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AtJGRY PRESIDENT
REJECTS RUSSIAN
PLEA ON H-BOMB
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower's angry rejec
tion of Russia's latest plea to
halt H-bomb tests added new
fuel today to an already heated
campaign debate over the super
weapon. Democrats, led by Adlai E.
Stevenson, charged that Mr. Eis
enhower acted too hastily and
without "sober consideration" in
dismissing Soviet Premier Nik
olai A. Bulganin's renewed ap
peal that the two nations ban
future H-bomb tests.
Stevenson himself has called.
for such a ban and has made
Mr. Eisenhower's opposition to
It a major issue in the presiden
tial campaign.
The President Sunday bluntly
and angrily accused Bulganin of
"interference" in U. S. domest
ic affairs and of seeming "to
Impugn my own sincerity."
Uim Sharp Words
He did so in answering Bul
ganin's letter of last Friday
which, in effect, endorsed Stev
enson's position. Bulganin hod
noted in his letter that "certain
prominent figures in the United
States" were also calling for a
halt to H-bomb tests.
Mr. Eisenhower, in unusually
sharp words aimed at the head
of another state, told Bulganin:
"... The sending of your
note in the midst of a national
election campaign . . . express
ing your support of the opinions
of 'certain prominent public fig
ures in the United States," con
stitutes an interference by a for
eign nation in our internal af
fairs." The President said that if sim
ilar "interference" were "in
dulged in by an ambassador" it
"would lead to his being declar
ed persona non grata (not ac
ceptable) in accordance with
long-established custom."
Hits Attack on Dulles
He also told Bulganin that a
statement in the Soviet premier's
letter about Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles was "n o t
only unwarranted, but is person
ally offensive to me." Bulganin
had accused Dulles of "obvious
distortion" of Russian policy.
The President also took Bul
ganin to task for releasing the
Russian letter in Moscow with
out first notifying the United
States and before it could be
translated and delivered to him.
He said this "departs from ac
cepted international practice in
a number of respects."
After these sharp words. Mr.
Medford High Band
Invited to Game
For the sixth consecutive
ear, the Medford High school
band has been invited to attend
the annual Shrine East-West
football game, it was reported
last week.
The band, one of the out
standing high school
musical organizations on the
west coast, has marched at rlf
time at the game for the past
five years. This year the game
will be Saturday, Dec. 29. in
Kezar stadium in San Francisco.
As in the past, funds to per
mit the band to make the trip
will be raised in the community,
as no budgeted school funds
are available for this purpose.
Glenn Linn, of the Jackson
County Shrine club, said that
group is sponsoring the effort,
which will be handled thrnuch
a citizens committee headed by
Sam Colton.
The invitation was received
from the Shrine East-West game
committee.
Portland (U.R) Some 23,
000 members of the Catholic
faith gathered here Sunday for
the climax of the five-week Fam
URosary crusade.
Eisenhower then said he was not
instructing the State Depart
ment to reject Bulganin's letter
as sometimes is done in such in
stances. "This is not because I am tol
erant of these departures from
accepted international practice
but because I still entertain
hope that direct communications
between us may serve the cause
of peace," the President said.
Anti-Western
Parliament Picked
By Jordan Voters
Amman, Jordan U.R) Voters
picked an anti-Western Parlia
ment which threatended to push
this long-time pro-British king
dom into the neural Arab bloc
led by Egypt, substantial elec
tions returns showed today.
Political' leanings of candi
dates elected to. tins' tiny Has
hemite nation's 4u-3 at House of
Representatives indicated Sun
day the new government will
demarld scrapping or drastic re
vision of its treaty with Britain.
Resignation Expected
At least 23 of the first 34
members elected a parliament
ary majority were considered
anti-Western although the true
colors of all the candidates will
not be known until Parliament
meets to form a new govern
ment. Carela"ker Prime Minister
Ibrahim Hashcn was expected
to resign today or Tuesday. He
probably will be asked to con
tinue in office until a successor
is named.
The Communists and ' other
leftists made the biggest gains.
In the last government both the
left and the right were allied
in their anti-Western feeling.
The independents ruled with the
moderate Constitionalist Party.
