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ROBERT McINTYRE
Ward I Candidal
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ED HALL
Faces Mclntyrt at Polls
R. L. VanSICKLE
Seeks Ward III Poit
Radio-TV Highlights
San. Richard L. Naubarger
(D-Ore.), will ipaak in behalf
of Adlai Stevenson, candidaia
for tha Damocratic president
ial nomination, on tha Amer
ican Forum of tha Air pro
gram today. Tha program will
ba on station KBES-TV at
12:30 p.m. and on KMED
(1440 ke) at 6:30 p.m.
GOP Fating Fight
Over Ike's Veto
Washington (U.R) Republi
cans today faced an election
year fight over President Eisen
hower's veto of the politically
potent $1,600,000,000 rivers and
harbors bill.
; Mr. Eisenhower vetoed the
bill in the surprise move Fri
day. "Not since 1940 when Frank
lin D. Roosevelt was president
has a chief executive vetoed a
rivers and harbors bill during an
election year.
Congress traditionally is lib
eral in approving such projects
in an election year in hopes they
may improve election chances of
lawmakers in the many areas af
fected throughout the nation.
San Francisco U.R) Rev
enue from traffic across the
Golden Gate Bridge dropped
more than $400,000 during the
1955-56 fiscal year.
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Awards at Roundup Will Be
Given at Tonight's Show
Awards in the 14th . annual
Rogue River Roundup will be
presented to outstanding "cow
boys" at the conclusion of to
night's rodeo performance at the
Jackson county posse grounds.
The final rodeo performance
of the three-day roundup will
begin at 7:30 p.m. Names of par
ticipants who have accumulat
ed the greatest number of points
in rodeo feats will be announc
ed at the beginning of the show.
Horses to participate in the fin
als will be paraded around the
grandstand before the elimina
tion gets underway.
Best "all around cowboy" will
be presented with a Gibson con
test style roping saddle valued
at $250. This prize is being aw
arded by the Gibson Saddlery
in Medford. It is lettered with
"Rogue River Roundup 1956."
A purse of $1,000 plus entry
fees will be divided among win
Jack Fitzgerald,
Robert Mclntyre
To Be Candidates
Two Races on Tap
For City Council
Jack Fitzgerald, Medford
councilman from ward IV, late
Friday filed for reelection
the Nov. 6 election, and Robert
E. Mclntyre, 35, of 400 Barnes
ave., announced his candidacy
for councilman from Ward I.
Fitzgerald, who has served one
four-year term on the council
is the only candidate thus far
for councilman from ward IV.
Deadline for filing petitions with
the city recorder is Aug. 31.'
Mclntyre s announced candid
acy creates the second contest
for council positions. He will
face Frank Edward (Ed) Hall,
712 East Jackson st., who filed
his candidacy earlier.
John Snider, present council
man from ward I, has filed his
candidacy for mayor.
The only other race thus far
in the council race is between
Mrs. Marina S. Gates, 729 West
Fourth stt, and R. L. VanSickle,
53 Myers court, for the ward III
council position. Harold Frye,
present councilman from that
ward, has announced he will not
seek reelection after 16 years
in the post.
Mclntyre was born in Long
Beach, Calif., and has been a
resident of Medford since 1947.
This is the first time Mclntyre
has sought a public office.
He is a partner with his fa
ther, Claude E. Mclntyre, in the
Rogue Valley Land company,
Medford realtors. He attended
high school and college in Cali
fornia and was in the Army be
tween 1942 and 1945. He is now
major in the Air Force re
serve in which he is group in
spector for the 9091st AFB group
which includes units from Eu
gene south.
Also seeking a council posi
tion is Anthony R. (Tony) Man
no, 646 South Holly st., for
councilman from ward II.
Demos Start Work
On Party Platform
Chicago U.R) Democrat
ic policy makers ( wound up a
week's public hearings Saturday
and started work on a party
platform they hope will satisfy
both the conservative south and
liberal north.
While exact language still was
to be agreed on, key members
of the platform committee al
ready were reported in substan
tial agreement on a compromise
Civil Rights plank. It was cal
culated to please neither side
but allow room for both to re
main in the party.
The weary 108-member com
mittee concluded its sixth day
of hearings after receiving tes
timony from some 200 persons.
Despite efforts of party moder
ates to soft-pedal it, the Civil
Rights issue burned as brightly
on the final day of the hearings
as on the first.
After a brief closed session
to plan its next step, the com
mittee directed a 15-man draft
ing subcommittee to meet today
in its nrst lormai try at get
ting the party's 1956 policy
statement down on paper.
