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President Decides
Against Granting
Request at Present
. Possibility Held
For Later Action
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower has decided
against granting at this time
Israel's request for $64,000,000
worth of arms, administration of
ficials reported today.
The top level decision was said
to have been made last Wednes
day. Mr. Eisenhower conferred
for two hours that day with Sec
retary of State John foster
Dulles and other key advisers
Israel made the request Nov. 1,
Later Action Possible
Informants said the adminis
tration has not ruled out the
possibility of some later action
on Israel's request for speedy
jet fighters and other defensive
arms. But this kind of equip
ment for the foreseeable future
will be supplied by Britain,
France, and perhaps even other
Allied countries.
These informants said France
"in a matter of days" is expected
to deliver 12 Mystere IV jet
fighter planes to Israel. France,
it was said, definitely has de
cided to sell the planes to
Israel. Information on their de
livery, however, may be held
up for security reasons until
they are in Israel hands.
The White House action indi
cated that the United States will
raise no objection to arms de
liveries to Israel by Britain and
France. But there was no firm
word that the administration
would encourage its Allies to
deal with the Israelis.
Campaign' Considered
Earlier Rep. Kenneth B. Keat
ing (R-N.Y.) said a group of 50
House Republicans is consider
ing a major campaign to add
specific funds to the administra
tion's $4,900,000,000 fund to
bolster Israel in its struggle with
the Arab states.
The group was expected to be
joined by a number of Democrats
who have been calling on the ad
ministration for increased funds
for the Jewish nation.
Republicans Charge
Democratic Congress
Washington (U.R) Repub
licans in growing numbers to
day echoed a charge that this
year's Democratic ' - controlled
Congress has been a "do-nothing"
Congress. .
Democrats denied it. But Re
publicans left little doubt that
they will sound the charge with
increasing frequency in their
fight to regain control of Con
gress in this year's elections.
The "do-nothing" complaint,
voiced initially by individual
GOP members of Congress, has
now been taken up by presiden
. tial assistant Sherman Adams
and the Republican National
committee. 1
Adams said he is "sure" that
President Eisenhower "has been
disappointed in the accomplish
ments of this Congress."
Congressman's Wife
Rescued From River
Washington (U.R) Mrs. M.
G. Burnside, wife of Rep. M. G
Burnsid- (D-W.Va.) was rescued
last night from the Potomac
river by a rescue squad boat.
She dropped into the river
from the 14th St. Bridge, and
clung ot a bridge abutment, po
lice said. Her car was found
parked on the bridge. She was in
the water for about 10 minutes
before she was rescued.
This Man Doesn't Need
A Siren Just Lungs
Highland Park, 111 (U.R)
William Chaffee, 18, insisted
he did it all with his lungs
when hp was charged in mag
istrates court with putting a
police siren on his car.
To prove it, he threw back
his head and let out an ear
splitting wail.
Magistrate Samuel Smith
said hastily he was convinced.
He dismissed Chaffee with a
warning not to do it again
unless h is "in a boat several
miles out in lh lake.
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All Cities in County
But Three Climb in
Population Since '50
All incorporated cities in Jack
son county, except Jacksonville,
Butte Falls and Eagle Point,
have shown population increases
from the 1950 federal census,
actual population counts on esti
mates completed or nearly com
plete showed today.
Both Butte Falls and Eagle
Point, however, estimated they
have had increases of permanent
residents, because an influx of
temporary workers during the
1950 census, when Willow Creek
dam and the Medford pipeline
were under construction, gave
temporarily inflated figures.
To Census Board
The reports are being sent to
the state board of census at the
request of the secretary of state
to provide data for the pro-rating
of cities' shares of state road and
liquor funds, distributed on a per
Program To Save
Family Farms Urged
Washington (U.R) Demo
cratic members of a House agri
culture subcommittee unani
mously recommended today that
Congress adopt a three-point pro
gram to save the "disappearing"
family farm.
They said rigid price supports
at 90 per cent of parity must be
provided for basic crops this
year to meet "the threat of a
continuing depression in agricul
ture." The subcommittee's two
Republican members disagreed.
A Senate-House conference
committee, despite administra
tion objections, already has in-
j eluded the proposed one-year
restoration of rigid 90 per cent
supports in the "catch all" farm
bill it is drafting. The conferees
resume their work tomorrow.
Treasury Agents Seize
Autos at Oregon City
Oregon City (U.R) Treasury
agents said today they have seiz
ed two autos owned by two 16-year-old
Oregon City boys be
cause a sawed-off shotgun had
been in the autos. The cars may
be sold at auction.
