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TRUCK BURNS The body of an Oregon-Nevada-California
freight truck, which was
carrying general merchandise, is shown after
fire damaged cargo and the truck cab on
Highway 99 on Siskiyou summit yesterday
morning. Company officials said the truck
and cargo sustained substantial damage from
the fire which apparently started when
FIRE HALTS MINE RESCUE;
243 MISSING IN BELGIUM
Marcinelle. Belgium U.R
Rescue workers abandoned hope
today for nearly 250 miners
trapped in the blazing Bitter
Heart mine.
Blistering heat drove the res
cuers back after the fire, which
started Wednesday and seemed
to be on the wane, blazed anew.
Nine were known dead and
only six were rescued alive in
the 32 hours after flames cut off
an estimated 258 Belgian and
Italian miners in the half-mile
deep pit. That left 243 men
missing.
Belgian Mines Administrator
Andre Van Heuvel refused to
243 Pints Taken
For Bloodmobile
A total of 243 pints of blood
were donated yesterday after
noon during the Bloodmobile
isit In Medford. The quota was
250 pints. According to Red
Cross officials, the turnout was
among the best in recent years.
A total of 306 donors reported
to the Bloodmobile, exceeding
the quota of 300 donors set by
the Red Cross. Of the total 63
were rejects.
Donors designated 83 pints
of blood as replacements, blood
to be used to replace that used
to the past by some particular
patient.
Fifteen appointments were
made while the Bloodmobile was
at the Elks temple, and there
were 87 "drop-ins."
O. L. Slick, of the Portland
Red Cross office, who was in
Medford yesterday, expressed
appreciation for the number of
donors, because there is a short
age of blood in the state. With
the shortage elsewhere Medford
would be unable to "borrow"
blood from other Red Cross
blood banks should the need
arise. Blood donated in Med
ford will be only used in this
area Red Cross officials stressed.
Justice Walter Tooze ,
Confined To Hospital
Salem U.R Supreme Court
Justice Walter Tooze, 70, was re
ported in "fair condition" at Sa
lem Memorial hospital today
with a heart condition.
Exact nature of his ailment
has not been determined.
Justice Tooze checked into the
hospital with what was first
thought to be a digestive upset.
He is now resting in an oxygen
tent.
Democratic Candidates To
Appear at Josephine Fair
r.rants Pass National, state
and county office candidates are
expected to participate in Jose-
Shine County Fair s Democratic
iay Friday. Aug. 10, at the fair
ground here
Among the candidates ex
pected are Sen. Wayne Morse,
who is seeking reelection;
Charles Porter, candidate for
congress from the fourth dist
rict; Robert Holmes, candidate
for ' governor: Monroe Sweet
land, candidate for secretary of
state; Bob Thornton, who is
iri'n reelection as attorney
general; and WUw Sipitfe. caa4
give up hope. He ordered the bat
tle against fire, smoke and
deadly carbon monoxide to
continue.
The faces of rescuers emerg
ing from the pit on a greasy
emergency elevator summed up
the situation. "Not a chance,"
said one.
The grim assessment came
from one member of a team
which succeeded in reaching the
3,000-foot level today, only to be
forced back to the surface by a
new burst of flame.
The team rode the emergency
elevator down as far as they
could 2,800 feet then they
Britain Halts Buildup
Of Troops, Supplies
In Suez Canal Area
Moscow (U.R) Russia ac
cepted its invitation to the
London Sues conference to
night with a hint it may de
mand internationalisation of
the Panama Canal and other
world waterways.
London (U.R) Britain called
a sudden halt today to her emer
gency buildup of troops and sup
plies in the Mediterranean.
There was no official explana
tion for the decision which halt
ed the flow of ships, planes, men
and supplies to back up Britain's
announced intention of main-
New Timber Sale
Regulations Told
Portland !U.R) Douglas Mc
Kay, Republican candidate for
U.S. Senator, said today that
new forest service timber sale
regulations had been approved
by the Department of Agricul
ture. He said the new regulations
permit loggers to post bonds in
lieu of cash deposits before cut
ting. They will be in the hands
of field personnel on Friday and
will be in effect in about 10
days. Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture Ervin L. Peterson
advised McKay.
Small loggers and mill opera
tors will benefit materially, Mc
Kay said. Old regulations handi
capped many operators who
feared large cash deposits would
eliminate them from competition
for timber.
Peterson said that McKay
asked in April that the depart
ment make the change.
date for state treasurer.
