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Tax Reduction
Plan Tossed To
Joint Committee
Three Choices Given
House Represetatives
"Washington (U.R) The House
today dodged an immediate
showdown with the Senate on
cutting taxes. It tossed the whole
issue into the hands of a joint
Senate-House Conference Com
mittee. By unanimous vote of the
House, its representatives on the
conference committee were given
a free hand in dealing with the
issue.
Three Choices Given
That means they can stand
firm on the House approved bill
to cut everybody's taxes by $20
effective Jan. 1, yield to the Sen
ate's decision against any tax re
lief at this time, or try to work
out a compromise.
Republicans after a quick nose
count ruled out the possibility of
forcing a House vote on a mo
tion to instruct the conferees to
yield to the Senate.
Confident of Yield
GOP leaders indicated they
were confident that the House
conferees would have to yield to
the Senate, in view of the nar
row 210-205 margin by which the
House approved the $20 for ev
erybody tax cut and the thump
ing 61-32 vote by which the Sen
ate rejected it yesterday. The
Senate also rejected, 50 to 44, a
less generous tax cut rroposed
by Democrats as a compromise.
'Operation Icicle'
Starting Today
A group of Boy scouts and Ex
plorers from Josephine county
begin "Operation Icicle" today,
skiing and snowshoeing in to
snow-covered Lake O' Woods.
A contingent from Jackson
county will follow tomorrow.
There will be 34 boys and four
adult leaders in all.
The first of several flights
over the camp area, to make
drops of food and equipment
and to check with the boys by
' radio, will be made this after
noon. Gene Kooser will pilot the
plane, and for today's food drop
will be be accompanied by Fred
McMulling, field scout execu
tive from Grants Pass.
The group will camp in snow
conditions the rest of the week,
taking training in winter camp
ing and survival. They will come
out this week end.
J. A. Hoffbuhr Given
Nomination for Post
J. A. Hoffbuhr, Medford,
manager of the Medford Irri
gation district, has been nomi
nated for appointment to the ad
visory board of the National
Rivers and Harbors congress, it
announced today in Wash
ington, D.C., by Sen. Richard L.
iNeuberger (D-Ore.).
The Rivers and Harbors cong-
l-ess is a non-profit organization
eeking development of tne na-
inn s water ana i"u ovuv-.
foffbuhr was. one of 10 Oregon
esidents nominated for appomt-
lent to the board.
bp Basketball
Coverage Set
TIlp Medford Mail Tribune ana
irv.TP. will team
c radio siaiiuu, --
this week to bring JacKson
unty readers and listeners the
1st possible coverage of the
ite high school basketball
irnament, under way in Eu-
Medford High school is a top
ght
contender ior me
o,v,?rm;hir. It S IirSl
11 be at 7:30 p.m. today.
KYJC will carry two games
Jhday, and tonight will broad-
fcJst the MHS game, sxaruu
'5 tm. Medford is piaj"
ankHn High school, Portland,
will also carry the game be--een
North Bend and Mac-H
ilton - Freewater immediately
The rest of the tournament.
fJC will carry each of MHS
mes, plus one other in which
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, .
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TANKER
CANT MISS The U. S. Air Force's "Falcon," a guided aircraft rocket, scores a direct
hit on a QB-17 jet plane (left) after being fired from ground during tests. At right is
view showing trail of smoke the Falcon left on its path to the target. The Falcon is the
smallest guided missile in production and will be carried in quantity by USAF inter
ceptor planes. In spite of its size, the rocket carries its own guidance system and its
warhead can destroy a bomber. U. S. Air Force photo from NEA Telephoto.
FFA Conclave Starts;
Crater High Student
Wins Speech Contest
. . Central . Poin WThe third an
nual state convention of the Fu
ture Farmers of America was
underway here this morning,
with the first business session
being held at Crater High school.
