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Newspaper Page Texto G CD IJIIirJMll t fsXA iff - 8 iSf 4PklMM t t'i lit J jf MhwM i , TERROR STILL REIGNS ON CYPRUS Cypriot Nationalists shot and killed an Eng lish sergeant (body in background) and ser Paratroopers Search Ghoroo For iurderer of Policeman Nicosia, Cyprus (U.R) British paratroopers searched a 16th Century " Greek Orthodox church today for the murderer of an unarmed English police man. Even while they searched, a British soldier was wounded in o the back and shoulder by a gun man who escaped on the out skirts of the city. Police cap tured a cyclist who shot at but missed two Royal Air Force men near Nicosia Airport. The church is in the Greek quarter of the city which was placed under a virtual state of siege as the British maintained unprecedented pressure on their hunt for the assassins. They roused a black-bearded Orthodox priest before dawn and ordered him to accompany Italian Reds Call For General Strike Rome ttJ.R) Italian Commu nists called today for strikes throughout the country tomor row to generate anti-government demonstrations for the killing of two farmers in a food riot. The Red-led General Labor Confederation ordered a nation wide walkout of farmers, a gen eral strike in the Province of Apulia and scattered strikes elsewhere to avenge the "martyrs." Apulia is the province which contains Barletta where police bullets killed the two farmers yesterday as 300 persons tried to force their way into a Vatican operated food depot. Ten other demonstrators and 17 policemen were injured. The strikes would coincide with the burial of the two farm ers tomorrow. Interior Minister Ferdinando Tambroni told Parliament that Qthe government was doing all it could for the hungry farmers and would try to do more. Sykes, Jackson Creek Reforestation Planned Bids for planting 100,000 ponderdsa pine seedlings on O and C lands burned over last September in the Jackson and Sykes creek areas will be re ceived March 23 by the bureau of land management. Forty acres in the Sykes Creek area and 120 acres in the Jackson Creek area will be planted before May 15 under a contract resulting from the bids, according to the district forester. Forest tree planting will be the second step in rehabilitation of the fire damaged areas. Grass seeding was done last fall to prevent soil erosion and protect watershed values which are im portant to agriculture, irrigation and city water supplies, the for ester said. Plans and specifications for the tree planting may be exam ined by prospective bidders at the city hall office of the dist rict forester in Medf ord or at the BLM Portland office. Bids will be received by the BLM in Portland before 2 p.m., March 23. Identify Logger Killed In Josephine Accident Grants Pass (U.R) Josephine county coroner said here today that 27-year-old Robert Kuitert, a native Hollander who came to this country in 1948, was killed Monday in a logging accident in the Leland area. . DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages. 30 indus trials 507.50 up 3.62, 20 rails 169.66 up: 0.62, 15 utilities 67.52 up 0.18, and 65 stocks 179.81 up 0.97. Sales today were about 3,270,000 shares compared with 3,140,000 yesterday.'. the search party. He signed a statement later saying there was no desecration of the church. Soldiers with mine-detectors combed the church grounds for buried caches of arms or bombs which have been used in eight killings in the Greek quarter in recent months. Cyprus Governor Says Year Needed To Halt Terrorism London (U.R) Field Marshal Sir John Harding, governor of Cyprus, has advised Prime Min ister Anthony Eden it will take at least a year to "weed out ter rorism" in that colony, official sources said today. The sources said once peace has been restored ousted Arch bishop Makarios "may have sec ond thought" about a settlement with the British government and that Britain would not "in prin ciple" refuse to negotiate with him once more., , . "'"But during the coming year security measures will be tight ened oh Cyprus to cut off out fide help to ' the extremists and new leaders may emerge with whom British can negotiate a constitution on self-rule, the of ficial sources said.. Made Public Harding's report to Eden was made public as Labor peers of the House of Lords led by Earl Attlee challenged Eden's poli cies not only on Cyprus but on the whole Middle East. President Eisenhower's fence mending meanwhile calmed ruf fled tempers in Britain. The London Times suggested that the. President in emphasiz ing friendship with both parties in the dispute might have made a "discreet repudiation": of Am bassador Cavendish Cannon's statement in ; Greece praising Greek statesmanship in the matter. The House of Commons gave Eden a 317 to 251 vote of confi dence last night after he as serted Britain's immediate pur pose on Cyprus "must be to de feat terrorism." Voter Registration Far Below 1952 Total The first meeting of the county budget committee will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the county court room of the Jackson coun ty