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Newspaper Page Text3:p If I id 1 junmarskjol mi Meeting To Seek Mid-East Solution Lasts 75 Minutes New Commando Raids Charged by Israel Cairo U.R) Egypt an nounced, in Ihe midst of its peace in ihe Middle East ne gotiations with U.N. Secretary-general Dag Hammar skjold, that it was withdraw in g its Fcdayeen suicide squads from Israel. . Cairo, Egypt (U.R) U.N. Secretary General Dag Ham' marskjold pleaded today with Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser for peace in the Holy Land. They met in Nasser's office to the wailing of an air raid siren test and against a background of new Israeli charges of "acts of terror" in Israel during the night. The meeting lasted 75 min utes and Hammarskjold told re porters he would confer again with Nasser before leaving Cairo. Report 'Imaginative' Asked to comment on a report he had submitted a six-point compromise plan to Nasser to settle the crisis he said the re port was "very imaginative." He said nothing more. Later, a high Egyptian source was asked if Nasser had an swered a letter from the U. N. Truce Organization requesting the immediate withdrawal of Fedayeen Commandos from Israel. He replied flatly that "Egypt did not and will not an swer the letter." 11 Commandos Killed Israel has maintained that these Fedayeen suicide groups infiltrated its territory from Egypt during the past week end to kill and sabotage. Israeli forces claimed they killed 11 of these commandos. ; Ludwell Denny, foreign editor of the Scripps-Howard News papers, said in a dispatch from Tel Aviv that "an Arab-Israeli war within two weeks is prob able unless infiltration of this country by Arab Fedayeen sui cide squads ceases. War in the Middle East could lead to world war." Military Vacuum - High Egyptian sources said Nasser, key man in the Mid East crisis, was prepared to propose creation of a military vacuum between Egyptian and Israeli forces as the best means of keep ine the peace. This would be accomplished by pulling back troops one kilo meter (six-tenths of a mile) from each side of the border. He has made such a suggestion be fore. This would be a formal proposal. But Israel said Hammarsk- jold's mission would be useless unless he wrung a promise from Nasser to end the terror activ ities of Fedayeen the do-or- die commandos who have struck deep inside Israel. Transit Savers Propose Boycott of Trolleys Oak Grove (U.R) A one-day boycott of interurban trolleys between Portland and Oregon V City was proposed last night at a meeting of Transit Savers, Inc., here. Some members of the organ ization, indignant at the plan to shorten the trolley line by sev eral blocks through elimination of trolley tracks from new Hawthorne bridge approaches, suggested that all commuters drive to work or to shop in Port land some day next month. House Republicans Work Against Clock To Come Up With Compromise Farm Bill Washington (U.R) The House today passed the catch all Democratic farm bill to re store rigid high price supports for one year. The roll call vote on final passage was 237 to 181 for the bill. The action was President Eisenhower's biggest legisla tive setback of the year. Washington (U.R) House Re publican leaders raced against the clock today in an attempt to stop Congress from sending President Eisenhower a farm bill they believed he would veto. With the showdown vote in the House scheduled for mid afternoon, GOP leaders worked to devise a new last minute corn promise for the catch-all bill. Would Restore Rigid Supports The Democratic backed catch all bill would set aside the ad ministration's flexible farm pro gram for one year by restoring Medford 51st Year 24 Pages President Signs Legislation for Colorado Project Measure Represents Eisenhower's Belief Augusta, Ga. (U.R) President Eisenhower today endorsed the "top to bottom" theory of river development as he signed legis lation for the Upper Colorado River Project. Sitting in his small office over looking a rainswept Augusta Na tional Golf course, the President said the Upper Colorado bill represents one thing I believe in. Follows His Idea He added that he likes the bill because it follows his idea of "treating river valleys as a whole thing it goes from top to bottom it recognizes that one thing is certainly true water .is getting to be our most valuable resource. The Upper Colorado Project is water and power supply sys tem dreamed of for half a cen tury. The bill calls for construction of four major power dams and 11 water supply units on the Col orado and its tributaries. The works will be spread over four states, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah, and will cost an estimated $760,000,000. The Interior Department will handle the immense job, and Sec retary Douglas McKay called signature of the bill "an historic milestone." i McKaysaid it "is gratifying"! to see the way cleared for work on the project, although he warned that it cannot "be com pleted and fullv operative in our time." Initial