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Newspaper Page TextMi TOpsss, 4 Next-To-Last Copco Plant at Toketee Project in Operation The seventh and next-to-last power plant in the Toketee proj ect ' th California ' Oregon Power company went in to op eration yesterday afternoon. The new plant is Lemolo No. 1. The only one yet to be put in operation is Lemolo No. 2, Brand New Airplane Almost Total Loss After Crash Here A brand-new, $23,000 twin engine Navion plane was an almost total loss after a crash landing near the Medford air port last night. The plane was being piloted by Don Oliver George, 29, of : 897 Peachy rd., Ashland, who with his brother operates Rogue Flying Service at the airport. A state police report indicated the plane was crash-landed be cause of lack of fuel either run ning out of gas or because of a fuel line block. George only this week ac cepted delivery of the plane, which had been sold to a Kla math Falls man. It was believed to be at least partially insured, according to airport sources. Cut Eyebrow George suffered a cut over his eyebrow, it was reported, but was otherwise unhurt. A pas senger, John Hammacker, 31, of 2328 Ruhl Way, Medford, was not injured in the crash. . State police said the crash was first reported to them at 7:43 p.m. The plane reportedly lost power while over Eld Lum- lost power while over Elk Lum ber company and the puoi thought he could glide in to the airport. However, power lines interrupted the glide, and the plane crashed into an oat field owned by W. H. Fisher, 2795 Bullock rd., near the intersec tion of Buljock rd. with the , Crater:. Lake . highway, . of firm said. High CanYon Dam Bill Seen Defeated Portland (U.R) The Oregon Journal's Washington, D.C. bu reau said today President Eisen hower had intervened personally in the Hells Canyon dam dispute and probably has defeated -a bill for a high federal dam at the Snake river site. The newspaper said the Presi dent telephoned Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif.) this week" end urged him to vote against the bill when it comes up in com mittee. Kuchel was" said to hold the deciding vote. The report said the California lawmaker had told colleagues he promised the President to oppose the bill. It said he had been under pressure from both public and private power proponents in his own state. The Senate committee has eight Democrats and seven Re publicans but Sen. Russell Long (D-La.) already said he would onnose the measure, the news paper said. Eisenhower To Spend Week End at Gettysburg Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower planned to fly. to Gettysburg. Pa., this afternoon for a week end at his farm. The President expects to re turn to Washington late Sunday or early Monday. Mrs. Eisen hower has been at the farm since June 26. The week end will be Mr. Eis enhower's last at Gettysburg be- ore he. flies to Europe for the Big Four conference at Geneva starting July 18. It has not been announced whether Mrs. Eisen hower will accompany him to Geneva. County Schools Administrative Changes Announced; New Superintendents Named Several administrative changes in Jackson county schools were announced today by Alf Mek vold, superintendent. , Lewis Macklin, Portland, has been appointed superintendent of schools at Butte Falls. Mack lin has been teaching in Califor nia. He succeeds Ward Sybouts, Butte Falls superintendent for the past two years, who has been named superintendent at Moro. H. Kenneth Vannice has been named superintendent of schools at Prospect, succeeding John Harr, who has accepted a similar position at Rogue River. Van nice has been with the Halsey with completion on it expected by the middle or latter part of 1956. When complete,, the high Cascade complex of dams, canals, penstocks and power houses, most of them remotely -controlled, will produce an estimat ed 185,000 Kilowatts, or more. River Dammed The North Umpqua river is dammed for Lemolo No. 1, cre ating a large lake into which Lake creek flows. The water is carried by a 14,800-foot concrete lined canal and a 1,875-foot con crete flume to a big steel pen stock which goes almost a mile and a half sharply downhill to the power plant. The name plate rating of the new plant is 29,000 KW, although in actual operation capability will probably be higher. Other Plants The plants already in opera tion are Toketee itself, which is the nerve-center of the entire project; Slide Creek, Soda Springs, Fish Creek, and Clear water plants Nqs. 1 and 2. The project area is almost due east of Roseburg, and is northwest of Diamond lake. The power-generating project is tied in with Copco s distribu tion network through several power lines. Copco serves a large area in northern California and southern Oregon, both east and west of the Cascades, as far north as Riddle. Jury Awards $1,657 In Damage Suit - A circuit court jury here yes terday returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the case of, Richard L. Dorn vs. Walter H. Leverette. The civil suit grew out of an accident north