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Medford United Press Full Laased Wire 51st Year 28 KefauYer Attacks Shipment of Arms To Saudi Arabia Lehman To Demand 'Fullest Inquiry Washington (UP.) Sen. Estes Kefauver today denounced the Eisenhower administration fo authorizing a shipment of muni tions to Saudi Arabia. The Tennessee Democrat, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, said the shipment "can only serve to fur ther upset the precarious bal ance of arms in the Middle East?" The shipment also was criti cized by Sen. Herbert H. Leh man and Rep. Emanuel Celler, both Democrats of New York. To Demand Inquiry Lehman said in a statement that he is "going to demand the fullest inquiry into this .shock ing action on the part of our government." He said "at the same time that our government refuses to make arms available to Israel on the flimsiest of justifications we continue to ship arms to Saudi Arabia . . Celler said in a statement that the shipment "highlights the ' dangerous, impossible and con tradictory position" of the ad ministration in supplying arms to Arab nations while denying them to Israel. But despite the congressional criticism, administration offici als defended the shipment from South Port, N.C., of $850,000 worth of ammunition and re placement parts for Saudi Arabia. They said that Israel is re ceiving communications and oth er equipment of defensive use from the United States valued at "considerably more than the shipment going to Saudi Arabia." No Specific Eraluation There was no specific evalua tion put on shipments to Israel. But officials said some equip ment in the way of communica tions, military replacement and other parts has been" flowing to Israel despite U.S. refusal to sell up to $64 million worth of jet fighters, tanks and other arms to the Jewish nation. Kefauyer Denies Aiding Sarena Case Portland U.R) Sen. Estes Kefauver, candidate for the Democratic nomination for pres ident, denied today that he tried to help get patents for the Mc Donald family .in the Al Sarena mining claims in Rogue River National Forest. Asked about the accusation of Douglas McKay, Republican can didate for U. S. Senator, that he. Kefauver, interceded in behalf of granting the hotly disputed mining patents, Kefauver said he had "no independent recol lection of writing any letters." Kefauver said he asked his administrative assistant about it. "My office said there is a note there that I met Clint McDade, at Chattanooga. Tenn., business man, down in New Orleans, Mr, McDonald (one of the mine own ers) might have been with him: He said "McDade asked me to see what was the situation re garding these patents. There is a notation that I checked, with the Interior Department to let them. know. That was a perfect ly proper move. It happened in 1952 before McKay went to Washington. He is mistaken if he says I tried to help get the patents. McKay charged yesterday that Kefauver "wrote three letters to the mine owners telling them how hard he was working to get the patents issued." Berkeley Students Riot; Damage Figured at $10,000 Berkeley, Calif. U.R) Two thousand University of Cali fornia students went on a ram page Wednesday night, damag ing at least a dozen sorority houses. Water Bag Fight The riot bcean in Channing Circle about 6:30 p.m. when men and women students, dressed in swim suits and bathing trunks, staged a water bag fight. Then some students dragged fire hoses from nearby fraternity and sor ority houses to add to the deluge. Things got out of hand after that. The raiders invaded soror ity houses in the area, overturn ing milk cans, hurling bedding and clothing from windows, rip ping up a $1000 rug, tipping Pages Late News Briefs RELATIONS SEVERED Taipeh, Formosa U.R Na tionalist China severed diplo matic relations today with Egypt following Cairo's recognition of the Chinese Communist govern ment In Peiping. FARM BILL DEBATED Washington (U.P.) The Sen ate scheduled the opening of debate today on its revised ver sion of the new House-passed farm bill. BUDGET SEEN SUFFICIENT Washington (U.R) Senate Re publican Leader William F. Knowland said today he believes the administration's overall de fense budget is "sufficient to meet the defense needs of the country." MORSE BACK IN OREGON Portland (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse returned here today from Washington, D.C., and will go to Eugene to vote tomorrow for the first time as a Democrat. INDIAN LAND FOR SALE Klamath Falls (U.R) Nearly 50 parcels of lands owned by Indians on the Klamath reserva