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Nxon Ferfee' (Declares ke Britain Promised American Support Short of Force Suez Canal Dispute Discussed in London London ttJ.PJ Tha United Statu, Britain and Franca de cidad today to call an interna tional conferanca which wauld include tha Soviet Union, to dhcuia tha iutura of tha Suez Canal. London U.PJ Secretary of State John Foster Dulles pro mised American, support to s Britain and France today for any "firm measures" they may take in the Suez Canal dispute. But he stopped short of approving the use of force. Earlier, authoritative sources aid Prime Minister Anthony Eden told Dulles that London and Paris were ready to go ahead on their own, using force is necessary, to put the canal under international control. To implement that possibility, Britain already has alerted some of its military and naval forces for possible air and sea landings in the Suez Canal Zone "as an extreme measure." Dulles flew to London from Washington this morning at President Eisenhower's direction to present the American view point. At his first meeting with Eden, Dulles was quoted as say ing that the President agreed that "firm measures" would be justified in maintaining freedom of passage through the canal. But they said Dulles stressed the use of diplomatic and econ omic action moves such as the partial freezing of Egyptian as sets ordered by the United States Tuesday. In any case, he said, Egypt should be dealt with fairly in any ultimate internationalization of the canal. Must Reserve Right Eden was reported to have replied that Britain must re serve the right to take any ac 1 tion necessary, including mili tary landings and naval action, to remove Egypt from sole con trol of the canal. French Foreign Minister Chris tian Pineau told Dulles that France fully backs the British view when he met the Secretary of State for private talks later in the afternoon. The British War Office took another step in the overall build up of forces by ordering a troop transport enroute to Singapore to turn back. The War Office said the Dunera would drop 180 troops at Malta and return the rest to Britain. Authoritative sources said that while the possibility of actual troop landing in Egypt could not be rejected as an "extreme mea sure," they emphasized that this would be an action of last resort. (Saa Story on Page 7) Two Drivers Are Fined In District Court Two drivers were fined $255 each, their licenses were sus pended for 90 days and each re ceived 30-day jail sentences when they appeared in district court Monday afternoon o n charges of driving while under the influence of liquor. Judge Rawles Moore sus pended the jail sentence of James Thomas Perdue, 47, of 211 Bond st., Medford, upon pay ment of the $255 fine. The judge said the jail sentence of Charles Stanley Bump. Hines. Ore., will also be suspended upon payment of the fine. Both men" were arrested Sun day by state police on Highway 99. They pleaded guilty to the charges. BASEBALL NATIONAL Cincinnati. 1 J 0 New York - 3 9 1 Klippeieta, Nuxhall (7). Lawrence (8) and Burgess: Gomes. Grissom (8) and Sarni. Governor Smith Meets With County Residents Today Governor Klmo Smith, escorted by Bob Hoot, former represen tative from Jackson county to the Oregon legislature, met with a group of Medford Republicans at a "drop in" breakfast at the Top Notch cafe this morning. Some 10 to 15 local business men talked and drank coffee with the governor from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a-m. The conversation was friendly and for the most part non-political. Root asked the governor if he couldn't do something to speed the state highway commis sion's decision on the route of the new highway through Med ford. He said he would look into 1 Governor and Mrs. Smith are MARINA S. GATES Announces Candidacy Mrs. Marina Gates Will Be Candidate For Council Post Mrs. Marina S. Gates, 729 West Foufth st.,, has announced she will be a candidate for the Medford city council from ward III during the November elec tions. Petitions for her candidacy are being circulated, she said. In cumbent Harold Frye has indi cated he will not seek reelection. Mrs. Gates for the past four years has been a member and secretary of the Medford budget committee. She also has been active in the United Medford crusade, and is former publicity chairman of the Oregon Heart association and is secretary of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce's Community clinic in 1954. She also has been active in the ground observer corps in Medford. Secretary Service She was secretary to the late Mayor Diamond L. Flynn for 1 Vi years and from 1945-47 was em ployed by Santa