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THE CAPITAL JOI'HNAL
Capital Journal Salem, Ore., Fri., Jan. 13, 1956
Salem Police Chief Calls for Cooperation! John Graham
In Heading Off Teen Delinquency Problem
Displays Weapons
Being Carried
By Boys '
. Br VICTOR B. FRYER
The cooperation ol parents.
KhooU, police and court la nec
aaary it Salem la to avoid a
aarioua problem o( Juvenile de
linquency, Lniei oi rujice
A Warren aaid ThuridaV.
Tha atalement cama at the
nnlira chief reve-led a nulsnt'"!
youth problem hinted at by re
sent t oubles In the e.ty. Ho
showed a number of weapona tak
an from teen-agers recently;
some alter arrests on various
charges and others surrendered
voluntarily by the owners. Only
one a lead-filled piston wrist
pin had been used against an
other in a fight, ha said, but
othara had been in possesion ol
youths involved In arguments
and, If used could have caused
serious, or even fatal, Injury.
The display of weapons and
the release of the information
to the press, be indicated, was
ol to show that there waa an
Immediate Juvenile problem in
the city, but to ask the cooper
ation of the community to see
tht such a problem does not
. arise.
Isolated Oks
The Instsncea in which the
weapons switch-blade knives, a
pistol, lead weights and two hay
hooks-have been taken from
youths are Isolated cases, Chief
Warren said; not cases of gang
warfare or organised roups
carrying them. However, the in
cidence of cases where-ln youtha
are found to be carrying conceal
ed weapons has Increased re
cently and could be a forewarn
ing of serious trouble If It should
become a fad or the accepted
thing to do among teen-agers, he
in.
Parents can help in preventing
such problem from arising by
knowing where tneir cnuaren are
and what they are doing when
they are away from home, the
chief of police said. Moat parents
do know and a few others don't
care, but there Is I number of
otherwise thoughtful parents who
have little idea of whera there
children are when they leavo
home at nights. The individual
youth may be all right in him
self, but it mixing with the wrong
group could go astray from the
family, church and school touch
inn oi rlaht and wrong.
One local school leader was
ouoted by officers, "When a
vntineiter leaves home with
definite olace to go a friend's
house, a nail game, a movie or a
eluh meellna then he is un
doubtedly on the right track;
but when he Is out 'just loafing
around.' that la the time parental
control ahould be strongly exer
cised." .
N Chief Warren also suggested
that parents might check occas
alonally on what their youngsters
rt carrying In their pockets,
what they keep In their bureau
drawera and what they carry In
their cars. If they are carrying or
keeping lead welghta, ewltch
blade knives or other potentially
dangeroua weapons, It is a good
time to take a look at the youths'
outside activities, he said.
Aa to the schools part, War
ren said, they have been, and will
be, offering their cooperation in
watching for any signs of gsng
activity, carrying of dangerous
weapons and incidents of violence
and will also continue to offer
firograms of activltlea to hold the
ntercst of youth in more whole
some lines.
Police Plan Prosecution
The pr'lce and courts will
prebtem by closer checks on
work te prevent a Juvenile
youths out after hours, groups
f loafera and a closer watch
for thoae carrying dangeroua
' devices. The police also plan
a more vlgoroua prosecution
of anyone, minora or adults,
taught carrying concealed wea
pons, he ssld. Where tupervls-
Ion and training falls, the
threat ef arrest and possible
Imprisonment may hare some
ilfect ea the weuld-be "lough",
who endangera both himself,
ther youths and aociety in
general.
The confiscated weapons dis
played by the chief Included
three switchblade knives, three
lead-filled piston wrist pins, one
tape-wrapped lead weight, one '.38
caliber pistol and two hay hooks.
There have been more picked up
recently, particularly knives and
welghta he explained, but they
have been destroyed or other
wise disposed ol.
One of the weights was used In
a recent fight in a school parking
lot In whlrb a youth was hit in
the face with such force he was
niit nf firhnnl for rovitjiI Hnva tin.
til the heavy bruises heale rl. One
of the switchblade knives was
also picked up a,fter that en.
counter, he said, although It an.
parently was not taken from the
pocket of. the person carrying it
an onlooker.
The gun and one we'lght were
taken from tha car of a youth
who has bean Involved in at
least two burglaries and other
' troubles. The hay hooka were
taken from a farm youth owner
to whom another youth' was deny
onstrating how to use the wicked,
hookodaweepons in a fight, War
ren said.
