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WEATHER FOGGY (Complete Report, Page I B) CITY EDITION LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. , year, 355 TWO SECTIONS 32 PAGES EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1053 Phone 5-1551 Runny Weather follows Pacific flfind, Rain Storm The sun was shining Monday morning, but it wasn't ,. 1. warmly enough to dry up a drenched Pacific Coast & K..tt.inA T 3 SPriOR Of WinHc and rsinc Cof,,,..,.. tjtOTS BUHCi'"-" "J - no umuiuJ i,d Sunday. JI.,.J .,:npd nice weather to usher in the winter season wh opens officially at 10:32 p.m. Monday. The nice ocal Woman afally Hurt Car Crash A Eugene woman was killed irday nlgM .1U ""lea i lErvcd in mlss a uuu,ul;l ll,u heafl-on imo nur huui. d weather and heavy accounted for a rash of Herts nearer Eugene. lis. Elmer N. Anderson was ltd instantly. Her nusDana , hosoilalizcd at Burns with litre scalp cuts and a broken lie Andersons were on their itlrom Eugene to Austin, Minn, their former home on a busi v trip. Anderson is former chief engi :er for the Hormel Packing Co. d recently spent nine months in toy as an advisor on meat Siting problems. The Ander ii came to Eugene several ars ago. A son, James, also hs in Eugene. Sale police said a car driven I Lee Baldwin Jr., Burns, nhed into the Anderson car. as not hurt. kOCAR CRASH ILakeview youth and an Indo le student were hurt in a knar crash near Junction City rarday night. Simone Truong iSue, 24, of Saigon, Indochina, 'lived a broken jaw. Donald men, 18, of Lakeview, suffered ri cuts on his head and face si i leg injury. Both were in nd condition Monday at Eugene isiilal and Clinic. One of the three persons struck in auto Saturday night north Junction City at the Benton pie county line was still hospit- tied Monday. He was Leon Mill, 45, of Shedd. He was in m condition at Sacred Heart bin!. The other two, John if, 53, and his son, Vernoie ere released after outpatient iitment. They were examining tree which had blown down tag the highway when a car pin by Charles Emrick, 19, struck them. State police Mnim lor reckless driving. motion good Sis. Artie M. Carson of Cres !J also was in good condition at Hospital. She was riding "a her husband. John, when N car collided with another at Ave. and Ferry St. in Eugene '1 8 p.m. Saturday. Carson and daughter were not hurt. Mrs. '"am sulfcred a back injury. driver of the other auto was i Chester Cook. 29. of 2174-2 ilerson Dr. -tahere in the slate three F persons were killed in auto FWnls over the weekend "Mm B. Dorr. 21. who lived r" milsboro. died when a car nding in was struck by a -I tree. ShirltV Vvnnn m - t . . c icisuii, xo, m 7"! was killed near . her r nen a car she was in rneo to avoid another auto. "ieri Neill, 21, of Devon Was killed u-hffn htc par turn 30 miles cast of FEE INJURED toee men were injured at 3 Sunday at the Salmon rek lust east of the Oakridge ' Mm S. Dna ... .t.a t. drunk on a public highway. "" Mice reported a sedan . William S. Worley, 33, ;M, collided with a car t'l y Wallace Alber Wein- oi Tenmile, Ore, mm was treated at Oak- C S-'lniC for a hrnlren ten and ; '! serious injuries. His Mr Garland Hubert Calla- 'it i.j I 'cnmc, received ncsl ln tunes. - nignway. received head lacera fjsiile Today (y cite. CC(i for "ctfic Northwest, ? In h,(,rU'", Indicate, rise to H,j" Army bosses, Bried 1M3A I4A i. .. 1 ,'"itierl i . IB 2, 3R RR 7-flB I3B 13-ISB weather should last into Tuesday, he said, but beyond mat ne promised nothing. Despite the heavy rains and warm temperatures which sent some snow running off the moun tainsides, there was little serious flooding. Most of the inconveni ence of the storm was caused bv road closures and power inter ruptions. They were caused bv falling trees more than by the water. In the Eugene area most of the ain fell Saturday. From mid night, Friday to midnight. Satur day 2.74 inches of rain were measured at the airport. Then it slackened off with only .21 nches falling Sunday, and only trace from midnight to 10:30 a.m. TOTAL 7 INCHES , But the total of 2.95 inches from midnight Friday to Monday morning was enough to boost the month's total to 7 inches, a full inch above the normal December rainfall of 6 inches. And De ccmbcr had 10 days to go. Heavy winds struck the Upper Willamette and Upper McKenzic areas about 6 p.m. Saturday. A tree across the road near Blue River was blamed for a power outage which kept parts of the McKenzie River area without elec tricity until 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Ruth West, Register-Guard cor respondent at Vida and Blue River, said 18 trees were counted across the road and power