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DEMOCRATIC MEETING Sen. John Roosevelt shortly after he announced his
on developments that threaten the Western candidacy for the Democratic nomination for
F. Kennedy is shown exchanging views President,
developments that threaten the Western ;.
Alliance in a meeting with Mrs. Eleanor : (UPI Telephoto)
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Stocks Up
On Steel Reports
New York-d'PD-Stocks turn
ed up sharply on reports
of a steel .settlementtoday
with steel and rail issues pac
ing the upturn.
Many stocks were slow "to
open because of a glut of buy
orders and a half hour after
the first sale the tape was run
ning flash prices.
Averages Gain
The Dow-Jones industrial
stock average, which closed
1959 at a new peak added
more than 6.50 in early trad
ing, the biggest gain since Dec.
8t1959, while the rail section
spurted more than 4 to regis
ter its best rise since Aug. 20
last year.
Youngstown Sheet rose near
ly 4 in the steels where U.S.
Steel added more than 3,
Jones & Laughlin more than
4, and Lukens, Republic and
Bethlehem 2 or better.
Higher Trends in Rails
A number of the rails show
ed higher trends. New York
Central was up more than a
point, and Southern Railway
and Pennsylvania large frac
tions. Kennecott stood out in the
metals with a rise of more
than 2. Anaconda tacked on
nearly a point. Chrysler rose
around 2 in the autos where
Two Believed
Killed by Slide
Seattle - (UPD - Two men
were believed killed today
when they were buried by a
huge sand bank which col
lapsed at the construction site
of a new apartment building.
Four men were working on
the site when the slide buried
them. One was pulled to safe
ty and another was dead on
arrival at King county hospi
tals. Two others were still
trapped in the slide 45 min
utes later and believed killed.
The hospital has not yet es
tablished the identity of the
body brought there but au
thorities tentatively identified
the three men as Richard
Johnson, Danny Griffin and
William Birdall.
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American Motors rose a point
and General Motors a frac
tion.
Elderly Suspect
Held in Slaying
Of Popular Priest
Buffalo, N.Y.-ttlPD-An elder
ly parishioner was held on a
first degree murder charge to
day in the New Years Day
shooting of popular Roman
Catholic priest, the Rev. Vin
cent L. Belle.
Police said the suspect, Al
fonso Catalano, 77, apparently
had a mental fixation and
imagined a woman friend was
spurning him in favor of Fath
er Belle, assistant pastor of
Holly Cross Church.
Catalano was taken into
custody for questioning late
Saturday about the time $1,
500 in reward money was of
fered for information leading
to the arrest and conviction
of the priest's slayer.
The murder charge was
ordered placed against the
elderly suspect, a member of
the Holy Cross parish, by Dis
trict Attorney Carman F.
Ball on the basis of statements
taken from several persons in
the neighborhood.
'Imaginative Grievance'
The most important infor
mation came from a middle
aged woman, whose name was
withheld by police. According
to her, Catalano had an
'"imaginative grievance"
against Father Belle.
The priest was shot to death
in his car parked in the rec
tory garage as he prepared to
start ot New Year's Day
morning o;i a round of holy
communion visits to shut-ins
of his parish. ,
The suspect, a widower and
father of four, received holy
communion from Father Belle
before the priest was slain
and then returned to attend
mass later in the morning,
police said.
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Kennedy Rated
Strong Contender
As Demo Choice
New York (UPD Demo
cratic insiders rate Sen. John
F. Kennedy the strongest con
tender for the Democratic
presidential nomination but
Sen. Stuart Symington com
mands surprising strength too,
a survey indicated today.
A poll of state Democratic
leaders across the nation
placed the Missouri Democrat
a close second behind Ken
nedy even though Syming
ton's campaign plans are un
disclosed. Kennedy announo
ed his candidacy Saturday.
Much farther behind came
Sen. Lyndon Johnson and
Adlai Stevenson (tied), and
Sen, Hubert Humphrey - in
that order.
Query Party Chairmen
United Press International
queried party chairmen or
national committeemen in 39
states on the status of the race
after round one of the bid
ding.
Few of the party leaders
were willing to name a single
favorite this far in advance.
But in 34 of the 50 states they
specified the three men who
in their opinion were top con
tenders as of now. The total
of mentions for each candidate
or expected candidate was re
vealing: Kennedy was named 31
times. Symington got 25 men
tions. Stevenson and Johnson,
who deny their candidacy,
tied with 16. Humphrey, the
first Democrat to announce,
got only seven.
Five Pick Kennedy
Of those willing to specify
a single favorite, five picked
Kennedy. Two each mention
ed Symington, Johnson and
Humphrey.
