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TAYLOR TAKES OVER Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor (left),
World War II paratroop commander and a Korean war
leader, is congratulated by Army Secy. Robert Stevens
(right) after he was sworn in at the Pentagon as Army
chief of staff. Retiring chief of staff, Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway looks on.
CooD, taip Jiily4tii
Week End IFossBMe;
(Extra Camiiaoiii Urged
A cool and possibly damp In
dependence Day week end is in
store for southern Oregon, the
weather bureau reported this
morning.
The long week end, which
starts this evening and continues
through Monday, July 4, is. ex-
Racing Commission
Declines Commen)
On Dog Race Plan
The state racing commission
has not received an application
for a license for dog racing in
Jackson county, the United Press
reported today.
A spokesman for the commis
sion said the commissioners have
declined to comment on an issue
not formally before them.
The commission, however, has
written the Jackson county court
that it has received a copy of
the court's recommendation
against dog racing, and that it
would be given consideration if
and when an application from
racing interests in Jackson coun
ty is received.
Recommends Against
The court earlier this week
sent the commission a strongly
worded letter, refusing approval
for any such license, and asking
the commission to refuse one
If any is requested.
The dog racing proposal was
made earlier in June by a group
of five Medford and Ashland
" men, and suggested the site of
the Ashland Riding association
track for a dog track, with pari
mutuel betting. The court con
ducted a public hearing last
week, at which sentiment was
predominantly opposed to such a
project. -V -
187,59TPeopTe Visit
SinceMuseumOpened
Jacksonville A total of 187,
597 people have visited the his
toric Jacksonville museum since
its opening on Aug. 10, 1950, ac
cording to Miss Mary Hanley,
curator.
The museum, a Southern Ore
gon landmark long before it was
turned into a historical monu
ment, has been visited by peo
ple from every state in" the
union, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii,
- and many foreign countries.
In June the museum was vis
ited by 3,156 people from 37 dif
ferent states, England, Denmark,
Canada, Alaska, Germany, and
Hawaii, Miss Hanley said. So far
- this year 14,642 people have
taken the free tour. The average
ms&feer $rcag" & maseant ia
a year is 37,519.
The museum is supported by
a small county tax and is main
tained by the Southern Oregon
Historical Society. "
Tree Assessment Meet
Scheduled for Salem
The Jackson county board of
equalization will meet with the
State Tax commission in Salem
next Friday, July 8, to discuss
problems in assessing orchard
and shade trees. The commission
recently ordered the board to
assess trees and have them
placed on tax rolls prior to Aug.
is: : ' - !'--. -
The board met Wednesday and
discussed the - problem. It- ad
journed until next Friday.
?S? & l-
pected to attract city dwellers to
the mountains and beaches, and
police authorities joined to warn
drivers of the hazards of holiday
highway driving..
Asks Courtesy
"A large part of safe driving
is being courteous," Medford Po
lice Chief Charles Champlin said.
"People have 1 tendency to be
come careless during vacations
and holidays,", he added. He
pointed out that last year during
the three-day week end, Medford
only had two minor accidents,
both of them caused by ; im
patience and poor courtesy.
"Just because there are good
highways1 to drive on doesn't
mean there are good drivers on
them," he added. f
No celebrations in the Med
ford area have' been announced
for Independence day, but Ash
land has scheduled a day-long
program, featuring among other
things a parade and a speech at
1 p.m., by Sen. Wayne Morse.
Poor Wealhar Possible
- Drivers leaving town may run
into poor weather, particularly
in the mountains, reports indi
cated. The forecast is for partly
cloudy weather with a few scat
tered showers in the mountains.
The five-day forecast is for simi
lar weather, with below-normal
temperatures.
It was snowing steadily on the
newly-reopened . north entrance
to Crater Lake National park
this morning, and the highway
was icy, according to reports to
state police.
' Most offices and stores in Med
ford will be "closed up tight
Monday. The Mail Tribune will
not publish that day.
Group May Release
More Salk Vaccine
. Washington U.R) The gov
ernment s polio vaccine commit
tee met today in a secret session
that could lead to the release of
several million Salk shots for
immediate inoculations.
Officials announced that the
amount of vaccine up for deci
sion is "considerable." Insiders
said it actually runs "well over'
3,000,000 doses, i
If approved, these shots
would be the first released by
the government in nearly a
month. They also would pro
vide a big life for the limping
inoculation program of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
The government announced
that the vaccine committee
would meet most of today and
possibly part of Saturday at the
Public Health Service's National
Institutes of Health. -
Plans to Prevent Depletion
Supplies in Area Discussed
Flans to prevent depletion of
timber in Jackson and, Josephine
counties were discussed at a
meeting of county courts and
representatives' of government
and private organizations con
cerned with Southern Oregon
forest areas this week..
