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Drinking Charges
Removal Sought by
McKeon's Lawyers
Parris Island, S.C. (U.R)
The defense fought today to
have stricken from the indict
ment against S. Sgt. Matthew
C. McKeon charges that he was
drinking vodka before he led
raw recruits on a "death march'
that drowned six men in a tidal
wash.
The maneuver, if accepted by
a seven-man General Court Mar-
Ike Discusses
Atomic, Foreign
Policy Problems
Washington U.R! Presi
dent Eisenhower still wearing a
bandage, discussed atomic and
foreign policy problems today on
his first return to his White
House desk since his operation
more than five weeks ago.
Mr. Eisenhower arrived at his
office at 8:20 a.m. (EDT) and
held a brief work session with
his staff before swinging into a
limited series of appointments.
He conferred later with Adm
Lewis W. Strauss, chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission
He later called in Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles for a
foreign policy review and to dis
cuss plans for the Panama Con-
ference of American Presidents
which the President will attend
this week end.
Week's Schedule
Mr. Eisenhower Tuesday will
confer with Republican leader's
of the House and Senate and
Thursday he will preside at a
meeting of the National Security
Council.
Friday the chief executive
plans what the White House
described as an "expanded"
council meeting which will in
clude representatives of the de
partments and agencies partici
pating in the new Civil Defense
operation "alert" which begins
Friday.
Press Secretarv James C. Haa
erty said Mr. Eisenhower will
not hold a news conference this
week. Neither will he have a
formal Cabinet meetirrg before
he leaves for Panama Friday
night.
The President, still convales
cent as a result of his June 9
surgery, planned for the immed
iate future to follow a rather re
stricted schedule of office hours
Jensen Leaves to Face
Execution in Salem
James Norman Jensen, 23
Larkspur, Calif., was en route to
the state penitentiary in Salem
this morsing from the Jackson
county jail. He was accompan
ied by sheriff's officers Paul
Bettiol and Dean DeBerry.
Jensen will await execution in
the state gas chamber Sept. 21
He was first sentenced to death
for th April, 1954, murder of
Mrs. Fern Hile, in circuit court
Jan. 7, 1955. His case was ap
pealed to the State Supreme
court without success, and he
was resentenced by Circuit
Judge H. K. Hanna about two
weeks ago.
Also taken from the county
jail this morning was Prentice
Kenneth Cox, 30. of Wichita
Falls, Tex. Cox recently was
sentenced to one year in the
Multnomah county jail for rape
Salem vU.R) A rash of 43
fires, 32 of them lightning-caused
occurred over the week end on
state forest lands.
Cincinnati (U.R) A nation
wide strike at B. F. Goodrich
Rubber Company plants has
been averted.
Seventy-Two People Participate in CAP
Simulated Air Rescue Operation Sunday
Seventy-two persons worked
on the ground and in the air yes
terday, for the Civil Air Patrol's
simulated air rescue, and found
their '"target" at 3:25 p.m.
The operations, based at the
Medford airport, began with a
briefing of all personnel by Maj.
Patrick Moses, deputy for opera
tions of the Oregon wing, CAP,
in Portland, at about 9 a.m. Im
mediately afterward a weather
plane, and then a route plane
went up.
Target Placed
The target had been planted
by M 'Sgt. Harold Schultz, wing
observer. U.S. Air Force.
Prepared clues were phoned
Into operations headquarters,
and 14 planes took off in about
half-hour intervals to help with
the mock search.
tial trying the Worcester, Mass.,
junior drill instructor at this
huge Marine training depot,
would deflate considerably the
case of the prosecution.
Removal of the drinking
charges would leave charges of
involuntary manslaughter and of
cruelly oppressing 74 members
of Recruit Platoon 71 by taking
them on a disciplinary march
into tidal Ribbon creek last Ap
ril 8.
Important Trial
The manslaughter charge,
without the drinking allegatipns
as a contributory factor, then
would become, in effect, an ac
cusation of faulty judgment on
McKeon's part.
McKeon, ram-rod stiff, was
the central figure- in perhaps the
most celebrated court martial
since Billy Mitchell's.
