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Eisenhower Never
Considered Ending
Draff, He Claims
End of H-Bomb Tests
Also Not Considered
Washington (U.PJ Presi
dent Eisenhower denied today
that he had ever considered an
nouncing during the campaign
plans to end the draft and H
bomb tests.
The President also said he
would go before the United Na
tions if he thought such a per
sonal appearance would help
solve the Suez Canal crisis.
Mr. Eisenhower reiterated his
long standing position that be
would go anywhere in the world
and do anything to get peace
with justice.
At his news conference, Mr
Eisenhower was asked about re
ports that GOP campaign strate
gists originally planned announc
ing an end to the draft and H
bomb tests but had been forced
to drop them after Adlai E. Ste
venson came out with statements
on the two subjects.
Mr. Eisenhower said the re
porter was telling him things
about his administration he had
never heard of. And he said he
never had considered any such
announcements.
It. answer to another question
about Stevenson's campaign
statements about ending H-bomb
tests, Mr. Eisenhower said he
had said his last word on the
draft and H-bomb test issues in
the political campaign.
New Drought Plan
In other highlights of his news
conference, Mr. Eisenhower:
1. Said a new drought pro
gram would be announced and a
conference of all the responsible
people in the drought stricken
areas will be called after the
election.
2. Said he believes the names
of all passengers on government
operated ships should be made
public. He said he can see no
reason on earth why such pass
enger lists should not be pub
lished the day the ship sails.
This comment was in response
to a question about reports that
members of Congress by the
score have been taking free
Caribbean cruises on ships of the
publicly-owned Panama Line.
3. Said he believes that the
managements of U.S. domestic
affairs is the main issue in the
present political campaign.
4. Said he will have his prom
ised general medical checkup
sometime before the end of this
month.
5. Ai:ain urged all eligible
Americans to register to vote in
the Nov. 6 election.
6. Indicated he has n't yet
made up his mind on continuing
aid to Yugoslavia. He must de
cide by Oct. 16.
On the political front, Mr. Eis
howrr said he is not ready to
write off the South as far as
Republicans are concerned in
the Nov. 6 election.
He said that would be like
saying there is a section of the
country in which he has no inter
est. But he said he has no definite
plans at present to campaign in
the South where four states went
Republican in 1952.
As for the chief issues in the
campaign, he told reporters that
no one is against peace, progress
and prosperity, but that the is
sue is how they are to be achiev
ed. He said that the Republicans
believe in the greatest possible
decentralization of government
with a maximum responsibility
in the hands of local and state
governments.
lie added that if he could
understand the. speeches of the
Democratic candidates, they start
from the other end with the
emphasis on federal government
activities.
Moderate Ear
thquake
Felt at Eureka
Eureka. Calif. U.R A mod
eraieaTthquake, in two distinct
rolling type shocks, was felt
here at 8:50 a.m. (PST) today
with some damage to dishware
reported.
There was no damage to build
ings, nor w-cre there any re
ports of injuries.
The University of California -seismograph
at Ferndalc. 15 1 hOCf IVPl PrPCIflPnf
miles south of here, recistered I v J 1 1 1 U I riGJIUGIII
the quake at a 4 magnitude and
said it was still recording on
the seismograph 40 minutes
after the initial shock. The
epicenter was placed in the
Pacific Ocean. 100 miles north
west of Ferndale.
The California earthquake
may have been felt here, it was
reported this morning. Tom
Williams, superintendent of
Crater Lake National park, said
he felt two "faint but distinct"
earthquake-type shocks at about
the time the Eureka tremblor
was reported.
His office is in the post office
building here.
Ne other report' of the quake
were made locally.
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BEAR CREEK BANK WORK Embankment work on the
west bank of Bear creek where the interceptor sewer was
washed out in last December's floods, is presently being con
structed by F. L. Somers, Medford contractor. Somers was
awarded the contract of $19,253 for the work by the Army
corps of engineers, Portland. The project includes 5,620 cubic
yards of excavation, 500 yards of embankment from gravel
borrow and 4,020 cubic yards of dumped stone revetment.
