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West to. ram lull MEDFl TJnited Pres Fall Leased Wir 50th Year 14 Pages Soure-FBre End Bulk By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington (Special) The Eisenhower administration has come up with what looks like a sure-fire formula for wiping out the bulk of "timber grabs" in federal forest by pseudo-mining claimants. No organized opposition has been voiced since the adminis tration a month ago unveiled a bill to restrict the rights of those who file mining claims in nation al forests and on other public lands. With hearings scheduled to be held this week by both House and Senate committees, interested organizations repre senting mining, forestry and con servation interests have come out in favor of the bill. The bill would permit the government to continue to man- ange and sell timber located on unpatented mining claims. As the law now stands, mining claimants can prevent the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Man agement from disposing of tim ber on their claims. This has led to a condition in the Pacific Northwest in which countless acres of standing timber of the federal government have been tied up by pending claims, whether valid or invalid, old or new. The claimant would have the right to use timber on the tract High Court Airs Military Powers Washington U.R) The Supreme Court may decide to day whether the military has power to reach into civilian life and arrest veterans. The fate of Robert W. Toth, young Pittsburgh steelworker, hinges on the high court's de cision. Toth, now free on bail, was arrested by Air Force police in 1953 five months after his dis charge from the service and flown to Korea to face a court martial on charges he killed a Korean civilian. The former sergeant contends the Constitution places civilians beyond the reach of military law and guarantees them trial by jury in this country. Two other major decisions also are pending before the Supreme Court which meets to hand down rulings. They are the final order on how and when the state should wipe out segre Vcaccnirae Approved gation in schools and whether government employees facing 4 dismissal as security risks have a right to face their accusers. Mainz. Germany ('J.R) Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer won a resounding vote of confidence for his pro-Western and German rearmament policies in Sunday's election in the state of Rhine- land - Palatinate, final returns showed today. Five Texans Arrested by City Policemen After Local Burglaries; Loot Recovered Medford nolice early Sunday morning arrested five Texans in connection with two burglaries here Saturday night and a series of burglaries ' from Texas to Washington in the past few months Officer Roy L. Thompson ar rested Thomas Miner Spoon, 24, of Santo, Tex., as Spoon was burglarizing the Ninety and Nine Tavern, 1258 South Riverside ave. about a.m. yesterday. The arrest of Spoon, who was armed with a .32 calibre automatic pis tol, led to the arrest of four other mebers of the family. Held in Jail Being held in city jail, in addi tion to Thomas, is William Riley Spoon, 26. William's wife, Mrs. Leufta Mae Spoon, 24, is being held in Jackson county jail, as are Thomas' 15-year-old wife and his 15-year-old brother. They listed their addresses as Santo, Tex. Four were arrested on charges of burglary. The 15-year-old boy was charged with being a delin 5 Jm MEDFORD, OREGON, Formulla Seen To off 'Timber (Grabs' directlv for mining purposes on the claim. The bill also would ban further claims based on dis coveries of cinders, stone,' sand, eraveL Dumice or numicite. When the bill was drawn up by the Interior and Agriculture Oregon Accidents Take Eight Lives During Week End By UNITED PRESS At least eight persons met ac cidental death in Oregon during the week end period from Friday night through Sunday. Two persons were killed in a two-car collision Saturday night about 23 miles east of Pendle ton. They were identified by state police as Louis Peter Wright, 37, Hermiston, and Eugene P. Richards, 46, Rich land, Wash. Four other persons were injured. Coos Bay Doctor Dies Dr. George W. Stephenson, 38, Coos Bay, died Friday night when his car went off the road one half mile from his home near Barview. Charles Kopp, 42, was killed in Portland Saturday night when struck by a car. It was Port land's 15th traffic death of the year. Fire snuffed out the lives of two small girls early Sunday when it swept through a one story house at Twin Rocks near Rockaway on the Oregon coast. The victims were Andrea Jean Ewan, 7, and her sister. Sherry Lee, 5. Their mother, Mrs. Mary Leuthold, suffered shock and burns in a futile attempt to res cue her daughters. Councilman Killed Kenneth R. Deaton, 40 - year old Cave Junction city council man, was killed in the woods 13 miles north of Cave Junction when crushed by a tree he was falling Saturday. Harold Jones, 23, Portland, drowned in the Columbia river Saturday about a mile down stream from The Dalles. Polls Open Until 8 In Phoenix Bond Vote Phoenix Poll? will remain open until 8 p.m. today in the Phoenix sewer bond issue elec tion. The polling place is located in the city hall. Voters are casting ballots in issuance of $40,000 in general obligation bonds to provide for sewage disposal, and to arrange installation of a city sewer sys tem which will be financed by assessments against property. Election officials reported that "quite a number" of voters cast ballots during the first two hours after the polls opened at noon. quent. Officer Thompson said he caught Thomas Spoon as Spoon was burglarizing the Ninety and Nine Tavern, from which he got a wrist watch, a roll of pennies and a .38 calibre revolver. The Texan, an escapee from Texas State penitentiary, entered the Ninety and Nine Tavern follow ing a burglary at Ranch Drive In, 1234 South Riverside ave. Overlooked S300 Thomas Spoon, Officer Thompson said, escaped with $125 from cigarette and pin ball machines from the Ranch Drive In, but overlooked S300 in re ceipts. The money as well as an electric razor he took from Ranch Drive In were, placed near the railroad tracks while he burglarized the Ninety and Nine, police said. Officer Thompson said Thom as Spoon apparently did all burglarizing for the group, and was transported from one burg lary, to another by other mem bers of the family. He said Thom MONDAY, MAY 16, 1955 departments jointly, they got ad vance approval of it from the American Mining Congress and the American Forestry associa tion. Last week the bill got wholehearted support from lead ing conservation groups through the Wildlife Management Insti tute. The Institute said the bill "may be one of the most pro gressive attempts in many years to revise the outmoded general mining law." "The scandalous practice of 'lightning logging' would be eli minated," pointed out the Insti tute in a report to its members backing the bill. Broad Support Indicated The speed by which commit tees of Congress have arranged to take up the legislation indi cates broad support on Capitol Hill. In the Senate, where bills con sidered unfavorable by mining interests are often blocked by Rocky Mountain state senators, the legislation has bi-partisan sponsorship from Sens. Anderson (D-N.M.), Barrett (R-Wyo.), Ben nett and Watkins (R-Utah) and Aiken (R-Vt.). Unless unforseen obstacles are encountered by its support ers, the bill could clear both chambers and be signed into law before Congress adjourns for the year this summer. Cable Break Halts Communications A break in the coaxial cable disrupted telephone and other communications with the north here at about 10 a.m. today. Jack Creager, Medford manager for Pacific Telephone and Tele graph, said service was being restored rapidly shortly after 1 p.nf. The break , occurred near Mc Andrews rd., in north Medford, when a ditch digging machine hit the underground cable, Crea ger said. The break halted United Press and Associated Press teletype service starting at 10 a.m. Tele vision station KBES-TV report ed that it was receiving no net work service shortly after noon, and radio station KMED offi cials said their station was with out network service from 10 a.m. to about 11:30 a.m. Officials of radio station KYJC said they lost none of their network programs. State and city police teletype connections with the north also were out. At about noon, tele phone company patrons were be ing told that there would be a two-hour delay on all calls to Portland. San Francisco (U.R) Th. Coast Guard Cutter Wachusett rushed today to the aid of a Costa Rican motor ship that re ported herself leaking in high seas. as admitted committing between 12 and 15 burglaries enroute north from Texas through Colo rado, Wyoming, Idaho and Wash ington. Admits Robbery Thomas also admitted a strong arm robbery in Texas soon after he escaped from the penitentiary December 21, 1945. The group was traveling south through Med ford and 'arrived in town be tween 6 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Officer Thompson said. Officer Thompson said the Thomas usually burglarized eat ing places, taverns and schools, and usually broke into coin oper ated machines like cigarette, pin ball and music machines. Material collected from burg laries was found in a local motel room and in the group's car, Offi cer Thompson said, but an esti mate of the worth of the mater ial will not be available until after it is sorted and stolen ma terial separated from what be longs to the Spoons. , Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 48 Program Would; Follow End of NFIP Immunization Supply Will Be , Divided Among States Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today approved a voluntary plan designed to as sure fair allocation of the Salk polio vaccine. The plan would be effective following completion of the cur rent program of immunization being conducted by the Nation al Foundation for Infantile Par alysis for first and second grade school children. The report prepared by Wel fare Secretary Oveta Culp Hob by and experts of the Public Health service recommended that "for the time being" the vaccine should be administer ed only to children of the most susceptible age group, five through nine years old. Once the Federal voluntary program goes into effect, Mrs. Hobby will direct division and allocation among states of the entire output of the vaccine on the basis of five through nine population of each state.. "There will be