Agents said the gun, which
also was seized, had been sawed
off to make it 13 inches long.
Police in Oregon City found the
gun in the car of one of the
youths Saturday. Questioning re
vealed that the gun also had
been in the other boy's car..
The national firearms act pre
scribes that permission to shorten
shotgun must be received from
the government and, if it is
granted, a $200 tax paid.
RULED
capita basis.
Medford led in increased popu
lation, with 20,083, or 1,033
more than the 1950 census of
19,050. The count included 355
residents of the recently annexed
southeast Medford area.
Ashland increased 873 from
the 1950 census of 7,739. The
new total is 8,612 persons.
Other Figures
Others were Gold Hill, an esti
mate of slightly over 650, com
pared with 619 in 1950; Talent,
a count of 895, an increase of
156 over 739; Rogue River, a
count expected to reach slightly
over 600, compared with 590 in
the previous census; Phoenix,
an estimate of 830, or 90 more
than the 746 in 1950; and Central
Point, an estimate of 1,985, com
pared with 1,909 in a 1954 cen
sus. Jacksonville's census indicated
a population decline from 1,190
to 1,168, possibly a result of last
winter's floods. Eagle Point's
population of 610 was estimated
at the same.
Butte Falls now has an esti
mated 361 " persons, compared
with 373 in 1950.
State Income Tax Men
Due Here During Week
Oregon state income tax of
ficials will be in the Jackson
county courthouse Tuesday
through Friday this week, from
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to give as
sistance in preparing Oregon
state tax statements.
The tax experts also plan to
be in the court house April 9
to 13. Deadline for filing is
Monday, April 16.
Thousands of
Annual Easter
Washington (U.R) The an
nual Easter egg roll on the spa
cious south ground of the White
House got underway today in a
profusion of pert new bonnets
and freshly starched dresses,
cowboy suits and Eton suits, rac
ing kids, and of course, thous
ands of brightly colored Easter
eggs.
Children Swarm Through Gates
The gates of the White House
grounds were thrown open
promptly at 9 a.m. (EST). Hun
dreds of waiting children swarm
ed through. White House officials
estimated a crowd of 20,000 per
sons would be on hand before
the day was over.
President Eisenhower extend
ed his Easter greetings to the
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THEN. NOWWork on repair
and renovation of the Medford
Furniture store building, gutted
by fire last July, is nearly com
plete as these two pictures show.
The lower view shows the build
ing at the height of the fire. The
upper view shows it as it looks
today, completed with a new
coat of light-green paint on the
outside. The store, which has
been operating from temporary
quarters on North Bartlett st.,
will reopen this week in the
building where it has been
housed for many years, with the
reopening tentatively scheduled
for Wednesday at 1 p.m.
(Photos by Brainerd)
India May Buy
Russian Weapons
ajJNew.. Delhi,India.--.,-(U.R)
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh
ru hinted today at a news con
ference that India may be ready
to purchase arms from the So
viet Union.
India gets most of its arms
from Britain, but Nehru said
today he had sounded out the
Russians on the purchase of
bombing planes for the defense
of India's borders.
Nehru showed concern over
American arms shipments to
neighboring Pakistan, which is
in dispute with Indian over the
state of Kashmir.
He also showed concern that
the recent SEATO meeting in
Karachi discussed the Karachi
question and suggested in a fi
nal communique that the ques
tion be settled by the United
Nations.
On the subject of arms, Nehru
indicated strongly that India
was in the international market,
Asked about reports India
would purchase Canberra bomb
ers from Britain, he said India
naa r.cn aiscussmg the pur
chases for two years, and that
it was true that "there recently
arrived the finalization of parts
of the order."
He said the main question
was one of delivery. The Can
berra is a light, fast British
built twin-jet bomber used by
NATO forces and in service in
the U. S. Air Force.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 515.10 up 3.31, 20
rails 172.37 Ud 0.55. 15 utilities
67.41 up 0.02, and 65 stocks
181.95 up 0.80. Sales today were
about 3.120,000 shares compared
with 3,480,000 Thursday.
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Children Take Part in
Egg Roll at White. House
throng
The only requirement was to
be a child under 12 years of age.
Adults could enter only if they
had youngsters in tow. No pets
were allowed in.
Maryland Boy First
First boy through the barrier
was Penn Glazier, 10, Wheaton
City, Md., who had been standing
at the southeast gate with his
mother, Mrs. M. H. Glazier, since
shortly after 7 a.m. (
It was the third year Perm
was first in line.
Mr. Eisenhower's golf green
and all of the shrubbery around
the spacious grounds were pro
tected by nearly one mile of
wooden snow fencing.
