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IKE'S LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM GETS GOOD
CHANCE OF PASSAGE
Washington U.R) Repub
lican congressional leaders gave
President Eisenhower an opti
mistic report today on the
chances of Congress passing the
bulk of the administration's new
legislative program.
In an 80-minute conference at
the White House, the President
and his congressional lieutenants
agreed that the new farm pro
gram which Mr. Eisenhower out
lined in a special message yester
day should get a high priority
in Congress. ;
Tax Cut Study
Senate Republican Leader Wil
liam F. Knowland of California
also said it will be necessary to
fptake a look at the budget situa
tion on April 1 before deciding
what can be done about an elec
tion year tax cut.
Mr. Eisenhower in 'his State
of the Union Message last week
ruled out tax relief until the
budget is balanced and at least
a '"modest" payment 'can be
made on the national debt.
It was Mr. Eisenhower's first
meeting with GOP congressional
leaders since Congress convened
last week. Knowland said the
leaders told the President that
his State of the Union and Farm
messages both, had been "well
received" on Capitol Hill.
No Political Talk
Knowland and House GOP
Leader Joseph E. Martin Jr. of
Massachusetts emphasized that
politics and the question of Mr.
Eisenhower's running for a sec
Gold Hill Home
Destroyed by Fire
Central Point Fire of unde
termined origin destroyed the
two-story home of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Strang on the Sams Val
ley road about 5 p.m. yesterday.
A pumper truck from Central
Point Rural Fire Protection dis-1
trict protected a smaller house
and garage near the larger
house, which recently had been
refinished. The fire was report
ed by Mrs. Frank Straus, and
was discovered by Albert Straus,
a brother-in-law.
pick Krupp, rural fire district
chief, said the department was
not able to fully determine if
the building was within the dis
trict boundary when they re
ceived the report.
On arrival at the scene, he
said, the house was just outside
the district, but since a pumper
truck was there, the department
prevented the fire from spread
ing. The residence was located
about five. miles from Gold Hill
Krupp said the fire was dis
covered .too late to save any
thins, and both Mr. and Mrs
fitran? were working at the
time. Both are employed at the
Western Thrift Store in Med-
ford.
Krupp pointed out that while
the numrjer was at the fire, an
other crew was standing by at
the main station here.
Southwest Oregon
To Get More Rain
By UNITED. PRESS
Rain-soaked southwest Oregon
got little hope of relief today in
the weather bureau's outlook
through next Sunday. ' .
From three to four inches of
"rain was expected in the area
during the next five days, with
lessed amounts elsewhere in the
state. Only slight precipitation
was forecast ir eastern Oregon
with about an inch in interior
valleys.
During the 24 hours ending at
4:30 a.m. today Brookings, on
the extreme southwest coast, got
1.22 inches and North Bend had
1M. Portland had .19, Salem
13 and Eugene and Roseburg
.33. :
All streams were ejected to
fall slowly or change little dur
ing the next cay or two.
Man, Half Starved, Released From Iced
Railroad Car; Condition Claimed 'Fair'
Logansport, Ind. U.R) A
half-starved man freed" from im
prisonment in a railroad freight
car in below freezing tempera
tures was reported in "fair" con
dition at Memorial hospitalo to
day. . .
Door Slams Shut ,
Authorities said that Rudolph
Krause, 27, Oak Lawn, 111., a
transient worker, i boarded the
car laden with canned tuna fish
,in sunny Kingman, Ariz. The
door was slammed and locked
when the train started, trapping
ond term were not discussed.
Knowland said today's confer
ence was devoted to a. discussion
of school taid, the budget, eco
nomic conditions, highway' legis
lation, and taxes, as well as the
farm problem.
