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Gap jLJoiirhal THE WEATHER MOSTLY CLEAR tonight and Sun day. Little change In temperature. Low tonight, 32s Ugh Sunday. 62. itai 3 SECTIONS 24 Pages 9 69th Year, No. 94 Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April 20, 1957 Entered as second class matter at Salem, Oregon eJtO Blackmail Try On DAY Wife Told at Trial Accusation Made in Trial of :Jim Elkins, R.F. Clark on Wiretapping Charges PORTLAND (AP) - Gambler Big Jim Elkins, 55, , or his enmlove. Raymond F. Clark, 33, used wire tapped recordings to try to blackmail $10,000 from - the Portland district attorney's wife in 1955, a feder- al prosecutor said. Saturday, ' U. S. Dist. Atty. C. E. Luckcj made the accusation in opening statements in a federal district - court trial in which the two men are accused of wiretapping. Five Spools Seized tuckey says the government has five spools- of recorded telephone conversations, seized by sheriff's ' deputies in a raid on Clark s home last year. He has not disclosed the nature of the conversations or the participants. i?'0ne afternoon one of these men pushed his way into the home of Mrs. Langley, a mother of four children who was expecting a fifth. He brought with him a re cording device and played the con versations to her, demanding $10, 000 for them," Luckcy said. .T-" Life ol D. A. "' Mrs. Langley Is the wife of Port land's district attorney, William M. Langley, who subsequently or dered the raid on Clark's home. A state court has ruled the raid illegal. Langley was convicted in state court last week ot failing to prose cute gamblers. The penalty is re moval from oitice, Dut sentence has not yet been imposed. Allen Agency Will rroduce If '57 Fair Revue (Earlier Story Sec.V Pago 1) I The 1957 Oregon State Fair I Night Revue will be staged this v year by the Larry Allen Agency of San Francisco it was announced Saturday by Jack Travis, chair- ';' man of the Oregon State Fair i Commission. . ' The agency, one of the leading ! entertainment groups on the West Coast, has promised a "well rounded spectacular show," Travis said. Free entertainment is also being ' scheduled for the bandstand show on the grounds, he said. Monte Brooks orchestra from Portland : has been asked to return to pro : vide the band concerts and the Eu gene Highlanders, bagpipe band has been signed for the fair week. Johnny Walker of Portland will ..' be in charge of the free entertain ment show, Travis said. A special attraction, which the - commission hopes to get for the : fair, is the famed "Dancing , Waters." It consists of geysers of water rising and falling to musical accompainmcnt and under chang ing colored KglitS. The show has appeared twice at the Portland Rose Festival and has been at the Radio City Music Hall three times, the only show ever to appear there more than once, Travis stated. It will be staged in a tent. Widening of Portland Road OrdinancePlan f By STEPHEN A. STONE i Capital Journal Associate Editor ; Widening of Portland road by v adding eight feet on the west side for a short distance immediately 7 north of the underpass is the pur pose of an ordinance bill on the City Council agenda for s e c o n d reading Monday night. The length of the widening pro posed is between 150 and 200 feet ; and it will give car parking space In front of several businesses that do not have it now. It is not con-, troversinl and the bill authorizes the city to accept deeds for the purpose. The movement was start ed about three years ago. Deed Bill on Agenda Another bill up for second read ing authorizes acceptance of deeds for the extension of Bieber street. Other street improvement meas ures will be resolutions approving plans for the pavement of North ' Church street from Johnson to Lo cust, and Johnson from Presnall and Smith Addition to Church: also the pavement of Locust from 5th to Maple. Petitions will be received for the improvement of McCoy from . Jefferson to Madison, and 15th " street from Mines to Waller. Relative to McCoy, the engi neer's report indicates that the signatures represent 50.28 per cent " of the assessable area, and he recommends the Improvement, in tCon turned on Page 5, Column 5) LanglejyThree Others to Face New Charges Conspiracy Charged in Illegal Raid to Copy Wiretaps PORTLAND (UP) Eight new criminal indictments were served on four persons here late Friday after the Multnomah County grand jury returned 21 secret indict ments in a marathon vice investi gation. Booked on the latest batch of true bills were District Attorney William