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SEATTLE, Wash. (AP)-Sever-al thousand motorists did the traffic twist on Seattle streets Thursday negotiating obstacle courses devised by police in a safety campaign. Reaction Friday ranged from amusement to 5 The test, announced in advance as a check on tipsy drivers and faulty equipment, began as- police set up traffic cones and detour signs on seven 1 Some of the 100-foot-long courses had a simple zig-zag; others a double dose of each. They quickly separated the dud drivers from the nimble. An'elderly man got through the first zig and braked to a stop," "Some of them just don't catch on very said a police officer.

Mrs. Robert Rohwedder got through gracefully. "I like to twist anyway." she said, "and I'm glad somebody told me my stoplight was out" driver of a cement truck rolled neatly through the course1 a puzzled scowl and shouted, "What the bell's this forr" jv Scores were warned about burned-out stoplights, tee man was charged with drunken driv this winter and a week straight just before Thanksgiving. Christ mas and New Year's Day. "We hope people who art eat os a party realize they may run Into a traffic twist and refrain from driving." be said.

Yoa cast twist wben yoart stifl." Polk said be knocked over four, cooes. Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington adopted a resolution saying, they didn't Object to "reasonable traffic checks so long as no entrapment is involved." They said they would watch the twist procedures "to make certain a tfciatioa does not develop where a driver is stopped without evidence of a violation of law." Traffic Inspector J. D. Porter said motorists her will be -doing the twist two or three days a week Arthur Sylvester, former Newark News editor, now assistant secretary of defense, has been the principal spokesman for the gov- iTnment during the Cuban After, then II The Weather Today's fomxh Mostly fair today, dvdy tonlgH SvMay. High tetn porsroro today tl, low tonight 42.

Mn lumisncnev declaration of last Sunday! bad eased the tension Sylvester gave another interview. Indulging In some self-satisfaction over the way the "story" had been handled. He said; i i "Newt flowing from actions taken by the govern- -Baent is part of the weaponry." I This news control included timing, holding back news until the dramatic address to the nation on Monday, Oct 21st; and the manner of disclosure employing officials of the highest rank to add to the impact of the-Jflresentation. I This has been a bitter pill for the American press. Lee Hills, of the Miami News, president of the Ameri- i i i 1 1 112th YEAR 2 SECTIONS 1 6 PAGES No.

221 PMC1 5 Tho Oregon Statesman, Salom, Oregon, Saturday, Novtmbor 3, 1962 KosyV Baby Named 'Me-Tu' oiifornni can aocieiy ot newspaper cxinors, wirea syivesier inai editors are shocked by including the press; in the senal of weaponry." Leading papers echoed the complaint i the New York Times, the Washington Evening Star, the Oregonian. As the Times said: 'There is also no doubt that in time of crisis a sense af responsibility and restraint on the part of all public Dosmaot led QGK Information media is imperative 'But to attempt to manage the news so that a free Dress should speak (in Sylvester's words) in 'one voice on Editorial Pag, 4.) 1 i Students Pick Mark Wayne 5,000 Lose Power As Car Strikes Pole MOUNT ANGEL A Silverton driver smashed into a power pole near here early Friday morning, cutting off electricity for some 5,000 Portland General Electric customers in the area from northeast Salem to Scotts Mills. Tangled power lines hampered emergency rescue operations for tne occupant of the car, Bryce Hecht, 29, In Straw Vote Red Cross May Check Vessels Going to Cuba UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) The United States and the Soviet Union were reported 'near agreement Friday night on a plan to permit the International Red Cross to inspect Cuba-bound Soviet ships. -v The Red Cross Itself still has not consented to assume the role, but is sending a representative to New York for discussion with Acting UJN.

Secretary-General Thant this weekend. The move," if approved, is intended to open a way for the (Pictura en Page 5) Silverton Route 1. Box 183, who Sajem High School students ently strongly favor keeping Mark Hatfield as governor, of Oregon, approve less stoutly reflection of U.S. Sen. Wayne-Morse, and "barelv" endorse incumbent U.S.

Ren. Walter -v. 1 1 1 "NprblaLa: 'Jr. In a election" at school Friday, stu- dents also gave top billing to a former teacher, Mary Eyre, ih the state senate race for Marion County. Second choice went to incumbent Rep.

