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Subscribers To report Improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:45 p.m daily and 10 JO a.m. Sunday. It regular delivery arrive thort ly after you call please notify office thua eliminating special messenger service. c fci O rc o c 5 CO WEATHER ME: BUN FORECAST: Fair Sunday and Monday. Warmer Sunday aft ernoon. ' Temp S3 40 Highest Yesterday LowMt yesterday United Press f-ull Leased Wira United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 30 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1956 Price 5c No. 33 Sailor Testifies He Rebuffed Red Pleas io Return Refugee Appears at Subcommittee Hearing Washington CU.R) A refugee Russian sailor testified Saturday that he rebuffed official Soviet pleas to return home because a Soviet diplomats face believed his soft words of enticement. The sailor, Michael Ivankov- Nikolov, said Soviet Ambassador Georgi N. Zaroubm s f a c showed "there was nothing good we could expect." Ivankov-Nikolov recounted to th Senate Internal Security subcommittee details of the con frontation Friday behind the closed doors of an immigration office here. One of Four The 36-year-old former Navy radioman was one of four defect ing Soviet sailors who spurned Zaroubin's efforts to have them renounce their decision to live in a free world. Twoof his fellow-sailors told similar stories. Five of Ivankov-Nikolov's fel low defectors were lured home April 7 under circumstances which Congressional investiga tors denounced as "political kid naping." The United States ex pelled two Russian diplomats to the United Nations as a result of the incident. Moscow Statement Ivankov-Nikolov said a state ment issued in Moscow Thurs day by the five who returned is "a lie from beginning to end" and "something dreamed up and given to them for reading by Soviet authorities." The five men said they returned volun tarily and accused U.S. authori ties of trying to block their de parture. Ivankov-Nikolov also testified that Zaroubin gave one of his shipmates, Viktor Sobovyev, what was purported to be a let ter from his family. But Ivankov-Nikolov said, "the language was not one his relatives spoke before their births, speak, now, or will speak in future life." School District 6C To Vole on Budget Central Point A tax levy of $282,256.81 for operation of schools in district 6C during 1956-57 will be voted on Monday at an election from 2 to 8 p.m. Polling places for residents of the district will be Central Point Junior high school gym nasium and Gold Hill school gymnasium. Total tax levy for the 1956-57 fiscal year is $422,183. Tax levy for th,e current year is $344,041. The total tax levy outside the 6 per cent limitation including sinking fund for 1955-56 was $242,996.48. The proposed budget is $326,675.11. Need for funds to make bond and interest payments and for additional teachers accounts for the increase in the budget for next year, according to H. P. J e w e 1 1, superintendent of schools. Election board members in Central Point will be H. J. Fleischer, judge, and Mrs. E. E. Scott and Mrs. Carl Hover, clerks. Serving as election board members for Gold Hill will be Mrs. Melford Hood, judge, and Mrs. Ferd Jones and Mrs. W. C. McLean, clerks. Big Three See War Danger Decreased Washington (U.R) The Big Three Western Powers believe the danger of imminent war in the Middle East has been staved off by United Nations action, di plomats reported Saturday. Their guarded optimism was disclosed as diplomats prepared for important talks on the Mid dle East in Paris next week by the I5-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization. There also will be side talks by the Big Three foreign ministers in Paris. These conferences will coin cide with a secret report to be filed with the United Nations Security Council by U.N. Secre tary General Dag Hammarskjold on the results of his Middle East peace mission. Of key interest will be whether Hammarskjold discovered any middle ground between Israeli and Arab views on peace. Radio Highlights A 15-minuie recording made dvrlig he press conference conducted by Mrs. Franklin, L. Roosevelt during her visit here last week will be broad cast on radio station ,KMED 41 12:35 p-nx. today. 1 School Budget Is $1,992,437; Call lection A Medford school district bud get totaling $1,992,437.11 was approved Friday night, and an election was called for June 1 when it vill be submited to voters of the district. The budget was gone over in detail by member of the school board and five citizen-members of the budget committee. It was prepared by School Superintend ent Leonard Mayfield and his staff, under the supervision of the school board. Increased Expenditures The budget calis for increas ed expenditures totaling $200, 203.76, which were occasioned by increased enrollments, higher salaries and other increased costs of operation. But Mayfield said Saturday he believes the increase is small er . in proportion than those of most other major school districts in the state. It will result in an estimated increase in millage from the 39.8 levied this year to 42.8 for the Coming year. May- field said the Medford district now has the fourth-lowest mil lage rate