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Chains Required on
Mountain Passes;
Roads Hazardous'
Medford Records Inch
Of Snow By Noon
A blanket of snow covered
Rogue Valley and the jest of the
Pacific northwest today, and
scattered snow showers are ex
pected to contmtie in southern
Oregon aonight and tomorrow.
the weather bureau forecast
Cold temperatures and snow
throughout the tate made road
conditions-hazardous, and chains
were required on all mountain
parses leading from the Rogue
valley.
An inch .of snow wa recorded
t the Medford' airport by 11:30
am.foday. while amounts else-
wnere ranged upward to nine
inches at Crater,. Lake National
park. 0
Chains Required
Early 4oday, four inches o
snow was reported on the Sis-
kiyous. twoInches on the Green
Springs. arid three inches at
Prospect. Ctwitos were required
on all the highways, and on Sex
ton and Oregon mountains, state
police said.
County roads stfll.wrre open
at noon today 'County Engineer
Paul Fynning said. Sanding was
being done on portions of roads
throughout the county where ice-l
conditions have beer' particu
larly bad. he said.
Medford city crews sanded
hills and intersections this mo'ri
ning and the fire department put
chains on tires of one truck at
ach of the three stations.
At noon .today, snow on many
eity streets and major highways
hid become slushy, but the wea
ther bureau forecast colder trm-1
peratures tonight and the high-'
way department warned f more
hazardous conditions.
Total Snow Depth
'- Highway 62 through Crater.'
Lake National park was open,
park officials said, but chains or
snow tread tires were advised.
The nine inches which fell there
during the past 24 hours brought
the total depth to 33 inches.
.Grants Pass reported Jwo
fnches of snow, and chains were
advised there and at Cave Junc
tion. Prospect and all mountain
areas as far east as Lakeview.
where five inches of snow fell.
' Portland reported from one to
three inches of snow. Eugene had
four inchrjj, d Salem one.
Snow also was reported in west
ern Washington, with three
inches at Sfttle and two at
Toledo.
Temperatures were below
freezing throughout the state
last night and lows of five below
fo 10 above ha-y been forecast
for eastern Oregon tonight Lows
ranging from 10 to 20 above
were forecast for western" Ore
gon. and-betrecn 15 and 20 for
the Medford ara. '
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The Portland weather bureau
Indicated the possibility of more
snow this weekend from a front
moving south from Alaska.
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Slow Showers To Continue
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Servicemen's Dependents
To Get free Medical Care
Washingloai iU.R Some
2 million den-9ents of-servicemen
become eligible Friday for
medical care by civiljanodocos
nd hospitals with he govern
ment paying5 virtually sll the
cost. O
- The broad-scale meSical iealth
plan authorized by the;lat Coa
gress is designed to insure medi
cal care i military families K
military physicians arjii, facilities
are not available.
To Cot S89, Pfillion' o
The (program is expected to
cost at feast S80 million annual
ly. It will be handled through
contracts with private tiealoi in
surance companies.
Thus farotfie "Defense Depart
ment has signe contracts cover,,
ing medical cre lni42 states.
Hawaii. Puer Kfco. and A!aska.
RegotiaUons ax still fciri on
0 o':.
-, If I w ' t, ' i
r j if i -p - ;:'sy .
4-H LEADERS At the annual 4-H leaders
banquet Tuesday night at the Central Point
. Grange hell, leaders of 4-H groups throughout
Jack'son county -were awarded pins for
service. Out of the 135 awards to leaders and
junior .leaders, three received pins for over
20. years service. They were, left to right.
Tempo of Campaign
Against Baghdad Pact
Increased by Moslems
London ;U.R The Moslem
world stepped up its campaign
today against. the Baghdad Pact,
and a -high Egyptian official ac
cused Turkey and Iraq of being
"indirectly'! involved in the
Anglo-French assault on Egypt.
Moscow radio accused Israel
of planning to hold on to part
of tbe Sinai Peninsula and said
the Western campaign of "black
mail and intimidation" of Syria
and Jordan had brought new
strain to the Middle East.
The Israeli wihdrawal from
'the Sinai Desert came under dis
cussion today at the Israeli town
of El A-rish on the Mediterran
ean Sea -between Maj. Gen. E. L.
