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Newspaper Page Textin Mfp) U1U vi m MEDFORD Lai Lea Fteu JruJJ Leasee Wire 51st Year 16 Pages MOUSE COAftAAITT CCs TALENT PROJECT Flood Control, Navigation Jobs Get $421,684, Administration Requests Trimmed Washington (U.R) The House Appropriations Committee today voted $421,684,000 for construc tion of flood control and naviga tion projects in the fiscal year starting July 1. The eommittee trimmed the amount recommended by the administration by sliehtly more than $1,000,000. The amount ap proved" by the committee lor fis cal 1957 was about $19,500,000 less than the current year's spending. Few Projects Added The committee said it added a few "unusually well justified" projects to the list recommended by the administration. It also Increased the appropriations for few others which it felt should be speeded up. Some $10,000,000 in unspent funds carried over from previ ous years was used by the com mittee to reduce the total spend Ing recommended by the admin istration. Flood control and navigation work is under the jurisdiction of the Army Engineers. A breakdown of the projects for Oregon includes: The first figure after each is the amount recommended by the engineers, followed by the amount approv ed by the committee: Deschutes, North unit, $1,035, 000. $1,035,000. Talent unit, $2,400,000, $2,400, 000. Savage Rapids dam, fish pro tection, $208,000, $208,000. Amazon Creek, $100,000, $100, 000. Columbia River mouth, $1, 300,000, $1,300,000. Coos Bay Funds Cut Coos Bay, $439,000, $300,000. Cougar Reservoir, $1,500,000, $1,500,000. Hills Creek dam, $1,000,000, $1,000,000. Johnson creek, $100,000, $150, 000. McNary Dam, $6,000,000, $2, 828.000. The Dalles, $5,000,000 $42, 257,000. Tillamook bay, $1,300,000, $1,300,000. Willamette river, . $300,000, $30,000. Lower Columbia river fish sanctuary program, $1,400,000, $1,400,000. Baseball NATIONAL St. Louis 4 8 0 New York 1 1 Miiell aad Sarni; Liddle. Margoneri (5) Grissom (7) and Katt. Home runs: Repulski, St. Louis; Sarni. St. Louis; Mueller. 'New York. "IIow Are Things In MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1956 Officials Totaling Final Vote Returns Portland (U.R) Officials were totaling the final returns today to determine just how great Adlai Stevenson's victory was in last Friday's primary balloting in Oregon. Some 120 outlying rural precincts were yet to be heard from but the outcome of the voting was long ago decided. Scattered precincts made their reports yesterday and even in the rural area where Sen. Estes Kefauver had hoped to pick up votes to offset losses in the metropolitan regions, Stevenson was carrying the vote in most cases. With 2484 of the state's 2519 precincts making complete but unofficial reports, Stevenson had won the write-in contest in exact ly two-thirds of the state's 36 counties. Ten of the counties report ing a larger vote for Kefauver were located in the sparsely popu lated eastern part of the state where the vote was low. Columbia Rising; Idaho Families Flee Rising Water Portland U.R) The wea ther bureau today forecast con tinued rises in the lower and middle Columbia rivers as more melting snow fed tributary streams and caused flooding in northern Idaho. Meanwhile,' skies cleared over the Northwest and sunny weath er with fairly cool nights were predicted for the next few days. River forecasters here said the tributary streams east of the mountains would change little or fall slowly for the next day or two but that the Columbia would continue to go up. It was 19.8 feet at Vancouver, Wash., at 8:30 a.m. today, a rise of 1.5 feet in 24 hours. It still was far below the critical point, how ever. The Kootenai river flooded at Bonners Ferry, Ida., and broke through a dike, forcing six fam ilies to evacuate their homes. Gov. Robert E. Smylie of Id aho declared a state of emer gency as another 37 families fled from their homes at St. Maries where the St. Joe and St. Maries river meet. The Army sent 400 infantry men and engineers from Fort Lewis, Wash., to Idaho. The dike break at Bonners Ferry flooded an 800-acre farm area but the city itself was well above the floodwaters. . Count Budget Group Slates Meet Wednesday The Jackson, county budget committee hopes to ' complete work on the county's operating budget for the coming year at a meeting Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the county court room. The committee has indicated there will be a few changes in salaries for courthouse person nel in the new budget, but may give the matter further consid eration Wednesday. Another ma jor item of business facing the committee is the road depart ment budget request. Yonr Shop, Swami?" U oiled Former Interior Secretary Douglas McKay continued to in crease his lead over his chief