All excavation work on the bank has been completed and
gravel layers six inches thick are being constructed. A layer
of stone from lis to three feet thick will top the gravel.
A bulldozer is shown above clearing trash from the bank
which will be buried under the gravel and stone layers. Work
on the project started Aug. 29 and is scheduled to be com
pleted in about two weeks.
Subcommittees Will
Study Orchard Tree
Assessments in Area
The Jackson county commit- j
tee which is studying orchard
tree assessments will be divided
into two or three subcommittees
at the next general meeting
Tuesday. Oct. 30. ,
The subcommittees will, con
duct individual studies and com
pare findings on a formula for
establishing orchard tax values.
When the formula is developed,
it will be submitted to the state
tax commission with the recom
mendation that it be considered
in establishing future tax rates.
Decision to form the subcom
mittees was made Wednesday
afternoon at the group's first
general session in the county
courtroom.
Representatives from the state
tax commission, the county as
sessor's office and the board of
equalization attended They ex
plained to the committee that
various factors, including age of
trees, productivity levels, soil
types and orchard locations, can
be considered in developing the
tax formula. Each factor was dis
cussed at length during the 314
hour meeting.
Fire Lookouts Are
Brought Off Jobs
Only one fire lookout of the
southwestern Oregon district of
state department of forestry was
still up this morning and there
was a possibility of that station
being vacated today.
Lookouts were brought down
from Mt. Isabelle and Anderson
Butte yesterday and from Soda
Mountain this morning because
of added rainfall over the area.
Still up was the lookout on
Battle Mountain.
The forestry department took
lookouts from four stations in
the northern part of the district
earlier yesterday because of the
rain overnight.
Forest patrolman said that
slash burning has been started
in some places but a more rain
is needed before burning will
be allowed in most localities of
the district. Forestry officials
warned that permits for fires
are still required on state patrol
projected land.
The weather bureau station
at the airport recorded .23 of
an inch of precipitation in the
24 hours up to 10 a.m. today.
Forecast is for clearing weath
er this evening and fair weather
Friday afternoon and evening.
Fog or low overcast in the val
leys is anticipated early tomor
row with the possibility of frost
in the valleys where there is
no fog.
!Mrs. Cotton Named
Ashland Mrs. John C. Cotton,
Ashland, was elected president
of the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival at a special meeting
here last night.
Mrs. Cotton, former secretary
of the association and member
of the board of directors for two
years, is the first woman to serve
as president of the organization.
Also elected at the meeting
were Russ Jamison. Medford,
vice president: Philip""Gates. Ash
land, secretary, and Rudolf Vest,
Ashland, treasurer. All have been
members of the board.
Two new members were in
stalled on the 15-man board.
They are John Pletsch. Medford,
and A. C. Fries, Ashland.
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Appointment -of the subcom
mittees was postponed until the
next meeting, since a number of
the regular general committee
members were not present yes
terday.
Howard Bush, chairman of
the committee, presided.
The committee is the out
growth of a long-standing dispute
over the taxation of orchards in
Jackson county, and represents
an attempt to find a compromise
solution on the part of local cr-chardists,-
the tax commission,
and the assessor's office.
213 Pints of Blood
Received Yesterday
A total of 213 pints of blood
were received Wednesday after
noon by the local Red Cross
Bloodmobile, 13 more than the
quota of 200 pints.
Of the 238 donors, 24 were
rejects and 76 were "drop-ins"
Red Cross officials -reported. The
majority of the rejects were per
sons with colds or who had re
ceived polio shots.
The Bloodmobile collected 70
pints in a Shady Cove visit Tues
day.
According to the Red Cross
office, donors yesterday repre
sented more organizations than
at previous visits of the Blood
mobile. They added that the
local Lions club was directly re
sponsible for encouraging many
first time donors to appear. One
company released their em
ployees early so they would be
able, to donate blood before the
5 p.m. closing time.
