Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 17, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextShipment To Saudi Halted by Washington U.R) The ad ministration, prodded by loud congressional protests, early to day halted the delivery of 18 light U.S. tanks to Saudi Arabia. Cancellation of the shipment came some 12 hours after the United Press disclosed that the tanks were ready for loading aboard the SS James Monroe and that the ship was due to sail from Brooklyn, N. Y., today. The disclosure brought demands for a Senate investigation and a de nunciation of the shipment by Stsraeli Ambassador Abba Eban. Shipments Suspended At 12:30 a.m. today the gov ernment announced that all ex port permits to the Middle East are being temporarily suspend ed pending further examination." The announcement was made almost simultaneusly by the State Department in Washington and by White House Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty at the Presidential retreat in Thomas- ville, Ga. The action meant that the tanks could not be legally delivered to "Saudi Arabia even if the ship sailed with them as scheduled. At an early hour this morning, the tanks still Were aboard barges preparatory to being put aboard ship. Members of two Zionist youth organizations began picketing the pier shortly after midnight but broke up when newsmen told them about the government order halting the shipment. ' Crewmen Grumbling 1 " Members of the ship's crew were reported grumbling about the nature of the cargo before they learned of the government's action. The cargo included the tanks, a number of jeeps, jeep trailers, truck bodies and cartons and drums of parts and supplies. The suspension of arms ship ments applied not only to Saudi Arabia but. to all -nations' In the Middle East. A State Department spokesman said it covered not only the tank shipment but also any other shipments that might be in process. But he said he had no immediate information that any other arms shipment preparations to the Middle East were being made. Ban Covers Israel Included in the arms ban was Israel. Israel had requested $50, 000,000 worth of U. S. arms last November, but the State Depart ment had not acted on the re quest. : Disclosure of the tank ship Virginia Woman, 32, Expects Quintuplets Richmond, Va. U.R At St. Luke's hospital here today Mrs. Richard II. Shaia, 32, was get ting more than the usual pri vacy, care and rest accorded an expectant mother. Doctors have told her she may give birth to quintuplets next month. Around the maternity ward at St. Luke's preparations were be ing made for what may be an historic delivery. Quintuplets -occur only once in every 57,000,000 births. ' Additional incubators have been ordered. Blood donors are being lined up in case the babies need transfusions because of a rare blood condition. " Richard Shaia, 31, already the father of five children, was try ing to avoid publicity. DOW-JONES AVERAGES : New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 477.05 up 7.44, 20 rail roads 158.83 up 2.89, 15 utilities 64.90 up 0.04, and 65 stocks 169.45 . up 2.35. Sales today were about 2,840,000 shares compared with 1,750,000 yester day. Road Conditions Highway 99, Siskiyou's Chain required; snowing bard, plowing; packed snow. . Highway 66, Green Springs Chains required; snowing hard; packed snow. i Highway 62, Prospect Chains required; snowing hard; IV2 inches new snow. Highway 99, north Chains required over Sexton moun tain; Roseburg, pavement bare, tain; chains required on all mountain passes. Highway 99, northern Cali fornia Snowing, carrying chains advised. : . Highway 97 Chains re quired : over Mt. Hebron; chains required in most areas ut U wm of Tanks Arabia Order ment to Saudi Arabia brought strong protests' from ' congress men who favored fulfilling Israel's arms request to counter earlier Communist weapons sales to Egypt. THOMAS REEDER ; Announces Intention .. - ' Reeder Announces He Will Seek DAY Office in County Thomas J. Reeder, 30, of 135 North Ivy st., has announced his intention of filing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for district attorney. Reeder came to Medford in April,. 