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Newspaper Page TextM EDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 26 Pages Eisenhower Tells National Audience 0! Campaign Plans Many Less Important Jobs To Be Eliminated Washington (U.R) Chair man Leonard W. Hall of the Re publican National Committee predicted today that Democratic use of the health issue against President Eisenhower will "boomerang and they will lose votes." Hall also stuck to his predic tion that Vice-President Richard M. Nixon will be renominated with Mr. Eisenhower. He made clear that he be lieves the President is only ob serving proprieties by withhold ing an endorsement of Nixon for second place until the chief executive himself is renominat ed. Some of Nixon's friends, however, feared he is in trouble. Mr. Eisenhower went before the American people by radio and television Wednesday night to tell them in person that he is willing and able to run and serve if the Republican party and the people want him. "... Let me make one thing clear," the President told the great nationwide audience. "As of this moment, there is not the slightest doubt that I can per form as well as I ever have, all of the important duties of the presidency ... So far as I am concerned, I am confident I can continue to carry them indef initely. "Otherwise, I would never have made the decision I an nounced today." The President said he is a "re covered heart patient." - This means, he said, that he must eliminate many of the less im portant social and ceremonial activities of his job. He must cut down on public speeches, office appointments with individuals and with groups, ceremonial dinners, receptions, and some correspondence. And he must reduce the amount of travel. Then he laid down the condi tions for seeking re-nomination and reelection: "Neither for renomination nor reelection would I engage m extensive traveling and m whistle-stop speaking normal ly referred to as "barn-storm ing." To Republican convention delegates he said, "I shall, in general, wage no political cam paign in the customary pat tern." He said his chief means of reaching the people if renom mated will be through means of mass communication." He said that if the GOP dele gates want a nominee who would be a . more active cam paigner, they would have the right "indeed the duty" to choose someone else. Then, addressing himself to the voters, he said he is deter mined that "every - American shall have all ' available facts concerning my personal condi tion and the way I am now con ducting the affairs of this of fice." That way, he said, when the voters go to the polls next November they will have a "full understanding of both the record of this administration and of how I propose to conduct myself now and in the future." fab County Applies for Funds To Repair Damaged Roads Jackson county applied today for $5,594 in federal aid for re pair of damage caused county roads in last week's heavy rains and local flooding. Although total damage will cost the coun ty an estimated $75,000, County Engineer Paul Rynning said much of the destruction does not fall into the class eligible for federal funds. Such aid is only for temporary repairs and applies to roads com pletely washed out, he said. Damage in the county was large ly local, requiring extensive maintenance work, rather than complete repair. N The 55,594 is the . total cost ior repairing the jobs eligible for aid, and includes soma ex MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1956 sue K&T Knowland Folds Cami Washington (U.R) Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland formally folded his campaign for the GOP presi dential nomination today. The California senator threw his full support to President Ei senhower and joined in sponsor- Curtis Nesheim to Succeed Ted Maul As District Warden Curtis Nesheim, protective as sistant for the northwest Oregon unit of the state forestry depart ment at Forest Grove, has been named district warden for the southwest Oregon district at Medford, State Forester Dwight L. Phipps has announced. Nesheim succeeds Ted Maul, who has been promoted to execu tive assistant in the state office at Salem. Forest Service Job Nesheim started his forestry career with the forest service in 1933 and was stationed at the Hebo ranger station in Siuslaw National forest. He also worked as a scaler for industrial firms in Tillamook and Clackamas counties. During World War . II he was in the construction battalion in England, the Normandy invasion and on Okinawa. He joined the state forestry department in 1946 and was in spector in Clatsop county. In 1949, he was promoted to assist ant district warden of the North west unit and transferred to For est Grove. He was promoted to protective assistant a year later and assumed protective duties ef the unit under the district warden. Tillamook Burn The northwest district com prised some 1,660,000 acres and included the 350,000-acre Tilla mook burn. Mrs. Nesheim and their daugh ter expect to join him in Med ford in the near future. Maul studied law at the Uni versity of California at Berkeley and was attached to the Mt. Shasta National forest before he came to Oregon in 1945 and en rolled in the school of forestry at Oregon State college. He