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Newspaper Page TextTwo M AM i'Jo ford Sooiots im 1 gets t. SMASHING POWER PLANT, huge rock fall kills one man, to Schoellkopf hydroelectric station in Gorge below Niagara Heavily Slashed Foreign Aid Bill Approved by House $600 Million Less Than Is Requested Washington U.R) The House today approved a heavily slash ed $3,800,000,000 foreign aid bill to bolster 54 U.S. allies in the world struggle against Com munism. , The roll call vote was 273 to 122. The measure now goes to the Senate, where the administra tion will try to get more money, The bill was S600.000.000 less than President Eisenhower told Congressional leaders was abso lutely necessary for the safety of the free world. In all, the House slashed $1,100,000,000 from the $4,900,000,000 program Mr. Eisenhower originally re quested. Authorises Program The bill approved merely au thorizes the program. Appropri ations must still be approved to carry out the program, and these faced still further cuts in the House. The House denied Mr. Eisen hower a special request he made for authority to make long term economic commitments to friendly nations at the-rate of $100,000,000 a year for 10 years. Instead, the House voted to give the President authority to real locate the money in the program wherever he believes t is most needed. The House also adopted a his toric declaration, as part of the bill, that the Congress would continue to provide economic and military help to free nations so long as Russia threatened their safety and independence. The bill as approved carries $2,000,000,000 in military aid and $1,800,000,000 in economic aid. Mr. Eisenhower asked for $3,000,000,000 in military aid and $1,900,000,000 in economic aid. Dike Watched As Floodwaters Fall Portland (U.R) A soggy dike which protects Portland Meadows race track and several hundred acres of the old Van port area was the focal point of attention today as Columbia riv er floodwaters continued to fall. A boil which has been eating away at the levee since May 29 grew larger yesterday. Army engineers said the boil was ring ed with sandbags seven feet high and that two big pumps capable of handling 20,000 gallons of water a minute were being in stalled. Alarm was expressed yester day when a strong flow of silty water began to pour out of the levee. Early today clear water was running at the boil, a hope ful sign, engineers said. The Columbia dropped .3 of a foot at Vancouver, Wash., in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 a.m. to day, the biggest fall in weeks. Its stage today was 25.6 feet, more than a foot below the crest of a week ago but still 10.6 feet over flood stage. River Forecas ter Elmer Fisher said he expect ed the stream to continue drop ping but to slow down the rate of fall in a couple of days. Neuberger Introduces Power License Bill Washington (U.PJ Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D.-Ore.) in troduced a bill today to sus pend federal licenses for incom pleted power projects until the licenses comply with state law. He said the bill would have the effect of suspending a Fed eral Power commission license granted the Portland General Electric company at the Pelton site of the Deschutes river in Oregon. The Senate Interior commit tee last week approved a bill which would require federal agencies to follow state laws in Western states on water use- 1 lit - jni II HI mi Tin 38 Executed After Pro-Peron Revolt Buenos Aires, Argentina (U.R) A government spokesman said today that summary court mar tials and firing squads were taking care of the Argentine rebels who staged an abortive "Communist-Peronist" counter revolution this week end. The government said at least 41 persons had been killed by early this morning. Thirty-eight were- executed and three other rebels were killed in fighting at La Plata. Scores of pro-Pcron rebels were arrested and await ed trial. President Pedro E. Arambu ru's revolutionary government had advance warning of the re volt by the followers of ousted dictator Juan D. Peron and were ready for it. The revolt, which began at 11 p.m. Saturday, lasted only 12 hours. La Plata Bombed The heaviest fighting was at La Plata, the provincial capital 35 miles southeast of here, where Vice President Rear Adm. Isaac F. Rojas sent planes to bomb and strafe rebel strong points. It was there three rebels were killed. The other scene of heavy fight ing was at Santa Rosa, 375 miles southwest of here, the capital of La Pampa, formerly Eva Peron province. Buenos Aires saw briet countryside was reported quiet , today. Comdr. Eugenio Fuenterosa, of the presidential press secre tariat, indicated that the execu tions are not yet ended. He announced 14 more executions shortly after midnight and an nounced the "summary trials are cntinuing." The executions were being carried out under martial law ir osed throughout Argentina. Decrees dictated by Aramburu empowered any