Barbara county welfare department in Califor nia and served as deputy clerk in that office. She is presently an executive secretary at Cali fornia Oregon Power company. Mrs. Gates is a Republican Drecinct committeewoman in precinct 49, having been elected in the primary election this year. Mrs. Gates is a member of Zuleima temple. Daughters of ihp Nile and Business and Profes sional Women's club. She served with the Waves as an operations yeoman during World War ir. She graduated from .Santa Maria Junior college in 1937 and has also attended Oklahoma A and M and the University of Southern California. Deadline for Filing Deadline for candidates filing for mayor and four council posi tions ii- Medford is Aug. 31. In nddi:ion to Mayor Miller's term, other terms expiring are those of John Snider, council man from ward I: Jack Fitzger ald, councilman from ward IV; and a vard II position, left va cant when Dick Woodcock re signed, because he moved from the ward. Both Snider and Fitzgerald have said they are undecided as to whether they will file for re election. Filings for the various positions should be made with the city recorder in the city hall. Weather FORECAST: Cooler with ihow rrs in the vicinity tonight and early Thursday. Rt.k of thunder showers this even inc. Low tonttht 45. High Thurs day 78. Temp. Hi it hen Yesterday Lowest this Morning 51 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise ... 5:03 a.m Sunset 7:32 p.m. The Moon rises Thurs day .- 12:49 a.m. N'ear tt is seen the star. Aldebaran. Vew Moon Aiir. C luptter sets 1n the evenlnr twi light and will soon he lost In tfie rav. of the setting snn. It Fill return as a morning star early in the Fall. in Rogue valley for the rest of the day, leaving by plane to morrow morning. Smith met last night with leaders of the local Republican organization at a din ner and spoke later on a tele vision program. This afternoon he and his wife were scheduled to attend a luncheon in Ashland. Lloyd Selby, head of the Smith cam paign in that city, was to take the governor to several places of business in Ashland and to a meeting with a group of minis ters and farmers. , Tonight, Governor and Mrs. Smith will be guests of honor at the opening banquet and play of the 1956 Shakespearean festival st Ashland. President Has No Doubt Health Can Stand Second Term Doesn't Feel as Well As He Did Year Ago Washington tU.R) Presi dent Eisenhower said today he has no doubt that his health can stand the strain of a second term. The President said he based his opinion on what his doctors tell him and on his own feel ings. He also told his first news conference since his June 9 in testinal operation that he feels good but not as well as a year ago. Mr. Eisenhower said his doctors have told him it will be at least four months after his operation early October be fore he can expect to feel like his old self again. This is the way Mr. Eisenhow er summed up how he feels: "I feel good but I don't feel as well as I did a year ago. The doctors tell me I'm in fine shape. I have nothing that really keeps me from going on and doing my work." Physic&I Examination A reporter told him1 some peo ple who know and love him fear he might not live through four more years in the White House. Mr. Eisenhower replied: "I don't think it is too im portant to the individual how his end comes. And he certainly can't dictate the time .... I've made up my mind that this is a thing I should try and we'll see what the American people think." v Mr. Eisenhower's personal ap praisal of his health came on the heels of another physical exam ination this morning. The White House reported that his physic ians found him "in fine shape." Mr. Eisenhower was asked whether he went through a per iod of indecision after his oper ation before reaffirming his will ingness to run again. Paler and Thinner He said he did not, that it had never occurred to him that there would be any renewed question about his intentions until he started reading the newspapers some days after the operation. Mr. Eisenhower was notice ably paler and thinner than he was at his last news conference before the operation. . He an swered most questions in a quiet and rather restrained tone of voice. However, he showed no outward evidence of weariness during the 35 minutes that he stood before a capacity crowd of 311 reporters. 