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o Mrth n o i o IF Doimgeir ofoirm em DWel Christmas Due Oregonians; Streams To Rise Temperatures To Be Near Normal Portland (U.R) Oregonians could look forward to a0 wet Christmas today. The weather bureau's five day outlook called for "more than iftrmal" rains in western Oregon and "above normal" precipitation in eastern Oregon. Temperatures were expected to be near normal or above normal ihrough Sunday. Stream Rises Expecied The weather bureau said con tinued moderate rises were ex pected in most streams west of the Cascades for at least the next day or two. The Santiam . at Jefferson was near its 13-foot flogri stage this morning. The Coquille river was high and threatened to cross the Rose-burg-Coos Bay highway. Warmer air moved into the Portland area overnight but icing conditions were reported In the Columbia gorge with freezing rain as far east as The Dalles. Conditions were report ed bad near Hood River where some vehicles were in the ditch. Heavy Rain at Eugene Heavy rains fell . yesterday with Eugene getting 1.44 inches, Newport 1.97, North Bend 1.19, Salem 1.05 and Portland an Inch. Slides were reported on High way 33 between Reedsport and Elkton in Douglas county. The Portland area again had a series of power outages last night, mostly caused by ice be fore the warm temperatures moved in. One ice-covered insu lator sh6rted out a 57,000-volt PGE line, lightup up a brilliant blue flash. It knocked out sub statiWs at Six Corners, Tigard and Boones Ferry. Coaxial Cable Out The entire coaxial cable be tween Sacramento and Portland was knocked out last night by an undetermined cause, the telephone company said. The trouble was near Chico, Calif. All long distance circuits were knocked' out and television transmission services were inter rupt ,ci- Several Hems On Council's Agenda The Medford city council will consider a planning commission recommendation that the Marrs Gibbons property at Clark st. and McAndrews rd., be changed from two family residential to heavy industrial district at its 7:30 p.m. meeting today. Also on the agenda are a com mittee report on off-street park ing, consideration of 12 ordin ances, and a planning commis sion recommendation that sew age and water facilities of the city be made available only to , incorporated portions of Med ford. A public hearing will be held oru-.a proposed change setback chVnge in Eastwood subdivision. Ordinances to be considered include one calling for a hearing on a change of zone of property north of the YMCA building from multiple family to commer cial; acceptance of two sewer projects on Capital and Oregon aves., and authorization of plans and specifications for a sanitary trunk sewer in southeast Med ford. O Duane Center, N. Y. (U.R) The mercury nosedived to 30 below zero here early today, the coldest spot reported in New Yor State. Columbus, O. (U.R) Mrs. Charles MaryQA.- Thurber, 89, mother of humorist James Thurber, died today, o Pinballs Seized in Raid On North Bend Businesses Coos Bay !U.R) Coos County Sheriff Charles Strong, North Bend police and an investiga tor from the district attorney's office last night raided two North Bend cafes and seized two pinball machines ..at one of the establishments. Strang said two machines were found at the Hi Tides cafe and W. B. Doole.yhe owner, was charged with operang a gambling device. He pleaded in nocent of the charge nd bail was set at S200. Previous Complaint George Gebhardt, oner of the Top Hat Cafe, also charged with operating 0 gam bling device althouft no pinr balls were founa in ftif place. Strong said thethafe ws based on a previous complaint. The leaf or d sLV umamnv 'tgV "-"M fj v ' ' ' S GALE WINDS TOPPLE HOUSE-Edward Hansen stands beside the twisted wreckage of his home after a 63-mile per hour gale toppled the structure in San Francisco The four-room cottage, vacant and in the process of renova tion was perched on jacks. The gale winds, accompanied .by heavy rains, caused extensive damage throughout the Drastic Shuffle Set In British Cabinet London (U.R) Selwyn Lloyd will replace Harold Macmillan as British foreign secretary, and Macmillan will succeed R. A. Butler as chancellor of the ex chequer todav. in a drastic shuf fle of the government, according to advance reports. The shuffle is part of the Local Man Injured In Accident Here Lee Harold Smith, 40, of 801 Newtown st., received multiple lacerations of the face and head in an auto accident about 7:23 p.m. yesterday at the intersec tion of Newtown and West 13th sts. . . j Smith was taken to Com munity hospital by city police where he was treated and re leased. Smith was driving east on West 13th st. when his car and one driven by Frances Joyce Middleton, 1525 Grand ave., col lided, according to city police. Damage to both vehicles was ex tensive. In another accident yesterday vehicles driven by Robert Wil liam