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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1958)
i-(Stc. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fri., May 16, '5ST fg Weather Fire Department Budget Increase Plan Given Nod By ROBERT E, GANGWARE, City Editor, The Statesman A Salem fire department budget t per cent higher than last year i and reflecting no change in city operated free first aid service won preliminary approval Thursday night. Not a siren's blast was clipped from the $468,574 fire budget pre sented by City Manager Kent Mathewson as part of his pro- More Funds for Oregon Water Projects Asked WASHINGTON UH An increase of nearly 20 million dollars for Oregon water development proj ects was requested of Congress Thursday. Oregon Democratic senators and representatives asked the increase ' In administration budget appropri ations. The requests were contained in a prepared tabulation released prior to meetings of the House and Senate Appropriations subcommit tees. Eleven new power, flood control and navigation projects were re quested. The proposed increases would give an added $8,665,000 for con struction work on power, naviga tion and flood control projects and $3,300,000 for accelerated work on the Crooked River and Talent irrigation projects. Sens. Morse and Neuberger. and Reps. Green, Porter and Ullman presented the requests. The remainder of the increases would be for planning and studies of proposed water projects, or for added operation and maintenance spending. The increases are needed as an anti-recession measure, the dele gation said. Unknown Gl From Korean War Chosen HONOLULU (fl An American Army sergeant selected one of hil fallen comrades Thursday as the Unknown Soldier of the Ko rean War. In a bowl-shaped cemetery cem etery known to Hawaiians as the Hill of Sacrifice, M.Sgt. Ned Lylel placed a wreath of white carna tions on one of four flag-draped caskets to designate the nameless serviceman who will be entombed in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. The four from which the 32-year-old Erwin, Tenn., veteran made his choice had been select ed earlier from the 853 unknown dead of the Korean War buried here. $100,000 Needed To Complete Plans For Yaquina Work WASHINGTON im Army Engi neers say they need $100,000 to complete planning of the Yaquina Harbor Project in Oregon, Rep. Walter Norblad R-Ore) said Thursday. Norblad said he asked a House Appropriations subcommittee to recommend the money. Sticky-Fingered Crowd Putting Mf&s on County Signs, Lanterns (Story also on page one) Marion County road signs and flashing lanterns have become the targets of sticky-fingered persons, either for decorations or to smash rebellion against authority, accord ing to county officials. There have also been incidents where bridge barricades and de tour signs have apparently been deliberately removed, leaving mo torists no warning of dangers ahead, he "said. Another vandal stunl is to change the signs with paint. The most popular is changing mile zone" to "85 mile zone." deputies said. Vandal damage used to be quite heavy to county road-building equipment, but this has been re duced greatly by parking equip ment near houses. Most of the damage was broken glass, scratched paint and stolen gas. In some cases, however, ve hicle were entered and extensively damaged. Tools were also stolen. As an incentive to catch vandals, the county has authorized payment of $50 to any person revealing in formation leading to a conviction, Rodgers said. So far, no one has collected such a reward. "Youngsters in Marion County are pretty good as far as destruc tion of property is concerned. I wouldn't attribute the greatest proportion of the damage to juve niles," Carl Nelson. County juve nile department director, com mented. Damage was also attributed by Nelson to hunters who use signs for targets or firewood. Few youths have appeared in Juvenile Court concerning sign damage, Judge Joseph B. Felton posed $4,390,000 city budget for the coming year. Today the Salem City Budget Committee moves along to a sub committee examination