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GDI 01 vmnr 0 nn MS Effl IF TBftlHS I : 50th Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c Unrestricted Travel, Peaceful Trade Desired Russians Asked To Remove Iron Curtain Geneva U.R) President Eis enhower today coupled his dra matic proposal that the United States and Russia swap arms se- secrets with a new plea to the Soviets to tear down their Iron Curtain against ideas, travel and peaceful trade. The Bie Four summit confer ence already has been thrown off schedule by apparent Soviet uncertainty on the secrets-trading plan when the President in troduced his newest plan. At Mr. Eisenhower's sugges tion, the heads of government scheduled a special, secret ses sion for 11 a.m. tomorrow in an effort to rock the conference off dead center in its waning hours Russia Mar Respond It was believed possible the Soviets might respond to tne President's proposal at that meeting, at which only four members of each delegation will be present. Officially, the special session will be for the purpose of re ceiving a twice-delayed report of the Big Four foreign minis ters" on their recommendations for further, post - conference study of the major problems of German reunification, European security and disarmament. Presumably the "secrecy" t provision covering tomorrow's summit meeting meant there would be no public announce ment of decisions and results be yond a brief summary communi que. Unofficial sources said one hitch in the foreign ministers' double sessions today developed from Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov's polite but firm refusal to agree to either the time or order in which the prob lems of German unification and European security ' should be considered in the future. Final Agenda Item The Big Four leaders, after agreeing to give the foreign ministers additional time to pre pare their report, turned to the fourth and last agenda item: In creasing East-West contacts and trade. , President Eisenhower, presid ing, said it was necessary to es tablish a better flow of ideas. news and peoples to improve contacts. He proposed a three- step plan. 1. "To lower the barriers which now impede the flow of information and ideas between our two peoples." 2. "To lower the barriers which now impede the opportu nities of people to travel any where in the world for peaceful, friendly purposes so that all will have a chance to know each other face to face." 3. "To create conditions which will encourage nations to in crease the exchange of peaceful goods throughout the world." He noted that in some part of the world there are "extreme" restrictions on travel and infor mation and that they cause mis trust. In spite of the hitches that developed in the foreign minis ter's conferences. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said "progress is being made." (See Stories on Pag 12) Huge Ball of Fire Sighted Over County; Long Train Lasts Minutes After Blast A huge ball of fire, which may have been an extra-large meteorite, was observed in the skies over Medford and Ash land at about 10:47 or 10:50 p.m. yesterday. At least six persons in the area saw it. and their rescrip tions agreed as to what it look ed like. It was big, almost straight overhead, and headed straight west, they reported. It had a long train which was much wider, "20 or 30 times as wide," according to one, as the usual meteor trail. Just before reach ing the horizon, it appeared to MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 22, ' mw Peiron Party Leader designs Buenos Aires (U.R) The chairman of Argentina's Peron ista party announced his resig nation today. Rear A dm. Alberto Teisaire (ret.) who also is president of the party's powerful Supreme council and vice-president of Argentina, announced his resig nation as part of a general party Reports of Closure Of Deputy Marshal's Office Unconfirmed Unconfirmed reports current in Medford for several weeks that the department of justice will close the U.S. deputy mar shal's office here have reached Portland, it was reported by United Press today. U.S. Marshal Harold Sexton said in Portland he does not know if the office will be closed in September, "and I don't think anybody else does." Sexton said that if the office should be dis continued, it would be "for rea sons of economy and for noth ing else." The office has been in opera tion for 40' years, and is in charge of Paul Hanlin, deputy marshal for 17 years. Federal Judge Claude McCul- Dress Rehearsals At Festival Begin . Ashland Dress rehearsals, full-scale run-throughs of the plays with costumes, lights and music, begin at the Ashland Shakespearean Festival associa tion's theater today. The Festival opens Aug. 1 for a one-month run. Four plays will be given in rotation, with a fifth being given two perfor mances during the month. The rehearsals will be closed to spactators through Tuesday, but on Wednesday they will be open to holders of season mem berships. Each begins at 8 p.m., and will be given in the same order as during the regular season. Season memberships will be available in