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Newspaper Page Textc s Smothers Kefai t m s O 3 Gairoraa k A:-;- -,'.- m rr l i am I J 1 ; ,i iiiii ii mi in Jijuw ajl , sjM 500TH MERCY FLIGHT PATIENT Mercy Flights. Inc., carried its 500th and SOIst pa tients this week when it took two Camp White members, Walter Lindsay and Ray mond Conlin, to Portland for treatment at the Veterans Administration hospital. One of them is shown above being loaded into the non profit corporation's air ambulance by two Ike States On Stalin Washington U.R) Presi- dent Eisenhower said today that Russia's new Tulers continue to follow dictatorial methods de spite their extreme attacks on the late Josef Stahn. Speaking in measured tones, Mr. Eisenhower said the new Soviet rulers have made no ef fort to change their dictatorial methods. In the . President's view, they merely are saying that the wrong individual was in power. Pleas Against Cuts In other news conference comments the President: 1. Made another plea against heavy cuts in his foreign aid program. He said that unless Congress support the adminis tration's $4,900,000,000 program adequately and cheerfully, this nation faces the prospect of spending additional billions on more weapons for itself. 2. Disclosed that the United States is re-evaluating its policy toward Marshal Tito and his Yugoslav communist regime. . The President would not say, however, that the United States should cut off foreign aid to Yugoslavia now that Tito is be coming friendly with Moscow again. The United States must do whatever serves its best in terests in this situation. On Foreign Aid 3. He disclosed that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will speak at Iowa State college. Ames, in an effort to etch in simple form for the American people the basic considerations behind the foreign aid program. 4. He said he did not believe it proper for him to interfere in the Wisconsin Republican pri mary where Sen. Alexander Wiley, staunch administration foreign policy supporter, has been encountering difficulty. He said Wiley agreed with this po sition. 5. Said that Russia's invita tion to Gen. Nathan F. Twining. Air Force chief of staff, would be reciprocated with the same courtesies if high Russian offi cers wish to come to this coun try. Mr. Eisenhower set forth his views on Russian dictatorial methods in a news conference discussion of Soviet boss Nikita Khrushchev's Feb. 25 speech at tacking Stalin. Called Speech Extreme The President said the speech was an extreme one. It was a deliberate effort by Khrushchev and his fellow leaders to de Stalinize the Communist party, he said. The version of the July Fourth Celebration Planned by Medford YMCA A July Fourth celebration. sponsored by the Medford YMCA and planned as an annual event, will be held at the Med ford High school stadium start ing about dusk July 4. Cliff Mc Ginty. general chairman, has announced. McGinty said the board of di rectors decided to sponsor the celebration to provide funds for the "Y's" Diamond Lake sum mer camp. Tickets for the dis play of fireworks are available from "Y" members and board members. McGinty said tickets also will be available at down town locations. Views Attacks speech" made public here makes it appear it was intended mostly for home consumption inside the Soviet Union. Mr. Eisenhower said the speech clearly reveals how the communist system subjugates the individual to the state. In his speech, Khrushchev blamed Stalin for the death of hundreds of thousands of red army soldiers in World War II. It charged nim with murder, by false trials and other measures, of thousands upon thousands of 'honest Communists." Chose Best Man Other news conference high lights: Seaton his surprise choice of Fred A. Seaton for Secretary of Interior did not indicate White House repudiation of policies followed by former Interior Sec retary Douglas McKay. He simply regarded Seaton as the best qualified man. Health the President was asked about his reaction to Dem ocratic suggestions that both presidential candidates submit to physical examinations by the same panel of three doctors. He said he would have no objec tions to being examined by oth er doctors if his own physicians want to call them in. Legislation he urged early congressional action on remain ing items of his legislative pro gram with particular pleas for the school and postal rate in crease bill. Klamath Will Vote On Wafer Fluoridation Klamath Falls U.R) Voters nere win aeuiut? in iiuvniiuci u fluoride should be added to the city's water supply, the city council decided this week. Weather FORECAST: flourfr with wt- ton at Ittht ruin tonight. Showers and occasional sun shine Thursdav. Low tonight 