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Capital THE WEATHER. CLOUDY WITH scattered showers tonight and Saturday. Little coaler, low tonight, 40; Ugh Saturday! 62. 2 SECTIONS v 20 Paget 68th Year, No. 244 Salem, Oregon, Friday, October 12, 1956 r.,'. Price 5--' jfc Journal Estes and Dick Swap Farm Jabs VP Foes Speak at Corn Picking Contest FALLOW MINIMIZED 'Cleaner H-Bomb 9 Revealed by U.S. COLUMBUS. Neb. Wl Vice presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Estes Kefauver spread their political wares Friday be fore a typical Midwest farm au dienceat the National Mechani cal Corn Picking Contest. Vice President Nixon, taking the speaker's rostrum first at the 153 acrcs contest site, accused the Democrats of "a cruel hoax" to snare the farm vote. , The high rigid price support policies they advocate, Nixon said, would slam a lid on what he de scribed as "the upward trend in farm income." - Asks Flexible Support He asked support of the admin istration farm program that in cludes flexible price supports, a soil bank plan under which the farmers can qualify for benefits by taking some land out of pro duction, and efforts to increase markets for farm products.' Sen. Kefauver, in his harshest attack yet on the President, said "there is no clearer record in ex istence than the record of betray al oi ine American lariuer uy Dwight D. Eisenhower. "How many times docs a man break faith with you and still re tain your trust and confidence?' the Tennessee Democrat asked in his prepared remarks. "No Friend of Farmer' Following Nixon by about four hours, Kefauver struck out at the vice president, declaring he is . not a friend of the American farmer. "I am glad you farmers had a chance Fjjday to see and hear Vice Present Nixon; he might be President one of these days if the Republicans stay in power," Kefauver said. The two-vice presidential cand idates spoke from a huge plat form at the site of the contest, five miles southwest of Columbus, a city of 9,000 observing its cen tennial year. " , By JOSEPH L. MVLER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) Atomic Commissioner Willard F. Libby revealed today that the United States actually has produced a "cleaner H-bomb." , ' It was the first disclosure that the so-called "reduced fallout" bomb really exists. Such a weap on would spread- less deadly ra dioactivity throughout the planet than "dirtier" H - bombs of the same power. ' In an address at a radiation meeting sponsored by the Ameri can Association for the Advance ment of Science, Libby reported "new information" on radioactive fallout. Much of it dealt with Operation Redwing, the U.S. nu clear test program stated at the Pacific proving ground between May 5 and mid-July this year Particular attention was paid to the fall-out problem In this op eration," Libby said, "and a ma jor effort was made to produce a megaton-range weapon (equal in power to millions ot tons ot inii with an inherently smaller amount of fall-out for a given energy re lease. " "This effort," Libby stated, "was successful." He said that "considerable at tention was paid to operational factors" presumably compara tively sanitary high-altitude explo sions "which would minimize world-wide fallout." As a result, all the tests explo sions of Operation Redwing, to taling at least ten, added "consid erably less" radioactivity to the stratospheric air currents circling the globe than was present before the tests. School Board Vetoes i Buses for Richmond Mothers Assured Of Safety Move Assistance Adlai, 5 Demo Chiefs Blanket All California OAKLAND, Calif. Wl Adlai E. Stevenson, who accuses President Eisenhower of "inaction" and ' deception, "i led five Democrats today on a flying campaign through California. ''We have had enough of in- : action and self-advertising," he said. He contended that "when we loso ground abroad, we are as t surcd that all is well" and he add ' ed: "I don't think" the public likes "to be told by Mr. Dulles and . President Eisenhower that Amer : ican prestige 'has never been higher,' when it is manifestly un true." ; The .Democratic presidential 'nominee made his latest attack on the GOP regime in a speech for 1 a rally at Oakland last night be . fore he broke canfp for his swing south to Fresno, Long Beach and : San Diego. 