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Capital A Jour ma THE WEATHER. PARTLY CLOUDY tonight, Thar, day with patches of late light and morning fog. Lltllt warmer. Lew tonight, 30; high Thursday, S3. 2 SECTIONS 16 Pages 68th Year, No. 278 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, November 21, 1956 i, Price 5c Syria Asks Urgent UN Action r Invasion JO enSn3 Blast Wrecks Salem House; Three Burned Cigarette Sets Off Explosion; Dennis Howarth Family Is Blown Out of Home An explosion Wednesday morning demolished a Salem home and sent a family of three to Salem General hospital with first, second and third degree, burns. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Howarth and their daughter, Deeann, five, of 785 North 20th St., were reported in "fair" condition at noon Wednesday by hospital authorities after treatment for : burns suffered in the- blast. ,' t Soviet INames Molotov New Policy Maker Shift Part of Kremlin Power Fight, But No Clue to Impact LONDON (UP) Former Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov. an old- lino Stalinist, was appointed sud ji. , ci f Qm.int mJ, r .ito rnntrnl tho n.-ih. I inet job responsible for enforcing government policy. Molotov had been a first deputy premier without specific assign ment since he resigned from the foreign ministry earlier this year in an - apparent concession to the anti-Stalinists. Soviet Premier Nik olai Bulganin and Communist par ty: boss-Nikila Khrushchev are leaders of this faction inside the Kremlin. Molotov's new appointment fol lowed authoritative reports of a new struggle in the Moscow hier archy between the old-line Stalin ists and the new faction led by Khrushchev. Molotov's new post had been a practically unknown technical as signment until he was assigned to it today. The brief Radio Moscow announcement of the appointment gave no hint of its significance. The official Soviet Encyclopedia identified the state control min istry as the government's "watch dog" over spending. Officially, it is comparable to the American general accounting office. But authoritative Western ob servers said one of ils main tasks is also the strengthening of politi cal control over the armed forces. Patton Draws 20-Year Term On Guilt Plea ALBANY, Ore. (UP) James Arthur Patton. 39, today enlcred a surprise pica of guilty to charges of robbery and armed as sault growing out of his Sept. 7 escape from the Linn county jail and was sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary. Patlon and throe others escaped after bealing jailer Lou Andrus. Patton was recaptured in Los Angeles Oct. 4 and returned here. He had been indicted by the grand jury and had entered a plea of innocent to the two charges. Trial had been set for Nov. 27. Patton today asked for Immediate sentencing. At the time of his escape Pat ton was awaiting appeal on a life sentence for robbery of a Safeway ttore here last year. One of the four men who es caped the jail here Sept. 7, Earl Junior Bonney of Silverton mains at large. Youths Burn 60' on Lawn At 'the Farm' CORVALLIS - A carload of . rmcr ,,, ,hey hgve b(,cn youths, apparently from the Uit- Anolher b(.low . ir(!CIing mark versity of Oregon, burned a bl8 1 was recorded in Salem Wednesday "O" on the 'awn at the Oregon morning , low 0, brm rPS. State College Memorial I nion . ,5lercd ror th(, cit., ,n( jt j, quadrangle Tuesda night. ! probable the temperatures again Guy Stover, chici of the OSCjWj drop below the freezing point campus police. aio that damage tnnicht. was nominal. He said it was due: Brizht sunshine prevailed again to the traditional rvalry between Wednesday, the two schools hirh play their , Kivciay forecast for this area annual "civil war' football game caj (or temperatures to he slight here Thursday. hy above normal, hut precipitation Last year the Wlcrs "U" and to be light, coming probably at "O" were burned into the turf at : the weck e nd. Parker Stadium by group r.fi There is snow In he high rnmin .irfrnt. Several