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4 Car Deaths,
Fire Fatality
Oregon's Toll
By THE ASSOCIATED MUSS
Four persons were killed in traf
fic accidents and another met vio
lent death in a fire in Oregon's
long New Year holiday.
Lewis Thomas Robinson, 61, a
Rogue Hivcr grocer, died on New
Year's Eve. Police tried, but
failed, to catch him as he sped
through town at about 11:30 p. m.
On Tuesday morning his body
was found wedged in his car off a
highvay south of Rogue River. He
had crashed into a bridge abutment.
Alwin E. Newsom, 48, nf Port
land, was the state's first traffic
victim of 1957. His car smashed
Into another near Boring 'lucsaay
morning. He was killed outright.
Hie nnctjntifirr and five teen-auers
in the other car, cn route to
Mount Hood for a day of skiing,
suffered non-critical injuries.
VillpH Friday nieht were
Tommy Johnson, 18. who died in
a collision near biivonon, anu
Larry Wridge, II, fatally injured
when a car hit his motor scooter
in Portland.
Thn flro viMim WHR Phil L.
PnltW fi.1 Portland. He died of
burns suffered when an electric
blanket he was using at Good
Samaritan Hospital caught fire.
Red Cross Job
Taken Over by
t.M.Gruentlier
WASHINGTON Wi Alfred M.
Grucnthor, former NATO supreme
commander, took over Wednes
day as president of the American
Red Cross.
He was inducted into office at
a formal ceremony at the organ
ization's headquarters here.
Gruenlher was introduced lo
the staff by Ellsworth Bunker. !
who is retiring irom inc ilea
Cross presidency to become am
bassador to India.
, Bunker called Gruenlher "one
of the great public servants of all
times."
; Gruenther, the four-star gen
eral who retired this week from
Active duty said he accepted the
Red Cross position with n feeling
of great humility. He came, he
said, because ho was "impressed
with the devotion of the workers
who make the Red Cross the great
humanitarian organization it is."
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
Dies as New Year Arrives
mi Jk' wr
MAIIION, Ind. Group of young people store In horror at the . midnight New Year's Day. The truck was being driven by William
mangled body of James V. Hunner, 55, Marlon after collision of L. Spencer, .11, also of Marion. (AP Wircphoto)
his unln ami a tractor-trailer truik south of here shortly after
GE to Curtail
Its Expansion
NEW YORK I General Elec
tric Co. "has every confidence in
1957 " but plans to hold expan
sion' spending below the record
1956 pace to keep earnings up and
conserve manpower, Lemuel R.
Boulware, a vice president, said
Wednesday.
Dn.,i..,nra ticpneeeH the outlook
Duums'fc
of the nation's biggest electric
manufacturing enterprise in an
interview in the wake of three
postponements of parts of GE's
three-year ow miinun uuum
pansion program.
Within a week, GE postponed
construction of a four-million dol-
1 Mmmmirnlinn: eQlliDmCnt
plant near Gainesville, Fla. put
off until at leasi mia-irai "
pansion of its laminated plastics
plant at Cochocton, Ohio, and de
ferred construction of five million
dollars in buildings by its lamp
division in a Cleveland suburb.
Boulware noted that GE presi-j-t
ninh Cnrdiner stated re
cently that the company's earn
ings had failed to Keep pace wuu
its sales because many of its prod
ucts were "under-priced" and be
cause of the high starting-up costs
in- the big 1956 expansion pro
gram, which ran almost 40 mil
lions higher than 1955. -
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UCKLE'S
E SALE
Men's Women's
CHILDREN'S
SHOES-HOSIERY-SLIPPERS
This timely Sale Coming to you now-Just when you need it
most. Our twice a year Sale offers every line, every shoe on sale.
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, January 2, 1957
ATTENTION
HOTEL - MOTEL - APT.
HOUSE & HOME OWNERS
READY-TO-HANG
WOVEN DRAPERIES
First time offered at this terrific
LOW PRICE
Styled like 7.98.
You'd expect to pay more.
Lost Boy Dies
Of Exposure
' EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (UP) The Air Eorco today
extended its sympnlhy to (lie par
ents a thrce-year old boy who died
of exposure In below - freezing
temperatures after becoming lost
over night in the deserl.
. Helicopter pilot Maj. Jones
Seigler early Tuesday spoiled the
lightly-clad body of Bill Ray
Tyroe in a sagebrush and sand
area less than two miles from
this base's main gale. Standing
guard beside the boy's body was
his uncle's pet cocker spaniel.
More than 1.000 airmen and ci
vilians had combed the desert in
temperatures that dropped to 28
degrees.
By All Means Sec
the famous
NATURALIZERS
for Women
Values to 13.95
fesi-v? -.f.--ii.., .1.
