Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, April 22, 1957, Page 1, Image 1

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THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY ' tonight and
.Tuesday, few showers tonight. LIU
tie change In temperature. Low to
night, 40; high Tuesday, 62
4 SECTIONS
28 Pages
Salem, Oregon, Monday, April
69th Year, No. 94
uoss JO jo H"JLI
' l7tl matter at Silcm. Oreion
Rail Curb
Bill Wins
In Senate
PoWer Voted PUC
To Bar Service
Reduction
By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr.
Associated Press Writer
The Oregon Senate pass
ed 22-8 Monday a bill to
give the Public Utilities
Commissioner authority to
prevent railroads irom re
during passenger service. .
, The bill, which' goes to the
House,, is the outgrowth of the
suspension by the Southern Paci
fic railrovd two years ago of its
passenger service to Southern
Oregon.
Charles H. Heltzel, . then Public
Utilities Commissioner, tried to
block discontinuance of that serv
ice, but the courts ' ruled he had
no power in the case.
Must Give 20 Days Notice
The new legislation provides
that when a railroad plans to
reduce passenger service, it must
give 20 days notice. During that
20 days the public utilities com
missioner can noia Hearings at
which the railroad must- provide
that such reduction is in the public
interest. Both sides could appeal to
the courts.
Sen. Philip S. Lowry (R), Med
ford. told the Senate that . the
Southern Pacific has agreed to the
bill, which provides the same type
of regulation that now is in effect
in California.
"Under present law," he said,
"once passenger service has been
abandoned, it is very difficult to
restore it."
He denied that railroads ae
. losing much money on their pas
' senger business, asserting "the
passenger deficits .are compiled
under ancient formulas of the
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. "I fear that the United Slates
could be weakened in a war by
further passenger service reduc
tions.
Too Late to Aid South
Lowry said that while the biirf'
comes too late to solve the South
ern Oregon problem, he sponsored
the bill for the best interests of
the rest df the' state.
Sen. Dan -Dimick (D), Rose
burg, said "this problem became
acute in Southern Oregon, and our
interest is to protect the rest of
tne state."
Nobody spoke against the bill,
but these senators voted against
R. F. Chapman (D) Coos Bay;
Ward Cook (D), Portland; John
D. Hare (R), Hillsboro; Walter
L e t h (R), Monmouth; Lean
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Ever See a Sleeping Bag Walk?
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;
PHILADELPHIA William Frances McCoey, who an
swers to the name of "Frinny," Is shown back at his door
step today after the not-quite-two-year-old climbed from
his crib at dawn and ambled, sleeping bag and all, off -into
the pleasant early-morning sunshine. He surprised a
lamplighter (that part of the city still has gas lights) who
turned him over to police. Nearly two hours later they
located his home through directions given them by his
parents who were searching for the wanderer. (AP Wire-phoo)
Dulles Greeted by APV
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. NEW YORK Secretary of State Dulles
is greeted by Robert McLean, right, of The
Philadelphia Bulletin, president' of The
Associated Press,' on Dulles' arrival at
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel today." Frank J.
House Approves 1 7tll
Street-Extension Bill
Senate Bill 30, which would permit the State Fair Com
mission to negotiate with the city of Salem for the extension
of 17th street through the fairgrounds, was passed, 38 to 19,
by the OregonHouse of Representatives Monday. V
However, the bill will have tor
go back to the Senate for concur
rence on a House amendment be
fore going to Gov. Robert D
holmes.
The. amendment added by the
'fl'1' requJreBoard f
Control anMoval before an ex
change of property between the
city and fair board is made.
Speaking in favor of the bill in
the House were Reps. Eddie An
rens and Guy Jonas, both of Mar
ion County. Speaking in' opposi
tion was Rep. Robert Steward
(D.), Keating, who will take over
as Oregon Agriculture Depart
ment director at theclose of the
Legislature. .
