Capital Journal THE 2 SECTIONS 20 Pages MOSTLY CLOUDY with occasional now tonight and Saturday morn ing, mow mlifd with rain bjr lata Saturday. A Utile warmer tonight and Saturday. Low tonight, 26; high Saturday, 40. 68th Year, No. 292 Salem, Oregon, Friday, December 7, 1956 'V Price 5c Arms Cost Hoist Eyed By Wilson InforniationLeaks Must Stop, Ike Tells Aide By MERRIMAN SMITH I'nited Pre Whit Hniisr Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. VPi- Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson said after a conference today with President Eisenhower that the mil- itary defense budget for fiscal 1958 undoubtedly will be higher man ine current Dimgei. Wilson said, howevet. that he! n t i c i p a t e s no "substantial" j change in armed forces manpow er. Hour Conference Wilson conferred with the Presi dent for two and a half hours, dis- cussing the new military budget, now virtually in final form, with Budget Director Perqival Brund age, Assistant Defense Secretary V. J. McNeil and Sherman Ad ams, the assistant to the Presi dent, Wilson returned lo Washington: In the early afternoon, but Brund ae remained here for a confer ence with the President and Chair man Lewis L. Strauss of the Atom ic Energy Commission Saturday. Strauss will go over the new AEC budget with the chief executive and Brundagc. The current defense budget is $36.3 billion and Wilson estimated in October that higher prices might force a budget increase of between $1 billion and $3 billion next year. Middle East Crisis Wilson declined to make such an estimate today, saying he knew more about the budget now than he did in October. He said recent! events abroad, particularly the Middle tast crisis, naturally Dlaved a Dart in budget Dlanning. But he said their net effect on the size of the budget was "not too important." After touching briefly on the Middle East and higher costs here at home as budgetary factors, the secretary was ask ?d, "Isn't the budget bound to go up?" "Well, it certainly would look that way -at. the moment," said the secretary in an impromptu planesidc meeting with reporters before he took off for Washington. He did not want to discuss fig (Continued on Page 5, Column 81 Dallas Kidnap, Store Robbery Suspect Jailed DALLAS. Ore. William F. Vandervort. .18 of Dallas, married and the father of five children, was arrested at his home here Thursday night and charged with robbery and kidnaping. He is accused of kidnaping the -TV ' Z rL si r. Nov. 29. and forcing Dalpez to Cross has been on the chancel drive him tn the store and turn 1 lor's staff for six and onp-half over an estimated $1,500 in cash -years anr1 since 1953 has handled receipts I ,ne double responsibilities as as- The family was released un-'sis'ant to the chancellor and di harmed. ! rcc,or of the division of informa- Cilv Police olficer Bill Wilson tion. . said that Dalpez' and his wife both announcing the request. Hat i.a ij,it,H -,jn.n,i field said that Cross admirably Vandervort was arrested Wed- nesday night as he returned home j appointments nc p.ans to .c after a live-day ahsence. He said : his department-ability, inleg he had been to San Francisco. j nly and experience. Vandervort is an unemployed I "In addition, he comes from one logger. He worked at Valsetz and , the largest and most efficen Roseburg before coming here a I sla'e departments. His loan will short time ago makc Possible a more effective Police got fheir first clue when 'he "PW adm,mS- t... intinrf Tt,. tration," Hatfield said. in checking his home, a roll ot quarters was found on the path leading to his apartment. Justice of the Peace Kenneth Sheltarly fixed bail for the sus pect at $10,000 on each of two counts, kirit aping and armed rob bery. Friday morning, but defer red arraignment until he obtains counsel. - Traffic Boxes Blow-up Laid To Gas Leaks SPOKANE Leaking natural gas was blamed Friday for the minor explosions in the control boxes for Spokane traffic signs. Six of them have blown up when the lights change. Fire Chief W. A