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o OIL CONFLICT - i , j 3 j 101 a als P roDos Seven proposals for state leg islation. to help solve Medford's growing fringe area problems were presented by the city last night to a seven member state legislative interim committee. Legislation proposed by the city was designed to make an nexation of fringe areas easier where need for city services and uncontrolled growth have created problems, and to pro vide greater planning control throughout the county. One of Several The interim committee heard problems of local groups at a meeting last night at Hedrick Junior High school attended by about 90 people. The meeting was one of several held in the state to determine areas in which state legislation might help solve local problems. In order to allow Medford to cope with rapid growth prob lems it was recommended that the constitutional budget limi tation be changed so that local budgets could be geared to Boise Firm Geis Coniract for RVMH Sleel Fram Work The contract for providing steel and erectio of structural steel frame work of the new Kogue Valley Memorial hospital was awarded to Gates City Steel company, Boise, Ida., today. The company submitted the low bid of) $99,200. The Gates City company was also low for an alternate provision to furnish an additional 15 tons of steel, if needed, with a bid of $327 per ton. The contract was awarded by the hospital board this noon. Steel Delivery Tentative date for steel de livery is some time in Septem ber with completion date for the steel framework within 49 cal ender days after steel delivery. the ' $2,000,000, 78-bed . hospital will be opened in June. Other bids for steel work were Bethleham Pacific Coast Steel company, Seattle, $103, 232, and $338 per ton for the additional steel; Issacson Ipon "Works Company, Seattle, $i184, 975, and $325 per ton; Judson Pacific-Murphy Steel company, Emeryville, Calif., $122,780, and $379 ir ton; and American Bridge Division of United States Steel Corporation, Portland, $130,540, and $420 per ton. The hospital will be con struct) at the corner of Barnett and Murphy rds. in an area re cently annexed to the city. Funds for constbtion were subscribed in a recent campaign whichOiet ted some $875,846, which will go with some $56300 in federal Hill-Burton funds, and $60000 which was contributed earlier. Attend Opening Among those attending the bid opening Yesterday were George M. Shiffer and Jay H. Cole, o the hospital planning and construction division of the Oregon state board of health, United States public healSh service, San Francisco. Q Gates City company has made arrangements with- Medford Steel company, 228 East Mc Andrews rd., to have the local firm emrjlovees construct the framework. Q Oklahoma Airplane Crash Fatal To Four Okmulgee, Okla. (U.R) Four persons, two of them tentative ly identified as daughters of a state turnpike authority mem ber, were killed today when a Tulsa flight instructor's plane crashed and burned near here. The dead included the instruct or, Rex Oscar Gilgpn, 38, Tulsa, and Mary Garaldine Jarboe, 19, and Mrs. Joan Patterson, her sister. The women were daugh ters of Joe Jarboe, Tulsa cattle man and turnpike member. The fourth victim was tenta tively identified as William Christian, Tulsa. olve Fringe A i McKay Doesn't Want To Be In Ike's Cabinet Again Washington (U.R) Secre tary) of Interior Douglas McKay indicated today he does not wish to serve another four years even if President Eisenhower should be reelected and appoint him. McKay, who has indicatedCfee fore that he wanted to retire, was asked by a reporter if Presi dent Eisenhower's decision to run again meant that he would like to serves secretary for an other four years. "Not necessarily," McKay re resented to He rea growth rather than to an arbi trary percentage figure. The city budget under existing laws may be increased only 6 per cent per year, regardless of the percent age of population increase. To enable easier annexation of problem fringe areas the city suggested that a provision be made for limiting taxation of farm or industrial tracts within the city; that some form of lim ited compulsory annexation be considered, to prevent individ uals or 'groups of owners from blocking or diverting commu nity development; and to make adjustments in annexation stat utes to permit a more equitable distribution of the indebtedness of improvement districts annex ed to the cities. Subdivision Control The city also suggested that the authority of existing city and county governments be in creased to allow them to cope with the problems oi their citi zens; that subdivision control laws be strengthened to provide a method of controlling disor derly growth; and that a method of adjusting school district boun- ANDREW HAWVER o Announces Candidacy Deputy Assessor Seeks Nomination Andrew Hawver, 42, today an nounced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Jack son county assessor. Hawver, who resides at route 1, box 166, Talent, with his wife and three children, has been a deputy county assessor since 1949. He was the Democratic candidate for tha assessor's post h9l952, being defeated by Rob bert G. Fowler, nd whom he continued serving as deputy. Fowler has let it be known he will