Rep. Steward said the proposed
street extension would ruin the
oak grove on the west end of the
fairgrounds. This was denied by
Rep. Ahrcns who declared only
one tree would be removed.
The city is seeking the exten
sion of 17th street for an arterial
through the eastern part of the
city to connect with Silverton
road and eventually Portland
road. . -
Mechanic Held
For Slaying of
2 N.Y. Women
NEW YORK Wl-A husky young
mechanic accused of the bludgeon
murders of two women showed no
emotion yesterday as a judge ver
bally lashed him in court.
Thomas Joseph Higgins, 22, was
impassive as he was arraigned on
a homicide charge in one of the
slayings. His heartbroken fiancee
Ann Elizabeth Tighe sat silently
at the rear of the room in Brook
lyn Felony Court.
Magistrate Albert D. Schanzer
glowered at the blond, 220-pound
defendant and said:
"Of all the most gruesome
crimes conjured in a girl's hideous
dreams, you are charged with the
most macabre.
Higgins was held without bail
for a. hearing tomorrow. , ,.
Meanwhile, police asked the
Army for medical reports on the
B-foot-2'4 Higgins. His father has
j i Ij h ,,.'nl'
said he had a brain operation
wiuic living wuii ii: i
Japan and had
a history of fits
before that,
Easter Sunda
V
'Dry' in Salem
Only a trace of precipitation
marred Easter Day in Salem, the
moisture so slight most folk did not
realize there was anything like
rain.
As a result, all are hoping the
old legend holds that with no rain
on Easter Sunday the rainy period
is over instead of having six more
Sundays with it.
Five-day forecast out Monday
calls for recurring rains early
Tuesday, Thursday, and again on
Saturday.
U.S. Moves
Up Boxing
NEW YORK m The govern
ment proposed dissolution Mon
day of the International Boxing
Club, promoter of championship
I ana major letevuiun ngiiift, un inc
; grounds that the IBC is seeking a
: monopoly.
The proposal was contained in a
decree filed with Federal Judge 1
Sylvester J. Hyan. wno ruiea on suit.
March 8 that the IBC and its of j In a sweeping decree. Ihc gov
ficers were guilty of antitrust laws ernment asked that the 1I1C setups
'by engaging in a conspiracy to be dissolved in New York. Mich
jmonopoiize professional titlc.igan, Illinois and Missouri; that
bouts. the IBC discontinue exclusive con
The IBC, in submitting its own tracts with fighters: that James
decree to the judge, suggested D Norris and Arthur M. Wirtz,
giving up exclusive contracts and IBC top officials, sell ail their cap
limiting the number of champion- ital stock in the Madison Square
ship fights it may promote during Garden Corp.
a year as a means of meeting Norris, president of the IBC in
government requirements.
A hearing on the nroprsats has
k,n ,cr. Iff Mai- iff
The IBC. in addition to pronioi-
ling many of the wtle lights, also,
President
Starzel, general manager of the AP Is at
center. Dulles delivered a major policy
address at the AP's annual luncheon, at
which McLean 'presided. (AP Wlrephoto)
Ike Urges Cut
J il6MiUi?
In Kl A Guilds
AUGUSTA, Ga. President
Eisenhower called Monday for a
net reduction of $5,658,000 in funds
requested for the Bonneville Pow
er Administration in -the federal
budget for the fiscal "year starting
July 1.
- The reduction request, sent to
Washington to await Congress
return from an taster' recess,
was announced at Eisenhower's
vacation headquarters by White
House press secretary James C
Hagerty.
Explaining the reduction, . Ha
gerty said private utility compan
ies in the Portland, Ore., area re
cently announced revision of con
struction plans for generation and
transmission facilities for the Bon
neville project. '
That revision, Hagerty said,
permits deferral of a part of the
federal government's share of the
cost of the project. He added that
the total amount deferred is $8,
566.000. but that an increase of
$2, 908. 000 in other construction ex
penses connected with the project
brings the net budget reduction
to $5,658,000.
