Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 05, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texty"'''--iM' j 0 0 o 8 o UU UU Muir 0f of o o o ! O o 3! J .v l3 1 O M EDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire 12 Pages 14 Pages Ladejinsky Named To Assist FOA in Viet Nam Program 0 (Security, Loyalty Found Satisfactory Washington r U.R Wolf Ladeiinskv. ousted by the Agri- oculture Department as a security ( risk, today was appointed to help with the Foreign Operations Ad ministration's land reform pro gram in Viet Nam. ; Foreign Operations Director " Harold E. Stassen said his agen cy had reviewed Ladejinsky's O security file and "found him elig ible for certification for security and loyalty. To Retain Rights Stassen said he understood La dejinsky would retain rerem ployment rights at the Agricul ture Department while working o for FOA. " Furthermore. Stassen said, he had talked with Agriculture Sec retary Ezra T. Benson "who ex pressed satisfaction that his op portunity for employment m FOA, will Drobably make good use Qf his (Ladejinsky's) special Qualifications." Ladejinsky's appointment Jcame after it was disclosed that 0the dispute over his security status had reached the White House. Sought for Three Months - FOA is known to have been otrying to hire Ladejinsky for an important land reform job in tuth Viet Nam for the past ree months. But Ladejinsky fiaid he Knew nothing about tne appointment except what he has 03seen in the newspapers. Later FOA spokesman William Caldwell said "Ladejinsky has been cleared by FOA for security and loyalty based on an up to date review of all available, cur rent information, including a full field background investiga- tion by the FBI." ! Ladejinsky, who met news 3 men and photographers at FOA headquarters, said "I have been Q advised that I received the fullest field clearance from the FBI." Ladejinsky Grateful In a 'prepared statement, he said he is grateful "for the faith and confidence shown by this s administration Jn my character, my abilities, and my loyalty." Ladejinsky also said, "As to Mr. Benson, I do not sit in his 0 judgment. I leave this to his fel low men." The Russia Q-born agricultural expert said he does not know when he will leave for his post in Viet Nam, but he hopes to leave before long. 0 He will receive a salary of ($11,800 in his new post, the same pay ne maae as agricultural at tache in Tokyo. Boeing Plane Cracks High Altitude Record Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Boe- Oin2 Airplane Company's 707 jet ' oransPr Prototype has been flown to higher altitudes than $ny other transport plane in his- O tory, the company said today. Although no figures were re- 0 legged, the firm said the 707 r, rniised "substantially higher nd at greater speeds" than the 42,000 feet altitude and 550 miles ? per liour previously reported. It wasojflso reported previously that the huge jet plane traveled from here, to Portland, Ore., at an estimated speed of 636 miles per hour. Midwest Blanketed by Fog; Snow Causes Plane Crashes Bv UNITES PRESS O A dismal fog blanket cloaked the Central Ohio and Mississip pi river valley today while an icy snow storm struck in the Owest. The western snowstorm caus ed a four-engine transport to ov ershoot the runway and crash at dgden, and a plane flying low under a heavy overcast crashed apd killed four persons near An imas, N.M. 0 Collin Montana s Elsewhere in the nation, a 200 nrnile wide band of rain and driz- zle 'stretched from Texas to the Alleghenies, thunderstorms hit Oklahoma and Kansas, and tem peratures dropped'to 10 to 20 de crees below zero in Montana. The Midwest fog cut visibility O to zeo in parts of Northern Ulinoisnd to one-16tb of a mile at Indianapolis. Flights were cancelled at Indianapolis' Weir Cook municipal airport. the West a vicious combin JfflkTRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1955 Dog, Clfoy Hammarskjold Pays Courtesy Calf on Red China Leader Formal Discussion Due Late Tonight United Nations, N. Y. U.R) Secretary-general Dag Hammar skjold and Red Chinese Premier Chou :n-lai will meet late to night for their first formal dis cussion of the sentencing of 11 American airmen as "spies" by the Chinese Communist regime, The first dispatch from the U.N. party to reach here in al most 29 . hours said Hammar- skjold and Chou met for the first time when the Swedish dip lomat paid a courtesy call on Chou shortly after his arrival at 1:45 p.m., Peiping time. It said that a formal meeting becween Chou and Hammar skjold was scheduled for "tomor row afternoon" China time. That would make the meeting time late tonight, or in the ear ly hours of tomorrow, New York. Makes Courtesy Call Details of Hammarskjold's ar rival in the Red Chinese capital had been broadcast earlier by Peiping radio, which did not mention arrangements for the formal meeting. Immediately after his arrival, Hammarskjold was entertained at a private lunch by Swedish Ambassador Hugo Wistrand. Hammarskjold, a c c ompanied by members of his party, then paid a courtesy call on Chou. The courtesy call was follow ed by a reception in Hammar-1 skjold s honor given by Chou m the Palace of the Purple Light, the reception building of the Premier's