Most of the early arrivals did
Weather
FORECAST Mostly cloudy
through Tuesday with a few
light showers. Continued cool.
Low tonight 35-38. High Tues
day 55.
Temp.
52
. 39
Prec.
trace
Highest yesterday
Lowest this morning
To 4:30 a.m. today
United States To
Introduce New
Disarmament Plan
Stassen To Quiz
Gromyko on Proposal
London (U.R) The United
States will introduce new dis
armament proposals this week,
informed sources said today.
The fresh American moves
will extend the U. S. position
previously laid down in install
ments before the current five
power arms parley here.
To Cross-Examine Gromyko
But while U. S. delegate Har
old E. Stassen places some more
pieces in the American pattern
he also is expected to utilize the
sessions that resume tomorrow
to cross-examine Soviet delegate
Andrei Gromyko closely on the
new Soviet arms proposal publi
cized Saturday.
Stassen paid a flying visit to
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther's
SHAPE headquarters in Paris
over the week end. Observers
recalled Stassen and Gruenther
held a similar huddle just before
President Eisenhower introduced
his bold 'open sky plan at the
Geneva summit conference.
Divergence of View
Meanwhile, it became clear to
day that there is some divergence
of view on the new Soviet dis
armament proposals between the
United States on the one hand
and Britain and France on the
other.
American, British and French
officials play down any talk of
big differences. They call it a
difference of emphasis.
But the difference was clear:
The United States chose to re
gard some points in the new
Soviet plan with heavily quali
fied hopefulness;' while Britain
and France heaped on pessimism.
Top Foresters Slafe
Protection Discussion
About 16 top officials of the
state divisions of forestry of
Oregon, Washington, and Calif
ornia, and of the U. S. Forest
Service, will meet here tomor
row for a two-day session.
Under discussion will be pro
gress in studies on what consti
tute adequate fire protection.
Similar progress meetings are
held each five years, and are
designed as a basis to appropri
ation planning under the Clark
McNary, act.
Tomorrow's meeting will be
at the Medford headquarters of
the state department of forestry
on Table Rock rd., and on Wed
nesday the group will make a
field trip. The following day
they will go to California for ad
ditional meetings.
County Court Plans
Hearing on Closure
The county court said today
it is planning to set a hearing
soon on the proposed closure of
the Jackson county courthouse
on Saturday mornings.
Request for Saturday closure
has been made by courthouse
personnel. Many courthouses in
the state now close on that day,
and the practice here has been
to open during the morning
only.
The court and the county
budget committee wish to have
a determination on the propos
al before completing work on
the budget for the coming fiscal
year, it was indicated.
little egg rolling, but merely
stood at the fence in front of the
south portico of the White House
and hoped for a glimpse of the
first family.
President Eisenhower stayed
put behind the fence last year
rather than have a repeat of the
mob scene of 1953 when, with
two of his grandchildren, he fol
lowed President Theodore Roose
velt's practice of mingling with
the egg rollers.
Missed Event Last Year
That year, grandson David
lost his basket of eggs in the
enthusiastic crush and grand
daughter Barbara Anne left the
scene on her grandpa's shoulder.
The Eisenhower's were vacation
ing in Georgia during the 1954
roll.
CP Fire District's
White City Station
Activated Sunday
Three Vehicles in
Service at New Site
Central Point The new White
City station of the Central Point
Rural Fire Protection district
was activated at 7 a.m. yester
day, Fire Chief Richard Krupp
reported.
It is the second fire hall to be
placed into operation by the dis
trict. Krupp said that three of
the districts seven fire-fighting
vehicles are in service at the new
station. One paid fireman will
be on duty at all times at the
White City hall.
Plan Open House
A day-long open house is
planned on Saturday, April 21.
White City Realty company
provided the land and erected
the new fire hall. Construction
began last fall.
Krupp has issued a call for
volunteer firemen to serve the
White City area. All men inter
ested are asked to report to the
station. Five volunteers already
are signed, the chief stated.
L. C. Lisenbee and Jim Scott
will be the paid firemen at the
station. They will work on alter
nate 24-hour shifts. Vehicles in
service at White City are a
pumper, tank truck and jeep.
Mr. and Mrs. Nate Grisham are
on duty full time at the Central
Point rural fire hall. Equipment
presently there includes two
pumpers, a tank truck and a
pickup truck.
No Permits Yet
Krupp said that, according to
present indications, residents of
the district will not be required
to obtain burning permits until
after May 1. The rural firemen
have been approached for per
mits by a number of people
since the state forest patrol an
nounced the beginning of its fire
season.
