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UNTIL NEXT YEAR House page boys in Washington, D. C. show how they
feel about the whole thing as they throw papers into the air as the 84th Con
gress adjourned sine die. The next session will convene Jan. 7, 1957.
Britain Halts Arms
Shipment To Egypt
After Canal Seized
London iU Rj Britain halt
rrt all arms hipim-iit! to Eypt
today and demanded that the
Suez Canal be put under inter
national control so no single
"unfettered'' nation could block
its lifeline.
Trinie Minister Anthony L'den
announced an immediate em
bargo on British arms shipments
to Cairo while Bis Three diplo
mats still were hammering out
an answer to Egypt's seizure of
the canal last Thursday.
Informed sources said the top
Irvcl talks had the twin objec
tives of immediate steps to en
force tree passage through the
canal and longer-range measures
to internationalize it. I
Military Force Urged I
Britain and France were re- i
ported pressing the United Slates '
to agree to the use of military i
force if necessary, but informed
sources said no firm decision 1
had yet been readied. !
Britisli Foreign Minister Sel- j
wyu Lloyd. French Foreign Min-.
ister Christian Pmeau. and U.S. j
Deputy Undersecretary of State
Robert Murphy met Sunday in j
the first of a series of emergency !
talks on the canal. I
They agreed that the situa
tion was sravc and said the canal
must remain open. But they
turned over to a subcommittee
of experts the task of drawing
up any three-power "battle
plan."
Besides 1 ho military and nav
al talks, other subcommittees
worked on economic policy to
Two Teenagers Fined
For Taking Hubcaps
Two Portland teenagers wer
fined $73 apiece by United
States Commissioner Frank J.
Van Dyke Sunday for stealing
hubcaps in the parking area at
Crater Lake National V; rk.
The boys were Donn Wane
Everton. 18. and a 16-year-old,
both of Portland.
Van Dyke said they were ap
prehended by park rangers in
the act of stealing a hubcap off
a car in the lodge parking lot at
the lake. A hearing for them was
held Sunday with Van Dyke pre
siding at the park offices.
Defense Request Rejected
in McKeon Court Martial
Tarns I.-land. S C. U s: A
defense request to drop the
major charges against S Sgt.
Matthew C. McKeon was denied
today by the law officer of his
court martial.
McKeon's defense lawxer had
petitioned for dismissal of
charges of manslaughter, oppres
sion of troops and drinking in
the presence of a recruit, leav
ing only one charge remaining
against the 31-year-old drill in
structor who led his platoon on
a "death march.''
But the law officer. Navy
Capt. Irving N Klein, denied
the three motions at the opening
of the defense case in the tenth
day of the court martial trial.
To Testify Himself
McKeon. who led a platoon
of raw recruits into a tidal
creek last April 3 to "teach them
discipline" was ready to take
the stand as his own star wit
ness. He may testify Tuesday
about the march in which six
men were drowned.
Arguing th" three motion-,
chief defeuic coiiiiel Err.ile Zela
ward Egypt, possible appeals to
the United Nations and the
World Court and technical de
iaiis of canal shipping.
Officials refused to disclose
the identity of the members of
the individual groups, but Brit
ons attached significance to the
fact Murphy was accompanied
here by Adm. Walter Boone,
commander of the U. S. East
ern Atlantic and Mediterranean
fl-et.
Implied Warning Given
Boone's Mediterranean force,
the U. S. fith Fleet, is the larg
est striking force in the vicinity
of the Middle East trouble areas.
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles already has given an j
implied w.irnins lo Egyptian!
President Gamal Abdel Nasser I
with tile movement of ships
through tlie canal.
"This would be a matter of ,
deep concern to the United
States as one of the maritime
nations." he said Sundav.
County Crews Prepare
For Dead Indian Work
Jackson county road crews
have moved rock crushing equip
ment from Mule Hill on the
Applcgatc to Dead Indian rd..
and are preparing rock for pav-1
ing work in that area. Paul
Rynninc. county engineer, re-;
ported today. i
The rock crusiier may be re- j
turned to the Applegate area j
this fall. Rynnmg added.
