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Several Candidates
Scheduled to Visit
In Area This Month
Congressman Harrij Ells
worth's visit in Jackson county
this week starts a series of vis
Its by candidates and politicians,
including Senator Albert Gore
of Tennessee, during the month.
Ellsworth. Republican seeking
reelection as congressman from
the fourth district, spent yester
day and today in the Ashland
area, and is scheduled to ad
dress a Southern Oregon college
assembly tomorrow morning.
He will be guest speaker at
the Kiwanis club luncheon to
morrow in Mcdford. and has
scheduled a series of neighbor
hood socials Friday and Satur
day after visits to Central Point,
Gold Hill. Rogue River, Eagle
Point, and Shady Cove during
afternoons.
Visits Scheduled
Also scheduled for Ellsworth
are visits to Bear Creek orchards
and the Lausmann Lumber com
pany. He will confer with mem
bers of the Ellsworth for Con
gress committee at a dinner
meeting Wednesday.
Sen. Wayne Morse will be in
the valley Thursday. Oct. 11 for
a schedule which includes an
address at Southern Oregon col
lege, a television broadcast and
dinner meeting of the Demo
cratic Social club. The latter
will be at 6:15 p.m. at the Mcd
ford hotel.
; Senator Morse, who is seek
ing reelection, will address a can
didate's night sponsored by the
Veterans Allied council at 7:30
p m. at the Labor temple, and
will speak at 8:3n p.m. at the
Esquire theater. He will leave
for Brookings at 9:30 p.m.
Thursday.
Senator Morse originally was
scheduled to be in the valley
Wednesday, but because of Adlai
Stevenson's visit to Oregon Oct.
10, the date was changed, ac
cording to Robert Boyer, state
Democratic chairman.
Candidates' Fair
Also scheduled for Thursday.
Oct. 11, is a candidates' fair
sponsored by the Veterans Allied
council at the Labor temple. De
tails of the fair will be an
nounced later, according to Pat
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$25,509 Pledged
Thus Far in UMC
A total of 22 per cent of the
$117,175 goal of the United Med
ford Crusade was reported
pledged at the weekly report
luncheon of division chairmen,
section heads and solicitors yes
terday at the Medford YMCA.
Pledged to date is $25,509.71.
Sam Hcrsh, general chairman,
said.
The weekly report luncheons
are held to report progress dur
ing the UMC campaign, which
started laat month. Yesterday's
luncheon was served by the aux
iliary of the Crater Lions club.
Mrs. Ray Retcr. chairman of
the Home Crusade division, an
nounced section chairman for
the Home Crusade which will
start Wednesday. Oct. 24. Mrs.
Tom Culbertson Jr. is vice chair
man. Colonels who will direct sol
icitations in the Home Crusade
are Mrs. Eugene J. DeVoe, Mrs.
J. W. Barnard, Mrs. Clyde Ficht
ner, Mrs. Earl Bigelow and Mrs.
Glenn Linn.
You Must Be Registered
To Vote November 6
Registration
Deadline
October 6
Six Children Found Hacked To Death;
Dad Kills Self After Domestic Quarrel
Clinton, N.C. U.R) A ber
serk white tenant fanner hacked
his six children to death today,
then fled into a swampy woods
where he shot himself to death.
The body of the father. Rufus
A. Kins;. 34. was found four
hours after the bodies of the
children, ranging in age from
2' 2 to 12. we.e found sprawled
in King's five room tenant house
in the Keener community seven
miles north of here.
Fit of Despondency
The black-bearded father ap
parently killed his children in a
-it of despondency, touched off
by a domestic quarrel and the
fact that his wife had sworn out
a warrant charging him with as
sault. The children were slain early
today, officers said, apparently
Graham, secretary of the coun
cil. The candidates fair will be
open to all candidates, he said.
Senator Gore will be in Med
ford Sunday, Oct. 14, accord
ing to Larry Sheehan, chairman
of the county Democratic party.
Meeting times will be announced
later, he said.
Senator and Mrs. Richard
Neubcrger will visit Jackson
county the week of Oct. 15. They
are scheduled to speak at South
ern Oregon college Wednesday.
