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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
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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. ,
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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. .
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