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1 EXPLODING IN AIR, crashing near Tracy, Cal; huge B-52 jet bomber incinerates ooaies
of four crew .members. Four others managed to parachute safely.. Eight-engine Strato
fortress was largest bomber in world, weighed 175 tons. , (International)
Teacher Beaten, School Closed,
Board Member Jailed at Scofield
. Hillsboro (U.R) A dispute
at the tiny one-room Scof ield
school- near Buxton had resulted
today in the jailing of a school
board member, serious injuries
to the 54-year-old teacher and
temporary closure of the school.
Louis Forrest, 24, was sched
uled to appear before a Wash
ington county grand jury today
in connection with assault and
battery charges.. The teacher,
Mrs. Essie Robertson, suffered a
broken jaw and a possible skull
fracture last Tuesday.
The school has been closed
until . further notice.
County Judge Harry Seabold
bound Forrest over to the grand.
Pro-Western Premier
Wins Greek Election
Athens U.R) Pro-Western
Premier Constantine Karaman
lis squeezed through to an upset
-victory over a Communist-backer!
pnalition in Oreece's national
elections, official results showed
today.
The National Radical Union
party of Karamanlis won 151
seats in the 3C0- member, one
chamber parliament. The Demo
cratic Union, which includes a
coalition of the left and right,
won 149 seats, official results
showed.
Virtually complete figures,
which were subject to minor re
visions, showed a total vote of
3,156,494. The Democratic Union
polled 1,641,961 to 1,415,958 for
Karamanlis in the country's 8,
460 precincts. The Progressive
party received 62,458 votes and
the Independents 36,217. '
Double Check Needed "
After announcing a govern
ment victory, Interior Minister
George Lianopoulos informed
newspapers an hour later that
he had discovered a "few outly
ing returns" were still, incom
: plete. i-:5-F '
He also said the allocation of
seats needed a double check.
Both i factors, he said, conceiv
ably could change the number
of seats either way.
The Democratic Union rolled
up a big popular vote but a com
plicated electoral system of (pro
portional representation intro
duced last December by the
handsome premier gave him the
victory. '..,. ' ; .-
j Supported by Women v 4
Karamanlis apparently also
drew support from women who
voted for the first time in Greek
National Guard Drive
Recruits Fght Men
Eight members were recruited
by Medford National Guard
units yesterday'' in a one - day
campaign, Capt. George Ben
nett, battalion training and op
erations officer,' reported today.
Six or seven more are expect
ed to, join this week, he said. .
Headquarters company in
Medford is, at its authorized
strength of 81 men, Capt. Ben
nett said, but the 103-man Com
pany A can still use more recruits....--
. . - - : ...
The official drive lasts
through Feb. 22. .
Cannon Beach (U.R) Voters
in this small coastal resort town
go to the polls Feb. 24 to elect
their first city council. It was de
cided in a December election to
incorporate the community.
" . ,. .-: . . . . 1
Weather
FORECAST: Cloudy with occa
sional rain through Tuesday.
Snow above 3,500 feet. Low
. tonight 34. High Tuesday 45. '.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 44 .
Lowest this morning :....34
Prec.
To 18 sum. today .
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jury last Thursday. He also told
other members of the "five-person
school board to resign. Spe
cial county police have been as
signed to the area, located off
the Sunset highway some 15
miles northwest of here. This
move was ordered after Samuel
Hanson, . 74, chairman of the
school board, told the judge he
feared, for his life.
District Attorney James . K.
Gardner said that several weeks
ago Mrs. Yullah Fellas, an aunt
of Forrest, had sought to have
the teacher, arrested when Mrs.
Fellas claimed she was beaten.
He did not file charges. Mrs.
Fellas serves as janitor of the
history. Observers said the wom
en voted more conservatively
than had been expected. '
The decisive vote, came today
from two remote sections of
northern ; Greece Evros with
six seats and Pieria with three.
Karamanlis carried Evros and
that victory gave him a narrow
victory and a surprise one. '
The assembly meets April 2
and it is expected to produce a
French - style parliamentary
chaos because of the narrow
margin between the two parties'.
