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Newspaper Page Text1 Kefauver, Adlai Seeking Write-in Voles on Friday Al Sarena Case Called 'Notorious' Portland U.R) Republi cans were the target of a double barreled assault in Oregon to day as both Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver blanketed the state in their quest for write-in votes in the Friday primary election. Kefauver spoke at an early morning breakfast before about 80 persons in Klamath Falls, de claring that the first act of the Democratic party when it re turns to power in January must be to "clean out the Department of Interior and return the cus tody of the great national heri tage which it administers to the people." Hammers at 'Giveaway' The Tennessee senator ham mered away at the "Republican giveaway theme, including ret erences to the Hells Canyon hy dro-electric site, use of wildlife refuges for oil and gas explora- tion. and what he calls the no torious" Al Sarena mining case in Rogue River National forest. Kefauver claimed that since the Al Sarena claim had been approved the Alabama firm had "mined' 'about $200,000 worth of prime timber. He asserted there was no record of any ore being taken from the claim. From Klamath Falls Kefau ver headed for Ashland, Med ford. Grants Pass, Coos Bay, Roseburg and Lebanon, before stopping at Eugene for his joint appearance at the University of Oregon with Stevenson. Stevenson Has Cold Stevenson, complaining of a cold he said he picked up in California, flew to Pendleton and The Dalles this morning for the third day of his fight for the state's 16 Democratic National convention votes. Campaigning in the Willam ette valley, Stevenson called for the "great social revolution started in the 1930s." The pres ent administration, he said, has done "virtually nothing" about social issues of the day and had "lost ground" on many of them. Administiaiion Blamed At a potluck supper in Hills boro last night, Stevenson blamed the Republicans for the failure of small businesses. "The rate of business failures in 1954 and 1955 was higher than it has been in over a dec ade and most of them were small businesses," he said. "The fact is that government al economy of the Eisenhower administration has been mainly at the expense of our national defense." The former Illinois governor also took a swing at Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson as a "man of principle. His guid ing principle seems to be "let bad enough alone." Galice Boy Arraigned On First Degree Murder Grants Pass (U.R) Lloyd Eu gene Wahl, 17-year-old Galice boy, was arraigned in Circuit Court here today on a first de gree murder charge in the rape- slaying of his six -year-old cousin. The court set May 21 as date for the youth to enter a plea Attorney Samuel M. Bowe was appointed by the court as coun sel for the boy. Young Wahl is accused of fatally beating Kathlene Sue Wahl of Grants Pass, raping her and tossing her body in an aban doned barn two weeks ago. City Planners Recommend Annexation Consideration The Medford planning com mission last night recommended to the city council annexation of the Grandview and Kenwood districts after discussing possi ble solutions of sewage disposal problems in the area. Representatives of the dis tricts discussed sanitation prob lems and said petitions had been circulated concerning es tablishment of a sewer district in the area. The commission said annexation would be the most feasible means of solving the problem. Residents in the areas recent ly held discussion meetings re garding sanitation problems in the districts. The city council earlier this month asked repre sentatives of the districts to dis cuss possible boundaries of an nexation with the planning com mission. The commission recommend ed that the council give every consideration possible to an nexation of the area. Also recommended were nec essary steps for annexation in the area between Spring st and the north city limits and Crater Lake ave. to the east boundary Estes Blasts Administration; Pledges Social Security Aid Sen. Estes Kefauver, candi- and improving educational fa date for the Democratic presi- cilities." He said in the 17V dential nomination, promised to day that if elected he will strive to improve Social Security and old age assistance benefits and lower to 62 the eligibility age for women to receive benefits. Kefauver spoke briefly at 11 a.m. today to a large crowd on the Jackson county courthouse steps. Peace Possible The presidential aspirant said, "I believe it is possible for us to have peace if we use our spir itual and economic resources. We must make Democracy work here and set an example for the rest of the world." He said he wants more hard work done so that no one's op portunities in the nation are less ened because of his color, race or religion. Kefauver denounced the Re publican administration "for not thinking in humane terms." He cited action in the Al Sarena case as an example of Republi can disregard for public rights. Even Basis The. Tennessee senator also said, "I want farmers on an even basis. They have been having a hard time over a period of sev eral years and their incomes have declined." Kefauver told the group he would attempt to aleviate their situation. He also announced "We must do better by education, includ ing raising teachers' salaries