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oiDDid by Two Iraits Pass fo) 0) S mi on mro mi y Medford Uniiea fres Full Luko Wire 51st Year 14 Pages Ships Collide f ff California; Freighter Rams' Lumber Vessel; 26 Men Rescued Collision Occurs In Perfect Weather Monterey, Calif. (U.R) A freighter rammed a small coast ; al lumber vessel in the pre-dawn darkness off the California coast today, splitting the smaller ship in two and forcing Its crewmen to jump into the bitterly cold Pacific ocean. The Coast Guard reported three men were killed and 28 rescued. One man was still miss ing, and two of those rescued were injured, one believed ser iously. The accident occurred at about 1:53 a.m. (PST) off Point Sur, 20 miles south of here and 100 miles south of San Francis co. The Marine Leopard, a 10,- 662-ton cargo vessel owned by the Luckenbach Steamship Co., rammed and sliced through the 2477-ton steam schooner How ard Olson, owned by the Oliver J. Olson Co., San Mateo, Calif. Dead Identified The aft part of the Olson sank within three minutes after the collision and the fore part, de serted of crew, . drifted to sea. The Marine Leopard, with a ga ping hole in its bow, proceeded to San Francisco. The dead were identified as Andrew Scheib, 66, the Olson's third mate, Los Angeles; Frank H. Krohn, 60, second assistant engineer, San Francisco and Richard McHugh, 50, first assist: ant engineer, Portland. The missing man was identi fied as Cyrus Kalen, 50, cook steward, Oakland, Calif. Injured were Irvin B. Camp bell, 54, fireman, San Francisco, with exposure and oil in the lungs; and Gusag Bjork, 58, first mate, San Francisco. The extent of Bjork's injuries was not known immediately but he was reported seriously hurt. Weather Wat Perfect There was no explanation for the collision, which occurred in perfect weather. Campbell, the first survivor flown to land, said there was no warning before the crash. He said he was on watch in the fire room at the time. Atomic Plant Area Rocked by Explosion Oak Ridge U.R) A non-nu clear explosion rocked the area of a top secret atomic plant to day, critically injuring three workmen and sending up dense clouds of black smoke. The location, a salvage yard at the west end of the Atomic Energy commission's Y12 plant area, was roped oil ana lire trucks were standing by until ' the smoke cleared. The AEC said no buildings in the area caught fire. An AEC spokesman said sev eral containers of zirconium scrap, a metal used in increas ing quantities in the commis sion's reactor development pro gram, exploded. The zirconium scrap was being stored under water in 50-gallon drums. There was no immediate explanation for the cause of the blast. Stevenson in North State In Bid for Write-in Votes Portland U.R) Adlai Steven son opened a stretch driva today for write-in votes in Friday's Oregon primary election. Tours Willamette Valley Stevenson, who arrived here from California by plane yester day evening, is competing with Sen. Estes Kefauver (D.-Tenn.) for Oregon's 16 Democratic na tional convention votes. The presidential hopeful was to tour Oregon's Willamette valley to day. At a coffee and dessert hour at Jefferson high school here last night, Stevenson reempha sized the points of criticism that he has brought out in his Cali fornia campaign against the Eis enhower administration. He told the group that the ad MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1956 84th Congress Kind To West Oregon's Access Road Needs By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington This 84th Con gress has been kind to western Oregon's timber belt in provid ing funds for timber access roads and promising an expanded road building program for the future. Thus far the lawmakers have: 1. Doubled the amount of money for the Bureau of Land Management to build access roads on the O&C lands an action strongly recom mended by the Association of O&C counties. 2. Increased the forest ac cess roads pro visions in the a. Robt. smith new Ion s- range federal highway aid bill a move that promises the For est Service more funds in coming years for roads in the national forests. This two-pronged road build ing program will help both BLM and the Forest Service carry out their announced intent to in crease the annual timber cut in Oregon to keep hungry sawmills supplied and payrolls stable in Plan May End Dispute On Orchard Tree Tax Without Court Action Steps which may lead to aj solution, or partial solution, of the controversy here over the taxation of orchard trees, were reported today. Preliminary discussions be tween' the state tax commission and legal counsel for the Jack son County Fruitgrowers league have resulted in agreement on a plan which could lay the basis for concluding the dispute, which has kept orchardists and tax officials in doubt as to how much tax would be levied on the county's orchards. If the plan is accepted by all concern ed., it -could result in an ena to pending litigation. The plan is tentative up to this point; it is not binding on the individual members of the Fruitgrowers league; it does not insure against possible future litigation, and it depends upon the approval of the county board of equalization. But both Sam Stewart, state