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Cal., sheriff's posse to maintain order In state's newest uranium rush. (International)
Government Launches
All-Out Campaign of
Support for
Washington (U.R) The gov
ernment has launched an all-out
campaign to restore public con
fidence in Salk polio vaccine.
The goal is to convince wor
ried parents that vaccine pro
duced under the new standards
is in the words of Surgeon Gen
eral Leonard A. fecheele as
safe as science can make it."
Minimal Danger
Scheele started the ball roll
ing Sunday night on a television
program. He said the danger of
a child getting polio from vac
cine in the future will be "abso
lutely minimal."
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
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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
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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