re ceived his degree in 1947. He joined the state forestry department in June, 1947, and came to Medford in 1951 as dist rict warden. March Makes Gusty Debut in Oregon By UNITED PRESS March rode into Oregon- on gusty winds and rain squalls to day. Storm warnings were up along the coast with winds up to 50 miles per hour predicted north of Astoria and weaker gusts to the south. Showers through Fri day for western Oregon and light showers for eastern Oregon were predicted, with moderating tem peratures. The weather chart showed a westerly flow of air far off the coast with minor storms con fined to Oregon, Washington and southern British Columbia. penses which must be met by the county, such as use of equip ment, Rynning said. , Reporting on other county road projects, he said crews Tuesday opened the Foots creek bridge and expect to complete repair next week of the heavily damaged Central Point-Jacksonville road. A 2,000-cubic-yard slide which blocked the upper Applegate road early this week has been cleared. Load limits of 11,000 pounds for single -axle vehicles and 20,000 for dual-axle were posted today on the north river road be tween Rogue River and Rock Point bridge and on the Medford Climax road. United 'Held . Likely Sly orma laign ing a slate of California Repub licans pledged to nominate the chief executive for a second term. But he warned that "the cam paign for 1956 must not be taken for granted" just because Mr. Eisenhower has agreed to run. "Those who remember the campaign of 1948 know that it is very dangerous to take any election for granted," Knowland said. That was the year Presi dent Truman came from, behind to whip Republican favorite Thomas E. Dewey. Cancels Appearances "Knowland joined Vice-President Richard M. Nixon and Gov. Goodwin J. Knight in sponsoring the California slate of delegates for Mr. Eisenhower. Knowland told a news confer ence he was notifying his sup porters in Minnesota and Wis consin, where his name had been entered in Republican primaries, that he would not make his scheduled personal appearances there. He said he had made no move to take his name off the ballot in these and other states where it had been filed. He said it is impossible to remove his name in some states where the dead line for filing was past. Nixon's Chances But Knowland said he had made his position clear that he had said he would run only if Mr. Eisenhower were not a can didate, and that he now is join ing in support of the President. "I believe there will be com plete party unity," in California. Knowland said. He, Nixon and Knight all have been considered potential candidates if Mr. Ei senhower did not run. Newsmen asked if Knowland would support Nixon for the vice-presidential nomination this year. "I have always assumed that the ticket would be the same as in 1952," Knowland said. "I have no reason to assume other wise." .He said he Knew oi no major movement" in the party to dis place Nixon. Democrats Expect Ike To Sign Farm Measure Washington (U.R) Senate Democrats said today they are sure that President Eisenhower would sign a farm bill with 90 per cent price supports now that he has offered to run for re election. Chairman Allen J. Ellender (D-La.) of the Senate Agricul ture Committee said that he now is "positive" Mr. Eisenhover wouldn't veto the Democratic omnibus farm bill being debated by the Senate. "When a man becomes a candi date, he turns politician to the core," Ellender told reporters. Mr. Eisenhower yesterday re iterated his unalterable - opposi tion to high, rigid price supports, but he wouldn't say whether he would veto a bill with such a provision, if Congress passed it. Morse Wecomes Ike's Candidacy Statement Washington (U.R) Sen, Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), who sup ported the candidacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the pre-con-vention days of 1952, today wel comed the announcement that President Eisenhower would be available for a second term nomination. j. Morse accused the President of giving the nation ' govern ment by regency" by delegat ing presidential responsibilities. But he said, "I am glad the President is running for reelec tion and I shall welcome the op portunity to join issues in the campaign on his record. DOW-JONES AVERAGES " New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 486.69 up 3.04; 20 railroads 160.70 up 1.08; 15 utilities 65.39, up 0.30; and 65 stocks 172.10, up 1.05. Sales today were about 2,410,000 shares compared with 3,900,000 yesterday. Tribune Press Full Leafed Wire Price 5c No. 293 E. A. LITTRELL To Seek Reelection E. A. Littrell To Seek Reelection E. A. (Al) Littrell, 140 Green way circle, today announced he will seek reelection as a state representative from this district. He is a Republican. Earlier this week, E. H. (Ed) Mann, also a Republican an nounced he will seek another term as state representative. Littrell, who is completing his first term, was vice-chairman of the highways committee, and was a member of the labor and industries and commerce and utilities committees. He also served on the state interim high way committee. - Littrell is proprietor of Lit trell Parts in Medford. He said his wife, Frances, who for a time considered seeking'the Republican