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Subscribers Recommended Medforp Tribune To report Improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:45 pjn. daily and 10 JO mm. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenfer service. Stories concerning President Elsenhower's Illness appear on pace 12 of today's Mul Tri bune. United Prtu Full leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 5 lit Year 30 Pages jJNDAY, JUNE 10, 1956 Price 5c No. 6? ccess erif Undergoes fyl IpieratBoBD Senate Committee Voles $871 Million For NW Projects Oregon Jobs Receive Increase in Funds Washington U,R The Senate Appropriations commit tee Friday voted $871 million to finance federal public works projects in the fiscal year be ginning July 1. - This was $81 million more than approved by the House last month, and $53 million more than President Eisenhower re quested. It now goes before the Senate. River Improvements i The bill would give the Army Engineers corps $649 million for river and harbor improvements, flood control works and other civil functions in the next fiscal year. That is $57 million more than the House voted. The measure also contains $27 million for the Interior Depart ment, $189 million of it for the Reclamation Bureau's river de velopment work in western states. The reclamation total was S21 million more than the House allotted. The Senate committee made the following changes in. the flood control and rivers and har bors bill approved by the House. Me Change If the project does not appear In the following list, the Senate committee made no change from the House figure. In the changes the Senate committee figure is followed in parentheses by the House figure, or by the word, "nothing" if the House author ized no funds for that particular project. Oregon: Cougar reservoir, $1,800,000 ($1,500,000). Hills Creek reser voir. S2.250.000 ($2,000,000). Mc- Narv lock and dam, Oregon and Washington, $4,500,000 ($2,828,- 000). Skipanon channel $185,000 (nothing). Washington: Blaire harbor, $116,000 (noth ing). Everett harbor and Snoh omish river, $120,000 (nothing). Grays harbor and Chehalis riv er, $61,000 (nothing). Shilshole bay, $400,000 ($300,000). Willpa river and Naselle river, $130,000 (nothing). Jacksonville School Name Superintendent John J. Crabb, superintend ent of schools in Newport for the past two years, has been appointed superintendent of Jacksonville schools, according to Woodrow McCormick, chair man of the school board. Crabb received his bachelor of science degree from Whitman college. Walla Walla. Wash. and hit master's degree at the University of Washington. His experience as an educator includes two years at Cowiche, Wash., high school, wheie he served as coach and instructor of biology, physics and chemis try; five years as superintend ent of schools in Riverside, Wash., and 13 years as instruct or at Central yalley. Wash. The new superintendent is married and has a son who will enroll as a freshman at South ern Oregon college this fall. The Crahbs will move to Jackson ville on about July 1. Crabb replaces Clyde F. Suth erland who resigned as Jack ville school superintendent to assume a similar position in Sandy. Ore. Columbia Continues to Drop; High Tides Cause Anxiety That Levees Portland (U.P) The Col umbia river continued to drop slowly Saturday but high tides backed water up near the tops of dikes along the lower river, causing some anxiety that the sodden levees might give way. Army engineers said some seepage is occurring in the Clat skanie area but the danger spots have been sandbagged. High tides at Astoria were principal cause for concern on the lower river, although en gineers said winds also pose a threat. Another high tide of 9.5 feet was Dredicteri last nisht. Aa around-th&ciock watcii tax r GOING. GOING . . . Merrick's building also known over the years as the "Natatorium" or "Nat," and also the ballroom one of Medford's landmarks, virtually vanished last week, as wreck ing crews neared completition of the demolition job. The picture at the left shows how the building appeared just as the tearing-down job was started several weeks ago. The view at the right shows how It appeared last week, with only a few girders and one or two smaller walls and archways Minneapolis Plane Crash Fatal to 6; Five Children Hurt Minneapolis, Minn. (U.P.) Six persons, four of them from one family, were killed Satur day when a Navy F9F4 jet Panther fighter plane plunged into a residential street and set fire" to five homes. ' Five children were, injured critically in the flaming crash. Among the dead were Mr. and Mrs. John Donald iGaries, and two of their three children, Mark, 6, and Bryan 2. A third son, Joe, II, was oenevea w have gone fishing. The other victims were De borah Susan De Wolfe, 7, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Don De Wolfe, and Maj. George Arm strong, 33, Minneapolis, mem ber of the Marine Air" Reserve. Armstrong was the father of four children. Shortly after the crash. Sen Edward Thye (R-Minn.) wired President Eisenhower and de manded that all military flight operations at Wold-Chamberlain air base be stopped immediately. pending an investigation. Emergency Declared Navy officials said Armstrong declared an emergency as soon as soon as he took off from the base. However, he did nob radio what was wrong with the craft. The plane faltered as he turn ed to approach the