The Oregon statesman., May 01, 1958, Page 1, Image 1

New State Reformatory Rapidly Taking Shape
'Service or JaiT Policy Draws Fire
Salem's four recruiting offices
Wednesday were up in arms over
a court action which apparently
makes military service an alter
native to going to jail in some
cases.
The Army, Navy, Air Force
and Marines joined in protesting
that not only would a youth 'in
such a case be rejected because
of his record, but that such an
order gives a false impression
and puts the services in a bad
Jight.
John E. Black, chairman of
the Marion County draft board,,
said, "From all we know Selec
tive Service would turn down a
man under those conditions."
Although the Salem office
must send its draftees anoV vol
unteers to Portland regardless of
their condition or record, rmy
officials there screen the men
and would reject, he said, any
man not meeting all require
ments. The Army is making a big ef
fort, he pointed out, to get rid
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of unfit men and other undesir
ables. Air Force Sgt. Merlin Ankrbm
stated emphatically that because
of modern military demands only
the best men with clean records.
"We have to live in close com
pany with other men," he said.,
"We don't want this type of per
son, and the Air Force wants
parents to be assured that their
children will not have to asso
ciate With them."
"We all know that in the old
days and during the war quotas
were sometimes filled at police
stations." he said. "That day
is over."
Marion County Juvenile Court
Judge Joseph B. Fetton said,
"There is no set policy as each
case is treated individually The
service is only one of many pos
sible plans that might be con
sidered in the disposition of a
case."
Hattie Bratzel, Marion County
district attorney, said, "If an
errant boy has possibilities for
reformation and improvement.
it, is in the best interests of the
boy arid the public to put 'him
in the armed service instead of
institutionalising him with crimi
nals." The Statesman took note edi-.'-torially
Wednesday that similar,
cases had been "reported from.,-.
other parts of the country, and"
commented that, although "the
services try to screen their ap"
plicants," when delinquency rec-
ords aren't made available there -are
times when they become an ' .
"unwilling catch-all."
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This iprawling T-shaped state reformatory southeast of Salem
will be ready for 300 occupants next January. At top left
re four cell units now nearly 80 per cent finished. Well
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In my column written from Wil
liamsburg, Va., I reported that our
conference, called by the Brook
ings Institution to consider U.S.
policies with respect to U.N., had
tackled the matter of "control of
outer space for peaceful uses." I
can assure you we left it still out
of control. It may be interesting to
note what ideas emerged from our
discussion. They ranged around
such questions as
Where does outer space begin?
Are intercontinental missiles in
cluded in this proposed control
program?
How can nations like Russia
and the USA engage cooperative
ly in exploring outer space, thei
moon, tne planets, and retain their
military secrets for the same
thrust is used to propel satellites
s missiles?
This subject Is bound to come
up at the next meeting of the U.N.
General Assembly. Both President
Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles
have called for action to "dedi
cate outer space to peace and not
to war"; and the Soviet Union
has asked for a ban on use of
outer space for military purposes
and to establish within the frame
work of United Nations "appropri
ate international control over the
ban."
Outer space was but one of the
six topics considered at Williams-
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Texas Area Flooded
DALLAS, Tex. ) Police began
the mass evacuation of 2,500 per
sons from south Dallas Wednesday
night as the rain-swollen Trinity
River overflowed its banks.
Politics on Parade . . .
.Who's Running for What in May Primaries
(Editor'i Note: The Oregon Statesman's exclusive Political
Parade series is presented by the candidates themselves. It Is
published ai a pybllc service, without cost or obligation, and' may
or may not be in accord with the editorial policies of this news
paper.) JASON LEE
Candidate for Position 7
' Oregon Supreme Court
Although I have great respect for the incumbent of Posi
tion No. 7, who will be 79 at the end of another term, I have
filed for that position on the Oregon Supreme Court because
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j.ion Lei datory retirement at age yu to neip reduce
this backlog. He retired at age 70 just as Judge Medina did
recently.
The incumbent can retire at $8,000 per year for life,
whether reflected or not. There are further benefits for
his wife. If state workers and teachers must retire at 65,
why not the incumbent at 73? .
With 17 years legal experience, I am now the same age
as the incumbent was when he began his supreme court
career 30 years ago.'
