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THE WEATHER
INTERMITTENT RAIN tonight and
Thursday. ConlBued mild. Low to
Ughl, 42; high Thursday. M.
67th Year, No. 288 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, December 21, 1955 SStum,3Sr'oZ- , grice 52
Streams Spill Over Banks in
17 Die as Luxury Airliner Crashes in Jacksonville
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Ifl An
Eastern Air Lines Constellatio:i,
bound from Miami to Boston,
crashed and burned on a landing
approach here early Wednesday,
killing all 17 persons aboard.
The big, four-engined luxury air
liner was only a quarter of a mile
from the end of the runway at the
Jacksonville airport when it ap
parently came in too low, hit 'he
top of a tree in the pre-dawn dark
ness and plunged to the ground. I
Visibility at the time was one
half mile and the ceiling 300 feet,
airport officials said.
Five of the dead were crew
members, and 12 were passengers. ;
Also aboard the plane was the !
body or C. B. Thritt of Miami, an
employe of the airline, being sent
to Washington, D. C, for burial.
Thrift. 47. had died of a heart
attack Saturday. '
The crash was the third aerial;
disaster in Florida in three days. !
Monday, two Air Force bombers '
crashed over the outskirts of Tam
pa, killing eight men. A few hours
later an Air Force jet and a bomb
er collided over Port St. Joe. 200
miles up the Gulf Coast, killing
three men and leaving three miss
ing. (Continued on page 8, col. 2)
Plane Wreckage Grazes Home j
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Safeway Soon
ToStartWork
At Northsate
new YMCA youth wing after Y of
ficials presented off-street parking
Building early in 1956 of a Safe
way supermarket between North
gate avenue and Wayside terrace,
near the north Salem city limits,
seems certain after a request to the
State Highway commission in
Portland Tuesday for access rights
to the highway.
The commission took the request
under consideration and Safeway
asked for a decision by December
31, 0. R. Blair, real estate man
ager for Safeway, said the firm
wants to go ahead with the project
as soon as possible.
The location is on property owned
hv Kafpwav fnr thp last two vpars.
Roy Harland, Salem attorney ap- to bring Salem's seventh traffic
pcaring for Safeway, put in the re- fatality of the year Tuesday,
quest for two access drives, each I Eighty-year-old Mrs. Nellie A,
50 feet wide, from Highway 99E ; Y a n a. 835 Gaines Street, was
into the Safeway property. fatally injured when struck by
-CSS?
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., The wheels of an Eastern Airlines
Constellation which crashed and burned here today narrowly
missed this house. Seventeen persons died in the crash. (AP
Photofax)
YMCA Wing Okayed
By Salem Planners
By DOUGLAS SEYMOUR plans. Bids on the new wing arc
Members of the Salem Planning to be opened at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Commission reversed their ruling . The commissioners also delayed
of a week ago Tuesday night as; until their next meeting action on
they approved construction of the i the request of the -Central Assem
bly of God Church to move its
building from Cottage and Hood
Streets to Church and Norway
Streets, which is in a residential
ione. The new location would have
less than the required amount of
off-street parking.
The decision on the YMCA var
iance application came after Roy
Harland, Y president, prosentcd a
contract with the First Presbyter
ian Church for parking spaces for
Y employes and a letter declaring
the YMCA's intention to continue
A rfrivino rain sim-m shnnninB negotiation to acquire parking
trip and holiday traffic combined ! '; d t that
parking space for four cars would
be provided in the ncsv wing.
He also explained that YMCA
officials had also circulated pot!
Salem Woman
Succumbs to
Auto Injuries
tinne fnt- Q phsnllil fit TfinP fnr thp
The commission was shown a a car as she crossed the street j ihai if thp nianninn
general plan for the biulding and in the 1200 block of North Capi- commission wished them present-
car parsing ioi area, n year or mi ioi luesaay ancrnoon. anc uieu e(j ne was rcady to do so.
ago a street was platted parallel about an hour after the accident -he commissioners, however,
to the four-acre frontage and thecal a Salem hospital. I voted to allow the building con-
highway, and it was then vacated j Drivcr of the car. Ronald: struction under the variance pro-
by the city- It was tnougnt i's Leonard Wilmot, Portland, told;Cedure so that the zone change
Ford Co.
Discloses
Earnings
$1.5 Billion Net
Profit Reported
Since 1916
WASHINGTON (UP) The Ford
Motor Co. in its first public ac
counting in 52 years today reported
net profits of $l,53G,8uo.ooo from
11146 through Sept. 30. 1955.
