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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
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Antares. in the .ih 10:52 pjn.
VISIBLE PLANETS
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.