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lireefc Mom ffiir Prfe oner - Uiii I HitEitei Washington U.R) Secretary day told U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold there is strong sentiment in the United States "in favor of direct action" to free Americans imprisoned by Red China, but that this country will withhold such action for the present. " Hammarskjold expressed .hope that" it would be possible to gain release of the imprisoned aides." , ' .- .V;;, ' - " Dulles received from Hammarskjold a first hand report on his mission to Peiping in an effort to obtain release of the Americans. A statement released by the sured Hammarskjold that President Eisenhower's policy 'for the time being" is to leave the handling of the prisoners' case up to the United Nations. v'i - Mr. Eisenhower told his news stage the Hammarskjold mission success or failure. V " y - -L Clear Understanding - - v of Results Favored Mr. Eisenhower said that after Dulles meeting with Hammar- have a clear understanding of the results of Hammarskjold's efforts to -free the Americans. The President said the nego tiations could never be' counted a success until prisoners are back home. But he said the nego tiations could not be counted a failure either so long as they are continuing. - The President's words echoed those uttered yesterday by Dulles at a news conference. Hammarskjold 'flew here from "New York this morning with Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U.S. am bassador to the United Nations. The Secretary-general and Lodge were non-communicative as they went . into, the meeting : with Dulles. Hammarskjold said be fore the meeting he had "noth ing to add to what I have al ready said." .";-." Wait Reasonable Time . k. Lodgexaid: "If there were anything new-Jy could not talk about j it. You can't tell ; every thing you know about negotia tions of this type." ' Mr. Eisenhower underscored Dulles statement yesterday that the United States could not wait forever" for the United Na tions to get ..the Americans freed.' But he ; refused to set forth what he regarded as a Jr il ill i in ill ilil fnn jl TTlil I ed Nations to make a successful effort to free the " airmen. He said that time would have to be related to progress. Hammer skjold, he said, had reported that this trip was considered a first step in the negotiations. -' So long as the U.N. diplomat believes he is making progress, the President said he believed the United States would have to wait and see how those efforts turn out. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New- York - (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indust rials 392.31, up 1.33; 20 rails 140.26, up 1.20; 15 utilities 62.10 up 0.01; 65 stocks 145.96 up 0.63. Sales today were about 2,760,- 000 shares compared with 3,- 020,000 shares traded yesterday. Six-Month Survey of City Parking Needs And Problems Comnleted RennH- Icciierl A six-month survey of city parking problems, conducted by the city of Medford, is complet ed, and results of the survey have been compiled in booklet form, according to City Man ager Robert Duff. i - Loaded with factual informa tion, the booklet will be used as a background for setting up policies to meet existing and fu ture -parking problems, Duff said. No effort has been made to esiaDiisn any policies miring the surveys.. f Recommendations Listed : From the layman's point el view, probably the most import ant portion of the survey results .is a list of recommendations. . Foremost among these is a proposal for establishment of an organization to determine the manner in which parking facil ities should be acauired and fi nanced. T)i rennrf r?oflart "This nr. afni9Q4im -mow VtA a Pfarlrin er committee. Parking authority, or Assessment District commit tee." . ;-; -V:-' Regardless of the name under which the organization operates, n win De ine Key w we iinai development, and may determ ine tne extent ot tne iacuities to be provided, and their loca tion,", the booklet 'says. : f For City Council It points out that after a plan has been developed,' it may then be submitted to the city council 1 xor consiaerauon ana action. "Policies and detailed studies : Another recommendation calls Main st. parking lot, adjacent to the Boy Scout office building and rlawtnorne park. . suggestea for this lot, which will accommo Mease of State John Foster Dulles to Americans, "given restraint on all State Department said Dulles as conference today that at this cannot be considered either a : Democrats Talk of Rushing Bill for Income Tax Cuts Washington (U.PJ Key House Democrats today - considered seizing tax cutting .; initiative from President Eisenhower by rushing a bill through Congress to. lower individual, income levies. y , . - , ;- . .; . . The effective date for the cuts wouia oe eitner next July l or Jan. 1, 1956, a date in advance 01 any nor. jusennower nas in dicated he has in mind. Would Force Signing ' . : The Democrats talked of forc ings the chief executive to sign witWn.10 weeks legislation cut ting income taxes as much as $80 a year for a family of four. Their strategy would couple the income tax reduction with legis lation extending present rates for corporation income taxes and for some excise levies. The gov ernment faces a : $3,000,000,000 annual loss 'in revenue if the latter two are not extended. Actively Discussed . -The .tax , cut proposal was be ing discussed actively by key Democrats on the tax-writing T i - 'urn TIT '11' ''i II it ':' " " "' ' mittee ; If adopted, the plan would revise original Democratic strat egy for putting off tax cuts until the 1956. election year. y 1 -, Crater Lake Budgeted For $302,291 in '55 A total of $302,291, including $10,000 for construction, has been included in the administra tion's budget . for operation of Crater Lake National park in Fiscal 1955, according to a press release from Washington. . rne request was part of an over-all budget which requested amounts ranging from $2,497,885 for Yellowstone National park to $86,181 for Wind Cove in South Dakota. : date some 60 cars, is improve ment by paving, lighting, and in stallation of meters. ' Consideration might be given, the report says,' to acquiring suf ficient properties to. provide for parking needs a number of years in the future. It notes that, al though there is little vacant prop erty in the core of the busi ness district, there are several pieces of property occupied by old one story buildings. . ', y Demolition Suggested -' . - "Demolition or removal of these buildings would increase the value of the surrounding property," it is noted. . "In this event, many of the buildings on these properties could be leased by the. parking . committee ... until such time as the property is needed- for parking lot pur poses." .- - Use of parking ramps or struc tures on the lots is suggested as a matter for study at some time in the future as land values and parking demands increase. The report warns against over expansion at the start of any program. "While the ' present parking lots are being operated by private enterprises, two park ing lots would appear to be ade quate," it states. Suggested are two 50-car capacity ; lots, one north and the - other south of Main, st. ' Meiers Effective ' The - booklet - suggests that parking meters seem to be the most ' .effective system of ' con trolling parking in off -street lots, and notes that attendant parking lots. usually are located in high ly ' congested areas where land costs are high. Another suggestion is for a careful study of the present city driveway ordinance. "There are MEDFORDyJlilfc united Pren Full Leased Wire 49th Year 16 Pages Route of Freeway Through Medford ing Surveyed Job Expected ; To Take One Year The State Highway commis sion is now surveying a route for the proposed freeway from Seven Oaks corner through Med ford to Ashland, City Manager Robert Duff told the city council last night. He said it will take about a year to complete the survey. Duff said the - commission has in formed him that a crew is now at work on the job. . The route of the freeway, as proposed by the commission, would be through Medford down the east bank of Bear creek. Tax Rale Low Duff also noted a story in the Oregon Voter .which said that Medford's tax rate, on a 50 per cent adjusted valuation basis, is the, lowest in the state. The rate, 53.2 mills, was the lowest for cities of more than 5,000 popula tion "and", supplanted Portland, which now has 65 mills, as the low city, he added. The council approved three ap pointments by Mayor Earl. Mil ler. Mrs. William Fluhrer was named to the library board to fill the vacancy left by the death of Mrs. Frances Cochran,' and El wood Hedberg reappointed on the civil service commission; George Gates was named to suc ceed Hugh Friel, who has left the city. Several other appointments will be made at the next meet ing, the mayor added. ; J. "IV- Fhegel, secretary, of the Medford Athletic commission, will remain in that , capacity, al though not a member of the com mission, .which, has. a. maximum of five- ' . (See story on Page 4) - way Three; members cf the high way committee -oi the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce were to have appeared at a meet ing of the Oregon State Highway commission in Portland this mor ning, to discuss highway - mat ters in southern Oregon. :. - - They were expected to-take up the possible improvement of the Flounce Rock section of the Crater Lake highway, the chances of progress, toward de velopment of a new-; route to Klamath' Falls via'' Lake creek and Lake O'Woods, and the re- mf orcment of the Diamond Lake highway to permit heavy com mercial hauling. many corner lots ; in the areas immediately adjacent to the core of the ; business district with rather i: large areas being occu pied by large driveway spaces," it states. . The survey report declares that the proposed arterial street system probably will double the present number of vehicles in the central business district by 1970.-"- VVvV-v-"--: ' The number of available park ing meter spaces both curb and off-street, in Medford, is con siderably higher . than in the average city, the- report de clares. It notes that Medford has 86 curb spaces and 41 off street spaces per 1,000 popula tion, compared to a national av erage of 54 spaces per 1,000 population. ; Times . Listed The average length of time in which cars park at 12-minute meters was 24.7 minutes, the re port states. The high turnover locations were near " the post office, . the California Oregon Power company building, Paci fic Utilities company office, City Sanitary Service, and in the core of the business district. . Some 45 per cent of the cars parked at one-hour meters stayed less than 15 minutes, the report shows, - and 48 per cent of the cars parked at two-hour meters stayed less than 15 min utes. K '. ::- - - Fifty-eight per cent of curb parkers," and 43 per cent of the off-streetf parkers, stayed f less than '; 36 minutes, - the report shows.;- -T'V-t, .-,;-v-v.'"-:i.-.'; . The report ; was- prepared .un der the supervision of Vernon Thorpe, director of public works. It was . presented to the city council last night. - Be Committee Meeting MEDFORD OREGON; WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19,1955 t '" " 2 uwnrri tmiv Mm imrf anai uvui nuaii i ' sea trials off Groton. Conn. At First Nautilus Groton Conn. (U.R) The world's '"'first - atomic-powered submarine returns -to port today from her maiden voyage. " I The' USS Nautilus,' in .which man first" rode the atom, did not submerge during the history making tests' started Monday, However, the Navy said surface tests proved satisfactory.- ? -- The vessel's skipper, 'Cmdr. Eugene T. Wilkinson, ' Tuesday 1" .2." J E March of Dimes Receipts About Half of Year Ago, Check Shows A mid-campaign spot check of March of Dimes receipts in Jack son county today indicated jthat the drive to ; raise' polio-fighting funds must - be accelerated; ac cording tto ; Bob Smith; ; county. om Reeder, '; Medford ' chair man, echoed Smith s statement when he said results of the cam paign in Medford thus ; far . are rather . ; disappointing. . Reeder said contributions in the city-are considerably off past years "and urged those ; interested in ; the polio fund campaign to redouble their efforts to raise much-needed funds. ' , . J. D. Mo ntieth, campaign treasurer, - said today f that re ceipts to date total $2,259, com pared to $4,200 collected on the same date a year ago, - "While that amount does not necessarily v. represent ' all the money: c on t r ibu t ed in the county, it is a good yardstick,'' Montieth said. '."Several county communities do not turn in their receipts until the drive is com pleted, but the same holds true each year, .which makes the -a-mount turned in toJdate a good indication of the success of the campaign. - ' ' " . . . y " ' ; "The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis entered 1955 owing ' $ 6,0 0 0,0 6 0 ;pn gamma globulin contracted for last year, and with $9,000,000 committed to the purchase of polio vaccine in 1955," Smith said. : ; "This makes . "our ; job. bigger than ever because these are ex penses added to the . National Foundation's regular financial responsibilities. ' Normal expen ses include, those for, giving fin ancial aid to every polio patient who needs it, training profes sionals in the treatment of polio patients . and ' supporting -. scienti fic research. We must more than-double our efforts in the remaining two County Court Names Two to Committee y Appointments to the Jackson county budget committee and dog control board have been an nounced by the county court. . Arnold Bohnert, Central Point, has been reappointed to the budget - committee to serve a three-year term.: Other; mem bers r are. Rogert