The first general meeting of
the convention was last night,
when the state finals of the an-
Matusow Given
Three-Year Term
El Paso, Tex. (U.R) Turn
about former Communist Har
vey Matusow was sentenced to
three years in a federal prison
today by Judge R. E. Thomason
on a contempt of court charge.
The jurist set Matusow's ap
peal bond at $10,000 and the
one-time Red and professional
government witness on Commu
nism said he would file an ap
peal immediately and post the
bond, in order to gain his free
dom. The sentence today was. for
criminal contempt for Matusow's
affidavit and testimony in the
hearing last week in which New
Mexico labor leader Clinton
Jencks had sought a new trial
in Judge Thomason's court on a
1954 conviction for falsifying a
non-Communist affidavit.
Five Inmates Escape
Eastern Oregon Hospital
Pendleton (U.R) Five men
escaped last night from the
Eastern Oregon State hospital
here and state police said today
that two of them had been ap
prehended. Officers said the men got
away about 8 p.m.
Tournament
by M-T, KYJC
mere is uie greatest mieresi.
Leod of KYJC is at the tourna
ment, and is broadcasting for
the Oregon State Broadcasters
association. Ha is one of three
announcers picked from 27 con
tenders throughout the state for
the tournament. It is McLeod's
third year in a row to be chosen
for the honor.
Dick Jewett, the Mail Trib
une's sports editor, is also at
tending the tournament, and his
detailed reports of the games
will be carried in full by the
newspaper. He will remain in
Eugene for the full tournament
if Medford goes into the finals.
A number of Medford sports
fans and well-wishers of the
MHS team are sending telegrams
of encouragement to the boys.
They are staying at the Manor
motel, Eugene.
nuaLFFA speaking-contest were
held. The five boys competing
in the contest each had partici
pated in elimination contests
through local and regional com
petition. Crater Boy Winner
Donn Johnson, of Crater High
school, was named winner of the
top spot in the contest, His topic
was "Let's Put Our House in
Order." As a result of winning,
he will go to Arizona on April
25 for the regional speaking con
test of state winners from the
11 western states. The winner of
that contest will compete in the
nation-wide contest.
Second place was won by Roy
Chapin, Perrydale, Ore., near
Salem, whose topic was "Mother
Nature's Fermentation Vat."
Third, fourth and fifth places
were awarded to Lyle Buswell,
Sandy, speaking on "What Price
Security"; Joe Colvin, Enter
prise, "Bees A Boon to Agri
culture" and Bruce Vandergaw,
Klamath Falls, "Hells Canyon
and You."
Judges Listed
Speaking contest judges were
Harold White, of the Southern
Oregon Branch Experiment sta
tion; Earle Jossy, Jackson coun
ty agent for agriculture, and
Jennings Pierce, Medford.
Jay Wright, Almo, Nev., na
tional vice-president of the FFA,
was introduced at the meeting.
He is to speak to the convention
today. H. P. Jewett, superin
tendent of school district 6C,
welcomed the delegates.
Donnel Stapleton, Perrydale,
was named first place winner of
a talent contest conducted dur
ing the judging of the speaking
contest.
Some 500 persons attended
last night's session. Presentation
of awards as state farmers was
scheduled today, among other
business.
Dallas Youths Chased
For Hub Cap Thefts
Eugene (U.R) Two 16-year-old
Dallas high school boys were
sent home yesterday after plead
ing guilty to a disorderly con
duct charge in Municipal court.
The boys, who had come here
to attend the state high school
basketball tournament, were ac
cused of stealing hub caps from
several cars.
Sports Bulletin
Eugene (U.R) Albany
high school advanced to the
quarterfinals of the class A
state high school basketball
tournament today with a 60
44 win over Dallas high.
Don Stamps of Albany led
the scoring with 20 while Ray
Domaschofsky of Dallas had
14.
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Bevan Expelled
By Laborites in
Major Upheaval
- - London (U.R) Left-wing La
borite Aneurin Bevan, this na
tion's most persistent critic of
the United States, was expelled
today from Labor Party ranks
in Parliament in a major British
political upheaval.
