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Talent
POPULAR EXHIBIT Attracting consider
able attention, at the 4-H and FFA fair is a
model airplane exhibit in the 4-H home
economics and hobby building. Pointing out
features of his electric-powered piper cub
is Henry Scott.' Looking on are, left to right, .
NEW ARRIVAL Hardly a fair goes, by without a "blessed
event" occurring in one of the barns. It happened at 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday, when this registered Aberdeen Angus suddenly
became .a mother at the 4-H and FFA fairgrounds. Both
mother and infant are doing yell. They belong to David
Mack, member of the Crater chapter, Future Farmers of
America. This photo was taken when "Baby" was only 20
minutes old.
Withdrawal of Land
For Recreation Asked
Proposed withdrawal of
0.410.59 acres of public land in
the Rogue River National forest
for recreation purposes has been
announced by Virgil T. Heath,
state supervisor of the Bureau
of Land Management at Port
land. The public land lies in the
Fish Lake. Dead Indian. Soda
Springs. Lake of the Woods,
Four Mile Lake, Recreation
Creek and Huckleberry City rec
reation areas.
Application for the withdrawal
was filed by the assistant secre
tary of the department of agri
culture and was recorded at the
public land office at Portland on
April 5. 1954. The effect was to
temporarily ban prospecting and
location of mining claims under
the general mining laws in the
affected areas, pending action
by the department of the in
terior. A 30-day waiting period, end
ing Sept. 21. is allowed for writ
ten comments or objections to
be submitted by the public.
The lands are situated along
lakes, streams and springs on
both east and west slopes of the
Six Volunteer Firemen
Central Foint Six volunteer
firemen, including a captain and
a battalion chief, resigned from
the Central Foint Rural Fire
Protection district at a meeting
of the firemen last night. Their
resignations are effective Aug.
31.
The firemen said they were re
signing because of "continuing
opposition from Bert Smith,
chairman of the board of direc
tnr tn oDerations of the fire
department- Xkejr mui tfcey
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY; AUGUST 23, 1956
Project Approved
'fJFfl 'I IJI I
Cascade mountains in Jackson
and Klamath counties. They are
highly valuable for their scenic,
aesthetic and recreation uses,
BLM officials said. The object
of the proposed withdrawal is
to protect and preserve use of
these areas for the general pub
lic and prevent despoilation by
locations or entries which may
damage their recreational val
ues. A detailed description of the
public land embraced in the pro
posed withdrawal has appeared
in the Federal Register, and will
be posted in the land office at
Portland; district forester's of
fice. Bureau of Land Manage
ment in Medford: and office of
the supervisor. Rogue River Na
tional Forest in Medford.
Hall Reecfed as
Republican Chairman
San Francisco U.R) Leon
ard W. Hall was reelected by ac
clamation today as Republican
National Chairman by the mem
bers of the National Committee.
Hall, 55. . was the choice of
President Eisenhower.
they "could not continue in the
department if Smith would not
resign."
Give Resignations
Resigning last night were Bat
talion Chief Tom Thomas, Capt.
Roy Bratten and Firemen Allen
Bishop, Dave Drummond. Ellis
Feinstein and Dick Hufteling.
It was reported that one oth
er captain in the department has
indicated he may also resign in
the near future. If the report is
iejt-Uoxttct, it would leave only enfhwrmraow and Krupp will be onj
Charles Swingle, James Scott and Everett
Overholdt. All are members of the Phoenix
4-H club. Henry's electric model is controlled
from box-like apparatus on table. Smaller
models exhibited on table belong to Swingle.
Dairy Judging, Sale
Slated Tomorrow
- Dairy, judging and the live
stock auction take the spotlight
in the Jackson county 4-H and
Future Farmers of America fair
at the fairgrounds tomorrow.
Events begin at 9 a.m. with
dairy judging in two . rings.
