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Natural Gas Leak
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Building Crushed
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Monticello. Utah (U.PJ
Authorities counted 15 persons
dead and more than 30 injured,
nine critically, in an explosion
Monday night that crushed a
crowded Monticella cafe "like an
egg shell."
The dead included two chil
dren, two truck drivers, and sev
eral tourists and one known Mon
ticello resident.
The sheriff's office in Monti
cello said everyone had been ac
counted for and knew of no one
that was missing.
Officials of both the Public
Service commission and Utah
Gas Service company started im
mediate investigations into the
blast, which authorities blamed
on natural gas that accumulated
in a shallow basement. The $50,
000 cafe, built last year, was
connected to a new gas line Sun
day. Sheriff Seth Wright said every
one of the 45 to 75 diners in
the cafe was either killed or
injured when the explosion blew
out the walls from under the
roof about 7 p.m.
The most critically injured
were taken to hospitals at Grand
Junction, Cortez and Durango,
Colo., for treatment, while the
less seriously injured were treat
ed at San Juan county hospital
in Monticello. Many were treat
ed and released from the hospit
als. The sheriff said the explo
sion in the town's downtown bus
iness section was caused by na
tural gas, just connected to the
cafe Sunday. Wright said it was
belived the gas had accumulated
in the basement.
Wright reported that the blast
dug a hole 20 to 30 feet deep
where the middle of the $50,000
cinder block and wooden cafe
had stood.
No other building was damag
ed. Windows were broken over
a block-wide area. Everyone in
town heard the rumbling blast.
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Late News Briefs
MIAMI SPARED
Miami, Fla. (U.PJ Hurricane
Betsy spared Miami today in a
thunderous approach toward the
U.S. mainland with winds of
120 miles an hour.
OREGONIANS FOUND
Libby, Mont. (U.R) An Ore
gon man and his young daugh
ter "living off the land" while
search parties looked for them
were found in the rugged
Cabinet mountain primitive area
five miles east of here today.
Paul E. Phillips, 53, Portland,
and his daughter, Kay, 10,. were
discovered .t Granite lake, five
miles east of here, by four men.
FAMILIES ROUTED
Portland (U.R) Three fam
ilies were routed and five units
damaged when fire broke out
in the Rainbow motel here this
morning.
WALKER "SATISFACTORY'
Salem (U.R) Circuit Judge
Arlie G. Walker of McMinnville
was reported in "satisfactory"
condition at Salem Memorial
hospital here today following a
heart attack.
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ing up in the sand on the Pacific ocean beach about a mile north
of the mouth of the Rogue river. Young Gregg Faulkner, vaca
tioning at Gold Beach with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. R.
Faulkner, 908 Whitman ave., Medford, immediately snapped
the picture. The sign evidently was washed down the river dur
ing last winter's floods. It is believed to have been in the Gold
Hill area originally.
Shepilov Warns That
Egypt Consent Needed
For Suez Settlement
London (U.R) Soviet For
eign Minister D. T. Shepilov ar
rived for the London Suez talks
today with a blunt warning that
Russia considers Egypt's con
sent "necessary" for any settle
ment of the dispute.
"The Soviet delegation will do
eerything possible to seek ways
for settlement of the points at
issue through agreement by all
the states concerned, with the
necessary participation of the
Demo Plafformers
Rap Administration
Chicago (U.R) Democratic
platform drafters in a reversal
of party policy today accused
the Republican administration of
sacrificing American industry to
cheap foreign imports. They
pledged Democrats to reverse
and remedy" this trend.
Traditionally it has been the
Democrats who championed im
ports and the Republicans who
fought for increased tariffs and
other restraints on imports.
The party's platform writers
today also promised tighter curbs
on monopoly, new aids for small
business, including tax relief and
a federal minimum wage of "at
least" $1.25 an hour. The mini
mum wage now is $1.
The pledges were made as a
Platform Drafting subcommit
tee ground out additional planks
in what is to become the party s
basic campaign document and
statement of Democratic policy.
The group previously had
promised a $5,000,000,000 tax
cut, a balanced federal budget,
increased welfare outlays and
"full parity" price supports for
farmers.
Settlement of a hot fight on
a civil rights plank was still
ahead. The platform is scheduled
to be presented to the convention
Wednesday night.