But the vote to put Bevan in
the Parliamentary cooler was
carried by only 141 votes to
112, an unexpectedly close mar
gin. It came after an amend
ment proposing he only be re
buked was turned down.
His fellow Socialists reaf
firmed their confidence in the.
party leadership of former Prime
Minister Clement Attlee, a mod
erate who steers clear of left
wing policies which made Bevan
the most controversial figure in
Eritish politics.
It was punishment for Bev
an's brash and brawling long
time challenge to Attlee's com
mand a challenge that culmi
nated two weeks ago in a public
scene on the floor of the House
of Commons. Bevan, in public,
showed contempt for. Attlee's
leadership.
Man Without Party
The majority vote cast the vil-ver-tongued
but impetuous Welsh
Laborite into political wilder
ness a lone wolf in Parliament
without a party. It may start his
slide into limbo, or it may spur
him to greater efforts to win the
party reins.
The party struggle was a se
vere one for Labor and neutral
politicians say it may take Brit
ish Socialism three years to re
cover from the deep chasm be
tween Bevan and his followers
and the moderates who back Att
lee. Harlan Nomination
Approval Predicted
Washington U.R) Senate
leaders of both parties predict
ed today one-sided approval of
John Marshall Harlan's nomina
tion to the Supreme court de
spite the determined opposition
of his outmanned opponents.
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) saw
"no serious difficulty", for the
nomination as the Senate pre
pared to debate Harlan's selec
tion. He said he hoped for final
action by nightfall.
Senate Republican Leader
William F. Knowland (Calif.)
also predicted approval of the
55-year-old jurist nominated by
President Eisenhower . to suc
ceed the late Associate Justice
Robert H. Jackson.
Pittsburgh j(U.R) Pittsburgh
police are cashing in on the num
bers racket. Under a "bonus in
centive plan," officers who make
arrests on their own initiative
will be rewarded with three ex-
J tra days off.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Thursday. Low to
night 25-28; high Thursday
58-60.
. . Temp.
Highest Yesterday 54
Lowest this Morning .......... 22
Captain Forced
To Quit Course
For Red China
Vessel Will Head for
Non-Communist Port
Helsinki, Finland (U.R) A
crew rebellion forced the Fin
nish Tanker Aruba to quit its
course for Communist China
with 13,000 tons of jet fuel to
day and a company spokesman
said the ship now will head for
a non-Communist port.
ine chief petty officer and
three mates joined the crew in
a 42-man strike against running
the gauntlet of Chinese Nation
alist warships waiting to seize
the Aruba and her cargo of fuel
for ' Red China's Russian-built
MIG jets.
Gunnar Damstroem, director
of the Re-Be Shipping Company
which owns the Aruba, said the
tanker which now is in the In
dian Ocean will have to call at
a non-Communist port. He de
clined to say which one.
But Helsinki shipping sources
said the ship's insurance broker
had suggested either Colombo or
a harbor in .India.
Fear Danger Zone
The Helsinki sources disclosed
that the Aruba is insured by a
British broker' through Lloyds
of London.
The Finnish Seaman's Union
first revealed today that crew
men aboard the Aruba had ask
ed union backing for a demand
to their captain that he stay out
of the Chinese danger zone.
Union Secretary B. Johansson
said the crew informed the cap
tain two days ago that they
were willing to sail with him as
far as Singapore. But, Johansson
said, they warned they would re
fuse to take, the ship on to its
planned destination, the Whang
poo docks in Shanghai.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai
shek's Nationalist Navy, cruis
ing off the China coast,' has
orders not to let the Aruba pass.
Red Subs Seen
Reports from Taipeh said
that Communist submarines and
torpedo boats have been sighted
near the Parcel Islands off Can
ton, leading to speculation that
they might attempt to escort the
Aruba to a South China port.
