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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
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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
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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. ,
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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, . .. . ..