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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUN DA'
50th Year
No. 112
Chou En Lai Sees
Quick Settlement
On Civilian Issue
Formosa Liberation
Negotiation Offered
Tokvo (U.P.) Communist
Chinese Premier Chou en Lai
said Saturday that a reasonable
and quick settlement can be
reached in Geneva this week, on
the return of American civilians
held in feed China.
In a remarke'oly conciliatory
speech made before the National
Peoples Congress and broadcast
by Peiping radio, Chou followed
the Soviet line of moderation in
9ke cold war.
He offered to negotiate a
"peaceful liberation" of For
mosa. He suggested a collective
security pact for Asia to include
Red China and the United States.
He offered to join world disarm
ament moves. He favored a sum
mit conference on Asia to ease
tension in that area.
Overtures Rejected
But his overtures on Formosa
were Dromotlv rejected by the
Chinese Nationalists, who la
hfirf fhou's sueeestion "incon
ceivable."
"We consider the Communist
Chinese rebels." one source in
Taipeh said. "If they want to
talk to us they can come to sur
render."
Chou's speech seemed intent
on bettering relations with the
United States. He said Commun
ist China "will endeavor" to
malro tVii week's meeting in
Geneva between the Red Chi
nese and U. S. ambassadors
"pave the way for further nego
tiations."
To Seek Return of Students
Chou indicated that Red China
would press for return of Chi
nese students now in the united
States.
(In Washington. State depart
ment spokesman Henry Suydam
said it had been pointed out re-
Deatedly that "no Chinese stu
dents that we know of... who
have applied to return to the
mainland are not free to go,
(The State department an
nounced last April that 70-odd
rthinpsp students, once barred
from returning to the mainland
were free to leave the United
States at any time.)
Washington (U.P.) Ambas
sador U. Alexis Johnson, ace
State department trouble shoot
er, left by plane for Geneva
Saturday to test the sincerity of
Red leader Chou en Lai's new
offer to negotiate release of Am
erican prisoners and other issues.
Johnson will meet at Geneva
Mondav with Red China's envoy
to Poland, Wang Ping Nan, for
the first ambassador-level dip
lomatic negotiations between the
iTnitPrl States and Red China
since the Geneva Far East con
ference last year.
Train Kills Children
Playing Between Rails
Havward. Calif: (U.R) A
speeding Western Pacific stream
liner snuffed out the lives of
two children Saturday as they
lay between the rails of a trestle
playfully dropping rocks on an
other' train passing below.
The victims were identified
by the Alameda coroner's office
as Kathleen Letai, 12. and Wil
liam L. McGeorge, 12, both of
Hayward.
Railroad officials said the acci
dent occurred on an overhead
west of here, where the Western
Pacific tracks pass over those of
the Southern Pacific.
Witnesses said the children
were so absorbed in watching
the train passing below they ap
parently did not hear the ap
proach of the California Zephyr
as it thundered over the tracks
at nearly 60 miles an hour.
Pony Express Riders Race
SP's 'Rogue River1 Train
From Eugene to Roseburg
Estimated 2,000
See First Rodeo;
Last Show Today
Queen Marie Ross,
Princesses Open Show
. An estimated 2,000 or more
people were on hand Friday
night to view the first of three
rodeos presented during the 13th
annual Rogue River Roundup.
After the grand entry of all
contestants and the sheriff's
posse and drill teams, Roundup
Queen Marie Ross and her. four
princesses, Verna Hickman, Col-
lette Perrine. Glenda Forman
, mio tvi VinrtM iron and flesh were In
noseouig 1"- ., . , .
their starting blocks and all set to go at the stroke of midnight
last night. With a toot and a snort they took off from Eugene
m a mad dash to Roseburg, 75 miles to the south. The idea being
to determine which is faster the Southern Pacifies Rogue
t .- ' irin nr- a nnnv pynrpss.
nivci - i - . .. , , , j
The pony express, thought up by tne KoseDurg tnamper i
Commerce and made up of riders and horses from six saddle
clubs, was out to prove that horses can carry a letter from Eu
gene to Roseburg faster than the train.
New Riders. Same Engineer ,
The railroad was out to prove nothing more tnan mat tne
train will start on scneauie at Eugene ana amvc m uku.s-
The ponv express will change horses and riders each mile.
