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Soviet's European
Security Proposal
Rejected by West
Eisenhower Lunches
With Rustic's Zhukov
Geneva U.R - President Ei
senhower and the Soviet dele
gates to the Big Four aummit
conference agreed today that
they have reached a dead end
on the issues of German reuni
fication and European security.
That decision was reached
after the Soviets at today's brief
summit session put forward a
European security proposal that
was unacceptable to the West.
Yesterday's conference session
results indicated East and West
were unable to get together on
German reunification.
Plea for Peace
?rut in spite of these disap
pointments. President .Eisenhow
er told his Russian opposite
numbers today that he believes
the Soviets want peace as sin
cerely as the West wants it.
Both sides, he said, must find
bridge to peace.
The abbreviated session last
ed an hour and 45 minutes. -
It was devoted primarily to
Russia's outline of a security
plan for Europe that would re
quire scuttling the North At
lantic Treaty Organization, key
atone of the Western defense ar
rangement. Western delegates promptly
called the Soviet scheme unac
ceptable.
It was agreed then that the
problems of European security
and German unification could
not be discussed further on the
summit level now.
Further Study Ordered
But the Big Four instructed
their foreign ministers to get to
gether to see whether it would
be possible for the foreign minis
ters themselves to work out
methods which might lead to
Mr. Eisenhower's "bridge to
peace."
Mr. Eisenhower wound up to
day's session at the marble Pal
ace of Nations by stating with
deep conviction that he was cer
tain the Russians share a com
mon desire witi the West for
peace. , '
President Eisenhower, who
believes German reunification is
the key to all other issues in
volved at the conference, made
one more personal effort to
break the Soviet resistance to
day in a private lunch with So
viet Defense Minister Georgi
Zhukov. The two were allies
and comrades in World War II.
British Prime Minister An-
- thony Eden also made a person
al appeal to keep the German re
unification issue alive in earnest
personal conversations with the
Soviet leaders at dinner at the
British villa last night.
Confidential Chat
Mr. Eisenhower and Zhukov
talked intimately and privately
at the President s lakeside villa
near Geneva, without aides or
other members of their respec
tive delegations in attendance.
Only interpreters were present
The lunch get-together of the
two men who have renewed
their friendship of 10 years ago
in such striking fashion here in
Geneva came less than 24 hours
after a dramatic personal appeal
by Mr. Eisenhower to Zhukov at
the conference table yesterday.
The President urged the So
viets through Zhukov to accept
NATO as an instrument of real
peace and to speed up German
reunification.
The invitation to lunch was
jQtended by the President ear
lier this week, but the Soviet
marshal accepted only today.
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Klamath Man Killed
In Evans Creek Mishap
Dillard Wesley Hayes, 32,
Klamath Falls, was killed about
1:30 p.m. yesterday in an East
Evans Creek logging accident.
Hayes was bucking logs on
side hill, standing on the upper
side of a log when he apparently
last his balance, falling down
hill, and the log fell on his
chest, according to Deputy
Coroner Joe Hosick and state
police.
Hayes body was discovered
by Grant Carothers, Cave Junc
tion. Sheriffs officers were call
ed to the scene about 2:45 p.m.
Conger-Morris funeral home is
in charge of funeral arrange
ments. Honolulu (U.B Only four of
the 50 yachts that entered the
transpacific yacht race were
still at sea today.
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OPENING SESSION General view of the
conference room in Palais des Nations as
opening session of the Big Four conference
got under way at Geneva, Switzerland. Presi
dent Eisenhower made lead-off speech, call
ing for a "new spirit" in East-West relations
Mates
The Medford city council
journed abruptly last night when
Mrs. Mariam Rose McCaskey,
410 Kenwood ave., fainted in the
council chamber. Her appear
ance there was in connection
with a heated discussion on pav
ing of Kenwood ave. between
Second and Humphrey sts.