loyal officer to try any. persons carrying unau thorized weapons, disobeying po-. lice orders or "demonstrating suspicious behavior." Ona Leader Executed At least one leader of the up rising was reported execuiea and another captured. Former Army Capt. Adolfo Cesar Phillipcaux. leader of the insurrection at Santa Rosa, was captured and awaiting trial. Retired Lt. Col. Oscar Loren- Equalization Board To End Session Soon Board of Equalization sessions will end June 15, according to County Judge Rodney Keating, chairman of the board. Because of the number of petitions for correction of assessed property valuation a motion was passed bv the board for a two week extension of board sessions on June 1. The board announced today that an unequal assessment has existed on two properties locat ed on Front st., and adjoining the Rogue River Packing corpo ration with property across the railroad track. The board ordered that the property be equalized by the as sessor to conform with the property across the railroad track belonging to the Rogue River Packing corporation, which was reduced to $70 per front foot. Weather FORECAST: Talr tonight with rtsim temperatures throurh TumcUv. Mtjh today 7$ to :7. Low tonlchl 42, htfh Tuesday - Temp. Highest Yesterdav ... 1 Lowest this Mormni M J9 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset . , 4:34 a.m. 7:49 p.m. 10:17 pjn. Moonset First Onirtir .June t At moonset the Bijc Dipper will be hich in northwest and the triancle of ejta. Deneh. and Alia i r will he in the eatt. Vrga is the hicht and brtshtest of the three start. iV IMP. 1 iTit - -.la causes $33,000,000 damage Falls. (InUnuuioiuU) zo Cogorno, leader of the revolt at La Plata, was among 14 rebels executed Sunday after his cap ture in Buenos Aires province. The revolution began late Sat urday night at Santa Rosa, where he local revolutionary com mand headed by Phillipeau cap tured police headquarters and a radio station. Court Decision to Have Far Reaching Effect on Program Washington (U.R) The Su preme Court ruled 8 to 3 today that a federal employee can be fired as a security risk only if he holds a "sensitive" position. The decision will have a far reaching effect on the adminis tration's security program which now applies to employees in non sensitive jobs, such as clerks, as well as those who have access to government secrets. The decision, written by Jus tice John M. Harlan, was a vic tory for Kendrick.M. Cole, for mer New York food and drug inspector who was fired in 1954 as a securrtyrTsk by former Wel fare Secretary Oveta Culp Hob by. He now presumably gets his DamBging informalion The case did not involve Cole's right to confront the per sons who supplied damaging in formation about him. Dissenters were Justices Tom C. Clark, Stanley F. Reed and Sherman Minton. Cole was notified in 1954 that he was being fired because of his close association with indi viduals "reliably reported to be Communists" and because of his contacts with Nature Friends of America, an organization on the attorney general's subversive list. Cole at first refused to reply to the charges on grounds they concerned his "private informal social life." Later he asked twice to have the hearing record re opened, but Mrs. Hobby refused. Highway Accidents Kill Four in Stale By UNITED PRESS Highway accidents claimed the lives of four persons in Oregon over the week end. Killed when their car collided with a truck-trailer rig about 10 miles east of Pendleton Satur day were Robert Leroy Audett, 22, Donald Erwin Pickell, 38; and Howard Richard Shepard, 22. all of Pendleton. " Police said the accident oc curred on the new section of Highway 30 over Cabbage hill. A 25-year-old Salem service station operator was killed at Salem Saturday when his car failed to negotiate a sharp turn and overturned. Poilce identified the victim as James Shattuck, Salem. He was alone in the car at the time of the mishap. Portland (U.R) New dean of the general extension division of the state system of higher edu cation is Dr. J. W. Sherburne, Chancellor John R. Richards said today. Board of Inquiry to Consider Charges In Death, Injuries From Riot Friday Pearl Harbor U.R) A naval board of inquiry will convene early this week to draw up charges against sailors involved in a race riot that resulted in the death of one man and in juries to three others. The navy ordered 10 men held for questioning about the riot, which broke out Friday night outside the recreation hall on Ford Island, the naval air sta tion in the middle of Pearl Har bor. The dead' man was Identified Medford Full Leased Wlr 51st Year 16 Pages IKE RESUMES LIGHT SCHEDULE $4,328,000 Set Aside for Crater Lake in Proposal Neuberger Explains 'Mission 66' Program A total of $4,328,000 would be spent at Crater Lake National park under the 10-year "Mission 66" program, it was announced today by Sen. Richard L. Neu berger (D-Ore.). Senator Neuberger said he ob tained the figures from