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it t r i ' tt EwSM rare " ?hs ra -area W EB Mi. 7 Railroad passenger service be tween Portland and Ashland will be discontinued on Aug. 7, the Southern Pacific railroad an nounced today. - The last remaining passenger trains on the run are Nos. 329- 330, the "Rogue River," which are overnight trains between the . two cities. Notices that the schedules will ' be ended were posted today in all the SP sta tions on the line.' Removal of the two trains has been rumored for several years, ever since passenger service be- , tween .Ashland and Dunsmuir sas discontinued. Lack of Patronage Bernal S. Quayle, Portland, general passenger agent, was in raeaiord this morning to an nounce the change. "The service is being eliminated because of lack of patronage, resulting in heavy financial losses, he said. "The operating loss for 1954 amounted to $453,425, including a loss on Pullman car operations of $23,133. The loss in 1955 would be even greater, since ac tual studies up to date in 1955 indicate a loss of $466,000 for the year if the trains were contin ued. He added that a count of pas sengers using the train between Jan. 1 and April 30 showed that an average of 18 passengers were carried southbound daily, and 20 northbound. Car, Bus. Plan Cited Quayle cited the constant im provement of Highway 99, which has resulted in increasing use of private automobiles. He also said that Pacific Greyhound lines maintain eight daily schedules over the route, and that United and West Coast airlines have six flights daily between Medford and Portland. Quayle expressed regret that the tram had to be discontinued, U1C 1 ellXA UflU UdU w cuiuumh: services that are no longer de sired or patronized by the public, in order not to burden the bal- Nudist Convention Conducted in Area A nudists' convention was held in Jackson county for four days ending Monday, it was re vealed today. - Delegates from 15 northwest , nudist clubs attended the gather ing at the park owned , by the Siskiyou Fraternity, which lists its address as Box 1241, Med - ford. The park's location is said to be "a beautiful valley near -Medford." The delegates came from Washington, California, Nevada and British Columbia clubs, as well as from Oregon, according to the report given the Mail Tribune. Championship contests in volleyball and archery were conducted, with trophies going to the winners, and a hobby ex hibit was held. ; . The customary . king and queen, contest was held Sunday, with judging based on congenial ity, personality, suntan, and the individual s work in the organi ration. The "king" is a local businessman, the report said, and the "queen" is a member of the Seattle, Wash., nudist club. Geneva Convention Ratification Predicted Washington (U.R) Sen. Mike Mansfield today predicted over whelming Senate ratification of the 1949 - Geneva Conventions overhauling international agree ments for treatment of war vic tims. City Council Hearing on Budget, Laurelhurst Annexation Set Public hearings on annexation - of the Laurelhurst addition and the 1955-56 budget for Medford will be held at an adjourned city .. council meeting Saturday noon. ; Votes from three elections yes terday will also be canvassed. ;The council probably will post pone indefinitely a public bear- - ing on annexing more than 3,000 acres east, south and west .. of Medford. The proposal was re ejected by residents of the area yesterday. Action on the items was post . poned last night when election returns were not complete at the 'end of the meeting. City Manager Robert Duff and City Attorney Frank Farrelf were instructed to determine ' wh finance saoviac utility ance of the operations with un necessary losses." He said the trains had lost money "despite our efforts to at tract patronage by imprpving the service. In recent , years modern equipment added to the train in cluded a lounge car with snack meal and beverage service. We provided diesel power . . . ; we shortened the schedule and cost of Pullman rooms was reduced. These efforts were unsuccessful in attracting new business," he said. ' Quayle also declared that the alignment of the route would prevent, any more rapid service even with special, new light weight equipment, and that its use, while it might cut losses, would not eliminate them. Premier-Designate Of Italy Submits List for Cabinet ; Rome (U.R) Premier-designate Antonio Segni today handed to President Giovanni Cronchi a cabinet list for a new pro-western government which he said will end Italy's two-weeks-old political crisis. The new government is pledged to mild reforms at home and strong support of the West ern Alliance abroad. It differs little from the middle-of-the-road coalition of fallen Premier Mario Scelba, except that it omits the Republicans who, with the Christian Demo crats, Social Democrats and Lib erals, made up Scelba's Coalition. Depends on Republicans Segni's political life will de pend upon whether the uncertain . -" . I ucipauuu in ins guveramem. The Republican Party, smal- let of the four-party center coal- nion of recent Italian . govern ments," decided Tuesday night against accepting