opponent, former State Senator Philip Hitchcock, as the later re turns trickled in. With 2464 of the precincts reporting, McKay had increased his lead to about 23,000 in the most hotly contest ed position on the Republican ballot. Sen. Wayne Morse, making his first bid for nomination as a Democrat, completely swamped his only opponent for the Dem ocratic ; senatorial nomination, Woody Smith, piling up nearly a 5 to 1 advantage. ' Gov. Elmo Smith picked up a whopping total of votes in de feating Earl Dickson while Rob ert Holmes held a slim, but ap parently secure, lead over Lew Wallace for the Democratic nod for governor. Wallace's showing which came despite his earlier announced withdrawal from the race, was the surprise of the pri mary. Rep. Walter Norblad won re nomination for Congress while the other incumbents. Sam Coon, Edith Green and Harris Ells worth were unopposed. Meeting them this fall, respectively, will bi? Jason Lee, Al Ullman, Phil Roth and Charles O. Porter. Hatfield Easy Winner Mark Hatfield handily defeat ed William Healy in the GOP race for secretary of state to op pose Monroe Sweetland in No vember; Wiley Smith won the Democratic nomination for state treasurer to meet Sig Unander. Returns from 2464 precincts gave Stevenson 88,465 votes to 57.027 for Kefauver, McKay had 118,307 and Hitchcock 95,576. Morse got 191,300 to 39,221 for Smith. ' President Eisenhower polled 221,612 while his expressed choice for the second spot on the Republican ticket, Vice Pres ident Richard Nixon, received 33,700 write-in votes. Hitchcock Pledges Support to McKay Portland (U.R) Former State Sen. Phil Hitchcock said today he would actively support Douglas McKay in his campaign to unseat Sen. Wayne Morse CD Ore.), in November. - Hitchcock, who had opposed McKay for the Republican nom ination, concedede McKay's vic tory over the week end and wired the former interior secre tary: "Congratulations, Doug, on your victory. Our goal has al ways been the same a victory over Wayne Morse in Novem ber. Wherever and whenever you think I can help, let me know." In his statement conceding de feat, Hitchcock said: "One of the most gratifying experiences of my life has been the spontaneous response of peo ple throughout Oregon on my behalf." Baldock in Hospital For Rest, Examination Salem (U.R) R. H. Bal dock, state highway engineer, was hospitalized here today for rest, examination and treatment of an ulcer which has been trou bling him. - V. Highway department officials said a banquet in Baldock's hon or, scheduled for this Friday, will be postponed and a new date announced later. Baldock's doctor said the 66-year-old egineer would be per mitted no visitors for several days. Tribune Presa Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 52 Fish Screens at Savage Rapids Also Approved $3,000,000 Listed For Jackson Projects The house appropriations com mittee this morning approved the administration's public works bill, which includes funds for the Talent project, it was re ported here today. The bill also includes $208,000 for the installation of fish screens at Savage Rapids dam on the Rogue river. The bill is expected to go to the floor of the house for action tomorrow, the report from Wash ington indicated. . In all, the bill includes more that $3,000,000 for Jackson coun ty projects. The amount listed for the start of work in the Tal ent project is $2,400,000. Also in cluded is the sum of $585,000 for the continuation of rehabilita tion work for the canal and dis tribution systems of the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irriga tion districts,, as well as the $208,000 for the fish screens. Major Fish Destroyer The Savage . Rapids dam tur bines and canals have long been regarded as among the major de stroyers of fish life in the Rogue river, and attempts have been made for many years to obtain protection for sports fish in that area. The appropriation has the strong support of ''sportsmen's groups, as well as the Grants Pass Irrigation district, which ob tains water from the Savage Rapids dam diversion. Congressman Harris Ells worth, w,ho was responsible for the inclusion of the fish screen measure in the public works bill, said in a telegram to the Mail Tribune today that the fish screen item may be subject to a point of order question in the house, but that he would do his best to keep the funds in the bill on final passage. Major Project The Talent project, which will cost some $20,060,000 when com pleted in four or five years, is a major irrigation and reclamation project a division of the overall Rogue Basin project, and the only portion of that plan which has been authorized by congress. The major works will include a dam and canals in the Howard Prairie and Green Springs area, a tunnel and powerhouse, en largement of