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Newspaper Page TextMed United Press Full Loosed Wire 50th Year Future Decision for President Lack of Verdict By Investigators Thought Possible Adjournment Seen Before Report Made Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower must decide the fu ture of Air Force Secretary Har old E. Talbott without a verdict from Senate investigators, au thoritative sources said today. "At least two members of the Senate Investigating subcom mittee urged a speedy report on the group's inquiry into the $60,000-a-year business partner ship which Talbott kept while in the Pentagon. Leaving Firm Talbott announced Wednesday at the end of the investigation that he is pulling out of the firm. But a high source said the c taff could not draft a report and get agreement of the subcom mittee members before this ses sion of Congress ends and the seven senators scatter. This probably would delay the official report until January. The delay would leave Mr. Eisenhower to decide for him self whether Talbott violated government ethics. He would have available the testimony in the case, but not the subcom mittee's opinion. Will Make Personal Study The Chief Executive told his news conference Wednesday that he will make an intensive person al study of the Talbott case. He refrained from passing any judg ment then on Talbott. Mr. Eisenhower said there was no suggestion of fraud or illegal ity in the case. But he said it is not enough for a man in public office merely to be innocent of illegal actions there are also questions of ethics, and on such matters, he said, a public of ficial must be impeccable. He said Talbott had per formed almost brilliantly as Air Force secretary, and had been his personal friend for some years. Mundt Favors Report But Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R S.D.) told newsmen he thought the sub-commitee should study the evidence over the week end and begin work on a report next week. "It should be a comparative ly simple report, because the areas of criticism are relatively limited," Mundt said. "I hope it won't be approached in a part isan spirit." And Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) said, "I think there should be an early report by the sub-committee. We have the problem of last-minute legisla tion which will necessarily slow down issuance of a report. Nev ertheless, I hope a report will be made without delay. Flood of Resignation Rumors Rumors that Talbott would or would not resign from his -post flooded Washington in the wake of his withdrawal from Paul B. Mulligan & Co., manage ment engineers. Talbott told a United Press re porter firmly that he did not in tend to resign as secretary. When an aide intervened with "no ctyfiment," Talbott amended his answer to "no comment." Later, when pressed by other newsmen, he denied making the statement, 812 Cases of Polio Reported in Week Washington U.R) The public Health Service said today 812 cases of polio were reported in the nation last week, compared to 567 during the preceding week. , While the overall national in crease was no greater than ex pected at this time of year, New England showed a striking 190 per cent jump in polio cases over the previous week. Other northern areas, which have been suffering from a July heat wave, also showed higher than normal polio rates. Wiscon sin reported 40 cases last week, compared to 14 the previous week. Michigan, where the rate climbed to 31 cases the previous week, was up to 36 last week. New York has 42 cases compared to 43 the week before. Despite the big jump in north ern states, the nationwide total of 812 was far below the figure of 1169 cases reported for the comparable week of 1954. FORD 26 Pages of Talliot? Resolutions Debated By Labor Convention In Morning Fifteen resolutions were dis posed of this morning, leaving 50 yet to be acted upon by the 53rd annual convention of the Oregon Federation of Labor. Delegates will continue debate this afternoon and tomorrow. Eleven committees yesterday prepared reports on each of the resolutions and are now making their recommendations to the convention for approval or re jection. Subject of major concern this morning was a resolution to change the federation's method of electing officers. The amend ment would have provided for election of federation officers by delegates to the convention in the election year. Proposal Defeated Presently the officers are nom inated at the convention and elected by a referendum vote in each of the local unions. The resolution was soundly de feated after 20 minutes debate. Only other measure bringing considerable debate to amend the federation's constitution as to the method of introducing resolutions. It provided that all resolutions must be presented to the federation office 15 days before the convention opening, except that resolutions could be proposed from the floor before the end of the second day with a majority of delegates consenting. The measure barely passed by the necessary two-thirds vote. . Others Approved Other resolutions coming be fore the convention, all receiving a favorable vote: Urged the American Legion to change its planned Miami Beach site for