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DISCUSS EGYPT'S ARMS Assistant Secy, of State George
'Allen (left) shakes hands with Egypt's Premier Nasser
(center) as they meet at Presidency in Cairo, as U. S.
ambassador to Egypt, Henry Byroade, looks on. Allen has
scheduled a final meeting with Nasser in attempt to turn
Egypt from its deal for arms from Communist Czechoslovakia.
McKay's Retirement
En January off ft 957
Virtually Certain
By A. ROBERT SMITH -Mail
Tribune Correspondent
Washington It now appears
virtually certain that Secretary
of Interior Douglas McKay will
retire from the cabinet and from
active national political life aft
er next fall's elections.
McKay says he is anxious to
go home to Salem., where he left
the office of governor of Ore
gon at President Eisenhower's
request almost three years ago
to become head of the govern
ment department that exerts the
greatest influence over ths
West.
In an interview, the 62-year-old
former auto- dealer said he
hopes to leave office when Eis
enhower's term of office expires
January, 1957. He said that even
in he event the President
should run for reelection, he
would want to submit his resig
nation. He said he thought the
entire cabinet should do that,
In order to give the President a
fresh start in case he is re
elected. Wife's Influence
In viewQof the recent heart
attack of the President most ob
servers now regard the chances
of his seeking a second term as
extremely slight.
In McKay's case, it is Mrs.
McKay who exerts the strongest
pull away from Washington,
D.C., toward home and her
grandchildren in Oregon. The
secretary said she travels 50,000
miles a year between Washing
ton and Salem for frequent fam
ily visits.
Not that McKay personally
hacany desire to stay on in the
nation's capital. He is not likely
to be found among the sizeable
group of ex-politicians who
"never go back to Pocatello," as
the old saying goes of has-beens
who can't seem to overcome the
olure of social-political life along
the Potomac.
Indeed, McKay Would like to
quit right now and go back to
Oregon and take the stump to
defend his administration and
"his policies against the attacks
leveled at them by. Democrats,
especially Oregon Sens. Wayne
Morse and Richard L. Neuber
ger. Would Like To Beat Morse
McKay would like most of all
to contribute substantially to
the defeat of Senator Morse
when Morse comes up for reelec
tion next fall. He said he has
no desire to take Morse's seat
for himself, for he thinks he is
too old to ran for a first term
in the Senate. He adds that some
people may be right when they
say he couldn't beat Morse, but
he would love to take him on.
The seretary'makes no bones
about the fact that his blood fair
ly boils every time he finds
Morse and Neuberger flailing
away at him, as they do with
rhythmic frequency. McKay
rarelv mentions their names
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High Thursday 65-68.
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Lowest this Morning 42
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Medford
without attaching the term
"demagogue."
"They can question my abil
ity and they can question my
intelligence," declared McKay,
"but they can't question my hon
esty." In a word, McKay would pre
fer to return to his home state
next year and defend his good
name against political attacks
which he feels have vilified him
since he took over as head of
the Interior department.
Democrats have concentrated
heavy fire at Interior policies
that have reduced the role of
the federal government in de
velopment jpjth
al resources, calling this a "give
away" of the people's resources
to special interests. McKay has
charged his critics with favoring
a federal monopoly" and with
advancing the cause of social
ism. Whoever is the GOP presiden
tial nominee next year, McKay
can be expected to take an ac
tive part in the pre-election
campaign, making speeches from
Maine to California as he did
last year prior to the mid-term
congressional elections.
But the secretary feels it his
duty, to remain in office for the
remainder of President Eisen
hower's four-year term.. After
that, he hopes to be entirely
free to return home and "sit on
the front porch and rock."
Lewis To Continue
life as Usual'
Washington (U.R) John L.
Lewis can continue his "life as
usual" as head of the United
Mine Workers' union despite his
recent heart attack, his physi
cian said today.
Dr. John Minor said the at
tack, which occurred about two
weeks ago, was "very minor,"
that the 75-year-old labor leader
is "doing wonderfully" and that
he can resume his "life as usual.
But disclosure of the attack
yesterday raised again a long
unanswered question: will Lewis
retire?