There were forecasts that a new
election would have to be called
soon.
Maurice D. Paulson
Maurice Paulson Dies
In Calif. Plane Crash
Maurice Paulson,, a Navy air
wing jet pilot, was killed in a
plane crash Friday near Bakers
field Calif ., it was learned here
today. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Paulson, Sardine
Creek Gold Hill. , r
r : The - young Navy man was
graduated in 1951 ' from Gold
Hill high school and was report
ed to be an outstanding student
by county school officials today.
He . attended Southern Oregon
college for about a year before
entermg the service and was
graduated from 'Navy jpreflight
school at Pensacola, Fla. He was
assigned to- Whiting field Navy
auixiliary Air station, Milton,
Fla., for primary flight train
ing. He was at- Beeville, Tex.
at the time he was killed, v
Details of the crash are un
known here because it apparent
ly was not covered by press
association dispatches.
Gresham (U.R) Vernon Cook,
president "of : the , Young Demo
cratic Clubs of Oregon, has an
nounced he would file for one of
the three nominations as a Dem
ocratic candidate ' for' the State
House of Representatives from
Eastern Multnomah county. -
si: q
school and also is a board mem
ber. School enrollment in recent
weeks at the sixth-grade school
has dropped from 24 to 14. Rev.
Charles Bean of the Community
Church said his congregation
had dwindled from nearly 40 to
12.
Gardner said the teacher had
alleged she was cornered in the
school room after a Valentine
Day party; and that she was
beaten. Mrs. Fellas said she did
not see any beating and that she
must have been hurt walking
down the road after she left
school.
Portland Policemen
Of Oregon Traffic
:: ; By UNITED PRESS
- Five persons ' died in Oregon
week end traffic accidents, in
cluding two Portland police of
ficers. A Saturday night ; crash. in
southeast Portland claimed the
lives of two. police dfficers when
their prowl car was hit broad
side by another ; car. Witnesses
said the other car, driven by
Donald G. Vogel, a 25-year-old
soldier stationed at the Portland
Air Base, was speeding -when
it smashed into the officers' car.
Held Under Guard"
Dead in the crash were Pa'trol
men Roy E. Mizner, 37, and
Vernon J. Stroeder, 31. Vogel
was being held under police
guard at a Portland hospital,
charged with negligent homi
cide. r
Paul W. Lee, about 23, of Cor
vallis, died when his car went
out of control after skidding on
a frosty bridge five miles south
of 'Monr jouth and careened over
a bank. ';' :' 'v: . " -''.:.- :. : ; '.
-Mrs. Crystal Eva Freeman,
58, Roseburg, was killed last
night when the car she was driv
ing hit a highway divider about
one mile north of Roseburg.
Astoria Woman Killed :
Also the victim of a Sunday
crash was Mrs.- Fanny Seeborg,
67, of Astoria.. She was killed
in a head oh collision on High
way 30," about 4V miles east of
Astoria when the car driven by
her husband, Victor, and anoth
er vehicle collided.
Five persons were injured in
the accident. Seeborg and three
other members of the party were
in" serious condition in an As
toria hospital and the driver of
the other car, not identified im
mediately, was taken to the
Tongue Point Naval hospital at
Astoria. ' '- ;'.. -- ..
"Mrs. Seeborg was the mother
of Roy and Ken Seeborg, form
er basketball players at the Uni
versity of Oregon.' ; I J
Medford Man Elected
OSC Dads' Club Director
, Corvallis "(U.R) More, than
1000 fathers of Oregon State
college students were on the
campus here-Saturday for the
annual Dads' Weekend.
New officers of the OSC Dads'
club included: Ursel Narver,
president; A. W. Trimble, vice-
president; A m b y Frederick,
treasurer, and L. S. Severance,
treasurer. All are from Portland-
Retiring president is Albert
Bauer, also- of Portland. . New
directors include Harold White,
Medford.
Harrisburg, Pa. (U.R) The
names of President Eisenhower
and Sen.; William F. Knowland
(R-Calif.) have been entered to
day in the Pennsylvania pri
Among
mary April 24. .
