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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. - -
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