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Wednesday, JlT 1955
Builds Oun Pouer f laHt
Dke TJould Drop Oixon-Yates Project if
Memphis
Involvements of
Plan Under Study;
FBI Use Revealed
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower said today he
would be willing to cancel the
controversial Dixon-Yates proj
ect if the city of Memphis,
Tenn. can go ahead with con
struction of its own power
plant.
Mr. Eisenhower told a news
conference that Atty. Gen. Her
bert Brownell Jr., and Budget
Director Rowland Hughes are
studying the feasibility and pos
sible legal involvements of the
Memphis plan before the ad
ministration makes a final de
cision. Um of FBI
Meanwhile, it was disclosed
that Brownell had sent FBI
ocrontc to MemDhis to check on
the city's power intentions. This
prompted Sen. Estes Kefauver
(D-Tenn.), a leading Dixon-
Yates foe, to accuse tne aanun
istration of "shocking misuse"
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At today's news conference
Mr. Eisenhower was questioned
...osliullv nhnilt thp role Of Ul-
vestment banker Adolph Wen-
zell of tne rim iioswra vorp.
who was a consultant to the
Budget Bureau prior to final
j.inn tVio nixon-Yates con-
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tract. Wenzell's corporation sub-
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sequenuy arranged uuu-ires
financing.
Mr. F.isenhower has consistent
ly taken the stand that Wenzell
had nothing to do with actual
planning of the Dixon Yates
project.
Shruos Off Politics
He asserted again today that
he thinks Wenzell's role was
srooer. He shrugged off a capi-
tol hill suggestion that this de
cision to re-study the Dixon
Yates contract was a political
victory for the Democrats and
that he was backing down.
Senate Dixon-Yates opponents
Tuesday abandoned one line of
attack against the project. They
dropped a fight to eliminate
from a pending public works
money bill a $6,500,000 fund to
finance a transmlsion line link
ing Dixon-Yates with the govern
ment's Tennessee Valley Author
ity. They contented themselves in
stead with a committee-approved
proviso that the money would
be eliminated if Memphis does
carry out its announced plans to
uild its own municipal plant
Not Investigation
A Justice Department spokes
man revealed, meanwhile, that
the FBI in Memphis has con
ducted a "fact-finding mission"
to determine whether Memphis
really intends to build the plant.
He said the information was
sought by Brownell and the FBI
mission was in no sense "an in
vestigation.
In Memphis, utility chief Tom
Allen said he and his assistants
gave the FBI all available infor
mation on the city's plans and
assured them the city is "sin
cere" in its determination to
build its own plant.
Sen. Lister Hill (D-Ala.), one
of the contract's outspoken op
ponents, said that action by
Memphis will kill the Dixon
Yates contract. Kefauver, In a
Senate speech, said the admin
istration is likely to drop the
Dixon-Yates "hot potato.
Poultry Workers Reach
Two-Year Agreement
Portland (U.R) Agreement
on a new two-year contract was
reached last' night by the Egg
Candlers and Poultry Workers
Union AFL and the Oregon Egg
and Poultry Dealers Association,
ending a strike which started
June 23.
The walkout had closed five
poultry processing plants and af
fected about 15 others in the
state.
Federal Mediator Bob McClel
land announced that the agree
ment had been reached after
union members voted on a new
offer.
TO STOP CURFEW SIREN
Vancouver, Wash. U.R)
The curfew siren which has
rung out at 10 p.m. nightly for
years will be silenced. The city
council decided last night to stop
the siren but members said the
ordinance which requires juve
niles to be off the streets by 10
p.m. is not changed.
Idaho Highway May
Be Evacuation Route
Lewiston, Ida. U.R) The
possibility . of declaring the
Lewis-Clark highway an evacua
tion outlet for the Pacific Coast
is under consideration, Sen.
Henry Dworshak (R-Ida.), said
today.
Dworshak, in a letter to the
Lewiston .Chamber of Com
merce, said he and Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) are sounding out
possibilities of the proposal.
The Greater Clarkston Asso
ciation broached the subject
during the congressional hear
ing here on Hells Canyon dam.
It was suggested the unfinished
portion of the road between here
and western Montana could be
declared necessary for evacua
tion of civilians from coastal
points in event of an emergency.
Woman Testifies
To Selling Ri
To Casper Oveross
Salem U.R) Mrs. Marion
Zahler, now of Eugene but for
merly of Silverton, testified in
Marion County Circuit Court
yesterday that she sold a 30-30
rifle to Casper A. Oveross on
March 5, 1949, of the same type
as the one which killed Ervin
Kaser Feb. 17.
The state has introduced in
evidence a rifle taken from Pud
ding creek near Pratum which it
says is the gun from which shots
were fired into Kaser as he sat
in his car in the driveway at his
home near Silverton.'