not be a candidate this year. Onljrother announced can didate is Kay J. Schumacher, a Medford real estate man, who is also seeking the Democratic nom ination, o Hawver, a native of West Vir ginia, was in business for him self before W3rld War II as a safety engineer, having attended collegeu in West Virginia, Ken tucky and North Carolina. After wartime service in the Navy, he came to Medford, and has been employed in the assessor's office since. Agreement Seen on Upper Colorado Bill . Washington U.R) The bill authorizing the Upper Colorado river project wentoto a Senate House conference today with a prediction of quick agreement. The Senate disagreed to the version the House approved yes terday and sent it to conference to work out a compromise. The House bill, approved by a 246-136 vote, calls for a $760,- 000,000 development in the Up per Colorado river basin. The Senate approved a $1,000,000, 000 version last year. Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D.- N.M.) chairman of the Senate conferees, told newsmen the bill will be "easy to agree on." plied. "My enlistment will be up next Jan. 20, then I may be free I don't know." In January McKay said that he had not wanted the appoint ment in the first place. "But when I asked my wife, 'what shall I do?' she replied, No one can refuse President Eisenhow er.". He said that "I'm serving at Mr. Eisenhower s pleasure and that it was up. to the chief ex ecutive to appoint a new cabinet should he be reelected. o m Problems daries be provided so that the city school district will have jurisdiction within the limits of the city. Suggestions made io the com mittee by other groups included the formation of a state plan ning agency; county-wide build ing codes with "the approval of the county sanitarian necessary to obtain building permits; and the approval of county sanitar ians before any property loans could be made. The problem most frequently brought up at the meeting was that of proper sewage disposal in ?ringe oareas. It was pointed bout that many areas had become so densely populated that the use of septic tanks is no longer feasible as a method of sewage disposal. In some cases improper septic tank installation and bad soil and drainage features cre ated conditions dangerous to public health. Lack Sewage Disposal Growjth in such areas has been slowed because of the lack of sewage disposal facilities. Med ford Mayor Earl Miller stated that in accordance with a plan ning commission recommenda tion the city was not favoring the extension of city water and sewage facilities to districts out side the city limits. He said that annexation of such areas was first being considered, in order to enable the city to help direct growth. . Bob Hart, county . sanitarian, and Dr. A. E. Merkel, county health officer, pointed out a need for more controlled growth in the county. Hart stated that there were few methods of controling such problems as ground water ac cumulation, and sewage and garbage disposal in the county. He recommended more power be given to planning commis sions and said he would approve a county building code with county- sanitarian inspection of sewage and water facilities necessary to, enable builders to obtain permits. Sanitation Problems o The-' Josephine county sanitar ian stated that sanitation prob- llms in that county were much the same as here.' - He stated that the principal control now ex ercised by sanitarians is that their approval is necessary be fore property owners can ob tain state or federal housing loans. He' suggested that if this approval were necessary for pri vate and bank loans as well, proper control of county sewage and water installations could be maintained. - Fred Dayton, Grants Pass planning commission president, recommended that a state plan ning agency be formed in order to direct state growth and to act in an advisory capacity to city and county planning commis sions, o ' Interim committee members present at the hearing were Ormond R. Bean, Portland city commissioner, chairman; Judge Raymond A. Lathrop, Grants Pass; State Sen. Paul Geddes bf Roseburg; and State Sanitarian Curtis E. Everts of Portland. The committee will meet to day with local groups in Klamath Falls. JudgeLathrop pointed out that after the committee has heard recommendations from all local groups in the state and considered possible solutions to problems it will hold another series of hearings to obtain pub lic reaction to the proposed solutions. Italian President Ends Washington Stay Washington (U.R) Italian President Giovanni G r o n c h i winds up his four-day Washing ton visit today and begins a swing through the United States and Canada. The 68-year-old Italian chief of state was scheduled to leave by plane this morning for Nor folk, Va., to visit headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Naval Command and later to tour Williamsburg, Va., the re stored polonial capital of Vir ginia. Gronchi, first Italian chief of state ever to visit the United States while in office, also will visit Ottawa, Canada, Detroit, San Francisco, Colorado Springs, Colo., and New York on his transcontinental tour. He de parts for Rqme March 14. Salem (U.R) S Oregon Farm Bureau Federation has urged Sen. Wayne Mose (D-Ore.) to support the