Robert Elf- Top choices for the House were Russell Bonesteele United States lift its naval was injured in the 2:29 am crash on Highway 214 a mQe south of here. Hecht was taken to SOvertoa Hospital and later transferred to Salem Memorial Hospital where his condition was listed as "satisfactory" Friday night He suffered a broken arm and lost several teeth wben his car jolled along the shoulder of the road and rammed the 60.000-volt high line pole. PGE Supt Douglas White at Salem said the outage ranged from three or four minutes in the Salem area, northeast of Lancaster Drive to some 40. minutes in 4be Mount AngelQvartoa area. Lab-, ish, parts of Keixer and the Uar- quam -Monitor Scotts MUls area were included In the blackout Another driver, Frank Henry DebeL 47, Sfhrerton, was arrested at the acena on a charge of driving while intoxicated.

He pleaded innocent in Marion County District Court Friday afternoon. Masked Man arms quarantine set up to prevent arms shipments to Cuba. In his broadcast to the nation lata Friday, President Kennedy said the Red Cross would be an appropriate agency for this task. Under proposed, plan, in and Morris K. Crothers, both Republicans, and Rep.

Cornelius Bateson and -Richard F. May; both Demo- 'Rex Hartley and H. P. Teets topped the Marion County county Commissioners' race. Daylight Time Also Favored 'h Students also appeared to favor Daylight Saving Time; the legislative apportionment measure and peal of the school reorganization lawn They letting 1 dogs run at large.

All other measures on Man Slays Family, Pets, Kills Himself ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) A 35-year-old man wiped out his. family even the pet with a revolver early Friday. State police said Albert Edward Mills killed his father, his mother and his brother, then took his own life with the gun.

He also killed the family's two dogs and a cat SgL' Harold Kreger said MUls telephoned him at ojq. that he had kSkd his father and mother and wanted Kreger To coma out and pick up the Kreger said when he got to the MUls noma at the town of Warren the father, William MUls, 75, was dead in bed; the mother, 1Mrs. Alberta 70, was dead on a davenport, and the brother, John. S3, was dead in his bed. Each had been shot in the bead.

Mills, fully clothed, was in the middle of the living room floor, also shot in the bead. Kreger said Mills gave no reason for his action!" Mills' Vas ployed as railroad, bridge tender. formed quarters the inspee- U.S. Continues Both Blockade, Aerial Checks WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy told tha American people Friday night the Soviet bases, in Cuba are being dismantled, the missiles are being crated and "progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace la tha Caribbean." Tha President appeared oo radio and television, after little than aa hour's advance notice, with a brief progress report oo settlement of the crisis that a week ago bad the world teetering oa the brink of nuclear war. He said ft is "our firm hops and purpose" that the pt ogress he said is being made wiQ continue.

Kennedy's decision to deliver, a personal report to the aatka came after the Defense Department had given out essentially the same formatioa. 'His s.nfynnvfn, nnxning slightly coder two minotea, was carried by al major radio and television networks. Tbe PreskSeot spoke from a receptioo roots across the ball from his office. Text of Mssisge He said: "My fellow citizens: I want ta take-this opportunity to report oa the conclusions which this government has reached ao the basis of yesterday's aerial photographs which will be made available tomorrow, as well as other indications, namely, that the Soviet missile bases in "Cuba are being dismantled, their missiles and related equipment are being crated, and the fixed installations at these sites are being destroyed. The United Stales Intends ta follow closely the completion of this work through -a variety el means, including aerial rnamH-Lance, until such time as an equally satisfactory international means of verification Is "While the quarantine remains in effect we are hopeful that adequate procedures can be developed for international inspection of Cuba-bound cargoes.

Tha International Committee of tha Red Cross, in our view, would be an appropriate agent ta this PORTLAND Tho Portland Zoo'taMwost babyoepharitlho.iriootb-old dauflhrer of Rosy, got a name Tho baby roach out hor trunk, at If in approciatioh, to Miss Helen Thorsen of Delake, who suegtittd rho name, Mo-Tu. (AP) tne not. ballot, including militia reorganization, and 'debt limits Wert favored Jieavfly. Approximately students, about! 73 per cent Forecast Sees ton would do stationed on a ship or ships chartered by the. Red Cross or the United Nations.

