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High Court Upholds Federal Right to License Pelton Dam Washington U.R) The Supreme Court held today that the federal government had the right to license a dam on the Deschutes river in Jefferson county, Ore. In a 7-1 decision, the hi gh court overruled Oregon's ...ob jection to the project. In doing so, it reversed a lower court. Acted Within Power Justice Harold H. Burton said in the majority opinion that the Federal Power Commission "act ed within its power and its dis cretion in granting the license." Justice William O. Douglas dis sented, contending the ' dam could not be built without satis fying the state's water - rights law and that the government "cannot give what it does not have." Justice John Marshall Harlan did not participate in the decis ion. The controversy arose when the FPC granted a license in 1951 to the Portland General Electric company to build the 205-foot high Pelton hydoelec tric dam on the non-navigable stream at a site owned by the government. Would Curtail Fish . Oregon protested that the project would seriously curtail the region's fish supply by pre venting salmon and steelhead trout from going upstream to spawning grounds. the U. S. Court of Appeals in r San Francisco upheld the state, ruling that ownership of the site did not give the government the power to use the river's waters "contrary to the Oregon state law." The court based part of its de cision on the Desert Land Act of 1877 which gave the states pow er over non-navigable streams and rivers flowing through arid or semi-arid federally - owned land. Body of Missing Youngster Found Klickitat, Wa(sh. (U.R) The body : of three-year-old Terry Williams, who disappeared with her cousin, Mark Greenfield, al so 3, on May 11, was recovered from the Klickitat river early yesterday. The little girl's body was found by a fisherman, John Kel ley of Bingen, Wash., about five miles below the spot to which bloodhounds led searchers the day after the two children disap peared. No trace of the missing boy was found, according to Sheriff Ez Kaiser. The sheriff said the body was discovered in a still pool just below the spot where a net had been stretched across the stream. Portland (U.R) Some 1500 longshoremen stopped work on Portland docks this morning as part of a coastwide shutdown to protest government attempts to df-port International Longshore men's President Harry Bridges. ne The chance that live virus in vaccine could slip past the strin gent new safety tests, Scheele said, are about 1 in 100.000. inai, ne commented, is a much greater degree of safety than is encountered in most of the things "we do every day of our lives such as driving an auto or crossing a street. Scheele said Dr. Louis B. Geb- hardt, director of polio research at the University of Utah, had re ported to the Public Health Ser vice from Salt Lake City that he found live type-I virus in vac cine produced by the Cutter Lab oratories. The . vaccine was re ceived by the Idaho Health De partment. Under Study Scheele said it has not been discovered how this occurred and the matter is being studied. He added that the new tests should enable more accurate spotting of such things before vaccine is dis tributed. This does not mean that no more children will come down with polio after getting Salk shots. On the contrary, there are bound to be many more polio cases among vaccinated children. because the inoculations are only 00 to 90 per cent effective against the disease not 100 ner cent. ' Scheele pointed out that the vaccine itself should not be blamed for these inevitable cases of polio that any child will' be much safer with it than without it 380 Men Battling Eureka Area Fire Eureka, Calif. (U.R) Some 380 men today fought a forest fire which blazed out of control and temporarily closed off U.S. Highway 299 30 miles northeast of here in the Willow Creek area. The Forest Service reported it was the worst fire of the young forest fire season in northern California. By mid morning it had burned, over more than 200 acres, mostly slash, and was threatening a large stand nf virgin fir. Forest Service officials said they hoped to control the blaze by mid-morning tomorrow. They explained the blaze was a diffi cult one to control as much of it centered in rugged terrain, necessitating building of access roads by bulldozer. ' Temperatures in the area rose to over 100 degrees yesterday and similar temperatures were forecast for today. Waymart, Pa. (U.R) The last of 15 escapees from a mental hospital was captured exhausted and hungry yesterday after wan dering through woods for more than 32 hours. Rulings Expected From Supreme Court on Far-Reaching Constitutional Questions Washington (U.R) The Su preme Court may rule today on two far reaching constitutional questions: 1. Does a government em ployee charged with being a se curity risk have the right to face his accusers? .. 