Conrad L. Wirth of the National Park service. The funds are contained in the long-range national park improvement plan now being considered by Congress, and were listed for members of the Senate interior committee, of which Senator Neuberger is a member. The funds contemplated for the program are all for con struction and improvement of facilities, and are in addition to routine operating and mainten ance appropriations. Senator Neuberger said he be lieves the planned expenditures "will do a great deal to help bring Crater Lake National park up to the recreational standards essential for its expanding tour ist trade. The $4,328,000 total includes $1,493,000 for buildings, utilities and facilities, and $2,835,000 for roads and trails. Initial expendi tures under the program, already proposed, include road and trail improvement, and new all weather buildings for park per sonnel at park headquarters. Order for Lower Rates Is Upheld Washington (U.R) The Su preme Court today upheld a gov ernment order for lower rail road freight rates on certain commodities moving out of the Pacific Norhtwest through Og den, Utah, to eastern markets. The 7 to 2 decision, delivered by Justice Hugo L. Black, said the court is unable to say that the Interstate Commerce Com mission did not "strike a fair balance in finding that the evi dence required the establishment of these through routes and joint rates." The complex case began in 1949 when the Denver . & Rio Grande Western Railroad sought an Interstate Commerce Com mission order for "joint rates' with the Union Pacific via Ogden and Salt Lake City. This is a long-haul rate agree ment between two or more car ners, each of which receives a designated portion of the reve nue. But the total rate paid by the shipper is less than the sum of all the local rates. After extensive hearings, the ICC ordered joint rates on live stock, fresh fruits and veget ables, dried beans, frozen poul try, frozen foods, butter and eggs, in carloads, moving out of the Pacific Northwest; and on granite and marble monuments, in carloads, moving into the ter ritory from Vermont and Geor gia. Harriman Says Illness Won't Effect '2nd Tern New York U.R Gov. Aver- ell Harriman said Sunday night that President Eisenhower's ill ness should have no effect on his bid for a second term in the White House. Carmine G. De Sapio, Harri- man's campaign manager, said however, that the health of the President will be an issue in the coming campaign. as Airman Apprentice Willie D Dansby, 18, Graceville, Fla. He was white. ' Navy police said Seaman Ap prentice Johnny Green, a Negro, Vicksburg, Miss., admitted plunging a knife into Dansby's heart. Three sailors, white Texans, were treated for, injuries. They were Airman G. O. Medley, 19. Fort Davis: Aviation Machinist's Mate 3C W. L. Short, 21, Aus tin; and N. O. Vela. 18, a seaman apprentice from Alice. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JLNc il. 1956 "Think I Should Start Running Actively Now?" Replace Blood Given To Friends, Residents planning to donate blood between 1 and 5 p.m. Wednesday, when the Bloodmo bile will be at the Elks club in Medford. were reminded by Red Cross officials today that their donations may be designated as replacements for blood used by friends. Donors desiring to replace blood usett by"a-specific-individ'l ual should report the intended recipient's name and the hospi tal in which his transfusion was administered, it was empha sized. They should report this information at the desk when they arrive at the Bloodmobile. The Red Cross will send to the recipient a list of names of don ors who have given blood on his behalf. Needs Blood Regularly For those desiring to replace blood used by Jackson county residents but have no specific individual in mind, the Red Cross suggests they give blood on behalf of Frank C. Thomp son, who is receiving daily transfusions at Community hos pital, and to date has been given approximately 21 pints. Thomp son, who is married and the fa ther of two children, is suffer ing from a rare blood disease and his life depends upon trans fusions. He is expected to need blood regularly for an indefinite period. No Charge Mad No charge is made for blood used in transfusions and the blood is given as needed wheth er or not it is replaced. The Red Cross said, however, that re placement is important to keep an abundant supply on hand for emergency use. It is not neces sary for a donor to have the same type of blod as the recipi- Four Girls Escape From Hillcrest Home Salem (U.R) Four girls at Hillcrest school here had 30 min utes of freedom last night when they overpowered a matron, took her keys and fled into fields near the school. School employees caught the girls at 8 p.m. about one-half mile south of the school. The girls, all about 15, were assigned to Patterson cottage at the school with 20 other girls. None of the others attempted to escape, school officials said. Short and