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Washington (U.R) Defense
officials expresse doubt today
that Russia has developed an
inter-continental missile.
At the same time they cau
tioned against underestimating
Russian capabilities in this fate
ful field.
efense officials, who have
been taken aback by Russian
technological advances in the
past, were not inclined to pooh
pooh Soviet Premier Nikolai
Bulganin's latest hint that Rus
sia has developed rocket weap
ons of "inter-continental power."
Development of an ocean
spanning missile could tip the
balance iffi world power. There
is no known defense against an
inter-continental ballistic mis
sile, which often is called the
ultimate weapon of the future.
Botf? Russia and the United
States are knivn to be working
on development of an inter-con
tinental missile. The United
States in recent weeks has put
the ballistic missile program in
Directfayments
Is Flood Victims
Being Considered
Washington U.R) The Ad
ministration is considering a
proposal that the government
make direct payments with no
strings attached to aid persons
suffering flood losses, it was
learned today.
The proposal, if approved by
various agencies, will be sent to
Congress as recommended legis
lation. Q
Frank J. Meistrell, acting
head of the Housing and Home
Finance gency (HHFA), an
nounced yesterday that the ad
ministration has nearly complet-.
ed drafting a legislative program
for "flood indemnity assistance."
He gave no details.
Paid Out of Public Funds
But an informed source said
TWe plan under consideration pro
poses that "the victim be in
demnified (paid directly) for a
loss . . . out of public funds."
The payments would be a gift,
the source said. There would
be no loan or insurance-type
payments involved.
The source would not discuss
the scale of payments or what
would be required to qualify for
the government assistance.
Such a plan represents a
major shift in administration
thinking on how to help com
pensate persons suffering prop
erty losses from floods and other
natural disasters. Private insur
ant companies offer little pro
tection against such losses be
cause of the great risks involved.
Science Education
Crisis Studied
Atlanta, Ga. (U.R) Scientists
pondered today what to do about
a crisis in science education that
is putting the United States far
behind Russia in the training of
technical specialists.
Dr. Alan T. Waterman, direc
tor of the federally financed Na
tional Science Foundation, told
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science that the
government is helping relieve
the situation to the tune of
$395,000,000 a year but that
most of the responsibility lies
with local school authorities and
parents.
Waterman elaborated at a
ess conference with five other
authorities in the field of edu-cation.
i Vatican City U.R) "Vatican
P5 quarters have issued a sharp re
minder to the Communist world
that Russia must drop its war
like posture if there is to be
atomic peace
Grants Pass Indian Woman
Owner of Timber Once Sold
Portland (U.R) A young
Grants Pass Indian woman has
been declared owner of inherit
ed timber in Douglas and Lane
counties worth more than $30,
000 which she sold for $3000 in
1951.
U. S. District Judge Gus Solo
mon ruled that Anna Elizabeth
Macey, a bank clerk, was the
victim of fraud and conspiracy.
He ruled that actually the timb
er never was sold because docu
ments purporting to transfer
her ownership to Fred Marsh,
Lebanon logger, were void.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Vic
tor Harr told Judge Solomon
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a top priority category.
U. S. development, however,
is believed several years away,
according to predictions.
Based on our own rate of
progress, however, it seemed im
p:obable to U. S. officials that
Russia has succeeded already
in . development of the highly
complex weapon! An inter-continental
missile presents stagger
ing problems of power, guidance
and heat resista"ht metals that
can withstand the terrific fric
tion before the missile comes
crashing down on .its target at
several times the speed of sound.
Rapid Russian Progress
What concerned U. S. defense
officials was Bulganin's indica
tion of the Russians' rapid tech
nological advance.
While Russian technological
capabilities still are not equal
to those of the United States,
defense leaders point out that in
many ways the Russian rate of
technological progress in the
past 10 years has been greater
than that of the United States.
Russian technical advances on
military developments.
Evidence of Russian techno
logical strides is seen in such
developments as the new Red
inter - continental jet bomber
powered by .more powerful jet
engines than any now in use
by the United States, and Rus
sion explosion of an atomic
bomb two years ahead of the
official U. S. estimate. . ,
Stale Civil Defense
Officials Check Flood
Salem U.R) F i v e members
of the Oregon civil defense
agency are meeting with officials
in counties affected by flood
waters, State Director Arthur
M. Sheets said today.
Logistics officer Logan Berry
left for Douglas county where
he will discuss emergency relief
and' medical services with the
county director.
