THE WiATHiJt
FAIR TONIGHT, increasing and
lowering cloudiness Friday wllh
some rain Friday night. Low to
night, 45; high Friday, 72.
Gas Bill
Lobbyist
Testifies
Attempt to Sound
Out Adams
Reported
WASHINGTON ufi - The chair
man of an organization that lob
bied against the natural gas bill
testified Thursday he attempted
to sound out the administration's
stand on the measure in a talk
with Sherman Adams, President
Eisenhower's top aide.
J. E. Heyke, president of the
Brooklyn (N.Y.) Union Gas Co.,
said he went to see Adams when
word got around during Senate
uoDate on the controversial bill
that the Eisenhower administra
tion was supporting it.
Heyke told the special Senate
lobby investigating committee that
he told Adams if rumors of ad
ministration support for the meas
ure were not true, steps should
be taken to refute them.
Asked the results of his confer
ence with Adams, Heyke replied,
"I wouldn't say there were any
results.'
The bill, to free natural gas i
producers from direct federal reg-
(Continur-' on Page 5. Column 7i
Cannery Strike
In Portland
Area Averted
Union Vole on Offer
. Of General Foods
Due Next Week
PORTLAND ii A strike
threatened for Thursday at 12
canneries in this area was averted
as union leaders and officials of
General Foods readied a tentative
agreement.
Cliff Evanson, Cannery Workers
secretary, called off the sched
uled strike until the union gets a
chance to vote on the offer. He
said the voting would take place
Monday or tuesday.
Evanson said the General Foods
agreement, if ratified, will be
come, the pattern for other can
neries here.
He said the agreement calls for
a basic 5-cent hourly wage
crease for women and 6 rents for
men with a 10-cent boost in classi
tied jobs this year. Next year
there will be increases of 5, 6 and ;
8 cents in those categories, he !
said.
Earlier the union had sought a
basic 10-ccnt hourly increase for
the 4,000 cannery workers in the
area.
In Salem, both cannery opera
tors and union officials have been
watching developments in Port
land, since the local workers
usually are given wage increases
when Portland goes up.
Negotiations have been started
here between cannery owners and
workers. But most have held off,
waiting for Portland to set the
pattern. Cannery and union offi
cials here said there is very little
likelihood of a strike in Salem.
Salem workers have been con
fcrrinc in recent days with major
r packers here about wage jumps,
a pension plan and what a Salem
cannery Local spokesman termed
"matters peculiar to certain
plants."
Surplus Land
Sold by U.S.
PORTLAND (UPi-The federal
government yesterday resorted to
an oral auction here to rid itself
of surplus real estate around the
state and collected $285,950 in of
fers. Largest single sale was to Paul
Henningsen of Paragon Packing
Co. who bid $178,000 for 2.65 acres
of Portland industrial property
in Selhvood for expansion of his
firm's operations.
William Shenker was the pur
chaser of a 28.3 acre tract at the
Oregon shipyard for $24,000. He
said he would use the property
now under flood water lor in
dustrial sites.
A surplus Coast Guard station
on a 37-acre tract on Coos Bay
site opposite Empire was pur
chased by Edward H. Altorfer,
Oswego, v.ho said he may develop
the site as a fishing esort
T. R. Williams and R. C. Lar
son of Astoria bid $14,000 for a
surplus Navy transmitting station
at Youngs Bay near Astoria and
mav use the 16.53-acre site for
Radio Station KYAS which Wil
liams operates.
Flinka of Portland offered $5000 Particular honor except for a of the delegation from their i Frank E. Fowler, James . Lon
for 21 acres of timbered land onjsPccial badEe at the convention, j hotels to the Cow Palace in South : ergan, Donald C. Walker: Lowell
Dr. Donald Bauer and oeorge
the south fork of Ihe Coos river
and five homes in Mill City were
purchased by individual bidders
at prices ranging from $5900 to
$8150.