The official Central News
Agency said six Russian sub
marines and an uncounted num
ber of fast torpedo boats had
been operating between the Par
cels and the coast near Canton.
Authoritative Nationalist
sources said they expected the
tanker to make for Kwong
Chow Bay near Canton.
Tatooed Boy Beats
Mother of Friend
Portland j(U.R) A 19-year-old
youth, tattooed with the mark
of a "pachuco gang," was held
by police today for allegedly as
saulting the mother of a friend
with a heavy pipe wrench.
Ronald F. Harris, a custodial
worker at a Portland high
school, was accused of striking
Mrs. Lena I. Sams as she sat
eating lunch in her home yester
day afternoon. She was not hurt
seriously.
Harris, in a statement to de
tectives, said he had had a quar
rel with a girl friend Monday
night, so he decided to vent his
anger on another woman.
The youth said he visited Mrs.
Sams, who is the mother of a
boy he met while serving in the
Air Force, and she prepared a
lunch for him. Then when she
sat down to eat Harris attacked
her with a pipe wrench he had
hidden under a davenport cu
shion. Bull Elk Leaps
Portland Zoo Fence
Portland (U.R) A bull elk
leaped a &lz foot enclosure at
the Portland zoo yesterday and
headed for the hills. But today
zoo director Jack Marks said the
animal had been seen just out
side his corral looking wistful.
BOY INJURED
Michael Sacraida, 5, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sakraida,
Provolt, was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital at about noon to
day because of head injuries
which he suffered when he fell
off a tractor, according to a re
port of the accident. Complete
diagnosis of his injuries had not
been made at press time.
Eisenhower Backs
A-Weapons Use on
Military Targets
President Echoes
Dulles' Prediction
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower today said he sees
no reason why tactical atomic
weapons should not be used
against strictly military targets
should this country become in
volved again in any major
fighting.
The President generally
echoed the prediction by Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
yesterday that small tactical
atomic weapons would be used
by this country if the United
States became involved in a ma
jor military action.
The President added under
news conference questioning
that it would be foolish to ignore
the fact that the dangers of war
are greater than they were some
years ago.
This was in connection with
Dulles' statement that he return
ed from his recent trip to the
Far East with a sense of fore
boding, and with last night's
statement by Adm. Arthur W.
Radford, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, that there is a
possibility that war could break
out in Asia at any time.
Mr. Eisenhower made no at
tempt to inject a time factor into
his comments on war. But he
said the very fact that we main
tain powerful security forces is
due to the ever present possibil
ity of war.
In discussing Dulles' state
ment of yesterday, the Presi
dent said that use of any kind of
atomic weapon on other than
strictly military targets would
pose an entirely different set of
circumstances and conditions
which would have to be examin
ed closely.
But the main point in recent
utterances by Dulles and Rad
ford, now publicly backed up by
the President, is that this coun
try is set to fight even local
wars of the Korean type with
atomic weapons.
New Phoenix Police
Chief Takes Office
Phoenix Claude Manker,
formerly of Portland, took office
today as chief of the Phoenix
police department. Manker W3S
sworn in this morning by city
officials.
The new police chief succeeds
Jim Perry, who resigned recent
ly after having been under fire
from townspeople for some time.
Manker lived for some time
in Alaska, and served as a
special bodyguard for Adlai
Stevenson, Democratic nominee
for president in 1952, during
Stevenson's visit to Alaska.
The new chief was hired by
the Phoenix city council at a
special meeting held Friday.
Adjutant Accepts
Part of Peress Blame
Washington U.R) A former
Army adjutant today accepted
part of the blame for the "ad
ministrative error" that allowed
New York dentist Irving Peress
to get and hold an -Army com
mission despite his refusal to
sign loyalty oath forms.
The witness, former Maj. Cur
tis R. Kirkland, Jacksonville,
Fla., told the Senate Investigat
ing subcommittee that the Peress
case slipped by him in a flood
of paperwork when he was as
signed to the adjutant general's
office at First Army headquar
ters in New York in 1952.
