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Newspaper Page Textft o) re 12) JV Medford United fre -Full Leased Wire 50th Yer 22 Pages Stockton Woman Admits Kidnaping To Satisfy Want Baby Surrendered To Catholic Priest Stockton, Calif. (U.R) The frantic search for little Robert Marcus ended early today when a distraught blonde woman who "wanted t baby of my own" sur rendered the child to a Catholic (jpriest here. A few hours later officials con firmed through footprints that the 11-dayold baby was the same one stolen from a hospital crib in San Francisco nine days ago. The baby's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Marcus, left here about 8 a.m. to return the child to San Francisco. In another car, police took the self-confessed kidnaper, Mrs. Betty Jean Bene dicto, 27, to San Francisco for further questioning. Said Baby Hart . Mrs. Benedicto, wife of Mark B. Benedicto, 52, editor of a Filipino newspaper here, told authorities she took the baby because VI wanted one of my own." She said she had gained considerable weight recently and Modems Dmifeim 0 mid . - , ; ' ' ' ' ; ' 8 ca . told her friends' she was preg nant. ; -:. . A week ago Monday she went ; to " San Francisco, stole the Marcus baby,, returned here and told everyone it was hers. Marcus, 34, San Francisco phy aician, .and his wife drove to Stockton immediately after Mrs. Benedicto called them and said he would leave the baby in a : church. The overjoyed parents recognized the baby as theirs . but they delayed returning to San Francisco until the foot prints could be checked. Sorrygfor Kidnaper Marcus said he and his wife "feel no rancor" - toward the Benedicto , woman. "We feel only great pity," he said. "We think she is psycholog ically disturbed and in need of medical attention. I feel very sorrv for the woman. She must know wht it is to be a mother, Marcus examined the baby personally and found it to be in good health. "We are very grateful the woman took such good care of our baby," he said. Mrs. Benedicto turned the child over to Father Allan McCoy, a Franciscan priest at St. Mary's Church, after an off-duty deputy .sheriff became suspicious of her , laie last nignt. The deputy, Cwvaldo J. Van- nucci noticed Mrs. Benedicto at the wrestling matches. She was holding an infant in her arms With her was her husband. Pair Questioned . Vannucci questioned them both intensively, then left for sheriff's headquarters to tell his story There " Mstmwhile, Mrs. Benedicto tele phoned Marcus at his home in Daly City, a suburb of San Fran cisco, to tell him she had his baby. " i m going to take him to a Catholic priest," she said. Marcus promised her he would take no action against her: Then she told Father McCoy that she was going to bring him the Marcus child. She arrived at the parish house soon after with the infant in her arms. (See story on Page B) Greyhound May Run Crater Lake Trips Washington, D.C. (U.R) Pa cific Greyhound lines received recommendations from a joint interstate commerce commission board yesterday tht they be permitted to operate side trips for tourists into Crater Lake National park. Board head James E. Single ton said evidence presented in dicated that. Greyhound's appli cation for a permit to make the trips was in the public conven ience and necessity. The board's recommendation is subject to approval by the full committee. edford MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1955 FLOWERS FOR IKE Secret Service men step into a special elevator with flowers for the presidential suite on the sixth floor of Fitzsimons Hospital in Denver. Guard standing post at elevator is SP-2 Billy Meredith of Hot Springs, Ark. BLM Officials Seeking To Smith River Timber Problem By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Bureau of Land Management officials are trying' to figure out how to supply more mills with salvage timber from the Smith river drainage area where they have concentrated their access road building in re-: cent years." 'i;'" - They are acting at the moment 1 under the observing eye of Con gress, as result of complaints re ceived by Oregon's Sens. Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neuberger that too much of this timber will go to too few mills. BLM Administrator Edward Woozley was called to Capitol Hill last week to a conference with staff attorneys for two con gressional committees, Senate In terior and House Government Operations. Both committees have been investigating various incidents of timber sale practices by federal agencies in the Pacific Northwest.- ,..' Timber Sale Limited Pointing out that the sale of timber in the Smith river area of Douglas county is limited by the area marketing agreement, Wooz ley was asked to gather data to show the number and location of mills that could benefit by the salvage program. Morse contended that, "under area marketing rules now in ef fect, this timber may be avail able to virtually one company, although I understand that when Lthe road was originally program med the people of the area were assured that market area re strictions would be temporarily waived." ' . 