courthouse. :The committee, composed of the county judge and three ap pointed members, will give pre liminary consideration to budget estimates prepared by the de partments of the county several of which are expected to be in creased over those for the cur rent year. The next budget, now under preparation, is for the period from July 1, 1956, to June '30, 1957. . Committee To Consider County Budget Figures A total of 25,274 Jackson county residents are now regis tered to vote, according to Mrs. E. K. Peterson of the county elec tion department. . ) The figure is a slight increase from the 24,988 registered on March 1, but is still far below the 32,822 who were registered before the primary election of 1952, she said. Deadline for Oregon voters to register to vote in the May 18 primary election is April 18, Mrs. Peterson reminded potential voters. Republican registrations to day totaled 14,034, compared to 10,720 Democrats. Miscellaneous registrations totaled 520. iously wounded a Turkish patrolman (fore ground) in a new anti-British outburst. The red-bereted paratroopers, heavily armed and carrying spades and mountaineer ing ropes, also searched homes and public buildings in the area. Get Tough Policy The intensity of the search, coupled with a stern new warn ing from War Minister Anthony Head, served to make the Cy priot extremists fighting for un-ity-with-Greece feel the bite of Britain's new "get tough" pol icy. The quarter, comprising a maze of narrow, winding streets in the heart of the city, was sealed off with barbed wire and placed under a 24-hour curfew. The dead policeman was kill ed with a sten gun Wednesday as he walked through the area. A Cypriot policeman with him was wounded. Access Road Funds Rejected by House Washington (U.R) An admin istration request for $2,000,000 in additional funds to speed up access road construction in O&C grant lands was rejected today by the House Appropriations committee. The funds had been sought to advance portions of the road construction program first scheduled for 1957. But the com mittee said 1957 appropriations already have been approved by the House. The committee said "The net effect of allowing the supple mental funds would be to create a balance in the amounts pro vided for 1957 which would re main unobligated at the end of the fiscal year or be applied to construction program items of lower priority. Neither is considered neces sary this time." The committee did allow a supplemental request for 15 mil lion dollars to reimburse Army engineers for emergency funds used for flood fighting, rescue work and flood control works rehabilitation in Oregon, Calif ornia and Nevada. Nixon Thanks Voters For N.H. Support Concord, N. H. 4U.R) Vice- President Richard M. Nixon thanked the voters of New- Hampshire today for the spectac ular write-in-vote he received in Tuesday's primary. Nixon expressed his thanks in a telephone talk with Gov, Lane Dwinell. Dwinell told newsmen that the vice-president asked him to relay Nixon's gratitude to the "thousands who had indicated their support" for him in the pri mary. Nixon received more than 22,- 000 write-in votes for renomina tion despite the fact that no cam paign on his behalf was conducted. Appropriations Committee Approves Satellite Funds Washington (U.R) The House Appropriations commit tee voted $19,262,000 today to build, launch and track for a year or more man's first Earth satellites. Scientists said what they learn from the experiments will be worth billions of dollars in weather forecasting, air trans portation, radio communica tions and navigation. The fund, every cent that was requested for the satellite work, was included in a $26,000,000 appropriation for U.S. partici pation in the 1957-58 Interna tional Geophysical Year. The total . IGY allowance was M EDF0RD United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 26 Pages French Troops Are Alerted To Resist Guerrilla Violence Outbreak Planned to Counter New Powers Paris (U.R) French troops were alerted today to resist an anticipated upsurge of Arab guerrilla violence in Algeria, where more than 100 persons have been killed in sporadic fighting so far this week. Helicopters and scout planes searched the hills for signs of guerrilla activity, while mobile troops stood by their guns awaiting orders. French and loyal Arab set tlers in rural areas barricaded themselves in their homes, heed ing reports the guerrillas plan a large scale outbreak tonight to counter . Premier Guy Mol let's new emergency powers. Blank Check Powers The French upper house met to vote formal approval of the "blank check" powers award ed Mollet by the National as sembly earlier this week. Algeria Minister Robert La Cesta is expected to return here from Paris this week end to start putting the new powers in force. The parliamentary vote au thorized Mollet to take virtual ly any economic or military step he considers necessary to put an end to the anti-French campaign of murder and arson in Algeria. The Premier, who previously had threatened to wage -all-out war against the guerrillas if they persist