Medford at the First National bank through July 30, and the Ashland box office through July 31. None will be sold after that date. Sit-Down Strike Said Due at Walla Walla Spokane (U.R) Convicts at the state prison at Walla Walla plan a sit-down strike Sunday, State Senator Neil J. Hoff told Spokane Kiwanis members yes terday. The Tacoma senator said he had learned inmates planned a sit-down unless they get a more sympathetic attitude from him and from the press. "As chairman of the institu tions committee," he said, "I will not dignity this kind of irra tional behavior by considering bringing legislators to the insti tution to hear a rehash of com plaints.. Oregon City U.R) Wait resses here will get a wage boost of five cents to 95 cents an hour retroactive to July 1 under terms of a two-year con tract agreed to by negotiators here. explode without sound. One witness said he saw par ticles ' flying as it "blew up," and all agreed that the vapor trail remained in the sky for several minutes after the ball of light itself disappeared. One observer thought at first it was an airplane exploding. Those reporting it included Mrs. E: IX Beery, route -3, box 210, in the Fern Valley area; Paul Gelzeleznik, 706 Victory st., Apartment 4; Paul Hannon, Laurel and 10th sts., who was with Gelzeleznik; and three Ash land girls, Nancee Bissell, Dar lene Miller and Judy Johnson. Some Portland resident also t. - reorganization which he said would be completed before the end of the month. Several other party leaders announced their resignations yesterday. Unrest continued to grip this capital city which went through a bloody but short lived revolu tion against President Juan D. loch said in Portland that he has received a letter from James M. Main, assistant secretary of the Southern Oregon Bar associa tion which said the group had heard the office may be closed Sept. 1 and urged that it be kept open. Judge McColloch said the letter was the first in formation he had about the re ported closure. A recent inquiry directed to the attorney general of ( the U.S. was answered by S. A. Andret ta, administrative assistant at torney general, who said: Not in Near Future "While the matter of closing the Medford office and conduct ing all business operations out of the headquarters office at Portland is under consideration, no change is contemplated in the near future. Moreover, such ac tion will not be taken unless clearly to the best interests of the government and the people residing in the district." - The Brotherhood of Locomo tive Firemen and Enginemen in Klamath Falls also wrote Judge McColloch, who said he has no jurisdiction in the matter. Judge McColloch said that al though there has been a large amount of criminal cases proc essed out of the Medford office, the bulk of the business has been of a civil nature." Flood Waters Recede From Border Towns Br UNITED PRESS Flood waters receded today from the stricken border towns of El Paso, Tex., and Juarez, Mex., and the threat of more heavy rains appeared to be past. But before they had gone, the rains left one person dead, sev eral missing and more than 11, 000 others flooded out of their homes. Most of the homeless, an esti mated 11,000, are in Juarez. In El Paso, the water level, which reached window sill heights yes terday, was almost back to nor mal. A Red Cross team was to fly in from St. Louis today to sur vey the damage and give aid. Meanwhile, the year's biggest flood crest swept down the his toric Rio Grande river towards Laredo, Tex., which was badly damaged last year by floods. Officials said, however, they did not expect any damage com parable to last year's. Weather FORECAST: Fair tonleht and . Saturday except partly cloudy during late afternoon and evening and a few isolated thunderstorms in mountains. Slightly cooler Saturday. Low tonight 58. High Friday 92. Temp. Highest Yesterday 97 Lowest this Morning 60' reported seeing a "ball of fire" shoot across the sky last night heading west, according to United Press. The night before residents in western Washing ton and British Columbia report ed seeing a similar object head ing northeast. They were believed to be me teors. Residents in Idaho Wednes day reported seeing a white ob ject in the sky, during daylight hours. A similar object was re ported seen over La Grande and The Dalles, and later yesterday in Portland. These were believed to be weather balloon. 