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68th Year, No. 96
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April 21, 1956
Entered second rlisi
matter at Satcm. Oreioo
Prir r
Extension of One-Way
Grid
Fluoridation
Suit to Come
To Trial Soon
Pure Water Committee
Target of $6,000
Legal Action
The fluoridation issue in Sa
lem will have its day in court,
according to information received
by the Capital Journal Saturday.
A suit has been filed by Mrs.
Karl Croghan, 4130 Hertlc Rd., !
against the Salem Pure Water
Committee, charging false repre
sentations allegedly made in a
newspaper advertisement in 1954.
Mrs. Croghan names G. E. Tow
er, Dan Furrer, Sam Harms,
Frank Snook, J. A. Rombough and
Francis Fait as defendants. She
seeks $1000 general damages and
$5,000 punitive damages on
grounds that the defendants' ac
tions were wanton and malicious.
Reward Offered
The advertisement reportedly
offered $1,000 reward to anyone
who could prove statements made
therein to be false. Mrs. Croghan
says she has proof of falsity in
her brief filed in circuit court.
The suit has been scheduled for
trial June 27, in Marion county
circuit court. The suit was filed
February 28, 1955, according to
the complainant.
Tower, at the time president of
the Salem Pure Water Commit
tee, reportedly placed the adver
tisement in the newspaper.
According to Mrs. Croghan. the
committee claims they received . J"-""' "'","-'" wm " slroct from 23rd to the east ternu
aulhoritv to print the inform ,,vc dl,rcc.Ur ot 11,0 0rc-Ida scou MS of Electric,
lion from another committee in council, in eastern Oregon and Planning Reports
Wisconsin and lhat the Wiscon- Southwest Idaho. i Before the council gives its ap-
sin committee is responsible, not
the local group.
Offers Evidence
The advertisement in question
reportedly made several state
ments about the detrimental ef
fects of fluoride. Mrs. Croghan
said Saturday she can furnish
factual information that will dis
pute the statements advertised.
Meanwhile, the defendants have
denied all allegations made in
ine compiaini. .
Charles Burt and John Mulli.,im , My,nr ih in
are attorneys for Mrs. Croghan
Steve Anderson is attorney for the
committee.
100 Killed in
Georgia Riot
By ROY ESSOYAN
T1FLIS, Soviet Georgia, Ifi
Reliable Georgian sources said,T7 C;
Saturday that up to 100 Georgians Jf OH2 SCCKlllff
may have been killed when
troops opened fire on surging pro
Stalin demonstrators who tried to
seize the Tiflis post office last
March 9.
The sources said the cily was
an armed camp for days after the
rioting. Troops and tanks patrolled
the streets and a midnight curfew
was clamped on.
! 'ri!ecUvrMdvrrWa;amak,33itH. McKay at Mil. City Friday
Tiflis was interrupted at this
point, apparently by censorship.
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the Soviet Georgian capital on
April 15, the first visit to the city
by' outside reporters after riots
were set off in Stalin's home state
by the Soviet leadership's down
grading of the dead dictator.
Showers Loom
For Sunday
It was loo good to last, of course,
so now there is threat of scattered
light showers or drizzle tonight
or early Sunday morning.
The weather man says he's
sorry, but adds, those clouds just
may be a scare, however.
Friday's maximum in Salem set
a new high for the season with a
mark of 82 degrees. Other Oregon
cities had similar marks, some of
them higher-Roseburg reporting
22 , , . .
Whether or not there s rain,
cooler temperatures arc in the of-
ling as preoiciea earner, a nignisrec auainco ny me oniy conn oi "i - -
of around 68 being forecast forlEormer President and Mrs. Bess;nil.v l"e benebt ol patience and
Sunday.
FLOODS IN MANITOBA
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE. Man.
LA Spring thaws sent muddy
torrents swirling through southern
Manitoba villages Saturday, flood
ad thousands of acres and forced
scores of farmers to flee their
home. Rising streams swelled the
Red and Assininoinc rivers to
dancer levels. At Winnipeg the
Red rose ISi feel in 24 hours.
