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THE WEATHER. PARTIAL CLEARING with few howert likely tonight; partly sun ay, Saturday. Little change In tem perature. Low tonight, Mi high Saturday, it, Gaza Row AidAsked By Israel Dag Cancels Trip, Foreign Minister Flying to U.S. By UNITED PRESS Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir is flying back to the United States today to appeal to this coun try to support Israel in its fight against Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip, At the same time, the United Nations announced in New York that U.N. Secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold has postponed a scheduled trip to Cairo. He was due to leave Saturday. An official communiaue issued In Jerusalem said Mrs. Meir wilrf explain Israel's position to the American government following the taking .over of administration of the Gaza Strip by an Egyptian general. Israeli officials said the return of Egyptian control to Gaza pre sents a "very grave development." ' Spokesmen in Tel Aviv said "it ' means Nasser returns to Gaza." They said it turns Gaza once again into a base for Fedayeen warfare against Israel. The Israeli communique said the United Nations should retain con trol of the Gaza Strip. Situation Growl Worse , At U.N. headquarters in New York Israeli Ambassador Abba Eb an held a two-hour talk with Ham marskjold on the suddenly worsened Mideast situation. Eban expanded on the Jerusal em announcement by saying that Mrs. Meir would see Secretary ot State John Foster Dulles in Wash ington when he returns from Aus tralia. He said they would confer on the "grave situation" in the Mideast. "In view of the heavy U.S. re sponsibility in tha matter, there is an obvious need for an ex change of views," Eban laid. Hammarskjold was scheduled to leave Saturday for Cairo to discuii ' tha aituation with Egyptian Presi dent Gamal Abdel Nasser. "Recent events naturally have led Israel to question whether the assumptions on which Israel based itj withdrawal are still valid," Eban said. Promise Front Elsenhower Mrs. Meir told the U.N. Gener al Assembly March 1 that Israel was withdrawing from the Gaza and Aqaba areas on the "assump (Continued on Page 5 Column 3) Beating Death Of Tot Probed BROWNSVILLE (UP) - State and Linn county police continued an investigation today into t h e death of a two-year-old Browns ville boy who died in a Portland hospital from a brain injury. Linn county District Attorney Courtney Johns said the child's mother. Mrs. Frank Dictz, said she spanked the youngster Satur day night and that he "suddenly acted peculiar." An autopsy was scheduled to determine the exact cause of death, Johns said. The child's mother and a rela tive took the young baby to a hospital in Eugene and the follow ing day he was transferred to Doernbecher hospital in Portland. State Police Sergeant Roy W. Hunt of Albany said medical re ports at the Eugene hospital in dicated that the child had been beaten. Officers said the injuries occurred in the Dietz home where only the parents and another child were present. AEC Reveals Explosion of Reactor Core LOS ALAMOS, N. M. Wi - The AEC said Friday the core of a lest atomic power reactor ex ploded during testing on Feb. 12. No one was injured, but the pow er unit was destroyed. The reactor core in essence a stripped down model of a power reactor was. because of its naked" nature, whimsically dubbed "the Godiva." It consisted of a sphere of uranium 135 about 6" inches in diameter suspended on a tripod. The AEC announcement said no damage was done to the building "and radiation contamination . . . has been removed by standard cleaning methods." The uranium core Itself did not explode. Pieces of the core "flew apart" under pressure of heat from an increased chain reaction which the AEC said was caused by a malfunction of special test , eouinment equipment. ... The Uranium Sphere COnsiStea of si pieces in three sections. Screw hndinf the sections to- gether couldn't withstand Ihe strain of the reactor heat and cave wav scattering pieces of the sphere for "several leet around Godiva. th room housing the p Creek Beckons Freshman J Woe to the class president whose class finishes last in Willamette's 49th. annual Freshman Glee songfest. The "dope" says the seniors will lose, and here Senior Class President Jack Jones, Beaverton, gets an introduction to the mill stream from other House Whacks Agencies' Cash $516.9 Million WASHINGTON W! The House Appropriations Committee Friday slashed $516,993,300 from the $5,- 923,195,000 in new funds President Eisenhower requested for 18 mis cellaneous agencies. It was tha biggest cut, money- wise, made by the committee on four bills it hat sent to the House thli year. Tha funds are for the fiscal year starting July 1. If the House upholds the com mittee next week, it will have cut 680 million dollars from presiden tial requests totaling about $10. 