Oct. 17, and will be in Medford
Friday. Oct. 19. Details of their
visit here will be announced
later.
Reclamation, Flood
Control Hearing
Slated in Medford
A public hearing on Rogue
river reclamation and flood con
trol development will be held
in Medford Oct. 19 by the Sen
ate interior and public works
committees. Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger announced today.
The hearing here will follow
a session in Klamath Falls Oct.
18, where the interior commit
tee, of which Senator Neuberger
is a member, will review han
dling of the termination of gov
ernment supervision of the
Klamath Indian tribe.
Neuberger said Sen. .fames E.
Murray of Montana, chairman
of the committee, probably
would preside over the hear
ings. Senator Dennis Chavez
(D-N.M.), chairman of the public
works committee,, also is ex
pected at the hearing here, Neu
berger said.
Problems Crucial
Neuberger pointed out that the
considered problems along
river "are so crucial that the
interior committee should study
them at Medford, where local
Oregon, people will have an op
portunity to be heard."
He said the river could pro
vide water for major irrigation
developments and at the same
time safeguard the Rogue's fish
erics and wildlife. -
A hearing on flood control
along the Rogue will be held
by the Army corps of engineers
in Grants Pass Oct. 25.. The
Rogue Basin Flood Control and
Water Resources association,
which was organized by valley
residents after last winter's
floods, has urged hearings by
the corps of engineers concern
ing flood control.
Neuberger said time would
be limited at the Medford hear
ing, and urged residents who
wish to be heard to contact Wil
liam H. Coburn, committee
counsel, at the Senate Office
Building in Washington, D.C.,
as soon as possible.
Safe Recovered from
Apptegate River Monday
A safe reported stolen Sept.
27 from Medford Feed and Seed
company was recovered Mon
day afternoon, from the Apple
gate river near Ruch, Sheriff
Howard Gault reported today.
Harlan Cantrall, Hamilton rd.,
Jacksonville, reported the dis
covery to sheriff's deputies.
Gault said the safe had been
chiselled open. When recovered
from the river it was empty ex
cept for a few papers. The com
pany previously repotted to the
sheriff that the safe contained
only a few cents.
Charlotte, N. C. (U.R) Na
thaniel Pooie thinks friendship
can be carried just so far. He
told police a $100 diamond ring
disappeared from his finger dur
ing a round of handshaking at a
chance meeting with friends at
a cafe.
by their father. King, who had
driven his wife from home after
beating her Monday, was heard
to leave the house early today,
then return some time later in
a car driven at high speed.
Deputies who went to the
house about 8 a.m. to serve a
warrant charging King with as
saulting his wife found the bat
tered and bloody bodies.
Qun Apparently Used
A funeral home here said sev
eral of the children apparently
also suffered gunshot wounds.
The stocky, 190-pound King
was carrying a .410 gauge shot
gun. The broken stock of the
rifle was found in the blood
spattered tenant house. Officers
said King apparently used it in
beating the children to death.
The children were identified
Administration
Of Truman Blamed
For Peron's Rise
'Principal Factor'
Cited by Dulles
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
charged today that Truman ad
ministration interference in Ar
gentina was a principal factor
in dictator Juan Peron's rise to
power.
He told his news conference
Peron won Lis power as a result
of the resentment of the Argen
tine people over attempts by
foreigners to interfere in their
internal affairs.
Response io Questions
Dulles fired the charge in re
sponse to questions on the state
ment of Dr. Alberto Gainza
Paz, publisher of the famed
Buenos Aires newspaper La
Prensa, that both the Truman
and Eisenhower administrations
had been unduly friendly to the
Peron regime.
The whole controversy over
this country's policies toward
the deposed Argentina dictator
was kicked off last week by
Democratic presidential candi
date Adlai E. Stevenson. He
charged the Eisenhower admin
istration with appeasing the Pe
ron administration and said that
Milton Eisenhower, the Presi
dent's brother, had assumed a
"special . . . responsibility'' for
U.S. policy toward Argentina.