1 : The reference to "one com pany" was to Long-Bell Lumber Co., which has a plant at Gard iner in northwest Douglas coun ty and owns. much of the inter mingled private timber holdings through which BLM. has been building its access road. BLM officials told the con gressional group they were fear ful that any change in the exist ing marketing agreement would be a "f oot-in-the-door" precedent for changing other marketing agreements in the western Ore gon O&C timberlands. Woozley said the O&C Ad visory Board, composed of Ore gon citizens, was studying the problem and was expected to make a recommendation to BLM later. While Morse and Neuberger didn't come out flatly for scrap ping the marketing agreement of that area, they indicated - they would not be averse to relaxing it under certain conditions. "If the existence of the Smith river marketing area line hamp ers harvesting salvage timber, or if it seriously limits compe tition for federal timber," said Morse, "I shall recommend that the salvage timber be allowed to be moved to any mill that can buy it, without regard for market area boundaries." "Because of the tight iog sup Stores lnJill Remain Open &JTribune ply in nearby districts, a program with a view to broadening access and permitting speedy salvage in the burn area would have wide spread benefits," Neuberger said. Govern m e nt Dec fared Functioning Normally : Washington (U.R) Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F; Knowland agreed today the government - is functioning normally and no "emergency measures" or special session of Congress are needed. The two Californians, both po tential GOP presidential candi- Pioneer Society Planning Reunion I Jacksonville The 78th an nual reunion of the Southern Oregon Pioneer society will be held this year in Jacksonville. The meeting will open at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 29. All native sons and daughters of pioneers are invited to the "general get-together" officers point out. The all-day gathering will be held at the Jacksonville Masonic temple in the social room. ' A noon dinner will be served by members of the Order of the Eastern Star. ; The meetings are held alter nately in Jacksonville and Ash land. ,- 1 Dr. Arthur S. Taylor of South ern Oregon college will be the guest speaker. He also is ar ranging a musical program to be furnished by Southern Oregon college students. Big Three in Accord On Conference Plans New York flJ.R) The West em Big Three today announced "complete accord" in their dis cussions preparing for the Ge neva foreign ministers' confer ence. ' The British, U.S. and French communique on the two-day meeting of foreign ministers here announced they would con tinue consultations with NATO members and will meet in Paris with other members of the North Atlantic Council prior to the opening of the Geneva meeting Oct. 27. Authoritative sources said the Big Three ministers and West German Foreign Ministers Hein rich von Brentano- were in full agreement on all aspects of their plans envisoning a reunified Germany within NATO and linked to a European . security pact United Press Full Leased Wire P'!" e . No. 161 Solution Neuberger said he had re ceived complaints from "so called independent logging op eratbrs who are hard pressed by the log shortage." dates if President Eisenhower does not run again, talked over problems created by Mr. Eisen hower's heart attack in an hour long meeting and breakfast in Nixon's office in the Capitol. Knowland said that Nixon had outlined the procedures being followed by the executive branch during Mr. Eisenhower's ill ness, and added: "The government is carrying on in the usual way . . . carry ing out the policies of President Eisenhower. I don't think there is any need ' for legislation or special measures to be taken other than procedures now be ing followed. "I think the government is functioning normally during the temporary period the President is in the hospital." He said there is no reason njr "for a special session of Con gress." Also, he said, there ap pears to be no need for delegat ing presidential powers during Mr. Eisenhower's illness Would Be Premature Asked if he and Nixon dis cussed the political situation, Knowland replied, "no, we did not." He added that he felt "any discussion of that is entirely pre mature." Asked if he thinks Mr. Eisen hower, assuming his recovery is complete, will seek a second term, Knowland said any politi cal speculation is "premature." Knowland was asked if he would fill in as Nixon's substi tute at the Oct. 10- GOP fund raising rally in San Francisco. He said they did not "get into that." He said it will not be known until next week whether the Vice-President will appear.' 2,000 Acres in Burn Area Being Reseeded by Plane Jacksonville 'Reseeding of about 2,000 acres of land in the Timber mountain area .north west of Jacksonville started to day. The area was burned over in one of several forest fires in the county Labor Day week end. Airplane Used Reseeding started by airplane about 7 a.m. today by Medford Flying service. About 13,000 pounds of weed and english rye will be spread, which is expect ed to be completed tomorrow. Cost of reseeding is about $2,500. The reseeding is being done under the direction of the Jack sonville city council with Coun Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night. Increasing cloudiness Thursday with light rain Thursday night or Friday morning. Low tonight 40. High Friday S8-70. Temp. Highest Yesterday 77 ' Lowest this Morning 52 Pree. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace Boxcar Shortage Forces Roseburg Plant to Close Weed Operation Also Threatened . By UNITED PRESS Another Oregon mill shut down yesterday because of the boxcar shortage but some relief was reported on the way today. The Round Prairie Lumber Company at Roseburg shut down until some 1,250,000 board feet of lumber stacked in the yard can be moved. At Medford, sev eral mills said production was slowed because of the car shortage. ICC Moves To Help In Washington, D.C., the Inter state Commerce Commission moved to help ease the problem. The ICC issued an order which will allow some 500 to 1000 re frigerator cars to move Oregon lumber and grain shipments.- The move was requested by Southern Pacific railroad. . An ICC official also said SP had ap pealed to northern lines serving Washington state for them to send every car they can spare through Portland, pledging to return a loaded car for every empty supplied by the northern lines. At Weed, Calif., John Mantle, manager of the Weed division of the Long Bell Lumber Company, said the firm would be forced to close there unless relief was forthcoming soon. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) is sued a statement in Washington, D.C., saying he was. "fed, up" with the annual recurrence of the freight car shortage. He sug gested ,. more - competition as a solution. '": Car Shortage in Area Still Acute The railroad boxcar shortage continued to be acute in Jack son county today, but no new re ports of lumber firm closures were received. The shortage also is affecting other parts of western Oregon, according to a telephone survey conducted by the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce. From.Eugene.it was learned that the shortage there is severe, and the crisis is expected during the next 10 days. The situation in Portland is not considered serious since the shortage primarily concerns the lumber industry, which repre sents only a small part of Port land's total industrial facilities. ' Information from Klamath Palls indicates there is only a slight shortage in that area, with sufficient cars to handle the bar ley harvest and enough an hand to serve the potato harvest ade quately. The information was gathered for consideration by officials of the chamber of commerce. KBES-TV Authorized To Move Transmitter Washington U.K The Fed eral Communications Commis sion today authorized station KBES-TV, Medford,- Ore., to move its transmitter to Soda mountain and increase its an tenna height from 430 to 2,230 feet. The station also was author ized to make other equipment changes. cilman Ray Wilson as chairman. The area includes 1,200 acres owned by- the city of Jackson ville as a water shed. ' Tentative plans call for plant ing seedling trees later this fall. Grass is expected to start growing soon after seeding op erations are complete, and will help prevent erosion of burned over areas. Elsewhere in the county, sev eral thousand acres which burn ed over in fires Labor Day week end have been or are in the process of being reseeded. More than 10,000 acres in all burned over during the fires. for Shopping Until Coon, Neuberger Clash Over Jobs At John Day Dam Third Debate Slated At Pendleton Tonight The Dalles (U.R) Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore.), said last night his bill for construction of John Day dam on the Colum bia river would mean 4,000 jobs. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.), urged residents not ; to trade long-term benefits for im mediate gain. About 900 persons were on hand' here for the second in a series of 10 debates between the two congressmen on Coon's bill for partnership construction of John Day dam east of here on the Columbia river. The third debate will be held tonight in Pendleton. Neuberger Negative ' Neuberger, taking the nega tive side that Coon's bill would be in the public interest, said: "Just to get. temporary employ ment, don't trade decades of year-round ' employment by in dustries that would come in un der a federal low-cost . power program ..." Coon said: "Construction of John Day dam will mean a $100, 000,000 payroll just 28 miles from The Dalles. It will mean 4000 jobs. There are approxi mately that many men now wor king on The Dalles dam. If John Day dam were started soon, they could go right to work." Neuberger said Coon's bill "was authored by the private utilities who have been trying for the last 10 years ,to end the Bonneville program." Coon said that at the present approp riation rate the Northwest might have to- wait 27 years for' con struction of the dam. Suggests Coon's Help , At one point, Neuberger sug gested Coon join him and Sen. Wayne Morse in seeking feder al funds for the dam. Under' Coon" s bill, local pub lic- and private utilities would pay, the government $273,000, 000, or 88 per cent of