300.000.000 . to, date. On the three previous bills, none of which has passed the Senate, the House has followed its committee s recom mendations without change. Major slashes imposed by the committee in the independent of fices appropriation bill were $206,657,700 from Veterans Admin istration funds, $71,700,000 from the Civil Defense Administration, and $165,239,400 from the General Service Administration. The Civil Defense Administration received only $39,300,000 of the 130 millions it requested, $71,700, 000 of the cut being in funds for stockpiling emergency supplies and equipment. The committee said the government already has on hand or on order 21914 millions in such supplies, some of which are six years old Board Backs Wage Raises For Trainmen WASHINGTON Ml An emer gency presidential board Friday recommended an aggregate wage increase of 26'i cents an hour over the next three years for about 160,000 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men. The men are employes of 17.- Class I railroads. In a report made public by the White House the board also rec ommended semiannual cost of liv ing increases tied to the govern ment's consumer price index: a mutual bilateral three-year mora torium on demands for wnge in creases or decreases, and with drawal hy the carriers of three substantial demands for rules; changes. TAKE NO CHANCES Reds Clamp Iron Fist on Budapest VIENNA, Austria (UP)-Com munist fears of a new freedom revolution turned Budapest into an armed camp today. The Red army which crushed the October uprising stationed tanks and troops at key points throughout the city. The puppet Hungarian government called for daylong Communist meetings arouna ne country. ... j I Anil-t,ommunist irecuom nijm-1 rs have threatened tor several weeks to demonstrate openiy to- day on the 109th anniversary ofi the uprising against the Hapsburg oppression. ; But in leaflets distributed earlier this week the underground warned ligainst violence that would pro-1 Caoital a ii 69lh Year, No. 64 ' j : ,; - WU Tunes Up for Traditional Glee With only one more day to practice, the students at Willamette University are spending every spare minute marching, drilling and singing their song in anticipation of the 49th annual Freshman Glee Saturday evening. The song competition between classes will be presented at 8 p.m. in the gym. The winner will be decided by judges who will tally points on formation, theme, execution, words and music. Dr. Daniel Schulze, professor of German, will announce, ' the winner. The losing class, the fourth place' one, will take a cold dip in the waters of the mill stream on the appropriately titled "Blue Monday" after Glee. Freshman Glee has been a tradition at Willamette since 1908, when the class of 1912 challenged the rest of the school to song competition. REPRIEVE TOO LATE Abbott Pays Life as Knight Call Delayed SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (UP) Convicted kidnap-slayer Burton Abbott died in the San Qucntin gas chamber today while Gov. Goodwin J. Knight tried vainly to telephone the prison and order the execution stayed. A telephone call to the San Ouentin death chamber failed by only a minute or two from pre venting the execution of the slayer of 14-year-old Stephanie Bryan. Gov. Knight's clemency secre tary, Joseph G. Babich, said in Sacramento that Knight had phoned him from the aircraft car rier Hancock off the California coast to "hold it." Knight had previously received a last-minute plea from A b b o t's attorney George T. Davis. The execution was scheduled to start at 11:15 a.m. PST. and one minute later the call came from the ship to Babich. Babich told the governor, "The pills are dropping right now, but we'll do everything we can." On another line. Babich got through to San Quentin and asked, "Did it start?" The answer was "Yes." And Babich said, "You