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state of Egypt and on the basis
of a correct combination between
the national interests of inde
pendent and sovereign Egypt and
of the just interests of other
countries who use the Suez Ca
nal." Shepilov said.
He accented the "all the states
concerned," an apparent hint
that Russia will start the talks
off with a demand for veto
power. The Big Three want ma
jority rule.
Prepared To Stay
It took three Ilyushin twin-engine
transports to bring Shepi
lov's delegation of 50, in addi
tion to the two plane loads that
arrived Monday. It was noted
that the Russians appeared pre
pared for a long stay.
Moscow indicated last week
that the Russians would press to
double the size of the 22-nation
conference and might also insist
on bringing up the status of oth
er international waterways, in
cluding the Panama Canal.
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles arrives Wednesday
with last minute instructions
from President Eisenhower re
garding the U. S. stand in the
dispute. There has been insistent
speculation that the United
States is veering away from the
idea of internationalizing and
may come up with a compromise
plan of its own.
Dulles Hopeful
In Washington, Dulles said af
ter a final conference with Mr.
Eisenhower that he believed a
formula can be found for "inter
national operation" of the Suez
Canal consistent with Egypt's
rights and dignity.
The last two days before the
start of the important confer
ence found British Prime Minis
ter Anthony Eden under increas
ing criticism by his Labor party
opposition.
Labor party leader Hugh
Gaitskell demanded assurances
from Eden that Britain would
not use force if the conference
fails to resolve the Suez crisis.
Count Court Meets
To Consider Home
The Jackson county court was
to meet at 1:30 p.m. today with
juvenile court officers, the coun
ty juvenile committee and Wil
liam Siebert, architect, to con
sider a recommendation to post
pone constrnction of the county
juvenile detention home until
spring.
County Judge Rodney Keating
said the juvenile court recom
mended the delay because they
felt it would be unwise to begin
Construction at a time when fall
and winter weather conditions
would be likely to interrupt the
project. He said the architect
also claims to have a full sched
ule of other construction proj
ects which might make the delay
advisable.
Chicago (U.R) The youngest
delegate to the Democratic Na
tional Convention is 19-year-old
Jerry Ringo, a 225-pound Uni
versity of Kentucky junior.
Radio, TV Highlights
Sen. Wayne Morse, (D-Ore.)
will make the major address at
the Democratic convention in
Chicago tonight. It will be
carried by all network radio
and television stations, start
ing al 6:30 p.m. t
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Kefauver Tells
Cheering Throng
Stevenson Avoids
Making Commitment
Chicago U.R) Sen. Estes Ke
fauver (D-Tenn.) today told a
cheering throng of his enthus
iasts that he is available for the
vice presidential nomination.
But Adlai E. Stevenson care
fully avoided telling the Kefau
ver supporters what they wanted
to hear that he wants Kefauver
as his running mate on the
Democratic ticket.
Kefauver and Stevenson went
before a noisy, cheering crowd
of Kefauver supporters in an at
tempt .to hold them in line for
Stevenson for the presidential
nomination. Kefauver claimed
he had 259 delegates, many with
half votes, before he withdrew
from the presidential race in fa
for of Stevenson. Kefauver
forces estimated that about half
of those delegates now are sup
porting Stevenson.
Not Complete Success
The joint effort of Kefauver
and Stevenson was not complete
ly successful. At one point the
meeting broke up into compet
ing chants of "We Want Steven
so" and "We Want Harriman."
But the Kefauver supporters
were unanimous in wanting the
Tennessee Democrat on the
ticket for vice president.
A delegate in the audience, re
flecting the question on the
crowd's mind, asked Kefauver
if he was interested in the vice
presidential nomination.
"If offered the place, I will
accept it," Kefauver declared.
Motion Filed for
New Nunn Trial
Attorney Sam Harbison will
appear in circuit court at 1:30
p.m. Wednesday to move for a
new trial on behalf of Billy
Junior Nunn, 28, Klamath Falls,
convicted July 26 of first degree
murder of 14-year-old Alvin Wil
liam Eacret, Klamath Falls.
Harbison filed the motion for
a new trial late Friday. He
claimed Nunn's trial was mis
handled on the following
grounds:
1. Abuse of discretion by the
court in refusing to grant a
motion filed by the defendant
for continuation of the case to
allow further psychiatric ex
amination. 2. Misconduct of the district
attorney in his closing argu
ment. 3. Insufficiency of evidence
to justify the verdict.
