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50th Year
Eisenhower To Hold
nformal
eturns
Key West, Fla fU.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower, winding up an
ll-da Florida vacation, will re
export personally today on his
health and his plans for the "im
mediate future," a White House
aide said Saturday. .
But the informal conference
with reporters today was not ex
pected to produce any announce
ment as to Mr. Eisenhower's po
litical intentions in this election
year.
Condition of Health
Presidential Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said the presi
dent would discuss only the "in
mediate future . . the condition
of his health, how he feels and
what he is going to do when he
gets back to Washington about
resuming the regular routine of
the presidency."
Mr. Eisenhower, who arrived
at this naval base Dec. 28 to
follow a program of rest and
recreation while recovering from
his heart attack last September,
will meet with newsmen about
9 a.m. and will fly back to Wash
ington about two hours later.
He will be in toe capitol city
when his special farm message
is delivered to Congress Monday,
The President worked out final
details of the program at a con
ference with Secretary of Agri
culture Ezra T. Benson here Fri
day.
Hagerty said the President ar
ranged the informal chat after
hearing of reporters' interest in
his health. The meeting is not
regarded as a press conference
but rather as just a get-together
between Mr. Eisenhower and the
newsmen who have been cover
ing him at Denver, Gettysburg,
and Key West since he was
stricken Sept. 24.
Ask Any Questions .- -;
Although reporters will be
permitted to ask any questions
they wish, Hagerty indicated that
the President would answer only
those dealing with his health and
his plans for resuming presiden
tial duties in Washington. .
During his stay here, Mr.
Eisenhower has followed a daily
schedule of activity and rest
which brought an expression of
satisfaction with, the President's
health 'from his physician, Maj.
Gen. Howard M. Snyder.
Hagerty quoted Snyder as say-
Campaign For New
Summit Conference
London U.P.) Iron Cur
tain diplomats were waging a
behind- the- scenes campaign
here Saturday for a new sum
mit conference of Big Four
chiefs of government this year.
The Red diplomats, in an in
spired whispering campaign,
claim such a top-level meeting
"in the summer" will prove "in--evitable."
They hinted that top Soviet
leaders might even be prepared
to go to the United States if
President Eisenhower should
find it impossible to leave the
country in an election year.
In informal talks with West
ern officials and newsmen,
these diplomats suggest that the
summit meeting would be charg
ed with working out a "declar
ation of principles" to break
the present East-West deadlock.
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bul-
ganin said last week in an inter
view in Moscow that a new sum
mit meeting could be "fruitful."
Iron Curtain officials here
now stress there is more to this
hint than meets the eye. They
consider it a first move toward
a new initiative for another
summit meeting, probably in
the summer.
Sacramento U.R) Next sea
son's irrigation supplies should
be plentiful, the U.S. Weather
Bureau and the State Division of
Water Resources said today.
Road Conditions
(As of 10:30 p.m. Saturday).
Highway 99. north Closed
by a slide about 12 miles north
of Grants Pass.
Highway 99. south Siski
yo was open, chains advised,
illghway 66, Greeajprings
Packed snow, chains were re
quired. Highway 97. California
South of Weed, chains re
quired. Highway 62 Packed snow
at Union Creek and Prospect
chains advised.
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United Press Full Leased
Wire
28 Pages
eetmg;
ing the President has slept "very
well here .averaging over eight
hours sleep a night as well as
napping during the daytime.
"The President has accomp
lished his administrative duties
without the slightest fatigue,"
Hagerty said.-"It has been to the
satisfaction of the doctor that
even on the cooler days here,
they have been crisp and stimu
lating and served the purpose of
helping the President's health."
Local Employment
Slowed By Flood;
Low Mark Expected
The high employment noted
in recent months in the Medford
area did not slow down until
the flood Dec. 21-22, according
to John J. Patton, manager of
the Medford office of the Ore
gon state employment service.
Flooding along Rogue river
appeared to have less effect on
employment than bridge and
culvert washouts, which stopped
log hauling and closed some
mills. Other mills shut down for
their usual overhauls, he said
Temporary Shutdowns
Lumber shutdowns are temp
orary and will end when repairs
are finished or weather im
proves. Retail trade experienced
a heavy Christmas business and
layoffs of extra help at the end
of the season was said to be
normal.
