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Medfo United Prew Full Leased Wire 5 lit Year 20 Pages Jury Examination En Trial of Nunn Under Way Today Examination of jurors began this morning in the trial of Billy Junior Nunn, 28, Klamath Falls millworker, charged with first degree 'murder in the sex slay ing of William Eacret. 14, Klam ath Falls, last April 19. The state has asked for the death penalty. Nunn entered a plea of inno cent late in May. His court-ap pointed attorney, Sam Harbison 'his morning made a detailed plea for postppnement of the trial for further psychiatric ex amination of the defendant. May Change Plea He said there was a possibility the plea would be changed to innocent by reason of insanity, but he felt another examina All Oregon Radio, TV Stations To Go Off Air for Drill Salem (UP) All Oregon tele vision and radio stations will leave the air for 15 minutes at 12:10 p.m. Friday as part of a nation-wide Conelrad drill dur ing Civil Defense Operation Alert. During that time the only sta tions on the air will be official Conelrad stations. There are 38 such emergency stations in Ore gon broadcasting on a frequency of 640 and 1240 kilocycles. Abbreviation of Phrase Slate Civil Defense officials pointed out that Conelrad is an abbreviation of the technical phrase "plan for control of elec tromagnetic radiation." The plan was" devised by the broadcasting industry, the air force and the Federal Communications Com mission to permit broadcasting of civil defense news and in structions during a national emergency. C. D. officials said that where there were a number of stations in an area, transmitters were switched frequently to confuse enemy pilots who might navi gate by them. Smaller stations broadcast only for brief periods. Emergency Newspaper Twenty-eight Oregon stations are of the small "off-on" variety. They cover all of Western Ore gon except Marion and Polk counties; all of the coast from Astoria to Coos Bay; and Red mond, Prineville, Baker, La Grande, Pendleton, The Dalles and Hood River areas in Eastern Oregon. An emergency news paper will also be published by the Canby Herald for distribu tion among "evacuees" from the Portland area, defense officials said. Largest clusters of Conelrad stations are located in Eugene, Corvallis and Portland. Revised Military Works Bill Passed Washington U.R The House bowed today to President Eisenhower's veto of a $2,300,- tH)0.000 military construction bill and repassed it without the language to which the President objected. The House acted by unanimous consent shortly after its Armed Service Committee approved the revised bill. 27 to 0. But the committee served notice that, as a result of the Presidents ac tion Monday, it will co a lot slower in approving dcicnse re quest hereafter. The House action sent the re vised authorization bill to the Senate where its fate is clouded. The new bill embraces, un changed, the scores of project authorizations covered in the original measure. Mr. Eisenhower vetoed the original bill on grounds that some of its provisions were an unconstitutional invasion of ex ecutive powers by Congress. HARRIMAN ELECTION HOPES Asbury Park. N. J. U.PJ Gov. Averell Harriman of New York, Democratic presidential candidate, glanced at a group of children crowded around him as he talked to newsmen Monday and quipped: "If we can get all hese kids to vote for us we might get elected." United Nations. N.Y. U.R Western diplomats said today that the world's atomic powers probably will reopen deadlocked disarmament talks in November. it I tion was necessary before any plea could be entered. Harbison's request was denied bv Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna. The judge said the trial could I not be postponed, though another psychiatrist could be subpoenaed during the trial if necessary. Nunn hs been examined once by Dr. Harry K. Danielson. Judge Hanna said Harbison could submit a written request to change the plea to innocent by reason of insanity, but added that he must do so this morning if such a plea were to be entered Confusion Occurs Some confusion occurred con cerning the ruling and Harbison interrupted examination of the first juror for a five-minute re cess to discuss the change with the defendant. They decided against changing the plea. Examination of the first juror required more than an hour, and it was indicated the jury ex amination would continue at least until Wednesday noon. By law the defense is allowed to dismiss 12 jurors without stating reasons and the state may dis miss six. Arrested in Alturas Nunn is accused of picking up the Eacret boy in his car at Klamath Falls and taking him to Tub Springs state park near the Green Springs highway April 19. He is accused of assaulting him sexually and strangling him. The youth's body was found a few days later by picnickers in the area. Nunn was arrested in Alturas. Calif., after officers throughout the western states had been alerted to watch for a man wear ing a built-up shoe. Investigating officers said Nunn admitted the slaying after the arrest. Nunn is married and the father of one child. His wife is expecting an other child in a short time. Five Appear in Circuit Court Here One man received a penitenti ary sentence, another a county jail sentence and a third re ceived a suspended penitentiary sentence this