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Salem, Oregon. Tuesday, April 16, 1957 Page 8 Section 1 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL 1 M i i J. f t i i C 1 n WROTE ONLY ONE A. P. ARTICLE I Cancer VictimKeeps Death Date -Much Sooner Than He Expected J.' By DWIGHT PITKIN DETROIT Wl Leonard Kor achke kept his rendezvous with death sooner than he expected. There were many things he planned to do. He had written one article for . The Associated Press on what his I reactions were when the doctor I;' (old him Jan. 31 he couldn't ex- poct to live much longer than six months. 'Me thought there was plenty of 'time to write several more. But time ran out for the 27-year-old Kcrschke. He died last night of the inoperable cancer that had spread from his groin lo bis lungs. Kcrschke was working on a sec ond article when his condition worsened. Saturday night his breathing became labored. He was taken to the Brent General Hospital. Kcrschke was stricken just as ho was starting a new career as a. gymnasium instructor with the Detroit Department of Parks and Recreation. He had always enjoyed good health until last fall when he first noted symptoms of a backache. At "Christmastime he developed svmnloms of pleurisy and nncu monia. In January he entered a -nospuai tor ODservanon. An exploratory operation dis closed the malignant cancer that 'Was to take his life. Kerschke liked people. And the nationwide response letters of ' sympathy and encouragement to his first article gave mm a nil. When he talked of things he would like to do, he always came back to one thing. He wanted to visit Washington, D.C. He had never been to the national capi tal. He would bundle his wife Alh Icyne and their baby daughters . Darleen and valeric into a car ; and they would be off to Wash- ington. But his energy gradually gave j'eut. The pains grew sharper. He idid not complain. !; Leonard Kerschke was happy to jibe home with his wife and 1-ycnr-!old daughter Darleen. His wife's E" arents had taken some of the urden off Mrs, Kcrschke by cor- ijB.F. Goodrich Workers Halt 15-Day Strike 20 Issues Settled, Rut Further Negotiations ' j,; Set by Plants ' CINCINNATI UV-Rubber work ers went back to their jobs at B.F. Goodrich Co. plants today after a 15-day strike over unsettled con tract negotiations here. : Agreement came late last night. -The talks here started March II, ; and continued after (he old agree ;menl expired March 31. ! The basic agreement is slill f subject to ratification by the 14.0110 union members and the United vltuhber Workers Exccutivo Board. t" Before it goes into effect, sup ' plemontary contracts will be ne ; gotiated at each of the nine Good j rich plants, covering issues con fined to the indJvidunl plant. The agreement continues '..through April 15, 195!), nnd in- eludes a 60-day wage reopening ( clause. Wages were not an issue , here. The company declined comment '-on the agreement, hut a union ne gotiator said he believes "it is , n very good settlement, one of ;'the best in the rubber industry." In Akron, a union spokesman ! raid that about 20 issues were in evolved and were settled satisfactorily. , Chief among these was the method of determining piece work s'andards. which was liberalized. .This issue had been a matter ol -friction (or about two years. Other features of the agreement: , A 3-cent Increase in night shift ; nonus at Akron and Llarksville. Tenn., plants. Enhanced vacation benefits, in cluding three weeks niter 11 ; years service and four week , after 25. ' Three days' pay tor a worker who has a death in his immrdintr - family. A paid lunch period for workers on certain jobs. Two weeks' makeup pay for em ployes on active reserve military training. ;' In addition lo the Akron nnd Clarksvillc plants. Goodrich facil ities arc at Marion. Ohio: Cadil lac. Mich.; Tuscaloosa. Ala.: Ml 'ami, Okla.: Oaks, Pa.; Riverside, N.J.; and Los Angeles. ing for little Valeric, who was born Feb. 2. Early in life Kcrschke had an ambition to he a concert pianist. It was their mutual love for music that brought them together. Smilingly, Leonard Kcrschke re called their romance. "I was 14," he said. "She was six months younger. I first saw her at the Bcthesda Missionary Temple on Nevada Street near Van Dyke. That was my family's church and Athloyno was there as a visitor. I admired her from a distance and 1 knew she was for mo." Both Leonard and Athlcync studied music at the