Other candidates include Cliff
Driscoll, candidate for state legis
lature from Josephine county;
Neal Mesman. candidate for
Josephine county judge: and
Bruce Davidson, candidate for
Josephine county commissioner.
Senator Morse will deliver a
major . speech in the covered
arena at the fairgrounds here.
The arena program will be held
between 5 and 7 p.m.. Lewis
said, but no time has been set
for the speech as yet. Other can
didates also will be given an
opportunity to speak, he said.
sparks from the exhaust ignited the canvas
covering on the truck body. Some of the
cargo was removed from the truck. State for
estry department pumpers from Ashland and
Medford were dispatched to the scene, but the
fire was confined to the truck. Driver of the
truck was Howard (Pop) Burleigh, Redding,
Calif.
dangled another 200 feet down in
a basket slung by cable under
neath the jammed elevator.
It was a heroic feat, but a vain
one.
Authorities called It the big
gest mining disaster in Belgian
history.
. Many wives and sweethearts
stood numbly through the night
outside the pithead, too exhaust
ed to cry any more.
King Baudouin toured the dis
aster scene, giving what comfort
he could to the grieving crowd.
Italian ministers flew in early
today for an on the spot check of
mine safety and rescue efforts.
taining with force if necessary
free passage through the Suez
Canal. '
Informed sources emphasized
that, for the moment at least, it
was . a "postponement" rather
than cancellation of the buildup
plans.
The Defense Ministry ordered
British Overseas Airways Corp.
to call off an airlift of 3,000
soldiers to British-leased bases
in Libya. Six new Bristol Britan
nia turboprop airliners were to
have started the airlift at dawn
Friday.
The ministry also postponed
the sailing of the troopship Em
pire Ken which also was to have
left Friday with a detachment
of anti-aircraft troops.
Eden's Speech
At the same time, a Gibraltar
dispatch said the 22-000-ton air
craft carrier Bulwark stopped
off there in the midst of a dash
to Cyprus and abruptly went
into drydock. The Bulwark left
Portsmouth, England, Monday
with a full complement of jets.
Diplomats speculated that the
delay may have been ordered as
evidence to back up Prime Min
ister Anthony Eden's declaration
Wednesday night that "we do
not seek a solution (of the Suez
dispute) by force."
Eden's speech, while regarded
in some quarters as conciliatory,
roused further anger in Cairo
where it was said his attack on
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel
Nasser virtually erased any hope
of a negotiated settlement of the
Suez crisis.
Counter-Measures Seen
Cairo sources said Eden's de
scription Wednesday night of
Nasser as a plundering dictator
was certain to bring strong counter-measures.
Official denials in Cairo failed
to halt mounting speculation
Nasser would seek a defense pact
with Russia when he visits the
Soviet capital Aug. 16, the open
ing date of the London Suez Con
ference. Irving Berlin Writes
GOP Convention Song
San Francisco (U.R) Title
of the song written by Irving
Berlin especially for the Repub
lican National Convention here
is "Four More Years."
Convention officials disclosed
this today and said Berlin would
be here to introduce and sing
the song. . --- -'
San Francisco Bay
Area Tourists Are
Listed as Victims
Teenagers, Others
Headed for Alaska
Grants Pass Five San Fran
cisco bay area tourists were kill
ed and three others injured in
an accident about two miles
south of here on Highway 99
about 6 a.m. today.
The dead were identified as
Leslie N. Simonsen, age un
known, of Walnut Creek, Calif.;
Robert Francis Jacquemin, 21,
of San Pablo; Robert Hoselton,
age unknown, Concord, Calif.;
David Chamberlain Binkley. 15,
of Berkeley; and John DuBois,
age unknown, of Concord.
State police said Hoselton and
Dubois were between 14 and
16 years old.
Injured Listed
Injured were Harold Trepag
nier, 15, Gerald Clough, 16, and
James Webster, 14, all of Con
cord. Police said they suffered
head and leg injuries, but their
conditions were not believed
serious. They were taken to Jose
phine General hospital.
Edward Lucky Jones, of Port
land, driver of the Pierce Freight
Lines truck and trailer involved,
suffered a bruised shoulder, po
lice said. .
Reports from Concord, Calif.,
city police indicated that Simon-
sen was a professional guide ac
companying the group to Alaska,
police said.
