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m,. Joanxi, Alia. iukj An ava
Jr;lanche in the Canadian Rockies
- yesterday killed live teen-age
- boys from Philadelphia. Two oth-
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t-prltert today.
T The avalanche . occurred on
11,636-foot Mount Temple hear
this summer resort.
The boys were members of the
7 Wilderness Club of Philadelohia
," and' had been in Canada for a
week on a camping expedition.
Eleven of 30 boys were caught
. by the avalanche at the 9,500-foot
v.; level. Only two escaped un
Memorial Hospital
Requests $586,533
In Federal Funds
The Rogue Valley Memorial
' hospital has applied for a grant
of $586,533 in federal Hill-Bur
ton funds to apply toward the
construction of a new hospital, it
- ffs reported today.
, The hospital organization esti
mates that the new structure to
be located on a 20-acre site just
north of Barnett rd. southeast of
the city, will cost in the neigh
borhood of $1,800,000. If the
leaerai hospital grant is ap
proved in full, it will leave some
$1,200,000 or more to be raised
locally.
ine organization now owns
Community hospital, which will
be abandoned when the new hos
pital is completed. . .
A campaign to raise the neces
sary funds will begin here later
this month. Some pledges and
gifts have already been received.
The application was made
through the state board of health,
which allocates construction
funds as soon as congress makes
them available. The federal funds
are provided on a matching ba
sis. Other applicants revealed to
day, according to United Press,
are Portland Osteopathic hospi
tal, $223,890; Leep Memorial hos
pital, Salem, $63,833; Hood River
Memorial hospital, $196,333; Eugene-Lane
county health depar
. ment, $42,358; Blue Mountain
General hospital, - Prairie City,
$6,833; State hospital, Salem,
$50,000; Holladay Park Memor
ial hospital, Portland, $12,030;
Pacific Communities hospital,
Newport, $41,110; and Sisters of
Mercy nursing home. North
Bend, $571,210.
Fire Burns Home,
Damages Another
Fires yesterday and' this
morning destroyed one home
and badly damaged another.
A vacant house at 616 South
Stage road reportedly owned br
Dr. Merle Foland, 109 Highland
dr., was enveloped by flames
before being noticed and burned
to the ground, me fire was
reported by state police about
1:55 ajn. today.'
Neighbors reported that for-
- mer occupants,, the Willis G.
Toennige family, moved out yes
terday morning. A rural pump
er, a tanker and a pumper from
the east side station answered
the call. Adjacent buildings
were undamaged.
At 9:01 p.m. yesterday two
pumpers were dispatched to the
Willis F. Herman home, 519
West 11th st. The fire, apparent
ly started from a cigarette on a
davenport, caused considerable
smoke, and damaged furniture,
walls and ceiling in one room.
George Hopeful Geneva
Talks To Improve Peace
.Washington U.B Sen. Wal
ter F. George said today after a
talk with President Eisenhower
that he is "very hopeful" the
Big Four conference at Geneva
next week will improve the
chances for world peace..
The Georgia Democrat, who is
chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, gave this
comment to newsmen in ad
vance of Mr. Eisenhower's meet
ing today with Democratic and
Republican leaders on the Ge-
vena conference. "
3,000,000 Box Pear Crop in
Valley Forecast by Agent
A pear crop of 3,000,000. boxes
is expected in the Rogue valley
this year, Don Berry, Jackson
county horticulture agent, said
today. The crop, provided fruit
attains adequate size, will be
about normal. Harvesting sea
son will not start until about
Aug. 22, about two weeks late.
Berry said most orchardists
are now culling crops to thin
out small sizes, and if orchards
receive two more irrigations,
adequate fruit sizes should be
attained.
Unseasonable weather early
harmed. Two others were
brought to a hospital in Banff
suffering from head injuries,
shock and exposure..
The dead and missing were
identified as Richard Balis, 13;
his twin brother, James; William
Wise, 15; William-Watts, 16;
Miles Harble, 12; David Chapin,
15; and Luther Seddon, 13. All
but Seddon, who came from St.