the 1955 convention; Asked for higher tariff on Japanese plywood Imports; Supported the Murray-Dingell- Improvements Slated At Four Mile Lake Improvements at Four Mile lake to make camp and picnic sites available are expected to start later this summer, Jack Wood, supervisor of Rogue River National forest, said to day. Roads will be extended a short distance around the lake, Wood said. Improvements on the Four Mile lake road were completed last year, and sanitary facilities are available. Wood said the number of camp sites has not fully been deter mined, but probably will depend on how much the lake is used by campers. Funds for Four Mile lake im provements were made avail able in the budget for 1955-56 fiscal year, which started July 1. Central Point Man Gets Reappointment Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Pat terson's office today announced the appointments of Miss Ger trude Boyd Crane of Forest Grove to the Washington County Public Welfare Commission and Mrs. Dorothy Eggleston of Scap poose to the Columbia county commission. Fred H. Cockell, Milwaukie was re-appointed to the State Board of Agriculture, represent ing poultry, and Harry Dunn, Central Point, was reappointed to the potato commission. Grants Pass Woman Dies In Wreck Near Madera Madera, Calif. U.R) Mrs. Kermit Snyder, 31, of Grants Pass, Ore., was killed today when the car in which she was riding overturned on Highway 99 north of here. Seriously in jured were her husband and two young sons. Weather FORECAST: Fair nd mild through Fridav. Low tonight 50. Huh Friday 88. Temp. Highest Yestrrdav 19 Lowest this Morning- 4 c O MEpFORr Session Rhodes bill in Congress amend ing the Taft-Hartley act; Asked for an itemized list of deductions on pay checks; Favored a bill in Congress forcing the executive branch of the government to recognize unions of postal and federal em ployees; Condemned the federal 20 per cent amusement tax; Favored elimination of un sanitary conditions in the poul try industry; Ask for Holiday Supported a legal holiday on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's birthday; Condemned discrimin a t i o n against AFL teachers; and Endorsed the aims of the Ore gon Historical Society. Three other minor resolutions dealing with the federation's constitution were adopted. During a break in debate, AFL organizer Claude Shafer spoke briefly about the Alumi num Company of Canada proj ect in Kitimat, B.C. The plant, he declared, will be the largest in the free world when com pleted. (Sec story on Page 6) Annual Roundup Starting Tomorrow The three-day Rogue River Roundup will get under way at 4 p.m. tomorrow with a parade through downtown Medford. It will feature some 200 riders, ac cording to Tony Boitano, chair man. The first rodeo will be held at the posse grounds at 7:30 p.m. with the grand entry, drills on horseback and rodeo events. A parade at 2 p.m. Saturday will feature horsemen, commer cial and organizational floats, sports cars, and other entries. Keith and Clarice Moon, Klam ath Falls, and their matched pal ominos, "Golden Linda" and "Country Wheat," will be in both parades. Both parades will begin at Sixth and Ivy sts., move down Main st. to Riverside ave., then back Sixth to Holly st., where it will disband. The Saturday rodeo will also begin at 7:30 p.m., and the Sun day show will be at 2 p.m. The Jackson County Mounted Sher iff's posse is sponsoring the roundup for the 13th year. Tickets are on sale at the cor ner of Main st. and Central ave. Two More Summer Band Concerts Scheduled Two more summer band con certs, tonight and tomorrow eve ning, are scheduled, according to I. A. Mirick, director. The final summer concert presented last night by the junior high 95-piece band was reported well attended. Tonight the city summer grade school band will present its final con cert, and tomorrow, the adult concert band will bring to an end the season's free concerts sponsored by the city's schools Both concerts will begin at 8 p.m. i V Ike Showing Strain of Heavy Schedule; Vacation in Colorado Slated Next Month Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower, showing defin ite fatigue from his punishing summer schedule, won't have a real chance for a rest until he goes to Colorado next month, members of his staff said today. Only Most Urgent Work They hope he will be able then to put aside all but the most urgent work and concentrate for a week or two on golf and fish ing. He will arrive in Colorado sometime after the close of Con gress. Mr. Eisenhower was on the go during most of June and July and returned from the Geneva conference at the start of the week showing, if not feeling, tb effects of his busy schedule. aY, JULY 23, 1955 PERSONAL STUDY President Eisenhower tells news-ii.