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C apital jLJournal THE WEATHER. MOSTLY CLOUDY tonight, b. coming partly cloudy Saturday Patents ol morning fog. Little change In temperature. Low to night, 32; high Saturday, 42. 2 SECTIONS . 14 Paget 69lh Year, No. 4 Salem, Oregon, Friday, January 4, 1957 tntertd u Mcond clsst natur at Ssitm. Oregon Price 5 c Actress Marie McDonald Kidnaj m Home ejo euean'j U028JQ jo .(itBJSAiun I 3 Welfare Aides Shot in . : . 259.8 Million Budget Drawn By Gov. Smith Agency Requests Cut of 20 Million; $2 Million 'Cushion' Provided; No School Aid Hike Added By JAMES D. OLCON Capital Journal Writer Governor Elmo Smith slashed more than $20 million from general fund budget requests of state agencies in the 1957-59 biennial budget to be submitted to the 1957 legislature. The governor's budget calls for "259,843,733 in general fund expen litres as compared with requests tinting S280.396.570 million. While lis is a reduction in the amount quested by slate agencies, it re resents an increase of $38 mil :on over expenditures in the pre sent biennium. The governor released Friday a total budget of $699,654,533 for de partments supported by general fund appropriations and self-sustaining agencies. The governor made it clear that Demos Set Up Party-Session Consultations Congress Leaders Not To Have Veto Over Advisory Unit WASHINGTON on National Chairman Paul M. Butler said Friday Democratic leaders of Congress have agreed to discuss with the party's advisory commit toe Saturday methods of "consult ine" with it. Butler told a news conference a ft pr a closed meeting of the par ty's executive committee he will make no attempt to fill vacancies on the advisory group created by refusal of Senate and House lead ers to serve. Congressional leaders headed by Speaker of the House Rayburn and Senate Democratic leader .lohnson, both of Texas, had said Ihey could not be bound by deci sions of the advisory committee. That group was set up with the aim of coordinating party policy. Butler hailed the decision of Sen ate and House members to meet with the group Saturday as indi cating there will be "fine cooper ation and collaboration" between Capitol Hill and olher party lead ers in promoting Democratic chances in the 1958 congressional elections. However, the national chairman emphasized that the policy group will make its own decisions and produce statement of policy when members are in ,o ... ! ' 'lamp shot into the air over the - ouuy snies, paicncs oi morning with the congressiona 1 leaden. He: " 'JZJZLu. and below normal tempera TV ITZ'T th, adviwvl"' cnd "f "i51""' Promontory I lures are all in the weather pic have no veto over the adusory , ' ir fnr ih. nevi fk... H.-ivnH committee's statements. Bandit Forces Bank to Open, Takes $17,000 MILTOX, Wis. (UP-A young -spotted the bank for some time"!""? " Liulc Valle-V cliff is not robbed the Bank of Milton of about as n,Sn- $17,000 in cash early today. I Southern Pacific Railway and John Misener. 35. a new em- Morrison Knudsen Construction plove of the bank, said the tun- Co. crews watched the explosion man, about 23 or 24 years old. met from a safe distance. So one him outside the front door of the was injured, bank about 7 a.m. Misener said' he had gone to the bank early be cause of some worV" he had to do. Misencr said the robber was carrying a pistol. Miscner said the gunman told him to go inside, where he was ordered to open the vault . The cunman took the cash from a monev chest, then walked Misen er into a back room and taped Calif, i LP ' Air Force olficials to Misener's hands day investigated the crash of a Cashier Phil Hudson estimated ,. ,, f mnnnv til-nn at nil- oiiiomu ,m ........ . ie amount ol money laKen ai $17,000. He said it "obviously was someone familiar with our opera- lion," because he apparently knew the time lock on the vault opened at 7 a m. Weather Details Maximum v.it.rdiv. minimum trvuv. 15. toui u-hnr prrriF.ut.ftn: P: ffr mnilin; rmimi. .t'. a--,,..-, Rirr hMrM. 1 rM.' iRpori hy i. s w,ih,r B.ifi. II tl narmi I 1P. the proposed budget is not only in balance but contains a cushion of some $2 million as a safety mar gin. 