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Stassen Fails Pennsylvania Governor Bid Ex-Presidential Aide Buried Under Vote for Manufacturer of Pretzel By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Arthur T. McGonigle, pretzel manufacturer backed by the The Weather Today's forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Possible showors Thursday afternoon. High 85, low 52. (Complete report put 1) tatesmaii mm P0UNDID 1651 108th Year 2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES Tho Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, May 21, 1958 PRICE 5c No. 59 Jet Rams Airliner Over Maryland: Death Toll 12 Wheelless Landing Rough on Plane at McNary Field m ir.. j in j i.m .my.xx,. St , 1 1 C "kHiHSW,,- S ' i V; " " :' v (Picture on Wirepboto Page) BRUNSWICK. Md. W) - An Air National Guard jet trainer hurtled out of a cloud into the side of a Capital Airlines passenger plane Tuesday, killing 12 persons. Only the pilot of the military plane survived. Seven passengers and four crewmen aboard the Chicago-to-Baltimore Viscount plane perished DtF PCDCDOC The showdown Dears on Integra tion in the schools of Virginia. Monday the Supreme Court reject ed an appeal from the decision of District Judge Albert V. Bryan of Alexandria that seven Negroes be admitted to present white schools in Arlington County. This is in a county where many of the inhab itants work for the federal govern ment, either in the District of Co lumbia which is just across the Potomac, or at the Pentagon and other federal' installations on the Virginia side. It is by no means the "deep South." Left alone the districts doubtless would comply with the court order. However Virginia, pursuing a policy of "massive resistance" has passed . a law which orders closure of pub lic schools wherever integration takes place. If they try to operate on a desegregated basis state aid will be cut off. A, similar test looms in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Some states have made plans to set up private -schools on a segre gated basis, using churches or oth er available buildings for holding school. Without support of public tax money these schools would not reach all the children for parents of many would be too poor to pay the tuition, and some would be in different to the need of providing "schooling" for their . youngsters. Few communities can support food schools without tax funds. " Assuming the state laws halting operation; of integrated schools go into effect, what will be the next move: If attacked in court it (Continued on Editorial Page 4.) Rain Forecast For Thursday More sun will bathe the Salem area today, McNary Field weath ermen said early this morning. Skies may be partly cloudy to night and Thursday with some chance of scattered showers Thurs day afternoon, they said. High temperature today was expected to be 85, and the low tonight 52. Northern Oregon beach predic tions indicate night and morning clouds but sunshine during the day, Associated Press reported. Woman Stays in Chamber 7 Days DAYTON, Ohio 11 Will man lose out to woman as the first traveler1 in space? A woman staff member of the Wright Air Development Center's aero-medical lab recently com pleted a seven-day period in com plete darkness and isolation, a WADC spokesman said Tuesday. He emphasized, however, that it was not a simulated space mission. in the crash. The body of a second person in the Air Force T33 jet trainer was found in the wreck age. The lone survivor, Capt. Julius R. McCoy of Baltimore, a Jull time flight engineer assigned to the 104th Fighter Group of the Maryland Air National Guard, parachuted to safety. At Frederick Memorial Hospital, his hands bandaged for second de gree burns and his head shaved, McCoy smoked a cigarette and told newsmen about his experi ence. "It was about 11:30 (a.m.) when we were cruising at about 8,000 feet in clear air. At no time did I see another plane. The next thing I knew th,ere seemed to be an explosion. 'Flames All Around' "I don't know how I got out of the plane or how my chute opened. I just remember being in the plane with flames'all around me. McCoy said he drifted into tree in his parachute, climbed to the ground and walked to a farm house about IVt miles away, ask ing to be taken to a doctor. McCoy's face, red and black and and blue from burns, contrasted with the white bandages wrapped around his hands. Tired but in good spirits, he was transferred to the U.S. Public Health Hospi tal in Baltimore. His condition was not serious. s The second occupant of the jet trainer was identified as Pfc. Don ald A. Chalmers of Baltimore. He reportedly was a member of the group's ground crew. Investigation Planned In Washington, the Air National Guard Bureau convened an acci dent investigation board made up of Maryland Air National Guard officers and representatives from the Air Force. It was the third crash between military and passenger planes tnis year. The Viscount left Chicago with 34 passengers, but most of them debarked at Pittsburgh. It was running- about a half an hour late on the last leg