46. Hiih Thursday 85. Temp. Hith-t Y'sterdav 65 bo w est this Morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 4:35 a.m. Sunset 7:45 p.m. Moonrise Thursday 3:2 a.m. New .Moon June S PROMINENT STAR Alutr. low In past 9:35 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus. sts 9:3 p.m. Saturn, due south 1:55 p.m. Jupiter, set 11:29 p.m. Mars, in southeast 2:38 a.m. He pointed out that there are no funds available in the YMCA budget for maintenance or su pervisory personnel at the camp. The display will include both ground and air fireworks, Mc Ginty said. Members of the "Y's" Men's club will ignite various displays, following dem onstrations by the Medford fire department. McGinty said the show prob ably will involve about $1,000 worth of fireworks. Bob Dames is chairman of ticket sales, and Alex McDonald is chairman of the concessions committee. VA ambulancemen and Mercy Flights per sonnel. The organization started service in January, 1950, with one aircraft. It now has three in operation, and maintains its service for several thousand subscribers in southern Oregon. The 502nd patient was flown to Port land yesterday. (Brainerd photo) Columbia Down Tenth of Foot At Vancouver Portland (U.R) The Col umbia river fell one-tenth of a foot at Vancouver, Wash., and Army engineers reported that major dikes on the Lower Co lumbia river today still were holding back floodwaters from threatened areas. But the danger from one of the highest levels in history of the Columbia was not over. The dikes were soggy and high tides still posed a threat. Heavy rain could-upset the predicted, slow drop in the stream. Army engineers said that no change in the situation was re ported on the lower river near Clatskanie, Ore., and Puget Is land where a close watch was being Sept on dikes protecting homes and farmland. The dikes withstood the high tide last night. The Columbia at Vancouver this morning was 26.7 feet, down from the 26.8 feet level of yes terday. The Willamette at Port land dropped a bare fraction. It "was 26.4 feet yesterday and 26. 35 feet today. Elmer Fisher, riv er forecaster, said the very slow fall he predicted, should con tinue. There was no change in the Columbia at Umatilla but in Id aho major streams were reported on their way down. The upper Snake was dropping at Heise and the Kootenai was still drop ping at Bonners Ferry. Highway Covered Water continued to cover Highway 30 twice a day near Westport and Clatskanie, Ore., when tides were in. A close watch was being kept on dikes throughout the - lower Columbia region where thous ands of acres of farmland al ready were under the brown wa ters. No more evacuations had been reported. Forecaster Fisher said it was hoped that the spring crest had passed, but he said heavy rain or more hot weather could change the situation. The 26.8 foot level was one of the highest in recorded history for the Columbia. Late News Briefs TO SEEK COMPROMISE Washington (U.R) House leaders of both parties re sponded quickly to a personal plea by President Eisenhower and agreed today to fight for a compromise $4,400,000,000 for eign aid program. Speaker Sam Rayburn (Tex.) said Democratic and Republican leaders would try to restore S600.000.000 of the $1,100,000, 000 cut voted by the Foreign Af fairs Committee in the Presi dent's request. AGREEMENT REACHED Washington (U.R) Western Union reached agreement with union' negotiators today on a new wage contract for 34.000 workers. It calls for mora than 18 cents an hour in wage in creases and fringe benefits. REAPPRAISAL ASKED Washington (U.R) Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland has called for a "searching reappraisal" of U.S. policy toward Russia, Medford 51st Year 22 Pages 270 Medford High Seniors To Receive Diplomas Thursday Two-hundred seventy Medford High school seniors will grad uate at the school's 63rd annual commencement ceremony to morrow at 8 p.m. The event will be held in the auditorium of Hedrick Junior High school. Frank B. Bennett, president of Eastern Oregon college, La Grande, will be the speaker, and Edward Branchfield, chairman of the Medford school board, will present diplomas. Other Highlights Other high points of the pro gram will include processional and recessional, the "Alma Mater" song and other musical numbers; invocation and bene diction by the Rev. Raymond E. Balcomb, minister of the First Methodist church; and announce ment of awards by Lester D. Harris, high school principal. Among the awards will be the listing of scholastic and other honors, including. Meredith Foote as valedictorian and John Van Dyke as salutatorian. Carol Denman will be named the out standing senior girl and Monte Hoist as outstanding senior