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Subscribers To report Improper or non -delivery of the 5UU Tribune phone 3-6141 before 6:45 pan daily aad 1030 a.m Sunday If regular delivery arrive ihort ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. Recommended A feature itory about the Dol larhlde Toll road over the Siski you appear on pace 12 of to Cay'f Mail Tribune. Tribune EDFORD United Presj Full Leased Wim United Preu Full Leased Wire 51st Year 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1956 Pric 5c No. 116 M But It Did Ooprrlatas. i956ThepPy cwr Pabttahfcaa Caw Contract Approevd For Talent Project Washington A repayment contract with water users of ihe Talent Irrigation district has been approved, as to form. Sec retary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton said Saturday. The contract is the result of negotiations of bureau of recla mation field officials with offi cers of the Talent Irrigation dis trict.' The contract will be sub mitted to a vote of water users at a special election Aug. 22. Repayment Contract The repayment contract calls for the irrigators to return their portion of the costs of construc tion of dams, canals, and other features of the project. The work is designed to provide a full wa ter supply to 5,310 acres of new land and a supplemental supply to 10.030 acres already under ir rigation. The project ilso will provide the supplemental water supply to approximately 14,000 acres in the Medford and Rogue River Ir rigation districts. In addition to three dams and reservoirs and about 133 miles of canals and laterals, the Talent project will have a 16,000 kilo watt capactiy powerplant. The project will have flood control and other benefits, including recreation and fish and wildlife improvement. The contract provides for the district to repay t not to exceed a maximum of $5,810,000 over a period of 60 years, the repay ment period specified in the au thorizing legislation. If construction costs at the time of completion justify it, the contract amount may be adjusted downward to a minimum of $5, 000.000. The downward adjust ment will also take into consid eration any future repayment , contracts with the Medford and Rogue River districts, whereby those districts assume a propor tionate share of the reimburs able cost in return for a supple mental water supply. Estimated Cost The total estimated cost of the Talent project is $19,932,000 of which about $11,300,000 is allo cated to irrigation. In addition to paying the cost allocated to Wayne Morse Opens Campaign; Makes Pledges The Oregon Democratic party's most famous convert. Sen. Wayne Morse, made three basic pledges to a luncheon gathering of about 100 people Saturday In the Medford hotel basement. "I intend to take the issues to the opposition from this open ing day of my campaign right through Nov. 6 ... I won't be a party to a smear campaign . . . I'm not going to loose my sense of humor in this cam paign." Morse's bombastic campaign talk, which lasted for nearly 90 minutes, was largely direct ed toward farmers in the aud ience. , Fight to Preserve "I'm fighting to preserve the greatest protection we have surplus food." he announced, and added that "Surplus food is the greatest defense of civil ization of any people. When the food surplus is at a high peak the civilization prospers. When it reaches a break-even level the civilization goes static. When it drops below that level the civilization becojit decad Happen Here power, power revenues are ex pected to return about $4,700, 000 of the irrigation allocation not covered by the proposed re payment contracts with the Tal ent, Medford, and Rogue River districts. After water user approval and execution of the repayment con tract, construction will be initi ated on Howard Prairie dam and reservoir, the Green Springs powerplant, collection canals, de livery canals and laterals. Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1957 total $2,400,000 for the project. Typhoon Kills S3; 300 Are Injured Tokyo (UP.) Typhoon Wanda, the fiercest Pacific storm of the season, killed 83 persons and injured 300 others in the Communist Chinese city of Hang show near Shanghai, Peiping Radio reported last night. A broadcast, heard in Tokyo said most of the injuries and deaths involved persons trapped in homes which collapsed under the lashing of the typhoon. Hangchow is about 100 miles southwest of the port city of Shanghai. The broadcast said some 20,000 residents, of Hangchow were made homeless or otherwise af fected by the typhoon. Peiping Radio said it was "one of the worst typhoons to hit China in the last 50 years." J. Bracken lee Leads In Utah Convention Salt Lake City, Utah (U.PJ Gov. J. Bracken Lee, who is trying to test the constitution ality of foreign aid, Saturday cleared the first hurdle toward an unprecedented third term as