Langley, Deputy District Attorney Oscar D. Howlett, Dep uty County. S h e t i f f George D. Minielly,' and Oregon Journal re porter Arthur Bradley Williams. Langley Posts Ball Langley posted bail on one in dictment accusing him ot conspir- ins with executives and reporters of The Oregon Journal, Multno mah County Sheriff Terry Srhrnnk. now mavor of Portland, and others to stage an illegal raid to obtain and illegally copy tape recorded telecommunications to which none of them was a par licioant. Howlett was indicted on two counts of perjury, accusing him of falsely swearing in connection with arrests of two prostitutes who allegedly burglarized the same home where the Langley- authonzed raid was conducted. . Minielly Accused Minielly was accused of con spiracy in staging the raid and with larceny from a dwelling for taking the tape recordings during the raid without giving a receipt. Wi hams faced two indictments rlaimintr that he conspired with .. .. . . j. ,l :J 1 L,angiey 10 conauci uie raiu auu that he procured maliciously a search warrant and encouraged Langley in issuing the search war rant. The raid referred to in each of the indictments was staged at the home of Raymond Clark, hench man of racketeer James Elkins, both of whom are now under trial in a federal district court on wire tapping charges. Vice indictments now outstand ing in Portland were believed to total in excess of 110, although even the attorney general office was uncertain as to the exact number. Ilermiston School Bonds Defeated HERMISTON WI An addition al $100,000 bond issue for con struction of an elementary school on Hermiston's cast side was turned down by voters this week, 510 to 407. The original $550,000 bond issue was approved last fall. The addi tional election was held after a low bid of $613,000 was submitted last month. NOW THAT TAX PROGRAM IN Legislators Believe Session s MayConcludeinFour Weeks By PAUL W. HARVEV JR. Associated Press Writer p Now that the House Taxation Commillec has announced its pro gram, the Legislature thinks it can adjourn in about four more weeks. This program which keeps per sonal income taxes at about the current level and boosts the taxes on corporations is expected to get through the House with little trouble. Senate Stumbling Block The stumbling block will be the Senate, where Republicans are taking pot shots at it. Some Dem ocrats, especially those who want a 50 per cent increase in the basic school fund, are objecting that it won't raise enough money. Of the 26 planks in Gov. Holmes' program, only two have been passed by both houses. They ask Congress to build John Day Dam. and set up a conciliation service to mediate labor disputes. Four other planks have died In the Senate. They would have ask- ed Congress to build Hells Canyon Sunrise ". . . And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun . . . They saw a young man . . . and he saith unto them, be not affrighted: ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen . . ." The story of The AT McCULLOCH STADIUM Sunrise Service to Easter Observances Sunday By FRED ZIMMERMAN . Capital Journal Writer Mr. and Mrs. Average Citizen will celebrate the end of Lent and the anniversary of the Risen Lord Sunday in many-fold observances. For those communicants who are not afraid of getting out.of bed a bit earlier' than usual there is the Easter sunrise service that will be held at McCulloch Stadium at 5:45 Sunday. Raiir or Shine This event, sponsored by the Salem Ministerial Assn., will be presented regardless of weather conditions, since several thousand seats under cover are available. The Rev. Harley H. Zicgter, D.D., Ike Approves Savings Bond Interest Hike AUGUSTA. Ga. Ml President Eisenhower Saturday signed a bill authorizing an increase in the interest rate on government sav ings bonds from the current 3 per cent to 3vi per cent. 'I invite every citizen to take advantage of the opportunity of investing in the now bottor-than- ever United states savings Donas the President said in a statement issued at bis vacation headquart ers. In urging wider purchase of the bonds covered by the bill, Eisenhower said they will "pro vide even greater financial pro tection for our people in the years ahead and, at the same time, help assure the financial stability of our country." The bill authorizes-the treasury department to put the higher interest rate in effect on series E and H bonds. The department is expected to act promptly. The treasury has indicated it will make the higher rate effective on all bonds sold on or after Feb. 