These disclosures were made in
a 39-page prospectus 'covering
Ford Foundation plans to sell
10,200,000 shares ot common stock
in the first public offering of Ford
securities in the firm's history.
The stock, biggest corporate of
fering ever made, it expected to
go on sale some time next month
for about $75 a share. The actual
time and price will be disclosed
later. Par value will be $50 a
share. "
Earnings Reported
The Ford earnings report was
made in a registration statement,
a necessary corollary of the stock
offering, to the Securities and Ex
change Commission. It showed that
current earnings are at the rate
of $5.85 a share. Cumulative earn
ings since 1946 have been secopd
in the auto industry only to Gen
eral Motors.
The company used this prospec
tus as a vehicle for disclosing that
it plans to introduce a new line
of passenger automobiles "within
the next few years." It did not
describe the line or say what mar
ket it will be aimed at.
Concerning current business, the
Ford Company disclosed that deal
ers' stocks of Fords and Mercurys
nave increased and that "there
have been reductions in production
and in future production sched
ules."
Lost Money In 1948
"Rapid changes in demand can
occur in the industry, the rom
pany said, "and plans for future
production are subject to continu
ous review and to frequent revi
sion upward or- downward as cir
cumstances require."
The financial report covered the
10 years, as required by law,
through the first nine months of
1955. It disclosed' that the com
pany suffered net losses in 1946
of $8,100,000.
Thereafter, however, the com
pany made fat profits, although
(here was a sag in 1951 and 1952.
Output hit a record high for the
firm in the first nine months of
1955. For that period the net was
$312,200,000, higher by $84,400,000
than the profits for all of 1954,
the richest previous year.
Flooding Threatens Homes on Silverton Road
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Residents 1
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Evacuated
In Floods
Schools Close in
Eugene Section;
Roads Cut
There was no lawn mower sharpening today as the home
of Frank Corn, 3560 Silverton road, had the yard inundated
and rapidly rising surface water may soon enter the house
itself unless last night's and today's downpour ceases soon,
Willamette Flooding
Sighted by Thursday
21-oot Crest Due
As Heavy Rains
Conl
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By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
The Willamette river at Salem
is due to flood late Thursday,
a crest of 21 feet called for by
midnight in the wake of steady
rain falling through the valley.
Flood stage at Salem is 20 feet.
It will be the first time since
January 21, 1953, that the Wil
lamette has spilled over its banks
here, the river then measuring
26.7 feet, and it will be the first
flooding since the new highway
and bridge approach were opened
in September of 1053 on the
West Salem side of the river.
Substantial rise in all valley
rivers are listed and are to con
tinue through the next 24 hours,
and forecasts may change with
rain continuing to pour down.
At Jefferson, the Santiam al
ready was over its banks, Wed
nesday morning, and a crest of
20 to 21 feet is due there be
tween 4 and 6 p.m. Flood stage
there is 13 feet. In that area
there is considerable bad wash
ing along bordering pastures and
fields, but no other major
damage.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Western Oregon streams went
out of their banks Wednesday,
families were evacuated from their
threatened homes, schools closed,
slides cut highways and rain still
came down.
The McKcnzie, the Umpqua, and
the Siuslaw were raging torrents.
The Willamette, a damaging river
near Eugene In years past, was
still being held in check by Look
out Point Dam whose reservoir
was going up a foot an hour.
Mountain snows melted, adding
fresh torrents.
At mid-morning the Siuslaw Riv
er at Mapleton, a dozen miles
from the coast due west of Eu
gene, was four feet above flood
stage and still rising. A score ol
houses near the river were ma-'
rooned and water was inehin un
to the floors.
All woods crews in the Maple-
ton area quit work and the U. S.
Plywood Corp. mill closed down.
Schools were being dismissed.
Since Saturday night Mapleton
had measured six inches of rain.
J ne Lane county sheriff s off c
evauated seven families by boat
irom mcir nomes in the Westward
Ho residential section north of
Eugene and a half dozen mora
families were told to be ready to
cave inai lowland area which is
criss-crossed by the channels of
old floods.
Amazon Creek spread out Jnd
I inn-minilnj Ik E-.... ltl-1.
Drains, Sewers Clogged School, which closed. A junior high
A,wl (... llu.i inure aiso oiosea Because water
...nit.. uuacintuiB
. Waler-Logged
City Pumps in
Action to Cope
With Flooding
Overflowing drains, sewers and
Meyer to Shut Store;
Eyes Supermart Site
would provide tne neeaea access, p()ijcc tnat Mrs,
but it didn't conform to a policy th tirci-i
ot controlled access auopicu Dy me
highway commission when it1 ac
quired property to widen Highway
99E some years ago.