Ashland Boy Hurt
In Train, Car Crash
Donald Lee Phillips, 17, of 384
Helman St., Ashland, received
lacerations but no apparent seri
ous injuries when the car he was
driving collided with a Southern
Pacific engine and caboose at
7:30 a.m. today.
The accident occurred at the
Southern Pacific crossing on
Culver rd., near Talent, about
three blocks west of Highway
99.
According to state police. Phil
lips was alone in the car and
was traveling east on Culver rd.
The engine and caboose were
traveling north at an estimated
speed of 35 miles per hour when
the collision occurred. Phillips
was thrown from the vehicle
and the train dragged the car
for 365 feet before it was able
to stop.
The engineer, Floyd A. Bew
ley, 149 Elm St., Ashland, told
officers the train whistle was in
operation as the engine ap
proached the intersection. There
is a sign but no light at the
crossing.
Phillips was taken to Rogue
Valley hospital by Medford Am
bulance Service.
Slash Burning Allowed;
Permits Still Required
Southwest district officials of
the state department of forestry
are allowing the burning of slash
by all logging operators who
wish to do so, forestry' patromen
reported this morning.
However, permits are still re
quired for burning.
Much slash disposal is now
underway, patrolmen said. Rains
last week and over the week
end eliminated much of the dry
ness which had made slash fires
dangerous in the forests.
ditoria
Bulk Gas Tanks
At Cottage Grove
Explode; 15 Hurt
Cottage Grove, Ore. (U.R)
Bulk gar storage tanks of the
Cottage Grove Gas company ex
ploded and burned today, send
ing at least 15 persons to the
hospital with first, second and
f'lird degree burns.
The injured included Fire
Chief Ernest Shipley and Police
Chief Ed Jones. Nolle was re
ported in critical condition but
blood and plasma were being
flown from Portland to the local
hospital.
Eyewitnesses indicated there
were two explosions.
500 Homes Without Gas
Several other persons were
reported burned but were not
hospitalized. Some 500 homes
were without gas.
Paul Radke, manager of the
company, estimated damage at
$75,000. ,.
Others among the Injured in
cluded Firemen Harold Dean,
Wilbur Dodge, John McKay,
Wayne McCall and Lynn Wil
son: Patrolman Ben Jones, a
brother of the police chief; Mrs.
Ethan Causton. a nurse and her
twin children, Billy and Idah;
Paul Slock, a wrecker operator,
and F. J. Miracal. Several others
whose names were not im
mediately available were suffer
ing shock.
Homes Said Damaged
The plant was located in the
northern end of town. Numerous
homes were reported damaged
and that of Mrs. Causton was
destroyed. Mrs. Causton and her
children were in the house at
the time.
Fire of unknown origin was
reported to have caused the first
blast. Firemen and police rushed
to the scene and the second blast
then occurred, knocking a hole
in the roof of the Cottage Grove
Lumber company, 150 yards
away.
Fire departments from Eu
gene, Springfield and Creswell
helped combat the flames. .
United Fund Drive
Now at 62 of Goal
The United Medford Crusade
now stands at 62 per cent of its
$117,000 goal, it was reported
at noon today.
At the weekly report lunch
eon at the Elks club the total
collected or pledged stood at
572,994.04. The amount collect
ed during the week totaled S18,
120.64, the best weekly total re
ported so far in the campaign.
Highlight of the luncheon
meeting "was the report of the
professional division, headed by
Dr. Merle Foland, which has col
lected 101 per cent of its goal
of 58,300. A total of S8.385 was
collected. It is the first. division
of the UMC to make its goal this
year.
One more report luncheon is
scheduled next Monday. After
that, division heads will meet
regularly to keep tabs on the
campaign, which will continue
until the goal is met.
Highway Accidents
Kill Four in State
By UNITED PRESS
Four persons died in Oregon
week end highway accidents.
Arthur Grayson Albin, 4$ a
member of the physics depart
ment at Oregon State college,
died Saturday after he was struck
by a car driven by Duane L.
Noon. 20. Corvallis.
Chester Stearns, 23, Kelso,
Wash., was killed instantly near
Scappoose Sunday when his car
struck another while trying to
pass and cfashed into a tree.