The full committee probably
will not meet again before Tues
day, when the draft should be
ready. The platform then will
be laid before the" party con
vention, on Wednesday.
Chicago U.R Mrs. El
eanor Roosevelt said Saturday
she is supporting Adlai Steven
son for the Democratic presi
dential nomination.
ners of the five rodeo events.
which include saddle bronc rid
ing, bulldogging, bareback rid
ing, calf roping and bull riding.
Each event is judged on the
basis of 100 points, with 40 for
first, 30 for second, 20 for third
and 10 for fourth.
Between main events there
will be posse drills, races, games
and trick riding, featuring Lynn
and Jimmy Merri, Red Bluff,
Calif.
Started on Friday
The roundup officially got un
derway at 5 p.m. Friday with
a horse parade. Friday night
was "family night" at the rodeo.
The main parade through the
center of Medford was held at
2 p.m. Saturday, followed by
the second rodeo show1 Satur
day night.
Sponsoring the roundup is the
Jackson county Mounted Sher
iff's posse.
Challenge To The Leaders Of The World
Widespread Support
For Talent Project
Voiced at Meeting
Widespread support for the
Talent project was voiced Fri
day evening in Talent, following
a meeting of landowners of the
Talent Irrigation district to dis
cuss the proposed repayment con
tract for part of the project's ir
rigation costs.
Walt Hoffbuhr, manager of the
district, said about 35 landown
ers of the district attended. A
total of 436 will be eligible to
vote in an election Aug. 22 on
aproval of the contract. He said
the relatively small turnout is
apparently an indication that the
others are informed on the pro
posal, and presumably favor it.
Little Opposition Noted
Little if any organized opposi
tion to the contract has been not
ed, particularly among those
who are informed about its pro
visions, he said.
The evening was spent in dis
cussing a number of phases of
the project, particularly the con
tract, which was read page by
page and explained by represen
tatives of the bureau of reclama
tion and officers of the TID.
Two questions in particular
Efforts To Unseat
Two Delegations Lose
Chicago (U.R) The Demo
cratic National committee today
threw out efforts to unseat the
regular Mississippi and South
Carolina delegation. Some south
erners feared the upshot might
be an effort to revive the 1952
"loyalty oath" fight.
' The committee, by voice vote,
dismissed claims for recognition
from "rump" groups from the
two states. The action means
the regular delegations will be
placed on the temporary roll
when the convention opens Mon
day. But two members of the Ore
gon delegation said the Missis
sippi issue may be revived in
the convention's credentials com
mittee. They cited charges that
some members of the state's
delegation have been "notorious
in their disloyalty" to the party
in the past.
Gene Conklin, who will rep
resent Oregon on the conven
tion credentials committee, said
if the contesting Mississippi
group takes its case to his com
mittee he will inquire into the
party loyalty of the regular Mis
issippi delegates.
Conklin and Monroe Sweet
from Oregon, denied they had
any intention of dividing the
party. They said they merely
wanted to be sure members of
the Mississippi delegation "are
Democrats."
Shoe Repair Shops
To Close on Mondays
Shoe repair shops in the Med
ford area will be closed on Mon
day in the future, it was an
nounced Saturday by a spokes
man for the proprietors.
The decision locally is in con
formity with action by the Mast;
er Shoe Repairman's association
of Oregon, a statewide craft or
ganization. It was pointed out
among the last of the skilled
craftsmen to go on a five-day
work schedule.
Barbershops also are closed
illonday. .
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
(Herblock it on Vacation)
seemed to be bothering many of
the landowners before Friday's
meeting, Hoffbuhr reported. One
was the per acre cost of the pro
ject, and the other was the
amount of irrigated land in the
district, now and after the pro
ject is completed.
Some landowners, Hoffbuhr
said, were under the incorrect
impression that annual construc
tion costs would be charged at
the rate of 6.50 per acre per year
to landowners. But it was ex
plained that the present per
acre charge of $10.75 would be
changed little if any. The pres
ent cost includes $8.50 for oper
ation and maintenance and $2
for bond redemption. Under
terms of the contract, the opera
tion and maintenance charges
will be reduced, because of im
provements in the system, to
about $4.50, the bonded debt will
be liquidated under the same
program, and the per acre per
year fee will remain approxi
mately $10.75..
He also explained that there
are now about 10,000 acres of ir
rigated land in the district. This
will receive supplemental water
when the project is completed,
and in addition some 5,000 acres
of land will be brought under
irrigation for the first time, for
a total of about 15,000 acres
which will be benefited. He said
some people were under the im
pression that 15,000 acres would
be added, rather than 5,000.