Gift packing in the fruit in
dustry was completed the week
before Christmas.
Unemployment' in the county
Dec. 31 was estimated at 1,800;
including 325 women. The fig
ure was up 39 per cent from
November, but is still slightly
below the preceding December
Next Two Months
Employment for the next two
months will depend largely pn
weather conditions, according to
Patton. The outlook for January
and February are expected to
mark the .low point in employ
ment for the year. Job place
ments dropped sharply from No
vember and probably will re
main low for, the next 60 days.
Although heavy rains made
Orchard prunning slow, there
was a small demand for pruners
last month.
Ask Authority For
Crater Lake Buses
Bend U.P.) Authority to
furnish commercial bus service
through Crater Lake National
Park was asked Friday by Pacif
ic Trailways bus lines with head
quarters in Bend. .
The firm asked the Interstate
Commerce commission to au
thorize passenger busses through
the park from Medford to Bend
and from Klamath Falls to Bend.
Heretofore only park company
busses have been permitted
within the boundaries of the
park.
Pacific Trailways said both
the Crater Lake lodge manage
ment and the national park ser
vice favor the Trailways applica
tion. William Niskanen, Trailways
official, said service could begin
June 15 if permission is granted.
To
Capitol
U.S.,, Britain Headed For
Red China Trade Showdown
Washington (U.R) The Unit
ed States and Britain Saturday
headed for a showdown on
whether to relax controls on
trade with Communist China.
Diplomats said the issue will
get top-level consideration at the
White House talks beginning
here Jan. 30, between Presi
dent Eisenhower and British
Prime Minister Anthony Eden.
According to word from Lond
on, Eden plans to argue that
European trade with Red China
in non-war items should be ex
panded gradually, "beginning
soon."
The present U. S. position is
that "the trade line should be
held." This attitude might be
modified by any evidence of
peaceful intent on Red China's
part. But the prospect right
now is that it might harden even
more between now and Eden's
arrival if Red China continues
to hold 13 American civilians.
Roseburg Area Hit
By Flash Blizzard;
Power Lines Down
Eight Inches Snow
Fall Within Few Hours
Roseburg (U.R) Only
emergency telephone calls were
being accepted between Rose
burg and Coquille areas Satur
day as Friday night's flash bliz
zard left a trail of downed wires
and trees.
H. C. Wells, manager of the
California-Oregon Power com
pany at Roseburg, said the power
situation was the worst there
since 1937. Main transmission
lines were not touched, but dis
tribution was out over a wide
area, Wells said.
An official of Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph said dam
age to telephone lines in the
Douglas county area was "serious-"
Trouble complaints were
being received at the rate of one
a minute, the official said. Some
900 phones were out.
Eight inches of snow fell in
the area within a few hours and
six inches remained on the
ground yesterday.
Traffic was hampered by
slides and slush. A truck, trailer
and its load of logs slipped off
the North Umpqua highway yes
terday morning and plunged
over a 150-foot bank into the
little river. The driver, C. E.
Pratt, jumped clear and was not
injured.
A Greyhound bus was trap
ped at Glide on Highway 42 by
a' mud slide at the rear and a
washed out culvert in front.
Three passengers walked out to
await other transportation.
Meanwhile, as Oregoni ans
were mopping up from three
weeks of rain, snow and slides,
weather forecasters s a w a
gloomy prospect of at least five
more days of rain and snow for
the state. -
More than two inches of rain
fell on parts of water-weary
Southern Oregon Friday. Snow
was predicted in the mountains
last night and, east of the Cas
cades, light snow showers were
expected through the weekend.
Rivers were rising but fore
casters said it was not certain
whether serious flooding would
result in the same regions hit by
a pre-Christmas deluge. ,
County Commissioner
Injured In Accident
County Commissioner and
Mrs. Chester W. Wendt suffered
bruises and other minor injur
ies Friday night in a traffic ac
cident in San Jose, Calif. They
were returning from a holiday
visit in Albuquerque, N.M. with
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wendt.
Members of the "family . said
the Wendts' auto was struck
from behind while stopped for
a red light in San Jose, and
the auto was sandwiched be
tween cars at the intersection.