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Area Guard Unit
Artillery To Be
Converted Soon
Ashland Conversion of Ash'
land National Guard Headquar
ters battery, 732nd . battalion.
from conventional artillery to
electronically controlled "sky
sweeper" artillery is expected
soon, according to Capt. Ardis
N. Warren, battery commander.
The battalion is to be the first
Oregon unit to receive the' new
type anti-aircraft guns and a full
roster of trained men will be
needed to man them, Lt. Col.
Francis C. Ayres, commanding
officer of the 732nd battalion
said.
The unit needs about 21 men
to bring strength to the requir
ed 94 officers and men. An en
listment drive will start Jan. 15
with a day long' recruiting cam
paign by all personnel.
A display of weapons and
field equipment will be set up
in the Ashland armory and on
the street.
Men wishing to enlist may
take physicals and be sworn in
before evening Sunday. They
will receive drill pay for a full
day, Captain Warren said.
Officials Discuss
Damaged Highways
Lowell C. Jensen,, highway
engineer with the Oregon dis
trict of U. S. public roads.' an-
nounced today that civil defense
agencies have agreed to esti
mates of damage to countv roads
prepared by Jensen, the county
court and county engineer.
Jensen, Col. A.. M. Sheets, di
rector of state civil defense;
Charles Beals, state civil de
fense engineer, and Jack Bart-
lett, state highway department,
met .yesterday afternoon with
members of the county court and
the county engineer to discuss
damage estimates in about 40
areas where it was felt aid was
needed. .
The group visited, some of the
areas to survey damage, existing
repairs and new problems of
rehabilitation. Damage to coun
ty federal secondary roads was
much less, than formerly esti
mated, Jensen said Funds for
repairing roads will come from
public roads emergency relief
money.
Jensen said a fine job of
emergency repair has been done
bV the county road department.
Four bridges have been replaced
to service and work is progress
ing on other bridges.
Budget Committee
Meeting Cancelled
The regular meeting of the
Medford citizens budget commit
tee will not be held this month,
Chairman Granvil Brittsan has
announced. The meeting was
scheduled for tonight.
Brittsan said the committee
would start work on the 1956
57 budget at its regular meet
ing next month, when prelimi
nary budgets from various city
departments will be available.
Weather
FORECAST: Light rain late to
night and early Wednesday. A
few showers and partial clear
ing Wednesday afternoon.
Low tonight 38, high tomor
row 48.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 48
Lowest this morning 38
Prec.
To 4:30 a.m. today 01
Krause inside.
He was found semi-conscious
by a railroad inspector yester
day during a" routine check of
the car in the Pennsylvania rail
road yards here. The freight car
was headed from California to
New York.
Condition. Improved
Physicians said Krause was
suffering from malnutrition,
frozen legs and exposure. They
said his legs and general condi
tion showed improvement today.
Winter Vegetable
Crops Hard Hit by
Freeze in Florida
Losses Estimated
Above $10,000,000
Miami, Fla. (U.R) Crop losses
rose above the $10,000,000 mark
today in sub-freezing tempera
tures and frost that blanketed
all of Florida for the second
straight day.
Weathermen did not expect
relief until tomorrow.
Considerable damage to the
winter crops of tomatoes, squash
and beans was reported. More
than 35,000 acres of vegetables
were lost in Dade county alone,
hardest hit area south of Miami.
The "unusual" Florida weath
er was blamed on a freak storm
hovering off the Atlantic coast
between the mainland and Ber
muda. Tourists, paying $40 a day to
shiver in the 40-degree weather,
kept warm at least under the
collar thinking about their hotel
bills.
The vacationists stayed away
in droves from the city's famed
pools and beaches. An early aft
ernoon tour of 20 miles of beach
yesterday showed .only five per
sons on the sand.
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Meyer,
Belleville, 111., were one of the
"sad" couples.
"It was 60 degrees in Belle
ville when we left there last
Wednesday," Mrs. Meyer said.
"We're going back just' as
soon as we can find the other
half of our bus ticket which
we lost around here some place,"
her husband added.