Representatives of the oil in
dustry in the Medford area so
licited blood donors from mem
bers of the industry during the
visit cf the Red Cross Bloodmo
bile yesterday. This is the second
time this year the oil industry
has donated blood for the local
chapter.
Eisenhower Planning
More Campaign Trips
Washington IU.P.) Presi
dent Eisenhower had plans for
more campaign trips in the
works today in the face of new
Democratic personal attacks.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said Wednes
day the President is thinking
about a campaign trip to Cali
fornia and other areas that he
has not been scheduled to visit
so far. But Hagerty said no final
plans have been made other than
those already announced.
Radio Highlights
Sen. Herbari Lthman of
New York will be heard over
station KYJC (1230 kc) at
10:30 tonight.
Governor Asked To Intervene in Eugene
War; Medford
Salem (U.R) Representatives
of the Oregon Gasoline Dealers
association today asked Gov.
Elmo Smith to intervene in the
Eugene - area gasoline "price :
war" by requesting all major oil
companies to stop alleged price
cutting.
The dealers association repre
sents some 3.500 independent oil
dealers in the state.
oy Fatally Wool -id
Talent Youngster
Shot While Playing
With Cousin Here
Boy Didn't Realize
Rifle Was Loaded
Robert Lee Skinner, 5-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Skinner, route 1, box 118, Tal
ent, was accidently shot and
killed about 3:55 p.m. yesterday.
State police said the boy died
of a wound inflicted when a 300
savage rifle discharged in the
hands of Skinner's 6-year-old
cousin, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Wilkins, 1839 Myers lane,
Medford. The accident occurred
in the bedroom of the Wilkins
home.
Mrs. Skinner and her son
were visiting at the Wilkins
home during the afternoon,
police said. When the Wilkins
boy came home from school, the
two started playing.
Leaves Son
Police said Mrs. Skinner left
her son to play with his cousin
when she left to meet her hus
band after work Mrs. Wilkins
was in the house at the time,
they said. .
Police said that while Mrs.
Wilkins was in the kitchen, the
boys continued to play, and ap
parently went in the bedroom,
where the Wilkins' son found
the rifle.
Mrs. Wilkins heard a shot
shortly after the boys went into
the bedroom, police said. She
summoned a physician, who noti
fied Jackson County Coroner
Carlos Morris, police said.
The boy died almost instantly,
Morris said. He was struck in
the chest.
Police said apparently the boy
did not realize the gun was
loaded. They said that Wilkins
told them he used the rifle last
Saturday, and was sure he had
emptied it afterward. However,!
police said there was one bullet
remaining in the gun.
Funeral services for Robert
Skinner will be held at 3 p.m.
Friday at Litwillcr's Mountain
View chapel, Ashland. The Rev.
J. E. Timmerman, of the Four
Square Gospel church will of
ficiate. Interment will take place
at Mountain View cemetery.
He was born March 26, 1951,
in Ashland.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Skinner:
two brothers, Kenny and Doug"
Skinner, Talent; and, grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Minor Skin
ner, Phoenix; and Mrs. Zelma
Kiser, Ashland.
Bengfson Write-in
Movement Starts
A write-in movement in sup
port of O. H. Bengtson for dis
trict attorney isi under way in
Medford, despite the fact that
Bengtson himself declares he is
"not seeking the office."
Bengtson, a Medford attorney
for a number of years, is a for
mer Republican state representa
tive, and was a candidate for dis
trict judge in the primary elec
tion until he withdrew in favor
of the incumbent, Judge Rawles
Moore.
He said his telephone "has
been ringing night and day"
much of this week, with people
asking him if he would seek
election as DA.
He emphasized this morning
that he is not seeking the office.
and that if he had wanted it, he
would have run for it.