Weather Detarls
Mximain ynutif. : minimum " to .me Chicago convention will be held by the Oregonians , ciect. r raircis i. amun, .Mrs. iion
tndiy. 39. Tnui 24-honr pr.ripiuiion : i which nominated President Ei-i will not be decided until the na- ert C. Warren; Ed G. Bocnke,
: ttir month: !.:: normal. .92. Srainn
A . - - K W nir na.1 1 . U i n
5iYr "mm. i! i"i (Htport b-1 (senator oBelton was placed on convention's juration is to be Rodney Keating of Jackson coun
v, '. w.nh.r Bar.inj 1, credential committee. Sec-1 streamlined into three days and'ty, Mrs. Kathleen Bash.
Miller Reports on
Activities of Past
WASHINGTON LP Playwright
Arthur Miller told the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
Thursday "I was never under
Communist Party discipline."
"As for contributing to front
groups I wouldn't deny that I'm
here to tell the truth," Miller said.
Miller was questioned at length
about his activities in 1947 when
he received his first passport. The
committee is inquiring into pos
sible misuses of American pass
ports to aid international commun-
ism.
Miller said he does not recall
most of the incidents about which
he was questioned, but added: "I
woulc1 not deny it."
"I would like to say I did sign
a lot of things in those days,"
Miller said, but went on:
"At the present time I would
not be doing it, that's all."
He said he did things in 1947
because "this suited the mood I
was in. 7 He said in those days he
was not in an "investigating
mood."
Miller also said "I would not
now support a cause dominated by
Communists."
"You did at that time (1947)?"
Chairman Walter (DPa) asked.
"I did, yes," Miller said.
With attorney Joseph L. Rah Jr.
of Washington at his side. Miller
answered almost all the questions
promptly, without consulting his
counsel.
Miller said he had a passport in
1947. He applied for another one
in March, 3954, but it was not is
sued. He said he was told that
thj State Department wanted
further investigation. He now has
a passport application pending, he
said, to go to England.
A tali, lanky man of 40. Miller
became prominent in 1944 when
his play, "All My Sons" was a hit
of the Broadway season and won
the New York drama critics
award as the best drama of the
year.
Hospital Room
Left for First
Time by Ike
WASHINGTON Ifi President
Eisenhower left his hospital room
Thursday for the first time since
his operation June 9.
White House press secretary,
James C. Hagerty, said the Pres
ident walked without support
about 40 feet from his hospital
bed into a corridor where he sat
in a chair for a while before walk
ing back to the bed.
The mid-day medical bulletin is-
sued
at Walter Reed Hospital
said
"the President's condition
continues to progress very satisfac
torily; His temperature, pulse.
blood pressure and respiration all
continue normal.
Eisenhower also conferred about
45 minutes with his chief assistant
Sherman Adams, and staff mem
bers on White House business.
One of the matters of business
was formal acceptance with "best
wishes" for "health and happi
ness" of the resignation of Robert
B. McLeaish as head of the Farm
ers Home Administration.
McLeaish quit after Capitol Hill
testimony that he was a heavy
drinker. He denied the allegation
and said he quit for "health rea
sons" on the suggestion of Sec
retary of Agriculture Benson.
Among other actions the Presi
dent signed five bills, sent a num
ber of nominations to the Senate,
and signed two Civil Aeronautics
Board decisions and an atomic
enerev agreement between thp
United States and the Netherlands.
He received a briefing on the
morning's Cabinet meeting at the
White House
if
Governor Elected Chairman of
State GOP Convention Group
JAMES D. OLSON
Capital Journal Political Editor
Governor Elmo Smith was
elected chairman of the Oregon
(-legation to the Republican na
tional convention in San Fran
cisco beginning August 20 and
State Senator Mark Hatfield
again gained assignment to the
platform committee.
