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London-J.R) Rapidly mobi
liziraj, rebels in Prime Minister
Anthony Eden's own Conserva
thlg) party today demanded a
British crackdown in the Middle
East and an end to "appease
men' Eden took personal command
of -British foreign policy in an
effcrP to prevent threatening
war in the Middle East and to
quell the growing rebellion that
confronted him with a possible
serious political crisis.
Even without trying to over
throw his government, the reb
els could apply pressure to force
a toughening of the attitude to
ward anti-British moves by Arab
nations. And the demands came
from a number of Conserva
tives. Glubb Report Due
The Prime Minister pla'nned
to repor)to the House of Com
mons this afternoon on the oust
er of Lt. Gen. John Glubb from
Jordan where-he built the Arab
Legion. He also was to say what
Britain intends to do about it.
The same group of 40-odd Con
servative members of Parlia
ment who threatened to stop
last year's Bmish retreat .from
the Suez Canal Zone stormed
into action todayoprotesting the
Jordanian affront.
Parliamentary sources said
'Urgent exchanges" were taking
place between London and
Washington over the Mid-East
crisis, but Julian Amery, anoth
i er of the rebels, said that Anglo
American consultation was no
substitute for policy.
. Bond Issue Planned
At Howard School
Patrons of the Howard school
district will vote tomorrow on
a $60,000 bond issue to con
struct new rooms at the school,
according to Superintendent
Howard Boner.
Voters of the district have all
been notified of the election by
mail, he said. The voting poll
will be open from 2 to 8 p.m.
Plans call for the construc
tion of two new classrooms,
lavatories, and a combined
band and general-purpose room,
Boner said.
He pointed out that the school
added two new classrooms last
year without the necessity of is
suing bonds to pay for them, but
that the growth of the district
has made the bonding for the
new rooms a necessity.
The school has grown 300
per cent in the eight years since
1948, Btner pointed out, going
from five rooms at that time to
a proposed 16 rooms by next
year. More than 00 students
now attend the Howard school.
PatrcSs of Lone Pine school
(3) distric also will vote tomorrow,
between 2 and 8 p.m., on a
bond issue for the construction
of six new classrooms, a teach
erssjwork room, rest rooms,
boiler room, storage space and
covered outdoor passageway.
The proposala calls for issu
ing 590,000 in bonds for the
destruction.
Medford Plays Beaverton
In Firsf Tourney Game
Medford high school's basket
ball gteam, representatives of
district six in the A-l state tour
nament at Eugene next week,
will play Beaverton in its first
game at 3 p.m. March 14, it was
announced today.
Winner of the district six A-2
playoff, to' be decided Wednes
day night between Crater and
Coquille, will play its first
game against the winner of the
Molalla tournament at 3:45 pjn.
(larch 12.
Dulles Arrives
Of Conference
Karachi, Pakistan (U.R) Sec
retary of State John Foster
Dulles arrived here today for an
eight-nation conference called to
shore up the free world's fight
against the new Communist of
fensive in Southeast Asia.
He immediately plunged into
a round of talks with U. S. and
Far Eastern officials in prepara
tion for the three-day Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization confer
ence which starts tomorrow.
Lloyd, Pineau Due
SEATO representatives of
Pakistan, Australia, New Zea
land, Thailand and the Philip
pines already were here."
British Foreign Secretary Sel
wyn Lloyd and French Foreign
Minister Christian Pineau were
expected to arrive a few hours
LS
ACTION
LE EAST
"Britain should be prepared
to act for herself and give a lead
to her allies," he said.
Eden ordered a fleet of trans
port airplanes, to Cyprus to air
lift as many as 2000 British
paratroopers to any trouble
spot and to evacuate British and
American civilians from Jordan
if necessary.
He faced an angry Parliament
with members critical of the ab
sence of both Foreign Minister
Selwyn Lloyd and U.S. Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
in Karachi, Pakistan, at an
SEATO meeting at a time of
emergency.
Sir Robert Boothby, a mem
ber of Eden's own Conservative
party, cited Lloyd's absence
from Britain as one of the "les
sons to be learned" from Glubb's
dismissal.
"It is a mistake for Foreign
Secretaries to spend half of
their time cavorting all over the
world," Boothby said. "The
proper place for Mr. Selwyn
Lloyd and this goes also for
Mr. Dulles is at his desk."
Rhee Turns Down
Parly Nomination
For Third Term
. Seoul, Korea (U.R) Aging
President Syngman Rhee unex
pectedly turned down his
party's nomination for a third
term today and then hedged on
the decision when his support
ers begged him to accept it.