Total Cost $20,000,000
It was pointed out Friday that
the total cost of the project will
be some 20,000,000, of which
about $12,000,000 will be allocat
ed to irrigation charges. But only
some $5,800,000 of that will have
to be paid back through the re
payment contract. The balance
will come from power revenues,
or will be paid for by the feder
al government as non-reimbursable
costs, such as flood control
and recreation.
The contract provides maxi
mum of 60 years for repayment,
but within that maximum the
payback period can be adjusted,
Hoffbuhr explained. It is now
estimated at 54 years, but a vari
able repayment plan is available,
at the discretion of the board of
directors, so that repayment as
sessments can be adjusted down
ward in bad years, or upward in
good years.
The Aug. 22 election will be
held at the Talent Irrigation dis
trict office in Talent between 8
a.m. and 5 p.m. Those eligible,
under Oregon law, are those who
own four or more acres of land
within the district and who meet
other voting requirements.
Hoffbuhr said all eligible land
owners will be contacted by tele
phone prior to the election to re
mind them of their right to vote.
Weather
FORECAST: Generally fair Son
day and Monday, except (or
lome cloudiness and scattered
thunderstorms over the moun
tains during: the afternoons.
High both days 85. low Sun
day night 52.
Temp.
Hichtest Yesterday 7
Lowest Yesterday . 4
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise . . 5:15 a.m.
Sunset 7:1 P-m.
Moonset 103 P-m.
First Quarter Monday..l2:45 a.m.
PROMINENT STARS
Altair. high in south 10:33 p.m.
Arcturus, sets .. 11:48 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, follows the Moon.
Venus, rises 2:18 a.m.
Mars, in the southwest at
sunrise.
Nehru Works Out
'Definite Formula!
For Suez Dispute
Plan Said To Call 1
For Expansion of Pact
London (U.R) Indian Pre
mier Jawaharal Nehru has work
ed out a "definite formula" for
settlement of the Suez canal dis
pute which will be preserved to
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel
Nasser in advance of the London
Aug. 16 conference, New Delhi
sources have reported.
The reported Nehru plan pre
sented the day's only ray of hope
in the dispute whose increasing
urgency was reflected in Presi
dent Eisenhower's call for a Sun
day morning conference with
congressional leaders, a delay in
a scheduled announcement in
Cairo by Nasser and a Greek
rejection of the Western Powers'
invitation to the London meet
ing. Expansion of Agreement
The Nehru plan was under
stood to call for an expansion of
the 1888 international agreement
providing for unlimited passage
of vessels through the Suez can
al in war or peace.
Meanwhile, the issues of the
dispute over Egypt's nationaliza
tion of the vital waterway hard
ened along traditional cold war
lines, with the addition of renew
ed expressions of solidarity
among the Arab nations support
ing Egypt.
Yugoslavia's President Tito
protected the exclusion of Yugo
slavia from the London meeting,
as a nation heavily dependent on
use of the canal. Hungary pro
tested similarly, as a part of the
old Austro - Hungarian empire
which was an original signer of
the 1888 convention.
But the West indicated the
conference would go ahead on
schedule, regardless of rejections
or objections.
ShepiloT Asks Visa
Soon after, reports from Mos
cow said that Soviet Foreign
Minister Dmitri Shepilov had ap
plied for a British visa.
But Greece, one of world's
largest maritime powers using
the Suez canal, made a surprise
announcement in Athens that it
would not attend. This was the
first formal turndown of the
Western Big Three invitation for
24 nations to take part in the par
ley, beginning Aug. 16, to con
sider internationalizing the Suez.
The Greek rejection obviously
stemmed from its bitter dispute
with Britian over Cyprus.
These diplomatic developments
took place against a background
of threats in the Arab lands of
the Mideast, where supporters of
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel
Nasser promised a campaign of
violence against Western oil and
and military installations in re
taliation for any use of force
against Egypt Informed sources
in Cairo said the Egyptians
would destroy the Suez canal
itself rather than give it up to
the West.
Egypt yet was ,to answer the
invitation to London. Nasser was
scheduled to give his reply at a
press conference today.
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Thompson.
KF Television Station
Will Go on Air Monday
Klamath Ralls, Ore. (U.R)
The first television station in
Klamath Falls, KOTI-TV, Chan
nel 2, will go on the air Monday
at 9 a.m. with coverage of the
Democratic National convention
in Chicago.
The announcement was made
Saturday by manager Walter
Richartz, formerly . associated
with statiqn KIEM-TV, Eureka,
Calif.
