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CD THE WEATHER. MOSTLY CLOUDY toSghf? Thuri- dav. Little ianffi In tpmneraturp. SECTIONS Low tonight, 18; high Thursday. 40.

1 2r. 68th Year, No. 27 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 1, 19-S niitfo Takes Qatt 'ovfeinaM rt 9 ddthtai a- J'ouraar to a mmm Arrival of New Governor Ar "At At tAt Shocks Patterson Betfth Stated Ike, Eden Eye Atom Senate Head Succeeds toPost Goverlior Smith Sworn in Wednesday el lo V- 27tli Executive Installed at 9:36 A.M. of the Senat Elmo SI Smith became Ore- gons 27th gtrtremor at a.m. Wednesday morning 9f ter Chief Justice HarorJ Warner aamuiisierea me oain oi ox fice.1 ThA Tfnw tfnvnrnnr was nntt fied of the dcafS of Governor Patterson at 11 p.n9 Tuesday night by Edward Armstrong, cx ecutivc secretary to the gover- nor.

Ho was brought to Salem in a state police csr driven by State Patrolman Robert Milton of John Day, leaving John Day at' midnight and arriving in Salem at 6 a.m. iHt'oncgrn for, Widow "My first concern, Governor Smith said, "is to do everything'? in my power to comfort Mrs. Pat terson and members of tn Pat- (SEE ADDITIONAlSSTOFJES' AND PgpTUREa ON JAUES 2 AND 3, SEgTlON 1), terson family. Next Tests Ban Posting Uftf Troops in Palestine By JOHN IVLhIBhTOWER SHINGTON The Eisenhower-Eden talks shifted Wednesday to question of disarmame miu iiuiiidiiuiia uu uiuiiuu and hydrogen bomb tests. These subjects came in a White House essionai(ended hx Hartl Stassen, who.is Preside Eisenhower's special ist, and Lewis Strauss, hea of the Atomic Energy Commission.

British Prime Minister dcn and Foreign Minister Selwyn Eloyd met Willi oetitricu ic jjitra, assen and Strauss. Lloyd had conferred earlier for two hours with Dulles at the State Department on Middle and Ear East problems. Signs pointed to a call by Eisenhower and Eden for an gll-out effort to make in the Middle East. Previous sessions of the Eisenhower-Eden talks have gogie over joint U.S. -British preparations for another conference with the Russians next ionth at London.

Past eKirts to reach accord with the Soviets on disarmament have foundered the critical question of how to make sure nobody cheats on pledges to disarm. EdenAas talked publicly about possibly limiting atomic and hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific. But Eisenhower and Duges, in pub- Olir pnmmpnt havp hppn rnnl to ward idea. Plans for new U.Sj Sl. Heart Attifckt In Portland Fatal By JAMES D.

OLSON Citizenr ofOrcgon in every walk oolite were shocked Wednesday upon learnii of the sudden death of Govei.wpr Paul L. Patterson, 55, in Portland Tuesday night from a coroiQry attack while talking to friends in a room at the Arlington club. President of the Senate Smith, of John Day, automatically became governor of Oregon Sind 9-rived in Salem Wednesday morning in a state police car. His first act arrival here wasto go to the Patterson home and extend his sympathy and scondol-ences to Mrs. Patterson and offer any help with his por.

State Funeral Set Friday at 2 P.fil. A state funeral fo Gover nor L. Patterson, who died Tuesday night, will be hel(9in the House of Representatives in the State Capitol Friday at 2 p.m. Secretary the DjytSas jic-Kay telephoned Wednesday that he Sill attend the both as a persoigjFfriend of the lasr governor and a of President Eisenhower, O(gjernor Patterson was in ap parent good health Tuesday sua noon, joshing with s(9eral "lo: friends who had dropped in to ffis office with offers of support ig) his campaign to- United ffiinouncement (jr which, ljgd been nde-only-last Saturday; Addressed Church iSffoup, iu ikn uvaiu value wmie iiKuvenu was i conference with threFl trutd poiWical-friendsP E. (Bill) Ireland, raoOon Tuesday had resigned ofQhe staie board, of coSrol to partici- pare in Patterson senatorial campOsn: TejjjGQniOs, who wQs slaU mamfjer for fjajjerson in his succcO'uloJampaign for governor o'waOanfS ago Qnd John Higgins.

