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VOTING BOOTH AT SEA - When the American President
Lines' SS President Hoover sails for the Orient Nov. 3 she
'will be equipped with "polling booths" for election day
Nov. 8 The Mid-Pacific election won t count In the national
.returns but APL is providing the "straw poll" so the pas
sengers won t miss out on the fun and excitement. Here,
Fred Dupont prepares posters and signs for the event. On
-election day, the Hoover will be en route to Yokohama at
the approximate position indicated on the sign which is
. hear Marcus Island. (UPI Telephoto)
Body Sought in Barge Explosion
The Dalles - IUPI) - Skindlv
ers today, sought the body of
'Ed Cobiirn, . S4, believed
drowned after an explosion
ripped a fuel barge and in
flicted fatal injuries on an
' other man. ' - ,
j. Coburn, an electrician, was
ilown Into the water when a
spark from a welder's torch
apparently touched off the
blast. Ward Warren, 45, a
Milwaukie Express
Closure Rejected
i Salem -WPOf Railway Ex
press Agency, inc., nas Deen
denied permission to with'
draw its agent at Milwaukie,
Ore, ;.'.!.
; Public Utility Commission
er Jonel C. Hill said the agent
. was withdrawn a year : ago
''but without authority from
the PUC. Since then the agen
, cy has been serving downtown
Milwaukie by truck and this
; amounted to half its former
service, the commissioner said.
Hill said the abandonment
was "Inappropriate," and that
Railway Express did not show
..valid reasons for withdraw
ing the agent.
welder, died In a hospital from
injuries.
The explosion burst one of
two compartments in the 206
foot barge and also started a
fire on which firemen poured
water for two hours.
Firemen said that apparent
ly welder's sparks reached a
hidden fume pocket. The two
victims were working for
ward above decks.
About 15 men In all were
working on the barge but
firemen said none of the
others was hurt, The blast
broke windows in the offices
and recreation building on the
nearby pier.
The barge had been under
going repairs at the Pacific
Inland Navigation Co. termin
al. .
Partial Waving
Of Residential
Requirements
Kditor'i note: There Are 15 state
measures on the Nov. 8 Oregon
general election ballot. This Is the
third of five articles describing
ineir background and enect.
By DOUGLAS GRIPP
Salem - lUPD - The seventh
Issue on this fall's ballot
a non-controversial change in
the Oregon voter qualifica
tion law.
Oregon now requires that
a person live six months in
the state before he can vote
Measure No. 7 would allow
partial waiving of .this re
striction and permit newcom
ers to vote for president and
vice president.
The requirement for voting
for other offices would still
be six months' residency, plus
the existing regulations.
Measure No. 8 calls for au
thority to increase the limit
of the state's bonded indebt
edness. The legislature would
have more leeway in planning
construction of state buildings
during the next decade.
State buildings now are fi
nanced by the legislature
from general funds. Anti-
credit enthusiasts are against
the measure,, but "there ap
pears to be no organized op
position.
Judg Retirement' Sought
Proposition No. 9 would
force Oregon judges to retire
at the age of 75. Some elderly
judges slow up to the point
of delaying the work of the
courts, but under present law
they cannot be required to
retire.
State Sen. Carl Francis (R-
Dayton), chairman of last
year's Senate Judiciary com
mittee, says :"voluntary ' re
tirement seems to be an un
satisfactory situation. It ' has
been truthfully said that jus
tice delayed is justice denied."
An escape hatch section
provides that those who are
75 but still qualified may be
recalled to active service in
the same court.
Slot Confiscated
Woodburn (UPII M a r 1 o n
County Sheriff Denver
Young Tuesday night arrest
ed a service station operator
here and charged him with
possession of a slot machine.
Being held in the Marion
county jail in Salem was Ver
nle Harold Jackson, 27. The
device, which was in operat
ing condition, was found in
the rear of the station and
was confiscated, Young said.
Thursday: Vacancy of elec
tive offices, financing im
provements in home rule
counties, and government con
tinuity In enemy attack. '
Supreme Knight To
Speak , on Radio Today
Luke E. Hart, supreme
knight, Knights of Columbus,
will give a Columbus day ad
dress . over KYJC at 8:15
o'clock tonight according to
Thomas W. Dugan, '.grand
knight of Rogue Riyer coun
cil, Knights of Columbus.
Hart, who has been a mem
ber of the Supreme board of
directors since 1918 and has
held the office of supreme
knight since 1953, will speak
oh "Christopher Columbus,
Man of Yesterday - Man of
Today."-
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WRECKAGE REASSEMBLED - Parts of the- Eastern Air
lines Electra that crashed in Boston harbor Oct. 4 are
being brought to a huge building' at the Hingham Indus-
trial Center at Hingham, Mass., and laid out in their
original relationship to the plane. In this way investi
gators will seek answers to the crash which cost 62 lives.