Dunham said investigation showed gas has been seeping around underground coup lings and then following conduits nn inln ihe control boxes. When the lights on the traffic signs change, relays in the control box . cause a spark and ignite the gas, he said One blast Wednesday night blew oprn the door of a box at Lincoln and Main, downtown, damaging I'-? traffic lights. A blast at the smie intersection blew a man h'n cover into three pieces. None has been hurt and Dunham c- 'i there is no cause for alarm. Nathan Gellert. president of the Fnokane Gas Co . said his crews will begin checks to remedy the problem Friday. He said the situation is " novel one. I've sever run up against it before." 3000.M1LE RECORD Runa way Miss He Appears to Have Zoomed to Brazil WASHINGTON Ofl The Air Force said Friday a runaway of the missile probably will never guided missile is presumed to be found.' There was no indica tive landed somewhere in the tion it carried a warhead or ex Brazilian jungle, possibly in the plosives. a 0 . . Amazon ver. . . ...... t-. I lac missile, understood to nae c. launched Irom ! , lr ,F r f,'i -k. ' ' j ' u,a"""''; """ ," . . , , l . ',, v... lh min. fai,.H . in. , jntended turn ' . i Th mi.ciin .Dc ,mHr raHar1 tUa i .,j. surveillance as far as the coast Hi J heen ceived. it is probable that it came to earth in some remote, dense, automatically by celestial navi uninhabited jungle area. Igalion to keep it on course. Hungary Labor Edict I!!Demands Kadar Warned of 'Jew National Tragedy' BUDAPEST (UP)- Hungary-si'" ""' ""'-""'ne, i tense capital labor leaders warned the govern-; remained quiet while he people ment bluntly today there will be j wl"d(. see what would happen. eeneral strike, bloodshed and a I tne uncas?' ca m- angry knots . : I I--,,,,,!,." it IUA rnr. i new national iraEcay u ute cut-! . ..., :r .1. - rCnt wave of arrests continues. ; The warning came in a procT 'm" ""V?: lamation handed to puppet Prem- ier Janos kadar by the Central i 1 Hatfield Seeks Educator Aide Loan to Staff Crolan, nt l nlo.nWt M.trlt Hatfield Friday requested the state board of higher education to grant leave of absence to Travis Cross, assistant to the chancellor, for a year's assignment with the department of state. Hatfield, who was in Eugene Friday morning, did not disclose the exact duties ihal would be as signed to Cross, explaining that Ik would do so if the board acted favorably on his request at its meeting in Portland Tuesday. Recommends Leave Granting Chancrllor .Inhn R. Richards said he would recommend the granting of the leave to the board. He said two recent precedents exist in granting of leaves to state I system personnel for administra ! tivc assistant positions with Con i gressv.oman Edith Green in 1955 and the rovernor's office in 1956. meets the standards set up for all j Appointed i ( Travis Cross, whose appoint ment to an rtreulive position In he Secretary of Stale't ntfice wa announced Friday by Secre tary nf State-fleet Mark Hat field. The ntw erretary of ttate who will take office Jan. 7, re quested the Board ftf Education to grant a leare of absence to Cro. whn li now auistant to the cbanceUor. C s . j to-m n m I Tf this is the case, the wreckage - One or a combination of factors coud have caused the trouble, in- cluding the (aiurc 0f electronic equipment or of the control sur - ,aces of ,ne wingcd mls5"e' There have been a number of previous test flights, all of which have been successful and have ui nuiums ,u hiuin acrnrrlinn In nlanc tho Air force spokesman said, The apparent 3,0O0-n flight "'M" - 'Ihp annarent 3.nflO-milP may nave set a record, previous The snh.oni, Snark is a "star - tracker" missile, guiding itself No Arrests Workers Council of Budapest. It was the sharpest denunciation yet of Kadar's new "get tough" poli cy. The Budapest council was sched uled to meet with Kadar in the late afternoon to get his reply. Ot u( ..It'll MUt.U IH1K1I1I? ill street . . - - "nocr ine menacing guns anytn.ng loiiowing tnree days: -"". Workers Arrested In