any portfolios in the Segni cabinet. They announced, however, that thry will support him in parliament -where their five votes in the 590-man Chamber of Deputies are vital. Without the Republicans, the three -party Segni coalition - would fall one vote short of majority." Parliament reconvenes 'next Tuesday and Segni will go be fore the Chamber of Deputies then to seek a vote of confidence. If successful, he will ask the Sen ate for a similar vote later. - . Cove Orchard Mant; Dies in Flaming House McMinnville, Ore. (U.R) Roy Riggs, 25, was burned to death in his bed at Cove Orch ord north of here this morning as his . horrified .wife . and rela tives stood outside the flaming house. ' ' - - Coroner Glen' Macy said the small house was reduced to ash es in a matter of minutes and the Yamhill fire department, four miles away, arrived too late to save Riggs. V :, Riggs was a night worker at the Birdseye Frozen Foods plant at Hillsboro. His wife and her father were across the street when the fire started and were unable to rescue Riggs. She was taken to a McMinnville hospital in a state of shock. The couple had been married less than a year and had moved to Cove Orchards two months ago from Jay; Okla. To Canvass Election Vote Saturday; poles along East . Jackson st., where paving is planned. Duff recommended city crews do ex cavation and installation of tase rock work7 for improving East Jackson st. Farrell was instructed to pre pare, ordinance calling for pub lic hearings on two rezoning pro posals, and they were, referred back to the planning commission for reconsideration. The com mission previously recommend ed the rezoning requests be de nied. , . . One request is to rezone from single to multiple - family in Queen Anne addition. The plan ning commission recommended denial because it said there is suf ficient area zoned for multiple family and that it would consti Ms MEDF0RDJr United Press Full Leased Win ' ,0 - ; : -i 50th Year 18 Pages Ike Voices Hope For Trust To Lead To Eventual Peace President Won't Be ; Forced Into Campaign Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower spoke today of peace and politics. . . He voiced hope that a trust could be developed among na tions that would lead to more sincere good faith and eventual ly real peace. That trust is not present now, the President said. As for politics, Mr. Eisenhow er told his news conference that he would not be as he put it forced into running for a second term next year. He said that is a decision he will make himself. The President wa questioned at length about his estimate for the chances of peace as the Ge neva Big Four conference ap proached. He also was quizzed about the controversial Dixon Yates contract, and his political future. To Geneva With Hop The President said he will go to the Geneva conference which begins July 18 in a very hopeful attitude. But he stressed that his hope must have greater food on which to nourish before it can become expectation. He said the United States now is seeking to develop what he termed an interim trust among nations so that this, step will lead to . the mutual - trust , and faith--tht-m1ght'iaminate"! In peace and international disarm ament. ' Mr. Eisenhower described heavy military spending as per fectly stupid, particularly when it is the hope of so much of the world that these weapons would not be needed for warfare. Dixon-Yates Issue The President also dwelt on these other subjects: Dixon-Yates: He would be will ing to cancel the Dixon-Yates contract if the city of Memphis, Tenn., goes ahead with construc tion of its own power plant. Military Reserves: He is hope ful that Congress will enact leg islation creating a 2,900,000-man ready reserve force along the lines he has proposed. Minimum Wage: He still fav ors the administration's 90-cent-an hour minimum wage propos al. He has never predicted one way or the ther whether he would sign legislation calling for a $1 an hour minimum. The Senate has passed a $1 minimum. The House is considering propos als ranging from 90 cents to $1.25. - .- Alert: He called a national emergency, during the recent Civil Defense alert in which 53 major American cities theoretic ally were bombed and severely damaged because he did not learn until.' after the exercise started that so many cities were to be involved in the exercise. Schools; He described as ex traneous : any anti-segregation amendment to the school con struction bill. He said we need the schools and that other ques tions should be considered sep arately "without muddying ' the waters. He used the same expres sion when an anti-segregation amendment was tacked on to his original military reserve bill. tute spot zoning. The "other request is for re zoning from "non-conforming" to "commercial' East Jackson St., between Hawthorne and Gen esee sts. The request was recom mended for denial because the area is close to a public park and the commission felt there, was no need for the zone change at present... ' "' .. - ""' ' The council authorized remov al of a stop sign oa East Main St., at Modoc aveT, and author ized changes in employee com pensation plan rates. The change establishes a bracket system of rating.' - Ordinances were adopted for plans and specifications for pav ing Kenwood ave., between Sec ond and Humphrey t&, and on MEDFORD, OREu House, Washington (U.R). Differ ences in appropriation bills pass ed by the House and Senate will be .worked out at a conference of representatives of both houses expected to be scheduled soon. The Senate appropriations bill, passed yesterday, included, funds for several public works projects in the Pacific Northwest for which no funds were approved by an appropriations bill passed by the House last month. : ' Ice Harbor Project Largest '.