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- o ME IBS KITS PIMM i A VE o o 'o 3 o o 13 n o n O V 0 cP CO o CD c o G O O 0 ft u oo o o O O O O o o Egyptian Wins Mass English Channel Race Dover, England (U.R) Husky Egyptian swimmer Abdul Latif Abu Heif today outstroked pacemaker Tom Park of California to win this year's biggest mass swim across the English cnannei. Abu Heif's time for the swim from Cape Gris Nez to St. Mar garet's Bay, near Dover, was 11 hours and 44 minutes. The time was 52 minutes slower than the Hassan Abdel Rehim, in 1950. Instructor Overtaken at Mid-Channel Parks, 31, a British-born swimming Instructor from Long Beach. Calif., set the Dace from the dawn start until the leaders reached mid-channel. Then the they raced stroke for stroke for England. At late afternoon, a breeze which turned the calm channel choppy, forced Park to drop behind as they neared the finish. Park struggled ashore 18 minutes after Abu Heif, with a time of 12 hours and two minutes to claim second place in the race. California's long-distance swimming star, Florence Chadwick, was attempting a crossing of the channel in both directions. She set out for the French shore from Britain while the mass swim was proceeding in the opposite direction. She expected to be in the channel up to 36 hours in the attempt to swim the strong currents in both directions. Winner Awarded Cup, Prize Money Abu Heif. one of the favorites among the swimmers entered from 14 countries, will collect $2900. He will also receive $1400 in prize money. Park won $700 second prize. Similar first and second prizes await the first and second women to complete the race. Two other "independent" swimmers also were attempting the France-England swim, and 28-year old Alan Crompton of Man chester, England, did it the easy way, on water skis. . - erompton, captain of the British Olympic snow ski team, bounced from Dover to Calais speedboat piloted by Donald Campbell, the jet boat speed king. Howard Morgan Blasts Ellsworth, Patterson Howard Morgan, state Demo cratic chairman, charged here vpsterdav that Congressman Harris Ellsworth and Governor Paul Patterson, both RepuDii pans "failed miserably" in at tempts to obtain funds for the Talent project Speaking at the annual Demo cratic picnic at Touvelie state O park, Morgan indicated that the treatment given the Talent proj ect at the last session of congress would be high on the list of ltfoe campaign issues. "All illsworth and Patterson could produce for Talent in their combined efforts was $150,000 in the house of representatives," (Morgan declared. He paid tribute to the "vigor ous efforts" of Democratic Sen ator Wayne Morse for having the allocation increased to $500, 000 in the senate. "Then it was up to Patterson and Ellsworth to at least hold tho line to nrevent the house conference committee from re ducing the appropriation again to the original $150,000," Mor gan said. "Thev failed miserably, and it cost Jackson bounty $350,000 and months of delay on that vital, needed project," the speak er declared.3 Returning to the record of Senator Morse, Morgan termed him "the most effective senator Oreeon has had in generations The state Democratic leader predicted that his party's issues in the 1956 political campaign lr? inrliirlp Tlivon-Yates. Hells (anyon dam. Air Force Secre tary Harold Talbott, "Doug Mc Kay and the Giveaway," and iYiice-President Richard Nixon Some 150 persons attended the (annual picnic. Thev paid tribute v$b Mrs. w. ti. werner, long Schmidt's Desire For Divorce Told Sacramento, Calif. U.R) Airman Daniel C. Schmidt con ferred with a Sacramento attor ney today and the attorney said S5chmidt definitely wants to file a divorce case" against his re married wife, Una. "He wants to divorce her," the attorney said. Schmidt met briefly in Nevada City this week end with Una, who said she married a Sierra Inmberiack last September in the belief Schmidt was dead. The airman was one of 11 Americans held prisoner in a Chinese Com munist prison camp. He returned Friday. Annual 4-H, Tuesday; First The Jackson county 4-H and FFA fair will open for a five day stand at the fairgrounds at ft a.m. tomorrow. The fair will be open to the public from- noon Wednesday. Home economics and miscel laneous project exhibits were to be in yesterday. Rabbits and poultry must be at the fair grounds by 1 p.m. and big live stock by 10 p.m. Tuesday. The Jackscn County Young Farmers club will sponsor food booths and also