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Newspaper Page Text:-:r fsSV j'feiS."--j IS Mis fww'M Rl Bfl i Medford United Cress JuU Leased wire 50th Year 24 Pages Neuberger As Steo By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent . Washington Approval by Congress of Echo Park dam in Colorado will drive a wedge into the national park system for the invasion by private interests of Crater Lake and Olympic Na tional Parks in the Pacific North west, according to Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) The Oregon Senator made this charge in the Senate as he led the attack backed by wildlife and conservation groups of authori zation of Echo Park dam as part of the upper Colorado power- irrigation development project Echo Park dam is considered an essential unit of the compre hensive project by the Bureau of Reclamation, but nature groups oppose it because its reservoir would inundate part of Dinosaur National Monument on the Utah Colorado line. "Once the inviolability of that (park) system is ignored in the Dinosaur Monument, it will be imperiled everywhere," Neu berger charged. "If the reclamation service car cross the frontier of Dinosaur Monument, why should not tim ber operators in the Olympics in sist that a similar privilege be accorded them? What about sheep and stock ranchers eyeing the lush meadows of the Yellow- itone or the rangelands' of Grand Assemblies of God Set Gathering Here Plans are now being completed by local committees for the 19th annual district council of the will convene next week at the Oregon Assemblies of God, which Medford Assembly of God, 1108 West Main st. Ministers and delegates fromi 180 churches throughout the state, a total of some 400 per sons, will be in attendance at the convention, which will be gin Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. with an opening program by the Wom en's Missionary council. The Christ's Ambassadors, the youth arm of the church, will direct a rally at 7:30 p.m., when the Rev. Ralph M. Riggs, general superintendent of the Assem blies of God, will be the main speaker. Preliminary business will be taken up by the district presby tery which will meet at 6 p.m on Monday evening. It will con tinue in session through Tuesday Business sessions of the conven tion will begin at 10:30 Wednesday. a.m. Habitual Criminal Statute Held Faulty Salem (U.R) The Oregon Su preme Court late yesterday set aside the 15-year habitual crimi nal sentence imposed on William Frank Cory of Roseburg and declared part of the' state's habit ual criminal statute unconstitu tional. A four-year sentence against Cory for being an ex-convict in possession of a firearm was re instated by the high court.. The opinion written by Jus tice Earl C. Latoureete said part of the habitual criminal law was unconstitutional because it gave district attorneys the power to decide whether to pros ecute by information or indict ment in cases of persons who have been convicted previously of felonies not involving per sonal violence. Portland To Ask Veto Of Business Tax Bill Portland (U.R) The Port land city council today planned to adopt a resolution asking Gov. Paul Patterson to veto a Senate bill abolishing the city's business and professional income license fees. The measure would deprive Portland of an estimated $1, 400,000 annually. The council said it feared the wording of the bill could be interpreted to ban city taxes on public utilities, which total about $1,000,000 a year. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 428.45, off 0.17; 20 rail roads 161.03, off 0.28; 15 utili ties 64.63, off 0.51 and 65 stocks 160 50, off 0.33. Sales today were about 2,210,000 shares compared with 3,090,000 shares traded yesterday. MEDFORD, OREGON, Sees Echo Park Dam Approval to Crater Canyon National Park? Will there be pressure to cut the pine forests of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon? Echo Park is the test." Neuberger voted for the Up per Colorado bill as a whole in the Senate Interior Committee, but with the reservation about the one dam he considered objec tionable. The committee's major ity report defended approval of Echo Park on these grounds: Virtually the complete course National Guardsmen Here Make During Test Alert Medford National Guardsmen made a good showing in last night's test alert, officers here reported this morning. rirsi .Lit. itoy iuson, com manding officer of Company A, said he was "really amazed" at the speed with which the guardmen responded to the alert call, which came at 5 n.m Within 30 minutes, he said, 55 per cent of all personnel were at the armory, and 100 per cent were accounted for within two hours. Contact With CO . ine guardsmen nere are members' of Company A and of Headquarters company. Both are parts of the 1st battalion, 186th Infantry regiment, 41st division. Lt. Col. Don Burke, Grants Pass, commands the bat talion, and guardsmen here were in constant communication with him. After reporting, members of the companies donned service uniforms, drew their weapons, and started on assigned alert duties, including roving patrols through various parts of the city, including the reservoir and other vital spots. The truck and jeep patrols used radio commu nications. The four hour "Operation Minuteman" alert was over at 9 p.m. and