22 Pages JUNE Per on June IS and has gone through recurrent waves of ten sion since. ' . A jeepful of Nationalists, a small political group supporting Peron, fired on demonstrators demanding freedom of the press and an end to the state of inter nal war last night. One man was reported killed. Nixon Presides At Cabinet Meet; Report on Geneva Washington (U.R) Vice-President Richard M. Nixon presided today over a 244-hour Cabinet meeting which received a report on the Big Four summit confer ence and on Russian and other reaction to President Eisenhow er's mutual military inspection plan. Nixon told reporters the re port on Mr. Eisenhower's dra matic proposal included the reaction of Russia at Geneva and of other countries all around the world as gathered by the U. S. Information Agency. Declines Comment Reporters asked Nixon if the Russian reaction, which he did not disclose, indicated any posr sible Soviet acceptance of the plan. He declined to comment. At Nixon's request, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson opened the meeting with a pray er for success at the summit talks. About half the session was devoted to discussion of the Big Four developments and reaction to Mr. Eisenhower's disarma ment proposal. The other mat ters were described as routine. Alaskan Mountain Continues To Erupt Anchorage, Alaska (U.R) Ob servers at Cape Sarichef on Unimak Island today reported Mt. Shishaldin is continuing to blow its top following the largest eruption in the memory of the island's residents. The entire top of the moun tain "seems to have exploded" according to a report received today from the Cape Sarichef Coast Guard station west of the rumbling 2978 foot peak. Huge bolts of lightning flash ed over the volcano's fiery cone following the latest eruption, causing heavy radio interference in the area, a Coast Guard offi cial reported. Mt. Shishaldin's top has been partially blown away, the com manding officer at Cape Sari chef reported. A new fissure has been ripped into the side of the peak and it is spewing a gusher of lava for a distance of several thousand feet. Rocks Thrown at Train; Four Children Arrested Portland (U.R) Portland po lice said today four children be tween 10 and 12 years old have been taken into custody for breaking a window on the City of Portland dome car yesterday. Union Pacific special agents picked up the children shortly after the vandalism. The window was broken by rocks and dirt clods tossed at the streamliner as it passed through Sullivan gulch. -Several grass fires were also reported in the gulch area yes terday and today. Police say they are apparently the result of juveniles. Klamath Woman's Suit Against Railroad Ousted Klamath Falls (U.R) Klamath County Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg today dis missed a $100,000 damage suit brought by Mrs. Freddie Lee Baker against the OC&E rail road. Mrs. Baker contended a com pany freight train failed to sound its whistle at a crossing in July of last year, causing her to re ceive critical injuries when her automobile collided with the train. Judge Vandenberg, however, ruled that Mrs. Baker had been negligent in not observing the train'! lights. q J ueased Wire No. 105 u Need Investigation Continues; Public Hearing Planned Number of Protests To Action Growing - Salem (U.R) State Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel said today that the plan of Southern Pacific rail road to abandon passenger serv ice from Portland to Ashland will be suspended pending a public hearing. Heltzel said he would an nounce the date of the hearing soon. Southern Pacific, which claims the PUC does not have authority to intervene, has set Aug. 7 as date for the nightly service to end. Heltzel said he has received a formal protest by three southern Oregon state senators on the railroad proposal. An investigation of need for the service is in progress by the PUCstaff. Loss of revenue on the line was given as reason for eliminating passenger service. Protests Growing The number of organizations which have made formal pro tests against the abandonment of the Southern Pacific passen ger service from Portland to Ashland continued to grow to day. Most recent to take formal action in protesting the plans are the Oregon Shakespearean Festival association and the Live Oak Grange, the first Grange unit to report such action. The subordinate Grange's reso lution will be sent to Pomona Grange, to Public Utilities Com missioner Charles Heltzel, and the State Senators Philip B. Lowry, Medford; Gene Brown, Grants Pass, and Paul Geddes, Roseburg. Doing Research The formal complaint pre pared by the senators, who are all lawyers, was filed thisvweek with Heltzel. In addition,. Sena tor Lowry is continuing to do research with regard to the legal obligation of railroads to con tinue passenger service, and on the authority of state regulatory bodies, such as the PUC, to order service continued. Protests to the proposed abanr' donment of the two overnight passenger trains, last surviving remnants of a once-busy passen ger route, on Aug 7, have been prepared and filed by the Ash land and Roseburg city councils, the Jackson County and Rose burg Chambers of Commerce, and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Editorial protests have been made by the Ashland Tidings, the Roseburg News Review and the Medford Mail Tribune. The Shakespearean Festival association's protest has been sent to Commissioner Heltzel, according to William W. Patton, general manager of the festival. It said: "The Southern Pacific railroad has created for years a serious condition of bad public relations for the Oregon Shakespearean Festival association," Patton's let ter said. "With the announce ment that tail passenger seryice to this area will be completely