Louis, were from Philadelphia.
The boys in the hospital were
Fred Ballard, 13, and Jerry Clat
tenburg, 14, both of Philadelphia.
Rebuilding of Store
Planned; Fire Probed
Plans for rebuilding the Med
ford Furniture store building,
which was partially destroyed
in a fire last Friday afternoon,
are being worked out and will
be announced in detail soon, it
was reported today.""
Meanwhile, investigation of
the causes of the blaze was con
tinuing this morning, with city
and state police and firemen co
operating. They were on the
scene of the fire this morning,
discussing various phases of the
blaze with store officials and
insurance men.
To Question Man
Later in the day they planned
to question Gene Wallace Lau
derdale, 29, who .was arrested
Saturday night and jailed on a
Police Hunt Killer
Of Iowa Youngster
Sioux City, la. j(U.E) One of
the biggest manhunts in the his
tory of the Midwest formed to
day to find the brutal sex-slayer
of 2-year-old Donna Sue Davis.
A general police alert was
sounded throuahout mid-con
tinent, the FBI activly entered
the case and thousands of volun
teers, armed with a description
of the killer, joined .in the
tearch.?1':- i -TTi
Meanwhile, police" here plan
ned a roundup of all known sex
deviates after being - informed
by police Chief James O'Keefe
that the child "definitely had
been raped.".
The blonde,: curly-haired tot,
who was kidnaped from her crib
Sunday night while her parents
watched television, was found
beaten to death late Monday at
the edge of a muddy cornfield.
. Strips of her pink pajama tops
were wound , around her neck.
Otherwise, she was unclothed.
Police said Donna had been
sexually attacked, then beaten
to death by blows on the head.
An autopsy showed she had suf
fered a skull fracture, a broken
jaw and abrasions on her body.
The blue-eyed girl, described
by neighbors as "a living doll,"
was killed about an hour after
she was abducted, police said.
Her body apparently was hurled
from an automobile into the
gravel ditch where it was found.
Nebraska Girl, 4,
Beaten by Assailant
Fremont, Neb. UJD--A four-year-old
girl was severely beaten
by an unknown assailant today
and police opened an all-out
search to determine whether the
attacker might ; have been the
killer of Donna Sue Davis of
Sioux City, la.
Fremont Police Chief Robert
Millard said "I just don't know,"
when asked if the attacker here
might have been the same man
who mutilated and killed the
little Davis girl Sunday night or
early yesterday and left her
body in a corn field.
Millard said the little girl
beaten here was Susan . Cline,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Cline. She suffered a broken leg,
cuts and bruises and other
marks of harsh treatment, Mil
lard said. An examination show
ed she had not been criminally
assaulted, Millard said.
this year delayed the crop. '
The peach crop also will be
about .two weeks late, Berry
said, and probably will be small
er than normal, especially with.
the hale variety. He said the
small crop is due to poor polina
tion during bloom when fruit
did not set. 'v .
The peach crop, Berry esti
mated, would be about two-
thirds the normal size.
.. Apricots, which normally
would be harvested now, will
be picked starting in about 10
days. Berry said. It is expected
t be about MrmaL -
Those who escaped were Pete
Smith, 13, and Tony Woodfield,
16, both of Philadelphia. '
The expedition was directed
by O. D. Dickson and W. H. Oes-
er, both of Philadelphia. It was
based at Moraine lake. .
Yesterday, 24 of the boys with
Oeser in charge climbed to the
supply camp at the 300-foot lev
el. Eleven decided to go higher
before stopping for the day and
reached the 9500- foot level
where they were caught by the
slide.
drunk charge. He had been sent
to the store a couple of days
before the fire by the employ
ment office here as a temporary
warehouse helper.
Lauderdale was seen during
the early phase of the fire but
later was missed, and was the
object of a police search Friday
night and Saturday. Officers
this morning expressed doubt
that he would be of any assist
ance in determining the cause
of the fire.