18 Appointments For Bloodmobile Visit Eighteen persons had made appointments to donate blood by noon today, according to the local Red Cross office. The bloodmobile will be at the Elks Club Wednesday, Aug. 8, from 1 to 5 p.m. Appointments may be made by calling 3-3813. Those who have made appoint ments are Keith Haines, Inez Bergman, Shirley Hackett, Dora Burnette, Shirley Deen, Jack Creager, Ken MacDonald, J. P. Dunphy, Arthur Brereton, Avis Kezer, Mildred Silva, Dan Krotz, Virginia Krotz, Lester Wallace, W. H. Reichstein, J. A. Williams. Keith Copinger, and Melvin Amaro. A quota of 240 pints has been set for the county. During the month of June this year 220 pints of blood were used in Jack son county. I "Say, What IS An 'Eisenhower Republican, Anyhow?" I ir J l Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year rTageT langley, Crosby Indicted Multnomah Grand Jury District Attorney. Teamsters Official Released on Bail Seattle Racetrack Figure Also Indicted Portland (U.R) The district attorney of OVegon's most popu lous county and the international representative of the Teamsters Union in Oregon were indicted late yesterday by the Multnomah county grand jury which has been probing vice allegations here for several weeks. District Attorney William M. Langley of Multnomah county and Teamster leader Clyde C. Crosby were among eight per sons freed on bail after the jury returned its second batch of in dictments in two days. Nine per sons were indicted Monday and four of them were arrested and also released on bail. Policemen Indicted James (Big Jim) Elkins, Port land nightlife figure, named in Monday's indictments, also was indicted yesterday. Others indicted yesterday in cluded Thomas Johnson, 68, a Williams avenue businessman and four city policemen. The of ficers were named on perjury counts. Tom Maloney, a Seattle race track figure who was indicted secretly yesterday, surrendered to Sheriff Terry Schrunk today and posted $7,000 bail on four misdemeanor counts and one fel ony count. In addition, three other per sons were indicted secretly yes terday. Langleyi the 40-year-old dis trict attorney, said he was "abso lutely innocent." Two indict ments were returned against him. One accused him of con spiracy to permit gambling and the other charged "incompe tence, corruption, malfeasance and delinquency in office." Langley Free on Bail Langley was freed on $1,000 bail after appearing yesterday evening at the home of Circuit Judge Frank Lonergan. He said he planned to be on hand at his office today. Langley has been critical of Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton's handling of the grand jury.' Thornton was placed in charge of the case by Gov. Elmo Smith after the Oregonian pub lished a series of copyrighted articles last spring detailing vice allegation. Crosby was named in two counts, one charging conspiracy to commit a felony and the other for unlawful possession of a re volver. Oak Harbor, Wash. U.R Gerald Noah Calgin, 18. The Dalles, who admitted fatally beating a baby left in his care, has been committed to a hospi tal for mental observation. "MEDFClRD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1,1956 so VETS TRANSFERRED Eighteen members of the Camp White Domiciliary were trans ferred by plane Tuesday for Intermediate care in Reno, Nev. In above photo an at tendant fastens the safety belt around a litter patient. The patients have been awaiting transfer since July 1. Those making the trip are not in need for full hospital care, but need enough doctor's attention to be ineligible Ground Breaking Ceremonies Slated For New Hospital Ground breaking ceremonies for the new Rogue Valley Me morial hospital will be held at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6, at the Barnett and Murphy rd. site. i Construction of the $2,000,000 hospital is expected to start im mediately after ceremonies. De tails of the ground - breaking ceremonies will be announced later. The contract was awarded to A. V. Peterson company, Port land, recently by the board of directors after negotiations in which the original bid of $2,040, 404, was reduced to $1,938,000. The reduction was made through changes in certain original spec ifications. The RL Rev. Benjamin Dag well, bishop of the Episcopal dio cese of Oregon and chairman of the board, noted that the reduc tion will not detract from the excellence of the structure, and items eliminated are desirable, but not essential. Over-All Cost The over-all cost of the hos pital has been estimated at $2, 555,218. More than $2,000,000 is al ready available for construction. Funds came from two individu al donations totaling $580,000; a Ford Foundation grant of $26, 300; funds pledged by county residents during a campaign last winter totaling $883,544; and a federal contribution under the Hill-Burton act totaling $564,000. The total on hand is about a half-million dollars short of the estimated total expenditure, but in conferences between board members and a few individuals