of the mil lion dollar engineering budget that includes many items of interest to neighborhoods and the traveling public, such as street widenings, re-surfacing! and new traffic lights. Approved ai Stands The first aid and other fire de partment budget was approved as it stood in the city manager's bud get book Thursday night at the first of eight subcommittee studies of the city budget. Alderman P. W. Hale, chair man, and committeemen E. C. Charlton, Charles Barclay and Elmer Berg spent an hour and a half over fire department budget details last night at City Hall. They questioned recent reports that Willamette Ambulance would like to operate the first aid service on a contract basis. City Manager Kent Mathewson said no official letter of application had been made by the ambulance firm. Committeemen also asked about the status of firemen doing outside work on off-duty hours a subject that flared into controversy last year. The manager reported that no recent complaints have been made, indicating that the new overall city policy on prior ap proval for designated outside work was working successfully. Open to Inspection Manager Mathewson told the committee that the complete rec ord of permission given for city employes' outside work is open to public inspection. In general fire department oper ations the new budget is some $13,000 higher than the budget adopted a year ago. This includes $9,000 more for salary, as a result of raises the City Council put into effect Feb. 1. Councilmen at that time took city employes' raises out of a $30,000 fund set aside by last year's budget committee, pending salary and job classification study. This year the budget pro poses a $22,000 fund that would permit raises next Feb. 1 at dis cretion of the Council. Remains Unchanged Strength of the fire department remains unchanged at 82 em ployes, under the proposed new budget. Their aggregate salary in the new budget is $371,100. In addition to the $13,000 budget increase, another $24,000 of special tax revenue would be added if a city' tax proposal 1s approved at today's election. Proposed amount would finance a replacement fire truck. Marines Face FBI Charges Two Marines who recently gave themselves up to city police on AWOL charges are wanted by the FBI on car theft counts, officers reported Thursday. The pair. Lester Alex Longhofer, Spokane, and Richard Harry Spen cer, Renton, Wash., both from El Toro, Calif., Marine base, report edly face charges of violating the Dyer Act in a rase involving a theft of a car from Santa Ana, Calif., police said. CAR STRUCK Her car was struck and dam aged by a hit and run vehicle about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday while parked at the home, city police wore told by Leah M. Durig, 410 Il4lh St. SE. , said. There hasn't been such a . charge before the court in nearly j two years. j In cases which have appeared, restitution was required for the , damage. Judge Felton said. Catching sign-smashing culprits ; is difficult because it is over so quickly. Unless someone happens ! to see the individual or get a license plate, it is practically im possible to track them down, said Deputy Starr Thurston. Destruction of traffic signs or warning devices is a misdemeanor i under state law punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and a year in jail, said Marion County District Court Judge E.O. -Stadter Jr. Vandals would also be liable in civil action for damage caused be MOTOR-VU Dallas Gates Open 7:00-Show at Dusk Glenn Ford, Keenan Wvnn in "DON'T CO NEAR THE WATER" Cinemascope Second Feature Sal Minco, John Saxon "ROCK PRETTY BABY" Wed. Family Nite, $1 per Car wooDBURNjaasa Wed. Thurs. Fri. - Sat. 'Day of the Badman' Fred MacMurray PLUS "The Young Don't Cry" Sal Minee - J. Whitmore Open 6:45 Starts at Dusk - r Max. Mtn. Prep, Aitorta 7 43 34 .DO .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 Baker ,. 