Medley suffered stab wounds. Their condition was not serious. A flying bean can lacerated Vela's head. The navy said the riot broke out when Negro and white sail ors, most of them Southerners, exchanged "sharp" remarks while waiting transportation back to their ship. Some 20 sailors in all were involved. The Navy refused to call the incident a race riot, but it ad mitted that whites and Negroes squared off against each other. RC Says ent, it was explained. Blood giv en for replacement use goes into a common bank and is substitut ed for the type- the recipient needs. . Medford's quota for this Bloodmobile visit is 250 pints. Donors may make appointments at the Red Cross headquarters in the county courthouse or by phoning 3-3&13, - Public Hearing on Foundation Slated Washington flJ.R) The House Un-American Activities commit tee will open pu'c hearings this month to find out whether the Fund for the Republic is serving an "inimical" interest. Chairman Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.) said Sunday the com mittee wants to know if the $15, 000,000 fund created by the Ford Foundation is a "friend or foe." Chairman H. Rowan Gaither Jr. of the Ford Foundation said the foundation has "complete confidence" in the integrity and patriotism of the members of the fund board. Walter said the hearings will open June 27. He previously dis closed that the committee was checking into the educational fund since 1954. At that time the fund's annual report took is sue with Congress over legisla tion branding the Communist party as an "international con spiracy." BLM Opens 33 Tracts Along Sandy River Portland (U.R) The bur eau of land management office here announced today that 33 tracts of land along the Sandy river near Welches school, suit able for recreational homesites, have been opened for filing The Sandy river intersects the 40-acre subdivision which is lo cated on the Mt. Hood Loop highway. The tracts, ranging in size from about 2-3 acre to 1 1-4 acres have an appraised value of from $131 to $176. The tracts will be subject to lease at $22.50 to $30 advance rentals for three years but may be purchased at the appraised value whenever com pliance has been made with the improvement requirements, the bureau said. Veterans will be given prefer ence for lease of the tracts, of ficials said but must file prior to July 14 to qualify for the first bid opening. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 4 Boston ' 1 McLish. Narleiki (8) and Hegan: Porterfield, Hurd (8) and Daley. Horns runs: Smith. CarratqueL Rosen, all Cleve- Tribune UnltM Ptmj run Leaied Win Price 5c No. 70 President Walks 40 Feet; Makes Executive Decision Eisenhower Rejects Russian Invitation Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower walked 40 feet in his hospital room today and made his first major executive deci sion since he underwent emer gency surgery. The decision was to reject a tentative Russian invitation for all four of the American mili tary chiefs of staff to visit the Soviet Union this month. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, air chief of staff, will observe a Soviet air show June 24. Mr. Eisenhower instructed Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams in a 10-minute bedside business conference this morn ing, to turn down the Soviet in vitation for the other three chiefs to accompany Twining But he left the door open for a possible later visit by the U.S. military chiefs. Four Decisions White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty disclosed the action, the most important of four official decisions which the President made during his brief talk with Adams. Hagerty cited them to show that the President "has resumed a light schedule of duties." He said Mr. Eisenhower, who walked 30 feet Sunday with two attendants supporting hit el bows, walked 40 feet today. Dr, Isidor Ravdin, a member of the operating team who performed the operation Saturday morning. supported "just slishtly." After the walk, Hagerty said, Adams arrived with other White House staff members. They con ferred in the lounge of the pres idential suite with Dr. Ravdin, Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton, who performed the actual surg- eary, and Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder the President's per sonal physician. Adams, the staff and the doc tors discussed what sort of pro gram the President should fol low. Then Adams entered the bedroom and was alone with Mr. Eisenhower for about 10 minutes. Other Action Hagerty said the following de cisions were reached "as a result of the governor's (Adams) dis cussion with the President": 2. To hold the regular weekly national Security Council meet ing at the White House Thurs day with Vice President Richard M. Nixon presiding. Nixon has presided on several occasions in the I past. 2. To hold the Conference on Fitness of American Youth at Annapolis, Md., as scheduled June 18-19, but