IKE TO VACATION THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY
Thomasville, Ga. (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower will remain
here through next Friday, the
White House said today.
The chief executive, who ar
rived here last Wednesday, will
return to Washington either late
Friday or early Saturday. The
reason he will not stay here
over the week end is that he
has a personal engagement in
Washington late Saturday. : -v-;
Meantime, the White House
MEDFOroyrRIBUNE
United Press Full Leased Wire
50th Year 16 Pages
Ashland High Girl
Wins First Place
In Speech Tourney
Mary Ann Anderson, Ashland,
won first place in women's jun
ior division in interviewing in
the Linfield college speech tour
nament held : last week end at
McMinnville. . : , . ;
Miss Anderson, a senior at
Ashland high school, was the
only student from this county to
win a first place in the tourna
ment. In her interview she took the
parts of a job applicant and. an
employer. She was "seeking"
a job as a policewoman. She also
won second in humorous decla
mation. '. v 1 '
About 700 students from 43
different Oregon schools .were
at th tournament; . - '!
Medford Represented
Jackspn county schools repre
sented in addition to Ashland,
were Medford High school Hed
rich . and McLoughlin Junior
High schools and Crater High
school. ..,...;
Other Ashland students to
place high in the - tournament
were Tim Keating third, senior
men's extemporaneous speaking
ana liynn Hales, in the" junior
division for that category; Judy
Schopf, Doreen Phillips, second
in junior women's debates; and
Tim Keating and Greg Monroe,
third in senior men's divisions.
Bruce West, Medford High
school, was' second in interview
ing in his division, and Hedrick
school winners were May La
B.arr, second in oratory, and Ted
Lawson, second in serious read
ing. .. . v;,:i . :
Crater Winner Listed '.'
Crater High school ; winners
include B e v e r 1 y Burgoyne,
second, in junior women's ora-
tory. . . . . ,
Finalists from Medford were
Greg Milnes radio; Floyd Yeats,
oratory; David Frohnmayer, ex
temporaneous; Eric Eitreim, im
promptu; and-Harlow Head, Hed
rick school, story telling. All
but Head are senior high school
students. :-. 'I . . '
Crater high school finalists
were Miss Burgoyne, Maria'
Abott, Vicki ; Noel and Grace
Gail..; ..';: ;',:i:-:
Ashland finalists are Tim
Keating, salesmanship; , Lynn
Hale, junior men's impromptu;
Greg Monroe',' senior men's ex
temporaneous; Barbara Stod
dard, junior women's tumorous
Reclamation; Doreen Phillips,
junior women's oration; Miss An
derson and Vivian Stevenson de
bate; Barbara Stoddard and
Lynn Hale, junior men's debate.
Bus Line Schedule Cut
Effective Tomorrow
The elimination of all but
"rush hour" schedules in Med
ford by Evergreen Bus lines
goes into effect tpmorrow.
Under the new schedule, buses
will operate only between 7:15
and 9:15 a.m. and between ,2:15
and 6:15 p.m. daily. All Satur
day service will be eliminated.
The ' schedule changes will
not affect service outside of
Medford. - - ' .
Ralph B. Matthews,' manager
of the line, stated that the cur
tailment ' of service was made
necessary because so few people
use the buses during "off hours".
that it was not profitable to
continue.
.Evergreen operates bus serv
ice on two routes " in Medford.
One serves the east side, extend
ing to the country club, and the
other operates southwest of the
downtown area.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES r
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 .indus
trials 476.46, off 0.59; 20 rail
roads 159.28, up 0.45; 15 utilities
64.93, : up 0.03, and 65 stocks
169.48, up 0.03. Sales today were
about 2,530,000 shares compared
with 2,840,000 Friday. I
denied a report that Mr. Eisen
hower would announce his sec
ond term decision from Thomas
ville late Friday after the New
York stock market closes for
the week.
"There isn't a thing , to it,"
said Press Secretary James
Hagerty.
