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I First 0 u teroRDe- Tribune Umtea Press Full Leased Wire S' ... pi-ess Full Leased Wire . ! ; Z -rv'A 50th Year 16 Pages Fireman escue Tw Boy and Father Plunge Through Kellogg Lake Ice - Monroe Sweetland Aids in Rescue . Milwaukie (U.PJ A Milwau kie fireman was drowned yester day when he fell through the ice on Kellogg lake while at tempting to rescue a 13-year-old boy and his father who had plunged through the ice into the lake. ; ' , Warren Nott, 42, had gone out with a ladder in an attempt to bring the boy and his father to safety. Unable to rescue them he started to return to shore for aid when the plunged into 10 feet of icy water 20 feet from shore. : ' Sweetland Pulls Man Out -. Monroe Sweetland, Oregon's Democratic national committee man who lives nearby, pulled Nott from the water but at tempts to revive the fireman failed. Michael O. Daley, 13, was skating on the lake early in the afternoon when the ice gave way. His father, Clarence Daley, 47, was on the bank and wit nessed the mishap. He immedi ately went to the rescue of his j son, only to meet the same fate. Sweetland and other persons who rushed to the scene tried to recover the two from the icy water before firemen arrived but were unable to bring them to shore. ? -J1 j Attempt Fails Nott had gone out with a lad der, thinking the ice strong enough,, to support him. He slid the ladder toward the father, then walked the rungs toward the man. He attempted to lift him from the frigid water, but was unable to do so. After starting toward shore, Nott stepped off the rungs of the ladder and was sucked into the icy waters. . . . In the meantime, C. Girard Davidson, a Portland attorney, and Keith Burns, a Willamette University law student, who were guests at the Sweetland home, used 'a hoeand .a piece of pipe to break the ice and reach the father and son in a small boat. Suffering Exposure Both were pulled from the water suffering from exposure but were reported to be in good condition at a Portland hospital. Also in the hospital as a re sult of the afternoon's tragedy was Robert Mathis, a 26-year-old Milwaukie policeman. Mathis attempted to get Nott from the water after the fireman had cracked through the thin two-inch layer of ice. He suffer ed several cuts from the jagged edges of the broken ice and also from exposure. He was de icribed as in good ' condition, however. '..' Cascade Gorge Wreck Injures Six Youths Six teenagers, all believed residents of the Grants Pass area, were injured about 3 p.m. yesterday when a car in which they were riding skidded on : Highway (52 at Cascade Gorge and flipped bottom side up. Ronald Renfro, 18, of 808 Northwest Fifth st., Grants Pass, suffered a possible pelvic fracture, according to state po lice reports. Renfro was taken to Josephine Generaf hospital by Medford Ambulance service. Other occupants suffered cuts and bruises and were taken to the Doctor's Clinic at Shady Cove. They were' Gary Lee Peterson, 17, driver of the car; Roger Taylor, 18, Charlie Clark, 18, and two girls, Jackie Wood son, 16, and Ann Shirley 16. Three persons were injured f ih another accident when a car driven by William Bohl, 23, of 3092 Jacksonville hwy., failed to make a turn on Oak Grove rd. about 1:15 a.m. today, ac cording to state police. Bohl and Mary Lou Henson, 22, also of 3092 Jacksonville hwy., were taken to Community hospital by Medford Ambulance service where they were report ed in good condition today. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONr Irowii COAST HIGHWAY BURIED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA heavy equipment bite into 50,000 tons of dirt that buried U. avalanche two miles north of Santa Monica. It was first caught in the slide that occurred during rush hour traffic. Oregon Accidents Claim Eight Lives By UNITED PRESS Oregon counted eight f atali ties; in, a variety of accidents throughout the state during, the week end. One .fatality was directly at tributed to the highways but four drownings also were the result of a highway mishap. The week end's largest toll came Friday night when four Eugene teenagers, returning from a dance, drowned in the Siuslaw river two miles west of Mapleton when their car went into a ditch, hit a utility pole, veered across the road and plunged into 32 feet of water. Dead in the tragic ' accident were: ' John White, 18; Jannett Elks Dinner Ends RV Hospital Drive The drive to ,raise funds for construction of the proposed $2,000,000 Rogue Valley Memor ial hospital ends- tonight with a report dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Elks club. . ; It will be announced at -the dinner whether or not the two months campaign has been suc cessful in reaching the $850,000 goal. About 220 campaign work ers are expected to attend the dinner". In addition to funds raised by the drive, the hospital will be built with some $563,000 of fed eral funds and more than $600,- 000 which has been pledged by several major donors. Following tonight's dinner, a woman's committee headed