1 With him were three governors, Gcoree Leader of Pennsylvania, Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey '; and Frank G. Clement of Tennes see, and two senators Hubert H. ) Humphrey of Minnesota and Al - bert M. Gore of Tennessee. , Their plans to "saturate" Cali fornia in a bid for its critical 32 electoral votes called for them to fan out with Stevenson as he worked south, holding rallies of their own around him. ' By FRED ZIMMERMAN Capital Journal Writer Two women, representing a group of residents on South 22nd street, didn't succeed in securing transportation for more than 40 children attending Richmond grade building, when they appeared be fore the school board Thursday night. However, they did gain assur ance from the administration that they would receive full support in their efforts to eliminate traffic hazards. Mrs. H. D. Yarbrough and Mrs. Edw. L. Hatfield of Electric ave nue, pointed out that South 22nd street, with its various industries and few . sidewalks, forced the youngsters to thread their way to school in competition with large trucks and other motorized ve hicles. There are few sidewalks. ., Holds to Policy The board held fast to its policy of not providing bus transportation within the city limits for young sters who were within a mile and a half of school. The distance tra veled in the instance' at hand is 1.2 miles. The directors said they would cooperate with the South 22nd street residents in placing before the city the need for sidewalks and for traffic control at the point where the street intersects Mis sion, principal crossing point for the yougstcrs. It developed that the city itself has considerable property along 22nd street which has no side walks. A traffic problem ot a different nature has developed through the closure of the North 14th street bridge over Mill creek. The bridge is being rebuilt, a circumstance that throws the bus routing out of gear. The board agreed to the suggestion of S u p t. Charles Schmidt that the southwes' corner of D and 14th street be rounded off to permit easier maneuvering of the buses. This is the lpcation of North Salem high where a num ber of buses arc stored. Credit for Trips The board agreed to amend its rules and regulations concerning credits thai may be earned to ward educational requirements through travel abroad. They made dit retroactive in the case of Miss Mildred E. Chnstenson, now tour ing Europe.' Through the schedule adopted, a teacher traveling in foreign coun tries could earn up to 360 credit points over a 10 - year period. Fewer points would be awarded for travel at home. 3 Nations Said Near Suez Pact Egypt Near Ready To Settle With West in UN UNITED NATIONS, W A French delegate reported prog ress "on the principles" of a Suez settlement after private talks by representatives of Britain, France and Egypt Friday. Ambassador Bernard Cornut Gcntille, French permanent U.N. representative, gave that report to correspondents as he emerged, with French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau, from conversa tions in U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's office. He would not elaborate. 3rd Meeting Set . Pineau, British Foreign Secre tary Selwyn Lloyd and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud raw- zi had conferred for 1V4 hour with Hammarskjold. Pineau, Lloyd and their delegations then conferred for another hour without the sec retary-general and scheduled a third meeting with him later in the day to prepare a report for the Security Council. Pineau, president, of the Council for October, told correspondents the 11-nation Council would meet in private session late Friday afternoon to hear the report. Britain and France are promot ing a plan to have the council endorse the 18-nntion London pro posal for international operation of the Suez Canal, which Egypt nationalized July 26. They have been talking with Fawzi in an ef fort to see whether he has any counter proposals to that plan, which Egypt has rejected.: SOS Calls I r luge Hunt For 59 Yanks Down at Sea Burning Bridge Paves Way for New Structure r rT ' ;,WMf X , ' ' FT? .ill'.W I. av- ..m ' ijr 1 fnl'-rT c Martin, After Tour, Thinks Ike's a Cinch WASHINGTON W House Re--Dublican leader Joseph W. Martin (Mass), just back from a cross country campaign tour, told res ident Eisenhower Friday "there is no question that