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Sees 'Future Meettinog Wl M Giia; Talbott loll SSwe dip Inns" td tPactMsip Mistake Realized, Head of Air Force Says al Meeting Ike Will Study Record in Case Washington kU.P.) Air Force Secretary Harold E. Talbott told Senate investigators today he is pulling out of his $60,000 a year private business partnership. Meanwhile, President Eisen hower said he personally will judy the record in the Talbott case and decide whether the Air Force secretary has violated ethics of government. The President said at his news conference he will make the study after the Senate Investi gating Subcommittee finishes its inauirv into Talbott s outside business activities. Nothing Dishonest Talbott in the meantime told a reoorter he does not intend to resign as Air Force secretary He made that statement on en tering the subcommittee room as the investigation was re sumed. Then he took the stand and told the investigators he has done nothing dishonest or illegal in his Pentagon post to further his interest in Paul B. Mulligan & Co., management engineers. But he said he now realizes he was "mistaken" in using his office and Air Force stationery to help the firm's business. "My greatest concern in the world is the Air Force," Tal bott said, reading from a pre pared statement. "I've lived it and worked it until it is part of my body. "Rather than injure the Air Force, I would divest myself of Mulligan & Co. interest 10 times over." Therefore, he said, he took legal action on July 22 to end his partnership, effective July 31. Letter to Partner Talbott read to the subcom mittee a letter to his partner, dated July 22nd. the day after he told the subcommittee he would quit the firm if the sena tors thought it would help the Air Force. The secretary's letter told Mulligan that he had decided to pull out of the partnership regardless of the subcommittee's decision. Talbott told the subcommittee that he did not disclose the letter earlier lest he appear to be try ing to cut short the investigation of his business affairs. Junior High Summer Band Slates Concert A public concert at 8 p.m. to day in the t)ld city park by the 95-piece junior high summer band will mark the closing of the junior high summer band music school, according to I. A. Mirick, director. He said the concert would be held even if the weather is in clement. Featured will be a trumpet sextet, a clarinet sextet, and semi-popular numbers, marches, religious pieces and "heavier" numbers by the entire band. At the same time Thursday evening, the city summer grade school band will present its final concert of the season in the parkand on Friday evening the adult concert band will give their last concert. Portland ;U.R) Clerks at re tail shoe stores here have author ized a strike against employers. Irrigation Rehabilitation Work Nearer; The beginning of rehabilita tion work on the canal systems of the Medford and Rogue River Irrigation districts moved a step closer today. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger wired the information that the Senate interior committee yester day passed a resolution waiving the 60-day waiting period before construction can begin. It was also reported here that the House interior committee was to take similar action today. Can Sign Contracts With this formality out of the way, Harold Nelson, Boise, Ida., regional director of the bureau of reclamation, can be given au thority to sign contracts with the two districts. Authority to enter into the contracts was giv en the districts' boards of direc tors by water users in an elec tion July 15. The two districts have also ap plied to the state reclamation commission for its approval, which, is OTrffr-d within the next DISCUSS TALBOTT INQUIRY Senate investigating sub committee sought to learn whether Air Force Secy. Harold Talbott used his official government lawyer to represent him in private business deal. Called to testify in Washing ton for questioning about Talbott's efforts to land a con tract between the RCA and a private management firm in which Talbott was a partner with John A. Johnson, Air Force general counsel. Johnson shown (left) as he con ferred with Paul B. Mulligan, of New York. City Officials Agree That County Planning Commission Desirable Members of Medford's plan ning commission, water commis sion, city council and sanitary sewer department last night agreed that a Jackson County Planning commission would solve many problems in fringe areas to Medford. Tom Wray, chairman of the planning commission, pointed out the county has alloted $7,500 to organize and put into operations such a commission. He indicated that a commission may be organized in the near future. Those attending discussed fu- Two Brothers Admit Burglary of Saie Glen Eugene Crow, 31, and