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f ! f Page 2 Section I THE CAPITAL' JOURNAL Salem, Oregon, Thursday, March' 28, 1957 Mexico City Blasts Kill, Hurt 100 Police Search For Fireworks Plant Owner By JACK RUTLEDGE ? MEXICO CITY un Rescue workers dug through a wrecked Slock of rubble today seeking more victims of two explosions in I fireworks factory that left more than 100 Mexicans dead or in jured. Police hunted the factory owner for questioning. Eleven bodies four of them firemen had been recovered late last night. A hundred persons were hospitalized. Many were not expected to live. Most of the casualties resulted from the second blast, which came as hundreds of curious neighbors watched firemen fight- ' ing the fire after the first explo sion. Because it was lunchtime, the factory in a poor residential district apparently was empty. Owner Hunted Police said they wanted to ques tion Antonio Joyas Chavez, owner of the factory. Officers said his adjoining warehouse was illegal ly filled with dynamite and other explosives. . The factory was less than a mile from Mexico Citys International Airport and many windows in air port buildings were shattered. The sound of the two explosions could be heard over the noise of noonday traffic In "the heart of the city five miles away. Authorities gave this account: Nicolas Lome Munoz, a watch man, saw smoke curling from the factory, located on the Mexico City-Puebla highway which pass es the airport, shortly before noon. He told his wife to call firemen and then tried to halt the spread ing flames with buckets of water. The woman was unable to find a telephone. First Blast at Noon The first explosion occurred at noon, leveling the plant and dam aging nearby buildings. The blast killed the watchman, hurling his headless body 90 feet onto the highway. Firemen from the airport rushed to the factory and sought to halt 1 the racing flames. Hundreds of curious flocked to the scene and milled around watching the fire men. Fifteen, minutes later the ware house exploded with a roar that could be heard for miles. Four firemen, a policeman am five spectators were known have died in the second blast. Am balances and police converged on the area and began moving the injured to hospitals in relays. The explosions left a crater nearly 100 feet long and 30 feet deep where the factory and ware house had stood. Damage was es timated at 1320,000. Stars of Oscar Night ', -r-pry- y i;"l7P,-','';l y;.V-VyV 'VV-'-'.' ; "V, r ' x :. -nr!rn" . .. ' ' " "''"'" ''" ' HOLLYWOOD These were the stars as Hollywood hon ored Its best performers of the year last night at the an nual Academy Award presentations. Left to right: Doro thy Malonc, named best supporting actress of 1956; An thony Qulnn, best supporting actor; Anna Magnanl, Ital ian star who presented Yul Brynner with his Oscar as best actor of the year; Rrynner; Producer Buddy Adler, win ner of the Irving Thalberg Award as an outstanding movie maker, and Car Grant, who accepted the statuette won by Ingrid Bergman as best actress of 1 95G. (AP Wire-photo) H-Tests Halt Put On Agenda at UN LONDON m The controver sial issue of ending H-bomb tests was laid before the U.N. disarma ment subcommittee Thursday. soviet delegate Valerian Zirin. taking his cue from the Kremlin. demanded at a closed meeting Wednesday that the question be placed at the top of the agenda, informed sources said. The four Western members of the commit tee reluctantly agreed. diametrically opposed, could radi cally alter the picture. ine subcommittee agreed Wed ncsday to go from nuclear tests to conventional armaments, nu clear disarmament, control and inspection, missiles and rockets, Zorin's proposal obviously stemmed irom a new declaration by the Soviet Forcisn Ministrv Tuesday that Russia would imme diately halt nuclear tests if Brit- with your purchases UEJL emxa By UnivtxsoJ Krorerware and Kitchenware rOVENPROOF OPfN STOCK e felt the disarmament talks i ain and America uonlri An iu wouia jiave a Deiter chance of same. making progress if we began the field where we're closest to agreement, a highly-placed ob server said. The Western powers on the sub committee Britain, France, the United States and Canada want ed to start off in the field of con ventional armaments. Until Wednesday, the week-lone talks had preceded smoothlv through a general discussion of various disarmament plans ad vanced by Russia and the West. Reports from inside the closed committee rooms said there had been no personal clashes or "nega tive propaganda speeches" during the first week. Any violent clash over the nu- clear test issue, where Russia and 12 Rescued as Tuna Boat Off Panama Sinks PANAMA W-The U.S. Carib bean Air Command's rescue cen ter in the Canal Zone said todav the tuna boat Helen S. of San Diego. Calif., sank in the Pacific off Panama yesterday. All 12 crewmen were rescued. Two planes sent from Albrook Air Force Base in the Canal Zone remained over the area until the tuna fishermen were picked up I uv anoiner iunn nnnr th Mnr. ,,L unifi jjuwus aie Hiinust joe out oi aan redro. Nalley's Tang Salad Dressing CI. 3c BERGMAN 'VERY HAPPY' Ingrid, Brynner and Todd's '80 Days' Win Movie Oscars to tabor, Welfare Cash Whittling In Last Stages WASHINGTON IM A House drive to cut an estimated 200 mil lion dollars from new appropria tions asked for the Labor and Welfare Departments moved into Its final staces today. A coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats showed nn signs of weakening in their elfort. In the last two days, Ihev have persuaded the House lo cut 514. 