Persian Cat
Has Built-in
Natal 'Clock'
Determining the dale of Easter
may be a puzzle to most people
but not to a Snlcm area cat.
For a black Persian owned by
ter is a day to have kittens
Ti v .in ,i,h, i,i ih.
cat gave birth to the kittens at
11:45 p.m. Sunday to make it three
years in a row that her offspring
had been born on Easter.
Actually the cat has almost an
even longer record. Four years ago
her kittens were born on Good
Friday.
" Chiang Party Wins
TAIPEI, Formosa Ml Presi
dent Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomin
tang Party achieved an over
whelming victory in Sunday's is
landwide elections on Formosa.
Weather Details
Maximum yeitrrday, 82; minimum
today, JJ. Total 24-hour precipitation,
trace; for month, 1 .91; normal, 1.79.
Season precipitation, 2S.9I ; normal,
3J.33, River , height, .09 of a fooL
(Report by V. 8. Weather Bureau)
to Break
Monopoly
puts on the bouts which are tele
vised nationally on Wednesday
and Friday nights.
After issuing a 59-page decision
last month, charging the IBC with
monopolistic practices. Judge
Ryan asked the government and
the IBC for submission of decrees.
Monday's proposals were the re-
New York, and Wirtz. president of !
the IBC in Illinois', were named,
-,c 1nnA-ta in iKn il. ntnM
with the Madison Square Garden!
Corp.
i
A-Threats Tighten West M
Unity, Dulles Warns Russ
Negroes
Suit Gets
Top Okay
Court Turns Down
Appeal by Texas
School Board
WASHINGTON UB The Su
preme Court Monday let stand
an order directing a. federal
district court to keep on its
docket the suit by Negro chil
dren in Wichita Falls, Tex., for
admission to public schools near
est their homes.
The order, issued by the U. S.
Circuit Court in New Orleans, was
appealed to the high tribunal by
the Wichita Falls School Board.
The boa-d said the Negroes had
been granted their request and
Iheir case was "moot" (no long
er having a live issue).
Had Been Discussed
The U.S. District Court for
northern Texas agreed with the
school board and dismissed the
Negroes' complaint, but the Cir
cuit Court directed it to retain
jurisdiction.
The Circuit Court said that while
the Negro children had been ad
mitted to the public school nearest
their homes it is by no means
certain that they had the same
free privileged! transfer to or at
tendance at any school of -their
choice as was accorded the white
children."
In appealing to the Supreme
Court, the school board said the
Circuit Court decision compels the
District court to act as a super
school board in overseeing the'
day-to-day administrative action
of the duly elected board in the
conduct of the public school sys
tem." (Continued on Page S, Column 3)
Brad Williams
Posts Bond on
3rd Indictment
PORTLAND (UP) ' Oregon
Journal reporter Brad Williams
was served today with an indict
ment charging him with conspir
acy to violate Oregon's wire tap
law.
It was the third indictment re
turned against the newsman by
the vice probing Multnomah coun
ty grand jury. He had previously
been charged with another wire
tap violation and with malicious
procurement of a search warrant.
All three charges Were based
on a raid last May 18 on the home
of Raymond F. Clark in which
five reels of tape recordings were
seized. The tapes later were the
basis for federal wire tap charges
against Clark and his employer,
racketeer James B. Elkins.
Williams posted $1000 bail on the
new charge, bringing to $7000 the
total bail he has put up on all
three charges.
Royal Wedding Predicted
mm
A marriage may be In the making between the Duke
of Kent, 21, and Crown Princess Beatrix, 18, of the Nether
lands', the British weekly tabloid Reveille said today. The
newspaper said "secret talks about the marriage have
already taken place bclwccn the mothers of the couple
the Duchess of Kent and Queen Juliana, (AP Wlrephoto)
Major Policy Talk Calls Anew
For Liberation of Satellites,
By Evolution, Not Battle
By FREDERICK M. KINSHIP
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK (UP)-Secretarv of State Tohn Foster
Dulles issued a clear-ciiUwarning to the Soviet Union
today that its campaign of atomic threats against U.S.
allies will never shatter the Free World alliance.
