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'Nuts To Neuberger' Campaign Started;
Portland (U.R) A Port
land high school social soror
ty has started a "Nuts to
Neuberger" campaign.
The girls of Phi Theta
Upsilon at Cleveland Hight
got the idea when one of the
members, Nancy Clancy saw
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger's
picture in the newspaper.
Neuberger had just started
a fund to build a fence around
President Eisenhower's prac
tice putting green so the de
portation of squirrels from
the White House lawn could
be' stopped.
Secret Air to Air
Missile Exploded
Six Miles High
Las Vegas U.R) A non-
atomic ' explosion, unique
Atomic Energy commission ex
periments, rent the skies nearly
six miles above the Nevada des
ert today in an apparent Air
Force test of a secret air to air
missile that would be tipped
with a nuclear warhead in ac
tual battle.
A puff of smoke and a wink
of light, mere dwarfs in com
parison to the mighty . atomic
blasts that have been shaking
the Nevada Proving Grounds for
five years, were seen by ground
observers.
A high flying B36, America's in
tercontinental bomber, dropped
the high explosive device above
30,000 feet over Yucca Flat and
it exploded at 9 a.m. (PET
amidst an intricate pattern' of
smoke trails, puffs of smoke
and smoke grids and some para
chutes and balloons.
" Vital Smok Patterns
The significance of the smoke
patterns was not announced. The
AEC said merely they were "the
vital part of the experiment."
They weree laid down for the
most part by six F86 Sabrejets
and a B36 bomber just before
the burst time.
Veteran observers who have
seen all or most of the test deto
nations in the past speculated
the smoke puffs and trails rep
resented simulated "enemy"
bombers and fighters measuring
the effects of a theoretical nu
clear explosion in their midst.
The patterns of the smoke
trails, as observed from the
ground, and one other "clue"
tended to support their specula
tion that this was a mock nu
clear weapon, perhaps a rocket,
fired with killer effect into a
flight of "aggressor" bombers.
They saw eight trails of
smoke laid down in a straight
line, an estimated 1000 feet
apart, by the invisible high fly
ing smoke planting planes five
minutes before blast time.
Then came the "clue." From
above these eight trails another
smoke trail appeared, traveling
earthward with rocket speed. It
ended amidst the smoke trails
with the puff of the explosion.
There was no visible effect to
he eight trails. An atomic blast
would have bent and smashed
the trails.
Nuclear fission would have
thrown out a two-mile fireball,
even bigger depending on the
strength of the warhead, in an
all - consuming holocaust that
would more than encompass
those eight smoke trails.
NEW SCHOOL SET
Talent Talent High school
students and teachers will start
moving into the new high school
building here next week, prob
ably on Tuesday, Superintendent
Roy reported this morning.
Parking Expert Arrives To
Problem With Local Group;
Prof. Norman Kennedy, of the
University of California, Berke
ley, arrived in Medford today to
discuss . problems of off-street
parking with city officials and
members of a parking commit
tee appointed by Mayor Earl
Miller and the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
Kennedy met this morning
with City Manager Robert Duff
and Vern Thorpe, city director
of public works.
Later in the day, he was sched
uled to meet with the parking
committee. Members of the
group Jack Crawford, chairman,
and Otto Ewaldsen end Tony
MEDFORD, OREGON,
The idea came to Nancy and
her sorority sisters to help out
Oregon's junior senator. So,
with the help of an under
standing peanut products com
pany, the girls gathered up
70 14 pounds of walnuts and
stale peanuts.
"We're going to ship Neu
berger the nuts by express to
day," said Nancy "for the
squirrels."
"Before we heard about the
problem Neuberger was hav
ing with the squirrels, we
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Snafus Responsible
In Peress Promotion,
Committee Concludes
Washington (U.R) Three Sen
ate investigators said today that
Army snafus and not subversion
led to the promotion and honor
able discharge of former Maj.
Irving Peress.
This was their conclusion as
the Senate investigating sub
committee neared an end to its
two -week inquiry into the
Army's handling of Peress, a
New York dentist who refused
to tell Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
(R.-Wis.) whether he was a
Communist.
