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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
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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.