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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.