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Newspaper Page TextJournal THE WEATHER CLOUDY WITH widely scattered light showers tonight: extensive valley fog continuing through Wednesday. Low tonight, 36-18; high Tuesday, 3J-40. 2 SECTIONS 16 Pages 68th Year, No. 311 Salem, Oregon, Monday, December 31, 1956,.," uoSeJO ; ' Oreffon Fans Arrive for Rose Bowl Hartfora r ires Destroy Two Catholic Churches Caoital a Ike Briefs Solons on '57 Goals Balanced Budget, Civil Rights at Top of List WASHINGTON in President Eisenhower Monday told Repub lican congressional leaders he in tends to press (or action in the new Congress on his controversial civil rights program. James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, said this was one of the matters discussed in a con ference with the GOP legislative leaders on the administration's program for 1957. Hagerty said Eisenhower also told the leaders he expects a bal anced budget for the new fiscal year, barring some unforeseen decline in tax revenue. To Risk Filibuster Hagerty made it clear that the administration intends to push the civil rights program despite the prospect of a Senate filibuster de veloping in the opening days of the new session. As for the budget and tax out look, Hagerty dictated this state ment: "The secretary of the treasury (Humphrey) and the director of the budget (Percival Brundage) first outlined the fiscal details of the domestic side of the 1938 bud get as well as projected receipts and expenditures for 1957. "Both the secretary and the budget director expressed the be lief that continuing economies' in the operation of the government, coupled with no loss of existing revenues would result in continu ation of a balanced budget." The 1958 fiscal year is the 12 months beginning next July 1, Pause -For Lunch . Hagerty talked with newsmen after Eisenhower, flanked by most of his cabinet, had conferred with the Republican congressional leaders for 3 hours and 15 min utes. The session was broken off for luncheon, but Hagerty laid there would be further conferences In the afternoon. In reply to a question Hagerty aid there had been. . no . discus aion of the possibility of a tax tut. . r - The Republican leaders will be Joined at the White House tomor row by the Democratic chiefs in Congress for a review of the inter national situation, with specific attention to administration ideas on how to bolster the Middle East against the threat of Communist penetration. (Continued on Page 5 Column 6) Neiv Governor 'Visits9 Salem ;F or Last Time - Governor-elect Robert Holmes made what will probably be his final trip to Salem as a "visitor" Monday morning. He was here with his 21-year-old eon Robert Jr., making arrange ments to move into his new resi dence on Alvarado Terrace. Holmes said movers will trans port his furniture to the residence Wednesday and Thursday of this week. "We'll move in shortly alter that," he said. He said he has several "loose ends" to wind up in his home town of Astoria and in Portland before becoming Salem's "first citizen." The new governor is scheduled to be inaugurated January 14. That is if the 15-15 tie in the state senate can be settled in time to allow organization and inaugura tion by that time. omins Bus Wreck Injures 3 From Salem En route home from a visit with relatives in Denver, Colo. Mrs. Adelaide Schild. a teacher at the State School for the Deaf, and ; her two children, Mclinda. 10 and .TeMrvt v 1 1 wore in ii irrA at t ha result of a bus-truck accident near Rock Springs, Wyo. Sunday. The Schild family lives at 1245 Shady Lane. Associated Press reports indi cate that none of the Schilds was seriously injured. Mrs. Schild had t'vo sprained ankles and contu 's on. while Melinda received num a sprained neck and jaw contu s n, while Mcrlinda received num erous scratches. Mr. and Mrs. Don Sheridan, neighbors of the Schilds, called the Rock Springs hospital and were informed that the family would be able to resume their journey within two or three days. The bus-truck crash killed two persons and injured 28 others. Killed were Gail Denos, 10. of Cheyenne. Wyo.. and Mrs. Adolph- be Tonar. about 45. of Seattle. Weather Details Muimom Tfil.td.r. U: minimum fK!. n Toul :4.hour pr.tipiution: for month: 2M; Bormal. 