a majority of the people" favor his re-election. And two leaders of the Virginia Democrats for Eisenhower organ ization said they told the Presi dent the outlook in that state is "very, very favorable and we ex pect to carry Virginia again fciscnnower. Virginia, normally Democratic, as one of the four Southern States Eisenhower carried in 1952. .. Martin told a White House news conference after conferring with the President that the big job for the Republicans is to get out the Vote Nov. 6. , "If we eet It out. and I think : we will, there is no doubt that he Copters Rescue ArmyTugMen FORT BUCKNER, Okinawa W The Ryukyus command an nounced Friday night air-sea res cue helicopters have lifted 28 men from an Army tug stranded on a reef off Okinawa. "Twelve-foot waves were wash ing over the deck ... as the last of the crew including five Ameri cans was rescued," the Army said. None was from the Pacific Northwest. The others were Filipinos and Ryukyuans. , The brief statement ' disclosed the tug was hurled on the reef by stormy wind -whipped seas Thursday night while en route to rescue the Army tanker Yankee 482, which hit the same reef ear lier in the day. The tanker, with 2 Americans. 21 Japanese and a Filipino aboard, was reported in no immediate danger. Both ships are approximately two miles north of Naha port, three-quarters ot a mile olf shore. US. Demands Russ Pay for Downed Plane WASHINGTON The United States Friday demanded payment by Russia of $1,355,650 as dam ages for , the destruction of a Navy patrol plane, in September, 1954, the killing of an American air man, and injuries to survivors. A note presented to the Foreign Office in Moscow by the U. S. embassy asserted full Soviet res ponsibility for the destruction " of the twin-engine Navy Neptune "over the international waters of the Sea of Japan." The U.S. plane was shot down by 'two Soviet Fighters. Russia claims it had violated tne soviet frontier, and had fired on the Red fighters when. they tried to warn it away. The U. S. note denied every important detail of the Soviet version of the incident, Marine Private Tells of Punch Injury in Trial P ARRIS ISLAND. S.C. Wl Pvt. Donald . -Hamisfar ...of Norwalk, Ohio, testified here Friday that Marine Cpl. Richard Bille of Erie. Pa., punched him in the stomach after he failed to call Bille "sir." Hamisfar said he was hospitalized the next day for hernia ODeration. The strapping, 20-year-old Ohio farm boy took the stand Friday morning at the opening of Bille's special court-maruai on cnarges of maltreating a person suojcci to his orders. Hamisfar's testimony was cor roborated by three other recruits, Hamisfar told the six-man court that his recruit' platoon was draw ing equipment when the incident occurred. He said Bille held up an item and asked whether the recruits had it. Hamisfar said he told Bille that he didn't. Then, Hamisfar testified, Bille came up to him and demanded: "Don't you know enough to say Sir? I said 'Yes, Sir,' then he hit me in the stomach." Hamisfar said he had a severe pain for five or six minutes. The pain came back again that night. He said he went to a doctor and was told he had a hernia. mm'YTi i"'TrS i ii inrnnaimfriiBi r-..-.-- ,. . . , I - ,r i 5 vl mm ft iHiiirViwI iiiaawtiwiiiwi- hii I M In-Laws A id Blaze Victim 's Children 19th street, and neighbors extin guished the fire. Thursday afternoon the divor cee's in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Lov- cll Miller, came to pick up the three children when contacted by Salem police. They took the three, Richard 7. Darren Lee 4, ano Peggy Lynn 2, back to their home in Lyons. Two of the burned woman's sis ters, Mrs. Kelly wickizer, Kern- ville, and Mrs. Ada Cortcz, Port land, arrived last night to be with her and take care of the family's four-room house. Mrs. Wickizer said she would try to bring the children back to Salem as soon as Mrs. Miller starts recovering, Mrs. Miller and her husband, Burdcll Lovell Miller, were di vorced about a year ago, she be ing awarded custody of the three n MinviM I., abhowsmith has never met more than one or cnuaren. miner, oBiem iubbci WASHINGTON UPi President two of the 100 or so people who has not been heard from. Eisenhower, pictured as highly will be questioning him, and we The stove which back lired on A young Salem mother was in