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Newspaper Page Texti- v" . ; f 1 r 'A fay? i wK', " I NOTHING TO IT Twenty-two-month-old Melody Furtado of Turlock, Calif, is the picture no nonchalance as she takes charge of feeding this Hereford steer in San Fran cisco's Cow Palace. The steer belongs to Gene Armstrong, 4-H boy from Patterson, Calif, and is his entry in the current Grand National Junior Livestock Exposition. . Senate Votes Down Amendment To Junk Electoral College Washington (U.R) The Sen ate voted down today a pro posed constitutional amendment to junk the Electoral College and elect presidents by direct popular, vote. Thevote was 69 to 13 against the proposal sponsored by Sen. William Langer (R-N.D.) His plan also would have pro vided that presidential and vice presidential candidates be nom inated by a- nationwide direct primary. 'Plain Common Sense' Langer said this would do away with the "smoke filled room" convention ' system for nominating candidates. A direct popular election, he said, is "just plain common sense." Under the present "all or nothing" system, the presidential candidate winning in each state, no matter what the margin, gets all of the state's electoral votes. - Langer's plan was the second of a series of proposed changes in the electoral system that the Sen ate rejected. There were strong indications that none of the rec- '56 Fire Season To Start April 1 The 1956 fire season will start April 1, and all regulations per taining to the fire season will be in effect on that date, the state forestry department announced today. A permit must be obtained be fore any burning is done on or within one-eighth mile of forest land, as defined by law, the for estry department said. Burning permits may be se cured at the forestry headquar ters on Table Rock rd.. Grants Pass forestry headquarters, or from any state fire warden. The department warned log ging and sawmill operators that on April 1 all requirements per taining to fire tools and equip ment must be met, in order to keep operating.Information con cerning these requirements may be obtained from the forest in spector. The forestry department also warned operators to have an operation permit before they be gin logging or sawmilling. Fail ure to secure the permit will re sult in legal action, officials stated. Crop Duster Plane Falls Near Corvallis Corvallis (U.R) Power serv ice to the wide area of the Wil lamette valley and from Cor vallis to the coast was inter rupted this morning when a crop - dusting plane equipped with cutter sliced through a 115,000 -volt Bonneville trans mission line between Albany and Corvallis. The plane, a Stearman duster, was slightly burned but other wise escaped damage. The pilot, Jack Walls, was unhurt. Arlo Livingston, operator of the Livingston Air Service, said the wire cutter on the plane probably saved it from crashing. Service was disrupted for eight minutes to all of Corvallis and to customers served by Consum er's Power Cooperative, Pacific Power & Light and Lincoln County PUD. Service was routed around the severed line. Salem U.R) Salem city council has voted unanimously to continue night bus service in the city. ommended reforms would com mand the two-thirds vote needed for approval. First to fall was a proposal by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D Minn.) It would have scrapped the electoral system, awarded two electoral votes to each can didate for each state he carried, and divided the remaining 435 electoral votes in proportion to the nationwide popular vote. Group To Suggest Assessor Successor A recommendation to the county court for appointment of a successor to the late Robert G. Fowler, county assessor, is to be made Wednesday night at a meeting of the Jackson County Republican Central committee. Persons who were elected to the committee in the last general election will meet at 8 p.m. in the Hedrick Junior High school cafetorium. Mrs. Frank Bash, committee chairman, said that individuals interested in the position should feel free to contact members of the committee concerning the recommendation. Although a recommendation to the court for such appointments is not mandatory, the court has followed such action in the past. A special telephone message from party leaders was heard last night by executive commit tee members, county area lead ers and representatives of Young Republicans and Republican Women at a meeting at the Bash residence. Informal talks by President Eisenhower, Gov. Elmo Smith and Wendall Wyatt, state central committee chairman, were heard by similar groups throughout the state through a special hook-up. Conferees Approve 90 Per Cenl Parity Washington (U.R) House Senate conferees on the new farm bill today approved 90 per cent of parity price supports on basic farm crops for this year. The conferees also voted to re tain in the bill a provision to re quire the Department of Agri culture to use the highest parity calculation possible under the so called dual parity