Although he was the visible
defendant, the Marines recog
nized, too, a silent and invisible
defendant the stiff training
program given to all recruits. A
conviction, which could send Mc
Keon to prison for at least four
years, could bring a new revision
of training regulations.
Throughout legal arguments in
the opening session the 31-year-
old defendant sat at the counsel
table as if transfixed.
His wife, Betty, who is ex
pecting a third child next month,
was in the courtroom, but Mc
Keon never glanced at her.
McKeon's lawyer, Emile Zola
Berman, argued for dismissal of
the drinking charges while the
seven-man court martial was ex
cused from the courtroom.
Other Drinking Offenses
Berman said the defense con
sidered the two drinking charg
es "minor and indeed trivial"
and out of place in an indictment
that alleges offenses of man
slaughter and cruelty.
He recalled that two sergeants
who were drinking vodka with
McKeon were tried only in Sum
mary Court Martial, indicating
their offense was considered a
misdemeanor, and that although
they were convicted their fines
were later remitted.
McKeon's lawyer was fight
ing through a "barrier of silence"
concerning irregular training
practices at the Parris Island de
pot such as night marches into
the marsh land which forms a
good part of the terrain around
here.
Soft-Spoken Defendant
McKeon, 31, a soft-spoken New
Englander, who acts and talks
more like a studious chaplain
than a hard-bitten sergeant, has
said that, as a junior drill in
structor, he marched recruit Pla
toon 71 into the tidal waters of
Ribbon creek to "teach them dis
cipline." The platoon panicked in deep
water. At about 8:30 p.m. last
ADril 8 a chilly, moonless
Sunday night six of the re
cruits drowned. The march was
unauthorized, and McKeon has
admitted he did not know the
creek area and had not attempt
ed to familiarize himselt witn
it.
Weather
FORECAST: Threat of thunder
showers over mountains tfci
evening- Clear toniRht and in
creasing ..cloudiness.. Tuesday
with continued threat of af
ternoon and evening thunder
storms. Low tonight 58. High
Tuesday 90.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 90
Lowest this morning 55
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise . 4:48 a.m.
Sunset 7:46 p.m.
Moon set Tuesday 12:38 a.m.
Full Moon July 22
PROMINENT STAR:
Altair. high in
southeast 10:29 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS:
Saturn, follows the moon.
Jupiter, sets 9:09 p.m.
Venus, rises 3:11a.m.
Mars, due south 4:00 a.m.
Al Randies of the Medford
squadron, in charge of publicity,
said the area "was covered like
a blanket" by the planes. They
were told the target would be
somewhere within a 25 mile ra
dius of the airport.
About 3:25 p.m., a plane from
the Portland Squadron No. 2, pi
loted by Lt. John Frank, spotted
the target. Medford mobile unit,
95, a jeep station wagon driven
by James Valentine, command
ant of cadets for the Medford
squadron, spied it at almost the
same time.
The target was a large piece
of fabric in some trees at the
intersection of Highway. 234 and
Sams Valley rd., about 10 miles
northwest of Medford.
Ground units were called to
the spot, and simulated rescue
Emergency Road
Opened To Mitchell
As Cleanup Starts
Highway Department
Gets Share of Blame
Mitchell (U.R) The Central
Oregon community of Mitchell,
half wiped out by a 50-foot wall
of water Friday night, today had
an emergency road into the town
open and began to clean up the
havoc wreaked by the sudden
cloudburst.
Most of the town's 500 resi
dents managed a slow smile as
they began to tear away the rub-
Porltand (U.R) Wash
ington officials today notified
the Portland office of lh
Small Business administration
that Wheeler county has been
declared a disaster area.
ble and began thinking about the
huge job of rebuilding that faced
them. But there was bitterness
too.
Many residents claimed the
state was not concerned enough
with opening up the highway
leading into the town and others
went even farther and blamed
the whole mess on the state high
way department.
Washed out bridges, slides and
wide holes in the roadbed
blocked access to the town on
Highway 26.
An old logging road was
opened leading into the town
yesterday but officials warned
of slide danger on the route and
only emergency vehicles were
being allowed to cross.
