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Newspaper Page TextPrice Subscribers Recommended Tbibuf .D report Improper or non-dellv-r ot the Mail Tribune phone 6141 before t AS Dm dallj end 0 30 mm Sundey If regular delivery arrive short ly after you call please notify office thus eHmtnatlria special messenxer (service EDFORD A story diseuuing the pro posed off-street parkins pro gram In Medford appear on pace 1Z of today'i Mall Tribune. "9 o t- -9 United Press Full Leased Wirt United Press f 38 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1956 51st Year M Reclamation Bureau Announces Plan for 9 Construction Jobs The bureau of reclamation has announced that nine construc tion jobs on Rogue River basin projects are planned in the first ix months of 1957. In rcDorting its forecast of coming work Friday, the bureau also listed two Rogue and one Deschutes project jobs on which contractors were asked to start figuring this month. October bid calls are on con-' structing Howard Prairie dam 27 miles east of Ashland; on con Swiss Woman Dies 0 Injuries From Riots in Hong Kong Hong Kong (U.R) A Swiss woman died here last night of injuries suffered in this week's lavage anti-foreign riots, which authorities in this British China coast colony believe were or ganized by Chinese secret so' cieties. Mrs. Fritz Ernest, wife of a Swiss vice counsul, was one of 11 white fatalities in the riots. She died in a hospital of injuries luffered when a Chinese mob overturned the cab in which she and her husband were riding, drenched it with gasoline and set it afire. Increases Toll Mrs. Ernest's death increased the toll of the three-day riots to 43 known dead and 366 injured including eight policemen. Col onial authorities announced Sat urday. Police raided Lichenguk, the settlement where the- riots started four days ago, and marched 1,100 suspects off to headquarters for questioning. The authorities worked fever ishly to fingerprint and question more than 3,000 suspects round ed up so far. Despite the latest mass ar rests, riot-ridden Kowloon re turned to partial normalcy yes terday. The government lifted curfew restrictions in some sec tions of the district and per mitted ferry service to resume to Hong Kong. Although officials refused to say that troops and police have completely broken the back of the disorders, United Press Cor respondent Peter Sum roamed the streets of Kowloon with pa trols and reported that "the sit uation is very quiet." Lafayette, Calif. (U.R) Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Ore) was the principal speaker last night at a $25-per-plate Democratic party fund raising dinner at the El Nido Rancho here, sponsored by the Contra Costa county Democratic Central Committee. SATURDAY SCORES Oregon Stat 21, California, 13. Washington 20. Oregon 7. UCLA 28. Washington Stat 0. Stanford 40, San Jose Stat 20. Princc.on 34, Pennsylvania 0. Yale 33. Columbia 19. Michigan 48. Army 14. Ohio State 26. Illinois 6. Michigan State 53. Indiana ' S. Iowa 13. Wisconsin 7. Purdue 28. Notre Dam 14. Kansas Stat 10. Nebraska 7. Missouri 42, North Dakota Siat 0. Kansas 25. Iowa Stat 14. Minnesota 0, Northwestern 0. Duke 14. Southern Metho dist S. Georgia 26. North Carolina 12. South Carolina 27. Virginia 13. Florida 7. Ric 0. Tulan 21. Nayy 6. Mississippi 16. Vanderbilt 0. Baylor 14. Arkansas 7. Oklahoma 45. Texas 0. Texas Christian 23. Ala bama 6. Colgate 48. Rutgers E. Harvard 32. Cornell 7. ' Lewis and Clark 21. Willa mette 0. damson 17. Wak Forest 0. Wyoming 20. New Mexico 13. Colorado 47. Colorado A and M 7. Arixona (Tempe) Stat 41. . Idaho 0. Utah Slat 27, Montana 13. structing 10.3 miles of open ca nal, 2.3 miles of concrete flume. 7.5 miles of concrete lined canal and a half mile of 48-inch con crete siphon, along with a small diversion dam 15 miles, east of Ashland in the Howard Prairie and Soda Creek sections of the Talent project; and construc tion of 10 miles of ros? at Hay. stack reservoir near Culver in the Deschutes project. Rockfill Dam The Howard Prairie earth and rockfill dam will be 86 feet high and 990 feet long. Construction allowance is 750 days. Other projects planned for next year and the expected month of bid call are: Green Springs power plant and switchboard, including a 125.000-horsepower turbine and 16.840 kilowatt switchyard: 40 inch diameter steel penstock 9, 600 feet long; 2.6 miles of a 6 foot 1-inch concrete buried con duit, (April). Keen, Creek dam. 16 miles east of Ashland, 63 fect high, 550 fect long (April). Ashland lateral diversion dam on Emigrant creek, four miles southeast of Klamath junction (May). Cascade divide tunnel, six foot diameter, 1,550 feet long (June). Howard Prairie delivery ca nal, 8.5 miles of concrete-lined canal with siphons and road crossing (June). Bear Creek siphon on Talent lateral, 1.640 feet long (June). Lateral rehabilitation be tween Medford and Ashland, about 24 miles (June). Deschutes project office and warehouse buildings at Madras (April). Sen. Gore