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bems ScHool MByr Emm amme Mrs. arena Maltby, Salem housewife, and, attorneys Thomas Enright and Lloyd G. Hammel won positions on Salem District School Board in a district-wide election Mrs. was elected to five year term on the basis of 250 votes. Her opponent, Mrs.

Mildred Query of Roberts received 1,451 tallies. Because they were first and second place winners respectively, out el a field of eight men candi dates for. two newly-established positions on the School-Board En right with 1,842 votes took the three-year term and Hammel. with 113 rotes won the one-year Wife of. a Salem physician, Mrs.

Maltby was appointed to the school board fa 1960-and elected last year. Active in school and community activities both Ea-right and Hammel art Oregoa as-gistanta attorney general. Other candidates and the votes they receiTed included Oscar H. Specht, U5f Ralph W. G.

Wyck-off. U50; Jack Leonard tSS; Ray R. Boucher, 439; Edward Fischer, 438. and Dala Cfim, 230. Monday's list of candidates rep-reseated on of the largest and most varied slates of any Sakm school district election tat znasy years.

It came at a time when the district is facing crBJcal expaa-tboTinanrini problems. District voters approved a record ts m- lion-plus bodget last- 1 Marion Rural School I District Fund Beaten Rural School Board Race in Doubt Marion County's proposed rural school budget went down to defeat Monday. The unofficial tally was 4,231 votes against the proposal, 2,912 for it; The large Salem School District voted it down by 2,056 to 1,491 but the totals from other parts of the county had it rejected anyway. cwsmai No. 42 PRO 5c The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, May 1962 The rural school levy is used to help equalize the school financial bur- 2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES, 112th YEAR den among the districts in the county.

The budget this year is $3,319,661. The voters rejected $1,749,169 of that i Quits City Job Emm 1 S)ne Silverton Kills School Budget, SUUsmsB Mews Service ALBANY, Ore. Two Eugene men died early when their vehicles stream, where divers recovered the body. The spot where Shepard lost his life was 10 miles east of Sweet Home in the South Santiam River figure, the amount outside of the 6 per cent limitation. Unofficial figures early this morning were inconclusive on the race for one position on the County Rural School Board.

Victor J. Hadley of Silverton appeared to be winner with 1,813 votes. But J. Earl Cook of Salem had .1,802 in the unofficial count. Manton A.

Carl of Woodburn and Benjamin H. Fort-Oer of Salem trailed, Carl with 1,382, Fortner with 1,326. The winner, will fill the post now held by Gardner Knapp of Salem, who did not seek re-election. (Add details en pages 2 and 9.) bordering Highway 20 a spot 35 miles east of Albany. The victim's station wagon, submerged in 15 feet of water, was spotted at 7:55 am.

by a passerby. Div-" off the Pacific Freeway 13 miles south of Albany, rolled several times and landed upright in Sodom Creek. Decker was thrown out and washed some 150 yards down ers found the body lodged in 'rear of the vthick. Decker's partially subme ge car was discovered about IS a xo. (Add.

details oa page plunged into Linn County I Linn County Accidents Kill Eugene Men I I 1 I 1 i 'IKiWi' Ky. streams in separate State police identified the victims as Norris Ed Decker, 24, a former Lebanon resident, and Gerald James Shepard, 44, a swimming pool salesman. Police said both men apparently died from A car driven by Decker plunged Building Bonds Statesman Newt Service SILVERTON For the third time this year, voters in Silverton elementary district refused to approve the school levy. Monday's vote was 274 yes and 373 no. The total budget of $254,450 called for $116,582 outside the six per cent limitation.

Voters named E. V. Swayze to a school board post over John Middlemiss by a 354 to 275 margin. 1 Hi? 3333308 tttD GQX Promoters of Auditorium to Harold Schick. Salem parks director, was appointed superintendent of state parks Monday.

Liberace Bring Schick Named I -1 The school district twice before offered the budget, and this time effort saw the board trim approximately off the two earlier requests. SILVERTON A $175,000 bond vote for expansion of buildings at Silverton Union High was defeated Monday night 831 no to 589 yes in unofficial final tally. It iwas the heaviest vote in the Union highls history of school elections. Fred Schwab, Mount Angel, unopposed, was named to the school board. Thirteen elementary districts compose the Union High district Some 200 doctors in New Jersey have endorsed a resolution not to perform professional services under the King-Anderson (medicare) which is pending in Congress.

