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AP I The Weather Today's forecast: Continued fair. Variable cloudiness Fri day, possible showers Friday evening. High 85, low 52. (Complete report para I) POUKI Dal P 1651 108th Year 2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES The Oregen Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, May 22, 1958 PRICE 5c No. 60 Maybe the anti-Nixon riots in South America will brighten chances for enactment of the re ciprocal trade extension recom mended by President Eisenhower. Last Thursday the House ways ana means committee reported the bill out by a vote of 16 to nine. The only amendment reducing the powers of the President was one which gives Congress the right to overrule, by a two-thirds vote of each chamber, a refusal of the President to apply tariff changes recommended by the Tariff Com mission. Since a two-thirds vote is hard to get, this is not regarded as a serious threat to the work ing of the act. The bill retains the provisions for a five-year exten sion and for grant of power to scale down tariffs by five per cent a year for five years. - Since one source of anti-Amerl-Can agitation in South America was fear of higher tariffs on met als and opposition to quotas on petroleum, Congress may well hes itate to cripple this program first sponsored by Secretary Hull and continued by Congresses during the administrations of Truman and Eisenhower. If , the Rules committee brings the bill on the floor without the rule banning amendments from the door, ef forts will undoubtedly be made to shdrten the extension and scale down the presidential powers There is still a strong body of protectionist sentiment in Con gress and over the country. It is augmented now as hurts are being felt in many lines of enterprise- mining, textiles, chinaware, etc. The South is no longer fully com mitted to free trade, the influx of (Csattnaed en Editorial Page 4) County Budget Balanced Necktie Party Falls Flat as 'Noose' Parts QUESNEL, B.C. W-Ifs enough to make an old outlaw sick to his stomach the way these modern Westerners bungled a necktie par ty nere. Folks up thisaway are having tnemseives a centennial celebra tion and they decided nothing rep presented the good old days like a good old hangin' of some pesky noss tniei. .There warn't no handy thief so Doug Davis, a horse breeder and salesman, said he'd be right hap py to be strung up from a tree in front of the historic. Cariboo Ho tel. It was sorts solemn and every thing Tuesday as Doug perched on a pony and the grim old noose dropped around his neck, Someone prodded the pony and it ran right out from under old Doug just like they used to do. Then a saving harness hidden un der Doug's coat and attached to the rope went and snapped. Doug fell flat on his face in the deep dust on the street. G-Men to Lose Formal Wear LONDON Wl London garbage collectors have the official order they must not wear top hats and tails on the job. , Four happy garbagemen found a batch of formal clothes among the refuse the other morning. They put them on and breezed merrily through the day's work. ' Municipal officials said they had received too many calls from householders asking about the change of uniform. The officials ruled solemnly that top hats and tails disrupted the orderly routine of a garbage collector's work. Drop in Tax Levy Thought Possible By RONALD REEVES Staff Writer, The Statesman Marion County's budget committee wrestled a massive $3,991,604 in requests and end ed up Wednesday evening" on top of the heap, with the bud get expected to be balanced and within the six per cent limita tion to allow a mill or mill and a half reduction in the county tax levy. The committee approved the hir ing of 14 new county employes, pay raises to the 11 elected county of ficials, totaling $11,368, and $48,030 for 143 employes below the fourth step in a six-step pay plan to reacn maximum salaries. Over $2,000,000 was approved for general fund requests, $1,353,000 road fund requests, and $351,000 for the schools. There will be no levy for the coming year for road projects, as the costs will be covered by coun ty revenues and money left over from last year's budgeting, offi cials said. The committee didn't approve all requests, as six proposed employes were denied and pay raises were banned for any employe at the fourth step or higher on his pay scale as set recently by a State Civil Service county job classifies-' tion study. i (Add. details on Page t) Polk, Marion Share Cost of Patrol Boat Marion and Polk County sheriffs jointly purchased a motor vboat Wedneseday to patrol Willamette River i -the Salem area to regu late speedboat traffic. Marion County sheriff Denver Young re ported. , -The 16-foot boat is to be powered by a ' 35-horsepower motor. Pur chase price, shared by both coun ties, is $1,400. Marion and Polk sheriffs dep uties will patrol the river on al ternate weekends. A number of warning citations were issued to boaters last weekend. Navy Shorn Off Model Missile Cruiser r -V.C-,ir; is... 5f'..... A. M ire Cmdr. Vernon' Gilmore of Salem Naval Reserve Surfaee Division 13-28M Inspects model of Navy's newest cruiser armed with guided missiles. Ship was feature of nnlt's 10th anni versary open house Wednesday attended by some 250 persons. (Statesman photo.) Pony Express Slated For State Centennial BAKER, Ore. (AP)-Tvo Baker men Wednesday said they hope to create a massive pony express ride for Oregon Len tennial Celebration next year. Stan Thompson and Harry Long said they hope 4,000 riders throughout the state will hit the trail for Portland. If plans go off. the men said they want to get Indians to stage mock attacks on the riders, Blazing Truck Blocks Road CORVALLIS UK A truck which used propane gas for fuel caught fire and .closed Highway 99-W south of here Wednesday. t Cause of the blaze, which start ed near the cab of the veneer hauling truck, was not deter mined. .