Capital p " THE WEATHER Journal 2 SECTIONS ' MOSTLY CLOUDY, few scattered showers this evening,, occasional light rain tonight; partly cloudy with scattered showers, Saturday. Low tonight, 44; high Saturday, 57. 20 Paget 69th Year, No. 93 Salem, Oregon, Friday, April 19, 1957 : Bntorad as stcond class matter at Sftlem. Or - 4 Bonds for RoadOKd In Senate Property Tax Cut For Homes Wins In First Test By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. Associated Press Writer . - The Senate Taxation Committee gave tentative : approval Friday to a meas- ure to give property tax relief to home owners and to double the property tax on utilities. At the same time, the Senate voted 29 to 1 and sent to the House a bill to issue $12,600,000 worth of i' bonds to modernize the Oregon ' Coast Highway in Curry County. " The tax measure would grant $.1,000 exemptions in levying prop- ; erty taxes on homes which are occupied by the owner. Would Soak Utilities v Utilities would be assessed at double the rate of other classes - of property. This would be a de parture from the principle that all classes of property should be ' taxed uniformly. The Senate committee approved the amendment 5-2, but it did not take final action on the measure. Supporters argued that the amendment is justified because the 1955 Legislature reduced util ity property taxes in shifting them to the corporation excise tax. The House Taxation Committee introduced its corporation tax bill, which boosts the utility taxes un der the corporation levy from 4 to 7 per cent of income. The same bill raises other classes of corpor ations from 6 to 7 per cent. The coast bond bill would per mit construction of the 35-mile stretch of Coast Highway between Gold Beach and Brookings in the next five, years. Supporters of the bill said that without the bonds, it would take 15 to 20 years. Only Belton Opposed Sen. Howard C. Belton (R), Canby, cast the lone vote against it. It would increase the amount of outstanding highway bonds to 78 million dollars. Sen. R. F. Chapman (D), Coos Bay, said the 35-mile section con - -tains 350 curves. ' He said the Coast is losing many tourists because northbound mo torists are advised at Crescent City, Calif., to take the Redwood Highway to Grants Pass. Chapman said the route now is in the same condition as it was 35 or 40 years ago when it was built wan mules and scrapers. Sen. Andrew J. Naterlin D Newport, said the new route would shorten the distance by eight miles., The House voted 38-17 and sent to the Senate a bill to make non profit hospitals and rest homes liable to damage suits for injury to person or property. Another bill approved by the House and sent to the Senate would create a ragweed control area throughout Western Oregon. The Department of Agriculture would supervise control of the weed that causes hay fever, and (Continued on Page 5, Column 2 Rep. Littrell ' t n XVT I " in Lar wrecit ROSEBURG (tfl State Rep, E. J. Littrell, Medford. was shaken up but not seriously in jured in a traffic collision near Myrtle Creek, south of here, Thursday night. State police said Littrell, driving toward Medford on Highway 99, tv'owed his car to avoid people picking up items which had spilled from a trailer, onto the highway. His car was struck from behind by one driven by Ralph Lynn Iholts, 18, Canyonville. The Iholts car in turn was hit by a third car. After police had helped pull the Littrell car from a roadside ditch where it had been knocked by the impact, the representative and Mrs. Lillrcil continued on, then- way south. Rocket Didn't Go to Jupiter, Only to Roof WASHINGTON (UP)-The Uni versity of Maryland has found its missing 3,800-mile-an-hour space rocket. It didn't leave for Jupiter after all. It only went as far as the roof of the University Administration Building. Moreover, campus police who spent all day Thursday looking for the 15-foot long "Terrapin" and campus jokers suspect ib didn't get to the four-story high roof on its own power. The 200-pound rocket lent to the university by Republic Avia tion Corp. had been on display in the Student Union Building. When officials opened up the building Thursday morning, the rocket was gone. A note lying in Its place said: "Farewell, earth people." End of Road . O. (V.:'j .