Qatterson's Qftt puWc appear- Oance came wuen ne spoKe oiew blics God for coni attended by A700 dele- 9, AfiSf that ihPArli9ntnn lpuocrnor ranerson rgiinisccfO U'i lew uil inc reputed jiawjo ifiia mat it aio'it' Elmo E.tiith was driven from John Day byj State Police officer to Is sworn in as governor, is shown hero, shortly after arrival in Salem and as he is about to enter 'ne car. Elmo E. Smith of John Day was sworn into State SctTate. He was sworn in by Chief 9ustico office as Governor of Oregon Wednesday morning Harold Warner of(the Supreme Court (in gown), ajclock, succeeding to the office at thtOin the presence of William Walsh nf Coos Bay, death of Governor Paif)Pattc)n. Smlthsuccceds righLa close friend of the new governor, and to the oHico reason of being president of the secrKrary of Sate Earl TPNewbry, center.

muse do maae ior a prner inD--ute to GovcrnSf Patterso. op's. if tho finest governors ever to serve the sjjtc ot Oregon. I Tho newly insiialled govcrnpiiji. said that he was determined to driven by Patrolman Robert E.

for the State House. Milton, leaving the (3) ie' best of his ability to on tne sa-ma goi govern-. I 1 I Rus Demand Iofsq IIIL-H llltll lldU iib-il esidUlllUU i by Governor Patttrson. I nuclear tests in the Racine have been going ahead. Oregon, QOP Political (nfiiise Attending the iR-eanng in ceremonies, h'jd in the -reeeil 7-lion room of the governor's sKte; were Secretary of Slate Eari Tj ReIeasEisli JBoats fit I Secrelaf uMlcithe Wilffiim Walsh, A I atlornfflss bid annouiMed tlffy would seek the nination in the may decide to tiixe a-second shotTmembcr oi the Stifle Board of cveni uiai i-miuisuu uiu iiui luiiswatone governorilip.

lewDry was I 4. GovernordTatterson's untimely death throws the Oregonpolitical pmuti: jiiiu-i aidie tar as tnanepigsicans are con- cerncd, the race for United States being WdeMipe In addition to the scclwn of secretary of state and stale treasurer, the voters will be cajd GL elect a governor. a.OGov- einor EioQimith under 1: sta crigKtitution will serve until hi; successor is atQthc ncx. biennialelection, The death of Govotnor PattOion crcaOd such a. shock that no one in political circles was talking about the nolitical situating But in the race foPthiftltcnubli caO for Uniled States senator, State -Representative El- Jeny Trawlers in Norm Water? Illegally Russia Wednes- seized by Norway charses at fishfflK lllegansv inside NorwegianoterriteSial wafers.

Moscow Radio. tSifl lae hoviet government regaroSn'the whole fo fair as "a misunderstanding" but stood firm in denying the Russian ships were tracing in Norwegian waters. a Norway has sent navy "lorpeda boats Wnd the friaate TroiQr." tU flkjEden al Eisenhawef agreed that peace between Israel and the Arab states essential 10 miuaie stauiuty. Among other things they discussed the possibility of pStlng United Mi tions troops in the demilitarized zone between (he hostile armies of Palestine in order to pjcify the area. U.S.

officials demonstrated little enthusiasm for this possibl-ty but an American spokesman said had not been ruled out by Eden and Esenhower. In two days of discussion the British and American government chiefs and their foreign ministers have aired problems and disagreements rangjag frqg Europe to the Far East. They have touched also on such matters as, general cold wargtrategy and plans for further disarmament efforts through the U.N. iwstiirtn "Deepf tit By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 9 a hq, the herring fishing filters of Uics-1 The-Soviiit found on the northwest coast and iO "nnoMced the dismissal of seiJ 14 Sofiffit fishing boats in. N.

