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Newspaper Page TextTATE PO ICLi mm mm Ml MM Medford Uhjko Pre -kuil Leasco wut 51st Year 26 Pages ike Has Brief Major Medical Checkup Slated Later This Week Hopes Cease Fir In Mid-East Holds Washington iU.R President Eisenhower today underwent a "brief examination" by his heart specialist, Dr. Paul Dudley White. "He seems to be in good health," White told reporters. Earner, Mr. Eisenhower an nounced he will undergo a much mere detailed medical examina tion later this week. He will en ter the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center Thursday eve ning and remain until about noon Saturday. Major Checkup The President told his news conference that the hospital ex amination will be "a major medical checkup . . . from head to toe." He said the doctors would "of course" check for any "cardiac difficulties," but. that the examination was a routine annual physical check not direct ly related to "my late difficulty." White, famed Boston physician who has treated the President since his heart attack last Sept. 24, was in the capital today to testify before a Senate Appro priations subcommittee on medi cal research funds. He stopped in at the White House tf visit with Mr. Eisen hower's personal physician, Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, and while there went into see the President. Hopes for Peace Other news conference high lights as the President met with over 200 reporters: 1. The President described new incidents between Arab and Israeli forces as unfortunate, but he said he was hopeful that the cease five arranged by UN Secretary-general Dag Hammar skjold would hold. Meantime, he said the whole Western world was striving deligently to arrive at a peaceful solution of Middle East differences that will be more permanent. . 2. He said he now definitely intends to attend the June 25 26 meeting of American chiefs of state ir. Panama unless ex tremely urgent developments neaiunf Hie niiartAanna . . Ill 1 I. L I LI I L Alio a I. 3. He felt that the federal gov ernment's employee security program basically is in good shape, regardless of the recent riilnurc ronrprnintf Sidnev Hatkin, Air Force economist, who was dropped tentatively 14 months ago because of alleged Communist associations. Offer To Sen. George 4. The President said he had invited Sen. Walker F. George (D-Ga.), to enter his administra tion in a post where his talents in foreign affairs could continue to serve the government. The post would be in connection with NATO. George announced he would not seek reelection. 5. Mr. Eisenhower stated for the second straight week his be lief that it would be dangerous for this country to attempt to engage in an arms race, particu larly in long range bombers with Russia. He said this coun try should concentrate on its own requirements, based on its peculiar geographic location be tween two great oceans. Drydock Explosion Kills One, Hurts 7 Alameda, Calif. U.R A rumbling explosion, felt and heard throughout a large part of Alameda and nearby Oakland, ripped through a Todd Ship yards drydock here today killing one man and injuring at .least seven others. The blast, which shot through the belly of the General Petro leum tanker Syossett in drydock repair, occurred shortly after 10 a.m. (PST). Seven ambulances answered the : emergency call and removed three of the injured and the dead man, Leon Evans, Oakland, to Providence hospital. At the hospital emergency room attendants listed condition of the three men injured as "serious.'' Four others received minor injuries and were treated at the shipyards infirmary. The seriously injured were identified by the hospital as Richard Lee, San Francisco: and Joseph Massey, and Jesse Rich ards, both of Oakland. All were laborers. . MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1956 ELECTED PRESIDENT Darrel Brittsan, University of Oregon junior in pre-Iaw from Medford, reads the story of recent student body elections in which he was chosen president. The picture in the Daily Emerald, campus newspaper, shows Brittsan on the night of his election going into the millrace, a "dunking" .tradition. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Granvill Brittson, 1129 Niantic st. Army Orders Probe In Sinking of LVT With Three Ft. Story, Va. (U.R) The Army today investigated why an LVT amphibious vehicle plow ed into heavy breakers behind two sister machines which fail ed to get through and lost three of its crewmen in a watery grave. Ten men on two of five LVTs (landing vehicles, track), were plunged jnto eight-foot waves as they attempted to go around a jetty but only seven swam to safety. Aboard Third Vehicle The victims were all aboard the third, vehicle in line. , . They were identified as Pvt. William E. Turner, 18, Arvin, Calif., son of Mrs Annie L. Benton; Pvt. Robert H. Tourville, 23, Chat eaugay. N.Y., and Pvt. Ernest H. Warnix, 22, Cropwell, Ala. The first vehicle ventured out into the rough ocean waters and was capsized by the pounding waves, tt sank in about five min utes but its five crewmen all made it to shore. Pvt. Cecil L. McDowell, driver of the second vehicle, turned back because he thought "the rough water would drive him into the amphib ahead of him." What remained a mystery was why the third LVT, driven by Pvt. Willie Stuart, Freer, Tex., followed the other two into the rougher waters. ' Investigation Ordered Col. George E. Woods Jr., commandant of this base that is located at Cape Henry, the en trance to Chesapeake Bay, or- School Budget Is Approved By 3 Votes Ashland Voers. of Ashland school district yesterday ap proved a school budget of $813. 624 for the fiscal year 1956-57 by a vote of 366-363, a three vote margin. The budget includes $318,352 outside the six per cent limita tion, with the total amount to be raised by taxes $548,074. The balance comes from state and county school support funds. Total budget includes opera tional costs, bond retirement and interest on bonds. Corvallis Newspaper Supports Hitchcock Corvallis U.R) The Corval lis Gazette -Times today - an nounced its editorial support of Phil Hitchcock for the Republi can nomination for United States senator from Oregon. Robert C. Ingalls, editor and publisher of the daily newspa per, said in an editorial that he would cast his ballot for the 51-year-old opponent of Douglas McKay. There were numerous reasons for taking the stand, Ingalls said, but "the outstanding one is that we think he has a better chance in the fall of defeating the incumbent," Sen. Wayne Morse. Hitchcock, Ingalls wrote, .'.las been fair with labor and "will swing a lot of them to his side." Ingalls also said that Hitch cock was young enough to be expected to serve two or three terms. United lliiomiinicaDoin) Deaths dered a.i immediate investiga tion into the tragedy. Stuart said all the men in his crew had time to get on top of the carrier and "as far as I know, all had on life jackets." They were clad in Army fa tigues but wore no packs. Stuart said Turner, Tourville and Warnix were swept off the amphib "one by one . . . they never made it to shore." Stuart was later saved by an Army Duck while the fifth man, Pvt. Robert E Johnston, swam to the beach. ..... . ., - - . . Crooked River Falling Slowly Prineville '(U.R) The Crook ed river rose steadily last night until it crested near midnight, then began slowly to fall. Rain stopped falling about 4 p.m. yes terday and residents of the area said they felt the worst was over. Dozens of tributary streams went out of their banks as a re sult of five days of rain and a downpour of an inch and a half from 7 p.m. Monday until 4 p.m. yesterday. Homes in parts of Prineville remained inundated, water cas caded across highways and two important bridges in the area were. carried away yesterday. Stream beds in the area simp ly couldn't handle the torrent of rain in the country that normal ly has only about nine inches annually. As Ochoco reservoir, water thundered over the spillway for the first time in years, adding to . the problems. Big Summit Prairie, a large area inundated by surface waters in the Ochoco mountains, began to drain late yesterday and added to the mounting runoff that Crooked river was carrying toward Prineville. Seattle CU.P.) A 45-year-old ban against political speakers on the campus of the University of Washington has been lifted. Hitchcock Phil Hitchcock, candidate for the Republican nomination for U. S. senator, told a Republican audience last night, "I'll win be cause I'll take the campaign where it has to be made." He spoke at the candidate's night of the Jackson County Young Republicans in the Med ford YMCA. Hitchcock said he would take the general election camDaien into heavily Democratic areas. ine race will never be won by talking to Republicans, he said. The former state senator said he has always been fair to labor and thinks he can win many of their