(UPI Telephoto)
No Favoritism
For Ike's Brother
Washington-IUPl) - An Agri
culture Department official
says no special treatment ever
was given a grain storage
company that lists Edgar Ei
senhower the President's old
est brother, as one of its 'di
rectors. . ..'.' ..-."'
The statement Was made by
Farnum White, an officer in
the Portland office of the
Commodity Credit Corpora
tion. He testified Tuesday be
fore a House government op
erational subcommittee study
ing government grain storage
practices.
Mclvin N. Stewart, vice
president and general man
ager of the storage firm, testi
fied that Eisenhower had noth
ing to do with the company's
operations. ' '.
In New York City, Eisen
hower said he notified the
subcommittee last week that
he, had nothing to contribute
to the hearing and would not
Uappear. He made the same
statement in a tciepnone con
versation with Subcommittee
Chairman L, H. Fountain,
(D-N.C).
The subcommittee conclud
ed its inquiry Tuesday and
announced no further hear
ings.
The panel had said the
hearings were concerned with
"situations involving possible
Soviet Ship Under
Tig h t Sec u rity To
Avoid Defections
New York-HJPD-fSoviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev's
liner , Baltlka was clamped
under full security today to
prevent any of the 190 sea
men aboard from following
the example ' of shipmate
Viktor Jaanimets, who de
fected to freedom.
Late Tuesday the 29-year-
old Estonian, who called
Khrushchev a "tyrant" and
condemned Communist en
slavement of -his homeland,
turned his back on two Rus
sian Embassy officials when
they sought to persuade him
to return to his ship.
Said Not Forced
"I. will hot talk to you,"
Jaahimets- said. Later, at a
news conference, he said the
Russian officials "asked me
whether I was forced to de
fect and I told them no I
had made my decision a long
time ago." ' '
The Russian officials from
the Embassy in Washington,
Viktor Ossitov and Valeri
conflicts of interests, waste
and favoritism, primarily in
connection with the shipment
of grain to the West Coast for
storage in substandard facili
ties.
Kravchenko, flew here Tues
day after it was revealed Jaa
nimets eluded four other sea
men from the ship that
brought Khrushchev here
and sought political asylum
Monday afternoon.-
The rest of the crew was
under tight security today,
to keep others from defecting
before the Baltika leaves its
berth Friday for Russia.
Khrushchev is flying home to
Moscow Thursday night.
. Jaanimets gave four of his
comrades the slip in down
town Manhattan and contact
ed an Estonian refugee orga
nization, which in turn put
him in touch with the Inter
national Rescue and Relief
Committee and the U.S. Im
migration and Naturalization
-Service.
Status Considered
His status here was be
lieved to be under top-level
consideration in Washington
because of its nature. It in ef
fect involved the defection of
a member of Khrushchev's of
ficial party -
Jaanimets could be allowed
to remain here under a
parolee" status, the same
classification given about 42,
000 Hungarian freedom fight
er refugees who came to the
United States in late 1956.
More recently, Cubans flee
ing Premier Fidel Castro's re
gime have been admitted as
"parolees."
Motorists Warned of
Increased Danger in
Early Darkness Hours
Longer hours of darkness
mean increased danger both
to drivers and to pedestrians
Medford Police Chief Charles
P. Champlin warned today.
Nation-wide, he said, the
mileage death rate is estimat
ed to be three times as great
at night as in daylight. About
26 per cent of the fatal acci
dents occurring in Oregon
cities happen in the evening
between the hours of 4 and 8,
he added.
. "This is the time of day
When most people are going
home from work," Champlin
pointed out, "and during the
fall and winter months many
drivers and pedestrians fail to
adjust their driving and walk
ing habits to the poor visibil
ity of dusk and darkness."
Drivers, he said, should
turn on their headlights at the
first sign of dusk. Pedestrians
should always wear something
light-colored at night to make
it easier for them to be seen
by the headlights of oncoming
cars, he suggested.
Also, pedestrians should
never cross streets except at
crosswalks and the need to
follow this rule is doubly Im
portant during the winter
when driver vision is limited.
A pedestrian crossing in mid-
WSU JUDGES WIN ,
Portland, Ore. -(UPI)- Wash
ington State University won
the first annual college meat
judging contest sponsored by
the Pacific International Live
stock Exposition here. '
block where drivers do not
expect him is "just asking for
injury," he added.
The chief reminded drivers
to switch to low beams when
following as well as approach
ing another vehicle.
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