nomination as state representative, decided not to run. Mann and Littrell are the only announced candidates for the state legislature from Jackson county so far. The senate seat is not up for election this year. Hail Suppression Again Planned Here The Water Resources Develop ment corporation of Denver, will announce in advertisements this week plans for another hail suppression program for this area on behalf of t he Rogue River Valley Traffic association. The corporation uses coke burning silver iodide generators, and will start operations "on or before" April 1. The program will continue to about Oct. 15. The objective is to prevent hail from damaging pears growing in orchards here. . . The association met at noon today to discuss the extent of the program. The company has conducted the program in the valley for two years. Indian Gets Wedding Money Through Court Portland (U.R) An Oregon Indian, worth more than half a million dollars, went to court to get money to finance his honey room and buy rings for his bride. Harold F. Thornton, 55, yes terday got a court order from Circuit Judge Charles W. Red ing for $1,200. His thousands of dollars, received last fall by sale of timberland near Gold Beach, Ore., are held in trust from which he draws a monthly al lowance, i The petition set forth that Thornton married Mrs. Ruby Huber, 35, who has two daugh ters, in Reno on Feb. 18. They are living in Medford. Thornton formerly lived in Klamath, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton arrived in Medford by plane last night and are living at the Holland hotel. In an interview today the couple declined further comment except to say that their future plans are undecided. Washington (U.R) Sens. Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) and Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif .) have sponsored legislation ' de signed to stabilize the nation's fisheries industry. Weather FORECAST: Mostly clondy with occasional light rain tonight and Friday. Low tonight 30 40. High Friday 50-52. Temp. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning 39 Pree. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace Democrat Reveals Plan To Run for State Treasurer Steelhamme. Will Not Seek Seat in Congress By UNITED PRESS . A Democrat announced today for state treasurer and a Repub lican removed himself as a pos sible candidate for Congress as only a little more than a week remained for filing for the state's primary election May 18. Filing deadline is. Friday, March 9, at 5 p.m. Richardson Files Al Richardson, former food director at the state penitentiary, announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for state treasurer. He was .the first to announce for the post. Present State Treasurer Sig Unander is expected to seek the GOP nomi nation again. Richardson, in his announce ment, called for taking the "poli tics" out of state institutions and reorganizing the state finance and purchasing department. John Steelhammer, Salem, who "had been mentioned as a possible GOP candidate for nom ination to Congress from the first district, said today he was not running for that office. He gave personal and family reasons for not seeking the nomination. There are now five persons seeking the post to be vacated by Rep. Walter Norblad, who will run for governor. They in clude Bruce Williams, Salem at torney; William Healy, Salem, and R. F. Cook, Silverton, on the Republican side, and Jason Lee, Salem, and Don H. Meth- eny, Brooks, for the Democratic nomination. No Presidential Entries No names had yet been en tered in the presidential race but President Eisenhower's name was expected to' be filed next week. Sen. Estes Kefauver and A d 1 a i Stevenson, Democrats, have not said whether they would campaign in Oregon for the primary. Three Republican candidates for major office nominations said they also would file today. They include Norblad; .Phil Hitchcock, former state senator from Klamath Falls for U. S. Senator, and Harris Ellsworth, again seeking the GOP nomina tion for representative from the fourth district. Time To Answer Ike Refused Democrats New York (U.R) The Colum bia Broadcasting System turned down a Democratic party re quest for equal radio-Television time to reply to President Eisen hower's broadcast last night on his second term decision. CBS was the first of the na tion's four major radio-TV net works to give Democratic Na tional Chairman Paul M. Butler an answer on his request of yesterday. Butler also sought time from the American, - Mu tual, and National Buoadcasting networks. The American Broadcasting Company was next to turn down Butler's request with a message saying it was "Neither Jegally nor morally obligated to give equal facilities to the Democratic party." ABC also turned down Sen. Estes Kefauver's request for time to answer Mr. Eisen hower. . The Federal Communications Commission said the networks are not legally obligated to give the Democrats the time. 