Wcalhtr I Mail
Matinwm YfUfril. M; minimum
todij TU1 24-hour precipita
tion' i: for month: Mi nnrmal. I.fl
KfiiojP prerlplUUon, Sl.ll; normal,
llifi HI"' hUht 41 tot (Re
port y V. . WMer Burno.)
4
Before Council
New Scout Job
HH .
mmm. mm
James, R. Kern, 30, Cherry
City scout leader here the past
four years, who was named to
head up the Ore-Ida scout
council this week.
District Scout
Executive to
Leave Salem
James Kern Takes Post
With Ore-Ida
Council
.,
James R. hern, 30, Cherry City I
, " SWW '"' 1
Thc announcement was made in
baiem Saturday by Gordon till
more, chief of the Cascade area
council.
Kern's new headquarters will be
located in Nampa, Idaho. He will
be in charge of territory extend
ing from 'Nampa and the southweJst
part of tdaho, into Ontario, Valp
and other parts of Eastern Ore
gon. We re naturally sorry to see
'Jim leave Salem hot clad In see
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scouting," Gilmore said.
While in Salem Kern lipped mem
bership in the Cherry City district
from 1250 to 2,000 boys.
He visited the scout council in
Nampa at their annual meeting
Thursday night of this week and
was elected to the job there.
Kern said he will be leaving for
Nampa in a short time. He is
married and has four children.
Officer Arrest
PORTLAND Ul Wayne Fong,
28, recently acquitted of a mur-
der charge here i and a policeman
auu vi u in uk ouier , ,ashcd ou, a( Scn Wavnc Mors
in a downtown restaurant at 5i. ... , , ...V . . .
a. m. Saturday.
Fong went to police headquar
ters and demanded arrest of de-
He said the detective tried
to
i,i,l t
Wanamaker said in turn that
Fnn nH (n,,r "nt I---. irinnH.
set upon him as he ate in the
restaurant with a woman. i
Fong was acquitted of the slay-1
ing of a 16-year-old baby sitter. I
Diane Hank. The prosecution as-!
sertert she was Willed herons"
Fong was in the narcotics racket, fond the Eisenhower administra-; Sid Boise acted as unofficial chair
and Ihe girl came to know too tion, lhe record speaks for itself, j man. Hitchcock touched again on
much. Fonc denied it i The remark followed Hitchcock's a sore spot with both Morse and
1 .
Margaret Truman Weds Today
In Tiny Independence Church
INDEPENDENCE. Mo., 'UP owner of thr filling station next
Margaret Truman cast aside her door to the church got a new coat
world-famous "bachelor girl" role of white paint on it in a hurry,
today to fulfill her smalltown! Pomp is unknown in Indepen
dreams In marriage with New dence. Instead, a man trims his
York newsman Clifton Daniel Jr..
in a ennren so unv and Iran u
can't hold a steamboat bell in its
; belfry.
L2? "ven Margaret's famous fa-
ther ever up-ended s.aid. well-
mannered Independence to the de-
Truman
The blonde, radiant young wo-
man will walk to the altar carry- j
ing the praycrbook given her by
her grandmother, the late Mrs. D.
W. Wallace, the day she was con
firmed at Trinity Episcopal
' aurch 16 years ago
A county iudge. who Is lifetime j
f r i e n d of the Trumans, said he in. , ,hc whj,, House didn't !
was as mixed up as the v"Vr,e,ch ,,,. mr M h(,r own
folks. fortune on Ihe concert since awi
No Ro.es From Plane; ' in (nc (j,.d, o tciovisjon amj
"I don't krw whn to wnr." radio. .
said Henry Budschu. one ol the Tl TtnmSns like privacy
On) citizens of Independence in- though they (ind it hnfd to cornel
Vted lo Ihe reception at Mi.it hy. even at home where horn
once was knawn aagund Ihe world folks try lo protect them. Xoday
as the "Slimmer White House." bj b oni their control. , but
Na airplanes swooped down 1 Mr ane Mrs. Truman were 'cr -
droppiiag HMW.U wa.0th case iff! joyed in tlftir dau$Wr ft)pi-
"that oth iding,' but the'neu. 0 a I
Action Needed
By 12th St.