The 80-year-old Rhee sent his
rejection to the Liberal Party
convention only a few hours af
ter it had endorsed his nomin
ation unanimously.
"I have decided not to run
this year," he said.
Refuses To Believe
The party refused to believe
it and immediately sent a 50
man delegation to the presiden
tial mansion 4o persuade Rhee
to change his mind.
He told them to go out and
"collect public opinion" on the
choice of a candidate.
"I would like to retire and
have some other more energet
ic and younger person than I
take over the presidency," he
told the party.
No Successor
If the decision is final it
would throw the Republic of
Korea's political scene into a
turmoil. No figure of Rhee's sta
ture' has risen' in either of the
two major political parties.
His message did not mention
his choice of a successor. It did
not even refer to National As
sembly Speaker Lee Ki Poong
'whom the party has nominated
for vice-president.
The Liberal Party met this
morning for a one-day session
to nominate Rhee and choose
his running mate. The delegates
had intended to adjourn this
afternoon, but the new party
crisis was likely to extend the
session.
Road Conditions
Highway 99, north Chains
required north of Grants Pass.
Highway 99, Siskiyous
Chains required. Eight inches
of new snow.
Highway 62, Prospect
Chains required. Eight inches
of new snow.
Highway 66, Green Springs
C h a i n s required. Eight
inches of new snow.
Highway 227 Chains re
quired on Tiller - Trail high
way. Highway 199, Crescent City
Chains required on Oregon
mountain.
in Pakistan for Start
To Bolster Asia Defense
after Dulles.
In a statement at the airport
after he landed, Dulles said
SEATO "stands guard over the
independence and safety of its
members by pledging all to
stand ready to help each other
against aggression ... I am sure
in this atmosphere freedom and
great good will come." .
Briefed by Envoy
He drove directly to the resi
dence of U. S. Ambassador
Horace Hildreth for a quick
briefing. Then, only two hours
after he landed, he went into a
conference with Pakistani .Gov.
Gen. Iskander Mirza and Premier
Chaudri Mohamad Ali on rela
tions between the U. S. and
Pakistan.
Mirza was elected president
Medford
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Tension Increased
As Anti-Baghdad
States Wait Talks
Syrian Gunners
Kill Policemen
Jerusalem (U.R) Israeli and
Egyptian forces engaged in an
hour and a half of gunfire near
Kissufim along the Gaza Strip
border in the latest flareup in
the tension ridden Middle East
today.
Israeli sources said Egyptian
forces opened fire on an Israeli
patrol near Kissufim. They said
the Israeli patrol returned the
fire, with the exchange continu
ing for about IVi hours. No
casualties were reported.
Plane Gun Target
Earlier, an Egyptian 'military
spokesman said that Egyptian
anti-aircraft guns fired on an
Israeli plane which 1 flew over
the Gaza Strip this morning.
Yesterday, Syrian gunners
blasted an Israeli police boat on
the Sea of Galilee and killed at
least three policemen. The
Syrians handed over the bodies
of two of the policemen and the
captured boat last night. The
body of a third policeman was
handed over today, the Israeli
Foreign Ministry announced. A
fourth policeman is still missing.
Syrian President Greeted
. Meanwhile, Egyptian Premier
Gamal Abdel Nasser warmly
greeted Syrian President Shukry
El Kuwatly when he arrived in
Cairo this morning for an Arab
conference of anti-Baghdad pact
states. Well informed Arab
sources said King Saud of Saudi
Arabia would arrive in Cairo to
morrow for sessions among the
Egyptian - Syrian - Saudi Arabian
heads of state in what amounts
to a "council of war."
New clashes between Israel
and Syria increased the threat of
war, and there were open pre
dictions in London that Jordan's
ouster of British, Lt. Gen. John
Glubb made war "almost inevit
able." Diplomats feared the firing of
Glubb as head of Jordan would
again ally itself with Egypt,
Syria and Saudi Arabia against
Israel.
Demonstration Reported
Demonstrations by anti-British
Arab Legionnaires were report
ed in Amman, the Jordan capi
tal, and several persons were re
ported injured as jubilant citi
zens fired into the air to cele
brate the reported removal of a
fourth British officer.
In the last retaliatory raid by
Israel on Dec. 11, 56 Syrians and
six Israelis were killed in an
action that almost touched off
open warfare and brought United
Nations censure of Israel.
Portland Motorists
Find Higher Gas Prices -
Portland 'U.R) Many Port
land motorists found an added
two-cents-per-gallon tacked on to
their gas bills today as about 100
independent operator-owned sta
tions and stations handling non
advertised brands put a two-cent-per-gallon
raise on their gasoline.