Even the birds that flew south
for the winter were having a
hard time. Food fish took to
deeper water and ducks and
gulls were snatching fishermen's
baits.
Hardest hit in the new cold
wave was south Florida's tender
vegetable crops. Yesterday 40
per cent of the vegetables lay
in ruin.
Farmers throughout the state
reported temperatures in the
mid-20s and low 30s.
Advisers Discussing
President's Future
Washington U.P.) Indica
tions grew today that President
Eisenhower's political advisers
were ready- to start formulating
for him their recommendations
on the question of a second term.
' ' A report that was not denied
said that 11 Republican leaders
would meet today at the office
of Attorney General Herbert
Brownell Jr., to discuss the
President's political future.
The report originated with
NBC Commentator Ray Henle.
He said he had been reliably
informed that Mr. Eisenhower
"has decided to run for another
term" and that the meeting
would "discuss the time and
method by which the President
will communicate his decision
to the public." . .
Brownell, confronted by re
porters at a party for Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon, neither
confirmed- nor denied the Henle
report.
Motor Vessel Sinks
Off Holland Coast
London U.R) A Norwegian
motor vessel collided with a
Brazilian freighter today- and
sank 15 miles off the northwest
ern Dutch ort of Den Helder.
First reports said one member
Siruen was saved and a lifeboat
of the 288-ton Norwegian vessel
of the 5406-ton Brazilian ship
Loide-Venezuela was searching
for. possible survivors. Number
aboard was not .-immediately
known but it was believed that
seven or eight crew members
may have drowned.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 476.12, off 3.62; 20 rail
roads 157.68, off 1.01; 15 utilities
6.45, off 0.16, and 65 stocks
168-.30 off 1.08. Sales today were
about 2,640,000 shares compared
with 2,700,000 yesterday.
A police search of the freight
car showed that in his despera
tion, ( Krause had ripped open
boxes and managed to get at. the
contents of four cans of tuna by
smashing them on metal bolts
in the car.
Searching for Work
Krause told authorities he was
traveling east in search of work.
He said he had been a. taxi
driver and railroad worker in
previous jobs.
When found, Krause was wear
ing a shirt, trousers and a light
jacket.
Medford
United Press Full Leased Wire
j50th Year 22 Pages ;
Republicans Brand
Inquiry 'Smearf
Of Administration
Joint Committee t
Conducts Hearings
Washington (U.R) Sen. W.
Kerr Scott (D-N.C.) charged to
day that "questionable practices"
were involved in the Interior De
partment's " granting of ' mining
claims in a timber-rich tract of
government land in Oregon
Scott made the statement as a
Senate-House committee which
he heads began public hearings
on a dispute over 15 mining
-claims. Full title to the claims,
and about $70,000 worth of tim
ber on them, was awarded last
year to the Al Sarena Mining
Company by order of Undersec
retary of Interior Clarence A.
Davis. ;."'.'
Republicans on the subcom
mittee promptly rallied jto the
administration's defense?' brand
ing the inquiry a "smear" and a
"political maneuver."
1352 Ruling Made
The Interior Department had
ruled in 1952 that the disputed
lands were "not sufficinetly min
eralized" to qualify for mining
claims. The claims are in the
Rogue River national forest, anrf
the U. S. Forest Service protest
ed against the grant., r' .- .-jrf?
Scott, in a prepared statement,
said he was "disturbed about the
disclosures that some of tfie
physical evidence in this matter
was dumped in the Rogue river."
At - an earlier hearing there
was testimony that partial sam
ples on which the decision to
grant the claims was based were
thrown in the river.
Scott said .there have been
charges the hearing was prompt
ed by "politics," but added such
a charge "is a defense of those
who have something to hide."
Rep. Clare E. Hoffman (R
Mich.) countered with a state
ment that the hearings are a
"smear."
Samples Said Discarded
"The Al Sarena case," he said,
"is one of the noteworthy ex
amples of the lengths to which
the Democratic opponents of the
Eisenhower administration are
willing to go in their attempts
to smear the Interior Department
and Secretary McKay."