Kruglo, who became in-theolifll three dayF fKrnal affairs mMister A July 1953, The JivirweeiaP Foreien Minist-rrfiortlvQfter his hoss Rpria defeated SyoPaltcrson Ijj a wide iiiuruj jn uieiifot primary eiec-Another innliT np wiiiiojii ki. vtuiitn ui nay auu Eugene E. Marsl9of McMinnvillcJ Doinot wnom roiave sorvca gpvtWlor while tbey were presidents of the scsalo. ThcOficnw-'Xits ill likely find a candidate for governor and aong the possibilities on this side would be Alfred belt, Pearson, wh9 served as state treusurer for four Ofcats, and possiblCongiwiswom- Edith xirecn. Spinal day for jSifing 9, is stilWnorc than a month away, but wit a full blown state campaign 9i the offing, somP surpfst) fil ings may be cxtgetcd.

McEavomins Oo FdrFisnej-al TOR'retary Interior Dg- las McKay tckvhoncd from Washington Wednesday tjtfjft would fly toSnlcm for thP runcralB of Gov. Paul PattWson. Ho liie of- lice, extending nis sympainy gi A. .1 When laiKamlcft tho -govCTr-J, 'O aQi'lon, two Portland CanSins of the seized Soviet trawfeirs were ttffien to police head quarters in Alcsund for question- cfe, SJ! "tty" lu.wwjijiK.iiicg rieuiieuitn live lromo.ne soviet tniDassy in Oslo. Sdvict oades oo S3 oMililiaChicl -O.

MOSCOW IJi government MikeB) has AnsO.ed the successor of the KtVmnn's 1.Q; Ocret policeboss, Lav jBoria. A wnnss. i.avreniv igenty jO rar was acposea ana conaemnea w( 9 Thp socrot The secret oHcce were rcVved 1VII1 IMUglUVQ ft- HKC Ul UliW V.UIIIIIIUIIIM H.IH.V nannr ciH rinrtornvQlun-i I (f vk ry iiainsLrucieu me ivjwegian Russians the. iiuui. The Norwegia Russian fistwa fleet of OM 80.tinu.ed in corQianVof law u.a..v-ships hoverinjroff the tritoriment pQce, VjiwnJn Russia as waters and venturinP Othin Qhe the fourtjiiile limit whenver the NoOj The terse announceiOnt of the wcgian naval ships wereOjt of new change, published on ie back ci.Hf (J Osub-Arctic cold kept much of the Pacific Northwest region east of the Cascades in a desp freeze Wednesday.

Fortfpsts were for continued coldJO -f is The Norwi rj hn nrpVaiH thp The Weather Bureau reported it Russian Maneuvers appeared toQbecn "released" an9 be conducted sq an orgazed and succeeded bvJIosraw's defQy rieliherate hasrS. Imnunp pOQjnp.rt i I i Foreiffn Minister Halvarri T.anpp Ifcwbry, State TKasurer Sia Higher owho had served in the state senate with both Patterson and Governor Smith. Krief-Strlrken Gov? Smith said that the new! was so shocking that he did not jecovor for almost an hour after eingjnformed of tho news. "yy wife and my son and daughter, al9S0whom knew Gov-engr Patterson eintimately for years, were as shocISd as I Ejus. However, they helped me and I don't ever think I appreciated ns family more than I did lft (Conllndn Page 3, Column 1) Von'C5tifeel U0Pinnero PORTLAND Ml Tne Republi an Lincoln Day dinner at which of Agriculture Ezra Taft Bcnsons to be principal speaker, 0 will go on as scheduled Thursday night despite the death of Gov.

Paul Patterson. Francis J. Snh Multnorrh County Republic chairman, saffl decisionowas n( after durv consecration and some (sitancy because ntfinbers felt the goyer-. n' would have wished it that wm Gov. Pattersons devotion government dictates that we proKcd'wh those (things i me and all i tive staff." embers of cxecu- United States fenaYor Wayne Morse: "I am awfully sorry and decv sad for the tragic wrlf Governor Patterson's death? Mrs.