a farm equip ment display during the event. Equipment for the display should (-be at the fairgrounds by Wed nesday evening. This is the full schedule of events: mark set by a fellow countryman, powerful Egyptian caught up and the solid silver Butlin Cup, worth and back in three hours behind a time Jackson county party work er. Mrs. Werner attended the event, accompanied by her chil dren and grandchildren. William V. Deatherage served as picnic chairman, and Robert Duncan was master of ceremo nies. Guests were welcomed by Robert A. Boyer, county Demo cratic chairman, and Clyde Ficht ner was in charge of games and prizes. Republican Record In Oregon Praised By Acting Governor Acting .Oregon Governor Elmo Smith told 200 persons attend ing the county Republican pic nic Saturday that the GOP has furnished Oregon a "responsi ble, honest and competent gov ernment during the past 15 years." Smith, president of the Ore gon Senate, was the principal speaker at the annual Republi can affair in TouVelle state park. He is acting governor while Paul Patterson is in Chi cago for a governors convention. Work Important Wendell Wyatt, Astoria, state central committee chairman for the GOP, spoke briefly stressing the importance of precinct work in campaigns. A highlight of the afternoon, Mrs. Kathleen Norris addressed the group, emphasizing the part women play in political work. Mrs. Norris is a well known novelist and a member of the speakers' bureau of California. She and her daughter, Miss Nel lie Norris, are visiting in the val ley from San Francisco and Palo Alto. Others speaking at the picnic included Steve Nye, represent ing the Young Republican club of Stanford University, and Sig Unander,1 Oregon state treasur er. Keating MC County Judge Rodney Keat ing acted as master of cere monies, and Bobby Champion and his Melody Wranglers en tertained during lunch. Chil dren played games supervised by a committee under Tom Ness. The picnic was co-sponsored by the Jackson, County Repub lican Women, the county Ore gon Republican club, the Young Republican club, and the Re publican state central commit tee. FFA Fair To Get Under Way Public Event Tuesday: 9 a.m. Style revue judging. 10 a.m. Clothing judg ing contest. 1 p.m. Foods and food preservation' judging con test. 1 p.m. Rabbit judging and contest. 1 p.m. Poultry judg ing and contest. 4 p.m. Show manship contest poultry and rabbits. Wednesday: 9 a.m. Crops and forestry judging contests. 10:30 a.m. Livestock judging contest. 1 p.m. Beef fitting. 1:45 p.m. Beef showmanship and sheep showmanship. 1-8 p.m. Home economics contests and demon strations. 9 p.m. Show stops. Thursday: 6 a.m. Fat stock weighed. 9 a.m. Swine show manship. 10:30 a.m. Dairy judg ing contest, l pjn. -Bef judg Walla Hostages Released After Rifle Shot Fired by Warden Convicts Told They Are 'Damned Fools' Walla Walla, Wash. (U.R) Tvelve rioting convicts at the state prison surrendered and re leased ten hostages today after Warden Lawrence Delmore Jr., backed by armed guards, told them they were "damned fools." The convicts had barricaded themselves in the food man ager's office of the prison, where they were driven by tear gas and a warning shot fired by the tough-talking warden. Held Partial Control Delmore said the rioting in mates captured 11 guards at 6:15 p.m. (PST) during the evening meal and released one of them, Gerald Leban, with the con victs' demands. For a short time the rioters held patrol control of the prison, but guards went into action with tear gas. In quick succession, the guards secured one cell block after another. During the confu sion, three guards were locked into one of the cells. These three, not kept as hostages, were released when guards moved through the cell blocks. The riot leaders tried to get to the isolation ward where 15 of 18 "maximum security" pris oners who headed a riot here 40 days ago are held. "I put a 30-30 slug over then heads and they gave up that idea," Delmore reported to Dr. Thomas A. Harris, state institu tions director, at Olympia. At one point the dozen re bellious convicts threatened to 'slit the throats" of their hostages if Delmore didn't order his guards to put down their weapons. Among the demands handed Lehan to take to Delmore was that a meeting be scheduled with Harris and three newsmen today A similar meeting led to the" endof 'last month's riot.. , Talked by Telephone Delmore talked the dozen leaders of the latest uprising into surrender by reaching them