the Emigrant reser voir, and extensive canal work on the valley floor. If the bill is passed without change by the house and senate, and signed by the president, it is expected con struction work can start shortly after July 1. The irrigation district rehabil itation work was started last fall under an appropriation made last year for the surrent fiscal year. This year's appropriation is to continue the work, which so far has included repair and modifi cation of the intake works at Four Mile and Fish lakes. Total cost was estimated at $1,712,900. Two Small Children Drown on Week-End By UNITED PRESS Two small children drowned in separate accidents in Oregon Sunday. Johhny O'Brien, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Law rence O'Brien, of Dee, Ore., was presumed drowned when he fell into the Hood river about eight miles east of the town of Hood River. He was, fishing with his brothers when he fell into an eddy and was swept out by the swift current. t The mishap occurred only about three miles south of the spot where 10-year-old Josephine Sedgwick of The Dalles drown ed a week before. Charles Moody Jr., 21-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moody of Richland, Ore., drown ed in an irrigation ditch near his home yesterday. Another possible drowning victim was Velton Roy Harris, 17, Portland who died Saturday afternoon while swimming ' in Blue lake. An autopsy was scheduled. W ii iU: ?f., O. JKifiS-V : r ! ill r . LEAVING LINER UNITED STATES at Le Havre, France, former President Harry S. Truman walks past mobile honor guard on wharf. He is accompanied by Andre Thisy, French prefect With Mrs. Truman, he is on seven weeks tour of Europe. (International) Dry Creek Canyon Gets Flash Flood, Flume Washed Out The suddent downpour of rain during a thunderstorm last Fri day afternoon caused a "flash flood" in the Dry creek canyon, and washed out a flume of the Medford Irrigation district, it was reported this morning. Jack ' Hoffbuhr, manager of the district, said the creek, which carried no- water before the storm, surged up to a flow of 1,500 or 2,000 second feet with in less than an hour. The flume across the canyon, including piers, was taken out, and banks were badly washed. A county bridge there also went out, he said. As a result, service to irriga tion customers on the east side of the valley will be impossible until repairs are complete, prob ably in about a week. Hoffbuhr said he expects no damage from the lack of water,- as most irri gators have received enough rainfall to protect their crops. West side irrigation service will be maintained by the dis trict's use of Bear creek water, he said. The Rogue River Valley irri gation 'district suffered " some damage from the freak storm, but there will be no interruption of service, according to Manager Harold Sexton. The district managers said that the peak flow in Dry Creek Friday was higher than during either the December or January floods. There were no reports of flooding in the county. Dry creek is located just west of the Antelope valley in the foothills to the north of Roxy Ann butte. Late News Briefs NIXON SAID DANGER Washington (U.R) Jacob S. Potofsky, president of the Am algamated Clothing Workers, today described Vice-President Richard M. Nixon as "a danger" to the country. "In his hands," Potofsky said of Nixon, "the political smear has become a national weapon and cynical partnership has at tained astronomical heights, or should I say devilish depths." IKE'S PLAN RAPPED Washington (U.R) South ern members of the House Ju diciary committee charged today that President Eisenhower s civ il rights proposals would create a "Frankenstein" to destroy states' rights. KEFAUVER IN FLORIDA Washington (U.R) Sen. Estes Kefauver joined Adlai E. Stevenson m Florida today for the crucial two-week windup of their primary campaign for the Democratic presidential nomin ation. WOULD HALT LEASING Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today called a halt to the leasing of federally owned farmlands for growing surnlus and price supported crops. No existing lease will be ended. Weather FORECAST: Fair and warm throueh Tuesday. Low tonight 45. High Tuesday 88. Temp. Highest yesterday s Lowest this morning 47 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . Sunset . . Moonset Tuesday . . 4:45 a.m. . 7:32 p.m. . 3:21 a.m. ran moon ..... May 24 I Li II .11 'HI It . .