Refuses To Give Details
Dulles refused twice to say
when or how the Truman admin
istration had intervened in Ar
gentine affairs. He dismissed the
questions with the comment that
the answers were well known.
The secretary did not say the
Eisenhower administration was
directly responsible for Peron's
eventual ouster but he said it
did allow natural force to work
toward this end.
Dulles commented that some
people have argued that U.S.
intervention might have speeded
the process of Peron's downfall.
But he said that the Truman
administration had tried an in
tervention policy and it had bad
results. - - -----i
One of Stevenson's charges
was that ths Eisenhower admin
istration had made loans to
Peron and that he in turn "piled
up balances of more than $100
million in Switzerland" for his
personal use.
Records of the Export-Import
bank show that the Eisenhower
administration did agree to lend
the Argentine government, or
Argentine businesses. $62.5 mil
lion but that none of the money
actually was delivered while
Peron was in Dower.
Money From Democrats
The records also show that the
Truman administration agreed
to loan $130 million to Peron
or Argentine firms and that
$101,700,000 actually was de
livered. Dulles' blast against the Tru
man administration was prompt
ed by Questions based on a New
York Herald Tribune dispatch
signed by Dr. Gainza Paz. pub
lisher of La Prensa. the news
paper seized by the Peron gov
ernment and recently returned
to the original owners.
Weather
FORECAST: A few clouds with
a chance f Huht showrrs over
the mountain, otherwise fair
through Wednesday. Low o
nisht 45, high Wednesday
13-78.
Tent.
Hishet Yes(evtay
Lowest Yesterday 4J
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 6:09 a.m.
Sunset - 5:52 p.m.
Moonrise Wednesday . 5:43 a.m.
New Moon Wednesday night
PROMINENT STAR
Regtilu!!. rises 3:07 a.m.
The planet, Venus, moving east
ward around the Sun, now ap
pears a little above Regulus.
Next week Venus will be seen
between Regulus and Jupiter.
as Grace 12. Sonny 11, Melvin
10, Ruth 5, Jerry 4, and Susan,
24 years old.
Neighbors said that King was
"never known to drink" and had
a reputation as a quiet, peaceful
man.
'Ideal' Tenant
Mrs. Ed Hines of Clinton, own
er of the farm on which King
lived as a tenant, said King had
been "an ideal" tenant for the
past seven years.
Neighbors said King apparent
ly was a devoted father and ap
peared affectionate. They knew
of no recent domestic troubles
between King and his wife,
Christine Tyndall King, 30, un
til Monday. But relatives said
that in a jealous rage "about 13
years ago" King had beaten his
wife.
51st Year
Medford
United Press Full Leased Wire
24 Pages
Ike Raps
Test Ban
Adlai Confused,
President Charges
In Kentucky Talk
Democrats Blamed for
Lack of School Funds
Lexington. Ky !U.R Presi
dent Eisenhower, again using
stronger words than he probably
ever employed since the 1952
campaign, directly attacked the
Democrats Monday night over
federal aid to education.
His staff said this was "only
the beginning."
The President charged that
Adlai Stevenson is apparently
confused about education.
'Back To Old Road'
He said the Democrats want
to lead the nation "back to the
old road the zig-zag direction
less road of trial and error." He
characterized the Democratic
Party as being comprised of ad
vocates of "drifting war and
racing inflation."
Mr. Eisenhower repeatedly
slugged at the Democrats in a
speech to more than 16,000 per
sons in the University of Ken
tucky Coliseum. Then he got
back into his personal plane, the
Columbine III, and returned to
Washington less than 36 hours
after leaving the capital.
Attacks Democrats
Earlier Monday, the Presi
dent attacked the Democrats in
a speech at Cleveland for toler
ating "the thievery of inflation."
- As the President spoke at Lex
ington, Stevenson issued a state
ment in Washington accusing the
administration of "incapacity or
unwillingness" to meet the na
tion's educational "crisis."
The Democratic presidential
nominee charged the adminis
tration has "utterly failed to de
velop a comprehensive national
policy on education." And he
said the President "sat by" while
96 GOP congressmen voted
against his "weak" school con
struction bill.