He has never indicated that
he has any plans to relinquish
to someone else his 35-year job
as chief of the UMW.
Oregon Counts Two
Deer Hunt Fatalities
By UNITED PRESS
Oregon counted two fatalities
in the 1955 hunting season to
day with reports of deaths in
Douglas and Harney counties.
Authorities at Burns said Glen
Fraser, about 70, Portland, died
while hunting in thev Steen
mountains about 70 miles south
of Burns. The mortician caring
for the body at Burns said it
had not been determined wheth
er Fraser died of injuries suffer
edin a fall or whether he died
of a heart attack. "The elderly
man was hunting with E. G. Cox,
also of Portland. Survivors in
clude one sister in Portland.
At Sutherlin, in Douglas coun
ty, 30-year-old James Jackson
died of a heart attack after car
rying his deer more than two
miles. He collapsed at his own
doorstep.
Stores Will Remain Open
OREGON MAN WILL BRING HOME EIGHT KOREA ORPHANS
Seoul, Korea (U.rJ An Ore
gon farmer, father of six chil
dren, said today he adopted eight
Korean babies fathered by Am
erican soldiers because "my wife
and I love children."
Harry Holt, 50, Creswell, Ore.,
will take his brood of mixed
blood children home by plane
next week. He will leave Seoul
for Portland Thursday.
With him he will take four
other children to be adopted by
families in Michigan, Oregon
and Texas.
Holt said he and his wife de
cided to adopt the children after
State Policeman,
Six Others Hurt
In Demonstration
Lieutenant-Governor
Jeered by Crowd
New Castle, Ind. (U.R)
Pickets and non-strikers fought
a gun battle at the gates of the
Perfect Circle Corp. foundry to
day, injuring at least seven per
sons during a union demonstra
tion by 1200 persons.
A state police captain was in
jured and six persons were
wounded' by gunfire as produc
tion workers inside the plant
traded shots with demonstrators.
The plant has been struck 10
weeks. '
A howling, swearing crowd
was dispersed. by rain and 150
state troopers but returned to
the. scene later to jeer Lt. Gov.
Harold Handley when- he climb
ed atop a car to plead for order.
The demonstrators threaten
ed, through CIO International
Representative Mose Kucella, to
"come back again if the city fa
thers permit those scabs in
there with shotguns again."
In Detroit, United Auto Work
ers officials called the riot an
"assault on, union members"
caused by promiscuous issuance
of gun permits to "strike
breakers." They said pickets
were fired on from within "with
out provocation."
Handley, acting in the -absence
of Gov. George Craig who was
fishing off the Florida coast
while waiting for the American
Legion convention to topen, went
to the strike scene against- the
advice of authorities.
The demonstrators, jeered
Handley but quieted when Ku
cella climbed atop the police car.
Then state police began mov
ing the non-strikers out of the
plant in threes and hustling
them away from the scene.
The shooting stopped when
authorities agreed to remove
non-strikers from the plant and
confiscate weapons. Police found
26 rifles and shotguns, six pistols
and a quantity of ammunition,
20 night sticks and a stack of
pipe lengths in the plant base
ment. Ninety men and 16 office
workers,, mostly women, were
in the building.
Clyde Hoffman, a company
attorney, admitted the first shots
were fired from inside.. He said
the company did not know the
guns were there. However, Hoff
man said the shooting started
"in self defense" when the dem
onstrators broke through a plant
gate, overturned a car and
threatened to drag non-strikers
out of the plant.
$296 Reported Stolen.
From Ashland Store
A total of $269 was stolen
from the Bower Hardware store
in Ashland yesterday, according
to reports received by Medford
police.' ,
The theft occurred between
noon and , 1:15 p.m. and the
money was in bills of $20, $ll0,
$5 and $1. The money was taken
from a cash box inside a small
safe in the store's office.
Choice of New Premier
for Greece Postponed
Athens (U.R) King Paul
today delayed selection of a new
premier to succeed. Field Mar
shal Alexander Papagos whose
death Tuesday night left Greece
without a government leader at
a time of grave domestic and
international crisis.