Optimism liKreaeee This and other developments gave rise to expressions' of optimism here that the crisis with Cuba involving the United States 'and the Soviet Union would be of those registered, participated in Friday's election. Rain on Tuesday Pocket Computer May Replace Shopping List Students used real sample ballots and voted on the Identical candidates and measures their elders will face in Tuesday's general election. The' student ballot climaxes a six-weeks long study of ballot issues and candidates, a study of this coun- For MidrValley wv wuu uawmMav cuiu lnuuuuouuu ill a oiiilU" O-i 1 1 xaiea election complete wim voter registration, pre- By NORMAN WALKER i WASHINGTON (AP) Pocket-size computers may eliminate, the housewife's weekly shopping list iand the vchore of filling" it by hand. Electronic communication would tell the store in advance what she needs. She'd simply pick up the bundles.

This is envisioned by Dr. John W. Mauchly, inventor. A 1 1 1 I candidate talks and polling officials. Balloting ResultsListed Results of the balloting included: For governor Hatfield, 782; Thornton, 401 and Robert H.

Wampler, 40. (History teacher Victor Back-lund was given at least three counted write-in votes). U.S. Senate Morse, 737, and Sig Unander, 531. U.S.

Representative Norblad, 666, and Blaine Whipple. 607. One more fair day. with cloudiness moving in tonight, is predicted by McNary Field weathermen. They said their long-range forecast indicates a chance of rain about Tuesday.

Temperatures loday are expected to be about the same, they said. A high of 62 and a low of 42 -are forecast. Rain is "expected at Northern Oregon beaches following morning fog and cloudiness through the day, Associated Press reported. Today's Statesman Page Sec. Ann Landers w6 I Churches 7 I resolved A U.N.

spokesman said Thant had been informing diplomats that he is trying to arrange the ship inspection plan with the Red Cross. He. said it is the secretary-gen arafs understanding that it wQl be about 10 daygj before Soviet ships will be able to pick up the dismantled missiles for the return trip to the Soviet The vessels will have to be sent from Soviet ports for this purpose. Checks Refused The situation was complicated by refusal of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro to accept any Idad of UJf. inspection, or.

even inspection by the Red Cross on Cuban territory. The United States says it is still insisting upon international inspection to verify removal of of Labor-Commissioner Norman Nilsen, 630, and Alfred oi me original room-size computers. He already has developed one Che size of a suitcase and now fis working' on a pocket variety. Mauchly, here to address a meeting of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, said Friday, in a decade or so everyone' will be Iwalking around with his own personalized computer with (Pat) 585. i I State Senate-Miss Eyre, 727; 700; Clif- Ferguson, 464, and Eddie Ahrens, 351.: State Rep- HIGH SCHOOL Demo Says Hunt May Not Be Legal Candidate Marion County Democratic chairman Thomas Bacheider alleged Friday that Wanton Hunt may not be a legal candidate for re-election to the House of i resenuuve Bateson, 690; Crothers, 687; Bonesteele, 694; May 577; L.

Day, 548; Winton Hunt, 456; Marguerite Wright, 411, and Floyd Utter, 384. Leads Bend Jail Break BEND A masked gunman engineered the of two prisoners from Deschutes County Jail here Friday night after getting the drop on a jailer, state police reported. The gun-brandishing intruder, a sugar sack over his bead, caught the jailer by surprise the court-bouse basement about 10:50 pjn. At gun point, the Jailer ordered up the Jail elevator to the second floor. There the Jailer was forced to release Patrick J.

Ogle. 21. a parole violator out of Montana, and David Anthony Kaus. 2L charged with armed robbery of a Bend area service station, officers said. The trio made their escape back down the elevator after the Jailer and his family were locked in a celL were told the masked gunman appeared around IS years old.

The intruder had two handguns, officers were told. uwnty commissioner 676; Teets, 587; Henry Ahrens, 532; Walter Breitenstein, 453. i exchangeable wafer-thin data storage files to provide inexhaustible memories and answer' most problems. i UF Campaign Grocery Shopping fensive arms. This would seem to require on-the-scene inspection, since there is no other way of obtaining definite proof that all of- South Salem 13, CervaHis 7 Albany 28, Sweet Home 7 Woodburn 20.