Harold William Johnson, 34,
Portland, was kijled Sunday
when his car struck a traffic con
trol light pole east of Portland.
Riley William Sanders Jr., 19,
was killed early Saturday when
a car plunged off the Lebanon
Corvallis highway near Albany.
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High School Student
Council Officials
Session Under Way
About 28 schools from five
counties will be represented at
the regional conference of the
Oregon Association of Student
Councils at Medford Senior High
school today and Tuesday.
Theme for the conference is
"Better Students Make Better
Citizens."
Counties represented at the
conference are Douglas, Curry,
Coos, Josephine, Klamath and
Jackson. About 150 students and
advisers have registered for the
conference.
Panel Discussions
Monday will be divided into
five panel discusions beginning
at 1 p.m. Discussion on scholar
ship will be conducted by Rich
ard Seideman, Klamath Falls
High school: school spirit, Karen
Johnson. Crater High school;
sportsmanship, John Sweet, Ban
don High school; leadership, Car1
ol Gwyn, Sutherlin High school;
and citizenship, Janet Lewis,
Roseburg High school.
A banquet will be held at 6:30
p.m. today in the high school
cafeteria. Following the banquet,
Wesley Tucker, Reedsport High
school, will give a report on the
national convention.
Mayfield to Speak
Leonard B. Mayfield. superin
tendent of Medford schools, will
be speaker from 10:30 to 10:50
a.m. Tuesday. The conference
will adjourn at noon.
Regional student officers in
clude Bruce West, Medford, pres
ident; Myrna Towse. Rogue
River, vice president; Fran Ral
ston, Grants Pass, secretary;
Sharon Jenkins, Drain, treas
urer; William V. Crook. Gold
Beach and Ron Harrison, Crater,
delegates-at-large.
The faculty advisory commit
tee includes Dales Skewis, Drain,
chairman; Orville Bailey, Reeds
port; Alvin Mullikin, Bandon;
and Willard Bear, Salem.
Deadline for Mailing
Absentee Ballots Near
The deadline for mailing ab
sentee ballots for the Nov. 6
general election is this Friday,
Oct. 26, Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins,
county clerk, reminded voters
today.
Absentee ballots must be re
ceived in the county clerk's of
fice not later than Wednesday,
Oct. 31.
Deadline is the same for vot
ers who will be out of their vot
ing precinct election day and
must vote beforehand in the
courthouse, Mrs. Hopkins added.
The Oct. 26 deadline is neces
sary because the elections de
partment officials will start
packing the precinct pouches for
the general election immediate
Iy after that date.
County Judge to Attend
Session of Instruction
County Judge Rodney Keating
will attend a session of instruc
tion for board of equalization
members to be held tomorrow in
Salem under the auspices of the
state tax commission.
County Commissioner Chest
er N. Wendt will attend a meet
ing of the tax committee associ
ation of Oregon counties Tues
day in Lakeview.
Heidelberg. Germany (U.R)
The U. S. Army says that mem
bers of its military mission in
East Germany have been re
stricted from "areas along the
Polish border." .
New York (U.R) "Mrs.
America will visit Russia during
her prize trip to Europe this
year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1956
"Yeah, Those Mushroomi-In-The-Sky
Are So Much Nicer"
Nixon, State Political
Aspirants Due Here
Medford becomes the political candidate for congress, will be
"capital of Oregon" this week,
as virtually all important state
candidates, and the vice presi
dent of the United States, plan
visits at one time or another in
the next five days.
The "Dick 'Nixon special"
chartered airplane will bring
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on and his wife and staff to Med
ford Friday, where he will spend
much of the day, climaxed by a
speech at a Republican rally at
the Hedrick Junior High school
in the evening.
McKay Due
Douglas McKay, former gov
ernor and secretary of the in
terior now the GOP candidate
for the senate, will be among
state political figures who will
be here for that event. He and
Mrs. McKay plan to arrive here
from Portland the same day.
Details of the plans for Nix
on's reception will be announced
during the week by the Jackson
County Republican Central com
mittee. A member of Nixon's
staff was here Friday making ad
vance arrangements.