Mr. Eisenhower has indicated
that he will be ready -to make
a decision by the erd of this
month and has prom fed not to
tiM
Registrars Named ,
Throughout County
Fifteen additional registrars
have been appointed by County
Clerk Bereth Hopkins. She said
it is hoped to make registering
to vote in the coming election
possible for every citizen, re
gardless of their working hours.
April ,17 isvthe registration
deadline for the May 18 primary.
- Three registrars are permitted
to register voters for all county
pecincts. : They are Mrs. Frank
Bash, who will register voters at
a Republican headquarters; Mrs.
Donna V. Straus, Democratic
headquarters; and Mrs. Pauline
LaPlane at the Labor temple.
There are 37 other registrars in
addition to the deputies serving
in the election department at the
court house. -Fire
Stations
Captains at the three fire sta-
tiongj-in . Medford will register
voters ijitfithin the city - limits at
any,-time;between 8 a.nf. and 10
p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Nate Grisham
offer the same service at the
Central Point rural hall for pre
cincts in that area.
Voters must re-register if they
have hot Voted in one election
in the past two years, have
moved within their precinct or
to .another precinct, desire . a
change of party, have changed
name by marriage, or have
changed address by order of the
post office. ':;
Electors must be citizens of
the United States, 21 years of
age, must have resided in the
state six months immediately
preceding election, and must be
duly registered.
High Flood Possible
Weather Bureau Says
'Medford station of the U.S.
wea'ther, bureau his morning
foresaw no immediate flood dan
ger in the area but w.irned that
the potential is present and that
ho one ! should be complacent. ;
Pressure 4 areas off the coast
are pointing toward rainfall and
temperature conditions which
could cause high water and riv
ers are rising, the bureau said.
The weathermen are "watching
it " '
Mountain sections are "loaded"'-
with snowand saturated
with moisture and the flood
potential will continue the rest
of the late winter months, it
was pointed out. , -
The Medford vicinity had'only
.22 of an inch of fain in the 24
hours up to 10 :a.m. today.
Grants Pass, however, recorded
2.39 inches in the 24-hour period
up to 4:30 a.m.
Al Ullmari Democratic ;
Candidate for Congress
Salem . (U.R). Al Ullman
of Baker filed his candidacy
here today for Democratic nom
ination - for . representative in
Congress from the 2nd congress
ional district.
- James' B. Bedingfield Jr. of
Coos Bay filed for Republican
nomination for" state senator
froji Coos and: Curry counties.
Road Conditions
Highway 99, Siskiyous
Chains required; 16 inches of
new snow.
----- Highway 66, Green Springs
Chains required; 20 inches
of new snow.
Highway 99, north Pave
ment bare.
Highway 62, Prospect
Raining. Slush on the pave
ment; 10 inches of snow at
xoadsidf i chains not required.
"dilly dally" in making his de
cision public. Hagerty said to
day he assumed the President
would hold a news conference
in Washington Wednesday, Feb.
29, but he refused to indicate
whether he expected the an
nouncement that day.
The President today also
awaited response from Western
European nations to his offer
of American surplus farm com
modities. . . ...' "
FEBRUARY. 20, 1956
Snarls
CENTERING in'city of Iqui
tos on Amazon River, revolt
. has broken out against govern
ment of Gen: Manuel Odria;
Peru president.' (International)
isfs
Preparing Strike
' Lima, Peru (U.R) Official
reports indicated today loyal Na
val and air units are preparing
to strike at the "jungle redoubt"
of the army rebels who hold the
city of Iquitos and part of remote
Loreta province. . r v
A government; . communique
said the "Amazon Fleet" is block
ading Iquitos, a river port 500
miles northeast of here. The of
ficial radio warned the people of
the city to listen for instructions
on means of "avoiding damage
by government action" presum
ably meaning air attack, i '--
The communique declared also
that garrisons elsewhere in Peru
rejected rebel Gen. Marcial Mer
ino Pereyra's appeal to them to
join the revolt!
No late word was heard from
the rebels' Radio Loreto, and gov
ernment restrictions on tele
phone service made it impossible
to obtain information direct from
Iquitos. ' . -i '. -i
Shady Cove Residence
Destroyed by Fire '
Shady Cove The two-story
home here occupied by-. Mrs.
