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O MId) Ml JV n o uuvu U.S. Supports Demand To Clear Egypt of Troops United Nations. N.Y. 'U Pi Britain assured lh General As sembly today that it will withdraw its forces from Egypt as soon as the U.N. Emergency Fore is able "effectively and competent ly" to take ovec in the Sues Canal tone. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd made this pledge to the 79-nation assembly in the face of U.S. support for a demand by 21 rations of the AfrAian bloc Israel to get out of Egypt at once. United Nations, N.Y. !.K The J.'nited States, over British and French opposition., tody supported a demand by 21 na tions of the Afro-Asian. bloc call ing for all foreign forces, to" get out of Egypt at once. With British and French lead' ers expressing rcluetance to quit ine U.N. Emergency Force has completely taken over, the as sembly headed into a new word atorm with the possibility o'f a lengthy debate delaying a vote until Saturday. At the same time, an odd poli tical pairing, in view of recent debates here.s brought the Unit ed States and India together as co-sponsors of a resolution em powering Secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold to press his nego tiations for full employment of the U.N. Emergency Force in the Middle East and to proceed with, the work of clearing the Suez Canal. Britain. France Object The United States will vote for the Afro-Asian "get out now" resolution directed against the Anglo-French and Israeli forces, but will not appear as a sponsor. Britain and France were sure to oppose the measure. Britain's acting Prime Minister R. A. But ler opposed withdrawal of any forces until the U.N. police force had taken over completely in the battle area. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, informed British quarters said, was prewired to hold out against withdrawal lintir full freedom of n-igatin through t Siite Canal for all countries had beea, guaranteed, as, was specified in the assembly's orig inal case fire, and withdrawal resolution. G-The United Stales was not re. , treating i its insjstance that its Western allies quit Egy.pt imme diately. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. consulted, with President Eisenhower in Wash ington, but their1 talk brought no new development in Ameri can policy. Rather, it confirmed the .stand taken by the United States here since the outbreak of hostilities inEgypt. Canada, Colombia, Sorway and Yugoslavia joined the Unit ed States and Ijjdia in sponsor ing the "enabling act" f or Halh marskjold to get tle police force fully to woA 'and to proceed nth multi-milMon dollar task of clearing the blocked Suez Canal. Hammarskjold, in two reports the assemble, requested broad powers for these purposes and dischwd that bP was negotiating with Danish ami Qutch f irWfor the salvage operation. Hslmes Appoints- . Administrative Aide ' Astoria (U.P.! Gov. Elect Rob ert Holmes of Gearhart an nounced here today that he has appointed Harry R. Swanson Jr., of Astoria to be his administra tive assistant in the governor's office at Salem. Swanson, who is 45 years old and a native of Omaha. Neb., is employed in public relations and sales work by Columbia River Packers Association at Astoria. He is a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean war. he attended Oregon State College. and is married and the father of two children. Stumbo Says Of Highway Robert G. Stumbo of Wolf Creek announced today that sev eral portions of the "Stumbo Strip" have been sold to private individuals. The strip consists of 16' j feet of U. S. Highway 99 about 32 miles north of Grants Pass. Stumbo, two of his brothers and a cousin discovered a few months rgo that the state highway de partment failed to legally pur chase the property from their grandfather. Sam Stumbo, be fore the highway was con structed. To assert their ownership, the calling upon Britain. France and Withdrawal of Land In Cascades Asked By Forest Service A proposed withdrawal of 6, 410.59 acres of public land in Rogue River National forest from application of mining laws was announced this week by Vir gil T. Heath, state supervisor for the bureau of land management. The land for which the appli cation has been filed is in the Lake, Dead Indian Soda Springs. Lake of the Woods, Four Mile lake. Recreation 'creek, and Huckleberry City Recreation areas. The application for withdraw al, which was filed by the assist ant secretary of agriculture, was recorded on public land