- Largest of these projects were the Ice Harbor dam on the Snake river near Walla Walla, Wash., which 'was authorized $1,000, 000 by the Senate; $750,000 for dredging at the mouth of the Columbia river; $500,000 to be gin work on the Talent division of the Rogue River irrigation project; $500,000 to begin work on Cougar dam on the McKen zie river, and $310,000 to start BEAR OF A YARN--At Lobby, Mont, 2-year-old Ida Mae Curtis is held by nurse, left, as sister, right, looks on. The baby was found safe only 300 yards from the Curtis' tamp, but mother insisted that she was "carried off by a bear." Aug; 1 Target Date To Ad iou rn Conq ress Washington (U.R) ' Senate leaders of ' both parties voiced confidence today that' they can work, together toward congress ional adjournment by Aug. 1 despite the absence of stricken Democratic, leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.). , ; ; y Top Republican legislative leaders went to the White House today for a full-dress discussion with President Eisenhower; on parts of his legislative program still ' awaiting final action by Congress. , . . . . . They were prepared to assure the President that -Congress was adopted calling for a public hearing July 19 on Kenwood ave." -- , . . . The council - voted -. against changing 12-minute one-cent parking meters to - 30- minute five-cent meters after Council man Fred E. Robinson reported in favor of the change. He said present 12-minute meters are dif ficult to police and that revenue from a 30-minute five-cent met er would .increase if the latter were installed. - r : . The council took under consid eration a complaint from Ralph F. Champion, 1114 No.- Central ave.; that church services con ducted next to his home disturb ed his family. He pointed out, he was not against the church, but he was objecting to noise created by services. . . 1 2 , JULY 61955 ei.ate Hills Creek dam on the Wil lamette. . - The Senate increased by $100, 000 funds for planning work on the John Day dam on the Col umbia river, authorizing a total of $600,000 where the House approved $500,000. BPA Funds Increased : The Senate public works ap propriations bill included $6, 650,000 for operation and main tenance funds for Bonneville Power administration,, a $150, 000 .increase over the House bilL Both " groups set the BPA ap propriation for construction at $14,600,000. Other projects included in the Senate bill but bypassed by the House were: flood control at Coos Bay,' $236,000; flood con trol work at Tillamook bay and bar, .$200,000;" planning funds for Green Peter dam, $200,000; work oh Tacoma harbor $646,200 probably can achieve the ad journment target date despite the absence of Johnson's hard driving leadership. v Acting Democratic ' Leader Earle C. Clements (Ky.),1 who took over for Johnson when the rangy Texan was stricken with a heart attack Saturday, night, said after a meeting of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Tuesday that "there is no reason to believe that ad journment will be delayed." ' Senate Republican Leader William' F. Knowland ' earlier told reporters ; the GOP . would work as cooperatively '.with Clements as it has with Johnson. - Mr. Eisenhower Tuesday urged Knowland and House Re publican Leader, Joseph W. Mar tin (Mass.) to press for approval of his military reserve "program and his atom-powered "peace ship" before Congress adjourns. The President also stressed his desire . for passage of housing, and school construction legisla tion. ' " ' Johnson's Condition Declared Improved' I Washington i (U.R) Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson s doctor said the Texas Democrat is "better today than he has been' at any time" since he suffered a "mod erately severe" heart attack late Saturday..." c . ' ,But the doctor, James Cain of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn., emphasized it will be "five or six months", before the extent of permanent damage can be deterained, , (Projects To .Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 91 ie Aired and planning on the Bruces Eddy dam on the Clearwater river in Idaho, $100,000. . Both. House and Senate were in agreement on the following appropriations for Northwest projects: ; The Dalles dam, $63,500,000, to assure first generation by late 1957; McNary dam, $11,000,000; Chief Joseph dam, $18,000,000; Lookout Point dam, $200,000; Lucky Peak dam, $500,000; Co lumbia Basin Irrigation project, $12,500,000. Deschutes Fund Listed . Deschutes reclamation project, north unit, $274,000; Willamette river bank protection, $300,000; and $1,000,000 for Eagle Gorge dam near Seattle; Multnomah drainage district, $35,000; Grand Ronde river, $55,000; Malheur river, $6,000; Prineville, $4,000; Amazon creek, $22,000; an d $35,000 for Johnson creek. - Support for talent Project Solicited By Two Senators ' Support of the Senate's ap propriation of $500,000 for the Talent project when the measure aoes to a conference committee with the House' was asked bv I3f egbffrtwd sena:Sri"fodaylrirr1 In telegrams to the Mail Trib une, senators Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neuberger said the bill, which includes all recom mendations for Oregon projects made by the Senate appropria tions committee, "is of maior importance to Oregon for power, flood control, navigation and ir ritation. We shall work diligent ly to preserve these gains as the diu goes' to conference to work out differences with the House, they said. - .. -- In a separate wire, Senator Neuberger said, - "Please urge your readers to : convev their views on Talent to House mem bers so Senate sum will not be lost in conference, Senator Morse did fine job for Talent appropria tion.'' '.; Tjhe House-approved bill pro vided S154.000 for the Talent project, which was increased to souu.uuu m tne senate. . The Senate bill included $5, 368,200 more than did the. House version, and Senator Morse said of this amount, $3,114,000 rep resented a net gain for Oreeon projects. If the Talent appropriation can be held at $500,000. it is exnect- ed that construction on the $22,- 000,0000 irrigation, power and reclamation project in southern Jackson county can get under way next year. , Damage Suit Filed For Injured Daughter, ' A $52,174.20 damage suit has been , filed in circuit court by Leonard Laugherty of Ashland for his six-year-old daughter, Shareen, against the city of Ash land and C. E. Corry, superin tendent of Ashland parks. . Daugherty claims his daughter suffered injuries which left her permanently disabled in a fall from a slide in the Lithia park playground about Aug. 14, 1951. The suit asks $2,174.20 in medi cal expenses, loss of employment compensation for both him and his wife, Winifred Daugherty, and $50,000 personal damages. Marble Removed From' Windpipe of Youngster Central Point Steven Dunn, 18 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dunn, Box: 454, Central Point, is reported today in good condition at Community hospital where he has been since July 4 when a marble became stuck in his windpipe. The boy's parents took him first to the rural fire hall at Cen tral Point and because the fire men had no resucitator the fire chief, Dick Krupp, escorted the couple and radioed to the fire hall to alert the hospital. At tendants there had emergency equipment ready and the marble removed. . Differences lends Prisoners Yin Key Provisions In Nine-Point Pad Hostages Held for 26 Hours Released Walla Walla, Wash. (U.R) Convicts at Washington State penitentiary ended their. riot to day and released nine prison em ployees they had held hostage for 26 hours. : -The- rebellion ended at 11:30 a.m. PST). ' - r J The first hostage released was . Theodore Bezzerides, assistant superintendent for custody. He looked extremely pale and weak as he emerged from the cell block. where he had been con fined. . '.The riot ended after the state director of institutions, Dr. Thomas Harris, negotiated with five convict ringleaders of a hardcore of 35 "maximum secur ity" inmates, who triggered the riot and took over all the pris on and its 1784 inmates except the walls. Sign Pact with Cons . i Dr. Harris and Dr. Clarence ! Schrag signed a nine-point agree ment in which Harris said . he agreed to "as far as law would permit." There were two key provis ions which the . convicts said were most important. One was that the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles "must be investigated by the state Sen ate or other competent .author ity for the reason that we (the prisoners) note a great dissimil arity between sentences estab lished for identical crimes com mitted in similar circumstanc es." , v-- . To this point, Harris said, "I do not have the power to ask the Senate to-investigate any thing connected with the Board ! of Prison Terms and Paroles.. HoweverTf can recemmend to the Department of. Institutions to determine the length of sen tences and I can report to the governor to look into, the situa tion," he added. -Object to Parole Group , The second main point t was that the Classification and Pa role Department "must be re organized in order to assure that in the future men will not be retained beyond their release date because of official incom petence or : ;.. negligence. Mr. Charles Simon should be relieved pending a complete investigation of this department." ' Simon is in charge of the Clas sification! and , Parole Depart ment. . 