Paving crews have finished
work on Evans Creek rd., near
Wimer and have moved to Sav
age Creek rd. Central Heating
company is also paving 2'2
miles of Table Rock rd. from
Merriman rd. to Four Corners.
Rynning reported. The project
is expected to be finished Wed
nesday. Construction will begin soon
on the new bridges at Willow
creek. K a n e s creek. Snider
creek and Dry creek. The coun
ty court recently awarded the
contract for the work to R and
M Construction company of Cen
tral Point. The new bridges are
scheduled to be finished by
March. R and M Construction
company is also building the
McKee bridge on the Applegate.
; Berman said McKeon could not
j have been culpably negligent
! as the manslaughter charge ac-
cuses him of being because he
did not show gross and wanton
'disregard of his men's welfare.
Berman said tile fact that he led
; them eliminated culpability,
j He added that the troops
! never felt they were being op-
pressed and that the charge of
j drinking in the presence of a
j recruit had not been sufficiently
proved.
Some Were Slapped
: Arguing against the motion.
.Marine Maj. Charles B. Seivier.
the trial counsel, pointed out
that there had been testimony
that McKeon slapped three re
cruits. He said he wondered if
the six men who drowned on
the march thought they were
being oppressed ' as they went
down."
He said some of them were
"non-swimmers." that some were
over their heads in the water,
that they- sank in the clinging
mud. and that McKeon had
marched them into the cerk
over terrain unfamiliar to him.
Governor Schedules
Visii lo Medford,
Ashland This Week
Governor and Mrs. Elmo
Smith will arrive in Medford
tomorrow afternoon for a two
day visit in southern Oregon.
Activities planned for the gov
ernor start with a dinner at 6:30
p.m. where he will meet Repub
lican leaders of this area and
the executive committee of the
county central committee. The
governor will appear on a tele
vision program over KBES-TV
at 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday morning, two sep
arate breakfasts arc scheduled
for the couple.
Governor Smith will attend a
no-host breakfast al the Top
Notch reslaurant. 127 South Fir
St. from about 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Anyone u isiiing lo is invited to
"drop in" during the breakfast.
Nil?. Sini'li will be the guest
al a breakfast beginning al 8:30
a.m. al ihe home of Mrs. Carl
Wimbcrly, 30 South Barneburg
ave. The county Republican
Women's organization is sponsor
ing the affair.
In the afternoon, the govern
ment and his wife will be es
corted on a trip to Ashland by
Lloyd Selby. chairman of the
Smith campaign in Ashland.
They will visit several groups
and places of business there.
The couple will be guests of
honor Wednesday night at the
opening night banquet and play
of the Oregon Shakespearean
festival at Ashland.
Work on Projects
Starts in City Today
Work was started on one san
itary sewer and two excavation
projects in Medford districts this
morning, according to Vern
Thorpe, public works director.
Central Heating company of
Eugene starled installation of a
sanitary sewer in the Capitol
Hill area between Valley View
ave.. Sunrise ave. and Capitol
ave.
Austin King Construction
company of Medford began ex
cavation work on Melrose ave.
from Grape st. to the railroad
tracks. The company also started
excavation work on South Fir
st. from Melrose ave. to Monroe
ave.
Southern Pacific lias announc
ed it will construct a spur track
at the 11th st. railroad crossing,
according to Thorpe. The street
will he closed Tuesday. Wednes
day and Thursday, he said.
Britain Counts 12
Killed in Storm
London . J P Britain
counted at least 12 persons dead
today in one of the worst storms
to hit the English Channel this
century.
The sudden gale struck t h e
channel Sunday, catching hun
dreds of "Sunday sailors" in
small pleasure boats by surprise,
along with more experienced
crews of commercial vessels.
Several yachts and a large sail
ing ship capsized and sank. A
British steamer also heeled over,
tossing its crew into the raging
waters.
Winds of 30 miles an hour
whipped up mountainous waves
and battered the English coat,
toppling trees and power lines.
Six of the known dead were
drowned at sea. Five others were
motorists whose cars were crush
ed by tailing trees. A shipyard
worker was blown off q vessel
in clrydock and fell to his death.