to Speak Al Esquire Tonight Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) will speak in behalf of Sen. Wayne Morscs reelection cam paign at 7 p.m. today at Demo cratic headquarters in the Es quire theater here. Larry Sheehan, chairman of the county Democratic party, said the meeting is open to the public. Senator Gore is expected to arrive in Medford from Klam ath Falls by automobile between 4 and 5 p.m. today. He will re main overnight at the Medford hotel and leave about 6:15 a.m. Monday for Eugene. He is a member of the public works committee, which han dles flood control, rivers and harbors, public roads, building and grounds legislation, and is a member of the Joint commit tee on atomic energy, and the senate committee on rules and administration. He was elected to the senate in 1952 after serving in the house since 1938, when he was elected as representative from Tennessee's fourth district. Body of Charles Kelley Recovered from Lake Klamath Falls (U.R) Klam ath County Sheriff Murray Brit ton said Saturday that the body of Charles C. Kelley, 72-year-oldl retired civil engineer, had been recovered from the waters of the Lake of the Woods, 35 miles west of here. Kelley had been missing since Oct. 5 when he went fishing on the lake. The body was recover ed by Marion Lewis, a skindiver who is a student at Oregon Tech nical institute. Morse, McKay Accept Sen. Wayne Morse, who is seeking reelection, and his op ponent, Douglas McKay, Repub lican candidate for senator, have accepted invitations to at tend a nonpartisan Candidates Fair Oct. 27 at the McLoughlin Junior High school boys gymna sium, according to Mrs. Irving Thomas, chairman of the' Fair. The Fair is being sponsored by the Medford league of Wom en Voters and the Republican and Democratic parties. It is the first of its kind in this area, Mrs. Thomas said. The primary purpose of the program, she said, is to enable voters to become acquainted with candidates for local, state and national offices. The Fair also will enable voters to be come more informed on state and local ballot issues. Mrs. Thomas said that be sides McKay and other Repub WENDELL H. FORD Visit Scheduled National Jaycee President to Visit In Central Point Wendell H. Ford, 31, presi dent of the United States Jun ior Chhamber of Commerce, will be special guest at a banquet starting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16. at Crater High school in Central Point. About 200 Jaycees from dis trict 6 in Orc'on are expected to attend the banquet which is being sponsored by the Central Point Junior Chamber of Com merce. District 6 comprises the area generally south of Suther lin and east to include Klamath Falls. Insurance Man Ford, an insurance man from Owensboro, Ky., was elected national Jaycee president in Kansas City in 1956. He has been active in Jaycee work for the past 10 years, holding almost ev ery office in local, state and na tional levels. In 1954 he was selected as the outstanding young man of his community and in 1955 as one of three outstanding young men of Kentucky. Before coming to Central Point, Ford will tour the state of Washington and the north ern part of Oregon. He is expect ed to arrive here late in the aft ernoon, Oct. 16, after he stops at Redmond and Bend. He will leave from Medford the next morning and take a plane to the national Junior Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Tul sa, Okla. Embassy Clerk is Charged with Spying Washington !U.P.) The United States bowed Saturday to Communist demands for the ouster of an American Embassy clerk who was charged with spying in Czechoslovakia. But the State Department branded the spy charges "en tirely false." It said the girl was just "the unfortunate victim of the attentions of a Czechoslovak citizen." The girl, Vera M. Osso of Yorkville, O.. was charged by the Communists with using "false personal documents" and with espionage. They said she was caught with the personal papers of a Czech woman at a hotel in the Tatra Mountains on Oct. 10. Sports Bulletin Southern Oregon college won the first gam in Oregon Collegiate conference play last night by stopping Port land Stat college. 13-6, after scoring both touchdowns in the second quarter. Neither team scored in the second half. licans who have definitely ac cepted invitations to the Fair in clude Harris Ellsworth, candi date seeking reelection as rep resentative in congress from the fourth district; Governor Elmo Smith, w.io is seeking reelec tion; Mark Hatfield, candidate for secretary of state: and Sig Unander, candidate for state treasurer. In addition to Senator Morse, other Democratic candidates will be Charles Porter, candi date for representative in con gress from the fourth district: Robert Holmes, candidate for governor; Monroe Sweetland. candidate for secretary of state: and" Robert Y. Thornton, candi date for attorney general. , Mrs. Thomas pointed out that there will be no speeches by candidates, but the public has been invited to