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o o Ike Declares He Would Be Happy to MEDF United Press Full Leased Wire Vice President Polls Resounding Vole of Confidence Kefauver Gets All 12 Delegate Votes Manchester, N. H. U.PJ Vice-President Richard M. Nix on polled a resounding vote of confidence in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary Tues day that Republican leaders call ed a "mandate" to retain him as President Eisenhower's 1956 running mate. Sen. Estes Kefauver won in the Democratic balloting with comfortable leads in all 12 dele gate races. His supporters hail ed the results as a "great vic tory" over Adlai E. Stevenson. Nixon's support came from a spontaneous write-in movement. His write-in votes for vice-president lagged only slightly behind the marked ballots cast for President Eisenhower. Support Called 'Amazing' The Nixon showing was con sidered especially significant in view of reports that the vice president might be dumped from the 1956 Republican tick et . as an unpopular and unde sirable running mate for a pres idential candidate who recent ly suffered and recovered from a serious heart attack. Republican Gov. Lane Dwin ell called Nixon's write-in sup port "amazing." He said the vote could be interpreted as a man date to the Republican conven tion to renominate Nixon for vice-president. Nixon supporters throughout the nation echoed the senti ments expressed by the gover nor and said the voting might well be interpreted as a public expression of confidence and support for the vice-president. Has 21,157 Votes With all but 13 of the state's 297 towns reporting, Nixon had 21,157 votes, Gov. Christian A. Herter of Massachusetts 2,631, and Sen. Styles Bridges of, New Hampshire 1,847 on the write in Republican ballot. Inothe Republican popularity poll, President Eisenhower re ceived 53,551 votes. He was un opposed. Kefauver, unopposed in the Democratic preferential poll, received 20,343 votes. Stevenson got 3,802 votes in a Democratic write-in. Auto Paris Dealers Protest Park Use Two local auto parts dealers appeared before tie city coun cil$ast night to protest use of the city park by the General Motors sponsored Parade1 of Progress March 24 to 27. Mr. and Mrs. William I. Pad gett, owners of Padgett Auto Parts and Equipment, 345 North Central ave., strongly protested use of the park by the exhibit of modern science which they claimed was unfair advertising competition. "If you wish to avoid litiga tion," Padgett said, "I suggest you withdraw permission for use of the park." Mayor Earl Miller and coun cilmen expressed the opinion that the exhibit was of an edu cational nature and approved by schools. The park committee gave permission for use of Hawthorne park by the Parade of Progress about two months ago. After debating the question with Padgett the city council voted approval of the park com mitteajj Oction. Kieth Babcock, Thrift Auto Supply, 409 North Riverside ave., also protested use of the park for the exhibit. Morse Accuses Wyatt Of Twisting Arms Washington (U.P.) Sen Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), today ac- cused Wendell Wyatt, Oregon Republican chairman, of trying to "twist the arms" or Oregon radio stations to discontinue his weekly broadcasts on legisla tion. "Republicans seek to apply one rule for their candidates and another for opponents, Morse said. He said Wyatt demanded pub licly that his weekly broadcasts be cancelled or eaual time given the Republican party. He term ed the demand "at odds" with the GOP stand that President Eisenhower's radio-TV an nouncement that he would run for another term was a non political program." Morse, a candidate for reelec tion, said he has notified Ore gon stations that he would keep campaign statements separate from the weekly broadcasts he has made for two years. He said his political statements would be carried on separate paia broadcasts. 50th Year In Cyprus Riot; Nicosia, Cyprus U.R) Cy priot extremists shot and killed an English police sergeant and seriously wounded a Turkish constable and a Cypriot civilian today in the first fatal violence since the deportation of Arch bishop Makarios. British authorities immedi ately launched a massive search with dogs for the assassins and U. 5. Has Agreed To Examine Nuclear Disarmament Soon London (U.R) The United States, in what appeared to be a major switch in policy, has agreed to "examine" nuclear dis armament here next week with her Western allies and Russia, official sources said today. In the past the United States with its allies has declined to discuss nuclear disarmament with the Soviets until the prob lems of inspection and controls are satisfactorily resolved. The West's discussions will be limited to methods and goals and will not - involve - commitments on future atomic weapons "at this stage, the sources said. Officials said Harold E. Stas- sen, disarmament representative for President Eisenhower, had