Such Soviet assaults will not disintegrate
the Free World," he declared in his first major foreign
Holmes Backs
Tax Proposals
Of Committee
At Least in Principle;
Asks Full Sums for
Institutions
By JAMES D. OLSON
Capital Journal Writer
Gov. Robert D. Holmes declared
Monday he favored the tax pro
gram presented by the House Tax
ation Committee, although he add
ed that he had not gone over the
rate schedules and other features
of the program.
"There will be some variations,"
he said,, "but when you are talk
ing about a tax proposal, it is
impossible to go into details on
such ' changes which develop when
a line-to-line study is made of
the tax bills."
The Governor said that he had
been-generally briefed on the tax
program before it was presented
4o the public.
i Gov. Holmes mildly rebuked
members of the press, claiming
that in discussing the tax program
presented several weeks ago by
Speaker Pat Doolcy, he had said
"he favored it with certain varia
tions. Not One Mentioned
"And not one newspaper men
tioned that I expected changes in
the Doolcy bill," he said. .
The Governor declared he gen
erally would be opposed to varia
ble ratios between home owners
and private utilities. But, he said
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Albany Plant
Dedicated by
Senator 'Dick'
ALBANY, Ore. (UP)-The new
Wah Chang zirconium plant was
dedicated here today by Sen.
Richard 1.. Ncubcrgcr (D-Ore.)
who said the operation provided
the type of payroll needed in Ore
gon to restore the state's lagging
economic structure.
, "Not only will this important
manufacturing establishment con
tribute a vital material to the de
fense of America and the rest of
the free world," Neubcrger said,
"but it also will serve to take up
the slack in jobs created by re
curring unemployment in Oregon's
basic lumber industry.
!'spcccn since Oct. 27, 1958.
At the same time Dulles called
for an l'.ast-West agreement on
disarmament by "steps carefully
measured and carefully taken."
He said modern weapons have
such "vast destructive power"
there would be "no real victor" in
any general war.
Dulles' speech, prepared for de
livery to the Associated Press an
nual luncheon and carried to the
nation by radio and television, wns
billed by the White House as a
major foreign policy pronounce
ment. In it he also:
Free Satellites
Called anew for "liberation"
of Soviet satellite nations but said
this country does "not Incite vio
lent revolt" by the satellites:
"rather wo encourago an evolution
to freedom." He said freedom of
the satellites is sought "not in
order to circle Russia with hostile
forces" but because otherwise
"peace is in jeopardy and freedom
mockery." He pledged the
United States will "never make a
political settlement" at the
pensc of the satellites.
Said the chief deterrent to
aggression is U.S. "mobile retali
atory power" that must be "vast
in. . .its potential." But he added
the "extent to which it would he
used would. . .depend on circum
stances." He also said it would be
"imprudent to risk everything" o
"one aspect of military power
and that the nation must have
balanced land, sea and nir forces
for "local action" and defense,
Warned of Soviet "Intrigue" In
the Middle East and pledged the
united States to seek a ' durable
peace based on "justice and the
rule or law in the trouble-ridden
Holy Land area. He said this can
not be done "quickly or all at
once.".
Plugs Foreign Aid
Put in a strong plug for the
administration's economy - threat
ened foreign aid program, assert
ing Americans will have to pay for
vastly" bigger national defenses
if the cooperation of U.S. allies
is ended.
Dulles' speech was approved in
advance by President Eisenhower.
It followed a string of recent
Moscow declarations lo France,
Norway, Greece, Turkey, Den
mark, Spain and other American
allies that they are inviting atomic
retaliation by participating In Free
World defense strategy hased
part on rockets, missiles, and
atomic weapons.
Dulles said "the men in the
Kremlin stole, one by one, the in
dependence of a dozen nations"
and Soviet rulers would prefer the
free nations to be weak and
divided.