2. Can the armed forces arrest an ex-serviceman who has re turned to civilian life and try him by court martial for a crime he is alleged to have committed before his discharge? Sptakt on Docket Appeals posing these questions were among nine undecided cases which remained on the court's docket as it convened to day for what was scheduled to be its final meeting of the 1955 spring term. There was a possi bility, however, that the court might prolong the session for one or two more weeks. The security risk case involves Dr. John P. Peters, senior pro fessor of mediant at Yale Uni President Slates Important Foreign Policy Statement West Point, NY. (U.R) President Eisenhower plans to make an important foreign pol icy pronouncement Tuesday be fore the colorful backdrop of the U. S. Military Academy, it was learned today. The Chief Executive, here with his wife for June Week commencement activities, and the 40th reunion of his academy class of 1915, will speak Tues day shortly after 10 a.m. (EDT), His remarks to the 469 West Point graduates will be carried around the world by radio and television. The White House de clined to say what Mr. Eisen hower would talk about, but per sons familiar with the Presi dent's recent thinking said he would give the graduates a sober and possibly optimistic view of future international relations. 61st In Class The Chief Executive was grad uated here in 1915 in a class of 164 men. He was 61st in the class. Today there are 115 mem bers of the class still alive. Most of them were here for the 40th reunion . . "The -Chiefs Executive and his wife arrived here Sunday after noon by plane from Washing ton and were immediately swept up in the nostalgic activity be loved by every man who once went through the difficult four years of the academy. First, the President went to "The Plain," the majestic acad emy parade ground, to take a re treat review of the brilliantly comparisoned Cadet Corps and smile approvingly at the awards presented to the men who ex celled in military and scholastic arts during their senior years. British Railroad Men Reject Eden's Plea London U.R) Striking en gineers and firemen today re jected Prime Minister Sir An thony Eden's appeal for an im mediate return to work to end the paralyzing rail strike which already has idled about 300,000 persons. The rejection was contained in an announcement by Noel Pinches, president of the 70,000 member Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fire men. Pinches told reporters, however, that the union will ex amine carefully Eden's appeal. The Prime Minister, in a na tionwide broadcast last night from his official residence at Chequers, pledged his govern ment to do everything possible to ease the inter-union strife be tween the organizations backing the strike. He also promised to win wage hikes for the striking railmen. versity, who was fired as a con sultant to the U.S. Public Health Service in 1952 after a govern ment loyalty board found "rea sonable doubt", of his loyalty. , "Stigmatised" As Disloyal Dr. Peters, who has denied un der oath that he was a Commu nist, contended his constitutional rights were violated because he had no chance to face his accus ers, or even to know who they were. He claimed he had been "stigmatized" cs disloyal on the basis of "unsworn, second-hand statements" of anonymous in formants to the FBI. At stake in another case is the fate of Robert W. Toth, 24-year-old Pittsburgh steelworker and former Air Force sergeant. Mili tary police arrested him in Pitts burgh on May 13, 1953, five months after his honorable dis charge, and flew him to Korea to face court-martial on charges that he had been involved in the murder of a Korean civilian. A Medf united Press Fxi' 50th Year 14 Pag By Portland Mother Man Flees After Heroic Woman Puts Up Fight for Son Ransom Note Found; Asked for $20,000 Portland (U.R) A heroic mother today thwarted a mask ed man who police said was try ing to kidnap one of her six-year-old twin sons and hold him for $20,000 ransom. The mother, Mrs. Lillian Weinstein, and one of the boys were injured in a rough and tumble fight that ended when the would-be kidnaper fled through the window which he entered. Mrs. Weinstein is a member of the Zidell family Machinery & Supply company here. Awakened by Daughter After she was awakened by her 10-year-old daughter, Leslie, she saw the intruder standing over the bed of one of the twins, Robert. She began struggling. "He reached into his pockets and brought out a handkerchief with one hand and a gun with the other I dont' know just what did happen then,'" she said. "He hit me with the gun several times. Robert came up shouting, 'Don't fight with my mother,' and the man hit him hard right in the mouth." Mrs. Weinstein said, "I knew I had to fight or get killed." Mrs. Bertha Eisenberg, Mrs. Weinstein's mother, heard the commotion. She told officers she rushed downstairs and saw the intruder with a typewriter tak en from a stand held high over his head, apparently intending to throw it at Mrs. Weinstein, who was on the floor. Dove Through Window She shoved the man and the typewriter fell to one side. Then, she