morning in circuit court. George Sidney Smith, 19, Lansing, Mich., was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to a charge of grand larceny. Gale Edward Alleman, 18, Lansing, Mich., was given a suspended two-year penitentiary sentence on the same charge. He previ ously pleaded guilty. Bernard Johnson, 24, of 217 South Riverside ave., was sen tenced to three months in the county jail after pleading guilty to a charge of drawing a bank check without sufficient funds. Jerry Leander Stewart,' A9, address not given, entered V a plea of innocent to a charge of concealing stolen property. Roy L. Thurman, 55, address not given, pleaded innoncent to a charge of entering a motor veh icle with intent to steal. No trial dates were set. Nehru on Official Visit To France Paris (U.R) Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru flew here today on his first official visit to France. Observers pre dicted he will urge French lead ers for a cease fire and negotia tions with the nationalist rebels in Algeria. Nehru arrived at Orly Air port, on the outskirts of Paris, from Hamburg Germany. He wound up Monday a four-day of ficial visit to West Germany which included talks on the cold war with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Nehru's visit to France will be a brief but busy one. In addition to the round of receptions and official functions arranged for the visitor. Premier Guy Mollet and Foreign Minister Christian Pineau have s:heduled meetings with him. The Indian Prime Minister is scheduled to leave Wednesday for Yugoslavia. SIGN GREETS DEMOCRATS Asbury Park. N.J. iU.Ri Democratic leaders arriving here to seek support for their presidential aspirants were greet ed by this sign in a store win dow: "Big wind expected today doleful Democrats are gathering." tW0W& JiWl KlCUJNJi D United Press Full Leased Wire MEDFOP JESDAY, JULY 17, 1956 Price 5c No. 100 H F U T U R E Four- year-old Mike Sibole sights one of his pistols for what may be the last time at his home in Orlando, Fla. Mike is the victim of eye cancer. His left eye has already been removed and doctors say it is necessary to remove the other one to save his life. Two Bids Opened For Creek Siphon; Above Estimates Two bids, both of them more than engineer's estimates, for construction of Bear creek si phon were opened today- by the bureau of reclamation here. The work is part of rehabilita tion of the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation districts. The siphon project is located near Phoenix, and calls for con struction of 48-inch diameter concrete pipe about 1,860 feet long, including inlet and outlet structures. E and W construction com pany of Eugene submitted a bid of S113.410.50, or 27 per cent above the estimate, and Somers and Stacy Construction company of Klamath Falls, submitted a bid of S114,625.50, or 29 per cent above the estimate. Somers and Stacey submitted the only bid for construction of a cableway and car over Bear creek. The bid was S3.500, or 16 per cent above the engineer's estimate. The work also includes dis mantling and removing the ex isting wooden siphon and struc tures, and removing and disposal of about 600 linear feet of exist ing 8-inch diameter drain and replacement by a 12-inch drain. The work is to be completed in 210, days after the contract is awarded. Contracts for the project may be awarded in about 30 days, according to James A. Callan, project construction engineer here. 'PEACE' TALKS FLARE New York (U.R) Mem bers of a Brooklyn youth board, trying to settle a war between two rival gangs, were forced to seek cover Monday when two teen-agers grew tired of the peace talks and began waving zip guns around the room. Washington ;U.R; The Inter ior Department's office of terri tories has appointed Thomas G. Mooney of Troy. N.Y., as Alaska Public Works director. DARK Impressions of Medford, Ore., Told By Medford, (Editor's note: Much of the livelihood of many Medford, Ore., residents depends on the "tourist trade." How does Medford appear to a tourist? When a couple arrived in town from Medford, Mass., the Mail Tribune asked them lo jot down their impressions, as visitors and tourists from the "other Medford." The re sults follow.) By MRS. ETHEL M. EDDY Of Medford, MassachuseU Seeing the name "Medford" on our map, my husband and T decided to go quite a few miles off our course in order to see what your Medford was like, and how it compared to ours. We are on a tour of the states by car and a small house trailer. This is sort of a dream trip and something I have wanted to do for years. This isn't the first time we have been from Coast to Coast. We made the trip in 1945 and took eight weeks to do it in. Even so, we had to leave out many states at that time. This time when we arriv. home Revival of School Construction Bill Sought by Ike Republican Leaders Asked To Make Effort Washington (U.R! President Eisenhower called on Republi- acn congressional leaders today to make a last ditch effort to revive the big school construc tion bill which was voted down recently in the House. Chances Said Slim Senate GOP Leader William F. Knowland and House Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. both told the President they would make the attempt. But they said chances for success are "slim" in view of the drive to adjourn Congress late next week. The