ml
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
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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: 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.