The train will keep the same engineer all the way.
ct,w;r, timo na nrettv definitely set ax i:ui a.m. dui uicic
tirVion the. finish tanp will - , , ,
..r- c enmo n it TPrPru p tji u uiuiuii as iu i mr Mivina wd rn nnpnpn inp
be reached. Sponsors of the pony express said they expected the festivities other officials and
.;., nhua intn thp Roseburg Station arouna o a.m. ouuuicn. I t T,artiirant: inrlnriine
Pacific officials said this isn't so they tnougnt me tram wuuiu sheriff Howard Gault, Don Mil-
... o.v,-. .,iJ . .lirM r
To confuse matters, me pony cxpiess nav Leonard Ward, general cnair-
miles shorter than the railroad, causing SP officials to shout man were alg0 presented.
foul." They contended the riders snouia mane every siup 12 Events included
train does and travel the same route. xhe rodeo itself consisted of
Whatever routes were to be taken, however, mere was iu uc J2 events including bull dog
a big celebration at the Roseburg end of the run. A goodly number ging bareback riding, calf rop
of this Douglas county city's citizens were expected to stay up to ing saddie bronc riding and
greet the riders and the train in tneir pre-aawn mmu. iu brahma bull ridingall present-
the celebrants occupied street dancing and a watermelon feed ed "in the spirit of the old west."
was planned. Hard-bucking, sunfishing
Poor Service Charged broncs tossed three out oi six
The whole thing started when soutnern racmc aunuum. riders jn the saddle division, but
wanted to abandon its passenger run from Eugene through Rose- only one out of seven contest
burg to Grants -Pass, Medford and Ashland. The railroad said it ants were thrown in the bare
had been losing money for years on the service. Opponents of back riding section. Norm Wood
the plan, mostly Chamber of Commerce officials and civic leaders ward and Bill Herrara were the
of the communities of the communities affected, contend it was only two to remain astride the
iSead, Three Missing As Boat
psizes At U up ei u a River Bar-
Sutherlin Man
Victim; Two Saved
On Fishing Jaunt
the railroad's poor service which led to loss of passengers.
Russia, Great Britain,
France Join in Race
To Launch Satellite
necessary eight seconds in the
brahma bull event
The Jackson County Sheriff's
Posse drill team, under drill
master Homer Marx, presented
a series of drills that included
the "double-ring," "threading
the needle," "oblique cross
over," "pinwheel" and others.
The junior posse followed later
in the show with a series of fast
drills that included the "wed-
. jin mav opt the first Hinff rine" and "necklace."
London lu.ra u.. I . imo infn snace. Todav's show, beginning at
Britan were reportea reauy British government's 2 p.m.. will feature the presen-
join the American space race guided weapons department at tation of the Gibson saddle for
t octahlishment ths TJniinHnn's "all-around COW-
baiuraay, wuiic uienujom""""-- ". j 7 ., , ,
flioht to the moon now in Farnborougn is oenevcu DOy, xnree quaner-mue u-
is only a matter oi money. Zmm, m Hp tested in Uris and iunior riders, and pres
Authorized Soviet sources m ftltuI.e at Australia's Woom- entation of prize money to con-
Moscow said the Russians -re Rocket Ranee. testants in addition to tne regu
,! launch a satellite Wpnri Lonechambon, president har events.
K Ampriran art!- of the men council "i iuaJ, r
sinuiai i - , .. -i j v,4. -EVonnn 4i,,,,r,v, itxnmfnwn IVToHfrarri ran
researcn, uim-iuscu mai. ... 1 unuuu wwj.v.... '
nin i: in the race, with some sisting mostly or norses ana na
prrpt nroiects of considerable ers, and the bigger ana more
importance underway in xne pretentious aaturaay paraae, a.-
Bahara dpsprt. tracted large crowds.
"The decision of the United The Saturday paraae was iea
statps marks less a discovery by tne Asniana rmue oagpiye
than a progress, important but Hjand, and also featured Bliss
nrpHirtahe. alone a path already Heme s Juniors ana tve tricn
explored during and since the tice's accordionists. In addition
1 x , T I trt rAirtt Trniin. tVlPTP Were
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Algiers, Algeria (U.R) .j n,nimn riirertnr of the romic entries, floats and auto
Fierce Algerian rebels battled paris observat0ry, said that "in mobiles, and the partly-finished
tr esrane a desert trap set by th nresent state of scientific Jackson County Disaster car.
Tppinnnaires Saturday knowledge, many accomplish- jvieaiora ponce oim.eis. iii
. . .. . . j mPntc of this kind are possible." western costume directed traffic.
but tne xrap neiu. v,- aHripH "a ThA sneond of the three rodeo
a ikA Ji l 1a onu iij -www., 1 .