governor of Utah. Lee led a four-man field with 348 delegates votes at the Utah Republican nomination conven tion here to gain a place on the state's Sept. 11 primary elec tion ballot. ent." He cited China as a his toric illustration of the validity of his statement. Senator Morse earlier spoke on natural resources. He said he was "waging a fight across the nation not only in Oregon to preserve our na tural resources." N Following his address the senator answered questions from the audience, among which were: Talent Project 1. Talent irrigation project He cited this as one example of his accomplishments in the interest of Oregon. He said it was "Jpst, stymied, bottled-up and rejected" until he pushed it through for approval. 2. Voting agreements He said he would never enter into a voting bargain with anyone and said those who do "destroy themselves and sell their states short." 3. Hells Canyon dam " I think Hells Canyon is lost un less we win later in court ac tion ... It is a tragic loss and we m our lifetime will sever Program Listed For New Hospital Ground Breaking Plans for ground breaking ceremonies for the new Rogue Valley Memorial hospital at the corner of Barnett and Murphy rds. at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6, have been announced. Otto J. Frohnmayer, general chairman of the campaign or ganization, reported that all those who have pledged and contributed to the Memorial hospital have been invited to ceremonies. About 200 addition al invitations have been extend ed to people associated with hospital interests, he said. Master of Ceremonies James J. Dunlevy will act as master of ceremonies for the program, which is expected to take about 30 minutes. General contractor, A. V. Peterson, Portland, will start construction immediately following ground breaking ceremonies. Estimated cost -of the new structure is $2,000,000, funds for which came from a general fund raising campaign last win ter, federal Hill-Burton funds, a Ford foundation grant, and in dividual contributions. Traffic control and parking on the hospital site tomorrow morning will be handled by John G. Crawford, associate chairman of the campaign or ganization, and Sam Colton and Granvil Brittsan, both of the Founder's organization. Leonard Mayfield has arrang- Building Permits Show Big Increase Building permits issued in July totaled $355,982, compar ed with $180,533 for July last year, Oliver R. McNeel, Med ford building inspector, announ ced today. Among permits for July were 18 new homes, $189,450; 17 homes remodeled, $18,535; sev en new garages, $2,330; one ap artment remodeled, $5,000; three business establishments, $41,000; one institution, $9,000: nine signs, $3,850: two school buildings remodeled, $78,469: and two swimming pools, $8,000. McNeel said there were 66 building permits issued in July totaling $1,027.50 in fees. Sports Bulletins Medford Cheney Studs whacked Coo Bay-North Bend 12 to A here last night, mak ing it two straight over the Lumberjacks and cinching the Southern Oregon Baseball league series, Medford Pitcher Bob Selsor scattered seven hits and Terry Maddox slam med four safeties in five times up and drove in four runs. The teams meet at 2 p.m. at the fairgrounds park today. Klamath Falls The Rogue Valley girls were dumped 10-1 last night by Oakridge and took fourth place in the state girl's Softball tourna ment. The RV girls scored their lone run in the third inning when Pat Schroeder, Doris Hixon and Ellen Calla han hit singles. Portland U.R Wally Westlake powered out a three run double in the top of the 10th inning here last night to give the Sacramento Solons an 8-5 Pacific Coast league win over Portland. know how tragic." He denounc ed opponent, Douglas McKay, for "walking out" on the issue, thus "selling the people of Ore gon down the river." Foreign Aid 4. Foreign aid "I voted in favor of the overall foreign aid program ... I fought to in crease loans, decrease grants and decrease shipments of military aid to those who can't use it effectively." Robert D. Holmes, Astoria, Democratic candidate for gov ernor, also attended the lunch eon and spoke briefly. Others at the head table in cluded Mrs. Morse, Clyde Ficht ner. master of ceremonies, social chairman of the Jackson county Democratic organization; Mark McKenzie, congressional com mitteeman; Noreen Kelly, host ess to the Morses; Donna Strauss, congressional committeewoman; and Neva Clark, county vice chairman. Yesterday morning. Senator Morse discussed with members of the Independent Service Sta ed for the Medford High school to participate. John Drysdale will direct. Mayfield said a portable platform will be used lor participants of the program, and chairs will be available for elderly persons attending cere monies, Frohnmayer said. Ray Johnson will provide a public address system for the program. The Rt. Rev. Benjamin