408,100 from the amounts recom mended by its Appropriations Committee. The committee already had chopped 118 million dollars from President Klsenhowcr's requests for J2.862,502.8H1 to finance the two big departments and several minor agencies for the fiscal venr starling July 1. The House cuts, voted over the opposition of many committee members, were designed to hold 1958 appropriations seneratlv in their 1957 levels by denying funds for personnel expansion. Similar amendments to cut from 60 to 85 million dollars deeper were pending as the hill moved toward expected passage. AH the cuts are tentative and subject to possible roll-call voles before passage. Rep. Fogartv ID- KI), chairman of the subcommit tee which handled the bill, said he will demand the specific votes II tne House coalition reaches Its goal on the pending bill, ihe House will have cut about 900 million dollars from funds re quested in five annual appropria lion bills it has considered this year. By JAMES BACON HOLLYWOOD UR Ingrid Berg man, who exiled herself from Hol lywood eight years ago amid scorn and scandal, said Thursday she Is "delighted and very happy" that the movie industry has given her its highest honor. The 42-year-old Swedish star won the Academy Oscar at its 29th annual awards presentation Wednesday night. The gold award was for her portrayal of the be wildered pretender princess in "Annstasia." Yul Brynner won the lop-actor MEET THE LEGISLATORS vsl LA J REP. RICHARD E. CHOENER Rep. Rlrlmnl E. timelier (I)), Mllwnuklc has heroine known as the hcmocriitlc "spokesman" In Clnrkaiuns county where he eillls a weekly column In the Oregon City Kntrrprisr-Cimrlcr. He operates a Kcncrnl insur ance business In .Mlluaukle, and Is a friend ol .Sen. .Monroe Sweet land, Orncncr Is past president of the .Milnnuklc (''immunity rlub and North (lackamni Chnmbrr nt Cummerre: past riuinty chairman .March of Dimes anil ol the I'nlted Fund drive. He Is chairman of Demo cratic county Central committee and on executive board, Slate oemoerauc commlllee. lie was lender in the fight lo retain Kellogg Park for Industrial de velopment. He is a member of Oregon City Elks lodge and of Eagles Indue and Khianls club. Hep. (irnener was married lo t'hlnrls Puderbaugh In 1941 and they have three sons. REP. HARRY L. WELLS Hep. Harry I,. Wells. (D), La Orande, bark for his second house session. Is one of Ihe most respeeled of Oregon house mem bers. For Ihe greater part of his adult life he has operated a farm near Alleel whlrh Is now being run by Ills nephew. However, Rep. Wells Is still prominent In livestock eirrles. He was Ihe organizer and first chairman of the I'nlon county Agriculture Planning council. He Is past president ot Farm llur eau and lor a time was regional director of that organization. He is past president of Klwnnls club, member of Eagles lodge and Oregon Cattlemen's Assnrla Hon. Rep. Wells was born Marrh J, 1901, at Imhlrr. He attended ele mentary schools In I'nlon eounly nd wns graduated from Baker hlh school. He Is married and has a itep-daughler and two grandchildren. award for "The King and I" and "Around the World In 80 Days" was acclaimed the best picture of 1936,. Miss Bergman, in Paris, could not at first be reached when the news that'shc had won her second Oscar arrived just belorc dawn. Later, she exprescsd her delight and said she was especially glad that Brynner had received an award. She said, "We became very good friends" when they co starred in "Anastasia." Winners of supporting-player awards were Dorothy Malonc, as a sexy Texan heiress in "Written on the Wind." and Anthony Ouinn. is eccentric artist Gaucuin of "Lust for Life." Ingrid was the wife of a Bever ly Hills surgeon and Ihe mother of his daughter when she went to Italy and became the mother of a child by Italian director Roberto Ilosscllmi. She later married him. "Anastasia," which marked her return to American films, had a European locale, Miss Bergman asked onetime coslar Cary Grant lo accept her Oscar in case she won. blic won an Oscar in 1944 for "Gas Light." A top studio executive who asked not lo be identified said Inst night that he tried five years ago to cast Miss Bergman in a film, but encountered so much in dustry pressure he had to drop the plan. "Now that Hollywood has awarded her its highest honor." he added, "1 know that all is for. given, that sho will be welcomed back to Hollywood by the industry and. I'm sure, by Ihe public." George Stevens received llini best-director award for his sweep ing portrayal of a Texas oil fatn- ily in "Giant." He won the insi ! directorial Oscar for "A Place in: Ihe Sun." ! Peiping Frees Omaha Priest After 6 Years TOKYO W Peiping radio an nounced Thursday night that the Rev. Fulgencc Gross, a Roman Catholic missionary from Omaha, Neb., had been released in Shang hai after six years' imprisonment and house arrest on spy charges. father Gross, a member of the Franciscan Order, was released a day ahead of the completion of his sentence. He was arrested March 29, 1951. A Lutheran1 missionary, the Rev. Paul A. Mackcnsen of Balitmore, Md., was released earlier this month on completion of a five- year sentence. He said ho would remain in China to observe con- diitons there if he could find work to do. Reelase of Father Gross leaves four Amcircans under house ar rest in Shanghai and four other Americans believed held in Chi nese jails. Ihe terms of two other Catholic missionaries, the Revs. John A. Houle of Glendale. Calif., and Charles J. McCarthy of San Fran cisco, both arrested June 15. 1953. are due to expire in June. Two other Catholic missionaries. Fathers John P. Waener of Pitts burgh and Joseph P. McCormack of Ossining, N.Y., are due for re lease in June, 1958. BiiMHHMSSl CAPITOL CAPITOL Green Beans PEAS 363 Sixe Con ' ... ,. - 303 Size Con ! 10" Ladislaus Forgo, 69, recently was graduated at Citv College at New York with a HA. degree. During World War II, he volun teered, but was turned down by all armed services because of his ag2. Finally the Coast Guard ac cepted him. 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