suspended effective Aug. 7, just following the start of the festi val's 20th anniversary season, the SP seems to have calculated its plans to make an already im possible situation even worse. Gets Many Complaints "Each season the festival asso ciation has received numerous letters and personal complaints regarding SP service to Ashland. These complaints have generally come from tourists who have travelled great distances in order to see the plays. "The Oregon Shakespearean festival is one of the northwest's best known tourist attractions and, as such,' helps the tourist trade attain its position of being Oregon's third most important industry. It therefore would seem that the festival's concern with the roughshod policies set forth by the Southern Pacific company should not be shared, not alone by the 200,000 or so inhabitants of the region directly affected in this final curtailment of ser vice, but by the entire state and most of all, by the public utilities commission." World's Second Atomic Submarine Launched Groton, Conn. (U.R) The world's second atomic subma rine, the USS Seawolf, has been launched at ceremonies here. The principal speaker at the ceremonies, Navy Secretary Charles Thomas, told the crowd of 20,000 that the Navy plans a fleet of atomic subs and sea planes. Radio-TV Highlights Television station KBES and radio station KMED will carry the Sugar Ray Robin ton Rocky Casiellani boxing bout at S pun. today. ...... SHOWS AMERICA'S LATEST At Geneva, President Eisenhower (center right) proudly shows off an American atomic reactor set up on the grounds of the Palace of Nations. Among audience were two Russian correspondents of Tass, official Soviet news agency. Tex White Sentenced Tp Life in Prison; Mav Seek New Trial Bernice Hampton (Tex) White, convicted this week of second degree murder, was sentenced to life imprisonment at 9:30 a.m. today. His attorney, Robert Dun can, immediately filed a request with the circuit court for an ex tension of time in which to file a motion for a new trial. Under Oregon law, a convicted man has 10 days from the time of his sentencing in which to file for a new trial. Duncan asked that this period be extend ed. No action on the request was taken this morning by Judge H. K. Hanna. Has No Grudge . Asked if there was anything he wished to say before sentence was passed, White, 37, stated: "I would like tosay that I have no grudge or hard feelings against anyone, inside or outside the court, that had anything to do with this case." White was convicted of sec ond degree murder late Tuesday evening by a unanimous Jury which deliberated 11 hours. He was originally indicted for first Murder Charge Due In Bryan Girl's Case Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Authorities believed today they have enough evidence to war rant filing a first degree murder charge against Burton W. Abbott for the kidnap-slaying of 14-year-old Stephanie Bryan. . J. Frank Coakley, Alameda County district attorney, indicat ed he will file the charges some time today and present the case to the grand jury for an indict ment next Monday or Tuesday. Abbott, 27, a tubercular ac counting student and father of a 4-year-old boy, still denied he was the man who strangled and beat Stephanie to death at a re mote Trinity County cabin in far northern California on April 28. He admitted he was at the cabin on the date. He said he went along at nightfall to the Wildwood Inn to have a drink, but Coakley said the bartender, Delbert Cox, denied this and said Abbott was in his place the night of April 29. Parade Through Town To Open Prospect Event Prospect A parade through town at noon Saturday, July 23, will open the fifth annual Hill Billy Jamboree here. It will last through Sunday. Saturday afternoon, entertain ment will be provided at the Jamboree grounds. In the eve ning there will be square and ballroom dancing highlighted by the crowning of the queen. A variety of contests and ex tertainment, induing accordion students of Eve Prentice, will be sponsored Sunday in con junction with the community wide old-fashioned "family pic nic." Sen. Merrifield Innocent On Drunk Driving Charge Salem U.R) State Senator John Merrifield of Portland has been declared innocent of a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.. A jury of five women and one man announced the ver dict here today after deliberat ing 30 minutes. The trial began yesterday. Merrifield was arrested by state police near Gervais last month, but he testified in his own de fense he had. had. only, two drinks before his. arrest. Los Angeles U.R) Yma Su mac, Peruvian singer and ac tress, became a U.S. citizen to day in ceremonies at federal court 6 degree murder by a grand jury for the slaying of Eugene Ray mond Birk, 32, Phoenix. Died March 2 , Birk died March 2 of blows to his head from a piece of two by four timber received while he was working at the Talent mill. A - sentence of life imprison ment in the state penitentiary is mandatory for second degree murder. In the trial. White admitted killing Birk, but plead innocent by reason of temporary