tax commissioner. and Phil Lowry. attorney for the Fruitgrowers, believe it could Weather FORECAST: Fair through Tues day. Low tonight 40. High Tuesday SO. Temp. Highest yesterday 6 Lowest this morning 4J Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:51 a.m. Sunset 7:25 p.m. The moon, seen between Procyon and the Twins sets 11:43 P-m. First Quarter May 17 VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 10:24 p.m. Jupiter, in the west 11:10 p.m. Saturn, due south 12:33 a.m. Wars, rises 1:36 a.m. ministration has fallen down on meeting the needs of the people, especially the farm population. He also spoke critically of the Republican handling of high way, school and social security legislation. Kefauver Due Tuesday Kefauver is scheduled to ar rive in Oregon tomorrow. The two candidates will speak from the same platform in Eugene that night. Both have busy schedules planned that will take them to all corners of the state in the quest for write-in votes. . Stevenson spoke at Wood burn, Salem and Lebanon today and was to speak at a dinner meeting at Hillsboro tonight. . in Darkness Three the state's leading industry. The latest break came Friday when a House-Senate conference on appropriation agreed to give BLM $2,000,000 in additional road funds which they can start spending within a few. weeks. This is addition to $2,260,000 BLM had on hand for road build ing this year. Reason for increasing the road funds was that the O&C coun ties asked that more of the money from timber receipts which normally is turned bac to the counties each year be in vested in new roads by the gov ernment. When BLM took the idea to Capitol Hill, they found the lawmakers generally receptive- in the Senate but not the House. But after the House killed the funds, the Senate put them back into the bill and Friday's con ference settled the dispute in favor of the O&C counties. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said he was largely responsible for paving the way for the favor able action by getting Rep. Mike Kirwin (D-Ohio) to support the funds in conference. Kirwin is second ranking Democrat among the five Democrats and four Re publican. House conferees who do much to settle the issue, and will so recommend to the equal ization board and to the fruit growers. In a memorandum approved by both, it is acknowledged that better means of appraising the value of orchard trees are nec essary, and it is proposed that a committee of representative fruit growers be named to cooperate with the commission in deter mining methods and procedures which should be used in such appraisals. During the ensuing two tax years, 1956-57 and 1957-58, arbi trary valuations would be ac cepted by both the commission and the growers, it is proposed, with the approval of the board of equalization, to which the proposal is being presented to day. These valuations would re flect the values agreed upon by the commission and the equaliza tion board last year. Pear prop erty now" on the rolls as Class A, at $300 per acre, or Class B, at $225, would be reduced tc $100 per acre. Stone fruits and apples would be $50. In addition to specifically pointing out that individual members of the Fruitgrowers League are not bound by the agreement, the memorandum also reserved the right to pend ing litigation, if it is found nec essary, but agreed to limit it to three areas: 1. The taxability of orchards as a part of the real property upon which they are situated. This was one of the original points at issue, and judicial de termination may be found nec essary to solve it. 2. The procedures of the com mission in its quasi-judicial pow ers relative to the assessor and the board of equalization. 3. The propriety of methods and procedures of the commis sion, by-passing the question of ultimate values assigned the various categories of orchard land. The original dispute arose last spring, when the tax commission announced that it would insist on the taxation of orchards in Jackson county, which had not before been subject to taxation with the values of the trees in cluded. The disagreement involved the county assessor's office, the board of equalization, the tax commission, and the fruit grow ers. At one point it reached the supreme court. The settlement proposed this week may have the effect of limiting the areas of dispute and of further litigation. Tribune United Presi Full Lea led Wire Price 5c No. 46 Dead handled the matter. No Difference on Bill BLM estimates that timber receipts for the year will run around $20,000,000, and the re quest of the. counties was that 25 per cent be invested in roads. Congress has cleared $4,260,000 just under the 25 per cent esti mate of $5,000,000. Fortunately, there was no dif ference between House and Sen ate on the regular Interior ap propriation bill for the fiscal year which starts July 1. Both have already approved a road budget of $4,460,000 for the com ing year on the O&C lands. As for the federal highway aid bill passed last month by the House and now before the Sen ate, it increased the annual ac cess road authorization for the Forest Service from $24,000,000 to $27,000,000. Both Rep. Harris Ellsworth and Morse had urged the House Public Works Committee to