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talking with a representative
who visited the United States
to collect donations for Korean
American mixed - blood orphans.
He has been in Korea all sum
mer finding and making friends
with his four new sons and four
new daughters. They range in
age from 19 months to thr
years. "I'll raise them like I d;
own," Holt said. "My v
the kids at home have
toys and eight beds
Holt's own "kid'
nine and 22 ye'
Holt said
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Three Sentenced
On Felony Charges
In Circuit Court
Three persons were sentenced
to terms in the Oregon State
penitentiary today in circuit
court.
William Boyd Harlow, 65, of
329 Apple st., Medford, was
sentenced to four years for con
tributing to the delinquency of
a minor; Cecil Robert Thomp
son, 50, of Salem, was sentenced
to three years oH a charge of lar
ceny from a store; and-Richard
Ray Smith, 19, of Parks Air
Force base, Calif., was sentenc
ed to three years for grand lar
ceny in connection with the
theft of an automobile. -Suspended
Sentence
Robert Eugene Tompkins, 22.
of Provolt, was given a three
year suspended sentence on
charges of burglary not 'in a
dwelling.
Sentencing of Anthony Henry
Silas, 48, of Vallejo, Calif., and
Mrs. Bonita yivian Silas, 38, of
Oregon City, was deferred pend
ing receipt of Federal Bureau
of Investigation reports. Silas is
charged with larceny from a
building, and Mrs. Silas is
charged with concealing stolen
property. .
In district court yesterday,
Harry Leon Brockwell, 48, Al
len hotel, Medford, was fined
$255, had his operator's license
suspended for 90 days and was
sentenced to 30 days in jail
when he pleaded guilty to driv
ing while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor. The 30
day jail sentence is subject to
suspension on good behavior.
Second Fin
Brockwell also was fined $100
and sentenced to four months in
jail on a similar charge to which
he previously pleaded innocent.
He changed his plea to guilty
yesterday, when he was sched
uled to face trial. The right to
parole on gcod behavior was re
served in the four-month sen
tence. Brockwell was arrested early
in September on the latter
charge, and arrested early this
month on the former charge.
Sam Henry Renfro, 60, route
1, box 328. Talent, and Elwin
Harold Sledd, 38, of route 1,
box 328A Talent, were fined
$150 each in district court yes
terday when they pleaded guilty
to spotlighting deer Oct. 2. A
.22 caliber rifle and a five-cell
flashlight were confiscated and
delivered to game commission
officials.
Joint Planning Group
Scheduled for Study
Organization of a joint city
county planning commission will
be discussed at a joint meeting
of the Medford city council, city
planning commission and the
Jackson county court Friday,
Oct. 21.
Time and place for the meet
ing have not been determined.
The county court budgeted
funds in the 1955-56 fiscal year
budget for organization of such
a planning commission.
for adopting the eight infants
is "because my wife and I love
children." "-,
"I figure to let them grow up
like any other American kid,"
he said. "I don't think they'll
have any trouble in America."
While Holt talked with report-
blonde girl named Chris-
mg to his legs while a
f-y v named Joe peeked
' a door.
A Christine was pick-
" q GIs after Korean chil
0 -nocked her down in a rice
jV- He said a missionary in
-egu convinced her Korean mo
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1955
SHOW-STOPPER The show did not go on
- at the Starlite Drive-in theater last night.
Just before the 7 p.m. starting time, a light
drizzle began to fall, and the driver of the
car shown above started to wash the'wind
shield with a pedal-operated device. Acci
dentally, her foot hit the starter button. The
car was in reverse, and started to move back
ward, gathered speed, missed speaker-stands
Hearings on Two
Annexations Set
By City Council
Ordinances calling for public
hearings on two annexations
were adopted by the city council
last night.
One ordinance calls for a
hearing at 12:01 p.m., Thursday,
Oct. 20 on annexation of prop
erty owned by the First Church
of Christ Scientist in the Siski
you Heights addition. .
The other ordinance calls for
a hearing at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday,
Nov. 8, on annexation of prop
erty owned by Benton Smith and
Odell Larson on the northeast
and southeast corner of Murray
st. and Columbus ave.
