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Newspaper Page TextIM u mm Medford United Ptm-Full Lcuxl Win 51it Year 20 Pages mimw 10-Year Modified Plan Estimated to CosI$1,656, Committee to Study Financing Methods The Medford city council last night tentatively approved a 10- year arterial street program to cost an estimated $1,658,100. The program was prepared under the supervision of Vernon Thorpe, public works director, as an alternative to a 1954 plan which was estimated to cost the city about $4,130,000. The same basic plan was adopted for the modified program The program, along with a proposed $580,000 storm sewer program, will be submitted to the council's finance committee to study financing. The program, It is hoped, can be spread over a 10-year period, with about 10 per cent of the cost being paid each year. Capital Improvements Earlier this year at budget committee meetings, city offic ials indicated that an off-street parking program might also be included in the arterial street and storm sewer plans and pre sented as an overall capital im provement program. Councilman Harold Frye. chairman of the streets and roads committee, "recommended the council approve the 1955 re vised through-street program, and recommended a charter amendment which would give the city authority to construct through streets and assess prop erty owners. City Attorney E. R. Bashaw was directed to draw up neces sary documents for an amend ment to provide that "through streets designed now and in the future, and as may be construct ed in the interest of the through street program, may be con structed with or without the consent of the property owners." Amendments Needed Councilman Frye said he felt the charter amendment was necessary to eliminate undue delays once the arterial street program was started. Modifications in the revised program include provisions for a grade crossing at 10th st. with a 44-foot street width instead of an underpass and a 66-foot width. The saving on the revis ion will be about $768,000 to the city. Several other streets have been modified to some extent, Thorpe's program showed, to save right of way costs and mov ing of buildings. Several street widths have been reduced from 66-feet to 52-feet with parking prohibited during peak traffic hours. One-Way Couplet The revised program also in cludes a Main-Eighth st. one-way couplet instead of a Main-Sixth et. couplet. Thorpe said the for mer is more desirable because It would provide a one-way couplet from Riverside ave. to the west city limits instead of to Orange St. as in the original plan. The same" general priority as recommended in the original plan have been followed in the revised program. The large pro jects, Thorpe noted, were not taken in their original priority because it was believed some sections of the large projects should be ' completed early in the program while other sec tions would not be necessary until near the end of the pro gram. Priority Basis The basis for the priority of various sections was determined by the estimated 1970 traffic volumes. In addition to the Main-Eighth st. couplet, other projects in clude lOth-llth st. couplet. Jack son st. extension to Hillcrest, Grape-Holly st. couplet, and im provements for Oakdale ave.. McAndrews rd.. King st.. Crater Lake ave.. and East Main st. The total cost of the revised program is S2.678.230 less than the original proposal. (See ether council story Pace It) MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1956 "Ain't No Oil Lobby Here, Jack. We're All Educators" Surplus of Estimated Jackson county will have a surplus of $638,147 on hand at the end of the current fiscal year. County Treasurer Karl Ja nouch has estimated. In response to a request, Ja nouch gave the following fig ures as the basis for his estimate: Balance on hand, July 1. 1955 $1,262,845 Tax receipts 646,438 Misc. receipts (in cludes O & C rev enues) 2,350,867 Approx. total cash.. 4,260,150 1955-56 budget 3,622,003 Indicated surplus ..