'To safeguard the state, should (here be a major emergency economic recession, this cushion is an absolute minimum," Gov. Smith said. "In addition to this cushion a fund of $1,500,000 is bud geted specifically to meet special emergencies during the biennium." The governor said aproximately $5,250,000 is also set aside in the budget for salary adjustments re commended by the state civil ser vice commission. $20 Million for Buildings The governor recommended $10 million for buildings each for the board of higher education and' the state board of control. ! The board of higher education requested $14,022,000 while t h e board of control was put down for (exactly what it requested. In 1955 the legislature gave the board of higher education only $2,975 for buildings which caused a lag in its building program. Institution Requests Cut Shortest cuts made by the gov ernor in general fund requests aside from the building fund were in requests made by state institu tions. The governor allowed $32,168,021 in the institutional budgets as against requests of $36,111,245. The regular budget of the board ol higher education was reduced by $2,753,009, the governor apnroving a total of $44.816,8.16 for the two year period. In addition he in cluded a request of $885,398 for the crippled children's program administered by the board. Approval of $77,361,760 was given (Continued on Page 5 Column 2) Second Biggest Non-Atom Shot Shatters Cliff LITTLE VALLEY, Utah It'P) Nearly one million pounds of ex plosives shattered a cliff on the snow covered shore or Great Salt Lake at 6:45 a.m. PST today to crack loose thousands of tans of rock for the new Southern Pacific crossing on the lake. The detonation was the second largest non-atomic blast ever made jin this country. I When the plunger was snapped I0? Howara wiuara. project en- Thc cliff shuddered and then the forward face drnoned int.. Ihe cavity made by explosives deton - atcd in "vovotc holes" tunnelled into the base. Engineers estimated 900.000 tons 'of rock were knocked loose by the:Ports- a" Oregon is in on tne same;hiiity of a municipally-owned blast. The total rock blasted down:""ary wuamtM. was less than that lorn loose by a 460,000 pound November explosion on the west shore of the lake be- 'Copter Crash Kills 3 Men F.DWARDS AIR FOIiCE BASF!. helicopter in Ihe desert near this . . . - l .u I... ( ,tM mmf, utiiiiniiK uk urn u, wsi center rl: three airmen- Slkorskv helicopter plunqed ,0 car,h Thursday and buI.ncd ,hree wes, oI tne basc Tne crafl on a routine training mission. Tk. ,.. ;j,,c,H Capt. Wavne W. Egsert. H. of Sumner, wash, the pilot: capt Vcwcil H Lvnch 36. of Mulberry .innm, WTOVP III rn-D!ini and Airman ?m Charles M Scott, 23 of West Lafayette. Ind. Saw Ends Life for Giant Landmark WwNk ilk ; Giant Tree in City Felled as Safety Action There was an empty place in the sky today at 1065 S. 18th St. The air had been filled with a huge black walnut tree whose size became a danger to the Mr. and Mrs. James Lang home. The tree had to come down. Wednesday, workmen started their power saws going and by Friday noon there was nothing left except a stump. The tree, estimat ed at about B5 years old and a landmark in the area, was about 150 feet high and more than four feet in diameter at the base. It took a lot of ropes and man power and about 30 hours to fell the giant, which was standing less lhan 10 teet from the Lang house. It was a sad day for any nature lover. But the Langs, whose back yard is now filled with wood will have fuel enough to keep them warm for months to come. Cloudy, Chilly 5-Day Outlook Cloudy skies, patches of morning bit of light rain over the weekend, The five-day forecast calls for 1 temperatures to average about 5 : degrees below normal, but pre - cipitation to be light in the period, ! Jud8ing from the weather re- Naval Ship Eseapes Antarctic Ice Pack MCMl'RDO SOUND. Antarctica! IP The crew of an Operation Deep Freeze supplv ship made emergency repairs today in the shelter of an antarctic cape after fighting their 7.400-lon vessel free from thc grip of a crushing ice pack. The captain of the U. S Navy freighter Arneb messaged that his cratt had reacnea