agreed with his allies to discUss the scope and goals of nuclear disarmament and previous dis armament plans simultaneously. Stassen is currently aligning American disarmament plans with those of Britain, France and Canada, in private talks in London.' ' New Round of Talks On Monday the four Western powers have scheduled a new round of disarmament negotia tions with the Soviets here with in the framework of the United Nations Disarmament Subcom mittee. - Official Western quarters said there was "more optimism" now about prospects for the forth coming talks than at any, pre vious time. The United States was report ed guardedly encouraged be cause of Russia's admission it no longer regards war as inevit able and by Moscow's realization of the prohibitive horrors of a surprise nuclear attack. Voters Decide Against Joining Soil District . Landowners in the Evans Creek area yesterday turned down a proposal to join the Rogue Soil Conservation district. The vote was 42 in favor of joining the district and 24 against, but a two-thirds major ity was necessary to pass the proposal. About 168,840 acres in the northwestern part of the county, the only part of the county not now in a soil conservation dis trict, was affected by the elec tion. Panama (U.R) An earth quake of medium intensity shook the city of Panama and the Canal Zone Tuesday. Scientists on Research Balloon Equipment Iowa City, Iowa - U.R) Anxious scientists kept their fingers crossed" today and hoped that someone would be able to find valuable cosmic ray re search equipment dumped in Western New York by a way ward balloon. The scientists chased the huge "skyhook" balloon more than 700 miles across the northern United States yesterday only to find that the equipment had been released in the midst of falling snow and overcast skies. A tracking airplane lost con tact with the parachuting equip ment about 7,500 feet over Mount Morris, N. Y. It presum 18 Pages imposed a strict curfew on the center of the city to help stem expected new attacks. The British victim was the first to be killed of a group of London bobbies and small town officers brought to Cyprus to help control anti-British riots, bombings and shootings. He was the 17th Briton to be killed in the battle against the Cypriot underground organiza tion. Sir John Harding, British gov ernor for Cyprus, imposed the curfew as riot squads invaded houses in the Greek quarter of the city where the shooting occurred. Half-Dressed Persons They herded half-dressed per sons into trucks and drove them out of the sealed-off section. Ma karios and three other deported Greek Cypriot leaders arrived at Mahe, Sychelles Islands, to day aboard a British frigate to begin their exile. The black-bearded archbishop still wore his flowing robes of office as he was put ashore in a launch and whisked off in a po lice van with the bishop of Kyrenia and the two other aides The two policemen and the civilian were cut down with Sten guns a few feet from the spot where two British soldiers were shot and wounded last December. Authrities said it was an obvi ous retaliation for Britain's sud den deportation last week of Archbishop Makarios, religious and ethnic leader of the Unity-With-Greece movement. Four Sentenced In Circuit Court ' Three men were sentenced to Oregon state penitentiary, a fourth to county jail and two more were given until Wednes day to enter pleas, in circut court this morning. Sentenced to one year in the penitentiary was Robert Lee El lis, 22, Seattle, on a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. Phil lip Eugene Boutwell, 23, Mont- pelier, Vt., was sentenced to two years on a similar charge. James Seth Cunningham, 22 of 542 Mae st., Medford,' who pleaded guilty March 3 to dis- t r i c t attorney's information charging entering a motor ' ve hicle with intent to steal, was sentenced this morning to two years in the penitentiary. D. J. Stoke, 24, of 330 North Holly st., pleaded guilty on dis trict attorney's information to obtaining money under false pretenses. He was sentenced to six months in county jail. Paul Leon Jacks, 21, Gold Hill, charged with burglary not in a dwelling, and Frank Close Grants Pass, charged with grand larceny, were given until Wednesday to enter pleas. Radar Installation Given Go Ahead Pendleton U.P.) Officials here received word from Sen. Wayne Morse yesterday that the Air Force has decided to go ahead with its proposed big radar installation here. The pro ject will require a staff of about 550 men, 82 of them civilians, Morse said. Lookout for ably landed in the densely popu lated area around the town, but so far no one had reported it. Prof. James Van Allen, head of the University of Iowa Phy sics Department which is con ducting the tests, announced. meanwhile, that he expected to launch a second "skyhook" bal loon either tomorrow or Friday, weather permitting. The wayward balloon, about the size of a football field, was launched from Iowa City early Tuesday. It was supposed to wander across the "Mississippi river and dump its equipment by parachute somewhere in east ern Illinois or Indiana. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1956 Council Abandons Proposal To Form Assessment Areas Start of SE Sewer Line Set July 1 A proposal to adopt a charter amendment allowing the crea tion of assessment districts with in the city, was abandoned by the city council last night. The proposal was dropped after City Attorney Frank Far rell expressed the opinion that a charter amendment would not be necessary to allow the city to assess property benefited by trunk sewer lines even when the property was not immediately adjacent to the line. The amendment was formerly believed necessary in order to avoid paying for trunk sewer construction at the general ex pense of the city rather than in the area benelited. Hospital Sewer The council met last night in an adjourned meeting to speed action on construction of a trunk sewer line in the newly annexed south east Medford area. Construction of the line, which wijl serve the new Rogue Valley Memorial hospital, must be started by, July 1 in order for the hospital to be eligible to re ceive federal Hill-Burton funds. The council also last night ap proved extension of the South Bear Creek Sanitary district boundary to include the Phoe nix High school. A written re quest for the inclusion was re ceived from the high school board and representatives of the sanitary district submitted an oral request. A letter from the county health officer, Dr. A. E. Merkel, stated that sanitary conditions at the school were "deplorable" because of a septic tank prob lem. City Manager Robert Duff told the council that the city budget will be ,ready for con sideration next week, and Mayor Earl Miller, in response to a question from the council, indicated he would submit an appointment to fill out the citi zens' budget committee by the next meeting. The elected coun cilmen and appointed commit tee members form the over-all budget committee. In answers to questions, Duff reported that he had not notified certain city employees pending changes in personnel because re placements have not yet been found. He also said he has not yet filled the post of finance of fice, but planned to do so as soon as the budget is completed. The position of finance officer will supersede those of treasurer and recorder. It was provided for in the same charter amendment which set up the city manager ship, and which became effec tive Jan! 1, 1955. The council gave permission to the Junior Chamber of Com merce to operate two concession booths in the city park; during the General Motors, sponsored Parade of Progress March 24 through 27. A junior chamber spokesman said that proceeds from the booths, which would sell hot dogs and soft drinks, would be used for the Salvation Army summer camp. Engineers Warn of Spring Flood Danger Portland U.R) Another warning of the big spring flood potential came today. Army engineers warned that the potential this year is equal to or greater, than that which existed in 1948 when Vanport was destroyed. Officers said the crest would depend on a number of factors including temperatures and amounts of precipitation falling in the Columbia Basin between now and the peak flow. The forecast called for a crest of 25 to 28 feet in Portland and Vancouver. The crest that fin ished Vanport was 27.5 feet. Res ervoirs not in use in 1948 will be some help in checking high water this year. r Army engineer personnel al ready have started operations to fight the expected spring crests. Sooris Bulletins 0 CLASS A-I TOURNEY Eugene 51, Pendleton 49. Franklin 65, South Salem 62. SUPER-CARRIER ASSIGNED TO MEDITER RANEAN The super-carrier Forrestal, cur rently undergoing jet plane training exercises Senators Consid Washington '(U.R) Senators squared off today for the final two rounds in the battle over a new farm program. They still had to decide whether to continue the dual parity formula and whether to increase dairy price supports. Other major issues had been settled. Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vt.), leader of the administration farm forces in the Senate, said he would call up today his amendment to knock out of the farm bill a provision to continue the dual parity formula. He pre dicted he would win by three or four votes. The dual parity plan .provides a cnoice between a modernized parity formula and an old for mula based on the relation in 1909-14 between prices paid to and paid by farmers. Whichever is higher determines the price support levels. Under present law, parity formulas either would be mod ernized or shift this year to a transitional level between the old and new. In most cases, the change would mean lower price supports dollarwise than the old formula based on the 1909-14 period. Continuing the dual for mula would give farmers the benefit of the higher of the