At an organizational meeting
neld in the state capitol Wednes-
flay, Wendell Wyatt, Republican
slate chairman, was chosen as
vice chairman and Zclpha Burns.
chief clerk of the state senate, the 1956 convention, told the dele-! Governor Smith, Phil Hitch
was elected secretary. Mrs. Burns gates that hotel accomodations ;cck; Earl T. Newbry, Robert L.
is an alternate lo State Senator j would be scarce in San Francisco ; Elfslrom: Robert A. Elliott, Rob
Howard Belton of Canby. jend that despite all efforts he ; crt Dickey, both of Medford; Jess
Tommy Luke was elected hon-jhad unable to house all the Ore-j Card, Robert Mautz, who is Ile
orary vice chairman, a post which I gon delegation in one hotel. I publican National committecman
he had four years ago pnd which I The delegation voted to engage , elect; Howard Belton, Mrs. Zcl
he told the delegates carries no! a 45-seat bus to carry members !pha: Burns: Wendall Wyatt, Mrs.
a-urc iiuiuiuaicu naiueia tor aan rrancisco wneie me tu-i-. n-i, una. nunn i imukhoiu,
the platform committee, stating j vention will be held, and return i Mark Hatfield, Robert Ingalls,
that the Marion county solon : each day. I editor of the Corvallis Gazette-
had done an excellent job four! It was also decided to hold a I Times; W. W. Chadwick, James
years ago in the same position : breakfast at the Sir Francis D. Olson; W. Lowell Stcen, Mrs.
even if his appointment had riled Drake hotel Monday, August 20, j H. O. Mansfield; George Stadle
I nited Slates Senator Wavne the opening day of the conven- man, Mrs. Collis Moore, Repukli
Morsc. then i republican 'dele-1 tion. Whether further breakfasts can National committeY-wonVn-
i50nh(
hower. .
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68th Year, No. 148
Controversial
Prize-winning playwright Ar
thur Miller, above, is a man
with a flair for controversy and
headlines. He appeared before
the house Un-American Activities
committee regarding allegations
of pro-Red activities and also
announced plans to marry
Marilyn Monroe. (AP Wirephoto)
Plan to Marry
Marilyn Told
By Playwright
Miller savs Ceremony
Will fake Place.
Before July 13
WASHINGTON UFI Playwright
Arthur Miller said Thursday lie
is going to marry film star Mari
lyn Monroe before July 13.
Miller let the news out In talk
ing with reporters at a short
break in a hearing at which he
was being questioned by the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities.
The 40-year-old playwright said
he had been too busy recently to
fix with Miss Monroe the exact
date of their marriage, but "I
hope to settle it all right soon
He noted that she is leaving for
London July 13 to make a movie,
and declared:
"When she goes to London she
will go as Mrs. Miller."
Miss Monroe, who has been in
New York for several weeks, was
not immediately available for any
statement on Miller's confirma
tion of the long-rumored romance.
The blonde actress has been in
hiding since arriving in New
Y'ork from Hollywood for a rest
before going to England.
Planes Smash,
3 Persons Die
SEATTLE' tfl -A collision of
two small planes in flight killed
two or three persons in the south
end of Seattle Thursday.
First reports from the scene
were inaenniie onvme numoer oi
acaa'
One plane crashed near a home,
with some debris landing in the;
I yard. The other crashed and
i burned in a wooded area near the
1 Jefferson Park Golf Course.
The area is near Boeing Field.
.retarv of Slate Earl T. Newbry
t-,n rules and State Senator Rudie
Wilhelm, Jr., on the committee
I lor permanent organization
Members of the Oregon dele
gates and alternates will be scat
tered in several San Francisco
hotels but Oregon's headquarters
will be in the Sir Francis Drake
hotel, and a few delegates will
stay there also. Others will be
housed in the Chancellor hotel
and others in the Oxford hotel,
Jess Card. Republican national
I enmmitteeman. and a delegate to
tional committee decrees if the
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On Works
Readied
ConfereneeGroup
Gives Decision
On Spending
WASHINGTON Ifl A Senate
House conference committee
Wednesday reached agreement on
a number of items in the huge
public works-reclamation approp
riations bill on which the two
houses orginally had differed
Sen. Warren Magnuson (D-Wash)
and Rep. Don Magnuson (D-Washn
said the following Pacific North
west projects were among those
gaining the approval of the con
ference committee:
Reclamation:
Columbia Basin Project, $13,-
830,000: Roza power plant, Yaki
ma Project, $1,720,000: Kennewick
division, Yakima Project, $1,288,-
000; Chief Joseph Dam, reclama
tion division, $1,500,000.
