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bp&TRIBUNE MOST CRITICAL The fireball of the.AECs most critical test climbs from Yucca Flat, Nevada, after "being set off atop a 500 foot tower. The rockets on right are used for test purposes. The picture was made with a 36-inch lens from the top of Mr. Charleston, 55 miles from the test site.. The exposure was made 5 seconds after the blast House Committee Voles To Restore Rigid Supports "Washington (U.R) The House Agriculture committee voted today to junk the admin stration's flexible farm price support program and restore rigid high supports for basic crops. It also voted to boost min mum price support guarantees for dairy farmers. . But the measure faces tougher opposition on the House floor. And there is little, if any, chance that it will be brought to a Sen te vote this year. The" bill would restore -mandatory price supports of 90 per cent of parity for 1955, 1956 and 1957 crops of wheat, corn, peanuts, rice and cotton. ' It would give wheat farmers choice of a new program. The bill would call for a national referendum of wheat growers to determine whether a new two price plan should be used for bolstering their iricomer start ing with- the 1956 crop. i: .-. ' " 3 It also would boost the mini mum price support for "' dairy farmers to 80 per cent of parity. Under present law, the secre tary of agriculture has discre tionary authority to fix dairy supports anywhere from 75 to , 90 per cent of parity. Committee Chairman Harold D. Cooley (D-N.C), said boost ing the minimum to 80 per cent would have little, if any, effect on consumer prices. Benson has aet dairy crops close to 80 per cent for the coming year. Control Board Votes To Pay Bill for Roof Salem U.R) The State Board of Control today voted to re quest the Legislature to pay a $4429 bill for replacing a leaky roof on the new-state garage building, then laid down a firm policy that thereafter no work not authorized by . the board would be paid for. The board had not been aware until after the new roof had been installed that the job was needed. v Both Secretary cf State Earl T. Newbry and State Treasurer Sig Unander said they had been told that the garage roof would be fixed without additional cost. Gov. Paul L. Patterson said A the faulty roof had been built according to specifications by E. E. Batterman, and the state had a moral obligation to pay the bilL But he said he, too, had been surprised when the bill for the new roof came in. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indust rials 409.13 off 7.71; 20 rail roads 149.47 off 3.61; 15 utilities 64.53 off 0.72, and 65 stocks 153. 19 off 2.92. Sales today were about 3,160,000 shares compar ed with 2,630,000 shares yester day. : One Dead After Brothers Stranded 12 Days in Auto Shelton, Wash. iu.kj-- wu liam Seymour, 31, Shelton, who was stranded for .12 days in a stalled car in the , middle of a swamp northwest of . here was being treated for frozen feet to day, but the brother who was with him was dead. A light army plane piloted by 2nd Lt. Kenneth R. Porter of Laramie, Wyo., ' spotted the stalled car yesterday in a swamp two miles from U. S. highway 101 near Hoodsport. Removed by Truck A truck from Fort Lewis brought Seymour and the body of his 24-year-old brother, Jack, here after the plane and an army helicopter found it impossible to land near the car. The brothers had been missing s Phoenix Police Probe Being Made; Perry's Resignation Received Phoenix An investigation of the Phoenix police depart ment is now being "carried on by professional investigators," it was reported at last night's council meeting. Councilman Frank ' Lovett, chairman of the police commit tee, stated he did not wish at this time to disclose who is making the investigation. Lovett also read the brief re port of the accounting firm of Haskin and Sells, Medford, con cerning bail receipts written when E. J. (Jim) Perry, who was , suspended at the council meeting on Feb. . 7, was police chief. Rest in Order In commenting on the report, Lovett said that "in . general, outside of one bail receipt book being missing, everything,; else is in. order".He added that was. all he had to report, as thein- vestigation is now in "outside hands." He said the further in vestigation was recommended by the city attorney. ' Several of. the councilmen Ellsworth Raps Morse; Neuberger Washington 4U.R) Rep. Har his Ellsworth (R.