-. The discussion brought out
that timber cutting on privately
owned lands could not continue.
at its present rate too long. Pos
sibilities of releasing more fed
eral lands for timber cutting
were discussed. - "
The present allowable sus
Medford
United Praia fan Um4 Wire
50th Year 20 Pages
Rep. Powell Asks
House To Defy Ike
On Service Measure
Seeks Approval
For Amendment
By UNITED PRESS
Rep. A dm. Clayton Powell (D
N.V.) asked House members to
defy the White House,- the Pen
tagon, and their own leaders
today and approve his anti-segregation
amendment to the com
pulsory military service bill.
Powell addressed the House as
it opened debate on a compro
mise reserve bill replacing a pre
vious measure which was stalled
after members approved the
New York Negro's original anti
segregation amendment.
Despite Powell's plea, House
leaders predicted that the cham
ber would pass the new bill to
day with no race' clause.
Segregated Guard
Powell's proposed amendment
would bar assignment of reser
vists to National Guard units
which maintain racial segrega
tion. President Eisenhower had
pleaded with him to drop the
issue this time. He argued that
it was extraneous. .
Powell rejected the plea. He
called on members to resist what
he called "tremendous pressure"
from the White House, the Pen
tagon, the House leaders and
to support his amendment.
He said the Russians at this
month's Big Four conference in
Geneva "will laugh" at the
President "if he comes , waving
a flag of a free world when they
know he is being backed up by
a Jim-crow Army, whose core is
a Jim-crow National Guard."
Other congressional news:
Public Works: The Senate Ap
propriations Committee ap
proved a public works bill pro
viding $1,876,864,000 for the
Atomic Energy Commission, Bu
reau of Reclamation, and Rivers
and Harbors projects.
Housing: The House Rules
Committee refused on a 6-6 vote
to clear President Eisenhower's
public housing program for
floor action. Democrats on the
12 -member committee voted 6-2
for clearing the measure, but all
the Republican members voted
against it
Bases: The Senate passed a
bill to authorize expenditure of
$2,357,317,300 for military bases
at home and abroad. The mea
sure goes to a House Senate
conference committee for adjust
ment of differences in the House
and Senate versions.
Schools: A House Labor Sub
committee approved a bill to
authorize federal grants of $1,
600,000,000 to states for school
construction oyer the next four
years. "v '. '
California Boy Polio
Patient at Hospital
.A four-year-old Ukiah, Calif.,
boy is reported as "much better"
in a local hospital where he is
being treated for non-paralytic
poliomyelitis, Dr. A. Erin Mer
kel, Jackson county health offi
cer, said today. The youth appar
ently contacted polio prior to
coming to Jackson county to
visit relatives, Dr. Merkel said.
The case is the first reported
in the county this year. Dr. Mer
kel said the boy, who was too
young to receive Salk anti-polio
vaccine shots, had not been asso
ciated with children who re
ceived shots, as far as he could
determine. "
tained-yield from federal lands
in the two counties is about
250,000,000 board feet per year,
but some members of the 'group
said they believed that at least
three times that . amount was
cut in the two counties last year.
Replanting timber and re
forestration of logged areas also
was discussed.
The group expressed concern
that . many big mill .operators
do not own timber land, and that
in the future it will be almost
impossible for mills to find pri
vately owned or county owned
MEDFORD, OREGON,
COHTRACT MED -BY - IRE
Eight Portuguese
Pilots Killed as
Jets Ram Mountain
American-Built Planes
In Air Force Day Show
Lisbon, Portugal (U.R) The
Portuguese Air Force announced
today that eight American-built
F84 Thunderjets of the Portu
guese Air Force in two stacked
waves crashed follow-the-leader
fashion into a fog shrouded
mountain peak.
All eight pilots were kitted
in the multiple crash which
forced cancellation of the na
tion's observance of Air Force
Day.
Earlier reports from the scene
had said the eight'planes collided
together in air during maneu
vers. Later reports had been given
Portugal as U.S. aid to a mem
ber nation of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
failed to clear a 3000-foot peak
in the fog-shrouded Carvalho
Mountains.
A third group of four planes
skimmed over the hidden moun
tain top and returned safely to
Ota Air Base, 30 milesxputside
Ibon.;:"?'1'
ITie 12 planes had taken off
a short time earlier from Ota
Air Base for a flying salute to
the . separate Portuguese Air
Force which was created three
years ago, on July 1, 1952.