Harbor projects:
Bellingham, $400,000 to start
work on a $1,388,000 project;
Baline, $116,000 for a $453,000 pro
ject; Columbia River, improving
channel at river's mouth, $1,370,-
000, for start of $9,541,000 pro
ject: Everett harbor and Snohom
ish River, $120,000; Grays Harbor
and Chehalis River, $61,000; Shil
shole Bay (Seattle), $444,000 to
start $3,630,000 project; Stillaguam
ish River. $5,000 in planning funds
for a $189,000 project; Willapa
River and harbor and Nasellc
River, $130,000 to start $1,007,000
project.
Power projects:
The Dalles Dam. $42,457,000;
Chief Joseph Dam. $9,500,000; Ice
Harbor Lock and Dam, $8,000,000;
Eagle Gorge project (King Coun
ty), $6,300,000: McNary Lock and
Dam, $2,828,000; John Day Lock
and Dam, planning funds, $1,200,
ooo. In other actions, the two law
makers said, the conference com
mittee:
1. Allocated a million dollars to
the Army Engineer' for surveys
of the Kingston Harbor and East
Waterway projects on Puget Sound
and the Esquatel Coulee flood con
trol project near Connell.
2. Agreed on an appropriation
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Rebels Claim
25 French Die
By JOSEPH E. DYNAN
ALGIERS, Algeria LT) Nation
alist .guerrillas claimed a heavy
toll on the French Thursday
through raids and ambushes
launched in the wake of the execu
tion of two rebels in Algeria.
Twenty-five Frenchmen, mill
tary or civilians, had been killed
in the 24 hours ending at noon
and 29 were seriously injured. The
dead included four French army
officers.
One of the big ambushes oc
cured about 25 miles from Sidi Bel
Abbes, the Foreign Legion's stor
age headquarters. A strong band
of nationalists Jumped a convoy
of about 100 Legionnaires and
five vehicles Wednesday.
The group radioed lor help and
! Lesion reinforcements were sent
to its rescue. The French reported
10 Legionnaires were killed and
seven wounded in the early hours
of the battle, which was still going
tn ThnrcHav mnrninff Thp rnhrl
,osscs wcrc put at ,our
Another ambush in the area of
Ain Chair, near the Moroccan
border, was fatal to nine French
: enlisted men and two officers.
j Eleven other soliders were wound
cd. The French said 15 reb
1 els were killed there.
what hours the convention will
be convened.
Mrs. Olive Cornell, Republican
rational committccwoman, said
present plans, are for convention
sessions on Tuesday and Wednes
day from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. If this
schedule is carried out the Ore
gon delegates may arrange for
a luncheon on two days.
Only three delegates, Wilhelm,
Gordon Orputt and Luke had not
yet appointed alternates. The
other delegates and their alter-
nates arc as follows:
I James Rodman and County Judge
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June
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TwiningLeaves
For Visit to
Russ Capitol
WASHINGTON tfl Gen. Nath
an F. Twining, Air Force chief of
staff, said Thursday on leaving
for Moscow that the Soviets h.r c
given him an "interesting" itin
erary for visits outside the Rus
sian capital.
Twining also told reporters as
he boarded his plane that he would
like to ride in Soviet warplanes.
He said he was given an Miner
ary for his visit which made it
"clear" that he and the nine of
ficers accompanying him would
get out of the Moscow area after
the formal air parade next Sun
day. The Soviet government invit
ed him to Moscow for an air cele
bration. Asked whether he had an invi
tation in his pocket for a return
visit by Russian air officials,
Twining replied, "I do not."