-: 6,1 tlK NEW YORK George Metcsky, the Mad BombcrN who . planted 32 home made explosives in New York public places over the past 15 years, waves feebly from the stretcher as he is carried from a Brooklyn hospital today on the way to Mattawan state hospital for the criminal Insane. It is expected to be the last journey for the 54-year-old Watcrbury, Conn., bachelor. . Doctors say he is dying of tuberculosis and psychiatrists say Metcsky is mentally Incapable of standing trial. (AP Wirephoto) Court Orders Conflict In Elkins-Clark Trial PORTLAND (IP) A conflict federal court today threw the B. Elkins and Raymond Clark to leave some witnesses facing Time-Reversal Theory Hit by Oppenheimer ROCHESTER, N. Y. Wl Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, N.J., says he questions the time-reversal prin ciple, one of tnrce used to explain basic laws of nuclear physics. Onnenheimer, who directed wartime development of the atom bomb, explained his doubts in a talk Thursday night at the 7th annual conference on high energy physics at the University of Roch ester. About 300 top nuclear phy sicists attended the conference. In questioning the' principle of time-reversal, Oppenheimer was the second to cast doubt on the validity of the classic trio desig nated by the letters. "CPT." Time-reversal of T states that if time is reversed the sequence of events that have occurred will occur again, but in reverse se quence. " Dr. Shen Ning Yang ot, tne Institute for Advanced Study and Dr. T. D. Lee of Columbia Uni versity had attacked the principle of parity or "P" a few months ago. Parity says, in effect, that any process which occurs in nature can also occur as it would be seen reflected in a mirror. The third principle, charge con junction or "C," states that a charged particle must have a negatively charged twin. Dockers Filch Scotch Whisky By the Barrel SEATTLE VH Who got away wilh the barrel of scotch? The mystery of the missing hogshead of imported stuff came to light Thursday with the filing of claims of $1. 248.64 against the Port of Seattle. The hogshead was one of 30 de livered from Scotland to the Port of Seattle last December for the Washington State Liquor Control Board, it disappeared Dec. 11. There have been charges before that dock workers upon occasion have slipped a bottle or two under their jackets on leaving the job. But never anything like this. This was 62H gallons; 630 pounds. Special stuff, too 114 proof; ready for "watering-down" to 86 proof by the state agency. The valuation breakdown is this way: the whisky and the 14 hogs head, $397.19: import duty. $101.- 43: interna! revenue tax, S7.i0.02. The FBI has been trying to pick up the scent. a.FWVP jnn AWnnED PORTLAND Wi The Army Engineers Friday announced the award of a $15,897 contract to the Oak Electric Co., Oakridge. for debris cleanup work at the Look out Point Reservoir on the middle fork of (he Willamette River. for Bomber between a state court and a wiretap trial of racketeer James into a legal snarl which seemed possible contempt no matter fwhich way they turn. Circuit Judge Charles W. Red ding today reaffirmed an order that a dozen present or lormer state and county officials must not give certain testimony in the fed eral trial of Elkins . and cixins employe, Raymond W. Clark. This apparently left the officials in the position of having to risk punishment for contempt either by Judge Redding or by U.S. District Judge William East. Earlier, Judge R e d di ng had issued a temporary injunction against such testimony. Judge East said he regarded the order ; invalid in the federal trial. Judge Redding said he had gone with only three hours sleep the past three nights while pondering the case. Raid Held Illegal Specifically, his order prohibits officials who took part in a raid on Clark's home last May from testifying about the raid or five rolls of seized tape recordings. The order also applies to certain officials who handled the evidence after it was seized. Among those to whom the in junction applies are Mayor Terry Schrunk who was sheriff at the time of the raid, District Attorney William Langlcy, Attorney Gener al Robert Y. Thornton, Slate Po lice Superintendent H. G. Maison, state policemen and sheriff's dcp: utics. Judge Redding said the order did not prohibit the officials from testifying in the federal case ex cept about this particular evi dence, which" is considered key evidence. Elkins' trial opened this week and a jury has been selected. But the jurors had not4 yet heard any evidence. ON LINKS BY 10 A.M. Ike Na mes En voys; HosttoHumphreys AUGUSTA. Ga. Wl President Eisenhower Friday picked new ambassadors to Mexico, Sweden and Colombia. In advance of getting in a round of golf on this first full