President spent over an hour going over the legislative situation with ranking Republi cans of the House and Senate, exploring what could be done to speed up action on administra tion favored legislation in the waning days of Congress. Wants Postage Increases Mr. Eisenhower, according to the leaders, was still hopeful that a measure to increase postal rales, the subject of hearings be fore the Senate Post Office Committee this week, would be acted on at this session. The House has approved the fnail hikes. On the school bill, Knowland said what the President wants is legislation to help build more schools in needy states and areas "rather than a pork barrel bill spread out all over the country." Four-Year Period Knowland said Mr. Eisen hower wants the federal govern ment to be in a supplementary position to provide assistance in building new schools in areas unable to finance construction independently. The bill defeated by the House would authorize a federal ex penditure of $1,600,000,000 for school construction over a four- year pefiod. It was rejected in the House in a fight over segre gation, but the administration hopes to revive it in the Senate and push it through Congress before it adjourns. Demos Demand Ike's Doctors Face Questions Washington (U.R) The Democratic National committee has demanded that President Eisenhower's doctors submit to news conference questioning again on the status of the Presi dent's health. The committee, in its official publication, the Democratic Di gest, accused the White .House Monday of conducting a politi cally motivated "snow job" to gloss over the President's condi tion. Weather FORECAST: Fair and hot through Wednesday. Expert eri low tonight 60, high to morrow 98 to 100. Temp. Highest Yesterday 95 Lowest this Morning - 56 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:49 a.m. Sunset 7:45 p.m. Moonset Wednesday 1:20 a.m. Full Moon . Sunday Well to the right of the Moon is the planet Saturn, and to the left is the star An tares. In a few weeks Saturn will begin a slow eastward movement among the stars that will bring It nearer Antares. Mass., Visitor again, we hope we will be able to say we have been in every state in the union. Your city seems much more modern than our city of Med ford. Mass. Your streets are wide and your buildings seem more modern. Our Medford is mostly residential, with a square set off by itself for business pur poses. Each section of the city has its own business section. We never see trucks hauling logs as big as the ones we have seen along the highway, neither do we see any double trailer trucks like the ones you have here in the wes-t. We love your wide highways, and I would like to say that we have travelled over 5,000 miles since we left home and up to date have only had about 10 miles of bad roads. Something that seems odd to us is the absence of buses. We have trolley buses and gasoline buses to take us wherever we care to go. We are a suburb of Boston, Mass., and this when we go "Ever Think Of Starting The Motor?' arine aergeam eads No! Guilty Parris Island, S.C. U.R) Marine Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon pleaded innocent today to man slaughter and cruelty charges in his trial for leading six recruits to their death in a tough train ing exercise. Crews Dispatched To 'Sleeper' Fire Two smokejumpers parachut ed to the site of a "sleeper" lightning spot fire on the Rogue River National forest on Cas cade crest east of Sky lakes late yesterday. S. T. Moore, fire control of ficer, said this morning that a follow up ground crew was sent and reached the area a little be fore midnight. The forest service lookout at Devil's Peak spotted the fire about 5 p.m. yesterday and the smokejumpers from the Cave Junction station were dispatched and were on the fire at 6:14 p.m., Moore reported. The fire, which covered "not even a quarter acre," brought the total number started by light ning from last Thursday night's thunder storm to nine on na tional forest lands. Rain accom panying the lightning was cred ited with holding the number low. Moore said the forest service is still expecting more "sleeper" fires to show up and that crews are being held ready. Steel Company Heads Meet With Negotiators New York (U.R) A top steel industry spokesman said today the heads of 12 major steel companies met "privately" with the industry's four negoti ators "to review" the steel strike situation. "All I can tell you is that there was a meeting," the spokes man said. The presidents or chairmen of 12 major steel companies and their industrial relations ex perts were understood to have attended the meeting, which was kept strictly under wraps. in City when we have much shopping to do. As traffic is quite a prob lem in Boston, it is much better to take the M.T.A. our elevated subway trains. So in some respects, our city of Medford differs from yours, but not the people. We found the people of Medford, Oregon, just as nice as the people of Med ford. Massachusetts. We left Medford. Mass., June 2, and arrived in Medford, Ore., July 13. (Mrs. Eddy's article was mail ed from Klamath Agency, with a note explaining, "The reason for this was the fact that we didn't want to park in town, and we found the state parks said 'No Overnight parking,' so we had to keep going until we got to the entrance of Crater