British Lose
Another Man
NICOSIA, Cyprus Wi A British
soldier was shot down in bright
Thursday. First reports indicated
the shot was fired from ambush
as a patrol vehicle drove through
the city.
The killing brought lo 40 the
number of British servicemen
slain by bullets or bomb since
Ihe EOKA guerrilla organization
began its campaign of violence in
April last year. In addition, 20
British soldiers perished in a for
! est fire which swept over troops
searching for EOKA leaders in
the Troodos Mountains. The 20th
victim died Thursday
During Ihe night half a dozen
bombs were thrown in various
parts of the island. No casualties
were reported.
The search continued mean
while around Ihe Troodos peaks.
The British are trying to round
uj 10 top EOhA leaders, including
the supreme commander known
as Dighenis. He is believed to be
Col. Georges Grivas, formerly of
the Greek army.
M and M Votes
To Liquidate
PORTLAND (IPi-Stoeknolders
of M and M Wood Working Com
pany met here late today to vote
on a proposal to liquidate th" cor
poration and sell to Simpson Red
wood Company.
Company officials indicated the
proposal seemed assured of
enough support lo. meet with the
two-thirds vote required UK ap
proal. The long - discussed dra
would, amount to, a J.iO million
transaction. vSth stocklltlers of
Jie M 4 JI comr to offeree? $35
per iha. e o
u rn al.
21, 1956 SSll
SeJ0
Off for Russit
(en. Niittiun P.. Twining, Air i'orcc chief of stuff, his uniform
ruln-sputied, wuvri a farewrll frum the rump of his plane louay
as he leaves for Russia. Reside htm Is Gen. Clarence Irvine, deputy
chief of staff of Air Force for materiel. Arrival time In Moscow
Is Saturday afternoon. Twining, carrying with him nine other Air
Force officers, has been Invited to a Soviet air show set for Sun
day. (AP Wirepholo)
Senators Apologize
For Search of Office
Security Agon Is
Check Lehman
Rooms
WASHINGTON, I- Senaiors in
vestigating air power policies de
cided Thursday to apologize to
Sen. Lehman (D-NY) because two
Defense Department security
agents checked his office Wednes
day for possible electronic snoop
ing devices.
The Defense Department said it
also would apologize.
Even so. Lehman sent word to
newsmen he planned to take Ihc
Shot Through
Window Kills
Man at Bend
BEND Wi Bob Balzhiser, who
went to the home of his estranged
wile, was killed by a shot that
crashed through a window there
Wednesday.
The estranged wife. Mrs. Jennie
Balzhiser, 41, was arrested and
placed in the Deschutes County
jail.
Sheriff's Deputy Earl Living
ston said Mrs. Balzhiser had ob
tained a court order to keep Balz
hiser away from her. Balzhiser,
saying he wanted to look over the
service station and restaurant
they formerly operated together
at Deschutes Junction, seven
miles north of Bend, obtained per
mission Wednesday to visit the
place. Mrs. Balzhiser had started
divorce proceedings.
Livingston went with him, said
Ihey received no reply to their
first shouts, and so believed no
one at home. But when Balzhiser
went to- peer in a window, a shot
crasm'u inrougn me pane ana
struck Balzhiser in the head. Liv
ingston said he arrested the wom
an when she ran out.
Today's Index
Section One
Amusement Z
Editorials 4
Locals 5
Society 6-7-8
Section Two
News
1-10
Section Three
, Food ...
Comic
112
, II
Section' Four"
Sports 9...
-Television
Ylassilied
1-2-3
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Senate floor later lo protest "meth
ods used J.n the unusual security
cnecK.
Mrs. Mildred Akins. one of Ihc
senator's office clerks. was
startled Wednesday when a enpi
lol policeman and two Defense
Department agents asked to check
a room of the office containing
files and a refrigerator.
In an adjoining room, Sen. Sym
ington (D-Mo) has been conduct
ing closed-door secret testimony
by lop military officials in the in
vestigation of air power by a Sen
ate Armed Servces subcommittee.
Lehman protested by telephone
to Symington the invasion of his
olfice privacy.