They are expected to return
home tonight with their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Lon Skinner, who traveled
south to return with the Wendts.
Wendt suffered a neck injury
when his head was snapped back
in the collision, family mem
bers said.' They were visiting
friends in San Jose.
Honolulu, T.H. (U.R) The
crew of a C-124 Globemaster that
developed engine trouble on a
flight from California dumped
25,000 pounds of cargo into the
Pacific Saturday and the giant
Air Force plane limped to a safe
landing here.
in Chinese jails. Officials here
are seriously concerned; about
Red China's increasingly harsh
tone on the prisoner issue.
The China trade ' issue has
been under discussion for years
by Washington and London, al
most always with a general dif
ference of -views.'
Eden is under heavy home
front pressure to urge that the
Free World's China trade con
trols be brought into line with
the more relaxed curbs in ef
fect for Russia . and eastern
Europe.
The United States itself per
mits no American trade with
with Red China. Major trading
countries in Europe, associated
in the control of business with
the United States, have some
trade with Red China. But there
are tighter controls on non-war
trade than the Allies have with
Russia and eastern European
satellites.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1956
Brazil President Ad
Libs Prepared Speech
Washington (U.R) President-elect
Juscelino Kubils
chek of Brazil learned Satur
day thai there's many a hitch
between preparation and de
livery of a speech.
He had to ad lib an address
before the Council of the Or
ganization of American States
because he forgot his glasses
and couldn't read his prepared
text.
Rain, Hail Drench
Northern CaL; No
Flood Threat Seen
San Francisco (U.R) Rain
and hail soaked northern Cali
fornia Saturday but weather
forecasters ruled out any new
flood threats.
The extreme northern por
tions of the state received mod
erate to heavy rains Friday
night and early yesterday, with
Eureka registering an inch up
to midnight Friday night.
As the rain diminished in the
north, it spread southward to
the San Francisco Bay area and
into the northern Sacramento
valley. Hailstones a half inch
in diameter pelted parts of San
Francisco.
Low Pressure Area
The rains came from a low
pressure area off Washington
and Oregon which was reported
breaking up. However, another
low center in the storm-spawning
Gulf of Alaska was headed
southward toward the Washing
ton coast.
Meanwhile, there were, these
developments in the aftermath
of California's disastrous storms
and floods:
1. The death toll from the
floods climbed to 75 in Califor
nia, with 34 in Yuba City alone.
2. The Sutter county grand
jury planned to investigate the
Yuba City disaster. Mrs. Angela
Hauss, foreman, said the jury
will assess the actions of public
officials . who were . respsjiaRjS?
for the maintenance of levees,
warning of flood danger to the
public and for handling the sit
uation after the flood.
Emergency Loans
3. The Farmers Home Admin
istration announced that emerg
ency loans would be given to
farm owners or operators and
stockmen who suffered flood
losses. .
4. The U. S. Army Engineers
awarded $700,000 in contracts
for repairing levees in, the Sacramento-San
Joaquin river delta
area. San Francisco Bridge Co.
received a $400,000 contract for
repairs along the Empire Tract
and Olympian Dredging Co., San
Francisco, received a $300,000
contract for repairs on Quimby
Island. ,
5. : Western Pacific Railroad
said a rock slide which blocked
the main line through the Feath
er River canyoh is expected to
be cleared today. The slide was
located 45 miles northeast of
Oroville.
Sports Bulletins
Medford high overcame a
seven-point first quarter defi
cit here last night and went on
to score its second Southern
Oregon Conference basketball
victory of the-season over Ash
land. 70 to 56. Ashland led
at the quarter 13 to 12, but
Medford was on top 35 to 21
at halftime and 47 to 37 at the
third period break. Dick Cop
pie tallied 20 points and Neil
Plumley 15 for Medford. Gene
Parent and Phil Sword re
corded 15 and 14, respective
ly, for the Grizzlies.
Cave Junction ' Crater
High was on top -all the way
here last night in a 67 to 38
Rogue League basketball de
cision over the Illinois Valley
Cougars. Comet quarterly ad
vantages were 14 to 8, 42 to
17 and 55 to 25. John Shama,
Crater, was high point man
with 12.