Serra 7 Central 14 Mt Angel 14, North Marion 6 Canby 24, Stayton 0 Cascade 18, Scio 6 Willamina 26, Salem Academy 6 Nestucca 14, Amity 7 Yamhill SL Sheridan 12 Dayton S3, Sherwood 0 Sraslaw 20, Philomath 7 St Paul S3. Chemawa 12 Jefferson 21, MacLarea 29 Santiam 13, SQetx 12 Alsea 25. St Boniface IS Forest Grove 13. McMinnville 0 Tigard Dallas 25 Scappoose Silverton 7 Sandy 23, MolaQa 20 "Here's how Mauchly figures the housewife will handle her grocery shopping: "Taking her computer from-her handbag, she enters a vacant de 80 Per Cent fensive arms have been removed. Classified 1145JI Comics l'8 I Crossword 8 I Iditorials 4 I Marker-Business 1 1 11 Obituaries ...5 I i 12 II Paid Notices Panorama 6 I Sports 4- 9-11 II Star Gazer 8 I TV-Radio 8...

I I 11 II Valley News .1 II Wiraphoto I Bacheider said that Hunt, a Republican, moved his legal residence from Woodburn to. Salem in April, but. failed to change his official filing, witfi the State Elections Division. Hunt's a i pamphlets state that he is from Woodbura. Bacheider claimed that failure to change his address records with the state invalidates his candidacy.

Hunt was not available for comment. Contributions to the 1962 Marion County-Salem United fund drive passed the 80 per cent mark Friday, with some reporteo. Drive Chairman Charles is livery alcove and connects the computer into a receptacle provided. "Withb less than a minute, her package of groceries, and other: supplies such as use-once-and-throw-away clothes, come down a chute. They are assembled in ad-" vance because she had a home-data booth through which her com-' puter, which kept her domestic calling his division leaders back next Friday for a 4 p.m.

session at the UF office, hoping to get reports on several "large firms still incomplete, Although no Marion County commu- "IDtles joined SL Paul as quota-busters Polk Sheriff, Legislative Races Creating Interest One Millionaire's CKii fx Charity Giving Under $100 North Marion with $1,018 and Woodbura with are within a few. dollars of their goals. Other community contributions reported Friday, mak-Tlfa? UP the' $15,417 70 per cent) county contribution, Silverton, Mount Angel. TtttSS; Mill City, $200; Jefferson. $325: St.

Paul $791 WASHINGTON. (AP) What would you think of an individual and Turner. $277. i twith a million-dollar income r.Dodd issued a call for all families not contacted at 'home, and not on pledge cards at their-place of- em- Payment to mafl United Fund contributions to the UF millionaires are not in the miser class. 1 By way of comparison, contributions deducted by taxpayers with incomes of $3V000.

to- $6,000 averaged $197. This, was 3.1 per cent of their average gross income of $5301. People in the income group were more generous with their contributions, inciden -auice. j. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Argentina is prepared to send 6,000 marines to the Caribbean for duty in the Cuban crisis, informed sources reported Friday "night The government declined to comment officially on the report, but high military leaders confirmed that orders authorizing intensified training for the marines had been approved.

Moyie Gunman Shot ini Shoulder," HOLLYWOOD "(AP) Actor Alan a fast man with a gun in the movies, shot himself in the shoulder Thursday night His wife. Sue Carol, said be was "fooling around with his gun collection when one of them went off. The, wound. is not serious." The gun was a It happened at Ladds ranch in suburban Hidden Hills. The actor was taken to Woodland Park Hospital semi-conscious and unable to answer Investigating officers' "Z'i'i' India Aided ADDIS Ethiopia (AP) The Indian community in Ethiopia has contributed 95,000 Ethiopian dollars (about $35,000) to India's -defense "The eqntfnoatfcw of these measuies in air and sea, until tha threat ta peace posed by these offensive weapons is gooe, is ta keeping with our pledge to secure their withdrawal or eliminatioa from this hemisphere.

is la keeping with the resolution of the Crganixatioa of American States, and It is la keeping with tha exchange of letters with Cbalrmaa Khrushchev of Oct 27th and SKh. "Progress is sow being made towards the restoratioa al peace in the Caribbean, and I is our firm hope and purpose that this progress shaD go forward. We continue to keep the American people informed oa this vtal matter. "Thank yoo." The proposal that the International Red Cross be asked to play a role in verifying remoTil of Ota missOe bases was advanced by the Soviet Union. The details of bow this would be done would have to be worked out Cuban Prime Minister ndel Castro refused' in a broadcast Thursday zig to permft any kind of UJi.