day of his Easter holiday, the President announced his intention to nomin ate: Robert C. Hill, now assistant Secretary of State for Congression al relations, as ambassador to Mexico. Francis White, career diplomat who now is envoy to Mexico, as ambassador to Sweden. John M. Cabot, who moves from the embassy in Sweden to become ambassador to Colombia. In Co lombia Cahot will succeed Philip W. Bonsai, who has been reas signed to Bolivia. All of the nominations will be sent to the Senate when Congress returns to Washington after its Easter recess. Eisenhower flew here from the capital Thursday for about 12 days of golf mixed with work. He was in bis office above the pro 1st Canal ! Tolls Paid By British Egypt Jubilant, Predict End of Boycott . . By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent The British freighter West Breeze sailed through the Suez Canal to day,, the first British ship to do so since the invasion of last October. The. Egyptian press was jubilant and predicted an early end to any Western boycott of the canal. Jordan Bars Russ Nuns The situation in Jordan quieted down for the moment, but the new anti-Communist policy of the Am man government had repercus sions in Jerusalem today. Jordan border authorities refused to admit three Russian nuns because they carried Soviet passports. Jordan opened the border to Russians only last Christmas, but balked at today's Easter pilgrims. King Hussein of Jordan told United Press Correspondent Joe Morris earlier in an interview that his country would fight all "im perialism," avoid foreign pacts and steer clear of such imported dogmas as Communism. But he said Jordan would observe "posi tive neutrality" the course "ad vocated by Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Pay as Nasser Demands Banner headlines in Cairo news paper said the West Breeze and the British freighter Poplar Hill had paid their canal dues in Swiss francs to the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority as demanded by Presi dent damal Abdel Nasser. The Egyptian authority nounced in Port Said that the American President liner Presi dent Jackson would pass through the canal next Wednesday, the first American ship to do so. It said the 9,277-ton ship also would pay its tolls to Egypt. Sen. Williams Spurns Rebate WASHINGTON Ifl Sen. Wil liams (R-Dcl) says he has made several unsuccessful attempts to return to the Treasury $1,508.26 he had left over from last year's stationery allowance. The senator complains the treas ury won't let him do it. Williams said that in nine previ ous years, he has returned a total of $3,786.57 in such unspent funds. But, he added, this time he bumped into a new treasury rul ing that the money cither (1) Must be spent, or (2) The senator will be taxed on the unspent portion, even if it is left in the Treasury. Tho Delaware lawmaker, in tell ing the Senate of his troubles Thursday, said he has asked Comptroller General Campbell for a solution. Williams said last June he di rected the financial clerk of the Senate to return to the treasury the amount left over from his sta tionery allowance for the fiscal year ended last June 30. - The senator then learned of the new ruling. ' Williams said he has been told he could avoid being taxed on the balance by ordering $1,508 worth of stationery from the Senate sta tionery store, even though I do not need it, have it delivered to my office, and then call the truck and send it to the city dump. "In that manner the government would be rid of the money, I would be subject to no penalty, and everybody but the taxpayers would be happy. shop at the Augusta National Golf Club at 8 a. m., Friday and spent about two hours on government business before getting out on the links James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, announced that secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. George M. Humphrey will be the guests of the President and Mrs. Eisenhower over the Easter weekend. Eisenhower sent his private plane. Columbine III, back to Washington for the Humphreys, who were scheduled to arrive late in the day. Also getting a lift aboard the Columbine was Sen Thurmond fD-SCl, whose home is in Aiken, S. C, just across the Savannah River from Augusta. The invitation to the Humphreys is in return for their , hospitality to the Eisenhowers at the cabinet officer's plantation home in Thomasville, Ga. For the last four years in February the President has hunted quail and played golf at Thomasville as Humphrey's