Testimony developed that It Is
routine for Defense Department
security agents to check congres
sional committee rooms and ad
jacent areas to make certain that
no secret listening devices are in
use.
Clark A. Morgan, one of the
agents, explained that he dis
covered some insulation torn out
side the committee hearing room
Wednesday, next to Lehman s of
fice and a woman s toilet.
Morgan and another agent called
capitol policeman, Gilbert J. En-
cinias, to help check the woman's
room.
Ag Board Not Now Needed Says
Present Member of State Body
The slate agriculture board, a
body under the present law
which is only advisory in char
acter could be dissolved without
loss lo Oregon agriculture, Mar
shall Dana, board member de
clared at a semi-annual meeting
of the board Wednesday.
Dana presented a resolution
addressed to (lovcrnor Elmo
SImith iruincf I ho oin-prnrir
lo
to
. rncm'mcnd amendment
the agriculture code giving the
board more authority.
It was pointed out that origi
nally it was intended that each
member of the board have the
responsibility of being spokes
man for his specific branch of
agriculture and also serve as an
ambassador to the department's
division he was appointed to re
present. Dana said the advisory rela
tionship written into the code by
the 1955 legislature negates the
original purpose.
Members of board decided to
postpone action on the resolu
tion until an adjourned meeting
on August 3. Meantime the board
asked Fred ShiiMcr. 'represent
ing the governor's office at the
meoling, to relay the gist of the
rIMussion to Gov. Smith. Thj
board also flans to place its pro
posed action before agricuure
groups to get reactions from
these sources. 0
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Huge Construction Measure to
Come Up for Vote in Both
Senate, House Next Week
By JOE HALL
WASHINGTON W Two sets of Senate-House conferees
completed action on the $32,900,000,000 highway consttuelion
bill Thursday.
This sends the huge, controversial measure to the Senate
and House (or final action. The House is to act first.
The conferees working on the?
tax sections of the bill finished
their work in one session, winding
up two hours after the conferees
on the construction features fin
ished their job.
Indications were that the bill-
one of the major pieces of legisla
tive business for the 1956 session
would be called up in both branch
es early next week and rushed to
President Eisenhower.
Signing Expected
The President is expected to
sign the measure into law be
fore July 1. The lax increases in
the bill will become effective on
that date.
The lax increases would bring
in about $14,800,000,000 in addition
al revenues over the 16-year life
of the program. They expire June
30. 1972. under the hill
Sponsors of the measure con
tend that these revenues, com-
bined with money from existing
levies on highway users, will be
sufficient to finance the huge con
struction program. -
The principal tax boost is a one
cent increase in the federal levy
on gasoline, raising it lo three-
cents a gallon.
Other new taxes will hit trucks.
busses, trailers, tires, tred rubber
and fuels oilier than gasoline
The conferences, en construction
features spent their final session
polishing the language as to de
cisions previously reached.
The House voled for $14,800,
000.000 of additional taxes over
16 years to help finance the big
roadbuilding program. The Senate
cut 300 millions from this figure
by easing a special levy on heavy
trucks.
Tiie conferees arrived at the
$.12,900,000,000 figure lower than
those usee) by either 'the House
or the Senate by limiting to three
years the bill's application to pri
mary, secondary (farm to mar
ket) and urban road programs.
The Senate's 37 billion dollar pro
gram had projected these for five
years. The House, in counting 5H4
billions, had estimated a 13-year
program.
But the federal money avauame
for these three systems would be
increased over the present 700
millions a year. The allotments
would total 825 millions in fiscal
1957. 850 millions in 1958, and 875
millions in 1959. Presumably fu
ture congresses would continue
I horn at the 875 million level or
higher. These federal funds are
matched 50-50 by the, states.
The compromise bill includes
27'.i millions for the interstate
system, SO per cent of it federal
money. This is the key feature to
the bill; it envisages a network of
superhighways extending Into
every state.