In 1955 I contacted the late Chief Justice Vanderbilt of
New Jersey and have studied the methods he used to reduce
court delay in his state. , . -r
I was an attorney with the U. S. Department of Justice
before joining the Armed Forces. My wife, DorothyAend I
have three children, Pat, Betsy and Dave 1
If elected I will devote the long hours and"sjecial effort
needed to help maintain a more current supreme court
docket. -
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Work Ahead of Schedule
On New Penal Institution
By ROBERT L. STEVENS
' Staff Writer, The Statesman
Work on the $6-milIioh State Reformatory about five miles
southeast of Salem is slightly ahead of schedule with cell units
80 per cent completed, warehouse finished and boiler plant
99 per cent complete, contractors reported Wednesday. -
Ground was broken for the first phases of the intermediate
penal institution last July but construction was delayed until
Girls League
Convention
To Draw 700
By KAREN HARRIS
Statesman School Reporter
South Salem High School will
play host to over 700 high school
girls from 56 schools in Oregon
Saturday at the annual State Girls
League convention.
Colleen Nelson, South High sen
ior, is state president.
Approximately 100 girls have
been working all week at South
High preparing for the convention
at which next year's state officers
will be elected.
Keynote speaker will be Dr.
James Millar, Portland. Willam
ette sophomore Judith Hansen, as
"Miss Oregon," will lead a. panel
discussion at the convention. En
tertainment will be by South High.
Committee chairmen working on
the convention are Barbara Keu-
dell, style show; Kathy Doner,
map; Kenme Ruth Carlson, guides
and checkroom; Anne Petrie,
clean-up; Deanna Alexander,
luncheon; Tern King, chocolate
bar; Connie Barber, installation
and decoration; Barbara Leiseth
and Lucille Wonderley, entertain
ment; Kathy Schmidt, teachers'
lounge; Zola Peterson, welcome
committee; Midge Halvorson,
flowers and general decorations;
and Sally Riewald, housing.
I believe so strongly steps must be taken
to reduce the "large backlog of cases" as
the court has itself described its congested
docket.
Truly, "Justice delayed, is Justice de
nied." The average output of the incum
bent has drppped by one-third during the
last nine years of his tenure as-compared
with the irst nine.
Ex-Justice J. O., Bailey has called for man-
underway are classroom section, administration wing, cen
ter, and dining area also seen in this Statesman aerial photo
by John Erlcksen, courtesy of Kreitzberg Aviation.
October because cost of building
was in excess of available funds.
An extra $647,000 was appropriat
ed. Boiler Plant, Work
Erwin Batterman of Salem, who
is building the boiler plant and
warehouse,1 said his work will be
finished in a few weeks. Only grad
ing, a little mechanical work and
erection of smoke stacks on the
boiler plant remain.
This plant will furnish heat and
hot water to the reformatory and
nearby Cottage Farm. Cost of the
Batterman part of the project is
$633,950.
Working on the reformatory pro
per 'under a $2,684,112 contract is
Viesko and Post, Salem, which re
ports that roofs are ready to go on
four cell units to house 300 in
mates.
The contract project is scheduled
for completion the first part of
January, Claude Post said. - The
main entrance will be off the new
Santiam Highway.
Administrative Unit
Dining and administrative build
ings for the institution are 35 per
cent finished with walls up to the
first story. A classroom unit and
maximum security cell unit are
about half finished. ,
Concrete cell block partitions,
arches and roof slabs cast at the
site are being used in, the con
struction of all units.
Plans call for erection of addi
tional dormitory-cell units next
year to accommodate another 300.
Vocational shops, gymnasium,
chapelj hospital unit and six more
dormitories are included in future
plans.
Wednesday's
79 Record
For This Year
. April ended Wednesday with mid'
Willamette Valley residents bask
ing for the fourth consecutive day
in warm summer-like ' weather.
Wednesday's temperature of 79
degrees was the highest this year,
weathermen at McNary Field
said.
Today's forecast calls for fair
conditions through Friday except
for late night and early moroin?
cloudiness. Weathermen added
that it would be slightly . cooler
today with the mercury reaching
70 and dropping to 40 tonight.
Temperature Averaged SO
There were six clear days in
April, three partly cloudy and 21
cloudy. Average maximum tem
perature was 60.8 degrees with
39.6 listed as the average mini
mum. Average temperature . was
50.2 degrees, 1.2 below normal.
The coldest day was the 5th when
it was 30, the only, time the mer
cury fell below freezing?
Rainfall during the month hit
3.71 inches which was 1.32 above
normal.
One thunderstorm was reported
on the first day of the month.