-- " . - - NEPTUNE, a telescopic planet, goes around the Sun every 165 years. More than three timet as Urge as the Earth. Neptune is now in Virgo near the Moon. . i Canvass Set Tuesday On Election Returns Elections deputies in the county clerk's office tomorrow will begin the task of making an official canvass of returns in last Friday's primary election in Jackson county. It is expected to take seven to ten days to complete. The results will be the official tabu lation. Those published previ ously are unofficial totals com piled as rapidly as possible Fri day night and Saturday. In the past the official totals have differed only slightly from the unofficial count, and in this case the canvass is not expected to change the results of any of the local election contests. Compilation of write-in votes will also not be available until the canvass is completed. Runoff Election ' ' A runoff election in the race for justice of the peace in the Ashland district will be neces sary, it was reported today by the county elections division. Mrs. Nellie Burns, the incum bent, received, the highest num-, ber of votes, 4,015, in the three way race Friday, but it was not a majority of the votes cast. For this reason, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will compete for the post in the fall. ; Running against Mrs.' Burns in November will be L. Peers Wilmeth, who received 3,851 HST Asks Foreign Policy Support Rome XU.R) Former Presi dent Harry S. Truman called on all Americans today to stand be bind President Eisenhower on foreign policy regardless of par ty affiliation. "I'm for the foreign policy of our government as it is outlined by the President of the United States," Mr. Truman told em ployees of the U.S. Embassy here. He added with a wistful smile, "I wish everybody on the other side had done the same for me." "There are political differ ences in our country," the ex President said, "and thaf's right with a government like ours. "But after the campaigns in which we call each other every name under the sun, we all get together and support the gov ernment." Mr. Truman called at the Em bassy shortly before lunching with Italian President Giovanni Gronchi. He addressed some 200 government workers, speaking informally under a large por trait of George Washington. Defeat of Morse Seen in November - Salt Lake City 4U.R) Henry A. Buehner, Oregon Republican State Central Committee Treas urer, said today that Republican Douglas McKay would defeat Democrat Wayne Morse in the Oregon general election this fall. Buehner said the chief issue would be the "obstructionist, filibustering tactics Of Morse, in opposing the Eisenhower admin istration," Morse, former Repub lican, is opposed in his first cam paign as a Democrat by McKay, former Oregon governor and until recently secretary of in terior. Runoff for Mayor Slated in Portland Portland (U.R) Portland voters will decide between Sher iff Terry Schrunk and Mayor Fred Peterson in November for Mayor. Schrunk held a big lead in final . unofficial returns but falied to poll a majority of the votes. " Apparently approved by a scant 406 votes was a measure to limit the proposed Exposition- Recreation center to the east side. Pinballs took a beating, 74,854 to 59,194. - votes. The third candidate, Mrs. Ida George, polled 890 votes. These are unofficial totals, but the official canvass is not ex pected to change them to any great extent. The Ashland JP district in cludes most of the southern part of the county, as well as areas around Central Point and Eagle Point. Registration Open Several persons who had been challenged by voting boards Friday came to the courthouse Saturday morning to correct reg istration, and others changed party affiliation. Among new voters to regis ter was Edward Croucher, 279 Garfield st., Ashland, who was 21 on Saturday. As a part of his birthday celebration he register ed as a voter. Voters Eye Budget For Rural Schools Polls will remain open until 8 p.m. today for residents of the Jackson county rural school dis trict to vote on a $1,786,719.92 budget for operation of schools in the district during the 1956-57 "school year. v The proposed budget calls for a total levy of $1,404,257.38. This is $1,061,325.50 in excess of the 6 per cent limitation. Alf B. Mekvold, county school superintendent, explained that the total proposed net levy rep resents an increase of $113,071.- 94, or approximately 6.8 per cent over the levy for the current year. Voting in today's election are residents of Jacksonville. Grif fin Creek, Ruch, Eagle Point, Lone Pine, Talent, Rogue River, Applegate, Elk-Trail, Prospect, Evans Valley, Oak Grove, Shady Cove, Butte Falls, Pinehurst, West Side, and Howard school districts. Polling places are school buil dings in each district. Four Spectators Die in Belgium Race Wreck Chimay, Belgium (U.R) Death of four spectators in Eu rope's worst racing tragedy of the year started an outcry today for a ban on public auto race meets. Only 11 months ago 82 per sons died at Le Mans, France in the worst spectator tragedy in the history of modern sports. Two" speed racers locked wheels on a curve Sunday and hurtled across a narrow ditch into a mass