insanity. Tahoe Swimmer Forced To Give Up Kings Beach, Calif. (U.R). Husky Bert Capps of San Fran cisco was pulled from the frigid waters of Lake Tahoe today af ter nearly 12 hours in the water and about seven miles from his goal of becoming the first man to swim . the lake's 22 mile length. Caps, suffering intense chest pains and his body colored pur nle-blue from the cold of . the melting-snow fed lake, gave up about 9:45 a.m. after he had churned through the water from Stateline, Nev. He was assisted into a motor- boat accompanying him off Long Point near Glenbrook, Nev., af ter he had swum about IS miles. Actually, he was ready to quit before dawn but the rising sun seemed to give him added strength and he remained in the water several more hours. Capps, 39, president of the South End Rowing Club of San Francisco, walked unassisted to a cabin where he took a warm shower and went to bed. Miss Universe Choice Scheduled Tonight Long Beach, Calif. (U.R) The so-called "Miss Universe" will be chosen tonight from among "Miss United States" and some foreign beauties. Miss U.S.S., Carlene Johnson of Portland, Vt., and the 14 for eign girls were selected as semi finalists last night out of 33 beauties in competition for the crown. Five will be selected as final ists tonight. Miss Universe then will be picked from this group. Carlene Johnson, Rutland, Vt., who was chosen Miss United States at the Long Beach Miss Universe contest, is a niece of Walter W. Johnson, 1702 West Main st., Medford. The Johnsons came to Medford from Lincoln. Neb., where the beauty queen's father is a dentist. Portland 4U.R) The 38th bi ennial 'business session of the Oregon conference of Seventh Day Adventists reelected Elder Lloyd E. Biggs as president by unanimous vote.' Tentative Reg Meat Inspection Lav Drawn Salem (U.R) A committee of stockmen and state, officials yes terday drafted a set of tentative regulations under Oregon s first compulsory meat inspection law. Funds appropriated by the 1955. Legislature would permit' only a limited, pilot program of meat inspection and the state livestock, and meat marketing committee yesterday adopted the regulations that will be giv en public hearings around the state before they are placed into effect. The program will be di rected by the state department of agriculture to determine costs 1 Assessed Valuation of Orchard Trees Set at $679,520 The assessed valuation ol Jackson county'i fruit trees to tals $679,520, County Assessor ' Robert Fowler said today. Fruit tree assessments, which are 25 per cent of the appraised . valuation of $2,718,080 as de termined by state tax commis sion figures, will be added to an assessed valuation of $68, 552,392 on real and personal property. The total will be about $69, 231,912, which does not include corporation valuations. Fowler said assessment figures are be ing checked for errors and cor rections, and upon .completion of checking, millage rates will be figured. Figures on corporations with in the county are prepared by state assessors. Acreage Not Computed Fowler said the total number of acres of. fruit trees assessed has not been computed. Assessment were based mt figures furnished by the state tax commission, which ordered the board of equalization here to place tree assessments on '. tax , rolls prior to Aug. 15. Appraised ' values for orchards' as deter mined by commission appraisers are $300 per acre for Class A and $225 for Class B. Orchards less than nine years old were not assessed because commission appraisers believed younger orchards did not have a substantial value. The new assessed ' valuation total for the coTfaty is expected to lower the millage rate, but Fowler pointed out the decrease will not be known until after millage rates art completed about mid-August Oregon Road Share To Be $329,000,000 Washington (U.R) Oregon would receive $329,000,000 in federal money under the pro posed 12-year, $48,500,000,000 federal road-building program. a House Public Works Commit tee member said today. Oregon would put up $27,000,- 000 of the $356,000,000,000 total. The committee bill would be financed in part by higher gaso line, tire and other user" taxes. Rep. Myron V. George (R-Kan.) said the apportionment break-' down was based on estimated needs submitted by state high-' way departments. He said that while some estimates may be low or high, costs should average out about to the figures in the breakdown. BuLMhi Saigon. Saturday (U.R) Unidentified terrorists dyna mited five electric transform ers early today in the quarter of Saigon where most Ameri cans live, plunging a fifth of the city into darkness. u I a tions for and procedures that would be required if and when a full scale meat inspection program is authorized and financed by the legislature. The pilot program will call for two inspection teams to be put into the field. They will con sist of a veterinarian and two lay inspectors. The department contemplates no changes in construction regu- , lations for slaughterhouses' un der the pilot program. Hearings cn the tentative reg ulations will , begin earls' in August.