critical condition in Salem Gen eral hospital Friday morning while her three young children were being cared for by their pa ternal grandparents in Lyons. Clara Jean Miller, 27, suffered second and third degree burns on her body and head Thursday morning when an old heating stove back-fired as she was warming herself. She ran out of the house, clothes ablaze, located ot 695 S. Panelists Will Quiz Ike on NBC Tonight pleased by support from a Ne-, won't know in advance what they forjgro Democrat in Congress, makes another nationwide bid for votes on television and radio tonight. This latest appeal will be in a novel form. White House news sec retary James C. Hagerty de scribes it as an "impromptu, en tirely unrehearsed press confer ence" where about 100 "cross-section Americans" will put questions to Eisenhower on various issues. are going to ask." Hagerty said. As Eisenhower awaited the quiz, an aide described him as highly pleased by the announced decision of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., New York Negro Democrat, to support him and to form a nation al organization to work for this re election. Powell, who backed Democrat Adlai Stevenson for the presidency Mrs. Miller is the old pot-bellied type with a damper part way up the pipe. Apparently she opened the damper too high, causing an air pocket which made the fire jump. - Mrs. Wickizer said that this is the second time recently that her sister had been in the hospital. Two months ago she had to quit working in a cannery, apparently from nervous exhaustion. Mrs, 0SC Football Star Accused OfBikeTheft CORVALLIS tfl Paul Lowe, sophomoro back who is Oregon State's leading ground-gainer, Fri day was accused of stealing a bi cycle on the campus last June. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest after a grand jury re turned a felony indictment against him. Dan Poling. Oregon State dean of men, said the school docs not intend to, take any immediate ac tion in the case. Lowe, a 177-pound tailback from Los Angeles, was Indicted along with another student, Bert Wash ington. They were accused of tok ine two bicycles from the campus June 29 without permission of the students who owned them. Wash ington is not on the football squad. Polico said lliey lounu Lowe ana Washington riding the bicycles several days later. Arrested, they waived preliminary hearing in dis trict court July 7 and were re leased on their own recognizance. The possible penalty is a fine up to $500 or a prison sentence up to two years. Sheriff C. N. Lilly said he was making arrangements with Poling to have the two in court this aftprnoon. Lowe could not be reached at once for his version of what had happened. Highway Boss Named hy Ike WASHINGTON Ml President Eisenhower Friday picked Bert ram D. Tallamy of New York to head the government's new 33- billion dollar highway construc tion program. Tallamy is chairman of the New York State Tnrougnway Aumor-itv. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty said Tallamy will lake over the 20,000 a year job early next year. One of Salem's bridges was burned to the wnterline Thursday, but the fire department didn't have to answer the call. The old wooden bridge on North 14th street over Mill creek was fired In tentionally in preparation for the building of a new concrete struc ture there In one of the projects approved by voters last' spring. Burning was easier than hauling away the rotted timbers. O. C. Hennanf, Portland contractor, keeps a watchful eye on the blaze. (Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Claussen) Bridge Pr o j ect Ahead Of Schedule in Salem A major part of Salem's bridge construction will probably be fin ished by the first of next year. City Engineer J. H. Davis said Friday. This will be some months ahead of the April contract completion dates, Davis said, but will depend quite a bit on progress made dur ing the next month and a half. Bridges okayed for construction under last spring's $140,000 bond issue arc now underway includ the South High street bridge over Shelton ditch, the Lee street- Shcl- ton ditch bridge and the North 14th street-Mill creek bridge. Latest project lo be started is the North 14lh-Mill creek bridge, which was burned Thursday utter noon when it was decided lumber salvage would be negligible. Another project scheduled to