of Medford on Highway 99 last Oct. 26. The verdict awarded Dorn $800 in general damages and $857.80 in special damages. In an amended complaint, ne naa asked $75,000 general damages and $857.80- special damages. ;-1 Cause, of the action was an accident in which a car operated by Leverette struck Dorn while he was working with a highway crew. . . Dorn was represented by Med ford Attorney Robert Dickey, and Leverette was represented by the Medford legal firm of McAllister, Duncan and Brophy. District Attorney Quits Klamath County Post Klamath Falls (U.R) Frank R. Alderson today resigned as district attorney of Klamath county effective July 25. Alderson said he was joining the staff of Lane County District Attorney Eugene Venn at Eu gene on August 1. He said he was resigning because Lane county" offered better pay and more time for practice of law. Blackie Has Troubles With Collar, Harness Blackie, a small, part-cocker spaniel owned by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bennett, 315 Apple it., last Wednesday came home without his collar and license. His owners reported it to city police. Yesterday Blackie came home with the collar and license back on. Previously. Blackie had come home minus his harness. Next, a small padlock had been placed on the dog's collar, preventing his owners from removing it. Later, the lock was taken off. Wednesday, everything but the dog had disappeared. Now, with Black disappeared. Now. with - Blackie's collar safely around his neck, Bennett has placed his own padlock on it. "I've got the keys to this one." Mrs. Bennett added, "but we're still waiting for the har ness to come in." public schools. Harr, whose appointment was announced earlier, succeeds Leonard Walsh, who will be at tending Stanford university for post-graduate work. Also going to Rogue River from Prospect will be William B. Hunter, who will serve as assistant principal. Hunter succeeds James Hayden, who has been named assistant principal at Douglas high school, near Roseburg. Loren Casebeer, former ele mentary principal at Talent, has been named elementary princi pal at Rogue River, succeeding William Esselstyn, who has ac cepted position with Central Sea-Air Search aOBed (M; Dfloax Appears New York (U.R) The Coast Guard called off at 5:30 a.m. (PSD today a 31-hour sea and air search for a phantom fishing vessel whose purported report of disaster at sea appeared to have been a hoax. Capt. Julius F. Jacot, chief of operations of the Third: Coast Guard District, said Coast Guard and Navy planes and ships had searched an Atlantic area of ap Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages Trimmed Budget, Annexation Plan, Due Before Council Public hearings on annexation of Laurelhurst addition and a trimmed 1955-56 general fund budget for Medford will be held at a noon meeting of the city council tomorrow. Votes cast in three elections in and around Medford Tuesday will be canvassed at the ad journed meeting. Residents of Medford defeated a proposed 1955-56 budget which was $66, 510 over the 6 per cent limita tion, and residents in more than 3,000 acres east, south and west of the city limits rejected an an nexation proposal. The council probably will postpone indefinitely a public hearing . on annexing South Medford. Addition Approved Residents of Laurelhurst ad dition voted for annexation to- lfrrTuesdayvCouncu -acison on all three items was postponed Tuesday because . election re turns were not complete prior to adjournment of the council. A revised and sharply-trimmed city budget is being prepared by City Manager KODert vun. nu department heads for presenta tion to. the council tomorrow. The revised budget must total $66,510 less ' than the proposal recommended by the citizens' budget committee. The budget must be filed with the Jackson county assessor no later than July 15. - -. . - Resolution Mystifies Roseburg VA Manager Roseburg (U.R) Dr. George Wadsworth, manager of the Vet erans Administration hospital here, said today he was at a loss to explain the reason for a reso lution critical of his administra tion that was adopted yesterday by the convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars at Oceanlake. The resolution, adopted unani mously by the convention, called on the Veterans Administration to fire Dr. Wadsworth and the hospital dietician, Mrs. Marie Bolduc. The resolution asserted that employee morale at the hos pital had hit an all-time low since Dr. Wadsworth became manager in August, 1953. The VFWk had invited Dr. Wadsworth to attend its conven tion as speaker on the opening day and he said there was no mention of the resolution or any dissatisfaction with the hospital administration in his presence at Oceanlake. Aboard The USS Gresham, At Sea (U.R) The sleek schooner Ramoria held a 30-mile lead over the ketch Morning Star, to day less" than 1500 miles from the finish line of the 2250-mile Transpacific Race to Honolulu. Point public schools. Casebeer has taught in California for the past year. George Marsters, formerly of West Side school, has