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Capital jLJournal THE WEATHER INCREASING CLOUDINESS bit tonight, partly cloudy and cooler, Tuesday, few showers or thunder showers possible Tuesday afternoon r evening. Low tonight, 41; high 4 SECTIONS 24 Pages Snttrtd 69 th Year, No. 100 Salem, Oregon; Monday, April 29, 1957 matter a Weekend Drowning Toll at 5 Boats Line-River: in Sunday Sunshine Tax Vote enarr -"- lers rr edict r Imminent 4 Harder-Than-Ever Drive In House 3 Fishermen Die; Willamina Boy Fall Victim By UNITED PRESS Five persons drowned in Oregon during the week end as the state basked in the warmest weather of the season. Three of the victims were fishermen, making a total of four fatalities since opening of the trout season Saturday. Four of the drownings occurred Sunday as the thermometer hit the 80's throughout most of the state. Washed Into Sea The other drowning was Satur day when Henry Nielson ot Sea side was washed off a dill near Cannon Beach while fishing. Fred S Carlson of Beaverton reported the accident to police. He said he and his 9-ycar-old son saw a wave hit Nielson and wash him into the ocean but they were powerless to holn the victim. .Icrald Anderson, a 16-year-old Willamina high school student, fell 75 feet to his death over a cliff Saturday while on a fishing trio to the Nestucca river. Ander son apparently slipped on some rocks and fell over the cliff about six miles east of Blaine in Tilla mook county. Ivan Haddix, 39, Coquille, and Henry Jeske, 56, Eugene, drowned Sunday in fishing accidents. Other victims Sunday were John Rath man, 13, Troutdale, and Larry McDonald, 16, Sandy. ' Thousands Outdoors Thousands of persons headed for the mountains and beaches Sun day as the temperatures shot into the 80's. Roseburg was the warm est spot with 88. Haddix drowned in Siltcoos lake when his boat overturned. A fish ing partner. Walter Combs, ' also of Coquille, clung to the boat and drifted to shore about an hour after the accident. Jeske was lost when a boat cap sized in Lookout Point reservoir near Lowell. Jeske's wife, Lillian; Joseph P. Richards, operator of the boat, and Richards daughter, Patricia, escaped. Young Rathman drowned when he fell into a deep hole in the Sandy river near Troutdale. McDonald was drowned when he (lipped off a log raft in a pond. His companion, Dave Harrington, 17, dove in after him but was un able to hang on to the McDonald boy. Senate Racket w r I-, fwa n.,,1 Doors Closed WASHINGTON m Senate rackets probers, in a sudden swncn oi pians, Monday oracrea the doors closed on its session with an Arkansas manufacturer who wanted to explain his alleged payoffs to two union officials. Earl P. Bettendorf of Toxar kana, Tex., who operates a ware house pallet manufacturing plant at Ashdown. Ark., demanded and got the special hearing to tell , ahout what he Insisted were "forced" payments. He contended "injustice" had been done him by some senatorial remarks about the alleged payoffs during the subcommittee's recent public hearings on labor violence ,jn Scranlon, Pa. The committee originally had announced it would take his testi mony at a public hearing, but about an hour before the meeting time it released a statement that "a problem has arisen" making it advisable to hear him behind closed doors "at least at the start." There was no further ex planation. ' College Youth May Be Shark Attack Victim SAN LOUS OBISPO, Calif. UP) The Coast Guard resumed its search today for the body of a 25-year- old college student be lieved the victim of a shark attack while swimming with a companion in Morro Bay. The victim was identified as Peter Savino. son of Dominic Sa vino, Brooklyn, N.Y. His compan ion. Daniel Hogan, 22, a fellow student at the California Polytech nic Institute here, told Coast Guard officials he was helping Savino reach shore against a strong tide Sunday when the water started churning. Hogan said Savino cried in pain, "Something hit me. . . help! . . . help!" Hogan said Savino held up a bloody arm after being hit. He said he and Savino then frantical ly started swimming for shore again. Hogan reached safety but his companion disappeared. He said, "I looked around and Savino vu gone. ,? ' v'v . Warm weather turned the Willamette River into a highway for boats Sunday as the hottest day of 1957 lured sportsmen to the water., A group of Salem Yacht and SKINS TURN COLOR Outdoors Beckons As Old Sol Beams Sunburn elow or a brand new ion Monday in the Salem and have either you definitely are out Strauss Calls Army Reactor Tool of Peace FT. BELVOIR, Va. Wl Chair man Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission said Monday a new Army package reactor is "essentially an instru ment of peaceful progress." Strauss said the reactor is "as surely a part of President Eisen hower's concept of 'atoms for peace'. ..as are the isotopes from our atomic reactors which are today combatting man s diseases and suffering, improving the fcrtiliiv of our fields and the products of our factories, and pointing the way to new discov eries." The AEC chief's spceth was prepared for a ceremony dedicat ing the new reactor at this Army Engineer Corps center. Strauss said development ot the package reactor "means that the armed forces will have compact. efficient and readily-transportable power plants for remote out nosts..." In another speech prepared for the same ceremony, Secretary of the Army Brucker said that "by materially lightening the burden' on the Army's supply system, such plants "will render our farflung operations much less vulnerable to enemy action. 'Witchcraft' i Winning Over North Natives JUNEAU, Alaska (UP) De partment of Justice authorities reported here today of increased "witchcraft" activity in the native village of Tlingit 60 miles south of Juneau. A U.S. Public Health Service doctor and nurse flew to the vil lage to combat an epidemic of virus disease which the natives believe was c a u s ed by the "witches." The disease has infect ed children in the village whose ciders have been upset the past week over alleged witchcraft practices. The Department of Justice au thorities reported many new "be lievers" in witchcraft were won over when the disease struck. They said the village "witches" had predicted the illness would strike. At one time, a belief in witch craft was part of the cultural pattern of the Tlingits. Dollars Pried Off Walls by Thieves COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho tf Burglars pried 423 silver dollars from the bar and walls of the I Silver Dollar Tavern here over the weekend. The dollars had been attached as ornaments. Boat Club members took a tour up river where they beached here at Hayden Island near Eola for a picnic. (Capital Journal Photo) coat of tan are all the fash valley area, and if you do not oi step. . 9 This is all so following the warm est days of the season to date, Sunday and Monday, when every one who could poured outside to drink in plenty ot the sunshine prevailing both days. Sunday was the warmest day Salem since last September 6, the mercury shooting up to 85 de grees. But the maximum for MOT' day is due to be slightly higher, around 87. - It was not only a Sunday for out-on-the-hichway drivnig, but many enjoyed the day boating on the Willamette, working in the garden, or taking off to mountains, beach and picnic areas. Salem's maximum Sunday was topped only by Mcdtord with 87 and Roseburg with 88. There's a bit of gloom, however. The weather bureau calls for in creasing cloudiness late tonight with a few showers or thunder showers possible by Tuesday after noon or evening. Five-day forecast is for cooler temperatures, averaging below normal for the season, and, rain to be more than normal. Antarctic Ore Find Revealed NEW YORK m The New York Times said Monday a small vein of high-grade manganese ore has been found near a U.S. science outpost on . the coast of Antarctica. Times . correspondent Walter Sullivan brought back several specimens . of the ore from a recent trip to tne frozen continent at the bottom of the world. A geologist here identified the ore. Sullivan said he found the ore on a vein of dark, metallic-looking rock on a ridge near the U.S. base in Wiles Land. The base, established earlier this year, is in that part of Antarctica south of the Indian Ocean. Girard College Can't Negroes, WASHINGTON I The Su preme Court ruled unanimously Monday that Negroes may not be excluded from Philadelphia's Gi rard College so long as public of ficials administer the will which created the school for poor white orphan boys. Stephen Girard, who died in 1831, directed the city in his will to establish and operate the col lege, with admission limited to poor white orphan boys The high tribunal said that the Board of Directors of City Trust of Philadelphia, which adminis ters Girard College, "is an agency of the state of Pennsylvania. Therefore, the court said, "even though the board was acting as -a trustee, its refusal to admit . . . two Negro boys ... to the col- lege because they were Negroes was discrimination .by the state. Meany Balks Beck Bid for 'Negotiations WASHINGTON Wl ; AFL-CIO President George Meany Monday rejected a proposal-by Dave- Beck, Teamsters Union president, for negotiations