Glenn Klein, 4-H agent, said
more than 200 dairy animals
will be judged. Judges are Glen
Goble, county agent and dairy
specialist from Sacramento
county, California, and Ray Hob-
son, a dairyman from Klamath
Falls.
At 7:30 p.m. the annual live
stock auction will attract mer
chants and meat packers fr,om
around the valley. The stock
was raised by members of coun
ty 4-H and FFA clubs. Klein
says about 65 steers, 110 hogs
and 120 Iambs will be sold by
Auctioneer Bill Bray of Central
Point.
The fair has been receiving
"very good" attendance since it
started Tuesday, Klein said.
Today's events wind up with the
swine showmanship beginning
at 7 p.m. '
Trial for Driver
Gets Late Start
The district court trial of Carl
Wallace McMillan, 50, route 2,
box 816, Central Point, was just
getting underway at 10:30 a.m.
today.
McMillan is charged with driv
ing while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor. The trial
was scheduled to begin at 9:30
a.m. but pre-trial legal maneu
vers by attorneys held it up for
an hour. The nature of the ma
neuvers was not known.
McMillan was the driver of a
car which struck a jeep in which
members of the Arthur Hanshew
family of 2111j North Columbus
ave., were riding last July 21.
Michael Elmer Hanshew, 8-weeks
old, was killed in the accident
and others in the family were
injured.
Noreen and Edward Kelly are
attorneys for the defendant. Dis
trict Attorney Walter Nunley is
taking the case for the state.
at Central
volunteer captain in the depart.
ment.
DeArmond. who is also secre
tary of the board of directors,
said Richard Krupp is so far the
only paid member of the de
partment who has resigned.
Krupp's resignation as fire chief
also becomes effective Aug. 31.
He will be replaced by L. C.
Lisenbee, who has been with the
department for five years. Lisen
bee will take over as fire chief
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Irrigation District
Landowners Give
Go-Ahead Signal
$20 Million Job
Wins by Big Margin
The Talent Irrigation district's
repayment contract with the fed
eral government was approver:
111 to 11 yesterday by voters of
the district.
A total of 123 landowners
voted, with one ballot invalid.
There were 436 eligible to vote.
To Repay Government
Approval means the district
will repay the government $5
800,000 over a period of up to 60
years for the irrigation work to
be done by the bureau of recla
mation on the Talent project.
The entire project involves ir
rigation, power, flood c o ntrol
and recreation benefits and will
cost an estimated $20 million
Power revenues are expected
to pay for the balance. Congress
has authorized the project and
has allocated initial appropria
tions of $2,400,000 for this fiscal
year.
Bureau Notified
-James A. Callan, engineer m
charge of the project, said this
morning that he has notified the
bureau of reclamation regional
office of the district's approval of
the repayment contract.
He expects the bureau to
award the first contract, for the
Deadwood tunnel, next week.
Bids were called on the tunnel
July 2. It will transport water
from the collection canals to the
Howard Prairie dam.
Also on Schedule
Howard Prairie dam and the
main delivery canal are also on
the construction. schedule for this
fall. This year's work on the can
al will include about 10 miles
from the dam toward the Green
Springs pass. Next year, Callan
said, the canal will be com
pleted with another nine miles
down to the Keene Creek reser
voir.
From the reservoir another
tunnel will take the water to the
Green Springs power plant.
SP Hearing Slated
For September 18
Hearing on Southern Pacific
Railway company's abandon
ment of passenger service be
tween Eugene and Ashland will
be resumed Sept. 18 at 10 a.m.,
in the federal courtroom of the
post office building in Medford,
Charles H. Heltzel, public utili
ties commissioner announced ten
day.
Southern Pacific's answer to
a complaint filed by three sen
ators asking restoration of the
service began in Medford Aug.
After four days, in which
several experts testified, the
hearing was recessed. SP aban
doned rail passenger service on
the Siskiyou line in August,
1955.
Complainants in the case are
Sen. Gene L. Brown, Grants
Pass, Sen. Paul E. Geddes. Rose-
burg: and Sen. Philip B. Lowry,
Medford. Their side of the mat
ter was presented at hearings
in Roseburg and Medford last
April.
