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Ml o " ' T1 " ME United Press rJII Uidsed Wire 50th Year Dog Racing Decision By County Court Due; Fifty Attend Hearing The Jackson County court took under advisement an applica tion requesting approval of dog racing near Ashland, after more than 50 persons presented argu ments for and against the pro- Highlights of the dog racing application hearing, recorded by KYJC technicians, will be broadcast over the station - from 6:45 to 7 p.m. today. ; posal at a public hearing in the court house auditorium this morning. County Judge Rodney Keat ing said the court probably would not decide the issue be fore Monday. Attorney William Briggs of Ashland, representing a group of Medford and Ashland men promoting the dog racing plan submitted petitions with about 1,900 signatures requesting a favorable decision. Called Tourist Attraction Briggs said the track, owned Oregon's Senators Pledge Continuing Talent Support Senators Wayne Morse and Richard Neuberger pledged their continued efforts on behalf of an increased appropriation for the Talent project today. .Their assurances followed yes terday's announcement by Gov. Paul Patterson that he has been informed the Senate appropria tions committee will increase the House-approved appropriation of $150,000 to a total of $600,000; which would enable construc tion on the $22,000,000 irriga tion project to get under way in 1956. Senator Morse sent the follow ing telegram to The Mail Trib une: "Received wire from Gov ernor Patterson today in which he states:, 'I have been informed that our efforts to get the Talent project appropriation increased in the Senate to $600,000 have been successful. Would appre ciate every effort on your part to obtain favorable action by the Senate on fhis increase and sub sequent approval of it by the conference committee.' Reply To Governor "I replied to Patterson as fol lows: 'In reply to your wire, 1 wish to advise you that I have every reason to believe that ef forts of Oregon Democratic dele gation in Congress to obtain in crease in Talent project appro priation to $600,000 will prob ably prove successful. Senator Neuberger and Congresswoman Edith Green were of great help in representations which we jointly made before Senate com mittee and in many personal con ferences which we have had with appropriation committee members. Failure of Republican administration to include Talent project in its budget request has been a very great handicap1 to us in trying to obtain needed construction funds for Talent project which is so important to economic area of Oregon where project is to be built.' "Wayne Morse, U.S. Senate" Senator Neuberger's wire to Te Mail Tribune said: "Senator Morse and I have been making continued represen tations concerning urgency of starting Talent irrigation proj ect, and we feel confident there is excellent chance of increasing to $600,000 in the Senate appro priations subcommittee the sum for this Oregon undertaking. This would be first big hurdle. Senator Morse has been most active and helpful in his efforts for Talent. "Richard L. Neuberger, USS" LOGGER INJURED Carl W. Scott, TraU, a self employed logger, suffered a seri ous head injury today when a limb from a tree struck him, according to a report from Osteopathic hospital where he was admitted at 11 a.m. He re ceived a skull fracture, accord ing to the report. He was brought to the hospital by pri vate car. DFORD 24 Pages by the Ashland Riding associa tion, would be renovated, with between $150,1)00 and $200,000 invested. He added that dog rac ing would be an additional tour ist attraction, and that local per sonnel and capital would be used for operation. He pointed out Portland is the only other Oregon city licensed for dog racing, and that should racing be permitted in Ashland, a state auditor, a judge and vet erinarian would be at the track. "Dog racing would- be held for 60 days during July and August, Briggs said, and would employ about 100 people permanently and between 400 and 500 during the season. .. ': . ' ' Controlled Betting He said also that pari-mutuel betting would be controlled by the state, and that 85 per cent of the money received would re vert back to the' public, while 5 per cent would go to the state, and 10 per cent to the track. Clergymen representing sever al Medford and Ashland churches and ministerial associations ex pressed opposition on moral grounds and the adverse effects of pari-mutuel betting in a com munity. The Rev. William Tillman of Ashland pointed out dog racing has not been proved sound or good economically, and added "the immediate and long range effects of dog raeing are harm ful." Opposition Resolution ' C. O.VLovejoy, representing the Medford Retail Merchants as sociation, presented a resolution opposing dog . racing. It was signed by 56 leading merchants of Medford and the surrounding area, he said. The association objects to dog racing because the group be lieves racing could not enhance moral