to cancel Mr. Eisenhower's address to the meeting. Nixon will preside, as he had been scheduled to do. 3. To hold a luncheon Wednes day for West German Chancel lor rvonraa Aaenauer ax ciair House, the government's guest house. Nixon will be host and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will attend. Hagerty said there has been no decision, and probably will not be for another day or so, on whether Adenauer will pay a visit to Mr. Eisen hower at the hospital. Adenauer will arrive in Washington to night. - Alturas, Calif. (U.R) John Francis Hartney, Portland, Ore., was being treated for cuts and a concussion suffered yesterday in a truck-car collision near In dian Springs on Highway 299. Sudden Wind Washington, By UNITED PRESS Eastern Washington and northern Idaho residents today were checking' damage caused by a sudden storm which brought wind, dust and rain to the region yesterday. The storm left .85 of an inch of rain at Yakima and Ellens burg, toppled trees and power lines and chased fishermen off many of the region's lakes. Gusts up to 71 mph snapped tree limbs. Esther and John Day, Joanne Mettson and Arnold Peterson of Spokane were dumped into WaitU lake north ot Spoluae by Two Youths Fall From High Bluff During Troop Hike Crews Attempt to Move Pair From Wilderness Rescue operations began this morning for two injured Med ford Boy Scouts in a wilderness point near the mouth of Silver Creek. They will be moved to an airstrip at Agness about 13 miles down river. The injured youths are Bruce Blachly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Blachly, 1121 Spring st., and Tom Turpin, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Turpin. 3533 Jack- The injured boys ware re ported on their way to Agness about 1:30 p.m. today, and wtre expected to arrive at Agness about 3 p.m., accord ing to Cliff Hanson, scout executive. sonvilie highway. Thev fell down a bluff toward the river at about 4 p.m. Sunday, while hiking with 35 other Scouts of Troop 9, according to incom plete radio reports. They will De picKea up by a Mercy flights plane at Agness and returned to Medford for hospitalization this afternoon, it was planned this morning. Boy Unconscious Turpin is reported to be un conscious as the result of head, iiijuiica, inciuaing a DroKen jwv and Blachly is believed to hay suffered a broken ankle. The troop left early Saturday morning from Oak flat on the Illinois river. They planned to travel down the Illinois river and- Rogue river with Gold Beach as their destination. Ac companying the boys was. Dr. William Roberts, Scout master, and two other adults whose names were not known this mor ning. After Turpin and Blachly fell, two other Scouts, Mike Roberts and Roger Johnson, hiked all night to a forest station, where they summoned assistance from Agness. aeicuers Leave J. R." Philbrickr Grantai Pass," staff officer of Siskiyou Nation al forest, reported that a five man ground party of forest ser vice men left Agness this morn ing for the accident scene. A private boat was also dispatched from Agness in case it was not possible to raise the boys up the cliff. Two Cave Junction smoke- jumper squad . leaders, Orville Looper and Roger Newton, par achuted from a forest service plane and radioed at 10:25 a.m. that they had arrived safely at the accident scene. The two are considered experts in first aid. Radios, litters, first aid equip ment and climbing gear were dropped to them from the plane. Experienced Hikers Cliff Hanson, Scout executive for the Crater Lake Area coun cil, said this troop is considered the most experienced hiking group in the council Troop 9 attracted national at tention two years ago when they took a boat trip down the rug ged Owyhee river in eastern Oregon. The troop is sponsored by the Christian church of Med ford. Hospital Construction Bid Opening Tuesday Bids on the projected 78-bed Rogue Valley Memorial hospi tal, to be constructed at Barnett rd. and Murphy lane, will be opened at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the offices of the present Com munity hospital. Six construction firms hold plans on the $2,000,000 .struc ture, and are expected to submit bids. ' Plans were prepared by Rog ers & Butler, architects, New York City, and A. D. Harvey, Medford, is consulting engineer. The hospital, to be paid for by public subscriptions and fed eral funds, will replace Commu nity hospital. Storm Whips Idaho Areas huge waves which capsized their boat. They managed to hang on until they were rescued. The wind, clocked up to 6(y miles an hour in several sections', downed powerlines and trees generally but damage was at a minimum and power was re stored quickly. Seven persons were injured when rock fell on U.S. Highway 10 near Vamtage, causing one car to crash with another. The slide was loosened by rain. The most serious injured was May Lou Blair. 24, a Bellevue, Wash., school teacher, who suffered head and eve injuries.