Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 16, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texttevenson's Name Placed Before Convention MEDFORD Jle United Prra Full Leased Wir 5 1st Year 24 Pages Hall Raps Platform Drafted by Democrats It Cannot Fool People, Chairman Of GOP Declares 'Insincerity' on Civil Rights Charged San Francisco U.PJ GOP National Chairman Leonard W. Hall today accused the Demo crats of writing a platform de signed to "promise anything and everything to anybody to win." However, Hall told a press conference "that type of plat form cannot fool the people." "I don't think any national party has the right to write a blank check on. the lives of the children and grandchildren of America." he said. The GOP chieftain also ac cused the Democrats of "insin cerity" on the civil rights prob lem. Spider Web Plank "The civil rights bridge they have tried to put across a gap in the two wings of the party is nothing more than a spider web," he said. "The liberals don't like it and It is apparent that Adlai Stevenson had to take it." He shrugged off reports by one radio commentator that Har old E. Stassen is planning a massive telegram campaign to bombard the convention in his dump Nixon movement Hall said, "I can't imagine anyone engaging in a pressure type campaign such as that one." Meanwhile, Stassen's nominee for the vice presidential nomi nation. Gov. Christian Herter of Massachusetts announced in Boston that if his name was of fered in nomination at the con vention he would withdraw it. Nixon Due Saturday Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Stassen's target, is ex pected here Saturday. Stassen is due Friday, but Hall said he had "no plans to confer" with the former Minnesota governor. Meantime. Republican bigwigs began arriving in greater force and Republican planners hud dled to iron out any remaining problems before the convention officially opens Monday. As for the running verbal scrap between California Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, who has not endorsed Nixon, and Senate Re publican Leader William F. Knowland over California dele gation backing of Nixon, Hall said that Knowland "believes a majority of the California dele gation is for Nixon." He would . not comment further. Sfumbos, Highway Official to Meet The four Stumbo brothers, who claim ownership to 16'2 feet of Highway 99 in Douglas county, have received a "nibble" from the state highway commis sion. Jim McGoodwin of VanDyke and Dellenbach law firm in Med ford, attorneys for the Stumbos, said he would meet at 1:30 p.m. today with a representative of the highway commission, who has indicated a desire to nego tiate for a clear title to the prop erty. The brothers, Robert, Clair, Harry and Allan, claim their father, Sam Stumbo, purchased the land about 40 years ago and they have paid taxes on. it ever since. Sunday they closed a por tion of the highway for 30 min utes in protest against the state's "trespass" on their property, and since have been talking about opening a "toll road" there. BASEBALL AMERICAN Boston 14 2 New York 12 0 Nixon and Daley: Larsen and Berra. Home run: Jensen. Boston. Detroit 4 7 0 Cleveland 5 8 0 Hoeft. Miller (3), Masierson (E) and Wilson: Score, Wynn (7) and Hegan. Home runs: Colirito. Cleveland; Rosen, Cleveland. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1956 "And In This Corner" Motion for New Trial In Nunn Case Denied Billy Junior Nunn, 28. of Klamath Falls, convicted of the first degree murder of Alvin William Eacret, 15. also of Klam ath Falls, was denied a new trial by Jackson County Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna yesterday afternoon. Judge Hanna made the decis ion after District Attorney Wal ter Nunley and Assistant De fense ' Attorney A. E. Piazza argued a motion for a new trial, filed by Defense Attorney Sam Harbison late Friday. A new trial was denied, Judge Suez Canal Plan Presented by U. S. London (U.R) The United States today proposed a four point plan for internationaliza tion of the Suez Canal. The plan, said to represent the "cooridinated views" of the United States, Britain and France, would free the canal from domination by any one power or group of powers. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles laid the plan before the 22-nation Suez conference in the first major speech of the meeting. The four points were: 1. The canal should be oper ated in accordance with the 1888 Constantinople convention under an international board to be es tablished by treaty and associ ated with the United Nations. Egypt would be represented on the board, but there would be no dominating by any power or group of powers and no preju dice to any power. 2. Egypt's right to a fair re turn would be recognized. 3. There would be fair com pensation to the canal's former stockholders. 