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JTtf 1 1 iij.i.hi " ' " 1 "" ' 0 . , so " ... . 3,0 . a . ? oco t BO i 0 .eel XK? .WEATHER HTLY CLOUDY tonight and Kntiirday morning; becoming siinny Saturday jflernooi Little change In temperature. Low toi;tt, 42; kith jlurday, (3, (if) PogtsJ 1 C 67th Year, No. 240 Salem Oregon, Fjidoy, October 21, 1955 matt.r i S Ike Okays BrDwncll Program Wdow in Court - Killings Suspect Cleared Russian Demai A e-Geneva Disarmament Debate in U.N. . -Us. - W -vr . All-Out Drive On Crime Outlined At Parley By MARVIN L, AftROWSMITII DENVER tffi President Kisen hower approved Fiiday a major program designed to stimulate r.n overall attack on crime in tus country. The campaign was outlined to the Chief Executive by Atty. den. Brownell in a 2.Vminute confer ence in Eisenhower's hospital room. Browncll disclosed the program A a news conference in which he refused lo discuss whether he thought President Eisenhower would run again since he said he thought it would lie "entirely in appropriate" at this time. The judicial program for the fiscal year 1!."6. which Browncll' said the President approved, would call for: I Legislation making it a "criminal offense" to invade the privacy of a jury while it is de liberating on a case. This grew out of developments during a re cent trial in Wichita, Kan. Construction of a nine million dollar "maximum custody" prison in the Midwest to house criminals of the type now sent lo Alcalraz, Leavenworth and Atlanta: and of a $7,500,000 institution west of the : Mississippi River for the treat ment and imprisonment of youth- ftil offenders similar to those from the East now housed at Ashland, Kv. 3 Appointment of public defend - rrs in every federal d'strict, eith- er on a full-salaried or a part-! time basis to give federal defend - ants assurance of proper legal fense. 4 Legislation creating about 20 additional judgeships to help cut down the backlog of pending crim- inal and civil cases in the federal courts. Living Costs Near Record WASHINGTON w The Bovern- ,im ci ii- s:; iw n w,Zi' i , i tr..:j.. h..i .i.- a r io i ,n j " , V . per cent from August and sent the The rise was three-tenths of one Labor Department's index to 114.9. On the index, the 1947-49 average is ino. The September level was two- lenths of one per cent higher than n year ago and the highest since August 19-54. It is half an index point below ; the record living cost level of Oc- i loher 1953, when the index reached ' The September rise was attrib- uted to seasonally higher prices, for food, clothing and household maintenance and furnishings. Cost of most services such as medical care, hospital charges, and person al care also advanced. Mrs. Arynoss'Joy Vickens dep uty labor statistics commissioner, said she saw Yio evidence of infla tion in the September increase. She said prices have been stable for some time, and that the living cost level has fluctuated within a narrow ranCe one per cent since ! November, 1053. Town send Not WithRoyalty 1 . y-t At Lercmony LONDON (I'l't-Petur Townsen in a possible rovol snub, received no invitation today to a ceremony juries and is in good condition in to New York. Hut time was found i sAAnWU'FX'KKM. Saar ifl honoring a man beloved both to Princeton Hospital. lor i brief word with news repre- Sa.,r p0jCe tightened their prccau-, him and Princess Margaret her' The huge truck was bound from sentatives. ' . jn, Kridav against possible dis- father, the late King George VI. -Vancouver lo Whitehorse with aj Through an interpreter they ex- 'or()(.r, ,he hotv cfispulpd week Thc Queen unveiled a slatue of load of fruit and vegetables. The pressed the unanimous view tli.it cm) pehjwjte on the border terri King George who introduced his load was ruined beyond recovery. Ihey sought asylum in America be- toIy, Ure approached, daughter Margaret to Towascndj An inquest w ill be held. ' I cause of its reputation for lrce-j Saarlanders will, vote Swiday for nearly 