1 Bend-Redmond M Eugene 85 Klamath Fall. . TO Medford so Newport 65 North Bend -..67 Portland S5 Salem H BS 45 41 45 44 49 48 45 .00 .00 .00 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Max. Mln. Prep. Albuquerque .l Atlanta 14 Bout 73 Boiton - M Chicago 72 Cleveland 77 52 60 44 43 54 61 44 63 40 66 74 38 67 56 57 72 51 66 48 55 59 38 S7 45 58 53 58 .14 .01 .06 .12 .03 Denver 58 Detroit 82 Fargo 78 Fort worth IB Galveston 81 Helena 74 Kansai City 83 Las Vegas 88 Los Angelea 84 Miami 78 MnDls.-St. Paul 77 New Orleans 82 New York . 5.1 Omaha Phoenix Reno Sacramento Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco . Washington . 70 95 73 92 70 . 73 91 73 Today's forecast (from U.S. Weath er Bureau. MeNarv Field. Salem): Continued fair and warm today and Saturday; high today 85, low to night 45. Willamette River: 0 5 foot. 1 Temp. 12:01 a.m. today: 55 SALEM PRECIPITATION Since start of weather year, Sept. 1 Co Data Last Year Normal 36.52 30.56 36.92 Tide Table (Taft, Ore.) (Compiled by U.S. Coast & Geo. datlc Survey, Portland, Ore.) Hlih Waters Low Waters May Time Ht. ft. Time Ht. ft 17 11 m pm 4.7 8:11 am fl:41 pm 6:45 am 6:15 pm 7:20 am 6:50 pm 7:55 am 7:26 pm 11:14 pm 12:48 pm 4.8 11:42 pm 6 4 1:27 pm 4.8 12:14 am 6 5 2:08 pm 4 8 20 Starkweather Claims Caril Cut Down Girl LINCOLN. Neb. Wl Charles Starkweather testified Thursday his 14-year-old girl friend gunned down a teen-age girl during their January murder tour. In a letter introduced at Stark weather's murder trial, he termed Caril Ann Fugate the "most trigger-happy person I ever seen." Called as a witness in his own defense, the stubby, red-haired 19-year-old related in low tones that Caril Fugate shot Carol King. Starkweather and Caril Fugate both are charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting Jan. 27 of Robert Jensen, 17, Bennet High School student. Portland Boy Dies in Surf OCEANLAKE, Ore. Iff) A boy was swept out to sea and drowned on a church school outing here Thursday. He was Willis Stuart, 17, student body president of Portland Union Academy, a school operated by the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Portland. Police Chief Al Barzee said Stu art was with a group of students playing in the surf when a large breaker rolled up onto the beach. It swept Stuart and James Dixon, a teacher at the school, out to sea. Other students rescued Dixon. They didn't reach Stuart, who would have graduated next week. Police said Stuart last was seen, his hands in the air, far out in the breakers. Then he vanished. The Coast Guard started a search for his body. Twenty-five students were here for the outiog. Zenith Founder Dies CHICAGO tm Eugene F. Mc Donald Jr., founder and president of Zenith Radio Corp. and a fire brand in the electronics industry since the 1920s, died Thursday night after an illness of several months. He was 72. cause warning signs had been re moved, Judge Stadter said. There would be additional liability to the county for the cost of replacing the signs, he added. Damage to county vehicles could result in a fine of up to $1,000" and three years in jail, said Judge Stadter. ax "rTTnTTWtWrt lauaUusuuUk Adults 50c Children 20c Now Showing Onen 6:45 Paramount PrMnt ANNA MAGNANI ANTHONY QUINN ANTHONY FRANOOSA . HAL WALLISmm. ft Plus "JAMBOREE" With All Star Cast KIDS Saturday Funhouse Tomorrow 1 to 4 TM. Adults or Children 20c k Extra Special "EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS" & Jerry "CARTOON CARNIVAL" plus Next Chapter of 'BATMAN AND ROBIN' Oil WU Senior For Study A Fulbright scholarship to Ger many ha's been awarded to Willam ette University senior Jean Mar tin, the International Educational Jean Martin, Willamette Uni versity senior from Yakima, Wash., who has received Fulbright scholarship to Ger many. Slayer Meted Life Term in Oregon Prison PORTLAND (A Circuit Judge Frank Lonergan Thursday sen tenced Lee Alien Parker to life term in the state penitentiary for his part in a body-in-a-well mur der. Parker, 31, of Portland, last month was convicted of second degree murder in the death of Robert Holloway, 44, Portland, a fellow cement worker. Holloway's body was found late last near in a lime-coated, back woods well near Vernonia, Ore. After the sentence was pro nounced, Parker read to the court a long statement in which he said he was innocent. Then he kissed his mother and was taken away. Powerline Hit By Bus; Baby, Mother Killed DEN1SON, Tex. 1 A bus skid ded on a wet highway Thursday and tore down a powerline which electrocuted a baby and her moth er. Driver James Stowe of Tulsa, Okla., apparently swerved the Jef ferson Line bus to miss a car and it plunged off the road. Three per sons required hospital care. Melanie Jane Stith, l'-j, was thrown through a six-foot gap torn in the bus side. She thrashed helplessly in the mud and finally touched the deadly, hissing wire. Mrs. Shirley Stith. 