of its flight, The. collision occured over the lush Potomac River valley eight miles west of this railroad town and about SO miles northwest of Washington. It was the second major acci dent to a Capital Airlines plane in about six weeks. On April 6, a Capital Viscount crashed on land ing at Midland, Mich, killing 47 persons. Until then, Capital had not had a passenger fatality in 4Vi years. WASHINGTON tfl - Two con gressional investigations of air safety were set swiftly in motion Tuesday as a result of the air col lision over the Potomac Valley. Sen. Mike Monroney (D-Okla) told the Senate: "This points up again with tragic clarity the ur gency of a single control of our air space, with both military and civilian planes under one direc tion." Monroney announced an avia tion subcommittee he heads will open hearings Thursday into the crash and also the one April 21 near Las Vegas, Nev.,- in which 49 persons lost their lives in the collision of a civilian and a mili tary plane. Today's Statesman Pflimlin's Authority Bolstered PARIS Wl Premier Pierre Pflimlin Tuesday night bolstered his hand at the helm of France with a ringing parliamentary triumph over the challenging but numerically thin forces of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. . The National Assembly voted Pflimlin special emergency pow ers to fight the Algerian National ist rebellion. But paradoxically Algeria re mained in the firm grip of military-colonialist forces, opposed to the Pflimlin government. And the military commander at Algiers dictator over the whole great French North African region got a new endorsement of faith from Pflimlin. Thus the French on the Euro pean side of the Mediterranean were firmly under civil and quasi military control of the Paris gov ernment. The French across the sea in North Africa were in rebellion against Paris and in the midst of the 3V4-year-old Algerian National ist rebellion also against Paris rule. The Assembly vote was 475 to 100. It was the Premier's best showing yet In a busy and turbu lent six days in office. In effect the vote provided the Assembly's answer to De Gaulle's bid to take the reins. Military Pay Bill Signed By President WASHINGTON GB-A majority of men and women in military uni form will get pay raises next month under legislation signed Tuesday by President Eisenhower. Just about everyone with over two years of service including active reserves and retired per sonnelwill benefit. The boosts range from $6.20 a month for some privates and apprentice sea men to $399 more for the five members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. f """"" 'rJ :,::! I ". - Three Civil Aeronautics Administration employes escaped injuries when this twin-engine Beechcraft crash landed at McNary Field Tuesday. The plane was checking emergency landing radio equipment in Salem. (Statesman Photo). Dulles Warns Russ U.S. to Aid Lebanon WASHINGTON W-Secretary of State Dulles served notice! Tues day the United States might ct to help Lebanon put down anti government rioters despite Soviet threats against outside interfer ence. Dulles said there are "a number of areas of possible action" but said he does not anticipate that U.S. troops will be needed. The secretary, speaking at a news conference, accused Presi dent Nasser's United Arab Repub lic of intervening to help anti-government iorces, perhaps in coop eration with Communist elements. He refused to spell out what new moves might be taken but made clear the Eisenhower administra tion would not be frightened oat of doing what it believed right be cause of Soviet warnings. Plane Lands on Belly At Salem; None Hurt A Civil Aeronautics Administration plane cracked up a cou ple of propellers, when it landed without its wheels down, at McNary Field Tuesday afternoon. t Why the wheels weren't down was a moot question. So were lots of other "whys." One of its occupants, none of whom appeared to be hurt, said his name was William Farris. That was about all that was said. Morse to Head Anti-U.S. Probe Pago Soc. Ann landers 6 I Classified 17-19 II Comes tho Dawn ....4 I Comics 16 II Crossword 15 II Editorials 4 I Firm Pages .. .14, 15...... II Homo Panorama ....6 I Markets 15 II Obituaries 15...... II Radio-TV 16 II Sports 11-13 II Star Gazer 3 I Valley News 7 I Wirophoto Pago 16 II Kim Cool to Declaration Of Love by Trujillo Jr. HOLLYWOOD Wt Generous Gen. Rafael Trujillo Jr.'s declara tion of love for Kim Novak was given a less than enthusiastic re ception Tuesday by the blonde actress. "I liked Gen. Trujillo from the first moment we met," Miss No vak's studio quoted her as saying, "and I'm sure I always-will. "But at this time there is noth ing I can add except my gratitude Found! First call brought return when this Statesman Want-Ad appeared: LOST: Sat Keepsake breast Sin. Gold Nuicet. Reward. M x-xxxx. Find extra cash, too, by placing a Fast Action Statesman Want-Ad on those items you no longer need. Dial EM 4-6811 for the many nice things he has said about me." Trujillo, 29, son of Dominican Republic strong man Generalis simo Trujillo, professed his love for