of any major Oregon school district, and it is expected that position can be maintained or bettered. The budget total includes all estimated expenditures. One large item in the total is $197, 204.76 for debt service, pament of interest and principal for bonds issued for school construc tion as voted by residents of the district. General Fund The general fund, which is total expenditures less bonded debt service, amounts to $1, 795,233.35. Major components of the general fund include general control and administration, S44, 175.17; costs of instruction, $1,228,477.17; operational ex pense, $150,290.17; maintenance and reparis, $78,150; auxiliary agencies, $35,434; fixed charges, $84,876.84, and capital outlays, $163,530. Debt service on non bonded debt will be $300, and $10,000 is set aside for emerg encies. The general fund of the com ing year is up $234,615.22 from the general fund this year of $1,560,618.13. Receipts for the coming year, including all sources of income except school district property taxes, will total $706,135.69. These include delinquent taxes collected, a transfer of O & C funds from the county for bond service, county school fund, basic school support fund, com mon school fund, vocational ed-. ucation aid from the federal government, tuition, sale of sup plies, and smaller miscellaneous sources. Tax Levy Estimate Deducting the estimated re ceipts of $706,135.69 from the total budget of $1,992,437.11, the amount necessary to balance the budget is $1,286,301.42. This is increased by the amount which is estimated will not be collecte d, including tax rebates, or $40, 941.55. The resulting tax levy estimate is $1,327,242.97. This compares with $1,163,868.19 for the current year, and $911,244. 32 for the school year 1954-55. Of the necessary tax levy, $361,903.72 is within the 6 per cent limitation, and $965,339.25 is outside, thus requiring the approval of the voters, under the Oregon constitution. Some of the changes in the budget structure were required by the fact that Dewey and Ken wood districts will become a part of the Medford district as of July 1, 1956. Mayfield also pointed out that enrollment in 1954-55 was 4,332 students, and that for the com ing year it will be an estimated 5,100. He said experience has shown that for each new child enrolled in school, a $1,000 out lay in capital costs will, sooner or later, be required. The cur rent budget, he said, reflects increases caused by construction of two new schools, salary in creases for teaching personnel, and additions to the teaching staff. Members Listed Members of the school board who approved the budget are Edward Branchfield, chairman, and Otto Ewaldson, Mrs. Steph en Nye, Frank Bash and William Barker. Budget committee members-are Lee Mellish, Hugh Cole man, Robert Cunningham, M. M. Huggins, and the Rev. D. Kirk land West. j The budget wiii be publk&edl June 1 in full detail twice before the June 1 election, on May 9 and 21. The election will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. that day, with a poll open in the girls' gymnasium of the Medford High school. Those eligible to vote are residents of the school district wto have liv ed here for six months and who have been registered to vote for 30 days. Residents of the Dewey and Kenwood districts, which are joining the Medford district this year, are not eligible to vote in this year's budget election. Nor are residents of Oak Grove and West Side districts, which will become a part of the district this year, but which will operate under separate budgets for one more year. Adlai E. Stevenson Schedules Visit to Ashland on Tuesday Minor changes in Adlai E. Stevenson's visit to Jackson county Tuesday, May 1, have been announced by Robert Dun can, chairman of the county Stevenson for President commit tee. The Democratic presidential aspirant will arrive at Medford airport at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and go directly to Ashland by motor caravan. He will sneak for 30 minutes starting at 11:25 a.m., Duncan said. He will return to Medford, where he will speak on the Jack son county courthouse steps starting at 12:10 p.m., and will be guest at a luncheon sponsored by the county Democratic partv at 1 p.m. in Medford hotel. Dun can wiu introduce Stevenson at the court house steps talk. Klamath Falls Visits After the luncheon, Stevenson will leave Medford by plane at 2:36 p.m. for Klamath Falls, where he has evening engage ments. Al Miller is in charge of ar rangements for Stevenson's visit to Ashland. Reservations for the 1 p.m. luncheon in Medford may be made by telephoning Mrs. Dun can, 2-4070; Mrs. Robert Boyer, 3-5169; or Mrs. Moore Hamilton, 2-2801. Democratic and Republican candidates for county, state and national offices will be heard at 8 p.m.. May 4. at Hedrick Junior High school under sponsorship of the Medford League of Wom en Voters Jaycettes will hold a baked food sale for an hour prior to the program. Hammarskjold Goes To Cairo for Talks Cairo, Egypt V.P U. N. Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold returned to Cairo Sat urday for a second round of talks with Egyptian officials aimed at further insuring peace in the Middle East. A military mission from Jor dan, headed by Arab Legion Commander Gen. Radi Inab, also arrived Saturday to discuss plans for closer military cooperation with Egypt. McKay Attacks Wayne Wayne Morse lost his useful ness to Oregon with his eruption of personal bitterness against the president," Douglas McKay said here Friday. The Republican candidate for United States Senator, spoke at a lu'icheon at the Rogue River country club. McKay said people who should be friendly to Oregon and Ore gon's interest are not, because Wayne Morse is remembered as the man who described Presi dent Eisenhower as "completely lacking in all political morality," and as "the most dangerous man who will ever have been in the White House." He charged that any person that makes such accusations against any President of the United States is either right or is himself wholly ' lacking in political rr-ralily and political decency. "Morse is playing the role of a spell-btadkig Btedicma man Six-Year-Old Boy Fatally Injured In Prospect Friday Kenneth Moore Falls Under Bus Wheels Kenneth Douglas Moore, six year-old' son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight V. Moore, box 229, Pros pect, died about 5 p.m. Friday from injuries suffered when he was run over by a school bus on Red Blanket rd., east of Pros pect. H. Kenneth Vannice, Prospect school superintendent, reported the boy and his sister were dis charged from the bus at 2:50 p.m. about 150 yards from their home. He said it is believed the two children were skipping along the road and the boy at tempted to touch the bus, when he apparently tripped and fell under it. State police said the rear wheel of the bus passed over the child's chest. The accident oc urred about 100 feet from where the two got out of the bus. Motorist Stops The driver, Rupert Shaw, Prospect high school teacher, was told by other children in the bus that the child had been run over.. A passing motorist, Me' Klaus, stopped and transported Kenneth and his mother to a doctor in Shady Cove, then to Sacred Heart hospital where he died. Survivors besides his parents include one brother, Ranee; two sisters Marlene and Darla, all at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Moore, Prospect, and Mrs. Thelma Crosby, Para mount, Calif.; and two great grandmothers, Mrs. Hattie Squir es, Whittier, Calif., and Mrs. Em ma Stockton, Montebello, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Cong er?Morris Funeral home-chapeL Timber Marketing Areas Discussed Portland U.R) Opponents of timber marketing areas in Oregon and California revested timberlands argued Friday at a hearing here that the market ing restrictions now in force hold down the price of timber bids and deprive O and C coun ties of revenue. ' Representatives of Chambers of Commerce, coastal ports, un ions and mill operators appear ed before Virgil T. Heath of the Portland office of the bureau of land management to testify on a proposal that present BLM marketing restrictions be waiv ed, as they apply to salvage timber. The federal agency now requires that salvaged timber must be processed within the marketing area where it is cut. Opponents of the restriction say the processing should be done in any of the O and C mar keting areas. They contended at the hearing Saturday that the restrictions give preferential treatment to mills within a par ticular marketing area. Agencies favoring the restric tions, such as the ports of Coos Bay and Bandon and Chambers of Commerce in Coos Bay and North Bend, said the restrictions should be maintained until mills in particular marketing areas demonstrate that they are un able to keep up with the timber requiring salvage. They conten ded that present competition in bidding indicates that mills are fully capable of processing all the timber available. . . . peddling a magic brew that is composed of a little bit of Republicanism, a little of Demo cratic party principles, and lots of socialism and opportunism." McKay continued. He is selling his Morse brand of dissension and disunity at the same time he is selling Oregon short,, he said. McKay added that as a sen ator, Morse was 97 per cent in effective. "We have the con sidered judgment of the Senate of the United States that 97 per cent of the bills introduced by Wayne Morse lacked sufficient merit to warrant passing them," he said. McKay stated that it is his torical on the Senate floor that the signature of Wayne Morse'On a bill is the "kiss of death." Wayne Morse is not and never will be effective to do a job for Oregon, he declared. In Oregon, McKay said Wayne Morse has been "all things to all Upepple," but at different tm PLOT L IMS7 FLAMING INFERNO Ten persons died and was in critical condition, and two others were five others were injured when a gas explosion listed as serious. The' explosion was touched demolished a three-story building Friday in off when W. J. "McHaff ey, a 75-year-old cafe Pulaski, Va. The 10th victim was pulled from owner, struck a match to start a gas water heat- the debris Friday night before police began er on the first floor, the task of identification. One of the injured Two y Examiner sn Southern Oregon's case against Southern Pacific's abandonment of passenger service last August in the Rogue