- ' The driver, William Darland, 39, of Corvallis, suffered burns on his arms, neck and head. His conch tion was reported as satisfactory at a Corvallis hospital. The truck was owned by the Corvallis Plywood Co. When it became apparent that the fire could 'not be put out quickly, traffic was routed to road two miles west. Ike's Aides Differ Over Prospects of Slump End By J. W. DAVIS - WASHINGTON W-One top gov ernment official sees some fairly rosy prospects ahead for the econ omy while another said the gov ernment faces a lot of in-the-red spending. Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks gave the cheery view Wed nesday to the House Banking com mittee: "I anticipate that the eco nomic picture will be much bright er later this year and the next, if we do the right things now. "Employment has been rising seasonally, certain business in dicators are a bit better here and there and a spirit of revived con fidence is beginning to appear." The red-ink discussion came from Budget Director Maurice Stans, talking to reporters after a call on President Eisenhower. Stans predicted that spending in the current fiscal year, ending next June 30, will be 73-73V4 bil lion dollars, with a deficit of about three billion. For the year beginning July 1, Stans said the government may be expected to go 8-10 billions into the red. Last January Eisenhow er estimated spending in this new year would reach $73,900,000,000, with a surplus of 500 million. The recession, cutting revenue and in creasing spending plans, has changed all that. Looking farther ahead, Stans predicted that federal spending in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1959, will increase to about 80 bil lion dollars. Thompson, 38, an excavating contractor, said that many riding clubs in the state already have said they will join the mass ride. The riders would carry mail picked up at 500 relay stations he plans to set up along the route. The Klamath and Umatilla In dian tribes have not yet been ap proached on what Thompson hopes will be their part of the trek,- ' - , ? - The - riders would follow four main highways into Portland. One route would start at On tario on Highway 30, another at Brookings on Highway 101, a third at Klamath Falls on Highway 97 and the fourth at Ashland on Highway 99. Thompson and Long, an insur ance salesman, said the ride also would observe the 100th anniver sary of the founding of 'the Pony Express. He said, though, that the Pony Express never operated in Ore' gon. Benson Changes Mind, Messes Up Canada Welcome WINNIPEG. Man. W) Agricul ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson planted a row of beet-red faces at the Winnipeg airport. Expected Tuesday on a flight from Calgary, Benson changed his mind and came on a plane from Edmonton. When no one met him, he gave his luggage to a porter and took a cab. The cab driver observed en route that a big escort was ak the airport to greet "some big shot agriculture man from the United States. Benson called the airport from his hotel to say he had arrived safely and would be on hand to address the Chamber of Com merce. A welcoming party of three U.S. officials and six Winni peg businessmen rushed off to the hotel. Horn Chow Him Wants Name Changed to Joe MIAMI, Fla. I Horn Chow Him. son of Hum Mow Gin, wants to change his name to Abraham Joe. Horn Chow Him said his father was born in the United States but he was born at Chum Ha Cae, Chins, Dec. 27, 1901. Horn Chow Him said he has been called "Joe" for 17 years. He asked Circuit Court to make it legal. " Fish Cannery Strike Looms ASTORIA, Ore. l Cannery workers, who voted to strike 15 fish packing plants in this area, said Wednesday they will continue to process river fish Until Thurs day midnight and ocean fish until Saturday midnight. After that they will walk out of the plants unless the demands for increased wages and eight paid holidays are met, said John Janosco, international represents tive of the union. . Janosco said the additional time will permit the handling of all fish now on hand and that there will be no waste of docked fish. He said he understood that fish ermen were tying up their boats m this area, pending a settlement of the dispute. The workers are asking 7i cents an hour more. They now re ceive a base wage of $1.56 plus a 4-cent cost-of-living increase which became effective -earlier this year. Spouting Parakeet Takes