later .tains for those holiday lravjer jcre sijpended. The explosion, which firemen said might have been gas-caused, occurred about 10 a.m. ' Root Blown Straight Up The roof of the frame house was literally blown straight up and came to rest at one side of the yard. The rear, house wall and south side walls were blown out by force of the explosion. Only the front wall and one side were left standing and they were afire when city firemen arrived on the scene. Firemen said Howarth appar ently lit a cigarette about 10 a.m. while in the living room and this touched off the blast. Force of the explosion blew all three occupants from the house, a neighbor. Mrs. Earl Noble. 785 North 18lh. said. Other witnesses said Mr. and Mrs. Howarth were thrown through the front window and were both afire when they came out. They put. their own flames out and managed to find their daughter, who had appareht-, ly been thrown through a side window. Her clothing was afire, also, neighbors said. ..Taken to Hospital , . .. The trio was taken to Salem General hospital by Willamette Ambulance and Salem first aid men. Salem firemen put out the flames and were still investigating the area early Wednesday after noon. One firemen said lhat while cause of the blast was not official ly determined, it appeared to be caused from seeping gas fumes. Neighbors said the Howarths re cently installed a new gas heater. Hospital authorities said all three were in shock at the time of their arrival at the hospital. State Street Straightening, Widening Due In all probability the proposed program of widening and straight ening East Slate street from Lan caster drive to Geer will be un dertaken next year. This was indicated Wednesday by Engineer John Anderson fol lowing a communication from the Oregon highway department which included a breakdown of the vari ous FAS projects in which the federal government, the state and the county will participate during the next two years. The county has made an almost complete survey of the State street job and the highway department will use the center line of this survey in actual construction. The project covers approximate ly 4.2 miles of heavily traveled highway. The pavement will be widened to 22 feel, drainase ditches constructed and certain sharp curves eliminated. Other projects booked as FAS projecls include the Hopmere Road-McNary "Y" section: three bridges over Pudding river and an unnamed creek and the improve ment of the Liberty road-Roseriale section from Browning avenue southward. j Weather Due To Stay Fair Over Holiday It's going to be a rather pleas ant holiday, says the weather man. There likely will be partly i cloudy skies, but no rain, and figuring Is (o in those areas Howarth t Tj. h ','rt ' -ft i'. ' v 1 ' i , JM-j.- n A,, "3r -. J i- t s f c j - 'vP1 s " t , Ld : ( I ' " -n?" if i, , "V r -kt, , f : 'fe" I ft'iremen and spectators view remains of I lie Ueiinis llovvailh home 785 North 20th St., which wan destroyed by an explosion Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mis. Hownrth and their daughter, WT" Mrs- Flnvd Melson. 855 North 20th, a close friend of the Howarths, was overcome wiih grief aner viewing ine 10 a.m. explosion. She Is being comforted by friends. (Capital Journal Photos by Jerry Claussen) TAKES ALL ARSON U.L Frosh Admits Se tting Fa ta I Fire (F.arllrr Story on Page 2, See. 1) MOSCOW, idaho A Uni versity nf Idaho Ireshman has ad mitted selling an Oct. 19 dormi ! tory fire in which three students ! died. Earlc Koehler slate law en forcement commissioner, said Wednesday. Paul D. Matovich. 