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Newspaper Page TextRecommended A stery about damage caai4 by porcupines appear on pace It of today's Mall Trio ant. ' 51st Year Air Force H-Bomb Dropped at Atoll Missed Mark Washington U.R) T h Air Force admitted Saturday that the H-bomb dropped May 21 at Bikini missed its target "somewhat less than four miles" but not enough "to have a serious effect on the success of the experiment." ine May Zl explosion was the first U. S. airdrop of a giant H-bomb. It was the second shot of the biggest nuclear test pro gram in U. S. history. Some 17 explosions are scheduled before Sept 1. A prime purpose of the program is to develop hydrogen warheads for long range' mis siles. infirms Miss Air Secretary Donald A Quarles confirmed the May 21 miss, rumored for nearly month, in a 60-word statement attributing it to "a human er ror." He said neither the drop plane, an eight-jet B-52 Inter continental H-bomber, nor its bombin;; equipment were to blame. He conceded the miss t'was considerably more than expected." Quaries' statement apparent ly ws evoked by contradictory reports of the scope of the May Zl miss. The H-bomb, unoffi daily said to be the equal in power to 10 million tons of TNT, was supposed to explode around 10,000 feet 'directly above an illuminated 300-yard bulls-eye target on Bikini's Na mu island. A news story in the Honolu lu Star-Bulletin Friday quoted an unidentifeid proving ground technician as saying the bomb exploded seven miles from the planned detonation point. But Brig. Gen. Robert Lee Scott, Air Force chief of pub lic information, said Saturday at Castle Air Force base in Cali fornia thaXJt missed by only about two miles. It was reported unofficially that the figure used by Scolt was based on preliminary cal culations. Later computations, it was said, put the miss at about 3.S miles. Newimen Watch Newsmen who witnessed the May 21 explosion from the deck of a ship some 39 land miles from Namu were told by the test task force about 15 hours after the snot that: "Our early reports indicate that the test detonation was suc cessful from the scientific view point. We have had no adverse reports from any phase rf the operation. That was interpreted by offi cials aboard the observer ship as meaning the bomb was "right on the button." The 50- odd scientific experiments con nected with the success could not have been an unqualified Woman's Body Found Near Courtland Courtland, Calif (U.R The body of an unidentified woman. possibly a December flood vic tim, was found Saturday in Sut ter slough near here in the Sac ramento-San Joaquin Delta, the Sacramento county coroner s office said. " Coroner's deputies said the body was badly decomposed and Kjd not been identified because It had been in the water for sev eral months. Pineau Arrives for Talks on North Africa - Washington (U.R) French foreign Minister Christian Pi neau arrived here Saturday to confer with U. S. leaders about Russia's new tactics and to seek support for France's position in troubled North Africa. Weather Forecast: Mostly suany today, TariabU high cloudiness te night and Monday. Htch Sun day 7S. lew tonight 4s. High Monday 75. TFMPERATl'RE H1ct Ytrdy 7 Lowest Yesterday 49 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:34 a.m. 7:5t p.m. Sunset MtMtncet Mondav 124 a.m- Vitair. low in ea ... 8:31 P m Antares. in the .ih 10:52 pjn. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupltrr. In th ! ... p.m. Saturn, in" the south. p.N. Mars, rt Ul Medford United Pras full Leesed Win 26 Paget Admits success unless the explosion oc- curred at the point in space on which cameras and other pre cision instruments were fo cused. Talent Irrigation District to Start Using Lake Water Water will be drawn from the Talent Irrigation district storage reservoirs starting at 8 a.m. Mon day, June 18, Walt Hoffbuhr, district manager, announced Fri day. Hoffbuhr said the district board' of directors decided it was necessary to start drawing stor age water because stream flow has decreased rapidly from loss of snow in higher altitudes. Quota Listed The board has set a quota of 1.25 a ore feet of water for each acre irrigated duringthe season, Hoffbuhr said. A quota was set up, Hoffbuhr said, because the board anticipates to carry over as much water as possible for next year in the event of a less than normal rainfall next winter and spring. Hiatt lake, from which water was drawn for irrigation pur poses May 11 last year, had 16, 270 acre feet Friday, Hoffbuhr said, compared to 10.885 acre feet June 13.1955. Of the total last year, 9,000 acre feet was carried over from 1954. Emmigrant lake, he said, has 8,109 acre feet, compared to 4,632 acre feet at the same time last year. American Priests Released by Reds Hong Kong U.P.) One of the two American Catholic priests freed by the Chinese Communists in Shanghai said Saturday they both are "very well and very content" but have made no plans for the future. Father John Clifford, and Father Thomas Phillips, both of San Francisco, were released from prison Friday after serving three years as "spies." They have not