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I United Pre s Full I y
51st Year
Shifting Winds
Could Endanger
Oil Field Tanks
Firemen Battling
Propane Fire Killed
Dumas. Tex. U P One tank
of asphalt blazed brightly today
but firemen and calm winds had
subdued the main oil refinery
fire that exploded a huge tank of
pentanc and killed ID men in a
fiery holocaust.
The white hot explosion yes
terday injured 31 other persons,
including an 11-ycar-old boy.
Should the wind spring up
suddenly from the north again,
the flaming asphalt tank would
endanger a 575,000.000 oil field
of gasoline and oil tanks.
The Weather Bureau said the
wind would remain calm.
But residents in this Texas
Panhandle town of 10,000 are
not concerned about the mone
tary loss. They are heartsick be
cause 10 firemen and nine oil
field workers burned to death
from the flaming fuel's intense
heat.
The oil workers and firemen,
who were volunteers, were fight
ing a fire Sunday in the vent of a
15.000 barrel tank of pentanc at
the Shamrock Oil and Gas com
pany's McGee Refinery 12 miles
northeast of Dumas.
15 Die Instantly
Unknown to the fire fighters,
who were trying to "fog out" the
blaze with foamite from about
200 yards away, liquid pentanc
iiad been leaking out of the huge
tank. Pentanc is a light liquid
similar to butane. A liquid un
der pressure, it becomes a gas
immediately on contact with air.
Lias-saturated air suddenly ex
ploded with a dull boom and a
great flash of light, heard and
seen for miles around. The vic
tims were caught in their tracks.
Fifteen were killed almost in
stantly and four others died
later.
Bodies were frozen in dis
torted poslitions. arms flung
over their laces in a last desper
ate attempt to shield them from
the intense heat. The knees of
some uer drawn up in agony.
Many wre charred be ond recog
nition. Injured Nol Critical
The injured were taken to the
Moore County hospital where
they filled all the rooms. Cots
were put up in the halls. The
charred bodies of the dead were
placed in the National Guard Ar
mory and Guards were placed
around tiie area to keep the cur
ious away.
Hospital attendants said today
all 31 injured had been taken off
the critical list.
One of the injured was a boy,
George Ochs, 11. He was in the
area watching his father, volun
teer fireman Herman Ochs. Six
of the volunteer firemen killed
were from the Dumas Fir De
partment, and four were from
the Sunray Department. Both
the Sunray fire chief. Ray Biles,
40, and the Dumas fire marshal,
Pascal Pool, 31. died.
The other dead were Sham
rock Oil company employees ex
cept for one man listed as a pipe
line worker.
The blast ignited three other
storage tanks, one containing
80,000 barrels and the other two
10.000 barrels of oil. but by late
Sunday night the only tank still
miming was tlie pentanc tank.
Flames flared 100 to 200 tcet into
the air as firemen waited near
by for it to burn out.
Bids Asked for Work
At Willow Creek Dam
Bids for placing rock rip-rap
on the Willow creek dam will be
received by the Medford water
commissioner at the office in the
city hall until 10 a.m. Aua. 13,
Robert L. Lee, superintendent,
has announced.
Rip-rap work will be reinforc
ed on the dam at the full water
line. Lee said. The reinforcement
! will add to the original two feet
I of rip-rap on the dam, which
! has been damaged by wave ac-
tion. he said.
j The lake is about 4(1 miles
! northeast of Medford. The con
tract will include quarrying
about 2.700 cubic yards of rock
from the city's site and hauling
and placing the rock.
Specifications may be obtain
ed at the water commission office.
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'Go Ahead Don't Wait
Thornton, Oregonian,
Night Figure Named
InS1000000 Lawsuit
Portland OI.R) Multnomah
County District Attorney Wil
liam M. Langley filed action in
U. S. district court here against
Attorney General Robert Y
Thornton, charging him with de
privation of civil rights and
naming James B. Elkins, Port
land nightlife figure, and The
Oregonian Publishing company
co-defendants in a SI. 000. 000
suit.