In Three Formations
The planes .were flying in
three tightly grouped formations
of four planes each, the Air
Force said. - ; '
Portugal's President Craveiro
Lopes was among' the spectators
who had thronged to the Ota
Air Base to see the flying dem
onstration. An air force spokesman said
each of the 12 jetfighters that
swept into the air this morning
carried one man.
Judge Raps Stand
By Fong Jurors
Portland (U.R) Circuit Judge
Alfred P. Dobson said today
denunciation by 11 members of
the jury of his decision to upset
the first-degree murder convic
tion of Wey Him and Sherry
Fong "is something that should
not be countenanced."
The judge said he would con
sult with other judges. "What
should be done remains to be
seen," he said.
Judge Dobson Wednesday set
aside the conviction of the Fongs
for the slaying of 16-year-old
Diane Hank and ordered a new
trial Eleven members of . the
jury, met at the home of one of
the members and issued a state
ment as an answer to Judge Dob
son's criticism of their verdict.
They said they were well able
to consider the evidence in three
hours.
' Oaxaca, Mexico . (U.R)
Eighteen persons were injured
Thursday when a bus struck
a burro on the Pan-American
Highway near here and plunged
down a ravine.
of Timber
at Meeting
timber to augment what may be
purchased from federal agencies.
Besides the Jackson and .Jose
phine county courts, others who
attended the meeting included
H. C. Obye, Grants Pass, super
visor of the Siskiyou National
Forest; Jack Wood, Medford,
supervisor of Rogue River Na
tional forest; Glenn Jackson,
Medford business man; Eugene
K. Peterson, district forester, bu
reau of land management. Med
ford; and ex-Sen. Guy Cordon,
who recently was retained as
special counsel for 18 O and C
Land Grant counties.
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FRIDAY, JUL
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LT. ALAN McANENY
Dies in Crash
Body of Missing
Marine Pilot Found
On Volcanic Island
Tokyo (U.R) Japanese police
today found the body of a miss'
teg.;g3torjniabt';the;
wreckage, of his plane on a vol
canic island where he died, in
the search for two. other Leather
neck fliers lost at sea. ' "V
The U. S. Navy said a search
party of Navy men had "posi
tively identified" the wreckage
as that of the FJ2 ' Fury jet
fighter-bomber flown by 1st Lt.
Alan Murdock McAneny, 27, of
Yonkers, N. Y.
McAneny vanished hr the
mists over smoking Mount Mi
hara while flying over Oshima
Island in the search for the two
other missing fliers.' Residents
of the island 60 miles south of
lokyo led the wavy party to the
scene.
A Japanese tourist visiting the
island spotted the plane-wreckage
this morning and police in
Oshima sent a search party toil
ing up the steep slopes. They
found the wreckage was new
and the body of the pilot. still
there.
The widespread search over
16,000 square miles of the Pa
cific went on for the other two
missing fliers, Capt. Hodgen P.
Montague, 26, of Jackson, Miss.,
and 2nd Lt. David Bell, 24, of
Wayzata, Minn.
Their flying buddies said
"We'll never give up hope" of
finding one or both of the men
believed floating in a rubber
life raft somewhere off the coast
of Japan. The two crashed Sun
day night while on a radar train
ing maneuver, -i :. .
'Two-Rule Closure'
In Effect in Forest
The Forest Service's "two
rule closures" in the forests be
comes effective today, the Rogue
River national forest has an
nounced.
At the same time, the forest
office reported that, for the first
time this year, campfire permits
will not be required on national
forest lands. Permits for debris
burning are still required, how
ever. The "two-rule closure" bans
smoking while traveling, except
on paved or surfaced highways,
and requires those entering na
tional forest lands to camp to
have an axe, a shovel and a wa
ter cbntainer. The rule does not
apply to posted forest camps.
Sports Bulletin
Portland (U.R) PWl Catch
all of Medford and , George
Becchlar of Ontario grabbed
the lead at the halfway mark
today - of. the 36-hole semi
finals of the Oregon Golf As
sociation championships here.
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Step Taken After
Memphis Decision
To Build Own Plant
Demos Ask Congress
To Reconsider Backing
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower has ordered a re
survey to determine whether the
Dixon-Yates contract should be
continued or cancelled.
The step was taken in view of
the decision of the city of Mem
phis, Tenn., to build its own
power plant. .