Miss Novak before thousands of television viewers Monday night. "She's a nice girl," the general said on a local TV interview show. "She's very sincere." Interviewer Paul Coates asked it he loved her. Trujillo hesitated, obviously ill at ease, then answered in a firm voice, "yes." The handsome mustachioed Tru jillo, head of his country's air force, is in the United States to attend the U. S. Army Command and General Staff School at Ft Leavenworth, Kan. He has been on leave for several months. When he graduates from the school in June, he said, he Will return to Hollywood before leav-ing-i-on the family yacht for the Dominican Republic. "Will this be a honeymoon trip?" he was asked. "You never can tell," replied Trujillo. ' -The general said his divorce from his wife, Octavia, will be come final in July. They have six children. ' Seattle Fire Rages SEATTLE UO A raging fire flared in a lumber plant in Seat tle's Ballard industrial area Tues day night and was burning uncon trolled despite the all-out effort of the Seattle Fire Department. Lebanon Council Asks Vote on Levy Statesman Newt Service LEBANON A resolution asking Linn County Court to put on the November ballot a 3-miIl levy to replace or modernize South San tiam bridge in East Lebanon was adopted Tuesday, night by the City Council. Councilmen said the bridge is too old to handle heavy Cascade Highway traffic. The council also agreed to ac cept a quitclaim deed from Leb anon Methodist Church for Pioneer Dodge Cemetery. It will put the cemetery under the city park sys tem for maintenance. WASHINGTON (JB-Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore) was picked Tues day to head an inquiry into the anti-American feeling in Latin America that erupted into mob attacks on Vice President Nixon The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the investigation by its Latin American subcommittee, of which Morse is chairman. Morse said the inquiry wiJl get under way next week and will be thorough, lasting several months. He told reporters that members of the full committee had unani mously rejected his offer to re sign the chairmanship of the sub committee if they thought he would be politically motivated in conducting the inquiry. Morse said a charge of political motivation bad been made by Sen. John M. Butler (R-Md), not a member of the committee. Morse said he told the committee the charge is false, and that all he wanted was a proceeding to find the facts in an impartial, nonpo litical way. On the Brighter Side By t John Ericksen ,1V A .1 t 1Z. I . ft 4 - 4tVN. 1 ''t v : K 9 1 t1 . 1 From the hush-hush, it would appear the plane was on a vital military mission for which secrecy was essential. From what The Statesman learned from its own sources, the plane was checking the instrument landing equipment at the field. Ambulance Not Needed The twin-engined Beechcraft, carryed the designation of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Ambulances . and fire engines were called to the field but weren't needed. How badly damaged the plane was remained to be de termined. So did why the wheels weren t down on landing. Added details uncovered hours after the crash from other sources showed the pilot to be Farris, E. Bowen, co-pilot and Robert Switzer, radio operator, all of Seattle. R. E. Groh, 1130 Chemeketa St. NE, said he saw the plane coming in with wheels up. He said it skidded for about 500 yards before coming to a stop on the runway. The $50,000 plane is equipped to check radio and navigation facil ities for accuracy for airlines and private airfields, according to one olticial source. Similar to Other Crashes This same official said there have been a number of similar crashes with this type of craft. He added, sometimes it's pilot error and other times failure of the landing gear to function. Leo H. (Ace) Demars, owner of Ace Flying Service at McNary Field, said he saw the plane ap proach the landing strip with the wheels up. Before the plane belly landed, airport employes notified Salem emergency equipment and then rushed to the scene with fire extinguishers. CAA offiicals will be in Salem today to make an investigation, they said. Cardinal Stritch Slightly Improved ROME IS) Samuel Cardinal Stritch was reported slightly bet ter Tuesday night after a stroke which has restricted his speech to a whispered "yes" and "no." The 70-year-old archbishop of Chicago showed no loss of mem ory. His mind was clear. His American physician, Dr. Ralph Bergen, said he had regained some use of his partly paralyzed right leg. Larger Portion of Salem City Budget Going to the Dogs The cost of dog food will be higher this coming year for Sa lem taxpayers, an estimated $100 higher. But that's good, not bad, ex plained City Manager Kent Mathewson to the Budget Com mittee Tuesday. It means more dogs are fed, because more dogs are caught, because enforcement la Improving. Which In turn means more peo ple are claiming dogs, with the result city dog pound revenue la higher. la less than a year re venue is up from $350 to $1,190. The pound has a $5,571 budget for next year. 