Complaint Followi Charge
Langley's surprise move was
made Sunday afternoon when
the complaint was filed with a
clerk of the federal courts. It
came after a week of charges
by Langley that Thornton had
improperly conducted the Mult
nomah county grand jury in
vestigation of vice charges, and
counter-charges by Thornton
that Langley was trying to
wreck the probe by "desperate,
last-minute maneuvers."
In filing his complaint Lang
ley made use of federal civil
rights statutes rarely if ever
used in Oregon litigation, bring
ing action for damages for de
privation of civil rights secured
by the U. S. constitution and
laws of the United States.
Langley is suing for S230.000
compensatory damages and
S250.000 punitive damages on
each of two counts.
The first count alleges that
Thornton, Elkins and The Ore
gonian had conspired to deprive
Langley of "equal protection of
the laws" by using the grand
jury to send letters to Langley
demanding that he waive im
munity and appear as a witness
in the grand jury proceedings
against himself. The count seis
forth further that Thornton.
Elkins and The Oregonian of
fered unlawfully wire-tapped
'One Party' Administration
By Holmes at
I Roherf n Holmes, state sen
ator from Astoria and Demo
cratic candidate for governor,
told a group of about 300 Sun
day that the present governor
and Republican "one party'' ad
ministration are to blame for
the "tragic educational crisis
now facing this state."
Holmes spoke at the annual
Jackson county Democratic pic
nic at TouVelle state park.
Charles O. Porter. Eugene attor
ney and Democratic nominee for
congress from the fourth dis
trict, also spoke.
Pointing out that Oregon has
had Republican governors and
Republican legislatures for 22
years. Holmes attacked what he
called the growth of "a kind of
Monarchial system'' in to which
the Republican rule has steered
the state government.
"The present governor,"
Holmes said, "promised in a
campaign speech to see that the
recently passed sur tax law is
rFrea!d. Vet. in the lfl.i.i ses-
1 sion, neither the governor 5r
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evidence against Langley and
published this unlawful evi
dence with intent to obtain an
indictment of Langley for at
tempted gambling.
Said Deprived of Rights
In the second count. I.anglcv
alleged that he had been de
prived of his federal rights fur
a fair hearing before the grano
jury and that Thornton offered
"testimony known to be per
jured" to the grand jury. The
district attorney further charged
that the defendants unlawfully
intercepted telephone messages
and unlawfully divulged these
messages in the public press.
Langley said the defendants,
who were to be served notice of
the suit by the U. S. marshal to
day, would have 20 days to file
an answer.
Thornton, advised of Lang
ley's federal suit, said he had
"no comment."
Pear Crop Progressing
Well; Harvest Nears
Rogue valley pear harvest is
still scheduled to begin on Au
gust 9, C. B. Cordy, county agent
for horticulture, reported today.
Cordy said the crop is pro
gressing well and recent hot
weather has had no detrimental
effect on pears.
1955 Miss America
Not To Wed DiMaggio
New York IU.R) Lee Ann
Meriwether, Miss America of
1955, denied today a columnist's
report that she planned to marry
Joe DiMaggio. former New Y'ork
Yankees' baseball star and di
vorced husband of actress Mar
ilvn Monroe.
County Democratic Picnic
his party would settle for any
thing less."
Holmes also charged the pres
ent governor said he would give
some of the surplus to education,
jet let his party starve higher
education in the 1955 session
and refused to face up to the
needs of Oregon's schools.
The Democratic candidate,
operator of a radio station in As
toria, made three basic promises.
He said if elected he would get
the surtax off the books, initiate
a thorough study of Oregon's tax
needs and resources and be ag
gressive about Oregon's natural
resources while exerting leader
ship to stop the "giveaway" at
the state level.
Porter, in his address to the
group, called on his opponent.
Harris Ellsworth, to .ioin him in
a request to the secretary of in
terior for a fifth assay of the 15
disputed Al Serena claims in the
Rogue River National Forest. He
said three unimpeachable and
mutually consistent assays
"proved these claims are pho-
ney."