20. of Kel logg. Idaho, signed a statement in which he made "a full confession to all dormitory Tires" on the campus, Koehler said. The youth, icld under $40,000 bond, is charged, however, with setting only a .ninor fire at Chris- man Hall where h lived. The ! three students died in an early- morning blaze at Gauit Hall about two blocks away. Koehler, who flew back to Boise Tuesday nighl, said Prosecutor Lloyd G. Martinson ot Latah Coun ty "has the conlcssion." Martin son declined to comment and said "1 have to concern myself" wilh the case involving the Chrisman fire. Koehler said the youth made the statement in ihe atcsonre of a di- trict court reporter anrt signed it.i Fires broke nit h four campus ! dormitories within eiaht davs and student guards ere set up last month as law entorcement aeen- l I l , with settine a fire at Chrisman I U.ll fV.( II P The other firei IrF the series, CH-S RVar.Il:U ,IJr H". HrS.HI!.. .ti.it.-. ill mc aiva. ,.. i..c,.; u.t.j, n, t I Matovich. who was a student I During the legislative session located on the northeast corner !,n5'v''"5"m iHu"""",' '."'ini'iT leader in high school, was charged ; considerable parking space on the j ol Summer and Marion; on Ihe ; 0B, ' : 'rt monin". i.m; normal', Home Demolished hy Explosion, Fire BLAME were on Oct. 12. 14 and 19. Arson was suspected in each. Martinson said Malovieh had a history of selling fires, including "three or four" at Hamilton Air Force Base, "alif., where he was once stationed. Capitol Area to Get 2 New Parking Lots By JAMES D. OLSON Capital Journal Hrllcr difficult for state emploves to find In an ellort to relieve narking i ..,,,, ,. ,u pnn.nctin. in ii,n rnitni ,,:B parking place on the streets idurins the Initiative ssion the! state board of control has ordered ! forced lo drive many blocks from Immediate preparation of two free 1 the buildings where they are em parking lots on state-owned pro-jp0yc4. nii, f ik. ti. tit onBNohr,n' Smer".'. Marion nrf ItniMi lrnl whtr the stale recently tore down two old houses '"0( will Accomodate MS Cars S Cars w together These two parking area: v. ilh Ihree already established will accomodate about lftS automobiles that are normally parked on the f, 1. .... streets in the vicinity of the canitol l 1. .t.fr,.1 fr fh. .vr-lxtli-n Kelt of members ot the legislature. Ueeiinn. a. were reported in 'lair" condition at Salem General hospital. All three were blown out of the house by the explosion. Tney suiierra nrsi, secona and third degree burns. U.S. Will Intervene In Longshore Strike West Coast Pier Workers Vole Walkout NEW YORK ifl The govern ment planned to go into federal court here Wednesday in an ef fort to climinalc one major issue in the 20-million-doMar-a-day At lantic and Gulf coast dock strike. Officials said in Washington I hi' National Labor Relations Board will seek a temporary restraining Demo Lead in House Cut as Killam Victor The Dcmocralic lead over Re publicans in the 1957 slate House of Representatives was reduced Wednesday to 37 to 23. The reduction came about with the official announcement that Graham Killam, Portland attor ney and real i-stak- man, and a Republican, had been elected to the House by IM voles over Mrs. Alice Cornell, Portland Demo crat. The unofficial totals had made Mrs. Corbctt the winner by 66 votes. Since the unofficial rcsulls were first announced immediately after the election, 'here have been throe chances in the House. All favored the Republicans. As things stand now the Demo cratic lead in the House will be only two more seats than Ihe 35 2S margin that the Republicans had in )!.V5. Dave O'llara. state supervisor of cleciions, said further chances are unlikely. As a result it has always been' during this period, many being ' William Ryan, secretary of the , ! I . . "-' ... .....- . .. iu. ..... I..,. . .J. i .ij.i. , "' "" information needed for bidders on ! . . "" 1h'" """ v"kmt '"' l-rrseni i.ou riura . The three parking areas already established hy the board, which ... 1,11 I. ..na.itv H.ilx rn ' corner of west hummer and i enter r .lr.j.1. nH nn Slimm.r holwOnn Marion and Union Sis. order to bar Ihe strikers from insisting on a coast-wise or multi ple port contract. However, -1 ho strikers could obey such an injunction and still con tinue the walkout on economic is sues. The crippling licup threatened to spread to llio Pacific Coast West Coasl longshoremen were working but thcic were indications they had voted overwhelmingly to strike in support nf the six-day-old East and Gulf coast strike being waged by the tnlernalionnl Long shoremen's Assn. UI.At.