Some of the other wrQona
were taten from youths picked
up for liquor or curlew viola
lions and some were surrendered
by youths who had been carry-
inf them after they learned of.
oiner youma oeing arrested tor
the possession of such Items.
Not all of the youtha who carry
aurh weapons have been in
trouble, the police chief aaid, and
many come from good families. It
is hoped by bringing the poten
tial problem to the attention of
the public that these youlhi
Weapons Collected From Juveniles
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Police Chief Clyde Warren and City Juvenile Oflcera Ken
neth Seipp view the collection of dangeroua weapons taken re
cently off teen-agers in Salem. Chief Warren Is holding a hay
hook. On the table are three awltch blade knives, metal cyl
inders used in gang fights and a .38 caliber revolver. City police
aay juvenile crime activities are on the increase. (Capital Jour
nal Photo) -
Utah Takes Over Custody of
Polygamous Wife's Children
SHORT CREEK, Utah Wl A day to sign an .affidavit which
frail, tired woman came home to' "-Mild enable her to keep her chll-
thia desert town today, leaving dren,
seven ol her eight children in state
custody and vowing to fight "with
ovary drop of my blood" to gat
them back. ..
Only 4-year-old" Vaughn (net
Mrs. Vera Black on her return.
He hai whooping cough and could
not be turned over to state wel
fare authorities at Provo yester
day. The State Welfare Commis
sion look custody of the other
seven children when Mrs. Black
refused to swear In writing not to
teach them polygamy and not to
practice it herself. Vaughn will be
surrendered to the state when he
Is well.
Scholarship
Exams Slated
For Saturday
CHlCAGd UK-A total of B,07
brilliant high school' aenlors will
take second examinations tomor
row to determine which 1.900 ol
them will atill be in the running
for college merit scholarships next
fall.
They are the survivors of nearly
60.000 hand-picked aenlors who
took the first examination Oct. 26
in the National Merit Scholarship
Corp. talent search.
The second tests will be given
at hundreds of testing stations
throughout the nation, but no stu
dent will have to travel more than
hi mites.
The 3.500 finalists will be con
sidered by a board of judges. The
board will review their scholastic
records and their activities records
in and out of school. The students
will be asked lo submit statements
of their plans for college and
ambitions later.
At least 44S and possibly 500 will
be given four-year scholarships lo
colleges of their choice. They also
will get cost ot living allowances
Dawa on need.
I tie. scholarship program was
made possible largely by a grant
from the Ford Foundation. Nine
major oorporatlons subsequently
announced plans to cooperate and
increase tne number of such
scholarships.
Results will be known In about
f!t weeks.
Welfare officials pleaded with
Mrs.. Black for two hours yester-
. : V
Welfare . Commissioner - H. ' C,
Shoemaker 'said Mrs. Black; is one
of three, wives of Leonard' Black,
who was. among a .number of
Short Creek men convicted of un
lawful cohabitation by Arizona au
thorities two years ago. Black lives
on the Aritona aide of the two
state settlement, but his wife Vera
Uvea on the Utah side. .
The Blacks are members of a
'fundamentalist" cult which be
lieves polygamy Is God's law.
The Lalter-Day Saints (Mormon)
Church outlawed polygamy In
1890.
Shoemaker arranged the Provo
meeting after officers failed to
lake custody of the children In
Short Creek Tuesday. Black and
other Short Creek men barred
them from the Black home.
Mrt Rlnrk 49 walked tearfully
from the meeting and went to an
adjoining room where her children
waited and told them:
"I am going to have to give you
up children, but 1 11 get you bacK.
1 love you and I'll fight with every
.I.... f ... klnJ t t.nitl"
The three smaller children
Emllle, 9; Wllford, 7; and Fran
cis, & bawled out loud and em
braced their mother.
"Don't lot them take us!" Wll
ford cried.
Tears streamed slowly down the
cheeks of the older children Or
son, 19; Lillian, 14; Spencer, 12,
and Elsie, 11.
"We won't be away from you
long, mother." said Orson.
Mrs. Black then accompanied
welfare officials while they took
the children to an undisclosed
Provo home for the night "to
see that everything will be all right
for them.
People Found
Neighborly in
South America
South Americana with whom
they cama In contact during a
month's tour of the continent to
the south on the part of a group
of Lions International directors,
were deaorlbed as "generous, cor
am ana hospitable" by A. L.
Hawn of Euoerm at lunxh pnn
meeting held at tha Marion hotel
Thursday noon.