; Will Hansen, owner of the
building, said today it is still
too early to determine whether
or not the unburned" portion of
the structure, built in. 1922, can
be used in reconstruction plans.
But he said the building will
definitely be replaced.
Built in 1922
The building was built by his
father, J. P. Hansen, who came
here in 1887 and was one of the
first orchard operators in the
valley. Hansen himself arrived
in 1888. The store was operated
as the Medford Furniture and
Hardware (MF & H) under vari
ous ownerships until about 1943
when it was sold to Lou Doolen
and later to John Cupp, who
eliminated the -hardware phase
of the business. - Joe Neil later
bought the store; later selling to
Bob Rector and Jack Crawford,
the present owners.
The, Wakefield Drapery shop,
which' was. located on the'burh-ed-out
second floor of the build
ing, was destroyed, with con
siderable loss. Wayne Wake
field, however, has indicated he
plans to move into other quar
ters as soon as possible, and, re
sume his business.
Mel Younger, of the Younger
Appliance company, located ad
jacent to the burned building,
said bis firm suffered some
smoke and water damage, and
that the roof is in bad shape.
The store, is closed for a few
days until things can be straight
ened out and cleaned. .
Senate OK Sought
In Foreign Aid Funds
Washington (U.R) The ad
ministration shifted to the Sen
ate today its efforts to win con
gressional approval of the full
$3,266,641,750 foreign aid pro
gram sought by President Eisen
hower. -
The administration suffered a
major setback last night when
the . house approved a $2,638,-
741,750 bill that was a whop
ping $627,900,000, or about 20
per cent, less than Mr. Eisenhow
er has asked. Not a. single House
member moved to restore cuts
in the measure which had been
made by the House Appropria
tions committee.
7..- Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles and former Foreign
Aid Chief Harold E. Stassen
planned to urge a Senate Ap
propriations subcommittee to
day at a closed hearing to vote
the full amount of the Presi
dent's request.
WallaWaiiaPrison
Tension Increases
Walla ; Walla, Wash. U.F3 -
Double guards patrolled cell
blocks of the Washington State
Prison today as tension mounted
among inmates who staged a 26-
hour riot last week. '
Inmates of the prison caused
about $25,000 damage when they
went on their rampage last Tues
day. They captured 11 hostages
and held nine who were released
unharmed ' when a nine-point
"treaty" ended the rebellion.
Warden Lawrence Delmore Jr,
said everything, was running ac
cording to Hoyle" but that he had
ordered the extra guard because
of the actions of inmates the past
two days after they had heard
reports some of them may be
transferred to Eastern State Hos
pital for the criminally insane. ,
. Meanwhile, six prison officers
have resigned since the riot out
break, Delmore said.
1 don't know whether it was
because of pressure from the of-
fioars families, or what", ;
Tree Assessment
Problem No Nearer
Solution by Board
Orchardi$ts Refuse
Compromise Proposal
The problem of assessing Jack
son county orchards appeared
no nearer solution today, follow
ing a IVi-hour meeting this
morning between local orchard
ists and members of the county
board of equalization.
Some 10 of the county's lead
ing fruit growers at the meeting
flatly- turned down any possi
bility of a compromise with the
state tax commission.
The orchard assessment issue,
which has been . bubbling for
more than 18 months, reached
a boil recently when the tax
commission ordered the board
of equalization to place orchard
trees on the tax rolls on a true
cash value basis by Aug. 15.
Substitute Proposal
" Members of the board of equal
ization met yesterday in Salem
with the tax commission, and
at that time, a substitute pro
posal was tentatively offered by
the board.
The proposal, in effect, called
for a blanket assessment for
the current fiscal year on or
chard trees of $100 per acre
for pears; $75 per acre for stone
fruit; $50 an acre for apples, and
no value per acre for grafted
trees up to seven years old, for
new plantings up to 12 years
old, and for all nut trees.
