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o AffW pi n II --i : ,: uv i MEDFORD United Press Full leased Wire 50th Year 22 Pages Israel Demands Armistice Group Discuss Charges Jerusalem v'U.R) Israel ac cused Egypt today of three new acts of aggression and demanded an emergency meeting of the Mixed Armistice Commission to discuss the charges. An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman made the charges as the heads of state of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria met in Cairo in a meeting that could determine the future of peace in the Middle East. The spokesman listed the three "acts of aggression" as fol lows: 1. The incursion of Israeli territory by Egypt armed patrols at Hatzerim, west of Beersheba. 2. The killing of an Israel sol dier at Nir ftzhak near the Gaza Strip when his car hit an Egyp tian landmine. . Aggression Highlighted t 3. The Egyptian shelling of three Israeli positions at Kissu fim. The spokesman said the com mission meeting was requested because the incidents were not isolated but served to highlight the growing volume of Egyptian aggression against Israel. These and a series of clashes yesterday between Israeli and Syrian and between Israelis and Egyptians already had heighten ed the Mid-East crisis that again threatened to explode into open warfare. King Saud of Saudi Arabia flew to Cairo today from his des ert kingdom for the series of talks called originally for next week as a "council of war." King Saud joined Egyptian Premier Gamal Adbel Nasser and Syrian President Shukry El Kuwatly in conferences aimed at wooing Jordan away from the last- traces of British influence and to consolidate Arab strength in event of war. The three states have signed a pact pledging to go to war against Israel if Israel commits "aggression" against any one. Cairo reports said the three Arab states hoped to exploit the British reversal in Jordan and to work rapidly to see that Jordan does not join the pro-Western Baghdad Pact. One report said the three nations were ready to pay the $22,000,000 Britain has been giving the Arab Legion of Jordanjtach year. Crisis Program Sought Britain already has called on the. United States and France to join it in a crisis ogram to sal vage the anti-Communist Bagh dad Pact key to Middle East defense and strongly opposed by te Arabs who see it as threat to Arab unity. Britain, still shocked by Jor dan's action in firing Lt. Gen. John Glubb ahad of the Arab Legion, announced that Glubb ' had been knighted , by Queen Elizabeth II for his many years of service and said 15 key Brit ish officers would be withdrawn from the Legion. There were unconfirmed re ports Britain might withdraw the $22,000,000 it annually pays the desert legion. Bond Elections in Two Districts Today Polls will be open until 8 p.m today in two school districts for residents to vote on bond issues to finance new construction Droiects. Voters in Howard school dist rict will decide a $60,000 bond issue for construction of two new classrooms, lavatories, and a combined band and general-purpose room, according to Super intendent Howara tfoner. said notices of the elec tion were sent home with child ren and were legally posted in tho Histrict. Residents of Lone Pine district will vote on a $90,000 bond issue for construction of six new class rooms, a teachers' work room, rest rooms, boiler room, storage space and a covered outdoor passageway. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1956 STUDENT CITY COUNCIL Medford High school students elected as mayor and council men for the seventh annual Student Govern ment Day are shown discussing problems they will be confronted with at a city council meeting tonight. City and county high school students today worked with regular officials in all phases of local government. Shown County, City Offices Occupied by Students The Jackson county court, I knew of many instances where composed of high school stu dents taking part in Student Government Day activites, went on record this morning in op position to Saturday closure of the courthouse. County Judge Ronald Hanson, Eagle Point High school, and County Commissioners Gary Hueners, Jacksonville High school, and Ron Harrison, Crater-High school, said they felt that because stores remain open on Saturday and many people from outlying parts of the coun ty come to town on that day, courthouse services should re main available to them. Petition Circulated A petition was circulated re cently by regular county em ployees, asking that the court house be allowed to close Sat urday morning. All elected and appointed Medford and county offices to day were being held by hign school students participating in the seventh annual Student Government Day. The Elks sponsored program, designed to give students understanding and insight into the problems of local government, has been adopted as a nationwide project for Elks clubs. Mayor David Bosworth, Med ford High school, called a spe cial council meeting for this afternoon in the mayor's cham bers to consider the agenda for tonight's regular council meet ing. The meeting will be con ducted by students under the direction of the regularly elect ed officials. The council agenda calls for a public hearing on a change of zone, consideration of a petition for drainage control and several other items of city business. 