patterns of the county, that pari-mutuel betting was det rimental to economy, and that it would attract payrolls at the ex pense of families. The Rev. Fred Plocher of Ash land said "evil influences follow the introduction of betting into the state and community," and pointed out official crime investi gations reveal an increase in de grading morals where betting is introduced. Attorney Objects. Attorney Sidney Ainsworth of Ashland objected to dog racing, pointing out that racing would be held at a- time when payrolls increase in the county from fruit harvests, and that racing would be a strong temptation to some who could not afford betting. He said there are cases in Port land where people bet on dog races who do not pay other com mittments, and that more local residents frequent racing tracks than do tourists. About $200,000 Involved in Portland Mail Fraud Scheme Portland (U.R) An intricate scheme involving an estimated $200,000 was disclosed here yes terday when Morton L. Vines, 37, former credit jewelry store official pleaded guilty in federal court to four counts of mail fraud. Vines, ex-president of Vines Credit Jewelers, 239 SW Wash ington was released on his own recognizance by Judge Claude McColloch pending a pre-sentence investigation. Fake Contracts Assistant United States At torney James W. Morrell said Vines used the names of more than 100 actual Portland resi dents on false contracts for jewelry, television sets and ap pliances. !" Vines then assigned the, con tracts to a Portland bank, two finance companies and . a credit corporation to . handle install ment collections. Morrell said Vines deposited the money he thus received in a special store account he set tip. ,,- Payments on the fictitious con tracts were made each month by Vines, and in some cases he re financed accounts that had be come delinquent, f -Gambled on Sports While the involved swindle was underway, . Morrell said, Vines used the money h had MEDFORD, OREGON, WmM far ONE OF THOSE DAYS President Eisenhower, wearing fatigue cap, tries his luck in Furnace Brook near Holden, Vt., angling for trout. His only catch two three-incliers which he promptly threw back. Nation Must Remain Strong To Cooperate For Peace, Ike Says WITH PRESIDENT EISEN HOWER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE (U.R) . . President ..; Eisenhower stood beneath one of America's ancient and historic sites, the Great Stone Face, high in New Hampshire's White Mountains to day and solemnly proclaimed that only a strong nation could properly cooperate with other nations in . the cause of true world peace. "Only strength can cooper ate," the President told an audi ence estimated at 2,500 persons at Ranconia Notch. The cere mony commemorated the 150th anniversary of the discovery of "The Old Man of the Moun tains," a huge face-like projec tion of granite atop Cannon Mountain. - , Weakness Must Beg "Weakness cannot cooperate, but can only beg," the President said. He stressed his contention that a much needed source of national strength is understand ing the aspirations and needs of other nations rather than con centrating on material gains at home. The President's folksy tour of New England has attracted sud den new interest in view of his hint that he just might run for reelection in 1956. Republican political leaders on the local and state level flocked thus accrued to gamble on sports events. Many of the early false con tracts were actually paid off in full. Morrell said one Portland woman, who was not aware of the scheme at all, "purchased" some $10,000 worth of merchan dise on six contracts. Four of the contracts were retired, but two were still outstanding. Another person whose name was used by Vines died recently. Morrell said Vines collected $1188 from the man's insurance company to pay, off acontract the man had never seen. Postal Inspectors R. A. Stevert son and S. N. Smoot said the scheme was conducted without the knowledge of H. H. Vines, the man's father, or his brother, Jerome Vines, who were partners in the store. Vines was recently removed from his" post with the firm. -. ? . - Morrell said at least' 116 con tracts totalling $110,692 were still outstanding" to a bank and two finance companies in Port land. " The fraud was conducted be tween October, 1950 and April, 1955. It was handled so metic ulously by Vines that he even answered the false references he used in obtaining 15 post office boxes in the Portland area to take care of his mountainous cor respondence. i. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1955 to. his side. Crowds turned but at each of his many stops. Report ers waited for new clues that might reveal his election year in tentions. The President started the po litical speculation at a brief stop late Thursday in Concord. The hint that he might seek another term came as he spoke before an historic joint session of the New Hampshire Legislature convened in a tree lined plaza before Con cord's antique statehouse. His chief assistant, whose Lincoln, N. H., home was on the President's" morning itinerary, lectured thef; Phite House staff every morning on the wonder ful advantages of his home state, the President said with a broad grin. ' New Hampshire Lectures "People often ask me what my ideas are on how long I would like a residence in 1600 Pennsyl vania Avenue, the White House address. My own thought is they should ask how long it is going to take Governor Adams to finish his series of lectures on New Hampshire, because he doesn't seem to be a third of the way through them yet." Reporters scrambled through the mathematics -'of the Presi dent's stay in the White House. Mr. Eisenhower has been presi dent 29 months. He has 19 months to serve in his current term. Another term would add 48 months to his stay at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Adams guffawed when report ers asked him how long it would take him to finish his lectures on New Hampshire. , Guard Companies Due In Medford Tomorrow The ' special train bringing home Medford's two National Guard: companies is due to ar rive here half an hour past noon Saturday, the Southern Pacific office here said today. The companies, Headquarters company and Company A, both units of the 1st battalion, 186th Infantry regiment, have com pleted two weeks of summer training at Ft. Lewis, Wash. The special train also carries other units of the battalion, dropping them off in their home towns en route south. The two companies include 171 officers and men. Texas Officer Slated To Return Prisoner A Corpus Christi, Tex., sher iffs officer was expected to ar rive by plane today to take cus tody of Frank Lee Roberts, pris oner in the county jail. Roberts, 31, was arrested in Ashland June 18 on a charge of switching license plates. Authori ties discovered he was an escapee from Corpus . Christi jail and held him for extradition. II: New York Democrat . Rejects Personal Plea by President Schools,' Housing, Reserves Affected By UNITED PRESS Three of President Eisenhow er's major legislative programs may bog down in Congress be cause of a threatened battle over segregation. This prospect increased today as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.) rejected a personal plea from Mr. Eisenhower not to force the racial issue. Powell said he was "more determined than ever" to try to tack anti segregation amendments onto administration bills dealing with school construction, public hous ing and military reserves. The President told the Negro congressman in a letter that amendments would insure the measures defeat since "no legislation, however meritorious . . . has ever passed the Senate" containing anti-segregation pro visions. He assured 'Powell the administration will continue to fight segregation but said "we must find other means of deal ing with the problem." Powell replied that the Presi dent's stand is a "roadblock to progress" and a confession that, Mr. Eisenhower is bowing to the will of a minority. , Other congressional news: Pay: Both Houses of Congress passed and sent to the President Thursday a compromise; bill granting a 7.5 per cent pay in crease to slightly more than one million government workers. It will cost the government an ex tra $328,000,000 a year in . sal aries. Contributions: Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D-Mo.) introduced a bill Thursday to allow politi cal contributions up to $100 to be deducted from taxable in come. This would place such gifts on a par, taxwise, with re ligious and charitable contribu tions. Hennings said the bill would encourage contributions from individuals and de-emphasize the political role of special interests. Claims: The House Thursday passed a bill to pave the way for paying ' $41,000,000 to U.S. citizens in war damage claims against Bulgaria," Hungary, Ro mania, Italy and Russia. ; The funds come from blocked assets of the three Balkan countries and from fundsmade available in agreements with Italy and Russia. Habeas Corpus: The American Civil Liberties Union told a House judiciary subcommittee today it opposes a bill to limit habeas corpus pleas in federal courts by prisoners who have lost similar pleas in state courts. The union's spokesman's Irving Ferman, said the bill may be un constitutional. Washington (U.R) The Uni ted States announced today that it is providing Greece $19,200, 000 in "new special aid" to help Greece overcome problems created by earthquakes. R&tiUuV DSSQJIE3 TKEflT TO CHAJOR LEOISLATIOH Representatives of Seven Communities Discuss Broader Activities for Chamber Ideas ' for a Jackson County Chamber of Commerce truly representing all communities in the county were discussed at a no-host dinner meeting at the Medford hotel last evening. Representatives from seven cities attended., The problems discussed arise from the fact that the present chamber is almost entirely a Medford group. John Pletsch, chamber presi dent, keynoted the evening, ask ing for criticisms of the cham ber from towns outside Medford. He