The hike went into effect at mid
night last night.
A spokesman for the inde
pendent stations said the move
was an attempt to stabilize prices.
of Pakistan today after "nomina
tions closed at noon yesterday
with no other names submitted.
He will assume office March 23,
the date Pakistan officially
changes from a dominion to a
republic in the British Common
wealth. Principal Task Evident
But it was evident that the
principal task of the eight na
tions would be to give high-level
approval to measures to counter
Communist Chinese claims that
SEATO is a "paper tiger.".
Philippines Vice - President
Carlos Garcia gave weight to
this on his arrival last night
when he said the "ultimate" goal
of SEATO should be a standing
military force against Communism.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1956
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DISCUSS COUNTY OFFICES Students
from Jacksonville, Eagle Point, Crater and
Phoenix discuss county offices in which they
will work tomorrow as part of Student Gov
ernment Day, which starts today. Jacksonville
High school students are Gary Hueners, coun
ty commissioner, and Jean Smith, chief depu
Sfudenf Governrne nt
Way
Student Government Day got
under way this afternoon.
Students from city and county
high schools, elected and appoint
ed as officials for a day in city
and county government, took the
oath of office.
Students registered at the Elks'
temple basement, and were
sworn in at 2 p.m. by County
Clerk Bereth Hopkins and Med
ford's Mayor Earl Miller.
Day Proclaimed
The mayor and county court
issued proclamations today, of
ficially naming March 6 as
Student Government Day, when
students will act in the place of
the ' regularly elected and ap
pointed officers.
The program, sponsored by
the Elks' club, has been adopted
on a national basis as a project
for other Elks' clubs. It coin
cides with studies of local gov-,
ernment in Medford high school !
and with a stury of county gov
Adenauer Gains in
Sunday's Election
Stuttgart, Germany (U.R)
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's
Christian Democrats emerged
stronger tha never today from
elections in the large state of
Baden-Wuerttemberg.
But the party's control of both
the state government and the
upper house (Bundesrat) of the
federal government was threat
ened by the possibility of an op
position coalition.
The Christian Democrats won
56 of the 120 seats in the state
Parliament in yesterday's elec
tion, six more than before. The
Free Democrats took 21 and the
Socialists 36, a loss of two for
each. . .
The voters gave the Commu
nists a resounding defeat, taking
away all four seats they held in
the last Parliament.
Two Business Buildings
Destroyed in Drain Fire
Drain, Ore. (U.R) A fire in
Drain last night destroyed two
business buildings the Wesley
cafe and Thatcher's cleaning es
tablishment. The Douglas coun
ty sheriff's office described the
loss at total. There was no esti
mate of damage and cause of
the blaze was not learned im
mediately. DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 491.68 up 2.84; 20
railroads 164.85, up 2.06; 15 ut
ilities 66.71, up 0.81, and 65
stocks 174.91, up 1.53. Sales to
day were about 3,090,000 shares
compared with 2,860,000 Friday.
mi
Youngsters Hold
ernment in high schools outside
Medford in the Elk's jurisdiction.
The Elks greeting committee,
under the chairmanship of Ex
Mayor Diamond Flynn, will
greet students, parents, city and
county officials and other guests
at a "get-together" meeting prior
to the annual banquet tonight.
Banquet Slated
A banquet at the Elks' temple
will start ' at 6:30 p.m. today.
State Sen. Phillip Lowry of Med-
pr
PAUL B. RYNNING .
Candidate for Surveyor
Rynning Announces
Surveyor Candidacy
County- Engineer Paul B. Ryn
ning today filed for reelection
to the office of county surveyor,
a position he has held for over
31 years. He is seeking the Re
publican nomination.
The appointive post of en
gineer has been held in the past
by the elected surveyor, al
though it was only this year that
the county court reset the ap
pointment to run concurrently
with that of surveyor.
Rynning, a graduate in civil
engineering from the University
of Wisconsin, began work for
Jackson county in January,'1925.
At that time, the county had
$200,000 outstanding road war
rants and undertook most of the
road work with horse teams,' a
few T-Model Fords, and a vary
ing number of crews. -
The county road department
now employs 140 men the year
around. Rynning is to leave tomorrow
for Pullman, Wsh., where he has
been asked to participate in the
seventh annual Road Builders'
clinic March 7-9 at Washington
State college.
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ty county clerk. Eagle Point students are Lois
Farlow, girls 4-H agent, and Gary Foran, dis
trict attorney. Crater students are Ron Harri
son, county commissioner, and Irma Penwell,
sanitarian. Students from Phoenix are Sandra
Owens, district judge and Jim Korth, assessor.
