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Russia Supports Egypt
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PREPARING FOR FAIR There's lots of
cleaning and repair work to be done before
the annual 4-H and FFA fair gets under way
Tuesday. Above Galen Clifford, left, and Jack
Esp, center, spread gravel from a road
McKay Says Wrong
Dala Given on
Salvage Timber
Portland (U.R) Douglas Mc
Kay, Republican candidate for
U.S. Senator, today acknowl
edged erroneous information con
cerning recent developments In
regulations for the sale of Smith
river salvage timber.
McKay said at Reedsport and
Coos Bay earlier this week that
he did not believe a Bureau of
Land Management order pro
vided for lifting of marketing
area restrictions before loggers
within the area had an oppor
tunity to bid.
He Was Wrong . ". :
"I was wrong," McKay said.
"The order of July 27.' 1956,
provides that O&C marketing re
quirements are waived to the ex
tent that windthrown, insect
damaged or fire-killed timber or
other salvaged material together
with such minimum amounts of
Intermingled or adjacent green
timber as are necessary for eco
nomic operations may be manu
factured in any O&C marketing
area which has been established
by the secretary of the interior
or the director. Bureau of Land
Management."
Needlessly Worried
McKay said, however, that
BLM informed him that Coos
Bay area loggers who fear this
salvage regulation will be used
to circumvent marketing area re
strictions on green timber are
needlessly worried.
"There are 284 million board
feet of salvage timber in the
Smith river drainage," McKay
said. "Initial sales will be readily
accessible and will be almost 100
per cent salvage timber.
Fewer Complaints Received
About Mosquitoes Recently
Fewer complaints about mos
quitoes have been received re
cently than earlier in the season,
according to B. H. Hart, county
sanitarian. ,
Hart said lower temperatures
and dry soil conditions as well
as effective chemical controls
have been responsible for de
cline in the number of mosqui
toes. Crews have been using resid
ual DDT to kill larvae in ponds.
To combat adult mosquitoes,
they have been "smoking" with
DDT and oil in heat units. Smok
ing is effective. Hart said, but
its effects last only a few hours.
Meanwhile county workers have
deposited "tosseU" in irrigation
ditches and small streams. Tos
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1956
Exhibits Expected to
Arrive Sunday for
County 4-H, FFA Fair
Exhibits are expected to start
arriving at the Jackson county
fairgrounds south of Medford
Sunday, and judging will start
Monday in the annual 4-H Fu
ture Farmers of America fair.
Members of county 4-H clubs
Four Appear Today
In Circuit Court
Jerry Edward Bandfield, 22,
of Omaha, Neb., was sentenced
today in circuit court to 20 years
in the state penitentiary after
pleading guilty to a district at
orney's information charging
rape.
Bandfield was arrested several
weeks ago by Medford city po
lice. He was sent to the state
mental hospital at Salem before
the sentence was imposed.
Mrs. Don (Mona Mae) McAl
lister, 18, of 1167V4 North Main
St., Ashland, was given a sus
pended two - year penitentiary
sentence after pleading guilty to
a district attorney's information
charging larceny in a building.
Ralph Wendell Wier, 20, of
route 1, box 375, Medford, en
tered a plea of guilty when he
appeared this morning for ar
raignment on a charge of burg
lary. Judge H. K. Hanna ordered
him sent to the state mental hos
pital for an examination.
Bert C. Rostel Sr., 54, address
not given, entered a plea of inno
cent when he appeared for ar
raignment on a charge of failure
to provide for wife. Bail was set
at $500. Date for the trial has
not been set.
taining a substances which is fa
tal to mosquitoes. The capsules
melt and release the poison
when temperature of the water
reaches the hatching point for
mosquitoes. "
Hart also reminded residents
that rats are more able to mi
grate during dry weather when
streams are low.. He cautioned
homeowners to make sure no
food is left around uncovered.
This includes chicken feed and
other types of farm animal food.
He explained that uncovered
food attracts rats but rats will
leave an area as soon as avail
able food disappears.
He also urged homeowners to
maintain proper drainage, which
is an essential element in com
batting rats and insects, includ
i2 isofquitoee asd flies.
through one of the main shelters at the fair
grounds. David Hughes supervises at right.
All three boys are members of the Eagle
Point High school Future Farmers of Amer
ica chapter.
and FFA units this week pre
pared the fairgrounds for the
five-day event, which will in
clude the annual market live
stock auction and a style review.
Demonstrations Held
Demonstrations in home mak
ing, sewing and food preserva
tion by 4-H members were held
early this week at the county
courthouse auditorium. Demon
strations were held earlier,
county agents said, to prevent
confusion during the fair and to
prevent conflicts in judging
schedules since many of the
members enter exhibits in live
stock divisions.
