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MARCH 20, 1955
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By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribun9 Sports Editor
McArthur Court, Eugene A scorching Eugene basketball
team defeated Medford's Black Tornado, 72 to 56, last night to
take the state Class A basketball championship.
Medford led at the end of the first quarter, and was a strong
contender during most of the first half, during which the lead in
the ball game changed hands seven times, and was tied twice.
With the score at 22 all in the second quarter, Eugene's Mike
Moran tipped in a shot, with 2Vi minutes left, breaking the tie.
Eugene led all the way in from that breaking point.
Eugene's Widest Lead
19 Points in Third
Eugene's widest lead was 19
points, which it attained twice in
the third quarter. The Axemen
were paced by brilliant play all
the way by Moran and nis rug
ged teammate, Leighton Tuttle.
Moran accounted for 33 points,
Tuttle for 18.
It was Tuttle that broke Med
ford's back. His teammates kept
feeding the tall foreward the
ball, and he succeeded in get
ting close-in shots over the head
of Medford's men.
The Tornado lost both Jerry
Kalapus and Everett Cashier
on fouls, Kalapus with 3V4 min
utes before the end of the third
quarter; Castner 5i minutes be
fore the game ended.
Quarter scores:
1st Eugene 11, Medford 12
2nd Eugene 31, Medford 24
3rd Eugene 58, Medford 42
Copple on All-State
Medford placed one player,
Co-CaDtain Larry Copple, on the
all state first team, and Frank
Rector, Medford's other co-captain
and Copple's running mate
at guard, made the all-state sec
ond five.
The all-state first team was
made up of Dick Jolley, Cleve
land; Leighton Tuttle, Eugene;
Mike Moran, Eugene; Larry Cop
ple, Medford, and Ted Miller,
Milwaukie. -
Members of the all-state sec
ond team were Frank Rector,
Medford; Bud Kuykendall, Eu
gene; Jim Altenhofen, Central
Catholic; Elmen Bloedel, Mil--rukie,
and Don Stamps, Al
bany. Cleveland of Portland defeat
ed Central Catholic of Portland,
47 to 46, in an overtime, to win
third place. A basket, fired by
Hugh Springer, which dropped
through the hoop as the buzzer
sounded ending the overtime,
gave Cleveland the win.
11,092 Attend
An attendance of 11,092 for
the final game set a new all-time
tournament one-game record,
and boosted the total 1955 tour
nament attendance to over 77,-
000, setting another new mark,
Awards and trophies were pre
sented to the top six teams. They
went to: (1) Eugene. (2) Medford.
(3) Cleveland. (4) Albany. (5)
Milwaukie (6) Central Catholic.
Medford's second place trophy
was accepted by the two co-cap
tains, Copple and Rector.
Sportsmanship awards were
presented to (1) Eugene. (2) St.
Helen's. (3) Baker.
State Pay Report
To Get More
Study
Salem (U.P.) Irregulari
ties in the salary and classifica
tion report for Oregon state em
ployees prepared by Barrington
and Associates of New York will
be studied by Barrington vice
president Carl Robinson.
The decision to call Robinson
to Salem came after a confer
ence with Gov. Paul L. Patter
son. Sen. John Merrifield of Port
land told Robinson that the re
classification of state employees
and the salary schedules were
"like 50 pounds of jelly on the
floor." The senator said the ini
tial work on the Barrington re
port was satisfactory, but appar
netly the Barrington staff got in
a hurry later, .and the second
half of the survey has resulted
in confusion.
He told Robinson that "in
hearings held by the review
boards, it was found that your
report in numerous instances has
placed supervisors and their
aides in the same classifica
tions." Washington (U.R) Demo
crats indicated Saturday the
House-approved plan to cut in
come taxes $20 next year for
every taxpayer and dependent
is almost cetrain to be killed by
a Senate-House conference committee.
ieffeats
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Isaac H. Porter
Struck by Auto,
Dies of Injuries
Isaac Harris Porter, 78, of 614
Clark st., died in a Medford hos
pital Saturday evening, several
hours after being hit by a car
on West Main st
His death marked the third
traffic fatality of the year in
Jackson county. All of them
have involved pedestrians. Two
were in Medford and one was
at the entrance to Camp White.
The elderly man was struck
by a car driven by Jerry Thomas
Burroughs, 44 Quince st., who
told investigating officers that
the man stepped out in front of
him on the street, and that he
was unable to stop in time to
avoid striking him. The acci
dent was between Peach and
Holly sts. at about 4:55 p.m.
Burroughs was released by po
lice last night after questioning.
No charges were filed against
him.