Heaviest rain fell on the 16th
and 17th when precipitation , was
measured at .82 of an inch in 24
hours.
tio Rain Expected
No rain is expected in the Sa
lem area this week, weathermen
said. Temperatures of 65 to 75
degrees are expected through the
weekend, they added.
Associated Press reported that
Northern Oregon beaches will
have night and morning low cloud
iness)-- with' m this ' srfternoon.'
Black Widow
Spider Bite
Near Fatal
BUteiman Newi Service
TURNER Back home
Wednesday after a brush
here
with
death was Mrs. Orval Trussell who
unknowingly was bitten by a black
widow spider three weeks ago
while working in her garden.
Shortly afterward her finger be
came swollen and inflamed.
Two days later her hands, neck,
and back broke out in small boils.
Soon she lapsed into a coma and
was taken to Santiam Memorial
Hospital at Stayton. Her condition
became critical and she was trans
ferred to Portland.
There tests determined the pois
oning resulted from a black widow.
An abscess resulting from the bite
had formed on the brain, causing
almost complete paralysis..
An operation removed the dam
aged area and recovery quickly
followed.
An infestation . of the deadly
spiders occurred about 25 years
ago throughout- the area, but few
have been found since that time.
Raiders Grab
Fifty Slots
HILLSB0RO MV-SheTiffs depu
ties late Wednesday night raided an
old school house and confiscated
50 slot-machines.
District Attorney Francis Link
later said the machines were
stored at the old Meacham School
in North Plains near here. '
Linklater said that the raid oc
curred only a few hours after the
machines were' moved into the old
building.
On the Brighter Side .
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I III Uc la tte joim Horner family, 2280 Strong Rd. SE, but it took their dog SW'
a while to catch on to the trick. The two spend a lot of time viewing the scenery from
the dog bona no! Bow that tho goat has stopped batting "Spots" off.
108th Yaar
2 SECTIONS
President Makes
Two-Way Attack
For Military Plan
By JERRY BAULCH
WASHINGTON UV President
Eisenhower plugged' hard on two
fronts Wednesday to carry for
ward his program for defense re
organization. First, he told his news confer
ence that he would not bend one
bit on the basic essentials of the
plan, and that to compromise
would be to retreat to a certain
degree of defenselessness that is
mexcusable.
Later, he put in a surprise ap
pearance at the final dinner of
annual meeting of the U.S. Cham
ber of Commerce to thank the
delegates for their. support of his
program. He told them their stand
was a tremendous service to the
country. .
Roaring Ovation
The President drew a roaring
ovation when he ended his 10-
Woman Notes
100th Year
At Sublimity
SUteiman Newi Service
SUBLIMITY - Mrs. Margaret
Welton, resident of Mt. Angel for
many years and now residing at
the Marion Nursing Home, will be
the guest of honor at a party on
her 100th birthday at the home
here Thursday.
Three of her seven grandchil
dren will be present, with their
families. They are Mike Welton of
Portland, Mrs. Albin Bean of Os
wego and Mrs. Melchior Uselman
of Salem. A daughter-in-law,. Mrs.
Robert Welton of Salem, also will
attend. A son, Ray Welton, re
sides at Lake Nebaga'mon, Wis.
There are 18 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Welton, nee Leahy, was
born May 1, 1858 at St. Paul, Minn.
She was married to Michael J.
Welton at Cathan, Minn. Welton,
who operated a store, later be
came a superintendent of the
GreatIorthern Railroad. The
couple retired on a farm in Wis
consin but came to Mt. Angel in
1920. Welton died there in 1936.
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minute talk in which he called
for a national defense policy of
safety with solvency.
Earlier the chamber had voted
unanimously for a resolution back
ing his reorganization program.
"I want to see America's shield
as strong as a single American
heart, and hand can make it, so
that we need not have in our
minds a single fear of whatever
may befall," he told the dinner
gathering.
Right or Wrong
The country, he said, cannot af
ford divided councils that might
make it weak in an emergency,
and added that it would be un
thinkable that Congress and the
not join in making certain the
country could face any danger.
Either we are going to do the
right thing for the country and
it's defense mechanisms, or we
are not," Eisenhower told his
news conference earlier in the day.
He repeated What he said last
Saturday that he is not rigid as
to exactly what words are used
in a reorganization statute so long
as the real meaning is not lost
that "a nation's strategy is de
vised as an entity, as a unified
thing."
Former Civic
Leader Dies
Newell Williams, former Salem
business man and leader in civic
affairs, died Wednesday afternoon
at his residence, 346 23rd St. NE.