All of the mineral samples
taken in 1953 from the claims,
and on which the 1955 award
was based, have been thrown
away, the only witness ques
tioned during a morning session
said. He was J. A. McDaniel, an
employee of the A. W. Williams
Inspection Company of Mobile,
Ala.
McDaniel testified the samples
showed gold and silver values
ranging from 70 cents to $4.20 a
ton. He also verified results of
earlier assays he made for the
mine management which
showed much lower mineral
value.
Bank Plans $150,000
Expansion at Ashland
Ashland Construction of a
new $150,000 building to house
the Ashland branch of the U.S.
National Bank of Portland will
begin this month.
The building, which will front
on Second st., will feature a
drive-in banking window, park
ing; an after-hours window, and
a night depository. It will be of
modern, attractive design, ac
cording to E. C. Sammons, bank
president, who said its erection
only seven months after estab
lishment of an Ashland branch
is evidence of the bank's confi
dence in Ashland and its future.
James S. Hickey, Inc., is the
general contractor, and Jacob
berger, Stanton, Franks and
Norman is the architectural
firm.
London (U.R) An earth
temblor lasting 10 seconds gent
ly rocked houses and buildings
over a wide section of Leices
tershire in Central England this
morning.
There were no reports of
damages.
WESF TjtE-PRACtlCE
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MEDFOr
MARRIED Lendel Buttram of Shady Cove
and Janet Stuart of Medford were married in
the Jackson county jail yesterday afternoon
Youth Facing Term
In Prison Married
lii Jaif Yesterday
An 18-year-old Jackson county
youth facing a three-year term
in the state penitentiary was
married to his sweetheart, also
18, in the Jackson county jail
yesterday afternoon.
Under special permission
from county officials, Lendel
Buttram, Shady Cove, and Janet
Stuart of Medford were married
at 3:30 p.m. by the Rev. George
R. V. Bblster.
Buttram, sentenced several
weeks ago by Judge H. K. Han
na on a charge of burglary not
in a dwelling,' will be taken to
Salem later this week by sher
iff's deputies to begin serving
his sentence. Previously , in
trouble because of law violations
he had been placed on probation
by Judge Hanna because of his
youth, but was taken into cus
tody again in less than a month,
charged with probation violations-
Ceremony Witnesses ' .
The ceremony was witnessed
by the young man's mother,
Mrs. Wayne Buttram, Shady
Cove, and sheriff's deputies. His
father had refused to attend.
Miss Stuart's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Stuart, also of
Shady Cove, had promised to
attend and the ceremony was
delayed half-an-hour awaiting
their arrival but was final held
without them. ...-.
Buttram and Miss Stuart met
about six months ago, ; and ac
cording to District Attorney Wal
ter 'Nunley, the girl had called
at his office to discuss Buttram,
and said they wanted to be mar
ried. Nunley pleaded with the
girl to "think it over for three
months" and when Buttram was
placed on probation, the terms
included the stipulation that the
couple should not see one an
other for a time. Nunley said
this was done for "the girl's
protection."
The bride is employed in Med
ford, and will be permitted to
visit her husband after a month's
time. She is hopeful that he will
be paroled before his sentence
is complete. .
Hopes It Will Work
Buttram's mother stated yes
terday that her son "always
thought everyone was against
him,"' and said she was pleased
when he fell in love with a "nice
girl" like Miss Stuart. "I'm hop
ing and praying that this will
work out," she said- '
Mrs. Buttram was somewhat
bitter over the treatment her
son had received, feeling offic
ials had been too severe, but
Nunley said the young man's
record for some time past has
been bad. He had previously
been committed to Woodburn,
I where he participated in an at-
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V ;
i, JANUARY 10, 1956
Commission Proposes
Acj r ic y It u ra 1 Zone;
Pu b I it H ea r f n a Set
N The Medford city . planning
commission last night, called a
public hearing Feb. - '13 ' on
changes of zoning ordinances to
set up an . agricultural zone
within the city. ' ' '
Donald G. Tloot, who prepared
recommendations for the pro
posed zone, said it" is designed
for protection from unreason
able abuses within the city,' but
should not be too restrictive.