recently, assurances have been given that the prospective def icit will be covered by addition al substantial contributions. Krupp's Resignation To Be Considered Central Point The board of directors of the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district will meet at 7:30 p.m. today to consider action on the resigna tion of Chief Richard Krupp and Assistant Chief Harry Tonn., The pair submitted their nesignations Monday, July 23, to the board. Krupp said his main reason for resigning was the opposition of one board member to the operations of the district. Krupp has been chief since the district was organized as a private corporation in 1950. The district became a municipal dis trict about two years later. Tonn, a volunteer member of the department, also has been with the district since its incep tion six years ajo. v Billy Nunn Sentenced Billy Junior Nunn, 28-year-old Klamath Falls millworker con victed of first degree murder in the slaying of 14-year-old Alvin William Eacret, was formally sentenced in circuit court this morning. He will be taken to the state penitentiary at Salem within 20 days. Circuit Judge H. K.' Hanna said date for Nunn's execution will be set following affirmation of the sentence by the state su preme court. A jury returned the first de gree murder verdict against Nunn last Thursday. Since there was no recommendation for len iency, the death penalty is man datory unless the supreme court rules otherwise. Recently passed legislation requires automatic appeal of all such cases. May Order Exam This morning Sam Harbison, Nunn?s court-appointed attorney, called to the court's attention a point of Oregon law which pro vides the judge may -order a psychiatric examination of the defendant before sentence is passed if sex stimulation is ap parent as motivation. The judge said, "The court is of a contrary opinion. The con stitution sets the sentence,' not the legislature." The Eacret boy was sexually assaulted and killed April 19 near Tub Springs state park. Nunn was subsequently arrest Marine Commandant Takes Stand Parris Island, S. C U.R Gen. Randolph McCall Pate, commandant of the Marine Corps, testified today that had he been asked to act in the "death march" case of S. Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon "I probably would have transferred him for stupidity or lack of judgment." The four-star general, climac tic witness in the general court martial trial of McKeor, testi fied as a defense witness. "I think I would have written into the books that this sergeant was never to drill troops again," the commandant told a court room so packed that standees were four deep around the walls. His answer was made to a long hypothetical question read by Chief Defense Counsel Emile Zola Berman. It reviewed the entire testimony of the trial, called after six men drowned during a death march into a tidal stream, led by McKeon to teach a laggard platoon .disci pline. Prior to answering the hypo thetical question, however. Gen. Pate said he did not regard a discipline march of recruits on a Sunday across the rifle range and into the swamps and tidal waters as oppression of troops. "I would not call that oppres Tribune United Press Full Leased Wira Price 5c No. 113 for the Domiciliary, according to Domiciliary officials. Several ambulatory patients also made the trip. Wheelchair patients were placed in litters for the trip to the Veterans Administration center at Reno. The plane crew included a registered nurse and several male attendants who arrived from Travis Air Force base. Formally in Court ed in Alturas, Calif., and enter ed a plea of innocent to the charge. His trial began July .17 and ended Thursday. Tha jury returned its verdict after only 45 minutes of deliberation. Late News Briefs COMMUNIST3 ADVANCE Rangoon, Burma (U.R) The newspaper Nation said today the enmese communists have oc cupied about 1,000 square miles of Burmese territory in a "slow but implacable" invasion that began about a year ago. ALUMINUM INDUSTRY HIT Pittsburgh , (U.R) More than 28,000-aluminum workers walk ed off the job today paralyzing 50 per cent of the nation's vitally needed aluminum production. END IN SIGHT New York (U.R) The official end to the $1,000,000,000 steel strike is expected either Thurs day or Friday. CENTRAL BUREAU URGED Klamath Falls (U.R) A cen tral idei.jfication bureau in Ore gon to which all law enforce ment agencies would be required to make daily crime reports was recommended today by the Leg islative Interim Committee on Sex Crime Prevention. sion no," he said. Oppression is one of the four charges against McKeon. As to the two charges that the defendant was drinking against regulations, Gen. Pate said that his action in that mat ter would have been: "I think I'd take a stripe away from him.'