to Wilds ; Statesman Newi Service FOUR CORNERS - If someone hears "one, two, buckle my shoe, three, four, open the door," do just that. It will be an escaped para keet that fluently spouts nursery rhymes. The blue and grey bird, with yellow head, this week flew through an open door at the Wil liam Slater residence, 4283 State St. The bird s name is Smoky. NORTHWEST LEAGUE At Tri-Clty I, Salem t (11 InnlB(i) At Yakima S, Eufene t At Wenatche 13, Lewlstoa I PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE At San Diets J, Portland 11 (It inninrO At Phoenix 1, Seattle 11 At Sacramento 1, Salt Lake City S At Spokane I, Vancouver 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE At Chlcaco t. New York S At Kansas city J. Washington ( At Detroit 1, Baltimore t At Cleveland J, Boston 2 is inningi; NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati 4, San Franclice I (1 Innlnaa) At Milwaukee I, Loi Angelei 1 At Pittsburih 1, Chlcaco S At Philadelphia 1, St. Louis Airliner, Jet Just Miss Midair Crash WASHINGTON Iff) - Capital Air- lines said early Thursday an Air Force B47 jet bomber narrowly missed colliding with a Viscount jet-prop airliner near Findlay, Ohio, Wednesday night. The incident occurred one day after a Maryland Air National Guard jet fighter rammed a Cap ital airliner near Brunswick, Md., killing 12 persons. Capital headquarterrs here con firmed a report from Cleveland that a near collision had occurred over Northwest Ohio about 40 miles south of Toledo. Airline officials said Capt. Jesse Bradford of Baltimore reported his airliner was flying east toward Washington at 19,000 feet when a B47, apparently dropping down to land, suddenly, crossed within boo feet of his plane. "Bradford radioed the Civil Aero nautics Administration in Cleve land and asked that a formal pro test be filed, airline officials said The officials said the airliner, a Vickers Viscount similar to the one involved in Tuesday's colli sion, carried a crew of four. They said they bad no report on the number of passengers aboard. The airliner was en route from Chicago to Washington and Balti more. Foreign Aicl Slash Restored WASHINGTON (AP)-The Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee tentatively approved Wednesday the full amount President Eisenhower is tftk ing for military assistance and defense support in his new foreign aid program. It runs to $2,635,-000.000. Sen. William F. Knowland of California, a committee member and the Senate's Republican lead er, told reporters after the closed door session that the actions were tentative and still subject to re consideration. Eisenhower is seeking $3,942,- 092,500 to continue the foreign aid prdgram through the fiscal year starting July 1. The House has authorized only $3,603,000,000. On voice votes the Senate com mittee approved: 1. Military assistance of $1,800,- 000,000 to Allied nations, including planes, tanks, ammunition and other military hardware. The House held the figure to $1,640,- 000,000. 2. The full 835 million the Pres ident asked for defense support economic aid to countries with which the United States has de fense pacts, to enable them to sup port stronger defense forces that their, o nweconomies will allow. The House had. voted 775 million. 3. A provision requested by Sens. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) and John Sherman Cooper (R-Ky) committing Congress to support, along with other nations, assist ance of "the type, magnitude, and duration, adequate to assist India to complete successfully its cur rent program tor economic development." lakes MtoA-V-tikw, PaiTpgeir Incireasiinig Salem Has 90-Degree Reading Rash of Head Civil War Veep's Treason Charge Dismissal Asked LEXINGTON. Ky. W Dis missal of a 96-year-old indictment charging former Vice President John'C. Breckinridge with trea son will be sought by the Ken tucky Civil War Round Table. The organization said Wednes day it will file a motion in Fay ette Circuit Court, where the in dictment is pending although Breckinridge died in 1875. The Round Table is a statewide group of persons interested in Civil War history. Breckinridge was indicted after casting his lot with the South in the Civil War. He also was ex pelled from the U.S. Senate for the same reason after he was elected in 1861. Truck Driver Killed At Train Crossing SPRINGFIELD. Ore.,-A freight train and a pickup truck crashed at a crossing near here Wednesday killing a 66-year-old Mabel, Ore., man. State police identified the vic tim as John Cleveland Hileman. Officers said the accident oc curred about 4:50 p.m. on the Hill Road, about 3 miles north east of here. State police Sgt. Harry Nelson said Hileman, on the way to pick up logging equipment, was alone in the truck. Salem 'Politicians' Accused of Slowing Airport Work . ,By DON SCARBOROUGH Staff Writer, The Statesman - Charges that Salem "city poli ticians" have a "low level o( in terest in things aeronautical" were fired Wednesday by the Air Trans port Association of America in Washington, D.C. A letter sent to United Air Lines officials in Seattle said Salem is in line to get a new airport safety featuro from the Civil Aeronautics