lines Saturday night, The McKenzie rose some, but Mrs. West said it was not serious along the upper part of the river. TRAFFIC DELAYED Up the Willamette trees fell across Highway 58, causing brief traffic delays. Near Hell Gate Bridge a tree four feet in diam eter fell across the road, with the top against a high bank. Motor ists chopped the limbs off and drove under it. But a number of trucks, too high to go under the tree were delayed. Power in the Oakridge area was off two and a half hours Sat urday night, but was restored when a line was run to the Pope & Talbot steam plant. Many tele phones were also out in the area, and Monday morning many for est service lines were still not operating. At Eugene the Willamette River at the Ferry St. bridge measured 4.3 feet, a foot lower than the Sunday measurement, SANTIAM DROPS The Santiam at Jefferson reached flood stage Sunday, but had dropped five feet by Monday morning. Water over the road at Harrisburg caused motorists some concern Saturday nigh: but two-way traffic was restored on relatively dry pavement Sun day. West of Eugene the winds and rains caused power failures and blocked two east-west highways, The Drain-Keedsport road was closed Saturday night. Also Saturday night a free fell across the Siuslaw highway east of Blachly, injuring three high way crew members who were trying to clear off debris which had previously fallen on the road. The three, Arlee G. Cisney, Ota B. Smith and Edwin De- Graw, were not hurt seriously, although they required medical attention after they returned to Eugene. They got the highway open. TREES CLEARED At least six trees across High way 36 near Indiola in Western Lane County were removed by Sunday, , That end of the county, as usual, got the sea linn's share of the rain, Mapleton, which got 9 inches in a weekend storm in No vember, got off with only 5.65 inches this time The Siuslaw at Mapleton was over it's banks Saturday, but did not rise at all after midnight, and began to fall Sunday. Winds of 60 to 70 miles an hour came in gusts to add to the misery of residents of the Mapleton area. The high tide, which was sup posed to be about 4 feet, reached 9.7 feet at Mapleton Sunday be cause of the winds. DAMAGE SLIGHT Eugene was troubled only by snrfaee water which crept into basements and flooded street in tersections. Train and bus schedules were not seriously delayed. No passen ger trains were late. Buses had to avoid the Drain-Rccdspnrt and Eugene-Florence roads Saturday night, and were delayed on High way 58. But bus schedules and routes were normal by Sunday. v ' If 1 By RICHARD KASISCHKE Associated Tress Staff Writer MOSCOW lift The Soviet Union announced Monday night it is ready for the conferences on atomic energy urged by Pres ident Eisenhower, but suggested pledge for a complete ban on A-weapons as the only way to set tle the problem. The views were made known a 3,000-word note, to the United States commenting on the (AP WIrepholo) HOSTAGES RELEASED Mrs. Joe Watts, (left) and Helen Gilbert, (right) are shown on the porch of Mrs. Watts' home after their release by five of 13 inmates who escaped from the Jackson (Mich.) prison at Jackson on Saturday. . 3 More Fugitives Caught in Detroit (Story, Page 2A) DETROIT 10 Police Monday captured in Detroit three of the five fugitives remaining at large from Saturday night's mass break out at Southern Michigan Prison. The three apprehended fugi tives were identified as Edward J. Emrick, Virgil Lane, and Dan iel B. Bousha. Police said the three were cap tured in a private home on De troit's southwest side. An anonymous tip was credited for the arrest of the trio. Their capture left only two fugitives a' large from the 13 who broke out of prison via an underground sewer Saturday night. STILL AT LARGE Police said Bousha, Emrick, and Lane would be taken to head quarters for questioning on 'he whereabout of Roman Usiondek, 37, and Robert Dowling, 33, the fugitives still at large. Eight other inmates who parti cipated in the break were recap- Morse Scares Burglar Away County Surveyor P. M. Morse was the hero ol the night Sat urday when he frightened away burglar who had forced entry into the basement of the Lane County Courthouse and was prowling the second story of the building. All I saw was legs," Morse told police officers who sur rounded the area in hopes the prowler was still on the pre- misos. The entry occurred about 8 p.m. wnen tne burglar Drone basement window and unlocked door. According to investigat ing officers the man then went to the repair room of custodian Dave Swenson, where he kicked n the door and took a wrecking bar. Nothing else was reported stolen