The meeting, sponsored by the
Salem Lions club, attracted at
tendance from many Lloni
groups throughout the valley.-
Hawn described one of the
state dinners held in Santiago,
Chile, where the visiting Lions
were presented to the Chilean
president and other high officials
as a most sumptuous affair. All
men, including the waiters were
attired in full dinner regalia,
including "tails" and the guests,
under protocol of the highest
nature, were supposed to remain
until the president decided to
leave. The international directors
finally got away at 4 a.m.
The touring directors visited
many of the principal cities of
South America during Septem
ber. Hawn, who admitted that he
waa subject to "sea sickness",
spoke humorously of his exper
iences in a non-pressurized plane
while en route to Miami. Fla.
"I found that I could throw It as
hard and as far as the next one",
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ne remarxea.
The guests for Thursday's Inn
cheon Included presidents of all
of the Lions clubs in Salem and
many of the former district bov.
ernors. Al Stockstad, district gov
ernor of Springfield, Ore., was
present. ,
Local Named
Bargainer for
Radio Workers
State Labor Examiner Fred
ft. K-hftttr ibIH Thttcartftu ha
Today the children will be put .has certified the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, local 49, Portland, as bar
gaining agent for employes of
radio station KGON, Oregon
Citv.
The certification is for techni
cians and announcers, but exclud
ing supervisory and clerical personnel.
The election among the employes
was held last June 29, but the de
cision was withheld pending a
hearing on a challenge by the sta
might e prevented from getting
Into trouble, from getting in
jured or something more serious.
o-o
into foster homes in Provo.
Hillcrest Chior
To Give Concert
The Chspel Choir of the Hill
crest School for Girls will present
a concert of sacred music Sunday
evening at The Englewood Evan
gelical United Brethren Church.
Under the able direction of
Mrs C Browncll the choir will . Uon m,nament.
?".':LZ.Z'lS'"Z" The hearing on this challenge
aK" Other well' .ovT Scoe i ?hlch the management claimed
tions for the evening will bc tnat one ?' th ballots was cast by
Lcgemte by TscnamowsKy. ""' "-""", r "V "
"Over the Star There Is Rest'
by Abt, and "Nightfall or Sun
rise" by Handel. The Hillcrest
Choir Is composed of sixteen
members.
Following fhe concert, the
Englewood Crusader group will
provide an informal fellowship
and refreshments for the choir
members and the congregation.
Treat the Family to a
Drllcimu
SEAFOOD DI1ER
At The Famous
Borcijesterousic
rv.ll-l.if.. I 1. 1 r ri-... I g
(-iiKiuiui nunuspnore uccRn view m
JjOnly 60 Milr-i From Salem - Ocean Lake, Ore. S II
Schcrer rulea that the challenged
oauot snouio ne counted
RATS CROWD OUT CATS
TAIPEI. Formosa iff Taipei
health officials said Thursday For
mosa's rat population has soared
to SO million. They aaid the num
ber ot cats la declining.
Sanity Trial
. Set March 5
Defense Attorneys Con
test Psychiatrists'
Findings
DENVER Iff-A Jury trial U set
to start March I to determine if
John Gilbert Graham was sane
last Nov. 1 when he la accused of
dynamiting an airliner that hurled
bis mother and 41 others to death.
Trial on the sanity issue was
requeated by court-appointed de
fense attorneys who rejected the
findings of four psychiatrists that
the 23-year-old defendant was sane.
In effect, the doctors found bra-
ham knew right from wrong and
could refrain from doing wrong.
Tha defense had Its choice of
having a separate trial on the sani
ty Issue or including it In a trial
to determine Graham's guilt or
innocence to charges ot murdering
his mother Mrs. Daisit E. King, 65.
Tha sanity trial expected to
laat about 10 daya will focus on
the testimony of the four psychia
trists, who will report on their ex
aminations of Graham. Details of
tha bombing of the United Air
Lines plane will probably come
into this trial only Incidentally.
If Graham'ls found aane, he will
then be tried on his plea of Inno
cent to the murder charge. If tha
Jury finds him insane he would be
committed to Colorado State Hos
pital never to be tried .on the
murder charge.
Two atate-e m p 1 o y e d psychia
trists, Dr. James Calvin and Dr.
John Macdonald, reported to Diet.
Judge John M. McDonald yester
day they had found Graham aana.
Their findings were the same aa
Dr. Leo v. Tepley and Dr. R.