of screaming on lookers during the first lap of Belgium's "Grand Prize of the Frontiers" race. Railroad Union Shop Pacts Upheld by Supreme Court Washington (U,R) The Su preme Court ruled unanimously today that the federal law au thorizing union shop agreements in the railroad industry takes precedence over state right to work laws banning such agree ments. Justice William O. Douglas, speaking for the unanimous court, said "the requirement for financial support of the collec tive bargaining agency by all who receive the benefits of its work is within the power of Con gress under the commerce clause and does not violate either the First or Fifth amendments." Started in Nebraska Today's case was started in Nebraska by a group of Union Pacific Railroad workers who objected to joining the Brother hood of Railway Clerks. Under the union shop agree ment which the brotherhood ne gotiated with Union Pacific, they were required to become union members within 60 dayt. B52 Bomber Drops Hydrogen Bomb On Bikini Atoll Light of '500 Suns' Shatters Darkness Aboard U.S.S. Mt. McKinley (U.R) The scientists who suc cessfully supervised the first American airdrop of a hydrogen bomb were reported today pre paring an even' more "interest ing shot" to be touched off about mid-June. It may be a hy drogen bomb warhead attached to a pilotless missile. A B52, world's fastest inter continental bomber, sent the hy drogen bomb toward its target over tiny Namu island in the Bikini atoll at dawn today and then streaked to safety. The success of the experiment meant that the United States now has a team of hydrogen bombs and B52s that can destroy any city in the world. Bigger Things Ahead Nevertheless, nuclear scien tists were believed already to be at work on an even more power ful partnership, the H-bomb and the pilotless missile that can streak hundreds of miles at many times the speed of sound. About 10 more tests are sched uled before the series ends in late summer. The United Press was told the "most interesting shot" is scheduled for mid-June. What will it be? Security forbids its disclosure. Perhaps it is an H-bomb already tailored for the big continent-leaping missiles to come.. ' President Eisenhower has said that an intercontinental missile is useless without an explosive to wreak Its destruction, and Rear Admiral B. Hall Hanlon, commander of the task force in the Bikini atoll, has said the H bomb can be tailored to the mis siles. Answer to Russia . Today's airdrop was an awe some answer to Russia's recent, but unproved statement that it already has detonated a hydro gen bomb from an airplane. . Test officials indicated the bombardier's aim was perfect. Rear Adm. B. Hall Hanlon, com mander of the atomic task force, commander of the atomic task force, issued a statement 15 hours after the blast saying early reports "indicate that the test detonation was successful from the scientific viewpoint." "We have had no adverse re ports from any phase of the op eration," he said. In view of the precise nature of the instrumentation of such tests, even a slight inaccuracy in the bombing would have thrown the scientific experi ments off. - Hanlon also reported that aerial cloud trackers "have con firmed that the cloud is moving above the open ocean north of the Marshall Islands." He said there was "relatively little" ra dioactive contamination within the Bikini Atoll. He said "reac tivation of Bikini operations began this morning." 50 Experiments Conducted Some 50 scientific experi ments were conducted in con nectionvwith today's test. The light that shattered the predawn darkness was greater than total of 500 suns. Its mam moth superhot fireball sent wa ter and coral dust surging into a deathly radioactive cloud that spread 100 miles. Newsmen and civil defense observers who witnessed the ex plosion from the bridge of the Mt. McKinley 39 land miles away were amazed and appalled by the blast The employees sued the rail- -road and 14 unions to bar en forcement of the agreement. The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled in their favor on grounds that' "freedom of association" is guar anteed by the First Amendment. Union shop agreements in the railroad industry were author ized by a provision added to the federal railway labor act in 1951. It authorizes such agree ments, all state laws to the con trary notwithstanding. Permissable in All States The Taft-Hartley labor law also authorizes the union shop for other segments of industry but only when it is not banned by state statute. Under today's ruling, union shop agreements are permissible in all states in the railroad in dustry. But it does not change the rules for industries covered by the Taft Hartley law. In these industries union shop agree ments may be entered into only if state law permits."