1 8ia tt precipitation. II. M; nnrmil, 11.27 RtTr l.irht, 1 fML (lit port by V. Wtatfatr Braa. L53 C.AJ.Zr.ZJ Malibu Blazes Tamed as Fog Dampens Area MALIBU. Calif. UV A cool, moist blanket of foe drifted in early today across the fire-seared Santa Monica Mountains, where three disastrous fires glowed only as embers. Fire officials last night de clared the- blazes "under control. ' Equipment massed from local agencies and from half Califor nia's 58 counties rumbled home ward during the night. Only scattered embers re mained within the perimeters of the fire here, the one centered a dozen miles north of Zuma Beach, and a third over the crest of the mountains, adjoining the Zuma fire, in the Lake Sherwood area. Between them they burned over more than 60 square miles. Sixty seven homes were destroyed. One man was killed and two fire fighters seriously injured. Several other fires broke out but were quickly conquered. Biggest of these was the 840-acrc blaze, also controlled last night, which flared up near an oil field in Piru Canyon. As fog replaced the dry. gusty winds that fanned flames for four days, hundreds of persons who fled from the fire returned to the scorched area. Some found only a chimney standing. Gunshot Fired At Fourth Bus MONTGOMERY, Ala. W -Another city bus was struck by gunfire Monday, the fourth report ed shooting since racial segrega tion ended on the buses in Mont gomery 10 days ago. No one was reported injured in the attack Monday, but the driver, W. H. Fullilove, is the same opcr- ator whose bus was fired on last 1 Friday night when a Negro worn-' an passenger was shot in both less. ' Pnlirp Chief G. I.. Runnontha! said Fullilove told officers he personal belonsings. which includ heard a shot while meetinc an on- ft! a camera and considerable clo. coming car and heard snmc:h'nE I hit ih. i f ih h,i inM ! DOow the driver's seat. It was a bullet. ALBANY MAN KNIFE" Grocer's Shot Nicks Portland PORTLAND - A grocer Sun- day night thought a customer was a holdup man and shot him ul the grocer's aim was bad tni e . . . . j i Portland, was held Sunday under customer was only nicked. mm on aS5aul( cnar),e It was one of several WK'najVera Matilda Calf, 20. held as a incidents here involving IMP'3 : material witness, said the men or knifing. fought over her attentions. i. ik. imr. lotinB. in an early Monday shooting. narrv Edward Thompson 41. lne srcCpr. 5a,d two men hid i ..'. .k..rkn .iAr hrand;;lh" iing a' pistol. He lied to " Leilheiser and .Ir-sc Kd-Iroom-anH unknown to him they wards said Joanne C. Larson. 20 ran nut the frnnt dnnr aM cu5' ;, r.nro inhn laha. 3. en- ,ered I i-kl , . . .,t s gun LOS ANGELES A delegation of Gov. and Mrs. Elmo Smith, left foreground, and Dr. and Mrs. John R. Richards, chancellor of higher education at Oregon, right, foreground, are shown as they arrived here yesterday by special plane to attend Rose Bowl game. Other Oregon State officials and rally girls are In rear. Dr. Richards predicts a 17-13 OSC victory because "our bo:s love this game and they're tough." (AP Wircphoto) PRIMPING, PRACTICING Pasadena Buzzes On Eve of 'Roses PASADENA, Calif. 11. Coeds Drimned, bands practiced and vis iting dignitaries prognosticated as the big day Rose Parade Day and Rose Bowl Day loomed just a calendar sheet away. Among the many pretty girls posing for pre-parade pictures WU Cage Team Uniforms Burn In Auto Blaze One of the cars transporting the Willamette university basketball team home from the Far Western Invitational Tournament in Reno, Nev., was destroyed by fire near Susanville, Calif., yesterday after noon. All players escaped from the flawing vehicle without injury. However, lost in the blaze were two complete sots of basketball uniforms and the team's warmup suits and basketball shoes. Luggage Lost Don Hoy, team captain, and Paul Edwards, the student manager, lost all