Administration but that the city may lose the project, an approach lighting system, through "lack of aggressiveness and initiative." ATAA is an association of the nation's major airline companies. The charge caught Salem city officials flat-footed, City Mgr. Kent Mathewson said the city had never been informed by CAA that an "approach lighting system" had been offered Salem. In fact, he said, it was too early for CAA to approach Salem on the matter because the .CAA budget has not been approved for the coming year. ; t ' the "city politicians" pointed to Port advisory committee, is that long record of energetic crusades j voters are apathetic to airport inv for improvement of McNary Field facilities. Harold Sweeney, UAL Salem manager, said he has always re ceived the "highest cooperation" from city , officials, and UAL Se attle officials recently commended Salem for "the finest brief we have seen" in the city's fight be fore the Civil Aeronautics' Board1 to retain UAL service in Salem. .The discouraging thing, Reyn olds Allen, chairman of the air- provements. . "Some voters consider McNary Field a millionaires' playground rather' than a public utility," Al len 'said. "We are extremely in terested in developing McNary to its utmost for the general benefit it would bring Salem." - ' City bond issues to match fedes al funds for an airport control tow er were twice defeated by. the voters in May and November 1956. Airport Mgr. Joseph Fitzpatrick is making a survey to determine bow much. If any, additional land would have to be secured by the city to install approach lights. The city would be required to provide the land and, said the let ter from ATAA, "if the City of Salem doesn't show any more in itiative in this regard than they did in providing a structure for the tower the project could still be dropped through their own lack of aggressiveness." ', The lights, explained Sweeney, would supplement a radio control system by giving pilots a visual bearing when, they are near the landing strip. ' - ' PORTLAND UH Druggists re port there is a run on medicine for treating head lice in Portland. But city and county health au thorities disagree on how wide spread the outbreak is. Dr. F. Sydney Hansen, Multno mah County health officer, said there are lice in the hair of thou sands of children and that the out break is spreading to hundreds of new children each day. However Dr. Thomas L. Meador, city health officer, said there was more hysteria than lice. Many people are mistaking dan druff for lice eggs, he said. Those unable to get medicine are being advised by doctors to use vinegar or a mixture of kero sene and olive oil on children's heads. Mail Rate Increase Approved in Senate WASHINGTON (AP)-A bill providing for the biggest postal rate increase in U.S. history was passed by the Senate Wednesday and sent to the House. It would raise the first class letter rate to 4 cents and add a penny to the cost of ah mail letters and ordinary postcards, now delivered tor o and 2 cents. -When these and other proposed increases become effective, Post Office revenue would be increased by an estimated 575 million dol lars a year. Pay Increases About 265 million of this extra revenue would be spent annually on increased pay for the 520,000 postal employes. The bill carries a 10 per cent pay raise for most of the employes, retroactive to Jan. 1. Dr. Irving I. Raines, director of the Postal Rates Division in the Post Office Department, said Con gress has never passed a bigger rate hike than that contained in the 1958 bill. It covers practically every rate in every class of mail under congressional jurisdiction. he added. Senate passage was on an 88-0 rollcall vote. The House is expect ed to pass the bill possibly tomor row. Compromise Measure It is a compromise of previous measures passed by both cham bers. While the rates are lower than President Eisenhower recom mended and the pay raise is higher it was predicted the President would sign it. Postmas ter General Summerfield was re ported to have given the bill a strong endorsement at the White House Monday. If Eisenhower signs the bHl be fors the end of May, the higher first class mail rates would be come effective Aug. 1. Rate in creases for other types of mail wouia De sireicnea out over four-year period. t . .... .. . 1 Thieves Help Lick Slump JACKSON, Mich. HV-What this country needs to beat the reces sion is more thieves. That's what the Southern Mich igan Prison newspaper, Spectator, says in a tongue-in-cheek editorial. "Without a criminal element there would be no need for police officers to protect you.V the edi torial suggested. "If there were no need for police officers, thous ands of men would be out of work. Banks, locks, burglar alarms, vaults, guards, insurance compan ies all would be unnecessary. Aren't you glad there are a few honest thieves around to keep you working?" - French Act To Regain Africa Rein PARIS m Premier Pierre Pflimlin moved Wednesday to re assert his authority over the right ist hotbed In Algeria. He sent Gen. Henri Lorillot, his newly appoint ed chief of the combined French forces, to Algiers. On the home front, Pflimlin and leaders of