Zwicker Case Discussed
The subcommittee was called
to a closed meeting today to de
bate making a further check on
testimony in the case by one of
McCarthy's old foes, Brig. Gen.
Ralph W. Zwicker.
Chairman John L. McClellan
said the group would consider
summoning C. George Anasots,
a former subcommitte staff in
vestigator, for questioning about
a disputed telephone call he had
with Zwicker about Peress. Mc
Clellan said there will be one
more public session on the case
next we : and then the hearings
will end.
Newsmen asked subcommittee
members what they now feel is
the answer as the result of their
new investigation to the ques
tion McCarthy posed repeatedly
French Vote Delayed
On Arms for Germany
Paris (U.R) A flood of sena
tors wishing to speak during
France's historic debate on Ger
man rearmament today post
poned the probable ratification
date from Saturday morning to
Sunday night. 1
Premier Edgar Faure's im
plied resignation threat im
pressed the senators and helped
chances of ratification while a
two-pronged Soviet diplomatic
offensive passed almost un
noticed. Russia, after warning France
in recent weeks against the con
sequences of German rearma
ment, suddenly offered to con
clude a peace treaty with Aus
tria after delaying it for years
and offered a "soft" line on dis
armament. CAVES RESERVATIONS UP
Oregon Caves National Monu
ment Management of the Ore
gon Caves resort here reported
this week that its reservations
for accomodations at the resort
this year are about double the
number made at the- same time
last year. Advance reservations
at the caves often has proved to
be a good indication of the
amount of tourist travel which
can be expected during' the fol
lowing season.
Manno, appointed by the cham
ber, and Dwight Houghton, John
Snider, and D. L. Flynn, named
by Mayor Miller.
Kennedy was scheduled to
spend the day studying the city's
parking situation. The commit
tee is seeking information con
cerning development, operation
and financing of off-street park
ing from Kennedy, who is a
research engineer for the Uni
versity of California Institute
of Transportation and Traffic
Engineering.
Another parking authority,
Ralph Kadderly, Portland, who
operates garages there, is ex
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1955
were going to collect a barrel
of soap for the Koreans,"
Nancy said.
She said the sorority still
planned to collect the soap.
The girls said their prin
cipal told them they were
supposed to do something for
the good of mankind. So the
soap will be gathered toward
that end. The nuts, one of the
girls said, "will be for the
good of the squirrels."
Washington (U.R) The
White House came clean today
i
last year: "Who promoted Per
ess?"
Army Red Tape
"It turns out to be Army red
tape instead of some red-caped
Communist," said Sen. Karl E.
Mundt (R.-S.D.).
I don t believe I can name
any person," said McClellan
"The system was very faulty."
"It was a compounding of ad
ministrative errors, said Sen.
Stuart Symington (D.-Mo.).
"There was no sign of subver
sion ... it is unfortunate the
Army did not lay the facts on
the table in the first place."
Macomber Renews
Bid for. Freedom
Klamath Falls (U.R) Gerald
T. Macomber, who is serving a
life term in the Oregon state
penitentiary for the wounding of
a state policeman near Medford,
has made another bid for free
dom. .
Macomber, who acts as his
own attorney, filed a petition
with Circuit Judge David R.
Vendenberg of Klamath Falls
asking that judgment against
him in a habeas corpus action be
set aside. Judge Vandenberg had
ruled that Macomber was being
legally held in prison.
Macomber claimed the deci
sion should be set aside since the
state Supreme Court recently
ruled the change of judge law
was unconstitutional. Judge
Vandenberg had taken the case
under the law which allowed
judges to move from one Circuit
Court to another.
Macomber was originally con
victed of assault following a gun
battle in the outskirts of Med
ford. He later escaped from the
Oregon state penitentiary and
was the object of a widespread
hunt in the Applegate and Illi
nois valley areas before being
recaptured after a gun battle in
which he was seriously
wounded.
