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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."