Morse and JL extend to Mrs. Patten and Stlier members of the fanyoiir deepest syni(thy and layers for strcgh in this of great sorrow. ra Sccretary 0 sto Earl T. New- bry: "Paul galierson, the third governor with whom I have served, was my gjend. His most unncly death leaves me with arofound feeling of loss.

From the time we both were in the Stgate, I have cacctcd and admired Paul for his mind and the sharp insight he brght to bear prooiems witn wnicn iuaj)was Thes(S)characteristics were partictilrly cxident injghway leg-; Islation, a fiHd in which very few men in this nation had a more borough grasp. Cigt-Ron will miss ship 25 monthsago to become sec-good ifft intprinr hp turned burriiA hots from the Nordic of construtSTon dcparirnQt of Council mecttng in CopeWiagen loithe Soviet ConMiunist parly's Cen-aniongSoviet Ambassflor J. tral Committee, a watchdog post Arkadiev to hiioffice. Lange ffi-Recking all governmHt construc-stfiuctcd his embassy in Moscow to jtion, id adviserOto the Soviet sleliver a9 sharp protest to theiCncilof Mfflislers (Cabinet) on i lie office over to Patterson, thenim wiucine wgj. resident Bthetatc Senate.

Pmith said ingl slglcment. 1 ST" a 1 These two are Lamar ooze ana Stale 'far John C. Fn Merri- lieid. Other )q the senatorial race against l)ted tatcs Wayne ifcijotosxpected to encounter anyC(3)einocratic op-position, are three ea- ncan Longressnjan, waiter ioc- blad, Sam Coon and Harris Ellsworth, and Mrs. Doroy McCul- lourh Lee, now scQto as a mem-beofOhc Federal Burea9c0Ta- roics and Pardons, GnvH-Sir Smith fJldODrobabOj Xtve a dccWed cd3 in tho pig-rr0ry cStipaigneshojd ho decide Ig Van for the oftlce.Q secretary of State Earl SVewbry, who sciShird term as StaQ oo ofi Stale's Moaning 6 House bmL at (SI State House stood-, at halfslaff Sayict TVIossages-? HammpBdApljoiptd was 23 below at fcuensourg ana 0 22 below at Baker, Ore.

It colr farther to the east Sf New Mclis, in west. central Idaho, reported 45 below and Helena, sll-ered at 27 below. Other sub-zero readings in Washington and Orcg included: Yakima -16, Spokane -10, PStdleton Walla Walla -7, Bend -5. Freezing temperatus extended over virllly all of'est- a Washington and Oregon, too. 3rookings.

on the Oregon coast, was the lone spot to id the mercury remained It had a minimuijj ofissls a esJBright weather prevailed gener-. ally. A strong wind accentuated ths cold in the Columbia gRiver sccfef. Eastffilt gusts reached as mucn 50 miles an hour at Trout-dale, east of Portland, The forecast for ca of tne Cas-caWes was for temperatur as low as 25 below overnight Wcdnes-y in some areas. eSoie Montana schools were closed bccaiSte) of the weather.

Tn? citv of Butte, with 10,000 Rg- (Eoufing Intd Capitol tL956.UFDiiectoi ways madeTiim feel good to sp' groiW. 1(0 saw ways lOidc hirOfccl at Otrnes ma lucwrci fa iiiiiuici 'We then began to 0.siO,s the iming canvyign and suddenly with(0 waWgg he sftwed signs of distrcssfiie ncveiOiaiOaQord, iustaid back -n thc davenport where he vxs VittingPtVe QalledA Lir.v tamest noyienine jearesi doctor available. thcreO was nothiO anyone could i for hinOj He never rttJineduconsciousness and the physicist said he died ten iniSstO after the attack? TheJ attack occurn at 9:50 p.m." NotiH) 'Ately notified Ors. Dfjitcrson at the Salem hoi. Winter, the Salem hoi, 42rttrth Winter oirect, wnure me ijgjji.Miiis i'H" resided ncc shortly alter he recant? ivernor.

dratend. who had been the JBgovjgnor most the day roWfe feoiW Salem 'Wi Piana wmi mm and said today that the governor had bet in good Spirits on the tfff) showed no sigiof fatigue ot straiiw The last official ffct of Governor Patterson wssgfo preside tStgf a briclmceting of the state board of control. wfln resigtion Ireland as secretary was accepted and Col. Wiluu Ryan was ap-Mjintcd to take over theost. Immediately on conclusion of this meelingie govnor begair the journey to PoiSid.

