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WHERE 128 PERISHED Above is the area in the Grand Can
ycfri where the charred remains of two huge airliners that ap
parently collided and crashed in a thunderstorm with loss of
123 lives, came to rest. Only a mile apart, arrows point out
School Delegates
Nominate Officers;
Hear Aid Favored
Portland OJ.R) The Na
tional Education association, en
tering the second day of its five
day convention here, called its
first business session for today
at which time candidates for na
ttonat offices were- to "be nonv
inated.
The official business session
followed an early morning
meeting of state delegations at
which state chairmen were
named.
The convention was to break
up into committee and commis
sion sessions this afternoon.
Thousands Hear Johnston
At the first general assembly
of the convention last night.
thousands of teachers, adminis
trators and guests from across
the nation thronged into Mult
' nomah stadium to hear Eric
Johnston, special U. S. ambassa
dor to the Middle East and
president of the Motion picture
association of America speak.
Johnston went on record as
favoring federal aid to educa
tion, and added, "there is no
crisis in education that money
. won't cure."
Johnston suggested that the
United States might "explore
the possibility of a public
scholarship and fellowship
board to detect talent in both
students and teachers and en
courage our latent brainpower
to achieve its own ultimate pro
mise."
Federal Support Seen
The ambassador said he "firm
ly believes that Federal support
for education can be supplied
without disturbing the autonomy
cf our nation's schools in our
local communities."
Johnston pointed out that the
American Council on Education
has said that 100,000 high school
students who were eminently
qualified to enter college, were
forced to drop out of school for
financial reasons.
"We're getting our nickel's
worth of education perhaps
even a dime's worth for a nickel.
But if we want a dollar's worth
we're going to have to spend a
dollar. There is no bargain
counter price for education in
this or any country," Johnston
said.
Bids Opened for Paving Six Streets,
Installation of Two Sewers in Medford
Bids for paving six Medford
streets and for the Verde Hills
and Valley View sewer projects
were opened here yesterday. The
city council will consider the
bids at its 7:30 p.m. meeting to
day. Bids for the Verde Hills sewer
project were submitted by. E and
W Construction company of Eu
gene, $71,750.80, 5.7 per cent
above the estimate; Coast Con
struction company, Junction
City, $73,158.25, 7.8 per cent
above the estimate; Jeske Broth
ers Construction company, Eu
gene, $76,123.20, and W. H. Con
rad Construction compaajt, Med
MEDFORD, OREGON,
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UAL, TWA Planes Collided in Air,
'Positive Evidence' Report Says
Grand Canyon Village, Ariz
(U.R) An Air Force officer and
the coroner-in-charge said today
investigators discovered "posi
tive evidence" that two super
airliners collided in flight be
fore they crashed with 128
aboard in history's worst com-
merci.alay.iat.ipn toll. .. . . ..
The disclosures were made by
Shelby McCauley, Flagstaff,
Ariz., acting coroner, and Capt.
Byrd Ryland, commanding the
search and body recovery teams.
McCauley, Cococino county
justice of the peace who took
charge of the death scene in the
Grand Canyon, said:
"From the evidence that the
The Dalles Pineapple
Claims Settled
Honolulu (U.R) The Interna
tional Longshoremen's and Ware
housemen's Union and the Ha
waiian Pineapple Company have
reached an out-of-court settle
ment of claims arising from The
Dalles. Ore., pineapple riot of
1949.
Under terms of the agreement
reached. Monday, the ILWU
agreed to pay $100,000 in legal
fees and court costs and prac
tically guaranteed the company
against work stoppages and slow
downs. In return, the company dropped
all claims against the ILWU in
ternational and The Dalles Local
8 in connection with the Sept.
29, 1949, riot in which long
shoremen destroyed more than
400 cases of pineapple aboard
a barge.
John Keener Elected
Head of State Group
John Keener, Medford, was
elected president of the Oregon
Moose association, at the con
cluding session of its annual con
vention in Bend.
Vice presidents elected were
Abe Hanory, Portland: Robert
Atkinson, Eugene; Robert N.
Gunderson, Roseburg, and Rob
ert G. Gunderson, Bend.
The association named Rose
burg as the site of its next con
vention. ford, $90,459.50.