residence. Members of the Red Chinese government, chiefs of all the diplomatic missions in Peiping and high Chinese dignitaries at tended the reception. First Meeting The courtesy call marked the first time that Hammarskjold and Chou ever had met. Peiping radio disclosed the red carpet treatment being ac corded the U.N. official and his party but made no mention of the reason for his visit. "The cocktail party proceed ed in a friendly atmosphere," the broadcast said. Hatfield Suggests State Scholarships Portland (U.R) State Senator-elect Mark Hatfield believes Oregon should provide scholar ships for some worthy students who are otherwise unable to attend college. Hatfield said here yesterday he will introduce a bill at the next Legislature which would give $200 a year for four years to 10 students, two from each congressional district and two from the state at large. Hatfield, who is dean of stu dents at Willamette University, said he was concerned that col lege is reached by only half of the high school graduates who are in the upper 10 per cent of their classes. ation of snow and sleet drove out of the Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico mountains in to the Eastern plains. The storm continued today and poor visi bility and iceslicked roads made driving dangerous north and south of Denver. At Ogden, the airport tower operator said the pilot of a plane owned by Resort Airlines of Mi ami may have lost control as he landed on the icy runway. Plane Noses Over Hill The plane, chartered to fly Air Force supplies from Okla homa to Utah, nosed over a small hill at the end of the runway, but did not burn. None of the four-man crew was killed, but one man was hospitalized. The victims in the Animas crash were returning from a fa mily funeral in Texas, to Dur ate, Calif. They were tentatively identified as Kenneth Decker, Mrs. Monroe Decker, and her two small children. United ARRIVES IN INDIA UN Secy. Gen. Dag Hammarskjold (left) is greeted by Indian Secy. Gen. for External Affairs R. N. Pillai upon arriving in New Delhi en route to Red China to try to win freedom for eleven imprisoned Ameri can Airmen. Hammarskjold discussed his mission with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. "Whatever the outcome, it will do some good." Nehru told Hammarsiqoid. John Snider Elected President of Council At First '55 Councilman John Snider was unanimously elected president of the Medf ord city council at a meeting last night. He suc ceeds Mayor Earl Miller, who held the post as a councilman. Former Mayor D. L. Flynn was named by Miller to a five- year term on the Medford Water commission. The position was Board of Directors Of Chamber To Meet The board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will hold its first meeting of 1955 at noon at the Medford hotel tomorrow, with the newly elected president John Pletsch, in charge. The board will, meet twice monthly, on the second and fourth Thursdays, .instead of monthly, as in the past, accord ing to Pletsch. The board will discuss polic ies for the coming year; review the presenf office lease and the possibility of a new location; hear a financial report, and dis cuss plans for a southern Ore gon chamber of commerce work shop for the chambers in Klam ath Falls, Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass, and Cave Junc tion, as well as other matters. Oregon Celebration In 1959 Gains Favor Portland (U.R) J. A. Mount, chairman of a centennial committee named by Gov. Paul Patterson to study plans for a world's fair in 1959, said today Oregon should have some kind of a celebration that year re gardless of what is done by Hou ston, Tex. - "The 1959 date has some sig nificance for Oregon and ap parently so far as Texas is con cerned, 1959 is merely the earl iest date a world's fair could be handled there," Mount said. He said the thinking now was that a world's fair in Oregon would be tied in to a centennial celebration. Money is being rais ed for a study by the Stanford Research Institute as to feasibility. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indust rials 397.24 off 8.93; 20 railroads 142.56 off 3.24; 15 utilities 62.05 off 0.71, and 65 stocks 147.62 off 3.05. t Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 248 Session held last year by Stephen Nye, who filled out the unexpired term of the late R. B. Thierolf Sr. y Flynn is president of the League of Oregon Cities for 1955, and as such, must hold an elected or appointive city job. Other Appointments. Other appointments were on the budget committee for three year terms, Ray Sorenson and Stan Stark, succeeding Jim Roots and Bob Rector, whose terms ex pired. Reappointed to the planning commission for four-year terms were Tom Wray and Don Root; to the civil service commission for a six-year term, Ward Ham mond, and to the Medford State Athletic commission for one year terms, George Porter, D. W. G. Bishop, J. F. Fliegel, Jerry Jer ome, Rudy Sleight and L. C. Taylor. Appointments to the library board were withheld until the next meeting. Miller named himself, Harold Frye and Donald Hansen as a special committee to study the milk ordinance. Attorney James Main was named city judge and Attorney Warren Lesseg, judge