4. Commission of three errors
in law occurring in the trial.
The jury found Nunn guilty
of the first degree murder
charge after 45 minutes of delib
eration. The victim, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Eacret, was stran
gled to death on April 19 near
Tub Springs state park on the
Green Springs highway. The
trial began July 17. Harbison
was appointed by the court to
defend Nunn.
Troutdale Father
Slain by Daughter
Portland U.R) A little
girl who had been taught about
the workings of a revolver by
her father apparently shot and
killed him after he threatened
her mother, Multnomah county
police said today.
The body of James Luther
Johnson, 68-year-old Troutdale
father of eight children, was
found yesterday buried in a
three-foot ditch under planks
in a barn near his home. Deputy
Coroner C. Earl Shea said John
son died from a bullet wound
in the head.
Mrs. June Shirley Johnson, the
victim's wife, told police the
shooting accurred after her hus
band had threatened her Sun
day evening. She said that he
suddenly shouted Ta going to
blow your head off."
According to her account to
police, the girl, Auby Edith John
son, 11, overheard and went to
a dresser drawer where she knew
the .22 caliber revolver was kept.
Two shots were fired, one going
wild and the other striking John
son behind the ear, polic said.
MEDFORD, OREGONf'-TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1956
Commission Approves
Proposed Contract
With Planning Firm
The Medford planning com
mission last night approved, sub
ject to amendments, a six-month
contract between the city and
Hahn, Wise and Associates, Red
wood City, Calif., planning con
sultant firm.
Planners reviewed a proposed
contract drawn up by the firm,
establishing the function of the
consultants and setting a salary
FRANK VAN DYKE
Vice Chairman
Van Dyke Named
Vice Chairman of
Education Group
Frank J. Van Dyke, Medford
attorney, has been named vice
chairman of the Western Inter
state Commission on Higher
Education, it was reported to
day. He was elected to the position
by other members of the com
mission meeting in McCall,
Idaho, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday. He succeeds Dr. Ward
Darley, president of the Univer
sity of Colorado, who was named
chairman.
Van Dyke, it was learned, will
become chairman of the com
mission next Jan. 1, when Dr.
Darley will accept a new posi
tion in the east. The Medford
man, a former member of the
state board of higher education,
has served on the student ex
change, resolutions and nursing
education committees.
Commission Established
The commission, establishd in
1950, is an interstate organiza
tion charged with finding the
best and most efficient way to
provide a full range of educa
tional facilities for western
young people, whether or not
their field is provided within
their own state.
Oregon has three members on
the 33-man commission. All are
appointed by the governors of
the 10 western states and
Alaska. Oregon's members are
Van Dyke, Dr. John Richards,
chancellor of the state system
of higher education, and State
Sen. Lowell Steen, Milton-Free-water.
Van Dyke is a former Oregon
legislator, having served as
speaker of the house of repre
sentatives, and among other acti
vities is the present U.S. com
missioner in this area, having
judicial jurisdiction over federal
court cases.
Weather
F O R F. C A S Ti Fair Ihrouch
uilndav with sm rik of
thunderstorms nvr th niniin
tatns. Low tonight 35. High
tomorrow H2.
Temp.
Fich5t Vslrrlay 91
Lowest this Mornine 35
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset
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7:14 p-m.
The Moon sets Wednes
day
..12:06 a.m.
Tonight It appears near the star,
Antares. Next February the
planet, Saturn, now movlne
slowly eastward amone the
stars, will appear near Antares
in the position tonight occupied
bv the Moon.
Full Moon next Tuesday
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of $300 per month and eight
cents per mile for travel.
Among amendments to the
contract will be a stipulation
that all drafts, maps and similar
work will become property of
the city. Also included will be
a provision that the firm will
work under direction of the
planning commission.
Proposed Contract
Under the proposed contract
a consultant will spend two
days per month in Medford and
two days in the consultant's of
fice. He wjill meet with the plan
ning commission once a month
to make recommendations on
day - to - day planning problems
and current application;;.
Recent legislation provides
federal aid in similar city im
provement projects. However, it
was pointed out last night that
considerable delay would be in
volved in applying for federal
air. The commission decided, in
the interest of speed, to hire the
consultants immediately and
proceed with the program with
out federal aid for the six-month
period. It was stated that federal
assistance may be sought at the
end of the six-month period if
the program proves satisfactory
and warrants continuation.
