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G apital jhjJ on rnal THE WEATHER, PATCHES OF late night and early morning fog; Increasing cloudiness Wednesday, rain Wednesday night, tow tonight, 32; high Wednesday, 5. 2 SECTIONS 20 Paget 69th Year, No. 73 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, March 26, 1957 ".ZiS Price 5c 34 Deaths Blizzard's 3-DayToll Rail Service Will Be Near-Normal By Tonight By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rescue and repair began to restore order to the snow -piled Great Plains Tuesday. But the rfenlh loll nf a throp. day blizzard that swept nine Slates rose to 34. ' 6 Victims of Fumes These included 15 attributed to traffic accidents in which the storm was a factor and 19 re lated to the weather conditions. .There were seven dead of expo sure, six killed by carbon mon oxide fumes in stalled cars; four who died from heart attacks due to exertion shoveling snow: and two burned fatally when a lighted candle set off a gas explosion in a home where the electric current had been knocked out. Railroads were quickest to get their service into some semblance of order. Two major train res cues were under way and all roads said Ihcy expected service to be near normal late Tuesday n-g:il. A huge task faced rescuers. Hundreds of small communities across' the desolate plains had been isolated since Saturday. Despite their own plight, inhabi tants of the area threw open their doors to refugees of the storm. Several towns were crowded with them. Farm homes welcomed , motorists seeking safety. More Dead Expected Snowbound cars by the hundreds were counted from the air yester day over the six-state high plains area eastern New Mexico and Colorado, the Panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, western Kansas and Nebraska. Rescuers believed more dead would be uncovered as the heavy snow thawed. Food and supplies were dropped irom tnc air and carried to disas (Continued on Page 5, Column 2) 'Voice'-Blamed By Cramer for KF Shootings KLAMATH FALLS m Guy Earl Cramer told the jury at his first degree murder trial Tuesday that he killed Fred Peterson, 75. Klamath County Welfare Board chairman, because a "voice" told him to "cast fire upon thine ene mies." The 76-ycar-old pensioner, speaking loudly, recited numerous instances from the witness stand when he said he heard the mys terious voice. He testified he only fired two shots during the welfare session at which Peterson was fatally wounded. Mrs. Altha Urquhart, county welfare administrator, and County Commissioner Jerry Raj- rws were wounded but recovered Cramer told the jury he heard! a third shot after Martin Swan- Anothcr is tne study of the pos son, the present acting director of sibjWy of extcnuing 13th street u:c niuaii' uuai u, i.iiun-u n mi : him. He said he and Swanson fell on the floor. Cramer did not say Who fired the third shot. The pensioner testified he was hot trying to kill Peterson. Ho said he expected the bullet might have hurt the welfare chairman. t'nclcr cross examination by spe cial prosecutor Charles Raymond, Cramer denied he went to the wel fare office to gel an increase in his allowance. Then he added I upnt thprp tn rin what mv guardian angel told me-to cast fire upon my enemies." City Manager Asks $12,000 To Tile Ditch The city of Salem appears to have responsibility for tiling and covering a drainage ditch in the Washington School area. City Man ager Kent Mathewson told mem bers of the Salem City Council Monday night. The manager said he favored putting money in the next budget to start the project. , Estimated cost of tiling and cov ering the ditch is $12.00(1. the city manneer said. At present there are no funds for the project in the were tossed about so rapidly at a ci'y budget. ; I meeting ol the State Board of Con- The matter came before the trol Tuesday that virtually evcry Ouncil through a petition signed one present was confused, includ- bv 165 persons pointing to the d sr.gers created by the ditch. It ?s termed a menace to both li ilth and safety. Mathewson said that the ditch i constructed by the city across jr. ate property to correct a drain are situation. Weather Details Minimum Tntertiv. SJ; minimum , me numncr oi Doys inai cnuin nc , urPn School that could be Utilized Mir . Tntu 21-honr wipiM-j housed in a tottage and the timel0 advantage, pending the passage s'.T.pI: MTr?I?ii.i' . ;lrmti:!' "ay nf ,h,! ' committed by ) 0f , bjl authorizing construction nf j! 