in crease the amount well above the figure finally approved. Ells worth tried to get $25,000,000 for construction and $10,000,000 for maintenance, making a total of $35,000,000 annually. Ells worth pointed out that the high way bill fails to divide construc tion from maintenance funds, so the $27,000,000 figure must cover both. He said this means "the amount actually available for construction will be $20, 000,000 or less." Morse-Neuberger Bill Morse had called for a $50, 000,000 annual" access road pro gram in the national forests in testimony before the roads sub committee. Later he introduced a bill with the co-sponsorship of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger and seven others to amend the high way bill so as to authorize amounts starting at $32,000,000 the first year, $40,000,000 the following year and leveling off at $50,000,000 annually there after for 10 years. Neuberger last week said he will sponsor an amendment when the road bill comes before the Senate to have the Senate agree to the House-passed figure of $27,000,000. That's the amount generally expected to be approved. Fish Lake Road Closed During Repair Work Fish lake road in the vicinity of the lake is closed to all traffic while repairs are being made, Resort Manager Robert Cavan augh reported today. The road will not be open 1'ntil late Wednesday afternoon, he said. Forest service crews are filling in holes resulting from the combination of recent storms and traffic. Pick-up truck and jeep traffic managed to reach Fish lake during the week end but the road, was further cut up by the vehicles. Governor Protests Peruvian Fishing Salem U,R) Gov. Elmo Smith today protested to Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles "in the strongest terms" the proposal of the Peruvian govern ment to engage In salmon fish ing off the mouth of the Colum bia river. The governor wrote Dulles that Oregon fishing interests as well as fishing industries of Puget Sound, Alaska and Can ada were "gravely concerned over the threat to the Pacific Northwest fisheries by Peruvian interests." Interests operating under the Peruvian flag have inquired about the possibilities of sending mother ships and catcher boats to fish salmon off the mouth of the Columbia and Puget Sound just outside the three mile limit, Gov. Smith explained. If such a fishery is permitted, he said, other nations would probably join is to obtain their share of the prized fish. Salem (U.R) A Salem city budegt of $3,017,950 was sched uled to go to a citizens budget committee for approval today. Russia Announces Military Cutback Of 1200,000 Men Reduction To Be Completed In Year Moscow (U.R) The Soviet Union announced today a 1, 200,000 man military troop cut that would reduce its armed forces by Western estimate be low the current American level. The reduction will be com pleted within one year, the Rus sians announced. The Soviet challenged the United States, Britain and France to match the Soviet cut and declared that, if they do, Russia will be ready to consider further reductions. American disarmament spec ialist Harold E. Stassen recently estimated Soviet military man power at 4,000,000 men and said the United States has 2,900,000 under .arms. Stassen had forecast the Soviet cut and had said it would be "significant" if it affected a mil lion or more men. To Retire Vessels The Soviet Navy will retire 375 vessels from active service and an undisclosed number of military training schoolswill be reorganized, the Soviet an nouncement said. The statement said that cor responding reductions would be made in the Soviet military bud get. The statement said that this new reduction is proof that "the Soviet government is trying to assist the cause , of achieving practical disarmament, which is now under discussion in the United Nations. Washington (U.R) Ameri can officials said today it would be unsafe for Western powers to make a sharp cut in their armed lorces despite Kussia s an nounced intention to make a 1, 200,000 man cut within the next year. Officials pointed out there is no way to check on whether the Soviet Union actually will carry out its cut. Furthermore, they said, the men taken out of mili tary forces will be extremely well trained and could be pressed back into service on short notice "if necessary. Harold E. Stassen, President Eisenhower's disarmament ad viser, was not immediately avail able for comment. Phoenix Sets School. Election on Budget Phoenix Patrons of the Phoe nix school district will vote to morrow on a budget for the 1956-57 school year. A poll will be open in the elementary school gymnasium from 2 to 8 p.m. Superintendent Ernest R. James said the election is nec essary because the budget is over the 6 per cent limitation. He ex plained the tax base was set many years ago, and that the growth of the school district has far outstripped the amount which can. be raised without a vote of the people. He also explained that when Phoenix became a first class dis trict this year, it became neces sary for voters to approve the district budget, which no long er is included in the rural school district. While the budget is $163,523 over the limination, he added, it is hoped that the tax' millage ac tually