of their luggage. The fire broke out immediately atter a tire blew, the players said. By the time the car was stopped, flames were shooting up from a rear wheel. The occupants leaped from the ! car and stood some distance from I it, fearful that the gasoline tank would explode. Insurance Coverage The losses in playing equipment, in all probability, are covered un- der the school's insurance policy, it was learned this morning. It was not known whether the. Ir.ing. were covered or not. The car. which had been bor rimed for the trip, was covered hv insurance. Customer hospital for a flesh wound in the arm.rncs( she,(on , 33. of Albany. I with knife hmniiahzed wounds and James Garner, 38. Harvey Woods. 32. was wounded by a hullet f red through an an.-rt- mcnt houe door. De'ectives Nor- had been beaten in a quarrel lin Woods and fired three shots from a .22 rifle when he sought to re- enter the apartment. He was hit Oregon State rooters headed by were drum majorettes, the rose queen and her court, and the pretty float-riders including half dozen Iowa coeds who will ride the flower-covered entries in the tournament. . A score of bands wore practic ing for the big parade, -including the University of Iowa's 115-picce band. It arrived Sunday and blared its way into town accom panied by the 75 girls of the bcot- tish Highlanders bagpipe troupe. Here to participate in the pa rade and root later on for their teams were' the governors of the rival states, Iowa and Oregon. Gov. Elmo Smith and Mrs Smith arrived by plane Sunday from the northwest, as did Dr John R. Richards, chancellor of higher education for Oregon. Said Gov. Smith: "I'm glad we re the underdog. Predicted Dr. Richards: "Ore gon State by 17 to 13." New Liner Sails Out of Portland PORTLAND (UP)-The Monte rey, second of two luxury vessels finished at the Willamette Iron 4 Steel Company here for the Mat son Navigation Company, was to leave for San Francisco today aft er christening cercmories. The vessel follows her sister ship, the Mariposa. Both ships will form a part of Mason's transpor tation link to the South Pacific ana" Australia. Don't Join This Crowd f-T,'- III i in in mwi ii will urn niii.iiiiuHpi hi.iim.,,1, i.ij..np..if'iL!l.. 1.4 -rnwTrrr.r.. .. If '' X ' MMV I I I & .:g - ' 1 Ihii row of f manned ran will be joined by many othert as a re salt of arcldrnti before the New Year holiday ends Tuesday night nnleM rare it taken. These ran lerve an a reminder to Salem cillieaa who ma be celebrating the coming of 1K7 tonllht 15 Die in Air Crash In Arabia 27 Survive; Plane .Burns Near End Of Runway BAHREIN I Fifteen persons were killed when a U. S. Air Force Constellation crashed on Saudi Arabia's Dhahran airfield in a heavy midnight fog Sunday night, the U. S. Air Force reported here Monday. Other figures were issued, by Air Force authorities in the United States. A spokesman at McGuirc Air Force Base, N.J., where the plane touched down on a regular Military Air Transportation Serv ice (MATS) flight to Saudi Arabia said 11 'were killed and 26 in jured. The Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., the plane's home field, reported three known dead and 12 missing. " - Others Land Safely The plane was one of three Con stellations which arrived at Dhah ran after, an 11-hour flight from Tripoli, Libya. The other two flew on to land at Muhrraq airport, Bahrein. The crashed plane was reported to have hit sand in the bad visibil ity, 1,000 yards short of the run way and burst into flames. Fif teen were killed outright or burn ed to death. Twenty-seven other persons who were aboard scram bled to safety. Dhahran is equipped with a ground controlled approach sys tem but the equipment ws not operating at the time of the crash. A Bahrein airline executive who visited the scene of the crash described the plane as "a com plete writeoff." Four Missing The U.S. Air Force base at Charleston. S.C., said there were 41 aboard the C121C Supcrconstcl- lation a crew of 12 and 29 pas sengers. The base said 26 persons were hospitalized at Dhahran, which is on the