In other business, the commis
sion recommended to the city
council that annexation of a six
block "island" within the city
be placed before the voters there
in the November election. The
proposed annexation area lies
south of Oakwood dr., west of
Bameburg rd. and north of
Keene Way dr., with a portion
of property west of Groveland
dr. The area is surrounded by
property which has been an
nexed. Preliminary Plot
Douglas Pickell appeared be
fore the group last night on be
half of a preliminary plot of
property located on Clover lane
on which he has indicated a de
sire to build houses. The com
mittee appointed to study the
plot said several "mechanical
problems" are evident in that
area, including street problems
and improved land in the area
that would be damaged by Pick
ell's proposal. Pickell will meet
at a later date with a committee
of the planning commission for
further study of the problems
and possible solutions.
Members considered a petition
from several property owners to
close a 30-foot portion of Ruhl
Way. Two members were named
to study the situation.
The commission recommended
annexation of a small strip of
land at the corner of South Hol
ly st. and Stewart ave.
Considerable discussion was
held concerning access facilities
in property east of Crater Lake
ave., north of East Main st. and
south of Reddy ave., where pro
perty owners have indicated de
sires to build alleys and ease
ments. The' commission decided
to obtain a clear definition of
an "officially approved access
place" mentioned in the city ord
inance. Portland (U.R) Dan M. Dib
ble, a Portland attorney, has
been appointed by Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton to co
ordinate and expedite the prose
cution of cases in Portland's cur
rent vice probe.
Adviser Forgotten, Spends
Cold Night on McLoughlin
Klamath Falls (U.R) A
Girl Scout from Grants Pass got
stung by a yellowjacket and as
a result her 43-year-old counsel
lor from Iowa was lost overnight
on the rugged, cold slopes of
Mt. McLoughlin northwest of
here.
Hiked to Summit
Fifteen giris from the Low
Echo-Medford camp at Lake-of-the-Woods
hiked to the summit
of Mt. McLoughlin yesterday. On
the way back, about 2 p.m.,
Sandra Ulick of Grants Pass
was stung by a yellowjacket.
Her eyes began to swell and she
became faint. Counsellor Carrie
Kidwell hurriedly hiked .back to
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WOWS DEMOCRATS Gov.
Frank G. Clement of Tennessee,
above, last night wowed the
Democratic convention with a
fiery keynote speech in which
he denounced President Eisen
hower for watching "from green
fairways of indifference" while
his v'vice hatchet man," Vice
President Richard M. Nixon,
traffics in political "slander."
A story on Clement's speech ap
pears on page 9.
Clement's Speech
Rapped by Hall at
Press Conference
San Francisco U.R) GOP
National Chairman Leonard W.
Hall charged today that Demo
cratic keynoter Gov. Frank G.
Clement's speech was "filled
with half-truths, distortions and
some outright misstatements
and falsehoods."
Hall told a news conference
that Clement's attack "indicates
we're going to have a rough
campaign." but "we'll meet it.
He predicted that "We'll have
more of these demagogic ap
peals" from the Democrats but
"I don t think the people Willi
be fooled."
Renews Nixon Prediction
Hall also renewed his predic
tion that Vice President Richard
M. Nixon will again be Presi
dent Eisenhower's running mate.
And he declined to comment
specifically on statements by
Govs. Goodwin J. Knight of
California and Theodore R. Mc
Keldin of Maryland that they
would be available for the No.
2 spot.
Hall conferred with McKeldin
at breakfast today and the jo
vial Maryland governor was in
the room during Hall's press
conference.
Hall's session with reporters
highlighted a day of preconven
tion GOP activity in which the
Contests subcommittee sought
to work out disputed claims of
rival delegates from South Caro
lina and Mississippi.
Introduction by McKay
Asked about the tone of the
forthcoming GOP keynote
speech by Gov. Arthur B. Lan
lie of Washington, Hall said "it
won't be filled with distortion
and half-truths."