by Mrs: ' Chester Guches, will im medately open a subsidiary cam paign to raise funds for purchase of special equipment. Letters are being mailed this week to wom en's civic i groups ' enumerating equipment . needed.. Other, mem bers of the women s committee are Mrjs. Margaret Ames Fluhrer, Mrs. Otto J. Frohnmayer, and Mrs. S. M. Tuttle. - Bids Called for New Grandview Water Main The Grandview Water distrct, whch serves a large area north east of Medford, has called for bids for installation of new water mains and hydrants. . Bids will be due in the -office of A. D. Harvey and S. C. Wat- kins', engineers, in the Goldy building by 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 The district will furnish mater ials, and contractors will lay and install some 4,050 lineal feet of six-inch pipe, 960 feet , of two- inch pipe, six six-inch gate valves, 34 hydrants and auxili ary valves, and 15. service con nections. " . Plans and specifications are available at the engineers' office. . tf o .la'fl viiisuauEtie Garrett, 17; Sharon Singer, 16; and Danny Derschon, 17. -. ;A ,-. traffic accident- in Port land ' claimed the : life of ' M r s. Jessyca Moore Bryant of Port land Friday night when the car in which she was riding struck a traffic divider; on busy Har bor drive. Near ' Roseburg Friday night, an elderly couple lost their lives when fire destroyed their home at Riddle junction. Police identified " the victims as Forrest R." Ream, 62, his wife, Marrie, 63.' A Milwaukie- fireman, 42-year-ojd Warren Nott, drowned Sunday in Kellogg ; lake near Milwaukie when he tried to res cue a 13-year-old boy who had gone through the ice and the boy's father who had responded to the lad's cries for help and broken through to the frigid waters himself. Tickets Available for Lincoln Day Dinner A few tickets remain available for the annual Lincoln day din ner at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Jackson hotel, it was announced this morning. They can be ob tained at the Frake and Smith store, 315 East Main st. Dan Thornton, former gover nor of Colorado- and a close friend and advisor to President Eisenhower, will be the speaker. The 'Lincoln day dinner is the annual get-together of the Jack son County Lincoln club, a Re publican organization. Those in charge of the event said that extra chairs will be put in place about 8 p.m. for those wishing to hear Governor Thornton but who will be unable to attend -the dinner portion of the meeting. Rogue Flood Control Group Meets Tonight A general meeting to attempt to integrate various groups working independently for a Rogue river flood control pro gram will be held at 8 p.m. to night in the Rogue River Veter ans of Foreign Wars hall. Fay I. Bristol, chairman of the Rogue , Flood Control and Water Resources association, an nounced today -that the board of directors desires to report on what has been accomplished and ,get the approval of those inter ested in flood control before continuing. i In a meeting last Tuesday with Grants Pass interests work ing for flood control, there was considerable dissension c o n cerning leadership and methods for obtaining dams that would control the flow of the river, Bristol said. Price 5c No. 272 Construction workers with S. 101 under a 75-foot-deep feared that motorists were ; Asforian To Seek Demo Nomination , I- Astoria U.R) Robert D. Holmes, state senator and Astor ia radioman, today announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor in the May primary elections. , , Holmes, 46, said "the trag ic and untimely death of Gov. Paul Patterson requires both political parties : to give early attention to nominees for this office so that the people of Ore gon may have a chance to scru tinize the candidates carefully and be ready to choose a new chief executive in November." The senator representing Clat sop and Columbia counties makes his home in Gearhart and for the last 12 years has been manager of radio station KAST in Astoria. In the legislature he has served on the Senate Ways and Means, Taxation and As sessment, Education and Inter state Cooperation committees. In 1953 he was chairman of the Education committee and his work earned him the Oregon Education Association title of "citizen of the year." Plans 'Vigorous' Campaign ; Holmes, in announcing his candidacy, said he had receiv ed encouragement from his friends. He promised "a vigor- bus campaign throughout the state .with a frank and full dis cussion of my views on all issues facing Oregon." He said his experience is such that it will give him "if nomin ated and elected the necessary understanding of Oregon's prob lems to reflect wise leadership." Holmes attended University of Oregon and is a past president of the Astoria Rotary club. He has been active in civic affairs in Gearhart and Astoria for a number of years. He is vice-pres ident of the Oregon Broadcasters association. 