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Newspaper Page Textml les Rejects harges Foreign Picture Washington (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to day rejected Democratic charges that he has painted too rosy a pic ture of free world successes in dealing with Russia. Dulles told a news conference, however, that it would be dis astrous to be complacent because Soviet strategy could quickly return to the violent policies of Stalin. All indications, however, are that Russia's new policies of non violence are intended to be permanent, he said. . ." Dulles also said the United States, Britain and France have a good understanding of lines of action for coping with the Arab Israeli dispute but that no war plan has been agreed on for use in case of violence. Dulles was asked to comment on charges by Democratic "sena tors that he has been too optimistic in attributing radical changes in Soviet policy to failure of former Red policies and the strength of the free world. Dulles said he would not agree that he had been too optimistic. He also disputed whether his optimism has hurt chances for a new foreign aid program. Dulles told the newsmen the administration plans to ask soon ' for a congressional commitment of 5 to 10 years on long range foreign aid spending. He main tained that chances for getting congressional approval of this long range aid are good, but he would not predict the form of approval. Democratic Warning 1 Dulles said there are no plans now for Vice-President Richard M. Nixon to travel to the Middle East, as planned before President Eisenhower's heart attack. Earlier, Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) warned that Dulles may be endangering the foreign aid program with overly opti mistic statements about the suc cess of U.S. foreign policies. ' (See story on Page 5) Sen. Kilgore of West Virginia Dies ' Washington (U.R) Sen. Har Iey M. Kilgore (D-W. Va.) died today at Bethesda Naval hospi tal after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 63. Kilgore, chairman of the Sen ate Judiciary committee, enter ed the hospital Feb. 13 for a phy sical checkup and treatment for high blood presure. He unexpectedly suffered a stroke last Saturday afternoon and was in a state of semi-coma almost continuously until . his death at 2:23 a.m. (EST). His f administrative - assistant, Harold C. Miller, said only a doctor was present when' death came. Members of the senator's family were with him during the day., . Kilgore's death narrows the razor thin division in the Sen ate to 48 Democrats and Re publicans. Old Forest Grove School Razed by Fire Forest Grove U.R) A three hour fire last night razed the old South Park high school here One fireman was injured when he was knocked from a ladder at the height of the blaze. Flames, which for a time threatened neighboring proper ties, shot high into the air. More than 75 firemen helped fight the blaze. Cause was undetermined. ; Roy Thompson, 45, assistant fire chief, was knocked from a ladder and taken to a Hillsboro hospital where his injuries were described as serious. The three-story, half-block building was purchased last year by St. Anthony's Roman Cath olic church for conversion into 'a chapel ' and parochial class rooms. It was being readied for use at Easter services. Palouse River Ice Blasted by Engineers Colfax, Wash. (y.R Army .engineers were blasting ice in the Palouse river below here to day in at attempt to remove con ditions which could cause a flood. Col. N. E. Page of Walla Walla, district engineer, said the blasting would continue as long as it helped dislodge the ice which could pile up and cause the river to overflow its banks. Nebraslcans Give Conflicting Testimony About Circumstances of Contribution Washington (U.R) Nebraska'sFrancis Case (R-S.D.) touched off Republican treasurer and an oil lobbyist who handed him a $2500 campaign gift gave Sen ate investigators conflicting' testi mony today about the circum stances of the contribution Complete Stranger Party Treasurer Joseph Wish . art testified that a man who was a complete stranger to him, lobbyist attorney John M. Neff of Lexington, Neb., walked up to him in a Washington hotel last October and gave him 25 $100 bills. He said he never had seen him before Neff called out to him as he entered the hotel elevator. But Neff, the lobbyist whose $2500 campaign offer to Sea. off Josy Identical Crashes Bombers Fatal to 15 Men By UNITED PRESS " Two huge Air Force bombers exploded and crashed into farm houses in almost identical smash up late Monday and' 15 men were killed. The disasters occurred hun dreds of miles but only three hours apart. Near Dayton, O., a four-engine B50 crashed and skidded wildly into three farm buildings carry ing 11 men to their deaths. Three hours later, near Se dalia, Mo. a flaming B47 Strato jet sheared off part of a farm home and crashed. The four-man crew was killed and ; a farm mother and her son were burned. In both cases, the bombers had taken off on routine train ing missions only minutes earlier 10 minutes in Ohio and 11 minutes in Missouri. The planes appeared to develop engine trou ble at almost exactly the same time and were trying to return to their bases when they crashed. Another air tragedy was nar rowly averted hours earlier in the Midwest., Seven crewmen bailed out' of a refuelling tanker plane when its No. 1 engine caught fire, but the craft made a safe -landing afthe - Olathe, Kan., Naval Air Station. " ' son Budgets Scheduled Public hearings on two county school budgets will be held Sat urday, . March, 3, in ' the court house. . . A 10 a.m. hearing is scheduled on the $53,150 operating and emergency budget of the rural school board." At 11 a.m., the $305,450 non-high school budget for operating, emergency, trans portation and tuition will be con sidered : Budgets of the second and third class districts must be sub mitted to the rural school board on or before March 15 to allow for the board to conduct audits from March 15 to April 15, ac cording to County School Super intendent Alf Mekvold. Hearings with individual boards and ad ministrators are scheduled: be tween April 10 and 20, he said. . The county-wide election to exceed the 6 per cent limitation in all districts must be held on or before the third Monday in May. Red Cross Worker Here From San Francisco Miss Loretto Webb, San Fran cisco, Red - Cross disaster field representative, " arrived yester day for further rehabilitation work in Jackson and Josephine counties. Headquarters for - the work is in Grants Pass, according to the Jackson county. Red Cross executive secretary, Mrs. Helen Wilson. Late applications are still arriving from Jackson coun ty residents asking for Red Cross aid for damage suffered in the December flood, she said. a big furor during the natural gas bill debate, said he had been introduced , to Wishart ; several times- before that in Nebraska. Testimony Differs ' Wishart said Neff told bim Hie $2500 came from four, five or six people who wanted to contribute to the Nebraska GOP and. that Neff offered to supply their-names. : j - - Neff said he never told Wish art any such, thing; that Wishart didn't ask the name of the donor and that he (Neff) did not volunteer the information. Neff said today it was part of a $5000 fund which Elmer Pat man, Austin, Tex., -attorney for Superior Oil Co. of California, Ofirmy FLOODED FARMLAND The series of four pictures above take n by F. E. Ross, 1325 Winchester ave., shows ext by short black lines to the bridge. The arrow in the upper left indicates a residence which was surrounded by t . suited from local flooding. , -.' V, WEATHER FORECAST: Rain in the valley and snow in the mountains tonight. Showers Wednesday. Low tonight 38-40, high ' Wednesday 42-45. Temp. 49 Highest Yesterday Lowest this Morning . 44 HUM E. H. MANN Announces Candidacy Representative To Seek Reelection , State. Rep. E. H. (Ed) Mann isaid today hev ,wiUbeV a candi date for reelection. Mann has been one of Jack son, county's two members of the state house of representa tives for three two-year terms. He is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Mann live at 47 Rose ave. He is head of the . E. H. Mann company, which makes truck bodies. . The other incumbent repre sentative is E. A. (Al) Littrell, also a Republican. He has not yet announced whether or not he will be. a candidate. The state senator from Jackson county is Attorney Phil Lowry, who is not up for election this year. Senators serve four-year terms; representatives two. ' Mann was ' chairman of the house elections and privileges committee during the 1955 ses sion of the legislature, and was a member of the committees on medical affairs, forestry, and mining and public welfare. He is also a member of the interim committee on elections. Mann is the first to announce his candidacy for a seat in the legislature. March of Dimes Heads Asked To Submit Reports March, of Dimes chairmen in the various county communities were urged today by Jerry Laus- mann, county chairman, to turn in their final reports at the earliest possible date. The re ports, along with a check for the ' community contributions, should be sent to Aubrey Loper, U. S. National Bank, Medford, Lausmann said. ' Lausmann also urged business men still having March of Dimes coin collectors on their counters to call either Jerry Gastineau, Medford chairman, at 3-5148, or Lausmann at 3-5403 and the cans will be picked up. - told him was "available" for the Nebraska GOP. Patman testified previously that the money' was from the "personal funds" of Howard B Keck, president of Superior Oil. Others Contacted Neff's law partner, Paul J, Gerdes, testified earlier that Neff also had contacted persons from Iowa, Montana and Wyo ming , in connection with -how senators from those states stood on the controversial natural gas bill. The bill later was passed by the Senate but vetoed by President Eisenhower because of "arrogant" pressures by what he called small segment of the oil-gas industry. MedfordW United Press Full Leased Wire "V :. ' . . ' - - tj ... 