The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, December 21, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCRT UUJQDS TkJelanda ad. wWck Mt bee kicked about m m ittu lor r erred, it IHling another airing la Ih court and Jhe puKlic pm IUlc1 by Harold kin when he u Secretary of the la- lerior. a t premumcd tilled bra th Supreme Court eVrreed that the federal government held "paramount authority" aver Ihcte Undt. The reatl slate, particu larly Celiloreia and iha Cull Wain. taw their ail rotaltir pret eat and prospective tltpping a ay under thai ruling They writ thlt la get Conyreat la pan a law re Vetting renlrol in Ih Main, but PretioVnl Trumaa eloed ihc bill, ever Iha objection of hit clot Klitiral friend. Oilman F.d Pauley, 'mot-rat ic treasurer. Texat rtr. rted ui awn raa la Iha huh court bating lit claim on Iha texl of lit treaty at a Republic when U yield ed totereignty to become a tlaia. Thi defined ilt territory at ex tending the three marina lenuet offshore. Th Supreme Court, in a divided decition. rejected Iha Texat claim. Again Congrett patted a bill restoring authority , lo iha states; agaia Trumaa w load . Along cam 1951 and pressure oa General Eisenhower la run fori President. Curious lo know hit aland on I hit istue Oil Uillimuir 1 General In Parit. Tht Utter in hit Reuben (Rube) Saadera, II, reply gave hit endowment of the' famed aldtlme Indian alb Texat claim. Thit helped awing a! lele who died la Salem Fri- m of l nana lo Ike. particularly i: chi. .... . Adlal SlrvenMMi lo make a simi-l lar commitment. After ha became ' President. Eisenhower approved 1 (raatlaaed aa Editorial Page 4.) Scio Woman Hurt in Crash Involving Bus NORTH BEND, Wash.. Dec. 20 IP Six persona were injured, lour seriously, in a collision between a Walla Walla-bound Greyhound but, a hay truck and an automo bile on tnow-twept Snoqualnie Pas early today. All the injured were aboard the bus whose 24 other passengers escaped unhurt. Most seriously hurt were Mrs. Lois Bowman. 28, Scio. Ore., who suffered a fractured left arm and bead injuries. Mrs. La Vora Fer guson, 27, head injuries; her sis ter, Mrs. Clara Foster, 38. bead Injuries and Carl M. Loken, head injuries, all arc from Seattle. State patrolmen said the acci dent occurred when, a woatbouad car attempted to past the bay truck and skidded into the rear end of the oncoming bus. Trying to avoid the accident, the bus driver swerved and in turn skid ded into the hay truck and trailer which Jack-knifed and dumped its ioaa. Mrs. Bowman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Gillespie of &cio. tne moved to Olympia, Wash., about 10 months ago, where he has since been married. Newberg Man Succumbs in Head-on Crash NEWBERG, Ore.. Dec. 20 W -A Newberg man was killed today when his car collided head-on with another vehicle between here and Yamhill on Highway 204. . The death of 43-year-old Robert A. Nelson raised Oregon' 1957 traffic death toll to 476 persons. Twenty-seven have perished so far this month. State police said Nelton's pickup truck apparently glanced off a parked fuel truck and then collid ed head-on with a car driven by Jon Everett Tucker,21, Portland. Tucker, his wife, Carolyn, and brother, Gerald, escaped with minor injuries, police said. WU Junior Plans 'Quick1 New York Trip by Thumb (Picture at right) A 21-year-old Willamette junior, James Martin Smith, today be gins testing the friendly holiday spirit of motorists. He is starting what he hopes will be a quick round trip - hitchhiking jaunt to New York City. He plans to start off early this morninfe walking from the State School for the Blind, where he v orks. to Commercial Street. There he will find a good thumb ing spot and head south to Al bany and then east on Highway 20 over the Santiam pass. In Toledo. Ohio, he plan to pick up a friend, Stewart Clark, Few Salem By COVRAD PRANGE SUIT Writer. The SUtetmaa The year 1967 found some belt tightening ia Sale economic picture, but few merchant ar crying in their cash registers.' A random survey of business and money bouses showed that for many the gears of enterprise turned a fraction slower this year than in 1S5C Some reported an increase in business, many a slight decrease, and only a few decided slump. , , AF Man Trapped On River Isle ESTACDA. C.r, Dec. 20 (AP)-An Air Foe. lirliciintrr t'Kht rrMtjrd a ttillrge student Inwn an uuml In In nikidie o Im turixiL-nt LImLhiuii Polif here said Dtvkl McClain. 