guest. Water Maii: 2 Downtown Basements Deluge Here is the scene along Liberty street, looking south from Center, Thursday night when a fire hydrant broke down, causing hundreds of tons of water to flood several streets In the city center. Lights reflected in the water made the scene a beautiful one, but it 'caused confusion, Bush Pasture Clean-up Set ForMayl8tIi May 18 has been set as the date of the community-wide effort to clean up Bush Pasture Park, Park Supt. Walter Wirth announced to dav. Several groups have - already volunteered their services to work in the park during the day and others may do so by contacting the city park department. When it is determined how many people will be available to work on the Droiect. a work schedule will bo prepared, Wirth explained. He said that city park, engineer ing and water department em ployes have volunteered to operate heavy equipment, such as trucks and bulldozers which will be used during the cleanup. Move to clean up the park area and remove hazards in it was started by the Firemen's Auxiliary after three-year old Dana Parker was drowned in Pringlc Creek near the park boundary. The Firemen's Auxiliary, since that time, has been contacting other groups in order to gain support for the pro ject. New Pentagon Research Boss To Resign Job WASHINGTON l Secretary of Defense Wilson said Thursday Frank D. Newbury will resign as assistant secretary for research and engineering within a month. Wilson told a reporter there has been no decision yet as to when the resignation will take effect, but that Newbury had told him he wanted to leave. Newbury. 76 years old, only re cently became head of Pentagon research and engineering in a re organization that merged separate offices- for research and develop mcnt and engineering. The apooinlmcnt aroused con cern in some scientific groups thnt as an engineer Newbury would give greater emphasis to that phase of his job than he would to research. Newbury has denied anv bias and has said the merged office would continue defense re search on a high level ot activity. The merging of tho engineering and research offices at the Pen tagon ended a three-year contro versy over the boundary of re sponsibility between the two. New-1 bury conienoca uiai ine enKmM.T ine office, which he had headed since 1953, should have major au thority over weapons develop ment. Kazer Found Guilty , In Gambling Trial PORTLAND Wi David Kazer, 41. one of four men arrested in vice raids April 6. was convicted in municipal Court Thursday of keeping a gambling house. A inn-day sentence was Im posed, but Kazer Rave notice of intent to appeal. Bond was set at $500. The other ' three, also facing gambling charges, are to come to trial later. The raids were in the Williams Ave. district of Portland. Beautiful But O SHELLY'S BOY FRIEND Actor J a iled After Assault on Photog HOLLYWOOD . API A kicking, screaming Anthony Fran ciosa, actor fiance of actress Shelly Winters, was jailed today after he flew into a rage and struck at a newspaper photog rapher as he was leaving Superior Court. Secret Ruling Given in Atom Talent' Trial WASHINGTON HI A federal judge handed down a ruling in a chemist's suit against the Atomic Energy Commission Friday, but it was kept secret to avoid possi ble disclosure of atomic informa tion. After two days of secret pro ceedings, U. S. District Judge Jo seph C. McGarraghy told report ers "a ruling has been made and the record has been impounded." He said he was "exercising my discretion" and had authority to keep the record locked up. Opposing lawyers said they had been directed by the judge not to discuss anything that happened, including the ruling. Before the judge was the ques tion of whether to dissolve a tem porary restraining order issued April 10 or replace it with a pre liminary injunction. The suit against the AFC was brought by Jerome S. Spcvak of New Rochclle, N. Y., who de scribes himself as the inventor of "improvements pertaining to the production of heavy water and deuterium" heavy hydrogen, Rain Forecast Easter Sunday You'll have to be philosophical about it all. There's likely to be some rain, come Easter Sunday. Five-day forecast issued from the weather bureau Friday morn ing says rainy periods are due. to occur mostly Friday, Sunday and Wednesday, and temperatures are expected to average below normal. Three inches of new snow was reported on Santiam and Willam ette Passes this morning, and the same amount at Timberline and Government Camp. Tho highway commission