(Landis-Shangle photo)
D a U n d e r
Offices
ford will be principal ; speaker.
John Dellenbach will be master
of ceremonies.
Students were being conducted
this ! afternoon on tours of the
Medford fire department, police
departments, court house, county
shops, airport and the sewage
treatment plant. "
The elected student ' council
men and mayor will conduct the
Medford .city council meeting at
7:30 p.m. tomorrow.
-.
The proclamation by Mayor
Miller, said, . in part, that SGD
youth activity does a great deal
toward educating our future citi
zens in the field of local' govern
ment and gives them a true pic
ture arid an inside look at city
officials on the job. .
Reds Put Price Tag
On American Captives
Geneva (U.R) The latest
Communist Chinese, blast at the
United States apparently dashed
any chances that all 13 Ameri
cans still imprisoned behind the
Bamboo- Curtain would be re
leased this year, diplomatic
sources said today.
. The sources said the state
ment issued yesterday by the
Red China Foreign Ministry ap
peared to put a definite price of
a - foreign ministers conference
between the ; two countries for
the release of the 13.
It did not specifically men
tion the 13 civilian prisoners,
but it said a Sino-American for
eign ministers conference "must
be held in order to realize the
desire for a peaceful settlement
of disputes between China and
the United States without re
sorting to force." -
Talks between the United
States and Communist Chinese
ambassadors now are in their
eighth month with no visible
signs of progress.
Safe Burglary Attempt
Reported by Market
An attempted safe burglary
Saturday- night at the new
Piggly Wiggly market on Stew
art ave. as being investigated
by sheriff's deputies today.
The safe was moved out of
the building through a door
which was removed from its
hinges, officers said. An officer
on routine patrol about 9:30
p.m. found the safe on its side
in a lot at the rear of the build
ing. It had not been opened, po
lice said. - . ' ' .
A stamp vending machine in
side the building had been
broken but 55 cents . still re
mained inside.
Weather
FORECAST: Partial clearing to
night and Tuesday with snow
showers becoming more wide
ly scattered. Continued cool. .
Low tonight 2(1-23. High Tues
day 45-47.
Highest yesterday .... 44
Lowest this morning 23
Prec.
To 4:30 a.m. today 1 in.
Record Snowfall
Closes Schools,
Snarls Traffic
23 Degree Cold
Causes Icy Highways
A record breaking March
snowfall that blanketed Medford
last night caused traffic to slow
to a near standstill, at least five
schools to close and power out
ages.
The more than six inches of
snow coupled with 23 degree
weather made this area the worst
of Oregon's weather trouble
spots today.
Cars Stalled on Hill
Traffic throughout western
Oregon was in a snarl this morn
ing with at least 20 cars stalled
A snowfall of 6.1 inches
since 4 p.m. Sunday was re
ported by the weather bureau
station here late this morn
ing. The amount exceeded to
tal for the entire month of
March in any previous year
on record.
Previous heaviest snowfall
for the month was 4.7 inches
in 1951. A fall of 4.1 inches
ihat same year was also the
previous record for a 24-hour
period in March.
Greatest snow depth for the
current storm was 6 inches
at 4:30 a.m. today. Most of
the snow fell between 4 p.m.
yesterday and 4 a.m. today,
the weather bureau reported.
Snow showers are expect
ed to become more widely
scattered tonight and Tues
day. Snow depth at Crater Lake
National park this morning
was 200 inches. The park had
23 inches of new snow.
on Granite hill about six miles
north of Grants Pass.
Chains were required in all
mountain passes - with eight
inches of snow in mountain
areas.
- A 10 minute power outage in
Medford Sunday evening was
caused by snow loading the lines
in the Prospect area, California
Oregon Power company officials
said today. Service was restored
through other circuits.
West Side, Lone Pine, Evans
Valley, Rogue River and Apple
gate schools were closed because
of transportation difficulties, ac
cording to the county school su
perintendent's office.
Temperatures Fall
Last night's snowfall varied
from a trace to Medford's heavy
fall. Temperatures fell to a little
below freezing at most places
west of the Cascades in Oregon
and Washington. It was 32 at
Portland, 30 at Salem, and 29
at Eugene and Roseburg. The
coldest spot in the northwest was
Ellensburg with a low of 13 de
grees. The weather bureau said the
low pressure trough associated
with Saturday's storm was still
located along the Oregon coast
but was beginning to move in
land. Forecasters predicted that
it would cause more snow flur
ries over the state today and
Tuesday with precipitation end
ing west of the Cascades during
the night.