88 Participate Others among the 88 students participating in the program toured city and county offices and were working with their of ficial counterparts on current problems of local government. About 350 students, parents, city and county officials and guests attended a "get acquaint ed" meeting yesterday at 6 p.m. followed by a banquet in the Elks' club basement. State Senator Philip Lowry spoke to the group on what he considered the principles of good government. Lowry said that the basic purpose of government was to serve the individual by doing those things the individual can not do by himself. The individual is the heart of good government, he said, and all people should participate ac tively in public affairs whether as elective officials, on school boards, or in the capacity of a voter and critic. He pointed out that it was wrong to think that a single person could have no influence in government and said he bills were passed because of the efforts of a single individual. Lowry warned that politi cians should be judged on char acter rather than personality. He criticized a trend in cam paigns which treats politicians as commercial . products to be sold to the people. "The swift and sure penalty for lack of interest in govern ment is bad government," he said. 1 Elks' lodge Exalted Ruler C. Aubrey Sander welcomed those attending the dinner. Short speeches were . made by Medford Mayor Earl Miller, Stu dent Mayor David Bosworth, County Commissioner Chester Wendt, and Student County Judge Ronald Hansen. John Dellenback was master of ceremonies. Record Low Recorded Here This Morning A low of 16 degrees was re corded at the Medford weather bureau station here this morning the lowest recorded in March since the bureau started keeping records here in 1928. The previous low for March 6 was 20 in 1955, and temperatures got down to 19 last March. An unofficial low of 14 was record ed here March 1, 1917. Low temperatures froze melt ed snow on highways last night, and Medford road crews worked throughout the night sanding hills and putting salt on inter sections to reduce traffic hazards. Flocks of Robins Get Food Through Cooperative Plan Birds have a notoriously dif ficult time finding food during periods of snow and freezing weather. Many people take pleasure in setting out food for them at such times. Today a rural housewife, a newspaper, a radio station and a bakery teamed up to see that "thousands and thousands" of robins would not go hungry. Mrs. Bernie Moore, who lives on Upton rd. about 1V4 miles northeast of Central Point, call ed the Mail Tribune this mprning to report that huge flocks of robins were swarming in the fields nearby, and were ob viously hungry. What should she do? Calls Radio Station The newspaper called its affil iated radio station, KYJC, which broadcast a brief description of the birds' plight. Among the listeners was Eugene Ferrell, manager of Fluhrer's Bakery. He noted the address, and within an hour a Fluhrer's truck drew i up at the Moores' house, and un Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 297 above are, seated (left to right) Mayor David Bosworth and Councilmen Katherine Gott, Honor Stansbury, Sonja Peterson, and Janet Jamison. Standing (left to right) are Mrs. Jo Anne Smith, advisor, and Councilmen Mira Frohnmayer, Monte Hoist, Gary Shaffer and Sheila Spence. (Landis-Shangle photo) County Employment Last Month Showed Slight Improvement Unemployment in Jackson county last' month was 12- per cent below that of January, and four per cent above February, 1955, according to John J. Pat ton, manager of the Medford em ployment office. As of Feb. 29, there were 2,105 unemployed, including 325 wom en, Patton said. There were 254 new applications for work last month, compared to 508 in Jan uary, and 236 in February, 1955. Employment improved slightly last month despite adverse weather conditions. Most of the February gain, Patton said, re sulted from regular crews being called back to work. He added that there was little new hiring done. "Logging in particular was slowed down by the weather and the resulting log shortages caused layoffs in several mills," Patton said. The general outlook "is ex cellent, with a considerable amount of construction sched uled." After weather conditions are more favorable, Patton stated "we can expect an early shortage of help to develop in skilled occupations and in the supply . of experienced office workers." He noted that the peak unem ployment experienced this win ter was less than 10 per cent of the total labor force in the county. Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower will hold a news con ference at 7:30 a.m. (PST) tomor row. loaded several boxes of stale bread, totaling some 1,600 slices. Mrs. Moore said that as soon as the bread-distribution began, the birds "began swarming in like nothing you , ever saw." Birds would take bread, carry it off to eat, and come back with a flock of friends, she reported. She happily declared it was about the biggest feeding opera tion she'd ever seen, and she said she hopes other residents of the area will aid the birds during the period of bad weather. Salem (UP) Rep. Walter Norblad today with drew his . filing for the Republican nomination for governor in the May primary and filed for reelection as representative from the first congressional district Norblad had previously been urged by Republi can friends to abandon his race for governor in favor of seeking reelection to his congressional post. Weather FORECAST: Fair tonight; patchy valley fog Wednesday morn ing. Increasing high and mtd dlle cloudiness Wednesday. Low tonight 20-25; high Wednesday, 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 35 Lowest this Morning 16 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 25 Greece Retaliates By Halting Radio Broadcast Relays "Nicosia, Greece (U.R) Brit ain clapped tough new security measures on this blood-bathed Mediterranean island today and ran head-on into retaliation from the Greek government. The British, seeking to win back prestige in the nearby MiJdle East with a show of strength against terrorism here, jammed inflammatory broad casts from Athens radio and ordered its 15,000 troops to stamp out violence with force, if necessary. Broadcasts Halted The Greek government im mediately halted British broad casts relayed by Athens radio. Radio officials in Athens said the order came from Premier Constantine Karamanlis. Previ ously, the Greek government had held that Athens radio broadcasts were not official and were the sole responsibility of the radio station. Britain's show of force was its answer to the islanders, most of them of Greek origin, who rejected a British compromise plan for satisfying their de mands for self-determination. Site Selected for Detention Home A two-acre site on the county fairgrounds between the present ballpark and the bureau of land management warehouse has been selected by the county court for the location of the county juve nile detention home. The court will make the for mal recommendation at 10 a.m. Wednesday at a meeting with representatives of the juvenile advisory committee. Commissioner Chester Wendt said the site is about as good as any the court has inspected, es pecially in regard to convenience to the courthouse and in regard to surroundings. It jias city water and sewage, and can be enlarged if necessary. The selection follows several months' search by the court for a location filling all recom mendations made for a detention home site by the National Proba tion and Parole association. Funds for the $65,000 home were voted in the 1954 general election. Corruption in State Institutions Charged Salem (U.R) The State Board of Control asked the Marion county district attorney today to investigate charges of "corrup tion and graft" in state institu tions. The charges were made by Al Richardson, Salem, a Democratic candidate for nomination as state treasurer. In a letter addressed to Ken neth Brown, Marion county dist rict attorney, William C. Ryan, secretary of the Board of Con trol, said: "The .charges made, if true, would involve serious violations of law. The members of the Board of Control ask that your office make an investigation at the earliest opportuniy and that the results of your investigation be placed . before the Marion county grand jury." Richardson was formerly food supervisor at Oregon state prison here. draws Threat To Peace Still Exists in Asiaf Dulles Says Danger Receded, Ministers Told Karachi, Pakistan U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today the danger of war in Asia has receded, but warned that a threat to peace still exists in Soviet Union's "Trojan horse" tactics. Dulles outlined his views in a speech to the first closed ses sions of the council of ministers of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). Dangers Only Curtailed