formula. If the bill becomes law, the following price supports would be effective for this year's crops: Cotton, 30.4 cents a pound; corn, $1.64 a bushel; peanuts, 12.2 cents a pound; rice, $4.88 a hundred-weight; wheat, $2.26 a bushel. Republican congressional lead ers had predicted that President Eisenhower would veto the farm bill if either 90 per cent price supports or dual parity were provided for. Ike's Voice Heard By Oregon Republicans Portland (U.R) The voice of President Eisenhower was heard last night as Republican state headquarters launched a state wide registration drive. . Mr. Eisenhower spoke by tape recording over telephone hook ups to 34 counties. He stressed the importance of precinct workers. Gov. Elmo Smith spoke of the importance of getting first vot ers to register and State Chair man Wendell Wyatt urged all workers to get into the campaign. EDF0RD 51st Year 13 Pages North American Big Three Review World Situation Dulles Gives Report On Tour of Asia . White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. '(U.R) President Eisen hower and the Canadian and Mexican chiefs of state today reviewed the troubled world sit uation and ways to strengthen continental ties. Mexican President Ruiz Cor tines and Canadian Prime Min ister Louis St. Laurent joined Mr. Eisenhower around a big mahogany table in the first such "good neighbor" conference in history. Canvass World Problems The North American Big Three canvassed world prob lems, from the Middle East cri sis to the task of forging great er continental solidarity against the Russian strategy of econom ic penetration. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles gave a report on his recent tour of 10 Asian coun tries and an analysis of the Mid dle East crisis and the Far East situation. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty emphasized again that no agenda was be fore the meeting. He said Mr. Eisenhower's aim in calling the conference was "getting to know each other better." Brother Joins Group Each principal was flanked in the conference by his secre tary of state or foreign affairs, plus'' top specialists in hemis pheric matters. The conferees also were join ed by Dr. Milton E. Eisenhower, youngest brother of the Presi dent and one of his principal ad visers. Dr. Eisenhower is presi dent of Pennsylvania State uni versity. In 1953 he made a tour of Latin America. Some of the delegates to the conference and observers from both north and south of the bor der found it hard to believe that Mr. Eisenhower would summon such a high-power meeting pri marily for social reasons. As a result, there were myriad, but unsupported, reports that the three leaders would delve into such subjects as Russian offers of economic aid to Latin Ameri ca and the explosive situation in the Middle East. Personal Diplomacy But if these serious subjects were ;up for conversation, the spokesmen for the three princi pals gave no indication of it. The conference was viewed as a new departure by Mr. Eisen hower into the realm of per sonal diplomacy, shorn of all the exhausting ceremonial trap pings of formal state meetings in Washington. Mr. Eisenhower adhered to the note of informality in enter taining his guests at dinner Mon day night. The three principals exchanged warm, but informal, toasts to hemispheric solidarity. The toasts were not formal in the sense the dignitaries who made them remained seated. The three leaders will return to their capitals Wednesday: DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 508.68, off 3.74; 20 rail roads 170.17, off 1.28; 15 utilities 67.46, up 0.14, and 65 stocks 180.07, off 1.05. Sales today were about 2.540,000 shares com pared with 2.720,000 yesterday. Start of Mid-East War Nicosia, Cyprus (U.R) Will there be a war in the Middle East? Among the people who know the Arab-Jewish situation close up. about 55 per cent say yes. When is war likely to break out if it does. The spring. 'Here on this strategic Mediter ranean island the opinion is: Neither the Arabs nor the Jews are intent on launching an out right attack. The danger is that one side or the other may reach the point of no return because of raids or border flareups: Today the Mideast is aflame with controversy, and there is a real - threat that the flames will eat their way to a powder keg the boundaries that Israel MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1956 Marion Jury Says Charges Mostly Heresay and Rumor Allegations Found To Concern Policy Salem (U.R) A Marion coun ty grand jury wound up its week-long deliberation of charges of graft in the state insti tutions last night with the report that the charges were "mostly hearsay and rumor." No indictments were returned. The jury's report said that most of the allegations brought by Al Richardson, former food manager at Oregon state prison, concerned matters of policy rather than violations of the law and that many of the alleged in stances occurred many years ago. Practices Criticized However, the practices