$ 638,147 Surplus Necessary The surplus, Janouch stated, does not include funds which were authorized in the budget, but which may not all be spent at the end of the fiscal year. He added that some surplus is neces sary to "carry" the county dur ing the July to November per iod, as income is less than outgo during these months. The treasurer reported that miscellaneous receipts have been increasing each year in re- Bank Debits Show Increase in Area Eugene Bank debits in the southern Oregon area, including Medford, showed an increase of 42.5 per cent for May, 1956, over May of last year. The area re ported an increase of 18.8 per cent over April, 1956. Debits are collected monthly from 152 Oregon banks by the bureau of, business research at the University of Oregon. Bank debits represent the dollar value of checks drawn against deposit accounts of individuals and busi ness firms, and are regarded as good indicators of current busi ness activity. Totals for the state for May were Sl.581,724.449. an increase of 13.5 per cent over May, 1955, and a 5.3 per cent Increase over April 1956. Jensen Rehearing Appeal Turned Down Salem (U.R) . The State Su preme Court today denied a re hearing of an appeal from the death penalty souEht by James Norman Jensen, who was con victed in 1954 for the murder of Mrs. Fern Hile of Medford. A new date for the execution will be set by the Circuit Court in ' Jackson county. The high court had upheld the death pen alty last May 2, saying the record showed a fair trial bad been held. $638,147 for County cent, years, and he estimated that they would total about $2,400,000 during 1956-57. He said this income, largely from the county's share of O&C tim ber sale receipts, plus the indi cated cash "carry over," will re sult in a sizeable surplus next year if the budget as published !s not materially increased. There will be a sizeable tax collection next year, despite the fact very small levy is being made, he pointed out, due to con tinuing collection of delinquent taxes. Training School for Lookouts Starts A three-day training school for lookouts and guards em ployed by the Rogue River Na tional forest this summer opened last night in Butte Falls. About 60 trainees are attending. Jack Wood, forest supervisor, opened the session with a talk on the objectives of the school. Instruction began this morning with the district rangers and their assistants in charge. The classes cover lookout proce dures, fire suppression, use of equipment, communications and other subjects. Some forest fire lookouts were established earlier this month, but were brought down after recent rains eased the fire danger. All are expected to re turn to their posts after the training sessions end Friday. George Lucas Joins Police Force Here George Lee Lucas, 315 Earhart st., Medford, this week joined the Medford police force and is now a patrolman on the night shift. Police Chief Charles Champlin reported today. Lucas, married and the father of one child, is a graduate of Medford High school and served in the Marines for three years. Sarena Claims Illegally House Committee Report Charges Washington (U.R) The House Government Operations Com mittee by a party line vote to day, accused the Interior De partment of illegally granting 15 mining patents to the Al Sa rena Mining Co. in Oregon's Roeue River National Forest. The Democratic majority ap proved a report of an investigat ing subcommittee which de manded that the Justice Depart ment take action to cancel the patents. The report said Al Sa rena has cut 2.000,000 board feet of timber from the forest. A. J Tire j. 78 Senate Action on Hells Canyon. Dam Seen in 2 Weeks Bill To Be on Floor Before Session's End Washington (U.R) The Senate Democratic leadership may schedule floor action in about two weeks on a bill to au thorize the controversial Hells Canyon Dam, it was indicated today. The bill, voted out of the Senate Interior Committee by Democrats Tuesday, will be Boise (U.R) Idaho Power Co. said today it was proceed ing with construction of three low dams, en the Snake river despite approval by the Sen ate Interior committee of a bill to replace the dams with a single, federally-built high dam in Hells Canyon. brought up "well before the end of the session," a Democratic source said. Officially the scheduling will be done by the Democratic Pol icy Committee. The group will consider the bill at a meeting to be called later, committee offic ials said. There was a report also that the Senate. would, act first on a bill to authorize the $156,000, 000 Frying Pan-Arkansas pro ject in Colorado. It had admin istration support, and the two bills have been linked , in jock eying for Republican committee votes for the Hells Canyon pro ject. House Action Delayed In the House, Hells Canyon supporters said they have the votes to get an authorization bill out of the House Interior com mittee, if they ever get a com mittee, quorum together. A point of no quorum raised by Rep. Hamer Budge (R-Idaho), prevented a vote on the bill Tuesday. He was one of two Re publicans who attended the meeting, and Democrats charged the Republicans with boycot ting it deliberately. Budge indicated