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THE WEATHER.
FAIR TO NIGHT, Thursday
monitor. Cloudy Thursday af
ternoon. Cooler; iom local
frost tonight Low tonirht, 12:
Wgh ThurwUy, 60. '
Vays-Means
For Opening of
Welfare Rolls
Bill Strengthens
Financial Responsi-.
bilities of Relatives
, By JAMES D. OLSON
With but one dissenting vote,
the joint wiyi and means com
mittee Wednesday approved a
bill providing for openinf of
weuare roiis to public Inspec
tion and sent the bill to the
house for consideration. Sen.
Robert Holmes of Clatsop coun
ty was the only member of the
14-man .committee .to .vote
against the Mil.
The committee also approv
ed by unanimous vote a bill
which strengthens the financial
responsibility of relatives law,
which sponsors claim will re
sult in collections of $1,800,-
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UVV1U UiB UCAfc IWU J'Cai B. "" ;
Senator Rex Ellis, chairman
of the sub-committee on the
welfare department budget, de
clared that the state cannot
stand the impact of continuing
increased welfare budgets. .
(Concluded on Pag e 5, Column 4)
Social Security
Bills Approved
Two bills providing for sup
plementing social security with
state retirement benefits were
sent to the senate Wednesday
by the Joint way and means
committee with a "do pass" re
commendation. . Rep. Dave Baum told the
committee that by sending the
two drafts of the bill to the
senate the bills could be print
ed and sent to code revision
council for inclusion in the
new revised code.
' If the bills are approved In
the senate they will then be re
turned to the ways and means
committee for any necessary
last minute revisions and then
sent to the house for action.
Baum said by taking this pro-
cedure, at least one week's time
of the legislature could be
saved so far as this particular
legislation is concerned.:
The two bills would, Baum
said, result in a reduction of
approximately 20 percent in
the retirement contributions 9!
the public employes and in
crease retirement benefits add
ing survivors insurance which
Is now available to public
workers under the state retire
ment act.
Wage Hikes for
1200 Approved
Salary increases for approx
imately 1200 state employes,
mostly skilled workers were
approved by the joint ways and
means committee Wednesday,
adopting a report of the sal
aries sub-committee which by
passed the employes in the
lower classifications.
The employes for whom the
salaries were approved, to
gether with approximately
2100 others who were not rec
ommended for increases, were
eliminated from general pay
increases granted by the state
last September.
Sen. Angus Gibson, chair
man of the sub-committee on
salaries said that the increase
agreed upon would cost the
state an additional $buu,uuu in
the next biennium.
Sen. Robert Holmes, of As
toria, voted against the report
on the grounds that the com
mlttee did not provide in
creases for hospital workers
and clerical workers in the
lower wage classifications.
"I feel that this committee
started on the wrong end of
th horn on the Question of
state salaries," Sen Holmes de-
.. clared.
Increases authorized by the
committee Wednesday includes
nrnnertv aonraisers and ap
praisal engineers; civil engi
neers, right ot way agents,
engineering aides, public health
enff tapers, the narks superin
tendent and his assistant and
landscape architects, the ma
jority employed by the state
highway commission and pub
lic utilities commissioner.
IRAN TURNING DOWN
BRITISH PROPOSALS
Tehran, Iran W Foreign
Minister Hossein Fatcml saia
Wednesday Iran is turning
down the latest uruisn pro.
posals for settling the oil dls
niita mi thp his issue of com'
TKinHtinn Britain wants for
the properties taken over by
Irans Nationalization ooaru.
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$10,723,285
For Building
Tht- ways and means com'
mlttee reported Wednesday a
surplus of $10,723,285 is avail
able for building programs of
the state board of control and
the board of higher education.
In a financial report dated
March 17, the committee re'
ported the state budget as ap
proved by the governor had
been increased $884,695 result'
ing in a total budget pf funds
from the general fund of $110,
134,873, inside the six per cent
limitation. ' . . . j
Decreases made by the com
mittee total $626,556, making
the total budget inside the six
per cent limitation $109,508,
317, only slightly higher than
the governor's recommendation
of $110,250,178. In addition the
committee reported approval
of $78,045,083 of budget items
outside the six per cent limits,
tion, this making total require,
ments financed from the gen.
eral fund $187,553,401.
Estimated revenues from all
sources that are placed in the
general fund total $198,276,686
leaving a surplus, of $10,723,
285. This surplus, of course,
would be reduced by any un
budgeted expense approved by
the legislature.