pro tem. Council Committees Council committee assign ments, with chairmen listed first, are, finance Jack Fitzgerald, Stanley Jones Jr., Dick Wood cock and Paul" Meyers; police Jones, Woodcock, Meyers and Fitzgerald; streets Frye, Snid er, Fred E. Robinson and Han sen; license Meyers,. Hansen, Jones and Fitzgerald; land Robinson, Frye, Snider and Han sen: airport Hansen, Wood cock, Snider and Frye; fire Woodcock, Fitzgerald, Meyers and Robinson; parks Snider, Frye, Jcnes and Robinson. Miller proposed several im mediate projects for the new council. Included were the off street parking situation, investi gation of aid in construction of a freeway through the city, sur vey of a proposed 10th street crossing across Bear creek, con sideration of storm and sanitary sewer problems, and annexation of adjacent areas. City Manager Robert Duff said a report on annexation will be available from the city within the next two weeks. (See story on Page 14) Tokyo (U.R) A fire en gine, overloaded with 40 per sons returning from a New Year's celebration, plunged off a highway near Kofu City today killing three firemen and injur ing 29 others. w Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Thursday except for valley foe in morning. Low tonight 25. High Thurs day 40. Temp. Highest Yesterday 33 Lowest this Morning 31 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today .04 Benson Supports Subsidy Payments To Dairy Farmers Proposal Resembles Brannan Farm Plan Washington (U.R- Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben son advised Congress today that subsidy payments to dairy far mers would wipe out butter and cheese surpluses without in creasing the overall cost of sup porting dairy prices. v The direct cost to the taxpay ers would be higher, Benson said. But he said consumers, who also are taxpayers, would save at least the extra amount of their taxes in lower dairy pric es. Benson did not recommend adoption of the subsidy plan, which would resemble the con troversial Brannan farm plan sponsored by former Agriculture Secretary Charles F. Brannan but never approved by congress. The subsidy plan was one of three possible methods of sup porting dairy prices discussed by Benson in a report to Congress filed in compliance with a pro vision of the 1954 general farm law. The others were production and marketing controls and the price support program now in use. Benson-did not advocate any of the three. However, he has been on record in the past as supporting the existing price supports. In today's report he said average farm milk prices would go up if congress killed all dairy price props. The so-called Brannan subsidy plan, rejected by Congress in 1949 but approved for use on wool last summer, works like this: Federal Subsidy v The government sets a sup port rate. The farmer sells his product for whatever consumers are wililng to pay. If this is low er than the support price, the government makes up the dif ference with a subsidy check to the farmer. Benson said the advantage of this plan for dairy products would be that it would allow the sale of all dairy products in nor mal commercial markets. ' Also, prices would be low enough to discourage competition from for eign dairy producers, he said. Britain Pondering Travel Restrictions London ' U.R) Britain is thinking of following the United States in imposing restrictions on movements of Russians, au thoritative diplomatic sources said today. Tentative plans at present are to reduce the 35-mile distance Soviet diplomats now may travel from the center of London with out asking permission of the British Foreign Office. . However, the sources said Britain does not plan restrictions of the scale imposed by the United States. The chief reason for possible tightening of travel restrictions here is the Soviet policy toward British diplomats in the Sovet Union, the sources said. This was the reason the United States gave for its action. Brazil Express Train Derailed; Six Killed Santa De Barra, Brazil U.R) An express train jumped the track near here last night, kill ing six persons and injuring 70, it was reported today. The train was passing through Rio De Janeiro state on the way from Belo Horizonte to Rio De Janeiro when it left the rails. Salem (U.R) Sealed bids on projects estimated to total $2, 500,000 will be received by the State Highway Commission in Portland, Wednesday, Jan. 19. Road Conditions Chains were required for motorists going over the Greensprings route to Klam ath Falls this afternoon, state police reported. Traffic elsewhere in south ern Oregon was moving with out chains, but motorists were edvised lo carry them in case of weather changes. Upstate mountain highways were snowpaeked with chains re quired on several of them. Spots of ice were reported generally throughout the state, and icing conditions are ex pected tomorrow morning. ' Geary Hopes To Have Committees At Work Monday Patterson's Message Slated in Afternoon Salem (U.R) Rep. Edward A. Geary of Klamath Falls, who is to be speaker of the House in the. 1955 Legislature, said today he hopes to nave committees at work immediately after the House is organized and members have heard Gov. Paul L. Patter son's message, to be delivered Monday