meet and ques tion candidates who will attend. President Receives Birthday Greetings From Across Nation 66th Anniversary Observed Yesterday Washington, (U.R) A sur prised and "deeply touched President Eisenhower Saturday received birthday greetings from across the nation, a piece of a birthday cake and pledges from millions of Americans that they will vote this November. The president, sitting with his family in a room in the White House, watched a half-hour tele vision show that included birth day flashbacks to his youth in Texas and Kansas. The chief executive is 66 to day. But yesterday was officially "Ike Day" and Republicans did it with parades, rallies, speech es, cards and cakes from coast to coast. Television Show The well-wishing was climax ed by the nationwide television show which featured a big cast of entertainment stars and ended with the singing of "Happy Birthday to You." Mr. Eisenhower planned to spend his actual birthday quiet ly with his family. His only scheduled trip outside the White House today will be to attend church services. The gayety of the occasion contrasted sharply with Mr. Ei senhower's last birthday, which came while he was lying in a hospital bed at Denver, Colo., re covering from his heart attack. Soon after he arrived at his office yesterday morning, Mr. Eisenhower was surrounded by members of his staff who joined in a rousing "Happy Birthday" and presented to him a plastic desk ornament encasing a pic 'ure of Abraham Lincoln, one of his heroes. Clashes Continue On Base Extension Tokyo (U.R) More than 5,000 police and demonstrators clashed Saturday in the second day of fighting over extension of the American air base near here. Hundreds were reported injured. Some 2.000 police and 3,500 demonstrators took part in the battle. Police said 53 of .their number were injured. The pick ets, chiefly unionists and left wing students, said 718 demon strators were injured. More than 260 police and pick ets were hurt in Friday's fight at the farming village of Sunak awa on the outskirts of Tokyo. The demonstrators object to giv ing up farm land needed to ex tend runways at the Tachikawa air base. They had prevented a govern-' ment team from surveying the land for eight days before the government ordered police in to protect the survey party. Buffe Faffs Couple Tie Ribbon on Deer Butte Falls Patricia and Daniel Wagner, who live on th Butt Falls highway, have tied a red ribbon around the neck of their lamed deer to show hunters it is not "just another deer." The two hav expressed concern over the number of deer hunters who har ben passing their home. When cars com to sudden stops, they run out and shout, "Don't shootl It's our pet!" The anxious youngsters hope the red ribbon may assist their pet in surviving the deer hunting season, which nds Oct. 21. Invitations About 30 candidates have in dicated they will be at booths or tables decorated by the two political parties, Mrs. Thomas said. All local candidates have indicated they plan to attend. Mrs. Thomas said that in addi tion to candidates, Medford city officials also plan to be avail able at tables, where maps and charts concerning proposed pro posed projects will be available. City Manager Robert Duff and Mayor Earl Miller said they will aid in answering questions Med ford residents may have re garding the capital improve ment program which will be submitted to Medford voters at the general election Nov. 6. John H. Pletsch, president of the Jackson County planning commission said the commission has accepted the league's invi tation to be present as a group, Mrs. Thomas said. Pletsch said Attempt to Gain U jpport For Internationalization Vetoed Search Continues For Trace of 59 Missing Americans Thickening Weather Hinders Aircraft London (U.R) U. S. and British planes fought thicken ing weather over the Atlantic Saturday, seeking traces of 59 American servicemen missing since Wednesday, but there ap peared to be little chance that any would be found alive. Hope flickered briefly early yesterday when one plane re ported sighting what appeared to be two life rafts from the Air Force transport that was carry ing the missing sailors and air men home from Europe. First reports said there was a man on one of the rafts. A recheck found "no sign of life on either raft." Later re ports indicated one of the "rafts" actually may have been a dead whale. Report Wreckage A report that the wreckage of the missing C118 (military ver sion of the DC6 airliner) had been sighted about 100 miles northwest of La Coruna, Spain, could not be confirmed immed iately. Another search plane sighted an orange-colored barrel, which might be a liferaft water keg from the missing plane. Various other bits of debris had been sighted by the "fine comb" search that began a few hours after the big plane van ished, but none had been posi tively linked with the CI 18. Whale's Carcass Ships as well as planes were sweeping the area where the rafts were reported. One ship found a whale's