the severest clash Thursday, Russian and Hungarian police bul cts killed two demonstrators and injured scores. Budapest Radio j ai.so ciaimca mat two ponce were killed, but the report was given little credence here. The Budapest council issued its proclamation after SO members of Budapest factory" workers councils were arrested during the night Police had picked up 50 others the night before Others arrested in the govern' ment s promised crackdown counter-revolutionaries and fas- cists" included talented voung writer Joszef Gati. Gati, seized1 in the hospital where he was re covering from a severe illness, was released after questioning. As soon as they heard of the arrest of their elected leaders, workers in a dozen Budapest planls walked out on strike. UN Post Won By Philippines UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. W The Philippines' won a first ballot victory Friday over Czechoslov akia for a one-year term on the U.N. Security Council The vote in the 79-nation Gen eral Assembly was 51 for the Philippines, 20 for Czechoslovakia, a fi,. i c , i "i " "t""u 1 -,,u ,UK" The Philippines had just one vote more than the two-thirds required since only 74 affirmative votes were cast. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vassily V. Kuznetsov immediately protested that the election discrim inated aeainst F.astrrn Kuronp The seat which the Phdippines will occupy previously had been held by Eastern European countries. Yugoslavia will vacate the seat Dec. 31 after serving the first half of a normal two-year term under a private agreement reached last year to break a deadlock between v...,rl. A ,u r.i. r 1 Yugoslavia and the Philippines. Eden's Suez Venture Wins 67-Vote Margin 1 nVnnV tn D.!l;.'. ti.-. I - "'" " .j I .,. r o r ,u Ihe reins of government today aft- .,. . u. c . d.. u.i ............. .... whether Sir Anthony Kdcn would remain in tne driver s seal was think withdrawal now constitutes Srrcomhe said that if Sack actu still in doubt. a humiliating reverse leaving ally files the appeal with Ihe U.S. In quirk succession in the Britain and France without any court, then that court would be House of Commons last night the gains from the invasion. responsible for postponing the ex- government beat down a Socialist, Bul tnf small numher o( abstcn. ecution. motion censuring the Suez mill- j tion, in itsclf was a Conservative I In other words, he said. Ihe slate tary intervention 32, -260. then woniv,ctorVi sjncc more tnan m mem. j supreme court plans no action, a vote of confidence in its Middle bPrs 0f tne party a week ago had 1 Sack prepared the notice him East policy 312-260. 'signed a petition denlormo lhe self. His attorney is John P. Han- have forced Eden and his Cabinet to resign and make way for new national elections which might hi.ve put the opposition Labor par ty in power. The first 67-vote majority proved that the Conservatives, de spite internal diensin oer the abortive British Fren h strike into Egypt, still could close their ranks against any Socialist bid for na tional power. Actually the Conser vatives have only M more mem bers than all other parties in the House, Train Fire Injures 40 In Chicago Motorman Killed; 1 Car Destroyed 2nd Damaged CHICAGO W A flash fire on moving four-car wooden coach eevat(.d ,rain Fridav killed the : molorman and injured an esli. I mated 40 passengers. The Chicago Transit Authority train was bound from suburban ; Evanston to downtown Chicago. Tim (ira hi ire forth nc thn frntvri. ed rush-hour strinc of cars neared the Howard St. station, just in- , . , ,, .... ... : .c num. num.. 1 second car. said the sudden blaze. fined to " 1 Lane said the first car. where, 'rday the northwestern part of the blaze started, "went up like 'he state, but temperatures would a torch." He said some passcn-: buc moderate and by late Saturday gcrs in the forward car fought lhe sn"w ,'li'ur,n ,0 " their way into other cars while Tk j .? l" man'v riders leaped through closed1 A sk.l1d(l(,d on an icy high windows to the