said, the "man dove headfirst through the window. He turned and started back in side but a neighbor, William Monahan, who was awakened by the noise, grabbed a .32 re volver and fired into the ground. The would-be kidnaper then left. Mrs. Weinstein and her moth er then found a note on the floor of the bedroom which read: "Your child is safe. Want $20,- 000, nothing bigger than $20s, all used and not marked. Don't get the police or the FBI." Mrs. Weinstein was not seri ously hurt. Bloodmobile Scheduled Here Tuesday, June 74 The next Medf ord visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile collec tion unit has been set for Tues day, June 14, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Medford Elks temple. Those interested in donating blood may make appointments starting tomorrow by telephon ing Medford 3-3813. Some 250 prospective donors will be need ed to meet the quota of 200 pints federal district judge later order ed the Air Force to bring him back to this country pending a court ruling. Crime Code Unconstitutional Toth was arrested under a sec tion of the 1950 Uniform Code of Military Justice which author izes court-martials for civilians charged with serious crimes com mitted while in service. Toth claims the code is unconstitu tional because it does not provide accused civilians with the protec tion of an initial hearing or ar ranignment before U. S. civil courts. The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to uphold the code, asserting that it closes a legal loophole through which some people might escape pun ishment for murder or other serious crimes simply because they were honorably discharged before the crimes were discovered. RD, OREGON, U.S. Sergeant Seized By Red Border Guards Waidhaus, Germany -(U.R) The U.S. Army announced today that an American sergeant was seized at machine-gun point yes terday by Red Czechoslovak bor der guards when he wandered across the Iron Curtain frontier while taking motion pictures. An Army spokesman 'identi fied the soldier as Sgt. Walter USAF Stepping Up Construction of Air Defense Bases Washington (U.R) The Air Force is stepping up con struction of air defense bases in this country as a result of Rus sia's rapid advances in develop ing an inter-c o n t i n e n t al jet bomber, Sen. Henry M. Jack son (D-Wash.) disclosed today. Jackson, a member of the Sen ate Armed Services Committee, said the Air Force has asked for an additional $16,000,000 over its original budget to start en larging fighter bases. And Air force officials indicated this was just a starter, he said in an in terview. Not Satisfied Jackson, however, was not satisfied with the Air Force move. He called on the Air Force also to step up production of more - advanced -interceptors to meet the growing Russian challenge i n intercontinental striking power. At the present time, he said, the United States does not have an interceptor plane in operation that can cope with a new Rus sian intercontinental jet bomber recently sighted in group forma tions over Moscow. A high Air Force official con firmed that interceptors now in operational use could not fight effectively at the high altitudes that presumably can be attained by the new Russian bomber. The official described this as a nor mal phase of the historical nip-and-tuck race between offensive and defensive power. Motion for New Trial Made in Dentistry Case Arguments for a new trial for Lee Poirier, Jacksonville, were being presented to Judge Rawles Moore in district court this mor ning. Poirier was found guilty recently by a jury of practicing dentistry without a license. Sentencing was continued un til today, when a motion for a new trial was filed by Poirier's attorney, O. H. Bengston, Med ford. District Attorney Walter Nunley is arguing for the state in the case. JJfh Anniversary of D-Day Quiet; Vets Visit Battle Scenes Omaha Baach. Franca '(U.R) The Noxman countryside was green and peaceful today on this 11th anniversary of D day. There was no official pomp and ceremony at the beaches, where the greatest invasion in history took place 11 years ago. French children played along the shore, a few Ameri can tourists visited the coast. Some of the veterans who were there on June 6. 1944, came back on sentimental journeys. Lt. Col. William R. Wash ington, Croset Vs.. placed a wreath at the monument erected to the memory of the U.S. First Division. In the simple cemeteries of the surrounding region, only the crosses of the dead recall ed the blistering fury of the battle which raged 11 years ago. Weather FORECAST: Fair through Tues day. Low tonight 50. High Tuesday 88-90. Temp. Hiehest yesterday 89 Lowest this moraine SI United MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1955 T. Winter, of the 173rd or 175th Signal Battalion, stationed at Thionville, France. Inside Czech Frontier The spokesman said Winter wandered 60 feet inside the Czech frontier and was seized about 2:15 p.m. A second soldier, a sergeant from the same unit, avoided capture by fleeing while still m West Germany