22. .Milwaukee. Ore . twtm lo llir i.IjimI alter a 17-lnt Kwl taptiml at lie ami another man attrniptrU to go tlirouch a trrirs ol rapid. Fna Gun dtv 1 J ' Noted Athlete Dies in Salem At 81 Years The final whistle blew Friday in Salem for one of Oregon's greatest oldiime athletic figure a man who once matched the storied Jim Thorpe on the gridiron. Reuben (Rube) Sanders, a Rogue River Indian whose exploits as an all-round athlete gained him fame at Chemawa Indian School, Willamette and other schools on the West Coast early in the cen ...- A.A mt . c.lM kMii.l mi dJ W..' the age of It. He bad been ill a short time. Waa Over Therpe A resident of Salem for (5 year, the wiry, soft spoken Sanders could look back on the time when, aa a smashing 165-pound halfback, be sparked Sherman Institute of California to victory over the awe some Carlisle Indians and their Immortal Thorpe in 1904. Another of Rube's never-to-be-forgotten deeds was plevrng five football games within a week' time in 1905. Born July 10, 1S76, at Corvallis Sanders also was a standout in baseball, basketball and track. He collected seven gold medals at the 1905 Portland World Fair with his versatility in the track sport. Turaed Te Coaching After he played his last football game at age of 42, Sanders turned to coaching at Chemawa. A late resident of 2820 Blossom Dr. NE, he is survived by the widow, Mrs. Augusta Sanders, Sa lem; son, Robert C. Sanders, Sa lem; and grandchildren, Sheila and Gary Sanders, both of Salem. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Clough-Barnck Chapel, with the Rev. John Reedy officiating. (Add. Details aa Page S.) 'Santa' Jailed BINGHAMTON. N.Y.Dec. 20 Ut) One Santa Claus won't be around Christmas Eve. He's in jail on the ground he has not sup ported Mrs. Santa. Richard Rice. 28. who has been playing Santa in a downtown de partment store, was sent to jail today after he pleaded guilty to a charge of violating probation. He will be held pending sentencing Dec. 30. j and they will continue together to New York, Clark inspired the trip with a letter: "How'd you like to cele brate New Year' Eve in -New York City?" On an impulse,- Smith agreed. Hi fiancee, June Lytle. painted sign to paste on his suitcase. Smith, of Port Angeles, Wash., said he has had a good deal of short-haul hitching experience, but never cross-country. His parent spent two hours trying to talk him out of the adventure. An English major at Willamette, he hopes to gather material for a short story or two. He plans to be back for classes Jan. C. "7 Merchants "Sure we're a little under 195S in sales." said the manager of one large department store. "But only by a small margin. It ha been a successful year and I'm well satisfied." The remark teemed to set the pace for the opinions of those ia food, real estate, merchandising, money lending and other retail business.,. Overshadowing all is' the re port from the State Employment Service that earlier this month some 1,500 persons were unem ' 2 ' laaaH I a a A . A' 'am. -Craft Lifts Pivrr. MrClaia t ram p a a I a. Biu rant. a. MilaauK. at epj ruer a ad ibea ntanaged lo im lo shore. " w " Walla College to College Plaea. Wah. a tnll loa orar Walla Walla. Ileoroe Try Fallt The brliroiMer aat railed Into Iha rescue attempt after tnerifl't rieputie! were unable la pluck Me C I a i a from the tree-ttudded. I froo-foot long island. Deputies had tied a lifejacket I 'la i K fool line and let II be wept to the Island trom a car on a cable which tpana the stream. , I The deputies, however, were un lable lo pull MrClain bark up ' stream becaute of the force of the rushing wairr. The helicopter from aa A i r force reitcue unit at Portland flew to the island in raia and dark ness tonight. Mraaeed Five yara The craft hovered four feet tlw.. ik ...inrf UiwrM line above Ine ground, lowerea a line alter he had been tlranded