Petitions Submitted
Petitions for both annexations
were submitted to the council
earlier.
Other Ordinances adopted last
night gave permission to Alber's
Milling company to build a load
ing platform on Evergreen st.,
created the North Side Stewart
ave. sewer fund, and accepted
work done recently by the Ed
Stevens company.
Consideration of ordinances
adopting plans and specifications
and calling for a hearing on con
struction of a sanitary sewer in
a portion of Verde Hills subdiv
ision were postponed until next
meeting until petitions now be
ing circulated are submitted.
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Berber Tribesmen.
Capture Key Pass
Taza, Morocco (U.R) Berber
tribesmen swept down from the
hills and recaptured the key Na
dor Pass in the Riff Mountains
of Northern Morocco today.
for Shopping Until
ther, whose father she said was
any Army sergeant, that the
child would be better off in the
United States.
Holt said that on the last day
of Congress, Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger (D-Ore.), had a spec
ial bill passed allowing him to
adopt all of the children instead
of the two permitted Under the
refugee act.
He said he hoped that his ac
tions would "encourage others
in the U.S. to adopt American
Korean orphans."
Holt said the Gl-fathered ba
bies are "really an American
President To Work
With Routine Papers
Denver (U.R) The White
House reported optimistically to
day that President Eisenhower
enjoyed another "excellent
night" and that the chief execu
tive probably would be able to
work with routine official pa
pers later in the day.
The President's temperature,
pulse and blood pressure contin
ued normal and the White House
described his' progress as satis
factory "without complications."
The brightest spot in Mr. Eis
enhower's day was a box of gifts
from his three grandchildren, all
of whom sent him bubble gum
in quantity, along with playing
cards and crayon drawings.
Brief Conference
During the morning the Pres
ident visited with his wife and
in the early afternoon schedul
ed a brief conference with Sher
man Adams, the assistant .to the
President, who is returning to
Washington for meetings of the
National Security Council and
the Cabinet later this week.
The 10:30 a.m. (MST) medical
bulletin came from the Presi
dent's physicians at Fitzsimons
Army hospital where he is re
covering from a heart attack suf
fered Sept. 24.
During the morning, the Presi
dent rested and listened to mu
sic. He did not see his press
secretary, James C. Hagerty.
Boston Doctor Coming
Adams will return, to Denver
late Saturday afternoon with Dr.
Paul Dudley White, the Boston
heart specialist who is returning
to the President's bedside to
check Mr. Eisenhower at the
completion of the first two "crit
ical" weeks following the orig
inal coronary thrombosis.
problem because Korea had
more Korean orphans than it
pan take care of."
Holt will be assisted in caring
for his charges on the trans-Pacific
flight by a nurse from the
Presbyterian mission in Seoul.
The four other children travel
ing with Holt include three girls
and a Joy. The boy and a girl
will be adopted by Mr. and Mrs.
William Collier, Portland,' Ore.;
the other girls will be adopted
by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frank
lin, Benton Harbor, Mich.; and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hobbs, Cor
pus Christi, Tex.
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en route, went past three parking ramps and
crashed into the projection booth. Front of
the booth was demolished, and the projection
equipment was damaged although not se
riously. Bob Corbin, manager of the theaters
here, said it is hoped the projection equip
ment can be repaired in time to reopen Fri
day. The driver was Mrs. A. H. Hebert, 2510
Country Club dr. (Brainerd photo)
A new comprehensive report
on the President's condition and
plans for his medical future
probably will be made public
after White's conferences here,
possibly late Sunday.
La Grande U.R) Gerald Lay
ton Sanford, 18, of La Grande, is
recovering from a gunshot
wound in his right arm suffered
while deer hunting.
Mercy Flights Places New
Twin Engine Planes In Use
Two orange and white twin
engine Beechcraft planes go into
service this week to provide im
proved air ambulance service for
thousands of subscribers of
Mercy Flights,, Inc., George E.
Milligan, chairman of the non
profit organization, told the Med
ford Rotary club Tuesday.