12 years ao. . I Idnm and opportunity. Inr ngninst. the ' French-German Margaret stood in the rain alone lo watch with her royal rejative.s. ' Townsend stayed in his lonely guest flat in lowndes Square. j And Queen Klizabeth II, who nn religious grounds cannot consent to her (sister 'a marriase to Ihe divorced Townsend, made a speech; recalling that her rather "enjoyed ; the blessing of a happy home life founded in Christian faith and per- feet love " Those invited to the sentimental ceremony m Carlton Gardens off (he maU were not restricted loj royalty. . They included members rne,MLssi Mid in Washiifgton he knew1 government, persons especially as sociated with the late King.and members ot his household." ac cording to the official announce ment. . yotlnys Index Section One V - I, ft. McMINNVILLE Mrs. Mar jorie Smith, 34, sits in Yamhill County courtroom as jury selec tion begins in her first degree murder trial. She is accused of plotting the death of her hus band in a dynamite explosion last April in Portland. (AP J'ho tofax.) Jury Seating Completed in Murder Trial McMINNVILLE, Ore. fl Selec-' iion of a iur-v 10 lrv Mrs- Marjoric Sjiiith, 34. on the charge she plotted a dynamite blast that killed :hcr husband, was completed tn- day. j The jury, of nine men and three ; women, was sworn in just before J de-'noon. Alternates were to be select- i ed in the afternoon. 1 The jury selection was interrupte 1 briefly at the start when one of i her attorneys told the court a Port- j ,ana newspaper, ine uregon .jour-iwere nal. Thursday had made a com - pletely untrue reference about his client and he wanted to know j whether members of the jury panel had read it. Apparently none had. and attor; neys turned to the matter of pick-1 ing the jury. ! Mrs. "Smith's trial was moved 1 !here from Portland because her : , ., -j;t;.,i Hiun iiuya rtiu 11 winim uc iiiun-uii " imprtial j"r" therc:i where she was arrested and charged with getting a 4.vyear-old , handvman. Victor Laurence Wolf, : Hvnmil. hnmh , .r husband's car. The bomb exploded last April 21. j 'killing her husband. Portland at orney Oliver hermit Smith. Wolf has confessed that he did this because, he said, the woman promised to co away with him to Alaska after collecting the $21,000 insurance on Smith's life. It is a first decree murder Smi h fa.ccs' lhe f ,e Zl 1" t da . he dca,b P0""" bc Smash Kills Ore. Trucker PRINCETON. B.C. ( - An Oregon trucker was killed and his Mer S ' A'hen their heavv semi-trailer truck plunged off the Hope-Princeton highway when the air brakes failed. Dead is Richard Lewis. Clacka- vie. yhu ua a.-,ity iii u-c(jor otherwise inadmissible aliens.; bunk of the cab when the truck i T,elr landing at Ihe Senttle-i (plunged over a small embankment Tucoma International Airport was ami nc was nurieu ugauisi ine . I window. . Driver Viridil Hawkins. Brush Prairie. Wash., suffered minor in- . . . .. I Solons in Europe Deny Asking! n , . . ; Special 1 lanes jy j.EM'IS Gl'LU'K WASHINGTON (-Senator Mr pMian -D-Ark' and Chavez 1 D- vi sav the- have not asked for. special government plane to fly jhem and thr wives, home frri Europe. And an aide of Sen. sfenifcs D-i of no sue) request his senator. Stennis hiirtself could, nol bc reached immediately. A l three leP.s .ntors are mem- bers of the Senate ADpeopriatiotis ay to Madrii) is no deemed ' ajound h car al the police had r..miii.. L-...nn.... n,mmii.".kui..ln.l" ni Ik. D.ni..n. K.i. i. .A. n. i: ,.. i n s ui nice in uii 1 ,iiiiiih tee business. The Defense Depart- ment said yesterday il has sent to big four-ensine transport, Lhave?, chairman oi Ihe Appro p'anes to bnnz them home, at an priation? y!Kommittee on defense e.' i i in i c u i 'fuim-u 1 1 imi ui Lie Tost Shed No Lipht on Chicago Boys' Deaths y CHICAGO tf The owner of a truck containing a collection of stained tools was cleared Friday of any connection with the brutal slaying of three Chicago grade school boys. Sheriil Joseph Lohman announced Edward Rohlfes? 