in their activities, yesterday offered increased wages, farm reforms and public works jobs for the unemployed to improve conditions in Al geria. Contract Dispute Delaying Project Washington (U.R) A dis pute over a provision protecting contracts for power from pres ent Colorado river plants has held up agreement on a compro mise bill ,to authorize the Upper Colorado project, it was learned today. House and Senate conferees tentatively scheduled another meeting late today and it was said the dispute may be ironed out then. The conferees started work last Thursday on differing versions of the bill. It was thought agreement would be reached in a session or two un til the hitch over power con tracts came up. The provision was adopted by the House Interior committee. It says that power plants to be built under the bill shall not be operated so as to interfere with contracts for delivery of power from plants built under the Boulder Canyon act. The contracts are between the Interior Department and the Los Angeles City Electric Agency and other Southern Cal ifornia users. The provision was said to have been adopted as a concession to the Southern California agencies that see the Upper Basin development as a threat to their power and water supplies. Salem (U.R) Thirty-one St. Paul area farmers have petition ed the State Board of Control asking for continuation of the state flax program. , 32,000,000 less than was sought by the National Science Foun dation, which directs this country's share of the coopera tive world scientific effort. The committee said the new allowance with 812,000,000 pre viously appropriated, will pro vide $38,000,000 for the pro gram, and that this is all the scientists can wisely spend in the period. Testimony before the appro priations group disclosed that the United States now plans to launch 12 satellites, in the hope that at least eight will "hang up" and whirl through space at 13,000 miles per hour for weeks, months, or even a year or two. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1956 ise in Middle last Tension Sparks New Look Toward Policy Washington (U.R) A dan gerous rise in Middle Eastern tensions has sparked a new look at U.S. policies in that area, in cluding the controversial arms-for-Israel question, administra tion officials reported today. One indication of new deep rooted Washington anxiety over the Israeli-Arab dispute was the fact that President Eisen hower, despite his heart attack convalescence, has been work ing overtime on the problem. Mr. Eisenhower told his news conference Wednesday that "I have been working long hours lately, going far into the eve ning," with primary attention devoted to the explosive Middle East. Arms Sale Blamed The President and his advis ers have placed on Russia re sponsibility for sharpening pros pects of a Middle Eastern war through Communist arms sales to Egypt. Mr. Eisenhower was so con cerned ever the arms-to-Egypt deal, he disclosed Wednesday, that he wrote to Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin about it last October whjle still bedridden in Denver by his Sept. 24 heart attack. This exchange of corres pondence had been secret until the President revealed it. The arms deal, the President told Bulganin, would not ease RelationsMay Be Improved by Visit Washington XU.R) U.S. offi cials hoped today that a visit by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh ru of India might improve de teriorating relations between the United States and the larg est democracy in the Far East. The -White House announced Wednesday night that Presi dent Eisenhower has invited Nehru to visit him here. The date for the proposed visit was not set and Nehru's reaction was not disclosed. But diplo matic circles considered his ac ceptance likely. A United Press dispatch from New Delhi said Nehru had ac cepted the invitation in prin ciple but that dates were not discussed. An Indian official said a visit this year is extremely unlikely since Nehru has indicated he be lieved it would be improper to visit the United States during an American election campaign. Northwest Ports May Get Cargo Increase Washington (U.R) Rep. Wal ter Norblad (R-Ore.) said today Pacific .Northwest ports such as Portland, Astoria, Longview and Vancouver may receive a great er share of military overseas cargo for handling in non-military terminals. Norblad and Rep. Russell Mack- (R-Wash.) were among West Coast Congressmen who held conferences late yesterday with Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson. He said that Wilson promised to "review" a situation in which the lawmakers con tended non - military terminals were being "squeezed." Norblad said a trend was growing toward use by the De fense Department of "military overseas defense cargo. It was pointed out, he said, that only through peacetime maintenance of private and non-federal term inals could they be kept avail able for national emergency use. Wilson was reported to have promised a review to see if an unfair share of cargo Vas going over military docks. Sports Bulletins CONSOLATION ROUND . Central