his brother, Delbert E. Crow, 33, both of Carthage, Mo., this morn ing pleaded guilty to burglary. Sentencing was continued by Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna pend ing federal bureau of investiga tion reports. The Crow brothers were charged with burglary of be tween $800 and $1,000 from the Mason, Ehrman and company safe last week. They were appre hended on the roof of the ware house at 2592 Sage rd.. after blowing the door off the big walk-in safe. Also in circuit court, Edward Bolen Jr., 37, of 2882 Stewart ave., pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses. Sentencing was continued pend ing FBI reports. Washington (U.R) The House today rejected President Eisenhower's $38,600,000,000 road building program. It would have been financed largely by 30-year, non-treasury bond. The vote was 185 against to 178 in favor of the program. Delay Waived few days. The state group's ap proval may not be strictly nec essary, but directors of the dis tricts felt it would be well to obtain it to be on the safe side. Bids for the first two phases of the work, on the reconstruc tion of spillways at Four Mile and Fish lakes, have already been submitted, and the con tract can probably be awarded some time this week or early next week, with construction be ginning immediately. Appropriation Ready An appropriation of $350,000 was approved by congress to get work started on the project, which will eventually cost an estimated Sl,712,000. The feder al government will be repaid for the cost over a 40-year per iod through water assessment fees, but savings in operation and maintenance costs are expected to offset the repayments, result ing in no increase in the assessment-. ture policy of the city in con nection with annexation, and future water and sanitary dis tricts.' Agree on Need The group agreed that a coun ty planning commission would greatly help orderly develop ment in fringe areas, and that residents would be protected by zoning and planning regulations, in cooperation with Medford's planning commission. Members said arrangements should be made to provide sew age facilities when new water districts are organized, especial ly in areas contiguous to the city. Allan Perry, a member of the planning commission, sug gested informal, opinion-gathering conferences before new dis tricts are proposed, with mem bers of all agencies concerned with planning, water service and sanitary facilities, attending. No Set Rule A. D. (Del) Harvey, also a member of the planning com mission, pointed out that "no set rule can be made, but there should be some development in future districts." Ex-Mayor Diamond Flynn said he believes the city should con sider annexation before agree ing to extend water and sewer services to new districts. Flynn stressed the need for the city to lend assistance to res idents who wish to be annexed, and the group agreed that there was a need to encourage annex ation. Mayor Earl Miller pointed out "we have to protect citizens of the city and look to economic growth." He noted that organiz ed development in fringe areas now would help in preventing re-development later. Wray agreed that "those who have city services should be a part of the city." Shouldn't Lower Requirements Mark Goldy of the planning commission said encouragement for annexation should be extend ed but the city should not lower requirements for street develop ment, planning and zoning and building codes. Perry noted that restrictions by finance companies prevent many fringe area residents from building because of adverse sani tary conditions. He pointed out that if city services and sanitary facilities were available, resi dents may obtain loans for homes. Councilman Donald Hansen said annexation should include enough Jand to provide econom ic administration and to smooth out boundaries. City Manager Robert Duff pointed out it is not advisable to have too irregular a boundary, which might be confusing. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night. Clearing and a warm ing trend Thursday. Low to night SO. High Thursday 80. Temp. Highest Yesterday 67 Lowest this Morning 56 Pree. to 4:30 a.m. Today 01 Eventual Parley At Ministerial Level Possible Freeing of Prisoners Said Present Concern Washington U.R) President Eisenhower said today that there eventually may have to be a meeting with Red China at the foreign ministers' level. The United States and Red China will open a conference of ambassadors at Geneva Mon day. Mr. Eisenhower told his news conference that the United States, at the talks opening Mon day, will be primarily concern ed with arrangements to free Americans held by Red China. The President said one of the biggest causes of tension be tween the two nations is the illegal detention of Americans by Red China. He was asked how "arrange ments'" could be made at next week's talks that would not prejudice the rights and interests of Nationalist China. The President said the first arrangement which concerned the United States was how to get the Americans home. This subject, he said, does not affect Nationalist China. Then he said the United States will have to listen to what the Red Chinese want to talk about. He said that, at the Big Four Geneva conference just conclud ed the fate of Arab and African nations, for example, could not be discussed. Then, Mr. Eisenhower said that the talks with Red China eventually might have to go to a ministerial meeting, but that he just did not know. This was taken to mean that a higher meeting might involve others besides this country and Communist China. Mr. Eisenhower, in response to another question, said he never had discussed the idea of having two Chinas in the world if that would make for peace. Meanwhile, this government prepared demands that Red China prove its peaceful inten tions by agreeing to a cease fire in the Formosa Straits and free ing 51 Americans held in Chi nese jails. - These two demands topped a list of American proposals for easing Far Eastern tensions to be presented at next week's American-Red Chinese negotia tions at Geneva. Advance plans for the Geneva talks are being made by Mr Eisenhower, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and an ace U. S. trouble-shooter, U. Alexis Johnson, ambassador to Czecho slovakia, who will represent the United States at the Geneva meeting. Britain, India, Burma and many other governments were reported to have expressed warm approval of the latest United States move to ease cold war tensions. Reaction in Con gress was generally favorable, too, but some reservations and dissents were voiced. PUC Orders SP To Continue Trains Salem U.R) The Southern Pacific railroad late yesterday was ordered by Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Helt zel to keep its Portland-Ashland passenger train on the rails. The PUC order was signed following a decision by Marion County Circuit Judge Val Sloper denying the SP's application for a writ of prohibition against Heltzel's interference. The road had announced it would abandon service on the Rogue River Aug. 7. Heltzel's order contained no date for hearing, apparently ex pecting a prompt challenge in the courts. The SP has con tended that . Heltzel has no au thority to require it to main tain the service which the rail road claims has been losing thou sands of dollars because of lack of patronage. Initial action against the pro posed abandonment was taken earlier when three state senators filed a complaint with the PUC. Sens. Paul Geddes, Roseburg; Gene Brown, Grants Pass, and Philip Lowry, Medford, said the southwestern Oregon area would be hard hit by removal of its only passenger train connection with the Willamette valley. They added that the lack of patronage was due to the SP's use of anti quated equipment and slow vehicles. Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 22 Pages Israel AiirlDimeir Shti Puini By Buigmm Airotn-Aircraft ' - "wS ' PASSES Gus Newbury, 85, a lawyer and educator in Jackson county for more than 70 years, died last night. The photograph above was taken a number of years ago. He had been in active practice since passing the state bar examination in 1903. Before that he was a teacher, and served two terms as county superintendent of schools. Gus Newbury,1 85, Prominent lawyer, Educator, Passes Gus Newbury, 85, one of the best-known attorneys in south ern Oregon and a familiar fig ure in Jackson county for more than 70 years, died last night. He had been in ill health for a number of months, and had been staying at the county farm home. A native of East Liberty, Pa., Mr. Newbury was born on March 27, 1870. He arrived in Jacksonville, then the county seat of Jackson county, at the age of 12 in 1881. For a number of years, starting at the age of 16, he taught school there, and later, starting in 1893, served as county superintendent of schools for seven years. Dur ing this period he was reading law, and, entirely self-taught, he passed the state bar examination in 1903. Long Career This began a long and color ful practice of law, during which he had broad trial ex perience both in criminal and civil cases. One of them was the famous d'Autremont case, in which he served s a defense attorney. The case was the last important trial held in the old courthouse, now the Jacksonville museum. At one time he was county clerk, and in addition was known for his association with fraternal organizations. In 1906 he joined the Elks lodge, and was grand exalted ruler of the Medford lodge in 1917 and 1918. On each of his more recent birthdays, he has been honored by other past exalted rulers of the lodge, the most recent occa sion last March. He also was a member of var ious Masonic orders, and was a member of Hillah temple of the Shrine. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Maude R. Mehaffey, An tioch, Calif., and a son, Carl, Lafayette, Calif., who arrived in Medford today; five grand children and six great - grand children, and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Don R. Newbury. His son Don, also a well-known Medford attorney, with whom he was as sociated in practice, died in 1952. Funeral Thursday Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 28, at the Perl funeral chapel, with the Rev. John Reynolds, of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Elks lodge members will par ticipate in later services conduct ed, by past exalted rulers of tht MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1955 Oregon Mas HeaHthy Climate for labor, (Governor declares Labor in Oregon has for many years been allowed to grow in a healthy climate, Gov. Paul L. Patterson told labor men at the Craterian theater this morning. The governor arrived at 11 a.m. and spoke for 40 minutes to delegates of the 53rd annual Oregon State Federation of La bor convention. , Patterson stood before a con vention pledged to support the 1956 campaign of Sen. Wayne Morse. 'He himself has been ru mored as a likely opponent of the senior U. S. Senator from Oregon. Stresses Accomplishments The governor stressed ac complishments of the last state legislature, particularly in the field of unemployment compen sation. He said there are short comings in the compensation law, but there are also many good features. He pointed out that the law now has a solidarity of funds, and that weekly benefits have been increased from S25 to S35. This, he noted, is a step toward the desired 50 per cent of ave rage weekly earnings. The governor praised the leg islature's work in increasing state industrial accident benefits 16 per cent. The improvement, he said, "is the greatest accom plishment in this field in the 43 years of the law's existence." Sorry About Resolution Governor Patterson told the delegates he was sorry to see they had introduced a resolution "asking me to remove the em ployers' representative from the workmen's compensation com mission." Though he favors a one-man administration, he must appoint one representative each from labor, employers and the "public," as the law now stands, he said. "It would not be any wiser for labor to ask that the employers' representative be removed than for the employers to ask that Bill Callahan (labor's commissioner) be removed," Patterson ex plained. Following his talk, federation president J. D. McDonald point ed out that the resolution did not ask that the representative be removed, but that the chair manship be changed. Patterson stepped back to the microphone for a moment, and replied, "Thank you. I had only my newspaper to read." The governor said there are 405,000 employed people in Ore gon, 250,000 of whom are mem bers of organized labor. He add ed that in Portland, the average wage is $4,200, which places it ninth among cities of the United States in the wage scale. Scholarships Given Following the governor's ad dress, the three state AFL S500 scholarship winners were pre sented their checks. Stan Culy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Culy, 21 Washington st., was among the trio. Valedictor ian of the 1955 Medford High school graduating class, he plans to attend Willamette university and study for the ministry. Earlier, Essie L. Maguire, executive director of the Oregon YWCA, was given a check for lodge, who will serve as pall bearers. Members of the Jackson coun ty bar today paid tribute to Mr. Newbury for his long service, for an outstanding and keen wit, and for a strong sense of loyalty to his friends. He was both in terested and active in Republi can politics and in lodge activ ities, his friends reported. They characterized him as a pioneer, a human figure who loved life and his state, and who had won his way in his chosen profession the hard w'apr, despite many years of partial illness. $16,000 toward the new YWCA building in Portland. The con vention last year pledged itself to raise $65,000. By voice vote this morning, it guaranteed con tinuing support. Delegates also heard Charles R. Smith, state AFL organizer; James McCormick, international representative of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees; Gene Heights, international represen tative of the Electrical Workers Union, and Mel Harper, leader of the ' Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 2752 of St. Helens. Yesterday afternoon was de voted to introduction of resolu tions, and seven short speeches. (See Story on Page 8) Utility Valuation $11,476,460; Total Said Up $19,000,000 