two, the modern or the old. The overall farm bill would provide for a non-controversial, administration-back $1,100,000,- 000 soil bank, an 8,000,000 acre increase in corn acreage, and High Court Reverses Klamath County Case Salem (U.R) The State Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice George Rossman, to day reversed a Klamath county decision which had reduced the true cash value of the Consum ers' Heating Company from $240,000 " established by the State Tax commission to $137, 000. The company claimed it had purchased its property in 1946 in a voluntary transaction for $53,344, although the predeces sor company carried that plant on its books at a depreciated value of $117,650. Act Authorizing Circuit Judges To Sit In High Court Declared Unconstitutional Salem U.P.) The State Su preme court today declared un constitutional an act of the 1955 Legislature authorizing the Su preme Court to designate circuit judges to sititemporarily as mem bers of the court when deemed necessary to relieve a congestion of cases. In an opinion by Justice Wal ter L. Tooze, the high court said that while the legislature may create judgeships, it has no constitutional authority to ap point judges to fill those posi tions, nor may it delegate such authority. Must Be Elected Supreme Court judges must be elected by the voters and vacancies can be filled only by the governor by, interim appoint ment, the opinion continued. Price 5c er two-price systems for rice and wheat. Price supports would be left flexible, ranging from 75 to 90 per cent for four of the six basic corps. The Senate yesterday voted 54-39 for a two-price plan for ns Filed for Petitions for consolidation of Oak Grove, West Side and Med ford school districts are now on file at the county school super intendent's ' office, it was an nounced at a Medford district 49 school board meeting last night. . The petitions will now be sub mitted to the county boundary board for approval after which the date will be set Ifor an elec tion in the three districts on the Goldwater Predicts No Al Sarena Report Washington (U.R) Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), pre dicted today that a joint Senate House subcommittee will make no report on its investigation of the Al Sarena mining claims case. Goldwater called the investi gation a "useless attempt to smear," Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay. "Many days have passed since the curtain came down on this sad play," he told the Senate. "No report has been made as yet, and I doubt there will be one." The joint subcommittee con cluded an investigation last month of the granting of disput ed mining claims in an Oregon national forest to Al Sarena Mines, Inc. Salem (U.R) Oregon's . State Highway Commission yesterday awarded a $28,458 contract to Glen Ousley, Eugene, for work at the Mussel creek slide cor rection project on the Oregon Coast highway, some 14 miles south of Port Orford. The case arose when the court, acting under the 1955 law named Circuit Judge James W. Crawford of Portland to sit as the first appointee. Judge Crawford was assigned to sit upon a group of appeals including one involving John R. Madden. Madden then filed a proceeding challenging'the right of the judge to serve and assert ing the legislative act was un constitutional.. ' Madden's main reason for the unconstitutionality of the sta tute was that the constitution re quires that judges of the Supreme Court be elected by the legal voters of the state at large. Said the court: "Nowhere in the Constitution do we find any authority vested in the legisla ture to provide for temporary members of the Supreme Court, United Press Full Leased Wire No. 304 off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will sail for the Mediterranean early next year to join the U.S. Sixth Fleet. New Farm Panties wheat sponsored by Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.). But later it voted 57 to 33 . against a two- price plan for cotton proposed by Sen. Richard B. Russell (D Ga.), who had supported the Carlson plan. Consolidation issue. Meetings have been held re cently in the districts to discuss the possibility of consolidation. The petitions requesting con solidation had a total of 397 sig natures, 260 from Medford, 117 from Oak Grove and 20 from West Side district. Medford school board also last night approved a resolution to deed all streets and roadways owned by the district adjacent to Jefferson school to the city of Medford. The board set the date for 1956 commencement exercises as June 7. Commencement will be held at 8 p.m. in the Senior High school stadium. Superintendent Leonard May field announced that all teach ers were recommended for re hiring next year except two who had indicated they did not wish to return to the district. A sal ary study report for teachers has not yet been completed, Mayfield said. September 10 was set by the board as the starting date for the 1956-57 