elevated right of av '' n"1" sth ' E"St-ne way. inuiuct.v iti-i iiiiuii, hiiu crasneu K inl 8 car. killing Carl Vance Col Broke Out in Cab ! ir. , , . " ,, ... . The train came tn a halt south of the station, near Jarvis Ave., wncrc passengers m-u . , .,. Most 01 ine injureu w ... half dozen hospitals on the Nwth Side, were reported suffering from hums, smoke inhalation and cuts. One rider was reported suffering from a fractured arm. Lane said the fire apparently 'it'.v broke out in the motorman's cab as the train nearcd the station., The dead motorman. whose Dooy was Daaiyourneu. d UMv , ., . , , , , iE nee ei cum ,h. .r.n ".'.r.".?. " o. j.. The first ear was destroyed, the second badly damaged. Olher cars in the train were not affected. Storm Delays Preliminaries On 2 Schools Having mislaid his snowshocs, Claude Post, contractor, aban doned for the time being Friday, the laying ot tnc lines or aaiem s 'o " J"mor n'Sn "-noois. Post, partner in the contracting firm of Viesko and Post, low bid ders for the $2,500,000 project, ex pects a contract will be signed in lhe near future. He was author ized to proceed with the project Thursday and had expected to be gin preliminaries Friday morning. A fresh snowfall changed his plans. When bids were opened for the Waldo and .fudson schools, it was discovered that construction costs were considerable more than avail able funds. Since then the- con tractors. Architect William I. W il liams and the school administra tion have been eliminating wher ever possible without impairing the over-all plan. A five-class mom unit at each school was left in the plans. How ever, the units will be left unfin ished. The contractors construction on f uun.Miuii basis. It is probable neither Jud son nor Waldo will be occupied ho-1 for the opening of the 1958 fall term, Supt. Charles Schmidt expects tlnc d(',av in opening the schools will result in operating "staggered system" during the 1957-58 term unless enrollment changes radically. Weather Details . , ,Z" T!W:'u'XZ .i?; fr monib. .77; normal. 1.41. sea- "T nrfripiution t n- nnrnui. i2 t. Blv.r hrlBht. -.S or ft font. (It.pirrt i. s. ur.ih.r n,,..i rri. ,, . V "'"cr"mi 5 majority was ; reuucea on me secono vnie ny 15 Conservatives who abstained. This i r - . I H , ,"!""r supreme conn. wnoe cierx. L.,,,,,.,, uflinii.i ui a tougner line in the Middle East, who L-N. and U.S. demands for with draual to which the government bowed. The votes came after a two-day foreign policy debate during which the Conservative party's determi nation to ride out the storm and h:mg on to go1. ernment control was set forth by Acting Prime Minister It. A. Butler, heading the government while Eden is rest ing in Jamaica and regarded by many as Eden's heir apparent. "This government," said Butler "hu a long life before K." 4 -Inch Sn alem and Valley Traffic At Least 3 Die In Skids Off lev Roads By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Heavy snow fell on northwestern aim iramc was a" l 1 up irom Portland i Smith tn hf nw Kalnm anr4 unci In Tillamook. snow would fall Fridav and Sat- r 1 , . .s l . ' " man D. Fitzner. Salem, highway department employe. Earlitr Thursd , car skid(icd from , soulhwrat Porland strwt d ., . . -mhanknnt killing Mrs. Wayne Pidgcon, a former court reporter who was on her way to the courthouse to i..t;f Portland vice indict- ' . . , Thursday night a truck skidded e l.nn, Uil oe . t' ",,, iiiKimflJ' in Crtai ,ll jit urn- ment c.m. km.e ni.hrH ,. vrt.M. muihk ixicnara l,. "'''W of Portland, who was rid- in in It. n Barked Vp 3 Miles The heavy snowfall started in Portland and Salem at dawn Fri day. When people started driving to work, skids started to tie up traffic and at one time highway 90E between Milwaukie and Oak Grove was a solid line of stalled cars, state police reported. At mid morning. Portland police said cars were backed up for Hamilton W. Bar - three miles south of the Hamilti Street .traffic light on S. bur Boulevard, the west side route of Highway 99. Eugene reported flurries