Saturday evening, the "Can
didates' Fair," sponsored by the
Medford League of Women
Voters, to be held at McLaughlin
Junior High school, will be at
tended by virtually all local and
most state candidates, including
McKay and his Democratic op
ponent, incumber Sen. Wayne
L. Morse, opposing candidates
for congress from this district,
for governor, and for lesser of
fices. Some Due Friday
Many of them will be in Med
ford through Friday and Satur
day. Charles O. Porter, Democratic
Man Loses Bet To
Drink Bottle of Brandy
Toronto iU.R) Police report
ed today that Joseph Sysel, 32.
bet a friend Sunday he could
drink a 26-ounce bottle of bran
dy without stopping. There was
an inch and a half left in the
bottle when Sysel dropped dead.
Salem (U.R) County Board
of Equalization members from
throughout Oregon will meet
here tomorrow for a training
session to review laws under
which they operate.
are a few youths who benefit
from United Medford Crusade.
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here Wednesday and Thursday,
and he and Mark Hatfield, Re
publican candidate for secretary
of state, will share the platform
at a Wednesday morning assem
bly at Southern Oregon college.
Details of the scheduled ap
pearances of the candidates will
be reported in the Mail Tribune
when they are announced.
Honduras Regime
Overthrow Succeeds
Tegucigalpa, Honduras (U.R)
Three Honduran military offi
cers overthrew supreme chief
of state Julio Lozano Diaz in
the first bloodless coup in the
nation's history Sunday.
An official announcement list
ed the military triumvirate as
Gen. Roque J. Rodriquez, direc
tor of the military academy;
Col. Hector Carraccioli, ' com
mander of the air force and Maj.
Roberto Galvez, minister of de
velopment. No further details were av
ailable here immediately.
The radio, "the voice of Hon
duras." in a broadcast heard in
San Salvador said the Junta
forced Lozano to resign by
threatening to bomb the presi
dential palace from the air if
he did not comply.
Power Firm to Seed Clouds
For 6th Straight Season
Cloud-seeding to increase the
snowpack in mountain water
sheds will be done for the sixth
consecutive season this winter
for the California Oregon Power
company.
Copco started the cloud-seeding
as an experiment in 1952,
and while results of the seed
ing have not been reported to
be conclusive one way or an
other, it has continued the pro
gram each year since.
As Tn past years, the work
itself will be done for Copco by
North American Weather Con
sultants, by the use of ground
generators which send silver
iodide crystals into the sky. The
theory is that they provide
nuclei for the formation of snow
flakes, and incieas precipita
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Former Domiciliary
Resident's Body
Found in Alleyway
The body of a former Camp
White domiciliary resident, Carl
Everett Weimer, 47, was found
in a tool shelter at the end of a
"walk-way" behind the Robin
son building, between Front st.
and Central ave., at 3 p.m. Sun
day. The body, discovered by two
young boys, was in a sitting po
sition, partially concealed by
some 2x4 lumber and a door,
according to District Attorney
Walter D. Nunley.
Bruise Over Heart
A bruise over the victim's
heart, as well as circumstances
under which the body was
found, suggested the possibility
of foul play, Nunley said. He
emphasized, however, there is
no conclusive evidence that Wei-
mer's death was criminally
caused.
City police, who were first
summoned, notified Nunley, and
state police were also called in.
Nunley ordered a city police "se
curity guard" while officers
conducted a three-hour investi
gation at the scene. The body
was removed to Conger-Morris
funeral home, where an autopsy
was to be performed this after
noon by Dr. Helen Beeman,
Portland pathologist.
Victim Identified
The victim was identified by
contents of his billfold, Nunley
said. The billfold also contained
about $1.50 and a newspaper
obituary notice of his wife's
death.
In charge of the investigation
are Detective Sgt. Lyle Perkins
of the city police and Sgt. Rus
sell Brendle of the state police.
Officers worked on the case all
afternoon and Sunday evening
and resumed the investigation
early this morning.
Officials at the Camp White
veterans domiciliary said Wei
mer was discharged from there
about 30 days ago. ,.
Weather
FORECAST: Increasing cloudi
nru with occasional ihow
ers tonight and Tuesday
how tonight 38. High Fri
day bU..