.' As for the remainder of the indictment against McKeon, Gen. Pate said if he had been acting: "I suppose I'd probably have transferred him away for stupid 21st Annual Shakespearean Festival Opens ' Ashland The 21st annual Ore gon Shakespearean Festival will officially open today with the traditional opening night dinner at 6 p.m. in Ashland's Lithia park. Shakespeare's "Richard III" will be the first play in the month long Festival. Curtain time is 8:30 p.m. each day. Other plays include "Love's Labour's Lost," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Cymbeline." Two special per formances of "Titus Andronicus" will be presented Aug. 24 and 29. Playing the leading role in Richard III" tonight will be Don Gunderson, Chicago actor -who Stassen Within Right as Citizen To Push Herter Ike Choose Not To Discuss Herter Washington U.R) President Eisenhower told a news confer ence today that Vice President Richard M. Nixon is perfectly acceptable to him as a 1956 run ning mate. He said Nixon "is perfectly ac ceptable to me as he was in 1952." Asked if it may be con cluded that the vice president is his personal preference for run ning mate this year, Mr. Eisen how replied: "I see no reason to draw such a conclusion ... but you may." The chief executive also said that Harold E. Stassen was com pletely within his rights as a pri vate citizen in backing some one other than Nixon. Mr. Eisenhower declined to state flatly that he wants Nixon. He said he would not presume to dictate to the Republican nom inating convention. Ka Feels Better The President talked to a crowd of 311 reporters at his first session with them since June 6. He made these other points of news: 1. He believes that he will be able to serve out another four years in office if reelected. He said that physically he has im proved every day since his June 9 ileitis operation. 2. He said the Suez Canal crisis posed a great issue to every nation with a sea coast. He said the United States must be sure that the rights of the world are not abused. 3. He said he thought Stas sen, his special assistant for dis armament matters, had done a very splendid job in his official role. On the basis of his infor mation today, he expected Stas sen to rejoin the official family after his leave of absence for politicking ends Aug. 27. Always Planned To Run 4. At no time after his June 9 major surgery was he in any doubt about running again. He said he regarded the operation as merely a matter of correction and . improvement. He never. -thought about pulling out of the reelection race. ' On the vice presidency, Mr. Eisenhower refused to say whether he would be "happy" to run with Christian A. Herter, the Massachusetts Republican governor who is backed by Stassen.' The President said ha did not want to discuss personali ties beyond Nixon and that ha mentioned Nixon primarily be cause he now occupies tha vie presidency. Mr. Eisenhower, in one of his rare appearances in double breasted suit, was noticeably thinner than the last time ha met reporters. He seemed somewhat pater than usual, but displayed vitality and a degree of toler ance and reporters peppered him with frank questions, some involving his bowel movements, some citing a belief among some of his "friends" that he would not live out another term in office. He volunteered an opinion on his recent meeting in Panama with other American presidents. saying he thought the conference produced a tremendous profit. He suggested that similar meet ings might be held in the future, although getting a number of presidents together is difficult to arrange. ity or lack of judgment. I would have written in the books that this sergeant would never drill troops again." The sergeant on trial told the court earlier that he would have "walked to the gallows" out of remorse the morning after six of his men died on the death march. Pate comforted the sergeant when he arrived for his time in the witness chair, telling Mc Keon he had come here to "help you any way I can to see that the interests of justice are done." In Ashland previously played Antony m "Antony and Cleopatra" in 1950. Other leading roles will be played by Nancy Pickhardt, Irene Baird. Jan Kugell. Mi chael F. Kasdan and David O'Brien. Allen Fletcher of Car negie Tech is directing the play. Scenes from "Richard III 'A will be presented coast to coast over the NBC network Aug. 22. Scheduled to attend opening night ceremonies are Governor and Mrs. Elmo Smith, Miss Patty Berg, Eugene girl recently chosen Miss Oregon of 1956, as well as other state official.