Five Hearings On Council's Agenda Five public hearings will be held by the Medford city council at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Hearings will be held on a sanitary sewer installation in 2 blocks in Highcroft addition; an nexation of two lots at Murray and Columbus aves., and por tion of Columbus ave. and Mur ray ave.; ana paving .worm Keene Way dr. from Jackson st. to Oregon ave. Other public hearings will be on paving East Second St. from Front t. to -Central ave.,- and constructing a water main on Broad st. from Jackson st. to Clark st. The council also will consider petitions forpaving West 12th st. from Fir st. to Southern Pa cific tracks; constructing a sani tary sewer in the Laurelhurst addition ;and annexation of the area east of Crater Lake ave., north of Stevens St., west of Wabash st. and south of Spring st. Deefz Files Report On Campaign Expense Salem U.R) Elmer Deetz, candidate for the Republican nomination as U.S. Senator, to day filed a statement for $1198.90 in contributions and expenses for Fridays primary election. Deetz was the first candidate to file with the state elections division. Earlier he had challenged his rivals Douglas McKay, Phil Hitchcock and George Altvater to file their expense and contri bution accounts before the elec tion although they are not re quired by law until June 2. The Canby dairyman said he received S210 in contributions, spent $531.90 of his own money and received $475 from his fi nance committee. of Wabash ave. Also recommended for annex ation was the Jorgensen Dairy property on the north side of Ohio st., between Court st. and Riverside ave. Commissioners Don Root and Mrs. Edith Eden were appoint ed to study a request by Gary C. Shuler for vacation of a part of the alley at 17 Corning court. Tentative approval was' given the Earhart addition plat, south of the city limits between the IOOF cemetery and Bear creek. Final approval was given the Cherry Heights subdivision plat at the end of Orchard Home dr., in the Griffin Creek area. Tenta tive approval was given the Rogers park plat between Peach and Newtown sts. south of Beek- man ave. A hearing will be held at the next meeting on change of zone for an area in the Laurelhurst addition. Request for a zone change hearing by Mrs. Eunice M. Page was denied by. the group. The property is from the alley south of Main st., between 10th and 11th sts., to the north- south alley between Vancouver ave. and Portland ave. years he has served in the house of representatives and in the senate he has fought for federal aid to education. "I'm not going to give up the fight," he said "as long as there is one child in the nation who does not have an adequate education." Harnassing Water The candidate further stated Morse Target of Four Republican Senate Aspirants Portland (U.R) The four candidates for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator ap peared on the same platform here yesterday with defeating Democrat Wayne Morse the chief topic. The candidates are Douglas McKay, Phil Hitchcock, Elmer Deetz and George Altvater. Altvater, a Portland engineer, said he felt he was especially well qualified to defeat Morse on the issues of the Hells Canyon dam. He said Oregon needs to use "all possible water and as quickly as possible." Deetx Cites Problems Deetz, Canby dairyman, said problems of the farmer, the working people and small busi nessmen were important in the economy. He said the problems were inherited by the Republi cans from the Democratic ad ministration. Hitchcock, former state sena tor, said he thinks he can defeat Morse if he can "corner" him on the debate platform where the campaign can be conducted on the issues. He also said he believed he could keep up with Morse in the number of cam paign speeches. Morse Must Defend Self McKay, ex-interior secretary and governor, said the Eisen hower administration was not on trial and that it was Morse who would have to defend him self. He promised a fighting campaign if nominated Friday and urged an all-out effort by Republicans. "We've got a battle on our hands. We have got a little fat and lazy in the past few years," he said. Morse To Introduce Democrat Aspirants Eugene (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse was due back in his home town today to cast a vote for himself in Friday's primary elec tion and to preside over a rare face-to-face meeting of the Dem ocratic party's principal presi dential aspirants. For the first time as a United States senator, Morse will pick up a Democratic ballot when he goes to a Eugene polling place Friday. Tonight he is scheduled to appear on a University of Ore gon platform to introduce Estes Kefauver and Adlai Stevenson in their joint appearance of their campaign for the party's presi dential nomination. Morse has not indicated which of the write in candidates he favors to win Oregon's 16 Democratic conven tion delegates. Before leaving Washington, Morse joined with five other senators to sponsor a joint reso lution calling for an investiga tion of a railway boxcar short age he warned may be the worst in the history of the lumber industry in Oregon. H-Bomb Air Drop Due on Wednesday . Aboard USS Mt. McKinley (en route to Bikini) (U.R) Attomic- task force officials to day changed the date for the hydrogen bomb explosion to Thursday (Wednesday U.S. time) as a result of improving weath er. The explosion will be the first air-dropped detonation of an H bomb by the United States. It will also be the first H-bomb explosion to be witnessed by news reporters. The test was supposed to have gone off today, but officials post poned it because the winds would have carried the radioac tive fallout over inhabited is lands in the Marshalls. Death Sentence Meted In Airplane Bombing Denver (U.R) John Gil bert Graham was formally sen tenced to die today sometime during the week of Aug. 25 for the dynamiting of an airliner that killed his mother and 43 other persons last Nov. 1. he believes in developing natur al resources and commented considerably more could be done in harnassing Oregon's wa ters. "I believe it is wrong to let any amount of water go into the ocean without being used," he said. Kefauver emphasized his intention to help promote control of the Rogue river to prevent future floods like those of the past winter. He comment ed that a great deal could be done in the line of soil conserva tion in the Rogue river valley. Kefauver said he had fought hard for federal development of Hells Canyon dam and de nounced Douglas McKay for "destroying this project with a stroke of his pen." Endorses Neuberger The candidate strongly en dorsed Oregon's Senator Rich ard Neuberger saying, "He has been doing a fine job and stand ing forthrightly for progressive issues." He also commended Sen. Wayne Morse and urged his audience to "Give him a tre mendous great vote." The candidate commented he had been to Medford many times, and, "You have a lovely city." Kefauver, who arrived 30 minutes behind schedule for his Medford talk, spoke earlier at Ashland and left immediately after his address here for Grants Pass. He was introduced here by Mayor Earl Miller. In honor of the candidate, a group of youngsters from the Colleen Hope dancing studio gave a special singing and danc ing performance of Davy Crock et at the end of his Medford talk. One of the performers then pre sented him with a 'coon-skin cap. Judge Hanna Sets Date For Nunn Plea Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna this morning set May 31 as date for Billy Junior Nunn to enter a plea in the first degree murder charge filed against him in" con nection with the April 19 death of Alvin William Eacret, 14, Klamath Falls. Nunn, 28-year-old Klamath Fills millworker, was arraigned today on a grand jury's indict ment. His attorney, Sam Harbi son, appeared with Nunn in court for the first time. He was appointed to handle Nunn's de fense by Judge Hanna last Sat urday. The judge asked Harbison to describe his law experience. The attorney answered he was ad mitted to practicing law in 1940, practiced for a year and one half in Salem and in 1946 be came a deputy district attorney in Marion county, where he served for 3V4 years before com ing to Medford. The defendant said he approved the court's ap pointment of Harbison to de fend him. Harbison asked for 30 days in which to consider the case and talk with Nunn before the de fendant entered a plea. District Attorney Walter Nunley ob jected to that much delay and Judge Hanna ruled the ' plea would be entered 16 days from today. Talent Recall Vote Will Be Tomorrow Talent A recall election against the mayor of Talent and three city councilmen will be held between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. here tomorrow. Polling place is the city hall. Petitions with more than -100 signatures requesting the elec tion were filed with City Re corder Mrs. Nona McAbee last month. " t Targets of the recall election are Mayor Keith Thoreson, and Councilmen R. C. Bradford, Wil liam Cooper and James Henry. Recall action started when the council discharged former" City Marshal John Baldwin in what the recall committee described as an arbitrary and illegal ac tion. Rhee Leads Koreans In Casting Ballots Seoul, Korea (U.R) Aging Syngman Rhee, assured of re election in South Korea's presi dential elections, today led 9, 000,000 Koreans to the ballot box with a plea they choose a "good, righteous man." Rhee's only opponent, former Communist Cho Bong Am, Pro gressive Party leader, was in hiding and apparently did not vote. He disappeared more than a week ago with an announce ment he feared assassination at the hands of ultra-rightists. Medford Umleo Pr Full Leased Wire 51st Year 20 Pages Harrimanrs Drive For Nomination Pushed in Montana - New York Governor 'Definitely Candidate' Missoula, Mont. (U.R) Gov. Averell Harriman, cam paigning for delegates from the Rocky Mountain states is an op en bid for the Democratic pres idential nomination, said today he definitely is a candidate. He said apparently "some con fusion" has resulted from his lack of campaigning. Asked about the term "unan nounced candidate" at a news conference, Harriman replied: "I don't know why they say that." Endorsed as Candidate Harriman said the New York Democratic party has endorsed him as a candidate and will pre sent his name to the Democratic National convention at Chicago in August just as was done in 1952. He pointed out his name will be presented as a "candi date," not as a "favorite son." Harriman" said he planned to make several out of state trips from New York before the Aug ust convention. He did not elab orate on the tours except to say