on Beck's ouster as an AFL-CIO officer in advance of a May 20 hearing on corrup tion charges. Beck on April 18 asked Meany to name a five-man committee of AFL-CIO Executive Council mem bers to confer, with another five- man group named by Beck "for the purpose of discussing my sus pension." . Meany replied Monday that he would not name such a group but would convey Beck's request to the 28-member AFL-CIO Council for such action as it desires at the May 20 Council meeting. Meany noted Beck will have a full, opportunity to discuss li i s case at that time if he shows up. Trio Trapped Overnight on Coast Rocks OCEANLAKE 11 A woman and two men made their wav to safety early Monday alter being! rapped on rocks olf shore near here overnight. The Coast Guard at nearby Depoe Bay reported that Charles Oxley, 23, and his wife, Caroline, of Cornelius, and Harry Keller, 69, Hillsboro, were able to walk around the edge of a cliff when the tide went out about 4 a.m. A spokesman said they appeared to be all right. The three were trapped by a rising tide Sunday evening as they walked along the seashore. Two teams of Coast Guardsmen were sent from Depoe Bay about II p.m., and for a time the possi bility of lowering ropes to the trio was considered. But instead, the Coast Guard men stood by until the tide went out. Policeman Kenny Thies of Oceanlake said an attempt to bring them up the cliff was be lieved to be too dangerous. Highest Court Rules Such discrimination is forbidden by the 14th Amendment (to the Constitution). The high court then cited its 1934 decision in the public school segregation cases. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in an opinion upholding the win, said, it is one oi our most fundamental legal principles that an individual has the right to dis pose of his own property by gift or will as he sees fit." The U. S. Supreme Court In Its order Monday reversed the Penn sylvania Supreme Court and sent the case back to it "for further proceeding not inconsistent with , this opinion." i Among Hs other actions Mon- day the Supreme Court; 1. Ruled 6-2 that an alien or dercd deported for Communist I Party membership must answer Senate; Postpones Railway, Utility Bills Action By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr. Associated Press Writer - The Oregon Legislature opened the 16th week of its long session Monday by delaying action on three Ivital pieces of legislation. The House postponed action on the personal income tax bill until Monday afternoon a session. At the same time, the Senate postponed action until Wednesday on bills to provide minimum rate regulation for, railroads and to double the property tax ratio for utilities. ...... .Tax Vole by Tonight .- The House was expected, to an prove the tax program and get it into the Senate by nightfall. It calls for incorporating the 45 per cent surtax into the perma nent income tax structure; boost ing the $500 personal income tax exemptions to $600; withholding all income taxes from salary checks; increasing the effective corporation excise tax from 5.1 to 6 per cent; and increasing the income levy on utilities from 4 to 7 per cent. The railroad rate legislation, supported by truck and barge operators but opposed by the rail roads, would give the public utili ties commissioner authority to regulate minimum rates of rail roads. The PUC now has such authority over trucks and barges. The request for the delay was made by Sen.' Lcandcr Quiring (R), Hermiston, who said ho needed more time to find out if he had given former Sen. Lowell Mcen R), Mllton-Frecwater, pledge that he would approve the bill. The motion to delay" was approved, 20-10. ( . Votes Traded . Quiring was appointed to suc ceed Steen ?at .the-. start of the current Legislature. There were indications, how ever, that some senators had traded votes on that bill with senators involved in the fight over the variable ratio bill. The variable ratio bill would grant a $2,000 property tax ox emption on homes occupied by the owner, and tax utilities at double the rate on other classes of properly. . After postponement of the mini mum rate bill, sen. Walter .1. Pearson (D), Portland, moved to delay the action on the variable ratio bill until Wednesday after noon, or after the minimum rate bill is considered. His motion car ried by a voice vote. Speaker Pat Dooley said the House should be through with its business in about 10 days. The question on final adjournment rests with the Senate, which has n't even had a look at the House tax program yet. The session is certain to set a new record for length. Monday was the 106th day, and the longest session on record was the 116-day meeting of 1951. Byrd Assails Tax Writeoff WASHINGTON (UP)-Scn. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.) said today the administration's grant of a $29,250,000 tax write-off to the' Idaho Power Co. is "utterly inde fensible." He said the Senate Finance Committee, which he heads, may try to cancel the wnle-olf on a retroactive basis.". Other congressional Democrats protested the move, charging that it was a "subsidy" to Idaho Power to develop power resources in Hells Canyon. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), leader in the losing battle for federal Hells Canyon dam, called it a "shocking betrayal of public trust." Exclude only questions "reasonably calcu atrd to keep me atiorney gen eral informed about his availabil ity (or removal from the United States. 2. Refused a hearing to Leslie Irvin. who Is under death sen tence in Indiana for the slaying of Weslev Kerr. Irvin. known Indiana as "Mad Dog Killer" Ir vin, was accused of killing a to tal of six persons in the r.vans' ville area. 3. Granted comedian Jack Ben ny a review of a lower court or der barring use of a filmed paro dy on the copyrighted motion pic ture "Gaslight." The U.S. District Court in Los Angeles banned its use on the ground that a parody of burlesque must be treated no diflerently from an ordinary ap propriation of copyrighted mate rial. To Trim Federal Budget Johnson Says He's Never Seen Such Demands Among People For Government Savings WASHINGTON (AP) - and Republican leaders said Monday that 10 days with the voters at home have stiffened congressmen's determination to cut President Eisenhower's spending budget. f Sen. Johnson of Texas, the Dem ocratic leader, said that "never in my public career have I seen such strong demands (or economy in government. Johnson returned Sunday from an Easter vacation spent in part in touring Texas. 'Knowland Agrees Sen. Knowland of California, the Republican leader, said that in talks with members who have re turned from their home states he has found "no dimunition in inter est in the country in the desire for economy." Knowland made brief trips dur ing the vacation period to Califor nia and to Florida. Johnson said he found "consid erable concern" among the people about business conditions. He said the recent "bite" of income tax payments has strengthened, de mands for slashing Eisenhower's $71,800,000,000 budget. As chairman of an appropria tions subcommittee which will be gin hearings Tuesday on the State Department's money bill, Johnson said Eisenhower's plea for restora tion of 47 million dollars cut off that department's funds by the House will be given "careful con sideration." Cold Water en Hopes Johnson said the Senate will get down to work on money bills in May, with prospects that it .-may act finally on a half a dozen of the measures the House already has cut. The statements of the two party leaders, made to reporters as the Senate was convening, threw cold water on the hopes of Eisenhow ers advisers that Congress budg et cutting ardor might have cooled after 10 days of visits at home with the voters. Schrunk Tells Of His Orders To Copy Tapes PORTLAND (UP) Mayor Terry D. Schrunk testified today that he ordered copies made of seized tape recordings because he decided they were important. Schrunk testified as a govern ment witness in tho federal wire tap trial of racketeer James B. hlkins employe, Raymond Clark. The mayor, who is under state indictment for conspiracy to ob tain wiretaps, said he put the recordings in his safe when they were delivered to him by Deputy Sheriff George Miniclly. About an hour later, Schrunk, who was then sheriff, testified, 'there was so much concern about the tapes and so much traf fic around the place at the time of the raid that I decided they were important." He said he decided to "preserve the evidence by making copies of the tapes as soon as possible and storing them in a safe place." The tapes later were seized by the government and are the basis of the indictment against Elkins and Clark. Schrunk decided to testify in spite of a Circuit Court order. Mediation Not U. S.