been ordered out of Red China, but members of their Catholic order here said they will bcinstructed to leave. The two priests said Mass Sat urday for the first time since they were imprisoned in 1953, and then had lunch with Shang hai's Catholic Bishop James' E. Walsh, who is determined to re main until the Communists force him to leave. Walsh, who was reached by telephone from this British Chi na-coast colony, said Clifford and Phillips appear to be in good health despite their three-year ordeal in the notorious Ward Road jail. Colombo, Ceylon (U.P.! Cey Ion's government called - out troops and armored cars Sat urday to quell rioting Tamil tribesmen who object to speak ing the Sinhalese language. Rooster Crows 70 Times to Win A lusty roster named Brigg, who crowed 70 times in 30 min utes, became champion Satur day of the fourth annual Na tional Rooster Crow at Rogue River. Brigg, who competed with 228 other roosters entered in the contest, was entered by Mrs. Grant Clyde of Rogue River. Mrs. Clyde was pesented the first place award, a trophy and 250 silver dollars. Both the number of roosters entered and the number of peo ple witnessing the event at the Rozue River city park exceeded past records. Rogue River Boost ers said. Other prize-winning crowers were, second place with 69 crows. Skip, entered by Mrs. Bertha Heer, Ashland, who re ceived $75; third place with 63 crows. Rogue Canary, entered by Randy Brown, Rogue River,, who received $50; fourth and fifth place ties with 58 crows each. Frank, entered by Earl Bowen, Rogue River, who re ceived $20. and Logger Bill, en tered by Holaad Peyton, Med Harriman Attacks Administration in Bid for Support Speaks at 11 -Stats Rally in Colorado Denver (UP.) Presidential hopeful Averell Harriman lashed out at the Eisenhower adminis tration on three fronts Saturday in a bid for western Democratic support at an 11-state rally billed as a kickoff for his nationwide campaign. The New York governor blast ed the administration's policies on the international scene, in ag riculture, and in water resource development in his attempt to woo the 200 western politicos at the rally into his camp. Named Chairman Earlier,- Oklahoma Gov. Ray mond Gary was named chairman of the 11-state group a post tabbed as western campaign manager for Harriman in efforts to balance his appeal across the nation. Gary, long-time supporter of Harriman, said the New York governor would get the presi dential nomination at the con vention "if he is able to get what he believes across to the people." The Oklahoma governor said the civil rights issue, the basis for southern opposition to Harri man, can be overcome if the principles of "the golden rule" are followed. States represented at the rally included Montana, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, Wyo ming, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas. Policies of President In a direct bid for convention votes from the western party officials, Harriman charged that the policies of President Eisen hower are stifling w e s te r n growth. "He will be remembered as the president who tried to give away the west's resources in stead of developing, them.". He said the Democratic goal "should be to see to it that farm families enjoy a fair share of the national prosperity and charged that Eisenhower policies have reduced farm income by one- third since 1953. Search Started for Two Lebanon Men Salem (U.PJ Air search and rescue units established head quarters at Lebanon airport Saturday to spearhead a search for two Lebanon men feared missing in the Cascade range in a light plane. The men. Dr. Ralph T. Johns ton and Hartley Hanson, were reported missing Friday night when Johnston's wife called Lebanon from Minneapolis, Minn., after she failed to receive a schedule telephone call from her husband. Minneapolis was the destina tion of the men. Earl T. Snyder, state aeronau tics director, said he expected that weather in the hills east of Lebanon would be clear enough to launch about four search planes by noon. He said as many as 12 planes might be used later if weather permitted. The two men took off about 6 p.m. Thursday in a single en gine Fairchild 24 without filing a flight plan. But friends told air search officials they intend ed to stop at Bend, Redmond, Boise or Pendleton. ford, who received $20 and also won the greased pole climbing contest; sixth place with 57 crows. Wild Tony, entered by Barbara Lynch, Rogue River, who received $10; seventh place with 56 crows, Henry entered by the Jackson County Ladies' Mounted troop, who received $10; eighth and ninth place ties with 55 crows, Peter II, entered by Tommy Davis, Gold Hill, who received $10, ' and Ouiji from Fiji, entered by Gail Grooms Rogue River, who re ceived $10: and tenth place ties with 52 crows, Little Man, en tered by Ralph Clemans. Central Point, who received $5, and Hoppy, entered by Terry Payne, Gold HilL who also received $5. Judges, stood before each competing crower and counted the crows during the 30 minute period. Awards for entering the most original rooster cages in the commercial division were Bilco, entered