He has made a number of
legal attempts to free himself
from prison, none of which have
been successful.
IBuDDetin
Washington (U.R) The
Senate today approved a 10
per cent salary increase for
50,000 postal workers despite
the threat of a presidential
veto
The legislation was approv
ed by a vote of 72 to 21. It
goes lo the House which also
appears bent on approving an
increase beyond the 7.6 per
cent limit set by President
Eisenhower.
Discuss City
Others Slated
pected here next week to give
a different aspect to the study
being conducted on the prob
lem here.
A third man recognized as
an expert on the problem may
visit here later in the spring.
Committee representatives
have indicated that the biggest
problem in making plans for
off-street parking development
has been in the field of finance.
The discussions with these au
thorities are being held to deter
mine how other communities of
similar size have solved the
problem, and how their resolu
tions are working out.
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Three Squirrels Trapped
on the trapping of squirrels
who had been damaging Pres
ident Eisenhower's putting
green.
Three squirrels were "harm
lessly trapped" on the White
House grounds and removed.
Two were released in Rock
Creek Park, which runs
through northwest Washing
ton, and the other in Virginia.
"No other squirrels were
removed and there has been
no other trapping since Thurs
day of last week," Press Sec
retary James C. Hagerty said.
175 Local People
Get Chest X-Rays
UnderNewProgram
A total of 175 Jackson county
people received chest x-rays this
week, under the cooperative pro
gram originated by the Jack
son County Public Health asso
ciation. At Sacred Heart hospital yes
terday, during the first of week
ly outpatient x-ray clinics, 101
persons were x-rayed. A num
ber of them were employees of
the Big-Y market.
Employees of Quality , market
have already been x-rayed, at
Community hospital. The Health
association is putting emphasis
on the importance of food
handlers having the chest x-rays
for the protection of customers.
The management of both mar
kets paid the film cost, $1.75
per person.
74. at Community .... '
Seventy-four persons were
x-rayed at Community hospital
Wednesday.
A small group of community
and civic leaders were luncheon
guests of the Health association
at Sacred Heart hospital yester
day, when they were told about
the program, and later received
x-rays. A recording of their
comments will be broadcast over
radio station KYJC at 6:15 p.m.
today.
The x-ray clinic hours at
Sacred Heart are 2 to 5 p.m.
Thursday, and at Community
hospital they are 3 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday.
Magazine Salesman
Advises Bad Checks
A Medford bank today re
ported that some unidentified
itinerant magazine salesman,
working in this area earlier this
month, succeeded in pursuading
at least three local residents to
write checks to pay for maga
zine subscriptions, even though
they did not have bank accounts.
A bank spokesman said ap
parently the salesman convinced
the local people that they could
make deposits after writing the
checks.
One of the individuals came
in .to the bank to make the check
good, it was reported, but two
other checks had to be returned
marked "no account."
Plight of Farmers
Said Steadily Worsening
Washington (U.R) The
House Appropriations Commit
tee said today the plight of the
farmer is getting steadily worse.
It blasted Agriculture Secretary
Ezra T. ; Benson for doing too
little to help.
The committee- assailed Ben
son "and others about him" in a
report to the House accompany
ing a recommended appropria
tion of $878,625,391 to run the
Agriculture Department not in
cluding its price support pro
gram in the 12 months starting
July 1.
Morse May Attend
Hells Canyon Hearing
Lewiston, Ida. (U.R) ' Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) may at
tend a hearing by a Senate sub
committee on the proposed Hells
Canyon dam here April 4, Herb
Howe, Lieston Orchards, was in
formed today by the National
Hells Canyon Association in
Washington, D.C.
Bend (U.R) The Air De
fense Command at Colorado
Springs, Colo., has appoved con
struction plans for.thei air filter
station here, clearing' the way
for the start of the project.
BLAST
Weather
FORECAST: Partlv cloudy to
night and Saturday with a
few showers Saturday. Cooler
tonight. Low tonight near 36.
High Saturday 58.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 57
Lowest this Morning 46
Prec. to 4:3 a.m. Today. Trace
"There will be none in the
future."