For the 1956-57 fiscal year,
the proposal, called, for putting
the assessments on a true cash
value basis to be set up by the
county assessor aided by a com
mittee of growers, real estate
men, and others, who would
receive help from state assessors.
Not True Value
The board admitted that the
per acre valuations included in
the proposal would not indicate
the true cash value of the
orchards.
- Board members, includins
County Judge Rodney Keating,
Arnold Bohnert and Ralph Cook,
said that - this proposal . was .. ac
ceotable In th- tt ia-r nn
mission,' which indicated thai the
proposal would fall under the
terms of the. order to the board
of equalization.
This compromise received a
cold shoulder from the orchard
ists this morning. They charac
terized it as "a tempting pack
age" which would not be legal
because it would not be equal
ized. They charged that the state
Ltax commission, in refusing to
oraer itie county assessor to set
UD the orchard assessments. is
attempting to put the burden on
me ooara ox equalization for
something they know is un
popular and not legal.
Who Wields Stiletto?,
William McAllister. Morifarri
attorney who is representing the
orcnaraisis, declared "It is a
question of whether the tax
Commission is eoinff in wielrl
the stiletto or whether the board
of equalization is going to wield
it for them under some threat of
coercion."
It was indicated at this TYin Tun
ing's meeting that Cook and
uonnert nad told the commis
sion they would resign from the
board rather than go ahead with
ine program. They were told
that if thev did - onit inmmno
would be named to replace them
and; the nromm wnuM
ahead., Both indicated that they
are still contemplating resigna
tion. The orchardists were unani
mous in proposing that the board
should make every effort to
force the tax commission to or
der the program into - effect,
rather than placing that burden
upon the board. All declared
that they will use every legal
means possible to fight the pro
gram. 1
The board mvonr st mnnn
but was resumed this afternoon.
Uranium Found
In Southeast Oregon
Portland U.R) The "best
uranium Drosnect discovered in
Oregon' so far was reported by
a geologist today to have been
found in the southeastern part
oi tne state. '
Tom Matthews of - the State
Department of Geoloev and Min
eral Industries, added that
samples brought in bv Harold
Davis from the S teens mountain
area "probably is pay material."
. xne iind was located about 50
miles north of the Nevada bor
der on U.S.'- government land.
some 10 miles north of Andrews
on Pike creek. ... .
" Portland (U.R) Some
1500 striking AFL plywood wor
kers at five M and M Wood Wor
king company plants in Oregon
and Northern California ' vote
Thursday on a proposal to end
a strike that started July 1.
50th Year
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Two Annexation
Proposals Studied
By City Planners
Residents of Area
Ask New Consideration
The Medford Planning . com
mission last night discussed two
new annexation proposals re
quested by residents of the areas
involved. They include more
than 500 . acres in areas south
of Stewart ave., and east and
south of the city.
No action was taken on either
proposal pending study of pos
sible additional land to be in
cluded in each area.
One request came from Ed
ward Stevens for annexation of
about 30 acres south of Stewart
ave. between extensions of Holly
st. and Oakdale ave. The pro
posed area does not include
an orchard owned by. Bear
Creek orchards adjacent to Stew
art ave. and between the ave
nue and property requested to
b annexed.
North of Garfield
Stevens said the area, which
includes school district 49 prop
erty for a proposed school, ex
tends north from along the north
edge of Garfield st. The prop
erty would be connected with
the city by extensions of Holly
st. and Oakdale ave., both, of
which would conform to city
standards.
The commission asked City
Manager Robert Duff and Don
ald G. Boot,' a member of the
ISOrtinissibii; to "contact '"owners
of the orchard, and if there is
no obiection to annexing the
orchard, that may also be in
cluded.
Stevens said he desired the
area annexed because he is plan
ning to subdivide' the area, plats
for which have been approved
by the planning commission.'
Includes Country Club
' The other area is bounded by
a line starting at the present city
limits 200 feet north of Hillcrest
rd., running east to Foothills rd.,
south to Barnett rd., west to a
point south of Modoc ave., and
north to the present city limits.