Mrs. McCaskey was given
emergency treatment in- the
chamber, and later was released
from Community hospital where
she was taken by Medford am
bulance. Signature Questioned
She appeared before the coun
cil upon request of Attorney
George W. Rode, who represent
ed opponents to paving the one
block street, after the validity
of her signature on a letter was
questioned by Councilman Stan
ley C. Jones Jr. The letter re
quested that her name be with
drawn from any petition for Ken
wood ave. .paving, . ti
Jones said there was no proof
that the signature was actually
hers. He said unless she appeared
in person he would consider the
petition asking for paving to
contain signatures of the own
ers of 53.8 per cent of the front
footage.
He said, after an ordinance
ordering paving was adopted,
that if "the person appears per
sonally, we may rescind our
present action."
Petition Submitted
During the public hearing on
the proposal, Rode submitted a
petition opposing paving. He
noted that Mrs. McCaskey's sig
nature was on the petition, and
produced a letter from her ask
ing that her name be withdrawn
from "any petition for paving
Kenwood avenue," and saying
she was "opposed to the paving
at this time."
Her letter, along with the op
posing petition, was submitted
to the council. Both the letter
and the opposing petition were
dated later than the petition ask
tag for paving.
Public Works Director Vernon
Thorpe told the council that if
Mrs. McCaskey's signature was
withdrawn from the petition re
questing paving, enough signa
tures remained to represent only
49 per cent of the front footage,
50 Per Cent Needed
Signatures of property owners
are necessary from owners of at
least 50 per cent of the front
footage if street improvements
are to be assessed to property
owners. .Thorpe - estimated . the
cost of paving at about $7 per
front foot, and the total cost of
paving Kenwood ave. at about
$7,500.
Councilman Donald . Hansen
moved that the council order
paving on Kenwood ave. The
motion was seconded by: Jones
and passed 6 to 2, with Council
man John Snider and Jack Fitz
gerald voting against it.
Rode declared the council had
assumed that owners of 53.8 per
cent of the front footage favored
paving. He pointed out that city
officials said the percentage
droDDed to 49 with Mrs. Mc
Caskey's signature withdrawn,
Should Check All
'If it's a matter of challenged
signatures," Rode said, "then each
signature should be checked.'
Mayor Earl Miller assured
Rode that signatures on the peti
tion requesting paving had been
checked against Jackson county
records.
Rode said he believed the
council was "ordering paving to
dispose of the matter, because it
has been here so often." (The
Kenwood ave. paving project has
been delayed several tunes this
year because of changes in signa-
and proposed eight-point plan to bring about
a cold war armistice. Around the table, clock
wise (starting with British, at right fore
ground) are: British (backs to the camera);
French, Russian and the United States.
IFaiis as
Paving
ad-ltures which affected the number
of property owners favoring pav
tag.)
"To ignore the signature," Rode
said, "is not my idea of a demo
cratic way." Mayor Miller as
sured Rode it was not the policy
of the council to ignore any re
quest, x
Councilman Snider asked City
Attorney Frank Farrell whether
or not the city could order pav
ing with less than 50 per cent of
Safe EHown pen M
2 Suspects
The big walk-in safe at the
Mason Ehrman & Co. warehouse
and office on Sage rd. was
blown open and robbed last
night.
Two men, brothers, were ar
rested shortly thereafter, and are
being 'held in connection with
the crime. Between $800 and
$1,000 in currency was taken,
but has been recovered.
The men were apprehended
by the combined efforts of state
and city police and sheriffs dep
uties. One shot was fired before
the men were arrested, but no
one was wounded.
Salesman Makes Report
The crime was discovered
when Elmer Dowery Hampson,
911 Dakota st., a Mason Ehrman
salesman, returned to the office
late in the evening to slip some
sales: orders through a slot in
the office door. He saw smoke
in the office, and the open safe.
Hampson returned to North
Central ave., and telephoned of
ficers at 11:50 p.m. State police
immediately dispatched four of
ficers, and notified city police,
who were just changing shifts
and sent seven men, and the
sheriffs office, who sent two
deputies.