-Ore.) accused Oregon's two Democratic sena tors today of injecting politics into the development of North west power resources. He called it "mean and tragic" and said their activities may tor pedo two proposed flood control and power dams in the Willam ette basin the Cougar and the Green Peter. In his weekly newsletter to papers published in his district, Ellsworth lashed out at Sens. Wayne L. Morse and Richard L. Neuberger for what he called their- "reactionary view" on power. He said the senators, in re jecting the administration's plan for a partnership between gov ernment and private interests in developing power projects, have been "very vocal" in contending it must be done by the federal government or not at all. "This was the theme of the early New Deal days . . . of the late c Harold Ickes," he said. "Present day leaders of the Democratic party have abandon ed that idea as being out of step with the needs and conditions of our times. . Ellsworth said such projects as . the McNary, Coulee, The Dalles and Chief Joseph dams were always "kept out of poli tics" but Morse and Neuberger are now charging off in the op posite direction. . since Feb.. Z3 wnen mey left here to go brush picking. State Patrolmen Howard Hurd and Harry De Shields said Jack Seymour's body was found in the front seat of the car. William was in the rear seat. There was mud and water up to the running board of the vehicle. Started Fire in Can William said he tried to keep warm by starting a fire in a can inside the car. He said he became unconscious and didn't wake up until what he thought was three days later, when he found his brother dead. . Official theorized that carbon monoxide took the younger brother's life. One of the win dows of the car had been kicked out. asked ' Lovett and Mayor Dan Adams why no special council meeting was called to hear the report. They answered that the investigation had not yet been completed. The report by the CPA firm stated that bail . receipts Nos. 451 to 475 could not be located. Following his suspension, Per ry announced Feb. 11 that he would resign. He held the post for more than 2J6 years. His brief resignation statement was read to the council and placed on record. No acceptance was deemed necessary, officials said. Perry's suspension, after the council saw a $10 bail receipt that could not be found entered on the court records as having been paid to the city. The books were ordered impounded for an audit. The council last night ord ered, the city judge's, books j:e- turned to him.' ' Eight Men Apply Eight men have applied for the police chief's job. The coun cil reviewed them and will call several for interviews at a spec ial meeting to be set next week. Several citizens attending the meeting discussed the job of po lice chief. One suggestion was that the job be changed to in clude maintenance duties as well which is done in other county cities. The council agreed that the next police chief would handle jobs other than policing. Young Baker Woman Killed in Accident Baker (U.R) A young wo man died at ' a local hospital early today following a two-car collision while she was being taken to the maternity ward of a local hospital, police reported. Mrs. Olvin Duane Hale, about 20, died at 12:05 a.m., about two hours after giving birth to stillborn twin girls. Seven other persons were in jured. . Mrs. Hale ' was being taken to the hospital when the car in which she was riding was in volved in a collision with one driven by George Curtis about 9 a.m. ' An autopsy is scheduled to see if the accident resulted in the twin babies being born dead. Youth Files Damage Suit For Football Game Injury Eugene (U.R) Eldon Leigh Scurcamp, a member, of the Crow High school football team last season, has filed a $50,000 damage suit against the school coach, principal and members of the school board. The youth charges that school officials should not have allow ed him to play in a football game in which he received a serious injury last September. Scurcamp said he received a fractured neck in the game. He said he was then under a doc tor's care and should not: have been allowed to play. Ralph Cook Reappointed To Equalization Board Ralph L. Cook, Hillcrest Phoenix rd., has been reappoint ed to serve on the Jackson coun ty board of equalization, it was announced today by County Judge Rodney Keating. Cook has served for two years on the board. - . - Other members of the board of equalization are Keating and Arnold Bohnert, Central Point. First meeting of the group, which hears complaints on taxes and certifies that taxes through out the county are equalized, will be held May 9. I m v i Attorney Appointed For White; Plea Set for Saturday Medford Attorney Robert Dun can this morning was appointed to serve as counsel for Bernice H. (Tex) White, 37, of 228 Hartley rd., Medford. White was indicted Friday by the Jackson county grand jury on a charge of first degree mur der. The charge arose out of the death last Wednesday of Eugene Raymond Birk, 32, Phoenix. White is scheduled to appear with his attorney in circuit court Saturday morning to enter a plea to the charge. The plea will be heard by Circuit Judge Orval Millard. Held Without Bail White is being held without bail in the .county jail. The father of three small chil dren, White, was taken into cus tody Wednesday after Birk was struck on the head by a two-by-four board, which eyewitnesses said was wielded by the Medford man. The attack occurred while both men were at .work., at t the Talent sawmiil. " " T r White first was charged with