Williams. 69, had been ill with
cancer for the past- three years.
After moving to Salem in 1924,
Williams was a member of the
Oregon Traffic Force. Later he
organized Oregon Finance Co. in
Salem and served as secretary-
manager until the firm was sold
in 1931. He was president of Salem
Lion s Club in 1930.
In the mid-1930s he was Marion
County's chief deputy sheriff under
A. C. Burke. Later he was defeated
in an election for sheriff.
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Traffic Counter
Clicks Merrily
Without Traffic
SUteunu Newi Service
AMITY Oregon's dally rural
traffic count dropped 1.1 per cent
in March, but at Amity the State
Highway Department's automat
ic counter showed an Increase of
38.1 per cent, or 443 more ears
per day than a year ago.
This had highway officials In
Salem puzzled. On the i a m e
highway at counter! north and
south of Amity, traffic Increase
amounted to only 1 or 2 per cent.
Then they discovered the Amity
machine had short circuited. It.
was Clicking off cars that didn't
exist.
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Supreme
Court Curb
Bill Gains
WASHINGTON l - A bill to
curb the power of the Supreme
Court and undo the effects of
some of its decisions in subver
sion cases was approved 10-5 by
the Senate Judiciary Committee
Wednesday.
Sen. Hennlngs (D-Mo) called the
bill "an unvarnished attempt to
intimidate the nine Supreme Court
justices." He said he would fight
it every step of tne way,
But Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D-
SC) praised the committee's vote
as "a genuine victory for states
rights."
It would strip the Supreme Court
of its authority to review cases
involving state regulations govern
ing the admission of lawyers to
practice in state courts.
One section would restore the
power of states to pass and en
force their own laws against sub
version or sedition.
Another section would toughen
up the Smith Act to overcome a
Supreme Court decision that per
sons cannot be prosecuted for ad
vocating the forcible overthrow of
the government unless the advo
cacy is linked to some positive
action.
Death Ruled
Accidental
The rifle shooting of 14-year-old
John Edward Manning of Wood-
burn last week at his home was
ruled an accident Wednesday, by
Marion County Grand Jury.
It stated that the shot by Ed
ward Ferschweiler, a 14-year-old
friend and neighbor of Manning
was "without knowledge that the
gun was loaded and without any
intent of doing bodily harm."
The report also stated that the
rifle was defective as the last
cartridge in the .22-caliSre rifle
sometimes failed to enter the
chamber, giving the impression
that the gun was unloaded.
Today's Statesman
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Classified 18,19 II
Comics 16 II
Crossword , 1.2 II
Editorials 4 I
Home Panorama ....(...,- I
Markets 1......II
Obituaries 8....... I
Radio-TV 16 II
Sports 11,12 II
Star Gaxer 3 I
Valley News 14".....ll
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Youth Feature 13 II
Canine Comfort Stations
To Get Trial
By GEORGE W. CORNELL
NEW YORK MV-Life hi the big
city, .with its varied forms of
progress, Wednesday advanced
yet another step rest rooms for
dogs.
Such fixtures are going to get
tryout on the streets of New
York.
One of the sensitive'issues that
must be determined, said Sanita
tion Commissioner Paul R.' Scre
vane, is what kind of comfort sta
tions the dogs will like and deign
to use.
At present, with dogged disre
gard of the law, they often use
the .sidewalk. And with 173,000
Thursday, May 1, 1958
Chrysler, Ford j
Team for Talks
On Union Pact
Industrywide Bargaining Foreseen ,
By D WIGHT PITKIN
DETROIT (AP)-Cencral Motors, Ford and Chrysler were
reported Wednesday to be working quietly behind the scenes
in a joint effort to reach a wage settlement with the United
Auto Workers by the end of May.
This would be industrywide bargaining for the first time.
Company spokesmen declined to comment on the extent
ot cooperation. But their actions f
spoke louder than words.
Before leading his team into a
bargaining session with the union
this morning. Ford's John- S.
Bugas applauded General Motors
for serving notice of termination
of contract on the union Tuesday.
GM's action had the effect of
challenging the union to strike at
midnight May 29 three days be
fore Ford and Chrysler contracts
expire.
'Nothing Rath'
In Washington, UAW President
Walter P: Reuther reiterated the
union's stand. He said "We're not
going . to strike or do anything
rash in the middle of a situation"
in which there is a backlog of
850,000 unsold new cars.
Under terms of its contract, GM
could have sat back and waited
another month, -giving the union
the option of terminating the GM
contract after it dealt with the
other companies.
