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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.
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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
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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.