Robert Cohen, private psychiatrists
who - had been appointed by the
court to represent tha defense in
the observation of Graham.
All the psychiatrists conducted
Independent examinations of Gra
ham over a 30-day period after he
was sent to Colorado Psychopathic
Hospital Dec. 9.
Federal officials said Graham
signed a confession Nov. 14 admit
ting he had planted a dynamite
bomb in the luggage put aboard
tha plana by hia mother. He has
since repudiated the statement.
Rogue Land Patents
'Rammed Through,
Sen. Scott Charges
Interior Didn't
Await Reports,.
He Claims
Aiken Sights
Soil Bank OK
WASHINGTON tn-Sen. Aiken of
Vermont, senior Republican on the
senate Agriculture Committee,
voiced confidence today that "we
can get together on a soil bank
plan." ... ..; .. ;.- , in-r
And sen. Ellender (D-La), tha
committee chairman, assigned top
priority to the soil bank In the
committee's efforts h write a new
farm law based on recommenda
tions President Elsenhower made
to Congress Monday.
In essence, the soil bank pro
gram contemplates that farmers
would be paid federal subsidies,
ranging perhaps as high as 400
million dollars this year, for vol
untarily taking land out of the
production ' of crops which are in
surplus and planting them to grass
and trees. The subsidies would be
in cash or in commodities from
the government's elght-billion-dol-
lar stock of surpluses.
The aim is to cut down on pro
duction of crops which already are
in oversupply, while establishing a
"bank" of fertile land against a
time when Increased harvests may
be needed.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
assured the Senate committee yes
terday that soil bank paymnts
could bolster sagging farm prices
promptly.
Many members of Congress
have contended that while the ad
ministration program may be of
benefit in the long run, it will do
little now to help farmers whose
incomes are declining.
NOWI Doors Open :4SI
and the appeal was held in Wash
ington for II month! without any
action."
After discussing the mailing ot
the assay report from Spokane,
Scott had this to say: .
"This is a vary concrete avi-
niimwnnu , i .... i;..'rienco that tnt interior iMpan-
of dispute was open Friday in i ment, for some as yet undisdoaed
the big fuis over lSiuning patenta ', was in a mighty . big hur-
granted a private company on land nr to hand over these public lands
in the Rogue River National For-, .' wnr,h D:. , .
... . e..r,i "The testimony taken thus tar
c c,. ,r, ,,., .u.i . reveals .that private ownership of
Sen. Scott (D-NC), chairman of lk. H.i u,.. i.j i ,,...
a special ,SH w" Uon was granted on the claim that
which is looking in o the Interior nrrhti land and land
D?ar"!','t . 2Lt, ld b. used for mining
ents, got out a. statement Thura- , minerals.
Say C5U.TI .u"?a.t.!n:.v' "Vt no mining has taken place
toe the lleid reports ever reacneo , Um, how,vtri u,, prMent
Washington. nrlv.t. awnen nf the land have
In reply, assistant Secretary of ! cut over sim oon worth of tlmher
me inienur umrenvv a. irnvio De
clared "that just Isn't so" and
classed Scott's charges as "ridicu
The mining patents, once turned
down on a finding that the land
contained insufficient minerals to
justify mining operations, were
granted in 1954 after Al Sarena
Mines Inc. annealed and new as
says of the land had been made.
Democrats are trying to tag tne
grants to the Mobile, Ala., firm aa
a "giveaway," contending the pat
enta give Al Sarena title to timber
far more valuable than what tne
company paid for the patenta. .
Republicans maintain the Demo
crats, in an effort to develop cam
paign material, are trying to
smear the administration, iney
also have protested Scott's han
dling of the hearing, which Is in
recess until Tuesday.
The proceeding wasn t in session
Thursday either but Scott stirred
things up with hia statement ques
tioning whether- the department
was aware of tha results of the
second set of assay tests when it
granted Al Sarena's. applications.
He said the report on tne assays
were mailed on Jan. S, 1854, in
Spokane, Wash., by tha mines bu
reau office there. 1
"The very next day," he said,
the department's decision "was
written and handed .down in Wash
ington" by Davis, then depart
ment aollcitor.
Tha decision was 17 pages long
Scott said. He added he thought
it "a physical impossibility for the
caae to have been studied and con
sidered carefully as it ahould have
been in Washington.
Davis conceded he could not say ;
without a careful check of the ,
files when the Information on the
results of the assaya actually
reached the department."