The proposal includes the
Rogue Valley Country club,
which was included in the area
after the first suggestion was
made. The total area involved is
about 500 acres.
E. N. McKinstry, city engineer,
said residents of the area plan
to circulate petitions for annex
ation. The commission agreed to
have residents or city officials
contact other area residents who
have expressed a desire to be
annexed. .
Residents Encouraged
Mark Goldy, acting commis
sion chairman, said he favors
encouraging any fringe area res
idents to seek annexation, and
pointed out policies of the com
mission should not be so strict
so as to discourage residents
from seeking annexation.
Both areas were included in
the more than 3,000 acres in
volved in an annexation propos
al rejected by residents by
about a 5 to 1 vote July 5.
The commission also discussed
an agricultural zone based on
one used by the city of Eugene.
Such a zone would protect all
types of farming on large tracts;
members indicated.
Can Farm Now
Present Medford ordinances
provide that farming and truck
gardening may be allowed pro
viding no retail business is con
ducted on the premises. : The
ordinance covers orchards.
. No action is planned until aft
er additional information con
cerning an. agricultural zone is
obtained. Duff said he ' would
pass any new inormation con
cerning agricultural zone onto
the commission in order that it
may be studied thoroughly.
(See Story on Peg 14)
FORECAST: Fair : aad
through Wednesday. lw te-
nicnt SS-SS. High tomorrow
S(-M. " -' - '
Temp.
Highest Yesterday
Lowest this Moraine (4
OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY
:
vry Demands 1
on SIP Service
Morning Star Paces
Honolulu Yacht Race
Aboard USS Gresham U.R)
Commodore Richard S. Rheen's
ketch Morning Star paced 50
yachts .today in the transpacific
race to Honolulu, reporting she
was only 400 miles from the fin
ish line at Diamond Head. .
The front running, boats were
pushed along at the fastest clip
of the race behind tropical winds
up to 30 miles per hour.
In second place was the 108
foot schooner Ramona, owned by
William Pomeroy of San Fran
cisco. ' . . '
Guard at Oregon
Prison Accused
Of Taking Bribe
Salem (U.R) Charles Edward
Jones, 32, guard, at the Oregon
state penitentiary, faced ar
raignment today on a charge of
accepting a bribe to smuggle
benzedrine to the convicts.
Jones waived preliminary
hearing yesterday after his ar
rest by state police. The charge
of accepting a bribe is a felony
Jones was arrested after investi
gation by prison officials and
state police.
Deputy Sarden L. R. Barnes
said there had been "little or no
trouble with dope in the prison
for a year until just recently.
Jones is accused of accepting
a $60 bribe to deliver the benze
drine inside- the . prison .walls
with a promise that he would be
paid more later. ., ; - , .
Several Guard charosxl s-v
Deputy District Attorney Joe
Meier said several guards have
been charged with taking such
drugs as benzedrine into the
prison in the past," an offense
classed as a misdeameanor. But
bribery is a felony and convic
tion can bring a sentence up to
15 years in the penitentiary. ,
District 1 Attorney Kenneth
Brown said this is the first time
since he has been in office that
a guard has been charged with
bribery. -
Jones has been a correctional
officer at the state penitentiary
since July,. 1953. His bail was
set by Marion County Circuit
Judge E. O. Stadter at $2500.
Log Truck Driver
Critically Injured
Orville A. Williams, 45, of
936 Newtown st., is in critical
condition today, after the. log
truck he was operating went
out of control and over the
bank of the Copper road about
two miles above McKee bridge
yesterday afternoon.
Don Moton of Star Ranger
station called state police and
Medford Ambulance service to
the scene about: 12:30 pun. Ap
parently the truck went out of
control on a gradual curve and
plunged over the bank, police
said. ' - - .
.Williams was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital.
