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18, 19GG. 2 SECTIONS 81ST YEAR. NO. 51. 26 PAGES W.W"lT-'9 ''I JjiiiriiiirMi'iiiirm mini miw Hi 11 mum A Dedicated Freeway Dedicator Hurries to a New Assignment the Four Lakes overpass.

With Spokane Interna Cars hadn't started rolling on Spokane County's newest section of Freeway today before it was in serv ter; Highway Director Charles G. Prahl; Gov. Evans, Washington State University Yell Queen Barbara Vaughan, and Carl Carbon, president of Asphalt Paving Association. picture at right, the ribbon cutting ritual is under way with participants (from the left) including Spokane attorney John Huneke, master of ceremonies; University of Washington Yell Queen Janet Sla tional Airport fogged in, the plane landed four miles west of the dedication site and here the governor is seen emerging from the craft. In the ice as a landing strip for the light plane bearing Gov.

Dan Evans to the dedication ceremony under tEwm' Pimm Lmmi Man With Gun telly's. IP Belt eOW Contempt Case Guilt Admitted Aiiporff Is Foggy; Road Dedicated By BOB KILL tour of flood-stricken areas of Is Talked Out of Taking Life the north. He visited the Cordeovole Valley in the Dolomites north Eastern Washington's newest section of Freeway got quick use today as a landing strip for Gov. Dan Evans. by Klan Chiefs WASHINGTON CAP) Three state officials of the Ku Klux slate pleaded guilty today to of Belluno, where the floods devastated three mountain re Minutes later, he was on hand tor tne dedication oi A North Spokane man today sorts and killed 22 persons.

held a pistol at his stomach for the new Four Lakes-Tyler section of Interstate 90 a rue most of those present will remember for one unrehearsed and hilarious episode. "Courage. Courage. We will help you," Saragat told villag dike near the town of Scardo-vari because of rough water and danger from barges that had been sunk by waves offshore. Operations continued to build up the sides of other dikes and to evacuate the population.

More than 10,000 persons have been taken to higher ground in the past two days. Many Back Home The new crisis in the Po delta came two weeks after the most extensive floods in Italy's history had swamped the north and central regions. Many residents of the battered delta had been back in their homes for only a few days when the new storm broke. The delta towns of Scardovari and Bonelli, with a total population of 5,000 were completely flooded. Also threatened with inundation were Santa Giulia, Gnocca and dozens of tiny villages nearby.

Water in some places was over six feet deep. Officials described damage to buildings and homes as enormous although no deaths had yet been reported. As relief work continued frantically in the delta, President Giuseppe Saragat continued his contempt of Congress charges more than two and a half hours until police finally persuaded him not to commit suicide. The man, in his middle 20s, It came when the yell queens with the understanding they will of the University of Washing be sentenced only if the convic tion of another Klansman is ers who had lost everything. As Premier Aldo Moro toured mud-clogged Florence, the hardest hit of scores of flood-damaged communities, Florence Mayor Piero Bargellini indicated to a reporter was not fully satisfied with the government's aid to the city.

upheld. about 1 p.m. gave police officers the pistol and went with them to the police station. ton and Washington State University called for a cheer for the state's chief executive, just before his brief dedicatory remarks and the traditional ribbon cutting. behind the barricades a chartered bus brought more spectators to the scene.

The Lewis and Clark High School Band kept them entertainedand John Huneke, president of the Inland Automobile What their attorney described ROVIGO, Italy (AP) The stormy Adriatic heaped more misery on flood-stricken Italy today, flooding the Po river delta on the wings of gales and driving 10,000 persons from their homes. Northeast winds of more than 60 miles an hour pushed the sea over weakened dikes. Officials said the broad delta south of Venice would not have one square inch of dry land if the weather kept up. More than 48 hours of driving rain lashed the islands formed by 10 branches of the mighty Po River, where it empties into the Adriatic. Work Hampered The second straight day of stormy weather in the area hampered hundreds of soldiers and civilians who had labored since the disastrous Nov.