Catholic 56. Mc Minnville 40, (loser elimin ated). Pendleton 72, South Salem 55 (loser eliminated). - Beaverton 66, North Salem 60 (loser eliminated). tensions between East and West. But Bulganin replied in October that the deal was a purely "commercial" transac tion between Czechoslovakia and Egypt. Because the Middle East sit uation is worsening, Mr. Eisen hower said this government is exploring every possible means of preventing a war there. He said an outbreak of fighting would "very gravely jeopard ize" Allied interests in the Mid dle East. ith Addresses Opening Session of Foresters Confab Salem (U.R) Support of the state's forestry program was pledged by Gov. Elmo Smith today as he addressed the open ing session of the two-day con ference of personnel of the State Forestry Department and coop erating organizations. The governor pointed out that the state was nearing its 50- year mark in state forestry acti vities and had .one of the most progressive programs in the na tion.. . " State Forester Dwight L. Phipps outlined objectives of the session contrasting activites of the department in early years .tQthose. of- -today,- He; called-at- tention to the fact that the state forestry in Oregon originally was concerned with all matters looking to the perpetuation of the state s forests. Major Advances Major advances noted by Phipps were passage in 1941 of the Oregon forest conservation act which required loggers to leave their lands in a productive condition and the forest research act which was later expanded to study field problems in ' for estry as well as the utilization of waste. "One of the major develop ments has been the multi-mil lion-dollar rehabilitation project which will ultimately insure the reforestation of the 350,000-acre Tillamook burn. The work at present is about half completed," Phipps said. Portland Chamber Criticizes Senators Portland (U.R) The Portland Chamber of Commerce yester day dispatched a letter to Ore gon Senators Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neuberger criticizing their demand for an investiga tion of a planned merger be tween Long-Bell Lumber Co. and International Paper com pany. President David C. Duncan wrote the senators that he hoped they could "correct the impres sion given to the nation that outside capital must hurdle such barriers before they are welcome in Oregon." . ' Duncan called the attitude of Morse and Neuberger "discour aging," particularly to those who would gain year-round em ployment as a result of construc tion of the planned new paper and paperboard plant to be built in Oregon. Governor Smith Asks for Additional Flood Relief Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith today asked President Eisenhower for an additional $700,000 to supplement state and local efforts in providing neces sary assistance to areas in west ern and southern Oregon dam aged by the December-January and the more recent February floods in southern Oregon. If granted, the amount would make a total of $1,300,000 ap proved by the federal govern ment to repair damage to public works such as roads, bridges, streets and water systems. The White House declared parts of western Oregon eligible for financial assistance first on Dec. 29, 1955, with an allotment Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Pnce 5e No. 305 Arrives for Tour Of Atomic Power Plants in Britain First Visit Outside Iron Curtain Country London (U.R) Former So viet Premier Georgi Malenkov arrived in London today for a tour of Britain's electric and atomic power installations. It was his first trip to a free coun try outside the Iron Curtain.- His arrival was cloaked by strict security arrangements. Scotland Yard made it hard for anyone to get a peek at him through a thicket of elaborate safeguards as he flew in from East Berlin and landed at Lon don Airport. Sets Press Conference But Malenkov chose to crack the capitalist protection screen by scheduling an airport press conference immediately. As Soviet minister of electric power stations, Malenkov is here for a three-week tour of power facilities at the invitation of the British Central Electrical Authority. , He was met by Lord Citrine, chairman of the Central Elec trical Authority, and the minis ter of fuel and power, Aubrey Jones. Security arrangements imposed by Scotland Yard were so severe that even the London Communist Daily Worker complained. Plan Demonstration The anti-Soviet League of Em pire Loyalists planned a hostile demonstration with "Malenkov Go Home" placards, but the gov ernment imposed maximum se 'curityprecautioris aha' the exact time and place of his arrival was not announced. Plans for his 1,500-mile cross country tour as head of a visit ing Soviet delegation of power eaper-ts remained secret. And hundreds of plain-clothes police and agents of MI-5, Britain's super-secret service, formed a se curity guard across London. Voters Will Decide Ashland Tax Increase Ashland An ordinance pro posing a raise in the city of Ashland's tax base from $48, 899.38 to $60,000 was passed by the Ashland - city council this week. ' i Residents will vote on the in crease at the primary election May 18. Councilmen agreed that they were opposed to tax in creases, but decided at Tues day night's special meeting that there was no other way to meet the rising costs of the city's gov ernment. Ralph Koozer, chairman of the tax committee, outlined the local tax picture as "a dark one," explaining that more money is needed to repair streets, extend the water system, and meet the demands for a sum mer recreation program. "If the voters turn it down, we'll have our answer," he de clared, "and we'll have to cut down." Weather FORECAST: Variable high cloudiness through Friday. Low tonight, 30-32; high Fri day 60. Temp. Highest Yesterday .... 