Persian Gulf, and the site of a U.S. Air Force base. Bank Official Foils Robbery By Quick Dasli PAULS VALLEY, Okla. Wl An attempted robbery of the First National Bank of Pauls Valley, Okla., by two armed men wear ing halloween masks was foiled early Monday when the bank's vice president' made a quick get away through a side door and notified officers. A. M. Foss, vice president and cashier of the bank, said one of the men held a gun at his back and told him to open up the vaults. "I made out like T was going over to the vaults in the back and then 1 got outside through a side door before the robbers knew what 1 was doing," Foss said. "I guess it was just my lucky day. When the robbers found out (hat 1 had gotten outside they made a quick getaway, saying. 'Let's get out of here before it's too late!" Foss said that the men appar ently got inside the building dur ing the night. The Highway Patrol said the men were armed with a rifle and a shotgun and made a getaway in an automobile. Roadblocks were set up immediately. Pauls Valley is in south cen tral Oklahoma about 50 miles from Oklahoma City and has a population of about 7.000. , Within 31 - Hour Period 1956 Building In Salem Dips To $5,779,906 $1,680,094 Off 7-Year Average ; Deaf School Dorm Biggest Job Salem building permits for 1956, with the December figure unoffi cial because it was checked early on the last day of the year, totaled $5,779,906. This total was under Jhe yearly average for the seven-year period from 1930 through 1956. That aver age, boosted by phenomenally big years in 1952 and 1954, is $7,460, 900. It was also under the 1955 total of $6,067,222. Permits for new dwellings con tinued at a high level as they have for some years. During the 12 months of 1956, with the De cember figures unofficial because they were checked early on the last day of the year, a total of 217 dwelling permits were issued by the city building department, amounting to $2,226,403 in con struction cost estimated. December showed a decided slump in building construction, the total dropping $50,470 and only three dwelling permits having been issued for the month up to early Monday morning of the year's last day. This may be at tributed to three possible causes, increment weather, tighter money, and the end of the year. The biggest construction project of the year within the Salem city limits was a dormitory at Oregon School lor the Deal (or which the permit showed a construction cost of $550,000. . Building permit totals In Salem since 1950 total as follows: 1950, $7,649,842; 1951, $5,345,614; 1952, $11,014,937; 1953, $5,910.41 lr 1954, $10,458,373; 1955, $6,067,222 1056, $5,779,906. Iron Workers Cancel Strike PORTLAND w A strike ori ginally scheduled to begin Tues day has been cancelled by the Northwest District Council of the International Assn. of Brulge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, a federal mediation commissioner said here Monday. Commissioner George Walker said the union council will meet Saturday in Spokane to discuss new contract offers that affect about 3,500 men in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Kmploycrs have made offers which the council wishes to con sider at a full meeting," Walker said. The union originally asked a 35 cent an hour wage boost. Carl Johnson, secretary of Local 29, which embraces about 1000 men, in Oregon and Idaho refused to disclose the new wage offer. ASTORIA FIRE DOL'SEI) ASTORIA (UP) Fire fighters managed to bring under control over the weekend a blaze which broke out Friday in logged-over land, 15 miles east of here. on New Year's Don't Drink If You Drive to " So far highway fatplltlei have been running below the diiatlroui Chrlt4nai holiday total. (Capital Journal J'hoto) POLICE OUT IN FORCE Midnight Din Set As Adieu to 1956 At the stroke of midnight Mon day, whistles will blow and bells will ring in Salem to welcome the infant 1957 and say adieu to the old tired year of 1956. Both formal and informal par ties will be held throughout the city, and the traditional watch night services are