United Press Full Leated Wire
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Stassen Confers
With President;
Nothing Revealed
Stassen Said Not
Dissuaded in Advance
Gettysburg iU.R Presi
dent Eisenhower today grant
ed Harold E. Stassen a four
week leave of absence lo
pursue "certain political ac
tivities." Washington (U.R Harold E.
Stassen conferred with .Presi
dent Eisenhower today for the
first time since Stassen launched
his campaign to block the re
nomination of Vice President
Richard M. Nixon.
Stassen. White House disarma
ment adviser, flew to the Presi
dent's farm at Gettysburg, Pa.,
for the meeting. It was sched
uled at Stassen's request.
Stassen said yesterday that
Mr. Eisenhower did not try to
dissuade him in advance from
urging Republicans to nominate
Massachusetts Gov. Christian A.
Herter rather than Nixon for the
number two spot.
Silent on Discussion
Stassen flew back to Washing
ton immediately after his meet
ing with the President. Stassen
refused to tell reporters any
thing more about the conference
or what was discussed.
Meanwhile, the Democratic
vice presidential race was en
livened by the announcement of
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of
Minnesota that he is a candidate
for second place on his party's
national ticket.
Humphrey said he is "willing"
to have his friends "work ac
tively" for his nomination. But
he emphasized "there must be
no campaign against any other
aspirant."
Stassen informed Mr. Eisen
hower in advance before an
nouncing his drive last week to
get the party to nominate Herter
rather than Nixon. He declined
to say how Mr. Eisenhower re
ceived this news, but added:
Might Not Have Acted
If the President had said, 'T
don't think I'd make that an
nouncement," then "I (Stassen)
don't think I'd have made it."
Stassen said he thinks Mr.
Eisenhower is still undecided
about the vice presidency, wants
an "open convention" and will
wait until all the "facts are
in" before making up his mind.
Weather
FORKCAST: Fair throuRh Tues
day with little temperature
change. Low tonight 33. High
Tuesday 9U.
Temp.
Hi chest yesterday
Lowest this morning 51
Our Skies Tonight
The sun rises 5:01a.m.
The sun sets 7:34 p.m.
The unseen stars in its back
ground are now those of Cancer.
The moon, at last
quarter 1 1 :31 a.m.
Moon rises 11:13 p.m.
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Sagittarius, in the south
10:11 p.m. has about 50 stars
that can he seen on a clear
moonless night.
Attacked
"The fourth, much different
from the first three and made
under highly suspicious circum
stances, was never checked," he
stated.
Master of ceremonies at the
picnic was Thomas Reeder, Med
ford attorney and Democratic
nominee for district attorney.
Reeder and Mrs. George Brown
were co-chairmen of the event.
Clyde Fichtner. president of the
Jackson County Democratic
club, was program and game
chairman and Judge Frank De
Souza was crowned "King for a
Day" in honor of his past serv
ices to the party.
Candidates introduced were
Attorneys Robert B. Duncan and
Robert Boyer, Democratic nomi
nees for the legislature; Karl
Janouch, nominee for re-election
as county treasurer; Ray Schu
macher, nominee for county as
sessor; Ralph O. James, nominee
for county commissioner; and L.
Peers Wilmeth, candidate for
the non-partisan office of justice
of the peace in the Ashland district.
NY Girl 16, Dies
As Chain of Youths
Falls in Crevasse
Slip Sends Group
Sprawling on Glacier
Portland (U.R) A human
chain of 19 young persons tum
bled into a deep crevasse high
on the slopes of Mt. Hood yes
terday, killing one and injuring
18 in the worst climbing dis
aster of Oregon's tallest peak.
Killed was Lynn Kaufman, 16,
Larchmont, N.Y. Two other teen
age girls were reported in criti
cal condition and manv others
suffered broken bones. Hurt
critically were Suzanne Blum,
Baldwin, N.Y. and Susan Stein,
Baltimore, Md.
Giant Rescue Operation
A giant nighttime rescue oper
ation followed the tragedy which
occurred as the group was de
scending the 11,225 foot moun
tain. The victims had to be
removed from the bottom of a
40-foot crevasse where they had
fallen, apparently after a slip
by one of the group sent them
sprawling on a glacier near the
10.500-foot level.