votes, as well as the in dependent vote. . . -Not Defensive As a candidate opposing Morse, Hitchcock declared he would not be "on the defensive." The cam paign must be taken to Morse's record through debates, where Morse will be cornered by the issues and attention called to his evasions and his bitter per Tribune Presa Full Leucd Wire Price 5c No. 42 Petitions Seeking Competing Railway Service Circulated Urge Firms to Apply For ICC Permission Petitions directed to the Ore gon Electric Railroad and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway companies are being circulated in southern Oregon in an attempt to obtain compet ing railroad service in this area. Representatives of lumber mills and other industries start ed the petitions in circulation. They ask the rail firms to apply to the Interstate Commerce com mission for permission to extend railroad service in southern Ore gon. State Sen. Phil Lowry of Med ford pointed out that no one is sure if the ICC has power to compel Southern Pacific to per mit joint use of existing track age by another transportation company. Committee Chairman Senator Lowry was chairman of a committee which urged ac tive participation in a public hearing here by the Oregon Util ities commissioner on abandon ment of passenger train service in southern Oregon. The hear ing was held last month. Lowry said the petitions for competing service show freight shipments in and out of the area, and the . periodic shortages of box cars resulting in financial losses to employees and firms. The petitions- also indicated the growth of the area; and that businesses and industries are dis couraged from develo dlYSloging ISJSgll The wetertm - senator's phy of the railroad sit- ;ir. rw Wnrth ti rianipi area because uation, Lowry said.. Proving Need - A spokesman for a Douglas county lumber firm said the petitions are directed at proving the jieed and economic feasibil ity of additional rail service. Oregon Electric is jointly owned by the. Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railroads, and has tracks from Portland to Eugene. The lumber industry spokesman said under the pro posal in the petition, the firms would use Southern Pacific tracks southeast - from Eugene through Oakridge, south through Roseburg, Grants Pass and Med ford, and southwest to Reedsport and Coos Bay. No other rail roads operate competitively in those areas. . " Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night, becoming cloudy early Thursday then partly cloudy Thursday afternoon with lUht showers. Low tonight 40. High Thursday S. Temp. Highest Yesterday , SJ Lowest this Morning , 4ft Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 01 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise ...4:5S a.m. Sunset 7:20 p.m. Moonrise Thursday .4:52 a.m. Kew Moon Thursday 5:04 a.m.: VISIBLE PLANETS . Venus, high in west at sun set, now sets earlier, each night and will leave the evening sky in June. Saturn, rises . S:2g p.m. Jupiter, in the west 11:32 p.m. Mars, rises 1:4S a.m. To Take Campaign To sonal feeling toward the presi dent, the candidate stated. Hitchcock noted the import ance of the independent vote in the campaign. He pointed out that independent voters would not be impressed with a man who is only following "the dic tates of higher-ups." He said his perseverance under pressures on him to quit the race proves the Democratic criticism that Republicans "take orders from above" is not always true. 'Utterly Fallacious' In answering a question from the floor, Hitchcock said it was "utterly fallacious" to think that a vote for Hitchcock -was a vote against the administration.' He said he was one of the first to support Eisenhower in 1952, and added that he is convinced Eisen hower would not support one Re publican candidate against - an other. - Hitchcock said Eisen hower would consider it polit ically immoral for him to inter vene in such a primary. The main goal in the primary, SEN. WALTER GEORGE Offered NATO Pett Sen. George Not To Seek Reelection To Seat in Senate Washington (U.R) Sen. Walter F. George, 78, dean of the Senate and its most power ful figure in. foreign relations, announced today he will not seek reelection. President Eisenhower prompt ly offered him a post as his per sonal representative in NATO work. George indicated he would accept the job. . The veteran Georgia Demo crat said he had told Mr. Eisen hower he "would not shirk my duty ... or any. responsibility that might