so-called "trip lease" bill which gives the Interstate Commerce Commission power to regulate the leasing of com mon and contract carriers. Moscow (U.R) The Russians are introducing automation in Soviet industry. M EDF0RD United Press full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages . GEORGE RODE Seeks DA's Office 3 ' George Rode Files As Candidate for District Attorney George W. Rode, Medford at torney, today filed for the Re publican nomination for Jack ton county district attorney. Rode, 43, whose offices are in the Fluhrer building, has prac ticed in Jackson county for 5Vt years. He practiced in Massachu setts five years before coming to Medford. A graduate of Columbia uni versity school of law, Rode also holds a master of arts degree in English language and literature from Columbia. Basic Duly of Office Rode said "administering the law8for the people of Jackson county vigorously and impar tially is the basic duty of the district attorney's office. The successful prosecution of law breakers is the most certain way of deterringf them and others of like intentions." . . Rode- said . to accomplish the ends of the office, "public money should be used in the district. at-, torney's' office as frugally as in a private business or well-run household." He is married and has four children. He lives in the Griffin Crek area. Rode has been ac tive in civic and community af fairs, especially being interested in problems of outlying districts, he said. Tom Reeder, Medford attor ney, earlier announced his in tentions of seeking the Demo cratic nomination ,f or Jackson county district attorney. McKay Accused of Biased Testmony Washington "(U.R) Sen Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) today ac cused Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay of giving . un reliable and biased" testimony on the Hells Canyon dam. Morse said McKay's statement to a joint Congressional com mittee last month that the dam is not feasible from an engineer ing standpoint is contradicted by his own department's state ment of May 5, 1953. He also said a claim by Mc Kay that there would not be enough water to fill a high dam reservoir was contradicted twice by engineers from His own de partment and by the Federal Power commission. Morse challenged McKay's testimony in a letter to the joint committee on the economic re port. House Group Votes Funds For Veterans, Health Washington i(U.R) The House Appropriations committee voted today to put up. $8,300,000,000 for veterans, health services, and a variety of other government functions. ' The money, provided in two different bills, exceeded Presi dent Elsenhower's requests by $154,000,000. The Veterans administration would get the biggest sum, $4, 700,000,000 for care and bene fits of veterans. This total ws only $785,860 more than the President sought. The committee increased by $10o.000,000 Public Health "Service- funds for medical research. More money for heart research was included. Weather FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with . .occasional light rain tonight and Saturday. Low tonight 38. High Saturday 52. Temp. Highest Yesterday 50 Lowest this Morning 3S Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace S-f?4! tyWQ vbjm a. j jmn h mil .... ; I MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1956 Jordan Fires Head Of Arab Legion in Surprise Action British Cabinet Summoned by Eden London (U.R) Jordan today fired Lit. Gen. John Glubb Pasha as commander of its Arab Legion and Sir Anthony Eden called an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss the major blow to British influence in the Middle East. Informed sources said the Minister (took a1 "grave view" of Jordan's actiqpand of its prob able effects throughout the Mid dle East where Israel and its Arab "neighbors have approach ed the brink of war many times in the past few years. Armed Chiefs Called Eden called his Cabinet, and the chiefs of Britain's armed forces, as soon as the news of Glubb's dismissal . reached him. The ministers of war, air and admiralty are not members of the regular Cabinet. The firing of Glubb and his staff ended the greatest desert legend since Lawrence of Arabia and threatened one of Britain's last major strongholds in the Middle East. The pint-sized Glubb and two of his similarly sacked staff officers left by plane for London today. 'Deep Shock' The6 Foreign Office issued a statement termi nj; Glubb's abrupt dismissal after 30. years of friendship with the Arab kingdom a "deep shock." Britain virtually created the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and even now underwrites the Arab Legion to the tune of $22,000,000 a year. For 30 years British Gen. John Bagot Glubb, five-four in the Arab burnoose he customarily wore, toiled in the , desert to create a fighting legion. He had formallyv commanded 'the :red- laerchiefed Arab troops since 1939. - - : New Administrator Assumes Duties Here James L. Pullman, former county welfare administrator for Union' county, assumed duties today as Jackson county. wel fare administrator. His appoint ment to replace - Mrs. Blanche Lyman was announced early last month. Pullman is a graduate of Washington State college and the University of Utah, and was appointed Union county