been named principal at Evans Val ley, replacing Orvel Walker, who has joined the teaching staff of the Grants Pass schools. Floyd Gibson, formerly of Griffin Creek school, will re place Elmer Ayres as principal of Ruch school. Ayres will teach at Oak' Grove school during the coming year. . New principal at Applegate school will be Hugh Clark. He succeeds Guy Corliss, who has entered private business. . proximately 3700 square miles without "finding any trace of the mysterious "Blue Star." - Coast Guard investigators pressed what appeared to be an almost hopeless attempt to iden tify the prankster who in more than an hour of radio-phone "dis tress" calls early yesterday told a tale of sea terror which mo bilized all coastal rescue forces. The radio message picked up MEDFORD, C NORTH CHURCH STEEPLE IS BACK Once again Bos ton s North End is back to normal. Children play on Paul Revere Park lawn under the statue of Paul Revere and the steeple of the Old North Church. A glistening new white four-ton spire was put on the church .309 days after the old spire , toppled to the ground in Hurricane Carol iast August. ... . . Ice Harbor Al lowed by Washington U.R) A House- Senate conference committee agreed late yesterday to allow $1,000,000 'for a ; construction start on Ice Harbor dam on the Snake river in Washington state. The amount was added earlier this week to a public works ap propriations bill. House confer ees agreed to endorse it although nothing had been allowed by the House. i Compromise Version Earlier, the committee agreed on a compromise 'version of the "public works bill appropriat ing funds for about $1,371,000, 000 worth of rivers and harbors and reclamation projects. , The conferees also approved appropriations for a group of other projects in the Pacific Northwest, with three excep tions. A senate allowance of. $200, 000 for planning on Green Peter dam in Oregon was cut to $100, 000. A $500,000 construction fund for the Talent project in Oregon was cut to $150,000 for plans. A $600,000 planning fund for John Day was cut to $550,000. - Sen. Warren G. Magnuson CD Wash.) a member of the confer ence committee, hailed the de cision to start Ice Harbor dam. He said he had persuaded the Senate three times to allow money ' for the dam but each time the House had turned it down. Other items allowed by the committee, previously approved by the Senate, included $750,000 for dredging at the mouth of the Columbia river, $500,000 for construction on Cougar dam in Oregon, $300,000 for construc tion on Hills creek dam in Ore gon, $200,000 for the Coos Bay project in Oregon and $200,000 for the Tillamook bay project. : A. $100,000 planning fund for by a commercial tug said the "Blue Star" had hit a floating log, exploded and was ablaze and sinking with 21 persons aboard or overboard without life preservers. The caller signed off after saying a foreign submarine had surfaced nearby and "I don't think they'll let me talk any more." . Search for the perpetrator of the costly hoax was seriously 6, 1955 Dam Funds Committee the proposed Braces Eddy dam in Idaho, voted Dy ine senate, was eliminated. . . Oregon Democratic Sens. Wayne L. Morse and Richard L. Neuberger said in a statement that "the partnership power is sue died in the Pacific North west" when the conference com mittee approved funds to start construction of the three new federal dams. They said the committee ac tion "repudiated" the argument of "partnership advocates" that "we must surrender generating facilities to private utilities be cause congress -would appropri ate no more funds for federal dams." v . Release of Turncoat Americans Postponed London U.R) Red China an nounced tonight that it has "postponed" the release of three turncoat American prisoners. The announcement was made by Communist Peiping Radio and monitored here. The Communist broadcast said the postponement was ordered because Hong Kong authorities had not replied to a Peiping re quest for arrangements to trans port the men. . The Chinese Red Cross had an nounced earlier that, the three would be handed over to Ameri can and British authorities at Hong Kong on July 9 tomor row. ' . 1 Weather FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness tonlcht and Satur day. A "few light scattered ' showers moitly In mountains. A little cooler tonight with law near 54. Hith Saturday 75. Temp. Highest Yesterday ' 1 Lowest this Morning hampered by the fact that no Coast Guard station had been able, through the long series of messages, to pick up the transmission. . . The only evidence that the radio reports might be authentic was an oil slick and an orange life jacket found Thursday in the vast search area. Oil slicks are generally form ed on the water when fuel leaks ME ilIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire ' Price 5c No. 93 Neuberger Blames Administration for Cut in Talent Fund A House-Senate conference committee yesterday cut a pro posed appropriation for the Tal ent project from $500,000, which had been approved by the Sen ate, to the $154,000 aproved by the House. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, in a wire to the Mail Tribune, com mented on the action today. His telegram follows: To the Editor: It is extremely significant for., the people of Jackson county to know the full story of . the Talent appropria tions. I plan to visit the county in September to tell that story, both in Medford and Ashland. To begin with, the Eisenhower administration budgeted no con struction funds whatsoever for Talent., In the House, $154,000 was appropriated. Senators Morse and I made strong repre- spnfatinns in thp fipnnlA whirh resratefi Tin - the appropriation being increased substantially to $500,000. The House-Senate con ference committee then regret tably slashed the item back to $154,000. Had the House done better by Talent, this would not have happened. Of course,; the original stab in the back 'to Tal ent occurred when the adminis tration included not one cent for Talent construction in its budget. This made it far more; difficult to appropriate fo$ Talet in com mittee. The fight for Talent will go on. - Senator Morse and I will work hard with the appropria tions committees and we promise no jamborees in public parks, with bands playing for political effect. Such stunts turn no dirt and lay no concrete. Richard L. Neuberger, USS. . It was not known definitely here today whether the amount finally agreed upon for Talent is restricted to planning, or wheth er it can be used to start con struction.. If the latter is true, limited construction could be, started soon, for much ; of the initial planning has been com pleted. - 300,000 Doses of Salk Vaccine Released Washington 4J.R) , The gov ernment released 300,000 doses of Salk polio vaccine today for immediate' use in . the nation's nearly-stalled mass inoculation program.- - . The shots, made by Wyeth Laboratories, were the first cleared by the Public Health Service since June 6 when a little more than 1,000,000 shots made by the Eli Lilly Co. were approved. " ' Today's action means a total of 1,837,000 doses of vaccine have been released under rigid new safety standards put into effect May 26. Central Point Man Admits Guilt in Rape James Earl Sanders, 39, of route 2, box 671, Central Point, this morning pleaded guilty in circuit court to a charge of rape. The charge involves a 14-year-old Central Point girl. . ; - Sanders, was arrested yester day by sheriffs deputies after a complaint was filed. A state ment taken from the girl de clared the attack took place in an automobile on June 2." The case was continued by Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna pend ing receipt of FBI records. Prosser, Wash. (U.R) Mil dred P. Johnson, 45, Grandview, was killed last night in a smash up of his pickup truck and two automobiles two miles north west of here. . . OCieDy from a sinking ship. The life preserver found bore no evi dence of burns and no markings to indicate from what vessel it might have been lost. Six vessels named Blue Star are registered in the United States. Authorities said all of the six had been accounted for some 20 hours, after the disaster was reported. , nn 1 Rush To Commit Unspent Millions Nettles Group $627,900,000 Cut From Ike's Request Washington U.R) The House Appropriations Committee today cut $627,900,000 from the $3,- 266,641,750 asked by President Eisenhower to finance foreign aid in the fiscal year started Julyl. ' The committee charged that a last-minute administration rush to commit $951,000,000 in un spent military aid funds piled up from last year's appropriations has created a "chaotic fiscal situation" in the program. Apparently nettled, the com mittee cut $420,000,000 ' or 38 per cent, from the $1,225,000,. 000 sought by the President for arms aid to U.S. allies in the new fiscal year. Authorisation Passed The committee approved the aid bill just a day after Congress completed action on a measure authorizing $3,285,000,000 for foreign aid. Mr. . Eisenhower signed the authorization meas ure today. The House committee action indicates he will not actu ally get that much unless the House, and Senate beef up the appropriations measure later. In addition to arms aid and "offier cutsi' the committee chop ped in half the $200,000,000 asked for a special presidential fund, to be used for Asiatic de velopment. It said the adminis tration had testified it couldn't spend more than $100,000,000 for this purpose this year. The House is expected to pass the foreign aid money bill Mon day. Stale Superintendents Gel Salary Increases Salem U.PJ Salary increases for superintendents of all Ore gon state institutions, effective July 1, were granted here today by the state board of control. The schedule of increases, in most instances, was in line with maximum salaries set by the 1955 legislature. ' Dr. Dean Brooks, superintend ent of Oregon State hospital at Salem - was , given an increase from $9500 to $11,000. Dr. Don ald Wair, superintendent of the Eastern Oregon -State hospital at Pendleton, and Dr. Irvan HilL superintendent of