But he claimed credit for de
tecting and causing the dis
charge of five other Army medi
cal officers who, like Peress,
claimed the Fifth amendment
when asked to take loyalty
oaths.
He said the five cases prob
ably would have been over
looked by the Inteligence sec
tion of First Army, New York,
if he had not acted. The five of
ficers were not identified.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 403.14 up 3.86; 20 rail
roads 146.44 up 0.54; 15 utilities
63.02 up 0.52, and 65. stocks
150.47 up 1.16. Sales today were
about 2,900.000 shares compar
ed with 3,160,000 shares traded
yesterday.
Dunsmuir Man Held in Dorris Shooting
Yreka, Calif. (U.R) Frank
Jennings, 43, Dunsmuir, was held
in Siskiyou county jail here to
day for questioning in connec
tion with the wounding last night
of Dorris Township Constable
Jack M. Gravier.
Gravier, blasted at short range
with a sawed off shotgun by a
man he identified as Jennnings,
was hospitalized in a Klamath
Falls, Ore., hospital with a shot-
Council Approves
Continuing Survey
For Fringe Areas
A plan which could result in the city of Medford being moiv
than doubled in area in a comparatviely short time was outlined
to the Medford city council last night by Mayor Earl Miller.
The proposed program met with favorable reaction from coun
cilmen, who authorized City Manager Robert Duff to start a sur
vey which would be the first step toward putting the plan into
operation.
The plan outlined by Mayor Miller could result in annexation
to the city of some 3,000 acres to the south and southeast of the
present city limits. The present size of the city is approximately
z.uuu acres, according to Lmlx.
Two Primary Reasons
For Program Given
Two primary reasons for the
widespread annexation program
were given. First was that small
subdivisions and additions in
the area involved have been crim
ing into the city on a piecemeal
basis for some time, and even
more annexation requests are in
the works.
Second, and given greater em
phasis at last night's meeting, is
a continually increasing health
hazard created by lack of sani
tary facilities and city water
supply. This condition is par
ticularly serious n the 'area n
volved in the proposed annexa
tion program, it was pointed out.
2nd PART OF PROGRAM
STILL TO BE PRESENTED
City Manager Robert Duff
pointed out this morning that
the annexation program pre
sented to the city council last
night is only a part of an over
all plan now under study by
the city.
Later sections of the plan,
involving possible annexation
proceedings for areas west,
north and northeast of Med
ford. totaling another 3.500 or
so acres, will be presented to
the council within the next
two months, after further
studies have been completed.
No estimate of the number
of people who wuld be added
to the city's population under
the proposal has . yet . been
worked out. he said, but sev
eral thousand persons are
Jtnown to reside in the areas
affected.1
Medford's population was
listed as slightly over 19.000
in a special census taken last
year.
"We can no longer remain
static as a city," Mayor Miller
declared. He noted that the new
armory building is to be con
structed three-fourths of a mile
from the nearest city sewer out
let, and the site for a new hos
pital to replace the present Com
munity hospital "must be pro
vided for."
"To the south and southwest
we have a health problem which
cannot be ignored," Mayor Miller
stated. He added that there are
"certain responsibilities" in this
respect which the city must, ac
cept. The council, by a unanimous
vote,, authorized the city man
ager to conduct a survey and
prepare a report .on the prob
lems which exist in the area, and
on the possibilities of annexa
tion. The report will be used as
a basis for working toward an
nexation, and will be followed
by an election to' see if the peo
ple living in the area want to
come within the city limits. An
nexaton cannot be forced against
the wishes of the majority of
people involved.
Duff said last night that he
expects to complete the survey
and report in about a month.
In placing the matter before
the city council, Mayor Miller
declared that he believes that
county zoning would be a means
of keeping the problem from be
coming worse than it already is.