Public utility corporations' in Jackson county have a total as sessed valuation of. $11,476,- 460.05, according to state tax commission figures received to day by County Assessor Robert Fowler. The preliminary total assessed valuation of Jackson county is $80,708,372, which includes $679,520 on orchard trees. The total is an increase of about $19,- 000,000 over last year's assessed valuation, Fowler said. Exact figures will not be avail able until after assessments are checked, Fowler said. He added checking will take about two weeks, after which millage rates will be figured. Different Ratio Used The state tax commission bases assessed valuations of corpora tions on 43 per cent of the cash value, compared to 25 per cent of the cash value for assessed valuations determined by the as sessor's office. Corporations include gas, elec tric, telephone and railroad util ities. The assessed valuation is about $1,200,000 more than last year. The assessed valuation on or chard trees was determined, by state tax commission figures of $300 per acre for Class A and $225 per acre for Class B. Or chards less than nine years old were not assessed. The total assessed valuation includes $68,552,392 in real and personal property in Jackson county. Tacoma U.R) Tacoma police have captured Carl (Bingo) Bre han, 49, who escaped from the Washington State Penitentiary April 12. Wild Rodeo Section During Rogue River The 13th annual Rogue Round up, which begins here Friday, is expected to feature the wildest rodeo section since the event was begun in 1952, according to Leonard Ward, general chair man. Ward, an Eagle Point rancher, was world's champion all around cowboy in 1934, and was a professional rodeo rider for 20 years. , ' Our rodeo is an open show," Ward said. "This means that both professionals and amateurs can compete. We have an un usually large number of regis trants for all events, with some of the best contestants in the west entered. We also think that Don Miller, French Glenn, our rodeo pro ducer, furnishes the best stock Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 109 At Least Five Americans Aboard; Death Toll Unknown Frontier Guards See Flaming Crash Tel Aviv, Israel (U.R) An El-Al Israel airliner, carrying 59 persons, including at least five Americans, crashed in flames behind the Iron Curtain today after being fired upon by Red Bulgarian anti-aircraft guns. Communist Bulgaria con firmed that the plane had crashed in Bulgarian territory and "invited" the commercial manager for El-Al in Greece to cross the frontier to "view the wreckage." Bulgaria made no mention of survivors. Greek frontier guards, who said they saw the plane hit by anti-aircraft fire, said they saw it go down in flames near the Bulgarian village of Tsir Ban ovo. They said ambulances could be seen going to and from the scene of the crash. The Greeks, forbidden to cross the Iron Curtain frontier, Baid they were unable to tell whether the ambulances were removing bodies or injured persons from the wrecked plane. The airline issued an incom plete list of passengers which did not: carry hometown identifica tions. El-Al officials said the Americans aboard apparently in cluded Mrs. Max Sachs and her two children. Another -American woman boarded the plane at Vienna and the plane's radio operator was identified as an American named Chalmers. . ' Airline officials said it wag believed other Americans may- have been among 26 persons who boarded the plane at Paris. The plane was on a regularly scheduled flight from London to Lydda, Israel, midway' between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Its regular course carried it near the Greek-Bulgarian fron tier but not over Bulgarian terri tory. Stops were made en route at Paris and Vienna. The plane was an American- built four-engined Constellation. Baseball NATIONAL New York ... 1 2 Chicago Hearn, Wilhelm (3), McCall (7) and Katt; Minner, Tremel (7) and' Cooper. AMERICAN Chicago : 7 13 0 New York 4 7 1 Byrd, Martin (8), Howell (8) and'Lollar; Lopat. Sturdivant (2), Wiesler (4) and Berra. Cleveland ' 2 6 0 Boston 6 13 1 Houlteman. Feller (5), San tiago (7) and Hegan, Naragon (7); Brewer and White. Roundup Seen to be found anywhere, he added. Miller will bring along "Mowcow," his famous bucking mule, a gentle beast until some one tries to ride him. The rodeo events will be at the posse grounds on Sage road on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Other features will include drills on horseback, with Jack son, Siskiyou and Douglas county posses participating, events for the kids, stockhorse races, and specialty acts. . Parades will be held in Med ford at 4 p.m. Friday and 2 pn. Saturday. Buckaroo breakfasts will be held at the posse grounds Saturday and Sunday from 7 and 11 a.m., sponsored by the junior posse. -