he would raise the point again at the next meeting, set for Tuesday, under similar circumstances. He said there was "no sense" in having a committee vote on "a billion dollar bill" with less than half of the members present. Farrell Presented Plaque by Council Frank Farrell, former Med ford city attorney, was present ed a plaque by the city council last night in recognition of 27 years service to the city. Farrell, who resigned recent ly, was appointed city attorney by Mayor A. W. Pipes in 1929. He was active in the League of Oregon Cities, and was president of the organization in 1933-34. E. R. Bashaw, former Central Point attorney,, replaced Farrell as full-time city attorney with offices in the city hall. Washington (U.R) An Army intelligence expert estimates that one-third of all American prisoners in the Korean war co operated or collaborated with their Communist captors "in some degree or other." land since receiving the patents, but "has not mined one cupful of ore." Republicans voted to reject the report. They said it was dis torted and charged Democrats with playing politics. The four Republican members who served on the subcommittee is sued a lengthy minority report in an effort to show that the patents were "legally and prop erly issued." The GOP report accused Democrats of trying to build up a phony "give away" iaue. INSIDE TODAY Society newt appear en Page Two of today's Mail Tribune. Locals and person als and marlcet news appear on page 13. Radio and TV logs and comics will be found on page two of the second section. REGAL ROBE Queen Elizabeth, Sovereign of the Order of the Garter, is shown in the attire of Brit ain's most exalted order of chivalry. The photo was made in connection with the Garter ceremony at St George's chapel, Windsor Castle, during which Prime Minister Eden, Earl Attlee and the Earl of Iveagh were invested. US, France Plan Soviet Challenge On Disarmament Washington (U.R) The Unit ed State and France planned to challenge Russia anew today to accept disarmament with fool proof controls. The two nations also were ex pected to chide the Soviets for a shift in attitude on settlement of the Arab-Israeli dispute. Russia this spring indicated she wanted the two sides to negotiate for an end to their dispute but recently indicated she sides with the Arabs in opposing negotiations with Israel. v Joint Statement Due The U. S.-French positions were expected to be outlined in a joint statement to be issued at the conclusion of three meetings between French Foreign Minis ter Christian Pineau and Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles. The two arranged their third and last meeting this morning at 10 a.m. (EDT) to draft a final state ment on their talks. The 51-year-old French foreign minister was scheduled later in the day to deliver an address be fore the National Press Club at 12:15 (EDT). Weather FORECAST: Fair through Thursday. Low tonight 48, high Thursday 84. Temp. . Highett Yesterday 87 Lowest this Morning , 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sun let Tomorrow at . . 4:34 t.m. .7:52 a.m. ,2:24 a.m. Summer begins as the Sun en ters the Sign of Cancer. The Moon rises . 8:54 p.m. and tts Thursday 3:23 a.m. Near it appears Antares. bright en star of the constellation, Scorpio. Full Moon Friday might Granted, They termed the Democratic re port a "political document" and said it "seems aimed particu larly to the state of Oregon." The dispute grew out of a con gressional investigation of the granting of the patents in 1954 by Clarence A. Davis, then solicitor and now undersecre tary of the Interior Depart ment. The patents previously had been denied by the Bureau of Land Management at the pro test of the Forest Service that the land contained insufficient mineral to warrant mining. Steelworkers in Separate Sessions With Seven Firms Strike Deadline Only 10 Days Away New York (UP) The United Steelworkers of America met in dividually with seven major steel producers today in an effort to end a deadlock on new con tract terms for 650,000 steel workers. The union conducted negotia tions on a company by company basis in hopes of piercing the industry's solid front. Joint contract talks between the USW and the industry's big three bogged down last week and have been recessed indefinitely. Separate Meotings The union met separately with the big three, U. S. Steel, Bethle hem Steel, Republic Steel, and with Jones and Laughlin Steel, Inland Steel, Allegheny Ludlum Steel, and Crucible Steel. It will meet here later with Pittsburgh Steel, in Wheeling, W.Va.. with Wheeling