'j. nirrr nMht. i irrL (Bfport the courts. lwo buildings to care tor some 190 , v. s. Mini nart.... Holn)cr uggcsled , nine-month 1 additional boys. Spring Means Cherry Blossoms in Valley Nature's real signs of spring, clear skies and blooming cherry blossoms, came to Salem and the valley this week. These .lovely big blossoms are on trees at the front of the Kenneth Connover home, 2196 TO MAKE CREEK SAFER Mayor Initiates Park Cleanup Day Project By DOUGLAS SEYMOUR Capital Journal City Editor A Saturday in May will be designated as Park Cleanup day when Salem citizens can volunteer their labor to help clean up the area of Bush Pasture Park around Pringle Creek, Mayor Robert F. White announced Monday. City Planners May Ask Union Tracks Pullout Members of the Salem Planning Commission will discuss a proposal at their meeting Tuesday to recom mend to the City Council that the Southern Pacific Railroad be re quested to move its tracks from Union street within one year. The proposal is one of four being presented to the commission by , cw j Tr.ifo rnmmiiteo cnlll, f Unvt street nnri north Ot its present termination near the SP terminal through the SP prop perty to join 12th street. The other proposals are that parking be prohibited between Mis sion street and the bridge- on South 12th street and that a study be made of the possibility of prohibit ing left turns going cast on Center street at 14lh. The commission will hold public hearings for a change of zone 'from R-4 residential to M-l light industrial of property on the south side of Bellevue street between 21st and 22nd streets; a variance to extend an existing house at 1600 Madison street and for a variance to construct a dwelling at 565. Ben Lomond Dr. with a five foot front yard setback line. HOLMES, HATFIELD Confusion Figures at By JAMES D. OLSON Capital Journal Writer Varying population figures for , the MacLaren School for Boys ing the board members The confusion arose after Free- man Holmer of the Department of Finance, who had been requested i as a sidelight in the long discus to make a population and housing sjoni Secretary of State Mark Hat survey at the institution, had made field, who had just concluded a his report. private inspection of all state In- James Lamb, superintendent of : stitutions, entered into a mild has the institution, immediately jues-1 SP with Gov. Robert D. Holmes, tinned Holmer s estimates of thej Hatfield maintained that there intake during the next two years. wu considerable space at Mac- The mayor told ot tne cleanup plan following another hearing at the City Council meeting in which need for work in the park area was stressed. A movement to provide for more safety in the much-used park area was launched by members of the Salem Firemen's Auxiliary last month following the drowning of a three-year-old child in Pringle Creek near the boundary of the park property. "Doing Our Best" "We are doing the best wc can, wc arc not forgetting the project." the mayor said Monday night. He explained that because of high water in the creek it was not feas ible to stage the cleanup before May. The mayor also requested each' organization interested in the proj ect at the park to name a person to meet with the park advisory board and the city administration. One Salem organization, the Active Club, has already offered ils services to aid In the park cleanup. Frank ales. past president of the group, said that the members of the club would donate time on the project if materials were furnished. Group Makes Contacts Mrs. Jim Hall, representing the Firemen's Auxiliary, told of the action the group has taken in contacting other organizations to arouse interest in the project. She said she had found a strong sen timent to have the park cleaned up. (Continued on Page 5, Column 4) JOUST . Reigns on MacLaren Control Board Meet average stay while Lamb contend ed that Ihe 12-month average stay was necessary if any kind of a rehabilitation job was to be ac complished. Lamb also contended that each of a number of cottages should house only 25 or 30 boys while Holmer in his report said that dur ing the emergency as high as 60 boys could be accommodated State St. The rain isn't over yet for the area, but scenes like this liave made the weather outlook a lot more cheerful. (Cap ital Journal Photo by Jerry Clausscn) Buds Burst, Area Basks In Sunshine Flowering shrubs and the ornamental and fruit trees were all bursting into full bloom un der the bright sunshine that made Tuesday a near perfect spring day. Ot course the early morning was chilly, the mercury dipping to below freezing, with an of ficial minimum of 30 in Salem, but that was soon forgotten with valley folk basking in the sun shine. A gloomy note was sounded by the weather bureau, how ever, the forecast calling for increasing cloudiness and rain by Wednesday night, OLCC Agent Quits, Won't Be Replaced PORTLAND (UP) The resigna tion of Gordon P.. McReary, lieu tenant in the enforcement division of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, was reported today. McReary was enforcement head lor the OLCC's "hard liquor" di vision and supervised policing and inspection of night clubs and other locations where whisky is dis pensed. He had been on the com mission for 9 1-2 years. The resignation follows last week's firing of Thomas Sheridan, assistant - OLCC administrator. Sheridan said he