Sutton, 937 Kenyon st., and Ruth Beverly Fisher, 2975 Bul lock rd., collided at the corner of Melrose ave. and Kenyon st. Ruth Fisher was cited by police for failure to yield the right of way. Cars driven by Jerry Laus- mann, 1549 Stratford Way, and David Wayne Hunter, 210 Cot tage st., collided on South River side ave. -between Stewart ave. and Barnett rd., according to city police. Bomb Scare Closes School at Tigard Tigard (U.R) An Oregon high school was evacuated again today after three anonymous tel ephone calls were received that a bomb would be placed in the school. Principal Harold Piepila or dered Tigard High school classes dismissed after the calls came yi. State police made a search but could find no bomb. Yester day Roseburg High school was dismissed for the day after a similar call. sheriff said Gebhardt reported that he had told the pinball operator yesterday to take the machines out of the Top Hat and they had been removed. He had not yet appeared on the charge Elks Building Searched Sheriff Stong also entered the Elks lodge in Coos Bay at 3 a.m. today with permission of the lodge. He reported he had searched the building from top to bottom and . found no gam bling devices. Nme machines were seized at the lodge Dec. 9 and the Elks pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a gam bling device and paid a $100 fine. Machines seized in still an other raid last week were dis mantled and were to be thrown on the North Bend city dump Stores Will Remain Open long expected shakeup of the Cabinet of Prime Minister An thiny Eden to meet new internal and external problems. Butler will shed departmental responsibility and take over as lord privy seal, Britain's min ister without portolio, and as leader of the House of Commons. The general posts will free Butler to shoulder some of Eden's" burdens of domestic poli cy and to assume a more signifi cant role as Eden's active deputy. But the shakeup shuffles Mac millan into the job which is presently the roughest in the Cabinet because of serious infla tion which Butler's unpopular budget measures have not yet checked. Moreover, Macmillan winds up his eight months as foreign secretary under Labor party at- tack as a "flop." New Bids Asked On Irrigation Work New bids for construction of siphons and canal rehabilitation in Medford and Rogue River Valley irrigation districts will be opened Jan. 19, 1955. Bids for the bureau of recla mation project opened Oct. 25 and 27 were rejected bv the Denver office. The work includes construc tion of a 48-inch, 1,860-foot siphon to carry an MID canal across Bear creek, removal of the existing siphon and replace ment of 600 feet of existing 3-inch drain pipe with 12-inch pipe. Rehabilitation work on Hop kins canal in Rogue River Val ley irrigation district includes construction of a 100-foot siphon of 42-inch pipe at Antelope creek, and construction of a 700 foot siphon of 42-inch pipe and a wasteway at Bear creek. Changes in specifications made since earlier bids were sub mitted include provisions that the flow of water in Hopkins Canal must not be disturbed during the irrigations season, construction of temporary bulk heads, alteration of an existing wood box flume over Bear creek to serve as a temporary waste way, and changes in completion dates for the project. Weather FORECAST: Partial clearing to - night. Fog Wednesday morn ing. Fair Wednesday after noon. Low tonight 38-40. High tomorrow 60. Highest Yesterday . 53 Lowest this Morning 39 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 72 Help Fight TB . -.Buy Christmas Seals. MEDF0R United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 18 Pages Rioters Attack U. S. Consulate In Jerusalem Other Western Embassies Involved Jerusalem (U.R) Rioters at tacked the U. S. Consulate in the Jordan sector of Jerusalem to day and ripped down the Ameri can flag before Arab Legion naires hurled them back with gunfire. Violence flared anew in the divided Holy City as former Premier Fawzi El Mulki started consultations to form a new Jordan government. Nationwide rioting over Jordan's possible adherence to the pro-Western Baghdad pact forced Premier Hazza Majali to quit yesterday. People To Decide Jordan's 21-year-old King Hus sein picked El Mulki to form a caretaker government pend ing elections to let the people of Jordan decide if they wanted their country to join the anti Communist alliance. Youthful rioters battled past a cordon of Arab Legionnaires guarding the American Consul ate in the Jordanian old city of. Jerusalem as the violence continued this morning. The demonstrators hauled down the Stars and Stripes. A crowd of older Arabs tried to follow the youths to the con sulate. Legionnaires opened fire over the demonstrators' heads and they retreated. Demonstrators Wounded Another mob stormed the French Consulate afterwards. Legionnaires fired again, and a number of demonstrators were