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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."
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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
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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.
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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.