Truck Going South
Police said the semi-trailer
truck was traveling south on
Highway 99, and the California
car traveling north. Police said
the car hit the right front fen
der of the truck, which was
pulling over to the right to av
oid the accident.
The driver of a pickup truck
which was traveling south a
few hundred yards in front of
the Pierce truck, told state po
lice the car weaved along the
highway prior to the accident.
The car almost hit the pickup
truck, the driver told police, be-
ioregetting .back in. its -own
lane.
The accident was the second
in which five have been killed
on southern Oregon highways
within a week. Last Friday five
were killed in a head-on collis
ion on Highway 66 about two
miles from the Klamath county
line in Jackson county on the
Green Springs.
Lane, Douglas Demos
Hear Wayne Morse
' Roseburg (U.R) Sen. Wayne
Morse toured Lane and Douglas
counties yesterday, winding up
with an address to a Democratic
picnic at Umpqua park here.
He told his evening audience
that "those with responsibility
over our natural resources
should understand that they are
merely trustees of the heritage
that belongs to future genera
tions." Earlier at a breakfast in
Springfield, Morse criticized the
Eugene Water & Electric board
for being a "stalking horse for
private utilities" in its opposi
tion to the federal Cougar dam.
He charged "they are still trying
to block Cougar dam despite the
fact that it has been authorized
by Congress."
Later, the senator visited the
site of Hills Creek dam and told
a group there that "again it was
only over the opposition of the
administration that we were
able to win construction funds
for this project."
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
Brooklyn 7 13 0
Pittsburgh 3 8 S
Erskine, Roebuck (5) and
Walker; Hall, Waters (3), Na
ranjo (S), Face (6), King (6),
. Pollet (8) and Shepard. Home
run: Thomas, Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia 2 11
Naw York S 11 1
Rogovin. Negray (5), Miller
(7) and Saminick; Margoneri.
Grissom (7) and SarM. Home
runs: Mays, New York; White.
New York; Brandt, New York
(2); Seminick, Philadelphia.
AMERICAN
Baltimore 1 1
Boston 3 ( 0
Fornieles, Paliea (8). Sehmiis
(8) and Triandos; Sullivan and
White.
New York -.15 20 0
Washington 7 12 1
Kuckes. Morgan (E) and
Berra; Steward. Weisler (2),
Grobe (3), Chakales (S), Griggs
(7), Stone (9) and Courtney.
Home runs: Martin, New
York: Carey, New York; Man
tle, New York.
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JL .PRESIDENCY.
Engineers Estimate
Rogue December Flood
Damage at $4,048,500
Total flood damages on Rogue
river during December, 1955,
amounted to $4,048,500, accord
ing to Col. Jackson Graham,
Portland district engineer of the
Army corps of engineers.
Colonel Graham said the sum-
iiftyvl damages iir
iw-jtutu Om"
gon is preliminary and subject
to change in a final report. He
added that changes which might
occur would not materially alter
the general picture of devasta
tion and loss represented by the
dollar value.
Agricultural Damage
Of the total damage along
Rogue river, $1,366,900 was ag
ricultural; $1,097,500 was resi
dential; $882,500 industrial and
commercial; $344,100 railroads,
highways and utilities, $35,000
flood control and navigation fa
cilities; $322,500 in other public
property; $3,502,500 in private
property; and $546,000 in total
public property.
The damage figures are tne
result of surveys conducted by
the Army engineers along the
Willamette, Umpqua, Rogue, Co
quille and other coastal streams.
Total damage in western ure-
gon was $17,996,600 from the
Large-Scale Revolts
Reported in Red China
Taineh (lipi Large-scale
revolts against the Communist
rpffime have broken out in three
different areas of China, Chinese
Nationalist sources reported to
day.
Reports circulating in Formosa
said there was fighting between
Communist troops and - reoei
forces in Tibet, Western Szech
uan Province and in Mongolia.
Nationalist authorities called
for "active assistance" for the
uprisings in Tibet and Mongolia
hut disclosed no details of what
type of assistance was planned.
Reports from anti-Communist
sources in Hong Kong said the
Mongolian "revolt centered
around Dragon Head Mouth
Mountain in northern Mongolia
and that fighting still raged.
Capt. Liu Ho-Tuh, the Nation
alist military spokesman, said he
had no firm information on the
reported revolt in Tibet but
other sources said the revolt
came over religious matters.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Fri
day except a flight threat of
afternoon and evening thun
der! tor m In higher mountains.