Storm Petering Out
With Frost Predicted
The new storm predicted to
move in over valley regions
apparently weakened, and the
weather bureau now forecasts
fair weather for tonight and
Thursday morning and a pros
pect of local frost tonight.
Cloudiness ' is due again
Thursday afternoon..
Rainfall in Salem for the 24
hour period concluding at 10:30
a.m. Wednesday amounted to
.19 of an inch, bringing the
month's total to date to 2.52
inches against a normal of
2.57 inches for the period.
Storm warnings were order
ed hoisted this morning along
the coast but winds were due
to diminish by tonight.
Prisoner's Freedom
Held 20 Years Overdue
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
Pointing out that "the rec
ord in this proceeding reveals
that plaintiff Is deprived of his
liberty without due process of
law," Circuit Judge Rex Klm
mell Wednesday Issued a deci
sion that will release Joseph
Poggi from Oregon State peni
tentiary where he has been in
carcerated since August, 1928.
The issue was brought before
Judge Kimmell through habeas
corpus proceedings initiated by
Poggi who was sentenced to
life imprisonment from Clack
amas county where he plead
ed guilty to a charge of burg
lary. Subsequently Poggi was
sentenced to life imprisonment
on the habitual criminal stat
ute.
Judge Kimmell believes Pog.
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ATOMIC
The awesome violence of an atomic explosion is fully
depicted in this picture, made a moment after the detona
tion at the atomic proving grounds, Yucca Flat, Nev. Asso
.dated Press Photographer. Hal Filan made this picture with
a 28-inch lens from News Nob, seven miles from blast site.
At left are two rocket streamers. (AP Wirephoto) .
Plan 2nd Atomic Blast
In 10 Scheduled Series
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V;'.' By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW
Las Vegas (UJD Preparations
were underway today at Yucca
Flat in the isolated, high des
ert 65 miles north of here for
the second, atomic blast in a
to
Remain Open
The house of representatives
refused to permit closing of
the Marion county court house
on Saturdays as provided in a
bill Introduced by the Marion
county delegation.
Rep. W. W. Chadwick,
speaking against adoption of a
minority report against the
bill, said that the Marion coun
ty employes had requested the
Saturday closing in place of a
salary increase. Rep. Lee Oh
mart explained that it was a
county bill, and did not affect
any other county. He also de
clared that Multnomah county
court house now closes on Sat
urday. However, Rep. Carl Francis,
in supporting adoption of the
minority report declared that
if the Marion county court
house was closed on Saturday
the court houses in Polk and
Yamhill counties would be
flooded with divorce cases. '
Rep. Monroe Sweetland of
Clackamas county declared
that If the county court of
Marion county wanted to close
the court house on Saturday,
the court could submit the
question to the voters. :
i Other representatives ex
pressed fear that closing of
Marion county court house on
Saturday would spread to other
counties and therefore they
opposed it. The vote on adop
tion of the minority report was
35 to 19. i
gi was the first man to be sen
tenced under the habitual crim
inal act that was passed by the
state legislature in 1927.
Under the statute Poggi
should not have been sentenced
to more than five years for
burglary, the court holds. -
The records show that Poggi
appeared before the Clackamas
county circuit court without
counsel, waived further time
and his right to counsel and
entered a plea of guilty to the
burglary charge.
Poggi admitted in court that
he bad been convicted in Buf
f alo, N. Y., for burglary and
larceny and In Portland, Ore.,
with assault with intent to rob.
(Concluded on Ptf Column I)
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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, March 18, 1953 18 Page Price 5c
FURY
series of 10 detonations sched
uled for this spring. . .
The 1,600 soldiers and mill.
tarv - observers . who. emesged
raktb .Jrom- trejotaif ..anfcr
two-., miles . .from; 'yesteraay
blast were back safe at their
nearby Desert Rock camp to
day. : ': . '
It seemed apparent today
today that it would take at
least a week to prepare the
atomic testing ground for the
next explosion.- The time is
needed to recover and read the
instruments used in the initial
test, and to enter the two ex
perimental houses which were
heavily damaged and still too
contaminated with radioactiv
ity for survey teams to enter
and analyze. .
More Troops Coming
Meantime, Desert Rock made
preparations to receive 1,000
more soldiers who presumably
will take part In the next test
shot. " f .
Yesterday's veterans crouch
ed closef to an atomic explo
sion than any human being
since Nagasaki, two miles
closer than the soldiers who
were stationed within four
miles of "ground zero" in 1952.
Whether the next contingent
of troops will be closer-yet,
was not disclosed.