will be less next year than it is this year. The saving can be made, he said, because now that it is a first class district, it can retain all monies raised in the district. Plans for added vocational ag ricultural facilities are included in the budget, he said. Harriman To Be Entered as Candidate Cody, Wyo. 4J.R) New York Gov. Averell Harriman said here today he would be en tered as a candidate for the pres idential nomination at the Dem ocratic National Convention in Chicago and would be "mighty proud" if Wyoming's delegation supports him. Harriman, here to keynote op ening sessions of the Wyoming Democratic Convention told del egates the New York State Dem ocratic Committee plans to enter his name at the national conven tion "not as a favorite son, but as a candidate." Equalization Board Renins Session Today Jackson county board of equalization went imo sessiuu in the county court room this morning and will consider peti tions for correction of assess- rnenta each day uurouga rri&ajr. rlC 2Jtscs I RUSSIANS ARE PROTESTING "spying by British" on cruiser Ordzhonikidze during recent visit to Portsmouth, . which led to disappearance and presumed death of Frog man Commander Lionel Crabb. Prime Minister Anthony Eden has agreed to debate the case. (International) Eden May Be Forced To Tell More About F rog ma nf s London U.R) Prime Min ister Anthony Eden today re fused lo tell the House of Com mons "one word more" about the case of the missing frog man. As he resumed his seat, he declared in exasperation, "I deplore this debate." London (U.R) Russia may force a reluctant Prime Min ister Anthony Eden to disclose even more details about the mys terious disappearance of frog man Lionel (Buster) Crabb, po litical observers said today. And Eden also may be pressed by Britons to say whether U. S. intelligence agencies had any thing to do with the disappear ance of Commander Crabb April 19 while swimming beneath a Soviet cruiser in Portsmouth harbor. Repetition Now Doubted Uiytil this week end it was believed today's House of Com mons debate on the hero-frogman would be a repetition of Eden's statement a week ago that "it is not in the public interest" to tell all about Crabb 's disappearance. But since then Russia has pub licized the fact that Eden apol ogized for the incident and made it clear to Britons that Eden had told the Russians more than he told them. This stirred up demands for Eden to make public the entire story. Eden cut short a holiday in Scotland Sunday night and flew back to London for talks with his cabinet colleagues on the Crabb affair. It was believed they would go over the latest Russian blast that Britain's ex planation "looked by no means convincing." The statement was made by Soviet. Rear Adm. V. F. Kotov, Freeway Decision Slated by Planners The Medford planning com mission, at its 7:30 p.m. meeting today, is expected to decide on a recommendation to the city council as to Ihe route for the proposed new highway freeway in this area. The council has asked the commission for the recommend ation, which it in turn can con sider. The state highway com mission will make the decision on the route, but may well take the city's recommendation into consideration. Two router have been propos ed: East on the city limits on the Hillcrest line, and through v the city on the Genessee line. The planning group has a 13 point agenda, which aside, from the freeway discussion includes items of zone change proposals, requests for alley. vacations, and several annexation suggestions, including one from the Grand-view-Kenwood district. . Peddicord Fails in Attempt at Suicide Portland U.R Blind Wil liam Clarence Peddicord, under sentence to 20 years in prison for last vear's bombing of the Meier & Frank department store here, attempted today to take his own life in his jail cell here. Dolice renorted. Deputy Sheriff Orlando Yaz- solino said he found Peddicord hanging from a bracket in his cell as he made his rounds. He said Peddicord had already lost consciousness but that he ap plied artificial respiration and the prisoner revived. He found him about 3:55 jn. -I 4 U Myste ry captain of the cruiser Ordzhon ikidze which brought Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party Chief Nikita a. Krushchev to Britain for a state visit. Crabb was swimming around the cruiser when he'dis appeared and is "presumed" dead. U. S. Said Behind Scheme New speculation entered the picture Sunday when left-wing Laborite Konnie Zilliacus said in a speech that the U. S. in telligence service was behind Crabb's mission to take a look at the bottom of the Russian ships. A similar charge was made last Sunday by a London news paper. It brought a prompt de nial from the U. S. Navy. Shaw Urges Demo Unity in Primary A plea for Democratic unity in the presidential primary elec tion was made by David l Shaw, candidate for Congress for the fourth Congressional district, at a meeting with his Jackson county committee in Medford at noon today. Shaw urged Democratic vot ers of Jackson county to write in the names of both Kefauver and Stevenson on their ballots, placing their favorite in the space left for president, and writing in the name of the other for vice-president. "These two great