He warned that the dangers of Soviet Communism expan sion have been merely curtailed not eliminated. Moscow's pres ent "Trojan horse" moves of economic and political infiltra tion differing from its former tactics of violence still present a threat to the free world, he said. Dulles said the buildup of military strength by the Asian members of SEATO had les sened the threat of Communist aggression. But he gave no indi cation that the United States fa vored any change in its policy against setting up a standing military force such as exists in Europe under the North Atlan tic Treaty Organization. Talk Seen Repetition Informed conference sources said the first half of Dulles' ad dress was largely a repetition of his initial speech to the pre liminary open session of the' ministers. In that talk, he said the SEATO pact's aim was to preserve Free Asia from the fate that has transformed all or part of 10 once-independent states into "virtual colonies rul ed by international Commu nism." Dulles told the delegates from the eight pact member nations, the United States, France, Brit ain, : Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines; Australia and New Zealand, that it was his belief that the existence of SEATO was responsible for the lessened threat of Communist aggression. Laurelhurst Water To Be Off Tomorrow Medford city water in the Laurelhurst district will be turned off between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow in order to con nect five new mains to the Sal ing ave. main, Robert Lee, assist ant water department superin tendent, has announced. . The seven-hour shut-off will allow complete installation, of the lines with only one stoppage, he said. Water is already being provided most of the residents through privately owned small pipes, Lee said. The new lines will give a standard distribution system and provide service and fire protection to each lot. Water will be off Wednesday on the following streets: Saling ave. from Crater Lake ave. to Oregon Terrace; Stevens st. from Crater Lake ave. to Wa bash st.; Spring st. from Crater Lake ave. to. Waverly way; Mary, Marie, Effie, Bessie and Pearl sts. from Jackson st. to Stevens st.; Mae st. from Saling ave. to Stevens st.; Wabash ave. from Stevens st. to Spring st.; and Crater Lake ave. from Sal ing ave. to Spring st. Mann Loses Debate On Voter List Use Salem (U.R) The Legis lative Interim Committee on Elections argued at length here today over the question of re stricting use of registration lists to political organizations. The subject, discussed a month ago, was revived by Rep. E. H. Mann of Medford who. in sisted that use' of the lists be restricted to political purposes only. However State Sen. Mark Hatfield and Vernon Burda con tended that civic organizations, the Grange and Labor organiza tions should have the right to use such lists if county courts or county commissions approve. The proposal to extend use of the lists was adopted with only Mann in opposition. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials, 491.41, off 0.27; 20 rail roads 164.10, off 0.75: 15 utilities 66.64, off 0.07, and 65 stocks 174.61, off 0.30. Sales today were about 2,770,000 shares compared with 3)90,000 yesterday. LETTE R TO OPOSES'UMITON TORE Washington i(U.R) President Eisenhower today proposed to Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin a ban on future production of nuclear weapons. The President said in a new letter to Bulganin that the United States is prepared, under certain conditions, to work out safe guards "so that future production of fissionable materals anywhere in the world would no longer be used to increase the stockpiles of explosive weapons." Mr. Eisenhower said that this step, combined with his atoms for peace program, "would reverse the present trend toward a constant increase in nuclear weapons overhanging the world." 1 "My ultimate hope is that all rr ' ' lllPMipllllii ROBERT DUNCAN Seeks House Nomination Duncan Announces Candidacy as State Representative Robert B. Duncan, 35, a Med ford attorney, today announced he is a candidate for the Demo era tic nomination for the state house of representatives from Jackson county. He is the first Democrat to an nounce. The incumbent Republi can representatives, E. H. Mann and E. A. Littrell, both will be candidates. Firm Associate Duncan has been associated with what is now the firm of McAllister, Duncan and Brophy since coming to Medford in 1948 Prior to that he was an insur ance claims adjuster in Port land and Eugene for a few months after graduating from the University of Michigan law school. His BA degree was earn ed from Illinois Wesleyan uni versity and the University of Alaska. , He was a -Navy pilot during the war, and now serves