afternoon. Geary arrived in Salem this morning, got quickly settled in his apartment, and came to the capitol to get to work immed iately himself. More Bills Predicted Like Sen. Elmo E. Smith of John Day, due to be president of the Senate, Geary was strug gling with committee assign ments and other matters of or ganization. He predicted there would be more bills introduced in the House next Tuesday than had ever been introduced that early in any previous session. "I plan to ask the committee chairmen to consider all non controversial bills first, and if possible report such bills to the floor for action," he said. "If this can be done the committees will be in much better shape to give major time to the important legislation." Length Not Predicted Rep. Geary would make no prediction as to the length of the session. He said he expect ed the House to "hit the ball as hard as possible, and to pro ceed as speedily and orderly as possible." But "we will go home only when we get the job done." Geary said he had not yet completed selection of all com mittees and would spend con siderable time the rest of this week completing that task. He said committee appointments will be announced at the open ing session of the House Mon day morning. (See story on Page 14) Snow Covers Many Areas of Valley Showers of snow blanketed the valley in varying depths, this morning. Only a thin layer cov ered the immediate - Medford area but it made streets slip nerv and driving hazardous while it lasted. Snow in most open spots had melted by mid morning. ' The Medf ord. weather bureau office at the airport measured .6 of an inch of snow. Three in ches of new snowfall was re Dorted on Siskiyou summit this morning and depth was two in ches at Wimer and in the Camp White area. About .75 of an inch was the measurement at Jack sonville, where most of the snow fell yesterday. On Sexton mountain summit to the north total snow depth today was 6 inches. Amount of new snow was not listed and the figure did not apply for the Highway 99 pass. Decreasing shower activity was forecast for today and no precipitation is anticipated to night. County Grand Jury Meeting in Second Day Jackson county's grand jury today was in the second day of its current session, according to District Attorney Walter Nun ley. Several criminal matters were being considered by the panel, he said. It was expected that jury would conclude its work by late this afternoon. The jury met yesterday mor ning and afternoon and recon vened this morning. Princess Margaret To Leave For Month-Long Visit To West maies - t, mi -w- T4.mmm UntrA noon I Tt uHll return wi1 London U.R) Princess Mar-j garet Rose leaves Britain by air Jan. 31 to tour the Caribbean, and advance reports say almost every calypso composer in the islands plans to immortalize her visit in song. ". . . Oh Princess Margaret she left her land "With an empty finger on her left hand ..." Important Engagement The month-long visit to the ro mantic West Indies is the most important public engagement the princess has ever undertak en on her own. Court circles be lieve it may presage a new and busier phase of her career as a member of the royal family. Ever since she was a debu tante of 16 or 17 being squired about by the then Kins Michael Legislators Join in Prayer for Guidance At Opening Session Washington ; (U.R) The Democrats took over command of Congress today with a prayer and a pledge to- cooperate with Republican President Eisenhower in the two crucial years that lie ahead. . Harmony was in the air as the 84th Congress convened with the traditional opening day formalities. No legislative business was transacted. Four hours before the Senate and House were gavelled to order, legislators joined. Mr. Eisenhower and Cabinet members at the National Presbyterian church and prayed for divine guidance for the new Congress. The change of command, from Republican to Democratic, was the highlight of this opening day. It was the first time since thl Republican-controlled 80th Congress of 1946-48 that the loliticai party which controlled the White House was not in power in Congress. o Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas took over a familiar job as Speak er of the House. , A 'Republican, Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, called the Senate to order, but it was the Democrats who were in control with Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas as majority leader and Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia as new Senate nrecMi tempore. County Population Estimate 64,712; Up 10.6 Per Cent Jackson county's new estimat ed population is approximately 64,712, an increase since 1950 of 10.6 per cent, according to estimates released this week by the - Oregon State Board of Health. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health physician, reported that the new estimates by the state reveal an annual increase of about 1,500 for the county dur ing the past four years. 