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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.