1. Dam, repealed the anti-picketing law, repealed the relative respon sibility law. and abolished the Stale Fair Commission. Eight others have been passed by one House. And 12 haven't been acted upon by either house. Stains ot "Bills Here is the status of the major legislation: Basic school fund Increase No action, but the Democrats are expected to vote to boost the fund from S180 per child to $90. The Governor wants $120. Key district plan to redistribute the basic school fund Passed by th Senate. The House Educa tion Committee expects to act on it early next week. School bnlldlng aid Still in committee School district reorganization Passed by the House, now in the Senate Education Committee. Teacher minimum salary In creasela the Houm Education Service to Mark Easter Observance -0 - V Willamette University chaplain, will be the speaker. Young people of many churches will sponsor Easter breakfasts fol lowing the stadium program. Virtually every church in the city and surrounding territory has Price Cut for Berries Seen In California SAN JOSE, Calif. WI Straw berry growers appear to be rec onciled that this year's prices for harvested beiries will be lower than last, and that some marginal and older fields will have to be taken out of production after the spring crop. Malcolm Douglas, executive secrctany of the California Straw berry Advisory Board, said Fri day that growers in the Santa Clara Valley one ot the largest producing areas imthe world are confronted with the problem of overproduction. I The oversupply of berries has resulted from too much planting, not only here, but in all the berry producing sections of the nation, he said. As a result, growers are generally agreed that prices paid for picked berries will be lower. Growers, processors and ship pers have been holding meetings for discussion of the problem, Douglas said, but have come up with no solution. Youth Rescued From Columbia VANCOUVER, Wash. WI An 18-year-old Portland boy was res cued Friday after he had drifted two miles down- the Columbia River, clinging to his small, over turned boat. Clark County sheriff's deputies said Larry Thomsen told them the boat overturned while he was testing an outboard motor. Committee ' after the Senate passed it. Interim committee to nludy gov ernment reorganization Passed h.Vthe House, now in Senate com mittee. Creating lieutenant governor Passed by the House, should reach the Senate floor next week. Abolishing Board of Control and Liquor Commission No action. Abolishing Unemployment Com pensation Commission The Sen ate defeated it. It will vote next week on a subsUtute bill to pro vide separate commissions for the Unemployment Compensation and Industrial Accident commissions, which now are run by a single commission. Bnildinr ororram Totaling 20 million dollars, this probably will -be considered after tbe rest of the department budgets are approved. , Unemployment eompen s a 1 1 o n benefits Increase No action, but garb a high black hat, black the Senate Labor and Industries belted costume and black shoes (Continued on Tig , Column l)witlj gleaming silver buckles. f J- First Easter will be repeated Sunday morning in Salem and all over the world as Easter, 1957, is observed. This passage from St. Mark and the other gospels is reprinted in today's Capital Journal, Page 6. (Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Clausscn) Launch made preparations to take care of overflow audiences. Some will present three identical services, others two in order to accommo date those who would gain admis sion to the sanctuaries. Altars will be attractively dec orated i with -Easter lilies and spring flowers, vhile special music will navo a part in every service. Some Will Baptize In a few instances babies will be baptized at the church altars. However, in recent years, it has been the custom to hold this ev ent on Palm Sunday. Good Friday services at the First Methodist Church, also ar ranged by the Salem Ministerial Assn., attracted many communi cants. Some remained throughout the three-hour service, others came and went at the conclusion of one of the various periods. Recall Launched " ROSEBURG WI A movement has been launched to recall two members of the Camas Valley School Board. The community is located about 25 miles southwest of here on Highway 42. Mayflower Starts Voyage Duplicate of 1620 Trip Begins PLYMOUTH, England WI The Mayflower II left Plymouth Har bor at 3:59 p. m. (7:59 a. m. PST) Saturday to sail for the new world or. a voyage duplicating the Pil grim fathers' trip in 1620. The