If it were the case of a real
draft" movement. Bengtson
said, he would simply have to
wait and see how substantial
it would prove to be. He would
cooperate with it only if he found
a large number of people were
serious in wanting him to become
a candidate, he said.
The two candidates whose
names will be printed on the
Nov. 6 general election ballot are
the incumbent, Walter D. Nun
ley, Republican and Thomas J.
Reeder, Democrat.
Dealers Represented at Salem Hearing
The gasoline men told the gov
ernor that many major oil com
panies were forcing the retail
price of gasoline so low that in-
dependent dealers could not
compete.
They claimed that an inde
pendent operator had to main
tain a 6-cent . differential be
tween wholesale and retail price
and that, by retaining owner
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ISRAELIS, JORDAN CLASH
Nathanya, Israel (U.R) Israel
announced today its army had
inflicted "heavy losses" on Jor
dan's Arab Legion in an 8'2-hour
battle and "cautious estimates"
in Israel said 45 Jordanians were
killed.
Col. Nehemia Brosh, the Is
raeli army spokesman, said Is
raeli casualties were 16 dead,
two missing, 12 hospitalized, and
a number slightly injured but
not hospitalized.
The final Arab toll was ex
pected to be much higher. The
Morse Arrives in
Valley for Three
Campaign Talks
Sen. Wayne Morse will speak
at 8:30 p.m. today at Democratic
headquarters in the Esquire thea
ter following an address at the
Labor temple at 7:30 p.m.
Senator Morse arrived in Med
ford this morning for a day of
campaigning. He is seeking re
election. The address at the Labor tem
ple tonight is part of a Candi
dates' Fair sponsored by the Vet
erans Allied council of Jackson
county. Pat Graham, secretary
of the council, said he expected
local, state and national candi
dates to be represented if not
attending in person.
Open lo Public
The Candidates Fair is open
to the publicand all candidates,
Graham said
Senator Morse's speech at 8:30
p.m. in the Esquire theater also
is open to the public. Larry Shee
han, county party chairman an
nounced. Late this morning Senator
Morse held a coffee hour at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Kelly. He was scheduled to ad
dress an assembly of Southern
Oregon college students and fac
ulty at 1 p.m. today.
Oregon's senior senator will
make a television appearance on
station KBES-TV between 6:30
and 6:45 p.m. prior to a Jackson
County Democratic Social club
dinner.
Senator Morse will remain
overnight at the Kelly residence
and will leave Medford at 6:15
a.m. tomorrow.
Grandmother Finds
Herself in Dilemma
By Visit of Storks
Mrs. Elmo Aiierbury, 1002
West 11th st is in a "grand
mother's dilemma" today, all
because of the stork.
Mrs. Aiierbury had prom
ised both her son-in-law and
daughter, and , her son and
daughter-in-law, to help out
with the housework when the
new babies arrived. But the
stork brought them both on
the same day. .
Yesterday an ZVi pound son
was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Christlieb at Sacred
Heart hospital a few hours
after a 7i pound son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Richard At
terbury in Corvallis. The At
terbury infant was born two
weeks earlier than expected,
and the Christlieb's son two
weeks later than planned.
Bulletin
Hong Kong (U.R) Rioting
between Communist and Na
tionalist Chines erupted into
virtual open warfare in this
British Crown colony today.
More than 100 persons were
reported killed.
(Sea Story on Page 16)
ship of the gasoline and by rea
son of their large operation, the
big companies could eliminate
the independents from compe
tition. Dealers, representing Eugene,
Medford, Roseburg and other
areas of the state, told the gov
ernor that they could initiate
legal action through the district
attorney's office, but that they
would rather settle matters out
OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1956
dead was only for the fighting'
around the Jordan fortress of
Kalkilya. Several other Jordan
ian border villages were caught
up in the fighting that swirled
along a 12-mile sector of the
frontier.