Temp.
58
33
Prec.
.18
Highest Yesterday
Lowest this Morning
To 4:30 a.m. Today
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .
6:33 a.m.
Sunset .
, 5:19 p.m.
. 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 2
Moonrlse
Last Quarter....
SHOOTING STARS.
moving
swiftlv and forming faint nar
row streaks in the sky. may be
teen. They are or Orlonid
meteor shower.
PROMINENT STAR
Aldeharan. near the Moon,
(all times Pacific Standard)
tion, adding to the watershed
snowpack on which Copco de
pends for use at its hydroelec
tric generating plants.
The required "notice of in
tention" advertisement appears
in today's issue of the Mail Tri
bune. Such'notice is required by
state law.
The area bounded by the gen
erators, and which is expected to
be affected, is bounded on the
east by a line north from Lake
of the Woods along the Cascade
divide to Windigo Gap, west to
a point north of Toketee Falls
power plant in Douglas county,
south to the Lake Creek-Fish
lake road, and east to Lake of
the Woods.
The seeding season starts Nov.
15 and will continue to about
April 30.
Eisenhower Said
To Have No Right
For Interference
Warsaw (U.R) An of
ficial source disclosed today
that Gen. Franciszek Andir
jewski, Russian army officer
in command of the Warsaw
district, disappeared from his
post during the night, and that
"two or three" Soviet Navy
cruisers had appeared off the.
Polish seaport of Gdansk
Danzig.
Warsaw (U.P) The official
Communist party newspaper
Trybuna Ludu reaffirmed Po
land's close ties to Russia today
and said it would be "naive" to
think the nation's "new free
dom" would swing its policies
toward the West.
No Right To Interfere
The newspapertold President
Eisenhower the new freedom did
not give the United States the
right to interfere in Poland's in
ternal affairs and warned West
German Chancellor Konrad Ad
enauer not to "meddle in the
development of our freedom."
. The editorial was printed only
hours after Poland's defiance
of the Kremlin in purging De
fense Minister Konstantin Ro
kossovssky from the all-powerful
Communist Politburo
touched off a nation-wide wave
of celebrations.
The same newspaper Sunday
told Russia that anti-Soviet ele
ments "were and still are now"
in Poland.
Poles Not in Campaign
"President Eisenhower made
a declaration of which the sense
is that he would 'help in the
fight which the Poles are mak
ing'," Trybunu Ludu said today.
"We understand very well the
American situation before the
elections but we must empha
size that Poles do not vote in the
American election and therefore
Poles do not need to be includ
ed in the American electoral
campaign.
"We must also say that the
post of the chief executive of a
great state does not give to
President Eisenhower the right
to interfere in the internal af
fairs of smaller countries ..."
It was the first mention in '
this country of Mr. Eisenhower's
remarks in Denver, Colo., Satur
day that "all friends of the Pol
ish people recognize and sympa
thize with their traditional
yearning for liberty and inde
pendence." Making Great Mistake
Trybunu Ludu said, "If any
body naive thinks that the
changes in Poland are a sign of
a new orientation in our foreign
policy, then he is making a great
mistake. The basis of our poli
cies was and is friendship with
the Soviet Union."
However, most observers said
the events of Sunday night in
which the one-time Soviet army
hero Rokossovsky was ousted
from the Politburo indicated a
sharp swing away from Soviet
influence in Poland's internal
politics.
Heart Attack Fatal
To Medford Hunter
James Min Wong, 36, of 907
West 11th st., Medford, died ap
parently of a heart attack while
hunting Sunday afternoon near
Highway 66, about a half-mile
west of the Lincoln guard sta
tion. State police reported Wong
had been hunting with his wife
and daughter, and suffered the
heart attack about 2r30 p.m.
Wong was reported to have had
a weak heart as the result of
undulant fever.
Conger-Morris Funeral home
is in charge of arrangements.
Radio-TV Highlights
President Eisenhower will
be heard over station KBES
TV at 9:30 tonight. Thomas
Dewey will speak over station
KYJC (1230 kc) at 8:30 p.m.
and Adlai Stevenson will be
heard over the same station
t 10 pn. te