- The Wcsl Const strike vote was hy Harry Bridges International Longshoremen's and Warehouse men's Union iLWU, which has 16,000 memhers on the coast. Of ficials of the union said in Son Francisco that the vole was over whelmingly in iavoi of a strike. Further negotiations were sched-' uled here Wednesday afternoon between the ILA and the New York Shipping Assn., which rep resents 170 shipping and steve doring firms in the port of .New York area. Bids on 2 New Schools to Be Taken Friday Bids for the construction of the Jwtson and Waldo junior high school buildings will he opened during a special meeting of the Salem school board at 4:30 Fri day afternoon. The conference loom of the Administration build- ing will he the meeting place. Bidding is expcclcd to be Iter although but fivo general contract ors have taken blueprints from the ofices of Architect William - 1, Williams. Members of Ihe Citizens Advis ory committee, who took an in terest in securing public sentiment in favor of school construction, have been invited to attend a no host luncheon at Ihe Marion ho tel, Friday noon, Dec. 7. At that time a progress report will be made while school offi cials will review Ihe entire situ ation, financially and olherwisc. 1 II M' oOHI l.ilDOl Dispute Settled! I I PORTLAND - A labor dis putc that had threatened tn delay Christmas Seal distribution was settled Tuesday. A committee appointed hy Ihe Portland Central Labor Council ! '.l"" b"' I -....-j .... i .. .... r.,ii,..,y.-.-, un.uii . 1.1 r'" "'T " ' ' '""'r "' and Health Assn The Friday """" - .... . 1,h" pnn'"v" who a union shop v W otilhof l)lill a " - - ; l i. sn.on rt.ripiiaiion, ; not H11 ' Kivrt h.ltM z r.n. l""1""' " W'rathfr Ritrran.) So. Salem Moving to Form City Civic Center Plan Tabled; Town of 8000 Talked By GLENN CUSHMAN Capital Journal City Editor Ambitious South Salem Chamber of Commerce leaders Tuesday night announced plans to incorpor ate a new 8,000 population city of Salem Heights. At the same time, the sroun said plans for a $167,000 community center in South Salem park, an nounced last week, have been tabled. Unexpected opposition to use of chamber money tor the community center, which was to start with a chapel, will prevent this project, they said. Preliminary steps in planning for Ihe proposed new city were outlined at a community meeting attended by some 60 persons last night at Salem Heights community hall. Petitions were passed out calling for the new city and Don Gardner. South chamber presi dent, estimated that some 2,000 signatures will be needed to bring the matter to a vote. Proposed Area Defined The proposed area extends south beyond Liberty schoolhouse to Boone rood which would be the southern boundary. The east would be hounded broadly by Southern 'ncuic right-of-way and Foirview home cutting west to 12th street near Oak Hill avenue. To the west the boundary skirts Bclcrest cemetery and continues south to Boone road. The Salem city limits Is the proposed north ern boundary. A vote on the proposed new citv couldn't come to pass until after the signatures are obtained. Then ine couniy court sets tno Boun daries and orders an election. If the people living in the area approve of the idea, then the new city will be born. (Continued on Page 5, Column 6) Egypt Crowd Howls at UN Police Force POUT SAID, Kgypl lit - Unlled Nations troops were greeted at Port Said's railway station Wednesday by a cheering crowd of Kgyptians lio'iling, "Nasser, Nasser." The Norwegian infantry com pany of too men, equipped with American rifles; light machine guns and antitank weapons, entered the Suez Canal port after a slow ride over shaky railroad tracks from the cease-fire line be low El Cap. A defiant crowd of about .100 broke through ihe ranks of Port Said police at the station and were forced back by British troops. A