There was no retreat .or u fundg
rebels as the pitched Daiue Eneineer Hans-Hermann Koel
roared through its second day. he cf Stuttgart, Germany, said
Th. T pcfinnnaires. France's that "all we need is a billion dol
. I 1 1 .. nrA lira f.nnlH an aHpaH with
best fighting troops, reportea - -
they had killed at least 25 men couJd diye farther Qut
of the outlaw "Army oi into space."
in the rocky hills 16 miles north (Se story en page 2)
of Negrine in East Alberia. , ,
A French Pjper Cub spotter TUrKee KeSIUEniS
plane covering the movements
of the insurgent coiunui , IP A VHm III TlfP
I WW I Mill Wl 1 W
$8?
1
ficial planet. No date was an
nounced for a possible takeoff,
but German rocket pioneers said
Algerian Rebels
Fail to Spring Trap
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM The scene
shown above will be frequently repeated this
summer in the Shakespearean Festival theater
in Ashland. It was taken during a dress
rehearsal of the lead-off play in the 1955
festival,, "A Midsummer. Night's Dream,"
which will open the month-long event tomor
row evening. The actors shown are, left to
right on the upper level, Irene Baird and Don
Soule; lower level, Jean Fitch, Joan Kugell,
Robert Stattel, Karen Cochran, Agnes David
and Michael Kasdan. The theater stage is a
reproduction of the old Fortune theater in
London, and the plays are presented with
Shakespeare's own stage directions.
(Anita Fowler photo.)
Coast Guard Warns
Of Rough River Bar
Reedsport, Ore. (U.R) At
least one sports fisherman was
drowned Saturday when the
pleasure boat Viray capsized in
heavy surf at the Umpqua river
bar here. Three others were still
missing and two were rescued.
The coast guard at the Ump
qua river lifeboat station said
the dead man was Clifford Ken
neth Flory, 51, of Sutherlin, Ore.
Survivors of the mishap were
identified as Albert Lewis,
Reedsport, and Lloyd L. Ballen
tine, Sutherlin. '
Warned by Coast Guard
Others aboard the craft were
Cecil Haig, Sutherlin, Royce
Bowman, Reedsport, and Robert
Sandau, Oakland, Ore.
The Winchester Bay coast
guard station said there were
about 125 boats behind the jetty
in the Umpqua river during the
morning and the coast guard
had warned them that the river
bar was rough and that if they
crossed they would have to re
main at sea for six hours.
The coast guard summoned
a search plane irom its fori
Angeles, Wash., station to hunt
for the three missing men. The
Viray was being mashed to bit
on' the south jetty at the river
mouth.
On Fishing Trip
The men had started on a
fishing trip when the boat was
caught and capsized in huge
breakers near the Umpqua bar.
The coast guard said the sea out
side the harbor was calm and
there was only a slight wind
blowing, but the breakers were
"huge and rough."
The coast guard said Lewis
and Ballentine were "pretty
beaten up" by the pounding wat
ers but were being treated by a
doctor at the lifeboat station.
Shakespeare Plays Start Monday
shows was held last night.
Minimum Wage Bill
Sent to Eisenhower
Washington (U.R) The
House Saturday completed con
gressional action on legislation
raising the federal minimum
wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour
effective next March 1.
It now goes to the White
House. If signed by President Ei
senhower, it will mean pay in-
shot down by the rebels who
now have heavy machineguns. Truckee, Calif. U.R) A
The tribesmen tried yamiy iu ra - gnn g . whipped prpaSpS for some 2.100,000 work-
. ii nmnnnQirPC i - - i
flee oetore xne is""".--" . ctrnrl w5riHc. last nieht fore- ers who now eet less than $1 an
rmild close the trap arouna -
coma ciose u ph residents to evacuate summer hour.
them, jsunney w . :. Mr. Eisenhower had recom-
The Legionnaires nave ou nomes on xne ouxs ox ui minimum be raised
, . cmPP WedneS- I .ar-n.f iwnfsr of, "t""v-" . . ,
nunung me ua lamuou w..., to 90 cents but Democrats pusn
day wnen n-" mues wesi oi nenu.
were ambushed ana Kiuea i The blaze, of undeterminea
suddIv convoy moving through oriein, burned out of control on
the nearbv Aures mounxaiiis. the south bank oi tne lrucKee
ZD leei
Ashland The 20th Oregon
Shakespearean "Festival opens
tomorrow. It will run through
August.
The event, which has earned
an international reputation since
it was first started, (on the same
program as a boxing match in
1935) has grown to become one
of the major dramatic projects
of the Pacific coast.
Some 15,000 or 20,000 or more
paid admissions are expectea
this season, many of them from
out of the state. It is recognized
as an important tourist attrac
tion by the travel lniormaxion
division of the Oregon highway
department.
Traditional, brief opening
ceremonies will be held at cur
tain time tomorrow evening. Dr.