carcass floating at approximately the position re ported for one of the rafts. "A search plane made a low level pass over both rafts short ly after noon and confirmed that there were no persons aboard . . . " an earlier Air Force an nouncement said. "Five other objects have been sighted, of which only one, a mail bag, has been identified. One of the other objects is yel low, a color often used on Air Force gear because of its high visibility." Vacant House Burns On Old Stage Road Two pumpers were dispatched to a vacant house at 1257 South j Stage rd., Medford, about 7:30 p.m. yesterday when' neighbors reported a blaze there, accord ing to the Medford fire depart ment. The first floor of the two-story residence was completely involv ed in flames when firemen ar rived, they reported. The second floor was unharmed by the fire, fireme.. said, though the down stairs was damaged considera bly. The house is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Patterson, Talent, firemen said. Cause of the fire is unknown, they said. West Orange, N. J. U.R Gov. Goodwin J. Knight of Cali fornia said last night President Eisenhower was "the greatest friend of man" in the history of the United States. to Candidates Fair that although the commission is in the organizing period, board members felt that the Fair would provide an opportunity to dis cuss various problems with the general public, she added. The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce also will partici pate in the Fair by having a dis play and information regarding various services, Mrs. Thomas said. Other groups participating include the Medford chapter of the United Nations organization, United Medford Crusade, the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Jaycettes, AAUW, the elections department of the county, the BPW and the Med ford Garden club. One booth manned by the league of Women Voters will be a voters' IQ test, which will consist of a mimeographed test prepared by Mrs. Justin Smith with questions on candidates "I Said, 'Say Hello to p " President's Portland Visit to Include Two Talking Engagements Portland (U.R) The sched ule for the visit of President Eisenhower to Oregon under went another change Saturday as GOP officials listed a second speaking engagement for the President. The visit to Portland by Mr Eisenhower now calls for a ma jor radio and television address from the public auditorium on Thursday night with a 2:50 p.m. address before Republican party workers that afternoon. Remain in Portland The President will remain in Portland overnight, then fly to Denver Friday morning where he will make a brief airport ap pearance. Robert T. Mautz, GOP Nation al committeeman, said the after noon address by Mr. Eisenhower would be held at the public au ditorium and admission by ticket only. All seats not filled by tick et holders at 2:30 p.m. will be opened to the general public. Earlier the originally sched uled four-hour stay in Portland by Mr. Eisenhower had been ex tended to an overnight stay as part of the added campaigning by the President which called for speeches in Denver and Mad ison Square garden in New York City. Scheduled to Arriv Mr. Eisenhower is scheduled to arrive aboard the Columbine at the Portland International air port at 2:05 p.m Thursday after noon. He will deliver a few brief Absentee Ballots Are Mailed to Applicants Absentee ballots were mailed Friday and Saturday to 637 ap plicants in Jackson county vot ing precincts 1 through 72, elec tions department officials re ported. An estimated 363 additional absentee ballots will be mailed before the Oct. 26 deadline, of ficials said. Applications will be accepted up to the mailing dead line. and ballot measures, Mrs. Thom as said. The tests will be taken for fun, Mrs. Smith said, and if potential voters do not score 100 per cent, they are invited to discuss questions on which they need more information with members of the league and others at booths. Voters information sheets, published by the Oregon League of Women Voters, will be avail able at the Fair, Mrs. Thomas said. A special gift will be award ed by the Medford Mail Trib une to the political party with the largest representation at the Fair. Mrs. Thomas said the gift will be of use to either party dur ing their meetings, A similar award is made in Eugene by the Eugene Register-Guard at the Candidates Fair held there by the League of Women Voters. the Gentleman' " remarks at the airport, Oregon GOP leaders said, then travel by motorcade in a parade through the business section of downtown Portland. Mautz said plans have been made to handle a crowd of 10, 000 at the airport when the Pres ident arrives. An overflow crowd is expected at the audit orium where the President will address a national television au dience and radio audience. Children, Parents Burn to Death Toronto, Ont. (u.R) Four children and their parents were trapped and burned to death early Saturday when flames en gulfed their home. Escape routes