Adlai's Son
Hurt, 2 Pals
Die in Crash
self against the
GOSHEN, Ind. (UP) Adlai
Stevenson's son. John, 19, was
seriously injured in a car-truck
collison todav which killed tw
Harvard University classmates
riding in his car.
The dead were William S
North. Ill, 19, Lake Forest, 111
and William C Boydcn, Jr., 19,
Chicago.
The son of the presidential
candidate was taken to Goshen
General hospital in serious con
dition. He suffered a broken
knee cap, cuts and bruises. Also
injured wa, another classmate,
James Gilligan, 19, Nebraska
City, Neb.
'Police said a truck driven
I"2 .'"' .fr C'.?-Alene Phillips, his personal secrc-
'7n nn" " r '. E?,ri7: "comp-aniqfl the secretary
Yana started will not be necessary,
shielding her- The commission's decision to
rain with an ! orani the variance to the YMCA
umorcua in sucn a way mai sne : was opposed only By T. w. Lowry,
couldn't sec the car. He was j chairman of the variance corn
unable to stop in time, he said, mittce which had turned in the
Police said Mrs. Yana apparently j report a week ago recommending
had been shopping at a grocery the variance not be granted,
store in the block and was on i n explaining his opposition
her way home when she started ij,Wrv declared he was svmna-
to cross the street in the middle thctic with the YMCA's problem j the announcement said.
of the block. ' j but that he believed the commis- Negotiations have been under
Funeral services for Mrs. Yana ' sion should stand by the city's olf-way for several months, Meyer
have been set for Thursday at street parking requirements and' to locate a suitable site and
1 p.m. at the Howell-Edwards . the exceptions, when made, should I he expressed hope that he would
Funeral home. Rev. Paul Guntheribc made by the "ity Council. j he able to close a deal in th; near
(Continued on page 9, col- 51 I (Continued on page 9. col. 2) future and to follow immediately
Fred Meyer will close his Salem
store on January 15, he announced
Wednesday, and in the same an
nouncement said he would con
struct a modern shopping center
as soon as he finds a suitable site.
"Due to lack ot space and in
ability of the firm to acquire ad
ditional space at the prsent loca
tion, the Fred Meyer store in Sa
lem will be closed January 15,"
with the construction of a modern
shopping center in size, service
and facility, comparable to his
Portland centers.
In the small space that we
have in the Salem store," Meyer
continued, "we are very limited
in the lines of merchandise we
can handle. We have heard much
complaint that many of the items
At Salem, the Willamcllo wan flooded basements kept the office
up to 15.6 feet by 10:30 a.m. 01 city Engineer J. H. Davis
swampea witn tcicpnone cam irom
distressed residents Wednesday.
Wednesday and is due to hit
19.5 Thursday morning, rising
(Continued on page 9, col. 1)
Woman Hurt,
Suspects Held
In Purse Grab
A Salem woman lost her purse
and suffered minor injuries when
attacked by a purse snatchcr near
her home Tuesday night, she re
ported to city police.
A few hours later Eugene police
arrested three young men in. an
attempted robbery of a motel
there and found in their car a
store charge plate made out to
the woman s husband.
Names listed by Eugene police
(or the three, now suspected here,
are Leonard Daniel Clark, 22, Wil
lie Coleman, 26, and Jack Taylor,
alias James Johnson, 26. No home
towns were given but they are not
believed to be Oregon residents.
Mrs. Mary Nixon, 415 Division
street, was walking home about 10
o'clock with an arm load of pack
ages when she was suddenly struck
from behind and knocked down.
she said. Her purse was then
taken by a young man who ran
to a car about a half-block away
where another man waited behind
the wheel, she said. She said the
flooded out the boilers and thert .
was no heat. .
Several schools north of Eugens
planned to close at noon so chil
dren could get to their homes be
fore rising water cut their paths.
Glenwood, low-Jying community
southeast of Eugene which used
to expect annual flooding from the
Quick response was made by Willamette, apparently was in up
.no iiuui me ciiKiuci-iiuK uc- aanger as m)okoui I'oini nam res-
nHvnrlicnH fnr mir PnrflanH ctnrn.
are not available in the Salem man appeared to be in his twenties
store." and described the car as having a
Un-,r mlH ihv i,r tn,,Hr,o a blue bottom and light colored top.