Detroit In stitute of Musical Art. She played the violin. He look piano lessons. Later, through their Interest In church activities, they met again and Ihey were married in her church the Immanuel Bible Church on the East Side of Detroit June 30, 1051. Leonard Kerschke gave you the impression of being a religious man, but he did not encourage nuestiomng about his beliefs. On a stand at the head of his bed was a -.Bible. "It was a shock to me when I was told that I had only six months lo live," he said. "My first thought was of my family and then (he thought flashed through my mind of Christ in the Garden of Gcthsemane and what he said, Thy will be done, not mine." Officer Beats OffLeopardas Boy Is Clmved NKW ORLEANS Ml A police man fought off the attack of a 30-pound leopard cub Monday after the animal clawed a four- year-old boy and severely scratched his back and arms at the Audubon Park zoo. Earl Bowen Jr. was treated at Charity Hospital for a gash under his right arm and scratches on the back, head and abdomen. The leopard cub, crippled in the hind legs, was kept in a special sunning cage for convalescent an imals. Park Director George Douglass said Raymond Cuccio, a police man assigned lo the park, and J.W. Fabrc, 27, who brought the child to the zoo, led him into the pen to sec a sick chimpanzee. Fabre said Cuccio did not know the leopard was in the pen. The cub jumped from a corner as they were looking at the chimp and first tried to attack Cuccio. Fabrc said he kicked the ani mal away and reached for the child, but the cub leaped on the boy's back. . , Cuccio beat the leopard off with a stick. Douglass said the leopard would be examined for rabies. He said there was a "no admittance" sign on the cage. 4Mad Bomber' Dying of TB NEW YORK MV-A doctor says iiiocrcuiosis may kill New York s Mad Bomber in a few weeks. or possibly months. Dr. Albert LaVcrne offered that opinion at a sanity hearing in Brooklyn's Kings County Hospital ycsicraay. The bomber, George Melesky, was present at the start of the bearing. The 5.1-yonr-old mechan ic from Wnterbury, Conn., was strapped in a stretcher nnd had a gauze mask over his nose and mouth. In tbo midst of Iho hearing he was seized with a coughing spell and was wheeled out for oxygen treatment. "If these procedures arc pro longed much longer," LnVeme told Judge Samuel Leibowitz, "your honor may have a corpse rather Ihnn n defendant on which lo make a decision." "He doesn't have much more lo go," said I.avernc, a Helleviie Hospital psychiatrist. "It is only a question of weeks. It may, how' ever, go into months." Jenner Woos Ike's Support For '58 Race Malone AIho 'Assumes' He'll Have Bucking Of President WASHINGTON IB-Sen. Jenner (R-Ind) said today he "assumes" he will have the support of Presi dent Eisenhower in his bid for re-election to the . Senate next year. I assume the President will support me," Jenner said. "I know of no reason why he shouldn't. I'm a Republican." Jcnncr's comments were made in an interview in the wake of a similar statement by Sen. Malone (R-Ncv). After a 45-minute White House visit yesterday, Malone said he would welcome Eisenhower's backing in his own 1958 re-election campaign. Malone said if Eisen hower were running again which he can'l "I'd be for him." He said there was no discussion in his talk with Eisenhower as to support in next year's campaign. Jenner, Maionc and Sen. Mc Carthy (R-Wis) were the only three Republicans who voted ugainst Senate passage of the Eisenhower Middle Kasl tion. The three have been less critical of Eisenhower's domestic policies. In response to questions about the three senators at an Oct. 11 news conference, Eisenhower said "I can't look to them for help" in getting his legislative program approved by Congress. Kisenhower - said subsequently that he docsn t interfere in Re publican nomination contests. He declined at a March 13 news con ference to speculate on whether he would support Malone. Jenner nnd McCarthy although he said GOP National Chairman Meade Alcorn was "exactly right" in say ing the party organization would back all regular nominees. Beck Arrives in Galveston b GALVESTON, Tex. Dave Beck, 62 year old head of the investigation-battered International Teamsters Union, registers at a Galveston hotel where the union's 13 member executive board is to hold a stra tegy conference tomorrow. With Beck is Ralph Dixon, Dallas official of the union. At the left is the room