State highway spokesmen said
it would be several weeks before
Highway 26 can be reopened to
through traffic. An emergency
power line and a telephone line
were being strung over the roll
ing hills into the logging com
munity from Prineville.
Some residents of the bat
tered town blamed the state high
way department for the wall of
water that charged down Bridge
creek on Friday the 13th.
Creek Said 'Gnawed'
They claimed the highway
crew had narrowed the creek
bed two years ago when they
built Highway 26 through the
town. "They gnawed that creek
right up against our buildings,"
one resident charged. "
Emergency refief supplies such
as bedding and food poured into
the flood-ravaged town from
neighboring communities and
ranchers from throughout
Wheeler county sent their trac
tors and bulldozers to the area to
help open up the roads.
The state highway department
has 12 heavy machines at work
on the western approaches to the
town, attempting to carve a road
through the landslides and wash
outs. Civil Defense Test
Planned in Oregon
Portland ,U.R) A civil de
fense test simulating the explo
sion of an A-bomb equal in force
to 100.000 tons of TNT. is sched
uled for Portland Friday at
9:45 a.m. '
Jack Lowe, Portland civil de
fense director, said no public
participation was scheduled for
the Portland test, which con-
cerns the reception and care of
evacuees. Some cities outside of
Portland will have public par
ticipation in the test, Lowe said.
Lumber Firm Employee
Hospitalized With Burns
John A. White, 39, route 2, box
420, Medford, suffered second de
gree burns on his arms and neck
Sunday morning when a '"blow
back" occurred while he was
cleaning a boiler grate. at Elk
Lumber company, plant officials
reported today.
White was taken by Medford
Ambulance service to Sacred
Heart hospital, where his condi
tion was reported "quite good"
this morning. The accident oc
curred at 10:30 a.m.
activities carried out.
Randies said the 14 planes
participating flew a total of 1,
600 air miles during the day on
a total, of 12 sorties
Heads Operation
Warrant Officer Robert Mc-
Corkle was in charge of opera
tions, assisted by Lt. Hubert Cur-
tiss, commander of the Medford
squadron. Communications were
handled. by Warrant Officer L.
C. Cass.
Units participating came from
Lakeview, Klamath Falls, Rose-
burg, Coos Bay, Portland, and
Medford.
The Civil Air patrol tentative
ly plans to hold another simulat
ed air rescue again based at the
Medford airport with units from
Roseburg. Coos Bay and Grants
Pacs in ahout three weeks.
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ROBERT A. BOYER
Central Committee Head
Medford Attorney
To Head Oregon
Democratic Group
Robert A. Boyer, young Med
ford attorney and Democratic
leader, was elected chairman of
the Oregon Democratic Central
commmittee at a meeting in Cor
vallis yesterday.
This morning he was named
alternate delegate to the Demo
cratic National convention by
Sen. Richard L. Neuberper, who
advised the Mail Tribune of the
appointment by telephone. Sena
tor Netiberger earlier had an
nounced his intention of appoint
ing the new chairman.
Heavy Majority
Boyer's only opposition for
the post was Chet Lowry of
Washington county. His victory
was reportedly by a heavy ma
jority. He succeeds Howard
Morgan of Monmouth in the
post. Morgan recently resigned
to act as a campaign aide for
Presidential Candidate A d 1 a i
Stevenson.
Three other state Democratic
officials were reelected at the
Corvallis meeting. They were
Edna Scales, Clackamas county,
vice chairman; Lloyd Rae, Bak
er county secretary, and Dexter
Fairbanks, Portland, treasurer.
Jack Beatty was nominated by
Boyer and elected as liaison offi
cer to maintain contact between
the central committee and the
numerous other Democratic or
ganizations in the state.
Four Speakers
Robert Holmes, Gearhart,
Democratic candidate for gov
ernor, Congresswoman Edith
Green, Portland, Wiley Smith,
Portland, Democratic candidate
for state treasurer, and Jason
Lee Salem, candidate for con
gress from the first district, all
attended and spoke briefly.