The climbers included 18
members of the American Hostel
Association and were led by
Carl Schnoor of Portland, Ore.,
a Lewis and Clark college stu
dent. They were bound together
by a single 120-foot rope.
Sixteen of the injured were
brought to a Portland hospital,
about 50 miles from the scene
of the accident, while two were
treated for shock at Timberline
Lodge.
Supplies Rushed to Scene
Medical personnel worked
over the critically hurt as they
were hauled above the lip of
the crevasse, high on the moun
tainside. Tons of supplies were
rushed up the mountain to the
scene.
Planes dropped blood plasma
and medical supplies at the
scene last night in response to
frantic pleas from rescuers. Four
doctors gave the survivors emer
gency treatment.
First word of the accident
came from a 15-year-old youth
wljo witnessed the tragedy late
Sunday afternoon.
Dennis Glasgow, of Salem,
Ore., and two companions were
climbing nearby when they piv
the party of 19, tied together
about three feet apart, start their
descent of the treacherous gla
cier.
Tried To Grab Snow
Glasgow said the party started
to slide into a snow field, the
rear of the human chain whip
lashing to the front. They tried
to grab the snow as they plunged
for more than 2.000 feet over
the glacier. Two members of the
chain dropped over the side of
the 40 foot crevasse pulling their
companions with them.
"We could hear them scream
ing and yelling . . . When we
got there and looked over the
lip, we could see them all spread
over the bottom of the crater,"
the boy said.
Tom Pfau of Brooks, Ore.,
leader of another party of six
climbers, said he tried to cut
the youngsters free with his
jackknife.
"One girl died as I eut her
free," he said.
A youth pleaded with Pfau
not to move him.
"Please do;i't move me,"
the youth cried. "My back's
broken."
The report of the tragedy
touched off a tremendous rescue
operation. Sun-cols and other ve
hicles worked to help bring the
injured down the mountainside
Sunday night and early today.
List of dead and injured in
the mountain climbing accident
follows:
nrad: Lynn Kaufman, Larchmont,
N. V.
Injured: Suzanna Blum. B.tldwin.
N.Y., fractured spinp. condition crit
ical: Su.san Stem. Baltimore. Md., frac
tured ikull, condition critical: Rovd
Weintraube. ChicaCO. fractured nts
and fractured left scapula. Robert A.
Brawer. Fair Lawn. N. J.. iracturrd
left ankle. Dresel O. Shaw. Exeter.
N. H.. fractured nrht leg. poMhle
fracture, left arm. Robert H. Silin,
N. Y., lacerations on left leg Lawrence
Dean MeCormick. Painfcville. Ohio,
possible back injurv. John Schloss.
Cedar Hurst. Long island. X. Y-, leg
injury. Sidny H. Rosenberg, Plains
field. N'. J.. lee fracture.
Meredith S. Stebbins. Wayland.
Ma.v.. compound jaw fracture, head
lacerations. Clair E. Mitchell. Reso
Park. N. Y., possible fracture both
ankles. Judith Hart. Queens Village,
N. Y.. fractured ankle. Patricia Gaff
ney. New York. N. Y.. shock and lacer
ations. Barbara Platto. Brooklyn. N. Y.,
fracturei of both lees and an elbow
injury. Carl Schnoor. Portland. Ore.,
fractured left wrist, possible spine in
juries. Roland G Heinnch. Clear Lake.
Iowa. Iractured left shoulder, niuiliple
lacerations. Bunny Rockland. New
York. N. Y.. shock. Louise L. Kufhck,
Forest Hills. N. Y., shock.
Need Emphasized for
Blood Replacement Here
Red Cross officials today em
phasized the need for more
blood to replace that used for
victims of recent car accidents
in this area.
The Bloodmobile will be in
Medford Aug. 8 between 1 and
5 p.m. at the Elks temple. Ap
pointments for blood donations
will be received starting
Wednesday. Appointments may
b mada by phonics 3-3313.