says chains are not needed, but warning is given to watch out for frozen slush east of the summits. lie Was Here Barbed wlrft and hlUerntM today prevent anyone from re tracing Christ's steps from the L'pper Konm to the Mount of Olives. But the ancient observ ance of K aster crremonlcs still continues In Jrrusalrm. Yon can read about them In the last of the Holy Week series on fa mnjift sites of Palestine appear Inn on Pare 10, Sec, & Unwelcome Surprise damage, some monetary loss and left soaked debris" In basements. The Otto J. Wilson Co., Nelson Bros, and Salem Credit Assn., bore the brunt of the debacle. (Cap ital Journal Photo) Franciosa and Miss Winters ap- peared in court in an unsuccessful attempt to bid on an $86,000 Bev erly Hills home. The actress, wearing no makeup and dressed in a dark suit, refused to pose for photographers 1 and when Herald - Express photogra pher Bill Walker ran after the couple to snap a picture Franciosa shouted and jumped, kicking at Walker and striking the camera. Reporters pulled Franciosa away and held him until deputy marsh als threw Franciosa to the ground and snapped on handcuffs. 'Please don't do this anymore, darling, please," Miss Winters pleaded. She snid Franciosa had a divorco "coming up today" in Reno. Franciosa was held in the court of Superior Judge Burnett Wolfson until police officers arrived and escorted him to jail. Judge Wolf son pleaded with Franciosa to be calm. Several times during the fracas Franciosa demanded, "What right have you to do this to us? We're citizens. Miss Winters said they had been told there would be no publicity about their court appearance. Franciosa has been a top Broad way actor in such hit plays as "A Hatful of Rain . where he met Miss Winters. Recently the actor was imported to Hollywood and is predicted for movie stardom. He and Miss Winters plan to marry as soon as possible follow ing his divorce. Weather Details Maximum yesterday, S9; minimum today, 43. Iota) 24-hour precipitation: trat-'r; (or month: 1.91: normal, I 58 Season precipitation, 2B.01; normal :i5.IZ. nivcr height, 2.5 feet. (Itcport by u. s. weather iiurenu. Christians Observe GoodFriday By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Christians throughout the world commemorated Friday the agony of Christ's death upon tho cross. In Good Friday ' services the Christian faithful of all nations heard anew ot the suffering -of Jesus Christ-two days before the joyous occasion of Hii resurrec tion on Easter Sunday. . Approximately 4,000 visitors, mostly Arab Christians, were in the Arab-controlled old city of Jerusalem, whero most of the holy places are located. Only 400 pilgrims, wilh few Westerners among them, crossed the Pales tine armistice frontier from Israel. The small number reflected the tense atmosphere in the Middle Kant in the aftermath of the Sinai War. Travel restrictions were removed too late for any great tourgt influx. ICC Asked to Grant Parcel Post Increase WASHINGTON Wl - The Post Office Department Friday asked the Interstate Commerce Commis sion for authority to raise parcel post rates by about $4,300,000 a year. The petition estimated the par cel sorvice is losing that amount annually, and said Postmaster General Summcrficld will shortly submit specific proposals on how to apply the hikes. Authority was also sought to make such changes in the regu lations covering zones, weights and parcel size as may be deemed necessary in connection with the rate revisions. Abe Goff. the Department's gen eral counsel, filed the petition. He noted that under a last law, the department cannot withdraw its appropriated funds for any pur nose unless parcel post is on a .self-supporting basis, or showing can ho made that tho ICC has been asked for rate adjustments which will cover operating costs. Parcel post or fourth class mail rates and regulations are made by tho postmaster general with the consent o( ice. . Bids Called on Santiam Bridge The Oregon Highway Commis sion called for bids Friday on construction of a steel arch bridge on the Pacific Highway over the Santiam River, 9 miles north of Albany. The bridge, which will parallel the existing bridge, Is part of the construction of a second highway alongside the existing route be tween Salem and Albany. One highway will he used for northlwund traffic, and the other for southbound traffic. The bridge will be 910 feel long. Mids will be opened in I'ortlnnd, May 17. of World But as in the past there was the traditional tracing of the way