Cora - Train was destroyed by
fire early today. The blaze was
reported at 7 a.m., and the vol
unteer firemen responded imme
diately, but the fire was too far
advanced to save the house, it
was reported.
The home is upriver from the
business section of Shady Cove,
Mrs. Train was away from home
at the time. Firemen believe
the fire may have originated
with a faulty stovepipe. -
Reports indicated the home
was partly covered by insurance,
Senate Committee Votes To Reopen
Public Hearings on Case Contribution
Washington (U.R) T h e
special Senate committee inves
tigating a gas lobbyists' $2500
contribution to Sen. Francis
Case (R-SJ3.), decided today to
resume public hearings on the
affair. ; .
The announcement came amid
a jurisdictional squabble among'
four . other . Senate committees
for the right to conduct a full
scale inquiry into lobbying , ac
tivities. Asks $300,000 Budget
A three-man Elections Sub
committee headed by Sen. Al
bert Gore (D-Tenn.), ' voted to
ask for a $300,000 budget. This
would finance a-broad investi
gation of any "improper at
tempts" to influence legislation
through big campaign contribu-
The Chief Executive announc
ed Sunday that this nation was
ready to make surplus agricul
tural products available to the
countries of western Europe
now 'suffering one of the most
cruel winters of the century.
Such details as whether , the
commodities will be. giyen or
sold and the quantities to be
involved depended first on the
desires of the western European-
nations and a determination of
their needs. .
United Press FuU Leased Wira
Price 5c
No. 284
Siskiyou Highway
Reopened After
Sacramento, Calif ' (U.R)
A wind - whipped snow storm
dropped up to 41 inches of snow
over the Sierra Nevada and Sis
kiyou Mountains today, snarling
traffic and closing one trans
continental highway. , ;
The Weather Bureau said mod
erate to heavy snow would con
tinue throughout the day, be
coming intermittent snow to
morrow above xne d.yuu ioox
level.
U. S. 40, Donner Summit, was
blocked to all . traffic, while
light traffic only was passing
slowly on U. S. 50 . over Echo
Summit. The summits had about
141 inches of snow on the
ground. ' .
Highway 99 Reopened
U. S. 99, between Redding and
Yf eka in California, was reopen
ed by snow ..plows, today after
being closed yesterday. Some 28
inches of . snow was reported,
with high winds. ; t ' V.
State police said chains were
"absolutely necessary" for travel
over the Siskiyou pass. The road
was reported open at 11 a.m. but
state police . said it was alter
nately open and closed during
the night. - -. : : .--
L Meanwhile, heavy rains and
howling winds, reminiscent oi
Northern California's disastrous
Christmas week floods, returned
to the area today. ,
; Three inches of rain-' pounded
a small community north of San
Francisco in 11 hours and minor
flash floods and mud slides were
reported at San Rafael and Kent
field. -;'-" iy
Yuba City Gets Rain
- Yuba City,' which is recover
ing from the Christmas week
floods, was belted with rain,
wind and low temperatures as
townspeople began their belated
yuletide. j-'".;..' v'!rwXW'
Only 1000 persons attended
church services in the large
white tent set up downtown to
serve as the center of the week
long holiday. On Wednesday
downtown stores will reopen oi
ficially and residents will enjoy
free band concerts, carnival
rides and a circus. ; -
The "Christmas in February"
observance will be climaxed
Saturday, Feb. 25, when Santa.
Claus will distribute to . the
area's 15,000 children presents
donated by many civic groups,
military camps and individuals.
Anti-Fluoridation Group :
Files Petition at Bend
Bend (U.R) Anti-fliiorida-
tion forces today filed petitions
containing . 1,228 signatures in
their drive to seek a repeal here
I of an ordinance authorizing flu-
oridation of Bend's water supply.
tions, as well as its Tegular elec
tion year investigations. The
Government Operations Com
mittee and ". subcommittees ' on
Campaign Contributions and the
Judiciary also werefi? vying ? for
position to launch : inquiries of
their own. -.. "
Agreeable Solution. Seen -:
; Senate W Democratic ' Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas told
newsmen he was certain;' an
"agreeable" solution , will be
found, but there were indica
tions the Senate itself may have
to decide which committee is to
take on the job.