Monday morning. When Morse made his entry to the first floor, the burglar fled down the back stairs and escaped through the basement. A cordon was thrown up around the build- ins bv officers from the sheriff s department and Eugene police. Sheriff Ed Elder tneorizea Monday that the burglar must have been someone familiar with the layout and procedures of the building. tured earlier. Two women hos tages were freed unharmed alter being held 11 Vi hours by one fleeing group of "gentlemanly' convicts. Police were particularly anxi. ous to recapture Usiondek, 37, de scribed as a psychopath who may have sought freedom for revenge Authorities assigned guards to witnesses who testified at the trial which sent Usiondek to prison for life for a 1943 Detroit barroom slaying. Circuit Court Commissioner A. Tom Pasieczy, special prosecutor at the trial, was removed from the city for his safety. Official investigations sought to fix the blame for the big break. Prison Warden William H Bannan charged "negligence' on somebody s part." He said in formal statement "It is our duty to place the blame and let it fall where it should." STOLE TORCH The convicts stole an acetylene torch to burn through sewer bars. Warden Bannan said other inmates declared the torch and an oxygen supply used by a con struction company at the prison were easily accessible. A complete lack of leads for some 24 hours alter the telons were last seen in Detroit's sprawling northwest section con vinced police that the five were lying low. Police tracked down numerous anonymous tips without success. The manhunt concentrated in the northwest area where the fugitives abandoned a stolen Cadillac car and released their two women hostages seized short ly after the break. oviets Approve itomPool Talks LONDON IIP) The Soviet government has appointed five new deputy premiers, Moscow radio announced Monday. President's suggestion for talks looking toward an international pool of atomic material for peaceful purposes. PEACEFUL AIMS' "It is necessary that not some part but the whole mass of atomic material be directed com pletely to peaceful aims," the statement said. As to President Eisenhower's statement on the confidential or diplomatic talks concerning his proposal, the Soviet government . expresses its readiness to take part." The United Slates has insijled in United Nations debate for years that any ban of atomic weapons must be preceded by an ironclad system of control and inspection for enforcement. Th Soviet Union, on the other hand, has insisted on the ban first and then controls and inspection, but has never spelled 'out just what kind of controls it envisages. Thus the question has been dead locked. The Soviet statement said it expected the American govern ment would clarify the Eisen hower proposal since "in its pres ent form it is not clear and does not envisage the necessity of for bidding the atomic weapon." . The Soviet Union is deeply convinced that mankind ought and must be protected from the horrors of atomic war," the note continued, "the resposibility for solving that task lies on those whose governments have already mastered the power of atomic weapon. As for the Soviet Union its position is quite clear. It consists in turning the great discovery of man's reason, not against civil ization, but fnr civilization's all sided progress, not for mass de struction of peoples but for peaceful needs, for the un bounded rise in the welfare of the peoples." 'SOLEMN OBLIGATION' The Soviet note expressed hope that atomic conferences will reach an agreement to lessen the fears of an anxious world. It add ed: "The Soviet government con siders that during the course of these conversations there should be examined the following propos als of the Soviet government: "The states participating in the agreement, motivated by the de ire to reduce international ten sion, should take upon themselves the solemn and unconditional ob ligation not to use the atomic hydrogen weapons of mass de struction. "The signing of an internation al agreement on this question could be an important step on the path of the complete banning of atomic, hydrogen and other wea pons of mass destruction with the establishment of strict interna tional control to insure the ful fillment of the agreement ban ning the use of atomic energy for war purposes." Private Sentenced To 13 Years in Prison BERLIN tmV.S. Army Pvt Robert D. Blevens was convicted Monday of conspiring to lure American soldiers behind the Iron Curtain and consorting with Red secret police. He was sen tenced to 13 years ln prison. The 29-ycarold soldier from Omaha, Neb., also was convicted by a seven-member general