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Pendleton (U.PJ The Fed
eral Power commission hearing
on the application oi a group of
Northwest power companies to
build Mountain Sheep and Pleas
ant Valley dams on the Middle
Snake river opened its second
day here today with opponents
of the proposal taking the stand.
Lyle R. Wolf, attorney for the
National Hells Canyon associa
tion, said he expected to present
between 15 and 20 witnesses to
day who will offer testimony op
posing the granting of licenses
to the private power companies.
Other Side Heard
Yesterday's opening day testi
mony was limited to testimony
In favor of granting the federal
licenses. Allan A. Smith, Port
land attorney representing the
four utility groups proposing
the construction, called some 40
witnesses to speak in behalf of
granting the licenses.
Arthur G. Hicks, assistant at
torney general for Oregon, an
nounced the state of Oregon will
reserve its testimony until the
bearings are reconvened in
Washington, D.C. on July 24.
In an opening statement yes
terday, Smith said: "No other
major hydroelectric project or
combination of projects has the
necessary preliminary work- of
engineering, negotiating and fi
nancing completed to the point
where a prompt issuance of a
license would permit getting a
substantial block of new power
on the line to avert a shortage
by 1960."
Other witnesses yesterday
warned that the Northwest faces
a power shortage In the imme
diate foreseeable future and
Back Stairs: Special Hook-Up for Ike
By RICHARD E. MOONEY
United Press Correspondent
Washington U.R) Back
stairs at Walter Reed Army Med
ical Center:
President Eisenhower got a
special radio hook-up in his hos
pital because he didn't want to
hear the announcements and
"pop" songs which are part of
the fare on regular stations and
Walter Reed's own small WRAH.
The hospital has 1000 pink plas
tic speakers round and thin,
a little larger than a silver dollar
which a patient can slip under
his pillow. There are enough for
each patient to have his own,
with a choice of four stations
WRAH (between 7:30 a.m. and
10:30 p.m.) and three of Wash
ington's commercial stations. Mr.
Eisenhower gets a special pro
gram of music piped directly in
to his room, courtesy of WGMS,
".Washington's good music sta
tion." The guest speaker at Walter
Reed's graduation exercises last
week was only coincidentally the
chief civilian consultant on Pres
ident Eisenhower's case.
Actually Dr. Isidor Ravdin of
the University of Pennsylvania
Medical School was signed up for
the talk several months ago.
Ravdin is a major general in
the Medical Corps' active reserve
and a consultant both to the
Army surgeon general and to
this medical center. The center's
commanding officer told the
graduates Ravdin was one of the
first doctors to go to Pearl Har
bor after the Japanese attack In
1941.
Madras Girl Drowns
In Irrigation Pond
Madras (U.PJ An irriga
tion pond claimed the life of a
12-year-old girl near here yester
day when a raft she and two
other children were playing on
capsized.
Drowned was Beverly Ames,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin G. Ames, Madras area farm
ers. Officers said that the girl
was playing on the raft with
Bob Townsend, 9, and his sister,
Rita. 8. When about 15 feet from
shore the raft capsized and spill
ed the children in about six feet
of water.
The accident occurred about
4:45 p.m. on the Earl Watson
farm about four miles north of
here near highway 97.
HOW DO YOU DOT
Waterbury, Conn. (U.R) Wil
liam E. Sullivan, who lives on
Sylvan ave. here and works in
New Haven, and Irving King, :
who lives on Sylvan ave. in
New Haven and works here, ,
. finally met. Their cars collided. !
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called for immediate develop
ment by the private utility com
panies of the Middle Snake wa
ters. The $213 million proposed
project would be the largest
ever undertaken in the North
west with private capital. The
four companies seeking permis
sion to build the dams are the
Pacific Power & Light, Wash
ington Water Power, Montana
Water Power and Portland Gen
eral Electric.
The two dams would be locat
ed above the mouth of the Sal
mon and Imnaha rivers, about
75 miles south of Lewiston, Ida
Pleasant Valley dam would
be 534 feet high, highest of its
kind in the United States and
third highest in the world.
'Jada' Maintains Lead
In L.A.-Tahafi Race
Los Angeles-OJ.R) Bill Stur-
gis 56-foot yawl, Jada, was
maintaining a lead today over a
five-boat fleet in the world's
longest" yacht race from Los An
geles harbor to Tahiti.
The first radio position re
ports in three days Monday
night placed the Jada at 1328
miles out of Los Angeles harbor.
John P. Scripps' scratch boat,
Novia del Mar, was reported 60
miles behind the leader.
The Quest, although 90 miles
behind the Jada, held second
place in the 3571-mile race on
a handicap basis. The Celebes
was placed about 180 miles be
hind the Jada and the Viveka
trailed at 360 miles.
Carefully preserved on the
green blackboard in the emer
gency press conference room at
Walter Reed is the two-week-old
drawing of President Eisenhow
er's ileum. Maj. Gen. Leonard D.
Heaton used this to illustrate the
operation he performed two
weeks ago. The "do not erase"
warning has been erased but no
James Roosevelt
Will Be Free 'Soon' .
Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) Rep.
James Roosevelt (D-Calif.) will
obtain his freedom from his sec
ond wife "in one or two days"
to marry his personal secretary,
Mrs. Gladys Irene Owens.
Mrs. Romelle Roosevelt Mon
day petitioned in Superior Court
for a final divorce decree from
the eldest son of the late Presi
dent. Roosevelt announced earli
er he planned to marry Mrs.
Owens "late in June" after his
divorce became final.
Roosevelt's attorney, Samuel
Picone, was expected to file a
similar petition for the congress
man today. Picone said the final
decree usually was entered with
in "one or two days" after ap
plication by either party.
Attorney Arthur E. Schiffer-
man filed the petition for Mrs.
Roosevelt, a former nurse, on
the first day Roosevelt or his
ex-wife could apply for the final
decree. Their interlocutory di
vorce was granted June 22, 1955.
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Oregon Cities Win
National JC Awards
Kansas City (U.R) Portland,
Astoria and Pendleton, Ore.,
were honored with awards to
day at the National Junior
Chamber of Commerce conven
tion here.
Portland won first places In
cities of its division in youth
welfare, project of the year, pub
lic safety and public school wel
fare. Portland was third in avia
tion, sports activities, trade pro
motion and traffic safety.
Astoria was second in cities
of its class in civic improve
ment and in project of the year
and third in printed publica
tions. Pendleton won a first place
for public affairs.
Around Hollywood
Hollywood U.R) One of
the most talked about television
shows in this area never will be
seen by the
rest of the
country be
cause the star,
Oscar Levant,
'has two rea
sons for keep
ing it local.
"If it went
network
they'd make
Aline Mosbj me go to New
York and I can't travel farther
than Culver City. I'm a shut in,"
the witty pianist said in his usual
deadpan fashion. "Besides," he
added, "I never could get my old
table back at LePavillon."
Thus Levant's program will
remain a popular item only for
local residents. On the panel
show Oscar interviews compos
ers, but the audience is more in
terested in collecting his ad libs.
On Bing Crosby's "Hi Tor":
"It's like the legend of Sleepy
one has so much as smudged the
white chalk drawing.
A new notice has appeared on
the hospital press room bulletin
board. It's for newsmen who
have just recovered from all the
shots they had to take in antici
pation of Mr. Eisenhower's now
postponed trip to Panama. The
notice anticipates the possibility
of an extended visit to Gettys
burg, where Mr. Eisenhower will
recuperate.
It says:
"Dr. Walter F. Tkaeh assist
ant White House physician will
give Gettysburg shots this after
noon, beginning at 2 p.m. Men
going to Gettysburg must have
innoculations against cholera,
the bends, purple spotted fever
and chronic ennui."
Jury Undecided
In Cause of Death -
Shelby, N.C. (U.R) A coro
ner's jury ruled Monday night
that it was unable to determine
whether there was foul play in
the death of a bridegroom who
fell to his death from an air
liner. The six-man panel said that it
could not determine "how or
why" Oren A. Pruitt, 38, of
Charlotte, N.C., fell 6,000 feet
to his death from a Piedmont
airliner. Pruitt was on his hon
eymoon when he died. His
bride said he apparently opened
the door by mistake thinking it
was the restroom door.
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(Distributed by King
The most popular comedy
character In the French drama is
the deceived husband. He is usu
ally depicted as a pompous per
sonage preoccupied with business
and golf, and with no talent or
inclination for participating in
those romantic interludes which
women find so necessary to com
plete their contentment. This
type of comic character is becom
ing increasingly popular in this
country. Feminine -theater-goers
view such portrayals with unre
strained enthusiasm. They shriek
with delight at the deceived hus
band's discomfiture or at any
wisecracks voiced at the poor
wretch's expense. As a charter
member of the Husbands Protec
tive association I view this situa
tion with alarm. An example of
the type of play I have in mind
By ALINE MOSBY
United Press Correspondent
Hollow very sleepy and very
hollow."
Sex Appeal
On "Carousel": "It has great
appeal for both sexes. And the
general public as well."
On Women: "I'm indifferent to
women, a fact that worries me
more than it does the women."
He insults the composers and
panel members. One wag sug
gested the show be called
"What's Malign?" Of sonewriter
Mike Riley he inquired, "Didn't
I meet you in a sanitarium?"
Another time Levant, known as
Hollywood's professional neu
rotic, remarked, "I've had more
nervous breakdowns than Judy
Garland, but she's one suicide at
tempt up on me."
After battles with nervous
censors and executives on one
TV station, Levant moved his
show to another local station.
"Sometimes I shock myself,"
Levant said morosely at MGM
where he's assisting producer Ar
thur Freed on the script of "Silk
Stockings."
Organized Chaos
"I get paid in tips for this
show. Television is organized
chaos. I never write any of my
lines. The only time I've written
anything down is on the Super
Chief. They make you write your
dinner order," he said.
He stared at the lunchers in
the MGM commissary and added,
"Working at the studio again is
like going to Menninger's Clinic.
It's therapeutics. I always was
alone when I was a concert pi
anist, alone for 15 years, outside
of an occasional fight with a
critic."