The officers surrounded - the
building. The two men, appar
ently seeing the patrol cars ap
proaching, went up on the roof
of the building. Police said they
were armed with a .22 caliber
rifle, but did no shooting.
Shot Fired in Air
An officer fired one shot in
the air as the men ran when
police approached. After that
they gave up with no further re
sistance. They were taken into
custody at 12:42 a.m.
They are being questioned
200 Laying Hens Die
In Eagle Point Fire
Eagle Point About 200 lay
ing hens were burned to death
when a chicken house owned by
Wilford Davies was destroyed
by fire Monday night.
The fire apparently started
from unnoticed sparks in grass
around the chicken house, which
was burned off to protect the
building from fire.
Both the Central Point Rural
Fire department and the Oregon
Forest patrol assisted in extin
guishing the blaze. Central
Point Rural department officials
said they answered the call with
one small truck because , they
were not sure whether, or not
the fire was in the district when
it was reported.
Officials said the fire was out
side the district, but gave" what
assistance they could . before
leaving.
Lisbon, Portugal J(U.R) Bil
lionaire oil man Calouste Sarkis
Gulbenkian, one of the world's
richest ' men whoL vowed he
would live to be 108, died today
at the age of 88.
Gouncil
: Project
the front footage represented by
signatures:
Farrell said the council had
that power, but that property
owners cannot be assessed un
less owners of more than 50 per
cent of the front footage agree.
If they do not, the city would pay
for paving, he said.
Mrs. McCaskey appeared later,
after the council had disposed of
other business.
(See story on Page 3.)
Nabbed
this morning, and are lodged in
the county jail.
The big safe door was blown
open with the use of dynamite
powder. The smaller safe inside
was "punched,"' that is, the dial
was -knocked off -and -the" door
opened with a sledge hammer.
The suspects are identified as
Glen Eugene Crow, 31, and his
brother, Delbert Lee Crow, 33,
both of Carthage, Mo.
Sheppard Prepares
For Life in Prison
Cleveland U.PJ Dr. Samuel
Sheppard prepared today to
leave county jail for the Ohio
Penitentiary where he will
serve a life sentence for the July
4, 1954, bludgeon-murder of his
wife, Marilyn. .
Sheppard s final appeal was
rejected yesterday by the Court
of Appeals which ruled the de
fendant did not submit new evi
dence to warrant a retrial.
The young osteopath's defense
counsel described him aaready
to begin his sentence.
The three-judge appeals court
used most of its 40-page opinion
to discount "new evidence" con
tained in an affidavit from
California criminologist, : Dr.
Paul Kirk. Kirk was hired by
the Shappard family to investi
gate the case' after Dr. Shep
pard s conviction.
Un-American Group
Calls Broadway Actors
Washington (U.R) Chairman
Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.) dis
closed today that the House Un-
American Activities Committee
has subpoenaed actors from sev
eral Broadway hit shows to tes
tify next month at hearings on
alleged Communist infiltration
of the entertainment field.
Walters said the hearings will
be held in New York, probably
Aug. 15 to Aug. 18. .
- He said the investigation will
cover a "broad field," including
television and the legitimate
theater. The committee wants to
find out, among other things,
whether entertainers are con
tributing funds to Communist
causes. No names were given.
London (U.R) The Duke of
Kent, 20-year-old ' cousin of
Queen Elizabeth, is in the hos
pital recovering from injuries
received in an auto accident, the
Daily Mail said today.
Sports Bulletin
Manila (U.R) Flash Elorde
of the Philippines won a unan
imous decision over world
featherweight champion Sandy
Saddler in a 10-round non-title
fight at Rizal Mtmorial Coli
seum - tonight before . some
8,000 wildly cheering fane.
Several Americans
Lose All Possessions
Saigon, Indochina (U.R)
Thousands of rioting South Viet
Namese protesting the first anni
versary of the "day of shame"
when France approved the Indo
china armistice pillaged and
burned , the hotels housing the
Internaional Truce Commission
today. .
First reports said no Ameri
cans were injured.