State Sedition
Laws Held Invalid
Washington -4U.R) The Su
preme..Court . ruled . today . that
the states have no power to pun
ish persons who advocate the vi
olent overthrow of the federal
government.
The 6 to 3 decision applied di
rectly to Pennsylvania's sedition
law. But it also had the effect of
striking down such sedition laws
in 42 states, Alaska and Hawaii.
The laws make it illegal to teach
the overthrow of the federal,
as well as the state governments,
by force and violence.
Chief Justice Earl Warren,
speaking for the majority, held
that Congress has enacted fed
eral anti-sedition laws which
cover the problem to the exclu
sion of parallel state legislation.
"Administration of state acts
would conflict with the opera
tion of the federal plan," he said.
The decision affirmed a ruling
of the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court in the case of Pittsburgh
Communist leader Steve Nelson.
Nelson, 53, a native of Yugoslav
ia, was convicted in 1952 under
the state sedition law.
The court was informed by the
government during arguments
on the case that all states have
sedition laws except" Arizona,
Missouri, South Dakota, South
Carolina, Oregon and Washing
ton. ,
Kefauver Has Clear
Field in Wisconsin
Madison,, Wis. U.R) Sen.
Estes Kefauver has a clear field
and President Eisenhower light
opposition in Wisconsin's presi
dential primary tomorrow.
The vote will automatically
give Wisconsin's 58 conjention
delegates and 26 votes to Kefau
ver for the second straight time.
Adlai E. Stevenson, his only de
clared rival for the Democratic
presidential nomination, decided
not to run in Wisconsin.
Mr. Eisenhower's only opposi
tion comes from John Chappie,
an Ashland newspaper editor.
Chappie campaigned on a "Pro
American, pro - Christian, anti
Soviet" platform and invited
Democrats to jump party lines
and vote for him in the primary.
The Wisconsin primary has
been regarded as a national poli
tical weathervane in the past,
but this year's race is one of the
quietest within memory.
Crater Lake Park Road
Said in Good Condition
Crater Lake (U.R) Highway
62 through Crater Lake nation
al park was reported in good
condition today but chains or
snow tires were advised from
Annie Springs to the rim. A
trace of new snow fell at the
park last night after a 7V-inch
fall Saturday night.
Some 48 cars brought 169
visitors to the park yesterday.
Stratocruiser Sinks
In Puget Sound;
Craft Dives To Earth
By UNITED PRESS
A Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocruiser carrying 37 persons
sank in Puget Sound today, killing at least two persons and climax
ing a series of Easter, week-end
aiea.
Three other persons were missing from the Stratocruiser in
Puget Sound. They were sought by
were picked up by Air Force amphibian planes and a Coast Guard
motor lifeboat.
The crash off Seattle was topped in loss of life by that of a
TWA passenger transport across the continent, near Pittsburgh
Sunday night. There were 22 dead in the TWA crash. Scattered
plane crashes, in the Midwest and West, accounted for the other
dead.
Airplane Crashes
Into Wheal Field
East of Pendleton
Pendleton (U.R) A private
airplane crashed in the middle
of a wheat field about seven
miles east of here yesterday, kill
ing all four persons aboard.
The Civil Aeronautics Admin
istration said that all four of
the victims were from Spokane.
The Cessna was on a flight to
Denver, Colo., and Wichita.,
Kan., when the accident oc
curred at 10:04 a.m.
Dead Identified
The CAA identified the dead
as Edwin Rasmussen, 30; Wayne
Janney, 41, both mining execu
tives en route to Danver; Del
vin B. Adams, 45, an electrical
contractor, and Jack Mifflin, 47,
owner of the plane, and opera
tor of Mifflin Flying Service at
Spokane.
The plane had not landed at
Pendleton, the CAA said.. The
flight originated from Spokane
about 8:30 a.m. yesterday and
had flown south to avoid bad
weather.
Officials said that the weather
was "very foggy" at the time of
the crash'ahd snow flurries were
kpreyalent in the area.
Completely Demolished "
Lore Lemen, a Pendleton pilot,
flew over the wreckage and said
the "plane looked like it went
straight in." Lemen said that the
ship was completly demolished
and "looked as if it hit the
ground with full throttle. Only
a small section of the tail did
not disintegrate."
It was the second fatal plane
crash in the state during the
week end. Friday night an Air
Force C-45 crashed into a rocky
hill near Klamath Falls killing
three service personnel and in
juring two others.