of many institutions of furnishing subsistence to certain employees and officilas was criticized by the group. The jury endorsed a recent food report which criticized food handling practices at several in stitutions. District Attorney Kenneth Brown said the jury heard 64 witnesses in the course of the probe which covered Fairview home, State hospital. State Tu berculosis hospital,-the School for the Deaf. Hillcrest School for Girls and MacLaren school. The report, submitted to Cir cuit Judge George Duncan, said "there is not sufficient legal evi dence to support any criminal indictment and there is no evi dence of 'widespread graft and corruption' as charged by Rich-, srdson. "We found Mr. Richardson's charges were based not upon personal knowledge but upon hearsay and rumor," the report stated. "There were many charges made concerning the procuring, distribution, preparation and handling of food in the various state institutions and of alleged incompetence of employees, poor management, etc. But we feel that these are matters of policy rather than violations of crim inal laws, and therefore outside the province of this grand jury. Richardson, who is now a can didate for the Democratic nomi nation for state treasurer, said the jury's report was "quite a surprise to me." He said, how ever, he had no plans to carry the charges any further. Two Bouncf Over to Circuit Court Here Lawrence Duncan Ferguson, 20, Renton, Wash., and William Hugh Mitchell, 19, Salem, both charged with forgery, were bound over to circuit court Mon day afternoon. Each is being held in the county jail on $1,500 bond. Mitchell was arrested by city police in Medford Monday and Ferguson was arrested in Ash land Saturday by county auth orities. Ferguson led Deputy Sheriff Paul Bettiol and C. F. Ward, a private citizen, on a prolonged chase after forging a name on an invoice for 40 gallons of gas and two gallons of oil at Torre son's Texaco service station, sheriff's deputies said. has with her enemies. The Jews are convinced there will be war. Every W'eek sees war equip ment moving into Egypt. MIG-15 jet fighters from Czechoslovakia. Russian-made Ilyushi-28 jet bombers. American-made tanks. Already there are. British Cen turian and Russian Stalin heavy tanks. Israel Outnumbered Israel is outnumbered in mo bilized military manpower by at least two to one. Now the bal ance in weapons is swinging to the Arabs, too. Why should there be war? What factors push the Mideast toward it? 1. Arabs feel that Israel, while ei6 Portland Judge Gus Sol omon has suggested June 5 as a possible date for trail of Hugh D'Autremont for assault on a mail clerk in connection 'with the robbery of a Southern Pac ific train in a tunnel in the Sis kiyou mountains in October, 1923. Judge Solomon's suggestion was made after he refused yes terday to dismiss the indictment. The judge offered "the earliest trial you want," a trial which D'Autremont says has been denied him for almost 30 years despite his availability. The charge as it now stands blocks D'Autrernont's application for parole from a life sentence for murder in connection with the robbery. Fire Destroys Home After Family Moves in Saturday Night A family of four was made homeless orrlyone day after ar riving from Redlands, Calif., when fire Saturday night de stroyed their rented two-story frame dwelling on Butte Falls rd. The family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Terrell, Sandra, 6, and Donald Ray, 7, arrived in the Eagle Point area Friday. Saturday they moved their furniture and per sonal belongings into the, house, which was owned by Dave Han naford. Flue Fire Starts Saturday night the family left the house to have dinner with Terrell's sister, Mrs. Charles Stockton, Box 59, Eagle Point During their absence a flue fire apparently started and spread to the rest of the structure. A cabin near the house, in which a number of belongings were stored, also burned. The Ter rells, who said they had left only coals in the fireplace, spot ted the fire at about 9:30 p.m. They were unable to salvage any of their possessions. Nothing was insured. The Terrells are currently making their home with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stockton, box 59, Eagle Point. Terrell ' has been without work for five or six months. Neighbors are soliciting cloth ing and household articles for the fire victims and donations are being received at the Lee Stockton residence. Items will also be picked up if donors call Butte Falls 2362 or VAUey 6-3953 at Eagle Point. Man Fined $80 for Reckless Driving Richard Theodore Hanson, 22, Medford, was fined $80 and his license was suspended for 30 days when he appeared in dis trict court Monday on a reck less driving charge. Hanson was arrested by state police March 20 after he had been racing with another driver on Highway 99 between t Med ford and Ashland. Expected no bigger than New Jersey, has the power and wealth of the world community of Jews be hind it and inevitably will ex pand. 2. Jewish plans to divert the waters of the River Jordan for irrigation. Egypt's Premier Ga mal Abdel Nasser has that that will be an act of aggression. 