21, of Fort Worth tried to get her baby. She died instantly. Eelectricity from the broken power line coursed through the metal parts of the vehicle. Stowe received a slight shock and warned the 15 passengers to re main inside the bus because con tact with the wet ground might cause death. They waited 45 min utes until linemen removed the broken wire. The bus was en route from Dal las to Minneapolis. What's New In Salem? WHAT'S CHANGED IN SALEM? SHATTUC'S CHATEAU 2895 Silver-ton Rd. Phone EM 4-6666 The Only Place In Salem With LIVE Music EVERY Nite. Except Sun; Featuring Italian and Seafood Dinners Banquet Facilities Available Families and Children j Welcome Now Opn Mon. thru Sat. Wins Grant" in Germany Exchange Service of the Depart ment of State announced Thurs day. Miss Martin, from Yakima, Wash., will study German culture and serve as an assistant in Eng lish at the University of Heidel berg and at a Heidelberg high school beginning this fall. She will study advanced German this sum mer at Middlebury College in Ver mont under a study grant. A journalism-social science ma jor. Miss Martin is a member of Delta Gamma, Alpha Lambda Del ta, Mortar Board and other service honoraries. She has served on the campus newspaper, the Collegian, and was editor last year of the yearbook, the Wallula. She has held a freshman honor scholarship and a Myrl Myrtle L. Atkinson scholar ship. The International Educational Exchange program, as provided by the Fulbright act, is designed to promote a better understanding of the United States in other coun tries and to increase mutual un derstanding. Judge Orders Harvey Plant Pickets Halt THE DALLES. Ore. ( A rir- cuit judge Thursday ordered pickets awav from the Harvev Aluminum Co. plant here. Circuit Judge Malcolm Wilkin son, granted a temporary restrain ing order sought by the General Engineering Co., which is helping to Duna xne plant. The order was against the Inter national Brotherhood nf Klnrtri. cal Workers, the Oregon District Council of Laborers, and five un named unions. Harvev's nlant is crhpriiilor! tn open later this summer. The picketing began last week. Judge Wilkinson said he will hold a hearing May 20 on the engineering firm's reouest for an injunction against the unions. Pact Ends Rail Strike Threat by Huge British Union LONDON (-Britain's huge Na tional Union of Railwaymen ac cepted a government wage offer Thursday night ending any re maining threat of a strike. The other two rail unions al ready had accepted a government three per cent wage increase of fer to take effect June 30. 6:45 P.M. Open 6:45 ADULTS 80t STUDENTS 60c CHILDREN 25c HERMAN WOUK'S BEST SELLER ON THE SCREEN! THEWAMElONj f VERYONE'S'LIPS ... IHt nCTUKt UN "MUST-SEEUIST! Marore 1 I 1 Morningstar GeneKeuy - tut wrm am """'"-. TREVOR -WYNN-SLQANE-MILNER-JONESt TengthT Doors Open 50 Anytime M-G-M PRESENTS THE BOLD, LEE J. U Murnr, mmmmmmm NOW 1 COMEDY CO-HIT! M-G-M praraitft . THE HAPPIEST SHOW IN TOWN I A SOL C. SIEGEL Production stam'ni nm tin w is a if I- IIQNN T K Q T P PIER ANGELI BACCALONI PIUS COLOR CARTOONI Theater Time Table FXSINORE "MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR": 8:45 ' THIS IS RUSSIA": 7:10, 10:50 CAPITOL THE LONG HOT SUMMER": :40 "UNKNOWN TERROR": 7:05, 1038 GRAND "MERRY ANDREW": 7:41 "BROTHERS KARAMAZOV": 9:29 NORTH SALEM DRIVE-IN (Gates open. 7:00. Show at duak) "FORT DOBBS," Clint "Chey enne" Walker "THE DEEP SIX," Alan Ladd HOLLYWOOD "WILD IS THE WIND": : "JAMBOREE": T;00, 10:46 Rep. Powell Dropped