Klamath Carpenters
Go on Wage Strike
Klamath Falls U.R An esti
mated 122 carpenters, members
of the Carpenters and Joiners
Union Local 119 of Klamath
Falls went on strike today for
a wage scale of $3 an hour. They
now get $2.80.
C. D. Long, secretary of the
local labor council, said the $3
request is based on a statewide
scale of $2.80 plus 10 cents for
health and welfare. He said the
Klamath Falls carpenters tradi
tionally get 10 cents more an
hour than the statewide scale
because of the short season for
construction here.
The strike affects construction
at the Klamath Falls airbase,
National Guard armory, Bureau
of Reclamation headquarters and
sales arena at the Klamath coun
ty fairgrounds.
Hearing Set on Lifting
O&C Market Restriction
Washington (U.R) The Bu
reau of Land Management will
hold a public, hearing in Port
land April 27 on the advisability
of lifting marketing area restric
tions to facilitate sale of salvage
timber from the revested Oregon
and California grant lands of
western Oregon, Interior Secre
tary Douglas McKay said today.
The hearing will open at 9
a.m in the Interior Department
auditorium under direction of V.
T. Heath, BLM supervisor for
Oregon.
Officers Investigating
Two Ashland Burglaries
Jackson county sheriff's dep
uties and the Ashland city police
are investigating burglaries that
occurred sometime early Sunday
at the Ashland Grange Coopera
tive and the Ashland Lumber
company.
The Grange cooperative was
entered through a rear window
and a few tools were reported
stolen, deputies reported. At the
lumber company $200 was re
ported taken from the safe.
TWA
plane crashes in which 43 persons
air and surface craft. Survivors
A load of 81 passengers and a
crew of six were aboard the
Northwest Airlines plane, which
crashed into the water off Point
Robinson on the southeastern
side of Vashon Island shortly
after taking off from the Se-
attle-Tacoma International air
port.
An Air Force iet trainer, ap
parently out of fuel, crashed and
burned trying to make a landmg
at Ellsworth Air Force ' Base
near Rapid City, S. D., last night
and the two crewmen died in
stantly.
There were two holidav nlane
crashes in Illinois, each killing
one person.
It had been an almost perfect
Mrs. Marie Terpenning,
listed among those who died
last night in the crash of a
Trans-World airlines plane at
Pittsburgh, Pa., was the
mother of Mrs. Cedric T.
Rambo, Rogue River. She re
portedly was on her way to -her
home on the east coast
after a visit with her daughter.
Easter across the nation until
the air tragedy reports started
coming in.
Dropped From Sky
In the East, the TWO airliner
had just taken off from Greater
Pittsburgh Airport with 36 pass
engers and crewmen listed
aboard. It seemed to drop from
the sky and nosedived into a hill
side. Twelve Easter travellers,
the pilot, ' and " the co-pilot
escaped. . Most' of the dead, were
trapped in back seats.
Surprise storms were blamed
for the Western crashes.
Near Pendleton, Ore., a Cessna
180 bucked fog and snow flurries
before crashing in a wheat field.
A wind, rain and hail storm
caught a Beechcraft Bonanza
near San Miguel, Calif., and tore
a wing away. The plane crashed,
killing San Jose, Calif., home
builder L. J. Tilson, 41; his wife,
Ann; their daughter, Judith 15,
and Vera Jopling, 50.
Four more persons died when
a Piper Tripacer crashed and
burned against a hill near San
Bernardino, Calif. They were
Ronald B. Silver, 25, and his
sister, Sandra, 20, both of Al
hambra; Margo Lee, 20, Beverly
Hills; and Sal Divner, Los An
geles. Jet Flamed Out
The rash of plane crashes
spread into the Northern Plains,
where a jet trainer flying from
Tacoma, Wash., to the Offutt
Air Force Base at Omaha, Neb.,
flamed out near Rapid City.
The pilot, 1st Lt. P. G. Wren,
tried to make it to Ellsworth
AFB. But the jet crashed about
four miles from the base, killing
Wren and 2nd Lt. J. H. Cootes
instantly.
. In Illinois, student pilot Kurt
Zimmerman, 31, Oak Park, was
killed when another student
pilot's plane landed on top of
him. Gary Majors, 14, East
Fekin, was killed in a private
plane crash near Bethany.
A ground party set out from
El Paso, Tex., in an attempt to
reach Capt. F. G. Guerre in rocky
country near Deming, N. M. His
jet flamed out while on a routine
training flight and he made a
crash landing.
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BUSY packing for voyage to
Monaco where she will wed
Prince Rainier, actress Grace
Kelly takes time to air Oli
ver, her poodle, outside New
York home. (International
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