However, about 40 Americans
lost all their possessions,
Police reported that the wild
mobs also sacked the office of
Gen. Claire Chennault's Civil
Air Transport Company, which
was situated near one of the
hotels.
50 Said Hospitalised
Police and troops opened fire,
sprayed tear gas and swung
clubs to break up the mobs
which pillaged the hotels Ma
jestic and Gallieni.
At least 50 persons were , re
ported hospitalized. The demon.
startors manhandled two Com
munist Viet Minn members of
the Armistice Control Commis
sion. Police denied that two Viet
Minh and one Indian truce ob
servers had been lynched by the
mob.
Dozens of rioters
were
arrested.
Order Restored
Order was restored to the
streets of the city before noon,
The government charged that
a planned "peaceful" demonstra
tion of the "day - of national
shame" had been transformed
into a wild riot by Viet Minh
troublemakers. Others blamed
the dissident Cao Dai warlord
sect for instigating the violence,
and still others blamed the Revo,
lutionary committee which
backs Premier Ngo Dinh Diem.
Vote Discussion Proposed
The Geneva armistice which
split Indochina in half actually
was signed on July 21J 1954. It
provided that representatives of
the North and South Viet Nam
governments should get together
to discuss the proposed elections
on July 20, 1955, or shortly
thereafter.
The Saigon government re
gards July 20, the day on which
former French Premier Mendes
France promised to bring the
Indochina war to an end or re
sign, as the "day of national
shame."
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Argentine Navy Seen
Escaped from Peron
Montevideo, Uruguay (U.R)
Exiled Argentine Navy officers
said here today the bulk of the
Argentine war fleet appeared to
have escaped from the control
of President Juan D. Peron's
government.
The Navy officers based their
statements on private advices
from Buenos Aires.
The officers said they doubt
ed a communique issued by the
Argentine Navy Ministry, in
Buenos Aires that the high seas
and River Plate fleets sailed to
day for training maneuvers. -
The officers pointed out it was
midwinter in the southern part
of the Western Hemisphere and
that regular maneuvers are not
held by the Argentine Navy at
this time.
Rocket Launcher Lack
Hampers Air Force
Washington. (U.R) The Air
Force told House investigators
today that an "urgent" contract
for 100,000 air to ground rocket
launchers is running 75,000 be
hind.
Brig. Gen. Clyde H. Mitchell,
deputy director of production at
Wright -Patterson Air Force
Base, Dayton, O., told a House
Armed Services Investigating
Subcommittee that the shortage
of rocket launchers is hamper
ing the "capability" of Air Force
planes. '
State Senator Faces
Trial on Drunk Charge
Salem (U.R) State Sen. John
Merrifield of Portland was to
go on trial in District Court here
today on a charge of driving
while under the influence of in
toxicating liquor.
Merrifield was arrested near
Gervais June 18. He has pleaded
innocent to the charge. District
Judee'E: O. Stadter Jr.. was to
preside at the trial, which will
be heard by a six-member jury.
Detroit (U.R) A federal
Grand Jury indicted the CIO
United Auto Workers Union to
day on charges that its television
shows supporting Democratic
Sen. Patrick McNamara and
other Democrats last fall violat
ed federal election laws.
The union was indicted under
law which prohibits banks,
corporations and labor organiza
tions from making any contribu-
Preparations Near
Completion for
Labor Convention
Preparations are nearly com
plete for the Oregon State Fede
ration of Labor's 53rd annual
convention, which will open In
the Craterian theater at 10 a.m.
Monday, July 25, and will con
tinue for five days. Sessions are
open to the public.
Mayor Earl Miller will wel
come delegates to the city at the
ODening hour Monday morning.
Charles Champlin, Medford
chief of police, John Pletsch,
president of the Jackson County
Chamber of 1 Commerce, and
Howard Gault, Jackson county
sheriff, will also speak during
the welcoming ceremonies.
Federation President J. D.
McDonald will make his annual
report following the ceremonies.