emphasized the need to unite under one organiation. to avoid each community "pulling against the other." He said the present chamber wants to know "(1) what your problems are, (2) what you expect of a Jackson county organization, and (3) what you think each of our re sponsibilities should be" in such a body. -: - BUI United PrM Full Leased Wire Price 5c Scores oil Argentine PoDSticaD Prisoners Freed From Custody Buenos Aires, Argentina (U.R) Scores of political prisoners were released today under Pres ident Juan D. Peron's campaign to restore Argentina to normal and his pledge not to "abandon" the government. The opposition Radical party said 24 of their provincial depu ties taken into preventative cus tody in connection with the re cent revolt had been released and that another 350 were ex pected to be freed shortly at Eva Peron (formerly La Plata). The Democrata party also an nounced the release of party Central Point Rural Fire District Vote Approves Budget Central Point Voters in Cen tral Point Rural Fire Protection district yesterday approved the 1955-56 budget of $30,370 by an 87 vote margin. " - The 407 votes cast represent ed one of the largest district election turnouts. - There were 247 votes approving the budget and 160 against. . The budget, is $1,762.62 larger than last year and is $8,629 over the 6 per cent limitation. In an election May 31, the budget was disapproved. It was re-submitted because district officials did not believe residents were fully informed of the proposal. The $8,629 over the 6 percent limitation will provide equip ment andpersr mel for the dis trict's second fire station at White City, where land and a building have been offered by the White City Realty company without cost to the district. Steel Men Prepare For Long Session Pittsburgh .-U.R) The CIO United Steelworkers were' pre pared today to bargain around the clock in an effort to reach an agreement on wages with the basic steel industry before a strike deadline of midnight, June 30. . ;The USW proposed continu eus negotiations Thursday after angrily rejecting as "shameful" the U.S. Steel Corporation's of fer of a pay increase that the nation's -. principal steelmaker said averaged more than 10 cents an hour. : USW President David J. Mc Donald denounced the proposal as an "effrontery," but he said there was "still time to conclude a fair and equitable settlement." Chamber Manager Don Mc Neil then divided the represen tatives into two sections, the first representing Ashland, Jacksonville, Central Point, and Phoenix, and the second Eagle Point and Rogue River. ' By "buzz sessions," each de termined for its area the most urgently needed projects for long-range economic improve ment. The first section listed water and sewqge facilities and indus tries furnishing winter employ ment. Development and im provement of highways, devel opment of new industry, and de velopment of the Rogue river for recreation and industry were named by the second. As to the framework heeded for an organization tackling, the projects, the two sections had differing ideas. On type outlined was ' s Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Saturday. Good chance of a few scattered showers late Saturday. Low tonight 48. High Saturday 78. Temp. Hifheit Yesterday 68 Lowest this Moraine 43 Free, to 4:30 ajn. Today, Trace No. 82 President Felipe Yofre and other conservative leaders and mem bers. A number of Catholics ar rested in recent clashes also were freed. New Modified Government Government sources said Pe ron would announce a new, mod ified government structure for the entire country in the near future. AH 16 ministers of The cabinet and many other top government officials resigned Thursday to give Peron a free hand in reorganizing his admin istration. Peron made no mention of po litical problems in a nationwide radio address Thursday night. The speech concentrated on the abortive navy-led revolt of last Thursday. The president said he would give the people the facts of the attempt to overthrow his regime in view of . the censorship im posed under the state of siege. "If it were not for the people and the army, I would abandon the government" as a result of the short-lived bloody revolt, Peron said. "If I have not done so, it-is because I am afraid of what the consequences would bring to the country." . .. Places Blame In Revolt .Peron said the revolt was hatched by political opponents, "clerical elements and other ci vilians," and high-ranking naval officers. The plot started last November, he said. - He named Vice-Adm. Toranzo Calderon, commander-in-chief of the Argentine marine corps, as the "spiritual leader" of the re bellion. : r 80 Insurancemen Attending Conclave About 80 Oregon insurance agents have registered for : the third annual state Life Under writers convention at the Rogue Valley Country club today and Saturday. Theme of the convention is Prescription for Progress. This morning insurance men heard Robert B. Taylor, insurance com missioner, and