little wooden vessel, 180 tons, was towed into the English channel by a tug belching black smoke, and there were wild cheers from thousands of spec tators. Sails Furled Sails of the Mayflower II were still furled to the rigging, but the crew was to spread from outside Plymouth Harbor. Cmdr. Alan Villicrs, the Austra lian skipper, hoped to be under way before nightfall in the little wooden ship patterned after the first Mayflower. But the weather on which the vessel's sails de pend is unprnliclnble on Ibis English channel coast. Clouds and a light rain developed during the morning. Villicrs said Ihe ship would sail as soon as the wind gives the sails half a chance. Doubt Voiced "There Is some doubt that we are going to get across, and I scorn it," Villiers said at a fare well ceremony at the quayside. "What the heck, the great lands overseas and our mighty distant commonwealths were built by little ships like my Mayflower. Of course they can go to the ends of the earth. "We will start and we will get there." Villiers stepped ashore from long boat rowed by four members of his crew. He wore Pilgrim's Good Weather In Prospect For Easter The joyous spirit of Easter "hit" the weather bureau, it seems, and the new forecast calls for mostly clear conditions tonight and Sun day, meaning some sunshine to go along with the bright new holiday attire. - Of course, further analysis re veals that the threatened disturb ances are just delayed, that they arc still lurking around out on the ocean, and may move in late Sun day night. Nippy temperatures will prevail for the early risers out for the dawn services Sunday morning, the low reading being forecast at the treczing mark, 32. Saturday morning's minimum also was at 32 and some local frost was reported in some areas. But Saturday brought considerable sunshine and valley folk welcome report there will be warmer day time temperatures, Sunday. Weather Details Maximum vrstrrdav. 5ft: minimum today, 22, Total 24-hour precipitation, 0; (or month. 1.91; normal, l.M. Rea son precipitation, 28.9) ; normal, 35.19. River hMght, 1.9 feet. (Report by U. 8. Weather Bureau.) MM The .Mayflower II, modern version of the famous Pilgrim ship Is shown as It left England today on Its journey retracing the route of It namesake In 1020. Tbe thlp, Jortftin Faces New Political Crisis, Arpiy Chief Quits TAX COMMISSION ESTIMATE Uoiise Plan Would Yield $281 Million The State Tax Commission that the House Taxation Committee's tax program would raise $281,546,408. , This is $19,500,0(10 more than was proposed in the budget- submitted by former Gov. Elmo revenue laws would nave oeen A . Source of Cash The additional $19,500,000 would be raised as follows: Personal income taxes, $6,000, 000. ' Withholding taxes, $3,000,000. Corporation excise tax, $6,000, 000. Inheritance tnxes, $2,000,000. Increased utilities tax, $2,500,- 000. Tlitire A. Lindstrom, head of the commission's research divi sion, emphasized that the esti mates aro preliminary, since the tax committee hasn't decided yet on the details of some of the measures. Safety Margin Seen If the program produces around 261 millions, and if the Ways and Means Committee achieves its ob jective of holding the budget to 270 millions, there should be an adequate margin of safety in the state's financial operations in the next two years, the committee be lieves. ' MinnesotaBans Teen Driving In Early Hours ST. PAUL, Minn. WI Juve niles under 17 are prohibited from driving cars between midnight and 5 a.m. under a new Minne sota law. , The law .became effective Sat urday when Gov. Orville L. Free man signed a bill passed by the current Minnesota Legislature forcing young drivers off high ways in early hours. In a statement accompanying the signing, Freeman said he was convinced a majorily of young people "conduct themselves in ac cordance with the dictates of common sense," but added that crimes and accidenls after mid night call for a trial of tho law to protect both young and o 1 d from the "irresponsibility of a small minority." Saturday tentatively estimated Smith, under which the state uncnangea. Maribel Starr Winner of Rose Float Contest 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Theme Picked By MARGARET MAGEE Capital Journal Writer There may not bo any cherries on the Salem float entered in the Portland Rose Festival Parade, but the foat will remind those who see it of the "Cherry City" and the Salem Cherrlans. The song title around which it will be de signed is "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White." Submitting