"So, at each enlargement of the
area of collective defense, the
Soviet rulers pour out abuse
against so-called 'militaristic
groupings,' " he said. "And as (he
free nations move lo strengthen
their common defense, the Soviet
rulers emit threats. But we con,
I think, be conlident that such
Soviet assaults will not disinte
grate the free world. Collective
measures are here to stay."
Weapons Of Defense
Dulles then underlined American
policy of maintaining powerful
"mobile retaliatory forces" capa
ble of deterring aggression. He
said the United States is the only
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EASIER EGG ROUf
Kids Frolic On the
President's Lawn
By FRANCES l.EWINK
WASHINGTON 11-11 was like
Sunday in the park on the White
House lawn Monday as hundreds
of children brought their parents
along for the annual Easier egg
roll.
The attendance was reported a
bit olf, despite bright, sunny
spring weather.
It probably was due to the fact
that the President and Mrs. Eisen
hower, who usually make an ap
pearance before the crowd, are
vacationing at Augusla, Ga.
But the children of all sizes,
who came with baskets loaded
with brightly colored Easter eggs,
had a rollicking time.
Actual egg rolling was desultory
at limes, but there was plenty n(
romping and racing among the
CAIRO PROPAGANDA
Iraqi -Syrian
FightDoubied
BEIRUT, Lebanon Ml Cairo radio and news agencies spread
a report Monday that Iraqi troops had moved into Jordan,
taking up threatening positions near Syrian forces encamped
in the desert kingdom. The report yas discounted-in Syria
and Israel. j-
The Egyptian Middle East news
agency said Iraq troops camped
near El Mafraq in northern Jor
dan, and that Syrian President
Shukhri Kuwatly had asked King
Hussein of Jordan to try to avoid
a clash between Iraqis and Syr
ians. . ,
A reliable sourco in Damascus
said King Hussein, in a telephone
talk with Kuwatly,' declared there
was no truth in the report.
An Israeli Foreign Ministry
spokesman in Jerusalem also said
the report should be received with
skepticism. The spokesman said
the Cairo Radio had broadcast a
report only in Hebrew, npparently
for its effect on Israel, that an
CITE 9 JUDGE ERRORS
Lawyers Ask Retrial
Of Arson Death Case
Mnsr.OW. Idaho ( Attorneys for Paul D. Matovich filed
a motion for a new trial Monday on grounds the judges mad.
errors "in the rendition of decisions on questions of law."
Matovich,' 21, was sentenced
Rtnto Prtnltnnttnrv Inst week nn n
second degree murder conviction
for a University of Idaho dormi
tory fire that killed thrco students,
Defense attorneys Wesley Nuxoll
of Colfax, Wash, and Harold s.
Purdy of Coeur d'Alone, Idaho
cited nine specific cases in their
motion where they said error was
committed during course of the
11-day trial here.
The nine cases cited Included
District Judge Hugh- A. Baker's
denial of a defense motion, to
change the site of the trial from
Moscow to Shoshone, Idaho.
Defense attorneys also mention
ed the judges decision to permit
the state to enter as evidence a
purported confession by Matovich.
The youth was taken to tho State
Penitentiary at Boise a littlo more
than an hour after sentencing and
will complete his first week in
prison Monday night.
The defense had claimed Mato
vich couldn't get a fair trial in
Moscow and that Ihe statement
he made afler his arrest was ob
tained through "duress and im
proper police methods."
Molotov Hits
Red Nations'
Liberty Ideas
LONDON OB V.M. Molotov
said Monday any Communist
country which adopts a policy in
dependent of Russia endangers its
own existence.
It was part of the current Krem
lin campaign against "national
communism" such as practiced by
President Tito's Yugoslavia and
which threatened to become domi
nant In Poland". Said Molotov,
minister of stale control and first
deputy premier, in a Prnvda ar
ticle broadcast by Moscow Hadio:
"The ties of the Soviet Union
with the other countries of the So
cialist camp are unbreakable. It
is in their own mutual interest.