by the Gold Hill Lions club: and Admiral Bird, entered oy the Perkins Oil company, Hoeeburjv MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1956 Senate Group Delays Vote on Foreign Aid Washington (U.R) The Sen ate Foreign Relations Commit tee bogged down Saturday of minor amendments to the For eign Aid bill and delayed until Monday a final vote on its 54.5 billion measure. The $4.5 billion price tag rep resents a slash by the committee of $400 million from President Eisenhower's original request for $4.9 billion, and a restora tion of $702 million of the $1.1 billion cut imposed by the House. Largest Increase The biggest increase was an additional $600 million for mil itary aid, which the House cut by $1 billion. Sen. John J. Spark'man (D Ala.) a member of the commit tee, said chances were "pretty good" for the Senate retaining the $600 million in Military Aid. But he admitted the in crease faces a hard floor fight. Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D La.) a persistent advocate of lower Foreign Air spending, said that regardless of what the For eign Relations committee recom mended he would seek to cut the bill even below the House-approved total of $3.8 billion. Ellender said in his weekly broadcast prepared for a Louisi ana station that he will try to Okinawa Protests American Policy Tokyo (U.R) Protests against American policy on Oki nawa threatened the United States with a Cyprus-like "colo nial headache" Saturday. The Okinawa government, which operates under American military supervision, declared it "will quit" unless congress re considers the system of seizing and paying for the use of Okina wan lands requisitioned for American military bases. A Japanese government offi cial and Japanese newspaper editorials have criticized the American policy as "unfair." American forces won Okinawa from Japan in bloody fighting during World War II. Since then the United States has requi sitioned 45,000 acres for military installations on the Ryukyuan islands, strategically located 200 miles off the southern tip of Japan and 400 miles west of the Communist Chinese mainland. Much of the requisitioned land was not . being farmed and in many cases substitute land was provided the owners. But the Okinawan farmers objected to giving up their ancestral tracts. Judge Keating Names Mrs. Bash Alternate County Judge Rodney Keat ing, delegate from the fourth congressional district to the com ing national Republican conven tion, announced Saturday that he had appointed Mrs. Frarfk Bash as his alternate. I Judge Keating was named convention delegate during the recent primaries, and Mrs. Bash also ran for the post. Mrs. Bash is chairman of the Republican party in Jackson county. In the junior division Betty Lou Smith received first prize of $10 for Honest Abe's cage and in the senior division. Jack Vaughn, Wolf Creek, received first prize of $20 for Timber jack's cage, and Donnie Davis, Rogue River, won second prize of $10 for the Honeymooners' cage. The sun shone all during the parade, which started at 10 a.m. Participants in the parade included the .Rogue River High school band, Medford Trail Rid ers, Grants Pass Timber Riders, Jackson County Sheriff's posse and the Jackson County Ladies' Mounted troop, as well as count less "rooster" costumed young sters on bicycles. Carolyn Austin, Rogue River, who participated in the parade as number 29, received a gift of a bicycle for holding the same number as Mrs. Clyde, owner of the champion crower. Several roosters were sold at an auction immediately fol lowing the contest and a dance Saturday evening marked the end of the rooster crow festivit- jt lea. "cut the program down to the bone." The Foreign Relations com mittee finished the major money sections of the bill Friday. It had planned to complete work on it Saturday and have it ready for the Senate Tuesday. But the committee mired down in a slough of lesser amend ments and recessed. . Bodies, Wreckage Of Plane Found in Coastal Foothills Longview, Wash. (U.R) A ground party started up the Lewis river last night to bring out four bodies discovered Sat urday evening and believed to be the persons aboard a private plane missing on a flight from Ronton, Wash., to Eguene, Ore., since May 11. Officers said residents of the area, about 12 miles northeast of Woodland, came across the plane wreckage and bodies late yesterday afternoon. Widespread Search The plane, the object of a widespread search for a week after it was reported missing, carried four Californians. Aboard the craft were A. D. Posten, pilot of the plane, his wife, Dorothy, of Redondo Beach, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Leep of La Mirada, Calif. . ' Cowlitz county officers said that they received reports that wreckage supposed to be that of the msising Cessna 170 had been discovered in the ' Greet! Mountain area, a region of coast range foothills. Preliminary reports reaching here said that the bodies of the two women passengers in the plane were found beside the wreckage while the bodies, of both men remained in the plane. The plane had left Renton, Wash., the morning