live hours. The helicopter wat piloted by Tint Lis. Dennis Chase and Ar thur Bennett. The helicopter made, several passes over the island and the riv er before spotting McClain in the glare of itt searchlights. Its crew then plucked McClain from the ijland on the first at- le.mpt .fna "f.w. nm. m" l. grouno nere. m. . . . rff in h4. rivw from tne M cut in said ne ana r.vsnt set River Mill Dam. That stretch of the river con 1 min.l twill wairr. lltr iirani nwi been mad. more turbulent by re- tains swift water. The stream hat cent heavy rains. Delivery of City Mail Due Sunday To Ease Burden City deliveries will be made on all classes of mail this Sunday, Salem Postmaster Albert C. Gragg said Friday. The special schedule is used each year to help handle the holiday overload, he added. Rural deliveries will not be made. In addition to the deliveries, the parcel post window will be open at the post office from S to 5 p.m., but for picking up packages only. There will be no windows open for stamp sales, package mailings or other post office bus iness, Gragg emphasized. Coast-to-Coast by Thumb Student's Goal ' ' ' I T ' " ' ' ' I B James M. Smith, Willamette Junior, will (tart a crosscountry hitchhiking trip thia morn ing to New York City. He plant to meet a friend in Ohio, spend New Year's Ere la Gotham, and return to Salem Jan. . (Story at left) (Statesman photo) 'Crying in ployed in the Salem area. This is about too more than at this time last year. During the first 11 months of 195 some 4.930 job openings were- listed at the employment office. So far this year only 3.731 jobs have turned up. Last year 4. 73 were placed on non-agricultural jobs and this year 3.630 were given work. A lowering of farm income in this area this year and a state wide slackening of lumber and logging industries were held re 107m Ye 1 Airing of Red Peril a a If JAflfl't nH Ckfl ;" W ffCfffUdf WASHINGTON'. Dec. 20- 'lVtt I Ulk' 111. fall Aa-l. -a oiMxi the Zitrtihtmrt aJinititaV tralitw today of tnpprrsMnR a rrport licraiiM of "ilt lev.u. totiiiK exponre 4 AmrrK-ai teakneta.M Sea. Humphrey iDMina aiml larly called for aa expose of "the whole shabby mesa." And Sea. Wiley iR W'ial said "the true fart must be given to the American people." All of them were commenting on the Gariher Report, a lop-secret government document which the Washington Post said today "portrays I niled Stales in the gravest danger in Its history . . . exposed lo an almost immediate ' threat from the mitsile bristling Sov ici I'nion." The report was prepared by a committee beaded by H. Rowan Gaither Jr.. former head of the Ford Foundation. The While House has declined " ""... ,... .. . . .. Recall Fails Against Judge, Vote Indicates JOHN DAY. Ore.. N e a r I y -complete. Dec. 20 t unofficial re- inrfir.i inni.ht that a re- can e.n failed to ... a., j r t n: Ai. urant iouwy juoge u. l.. "k,CV i0 igreement with Rut Complete return from 12 of the county II precinct gave I h I vote: 1.323 against the recall and ' The return were announced by Mrs. Elma Campbell, the deputy county clerk. She said the one remaining pre c I n c I would report tomorrow morning. It has only 47 registered voters. Slightly leu than half of the county's 3.763 registered voters went to the polls in today's windy, rainy weather. Dickens, who baa served as judge nearly nine yean, said to night that he was very pleased over the election's outcome. The recall movement was headed by a group which said it wa dis satisfied with new wage and hour pact given the county road crew. The group said it thought the road workers generally should have received higher wages and shorter hours. Cash Registers'; Most sponsible by bankers and others for the "tight money" situation. "I wouldn't say people are des perate." said one small loan business man. "I'd say they are being more - cautious with what they have. They are spending more wisely and trying to live within their means. Our loan business, which usually in creases in times of financial stress, is down this year." One large bank said its de posits were about the same, its HCDONJ-14 PACIS Russ Reject Disarm Talks MOSCOW, Dee. tl laatardayl Hv