-.i i.i ,, ur'aiuii that he will make an intensive per sonal study and decide whether Air Force Secy. Harold E. Talbott has violated ethics of government in maintaining certain business connections. The statement was made as Talbott resumed his testimony before the Senate investigat ing subcommittee studying his personal business affairs. NO CHANCE FOR ROAD PROGRAM THIS YEAR Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower strongly urged Congress today to revive and pass his highway program before adjournment. He was immed iately told there isn't a chance. The House yesterday rejected not only the President's highway expansion plan but also a Dem ocratic substitute. A big differ ence was over methods of finan cing the multi-billion dollar pro- Nixon May Visit Moscow Within Year Washington U.R) A possi bility that Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon may visit Moscow within the next year was raised today by an informed source. This source revealed that Nix on for some time has been con sidering a tour of Western Eu rope sometime later this year. While there has been nothing definite on a Russian trip for Nixon, the informant said that, under certain circumstances, there is a possibility Nixon would extend his contemplated European tour to include Mos cow. The conditional circum stances, the source said, would include among other things the outcome of the October Big Four foreign ministers meeting at Geneva. BLM Assistant Forester Promoted, Transferred R. C. (Bud) Burgess, assistant district forester for the Medford district, bureau of land manage ment, has been promoted to dis trict manager of the Lakeview range and forest district, it was announced here today. Burgess has been one of four assistant district foresters in the Medford district. Prior to work ing for the bureau, . he was a consulting forester at Baker, Ore., for several years, and had 29 years of experience with the U.S. forest service. No one has yet been selected to fill his post. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess will move this week from their resi dence at the Barnes Apartments, 230 11th st. They have lived in Medford for approximately one year. The President looked tired at his news conference Wednesday. His complexion was ruddy, but there were new fatigue lines around his eyes. Temperature Nears 90 The temperature inside the non-air conditioned news con ference room approached 90 and the humidity was almost smoth ering. Many of the 184 reporters took off their coats. But Mr. Eis enhower,' in a gray summer weight business suit, kept his coat on.. Mr. Eisenhower's demeanor ranged from grinning amiability when he said he expected to be a grandfather for the fourth time by Christmas, to outright irritability over questions invol ving certain phases of the Dixon- RIBUNE Price 5c posals, with special bonds under the President's plan, new taxes under the Democratic. In a special White House statement, Mr. Eisenhower as serted that "contention over the method could not be permitted to deny our people these criti cally needed roads." Rayburn Sees No Chance Speaker Sam Rayburn agreed with. that. But .he said there , is "no chance of getting a bill up this session, none whatever. House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack of Massa chusetts blamed Republicans for killing the highway expansion program. He said "the President will certainly have to do a lot of work among his own mem bers even to get a bill next year." Rep. George A. Dondero (R Mich.), who sponsored the Pres ident's plan, had this to say about chances of reviving the measure: "If I had to bet on it, I wouldn't use my own money." O&C Grant Lands Ruled US Property Washington '(U.R) The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled unani mously today that all Oregon & California railroad grant lands in western Oregon are "clearly" the property of the United State. The Appeals Court affirmed an earlier District Court ruling. The case was initiated by Clackamas county, Ore., which strenuously protested the trans fer last year of 472,000 acres of timberland from the Interior De partment's Bureau of Land Management to the Agriculture Department's Forest Service. Clackamas county wanted the lands left under the land man agement bureau which adminis ters the rest of the 2,900,000 acre Oregon & California tract. It argued that the transfer threatened to cut its income from the lands. Portland U.R The British cruiser HMS Superb pulled away from the seawall at the Willamette river here today and headed toward the Pacific after a visit of several days. Yates controversy. He did not perspire noticeably during the news conference. But his face got redder and some what mottled as the heat built up in the conference chamber. Voice Lower, Words Slower His voice generally was low er and his words slower than at most conferences. But he was not without an occasional light quip. When he walked into the steamy room, he looked around and said he saw that the re porters had not yet gotten their air conditioning machines. He smiled at the groans which greet ed this understatement and pro ceeded with the news confer ence, which lasted about 30 minutes. United Prcs Full Leased Wire No. 110 rf! n i' sincere itegrei Told by Bulgaria In Plane Incident 57 Reported Killed; 12 Were Americans Athens U.R) Red Bulgaria confessed today its anti-aircraft guns along the Greek border blasted an Israeli air liner from the skies killing 57 persons including 12 Amer icans. The United States was expected to demand indemnity for the death of American citizens. Israel promptly made a sharp protest to