Project
An ordinance bill to extend sev
eral one-way streets so they will
conform to the 12th Street widen
ing and traffic improvement pro
ject will be introduced by City
Manager J. L. Franzen at the City
Council meeting Monday night.
The bill will make Court, Cheme
keta, Center and Marion Streets
one-way from Capitol to 13th, and
make 13th a one-way street one
block from Center to Marion. It
also will make that part of 12th
Street between Chemeketa and
CouVt on .lie east sSS oFti; id
i road a one-way street. It will
regulate car parking to conform
io me uiange j
, H"l Coniemf!a . . , L. !
Mayor Robert F. White said the
changes provided in the bill had,
been contemplated since the 12th i
street project, now in progress. :
was formulated. He further said
lhat the bill would not come fori
nnai acuon immediately, dui wouia ; rot night tlights were too strcn
lie on the table until completion uous.
of the project. He managed a few hours of rest
Three new petitions for street
improvements will go to the coun-!
cil Monday night. They are: !
Patterson avenue from Lovana
drive to Glen Creek road. Kumler
from South Summer to the east
terminus of Kumler. East avenue
from North 13th to North 14th.
All hove the required number of
signatures. The first two would
be Improved without sidewalks and
the third with sidewalks.
a r,iiinn ,m ho i.ninH ..
for the improvement of Electric
provnl or disapproval will be four
reports of the City Planning Com
mission on applications from pro
perty owners for variances. They
arc:
Application of Henry C. Odom
to build a single family dwelling
with a special setback in an 4-4
residential zone at the southwest
corner of Rugc and Kingwood. Ap
proved by the commission.
Application of W. D. Potter to
remodel a garage and build a
(Continued on Page 7, Col. 8)
Hitchcock, McKay at
Meeting at Mill City
Neither Makes
Comment on
Other
Ry JAMES D. OLSON
Capital Journal Writer
Phil Hitchcock invaded Douglas
McKav s homc grounds Friday
' shook hands all around and ended
his day with a head-on meeting
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ou.u .viciay auu miLiiLuvn we.e
J' a m5,ctin? sponsored by the
Marion County Council of Amer-
iclan LcS'n at Mil' City. Neither
commented on the other, although
McKay appeared slightly "irked"
a' lhe inference that he will be on
Hie defensive.
He said he (lid not have to de-
' ;
hedee. swrens the walk and cleans
inc lawn io gei rraoy ior a imng
like a big wedding
one nas to walk aroiino ine
MJ " ' of he
' lrnmI'. house on Norm ue a
warc m ,u xci inc icei oi ine
unncrManainp, ne may nnp-juuKt'
i. j
n!s.communll ' 501115 ana
tnjl!k il 'd- " jftft
The best restaurant
UW&
serves apple cider and honey
butter with meals.
Trumani Overjoyed
Since Margaret was a child
here, she has been known as a
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Kefauver
In State
For Talks
Estes Plans 11
Meetings in
19 Honrs
PORTLAND 'OH Sen. Estes
Kefauver, predicting victory for
himself in California, arrived here
early Saturday for an intensive
19 hours of campaigning in Port
land. Fresh from a campaign trip in
California, where the presidential
primary will be held June 5, the
Tennessee senator said he be
lieved Adlai Stevenson still held
a slight edge over him for the
Democratic nomination in that
state.
"But we are coming up there
W are -Iwkjng
much better now, and my people
are doing a lot of work. 1 feel
corn n will win that oln, -linn "
ne said on arrival at the airport,
where 40 of his Oregon supporters
mPl nim
It was 4;30 a. m. when the plane
from Los Anseles landed here.
and Kefauver said he hopes to be
through soon with night flying. He
said campaign schedules calling
before plunging into a day that
called for 11 meetings with Demo-
cratic, business, farm, labor and
other groups, climaxed by a ban
quet speech at night before the
Oregon convention of Young Dem
ocrats. In Oregon he is campaigning
for write-in votes, seeking the
state's 16 delegates to the Demo
cratic national convention. Sup
porters of Stevenson also are wag
ing a write-in campaign. Dele
gales will be bound by the out
come. Slcvetison is expeclcd to
visit Oregon later. The stale's pri
mary will be held May 111
Kefauver said he expects to go
to (he convention with more del-
.,-... I 1,-wl In lir.-t" II.
had 262 delegates on the first con
vention, ballots then.