runway, then crashed in a street and slithered into two homes. He was only two blacks from the runway at the time, and would have missed the homes had he been able to stay aloft for 500 more feet. Five children were rushed to Veterans hosiptal at Fort Snel- ling in critical condition. Two homes were destroyed and three others were badly damaged by fire. Witnesses said Armstrong ap parently aimed for the street to avoid hitting the homes when he saw the crash was inevitable. Authorities Seek Man Who Killed Three Chicago (U.P.) Authorities in 16 states were alerted Satur day for the shotgun killer of three Chicagoans believed flee ing toward Mexico. Chicago police probed the city with "shoot on sight" orders for Lawrence Neumann, 28, an ex- convict. Neumann was identified as the gunman who killed a bar tender, a dice girl, and a news boy Friday in a "revenge" shoot ing spree. was being maintained by diking district 'employees and Civil De fense workers in the touch-and-go battle to keep the water from breaking through the levees. One of the potentially most dangerous spots, an Engineers spokesman said was in the West port area where there are a number of beaver dams. He said these spots were unpredictable because it is never known where a break might occur. Otherwise the dikes were holding well, he said. Highway 30 at Taylorville Hooded at hj'n tide, but a by Averell Harriman Officially Enters Presidential Race New York (U.P) Gov. Averell Harriman tossed his hat into the air Saturday and an nounced he is an active cand idate for the democratic presi dential nomination. Until now he has been an "inactive" candidate for the nomination. He made his first formal Argentina Broadcast Reports Revolution Montevideo (U.P) A radio broadcast, apparently from Arg entina, heard early today here said a "revolution of national restoration" has broken out in Argentina. According to the radio, the movement is headed by Gen erals Juan Jose Valle and Raul Tanco. Its purpose Is "open jails, free political prisoners and call 'immediately free elections to give the government to the people, the broadcast said. . Authorities here said the radio seems to be transmitting trom Santa Fe. Argentina. Residents Reminded of Blood mobile Visit At least 250 blood donors will be needed to meet Medfords quota of 250 pints when the Bloodmobile arrives Wednesday, Rd Cross officials reminded residents Saturday. The Bloodmobile will be in front of the Elks club between 1 and 5 p.m. that day. Appoint ments for blood donations may be made at the Red Cross office in the courthouse or by tele phoning 3-3813. Sports Bulletins Medford Cheney Studs whipped the Bend Loggers IB to 0 in a non-league semi-pro baseball fracas here last night as Pitcher Don White shut out the central Oregon nine with two hits. The Studs collected 12 hits and seven bases en balls eff Bend pitchers, Fred Sandren and Ray Lunde and were helped by nine Bend er .ron. The two club meet again at the fairgrounds at 2 p.m. today. Sacramento (U.P) Art Schuli's two-run hemerun in the sixth inning brought the Seattle Rrainers from behind for a 3-2 win ever the Sacra mento Selen here last night.. Might Break pass hat been opened at Clat- skanie. The weather bureau Saturday gave out the bright prediction that a steady decline in the river level will continue. The Colum bia at Vancouver, Wash., drop- ned .3 of a foot overnight to 26.2 feet. The Willamette at Portland also dropped .3 to 25.8, Col. Jackson Graham. Port land district engineer, asked all boat operators particularly plea sure craft owners, to travel at "slow bell" on the Columbia and Willamette rivers during the week end to avoid unnecessary disturbance of the watery declaration of his candidacy for president in a speech to 200 delegates of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery workers in ternational union at the Statler hotel. This 20-minute speech was interrupted by cheers and ap plause 18 times. Agreed to Stay Out Friday '' the same delegates heard David Dubinsky, presi dent of the International Ladies Garment Workers union, urge Harriman to stay out of the presidential race to- aid the-j candidacy of Adlai E. Stevenson. Harriman will be 65 in No vember. Harriman, former ambassador to the Soviet Union and Great Britain and an international trouble shooter for President Roosevelt and Truman, has the all-out support of Carmine De Sarpio's Tammany Hall organiz ation. A businessmen-for-Harri- man organization recently was formed here and Democrats from 11 states will hold a pro- rHarriman meeting in Denver next Saturday. Lifelong Democrat The millionaire lifelong Dem ocrat, heir to a Union Pacific railroad fortune, long; has held high political aspirations. He sought the democratic nomina tion in 1952 and his bid this year was regarded as his last chance, . because of his age. Although he has served., in government posts, for many years, the governorship of New York is his first elective office He defeated Republican, Sen. Irving M. Ives for the post in 1954. Copco Announces Plan for Pipeline Klamath Falls -4U.R) Cali fornia-Oregon Power company has announced plans for replac ing a quarter of a mile of pipe line at Klamath Falls. The project is estimated to cost $250,000 and will include replacement of the worn ouc wooden penstock from upper Klamath Lake to the Copco tur bine in Klamath Falls. Work on the project is to be completed by August 29, but will