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.
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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
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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. -