Israeli sources said "scores"
of Jordanians were believed
wounded in the batlte, the heavi
est fighting in seven years of
Jewish-Arab border tension. The
dead were said to be one-half
Arab Legionnaires and the rest
police and national guardsmen.
"Are You Daring To Make the Fantastic
Suggestion That I've Been Keeping an
Elephant in My Room?"
Stevenson Taunts Ike
On 'Indifference' by
GOP Administration
Portland (U.R) Adlai E. Ste
venson, cheered on by a shout
ing, sign-waving audience of
5,000 supporters, taunted Presi
dent Eisenhower anew last night
about GOP "indifference" to the
needs of labor, the unemployed
and the schoolroom shortage.
The colorful rally in the Civic
Auditorium, complete with sign-
waving demonstrations in the
aisles, two blaring bands and bal
loons cascading from the ceil
ing, so moved the Democratic
Berrydale Proposal
May Be Dropped
The proposal to annex the
Berrydale district to Medford
may be dropped from the Nov.
6 general election ballot, it was
indicated last night.
A considerable number of
Berrydale area residents appear
ed at a meeting with city of
ficials to protest that they had
not been informed about the
proposed annexation of their
property, or that the boundaries
outlined on the original annexa
tion petition had been extend
ed to include more residents
than had originally requested
annexation.
At the same time, a substantial
number of other Berrydale resi
dents favor the annexation pro
posal, which the council voted
recently to place on the ballot.
A decision as to whether the
proposal will remain on the
ballot or be dropped will be
made at a council meeting at
7:30 p.m. next Tuesday.
(See story on page 14)
Gas Price
side the courtroom. They
claimed the major oil compa
nies were violating the state un
fair gasoline sales act.
Victor Milnes, Medford, sec
retary of the association, told
Gov. Smith that a similar situ
ation was stopped in Idaho by
the intervention of the governor
who notified major oil com
panies that they were violating
state law.
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No. 173
The fighting was touched off
by Israel s punitive attack across
the Kalkilya fortress. United Na
tions observers raced to the Jor
dan side of the border today to
investigate the Israeli attack
second major retaliatory raid in
m recent weeks.
At noon, 10 hours after a cease
fire went into effect, smoke was
still rising from the ruined fort
ress. Israeli troops brought back
the Arab Legion flag from the
top of the fortress their prize
among loot that included rifles
and a machincgun.
presidential candidate that he
opened his speech by saying
with a smile, "I think it only fair
lo tell you that I have already
been nominated."
Some of his loudest cheers
came as he urged the reelection
of Sen. Wayne Morse, the Demo
cratic incumbent who left the
GOP because of broad differ
ences with Eisenhower policies.
Predicting Morse's victory,
Stevenson said, "our party is
getting hot, but I didn't know
it was on fire in Oregon."
Seldom in this campaign has
Stevenson received such an ex
plosive burst of laughter and ap
plause when he pictured Mr.
Eisenhower's campaign state
ments as sounding like Herbert
Hoover, but representing the
voice of Madison ave.
His first mention of Douglas
McKay, the former secretary of
interior who is running against
Morse, produced a heavy chorus
of boos from the heavily parti
san audience.
Attacks McKay Policies
His principal attack, aside
from his running battle with Mr.
Eisenhower himself, was aimed,
however, at McKay and his con
servation policies.
He led off with McKay as he
enumerated the people around
the president "who know what
they want and get it." I
He criticized McKay for turn
ing over Hell's Canyon "to a pri
vate power company" and bring
ing the public power program
"almost to a standstill."
He said that in four years
there had not been a single new
power start in the Northwest,
an area which could ill-afford
to slow down in public power
development.
Autopsy Results Not
Available This Morning j
Results of an autopsy into
the cause of death of Fay Walter
Ferris, 56. of Medford. in -the
city jail Tuesday morning have
not yet been made available.
The police department has al
most completed its investigation
of circumstances leading to Fer
ris' death, and the Jackson coun
ty sheriffs office is also con
ducting an independent investi
gation into the death.