Mrs. Zahler was a bookkeeper
and clerk at the Ames hard
ware store in Silverton at the
time she said she sold a rifle
tn Oveross.
Witnesses have testified that
Oveross blamed Kaser for break
ing up his home. Mrs. Edith
Kaser, sister-in-law of Ervin Ka
ser and twin sister of Ethel
Oveross admitted to her she had
pnrf nut with Kaser.
Testifying also in connection
with the reported sale of the
rifle were Deputy Sheriff Amos
Shaw, State Policeman Lloyd T
Riegel and Norris Ames, owner
of the store.
Shaw and Riegel told of find
ing the sales slips, invoice, letter
and account sheets in the records
of Carl Handy hardware store,
the one owned in 1949 by Ames.
Reward Offered for
Atomic Bomb Smugglers
Washington U.R The
House voted unanimously yes
terday to pay a reward of up to
$500,000 to anyone who . un
covers an effort to smuggle
atomic bombs or nuclear ma
terial into the United States.
The measure, which now goes
to the Senate for action, is aimed
at protecting the nation against
sneak atomic attack. Officials
have warned that a single sabo
tuer armed with a "suitcase" A
bomb could cause untold damage.
Detroit Salesman
Held as Suspect in
Slaying of Tvo Girls
Reporter Gets Guided Tour
Of Isolation Cells During
Washington Prison Riot
By FRED ZAVATERO
Walla Walla (U.R) Now I
know the difference between
"the hole" and "the hole with
bedsheets.
California Woman
Dies in Coast Crash
Gold Beach, Ore. s (U.R)
Berthe Perigot, 65-year-old Blue
Lake, Calif., woman was injur
ed fatally last night when tne
car in which she was riding
plunged off Highway 101 about
two miles north of Pistol river,
state police reported.
The woman died in a local
hospital about 3:30 a.m.
Pasquale Cicchetti, who was
driving in the other direction,
said he saw the headlights of a
car approaching and then dis
appear around a curve last night.
When he failed to meet the car
he investigated and found it had
left the highway.
State police said the. dead wo
man was riding in a car driven
by Emile Gibouret, 71, Los An
geles. Two other passengers
were in the car, Pierre Perigot,
a cousin of the dead woman, and
Ferande Anne Gibouret. There
was no report of injuries to other
occupants of the car.
Patterson Reappoints
Engineering Examiners
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L.
Patterson has reappointed Ber
tram G. Dick and S. C. Schwartz
of Portland as members of the
State Board of Engineering Ex
aminers. Ralph G. Demoisy of Mapleton
was appointed to the State
Board of Engineering Examiners
to succeed Charles B. Carpenter
of Portland, whose term expired
July 1.
Gov. Patterson appointed Ken
neth Davis of Portland to the
Oregon Development Commission.
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I was one of three reporters
who met on the second floor of
wing 1 last night with about a
dozen spokesmen for the 800 con
victs now controlling half the
Washington State Prison and the
fate of seven hostages.
One of the convicts took me
on a guided tour past cells used
for isolation purposes. Convicts
call it "the hole" as compared
with segregation which is termed
"the hole with bedsheets."
The question of isolation pun
ishment was one of the major
points in a two-page statement
issued by the spokesmen last
night. The men said then they
ieu every man snouia nave a
trial or hearing prior to being
placed in isolation and . while
waiting for trial, should be re
stricted to his cell.
J. saw little signs of damage.
The convicts call this a "collec
tive rebellion," not a riot.
One convict claimed he had
not had a shower for the past
two or three weeks.
"There's nothing but men with
no hope here," said one of the
spokesmen.
"We listened to the officials
last year when the convicts went
on a four-day hunger strike and
tried everything out and we were
let down," one of the men told
me.
The men were very orderly
and very tense. They unfolded
their grievances and told us to
come back tomorrow at three
with an offer from the adminis
tration. If that satisfies them,
they said, the hostages will be
released.
Chessman Given
Another Stay
Washington (U.R) Su
preme Court Justice Tom C.
Clark today granted a stay of
execution to convict - author
Caryl Chessman, who was sched
uled to die in SanQuentin pris
on's gas chamber on July 15.
Clark granted the stay to per
mit the Supreme Court to review
Chessman's trial. Chessman
wrote the best-seller "Cell 2455,
Death Row," in a cell at San
Quentin. His case gained nation
al prominence after publication
of the book in May, 1953.
Known as the "lover's lane
bandit," Chessman drew two
death sentences and two life
imprisonment sentences after
conviction on 17 charges in Los
Angeles county court. From his
cell in death row for the past
six years, Chessman has con
ducted most of his own legal
work. .
