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Newspaper Page TextUnited Press f-ull Lapsed 50th Year 24 Pages Reinforcements Of Loyalists Gain Control of City ' 120 Dead Counted In Cholon Suburb Saigon, Indochina' U.R) Re- .bellious warlord troops opened (ire on government forces -. in "Saigon today, touching off bloody fighting that raged for hours until loyal reinforcements roared into the city in tank-led convoys and regained control Earlv this morning at least 120 dead and 300 wounded were counted in suburban Cholon alone, and government quarters said the over-all death count may reach several hundred. Hundreds more were wounded, some of them burned to death in the fires that raged uncontrollably through the grass shacks hous ing refugees from Communist controlled North Viet Nam. ; The government and rebels agreed on the second cease fire of the day at 5 pjn. (2 a.m. PST) and fifteen minutes later only a few scattered machine- gun bursts could be heard above screams of the wounded and dying. Convoy Ambushed -. : The fighting flared when troops of the Binh Xuyen gang of ex-river pirates ambushed a gov ernment convoy moving through the crowded streets. It flashed across the city and soon a quar ter of Saigon was in flames while the streets echoed to the sounds of artillery and machineguns The Binh Xuyen, sworn .to verthrow the government of American - backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem, shelled the Premier's palace residence but failed "to hit the main - building. Black smoke, apparently from rebel gasoline pumps, billowed across the city. - The European quarter of the city where several - hundred Americans lived escaped the full fury of the fight. One of the heaviest battles raged around the headquarters of Free Viet Nam's high command. Counterattacking government troops drove off the fanatical rebels in hand to hand Iignt- tag. But the Binh Xuyen won -a crossroads of trenches isolating the headquarters. French Intervention French military authorities in tervened in the early stages of the fighting but it lasted only an hour and 20 minutes. Then the boom of - artillery broke the quiet and by late afternoon the battje, fiercest of the Viet Nam civil war, was raging again in full force. First official reports said the government had picked up more than 50 bodies and, taken seve ral hundreds to hospitals. But they said the total was almost certainly higher because .of the unknown number of casualties lying in the burning areas. Polls Open Till 8 p.m. In 6C Bond Election Central Point Polls opened at 2 p.m. today for School Dist rict 6C's $350,000 bond election The polling places, at Gold Hill school gymnasium and Central Point Junior high school gym nasium, will remain open until 8 pjn- The bond issue would be used to provide funds for construc tion of a four-room building for primary grades at Gold Hill and a 12-room primary building at Central Point. School district officials have pointed out that rapidly increas ing enrollment has filled every classroom at bom uoid Hill and Central Point. The new build ings are needed, they say, to pro Tide standard classroom facili ties for all students. Pear Blossom Festival Success Told Members Members of the Rogue Valley Pear Blossom Festival associa tion met for breakfast this morn ing, and heard reports on the third annual festival held here last Saturday. Tt was termed the most suc cessful of the three held so far, with an estimated 10,000 people witnessing the parade. A fea ture this year was the . limiting of "the parade to youngsters. ; Plans for next year also were -Iven preliminary discussion, with the objective of making the festival a smoother-running vent in 1856. ' ; ; Wire Parents Urged To Go Ahead With Plans To Give Children Salic Anti Washington (U.R) The Public Health Service urged parents to day to go ahead with any plans they have to get Salk polio shots for their children. It said they can have "com plete faith" both in the effective ness of the serum itself and in the vaccination program now underway throughout the coun try. . The 'health service made the statements in a frank effort to calm a wave of concern and uncertainty set in motion Wed nesday by a government ban on all vaccine produced by Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, Calif. The ban was ordered as a pre SWEPT OFF FEET, so to speak, by beauty of candidates for queen of Miami Beach, Fla., press photographers, Chris Hansen falls in pool, stoutly denying he did it purposely. (International) New Church Position Created by Of Assemblies of God Election of an assistant super intendent of the Oregon district of the Assemblies of God was scheduled today by delegates to the 19th- annual district conven tion, meeting here at the Med- ford Assembly of God, 1108 West Main st. . . ; The position is a - new one, created by vote of the delegates at yesterday afternoon's busi ness session. In support of the proposal, it was explained that the responsibilities of the super intendent have increased greatly with the increase in the number of member Assemblies, and that it has become necessary to pro vide additional help to carry on the administration and leader ship of the 190 churches in the