In a luncheon address at the
Jackson hotel, Milligan lauded
the support of the Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital and Congress
man Harris Ellsworth, whose ef
forts made possible the acquisi
tion of the seven-passenger sur
plus planes from the U. S. Air
Force.
The new ambulance planes
can each carry a pilot, co-pilot
and nurse, with provisions for
four stretchers, and have a cruis
ing speed of from 190 to 200
miles per hour, the speaker said.
This new equipment will bring
Mercy Flights' service up to
airline standards and place the
unique, locally organized and
operated air ambulance service
9 o'clock Tonight
Stores Smashed
As Freight Cars
Knocked Off Track
Brakes Apparently
Fail on Big Truck
West Newton, Pa. (U.R) This
Western Pennsylvania commu- .
nity counted five dead and two
injured today in a mighty collis
ion caused when a runaway
truck smashed toto a slow-moving
freight train and sent box
cars tumbling wildly through
two brick buildings.
The victims included the dri
ver of the truck and residents
of the town who were in or near
the track-side buildings when
the box cars roared into them. .
Both the two-story brick build
ings were demolished. Nine box
cars piled up in a heap on the
freight struck by the truck.
Witnesses said a heavily laden
lumber truck driven by Claude
Brandt of Warrentown, N.C.,
was speeding at 80 miles an
hour on a steep down grade just
before it hit the train late Tues
day. They said the truck brakes
apparently failed as it approach
ed the tracks.
The truck hit the second car
of the freight train which was
moving at 25 to 30 miles an
hour. Many of the, 70 cars in
the Cumberland, Md., to Chicago
express freight train were driven
from the tracks and sent careen
ing down the store-lined street.
"The freight cars seemed to
go in all directions," said Frank
La Salle, a service station at
tendant. "Thev smashed . into
stores on both sides of the track."
One of the smashed freight
para wa lahpleH "ovnlociinu " Tt
was roped off and the. scattered
contents removed.
Railroad crews worked Aound
the clock in order to clear the
tracks by late today.
Victims of the wreck, besides
Brandt, were Jake Casalj, 50,
proprietor oi a truit market near -the
tracks; Sheryl Ross, 6, of
Buena Vista; Mrs. Dora White
man, Industry, Pa., Sheryl's
grandmother; and Mrs. Elizabeth
Messner, West Newton.
The injured were Irs. Wil
liam Ross, Sheryl Ross' mother,
and "Emily Paternel of Collins
burg, Pa.
Hearings Continue
On Tree Taxation
A state tav rnmmfccinn rpn.
resentative continued hearings
today on the taxation of orchard
trees in Jackson county.
A single commission represen
tative is conducting hparinoe thi'
week, and three officials will
sian neanngs baturday morn
ing. Hearines are exDected to be
completed in' time for assess
ment notice mailing, and any de
cisions reacned from the hear
ings will be released from the
tax commission, according to Al
Thomas, assistant attorney gen
eral assigned to the tax com
mission. Hearings are being held in
the Jackson county courthouse
auditorium.
Delta Park Site Picked
For Portland Center
Portland (U.R) A five-man
commission today selected Delta
Park in east Vanport, as the site
for Portland's $8,000,000 exposition-recreation
center.
A provision was added that
the South Auditorium site may
be added later.
in a position to meet almost 'any
emergency.
Widespread publicity for Jack
son county has been secured
through this service, Milligan
said. Started in 1949, Mercy
Flights has filled an urgent need
for rapid transportation of emer
gency cases, as indicated by the
406 mercy flights made within
the last 5Vs years.. Now an aver
age of three flights a week are
made by the ambulance planes
now in service, and expanded
use is anticipated with the large
new Beechcrafts.
Milligan, chief pilot and chair
man for Mercy Flights, told Ro
tarians that today 60 per cent
of Jackson county citizens are
subscribers to the corporation's
pre-paid service plan. The long
est flight made by the organiza
tion was to Mexico. Mercy
Flights planes have also been
pressed into emergency service
in flood and forest fire incident!
in southern Oregon.
James Dunlevy, Rotary pro
gram chairman, introduced the
speaker.