InspectioB or Terficattoa oo Cuban territory. Compared with his somber address to the catioi. a week ago last Monday, la which be told of Soviet weapons buildup bf Cuba, Kennedy's report oo progress toward peace was almost optimi. tic (Staries alse.ea page X) contributes less than $100 a year to This is not an academic question Such a person exists. The Internal Revenue Service Friday that one unnamed individual with a gross income of more than SI claimed less than $100 in deduce tions for ccatributions.

-Two others in this: category donated less than $200 and five more gave less og Backs Autos tjp for 26 Miles than those earning inventory for her, had been able to relay in her order. "All the computer had to do when she arrived was to identify itself, make the proper accounting entries in its own record, and authorize the charge against her uni-' versal checking account' Mauchly" also forecasts the day a headwaiter can fairly accurately forecast the exact type cocktail you want, merely by matching your characteristics against the stored-away preferences contained in his own pocket computer. 30 Tons to 50 Pounds The inventor's original computers weighed nearly 30 tons and oc cupied 15,000 feet of Sow space. His latest is a 50-pound suitcase -v- The smaller machines can be plugged into regular electrical outlets. They' operate more on approximations than on the detailed accuracy basis of the larger computers, more like a Sundial than a ha said.

state police work. Incumbent County Commissioner AQeo Dunn ID) is opposed for office by Wayne Md! orris (R), Dallas area rancher. Unopposed for return to his position is County Surveyor Ralph. How (R), Dallas. Almost as interesting as the sheriff's race is the battia for the newly created joint state senatorial position, 10th District Benton and PoDc counties, between Walter Leth (R).

senator of the former 6th Senatorial District of Polk County, and Emmet T. Rogers, real estate developer. Both are West Salem residents. Benton County also votes oo this position. The newly' Bumbered state representatiw post for 9th District Polk County, has Rep.

Joe Rogers (R). Independence incumbent facing Leslie Bahr D), West Salem. Bahr is county Democratic chairman. MERY1N JENKINS Staff Writer, The SMMrnm DALLAS, Ore. A question of law and order adds high interest to the Polk County ballot on which Polk voters wQl select a sheriff Tuesday.

Three seek the position. Virgil Taylor (R). was appointed to the post to ful out the unexpired term of Sheriff Tony Neufeldt who died in Aprfl. He is opposed by Norman Wilson (D), former deputy in the office and now a businessman. Third candidate is an independant William Ferguson of West Salem, operator of an A1-.

bany restaurant Before joining, the 'sheriffs department Taylor as a logger and was marshal at Falls City one year. Wilson was a law-roan in California gamed fame, for his work with bloodhounds, both there and in Oregon. Ferguson's background includes to $15,000. The average deduction for those in the higher 'bracket was $381, or 3.2 per cent ef their average gross income of $11,834. The IRS 'report gave, grounds for arguing that millionaires are $300.

more sickly than their poorer LOS ANGELES (AP)-Fog settled over thVsanta Ana and, the California Highway Patrol teports, -did this: Caused a three-hour traffic Jam. Backed up vehicles for 26 miles. y. i ITTSet off. a series of rear-end collisions that damaged estimated 57 cars and injured IS persons, one critic-Jiyv t-.

-Tba Kghwiy Patrol fave.bjs account: ,) TThe accidents began at 15 a.m. Thursday -with a 14-car pile-up in fog that limited visibility to 100 feet Rush-hour traffic was tied up from Disneyland to the brethren. Or perhaps it's a case of being able to afford more costly medical; attention. In any event, those with milHon-and-up and other facts about taxpayers are disclosed in a 165-page IRS analysis of 1960 income tax returns. The statistics showed that 298 taxpayers, wth1 million-plus incomes reputed average contributions of $33538.

Since this represented nearh 17 per cent of their' average gross income of just under $2 million, it seems that most incomes claimed average medical deductions of $1,389. The average for those in the category was $203. us Argy.es ztm. A'.

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