Lake. It was rather late when we got there, so we figured we might as well mail this and save com ing all the way back again." Medford, Mass., had a popula tion of 66,113 in 1950, compared to a population of about 20,000 tot Medford, Ore., this year.) . The plea came after his de fense counsel had won the right to examine questionnaires on Marine training tactics sent to 27,000 current Marines and re servists by Marine headquarters in Washington. Also won was the privilege of getting a list of ex-Marines who had done duty at this famous boot training camp. The trial recessed in mid afternoon to permit installation of a sound system in the big courtroom, used normally as an auditorium for the base school. Opening statements by counsel are scheduled at the start of Wednesday's session. The 31-year-old drill instructor refused, through his lawyer, to make any plea regarding two charges that he was drinking vodka the day he ordered a re cruit outfit to march in the dark of night into a salt marsh stream to "teach them discipline." "The accused stands mule," defense attorney Emile Zola Berman said in reference to the drinking charges which Berman had called trivial and had tried without success to have stricken from the trial. Capt. Irving N. Klien, presid ing as law officer at the trial, di rected that the prosecution pro ceed with the trial as if a plea of innocent had been entered on all charges. Poll Being Inspected Berman has made a point of the fact that McKeon is not charged with being drunk or in any way under the influence of liquor on the day of the tragic march. Prior to McKeon's plea his lawyer was given the right to in spect results of a poll of Leather neck veterans as to whether boot training practices are too tough. Already, defense counsel assist ants were going through the re sults in Washington Marine headquarters. The development raised the possibility that Gen. Randolph Pate, Marine Corps command ant, might be called to testify. Bids Called for Work On Bear Creek Bank The Army corps of engineers today called for bids for con struction of bank protection along the left bank of Bear creek in Medford. . Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. Wednesday,-Aug. 1, in Col. Jack son Graham's office in Portland. Colonel Graham is district en gineer. The work, which will include rip-rapping, is along Bear creek south of McAndrews rd., and extends about 1.200 feet. The area is near the Medford trunk sewer line to the Camp White disposal plant which was washed out in floods last December. Completion time after bids are awarded will be 45 calendar days. Quake in Mandalay Fatal To 70 Persons Rangoon, Burma (U.R) An earthquake rocked the Mandalay area, killing 10 persons Monday and early today. At least 15 persons were in jured. The shocks that began late Monday afternoon and contin ued into the morning hours to day collapsed the Padodawgyi Paaoda at Amarapure. They brought a brick build ing crashing down in the Malun quarter of Mandalay, killing two children. enators Stage ebate Washington (U.R Oppo ents and advocates squared off today in a full dress preview of the forthcoming Senate debate on the controversial Hells Can yon power project. Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, (R Ariz.), told the Senate that bringing up the measure for ac tion "is politics and nothing else in its rawest form." He said "when we sink to such a low in this country that we have to resort to squander ing tax funds to try to win elec tions, we are in a sad plight." But Sen. Richard L. Neuber ger (D-Ore.), charged in a pre pared Senate speech that if the Senate defeats the bill to con struct a federal dam in the Snake River canyon it "will mean a reversal of 50 years of conservation policy." Advance Speeches The Senate does not officially begin debate on the measure until later this week, but Neu berger. Goldwater and Sen. Her man Welker (R-Calif.). all tuned up with speeches on the subject during Senate debate on the social security bill. Goldwater accused Democrat ic National Chairman Paul M. Butler of using a "six-gun tech nique" to pressure Democratic congressional leaders into push ing for action on the measure. He charged that the bill, part of Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson's program, would "put a knife right through the heart of our private enterprise sys tem." The Arizona Republican said that to build the federal dam and "take it away from private enterprise" would be building "a monument to feder al fiscal folly." Charges Politics So far as the bill being "must" legislation, Goldwater said, "I have heard tell that the must' part of this legislation is to help reelect some Democrats so that the Democrats can continue in control of the Congress." But Neuberger charged that the Eisenhower administration is promoting public projects which produce high cost power, while leaving -fetter sites for private development. He called the policy "organized plunder." The Idaho Power Co., mean time, challenged Supreme Court jurisdiction in the legal battle raging over the project. The National Hells Canyon as- Traffic Ordinance Changes on Agenda The Medford city council will consider several amendments to city traffic ordinances at its 7:30 p.m. meeting today. The amendments would ex empt federal, state, county and city vehicles from parking