aaetet Faretga Miaittef Aa a4 Grwarfce aald today a lar eiga ttalilira eaaltreaeo aa dbarwateat la eat eceeptaMe lo Rataia. At Ike NATO aaatasH eaaler. eace la Part lata wavm Wetter leader aeclatd la ereaca Raa eta aa fart We auraiaitl lalkt, airb have bertu etale ataled at the tailed NsUwm. GrMwyke a 1m said Rela oald aal taadaet farther rtaaateat eegetlatleoa wMala Ike I'.N. He spake la a Hal era. ataa el Ratals' arttasaeat, Ike areas ttrt. Britain Cool To Missile Base Plan LONDON. Dec. 20 wP Prime l!iniitr Klarmillan sm innrni'il , irom ik, iinuv ol Cammom in- nigm lor niiui summn policies ..:.. ... C.. aim i iir jiiitiii( ui s .o. nuiiri missile basei in Britain. But the tmallnest of the govern' mcnt's majority 3t votes (ell 20 short of normal Conservative Strength and brought shouts of "resign" from Labor benches The test of strength came after a five-hour debate in which the opposition again assailed the American bases project and the flights of American bomber pa trols over Britain with H-bomb loads. Some Conservative as weU ."-MBrii.in adort a irwe iivteoendent i ' sia. Elvis Ordered To Report For Induction HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 20 ( Elvis Presley, got his "greetings" from Uncle Sam today, but his studio said an eight-week defer ment will be asked for the rock 'n' roll singer s he can make a movie. Presley' draft board in Mem phis ordered him to report for induction into the armed services Jan. 20. However, Y. Frank Freeman, head of Paramount Pictures, said he will ask the draft board to delay Presley' induction eight weeks. The singer Is scheduled to start filming a picture Jan. 13. loan business down s little, but that savings were slightly up. Two large stores who said their 1957 trade was slightly above 1954 attributed much of their success to "close manage ment." Cutting down overhead, trimming of waste time and ef fort, careful buying and, in one store, elimination of several full time positions, were cited as ex amples of "better merchandis ing" Nearly alt store managers' held out hopes for a Christmas busi KHJHOBID 1651 The Oreaea ftatoemeN, Salem, Off, Saturday, Dot amber 11, 1 157 Baulks; Bridge 'From Nowhere to 1 xA:.U.S',J 4 .-' iii'!.:-... Recent valley rain which are 20 feet Sunday morning also made their mark en Mill Creek. A foot bridge which nor mally runt from the Gerald Schlabach home at 360 Hth SL NE to an Island la MIU Creek wa surrounded by water Friday. Schlabach itaads oa the bridge which aow runs from nowhere to aowhere. (Statesmaa Photo) Former Solon Returns Pay, Digs Hatfield Ex-Rep. Richard Eymann (D, Mohawk, ' Friday returned to the Secretary of State $600 which he wa paid for service in the House for the year 1958. He resigned shortly after the regular 1957 Legislative session to accept a position in the State Tax Commission. Eymann, in a letter to Secretary of State Mark Hatfield, said he was in the process of making ar rangements for the refund when he received Hatfield' request of Oct. 17 expressing hope that the claim could be settled by the end of December. He continued: "I sincerely regret that in the intermediate period you decided it necessary to make this personal problem between your office and myself a basis of newspaper pub licity. I was greatly surprised by our telephone conversations of Dec. 9 that you felt you could no longer resist pressure from certain Republican legislator to give thi to the press." County Okehs Speed Zones Marion County Court members Friday authorized 45 - mile speed zones for Cherry Avenue, which runs north of Salem, and for the Aumsville-Turner Road. Authori zation was made after county rec ommendations were approved by the State Speed Control Board. The new speed zone on Cherry Avenue will start at the north Sa iem city limits and run to the avenue's junction with North Riv er Road. The Aumsville-Turner Road zone extends from the east Turner city limits for about a half mile to Market Road 3. said court officials. The regulations will become law as soon as signs can be put up. Paris Traffic Jams 4 PARIS. Dec. 20 The heart of Paris was turned into one big traffic jam tonight by a leisurely