district. . . The new post will be for paid, full-time man. - Has Other Duties The present superintendent, the Rev. Atwood Foster, Salem, also is director of the church ex tension plan, a corporation of the Oregon district, which helps finance church building and ex pansion programs. Also on the agenda today were reports of a number of commit tees which have been meeting separately. Committee recom mendations will be put to a vote of the convention. Among the items expected to be considered is a plan for development of a more comprehensive financing plan for' operation of district programs. The Rev. Peter Jep- son, North Bend, is chairman of the finance committee. Fred E. Robinson, Medford city councilman, brought the greetings of the city of Medford to the convention at last night s devotional and inspirational pro gram. . Other Officials Here The Rev. Kenneth Haystead, assistant - superintendent of the Weather FORECAST: Cloudy with light rain tonight, becoming partly " cloudy with showers Friday. Low tonight 38. High Friday 52. . -. Temp.. Highest Yesterday 49 Lowest this Morning 36 MEDFORD, OREGON, cautionary measure because one child died and at least nine and possibly 11 suffered-paralysis from polio after receiving Cutter- vaccine. Government ex perts don't think the serum is responsible, but they want to be absolutely sure. Dr. Leonard A.' Scheele, U.S. surgeon general,1 said some deaths and some cases of paraly sis must be expected this year because the vaccine is not 100 per cent effective. But he said it is 60 to 90 per cent effective and therefore is a very useful weapon against polio. The surgeon general predicted more cases of polio will crop up Conclave northern California district and vice-president of Bethany Bible college, Santa Cruz, Calif., spoke during the convention program yesterday. The Rev. Charles Slaughter, superintendent of the southern Idaho district, extend ed Greetings from his district. '' Tomorrow's program will be gin at 8:30 a.m. with a -united prayer meeting, and at 9:30 a.m. there will be a devotional period with the Rev. C. K. - Barnes as speaker. Concluding business sessions will be held in the. aft ernoon, and the closing services will bs.the ordination of minis ters, at 7:30 p.m. " The Rev. Ralph M. Riggs, Springfield, Mo., general super intendent of the general council of Assemblies of God, will preach the ordination ' sermon. Sen. Lowry Supports Wire Tap Measure J Salem (U.R) The Senate to day passed a bill to ban wire tapping in Oregon. ' Sen. Phil Lowry (R-Medford) explained that just before the Legislature convened, the attor ney general ruled that there is no prohibition against wire tap ping in Oregon. . ' The objective of the measure passed today, Senate bill 165, is to make it illegal for private de tectives and others to tap tele phone wires to get information concerning divorce cases and business deals It also is a pro tection against blackmail, Sen. Lowry said. -' He explained that law officers could legally tap wires in cases against Communists or felons by getting a "listening warrant" from a circuit or district court judge. That would be similar to getting a warrant to enter a man's home.. Atomic Test Blast Rescheduled Saturday . Atomic Test Site. Nev. (U.R) The Atomic Energy Commis sion postponed the atomic de struction of Survival Town, U.S.A. today until Saturday morning . as the weather jinx continued to hound the multi- million dollar experiment. THURSF y55 - Polio 'Shots' in vaccinated children and that they will Involve serum pro duced by firms other than Cut ter.. He hopes, however, that by the time this happens the gov ernment will have figured out a way to avoid issuing a general ban on a company's vaccine. Dr. Jonas E. Salk, the vac cine's developer, said in Pitts burgh "it is difficult to say' whether the vaccination in these cases was "one of cause and ef fect or one of coincidence." He endorsed the federal investiga tion. (See stories on Page 8) Oregon Supply of Salk Vaccine Due In State Saturday Portland ' (U.R)-Dr. Foard McGinnes, medical consultant with the National Foundation for" Infantile Paralysis, wired state health officer Dr. Harold M. Erickson late yesterday that Oregon will receive enough Salk vaccine next Saturday to give first inoculations to 95 per cent of the state's eligible children. Earlier, Dr. Erickson had pro tested the state's allotment of the vaccine. "Now, we're getting everything we asked for," he said. - From Parke-Davis Dr. McGinnes said he has in structed Parke-Davis Company to ship vaccine to Oregon for ar rival April 30 on a basis of 95 per cenjt of -those eligible for first inoculations. 