site that would provide off-stroet An car'' morning teletype from
McKay Says Hawaii Booming,
Champions Statehood Cansej
By JAMES 1). OLSON ' gese. Japanese, Chinese and Ha- billion gallons may be escaping
Hawaii is in a better shape eco- waiians. . through springs." McKay said,
nomically today for statehood than "Yet there is no racial or.reli- "' fesult ' rt instructed the
ever in its historv. Secretary of gious discriiliinatifln there." he ! Reclamation Bureau to make a
.u. ii.;. rv.i.. d i. i j,nrnt ,iinaM. i survey to determine if small dams
i .... , . j... i- ' . ., r:m hp pnnlrnrlpd In contain thft.1
Eugene said police there had pick
ed up three men in a car answer
ing the description given by Mrs
Nixon after an attempted rob cry
(Continued on Page 5. Column 51
partment, but prospects were not
good for immediate relief depend
ing, of course, on the weather,
Davis said that all of (he city's
emergency pumps, seven in num
ber, are working, and in scattered
parts of the city. Most of the
trouble is in the north part of the
city, but thcro is constant call
for help from West Snlom and
other quarters of the city. Davis
said a tolal of about 20 men from
(he department has been at work
since early in the day.
Flooded basements, overflowing
storm drains, and backed up sani
tary sewers are the main emer
gencies inside the city.
Only a few calls came in last
night, but early Wednesday they
suddenly spurted. What the situa
tion Wednesday night will be is
problematical.
"If the rain should let up," said
Davis, "we'll get along all right,
and probably the crews will have a
rest. But if it keeps on raining
it's going to be tough."
Downtown Salem is In good
shape. Among places where the
pumps have been spotted arc the
Hollywood-Myrtle street district,
18th and Kay and West Salem.
The understatement of the day
was undoubtedly the one made
by Ted Kucnzi, assistant Mar
ion county engineer when he
said "we have a lot of water,"
during the customary session of
the county court Wednesday
morning. "I have seen conditions
worse than they now arc," he
added.
The engineering department
as well as individual members
of the court have been receiving
telephone calls hourly from per
sons who complained that ditches
(Continued on page 9, col. II
ervoir held the river to 5 feet
below flood stage at Eugene.
But the North Umpqua River
was threatening the Garecn Valley
area west of Roseburg and Ihet
Weather Bureau warned residents
to prepare to leave. Continued rise
of the river was expected. The
South Umpqua was riding too but
at early morning was still four
feet below flood stage at Winston.
West of Sweet Home, Ames
Creek, near the Santiam river,'
undercut the tracks of the Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle Railroad
(Continued on page 9, col. 4)
Mevenson car. uui s true was -.. .
attempting to pa'ss another truck , , ,
in was in me wrons lane wneni
saiu. "
The Harvard students, we,? on
their way home from school fcir
Christmas vacftion. The car wife
lauded with ski equipment0
i rlarpH Udnp;riav in Salpm UTvin tip ffatbvr tnpihpr. intprmarrv
v ! his return from a 10-day visit in j and all work tic'ethcr for the fcood ' csfSPini water.
by ... ,, j. ii,-.,, j m: Li I During his stay 11 the Island
The Secretary and Mrs. cKay,MJK and hL, ,art we own
were guests at the home of Gev- n , flows resulting from
ernor Samue Wilier, King. the. tj look last
pnlf man with Hawaiian blood to m th. ,,,ami 0, ,.awaji
be appointed governor. when more, 4. ,. mcKm Mid. d.
building development on
it struck th youihs' juto. police 15 "nfls amazing. Mcn.ay
said, "and business is at the high
est point in the hiiftry of e is
land." Mcfcay iid thate told the
people of 1811 trrat the $epub-
than 3000 persons were greeted
during two and c4e-half9 hot.0
stand.
stroyed one village and some pi e-
apple ifYirds. -
secretary ani Mrs. mcn,ay win
parking and sufficient stores to
carry all the lines of merchandise
now carried in the Portland cen
ters. No details were given by the
Portland headquarters as to the
present status of negotiations, but
it is understood that what the
firm desires is a site outside the
business district and several acres
in size.
Salem has had a Fred Meyer
dflm fnr thn natt tA v,an atari.
ing with a small unit and expand I FT. LEWIS. Wash. m - Lt. Col. graduate to be tried on collabora
ing with added lines in the present Paul V. Liles was found guilly tinn charges
Col. Liles Convicted of Aiding
Reds While PW; Cets Leniency
location. I Wednesday of aiding the enemy
Prior to the closing of the 'Salem I making propaganda recordings
store. Meyer said, announcement whllc nc wa prisoner of war in
will be miidc of a close-out salc :N'"''h Korea in IBSO-SS, but he won
for the disposal of all merchandise 1 leniency from the l man military
on hand in the store. i court. .
H was r(rimanded by being
suspended in rank tor 1 wo ycais.