Construction The President asked for $8, 000,000 for a start on the project in his budget for fiscal 1957. Mc Kay said the initial work will be on access roads into the remote sites where the main dams will be built. He said he hopes that contracts for construction on two main dams, Glen Canyon on the main river near the Arizona-Utah bor der and Flaming Gorge on the Green river in Utah, can be signed early next year. 198 Pints of Blood Collected Yesterday A total of 198 pints of blood was donated during the monthly visit of the Red Cross Blood mobile at the Medford Elks tem ple yesterday, officials reported today. The Bloodmobile is at the Ashland Elks temple today, where the quota is 175 pi.its. A total of 223 people, includ ing 90 "drop ins," appeared to donate blood, of which 25 were rejected, officials said. The quota for the Medford visit was 250 pints. Salem (U.R) Chief Justice Harold J. Warner has assigned Circuit Judge A. J. Goodwin of Eugene to sit in Jackson and Josephine counties to assist with the docket. rigid 90 per cent of parity price supports for basic crops pro duced this year. In a compromise move, ad ministration leaders sought yes terday to rally Republicans be hind a substitute plan that would raise minimum supports to 82 Vi per cent of parity from the present 75-90 range. But they were rebuffed by a group of Republicans from the Mid west farm belt who said they would vote with the Democrats unless the administration of fered more. Crucial Vote Both sides agreed the crucial vote would come on a Republi can move to send the measure back to the Senate-House Con ference Committee with instruc tions for revamping it. If that failed, members believed the bill was certain to pass. The compromise offered Re publicans at a closed-door con MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1956 FREAK STORM This scene at Somerville, Mass. is typical in many New England towns as recent heavy snows caused collapse of hundreds of utility poles, causing power failure and the danger of live wires in the streets. Study of $610,158 For Bedford Starts The city budget committee to night will start a detailed study of a preliminary general fund budget totaling $610,158 for fis cal year 1956-57. The proposed budget is $50, 468 more than this year's, which totals $559,690. But the estimat ed property tax levy will be less than during the present year. Total levy during 1956-57 is esti mated to be $462,673, compared to $469,212 levied during 1955 56. The preliminary general fund and library levy of $247,027 equals the amount allowable un der the 6 per cent limitation. Increased Demands City Manager Robert Duff said that increased population and growth in area have "step ped up demands for service in all departments," but several factors have been responsible for a slightly smaller property tax levy. ' The reduced levy in the pre liminary budget is possible, Duff said, because of increased esti mated receipts from most sourc es, particularly in the engineer ing and building departments; a reduction in the bonded debt payment services because of a tapering off of the general bond fund payment schedule; because of economics in operations re sulting in an estimated slightly higher cash balance; and an in crease in the tax base occasion ed by recent annexations. ., Duff said consolidation of the offices of treasurer and record er also will effect a saving and increase efficiency." Capital Improvements The preliminary budget, he noted, does not include a capital improvement program which would provide the city with ne cessary arterial street and storm sewer facilities. Duff estimated the cash bal ance at the end of the present fiscal year to be $28,516, com pared to an estimated balance of $23,729 last July 1. Receipts ference yesterday called for elimination from the bill of 90 per cent of parity, dual parity, a mandatory two-price plan for rice this year and authority for a two-price wheat plan next year. Price Boosting Provision The pending bill would peg 1956-crop support prices higher than this compromise for corn, wheat, cotton, peanuts, grain sorghums, rye, oats, barley and domestically-consumed rice. But the proposed compromise would retain a price-boosting provision that would jack up price sup ports for butter two cents a pound and for manufacturing milk 10 cents per 100 pounds. House Republican leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massa chusetts said efforts were being made to revamp the compromise proposal. He said he hoped for victory, but didn't know how the vote would go. ? for fiscal year 1956-57 are esti mated at $531,999, Duff said. The estimated receipts and c a r r y-over balance, totaling $380,515, will leave $229,643 to be levied for the general fund, he said. The -levy equals $219, 805 allowable under the old tax base, and $9,838 allowable un der the tax base since recent an nexations. '-c- " t A library fund levy, of $17,384 is included in the general fund for a $247,027 total general fund levy. The summary