tion will go on the block next week when the Bureau of In dian Affairs opens bids to dis pose of lands that include tim ber, grazing and agricultural tracts. Freeway Hearing Location Change Request Approved Medford Mayor : Earl Miller said today he has been notifeid by the state highway commission that the change in location for a public hearing on the proposed Highway 99 freeway in this area has been approved. The hearing May 24 will be held in the Jackson county court house auditorium instead of the Medford city council chambers as previously scheduled. Chambers Too Small -Mayor Miller said he wrote the commission asking approval of ; the change because he felt the council chambers would not be sufficient to accommodate the anticipated crowd. The commission notified Mayor Miller that the hearing can not be rescheduled to- eve ning from 10 a.m. because of pre vious committments. Mayor Mil ler asked that the hearing con tinue into the evening so resi dents who worked during the day could have a chance to ex press their opinions. The commission . suggested that those vwho can not appear during the day organize and ob tain a spokesman for the morn ing session. Another Scorcher Predicted for State By UNITED PRESS The weather' man predicted another scorcher for Oregon to day but said cooler weather was in prospect for western Oregon for primary election day to morrow. Low humidity accompanied the high temperatures, causing scattered logging shutdowns in Oregon and southwest Washing ton. Logging must shut down when humidity drops below 30 per cent. The weather bureau said tem peratures would range from 85 to 95 in western Oregon today and would be about- 10 degrees cooler Friday. Eastern Oregon was expected to get highs of 80 to 90 both days with possible thunder showers. High temperature yesterday was 94 at Grants Pass. It was 91 'at Roseburg, The Dalles and Tillamook. Portland had 87, its highest of the year. beds over and pulling the front door of one sorority , off its hinges. The damage was estimated as high as $10,000, At the Alpha Gamma Delta house, coeds beat up one raider. In return, they saw one of their number borne off to the second story by a burly intruder, who held her high in the air as if to throw her off the balcony Streets Closed At the height of the riot around midnight Piedmont ave was packed with rioters. Berke ley and campus policemen closed off streets leading into the area They finally succeeded in dis persing the students. One of them was jailed for drunken ness, i MEDFORD, OREGON, Off-Street Parking Plan Is Discussed by Budget Group Committee Favors Action; Sees No Financial Means Minor Adjustments Authorized in Budget ' The possibility . of getting an off-street parking plan under way this year are not good, the Medford budget committee agreed last night. Committee members, working to prepare a 1956-57 city budget, voted to write to the downtown business and professional men who have sought city funds to get a program started, to inform them that financial demands on the city probably will not permit such action. The committee also directed budget officer Robert Duff to make a few minor adjustments in the proposed $610,158 budget now in preparation. Off-Street Parking Members of the committee felt that something should be done concerning off-street park ing, but the group agreed there is nothing which can be done budgetwise during the next fis cal year. Several members be lieve that off-street parking funds would be too much of an expenditure for the general fund, and that an election would be necessary to provide money. Councilman Stanley Jones presented- a plan whfch he said will be submitted to the council for consideration soon. Jones recommended that $40,- 000 be taken from parking reve nues, and that a continuing levy be established subject to the peo ple's vote, to provide the $40,000 needed for the general fund. Another $20,000 would come from a more equitable business and; Iicense4a?fi - Jones, said. ,' Tax' Binder The councilman said he felt that an assessment district, in the downtown area would not be feasible because property own ers would be burdened with ad ditional taxes. Previously, a group of busi ness and professional men re quested $60,000 for fiscal year 1956-57 for off-street parking purposes. Of the total, $20,000 would come from parking meter revenue, $20,000 from a more equitable business and license fee, and $20,000 from establish ment of an assessment district. The group also discussed the possibility of combining an off street parking program with