4 floods to repair and strengthen the miles of earthen levees that ring the islands. Officials called off repair work on Thursday's break in a as a conditional plea of guilty Officers were called to the man's home about 9:45 a.m. by was entered in U.S. District They took their places in front Court by James R. Jones, 36, of Association and dedication rite of the dignitaries' platform set master of ceremonies, gave up under the Four Lakes over Dig Game Tomorrow pass at the eastern terminus of them accounts of the governor's progress.

the new 16.7-mile section of the At that, the ceremony was divided highway. only 15 minutes late in getting She'd call for the letters of Visitor Housing Worries under way. There was a brief the governor's name, WSU Queen Barbara Vaughan told the spectators shivering in the fog welcome from County Commissioner W. O. Allen brief, too, his wife, who said he had threatened suicide as they talked over the telephone, The wife and their four children were at a relative's home at the time.

Met in Kitchen Officers said the man met them in the kitchen area and while holding the pistol at his stomach backed down a stairway to the basement. Then a two-and-a-half hour period of pleas by seven police officers and the man's sister-in law began. Detective Lt. Robert E. Colli-ton ordered all but four officers the Housing Bureau.

were the remarks of Highway The city's "biggest day of the year in terms of visitor Raiter said all of the city's Director Charles G. Prahl and Highway Commission Chairman major hotels and motels have housing accommodations re still shrouding the area would the crowd respond to each call with the appropriate letter? Came then a gesture of the arm and Queen Barbara's call: "Give me an There was a been filled but the Housing Elmer C. Huntley, whose father once held the same post. Bureau still is holding listings Marines of the Fifth Howitzer Battalion presented the prompt answering from the colors and the invocation was Washington football game. The chamber's Housing Bureau urged travelers coming in from the West to seek quarters in Davenport before coming on to Spokane.

A few vacancies also were reported in Medical Lake and in Coeur d'Alene. "Biggest Day" Seen There is no doabt at all that this is going to be the "busiest day this year in housing," said A. F. Raiter manager of the chamber's Visitors and Convention Bureau, which operates by the Rev. Van F.

Christoph, quired" was foreseen this morning by the Housing Bureau of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. The "extreme situation in housing" already was a fact early today with virtually all of the city's and immediate area's visitor accommodations filled or reserved by thousands of fans to leave the scene and a short acting president of Gonzaga Uni Frightened Lad Hides, Perishes INDEX, Snohomish County, versity. time late the man put the pistol on the basement floor while Colliton and the sister-in-law continued to talk to him. throng. Now It was UW Yell Queen Janet Slater's turn and bouncily, she shouted: "Give mean There was a moment's stunned silence and then dignitaries and watchers broke up, no one more heartily than Gov.

Evans. Needless to add, the cheering sequence was disrupted for several moments. When it finally was resumed, Granite Quarry, N.C.; Robert E. Scoggin, 43, Spartanburg, S.C.; and Calvin Fred Craig, 37, of Atlanta, Ga. Each is grand dragon of the United Klans of America in his home state.

Under a stipulation agreed to by government attorneys and Judge Edward M. Curran, the pleas may be withdrawn if Robert M. Shelton, the Klan's imperial wizard, is freed of similar charges on appeal. Shelton Convicted Shelton was convicted of contempt of Congress after a three-day trial in September, and was sentenced Oct. 14 to the maxi-mum penalty of one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.

He is free pending appeals which he has vowed to carry to the Supreme Court if necessary. The three state leaders could receive the same sentence. All were indicted after refusing to supply records demanded by the House Committee on Un-American Activities during an investigation of the Klan in October 1955. Rustlers Active PESCADERO, Calif. (UPI) -San Mateo County sheriff's deputies were scouting the ridges south of San Francisco today for a group of modern-day rustlers that drove onto the Lawrence Silva ranch in a large truck and departed with eight illolstein heifers valued at $1,000.

pouring in for tomorrow big Washington State-University of Colliton and the woman edged into the basement with the man and discussed problems the man said he had. He eventually agreed to go along with officers Grid Special at Stadium A special football edition of the Chronicle will be available at Albi Stadium tomorrow as the throng arrives for the Washington State-University of Washing-ton game. Page I will be all football. It will splash the offensive and defensive starling line, ups of both teams. It will list all squad members by number and position, and give just about every other essential detail on all of the Cougars and Huskies.