reported wounded. But the mob got through to the building, looted files and set fire to fur niture while diplomats took re fuge on the roof. The French consul-" general fled to the Israeli sector of Jeru salem yesterday after rioters dragged him from his car. Mobs also burned the Turkish Consulate, and the Turkish con sul general took refuge in Israel. The rioters were attacking Western diplomatic missions ap parently in anger at military aid granted members of the Bagdad pact which includes Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan and Britain. Amman, Jordan (U.R) For mer Premier Hazza Majali charged today that "Commu nists and fellow travelers bribed by Saudi Arabia" formed the vanguard of rioters protesting Jordan's membership in he anti Communist Bagdad pact." He also .disclosed that Jordan stood to gain twice as much mili tary aid from Britain as it now gets in return for joining the pro-Western alliance. Majali, who staked his govern ment on alliance with the West, protested foreign support of the riots in an interview given shortly after he handed in his resignation. Missionary Tells Of Red Detention . Hong Kong (U.R) Dr. Ho mer Bradshaw, of New York City, said today Communist "bandits" kidnaped him from his Chinese hospital in 1951 and held him prisoner for more than four years before charging him with "spying." The American missionary was barely able to walk when he and his wife reached freedom here today, but after a few hours' rest he was able to talk to news men. Mrs. Bradshaw, whose brain gave way under the strain of Communist captivity, was un able to leave her bed at St. Theresa's hospital. A U. S. Air Force ambulance plane will fly the couple to the Philippines as soon as Mrs. Bradshaw is able to stand the trip perhaps tomorrow. Her husband said they plan to go to the home of his wife's family in Pittsburgh. Bradshaw said he was brut ally mistreated by his captors during the early days of his im prisonment but that they were kinder later on. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York -U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 481.84 up 0.04; 20 rail roads 161.06 off 0.36; 15 utilities 64.31, up 0.10, and 65 stocks 170.83 off 0.06. ' P3 C c o t- o K 'J O 3 2 MEDFORI tool Agreement Made For Philippines To Serve Later Dead Silence Greets Result of Balloting United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) The UN General assembly today elected Yugoslavia to the Se curity council, ending a long deadlock over the disputed seat. Election of Yugoslavia came on the 36th of a series of ballots that began last Oct. 14 and con sumed seven meetings of the as sembly. Yugoslavia received 43 votes, five more than the required two thirds majority. The Philippines received 11 votes, Finland, one, Sweden, one. Dead Silence There was dead silence in the huge meeting hall when Assem bly President Jose Maza of Chile announced the result. Usually such announcements are greet ed with applause. The 36th ballot marked the conclusion of a deal unprece dented in UN history. Last Friday night, Maza drew lots fo decide whether Yugo slavi.. or the Philippines should withdraw from the race for the council seat. The Philippines lost. But, with strong backing from the United States and Britain, an agreement was made that Yugoslavia would serve only the first half of the two-year term prescribed by the UN charter. At the end of 12 months, Yugo slavia is to resign and The Phil ippines is slated to be elected to the "unexpired" term. Plan Called Illegal The assembly at first refused to sanction the deal in a rebel lious meeting Friday night. Many delegates attacked the plan as illegal and contrary to the UN charter. The United States backed the Philippines from the outset. Po land, Russia's choice, led on the the first ballot, 34-33, but then fell steadily behind the Phil ippines, which missed election by only one vote on the third round. On the fifth ballot, Russia, with support from Britain, sud denly withdrew its support from Poland and. switched to Yugo slavia. The election then was deadlocked until today's ballot, with the Yugoslavs leading the Philippines only on the 19th, 35th and final rounds. In a statement issued after the final vote, Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, the Philippines am bassador, said: 'Distinct Winner' "Against the insurmountable difficulty of obtaining a two thirds majority required for el ection, the Philippines came out today a distinct winner in the contest for one of the non-permanent seats in the Security Council. His country was a "distinct winner," Romulo said, because it "can now look forward to 1957 as the year when it will take its place on the council under the guarantee of the big powers." Ike at White House For Family Christmas Washington U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower flew here from his Gettysburg farm today to get ready