Maj. Gen. John Hargraves,
medical officer, is visiting Jose
phine, Jackson and Coos coun
ties to confer with local officials
on medical sanitation and medi
cal services.
Anthony Cardiello, emergency
welfare officer, and Tom Bru
beck, public information officer,
are meeting today with the'Lane
county civil defense director.
State Highway Engineer R.
H. Baldock said preliminary esti
mates of flood damage to state
highways have been placed at
$250,000.
Highway Sign Owners
Given time Extension
Salem (U.R) Labor Commis
sioner Norman O. Nilsen today
granted highway sign owners a
time extension to Feb. 1 to get
sign permits , required by the
new outdoor advertising law.
The extension has been made
because of impassible roads and
bad weather conditions in many
Oregon areas. Owners previous
ly were advised that sign per
mits for 1956 must be obtained
by Dec. 31. Out-door advertising
business also will be given
another month to get licenses.
Nilsen said it is necessary for
owners to assemble detailed in
formation on their outdoor ad
vertising signs for permit appli
cations in order to insure com
pliance with the law. Require
ments include complete sign di
mensions, a description easily
identifying location of the sign,
and its distance from other signs.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 484.56 up 0.34; 20 rail
roads 162.15 off 0.94; 15 util
ities 64.00 off 0.13, and 65 stocks
171.56 off 0.29. Sales today were
about 2,190,000 shares compared
with 1,990,000 yesterday.
that John C. Blanford, Marsh's
assistant, went to the home of
Miss Macey and her mother,
Aleena Towler, and offered
$3000 for the timber. Mrs. Tow
ler, guardian because her daugh
ter was a minor, inquired of the
Indian B.ureau in Portland. Ac
cording to Harr, the letter fell
into the hands of Clyde Flinn,
then land officer for the bureau,
who wrote that $3000 was a fair
price.
Mrs. Towler then sold the tim
ber for her daughter, Harr said.
However, only another Indian
could buy without putting the
land up for public auction. Harr
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Dike
Washington (U.R) The Nike
anti-aircraft guided missile is the
next advanced weapon likely to
be sent ;o Europe to strengthen
Western defenses, it was learned
today.
The missile itself probably
will not be sent overseas for
more than a year. But in the
meantime, launching sites, in
cluding underground storage
rooms, will be constructed for
the Nike.
The supersonic missile, which
Damage Reported
To Governor; Final
Estimate $364,120
A final estimate of $364,120
damage, not including private
property, was caused in Jackson
county by the recent flood, ac
cording to a report forwarded
to Gov. Paul Patterson late yes
terday. The report was prepared by
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks, civil
defense administrator, with the
assistance of County Engineer
Paul Rynning and civil defense
officials in Rogue River and
Shady Cove.
An earlier report estimated
more than $300,000 damages,
but was made before a final tally
Gen. Hicks said.
Surveys Coniinus
Red Cross officials still are
surveying flood areas for an ac
curate monetary estimate of dam
age to private property. A
"horseback" estimate of $500,000
was announced yesterday.
Another survey is underway
today by Gen. John Hargraves
of the state civil defense agency;
County Commissioner L. G.
Morthland; Rynning; and a rep
resentative of the small business
administration, Portland. Gen.
Hargraves plans to give the gov
ernor an "eye-witness report"
on flood conditions in southern
Oregon.
Forestry Damage
Last weeks storms and high
water caused damage estimated
at between $35,000 and $50,000
to installations of the state de
partment of forestry's southwest
Oregon district.
Ted Maul, district warden,
said the damage is mostly to
roads, bridges, buildings and tel
ephone lines maintained by the
state forest patrol here. Some of
the damage is still unknown, he
said, as washed out roads or
bridges has prevented inspection
of some areas.
Railroads To Speed Up
Rate Increase Request
Washington (U.R) The Inter
state Commerce Commission
agreed today to let the nation's
railroads follow a speed-up pro
cedure in seeking a 7 per cent
freight rate increase.
The railroads recently an
nounced they would seek the
boost, which would be effective
Feb. 9. It would amount to over
$500,000,000 a year.
Under the ICC ruling the rail
roads will not follow the nor
mal procedure of filing a peti
tion requesting the rate in
crease. Public hearings are held
by the ICC on such petitions.
Instead, the railroads will
merely file new tariffs which
include the 7 per cent boost. The
increases will take effect auto
matically Feb. 9 unless suspend
ed by the ICC.
Declared
in Fraud
said Frank Summers, a Chilo
quin Indian, was given S3000 to
buy the timber and $1000 for
his "services." The timber then
was transferred to Marsh, the
assistant U. S. attorney said.
