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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.''
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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.
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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
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Brooklyn ; 4 ' J
Rush and Chiio; Ertkine,,
Labine (7) and Camphnella. '
Si. Louis 4 12 4
New York .S ' 9 2
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Hearn, Grissom (6) end Kart,
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Chicago
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