on the telephone in the stew ard's office. The warden said he wculd use guns if necessary to take the kitchen area. . "You're damned fools," Del more told the cornered rebels. "Improvements are coming up." The warden said the convicts had a half hour conference among themselves after he talked to them by telephone. They "agreed to surrender, that it was foolish to hold the hostages," he said. The surrender came at 12:15 a.m. (PST). Olympia (U.R) Prosecution for violation of the state!s anti- rioting law was suggested today by Dr. Thomas Harris, state di rector of institutions, who or dered a full-scale investigation into last night's uprising by 12 riotous convicts at the' state prison in Walla Walla. Harris recommended to Ward en Lawrence Delmore that the names of the 12 troublemakers in last night's abortive attempt to take over the prison be given to Walla Walla County Prosecu tor Arthur Hawman for prosecu tion under the 1955 law against rioting in prisons. Portland (U.R) Percy W. Brown has been named chairman of the State Board of Account ancy for the new fiscal year. Weather FORECAST: Fair tonight, Tues day and Wednesday morning. Slightly cooler Tuesday. Low tonight 46. High Tuesday 82. Highest Yesterday 89 Lowest this Morning 51 Wednesday ing. 1 p.m. Sheep judging. 1-8 p.m. Home economics contests and demonstrations. 7 p.m. Swine judging. Friday: 9 a.m. Dairy judging, two rings. 1-8 p.m. Home eco nomics contests and demonstra tions. 7:30 p.m. Fat stock sale. Saturday: 9 a.m. Dairy show manship. 2:30 p.m. Sheep shearing contest. 2:30 p.m. Agricultural demonstration. 2:30 p.m. Tractor driving contest. 7:30 p.m. Style revue and spec ial awards program (trophies presented). Earle Jossy, county agent for agriculture is acting general chairman of the event, and Jean Brooks, county 4-H agent, sup ervisor for 4-H clubs. Wall' United Press Full Leased V 50th Year 14 Pages NEW YORK FLOODED Hurricane Connie dumped nearly nine inches of rain on New York City. Above, stranded cars are plentiful on the Belt Parkway and Francis Lewis Boulevard after torrential rains brought the "worst" flood in the city's history. At least 10 deaths were reported in the metropolitan area. New Hurricane Heads For Carolina Coast By UNITED PRESS A new hurricane drove to wards the Georgia and Carolina coastline today, following hard on the heels of destructive hur ricane Connie. The newcomer, hurricane Di ane, was located 670 miles east southeast of Jacksonville, Fla., early today. It was surging at a 15-mile-an-hour clip in the gen eral direction of the Georgia and Carolina shores. The Miami Weather Bureau warned aU,.-points ng,.the North and South' Carolina and Georgia coasts to be ready for hurricane warnings. Winds should begin increasing tonight, it predicted. Diane threatened to send an even more destructive punch against the East Coast than did hurricane Connie. Hurricane Connie was ending her short but vicious career over Lake Huron. All it could do was sprinkle Michigan with a few showers, although last night it brought rain to Michigan, Ohio and Northeast Indiana. New Evans Creek Span Construction Slated Construction of a new steel bridge over west fork of Evans creek is expected to start soon, members of the county court said today. The bridge collapsed last Monday as a logging truck crossed it. The loss was esti mated to be about $10,030. The new bridge will be a 22 foot wide two-way traffic struc ture, and will be three feet high er than the older bridge, which was for one-way traffic. Mem bers of the court said the new bridge will cost about $23,000 under contract. County crews will clear away debris, and raise and widen bridge approaches. Construction of a bridge over Bear creek just off Highway 99 north of Ashland is expected to start this week, county court members said. The old structure has been torn down, and debris cleared away. Three Offices Moved To Courthouse Annex Three offices were being mov ed into the Jackson county court house new annex today, and shifting of other offices in the courthouse is expected to start soon. Office equipment was moved today from the county school superintendent's office on the third floor of the present struc ture to the first floor of the an nex, and moving of the county watermaster and engineers of fice was expected to be complet ed today. The "district court office, which is now on the first floor of the present building, will be moved to the old. engineer's office and the old school superintendent's office will be converted into ad ditional space for circuit court fa cilities. Champoeg, Ore. (U.R) Sec retary of Interior Douglas Mc Kay Saturday said local com munities and the states should take more of a hand in develop ment and preservation of histor ic sites within their boundaries. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1955 But before Connie died, she had killed at least 42 persons and caused damage estimated at $15,000,000. The East meanwhile got the lion's share of the nation's dirty weather as it waited to see whether hurricane Diane would strike. Rains fell from New Hampshire to Florida, with Greensboro, N. C, collecting 2.60 inches. Down pours also hit Texas, soaking Houston with 1.42 inches and Palacios with 1.09. Vandals Place Dam Across MID Ditch A check board dam placed across the Cascade canal of the Medford Irrigation district was discovered Sunday before any damage was done. Jack Hoff buhr, district manager, found the improvised dam about 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Hoffbuhr said someone had placed check boards over the ditch between trips by the care taker and tried to run water over the banks. Though no damage was done, Hoffbuhr de clared, "It could have put us out of business." Klamath County Sheriff J. M. Britton has been contacted and will conduct an investiga tion, Hoffbuhr stated. The irrigation manager said this was not the first trouble encountered by the district. Earlier, Four Mile lake and Billy Creek caretakers' cabins were broken into. Morse Says FPC Trying To Fool People Washington (U.R) Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.), ac cused the Federal Power com mission today of trying "to fool the American people" in its de cision to let the Idaho Power Co. develop power in the Hells Canyon area. In a 1,500 word statement, he said the decision was "so mis leading that it is an imposition upon the press and the public." "The FPC tried to fool the American people in its announce ment of the decision giving away the finest remaining dam site on the North American contin ent to the Idaho Power Co.," said Morse, an advocate of a federal high-level dam in Hells canyon. . Morse called Secretary of In terior Douglas McKay the "sec retary of private utilities." He said McKay "walked out on the people's interest" by withdraw ing the Interior Department from the case. Eisenhower Arrives in Denver for Vacation Denver (U.R) - A relaxed President Eisenhower, tieless and informally dressed, plunged into his vacation today and im mediately got set for some Rocky Mountain trout fishing with his grandson David. The chief executive spent a short period at his temporary Lowry Air Force Base headquar ters this morning and then turn ed to a golf practice session at the Cherry Hills Country club. leirs Suinremidleir Use off Bear Creek Koute Not Likely, Engineer Declares Route of the proposed new I used, Baldock said, it would freeway through Medford prob- have a right-of-way some 200 ably will not be down the course of Bear Creek, according to State Highway Engineer R. H. Bal dock. Instead, he said yesterday, it probably will go through the city on a line running down Gen esee st. north of Main st., and be tween Tripp and Cottage sts. south of Main st. Inspects Three Routes Baldock, in Medford with Mrs. Baldock . to attend plays at the Shakespearean Festival in Ash land Saturday and Sunday eve nings, inspected the three routes which have been proposed. The first, earlier announced as most probable by the highway depart ment, was an elevated freeway down Bear creek. The second would have been a by-pass east of the city in the vicinity of Foot hills rd. The third is the Gen-essee-Tripp st. route. No final decision on the route has been made, Baldock empha sized, because it will require completion of surveys, approval by the highway commission, and the consent and cooperation of both the city and the county. But, he said after his inspec tion trip, the proposal he made seems the most logical to him. Fourth Plan Cosily A fourth possible route, an ele vated viaduct ever the Southern Pacific tracks, is nearly out of the question, he said, for exper ience has shown that this type of structure would cost some' thing like $6,000,000 more than either of the other routes Merchants in the city have objected to a by-pass to the east, feeling that it would channel business away from the city, and make access to the four-lane freeway unnecessarily