' Among events in connection
with the fair will be the 4-H
Horse club horse show starting
at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19,
at the fairgrounds. Club mem
bers will compete in a judging
contest, a horsemanship contest,
and will show how horses can
be used either as trail or stock
horses.
Bob Fisher of Medford and
Vic Stewart of Ashland are lead
ers of the two clubs competing.
Judging Exhibits
Judging of home economics
exhibits will start at 9 a.m. Mon
day, and exhibits must be in
place Sunday to be considered in
class competition. .
Tuesday judging will include
home economics exhibits, style
review judging, clothing judg
ing contest, rabbit judging and
contest, poultry judging and
contest, food and food preserva
tion judging contests, and show
manship contest in poultry and
rabbits.
Wednesday events include
crops and forestry judging con
tests, livestock judging contest
market, and beef fitting and
showmanship.
. Swine and sheep judging and
showmanship and beef judging
will be held Thursday, and dairy
judging and the livestock auc
tion will be held Friday.
Saturday, the last day of the
fair, there will be dairy show
manship, agriculture demonstra
tions, the tractor driving contest
at 2:30 p.m., sheep shearing con
test at 2:30 p.m., and at 7:30
p.m. the style review and special
awards program is scheduled.
SEEK HOUSING
Houses and apartments to rent
are being sought for new teach
ers, according to Medford school
district officials. Many teachers
will begin to arrive in the next
two weeks. Officials noted that
moderately priced housing for
them has often been a problem
in the past. Individuals having
housing available are asked to
call the school office, telephone
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No. 127
Shepilov Defends
Nasser's Seizure
Of Vital Waterway
Pineau Proposes
World Recognition
London (U.R) Russia threw
its weight behind Egypt in .the
Suez canal dispute today, charg
ing that the old Suez canal com
pany was a "stronghold of colo
nialism in Egypt."
Soviet Foreign Minister Dmi
tri Shepilov defended the legal
ity of Egyptian President Gamal
Abdel Nasser's seizure of ' the
canal and renewed his demand
that a new parley be organized,
with Egypt included.
Shepilov addressed the 22-na-tion
Suez conference after For
eign Minister Christian Pineau
of France 1 proposed that the
world recognize Egyptian own
ership of the canal and eventual
ly turn all profits from its oper
ation over to Egypt in return
for international control.
Wants Commission
The French offer went consid
erably further than did Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
in his opening speech Thursday
but it still refused to accept Nas
ser's stand that Egypt alone
would control the vital water
way. Shepilov suggested appoint
ment of a six-nation commis
sion to organize the new Suez
parley.
He said it should be composed
of Egypt, India, United States,
Britain, France and the Soviet
Union, three from each' camp.
Nasser, in rejecting Egypts
invitation to the present confer
ence, also had demanded a larg
er conference, and Russia earlier
had proposed that the confer
ence be enlarged to 46 nations.
with a preponderance on the
side of Egypt.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian gov
ernment stepped up the pace of
its preparedness to defend its
seizure of the canal by force if
necessary.
Egypt Gels Arms
' It permitted publication of
the fact that two Russian ships
loaded with arms for Egypt ar
rived in Alexandria Wednesday.
It also was revealed for the first
time that two other arms ships
had arrived a week ago from
Czechoslovakia. There was no
information about the quantity
or type of arms involved.
Huckleberry Picking
Said To Be Below Par
Portland (U.R) The United
States forest service said today
that huckleberry picking will
be below par this year, in nearby
national forests, due to the se
vere winter.
Buttons' Banners Bandages Adhesive Tape"
Eisenhower-Nixon
Victory Predicted
By GOP Official
Net Gain Also Seen
For Seats in Senate
San Francisco (U.R) Sen.
Andrew F. Schoeppel, chairman
of the GOP Senatorial Campaign
committee, said today there is
"no doubt in my mind" that
President Eisenhower again
wants Richard M. Nixon as his
vice presidential running mate.
The Kansas Republican told
a news conference that he feels
Mr. Eisenhower has "been awful
ly forthright" in incidating his
preference for Nixon. He said
he thought the Eisenhower
Nixon ticket would be renomin
ated without question and would
win again in November.
Schoeppel also predicted a
"net gain'" of four or five Sen
ate seats for the Republicans in
the November balloting. But
he conceded that some of the
seats they now hold, notably
Ohio, are in danger.
Staesen Heads West
Meantime, Harold E. Stassen
headed west for thjs GOP con
vention city today to take over
his headquarters aimed at dump
ing Nixon in favor of - Gov.
Christian A. Herter of Massa
chusetts. Although Stassen ap
peared undaunted before he left
Washington, top GOP strate
gists here were virtually unani
mous in predicting Nixon's easy
renomination.
They considered generally
that Herter's statement taking
himself out of any consideration
for the vice presidency virtually
sewed up Nixon's position. .