Army aaorncys saia ui.o meant
he will retain his present rank as
a lieutenant colonel, but will be
put two years behind all officers
in the vftlcsof promotion to lOih-
Murder Charged
A'gaiiftst Bailey
TILLAMOOK A first dc-
VattmiiQ yriterflir
(A-div. . Vaul 24-hntir prrripli
.r.:a-"r : waitan but
1SS7. KUrr hriflit 1S ftft at 1ft I McKay &
niftnm 1 Congrcs whea the DemnRt Kay
nitior,: llca Alaska sTaOod into ike O' the
lu.AM.n K.ll j.
as
said that there
l. ii.. j ..1.1. 1.J ""A" .. - M. mnrrtpr rharoe val filpd ' " rami.
uic iinc m jviii w ne im jpciw in Lnnsimjjs nouoays vis- " a 1 . , .,,: i ,a, ik. .iT..
from thPdoor into th strcetoat ..', jhcir .wo S.ughlers. Mrs. Tuesday against Giant Bailey, 33, tLl,M won scquittal i the otTier
liran party will continue to light most times, McfciydTaid. Lester Grec)? Aid Mrs. Wayne I who police said has admitted the ,,rg" aa'nH
iVr stateh,0l the Island, a All!ish there ;icrfton (heilladley and their families. 0avin( fcMr- and M. Do,!d!, "J wa K ,2l,h nM'? ,0
. .C!L"L..fJ!f ;drSS2!iPnl here Sunday. U,& lVX:
Pparl llarhnr .rnund-water'm... Hp oii tnOv back to Wash-t a")r saia ne 0l tne rcccarasi iwo imicr oiuccrs una mj eninica D,xon of Monterey, (Ol., said ir,e
,dvjnav he .hrinkinn at ii&JiaV , in.n. D C JanuOi 1. Mrs. Mo n se f defense a tor a fisht lc- " '" case will ne anneniea an me wa
-cd when he ordered lhe,,," ",lc eim.-'i", wuc
Indian couple q"'"
The possible maximum sentence
for conviction could have been IKc
imprisonment, dismissal from the
service and loss of all pay" .ind
allowances.
The 39-year-old o f f I f e r Irom
Birmingham, Ala., was found in
nocent of two other charges em
bntng scOcral counts. They ere
Sccusations that he was isloyal
to c United States; led Hcd in
doctrination classes, became a
member of a so-calM Prisoners'
Peace Committee miner Commu
nist sponsorship, signed surrender
appeals to United Notions troops
and refused toSMokc charge of
American prisoners when he was
the senior 0icer present.
de(env Lt. 01 wsne r.
Ex-Wife Kills
Door-Crashiiiff
Creswell Man ,
EUGENE m r- Clarence Lewis
Hamilton, 2fi, of Klamath Falls, r
was shot and killed Tuesday night .
as he forced his way through a
barricaded door at his divorced
wife's houso in Creswell, 14 miles
south of Eugene.
Dist. Atty. Eugene Venn iald
Hamilton's ex-wile, Mrs. Aileen
Belle Hamilton, 31, said she had
fired two shots at her former hus
band in self defense. "I shot at his
legs and missed," she said. "He
kept coming, so I shot again."
No charge has been filed. Venn
said he will call a special session '
of the grand jury to decide hat
charges, if any, should be filed.
The .25 caliber bullet penetrated
Hamilton's heart.
Mrs. Hamilton said her former
husband had broken into her home
several times. He had driven from
Klamath Falls lo Creswell earlier
Tuesday with two companions. J
Three children were asleep In '
the house at the time of the shoot
ing. Mrs. Hamilton's, eight-year-old
daughter by a previous marriage,
who had been given instructions -on
wfcat to do if Hamilton tried
to break into the house, reported
the shooting to the sheritf's office, '
UlnniU are
a m.. Ttttni. (Rerj& r u. . weather i melt'flff poL of r.ionWt.et. with i water are drawn annually frufu for the capit
BarfiM) - I AmeScans. Englishmen.. PoOUiii body of water and another W,tcrt he said.
)dvjriay he shnnkme at il wia . in-aMrr,
Cer. to OA k.llin. o n 1 iTIn c rt( i V av anrl M.c. Phillinc will rfnnart
ve'e
Warm Springs
leave his home.
In the Court of MiliiatVApp!ls I Fo
01 feel conddenl the dccisiolf v. M I'll
Lilc Oa the first West Point I be rceinl," Dixon said,
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Amusement . I
Editorial 4
Local (
Society -7.
Section Two
Sports 1M
Section Three
Food 4..011
I'omics g
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Section Four
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