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Holmes Federal Jobless -Gov. . Jlobert DJ. Hafcnes- nounced Tuesday a plan to bor row $14,000,000 from the federal government to bolster Oregon's ageing unemployment compen sation fund. , ' " L M "approved by federal of ficials, an immediate effect would be to save a group of the state's biggest employers from paying out some $6,000,000 in increased annual contributions to the unemployment fund. ?v ' The governor referred to such tarings to employers as a "shot in the arm to the state's econ omy . at a time when we need to expend every effort to battle recession.". , . , "1 am hopeful," he told a press conference Tuesday, "that' these business firms-which rep- -resent ,some two-thirds of the state's payrolls will use these savings to create ' new jobs and expand their operations." City Police Ask Marked Patrol Cars in Wake of Radar Vehicle's Wreck , By ALLEN Staff Writer, ; Repercussion from an accident which injured a city patrol loan in a police radar car' Monday developed into complaints from several patrolmen of the police department Tuesday. ; ' Vetflrfln memkri Vif th natrnl .toff Aar,lraA 1.'. mum Pacific Northwest Power Com pany threw another pebble in Snake River Monday, a pebble that may grow into a big dam at Mountain Sheep site. Plenty of pebbles of intent have been thrown into the Snake, but in its much dis puted mid-section only two ara de veloping Into dams at Brownlee and Oxbow r sites where Idaho Power is the licensee of the Fed eral Power Commission, The new project by the company set up oy lour Northwest private power companies ia offered- as a substitute- for its two-dam project at Mountain Sheep and Pleasant Valley -which the FPC turned down. They , were of smaller di mensions than the one now pro posed. . -v. . Here is the political maze through which the Snake continues to flow unimpeded: 1. Agitation for a federal high dam at Hells Canyon which would cancel Idaho Power's license for a low dam there and flood its twp upstream projects. A Senate passed bill reposes in a House committee with action on it de ferred until June. . 2. Application - by PNWP for dams at Mountain Sheep and Pleasant Valley, rejected by FPC, as above noted. 3. Recommendation by FPC fliat a high Nez Perce dam be built below the junction of the Salmon. Favored by Northwest Public Power association; violently op posed by fishing interests because (Continued oa Editorial Page 4.) I Politics on Parade . . . , Who's Running for What in May Primaries i (Editor's Note: The Oregoa Statesman's exclusive Political Parade series is writtea by or for the candidates. It Is presented as a public service, without cost or obligation, and may er may not be la accord with the editorial policies of this newspaper). MRS. ALICE KANESKI " " . ; Candidate' (D) for - Marion County Assessor Mrs.' Alice Kaneski, Salem housewife and Democratic can didate for Marion County assessor, was born and educated In the Midwest, moving to Oregon in 1942. Her husband is e ? a i v-k l A. m er. l. empioyea Dy ine wepanmeni oi minor ve hicles. They have a son attending Willam ette University and a daughter in North Salem High School. Mrs. Kaneski haa done much volunteer work for various organizations and is active in civic affairs. She is a. member of St. Joseph's Parrish, Parent-Teachers' Associa tion, Jane-Jefferson Club and a Democratic precinct committeewoman. She- has held local positions of responsibility, .is a former state tax - commission employe and - has , owned and successfully, operated her own business for , several years. ' ' Her interest to serve as county asselsor has been encour f aged by the good done in our government at the state level and the need for somedne to assist in bringing it to the local : level. She is concerned with problems of the people in Mar f Ion County because she feehf they artf'also her problems. ' Services rendered will be punctual, accurate'and complete go taxpayers may. more easily benefit from discounts. Close budget supervision,' reorganization and a continual reviewing : of department policies are a necessary feature for efficient; operation" of this important position. Complete employe H 1 operation will be an essential part of her program to Insure i that efforts of all will be continually pointing 'In the right ' ! direction. The office of county assessor will be your office. ! Fair juid accurate administration of our tax laws is her, slogan: ' ' ' ' .' ' "l '. ;V;' m ' ' (Mrs. Kaaeaki to the , etdy Demeentie asplraat for Marios Caeoty aseesser. HareU Denogana to the only BepabUeaala the ! raeo, Hta atory win appear taniemwV . ; , - ; Asks Loa for n Pay Fund He said Oregon is virtually sured of the, federal loan, which would prevent the flat .2.7 per cent payroll tax rate from go ing into effect at of April 1. The current tax rate ranges ' ranges from .6 of X per cent to 2.7 per cent ; - Without the loan. 12,000 em ployers including "many of the largest in the state." would face the higher tax rate, while the other 14,000 already pay the 2.7 ratt? The 2.7 rate goes into' effect automatically when the unem ployment compensation trust fund falls below $31,500,000 at the end of any quarter. (March 31 was the end of a quarter.) The fund now stands at $26,000, 000 and is still dropping because of the heavy impact of wide spread unemployment. (Add. details ea Page S.) MORRISON The Statesman snouia be clearly - marked and equipped with adequate sirens and rea iiasning lights mounted on top of the cars. This they said probably would have prevented the serious injury to officer John Raymond Creasy who is present! in Salem Me morial-Hospital. Creasy collided Monday with a cement truck at Mission and 20th streets SE. Ask Marked Cars These same patrolmen, who are the. ones who drive on emergency runs,, think the cars should be painted black and white,. They also expressed belief that the small flashing lights which ,are presently mounted inside police car's,- should be enlarged and Installed on top the cars like other emergency vehicles. ' Other officers of the police force insist that police cars should not be conspicuous in order that their job be made easier in catching vio lators. Less Aeddeat Chance : Patrolmen ' contradicted this theory by saying a policeman can do more good by letting the vio lators know he Is present. They backed this up by stating that when on emergency runs there would be far less chance of . an accident if other motorists could identify police cars. - Intense Storms Sighted on Sun LOS ANGELES UFi - Griffith Park Observatory ' has 'sighted the greatest .number of sunspots storms on the sun since 1935. The tremendous disturbances on the sun are commonly associated on earth and with radio interfer ence. When there are many spots on the sua there usually are many great flare there, too, and when these flares occur cosmic "ray in tensity increases. Alice EaactU g -jdV:..:s;.S f i j fc.i 108th Year 2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES Ike Signs Aid Bill WASHINGTON fAPV-Pres- ldent Eisenhower signed the W,S50,000,000 housine bill Tuesday and the highway con struction bill got past an im portant hurdle. But action on a third Important bill aimed at offsetting the reces sion, a proposal to grant up to a billion dollars in loans for munici pal public works, was delayed in ine benate unui April 14. The Senate voted 41-39 for the delay, on motion of Sen. Know. land of California, the Senate Re publican leader. Knowland and other Republicans contended such a major measure snouia not be acted unon hastily. They also said the House doesn't intend to act until after Congress' cosier vacation. Billboard Control The highway bill was aereed on Dy benate-House conferees in form retaining a Senate provision for control of billboards on the interstate network of roads. The measure is counted on to provide 88,000 new jobs this year. It is designed to pour nearly an addi tional two billion dollars in fed eral-state funds into roadbuilding wis year. njsennower mixed appropria tion and criticism in a message to Congress saying he was signing the housing bill, the first major measure of this congressional ses sion directed against the economic slump. The President indicated, without saying it in so many words, that he thought the bill's provision for a 4 per cent interest rate on GI mortgages was too low. He said the rate should be sufficient ly flexible to attract private capi Funds Available . i The bill makes new funds avail able for mortgages, lowers down payments on some government- insured mortgages and extends the home loan program another two years. In still another development, the Federal Reserve Board reported that total consumer installment credit dropped by 435 million dol lars In February. This was taken to mean that many families paid off old 'debts faster than they took do new ones during the month. Election Near Certain for Bonesteele n Election of Russell F. Bone steele, automobile dealer, as Sa lem's next mayor was virtually asv sured when City Hall candidates filing deadline passed Tuesday, with Bonesteele unopposed for mayor. h Bonesteele is now Ward 7 alder man and president of the City Council. Mayor Robert F. White is a candidate for State Senate. Six city officials are seeking re election without opposition and a seventh, Alderman E. C. Charlton of Ward 4 -is opposed by John K. Cloyd and M. P. Largent. If neith er receives a majority vote May 16, the top two will appear on the November ballot. Unopposed are City Treasurer Howard D. Brandvold, Municipal Judge Douglas Hay, and Alder men E. S. Ritter, P. W. Hale, Ed ward E. Roth and Loring M. Grier. Also on the city ballot in May will be proposals for a small West Salem annexation, for making city treasurer an elective post and for special tax-Jevies..tO-raisefunds for replacing worn-out fire trucks. Mother Shot by Rusty Gun Son Found in Yard MILWAUKEE Wis. W-A. house wife raking her lawn Tuesday was shot in the stomach by a pistol found in the backyard by her son. '"L..v, Mrs. Lvdia Brunner. 