can't stop it then?" The answer came, "It's too late." Execution of the 28-yonr - old college student climaxed a morn ing of dramatic last-ditch appeals hy Davis, including a plea to Knight over television. Abbott went to death calmly. He spoke a few words as guards vokc another slaughter by soviet guns. The leaflets said the demonstra tions should be peaceful but pointed leaving the government of Premier Janos Kadar in no doubt as to its unpopularity. The Russians were not con vinced. It was just such a peace ful demonstration by Budapest stu dents last Oct. 23 that sparked the aems last uci. z.i inai spamca ine ' a ... u.. . i i. auut-u ieuu uy HTis ui tuuuAdiiun : ;ol Hungarians sickened ny iroi rresioeni i no. oiea in cans years unaer me soviet neci. The Red army stationed heavy , guards around government minis-1 tries, Lommunisi rany nanquar-; lers and at railroad stations and bridges. Tanks took up supporting i positions at strategic points, S&lein, Glee Loser n n mm : class heads, Frosh Gary Holmes, Tillamook; Sophomore Dean Bishoprlck, Woodburn; and Junior Skip Alexander, Grants Pass. Glee will be Saturday at 8 p.m. In the uni versity gym. (Capital Journal Photo) seated him in the steel chair of the apple green gas chamber and fixed straps to his chest and arms. One of the guards slapped him on the shoulder and the con demned man's lips formed the words. "All right," as the men stepped out of the chamber and clanged (he door shut behind them. Abbott, who maintained to the end that he was not responsible for the brutal slaying of the shy Berkeley school girl, died calmly as the cyanide gas reached the one lung left him after a siege of tu berculosis several years ago. He was pronounced dead at 11:25 a.m. TST. IP, FCC Urge Top Court to Toss HC Case WASHINGTON MV-The Federal Power Commission and the Idaho Power Co. Friday asked the Su preme Court to keep hands olf the liens Canyon controversy. They urged the court, in senar ate briefs, to throw nut a request that it rule on legality of Idaho rower s r PC license for construe. lion of three dams in the Hells 'Canyon reach of the Snake River.1, The National Hells Canyon Assn. has asked the high court to review a U. S. Court of Appeals decision which upheld the legality of the license. The association wants a federal project in the canyon. The association contends Ihe FPC is required by the federal power act to reject Idaho Power's three-dam plan and recommend lhat Congress authorize the feder al project. The FPC brief, signed hv Gen eral Willard W. Gatchell and the deputy general counsel. John C. Mason, argued that the federal power law was not violated. Top Tito Aide Dies in Paris LONDON m Moshe Pi jade, H'"iu,m m me i upraav ixauon- .1 t..-,Ki.. .j . . o, ",i'., ri.u a ,t in-uK-iidm irnuay mem. me news Tanjug reported. The report said Pilate suffered a ncan anac wnnr en mum a heart attack while en route home from London. He had been In Britain as head of visiting Yu- igoslav parliamentary delegation. Oregon, Friday, March Election Revision Rejected Ore. House Turns Down Simplicity Measure By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. Associated Press Writer The Oregon House of Representatives rejected Friday two efforts by an elections interim commit tee to simplify the ballot, it voted 50 to 8 against making the county offices of coroner, sur veyor, school superintendent, as sessor, constable and district court clerk appointive by the county courts. Thus the people still will elect those officers. And the House also voted 39-19 against eliminating ballot slogans for judges. 2-Ycar Task The interim committee had spent almost two years trying to find ways to shorten the ballot, and these two measures were part of its program. Still to be considered Is a meas ure to eliminate ballot slogans for all other offices. Opponents of the measure to make the county offices appoint ive argued that it is more demo cratic to have the people choose their officers. They said that the present system has . functioned well. Oregon's judges were almost unanimous in wanting to retain the ballot slogans. They feel it is necessary so that the voters can know which judges are running for reelection. Senate All Clear The Senate didn't even have a bill on ils calendar Friday. 