Another night flight is on sched
ule Saturday but only an hour's
flight to Seattle.
At Los Angeles Kefauver said
the administration's "fumbling"
foreign policy bad cut off friends
over the world
Kefauver said Friday that (he
Republicans "have lost us much
of the good will we had three and
one-half years ago."
talk in which he said he "was not
the one on the defensive."
Meanwhile, the fas l-moving
Hitchcock toured the length of
Marion county during the day,
stopping in every town to shake
hands and seek political aid.
He made his sharpest attack on
Morse at a luncheon in Salem Fri
day, calling Morse "a percenter."
"We got rid of the 5 per centers
in 1952. Now lets get rid of this 3
per center," Hitchcock said. He
pointed out lhat Morse's record
showed only 3 per cent of the bills
he introduced have passed.
"I have never been able to get
a Morse supporter to cite a single
instance of major contribution by
the senator during his term of
office," Hitchcock charged. He
condemned Morse for obstruction
ist tactics against the Eisenhower
program and said he is confident
of a Republican victory in Novem
ber as the result of Morse's record.
At Ihe Salem luncheon for which
McKay.
He said his greatest strength
was that he 'will not be on the
defensive, but will be able to carry
the fight to Morse." It is on this
subject lhat Hitchcock and McKay
may come to porting of the ways
in their "friendly" campaign.
Opposes High Parity
McKay has steadfastly denied he
will be on the defensive and says
the Eisenhower administration
record speaks for itself. Hitchcock
i backers insist the former interior
aecreuiiy win uv m-iu u.-j v
(Morse answering cnarges. mien -
cock, they say. nas no reeoro .o
defend
Hitchcock asserted ronlioincc in
gaining the nomination nnn oeieai-
muiac. f.u
croUp he would almost promise
" . . , ,
t0 seek n second ano imru imn
if elected
II,. said he was DODoied lo rash
I Mjl!fv irir nrm crnns hut did voice
approval of the soil hank plan,
stating he didn't think it would do
the whole job. He said he lavored
use of both private and public
funds for development of North-
s resources,
He climaxed his tour in Marion
county by a laje visit to the ( an-
ncry workers annual meelmg rfl"
day night at the Armory
7-
II HOME DESTROYED
MITO, -lapan ,f-Thrc, hundred
perftns were lell homelc hae
tcSay aller a winwhjpped cfire
iaged I out o( nrol tr2H hours,
Th W.mes dfslinedGW Ohomcs.
Only one ff.nm was injured.
Additional Accusauons Flying
Over Portland Vice Charges,
Governor Calls Investigation
Swimmers
Polk Records
Uranium Claim
DALLAS Filed in the office., of
the county clerk last week was a
quarlz claim on Bald Mountain
mode by L. It. Johnson, Salem
geologist and prospector. He said
that ho had found evidence of
uranium on lhe claim.
According to Johnson represen
tatives of the atomic energy com
mission investigated look samples
bock to Salt Lake City. The claim,
which is 20 miles from Dallas, is
a standard forest claim 1500 by
BOO feel.
lle advised others not to "quit
their jobs and head for the hills".
CITY BALLOT MEASURE - 5
Bond Issue, Tax Levy
Requested for Parks
By STEPHEN A. STONE
Capital Journal Associate Editor
To bring Salem's public park acreage and facilities up to the
standard accepted throughout the United States, including other
cities in Oregon, is the purpose of a proposed bond authorization
of 5700,000 that will he on the May ballot. It calls for $250,000
for new park sites and $450,000 for park and recreation improve
ments. Another park measure on the ballot will provide for an annual
tax levy of $35,000 for park maintenance.