Klamath Falls 67, Grants
Pass 58.
Eagle Point Phoenix high
edged Eagle Point 48 to 44 here
last night in a Rogue League
basketball contest. The Pirates
had a 25 to 23 halftime lead
in getting their second loop
win over the Eagles. Bill Mad
den collected 16 points and
Jim Korih 15 for Phoenix and
Ron Veach 12 for Eagle Point.
Santa Monica, Calif. (U.R)
A small private plane crashed
today just short of : the Santa
Monica ' municipal airport, skid
ded two blocks down a street
and struck a tree. The only per
son injured was the pilot who
sustained a head bump and a cut
finger.
WC? M0ft voi erSv' r W II 1
Mid-East Advisor
To Present Plan
From Anthony Eden
Will Urge American
Membership In Pact
London (U.R) Prime Minister
Sir Anthony Eden will dispatch
his top mid-east advisor to Wash
ington next week with a sweep
ing five-point plan for western
action in the troubled Middle
East, official sources disclosed
Saturday. .
The plan will urge American
membership in the Baghdad de
fense pact along with Britain,
Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Pakis
tan, the sources said.
Preparations for Talks
The proposals will be coordin
ated with American suggestions
in preparation for the talks be
tween Eden and President Eisen
hower in Washington starting
Jan. 30.
Evelyn Shuckburgh, foreign
office chief policy advisor, will
present a blueprint based on a
a two-day secret meeting here
between Foreign Secretary Sel
wyn Lloyd and the British Mid
dle East ambassadors this week.
Center piece of the project is
a tentative plan for a fully co
ordinated system of financial,
economic and technical assist
ance grants to the Middle East
countries. This might be linked
the area.
Pledge Assistance
The plan provides further for
a strong warning against ag
gression in the area, and a
pledge of assistance to the at
tacked party, informed sources
said.
This amounts to a re-affirmation
of the 1950 tri-partite dec
laration (Britain, the United
States, France), but with possible
additional safeguards against ag
gression or change of the status
quo by force. The 1950 declara
tion deals with arms shipments
to the Middle East with an eye
towards maintaining a balance
of power. ,. ; ,
. The plan envisions a complete
review of the present arms sup
play program to Middle East na
tions, with new safeguards
against an arms race in the ex
plosive area.
President Calls
GOP Head Meeting
Washington ' (U,R) Presi
dent Eisenhower has called Re
publican congressional leaders
to the White House Tuesday for
his first meeting with them since
the 1956 session of Congress
began.
The conference also will be
the first Mr. Eisenhower has
held with his legislative leaders
since Dec. 12 when he discussed
the administration program for
this year.
Whether the session will mark
the resumption of weekly con
ferences between the chief exe
cutive and GOP legislative lead
ers will depend largely on Mr.
Eisenhower's regimen while he
continues to recuperate from his
heart attack.
No agenda is made available in
advance of the meeting, but the
Tuesday session, coming the day
after submission of the Presi
dent's new farm program, is
almost certain' to take up that
touchy subject particularly re
action to the soil bank idea for
cutting down on surpluses.
Sherman Oaks, Calif. (U.R)
Bulldozers tore at a moving
mountain of earth Saturday in
an attempt to save a $33,000
home from being crushed into a
pile of rubble.
Air Force, FBI, Police Join Forces To
Arrest Man Who Admits Extortion Plot
Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.R)
A twin-engined Air Force plane
trailed "an intended extortion
victim's car and sent a radio
message that helped FBI agents
and police in arresting a man
who admitted the plot, federal
authorities said Saturday. .
The suspect, Norman Ray
mond Carver, 64, a former bowl
ing alley operator now unem
ployed, signed a statement ad
mitting the attempt to obtain
$30,000 from H. Chase Stone, 56,
president cf the First National
Bank of Colorado Springs, the
FBI said.
Waives Hearing
Carver waived a preliminary
hearing yesterday before U. S.
Deputy Commissioner James C.
Cages who set bond at $10,000.
He was bound over for trial in
Federal District Court at Den
ver. The elaborate device to trap
tha extortionist wai organized.