Denver Man Arrested
On Morals Suspicion
Sigurd Forseth Cholaas, 31,
Denver, Cole was arrested by
city police this morning and was
lodged ' in jail on suspicion of
contributing to the delinquency
of a minor, police reported. -
Officers arrested - Cholaas
shortly after a 13-year-old boy
told them a man had molested
him in the v Hawthorne park
area. Cholaas fitted the descrip
tion the boy gave, and he was
arrested.
Selection of
Murder Trial;
?; Selection: of a jury for the
trial of Bernice Hampton (Tex)
White, 37, of 228 Hartley rd.,
was nearing completion at noon
today, and it was expected that
attorneys would start opening
arguments this afternoon: v
White is charged with . first
degree murder in the death of
Eugene Raymond Birk, 32, Phoe
nix. Birk died in an Ashland hos
pital last March as a result of
head injuries. - - y
- A grand " jury : .indictment
against . White charges he fa
tally injured Birk by strtUnf
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Tribune
12, 1955
No. 96
Asks Commissioner
"--.-
To Act Under Lav
Providing Hearing
Action Requested
Before August 7
State Sen. Philip B.
has demanded that the
Lowry
Oregon
public utilities commissioner,
Charles H. Heltzel, conduct a
public hearing on the proposed
abandonment of Southern Pacif
ic passenger service north of
Ashland.
In a letter written yesterday
to Heltzel, Senator Lowry said
I respectfully request that you
conduct, an investigation and
hearing on your own motion on
this proposed discontinuance at
the earliest possible date.' Such
a procedure, of course, is auth
orized by ORS 760.515. It occurs
to me that any such hearing and
investigation should be sched
uled in time to reach a decision
prior to Aug. 7, 1955, in order
that an appropriate order could
be entered, should you find that
the discontinuance is unjusti
fied. . "
"While I believe that this sit
uation clearly calls for an inves
tigation and hearing upon your
own motion, as authorized by
statute, it may be that you will
not concur in my view. In such
event, I wish to state unequivo
cally that this letter may . be re
garded as a complaint within
the meaning of ORS ' 760.510,'
the senator's letter continued.
In Salem, it. was revealed to
day that Heltzel ha ordered an
investigation into the demand
and need ,for passenger . train
service on the Portland-Ashland
route.
: Heltzel was quoted as saying
that while the railroad has . de
nied the PUC has jurisdiction
over the train route, the issue
has not been fully settled. Rec
ords show that the commission
has in the past permitted with
drawal of rail service without
interference.
Heltzel's investigators are to
check with chambers of com
merce, city officials, and others,
he said.
The SP announced discontin
uance of the service last week,
effective Aug. 7,' because of
heavy operating losses on - the
passenger, service, and, lack of
patronage.
-Senator Lowry, in his letter
to Heltzel, pointed out the "tre
mendous freight revenues" the
SP earns from areas affected
by the proposed discontinuance.
Public Service Cued
"At the time of my discussion
with Southern Pacific officials,
I was left with the impression
that this, common carrier felt
it was entitled to operate its
passenger service at a profit or
not at all. While I have little
familiarity in this field, it has
long been my understanding
that the passenger - service of
most rail carriers is not usually
profitable, but nevertheless must
be maintained as a public ser
vice," the senator said. '
He added that, "because of the
interest of Josephine and Doug
las counties in this matter," he
is calling the attention of Sen
ators Gene Brown, Grants Pass,
and Paul Geddes, Roseburg, to
his action in requesting a public
hearing with the "hope that they
may 'see fit to join in my re
quest' : : - " - '
Boise (UJ9 The Idaho
Board of Health has recorded
the state's 113th polio case since
the first of the year, compared
to 25 listed through July of 1954.
Jui -3caring
Possible Jurors Quizzed
him on the head with a piece of
lumber. The act allegedly oc
curred t.the Talent saw mill
where both men were employed.
Although District Attorney
Walter Nunley, in questioning
prospective jurors, has indicated
that he is not making an issue
of the death penalty, each juror
has been questioned concerning
it At least one has been dismiss
ed; because of a conscientious
objection to the death penalty.