valley ended here at 1:45 p.m. Friday, when the 34th witness left the stand. . Southern -Pacific officials will tell their side of the controversy at a hearing July 10 iri Grants Pass. At the close of the two-day hearing, the examiner, Clifford W. Ferguson, Salem, counsel and director for the rail transporta tion department of the Public Utilities commission, held two pieces of published evidence against Southern Pacific. Claims Service The first, presented by George Lewis of the Rogue Travel ser vice in Medford, was an adver tisement appearing in the April 30, 1956 issue of Time maga zine. In the ad, SP claimed to be currently providing rail pass enger service through Medford on the Siskiyou line . . . ': . The second was a brochure printed in behalf of Crater Lake National park in which SP again claimed to be providing passeng er service through Medford. The brochure was presented by R. H. Gandee of Medford, co-chairman of the Jackson County Chamber of Commence tourist and convention committee. - De fense counsel raised no objection to admission of the evidence in either case. Two-Day Session In the sessions both Thurs day and Friday witnesses repeat ed these general claims: . . (1) Southern Pacific owes rail passenger service to southern Oregon, especially considering the amount of revenue this area provides in freight patronage. (2) Many businesses have some loss from certain phases of their operations, as SP claims to have lost money on the Rogue valley run. However, witnesses claimed, other businesses continue these operations in the interest of pub lic service and realize operations Morse in Speech Here He changes his political convic tions as easily .as he changes shirts, he continued. McKay charged further that Morse, early in his political career, seized on the device of not agree ing with people as a means of attracting attention.. "Is it any wonder that Oregon lacks in fluence in the Senate?" he asked. "If we could ignore his indif ference and inattention to the problems of Oregon in the na tional capital, we cannot ignore his utter indifference to the na tion's welfare and security in his reckless . pursuit of headline prominence," McKay said. He said that Morse went about setting fires of doubt and sus picion when he hinted that Eis enhower's policies were leading us into war. He said that Morse risked the economic welfare of millions by .creating doubt, fear and uncertainty that might lead to panic when he predicted a dis astrous Eisaabower deprataaa. s Are Accepted in the interest of public service and realize profit - from their overall operations. (3) Passenger service is essen tial in the economic growth of southern Oregon.' (4) Residents of southern Ore gon would'take advantage of rail passenger service if it were re stored and operated more ef ficiently and with more modern equipment than in the past. (5) The SP company made-a deliberate effort to discourage use of rail passenger service when it was previously in opera tion here. (6) Southern ; Pacific has . a major public relations job to per form all over the nation as well as in this locality. Myrle Merriman, representing the Central Labor council of Medford, Friday testified that for years ticket agents had been "selling short" the Siskiyou line while it was still in operation. He claimed they urged passeng ers to take another route en abling them to arrive in Port land from the south about two GOP Administration Praised by St. Helens (U.R) Phil Hitchcock praised the Eisenhow er administration in talks at St. Helens Saturday for "making the greatest tax reduction in our history." The candidate for Republican nomination for U. S. senator said he looks for "more tax cuts if we continue to follow this program of prosperity without inflation. . "We can reduce taxes through a high level of prosperity," Hitchcock said. "The smaller percentage of tax when we are making more money will bring the same amount of fed eral income." Well," McKay said, "We've had the highest peak of prosperity in the history of the nation." McKay challenged Morse to come back to Oregon and face the people he forgot when there were headlines to be made by disagreeing with people. "Make no mistake," McKay - warned, "The Eisenhower administration will not be on the defensive in Oregon this year, despite a do nothing congress . . . despite the vicious attacks of the disap pointed and blindly resentful Wayne Morse . . . Eisenhower has earned and holds the respect and affection of the people of Oregon." It is the record of Wayne Morse that will need defense, he concluded. McKay was introduced by M. M. Huggins, Jackson county campaign manager. About 155 attended the luncheon. McKay also spoke in Rogue River Fri day flight. russiah REPORT aring hours earlier than they could by the Siskiyou route. Adopt Resolutions . Merriman . also claimed the Central Labor Council of Ore gon, as well as the local council, had adopted ; resolutions favor ing" restoration- of a passenger line in tins area. Chester A. Hubbard, past president of tha Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, claimed that lack of rail passenger ser vice in this area was a major detriment to southern Oregon in attracting industry. After