"I do know, however," ha de
clared, "that we had word on what
the results of the assays had been.
The opinion was based On this re
port." i
It is ridiculous to say that we
rota the opinion before wa had
the information. That just isn't so.
This case had been pending be
fore the department for five years
Printers Soon
To Get Map and
Salem Brochure
A new city map and a brochure
stressing Salem's industrial ad
vantages are in preparation by
the Chamber ot Commerce and
will soon be In the hands ot print
ers. The Industrial brochure points
out the advantages of locating
plants In Salem.
The new street maps being pre
pared will list all of the new
streets and will also Include pic
tures of the city as well as sta
tistics about the community. There
will be a small charge for the
new maps which will be distribut
ed from the Chamber office.
Last year approximately MOO
maps, were distributed through
the Chamber office.
Jriovlnoj t Sawiust
Immediate Delivery
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whe guaristHi Hist evea (rider Nt
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THE SAN SHOP
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Tha Oregon Homo of Sloppy ojo o
A Oroat Sandwichl
at North City limits
or Orders to Oo-Phono 2479I
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Grove nd Hammond
Will Attend Meeting
Salem Chamber of Commerce
Manager Stanley Grove and Wil
liam Hammond will be among the
speakers at the Oregon-Washine-
ton Chamber of Commerce Mao.
agers and 'Presidents Asbciatioa
meeting at the Multnomah Hotel
in Portland February e and 7.
Hammond will speak to tha of
ficers session on "Chamber of
Commerce Financing" whilo
Grove will talk to the managers
o "Proportionate Support,"
Chamber rersiaent timer Berg
is expected to attend the meeting.
from it since they gained owner-
ship in IBM at the price of five
dollars per acre to the government.
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PASSION AND REVENGE
fionttr Fury in Early Caufomia
Saaelal ChllaWa Matlnae
vary iahirreay 1 4 P.M. .
Tamarraw'i Faatwra PUtvra at
Tha last of tha Bucanoers
Plui tlx Carttam and Serial
That ahowa are for ihila'ran of all
. 0ta and for Pad and Mom too.
Admlnlon llonly 20c for ovaryono
Electric Chair
Claims Slayer
OSSINING, N.Y. tin-William By-
ers, IS, died in the electric chair
at Sing Sing Prison last night for
the murder of his girl friend's
mother.
He was chewing gum and dis
played no emotion when he walked
Into the death chamber.
The girl, Theresa Gresh, who
was 15 at the time of the murder
in March 1S54, Is serving a sen
tence of 90 years to life in prison,
the maximum for second-degree
murder.
i She was convicted of helping kill
tier mother Mrs. Anna Gresh, 43.
Mrs. Gresh was hammered and
knifed to death in her Manhattan
tenement after aha caught Byers
in bed with her daughter. Her body
was stuffed into a tub In tha
apartment and covered with plas
ter.
For weeks the young couple en
tertained friends at drinking par
ties in the apartment while the
mother's body lay hidden in the
tub.,
PORGY, BESS' 80LD OUT
MOSCOW un A big sign at
the boxoffica of the Stanislavsky
Theater here informed customers
all tickets for all performances
sold out." The hit is American
production of "Porgy and Bess,"
which opened last Tuesday far a
one-week run. At no performance
so far has there been a single
empty seat.
Starts
TOMORROW!
Last Day
"Texas lady
and
Green
Buddha"
In the Recent "Audience Awards'! Poll, Sa
lem Movie-Goers Voted these two Mes aa
the Best ACTORS OF THE YEAR!
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Adults 1.SS Students l.St
Tickets at
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Meier Franks
TONIGHT
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MIDNIGHT!
FRIDAY THE 13TH MIDNIGHT
GAG-AND-GHOST SHOW!
Doors Open IliSO-Show At 12:001
"THE BODY SNATCHERS" J An
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lft loaded with (Corpses and Kops and Ions-Chilling
Thrills!
Don't Comt If You Scar Eatyl
So Stay Heme Phslntlng Phsnny aid Phearful Phreddie!
. No Refunds To Sissies.
Once You're In Here, You're A Dead Duckl
Hope Fer the Best and Expect tha Worst!
free Pais lo Any 2-Hoaded Boy Under 15
Whan Accompanied by 90-Year-Old Parontsl
So Wall Soo You Tenhe At Mldnlohtl
lesjuler Prices Including Our New
10c Prtco For Junior-! 1 to II Yaaril