Robert E. Shay, Des Moines, la., speaking on "Legislation Affecting the Life Underwriter," and "The Key to the Sale." A. E. Gravengaard, Portland, president of the state associa tion, called the session to order this morning. " This evening, Dr. Elmo Ste venson, president of Southern Oregon College will address a banquet gathering. Dr. Steven son's topic is "Engineers of To morrow's Citizens." ' The convention adjourns fol lowing election of officers Satur day morning. - - ... "Rogue Valley Council," encom passing the whole valley instead of the county. In each commu nity there would be a "business men's organization" from which would come a representative to the Council. Council representa tion would be equal for all towns. Projects assumed by the overall body would be backed by local financing. Diverging from this, the sec ond section introduced a plan whereby membership would exist only in a Jackson count; chamber, with no local organi zation.': . t l Ray Johnson, chairman of the Chamber's forum committee, presided. Other meetings on the same' topics are planned. Ideas presented are being recorded, and later sessions will be to see if an organizational framework can be set up to put them in to I effect Security Requires Collective Action, Secretary Declares Speech Receives Vigorous Applause San Francisco U.R) Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles told Soviet Russia politely but firmly today that the United States intends to keep its mutual defense pacts with other western nations because it has learned "by hard experience that secur ity lies in collective action." Dulles, in the most-applauded speech yet delivered before the; United Nations anniversary meeting, defended the so-called ' "military alliances," which So viet Minister V. M. Mojotov bit terly attacked two days ago. "These systems conforms to the charter of the United Na tions," the secretary said. "They have attacked no nation; they have threatened no nation; and they thwart no nation that does not-covet the land and peoples over which collective security stands guard." ' Gets Record Applause Dulles received vigorous ap plause 16 times during his 30 minute speech. . Slowly and deliberately, and with a firm, deep voice, Dulles reiterated the United States' position of "peace with strength"' and the reasons behind it "We cannot forget the exlst t'ence of that apparatus known as international Communism," he said. -.- . "It constitutes a world-wide conspiracy to bring into power a form ' of government which never in any country, at any time, was freely chosen by the- people, and which destroys the reality of independence." Dulles spelled out what he called an "extremely simple method" of ending international tension. It was: , j 1. Observe the charter of the United Nations. ' 2. Refrain from using force w threatening to use force in deal ing with other countries. 3. Refrain from supporting ' and directing subversive activi ties in other countries. One Idea Enough .. "To bring the cold war to an end; seven points are not need- ' ed," Dulles said in an allusion , to the seven point "peace pro gram" proposed by Soviet For- , eign Minister V. M. Molotov last Wednesday. - "This one is sufficient. "It is in that spirit that we go to Geneva, and we hope to find that spirit shared." Dulles touched on many sub jects, ranging from the "abuse" of the veto; the need for collec tive security; "encouraging" de velopments in Korea, Indochina, Austria and Yugoslavia, and So viet gestures towards Western Germany and Japan; and prob lems still remaining to be solved. - In dealing with the last topic. Dulles minced no words. He listed the problems as Germany, the satellite countries of Eastern Europe, Communist China, inter national Communism and dis armament, in that order. Grave German Problem He said the "unnatural divi sion or Germany constitutes a grave injustice" and declared it was an '-'evil which cannot be indefinitely prolonged." Turning' to the . countries be hind the Iron Curtain, Dulles. said: "In Eastern Europe are na tions, many with a long and proud record of national exis- ence, which are in servitude. They were liberated from one despotism only to be subjected to another, in violation of solemn international undertakings." ' Of Communist China, he said: In Asia,', there is a Chines : Communist regime which be came an aggressor in Korea, for which it stands condemned by the United Nations. It promoted aggression in Indochina and used force and the threat of force to support its ambitions in the Taiwan area. "Recent developments, includ ing the influence of the Bandung Conference, suggest that the im mediate threat of war may have . receded. Let us pray that this is so. But the situation in Asia, remains one that cannot be re garded with equanimity.". , Whitefield, N. H. (U.P.) The White H o u' e tonight an nounced that Soviet planes on June 22 shot down a Navy. Neptune patrol plane which was on a routine patrol flight over the Bering Strait. '