47, had taken a he detector test and could shed no light on the triple slaying that has baffled police since the boys' nude, strangled and beaten bodies were found Tuesday. Ron If os and his deaf mute broth er, Herman, 52, had been picked up for questioning after a forest ranger reported seeing a panel truck bearing the name "Rohlfes" Monday night in Robinson Woods. The brothers said they had slept in the truck in the woods Monday night near the ditch where the bodies were found dumped. While Kdward was undergoing the lie test, the truck was put to a minute examination by sheriff's officers. Lohmaji said his men found a 3 x 5 foot quilt with stains that might have been made by blood, a 3-foot iron crowbar, a claw hammer and a can opener stuck with strands of what ap peared to be hair. , The contents of the truck were 'sent to the crime laboratory for scientific insDeetion. Lohman had his deputies and forest rangers drag the Des piaines River for a half a mile on either side of the spot where the bodies were found. He said the killers may have tossed the lads' clothing in the river, Victims of the shocking .''rime were Robert Peterson. 14: .John schuessler, 13, and his brother, Anton, Jr., 11. They disappeared after telling their parents they going downtown Sunday ati- Crnoon to a movie. Hceman Rohlfes was released, The sheriff said his brother would be detained without charge pend- (ing a complete examination of the truck contents. A deputy sheriff and a police; matron took a plane lo Brookville. I Hid., to Question a girl who told authorities she "knew who the fd- i il. mws w ill me Mdyuiu. Tl" m h" ria Vasquez, and said she will be. 17 next month. Mrs. James Hixon wife of the sheriff in Brookville J iH lh. irl (IH hor ,he I ! paid S200 in Chicago to "go with some boys" and was with them when the bodies were dumped into the ditch. Russ Seamen Given Asylum SKATTLE W-Almost boyishly exuberant and showing their joy without restraint, nine young Rus- sian seamen found asvlum in this countrv la.st nisht country last night They flew here from Formosa. admitted by Atty. Gen Brownell ii..iijiiv. pi ' , government. The nine were among 20 in the crew of the Soviet tanker Tuapse who asked political asylum P'I y the Na.ionalit Chi Formosa after the ship was ne.se last year. Brownell ordered their admis sion under provision of the immi gration law whirh permits him to exercise such discretionary power j nr.,.n,:inii.,l with the rustomarv lolficial bustle, checking through customs and arrrmeinL' to board a waiting plane which took them on1 lor Home I rip Tfce jecid is slated to leave here Manday for Pans to fetch navz. Reached 'in Naples. Italy, last nighf. McClrftan said "(here is not a wnrd'of truth" lo the retorted requiM for pecial servk-e. "All 1 know ts Uiat., I 'made arrangements to. go back on a scheduled aircraft and thai Li what ! is going to happen..' the senator jaid It was not clear Whether he ijneant coirimeria1 or scheduled mili ary o ane. Ihe D ane 'on its iiruii'.i 01 "ic 1 ,,"o,i !'- cause it lias been assigned to pick the senators. ; - ni. iiiiiii. at kil ivh....h m.- rIl .ii p.,-.v,v ". irwpwwii irywufSiSa ruin' 'ill '- ' ) ' " I S--" ;jmw lli I - 111 i V' ' 1 "" tM.BK-SWWMW, H ill I'l ' '.. r 't , ". . wiwt'wj Mwsumw n il ill LH . ft).. A-iHMtwWM nn.wi .kill !- : 1 Sen, Lehman Backs Adlai In N.Y. Split NEW YORK tfl A split in the (W-vote New York delegation to the 'Democratic national convention I appeared likely Friday as Sen. Lehman D-NY) pledged his sup I port to Adlai Stevenson for the ;Pwe nuininnuu.i. Supporters of Gov. Averell Han riman hnn hnnfrt Inr a nrle?aHnn ' " sol,dly bch,nd lhc ROVCrnor Lehman, who campaigned for Stevenson in the l!i.i2 election, is- sued a statement .Thursday night envm he saw nn reason In rhanse his preference in 1956. Stevenson, in Chicago, said "I am proud to have this expression of support from so distinguished an American as my old friend Herbert