79-Year-Old Solon Seeks Marriage End (Picture on Wirephoto Page) FARGO, N. D. (fl The three month marriage of 79-year-old Kep. Usher L. Burdick (R-ND) and his 30-year-old bride headed for the courts Tuesday. Burdick, in a complaint filed here by his son, Quentin, seeks to annul his Feb. 28 marriage to his attractive secretary, Jean Rodgers Jackman. "She had no intention of con summating the marriage," the complaint said. It also alleged Mrs. Burdick's divorce from Don ald Jackman more than a year ago in Reno was inadequate and that her marriage o Burdick at Arlington, Va., is void. The lawmaker said in Washing ton he assumes Mrs. Burdick, his third wife, will contest the annul ment proceedings. Pennsylvania Republican organization, has wrecked Harold Stassen's try for the state's governorship. A primary election count of 4,710 of the state's 8,887 pre cincts gave McGonigle 319,721 votes to 149,394 for Stassen, former Minnesota governor and Eisenhower aide, in the Re publican contest for the guber- f natorial nomination. In a second closely watched race of the two state primaries held Tuesday, that in Mary landGeorge P. Mahoney, con tractor, conceded defeat to Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro in the Demo cratic race for nomination to the U.S. Senate. A count of 1,011 of the state's 1,377 polling places gave D'Ales andro 90,651 votes to Mahoney's 74,974. It was D'Alesandro's first bid for a statewide office. Lawrence In Runaway As was expected, Pittsburgh Mayor David L. Lawrence was making a runaway race in the Pennsylvania Democratic guber natorial primary. A count of 4,305 precincts gave Lawrence 315,480 votes to 65,430 for his closest oppo nent, Roy E. Furman. Speaking from far behind, Stas sen acknowledged tnat it would be very dificult to overcome the tremendous lead which the GOP state organization turned out for McGonigle in Philadelphia. It was this vote which was largely re sponsible for McGonigle's tre mendous lead. In the Pennsylvania Democratic race for the Senate, Gov. George M. Leader had buried Clarence P. Bowers by a vote of 306,001 to 98,375, in a count of 4,305 pre cincts. Hugh Scott led by a wide margin in the GOP senate race, 265,151 to 36,892, in 3,403 precincts. Unit System Used The Maryland vote is really Ike Asks Fight to End Slump NEW YORK (AP) - Presi dent Eisenhower called Tues day for a nationwide offensive to promote a business upturn. He said the recession appears to be slowing down, but cau tioned against a disastrous wage price spiral, The President also promised again that certain decisions will be taken shortly in the field of taxation, with respect to the eco nomic slump, which he said is not ended by any means. An Eisenhower aide, Press Sec retary James C. Hagerty, told newsmen in response to questions that the President's remarks about an early decision on taxes should not be interpreted as mean ing necessarily that the adminis tration will advocate a cut. 2,500 Business Leaders The decision, when it comes, still could be either for or against a tax reduction, Hagerty added. The President, in a speech to 2,500 business leaders from all sections of the country, said anew .1 , il. j : i J - 1 determined by the unit system, "ff tut. k.:. nii.. ji- v,j after consultation with Democratic ,., .,u fu. n.iti. and Republican leaders of Con Fong Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison PORTLAND Ifll Wayne Fong, 29, who once was charged with killing a school girl, Tuesday was sentenced to 20 years in prison for selling narcotics. The sentence was imposed on the Portland man in U. S. District Court here. Fong was arrested late last month. The government charged he sold heroin to an undercover agent. Fong pleaded guilty shortly before he was to go on trial. Several years ago, Fong was charged with first degree murder in the death of Diane Hank, a high school student here. He was ac quitted after two. trials. counties and Balti more city legislative districts to list, 78 apparent nominating unit votes in his column to 49 for Mahoney. From a national standpoint, the most interesting question fa the two state primary elections was how Stassen would fan la his bid for governor, which was opposed by the state GOP organization. President Eisenhower, who voted at his Gettysburg home, save no indication of his choice. 6 Teen-Agers Die in Crash DENVER m Six high school boys were killed Tuesday when a sedan in which they were riding crashed at high speed into a steel marker pole at the northeast end of Denver. Five boys were dead when offi cers reached the scene, four of them in the twisted wreckage and the other at the bottom of an em bankment 75 feet away. The sixth died in a hospital two hours later. Detective Sgt. Tom O'Neill es timated the southbound car was traveling at 90 miles an hour when it swerved to the left shoul der on a curve, skidded in the gravel and hit the steel pole. All six youths were students at the suburban Adams City High School. x.