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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.'
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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.
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