51. was re ported in fair condition at a hos pital where she was taken for surgery. Police said her son, Michael, 14, spotted, a rusty .22 caliber pistol lying on the ground. He drew back the hammer and when he released it the gun discharged. Mrs. Brunner said. 1 think I'm shot" 1 She went indoors, awakened an other son, Donald, 26, and was driven to the hospital Michael collapsed While talking to police and was taken, home by his father and brother., , Marlon Brando's Father to Marry HOLLYWOOD W-Marlen Bran do Sr., 60, father of actor Marlon Brando, will be wed this summer to Mrs. .Anna Parramore, 28, daughter of producer Eugene Frenke. Mrs. Parramore's first husband was killed in an accident five years ago. Brando's wife; the mother of the actor, died several years ago. , y,r ,v Housing Irate Taxpayer's Feelings Soothed By Cash 'Refund' SANTA CRUZ,' Calif. (-Supervisor Walter Merrill found an unusual way to quell an irate woman taxpayer. The unidentified woman com plained because her taxes had been increased $19. Merrill's ex planation didn't quiet the wom an, so he emptied his wallet of "Our hands are tied, but if you don't believe us you can have this," Merrill said. - - "I'll take it," she said -and did. - . 2', ' . . Real Estate Sales Up In Salem Salem real estate sales dur ing March, as reported by the 43 realtors of Salem Multiple Listing Bureau, rose to $1,415,- 380 compared with $960,695 recorded in March, J.957, and $1,047,510 this February. This was the second highest monthly total in the nine-year his tory of the Salem organization, ac cording to Multiple Listing secre tary John Black. Highest sales total came in July, 1957, when 139 transactions were recorded for a total of $1,538,650. Sales last month, which number ed 133, included residential, small acreage, farm properties and com mercial sites. Commercial transac tions accounted for about $150,000, Black said.' "We anticipate a continued climb in sales resulting in a very good year. Black optimistically re ported. The definite rise over last year's sales is due to the complete change in the availability of money. Black indicated. "Enormous business ex pansion of the past few years has slackened, allowing more finances for homes," he added. Short Strike Ties Up Life Of Frenchmen PARIS (A Many a Frenchman couldn't get his bus to catch his train that wasn't running or his plane that wasn't flying. His wife, pouted over the low flame on the gas stove and 'the garbage piled up in the trash can. It was another one of those 24- hour strikes. A million French workers were protesting the high cost of living. Perhaps three mil lion more stayed home because they were unable to get to work. Walking off their jobs were rail and other transportation workers, gas and electric employes, and many others. The French-owned railway esti mated 95 per cent of its employes obeyed the Tuesday strike order. Only a dozen trains ran through out the country but they were almost empty. i On the Brighter Side - : ... rtf v.-." . .- V -- - v.,t i i " .i Z. - 4 ..,."- ! V ' ' : ""- . ''l-',:F'.s. , ,n ' . . serf ( "... . , '',' Klow Victor L"8t year Mr- nd Mr- "y McCain, 1122 Dlanne St. SE, adopted a six Mew Jpier year-old Korean orphan named Jimmy. They were so pleased with him, they adopted this 21-day-old Korean girl last week. The two are shown In the McCain home. Both wera brought to this country by Harry Holt, Creswell, Ore-, farmer. (Statesman Photo) ftWOUNDBD 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, April 2, 195t f Ragiyg River Inundates . 4 , f - . K ALV1SO, Calif. -This low air how much muddy waters of Guadalupe River, bave inun dated the entire town. At least 900 persons have been evac Cuban Rebel Chief Starts Total War' HAVANA (ff-Rebel chief .Fidel Castro launched a first phase of his so-ealled total war against President Fulgencio Batista Tues day. His men struck sharp blows against communications and transportation in Oriente Prov ince, i Roving guerrilla bands fired without warning on all moving highway and rail transport and virtually paralyzed communica-' Hons between Santiago and the remainder -of oastera-Cuba.