parade of civil servants protesting that their recent wage raises are insufficient. of Them Declare Business Year ness this year as good as last year's. A few thought they would do better, others were not as optimistic. Store clerks report Christmas shoppers - this year are buying heavily in "soft goods." This in cludes clothing, accessories and other "pVacucal" gifts. Many luxury items are remaining on the shelves. Several" large stores reported its "hard goods." including ap pliance, furniture and floor cov ering ar moving slowly. Oa the Mey S More tw 1 S . r- r if i II Iff t 11 ' . . - "Vl. . II Vv expected te ereit the Willamette 2 f iff ' 1 Salem Area Churches Ready Yule Programs By VAN EISENHUT Church Editor, The Stateaaun The religions significance fore In Salem and unrounding communities during-the next few days as Christian cfnirches observe the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem nearly 2,000 years ago. In most congregations youth will set the pace' in special Ike Back in White House WASHINGTON. Dec. 20 0H- President Eisenhower called in Vice President Nixon today and gave him a 45-minute personal ac count of this week' NATO talks in Paris. It was the main business of the day for Eisenhower, back at his desk and faced with massive prob lems in trying to attain the goal of peace through strength. Eisenhower had an appointment with Budget Director Percival Brundage but it was postponed in favor of the visit with Nixon. Within the next few weeks Eisenhower, with the help of Brundage and other advisers, must put together a budget mes sage expected to ask Congress to approve another peacetime record spending budget. It could reach 73 billion dollars or more as the United States tries to meet the challenge of Russian military scientific advances. Today's Statesman Pago 3. ...6, 7. .11-13. 14 10 4. .3. o 11 5 14. 6 .., 10 6 3. 14. Sec. .... I I ...II ...II ...II .. I .... I .... I ...II .... I ... II I II I I ...II Ann landers Church News Classifiod Comic Crotiword Editorials Home Panorama legacy of Luke . Markets Obituaries Saturday TV . Sunday TV . Sport Star Gazer Valley Newt Wirephoto Pago other hand an appliance store reported a good trade in its more expensive items. . One of the hardest hit in the business world is the new car business. Not only did many of the .new car dealers sell fewer cars this year, said one spokes man, but their profit per car was decreased. The used car business was re ported as "pretty good' this year, but reportedly raa out of gas about a month ago. afeu PIICI S ft reams Kaiim Seeo Nowhere' '-V. River at even flood stage of of Christmas will come to the Plays, pageants, caniaiat ana tableau highlighting the miracle birth. Sunday School departments of most Salem area churches have announced annual Christmas pro grams for Sunday morning or night. Several congregations, how ever, will hold their annual pro grams on Christmas Eve. Morning worship service Sun day will have Christ' birth as a central theme. Several churches in addition to regular Sunday wor ship are planning candlelight ser vices on Christmas tve as well as Christmas Day worship. . Com munion will be included in most cases. On the lighter but no less joyous side will be bags of treats for youngsters performing or attend ing Christmas programs. Many congregations will bring gift for distribution to needy persons both in . this country and abroad. (Individual church activities are listed today aa The Statemaa's church paget 6 and 7.) Ohio's Chief Covers Bet Gov. C. William O'Neill of Ohio Friday accepted Oregon Gov. Rob ert Li. Holmes challenge wager on the result of the Rose Bowl foot ball game Jan. 1. Gov. Holmes bet a Douglas fir tree against a buckeye tree. In ' accepting the wager, the Ohio gov- j crnor replied: "Your challenge for a token , wager on the outcome of the Rose Bowl football game between the teams of our respective state uni versities is gleefully accepted and without delay lest you chance your mind. 1 have already picked nut a place for that Douglas fir tree on the statehousc grounds where I shall be able to see it grow from my office window." A wholesale