Lehman." Stevenson, earlier in New York, had said "I am not counting on the New York delegation at all.' Democratic National Committee man Carmine G. DeSapio has been win mjik ui ci iuuu (jiti-ufiiiiiiKHi oeiesauon. " uemocri Chairman Michael H I itiuiUMiai, " " " Vnrk " Rfthy . V. .1 t '" ' im r- na8n" nd5 ut-cn '"vu"" : Stevenson. Before Stevenson boarded a I , plime Ior Chicago, newsmen asked nm noui rL'poi nidi ma sup porters had started a move to pre vent a solidly pro-Harriman dele gation from New York. Stevenson replied: "I neither know of nor have 1 heard of such a thing. I d be inter ested, but I don't think I d approve of it. I'm not counting on Ihe New York delegation at all." m Vnn h Ipptinil UtltU -lJlCClIUlI Riotins Looms P plan lo give Iheir country a "Ku- paign cl authority under Western uropcan Union. From now on. as the cam paign closes, things will get tough er and tougher," a high police tf tfcial predicted. Members of the International Commission on Neutral Obsesrcrs supervising the plebiscite were known to fear an invasion-of rowdies from Western Germanv in Ihe next 4 hour-. New efforts to Hreak up Pre mier "Johannes. Hoffman'a pro'-Ku-, rope meetints were rnade in tfco areat Thuiuay niiilit. Hoffmns s' automobile was halt ed by a road block In pouring rain on a dark highway near k nedrirhsthal. A rxtiwd siirfprl w 1111 11 vii in ii.--s yi sic.il uv wiy. , AuQuerschied.lnler. the premier h;n to break off hi speech while milice located nhiddcn lotipplf. r) uiimiinix ii'iiui";! 11111 iiil These Salem Men Get Special Honors City officials and employes who have been in the municipal service 30 years or more will receive special recognition at the League of Oregon Cities convention in Portland next week. Eight from Salem will be so honored. In the above picture they arc, front row, from left. Alfred Mundt, city recorder; J. H. Davis, city engineer; Ellsworth L. Smith, fire chief; J. L. Franzen, city manager. Back row, from left, Capt. Walter Edwards, Battalion Chief Robert Mills, Capt. Ray McCauley, and (inset) Battalion Chief William Hunt, all members of the lire department. Another group to get special honors will be ex-lcague presidents and league founders, and Salem will con tribute six to that group. City Manager Franzen qualifies for both groups, lie is an ex-president of the league. Employes Receive Recognition I Oregon League !o,Hl p!""y are (:har! Hin. Confer Honors At Session Eight officials and employes of the City of Salem will receive special lecuKinmm h mu auin annual co-nvention of the League , of Oregon Cities, which meets in Portland October 23-26, Sunday through Wednesday. The reason is that Ihey have hern in municipal service 30 Thp PlPhl are .?. H. Davis, city enainccr: Vi" hm" V' I chiof; D. l-.rtwards. wit- liam Hunt, Ray 11. McCauley, Robert Mills, 1 members of the firc department- j I, Franzen citv ,,',.,, and Alfred Mundt! city recorder. I Dead, 3 Hurt In B47 Crash ,..r. i lies will also participate in eon TOKYO UP) - A ltoseburg .lvl.niion Sl,lvjli',,. Ore.. Air Force pilot was one of, , three men injured lodav when ,!. ( oniparative experience of v.ir 11:47 jet bomlK-r crashed during 1011s cmIics in (leu ,ng with specilic takeofl in northern Japan. One problems will be discussed at ii. : ii ii ci..,ri.. ur ri..i, r.n . ,.ill ..f II... l...,l.iir ,,.,i,. crashed about -Jim or 400 yards off ii,. ..j ... ii.. i mi, air base on the northern tip f. Honshu, Japans main iManil. Clark and the other two injured , j i- ...mj .