-- Rebel sources in Havana said the all-out war would be extended to all of Cuba after midnight Saturday. That is the deadline Castro has set for Batista to- quit. The Batista government reacted by arming itself with emergency powers, that may lead to martial law and mass arrests. In the Santiago area of south east Cuba most bus line and rail workers left their jobs, fearing they would be shot if they at tempted to move vehicles and trains. ' Rebels cut telegraph communi cations between Santiago and provincial towns and cities. - Eight big electric power line towers were blown up in Oriente Province. Rebels spread oil, tacks and nails on roadways. Clashes between rebel and gov ernment troops were reported in areas near Santiago, Varacoa and Holguin. Gte Calfeiriniiisi - ) f i ' ' V i view over Alviso Tuesday shows Sound Wave 'Surgery' Aid to VictimS'Of Palsy By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE CHICAGO (AP)-Silent sound, waves are stopping the terrible dance of shaking palsy in a new kind of brain surgery. Persons trembling and in pain for as long as 35 years have been relieved in three seconds. . ' ' The uncontrolled shaking, rigid muscles and pain are re lieved by sound waves focused on precise spots inside the Kansas Town Stages Drill1 For Tornado WICHITA, Kan. 4V- Wichita learned Tuesday what to da be fore a tornado cornea along, not after. This metropolitan center of 250,- 000 persons, located in a section of the ' great plains known as "Tornado Alley," staged a full scale severe storm drill, its first, A helicopter played the part of a tornado lunnei. it approacnea the city from the southwest Civil Defense sirens wailed. Po lice cars, their sirens screaming, took up the alarm and alerted pre-assigned residential areas. Radio and television stations put on moot storm warnings, eacn stressing that what they, were saying was only practice for the real thing. By John Ericksen Historic California Town -1 i 1 r if. ... in Ba-ssasa uated from their homes. Mayor Tony Santos declared an" emergency. Alviso, which lies along San Francisco Bay north of San Jose, la one of the oldest cities In California. (AP) brain. There tney m some nerve cella.s- Nothing else in 'the brain ia damaged. , There is no bleeding. mere is no sensatioiu ' Some 'patients eat dinner right after the surgery. Neuroaonlc Surgery This neurosonic surgery was re ported Tuesday by William J, Fry, research, professor of the Bio- acoustics laboratory of the"Uni- versity of Illinois, Urbana. He spoke to science writers making an- American Cancer Society tour of research institutions. Dr. Russell Meyers, neurosur geon, of the University of Iowa, has sound-operated 12 patients in the cooperative project. - Eleven had shaking palsy, also known as Parkinson's disease, and one suf fered severe shaking from cere bral palsy. Results Encouraging Results are extremely encour aging Prof. Fry said. But there has ndt been time to observe long term effects, since the technique was first used only last October. Shaking palsy is often corrected by knife surgery or injections of alcohol to remove or kill part of the brain where ailing nerve cells are causing the trouble. The high intensity ultra-sound waves kill these nerve cells with fantastic ease and precision. Prof. Fry said. Ultra-sound means very high frequency, far above the range of human hearing. Salem Academy Students to Sing At Noon Service Noon Holy Week services todav will feature the Rev. Ralph J. Capolungo of Knight 'Memorial Congregational . Church. He will speak on "What Shall We Do With Jesus." . The meditation service will be from 12:30 to 12:55 p.m. at First Methogist Church. Salem Academy's choral group will provideNspecial music. It is directed by Eugene FadeL The final service will be held Thursday followed by a three' hour Union Good Friday program the next day. Th noontime services art sponsored by Salem YM and YWCA. 3 Projects at Camp Adair To Total Over $6 Million . SUtcnoaa Naws Strviee CORVALLIS Bids Will i be opened. In Washington this month on three military construction proj ects at Camp Adair totaling $6Vi million. The work is in addition to a M million contract for an Air Force technical building now under construction at the site near Corvallis. The Air Force building will be completed in December, reported Rep. Walter Norblad (R Ore), who made Tuesday's an nouncement; - Largest of th contract to be PRICE Se I. .. i i '. Dean Pfouts Chairman of UF Campaign "(Picture oa Page i.) Dean Pfouts, Western Paper Converting Co. official, was named Tuesday to head Salem United Fund's 1958 fund campaign. The selection was announced by Elton H. Thompson, UF president. Pfouts succeeds-Clair Brown, last year's campaign chairman. Pfouts has served with United Fund since shortly after his arrival In-Salem six years ago. He was elected to the board .of directors in 1954, was co-chairman with uus Moore of the industrial division in 195S-M, and last year was second vice-president of the board. His other activities Include mem bership on the board of directors of the YMCA and in Salem Rotary. He is treasurer of the western divi sion of the Western Tablet and Stationery Co. of Dayton, Ohio, parent organization of Western Paper Converting Co. "We're looking this year for the same grand support Salem gave United Fund last year. Flouts said. Definite campaign plans will be. mapped out later, he added. More April Rain Expected Auril started out Tuesday in re gular form with .39 of an inch of rain falling in the Salem area and weathermen predicted more of the same for today. They said occasional showers