1954 as deputy district at torney,' a position he held for about six months.1 He came to Oregon -in 1951 and was assistant attorney general for 3V6 years,, acting as attorney for the State Highway Commission. He has never run for public office. - Reeder was born at Fort Gib son, Okla., attended public schools there and took pre-law training at Northwestern ' Uni versity He tood his law degree at the University of Oklahoma law school. Djiring World War H he was a combat infantryman in the Eu ropean theater and was dis charged as a private first class. He was the first Medford junior chamber of commerce vice-president; state junior chamber of commerce safety chairman; and head of the 1955 March of Dimes drive. He is married and a mem ber of First Presbyterian church. Following his term as deputy district attorney here, Reeder opened his own office for the general practice of law at 216 East Main st. His campaign manager is" Wil liam V. Deatherage, Medford attorney. x ( t : Heaviest Snow Fall Of '56 Reported Here Medford and vicinity had its heaviest snow fall of the year today. . The U. S. weather bureau sta tion at the airport recorded 5 inches on the ground and an es timated fall of 5.5 inches at 1:15 p.m. Snow continued to fall. Today is the second time since the first of the year that the vi cinity has had measurable snow. Two-tenths of an inch was re corded Jan.' 25. . -" , Snow began falling at 1:15 a.m. More snow and mixed rain and snow are predicted by the bureau for tonight and Satur day. v - " . : Elementary Principals' Conference Cancelled - Portland (U.R) M. L. Chris tensen, president of the North west region of Oregon Element ary Principals association, said the group's scheduled confer ence .at Gearhart today and to morrow had been cancelled due to bad weather. - . ' : Christenseh said the meeting would be rescheduled at a later date. Sheridan Lumber Firm Declared Bankrupt Portland (U.R) Federal Judge William East, yesterday adjudged '' McCormick Lumber and Manufacturing Corporation of Sheridan bankrupt. The voluntary bankruptcy pe tition was signed by the presi dent, H. R. McCormick of Hol laodate, Fia. President Plays Nine-Hole Round; Shoots Rusty 47 Chief Executive . 'A Little Frightened' , Thomasville, Ga. (U.R) President Eisenhower returned to the golf course today for the first time since his heart attack and played nine holes in a creditable but admittedly rusty 47. The chief executive played half of the Glen Arven Country Club course in wet, misty weather which did not dampen his ardor for the game. , He said with pronounced feel ing, "I've been looking forward to this,'' as he banged out his first drive of about 200 yards. As the. President finished the ninth hole with an 11-over par total score, he confided frankly to John H. Walter, the club pro fessional: . A Little Frightened "I'm a little frightened not only of the strokes, but also, I'm a little frightened of myself. Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder, the White House physician who followed the President around the.course, heard of this remark by the President and com mented, '.'That is . the hell of a heart attack. You're longer get ting over the psychological in jury than you are the physical." Snyder, however, was pleased by his patient's first post-illness visit to the golf course. Rough At Start "He was a little rough at the start, but he got better ;, as we went along," - the " doctor said. "He gradually picked' up his tempo." ! The President played the nine holes in about an hour and .a half, finishing at noon' and then returning to the estate of Treas ury Secretary George M. Hum phrey for a lunch and a rest. Bids Opened for Easfside Station Apparent low bidder for con struction of , the eastside fire station is Myron Corcoran Con struction company, Medford, City Manager Robert Duff an nounced today. i The company bid $20,990 for construction of the concrete block building. An alternate bid for. frame instead of ; masonry construction was $21,050. The company bid $940 for construc tion of a carport and paving of driveways at the station. The engineer's estimate for the cost of construction of the station, which . will house two fire trucks and provide quarters for eight men, was $24,500. Bids will be tabulated, analyzed and referred 'to the city council for action Tuesday, Feb. 21. Other bids were D. M. Blick- enstaff, masonry construction, $23,363.64; frame construction $24.95 less: construction of car port and paving, $1,134.42; R: J. Batzer, masonry, $23,672.21; frame, $725.26 less; carport and