Governor Patterson took as chWf executive on December 17, upon Doug-i jSKav after hc had been narac Secretary the Inter by president Eisenhower. Pier-son at the time of his pointment was president of the state senate and first in line of succession. He had served In the state senate from Washington county in the 1947, 1949, al 1951 sessions, and was president of the senate in the 1951 session. He began the practice of law shortly after he had received his degree of Jurisprudence Irum the University of Oregon law school. PattersQgseigfcd in many offices (Continued on Page 2.

Column 4) Weallnr TJefaih ails Maximum verterdar. OIC: minimum nnrmit. tnd, l. Tout 24-hnurj Hon: to? month: 0: nV Season preclptutlon. 41.

It. IT. River h-lihc, SI Irn. (Report by U. 8.

Weather Bureau.) to I 0 Mag daiHia The American Flag at the ''(' i i 0 qO I I --Jll, fcaMi i i 1 111 3 Wftliaip qjL HammondT one of the men aigjve in the establishment of the Salem United Fund carl three yc-s ago, wilidirect the 1956 UF campa whi will probably be held in OctobW, H. Barker, UnitcjiuKl presi-denhj) announced Wednesday. Barker said that a meeting had bn called for Thursday noon of the executive committee gnd immediate pas? presidents of the United Fund, taking iver direction of the i 196li campaign Hammd ex-pressechis enthusiasm over lii-tgdgFund saving, "1 havealways felt it is thir only really sure way i of doSShe job." I enter th position witlu a great deal of humility when I rfa- lize the halisl wrk and lalc-St which has (gne inlprevious campaigns," Ilammorid said. 'There has been a good done in the past and I am going to be doing my b)t to keep up with the precedent established," the new can-maien director declared. Hammond goes into his new rolecii witlWong record fit civift service and United FundObackeround be- Ihind.hrin.

Messages of sympathy from high )lic official iffMuding Prcsi- ilrmt Eisenhower. Yellow workers and pcrfl'iil Jricnds over the death of Governor Patterson to Mrs. i a Patterson the widowPpoid intOjthc govervior's and the raitersorr nomc Weesday. 't rnnnnl nnccihlV PXIirFSS tO you thosdepth of the sho and distrestjSf feel learning of your IIUSlJUllu ri wus a uimih-guishedcien, awlicated to tho scrvit of his IWjfSWmcn. Moreover IStoi) privileged to c2i him Utiy good friend.

Mrs. Eisenhower and I Join assurances ot scepesi sympay to you and members of your family." Edward HjaArmstrona adminis-trvo nssisVint to the governor: "I am iSrc I can speaker all of us on the governor's stY, that the sit and rion havcost a truly great, man and that we have losPa rMl friend. His high in-tccritvShisKWarmth and gcniaUiy. anfl his dpvntinn tn the nennlp. of Imogen endeared him to cvtSVone who knew nun.

Our close asocia-tioawilh him made us realize even more his greatness and his humil-Uy. will bo missed tcrriblyQty, pils, was one of.them. Totlafds iMfoap Section ne 0Amuseme6t 2 Editorial A Local "gr Sectioa 1 wo ft Scar, Weme gr i 1 Section Foure i iS Cnorls 1 Paul Pattcion, and mls5 htm keenly." State Tfioasurer Sig Unandcr: "My deepest sympathy goes to Mrs. Sitterson andmembers 0 her immcdimogamily. Oregon itat Continued art Van Column 2) Wednesday, symbolic of the mourning of the people of Oren iu.

itr. I WffB.IAM H. HAMMOND lor governor rut rauMttm. 1 (Continued on Page 5, Column S) 9 9 0 0.

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