in the Naw reserve as a lieutenant- Before the war he was employed in the merchant marine as an able bodied seaman, and in the Alaska gold fields. He is a native of Bloomington, 111. He and his wife and five chil dren live at 1500 Terrace dr. Duncan is a member of the local, state and national Bar associa tions, the Elks club and the Sal vation Army advisory board. He is a former president of the Med ford Active club, and was chair man of the Jackson County Ju venile Court Advisory commit tee. Hearing on Change Of Zone Scheduled - A public hearing n change of zone from single family to single and two family for several blocks in the Laurelhurst addi tion, and an area north of Stev ens St., will be held at a city council meeting at 7:30 p.m. to day in the city hall. The council meeting will be conducted by students of Med ford and St. Mary's high schools under the direction of the regu larly elected official as part of Student Government Day activtities. The council will also consider two calls for hearings on changes of zone; a petition for drainage control in the Barnett rd. and Ellendale dr. area; and establishment of a water main fund. Student City Manager Al Boardman will give a report from the Army corps of engin eers regarding proposed Bear Creek bank reinforcement to protect the city's Camp White trunk sewer. Los Angeles (U.R) Melvih Messimore, a 65-year-old Tacoma, Wash., gardener, is being held on S5000 bond after being ar raigned on charges of kidnaping a five-year-old Tacoma girl "so she could be raised properly." Bl'LGAi PRODUCTION production of fissionable mater ials anywhere in the world will be devoted exclusively to peace ful purposes," Mr. Eisenhower said. This was the main feature of Mr. Eisenhower's letter inviting Bulganin to consider new East- West disarmament steps stress ing control of the "nuclear threat" to the world. Mr. Eisenhower also: 1. Again rejected Bulganin's previous offer of a 20-year Am erican-Soviet friendship pact. Mr. Eisenhower did not refer to the proposal directly. But he said his previous view reraains generally" as expressed inJan uary. He said, however, that he will continue to study the problem to see :f any "useful new steps" can be taken. 2. Insisted that adoption of his "Open Skies" aerial inspec tion proposal, combined with ground inspection teams, would lead to a reduction of arma ments, the lessening of tensions, and the brightening of the pros pects of a durable peace." Bui-. gamn on Sept. 19 had proposed use of ground inspection teams at key points. The President said Oct. 11 that he would be prepared to accept this. 3. Proposed that arms limita tions be sought primarily though not exclusively, in terms of controls on "armaments rath er than on men." The President said initial ac tion toward agreements could be taken at the forthcoming five-power ' disarmament meet ing in London. But he said these steps toward disarmament would take a long time to work out with other nations as well. Extensive Strength In the meantime, the Presi dent said, the United States and Russia would have very exten sive military strength, including stocks of nuclear weapons. "I wish to make it clear that, so far as the United States is concerned, we would continue to hold such strength, not for aggression, nor for narrow na tional purposes, but as a contri bution toward world stability in this transitional period," the President said. Mr. Eisenhower's letter was friendly in tone, although he paid practically no heed to Bulganin's earlier proposal of a friendship pact. Freight Cars Derailed On SP's Siskiyou Line .' Roseburg (U.R) Five freight cars and three units of a diesel locomotive were derailed on the Siskiyou line of Southern Pa cific south of here today. Freight traffic on the line was blocked by the mishap. E. L. Forbis, station agent at Roseburg, said there was no in dication what caused the derail ment which he described as "not a serious one." There were no injuries. Forbis said poor com munications between Glendale and Roseburg, because of bad weather made it difficult to get full details. Extra section gangs and a wrecker train from Eugene were enroute to the scene near Peck, Ore.,, and .Forbis said the line should be cleared soon. Road Conditions Highway 99, S i s k i y o u Chains required, 12 inches new snow. Highway 99, north Chains advised over Sexton and Can yon, mis.; icy spots. Highway 199 Chains re quired over Oregon mi. Highway 66. Green Springs Chains required; 8 inches new snow. Highway 62, Prospect Chains required; 7 inches new snow California highways . Chains required on Highways 97 and 89; icy spots in Siskiyou county, traffic moving without chains. Klamath Falls area Pack ed snow on highways; traffic moving without chains.