The accepted standard in park acreage is over one acre for every
100 of population. The city of Eugene has 1.80 acres per 100 of
population, Portland has 1.43 and Klamath Falls 2.48 acres. Salem's
park acreage is is only .32 acre per 100 people, according to the
argument prepared by the Salem administration. Even those
smaller cities, it is pointed out, like Bend, Corvallis, Albany, Astoria
and Pendleton, have higher park acreage than Salem in propor
tion to number of people.
So Salem proposes to buy about 375 acres, which will make a
total of around 53(1 acres, or a rating of about 1.12 acres for every
I'ypu "'"
The city nas lined up lour tracts 01 lanu avaiiaoic inr pars ue -
velonmenl that will make the acreage nearer standard than it is
mow if the people vole the bonds.
Approximately n.i acres wesi
s.-tid will he similar Id Bush Park
An area of 52 acres for park ami recreation facilities for north
Salem.
A tract of about 50 acres near Ihe Salem by-pass and Ihe Santiam
highway junction. II has water facilities on a lake area acquired
from the state highway department. The lake is a borrow pit
formed when the by-pass was built and Mill Creek is its source of
water. With proper development It can be make into a first-class
swimming place, say park officials.
Another large area in tne program is ine unincs u, aicnary
- larm oi ion acres norm oi ine
1 possiDie location on iuture
course w ..mo ne WtfXt' JW'E .ft
phrac cUr m, e JaV "U'rsS" . Ues "
v Imnr..mrm, i '..inina nuhlir narks in.-luded in the nroBiam
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H,usn i-. -i,,,, j.ark -construction ol an outdoor swimming pool
wh a combined recreation center and bathhouse building. A third
:rr : .
softball hrin. An Bmphilhralr r
' Hu
W est Salem Playgrounds To build a new comfort station. ' "' "
Kairmount Playground Construct a comfort station. Add a third In Illackfoot, workmen began
tennis court And resurface all three. j building up the banks of the Black-
Highland Playground Construction of two tennis courts and a -foot River against rising water
fence. Build a comfort station. Build a junior Softball field and a I which threatened 100 new homes
fence along the streets . 1 .'and a new high school. Frank
Englewood playground Complete play aparatus area for imali B,cholf city street superlnten-
North River Road Playgreiinrl-Conslriict a loflbsll field and set
up play apparatus.
lill ;.nd I.e.- Street Playgrounds Add play facilities and land-
scape the ground! .
Wallace Pnrk Designed for development. Purchae.addl(lofial land,
An additional cnniinuing rx levy pr park operalinn Is uniM
for Ihe reason lhat the present 2-mill tax is not siiffleicnl to give
the existii: parka proper n.tmlenanc. Additional play siqgTv
tinn i i-. 1 r.i at thr ml,1. Kriinmli the rtiir'.- arlmi n i O rat Inn aavtt
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imprnvrmea)lsistrd under the fionding woyam will re
quire additi..val (tjiainlcnance and
'nwiveiian Additional annual
the tax levvy;! be $1.03 per $100
Welcome Warm Spring Days
When wnrm spring days cume to Salem suddenly this week, 8gt.
and Mrs, D. J, Bnln, 2610 S. High St., were not caught unprepared.
They had cleaned and refilled their swimming pool, so that Satur
day their children and friends could enjoy their first swim of
the season. In photo are, from left, Cindy Carson, seated on rim
ot pool; Police Sgl, Bala, Camilla Carson, Prlscilla Carson, Mrs.
Bain, and Londa Bala, Swimming in the pool Is David Bala. (Cap
ital Journal Photo by Mike Forbes)
Lamkin Indicted on
Embezzlement Count
Walter S. Lnmkin, 50, who has
practiced law in Salem for many
years, wns indicted by a Marion
County Grand Jury Friday after
noon for embezzlement. Funds be
i longing to a client are said to be
I involved in the charge.