Scholarship Award
Stan Culy. 21 Washington st.
valedictorian of the Medfora
High school class of 1955, will
be among the three state win
ners of AFL $500 scholarships
to receive their awards Wednes
day. morning.
Convention committees will
meet Wednesday . afternoon - to
consider resolutions introduced
in the first two days. Thursday
and Friday will be taken up
with convention action on reso
lutions and conclude with nomi
nation of officers.
Transfer of John Day
Planning Restudied
Washington (U.R) A re-
survey of plans to transfer plan
ning operations from the Port
land to the Walla Walla head
quarters of Army Engineers
was announced today by. the
Corps of Engineers here. -
Sen. Wayne Morse and Rich
ard L. Neuberger, Oregon Dem
ocrats, had protested the transfer
because, they said, it would have
involved the loss of some 100
jobs in the Portland district of
fice.
Brig! Gen. E. C. Itschner, as
sistant chief of engineers tor
civil functions, said transfer of
the planning work to Walla
Walla would not have involved
that many jobs but he said the
proposal would be resurveyed.
Itschner said the decision to
transfer John Day work to Walla
Walla was made before an ap
propriation for Ice Harbor dam
was voted. He said that work
would probably keep the Walla
Walla office busy.
Albany To Make Bid
Far Legion Convention
Albany, Ore.tU.R) Business
men here today agreed to make
a bid for the 1956 Oregon Amer
ican Legion convention which
would attract some 5000 . dele
gates. This year's conclave will
open in Redmond next week.
STEVENS QUITS Army Secre
tary Robert T." Stevens, above, a
controversial figure in the
Army-McCarthy hearings, was
to steD down from his govern
ment post today. He was to re
ceive a Navy award in a noon
ceremony and was to witness a
farewell parade this evening
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tion in connection with any elec
tion of a U.S. senator or repre
sentative. The union immediately called
the indictment an "un-American
and unconstitutional effort of
the Republican bosses of Michi
gan John Keikens and Arthur
Summerfield (the postmaster
general) to deny working people
the right to express their opin
ions on issues and candidates
through their union".
White Trial Jury
Unanimously Ms
2nd Bsgree Umim
Bernice Hampton (Tex) White,
37, was convicted of second de
gree murder by a unanimous
jury of six men and six women
at 9:42 p.m. yesterday. Circuit
Court Judge H. K. Hanna set
9:30 a.m. Friday for sentencing.
White, sitting next to his at
torneys, received - the verdict
calmly. His mother, father and
wife, who had heard most of the
proceedings and had been wait
ing in the courtroom all during
the jury's deliberations,' crowded
around him in the hall with af
fection but no great display of
emotion.
Out UVi Hours
The jury had been out a total
of 11 hours, 32 minutes. It was
given the case at 10:10 a.m.
Slightly over two hours of that
were taken for meals, and about
15 minutes for two clarifications
of the court's instructions...
Shortly after the jury went
out for the first time, Judge
Hanna called them -back , to
clarify a part of his instructions.
At 3:45 p.m. the jury re-entered
the courtroom at its own request
and asked the judge to define
again first and second degree
murder. "
Indicted By Jury . .
White was indicted by a grand
jury on charges of first degree
murder in the killing of Eugene
Raymond Birk, 32, Phoenix, on
March 2. Birk died in an Ashland
hospital from blows to his head
with a length of . two by four
timber while at work at the
Talent saw mill. White admitted
the slaying but pleaded innocent
by reason of temporary insanity.
He was defended throughout the
trial by Attorney Robert Dun
can assisted by William Du
haime. Yesterday, the judge called the
court to session at 9:30 a.m. and
instructed the jury for 40 min
utes. He gave the jurors a
choice of six verdicts: first de
gree murder without recommen
dation, making the death penalty
mandatory; first degree murder
with recommendation for len-
Oil Fortune Comes
To Portland Woman
Portland flJ.R) A 29-year-old
Portland divorcee who supports
three children by operating an
elevator in the state office build
ing here, has struck oil.