The Verde Hills sewer project
calls for 15,500 feet of eight
inch pipe and service connec
tions. Bids for e Valley View
sewer project were submitted by
Coast Construction company,
$1,336.75, 5.2 per cent above the
estimate, and Jeske Brothers
Construction company, Eugene,
$1,389.50, 9.4 per cent above the
estimate.
The project calls for 310 feet
of eight-inch pipe from Capitol
ave. to Aloha st.
Rogue River Paving company
of Medford submitted the only
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United Airlines DC-7, crashed. The Constellation carried 70
persons and the DC-7 had 58 persons aboard. It is the worst
disaster in commercial aviation history.
Civil Aeronautics Board people
have seen so far in the Trans
World Airlines wreckage it
would indicate that the planes
definitely collided."
Positive Evidence
Ryland said, "there is posi
tive evidence in the wreckage
that -the two planes hit each
other in mid-air."
McCauley and 12 other men,
five of them technical engineers
for the CAB, spent the night
stranded in the mile-deep gorge
of the Grand Canyon alongside
the TWA wreckage when heli
copters wer6 unable to airlift
them out Monday, because of
bad wind conditions.
The party was dropped into
the canyon to complete the re
covery of the ba'dly charred re
mains amidst the wreckage of
the TWA Super Constellation
and to seek the cause of the
tragedy in the details of the
wreckage.
Second Swim Class
Session To Start Soon
Registration for the second
session of swimming classes at
the municipal pool in Hawthorne
park will begin Tuesday and
continue through Saturday, ac
cording to Darell Huson, direc
tor of the pool.
The classes will be held daily
from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. begin
ning Monday, Huson said. In
structors will be Janet Demp
ster and Robert Sutherland.
.Anyone 8 years of age or older is
eligible to enroll in the classes.
Students may register for the
swimming classes at the pool in
the afternoon and evening hours,
Huson stated.
Medford Rodeo Rider
Stars at St. Paul
St. Paul Danny Daniels, Med
ford rodeo rider, came within .5
of a second of establishing a new
St. Paul bull-dogging record
Sunday at the 21st annual St.
Paul rodeo.
Daniels downed a steer in 5.7
seconds. The rodeo is scheduled
to end Wednesday afternoon.
Opening day crowd was estimat
ed at 6.000.
bids for six paving projects.
The projects are North Keen
way dr., from Oregon ave. to
East Jackson st., S6.866, 4.1 per
cent above the estimate; Second
st. from Front st. to Central ave.,
S3.320.50, 5.7 per cent above the
estimate; Boardman st. from
Ohio st. to McAndrews rd.,
$7,799.50, 1.9 per cent below the
estimate; from Clark st. to West
Jackson st., $11,474, 2.4 per cent
below the estimate; Fairmount
st. from Summit ave. to the east
end of the street, $8,265, 8.5 per
cent above the estimate; and
Kenwood ave. from Second st.
to Humphrey st., $7,305, 2.9 per
cent below the estimate.
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Super Constellation and a
To Stay Overnight
McCauley personally flew into
the mile-deep gorge for an on-
the-ground examination of the
TWA wreckage and a flight as
close as feasible to the wreckage
of the United Air Lines DC7 a
mile away.
At 10:30 a.m. (PDT) all furth
er helicopter action for the day
was called off, leaving two
teams on the river's edge and
three paramedics at the TWA
site for an overnight stay. All
were well equipped and in no
danger.
A section of the United Air
liner was discovered in the Colo
rado river 6,000 feet below the
rim of the canyon, and body
recovery teams picked up two
bundles of corpses, badly mang
led and burned. They were to be
brought out later today. A
search continued for more re
mains in and along the river.
More Bodies Recovered
Capt. Walter Spriggs, helicop
ter pilot, told reporters that a
total of 21 bundles of. remains
were removed from the TWA
plane today, which, added to the
five removed Monday made a
total of 26. The bundles in some
cases were believed to contain
portions of more than one body,
All were badly charred.
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Two Public Hearings
On Council Agenda
A public hearing on the Med
ford city budget for fiscal year.
1956-57 will be hed by the city
council at 7:30 p.m. today.
Another public hearing will
be held on a sanitary trunk
sewer line in southeast Medford
on the Barnett rd. area.
A continued public hearing
will be held on the paving of
Modoc st. from East Main st. to
Woodlawn dr.