In telling of his appointment
of Boyer as his alternate, Sena
tor Neuberger told Democratic
National Committee Chairman
Paul Butler that Boyer is "an
iiDctanriino vouns man of in
tegrity and ability, with a bril
liant future ahead in the public
life of our state and of the na
tion." He told the Mail Tribune
he has a high regard for Boyer
and looks forward to his associa
tion with him during the con
vention in Chicago next month.
Committee Chairman
Bover. 29. in addition to the
two posts gained over the week
end, is also chairman of the
Democratic Central committee
of Jackson county, and is a can-
didate for the state legislature
from this county. He has resided
in Medford since 1937, and he
and his wife and small daughter
live at 649 South Ivy st.
He is also active in the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the
American Legion, and the
YMCA He is a graduate of
Medford High school, attended
Southern Oregon college in Asn
land, and received his baccalau
reate and law degrees from the
University of Oregon.
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OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1956
Senate Told of !
Proposed Changes
In Tinderbox Area
Confirmation by
Senate Necessary
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower has ordered a
major shakeup in this country's
top diplomats in the Middle
East.
He intends to name new am
bassadors to Egypt, Greece, Mor
occo, and the Union of South
Africa. He also plans to replace
George V. Allen as assistant sec
retary of state for Near Eastern
affairs.
Sen. Walter F. George, (D-Ga.),
said today that his Senate For
eign Relations Committee was
notified of the proposed changes
last week. They must be confirm
ed by the Senate.
Proposed Changes
There was no immediate state
ment from either the White
House or State Department. But
according to the senate notifica
tion, these are the proposed
changes:
Raymond A. Hare, director
general of the Foreign Service,
to become ambassador to Egypt
He would replace Ambassador
Henry A. Byroade who has held
the post only a little more than
a year.
Byroade to become ambassa
dor to the Union of South Afri
ca. .- Allen to become ambassador
to Greece, replacing the veter
an Cavendish W. Cannon. No
one has been mentioned yet to
replace Allen in the key assist
ant secretary post here.
Cannon To Morocco
Cannon to become the first
U.S. ambassador to the newly
independent state of Morocco.
The shift of Byroade and Al
len were major surprises. It
seemed to signal an administra
tion effort to strengthen its rep
resentation in the tinderbox Mid
dle East. Dealing with Egypt
is a particularly ticklish assign
ment in view of its leadership of
the Arab bloc, in the dispute with
Israel and its recently friendly
relations with Russia.
Allen, former ambassador to
India and Yugoslavia, has been
a top troubleshooter for the ad
ministration in the Middle East.
Military Public
Works Bill Vetoed
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower today vetoed the
$2,136,000,000 military public
works bill on grounds the meas
ure is unconstitutional.
The President vetoed the
measure with a message to the
House saying that he thought the
bill violated "the fundamental
constitutional principle" of sep
aration of powers between the
executive and the Congress.
Mr. Eisenhower said he thought
ihe measure placed unconstitu
tional authority in the hands of
the Armed Services Committee
on the House and Senate.
In adopting the bill, Congress
provided that the Defense De
partment could not spend any
money on Talos missile sites or
on housing projects until they
had been cleared with the Sen
ate and House Armed Services
committees.
In his veto message, Mr. Eis
enhower said the provision
would "compel the secretary of
defense, and an executive offi
cial to share with two commit
tees of the Congress the respon
sibility for the carrying out of
the Talos missile authorization
Highway Group Refers
Bids to County Court
The Oregon State Highway
commission has referred bids on
construction of Willow Kane,
Snider and Dry Creek bridges to
the Jackson county court for ac
tion.
Low bidder was RicM Con
struction company, Central Point
at $55,532. Other bids were Aus-
Iand Constructoin company,
Grants Pass, $55,f80, and Or
lando C Benaard, Portland, $66,-233.
Shakeup
Diplomats
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Contempt For
Not Contributing
Names To It"
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ACTIVITIES
Sunday Fire
70 Acres of
Grass in Tolo District
Fire swept over approximately
70 acres of grass, brush and tree
stumps north of Gulf Red Ced
ar company-sawmill in the Tolo
district yesterday, doing little
damage but threatening several
homes to the north and east and
storage lumber at the mill.
