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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1953)
-1; Jour THE WEATHER VASTLY CLOUDY, CMler to. - night tow, SI; taereasiag clo dinese Tacsday, Ugkt rate ky algkt; klgk, it. FINAL EDITION . . i Maoris 65th Year, No. 303 Salem, Oregon, Monday, December 21, 1953 Capital Hew Business Building for Old Cily Center C. L Corporation . To Build for Stores 'And Professions - A three-dorr business nd fflee balldint, with partial basement with prerbtoos tor root and floor area car park inc. will be constructed to es74r mora thaa the eoatk halt of the block bounded by Ferry, South Commercial, State and Soutk Liberty streets. , The announcement was made Monday by the C. L. Corpora tion of Portland, through Wil liam H. Hammond, vice presi dent of Union Security com pany, 109 South High treet, who hat been designated by the C. L. Corporation at prop erty manager. The estimated cost of the project is placed at around ,1800,000. . Approximately 32,000 square ' feet of floor area will be avail able on the first floor for re tail merchandise and related services. The second and third floors will provide a total of more , than 42,000 square feet of of : fice space for professional and other tenants. , Equipped for Professions It is planned that the build ing will be named the "Pro- . fessional Building," and will provide the latest modern building equipment and facil ities for doctors and dentists as well as regular office space of a type found only in the most modern buildings. . The building is to be con- " structed so as to provide park ing for a total of 47S cars on the roof and the central areas of each floor, with parking spaces adjacent to all stores .and offices for customers, clients and patients, as well as tenants. A series of bridges 'across the alley will afford an unimpeded flow of foot and (Centhraed ea Pat a, Csluma () Rain Brings Flood Waters The deluge of rain over the weekend brought in a number of complaints regarding surface water, overflowing roadside ditches and plugged up cul verts. Because of the back water east of Fisher road and north of Silverton road. County Commissioner Roy Rice sug gested during Monday s ses sion of the county court that the county decline to take over ' Fisher road for maintenance - purposes until proper ditching '. has been taken care of. It is said that the construc tion of the Salem by-pass has - caused water to back up east f of that obstruction and many 1" property owners are unhappy over the situation. The county has an tgreement Mo take over Fisher road when ' it is completed. Commission J. er Rice states that it cannot be ";. considered complete until the '.proper drainage has been in- stalled. ? County Commissioner E. L. i Rice reported that a culvert on y the Duck Pond" or road No. j 929 in the vicinity of Turner r was washed out by a heavy ;, flow of water. ' Water over the weekend cas- f caded down the surface of Cun- , ningham Lane Instead of the ditches because the latter had i become obstructed by workmen of the Salem Water Heights . district who have excavated ' i beneath the pavement, to lay '.pipe. " Willamette At 17.5 Feet Monday Rivers came up swiftly in the ' valley over the week-end in the wake of the torrential rain and ', wind storms sweeping the area, but no major flooding is in prospect at this time. The Willamette river was up ' to 17.1 feet at Salem. Monday ,' morning, and was due to crest here around 17.3 Monday aft ', ernoon. Flood stage here is 20 feet It is the second time in '. the month the waters have come up to the 174 foot mark . here. At Jefferson the Santiam ' went on a rampage, going to 19 " feet six feet above flood stage. before subsiding. Considerable adjacent field land was washed In that area. Meanwhile, new snow was piling up in the mountains while tha valley regions were being saturated. Public Lands ToBeRelained McKay Stales Secretary of Interior Outlines Program Of Conservation By JAME8 D. OLSON The Eisenhower aanlnlstra- Uoa is net ia any "give-a-way" program la relation to public lands kut rather determined to Insare a sustained eoaserva tioa program that will insare the benefits ot sack lands to posterity. This flat statement was made Monday by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay, who returned to Salem Sunday with Mrs. McKay to spend the Christmas holidays with their family. .McKay's statement was made in face of an assertion made a few days ago by Orme Lewis, assistant secretary of the interior, speaking in Seattle, that "it was his per sonal hope that private Indus try will be so successful in handling the Job of growing and managing our forests that (Continued en rata (, Celuma 7) County Seat to Go to Newport Newport, Ore. UP) Lincoln county officials went ahead Monday with plans to remove the county seat from Toledo to Newport in the coming days, despite a court suit at tacking legality of the move. Contractor C. A. Moffitt said the former Newport high school gymnasium, now being remodeled, would be ready for county offices by Christmas Eve. Space has been designated in that building for the coun ty clerk, engineer, treasurer, assessor