be requested of me." George, chairman of the Sen ate Foreign Relations Commit tee, said that any position he may take in the. future might start at the end of this session of Congress or might be delayed until January when his Senate term expires. , Brief Announcement George's sudden and unex pected decision to retire- from the Senate was made in this one sentence announcement: "For good and sufficient rea sons on which I will not elabor ate at this time,T will decline to run .again for; the Senate after the present term." ": called the decision a "wise one" because George has had a "mild difficulty with his heart and mild diabetes." George also had faced one of the hardest political fights of his career in a contest for re- nomination against former Geor gia Gov. Herman Talmadge, . Charles Porter Sets Visit Here Saturday Charles O. Porter, Eugene at torney and candidate for the Democratic nomination for con gress from . this district, will speak in Medford Saturday eve ning, according to Bruce ManT ley, his campaign manager here. Porter's talk will be at 8 p.m. in the auditorium or . tne Mea- ford Labor temple on ' South Grape St., Manley said. He will discuss proposed economic and political solutions to the freight car shortage, - and other issues on which he is basing his cam paign. The public is invited, Manley stated. Porter will drive' here Satur day after a . luncheon meeting at Grants Pass, and will return to Eugene Sunday. His oppon ent in the primary is Dave Shaw, Gold Beach attorney. Salem (U.R) Ross F. Collie, Hood River orchardist, has been appointed as a member of the State Board of Agriculture, rep resenting horticultureal ' inter ests. ;'. .V : - he said, is to elect a candidate who will unseat Wayne Morse and be loyal to the Eisenhower administration. "And I think I can beat Wayne Morse," Hitch cock concluded. Hitchcock arrived by car in Medford; yesterday after his plane ran into bad weather and was forced to turn back between Bend and Klamath Falls. Fol lowing his Young Republican talk he spoke on television at 9:30 p.m. In Ashland Today . Today; Hitchcock met Ash land Republicans at a "coffee hour" at 8-a.m. in Hathaway house. He left the Medford air port at 11 a.m. after visits to the Tucker Sno-Cat corporation and Bear Creek orchards, and was to be in Eugene for a noon Kiwanis meeting. He told his Ashland audience that 'the new Democratic strength in voter registration shows us in the Republican party that we must put up candidates who can pull votes out of the Shooting Occurs During Attempt To Serve Warrant Assailant Felled By Officer's Shot Coquille (U.R) District At torney John Pickett said to day firtt degTee murder charge had been filed against Ralph Pratt, 36, of Bandon in' the fatal . shooting of a state police officer. The wounded man was to be flown to Portland today by Medford Mercy Flights. Doc tors at Matt hospital in Myrtle Point where Pyatt was taken with a bullet wound in hi head said his only chance to lire was to hare immediate at lention by a neuro-surgeen. Bandon U.R) A state po liceman was wounded fatally last night as he attempted to serve a warrant but he brought down his assailant before dying, police reported. - The officer . was Richard O'Connor, 32, father of three small, boys, who had been with the state police for about 10 years. In critical condition at Mast hospital in ' Myrtle' Point was Ralph Pyatt, 36. He was wound ed in the head. Sgt. H. C. Snider of the state police in Coquille said O'Connor had a warrant for Pyatt for failing' to appear on a citation for no driver's license. O'Connor was shot as he ap proached the motel cabin where Pyatt was living, about a mile north of here.. Sgt. Snider said four shots were fired from a .22 caliber pistol, ' one of which struck O'Connor near the heart. The officer dropped the. war rant and a .flashlight he was carrying. He got up and crawled to a corner ' window and fired two shots, Sgt. Snider said. One of them found its mark. Used Mop Handle Sgt. Snider, who was the first to enter the cabin after the shoot ing, said that when he - first tried to open the door it stuck and he thought it might be bar ricaded. He managed to get a mop handle and, while standing to one side,' pushed it open. Pyatt was lying on the floor. '. " Sgt. ' Snider said O'Connor ap parently fired the ' shot that struck Pyatt -just before he died. Officers said Pyatt was a' for mer resident of Missouri.