ine saiciv oi Cape Hallett. work was sianeo to patch a gaping hole above the u atcrlmp and cracks in the hull n Ihe hU . V. . . . . , . in iicten nv me mows oi monsicr umrl.iripn ir (toe. Capt. Ncls C. Johnson of Alex- andria. Va . reported by radio, lhat lce prPssure had damaged both sides of Ihe hull along the full length ol the ship nut mat flnodins was under control One of the Arneb s two propellers also was damaged nhrun cam iwr. uprp no in- - Johnvn said then- urre no in iiim to crew mrmhers ana no loss of rxriw Thc Arneb carries about 200 men. The end was near for this giant black walnut tree Friday as final cuttings were made on (he landmark standing 4n the back yard or the James Lang home at 1065 S. 18th St. John Davis M just getting started on the four-foot-plus base of the 150-foot tree which was scheduled to be finished off by noon Friday. The tree was getting to be a hazard to the nearby house seen In the back ground. (Capital Journal Pholo) . County, State Act to Banish Traffic Kink An agreement whereby traffic from the North Santiam highway will flow westward into Mission street without making awkward Holmes Asks Cooperation PORTLAND HI Gov.-oloct Robert Holmes Thursday night said Oregon residents must work Ut reel would flow through the in together to solve the "great prob-jers0dion without stopping and lems" which face the state. j would pass over a new section of Holmes told the Portland Relail j road to be built between the in Trade Bureau, "1 feel conjident that; tcrsection and the Salem Gun most of us will co-operate in the club. solution of our tax problem and This will necessitate the pur work together to expand our ports! chase hy the slate ol a small piece activities and attract new indus-'of land owned by the gun club, try." ! but will not interfere with any The new administration ill ! of the traps. However, it will be (trnui lin a mnctpr nl.in "ltl.ionpH ' nmnccnru In mnvn a nnrlinn nf I hi. ! (or thc overall benefit of all the! citizens," Holmes said, but added he will not define his policies until after his scheduled inauguration Jan. 14. Also speaking at the dinner was Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk. 1 who said thc city must be placed j on a "sound financial basis. Schrunk said. "We face thc possi - transit system. ' Cargo was being unloaded from )wo of the more seriously dam- aged holds to speed repairs. The 450-foot Arneb. an attack cars0 vessel specially lilted for antarctic dutv, was pinned against the coast of Antarctica's Itnss Ice : Shelf New Year's Day. Sudden ,wjnds o( near-hurricane force urned a huge ice jam into a vaini, mas5 0f destruction 5,.nr),n it bearing down on the Arnrh (rom mj,., o( oprn . L-l: l .u "" n I ' VUJJH r pilUl ri-)lliru II, v i,.,...u , a..a ;i ,,. . ... ..j ..' ... j ,.oa.. ' h. ,.u,i T. ' " . , .., Th? North- md. one of the I S Coast Guard's most powerful ice- Breakers, smashed tnrouen me hea - ice to aid the stricken freighter. Pumps of both csscls were used to ".en the Arn'h from ,nim n7 u n up rrpv.mpn urikn f!ood:na hil cr"v.mrn urrk'-d U shift ca'co pnri hf.rr n ine riamftsrd fide of the hull with IbsAc'. Courthouse turns was reached Friday morn ing between members of the Mar Inn county court and the Oregon highway department. Under the agreement Mission street between a point near the Salem (inn club and Airport road would be closed to trallic, which would be routed Ihrough the pres ent intersection of the North San tiam highway and Airport road. New Road Planned Traffic originating on North Son- ijam highway destined for Mission ditch that borders Mission street. Westbound tralfic olf North San tiam destined for thc Salem busi (Continued on Page 5 Column 2) Korea Veteran 1 ; JISCJOSCS I Hit tt:ii if T s JL t JV11I X i ther'si AI.HIOMARI.K, N. C. Korean veteran -saying he bent on avenging his brother's death, revealed a weird plan here Thursdav to assassinate former President Harry S Truman. Frail .lii-ycar-old Leroy Triad riik. sneaking from a tell in Ihe Stanley County jail where he is held for attempted armed rob- bery said he holds Truman di rectlv responsible lor the death should pay lor Hooding a private , nenevra congresi would euner of Pvt. Kenneth Shadrirk. July 5, power projert in the event a fed-, ' 1 enact legislation paying the Hi.V). reportedly the first U. S. eral Hells Canyon Dam is built, company for work done on Brown soldier to die in Korea. i The question arose wilh intro-Mee plus any other expenses or He said he planoed lo kill Ihe Huclion ol a bill Thursday by Hep. I value- deemed prcper; or '2 pass former President at his Inde- .