court martial of deserting twice to the Russian Zone and breaking out of a U. S. military stockade in West Berlin. Jailer Foils Escape Try A long-expected jailbreak at tempt at the Eugene city jail came Saturday night. But Jailer R. L. Lesiak was ready for it and caught the men while two locked doors still sep arated them from freedom. Police Chief Ted Brown identi fied the three men who engi neered the breakout as James Elliott Womack, Edward Clar ence Lawrence and frank M. Seamen. They have been placed in solitary confinement, he said, and their actions reported to the district attorney. Brown said that Lesiak about 10 p.m. Saturday night heard "unusual noises" in the jail but was unable to locate them. He made regular checks and at 11:50 he saw a man in the mess hall. Soon he spotted more prisoners following him from the "bullpen" to the mess hall. Lesi ak and several officers returned the men to the cell without inci dent. Brown said that the men had dismantled the lock assembly on the bullpen where the majority of the prisoners are held. A nut from the lock control was found on one of the prisoners. The chief said the break has been expected for about a month. Lewis May Grab Waterfront Reins Sentenced LONDON im Tehran radio said Monday night former Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh of Iran has been sentenced to three years of solitary confinement on charges that he sought to overthrow the Shah. Lqniel, Near Victory, Fails To Capture French Post VERSAILLES, France W The French Parliament failed again Monday to elect a president of the republic. It was the ninth ballot taken since last Thursday. Premier Joseph Lanicl, a wealthy industrialist and the top contender, got 413 votes a drop of 17 votes from the eighth bal lot. His socialist opponent. Marcel Edmond Naegelcn, who has Com munist support, got 365 a drop of 103 votes. Pierre Montcl, 57, emerged as a last minute candi date. H6 received 10.1 voles. Mon tcl is a member of Lnniel's inde pendent party from Lyon 22 VOTES SHORT Lanicl was only 22 votes short of victory on the eight ballot in the Peonies' Assembly hall nf the old palace of French kings. on the ninth ballot a majority of the votes cast was 455. Thus Laniel, who has led almost all the way, was 42 votes short Mon day. No other French presidential election had ever required more than two ballots. The protracted voting this time resulted from a sharp split, nearly down the po litical middle, in the Parliament. The split promised endless future troubles in the National Assem bly at a time of crisis on crisis. Parliamentary leaders grew in creasingly shocked at the bitter nature of the showdown battle. Laniel's support came almost entirely from the conservative ranks landholders, wealthy in dustrialists, and rightist Catholics. Behind Naegelen was an almost where the National Assembly de- solid phalanx nf Socialists and puties and senators Jiavp. necn.inmmunists, representing nearly trying In name new president, all nt France's working pnpu The number needed to elect nation. Dangling unhappily between were slightly more than 100 members whose votes could swing in either direction to name the President. SEEK COMPROMISE Throughout Sunday night, the unhappy hundred plus a consider able number nf the two opposi tion groups sought a compromise candidate who could soften the sharp left-right division. By this morning, however, no such ac ceptable man had been found. Observers figured the grave cleavage .would be carried over into the National Assembly, which in the next months must send a delegation to the Big Four conference in Berlin, agree on a new government after the Presi dent takes office Jan. ,17, ratify or reiecl the bitterly controver sial European army treaty, work France's economy and per haps revise the constitution. (AP WIrepholo) LEWIS MEETS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S CHIEF-John L. Lewis, left, president of the United Mine Workers, meets in Washington Monday with Capt. William Brad ley, newly-chosen president of the allegedly crime-ridden International Longshore men's Assn. The ILA recently was kicked out of the -American Federation of Labor. . : : Idaho Football Coach Quits MOSCOW, Idaho Wl Raymond A. (Babe) Curfman resigned Mon day as football coach at the Uni versity of Idaho. His three as sistants also resigned. - The resignations were acceplen effective at the end of the current semester. Curfman's Vandals won only one out of nine games last fall and he has been under fire from some alumni. The three assistants are Charles Gottfried, Mack Flcnnikcn and Dixie White. J. E. Buchanan, president of the university, said the