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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
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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
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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
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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, ,
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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.
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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
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