He continued, "I do this TV
show because once in a while I'm
wildly exciting. Sometimes the
way I address myself fascinates
me.
"On my first show," said Os
car, "I didn't say 'charming' or
'delightful' to the guests in one
hour and 20 minutes. I defy any
one in the history of TV to match
that statement!"
PROTECTION STOLEN
Oklahoma City, Okla. (U.p)
Tavern operator Olen Hughes
reported to police that someone
broke into his cash register, ig
nored the money and stole a pis
tol he kept in case of robbery.
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By E. V. Durling
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is that hilarious hit titled "fallen
angels." This deals with the an
tics of a pair of golf widows dur
ing the absence of their spouses.
In a way it recalls that show of
the yesteryear called "The Cra
dle Snatchers." Incidentally, in
that play Humphrey Bogart
played the part of a Latin type
gigolo.
Please Note
When Errol Flynn and Bette
Davis were co-starred in "Eliza
beth and Essex" they quarreled
considerably during the making
of the film. Errol now reveals
that one of the major causes of
these quarrels was that Bette
loves garlic and insisted upon
consuming same at lunch. This
made the playing of love scenes
with her very trying in the aft
ernoon. Asides
The traditional Malay wed
ding oath is, "Thee I take for my
wife in the long journey of life"
. . . The fortune is made of a
man who can figure out a dog
repellent for use by postmen.
The number of mail carriers bit
ten by dogs has recently shown
an alarming increase.
Horses and Women
The average Italian believes
woman's place is in the home.
Most of his countrywomen agree
with him. After marriage, the
girls give up their jobs. Most of
the girls in the working group
are unmarried.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Why
is that section of Hollywood
where so many night clubs are
located called "The Sunset
Strip"?" A. The name has no
connection with the night clubs.
It is a trip of land that, while in
the heart of Hollywood, is offi
cially county territory and there
fore comes under the jurisdiction
of the sheriff's office.
Births
A bit of surprising statistical
information is that Sweden leads
the European countries in the
matter of illegitimate births. One
birth in every 10 in Sweden is
illegitimate. In France, it is one
in 12. In Britain, one in 20. In
Italy, one in 30.
Young Winner
Lester Piggot, the great Eng
lish jockey, comes from a long
line of race riders. Some of his
ancestors were jockeys 200 years
ago. Lester won his first race
when he was 12. A reporter con
gratulated him upon having en
tered the winners circle at such
an early age-. Lester replied, "Oh,
that's nothing. My grandfather
won his first race when he was
9."
Among the Married
Does your wife always vote
the same as you do? I note it said
nine out of 10 women vote the
same ticket as their husbands.
That I doubt. I know quite a few
women who are not in agreement
with the political views of their
husbands. Even to the point of
belonging to a different political
party. I also have noted it claim
ed that in the case of a male
candidate against a female that
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Minneapolis, Minn. (U.R)
FBI agents today ordered a five
state alert for the man in the
gray flannel suit who single
handedly robbed a suburban
bank of $17,500.
The nonchalant bandit, wav
ing a .45 caliber revolver,
strolled into the Park Plaza
state bank in the busy shopping
center of St. Louis Park Mon
day. A teller,Mrs. Phyllis Kakach,
laughed in disbelief when he
ordered her to place money on
the counter.
But the gunman snapped "I
mean business," and calmly pro
ceeded to stuff the money into
a canvas bag.
He kept seven employees and
a customer at bay and escaped
in a getaway car which was
found abandoned in an alley a
mile away. There was no trace
of his movements from then on.
A LOGICAL DEDUCTION
Ingle wood, Calif. (U.R) Para
keet lover Enos H. Davis com
plained today that some early
"worm" got 18 of his birds from
a back yard cage. Some of the
birds couldn't fly, so he's sure
they were stolen, Davis told
police.
women "will always vote for the
man." That I don't believe either.
Women legislators are bound to
have the interests of women and
children much in mind. They go
all out in battling for their own
sex. Women voters realize that
and a good feminine candidate
will get their votes.
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Major Shipyard
Strike Threatens
West Coast Ports
Portland (U.R) A major
shipyard workers strike at Port
land and other points on the
West Coast was threatened to
day as officials announced that
a stalemate has been reached in
negotiations designed to head off
the walkout.
A strike could go into effect
Sunday at midnight unless an
agreement is reached before
that time. Negotiations are be
ing held between the AFL-CIO
Pacific Metals Trade Council
and the Shipbuilders association
of the Pacific. The across-the-board
pay raise with employers
countering with an offer of nine
cents.
Serious Stalemate
Bill Way, president of the
Portland Metal Trades Council,
said last night that a "serious 1
stalemate" had been reached in
the negotiations..
About 3000 Portland shipyard j
employees and an estimated 10,-;
OOp on the Pacific Coast would j
be affected by a walkout.
Present scale is $2.29 an hour
which the union seeks to have
raised to $2.50 in a master ship
building agreement for the West
Coast.
Locally, a tieup would halt
construction on two luxury Mat-
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direction the dog bit his finger.
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