scheduled in many Salem churches. A complete list of services may be found on Sec. 1, P. 3 of tonight's Capital Journal. A goodly number of Salem and Willamette valley folks will wel come the New Year in Los An geles and Pasadena, where they are gathering awaiting the Rose Bowl classic between Oregon State Beavers and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Both state and city police will be out in full force to cope with an expected heavy flow of traffic Mon Traffic Toll Reaches 225 in Slower Trend - , ! p.m. (local lime! Friday and con- liOHU JCalnS WCll Below Rceoril Yule Rate By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The national death toll from traffic accidents this New Year's holiday climbed higher Monday but at a rate much slower than the record-shattering Christmas weekend. At mid-day with the 102 hour holiday period more than half completed, traffic deaths had mounted to 225. There were 25 deaths resulting from fires and 37 from miscellaneous accidents for an overall total of 287 fatal ities. The accident count began at 6 UW Pi of, Two Of Family Die As Plane Falls PUYALLUP, Wash. Ml A light plane's crash in flames, after a wing apparently ripped off on a sharp pull-out, killed a well known University of Washington faculty memher, his wife and her son three miles north of here Sun day. . Thtr victims were Cornelius Root, 4R; his wife, June, 47, and her son by a previous marriage, Joseph Hrrh, 19. a student at Lew is and Clark College in Portland. The Roots had homes both in Seattle and Mount Vernon. Root was making an approach to Booing Field at Seattle, 25 miles to the north of here, when the plane went down. Wreckage was scattered over a three-quarter mile area. The three were en route to Seattle after .spending the Christ mas holidays at San Francisco. Holiday and Dan't Drive If Yon Drink." day night. AH city, county and state olfices will be open Monday but skeleton crews will preside in many of the offices, affording em ployes who worked the day before Christmas a chance for a four-day holiday. Postal services will be on a hol iday basis with only special deliv ery letters being carried. Windows at the post office will be closed. The state liquor stores and agen cies will be closed for the day. When the mystic hour of 12 ar rives, the city fire department will let loose with its loud siren, church bells will toll and indus trial plant whistles will add to the din that characterizes the entrance of the new year. In Salem it may not be a riotous celebration but It will represent a hearty greeting of "Happy New Year to All." llnucs unl" m'dniRht Tuesday. The carnage on the nation s highways during the Christmas holiday also a four-day period left 706 persons dead. The total cost tn lives from all accidents reached 884, also a new record. Fires killed M of the 178 non- traffic victims, (Continued on Page 8, Col t) Boy in Wreck 'Serious' After Chest Surgery A Salem youth was reported in serious condition Monday at Salem Memorial hospital after under going a chest operation to correct a breathing deficiency following an automobile accident. Darrcll K. Brownlcc, 16, 565 Mc- Gilchrist St., was reported showing improvement at the hospital after Ihc tracheotomy, an operation on the windpipe, after complications from chest injuries suffered In the accident impaired his breathing, hospital authorities said. Cars Collide Brownlee was a passenger in a car driven by Richard Bandy. 17. 455 Ratcliff Dr., when it collided with one driven by Glenn A. Dens more, 53, Jefferson, at Madrona avenue and South Commercial street about 7:40 p.m. Saturday, state police said. Brownlee suffered a broken arm and face lacerations in addition to Ihc chest injury, hospital authori ties said. Bandy suffered facial lacerations and a hand Injury but was reported in good condition Monday. Densmore was released after treatment at the hospital. In Hravy Fog The collision occurred in a heovv fog, apparently as one of the cars was making a left turn, state offi cers said. The cars were heavily damaged as they bounced