Mr. Eisenhower told his Ken
tucky audience and listeners
from coast to coast that expand
ing school facilities is the "most
urgent" domestic problem facing
the nation.
Says Shortage Reduced
The Chief Executive said the
serious schoolroom shortage had
been reduced somewhat under
his administration, but not
enough. And he blamed the
Democrats in Congress tor not
providing sufficient funds for
school improvement.
Mr. Eisenhower recalled that
in the last and Democratic-con
trolled Congress he asked for a
$2 billion program of federal
grants and other aids for school
construction during a five-year
period.
The President also pointed out
that he insisted that the federal
aid be distributed to states on
the basis of need and that the
states, themselves, match the
federal funds. Congress, how
ever, turned down the Presi
dent's suggestion.
Trial of Grants Pass
Man Starts Today
Trial of Frank Close, 44,
Grants Pass, charged with grand
larceny, got ' under way this
morning in circuit court.
Close, who previously pleaded
innocent of the charge, is ac
cused of taking a power lawn
mower and a garden cart from
the Harry Neil residence south
of Grants Pass, during the flood
last winter, Neil is now a resi
dent of Redding. Calif. Repre
senting Close is O. H. Bengtson,
Medford attorney.
Building Permits Show
Increase Last Month
Building permits issired in
September totaled S263.342.
compared with $207,355 for Sep
tember last year, O. R. McNeel.
Medford building inspector, an
nounced today.
Amonp permits for May were
16 new homes. S159.500; 14
homes remodeled, S17.235; two
new apartments. $36,000; one
new business establishment.
$30,000: three business estab
lishments remodeled. $10,000;
and eight new garages, $3,048.
Salem U.R) Gov. Elmo
Smith has designated Oct. 7-13
as Fire Prevention Week in
Oregon. '
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1956
Foes on Education;
Leader Said Needed
"The New Doesn't
j TT ! JSme CALLS
Saturday Is Final
Day for Registering
Jackson county residents this
morning continued to file into
the county clerk's office to reg
ister to vote'fn the Nov. .6 gen
eral election, but figures on the
total number of registrations to
date were not available at noon
today.
Residents who wish to vote
Nov. 6 must be registered by
8 p. m. Saturday, Oct. 6. The
county clerk's office and fire
halls in Medford will be open
until that time for late registra
tions. Election department officials
said anyone inside the doors at
8 p.m. would be allowed to reg
ister, but doors would close at
that time.
Residents may register in sev
eral places throughout the coun
ty. The registration locations are
listed on page 14 of today's
Mail Tribune.
Those Who Register
In order to vote Nov. 6, those
who must register are:
1. Those who have never be
fore been registered.
Late News Briefs
EMPLOYERS WARNED
Salem (U.R) State Labor
Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen
said today that many Oregon
employers who have been hiring
minors under 18 without work
permits from the labor bureau
face stern penalties under the
law.
SILVERTON MAN JAILED
Salem tU.R) Norval Eugene
Jackson, 23, Silverton, was in
jail here today charged with
rape and contributing to the de
linquency of a minor. He was
one of at least three persons se
cretly indicted yesterday by a
special grand jury investigating
Silverton "sex parties."
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Portland U.R Orval Mit
chell, 32, a former Sweet Home
chief of police, today was sen
tenced to nine months in prison
by Federal Judge William East
for trying to manufacture Su
bills.
Archie Mishler of Clackamas.
Mitchell's co-defendant, and fa
ther of seven children, was giv
en three years probation. -
DEALERS TO PLEAD
Salem U.R) Two Salem
magazine dealers charged with
selling indecent literature will
enter pleas next Monday in Cir
cuit court here.
The men. Jack St. Clair and
Claude Cummings. had sought
to have charges dismissed on
grounds that the obscene litera
ture law was unconstitutional
due to vagueness.
Salem U.R) Plans have been
announced here for a proposed
new $100,000 headquarters
building to house the Oregon
Farm Bureau Federation and the
Oregon Farm Bureau Insurance
Company.
Sound Any Better"
2. Those who failed to vote
in either the primary or general
election in 1954 and whose reg
istrations were therefore can
celled. 3. Anyone who has moved to
a new address since last regis
tering. ,
4. Anyone who has changed
his or her name, either by mar
riage or by court action.