territory. Army sources said the home town address of the man seized was not immediately available. The seizure was reported ear lier by West German border guards. Passed Warning Signs They said the two Americans passed a point where West Ger man border police were check ing automobiles. They also pass ed warning signs that they were approaching the Iron Curtain and walked to a bridge spanning a small stream on the frontier. Czech border guards armed with machine pistols rushed to the one soldier after he was well inside Communist territory. He offered no resistance, and was taken to the Czech pass control building. Optimism Reported In Trucking Tieup Los Angeles (U.R) Repre sentatives of the AFL Teamsters and the trucking industry met for the third consecutive day to day in hopes of settling the 18- day-old trucking tieup in 11 Western states. Federal Conciliator John" Fen ton said he was optimistic last night as an 11-hour negotiating session ended. Fenton reported "very good progress" and indi cated an agreement could come soon. "Both sides are making a very honest and sincere effort to re solve the dispute," he said. Negotiations resumed late last week after the teamsters, who- demanded a 10-cent hourly wage increase and eight cents more in each of the next two years, re jected the latest industry offer. Industry spokesmen said the strike halted 99 per cent of long haul, for-hire freight trucks in the West. The union, however, set the figure at about 30 per cent. Various goods were piled up at docks and other central points, but there were no shortages re ported a"s far as the public was concerned. Radioactive Minerals Listed in Mine Claim . A mining claim listing radio active minerals was filed in the Jackson county recorder's office Saturday by Harry L. Hinkle, Lynn Blumenstein and Barbara J. Blumenstein. The claim, known as New Era No. 1, is located in the Gold Hill Mining district. Lynn Blum enstein listed his address as 3915 River Crest rd., Salem, Ore. The Dalles (U.R) Juan Zara ogozo, 55, Wapato,- Wash., died in a local hospital today from injuries suffered last Tuesday in an accident at The Dalles dam Zaragozo was struck by a frame boom being lowered from a truck. Two Persons Burned as Fire Destroys Trailer Early Today Ce n t r a 1 Point A Cen tral Point rural fireman suffer ed a painful hand burn and the occupant of a blazing house trailer escaped with only a slight burn early this morning in a fire at the Jesse Richardson court, 5010 Crater Lake highway. The small house trailer was destroyed and a cabin next to it was extensively damaged, the Central Point rural department reported. Fireman Douglas Harsh this morning was ' still confined to Community hospital today for treatment of his hand. His con dition was reported good. Tribune fre FuU ueued Wire Price 5c No. 66 Hoover Commission Favors Continued Foreign Aid Funds Substantial Reduction Receives Endorsement Washington (U.R) The Hoover Commission said today the U.S. foreign aid program, which has cost more than $50, 000,000,000 since World War II, "should be continued.". Eight of the 12 commission members said "the time has come to apply some brakes" to the pro gram. They called for "substan tial reduction" in aid spending. Contribution Important But all of the commissioners agreed that the aid program, "de spite many mistakes and waste," has contributed a lot to the se curity of the United States and the free world. And they unani mously endorsed the principle of continued military, economic and Point Four technical assist ance to other countries. With occasional dissents by some members, the commission offered 11 recommendations for improving the program and cut ting costs. It said these proposals, if adopted, would result in a saving of "at least $360,000,000 annually "without prejudice to the objectives" of the program. Not Serious Study Rep. Chet Holifield (D-Calif .). in a general dissent from the commission's findings, said the report "does not represent a serious study of organization and management of our foreign aid programs." He said, the commission's recommendations on organiza tion seemed to coincide with the changes already ordered by President Eisenhower. Holifield also protested that the report "intrudes in the area of foreign policy by making re strictive recommendations which could hamper the executive, an tagonize our Allies and thwart our objectives. Man Saved From Drowning in River Robert Dorian, 42, of 121 Ash land st., Medford, narrowly es caped drowning last night, ac cording to state police and Med ford ambulance attendants. Ambulancemen said they were called to the TouVelle State park area at 8:33 p.m. Sunday and when they arrived tney found Dorian semi-conscious. He had been pulled from the river by someone not immediately id entified to them, and had been given artificial respiration for about 15 minutes. They gave him oxygen, and took him to Sacred Heart hospital, where he is em ployed as a maintenance man. The ambulancemen were told he apparently had over-exerted himself