; : In first degree murder trial,
the jury may bring in a verdict
of guilty without reoornmerwla-
Appropriation!
Committee Pares
Budget Requests
Atomic Ship, Polio
Programs Rejected
Washington U.F9 The House
Appropriations committee, wield
ing its economy ax for the last .
time this session, today denied '
funds for the proposed' Air Force
Academy, President Eisenhow
er's atomic peace ship, and free
distribution of polio vaccine.
It whacked heavily into the
President's budget requests for
expansion and improvement, of
atomic plants, for making civil
defense evacuation plans for 29
big target cities, and for U.S.
participation In International
trade fairs as a counter to Com
munist propaganda. '
The- committee, meeting for
what probably was its last ses
sion this year, took the actions
in reporting to the House a
supplemental appropriation bill
totalling $1,648,876,128 for a
scattering of agencies and func
tions for which the President
had sought extra funds totalling
$1,927,785,868.
This cut of $278,909,740, about
14.5 per cent, was to be piled
atop , claimed committee reduc
tions totalling about $2,185,000,
000 in earlier appropriations this
year, although some of the pre
vious cuts had been restored by
House or Senate.
Main items in the bill as ap
proved included $1,402,329,000
for military construction projects
(not including the Air Academy)
for which the administration
had asked $1,480,000,000; $138,
577,000 a cut of $156,123,000
for plant expansion and stepped-
Wasliington U.R) The
Appropriations Committee to
day approved $2,042000 for
spending in the fiscal year
that started July I for Air
Force facilities at Klamath
Falls, Ore.
up research by the Atomic En
ergy Commission; $8,650,000 for
civil defense, against the $16,
050,000 requested. ..
The rejection of .funds to start
bufldinsr the '$126,000,000 new
Air Academy ' at . Colorado
Springs, Colo., came amid moun
ting criteism of the ultra modern
design recently published by the
Air Force as its plan for the
new service school.
Must Make Up Mind .
Air Farce Secretanr Harold E.-
Talbott told the appropriations
group this design was not final.
So the committee denied his re
quest for $79,000,000 in construc
tion funds, and told him not to
spend $15,000,000 appropriated,
earlier, until plans. are finally
agreed on.
It suggested that he. consult
the government's Fine Arts com
mission before making up his
mind. V -
The committee turned down a
request for $12,650,000 to build
the bull - of Mr. Eisenhower's
proposed peace ship and for $21,
000,000 to build the atomic re
actor to drive it. It pointed out
that legislation to authorize this
ship has not been approved by
congress. ;
In chopping funds sought for
other : atomic . construction the
committee pointed out that AEC '
has $101,000,000 of unspent
funds on hand.. With this, and the
$138,577,000 which it recom
mended in new money, the com
mittee said the agency will have
enough to get by.
Among specific atomic pro
jects cut or denied was a pro
posed new hospital at Oak Ridge,
Tenn. The committee said keep
ing the old one would be cheap
er and it allowed $50,0W to
put it in shape.- .
In the polio field the commit
tee approved in full Mr. Eisen
hower's request for $300,000 in
extra enforcement money . to
ward off a possible black market
in vaccine. It okayed without re- .
duction $4,500,000 for grants to
states to plan vaccination pro
grams: It allowed in full $400,000
to build a new monkey house at .
the National Institutes of Health,
to facilitate Vaccine safety tests.
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Ccmp!o;icn in
tion, making the death penalty
mandatory; guilty with recom
mendation of life imprisonment;
guilty of second degree murder,
guilty of manslaughter, or not
guilty. H .
i Because White's attorneys
have indicated they will use a
defense of temporary insanity,
the jury also may bring in a
verdict of not guilty because of
insanity.
.White is .represented by At
torney Robert Duncan, assisted
by Attorney William Duhaime.
District Attorney Walter Nun
ley it Ttpreasnttng the state.
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