would appeal to the Civil Service Commission for a hearing. Administrator Joseph A. Nance said neither man would be re placed. McReary said in his letter ot resignation that he was leaving "with regret" but that he had re ceived a job offer with a better salary and advancement oppor tunity. Gov. Holmes said the answer, as far as he was concerned, was very easy. "We have hired Mr. Lamb tn run that Institution and I'm going along with his recommendations. If he is not right, we should get a new superintendent, but as long as he is there, I'll take his word." ' Hatfield Immediately retorted that there were other sources for factual information concerning the institution, including the Gover nor's own Department of Finance, and that he was not depending en tirely on any stale administrator's recommendation without checking. Out of the long discussion, the board finally requested the Depart ment of Finance and the board's secretary. William Ryan, tn go over the figures offered hy both Lamb and Holmer and present them to the board. Beck On Records, Invokes U.S. Backs Gaza Stay Of UNEF Dulles Questions Egypt Right to Oust Units WASHINGTON IB Secre tary of State Dulles question ed Tuesday whether Egypt has the right to force United Na tions troops out of Egyptian territory before their peace making mission is completed. Dulles also told a news confer ence he thinks U.N. Emergency Forces should be stationed on both sides of the Israeli Arab armistice line. That would involve their being partly on Is raeli territory. Both these matters arc issues the continuing Middle East crisis. The Egyptian government has been throwing out hints that it might force U.N. troops to leave Egyptian soil now that they have fully replaced Israeli forces. Israel Has Resisted The Israeli government has re sisted so far all suggestions that U.N. forces take up positions on its side of the Gaza Strip border. On other points Dulles said: 1. President Eisenhower and British Primo Minister Mncmillan reviewed at Bermuda arrange ments between the United States and Britain for flashing alerts in event of an enemy attack threat. Dulles said that as a result oi their talk, what he called alert arrangements are to be further reviewed and improved... -. 2. Dulles has cautious optimism about negotiations of U.N. Secre tary General Dag Hammarskiold with Egyptian President Nasser for future operation of tho Suez Canal and the status of the U.N. forces in the area. Dulles said he expects Hammarskjold to make a detailed report in a few days. Missiles Action Wails 3. France and other allies as well as Britain may some day obtain guided missiles from the United States. But Dulles said Ihis is not under active considera tion now. Dulles said congression al leaders were informed at the White House Monday that (he Ei senhower administration is not even sure when intermediate range ballistics missiles will be supplied to Britain in accordance with a promise made at Bermuda last week. Dag Unable to Sway Nasser On Any Issues CAIRO Hi U.N. Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold today was winding up his latest Cairo mission with no sign of any major change in Egypt's stand on the Middle East deadlocks. Egyptian informants said Presi dent Nasser's government may make some slight concessions to big Western users of the Suez Canal. But they said Hammar skjold had run into a dead end in his efforts to get formal agree ment from Nasser that U.N. troops could stay indefinitely in the Gaza Strip as a barrier against renewed violence. The secretary general held what was expected to be his last talk with Nasser last night. He plans to leave for New York tomorrow. Egyptian officials and the Egyp tian press sought to give the im pression a general agreement was "imminent on the Suez Canal dis pute, but Western diplomats were skeptical. U.N. sources empha sized that Hammarskjold is here only as a mediator. Salute to Woodhurn Did you ever wonder how Woodhurn, located In the north end of Marlon county, got Hi name? It all happened, accord ing to Rrn Maxwell, In 1870 when railroad worker watched slashings burn on the new town lite and was Inspired to "Call It Woodburn." True or not, that's one ot Ihe Interesting features you'll rend about In this week's "( Itir Of The Valley" feature on Wood hurn In the Capital Journal. You'll find Ren Maxwell's re port on Woodhurn on Page 3, Sec. t. Defie Beck as He Took 'The Fifth9 i XIH Kit " '1 ? Mi 'I ! ' I 7 H I X President Dave Beck or the International Teamsters Union Is pictured as he defied attempts of a Senate inves tigating committee to dig Into his financial affairs by invoking the Fifth amendment today. (AP Wlrcphoto) Twining Named Boss Of Military Planners WASHINGTON Oil President shuffle of key defense jobs, Tuesday nominated Gen. Nathan F. Twining to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He will succeed Adm. Arthur W. Radford on Aug. 15. The President also: 1. Accepted the resignation of Reuben B. Robertson Jr. as dep uty secretary of defense and nom inated Secretary of Ihe Air Force Quarles to succeed him, effective April 25. 