the esti mated $310,000,000 cost. Con gress would appropriate the rest, Local interests would get 50- year power contracts while the dam would be owned by the government. t - Bank Debits in District Increase Eugene The Southern Ore gon banking district, which in cludes Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass, registered the fourth highest gain of bank debits in the state in comparing the Aug. 1955, total with the Aug. 1954 total. The area noted a 23 per cent gain during this period, according to the Univer sity of Oregon's bureau of busi ness research. The southern area's total debits for August of 1955 from six reporting banks were, $71, 268,895' compared to the August, 1954, total of $57,948,328. A 2.1 per cent increase in August to tals over the July totals was also noted. i Every area in the state showed an increase. Total debits for the state, compiled from 12 districts, amounted - to $1,557,666,543, a 20.4 jer cent increase. Bank debits represent the dol lar value of checks drawn against the deposit accounts of individuals and business firms. These debits are regarded as good indicators of current busi ness activity. They are collected monthly by the bureau of busi ness research from 149 banks and branches throughout Ore gon. Ike Spending Day Out of Oxygen Tent Denver (U.R) President Eisenhower's recovery , from heart disease reached the point today where the oxygen tent be ing used to ease the breathing of the chief executive was remov ed from his hospital room for the daylight hours. The chief executive for the first time since he entered the hospital Saturday suffering from a heart attack was able to sleep for a while this morning outside of the tent. He will continue, however, to sleep under the oxygen tent at night. ' The President had a morning cardiograph examination which the White House said continued to show the expected evolution. -' ' h ' ' ED 'WHITEY' FORD Wins First Series Game Burglaries Listed By Law Officers In City, County Several burglaries and two cases of vandalism have been re ported to Jackson county law enforcement officers yesterday and today. . B. F. Turner, Wheel Inn Trail er court, reported theft of sev eral items valued at about $200. Taken were seven blankets, a gas burner, cooking utensils, a suitcase, clothing and a hand- hag, according to sheriffs depu ties. Cigarette Stolen Medford police reported a burglary at; Anderson's Super market, 711 South Central ave., early this morning. Entrance to the ' building was gained by breaking glass in the front door. Eight cartons of cigarettes, val ued at about $14, were taken. vThe burglary was discovered at about 3:50 a.m. on a routine police check. The home of Mrs. Ralph E Clemans,,313 Irving lane, was entered some time between 7 and 8 p.m. Monday, according ot deputy sheriffs. Three sweat ers, two dresses, and a coat were stolen. . . -. Vandalism-'-'- ' Carl S. Hoskins, Jacksonville, carefaker of the Medford IOOF cemetery, reported to the sher iff's office that two windows, valued at $140, had been broken at the cemetery mausoleum. A window at the home of Elmo I.. Smith, 409 Summit st., was broken by a pellet gun, accord ing to city police. Other thefts in the area in cluded 300 feet of extension cord, taken from Ross Lumber mill, ' and a bicycle owned by John Edward Maass, 304 South Ivy st., stolen from in front of Medford Senior High school. Nothing was taken in an at tempted burglary at the home of Mrs. Robert Guthrie, 1642 Ridgeway st., according to sher iff's deputies. Humphrey May Seek Vice-President Post Los Angeles (U.R; Sen. Hu bert H. Humphrey indicated to day he is a candidate for the vice presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket in 1956. The Minnesota Democrat said he would consider it a '.'signal honor" if his party nominated him for the .No. 2 spot on its 1956 ticket.' He said there had been "no suggestion or suspi cion" that he was a presidential candidate but he believed he could contribute to the office of vice-president- Humphrey told a Trojan Dem ocratic Club meeting on tje Uni versity of Southern California campus yesterday that "he con sidered Adlai Stevenson to be the. leading candidate now for the Democratic presidential nomination next year. He listed Gov. Averell Harriman of New York as a strong candidate with Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes see gaining support. Morse Predicts Personal Attack in Campaign ' Portland (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, (D-Ore.) predicted yester day that he will be object of ','a vicious, personal attack", during his campaign for reelection in 1956. - - , The Oregon " Democrat told the Willamette Democratic So ciety that the Republicans would not wage a campaign based on the issues but would attack him personally. Portland (U.R) T,he Interna tional Woodworkers of America CIO won a National Labor Rela tions Board election it the Al Clements Lumber Company, Eu gene, by a 27-15 vote. 9 o'clock Tonight Collins, Howard Furnish Power To Vhip Dodgers Three Circuit Clouts Too Much. for Bums New York (U.R) The New York Yankees, with first base man Joe Collins and rookie out-' fielder Elston