Friday. Oetobtr 21, 1953
Armed Skirmish Brings Dispute Over Oil-Rich Arab Oasis Toward Climax
f OOTTCTW MTOrOTO (OKGOW) MAIL TRIBUNE
Bribery Charges,
Feuds Develop
Over Rich Fields
London U.R) A battle be
tween two handfuls of soldiers
in the Arabian peninsula has
brought toward a climax the fan
tastic dispute over the Buraimi
Oasis.
The dispute Involves, on the
surface, a date palm oasis, a few
square miles in area, dotted by
nine Arab villages.
It has brought charges of bri
bery running into scores of mil
lions of dollars.
Relations Embittered
It has embittered relations be
tween Britain and the United
States.
The reason Is that Buraimi is
an oil field of possibly fabulous
value.
ghe issue is whether the Unit
ed States-owned Arabian Amer
ican Oil Co. (ARAMCO) or the
British - owned Iraq Petroleum
Co. shall get the prospecting
rights.
Saudi Arabia does business
with ARAMCO. Its royalties
from ARAMCO's exploitation of
Saudi Arabian oil make King
Saud one of the wealthiest men
in the world.
Long Dispute
Buraimi has been in dispute
for 20 years. It lies between
Saudi Arabia and a group of
Arab sheikdoms protected by
Great Britain.
There have been a number of
little clashes between Saudi Ara
bian and rival Arab troops in
the oasis.
a Britain and Saudi Arabia
O agreed to submit the dispute to
arbitration by a special tribunal
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
The British members of the
tribunal resigned and walked
out on Sept.'17. He charged that
the Saudi Arabians were resort
ing to bribery.
The British Foreign office fol
lowed on Oct. 4 with some star
tling charges.
It said King Saud had offered
a bribe of $84,000,000 to a broth
er of the .ruling sheik of Abu
Dhabi, in whose territory the
oasis lies. .' "; v- -Attempted
Split
Britain charged that the idea
was to cause a split in the royal
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Margaret-Townsend Affair Gets
Another Chance on Week-End Trip
London (U.R) Princess Mar
garet and Group Capt. Peter
Townsend went to a country re
treat today for their second
week end together in their flow
ering romance.
The Princess and the pilot,
divorced father of two, left Lon
don separately and drove to the
stately home of Lord Rupert
Nevill in the Sussex Hills outside
the city.
The week end before last they
had been guests of Mrs. . John
Wills, Margaret's cousin and
confidante, at the Wills country
estate in Windsor.
Margaret spent last week end
at Windsor Castle with Queen
Elizabeth II.
The Queen also left London
today to spend the week end
in Scotland. She met earlier
with the Privy Council, a body
which must be told of any deci
sion by Margaret to marry. How
ever, there was no indication
that the romance came up at
the council meeting, which had
been scheduled some time ago
to discuss state business.
Open Evidence
She gave open evidence of that
heartache, and fresh evidence
that she has not yet decided, by
taking her problem to Dr. Geof
frey Fisher, the archbishop of
Canterbury, chief foe of the re
marriage of a divorced person.
The Church Times, an unoffi
cial weekly edited, by members
of the Church of England for
its clergy, called for prayers that
School Bus Stop Law
Claimed Disregarded
Salem (U.R) Complaints that
some motorists are disregarding
Oregon's school bus stop law
have been made to the secretary
of state's office here, the Traf
fic Safety Division said today.
The division said school bus
drivers are plagued by motor
ists who merely slow down and
then proceed to . pass ' a bus
stopped to load or unload pas
sengers. ..".v...,
But some school bus drivers
share the blame for confusion
over the law, the division said.
An occasional school bus opera
tor will wave a driver past even
though children are leaving the
bus. .
The law requires that drivers
stop "when meeting or overtak
ing a school bus stopped to load
or unload passengers on a two-
lane road.Where there are three
or more lanes, only those driv
ers moving in the same direction
as the bus must stop.
family and overthrow the ruling
sheik.
But the brother reported to
the British instead. '
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
announced the most recent de
velopment in the House of Com
mons Wednesday. 1
King Saud has moved some of
his troops into the oasis.
Eden announced that he had
informed the sheik of Abu Dhabi
and the sultan of Muscat, who
also has an interest in Buraimi,
that the attempt to arbitrate the
dispute had failed.
As the result, he said, troops
of Abu Dhabi and Muscat, sup
ported by troops of allied shiek
doms, had "taken steps to re
sume their previous control of
the oasis and the areas to the
west of it." : .
"My latest information is that
the Saudi Arabian force has
been evacuated," Eden said.
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the princess "may be guided and
directed aright" in the debate
over whether to marry the man
she loves.