and tax collector. Rooms have risen set aside for the county court and photostat equipment. The use of the building will be temporary. A new court nous is planned on the site of the former high school. The sheriff's office is sched uled to move into quarters in the Newport city hall, where the Newport police also are located. No decision has been made yet on whether to des ignate the building as the county jail. Auto Insurance Rates Changed IBt United PTMI1 Aulo insurance rates went down today as much as 16 per cent for many Oregon drivers, but others will have to pay up to 20 percent more. The new rates depend on old a driver is, how much he drives and where he lives. Ac cidents during the previous year also affect rates. Not all companies followed the same pattern of reductions and increases, but generally there wlil be four new classifi cations of drivers added to the three old ones. Most new rates apply only to bodily injury and property damage clauses. The former class 1 drivers over 25 and pleasure driving only has been divided into three groups: 1-a cars not normally driv en to work; 1-b those regular ly driven less than 10 miles one way to work and 1-c those driven more than 10 miles each way. to Crest In Salem, 1.33 Inches of rain came down in the 48-hour pe riod ending at 10:30 a.m. Mon day. Of that abount, 1.14 inches were measured in the 24-hour period to 10:30 a.m. Sunday The rain abated Monday and cooler temperatures are due to night, but the weather bureau says light rain is due again bv Tuesday night. ' From 4 to 10 inches of new snow were listed along the summits of the Cascades, and the sUte highway commission is warning motorists to travel with chains on the mountain routes. Because of the high water the Wilsonville ferry again was forced to suspend operations Sunday. , Otherwise, there was no oth er handicaps reported for the state s highways, Monday, 1: -J V V Monday Year's Shortest Day h 4Br OnlUd Pimi) A giant umbrella of clouds covered almost the entire country today as the sun's an nual journey southward drew to an end. The sun will reach its south ern-most position the winter solstice at 7:32 p.m. PST to day and start north again, sig nalling the official debut of winter. As the new season approach ed, three distinct storm centers and numerous other weather disturbances -began, to dispell the mild, sunny weather many Americana enjoyed over the week-end. The weather bureau report ed that several fast moving low pressure systems had anlted early today to product a "continuous cloud cover which covers all of the country except the Southwest." The forecast was for falling temperatures in the Midwest as the three cold fronts swept eastward. Temperatures on the Atlantic Seaboard were expect ed to rise, then drop tomorrow as the cold air advanced into that area. Search Glacier For Lost Plane London UP) A ground res cue team started a new climb Monday up an Iceland glacier in a desperate bid to reach a U. S. Navy plane which crash ed Thursday with nine men aboard. Biting blizzards and tearing winds turned back rescue squads Sunday night after they had battled to within a mile of the wreck, U. S. Air Force officials here said. The rescu ers had to retreat several miles and make camp because of the severe weather. Continuous blizzards that had reduced visibility to zero were less severe Monday morning, Air Force headquar ters reported. The rescuers are battling against time in a race to reach Air Rescue Squadron reported severe weather was expected to close in later in the day. "But there is a good chance of reaching the wreck before the weather sets in again." Above is a reproduction downtown merchandising by the C. L. Corporation L ill i I'mar- r i ma r iraTa ii il I mrr il"'isla'ii 1 1 HOSTAGES RELEASED Jackson, Mich., Dec. 21 Mrs. Joe Watts (left) and Miss Helen Gilbert (right) are shown on the porch of Mrs. Watts' home after their release by five of the thirteen - inmates that escaped from the Jackson prison here. ( AP Wirephoto.) , Only 2 Convicts Still At Large After Break Detroit JP Police Monday captured in Detroit three ot the five, fugitives remaining at large from Saturday night's mass break-out at Southern Michigan prison. , The three apprehended fugi tives were identified aa Edward J. Emrick, Virgil Lane, a a A Daniel B. Bousha. ' Police said the three were captured in a private home on Detroit's southwest side. An anonymous tip was cred ited for the arrest of the trio. Their capture left only two fugitives at large from the 13 who broke out of prison via an Farmers Loaned $86,429,000 Washington U Secretary Ezra T. Benson reported to day that the agriculture de partment loaned farmers $86, 429,000 this year under three farmers' Home Administration loan programs. Most of the money went to drough areas of the southwest. Benson said farmers have received $53,971,000 since last summer in farmers Home Ad ministration "operating" loans which are designed to help farmers buy corn, hay and other livestock feed. He slid farmers have bor rowed more than $21,719,000 under a special livestock loan program authorized by con gress last summer. Another $8,739,000 has been disbursed under a-"disaster loan4' pro gram to farmers in drought- stricken states, officially des ignated as disaster areas. The livestock and "operat ing" loans were available to farmers in all states. BLAST KILLS FOUR Caltanissetta, Sicily (At Four sulphur miners were killed Sunday night and four others escriously injured by dynamite explosion. A spark from a drill hammer set off the blast NCWEST DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT of the architect's drawing of Salem's newest and office development to be - constructed of Portland. The three-story building will i underground sewer Saturday night. Police said Rnusha, Emrlck, and Lane would be taken to headquarters for questioning on the whereabouts olRomin Usiondek, 37, and Robert Dow-I ling, 33, the still at large fug itives. .V,y .---Tj-r- "t t Eight other inmates who par- tcipated in the break were recaptured earlier. Two women hostages were freed unharmed after being held I ft hours by one fleeing group of "gentle manly" convicts. Police were particularly anx ious to recapture Usiondek, 37, described as a psychopath who may have sought freedom for revenge. Authorities assigned guards to witnesses who testi fied at the trial which sent Us iondek to prison for life for a 1943 Detroit barroom slaying. Circuit Court Commissioner A. Tom Pasieczy, special prosecut or at the trial was removed from the city for his safety.- Bulgarians Vole For Red Regime Vienna, Austria UP) Radio Sofia said Monday 99.8 per cent of Bulgaria's voters cast ballots for the communist-run fatherland front candidates in Sunday's parliamentary elec tions. They were the only can didates in Sundays parlia mentary elections. They were the only candidates on the bal lot. The radio said 4,964,544 per sons, or 99.53 per cent of the eligible voters, went to the polls to elect a new 465-man assembly to replace the one In which there already was no op position to the Red regime. Of these 4,954.65 voted for -the Red candidates. Eligible voters who failed to show up at the polls were liable to fines of 500 leva (about $7.50) each and other penalties. Among those re-elected to the assembly was Premier Vulko Chorvcnkov. cover more Commercial, architect It Russia to In Atomic Control Parley FrenchDeadlock On President In Ninth Ballot Versailles, France (1 The French parliament failed again Monday to elect a pres ident at the republic. It was the ninth btllot taken since last Thursday. premier Joseph LanleL a wealthy industrialist and the top contender, got 413 votes, a drop .of IT votes from the eighth ballot. His socialist opponent. Mar- cel-Edmond Naegelen, who has communist support, got 383, a drop ot 103 votes. Montel, 37, emerged as a last minute candidate, received 103 votes. Montel is a member of Lan- iel's independent party from Lyon. " Lanlel Shy 43 Votes Laniel was only 22 votes short of victory on the eighth ballot in the People s Assem bly hall of the old palace of French kings, where the Na tional Assembly deputies and senators have been trying to name a new president The number needed to elect on the ninth ballot, a major ity of the votes cast, was 438. Thus Laniel, who has led al most all the way, was 42 votes short Monday. (Centura ea Fate 5, Celamn 4) Albany Youth Held for Holdup Ft. Jackson, S. CO Two AWOL soldiers from here, one an Oregon aoutb. wera jailed here Saturday after they tried a noidup. The men, identified by Sher iff S. S. Slight as Pvts. Rudolpf Stauffer. 18, of 1197 N. Pacific Highway, Albany, Ore., and Keith Schwartz of Des Moines, Iowa, had been hiding in a sum mer home near here since last Thursday. Slight said they drew a gun on Roy Drawdy when he en tered the family garage about 10 miles from Columbia, S. C. According to the sheriff they fled when Drawdy's sister ran inside the house and called po lice. They were arrested a short time later. Slight said both wore civil ian clothes which they had stol en along with guns from the summer residence. He said they will be charged with house breaking and attempted armed robbery. Shah Asks Mercy For Mossadegh London W Tehran radio said Monday night former Prime . Minister Mohammed Mossadegh ot Iran has been sentenced to three years of solitary confinement on charges that he sought to over throw the Shah. Tehrsn. Iran OP) The bill! tary court trying ex-Premier Mohammed Mossadegh on trea son charges deliberated Mon day following a final mercy plea from the Sha. A verdict is expected Monday or Tuesday. Sha Mohammed Roza Pahle vi said in a letter to the five man army tribunal Sunday It should consider Mossadegh s early services to the country in judging him. PLANNED FOR 1954 than the' south halt of the block bounded by Ferry, South State and South Liberty Streets. James I Payne is tha will be a 1954 project i f Join with Last Minute Broadcast to 22 Pro-Reds Panmunjord fPl The U.N. command today prepared a last minute broadcast appeal to 22 American war prison ers who stayed with the com munists, even as the allied Far East commander Indicated hope has been abandoned that any ot the 22 will return home. ,. . '. The Neutral Nations Repat riation commission announced it