Another Pacific storm is now
located in the eastern Aleutians
but weathermen said it should
not affect western Oregon weath
er before tomorrow night or
Wednesday. -
Klamath'Falls (U.R) David
Smith Troy, 55, manager of the
Klamath Falls division of Weyer
haeuser Timber Co., died here
Saturday night of a heart attack.
Farmers Union Strongly
Opposes Oregon Safes Tax
Salem U.R) The Oregon
Farmers Union expressed em
phatic opposition to adoption of
a sales tax amendment in Ore
gon in a statement today.
"We are firmly committed to
a policy of taxation based on the
ability to pay," the group's
statement declared.
"It is quite true that the rap
idly increasing cost of school
taxation which falls in much too
great a proportion upon real
property has created a very se
rious situation to farmers and
home owners," the statement
continued.
"We are not, however, able
to be convinced, or share the en
thusiasm shown by some, that
enactment of a general sales tax
would be permanently used to
Contribution Said
To Hinge on Vote
On Gas Measure
Nothing Came of
Offer, Group Told
Washington (U.R) Oil lobby
ist John M. Neff admitted today
he had offered a campaign con
tribution for Sen. Bourke B.
Hickenlooper if the Iowa Repub
lican was "in favor" of thtfcnat
ural gas bill.
Neff made the admission after
Wendell T. Edson, Storm Lake,
la., attorney, told a select com
mittee Neff .offered to contribute
$2500 for Hickenlooper's cam
paign, or any other state GOP.
fund, if Hickenlooper would vote
for the natural gas bill.
Neff, following Edson to the
witness stand, confirmed the sub
stance of Edson's testimony. But
said he could not recall specifical
ly that $2500 was mentioned.
Neff is the Lexington, Neb.,
lobbyist-lawyer for Superior Oil
Co. of California, who made the
$2500 campaign contribution
which Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.)
rejected during debate on the
natural gas bill.
Sought Correct Vote
Previous testimony has indi
cated that Neff made inquiries
in five states, including Iowa,
to determine the views of sena
tors on the gas bill.
But Edson's testimony was the
first direct statement that Neff
proposed to make a campaign
contribution contingent on how
a senator voted on the gas bill.
Edson said nothing came of
Neff's offer after he had told
Neff that Hickenlooper would
be"shocked" by any such ar
rangement. Edson said Neff made
the offer after he had told Neff
he was a "casual acquaintance"
of Hickenlooper.
Hearings Ended
Neff's testimony ended a se
lect committee's nine days of
public" hearings into whether an
improper attempt was made to
influence Case's vote on the nat
ural gas bill. The committee now
will prepare a report for the Sen
ate on the incident, which has
prompted a full scale investiga
tion of lobbying activities.
Neff, who had previously not
told the committee about his
offer to Edson, conceded $hat
he had mentioned a campaign
contribution in a conversation
with Edson atStorm Lake Nov.
3. The conversation took place
the same day that Neff had
been in Sioux Falls, S.D., to in
quire about Case's attitude on
the natural gas bill.
The Senate passed the bill
but President Eisenhower
ve-
toed it because of what he de
scribed as the "arrogant" lobby
ing activities of a small segment
of the oil-gas industry.
Case voted against the bill,
Hickenlooper for it.
Goldwater Te.ils of Gift
Sen. Barry M. Goldwater (R
Ariz.), said today he received a
1952 campaign contribution
from a man named Keck who
lived in Chicago.
But he told reporters he did
not know the contributor's first
name or whether he was relat
ed to California oilman How
ard Keck. Nor did he knowhe
amount of the contribution.
Goldwater said newsmen
seeking details of the contribu
tion would have to go to the
office of Arizona's secretary of
state, and inspect official re
ports on his 1952 campaign fi
nances. Goldwater's statement stirred
up considerable attention in
view. of the fact that Goldwater
is a member of the latest special
Senate committee which will
investigate lobbying and cam
paign contributions.
Goldwater was asked whether
he believed the contribution
might be grounds for disquali
fying him as a member of the
special committee to investigate
lobbying and campaign contri
butions. "Hell, no," he replied.
lessen the burden on real prop
erty." o
The farmers group has been
opposed to the sales tax through
the years because they feel such
a tax is not economically sound.
. At the same time, the farmers
union voiced their opposition to
the 45 per cent surtax imposed
by the 1955 legislature and low
ered personal exemptions. The
union said it favored elimina
tion of the federal income tax
deduction to the lowering of per
sonal income tax exemptions.
On school support funds, the
group declared the Oregon Edu
cation association and others
seeking more school funds were
not looking for property tax off
sets, but rather for new and in
creased sources of money.