They say that if elderly patients can't pay for medical attention but of their own pockets or from insurance the doctors will treat them free. They will not accept pay from the government under the plan proposed. This action seems premature, for the bill isn't out of the House Ways and Means Committee yet, and may A non-profit corporation to pro Oregon Parks mote Salem's new Armory-Auditorium held its first meeting Monday, elected officers and began promotion of its first event. Liberace, television and night club pianist, will appear at the Armory Auditorium under auspices of the Salem Auditorium Superintendent Harold Schick, director of parks Association on June 16, according to President James J. Walton Sr.

for Salem, Marion and Polk was appointed Monday as superintendent of Oregon State The entertainer is the first of Moon Landing Plan Revised Parks. i what the association hopes will be a string of "name personal Schick, 40, a career man in not emerge, in spite of the pressures being applied by the Kenndy administration. If it is passed and becomes law the doctors would be in ill favor to set up a boycott While they are at liberty to, decline a check from the. government, this would come with ill grace after bill becomes the law of the land. One wonders also what services they would be called on to render under the King-Anderson Bill.

The term "medicare" is a misnomer. What the bill proposes to provide is government aid for or nursing home care. It does not contemplate paying for doctor's services save for diagnostic work in connection with hospital care. Hero is- a thumbnail description of the King-Anderson bill: "The proposed King-Anderson bill covers only hospi-( Continued on Editorial page, 4.) parks systems of Oregon and ities' attracted to Salem. Elected Monday to serve with Walton are Brazier C.

Small, first BALTIMORE (AP) An in vice president; Lee- sec structor with the. Industrial-College of the Armed Forces said ond vice president; Robert Corey, Monday the United States has 1 treasurer; and trustees Gerald W. Frank, Robert Sprague and H. G. eeVfc- adopted aew concept of putting Maison.

a man on the moon by 1970. The instructor. Air Force Col. The association has some 64 members all of whom were ac SWEET HOME Eugene swimming pool salesman Car i aid James Shepard lost his life in Jhis accident 10 miles oast of hero on Highway 20 Monday when his car left tho road and plunged into tho South Santiam Wreckers pulled tho car out of tho 15-foot-dttp water with tho help of akin divors. She pa rfs body was lodged in tho roar of tho vehicle.

Officials said ha apparently drewntd. Statesman Photo) William N. Boaz said the tormer concept ot launcnme a tive in original promotion of the Armory-Auditorium and a size Michigan, will assume his new duties about June 1., He replaces Mark H. Astrup, who now heads a'Tiew landscape; section in the construction division of the State Highway Department. A large list of applications for theVparks superintendent's position was cut to five by the State Civil Service Commission, and Schick was the choice after extensive interviews with the five certified candidates.

The state job pays $810 to 990 a month. The salary Schick will receive was not announced. His present job pays $800 a month. (Add. details on page 5.) The Weather man directly to the moon's sur able interest from Capitol Post 9 of the American Legion.

face has been scrapped as too costly and requiring too much Working funds put up by associ power. All eh Withdraws Bid for TV ation members will be used in promotion of the auditorium. The "Plans now call for a launch into moon orbit," he said, "when association has hired Howard Maple, manager of 'the Oregon State Fair, to promote the Liber a capsule carrying two men will be released for a moon landing Channel As Hearing Begins ace appearance. City Tax Unaltered By Budget; Seiwer By FLOYD McKAY Staff Writer, The Statesman Salem municipal taxes will remain at 19.3 mills-in 1962-63 if the annual city budget recommendations unveiled Monday by City Manager Kent Mathewson are (' He presented a $5 million budget, calling for strengthening of -police and fire departments, pay raises and pensions for city employes, development of Santiam while one man remains in the Formation of the corporation space ship in moon orbit." comes nearly a year after opening of the armory-auditor Boaz addressed about 400 civil By CONRAD PRANCE $tff Writer, The $rmn Intention to withdraw Willam ium, which was financed by fed ian and military leaders at a na 'Favoritism' for Estes Denied By Freeman By W. B.

RAGSDALE Jr. WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of Agriculture Orvllle L. Freeman Monday denied his department showed any favortism to the Texas financier Billie Sol Estes but said the department may have' "dragged a bit in its handling of the case. Rep. Bob Wilson, chair- Today's forecast: Partly cloudy, with scattered showers today, mostly cloudy with eral, state, county, city and tional security seminar.