2. Named James II. Douglas, now under secretary of the Air Force, to succeed Quarles as sec retary. 3. Nominated Gen. Thomas I). While, now Air Force vice chief of staff, to be chief of staff, suc ceeding Twining. 4. Nominated Adm. Arleigh A. Burke for a new two-year Icrm as chief of naval operations. The fourlh member of the Joint Chiefs of Stalf, Gen. Maxwell I). Taylor, Army chief of staff, still has until June 29, HIM to serve before his term expires. Radford, the retiring chairman nf the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will have served two two-year terms as head of that lop policy planning unit when he steps down on Aug. 15. The law limits one man's serv ice in the post to that lenglh of lime. Twining. 50. is Ihe first airman tn he named chairman ol the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has served on that unit as Air Force chief of staff since June 1053. Ex-French Premier Edon ar d Herriot Dies LYON, France Wl F.dnuard Herriot, three times premier of France and honorary president of the National Assembly, died Tues day after a long illness. He was B4. Herriot was the "grand old man" of the French Radical So cialist Party, which despite Ils tide is a conservative political group. His wife was at his bedside when he died. Herriot had been suffering from serious heart and lung ailments. Pierre Cardinal Gerlier was also with him. Herriot first became premier In 1924 and remained In power less than a year. He formed his sec ond government In 1926 but It top- jpled in 48 hours because of finan cial problems. In 1932 he came back into pow !er but he was shortly overthrown because of insistence that France pny a World War I debt install ment to the United Slates al the appointed time. ' He was an early backer of Pierre Mendes France and one ol the early movers for a united Eu- irope. 3 if . . . v.. , k ?i . , Eisenhower, in a major re I 1 o Aired santiam Man Found in Nursing Home A prospector who had been re ported missing from his cabin in the Utile Fork of the Santinm Ri ver for the pnst 10 weeks was found today in a Grcsham nurs ing home. The Marion County Sheriff's Of fice received word shortly before noon Tuesday that Gus Waldisberg is now at the Wlldwood Nursing Home in the caslern Multnomah County city. He was located through a Port land address found In his cabin Monday hy Sheriff Denver Young and Deputy Richard Hoehringer who walked into Ihe area Monday. A chock nf the Porllnnd address led to Ihe nursing home. The 7fi-year-old man had last . been seen in the Sanliam area about 10 weeks ago hy a friend who had taken him to Portland. He I was reported missing Inst week. Herriot was Imprisoned In 1942 because of his strong stand against the Vichy government, ljiter he was moved tn Germany and Russian troops liberated him. V-mA f""""" " "" Tl I I KDOIIARD UKRROT ers Balk on Witness Stand Tests Union Code of Ethics That Provides for Ouster WASHINGTON (A?) - ly pleading the Fifth Amendment, refused Tuesday to tell Senate investigators whether he took' money from Teamsters Union treasuries for his own bank account. One question was whether Beck used $l,516.49 of union funds "to build your own house" in Se attle. Wilh.thc same plea against pos sible self-incrimination, the rotund union boss also refused to turn over his financial records to the Senate rackets investigating com mittee. Test Case for Labor Beck's stand posed something of a test case for the whole labor movement. The AFL-CIO, with which the Teamsters Union is af filiated, has a code calling for ouster of any union officer who invokes the Fifth Amendment at a proper hearing to nvoid answer ing questions about alleged wrong doing. 1 George Mcany, AFL-CIO presi dent, called a meeting of tho AFL CIO Executive Council for Friday. A spokesman said it would deal with this Beck thing, of course. Meany's action heralded a pos sible ouster action against the Teamsters, biggest AFL-CIO af filiate. The federation's only method of enforcing its code is to encourage ouster of offending ollicials or, as a last resort, to boot tho union out of tho AFL-CIO, He Didn't Sign It At the Senate hearing, Sen. Ken nedy (D-Mass) asked Deck wheth er he had signed the L-C10 code. Beck first said he could not re call, then said he didn't sign it, and bad fought it vigorously. He is a member of the council, Kennedy asked whether Beck in tended then to resign either as president or from tlio council. "I certainly do not ever inlcnd lo resign when I m exercising a conslilution.il right. Beck said, his voice rising a bit. "I certainly do not agree with the code," Beck said, contending that it violates constitutional rights." After Ihe hearing recessed for lunch Beck told newsmen lie would have "no comment" on Meany's