0 To this Harris said he would shift Simon's position "pending a complete, investigation of the department, consistent with the merit system and respect to the law." - Harris said a request (inmates insisted their demands be termed requests) that an inmate council be established, immediately was "meritorious and actually should solve all the inmates' griev ances." The inmates listed nine other conditions for ending their rebellion. ' - Newsmen Called In " :.. r. After Harris and Schrag signed "in good faith" the hostages were brought out to meet three newsmen who were selected to witness the signing. They were Fenton Roskelley of the Spokane Daily Chronicle, Sam Angeloff of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and this writer (Russ Neilsen). :The prisoners' conditions for ending the riot included a ban against reprisals ' for those who took part and led it and a mora torium on isolation cells. They insisted on being given a modern law library and an investigation of whether their mail has been delayed. " ; . FPC Urged To Act Quickly On Idaho Power Request Washington (U.R) An attor ney for the Idaho Power ' Co. urged the Federal Power Com mission today to act quickly on the company's application for permission to build three dams in Hells Canyon. ; Attorney R. P. Parry said a power shortage in the company's service area which was "prog nostication" ' when hearings on the application started two years ago "now is a reality."' But Mrs. Evelyn N. Cooper, an attorney- for public power groups, said the "limited planof development" proposed by the company '"win destroy forever the full development of a great natural resource." -. .Their statements were, made Overwhelming Vote Proposals To Cut City Budget Laurelhurst Addition . Annexation Approved Two of three proposals tub mitted to Medford area voters at special elections yesterday were overwhelmingly rejected. The third passed by a slim mar gin. ..''' - . : v . . Voters in Medford 'V turned down a proposed budget in crease; voters In the South MedV ' ford annexation area turned down an annexation ; proposal, and voters in the Laurelhurst ad dition approved, by a 24 .to 19 Margin, annexation to the city. 1 636 to 207 - The Medford vote was 636 no. ; 207 yes, on a proposal for a 1955- - 56 budget $66,510 over the 6 per cent limitation.' The total vote cast was 843 out of an estimated 9,000 or more eligible voters. - Residents of the 3,000 or more acres east, south and west of . the city limits rejected annexa tion by a vote of 918 to 96. The 614 votes cast . reoresented a rather high percentage of the registered voters, according to election officials. Votes in all three elections will be canvassed at an adjourn ed city council meeting Satur day noon. Medf ord's vote on the budget. by wards was: Ward I, 37 yes. no no; ward II, 57 yes, 228 no; Ward HI, 37 yes, 123 no; and Ward IV, 76 yes, 120 no. To Trim Budget . The vote count by precincts In South Medford was: Precinct 1. 43 yes, .71 no; Precinct 2, 25 yes. 170 no; and Precinct S. 28 yes. 277 no. City Manager. Robert Buff said the budget will be trimmed . of the $66,510. This will repre sent about a 10 per cent cut in each department. He said the deletions will limit city services during the year to the minimums now being provided. The budget included $34,760 in additions which the citizens, budget committee added because members felt the added expendi tures were neeessary-to mamtotoyg presently existing services, and ' in order "to develop programs deemed necessary for the prog ress of the city." Duff said he hopes to be able to submit- a revised budget to the council by Saturday. It must be filed with the county assessor not later .than July 15. . Studied by Planners The annexation proposal for the South Medford area was sub- - mitted to residents after several months of consideration by the planning commission and city council. The area, to which city services would have been ex- tended if the proposal was pass ed, would have more than dou- . bled the size of the city. While there are no official plans for any immediate new : annexation proposals, some of the opponents to the "mass an nexation" today ' expressed : the opinion that a joint committer, representing the city and areas to the south, be set up to discuss the next step. - , Frank Van Dyke, attorney who represented a group which. was opposed to the large annexa tion proposal, said some of his clients feel that less ambitious plans to join portions of the ares; to the city should be worked put cooperatively. r . i One of the objections to the defeated proposal was that resi- , . dents had not been consulted in advance, he said, and that : their needs had not been taken . into consideration. Yeather FORECAST: CHrl eloudiam throfech ThanSajr. Low taalght Hlsk Thus- Sajr IS. : To. HlChMt Yesterday S UwMt this Manias " in final arguments before the . FPC on the company's applica tion for the Snake river develop- ' ment An FPC Examiner; Wit liam J. Costello, recommended -two months ago that the com pany be allowed to build only one dam in the canyon. Both Parry and Mrs. Cooper disagreed with the examiner's proposal. z Brownlee dam, the one recom mended by the examiner, would .take three years to build, the longest of the three proposed,: Parry said. In contrast, he said, the smaller Oxbow dam ' could be built in a year. The company ; wants . permission to build Ox bow, Brownlee, and low Hells Canyon dams ever a five-year rtmrinA