learn ing the rail service situation in this area, he said, "They would think twice and most of them never came back." He indicated this was' especially true where eastern industries were con cernedk A commonly voiced complaint throughout the hearing was that traffic manuals in the east didn't show Medford had passenger service, even when it was in operation here. This, witnesses testified, caused considerable confusion and inconvenience. Hitchcock Hitchcock said the first re quirement must be balancing the budget and that "we should insist on some payments to re tire the national debt." Turned on McKay Grants Pass U.R) The Phil Hitchcock campaign guns were turned directly on Douglas McKay Friday when the Jack son county manager of Hitch cock's senatorial campaign made the first direct reference to his Republican primary opponent. Robert A. Elliott of Medford, former state Republican chair man, said here that Hitchcock, unlike McKay, has consistently challenged Sen.' Wayne Morse to debate campaign issues in Oregon. Eliott said McKay has "public ly refused such debate." "Guy Cordon wanted to de bate Richard L. Neuberger in the last ' senatorial ..campaign," Elliott said, "but he listened to advisers who told him not to do it." Elliott added, "I am convinc ed that this lest him the elec tion." He said "the Republican candidate should be ready at any time to take the Eisenhow er administration's worst critic onto the debate platform." He concluded, "Hitchcock lr, eager to debate, . and McKay says he will not debate. The Republican party cannot afford to make the mistakes in this campaign that were made in the Cordon-Neuberger campaign." Merced, Calif. flJ.R) Fif teen skin divers searched the Merced river Saturday for the body of a five-year-old boy lost in a boating accident a week ago. London Newspapers Say Scotland Yard Uncovered Attempt Claim Four Eastern Europeans Plotted London (U.R) Scotland Yard Saturday- was reported to have uncovered and foiled a plot hatched by four eastern Eu ropean anti-Communists to as sassinate Russia's two leaders on their tour of Britain. Two London newspapers re ported that the Yard, which was responsible for security precau tions during he Russians 10-day visit, learned of a plot by four men concocted on the continent and in Britain to kill the two chief Soviet statesmen. Denies Knowledge A British foreign office spokes man denied knowledge of any specific attempt on the lives of Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bul ganin and Communist Party Chief Nikita S. Khrushchev who sailed for home Friday aboard a Soviet navy cruiser. There w?s no comment from Scotland Yard. But the Daily Express carried a copyrighted story, on the al leged assassination plans. The Daily Sketch said the plot in volved two gangs. A foreign office spokesman, in deriding the reports, said: "It is common knowledge that both the Soviet security officers and the special (security) branch at Scotland Yard took active pre cautions against any possible ac tion by persons known to be hostile to the Soviet regime. No Justification "There is no justification for the report of the plot." Although Scotland Yard re fused to discuss the matter, po lice sources said security agents had intercepted letters both from abroad and from within England threatening Bulganin and Khrushchev. The Daily Sketch said two underground gangs were party to the plot, one centered in Brit ain and the other on the con tinent. It said the foreign of fice, Scotland Yard and naval intelligence had been alerted. Operator Meetings Slated This Week The 1955 fire season will be reviewed, district policies will be outlined and a question and answer panel on forest inspec tion problems will be conducted at three meetings scheduled for logging and sawmill operators this week by the state depart ment of forestry. First of the sessions will be Tuesday, May 1, at district head quarters on Table Rock rd. north of Medford. The second will be Wednesday at the Grants Pass headquarters and the third will be at the American Legion hall at Cave Junction. Each of the meetings will begin at 8 p.m. James Walker, assistant state forester in charge of protection, will speak at the meetings on "Where Are We Going in Forest Protection." The panel of forest inspectors will discuss in detail the forest laws as they pertain to logging and sawmill operators. Second and third meetings will be the same as the first. The sessions are scheduled in the three localities to make it convenient for each operator to attend one of the meetings. All forest operators are invited. Kefauver Plans Visit In Oregon May 15-16 Portland (U.R) Sen. Estea Kefauver of Tennessee plans a whirlwind" tour of Oregon May 15-16 in his campaign to win a write-in endorsement of Oregon Democrats for presiden tial nomination in the Oregon May 18 primary. Multnomah County Commis sioner Jack Bain and Wililam L. 'Josslin, co-chairman of the com mittee promoting Kefauver's write-in campaign in Oregon, said Kefauver will tour Oregon cities by air May 15-16. Planned so far are stops at Klamath Falls, Medford, Grants Pass, Coos Bay, Roseburg, Eu gene, Astoria, Corvallis, Albany, Salem, The Dalles, Bend, Baker, La Gsaode and Pendleton.