for his first family Christmas in the White House. The President's commuter plane sat down at National Air port after a 26-minute- flight. Mr. Eisenhower, bundled up in his favorite camels hair coat against the freezing weather, went directly to the White House. He was accompanied by Press Secretary James C. Hagerty and James Rowley, chief of the White House Secret Service de tail. Tokyo (U.R) Francis Cardi nal Spellman arrived here today. YU for Shopping Until )AY, DECEMBER 20, 1955 SEE THE BIRDIE Parrakeet ' perched on the head of Col leen Watson of Lqs Angeles was intended as a prop to in duce a smile for a picture to be used on the family Christmas-card. Since the bird wanted to get into the act, both will appear on this year's Christmas card. on Charge of Theft From Automobile Jack Richard Crescenzi-, 27, of 135 Tripp st., was arraigned in district . court today on a charge of entering an auto with intent to steal. He was released on $750 bond and allowed until Dec. 28 to decide whether or not he de sires a preliminary - hearing. Crescenzi was represented by Attorney Edward Kelly. In a signed statement given to city police, Crescenzi, a serv ice station operator, said he had taken a spare tire and wheel and a jack from a car owned by Colleen Hope Winterhalder. He stated that he later sold the tire and wheel for $27. Credit Card Theft Crescenzi's statement also de scribed the theft of two credit cards from an auto for use in the purchase of tires and bat teries for resale. He told police that he gave the credit cards to Norman Dale Cox, 20, and Robert Loran McCulloch, 20, both of Klamath Falls. Cox and McCulloch were arrested Satur day by Oregon state police. Crescenzi's statement said he had known that Nu-Way Clean ers, 601 East Main st., was going to be burglarized Nov. 12, and that afterwards he kept a typewriter, stolen from the cleaning establishment, until it could be disposed of. Ashland Bus Changes Effective January 1 A change of bus schedules be tween Medford and Ashland, an nounced last Friday to become effective Dec. 25,. has been post poned until Jan. 1, it was an nounced today. Ralph Matthews, manager of Evergreen Bus lines, said pres ent Sunday, holiday and night time runs between the two cities will be continued through the Christmas holidays, but . the schedules will be dropped, effec tive Sunday, Jan. 1. The evening run at 9:45 p.m. will be eliminated following that date, he said. Revenues from the little-used trip and those on Sundays, have not even been covering expenses, Mat thews explained in his earlier announcement. Portland (U.R) William Clarence Peddicord, 38,- and Mrs. Joyce Keller, 28, have been bound over to a Multnomah county grand jury, accused of the bombing of Meier & Frank Co. store here last April. AM S SEAT Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 232 OUNCIL Dulles Announces Foreign Spending Plan for Next Year Request Nearly Double Sum Approved for 1955 Washington U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today the administration plans to spend about $4,400,000,000 for foreign military and eco nomic aid in the next fiscal year, an increase of $200,000,000 over this year". He also said the administra tion will ask Congress in Janu ary for $4,900,000,000 in new appropriations for foreign aid. Dulles made the statement at his weekly news conference in an effort to clear up a flurry of conflicting reports regarding the foreign aid plans the adminis tration will lay before the new session' of Congress next month. There has been some confusion over "spending" and "appropria tion." The $4,400,000,000 is the amount the administration actu ally expects to spend in fiscal 1957 which begins July 1. The $4,900,000,000 is the amount of new money to be requested and would be spent partly in the next year and partly later. ' The request for new money is nearly double what Congress approved this year. Dulles cited two reasons for the increase: . 1. The new money is needed to keep the military pipeline to America's allies full. The pipe line was depleted this year be cause of sharp aid slashes order ed by Congress. 2. There is an urgent need to increase U.S. aid to the Middle East and Far East where Russia is challenging this country's leadership. Peace Prospects On other issues, Dulles: 1. Said he sees no facts to justify great optimism about Middle East peace prospects. But he said the Arab nations and Israel are still studying his Aug. 26 peace proposals and that may be encouraging. 2. Accused Russia of vetoing Japan's admission to the United Nations in an effort to drive a harder bargain in Soviet-Japanese peace treaty negotiations. 