Confer with Agents
. . Root said he ..conferred with
members of the .county agent's
office in drawing' up zone re
quirements, and it is belie.ved
the new zone would not eause
a hardship on anyone Tliving in
areas now proposed for annexa
tion to Medford.
- Land to be included in the
agricultural zone must have a
minimum of two acres. Goat, and
cattle dairies and places raising
hogs must have a minimum of
20 acres. Dog and cat pounds,
menageries, and riding - acade
mies must have at least five
acres, according to the proposed
zone. -
Baghdad Countries
Work on Alliance
Baghdad, Iraq U.R)The Eco
nomic Committee of the five-nation
Baghdad Pact, including
teams of atomic experts, met
here today to put the anti-Communist
alliance on a working
basis. .
Its work was- hampered by
continued, though less violent,
demonstrations against the pact
in Jordan and Syria and by a
reported clash 'between Israeli
and Jordanian forces in the Bib
lical Judean Hills.
Delegates from Britain, Iran,
Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey met
in Kezhur Palace for two days
of closed sessions with U. S. Am
bassador to Baghdad Waldemar
Gallman as an observer. The
United States supports but does
not belong to the pact. '.
Delegates, led by ambassadors,
considered technical reports on
how to develop, mutual aid poli
cies in the fact of Communist ad
vances in the Middle East.
tempt to escape, during which
a guard had been wounded, and
that he had also served a term
in a Marion county jail.
Mr. Bolster consented to per
form the ceremony only after
extensive interviews with , both
young people and officials con
cerned with the case. It is re
portedly the first wedding ever
performed jn the Jackson county
jail. ' ; ';'-; ; ;
Price 5c
No. 249
by the Rev. George R. V. Bolster. Buttram,
faces a three-year sentence in the. peniten- -tiary.
. (Brainerd photo)
. The zone includes one family
; dwellings, golf courses, - field
crops, including established or
chards; riding stables, and loca
tions maintaining not more than
six swine. It permits accessory
buildings ' essential to opera
tions,; provided no building is
more? than 35 feet in height or
more than two and one - half
stories.. .One sales stand per
place not to exceed 200 square
feet in area is permitted for the
sale of those products produced
on the premises.
Parking Space
Requirements provide t h a t
parking space must be provided
on the property for automobiles
of all personnel employed or
operating -on the . property. Size
and number of signs are' lim
ited. Tracts of land less than two
acres in area would be limited
to uses and conditions allowed
in class 1-A single family zone,
which permits some agriculture.
.In the single family zone the
number of animals or fowls
which can be kept within a giv
en area would be limited and
barns or - pens for animals or
fowls and colonies of bees
should" be located not closer
than 70 feet from the front prop
erty line nor closer than 50 feet
from any residence. -
The zone would provide that
animals or" fowls be properly
housed and proper sanitation be
maintained. All animal or poul
try food should be stored m rod
ent proof receptacles.' ,
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Short creek Poiygamists
Threaten Use of Violence
Short Creek, Utah U.R) Au-i where the children stood. The
thorities attempting to gain cus-1 townspeople told officers they
today today of eight chiidren would have to "push their way
born to . polygamous parents
withdrew from Short Creek to
.day after townspeople threaten
ed violence rather than give up
the youngsters.
Refused To Sign Promise
Sixth District Juvenile Court
at St. George had ordered the
eight children of Leonard and
Vera Black taken into custody
and turned over to welfare offi
cials unless the parents prom
ised to refrain from practice of
polygamy and teaching it to the
children. The parents had until
today to sign affidavits making
the promises. , - ' ' -
They refused.