admin istrator in September, 1954. His family is staying in a Medford motel until they can find a "large house," Pullman said. Mrs. Lyman, who served as case worker and administrator for the local department for more than 21 years, was dismis sed Jan. 13.0The state welfare commission this week withdrew a charge that she "lacked loyalty to the department," when she agreed not to contest her dis missal. Richard Hager, field repre sentative for the state commis sion, has served as temporary county administrator. He plans to return to Portland Tuesday. Junior Chamber Board Opens Spring Meeting Corvallis i(U.R) The annual Spring board meeting of the Oregon State Junior Chamber of Commerce opened here to day, and some 500 representa tives for Jaycee chapters from all parts of the state were ex pected to attend the three day conference. . . LAUGH is enjoyed by Russian Ambassador Georgi Zaroubin during 12-nation meeting oh peaceful uses of atomic energy m Washington, (International) ' United GOES INTO SECLUSION Autherine Lucy, Negro coed shown above as she entered an Alabama courtroom- recently in her legal battle to be readmitted as a student at the University of Alabama, was in seclusion in New York today. Her attorney, Thurgood Mar shall, said Miss Lucy is recuperating from "shock and distress" of being expelled from the university. The' cogd said she planned tentatively to return to Alabama in "a few days." to continue her attempt to end the white traditions at the school. , Mount Etna Eruption May Become Threat To Alarmed Villagers Catania, Sicily (U.R) Boiling . - i it. s lava gushing down the scarred slopes of Mount Etna plunged to day into a time-worn safety channel, averting immediate danger to Zafferana, a' town of 5000 lying in its path. But scientists warned that the volcano's ominous thundering might explode into new disaster, and one said he feared the erup tion "might take an alarming turn in the next few days." 150 Feet a Minute The flaming lava moved down the steep slopes of the mountain at 150 feet a minute along a 650 foot front but as it neared the Ox Valley safety, channel it nar rowed and its fairly high spee oozed almost to a stop. (Police had patrolled the moun tain thrughout the night - to watch for any unexpected turn in the direction , of the lava stream and to watch for new craters which might increase the threat. 0 Women in black shawls prayed in their poor -homes less than three miles from the ap proaching fiery mass that it would halt when the slopes of the mountain flatten out into the Valle Del Bov (Ox Valley) which stopped such a threat in 1908. No Evacuation Ordered Authorities did not order evacuation of the town for the time being although the flow of molten rcftk covered 1600 feet in ten minutes and then slowed to 2300 feet per hour. They re gard the valley as a natural shield. Prof. Gustavo Cumin, director Morse Loses Fight Against Eastland Washington U.R)---The Sen ate by voice vote today named Sen. James O. Eastland (D.-Miss.) as chairman of the Senate Ju diciary committee despite the vigorous objections of two Northern Democrats. Sens. Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.) and Herbert H.. Lehman (D. N.Y.) charged in Senate speeches that Eastland couldn't be an im partial chairman because of his expressed views on racial inte gration in the public schools and his attacks upon the Supreme Court decision on the issue. But the Senate approved East land by a large voice vote with only a few "nos."' Republicans Claim Rigid Price Support Washington (U.R) Republi cans claimed today" they have lined up 50 or 51 Senate votes against a Democratic proposal to restore high, rigid price sup ports for basic farm crops. This would be more than enough to defeat the Democratic plan, Q leaving the administra tion's flexible price support pro gram in effect. But the claim was disputed by Democratic backers of a return to price supports at 90 per cent of parity for corn, cotton, peanuts, mill able wheat and rice consumed domestically. Los Angeles U.R Federal Mediatpr Leverett Edwards has reported that negotiations be tween striking members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and Western Air Lines officials are continuing. Tribune Press Full Leased Wir Price 5c No. 294 of the Volcanology Institute of ! . i nn : i i j Catania, 20 miles away, said "There is no immediate danger to inhabited centers" but he warned that the eruption "might take i an alarming turn in the next few days." The great killer volcano, that has snuffed out an estimated 1,000,000 lives since it first pushed up from the ocean floor, began erupting three days ago. Siskiyou Land Use For Recreation Urged ; "Portland . (U.R). .Virgil T. Heath, supervisor of the Bureau of Land Management for Ore gon, today proposed withdrawal of 7,87.0 acres ofj) public land in Siskiyou National Forest along the Rogue river for rec reational purposes. An application has been filed in the Portland land ottice for the withdrawal, thus banning prospecting and location of min ing claims in , the grea pending action by the Department of Interior. The public has 3 days in which to register objections. Hei-th said the lands were in a strip about ne-half mile wide on each side of the Rogue, be ginning near Whiteneck Camp at the mouth of Whisky creek and extenng to a point about eight air miles. Heath said the lands had high scenic and recreational value and the' withdrawal wild pro tect them fron? commercial ex ploitation whleO protecting all existing rights. About 300 Oregonians j 'Grounded' in February Salem (U.R) Nearly 300 Ore gon drivers were "grounded" during February when their li censes were suspended as a re sult of court recommendation or discretionary action by the state licensing office. Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry's office suspended 142 licenses, most of them for an "unsatisfactory" driving record or for failure to report an acci dent. ' DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R!-; Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 488.84, up 2.15; 20 rail roads 162.79, up 2.09; 15 utili ties 65.90, up 0.51, and 65 stocks 173.38, up 1.28. Sales today were about 2,860,000 shares. . New Inquiry Case Sought Washington (U.R) Rep. Clare E. Hof'man (R-Mich.) called to day for a new inquiry into one aspect of the controversial Al Sarena mining claim. He asked the House to set up a special three-man commit tee to investigate whether Rob ert Redwine, a member of the staff of a - joint House-Senate subcommittee that recently con cluded hearings on the matter, has any evidence to support a now-retracted assertion that President Eisenhower interven ed in . the case. Columnist Drew Pearson had said the joint subcommittee had in its files a letter to the White House about the claim. Attempt To Give Hickenlooper Sum Causes Controversy Perjury Prosecution Declared Possible Washington (U.R) The sensation-packed hearings into "oil money" campaign contributions ended today on a sharp note of conflict between witnesses. The conflict revolved around whether an oil lobbyist tried to give $2500 to the campaign fund of Sen. Bourke B. Hicken looper (R-Ia.). John M. Neff, Nebraska attor ney for Superior Oil Company of California, swore he didn't. Robert K. Goodwin, GOP na tional committeeman from Iowa, swore he did and stack by his testimony in the face of chal lenging affidavits from Neff's lawyers. Possible Perjury Committee counsel Charles W. Steadman indicated it will be up to the Justice Department to desolve the sharp conflict in testimony. There could be a perjury prosecution. A federal Grand Jury is now in session here on Neffs' activities. - Goodwin also stuck by previ ous testimony that Neff had paid calls on him twiQ. Neff has insisted he paid only one call on Goodwin and never discussed "campaign contri butions. Neff's attorney, IvO D. Evans of Broken Bow, Neb., today sup ported Neff in his testimony and formally challenged "truth"of Goodwin's sworn testimony. Bill Was Vetoed It was Neff who precipitated the sometimes dramatic, often fast breaking Senate investiga tion by offering a $2500 cam paign contribution for Sen. Francis Case (R-S. D.). Case's disclosure of the prof erred contribution resulted in President Eisenhower's veto of the natural gas bill and a deci sion by the Senate to conduct a broad scale investigation of lobbying activities. The hearings ended today were conducted by- 15 special committee limited, to the Cas. contriDution and Neff's activities, in. surrounding, states in -connected, tiori with the natural gas bill. Hydrogen Bomb Tests Scheduled in April Washington (U.R) -)The gov ernment has indicated ) will be gin its new . spring Tiydrogen bomb tests at the Marshall Islands in the Pacific shortly after. April 20. ' . The Atomic Energy Commis sion issued a warning yesterday that about 421,250 square miles around the island will be a "dan g' . area ... effective April 20." It said the area probably will be released from control "by the end of August." The test explosions are slated to include experimental firing of "small" H-bombs and nuclear warheads for anti-aircraft and other missiles. The tests are ex pected to continue into June or possibly July. The danger area, roughly rec- tangula?, is sligQly smaller than the 445,000-square mile hazard zone set up while the big H-bomb tests of the spring of 1954 were under way. However, it was con siderably larger than the danger area set up at the start of those tests. . Compton Submits Low . Bid on Highway Work Portland J. C. Compton com pany, McMinnville, submitted a low bid of $6,704 for the paving of .4 miles of highway 99 on South Riverside ave. between 12th and Boyd sts. in Medford. Bids for resurfacing of the highway were opened today by the state highway commission. Salem (U.R) Owners of the Marion hotel here have an nounced plans for an expan sion program costing almost $1,000,000. in Al Sarena by Hoffman , Pearson said Mr. Eisenhower had scribbled a note to Interior Secretary Douglas McKay -across the letter asking him to do what he could about the matter. Pear son said he got his information from Redwine. Redwine later told the sub committee he had no such let ter.. Both the White House and Interior Department denied its existence. Pearson later said he would accept this as fact. At issue is whether the In terior Department acted proper ly in granting a mining patent on the Al Sarena section of the Rogue River national forest in Oregon, which contained a valu able stand of timber."