At least six months residence
in Oregon is required before a
person becomes eligible to vote
in the state. Voters who will be
absent on election day, or who
are unable to travel to the polls,
may obtain absentee ballots
from the county clerk's office.
The absentee ballots must be
turned in at least five days be
fore the Nov. 6 election date.
Veterans Hear McKay
Disagree on Pension
Portland (U.R) Douglas
McKay stood up to a veterans'
group in Portland last night and
said he did not support their
pension program.
GOP candidate for the U. S.
Senate, McKay, spoke briefly to
a meeting of the Veterans of
World War I and said "pensions
for veterans should not be a
matter of charity. They should
be expected as a matter of
right."
McKay then, was asked from
the floor if he supported the
groups' program for $100 "across
the board" benefits for Warld
War I veterans. McKay said he
supported the program outlined
by the American Legion and that
he did not support the VWWI
program.
"I don't think it's necessary,"
he said. "There are many men
who have good incomes and do
not need such money. I don't
feel an 'across-the-board' pro
gram is correct." -
Council to Consider
Annexations Tonight
The Medford city council will
consider calling for elections in
the Berrydale and Grandview
Kenwood districts on annexing
the areas to Medford at 7:30 p.m.
today.
The city planning commission
recommended last Monday that
the two districts north and
northeast of Medford be an
nexed. The commission indicat
ed favorable action by the coun
cil should be made so the an
nexation may be included on
the Nov. 6 ballot.
The council will also hold a
public hearing on paving Mur
ray st. from the end of the exist
ing pavement to Columbus ave.
Tile council also will consider
adopting plans and specifica
tions for paving Murray ave..
calling for bids on the project,
and establishing a southeast
Medford trunk sewer fund.
Price 10c
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No. 165
World's Powers
Claimed Ready To
End Nuclear Tests
Step Would Be Safe,
Candidate Declares
En Roule with Stevenson
;U.R Adlai E. Stevenson said to
day he believes the world's ma
jor powers are ready to halt H
bomb tests "if there is leadership
in this direction."
Setting off on a campaign trip
through New Jersey, the Demo
cratic presidential candidate re
newed his appeal for action by
Portland (U.R) Adlai Ste
venson, Democratic presiden
tial nominee, will make his
only scheduled Oregon appear
ance of the campaign her
next week and will spend
about eight hours in Portland,
Democratic state headquarters
said today.
Stevenson will make a ma
jor address at the auditorium
' at 7:30 p.m.
I
this country to bring about a
"moratorium" on tests of nu
clear weapons.
"The renunciation of H-bomb
tests is a step which I think the
great powers are now willing to
take if there is leadership in
this direction, Stevenson said.
A Safe Step
"It is a step thai can be safe
ly taken, for no one can explode
a hydrogen bomb in secret and
each would know whether the
others were acting in good faith.
It would be a step along a new
path toward peace."
"I regret," he said, that the
Eisenhower administration "has
not pressed forward along this
path to peace as so many have
urged Catholic and Protestant
religious leaders, distinguished
scientists, prominent educators,
yes, and serious politicians."
"I regret also, that it seems to
have ignored what appears to be
an increasing desire to close the
gap between East and West on
such subjects as mutual inspec
tion and limitation of armed
forces.
Atk Proposal Exploration
"Surely we should carefully
explore these proposals to see
whether they were made in
good faith and whether they will
meet our security require
ments." Stevenson's remarks on dis
armament were prepared for de
livery at Fairleigh Dickinson
university at Teaneck, during a
motorcade through New Jersey.
Stevenson flew from Washing
ton to Newark, N.J., and then
entered an auto for a drive
through Morrislown, Paterson,
Clifton, Passaic, Hackensack,
Teaneck; Newark and Jersey
City.
Salem iU.P.) A Western re
gional animal disease research
laboratory to conduct research
on cattle and sheep diseases has
been indorsed by Gov. Elmo
Smith.
Portland U.R) Oregon farm
ers will plant at least 61,987
acres less in wheat next year
than they did this year.