Schoeppel told the press con
ference that the nomination of
Adlai E. Stevenson by the Demo
crats in. Chicago was "good
news" because "they nominated
a loser. We beat him once and
well beat him again."
Nixon Due Saturday '
Nixon was flying to Los An
geles today to visit his ailing
father and will arrive here by
air Saturday. A huge demon
stration has been planned, with
a motorcade from International
Airport to the Mark Hopkins
hotel, across the street from the
GOP convention headquarters.
Three Timber Tracts
Offered for Sale
Three tract of timber killed
or damaged, in the Sykes creek
fire, totalling 4,900,000 board
feet of Douglas fir and pine, are
being advertised for sale by the
bureau of land management.
The sale will be Aug. 30 in the
Medford BLM office.
The three tracts are the last
of the timber damaged by fires
last September. The other fire
killed timber totalling about 15
million board feet has been sold
and removed or is being re
moved. All three tracts are classified
as salvage and consequently may
be manufactured in any O and
C marketing area in accordance
with the BLM ruling last month.
The largest sale consists most
ly of timber on land that until
the O and C-Forest service land
exchange last June was under
the jurisdiction of Rogue River
National forest.
The purchaser of the timber
will be required to reforest the
burn area with ponderosa pine
seedlings.
A - "-f iff
THE DEMOCRATS' TEAM Sen. Estes Kefauver, left, is shown
chatting with Adlai Stevenson shortly before Kefauver was
named to be Stevenson's running mate on the Democratic presi
dential ticket in November. Kefauver -was named on the second
ballot after a lively session at the party's Chicago convention
today.
Negotiations Start
Between Commission,
Brothers for Title
Two representatives of the
state highway commission met
here for about one hour yester
day with Robert Stumbo, one
of four brothers claiming own
ership of a portion of U.S. High
way 99, and his attorneys, Frank
VanDyke and Jim McGoodwin
of Medford.
, VanDyke said . this morning
that negotiations have started
toward obtaining a clear title to
the highway strip for the com
mission. .
The brothers blocked 18V4
feet of Highway 99 in Douglas
county north of Glendale last
Sunday. They claimed the prop
erty was purchased by their fa
ther about 40 years ago. and the
state failed to make settlement
with the heirs when the high
way construction began in 1947.
The attorney said it was a
"friendly meeting" but said any
further report of what tran
spired at the session would be
violation of his client's confi
dence.' Grants Authority
Portland (U.R) The state
highway commission has grant
ed its legal department author
ity to condemn, if necessary,
BLM Forester Takes
Michigan Position
Wayne W. Gaskins, assistant
district forester with the Med
ford offfice of the bureau of
land management, has resigned
to accept an assistant professor
position at Michigan State uni
versity. The resignation became
effective Aug. 10.
Gaskins, in the new position,
will be assigned to the National
university at -Medellin, Colum
bia, where he will be forestry
education advisor, and lecturer
and watershed management ad
visor to the ministry of Kagri
culture. The activities were arranged
by an agreement sponsored by
the foreign operations adminis
tration of the state department
between the university and
Columbia.
While here, Gaskins was re
sponsible for the forest inven
tory and long range planning
activities of O and C and public
domain lands in this area. He
also was the newly elected
chairman of the Siskiyou chap
ter of the Society of American
Foresters.
He had been with the local
office for the past 114 years.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Sat
urday. Low tonight S3. Hlje
Saturday 92. .
Temp.
Highest Yeterday '
Lowest this Morning 4
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise '
536 ajn.
. 7:10 p.m.
Sunset .
Moonset Saturday -2: aum..
Full Moon : Tueiday
Venus rlsei 2:15 a.m.
nd If now mo vim aear'Al
hena, third brightest star of
the constellation, Gemini. - In
October we will see Venus near
Regulus, brightest star of Leo.
I the 16-foot fragment
of U.S.
claimed
Highway 99 recently
by the Stumbos.
Robert May, assistant legal
counsel for the commission, said
the claim of the Stumbos arose
from a lane that crossed the re
located Pacific highway in
Douglas county. . . -
' May said: "It was concluded,
erroneously : perhaps, that no
right of way negotiations -were
necessary."
The Stumbos have asked the
Douglas county court that their
strip of the north-south arterial
be declared a toll road.
Langley Seeks Jury
Indictment Dismissal
Portland U.R Multnomah
County District Attorney Wil
liam M. Langley filed motions
late yesterday to set aside indict
ments returned against him by
the grand, jury, which recently
completed its investigation of
vice charges here.