Millbrae, Calif. (U.R) Two
masked gunmen robbed the Mill
wood motel of $331 Saturday,
Truman Gives Nod
To Gov. Harrirnao
Oregon Delegates
See Little Support
Lost To Harriman
Kefauver Gives OK
For Second Place
Chicago U.R) Members
of the Oregon delegation to the
Democratic convention, pledged
to support the candidacy of Ad
lai Stevenson Saturday, saw the
loss of little support, for their
candidate due to former Presi
dent Truman's stepping forward
in behalf of Gov. Averell Harri
man. C. Girard Davidson, Nation
al committeeman elect, said "I
don't think it will make any
difference. It may shift some
votes to Harriman but not
enough to upset Stevenson. We
will go down the line with Stev
enson." Go-Ahead From Kefauver
Sen. Richard Neuberger, the
chairman of the Oregon delega
tion, arrived here last night and
proclaimed, "as much as I ad
mire former President Truman,
his present position does not
diminish my own effort for Ad
lai Stevenson for the nomina
tion." Neuberger also cleared up an
other point. He said he had re
ceived a "go ahead" from Sen.
Estes Kefauver to work for his
nomination as vice president on
the party ticket.
Gene Conklin of Pendleton
forecast that Truman's stand
"won't change things much. I
don't think it will hurt Steven
son."
Rep. Edith Green said the
Truman move "will make no
difference to us from Oregon
and probably only will make us
work harder.
Bound by Primary Vote
I he Oregon delegation is
bound to Stevenson as a result
of the primary vote last May
in which the 1952 nominee scor
ed a wide margin of victory.
Sen. Kefauver would receive the
support of the Oregon delega
tion as the vice presidential
candidate, also as a result of
the May primary in which he
led write-in vote getters for the
ticket's second spot.
Howard Morgan, former state
Democratic chairman and now
a Stevenson aide, saw Mr. Tru
man's endorsement of Harriman
as a help to the Stevenson
camp. He said he expects Stev
enson to lose no more than a
handful of votes to Harriman
and that it appears certain that
several times that number will
be brought into the Stevenson
fold from the Southern dele
gates. Morgan continued to predict
a first-ballot win for Stevenson.
No Trace of Three
Missing Men Found
San Francisco (U.R) The
Coast Guard resumed an air
sea search Saturday for a 17
foot outboard cruiser missing
since Thursday with three Ore
gon men aboard.
Two Coast Guard seaplanes
and the cutter Bonham from
Coos Bay, Ore., failed Friday to
find any trace of the vessel
which sailed from Brookings,
Ore., on a fishing expedition.
Aboard the craf( were two
Grants Pass, Ore., doctors identi
fied only as Drs. Monaham and
Hoeason. The third member of
the party was Lloyd Morrison
of Brookings.
Republicans Must Pay
To Cross SF Bridge
San Francisco (U.R) It would
be illegal to give delegates to
the Republican National conven
tion passes to cross Golden Gate
bridge for nothing, it has been
ruled.
F. M. McAuliffe, attorney for
the bridge district, made the rul
ing after Supervisor William C.
Blake of San Francisco proposed
the Republican visitors be given
passes to allow them to avoid
the 25 cent toll.
'Sleeping Sickness"
In Umatilla County
Pendleton, Ore. flJ.R) A
Pendleton veterinarian has dis
closed here that three cases of
"sleeping sickness" or encephali
tis have been discovered in
horses in the Pilot Rock area of
Umatilla county.
L
FRED SEATON
Interior Head To Visit
Fred A. Seaton
To Speak at GOP
Jamboree Here
Secretary of the Interior Fred
A. Seaton will fly to Medford
from Washington Aug. 30 to at
tend a Republican jamboree in
Hawthorne park, Mrs. Kathleen
Bash, Jackson County Republi
can Central committee chair
man, announced Saturday.
Invited to jattend the affair,
at which Seaton will be the
principal speaker, will be Re
publican candidates for all
state and national offices, in
cluding Douglas McKay, Sea
ton's predecessor as interior sec
retary. Tickets on Sale
' Tickets to a smorgasbord sup
per, a feature of the event, will
go on sale immediately at $1.50
each, Mrs. Bash said. She added
that this will not be a fund'
raising meeting. Ticket sale pro
ceeds will be used to defray
food costs. Those desiring to see
and hear Seaton and the politi
cal candidates, but who do not
want to participate in the infor
mal supper, will be admitted
without charge.
The jamboree will begin at
6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, with
music and entertainment, which
will continue throughout the
smorgasbord. The entire pro
gram will be over in time for
Seaton to appear on a local television-program
at 9:30 p.m.
