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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
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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
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Several Rivers
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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
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