,' Langley was . indicted on
charges of malfeasance in office
and conspiracy to commit a fel
ony. Langley based his motions,
filed with the county clerk, on
these points:
1. The bills of indictment were
not submitted to the grand jury,
as required by Oregon law, be
fore the final indictments were
returned. He contends that the
grand jury heard a multitude of
evidence before specific charges
were formulated into indict
ments. 2. "Private prosecutors" were
not named as such on the in
dictments. Langley charged that
some of the witnesses appeared
to demand prosecution and oth
ers appeared as voluntary wit
nesses. 3. All witnesses were not list
ed on the indictments. Oregon
law requires that all persons list
ed as witnesses involved in spe
cific indictments shall be named
on the indictments.
Nicosia, Cyprus U:R) Brit
ish officials today' accepted a
"peace" offer by the EOKA un
derground with reservations.
But they prepared to reopen
negotiations on Cyprus' future
if the offer proved genuine.
Morse Says Rivers-Harbors
Bill Veto 'Unjustified'
Tillamook, Ore. (U.R) Sen,
Wayne More (D-Ore.) said today
that President Eisenhower's veto
of a bill containing the $20,000,
000 Yaquina Bay harbor im
provement project was "unjusti
fied." -,
Morse, carrying his campaign
for reelection to the Oregon
coast, said the proposed im
provement had been thoroughly
investigated by Army engineers
and approved by the Board of
Review, for Rivers and Harbors.
Morse said "despite the Presi
dent's politically conceived re
mark that his veto would not
delay any seeded projects, I tin
Victory Comes
On Second Ballot
As Votes Switched
Second Round Ended -With
Kennedy Ahead
Chicago U.R) The Demo
crats today nominated Sen. Es
tes Kefauver of Tennessee to be
Adlai E. Stevenson's running
mate In the 1956 presidential
campaign against the Republi
cans.
Kefauver won the nod on the
second ballot in the first open-
. The text of Adlai Steven
ion's speech throwing the
Democratic vie presidential
nomination open, along with
other Democratic convention
news, will be found on page
11.
convention selection of a vice .
presidential candidate in the his
tory of modern politiccs.
Kefauver s victory resulted
from a tide of vote switches aft
er the second roll call had end
ed with Sen. John F. Kennedy
of Massachusetts in the lead but
lacking a majority.
In the vote switching that fol
lowed Kefauver's home state of
Tennessee, which had disowned
him previously in this conven
tion, made it all up to him. It
changed its 32 votes from Sen.
Albert Gore, also a Tennessean,
to Kefauver at Gore's request.
Kefauver had led on the first
ballot but the 483V4 votes he
got then were far. short of the
686V4 needed to nominate.
In the second ballot Kennedy
jumped into the lead. He held
it for a while in the early
switches, but Kefauver soon got
it back.
Stevenson last night smashed
precedent by refusing to hand
pick his running mate.
Kefauver, who used to be
candidate for the presidential
nomination - and made a long
and hard fight in state primaries,
had the biggest organization set-
up for the vice, presidential
ruckus.
Kefauver piled up the great
est number of votes on the first
ballot, but his 483 'i was far
short of the 686V4 necessary to
nominate.
The first ballot gave these
votes:
Kefauver 483 VS: Sen. John F.
Kennedy (Mass.) 304; Sen. Hu
bert Humphrey (Minn.) 134V4;
Sen. Albert Gore (Tenn.) 178;
Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New
York 162VS; Gov. LeRoy Collins
of Florida 1V4; Gov. Frank G.
Clement of Tennessee 13 V4, oth
ers 91 V4, not voting 3.
Six-Month Traffic
Accidents Said 29,699
Salem (U.R) More than 29,-
000 traffic accidents occurred on
Oregon streets and highways
during the first six months of
1956, the State Motor Vehicle
Department reported today.
The exact count was 29,600,
comparing with 29,587 for the
same period last year. The final
six month figure will undoubt
edly be higher, officials said.
when late-arriving accident re
ports from outlying areasa are
tallied.
A total of 7,315 persons have
been injured in traffic crashes so
far this year, slightly fewer than
for the same period last year.
Man Fined, Sentenced
In District Court
Joseph Martin Smith, 44, 2425
Table Rock rd., was fined $225,
his right to apply for a driver's
license was suspended for 90
days and he. was sentenced to
30 days in the county jail when
he pleaded guilty in district
court Thursday to driving while
under the influence of liquor.
Smith's jail sentence was or
dered suspended upon payment
of the fine. He was arrested Wed
nesday by state police.
tell the people of Lincoln coun
ty that the Yaquina bay im
provement will be held up for at
least a year by the veto." He said
he would work in the Senate
next year to get repassage of
the improvement.
Morse also said that "only
through the efforts of Senator
Neuberger and myself' was the
project passed . by Congress.
"The full story of Yaquina Bay
is an illuminating example of
how Oregonians are being let
down by their Republican office
holders, who later congratulate
themselves publicly for ac
complishments with which they
had little to do."