-. , . ,i ' the cnmmiltee bv citv and county Official M Mountain Home Air!0,""1! fr,,m variou ot Rase in Idaho identilied the man killed as 1st LI. Kdward C. Bow of Rishopville. S C., m observer aboard Ihe jet bnmher. Bandit Gets Air ay After Tardy Srirt:Q,arSrC Against Inmrv.n rp hanHit who waited for several minutes in front of tfle store he had just robbed of $1000 made wd Tus! asking a Senate investigation ot. a escape last night, jTejansters Vninn complaint alleg- Walla Whitney, manager, oflhe'4nf? misconduct of Philip H;' Safeway. Store, id the sloppily 1 Rodger. nmlHTs of the National dressed bandit came to the counter I with a tut of toothpaste shortly ' i,.r,.P.a n m .l.ini " ' y "i. 1 'Wie Jiandit jaunted a fiing-bajT- reled pistol at Whitney and said lta clean out Ihe till. Whitney put an estimated $loorin a p.'iper ." of City to Loucks and Justice James T.I Brand. The latter will be honored as one of the founders of the League of Oregon Cities, and the others as former league prcsi dents. Muggins is former mayor of' Marshfield and Elfslrom and i,oucks former Salem mavors. Kranzen will be honored also with the second group, Salem men who are listed on the convention prcgram in clude: Mayor Robert V. White, City Attorney Chris J. KowiU, Rep. a1 Loucks, Municipal Judge 'Douglas Hay, State Fire Mnrshal E. A. Taylor. Plumbing Encineer C. A. McClure, Fire Chief K. L. Smith, Police Chief Clyde A. Warren and City Engineer J. II. Davis. Mississippi Man Coming Mayor Allen C. Thompson of Jackson, Miss., president of the American Municipal association, will speak at luncheon Monday. Presidents of the League of Cali fornia Cities, the Association of Wnshinuttn Cities and Ihe Union of British Columbia Mnnicipali- according lo. League President Diamond I.. Flynn, former mayor "f Medfnrd. lion feature A special conven tion feature will be an informal hearing by the legislative interim Commitlee on (k;i government r r'"?L -" ' "' - I problems will he described fir Uiu itiiiii:. T)r. fJilberl tn Speak Among joint session speakers will he Dr. James H. f.ilbrrt, for- mer dean of the College nf Lib- (Continued on Page 5 Column 4) Morse Seeks Probe of Union's .WASHINGTON ifi Sen. Morse (D-Orel said Thursday night he n i I.bor Itelativns Hoard. Murse said the oecusnlion came . , 11:11: f ..,i ,in H ll-li-Klillll iiiiiii niiiiiini .iiiin,., nTiilini,pr bif the Western Cnnter- pllcc nl Ti amsteii It chiiraed. Mur ontiitfit-d in ;iliTnr;ii. Ih::l M-mIts u..s Sr : ..ji S j -r .j -wf - y- -'A "V-'Vi r i rA h IP Will Begin Work on Dams In Few Weeks LKWISTON. Idaho Wl Unless halted by court action, the Idaho Power Co. will begin construction of two dams in the Snake River's Hells Canyon area "within a few weeks, company president T. h. Roach said Thursday night. ; Roach said the company expects early approval of design drawings fm to days or two weeks .he in tracts." If me designs arc approved and the courts are not asked lo inter vene, he said, work will begin be tween Nov. IS and Dec. I. Public power groups which on- posed Idaho J'ower's plan to build three low dams in the Hells Can yon gorge during lengthy M'L hearings on the private utility s ap plication threatened to carry their fight to the courts after the t-PL decided in favor of Idaho Power. Rofli-h said the company is go ing ahead with its plans and has I placed orders for equipment for Rrnwnlec and Oxbow damsites, upstream from Ihe Hells Canyon site. Work will begin nl Hells Can yon when the other two are com pleted. 100-Milc-Up Rocket Will Carry Pilot LOS AN(;i:i;i:S A rocket plane capable of carrying a pilot to a height of I1HI miles that's Ihe project reportedly assigned to North American Aviation Corp. The Los Angeles Times said In its editions Friday that North American will have two years lo complete the job. with backing of , Air Force Navv , ,ht, Nil MMmTy Coi.iiinltec lo Aeronautics, The goal is almost six lirnes Hip altitude record of 90.000 feet (about 1" miles set last year by Maj. Arthur Murray in a Hell XlA rock et research rrnft. An unmanned single-stnge rocket hns soared irfl miles high. Nnrth American declined com jment. NLRB Member j slalemenl, Rodger said the Team ! Mers accusations were baseless insofar a they allege miscondiicl - on my part." , 1 Hndjjrr said he hadn't received a -copy, of the conipl.-unt but '.vjs . familiar with it in a general way. I )t said "Hie only thing he and the Te.