of snow falling on icy streets. Chains Needed Nearly everywhere in the stafe highways were treacherous, the state Highway Commission warn ed, and chains should be carried. It said its morning report show-, ed the following amounts of new ' snow: Government Camp 7 inch es. Warm Springs Junction Portland 2. Wilson River Summit 4. Sunset Summit 3. Astoria 2. Tillamook 4. Salem 5. Detroit 3. Green Springs Summit 2, Pros- poet 1, Santiam Pass Blaze Fatal AtHcrmiston HKRMISTON Hi -Mrs. William A, Mikesell, ahout 65, died in a fire that partly destroyed her home here early Friday Fire Chief Bob Russell said he will carry on i believed ihe woman's clothing ig c ha nee order i n',f,d from a kitchen stove and she ran into the living room ap- parently to telephone for help, She was found dead on the floor when the fire, confined to the It v ing room, was extinguished. The lire was discovered by a fue oil truck driver who was' masing a oe very across ine an !-- 1. in- caiicu iirerncn after vainly trying to enter the house. Survivors include the husband, a fin, s, 11 in a 11,-1 iiiisiuii iiuijiii, and a stepdaughter, also of Her- miston. Slayer Files If and written Appeal Notice Grorge F. Sack, 63-year-old M.Vcrnl lumber mills in Oregon to Portland man who is scheduled to rs,. antj affected other industry, die next Friday for Ihe murder of particularly bad hit was the As ms Wttn ftl.-H a hnnHurrilrnn nn. ...... , tice f nday that he is appealing to , tne l niten states Supreme court. 1 The notice was filed with the r. .i. aercomne. saia it wont fle- lay the execution. non. Portland The state court upheld Sack's death sentence lat July. Sack was conucted of suffocat ing h:s wife, floldte. in the lug s?ge enmnartment nf h' automo hi'e in Portland H.t body was found in a vacant Int. Th-"c of S-'-k'- ;ves died vio lent death He had been married to his third wife only two years before she died. The state claimed he killed her herause he feared she would di vorce him and then got part of his $136,000 worth of property. Sign Warns m u. ' 1 , 8t2-T.: '"-111 I'M 1. The sign says SLOW and that's were driving Friday morning as the serond big snowfall In llirec days hit Hie valley. Tills sign near Die city's new bridge project on .South J2lh street was one of the few things not covered by the while stuff. The wealhrr bureau rerorded four Inches of new snow. (Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Clnussen) MILLS RKOI'KNIiNG SP&S Strike Called Off at Least 30 Days PORTLAND Uj'P) A strike against the Spokane. Portland and Seattle railroad was in "suspen- sion today and himher industries! TI)C Astoria Plvwood Corpora closed or slowed down by thei(;nn wntrh u,rf rjs men mil f walkout began calling employes back to work. A. F. Kummer, assistant grand chief of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, said the strike was suspended not ended pend ing a decision of an emergency hoard authorized Wednesday by President Eisenhower. I The first SP&S passenger train to move since (he walkout started last Saturday nighl left here at w p.m. y siei ay lor i ,im-o nni . . .... . 1 1 n 1 Spokane. Fregiht trains started rolling today 30.)v Time Given fiuy I.. Brown of Cleveland, sr;lnd ch.( o( th(, icomni ie en- in,.nrc cnl a ll,.rm tn .',,- mw h,.'rc saying the strike would ho ,n,.,!,l ,,nni ,i..l , i i the mediation board have been Stales Dec. 31. Britain also plans 'This occurrence should be a completed , lo draw on lhe International Monc-' rnjnk, t0 p(,npc not , fcnfe flie President s order called for tary r und for a large sum. J currency or cash in their letters " a Ihrec-ni.in board to study tliej The British actions will mean 'Grace said. "The use of rherks strike and report bark to him a loss to the U.S. Treasury of or money orders is urged since wilhm .1(1 days. j cash- hhey arc not negotiable." Ktigioeers struck la1-! S.