Weather
FORECAST: Threat of thunder
storms over mountains this
evening. Otherwise varUnie
hifh cloudiness through Fri
day. Low tonight 58. Hih
Friday 90-92.
Hirhet yesterday -
Lowest this mo r nine 59
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .
. 5:27 a.
. 7:00 p.
7:42 p.
Sunset .
Moonrise
Last Quarter Aug. 28
PROMINENT STARS
Arcturus, in the west.. 8:43 p.m.
AJriefaaran. rises 11:56 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, sets 10:08 p.m.
Mara, In the southeast 11:07 p.m.
Venus, in the east 4:35 a-m.
Point Quit
vacation the final week of his
tenure with the department.
DeArmond and Lawrence Hull
Monday resigned as directors ef
fective Aug. 31. Their resigna
tions were given in identical let
ters addressed to Smith. They
also stated they were resigning
in protest to Smith's "continuing
opposition to every small detail
that the board takes action on
as a whole."
Members of the district claim
rictian ha existed, ia to de
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PRESIDENT EISENHOWER
'All-Out Business'
Bitterness Marks
End of Conference
Oyer Suez Dispute
London (U.R) The 22-nation
Suez conference ended today in
an atmosphere of bitterness
heightened by the virtual cer
tainty Egypt would reject the
majority approved plan to inter
nationalize the canal.
There was unanimous agree
ment only that a full transcript
of the proceedings should be
transmitted to Egyptian Presi
dent Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Split Charged To West
Russian Foreign Minister D.
T. Shepilov accused the West of
'splitting the conference" with
its determination to submit to
Egypt the John Foster Dulles
plan for internationalization
which was supported by 18 of
the 22 nations attending.
India s V. K. Krishna Menon
also sharply criticized the way
the conference was winding up.
Expect Egypt's Refusal
Authoritative sources in Cairo
said that Nasser's answer to the
Dulles plan will be a firm "no.
They said, however, he would
receive any delegation from the
London conference.
The Cairo sources said also
there was little enthusiasm in
Egypt for the Indian plan which
would recognize Egypt's right to
own and control the canal but
would set up an international
body with advisory capacities
only.
(See story on Page 10)
Unitarian Leader
Will Speak Here
The Rev. Stephen H. Fritch
man, former editor of the "Chris
tian Register," official publica
tion of the Unitarian churches
in the United States and Canada,
will speak at a meeting of the
Medford-Ashland Unitarian fel
lowship at 8 p.m. today in the
Labor temple, 24V4 South Grape
st. The public is welcome.
Mr. Fritchman served as
editor of the church publication
from 1942-47, and for nine years
was national executive director
of youth activities for the Ameri
can Unitarian association. He is
the author of many books in
cluding "Men of Liberty Ten
Unitarian Biographies' "Young
People in the Liberal church,"
Unitananism Today" and "Axi
oms of Freedom."
The minister , also edited
Prayers of the Free Spirit"-for
the National YMCA Press and
"Together We Advance," a re
port on contemporary Unitarian-
ism. He is a regular contributor
to "The Churchman," "The In
quirer" and other periodicals of
this country.
Before entering the ministry,
he served as. religious news
editor of the New York Herald
Tribune and on the faculties of
Ohio Wesleyan, New York and
Boston universities. Mr. Fritch
man has been minister of Uni
tarian churches in Petersham,
Mass., and Bangor, Maine, and
is now minister of First Unitar
ian church. Lbs Angeles.
in Protest
partment for more than a year.
It was recently climaxed with
Krupp's resignation after a dis
pute over a contract proposal.
Though some have blamed
Smith for the friction, Smith has
blamed Krupp and the entire
board of directors. The chairman
has ignored several requests for
his resignation by others in the
department.
Smith could not be reached
either today or yesterday for
comment on the resignations.