paving, $1,454. Myers D. Jones, $24,697; frame construction, $312 less; carport and paving, $1,182; Minchell Construction company, masonry, $24,985; frame, $629 less; carport.' and paving, $1463; and L. Ritchie, masonry, $28,640; frame, $900 less; carport and paving $1,109. Eisenhower's Brother Expecting Candidacy ; El Centro, Calif. (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower's older brother said Thursday night he believes the nation's chief executive will seek another term. Edgar Eisenhower, a Tacoma, Wash., attorney, said he believed Mr. Eisenhower would run again because "as long as we're quar reling with Russia" the Presi dent would not want to leave his job unfinished. .. "Knowing - we . .Eisenhowers and knowing something of the way his mind works, I believe he hasn't finished his job, and until he does finish that job he'll stay on as long as he can," Edgar Eisenhower. said. ? ': ; McKay Sees One Dam As 'White Elephant' Washington (U.R) Interior Secretary Douglas' McKay said that one high dam at the Hells Canyon project would be "white elephant." He ;: told ' the ; House-Senate Economic Committee that in dry years there wouldn't be enough water to fill the reservoir be hind a high dam on the Idaho- Oregon border. He supported the plan calling for three low dams which has been approved by the LEedaael Bower Caatumioa. Mfiiilllilo MedfordTribune ' United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages B52 WEAPONS DRILL Cpl. Joseph B. Nolan, left, is shown observing his National- Guard Company A squad during' practice firing exer cises with the1 57 millimeter recoilless rifle during regular Tuesday night .training. ' Cpl.': Jimmie L. Crosby, kneeling, front, is sighting for the weapon through -the- M86F telescopic sight. Behind Crosby is Pfc. Robert S.. Mead- ows, assistant gunner,- who is preparing the ; gun for loading. Pfc. Charles A. Brown, kneei , Is''" ' " ' ' ' -t- i ' j ) ' - . '., r ' , , s k , sv ; , ' sA . , ' -' " "t " -: , K , , fn V " 3111 ''''' ... " iii;trtTTi-TrttWni iii - - - - ' " COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Lt. Levi G. Monroe, communications officer for Head quarters company, first battalion, 186th in fantry division, is shown above explaining the operation of the ANGRC-7 radio set. Lt. Monroe enlisted as a recruit with Headquar ters company in July 949, and was commis Out come 'off Greek Vote Waited Athens, Greece 4U.R) A crit- ical election campaign that could produce the West's first pro-Communist "popular front" government went into its final hours today with Greek army and police units on full precau tionary alert. . Veteran pfctical observers quoted 50-50 odds that a "popu lar ; front" government might emerge from Sunday's parlia mentary elections in Greece which would , abrogate her com mitments vwith the Western world. . - . . Soviet Russia and her ' satel lites which supported the bloody Communist guerrilla war of 1946-49 in this strategic country long Bell Lumber Co. Sale Report Confirmed Weed, Calif. . U.R) An of ficial of the Long Bell Lumber company at Weed today sub stantiated reports by the Wall Street Journal that negotiations are underway, for acquisition of the lumber , company bF. Inter- rH8&al EaJ Co- MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1956 l2spyds are - eagerly awaiting the out- come of the elections So is the West, -with many vi tal commitments in the restless Mediterranean and Near East depending on Greece's support as the keystone in the defensive alliances linking the West with the antiJommunist nations of the Middle East and Asia. . Greece. is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion;: it is aligned with Turkey and Yugoslavia in the .Balkan Pact - ' " ' Observers said the issue ; in this country where the word "democracy" was coined, may be decided by the women who will vote for the first time. Four million voters are "eligible to choose between some 800 candi- Weather FORECAST: Considerable clou diness with occasional snow , flurries or showers of raiM -and snow mixed and with occa sional clearing periods tonight ; and Saturday. Low tonight 28. High Saturday 42-45. . ; Temp. , Bighst Yesterday 34 r Lowest this Morning . 