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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."
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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.