The squirrel subject had
stirred up protests among
squirrel lovers and led Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
to start a fund for erection of
a fence which would protect
the putting green and make
it unnecessary to deport the
rodents.
Hagerty admitted the trap
ing was undertaken after Mr.
Eisenhower noticed that squir
rels had been digging into the
smooth surface of his putting
green.
Three Plead Guilty
To Felony Charges
In Circuit Court
Three men pleaded guilty to
felony charges this morning in
Jackson county circuit court be
fore Judge H. K. Hanna.
They were Robert Greene, 35,
Sacramento, ' Calif.; Robert Ed
ward Ross, 22, Eugene, and
Peter Allen Key, 32, Bakers
field, Calif., All waived counsel
and indictment by the grand
jury, and each of the three cases
pending receipt of FBI records.
Crimes Listed
Greene pleaded guilty to a
charge of burglary in a dwell
ing. The charge involved items
taken Feb. 12 from the home of
Ira D. Zimmerman, 346 South
Holly st. Greene was. extradited
here from Portales, N. M.
Ross pleaded guilty to taking
$96 from the Greyhound Post
House early Wednesday morn
ing. He was returned here from
Roseburg to face the charge.
Under questioning by city police,
Ross has admitted 17 burglaries
in Eugene and Corvallis, a strong
arm robbery in Eugene, and ap
proximately 10 'car thefts in sev
eral states.
Key pleaded guilty to a charge
of obtaining money under false
pretenses. The charge involved
a $15 check given to the Plaza
cafe at Ashland.
Three1 Others Arrested
Three men were arrested and
lodged in the county jail yes
terday. They were Carl Hogan
Blair, 39, who lives in a local
hotel; Paul Eugene Peck, 19,
Madera, Calif., and a 17-year-old
Ashland boy.
Blair is charged with assault
and battery against Wendell
Sipes. About two years ago,
Blair was the victim of what
was described at' the time as a
stabbing, in a Front st. tavern.
He has a previous criminal rec
ord in Jackson county including
a conviction and two-year sus
pended sentence in December,
1952, on a non-support charge;
a one-year probation violation
sentence in the county jail in
February, 1953 from which he
was released on May 11, 1953,
on a circuit court order, and a
one-year term in the state prison
starting in August, 1953, on a
larceny charge.
Peck was arrested and jailed
by state police on a charge of
operating a motor vehicle while
his driver's license was sus
pended. School Theft Charged
The Ashland youth has been
charged with theft of $61 from
the Ashland high school gym-,
nasium. His case has been turned
over to juvenile authorities.
In a case which "has been pend
ing in local courts,for about two
weeks, Charles Wesley Eggert,
22, whose home is in Nebraska,
and a teenage Spring Valley,
girl, were arraigned in district
court yesterday on Illinois fugi
tive warrants charging car theft.
Eggert waived counsel and
hearing and is being held, for
Illinois authorities. The girl has
been given until tomorrow morn
ing to obtain counsel and is be
ing held under $2,000 bond.
Compromise Sought
In Vief Nam Strife'
Saigon, Indochina, (U.R) Em
peror Bao Dai threw his support
today behind pro-American Pre
mier Ngo Dinh Diem whose
control of free Viet Nam is
threatened by three rebellious
religious sects and their private
armies. -
The Viet Nam chief of state,
still on a visit to the French
Riviera, sent urgent cables to
both sides requesting modera
tion and compromise. But he
indicated clearly his preferences
ini cable to the devout Catholic
Premier:
"I am in perfect agreement
with you about the need to
apply a program of national
union."
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LOAFING ON THE RAILROAD While the rest of the boys
are out on strike at the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
in Memphis, Tom, the guardian of the yard, takes a little
time out from his chores using a picket's placard for a
mattress.
Forum on Taxes Set
Here Next Thursday;
Senator Will Speak
State Sen. Lee Ohmart, Salem,
will be the speaker at a public
tax forum to be conducted here
the evening of Thursday, March
31, it was announced today.