26 : Free, to 10 aja. Today J2 m ing, left, is holding the projectile which will be loaded by" Meadows. Pfc Duane E: Goy ette, background, is ammunitions bearer. The I section : leader, Sfc. John R. Alexandro, ex- ;. treme fright, - is ' supervising the; instruction. ' This type of training is available" to guards men after they .finish their . recruit training. ; The National Guard will hold open house at -.' the armory Sunday. ' ' (Birchfield photo) " sioned as a second lieutenant June 2, 1953. Members of his class are, first row, left to right, James R. Crumley, . John D. Hawley, . Richard L. Mills, Fred L. Baker, and Maurice R. Butts; second row, Bruce C. Kellington, Wilcey L. , Winchell, Dale L. Morgan and cLewis F. Linton ' (Baker's photo) dates for the 300" seats in Par liament. ; ' , Basically, the struggle is be tween pro-Western Premier and Defense Minister Constahtine Karamanlis' National Radical Union group (ERE) and a strange "Democratic Union" combine headed by Liberal Party Leader George Papandreou and - including resurgent Com munists. . . Federal Timber Declared Taxable Only Salem (U.R) The State Tax Commission today inform ed Lane county officials' that timber located on federal lands which has been sold becomes taxable only after it is cut. The commission : told Lane County Assessor Winfred Smith that title remains with the fed eral government until the tim ber is severed from the land with' installment payments made as the cutting is completed. " " - Smith had started assessing tiM Urnjnar nistnffij whjfijtl United Piesa Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 282 Parts of Giant Plane Scattered Over Wide Area Four Listed Missing; Four Others Survive Tracy, Calif. (U.R) A mam moth B52 atomic bomber, the Strategic Air Command's most powerful . aerial warrior, was ripped apart with an explosive blast in the sub-stratosphere yes terday, scattering fiery wreck age over a wide area. . It was the first crash involv ing the eight-jet aircraft since the B52 joined the SAC arsenal only eight months ago. Four airmen were officially listed as missing, while four oth ers ; survived after - suffering minor injuries in parachute leaps. .... ;' The intensity of the explosion was indicated in an appeal by the Air Force. Residents in a 20 by 40 mile area between Sacra mento and Stockton in North ern California were asked to be on the lookout for pieces of wreckage, and turn them over to the Highway ' Patrol, sheriff's offices or nearby air bases. Engines Still Lost ' An investigation headquarters was established at Tracy with 15- helicopters ahd'150 men dis patched to look for missing parts of the plane. An Air Force spokesman, said none of the craft's jet engines, each capable of a 10,000 pound thrust,"had been located yet.' - .; ; 't " s A board of qualified officers will be named to determine, if possible, the cause of the blast. However,. . it - is expected to be several weeks before the board's findings are released. The plane, dubbed the "Strato fortress" by the Air Force, was from Castle AFB near Merced, Calif. It usually, carries a crew of six, but a flight manifest listed a crew of eight aboard for a routine training flight. . Theipossibility of a fifth vic tim was revealed by a survivor of the crash who was not iden tified. He was reported as saying there were nine men aboard. The JAir Force said the other four members of the crew would have to he- considered as "miss ing" because only three bodies were found and none were identified. Missing Men Listed The missing men were listed as: Col. Patrick - D. ' Fleming, deputy wing commander of the 93rd Bomb Wing, 38, Castle Gar dens, Califs Maj. Edward L. Stefanski, 35, Merced, Calif.; Maj. Albert . Brown,- 39, Pitts burgh, Pa.; and.Capt. James' K. Frederickson, 32,"Atwater, Calif. The four survivors, who para chuted from a height of approxi mately, 30,000 feet, received burns and minor injuries. Maj. Gen". W: E. Eubank,, commander of the 93rd Bombardment Wing at Castle, identified them' as: Maj. Michael Shay, 39, Gary, Ind., co-pilot; Maj. Billie M. Beardsley, 36, Merced, Califs radioman; Maj. Harold F. Kor ger, 37, Atwater, Calif obser ver, and MSgt. Willard Milo Lucy, 34, Sacramento, Calif., tail gunner. ' : . -" Korger said the firs.t explo sion occurred over Sacramento. "The blast knocked out the intercom so I don't know exact ly what happened," he said. "J jumped at about 32,000 feet when a second explosion set fire to my compartment." ' After Cutting was sold. The tax commission ordered