The council will also open
bids on armory bonds during
the meeting and call for bids for
paving Modoc ave. and for the
trunk sewer system in southeast
Medford.
Prospect Man Injured
In Logging Accident
Mel A. Klaus, 24, of post of
fice box 27, Prospect, suffered
leg, chest and head injuries
about 9:40 a.m. today in a log
ging accident about 12 miles
north on Elk creek. He was tak
en to Sacred Heart hospital by
Medford Ambulance service.
Klaus, employed by the Eu
gene Burrill Lumber company,
was on top of a load of logs
when the top half of the load
started rolling off, according to
reports. . Extent of his injuries
was not known at noon today.
Alan Fined in Court
Here on Driving Charge
Philip Terumach Stewart, 57,
Valley View Inn, Ashland,. was
fined $255 in district court this
morning when he pleaded guilty
to a charge of driving while intoxicated.
UN Disarmament
Commission Set
For Soviet Move
Gromyko Surprise
Delegate at Sessions
United Nations, N.Y. (U.R)
The United Nations Disarma
ment Commission began its 1956
session today, primed for a Rus
sian propaganda offensive de
signed to capitalize on the Krem
lin's announced military cutback
of 1,200,000 men.
The Soviet Union unexpected
ly sent its former "boy wonder,"
diplomat Andrei A. Gromyko,
from Moscow for the meeting of
the 12-nation group. The com
mission comprises the 11 mem
bers of the U.N. Security Coun
cil, plus Canada.
Brilon First Speaker
Gromyko hoped to get the
floor early, but the West moved
to spike his oratory by inscrib
ing British Minister of State An
thony Nutting as the first speak
er on the list.
Nutting was expected to re
state the solid position of Brit
ain, the United States. France
and Canada that the West will
not agree to a reduction of
armed forces until settlement of
outstanding political problems,
chiefly the reunification of Ger
many is reached, and that any
disarmament program must in
clude some cutback of nuclear
strength within controllable
limits.
To Present Resolution
He will present, on the West's
behalf, a resolution asking the
full commission to endorse a set
of principles submitted by the
West at the London meeting of
a sub-committee of the Big Four
and Canada. The principles
would guide future work on re
duction of armaments.
The last minute Knemlin sub
sftution of Gromyko for Soviet
U.N. Ambassador Arkady A. So-
bolev, who has never handled
the disarmament question, led
Western diplomats to expect a
tinsel-wrapped Russian proposal.
Late News Briefs
IKE ON GOLF GREEN
Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower spent a half
hour on his private putting
green today.
It was his first encounter with
a golf ball since his intestinal
operation. He "thoroughly en
joyed" it.
AIRCRAFT TESTED
Tokyo (U.R) Peiping Radio
claimed today that the first
atomic powered aircraft has
been flight tested in the Soviet
Union.
PAY HIKE DEMANDED
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (U.R)
The Order of Railway Conduc
tors and Brakeman today de
manded a 25 per cent wage in
crease for its 27,000 members
of the nation's railroads.
TAX COLLECTION UP
Salem (U.R) Collections from
all sources by the Oregon State
Tax Commission for the last fis
cal year through May 31 totaled
$78,688,253, compared to $56,-
071,761 for the same period in
the last biennium, the commis
sion said today. .
Baseball
NATIONAL
(Suspended game from May 13
Philadelphia 7 14 . 0
Pittsburgh 4 9 0
Rogovin, Roberts (8) and Lo
Tata: Hall, Swanson (4), Gar
ber (5), Munger (6), Kline (8),
Pepper (8) and Kravitz. Home
runs: Lopata 2, Philadelphia;
Walls, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia 5 9 2
Pittsburgh 6 9 2
Simmons, Meyer (8) and Lo
pata; Lew, King (6), Swanson
(7), Pepper (7) J. O'Brien (7),
and Shephard. Home runs:
Virdon, Pittsburgh; Skinner.
Pittsburgh.
AMERICAN
Kansas City 3 9 0
Cleveland 9 13 1
Dilmer, Gorman (6) and
Thompson; Garcia, Narleski
(5), Mossi (7) and Averill, He
gan (8). Home runs: Wertz.
Cleveland; Busby, Cleveland;
Lopez, Kansas City; Rosen,
Cleveland.
NO PAPER WEDNESDAY
In order that its employees
may observe the July Fourth
holiday, the Mail Tribune
will not be published on
Wednesday.