Mr. Porter is survived by a
son, H. G. Porter, Pasadena,
Calif. The body was taken to
Perl funeral home, where fun
eral arrangements are pending, j
McKay To Withhold
O&C Road Approval
Portland (U.R) A Western
Forest industries spokesman said
Saturday that Interior Secretary
Douglas McKay has agreed to
withhold final approval of pro
posed revisions in Oregon &
California road regulations
pending a U. S. Senate investi
gation. Leonard Netzorg, WFIA at
torney, announced that U. S.
Sen. James W. Murray, Mon
tana Democrat, had notified him
of McKay's decision.
Murray told Netzorg that the
latest controversy over O&C
right-of-way roads had been as
signed to the Interior sub-committee
of public lands.
Murray said Staff Attorney
William H. Coburn had been as
signed to the sub-committee for
research and investigation. Co
burn will also attend the next
meeting of the O&C advisory
board, composed of 18 Oregon
ians headed by former Oregon
governor Charles A. Sprague.
Nationalists Sink
Communist Gunboat
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R)
The Chinese Nationalist Air
Force claimed the sinking Sat
urday of a 150-ton Communist
gunboat off the Fukien province
mainland coast.
The communique said an un
disclosed number of Nationalist
planes attacked the vessel and
set it afire after four strafing attacks.
Title
Hearings Next Week
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington A battle of oil
and gas interests vs. consumers
begins in Congress next week
which is destined to determine
the level of natural gas rates to
Pacific Northwest householders
and industries after pipelines
have been laid to the Northwest
from southwestern U. S. and Can
adian gas fields.
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With the backing of the Ei
senhower administration, oil and
gas producers are pushing legis
lation designed to end federal
regulation of gas rates charged
by producers at the gas wells
a rate which ultimately becomes
part of the monthly billing re
ceived by consumers from their
local gas company.
Hearings on this legislation
begin next week before the
Churchill Declared
Ready To Retire
As Prime Minister
Move Said Slated
Within Next Month
London (U.R) Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill may re
tire within a month, London
newspapers reported Saturday,
Half the London press and
one of Britain's two internal
news agencies reported the
growing conviction among con
servative members of parlia
ment that Churchill, now in his
81st year, has been persuaded
to put aside the cares of office.
Eden Said Successor
His successor is believed al
most certain to be Foreign Min
ister Anthony Eden.
Among those sections of the
British press speculating on his
retirement, the consensus was
that Churchill likely will step
down for Eden sometime before
April 19, when the 1955-'56 bud
get is to be presented.
Churchill himself was giving
to the political guessers no help,
A spokesman at No. 10 Down
mg street said the Prime Minis
ter was spending his weekend
quietly" at Chequers, his of
ficial country residence.
Refuses Comment
He refused, as during past
rashes of retirement rumors,
either to confirm or deny the
reports.
One Tory M.P., who asked
that his name not be used, said
the conservative Whips in Com
mons had contacted lawmakers
advising them to hold them
selves available in case of a sud
den summons. The Whips gave
no explanation, he said.
Medford, CP Phone
Switchover Set for
Evening of April 2
The switchover which will
connect the Medford and Cen
tral Point telephone exchanges
is expected a few minutes after
11 p.m. on Saturday, April 2,
according to Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company.
Can Dial Direct
When the change goes into ef
fect, Medford customers will be
able to dial direct for Central
Point numbers, and Central
Point customers will be able to
dial Medford and White City
numbers direct.
Plans being set up call for
Mayor Don Faber of Central
Point to make the first tele
phone calls under the new set
up. Central Point numbers will
have a prefix t NOrmandy 4.
For example, the new number
for the Central Point city hall
and police will be NOrmandy 4
2424. Those seeking to dial the
city hall would dial NO, (which
is the same as the numbers 66)
followed by the five numbers.
Medford customers calling Cen
tral Point numbers will dial the
number 3, followed by the Cen
tral Point telephone number.
Alternate Numbers
Alternate numbers for Central
Point city hall and police are
NOrmandy 4-2794, or Medford
3-3636, which is the Medford
city police number. The number
of the Central Point Rural Fire
department chief will be NOr
mandy 4-2244.
Telephone company officials
pointed out that some Medford
customers have dial plates
which do not include letters.
These customers are- asked to
call Medford 114, and the dial
plates will be changed without
charge.
House Interstate Commerce
Committee, where congressmen
representing producing states
such as Texas and Oklahoma are
expected to clash with solons
representing largely consuming
districts.
The Pacific Northwest has no
congressmen on this committee.
But in the Senate Sen. Warren
G. Gagnuson (D-Wash.) holds the
strongest position to influence
the outcome of this political bat
tle as chairman of the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee.