resigna tions were accepted "upon au thority and instructions of the executive committee of the re gents in the interests of the uni- 'versity and its students. WASHINGTON lB William V. Bradley said Monday if the Inter national Longshoremen's Assn. wins a collective bargaining elec tion on the New York waterfront he would favor affiliating it with John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers Union. Bradley is president of the ILA which the AFL ousted on grounds it was crime ridden. He made the comment after an hour-long conference here with Lewis. Such affiliation would make Lewis in effect the labor boss of the New York waterfront as well as head of the powerful eoal miners. Bradley came out of the meet ing with Lewis and told reporters Our financial worries are over and that Lewis is supporting his group "very much" in the elec tion Tuesday and Wednesday, Later, speaking for newsreel cameramen, he said he would fa vor affiliating with the miners union if the ILA wins waterfront collective bargaining rights. The election is a test between the independent ILA and new AFL Longshoremen's Union. About 25,000 New York harbor dock workers are eligible to vote. Even before the meeting, one of Bradley's union officials had said Lewis-had loaned $50,000 to the ILA in its fight with the new AFL union. Lewis, president nf the United Mine Workers, declined to com-1 ment after the meeting with Bradley, but the two men posed together for photographers. Brad ley talked with newsmen out side Lewis' office. uracney predicted his union would win the bargaining elec tion by a 10-1 margin. Asked whether there would be a long shoremen's strike after a court in junction against a strike expires on Christmas eve. Bradley said that would be up to his union's Atlantic Coast committee to de cidc. Man Rescued From Waters FLORENCE Hugh Faulkner, was home in a warm bed Monday morning, grateful that a friend had seen him when he was float ing in Woahink Lake. raulkner floated in the lake waters for 3 'A hours Sunday at ter his boat capsized at 8:30 a m At about 11:30 a.m. O. H. Lund- quist, who lives on the lakeshnrc, saw Faulkner floating on the bow end nf his boat and summoned the Florence Fire Department. Les Scott, Vern Passenger, and Henry Planp took a boat out and rescued Faulkner. He was given oxygen and taken to a doctor's office where he was treated for shock and sent home. Later, Faulkner related he and a companion had gone duck hunting. Faulkner left the blind and went for gas fnr the boat. On the trip, high waves and wind capsized the boat. The boat's how, covered with canvas, stayed up and the hunters clung to it. Broadcast Plea Planned for GIs PANMUNJOM Wl The U.N. Command Monday prepared a last-minute broadcast appeal to 22 American war prisoners who stayed with the Communists, even as the Allied Far East command er indicated hope has been aban doned that any of the 22 will re turn home. The Neutral Nations Repatria tion Commission announced it had approved an Allied request to broadcast to the prisoners Wed nesdayhours before the deadline fnr explanations to balky war prisoners. The Allies slaked their hopes of winning back prisoners on the broadcasts and a 12-page letter addressed to each man as chances fnr face-to-face interviews all but vanished in a welter of last-min ute delays. The Communists resumed their long-delayed explanation program Monday and chalked up their best score to dale. Red members of the Military Armistice Commission pressed again for an extension of the time for interviews beyond Dec. 23 dur ing n 2'4-hour meeting today, but the U.N. Command promptly re jecled the request. Gen. John E. Hull, U.S. Far East commander, told newsmen in Seoul that Americans in neu tral custody have had both time and opportunity to change their minds. He indicated the Allie: have given tip hope that any will return home. The broadcast and the letter appeared to be the Allies' only chance of contacting the prison ers before the Wednesday mid night deadline. The Neutral Nations Rcpatriar lion Commission ruled that the POWs must agree to accept the letter from an Allied explanation team. Lt. Gen. K. S. Thlmayya, Indian chairman nf the commis sion, said he would get the Amer icans answer Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Reds won back .14 of 2S0 Chinese captives as in terviews were resumed after a 34-day stalemate. This not only was the greatest number of prisoners the Commu nists have won back in a single day but was almost triple their best previous record percentagewise. DoubU Yulolids happinesn. Do this on good ded, Provide a Merry Christmoa For some poor ttoul ln need.