while swimming, and driften about a half-mile down stream before he was pulled ashore. Dorian was reported re covered today. Mosquito Control Equipment Test Set Jackson county's mosquito spray equipment will be tested later this week, Walter Suther land, former county sanitarian, who is in charge of the program, said today. The equipment was construct ed in the county shops and re cently Southerland was in Eu gene in connection with obtain ing material for testing the equipment. , The control program is expect ed to start soon. County officials and others will observe the tests. A relative of Wayne Uhrich, the trailer occupant, informed state police this morning that he received only a small burn. Offi cers were told that Uhrich spent the night in a field east of the fire scene because of lack of clothing. He was observed leav ing the scene with a blanket and was sought because it was fear ed he might be more seriously hurt. Firemen, who were called at 12:10 a.m. reported that the oc cupant of the cabin, Jim Duryin, was not home at the time of the fire. Cause of the blaze was not determined. Reuther Declares Three-Year Pact Largest in History Negotiations Slated With General Motors Detroit (U.R) Ford Motor Company and theCIO United Auto Workers reached agree ment today on a new three-year contract giving the workers a 20-cent hourly pay package and a company guarantee of pay for periods they are laid off. Reuther called it the "biggest package the union has ever won during its 20 years of negotiating with the automobile industry." John S. Bugas, the company's chief negotiator, said: "We both won. The public won." The new contract was accepted unanimously by the union's Na tional Bargaining committee. General Motors Next The action was expected to Im mediately bring to an end a strike against many Ford plants which started at midnight before a new settlement had been reached. "This is one of the most his toric and largest contracts we ever negotiated," Reuther said. He was expected to imme diately press General Motors for a similar contract at negotiations this afternoon. The General Motors contract, which covers 325,000 UAW mem bers, runs out tomorrow. The Ford contract covers 140 500 hourly workers. Reuther said that besides tbe principles of "guaranteed pay ments" during lay-off the con tract provided for higher pay. higher pensions and better hos pitalization Insurance. . Plants Shut Down The settlement was reached 11 hours . after the union's an nounced strike deadline of mid night last night By the time it was announced, pickets already had shut down Ford plants employing 70,000 United Auto Workers. The settlement provides that workers will be guaranteed up to 65 per cent of their normal take home pay for 26 weeks la the event of lay-offs. Until the $55,000,000 fund from which the payments win be made is built up to 30 per cent of that amount however, workers will be guaranteed only 65 per cent for four weeks, and then 60 per cent for the next 22. Workers also will be guaran teed an annual six-cent hourly "improvement factor" raise. This is a cent an hour higher each year than under the recently ex pired five-year contracts. The company agreed that high er "company payments" will be made in states which have low unemployment benefits, so that all Ford workers will be guaran teed 65 per cent of normal take home pay. Pensions Increased The union to win the "guar anteed pay" principle gave up its demand for 100 per cent of normal take home pay guarantee for 52 weeks. It had dropped that later to 80 per cent for 52 weeks. but finally agreed to a flat 65 per cent. Pension payments were in creased to $240 a month, includ ing social security, for a worker entitled to maximum benefits. The settlement did not include the company's stock buying plan which it had offered before com ing in with its alternative guar anteed pay proposal. Reuther said all locals were being told to return to work im mediately and to vote on accept ance of the agreement as soon as possible. The guarantee payments won't start until next June 1. By that time funds will have been built up somewhat. Adenauer Resigns as Foreign Minister Bonn, Germany (U.R) Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer re signed today from his secondary post as West Germany's foreign minister. The 79-year-old Christian Dem ocratic chancellor at the same time asked President Theodor Heuss to appoint Heinrich Von Brentano, 50, as his successor. Brentano had been Christian Democratic floor leader in the' Bundestag for six years. Adenauer will remain head of the Bonn government. He had held both posts, that of chan cellor and foreign minister in the past. - Adenauer, who led Western Germany back into the com munity of free nations as foreign minister, was received by Presi dent Heuss in the latter's swank white palace overlooking the Rhine River. Salem (U.R) All open Ore gon routes were reported bare of snow today : and the State Highway department said motor ists did not need to worry about chains on any of them