Magnuson is opposed to the gas
bills that would kill rate regu
lation. Debate centers on a controver
sial section of the natural gas
act of 1938 which was designed
to require the Federal Power
Commission to regulate rates of
natural gas piped across state
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Ike Names Sfassen
To Evolve Policies
In Arms Controls
Nuclear Weapons
Are Special Concern
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower took an historic step
Saturday and named Harold E
Stassen to a special new post to
evolve U.S. policies on interna
tional disarmament and control
of awesome nuclear weapons.
Mr. Eisenhower said he
created the post because the "un
precedented destructive power
of new weapons and the inter
national tensions" caused by
armament races "have been of
deep concern to me for many
years.
Has Cabinet Rank
Stassen, now Foreign Opera
tions administrator, took over
his new and difficult job im
mediately. His title is special
assistant to the President, with
cabinet rank.
"Being fully aware of both
the difficulty and the import
ance of developing basic policy
towards the question of disarma
ment, Stassen said, "I have ac
cepted with humility, and will
do the best I can to make a con
structive contribution towards
President Eisenhower's objec
tive of peace.
Nuclear Weapons
The President charged Stassen
to take "into account the full
implications of new weapons in
the possession of other nations
as well as the United States"
a clear reference to A-bombs
and H-bombs.
Stassen will continue as FOA
chief until next month while the
Foreign Aid Agency's new pro
gram is presented to Congress.
FOA expires June 30 unless Con
gress extends it.
Stassen's new post is un
precedented in this nation and
probably in the world, the White
House said.
In beginning the formidable
task of arriving at an acceptable
neclear weapons control pro
posal, Stassen was told by Mr.
Eisenhower that the United
States, mindful of past "tragic
consequences," will not try one
sided disarmament again.
Release of Yalta
Data Said Harmful
Washington (U.R) Chairman
Walter F. George (D-Ga.) of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, said Saturday publica
tion of the Yalta papers may pre
vent Russia, Britain and other
big powers from entering into
future "top level" international
conferences with the United
States.
However, Senate Republican
leader William F. Knowland
(Calif.) praised the State De
partment for releasing the long-
secret Yalta records, and invited
Britain and Russia to publish
their own versions of wartime
Big Three meetings.
George told a reporter that a
top-level big power conference
presumably involving Presi
dent Eisenhower, British Prime
Minister Sir Winston Churchill,
Russian Premier Nikolai Bul
ganin and perhaps others "may
be vital in the months immedi
ately ahead to bring about peace
and stability."
To Determine Natural
lines. FPC interpreted the act to
mean it should regulate only the
rates charged by interstate pipe
line companies for piping the
gas, not the rate charged by the
gas producers who sell gas to
pipeline firms at the well.
Last spring, however, the Su
preme Court ruled that the 1938
act required the FPC to regulate
gas rates charged by producers
at the well and so that is the
law unless Congress amends the
1938 act.
Producers who want the act
changed to exempt them from
regulation claim that competi
tion among the nearly 5,000 pro
ducers in the gas fields is suf
ficient to hold down the rate
within reason. They argue that
if regulated by the government,
their rates won't be high enough
to encourage full development
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FASTER THAN ATOM-POWERED NAUTILUS under water
lined submarine Albacore. Its revolutionary design holds superstructure to minimum, eliminat
ing customary flat deck. Experts say atom power would enable Albacore to attain speed of 40
50 knots under water, remain indefinitely at sea. (Collier's Magazine Photo from International)
HO Air Force EPSanes
BtecGared Sabotaged
Birmingham, Ala. (U.R) The
FBI investigated Saturday the
"malicious sabotage" of 10 Air
Force planes "that would certain
ly have crashed an hour after
takeoff."
Harry Rowland, president of
Hayes Aircraft Corp., said con
trol equipment that guide planes
in flight vas tampered with in 10
instances after the devices had
been cleared and approved both
'Operation Icicle'
Scouts to Hitte Out
The scouts on "Operation
Icicle" are all fine, it was re
ported Saturday evening by the
pilot who flew over the Lake O
Woods area where the boys are
camping in the snow.
Pilot . Gene Kooser, accom
panied by Weatherman Bob
Church, made the flight and
contacted the boys by radio re
ceiving an invitation to "drop
on down" for a ham dinner.
They dropped a note with re
ports on the basketball tourna
ment in Eugene and other infor
mation, including a weather
forecast by Church.
The Josephine county boys
will hike out today, and the
Jackson county group on Mon
day.
(See story on Page 12.)