the proposed arterial street program, pointing out that both are re lated. Use of a continuing levy for such a combined program also, was discussed. Budget Adjustments Adjustments in the budget produced by the committee in clude $630 for a salary increase for an assistant city manager, and funds for an additional po lice patrolman. The committee also said some further consid eration should be given the li brary budget, and additional funds be made available if prac tical. Eric Allen Jr.," president of the library board, submitted a request for an additional $5,869 from the city. Allen said the library can be assured of about $22,000 from a county levy ex clusive of the Ashland library district, and a request has been submitted to the county for more than $27,000. Allen pointed out the board has asked the county to contrib ute more this year because the city has contributed sizable ad ditional sums in previous years. The 1956-57 library budget, he said, will bring the per capita cost to about $1, compared to an accepted minimum standard of $1,50 per capita. The library was operated on a 73-cent per capita basis this year, Allen said. Additional Patrolman The additional police patrol man would be necessary if city employees start on a 40-hour week basis. Chief Charles Champlin said. Champlin ex plained that without the addi tional patrolman, the investiga tion department would remain understaffed. Last year, a man was dropped from the section when the budget was cut. Duff said Medford is about the only city in its population size group in the state which is not on or will not go on a 40- hour week basis. He noted that Grants Pass is considering a 40- hour week, and that Ashland will go on a 40-hour week start ing June 1. He said moat city departments THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1956 "We're Agreed, Then The Supreme Court Is Unconstitutional" . tAH4TMf Ten Turnout for Primary May Be 68 The overall voter turnout in both parties in tomorrow's pri mary election will be about 68 per cent. County Clerk Bereth P. Hopkins predicted today. Voting conditions should be nearly ideal, according to the weather bureau, which forecast variable high cloudiness, and a maximum temperature of about 80 degrees. Election day is a legal holiday, and all state: coiinty fand city offices will close",'- except for police agencies . and the county clerk's office, which will remain open to settle any election ques tions and prepare for a canvass of the vote. All three city banks will remain open, contrary to an earlier report. No Electioneering Mrs. Hopkins reminded voters that no electioneering is per mitted on election day. Candi dates for local, state and na tional office will conclude their campaigns this evening. A complete list of polling places in the county appears on Page 4, Section two of today's Mail Tribune One last-minute change was announced for Precinct 4 in Ash land, which will be in the base ment of the First . Church of Christ, 326 B st., instead of at the armory- -The change was made too late to be included in the otherwise corrected list pub lished today. Write-in Votes . Write-in votes will receive more ' attention this year than in many prior elections, due to the fact that Democrats have no presidential or vice presiden tial candidates on their ballot, and Republicans have no vice presidential candidate. - The state elections division has told county clerks that write ins will be counted if it is at all possible to determine . who the voter intended to vote for. would feel the burden of chang ing to a 40-hour week. The city hall would be closed Saturday mornings should the council ap prove the 40-hour week. Recommendation Made The budget committee recom mended to the council that nego tiations continue for, the pur chase of property at Camp White. Duff said there is a pos sibility that the government may retake the land because the en tire 1,000 acres is not to be used for garbage and refuge dis posal. He xsaid the land would be valuable for several reasons, including recreational,, and sew age disposal. The group asked that a traf fic check be made to determine the use of Prescott Park on Roxy Ann butte. A total of $4,500 has been budgeted for road repairs, which will replace culverts and gravel resurfacing. Duff pointed out that extensive damage re sulted from last winter's heavy rains. , ' In previous years, no allot ments have been made for re pairs although city crews have done maintenance work on the road each year. Duff said. The budget committee will meet again next Wednesday night. r- Price 5c Per Cent This includes nicknames and mis spelled names.