bil lions of gas particles in outer space. G. Harry Stine. vntil recently an engineer for the Martin Co., said the fact of extreme density of Space is "nothing tha' should im- pede interplanetary flight Youth Doesn't Trust Russia! That's what the nation's most eminent pollster found. But youth still doesn't think a world war is coming. On Page 17 of today's Statesman is the introduc tory of what hereafter wllj be a regular part (every Thursday) of this news paper. It is Eugene Gilbert's "What Young People Think." and it is regarded as among the very finest of The Associated Press' ex clusive features. af Off fionS(alf sraati fv