Low tonight 53. High Friday
99-92.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday .. !0
Lowest this Morning 5
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .
Sunset .
5:12 a.m.
. 7:22 p.m.
. S:55 pjn.
Moonset
First Quarter ..
. nnnaay
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Ariadne's Crown, high
in the west 10:12 p.m.
The erown is now inverted and
In this position the brighter
stars of the group form a figure
resembling a dish or platter.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1956
Step Away
Copyright, 1956. The Pulitzer Publishing Co.,
St. Louia Post-Dispatch
(Herblock is on Vacation)
December floods. Of the total
private damages amounted to 83
per cent or $14,935,800, while
public damage totaled $3,060,
800, or-17 per cent.
Agricultural interests in west
ern Oregon suffered the great-
Truman's Choice
To Be Known Soon
Chicago U.R Former Presi
dent Truman said today he ex
pects to announce his personal
choice for the Democratic presi
dential nomination before the
party's National Convention
opens Monday.
Mr. Truman made the disclo
sure at a news conference short
ly after arriving here by train
from Kansas City. He received
a rousing welcome from a big
crowd, an arm around the shoul
der greeting from front runner
Adlai E. Stevenson and a warm
greeting from supporters of Gov.
Averell Harriman.
Harriman has not arrived here
yet.
When he stepped off the train,
Mr. Truman declared himself
"neutral" in the battle for the
presidential nomination.
Two hours later, the former
President said he hopes to reach
a conclusion on his choice for
the nomination before the con
vention meets.
At that time, he said, he will
"let the people know" where he
stands.
Aluminum Contract
May Be Signed Today
New York (U.R) The Al
uminum Company of - America
and the United Steelworkers of
America expected to sign a new
contract today, ending a eight
day strike of 18,000 Alcoa work
ers. The contract was agreed upon
Wednesday night It is a three
year, no-strike contract contain
ing a package of wage increases
and fringe benefits involving
about 45.6 cents an hour over
the three-year period.
USW employees of Alcoa were
expected to return to work im
mediately upon signing of the
contract.
Settlement of the USW's dif
ferences with Alcoa was expect
ed to be followed directly by a
similar agreement between the
union and the Reynolds Metals
company, which employs some
10,000 USW members.
Santa Monica, Calif. (U.R)
Singing star Rosemary Clooney
and her actor-husband Jose Fer
rer today became parents of a
six-pound daughter, Maria Prov
idencia, at St. Johns hospital.
Salem (U.R) Potatoes ac
counted for 96 per cent of the
shipping point inspections of
fruits, vegetables and nuts in
July, the State Agriculture De
partment has reported
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Tempers Flare at
SP Hearing Here;
To Recess Friday
Tempers of attorneys and wit
nesses openly flared on several
occasions this morning as the
hearing continued on Southern
Pacific's abandonment of rail
passenger service in southern
Oregon.
Witnesses in the third day of
the hearing included R. E. Plum
mer, assistant to the president of
Southern Pacific; Robert C.
Martin, mayor of Grants Pass;
Paulus McKee, assistant general
manager of Pacific Plywood
company, Roseburg; and Earl M.
Bleile, general sales manager of
Roseburg Lumber company.
Recess Called
Examiner Clifford Ferguson of
the Public Utilities Commission
called a noon recess while
Bleile'e testimony was in pro
gress in an obvious effort to halt
an argument between attorneys
on both sides.
Attorneys for SP said they
were attempting to prove
through Bleile's testimony that
freight service had improved
since abandonment of passenger
service last August. Attorney
Phil Lowry, one of the com
plainants in the case, objected
to a question posed to the witness
regarding recently improved
time schedules. He said to the
examiner, "The question is ir
relevant. How do we know the
firm Bleile represents is not a
preferred customer? '
Stricken From Record
Ogelsby Young, an attorney
representing SP, demanded that
Lowry s question be stricken
from the record. The two attor
neys became involved in dis
agreement, as Ferguson ordered
the recess. Young insisted the
examiner rule on his request
before the recess went into ef
fect. Further argument ensued
and the examiner repeated his
order for the recess, stating he
would rule on the argument
later.
Disagreement flared earlier in
the morning after Lowry asked
Plummer a question regarding
abandonment of rail service on
the Siskiyou line. The witness
accused Lowry of putting words
into his mouth and SP attorneys
reiterated the charge.
Parties Reprimanded
Ferguson reprimanded the witr
ness as well as attorneys for en
gaging in argument. Plummer s
most frequent answer to ques
tions by complainants was, "I
don't know."