- An X should be marked in front of the names of candidates written in, although write-ins will be counted even if there is no X. Members of one political party can write in the name of a can didate of another party, if they wish. In some recent instances, this has resulted in a candidate receiving the nominationof "both parties, thus eliminating a run off in the fall general election. Coverage Provided The Mail Tribune and radio station KYJC again this year will team up to provide fast coverage of the election returns. Results will be broadcast, start ing at 8 p.m. as soon as the polls close, and continuing during the night as long as returns are available. ; Most of the 94 precincts in the county have double boards thits year, and it is hoped that sub stantial, unofficial returns will be available soon after the polls are closed. The KYJC election broadcasts will be made direct from the Mail Tribune office, where prep arations have made for collec tion and rapid tabulation of re turns. In addition, a special United Press election wire will bring statewide election results from a tabulating center in Portland. Ashland Ashland residents tomorrow will vote on an in crease in the city tax base from $48,899.38 to $60,000. The coun cil authorized the special elec tion earlier this year. County Budget Group Goes Into Session The Jackson county budget committee went into session at 9 a.m. today. The meeting is ex pected to continue all day. Among items .under considera tion are salaries for courthouse personnel. Committee members have recently been interviewing and corresponding with a cross section of tax payers to obtain opinions on salaries of elected officials. PUBLISHER DIES . Albuquerque, N. M. (U.R) Thomas M." Pepperday, prom inent western newspaper pub lisher and television pioneer, died at Bataan hospital Wednes day after a heart attack. He was 69. Weather FORECAST: Variable, high clouds throufh Friday but with heavy cumulus clouds to ' south and east Friday after noon threatening liehtninr. Low tonight SO. High Friday So. Temp. Highest Yesterday Lowest this Morning S Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset Moenset Friday Full Moon - PROMINENT STAR . 4:48 a.m. . 738 p.m. .1:21 a.m. May 24 Regulus. between Jupiter and the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, in southeast .. 9:17 p.m. Venus, sets 10:1S p.m. Jupiter, in the west .U:01 p.m. Mart, rise 1:30 a.m. United Press Full Leased Wire No. 49 Last Two Brinks Robbery Suspects Captured by FBI Man Who Supplied Food, Drink Seized Boston (U.R) Police today arrested a man who supplied food and drink to the hideout of the last two Brinks holdup gang fugitives. Thomas Ballou of Quincy was seized by Boston police early to day at his home. He was accused of being the messenger who brought provisions to James I. Faherty, 45, and Thomas F. Rich ardson, 49, in the Dorchester flat in which they were captured in a surprise FBI raid Wednesday night. Caught Fiat-Footed : Faherty and Richardson faced arraignment today for their part in the largest cash robbery in the nation's history. The last two members of the Halloween-masked gang that ex ecuted the $1,219,000 holdup six years ago were caught flat footed. A score of agents armed with submachine guns, tear gas bombs, rifles and revolvers burst through the door of the two-room flat before the fugi tives could go for their guns. The radio-directed raid was over in minutes and tenants of the three-story apartment buil ding didn't realize until later that two of the FBI's "10 most wanted men" had been in their midst for weeks. Eluded Previous Raid Faherty and Richardson had eluded the FBI last Jan. 12 when simultaneous raids throughout greater Boston' netted six sus pects and "broke" the case. Agents found $5,009.08 in rolled coin hidden in empty beer cartons in the bedroom of the flat. In the bathroom, under a towel and on a chair near the window, they found three load ed revolvers. . The capture brought to 10 the men now in custody for the fab ulous holdup at the Brink's counting house garage in the North "End Jani' 17, 1950. "'' - Eight suspects, including Jo seph (Specs) O'Keefe who "sang" about his confederates, have been arraigned and are held in county jails around the state awaiting trial. The 11th man ac cused of the robbery, Joseph S. Banfield, is (lead. Subcontracts Let For Armory Work Subcontractors for construc tion of a new National Guard armory here have been named by Wiley company and L.