- Grand Jury Called To Consider Evidence The Jackson county grand jury will convene at 10 a.m. Friday to consider evidence against Billy Junior Nunn, 28, Klamath Falls millworker who is charged with the April 19 slaying of Alvin William Eacret, 14, Klamath Falls, the district attorney's office said today. Nunn was given his prelimi nary ; hearing , in. district court Monday when he was bound over to the grand jury by -District Judge Rawles Moore. Robert Duncan, '.Medford at torney, is temporarily handling Nunn's defense. (Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE ' New York 10 t Cleveland S S 1 Larsen. Grim (6), Konttanty (8), Morgan (9) and Berra; Score, Mot si (9) and Hegan, Natagon (9). Chicago . 5 12 0 Boston 7 13 0 Donovan. Fornielee (1), Dahl ke (6), Coniuergra (6). Fisch er (8). Howell (8). Lollar. Por terfield, Hurd (8). Siller (8), and White. Home run: Lollar (Chicago). Democrats1 other party. Hitchcock said that the last time he ran for office, registra tion in his 17th District showed Democrats with 19 per cent more voters than Republicans,. "Yet I won over my Democratic op ponent with 43 per cent more votes than he drew." - The candidate said he feels his record in. the Oregon'senate ".proves my ability to find areas of agreement and to build con structive legislation an area in which Wayne- Morse ' falls down terribly." " ' Right to Know Hitchcock referred to his ques-tion-and-answer television broad casts one of which was seen in this area Tuesday night and to his custom of making short speeches followed by question and answer periods. "I want to tell people how I feel about the things that inter est them," Hitchcock: said. -"You have a right to know how I stand on the important issues that concern you. Air Force To Get Fast Delivery of B-52 Jet Bombers Washington (U.R) De fense Secretary Charles E. Wil son testified today that the Air Force will get more B52 inter continental jet bombers, than it asked for, and get them faster. He made the statement in de fending the administration's mil itary spending program before a Senate Military Appropriations subcommittee. Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined Wilson in defending the defense budget as a "sound military program under world conditions as they exist." Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker testified that the pro posed $9,460,000,000 in appro priations for the Army "will en able the Army to provide an Construction Bids For Hospital Here Called for June 12 Bids for the general construc tion contract for the new Rogue Valley Memorial hospital wi'l be opened June 12 it was an nounced today by hospital of ficials. Jay H. Cole, engineer in charge of hpspital planning 'for the Oregon state board of health, has examined the plans and spe cifications and granted permis sion for them to be distributed for bidding purposes. Exprecs Interest . Of several qualified Pacific coast firms contacted, seven ex pressed an interest in bidding, and are preparing offers to be opened June 12 in the Commun ity hospital offices. It is ex pected that many of the subcon tracts on the $2,000,000 struo ture will be given to local firms, according to A. D. Harvey, con suiting engineer.on the project. The building, to be located near, the intersection of Barnett rd.. and Murphy : lane, will be built principally with funds re ceived during a public subscrip tion drive last winter, although a considerable portion of con struction money will come from the federal government under the Hill-Burton set. '. Requests for pledge payments to those subscribing to the hos pital are expected to go out starting next month. Moore Favored By State Bar in Poll . . Rawles Moore, district judge of Jackson county who is seek ing reelection,, was favored in the Oregon State, bar preferen tial poll conducted, recently for contested judicial positions. Judge Moore received 49 votes from Jackson county attorneys. O,. T. Bengtson received one vote, although he had previously withdrawn from the race. - Hall S. Lusk, Oregon supreme court justice seeking reelection, received 1,408 votes in the state wide preferential poll, compared to 111 for L. B. Sandblast. State ' bar members returned 1,534 valid ballots. A total of 2,149 were mailed, according to John H. Holloway, secretary. First Motor Vehicle Administrator Picked Salem U.R) Warren H. Nunn, assistant 'public utilities commissioner, was named ad ministrator of the new Motor Vehicle department today by Gov. Elmo Smith. . Nunn's