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IKE ASKS FOR FLOOD INSURANCE Dick Tribe (left)
and Herbert Miller, assistant executive clerk of the White
House, arrive at the capitol carrying copies of President
Eisenhower's State of the Union message to be read to
the Senate and House. In the message, the President asked
Congress to authorize flood loss insurance up to three bil
lion dollars. Individual covered by policy would pay 60
per cent of premium, participating states 20 per cent and
the federal government 20 per cent.
edford's Combined
illacfe Rate Lowest
Of 54 State
Medford has the lowest com
bined millage . rate of any city
in. Oregon of 2,500 population
or more, according to the an
nual compilation of the League
of Oregon Cities.
Medford's combined rate of
57.4 mills is the lowest of 54
cities having more than 2,500
people. Only 17 incorporated
communities had lower millage
rates, and all were in the small
city class.
The combined millage rate
in Medford includes levies of 8.7
by the county, 39.8 by the
school district and 18.9 by the
city.
The 18.9 Medford city levy
for fiscal year .1955-56 is 1.7
mills below the average levy
of 20.6 mills in Oregon cities
this fiscal year, the annual pro
perty tax levy report shows.
Medford is one of 101 cities in
Oregon with a tax levy below
20 mills, which was the aver
age rate levied in cities in the
state last year. City rates range
from 3.4 mills at Imbler to 77.1
in Falls City.
Combined millage rates, and
city levies, in that order, of
other Jackson County cities are
Ashland, 68.7, 13.2; Central
Point, 66.7, 17.6; Jacksonville,
76.4, 17.5; Eagle Point, 84.1,
25.2; Gold Hill, 68.7, 19.6; Rogue
River, 74.7, 15; Phoenix, 83.7,
24.8; Talent, 80.6, 20.6; and
Butte Falls, 67.6, 8.7.
The assessed valuation of
land within incorporated city
limits in Jackson county totals
$36,672,421, or 45.4 per cent of
the total assessed valuation of
Friday after Stone had received
the second of two letters de
manding money. The first, in
November, asked $25,000 and
the FBI said Stone attempted to
comply but that no contact could
be made with the man demand
ing the money.
: A subsequent letter said Stone
had not followed his original in
structions. The third letter asked $30,000
and ordered Stone to drive along
a 15-mile circuitous route in
Colorado Springs and its envir
ons and then throw the bundle
of money out the window of his
car at a designated spot.
Organize Trap
Webb W. Burke, FBI agent in
charge at Denver, and Police
Chief I. B. Bruce of Colorado
Springs organized the trap after
enlisting the aid of the 44th Air
Rescue squadron at Lowry Air
Force Base, Denver.
Stone' car was marked with
JNE
5ress Full Leased Wire
Price 5c
BDSUllOt
lim
Cities
$80,732,148.. The 10 cities of
Jackson county provide $2,511,;
690 through combined tax lev
ies, or 49.1 per cent of the total
$5,110,880 derived through
combined tax levies in the
county. .
Equalization Program
Herman Kehrli, ., director of
the bureau of municipal re
search and service of ' the
League of Oregon Cities, noted
that, on a state-wide basis, the
equalization program has result
ed in a shift of property taxes
from personal and utility prop
erty to real property. .
The most extreme shift, he
said, , occurred in . Jackson
county from a combination of
state and local programs. Real
property in Jackson . . county
constitutes 69 per cent of the
total : assessed value this fiscal
year, compared to 61.4 per cent
last year. The proportionate
value of , personal property
dropped from 22.7 per cent last
year to 17.5 per cent this year,
and utility ' property dropped
from 16.6 per cent to 14.2 per
cent, he noted.
Kehrli pointed out, however,
that "it must be recognized
that both the state program and
the programs in most counties
are at best still inadequate and
piecemeal." , He added that
equity in property taxation de
mands sufficient qualified per
sonnel to reappraise all classes
of property and to keep valua
tion information up to date,' a
program which remains "the
basic responsibility of the coun
ties." luminous paint on its top surface
so that the car would be visible
from the air but not from any
one on the ground.
. He followed the route while
Maj. Marshall Frederickson,
commanding officer of the 44th
Air Rescue squadron, and Colo
rado Springs Detective Capt.