The successes of our country help
their progress and the advance of
a small or a big Socialist country.
small fry while proud parents sat
by or followed after their offspring
with cameras.
Some of the parents evidenced
surprise that it was a do-it-yourself
Easter egg affair. They kept
asking tho guards when the egg
hunt would start. But, the While
House event, started in the last
century, is just a carefree spree.
You bring your own eggs and just
roll them anyway you want and
anywhere.
One olf-limit spot, however, was
the President's manicured putting
green, which was fenced off from
the wandering throng.
There was splattered evidence
along the white house driveways,
of some eggs just not hard
boiled enough to stand the rigors
of the day.
entire Iraqi tank division had
rolled into Jordan. The spokesman
said such a troop movement would '
cause "grave concern" in Israel. :
Israeli intelligence sources in
Tel Aviv reported, however, that
2,000 Iraqi troops had moved up :
to Jordan's border, presumably to
assist King Hussein in keeping ; '
his throne,- if need be. These '.
sources added that another 1,000
Syrians had crossed into Jordan,
reinforcing the 3,000 already near
Mafraq. Syrian troops have been
in northern Jordan since the in
vasion of Egypt last fall. Saudi
Arabian troops are in south Jor-
dan
to not more than 25 years in th.
' . '. V.
Federal Court
Nears Rule on
Elkins' Appeal t
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) - Tha
U.S. Court of Appeals today took
under submission a request by
Portland, Ore., gambler James El
kins to stay his current trial for
violation of wire-tap laws, -'i
Elkins asked a three-day stair
In order to file a petition befores
the Federal Appelate Court here,
to prevent Federal Judge William
G. East from taking evidence from
Oregon state officials concerning
tape recordings seized by illegal
search and seizure, '
(Indications were the high court
here would rule on the stay some
time today since the wire-tap trial
is in progress and the trial jury
s currently locked up in a fortland
hotel.) - -
Today Elkins' attorney, Walter '
H, Evans Jr., argued that under
previous rulings of the U.S. Su
preme Court the taking of testi
mony from witnesses on mater
ial that had been ruled illegal by
state courts was a violation of fed-'
oral prohibitions against illegal
search and seizure. Evans said
to allow the federal court to use
the evidence would be to give the
federal court the fruits of Illegal
search and seizure." ,
Nikoyan Sets Visit 1
VIENNA Wi Soviet Deputy'
Premier A. I. Nikoyan will ar
rive here Monday for a five-day
oflicial visit. The Austrian gov
ernment has ordered extra se
curity precautions to guard
against possible demonstrations -
by Hungarian refugees or anti
Communist Austrians.
INews in Brief
For Monday, April 22,
1957
NATIONAL
Texas Twisters Injure 34:
Drought Broken ... Sec. 1,
i P. a.
, p. i"
Dulles Makes Major Foreign
Policy Talk Sec. 1,
LOCAL
Business Drop Noted
By Realtors ScC. 2, P. t
7,ono Kids Take Part In
Easter Egg Hunt ....Sec 1, P.
STATE r.
House Approves 17th Street
Extension Bill Sec. 1, P. 1
FOREIGN ;
Jordan Official Implies
U.S. Interference ..Sec. 2,. P. 1
SPORTS
Senators Arrive Home Sec. 4, Pi 1
North Salem Seeks -
Coach ..Sec. 4, P 1
Odd Easter in Majors Sec. 4, P.
REGULAR FEATURES
Amusements See. 1 P. 2
Editorials .... ....Sec, 1, P. 4
Local .......... ......Sec. 1, P. 5
- Sec. 2. P.
.Sec. 3, P. 1-4
.....Sec. 3, P. 8
Sec. 4, P. 3
a Sec. 4i P. 4-5
Society ....
Comics ...
Television ;
Want Ads
Markets ..
.....Sec.4Kpvlt
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