not entail interruption of power to Copco's customers, ac cording to Sam Ritchey, man ager. Salt Lake City (U.P) West ern boosters of Gov. Averell Harriman as .the Democratic nominee for president, SatuP day announced an eleven-stale rally in Denver June 16 to form a National Harriman for President committee. Weather Forecast: Partly elnudv and cooler today with scattered aft ernoon and evening thunder showers. Fair and warmer Monday. High today IS, tow to night 46. Temp. Highest yesterday -. Lowest yesterday -...SB Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 4:34 a.m. Sunset , 7:48 p.m. 9:37 p.m. The Moon sets and is In Perigee. PROMINENT STARR The Twins, above the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 8:39 P m. Jupiter, in the west 9:42 p.m. Saturn, in the south..l0:38 p.m. Mart, rises .. 12:32 x.a. remaining. The building was a principal center of recreation, cultural and social life in Medford in the earlier decades of this century, offering dancing, lectures, grand opera, swimming and other attractions. One ofvthe first tourist camps in southern Oregon was located on its grounds, near Bear Creek. Tentative plans for a modern and luxurious motel are being developed for the site. Floor Collapses at Wedding Party; 17 Killed, 36 Injured Madrid (U.P) A floor col lapsed beneath a wedding party and crashed into another party on the floor below Friday night killing 17 person, five of them children. Thirty-six persons were in jured, two critically. The collapse sent 60 wedding guests crashing into the midst of a party celebrating a bap tism. The guests were dancing on the second floor of an old build ing on Madrid's north side when ine lioor gave way. Bride Angela Ramos Vazyuesz. 21, suffered fractures of both legs. Groom Tomas Rodrigues Diez, 26, escaped with light in juries. Police, firemen and Red Cross workers worked throughTl out the night to free screaming victims and remove the bodies. The city's 52 ambulances shut tled the victims from the scene as they were found. The rescurers found .'a man and his wife huddled in each other's arms, dead. A man, his wife and young child were among the wedding party. The father was holding the child when the floor col lapsed. Both escaped injury. The mother was killed. 200 Men Attempt to Save Injured Man feather Falls, Calif. U.R Some 200 men from this small northern. California lumbering town armed themselves with torches and a stretcher last night to try and save a badly injured fisherman who fell in to Feather Falls canyon 11 miles east of here. A helicopter from Hamilton field tried earlier Saturday to reach the canyon floor, but failed. I Paul Ackerman was the ob ject of the night mission into the deep and rock crevice on the South Fork of the Feather river. He fell from a 60-foot ledge down onto the bottom of the 3,500-foot canyon early to day while on a fishing trip. "You've Been Such A Good Teacher That You've Ha Ha Worked Yourself Right Out Of A Job" Evaluation Suppression Plan May Be Made in Fall No general evaluation of the hail suppression program pi oneered in Jackson county by the Rogue River Valley Traffic association will be made at least until the end of the season, it was reported this week end. However, Bob Root, president of the association, said that there are indications the program has met with general acceptance by local growers. An appraisal of this season s project, was solicited last week from orchardists, members of the association, the county agent's office, the weather bureau and the Water Resources Develop ment corporation, which has con ducted the cloud-seeding opera tion. No Conclusions No conclusions were voiced. but Bob Church, meteorologist in charge of the weather bureau. pointed out that May was the second-wettest on record here, and there were an unusually high number of thunderstorms, which give rise to hail conditions. . The average number of days of thunderstorm activity in May is two. This month five such days were recorded. Several storms are not infrequent in a day of thundershower activity. Reports from the office of C. B. Cordy, county horticultural agent, indicate that only a small portion of the total pear acre age in the valley has received any hail damage. Reports of fruit marking came from widely sep arated localities, and in these cases some down-grading could result, it was reported, but the overall acreage affected will not be great. Possibility of Hail . ' There is still a possibility of additional hail-potential weath er, Cordy reminded, but as of now, orchardists are counting themselves fortunate in sustain ing only minor damage. Local growers were given a respite from threats of hail storms Friday and Saturday, as the weather cleared. They have been concerned all through May at the unusual storm activity a concern which is shared by other segments of the economy . I of Hail which are dependent on the suc cess or failure of the multi- million dollar payroll of the fruit industry. Shelby Turtle, chairman of the hail suppression committee of the Traffic association, reported on the history of the program. which dates back to 1949, follow ing disasterous hail damage in 1948, when a project using air planes to seed clouds was start ed. Later developments in the fiel indicated -that silver iodide burning ground generators were more practical, Tuttle said, and 1954 such a program was started. . Inquiries Received He pointed out