(,st D.daho lo authorize a fed- legislation permuting the com- neoih oce. Mo. home next July 5, the seventh anniversary ol the sol dier's death. Sha'lruk was arrested here last Ili-c I'l when his holdup altempt cl the Home Builders Assn. was lolled hv the scream of a woman teller. This robbery, s.-.irl Shad- rick, was to have been Ihe first sp , ,he (an,a5lic scheme, The 102-pound coal miner from M:eiion. n. a. nupvu k'-i 4.1 000 from the concern, he said. in us? to "hole up" until n"xt Julv nunc "i.in win, While serving Hh thf Army in Mnrrs. .y.HNrm he br2an Hrarin? ibrotbtf. the "oice ' of his dead One Dead, 2 Injured Critically Relief Cheek Row Slirs Shooting By Man, 76 KLAMATH FALLS (fl A 76- year-old Bonanza man climaxed argument over his welfare checks by pulling out a pistol and shooting a Klamath Falls County Commissioner and two welfare workers here Friday. tred Peterson, a welfare work er, died a short time later. The others were in critical condition. Sheriff Murray Brilton said Guy Earl "Bill" Cramer shouted "Well I'm not through," drew a .38 call ber pistol and shot Commissioner lerry Ramus, Welfare Director Mrs. Altha Urquhart and Peterson as they sat around a table In the county courthouse. Two Others Barely Missed The barrage of bullets missed County Judge V. E. Reeder and Commissioner Ed Gowcn, who also were seated at the table. All the wounded were hit at least once in the body. The shooting erupted in thc courthouse shortly after 10 a. m. when Cramer met with the coun ty officials to lodge a complaint about his welfare checks. One of thc five county officials was quoted as saying "Well, we're through, to end the discussion. The sheriff said Cramer then shouted "Well, I'm not" and open ed fire. Coroner Dr. George H. Adler said Mrs. Urquhart had the best chance of recovery. Rajnus was in very grave condition. Adler said. ' Police Chief Orville Hamilton later said Cramer had two guns in his possession. 'It trust not im mediately learned If he fired both. Qulrfcly Disarmed Martin Swanson, 55, an Insur ance man attending a court hear ing, jumped Cramer from behind and disarmed him, Hamilton said. Police said Cramer was sen- te.ced to the Oregon State Peni tentiary in 1W5 on a larceny charge for stealing lumber. i Witnesses gave this account of Ihe shooting: Cramer first shot Peterson and then Mrs. Urquhart, who were both seated on his side of thc huge conference table. Then he turned and fired at Hajnus, who was across thc (able with thc other commissioner and the judge. Convicts Shun Food 5th Day The hunger strike of Ifi convicts in the segregation building at thc state penitentiary went into its fifth day Friday, Warden Clarence T. Gladden said. He said there are no new devel opments. AH of the demonstrators arc j described bv Gladden as "chronic, troublemakers." Four of the strikers broke their fasts Thursday, but the other 16 continued to refuse fond, It's only 10 days before a new slate administration lakes office, and some prison authorities ex pressed the belief Ihe fast is being slaked to win Ihe sympathy of the incoming administration. 1 i:M..n ,,A ilwn. no inrii. I cation the demonstration might I spread to the olher 1.500 convicts. Payment lo IP Seen J . II HiirliDam Okayed o WASHINGTON Government lawyers e-pressed the opinion Friday it would be up lo Congress 'to decide whether the government ,.rl H.