records in the" Portland land office April 5, 1954. The effect of recordation was to temporarily ban prospecting and location of mining claims under the general mining laws in thfe affected areas pending ac tion of the department of the in terior, Heath said. The public lands are in use for recreational purposes or are proposed for use for recreation, and are all within the Rogue River National forest.' They are located near lakes, streams and springs on both the east and west slopes of the Cascades in Jackson and Klamath counties. Heath said the lands are val uable for their scenic, asthetic and recreational uses, and the objective of the proposed with drawal is to protect and pre serve the uses for general pub lic from despoliation by locations- or entries which may be incompatible -with recreational uses. Persons interested may sub mit comments, suggestions or ob jections to the proposed with drawal in writing to the state supervisor within 30 days after announcement of the proposal. Heath said. A detailed description of the land will be posted in the dis trict forester's office, bureau of land mangement, Medford, and the courthouse. Burton Abbott Death Sentence Affirmed San Francisco (U.R) The California Supreme Court today affirmed the death sentence for Burton Abbott; the University of California accounting student who was convicted of the slay ing of 15-year-old Berkeley school girl. Stephanie Bryan. Weather FORFCAST: Fair thronrh $it nrday. Low tonifht 25. Hlfh Saturday CO. Temp. Highest YMterdar - Lowest this Morning 22 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:12 a.m. 'Sunset , 4:43 p.m. .Moonrise 10:5 p.m. Lait Quarter Saturday PROMINENT STARS' Reculus. follows the Mom. Spira. rises 4:3 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, in the south . 7:39 p.m. Jupiter, halfway between Rega ins and 5 pica. Venus, rises 4:3 a.m. Several Portions of Strip 99 Are Sold to Individuals Stumbos closed the highway one day last summer, bringing Sun day traffic to a halt for 30 min utes. The highway department admitted the land had not been purchased or condemned.' Stumbo said he decide to sell the land to private individuals because he felt the state's latest offer of S500 for the tract was too little. He added that the state was "deliberately delaying" his plans to instigate a toll road across the highway. Stumbo said four tracts had been purchased by Medford resi dents and the others by residents President's Board Speeding Hearings On Dock Walkout Injunction Unexpected Before Saturday Washington U.R) A special presidential fact finding board today speeded hearings aimed at clearing the way for halting the crippling dock strike by a Taft Hartley injunction. But it appeared likely that the government would be unable to ask for the court injunction un til Saturday. The fact finding body did not expect to complete its task until late tonight. Appointed Thursday President Eisenhower appoint ed the fact finding board Thurs day to investigate the eight-day-old tieup of Atlantic and Gulf coast ports by 60,000 members of the Independent Internation al Longshoremen's association. He acted under the Taft-Hartley labor act. The Thanksgiving " morning executive order, which created the board, gave it until Satur day to report the facts of the dispute. The order itself declared that continuation of the strike "will imperil the national health and safety." Strike Would Halt When President Eisenhower receives the board's report, he is expected to instruct Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. to seek an injunction in federal court in New York halting the strike for 80 days of "cooling off." The fact finding board will continue to sit during that pe riod, while the disputing parties seek a settlement. Once the court's injunction is issued, it is expected that the strike would be brought to a quick halt, at least by Monday. The three - man fact finding group took testimony in closed session Thursday night and this morning from representatives of the ILA and several shipping groups. . . . Three Injured in Medford Accidents Three persons suffered injuries in accidents today in Medford, according to city police. Mrs. Lydia Ruth Holloway. 