Democrats in Congress this
morning followed up the presi
dent's order by urging that Con
gress reconsider any endorse
ment it has given the controver
sial power plant project. -
The privately-financed Dixon
Yates plant was to be built in
Arkansas just across the Miss
issippi River from Memphis, and
transmit power into the government-owned
Tennessee Valley
Authority. The Dixon - Yates
power would be used in the
Memphis area, thus eliminating
the need for a proposed new
TV A plant.
me city of Memphis, an op
ponent of. the Dixon-Yates plant,
has since said it would discon
tinue taking power from TV A
when its" present contract ex
pires in June, 1958. It also said
it would build its own power
plant. ,
Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D
Wyo.) predicted that in view of
the President's order the Senate
Appropriations Committee to
day would delete from a money
bill it is considering $6,500,000
requested ;- for a transmission
line to link TV A with the Dixon
Yates plant. ' '
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson said that "if
the President can take another
look at the Dixon-Yates project,
certainly the Congress can and
should take another look."
Hopes for Cancellation
Johnson said "it does not
seem , to be very prudent to ap
propriate funds for a project
that is unwanted and unneeded."
He said he hopes the President's
order "is the preliminary to can
cellation" ; of the- Dixon-Yates
contract. ;
The House already, has ap
proved funds for the'TVA
Dixon-Yates link-up transmission
line.
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate Armed Services Committee
yesterday approved an appro
priation of $2,042,000 for: the
Klamath Falls, - Ore., - airport
which will be used as an Air
Force Base.
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U Nu Walks Out on Benson;
Secretary Makes Apologies
Washington ' U.R) Agricul
ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson
hoped to make amends today for
an, appointment snafu that
caused Burmese Prime Minister
U Nu to stalk out of the Agri
culture Department Thursday. .
Benson invited the Burmese
official to return for an early
morning conference.
U Nu, in this country for a
good will visit, went to Benson's
office Thursday afternoon to
keep an appointment with the
agriculture secretary. "
Waited Five Minutes
But Benson ; "had someone
else in his office." After waiting
five minutes, Nu and his party
walked out. A Benson aide hasti
ly said the prime minister had
been expected a' half hour
earlier.--"
That threw the State Depart
ment officials into a diplomatic
dither. One of them, obviously
thinking of Burma's importance.
in the struggle with Commu
nism in Asia, called it "a very
delicate matter."
There was no
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Weather
fORECAST: rmr claatr -right
and Saturday. Few acat
tered thewera in mountain.
A little warmer Saturday. Lew
tenlaht . Ufa Saturday 75.
Temp.
Blfhnt Yesterday
Lowest tali Morulas
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AgreementReached
Less Than 12 Hours
After Shut Downs
Steelworkers Accept
U. S. Steel's Offer
Pittsburgh U.R) The CIO
United Steelworkers and U. S.
Steel Corp. peached . a . strike
endine agreement today on a
wage offer averaging more than
15 cents an hour.
The agreement came less than
12 hours after 6000,000 USW
members shut down the nation's
steel mills. -t
The offer included an HVfe
cent-an-hour across the board in
crease, plus one-hall cent in
creases on increments for 32 job
classifications.
The new wage scales were
made effective as of today.
Means Price Boost
Other companies in the indus
try were virtually certain to
write similar agreements with
the union, and the industry was
sure to announce price increases
on its products m a few days,
U. S. Steel President Clifford
Hood directed the mills of. his
company, the largest steel pro
ducer in the country, to begin
preparations at once to get back
into full. production.
Hood said both sides made
concessions to reach the agree
ment.
Steelworkers across the , na
tion dosed down the mills last
midnight. But the less than half-
day, shoutdown cost the steel
companies, who had been run
ning at near capacity, millions
of dollarslir lost-production. 7
Basis For Other Firms
USW President David J. Mc
Donald said he believed the
agreement with U.S. Steel "will
provide a basis for concluding
mutually " satisfactory " agree
ments between the USW and the
basic steel companies."
1 The union opened negotiations
June 7 with 06 basic steel and
iron ore firms whose contract
wage provisions ran out at mid
night last night
The . walkout idled 600,000
men, two-thirds of whom are em
ployed by the six top producers
having contracts with the USW.
In addition to U.S. Steel, they
include Bethlehem, Republic,
Jones & Laughlin, Youngstown
Steel & Tube, and Inland Steel.
The negotiations covered
wage rates only. All other pro
visions in the current contracts,
signed a year ago,, run until
June 30, 1956 when the USW
will . make the . guaranteed an
nual wage a main contract is
sue. . . ...