There had been a decided
swing of opinion against what
one newspaper dared to call the
"affair" with Townsend, but the
growing realization of her inner
struggle was winning new sup
port. The Times of London opened
its columns today to a letter
of support from Dr. Gilbert Mur
ray, one of Britain's greatest
scholars. Murray, a man of let
ters, is one of the few who have
been awarded the Queen's own
Order of Merit.
Editorial Protested ,
He wrote the Times to pro
test its editorial stating that Mar
garet must leave the royal fam-
Child Guidance
Clinic Program
Receives UMC Aid
(Editor's note: This is an
other in a series of brief
articles about agencies bene
fited by the United Medford
Crusade fund drive now under
way. Information is furnished
by the agencies themselves.)
The Southern Oregon Child
Guidance clinic has been operat
ing for only two years. The work
accomplished by this organiza
tion proves its need. Plans for
expanding its services are being
studied.
The clinic, located in the Lev-
erett building, has on its staff
John Waterman, M.D., director
of the mental health section,
State Board of Health, two days
monthly; Miss Mary Vanden
berg, M.S.W., full-time psychia
tric social worker; Mrs. Minnie
Waterman, M.S.W.; phychiatric
social work consultant, two days
monthly; and psychological serv
ices contributed through local
schools and Southern Oregon
college.
Direct Service .
The clinic provides a direct
service of study and treatment
of individual children's prob
lems, handling approximately
100 a year. In addition the staff
is available for consultation and
educational programs. Last year
77 planning conferences were
held. Mrs. Waterman served
each month as a consultant for
in-service seminars for health
department and welfare depart
ment personnel. Two credit sem
inars, , through the extension
service, were offered monthly
for teachers.
Dr. Waterman continued to
meet monthly with doctors inter
ested in psychiatry in general
medicine. Miss Vandenberg
served with a, study group of
parents of retarded children.
She met with other study groups
and appeared to discuss films
shown at various PTA's and
other groups. All of these serv
ices constitute constructive use
of clinic time in over-all plan
ning and sharing in the preven
tive aspects of mental health.
This year the clinic hopes to be
able to give more such help.
General contributions to the
United Medford Crusade will be
a big step for happier, healthier
children, fewer problems in the
teen-agers, and more assured
parents. - .
Daily Weather Report
Sunset tonight 5:09 p.m. Sunrise to
morrow 6:40 a.m.
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy
through Saturday. Valley fo Satur
day morning. Colder tonight with local
frost. Low tonight 33. High Saturday
6?-65.
Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday with considerable
earlv mornin vallev fog. A little
warmer Saturday afternoon. Low to
night 38-46. High Saturday 5Z-0Z.
Northern California: Fair tonight
and Saturday.
LOCAL DATA '
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
43: below normal 7. '
Record high this date 77 in 1936.
Record low this date 24 in 1917.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night, trace. Midnight to 10 a.m., trace.
Total this month 1.98 inches, .39 inch
above normal
Total since Sept. 1. 3.81 inches. JI7
inch above normal. - .
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 53J,
highest this a.m., 93. '
CITY High Low Prec.
Brookings 60 51 .19
Crater Lake 37 21 2
Grants Pass S3 47
Klamath Falls 54 42
MEDFORD
. 54
52
47
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.30
Portland
49
Seattle
Spokane
Yakima
50
42
49
44
34
32
.18
22
Eureka
Red Bluff
Sacramento
San Francisco
Los Angeles ..
57
. 77
72
70
75
45
53
46
45
57
Phoenix
Denver
Chicago
Miami .... .
New York
Washington, D.C.
81
55
76
76
62
68
48
27
54
73
50
46
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FIVE-DAY FORECAST
(Through Nov. 2) ,
Western Oregon and Western Wash
ington Temperatures about seasonal.
Highs 55-65 in estern Oregon. Lows
in high 30 s or low 40s. Precipitation
a little more than average mostly oc
curring as showers first of week. Total
amounts 2 inches along coast and
to 1 14 inches in interior valleys.
Northern California Occasional
rain extreme north. Little or no pre
cipitation elsewhere. Temperatures
about normal inland through Sunday
but near normal otherwise.
ily if she married Townsend.
The nation's biggest circula
tion newspaper, the Daily Mir
ror, declared journalistic war on
the Times for what it termed
"a plan to force upon the prin
cess a cruel choice."
The mirror said the Times had
broken its "cowardly silence"
to make "the first sinister move
in an ugly plan to force upon
the princess a heartless, cruel
choice. This is what the Times
sets out to tell the princess:
"She must give up Peter
Townsend forever. Or she must
be banished from the royal cir
cle .. . and presumably spend
the rest of her life like the luck
less Windsors, without roots,
without purpose, without hope."