Harr said the timber was
worth, about $15,000 at that time
and now has more than doubled
in value. The judge's decree giv
ing Miss Macey undisputed own
ership made no mention of the
$3000 she was paid earlier.
Flinn, Blanford and Marsh la
ter served prison terms after
pleading guilty to conspiracy in
connection with Indian timber
sales.'
already is protecting 18 major
cities in the United States, will
be assigned to U. S. forces sta
tioned in Europe. Its primary
mission will be to guard the
string of U. S. bases there, par
ticularly in Germany. But it
also probably will be used in
helping protect major West Euro
pean cities.
Present plans do not call for
furnishing any West European
forces with the Nike, although
the Allies will be informed
SHOUTS DOWN RED HECKLERS Jumping to his feet to answer a charge by the
Communists accusing him of "starting a var" in Algeria, former French Premier Pier
re Mendes-France (left) points his finger at Communist Party leader Jacques Duclos
(far right foreground) saying that the Red had helped the National Assembly defeat
the Mendes-France government specifically on the Algerian question and that therefore
Duclos must share the responsibility for the loss of hundreds of lives in the North
African uprising.1 During the debate in Paris with Duclos, Mendes-France had to shout
down thousands of Communist hecklers.
Medford Woman
Reported Missing
In Yuba City Flood
A Medford woman who was
visiting relatives in Yuba City,
Calif., is b e li e v e d to have
drowned in the flood there last
Saturday, according to word re
ceived here.
.Mrs. Vera Johnson, 244 South
Grape st, was visiting her
nephew, Robert Bartlett, in Yuba
City when levees broke along
the Feather river. R. L. Harris,
330 O'Gara ave., Medford, an
uncle of Bartlett, said neither
Mrs. Johnson or Bartlett have
been found, and are presumed to
have drowned.
Harris said Mrs. Johnson went
to Yuba City recently to care
for Bartlett's mother, Mrs.
Charles Bartlett, who was dis
charged from a hospital there
following surgery.
Reported Missing Sunday
Harris said Mrs. Johnson and
Bartlett were reported missing
sometime Sunday morning.
. Bartlett's two children,, his
wife, Norma, and mother were
rescued by helicopter. Mrs.
Norma Bartlett and her mother-in-law
held the two small chil
dren atop an automobile all
night Saturday before the heli
capter rescue. They are now
staying with relatives in Marys
ville across the river from Yuba
City.
Mrs. Johnson was employed
at the Pinnacle Packing company
here.
Road Conditions
Highway 62, P r o s p e e t
Spots of ice.
Highway 99. Siskiyous
Packed snow and ice, sanded.
Highway 66, Green Springs
Spots of ice.
Highway 99, California
Open, some icy spots.
Highway 97 Chains re
quired in some sections.
Highway 101 Closed Lay
tonville to Eureka, except for
emergency, light traffic in
daylight only and subject to
convoy; open Eureka to Ban
don; expected to open in Co
quille area later today io lim
ited traffic.
Highway 42 C 1 o s e d be
cause of slides.
Highway 38 Closed be
cause of slides.
about the capabilities of the
weapon. There is a possibility
West European nations may even
be given sufficient information
about the weapon so they can
produce it themselves if they
want to.
The plan to send Nike missile
units to Europe reflects (1) the
near completion of the first
phase of affording anti-aircraft
protection to major U. S. cities,
(2) the growing demand of small
er European nations for greater
Ike Devotes First
Full Vacation Day
To Painting Scene
Key West, Fla. (U.R) Pres
ident Eisenhower today started
the first full day of his South
Florida vacation by working in
doors on an oil painting of a
Colorado Rocky mountain scene.
Partly cloudy and windy wea
ther with occasional showers in
the early morning may have
influenced the President's de
cision to remain at his quarters
during the morning.
Later in the day, Mr. Eisen
hower was expected to get out
doors if the early morning show
ers do not recur.
The temperature was in the
low 70s and the sun broke
Berrydale Grocery
Robbed Last Night
A lone bandit wearing a white
stocking cap and a white ker
chief over his face robbed the
Berrydale grocery, 1508 North
Riverside ave., of $4 about 6:50
p.m. Wednesday, according to
city police.
Mrs. Ethel May Florey, owner,
told Medford police the man en
tered her store just prior to
closing time and demanded the
money in her cash register. He
kepf his right hand in his
pocket, she said, and she did
not actually see a gun.
