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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.
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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.
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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.