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Favors Choice of Adl'ai
Buffalo, N. Y. (U.R) Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt said yester
day that Adlai Stevenson was
the "best" Democratic candidate
for next year's presidential elec
tion. The widow of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, here for
a two-day speaking tour, de
scribed Stevenson as "the best
prepared and best-equipped for
the problems before the nation."
Portland Livestock
Portland (U.P.) Cattle for week
3450. Choice 1.064 lb. fed steers $23.50.
good and choice $22.50 with choice
S22.75; good grades $19.50 to $22.
commercial $16-18, cutters down to
S10J50; good and choice fed heifers
S20 to $20.50, good $18-19.50. utility
$10-14.50: canner and cutter cows $7
8.50, shells down to $5; utility beef
cows $9.50-11.50.' commercial $12-13;
cutter to commercial bulls $13-14;
some $14.50, light cutters down to
$10.50.
Calves for week 585. Good and
choice vealers $17-19. few $19.50-21;
good and choice above 350 lb. calves
$16-17. stackers to $18. utility and
commercial $10-16. culls down to $7.
Hogs fonweek 2250. U.S. No. 1 and
2 butchers 180-235 lbs. late $15.50;
No. 1. $15.75, No. 3 closed $14.50; sows
300-500 lbs.. $12-13.50.
Sheep for week 2400. Good and
choice lambs $17.50-18.50. choice $19
19.50, good and choice feders $14-15.50,
range feeders to $16 and $16.50; cull to
choice ewes $2-4.
Portland Produce
Portland (U.P. Eggs To retail
ers: Grade AA large, 59-60c; A large,
53-56c; AA medium, 47-49c; A me
dium, 47-48c; small. 36-38c; cartons,
l-3c additional.
Butter To retailers: AA grade
prints. 66c lb.; cartons. 67c; A prints,
66c: carton. 67c; B prints. 64c.
Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched
dar Oregon singles, 40l2-45',ic: 5-lb.
loaves. 461,i-49'iC Processed Ameri
can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39',i-41c lb.
Farm Market
No. 1A Deschutes potatoes were
quoted to local handlers as mostly
$1.75-1.85 a hundredweight, f.o.b. cars
at shipping points today, around 10
15 cents lower than earlier this week.
Wholesale prices were barely steady
at mostly $2.50-2.75 a hundred pounds
for No. 1A. Lettuce was short of full
call but over-all supply appeared
ample.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens To growers No. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2',i
to 4 lbs., 21-22c; at farm. 20-21c: roast
ers. 25c lb. f.o.b. Portland, lieht hens.
18c; heavy hens, all wts.. 20-21c; old
tuubiers, n-lc.
Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers, New York stvle, 35
36c lb., whole drawn: 42-43v cut urv
46-48c: hens, light type. New York
style, 27-29c; cut-ups, 39-46c: hens,
heavy type, N.Y. style, 28-31c; whole
arawn, u-44c.
Turkeys To producers for a Grade
young hens, f.o.b. farm mv rfr..H
36c lb.; A grade toms. 9c: A grade
hens, eviscerated, 40',2C lb.; eviscer
ated toms, 32ic lb.
Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b.
Killing pianisj L,ive white. 3 -4 la
lbs.. 25-26c up; 5-6 lbs., 20-21c: colored
pelts. 4c under; old does. 10-14c lb.; a
few higher. Fresh fryers to retailers.
58-61c; cut up, 62-65c.
Portland Hay, Grain
Portland Wholesale hav prices:
No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. trucks,
Portland and Seattle, $36-38 ton. '
Prices as reported by the USDA
market news service: Wheat No. 1 soft
white. $72 ton; No. 2 white oats 38-lb.
test, Coast delivery, $49.50; No. 2 West
ern barley. $46.50-47 f.o.b. Portland.
Coast delivery: soybean meal $81 ton,
delivered Portland; No. 2 mill, f.o.b.
Portland, $55; standard millrun,
S44.50-45 cars: No. 2 vellow corn,
Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Portland.
S58.25 ton.
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Gambling Charge
Ended by Ruling
Portland (U.R) Municipal
Judge J. J. Quillin- yesterday
dismissed a gambling charge
against a Portland man on the
grounds that evidence entered
in the case was seized illegally.
The motion to suppress evi
dence had been filed earlier by
defense counsel for Manuel
Moorhead, 45. Attorney Tom
Work said officers had trespass
ed on private property to look
in a window before arresting
Moorhead and 11 visitors.
Deputy City Attorney Paul
Gearhart argued that even if the
evidence had been seized unlaw
fully it was still admissable
under Oregon law. Gearhart said
in 102 years of state judicial
history the supreme court has
never sustained a motion to
suppress evidence seized in a
raid. '
However, Judge Quillin ruled
that thed efendant's "castle
rights" and rights of privacy
outweighed other considera
tions. Portland Pedestrian
Succumbs to Injuries
Portland (U.R) Mrs. Frieda
Wilson, 63, Portland, died in a
Portland hospital last night of
injuries suffered when she was
struck by a car at East Burnside
and 39th ave.