a shortage of the vaccine for several months," Mrs. Hobby said as her plan was announced at the White House. She said only a voluntary plan of priorities and distribution could be mobilized "fast'tnot'ijh" to be effective during this tem porary period of shortage. "The program meets the Pres ident's objective of getting all safe vaccine to American chil dren as rapidly as possible and assures that no child will be de nied vaccination because of in ability to pay," she said. The White House said that as a result of the report, plans are being made to ask Congress for an additional $2,000,000 for the Health, Education and Welfare department to conduct the vac cine program, particularly for "vigorous enforcement" of laws prohibiting sales of the vaccine outside authorized channels of prescription drugs. Aid To States Legislation prepared by the department also will ask Con gress for about $28,000,000 to help states purchase the vaccine for the program to go into effect following completition of the foundation's free immunization. These federal funds would be used to pay the cost of vaccine for children through the age of 19 in low income families. This money either would be given to the states or used for federal purchase of vaccine to be sent to the states for the low income families. Medical organizations were asked to see to it that doctors vaccinate only children within the priority age groups. Detailed plans for mainten ance of vaccination records were outlined as part of the ef fort to assure adherence to the priority plan. States Handle Program Under the plan approved by the President each state, through its governor, will direct the dis tribution of the vaccine within the state. A state agency desig nated by the governor will ad vise Mrs. Hobby's office on the desired shipment of the state's allocation, specifying how much vaccine should go to commer cial drug distribution channels and how much should be distrib uted to public agencies. Mrs. Hobby and her advisors said "we emphasize that the safety of the vaccine must al ways be the first consideration, distribution must be secondary to safety." "The safety of the vaccine re leased for use will continue to be the responsibility of the Pub lic Health Service . . . and is re ceiving the constant and dili gent attention of the Public Health Service." Washington (U.R) The Hoover Commission told Con gress today that the future se curity and prosperity of the na tion is bein injured by unfair government competition with private business. FIRE, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION HIT SAIGON This is a general view of Saigon as dense smoke rises from the burning native quarter which was crowded with refu gees from the war with the Reds last year. Mo one knows how many died in the fires. Civil war caught an innocent civilian population in the middle of a crossfire that turned the city of two million into a place of fire, death and destruction. Reported Threats To Family Termed Misunderstanding Reported threats to a Foots creek family were not threats at all, and must have been the result of a misunderstanding, it was reported to state police Sun day. Maxwell Thayer, Rogue River and Medford newspaper publish er, told police that he had called on the Lopez family last week to investigate reports that the fam ily had been "gypped" on a real estate transaction. He said that he did not tell Lopez that any threats had been made against the family, but that the man, a Filipino-American, might have misunderstood the conversation. After the meeting, the Lopez family spent Friday night in the woods, and came to Medford Saturday seeking help. Lopez told state police Saturday that he was afraid for his family, in cluding a wife and three chil dren. They returned to their place Saturday afternoon, how ever, after being told there was little danger they - would ' be harmed. A state police officer checked the locality Sunday and report ed the family was all right. . Thayer, in his report to state police, said his call on the Lo pezes was to see if he might help them, since apparently they did not have all the facilities on the little ranch that they needed for a family farm and home, includ ing year - around water. But, Thayer added, in the course of the conversation they discussed the fact that some peo ple don't like people of another color living around, and he said he mentioned instances in past years where threates had driven Chinese out of the area. Lopez may have misunder stood this conversation as a threat, Thayer said. He main tained that he had no personal feelings on the matter other than that of feeling sorry for the family. People "Stirred Up" He added that because of a news story about the matter which appeared in The Mail Tribune Sunday, people were getting "stirred up" over the situation, some thinking the Lo pezes should move and others thinking they should be helped. Lopez told state police Satur day that he has been an Ameri can citizen for 28 years, and spent 20 years in the merchant marine. He has a pension income of $125 monthly, he said, and it was in the hope of a small addi tional income from the property, to stretch his financial resour ces, that he had purchased the place. His three children aged 8 to 12, attend Rogue River school, according to police reports. EagU e Point Man Held In Lieu of $500 Bail Monte Louise Riddell, 22, of route 1, box 92, Eagle Point, was arraigned in district court today on charges of using a ve hicle without permission. The case was continued until May 17, after Riddell asked for counsel. He is being held in county jail in lieu of $500 bail. Riddell was charged with takine a Medford corporation power wagon from Butte Falls Saturday. The wagon was later found over an embankment about 15 miles from Butte Falls toward Fish lake. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with ac casional light rain tonight. Partly cloudy Tuesday. Mild temperatures. Low tonight near 38. High Tuesday 68-70. Temp. Highest yesterday ..-57 Lowest this morning 37 Prec. To 10 a.m. today 01 One Man Killed, Four Hurt in Auto Mishaps One man was killed and four other people were injured dur ing the weekend in a series of Jackson county automobile acci dents, according to state police. Alvin Carman, 60, of 91 Ross lane, Medford, was killed in stantly at about 8:15 p.m. Sun day when his car left the road and overturned near Savage Rapids dam on Highway 99. Carmen was alone in the car at the time of the accident. In vestigating officers said he was traveling north, and failed to make a curve. His car crossed the center line and skidded broadside down the highway for about 80 feet before ending up on its side in a ditch filled with water. Carman's body was pinned un der the car in the ditch. Conger - Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments which are pending. as! Atomic Shot Jolts Wide Area Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) Pa tient atomic scientists began packing their bags today after closing the longest and most di versified test series yet held on the nearby proving grounds by touching off a 500-foot-tower shot more powerful than the city shattering Hiroshima bomb. The 14th and final blast of the spring series went off before dawn yesterday after numerous postponements from the original date of May 8. The blast was so powerful it shook buildings more than 100 miles away in Piochen, Nev., and rattled windows in Las Vegas. Termed a "major weapons de velopment diagnostic test" the explosion turned night into day over thousands of square miles. Its flash was seen 500 miles away in Arizona, in San Fran cisco 390 miles distant and at the California - Mexico border 265 miles to the southwest. Sunday's shot was ' called "purely a laboratory test." It was observed mainly by scien tists. There were no military ground personnel, large observer corps nor animals. Some 40 mili tary planes flew over the scene instead of the usual 100 or more. No Hazards Found In 601 Residences No apparent fire hazards were found, by city firemen in nearly half the homes they visited dur ing the first two weeks of a resi dential inspection program in Medford. Firemen inspected 1230 homes. At 601 they found no hazards but for the 629 others they made 940 recommendations for correc tion of conditions known to be causes of fires. A total of 106 refusals of the inspection offer were reported by fire department crews. They stopped at 2,347 residences and found no one home at 1,011. Sunday Blaze Damages Fourth Wheel Tavern A blaze in a rear room of the Fourth Wheel tavern, 31 South Front st., yesterday resulted in a general alarm and firemen dispatched two pumper trucks and the aerial ladder truck to the scene. Firemen' said that a roof fire was reported about 6:35 p.m. They reported that the blaze started from an overheated stovepipe with insufficient clear ance from the wall. Slight dam age occurred to a wall and to the ceiling and roof of the rear room. - Two men were injured early today in an accident on Crater Lake highway about three miles northeast of Eagle Point. They are Chester A. Flury, 58, of route 1, box 337E, Eagle Point, and George Washington Flury, 64, of the same address. Police said a pickup truck operated by Chester A. Flury was struck from the rear by a coupe operated by Leonard Rus sell Kranenbury, 16, Trail. Kran enbury and John Eric Bush. 17, Trail, a passenger in his car, were not injured, according to the report. Thrown from Truck Police said the Flury pickup swerved after the collision, and left the highway, traveling along a ditch before it turned over, throwing both Flurys from the vehicle. Both were taken to Sa cred Heart hospital by Kranen bury. Police said Chester Flury re ceived back and rib injuries, and George Flury received blows to his head. Hospital attendants said this morning that they "spent a good night." A third accident involved cars operated by Dr. Edgar Neil Ter- rill, 58, of 19 North First st., Ashland, and Dewitt H. Collins, 33, of 259 B St., Ashland. The vehicles collided on Highway 99 near Talent junction at about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Two Injured Police said Mrs. C. F. Terrill, 83, Oregon City, a passenger in the car driven by her son," re ceived a possible broken collar bone, and Collins received chest injuries which were not believed to be serious. No injuries were listed for Dr. Terril or his wife, Iva. Another two-car accident, which ocurred shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday, involved cars operated by Mrs. Doris A. Hoov er, 38, of route 2, box 206, Med ford, and Talmage Clarence Flo rey, 52, of route 3, box 69B. The mishap occurred on 401 rd. be tween Sticky lane and Crater Lake highway. No injuries were listed and damage was said to be minor. One-Car Accidents Two one-vehicle accidents were reported. In the first, re ported at about 2:15 a.m. Sun day, a car registered to Ralph Guches, Applegate, left the road and overturned about a quarter of a mile from Applegate bridge. No details of the accident were available, but police believed that no one was injured. The second one-car crash in volved a vehicle operated by Halvar Michael Haukli, 57, Pros pect. He was uninjured when his car left the road at about 4:30 a.m. on Highway 62 between Prospect and Cascade Gorge aft er hitting rocks on the highway. Considerable damage to his car was reported. Doctors Debate Surgery For Siamese Twin Girls Detroit (U.R) Doctors plan ned today to begin "a series of tests within the next 24 hours to determine whether they will try to separate Siamese twin girls born here Sunday. The girls were joined at the chest and abdomen. They were reported in "fair condition" and their chances for survival in their present state were "pretty good." Doctors refused to comment on chances that the girls would be able to be separated until they completed tests and X-rays to de termine which vital organs, if any, they shared. The twins were born to Mrs. Nona Herring, 27, by Caesarean section. They were immediately placed in an "isolette" to. insure them a constant supply of heat and oxygen. Soviet Tells Price For Unification Of Germany German Solution Remains Secret Vienna ' (U.R) Western for eign ministers reached full agreement on a broad European security plan to counter Rus sia's bid to neutralize Germany, informed diplomatic sources said today. The Western ministers were on their way home today after signing an Austrian state treaty with Soviet Russia that rolls back the Iron Curtain for the first time and promises the long awaited break in the cold war. Diplomatic sources said West ern experts will begin shortly preparing a joint Allied plan for the unification of Germany with in a broad European security system based on phrased East West disarmament. Russia Wants Price Soviet .Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov made it clear yesterday that Russia wants the neutraliz ation of Germany on the pattern of the Austrian settlement, and that that was the price the West would have to pay for a unified Germany. A rearmed West Germany is a keystone of Western policy in. Europe and the Allies believe it was this new strength that help ed win the Austrian treaty. A high American official said the Soviet withdrawal from Au stria marked a trend "which "Is going to have a profound effect on the rest of Europe," and pre dicted it was a "general moder ation" of Soviet policy toward the slave nations under its thumb. Details of the Western con cept for a German solution have so far remained secret. But in formed sources said it included unification through free, super vised elections, phased disarm ament between East and West in Europe and some system of non-aggression pacts. Molotov Conciliatory . In the meanwhile the. Western ministers will go ahead with preparations for talks among the Big Four government heads and the subsequent conference of the foreign ministers to com plete details. Western diplomats were in trigued by unconfirmed reports circulating in Vienna that Mol otov might be moved from the Kremlin's Foreign office. They were struck by the conciliatory attitude of the Soviet foreign minister. They noted he had no full powers to approve the details of the projected conference "at the summit and that he had to refer back for instructions. During the Geneva confer ence last year he negotiated freely with full powers without having to ask the Kremlin's ap proval at each stage. Chancellor Julius Raab told a press conference today he hoped that the conclusion of the Austrian state treaty will help ease tension in the cold war.' Rural School Budget Election Set Today Voters in Jackson county's 20 second and third class districts went to the polls today to vote on a levy of $1,599,895.53 for the rural school budget. The el ection is necessary because the school district levy base is only $323,520.64. The question being decided is that of exceeding the 6 per cent limitation on budgetary increas es by a total of $1,276,374.89. Polling places and times the polls will be open are posted in each rural school district. Attendants at the hospital said their color was improving and their chances for survival ap peared to be improving steadily. The babies weighed a total of 12 pounds, 14 ounces when they were. born. Preliminary x-rays indicated the twins had normal spinal cords and chest bones and two heart beats- indicated they each had a heart of their own. But a hospital spokesman said it could not be determined immediately whether they had individual stomachs and livers. An attending physician said doctors would wait between 24 and 48 hours after their birth to determine their chances for sur vival before conducting further tests. . r i 9 1