4. Any differences would be submitted to an arbitration com mission. Wonderland On Relocation A petition signed by 2,055 Oregon residents urging reloca tion of Highway 62 between Trail and Cascade Gorge has been forwarded to W. C. Wil liams, chief engineer of the Ore gon state highway department, by the Rogue Wonderland asso ciation. A letter bringing the petition to the attention of Gov. Elmo Smith also has been mailed, the association said. The petition, quoted in the letter to Governor Smith, notes that an aerial survey and state reconnaissance crews have sur veyed about 17 miles of High way 62 for relocation. The work, completed last year, cost in ex cess of $25,000, the petition states. It continues: "Inasmuch as this much of the engineering has been accomplished and the ac Hanna said, because he found no merit in the grounds assigned as a basis for the motion. Harbison claimed in the mo tion that Nunn's trial was mis handled on four counts. They alleged 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 exami nation; misconduct of the dis trict attorney in his closing argu ment; insufficiency of evidence to justify the verdict; and the commission of three errors in law occurring in the trial. Nunley argued that most of the points of the motion had already been decided on by the court during the trial. The jury found Nunn guilty of the first degree murder charge July 26 after 45 minutes of de liberation. The trial began July 17. The case automatically will be appealed to the state supreme court. Harbison was appointed by the court to defend Nunn. Ike May Campaign For McKay in Oregon Portland U.R) President Eisenhower might come to Ore gon to campaign for Douglas McKay in the former interior secretary's battle to unseat Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) Howard J. Pyle, deputy assistant to the president, said last night. Pyle, former Arizona gover nor here to speak at completion of a natural gas pipeline, said that the president was "keenly interested" in the Oregon cam paign. He emphasized, however, that nothing definite had been de cided. "The president's travel schedule is still in the formative stage," he said. "Just how this will involve various areas is still tentative. Several plans are in the mill." Association Urges Action of Crater Lake Highway tual construction improvement has been a critical need on this highway for many years, we hereby urgently petition that you commence and, complete relocation at the earliest pos sible date." The letter to Governor Smith noted that while securing signa tures for the petition, the asso ciation was "gratified to note the extraordinarily intense interest in this project on the part of highway users from all sections of the state." The association said the Jack son county court also has en dorsed the work, and a copy of a letter to the highway commis sion from the county court was enclosed with the letter to the governor. The association, in a letter to the highway department accom panying the petition, noted that Tribune United Press Full Leased Win) Price 5c No. 126 Republicans Move Swiftly To Draft Party Platform Eisenhower Cabinet Members Give Views San Francisco U.R) Re publican party leaders moved swiftly and smoothly today to draft a 1956 platform with the aid of some "helpful hints" from members of President Eisenhow er's administrative team. Meetings of the GOP's plat form committee were marked by an almost complete absence of discord or debate. And each of the 10 subcommittee chairmen charged with drawing up the tentative draft of the party's major principles was armed with a white envelope containing the views of Mr. Eisenhower's cab inet. Sen. Prescott S. Bush (R-Conn.) insisted he solicited the recom mendations from the President's official family himself and that Mr. Eisenhower did not urge his views upon the platform draft ers . But the obvious fact was that the 1956 GOP platform will be an Eisenhower program on agriculture, foreign policy, civil rights and other major issues. . 150 Witnesses Bush's resolutions committee heard more than 150 witnesses Wednesday and today, mostly representatives of various spec ial interests. They sought to include in the GOP platform such things as a ban on nuclear tests, high price supports for ag ricultural commodities and "complete" disarmament. But when the actual platform is drafted this week end it is expected to contain primarily a summation of President Eisen hower's four years in office and his plans-for the next four years if he is reelected. The goal of the Republican party in 1956 is a brief platform, one which avoids the copious criticism of the Democratic party contained in the GOP platform four years ago. Back Up Court On specific issues, the new platform is expected to endorse the Supreme Court decision on desegregation and pledge the Republican party to seek future passage of four Eisenhower-backed civil rights bills which fell by the way-side in the closing days of the 84th Congress. As for agriculture, Rep. Mel vin R. Lair (R-Wis.), said he ex pects his sub-committee will rec ommend flexible price supports and will endorse the President's soil bank program. A proposal to offer a one-third reduction in income taxes on the first $25,000 profit made by a small business was being given serious consederation by anoth er GOP committee. The labor plank, according to Sen. Irving M. Ives (R-NY), will follow much the same lines as the 1952 platform which endors ed the Taft-Hartley act and guaranteed the working man the right to a job without first join ing a union but also provided for union shop agreements if agreed to by management. FIGURE CORRECTED The contract for paving the parking area and parts of the playground at Hedrick Junior High school was awarded to T. R. Florey of Medford on a bid of 53,960, instead of 39,060 as earlier reported. The bid, the only one submitted, was award ed by the school board Wednes day night. the roadbed of the section of highway under consideration was established in 1923-24 and has not undergone any substan tial changes since. It added: "This highway is one of the main gateways to Crater Lake National park. It is subjected to increasingly heavy tourist, commercial, and resident traffic. In its present condition, it constitutes an un warranted hazard to all types of traffic." The association said the high way is subject to complaint and is a direct cause of financial loss to the state, both from "the standpoint of the extraordinary but unproductive maintenance required, as well as loss of rev enue from potential users . . . who decline to travel the road in its present hazardous con dition.' ' Bandwagon Rolls Toward Victory On First Ballot Truman Continues To Back Harriman Chicago (U.R) Adlai E. Ste venson was put in nomination at the Democratic National Con vention today as his bandwagon rolled toward a big first ballot victory in tonight's balloting. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a possible vice presidential choice, put Steven son's name before the Democrats with a rousing declaration that he is the party's "best vote getter." That was a slap at former President Truman, who con Highlights of the Demo cratic party platform, and a story on possibilities for the ice presidential nomination, appear on page 10. tinued to back the doomed candi dacy of New York's Gov. Aver ell Harriman. Mr. Truman has argued that Stevenson is not a good vote getter. Kennedy, youthful and hand some and serious, pleaded with the delegates to pick Stevenson as the man best qualified to lead the nation "out of this crisis of complacency." South Is Unhappy "The man is here and he is ready," Kennedy said. Stevenson, apparently sure nothing can stop him now, 'had irritated a number of Southern delegations earlier by saying he would have been happier if the compromise civil rights plank adopted in today's small hours had contained an out and out endorsement of the Supreme Court's school integration order. Virginia voted to give its first ballot votes to former Gov. John S. Battle as a favorite son candi date. Mississippi announced it would vote for Senate Demo cratic Leader Lyndon B. John son of Texas. Georgia said it would vote for its own Ri:p. James C. Davis. But Stevenson had enough firm votes to give him an easy first ballot victory tonight. This afternoon's convention session, the sixth, was given over to the nominating oratory and the noisy and highly organi.vd "spontaneous" demonstrations with which candidates' support ers try to whip up enthusiasm for their men every four years. Harriman, running a poor sec ond in the preballoting delegate count, refused to concede Steven son had bagged the nomination. He insisted on being put in nom ination. In the meantime, while some of the Southerners insisted on casting first ballot votes for fa vorite sons and others, key Ohio threw off its favorite son com mitment and announced for Stevenson. I ' Gov. Frank J. LauscTie with drew as Ohio's first ballot choice and told the delegates to vote as they please. Ohio will cast most of its 58 votes for Stevenson. Magnuson Nominated So the big show was all but over, with the main interest veering toward Friday's vice presidential balloting. Before Stevenson's nomina tion. Sen. Henry Jackson (D Wash.) placed the name of his colleague. Sen. Warren Magnu son, in nomination. Jackson said "we are proud to call this man our favorite son . . . " He said Magnuson's rec ord in Congress for the past 20 years shows he is "a man of the people. The people's cause is his cause." When Jackson finished his nominating speech, Washington delegates broke out in a demon stration for their man. The Democratic delegates staged their quadrennial family fight over civil rights Wednesday night and early today. At zuo a.m. (EDT), after a long and noisy wrangle, the convention approved its Platform Commit tee's compromise plank, to which the South objected but knew it had to take. . A drive by Northern liberals to write a tougher plank, pledg ing the party to carry out Su preme Court decisions against school segregation, was shouted down by a voice vote. Weather FORECAST: Fair and mild through Friday. Low tonight 50. High Friday 85. Temp. Hi chest Yesterday 85 Lowest this Morning S2 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise , 5:19 a.r 7:11 p.r 1:49 a.r .... Aug. ; Sunset Moonset Friday , Full Moon PROMINENT STARS Arcturus, in the west 9:11 p.i Fomalnaut, low in south east J0:08 p.i VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, rises 9:06 p.r Saturn, in the sotftsi-" west :9 P- Venus, rises 2:15 . ttobh 'iff! v'Hf HARVEST UNDER WAY Rogue Valley's harvest of Bartlett pears got under way in several orchards late last week and early this week, and is expected to be in full swing in less than a week. Some orchardists are pick ing only the good-sized pears, leaving smaller Highway 230 Crash Fatal to Woman; Deer Said Cause Mrs. Susanne Garrett, 85, of Rogue River, was fatally injur ed in a one-car accident about 15 miles north of Union Creek on Highway 230 about 8:10 p.m. yesterday. Four other persons were injured less seriously. Mrs. Garrett died about 1:15 a.m. today at Rogue Valley hos pital. State police said Donald Jer ome Schava, 23, of Gold Hill, driver of the car, suffered deep facial cuts and broken ribs; Plu- ma Jane Garrett, 42, of Rogue River, suffered scratches; Ward Guy Garrett, 47, of Rogue River, suffered broken ribs, facial cuts and an injured neck: and Mar tha Ohm, 20. of Salt Lake City, Utah, suffered cuts and bruises. Taken To Hospitals Medford Ambulance service took Mrs. Susanne Garrett and Schava to Rogue Valley hospital, and the other three to Sacred Heart hospital. Mrs. Garrett