political parties in his coalition hammered out agree ment on a four-point proposal for amendment of the constitution to give more power and more sta bility to the executive branch. The Cabinet will take up the proposal Thursday. Lorillot's job is to confer with Gen. Raoul Salan, the French commander in Algeria who likes Gen. Charles de Gaulle. New de fiance rolled up in Algeria as Lorillot's mission was announced. We will accept no one but Gen. de Gaulle," declared Alain de Serigny, influential member of junta there? "He is the only one capable of maintaining the unity of the nation. Lorillot held the Algeria com mand before Salan took over. One of Salsn's top aides was re turning to report to his chief after two days of talks in Paris with Defense Minister Pierre do.Cho- vigne. -The obvious, aim was- to strengthen the bridges between Paris and Algiers. . , , The current for ealllnf . De Gaulle to take over the govern ment still dominates in Algeria and-runs strongly in France. Man Charged In Lion Death NANAIM0, B.C. (CP) - Zoo keeper Paul Hertel, 48, Wednes day was committed for trial on a charge of criminal negligence laid after an African lioness es caped from his zoo and killed eight-year-old Maureen Vanstone. Maureen was attacked May 3 on a road near the zoo, six miles north of this Vancouver Island city. A posse of armed men hunted down the lioness a few hours later and killed it., On the Brighter Side . John Ericksen By ALLEN MORRISON Staff Writer, The Statesman The mid-Willamette Valley simmered under 90-degree temperatures Wednesday and forest fire danger in the area could quickly become critical if the scorching heat continues, forestry officials said. The Salem area had a hot 90 degrees Wednesday, the highest reading for the .year, and Mc Nary Field weathermen said more of the same is forecast for today. Meanwhile, U.S. forest service crews, helped by private logging firms, Wednesday had under con trol a forst blaze that burned over 60 acres on Mount June near Cot tage Grove, Associated Press re ported. Fire Mopped Up The blaze, believed started bv friction on a logging block, broke out at about 11 a.m. Tuesday and fire fighters were moDDinu uo Wednesday evening! Ted Maul, or the State Forestry Department, warned that any fire negligence now would result in serious fires in lower elevations. He said fire danger was not con sidered a problem in areas above 2,000 feet because of the moisture from snow packs. Guy Johnson, U.S. Forestry De partment official, pointed out that a fast drop in humidity, coupled with a strong east wind could cause critical conditions. The humidity dropped to 25 per cent in &aiem Wednesday. Danger ous humidity is considered about 20 per cent. The two forest officials said that about 25 small lightning fires broke out Sunday night on the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains were all extinguished. The light ning caused a .chain of this type fire from the California border to Washington but minor damage resulted, they said. A few were reported also la the coast range. Johnson added. 'Another Scorcher As the recent heat wave spread through Northwestern points, the area hot spot was The Dalles which registered 95 degrees Wednesday, Associated Press reported. Forecasters said today would be another scorcher with still more hot, dry air moving in the region. There is little cloud cover to re duce the' radiation, although some shower activity was reported in eastern Oregon. Northern Oregon beaches are expected to escape real hot weather today, as the forecast calls for a temperature range from a high of 68 to a low tonight of 50 degrees, AP reported. Beaches will have low morning clouds with sunny weather this afternoon, AP added. r- . 1 l- .11 ,,1,111 , I If SlSSaSSSSSlMSSSSSSSWpSSSP 0 ' ' ' v I Vv I ' if' , fit L ; -t V V uTr C Texan Dies At 124 Years BROWNSVILLE, Tex. (J) Col. orful Francisco Gomez Marfil. who was believed to be 124 years old and who bore the title of "The Man With the Ax," died Wednes day. If his associates and his own memory were correct, he was born before Victoria became queen of England and while his adopted state of Texas was an out lying province of Mexico. Until he became ill six months ago, he walked about this south ern Texas city with' his single bladed ax balanced on his shoul. der. The ax was his trademark. He actively made his living un til 1950 as a wood cutter. -f sassssfLuK V i f JL. " j pv Lotus blossoms and lanterns will decorate the Leslie Junior High School gym-VJOOU-Dy nasum Friday night as some 512 ninth graders have their annual graduation party. Theme of this year's farewell dance Is "Sayooars. Steven Stewart, student body president, and Candy Painter, decorations chairman, are shown working en a Japanese archway for the affair, . oriiand School Names Princess PORTLAND I - Stephanie Ann' Priddy, 17, Wednesday was named Madison High School's princess for the Rose Festival. Miss Priddy, 5-3 and 129 pounds. has brown hair and brown eyes. She is the daughter of Al Priddy, a dick jockey for Radio Station KEX. Today's Statesman Page $. Ann landers 6...... 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