Police said the robber was be
lived to be between 20 and 30
years old.
MT Will Not Publish;
Stores Close Monday
There will be no publication
of the Mail Tribune Monday,
Jan. 2, in observance of New
Year's Day. There will be a
regular edition Sunday, Jan. 1.
Most Medford stores and city,
county, state and federal offices
will be closed Monday, Jan. 2,
which will be observed as a holi
day because New Year's Day is
Sunday.
Stores and offices will reopen
Tuesday, Jan. 3, as will schools
throughout Jackson county fol
lowing annual holiday vacations.
The Mail Tribune also will re
sume publication Tuesday.
esrse
access to advanced weapons de
veloped by the United States
and Great Britain, an'd (3) the
determination to equip North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
forces with the most modern
weapons, including nuclear
weapons.
The Nike, which has a high
kill capability against enemv
bombers up to 25 miles away',
is the only operational Army
missile not yet supplied to U. S.
Army forces in Europe.
through the clouds periodically.
Winds were blowing between 20
and 30 miles an hour and small
craft warnings were displayed
through, the Keys.
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty said "no work of necessity"
confronted the President today,
although a "semi-final" draft of
the State of the Union Mes
sage would arrive by aerial
courier from Washington to
morrow morning. -.
The. President was expected
to do some work on his Jan. 5
message tomorrow.
Told of Khushchev Charge
During the morning, the Pres
ident was informer by Hagerty
of .the accusation by Soviet
Communist leader Nikita Khru
shchev that Mr. Eisenhower
and Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles had committed
"crude interference" in the af
fairs of Communist East Europe.
Beyond saying that he had
shown a press association copy
of the Communist leader's re
marks to the President, Hagerty
declined to comment.
Traffic Crackdown Asked
On New Year's Celebrants
Chicago (U.R) State officials
answered an unprecedented ap
peal for a drastic traffic crack
down today with plans for a na
tionwide program to save lives
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul
Patterson called on state
police today to inaugurate a
rigid traffic enforcement for
the New Year's week-end, in
an effort io prevent a repeti
tion of Christmas week-end
accidents that claimed seven
lives in Oregon.
He observed: "There can be
no happy New Year for a fa
tality or his family or forlhe
others involved in an acci
dent." over the New Year's holiday.
The appeal came from the Na
tional Safety Council, which
was shaken by the all-time rec
ord of 621 - traffic deaths over
Allocation of
$1,650,000 in
Aid Requested
Governor Sends
Note To President
Salem (U.R) Gov. . Paul Pat
terson today requested Presi
dent Eisenhower to allocate $1,
650,000 to aid in disaster relief
from recent floods in western
and southern Oregon.
The governor followed up his
preliminary report to the presi
dent of yesterday with the posi
tive statement that "as a result
of continuing flooding of rivers
in western and southern Oregon,
a disaster area has. been
created."
He said "existing conditions
have resulted in hardship and
suffering so severe to the people
of that portion of Oregon that
federal assistance is required.
State and local civil defense or
ganizations, American Red
Cross and other charitable or
ganizations and idividual citi
zens are producing maximum
effort toward relief from dis
aster." Damage Being Counted
The governor told the Presi
dent: "This is to assure you that
all available state, county and
local funds are or will be com
mitted for the prupose. Suggest
that. $1,650,000 be allocated to
the state and local effort and
such additional personnel,
equipment and materials as is
deemed necessary."
Meanwhile, damage through
out the flood-stricken area was
being counted. With rainless and
cool weather, the danger of im
mediate further flooding ap
peared past. The Coquille river,
last major trouble spot, was
down more than six feet from its
crest of earlier in the week and
still was falling. But many fam
ilies still were out of their
homes and the valley was cov
ered with water.
Jackson Loss High
Red Cross workers in Jackson
county estimated flood damage
to county homes and businesses
at $500,000. That was m addition
to $250,000 which engineer Paul
Rynning said had been done to
county roads.
Agriculture, soil erosion and
forest losses have not yet been
calculated, nor have estimates
been made on bridges, sewer sys
tems or water systems.
Lane county bridge superin
tendent Miller Sorenson said
Lane county lost about , 24
bridges.
Food Dropped By Air
Some 1,430 families and 157
business organizations were ap
parently involved in flooding,
according to the state Civil De
fense organization.
Yesterday, ' Douglas county
sheriff Ira Byrd and Red Cross
representative Mildren Herman
air-dropped food to four families
who had been marooned five
days without food in isolated
Mell Canyon.