D.' Dagwell, president of the board of directors of the hospital, and A. S. V. Carpenter, director and one of the early supporters of the hospital, will turn the ground which will launch the formal construction. . Expanded Highway Program to Start In State in August Salem U.R) The new ex panded highway program for Oregon for the next two years will cost 103 million dollars and will start next month when the highway commission starts let ting contracts. At the next commission meet ing on Aug. 16, State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock said, plans will be reviewed. Since it is not known what funds will be available from the federal gov ernment during the 13 years the program is in effect, construction plans have been limited to the next to years. The annual rate of spending is estimated at $51,500,000 as com pared with an average of 35 mil lion dollars spent in the past five years. Included in Schedule Included, in the-schedule for the next two years is completion of the Banfield expressway, ex tending the R. H. Baldock free way Into Portland, and initial work on making the Portland The Dalles route four lanes. Among other projects included in the program' are the comple tion of two lanes of the highway between Eugene and Canyon ville; completing U. S. 30 be tween La Grande and Emigrant hill; and major work on a four lane highway between Ashland and Grants Pass. All planned construction on 99 will be four lanes as will be much of highway 30. A number of contracts also will be let for making the route between Eu gene and Salem four lanes. Girl Cohiracis Polio Travelling in Slate Patricia D. Clark, 23, of Mer rifield, Va., contracted bulbar polio on a trip through South ern Oregon yesterday and was flown by Mercy Flights to Sac red Heart hospital in Eugene. The girl was traveling alone. The case was diagnosed by Dr. V- E. Mikkelson. Grants Pass, in Grants Pass. The patient was brought to Medford between 8 and 9:30 p.m. by car. A Mercy Flights plane arriv ed with her and Dr. Mikkelson who also made the trip to Eu gene at 10:15 p.m. Miss Clark's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Clark, are motoring somewhere in Nevada and could not be con tacted. tion operators several problems, including payment of taxes on gasoline which is lost through evaporation, and cut-rate signs and free prizes offered as in ducements by some service sta tions to their -customers. At the Labor Temple later he talked for -an hour and 15 minutes to union members and others. Morse defended his switch from the ' Republican to the Democratic party. He said that he was the "number one target" of. the administration because he "promised in 1944 and again in '50 that if you sent me to the senate I would act as a free man" and vote on the "merits of the issues." Morse said that he entered the Democratic party only when the "rank and file Democrats of this state made perfectly clear to me that they wanted me to come in." Social security was a major issue in the senator's speech. He described his and Senator Richard Neubcrger's efforts to reduce the age eligibility limit SUEZ FRENCH READY MEDITERRANEAN FLEET The Mediterranean squadron of the French fleet, shown here at Toulon, France only in part, is assemblying at this base under orders to prepare for movement to unannounced destination. Move is one of many being made by France in case the Suez Canal crisis heightens. MARINE Former Major General Returns to Germany; Considering Service Henry Warrelmann, 52, a Medford carpenter who served as major general in the German Army during World War II, left yesterday for his home country where he may enter the West German army. Warrelman and his wife have lived in Medford for the past year and a half. The couple has a married daughter living in San Francisco and two sons, both in the U. S. Army corps of engineers. One is stationed in the states and one in West Ger many. During World War II, War relman served in the Afrika corps under Field Marshal Er win Rommel, the famed "Des ert Fox'." Later he fought in the Russian campaign and was fin ally captured on the western front and placed in a British concentration camp. Family to U. S. After the war he brought his family to the United States. They lived for a time with rela tives in Grants Pass, then mov ed to Oakland, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Warrelman have resided at their Medford home for the past one and a half years. Warrelman said Friday that many of his friends in Germany have written asking him to come back. He said, "I will have to go there and see how things are now." He must take several exam inations and tests before he will know if he can go into the West German service, and does not know what rank he would be if he did. Mrs. Warrelmann, he said, would follow him to Ger many if he decides to join. To Visit Son