of the cross, with pilgrims carry ing heavy wooden crosses along the route followed by Jesus from the scene of His trial to His crucifixion on' Calvary. It was Easter week for both Eastern and Western Christians. They follow different calendars, but this year the dates coincide. In addition, Moslems celebrating the month-long Ramadan prayed at the Dome of the Rock, and Jews were completing their Pass over holidays in the Holy Land. Pope I'ius XII will deliver his Easter Sunday speech to millions mm, a riirrl hnnlmn wun rndin systems of nearly a score of na - linns. For the first time the papal address will be put on European TV. Ho speaks at noon. Home time, from tho balcony above the central door of St. Peter's Basil ica, j . ..... Wilson, Nelson Businesses ; Damaged By STEPHEN A. STONE Capital Journal Associate Editor Basements of two clown- town business buildings were left in a confusion of flooded debris, damaged stock and merchandise, with uncstimated monetary loss, by a sudden flood that covered more than a block when a water hydrant burst Thursday night. me break occurred about 7:30 at the northwest corner of North Liberty and Chemcketa streets. An old fire hydrartt which work men, replacing it with a new one, had left in a supposedly secure condition two hours and a half before, was the cause. . Taking the brunt of the flood that swirled inches deep over the surrounding area were the base ments of the Otto J. Wilson Co., Buick agency at N. Commercial and Center, and the Nelson Plumb ing Co. building at N. Liberty and Chemcketa. , . Paper Stored ; In the Nelson building, in ad-' dition to company stock, was I large amount of paper stock of the Salem Credit Assn., which has offices on the top floor and oc cupied 1,000 square feet of storage space in the basement. It may have been the heaviest loser in a -monetary way. Liberty and Center streets ran full of water, overwhelming gut ters and flooding sidewalks when the torrent at water was suddenly released. The flood reached Com mercial, Court and other streets in the city center. The flood was given impetus be cause the broken hydrant was on a main stem line from the reser voir on Rural avenue, which exert ed terrific pressure. .- Pedestrians had to scurry to escape the water. Cars that hap pened to be in the vicinity (wished through it, at places hub deep. Other motorists were drawn to the scene. , . Traffic Jam Created . This created a traffic problem and police were hard put for an hour to keep it in control. On -the street level the flood lasted about an hour and the streets' were well cleared by 8:55. 1 What actually happened at the flood source was the breaking of a valve in an old hydrant stub. Men had been working on the re placement all day. The hydrant seemed to be secure, but. the con stant leak resulted in the collapse., 'the flood was stopped by closing valves from Liberty to Center, and places of business on those streets were deprived of water service un til midnight. - In the basement of the Nelson building were 25 or 30 large cartons of plumbing equipment. The cartons were destroyed and the equipment scattered. It will all have to be treated to prevent rust, but the monetary damage apparently is not serious. More seriously damaged was the Salem Credit Assn. It had numer ous cases of forms, receipt blanks n n d International Business Ma chine card stock stored in the Nelson basement. It is roughly es timated that this loss will run to $2,000. Furniture and equipment damage to the Credit Assn. was not serious. Metal In Basement At the Otto J. Wilson Co., 25,. 000 or $30,000 worth of merchan dise was stored in the basement. It was mostly metal. The serious (Continued on Page 5, Column 4) Aows ill Brief Friday, April 19, 1957 NATIONAL Ike Appoints Three New . Ambassadors .......See. 1, P. 1 - 30 Safe as Airliner Lands in Flames Sec. 1, P. 3 LOCAL Scrapie Hits Amity Sheep Sec. 1, P. 1 County Expenses to Be Up in 1957-58 .. Sec. 1, P. 5 STATE Senate Approves High way Bonds See. 1, P. 1 4-Year House Terms Okayed In 2nd Vote . Sec. 1, P. 2 FOREIGN Russia Warns Spain Not to Join NATO ..Sec. 3, P. 1 SPORTS Senators to Break Camp Saturday Sec. 2, P. 3 Spitball Charge Denied By Burdcttc Sec. 2, P. 3 IlKGULAR FEATURES Amusements . Kdilorials Locals .. Sec, 1, P, 2 Sec. 1, P. 4 .... Sec. 1. P. 3 Sec. 2. P. 1 ....S?c. 1, P. 6-7 .... Sec. 2, P. 4 .... Sec. 2. P. 5 ....Sec. 2, P. 6-9 ...... Soc. 2, P. ! Society Comics Television ... 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