They are:
oi me vyiuameue river, inai, ii is
in notenl al nark (acuities
cuy, avanaoie inr par use ami inv
municipal nn course. i ne g.m
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third
lor conccrls, pagcanls, BunN norv-
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a.lminislralion savs
1 ."- r"' " '
hf.ndin iroiiram till re-
operallon cost and more" pla;
ay
cost0..! Ihe proposed bonds ar.t
of the present lax for 25 years.
The indictment was secret
pending Lamkin's arrest. He was
arrested at 2:30 o'clock Friday
afternoon at the office of his at
torney. Immediately after the ar
rest, he and his attorney, Walter
C, Wlnslow, appeared before
Judge Val D. Sloper where bail
of $5000 was posted.
Lamkin is accused specifically
of converting to his own use
$1122 that had been entrusted to
him by Mrs. Mattic White, 65,
widow of a former Salem barber.
District Attorney Kenneth Brown
said that the investigation "indi
cates that a substantial amount of
money entrusted to Lamkin by
other clients over the past several
years remains unaccounted for.
Brown added that information
about Lamkin's operations first
came to him from the grievance
committee of the Marion County
Bar Association and from offi
cials ot the State Bar Association
who had been investigating for
several months.
Investigation Ordered
"When the results were made
available to me I ordered an
investigation to determine the
possibility of criminal action,"
Brown said. "The rcsuHs of the
investigations were turned over
to the grand Jury."
David Houser, detective with
the Salem police department, has
spent several days investigating
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' Friday afternoon made an oral
admission of the embezzlement
oi Hie untie iiinns
(Continued on Page 7, Col. 5)
Rivers in East
Mounting Toward Flood Stag
nAmf Mniin in
Mivers in
Knstern Orecon slowly
rose toward flood stage Saturday,
--riled by mountain snows melt-
ine in temperatures up to 0 de-
Apparently the onlv immediate
:..,... iv, limn inn-n
nnn nftnopr was ai inr t r umn
y niackfoot in vitithcaslern Idaho
,., ,1 t Ralnr In I r.-lrr n tlreonn
id "on was crl-
XKal. I
The Wenlher Bureau predicted
Powder Jtivor at Baker would
regch lis lluod level nn some
homeowners in low-lylni areas'
WIP1, havc , prol(,(.t theirbase.
n,w
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. ... ajhinrjinn proaw fur tctun.
to use In flood-threatened areas.
1 The While Hon said this was
I the first lima ands had been ma
Langley Charges Tap
Placed on Telephone
State Police Ordered to Look at
Situation, Grand Jury Hearing
Continued Until Monday
PORTLAND (P) More accusations flew Saturday in a con
troversy touched off by a newspaper's charge that it had un
covered a conspiracy to try to control politics and vice in
Portland.
District Atty. William Langley accused the present city
administration of lax law enforcement and nsserted that
someone apparently had put an illegal wire tap on his tele
phone.
He said statements being attrib
uted to him "apparently have
been lifted out of text, edited."
He called upon the public to
withhold judgment until comple
tion of a grand jury investigation
he has called.
The investigation, which Lang
ley tried to get under way Friday,
was set over at least until Monday,
after Langley had subpoenaed
three staff writers for Tho Ore
gonian, the newspaper that is
making the vice charges In a
copyrighted series of articles.
The newspaper's attorney asked
a circuit judge to quash the sub
poena. , assurt!T)g that 'he di i;Vt
attorney could not "impartially
conduct the Investigation.
Hideo Frnnk Lonergnn took
action that will not allow the sub
poenas to become effective until
Mondav afternoon.
Seattle gamblers were involved
In the attempt to move Into Port
land to control vice, The Oregon-
ian said.
State Police Check
State police meanwhile came to
Portland to conduct an investiga
tion asked by Gov. Elmo Smith.
H C. Maison, state police super
intendent, appeared in Portland.
Sheriff Terry Schrunk of Mult
nomah County, whoso deputies
notice l ie nrcn outside tile Port
land city limits, said the Investi
gation ordered by the governor
has "political overtones.