58,510 in 1950 The 1950 census showed the county's population at 58,510. The last previous estimate by the state was on July 1, 1953 when the figure was 63,000. Dr. Merkel said the state's estimates have been extremely accurate in past years, varying less than 2 per cent from the official census. The state bases its estimates on vital statistics and migration checks. Other counties in the state showing the heaviest percentage increases were Curry county, with 57.6 per cent, Coos, 28.5, and Douglas, 24.8. Ashland Council Rebuffs Mayor . Ashland A mayor-council conflict, reminiscent of the weeks of battling and a recall election here several years ago, flared up here last night. Mayor Richard Neill, who took office this week for his first full term as mayor, recommend ed to the council the appoint ment of DeArmond Leigh, a for mer deputy sheriff, as chief of police. The council, by a major ity vote, refused to confirm the appointment. Herb Hays, who has been act ing chief since the resignation of Vern Smith last fall, was one of the applicants for permanent appointment, and Police Sgt. George Bennett was another. In the absence of further ac tion, Hays, will continue as act ing chief. His and Bennett's ap plications remain m effect, how ever. In another surprise action, Mayor Neill appointed Ex Mayor Phil Stansbury as city judge, succeeding Harold Jor dan who has held the position for four years. 1 Portland (U.R) The city council has approved the pro posal by Mayor Fred L. Peter son that the governments of the city of Portland and Multnomah county be consolidated into a single political subdivision. of Romania, Britons have been waitin for the princess to choose , a mate. But the years have slipped away and the eligi ble males with them until there are only three or four possibles left. To Assume More Duties And court circles consider that as her chances of marriage minish the princess will devote herself, until the right man comes along, to assuming some of the duties now being carried out by her sister, Queen Eliza beth, who wants more timg to spend with her children. The princess' trip led to ques tions' in the House of Commons about its cost, mainly because the $5,600,000 royal yacht Brit tania is being sailed over just to take her from island to island r"- jjiv For Sake of Opposing Johnson has pledged that the Democrats will follow a policy of supporting Mr. Eisenhower when they think he is right and opposing him when they think he is wrong. But he said they are not "going to oppose just for the sake of opposition." Nixon administered the oath to 34 senators, including some3' old and ' new faces on Capitol Hill. . The entire membership of the House took the oath en bloc from retiring house clerk Lyle Snad er, a Republican. There is one vacancy in the 435-member House. The swearing in ceremony was followed by the formal el ection of Rayburn as speaker succeeding Rep. Joseph M. Mar tin Jr. of Massachusetts and of George, as Senate president pro tempore. This put Rayburn and George, in that 'order, in the line oi presidential sucressirm directly behind Nixon. The real business of the 1955 session begins Thursday when President Eisenhower goes be fore a joint session to outline the Republican administration's legislative program in hs annual State of the Union message. Surface Harmony On the surface, harmony was busting out all over between Democrats and the administra tion, and among Republicans. whose Senate ranks were divid ed by angry quarrels last year. But there were subsurface rumblings, too, from" pro-Eisenhower Republicans seeking a bigger voice in Senate GOR- pol icy and from House Democratic' leaders smarting from 1954 cam paign attacks which they felt impugned their patriotism. Democrats regained control of Congress in the elections Nov. 2 at the mid-point in Mr. Eisen hower's term. In the House, the new lineup is 231 Democrats, 203 Republi cans and one vacancy. In the Senate, Democrats have a 48 to 47 edge and the support of Sen. Wayne L. Morse, the former Oregon Republican who turned independent in 1952. Party caucuses Tuesday set up . the organization, for todays opening session. The principal leaders of both parties in both chambers were reelected with out contest. Cardinal Spellman Arrives in Saigon . Saigon, Indochina (U.R) Francis Cardinal Spellman ar rived from Hong Kong today on a visit that could bolster the government of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. He promised suf-' fering Catholic refugees that more help is on the way from the United States. The New York archbishop told a cheering crowd at Saigon Cath edral that he had brought with him a check for $100,000 to help the refugees who fled from Com munist rule in North Viet Nam. January 31 Tt uHll return without ner since she is flying both ways in a stratocmiser chartered for an entire month and re-outfitted for only two days of flying. Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox - Boyd told Commons the Cost of the trip would be $84,000 which the government does not regard as excessive. Less Formality Due The West Indies have done their best to take some of the starchy formality out of the lit tle princess' trip. She will open fairs, visit hospitals, attend in numerable functions, but she also will voyage on a raft down the Rio Grande in Jamaica, at tend a fireworks display ? in Trinidad, be serenaded in An tigua, have a barbecue supper in Jamaica, attend a water car nival in Nassau. Democrats Not To Opdos O i 03 !