-Proposed WASHINGTON M) - The U.S. Slate Department has. not offered to mediate a dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua, depart ment officials said Monday. iney made the comment on t press report quoting an official Ilonduran communique as saying "the government has rejected Ihe 'mediation) suggestion offered by the U.S. State Department, the organization of Central American states, and the foreign ministries of Guatemala, Costa Rica and Kl Salvador. Sen. McCarthy 'Seriously 111' WASHINGTON un Sen. Mc Carthy (R-Wis) was reported Monday to be in serious con dition in the nearby Bcthesda Md.. Naval Hospital. A hospital spokesman said Mc Carthy entered the institution Sun day with "acute hepatitis 'inflam mation of tne liver) and his con dition is onsiderci serious." The Senates Democratic MacLarenTno Captured After Police Chase 16-Year-Oids Taken at The Dalles After Shots Fired Three escapees from MacLarcn School for Boys at Woodburn were captured in a gunshot-punctuated chaso in The Dalles Sunday night. The trio, all 16 years old, es caped Saturday and stole a car in Oregon City, according to The Dalles police. They were in the stolen car when officers saw it approaching the city and attempt ed to stop it. A warning shot was fired into the air as officers gave chase and then two shots were sent into the fleeing car. None of the boys were reported injured by the gunfire. They were identified ns Konnld Diclntio, Tigard; Robert . Mayficld, Jr., Klamath Falls; and Dnrrcl J. Wil son, Cave Junction, iney wcro charged with auto theft. , The- boys- apparently stole- a Willys station wagon in Hubbard and drove it to Oregon City before stealing the car in which they were captured, police said. The station wagon belonging to Martin Sum mons, Sherwood, was recovered in Oregon City after its theft from Hubbard. Berry Men to Settle Picking Price May 24 No definite agreement will be made on the price to be paid strawberry pickers until May 24, according to Marvin Van Cleave, president of tho Oregon Straw berry Council, Van Cleave said a feeler meet ing was held at Forest Grove Fri day night but that the price would not he set until a meeting Is held at McMinnvillc May 24. "We can't tell about the pick ing price until after the market crop report is issued by I he De partment of Agriculture May 10. Van Cleave said. This report will give the strawberry acreage and the estimate of berries that might be killed by the frost. ' Van Cleave noted that the price was expected to be down, but there was nothing definite. Picking will start the last week of May or the first week of June. Last year pickers were paid four and a half cents 8 pound with a half cent bonus If they stayed through the season. Weather Details Maximum yesterday, S3; minimum to day, 48. Toul 24-hour prerlpltallon, 0; for month, 1.95: nnrmiil, 2.2K. sea son precipitation, zo.ua; normal, 3.vim. Rivr-r hr-lKht, -.4 of a fool, tllcporl by U. 8. Wralher Hureaii.) GIVEN BIG HAND Nixon Lauds Budget In Chamber Speech WASHINGTON W - Vice Pros ident Nixon described the scale of federal spending as necessary nd sound in a speech Monday to tho U.S. Chamber of Commerce one of the severest critics of President Eisenhower's 71 billion dollars-plus budget. Nixon told 3.000 delegates and guests at the Chambers' 45th an nual meeting that the President has given them tho biggest tax cut in history and Is pressing ef forts to make new savings. Reminding the businessmen that about GO per cent of the budget reflects national security outlays, Nixon said: "I know you will agree that we should never risk our freedom and security in shortsighted attempts to cut costs today Similarly, Nixon said there had been "loose talk to the effect that t h e national administration is gleefully giving away four billion dollars of tho taxpayers money It usacswving: foreigners." , JORDAN FESTIVE Hussein Sews Up King Saud Loya Ity AMMAN W) King Hussein returned to Jordan Monday after a surprise flying visit to Saudi Arabia's King Saud. Apparently the young monarch wanted to find out what was said in his neighbor's conference Saturday with leaden of Egypt and Syria, and to patch up any crack the Syrian and Egyptian visitors might have opened between him and Saud. Before taking off for Riyadh Sunday, Hussein rejected a pro posal for diplomatic relations with the soviet union, ine young ruier has blamed his country's current troubles on international commu nism, aided by Egyptian propa ganda, and security forces have been busy rounding up Commu nist elements. Almost a holiday mood pre ailed in Amman as the curfew was lifted for eight hours, the longest out-of-doors period since the restriction and martial law were ordered last Thursday. The government announced the curfew would be raised enureiy it cairn continued, Youth's Suicide Try 1 Fails in Salem Jail A lovelorn Portland youth tried to kill himself in the Salem city jail early Sunday morning. The life of the 19-year-old was spared, however, Decausa an officer decidpd to investigate strange sounds coming from the jail, He found the youth hang-T ing