guardsmen were sent home. The statewide alert was part of a national mobiliza tion test. T2 tir:.l. One of the guardsmen r- ported for duty with a cast still on his foot, after being out of the hospital only a short time. A member of the Air National Guard squadron in Portland re ported for duty at the armory through the alert, and a Grants Pass man, visiting here, joined Medford guardsmen rather than returning to Grants Pass. The operation was completely orderly, Lieutenant Huson said, and he praised the men for their quick work. A number of Med ford residents assembled at the armory to watch the assembly procedures, after the mobiliza tion call went out over radio and TV stations. Klamath Damage Suit Against SP Dismissed Klamath Falls (U.R) A dam age suit brought by a Portland heating engineer against South ern Pacific was dismissed by Circuit Judge David R. Vanden herg yesterday?' Judge Vandenberg said 'that John T. Quinn, plaintiff, had failed to prove his case. Quinn sued for damages al legedly sustained when he was "roughed up" and "maliciously ejected" from the Cascade Streamliner in July, 1951. Quinn had boarded the streamliner without a ticket or reservation after the Shasta Daylight, on which he was en route from Oakland, Calif., to Portland, left him behind at the Klamath Falls station.' Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 0 3 2 Washington 1 5 . C Brewer and White; Porter field and Edwards. Chicago Detroit 9 10 5 1 Fornieles and Lollar; Gar ver, Zuverink (6); Miller (6), Maas (8) and House. NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 4 9 2 Brooklyn 14 17 0 Roberts, Greenwood (4), Mrozinski (7) and Burgess; Mtyer. Black (3) and Cam fefTRIBUNE United THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955 Lake Park Invasion of the Green and Yampa rivers which Echo park would dam, as well as bordering lands, were re served for power and water de velopment years before Dinosaur Monument was expanded in 1938 to its present size. The presidential proclamation ex panding the monument recog nized these reservations as valid, and therefore to make use of them by construction of Echo Park dam would not constitute an invasion of the national park Good Time Lieutenant Huson and Second Lt. Levi Monroe, commander of Headquarters company, today expressed their appreciation for cooperation from communica tions media for their help making the test a success. in Peacetime Test Of Guard Strength Called Successful , By UNITED PRESS Hundreds of thousands of "weekend" soldiers and airmen today ended the nation's first peacetime test of its National Guard "Minuteman" strength. The surprise "Operation Min uteman," involving as estimated 400,000 men in all the 48 states and Alaska, was apparently a complete success. National Guard officials who directed the giant exercise from headquarters in Washington said it showed that the nation's citizen soldiers are ready to fight back against a sneak at tack at practically a moment's notice. Mobilise on Double j A spot check showed that about 66.7 per cent of the na tion's National Guard force mobilized on the double and rusned to battle points as if they had been rehearsing for weeks. Within 10 minutes after the alert sounded an Air National Guard plane was in the air. Within 20 minutes to an hour, hundreds of jets and bombers were streaking across the skies. On the ground, National Guardsmen raced to their arm ories and hurried into uni forms. Within an hour they were patrolling key defense points, many of them armed with loaded rifles. State adjutant generals had known the alert was coming, but national headquarters deliberate ly kept the date and time a sec ret for as long as possible. Police Department Cash Shows Up Short Eugene U.R) A state audi tor testified yesterday that a study of Springfield city police department records from 1952 to 1955:showed that some $22, 000 is missing. - . The auditor, A. J. Gould, gave the testimony at the trial of suspended Springfield Police Sgt. Marrill E. Parke who was charged with converting $80 of city funds to his own use. . County Budget Work Nearing Completion "The Jackson county . budget committee met today in what was expected to be the final ses sion before approval of the tenta tive 1955-1956 fiscal program. The committee met this morn ing with department heads, and it was expected that the meeting would continue this afternoon. Members of the -committee, which meets in conjunction with the county court, are Roger Rath, Torn Wray, and Arnold Bohn ert. Coos Bay (U.R) Douglas fir timber sold for a top price of $49.92 a thousand board feet at the April sale of the BLM Coos Bay district office. Sandy, Ore. (U.R) A new Oregon weekly newspaper, the Estacada Press, mad its appear ance today. frr -Jf'iAi Leased Wire - Price 5c No. 27 system or a precedent for in vasions elsewhere. While not dealing with this is sue specifically, Neuberger point ed out that Congress has never passed legislation that would al low for invasion of the park system "in spite of constant pressures to do so." He contended that alternative sites for the project had not been adequately explored. "The question is not a choice between preserving a national monument or securing water benefits," Neuberger stated. "Rather, it is how to adjust the present plans to utilize the