Others considered it too
early to single out one front-
runner.
Thirty-four out of 37 be
lieved that despite the upcom
ing preference primaries the
turning point for the nomina
tion would not come until the
national convention itself.
On the other hand, 36 out
of 37 believed Vice President
Richard M. Nixon's choice as
GOP nominee already was
firmly decided.
Twenty-four out of 29 list
ed him as the GOP candidate
whom they feel a Democrat
could most easily defeat. .
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1907, the army air force began
as the aeronautical division of
the army signal corps with
one officer and two enlisted
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2 CLAIM STATE
Montpelier - Vermont was
once claimed by both New
York and New Hampshire.
FIRST STATE
Albany - New York ranks
first in the production of talc
and gypsum.
Stafford, England - (UPD - A
union official said Saturday
that 50 technicians who oper
ate electronic brains at the
English Electric company lab
oratory here went out on
strike because they were for
bidden "to talk, laugh or
whistle" while they worked.
London (UPD Deputy La
bor party leader Aneurin
Bevin spent a "fair" night
Friday in the hospital where
he is recuperating from a
major abdominal operation
Dec. 29, a party spokesman
said Saturday.
Demo Leadership
Lining Up Several
'Must' Measures
Washington (UPD The Con
gress that may be best known
in history by its presidential
candidates reconvenes Wed
nesday for a stormy election
year session.
School construction, mini
mum wage, civil rights and
housing probably in about
that order - highlighted the
list of "must" bills the Demo
cratic leadership Js lining up
for its 1960 session.
Revision of the Taft-Hartley
labor law because of the
steel dispute may add to the
session's troubles.
But presidential politics
with all the major active con
tenders of both parties con
centrated in the Senate cham
ber overshadowed the legis
lative program.
Two Announce Candidacies
Two of the Senate's four
Democratic presidential hope
fuls formally announced their
candidacies last week Sens,
Hubert H. Humphrey, Minn.,
and John F. Kennedy, Mass
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) and
Sen. Stuart Symington (Mo.),
the other two, are not expect
ed to make any formal decla
rations in the near future.
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, who apparently clinch
ed the GOP nomination with
the wtihdrawal of New York
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller,
is expected to formalize his
candidacy in a few weeks. He
can do so when his name
eoes into the March 8 New
Hampshire primary.
Nixon will be presiding
over the Senate when both
houses convene at noon e.s.t,
Wednesday for the second
session of the 86th Congress.
To Deliver Message
On Thursday, President Eis
enhower will deliver in per
son his annual State of the
Union Message to a joint ses
sion of Congress. Then the
legislators probably will ad
journ until next week.
The President's budget
message calling for spending
of about 80 billion dollars in
the fiscal year starting July 1
will be submitted on Jan. 18.
His economic report will go to
Congress on Jan. 20.
Senate Republicans plan to
hold their first party confer
ence Wednesday afternoon.
But the TJemocrats may switch
their normal schedule and not
hold their caucus until after
they hear the President's
State of the Union Message!
This would enable Johnson to
tailor his program with the
advantage of knowing the
President's proposals.
Leaders on both sides look
for a short session, ending m
time, for the July 11 Demo
cratic national convention in
Los Angeles.
Governor Faces
Heavy Schedule
Salem (UPD This week's
schedule of Gov. Mark Hat
field, starting off busy today
with the appointment of How
ard Belton as state treasurer,
continues at a fast pace
through Wednesday.
At 2 p.m. today he was to
swear in William A. Callahan,
Portland, as a member of the
State Industrial Accident
commission.
Tuesday's appointments in
clude a cabinet meeting at
noon, greeting of foreign edu
cators at 2 p.m. and swearing
in of Seaside attorney Avery
Combs as circuit judge at 2:15
p.m. The regular Tuesday
morning Board of Control
meeting was cancelled.
Wednesday the governor
will swear in Forestry Board
members at 11:30 a.m.
EMBASSY FIRED ON
Buenos, Aires (UPD The
door of the Yugoslav embassy
was raked by machine gun
fire from a speeding car early
Thursday, it was disclosed
Saturday. There were no cas
ualties. Six bullets perforated
the door.
Taipei - (UPD - President
Chiang Kai - Shek declared
Friday that Nationalist China
is capable of launching an of
fensive against Red China,
press reports said. The gen
eralissimo made the statement
at a ceremony marking the
48th anniversary of the inau
guration of the Republic of
China. '
CRASH KILLS SEVEN Seven persons
died early Sunday when these two cars col
lided on a snow-swept road near Saginaw,
Mich. Five young women riding in the car
in the top photo were killed outright. Two
men in the auto in the . bottom photo also
Neuberger Lists Five Major
Goals of Congress During 1960
Portland - (UPD - Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger, returning
to Washington, D.C. after four
months in Oregon, today listed
five major goals of the 1960
Congress. ' ' -.