assault with a dangerous weap on, and the charge was changed to murder after Birk died of head injuries in an Ashland hos pital. - ' An autopsy revealed that Birk died of a basal skull fracture with interior bleeding, ' caused by injury to the left side of his head. High Hells Canyon Bill Introduced Washington (U.R) Thirty senators and four representa tives today introduced legisla tion , to authorize federal con struction of a high dam at Hells Canyon on the Snake River be tween Oregon and Idaho. Sen. Wayne Morse, (D-Ore.), and 29 other senators, mostly Democrats, co-sponsored the bill in the Senate. It would authorize a federal project to take the place of the three low dams in the same area for which the Id aho Power Co. is seeking a Fed eral Power commission permit, Companion, legislation was in troduced in the house by Reps. Gracie Pfost (D-Ida.), Don Mag nuson, (D-Wash.), Edith Green (D-Ore.), and Lee Metcalf (D- Mont.).r : Sen. Alben ,W. Barkley, (D Ky.), pledged his support to the "general idea" but would not commit himself to details of the measure until he studies it. Mrs. Green told the House that the administration would be committing one of history's "most colossal blunders," if it scuttled the long-talked high federal dam for three privately run projects. . " (See Story on Page 3) Wednesday Atomic Explosion Called Off Las Vegas U.R) The Atomic Energy commission said today there will be no nuclear test detonation tomorrow because of weather conditions. ' . AEC scientists said, however, that they will hold another weather evaluation late tomor row . morning . . to determine whether the detonation can be made Thursday.' Weather FORECAST: Fair tonight partly cloudy Wednesday, with a few llfht showers, mainly in mountains. Low tonicht 34; - high Wednesday 60. , Temp. Highest Yesterday '1 . Lowest this Horning . 29 TJr i Wir fftetr Wm DD Nationalists Rush Heavy Artillery To Matsu Island All-Out Attack , Appears Imminent Taipeh, Formosa ttJ.R) Offi sial quarters said today the Chinese Nationalists were rush ing heavy American artillery and reserve ammunition to Mat su Island where an all-out Com munist attack appeared immi nent. - Naval sources reported yester day the Nationalists were in creasing the size of the garrison on the tiny rocky outpost barely 20 miles off the mainland to some 40,000 men to counter a major Communist buildup along the "invasion coast." There was no report of fight ing in the tense Formosa Strait today. Military sources reported only routine patrol 'action to check Communist troop move ments and threats. The Reds fired 18 rounds of artillery, at Quemoy yesterday. Bailie Preparations Despite the lull on the 150 mile off shore island line from Matsu south to Quemoy both sides gave all indications a. ma jor battle for Matsu was in the making. Each told of huge air sea maneuvers carried out by the other and of massive rein forcements. , - Neither the U. S. Navy nor the Nationalists would comment on reports by Radio Peiping that the Nationalists joined with the United States to stage impres H e - exercises in the '. Formosa Straits. The broadcast said U.S carriers from the - Philippines took part and that Adm. Felix Staump, U.S. naval chief in the Pacific, watched. Tremendous Red Buildup The Nationalists reported the Communists carried out their greatest yet ' combined maneu vers off Hainan Island near Hong Kong. The Nationalists said more than 80 Red ships and a good portion of the. Chinese Communist Air Force took part. Military sources here empha sized almost daily the size of the Communist buildup opposite Matsu. The reports said new air fields were being constructed in Fukien province just across the strait from Formosa and that the Reds were moving their na val strength southward from re cently occupied Tachen and Nanchi islands. ' Cold Forces Ike To Miss Conference Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower caught a slight cold today and spent most of the morning in the White House res idential quarters. The chief executive missed his 8:30 a.m. conference with Repub lican congressional leaders. But he arrived in his office at 11:30 a.m. and kept the rest of his appointments, including lunch with elder statesman Bernard M. Baruch. ! .x One of the President's engage ments was a 12:15 p.m. meeting with Billy Jennings, the 1955 Easter Seal poster boy who was to have been received by Mrs. Eisenhower. The President took over the engagement for his wife who was confined to her bed with a slight case of flu. Non-High A tentative non-high school budget of $336,200 has been ap proved by the county non-high board, according to Alf Mekvold, county superintendent of schools. The budget is based on an expected increase of 14 per cent in the number of students who will attend high school . from non-high districts next year, he said.. - " . - The proposed budget will be submitted to the county. rural school board for possible changes. ; Of the $336,200 total, $306, 000 is for