school year. June 7, 1957 was named as the date when the school year would end. Mayfield warned board mem bers that if. Evergreen Bus lines service should be discontinued the district would be faced with a transportation problem. Weather FOREC AS T: Clear tonight; patches of fog Thursday morning. Variable high clou diness Thursday afternoon and .night. Low 28; high 60. Temp. Highest Yesterday 54 Lowest this Morning 26 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace. nor to provide for the tempor ary appointment of any person to perform the judicial duties of the court. Clearly Contemplates "The constitution clearly con templates that only duly and regularly elected or constitu tionally appointed members of the Supreme Court, whatever their number may perform the functions thereof. It is manifest, therefore, that ORS 2.060 vio lates the constitutional mandate as to the election and tenure of members of the supreme court." The high court said the decis ion reflected in no way upon the judicial competence of Judge Crawford and noted that its ap pointment of the judge to sit with them gave evidence of t-S court's confidence in his judicial compared with 2,790,000 yester qualifications. ' - I day. Reveals His Feelings At News Conference Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower said today he would be very happy to run for reelec tion with Vice-President Rich ard M. Nixon. The President at a news con ference gave his strongest in dorsement to date of the vice president. Summing up his feeling about Nixon "in exactly the terms I mean," the President said: "I am very happy that Dick Nixon is my friend. I am very happy to have him as an asso ciate in government. I would be happy to be on any political ticket in which I was a candidate with him. "Now, if. those words aren't plain; then it is merely because people can't understand the plain, unvarnished truth.' Heavy Vote for Nixon Mr. Eisenhower's latest com ments on Nixon followed on the heels of the heavy write-in vote received by the vice-president in yesterday's New Hampshire pri mary balloting. Mr. Eisenhower's apparently full endorsement of Nixon de livered to the news conference with the prior knowledge of the vice-president. They had a half hour meeting yesterday. The President said last week that if it was up to Nixon to chart his own future political course, then tell him what he wanted to do. Asked if Nixon had done this, the President said simply that Nixon knew what he was going to say this morning. Nixon Like Brother Obviously mindful of reports that he might "dump" Nixon as a running mate this year, the President likened his relations with Nixon to those of a brother. He said anyone who attempted to drive a wedge between Nixon and him would have no more success than if they attempted to drive a wedge between the chief executive and his brother. The President's discussion of Nixon was not volunteered, how ever. It came when the chief ex ecutive was asked how he re acted to the heavy write-in vote for Nixon in the New Hampshire preferential primary yesterday. Mr. Eisenhower said that ap parently lots of people in New Hampshire agreed with what he had said in praise of Nixon last week. Eden Calls for Confidence Vote London (U.R) Prime Minister Anthony -Eden demanded a vote of confidence today on Britain's policy toward Cyprus. And as Eden went before the House of Commons for the vote, the flabbergasted Foreign Office was still trying to discover whose side the United States was on. Parliamentary observers said Eden also may discuss Britain's views on U. S. Ambassador Cav endish Cannon's expression of "sympathetic concern" to the Greek government over Cyprus, a statement that hit Britain like a bombshell. The Foreign Office was caught off guard by Cannon's statement It was embarrassed both by the statement and by State Depart ment Spokesman Lincoln White's remark that negotiations with Cypriot leaders should be re sumed as soon as possible. The situation was eased with a clarifying statement later from the State Department. This one said the United States had never urged the recall of Makarios to Cyprus and it took some of the sting away from the earlier re marks. Grand Jury Probe Is Halted Temporarily Salem U.R) The grand jury investigation of graft charges in state institutions was temporar ily halted today to allow time to subpoena 15 more witnesses from Fairview home here. District Attorney Kenneth Brown said the probe will re sume tomorrow. He said the jury hoped to finish testimony then on Fairview home. Charges were brought by Al Richardson, former state prison food manager, as he launched his campaign for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer. DOWJTONES AVERAGES , New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 503.88, up 4.55; 20 rail roads 169.04, up 1.86; 15 utili ties 67.34, off 0.02, and 65 stocks 178.83, up 144. Sales today were about ' 3,140,000 . shares