handful of agitators urged (he crowd forward, out it was slowly pushed from the station and across the street. The troops then marched to their camp of British army tents pitched on the beach The six-car '.rain decked wilh blue and white J.N banners, was greeted at the cease fire line 30 miles from Ihe port by cheering British soldiers. jjTlianksgiving Rites Set in City Til"" sanctuary of the First Pres byterian church, North Winter and Chemcketa streets, is expected to he filled to capacity Thursday morning when Ihe Salem Minis terial association presents Ils an nunl Union Thanksgiving service. The service will begin at 10 a.m. wilh Dr. Paul Poling, host pastor, presiding. Andersnl lo Give Sermon A Psalm ol Thanksgiving" will - !", "ic "7 subjccl ! Lloyd T. Anderson, pastor of Ihe First Baptist church. Special music will be provided by Mrs. Ralph Dobbs, organist. and the double quartet nf the First Preshyterian church directed hy Don M. (ileckler ol Willamette uni- versity. Thn nAnnrnHfll!A. ...ill A "" "in "' .i" prayer hy lev. I.loyrt (i, llerker, i j p01. ofKnitltwoftd K.U.li: rmr-ri. while Rev. G. Philip Hurd. ; ,ftcillll. p.Mor , Cmlrt street ! Christian church, will Dive Ihe hen. ediclion. Ihe ottering will he channeled Into Ihe "Share Our Surplus" pro - gram. Separate Observances A special Thanksgiving Day oh- scrvanre will be held at St. John's Lutheran church at ID 40 a m. with Britain Denies Sending Army Across Israel Syrian Planes By 3-Power Force; Dag Asks ; Broad Policing Powers UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (IP) action Wednesday to halt what It described as a threat of aggression from Israeli, British and French forces reportedly massing along tho borders of Syria and Jordan, - , . Interrupting a debate on they Hungarian situation. Syrian dele-1 gate Farid Zinnedine read a mcs-l sage to the 79-natior. General semniy from nis government re-! porting the troop concentrations and calling tor immediate U. N. ; action. , No Elaboration Zinnedine did not elaborate on I his remarks about the presence of British and French forces in I Israel. A British spokesman immed iately called newsmen together and denied lhat any British forces were in Israel. Zinnedine also charged that British. French and Israeli planes had been Hying over Syrian tor-1 ou,c o..,. ....... III! some cases, they hod encounters" '."iswo ,., vma . y. with Syrian aircraft I vnt them from escaping into Aus- Thc Syrian delegate spoke shortly j trla, a U.N. agency reported alter Secretary General Dag Hnm- Wednesday . r marskjold had handed a report I a .. , . ' j :X ' to the Assembly asking for broad nowrr. tn nrr.no. iih p.vnt ih. powers to arrange with Egypt the details on the . deployment of the Middle: bast police force. Atfree on PrlnphilM '"The secretary general said he and President Nassci Oiad agreed on broad principles to govern the use of tho force, but his report left unanswered the nig question whclher any of1 Ihe U.N. troops wouio ponce the Suez Canal area after Ihe wilhrtrnw.l nf Rrill.h and French forces ' The negotiations, Hammarskjold said, would he hosed on two ma jor principles: 1. Egypt's sovereignly will be recognized in matters concerning (he presence and functioning of the II. N. force. 2. The UN. will maintain the force in Egypt until it has com pleted its task of supervising the cease-fire and the withdrawal of troops. Hammarskjold lold Ihe Assem bly the functioning of Ihe force hnd been hampered by the fact that "as yet no withdrawals haie taken place in compliance wllh the resolutions of the General Assem bly" adopted Nov. 2 and 7. No Reply In Queries He Indicated he had asked Brit ain, France and Israel for infor mation about th.