tuition, $24,000 for transportation, $5,000 for emer encies, with the rest listed as operating expenses. The tentative - budget com pares with figures for the cur rent fiscal year of $297,750 total with ' $270,000 for tuition, $21, 200 for transportation, $5,000 MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1955 Piiey -.on -'China:;- Washington U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today the United States must show willingness to use its strength in defense of Southeast Asian freedom or see that area fall lo Communism by default. "The Communists portray us as weak," Dulles was quoted of ficially as telling the Senate Foreign Relations committee, "and unless the free people get a clear sense of our strength and our willingness to use it. they may conclude that Communism is going to win and they had better join un." Washington (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles out lined to congressional foreign policy leaders todc . a firm "no appeasement" policy toward Red China. 1 In advance of Dulles' appear ance before a closed session of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, one member of Con gress said the secretary told him he feels Red China is riot bluffing in its stated intention to take Nationalist - held For mosa. Whether the Reds would do so by force or subversion, Dulles did not indicate or know, the congressional source said. Attack on Federal Witnesses Claimed Inspired by Reds t Washington (L.R) Asst. Atty, Gen. William F; Tompkins said today the "current attack" on government witnesses and FBI informants is part of a "Com munist effort" to hamstring the government's campaign against subversives. Tompkins made the assertion as he appeared before a Senate Government Operations Com mittee studying a proposal to establish a bipartisan commission to review the administration's controversial security program. Did Not Specify The Justice Department offi cial did not specify what : he meant about the "current at tack." He may have referred to the criticism that has been di rected at his department and other government . agencies for having relied on such turnabout witnesses . as Harvey . Matusow, Marie Natvig and others whose credibility; has since- been brought into question. . Tompkins also criticized those who contend that government employees accused of disloyalty should have the right to face and cross-examine their secret accusers. . ' Cite Ladejinsky Case He said there would be "no more effective way", of "ham stringing" the government's se curity system "than through the demand for confrontation of witnesses in non-criminal mat ters." Senators questioned him about the case of Wolf Ladejinsky, agricultural expert found a se curity risk by the Agriculture Department but cleared and hired by the Foreign Operations Administration. - School Budget of $336,200 OKd for emergencies and the balance for operating expenses. . . The non-high school board is in charge of high school students residing , in school districts which do not have high schools. The board provides their trans portation to districts which have high schools, and pays their tuition. The non-high budget will be handled by the rural board in the same - manner as a budget for an individual district. It will become part of the equalized county levy, excluding first class districts. : Members ; of '. the non-high board, who act as a committee of the whole for budgets, are Dunbar Carpenter, Medford, chairman pro tem; A. E. Brock way, Medford; D. H. Barber, Trail; V. A.. Turpin, Medford, and E. R. Ramsay, Ruch. i ; Dulles also was understood to have outlined U.S. plans to re taliate on three fronts if Com munist China commits aggres sion in the troubled Asian area. The reprisals, . possibly with atomic Weapons, would be aimed against the Reds from Formosa, Korea and Southeast Asia. Want the Facts Foreign policy experts of the Senate and House also asked Dulles, just back from the Far East, to tell them specifically how far the United States is committed to defend Quemoy and the Matsu islands off the Red China coast. They also "wanted to know whether the administration's policy in the Far 1 East has caused a U.S. British split. Dulle3 outlined . administra tion policy on these and other touchy problems involving the tense Far East in appearances first' before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and then the House Foreign Affairs Com' mittee. He also prepared to make a public radio-television report to the nation tonight. Eden Reported 'Disturbed' Dulles returned Sunday from two weeks in Asia where he helped organize the Southeast Asia defenses of the eight-nation Manila Pact, and set in motion the U.S.-Nationalist China De fense Treaty. Dispatches from London said British Foreign Secretary An thony Eden, who also attended the eight-nation defense meeting held in Bangkok, returned great ly disturbed over U.S.-British disagreement on ways to meet Red aggression in Asia and to obtain a cease fire on Formosa. ' But Chairman Walter F. George (D-Ga.