Steel, and in Detroit with Great Lakes Steel. It will meet with Armco Steel tomor row in Ashland, Ky. With only 10 days left before the June 30 strike deadline bar gaining talks have entered the crucial stage with both sides still deadlocked on most major contract issues. Can Call Strike The industry has set up what appears to be a solid front in of fering a five year no-strike con tract offer to the union. The USW unanimously rejected the offer as "shockingly inadequate" and gave USW President David J. McDonald the green light to call a strike to enforce its de mands. A newspaper advertisement signed by 10 major steel pro ducers appeared in more than 300 newspapers across the coun try today defending the com pany's offer as "the largest single pay package in the history of the industry." Innocent Verdict Returned by Jury A federal court jury returned a verdict of innocent about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday for Nobel C. Stand ley, James Adamek and Wilbur Merchen of Standley Brothers Logging Company, Powers, charged with income tax eva sion. The jury retired from the courtroom late Tuesday after noon, after hearing final argu ments by counsels and instruc tions from Federal District Judge Gus Solomon. Standley, Adamek and Mer chen were charged with evading $300,000 government taxes dur ing the years 1949-51. The trial began last week. The federal court is tentatively scheduled to reconvene July 9. The case of the United States vs. Best Lumber Company Inc., a contract-damages suit, will begin at that time. Egyptian Premier Unveils Soviet Arms Cairo, Egypt (U.R) Premier Gamal . Abdel Nasser took Egypt's newly acquired Soviet arms off the secret list today with a mammoth parade of Egyptian military might. Stalin tanks, heavy guns and armored cars rumbled through Republic square in the biggest military parade ever held in Egypt. Mig-15 jets and Ilyushin bombers flashed overhead. It was an all-out show of the strength in the same square where Nasser said Tuesday night Egypt hoped for a free Arab world that would stretch from Morocco to Iraq, and urged the freeing of Palestine. Germain-trained Egyptian troops marched through the square in a semi-goose step. With them were token forces and military bands from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Yemen, the Sudan, "Libya and Palestine. Bible Reveals Plans To Seek Reelection Reno (U.R) Sen. Alan Bible (D-Nev.) announced he will file formal papers for the Democra tic nomination for the Senate late this afternoon. Bible announced last Novem ber that he would not seek re election but changed his mind after receiving petitions signed by more than 2.000 Nevada vot ers ursine him to tecociide. ft 74 LOSE LIVES IN VENEZUELAN AIRLINE New York (U.R) A Venezuelan airliner caught fire and crashed in the Atlantic ocean early today, carrying 74 persons, including 20 Americans, to their deaths. Twenty two of the passengers were high school age sons and daughters of wealthy Venezuelans. They were flying home after spending the winter in swank private schools in this country. Women and young children also were among the victims of the worst scheduled commercial airline disaster on record. The big four-engined Super Constellation was flying through bright moonlight 9500 feet above the ocean's gentle swells after taking off from Idlewild airport just before midnight. Ike Said Expected To Tell Intention Between July 4-15 Washington (U.R) A White House official said today he ex pects. President Eisenhower to issue a new public statement on his second term intentions after he leaves Walter Reed hos pital. Told of th White House of ficial's statement, Presidential Press Secretary James O. Hag erty said: Politics Not Talked "I do not know who the of ficial is. I know that Gov. Sher man Adams, myself, Col. An drew Goodpaster, Jerry Morgan, Ann Whitman and Gen. Wilton B. Persons are the only staff members here at Walter Reed. Nobody has talked politics with the President and the staff mem ber just have a bigger crystal ball than I 'have if he is being quoted correctly and if it is a staff member that they are quot ing." The official, who cannot be quoted by name, predicted the statement will be issued some lime between July 4 and July 15, probably while the Presi dent is convalescing at his Uettysburg. fa., larm. ScHedules Conference Mr. Eisenhower, gradually re suming his 'official duties al though he faces at least one more week in the hospital, sched uled a conference this morning with French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau. Pineau is