by Tammany Hall NEW YORK MV-Tammany Hall Thursday dumped Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D-NY) as a Democratic candidate for re-election. There was no immediate des ignation of the party's choice as his opponent. In anticipation of Tammany's action, Powell has said he will head a full ticket of his own this fall in the Harlem congressional district which he has represented since 1945. Powell on May 8 was indicted on charges of evading $3,063 in income taxes. He is due to plead to the indictment Friday and the outcome of the case could well affect his battle for re-election. Tammany's dumping of Powell was in reprisal for his 1956 sup port of the Eisenhower Republican administration. Powell said he backed Eisenhower because of the racial segregation issue but at the same time ran himself as an or ganization Democrat. "The indictment was not a fac tor," Tammany leader Carmine G. DeSapio said in announcing Tammany's decision to drop Pow ell. He said 11 of 13 Harlem dis trict leaders favored dumping Powell. If convicted, Powell is liable to a maximum 15 years in prison and $30,000 In fines. Sapling Lashback Fatal to Logger COTTAGE GROVE. Ore. ( -Lloyd Perry Gilham, 35, who lived on a rural route near here, was killed in a logging accident near Yoncalla Thursday. Coroner's deputy Henry Smith said Gilham was struck on the head by the lashback of a sapling. He leaves a widow and a son. STARTS TODAY! CVtKTUNt: NataueIhii Ii i ! i i j ! 1 ffffM mm HrHiH today! BURNING NOVEL AT LAST I Starring YUL BRYNNER MARIA SCHELL CLAIRE BLOOM COBB ALBERT SALMI RICHARD BASEHART mm WILLIAM SHATNCR IN METROCOLOR! I mil lllllllllll"! HillMHH i lima It" riC"J NOEL PURCELL ROBERT COOT! with PATRICIA CUTIS CINEMASCOPE ( MnMCOUM Plans Ready . For Salem's Float Entry (Picture on page 1.) Designers of Salem's float entry in Portland "Rose Festival announ ced Thursday that plans for the three-trailer mechanism are near ly complete and actual construc tion of framework will start next week. The float, being constructed on a theme of first State Fair in Sa lem, is to. represent farm, fun and flowers. The first stage, farm, will pic ture a young boy taking his girl through the Fair gates in a car riage, with animals around him. The second stage will feature fun in the form of a revolving ferris wheel. And the third stage, flow ers, will depict the annual flower section at the fair. Flowers for the float will be purchased and put on the frame in Portland, according to Jack Neilsen. who is building it. The golden anniversary Rose Parade is scheduled for June 14. Salem's entry is sponsored by saiem merrians. Candidate Selected ROSWELL, N.M. Wl State Rep. Tom Morris of Tucumcari was picked Thursday as the Dem ocratic candidate for U.S. repre sentative, replacing the late Rep. Jonn J. Dempsey. Morris' name will be placed on tne November general election ballot. Open 7:00 Show at Dusk Children (Underl2) Free! Cartoon Carnival Tonight! CLINT WALKER HisFirst BigMotionj Picture! VIRGINIA BRIAN RkCHARO MAYO KEITH-EYER Action Co-Hit WarnerColor Doors Open 6:45 p.m. Academy Award Winner "BEST ACTRESS" OF YEARI JOANNE WOODWARD HUt TM SBIUTKHUI ova ir LLIAM FAUlWEt THE LOr.'S.KOT Summer JOANNE WOODWARD PAUL NEWMAN jf ANTHONY FDANCIOSA OUSON WlllfS PAUL NEWMAN ANTHONY FRANCIOSA Orson Wells Lee Renick TOMORROW! DOORS OPEN 12:45 PJW. BIG FUN MATINEE! Ont Honr of Cartoons and Exciting "Congo Bill" in Addition to regular Show! ehoaMtrtM w ruua rrtui fffliieil i mala eowns I J JOHN HOWARD I ,4f AA LARGE MS Fisher's CHEESE 2 SUNSHINE KRISPY CRACKERS M-D BATHROOM TISSUE FOLGERS COFFEE MISSION SALAD SPECIAL BEECHWOOD SALAD Fork and Spoon 49 24 oz. Macaroni .... 35 84 Both lor ONLY DELUXE ICECREAM PLAYFAIR DOG FOOD LETTUCE a RADISHES or GREEN ONIONS CUCUMBERS l CABBAGE VffAUf nn limit 3-Lb. $-n 09 FOWL LIVERS BACON m SQUARES COUNTRY STYLE SAUSAGE.. POLISH STICK BOLOGNA W Rmrvi the Right to Pricot Good Friday, Portland Road SALEM Lb. Loaf "2tW flSW ....AW $71 00 2i Cans U a Heads ... ...... Each ..Each U 3f n. LimitNo Salat to Daalert Saturday and Sunday Edgewater St. WEST SALEM 1' 3