The Industrial College of the Armed some rain tonight." little ette Land Television Inc's application lor a construction permit for a TV channel i station in Salem ended a Federal Communica Monday almost as soon as it 'got started. "Our application file for channel in Salem has become so long and complicated over the years that the FCC broadcast bureau's handling of it has become nothing more than harassment, in my opinion, said" W. Gordon Allen, chief stockholder of Willamette Land Television. Forces is a joint military educa change in temperature. (Complete Report em Page 2) tional institution.

private funds. Fire Sweeps Lumber Mill would be tied with the FCC later; but be indicated a re-application would come soon. It was a long trip for a short meeting for FCC. examiner Charles Frederick and two attorney who came from Washington. D.C to conduct the bearing.

(Add. details on page Florida Paper, tion Commission hearing in Salem At Everett Allen indicated his four -year Man Quizzed in Children Assault of the Republican Congres EVERETT (AP) A thundering battle to establish a television station in Salem was not over. He said the official petition to witb-draw the current application explosion rocked Everett late Interchange park, and extensive street construction. Sewer Bond Election Planned Mathewson also told a Salem Area Chamber of Commerce noon forum that an election should be. held in September on a $5 million regional sewer system to serve Salem and the surrounding area.

The city manager announced, his budget before an audience of 140,. including major county and city officials and many other community leaders. He drew applause at his opening remark that taxes would not be Highlights to Be Distributed LAKE OSWEGO (AP) Police i on Lippmann aiUd Monday a 22-ysarId rwrrh- Monday, and fire destroyed the Eclipse Lumber Co. mill and a large quantity of stored lumber. east becan sional Campaign Committee charged Freeman was trying to his department and renewed Republican demands for a full congressional probe of the case.

"The government hasn't lost a questioning him in connection with Before firemen from about a the brutal boatino ef four Lake Pulitzer List (Editor's Note: Tho Oregon Statesman's exclusive "Political Parade" series Is presented by or for the candidates on invitation. It Is offered os a public service, without cost or obligation of any kind, and may or may not bo bi accord with the editorial policies of this newspaper). GEORGE ALTVATER (R) Candidate for GOVERNOR OF OREGON Oswego children last Wednesday. dozen departments could contain the blaze it spread over the entire plant and the yards, which cov dime not single dime to Es He was held at Oreeen Oty on tes, Freeman said, adding, "This a parole violation charge. He was Belle Fund Soars PORTLAND (AP)-The fund to buy the elephant Belle and her cub Packy and keep them in the Portland Zoo reached 13.387 Monday.

The asking price of their owner, Morgan Berry of Seattle, is (Pictures en wirophete page.) NEW YORK (AP) A Florida ered several blocks on the east side of the city. cannot be. said for some of the big finance companies which ap pkked up when he reported to his parole officers, said Police Chief Authorities said no one was re parently have lost millions to Es Russell Thorn. newspaper, the Panama Cay News-Herald. Monday woo.

the 1962 Pulitzer Prise merttori- ported hurt, although there were tes." (Mr. Altvater, invited to participate in Political Parade, sent an excerpt from his Voters Pamphlet presentation, which and a letter saying "all should conform to the majority vote of the state some employes in the mill when Wilson, in a statement said ous' service, on the basis of a the fire broke out. three-year campaign against en Mayor Russell F. Bonesteele introduced Mathewson, the city department heads and citizdns budget committee. Publications outlining the Mathewson budget highlights will be distributed around Salem by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, was announced.

Later. Monday, the city budget committee received the manager's proposals, and appointed subcommittees vto delve into specifics. Approval of the budget board and City Council is expected late this month. The budget presented Monday calls for $1,344,316 property taxes, an increase from the $1,294,720 collected this year. But increases in valuation in the city A member of the family which owns the mill estimated loss at trenched, corruption in the area the newspaper serves.

Estes was allowed to put up only $700,000 bond on grain storage warehouses when the court-appointed receiver had to put up Morse Raps New Book as legislature concerning daylight savings." The letter also implied opposition to the "Dunes land transfer. He is a native of Colorado, was a can-' didate for the GOP nomination for U.S. senator in 1960, and his letterhead lists him as a structural civil engineer, Portland). from $2.5 to $3 million, but he said it was mostly insured. The editorial award went to sio million.

Character Assassination Two boiler explosions during Thomas Storke. editor of the Santa Barbara, Calif News-Press, for calling public attention to activi the fire scattered debris. A house "The department accepted without question Estes' claim of a net worth of $12 million," Wilson said. WASHINGTON (AP)-A forth and slanted journalism is indica ties of the ultra-conservatire Joha should keep the millage stable at 19.3 mills, Matbew- roof fire was controlled. It was not known if that side fire was caused by embers from the blaz coming biography of Sen.