Central Point rural fireman,
who were summoned at 4:30 p.m.
said that the fire was fought for
about two hours with as many
as 30 men battling the flames at
one time. They described the
blaze as "very hot" but reported
that the only damage was to an
abandoned mill building, which
was destroyed, and to fence
posts.
The blaze apparently started
in the northwest corner of the
area, firemen stated. Cause has
not been determined, they said
this morning.
Central Point rural fire pro
tection district had three veh
icles at the scene. A state for
estry department pick-up1 truck
unit and a Gulf Red Cedar bull
dozer also were used. Men re
siding in the area were among
the fire fighters.
The state forestry department
reported a three-acre grass fire
on Foley lane northwest of Cen
tral Point about the same time
yesterday. It was believed to
have been started from a debris
fire. Patrolmen reported there
was no damage.
Medford firemen were called
about 1:05 p.m. yesterday to the
fairgrounds baseball park where
a grass fire damaged the board
Southern Oregon College
Professor Suffers Attack
Larry E. Butler, 610'2 King
st., Medford, director of the audio-visual
aids center and assistant
professor of education at South
ern Oregon college, suffered a
heart attack at Crescent City,
Calif., Saturday, while conduct
ing a group of SOC summer stu
dents on a museum tour, it was
learned today.
Butler, who has been affiliated
with the college since 1947, is
reported "resting comortably" at
Seaside hospital in Crescent
City. His attack was believed to
be a coronary thrombosis, ac
cording to Miss Doris Corso,
audio-visual aids departmental
secretary who accompanied the
group on the tour.
Worms Ravage Many
Clover Fields in Valley
Army worms are ravaging
many of the clover fields in the
valley now. County Agent W. B.
Tucker said today.
Tucker recommended that
farmers spray fields with a mix
ture of 10 per cent DDT, toxo
phine, or chlordane in such
quantity as to get two pounds
of actual poison per acre. He
emphasized that the fields must
be fully covered if worm con
trol it to b effective.
Tribune
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Covers
Brush,
fence slightly. Origin was not
known. City firemen extinguish
ed a grass fire in the 400 block
on Union ave., about 7:45 p.m.
Saturday.
Thirteen fires, started on state
forestry department- protected
land by lightning storms last
week, were found and put out
by patrolmen. Southwest Dist
rict Warden Curt Nesheim re
ported.
Ten of the fires were in Jose
phine county and three in Jack
son county.
A fire at the head of the Ap
plegate river was the last to be
found on the Rogue River Na
tional forest, Fire Control Of
ficer S. T. Moore said. Eight
lightning fires were found on
the national forest.
FBI, Police Take
Medford Fugitive
Paul Leon Jacks, 21, route 1,
box 133, Gold Hill, was arrested
Saturday at Hattiesburg, Miss.,
by local police and FBI agents
on a charge of fleeing from Med
ford to avoid prosecution for
the crime of rape, according to
J. F. Santoiana, special agent
in charge of the Portland FBI
office.
Jacks was lodged in the Jack
son county jail on Oct. 18, 1955
on a rape charge and was re
leased after posting $1,500 bail
on Nov. 26, 1955. Trial was set
for April 26 in circuit court.
He was again arrested and
lodged in jail on March 2, 1956,
on a charge of burglary not in a
dwelling. He was released on
that count after posting $1,500
bail on April 20. Trial date for
the burglary charge was not set.
When Jacks failed to appear
in court to face the rape charge,
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna ord
ered forfeiture of bail, posted by
Shade Combs, Rogue River. A
federal fugitive warrant was is
sued for his arrest on May 16.
Bond was set at $10,000.
Jacks is being held in jail at
Hattiesburg awaiting his return
to Medford.
Mediators Take Firm Hand
In Steel Strike Solution
Pittsburgh (U.R) Federal
mediators took a firm hand to
day in efforts to seek an end
to the nationwide steel strike.
They called industry negotia
tors into a private meeting and
summoned representatives of
the United Steelwarkers to a
similar meeting later. The meet
ing with the company negotia
tors lasted all morning.
They also called both sides to
meet with the mediators in a
joint session this afternoon.