appointment will be effective July 1, when the inotor vehicle department will be transferred from the secretary of state's office to a separate department under the executive office. ' . The 35-year-old Nunn .. has been in state service for 10 years. He ' became a personnel technician for the Civil Service commission in December, 1945, and later was classification and pay supervisor for the Civil Service commission. Cave Junetionite Pleads Innocent To Gold Charge San Francisco (U.R) Guy Pye, 59, Auburn, Calif.,' miner, and Elbert S. Osborn, 49,. Cave Junction, Ore., timber salesman, yesterday pleaded innocent of illegai possession of gold. Secret Service agents arrested the two men here April 15. The agents claimed the men were attempting to sell the gold and confiscated 84 ounces of almost pure gold valued at $2940. adequate measure of security for the United States and con tribute materially to the deter rence of aggression." But in the. House, Rep. George H. Mahon said there is a 50-50 chance that Russia may beat the United States in firing the first intercontinental ballistic mis sile. The Texas Democrat, chair man of the House Defense Ap propriations subcommittee made the charge as the House opened debate on a $33,600,000,000 mil itary money bill. "We have lost some of the supremacy and a military stale mate seems to be in the offing," he said. ". . . . The bleak fact is that massive retaliation is be coming a two-way "street." Enough Money for 202 Plane Wilson told the subcommittee there will be enouch monev un der the administration's new budget to provide 202 of the giant B52 bombers. Wilson said the Air Force or iginally asked for 190 more B52s in next year's budget. This original request, he said, was cut by the Defense Deoartment to 173, with the provision that the 17 eliminated could be pro vided, if needed, in the fiscal 1958 budget Recently. Wilson continiil the Defense Dpnartmont rioniri. ed to sneed UP B52 tmfiiir-tinn and ordered 29 additional bomb ers, bringing the total to 202. Wilson said the total number of bombers on order is classified. But defense, sources have said that present plans call for a fleet of about 500 B52 bombers to be completed sometime in lH48-a. Eisenhower Keeps Indiana Popularity Washington XU.RV Returns from primary elections, in -five states showed today that: . 1. President Eisenhower ia maintaining his popularity in at least one farm state, traditional ly Republican Indiana, despite farm belt grumblings over the administration's farm program. ; 2. Ohio Gov. Frank J. Lausche suffered a blow to his hopes of playing a big part in the Demo- c r a t i c - National Convention. Lausche lost two and possibly three delegates in his bid to go to the convention as Ohio's fa vorite son Democratic presiden tial candidate. . 3. A moderate on the segrega tion issue, Gov. Leroy Collins of Florida, .won an unprecedented second term by a landslide, and without even being forced into a runoff. . ' 4. Sen. Mathew M. Neely (D- W.Va.) broke the Democratic statehouse organization's control of West Virginia politics by help ing nominate Rep. Robert H. Hollohan for governor over for- ber state Tax Commissioner Mil ton J. Ferguson and state Demo cratic Chairman J. Howard Myers. Mr. Eisenhower led Sen. Estes Kef auver D-Tenn.) in the Indiana presidential primaries by about the same margin he polled when he carried the state in the 1952 election. The Indiana vote was one of five state primaries held Tues day as part of party nominating machinery for the 1956 conven tions and elections. Of the five, only Indiana provided any test for candidates for the presiden tial nominations. Senate Committee Approves Soil Bank . Washington (U.R) The Sen ate Agriculture Committee to day unanimously approved a modified version of President Eisenhower's $1,200,000,000 soil bank. The vote was the first taken by the committee in starting work on a new, price-boosting farm bill passed recently by the House. ' ' The committee went along with Mr. Eisenhower as to crops eligible for the soil bank. But it rejected, as the House had, his request for authority to make advance payments to farmers this year in return for promises to take surplus crop acreage out of production next year. State Employers Start Statewide Salary Survey - Salem (U.R) A committee of the Oregon State Employers As sociation has started work on a statewide survey comparing sal aries of state workers to those) in private industry.