3. Wounds have never healed from the 1948-49 Jewish-Arab war. Particularly rankling is the problem of Arab refugees. 4. Some Jewish factions ex hort Israel to wage "preventive war" while she still can win. 5. British influence over Jor dan's Arab Legion was removed with firing of Gen. Sir John Bahot Glubb and removal of 50 Tribune Price 5c No. 5 Phillip J. Roth, engaged by the Oregon Prison association to represent D'Autremont, is a Republican candidate for the congressional seat now held by Edith Green. " He said he would confer with his client about the trial but would not try it before the May 18 primary election. ' One of D'A u t r e m o n t's grounds for asking dismissal of the indictment was that many witnesses on both sides were either dead or unavailable. Postal Inspector Stanley Smoot told the judge that government witnesses recently were reach ed and that "better than 90 per cent" - are still available. The witnesses at the murder trial of the three D'Autremont brothers in Jacksonville are scattered but could be notified within a few weeks, U. S. Attorney C. E. Luckey said. - D'Autremont was 19 when he and his older brothers, twins Roy and Ray, now 56, dynamit ed the train in an attempted mail holdup. Clerk Blown To Bits The clerk named in the feder al indictment was blown to bits by the blast. The brothers shot and killed three other train men and one end of the mail car was blown off. Victims 'of the holdup try were Elgin Dougherty, the mail clerk, Ashland; Sydney Bates, engineer, aid Marvin Seng, fire man, both of Dunsmuir, Calif., and C. O. Johnson, brakeman, Ashland " The brothers escaped but af ter a world-wide hunt one was Orchardisls Prepare For '56 Frost Season More than 500 orchard ther mometers have been tested in the county agents' office and are being distributed to their owners, according to R. Roy Simpson, official frost forecast er for trie U. S. weather bureau. Simpson said that most fruit growers have heating equip ment already set up in their orchards, and others are in the process of doing so. Frost- warning broadcasts be gan Monday night over stations KMED and KYJC in Medford and station KWIN in Ashland. The broadcasts will be made each day through the frost sea son, at 8 p.m. on KMED, 8:15 p.m. on KYJC and 10 p.m. on KWIN. Moslem Leader Slain In Tunisia Turmoil Tunis (U.R) A Moslem leader was shot dead in front of his home here at nightfall yest erday, less than 24 hours after he had been elected to Tunisia's new constitutional assembly. Prof. Houcine Bouzaina was murdered by an unidentified gunman, who darted away into the dusk before anyone could stop him. His death was one of 16 reported yesterday in this nominally - independent Arab nation. Date for in Spring other top British officers. Fighting could start overnight before the Western powers knew what was happening or who at tacked first. Britain has flown part of her mobile "fire brigade" to Cyprus. It comprises two "battalions of her Red Devil parachute troops. The remainder of the brigade could be flown out quickly should trouble start. U.S. Marines on Way Some 1500 American Marines are also on their way here to join the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Both these forces will be available .to. try to cut short any conflict. They may be put to the test soon. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Wednesday. Low tonight 30-32. High tomor row 60. Temp. 47 Highest yesterday Lowest this morning ...34 Trial remont found serving in the U. S. Army in the Philippines and the other two were located in an eastern state. In exchange for pleas to guilty of first degree murder in Jackson county circuit court, they received life terms, now being served. Hilt Residents Killed in Crash Near Hornbrook Hornbrook Two Hilt, Calif., residents were killed and four were injured Saturday night when a car collided with a ce ment transport truck about a mile north of the California quarantine station on Highway 99 near here. Mrs. Bonnie Vieira, 62, and Norman Dutro, 30, both of Hilt, wrre killed. In Siskiyou county hospital at Yreka with critical injuries are George Vieira, 40, ' husband of Mrs. Vieira; Ruby Williams, 31, Hilt; Russell . G. Williams, 40, Hilt, and Edward Schultz,' 56, Klamath Falls. Hits Truck . The accident occurred when the car driven by Russell Wil liams hit the rear of the cement truck Schultz was driving. The impact hurled the car under the truck, demolishing it. Both ve hicles were traveling south on Bailey hill near Hornbrook on Highway 99. Highway patrolmen said the truck was reported to have been traveling about- 30 miles an hour when it was hit by the car. Investigation of the acci dent is continuing. Passengers in the car were removed with the aid of acety lene torches. Funeral services for Mrs. Vieira were scheduled for 2 p.m. today. Arrangements are pend ing for