-ur plans tn with draw and told the Assembly he would report again "as soon as I receive clarifications from the government concerned." There was no immcdialc com ment from the British, French or Israeli delegations. Hammarskjold agreed with Egypt lhat the work of clearing j " ' H inH . the canal will not "begin until no"nccd 'nday' , after the withdrawal ol non-Egypt- Th" raI,l sald a P0"0 epidemic ian forces from the Port Said and!had hit Budapest and Dcbrecent, the canal area. ' The clearance 'be nation's third largest city with operation is expected to take about i a population of loo.ono some 100 five months. Israeli sources said Hammar skjold appeared to he taking the good faith of iNa.sser as Ihe hasis for all the troop arrangements. Churches the Hev. H. Hnrlwig preaching on Ihe theme "The Rich Fool's Thanksgiving." The choir, under the direction of .Mrs. William H. Fischer will sing Ihe anthem "Praise Ye The Lord. The Al mighty." At St. Mark's Lutheran church. the Rev. John Catihlc will deliver the sermon for this traditional s service. The choir will be directed ! bv Victor Palmason. The service! will be conducted at (I a m. in or- dor that it will not conflict with i the union service. The Firsl Church of Christ. Scl- entisl. corner Chemcketa and Lib- erty streets, will hold Us custom- ary Thanksgiving service at II a m. A lessons oimm entitled "Thanksgiving" will emphasize the r.f lit..nrt .' rtpnti n..". ..,... ... . tudc In God. F.iirh.rlsl at St. Paul's 1 Observance at St. Paul s hpi. enpat will include the Holy :. charts! a 10 am. ! Christ Lutheran. Stale and lRlh , streets, will hold innnKsgivingi ; Day matins ot 10 a.m. Lutheran j World Relief will henelit Irom the special offering. Festival services will be held at Grace Lutheran. 3108 Sunny view. I with Pastor Lowell Holtc speaking. Said Shot Down Syria called for urgent V. N. -. r- . . Knrc Vlinsil-ii As-lllUaS kjIlUUlll mg Down Refugees Near Frontier Rep. Walter Witnesses Killing of Fleeing ' Hungarian 1 VIENNA, Austria to Russian soldiers are shootini, down Hun- ,,, , . ,. ,. h", CZ.n Tr .h. r , spokesman for the office of. U.N. High Commissioner ; for Ret-' ugecs reported that nearly. 52,000 Hungarians have lied to Austria since the rebellion began, includ ing 8,000 who . arrived In the El senstandt area during the. past few days. ... " ,-. ' "Among these latest t arrivals, ' Ihcre are many wounded, because Soviet infantry has arrived at the I I t I (. IL- ' .. ' upuiieu lire on ihb I f.V,"?"8, Tke 'rman sa,d- Nevertheless, Ihe refugees are continuing to cross Ihe border In great numbers. ' The U.N. report was borne out by a U.S. congressman who said he saw Russian soldiers shoot down a refugee on Hungarian soil near Ihe Austrian frontier Wednes day. Hep. Francis Waller ID-Pal. here to survey Ihe U.S. aid pro gram for . Hungarinn refugees, lold newsmen he witnessed Ihe incident while on a trip to the Hungarian-Austrian frontier wilh U. Gen. Joseph M. Swing. U. S. commissioner of immigration and naturalization, and John V. Lind say, executive assistant to the U.S.. attorney general. Polio Outbreak Hits Budapest VIF.NNA (UP)-A polio cpidonv ic has broken out in war rav aged Budapest, tho Communist miles east of Budapest. 11 also reported the capital was threatened by a spreading epidem ic of amoebic jaundice from pol luted water or vegetables. - News in Brief '. For Wednesday, Nov, il, IMS NATIONAL U.S. lo Intervene In Waterfront Strike Sec. I, P. 1 U.I. Youth Confesses Setting Fnlal Blaze Sec. 1, P. 1 LOCAL Explosion Destroys i House, Injures 3 Sec. 1, P. 1 Crab Apples Turned Into Growing Business Sec. 2, P, S Turkey Dinners at Insti tutions Sec. 1, P. S STATK t-apttoi An a to i.ci Parking Lois Sec. 1. P. t FOREIGN j Syria Asks UN Action to Avcrl Invasion Sec. 1, P. 1 Russ Shooting Down Hun garian Rclugees Sec. 1, P. 1 SPORTS , Ducks, Beavers Set for Little Civil War' Sec. 2, P. 1 Olympic Games Start Tonight Sec. 2. P. 1 'Pappy' Waldorf -Resigns Sec. 2. P. 3 REGULAR FKATURES i Amusements See. I, P. I . . See. 1, P. 4 Sec. 1, P. S Sec. I. P. 6 Sec. 2. r. 4 ... Sec. 2, P. S .. Sec. 2, P. 0 ? Sec, 2, P. 3 - Editorials . ... ! LocaLs ! Society Comics (Television i Want Ads ... Markets ! Dorothy Dix (Crossword Puzzle I Homo and Garden Sec. 3, P. S Sec. J. P. J Seo. 3, P. v