A. Cope, president of the fes
tival association, will welcome
the first-night audience, as will
Producing Director Angus Bow-
mer, father and guiding spirit of
the festival. Dignitaries here for
the opening will be introduced.
'A Midsummer Night s
Dream" is the opening play, to
be followed in rotation by "Mc-
rivpr with a narrow
Knvato. Calif. U.R) Air- rntprtincr trip ritv.
man Ronald G. Hofenbredl, 21, TrurlrM Firp Chief Tom Dol-
of Hamilton Air Force base, died reported that a shift of wind
instantly Friday ana a cuuu from the SQuth woujd seriously
ion was critically injured when endaneer the city of some 1,000
their car turned over. nomilation. Homes were wetted
down by 500 volunteers on the
Conferees Deadlocked on Ldestroyedasawmm
r,j v,nv fartorv owned bv the
Stockton Box company. Units
were called in from the State
ine units for the next four years. Forest service, Big Bend and la-
The House, prennially opposed hoe City.
IO pUDUC IlOUMUg, ma . r j 1 - . - J
visions in its bill ior conunu Anpropnarion
i!trZ For Klamath Fails Base
ed for authority to build 70,- Washington, D. C. (U.R)
000 new tmblic housing units Congressional acuon was pl
over the next two years. pleted Saturday on appropria-
Comoromis. Fioures Re eeted tions lor military consinuuuu..
- thP at Portland International air-
uemuLidui; sciioiuis v. - . .
,nnf,nM nnmmittPP reDorted port. Klamath Falls Municipal
Public Housing Provision
Washington (U.R) Senate
House conferees were deadlock
ed last night on the public hous
ing provision in a new housing
bill the last major hurdle to
congressional adjournment.
To Meet Again Monday
After nearly seven hours of
closed door meeting, conferees
of the Senate Housing banking
committees broke up near mid
night with no agreement on the
size of the future public housing
rrnfram.
The conferees agreed to meet
a pain Monday in an attempt to
resolve the issue which threat-
.nc to hold of congressional ad
journment as well as scuttle the
ntirp federal housing program.
The Senate had passed a bill
authorizing 135,000 public hou
that they had proposed a com- airport and Tongue Point Naval
,- nf sn nnn units station at Asxona.
for theext year- ' The bill provided $1,806,000
The w,c mnWnrP reiect- for Portland airport, $2,957,000
ed this proposed compromise for Klamath Falls and $92,000
anj marip a r-nnntpr offer of for Tongue Point. The Senate
thP aHministratinn nroeram of followed the House's lead in ap-
35,000 units over the next two proving the supplement appro-
years. This counter offer was priations dui aim ih i u
rejected by the Senat confer- White House ior nresiaeni rasen-
ggg, k- WCl Uu".
ed through the higher figure.
The president has not said whe
thpr he will sien the bill. But
Secretary of Labor James P. Mit
chell said he would recommend
sienature.
Leeislation does not extend
coverage of tne ieaerai wage-
hour law, as Mitchell had sought.
Less than half of the nations
workers are now covered.
Monday Adjournment
Seen for Congress
Washington (U.R) Congress
went on a bill-passing spree Sat
urday, clearing the decks for ad
journment expected Monday.
Speaker Sam Rayburn (Tex.)
said flatly the House would ad
journ Monday.
Senate Democratic L.eaaer
Easle C. Clements (Ky.) said ne
was "fairly sure the Senate
would be ready to join the
House's adjournment plans.
The House passed about 275
hills. It considered about 50
others, voting some down and
nacsinir over others until the
Jt a
next session.
The Senate didn't match the
House total, passing only about
75 bills. But the Senate confirm
ed a number of presidential nom
inations.
Springf ield 'Man
Heads Oregon Legion
Redmond, Ore. W.R) Jack
Larson of Springfield, Ore., was
named commander of the Ore-
eon Derjartment of the American
Legion here Saturday at the final
session of the department's an
nual convention. He was elected
unanimously.
Don Eva, a Portland attorney,
was chosen to succeed Larson as
vice commander. Others elected
to department office were Tom
Stoughton. Portland, finance oi
ficer; Hollis Hull, Albany, na
tional executive committeeman
Clyde Dickey, Portland, alter
nate national committeeman.
and the Rev. Alfred Williams
Portland, chaplain.
Morse Wonts Talbott's
Affairs Investigated
Washington (U.R) Sen
Wayne Morse suggested Satur
day that Senate investigators re
vive their inquiry into Air
Force Secretary Harold E. Tal-
botts private financial affairs to
determine whether he was in
volved in the fight for control
of the New York Central rail
road.