-Wayne Birch 1 ton Walter lippmann. 72-year -old "while at the same time he was claiming losses to the Internal Revenue Service and receiving ing milL Skin color: Our basis of stability the constitutionrequires: each state a republic; majority vote acceptance; separation of powers political for every skin color; and means to change. We are in a world of moving progress, with no time for palavar or quibbling. Morse, was branded Monday by Morse as a "character assassinatioa book full of untruths," Flames shot 200 to 300 feet in veteran columnist for the New York Herald Ttibune Syndicate, became a winner far the seoood hefty refunds on lis income tax." the fa Geerce altvater Wilson charged the Democratic- The book, by A. Robert Smith.

4- Jibbler-jabbler: To repent is to Look and see where the controlled "is dragging -Features of the budget this year include: A pension plan for city employes annual city cost about $25,000. A Pay raises for employes averaging per cent Money for Police Reorganization Money for a major reorganization of the police department, recommended last month by Chief David P. i Cearv. i is entitled The Tiger in the Senate. It is to be published May day's Statesman its leer' on an investigation of the goal is.

Results count more than debate and elocution. Idle jibbler-jabber gets one nowhere. Are you voting for an image of a personal 25. Advance copies have circulated Estes case. (Add.

detailson page tive of the political purposes of the book. realize that I am fair game for my political enemies in the forthcoming campaign and this book is their first attack. Morse said. Smith, responding to Morse's comments, said: My book is non-partisan but not without criticism. They (publishers) refused Senator Morse's request-to censor the book ia advance of publication because they agree with me that a kxa-nalisrs first responsibility la a dcxracracy is to the public 1 have tried to help the public ity, or lor a poncy affecting you and yours? in Washington.

'This character assassinatioa Horse politics: If your decisions are not influenced by supersti- tutkra, personalities, and provincialism, you will admit that govern-. book is full of untruths, half truths, oU-of -context distortions ment has not improved since the steam engine came. Inheritance of authority is still the reason nations die. Nature's laws make no de and oft-repeated Republican mis duction for political expediency. representations.

Morse, who is seeking a fourth term this. year. Schools: Can the school erase the disease causing the frustration time, being cited for wise and responsible international reporting. He woe a special Pulitzer dla-tion ia 185. (Story also en page X) Rain, Clouds on Forecast Increasing cloods and rain are forecast today and Wednesday ta the Salem area.

McKary rieid weather burean said Monday. A heavy electrical storm moving aorta lighted op aouLhera slues Monday nighL The Salem forecast for ecaUered shower today, and some rain tonight and Wednesday. said in a statement. that motivates kidnaping? How long will it take to learn that mono Pago Sac Ann Landers 7 I Classified Comics -Z-LJ. 1 6..11 Crossword 16.

II Editorials I Market-Rusiness 15 111 Obituaries 8 I Public Notice 17 11 Panorama 6, 71. Sports Star Gazer TV-Radio Valley Now 20 II Its author, Morse said, ls the poly manufactures socialism? Is straight-thinking mathematics un to understand the sen-tor and his Addition of three firemen to tho six-man West Salem station. Starting development of Santiam Interchange park $35,500,: x-rs: i First actual work on widening of 17th Street NE from Mixska to Portland Road. 1 1 In addition to tho "doDart and cents' aspects of the budget, Mathewson called for straightening of community leadership in solving social problems. i "At no time can we lose sight of our primary goal the development of human resources to the maximum," ha told the forum audience.

(Add. sisalU and pkturos oa page 11.) comfortable? Washington correspondent 'of several anti-Morse newspapers ia Holding on: Twenty-three years in 188 is the longest that the record. Senator Morse knows that I have given him far more credit KOKTHWKST TuKAGTJX No gunts seheamlea weme COAST lkaclk At TuMt 3. Salt L-k City At Va-ew-er Sfcue 0ly gaawt ckeS-IcO AMERICAN LKAGLK No uwi cheSidea NATIONAL LEAGtE At Bontao S. Ui Af ties United States has been without armed hostilities.

Eloquent orators who led the "peace at any price fad in 1916, failed to talk us out of war. Did the one who financed the Pearl Harbor attack believe Oregon. The fact that the book's publishers did not submit the manuscript to me in advance of publication so that I could have pointed out to them ita misstatements for valuable service than any of his political enemies ever win The readers -will decide who la being that war preserves the inheritance system? (Nexti Mark Hatfield) 1 VYirephoto Page vmij Ium sueo-iee.