water and secure the desired power in such a way as to reaffirm the pri mary values embodied by our na tional park system." Opposition Listed j.ne senator saia the opposi tion to Echo Park dam included the following groups: American Nature Association, American Planning and Civil Association, conservation Foundation, Coun cil of Conservationists, Dart mouth Outdoor Club, Emergency Conservation Committee, Garden Club of America, General Fed eration of Women's Clubs. Izaak Walton League of America, Na tional council of State Garden Clubs, National Life Conserva tion Society, National Parks As sociation, National Wildlife Fed eration, North American Wild life Foundation, Outdoor Writers Association of America, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society and Wildlife Management Institute. Vaccine Schedule Decision Slated A decision on a possible sec ond aeiay in tne start of Salk anti-polio vaccinations in Jack son county, will be made tomor row, county health department officials said this morning. They plan to contact Dr. Sam uel Osgood, of the state board of health, tomorrow. If Dr. Os good indicates that a supply of vaccine will not be available to Jackson county for start of the program Monday, the county pro- gram will be postponed one week. If the program is started Mon day, May 2, health officials still expect to complete the second round of vaccinations before the end of the school year. Dr. A. E. Merkel, county health officer, is expected to re turn to his office Monday. He is attending a meeting of the West ern Branch, Public Health asso ciation, being held in Phoenix, Ariz. No Offer To Release Fliers Made by Chou Bandung, Indonesia (U.R) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India said today Red China's Premier Chou En-lai has not of fered to release imprisoned American airmen. Reports circulated that Chou had promised the Indian leader to release the American fliers as a good will gesture at; Nehru's suggestion, but when ; asked ; if Chou had made the offer Nehru said, "No, not to me.".' ; - i Washington (U.R)' President Eisenhower will present citations tomorrow to Dr. Jonas E. Salk, discoverer of the anti-polio rap cine,, and Basil O'Connor, presi dent of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, the White House said today. Festival Queen Selection Set Tonight; Parade and Auto Show Details Complete The queen of the annual Pear Blossom Festival, to, be held in Medford Saturday,' will be chosen this evening. She and her four princesses will ride in the parade Saturday afternoon. The five candidates are Mari lyn Denning, Star Christine Leonard, Meredith Tacy Lynch, Karen . Morgan and Suzanne White. Judges will pick the win ner during a television show from 6 to 7 p.m. today. 60 Parade Entries The chamber of commerce of fice reported this morning that more than 60 parade entries had been -made, and that they were still coming in. Deadline for en tering a parade Unit is 5 p.m. to day. The parade will assemble at about noon Saturday on Fir st. CONFERENCE PRINCIPALS As Commu nist delaying tactics stalled the Afro-Asian Conference in Bandung, Indonesia, a report from London said that India had counseled Red China to accept a temporary "stalemate" in the Formosa dispute in return for Nation alist evacuation of Quemoy and Matsu. India's Premier Jewaharlal Nehru, believed to be White Given Added Time for Pleading; 7 Others in Court Bernice Hampton (Tex) White, 37, of 228 Hartley rd., Medford, was among eight men who ap peared in circuit court this morn ing before Judge H. Kl Hanna. White, who is charged with first degree murder, was given an additional 10 days in which to enter a plea. The charge in volves the death of Eugene Ray mond Birk", 32, of Phoenix. Also appearing in court today was James Millard Walker, 33, Camp White, charged with as sault with a dangerous weapon. Walker has pleaded guilty to stabbing another Camp White member during an altercation in a Front st. tavern. His case was continued for pre-sentence re port. Gets Three Years Edgar Delbert Bentley, 25, Stockton, Calif., "was .sentenced to' three years in prison on a chrgY of ' safe burglary. The charge, involved a ,safe, . contain-- ing more than $300, taken from Elk City market. Jack Dwight McCoy, 26, of ( 129 Wightman st., Ashland, who was named in two secret indict ments returned this week by the grand ' jury, appeared in court this morning, with his attorney, Edward C. Kelly. McCoy was arraigned on two charge of as sault with intent to commit rape. He is scheduled to appear in court again Monday.. Others appearing in court this morning were Conley Carl Rhoten, 34, and Richard Orville Rhoten, 24, both of route 1, box 74, Rogue River; James Ray Rowden, 23, of route 1, box 80, Jacksonville, and Clifford Quen tin Gee, 29, Harlon, Ore. Case Continued The case of the Rhotens was continued until Monday. They are charged with grand larceny of logs . owned by . the Robert Dollar company. . Rowden pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzelment and his case was continued pending re ceipt of FBI records. Gee was arraigned on a charge of taking property from a home in Rogue River. He asked that the court appoint an attorney to represent him, and Robert Boyer was named to serve as his coun sel. Weather FORECAST: Occasional show ers this evening. Consider able cloudiness tonight and Friday with a few, showers Friday. Slightly cooler " to night with low about 36; High Friday about 63. - Temp. Highest Yesterday : 53 Lowest this Morning 40 ; Prec. to 4:30 ajn. Today 03 south of Main - st.," by . Crater Lake Motors. Judging of entries in competition will be from 12 to 1 p.m., and .the parade will start promptly, at . 