Food supplies were also re
ported en route to residents of
the tiny community of Marial on
the Rogue river, cut off by
slides and water until yesterday
Cambridge, O (U.R) A four-
engined plane crashed and
burned 16 miles northeast of
here today.
Christmas and its own predic
tion that a new record will.be
set during the New Year's holi
day.
- The council followed up its
forecast of 420 New Year's
deaths with telegrams to the
governors of all 48 states.
"This nation cannot afford to
experience or tolerate another
toll comparable to the one over
the last week-end," . Council
President Ned H. Dearborne's
telegram said.
"We feel the toll of more than
600 deaths from highway acci
dents constitutes a national
emergency that must be met just
as floods, fires, and other major
disasters are met by emer
gency action."
It was the first time that the
Safety Council had made a di
rect appeal for emergency ac
tion by the states. Plans for such
action were already underway
in many state capitols.
Interference in
East European
Affairs Rapped Q
Inter-Continental
Rocket Weapon Hinted
Moscow (U.R) Soviet Com
munist leader Nikita Khrush
chev attacked President Eisen
hower today for what he called
his "crude interference" in the
affairs of Communist East Eu
rope. 1
The rare Soviet attack on an
American head of state came
shortly after Premier Nikolai
Bulganin hinted in a speech
before the Supreme Soviet
(Parliament) that Russia had
developed rocket weapons of
inter-continental power."
Then Khrushchev said the
power of Russia's recently ex
ploded hydrogen bomb "can be
considerably increased" beyond
its present equivalent of "many
millions of tons of ordinary
explosive." ,
Creators of tension "should
remember the result of this test,"
Khrushchev declared to thun- -derous
applause from the Soviet
Parliament.
Objects to Messages
Khrushchev, said Christmas
messages broadcast to Eastern
Europe by President Eisenhow
er, Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles and other Ameri
cans were designed to "re-establish
capitalism" in those states.
The Communist party leader
said he did not like to criticize
President Eisenhower "whom I
respect so much," but he was
less soothing to Dulles and sin
gled him out for particularly
heavy criticism.
He said the American mes
sages were not "compatible with
the Geneva spirit',' oecause they
said their authors were praying
for the liberation of Eastern
European countries and would
give them assistance.
"It leads to the incitement
of passions," Khrushchev said.
The messages were year-end
holiday greetings from Mr. Eis
enhower and other U. S. leaders
broadcast to Eastern Europe
over the Voice of America and
Radio Free Europe.
Lashes at Dulles
Khrushchev then took up the
subject of Dulles.
"Some Western politicians
have a strange idea of the Gen
eva spirit," he said. "They want
to disarm us morally and pol
itically. Such conditions are un
acceptable to us.
"The most eager proponents
of such an unrealistic policy are
in the United States, particular
ly Secretary of State Dulles who
plays a leading role in adbat-
ing massive retaliation and oth-,
er absurdities.
"They are even still using
such out of date strength as .
"forcing the Reds to withdraw'."
Khrushchev also disposed of
President Eisenhower's "open
sky" arms inspection plan with
a brief question and answer.
"How does it differ from mili
tary intelligence?" he asked. "If
differs in no way at all."
U. S. Ambassador Charles E.
Bohlen was in the audience.
Khrushchev's speech added up
to one of the sternest denounce
ments ever aimed by the Soviets
at the American President.
Kind to British
And while heaping criticism
on the United States he temper
ed his remarks about Britain
which he and Bulganin visit in
the spring. He said he meant
only English colonizers and not
the "English .people whom we
admire."
Khrushchev went to great
pains to deny his statements on
his recent Far East tour with
Bulganin were aimed at the pres
ent British government.
Bulganin dropped luv hint of
inter-continental missiles in say
ing the Soviet Union wants to
outlaw rocket weapons along
with atomic arms.
"The Soviet government stood
and still stands, for an end to
the arms race and the outlawing
of atomic weapons," Bulganin
said.
"And this extends also to the
rocket weapons which have been
recently developed into weapons
of intercontinental power." '
Red Cross Accepting
Flood Aid Contributions
Portland !U.P Red Cross of
ficials said 4oday that voluntary
contributions for flood disaster
relief in Oregon, California and
Nevada should be sent to local
Red Cross chapters!
Early estimates, officials said,
placed Red Cross0 expenditures
for temporary mass care and
long term assistance at between
$5,000,000 and $6,000,000.
The Portland-Multnomah coun
ty Red Cross chaptfr said checks
should be made out:
Red Cross,
-Western Floods,
(Local Chapter).