"It appears that a crusade
which started In one direction is
beginning to backfire," said
Schrunk.
"I will co-oDerate In every
respect with the stale police who
have been sent here by the gov
ernor. I cannot understand why
the governor bypassed Ihe attor
ney general in this investigation.
"The loglcnl approach in mat
ters like this Is to delegate author
ity to the attorney general, and
I cannot helo but catch the
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Inference that the governor is
f"... - -
Atty. Con. nohert Y. Thornton
earlier asked the governor to
send him (o eonduc( the '""jti-1
gation asserting that Lang ey
should not do so since Lnngley
had been supported by the Team-
sters' Union In Ihe last election!
. . ii!. .m.ini
IZ LrJTln he nowsnane 's
charges
CIvHe C. Crosbv. international
representative of the union, said,
"If lhe governor Is really inter
ested In a full-fledged probe and
not a whitewash of the conditions
which exist in the city, the reper
cussions of this affair will be far
flung."
Crosby announced earner ne
was resigning from the city's
Exposition - Recreation Commis
sion. That was after The Oregon
inn reported Crosby had concealed
a prison term tor burglary 26
years ago.
Oregon, Idaho
available before a disaster actual -
l occurred. The action was taken
at the request of Gov. Robert E
Smylie and V.I Peterson, federal
civil delense odminislrnlor.
, Arnn. rngn(..r5 told Blncklool
i;ials the Corps ol Engineers
would DTovldt $10,000 l( the clly
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would put up $1,000 and Bingham i
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cause trouble. .
the Boise W.eather Bureau said
b(. Pnyettc, Snake and Weiser
Ujvers rfcrc risitig stcadllv bill
noi dnngenanslv In Ihe Pocat. 'lo
area n southeastern Idaho, tlir
Iti.rlneuf River wns heginnlns I..
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'and lhat could slow 'the (Ravi
snoy, No rain is preaiciati.
Marion County
Appears Free
From Gaming
District Attorney Says
No Reports of Any '
Illegal Gaming
By DOUOLAS SEYMOUR
Capital Journtl Writer
While Portland is in a turmoil
over reports that outside under
world characters arc trying to
move In to re-establish organized
vice and a Lane county grand
jury reports that gambling profits
there amount to $400,000 a year,
Salem and Marion county appear
to be free from organized gam
bling. "I haven't had any complaints
or heard reports of gambling in
the county," District Attorney
Kenneth Brown said Friday.
No Gambling Known
As far as he can learn, the dis
trict attorney said, there is no
gambling being carried on in the
county at all now, not even in
private clubs.
He noted that If gambling was
going on here there would un
doubtedly bo complaints. Such
complaints invariably come from
persons who have lost.
Brown recalled that gambling
hod bccn pr6tty wcn cieancd up
before he took office four years
ago. During his first six months
in office, the district attorney
said, he conducted several raids
on establishments with slot ma
chines. Since that time there have been
i no inuicauuus mihi uiK"i-i.t'u
gamb,g actlvltv Mw carried
no Indications that organzed
on In the county.
,b, however,
that , ivatc tc, in hom
mQncv h ,, , k.
bf,( r cven nart
fM '
But it appears quite evident
that he situation in Salem and
Marlon county is quite different
from that in Portland or Lane
county.
Portland Investigates
Two investigations have been'
started in Portland where charges
have been made that two Seattle
figures have attempted to move
in and establish gambling and
other vice activities.
Multnomah District Attorney
William Langley has called a
grand jury investigation while
Governor Elmo Smith has or
dered state police to conduct an
investigation.
The Lane county grand jury In
Us report made public Thursday
said that Iherc were "extensive"
gambling operations In that coun
ty which brought $400,000 a year
to Its sponsors.
Half of the total was In fra
ternal clubs wilh one club having;
a $00,000 yearly net profit. Punc h-
; boards brought a $36,000 yearly
profit for one group.
The grand jury In Lane county
found .ha. there were 150 p tnbj
machines ot which 32 were found
In be used regularly for ille- I
gambling operations and bringing
;n average Income of $1,000 eac'i.
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