On his trip to his native coun try, the 52-year-old ar veteran will fly to New York and visit his oldest son who is stationed in Maryland. In Germany, he will go first to the town of Bre men where his mother, now 83, is living. Later he will see his youngest son there. Warrelman said joining the army would be an "awful hard decision" as he likes Medford and his "children are here" (in for social security benefits for women and for totally disabled persons. Morse said he personally fav ored social security benefits at 60 for women and disability payments the day after a person is disabled. Morse pointed to his work on the Talent irrigation project as an example of his "getting things done for Oregon." The fact that Oregon rates second in the nation for literacy is his greatest campaign asset, Morse said. He declared that he was taking his fight to an en lightened, educated people. Defending himself against charges that a very small per centage of bills he introduces are made into laws, Morse said that he thought a senator should be judged by the number of bills he helps get into law. The majority of bills are com mittee bills, anyhow, he ex plained, and are conglomera tions of proposals by various men. They come onto the floor of the senate as committee bins, not as individual senators' bills, he said. CONFERENCE GETS SENTENCE this country). He believes it would be another eight or 10 years until he could retire if he goes into the West German ser vice. Reds Admit Troops In Disputed Area Rangoon, Burma (U.PJ Communist China admitted Satr urday it had troops in dis puted area along the Sino-Bur- mese border. But it said this did not constitute an "invasion" of Burma. A Peiping radio broadcast said that the Red troops were there to preserve border peace. It said any other reported reasons for the occupation were part of a "plot to undermine Sino-Bur-mese relations." The neutralist Burmese gov ernment also was faced with for ays in border areas by Chinese Nationalist stragglers who holed up in the remote border country after the Communist sweep of China in 1949-50. Man Arrested for Westcott Killing Kingman, Ariz. (U.PJ A 20-year-old Mexican national and former convict confessed Saturday to the murder of wealthy publicist William C Westcott Jr., in a swank Holly wood hillside apartment Friday. Rodrigo Jose Castro, arrested Friday by Mohave county police told Hollywood detectives that he shot and beat Westcott, 32-year-old publicity man for the Greek theater in Los Angeles. Detectives said the confession came after six hours of quest ioning. They said Castro told them he had been released from the Montana State Prison last July 2 after serving two years for burglary. Portland Records. 28th Traffic Death Portland J.PJ Portland recorded its 28th traffic fatal ity of the year Saturday when a two-car crash resulted in the death of a '51-year-old man. Police reported that Charles Arthur Morris was driving er ratically on the wrong side of the road when his car crashed into an express truck. Southbound, Morris had cross-J ed to the extreme left lane oi the four-lane highway when the accident occurred. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy with risk of thundershower activity late this afternoon and evening. Mostly cloudv and cooler Mon dav. High Sunday 88. low 54; high Mondav 82. TL-MDt-D TIT HP Highest Yesterday ' Yesterday 49 Juowest Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5 Sunset 7:26 New Moon Monday 3:25 a.m. p.m. a-m. PROMINENT STARS The Bit Dipper, sinking in northwest after sunset. VI SI RTF. PI. A VETS Mars, rises 9:49 Saturn, in the so .-west 9:51 Venus, rises 2:2 p.m. p.m. U.IJ. I Hillliuj.uui 14 . .1 .,l,WW4Utl -'I'M,' UIUP. Discharge for Bad Conduct, Prison Term Are Included Parris Island, S. C. (U.PJ Staff Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon was sentenced Saturday to a bad conduct discharge from the Mar ine corps, forfeit of $30 per month pay for nine months, a prison term of nine months, and was broken to the rank of pri vate. Seven officers of a court mar tial trying McKeon for the April 8 "death march" he led into Ribbon creek in which six men died, returned to -the courtroom after four hours and 13 minutes of deliberation on a sentence. The 31-year-old former drill instructor was convicted Friday night of negligent homicide and drinking against regulations. The sentence was pronounced by the president of the general court martial, Marine Col. Ed ward L. Hutchinson of Wood bury, N. J., at 2 p.m. EDT at the end of the third week ol the historic trial. Subject To Review The sentence is subject to re view by the officer who con vened the court martial the secretary of, the Navy. It can be upheld, reduced or even dis missed. The tall, lanky sergeant from Worcester, Mass., took the sen tence standing at attention be fore the court box with his