of levies in the preliminary budget, besides the general fund and library, shows $68,856 for general bond fund; $36,225, water bond sinking fund; $88,452, fire maintenan ance fund; and $22,113, park and swimming pool. Budgets for most city depart ments have been increased be cause of increased services. Among items which are in-, eluded in the preliminary bud get is $4,357 for improvements at the city hall. Duff said most of this would go toward relocat ing the womans' jail, funds for which were eliminated from the 1955-56 budget. The change will allow more room in the police department, he said. Street Lighting Another item increased in the proposed budget is $30,468 for street lights. Duff said the mon ey, if approved, will be used to increase present street lights as well as install lights in residen tial "districts. Provisions have been made for full time city attorney, who probably will have offices in the city hall. Duff said. The attorney "will be of value to the munici pal court and promote a codifi cation and modernization of city ordinances." he stated. A total of $4,500 has been pro posed for Roxy Ann road re pairs. No funds have been bud geted for such repairs during the past three years, and Duff pointed out that during the re cent heavy rains, the road was extensively damaged. Proposed funds would match federal funds which have been request ed for repairing Roxy Ann road; Some $7,500 has been propos ed for the city planning commis sion .The same amount-was pro posed for the present fiscal year, but was cut to S2,000 when vot ers rejected a levy exceeding the 6 per cent limitation. Estimated revenue and expen ditures respectively, for various Two Coasf League 6a Games Rained Out San Francisco IU.R) Rain to day caused postponment of two Pacific Coast League baseball games, Vancouver vs. San Fran cisco here, and Portland vs. Sac ramento at Sacramento. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York !U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 512.70, up 2.66; 20 rail roads 169.78, up 1.24; 15 utilities 66.54, off 0.14, and 65 stocks 180.29, up 0.83. Sales today were about 2.440,000 shares compared with 2,590,000 yesterday.' lAI II irtlBUNE Price 5c No. 18 Budget Today departments include: (Where one figure is shown, the depart ment has no revenue.) Airport, $42,740, $25,284; building and inspection, $15,302, $20,582; city , hall, $6,530, $15, 430; engineers, $24,194, $52,271; finance, $25,368; fire mainten ance, transfer, $64,504; general -administrations $116,773, $78,- 681; legal, $9,270; mayor and council, $2,275; park and swim ming pool, transfer, $3,950, $5, 217; planning commission, $7, 500; police, $108,670, $169,278; streets and sewers, $30,000, $55, 952; sewage treatment $3,840, $32,007; traffic engineering, $35,113; and emergency, $11, 426. Members of the budget com mittee include Mayor Earl Mill er, Councilman J. H. Fitzgerald, Harold Frye, Stanley C. Jones Jr., John Snider, Fred E. Robin son, Donald Hansen and Paul Meyers, and citizen members Granville Brittsan, chairman, Mrs.- Marina Gates, secretary, Floyd Watkins, Stanley Stark, Russell Brown, Raymond Soren son, J. H Creager and Darrell Miller. Duff is budget officer. Singer Nat King Cole Attacked on Stage by White Segregationists Birmingham, Ala. U.R) Negro musician Nat King Cole promised today his show would go on in Dixie despite the in timidation by three white segre gationists who pounced on him while he was sinking to a pack ed audience and , attempted to abduct him. Cole ; received a slight back injury in' the on-stage melee Tuesday night but came back to finish his singing performance after being treated by a doctor. His manager, Robert Schwartz of New York, said Cole. would go right ahead with his schedul ed tour of southern states where racial incidents have occurred regularly in recent months. The men who attacked Cole were intercepted by police be fore they could carry out then apparent plan fo abduct the Negro musician. They were hus tled to jail and charged with inciting a riot. Three others were booked on the same charge as accomplices and two more were held for questioning. Against Rock and Roll Kenneth Adams, 35, a mem ber of the Anniston, Ala., White Citizens council board of direc tors, was identified as the ap parent leader of the attack on Cole. The Annison council recently announced a campaign to- rid Alabama of rock and roll music on charges it is "immoral" and inspired by the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People as a form of "in tegration brain wash" for south ern white teenagers. ' Cole is not a rock and roll ar yptpr Weather FORECAST: Tartly cloudy and cooler tonight and Thursday. Low tnioght 32-34. High Thursday 60. Temp. Highest Yesterday SO , Lowest this Morning 40 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today .27 Florida Buffeted By Wind and Rain; Trailers Wrecked Lake view Blanketed By Spring Snowfall By UNITED PRESS Violent winds and rain hit Florida last night and snow, rain and