- C. McLaughlin, Ashland contrac tors. McLaughlin Plumbing and Heating' company will provide heating and plumbing; painting will be done by Mid-Coast Painting, Inc.; W. C. Werner will provide brick; and wiring and electrical fixtures will be fur nished by Steeck Electric com pany. Dutch Farfan was awarded a subcontract for plastering and A. Young and Son iron , and structural steel. Other subcontracts went to Soule Steel company, reinfor cing steel; R. L. Elfstrom comp any; M and N Sheet Metal, sheet metal; Padgham Glass and Mill work company, mill work; Sel by Glass company, grass and glazing, and Russell Tile comp any, tile work. Architect is Robert J. Ken ney, Medford; The. armory will be construct ed at the old fairgrounds, and will replace one extensively damaged by fire on North Bart lett st. County Equalization Board Orders Lower The Jackson county board of equalization yesterday issued an order lowering orchard tree val uations. The order was based upon a recommendation by the state tax commission and will be effective until a report on orchard ap praisal procedures is '.received from a special, 10-man commit tee, which will be named to study the matter and report by the first of next year. The valuation of trees was dropped to a flat $100 per acre for pears and $50 per acre for other commercial trees. Under a previous tax commission order they have been carried at $300 for Class A orchards and $225 for Class B. The tax eommusioa recom Two laces Elold Main Interest In Friday Me . . Portland (U.R) Oregon Republicans tomorrow will pick a candidate to oppose Sen. Wayne Morse while the state's Democrats choose between Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Estes Kefauver for president. These two races top a primary election ballot that also will see candidates nominated for top state offices and Congress. The race for the Republican nomination for U.S. senator has equalled the Stevenson-Kef auver presidential battle in interest. Douglas McKay resigned as secretary of interior following the death of Gov. Paul Patterson to seek the GOP nomination. Phil Hitchcock, a former state senator from Klamath Falls, has been waging an intensive campaign. Others seeking the nomination are Canby dairyman Elmer Deetz and George Altvater, Portland engineer. Morse is opposed on the Democratic side by Woody Smith of Hood River who tried unsuccessfully to have the senior senator's name removed from the ballot, claiming he is a Republican. ilitary Exercise Slated As Part of Armed Force Day Plans for a military exercise, as a highlight of the observance of ArmecLForces Day, Saturday, May 19, have been announced by Capt. S. J. Fagone of the Medford National Guard. The exercise will show de fenses against a simulated at tack on the Rogue valley, with defense positions located along the east side of Bear creek in the Hawthorne park area, Cap tain Fagone said. It will include building a pontoon bridge across Bear creek and securing a posi tion on the opposite side. Display at Park . The exercise, and displays In Hawthorne park, and will start or be open shortly after a pa rade from the Library park, starting at 11 a.m. The parade will proceed east on Main st'. Units which have planned dis plays include Headquarters com pany and Company A, 186th infantry division, Oregon Na tion Guard, both Medford, the 732nd ahti- aircraft artillery euard battalion. Ashland, and other reserve units and military services. The Ground Observer corps will establish a post in Haw thorne park for the afternoon and the Jackson County Disaster Car will be on display and will serve' as .a first aid center.. Re freshments will be served by Crater Lions club. Talent Residents Retain Officers Talent The mayor of Talent and three councilmen received a vote of confidence yesterday when residents voted to retain them in office in a special recall election. A total of 227 ballots were cast, according to Mrs. Nona Mc Abee, city recorder. Three votes were disqualified, she said. A total of 126 votes were cast in favor of retaining Mayor Keith Thoreson," and 98 favored recalL Residents voted 127 to 95 to retain Councilman Rich ard Bradford; 130 to 91 to re tain Councilman William Coop- er;'and 129 to 92 to retain Coun cilman Jim Henry. . The recall election was called after petitions with 108 signa tures were filed with the re corder. Action for recall started when the council discharged for mer City Marshal John Baldwin in what the recall committee described as an "arbitrary and il legal action. Baldwin was replaced by Bill Young, who assumed