105 Students Alfend Legislature Program About 105 students from Med ford, Klamath Falls, Ashland and Grants Pass high schools met at the Medford YMCA Saturday to elect student representatives for the Youth Legislature pro gram in Salem, April 27 and 28. The only Medford student; elected to take part in the legis lature ' program, when high school students from all parts of the state take over the reins of state government, was Don Gor don, who was elected reporter. . Students heard local govern mental experts discuss current state problems.' In the afternoon, the students held panels in an at tempt to formulate legislation they felt was needed to solve the problems. ;.. Nebraska Lawyer Admits Offer of . $2500 To Sen. Case Knowland, Johnson Favor Investigation - , Washington U.R) The na tural gas bill, passed its first test vote in the Senate today. The vote came amid bitter controversy over a Nebraska lawyer's admission that, he made a $2500 campaign contribution for a senator who had been ex pected to support the bill. The first vote was on a mo tion by Sen. Charles E. Potter (R-Mich.), an opponent of the bill, to send the measure back to the Senate Commerce Commit tee pending investigation of the campaigning contribution "for Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.). Potter's motion was defeated, 64 to 30. Bill Near Showdown The bill would exempt inde pendent" natural gas producers from direct federal price regula tion. It has been the subject to a tense, three-week Senate de bate in which opponents charged, and supporters denied, that it would sharply hike gas prices to consumers. The house passed a similar bill by six votes last year. : The Senate came to a show down on the measure today with these dramatic developments: i 1. Attorney John M. Neff, 47, Lexington, Neb., identified him self as the mystery man who laid down $2500 for the campaign fund of Sen. Case after ascertain ing that Case favored the bill. Neff said, in a telegram which Case read to the Senate, that he had been "interested in passage" of the gas bill, but insisted the money was offered '."with no strings attached1." Registered Lobbyist Records at Lincoln, Neb., the state capital, showed 'that Neff was registered as a lobbyist for the Superior Oil Co., Austin, Tex., during the 1955 session of the Nebraska Legislature. He op posed an oil and gas conservation bill, which was defeated. ' 2. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Republican Leader William F KritJWland..,of California intro duced a resolution ' authorizing immediate creation of. a special four-member bipartisan commit tee to investigate whether Neff 's donation, which Case has reject ed, was an attempt to "influ ence" Case's vote on the bill.-. Neff, in his telegram to Case, described himself as a "conser vative Republican" who has "been interested- in passage of the gas bill." Neff said he was "incensed" at the implication 'that the contribution, was "a shady deal." , Case sat silently in the Senate chamber as Johnson presented his resolution. Case had told the Senate Friday that he ordered the $2500 contribution returned and that he now plans to vote against the bill. Johnson invited any senator to stand up and say if he knew of any similar contributions to senators favoring the bill. No one rose.-- . Duty To Investigate Johnson said the Senate has "an obligation" to investigate the incident. At - present, he said, there is an absence of "any tangible evidence from which proper conclusions jmay be drawn." Knowland, supporting John son, told the senators they have a "clear and present duty" to proceed with the investigation. Knowland joined Johnson in emphasizing that the issues posed by the incident are "sepa rate and apart from the merits of the legislation." DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow Jones' final stock averages: 30 industrials 478.57, up 1.13;, 20 railroads 158.74, off 0.48; 15 util ities 65.69, up 1.10, and 65 stocks 170.06, up 0.51. Sales to day were about . 2,230,000 shares. Salem (U.R) Mrs. Kath erine Musa of. The Dalles has filed her candidacy for reelec tion to the Oregon House of Rep resentatives. She will seek . the Democratic nomination. .' Light Said Thrown on Origin of Planets Williams Bay, Wis. (U.R) Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper, research astronome, said today the dis covery that only . eight planets exist instead of nine "throws considerable light on the origin of the planets." Kuiper, of the Yerkes Obser vatory at Williams Bay, said he learned in April and May of 1955 that Pluto is not a true planet. ' He presented his findings to a National Conference on Geophy sics at Washington Thursday night. .. . .-, ' Kuiper, 50, said several fac C!! OETDD Bus Driver Walks 8 Hours in Storm To Save Passengers Vehicle Stranded in tyew Mexico Blizzard r 'Tucumcari, N. M. (U.R) A heroic bus driver lay half-blinded in a hospital bed today, the victor in an eight-hour battle with a killer blizzard to rescue fifteen passengers trapped in a snowbound bus. . John Hearon, the 38-year-old bus driver, was never seen again by the passengers he left in his snow -engulfed Trailways bus late Saturday to go in search of help. . . - Hearon walked : through a blizzard for eight hours until early Sunday when he finally stumbled blindly into a gas sta tion near Glenrio in eastern New Mexico, 10 miles from the stalled bus. ; State police, following snow plows,- rescued the passengers a short time later. They were driven in another bus to Albu querque, N. M., to continue their separate ways without getting a chance to personally thank the man who saved- their lives. 