Martin, who said he was not
testifying as mayor of Grants
Pass but as a private citizen, said
he felt his .community would
continue to grow at an acceler
ated rate even though rail pas
senger service is not available.
McKee said Pacific Plywood
company has been better able to
comply with freight schedules
since abandonment of passenger
service because of improved
switches.
Wednesday Testimony
Charles B. Nines, engineer in
Southern Pacific's bureau of
transportation research, San
Francisco, was on the witness
stand all aftenoon Wednesday.
Most of his testimony, relating
to 21 exhibits on costs and reve
nues, was of technical nature.
It was indicated he will be re
called to the witness stand at a
14th Annual
Roundup Starts Tomorrow
The 14th Annual Rogue Riv
er Roundup, sponsored by the
Jackson county Mounted Sher
iff's posse, will open here tomor
row. The first event will be a horse
parade at 5 p.m, starting at Ivy
and Sixth sts. and proceeding
east on Main st. to Bartlett st
and west on Sixth to Ivy st.
Friday evening's performance
of the rodeo at the Posse
grounds on Sage rd. will be
'family night with children
admitted for half price.
On Saturday, the major pa
rade of the annual event, will
start at 2 p.m. following the
same route as the horse parade.
The three evening perform
ances win start at v:ju p.m.
There vill not be afternoon per
formances this year.
Roundup queen, Miss Vema
Hickman of Eagle Point will
reign over Roundup festivities.
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later date for further cross-ex
amination.
Ferguson said this morning
the current hearing will be re
cessed at noon Friday and re
sumed late in September. He
said testimony and cross-examination
of SP's witnesses is ex
pected to last another five days.
He said obligations of several of
ficials at the hearing would pre
vent continuing the sessions into
next week.
As today's session opened.
Lowry accused Southern Pacific
of deliberately withholding fig- -
ures on freight revenues for the
Eugene-Ashland line. SP officials
repeated the contention they
have made throughout the hear
ing that all available figures
have been or will be produced
before the hearing ends.
Ashland Teenager
Drowns Near South
End of Emigrant
Frederick Thomas Hearn, 17,
of 1340 East Main St., Ashland,
drowned about 3:15' p.m. yester
day near the south end of Emi
grant lake at Ashland.
State police said the boy, who
was wearing levis,- apparently-.
attempted to swim from the boat
from which he was fishing to
the shore, a distance of between
1,000 and 1,200 feet
He drowned in about eight
feet of water about 30 feet from
the west shore line. State police
said he apparently became ex
hausted. Accompanied Hearn
County Coroner Carlos W.
Morris said Joe Sutherland, 16.
of route 1, box 374, Ashland,
who accompanied young Hearn
in the boat, brought the boat to
the scene when Hearn called for
help. But Hearn, Morris said.
failed to come to the surface
again.
He was in a party which in
cluded Mrs. Vera Sutherland,
route 1, box 374, Ashland, and
her children, Jaunita Suther
land, 14, Forest Sutherland, 11,
and Joe; and Hearn s sisters,
Althca Hearn, 14, and Alice
Hearn, 11. The party was taken
to Emigrant lake by Mrs. Suth
erland, police said.
A state police officer and a
man whose identity was not re
ported, recovered the body about
5:37 p.m., police said.
Other survivors include his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Hearn of Ashland.
Ashland mortuary is in charge
of funeral arrangements.
Silverton Youth Dies ,
As Automobile Overturns
Lebanon (U.R) Joseph W.
Vibbard, 17, Silverton, was kill
ed and four young companions
were injured early today when
the car in which they were
riding went jout of control and
rolled over several times.
Rogue River
With her will be her court
which includes Miss Tessie Fish
er and Miss Juanita James, Med
ford, Miss Maxine Peile, Eagle
Point, and Miss Marcia Wood
ward, Butte Falls.
The queen and her court were
selected on appearances, per
sonality, and riding ability.
Mac Barbour will be the pro
ducer for the all-professional
world champion show approved
by the Rodeo Cowboys' asso
ciation. Points earned here count
toward the world championship.
Barbour also will furnish the
stock for the show.
The rodeo has put up a purse
of $1,000 which will be divided
among the five events. As last
year, a Gibson saddle made in
Medford and valued at S2s0 will
be awarded the "best all-around
cowboy."
Tickets may be purchased at
Barker's Men store.
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