Among other things, the Ore
gon Democrat said in a Senate
speech, the Senate investigations
subcommittee should ask lai
bott whether he approached "any
other members of the present
cabinet on the New York Central
matter."
beth." "All's Well That Ends
Well," and "Henry VI, Part 3,"
in that order. "Timon of Ath-
Strong Protest Note
Sent to Bulgaria
Washineton - (U.R) The
United States, in a sharp protest
note to Bulgaria, Saturday de
manded "prompt and adequate"
indemnities for the families ot
13 Americans killed in the shoot
ing down of an Israeli airliner.
Text of the note was not maae
public. But State department
spokesman Henry Suydam saia
it "emphatically protests the
brutal hooting down" of the
airliner which the Bulgarians
said strayed over Bulgarian soil
early this week. Fifty-eight per
sons, including the Americans
were killed.
Suydam said the United States
called on Bulgaria to take "all
aDDronriate means" to preveni
recurrence of the incident and
to inform this country of the
measures taken.
It was transmitted to the U.
S. Embassy at Berne, Switzer
land, and will be delivered to
the Bulgarian government by
Switzerland. The United States
has no diplomatic relations with
Bulgaria.
Grand Jury Indicts
Abbott in Kidnap Case
Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Tha
Alameda County Grand Jury
Saturday indicted Burton W.
ens, a litue-proaucea piay, win adooh on iwu tuums iui siuiwjr
be given special performances slaying of Berkeley school girl
on Aug. 23 and 29. curtain time stephanie Bryan.
throughout the month will be J, . . , ..' . .. . .
8 30 p m The iury voted indictment
Preceding the opening play, a alter iour aays oi inquiry ura
group of some 150 or more in- the case that has aroused mora
vited guests will attend a din- jnterest in the San Francisco
tIU1 X J"S - - '
tion. They will include news- -
paper people, governmental of- Abbott, nervous and unsmil
ficials and others who have had mg was immediately transfer-
I 1 . 1 nl
some pari in niaiw.s uic .j from hig Berkeley jail cell
a success. I . . f
19 new qucii iei & iu mc vuuuij
French Plane Streaks iaiihere. .
The 27-year-oia universixy oi
California student, who twice
Faster Than Sound
Paris (U.R) France's shark- refused to go beore the grand
nosed Trident I jet plane shot juryj sajd he still hoped to meet
several hundred miles an hour with Stephanies parents, ur.
beyond the speed of sound Sat- and Mrs. Charles S. Bryan Jr.,
urday in a test flight bid to make !n" r "
it the world's fastest aircraft. Abbott was arrested for mur-
The slender, silver S.O. 9,000, der jujy 21 when 14-year-old
only plane in the world to be Stephanie's body was found in
powered primarily Dy a rocKex remote Trinity county,
en sine, is believed to have flown
close to or faster than 1,000 San Francisco (U.R) A man
miles an hour, although officials identified as Antonio Rocco Bul-
refused to eive nrecise details etti. 53. apparently took his own
of the performance. life Saturday by leaping from
ThP snppd of sound at sea the Golden Gate bridge. The
level is just over 738 miles an Coast Guard recovered the body
hour. near Pt. JjiaDio.
Sports Bulletin
Long Beach, Calif. (U.R)
The Los Angeles Rams dis
played a top areial attack last
night in trouncing the Fort
Ord (Calif.) Warriors. 44-17.
Sacramento, Calif. (U.R)
Late inning homers by Luis
Marques and Ed Mickleson
helped the Portland Beavers
down Sacramento, 6-4, last
night in the opening game of
a Pacific Coast League itri.
Down Payment on Federal
Home Mortgages Increased
Washington (U.R) The Eisen
hower administration, irankiy
worried about inflationary pres
sures, Saturday raised down
payment requirments two per
cent on all homes bought with
government-insured mortgages.
It also abolished the veterans
administration's policy of no
down payments on GI home
loans.
Federal Housing Chief Albert
M. Cole called the action "a
mild and temporary precaution
ary measure which seeks to as
sure the housing market will
not contribute inflationary pres
sures to the economy.
down payment requirements, al
so cut the maximum terms or.
FHA and GI home loans from
30 to 25 years.
No change was made In the
current 4V per cent interest on
VA home mortgages or the five
per cent rate on FHA-insured
morgages.
Chairman Olin E. Teague (D
Tex.) of the house veterans com
mittee, promptly accused the
Eisenhower administration of
"playing politics" in abolishing
the no-down payments policy
on VA mortgages. He said it
would give "windfall" profits
to lenders at the expense of
The administration, in rasing veterans..