56, of 2 Clark St., Medford, and Mrs. May Annie Rydberg, 53, 10 Clin ton st., Medford, both suffered internal injuries and possible rib fractures -when the cars in which they were passengers collided at Third and Ivy sts. about 10:15 a.m. todayl'officers reported. Mrs. Holloway was a passen ger in a car operated by Mildred Helen Golden, Ashland and Mrs. Rydberg was a passenger in a car operated by her husband. John Alfred Rydberg, police said. No other injuries were re ported. They -were taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Am bulance service where the hos pital attendants said the extent of their injuries were not yet known. Jimmy Vance Woodward, Orange, Calif., suffered bruises on the forehead and possible chest injuries early Friday morning when the car he was operating struck the rear of a parked car registered to Vernon Virgil Poole, Grabbs. Nev., on King st. between Stewart ave. and Belmont ave.. police said. Woodward was taken to Rogue Valley hospital by taxi where hospital attendants said his con dition was "good." DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York iU.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 472.56, up 4.65; 20 rail roads 154.16. up 1.05; 15 utilities 66.35, up 0.09, and 65 stocks 167.78, up 1.26. Sales today were about 1.880,000 shares compared with 2.310,000 shares Wednes day. of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Texas. "The state of Oregon wishes to make a public highway out of our land," he said. "I intend to grant them their wish by making it a public highway in the true sense one that is owned by in dividuals of the public." Under Oregon law, the state will have to purchase or con demn each individually owned tract to gain clear title to the land, he pointed out. Stumbo said he had retained a large portion of the strip, but added a number of people are interested in buying it. r- ML United Press dsed Wire 22 Pages Holiday Traffic Crashes Account For 150 Deaths Oregon Reports Two Fatalities Chicago ttl.R) A holiday death toll in excess of National Safety council predictions grim ly closed Thanksgiving day fes tivities. The council had hoped the death toll between 6 p.m. Wed nesday and midnight Thursday would fall below the 110 traffic deaths for a non-holiday Thurs day at this time of year. Traffic Claims 150 A United Press count for the period showed 150 persons were killed in traffic accidents. Fif teen died in fires, two in a plane crash, and 22 from miscellane ous causes, for an overall holi day death toll of 189. Michigan turned in the worst record with 15 traffic deaths during the 30-hour period. Penn sylvania was next with 13, Illi nois had 12, Ohio nine and Cali fornia eight. The worst single accident oc curred on U.S. 36 west of Springfield, 111., where five members of one family died in a head-on collision. By UNITED PRESS Traffic accidents claimed two lives in Oregon on Thanksgiving day. George Megrath, 42, of Bend, was killed yesterday afternoon when the car in which he was riding plunged into 'Ochoco creek 12 miles east of Prineville. Eugene Albert Curtis, 35, Dor- ris, Calif., and Klamath rails. was injured fatally last night when his car struck a stalled freight car on railroad tracks just south of Klamath Falls. It took 40 minutes to remove him from the wreckage. Curtis died about two hours after the acci dent in a Klamath Falls hospi tal. County Court Opens Bids for Trucks The county court Wednesday opened bids from five firms for heavy duty dual rear axle dump body trucks to be purchased for the county road department. Bids were submitted by Inter national Harvester, Parson's Motors, Automotive Equipment company and Haupert Tractor company, all of Medfcrd, and Walt's Lithia Motors of Ashland. The court is studying specifica tions and expect to award the contract in a few days. Shy Morthland Resigns As County CD President County Commissioner L. G. (Shy) Morthlnnd has officially resigned as president of the Jack son county Civil Defense organi zation. Morthland was appointed president in 1950 and has held the office ever since. His resig nation became effective Nov. 20. The position will be assumed by another member of the county court. "It' a Great Performance Going On My Word for It" t . o&mm$ii ribune MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1956 CANAL CLEARING GETS UNDERWAY A Navy salvage vessel is shown alongside a sunken ship blocking the Suez Canal at Port Said during operations to clear the vital waterway. A total of approximately 49 sunken ships clog the canal Egyptian Presi dent Nasser is reported to have agreed on United Nations help to clear the canal dur ing his talks with UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. Britain and France Finished as Powers Egypt Declares . London (U.R) The Allied commander in Egypt