20-Hour Wait Hearon's bus, bound from Amarillo, Tex., stalled in a snow drift at 9 a.m. Saturday. The passengers were r; rescued 20 hours later.- . , Hearon, with his temporarily snow-blinded eyes swathed in bandages, related from his hos pital bed his struggle with the elements through swollen lips. ' He wore only low-cut shoes, woolen trousers and his regula tion driver's jacket when he set off from the bus to seek aid. "I lost all idea of time," Hearon ' said. "I just knew I'd Lbeen walking a long time. .My legs were numb and . I knew I was mighty cold.": : - : Joe . Brownlee of Tucumcari was the first to arrive at the bus. Driving a power wagon, he carried supplies for the passen gers, who had been without food for 20 hours. Two sandwiches among them had been given to the only child aboard,'. two-year-old Patricia Henderson, daugh ter of Mrs. Ruth Henderson of Rayville, la. Child Didn't Cry Patricia - never cried during the long wait. But the commo tion at . the bus terminal when the passengers arrived at Albu querque was too much for her and she burst into tears. ' Norris Turner, 27, a passen ger from Houston, Tex., said he volunteered to accompany Hear on, but the bus driver urged him to remain behind and help the other passengers keep up their morale. ' ' Robert Posey, 19, an airman stationed at Point Mugu, Calif., was unable to report back to his base before his pass ran out and said he hoped his superiors would understand. "When it , got dark," Posey said, "we started to worry. We talked about trying to walk it ourselves but decided to wait until it got light in the morning. Then, they came and got us." - None of : the passengers re quired hospitalization, but all were given . precautionary peni cillin shots. . ' ; ' : Portland (U.R) The Very Rev. .James W. F. Carman will be consecrated the bishop co adjutor of the Episcopal diocese here tomorrow. Weather FORECAST: Clear this evening. Fog or low cloudiness Tues day morning. Variable high cloudiness Tuesday afternoon and evening. Low tonight 23-. 25. High Tuesday 50. Temp. Highest yesterday. 49 Lowest this morning 25 . Prec. To 4:30 a.m. today ..trace tors substantiated the belief that Pluto is not a planet in the usual sense of the word. . ' . He said Pluto was smaller, fol lowed a different orbit and ro tated slower than the planets. "Pluto did not start out as a planet," he told the United Press. , "It started out as one of the three moons of the planet Nep tune. All three broke away, but Neptune recaptured two of them. Pluto, however, remained in a separate orbit." Kuiper modestly refrained from placing more significance on his discovery, aided by the Donors Needed To Help Blood Program And March of Dimes - The Jackson county blood program and the March of Dimes stand to benefit tomor row if 250 blood donors con tribute when the bloodmobile visits Medford Wednesday. During last month's televis ion auction for the March of Dimes, sponsored . by the Crater Lions club, $540 was pledged for the fight against polio if 250 donors could be obtained for the bloodmobile. Today Lions club officials said slightly more than 150 donors had been obtained and urged other donors to call the Red Cross at 3-3813 to make an appointment. The bloodmobile will be at the Elks Temple, Fifth st. and North Central ave., from 1 to 6 p.m. Russia Charges U.S. Propaganda Balloons Released Washington (U.R) The State Department today was ex pected to reject a Russian pro test alleging that the United States has sen "propaganda bal loons," some equipped . with aerial cameras and radios, over Soviet territory. The department said Sunday it had received:, such a protest and had it under consideration. The protest was handed to U.S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen in Moscow by Deputy : Soviet foreign . Minister -, Andrei Gro- myko. A similar protest , was made to. the Turkish ambassa dor, alleging that the balloons were launched from Turkey, Lareg Number Claimed ' The Russian note said a "large number", of balloons weighing up to 1,400 pounds! were dis covered in Soviet air space last month. It said some of them carried "automatic, photographic cameras for aerial photography. Others . carried radio transmit ters and meceivers,' it was charged. The note said the balloons were launched , by "American military organs" from West Ger many and from U.S.. air bases "on the territory of : several states bordering on the Soviet Union." f . Not U.S. Balloons A State Department spokes man said the United States does not release "propaganda bal loons" for flight over Russia or anywhere else in the world. He said some