tho winning design for the float in the contest, con ducted by the Salem Cherrlans, was Maribel Starr, 745 N. Lancas ter Dr., a senior at the North Salem High School. The float will have a background of green. -It will bo topped -with cherry trees under which will be a couple and at the four corners of the float will be girls seated in a largo blossom. Receives Bond For her design Maribel wlll re ceive a $25 bond. Receiving a cash award of $10 for her second place entry, "Marl annc," was Margie Milne, a stu dent at Leslie Junior High School, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," submitted by Janet Anderson and Tern McGlinn, Leslie Junior High School, won the third place award of $5 in cash. Designs receiving honorable mention and those submitting them were "Ebb Tide," Carolyn Klein; 'Banana Boat Song," Errol Lock er; "Rock Around the Clock," Lee Holland; "Calypso." Lois Smith; and "Poor Butterfly," Julio Lar ios. All but Carolyn Klein were (Continued on Page G Column 6) gjggSfie; i in. .-J a 'duplicate of the carly-riny craft, left Plymouth, England, for Plymouth, Mass. (AP Wlrephoto) General Asks Ror Asylum In Syria AMMAN, Jordan (AP)- Maj. Gen, Ali Hayari re signed Saturday via tele phone call trom Syria as the hew chief of staff for Jordan's army. The politi cal crisis King Hussein had battled for a week took a, new turn, perhaps for the worse. Hayari, described by his friends as a career soldier with little in terest in politics, took over the top army job only Thursday, and apparently firmed up Hussein's control over the restive kingdom. He replaced Maj. Gen. Ali Abu Nuwar, a pro-Egyptian soldier politician who was driven from the country to Syria last week. Several high officers accompanied nuwar. Visits Damascus Friday the new chief of staff was sent to Damascus to ask Syrian authorities to extradite a group of the Jordanian dissidents. But an official spokesman report ed that, on arrival, Hayari tele phoned his father-in-law, Scdky El Kasscm, to present his resignation ' to the government. Reports from Damascus said Hayari had asked political asy lum in Syria, which gets arms from Soviet Russia, and that a number of other "free officers" of the Jordanian army had joined him in the Syrian capital. Deputy to Get Job Usually reliable Informants said Hayari's Job probably will go to Gen, Habes Majali or Gen. Sndek Sharch, both now deputy chiefs of staff. . (The Damascus newspaper At Rally said Hayari quit in protest against tho new Jordan govern ment's policies. It predicted sev eral cabinet ministers in the gov ernment formed Monday by Pre mier Hussein Fakhrl Khalidl would quit soon, too. ( Informed' sources in Damascus said Gen. Hayari has arrived in Syria and that tho Syrian cabinet was called into special session to consider the events. Gen. Hayart conferred with high Syrian offi cials soon after his arrival, these" informants said.) Earlier, King Hussein appointed five-officer council to revamp Jordan's military organization so as to diminish Egyptian influence in the army. Salem Boy, 7 Hit by Auto, Hospitalized . A 7-vcar-old Salem boy was hos pitalized after being struck by a car while ho was riding his bicy cle Saturday morning. Darrcll Dimbnt, Rt. 4, Box 128, suffered facial lacerations and a possible broken leg in tho 11 a.m. accident, cily first aidmcn re ported. He was taken to Snkm Memorial Hospital for treatment of the injuries. The accident occurred about a half-mile south of Prinslc School on Battle Creek road, it was re ported. State police Investigated the ac cident. Name of the car rtrivcr involved was not available. Mows in Brief For Saturday, April 20, 1937 NATIONAL 65 Injured in Brooklyn Subway Crash . . See. 1. P. 2 Christians All Over World Observe Easter . Sec. 2, t'. 3 LOCALS Oregon Fnir Ad, Publicity Posts Filled hcc. 2, f. I Stores' Flood Damage M.'iy Run to $5,000 sec. 2, r, I STATE Ways, Means Group Gives Okay lo Hospitals Hudcels Sec. 2, P. 1 Veteran Unit 'Rushed' by Loan Seekers . hec. 2, r. I FOREIGN Iran Not lo Permit Any Foreign Bases Sec. 1, r. 2 SPOBTS ' Burdette Answers 'Spitter' . Charto Sec. 2, p. 2 Beavers Snap Losing Streak sec. 2, p. 2 Boston Celtics to Play In Corvallis Tonight ...Sec. 2, P. 3 REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Sec. 1, P, 2 Editorials Locals Society Comics . ... Sec. 1, P. 6 .. Sec. 1, P. 7 Sec. 2, P. t . Sec. 1, P. 4-5 ... Sec. 2, P. R .. Sec. 2. P. 7 . Sec. 2, P. A-10 ... Sec. 2, P. 7 ... Sec. 2, P. S . Sec. 2, P. 4-9 Television Want Ads Dorthy Dix Crossword Puzzlo 'Ghurcb