Bulgaria. The United States and possibly the Soviet Union were expected to make some similar action. The United States was re ported in Washington drafting a note to the Bulgarian Com cunists protesting the deaths of the 12 Americans and de manding information on the incident. Athens, Greece -(U.R) Com munist Bulgaria admitted with "sincere regret" today that its anti-aircraft guns shot down an Israeli airliner yesterday with the loss of 57 lives, including 12 Americans. The Bulgarian regime, in a broadcast by Sofia Radio, said Bulgarian anti-aircraft batteries shot down the El Al Israel Air line Constellation near the Greek border. But the broadcast claim ed the plane had wandered over the border into Bulgarian air space. First Official Word It was the first official word from the Communist government of Bulgaria on the fate of those aboard the blue and silver air liner which crashed in flames some five miles behind the Iron Curtain in one of the costliest incidents of the cold war. The Sofia broadcast, ending 24 hours of Communist silence, came shortly after the Israeli le gation in Athens announced the plane exploded in air and fell to earth in three flaming seg ments after Greek border guards heard four gunshots. The Bulgarian broadcast said Foreign Minister Mincho Nie chev would head a commission to investigate the disaster fifth greatest in the history of com mercial aviation. UN Attention Demanded The incident brought demands in Washington that it be brought to the attention of the United Nations. El Al Airlines announced the plane carried a crew of seven and 50 passengers, including 12 persons listed as Americans or alien residents of the United States. Following is the official list of Americans who boarded the Constellation in Paris as an nounced by the company here. Rachel Avram, Bronx, N.Y.; Ora Cohen, New York; Pincus Ingberman, Brooklyn; Deborah Sacks, Rivga Sacks, Annie Sacks, all of New York; Abram Mann, only address listed U.S.A., identified by radio station WEVD as A. M. Goffman, Brooklyn, who conducts a radio health pro gram as "Dr. Mann." Previously unofficially listed as aboard the plane were: Mrs. Tuba Shafer, Brooklyn; Mrs. Za hawa Sheinbaum, New York, wife of a New York book pub lisher, Mrs. M. Katz, Miss Katz and Mr. Hamiery. Malheur Citizens Want Health Board Restored Ontario (U.R) A movement by citizens' groups to demand immediate restoration of the Malheur county health depart ment was launched here today and a mass protest meeting was scheduled for tomorrow night at the county courthouse in Vale. The department was left with out personnel when the resigna tion of Mrs. Edna Ferris, county health nurse, was announced this week. Mrs. Ferris said she was tak ing a job with the State Health Department and commented that she was tired trying to get ade quate funds from an unsympa thetic county court. Today Coolest July 28 On Records of Bureau Today was the coolest July 28 in 39 years in Medford and vi cinity. This morning's minimum tem perature of 46 degrees tied the lowest reading on recordfor this date at the Medford station of the weather bureau. A 46-degree low was recorded here in 1916. Washington U.R) President Eisenhower today went to the Burning Tree Club for an after noon round of golf. 36 Japanese Girls Drovn When Mit By Ocean Wave Tokyo (U.R) Thirty-six teen- aged girls were reported drowned today when a mon strous wave rolled in from the sea and engulfed their swim ming class on a beach at Tsu, 300. miles south of Tokyo Five of the students were dead when pulled from the sea by fishermen. The others were un conscious and efforts by doctors to revive them with oxygen tanks and artificial respiration failed. Two other students were reported missing. The wave, rolling in without warning from a calm sea, swept over 50 students, most of them girls. Another 300 students from Tsu's Kyohoku high school were on the beach, but most of them escaped. High school teachers said the Midnight Fiesta Planned for Race With SP's Train Roseburg (U.R) A midnight watermelon feed and a street dance will entertain spectators this week end as they wait here for the end of the 75-mile race between horsemen and the Southern Pacific's "Rogue Riv er" pasenger train from Eugene. Riders from Douglas and Lane counties mounted sheriff's posses and saddle clubs from Cottage Grove, Yoncalla, Sutherlin and Myrtle Creek will take the course in mile relays. Try To Beat Train Horsement will attempt to beat the passenger train's sched uled time of 3 hours 28 minutes between Eugene and Roseburg, to point up southern Oregon's need for faster passenger service. Southern Pacific has an nounced plans to abandon the Portland-Ashland passenger train Aug. 7 but the state Public Utilities Commission ordered service to continue. Chamber Votes Protest Ashland Directors of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce this week voted to send a strong letter of protest to the Oregon public utilities commissioner over the" proposed termination of Southern Pacific passenger service between Ashland and Portland. The railroad has announced plans to end the service Aug. 7. Earlier this month the direc tors wrote Southern Pacific's general