start next week will be the South 12th street bridge which is tied with tho 12th street widening pro ject. Davis said this is scheduled for completion by Dec. 31 , Political TV By The Associated Press The Friday, Oct. 12, schedule of political television programs supplied by candidates or their representatives: President Elsenhower, KPTV, 9-9:30 P.M. Gov. Elmo Smith, KOIN-TV, 6:15-6:30 P.M. Overdue Flier Safe at Baker A Portland, Ore, flier reported overdue between Billings, Mont., and Northeast Oregon landed safe ly Thursday night at Baker, Ore.. the state Hoard of Aeronautics re porter Friday. ' The aeronautics office said Al vin F. Oien. flying alone in a slnglc-cngined Falrchild, did not report his landing to the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Not until Friday morning, when Oien took off to continue his flight to Portland, did authorities learn he was safe. Authorities called off an air search which had started in Southwestern Montana, where stormy weather kept all but a few search planes on the ground, Kowloon Riots Cease; Chinese Border Sealed HONG KONG W) An uneasy quiet settled today over riot-torn Kowloon and surrounding villages. Authorities kept a tight curfew clamped on Hong Kong's main land territory where two days of frenzied rioting and factional fighting left 44 known dead. Tho colony's British govern ment also scaled Hong Kong's border with Communist China, presumably to prevent Red agents from slipping across to further in flame the atmosphere. Acting Gov. E. B. David ex tended the curfew imposed Thurs day until Saturday morning to givo ' polico a belter chance to round up persons suspected of leading the riots. Housewives in each of Kow- loon's six curfew zones were al lowed only two hours a day on Ihu streets to buy provisions. Gur kha troops from Himalayan Ne pal lined the streets as crowds rushed to the stores where prices already wore scaring. Spotter planes hovered overhead. Except for those hours, Kowloon was almost a dead city. Its streets were deserted, and most restau rants and all movie houses closed their doors.- 80 Planes in j!; Search Find ji Nothing LONDON W Distress signals; spurred a gigantic search today; for a U.S. transport plane missing! wim 39 servicemen aDoard. Ttiefe; was not a hint of success. .' At least 80 planes from bases la a half dozen countries including; giant six-engine U.S. Strntoiet bombers an aircraft carrier and. destroyers scoured the area north; of the Azores in an effort to pu down the source of the mesv . sages. TlltF hnMr 'tn hncA nmn thncA- reports from the searchers: "Not luck. Nothing sighted." ! '50 Airmen, Crew of 9 '''.. The missing plane, a C118 Lift-; master of the U.S. Militory Air,v Trohsport Service, was due al' Lajes Air Base on the Azores! Thursday , morning. It carried 50. Air Force personnel returning to'; the United States from duty in Britain and a Navy flight crew of nine. ... .' After a long silence a string ot SOS signals was picked up by. commercial airliners flyihg earlyi Friday between Britain and New York. Belief was expressed the! distress calls might be -coming; from portable transmitters on', rubber lifo rafts carried by the; missing aircraft. . ' But in New York, three trans-T Atlantic pilots who heard the dis-; tress signals said they wero later' informed the calls came from land, stations sending out alerts about'; the plane. , - ... .; Another Picks Up Real Call Still another Pan American xA-'-- lot reaching New York,' however,;-- said he picked up a Bignal which he believed came from an orig inal, source'' while his piano -was ;. zuu io mucs nonnwesr oi ine The Air Force estimated the signals were coming from a point,, approximately 150 miles north of, the Azores. . . . ; . Tho position from which it was, estimated the SOS signals came was more than 800 miles beyond! the missing plane's last position report. But an Air Force spokes man said the aircraft could have lost radio contact with the ocean ' control tower at Shannon Airport , in Ireland and flown on toward its destination before going down. . "We would be surprised to find it so close to the Azores, but it's possible," the spokesman added.. ; Death of Sack Again Decreed PORTLAND HI Georgo F. Sack, Portland apartment house- owner, Thursday was sentenced for the second time to death in the Oregon state prison gas cham ber for the slaying of his wife,- Goldie, In February, 1954. Circuit Judge Frank Loncrgan; set the execution date for Dec. 14.