I 'i
ifllic pair
Gibson ArraipiHMl
OiiIIoWmtv (lounl
ALBANY, Ore. W Ernest T,.
Gibson, already serving n life
Urm in the ilnlu ponitonliary,
will be brought Ihtc Friday for
arraignment on a charge of armed
robbery.
lie and three olheis broke out
of jail here Sept. 7. Gibson bad
been brought here nowhnfi his ap
peal from a life sentence for
armed robbery.
He was recapt urcd some t ime
later at Coos Hay and sentenced
to an additional 10 years for car
thefl. His earlier conviction was
for robbing, with others, the Linn
County treasurer's oltice here last
Jan, 17.
I
Theater Kmplied
IJy llonih Threat
CIIK.'AC.O 11 Police and fire
nion emplied a movie theater in
suburban 1'ark forest of nhmit
r00 persons, nioslly cliihiren.
Tuesday afler receiving an nnnn
ymmis telephone call that a Iwnlli
had been placed in the Innliliuj:
Police said they received a
mystery call at 3: IK p ni lhal a
Imnih planted inside the Mnhdav
Theater was set to explode at
4:30 p m. Police squads and fire
men converged on me inealer.
stopped the show and vacated the
house. No bomb was found.
If you've liked them for their comfort
You'll love them for their STYLE
Boy's and Girl's
Step Master Shoes
Oxfords - Slippers
Values fo 6.95 $$90
NOW
""sALE Womcn's 1 fr
( STARTS ' r ,
I I - Dress and Casuals . I
I THURSDAY lm All Styles on Sale I
. JAN. 3 w i n ri c 1
90 JDIES S 1 ; ' , -J)
SEAMLESS 1 V ''
Wsf $0 ' I Modern Block Border Design
rk0 CHENILLE
II'KV Reg. WJ7
CHARGE IT
ON S. R. C.
A TRULY
BEST BUY
SEE THEJI TODAY
BUY SEVERAL FOR ADD-A-WIDTH
ON WIDER WINDOWS
Select from textured printed or woven solid draperies . . . Choose inter
esting pebble weave drapery in modern, floral or leaf design in beautiful
Harmony House colors, fashioned with S'-in. pinch pleated tops for that
added decorator touch. 45x84 inch. Choose from 6 solid colors.
HURRY LIMITED QUANTITY
Cordowctle Onetone
CHENILLE
SPREADS
Reg. OJiJ
4.98
HOSIERY
Charge It"
on SRC
Soft baby chenille with lovely
waveline. Finished with non
tangle bullion fringe. Five
Harmony House colors. Save.
The Coming Days Call for Casuals
- Get QUALITY Footwear -
All Brands of Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes
Famous Buster Brown Styles
Values - up to s795
SALE PRICES 45)90
Buy Quality
"Charge It"
on SRC
Simply designed block bor
der of extra heavy overlay.
Thickly tufted cordowale
background and rounded
corners for graceful draping.
Tipsy Driver (ids
11 Months in Jnil
SAN JOSK. Cnhf -
drunken drivinr. William ChrMer
Lewis, 33. of Mountain Mew
sentenced to spend nil of HOT and
two months of 1958 in Santa Clara
County jail.
, It was his fourth conviction on
drunken driving charges.
PoHtoffi to Ho 100
Years Old Thiirsdiiy
PHOKNIX. Ore. ifl The
Phoenix' postoffice will observe its
JOOIh anniversary Thursday.
' There nre two older nostolfurs
In Jncfcsnn Cminly-Jfleksnnviiie.
rslahlished in 11114. and Ashland,
established in 18."3.
' George K. Funston. president nf
the New York Stock Kxchnnge.
.worked his way through college as
a chauffeur. 1
PEDWINS
all Styles
Values to $12.95
90
SALE
Here's Your Shoe Opportunity
ALL ROBLEE Shoes
for men reduced in
Price
One Group
Regularly 14.95 NOW
8'
See the Styles
For Men
French Shriner
Fine Shoes
On Sale
Ladies Full Fashioned Seamless Hose-Special for this Sale Only 59c
395 N. High
. Our New Location
Arbuckie's
Store-Side Parking
Reg.
M . - 9.98
Rosette and Scroll
CHENILLE
77
JLt "Charje It"
on SRC
Designed in heavy tuft
ing on velvatuft back
ground, rounded corners.
Scroll repeated in border.
HARMONY HOUSE CHROMEFAST TRILORED COVERLETS
Excluiiva St.rl chrom.f.ft Milching Ktttteriti Mix or milch
Coverlets to 12.50 7.77
Dust Ruffles to 6.9S 3.77
Cafe Curtains Reg. 2 5 pr. 1 77
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