U. S. Air Force
Transport Missing
With Servicemen
Rescue Squadron
Joined by Vessels
London (U.R) A U.S. Air
Force transport with 59 home
ward bound American service
men aboard vanished early today
over the Atlantic Ocean between
England and the Azores.
Within hours the Air Force
threw its 9th Air Rescue squad
ron into operation and "more
than a dozen" airplanes began a
systematic search for the missing
plane, criss-crossing the east At
lantic from southern England to
the Azores.
Ships on Lookout
The rescue planes included
amphibians, KC97 flying tankers
and Birtish Shackleton bombers.
Aircraft was called in from
Prestwick, Scotland, and Orly
Field, Paris, to join the search.
At least three ships in the
area were alerted to look for
wreckage and survivors.
The plane left the U.S. air
base at Lakenheath, England,
Wednesday night for a trip to
Lagens, in the Azores. It was last
heard from 180 miles southwest
of Land's End off the southern
tip of England.
The big plane, a C118, the mil
itary version of the Douglas DC6
transport, was carrying nine
crewmen and 50 U. S. service
men based in England.
The Air Force at midnight
alerted ships at sea to watch for
the plane. The plane then was
four hours overdue. It then had
only an hour's more fuel.
Four U. S. Air Force planes
swept the Atlantic skies this
morning searching for the miss
ing aircraft but found nothing.
An Air Force spokesman said
at 7 a.m. the' plane would be
listed as "overdue" but that he
could not confirm it was down
at sea. But a wide check of pos
sible landing spots failed to turn
up any sign the aircraft had
made a forced landing.
GOP 'Truth Squad'
Raps Stevenson
Portland ;U.R) The Repub
lican "truth squad" said Adlai
Stevenson "misrepresented the
Republican record in Washing
ton by resorting to the political
trickery of half-truths and near
misses." The squad, which is composed
of three senators and a repre
sentative, issued a statement
after Stevenson's speech here
last night in which the Dem
ocratic presidential nominee
taunted President Eisenhower
about GOP "indifference" to
the needs of labor, the unem
ployed and the schoolroom short
age. The statement said Stevenson
"in at least 12 instances . . .
descended to the low road . , ."
The four member team said
Stevenson had not been told the
whole story on subjects ranging
from farm and labor legislation
to conservation and the record
of former Interior Secretary
Douglas McKay.
The squad, made up of Sen.
Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah),
Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.),
Sen. William Purtel (R-Conn.)
and Rep. Donald Jackson (R
Cal.), said the Northwest has
not been mistreated in appropri
ation of funds for power and
reclamation projects.
Suez Canal Deadlock
Remains Unbroken
United Nations, N. Y.-(U.R)
Private talks between the for
eign ministers of Britain, France
and Egypt have failed to break
the deadlock in their dispute
over the Suez Canal, authorita
tive sources said today.
The ministers again laid their
arguments before United Nations
Secretary General Dag Hammar
skjold in a secret, meeting in
Hammarskjold's offices atop the
U.N. headquarters building.
The secretary general also
scheduled private talks with
Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri
Shepilov and Yugoslav Foreign
Minister Koca Popovic.
Weather
FORECAST: Clearlnr thli vn
inf. becoming foggy or low
overcast in valley early Fri
day. Fair Friday afternoon
and evening. Chances of frost
In valleys where fog does not
form. Low tonight 34-36. High
Friday 60.
Highest Yesterday 57
Lowest this Mnrnlnr 46
To 10 a-m. Today 23
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
C:19 a.m.
Sunset -
. 5:36 p.m.
Moonset - 11:26 p.m.
First Quarter 10:44 a.m.
EVENING STARS
Saturn, sets 7:05 p m.
Mars, In the southeast 7:12 p.m.
The diameter of Saturn Is 71,
500 miles. That of Mars Is 4.140
miles, making it larger than
Mercury but smaller than the
Earth and1 Venus.
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