-itiird.iy , night alter a long dispute over '. , ..... , working conditions and in support ' "'i' i ''V IVII.t of a demand for more pay for certain jobs. Milli Hroprninjt Thi fii'f.riv sfrikc hrtd f.irrorf IIH Id illtrt. Rt word of the return lo work bv engineers brou-ht a call for iher .aid off employes to return tn ho joh Brooks - Scanlon big lumber mill at Rend, said it was calling 400 men bad. to work to day. The Mult i I'se Panel Corpor at ion and Valley Plywood o( Eu- Snow Cancels Sport Events ' Snow ehanged the local ath letic ncene today, postponing at Irnst two high school basketball events. First rallrd off was the dou hli'heaijf al North Salrm Involv ing N'or.h, S ntj Mi and two Van couver hi;!i schools. No make up da'.r has been set. Second event to succumb lo tranporUtlon difficulties was Ihe Capital Conference jamboree, scheduled at South Salem tonight for eight Iragur memhen. It has been re-srhMoled tentatlrely for Friday, Dec. 14, oio euesina UOH9J0 JO TClCAJtln Snow-Bound Salem Traffic UU N just the way niotnrisls In Snlem grnc were lo reopen at fl a.m. to- i day with 250 men returning lo work work put 50 men back today with al! shifts due Monday. Treasury Will Borrow Billion WASHINGTON - The Treas- Ili-V h rifl.tV 9Mmitiiiff(- a num hnr. - . " "" rowing of one billion dollars lo be used in pari to defray the cost of possible financial aid to Hrilain. Britain, confronted with deple tion of its gold and dollar reserves by Ihe Suez crisis, has asked for'alr,.st his route covered the area! waiver ot an lt2-million-d o 1 1 a r iNi,-n-M uiiyiiiem uue ine unueu 8 Hills Set Aside For Use of Sleds By STEPHEN A. STONE Kins wood to Parkway: Boice from Capital Journal Asfinelate Editor Sunrise to Mountain View; Thorn p Eight hill areas of the city were son from D street to H street, and set aside Friday by city authori- Holiday from Hansen to Prospect ties as coasting reservations for plarr. Salem boys and girls during the The streets will be barricaded season. i ne tmiricis are ior u.se e-ai n ""i vniauidi n .nni. (ji-i inn afternoon and evening, starting ted while snow remains in coasting Friday. They will be under sup- condition. ervision headed by Vern (iilmore, city and school recreation director, with the assistance of olher city n,l ,t ; rJ..n..ut In m-.la it.n .I nrrnnnnnt so it can be set up each winter. The activity was set up bv di- rectum of Mayor Hubert F. White, and also has the approval of City Manager Kent M.-.thewson. It is planned to make it part of the reg ular city recreation program. Areas Listed The hill are. is set ap.lrt for coast- ing are: The Soap Box Derby course n Hush Park: Electric street from Summer tn Yew: South High from Oak to Leslie; Superior j from Fairmount to Commercial; Bonnie Way on the west side from! Cripples Mail Carrier Charged With Pilfering Here A stihslitulo mail carrier is un- der arrest here charged with lak- intf money and checks out of let- litre Kenneth V. Malone. 226! Hazel Avr is in-ill in .i;t i ion cm un y 'nl1 nrior ,0 bc!n tlikpn 10 port - "' 1('" Mill I HI VIIIIIl UN .HHIIT Wtl It (Mil 11(1 Mini- IM-lWCCn the charge, according to Salem 1 8 a.m. and noon. Friday. The pave Postmaster Albert C. firagg who ment is very icy, however, and said the accused man had not chains arc required. made a confession The arrest was made by three members of the postal inspection service staff from Seattle. (Jragg said that V. F. Worthing ton, assistant inspector in charge of the postal inspection service in Seattle, and his two assistant s, Carl A. Hoyer and Robert B. Clif ton, came here recently after it had been determined that the mail was being tampered with. Ma- inest followed. mum .i . Tl,is i. Die first instance r,f mail pilfering lo come lo the attention:'" """" cas"'r" wenm cities mis of (iraxi! since he look over the monnny, reports indicating Kla pnslmoslcrsliip about 10 years ago. I mnln a ls ihe M1 'lh de lle credits Malone with being ll,,ow, 7pr"- reported Vnral u-nrlcr " At II,- time nl his , around the Salem General hospi i;. lor the benelil ot the youngsters j Wlllamrtle Athletes Supervise Direct supervision, it is now ! planned, will be by Willamette 1 