1 lie Joint Ways and Means Committee reported that requests for appropriations now total 320 million dollars. This committee intends to prune the total down to 265 millions in order that no new taxes need to bs levied. The 320 million- total is the budget of ex-Gov. Klmo Smith plus all appropriation bull that nave been introduced. The committee introduced a hill, at the request of Atty. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton, to make the state pay the costs of investiga tions ordered by the governor. Purpose of the bill, which still must be considered by the com mittee, is to make the state pay inr sucn probes as the current Multnomah. County vice investiga lions. lien. Berkeley Lent (D). Port land, introduced a bill to remove Ihe provision that licenses of drunken drivers are automatically suspended. His bill would let the judge decide whether to suspend. A memorial asking Congress to adopt a food allotment program to dispose of farm surpluses was in troduced by Itcp. Thomas R. Mc Clcllan (D), Ncotsu. Viks Shove to Semifinals of Cage Tourney Unrankrd In anybody's final prc-tournamcnt poll, Ihe North .Salem High .School baskelhall team finds Itself In Ihe Class A-l semifinals tonight at the slate tournament competition In Eugene. Coach Ward Paldanlus' Vik ings will ploy Lincoln of Port land In Ihe 7:30 game after ad vancing hy Iwo consecutive one point victories. North .Salem upset Marshfleld, 50 to 49, Thursday afternoon. Marshfleld hnd surprised second ranked Klamath Falls Wednes day, Ihe day that North Salem edged Ontario, 41-40. North .Snicm-Lkicoln loser will play at 7:30 p.m. .Saturday for third place. Tonight's winner will go into the finals at 11:45 p.m. Legislators Vole on-Spot Study Of 17th Street Extension Plan By JAMES D. OLSON Capital Journal Writer Members of the Oregon House. Slate, and Federal Affairs Com mittee soon will visit the Stale Fairgrounds In view Die route of the proposed road across the north section of Ihe grounds, a project involving (he extension of North 17th street. Decision lo go lo the fairgrounds eame FriHav aflpr a hjarin0 tin Senate-approved Bill No. 30. giv- mg the State Fair Board power to enter into negotiations with the City of Salem for an exchange of property to make possible the Im provement. Both proponents and opponents " - - - russion of the issue. - """i" Arirnai Sen. Lee Ohmart, who spoke In favor of the bill, said it would make an arterial street nut of 1 7th street. sireei, wnicn passes tnrougn residential area. "I don't blame the residents on thu street (or objecting to thujmadc. Journal 15, 1957 Entered ie mitter at Said Brewster Admits Union Records Burned, Denies Rackets Control Charges President Bound for Bermuda NORFOLK, Va. President Eisenhower wears a broad smile as he waves his hat from the rail of the guided missile cruiser U.S.S. Canberra just before leaving the Norfolk Naval Base for Bermuda. Lining the rail with the chief executive are, left to right: Ma, Gen Howard Snyder, White Eisenhower's Flotilla Loafs Along at Sea ABOARD EISENHOWER ES CORT SHIP (UP I President Ei senhower headed into warm soulhern waters today on a lei surely cruise that he hopes will clear up the last of his bother some cold. The President was bunked sumptuously aboard the guided missile cruiser Canberra as it slowly traveled down the Atlantic Coast between the destroyers Wood and Barton in anti-subma rine formation. The small flotilla cleared the Virginia capes about 9 o'clock Friday night. The President re tired shortly afterward as the ships headed inlo open sens under a bright moon. Mr. Eisenhower's destination Is Bermuda for a unity conference with British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan. The Canberra is scheduled to arrive March 20. Mr. Eisenhower flew from Washington to Norfolk, Va., Thursday lo board the bristling missile ship. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty indicated that Mr. Eisenhower, a former general who has been strictly a landlub ber on his previous vacation, was taking to Ihe sea like an old salt. He said the President was "feel ing fine," Weather Details Maximum yettcrflav. AO: minimum Inriay, 41. Total 24-hour prerlplla tlnn, .M; for month, tVM; norm!, 3.17, ftfaton prfrlplUtlnn. 