French Reject Red
Rearmament Charge
Paris (U.R) The French
Foreign Ministry Saturday re
jected the latest Soviet charge
that West German rearmament
runs counter to the Franco
Soviet mutual assistance treaty
of 1944.
Russia warned in a note Fri
day night that French ratifica
tion of the treaties to rearm
West Germany will mean can
cellation of the Franco-Soviet
pact and that France will be
"entirely responsible.
The note was delivered to
French Ambassador Louis Joxe
in Moscow. It was the latest
Soviet move to block ratifica
tion of the pacts and came just
five days before the French Sen
ate is scheduled to open the final
debate on the accords.
of new reserves since it custom
arily takes some nine well dril
lings to come up with one good
well. They contend that their
price for gas at the well is but
a fraction of the consumer's
monthly billing, and that even
if they gave their gas away con
sumers would save less than half
a dollar a month.
Farm, labor and public power
groups, although less well or
ganized against changing the gas
act, have gone on record and
mustered some consumer opposi
tion to try and block the gas
bills. They claim that history
has demonstrated a need for con
sumer protection through gov
ernment regulation of utilities
that have a monopoly franchise.
They argue that ruthless deal
ings, such as producers splitting
profits with pipeline companies
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by company and Air Force in
spectors. Labor Dispute Blamed
"These airplanes could have
taken off all rgtit," Rowland
said, "but in an hour the sabo
taged devices, which are made of
fabric, would have peeled off
gradually and there would have
been persons killed had we not
detected it."
Rowland blamed the sabotage
on a labor dispute between
Hayes, the Air Force's only com
mercially-operated depot which
modifies and overhauls plans for
the government, and the CIO
United Auto Workers Union .
"There is absolutely no doubt
about it," he said. "We never
had anything like this before,
just like the telephone company
never had any cables cut before
the strike there." (CIO telephone
workers are on strike in nine
southern states.)
Union Denies Responsibility
The union contract with Hayes
expired March 15 and negotia
tions for a new agreement have
been deadlocked since. However,
the union denied it was responsi
ble or that the sabotage had
anything to do with contract ne
gotiations. The union issued a statement
saying it "does not condone the
destruction of government prop
erty either at Hayes Aircraft or
elsewhere and is as interested as
is the FBI or the Hayes Corp. in
putting a stop to such a prac
tice." Cravey Sentenced
To Silt-Month Term
Billy Fay Cravey, 21, Colum
bus, O., a i traveling magazine
salesman, Saturday was , sent
enced to six months in the coun
ty jail, according to District At
torney Walter Nunley.
Cravey pleaded guilty to a
charge of disorderly conduct,
Nunley said.
He was arrested by a state
police officer Friday, and jailed
on suspicion of assault with in
tent to rape. The lesser charge
was filed after Nunley talked to
the people involved in the case.
Nunley sa'id Cravey called at
a home in the Red Blanket area
near Prospect, and made ad
vances to the woman of the
house. He left, but was found
later by the woman's husband,
and held at gun-point until an
officer arrived, Nunley said.
Gas Rates
in order to sell gas to the pipe
line companies at high rates,
make regulation mandatory in
the public interest.
Observers forecast gas inter
ests will have difficulty getting
their bill all the way through
this Congress, despite support
for it from House Speaker Sam
Rayburn (D-Tex.) and a special
advisory committee to the presi
dent which recently came out in
favor of the gas bills.
Biggest hurdle for the bill is
expected to be the House, where
populous northern consumer
states such as New York, Penn
sylvania, Illinois and Wisconsin
far outnumber southern produc
er states in congressional repre
sentation. If it gets past the
House, Magnuson thinks chances
good it may be blocked in his
Senate committee.
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Hoffbuhr Requests
Careful Use of MID
Wafer by Gardeners
Jack Hoffbuhr, manager of
the Medford Irrigation district,
Saturday cautioned gardeners
who plan to use MID water for
their gardens this summer "not
to expect too much."
The precipitation during the
winter has been the smallest
since records were first kept
here in 1912, with the possible
exception of 1919, Hoffbuhr
said, and there "just won't be
enough water for everyone."
Must Be Realistic
"I hate to scare anybody, but
we've got .to be realistic about
it," Hoffbuhr said, explaining
that rainfall during the rest of
March and April would have to
be about four times normal to
bring the water supply up to an
average amount.
There are about 2,000 water
users who depend on the irri
gation district for their supply,
he said, and all of them will
have to share and share alike in
the limited amounts of water
which will be available. The
proportionate share which each
user can expect amounts to
about 8te inches per acre, or
about enough for only two irri
gations for gardens, or one for
fruit orchards.