Police said Mrs. Wilson had
lowered her umbrella in front
of her face and had attempted to
cross the street against a red
signal.
Driver of the car was Karl
Machil, 53.
The death was Portland's 30th
for the year.
Wall Street
New York (U.R) Specialties
ruled strong today to feature an
otherwise narrow moving, but
firm stock market.
It was a quiet anniversary for
the biggest break the market
ever had. Industrials fell 38.33
points Oct. 28, 1929, just 26
years ago.
Dow Jones Averages
Dow-Jones final stock aver
ages; 30 industrials 454.85 up
1.08, 20 rails 150.10 up 0,25, 15
utilities 63.25 up 0.31, 65 stocks
161.78 up 0.42.
Sales today were about 1,720,
000 shares compared with 1,830,
000 yesterday.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T & T Unquoted
Anaconda . ... 65
Chrysler 93
Curtiss Wright .... 24
General Electric : 47
General Motors .... ...135V4
Montgomery Ward 89
Penn. R. R ' 26 V
Penney, J. C. . 94
Radio 43V4
Southern Co. J.... 19
Southern Pacific 56Vi
S.:Oil of Calif 86
Texas Gulf Sulphur 37
Transamerica .... 42
Tri-Continental . 24
United Aircraft -1 59
U. S. Rubber .. 44
U. S. Steel : , 55
Youngstown .. 94V&
Dead line for Sunday Classified Is
noon Saturday; 10 a.m Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day
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9 TO I
Nyssa Youth Succumbs
To Shotgun Wounds
Nyssa (U.R) Jimmy Points,
20-year-old Nyssa youth wounded
by his own, shotgun in an acci
dent earlier this week, died at
11 p.m. yesterday of kidney and
lung complication's.
Witnesses said Points was at
tempting to discipline his bird
dog, grasping the weapon by the
barrel when it discharged and
the pellets struck him in the
abdomen.
It was the sixth accidental
shooting death in' Oregon during
the 1955 deer and bird hunting
seasons.
Births
JOHNSON To Mr. and
Mrs. Arch W., 5124 South Pac
ific highway, Oct. 27, a boy, 8
pounds, at Osteopathic hospital.
CRUMM To Mr. and Mrs.
Jack, 410 Marie st., Oct. 27, 1955,
a girl, 7V4 pounds, at Osteopath
ic hospital. ' 1
HAGGERTY To Mr. and
Mrs. Marion, 621 South Ivy. st.,
Oct. 26,-1955, a girl, 6V4 pounds,
at Sacred Heart hospital.
MANNEN To Mr. and Mrs.
Charles, 132 Oak St., Central
Point, Oct. 27, 1955, a girl, 9
pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital.
DUNN To Mr: and Mrs.
Robert, route 1, box 61, Central
Point, Oct. 27, 1955, a boy, 6
pounds, at Sacred Heart hospit
al. BATZER To Mr. and Mrs.
Rudolph, 219 South Seventh st.,
Central Point, Ore. Oct. 27, 1955,
a boy, 9Vi pounds, at Sacred
Heart hospital.
SUTTON To Mr. and Mrs.
Loyd, Phoenix, Oct. 25, 1955, a
boy, 9 pounds, at , Sacred
Heart hospital. . ' ;
GARRED To Mr. and Mrs.
Barton D., 924 Grant st., Oct.
28, 1955, a boy, 8V4 .pounds, at
Community hospital. , '
HURD To Mr. and Mrs. Clay
born N., 1648 Orchard Home
dr., Oct. 28, 1955, -a girl, 5
pounds, at Community hospital.
SCHOTT To Mr. and Mrs!
Robert, 139 White Oak dr., Oct.
28, 1955, a girl, 6 pounds, at
Community hospital.
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Manhunt Centers Around Walla Walla
Walla Walla (U.R) Law en
forcement agencies centered
their manhunt for ex-convict
Robert H. Palmer in this area
today after several tips indicated
the 25-year-old man was seen
several times since the weekend.
Palmer was wanted for viola
tion of parole and a Umatilla
County, Ore., warrant was out
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for him, charging Palmer with
assault with a deadly weapon.
Palmer, who was paroled,
from the state prison hero only
last month, is charged with stab
bing Herbert Amo. Walla Walla,
during a brawl Sunday at a state
line tavern- between her. and
Milton-Freewater, Ore.
Authorities said Palmer was
armed with a knife and a gun
and was considered dangerous.
SAT.,, OCT. 29
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