small, private groups in West Germany have released such balloons in the past. : Most of the balloons are launched by the American-financed, non-government "Cru sade1 for Freedom" and by "Radio Free Europe," both of which ordinarily use launching sites in West Germany. The State Department spokes man rioted also that the United States announced last month it was expanding its programs of launching high-altitude balloons to collect weather data. But it was considered- unlikely any of these were interfering with Rus sian air traffic. Search for Mrs. Oregon Launched in Portland Portland (U.R)' The search for Mrs. Oregon of 1956 opened today with more than $1,000 in prizes already lined up for the winner plus a trip to Florida to compete-for the Mrs. America crown and $15,000 in May. . Any Oregon housewife over 21 may enter the contest which is sponsored by the Portland Gas and Coke company. Contest Chairman Jim Sechser said that while attractiveness and poise would be considered, more atten tion would be paid to cooking, sewing and other household skills. work of astronomers at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., and McDonald Observatory near El Paso, Tex. Kuiper, in explaining the phe nomenon of Pluto, said the solar system was formed by contract ing gas clouds. The main body became the sun and fringe clouds became the .planets and their satelites. This formation took place about five billion years ago and Pluto assumed the characteristics of a planet two to three hundred million years later, he said. Algerian Minister Resigns as Public Feeling Increases Frenchmen Spark Hostile Outbreak Algiers (U.R) A mob of angry French Colonists broke through police lines today and pelted French Premier Guy Mol let.with rotten vegetables when he tried to tell them his visit to Algeria was "inspired only by good will." " Gen. George Catroux official-' ly resigned as Algerian minister resident as public feeling grew to a feverish pitch. Mollet ac cepted it. , Mollet flew to Algiers today to try to end 15 months of oivil war and save Algeria for France. . He was confirmed as Premier only last week on a platform' that gave - priority . to solving French troubles in North Africa., Wreath Destroyed The hostile outbreak that greeted Mollet was sparked by Frenchmen who oppose his plan to give Moslems the same rights enjoyed by the ruling French European minority. The inflamed mob tore to. pieces a wreath bearing the. French Tri-color which Mollet had just placed on the tomb. ! of France's Unknown Soldier. ; Shouting "Mollet back to Paris" and chanting the Mar seillaise, the crowd broke into the gardens of the Government Palace, ripped but flowers by1 the roots and tossed them on the official party. Mollet was pelted with vegeta-, bles and fruit. He escaped be hind a human barrage of hun-. dreds of police and troops who lined up across the vast .stair-' ' case leading-to the.palace. Strike Called y. The War Veterans Association led the opposition to the liberal minded Socialist premier. It call-', ed on : the populace to go on strike, to close businesses, not to send children to schools and to keep off the 'streets through which Mollet was to pass. . The danger point in the criti cal week in Algerian history, comes Friday when Catroux ar-.. rives to take up his office. Most of the recent bitterness exhibited by the French population has been directed at Catroux. - The French settlers fear a soft" policy toward Algeria and the nationalist groups which de mand . full independence from France. More than 100,000 of them demonstrated in protest when Governor General Jacques Soustelle left last week. (See Story on Page 11) Business Students Hold Career Day About 175 junior and senior .high school students are meet ing today with Medford busi nessmen at the First Methodist church, 607 West Main st., to' discuss what businessmen ex-- pect from their employees. Students attending the "career day" all attend business and commercial classes at Ashland, Prospect, Eagle Point, Jackson ville, Phoenix, Butte Falls and Rogue River schools. In an attempt to answer the question , of why high school graduates may have difficulty obtaining employment, more than 30 local businessmen are serving on stenography, typing, bookkeeping, general business and business machine panels. They will provide information about , what degree of skill is required for different jobs, and traits they consider desirable in employees. Information gain-. ed from the career day activi ties may be used to establish standards for high school busi ness and. commercial courses, according to Stewart Hopper, Eagle Point High school teacher. Portland Woman hiured In Second Story Fall Portland (U.R) A tumble from a second story window onto a shed roof resulted in severe face cuts to a 43-vear-old Portland woman today. Police said Mrs. Seda J. Kin? apparently, walked into a store room of her house by mistake and fell through the window. Her husband said he was sleen- ing when the accident happened ana ne iouna ttis wife later lying on the roof.