1 o'clock. It will . go eastward through the downtown area, disbanding at Hawthorne park, where prizes will be. awarded. The Crater High school band will play. Rain or Shine The festival committee said today it is planned to have the parade "rain or shine," barring a cloudburst. Arrangements for the auto show, being sponsored in con nection with the festival by the Medford Fire Fighters, have been completed. It will be held between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sat urday, in the Library park at Eighth and Ivy sts. Proceeds f ' . ' i Formosa Trusteeship Proposed; Angry Chou Bolts Meeting Room Bandung (U.R) Ceylon to day linked a proposal for a trusteeship for Formosa with the strongest attack against Com munism yet before the 29-naftion Afro-Asian conference. The at tack sent Red China's scowling Chou En-lai striding angrily from the conference chamber. Chou wrangled face to face for 10 minutes with Ceylonese Premier Sir John Katelawala at the end of the Political Commit- 7,305 Names Off County Voter List A total of 7,305 names have been removed from the list of registered voters in Jackson county because of failure to cast ballots, County Clerk Bereth Hopkins said today.""' " " . The job of removing the "dead wood" from the files was completed-' this -week " by " deputy county clerks. The total does not include the names of those re moved from the lists because of death. At the close of registrations before the general election last November, the number of regis tered voters in the county was 31,811. However, it was pointed out that registrations since that time mean the present number of registered voters is more than the difference between last fall's trtal ' and the number taken from the rolls. Each of those whose names are removed from the rolls will be notified by postcard, and will have 90 days after receipt of the cards in which to become rein stated. They may reregister at anv time. Because of numerous budget, special and other elec tions coming up, Mrs. Hopkins urged that they reregister or be come reinstated as soon as pS' sible. Out-of-State Suspects To Be Returned Here Deputy Sheriff . Veryl Vanoose left Medford today to pick up a man wanted here on a felony charge, and extradition papers are being prepared for two men held in Los Angeles on a Jackson county hit-run charge. " Tony C- Rodriguez will be re turned here from Evansville, Ind., to face charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. . Being held in Los Angeles are Claude Day and Jack Day, both of Los Angeles. They were ar rested in connection with a hit run accident last Thursday which resulted in serious injuries to Mrs. Ruby Bartley, 55, route 1, box 237, Talent. , from the show will go toward the purchase' of a disaster car for the county. Cars on Display On display will be 1955 model cars and trucks, as well as old-time autos. The displays will be arranged by Medford auto dealers. A special attraction will be the Klamath Falls sub urban disaster car and abus which the firemen plan to pur chase to convert into a disaster unit. Prizes, entertainment and other special attractions will be featured throughout the day, with prizes being given away each hour on the hour, and three grand prizes being presented at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. They will in clude gasoline and oil, a toaster, a radio, and a barbeque pit prominent in behind-the-scenes maneuvering at the talks, is pictured relaxing with other top delegates at Djakarta, Indonesia before proceeding to Bandung. Clockwise, left to right: A. K. Gani, Indonesia's Minister of Com munications; Egypt's Premeier Gamal Abdel Nasser; Nehru; Burma's U Nu and Nehru's daughter, Indira. tee session. Chou also demanded the right to reply to Kotelawala's charges tomorrow. The Ceylonese Prime Minis ter's attack on the Chinese Com munists was his second of the day. And he caught all the dele gates by surprise with his pro posal for a Formosa trusteeship which also would include with drawal of the U.S. Seventh Fleet from Formosa waters. Matsu and Quemoy Islands would be given to the Reds. The trusteeship, under the United Nations or the five Colombo powers, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Burma and Indonesia, would abolish the Nationalist Chinese government of General issimo Chiang Kai-shek. . ine . trusteeship would re main in "effect . until Formosa could become independent after some kind of a plebiscite. Kotelawala's proposal met . a reserved and even sarcastic re sponse. Burglary Attempt Being Investigated Sheriff's deputies and Talent city police today were investi gating a burglary and an appar ent burglary attempt which oc curred at two Talent service sta tions early yesterday. Burglars made off with about $110 after breaking in a door at Gilbreath's Mobil Service, Tal ent. The station is owned by For est Gilbreath. An attempted burglary at Tal ent