SEAMEN PURGED
VIENNA, Austria WI A Polish
newspaper says more than 1,906
"Doliticallv unreliable" merchant
seamen have been purged by Po
land s Communist government
Dana's proposal, as It will
come before the board for final
action in August, asks that the
Oregon law creating the board
be amended to assign to the
board functions conventionally
accorded lo other boards and
commissions.
These functions, under Dana s
proposals, includes recommenda
tions that the state director of
agriculture be appointed by
hoard, subject to approval by the
governor. Also, each board mem
ber "shall be held responsible for
furthering directly the interests
of Ihe division of agriculture
which he represents."
"Under such procedure" Dana
told the board "Oregon agricul
ture would be accorded tho dig
nity and service which its econo
mic and social importance re
quire." The board made it clear that
the resolution carried no criti
cism, express or implied, against
Agriculture Director James F.
Short, or members of his staff.
"We believe the department,
as an administrative agency of
the state government is conduct
ed with high efficiency," the
statement concluded. "Our refer
ences arc Ifi the unhappy restric
tions upon the policy and respon
sibilities which the board should
exercise within the bracket of
good organization of state's busi
State Planning
Freeways on
Both 99, 30
Highway Bill Passage
Would Enable ;
Projects
State highway officials painted
a rosy picture today of f.hat they
can expect with approval of thr
$32,900,000,000 federal highway
program.
A border to border four - lone
highways, bypassing cities and
towns and with limited access
throughout Its length was said to
be in store for U. S. 99.
U. S. 30 from Portland to the
eastern border of the state would
be in for a similar improvement
with only some stretches of
sparsely populated eastern Oregon
destined to remain a two - lane
route.
The Slate Highway Department
estimated Oregon expects to be
allocated 26 million dollars a year
for use on Highways 99 and 30
and 12 million a year for other
routes. The slate would match .
these with 10 per cent and 40 per
cent, respectively.
W. C. Williams, deputy slate
highway engineers, said that the
state would start work on U. S.
99 and U. S. 30 "to the end that
these two great highways will be
completed within the 13-year per-
od for which Congress has pro
vided the funds."
"U.S. 99 will be a four-lane di
ided highway from state line to
state line," Williams said, "witav-"
complete access. Restriction,
meaning egress and ingress will
be permitted only at traffic sep
arated interchanges.
"There will be no cross traffic
at grade or any traffic signals on
its entire length. It will go around
cities and towns."
Still to be worked out are de
tails for financing the federal
highway projet.
Coast Guard
Joins Lebanon
Plane Search
B-17 Flics Area Today;
No Trace Found of
Missing Men
Joining in the search Thursday .
for the Lebanon plane missing
since last Thursday evening was
a B-17 of the U.S. Coast Guard
from Port Angeles, Wash.
Aboard the lost plane were Dr.
Ralph T. Johnston. Lebanon den
tist, and Rev. Hartwick Hansen of
Longvicw, Wash., and Salem. Their
ultimate destination on the trip
was Minneapolis, though they had
planned to spend the first night
cast of the Cascades.
Flying General Route
The coast guard plane, which
arrived in Salem about 11 a.m.
Thursday, will fly over the area
east ol the Cascades taking a route
from Lebanon to Bend, to Burns,
to Boise, to Pendleton and then la
Redmond, State Director of Aero
nautics Earl Snyder said.
Originally the air force had been
asked to assign a helicopter to the
search for a check of the heavily
wooded areas, but there was no
helicopter available for the search.
McChord had only one helicopter
and that was on a standby basis.
The air search and rescue unit
from there is in the process of
being moved to Hamilton AFB,
Calif.
'Copter Unavailable
Sityder said McChord officials
told him' that uso of helicopter
would be a marginal operation in
the mountainous areas and it was
not practical for use in that type
of terrain, except for rescue work.
In Lebanon search headquarters
said Thursday there was a ground
party out in the Swamp Mountain
area and also three planes were '
flying over that area. Thursday
was the first day since Saturday
that low-hanging clouds had not
prevented flying over the moun
tainous areas.