Thornton Denies Multnomah
Charge on Trial Estimates
Salem UJ.RI Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton said to
day that charges by Multnomah
county commissioners that he
refused to give them estimates of
expenditures for the Multnomah
county vice investigation were
"absolutely untrue."
The commissioners sued
Thornton yesterday in Multno
mah county circuit court de
manding an estimate and ques
tioning some claims already sub
mitted. "The law clearly slates that
the expense of special investiga
tions and prosecutions shall be
charged to the county," Thorn
ton said.
However, he added that in
view of the cost of the investiga
tion "I plan to ask the 1957 Leg
islature to reimburse Multno
mah county for one-half the
cost."
Campaign 'Maybe'
Responsible (or
Heavy Itinerary
Speeches Said Not .
Considered Political
Washington U.R) Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson
announced today he is going be
fore farm groups across the na
tion to defend the administra-
i tion's farm policies on the eve
of the November election.
He said lie will leave Washing
ton Wednesday and make about
20 s ueeches in 18 slates from
New Jersey to Washington. The
tour will run until Oct. 29, just
a week before the election.
not Considered Political
Benson told a news confer
ence the speeches are sponsored
Dy farm groups and consequent
ly are not considered political.
But he conceded the political
campaign "maybe" was respon
sible for the heavy itinerary.
Benson will speak in Illinois,
Utah, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Ne
vada, California, Idaho, Mon
tana, Washington, Pennsylvania.
Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and
New Jersey. He also will tour
drought areas in New Mexico,
Colorado and Nebraska as well
as the Texas and the Oklahoma
Panhandle.
Hot Political Issue
The administration's farm pro
grams have been under htaw
fire from Democrats who have
claimed there is a "farm depres
sion." A key issue is whether
GOP policies have driven farm
income down.
Benson predicted there will h
some seasonal drop in farm
prices in the next two weeks.
But he said he expects the de
cline to be less than is usual at
this time of year.
He also said thp Affrimlfuro
Department is putting increased
empnasis on tood marketing in
an attempt to "squeeze the
water" out of the spread be
tween prices farmers get and
prices consumers pay.
At his news conference Ben
son also:
1. Announced that the gov
ernment will begin buying lard
next week to bolster hog prices.
Answers Kefauver
2. Struck back at a charge by
Sen. Esles Kefauver, Democratic
vice presidential candidate, that
the administration has been in
different to the plight of drought
stricken farmers in Texas. He
called it "nothing short of false
hood." He said the drought be
gan under the Democrats and
that the administration has spent
millions to help farm victims.
Parole, Probation
Office Expands
The Medford office of the state
board of parole and probation
yesterday moved from the Spar
ta building to room 401 in the
Leverette building, Robert E.
Jones, deputy director, has an
nounced. Joe Dispenziere, district pa
role officer, will assume duties
as regional director for North
Bend. Roseburg, Medford and
Klamath Falls Nov. 1. He will
maintain his office here.
The regional office ip Med
ford is part of a state- wide
change in the board of parole
and probation which was auth
orized by the last legislature au
thorizing regional directors.
Jones said a district parole
officer will be named to succeed
Dispenziere in that capacity, and
a full time stenographer will be
employed. The Medford office
will open full time after Nov.
1, Jones said. Previously, the
office was open only a few days
each week.
Dispenziere, before assuming
his new duties, will be on leave,
but Otto L. Paulsen of the Kla
math Falls office will service
both the Medford and Klamath
Falls offices until Dispenziere
returns, Jones said.
The attorney general said he
explained to commissioners in a
three-hour conference last Au
gust how much he would have
to pay for experienced prosecu
tors to try the 39 defendants un
der indictment, but he said he
had no way of knowing how
long the trials would last.
"1 also explained to them that
under the law so long as the
bills were neither excessive nor
unreasonable they had no right
to refuse me the tools I needed
to do the job. Thereafter they
publicly announced that they
would approve the bills," Thorn
ton said.
Commissioners estimated in
their suit that Thornton would
submit claims of anywhere from
$75,000 to $300,000, but Thorn
ton said he had never mentioned
any sum to them.