Eisenhower-Nixon
Ticket Unanimous
Convention Choice
President Said
'Rarin' To Go'
San Francisco (U.PJ A
"rarin' to go" President Eisen
hower launched a Republican
drive today to win control of
congress, as well as the White
House, in November. 1
Rep. Leslie C. Arends of Illi
nois, a member of the committee
which formally notified the Pres
ident of his unanimous renomi
nation by the Republican Na
tional Convention, described him
as "very chipper this morning"
and "rarin' to go" into the fall
campaign.
All-Out Business
"This is an all-out business
with him now," Arends said.
Mr. Eisenhower and Vice Pres
iden Richard M. Nixon, also re-
Stories on President Eisen
hower's conference with con
gressional candidates, Harold
Stassen's attempt to repair his
damaged political career, and
Robert Dickey's convention
observations appear on page 8.
nominated unanimously Wednes
day night, will deliver their ac
ceptance speeches m the Cow
Palace at a session starting at 3
p.m. (PST).
White House officials said Mr.
Eisenhower will spur the dele
gates to giant labors to get the
House and Senate away from the
Democrats, who captured them
in 1854.
Nixon Speaks First
The convention notifi cation
party was headed by Sen. Wil
liam F. Knowland of California.
Mr. Eisenhower's speech will
follow Nixon's acceptance ad
dress. It will run about 4,000
words and take 30 to 40 minutes
to deliver.
Nixon winged back to San
Francisco from Whittier, Calif.,
where he was summoned Wed
nesday by the serious illness of
his 77-year-old father, Frank.
The elder Nixon was reported
improved.
Candidates Summoned
The president did not await
formal notification of his renom
ination to start firing up the
party for the fall campaign.'
He summoned 40 GOP con
gressional candidates to his hotel
suite and posed with them for
"me and Ike" pictures for the
hometown newspapers.
The windup convention session
begins at 3 p.m. but there will
be an hour or two of preliminar
ies, including the introduction of
a long parade of congressional
candidates, before the Nixon and
Eisenhower speeches.
Salem U.R Re-establish
ment of a traffic control tower
at Salem's McNary field will de
pend on a S50,000 bond issue to
be decided by city voters in November.
Fire Suppression Crews Bring 20-Acre
Blaze Under Control in National Forest
A 20 acre forest fire on the
Rogue River National Forest was
reported under control by 7:30
a.m. today, according to the for
est service office in Medford. ,
The fire was in California on
Fruit mountain, some eight miles
southwest of the Copper post of
fice. It was a holdover from a
lightning strike during recent
storms. Four smoke jumpers
were sent to the site late yester
day afternoon. Sixteen men
were sent in by foot during the
night and reached the fire at
about daybreak this morning, the
forest service reported.
The area is inaccessible by
ground vehicle, and the fire
fighters had to hike six milee on
foot from the road's end at the
Cook and Green camp south of
Copper.
The men radioed this morning
that they had the fire under con
trol and that it covered about 20
acres. S. T.. Moore, fire control
officer, and J. H. Wood, super
visor of the Rogue River nation
al forest, were flying over the
area in a commercial plane early
this morning.
' A forest service helicopter, re
cently obtained and the first to
be used on the Rogue River na
tional forest, was to fly into the
Fruit mountain area and pick
up the smoke jumpers today.
This, the forest service said, will
save time and the men's energy.
Ordinarily they would have to
walk their way out from the fire
site. ,
All other spot fires which had
been reported as a result ef Sun-
k
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RICHARD NIXON
To Speak Before Ike
Fugitive Returned
To Face Charges
In Jackson County
Paul Leon Jacks, 21, route 1,
box 133, Gold Hill, was returned
to the Jackson county jail yes
terday afternoon to face two
separate charges, rape and bur
glary not in a dwelling.
Sheriff's Deputy Joe Walch
brought Jacks from Gulf Port,
Miss., where he was held on a
federal fugitive warrant after
failing . to appear for his trial
here April 26.