7 Dr. Erickson last night wired Dr. Otis Anderson, chief of the bureau of .state services of the United States , Public r Health Service in Washington request ing additional information about the government's precautionary barf on vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories of Berkeley, Calif. Decision on Program "We need supplemental infor mation in order to make a de cision on the school vaccination program," Dr. Erickson said. Earlier he had said the program would be held up until "we are fully assured of the vaccine's safety." ' ' The health officer announced a meeting would be held, prob ably" Friday, with the public health committee of the State Medical Society at which replies concerning the vaccine's safety would be discussed. Coffee Urn Explodes Burning Man Nearby Don Wopd, 4i; of 1952 Marsh lane, received second degree burns about his face, neck and shoulders about 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, when a coffee urn at the Elks club, exploded, ac cording to reports by Medford ambulance service and Sacred Heart hospital attendants. He is reported as "doing very well." Wood, a salesman for -Armour Meat company, was working for the evening for Chef Danny Marmo of the Medford hotel, who was catering at the Elks club to the 50th anniversary banquet of the southern Oregon Rotary clubs. He was standing near the urn when it exploded, Marmo said. Baker, Ore. U.R) Sale of radio station KBKR here to Ore gon Trail Broadcasters Inc. by Inland Radio Inc has been announced. McCa rthy. Wants Efforts Turned To Free Americans Held in China Cincinnati, O. (U.R) Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) said today United States leaders ought to concentrate on getting back the 521 Americans now prisoners in Communist coun tries instead of thinking about negotiating with Chou En-lai or Red China on Formosa. "We ought to get back the 521 Americans imprisoned behind the bamboo curtain who are being tortured into oblivion," McCarthy said. The Wiieooaia leader abided EiBUK Defeat Urged for Compulsory State Meat Inspection Measure Carries $75,000 Appropriation Salem (U.R) A bill that would set up a pilot program for compulsory state meat inspec tion was reported out of the Joint Ways and Means Commit tee today with a recommenda tion that it be defeated. First vote on the adverse re port was 7 to 7 but Rep. Alfred Corbett (D-Portland), fearing that the bill would be buried in committee, changed his vote to yes, thus forcing the measure to the floor for further debate, even though the report was un favorable. -Bill Asks $75,000 . The bill as'returned from the House Livestock Committee asks for an appropriation of $75,000 which would be combined with another $75,000 to be raised through increased licenses on meat packers. That was deemed adequate by proponents to start a limited program for the next two years. Principal pressure for the bill has come from south ern Oregon where,- proponents claimed, meat rejected by Cal ifornia inspectors is being boot legged into Oregon. ' " ' Sen. George Ulett (R-Coquille) said consumers who want in spected meat can find it in reputable stores in all parts of the state and that the relatively small amount of bad meat could easily be controlled at the local level. . . ' , Urban Services Eyed , The Ways and Means Commit tee "also approved a resolution calling for an interim committee to study the problem of provid ing urban services for fringe areas. Sen. John C. F. Merrifield (R-Portland) said the growing urbanization of Oregon required counties to function" far beyond the limits contemplated by the constitution. He advocated an ap propriation of $50,000 to study the problem in the field of sew age disposal, water supply, street lighting,,, mas transporta tion and streets. - Portland (U.R) The U. S. forest service has awarded a 10- year permit to operate Timber- line lodge at Mount Hood to Richard L. Kohnstamm of, Port land, according to J. Herbert Stone, regional forester. r Knowland Oyer President's Hope By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) A Far East policy rebellion led by Senate Republican "Leader Wil liam Tl Know land cast chill ing sha dows today on Pres ident Eisen hower's wel come hunch that peace prospects are b r i g h ten ing. Mr. Eisen- . . hower uttered Lyk C. Wlteon cautious hopes at Wednesday's morning news conference: ' Some five hours later, the California "sena tor brusquely repudiated the President's newly stated willing ness to meet with Red China to discuss a Formosa cease fire, re turn of U. S. prisoners and "ad vancement of world peace." Beats Knowland To Punch ' Sen. . Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) President Eisenhower for failing to take action. : "If Bob Taft were President of the United States today, I guar antee this wouldn't be going on," he told th Hamilton County Building and Loan .association here last night. - "If Eisenhower were alive, ! don't think it would be happening." He said it would be a mistake to negotiate over Formosa, add ing that he's opposed to any dis cussion "with or without Chiang Kai-aheJc bnf pretaat.'' -,4 E United Prass Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 33 House in Final Approval of Full Sales Tax Package Five Measures Sent To Senate ' Salem (U.R) The House to day gave its final approval the full sales tax package of bills and sent the five measures to the Senate. The sales tax itself was ap proved by a vote of 33 to 26, a repeat of yesterday's vote on the minority report. The bill setting a special election on Nov. 8 was passed 45 to 14, aid for dis tressed school districts 55 to 4, income tax reduction, 32 to 27, removal of the state from the property tax field 37 to 22. All the companion measures hinge on voter approval of the sales tax