of May 11, enroute to Eugene. The occu pants had been visiting rela- tvies of the Leeps in Bothell, Wash. Freighter Crew Smothers Hold Fire San Francisco (U.R) The S. S. Wolverine State reported last night that a fire which broke out in the hold of the ship has been smothered. The freighter, owned by the States Marine Steamship Co., was 800 miles north of Hono lulu, enroute from San Francis co to Yokohama, when she messaged the Coast Guard sta tion here that a fire had broken out in the hold. The Coast Guard has recalled the cuttea- U. S. S. Klamath which was dispatched to ren dezvous with the Wolverine State. The freighter reported she will proceed to Honolulu. Bombs Tossed in Middle Of Shopping Crowd . Algiers (U.R) Four Alger ian Nationalists tossed gren ades in the middle of a shop ping crowd in front of a de partment store in downtown Constantine Saturday. Eight een persons were wounded, in cluding a child and several women. Witnesses said two of the men carried submachine guns. All four made a getaway dur ing the confusion following the explosions, disappearing into Constantine's Moslem quarter. Sports Bulletins Portland (U.R) The San Francisco Seals scored ' three runs in the first two innings here last night and then made them more than stand up the rest of the way as they posted a 4-2 Pacific Coast League win OTer Portland. Drain The Drain Black Sex handed the Cheney Studs a 3 to 0 defeat here last night in a Southern Oregon semi pro baseball league game. Drain beat out seven' hits while the Studs got three hits. The teams play the third game at th aerie this afternoon. to c; cr So ) CD "Neither Of You Fellowi Heard About This?" " WAtTER COMMITTEE 5- mm state vert New School Will Be Selected in County Areas Monday Voters in first class, rural and non high school districts of Jack son county will elect new school directors Monday at the annual school election. Polls will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. Polling place in Medford will be the girls' gymnasium of Medford High school. Voting in other districts will take place in the various school buildings. Lone candidate for the one school .board., vacancy . in .the. Medford district is Edward Branchfield, who is seeking re election and is currently chair man of the board. In district 6C, which includes Sams Valley, Gold Hill and Cen tral Point, Donald Patterson, in cumbent, and .William Askwith are seeking election to the one school board vacancy. Jack Hoffbuhr is seeking elec tion to the Phoenix school board and five candidates have filed for election to the one vacancy on the Ashland school board. The candidates are Ralph W. Sikes, Robert V. Hardy, Dr. Christian P. Hald,' Carroll W. Smith and Charles H. Coffin. Rural. Non-High Districts Clutora M. Mcuiniy ana 10m E. Popham have filed candidacy for the single vacancy for a five year school term on the school board and Paul Gasparotti is seeking a three-year term as di rector in zone 3, Lone Pine and Howard areas. In zone 4, Ruch, Applegate, Jacksonville and Griffin Creek, Glenn W. Smith is seeking re election, and in zone 5. Talent and Pinehurst, John Spangler is running unopposd. Ike Convinced Reds Will See Interests Washineton (U.R) President Eisenhower is "convinced" that Russia eventually will recognize its own interests and demand a German unification settlement that will "respect the right to freedom of the German people. He expressed the view in a letter to Theodore Heuss, presi dent of West German Republic. The letter was one of the Diplo matic papers which Mr. Eisen hower siened at Walter Reed hospital Friday. It was made public simultaneously last nignt here and in Bonn. Mr. Eisenhower said reunifi cation of East and West Ge many is "essential" to the de velopment of "friendly and co operative relations between the Western nations and the Soviet Union." He said there can be "no permanent Security in Eu ripe" so long as Germany is di vided. '- ' Kefauver Warns Demos Of 'Inviting Defeat' Superior, Wis. (U.R) Sen, Estes Kefauver warned Demo crats last night they are "invit ing defeat" if they hope to win the election on Republican fail ures. "There may be some who be lieve that we can win on a nega tive basis," the Tennessee presi dential hopeful told delegates to the Wisconsin Democratic eon-ventioa. BUNE United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c Directors D. H. Barber is seeking re election as director in zone 2, Trail and Shady Cove, end in the Rogue River area, candidates for a five-year term are Mrs. Helen Williams, incumbent, Mrs. Barbara Palmer and Mrs. Audrey Smith Voters in the Lone Pine and Howard areas will also consider a $12,000 tax levy for the pur chase of a school bus. . .Resident of , the Kenwood Oak Grove and West Side areas will not be eligible to vote in the Medford school district elec tion, it was pointed out. This is because of the recent decision to consolidate. Democratic Picnic At Cave Junction Several leading Oregon Demo crats will be in Cave Junction at 1 p.m. today for a picnic of the Illinois Valley Democratic club. Sen. and Mrs. Wayne L. Morse will be among the group. The Morses will arrive at the Med ford airport at . 