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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
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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