off each other in the near head-on crash, mey said. Bandy was taken lo the hospital by a passing motorist while the other two were taken by Willam- etto ambulance service. he sim;s, PHAYS Elevator To Man NKW YORK W What does a man do when hex imprisoned fur 18 hours in an elevator He sins. He says his prayers. He wails. And he hopes. At least that's what Morris Gcrson, 56 a foroman for a leath er company, said he did during the Innd, lonrly period he was trapped. (iersun h;id none to his com pany office on Ihc third f'onr of a building at M! Broadway to do some wck Sunday. f When he started to leave the eL-vator dropped down part way between the third and second floor, art stopped. On a Sunday, no one else was in the building to hear tht alarm UIIU1U3 J. UBUU To Bar More Arson HARTFORD. Conn. B Fire destroyed the huge St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral here Monday only 31 hours after a blaze of undetermined origin had wrecked another Catholic church, St. Patrick's, in downtown Hart ford. The two churches are a little more than a mile apart. City officials, saying that the circumstances of two church fires in bu biiuii a &puie ui lime war . ranted the rnnvn. nrHerpH nrniinrf. the-clock police protection for every church and synagogue in the city, $850,000 Damage Sunday Fire Marshal George Kennedy said Sunday that arson is one of the possibilities under considera tion in the St. Patrick's fire, which caused more than $250,000 damage. City Manager Carleton Sharpe said the loss from the cathedral fire probably would exceed five million dollars, i Soon after the cathedral fire was discovered at 7:30 a.m. Mon day, scores of detectives began questioning all persons In the area, asking if they had seen any thing suspicious. About 100 persons were tn St. Joseph's for 7 a.m. mass when a faint haze of smoke seeping into the snnctuary gave warning there was a fir. All got out without difficulty. No one was in St. Patricks when a policeman discovered the fire there about 12:30 a.m. Sun day. Mother Church C 1 U I .1 , , oi. j iwepn a ui uie worimp cen ter for the Hartford Roman Catholic Archdiocese, comprising the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island. The cathedral was doomed soon after 11 a.m. when flames broke through the apse, a high point at the rear of the structure, and spread rapidly across the roof. f iremen said then that nothine could prevent complete destruc tion of the interior of the big nrownstor.e structure, completed in 1892. About 10 firemen were lnlured or overcome by smoke while fight ing the blaze. None was seriously hurt. News in Brief For Monday, Dec. 11, 1956 NATIONAL ike Briefs Congress Leaders on Program Sec. 1. P. 1 Two Hartford Churches Destroyed by Fire . Sec. 1, P. 1 LOCAL Review of 1956 Top stories Sec. 1. P. 8 Parlies Still at Odds on Senate Organization Sec. , P. I STATE Election Rated Biggest State News in 1956 Sec. 1, P. 2 Historic Dallas Clock Still Ticks Sec. 2, P. 8 FOREIGN IS Americans Killed in Arabia Air Crash ..Sec. I, P. 1 SPORTS Prothro Reveals Pasadena Plans Sec. S, P. 1 Bowl TV Schedule ... Sec. 2, P. 1 Salem's Top Sport Stories of '5H, . Sec. 2, P. 1 RF.GULAR FEATURES Amusements Sec. 1, P. 2 editorials ... Sec. 1, P. 4 .. Sec. 1. P. 5 Sec. 1, P. 6.7 ...Sec. 2, P. 4 . Sec. 2. P. 5 Sec. 2, P. 8,7 . Sec. 2, P. 6 . Sec. 2. P. S Sec. 2, P. 4 Locals Society Comics . Television i Want Ads Markets Personal Problems Crossword Puzzle 'Prison 9 18 Hours i buzzer. It clan tied all afternoon I and all night, unheeded. I decided to take it easy and save my strength," Gcrson said. "I started to say my prayers." It was cold in the elevator, but "luckily I had my galoshes and a sweater and they helped to keep me warm." To keep up his spirits, and his vitality, he sang. He could hear his words echoing all through the dark, empty building. He said he remained confident "all would he well when the place was opened Monday. It was. The first man to arrive at work summoned police who rescued Gcrson from the elevator. none the worse for his exper licnca.