clerk, Steve Boek. (AP Wirephoto) HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS VERY MUCH IN CHIPS BERKELEY. Calif, tfl Dad always suspected it. Now a sur vey has confirmed it: money-wise, a high school pupil is very much in the chips. In fact, a survey of the 2.600 in Berkeley High School indicates they have a combined annual buying power of around $900,000. The survey, directed by Dr. Mnnville R. Pcttcys in this city housing the University of Califor nia, came up with these tidbits: Average income was sii.i.tn But most of them also did part time work. . ' More than a third received al lowances from $1 to $2 a week; 30 per cent got 2 to $3; 25 per cent got $4 to $5; the remainder got $6 to 17.50. Four out of five worked at'least part time. Half worked all year. The average pay was 75 cents to a dollar an hour. Some earned $1.25 an hour. Baby-sitting was the most pop- vni-,1 during 1956. Part came from al-j .. ' ,, "Allowances ranging from $1 to; Nw expnditures East resolu-i'17-30 a wcek- Parl came froln wages ana salaries. Most of the 2,600 got allowances. Tax-Free Turkeys? DENVER (ft - The Colorado County Assessors Assn. is ponder ing the problem of tax-free tur keys, an important crop in the state. "The turkey is only an egg at assessment time on March 1" said State Rep. Palmer Burch (R Denver). "and by tax payment time on January 1 he's hash or worse." per cent reported the major item as clothing, an average of $89.37. Entertainment took $51.36; food $63.40. Highest average amount for any one expenditure was for a car. Car expenses for 14 per cent of B0 1 the enrollment averaged $161.91. SEEK CHICKEN BAN Dayton News 1 Strike Ends DAYTON, Ohio W The Day Ion Journal Herald hit the streets with a regular edition for the first i time in six days Tuesday follow ing settlement of a Teamsters Union strike Monday. Local 176 struck Dayton News papers, Inc. inursaay alter tnc company turned down a union de mand to boost wages of 25 jani tors and cleaning women by 70 cents and. 60 cents an hour re- HUNTINGTON, W. Va. HI - The Huntineton Humane Society asked the city to ban the sale of chicks spec-lively. They were earning a and ducklings as Easter pets fori minimum of $1 an hour, children. I The union Monday voted to ac he Society said that aside from . ,nrlri :ren r onni. its opposition on the ground of ' .. .. ... cruelty lo animals (children often " noat lor Jn"ors ana w ccms cause the death of these pels by i on hour for cleaning women. The cruel or constant handling), the children themselves may be af flicted by them. I lie Humane Society quoted Irnm the Journal of the American Med ical Assn. that among diseases traced to such pets is an intestinal inTni'linn cimil.nr In pm-rnt fpvpr settlement was similar to the company's earlier offer. The Journal Herald and its sis ter paper, the afternoon Daily News, were unable to publish when mechanical department em ployes refused to cross a Team ster picknl line. ifs "Coffee and" Time at Meier & Frank's-Salem each Thursday morning 9:30 to 10:30 A. M. Plan now lo meet your friends for "Coffee And" Time each Thursday morning in the Oregon Room - Street Floor. Have a cup of coffee and light snack and walch the informal modeling of casual clothes ... all for only 30c. :Kugene Schedules Annexation Hullol - EUGENE Wi May 16 was the I Hale set Monday night byj Kuscnc s City Council for an an nexation election on two areas I union could ooudic bugene s pres ent size. Voters ol the city wl also ballot on whether they want lo take in the two areas. Proposed for election are the River Hoad area, north of Eu gene, and the Oiikwny Willakenzie area, across the Willamette River ti-m the city. ; '''he Iwo areas have an esti-m.-'Ied 15.000 population. ; The council Monday night gave final readings lo the ordinance etling Ihe election after reject- dug final arguments against an nexation by some residents of the1 two areas. 1 ( htm BIG! htm CRISP! extm GOOD! JTffpJ; SJ POTATO CHIPS Spllf L V.- I I Nnlli-y s hig, cnm.liy, rrisp (Mitalo ihiw have thai extra "v 'j"lf fjj jffM'lf a" V I I flavor thai makes any tnpnl a "sHvinl edition." They're w JKW?- &J1 I. -.- f wh foil to rat. you just cim'l leave them nlon. Keep WjJLISV pjJ ;J .-' gM : If I Nalloy'a Potato Chipa handy for anm-kit! Servo them for J0 ''tBOS " m . M ' I parlies or just everyday good outing, Hnmemlx'r they'ra "jKT - Ji TL V.s J.ji. 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