The forum, non-partisan in
nature and sponsored ""with no
axes to grind," is being planned
by the forum committee of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce. The chamber voted
to conduct the meeting in the
hope of getting information and
ideas on the state's tax problem
spread as widely as possible.
, Senator Ohmart is vice-chairman
of the Senate committee on
taxation, and is widely recogniz
ed as one of the best-informed
members of the legislature on
tax . probelms. As planned, the
forum will start out by a brief
talk by the senator, to outline
the situation being faced by the
lawmakers.
After his talk, Senator Oh
mart will answer questions, "no
holds barred," committee mem
bers said.
The forum will be in the audi
torium of the Medford High
school, starting at 8 p.m. A mod
erator will be announced soon.
Members of the committee on
arrangements include Ray John
son, chairman, and Frank J. Van
Dyke, Elwood Hedberg and Bob
Talks With Russia
Said Up to President
Washington (U.R) Sen. Alex
ander Wiley (R-Wis.) reminded
his colleagues today that 'the
task of deciding on a big power
conference with Russia belongs
to President Eisenhower and not
to Congress.
Wiley, ranking GOP member
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said members of the
iegislative branch "shouldn't at
tempt to outline" what the U.S.
should do about getting together
with other powers.
"It's still the job of the chief
executive to take 'the lead and
our legislators should realize
that," he said in an interview.
Neuberger Calls for
End of Name-Calling
New York (U.R) Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) called
last night for an end to political
name-calling and character as
sassination. Neuberger, who spoke to near
ly 1,000 railroad and business
leaders at the eighth annual din
ner of the Federation for Rail
way Progress, proposed creation
of a non-partisan tribunal to
oversee political campaigns.
. "We must put a stop to the
name-calling and the character
assassination pretty soon," he
said.
Rain Freezes on
Columbia River Highway
By UNITED PRESS '
East winds through the Co
lumbia gorge brought cold air
from east of the Cascades and
snow and freezing rain were re
ported on the Columbia river
highway this morning.
Sheriff's deputies said snow
and ice made travel hazardous
early today between Corbett
and The Dalles on the water
level highway. At one time', two
to three inches was reported on
the highway at Dodson.
, Root.
Senator Ohmart will describe
the legislature's attempts to
solve a tax problem which arises"
out of the fact that the state is
facing a deficit of somewhere
between $43,000,000 and $68,
000,000, and must either find
new tax revenues or cut state
services.
Proposals for raising funds
include a number of minor
changes in taxation, but the
principal ones are for increases
in income and property taxes,
and a sales tax.
Sponsors of t h e forum said
today they hope that all view
points will be represented at the
meeting so that a many-sided
discussion can result.
Multiple Sclerosis
Cure Hope of VA
Washington U.R) The Veter
ans administration says it is
working on what it hopes will
prove to be an effective ancj in
expensive treatment for multi
ple sclerosis.
, VA medical experts reported
the development in recent testi
mony before a House Appropria
tions subcommittee. It was one
of a dozen "accomplishments" of
VAV medical research program
listed for the subcommittee.
The agency later supplied the
committee with a summary of
the 12 research developments. It
included this statement:
"In one of the VA hospitals, a
new drug (Izoniazid) was used to
treat patients with an incurable
nervous disease, , multiple scle
rosis. The earliest effects seemed
to be most dramatic, and it ap
peared that a wonderful new
cure had been found.
Applegate Girl Lone
Woman in Air Force
Spokane U.R) The first
woman in the Air Force in more
than a year and half was on duty
at Geiger Air Force Base today.
She is Maj. Lorna C. Kubli,
Honolulu, daughter of Chester
C. Kubli, of Applegate. Ore. She
is the second WAF assigned to
Geiger since World War II.
Maj. Kubli is the personnel
officer for the 530th air defense
group. But she won't remain the
lone woman in the Air Force
among all those airmen for long.
Sixty enlisted WAFS are sched
uled for assignment at Geiger
beginning next month.
