F$l(S?c. 1)-Ciff ital Journal, Sateffi, Ofe., Tues., June 21, 1955
Big Traffic Jam
In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES l-A transit
strike (arced additional thousands
of Los Angeles workers into cars
today or a hectic trip into the
logjam of downtown traffic.
Extra police were again
signed to try to ease the mass of
cars oit jammea-up treeways and
into city streets. Police estimated
100.000 additional cars surged into
the downtown area yesterday, the
first day of the strike of 2.600
workers.
Both union and management
predicted that the tieup would con
tinue until at least Saturday.
Some motorists began organiz
ing car pwls and others hitch
. hiked h;n Los Angeles Transit
Line bust's and streetcars stopped
running yesterday morning. They
narmally carry 900,000 riders a
day.
Union leaders had gone to an
early-morning mass meeting of
workers armed with a 12-cent hour
ly pay increase plan which they
sought to explain to the workers.
Nearly 2,000 workers shouted
down their leaders' suggestion that
the strike be postponed until the
offer could be studied. They voted
to strike immediately.
MILL WORKER DIES
SWEET HOME Bert Lee Wil
liams, 93, mill worker, was strick
en with a heart attack Monday,
while at work and was pronounc
ed dead on arrival at the Lang
mack hospital. Williams came
from Wright City, Okla., recently
w'lere his family still resides.
Naval Vessel
To Be Named
M anon County
Marion County, Oregon, is
to have i one-seventeenth in
terest in i United .States Navy
boat.
IX R. B. Purdy, commander
cj I.ST 975, writes the Cham
ber of Commerce that the Navy
has decided to give names in
stead of numbers to that type
of vessel, and that the 975 will
be named Marion County. All
of the Landing Ship Tanks are
to get the names of counties or
parishes.
Lt. Purdy says that 16 other
counties In 16 states also have
the name of Marl-on and that
"This ship wishes to feel equal
ly associated with all."
The naming ceremony will
take place aboard the ship at
.San Diego July 1 at 2 p.m.,
and Lt. Purdy's letter invites
representatives to be present
from this county.
The LST boats are 338 feet
long and carry 106 men and
seven officers.
Ray McKinnie Retires;
J. E. Culp Successor
Silverron Voters
Pass School Bonds
S1LVERTON Silvcrlon Union
High School's $195,000 bond is
sue apparently was approved by
voters at Monday's election with
early returns showing a vote of
178 for the bonds and 19 against
the proposaL
The school budget passed by a
vote of 170 to 27.
Hay McKinnie, a career man
with the J. C. Penney Company,
who has been manager of the
Salem store since early in 1952,
will retire at the end of this
month, his final day set for
Thursday, June 30.
He will be succeeded by J. E.
Culp, who comes to Salem from a
district managership at Indianop-
olis, Ind.
By coincidence both McKinnie
and Culp started their careers in
the state of Washington, both on
the east slope ot the cascade
mountains.
McKinnie's retirement winds up
41 years with the J. C. Penney
company, 32 of them in manager
ial capacities, with three years
out while he served in the armed
forces in World War I. His first
connection with the company
came when he helped open store
No. 70 at Leavenworth, wash,
The company now has 1640 stores.
Then he got further training at
Wenatchee, and went from there
to Ponca City, Okla., in April,
1923. His next move was to
Phoenix. Ariz., where he remain
ed as manager for 24 years, and
until he came to Salem.
Since coming to Salem Mr. Mc
Kinnie was married to Mrs. Hugh
G. Mount of Portland. They have
daughter, Marilyn, who is a
junior at the University of Ore
gon, and a son, Hugh, a sopho
more at Lewis and Clark college
in Portland.
The McKinnics live at 560
North 23rd street, and will con
tinue to make their home in Sa
lem, though they expect to spend
their winters in Arizona.
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AND VETERANS
Ray McKinnie, manager of
Salem J. C. Penney store, who
will retire at end of June.
town store in Portland, and then
manager of the Union avenue
Mr. Culp, who is to be McKin
r'e's successor, got his early
training with the Penney organ
ization at Ellensburg, Wash. Then
he was in Seattle for 10 years, Jol
lowed bv a period with the down
store. From there he went into
district managership in the mid
west, the position that he now
vacates being the district man
agership in Indianapolis.
Culp will arrive in Salem next
Monday. He has a wife and two
sons.
Employes of the Salem store
will honor McKinnie with a din
ner party next Saturday night,
and his successor will be honored
at a store employes breakfast
Monday, June 27.
Survey Ordered
On Bandon Project
The Oregon Highway Commis
slon, considering action on the
proposed Coos Bay-Bandon pro
ject on the Oregon Coast High
way, Monday authorized a sur
vey. An Associated Press story er
roneously implied that the com
mission had decided to construct
the project.
The story also erred in saying
that the commission allowed the
Hood River Chamber of Commerce
to erect signs pointing out scenic
attractions. The permission was
denied.