This will be a highly useful souvenir of the season's biggest big game. it was Queen Barbara who took Criticism Leveled ai Stcrte Agencies it all the way through. Blushing, laughing, Queen Janet accompanied the cheer with appropriate gestures. After that, the governor The rite concluded, the governor took his place in the lead car of a cavalcade that headed west about five miles over the new section of arterial, then turned around to return to Spokane. Actually, the new $5.8 million Freeway section the second to be dedicated in the area in less than a year isn't quite completed.

Two more layers of asphalt are to be applied on one short stretch of it next spring, highway officials have pointed out. But with the opening of the section today and the 10-mile Spokane-to-Four Lakes link last Dec. 7 there's now a 27-mile portion of Interstate 90 in service from downtown Spokane to the vicinity of Fishtrap Lake. The theme of tomorrow's UW-WSU football game in Albi Stadium here was much in favor to the police station. Moon Shots Said "Good" MADRID.

Spain (AP)-The whose arrival had been delayed by the fog and whose light end then come to the legislature and demand additional funds plane had landed on the still barricaded new highway kept to cover the state's share of U.S. Lunar Orbiter 2 snapped his remarks brief. the programs. for a number of rooms in other "We can't control the state "Im very, very proud of what the State Highway Commission pictures of a prospective landing site on the moon from only 30 miles away today and began facilities in Spokane. He said hotels and motels which are and the State Highway Depart budget or state taxes if this sort of thing is allowed to continue unchecked," Durkan said.

transmitting them to the U.S. ment are doing," he said filled are being asked to refer Spanish deep-space tracking sta tion at nearby Robledo De Cha visitors to the Housing Bureau and added he was convinced every new section of Freeway onened meant an advance in "so that we can do what we Agreement Voiced Sen. Marshall A. Neill, R-Pull- vela. can for them." Scientists at the station said hiehway safety.

man, agreed with Durkan, say He said the bureau will be hints of camera trouble in the On such arterials, he said, ing thnt establishing programs (AP) Keven Vanderpool, 6, died in a home fire here early today. Snohomish County sheriff's officers said an older brother, Dennis, 8, led three other children to safety, but Kevin crawled under a bed. Dennis and the children's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Vanderpool were hospitalized.

Attendants at the hospital in Monroe said all were suffering from shock and Vanderpool also was affected by smoke inhalation. No Passing CHEYENNE, Wyo. (UPI)-A motorist taking a driving test flunked before he was even halfway through the course. Officials said a Wyoming highway patrolman stopped the driver on suspicion of drunken driving. The state official testing the driver drove the vehicle back.

Week Named Today marks the begin" ning of National Accordion Week, as well as National Farm-City Week. And city dwellers and rural residents alike can celebrate the week in fitting fashion with the help of the Classified columns. Offers of reasonably priced accordions are frequently to be found in the Want Ads. Here, for example, is an ad of that sort which brought prompt and satisfying results to the person placing the ad in the Spokane Daily Chronicle: "pETOSA orand (ircorrtlon. 120 bas.

Greg Woehrle. first signals from the moon open until midnight and can be telephoned at the downtown there are fewer accidents than requiring expenditures that have seemed to disappear once regu not been budgeted and appro on the old highways they re nlace. Inside lar reception of the signals be chamber offices. Raiter said 13,000 or 14,000 priated is beyond the scope of Wilh that, the governor and gan. administrative jurisdiction.

Rep. Charles Newschwandcr, A spokesman said the first Several state agencies have overstepped their authority in establishing programs to take advantage of federal matching money without prior legislative approval, Legislative Budget Committee members charged here today. The committee ordered the drawing of a proposed bill that will preclude any state agency, board or director from submitting plans to any federal office for distribution of federal aid requiring matching funds without prior review and approval of such plans by the legislature or an appropriate legislative committee. The subject came to the forefront today as. the committee studied a report on state support for public schools.