- Patrick J. Hnnnon, .Sack s at- . tnrney, said he will appeal to the U. S. Supremo Court. He contend-; cd that Sack did not get a fair trial because of publicity glvei). the case in Portland newspapers,; Sack, who gives his age as 60; originally was scheduled to die. Dec. 10, 1955. The execution was; stayed, however, by an appeal t the state Supreme Court, which! later refused to grant a re-hetnv mg. Congressman Priest Dies After Operation Broadcast time is 9 p.m. EDT, in 1952. said alter conferring with i wickizer took care of the children (Fisenhowori will be elected oy a over wm;. r.ucnnower mai sievcnson inis (j,en Vcrv emphatic majority, Martin ine panelists m laxe pan nave year nas snuoDca me wnoic no gaj(j. been invited to Washington from eral croup Republicans and Dcm- A for OOP chances for wrest- all areas of the country by the ocrats" on the civil rights issue. ine control of Congress from the I National Citizens for Eisenhower , On the other hand. Powell said, Democrats, Martin sized up the iituation as "frankly .a close fight, but I think we are going to carry" both the Senate and the Souse. Committee, an organization wtose primary objective Is to woo the votes of independents and dissatis fied Democrats. '1 think the President probably during the administration's first two years in office Eisenhower made "the greatest contribution in the field of cfvil liberties of any president til history." Weather Details MtxlRium rnUrday, 4; minimum tAdar. 4. Total 24-honr prtelplutlon: .S; for month: At; normal. JR. Sra ion precipitation. 11; normal. 2.51. Hlvtr hflht, -Jl IfU npor njr U.S. VfaUier Bnrran.) United Fund Daily Report Goal $227,80Q Collected to Date. .$176,739 Percent of Total ...... 77.5 Today's Report 12,177 Do Your Share NASHVILLE, Tcnn. Wt-Rep. J. Percv Priest, a member of Con gress from the 5th Tennessee Dist. for 16 years, nice- ncre cany to day. He was 55. He was operated on for an ulcer several days ago, and had been rcoorted in satisfactory condition. Associates said he was "getting along nicely" yesterday, but his condition worsened during the nieht. Priest was chairman of the I House Commerce Committee- dur ine the past session of Congress. He had served as Democratic I whip in the House for several vpnrs. George Spencc of Nashville, rep resentative here of a St. I-ouis box manufacturer, is the Repub lican nominee. The Davidson! County tNashvillc) Democratic: Executive Committee will choose a party nominee to replace Priest at a date to be determined later. A former newspaperman, Priest left the editorial staff of tho Nashville. Tennesscan to cam paign lor cilice In 1B10. n m iimnu awim. wmmm it a Isk ')' . , Sf:, I V. U I X. J 1 1 1 P, PULLS! "TUT I REP. J, Britain Frees Russ Athlete On Conviction LONDON (UP) A British court today found Soviet discus cham pion Nina ronomnrcva guilty ot stealing fivo hats from a t.onaon shop. But it freed her with pay ment of light court costs to per mit her to return to Russia "at the earliest possible moment. Nina pleaded Innocent lo the theft charge, which Moscow had said was a "provocation' de signed lo embarrass an eminent athlete. However. Magistrate Clyde Wil son, belore wnom sne was inea in jam-packed Marlborough street Court, ruled that tho charges of shoplifting had been proved against the 27-year-old Moscow schoolteacher. But, apparently mindful of in ternational repercussions, he re leased her unconditionally on pay ment Of three guineas (nine dol lars) court costs. Defense attorney Mcrvyn Grit- fith-Jones said arrangements had been made for Nina to "return to Russia at the earliest moment. Tho Soviet ship Molotov already had up steam at London's Surrey docks in preparation (or sailing News in Brief ::: Friday, Oct. 1?, 1956 '' NATIONAL Kefauver and Nixon J Trade Farm Jabs . Sec. 1, P. I 'Cleaner H-Ilomb' Dis- closed by U.S Sec. 1, P.l! LOCAL '; Filbert Growers Ex- pect to Make About ', Same as Last Year. Sec. 2, P. 3 Park Advisory Board ; Gives Position on Bond Issue Sec. 1, P. $ STATE Dr. Gerald B. Smith Honored at Wood burn . -. Sec. 1, P. 9, FOREIGN ,J Distress Signals Spur ' Sea Hunt for Plane.. 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