'Leap Year Baby Born. At Ashland Wednesday N A "Leap Year baby" was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Driver, route 1, box 315 A, Medford, at Ashland General hospital yesterday. The child, a boy, weighed SVi pounds and will claim Feb. 29 as its birthday. There - were no babies born in Medford hospitals yester day. Washington U.R) Italian President Giovanni Gronchi was to confer today with President Eisenhower for the second time to press for greater American backing of European unity plans. McMinnville ?J.'fl Eugene Marsh, McMinnville attorney and former president of the Ore gon senate, said today that he would . not be a candidate for public office this year. Permanent Ruling' Reached at Secret Meet of Trustees Student's Charges Cited as Reason Birmingham, Ala. CJ.P.) The University of Alabama annouced today it has "permanently ex pelled", Autherine Lucy, its con troversial Negro coed, because of her "outrageous, false and base less charges that the university inspired a riot over her admis sion. The university's drastic action was taken at a secret meeting of the Board of Trustees last night, only a few hours after a federal judge ordered the Negro read mitted despite predictions ex pressed in his court that she might be killed. Couldn't Maintain Discipline "It is the sense of this board that no educational institution could possibly maintain any semblance of discipline if any students whether they be black or white-guilty of the conduct of Autherine Lucy be permitted to remain a member of the stu dent body ' after making such baseless, outrageous and un founded charges," the board said. Therefore, it concluded, the Negro is permanently ex pelled' 'from the university. The 26-year-old student was excluded from classes two weeks after three days of rioting ac companied her arrival at the university in Tuscaloosa for classes.- Showdown Posiponed The expulsion action by the Board of Trustees apparently postponed, for a time, at laest, any showdown that might have resulted in the return of the Ne gro student to the all-white campus at Tuscaloosa. University officials had been making plans to insure Miss Lucy's safety next week. Gov. James E. Folsom said Ke would supply whatever protec tion was necessary to prevent a recurrence of the three days of rioting which prompted univer sity trustees to bar her from the campus on Feb. 6 for her own safety. '; Grooms ruled Wednesday aft er an all-day hearing that Miss Lucy must be readmitted to classes by 9 a.m. (CST) Monday. The ruling produced a mixed reaction over the state. In most areas the attitude was one of resignation. -But from many quarters came predictions of danger if the coed, the first non white student in its 125 year his tory, returns to the university. Two Are Sentenced in Circuit Court Here James F. Rogers, 18, Tacoma, Wash., and Howard Leslie Os borne, 30, 728 Summit ave., were given one-year suspended sentences in circuit court yes terday. Rogers was extradited by sher iff's, deputies on a charge of entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal, involving me chanics tools owned by Robert Little, Bullock rd. Osborne was charged with making a false statement in writing to pro cure benefit. The case involved checks. The cases of two other men, Robert Lee Ellis, of Seattle, Wash., and Phillip Eugene Bout well, 24, of Montpelier, Vt., charged with burglary not in a dwelling, were continued pend ing reports from the federal bureau of investigation. They were arrested in Albany in connection with the burglary last Thursday of Cubby's drive in, 1275 South Riverside ave. Washington (U.R) The House Post Office Committee has voted at least to consider President Eisenhower's request for a hike in postal rates. Heroic Youngster Aids Georgia Police In Killing Kidnaper of Mother, Self Waynesboro, Ga. (U.R) Troopers today shot to death a Massachusetts fugitive who kill ed an officer and abducted a woman and her young son. Jeraid Peter Beaucaire, 24, Dorchester, Mass., was felled with six rifle and pistol bul lets. Beaucaire's life almost came to an end in the living room of the Millen, Ga., dwelling where Mrs. John Herrington Jr., a nurse, lives with her chemist husband, who was out of. the city at the time, and her son. Youngster Fires Shot Beaucaire forced his way into their home at 7:45 a.m. The boy, Johnny, 12, heard his mother yell. "I got out my .22 and put in a bullet," the boy said. "I went in and mother was on the floor with blood running out of a head wound. I shot the man in SOVIET DIPLOMAT Tehran, Iran (U.R) Iran an nounced the arrest of a Soviet diplomat today on spy charges and ordered him expelled from the country immediately in the first major open case of Russian espionage in Iran. The Russian was Maj. Anatolie Ivanovitch Kuznetzov, the Soviet assistant military attache. He was arrested in the act of re ceiving secret documents from HARRIS ELLSWORTH Points To His Record Ellsworth Files For Reelection Congressman "Harris Ellsworth today filed with the Secretary of State his formal declaration of candidacy for reelection. He rep resents the fourth Oregon district in Congress, which includes Linn, Lane, Douglas, Coos, Curry, Jose phine and Jackson counties. In seeking reelection, Ells worth points to his record of ac complishment in securing pass age of legislation beneficial to Oregon. The list of bills which he sponsored and steered to final passage in the House includes authorization of the Talent irri gation project, the Chetco river harbor, Gold Beach harbor, im provement, of the Coos