His current petition, one of
many he has filed, was sent to
Justice Clark in Dallas, Tex.,
for his consideration. Clark's de
cision was announced by a Su
preme Court spokesman here.
SEAMEN PAY TRIBUTE '
Portland 0J.R)-i- About 1000
seamen of the International
Longshoremen's and.Warehouse
men's union gathered to pay trib
ute to men killed in the 1934
strike. Harry Bridges, interna
tional president, had been sched
uled to speak, but was unable to
attend.
Charlotte, Mich. (U.R) A 62
year-old Detroit salesman, sus
pected of the sex slayings of
two young Michigan girls in re
cent months, was scheduled for
a lie detector test today.
The suspect, Wade Caulder,
was arrested yesterday for ques
tioning about the slayings of Bar
bara Gaca, 7, of Detroit, and
crippled Jeanie Singleton, 8, of
Kalamazoo.
Caulder volunteered for the
lie test after police questioned
him throughout the afternoon
and evening about the slayings.
Transfer Scheduled
He was held at the Eaton
county jail here throughout the
night and was scheduled to be
transferred to the state police
oost at either Detroit or East
Lansing for the lie test.
Caulder admitted having been
in Detroit March 24, the date the
Gaca girl disappeared while on
her way to school, and in Kala
mazoo May 23, when the Single
ton girl disappeared while re
turning from school
Although he could not produce
any alibi for the time he spent
in the two areas, Caulder denied
any knowledge of the crimes and
asked to take the lie test, state
police said
Police posted a stakeout for
Caulder at the local post office
after a Detroit woman in whose
home he had roomed tipped po
lice that he may have had some
thing to do with the crimes. She
said Caulder had warned her
never to leave her two young
daughters alone with him be
cause he "might harm them."
Similarity Noted
-.The similarity of the two
crimes has led police to believe
they may have been committed
by the same person.
The bodies of both girls were
found in secluded "lovers lane
areas about a week after they
were first reported missing. Both
had been strangled and raped al
most simultaneously by a "sad
istic sex fiend,
widespread search before their
mutilated bodies were found.
Autopsies showed both had been
raped, slain and dumped on the
day they disappeared.
Eastern Hall
01 Nation Bakes
By UNITED PRESS
The eastern half of the nation
sweltered in a 100-degree heat
wave for the seventh straight day
today
A mass of hot, muggy air kept
the heat wave simmering from
the Dakotas to Maine. Temper
tures jumped over the 100-de
gree mark in the New York area
and Pennsylvania yesterday and
threatened to do the same today,
To make matters worse, there
was no relief in .sight, at least
for the next two days.
At least two heat prostration
deaths were reported in Michi
gan and, New York City. In Man
hattan, blonde actress Sherry
North was put under a doctor's
care after coming down with
heat prostration.
The heat was so bad in Chi
cago that 126 workers went on a
sitdown strike at the Ford As
sembly plant because some em
ployees had been disciplined for
refusing overtime. The strike
shut down the whole plant,
idling almost 2,000 workers,
Funerals Slated for
Pendleton Polio Victims
Pendleton (U.R) Funeral ser
vices were scheduled today for
Ronald Lewis, 25, Pendleton, a
polio victim for the past three
years, who died Friday,
Lewis' death was the second
from polio in Pendlton in the
past two weeks. Mrs. Ray Eckles
died June 21. Both were stricken
in 1952 and spent the rest of
Dependents To Join Soldiers in Japan
San Francisco U.R) Long-
awaited "Operation Gyroscope"
became a reality at the San
Francisco Port of Embarkation
today for 366 Army dependents
as they embarked on the USS
Gen. A. E. Anderson for Japan.
On Friday 365 women and
children will board the USS Gen.
J. C. Breckinridge to complete
the Pacific Coast's first move
ment of its kind in the post-war
period.
They are the families of mem
bers of the 508th Regimental
Combat Team (airborne) of Fort
Campbell, Ky., which is being
moved en masse under the unit
rotation plan, to replace the
187th RCT (airborne) which is
returning for permanent station
at Fort Bragg, N.C.
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UAW Brands Probe
As Political Move
Detroit HUJO United Auto
Workers today branded a fed
eral grand jury probe of its po
litical expenditures as a "Repub
lican attempt to put. labor in a
straitjacket." e
UAW Secretary - Treasurer
Emil Mazey made the statement
as the grand jury began Its sec
ond day of hearings on charges
that the union violated the Fed
eral Corrupt Practices Law by
contributing money from union
dues to national political can
didates. Mazey appeared as a witness
in the opening hearing yester
day and presented union records
of expenditures. '
The grand jury followed testi
mony by Republican State
Chairman John Feikens before
the Senate Elections Subcom
mittee in Washington in which
Feikens charged the union had
spent .$2,611,980 for political
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