were sealed off by the fire, which burned so fiercly that firemen who rushed to the scene had to call for addi tional equipment. Police identified the victims as Leonard Burt, 45, his wife, Catherine, 44-v and their chil dren, Mary Arm. .11, Michael, 9, Margaret, 7, and David, 5. The positions of the bodies of Mrs. Burt and one of her daugh ters indicate they had tried to flee the flames. They were found at the foot of the stairs between the first and second floor. The other members of the family apparently died in their bedrooms, police said. Panama Canal Firm To Open Files Monday Washington (U.R) The government-owned Panama Canal Co. announced Saturday it will open its files Monday to show what congressmen have taken free Caribbean cruises on its lux ury liners. It was a major break in the long campaign of newsmen to get the facts and figures on con gressional junkets financed by taxpayers. The lawmakers them selves have kept the subject clothed in secrecy. The canal company's decision was announced by its board chairman, George H. Roderick. He said in a statement that the facts will be given to newsmen in New York Monday. 1 J. Bracken Lee Says He'll Seek Reelection Salt Lake City (U.R) Gov. J. Bracken Lee announced last night he will continue his fight for an unprecedented third term as Governor of Utah as an In dependent candidate. Lee was defeated in the Re publican primary by George D. Clyde. He jumped back into the campaign with a televised and broadcast announcement that he was accepting a draft to run against Clyde and Democratic candidate L. C. Romney on. a Citizens for Lee" ticket. Six Principles for Negotiation Agreed Upon by Ministers Yugoslavia Joins Russia in Opposition United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) Russia last night vetoed an at tempt by Britain and France to gain United Nations support of plans to internationalize the Suez canal and for the Western backed Users association. The council approved part of an Anglo-French resolution en dorsing six principles for nego tiation agreed upon Friday by the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Egypt. Joins Russia Yugoslavia joined Russia in opposing the attempt to win ap proval for the nationalization plans of the west. The other seven-council members, including the United States, voted with.; Britain and France. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles expressed regret that the council '"was not able to agree on more than the princi ples" on which to base future negotiations for a settlement of the Suez question. "I think it is understood," Dulles said, "that the council re mains seized of this matter and that the secretary-general may continue to encourage Inter changes between the United Kingdom,' France and Egypt a procedure which already has yielded positive results." Dulles referred to the six se cret sessions with Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in which British Foreign Secretary Eelwyn Lloyd. French Foreigs Minister Christian Pineau and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mah moud Fawzi eventually reached agreement on the principles. Lloyd led the fight for ap proval of internationalization after Pineau's last-minute ac quiescence opened the way for agreemnet on the negotiating principles. Principles Agreed On The principles agreed on in cluded the main point urged by the United States: that the canal must be "insulated" from be coming an "instrument of na tional policy" for any govern ment. Egypt objected to the wording of this principle in the resolution but Russia voted for it. What fell before Russia's veto was an Anglo-French attempt to get the council's approval for the 18-power London conference proposals for international own ership and control of the canal. a reference to Egyptian failure to formulate its own precise pro posals to counter the London plans and recognition of the Users' .association as legally qualified to receive the canal tolls from ships belonging to its members, and as an organiza tion with which Egypt should cooperate. Atomic Experts Jour First Power Plant Pittsburgh U.R) Atomic experts from 81 nations, includ ing more than a score from Iron Curtain countries, toured America's first commercial atomic power plant Saturday. The 180 delegates to the United Nations conference on In ternational atomic energy were shown the installation at Ship- pingport. Pa., at the invitation of the U. S. government. Weather FORECAST: Fair today except .fitr morning foe and low cloudiness, Increasing cloudi nfii late today with showers during the nirht. Htrh today 47. Low tonight 42. High Mon day 45. Temp. Hichevt Yeiterday 42 Lowest Yesterday . .,,, .... 43 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . . :2J a.ra. 5:31 p.m. Sunset jgL. Moonset Monday . 2:22 a.m. At midnight Mars will be in the south n est and the Pleiades wtll be high In the eastern sky. Mars, moing eastward among the tars, will reach the neighbor xrod of the Pleiades next Much.