Heads of Polish
Revolt Reported
To Be Executed
Berlin (U.R) A Scandin
avian businessman said today
Polish Communists already have
executed the leaders of the "food
and freedom" uprising in Poz-
nan.
A purge of Polish Communist
party ranks also appeared immi
nent because of the bloody up
rising last week. The official
Communist party newspaper
warned that heads will roll.
The businessman who arrived
here from Poznan today said
workers suspected of leading the
demonstrators were placed be
fore firing squads and executed
as soon as they were caught.
Dozens Saul Executed
Others captured with arms in
their possession also were sum
marily shot, he said.
The businessman said he was
told in Poznan that "dozens"
were executed by the Commun
ist firing squads.
The official Polish Commun
ist newspaper Trybuna Ludu to
day attacked party officials in
Poznan for cowardice during the
uprising and said they will "an
swer for their acts."
The East German radio said
the Polish Communist party was
investigating the Communist
lack of vigilance in Poznan.
Western businessmen who
were in Poznan during the up
Highway Safety Urged
On Fourth; Shows Set
Traffic safety . officials today i
warned July 4 motorists to ex
ercise special precautions in
holiday driving this year.
It was pointed out that the one
day holiday increases the traffic
hazard since those planning dis
tant trips will be more likely
to be in a hurry.
Activities Planned
Various organizations have
planned Independence Day ac
tivities which should make it un
necessary for most Jackson
county residents -to "hit the
road" for recreational purposes.
In Medford the municipal
swimming pool at Hawthorne
park will be open between its
regular hours, 1 to 9 p.m.
An evening program has also
been arranged at the Medford
High school stadium. Climaxing
the program will be a $1,200
fireworks display sponsored by
the YMCA. The display will de
pict Niagara Falls, the battle of
Guam, a witch on a "broom and
others. The display is being
sponsored as a fund raising pro
ject for the YMCA camp. Tick
ets will be on sale at the box
office.
Immediately preceding the
fireworks show will be a dem
onstration by the fire depart
ment and a tug-of-war between
the fire and police departments.
Ashland Activities
In Ashland a full day of activ
ities has- been planned by the
Lions club and Junior Chamber
of Commerce. Festivities will
begin at 10:30 a.m. with a par
ade through town. The parade
will start at the junior high
school and will disassemble at
Lithia park. Games and contests
will start at the park at 2 p.m.
and a band concert is scheduled
Lee Assumes Duties
As Superintendent
Robert Lee assumed duties as
Medford water superintendent
yesterday. He was elected recent
ly by the water board to fill the
vacancy recreated when former
Superintendent Robert Duff was
made full-time city manager.
The city budget committee
during .considerations of the
1956-57 fiscal year budget pro
vided that all of Duff's salary
come from the city's general
fjnd. Previously he had been
paid half his salary from the
water department. -
Lee said Duff would be
available to the water depart
ment in an advisory capacity.
Interest on Savings
Accounts Is $5(741
County Treasurer Karl Jan
ouch reported today that interest
on Jackson county school dis
trict savings accounts for the
past six months totaled $5,741.11.
The treasurer also reminded
tax payers that the recently ap
proved Oak Grove and West
Side school consolidation with
Medford went into effect July 1.
The new consolidated district
number, 549C1 went into effect
on that date.
Portland (U.R) Samuel B.
Stewart has been elected as
chairman of the State Tax Com
mission for -the fiscal year start
ing July 1.
heaval reported that party of
ficials stood by while demonstra
tors seized the arsenal at the
militia command headquarters.
Weapons also were taken from
the hands of unresisting militia
and security guards.
Led by anti-Communist under
ground fighters, the demonstra
tors stormed the city jail, Com
munist party headquarters and
the city hall. They destroyed the
radio center used to jam broad
casts from the West. The demon
strators also burned party r and
prison files, invaded Commun
ist offices and hauled Red func
tionaries outside to expose them
to the hoots and jeers of the
mobs.
More Food, Less Russians
They shouted for more pay
and food and less Russians.
"This is our revolution," they
shouted to Westerners in Poz
nan for the International Fair.
They appealed to the visitors
to carry their message to the
West.
Communist Polish Army
troops and tanks were rushed
to the seething city and the re
volt was ruthlessly crushed. The
Warsaw government said 50 per
sons died in the fighting, which
sputtered on for three days.