10:33 a.m. today and will be met by several local party members. Sen. Morse will speak at the picnic at 2 p.m. The senator and his wife will return here in the evening and leave for Washington D. C. at 6:07 p.m. via West Coast air lines. Also at the picnic will be Rob ert D. Holmes, Democratic can didate for governor; Charles O. Porter, Democratic candidate for U. S. representative from the fourth district; and, Monroe Sweetland, state chairman of the Democratic party. Medford Man Found Dead in Home Saturday Robert A. Stewart, 72, Mis souri Flat rd., Medford, was found dead at his home at 5 p.m. Saturday by a neighbor, Roy Behm, Coroner Carlos Morris reported. The coroner said Stewart, who had lived alone, probably died sometime Friday evening. He said death was from natural causes. State police and the Jackson county sheriff's office were called in on the investiga tion. Good Pear The Bartlett pear crop in Ore gon is indicated to be about 15 per cent below the 1955 drop but 8 per cent above average, according to the monthly crop report of the Oregon crop and livestock reporting service of the U.S. department of agricul ture. , "Prospects in the Medford area are more promising . . . trees came through the winter in good condition . and growing conditions have been favorable," the bulletin said. Washington growers forecast a sharp drop from their 1955 crop, but California growers look for a crop 13 per cent larger than 1955. In the three states the total Bartlett crop is expected to reach 468,724 tons. Fall and winter variety pro Subscribers To report Improper or non-delivery of the Mall Tribune phone 3-6141 before 6:45 pjn. daily end 10:30 a-m. Sunday. If regular delivery errivea short ly alter you call please notify office thus Hw.""rig special messenger service. No. 75 Bombs Fatal to William Bofeler; Two Others Injured First Americans Hurt In Cyprus Uprisings licosia, Cyprus (U.R) Cypriot Exetremists tossed two bombs into a downtown restaurant last night, killing a U.S. Vice Consui and wounding two other Amer icans. The dead man was identified as William Boteler, U. S. Vice Consul in Nicosia. He was trans ferred here from Ankara, Tur key, just four weeks ago. The two wounded men were believed to be U. S. Marines. One was reported in critical condition. Official Announcement (In Washington, the U. S. State Department officially an nounced Boteler's death several hours after the bombing. The State Department gave his home address as 2480 16th St.. , Washington, D.C. The State De partment spokesman said he had no information on other Ameri cans who were in the restaurant at the time of the bombing.) They were the first American casualties on Cyprus since Greek Cypriots began fighting last year to break their ties with Britain. The three Americans were eating at the little Soho restau rant in Regina street when the bombs were thrown. Two Cy priot youths were believed to have tossed two homemade gas pipe grenades into the dining room. Full Force The blasts struck with full force at the table occupied by the Americans. :- Butler was fatally - wounded and died a short time later at the British Military hospital. A second American was gravely wounded and the third wa only slightly hurt. A fourth man was also be lieved to be slightly hurt. British Security troops im mediately lined up three sus pects and forced them to stand with their faces pressed against the wall, rifles held close to their backs. Peruvians to Elect President, Congress . Lima, Peru U.R) Peruv ians, in the first free elections of the past 11 years, will vote today to elect a president and congress in a three-cornered contest. Nearly 1.500,000 men and women will chose a president from among three candidates. Fernando Belaunde Terry, 44, 1935 graduate of Texas univer sity, architect and former con gressman, the most liberal of the three; Manuel Prado, 65, a former president of Peru, a con servative banker and business man, and Hernado De Lavalle, 57, international corporation lawyer, making his first bid for public office. Portland Man Named As Oregon Director Washington (U.R) Demo cratic National Chairman Pful M. Butler Saturday announced appointment of James C. Des hazor, Portland, as director of small business activities for Ore gon. Similar directors are being appointed in the 48 states. They will be called upon to work with the small business division of the committee, Butler said. Crop Seen duction in Oregon is expected to be above average and 4 per cent above 1955, .while the Washington crop will be 41 per cent smaller, and the California crop will be 16 per cent larger. Oregon looks for a relatively poor crop of peaches, according to the report. A heavy attack of leaf curl and some freeze dam age pulled it down. California's cling stone varieties should pro duce an above-average crop. Washington's peaches will be 38 -per cent below 1955 production. Even though Pacific coast peach prospects are for a smaller crop than last year, the nation's crop is 19 per cent larger. In southern states where 1955 was a near failure, prospecta ar good.