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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, '
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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.
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No. 105
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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.