Last - spring Mrs. Katnenne
Fortuny invested $100 in 100
shares of stock in a Canadian oil
firm. Last Saturday, Mrs. For
tuny reports, she was notified
that Orecan Oil Co., Ltd., had
struck a gusher bringing in 2600
barrels a day just north of the
famous Williston basin in North
Dakota.
Mrs. Fortuny said she was in
formed her share would amount
to some $1000 a month.- But she
has no plans . for quitting her
job. She said she would wait
until a fewtof those $1000 checks
have arrived.
Vancouver, B.C. (U.R) A
Royal Canadian Air Force Canso
flying boat plowed into a sand
bar in the Eraser river near here
yesterday a few minutes after
taking off from Sea Island air
base, killing two men and in-
jurying two others, one seri
ously. . ; . .
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The indictment charges that
the union spent 15985 of its gen
eral funds to cover the cost of
preparing and telecasting nine
television programs over a De
troit station for the benefit of
McNamara and congressional
candidates.
McNamara upset incumbent
Republican Sen. Homer Fergu
son is one of the key elections
which gave Democrats control of
the Senate last fall.
iency, second degree murder.
manslaughter, innocent, and in
nocent by reason of insanity.
Trial Opens July 11
The trial opened Monday,
July 11, with the choosing of
the jurors. Actual debate began
Wednesday morning. In the
course of the proceedings, the .
state called to the stand Richard
Dale Blunc, William BushnelL
and Harold Allen, workers at
the Talent mill, Dr. A. E. Mer
kel, county health officer, and.'
Dr. Gerard Haugen, Portland
psychiatrist. Dr. Christian P.
Hald, White's family physician,
the defendant himself, his moth
er, wife, George Zickefoose,
mill superintendent, Virg Snel-
son, mill employee. Dr. James
C. Luce, Eagle Point, a neurolo
gist, and Dr. John Waterman,
Portland psychiatrist, testified
for the defense.
Much of the testimony con
cerned whether White was af
flicted .with ."psycho-motor, seia-
nres," a type which could rend
er him temporarily insane. Both
sides conceded the defendant is
an epileptic. J ,
Report Entered
The defense entered as -evidence
a Marine Corps medical
report in which White was de
scribed as an epileptic, and a
menace" to his fellow service
men.
Statements ' from the two .
psychiatrists generally asserted
that because White had such a
clear memory of events, leading
to, during, and after commission
of the act, it was unlikely that
he was in a psycho-motor seiz-
ure. However, the door of pos
sibility was left open by White's .
claimed inability to remember
striking the deceased the second
tune, his denial of repeating the
phrase, "I'll kill the . ."
and the testimony of mill hands
that he kept tying and untying
his apron strings after the inci
dent. Claims Attack
In White's recorded testimony.
taken two days after the slaying,
he alleged that Birk had attack
ed him and struck him on the
arms and chest - "fouf or five
times" just before the killing.
White said that shortly before
he was relieved for his rest per
iod by Richard Blunc, he had
been struck on the chin by a
piece of wood flying up from
the machine on which he had
been working. He had complain
ed about this to Birk, and the
two started speaking angrily to
each other immediately before
Birk attacked him. White said.
District Attorney Walter Nun
ley attempted to show that be
cause Blunc had not seen it, and
because White bore no marks .
or scars, there could ,have been
no fight Nunley tried to show
that a motive for the killing
existed in a dispute between the,
two men over the matter of
White's relief for rest periods.
White had several weeks before
gone to the boss, Nunley said,
to secure a man to relieve hjm
on the machine for a rest period.
Birk had resented this, the dis
trict attorney alleged, and had
remarked to' White, "So, you
went crying to the Boss." -Typical
Epileptic
Telling the jury the state had
proven. White to be no more than
a typical epileptic Nunley, in
the closing argument, stated that
should they acquit the defendant,
they were, in effect, saying that
all epileptics might commit such
an act of violence. ...
Second degree murder, as de
fined in Judge Henna's instruo
tions, is murder committed pur
posely and maliciously, but with
no premeditation or delibeira
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