with his belt looped around his neck: and around tho screening over a lighf fixture, his feet about four inches off the floor. The young man was lilted down and Salem first aidmcn called. They said he was apparently un harmed. ' Officers said he was arrested about - 3:45 a.m. Sunday on a charge of being drunk on a public street-. At the jail, he was cry ing and repeatedly stated that he didn't care what happened to him, officers said, lie told them that he and his girl friend had broken up. Ho -was booked and placed in a cell. It was ahout 45 minutes later when an officer heard the unusual sounds and investigated. The youth was placed in another cell minus his clothes and with only a mattress on the bed. His father was then called and came down from Portland to post bail and take the youth back with him. Jets Checking All Unknowns, Says Chidlaw WASHINGTON W The retired chief of the Air Defense Command said Monday that since the Middle East fighting, every unknown air craft over this country is double- checked by interceptor planes. Retired Air Force Gen. Benja min W. Chidlaw said this is done "to make doubly sure that Amer ica is not under surveillance or attack. Writing In Planes, publication ni" the Aircraft Industries Assn., Chidlaw said Air Defense inter ceptors averaged 15 lo IB "scram bles" a day during February The Vice President was roundly aDnlauded although, the U. S Chamber has waged a nationwide campaign to muster support for cuts in the $7l,ROO,ooo.ooi nuagei proposed for fiscal 1958, begin ning July 1. From Postmaster deneral hum n.orfield. the delegates heard a new call for Congress to raise postal rates. We should promptly adopt a long-range fiscal policy that the Post Olfice should operate on a substantially break-even basis. Summcrficld said. He also told the businessmen that unless Post Office facilities arc modernized "we face a gradual breakdown in mail service as the volume con tinues to increase Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass) said in a speech that foreign aid "is not the grand economic handout that some envision." and that meat-ax slashing of tho President's pro posals in this field could "cost, not save, the taxpayers money," Streets were jammed with traf fic and stores packed with shop pers laying in supplies for the an nual feast at the end of the month marking the end of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan. The crowds showed no signs of ten sion, and strong troop patrols were almost the only evidence of the bitter struggle between the King and the leftists, Communists and extreme Arab nationalists. Immediately on his return, the King went into conference at hi palace with leading government officials. : ' . 'Brave' Jordan -Given U.S. Aid Of$10Million AMMAN (fl American Ana bassador Lester M a 1 1 o r y an nounced Monday the United States is prepared to grant Jordan 10 million dollars in aid. An embassy statement said: " "Recognizing the brave steps taken by His Majesty King Hus sein and the government and peo ple of Jordan to maintain the in: tcgrlty and independence of their nation and desiring to lend sup-' port to their objectives, the U;,S. government, announced ; Monday that it is prepared promptly to provide His Majesty's government with 10 million dollars in econom ic aid funds to assist in economic development and the maintenance of political stability In the Hashe mito kingdom ot Jordan. , "The U.S. government under takes to maintain a continuing re view of Jordan problems in co operation with His Majesty's gov ernment to determine what furth. if steps may be required. Eden Exits From Boston Hospital BOSTON m Sir Anthony Eden, pale but chipper, left New England Baptist Hospital Monday for a week's convalescence in nearby Milton 16 days after a bile djUct surgery. The 59-year-old former British prime minister will fly to Ottawa May 6 lor further rest, . INews in Brief Monday, April 2, 1957 NATIONAL Kennedy Claims Proof Beck Stole $320,000. ..Sec. 1, P. 1 Rains. Floods Grow Worse in Texas Sec. 1, P. 1 LOCAL Home Show Draws Record Crowd Sec. 2, P. 1 4 Youths Involved in Assaults Sec. 1, P. 8 STATE 5 Drown in Oregon ' j Over Weekend Sec. l.P. l FOREIGN ' ' Nicaragua, Honduras in Border Squabble Sec.l, P. 1 SPORTS , Senators Depart for 'J Lewiston Series Sec. 4, P. 1 Casper Wins Derby Golf Tourney See. 4, P. J REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Sec.l.P.J Editorials SecU,P,4 Locals ..Sccl.P.S Sop. 1. P. 1 Society ....Sec.3,P. 1,2, J Comics Sec. 3, P. 8 Television Sec. 3, P,7 Want Ads .....Sec.4,P.34 Markets -'Y Soi.jpi- Dorothy Dix .....,M.$e$.t j Crossword Puzzle)