50th Year 20 Pages Early-Morning Commuters Crash In Massachusetts Survivors Injured In Second Collision Swampscott, Mass. (U.R). A collision of . two commuter trains in -a snowstorm killed at least 13 persons and injured 60 others today. ;' More than 1000 work-bound passengers were oh the two Bos ton and Maine Railroad trains. One plowed into the rear of the other which had halted near Swampscott Junction station. Car Sheared in Half Most of the dead were in a" car which was sheared in half as it plowed beneath the- rear car of the stopped train. Some of the passengers a short time later were involved in a . second ".-similar fe"coUision about, five miles away. A train they had boarded on the same line to continue their journey to Boston was hit in the rear by another train. Fourteen per sons were hurt -in the second accident. " " The first collision involved passenger trains . bound ' from Portsmouth,; N.H. and " Salem, Mass., for Boston. . The second accident was in nearby Revere and involved two trains that had left Marble head. . .. All four trains were operated by the Boston and Maine Rail road. In Both Wrecks The Swampscott accident was by far the worst. In it, one of the cars . was ripped , in two. Three others were knocked ' off the tracks. The cars in the Re vere mishap remained on the track and proceeded to Boston where the injured were remov ed to a hospital. . Austin Davis of Marblehead, an assistant sergeant at arms at the statehouse, was ' in both wrecks. He suffered a bruised hip and leg in the first accident but was unhurt in the second. The bodies were taken to the fire station for identification. One at Standstill The train from Salem, made up four stainless steel self-propelled Budd cars, smashed into the rear of the nine-car diesel powered train from Portsmouth. A witness said the PorstmoUthv train was at a standstill when it was rammed by the Budd High lander. The first car of the Budd train virtually skidded under th last car of the Portsmouth train. Passengers inside the . trains scrambled to get out. 'Some cried hysterically. The accident occurred at 8:10 an. (EST) during a whirling snowstorm that hit much of New England. Visibility was poor. A passenger on the Portsmouth train, who refused to disclose his name, said all the passengers in his car were tossed off their seats.- -. Saw Eight Dead "I looked put and there was half a Budd car alongside my window," he said. He said the car behind his was high in the air, as if it were rammed from beneath. "One side of the car was standing, the roof and other wall were smashed in." , "I saw eight bodies myself," he said. "Rescuers pulled them out and laid them on the ground. It was difficult to recognize some of them as ever having been human beings." Portland (U.R) J. H. Mac- Kenzie, ,75, owner of hardware companies here and in Bend, died Monday. I MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDA' I Sanitarian, Planners Discuss County Needs Jackson county's need for im proved sanitation standards and procedures . were explained to the county planning commission Monday" night by. Robert Hart, county sanitarian. " , He spoke at the first regular meeting of the recently-formed committee. Pre s i d e n t John Pletsch was in charge of the meeting. - ; "' ' Hart said subdivisions platted in outlying areas have few-, re quirements now, with the result that health standards are often neglected. -. Inadequate Sewers . Builders have installed many inadequate sewer , systems,; hay ing insufficient drainage ana Lnace for seotic tanks, he. said. ThetountyJs -t)nly'ContTol--over such practices is through refusal to approve ' such property for GI or FHA loans. ,v He maintained that such con? struction goes on throughout the valley on poor soil, resulting in lack of water and efficient sewage control. Griffin Creek was cited as having more homes than the ground water there could supply adequately.- Hart said a heavy rain there caused murky water from the wells. Warning that the situation is "worsening, because most of the better soils have already been used," Hart asked the commis sion to consider setting standards for subdivisions. County sani tarians now find two or three homes each month which allow effluent .to flow into the gutters. Not Sufficient Space - The county cannot prosecute such cases unless ' a solution to their problem can be offered, Cowan Inspecting Flood E. H. Cowan, engineer with the U. S. bureau of public roads, Salem, is spending two days in the valley making a survey of last , week's flood damage. He is being assisted by County En gineer Paul Rynning and County Civil Defense Director Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks. ' Cowan, who also is available to assist with -applications lor federal aid, said he understood that flood damage from last week's heavy , precipitation was considerably less than that caus ed in December. His report will be submitted to the state civil defense agency. Boy Flown Here Suffers From Gun Shot Wounds Gary ' iiee Hankins, 10, of Dairy, Ore., was flown here from Klamath Falls today for treat ment by a nerve specialist after he was accidently shot ' in the back yesterday with a 22 calibre rifle. , Authorities said the young son of .Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Hankins was wounded while playing with his 14-year-old brother. The bul let entered his back and emerged on the left side of his chest. . The boy was flown here about noon today by Mercy Flights Inc., and taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Ambulance service. -- ; '-'- ' ' - ':- DOW-JONES AVERAGES ' " " New York (U.R) DowrJones final stock averages: 30 indus trals 485.71, up 0.71; 20 railroads 160.07, up 0.10; 15 utilities 65.32, unchanged; and 65 stocks 171.69, up 0.17. Sales today were about 2,540,000 shares compared with 2,440,000 yesterday. ,956; Ml according to Hart. In many cases there is s not sufficient space or other necessities io improve the hazard. '' ; , Pletsch .told Hart that the com mission would . consider his re port. : :: Two committees were named for what ' Pletsch termed "the two things we can prepare for." Don. B. Whalin, Medford, was named 1chairman of a committee to study -possible specifications and regulations for subdivisions. Edward F." Bolt, Gold Hill, and Edwin W. Gebhard, Central Point, also were appointed to the committee. ' Land-Use Map Stuart V. McQueen, Medford, was. named chairman of a com mittee. Tto. compile a large map or the county for a - land-use Xstiidy-The! remaining members of the commission were asked to help McQueen in the work. . , They include Edward S. Stroth er, ' Shady . Cove; - John Nieder meyeri Jacksonville; Lloyd Sel by, Ashland; David B. Lowry, Phoenix; as well as Whalin, Bolt and Gebhard. ' G. B. Backes, Medford High school instructor, ; offered ' his services in compiling the map. : Both committees will report at the March meeting. , ': Neuberger Raps Policies by McKay ; Washington U.R Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today Interior' Secretary' Douglas McKay's power policies are "sacrificing" the low industrial power rate of the Northwest and doing lasting harm to the region. ' Neuberger, in a speech pre pared for Senate delivery, said officials of Kaiser Aluminum Co. announced they can buy ; power from new steam - plants in - the Ohio valley at four mills a kilo watt hour. He quoted kaiser officials as saying they no longer need . to erect plants 5 hear hydroelectric power; sites remote from mass consuming , markets.' ' ; ; ' Neuberger said Bonneville Power's average 2.2 mill indus trial rate attracted industry. But he said that the rate is being "sacrificed" to the region's private-utility rate of 8.2 mills. : , He said McKay . "choked off new'f ederal starts so the private utilities could pre-emp ; such choice power sites as Hells Can yon and. John Day: . . , and now the chickens have come home to roost." - - ' " ' WoodburnSifeOK'd For Air Force Base Salem (U.R) Earl Snyder, director of the State Board of Aeronautics, said today he had received word that the federal air space coordinating commit tee had approved a site west of Woodburn for the .Air Force's hew $13,000,000 air base. The approval was just one hurdle in selecting a site for the new ; base, however,. It meant that the air space coordinating committee felt establishment of the base at Fairfield, 15 miles north- of here, would not inter fere with present air activities.- Preliminary engineering work, including drilling and driving of property stakes has . been going on at the 15,00-acre site for sev eral days. Not all of the land is expected to be developed. The engineering, data will be compiled and presented to Con gress, for final approval and appropriation. ills Griffin Creek Scatter Over Griffin Creek at Ross lane bridge. The creek channel is marked , ain early last week. Several thousand dollars-of damage re- filBUNE id Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 291 r-K SKwsrtS.Wr : ROBERT Y. THORNTON Attorney General Files Thornton Reveals Reelection Plans Salem - (U.R) Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton re moved himself as 1 a possible Democratic candidate for - gov ernor today as the deadline for filing for the state's May 18 pri mary election neared rapidly. . Thornton announced that he would seek reelection as at torney, general. He said he had "decided hot to seek higher of fice at this .time."; Carl Francis of Dayton is seeking the Repub lican nod for attorney general. With deadline for the ' pri mary only 10 days away, no candidates had yet ; been filed for the presidential races. But Adlai Stevenson promised yes terday to give "prompt atten tion" to " an invitation to enter the race. Sen.. Estes Kefauver, another Democrat, also has said he hasn't decided. Republicans were believed " waiting Presi dent Eisenhower's: decision on whether to run again. Deadline for filing is Friday, March 9 at 5 p.m. RVMH Steel Bids To Be Opened March 1 : Bids for construction of the new Rogue Valley Memorial hospital structural steel frame work will be opened at 10 a.m. March 1 at the present hospital, A. D. Harvey, consulting en gineer, said today. Specifications for V the work were formerly sent to a selected list of about 7 contractors. "Bids for general construction of the $2,000,000 hospital will be opened some time in June. Funds for construction of the 78-bed hospital were raised in a drive ending Feb. 6. The cam paign raised $876,379 which will be used with $600,000 giv en in two large donations, and about $563,000 of federal Hill Burton funds. : Algerian Rebels Warned To Accept Peacef Paris (U.R) Premier Guy Mollet today warned rebel forces in Algeria that unless they agree, to peaceful settlement of future problems he i will mobilize all the resources of France to crush them. .. In a bid for support from the responsible elements among Al gerian leaders, Mollet promised that there would be free elec tions three months after the restoration of peace in the strife torn North African territory ."If this appeal is not heeded," he: said, "the government will mobilize all its resources to as- sure peace in Algeria by every means." Floodwaters Countryside Reporters Still Uninformed on lkers Intention News Conference Set for Wednesday Washington (U.R) The White House announced today that President Eisenhower def initely will hold a news con ference at 7:30 a.m. (PST) to morrow. Press Secretary James C Hagerty refused to say whether the President would take, the occasion tomorrow to announce his second term intentions. Top Republicans expected the chief executive to make his an nouncement at the conference tomorrow but Hagerty did noth ing to support their expecta tions. Thus far the White House has not requested radio or televis ion time for an address to the public by the President, nor would Hagerty say when such a request would be made. At Usual Time : Wednesday mornines is the usual time for Mr. Eisenhower's news conferences. An announce ment then would come, within an hour after the stock market opens for the day. Hagerty was told that some, political obser vers wo'uld interpret this set of facts as an indication the chief executive planned to say "yes" to the pleas of his party leaders 1 to stand for reelection. -. , Asked whether the market was taken into consideration in scheduling the conference, Hag erty said, "It is the regular time for our press conference and that is the time it is going to be." - . : .. i Prior to Hagerty's announce ment, the President met for an hour with Republican congres sional leaders. They said they came away with no definite knowledge of the President's de cision or when it is to be an nounced. ? ' Asked whether the President will announce his plans at the news conference, Hagerty said, "I would not know." -Explanation to People He promised again that when the White House requests radio and television time, reporters covering the White House will be told at the same moment the request goes to the broad casting industry.' . , , Since Mr. Eisenhower's last news conference Feb. 14, it hat been assumed widely -that the chief executive will make some form of an announcement first at a news conference, and fol low it with a longer explana tion by radio and television. Hagerty said a live radio or television transmission from a presidential news conference has never been contemplated.' Emergency Relief for Three States Approved A total of $2,439,000 of emer gency relief has been allotted for agricultural conservation work in Oregon, California and Nevada, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) advised The Mail Trib une today. Morse said the money will be used for work such as moving debris from land, re establishment of pasture cover, rebuilding fences and repairing irrigation ditches. The program will be carried on by the Agricultural Conserva tion Service of the Department of Agriculture, Morse said. u I Settlement Mollet's :plea for moderation and peace was made in a nation wide radio address following a meeting of the National Defense Committee, the French equiva lent of the U. S. National Se curity Council. ' ' The committee met in urgent session to study: demands for massive and immediate .troop reinforcements for Algeria. Informed sources said mili tary leaders in North Africa had asked for about 200,000 mora men to join the estimated 34)0, 000 already fighting Nationalist rebels in Algeria. The rebellion is being carried out by 15,000 Moslem guerrillaa.