-im which would flood Ihe siles of three dams proposed ly,M" ' i-iui. ,iiiwi n the Idaho Power Co. in the Snake court lo decide what Ihe payment Kiver between doho and Oreg m. Sen. Morse i)-f)rr a companion bill ir plans lo offer the Senate. Idaho lower has a federal Pow er Commission 'r! con struclion license lor dams at Hells Canvon. f)xhow and Rrownlee. Al- though the validity of Ihe license is being challenged in court. tnc company nas iirsun .i.iuuiiiuii r"w,,,,r- " ol lh- proposed lenerai tieiu an n "'am. power groups advoraliog a lederal fiovernmen' attorneys were.dam The case is heme appealed Likul itJuJ tlie uabiitf tiluation, Apparently I i y HOLLYWOOD Blonde screen actress Mnrle McDonald appar ently was kidnaped from her Enclno, Calif., home todny. Threat telephone calls were made to her mother and divorced husband. The FBI entered the case. (AP Wlrepholo). Senate Opens Fight On Filibuster Rilled Anderson Hits at Southern 'Panic Propaganda9 WASHINGTON W1 Senators leading a fight to curb filibusters Friday called it "panic propa ganda" for opponents to argue that their move might tic thc Sen ate in knots indefinitely. The battle over Senate rules, ! tied in with the controversial is sue of civil rights legislation, got under way as Ihe new 85th Con gress settled down to business after organizing Thursday under Democratic cont rol. Hy agreement, the Senate will vote on thc issue at 6 p.m. '3 p m. PSTj. Leaders want to get it out of the way before Satur day's joint session with the House to hear President Kisenhower ask lor standhy authority 10 use American troops against any Com munist aggression in the Middle Kast. The House was in recess Friday. Kisenhower is In speak, at 12:30 p.m. i):.10 am. PST). All major radio and TV network, the address. will carry Sen. Anderson I)-NM' opened i Ihe debate on ihe rules issue hy urging his colleagues to bark the motion he and 30 other senators olfered Thursday to take up the adoption of new rules. Hn maintained that this present ed the only chance for revising the I present ltule 22 wl ich requires the I votes of M senators, or two-thirds ' of Ihe enlire mrmlwrshin. lo shut ; olf a filibuster against cr.il rights I lulls or zither measures 1 would be if a federal Hells Canyon project should be built One lawyer on the stalf of a congressional committee said he Pony lo sue Ihe government : snniun ne . '"'' "' ' "w,'r ' " v,'ar signed a court stipulation saying u wouio noi seeK repaytncni lor Ilrownlc-e work in the eent Us license is held invalid by Ihe court. However, the lawyers ex pressed beliel this agreement 'd , . . ........ wlth anv a(,,lon ny (:onErP,,j T)p v s Cnlrt o( Anp(.ais has imheld the validity of Ihe license.' - .hlch challen::ed by public to the Eunrcnie Court. Kidnaped I Southern opponents of the mo tion, Jed by Sen. Russell D-Ga, have argued that its approval would leave Ihe Senate without any rules and lead to a virtually endless debate that might bring all other business to a standstill. Anderson told tho Senate that this is "only panic propaganda." He said that Senate committees arc provided for 'by law and that Ihey could go forward with hear ings on foreign policy issues and other mntters while the Senate proceeded to thc adoption of rules. President of Austria Dies At Age of 83 VIKNNA M President Thcdor Koerner of Austria died Friday at his home. He was 83 years old. A bachelor, he was elected to the presidency in a close runoff election in 1951. He formerly had been Vienna's Socialist lord mayor. The tall, white-bearded Austrian statesman, a former general suf fered a slight stroke Inst summer. But he recovered sufficiently to return to his office, although he was forced to use a cane to get around. one ol his lasi oinci.-ii mines , was to receive Vice President "'chard M. Nixon ol the United Slates during Nixon's recent vesligation of the Hungarian refu gee situation in Austria about two weeks ago. ap- . President Koerner bad neared al his ilfice in Oic Im perinl Castle, lonner home of lite llapsburgs, Friday morning. He seemed to be in the best spirits. He vcol lo his home in the sub urh ol (Jrinzing for lunch. He lie- ,11 .,ia,.nl,. nflor Inru-li nnr! d'M, ear)y n ,hl, aPrnnnn. A rmv Contract I y rol c Ordered iKnrllrr Story nn I'.ikp 2) WASIUNC-TON ' Hen. Mc (loll.tn IJ-Ark ' Friday ordered his Senate investigations suhcom-j mitlcT staff to rn;ike "preliminary I inquiry" into a Inn Army contract1 awarded to a linn headed hy the vufe of Avsl Secretary of De fense Robert Tripp Itoss. '"It may be