Rath,1 Talent, and Tom Wray, Medford. Warren Bayliss, Medford, was named ; a new member of the dog control board. He replaces A. C. Mittlestaedt, Eagle Point, chairman. . Two members , were reappointed, Charles Cingcade, Pioneer rd., and W. H. , Arnold, Arnold lane.: All will serje for two years. Ball of Fire Flashes- Over Northwest Region). l Eueene -i (U.R) Dr. J. Hugh Pruett,- astronomer -at the - Uni versity of Oregon,- said a.ball of fqre "that flashed: over the North west last night sounded to him like a "red hot meteor.? "It micht be . seen for 300 to 400- miles," lDr. Pruett -saicL - United ti rtnnt tt a s Noiifiiiis wnrlfl'c first, vfjf v. w F bottom, air view of craft as it heads into Atlantic. ' (International) Tests Declared Successful asked for permission to take her under after reporting he was pleased 5 with the:-; craft's v per formance. . ' - ' However, Adm.. Frank T. Wat kins, Atlantic Fleet : submarine commander," said to return with the ' Nautilus ' before nightfall today as scheduled, without sub merging. It ' was expected that the submersion will be made during u a second voyage - sched uled for Thursday. ' weeks of the campaign if we in Jackson xounty are to do our share in this tremendous effort," Smith said., , y .Montieth point e d out- that hiail coin; cards "are ; coming in Ower3lanUat-'-yariwitb;-the amount included -smaller. He urged those who have not al ready done: so to mail their cards at once. 1 ; ': y "Experience has shown that great increass- in contributions can be expected during the last two weeks of the drive," Smith said. "So - we're optimistic We Gen. Taylor Asks Leniency For Korea Army Major Who threatened Him With Gun Seoul Korea (U.R) Gen.-Maxwell D. Taylor y today . asked President Sygnman Rhee of Korea , to be lenient with.: the ROK army major who threaten ed him with a loaded pistol. ' The Eighth Army Commander said; he told . Rhee ; something must y have; been " "mentally wrong" with the Korean officer Chiang Planes Raid ;y TaipeC Formosa U.R) '..--'A "large number" of Chinese " Na tionalist Iwarplanes carried out a T retaliatory air raid - against Communist -vessels-- long-' the southeast coast of China today. A military communique issued here said the "punitive attacks," which also sent Nationalist fight er, bombers ; to the Amoy , and Swatow' areas 'off ' the '. China mainland, inflicted ... "heavy loss es" on the. Reds. , The raids; were'in reply . to the Red "invasion of Yikianghshan Island, and Communist shelling of. the 'Nationalist held Tachen islands to the north. Nationalist military spokesmen- said all of the raiding bombers : returned safely, r.. Bill To Abolish OLCC Introduced Salem (U.R) A bill to abolish the Oregon Liquor Control Com mission and "replace it with a fiiU-time -administrator was-introduced in the Oregon : Senate today by Sen. Robert D. Holmes of Gearhart Sen. Holmes, a Democrat, said he felt that a business as big as liquor $40,000,000 a year -should have a full-time paid di rector, rather: than a- commis sion -of - unpaid : members who meet ' only occasionally. - While Sen. Holmes' bill .pro vides for a single paid adminis trator, - who -would appoint a deputy to . assist . him, . he was' willing to go along with a three man paid' commission if other legislators thought that pest. lre Full Leased Wire - :. . ..;,- Price 5c, No. 260 , , stfl' .Alt i ' atom - nowereti submarine starts Exact location' of the Nautilus, which is well guarded by ; other vessels, , is being kept secret. However, it is believed the sub marine is being kept in Long Island Sound ; and has yet to hose her way' into open ocean. : - It was expected that the trials would last at least a week before any extensive trip is planned. . The $55,000,000 Nautilus is capable of traveling around the world without surfacing. : , know that the people of Jackson county will outdo themselves to put the March of Dimes over the top. But, as of right now, we must face the fact that we've a long way to' go," ' he stressed. h8fie-desirifig"tO' mail "in con tributions may send them to Montieth in.- care; of - the -United States National bank, Medford. The community from which the donation is received will be pro perly credited. The campaign-is scheduled to continue through Monday, Jan uary. 31. . 1 who confessed threatening Tay lor with a .45 calibre automatic in hopes of getting more Ameri can military aid for Korea. The major denied he tried to assassi nate. Taylor. : :-i-.