food dealer esti mate! food sales in 1957 as "about the same" as in 195S. He said he detected only a "slight tightening up" in some lines. A manager of a large local In surance agency said that whilo his firm's total volume of busi ness for 1957 would be slightly higher than in 1956, the past sev eral months have been below this time a year ago. The loans, division of the Stat Department of Veterans Affairs 1-- ' a. W s I - I ! .Hie Weaker. Tad tVeai CsnHamf deWy wira def " ed kMifM) ral tW day? kit tadaf M-IX. at No, lit Old Man Winter to Bow Today ir jcaar stonk Itaff Writer. The Waleaaaaa TUirt-i woll e a Mkl-ValW streams and minor flooding t4 lowland and some road will make Old Man Winter feel at home hen he step officially intn the picture at 6.49 p.m. today. Virtually all water course la the valley were either searing flood stait or spilling over their banks Friday from the momentum si heavy mid-week rain. But the outlook alas brighteaed Friday a aa eating of raia appar ently averted any poaiibiuly el major flooding, reported weather Spill met at UcNary Field. Weekea forecaat her Is moderate rata. , Some streams including the Wil lamette will coatiaao to riao through today , and early Sunday. The Willamette at Salem reached li t feet at It p.m. Friday aad fed by freshets from th North aad South Santiam rivers, ut expected to crest at evea Moot flood stage about Sam. Sunday. Forecaster said flooding hero will be aeglW ' gible. Major Flood Peta Major flood point seemed to be at the confluence of th Santiam ' and Willamette rivers near Jeffer son. where a crest of It J feet reached at I 20 p.m. Friday was 1 seven feet shove flooding level. Considerable flooding of lowlands , resulted ia the Jelierson sector and surface water flowed over . some roads. " . .. State police said surplus water between Haltey and Harrtaburf , Friday sent several inches of water V across Highway M but kt wata't enough to shut off traffic. A fast-rising Calpooya Creek threatened to inundat Highway M ' several miles south of Albany- by Saturday morning if Kt rata of rise continued. Reports of minor flooding cama from th Buena Vista district southwest of Salem where the ' ferry over the Willamette was . forced to close down becaute of high water. At ML Angel residents complained that water flowing over a county road bad filled op drainage ditches. 1 Reads Uader Water ( Among road reported .under wa ter Friday were the Silvertoa- , Chemawa route; old Salem-Silver-ton road, flooded from the Pudding River; and Market Road 34 ia the ' Talbot lector, where th Santiam is flooding. Farmers previously bad beta ' warned to remove livestock from valley lowland. Weathermen at McNary Field said that after the Willamette reaches its expected 20-foot crest Sunday morning at Salem it will drop to about IS feet and bold there perhaps several days. A Willamette crest of 20 feet was expected at Corvallis and Al bany, which is six inches above flood point. Oregon City was due for a crest of 13 feet Sunday on ' foot above flooding and the Asso ciated Press said Portland could . expect a Willamette crest of 13 feet Sunday night, six feet under flood level. Meanwhile it was snowing hard in the Santiam and Willamette passes and oo other mountain routes, state police said. New snow at Santiam Pass totaled IS imhrs, with chains required. Salem totaled .52 of aa inch of rain through a 24-hour period end ing at 10 p.m. Friday compared to 1.59 inches for the preceding day. Fire Destroys Portland Home PORTLAND. Dec. 20 IA-Flames today destroyed a two-s t r y house here. Its five occupants es caped. Firemen said the buue was dis covered by Eldon Carton, who led his wife and two of their children, James. 12. and Cheryl, I, to safe ty. Successful reported that delinquencies oa bouse loans had decreased to the point where they ar below th default rat of a year ago. 'There ar some, up and downs and probably a slight de crease in many retail business this year," said one long -time merchant. "But business in gen eral has beea good. And with Salem's existing stable payrolls and contemplated "payrolls next year. I think 1951 will be a good business rear."