itself. i In its afternoon session yester day, the House approved all the building program measures with the exception of the Board of Control program which was to be on the calendar today. Only the Board of Higher Education building appropriations ran into difficulty before being ap proved and sent to the Senate. OTI Gets Money Rep. Richard Chapman (D Coos Bay) attempted to have the bill sent back to committee for removal ' of $800,000 from the Oregon State College appropria tion, for a new biology labora tory building. He asked that that amount be added to the $850,000 already approved by the House for Portland State College. His motion was defeated. Rep. Walter Pearson (D-Port-land) moved that the bill tabled "until the Board of High er Education learns to stay out of politics." Rep. Robert Klem sen (D-St. Helens) moved that the bill be put on next Monday's calendar. Both attempts were re jected by comfortable majori ties. ' ., . Included in the building pro gram approved in the House was a $414,000 appropriation for Of egon "Technical " Institute at Klamath Falls. Rep. V. T. Jack son (D-Roseburg) said the money would be used for a new shop building "without frills." The House killed a bill re lating to the training of barbers after Rep. Pat Dooley (D-Port-land) attacked it as unconstitu tional and objected to lobbying tactics which he said had tried to put the vote on a partisanship basis. The bill was defeated by a vote of aa to mat crossed party lines. The Senate waded through 29 bills in yesterday's afternoon session which again did not ad journ until 5:30 p.m. Most of the measures were either making technical corrections in existing tax laws or making appropria tions. . " . . Rebellion Casts Shadow senior Republican member of the Senate, beat Knowland to the punch with a statement from Boston objecting to any talks with Red China from which Na tionalist China was excluded That point apparently was basic, also, in Knowland's unusually vigorous challenge to adminis tration policy. The possibility of productive discussion with the Red Chinese was a major factor in Mr. Eisen hower s mid-morn ing optimism that better times might be com ing. The President felt that the Chinese Reds and the U. S. could get together for talks which did not directly affect the National ists. Knowland said he could not understand how any talks could be had "without the interests of the republic of China being deep ly involved." The senator was equally critical of an earlier pol icy statement by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles which considerably amended the origi nal department position that Na tionalist Chinese must partici- The Wisconsin -Republican said it would be a "waste of time to negotiate with Chou En lai until the 521 Americans now prisoners in Communist coun tries are released.. It has been proven that Chou En-lai does not keep his agreements." McCarthy ; said to . negotiate without the presence of Chiang Kai-shek "would he. a slap in the face of our ally." He said "This new policy on Red China sounds more like Milton Eisenhower than John Foster Dull." chicas LIME Chicago (U.R) Ten persons were killed, more were feared dead, and 17 were injured when flames swept through a hotel and a tenement building on Chica go's North Side today. The blaze at the four-story Green Mill hotel killed at least six persons. Firemen said they were almost sure to find more bodies , in the charred rubble choking the building's basement. The fire, which sent about 100 guests choking into the dark ened streets, was touched off by an arsonist on a rear stairway, Rofary's 50th Year Observed By Medford Club The 50th anniversary of Ro tary International was observed in Medford last night at a ban quet meeting by some 300 Ro tarians and Women of Rotary; Five southern Oregon Rotary clubs were represented at the banquet. A feature of the event was local participating in a state wide "round robin" broadcast, which originated in Portland. James Dunlevy, manager of ra dio station KYJC, was in charge of the local portion of the broad cast. Official Guests General chairman for the ban quet was Robert H. Holmes. Of ficial guests included Medford's Mayor Earl Miller and Mrs. Mil ler, and Mr. and Mrs. Neville Eldridge. Eldridge is a brother of Kersey Eldridge, Portland, who, is Rotary district governor for Washington and southwest ern Washington. ! Special recognition was given to Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Cooley, Grants Pass. Cooley is a past president of the Grants Pass Rotary club, a past district governor, and a former member of. the Rotary International board. ' Tuttle Officiates S. M. Tuttle, a past president of the Medford club, served as master of ceremonies for the meeting, and Lester Harris,' cur rent president ofv the Medford tahtbr conducted-"; ; tb - busiftese meeting. Medford Women of Rotary furnished decorations and pre sented a 1905 style review. Clubs represented at the ban quet included Medford, Myrtle Creek. Ashland. Grants rass and Shady Cove. Both Sides Rest In Hank Death Case Portland (U.R) Both sides in the trial of Wey Him and Sherry Fong for the murder of 16-year- old Diane Hank rested their cases today. . Final arguments to the