2M; nor mal, .U.Sfi. fllvrr hflcht, 12.2 lett. (iirpnrt hy U, 8. athT Iiiirfaii,) nroDnsal." Ohmart said. "I would! voice objections if 1 lived on the street. would dump heavy tralhc on Sil- Ohmart said Ihe proposal was verlon road, traffic which would ih rncli nf voar nl ntudv hvllhen have to cut hack In order to the Salem Planning Commission and the Salem City Council. The! plan, he said, would authorize Ihe fair hoard to give the city a small : t portion of the present parking area j and right of way land through the; CroVC of trees located in the SOUlb' eastern section of the fairgrounds in exchange for about three acres of land located north of the fair grounds. Robert Powell, chairman of Ihe Salem Planning Commission, told the committee that long study had ' inlhrr nnr h and Miulh . reet hall I j i. At .i wnh rould he used In conned with' 1, " a . Ii JhLav ""inn roan, tnnne io nignvinj Rep. Guy Jonas, U Salem, said that he saw no assurance that a connection between Silver- .ton and Portland roads would be, 1101640 JO ATSJSATUQ Probers Ask Beck For Finance Files WASHINGTON Ifl The Senate rackets investigating committee Friday ''requested" Dave Beck, international president of (he Blimp to End Record 11-Day Flight Tonight KEY WEST. Fla. MV-The Now blimp ZI'G-2 will end a record breaking 11-day romp through the skies tonight with her "well done" already inscribed on the 313-foot airship's log. The blimp left Weymouth Nnval Air Stnlion. Mass., at 6:32 p.m. March 4. She was due In touch ot Key West Nnval Air Station at B:30 tonight. More than 7.0110 miles of territory had passrd beneath nor hy yesterday, eclipsing a 1MI mark of fi.nao miles set hy the German Graf Zeppelin. Earlier, the blimp also had broken the old record of 200 hours, 12 minutes for nonrefueled light. The blimp's crew got this radio message from Adm. Aricigh Burke, chief of naval operations, as their craft floated over Flori da: "Heartiest congratulations on establishing a new world endur ance record for airships. Your un tiring efforts and devotion are most commendable. This flight . . . is another achievement which serves lo demonstrate the con tinuing search for technological advantages by the U.S. Navy Well done." As a result, he pointed out. that ; If Ihe extension was completed It reach Portland road, Hep. Robert l Elfslrnm, MI), Salem, said he hnd met with MnJ. Gen. Thomas Rilen Thursday in relation to the projected new armory planned to be built on the fairgrounds. "Gen. Rilen told me and others present at the conference lhat lo cation of the proposed armory hnd not been determined," Rep, F.lf strom said. "However, there were indications that the location might he in the same location that this m .. t,.l. ., i '" P Clarence Barlon. who sug g(1Jt(1(1 hn( ,h coimmtlo(. I the ground lo view Ihe site of Ihe rna(i ,aM he fell lhat unless Ihe! ' project plmis provide for some;driven hy Walter Davis of Helix. connection with Silvertnn and Port - land roads, extension of 17th street 1 would be of little value. 2 SECTIONS 16 Paget House physician; Adm. Jerauld Wright, Supreme Commander Atlantic NATO Forces; Elsenhower; Capt. Peter Aurand, White House Naval Aide; and Capt. Charles T. Mauro, skipper of the Canberra, (AP , Wlrephoto) . Teamsters' Union, to furnish all his financial records for the years 104!) through 1M5. Chairman McClellan (D-Ark) said Beck was asked lo notify the committee today whether he wi comply with Ihe request. It Heck does not, he said, the committee will issue "the proper processes to get those records be fore it." The committee's rcnuost covers all personal and union records kept by Heck or in his behalf. At hcattlo, Beck said ho would not comment until "I sec what the committee wonts and can consult with my attorneys." HecK said the "committee con tnke the legal action it deems necessary. Thai's its right. I'm going lo do the same t unc hv enn- suiting my attorneys and hy fol lowing meir advice. ' Beck snid "it may be that we will eventually elect to take Ihe I'lllh Amendment when he is called bclorc the committee. "In Hint case we will tell the commit tee we dcslro to testify in court where wo have the right of cross examination and are hound hy other rules of judicial procedure." Jury Quizzes Jioffa Aide in Bribery Case j WASHINGTON m - .lames R Hoffa's secretary arrived licrc irom Detroit Friday lo testify be fore a federal grand lurv consider- ing bribrry charges against her boss, vice president of the Tcnm- m its union. Holla was arrested by the FBf'Ahliotl Executed: Stay .i.i. ,jr nix,!, hiiu flccuseu oi attempting to hrihe a stalf mem her of the Senate rackets ruin millec lo