Service station was reported by Grady F. Coldwell, owner. The burglars failed in an at tempt to break into the station through the front door. . Police believe the same per sons are responsible xor Dotn crimes. Medford Budget Group Sets First Meeting An organizational meeting of the Medford city budget com mittee is scheduled for 7:30 p.m, today in the council chambers of the city hall, according to City Manager Robert Duff. Members of the citizen budget committee are JP. C. Fries Jr., A. A. Lausmann, Granvil Britt son, George Witter, Floyd Wat- kins, Mrs. Marina Gates, Ray mond Sorenson, and Stanley Stark. Duff indicated that prelimin ary work on the city's 1955-1956 fiscal program is expected at to night's meeting. Honesty Rewarded By Billfold Owner A 16-year-old St. Mary's student was $25 richer today because of his honesty. The boy. Larry Hamilton. Sykes, 181 Oak st., Ashland, found a billfold on West Main st. yesterday during his noon hour. Ha spent some lime try ing to find Robert Lee Nelson, Trail. Papers in the billfold indicated he was the owner. Having no luck, he took the billfold to city police head quarters and left it. Police, impressed with the boy's hon esty, gave him a ride lo school, so ha wouldn't be late. - About an hour later. Nel son came into the police sta tion and claimed the billfold, which contained $109. He was so happy to find it he went straight to St. Mary's school, where he called Larry out of class and presented him with $25. . National Security Council Meets With Eisenhower Bradford, Robertson Leave for.Formosa Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower met with the Nation al Security Council today. Specu lation rose that the United States may shortly press "Nationalist China to consider new peace moves in the Formosa Straits. Already under study for some time is a plan calling for a cease fire in the Formosa Straits link ed to a Nationalist withdrawal from the Quemoy and Matsu is lands. Under this plan, the National ists would be given broader Al lied guarantees for defense of Formosa and the United Na tions might be asked to go on record opposing use of force to settle the Formosa crisis. New Appro'ach Seen There is no official word that the United States is ready to ask the Nationalists to consider with drawing from the off-shore Que moy and Matsu islands. However, the feeling that the United States is actively under taking some new approach to the Formosa crisis developed af ter: 1. Adm Arthur Radford, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left . yesterday with Assistant Secretary of State Walter Rob ertson for talks with the Nation alist Chinese authorities on For mosa. Radford and Robertson are strong Nationalist support ers. They may have been picked by Mr. Eisenhower to test Na tionalist views on truce possibili ties. Reds Working Hard 2. Officials reported that the Chinese Reds are working hard to increase their ability to launch air strikes on Formosa and the off-shore islands. 3. Recent recurring reports that the United States is unwill ing to risk a Far Eastern war that could break out if the Quemoy Matsu islands were attacked by the Chinese R,eds.. ; - White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty declined com ment on reports that the Radford-Robertson trip was linked with the possibility that the Uni ted States is unwilling to risk war over the Quemoys and Mat sus. Hagerty said he would have to refer "questions of that na ture to the State Department." Democrats Schedule Roosevelt Memorial The fifth annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner, one of the- major events of the year for the Democratic party in Jackson county, will be at 7 p.m. Satur day, at the Medford Junior High schools gymnasium. Stephen A. Mitchell, former Democratic national chairman, will be speaker,' and messages from high-ranking Democratic personalities, including former President Harry S. Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sen. Estes Kefauver, Sen. Paul Douglas and others will be read. Tickets are on sale at Lam port's Sporting goods store and at Walt Young's stationery store, or can be purchased at the door. Income for Former Presidents Urged Washington (U.R) A Senate committee urged today that Con gress provide former Presidents w th retirement income of $22, 500 a year and other benefits. The purpose would be to re lieve Presidents of financial wor ries about the future while in oftice and to help them main tarn the dignity of that office after they have left it. The bill, sponsored by Sen. John O. Pastore (D-R.I.), would provide former Presidents with office space, secretarial help and free mailing privileges in addition to the $22,500 retire ment income. It also would pro vide a $10,000 annual pension for widows of Presidents and ex Presidents. egislative Thank-You Planned for Timber Gift Salem The Oregon legisla ture has received a resolution of appreciation for a $15,000 tract of timberland given the state by A. A. Lausmann, Medford, and Joseph Lausmann, of Portland, in memory of their father, Vin- zenz Lausmann. N The 150 acre timber tract is located in the Columbia river gorge, east of Portland. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Charles A. Tom, Rufus; Rep. Alfred H. Corbett, Port land, and Sen. Pat Lonerean. Portland.