jury and the judges' instructions were scheduled before the jury gets the case; for Peace pate in any discussion But with or without the Nation alists, Knowland found no good in the proposal of Chinese Pre mier Chou En-lai that his gov ernment and representativee of the U. S. should meet, "There are many persons at home and abroad," Knowland said, "who believe the Commu nists are now merely following a long established technique to use negotiations, as at Panmun- jom in Korea, for the purpose of building up their striking pow ers." He said the Reds would de mand the offshore Matsus and Quemoy islands as a "down pay ment", and ultimately demand Formosa, either by negotiations direct or through the United Na tions or by force. No need, he said, to discuss a cease fire be cause that could be achieved if the Red Chinese merely would stop shooting: Might Endanger Position . With Knowland's sharp attack came the first pale hints that his sustained policy dispute with the administration might endanger his position as senate leader. Asked if his statement -affected hii leadership position, Know land replied: "No, not up to present time. Pressed , whether his position would be affected in the future if the administration ignored his protests. Knowland replied: No, I wouldn t draw any con clusions." But there was a modest buzz of cloakroom talk today that the California senator was- not in a good position to.be challenging the administration on its Asia policies. One senator.' said he thought Knowland "had better be . careful," because he would not find much support from fel low Republicans for his present atand. o MS wmm fire department officials said. Only six blocks away, flames roared through an apartment building described as a tene ment. . Four persons, three chil dren and a man believed to be their uncle, were trapped in an apartment and died. Two more persons, a father and daughter, were reported missing. Two firemen who fell when a blazing stairway collapsed under them were missing and feared dead. Firemen said they had sighted a body in the rubble be lieved to be that of one of the missing firefighters, Capt Ed ward Dullar. An investigation was launched to determine whether the tene ment blaze was also the work of an arsonist. There was ho im mediate explanation for the fire, which, broke out a short time be fore flames appeared in the near- hv hotel 'Willows Linked In Smith Murder Portland (U.R) Stanley MacDonald, chief of the criminal identification bureau of the Multnomah county sheriffs of fice, said yesterday that ' pussy willow evidence against Mrs. Marjorie Smith stood up under his examination. The pussywillow twigs exam- ined by MacDonald were from bushes where Mrs. Smith's co defendant, Victor Laurence Wolf, said the couple picnicked in March. They were compared with twigs found in the base- mciit ui uie omun nome. The pair have been in custody for the bomb slaying of 35-year- old Portland attorney Oliver Kermit Smith since last Friday. Mrs. Smith, implicated by Wolf, has maintained her innocence. MacDonald said the .two sprays of pussywillow "matched conclusively." However, MacDonald said it should be borne in mind that possession of the pussywillow would not place Mrs. Smith at the picnic with Wolf. District Attorney William Langley and Mrs. Smith's attor ney, J. Elliott Busey, conferred briefly . with Circuit Judee James. A. Crawford yesterday and set arraignment of Mrs. smith . and woue lor 2 pjn, .to day. . - " County Budgefers Near End of Work -Work on the Jackson county budget for the 1955-56 fiscal' year was nearing completion to day, and County Judge Rodney ures probably will be available about the middle of next week. The budget committee met again this morning with the county court, and Judge Keating said shortly before noon that actual work on the fiscal pro gram was about done. However, he noted, that necessary paper work will take several days. Members of the city budget committee are scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the coun cil chambers of the city halL The session will be the commit tee's first since an organization al meeting held last week, and City .Manager Robert Duff in dicated that work at tonight's meeting will still be in the pre-. liminary stages. . Jacksonville Man Gels Jail Term on Charge Arthur Linebaugh, 21, Jack sonvillewas sentenced to six months in the county jail yester day in district court on a charge of malicious destruction of per sonal property. A 16-year-old Jacksonville boy involved in the same case wag referred to the juvenile depart ment of circuit court. District Judge Rawles Moore sentenced Linebaugh with the proviso that the Jacksonville man can be released to another institution or may, be paroled for good cause. The charge involves damage done at a Miller's gulch cabin owned by Hugh McGinty, 1944 Stewart ave., according to dep uty sheriffs. Baseball NATIONAL Chicago. 1 ,4 0 Brooklyn ; 4 ' J Rush and Chiio; Ertkine,, Labine (7) and Camphnella. ' Si. Louis 4 12 4 New York .S ' 9 2 Haddix. Sohulti (7). Tiefe nauer (8) and Rice, Sarni (8)t Hearn, Grissom (6) end Kart, Westrum (4). - AMERICAN Boston 3 8 Chicago 1 3 Delock and Whitet Hmh. man, Dorian (t) and LolUr. CoortaayW. .. .