-;y -,:;y -.; v; -. "I asked for clemency in be half of the major," Taylor said. '.'As far as I am .concerned, the incident is finished.", - . ; . The; Korean officer; Maj. Kim Ki Ok, leaped through an open window : of ' the r Republic of Korea 7 army headquarters. - in Taegu Tuesday and brandished a .45 calibre pistoL He was over powered before he cpiild fjre. .- The ROK government, report ed, to be "tremendously - embar assed by the incident involving the; .commander - of i all .U.S. ground .forces, in the Far East, is sued -a special statement saying Kim had confessed and that his sanity was under investigation. Served at Front H-Sv;';. The statement said Kim serv ed at ; the front during the war and was sent to a rear area after being woxmded. -t5? ' y . "It is beheved that the shock which came with Jus disappoint ment at the armistice and failure to achieve unification of -Korea affected his mind," 'the state ment said. 1 " y f California Raked By Wind, Blizzard - By UNITED PRESS ; - ' The second wind-lashed storm in two days struck Calif ornia to day "with tornado-like blasts, mountain blizzards and floods. - The storm hit the Los Angeles area and was the most severe in the area this season. Floods were reported. with the. : city it self soaked by 1.10 inches of rain up to midnight.' 4 1 - ' 5 ' ' Winter;; struck its ;new:blow just as - Northern ; and Central California were recovering from a' vicious stormy that packed winds'up to 104 miles per hour. . .The storm, also the . worst of the.season for the area,; left 19 inches of new snow in the Sierra Nevadas and 30.: inches, in the Siskiyous. It doused some cities with more than ah inch and .a hiOf of rain in 12 hours. l3 Weather FORECAST: Clearinc and coM-er- -tonifht; fair Thursday. . .Low tonight 25; high tomor . ' row 42.- . , -. . . - : .' ..- ' -. Temp. Highest Yesterday 48 Lowest this Morning 31 Committee Agrees On Need To Raise Jobless Payments New Formula Suggested For Computing Benefits Salem (U.R) Labor and man agement representatives on Gov. Paul Li- Patterosn's - unemploy ment advisory committee agree that state benefits for idle work ers ' should be ; raised from the present maximum of $25 a week to $35 One management member, Jack Lansing of Pacific Power and Light, differed from the other members: with his sugges tion that the increase should be made in two steps instead of a single step. However: Lansing signed the advisory committee's report and it was submitted to the governor as a unanimous opinion. - New Formula Presented The committee also recom mended as part of a nine-point program - a new formula for computing unemployment bene fits to eliminate the drain on the compensation fund . because of payments to seasonal workers t'art-time workers now receive benefits computed on the basis of . an annual- wage. The nine-member ; committee estimated that some 5.7 per cent of the claimants to unemploy ment compensation in ' 1954 would , have been eliminated from payments if the new formu la had been used. - , . Other pomts; in the;, commit tee's recommendations .were these: . . - r.: v" The period required for em ployers to obtain a merit rating should be reduced ', from three benefit years to one; - Coverage should -be extended to state, municipal, and political subdivisions on a reimbursable basis andiQpe'A,jutiU wdis uikis snouxa. oe mciuaea.. . -Coverage should be extended to employers of one or more per sons, instead of the present four. Coverage' should be extended to agricultural processors .and cooperatives. : And, finally, -the contribution base should be raised from sal aries of $3,000 a year to $4,200. Guy E. Tex, 73, Long-Time Central Point Official, Dies u Central Point Guy E. Tex, long-time . public .official . and businessman here, died in a Sa lem hospital yesterday. He" had been in poor health since Aug- ust 1953. : A native of Indiananolis. Tnd.. he moved i to ; Centra! Point in 1902. On June 21. 1905. he mar ried Delia A. Pankey, who sur- vives.y. ' : . . :.y:y.-- - In 1906; during the adminis tration of -. President Theodore Roosevelt,! Mr. Tex was named postmaster, a position he held for ; 28 : years. He was elected Central Point; city recorder, in 1934, ' and served in that posi tion for 12 years. " v'y la Business When he resigned,; he opened an insurance and real estate of fice. He I had : been associated with tte business for. 45 years ifi addition to his other duties: Survivors, , in addition to Mrsl Tex, include a ' daughter, Mrs. William Askwith, Central Point, and two grandchildren, Kay and Jimmy Askwith; three brothers, Luther, Berf ; and Orville, "and a sister, Mrs. Justine Templeton, all of Indianapolis.; v ; : Perl funeral home is in charge of funeral "arrangements,' which