winding up three days of talks with State Depart ment officials to realign U. S. French foreign policies. He was accompanied to the President's hospital suite by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Baseball NATIONAL St. Louis 2 8 1 Brooklyn 4 7 0 Miiell, Jackson (5) Kinder (7) and Smith; Craig. Labine (9) and Campanella. Chicago 1 5 0 New York 4 9 1 Kaiser, Valentinetti (7) Hughes (8) and Landrith; Wor thingion and Sarni. Home run: Thompson, New York. Aid in Segregated School Areas Killed Washington (U.R) A bill granting federal aid to school districts that abolish segregation was pigeonholed today by the House Education committee. The 14-10 vote killed any chance of enacting the bill at this session of Congress. Its sponsor, Rep. Stewart L. Udall (D.-Ariz.) said Republi cans teamed up with southern Democrats to table the bill. The GOP's unanimous opposition, he said, demonstrates its "callous indifference" towards the south's problem in complying with the Supreme court's deseg regation. The action came as the House Rules committee prepared to vote on the main school bill, an administration backed measure to channel $1.6 billion in fed eral aid to all the states for con struction of new classrooms. Truman Receives Honor At Oxford University Oxford. England (U.R: Oxford university presented its highest non-graduate honor, Ox onian doctor of civil laws, to Harry S. Truman over the ob jections of a woman professor who protested his decision to drop the atomic bomb la World War IL - CRASH Tried to Return To Idlewild Airport At 12:24 a.m. the pilot, Capt. Luis Plata, radioed that an en gine had run wild. He said he was heading back for Idlewild. The pilot of an Eastern Air lines plane reported he saw the plane start to drop gasoline at 1:27 a.m. It was only 50 miles from safety. "Then all I could see was a large ball of fire," the pilot. Capt. Charles E. Fisher said. Fireballs began falling from the flaming plane. It made a shallow glide, an abrupt turn, another glide, and plunged al most straight down into the sea. The crash almost wiped out one family. Mr. and Mrs. Dan iel Handler and two children, aged 4- and 5, went down with the plane. Only a 10-year-old son, who had remained behind with relatives, survived. The plane's passenger list showed only two Americans from the Far West. They were George Louis Witter, 12, and Dorothy Ann Witter, 14, North Hollywood, Calif., whose fath er, George, is a Los Angeles County building inspector. Search for Bodies Nearly 12 hours after the crash only three bodies and parts of others had been recov ered from the water. Five Coast . Guard vessels and two planes searched the area off the New Jersey coast, about 35 miles east of Asbury Park, N.J. Debris littered the waves. Home town addresses of many of the Americans aboard the plane still were unavailable. A Coast Guard plane was es corting the crippled Venezuelan airliner back to the airport when the fire broke out. The crew watched in helpless horror as the big ship went down. Watchers on land reported seeing the fiery crash, too. -r Festival Rehearsal Schedule Told Ashland The rehearsal schedule for 1956 Oregon Shakespearean Festival plays which start Aug. 1 was an nounced today by Festival offi cials. Rehearsals will start Thurs day afternoon following the "traditional" all-night casting session tonight. Auditions for the plays began Monday in the outdoor theater here. 1 Rehearsals for "Cymbeline" will be held between 2 and 9 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; "Romeo and Juliet," be tween 7 and 10 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; "Love's Labour's Lost," between 2 and 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; and "Richard III," be tween 7 and 10 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. "Titus Andronicus," the Festi val's special production this year, will be rehearsed between 1 and 2 p.m. daily Monday through Saturday. Festival officials said the pub lic is invited to attend rehear sals. Afghanistan Quakes " Said Fatal To 2000 Lahore, Pakistan (U.R) A se ries of earthquakes in Afghan istan earlier this month killed 2000 persons, the Afghan radio in Kabul said today. Tourists reaching Pakistan said the" figure probably would go higher and that as many as 10,000 persons were killed or injured in the tremors that jolt ed the northern part of Afghan istan, which borders Pakistan Russia and Red China. Details of the quakes still were unobtainable as a result of poor communications and the fact that the quakes caused land slides that Isolated mane- villages.