and Miss Ohrn were listed as being in fair condition today, and Gar rett was listed as more serious. Garrett is the son of Mrs. Susanne Garrett, and Martha Ohrn is the daughter of Mrs. Ward Garrett. State police said the vehicle, a 1955 model, was traveling south about nine miles inside Douglas county on the Diamond Lake highway, when a buck deer jumped onto the highway and hit the left side of ,the car. The deer, which was killed almost instantly r. smashed the hood locking device. The hood raised, blinding the driver, po lice said. The car went off the left side of the highway, over a bank and hit a sugar pine about four feet in diameter. Bids for Siphons, flumes Scheduled Rids for construction of two rnnrrete siohons. and removal of existing metal flumes, on the main canal serving the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irriga tion districts will be opened at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Aug. 22. it was announced today. The bid opening will be at thp Camo White office of the bureau of reclamation, which is doing the rehabilitation work for the two districts under a con tract between them. Plans and SDecificatlons for th wnrlc have been made avail able to prospective bidders, the bureau said. The job is located in the Brownsboro area, about 16 miles east of Medford. ine work includes removal of three nM mptal flumes, and earthwork and concrete for two siphons. one 350 feet of 60 inch pipe at Wyant wash, the other aoout 1 10(1 feet of 54 or 51-inch pipe at Osborne wash. Also included are two concrete bench flumes and a concrete wall and spillway. Attendance at Park Pool About Average Attendance at the swimming pool in Hawthorne park has been about average for this time of the year, according to Darel! Huson, city finance direc tor. Between 400 and 500 per sons have been using the pool daily. The pool is scheduled to close the day following LaborDay. re . o 3 it PICKING PEARS Crio Fuentes Carrillo of Comala, Colum bia, Mexico, shown in both pictures, is among the Mexican National labor force . obtained for orchardists through the Rogue Valley Traffic association for .help in harvesting the valley's crop. The agricultural employment office said demand and supply of labor is well balanced thus far with an esti mated 1,500 working in orchards and an equal number in packing houses. Applications for harvest work are not being accepted, employment officials said, since employment in the harvest is based on a first-come, first serve basis. Harvesters are sent to orchards as they apply for work and are needed. (Brainerd's Photo) Marion County Prisoners Continue Hunger Strike Salem U.R) Fifteen inmates of the Marion county jail con tinued a food strike today for more commissary privileges, but jailers thought the boycott would not last much longer. Sheriff Denver Young said the men refused last night's supper and also turned away this morning's breakfast. He said the men were quiet and orderly they just weren't hungry. ' The inmates submitted a penned note to the sheriff de manding more commissary priv ileges and also charging there had been no improvement in jail food for the past' six months except removal of macaroni and cheese from the menu. - The protest note asked daily access to fruit, candy and news papers. Now they have commis- Herfer Won't Permit Name in Nomination Boston U.R) Gov. Christain A. Herter said today he will ask that his name be withdrawn if it is placed in nomination for vice president at the Repub lican National Convention. Herter, who had been boosted by Harold E. Stassen, as Presi dent Eisenhower's running mate, said "The continued use of my name as a candidate for vice president is entirely unaccept able ..." "As I have already stated, I am happy to place in . nomina tion the name, of Richard M. Nixon for that office," Herter said in a statement. Portland (U.R) Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton has left for California for a two-week tour of duty with the Army. ones to increase in size before picking. Pick ing of other varieties is expected to start in about a month. Extension office officials said the crop will be a good one based on earlier estimates. (Brainerd's Photo) Wife sary rights two days a wek. "We cut off their purchase of newspapers," Young said, "because they have been in the habit of rolling the papers up, poking them through the bars and damaging adjacent Venetian blinds." Young said candy had been withdrawn because of "some bad experiences in the past." Duff's Assistant Assumes Duties Gilbert J. Gutjahr, 27, of 135 North Columbus ave., assumed his duties yesterday as adminis trative assistant to City Manager Robert Duff. Purpose of the new position is to relieve the work load of the city manager. Gutjahr ev entually will become municipal personnel director, now one of Duff's duties. Gutjahr's appoint ment has been approved by the city council. He has done graduate work at the University of Oregon where he was a research assist ant He is now working on his master's degree thesis and ex pects to receive the degree some time next spring. Gutjahr received his bachelor of arts degree from the Univer sity of South Dakota, where he majored in government, special izing in public administration, and has attended the University of Denver. While in South Da kota he worked with bureau of municipal research with the uni versity. He also served four years with the Air Force in Germany and was discharged in 1952. Gutjahr is married and has a four-year-old boy.