give him material from (he commilteo files. He is freo on $25,000 bund. His secretary, Mrs. Dorothy P. Dobrescu, also was arrested as a material witness. No charges have been filed against her. Attorney Lawrence A. Burns, who accompanied her to the grand jury room, told newsmen Mrs. Dobrescu "is here lo tell whatever she knows." Coast Houtc Crash Fatal NKWPORT (1JP)G. B. John son, 81, Seal Rock, a retired Port land firemnn, was killed early to day In an automobile collision on Ihe Oregon Coast highway about a quarter-mile south of Woldporl. Lincoln county Coroner Bob n.itcmnn said Johnson was drlv - mg north anout 2: is a.m. when his car collided with an auto ' Davis, his wile, son Billy and , Davis' uncle, Clifford Johnson, air j were hospitalized hero, Contends He's Smear Drive Victim WASHINGTON (AP) Frank VV. Brewster testi fied Friday the financial records of the Western Conference of Teamsters .' were destroyed in 1954 tho same year the Internal Rev enue Service asked for them, Brewster said a janitor put the records in the trash because nl orders from the Seattle Fire De. parlmcnf to clean up a storage room as a fire hazard. , Brewster is head of the union' 11-state Western Conference.' under questioning from invest!. gating senators, he conceded that the conference's bookkeeping sys tem was sucn tnat it would bs "possible" to embezzle thousands of dollars in union funds. But Brewster said it was "not prob able." Enters General Denial The questioning went into ft. nancial matters after . Brewster entered a general denial that he and other union officers conspired to control rackets in Portland, Ore. He called this allegation "absolutely fantastic and com pletely untrue." The Senate rackets investigat ing committee was in the wind-up stages of Its inquiry into three charges. - Denying they are true, Brew ster pictured himself as the vic tim of a "smear campaign" by roruana racketeer James a. (Big amir. ,iKins ana outers. . ' Elklns, who said he decided ta talk because he got "double crossed," has been the principal witness giving testimony of the alleged conspiracy. Chairman McClellan (D-Ark) announced In the hearings that the committee has asked Dave Beck, international nresident of the Teamsters, to furnish it with all his financial records for the years 1949 through 1955. This is preliminary to hearings planned to begin about two weeks afler Iho current series on Portland is concluded. 2nd Records Disappearance Brewster's report of Ihe de struction of the Western Confer, ence's financial records was tho second time this week the com millce has run Into inability to get Ils hands on records. On Wednesday, Reginald Mike. sell, secretary-treasurer of , Ihe Oregon Teamsters Council, told the senators his organization's records for Ihe period from mid- 1954 lo mid-1956 had been de stroyed because more office space wns needed. The senators had asked lor these records. Robert Kennedy, committee counsel, brought out from Brew, ster lhat about the time the West ern Conference records were de stroyed the Internal Revenue Service wanted them In investi gating financial operations of Brewster and Beck. Asked about the financial rec ords, Brcwsler said he "knew by hearsay" that those prior to 1954 were destroyed in January, 1954 and that the Internal Revenue Service Inter wanted those books. He told the committee that "Buddy" Graham, secretary, treasurer of the Western Confer ence, took the records out of their customary storage place and they iContinucd on Page 5, Column II IScws in Brief For Friday, March 15, 1957 vtTinvti Comes too Lale Sec. 1. P. I Teamster Ross Brewster Denies All Charges . Sec. 1, P. 1 l.OCAI, Last Valley Harness Shop Closes Sec. I, P. 3 Knnpp Winner of F.ducntion Honor Sec. 1, P. J STATE House Turns Down Hallo! Changes Sec. I, P. t Legislators to Look at 17th Street Plan ... Sec. 1, P. t FOREIGN Israel Asks Support ol U. S. on Gaza Stand . Sec. 1, P. 1 Reds Take No Chances on Budapest Uprising . Sec. 1, P. 1 SPORTS North Salem Reaches A-l Semifinals Sec. J, P. t NCAA Regional Playoffs Open Tonight . Sec. S, P. 1 KF.Gfl.AR FEATURES Amusements , Editorials Locals Sec. 1, P. 1 See. 1, P. 4 .... Sec. 1, P, .1 ... Sec. 1, P. R 7 Sec. 1, P. S Sec. 1. P. 7 ... Sec. I. P. 4-7 ..... Sec. a, P. 4 : Society .... comics : Television ! Want Ads ...... Markets Dorothy Dij .. Sec. 5, P. ft 1 Crossword Puzzle ... Sec. 1, P, I O