-Gov. West 85 PORTLAND (M "I didn't ex pect to live this long, Oswald West, former Oregon governor, said Tuesday as he celebrated his 85th birthday anniversary here. gress. Eisenhower, who was introduced by Vice President Nixon, ad dressed the concluding dinner meeting of the American Manage ment Assn's economic mobiliza tion conference at the Astor Ho tel. His 30-minute speech was car ried coast-to-coast on television and radio. As he has done repeatedly dur ing the last few weeks, Eisenhow er said the federal government is carrying part of the load in efforts to end the recession. But he also said once more the biggest part of the task must be shouldered by private business. In predicting recovery and in calling for a rallying of all the nation's forces to promote an early upturn, Eisenhower said:. "Our economy has grown strong because our people have made jobs for each other and have not relied on the government to try to do it for them." NORTHWEST LEAGUE At Trl-Clty IS, Salem t At Vaklnu. 3, Eujen 1 At Wenatcbee (, LewUtoo t PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE At Phoenix 7, Seattle S At Sacramento 9, Salt Lake City S At San Diego 3, Portland 4 At Spokane S, Vancouver S AMERICAN LEAGUE At Chicago 1, New York S At Kansas city 3, Waihinfton T '. At Detroit 4, Baltimore S At Cleveland 1, Boston ( NATIONAL LEAGUE t Cincinnati 2, San Francisco 4 At Milwaukee 3, Los Angeles ( (11 Innings) At Pittsburgh 12, Chicago 3 At Philadelphia 0, St. Louis S Efforts to Solve Lebanon's Bloody Crisis Fall Through By TOM MASTERSON BEIRUT, Lebanon mA media tor's efforts to work out a com promise between opposition lead ers and Lebanon's pro - Western government collapsed Tuesday. Former Premier Saeb Salam, the top opposition leader in Beirut, denied he had agreed to any ne gotiations. "We are standing firm on our D..I pnn Nothing tastes better to a young boy like 3-year-old John Brockway than ledl ItfOOl nose water on a hot day. Tuesday was hot so John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo H. Brockway, 1795 5th St. NE, cooled off With this combination drink and cold shower. Willamette Ambulance Submits Plan To Operate City's First Aid Service Willamette Ambulance Service put in writing Tuesday its proposal to take over the city first aid serv ice on a contract basis. The private company's plan, which aroused hot opposition from the city first aidmen when it be came known two weeks ago, will now go before the City Council next Monday. Mayor Robert F. White received the letter from J. Harold Brown, operator of the am bulance service, Tuesday morning. Brown maintained in the letter he could operate the first aid serv ice for "about half" what it now costs the city. He didn't give a firm figure as he also suggested the city submit the matter to bids. But Brown estimated the first aid service costs the city $36,000 now. This figure is open to question because the new city budget now under consideration shows first aid expenditures at $17,000 this year and a proposed $17,882 for the year to start July 1. Brown has main tained other first aid costs can be found elsewhere in the fire depart ment's overall budget: Willamette Ambulance's propos al included these points: City would eliminate first aid car (Brown offers to buy it); city con tract with ambulance service for all first aid services; no charge would be made to individuals giv en first aid unless ambulance transportation of the individual was necessary; Willamette would add an additional ambulance crew to handle the first aid work. Fire Chief Robert Mills took a dim view of Brown's proposal. Al though emphasizing he couldn't speak for city policy-makers," the veteran fireman said: "In my opin ion the first aid car is a citizen project and should be left in charge of the city of Salem." Mills said he didn't know how Brown arrived at his $36,000 figure for first aid costs annually. Mills said the firemen drivers are regularly assigned to fire com panies and go on first aid runs only when they are not heeded , in fire emergencies or any other fire de partment duties. demands," he declared. The opposition has warned that the bloody turmoil which has shaken Lebanon for 11 days will continue until President Camilla Chamoun resigns. About 200 per sons have been killed. Raymond Edde, a prominent political leader, stepped in as a mediator to seek a compromise. He met with Salam, Tripoli op position chief Raschid Karami and others opposed to the govern ment. Gen. Faud Chehab, the army chief of staff, also sat in. . The compromise plan reportedly proposed by Edde called for for mation of a neutral government headed by Gen. Chehab. Chamoun would serve until the end of his six-year term Sept. 23, but tho constitution would not be amended to allow him to succeed himself. Opposition leaders, fearing Cha moun will seek another term, have demanded his immediate resigna tion. Chamoun's government has ac cused the United Arab Republic of interfering with Lebanese af--fairs by aiding the anti-government forces. The U. A. R. denied the charge. Train Crash Hurts 83 PAISLEY, Scotland ( - A freight train smashed into the rear of a crowded Glasgow -bound local Tuesday, injuring S3 passengers. .'