Dutro, who is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Dutro, Hilt. Premier of Jordan Resigns in Dispute Beirut, Lebanon U.R) Jor dan's Premier Samir El-Rifai has resigned over differences with King Hussein, informed sources here reported today. The sources said the resigna tion followed a dispute between Rifai, who favors close cooper ation with Saudi Arabia, and the young King whose hashemite dynasty traditionally has been cool to the Saudis. In formed sources here said the conflict between Rifai and Hussein broke into the open when the young monarch met recently on the border .for con sultations with Iraq's . King Fei sal. Rifai was "intentionally" left out of the talks, according to re ports reaching here. ' Informed sources here said Rifai submitted his resignation and Hussein accepted it. New Affidavit Filed To Keep Morse Off Ballot Salem (U.R) A second amend-" ed affidavit designed to keep Sen. Wayne Morse's name off the Democratic primary ballot in May was filed in Circuit Court here yesterday by Woody Smith of Hood River. Smith is Morse's only oppo nent for the senatorial nomina tion. The Hood River service station operator has filed three affidav its in the past two weeks. Each one has tried to give more spe cific reasons why Morse's name should be kept off the ballot. Smith, originally .contended that Morse was a Republican in good faith rather than a Demo crat. Salem (U.R) The Legislative Interim Tax Study Committee will hold a two-day meeting here Friday and Saturday. GRAFT Surprise Raids Made for Failure To Pay Income Tax Offices Seized Across Country New York (U.R) Treasury agents seized Communist party headquarters and offices of the Daily Worker across the country today for non-payment of an esti mated $300,000 to $400,000 in income taxes. A Treasury, spokesman said tax liens were filed simultan eously against the party and pub lishers New Press, Inc., corpo rate owners of the Communist newspaper. Party Offices Raided T-men raided offices of the party and the newspaper in New York, Los Angeles, San Fran cisco, Detroit and Chicago, it was said, seizing assets to cover the unpaid taxes. The surprise raids were under stood to have been made under terms of the law which permits a tax collector to take abrupt action when he believes assets may be dispersed to prevent col Isction. District Collector of Internal Revenue Donald R. Moysey said that although the assets of the Daily Worker would be seized he presumed the newspaper could continue publication if, as offic ials believed, it does not own its presses. No Financial Records The party and its branches were estimr ted bv tht? TrPa enrv to owe $250,000 to $300,000 in taxes. A Treasury spokesman said the party claimed to have no fi nancial records. He said it had refused to cooperate with tax in vestigators and had refused to file a claim for exemption which it might be entitled to as a politi cal party. Alan Max, managing editor of the Daily Worker, said Treasury agents had attempted to force members of the newspaper staff to leave the office. He said the staff had remained, however, and "we're getting out tomor row's paper." Talent Committee Schedules Meeting Talent A special citizens committee meeting will be held at the Talent city hall at 8 p.m. today to protest last week's firing of Talent . City Marshal John Baldwin, it was learned today. Baldwin was fired at a special city council meeting last Mon day after Mayor Keith Thoreson recommended his dismissal and the council unanimously upheld the recommendation. The council later gave Bald win until April 1 to submit his resignation. A council meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday to consider hiring a new marshal and to hear citizens' complaints. Thoreson said he had heard many complaints concerning the marshal for the past year and one-half. Baldwin was employed by the city about two years ago. Siletz Plywood Camp Destroyed by Flames Newport, Ore. (U.R) Flames engulfed the shops and office building of Georgia Pac ific Plywood corporation's camp 12 south of Siletz, Ore., last night and caused $150,000 dam age. Cause of the blaze was still under investigation today. The combined Siletz, Toledo and Newport fire departments fought the flames which raced through the logging operation's shops, an office building and an unoccupied dwelling. Lost in the fire were two steam locomotives, a newly overhauled bulldozer, two trucks, three lathes, two drill presses, a diesel light plant, an. overhead crane, tools and other shop machinery. All were de scribed as a total loss after the roof of the shop building caved in an hour after the flames were spotted at 7:45 p.m. Truck Freight Rate Increase Requested Portland U.R) The Pacific Inland Tariff bureau today" ask ed the Oregon Public Utilities commission for a six per cent increase in truck freight rates. The bureau, representing the truck lines in the state, said the increases would be necessary to meet higher wages granted in new oontraets thii year.