call of the rriday council session. Asked whether he would attend it. Beck said "1 don't know, 1 may be here." Hot and Heavy The going1 between Beck and the senators was hot and heavy at times. But at the luncheon recess, it had settled into a relatively mild routine of Robert F. Kennedy, the committee counsel, asking Beck a scries of questions as lo whether he had taken various sums from union treasuries at different times for his personal use. To these questions, Beck re turned tho slock reply of refusing to answer on constitutional grounds. A statement by Chairman Mc Clellan (I)-Ark) at the oulsct of (lie hearing indicated that Ken nedy's over-all total, when finally reached, would ho $320,000. McClellan told Beck thill evi dence in the committee's hands indicated tho Teamsters president "may have misappropriated'' that amount. Aside from the question as lo the financing of Beck's home, specilic queries put hy Kennedy and which Beck declined lo ans werincluded whether he "took" $36,000 of union funds lo pay off "personal loans at a bank" in 1946, and $85,119 92 from 1949 through 1953 to pay his "personal bills." Chnllrngrs Jurlsillrllon Some of Ihe warmest exchanges Beck had Willi the senators stem med Irom his challenging the jurisdiction ol tlio senators to in vestigate either his affairs or those of the union. McClellan asked whether Beck did not feel that union members had a right tn know what their oflicers had done with Iheir mon ey. . Beck argued that any member who felt "aggrieved" could take it up through established union procedure. "A million and a half Team sters," McClellan said at one point, "would like to know wheth er you regard the Fifth Amend ment protection of yourself as transcending your duly to them." "Doesn't your spirit pt patriot Ism nudge you just a little" to provide the information. Mcciel lan said at another point. Beck retorted that McClellan !h:i . ... !!,..-- J- nan nnngm in me i anirsi oe- grec in impugn my mmive... (Ctnttivs' qf-Ki Coltmn 5) Sits 'Sth' Dave Rr-cl- mnnntnnn,,.. House Okays $100,000 for Span Survey Astoria Bridge Design Will Take at Least Year's Time The House today unanimously passed a bill appropriating $100, two for surveys and design of a bridgo across tho Columbia river at Astoria. The bridge would be built ioint. ly by Oregon and Washington. Tho Washington Legislature has already approved $100,000 for its share of the study. . Rep. W. H. Holmslorm. ' Gear. hart Democrat, said that ferry Mirvira uciwccn Astoria and Meg- icr, ivasn., was antiquated and un-cconomical and that the need for a bridge linking Highway 101 in the two states has long been recognizca. Holmstrom said $1.5 million would have to bo spent in tho next : live years to replace ferries. ino bridge appropriates no money for construction. Holm strom said the bridge would havt to be designed before a permit to construct could be obtained from tne corps ot engineers. Design will take from. 1 to Vit years. ' Holmslrom said actual financing of tho bridge could be considered once tho permit to construct wni granted. Ho added that the bridge would pay for itself over a ooriod or years In tolls. Ike Welcomes 'Non-Danger' Budget Chop WASHINGTON W President Eisenhower Tuesday told Menuh. lican congressional leaders he would welcome cuts in tho admin istration s $71,800,000,000 budget so long as there is no "danger to vital Interests of the country." Tho President's position amounting to a reiteration, was reported to newsmen by Senate Republican leader Knowland of California after he and other GOP congressional chiefs held their regular Tuesday morning confer ence with Eisenhower. Knowland and House GOP lead er Maclin of Massachusetts said the session also dealt with pros pects for a House vote on the administration's civil rights pro gram in advance of Congress' Easier recess, scheduled to start April 18. Martin snid he looks for nt least eight of the 12 members of Ihe House Rules Committee lo vote soon to send the civil rights measure In the House for action there. The House Judiciary Com mittee already has approved the hill. lNews in Brief For Tuesday, March 26, 1957 NATIONAL Dave Beck Challenges Probers' Authority . Sec. 1, P. 1 Death Toll I'p to 34 in 8-Stale Blizzard Sec1, P. 1 LOCAL City Aldermen Oppose Institutions Bill .. Sec. LP. 5 City Manager Gaveled Down by Mayor All in Fun . Sec. 1, P, 5 STATE Senale Sets Showdown on "Key Dislricts" Friday . Sec. 1, P. I FOREIGN France Expected tn Seek U. S. Missiles Sec. t, P.J SPORTS John Lewis Impressed by NCAA Playoffs ... . Sec. 2, P. 1 Willamette Relays List ol Stars Growing Sec. 2, P, 1 National AAU Hoop Tourney Under Way Sec. 2, P. J REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Editorials .. Locals ...... Society Comics , Television ... Want vris ... M l.A,. Sect, P. 2 Sec. 1, P. 4 Sec. 1, P. 5 See. LP. 6-7 Sec. J, P. 4 Sec. 2. 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