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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.