Federal M e di a t io n Chief
Joseph r, Fioassan said Smviay
Traffic Accounts
For, 12 Victims;
Wafer Takes Two
Josephine County
Crash Kills Four
By UNITED PRESS
Oregon recorded one of Its
heaviest fatality records of the
year over the week end, at least
12 persons killed in traffic ac
cidents in the state and the im
mediate bordering regions and
two other persons were victims
of water mishaps.
Two highway crashes, one
near Grants Pass and the other
near Fruitland, Ida., yesterday,
each claimed four lives.
A one-car accident near Port
land Saturday night took a
single victim. An accident at
the Portland speedway yester
day afternoon claimed another.
A Vancouver, Wash., woman was
killed Saturday night at Van
couver. And a Portland man died
Friday night in an accident near
Klamath Falls.
Youths Drown
Two youths, one 18 and the
other 10, drowned in Oregon
yesterday, one in the Sandy
river near Portland and the
other in Porter creek near Win
ston. An Oregon mother and three
of her young children were
killed yesterday afternoon in an.
accident near Fruitland, Ida.
Dead were Mrs. Marjorie Lor
aine Holmes of Cheshire, her
eight-year-old son Lonnie, a 10-month-old
daughter, Gloria, and
a five-year-old son, Larry.
Also injured in the crash were
the husband and father, William
Pete Holmes, another son, Lynn
Allen, 3, and Mrs. Mabel Thea
son, mother of Holmes.
Mrs. Theason told police that ,
the car driven by Holmes collid
ed with a 'pickup truck driven
by Rollie Williamson, 22, of Spo
kane, Wash. She said the tiuci
pulled out from a side road into
the path of the Holmes' car
while the family was en route to
Boise, Ida., on a vacation trip.
Josephine Crash Kills Four
A two-car collision in north
ern Josephine county early yes
terday took the lives of four
persons and sent another four to
a Grants Pass hospital with seri
ous injuries.
Police identified the victims
as Kenneth C. Jordan, 49, the
driver. Eatonville, Wash.; Wil
liam M. Eskew, 22, Corvallis,
Ore.; Edith M. Jordan, Tacoma,
Wash., and Stella Stacy, 73, Van
couver, Wash.
The Jordan car struck another
vehicle driven by Larry Mullar
key, 19, Glendale, Ore., on high
way 99 near Wolk Creek hiiL
Three passengers in the Mullar
key car, Ben Moore, 22, and Ed
ward Booth, 19, both of Glen
dale, and John Stange, 16, of
Willoughby, Ohio, were hospital
ized. Bill Dodson, 27, Aberdeen.
Wash., racing car driver, was
killed at the Portland speedway
yesterday when a tie rod on his
car snapped an the car crashed
into a restraining wall.
David Thompson, 27, Celilo
Falls, was killed near Troutdale
east of Portland Saturday night
when his car rolled over on the
Troutdale road.
Mrs. Opal D. Ellertson, 28,
Vancouver, Wash., was killed in
Vancouver Saturday when her
station wagon collided with an
other vehicle.
Samuel Joseph Currier,- 59,
Portland, was killed Friday
night when his car hit a wet spot
and- rolled over on highway 97
near McCreedy Springs, 36 miles
north of Kalamath Falls. His
wife, Ella , Leigh, 55, was in
jured. Kenneth Henckel, 18, Ttout-
dale, drowned in the Sandy
river yesterday after he tumbled
from a railroad trestle near the
Lewis and Clark park.
The other drowning accident
yesterday claimed the life of 10-year-old
Gary Blondell, of Win
stone. He was swimming in Por
ter creek eight miles west of
Winston when the accident oc
curred. He wag the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph BlondelL
Salem (U.R) Display space
for textiles at the 1956 Oregon
State Fair' will be increased 50
per cent. The fair runs from
Sept. 1 to 8.
that if the union and industry
representatives did not work out
some approach to settlement
soon, he would come up with
"suggestions" of his own.
Finnegan spent the week end
in Washington reporting on the
situation to Secretary of Labor
James Mitchell.
He and his aides, Clyde Mills
and Robert H. Moore, returned
to Pittsburgh today. They were
to remain on the sideline on a
"standby" basis while the union
and management representatives
met ia joint session.