had approved an allied re quest to broadcast to the pris oners Wednesday, hours be fore the deadline for explana tions to balky war prisoners. The allies staked their hopes ot winning back prisoners on the broadcasts and a 12-page letter addressed 'to each man as chances for face-to-tace in terviews all but vanishd in a welter of last-minute delays. Chief of Slafl Lands in Tokyo Tokyo UP) Adm. Arthur Radford, chairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and Walter S. Robertson, U. S. as sistant secretary ot state, ar rived Monday on a tour that will take them through Japan, Korea, Formosa and the Phil ippines. Robertson, who last summer won irom souin norean nesi-iu,, newsmen he expects Rhea coooerata with hli alllei" in Korea. Robertson made the state ment at Tokyo : international airport In answer to questions about Knee a probable future moves. Both Radford and Robertson described their trip as routine. Radford said he and Robert son planned to attend the pres idential inauguration ot Ramon Maysaysay in Manila, Dec 30, and decided the occasion was a good chance to gather knowl edge in the Far East . , Twining Talks On Air Power Washington UP) Gen. Nath an F. Twining, Air Force chief of staff, said Monday Ameri ca's air offense still packs c harder punch than Russia's but he warned that the Sovtat Union is making "a tremendous effort to overcome that lead." The Air Force chief also said in a copyrighted interview in the magazine "U. S. News and World Report" that the United States is in better position to strike through the air, should war come, than to defend her self against air assault He suggested the Soviets may be trailing in development of a potent air offense because the Russians have had" practic ally no wartime experience with strategic, long-range op erations. Twining said American air superiority would cut down any advantage the Russians might enjoy from big land armies. BEND TRUCK FIRE Burns W9 Four cars and truck beds were destroyed and the Bend-Portland truck line headquarters here damaged be yond repair in a fire Sunday. Loss was estimated at $30,000. Powers Soviet Accepts ; Proposal Made By Eisenhower Moscow The Soviet Union announced Monday night It to ready for the con ferences atomic energy rged by President Eisenhow er, bat suggested a pledge for a complete ban on A-weapona at the only way to settla the problem. The views were made known In a 3,000-word note to the United States commenting on the president's suggestion for talks looking toward an international pool of atomic material for peaceful pur poses. 'It la necessary that not some part but the whole mass of atomic material be directed completely to peaceful aims,' tne statement said. Ready to Take Part As to President Elsenhow er s statement on the confi dential or diplomatic talks concerning his proposal, the Soviet government ... ex presses its readiness to take part" . The United States has insist ed in United Nations debate for years that any ban ot atomic weapons must be pre ceded by an ironclad system ot control and Inspection tor enforcement The Soviet Un ion, on the other hand, has In sisted on the ban first and then controls and inspection. h.. .. nj : ; ; T?!u "l? "AMstlon has I ..vi.. . , , I w-roaaea ea rasa a, ceiama I) Washington OP) Th. Whiu House announced Monday that Soviet Russia has anreed In join the United States in se cret negotiations on President Eisenhower's proposal for an international atomic pool, , . Murray Snyder, assistant presidential press secretary. told newsmen the Russian gov ernment also has asked the U. 3. for additional information on Ensenhower't Dec, 8 plan. Snyder declined to provide more information on the Soviet note, which Moscow radio said had been handed to American Ambassador Charles E. Chip Bohlen in Moscow Monday. In outlining his plan to tha , United Nations General Assem bly, Eisenhower proposed that Russia join with the United States and other nations pos sessing atomic materials in cre ating an International atomic energy agency for peaceful de velopment The President suggested that each such nation contibute a reasonable share ot atomic ma terials to a pool tor such pur poses. . i Cabinet Crisis Looms in Italy Rome U. Premier Giu seppe Pella has threatened to plunge Italy into another cab inet crisis by resigning unless the left wing of his Christian Democratic party wholeheart edly supports his government, official sources said today. Government sources said the threat of a Christmas crisis was removed during a "cor dial" two hour conversation yesterday between Pella and former Premier Alcide Da Gasperl, also a Christian Dem ocrat. The sources said, however, Pella planned to reshuffle his cabinet after the holidays and had demanded that the left wing of the party stop trying to "embarrass" him. Pella bluntly told Da Gas perl, the sources said, he could not carry on with only tha "halt hearted" support of bis own party. Weather Details Miilnvtsi vwtotsra tit artelm t tor, 4S. Total 14 - .wmIvIuUsbu Ji fr Moathi f.tti Mrattt 4-Nu Smmpj WMsrtteHM. 11.171 !. l&fL ftttw tMtafct. 17 i fa, Htl lichllr. Btwr y ll.sv WmUmt BartM.) '4 L ,Jl aeVt .