duties in mid-April.' Young has had sev eral years of experience in po lice work, Mrs. McAbee said. Portland (U.R) Crown Zel lerbach Corp. has announced that it will start work this sum mer on a $2,700,000 addition to its kraft bleach plant at the Ca mas paper mill. Valuations mended the change as a result of discussion with the legal counsel for the Jackson County Fruit Growers league, and it is regarded as a compromise in a dispute over tree taxation and valuation which arose last spring. The dispute has kept orch- ardists and tax officials in doubt as to how much tax would be levied on the county's orchards, and it is hoped this will be a step toward a solution which may eliminate the need for fur ther litigation. . -The special committee will in clude seven fruit growers, to be appointed by the board and the Fruit Growers league, one mem ber to be named by the county assessor, and to be named by the state tax commission. McKay and Hitchcock make their final plea for votes in tele vision appearances in Portland tonight. Deetz wound up his campaign confident that McKay and Hitchcock would split the partisan political votes and en able him to win with the "silent" ballots of farmers, consumer groups and labor. Both McKay and Hitchcock have spent much of their cam paign with attacks on Sen. Morse. Sen. Kefauver flew back to Portland from Washington, D.C. early today for a whirlwind windup to his write-in campaign. After appearances in Portland this morning, Kefauver headed for Milwaukie, Oregon City and Salem. This afternoon and eve ning he was to appear at Red mond, The Dalles, La Grande and Pendleton before leaving? for Montana. Stevenson wound up a four-day tour of Oregon yesterday at Coos Bay by call ing for amendments to the Taft Hartley law. They seek support of Oregon's 16 Democratic con vention delegates. Veep Race Livens President Eisenhower Is the only presidential candidate whose name will appear on the ballot. Added interest was given to the vice president race with a last minute movement to get support for former Gov. Dan Thornton of Colorado. Earlier, William E. Healy, a candidate for secretary of state, asked his supporters to write in the name of Vice President Richard Nixon. John C. Veatch II, Portland attorney and ex-Young Republi can leader, and Robert Hancock, Portland public relations man, toured the state by plane In a move to get support for Thorn ton. However, Thornton seld he was not a candidate for any of fice and that he did not want his name written in. - i Governor Opposed Gov. Elmo Smith h seeking nomination on the Republican ticket and is opposed by Earl. Dickson, Albany merchant. Rob ert Holmes of Gearhart is the only active Democrat candidate although the name of Lew Wal lace will be on the ballot. Wal lace announced earlier he wag withdrawing from the race be cause of health. Monroe Sweetland, Democrat ic national committeeman, is the lone candidate of his party for nomination as secretary of state. Healy and Mark Hatfield are seeking the Republican nod. State Treasurer Sig Unander, Republican, is unopposed for nomination, while Al Richard son of Salem and Wiley Smith of Portland seek the Democratic nod. Attorney General Robert Thornton, Democrat, and Carl Francis, Dayton Republican, are unopposed for nomination to the attorney general's post. Three Congressmen Unopposed Three members of Congress are unopposed for renomination. They are Republicans Sam Coon and Harris Ellsworth and Demo crat Edith Green. The fourth. Walter Norblad who earlier withdrew from the governor's- race to seek his olu seat, is op posed for the GCP nomination in the first distric; by R. F. Cook of Silverton. Jason Lee of Salem and Don Metheny of Brooks seek the Democratic nomination to oppose Norblad. Dave Shaw of Gold Beach and Charles Por ter of Eugene are after the Dem ocratic nod to oppose Ellsworth. Al Ullman, defeated by Coon in 1954, and A. E. Glidewell seek nomination on the Democratic ticket to oppose Coon. Four Republicans, Peter Welch, A. W. Lafferty, Elizabeth. Sailor, and Phil Roth, are after the GOP nomination to oppose Mrs. Green. Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry said Democrats outnum bered Republicans by 13,350. There were 392,128 Democrats and 378,778 Republicans regis tered for the primary. - Portlander Appointed 76 Interior Position Wash in gton (U.R) Promotion of Arnie J. Suomela of Portland to a newly created Interior De partment post of associate direc tor of the Fish and Wildlife Service wag announced today by Under Secretary Clarence A. Davis. v