Earlier, Wendell Wyatt, Ore
gon GOP chairman, announced
that Langlie will be introduced
next week by former Interior
Secretary Douglas McKay, who
is seeking to unseat Sen. Wayne
L. Morse (D.-Ore.).
Sports Bulletin
Seattle (U.R) Luke Sew
ell was fired today as manager
of the Seattle Rainiers of the
Pacific Coast League. No suc
cessor was named.
ward a snowbank to get some
snow to apply as first aid.
Meanwhile, two girls walked
back to the Iake-of-the-Woods
ranger station aad four men re
turned with them to carry out
Sandra and tke her back to
Grants Pass where she was treat
ed for the sting.
Counsellor Forgotten
In the excitement Miss Kid
well had been forgotten. Search
was organized for her, but was
unsuccessful overnight. She was
found at 8:45 a.m. today, and
returned to the ranger station,
where a nurse reported her con
dition good.
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Votes To Await
Platform Outcome
Clement Will Get
Tennessee Ballots
Chicago-lU.R) Adlai E. Ste
venson's bid for quick victosy in
the fight for the Democratic
presidential nomination rrn into
new trouble today. More South
ern delegations decided to hoard
up first ballot votes once thought
to be in the Stevenson bag.
Stevenson s campaign manag
ers still claimed 600 of the 686 Vi
votes needed for victory. But:
Tennessee voted to give its 32
full ballots to Gov. Frank G.
Clement.
Arkansas decided to hold back
commitment of its 26 votes until
the Democratic platform is
adopted.
Virginia turned toward Sen
ate Democratic Leader Lyndon
B. Johnson, Texas' favorite son
candidate and darling of the con
servative South.
Georgia considered handine its
first ballot strength to a favorite
son.
Civil Rights Issue
The Southernem
mined if possible to keep a
strong civil rights - integration
plank out of the platform. If
mey tail, they could conceivahlv
be angry enoueh to refusn mn.
port for any candidate north of
tne Mason-Dixon line, including
the "moderate" Stevenson, and
to try to make a king of their
own, prooably Johnson.
Today's action brought to
eight the number of South em
delegations which have indicat-
ea or aeciaea mey won t go for
Stevenson on the f'rst haiint
The others are Al&bama, Missis
sippi, Texas and South Carolina.
The day's news wasn't all bad
for Stevenson. The word was
that Stevenson will get at least
a big chunk of Michigan's 40
votes after the first ballot for
favorite son Gov. G. Mennen
Williams.
Meanwhile, the Democrats
plowed through the second day
of their 1956 convention at the
International Amphitheater in
the stockyards. The afternoon
Storie on Democrat
ic convention speeches
by Gov. Frank G. Clem
ent and Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt will be found
on page 9.
was devoted to speeches by lead
ing women Democrats, the night
speeches by leading Democratic
men.
The former Illinois governor
was still front runner in known
delegate preferences and was
still the best bet for ultimate
victory in the second day of the
1956 Democratic National con
vention. But his drive for he added
100-plus delegates he needs ran
into a growing determination by
some Southern states to hold
back final - commitments until
they see whether the convention
adopts a civil rights-integration
plank they will accept.
Floor Fight Possible
All this was in line with
Southern strategy to hang on to
votes until the civil rights chips
are down. The convention is
scheduled to adopt a platform
Wednesday night. There could
be a floor fight by Northern lib
erals to beef up the civil rights
plank if the Platform Committee '
comes up with one they consider
too mild. Such a fight could hurt
Stevenson in Thursday nights
balloting.
But as of today he had sur
vived the first assaults of the
stop Stevenson forces and had a
better than two to one margin
in sure delegate strength over
Gov. Averell Harriman 'of New
York.
Despite former President Tru
man's endorsement of Harriman,.
Stevenson was slowly picking up
power outside the holdout states.
As it was Monday, the real
politicking was going on in the
delegates' and candidates' hotels,
not at the International Amphi
theater in the stockyards where
the convention is going on.
Rayburn Speaks Tonight
Speaker Sam Rayburn, the
convention's permanent chair
man, and others, are scheduled
to speak tonight.
Mr. Truman meanwhile was
still boosting Harriman. He said
his main idea in coming out for
the New Yorker was to give the
convention "a good stirring up."
Of Harriman he said, "I know
he can win the election, but the
nomination has got to be worked
out."
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 2 6 1
Chicago 0 5 3
Nuxhall and Burgess; Kaiser
and Landrith. Horn runt Post.
Cincinnati.