Western estimates placed the
death toll as high as 500.
for 3 p.m., featuring the Ash
land city band under direction
of Huot Fisher.
Swimming events will start at
4 p.m. at Twin Plunges and at
7 p.m. entertainment will be
presented by the Jaycees at the
Valley View Speedway. The
program will include about 70
different fireworks displays
starting at 8:30 p.m. The Lions
club will have concessions at
Lithia park all through the day.
Nearly all retail stores, and
banks, ciiy halls and the court
house will be closed for the day.
There will be no issue of the
Mail Tribune Wednesday.
Class in Citizenship
To Begin on Thursday
A citizenship class for the
foreign-born will be given this
summer it was announced yes
terday by Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini,
instructor. The new class will
begin Thursday, July 5, with
sessions at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at
Mrs. D'Albini's home, 308 North
Ivy st.
Both the instruction and mate
rial are free, Mrs. D'Albini
states, with Crater Lake chap
ter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, supplying the in
struction manuals.
Mrs. D'Albini has been teach
ing citizenship classes in Med
ford for about 30 years.
Canadian Royal Air '
Force Planes Land Here
Three B-25s and one C-47 of
the Canadian Royal Air Force
were delayed at the Medford air
port yesterday because of weath
er conditions. The planes were
to leave about noon today, ac
cording to airport officials.
The Canadian planes had been
flying north from Culver, Calif.,
where equipment was installed.
The 17 crewmen of the four
planes spent the night in Med
ford. They are en route to three
military bases in Canada.
'You Think This Is Real 4th-Of-JuIy Stuff?"
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Certain Senators
Owe Him Apology,
Secretary Declares
t Jackson Specifically
Named at Hearing
Washington U.R) Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson re
fused today to apologize to the
Senate for his recent "phony"
remark. Instead, he said cer
tain senators owe him an
apology.
Testifying before senators in
vestigating air power, Wilson
specifically named Sen. Henry
M. Jackson (D-Wash.) as one who
owes him an apology.
Jackson has been one of the
sharpest critics of the adminis
tration's defense policies and
helped push through a $900,
000,000 increase' in Air Force
funds that Wilson had labelled as
"phony."
The secretary, who said he
was "misunderstood" or "partly
misquoted" on the "phony" re
mark, suggested at the time that
some people interested in in
increasing defense budget w'ere
not interested in raising the
taxes to pay the bill.
Everybody Laughs
Jackson asked Wilson in cross
examination today if he feels he
"owes an apology to Congress"
for his remarks.
I do not," Wilson said in a
loud, firm voice.
"It would not be out of order
for certain senators to apologize
to me."
"What do you mean," Jackson
asked.
You are one of them," Wil
son said.
A gasp followed by a wave of
laughter swept through the old
Supreme Court chamber where
the hearing was being held.
Jackson joined in the laughter.
Wilson, reading from the
transcript of the controversial
news conference at which he
made the remark, said he -was
not "sorry" about his "phony"
remark but "sorry about the in
terpretation placed on it."
Explains His Remark
Wfiat he had intended to say
in a somewhat "offhand kind" of
remark, he said, was that any
idea he .was "trying to shave off
more money was a phony."
Wilson said he had not paid
much attention to the furor that
was stirred up on the Senate
floor. He felt attacks on him
that resulted were "political and
not personal."
That rankled Chairman Stu
art Symington (D-Mo.) of the
Armed Services Subcommittee
conducting the hearing. He ob
jected that Wilson, in calling it
"a political" attack, was making
a "sweeping indictment" of him
self and Chairman Richard B.
Russell (D-Ga.) of the full Armed
Services Committee. Symington
noted that Russell, "one of the
most respected and beloved
members of the Senate," had
said his patience was "sorely
tried" by Wilson's attitude.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy
through Wednesday. After
noon and evening thunder
heads over the higher moun
tains. Mild temperatures. Low
tonight SO, high tomorrow 78.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 79
Lowest this Morning 48
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:39 a.m.
Sunset 7:52 p.m.
Moonrise Wednesday.. 1:17 a-m.
New Moon ... Saturday night
PROMINENT STAR
Regulns, sets - 9:48 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, close to Krgulus.
Saturn, in the south.. 9:02 p.m.
Mars, rises ....... 11:30 p.m.
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