3. Asserted the Big Three will hold Russia responsible for Al lied access to Berlin no matter what. To Recommend Approval Of Proposed PT&T Extension Examiner David Don, chief engineer for Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Helt zel, said today he would recom mend approval of proposed changes toll-free telephone dial ing in Jackson county. No opposition was voiced a a public hearing today on the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph company's proposed expansion of service. The recommenda tion for approval will go to the PUC. Telephone company personnel and a few observers attended the hearing. Richard Devers,, Port 1 a n d attorney, represented PT&T. Cheaper Rates Under proposed changes, R. B. Brockway, rate engineer for the Oregon area of PT&T, said the area will experience "cheaper fates and better service." He said the tentative effective date for the change is February, 1957, but the " company asked Don to recommend July 1, 1957, or before, to allow for possible delays. According to data presented at the hearing, Medford's local call ing area telephones will be in creased from an estimated 14, 155 under the present system to 22,311. The increase will include addi tional telephones in Gold Hill and Ashland and the proposed Phoenix-Talent exchange. . Construction of the Phoenix Talent exchange was described as the largest single improve ment needed by the company for the change. It would decrease 9 o'clock Tonight Several Rivers o Over Flood Stage As Families Flee Heavy Rain Expected In Santa Rosa Area San Francisco (U.R) Dang er of serious flooding by rain swoolen creeks and rivers in Northern California was mini mized today with the passing of a violent 'winter storm that drenched the area with rains whipped by winds of full gale force. At least two persons was drowned and 10 others were rescued from cars trapped by flood stage waters in the Eel River valley. The Russian river, about 60 miles north of San Francisco, also was in flood stage, but residents and Army Engineers in both areas reported ed that the worst danger had passed. Rancher Drowns The latest fatality was James Foreman, 48, a rancher, who was drowned when his horse became entangled in a sub merged fence on his ranch 10 miles west of Santa Rosa. In another development, the Weather Bureau predicted more rains "for- at. least another five days," the bureau said the pre cipitation might be "particular ly heavy? in the Santa Rosa area. The resort town of Guerne- ville on the Russian river was partially isolated when all the main roads to the community were flooded or closed by land slides. However, one back road, little used normally, remained open and passable. . Few Families Evacuated At Guerneville, the river stood at 38 feet at 8 a.m., eight feet above the flood stage of 30 feet. In 1948, the river rose to the 48-fdot level. A few families were evacuat ed in low-lying areas and many others moved voluntarily as Civil Defense workers, Red Cross personnel and volunteer rescue workers prepared to meet the situation. At Healdsburg, the Russian river crested about midnight at 21 feet, six feet above flood stage. At 8 a.m. the river stood at 20Vi feet as the waters began dropping. At Santa Rosa, it was reported that the river, which had been rising at the rate of six inches an hour up to 4 a.m., now was rising only about two inches an hour. Welfare Group Acts As 'Clearing House' The- Jackson county welfare department again this year is act ing as an informal "clearing house" for agencies engaged in Christmas charitable work, ac cording to Mrj. Blanche Lyman, administrator. The department works closely with the Salvation Army and the Elks club, both large contribu tors to Christmas charities, and also serves other organizations wishing to assist needy families during the holiday season, she said. cost of service through elimina tion of mileage rates now charg ed users some distance from the Medford or Ashland exchange, Brockway said. Brockway said a 15-cent toll charge between Phoenix and Talent, although separated by only two miles, has been a source of customer dissatisfac tion. Users in Ashland would nave an increase from 4,100 available telephones to 19,245; Gold Hill from 510 to 16,100; Central Point, 16,811 to 17,221; Jackson ville, 15,455 to 17,580; Talent (Ashland) 4,100 to 19,845; and Phoenix (Medford), 17,411 to 19, 845. White City, which is served by Columbia Utilities Company would lose 700 stations, through a discontinuance of toll-free calls to Phoenix. D. O. Hood, com pany president, said the com pany believes there is not a great number of calls between White City and Phoenix. The plan will permit toll-free dialing between Medford and Ashland, Phoenix-Talent, Jack sonville, White City and Gold Hill; between Gold Hill and Cen tral Point and Medford; between Jacksonville and Central Point, Phoenix-Talent and Medford; be tween Ashland and Medford and Phoenix-Talent; and between Phoenix-Talent and Ashland, Medford and Jacksonville. It would increase monthly phone rates in areas other than Medford, but would bring about an annual net overall reduction, according to the company. 0 O o