men," said Shaw, "who have visited Ore gon often and ' whom we all know so well, should be tied to gether. All of us would be proud to have either of them at the head of our government. But the danger is that they may kill each other off and some dark horse emerge as our candidate from the 'smoke filled' rooms at the convention." Shaw is spending the day vis iting mills in Josephine and Jackson county and will speak tonight at the American Legion hall at Cave Junction. f t - Refusal To Invite Morse To Eugene Said 'Shocking' Portland (U.R) Alfred H. Corbett, cochairman of the Ore gon Stevenson for President Committee, today protested against the refusal of the Lane County Kefauver chairman Mar vin Marlick, to endorse a sug gestion that Sen. Wayne Morse be invited to the Eugene meet- High Court Rejects Alabama, U. Effort Washington (U.R) The Su preme Court today rejected 'an effort by the University of Ala bama to upset the court order which had compelled it to admit Negro coed Autherine J. Lucy. The controversial Lucy case, which stirred up riots at the Tus caloosa, Ala., school earlier this year, was largely academic by the time it reached the high court. The university first -admitted Miss Lucy in compliance with a lower court order, and then ex pelled her on grounds she had falsely accused school officials of encouraging the riots which broke out when she showed up for classes. Today's court action had noth ing to do with the expulsion, and apparently will have no immed iate practical effect on Miss Lucy's announced plan of seek ing readmission in the future. Trio Forced To Accompany Thugs In Store Robbery Tape Used To Bind Family; Pair Flees Grants Pass KU.R) Two gun men last night forced a local family to accompany them to a shopping center, took some $3100 and then fled after bind ing the family with tape, state police reported. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Tippets and their son, Scott, 16, were in their home at the north end of town about 9:30 p.m. when two armed men entered through the back door, police said. Drove to Store At gunpoint, they forced the family into Tippet's car and drove to the store. One man remained behind with the boy and his mother and the other accompanied Tippets into the store and made him open the safe. The Tippets run a shopping center on the Redwood highway. Then they forced them to drive back near Tippet's home, taped their arms and mouths and locked them in the car, flee ing on foot. In about half an hour the boy got loose and call ed police, who said the two men apparently had a getaway car. Officers said it may be the same pair who last week robbed a taxi driver and left him on a country road after taping him. Kefauver to Make Southern Oregon Visit on Tuesday Estes Kefauver, Democratic aspirant for the presidential nomination, will speak from the Jackson county courthouse steps in Medford at 10:30 a.m. Tues day,' Russel DeForest and . Carl Fichtner, Kefauver's Medford campaign managers, confirmed today. Kefauver will arrive by pri vate plane at the Ashland airport at 9:45 a.m. and will speak at the Ashland plaza at 10 a.m. Arthur Kreisman is in charge of hi visit there. DeForest, Fichtner and Robert Boyer and Robert Duncan, Med ford attorneys and Democratic candidates for the state house of representatives, will escort the candidate from Ashland to Med ford by car. Following Kefauver s Medford talk, he will travel by car to a point between Medford and Grants Pass where he will be met by the Grants Pass Cave men. The Cavemen will escort him to Grants Pass, where he will speak, then proceed by plane to Coos Bay, Roseburg, Lebanon and Eugene. Prior to his Ashland visit, Ke fauver will talk at Klamath Falls. Among those traveling in Kefauver's party will be Les Josslin, chairman of his Oregon campaign committee. Adlai Stevenson, also seeking the Democratic presidential nom ination, apparently failed to make a brief scheduled stop Sun day at the Medford airport. It had been announced that his plane would land here for a few minutes at 3:30 p.m. Sunday for refueling before continuing to Portland. ing to introduce the candidates tomorrow night when Stevenson and Estes Kefauver will appear on the same platform. "I am shocked to learn that the Lane county Kefauver chairman has rejected the sug gestion that Wayne Morse intro duce Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver in Eugene Tuesday on the grounds that "Wayne is en tirely too controversial to bring in at this time,' " Corbett said. The Stevenson leader added that "Adlai Stevenson and Dem ocrats . . . who support Steven son are one hundred per cent for Wayne Morse." Corbett said he felt that the "Kefauver managers owe an ex planation to Oregon Democrats for this slighting reference to Oregon's great liberal Senator." Eugene Milk Prices Up One Cent a Quart Eugene (U.R) Eugene con sumers started paying a penny more a quart for milk today. Retail prices went up to 24 cents a quart at stores and 25 cents a quart for home-delivered milk. Mel Gustafson, spokesman for Lane county milk distributors, said cream prices were raised proportionately. He " indicated part of the increase would go to distributors, and part tor wage under negotiation.
