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LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Do this on good ded,
Provide a Merry Christmoa
For some poor ttoul ln need.