they would not be so extensive as his present speaking tour to the Northwest. Said Economic Move j - The New York governor call ed Russia's announcement of an arms and manpower reduction an economic move to strengthen the Soviet s new foreign policy look. But he warned that this does not mean the United States should reduce its armed forces or draft quota "because we have only a small fraction of men un der arms compared to the Rus sians." Harriman was to deliver an afternoon address in. Butte and speak tonight in Spokane. The New York governor chose an odd section of the country the sparsely- settled Rockies where delegates are few and far between to make his first real bid for the nomination. Full-Fledged Candidate He announced to delegates at the Wyoming Democratic con vention at Cody last night that he would be a full-fledged can didate for the nomination and asked for their support at the convention. They promptely elected a slightly pro-Harriman slate of 28 delegates to the convention. A United Press reporter polled all 28 and found 12 favored Har riman and five who liked Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. The others were noncommittal. Nebraska Watched For Sign of 'Revolt' Omaha (U.R) The nation watched Nebraska today for signs of a farmers' "revolt" in the popularity contest primary race between President Eisen hower and Sen. Estes Kefauver. Voting was extjected : to be light in staunchly Republican Nebraska. The President and the Tennessean were ' unopposed on the ReDublican and Democratic ballots,- making it . the second corn belt test of strength be tween them within a week. Last Tuesday. Hoosier farm ers gave the President a vote of confidence in the Indiana pri mary. However, Kefauver forces claimed a victory on the basis of the Democratic share of votes. In 1952. the total Nebraska primary vote was 362,176, with the Republicans getting 237,207 and the Democrats 124,969. To day's voting is expected to be lighter. T r,c Inooloc fl 1 PI The mercury climbed to 95 degrees at 1:15 p.m. today in downtown Los Angeles. It was the hottest day since last Septemoer wnen the temperature was in the 100s. Weather FORECAST Fair through Wednesday. Low tonight 48. High tomorrow S8. , Temp. Highest yesterday Lowest this morning Our Skies Tonigh Sunrise .4:50 a.m. 7:26 p.m. Moonset Wednesday ..12:20 a.m. First Quarter ..Wednesday night PROMINENT STAR Spica. due south -.9:59 pjn. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, about the Moon. Saturn, rises 8:03 P-m- Venus, sets 19:zl P-m. Mars, In southeast 3:0s a.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1956 4k T , .W K4 WEARING UNUSUAL garb to protect them from radiation, newsmen and defense ob servers tour area of atomic test blast on Runit Island at Eniwetok. (Intarnattonal) Planning Commission Advises Genessee Route for Freeway Medford's city planners will recommend to the city council though far from unanimously that the Genessee route, run ning through the city, rather than the Hillcrest route, run ning east on the city limits, be favored for the proposed high way freeway in this area. The planning commission made the decision late last night after listening to citizens express their views on the two routes at a hearing in the city hall. Fol lowing the hearing, which drew an overflow crowd, planners en gaged in lengthy discussion that was marked by frequent ' dead locks. Bases for Action In the motion, Don Root stated the recommendation for the Gen essee route was based only on inadequate information made available to the group by the state highway commission. The motion added that the planners had considered only two routes, Genessee and Hilcrest. He rec ommended that the right of way be 300 feet wide from the north city limits to the south city limits. The motion also called for overpasses at McAndrews rd., Jackson st., Main st., Tenth st., Willamette ave., and Barnett rd.. and that landscaping be of a standard acceptable to the city of Medford. It urged the high way commission to use the most modern methods of noise abate ment. - . A roll call vote on the motion resulted in a 3-3 split. The decid ing vote was cast by M. Thomas Wray, chairman of the commis sion. Dissenting votes were cast by commissioners Allen Perry, Henry Fisher and Mrs. Edith Eden. Second Motion Immediately preceding Root's motion was one by Fisher, pro posing that the commission rec ommend against the Genessee route. A roll call, vote on Fish er's motion also resulted in a 3-3 split. Dissenting votes were cast by A. D. Harvey, Mark Goldy and Root. The planners discussed the matter for well over an hour. They appeared torn between four possible courses of action: (1) Recommanding the Genes see route. . " (2) Recommending the Hill crest route. (3) Recommending against both routes and urging more in- George's Acceptance of Foreign Policy Post May Deflate One Democratic, Issue Washington (U.R) Sen. Wal ter F. George's acceptance of a high foreign policy post in the Eisenhower administration may deflate one of the Democrats' principal issues for the fall cam paign. . . The veteran Georgia Demo crat, who is retiring from the Senate, Monday accepted, as had been expected, a post as Mr. Eisenhower's personal ambassa dor to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. , Surprise Development But in a surprise development the White House also announced that George had agreed to aid the administration in develop ing and carrying out "biparti san foreign policy." United fr' bo.