Bodies Thought To Be
Missing Technicians
Eureka, Calif. U.R) Two
bodies discovered in the rugged
Red Mountain area 10 miles
east of Klamath, Calif have
been tentatively identified as
those of two television technic
ians missing since Feb. 24.
The missing men are Romie
Smith, 24, and Glenn McMartin,
28, both employees of station
KIEM.
They disappeared during a
blizzard while on a routine
check of the station's microwave
relay equipment on top of Red
Mountain.
The bodies were found on
the bank of a small creek Fri
day about 300 yards from where
their snowshoes had been dis
covered last week.
First School Opening Set
In Valley on
Ashland, Applegate, Elk-Trail,
Shady Cove and Butte Falls
students will be the first in
Jackson county to return to
classes this fall, with Sept. 4
the opening date for schools in
these five areas.
Other opening dates for
schools in the county will be
Lone Pine, Sept.- 5; Rogue-River.
Sept. 6; Eagle Point, Sept. 7;
Jacksonville, Griffin Creek,
Ruch Phoenix elementary, Cen
tral Point (including Crater
Highf school). Talent, Medford
elementary and junior high
schools, Pinehurst, Howard and
Evans Valley, all Sept. 10; and
Phoenix and Medford Senior
High schools, Sept. 10.
St. Mary's Dales Told
St. Mary's elementary school
will open Sept. 10 and St
Mary's High school will open
on Sept 17.
School officials reminded
parents to bring birth certifi
cates of children entering school
for the first time. Pbyucal
Announcement
Opens Scramble
For Delegates
'Darkhorse' Compromise
Possibility Raised
Chicago (U.R) Former Presi
dent Truman threw his whole
hearted backing to Gov. Averell
Harriman for the Democratic
presidential nomination Satur
day, touching off a wild scram
ble for delegates and raising the
possibility of a darkhorse" com
promise.
Adlai E. Stevenson, current
front-runner for the nomination,
promptly declared that he still
expects to be the Democratic
candidate. But Harriman back
ers predicted the New Yorker
will stop Stevenson in the early
rounds and win himself on the
third or fourth ballot.
Mr. Truman's action was a
jolt to Stevenson's hopes al
though it was by no means a
fatal blow at this point in the
pre - convention maneuvering.
One Stevenson strategist said
privately that the former presi
dent's move should cost his man
no more than 30 votes.
But Harriman told a rally of
young Democrats that "this is
now an open convention." He
said the issues "are clearly
drawn whether we are to have
a liberal party or whether mod
eration is the spirit of the times."
Mr. Truman hit the same
theme in urging the delegates
to choose Harriman at their con
vention which opens here Mon
day. He called the governor
"the new deal fair deal cand
idate" and "the man best qual
ified to be the next president
of the United States."
Experience Cited
He said Harriman, as a result
of his long service 'at home and
abroad under previous Demo
cratic administrations, has "the
experience and ability to act
as president immediately upon
assuming office without risking
a period of costly and danger
ous trial and error."
"I know him and you can
depend on him," Mr. Truman
said.
Even as Harriman and Steven
son were trading rival claims
on the effect of the ex-president's
action, there were reports
tUst a bloc designed to "stop"
both contenders might shape
around :5en. Lyndon B. Johnson
(Tex.) or Sen. Stuart Syming
ton (Mo.).
These reports suggested an
attempt might be made to tie
up the convention by luring
away some of Stevenson's po
tential southern support, depriv
ing both Stevenson and Harri
man of the 686V4 votes neces
sary for nomination.
Harriman, overjoyed at the
support from "my old boss,"
pledged himself to fight for
"liberal principles and for the
benefit of all the people" if nom
inated. (See story on page 2)
Salem, Ore. (U.R) The state
public utilities commission has
announced that the first natural
gas for the Pacific Northwest
will flow to consumers in the
mid-Willamette Valley about
Sept. 1. .
September 4
health check-ups were made for
children who would enter the
first grade this fall through clin
ics, conducted by the health de
partment. Officials also pointed out
health certificates are required
for all persons, both certificated
and uncertificated personnel,
who come in contact with school
children. This includes custod
ians, cafeteria cooks, bus drivers
and instructors. School admin
istrators are advised to send to
the county school superintend
ent's offices a complete list of
all employees of the school who
are not certificated, such as bus
drivers, cooks and custodians
with health certificates for fil
ing. Registrations Asked
Alf Mekvold, county school
superintendent, has requested
that teachers who desire to sub
stitute this year or to do home
teaching, register their names,
addresses and phone numbers
with his office.
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