Included were:
1. A positive foreign policy
assuring peace with justice.
2. Reduction in cost of the
federal farm program with
more equity and fairness
among all groups of farmers.
Voluntary Insurance
3. A program of voluntary
health insurance under the
Social Security system.
4. Sufficient federal reve
nues to keep the national bud
get in balance. -
5. Support for science, edu
cation and basic research to
provide greater American
strength in competition with
the Soviet Union.
Neuberger, who recently
celebrated his 47th birthday,
also said he would continue
efforts to expand federal par
ticipation in medical research,
particularly in cancer. ;,
Dunes Park Backed
The senator, a recent cancer
victim himself, said "as a re
sult of these research ad
vances in recent years, the
survival rate among cancer
Valley Man Escapes
Injury in Accident
Ashland A 24-year-old
man escaped injury early to
day when his car skidded on
the ice, struck a light pole
and turned over on its side
on North Main st., city police
reported. 1
Driver was jack M. John
son, 628 Altamont st. Damage
to the car, a 1956 hardtop
sedan, was estimated at $600.
Police said the accident oc
curred at 12:45 a.m. at North
Main's intersection with Scho
field st. The car, southbound
on Main, skidded approxim
ately 200 yards.
Birmingham, England-(UPD-
Police today charged a factory
foreman with the slaying of
an 18 -year -old Birmingham
girl and questioned him about
the killing of another woman.
P.
victims has been increased
from' one out of every four
to one out of every three.
He also pledged himself to
work for enactment of one of
his bills which would author
ize creation of a national sea
shore park in the Oregon
Dunes area. He said he still
did not understand opposition
to the proposal from some
Well
Neuberger said he was feel
Egjjg Cut Urged on
Mense Spending
Washington-(UPD - The Na
tional Planning Association
has urged a big cut in U.S
defense spending so that taxes
can be reduced and the coun
try's economic resources can
be shifted to "urgent peace
time tasks."
"If politically feasible, a re
duction in armament would
be desirable economically,"
the association said.
It declared "there is no
valid economic argument that
arms reduction would bring
about economic depression."
Carfeul Planning
But is said the effects of a
hangover from an economy
based on the present expendi
tures for defense to a limited
disarmament economy would
require careful planning. It
called for the formation of a
comprehensive plan to meet
all emergencies.
"Unless we have a convinc
ing economic plan for dis
armament," the association
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(UPI Telephoto)
ing well despite severe bouts
with the shingles and, later
with the flu during December.
He said he had more than 100
speaking engagements with
out missing a one.
"My wife and I love to live
in Oregon despite the many
demands upon us," he said,
adding: "I am not an absentee
senator who comes to his
home state for any length of
time only when his name is
on the ballot."
said, "we cannot forefully an
swer the argument that we
fear arms reduction "because
it may cause a breakdown in
our economic system."
The association, a private,
non-political research organ
ization, said a reduction in
arms spending would "allow a
shift to resources from de
fense production and defense
services to urgent peacetime
tasks and would permit a tax
reduction along with the re
sulting consumer satisfaction."
Could Bring Tax Cut
Defense spending of all
types is now about $46 bil
lion a year slightly more
than half of the total of all
federal spending.
The association estimated
that a substantially reduced
defense budget could lead to
a tax cut of about 7 per cent.
It said such a tax reduction
would stimulate private
spending and capital invest
ments.
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Topping
s 4 ChiSdren
Marseilles, France - (UPD - A
towering construction crane
toppled into a kindergarten
playground here today during
a recreation period. Four chil
dren were killed and a num
ber of others injured.
The crane was being erect
ed in a workyard next door
to the kindergarten when it
fell.
The metal monster smashed
the wall surrounding the
playground and sledge-hammered
into a group of playing
children.
Workman Italo Florida, 45,
was sitting in the cab of the
crane when it fell. He was
hurled into the playground
and seriously injured.
The dead children were not
immediately identified. About
150 children between the
ages of 4 and 6 regularly at
tend the school.
About 120 of the children
were in the playground at the
time of the accident. A num
ber of them were washing
their hands and faces at a line
of basins under the supervi
sion of two women teachers.
Suddenly one of the teach
ers looked up and screamed
as she caught sight of the long
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by the weight of the falling
metal. The uninjured sur
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