him to change practices to fit its order. The commission said that as standing timber it is federally owned and cannot - be taxed. Once cut, the title passes to the private interests, and the logs be come personal property. How ever, liability for the tax is limited to the inventory of ldgs the purchaser has on hand as of Jan. 1 and logs cut during the year are not subject to the per sonal property tax for the year Sky n Objection To Behind-the-Scene Activity Voiced General Principals Of Measure Approved Thomasville, Ga. (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today vetoed the controversial natural gas bill because he objected strenuously to "arrogant" tactics b y seg ments of the oil and gas in dustry to push the bill through Congress. The bill would have freed gas producers from direct : federal regulation. The White House approved the general principals of . the legis lation but Mr. Eisenhower said the background of the passage of the bill made it impossible for him to accept it. He obviously referred to the current Senate investigation of lobbying activities brought to light after Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.) disclosed just before the Senate voted on the bill that $2500 had been offered to his ' campaign fund. ' The money was traced to a California oil company execu tive. In a , veto message to the ; House, where the measure orig- - inated, the President said "a. body of evidence has accumulat ed indicating that private per sons, apparently representing only a very small segment of a great' and vital industry, , have been seeking to further their own interests by highly question able activities." Arrogant Efforts . "These include ' efforts," Mr. Eisenhower continued, "that I deem to be so arrogant and so much in defiance of acceptable standards of propriety as to risk creating doubt among the Ameri can people concerning the integ rity of governmental processes." Mr.' Eisenhower pointed out that investigations of gas bill lobbies by Congress and the De-, partment of Justice could not be completed within the 10 day period allowed him to consider legislation. - He said that "to approve ' the : bill before completion of these investigations "could well create long term apprehension in the minds -of the American people" and .do, "a disservice both to the people and to their Congress." At the outset of his message the President explained that he regretted having to veto the bill "because I am in accord with its basic objectives." " -' -T feel that any new legisla tion in addition to furthering the long term interest of consumers in plentiful supplies of gas, should include specific language protecting consumers and their right to fair prices," he said. The chief executive's veto was widely forecast even before he left Washington Wednesday for a holiday here. V The President had until Satur day midnight to act oh the bill. Otherwise it would have become law automatically without his signature. Europe Counts 618 Dead in Bitter Cold London ' (U.R) i Europe to day counted -618 dead in the third week of the worst winter in memory and braced for still more cold. Weather reports from Ham burg, Berlin and Prague report ed a high pressure area over Si-, beria which indicated no im mediate relief to the weather weary of 17 European nations. The death toll was expected to rise when rescue parties fight through freeziug snowdrifts to hundreds of isolated villages, towns and farms. ; - t . Damage -to crops by the ice and cold that swept down from Siberia Feb. 1 was estimated in the millions of dollars. France and Italy were especially hard hit, but hardly a country west of the Iron Curtain escaped. The Eastern -European nations also suffered, according to reports. - Lew Wallace Files Suit Against Drew Pearson Washington U.R) Lew Wal lace of Portland, Ore., filed a $250,000 libel suit against Columnist-Commentator Drew. Pear son. The suit, filed in federal dis trict court here., contends that Pearson libeled Wallace in a Jan. 22 broadcast. ... The broadcast, ac cording to the suit, said Wallace had written a letter to President Eisenhower about the controver sial 'AT1- Sarena mining claim granted by Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay. - The suit said -Wallace wrote no such letter and knew nothing about the application to conduct mining"" operations on govexn- o)