meter requirements, and provide for affidavits for dismissal of penal ty where a meter is out of order. Other proposed amendments would prohibit drag races on city streets, muffler noises, and would require an operator's li cense to be in possession of any driver. The council will also hold pub lic hearings on assessing a por tion of the Barnett rd. trunk water main as a lateral for abutting property, and assessing a portion of the Murphy rd. trunk water main the same way. A public hearing previously announced for tonight on paving Ashland ave. from Ninth to 11th sts. will be held at the council meeting Aug. 7. The council will also consider a bid submitted by the Rogue River Paving company, of Med ford, on paving Modoc ave. from Main st. to Woodlawn dr. The bid was for S14.607.50, 2.6 per cent above the engineer's estimate. There, were no other bidders. Housing Big Problem In Flooded Mitchell Mitchell, Ore. 'U.R) The main problem facing residents of this flood smashed Central Ore gon town today was the finding of housing for those left home less last Friday night when a 50 foot wall of water cascaded down on the community. Emergency power lines were strung into the community yes terday and one telephone line was in service. Crews worked today, repair ing broken water pipes and sort ing out the debris left in the wake of the rush of water that poured down usually quiet Bridge creek Friday night The post office safe was lo cated yesterday, 10 miles from the town, lying on the edge of Bridge creek. Most of the post office was wiped out in the flash flood and postmistress Cella Norton has set up a temporary postoffice in her home. n Hells G Preview anyon sociation and other public pow er groups have asked the court to halt construction of the first of three private dams proposed by Idaho Power. They want construction stopped until the controversy is settled. Authority Argued Idaho Power, which has Fed eral Power commission author ity to go ahead, argued that the Supreme Court has no author ity to enter the case because there has been no final ruling by the U. S. Court of Appeals hee. An appeal by the Hellg Can yon association from the FPC's original authorization has been before the appeals court for sev eral weeks. Its application to the Supreme Court for a stay will be submitted to Associate Justice Hugo L. Black as soon as the commission files a state ment, expected in a day or so. Butte Falls Youth Dies From Hanging Self Accidentally Warren James Ellis, 13-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Ellis, Obenchain rd., Butte Falls, died Monday morning about the time he was found hanging from a rope attached to a cedar tree branch about 11 feet above the ground near the home of his aunt and uncle. Deputy Coroner Gordon C Hays said the boy died about 11 a.m.. Investigation indicated he had been using the rope to climb the tree and apparently fell. bhenffs deputies reported the rope was wrapped around his neck three times. The accident occurred about two miles from the home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Smith, Obenchain rd. His mother left Sunday for a va cation trip to California and his father was working at Prospect at the time, according to sheriff's deputies. Attempts to Revive According to deputies. Smith and a forest ranger, who was not identified, tried unsuccessfully to revive Warren with artificial respiration. A doctor arrived on the scene and administered an injection, which proved futile. A resuscitator was also used without success. Warren was born Dec. 20, 1942, in Medford and attended Butte Falls schools. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Ellis, Butte Falls; two brothers, Edwin and Gordon, Butte Falls; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ellis, Butte Falls, and his great grandmother, Mrs. Carrie Thomason, Butte Falls. Funeral services will be held at Perl Funeral home at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. John H. Fuiten of Butte Falls will offi ciate. Interment will be in Siski you Memorial park. Man Bound Over to Circuit Court Here George Volney Miller, 19, Jacksonville, was bound over to circuit court Monday afternoon, to face charges of assault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. Miller, who is AWOL from, the Naval station at Bremerton, Wash., was arrested Friday night by state police. He is ac cused of holding Dewey W. Bab cock, route 1, box 29K, at gun point, then taking $20 and a car from him. State police said he also ad mitted taking a truck from the Naumes orchard near Medford and stealing a .30-.30 rifle in a burglary at the residence occu pied by Winfield S. Conaway, 4580 Crater Lake highway. Miller told officers he fled from the Bremerton Naval sta tion, where he was being held for court martial on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Demonstration Set By Swimming Classes The last session of swimming lessons for the summer at Haw thorne pool will end Friday morning, according to Darell Huson, city treasurer. Edward Knapp, swimming pool manager, said a demonstra tion will be given by children from various classes at 7:30 p.m. Friday, under the direction of swimming pool instructors Rob ert Sutherland and Janet Demp ster. The demonstration is open to the public. The pool will be closed at 7 p.m. Friday for pub lic swimming.