60 Lowest this Morning 28 of $150,000. This was extended on Feb. 25, 1956, and an addi tional $500,000 was granted to assist in repairs and restoration in 16 western and southern Ore gon counties. Gov. Smith said that the state civil defense agency has ap proved applications to date total ing $600,000 and that the agency estimates total applications out standing amount to approxi mately $750,000. Col. A. M. Sheets, civil defense director, said that if this final request is granted, it will provide enough funds to take care of all damage applications likely to be approved. ehglahd Senate Turns Back Attempt to Amend Price Support Bill First Major Setback For Administration Washington (U.R) The Sen ate voted today to continue the dual parity formula for figuring price supports of farm crops. It turned back, 45 to 44, an ad ministration attempt to amend the farm bill so that price sup ports would have been calcu lated on the so-called modern parity formula. Then the Senate nailed down its decision by voting, 49 to 42, to table a motion to reconsider the parity vote. The dual parity formula means higher price supports for corn, cotton, wheat and peanuts. Wheat would benefit the most, 13 cents a bushel. Major Setback It was the first major adminis tration setback in the Senate fight over a new farm bill. Voting for the single parity formula were 35 Republicans and nine Democrats. Voting1 against single parity were 10 Republicans and 35 Democrats. The vote on the parity for mula amendment left only one major issue in the farm bill fieht. It involved an administration at tempt to eliminate from the bill a provision for an increase in dairy price supports. The parity issue was voted on in the first roll call of a 12-hour session called to speed Senate action on the legislation. Anxious for Action The administration was par ticularly anxious to get the pro posed $1,100,000,000 soil bank into operation. Under it, farmers would be paid for letting corn, cotton, peanut, rice, tobacco and wheat land lie idle and for di verting other crop lands to con servation grasses or trees. Farm experts feared that the soil bank would fall short of its acreage goals if farmers had to plough up already planted crops in. order to participate in the new program. Senate Democratic leader Lyn dpn.J3, ,. Johnson. aid- he would call another long session tomor row and an unusual Saturday session, if necessary, in an all out effort to get a final vote on the farm bill this week. But Sen ate Republican Leader William F. Knowland said he believed action on the measure could be completed tomorrow. Dulles Arrives in ila For Slay Manila (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said on his arrival here toOy that the Philippines is "an inspiration to those who love freedom." Dulles flew in from Saigon for an overnight stay. He met Presi dent Ramon Magsaysay and act ing Foreign Secretary Paul Man glapus later in the day to dis cuss Philippine requests for in creased U. S. military aid. The three men also discussed the standing American invitation to Magsaysay to visit Washing ton and U. S. plans for the re placements of Ambassador Ho mer Ferguson, who is returning home to become a federal judge. No conclusions were an nounced. Dulles flies tomorrow to For mosa, where he will discuss the China coast situation with Pres ident Chiang Kai-shek, U. S. Ambassador Karl Rankin and Vice Adm. Stuart Ingersoll. Oregon Fellowship Recipients Listed Washington U.R The Na tional Science Foundation yes terday announced 12 Oregon re-, cipients of fellowships, for ad vanced study, at the school of their "choices.. Dr. Elliott N. Mar veil, a Corvallis chemist, was awarded a post-dectoral fellow ship, while the other 11 grants were for pre-doctoral study. Dr. Marvell will receive a fellowship paying a stipend of $3600, plus various allowance. The other awards were for $4800 for three years study, plus various allowances. Named as winners of the fel owships were: Richard L. Baird, Paul J. Berenson, William E. Drummond, Phyllis D. King, and Shirley E. Ross, all of Portland; Roger B. DeBar, Gerald G. Ohl sen, and Jack Pierce, all of Eu gene; William A. Niskanen, Bend; Philip H. Rieger, Milwau kee and Eugene W. Skiens, Burns. Salem (U.R) State Veterinari an Dr. K. J. Peterson is in New Mexico and Arizona this week studying foreign animal diseases and their control especially sheep scabies.