Howard furnish ing the power, defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-5 today in a battle of home runs in the first game of the World Series. Collins, who hit only .234 dur ing the regular season as a two platoon first baseman, smashed two home runs and his second one in the sixth inning with catcher Yogi Berra, who had singled on base, accounted for tne wew York victory. Howard, playing in his first series, had hit a homer in the second inning with Collins, who had walked, on base. Those three Yankee homers accounted for five of their six runs. " Play by play: Dodeers first: Gilliam Wounded out. Reese singled. Snider struck out. Cam panella popped out. No runs, one nit, no errors, one left. Yankees first: Bauer beat out a Bunt. McDougald struck out. Noren ground ed into a double play. No runs, one hit. no errors, none left. Dodeen second: Furillo hit a home run. Hodges grounded out. Robinson tripled, zammer singled, scoring Rob inson. Kewcombe grounded out. (?u liam walked. Reese forced Gilliam. Two runs, three hit, no errors, two left. Yankees second: Berra grounded. out. Collins walked. Howard hit, the second pitch for a home run. scoring Collins ahead of him. Martin flied out. Rizzuto bounced out. Two runs, one nit. no errors, none left. Dodgers third: Snider hit a home run. Campanella popped out. Furillo walked. Hodges Qied out. Robinson struck out. One run, one bit, no er rors, one left. Yankees intra: Ford walked. Bauer singled. McDougald bounced out. Noren grounded out, rora scoring. Berra grounded out. One run. one hit. no errors, ne left. Dodgers fourth: Ziromer walked. Newcombe - forced Zimmer. Gilliam walked. Reese hit into a double play. No hits, no errors, two lelt. Yankees fourth: Collins hit a home run. Howard struck out. Martin sin gled. Campanella caught Martin at tempting to steal. Rizzuto struck out. One run, two hits, no errors, none left. ' Dodgers fifth: Snider popped out. Campanella grounded out. Furillo and Hodges singled Robinson flied oat. No runs, two hits, no errors, two left. Yankees fifth: Ford struck out. Bauer flied out. McDougald grounded oiU No runs, no hits, no errors, none left Dodgers sixth: Zimmer filed out. Newcombe grounded out. Gilliam fouled out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Yankees sixth: Noren grounded out. Berra singled. Collins hit his second home , run, - scoring Berra. Howard grounded out. Martin tripled. Bes- sent replaced Newcombe. Eddie Rob inson batted for Rizzuto. Martin was out trying to steal home. Two runs. tnree ruts, no errors, none left. Dodgers seventh: Coleman replaced Rizzuto at shortstop for the Yankees. Reese flied out. Snider grounded out. Campanella flied out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Yankees seventh: Coleman grounded out. Ford flied out. Bauer grounded out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none leit. . Dodeers eirhth: Furillo sinsled. Hodges Qied out. McDougald let Rob-, inson? grounder get tnrougn mm ior a two-base error. Zimmer flied out, Furillo scoring. Frank Kellert batted. - for Bessent and Robinson stole home. Kellert singled. Hoak ran for Kellert. Gilliam . ooDDed out. Two runs. . two hits, one error, one left. Yankees eighth: Labme came in to pitch for Brooklyn. McDougald sin-, gled. Noren hit into a double play. Berra walked Collins flied out. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Dodeers . ninth: The Yankees sent Bob Grim in to pitch. Reese struck out. Snider singled. CamDanella flied out. Furillo struck out. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. The linescore: Brooklyn 021 000 020 5 10 0 New York 021 102 OOx 6 9 1 Newcombe. Bessent (6). Labine (8) and Campanella; Ford, Grim (9) and Berra. Home runs: Furillo. Brooklyn: Howard, New York; Snider. Brooklyn; Collins. New York (2). winning pitcher: Ford. Losing pitcher: Newcombe. Box score: Brooklyn AB - 3 . 5 . 5 . 9 . 4 . 4 . 4 ; . 2 . 3 . 0 . 1 . 0 . 0 HO 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 ' Gilliam If Reese ss Snider cf Campanella e Furillo rf Hodges lb J. Robinson 3b Zimmer 2b Newcombe p Bessant p , B-Kellert C-Hoak Labine . p 0Q0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 10 24 13 New York AB R H 2 1' 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 3 0 Bauer rf '. McDougald 3b Noren cf Berra c Collins lb Howard If Martin 2b Rizzuto ss A-E. Robinson . J. Coleman ss . Ford p Grim d Totals 29 9 27 10 A At bat for Rizzuto in 6th when Martin put out trying to steal home. B singled for Bessent in atn. C Ran for Kellert in 8th. . E McDoueald. RBI Furillo. Zim mer 2, Howard 2. Snider, Noren. Col lins 3. J. Robinson stole home in 8th. 3B Robinson. Martin. HR Furillo. Howard. Snider. Collins 2. SB Rob inson. SF Zimmer. DP Z i m m e r Hodges: Marti n-Rizzuto-C o 1 1 i n s; Hodges-Reese-Hodges. LOB Brooklyn New York z. BB oro . ew- eomhe 2. SO Ford 2. Newcombe 4. Grim 2. HO Newcombe 8-5 23. Bes sent 0-1 13, Ford 9-8. Grim 1-1, La bine 1-1. R&ER Newcombe 6-6. Ford Summers (A), plate: Ballanfant N), 5.3. w Ford. L Newcombe. U lb; Honochick (A). 2b; Dascoli N). 3b; Flaherty (A), left field; Dona tell! (N), right field. T 2.29. A 63369.