Thursday, June 23
Organized Naval Reserve sur
face division at Naval and Marine
Corps Reserve training center.
At Parks
Parks AFB, Calif. AB David
C. Saiser, son of Earl Saiser,
2035 Oxford street, Salem, Ore
gon, is taking his Air Force basic
here with flight 176, 3280th
squadron, 3275th basic military
training group. He entered the
Air Force April 29, 1955.
Honor Graduate
FUESSEN, Germany A 1c
Wallace W. Young, son of Mrs.
Kalhryn D. Young, 1480 Boone
road, Salem, Ore., was recently
graduated with honors in the ord
nance supply organizational course
at the Army s European Ordnance
school here. The airman, who en
tered the Air Force in 1952J is with
the 755th ammunition - supply
squadron and last was stationed
in France.
Supporting Camp
CAMP McCOY, Wis. Cpl. Nor
man E. Chase, son of Mrs. Made
leine A. Chase, Lebanon, Ore., is
one of the soldiers supporting sum
mer training here for the National
Guards and Reserves. An Army
man since January, 1953, Chase
is regularly stationed at Fort Car
son, Colo., with company G, 61st
regiment, 8th infantry division.
Section Leader
U. S. FORCES, Korea-Cpl. Ed
ward L. Bakke. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Bakke, Route 2, Dal
las, is a section leader with bat
tery B, 30th aniti-aircraft artillery
battalion, here. A graduate of the
Falls City high school in 1952,
Bakke entered the Army in Feb
ruary, 1953, and arrived overseas
in March, 1954.
Graduates
FORT EUSTIS, Va.-SFC Leroy
L. Sutliff, son of Mr, and Mrs.
L. E. Sutliff, 1796 Lancaster drive,
Salem, has been graduated from
the helicopter repair course of the
Transportation School here. He has
been in the Army since, 1943, and
has the Bronze Star Medal, Com
bat Infantryman badge, European-African-Middle
Eastern campaign
ribbon and the Korean service rib
bon. TRAINS IN VIRGINIA
NORFOLK, Va. Terrence M.
Mahoney, midshipman at the U.S.
Naval Academy, and son of Mr.
and Mrs. Michael J. Mahoney of
route 1, Gervais, Ore., is among
those midshipmen training in the
techniques of amphibious warfare
at the Little Creek Naval Am
phibious base here. Mahoney,
who entered the academy in the
Hubbard Approves
Its School Budget
HUBBARD Hubbard voters
Monday approved the school bud
get by a vote of 96 to 42. A total
of 160 ballots were cast in the
election.
Members of the school board
elected were Robert Brack, five
year term; James McNulty, four
years; Henry Lettenmaier, three
years, and Robert Stauffer, one
year.
AT WEST POINT
Cadet John P. Ritchey, son of
Dr. and Mrs. John P. Ritchey,
1045 North 13th street. Salem.
Oregon, has been named to the
dean's list for the second semes
ter of the 1954-55 academic year
at the U. S. Military Academy.
Ritchey also was on the dean's
list for the first semcsted of the
past academic year.
A 1953 graduate of the Salem
high schol the Salem West Point
cadet, received his appointment
to the Acaremy from Rep. Walter
Norblad. He reported there In
July of 1953.
The source of the MississioDi
river is 1,670 feet above sea level.
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100 pounds
and found the world
was filled with funr
love and beauty
In the July Journal, Margie
Webb tells how, in just nine
inonthi, ihe went from 250
pounds to 150 . . . from lire 44
to sire 14 , . , while eating three
atisfying meals a dav.
She reveals hrr diet lerreH
. , how the was able to eat her
favorite iweeti. And ihe givei
you her reducing plan for a
week ... 21 complete mentis.
At sweet sixteen, Margie had
neverleencomphmented,much
lew kissed. To this day, ihe
doesn't understand "how any
man would haf wanted to
marry such a blob."
Margie finally was able to
tick to a diet . . . now looks the
part she alwavi wanted to play
a pretty wife and mother.
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to the academy by Rep. Norblad.
He was graduated from the Ger
vais high school in 1952 and at
tended the Oregon College of
Education. In the fall of 1952
Mahoney was chosen as the most
valuable player to participate in
the Oregon high school Shrine'
football game at Pendleton.
AURORA SERVICEMEN
AURORA Cpl. Marvin Bol
land, U.S. Army, arrived home
Tuesday after 18 months duty in
Korea. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Holland, drove to Seat
tle to bring him home for a visit
on leave before he reports for
duty in North Carolina. His
C-jee-year enlistment will expire
next February.
Airman 2C Don G. Troyer,
USAF, arrived June 2 in Tripoli,
Algeria on the Mediterranean, to
begin 18 months duty, according
to word received by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Troyer. He
flew the Atlantic from the east
coast, with a stop at the Azores
en route.
Cpl. Jack Rasmussen, U.S.
Army, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Rasmussen, is stationed at Seek
enheim, near Frankfurt, Germany.
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