- : 3m . r -eWV ' Pi Via vestigation on a possible west side route. (4) Refusing to take any ac tion until more information could be obtained. Opinions voiced at the hearing indicated substantial disfavor for both routes on the part of the citizens. Urges Support Charles Reames, Medford at torney, urged the commission to support the west side route rather than either Genessee or Hillcrest routes. Several reports indicated : the west side route, originally included among sev eral possible freeway sites, has been abandoned by the highway commission as not financially feasible. Reams contended, however. that the west side route would involve fewer problems with irrigation districts, houses and hospitals. Others speaking at the hear ing said adoption of the Hillcrest route would be "extremely de structive" to the Talent Irriga tion district, would interrupt natural water dainage and would have a detrimental effect on the fruit industry here. Still others said adoption of the Genessee route would neces sitate removal of many houses and would create a noise prob lem. Landowners near both sites said economy of the area would be undermined since eith er route would necessitate re moval of property from assess ment rolls. Orchard Damage Cliff B. Cordy, Jackson coun ty horticulture agent, said the Hillcrest route would cut through a little more than 1,000 acres of orchards, and 106 acres of orchard would have to be actually removed. Others opposing the Hillcrest route included David Holmes and Walter Hoffbuhr, laient Irrigation district: Paul Culbert- son, Medford Irrigation district, and Fred Morlan, Fruit Growers league. r A strong opponent of the Gen essee route was Kennetn uen man, Medford attorney, who claimed a freeway there would blight a large area in Medford, would be less scenic than the Hillcrest route and would fur ther divide the city, which is already . divided by railroad tracks and by Bear creek. He also claimed 280 homes in the Genessee area would be indirect- George's role in this connee tion may take some of the edge off Democratic plans to make foreign policy a key issue in this year's presidential campaign. George, as chairman of the pow erful Senate Foreign Relations committee, has been the princi pal Democratic spokesman on foreign policy, and his accept ance of the administration post indicated he does not differ sharply with its overall policy. May Deprive Democrats Furthermore, his specific task of improving bipartisanship may deprive Democrats of charges that the administration is not taking their party into full con fidence on foreign policy prob Tribune Press Full Lued Wire Price 5c No. 47 wOf: Parade, Displays Slated for Armed Forces Day Here A parade of military and vet erans units will be held starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 19, in observance of Armed Forces Day here, Maj. Gen. Roy V. Rickard, general chairman of the local committee, has announced. The parade will form at Li brary park and proceed east on Main to Hawthorne park, where displays will be exhibited by various military and veterans groups. Units in the parade will be reviewed by General Rickard and Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Hicks, civil defense director for Jack son county. Displays Scheduled Displays at Hawthorne park will include military equipment, weapons, vehicles and communi cation gear. A helicoptor will demonstrate landings, and a pon toon bridge will be constructed across Bear creek as part of the display, Rickard said. Brief Armed Forces Day cere monies will be held at Haw thorne park following the pa rade. Rickard said final arrange ments are being made for a "fly over" of military aircraft. The time and number of aircraft will be announced later, he said. Refreshments during the after noon "open house" will be avail able at a booth operated by the Crater Lions club of Medford. Baseball NATIONAL Chicago . 4 '5 0 New York 6 12 0 Hacker, Brosnan (3), Val entinetti (5), Davis (8) and McCullough, Antonelli and Katt. Home runs: Mays, Muel ler, New York,- ly affected, 685 additional homes would be made undesirable - by such factors as excessive noises, and 58 homes would be removed and 12 businesses would be destroyed. . Other opponents of the Hill crest route included Dunbar Carpenter, an orchardist, who also spoke for the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital. The city council had asked the planning commission for the recommendation. The state high way commission will make the final decision, but has indicated it will consider the desires of people in this area. lems. Some Democrats have long demanded that the administra tion select a "big name" Demo crat for a top foreign policy post as proof of its desire to keep foreign policy on a bipartisan level. George's appointment an swers that demand. Other Appointments Noted These Democrats had noted that former President Truman named GOP Sen. Warren R. Austin as head of this country's first U.N. delegation. They also noted that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles himself had served in the State department in the Truman administration in helping draft the Japanese treaty.