are expected this morning with brief periods of clearing late today, to night and Thursday. Little change in temperatures is expected with the high today near 66 and the low tonight near 40 degrees, they stated. Northern Oregon beaches are ex pected to have occasional showers with clearing weather later in day. Temperatures will range fronf 58 to 42, the Associated Press said. Tot Takes Long Stroll KANSAS CITY, Kan lV-Police, alerted by a frantic- mother, picked up a young pedestrian on busy U.S. Highway 50, four miles from his home Tuesday. "I was go ing to see my girl friend," ex plained Leslie Cobunv 4. Tw Get Prison Terms I In Polk Arson Charges . lUUimu Ntwi Scrrjlca ' DALLAS, Ore'. Two members of a group of four charged with set ting fire to three homes in Polk awarded this month. is S3 million for barracks, motor pool, admin istration building; streets, and util ities in the immediate area. Next "is a $2 V million project for construction of . 150 houses at Camp Adair. Work on the homes is scheduled to begin in June. Smallest of the contracts, for $i million, is for sewage, water and road work off the site. Camp Adair is the site of a new radar warning installation SAGE, Semi-Automatio Ground Environ ment, r ' - i i The Weather f Today's forecast: Mastly cloud with occasional show on, brief periods of clearing. High today $6; low 40. (Complete leport pS 1) No. 6 Rain Swells? in Bay Area .1 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Heavy rainfall on already sat' urated ground Tuesday sent flood waters surging into A1-; viso, one of California's oldest settlements,, spread' muck and rock over coastal highways and. caused threatening rises in. north ern California rivers. . - . The 900 residents of Alviso, 33 miles southeast of San Francisco on the shore of San Francisco Bay,' were being evacuated. Waters el the Guadalupe River- had. inuo-' dated the town." 1 ' " Evacuated persons took refuge- in nearby . San Jose and othefi communities. 'j? Eight rivers were bankfull or overflowing as the runoff coursed, to the Pacific Ocean. They are the Guadalupe, Kaweah, St. Johns. San Joaquin, Fresno. Saunas, Chowchilla and Carmel Valley, oa, . the. northern coast. ., Worried About Saew V Lowlanders ' also were worried, about the deep snowpack on CalK fornia's spinal column of high mountains. A sudden warm, spelt could start -it melting, adding mil lions of tons of water to the pre-" ent river load. . Also, the Weather Bureau said" a new rainstorm was moving tn rapidly from the Pacific and would strike Wednesday. ) : Torrential rains and gale-like winds uprooted trees and tore off roofs in the Loa Angeles area, and the forecast there- also was for more stormy weather, i f More than an inch of rain fell hr downtown Los Angeles and near ly double, that in its suburbs. Winds of 'more than 40 m.p.hi whipped the-area. .JL Highway Engineer Victor 0; Sheff was killed Monday when he was buried under 30 feet of slid ing earth on U. S. 101 at Pacifio Palisades. Earlier Storm. ' A waterspout slammed ashora Monday at Laguna Beach between Los Angeles and San Diego and wrecked the patio of a home. The spout was estimated at more than 73feettalL Two other twisters from the sea -broke windows and damaged roofj in Los Angeles. -In San Diego, gale force winds, accompanied by driving rain, up-, rooted trees, blew over television aerials and caused minor flooding -and power - disruptions. SANTA CRU2. Calif. I A three-foot thick laurel tree blew down in a storm Tuesday- and crashed through the bedroom. kitchen and utility room at the Elmer Linder residence six miles northeast of here. "' It narrowly missed his son, John , Linder, 25. Airliner Crash Kills 4 : LONDON un A four-engine' Hermes airliner crashed shortly after takeoff on a training flight from nearby Stanstead Tuesday, killing the crew of three. - Today's Statesman Pago Sec,. Ann Lander 7 I Classified 17-19-11 7 Comics --20.JI I. Crossword 1 2 II Z Editorials-, 4-- lj. luster Story 15 II- Farm Pag -.14, 1511 Home Panorama -6, 7 I ' Markets .....17.ll 4 Obituaries 5, I "1 Radio-TV. 20..II Sports 11, 1211 f Star Gazer ." 7- I Valley News r....13..ll Wirephoto Pag .-.20-JI y County early in February, drew sentences Tuesday to Oregon Stat Prisoa - : Dale I. Gilmore, 20, and Charles Fredrick Buchanan, 18, both of Falls City, were sentenced by Cir cuit Court Judge Arlie Walker, Gilmore was given five years oa a second degree arson charge and three years on forgery, sentences to run concurrently. Buchanan re ceived a , three-year sentence oa second degree arson charge; L i A second degree arson chargfc and another forgery charge are pending against Gilmore. , J Third member of ' s group 0 George Starkweather, ..', Corvallis, who has pleaded guilty to a sed , ond degree arson count. He is un dergoing pre-sentence investiga tion. - --. -v-'-v-;,.; . A 16-year-old Dallas girl Involved in th burning of homes haa been placed in Hillcrest School at Sa- r'O