However, Brig. Gen. William
C. Bullock, commander of Des
ert Rock said after yesterday's
experiment that his troops at
that time could have been
within one mile of the point of
detonation with safety.
'Wolves' After
Investigator
Washington W Sen. Hick-
enlooper (R-Iowa) said. Wed.
nesday his Senate foreign rela
tions subcommittee has sent a
special investigator to Ger
many to check on the U. S
overseas Information efforts
"and now the wolves are out
to get him." ,. ,
Hlckenlooper named the in.
vestlgator as William Helm
llch,, of Columbus, Ohio. He
did not say who was after him.
Hlckenlooper said Heimlich
became a controversial figure
as head of the IT. S.-Berlin
radio station, popularly styled
"RIAS" for radio In American
sector, in the late 1940's, and
"did a good job, but had to step
on a lot of toes to do it. and
now the wolves are out to get
mm to discredit him."
BATTLE OF BERLIN
Berlin OP) The batHe of Ber-
lln took three lives Wednesday
nearly eight years after It end
ed. Helmut Henschel struck i
war-time German mine with
his pick during road work in
the American sector borough
of Llchtenrade. It exploded.
I killing him and two others.
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Reds to Favor
Indian Over Lie
United Nations, N. Y. (U.B
Russia was understood ready
today to recommend an Asian,
Mme. Vljaya Lakshml Pandit
or Sir Benegal Ra, both of In
dia, for secretary general of
the United Nations. ,
- The Soviet attitude was re
ported by reliable United Na
tions sources as the Big Five
powers met secretly to seek
agreement ' on a f nominee to
succeed Tryvie. lAkl-ii&fikAli!
. jji-iTj ; observers generally
considered the new Russian
tack as a maneuver to embar
rass the Western nations and
provide the Soviet with prog-
aganda material. '
Russian support of an Asian
for secretary general was tak
en as a Soviet move to estab
lish itself as a true friend of
the peoples of Asia. The ex-,
pected Russian action would
put Western nations in the
position ot declining to accept
a nominee from Asia or drop
ping choices of their own.
Double Probe
Of State Waste
Washington ff) Two con
gressional committees aimed
probes Wednesday at alleged
State Department waste and
extravagance in the operation
of its personnel and building
programs abroad.
A third completed an inves
tigation which it credited with
a $2,477,240 saving on a 19 mil
lion dollar State Department
building program in Germany
alone. .
Rep. Brownson R., Ind., said
a House Government Opera
tions Subcommittee which he
heads will start hearings
Thursday.
Particularly, Brownson said,
the committee wants to know
what Justification the State
Department has for spending
foreign funds in its possession
without express congressional
sanction.
They apparently take, the
view that they are not account
able for how they spend foreign
currencies received from for
eign governments," he said in
an interview.
Sixth Group to
Study Hawaii
Washington VP) Hawaii,
which has entertained five con.
gresslonal investigating com.
mittees since 1935, Is about to
play host to a sixth group
studying statehood for the ter
ritory. The Senate Interior Com
mittee, handling the House-
passed Hawaii statehood bill,
voted unanimously Tuesday to
send a subcommittee to the
islands within the next few
weeks to hold hearings.
Chairman Butler R., Neb.
said the subcommittee will be
composed of any of the 15
members of the full committee
who want to make the trip.
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IIUJJIUIUiJIIUW
Peace Wanled
Galls for Some ;
Indication Soviet j
' Read to Negotiate
United Nations, N.Y. () '
The United Stntes challenged
Russia Wednesday to demon
strate In the current tTJf. dis
armament debate that Prime
Minister Geori M. Malenkov
sincerely wants to settle world
problems peacefully.
The challenge was made by
U.S. Delegate Ernest A. Gross,
who led off the disarmament
discussion In the General As
sembly's 60-n a tion political
committee. At he ipoks, Soviet
Delegate Georgi N. . Zarubin
listened intently. '
Deeds, Not Talk, Wanted
At the outset, Gross said So
viet leaders have talked much
about peace in the past few
days. He added: "
1 "I hope Prime Minister Ma
lenkov's use of the word 'peace'
is the same as the word is un
derstood by the rest of the
world."
At any rate, he said,' if the
Russians are sincere one of the
first places they can show it is
on the question of disarmament.
He called on them for some in
dication that they are now rea
dy to negotiate In good faith.
Gross put two questions to
Zarubin: . 1
1. Is this the time when the
Soviet government is willing to
discuss constructively the ques
tion ot disarmament?
2. Is this the forum where the
Soviet representative will ne
gotiate 'with his colleagues on
the question?