perfectly legili mite." MeClellan told a reporter. Kill hit atHHnH th;it ho hr1irvet he mM mCriu at least a staff ,herk on "any possible violation of the conflict of interest laws Mrs. Claire Wynn Itoss con- firmed the award of the contract Thursday, bat said in New ork her bid was S75.000 lower than thc next lowest bid olfctcd. Ahductors Telephone 2 Threats Note Left; Beauty Abducted r rom Bedroom VAN NUYS. Calif. VA-PoUYa aid Friday that actress Maria McDonald telephoned a film col -umniit early Friday morning ta ay ihe wai being held captlra by two young men. Poliea Lt. Ernie Johnston told reporters that Miss McDonald f called columnist Harrison Car. roll at 4:35 a.m. and laid two ' young men, one Mexican and ona Negro, camo to her door and took her out ot the house. They wanted my ring and money," Miss McDonald was quoted as saying. "They cava me a shot ol something. We're In a house now and they're In the other room." Bv DEAN GAUTSCHY United Press Stnff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UP) Beautiful Mnrle (The Body) McDonald was kidnaped from her bed in night clothes early today by abductors who left a trail ot telephoned threats saying "Don't call anyone if you want to see her alive again", police said today. The FBI was notified immediate ly and Valley Division police said after their morning long investiga- lon that only a remote possibil ity exists that the disappearance of the blonde actress from her palatial San Fernando Valley home was a hoax or publicity stunt or that she left home nil- ingly. ' Miss McDonalds ex-husbana. wealthy shoo manufacturer Harry Karl, told police a young mate voice, extremely nervous, told him over the telephone about 2:10 a.m. "1 ve got Mane, uon t can any one if you want to see her alive again." He said the mysterioua caller must have gotten his tele-' phone number from "Marie" be-r. cause he has art unlisted number. - i Children Asleep A similar anonymous call was made lo Miss McDonald's mother and she rushed to thc home where servants already had found her bed emply, tho three children sleeping peacefully in adjoining rooms. But the call to tlie mother said: ' "Wc have Marie. Don't call po lice. She won't he hurt." , Tho former Powers model and Scandals" girl, who hasn't made a movie in six years, apparently was abducted shortly after mid night. She was wearing only her night robe and a pair of black flat slippers, according to police. A kidnap note, partially pencil- printed and partly composed of words clipped from newspapers, was found by police in the black mailbox outside thc fence sur rounding thc McDonald residence. "Don t call police. She won t be hurt to get money, wc will get in touch with you." it read. Room Was Undisturbed Police Inspector Henry Kerr said Miss McDonald's boxer dog, Duke, was roaming the fence-enclosed yard when they arrived in response to a telephone call from Miss McDonald's mother, who tel ephoned them immediately after she got Ihe anonymous call. Miss McDonald's room was un disturbed except for signs she had retired. nllhoujh the telephone was off the hook. "It's frightening." said Karl. The couple's .interlocutory divorce decree, under which Miss McDon ald received a SI million total (Continued on Page 5 Column 6) Brief ovs in Kor Friday. Jan. 4, 1957 NATIONAL Actress Mane McDonald Kidnaped (rom Home Sec. 1, P. I 3n Killed by Kircs, rumes Across t'.h. . sec. l, r, i I.OCAI. Mission Street Trallic Approach Unlinked Sec. 1, P. 1 Kester Sworn in as Supreme Court Justice Sec. 1, P. S STATE 3 Welfare Officials Shut In KK Courthouse . Sec. 1, P. 1 ; Tlueves. Vandals Hit Silverlon Sec. 1, P. 7 KOHKIGN Naval Ship Kscopcs Ant arctic Ice Pack . Sec. 1, P. 1 SPORTS Saxons. Vikings Open District Play . .. Sec. 2. P. 1 Steelhcad Prospects Fair Sec. 2, P. 1 PCC Presidents Kavor Keeping Penalties Sec. 2. P. 2 PCC Basketball Schedule Starts . Sec. 2, P. REGt'LAIt FEATURES Amusements Editorials Locals Sc.ciety Comics Television .. Want Ads Sec. 1, P. 2 Sec. 1, P. 4 Sec. 1, P. S Sec. 1, P. 6 Sec. 2. P. 6 Sec. 1. P. ..Sec. 2, P. 3,4, i Sec. 2. P. 3 Markets Personal Problems ...Sec. 1, P. 1 Crossword Puiile Sec. 2. P. School Sec. It P- I' t ;