chief attorney, Emile Zola Berman of New York. Col. Hutchinson's voice was slow with deep tones almost mel ancholy as he read the sentence from a sheet in front of him. McKeon had led recruit Pla toon 71 on a march into the ebb ing tide and gummy muck of Rib bon Creek around 8:30 p.m. last April 8. He said he was teaching a laggard outfit discipline. The prosecution had contended it was punishment, a reprisal against a spiritless group of recruits at whom the junior drill instructor had been angry. Supersonic Jet Bomber Set to Run Off Line Washington U.R The Air Force will roll its B-58 super sonic jet bomber probably the world's fastest off the produc tion line this month but appar ently without press coverage. As of Saturday, it was learn ed there are no plans for the press to be on hand for the event at Fort. Worth, Tex. . . Medford Firemen Take Job Of Finding Blood Donors The men of the Medford fire department have taken on the responsibility of finding "walk ing donors of blood for tne American Red Cross donor pro gram in Jackson county. Residents of the county al ways use more blood than is collected during visits of the bloodmobile. according to Red Cross officials. When the supply becomes short, it is necessary to contact ''walking donors," those who can be called upon to go to a hos pital at any hour of the day or night and give blood. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week days the calls are handled by the Red Cross office in the court house. But after office SET Half of Invited Nations Indicate They Will Attend Egypt, Russia Fail To Answer Saturday London U.R) More then half the 24 invited nations indi cated last night they would at tend the Aug. 16 conference to internationalize the Suez canal. But Egypt still had not replied and Britain, anticipating a re fusal, prepared to fight if ne cessary. Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser's answer to the western - sponsored invitation was reported imminent. It was expected to be "no." . Russia and India, also among the invited nations, would prob ably follow Cairo's lead. Mideast Waterway umcial sources said the con ference would go on without Egypt or Russia and secure the endorsement of the world's ma jor shipping countries to inter nationalize the vital mideast wa terway. The war off ice announced that normal demobilization of troops already scheduled for discharge would be "consider ably delayed" in view of the "precautionary measure now being taken." Some 15 of the invited na tions had officially accepted or indicated acceptance by last night They included Britain, France, United States, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Australia, Cey lon, Denmark, Japan, New Zea land, Norway, Pakistan, Portu gal and Sweden. Silent on Issue Both Cairo and Moscow were silent throughout Saturday on the vital "yes" or "no" to the western powers' call for a con ference on internationalizing the canal. But Egyptian and Russian broadcasts and new.s papers spilled out a torrent of words claiming that the canal was Egyptian and would remain so. The Egyptians and Russians were in close consultation. President Nasser conferred in Cairo with Soviet Ambassador Evgueny Kisselov for the sec ond time in less than 18 hours. Jacksonville Native Son Dies Saturday George Harry Luy, 80, of lf6 South Newton st., died Saturday morning in a Medford hospital. He had undergone surgery a week ago. " Mr. Luy, the son of Fred and Frances Luy, German colonists, came from Missouri to Califor nia before the discovery of gold and moved to Jacksonville in 1852. He lived in Jacksonville until moving to Medford in 1922. In 1955 he was introduced at the Gold Rush Jubilee as the oldest living native son of Jackson ville. He is survived by his wife, the former Isa Cook; one sis ter, Mrs. Nellie Kelley, Oak land, Calif.; a son, Paul Luy, Bremerton, Wash.; a daughter, Mrs. L y le Penny, Oxnard, Calif.; three grandchildren and seven nieces and nephews. Two of them, Fred and Law rence Luy, live in Medford. Mr. Luy was married in Jack sonville Oct. 28, 190, and the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary less than three years ago. Luy's son and daughter have been in Mwrford for the past week. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. hours and on week ends and holidays tlte firemen take over the calling of the emergency donors. Firemen said that several times those registered as emerg ency donors are past the age limit or have moved when it comes time to give blood. They have requested that persons notify the department if over age or if they have changed a dress so the lists can be kept up to date. - The Red Cross said that dur ing the month of June, 220 pints of blood were used , in Jackson county. The bloodmo bile will visit Medford Wednes day,' Aug. 8. Appointments may be made at the Red Cross office.
