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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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