Officers attempting to enforce
the court order were turned
back by massed townspeople
who stood m front at the room
Traffic Mishaps
Occur at Rate
Of 100 an Hour
Storm Slackens
Oh Eastern Seaboard
By UNITED PRESS
An icy winter storm drove out
ofthe East today, reversing the
normal flow of weather and
sending traffic accidents soar
ing as far west as Chicago..
The storm, which ranked as
the East's worst wintry blast in
seven years, spread freezing rain
over Ohio, Lower Michigan,
Northeast Indiana, and Northern
Illinois.
m
' In Chicago, police reported
that traffic accidents were occur
ring at a rate of 100 an hour
early today. In the city's park
districts, where traffic usually
moves taster, tne rate was auu
smashups every hour.
Storm Slackens
Along the ice-glazed Eastern
Seaboard, the storm slackened
somewhat: But sub-freezing wea
ther gripped the southland, caus
ing damage estimated at more;
thanlO million dollars to Florida
truck crops..
Rains continued to pound New
England and the Middle Atlan
tic states, ' while rain, snow and
freezing drizzle iced the East-,
era Great Lakes, parts of the
Ohio Valley, and western por
tions of Virginia and Uprth
Carolina. .
The wintry blast. springs from
a huge low pressure system cen
tered off the Virginia and North
Carolina coasts. It was .so big
that the usual flow of weather
from West to East was stopped
in its tracks and began' moving
the other way..
Snow Flurries Forecast
The U.S. Weather Bureau fore
cast snow flurries and a band
of freezing drizzle as far west
as Illinois and eastern Wiscon
sin. All roads in Western" Penn
sylvania were already iced-over,:
causing- two deaths, and snow,
sleet, and freezing rain lashed
Michigan and eastern Indiana.
On the East Coast, the ice
storm ranked as the worst since
a disastrous sleet, storm in 1949.
At least 10 dead were counted
in live states ana scores oi cars
skidded into smashups.
- Trr i i ..
-, w cLusing was almost as danger
ous as driving at the storm's
height Monday. Pedestrians by
the score took . headers on the
ice-slicked sidewalks and ' then
headed to the hospitals for treat!
ment of sprains and bruises.
The traffic-crippling glaze
melted under mild temperatures
in New York City and elsewhere
in the Northeast. But the ice was
still so dangerous in the Wash-'
ington, D.C., area Monday night
that officials warned all high
ways were "sheets of ice" and
motorists should stay home ex
cept in extreme emergencies.
Acapulco Tourists
nee Amra Kumors
Acapulco, Mexico (U.R) -
Mayor Efren Villalvazo said to
day that panic and rumors that
followed a series of mild earth
temblors here caused 5000 tour
ists, many of them: Americans, to
flee the city.
"There never was any danger"
he said. "Even if there had been,
it's all over now. The panic and
rumors have done more harm
than the earthquakes."
The earthquake rocked the
tropic resort for 10 seconds Sun
day morning and was followed
Monday by a series of minor
tremorsDamage was slight.
But thousands of cautious
Mexican and- American tourists
hurried home, leaving dazed ho
tel managers looking iri bewild
erment at the half-filled reserva
tion lisjs. Rooms are normally
almost impossible to find in the
middle of the winter season.
Sheriff Roy Renouf, La Var
Andrews of the Utah Welfare
Commission, and Jay Huntsman,
St. George probation officer,
withdrew rather than resort to
violence.
Told Not To Use Force
Director John Farr Larson of
the Bureau of Children Services
of the Utah Welfare Commission
said officers had been told not
to use force but return to St.
George for instructions if any
one interfered with execution
of the court order.
The Blacks, were involved in
a mass 1953 raid on Short Creek,
Ariz., just across the border.
Black later pleaded guilty to
a charge of conspiring to prac
tice polygamy and was placed
on probation.
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