"I think it is very sound negoti
ating procedure in the circum
stances in which we find our-
selves," said Bugas, who is Ford's
vice president for industrial rela
tions.
The smiling Bugas obviously
pleased that GM was seeking a
quick showdown with the union.
"It would be folly," he said, "for
the parties to anticipate or con
template another three months of
instability in this period.
Contract Eitension
Bugas referred to the Big
Three's rejection of Reuther's pro
posal to extend present contracts
into September.
Reuther's proposal would have
put off a showdown until the in
dustry starts production of 1959
models.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
At Wenatchee S, Salem I
At I.ewinlon 7, Yakima
At Trl-City 2, Eugene
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
At Sacramento I, Portland 4
At Spokane 1, Seattle 2
At Salt Lake City 12, Vancouver 7
At San Dlrio Z, Phoenix. 4
(14 innlnii)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Waihlniton 3, Cleveland 1 .
At Baltimore 1. Chicago 2
At New York 1, Detroit 10
At Boiton 4, Kanaaa City It
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Cincinnati S, St. Loull
At Lot Anieles 1, PltUbarrii 1
At San Franciico 10, Philadelphia 1
At Chicago I, Milwaukee 2
Ike Refuses to Predict
Business Cycle Upturn
WASHINGTON - President
Elsenhower Wednesday interpret
ed a less-than-season drop in un
employment as evidence that the
economic decline is flattening out.
But the President wouldn't go so
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in New York
licensed dogs in the city, it's be
come quite a problem.
"We sincerely hope to evolve
some sort of a stand, station
call it what you will that will
be used by dogs and consequently
make for a cleaner city," a de
partment spokesman said.
The matter was studiously an
alyzed in a conference among de
partment officials and a score
of some of the brightest minds
in dogdom, experts of humane so
cieties and others alert to canine
wiles and ways.
It ended up with the commis
sioner's decision to install A-triaii
dog toilet somewhere, In the city,
and see bow the dogs respond, 1
No. 35
Two City
Pools Get
Go-Ahead
A cut-down contract for recon- '
struction of Salem's two outdoor
swimming pools was approved
unanimously Wednesday by Salem
School Board and school district '
superintendent Charles D. Schmidt
said dinger Pool may be ready
J for use by early July.'
Work will start on Olinger Pool
for engineering reasons but Leslie
Pool also is expected to be com
pleted in August. Contractor E. E.
Batterman indicated he would
start Monday -at Oltager.
With plans scaled down after
bids had exceeded the money
available, the agreed figure is
$166,294, some $46,000 lower than:
last week's low bid by E. E. Bat-
'ennan. The school board threw
out all bids and declared an emer
gency to give the contract to Bat
terman under the curtailed plans.
An apparent difference of
$2,785.48 still remaining between
costs and the money available will
be a gift from engineers Clark k
Groff if it becomes necessary, "
Warren Clark said. The firm's
$12,000 fee could not be reduced
for ethical reasons but there is no"
rule prohibiting gifts, be explained.
Blood Drawing
Planned Today
Salem's monthly Red Cross '
blood drawing will be held today
from noon to 4 p.m. in the armory
with a quota of 150 pints.
A stepped-up plan among state -
employes was announced Wednes--
day with the appointment of Wil
liam F. Gaarenstroom as c,oordi-
nator. A minimum goal was set
of 100 pints a month from the
state's 6,600 employes in the Sa- '
lem area.
The Weather
Today's forecast: Mostly fair
through Friday, except late
night and early morning cloud!
nets. High today 70, low 40.
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far as to say a business upturn
is beginning. -
Essentially, Eisenhower read
the economic barometer about as?
he has for several weeks. AncTj;,
once more he said that a tax cut
still requires more study and aihJJJ;
alysis. '
The Commerce Department &nm-
nounced Tuesday that unemploy-.
ment fell 78,000 between mid
March and mid-April, compared '
with decreases of about 200,000 to
the corresponding periods of the
last four years. The decline was
the basis of the first question at!?
the conference a question wheth-""
er the President thinks it markatT
the beginning of an upturn in thc
economy. '
Eisenhower replied that heS
didn't think sfteiue categorical
statement could be made or thai
it could be said that "Well, now,"
we are on the highroad to an aoV -vance."
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"I do believe," he added, "that'
there is a very continued and en- ,
phatic evidence that the decline"
u oattemng out, ana that Is, it
seems to me. the tmplicatioa at"
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