Baseball
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Washington
Naw York :
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MeDermott Cbakales (4)-Ramos
(7), 8tobbs (8) and Fits
Gerald, Edwards (5); Ford and
Berra. .
Home run: Carey, Mew
York.
of who called whom. But two
hours after U Nu left the Agri
culture Department, ' Benson
went to Blair House, where the
Burmese is staying; to apologize.
But the prime i minister was
not there when Benson and his
wife arrived at Blair House.
They cooled their heels for
about 10 minutes until he return
ed from a tea at .the home -of
wuiiam j. sebald, deputy as
sistant secretary of state - for
Far Eastern affairs. . .
U Nu Understanding
When the Burmese leader re
turned, he spent about five min
utes with Benson. The secre
tary explained. he had visitors
when the prime minister arrived
at the department and couldn't
shoo them out too abruptly. ,
He said he -was sorry about
the whole thing. U Nu said he
understood how it was. At one
point, a witness to the meeting
reported, the two even chuckled
over the affair.
Mrs. Benson - said she was
"glad the . incident happened.
Otherwise I would not have met
the premier."
Morse, Meuberger
Report Approval
Of Bigger Amount
Total Is Increase
Over House Proposal
Sen. Wayne Morse
early this afternoon ad
vised The Mail Tribune
by telephone that he
will be unable to keep
his appointments in
Medford and Ashland
Monday and Tuesday.
He said the full sen
ate on Tuesday moraine;
willconsider the appro
: priation committee's re
port for Oregon proj
ects,, which include the
Talent project
"I have a terrific
amount of work ahead
of me oyer this weekend
in preparation for this
debate," Senator Morse
said. "I deeply regret I
will be unable to keep
my engagements, but I
am sure the people of
Southern Oregon will
agree with me that it is
my clear duty to remain
here and work on this
matter which is so im
portant to all of Ore
gon." The Senate appropriations
committee today voted to in
clude $500,000 for start of con
struction on the Talent project
in an interior appropriations
bill, according to word received
this morning from Senators
Wayne Morse and Richard L.
Neuberger.
- The figure represents a big
increase from the $150,000 spe
cified for the same purpose in
the bill approved by the house.
It is believed that the increased
amount will make it possible for
construction work to get under
way in 1956.
...The senators, in a. joint .wire .
to the Mail Tribune, said: ' .
"We are very pleased to re
port that today the Senate ap
propriations committee voted to
include $500,000 for Talent irri- .
gation project President Eisen
hower made no' fund request for
Talent and the House set a limit
of $150,000 for planning only.
we are greatly gratified that
our testimony and consultations
with members of Senate appro-.
priations committee have been
so fruitful -
"The following appropriation -recommendations
also represent
net gains over ; President's
budget and house bill which in
cluded no funds for these proj
ects: : Coos Bay boat harbor. -
$2de,uoo; Green Peter planning.
$200,000; Deepening channel at
mouth of Columbia, $750,000;
Hills creek , construction, $290,- ,
000 (in addition to $10,000 plan
ning funds in budget and house
bill); Tillamook bay and bar. .
$200,000; Ice Harbor dam con
struction funds,, $1,000,000.
President requested funds for ''
this Bin reported provides first
construction funds for Cougar
project. President requested
$100,000 for planning only, and
House provided that sum. Senate
bill provides $250,000 for com
pletion of planning and $250,000
for construction."
Bi-Partisan Efforts
- Bi-partisan efforts to obtain
funds for the Talent project have
been made since the budget was
first introduced without any
funds for the $22,000,000 recla- "
mation and irrigation project in
southern Jackson county. In the
house the efforts were success
ful in getting an initial amount
of $150,000 inserted into the
bill The action by the Senate
committee today represents a
second successful effort to bring
the amount up to a point where .
construction can be started next
year.' ; . .
In addition to Senators Neu
berger ' and Morse, others who
have worked for the increased,,
appropriation- include Congress
man Harris Ellsworth and Gov.
Paul Patterson, who. has made
two trips to Washington on be
half of the project Gov. Patter-,
son also indicated former Sen.
Guy Cordon has been of assist-
ance in presenting arguments to
his former Senate colleagues.
The appropriation bill has yet
to be approved by the full Sen
ate. If this happens, then confer- ' .
ence committees will have to
work out differences betwen the
House and Senate versions, and '
the resulting bill will have to '
repass both houses before it
goes to the White House -for
signature.
Timberline Lodse flJJJ
Timberline Lodge reopened to
the public today and was blessed
with a new snowfall for benefit
of skiers.