difficult. On the other hand, many resi dents felt that an elevated route down Bear creek would destroy the value of Hawthorne park.. ' If the Genessee-Tripp route is Planning Commission Slates Two Hearings Two hearings are on the agenda for the Medford Plan ning commission at its 7:30 p.m. meeting today. One hearing will be on change of zone from residential to com mercial district on West Jack son st. in Oak Park and Narre gan additions, and the other on a change of set-back from 20 to 10 feet on property in Conray Clancy subdivision at the east end of Reddy st. Also on tonight's agenda are consideration of requests from Mrs. Nora B. Leslie, 1036 Court st., for a zone change; from M. E. Sands for annexation of California-Pacific Utilities company property at 303 South Groveland st.; and from school district 49 for annexation of property south of Stewart ave. Consideration also will be given a request from E. W. Brown and Son for widening East Main near Genessee st. by removing a parking strip. Federal District Court Case Goes to Jurors The federal district court case Mildred O. Balderson vs. O. D. Rasmussen went to the jury shortly before noon today. A verdict had not been reached at press time. The auto accident suit was continued this morning from Friday afternoon. C. S. Crook ham, Portland, representing the plaintiff, and Roberts, Kelling ton, and Branchfield, a local firm the defendant. Judge James Alger Fee be gan hearing testimony on a fire damage suit, Pacific Engine and Machine vs. John C. and Ruth V. Rogers, of Del Norte Laundry, about 11:45 a.m. today. The case will continue this afternoon. George W. Mead is attorney for the plaintiff, and H. B. Col lins for the defendant. t Pendleton (U.R) Pendleton's new $450,000 armory-civic center will receive final inspection to morrow by Col. Paul Kliever, state director of armories and Col. W. H. Adams of the U.S. properties and fiscal department, TRIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 124 feet wide, with a generous space of land between the north and south bound lanes, which would be landscaped. In effect, he said, it would add to Medford's green park area, and would be a de cided asset to the esthetic values of the east side, tying in with the Hawthorne park area west of it. Main and Jackson sts. would go either over or under the new freeway. Studies Not Made Detailed engineering studies have not yet been made, he said, and when they are, artists' views and models will be prepared so residents of the area can see what it would be like before the job is done. The Bear creek route was pro posed after engineers of the high way department completed for Medford a study of traffic engi neering, and suggested it as the most feasible. But Baldock said he is inclined to agree that the route would spoil the park. The alternate just to the east would be less costly to build, in addi tion to being more practical in many ways, he said. Mr. and Mrs. Baldock were guests of honor at a dinner party Sunday evening at the home of State Rep. and Mrs. E. A. Lit trell, Greenway circle. f One-Way Streets System in Ashland Receives Go-Ahead Ashland The state highway commission is ready to go ahead with construction of a seperated, one-way highway system through the city of Ashland, Highway engineer R. H. Baldock reported this week end. The project will cost an esti mated $225,000. It has long been on the department's agenda, but previously the money has not been available. But some $3,000,- 000 has been saved in closing construction contracts recently, Baldock reported, and has been apportioned on a sharing for mula to various portions of the state. The amount for southern Oregon is just about enough to take care of the Ashland one way plan. Building New Route The department is now at work making a four-lane route into Ashland south of Billings hill and under the Southern Pacific tracks. This will tie in to the present highway into town, which will be widened to four lanes. The one-way system will begin in the northern residential sec tion of town, with the present highway! south through the Plaza remaining as the southbound route. The northbound route will lie to the east, and will re join the other route just south of the business district, where the fire hall is located, and where the present divided high way south to Southern Oregon college begins. ' Baldock said it is hoped to be able to call for bids by about the first of the year. Outlawed Irish Army Raids British Armory in Wales Lodon (U.R) The outlaw ed Irish Republican army struck again today with a raid on a British armory in Wales, but new warlike security measures throughout Britain foiled the at tackers. Five members of the IRA swooped down on the Kinnel Park garrison at Rhyl in north Wales in a pre-dawn attack aim ed at building up the army s arsenal in its avowed campaign to drive the British out of Northern Ireland.