willjbe . announced later. - Girl f ks fCaM ir: ; To Give Up Prison. Holdout BoKtnn 0J.R) A.nrettv 16- year-oia girl : pieaaea in vain today with-her father and three other besieged convicts to sur render themselves 'and 11 hos tages at Massachusetts State Prison. . ' ' v The girl, Toby Green, talked with her bank robber lather, Theodore (Teddy) Green, leader of the insurgent convicta, short ly after an Army tank arrived at the prison in the do or die war of nerves. Chats Through Window . -: ,Toby chatted with her father through - a window : in the be leaguered r fortress - where the tough convicts were barricaded with the hostages. The latter Look at Situation Might Be Good, President Says Tachen Islands Said Not Vital To Defense' . Washington U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower said today he would like to see the United Na tions, try to use its good offices to arrange a cease . fire between the warring Chinese Reds and the Chinese Nationalists. - The President agreed with a reporter that there are problems in dealing with a country, such as Red China, which acts like solemn agreements .are mere scraps of paper. Powder Keg Exists Nevertheless, he told a news conference, a powdery keg al ways exists where there is fight-: ing and that, therefore, it might - be good for the United Nations' to take a look at the Chinese fighting. ; -. The ' president, as did Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles yesterday, said the Red-threat ened Tachen islands are hot vi tal to ,the defense of Formosa and the 'Pescadores islands. Filmed Conference .;. ' Choosing his words carefully before the first filmed hews con ference in history, the President said the Tachens y might ' have . some value as an outpost, but, are not a vital element to the defense of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek'3 Formosan bastion. " The President V said that no' military-authority he knows of has tried to rate the tiny islands near the Tachens, or the Tachens themselves, as vital7 to the de fense of Formosa and the Pes cadores islands, i He noted that the United States, by treaty now before the Senate would be com mitted to the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores. ; Tachen 'Situation Different . The r President said the two outlying islands near the Tach ens are not occupied by Chinese Nationalist regular troops'. The. situation is different on the Tachens, he said, because they are occupied by a division Of Na tionalist troops. - y. - -y Speaking carefully, Mr. Eisen howeriiaidthe : Taqhn .island, are of rvalue as iu outpost. But inythe iAmerican yidewpoint he said they are not a-vital element for. the defense of Formosa and the. Pescadores, y . , r - : However, - the President said he l was not going to speculate on what the United States might do in the area.; In fact, he said. he .did not know, this morning what Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek's plans : are to meet -tho emergency. " - Neiv Restrictions Washington -' (U.R) ' The State Department: planned today to : bar Russians in the United States : from photographing or sketching strategic areas. - ' -The new restrictions will rep resent the second move in a two-barreled - United : States ef fort to get Russia to ease stiff restrictions on activities of for eigners in the Soviet Union. Two weeks ago the United States placed about 27 per cent: of this nation ;"off limits"" to J Soviet travelers in a'tit-for-tat measure against; similar travel controls' on Americans in Russia. Officials declined to discuss the matter of picture controls on Russians. .But informed sources said an- announcement would be. forthcoming soon, probably to day. I . RosdlGoRdiiidhii " Chains are required for driv ing l ia v the j Duasmuir area, state police reported this after noon, and probably , will be necessary over Oregon moun tain on the Redwood highway. . Oc othtr highway- rentes, reads are - sanded and chains probably will net' , bey neces sarv. but motorists are advis ed to carry them; officers said. included .five prison guards. . Her appeal, the second in 14 hours, lasted only a few minutes. She was accompanied by guards who escorted her; through the prison to the Cherry Hill solitary confinement section where' the convict revolted at 5 ajn. EST yesterday. V ' Refuses to Surrender y : Toby, a brilliant high school student previously talked last night by telephone with her fath er. That time, like today, ne re fused to give up.. r The tank was pressed into service in an effort to break up the revolt that has lasted more than 30 hours,