dust storms plagued the Far West. At least 15 persons were in jured when strong winds with tornado velocity ripped through parts of Florida. Hundreds of trailers were knocked over and dozens of roofs were blown off in the West Hollywood and Dania areas. An airline pilot reported a tornado south of Fort Pierce and another was reported at North Penny airport at Hollywood. Three Inches of Rain However, Miami Weather bu reau officials doubted that the storms were tornadoes. They called them "downdrafts" from thunder squalls that dumped as much as three inches of rain in parts of the state. Police said they could not make an . accurate estimate of the damage because of the con fusing tangle of wrecked trail ers and debris left in the wake of the storm. Meanwhile, cooler tempera tures moved into the Pacific coast region early today follow ing light rain and snow which fell last night. Oregon and Cali fornia received light rain, while snow was reported in the moun tains. Five inches of snow blan keted Lakeview, Ore., last night. Temperatures dropped as much as 23 degrees in the early morn ing hours. Dust in California Near-gale force winds churned sand and dust in the desert re gions of California . last night and moved into extreme west ern Arizona early today. .The 40 to 50 mile an hour winds stirred up sand and dust and obscured vision of motorists in the area. Rising temperatures warmed the Central Mountain and Plain states early today. Warmer weather also spread into the western and southern parts of the Midwest. Light to moderate rains con tinued to fall in the Middle Mis sissippi valley area with a 24 hour total of 2.21 reported at Tupelo, Miss. tist. He is a master of the smooth school. Police said that they had been tipped there might be trouble at the municipal auditorium where Cole was scheduled to appear before a packed audience of 3, 000 white people. They moved in -fast when the three white men moved down the aisle of the darkened audi torium while Cole was on stage singing. Officer Robert N. Higginboth am said he saw two men crawl ing upon the stage. He heard one of them say "Drag the - - - -off the stage." Slugged with Bottle He told the United Press he grabbed one of the white men and saw he was holding a coke bottle. "He hit me in the nose with it," he said. The officer suffered a broken nose from the blow. "The first thing I knew some body fell against my legs," Cole said. "They hit the microphone and it bounced back and hit me under the chin. Then I went over on my back." He said the most gratifying thing was the audience "how they wanted me to come back so they could show they did not sanction or condone assault." When the struggle stopped Cole called off his act tempo rarily and announced: "I'd like to sing for you but I've got to see my doctor about my back." He returned to the stage later and resumed his performance: The all-white audience applaud-, ed him for nearly 15 minutes when he came back on stage. PT&T Technicians Discuss Plans for Microwave System Relays May Be Put in Service Next August Twenty-seven Pacific Tele phone company technicians here from Washington, Oregon and California today started discus sions on final plans for putting the company's new microwave relay system between . Sacra mento and Portland into opera tion next August. When the system is completed television programs of three net works will be beamed through the air in 30-mile jumps from Los Angeles north to Washing ton. Currently both television programs and telephone conver sations ' travel between Sacra mento and Portland by coaxial cable. More Conversations The Sacramento-Portland mic rowave link will allow the cable to handle 1,200 more long dis tance telephone conversations. On the agenda here, in addi tion to technical discussions, are visits to the two microwave re lay stations under construction in Jackson county. One is at Siskiyou summit near the Cali fornia line and the other on Baldy mountain, 11 miles south east of Medford. The visits will coincide with erecting of four microwave relay antennas at each of the two stations this week. Nine stations, costing about $250,000, are being built in Ore gon. Four are under construc tion in California from Chico to Pythian caves. R. Patrick Sweeney, telephone company supervisor from Port land and coordinator of the Ore gon portion of the radio relay project is chairman for the meetings. Cal O. Webber, Tal ent, chief transmissionman for PT&T at the Medford central office, is- hjpst at - the two-day meeting at Kogue Valley Coun try club. No Threat of Flood Foreseen at Present Rain yesterday and today did general good and was welcomed by the farmers and, while streams are rising a little, there is no flood threat foreseen at this time, the Medford station of the weather bureau reported A total of .27 of an inch of precipitation was recorded at the weather station up until 4:30 a.m. today. Seven inches of new snow was reported at Crater Lake, making depth there 161 inches. The bureau received no other