that govern mental agencies have been in terested in the results here, and that inquiries have been re ceived from other areas of the United States and Argentina as to the project's effectiveness. The weather modification pro gram is now in its third season of operation by Water Resources Development corporation, and the organization is not yet pre pared to make even a prelim inary report at this "early stage of the project. A spokesman said the firm feels fortunate in hav ing had two seasons of prepara tory work on which to base their activities during the un precedented hail potential in May. . Tuttle noted that the pear In dustry here, like most agricul tural operations, is hazardous at best, and must be constantly alert to new developments m order to survive and progress in a free economy. He pointed out the pear industry is self-govern ing and receives no government support or subsidies. The hail suppression program is financed entirely by the industry, with out government aid. Tuttle said the project is among the newer developments receiving attention from the association. Swimming Pool to Open At Hawthorne Monday The Hawthorne park swim ming pool 'will open Monday.' Darell Hu'ion. city treasurer, has announced. The pool will be open between 1 and 9 p.m. Additional details concern ing the playground and swim ming classes are in a story en page 16 of the second section of today's Mail Tribune. Pasadena Float Wins Grand Sweepstakes Portland tU.R) The Pasa dena Tournament o Roses as sociation float won the grand sweepstakes- award in the non commercial division Saturday in the floral parade of the annual Portland Rose Festival. The Meier and Frank comp any float took top honors in the commercial division in the judg ing of 52 flower-decorated floats in the parade, one of the fea tures of the five-day festival. In keeping with the Disney land in Flowers theme of this year's parade the Pasadena float featured flowered likeness of Mickey Mouse, Pluto and Don ald Duck. - fantasia wt pictured far tfa Physicians Expect Good Recovery From Emergency Surgery May Sign Official Papers This Week Washington (U.P) Presi dent Eisenhower underwent an emergency operation early Sat urday. The surgery was a suc cess and doctors expect him to be back in full harness in four to six weeks. The President's doctors re ported at mid-afternoon that his condition is "excellent" and that they expect a "rapid and complete recovery." Mr. Eisenhower' was on the operating table at Walter Reed Army hospital for an hour and 53 minutes. The operation by passed a diseased 10-inch sec tion of the tube-like small in testine to relieve an obstruc tion. No tissue was removed. News Conference At a hospital news confer- 1 ence, the doctors said the oper ation was performed on an "emergency basis to save the President from possible fatal gangrene of the bowel." The President's scarred 65- year-old heart proved equal to the ordeal. His doctors said there is no reason why he should not seek re-election. They added the operation in creased his life expectancy. An official bulletin issued four hours later at 7:15 p.m. EDT said the President's condi tion "continues to be most sat isfactory." The bulletin was signed by Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton, who performed the op eration, and Maj. Gen. Howard McC Snyder, Mr. Eisenhow er's personal physician. They said he should be able to leave the hospital in about 15 days if there are no compli cations. His doctors said Mr. Eisen hower's illness was not in any way connected with his heart condition. The President suf fered a heart attack in Denver last Sept. 24, less than nine months ago. Official Duties "During the coming week," the doctors said "he should be able to sign official papers and carry on those functions of tha government which are neces sary." In Syracuse, N.Y., the Presi dent's heart specialist, Dr. Paul Dudley White of Boston, said . he came through the operation "magnificently. Dr. White wa summoned to stand by during the operation as a "precaution ary measure." He last saw the President at 8 a.m. EDT. Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Heat on, Walter Reed commander and' one of those who per formed the surgery, said the President's operation should in crease his life expectancy. (See Stories Page 12) French Troops Kill 33 Algerian Rebels Algiers U.P) French troops killed at least 33 rebels in a running fight along the Algeria-Tunisia border, French of ficials reported last night. - They said the band was cut to pieces through the "perfect co ordination" of troops in Tunisia and Algeria. The rebels were taken prisoner. Rebel sneak attacks killed four persons and wounded 17 today. French troops rounded up 2,000 natives in the Casbah for questioning. in Rose Event Meier and Frank float which had 75,000 Easter Reed daisies surrounding a pond with three fountains and two swans swim ming in the water. First place awards in the var ious divisions went to Vancou ver, Wash., for cities outside of Oregon; Rockaway in Division A of cities in Oregon outside of Portland; Beaverton in Division , B; Kiwanis club for Community clubs, school fraternal, athletic and civic groups; Portland Gen eral Electric Co., for public ut ilities and transportation; Navy recruiting and Sellwood-More-land Businessmen's club for pa triotic organizations, and Alum inum company of America for industrial organizations. v