The decision to renewt , , the
hearings, which were suspended
last . week, was announced after
a closed meeting of the four-man
committee headed by Sea-Walt
Traffic
Huge Airliner
Rams Sandhill on
Airport Approach
12 Persons Survive
Pre-Dawn Accident ' '
Cairo (U.R) A French air-'
liner on its way from Indochina
to Paris dipped too low in ap
proaching Cairo airport today,
hit a desert sandhill, crashed
and burned, killing 52 of 64
persons on board.
It was 12 hours after ; the
crash before', officials of the '
French Airline were able to con- .
firm and announce that 64 per
sons were aboard. :
Survivors Critical
The officials said the four en
gine DC6B carried 55 passengers
and nine crew members. Only
12 of the 64 survived, six crew,,
members " and . six passengers.
Most of the survivors were in
critical condition. All but possi
bly one were expecte to re
cover. ', .. . . ' ' , ,
Pilot Capt. Charles Billet was
among the survivors. He said his
co-pilot was bringing the plane
in low over the desert toward
the airport : in pre-dawn . dark
ness when "he became too low."
Flying Too Low . ,
"When I realized he was fly
ing too low it was too late to
avert the crash,". Billet said.
The plane banged belly first
into a low . desert hillock and
burst into fire.. ? . ;
"The red light was on warn
ing us to fasten, our seat belts,"
said a French Army officer who
survived. "I was ; struggling to
get mine fastened when there
came a terrible crash."
"I woke up on the ground
some distance from the burning
plane. Arab Bedouins were
wrapping me in blankets- and
trying to give me bananas and
oranges." . ..
, Many of the passengers were
children. Most were French.
Third Major Disaster
t The disaster was the third ma
jor one to strike world aviation
within three days. The death
toll in the three crashes was at
least 139. : ..'
Friday, 40 Marines were kill- '
ed when a Marine corps trans
port plane smashed into a ridge
near. Oakland, Calif. :r
.. . Saturday a British York trans
por t plane carrying British
troops home to England from
the Suez canal zone crashed on
takeoff near Valletta, Malta,
killing all 50 men aboard. Most
of the victims were Royal Air
Force men.
Sam Hersh Named
Big Y Market Head
Sam Hersh,-Ashland, recently
appointed manager . of the Big
Y Markets, Inc., of Medford and
Eugene, met today with other of-,
ficers of the firm to 'discuss fu
ture plans and policies of the
company. He succeeds the late
L. A.- McCormick in the post.
Announcement of Hereh's ap
pointment was made" from the
Eugene offices of the company
by M. O. Bessonette, president.
Hersh resigned Feb. 14 as
president and general manager
of : Frideger Grocery company,
Ashland, but remains a stock
holder and director of that firm
in an advisory capacity.
He is being replaced by Wil- .
liam CannelL who was assistant
manager.
Hersh came to Ashland eight
years ago from San Francisco.
He will continue to live in Ash
land. Cannell arrived from
Bakersfield, Calif., five years
ago and has been associated with
Hersh for more than 20 years
in the wholesale business.
. Mr. and Mrs. Hersh plan to
leave March 8 for South Ameri
ca on a 30-daj vacation trip.
; Portland : (U.R) The State
Board of Health said today that
236 persons died in Oregon from
lung cancer last year, compared
with 256 for 1954.
er F... George (D-Ga.).
George said that the first wit
ness at the new hearings may
be Donald R. Ross, who resign
ed iast week as U.S. district at
torney for Nebraska. . -
Ross resigned after it was dis
closed that he had introduced
lobbyist John M. Neff to Sen. ,
Carl T Curtis (R-Neb.). - '
Rejected Contribution
Neff, a Lexington, Neb., "law
yer and ldbbyist for the Super
ior" Oil Co. of California, had
touched off the investigation by
offering a $25000 contribution
to Case's campaign while the
Senate was considering the con
troversial natural gas bill.
Case rejected the contribution -and
reported it to the Senate.