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he talked with Dulles Mon day and that the secretary "in dicated that there was no basic misunderstanding, although the British have slightly different interests in that area." Differences Exaggerated He said Dulles "seemed- to think that there was some ex aggeration about differences in viewpoint" between the U.S. and Britain. . Many congressmen have been concerned . about Quemoy and the Matsu because Dulles has steered away from making any public commitment on defense of the two island groups. While the United States does not want to guarantee safety of all the Nationalist-held offshore islands, it is known that American forces will defend against any island attack it feels is aimed at event ual conquest of Formosa. The county rural board has approved a budget of $68,050, including $60,000 for emergen cies and $8,050 for operating expenses. These figures compare with the present budget of $63, 550, with $60,000 for emer gencies and $3,550 for operating costs. The only change in the budget is addition of the salary of one supervisor. This item has been carried this year in emer gency funds because the post was created after completion of the 1954-1955 budget All district school budgets, in cluding that for the non-high board, are to be completed and submitted to the rural board by March 15. As soon as they are processed they will be reviewed by the rural board, which must notify the districts, of any changes by April 10. . Hearings for the districts on United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 301 Rebel Auxiliary Troops Seek To Overthrow Premier Nationalists Ordered To Destroy Movement Saigon, Indochina (U.R) Bit ter fighting has, broken out be tween government forces and rebel auxiliary troops seeking to overthrow the government of free Viet Nam, informed sources said today.' The sources said the govern ment dispatched seven crack battalions supported by armor and artillery to put down the up-' rising. A dozen rebels were re ported killed and many wound ed in the first clash. The first battle was reported in the Quang Tri region of cen tral Viet Nam. Premier Threatened Armored cars -took up alert positions around the residence of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem whose regime is also threatened by a new coalition of religious sects. Informed sources said Nation al Army troops had been or dered to destroy the rebel move ment made up of hundreds of deserters from hard pressed Viet i nam's auxiliary forces. The rebe'i? were centered in , the Montaf reuse neighborhood : of Belang, j ne 12 miles west of , Quang Tri. . r . . Fighting Said Serious . The fighting was reported r serious, but., informed sources called the threat by the religious sect coalition the greatest, to. Diem since he weathered a cri sis last fall over control of free Viet Nam's National army. . Tension mounted in Saigon and the armored cars moved into alert positions in the gar dens bf Diem's residence. The atmosphere in the refugee swol len, city reflected uneasiness in. high quarters. Private Wars Ended ' The religious sects, each with its ovn private army, were the Cao Dai, Hoa Hao and Binh Xuyen. Last week they suddenly nut an end to their private wars and united to demand the formation of a national union front to set up a "strong and honest demo cratic goverment." The statement was regarded as a challenge to Diem who rules on a personal mandate from the Emperor Bao Dai, Viet Nam chief of state. South Viet Nam has no Parliament. Bad Check Suspect Arrested by Police City and state police yester day arrested Robert Edmund Brandso, 28, of 1321 Locust st., on seven felony warrants con cerning bad checks in the south ern California area, according to city police. - x Brandso was arrested in Jack sonville and is being held for extradition. Sheriff Frank Bland, San Bernardino, filed the charges. The warrants include fictitious check cases in San Bernardino and Twenty-Nine Palms. Bail on six of the war rants is- set at $1,000 each and $1,500 on the seventh. Brandso was removed from the city to the county jail to await extradition procedures, police said. any changes will be held by the rural . board " between April 10 and 20. Final changes must be made by the rural board cn or before April 20. A countywide election to exceed the 6 per cent limitation in all districts under the rural board must be held on or before May 16. Both the non-high and rural board budgets were approved after public hearings held Fri day, at which no opposition to the fiscal programs was voiced. Members of the rural board, who sat as a committee of the. whole to work on the budget, include J. G. Cameron, Lone Pine, chairman pro tem; Jose phine Holmes, Eagle Point; Ben Nork, Shady Cove; H. F. Padg ham, Lone Pine; Lyle Van Scoy, Eagle Point; Jeanette P. Grove, Phoenix; William A. Starzinger, Rogue River, and Glenn W. Smith, Ruch. - - u i I