boy. The- many scholarship and other award winners will be listed during the program. Leonard B. Mayfield. super intendent of schools, will intro duce the speaker. It was decided to hold the ceremony at the new junior high school, rather than the high school stadium, because of un settled weather predictions. Sandra Robinson Cooper has been president of the senior class-Other officers were John Bellack, vice-president; David Drummond, secretary: Ed Rein- king, treasurer, and Robert Du rante, student council represen tative. Advisors have been Mrs City Suggests Park Be Taken by State The city council last' night passed a resolution recommend ing the state highway commis sion accept Prescott park on, Roxy Ann butte as part of the state park system. The resolution will be submit ted to the Medford Lions club for approval before presentation to the highway commission. The Lions club donated several acres of land to the park. The depart ment of interior also will have to approve the change because most of the 1,700 acre tract was donated to the city by the feder al government for park purpos es. Previously, the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce board of directors unanimously passed a resolution urging the park be made part of the state system. The Medford budget commit tee also made a similar recom mendation, pointing out that the city can not maintain the park as it should be maintained be cause of lack of adequate financ es. Funds were budgeted during fiscal year 1956-57 for repairs to the road to the park. Contract for Howard School Is Awarded Harold W. Salter, Rogue River, submitted the low bid of $49,408 and was awarded a con tract to construct an addition at the Howard school, it was an nounced today. Salter's bid was more than $7,000 lower than the next-lowest of the seven other bids sub mitted, the report said. The addition, work on which will begin immediately to be completed by the start of the school year in September, in cludes four new classrooms, made necessary by the increased enrollments in the school dis trict. Stephen Nye Appointed To City Water Board Stephen Nye, of Nye and Naumes Packing company, was nominated by Mayor Earl Miller and approved by the Medford city council last night to replace the late Diamond L. Flynn on the Medford water board. Flynn, mayor of Medford for three terms, died unexpectedly last March 28, of a heart attack. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1956 Alice Kovenz and DeVere Tay lor. Officers of the Associated Stu dent Body this year have been Bruce Kellington, president; Nancy McKeown, vice-president; Mira Frohnmayer, secretary; Rosalie Johnson, treasurer, and Janet Perry, business manager. Vet Groups Oppose Outside Promoters For Raising Funds Six veterans organizations from Jackson county went on record this week opposing any fund raising project by veterans organizations which involves an outside promoter. The Veterans Allied Council of Jackson county passed the resolution for organizations rep resented American Legion Post 15 Medford, VFW post 1833 Medford, VFW post 4116 Rogue River, Veterans of World - War I No. 14 Camp White, VWWI No. 540 Medford, and Disabled American Veterans 8 Medford. The action was the result of discussion of promotions such as "donkey baseball games," and certain "indoor circuses" in which, the producer is from out of town and gives a small per centage to the organization for use of its name in advance ticket sales, council officials said. The secretary of the council was instructed to place' with the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce a list of legal, home operated projects of organiza tions in the city. The council also asked the chamber to con fer with the Veterans Allied Council for authenticity of spon sorships of veterans' organiza tions. The council also made plans to intensify action by. vet erans' organizations seeking medical and surgical facilities at the Camp White Domiciliary. It invited non-veteran civic or ganizations and interested indi viduals to participate in urging facilities at the Domiciliary. Senate Confirms Seaton Selection Washington (U.R) The Sen ate today confirmed by voice vote the appointment of Fred A. Seaton as Secretary of Interior. Seaton, Nebraska publisher, was named by President Eisen hower to succeed Douglas Mc Kay. He was approved by the Senate Interior Committee yes terday. There was no debate preced ing Senate action on the nomina tion and only a few senators were on the floor at the time. Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson and GOP leader Wil liam F. Knowland joined in praise of Seaton. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.) said he believed Seaton to be "a man of good charac ter." However, Neuberger said he felt "many cogent questions" asked Seaton by the Interior Committee yesterday went un answered. Therefore, Neuberger said only "time will tell whether Fred Seaton will become another Douglas McKay or a Gifford Pinchot." Now Get To Work, Tennessee Paper Tells Kefauver Knoxville, Tenn. (U.R) "Nice try. Senator," the Knox rille News-Seniinal wrote of Estes Kefauver today. "Now jet on the job." The Scripps-Howard newt paper, in an editorial, said, "Our Tennessee senator has taken a decisive beating" in both the Florida and Californ ia primaries. "The result should put an end to Sen. Kefauver's ambi tions for the presidency," the Newt-Sentinal said. "We hope he now gets his feet back en solid ground, re turns to his senatorial job and does the good work of which he is capable and for which Tennessee voters elect ed him." "You Load 16 Tons And What Do You Get?" D'Autremont Trial Matter Delayed for Later Consideration Portland U.R) Hugh D'Autremont, 53-year-old convict at the Oregon state prison, will not receive a trial at this time for a 33-year-old federal charge of assaulting a mail clerk. Phillip J. Roth, attorney for D'Autremont, said here yesterday that by agreement between himself. Judge Gus Solomon and U.S. Attorney C. E. Luckey, the matter has been held over for a later consideration. Earlier D'Autremont had asked for dismissal of the fed eral indictment, charging that it stood in the way of any possible parole he might be granted. Judge Solomon denied the re quest but offered D Autremont a trial on the charge. D'Autremont is serving a life sentence in the state prison aft er being convicted by a Jackson county jury of first degree mur der in the 1923 dynamiting of a passenger train in Siskiyou tun nel near Ashland. A mail clerk was killed by the blast and three trainmen were shot and killed in the attempted mail-car robbery. Council Approves 40-hour Work Week City offices, except emergency offices, will be closed Satur days starting July 1, the start of the 1956-57 fiscal year, when employees will start a 40-hour work week. The council approved a rec ommendation by City Manager Robert Duff for a 40-hour work week last night. Duff noted that most other cities in the state are now or will be operating on a 40-hour week basis. The 40-hour work week will be on a trial basis for the first year. The 1956-57 budget approved by the budget committee recent ly provides for a 40-hour week and includes the addition of three patrolmen in the ' police department. The change does not affect the fire department, where person nel work on a 24-hour shift on alternate days not to exceed 72 hours per week. United Nations Buildings Guarded United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) Extra guards manned all en trances to U.N. headquarters to day after an anonymous phone call that Cypriot extremists planned to bomb the buildings. A caller giving no name tele phoned the United Nations and warned that a bomb would be placed somewhere in the ultra modern group of buildings at 8:30 a.m. (PST). The caller said partisans of Greek Cypriots in their dispute with Britain would plant the bomb. U.N. officials held over guards from the night shift to imple ment the 50-man day force. A double guard was placed at each entrance to the 18-acre area housing the United Nations. Baseball AMERICAN Detroit 4 10 3 Boston 5 5 0 Foylack, Maai IB) and House; Brewer. Delock (9) and Whit. Tribune Price 5c No. 66 Fire Destroys Mill In Upper Applegate Applegate Fire of undeter mined origin destroy the Pat terson Lumber company mill in the Upper Applegate, starting aoout 5:15 p.m. yesterday. Mrs. Helga Mitchell, the Mail Tribune's Applegate- Jackson ville area correspondent, said it is thought that sparks from the mill burner may have caused the blaze. Only a truck, lift fork and drag line at the mill was saved. Some decked logs also burned. Forest Service fire equipment responded to the alarm, but the fire had gained such headway by the time they arrived they were unable to be effective. The crew of the mill aided in fighting the blaze until about 8 p.m. Tues day. Robert Patterson, Grants Pass, owns the mill. He purchased it in July of last year. The loss ii only partially covered by in surance. Woodcock Presented Plaque by Council Dick Woodcock, who resigned last April 5, from the city coun cil after 3 1-3 years representing Ward II, last night was present ed a plaque by Mayor Earl Miller on behalf of the council in recognition of his service on the council. Woodcock moved from his ward and was no longer eligible to represent that district on the council. He said last night he hopes he can eventually return