Boundaries Described
Boundaries of the area in
volved run from Western ave.,
just north of West Main st., to
a point west of Ross and Lozier
lanes. From there, the line runs
south, including a small area
west of Thomas rd., to just north
of Home dr., then east to the
Southern Pacific railroad tracks,
and then southeast along the
tracks to a point near Alley
Brothers mill.
From here, it runs east about
5,750 yards, and then turns
north, eventually meeting the
present Medford city limits just
east of Foothills rd.
The council took preliminary
eun wound in his right shoulder
Gravier told Dorris Police
Chief Byard Kelly he had retired
for the night in his house trailer
in Dorris, five miles south of the
Oregon border and 80 miles east
of here, when he was aroused by
a knock on the door at 10 p.m.
. When he opened the door, he
said, Jennings blasted away. He
said the shotgun was pointed at
his head but that he ducked and
Veteran Forecaster
Of Frosts Slates
Arrival Here Today
Roy J. Rogers is scheduled to
arrive in Medford today to start
his annual frost forecasting serv
ice for Jackson county orchard
ists', according to County Agent
Don Berry.
Rogers' first frost warning
broadcast on local radio stations
probably will be Monday eve
ning, Berry said.
The veteran frostcaster's of
fice will be located in the county
courthouse. Berry requested that
local orchardists bring in ther
mometers which they want to
be tested as soon as possible.
Berry estimated that fruit
trees in this area are about 10
days behind schedule. This is an
advantage for orchardists, he
said, as it allows them additional
time to apply dormant SDrav to
trees.
It probably will be another 10
to 15 days before trees reach a
stage at which orchard heating
will be necessary in the event of
low temperatures, according to
the county agent However, he .
noted that warmer weather could
cause the buds to develop more
rapidly than is now expected.
RECORD LOW BROKEN
For the second day in a row,
the. minimum temperature to
day broke the record for this
date. The mercury dipped to 22
early this morning, making . it
the coldest minimum for March
16 on records of the Medford
weather bureau. The previous
coldest March 16 was 24 d.e
grees in 1917. Yesterday's 19
degrees made it the coldest
March 15 on record.
Crowded Schedule
Waits Paul Butler
Portland (U.R) Democratic
National chairman Paul M. But
ler faces a crowded schedule
when he arrives in Portland to
morrow morning, according to
Howard Morgan, state Demo
cratic chairman.
A 9:35 a.m. press conference
will be held at the airport fol
lowed by a meeting with labor
and farm executives at 10:30.
He will confer with business and
professional men ' after a noon
luncheon and is scheduled to
speak at a Reed college assem
bly at 4 p.m.
Butler will address a state
wide party dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday. He leaves for Califor
nia Friday morning after a
breakfast with Democratic offi
cials. action for admission of three
tracts to the city limits when
Duff pointed out that the con
tractors involved are all ready
to start work. Because of the
fact that work could begin im
mediately, Duff said, he felt it
was better to go ahead with
these three, rather than to wait
for the plan proposed by the
mayor to go into effect.
The tracts on which action
was taken were Vista Heights
subdivision, Wilson Park- subdi
vision, and Douglas additon. City
Attorney Frank Farrell and
Duff were instructed to bring in,
at the next council meeting, pre
liminary plans for setting up a
public hearing on annexation of
the three tracts.
A fourth tract, involving an
area bounded by Stewart ave.
on the north, an extension of
Holly st. on the east, Garfield
st. on the south, and a line 1,000
feet east of Kings highway on
the west, was discussed and was
referred to the planning com
mission. caught the shot in the shoulder.
Jennings, he said, dropped the
gun and escaped in a car, onty to
be picked up at a roadblock 'by
Mt. Shasta police an hour later
six miles south of Mt. Shasta on
U. S. 99.
Gravier told Chief Kelly that
Jennings had made threats
against his life "several times"
because he, Gravier, had dated
Jennings' ex-wife.
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