He said he was not demand
ing quick answer.
Fatal Collision
Duxford, England W Two
British Jet fighters collided
Wednesday before the horrified
gaze.' ox President Marshall
Tito, killing both pilots.
' Then the shaken Yugoslav
leader, for the first time, saw
and heard another jet crash
the sound barrier.
Britain trotted out its hot
test military aircraft for in.
spection by Tito, who is anx.
ious to get similar planes for
the Yugoslav Air Force.
The collision occurred dur
ing tight formation flying by
Meteors. Twenty-four Jets In
all were Involved. As four of
the Meteors were changing
position one ran into the tail
of another. The wreckage fell
six miles away from this Royal
Air Force airfield in Cam
bridgeshire. When the Meteors returned
to land, Tito saluted the planes
In tribute to the dead pilots, j
$100 Bonus for
Officers in Korea
Washington VP) The Armed
Forces said Wednesday they
are preparing to pay $100 to al
most every officer who has
gone on active duty since the
Korean War started. No esti
mate of the number was made.
The services feel the officers
themselves paid that much on
an average to buy uniforms and
equipment not covered by past
allowances. It was authorized
by congress in 1952.
The money will go to those
who have been released from
active duty nearly 100,000
as well as officers now serving.
Air force Gunner Tells
Of Firing at Soviet Jet
Fairbanks, Alaska WV-A 30-
year-old Air Force gunner from
Ozark, Ark., who returned the
fire of a Soviet MIG-1S over
the Bering Sea Sunday, prob
ably was one of the first per
sons to sweat at 58 degrees be
low zero.
That was the temperature
when T-Sgt. Jesse . L. Prim
peered through his sights and
pulled the trigger that sent six
guns into action in the top tur
ret of the B-60 bomber, "The
Laboring Lady."
Prim said the soviet Jet was
coming In fast and flames and
smoke . from his guns were
plainly visible. He and several
ether crew members shouted
through the Interphone system
when the MIO began shooting.
Prim said he didn't hesitate
when the bomber commander,
Lipman,Wo1fe
To Come Here
Asserts Rumor
Unofficial word came from
Portland today that Llprnan,
Wolfe Js Co., were planning
department store In Salem.
It was said Llpman's had
exercised its option to bay
property on Liberty street'
aeroes the street from the .
First National bank and on
Chemeketa street from Lib
erty to Commercial, -.v"
... The rumor Is that the mer
cantile firm has exercised an
option en the property that
. It has held almost a year.
. Llprnan, Wolf tt Co. ffl
. alab refuted to comment. . -
Only last, week Meier V
Frank of Portland announced
purchase of the aid high
school and adjoining proper
ties to establish a store here.
nto Formosa
Taipeh, Formosa Step
ped up deliveries of funs,
planes and ammunition ' for
Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist
forces are pouring into For
mosa, the chief ot the Amer
ican advisory group said to
day. ' ; 'v '.-'.m
An official release from MaJ.i
William C. Chase's headquar
ters said in the last two months
23 ships with cargoes of propeller-driven
F-47 and RF-E1
planes, artillery, machine guns,
ammunition engineer equip-.
ment and vehicles have ar
rived.
Emphasis on deliveries was
put on prop r driven fighters.
am a snipmero oi jets is ex
pected daily, v . ',
During March, it was learn
ed, almost double that number
of ships will unload equipment
to turn Nationalist China's rag
ged armed forces into a real
invasion threat. " , '... ;
In . addition, Chase's head
quarters said, the general had
requested a second substantial
increase in the number of mili
tary; advisers to nis mission
War in Korea
Seoul, Korea, U.R Adlal
Stevenson said today it will
be a "long and difficult Job"
to force the communist armies
out of Korea and that he did
not know- how long "this un
usual war would go on." :
The Democratic party chief
declined to say whether he
knew of a way to end the stale
mated war. Jui a brief press
conference held in fire station
at an air base near Seoul, he
said: . .. , ,,
"I have found the enemy dug
In in strength. It will be a
long and. difficult Job to dis
lodge him. ..... - ,- ;
"I don't know how long this
unusual war will go on, but
the Chinese, once friends of the
Koreans and Americans will
continue to bleed and die for
their Russian masters." 1 ... t
He ended his visit to Korea
when he boarded a C-54 trans
port to return to Japan, where
he will have an audience with
Emperor Hirohlto, - ; : !
TAX LIEN ON SINATRA
New York tu.FD A tax lien for
$109,997 was filed today against
crooner Frank Sinatra for un
paid income taxes.