Bay har bor, authorization of Willamette flood control dams including power, and other public works projects. He also successfully sponsored legislation which es tablished the domiciliary home for veterans at Camp White. His bill to release impounded O&C funds brdught millions of dollars to the seven counties of the dis trict. He maintains his home in Roseburg. Medford Crusade Sets Annual Dinner Date The . third annual - dinner meeting of the United Medford Crusade will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8 in the Medford high school cafeteria. The Rev. Charles A. Epple, pastor of the United Lutheran church, Eugene, will speak and the Medford senior high school boys octette will furnish music. Five directors will be elected and, awards will be made for outstanding service during the fall campaign.. All contributors to UMC may vote in the election. Dinner reservations may be made by calling UMC head quarters, 3-4287, or mailing a request to UMC, post office box 5000, Medford, Russell DeFor est, dinner chairman, said. the finger.' Beaucaire took the weapon away from him, Johnny said, and forced the woman and boy into their car. Beaucaire earlier had shot Patrolman James H. Landrum at the little town of Louisville when , the officer apparently stopped him for routine ques tioning. Then he savagely pistol whipped the policeman as he lay on the ground dying. From Millen, Beaucaire direc ted Mn. Herrington to swing north toward Augusta. They soon appf0ached a roadblock. Young johnny, on orders of Beaucaire, told officers there that the man with him was his brother and they were going for a doctor. But Mrs. Herring ton managed to signal tc- the police with her left arm and one officer fired a shot at the car without tffect '". an Iranian officer who faces death before a firing squad for his role. Although the eovernment de manded Kuznetzov be expelled immediately, the Iranian For eign Ministry asked that diplo matic immunity be waived so he could be brought to trial. Trm Russians protested immediately ana strongly. Iran officials said Kuznetzov was arrested while receiving mil itary secrets last night in a dark, quiet street corner in the north ern part of Tehran. Arrested with him was Hussein Reiaei Tehrani. a Persian1 air force of ficer who was charged with es pionage. Iran protested immediately. to the Sov let and in a note declared that sin?e Kuznetzov "had been spying, and, besides, did not speak to identify himself when caught, he was therefore ar rested. No Diplomatic Pass "Kuznetzov did not carry a diplomatic plate number on his car and did not have the usual diplomatic pass in his pocket," the Iranian note said. "Although he speaks fluent Persian, he re fused to speak and was identi fied through his driving license." This was the first such case of open espionage in Iran which borders on the Soviet Union. Al though the two nations maintain diplomatic relations, Russia has long protested Iran's membership in the pro-Western Baghdad Pact as being unfriendly to the Soviet Union. $400,000 Allocated For Control Survey Sen. Wayne Morse has noti fied the Mail Tribune that $400,000 has been allocated by Army engineers for additional flood control surveys in Oregon and California. Senator Morse said "It remains to be seen whether Oregon's share of the $400,000 proposed by the engineers for both Cali fornia and Oregon will be suffi cient to meet our urgent needs." He said that after congress increased the overall amount for flood control surveys by more than $1,000,000 last year, he, Senator Richard Neuberger and Representative Edith Green urged Army engineers to allo cate a substantial amount for Oregon flood control project surveys. Senator Morse said the request included "surveys on the very rivers which caused such great flood damage in recent weeks." He said the three "urged an increase in Oregon examination and survey funds of $411,500 over the $24,500 request for that purpose by the President." Interim Committee Hearing Tonight The state legislative interim committee on local government will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. today at the Hedrick Junior High school cafe tor ium on fringe area problems. - The hearing, one of a series throughout the state, is to get in formation directly from resi dents on local government and urban and suburban problems to aid in analysis and possible solutions to such problems. Invitations to participate have been sent to many governmental units in Jackson and Josephine counties, and the public is also urged to participate. Beaucaire put the muzzle of his pistol to the boy's head and threatened to shoot him if the mother didn't drive away. The chase was on, with troop ers, sheriff's deputies and even game wardens in pursuit. Boy Grabbed Gun Seven and one-half miles north of Waynesboro an officer shot out a tire of the car. Mrs. Herrington, still driving, fought the steering wheel to keep from overturning and sideswiped an other vehicle before the auto mobile came to a halt in a road side ditch. Beaucaire leaped out, drag ging th boy with him, and ran for nearby woods. As officers closed in Beaucaire stumbled and fell and Johnny grabbed the gun and ran. The police levelled their guns and fired. Beaucaire droo ped dead.