Homer Beattie - observed pro
gress of his car from an Air
Force SA-16 amphibian search
plane. -
When the car reached the
rendezvous and stopped the
plane sent a radio message to
agents and policemen on the
ground.
However, no direct contact
was made by the attempted ex
tortionist Friday night, the FBI
said. Carver was arrested after
a check of license plates of auto
mobiles in the area. Burke said
the plates on Carver's car were
observed twice, and the arrest
followed.
Weather
FORECAST Fog or low clouds
this morning; partially clear
ing by noon; increasing high
clouds this afternoon; snow
' late tonight or early Monday
with heavy accumulation in
the mountains. Snow showers
Monday afternoon. High to
day, 42; low tonight 28; high
Monday 35.
No. 247
American Flag Is
Ripped From Pole;
Six Hospitalized
Caretaker Government
Forced To Resign
Jerusalem (U.R) Anti
western rioters stormed .the
American consulate in the Jor
danian sector of Jerusalem and
ripped down the American flag
Saturday in a new outbreak of
violence that forced Jordan's
caretaker government to resign.
Troops of Jordan's famed
Arab Legion opened fire on the '
angry mob.
In Amman, capital of Jordan,
rioters set fire to the offices
of the United States Point Four
and the United Nations refugee
programs and to the offices of
the British Middle East bank. .
Troops and police let the mobs
go unchecked through the capi
tal and concentrated on protect
ing foreign embassies and lega
tions. Six Hospitalized
Six persons were hospitalized
in Jerusalem with wounds -from
tear gas bomb shrapnel and bul-
lets. Sixteen other injured were
given first aid treatment.
Press reports received in Da
mascus, Syria, said seven dem-,
onstrators were shot to death
by Arab Legionnaires in Amman
and Jerusalem. The reports said ;
the Legionnaires swept the
streets of the capital with ma-.
chine . gun fire in , an effort to ;
restore order.
' , The . Jerusalem radio an
nounced a dawn-to-dusk curfew
for both cities following a day
which started with a general
strike in: all Jordan's cities and
demonstrations denouncing the.
Baghdad pact and. demanding
immediate nation-wide elections.
Gather At Consulate
! At 4 p.m. a large mob gath
ered outside the American con
sulate and United States author
ities called the Arab Legion to
ask for protection. One platoon
was immediately sent to the
consulate. A" Legion officer
warned the mob, by then esti
mated at about 500 persons, that
the troops would open fire if an
attempt were made to enter the
consulate grounds.
When the demonstrators start
ed stoning the building and
smashing at the two street doors
of the consulate gardens, the
Legion opened fire and threw
tear gas bombs.
The grounds were finally
cleared, but only after the mob
tore down the American flag
suspended from a steel flagpole
in the consulate garden. The
tattered flag was reclaimed by
the consulate.
An automobile belonging to
Point Four officials was set
afire.
The caretaker government of
Premier Abrahim Pasha Hashem
submitted its resignation to King
Hussein. The king asked Hashem
to remain in office until a new
premier is designated.
The anti-Western demonstrat-.
ors were protesting possible Jor
danian membership in the Bagh
dad pact defense alliance, and
the government's about-face on
the dissolution of parliament.
The United States is not a mem
ber of the pact ringing Russia's
southern frontier, but is a strong
supporter of it.
The collapse of Hashem's
regime threw Jordan into a
crisis that threatened Anglo-
American planning for the Mid
dle East. President Eisenhower
and British Prime Minister Sir
Anthony Eden have scheduled
talks -later this month in Wash
ington on the Middle East situa
tion. .
Turmoil was spreading
through the strategic area.
In the Arab-Israeli dispute, an
authoritative Cairo newspaper ;
reported that Egypt's army on.
the Palestine front has now re- '.
ceived new Communist arms and
is "ready for action." - -
In Jordan's neighbor Leb
anon, cabinet members were
squabbling over a crisis sharp
ened by differences over West-,
ern aid. Three ministers quit
Saturday, , but withdrew their
resignations when the govern
ment accepted certain conditions
they had imposed for future cc-
operation. '
Washington U.R) Sens.
Wayne Morse and Richard L.
Neuberger asked President Eis
enhower Saturday to support "a .
greatly expanded flood control
program.'