Supply Not Adequate
Because of this, he said, those
planning gardens are "just wast
ing their time" because the wa
ter supply will not be adequate.
He also warned those with pas
ture land that water supplies
would not be enough to do them
much good.
Streamflow water was being
picked up by the MID canal this
week end, and is expected to ar
rive in ditches of the district
Monday. It will be available for
those wishing to use it in ad
vance of the regular irrigation
season, he said.
It is the stored water of which
the district will have to be care
ful later in the season, Hoffbuhr
added.
Funds Sought To Give
A-Bomb Protection
Washington (U.R) Civil De
fense Administrator Val Peter
son said Saturday a $12,000,000
emergency fund sought by Pres
ident Eisenhower will be used
to develop "a complete package
plan" for protecting 92 critical
target cities against H-bomb at
tack. Mr.' Eisenhower asked Con
gress yesterday for the special
civil defense appropriation.
Peterson explained in a state
ment today that the money will
finance the broadest study ever
undertaken of how to evacuate,
shelter and feed the refugee pop
ulations of target cities.
In addition to the 92 cities
previously listed as critical
areas, Peterson said the survey
will include "a smaller number
of additional cities which will
be likely targets because of their
proximity to miltary establish
ments." He did not identify
them.
Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) The
Atomic Energy Commission Sat
urday postponed detonation of a
large nuclear device set for to
day because of unfavorable wea
ther conditions.
Red Chinese Must
'Come and Get If
Ship's Owners Say
No Craft Available
To Handle Transfer
Owners of the Finnish tanker
Aruba told Red China Saturday
that if she wants the vessel's
cargo of jet fuel she'll have to
"come and get it" somewhere
outside Red China's territorial
waters.
American sources in Hong
Kong said the Chinese Commun
ists have no tanker available in
Far Eastern waters capable of
handling a transfer of the nrizerf
jet fighter fuel.
Crew Has Rebelled
The Aruba's owners said th
vessel cannot proceed to Shang
hai or any other Red Chinese
port because the crew ha re
belled against attempting to run
the Chinese Nationalist blockade
of the Red Chinese coast.
Nationalist China has wamvf
that she would seize or sink the
Aruba to prevent the fuel from
reaching Red air bases within
range of Formosa and its off
shore islands.
The Aruba's crew has serve
notice it will not sail the tanker
beyond the Nicobar islands, off
inaia. iunnar Damstroem, pres
ident of the owning shipping line
sdia me crew" rebellion makes
delivery of the fuel, as contract
ed, impossible.
Seek Red Answer
Damstroem said his firm has
been attempting to find out what
the Red Chinese want done with
the disputed cargo.
But the only word from Peip
ing today was a propaganda
blast by the Communist New
China news agency charging
that the Aruba incident proves
"the desperate and criminal"
efforts of the United States to
cripple international trade.
Damstroem suggested a solu
tion might be the transfer of the
jet fuel cargo to another tanker
somewhere In international
waters on the high seas.
No Tanker Available
Hong Kong shipping interests
said such a transfer would not
be difficult, if the Chinese Reds
had a tanker capable of taking
on the oil. But they said the Reds
haven't.
One well informed Hong Kong
source said "I do not know of
any Polish or other tankers out
here right now which the
Communists could use to get hold
of the Aruba's cargo."
Helicopter Feared
Down in East Zone
Stuttgart, Germany (U.R)
Army authorities alerted the U.
S. Military Mission in East Ger
many Saturday to aid the search
for a helicopter feared to have
crashed behind the Iron Curtain
with two men aboard.
A 7th Army spokesman said
the Mission in Potsdam will ask
Russian and local Communist of
ficials for aid in locating the H-
13 helicopter and its occupants,
an American pilot and a German
civilian.
The missing Aircraft took off
Thursday from Friedberg, 10
miles North of Frankfurt, on a
routine flight to Fulda, a city
some 12 miles west of the Iron
Curtain. Visibility was bad and
gale winds were blowing from
the west, leading authorities to
believe the craft may have
strayed over the Red-held terri
tory. "We have not had any official
announcement, but because of
the strong eastward wind and
our failure to find any wreck
age we are assuming it is down
in East Gearmany . . ." the
spokesman said.
Premier of France
Wins Confidence Votes
Paris- U.R) Premier Edgar
Faure squeaked by a "Get
Faure" campaign of Communists
and tax dodgers early Saturday,
but his battle for ratification of
the West German arms treaties
hit new internal and interna
tional snags.
Faure won three unofficial
votes of confidence by narrow
margins in a fight for survival
against a taxpayers' revolt. But
only by telling the delegates that
if they voted against him "to
morrow another government
will have to be constituted."