Rep. Henry Backstrom, budget committee chairman, said it originally was intended to restrict the State Board of Education in that area, but the committee agreed it should be expanded to cover all agencies. Threat Said on Rise "This is growing problem," at the dedication witness the presence of the two yell queens and it was touched upon seriously by Highway Director Prahl in his remarks. When the game is played in Spokane, he said, travelers coming from the state's west side will have an additional 75 miles of Interstate 90 upon which lo make the trip. Income Tax Eyed SEATTLE (AP) Gov.

Dan yell queens descended from the platform for the ribbon-cutting picture "came through bcauti fully." chore. It, too. posed us proo persons are expected to stay overnight in Spokane and the immediate area. About 3,000 probably will stay with friends and relatives in private homes, he said. Another 5,000 or more fans will drive in on Saturday R-Tacoma, said this has been a serious problem in the legislature's attempt to maintain a reasonable public assistance Technicians preparing the lems as the outsized shears sawed slowly through the rib first picture said the details shown were "very good." (See bon.

"I hope the Highway Depart early story, Page 13.) President gets green light to fly to Texas ranch tomorrow to recuperate. Page 2. U.S. warships take toll of Red cargo vessels off North Viet Nam. Page 2.

Goods which cost lots of U.S. tax money vanish into thin air or sometimes, into shallow water in the dock area of Saigon. Last of five articles, page 20. Also in today's Chronicle: ment can afford a new pair of scissors," the governor com Evans said last night his Tax mcnted when the ritual was Advisory Council is consider ing recommending a 3 per cent completed. Airport Foggy program.

"If we don't watch out, medicare will kill us financially some day," he warned. Limit To Be Sought Durkan said he intends to go a step further and seek passage of a bill that will restrict some of the rule-making authority of several state deportments and agencies. "When they can't get a bill income tax based on taxable income reported to the federal government. This would enable the taxpay It was just 4 miles west of the dedication site location that his plane had set down. With Spokane fogged in, he'd landed first at Ritzville to change to the light plane which landed on er to take advantage of the 18 Radio 25 Records for the game and return home that night, he said.

Police Lt. Thomas J. O'Brien today offered some suggestions for motorists: "Residents in the area of the stadium, if they plan to drive, should do their driving either before the barricades and controls are set up (prior to 11:30 a.m.) or after the controls end about an hour and a half after the game ends or during the game, when barricades are taken down." The lieutenant suggested motorists should remember it will take about an hour to drive the last mile to the stadium parking lot. 7 10 same deductions he is allowed Out on a Limb MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)-Jamcs E.

Bccton, 48, told police yesterday someone had stolen his leg. Bectnn said he removed his artiflcal leg, hid It In an alley and went on crutches to Madison and Center to sell pencils and chewing gum. When he relumed to the allry, he reported, the leg was gone, Society Sen. Martin J. Durkan, D-Issa- on his federal income tax, Evans told the Certified Public Account quah, said.

"If the legislature passed to their liking," Durkan one of the now highway lanes, state troopers helping to guide Business Comics Comment Drama Editorial Markets Mines Northwest Outdoors is to do its job effectively, it said," they frequcntlv wait un ants' Society of Washington. He said the tax, if proposed, it in. til the legislature adjourns and 8 Sports 15, 1(5 4 Television 7 18 Tilakums 25 18 Weather 5 fi Women's 11 17 Word Game 22 must retain its legislative au thorily." then promulgate a rule to cov er the matter to which the legis would probably be accompanied by a reduction in the retail sales lax from 4.2 per cent to 3.3 per Durkan, Senate Revenue Committee chairman, claimed slate Back at the dedication site, the crowd had been assembling steadily prior to the 11 a.m. scheduled start of the ceremony. Well over UK) cars backed up lalure has objected.

This is an Mrs. W. T. Wonhrle, Newman Lake, Washington, says: "I made a sale wilh sn ad In the Spokane Daily Chronicle." cent and removal of the sales other Bcrious method of usurp ling legislative authority." departments will apply for and receive federal matching money tax from foods and medicines..