announced today he would withdraw one battalion of British troops "al most immediately," but Egypt hinted it considered Britain and France finished as major powers in the Middle East. The Egyptian government newspaper Al Gomhouriya said today in Cairo it would guar antee freedom of navigation through the Suez Canal to all na tions except Britain and France. However, it did not threaten to bar them from the waterway. Put End to Problem "Anglo-French aggression has put an end to the Suez Canal problem as far as the two na tions are concerned," it said, "but Egypt is prepared to give all guarantees to the rest of the world regarding freedom and navigation" of the canal. "Egypt from today will never recognize Britain and France as two major powers," the paper said. Gen. Sir Charles Keightley, former British commander in I. Suez Canal Zone and now commander-in-chief of the Anglo French invasion force, flew to Port Said from his headquarters on Cyprus and anounced the withdrawal of the British bat talion. Salem iU.R) The Oregon dele gation to the American Farm Bureau convention in Miami next month plans to again sub mit the two-price parity plan for wheat. Take Democrats Mapping Civil Rights Drive Solicit GOP Backing Washington (U.R) Six Sen ate Democrats mapping an open ing day civil rights drive in the new Congress are quietly solicit ing Republican support, in formed sources disclosed today. So far, a handful of GOP sen ators have been approached. Each has been asked to rally civil rights advocates for the drive, these sources reported. The same sources confirmed reports that the Democrats will try when the Senate convenes Jan. 3 to spike the long accepted Jurors' Chairs Being Installed in Court Twelve jurors' chairs were being installed this morning in the new circuit courtroom in the courthouse annex. The walnut finish chairs with green covered sponge rubber seats are the last of the furni ture to be installed in the new room. Three walnut finish tables with linoleum tops, judge's chair, witness chair and birch finish spectators' benches have already been installed. Members of the county court said official opening of the an nex will be held in the near fu ture, though no opening date has been set. Car Thefts Cleared With Boys' Arrest . The theft of several cars dur ing the past few months has been cleared with the arrest of three Medford boys, two aged 13 and one 14-year-old, according to Medford police. The-, boys ad mitted the thefts, police said. The boys were arrested Thursday after Barbara Lee Johnson, 1420 Hillcourt st., Med ford, recognized one of the boys while he was driving a pick-up truck registered to her, police said. She forced the truck to the side of the road officers report ed, but the boy escaped. He was arrested after she con tacted police. The other two ju veniles were taken into custody later, police said. The boys were released to their parents to appear before county juvenile authorities. 4-H Members Leave for National Congress Two Jackson county 4-H club members, Charles Elmore, Ap- plegate, and Linda Malloroy, Antelope, left Portland by train Thursday for Chicago, where they will attend the national 4-H club congress Nov. 25-29. Trips to the national session are awarded on the basis of achievements in 4-H club work. Price 10c United Press Full Leased Wire idea that the Senate is a con tinuing body with continuing rules. That would clear the way for a substitute filibuster rule. Such" a substitute rule would, in turn, remove the major road block to civil rights legislation on Congress, the threat of a Sen ate filibuster. The six Democrats announced Thursday that they will press for a new filibuster rule on open ing day. The announcement was part of a 16-point domestic leg islative program they made public as a guide for "liberal" action by their party. In their statement, the six sen ators said they would welcome GOP cooperation with their pro gram. No names of GOP senators were given. But speculation centered on Sen. William Langer (R-N.D.), long an advocate of civil rights legislation. There were indica tions that the Democratic group also tried to enlist Sens. Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif.) and Sen. Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.) as GOP rallying points. . Joined Forces in 1953 Ives and Kuchel are the only Republicans now in the Senate who joined the civil rights forces in 1953 when the Senate tabled a similar effort for a substitute rule by a 70 to 21 vote. Signing the "declaration" were Sens. Hubert H. Humph rey (Minn.), Paul H. Douglas (111.), Wayne Morse (Ore.), James E. Murray (Mont.), Pat McNa mara (Mich.) and Richard L. Neuberger (Ore.). Besides setting the stage for a civil rights row, their program served as a rebuff to Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson. He recently said the Democrats would offer no pro gram of their own but wait to study President Eisenhower's legislative proposals. No. 210 Help by United States in European' Oil Washington U.R) Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph M. Luns expressed hope today that the United States will take steps "in the near future" to help Western Europe cope with the curent European oil crisis. Voices Optimism Luns voiced optimism about American help following a lengthy talk at the State depart ment with Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. The Dutch diplomat told newsmen that his talk with Hoover was "very frank." Luns said he found Hoover was "alive to the difficult, posi tion of the Western European al lies" because of oil shortages re sulting from the inability of tankers to use the blocked Suez Deposed Premier, 42 Others Missing Despite Guarantee0 Safe Passage Assured Hungarians o Budapest (UP) The Hungarian government announced tonight thgt "missing" ousted former Premier Imre Nagy "and his companions" left Bu dapest for Romania today. An official aincyjnce ment said Nagy "express ed his dasire to live in i peoples democratic coJh try" after leaving his ref uge in the Yugoslav En bassy Thuvsday night. Vienna (U.R) Yugoslavia charged today that deposed Pre mier Imre Nagy and 42 other Hungarians vanished after they left asylum in its Budapest Em bassy with a safe conduct guar antee from the Hungarian re gime. , Yugflslavia charged today, however, that Slagy and 42 other Hungarians who.hjid been grant ed asylum in its BudapestoEm bassy failed to reaSh thejr homes. Not at Homes The Hungarians Had not re&h ed their homes today Respite an agreement befwe'en Belgrade and the Moscow backed Hungarian government that they woujd not be arrested, Yugoslav spokes man said. Foreign Undersecretary 0 Do briovje Vidic warned the Hun garian charge d'affaires tn Bel grade that any interference with the missing Hungariwis would be regarded as a grava violation of mternationaf law. Nagy, who became premier one month ago today, and sefe eral members of his hoct lived 3nti-Russian government flej to asylum in the Yugoslav Em bassy Nov. 4 jhen Russian troops invaded Budapest. , Yugoslaa negotiate a safe conduct for them ednesdav with the puppet successor gov ernment of Soviet spSnsore Pre mier Janos Kadjr. The 43 Hungarians, wl In cluded former Ministers of Stale Geza Losonai and "erenc Donat?, as well as i5 women 9and 17 children, wefe last seen 'Biurs day when thev boarded) a bus provided by Kadat's minjte of public security, Fererjp Iuen nich. Protest Finmly Worded The bus was to de'ft'er0them to their homes, but Yugoslav i protests delivered today in Bel grade and Budapest said Othey never got there. The Yugoslav protest was firmly worded. It warned that if the leaders are not permitted to go freely to thesr homes. Bel grade will consider it a "very 1 grave violation" both of interna tional law and of JHendl rela tions between the neighboring countries. No such language had been used at any time since Yugoslav President Tito resumgd relations "with Russia and the other East ern Europeans Communist n& tionj in 1955. 0 The bitter pro?st coincided with a new attack on Tite by the Soviet Communist newt paper Pravda. It accused him ol hying to supplant Russia gs leader of thg Comnvunftt world. Austrian Frontier Guards Kill Russian Eisenstadt, Austria (U.R) Austrian frontier guards today shot and kiHed a Russian soldier who crossed from Hungary into Austria to hunt escaping refu-' gees. Crisis Hoped canal. He said that as a result of his talk with Hoover he is "not without hope that some thing will be done in 1e near future" on the twin questions of "dollar balances and allocation of shipping." o Diversion Suggested Asked how the United States might help, Duns said by supply ing tankers and diverting oil from the western hemisphere to western Europe. He said "it is too early" to say how American financial assistance might be provided. Meanwhile, Rep. Robert C. Byrd (D.-W.Va). said the east ern United States continues to be deluged with imports f resid ual oil from South America de spite tfie European shortage. CO 3 O O O o 'o o O 6 3 t