Fair view Home at 'Salem, received boosts from $9500 to $10,000. Clarence T. Gladden, warden of the Oregon State Penitenti ary, and Dr. R. E. Joseph, su perintendent of the Eastern Ore gon State hospital at The Dalles, were increased from $9000 to $10,000. James Lamb, superintendent of McLaren School for Boys at Woodburn, received an increase from $7,000 to $8,000. M. B. Clatterbuck, head of the Oregon State School for the Deaf, and Walter R. Dry, superintendent of the state School for the Blind, were increased from $7,000 to $7,500. Miss Marjorie G. McBride, su perintendent of Hillcrest School for Girls at Salem,- received an increase from' $6,000 to $7,000. Mopping-Up Started After 50-Acrc Blackvell Hill Fire Three . state forest patrol crews started mopping up opera tions today, after fire of unde termined origin burned over about 50 acres of brush on Black well hill north of here yesterday afternoon. . : The fire, which started early yesterday, afternoon,, threatened several residences along Old Highway 99, but a crew of about 30 men prevented fire from spreading to the houses.- ' The forest, patrol dispatched about 20 men to the scene yes terday, and a 10-man crew from the - Alley Lumber company, South Pacific Highway, was dis patched early last night. Four forest patrol - men assisted in Bonus Suggested For Servicemen Signing for Duty National Guard Would Be Included Washington U.PJ Sen. Rich ard B. Russell (D-Ga.) nronosed today that the administration's compulsory reserve training pro gram be scrapped in favor of a voluntary, bonus-incentive plan. RusselL chairman of the Sen. ate Armed Services Committee, .- suggested . payment of a $400 bonus to every serviceman who volunteers-for three years duty in the combat reserve of the Army or Marine Corps. Major Revision . Russell's DrODOsal was aimed at one of the main features of the administration's.reserve pro gram Under the administration ' plan, servicemen, particularly " draftees, would be compelled to participate in the reserve follow ing, completion of active duty. . Russell offered his major re vision of the administration nro- gram as the committee opened its second day of hearings on the reserve plan. He served no tice he expects Defense Depart ment witnesses to be prepared to discuss his proposal when they appear, before the committee Monday. The move by RusselL an influ ential military sDokesman in the Senate, was clear rfotice that the administration nlan. which cleared the House 'with difficulty, is in for substantial overhauling in the Senate. Another Battle Signal Russell , also raised another possible battle signal when he announced he would move to in clude the National Guard within the - military reserve training: system. . Inclusion of the National Guard was stricken out in th House to bypass the segregation issue. Russell said, however, he would propose that the reserve legislation mclude provisions for reservists to volunteer for or be assigned to National Guard units.. Russell said he offered his bonus enlistment plan because he believes it will produce, a be to ter reserve than the administra tion's compulsory plan. . Appeal Brief Filed In Murder Case Attorney Edward Kelly has filed the appellant's first brief with the supreme court in the case of the state vs. James Nor man Jensen,' according to the district attorney's office. Filing of the brief is one of the preliminary steps irt an ap peal of the conviction and death sentence for Jensen for the slay- ing of Mrs. Fern Hile, a Medford housewife. Next step will be the filing of a brief by District Attorney Wal- ' ter Nunley. After all briefs have been filed, the Oregon state supreme court will set a date for oral arguments. Jensen was sentenced to die in the state gas chamber at Salem early this year, but notice of appeal filed by K elly served as an automatic stay of execu tion. , Central Point ' Crews Extinguish Grass Fires Central Point Central Point Rural Fire department crews ex tinguished two grass fires yester day afternoon. . Two trucks and crews were called to a fire on the Southern Pacific railroad : right-of-way near the new Highway 99 over head north of Central Point. Damage was limited to grass, fence posts and brushy depart ment officials said. ' About 3 p.m., three units re sponded to a five-acre grass fire at 5795 Crater. Lake highway. Department officials said the cause is believed to be children playing with' matches. Damage was limited to grass.' controlling the fire last night.' -; Four trucks and crews from the Central Point Rural Fix district responded .to a call about 2:45 p.m. yesterday, and re mained at the scene until about 6 p.m. . About : 1,200 acres on Black well hill burned over about five years ago, and forest patrol of ficials said several dead stumps from the previous fire aided in spreading yesterday's' blaze. Forest patrol officials said cause of the fire has not been' determined. It was the . worst brush fire in the area thus far this season, and followed by one day a smaller blaze in the same gefcaral' area, . .. . ..