to city service in some capacity, possibly on the council again. Woodcock was elected for a four year period starting Jan uary 1, 1953. No successor has been yet chosen by the council. Mayor Earl Miller said several candidates are under considera tion. Council Asked Changing Street Name Here A motion directing the city attorney to investigate proper procedure for changing the name of Front st. to a more suitable name was passed by the Medford city council last night. On Feb. 9, 1955, the planning cdmission recommended to the council "that Front St. be changed to D'Anjou st. or some other suitable name." The rec ommendation was based on a petition submitted to the com mission signed by property own ers on Front st No action was taken by the council on the recommendation. Petitioners for the change have requested the council to again cotnirW th matter. Nomination at Chicago Assured, Managers Assert Tennessee Senator Will Stay in Race San Francisco (U.R) Adlat E. Stevenson's campaign for the Democratic presidential aomina tion rolled in high gear today in the wake of his stunning Cali fornia primary election victory over Estes Kefauver. Stevenson's jubilant campaign managers claimed his clear cut triumph over Kefauver assured his nomination at the Chicago Convention next August. The Tennessee senator, despite his thumping by a wide margin in the nation's most important primary test, insisted he would stay in the presidential race. How State Voted Returns from 18.731 of the state's 24,144 precincts gave Stevenson 774,739 votes to 479, 897 for Kefauver. President Ei senhower, unopposed on the Re publican ballot, had 807,787 votes. Stevenson pocketed 68 full convention votes as a result of hie failfnrnia curtracc hnnctiniy his national total to 375 against a bare 164 for Kefauver. Even more important to his campaign managers was the fact that in a clear cut popularity test among the Democratic faithful, Steven son was clearly the choice over Kefauver who tried and almost succeeded in wresting the nomi nation from Stevenson in Chi cago in 1952. Only Democrats were eligible to cast their votes in the Steven- son-Kefauver California tussle. Republicans had no choice but to vote for an unchallenged slate of 70 GOP convention votes pledged to the reelection of Mr. Eisenhower. Surprising Strength Since no write-in votes are permitted in California, there was no chance for rank and file Democrats to express their senti ments about other presidential dark horses like Gov. Averell Harriman of New York, Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri or IT. ,. T- ...I i Thomas E. Dewey in California eight years ago. Any one of those three or per haps some other longshot could come through in Chicago and snatch the nomination away from Stevenson. But the former governor of Illinois demonstrat ed surprising strength in his California test, and party wheels will not be inclined to overlook it. For example, despite a strong month-long campaign by Ke fauver aimed at getting the votes of racial minorities, old age .pensioners, labor and the farmers, Stevenson came out on top in areas where voters in those categories are strongest. Negroes Back Stevenson Stevenson ran strong in Los Angeles county, the key to any California election where 2,276, 000 of the state's registered 5,- 487,000 voters reside. In San Francisco, another Democratic stronghold, he piled up a three to one margin. And despite attacks from Ke fauver, who accused Stevenson of talking out of both sides of his mouth on the segregation issue, Stevenson captured six strong Negro precincts in San Francisco by margins as great as 20 to 1. Even in the farm areas of the rich inland valleys where Ke fauver had expected to make his best showing, the senator ran slightly behind or barely ahead of Stevenson. . August Draft Call Lists 13,000 Men Washington U.R The De fense department announced to day that 13,000 men will be drafted for the Army in August. The August call will bring to 2,070,300 the total men drafted for the armed forces since the Korean war started. The August call is for the same number of men called for July and 1,000 more than were called for June and May. to Consider Property owners pointed out that the name Front st. has no official status and that the street -originally was designated as D'Anjou st. They added that D'Anjou st. is listed in county assessor's records. Some sections of Front st. are still known as D'Anjou St., they said, and the entire street should be returned to its rightful name. Property owners requested action on the commission recom mendation because they felt re cent improvements along the street warrent a "more suitable name. (See ether council story on Fag 18)