Jacks was first arrested in
October of 1955 and a grand
jury returned an indictment
Dec. 9, charging him with the
rape of a juvenile. He was ar
raigned in circuit court Dec. 12
and the case was continued to
Dec 14. He entered a plea of
innocent.
Bond was set at $1,500. The
trial date was set for April 26,
1956. Shade and Gladys Combs,
Rogue River, posted the $1,500
necessary for Jacks to go .free
on bail. When the trial date
came, he failed to appear.
Meanwhile, the grand jury
had returned another indict
ment against Jacks, charging
him with burglary not in a
dwelling, this one on April 1.
Warrant Obtained
On the basis of the two
charges, a federal fugitive war
rant was obtained by the dis
trict attorney's office, and Jacks
was arrested by FBI agents in
Hattiesburg, Miss., July 14.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Walch
was sent to pick up the fugitive
at Gulf Port, Miss., and bring
him back through extradition
action to the Jackson - county
jail. The circuit court will set a
new date for his trial.
Bond is expected to be set
tomorrow, when Circuit Judge
Orval J. Millard from Josephine
county holds court here in the
absence of H. K. Hanna, who is
on vacation. ,
Algiers, Algeria (U.R) Two
French military planes collided
the air over Algeria today,
killing seven fliers.
day and Monday evening light
ning storms are under control or
out, the forest service said.'
State forest department
crewmen were working today
on two more lightning fires spot
ted following the Sunday and
Monday evening thunderstorms.
"We Stand Upon
Peiping Reports
Aircraft Damaged
After 'Intrusion'
Plane Radio Tells
Of Attack Off China
Taipeh, Formosa (U.B
Peiping Radio said today that
Communist Chinese fighter
planes "damaged" an aircraft in
the same area where a U. S.
Navy Martin Mercator plane is
missing off the China coast with
16 men aboard.
Plane Radios Attack ,
The Red Chinese broadcast
said the engagement took place
"before 1 a.m. this morning." In
Washington, the Navy depart
ment said the Navy plane ra
dioed at 12:25 a.m. today (9:25
a.m. PST Wednesday) that it was
under attack off Red China and
160 miles north of Formosa. The
Navy said the plane's radio
transmission "suddenly stopped"
and it "presumably" was shot
down.
The Communist broadcast said
the plane "flew off in the south
east direction after being hit,"
Gie No Details
- Peiping Radio gave no details
of the type of aircraft which it
said "intruded" over Communist
coastal islands not far from
Shanghai. It identified it only
as "A Chiang Kai-shek plane."
Nationalist forces of General
issimo Chiang Kai-shek based
on this island use American type
airplanes. '
It appeared likely that the
Communist pilots were unable
to see the plane involved clearly
in the midnight darkness over
the China Sea.
. Washington (U.PJ The Unit
ed States asked Britain today to
get Red China to supply an of
ficial explanation for the shoot
ing down of a Navy patrol plane
with 16 men aboard off the
China mainland Wednesday.
The British investigation may
be the forerunner of a stiff U.S.
protest against this latest inci
dent in the cold war between
this country and the Peiping
regime.
The State Department request
ed Britain's help because this
country does not maintain diplo
matic relations with Red China.
Senators Ask Study
Of Storm Damage
Senators Richard Neuberger
and Wayne Morse today asked
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Benson to conduct a survey of
storm damage in the Rogue river
valley to see if it qualifies for
emergency federal loans.
The senators told Benson that
successive wind storms and cold
weather have heavily damaged
the area's fruit crop, and they
urged immediate action to ascer
tain if emergency loans are need
ed to help the growers of the
area.
Such loans are made by the
government at 3 per cent inter
est if commercial loans are not '
available.
Word of their action was tele
phoned to the Mail Tribune by
Senator Neuberger's Portland of
fice. '
One was off Ashland Mine rd.
and the other on the Green
Springs.
Crews from Copco and Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph comp
any today are also in the final
phase of repairing storm damage
throughout Jackson county.
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