-imvti-rs oie in acm-menl on ii "(kit I was in San Fr;i( isco TiN"ri;iY and Wytmd.iv 4n':hti." IIimIi'tv MnA hi wmil -wflionie' An aide to Morse said Ihe Team- U.S. Accused Of Blocking Progress UNITED NATIONS, N Y. Ml Russia demanded Friday a full de bate on disarmament in the U.N. Assembly Political I Committee, sarmameitt aiWiinoui waning ior ni: 1 1 decisions by the Big F Arkady A. Sobolev. 'our foreign permament Soviet delegate to the U.N., made the demand in the 12-nation U.N' Disarmament Commission. He accused the commission of attempting to delay a report -n, disarmament debates of its big nation subcommittee. Further de lays would be harmful, he said. 'it has been alleged that dis cussion of disarmament here would interfere with or prevent discus sion by Ihe Big Four ministers." Sobolev said. "But disarmament was a major topic of all the gen eral policy statements in the As sembly, Every member of th United Nations has the right to debate this subject." The Big Four foreign minister! meet at Geneva Oct. 27. The Disarmament Commission i subcommittee composed of the United States. Britain. Franer th i . j Soviet Union and Canada reces iifcwt4 I sot sessions here Oct. 7. They were deadlocked over disarmament plans, especially on U.S. insistanee thai President Eisenhower's "open sky" plan be adopted as a prelude to disarmament, Under that plan, the United States and the Soviet Union would exchange aerial reconnaissance and defense blue prints to pre vent surprise attack. , Sobolev told the commission composed of the 11 Security Coun cil members and Canada that everybody agrees on the necessity of measures to avert surprise at tack. That, together with closeness of agreement on the necessity of re ducing armed forces, and the ne cessity of continuing inspection make it desirable to open the dis- , armament "debate here. Sobolev - ,'2PBtP0BW,,II,ly of rcflChm He blamed the United Stales for I) lock ine nrocress in the closer! subcommittee sessions. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.. chief U.S. delegate, listened intently. Harold E. Stnssen, his deputy in the subcommittee talks, is accom panying Secretary of Slate Dullr.1 to Paris for preliminary Big Four consultations. Sobolcv's statement unveiled some of the mystery behind his request last week for an urgent meeting of the commission. Sir Leslie Munro, New Zealand- er who is also chairman of tha Assembly Political Committee, quickly protested the Soviet re quest. He said the commission rould not give the General Assembly an intelligent report on the disarma ment discussions until it had studied Ihe verbatim reports from Ihe 47 closed meetings of the sub committee. The meetings began in London last spring and resumed here Aug. 20 on the instructions of the Big Four summit meeting. The reports made a pile of docu ments a foot and a half high on Monro's desk. Dulles Holds Trump Cards WASHINGTON ll'l'l-Secrelary of Stale John Faster Dulles today held a strong hand of diplnmatic- nirfls to nlnv at next week's Ritf ! Four showdown meeting at Geneva on kev Kast-West protilenw. Dulles, in a whirlwind finish to preparations for the conference, h;i.s lined up support nf President Kisenhower and a croup of eon gre.ssionfrl leader of both parties for U.S. strategy on the twin prob lems nf Kuropean security and tierman unity, disarmament and lowenn? of Kat We,s barriers. Additional support (or Dulles f.eneva strategy came late Thurs day from Ihe secretary's own Stata' Department. II suddenly mails pulihc an ftfi-panc record of many jof Mr. Kisenhower and DullrV statement at the earlier Summit Meeting al (iencva la.st July. j The document showed the tron( rielcmmi.iuon of ine united Mates t link Kuropean .security and (Jt-rman unity together a tus.sle ! me rresiuem won irom aovioi rre ; miar Nikolai Hulkjanin. It also 'brought out Mr. Kisen!.we r's llat ! pledge lo Itius.sia thut "uadvt no j ciminvlam cs i the United Stntoi ver going to he a party to ag- lion." I his was coupled with th