passenger agent in Port land opposing the end of the service, and requesting im proved service. No reply has been received. Portland Boys Die In Traffic Mishap Portland (U.R) Traffic fatalities for 1955 in Portland totaled 25 after a spectacular accident yesterday that claimed lives of two teen-aged boys on Barbur blvd. Dead are Michael Vetter, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vet ter and James Edward Nelson, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Nelson. Hospitalized with serious in juries was Tommy C. Dorsey, 15, a driver of one of two cars driv ing side-by-side on the four-lane thoroughfare. In less serious condition was the driver of the third car, Glen W. Loomis, 35. The other teen-aged driver, Ed ward W. Schilp, 16, escaped in jury and was cited to appear in police court on a reckless driv ing count. Police said young Dorsey would be cited to juvenile auth orities for driving with a begin ner's permit unaccompanied by a licensed driver. Southern Pacific Plans Expansion at Eugene Portland (U.R) Southern Pacific railroad today disclosed plans to spend nearly $5,750,000 for an enlarged and modernized switching yard, which will in clude radar, at Eugene. Grading is expected to get un derway before the fall rains, ac cording to D. J. Russell, presi dent of the railroad, who esti mated construction would re quire two years. Inheritance, Gift Taxes Bring State $6,076,142 Salem (U.R) Collections of state inheritance and gift tax es during the last biennium in Oregon totaled S6,076,142, State Treasurer Sig Unander said to day. This amounts to $1,576, 142 in excess of what the legis lative budget estimated, he said. New York A federal judge has dismissed the indictment of writer Corliss Lamont for con tempt of the Senate in refusing to answer questions before the Senate Investigating Subcommittee. boys and girls were divided into two groups and that the girl stu dents apparently were swept into deep water. "Today was the last day of our swimming training," a fresh man class teacher told the Ky- odo news agency. "The students were all very enthusiastic." Requirements for Winter Pear Crop Will Be Tighter Portland - (U.R) Minimum size and grade requirements for the 1955 winter pear crop in Oregon, Washington and Calif ornia will be tighter than last year, according to rules fixed by the Pacific Coast winter pear control committee yesterday. The committee decided to re duce marketings by keeping small and lower erade Dears off the market because of a- larger crop than last year. Minimum Requirements Minimum grade and size re quirements adopted by the com mittee include: Anjou and Bosc varieties: Size 180 for U. S. No. 1 grade, size 165 for No. 2. Cornice: U. S. No. 2 grade. size 165. Winter Nellis: U. S. No. 2 size 210. Easter: U. S. No. 2 size 165. Clairgeau: U. S. No. 1 size 165. To Market 88 Per Cent The committee, which admin isters the federal marketing agreement on winter pears, de cided that 88 per cent of the crop would be marketed under those grade and size regulations. Growers whose cron falls ho. low that percentage may apply for individual exemption certifi cates to bring marketings up to 88 per cent of their crop. Dis tricts wanting an adjustment in the 88 per cent for their area must apply within a period of one week before and one week after the start of harvest. Portland (U.R) Plans for national promotion of Bartlett pears were outlined here last night by growers and shippers from Medford, Hood River, Yak ima and Wenatchee districts. The advertising - merchandis ing campaign is the first to be attempted by the states of Wash ington and Oregon on a coopera tive basis. Medford Man Chairman Named chairman of the steer ing committee for the drive was H. B. Murphy of Pinnacle Pack ing Co., Medford. Other mem. bers were Fred Westberg, Wash ington btate fruit commission manager of Yakima and Wen atchee; Ray Forman, Yakima Fruit Growers association; J. E. Klahre, Hood River Apple Grow ers association, and Dave Holmes, Bear Creek Orchards, Medford. Powell Conviction Reversed by Court Washington (U.R) The U. S. Court of Appeals today reversed the contempt conviction of Clyde L. Powell, ousted assist ant commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration and a key figure in congressional hous ing scandal investigation. Powell was convicted in fed eral district court here last Oct. 29 of criminal contempt for refusing to answer a Grand Jury's questions about his ac tivities as a housing official. Federal Judge F. Dickinson. Letts sentenced mm to a year in prison. Powell had claimed that ans wers to the Grand Jury's ques tions might be self incriminat ing. But Judge Letts said Pow ell did not "successfully or ef fectively" invoke the Fifth Amendment. Baseball AMERICAN Detroit 7 12 0 Baltimore 5 13 1 Lary, Coleman (9) and H Wilson: Schallock, Zuverink (8) and Smith. Chicago 3 6 2 New York 2 6 1 Johnson. Pierce (9) and Lol lar; Turley, Konstanty (9) and Berra. Cleveland 6 9 2 Boston 4 14 1 Wynn, Mossi (8) and Megan. Naragon; Parnell. Henry (4), Hurd (7). Kinder (9) and White. HR Rosen (Cleve.), 3rd. NATIONAL New York 4 6 0 Chicago 15 0 Gomez. Giel (3), and Kail; Rush, Hillman (8) and Chiii.