- Soldier Frees Self They tied up one British sol dier but he was able to free himself and sound the alarm. First reports said the raiders fled without taking anything, pursued by police and members of the 31st and 38th Royal Ar tillery training regiments sta' Motorcycle Wrecks Kill Three Persons During Week End California Accident Fatal To Portland! By UNITED PRESsV At least seven persons died in Oregon accidents during the week end and a Portland couple was killed in California while en route home from a daughter's funeraL Three persons were killed in motorcycle accidents, one drown ed, and three more died from automobile mishaps as the state counted another heavy week end toll. Ora Adelaine Lundquist.e jf7, Heppner, received fatal injuries late Sunday when the car in which she was riding overturn ed on the Echo-Butter creek highway west of Echo, Ore. Ray M. Newton, driver of the car, was hospitalized at Pendleton with serious injuries. Two Cyclists Killed O A collision between a car and a motorcycle about a mile east of Forest Grove early yesterday resulted in death of two persons on the cycle, Melvin Blaine Cox, 33, Dilley, and Dean Eldon Peck ham, 24, Hillsboro. Sherry Lee Hendricks, 30, Philomath, was killed in the Macleay area east of Salem in a collision between two motorcycles. Dean Alton Ward, 24, Port land, drowned at the mouth of the Big Nestucca river near. Pa cific City when a small boat col lapsed yesterday. A second per son, Charles Post, managed to swim to safety. The boat turned over within sight of a large crowd attending the annual Pa cific City-Woods fish fry at the mouth of the stream. Hillsboro Man Killed William J. Dunnuck, 41, Hills boro, was injured fatally north east of Redmond Saturday in a one-car accident. Leo Darney, 28, Corbett, was injured fatally last night when the car in which he was riding turned over about one mile east of Troutdale. Near Woodland, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon V. Clifford of Portland were killed early yes terday when they were struck by a passing car -after they had stepped out of their automobile. Authorities said they were re turning from San Diego where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Clifford's six- year- old daughter by a previous marriage, who had died of polio last week. First Pear Picking Expected This Week Pear picking " in the Rogue valley is expected to start in several orchards late this week, Don Berry, Jackson county Hort iculture agent, said today. Tests on pears from several orchards were being conducted today by Berry at the extension office. Berry said the first pickings would be larger fruit only, and a second picking is planned la ter. Several orchardists prob ably will not start picking until next week. 0 Picking the estimated 3,000,- 000-box crop "is a little earlier than anticipated, Berry said, be cause fruit has matured rapidly in the past few weeks. First pickings were not expected to start until the middle of next week because of adverse weath er last spring delayed develop ment of fruit. Packing houses probably will start operations about Friday, Berry said, after picking gets underway in scattered areas on Wednesday. Portland U.R) Portland po lice were investigating the death, of Margaret Erickson, 29-year- old waitress, who plunged from her third-floor hotel room win dow early today. tioned at the camp on the Irish Sea. c The raid came as an unidenti fied truck, possibly carrying arms captured in the IRA's most daring raid in history Saturday, ran a police roadblock near Ed inburgh. The truck ignored po lice signals to stop and the alarm was flashed to all checkpoints. Special Cabinet Meeting British armed forces went on a wartime alert unparalleled since 1945 and War Minister An thony Head prepared to report to Prime Minister Anthony Ed en at a special cabinet meeting. Commander Leonard Bure chief of the Scotland Yard spec ial branch, interrupted his vaca tion to take over the manhunt. The British army ordered all sentries be armed against fur ther IRA raids. Co O O 0