iiniinrcitv !i I hint no uhi will Wtor ri'ii :trm hnnH tn lhrv fin h i recognized. Director (iilmore said they would be employed and paid by the recreation department. (iilmore has the assistance of City Engineer J. II. Davis, Park Director Walter Wirth. ami Chief of Police Clyde A, Warren. They met Fnday and set up the plan. En- j.ineer Dais said that where need- ed. sand would be placed at the , too oi mc nuts tor saiciy pur- i poses. I It is expected the lulls will be in use from the close nf school. ii the afternoon to about midnight, Rain, Warmer Forecast by Sat. Night By MARIAN 1.0WRY FISCHER Capital Journal Writer Four inches of snow piled un on glazed and icy streets and roods crippled traffic and brought many other inconveniences for Salem and the valley Friday morning in the wake of winter's newest frigid blast. On heights the snow meas ured up to 8 inches. But a "break" is in sight, the forecast calling for some rain and slightly warmer temperatures by Saturday night. Just before midnight, the ther mometer tumbled to 18 degrees here with result late night traffic along the city's streets was all but halted, the roadways being a solid sheet of glistening brittle ice. Starts In Earnest at S Snow started in earnest for the city about 5 a.m. Friday and was variable until ahout 9 a.m. when it became fairly steady. The morn ing minimum Friday in Salem was recorded at 20 degrees, still 12 be low freezing. More occasional snow storms arc booked through, tonight and Saturday morning, mixed snow and rain, then rain due by late tomorrow. Temperatures again will din be low freezing tonight, a low of 21 being forecast for Salem, meaning nazaranus driving conditions for all sections. Surprisingly, the deep snow and icy streets brought only minor iramc Jams and accidents for the capital Iriday morning, most folk realizing it was time to take it easy. A few cars were reported 'in the ditch" Irom sliding. Plows, Sanders in Action "Just in case," Marion county's fleet of snpwplows, trucks 'and snnders went into operation early Friday morning, faking no chances on what the forecast might be. The hilly area south of Salem was the first scene of operation for the emergency crews, reports Ted Kucnzi. assistant county cneineer. The sanders followed the plows. . Reports from out in Ihe valley cl.-lt,.H tl,n cnn,rnll In Ik. ... ..... ,,.,.,,,. , ,c lllKllr, elevations was not much deeper ",an that on the valley floor. The state highway denarfment sent out warnings Friday morning I Hint f U throughout the state. . ?anuam pass is neing Kent open , hv snowplows. Only an inch of 10 Inches At Valsetl At Valsclz. 10 inches of snow fell during the night, but the road is being kept open. Traffic Is moving slowly and must be equipped with chains. Falls City listed seven inches of snow during the night. II appeared areas lo the north, in the Portland area especially, were harder hit by Ihe storm than in this section of the valley. sub-zero temperatures prevailed : 3 a- aKer 4 DCIOW. '''ive''.iy forecast for the Salem area calls for more cold tonight and Saturday, the break to come Saturday night, although tempera tures will be below normal for the period. Hafn Is in prospect for Saturday night and Sunday morn ing, then recurring rains ngain are due the first of the week through Wednesday. : f. News ia Brief Friday, Dee. 7 NATIONAL Sec. Wilson Forecasts Defense Budget Hike Sec. 1, P. I Nixon Urges Financial Aid to Britain . ... Sec. 1, V.t I.OCAI. , Forest Seedlings Raised in Salem Area Nurs- ery . Sec. 1, P. 9 4-Inch Snow Cripples I City-Valley Traffic . Sec. 1, P. 1 S T A rt; Legislators Hear of OCE ' Needs Sec. 2, P. f FOREIGN cucn a a uet venture Win 67-Vote Okay .Sec. 1, P. SPORTS Adds AP All- W ittp American to Grid Honors Sec. 2, P. 2 HKCil'LAR FEATURES Amusements ... Sec. l, P. 2 ... See. 1. P. 4 Sec. 1, P R Sec. 1. P. fi, 7 .. Sec. 2, P. 4 . Sec. 2. P. 5 . Sec. 2. P. fl. 9 ... Sec. 2. P. ft Editorials locals Society Comics Television .. 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