reports on amount of snowfall in the hills of the area although there may have been some on the higher hills. Weather is expected to be partly cloudy and cooler to night and Thursday. Glenn Jackson Named To Cenlennial Group Salem (U.R) Two new mem bers were named to the Oregon Centennial Commission and a Columbia River Gorge commis sioner reappointed today by Gov. Elmo Smith. Glenn L. Jackson of Medford and T. F. Sandoz of Astoria were appointed on the Oregon Cen tennial Commission for terms ending Dec. 31, 1959. They re place Rodney Keating of Medford and S. F. Woodbury of Portland who recently resigned. Both Jackson and Sandoz are present members of the Oregon Devel opment Commission. George D. Ruby of Portland was reappointed as a member of the Columbia River Gorge Com mission for a term ending March 31, 1960. Survivors of Marine March Quizzed in Secret Session Parris Island, S. C. (U.R) A Marine Corps Court of Inquiry questioned in secrecy today the members of a platoon ordered out on an unauthorized disciplin ary march that brought death by drowning to six teen-age recruits Sunday night. Outsiders Omitted No newsmen or other outsiders were permitted to attend the ses sion of the three-officer inquiry board as it sought to get the facts and decide what, if any, further action should follow. Funeral services for the six victims will be held here tomor row morning. A Catholic service will be conducted for Pvt. Donald Write-in Challenge From KefaiiYer Of Little Threat Democrat Candidate Gets Confidence Vote Chicago (U.R) President Eisenhower appeared today to have beaten Adlai E. Stevenson in a total vote popularity con test phase of the Illinois presi dential primary. Stevenson won a home state vote of confidence from Illinois Democrats, turning back a write-in challenge from Sen. Estes Kefauver. Stevenson and Mr. Eisenhower engaged in a see-saw race for the biggest share of the total vote, but as late returns were tallied the President moved into a consistent lead of about 17,000 votes. Mr. Eisenhower, with only nominal opposition in the Re publican primary, piled up 699, 873 votes with 8922 of the 9511 precincts counted. Stevenson had 682,969 on the basis of 8777 precincts. Small Kefauver Vote Stevenson led Mr. Eisenhower, 476,948 to 256,011 in the Demo cratic stronghold of Chicago and Cook county with only 29 pre cincts uncounted. But Mr. Ei senhower moved ahead down state and in Chicago's Republi can suburbs. His downstate mar gin was 443,862 to Stevenson's 206.021. Kefauver, whose name was not on the ballot but those sup porters conducted a write-in drive, got only 31,111. On the Republican ballot, Sen. William F. Knowland of Calif ornia who entered the race be fore President Eisenhower an nounced he was a candidate and could not withdraw, got 30,774. Lar Daly, a perennial candidate, got 8798. On the Democratic side, a write-in effort on behalf of Gov. Frank Lausche of Ohio ap parently never got off the ground, garnering only 79 votes. The primary vote was the lightest in 12 years and few def inite conclusions could be drawn from it. Kefauver's supporters had hoped for 10 per cent of the vote for Stevenson, and fell short. , - .-, : - Stevenson, on the other hand, ran a close second to Mr. Eisen hower but the test was regarded as inconculsive because voters cannot cross party lines in the Illinois primary. Voter Registration Reaches 26,655 Here Jackson county voter registra tion for the May primary elec tion now total 26.655, election officials reported today. Since April 6, a total of 220 voters have registered. New Republican registrations total 114 and new Democratic regis trations total 106. No new inde pendent voters have filed since April 6. Only five days remain until the April 17 registration dead line, election officials reminded voters. The total of registered voters in the county is still con siderably under the 32,882 total registered for the 1952 primary election. D'Anjou Pears Start To Bloom in Valley D'Anjou pears are starting to bloom in some of the early orch ards in the valley, C. B. Cordy, county extension agent for hor ticulture, reported today. Generally, other pears in the area are in the pink bud stage, he said. Rains yesterday caused no apparent damage, though some scab may result in the future. Cordy said other pear orchard- ists are busy applying pink bud scab sprays. The county agent also com mented that peaches have passed the full bloom stage and weather is favorable for pollination. Pros pects for a successful crop ap pear good, he said. Francis O'Shea of Brooklyn. An hour and a half later, Protestant services will be held over the flag-draped caskets of the other five victims. Many Telephone Calls Honor guards will accompany the bodies of the six victims to their homes. The journeys will start immediately after tomor row's services. Thousands of telephone calls continued to jam Parris Island switchboards today as parents, relatives and friends of men sta tioned there inquired about them. (Sm story en Pag 11)