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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
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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)