Weather Details
Maxlmnni yttlcrdsy, fill mtnlman t
r, M. TUI ll-hnr prMlplliltani .111
far aicnlh! I.St narmtl, t.S7. Seaian pre
IllUtUn. M ill rml, K.M. aiTtr
kaliat, 4.1 laat. Beaart kr U.S. Waalktr
Baraaa.l
Lt. Col. Robert S. Rich, shout
ed "lire back." -
"I fired a burst ot 20 rounds
from each of the six guns. I
don't think I hit him because
there was so little time to aim.
The minute I began firing, the
Soviet Jet broke its attack and
dove underneath us. It came
up on the other side, surved
away from us and flew home,
"He never expected us to tire
back at him and he was plenty
surprised when we did. We
gave that attacker a hot recep
tion on a cold day. ;
Prim is a veteran of 10 years
of service in the Air Force. He
was a bomber-gunner in Euro
pean combat in the last war.
The other crew member In
cluded Airman 1-c Charles A.
Ball, Tacoma, Wash., right
gunner, ' ;" '
Adlni Sees long
F I N A L
EDITION
U. S. Problj
ToMoicov
On Air Allccli
Demands Russia -i
Discipline Soviet ,
Jet Fighter Pilots -
Washington PS-Tho United :
States Wednesday' demanded
that Russia discipline the tor- -let
Jet fighter who attacked
U. 8. weather reconnaissance
plane last Bandar 25 miles eft
Kamchatka. '--. i
The State Department an
nounced a protest hat been de-.
livered to the Moscow Foreign
Office by the American embas
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The note asks measures to
prevent a repetition of such aa
attack and "disciplinary ac
tion' against those responsible
for Sunday's Incident
; The air force announced
Tuesday that the American B
50 bomber, flying out of Alas
ka, wan trailed by two Soviet
MIG-15S and that one Russian
plane opened fire on it The
B-50 . returned . fire and the
Soviet plane did not press the
attack.
Neither Plane Damaged
The exchange apparently did
no damage to either plane. ' ' '
- The ' State Department an
nounced the itubstance of the
protest, but the text of the note
was not made public for the i
time being. ' .
- The department's announce
ment said: '-. i" "
(Omeloded en Page K, Column I)
Stresses Heed ;
Of Alertness
Juneau. Alaska i Gov.
Ernest B. Gruening, comment
ing on the air Incident near the
Kamchatka Peninsula In which .
a Russian type Jet fighter ex
changed shots with- an Air
Force B-50 over, international
waters Sunday, said:
. "I am glad the B-50 returned
the fire. It was proper .pro
cedure. It emphasizes theA-.
cessity of our being constantly
on the alert, as we are In Alas
ka.".
Legislators now In session
here expressed concern. Some
said they felt lt might be an
other In a aeries of Russian
provoked incidents. ' ,v
Others said they were more
concerned over reports In re
cent weeks of ' vapor trails
sighted far above the Alaska
mainland In Isolated sections
of . Northwest . Alaska, which
they, said they took for granted -
were Russian Jet Incursions.
Senate President Charles
Jones (R.-Nome) commented:
"This is probably Just an un
related Incident. It does not
alarm me but does give me
grave concern. Reports ot high
vapor trails seen by Eskimos
far north of my home city
Nome on the coast facing Rus
sia seems more serious to me."
Copter Rescues
Downed Pilot I
Seoul,' Korea (U.H A Navy
helicopter hovered within
Inches of a mountainside in
North Korea today, lowering
sling to a U, S. Thunderjet
pilot who had parachuted and
landed in deep snow.
Forty Thunderjets flew -, a
protective ring around the
mercy plane and 2nd Lt. Ivan
D. Skinner, Monrovia, Calif.,
whose plane was hit by anti
aircraft tire. ',.
Skinner, who had taken
part in an attack near Won
san on the east coast of Ko- -
parachuted. His . chute
hung like a streamer, . but
opened Just a lew agonizing
seconds before he hit the
ground,
The helicopter made on
unsuccessful attempt to reach
Skinner. Making a second
pass, it swept in close enough
for him to grab the sling.
Skinner was uninjured.
Battle Casualties
In Korea 131,244
Washington (U.B American
battle casualties in Korea now
total 181,244, an Increase ot
252 over last week's report, the
Defense Department announc
ed today. - .
Casualties Include 1 23,209
dead, 95,248 wounded, 9,088
missing, 2,305 captured, and 1,
396 previously reported miss
ing but returned to American
military control.
Casualties Include all those
whose next of kin are notified
through last Friday.