Dog's Lung Usee! To Keep
Boy Alive During Surgery
Mineapolis, Minn. U.R) A
dog's lung kept a 13-year-old boy
alive while a University of Min
nesota surgeon closed three
small holes in his heart.
For 15 minutes the surgeon
worked in the boy's "dry heart"
while the dog's lungs kept his
blood supplied with life-giving
oxygen.
The dramatic new technique,
another "first" by university
doctors in this type of operation,
was revealed at a news confer
ence Thursday night.
The boy, Calvin Richmond of
Pine Bluff, Ark., was reported
in "good condition" early today.
Injured in a truck accident
Soviet Denounced
For Breaking Rule
Covering Secrecy
Russia Wants Right
To Maintain Big Army
London (U.R) Russia has
made an "unacceptable" demand
at the London disarmament con
ference for the right to main
tain armed forces twice as big
as those of any Western country,
France disclosed today.
The disclosure was made after
the United States, Britain and
France denounced Russia for a
"gross" and "shocking" breach
of faith in breaking the secrecy,
rule at the five-power disarma
ment talks here. They said they
would release their own version.
France was first.
Regrettable Gesture
French Delegate Jules Moch
stripped some , of the secrecy
from the French proposals be
cause of what he called "a very
regrettable gesture" by Soviet
Delegate Andrei Gromyko in
giving a lengthy propaganda "in
terview" on the talks to the Rus
sian Tass News Agency.
Moch told a press conference.
however, that Rsusia wants a
3,500,000-man force even after
arms cuts under a formula that
would hold the Western powers
to ceilings of less than half that
number.
Earlier, the British Foreign
Office 'accused Gromyko of giv
ing "distorted" accounts of the
conference which were "a gross
breach of the rules of secrecy."
(See story Page 15)
Vaccine Report
Due on April 12
Results of the Francis Evalu
ation Report on the Salk anti
polio vaccine will be announced
on April 12, it has been learned
by personnel of the Jackson,
county chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis. Just how good the vaccine ia
to prevent paralytic polio will
be disclosed by Dr. Thomas F.
Francis jr., of the University o.
Michigan, at a conference in Ann.
Arbor. Dr. Francis has headed
the team anlyzing the results of
vaccine trials involving nearly
2,000,000 children.
Date of the eagerly-awaited
verdict coincides with the 10th
anniversary of the death of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, founder
of the National Foundation who
for many years was a leader la
the fight against infantile pa
ralysis. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, chairman
of the local chapter's medical
advisory committee, said plana
have been completed to inocu
late more than 3,00f first and
second grade school children in
the county, with parental con
sent, if the evaluation report ia
favorable.
Many Flee Homes
In Path of Ice Jam
By UNITED PRESS
Families fled from their
homes today before an immense
ice jam on the Niagara river
and rising flood waters in
Mississippi.
The pounding Niagara ice jam.
the worst in 46 years, and the
flood crest on Mississippi's Tom
bigbee river were both products
of a series of spring storms
which have killed 49 persons
across the country.
The young season also hit the
West and Midwest with a new
blowing snow storm. The snow
combined with desert salt flats
to lay a weird layer of salty
mud over parts of Utah and
Wyoming.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York -MU.R) Dow-Jones
final stocks averages: 30 indus
trials 414.77 up 0.28; 20 railroads
150.26 up 0.58; 15 utilities 64.21
off 0.06, and 65 stocks 154.43 up
0.20. Sales today were about
2,540,000 shares compared with
3,170,000 shares yesterday.
last August, Calvin had been
given a year to live by Univer
sity of Arkansas doctors unless
the holes could be closed.
He was flown to the Univer
sity of Minnesota last week be
cause of the institution's success
in "dry heart" surgery, first in
"deep freeze" technique and
more recently in a revolution
ary cross-circulation operation.
Until "dry surgery" was per
fected, surgeons literally had to
"work blind" in the heart, feel
ing their way. With the heart
free of blood, they can see what
they're doing.
The earlier "deep freeze" tech
nique kept the heart dry only a
few minutes.
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