M. Burns, head of the U.N. police
Two Men Held for
Boise Market Robbery
Boise U.RF Boise police to
day were holding two young
men fof the armed robbery of a
Safeway supermarket here yes
terday. The suspects were arrested at
a Boise hotel last evening. Po
lice .Chief F. T. Demarcst iden
tified them as John Hoffman, 22,
Salem. Ore., and Ronald Davis,
24. who told Police he yas re
leased, from the Nevada state
prison Monday.
Charges of armed robbery
were tiled 1n Ada county dist
rict court nd the two men were
held in the county jail in' lieu of
$10,000 bond each.
With, the two men when they
were apprehended were Morris
Bjoursmi. Salem, and a 17-ycar-old
girt.
The arrest came less than six
hours after two -men' held up
the Safeway store and escaped
with about 5300. .
' New York (U R) President
Harlow H. Curtice of General
Motors Corp.. has predicted 195T
will beanother rtco'rd year for
the economy.
for medical care in six -states:
Texas. Rhode Island, Ohio. Ala
bama. Msine and Idaho.
Under the progrM. when de
pendents -of' ". servicemen are
treated by civilian ' doctors in
civilian hospitals, the service
man must pay the first $25 of
the hospital cost and the gov
ernment -will pay tiie-'rest.: ,
Acuta Medical Care
The government - paid pro
gram will apply mostly to. seme
medical cases requiring ripspit
aliiBtion. The government, how
ever, will pay the' major cost of
obsWetical carei treatment of
body woundj and diagnostic cai
es. ' ' .
The government will not pay
for nortr.al dental care, chronic'
diseases. netvous disorders' and
routing rjome tails by a physic
ian. -
ft A T T
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECE
force, and Maj. Gen. Moshe Day
an, Israeli chief of staff.
Israel has not lrfid permanent
claim to the Sinai Desert but
has indicated it will demand
guarantees the peninsula will
not be used for Arab suicide
commando operations against
Israel bcCore a final withdrawal
of Israeli troops is ordered.
The British-French withdraw
al from the Port Said area was
proceeding smoothly and the
Anglo-French commanders there
assured Burns Wednesday the
withdrawal would be completed
within "two to three weeks."
They urged no Egyptian troops
enter Port Said until the with
drawal is complete.
The new Moslem attacks
against the Baghdad Pact fol
lowed announcement in Wash
ington that the ambassadors of
Turkey, Pakistan. Iraq and Iran
told the United States the recent
Soviet-Syrian moves in the Mid
dle East posed a threat to their
"security and integrity."
Tax Case Taken to
United States Court
Louis C. McLaughlin, manager
of McLaughlin Plumbing' and
Heating company, 3384 Jackson
ville highway, is -taking to the
United States tax court his fight
against an effort by the federal
government to collect S36.398
additional taxes and penalties.
According to a United Press
report. McLaughlin contends in
a petition filed Wednesday that
the tax claim was based on two
errors by the tiovernmcnt. He
said the government erroneously
stated he was a partner in the
H. E. Hawk company for which
he was manager and that a rul
ing that a compensation paid to
him was taxable in two years
was actually payable in three
years.
McLaughlin claims the part
nership ruling resulted in the at
tribution to him of income he
did receive and that the com
pression of his extra income into
a two-year period unfairly raised
his tax bill.
He said he received S65.000 in
1952, 1953 and 1954 for special
services on a Hawk, contract in
Alaska, but that internal revenue
had sought improperly to tax
this on a two-year bais.
Weather
FORK CAST: Partial cleartnr to.
nicht and Friday ith scat
lrd snow shower. Low to
night 15-20. High Friday 30.
. , Temp.
Hichest 'Vesterdav . 39
Lowest thi Mvrn'ine 25
lrec. to 10 a.m. Today J.... .05
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
InonSPt
4:51 p.m.
8:59 p.m.
First Quarter
Dec. 10
PROMINENT STRS
Alphfratz. turn fn south 7:15 p.m.
, AlLax. low in nest at moonset.
VISIBLE PLANETS i
Mar, well hflnw Alphersfi. .
jptr. low in east 1:?S H m.
Venus, rises 3:63 a.m.
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above: Mrs. Frank Myers, Tabic Rock. 21
rears, Mrs. Chct Ashton, of Central Point,
25 years, and A. T. Lathrop, of Central Point,
23 years. Allan E. Perry, far right, manager of
the U. S. National bank, Medford branch,
made the awards.
Sale Burglarized
At Rogue River;
GH School Entered
County, state and local police
officers today are investigating
two burglaries last night at the
Hogue River High school and
Hambv elementary school at
Gold Hill.
According to reports from the
sheriffs office, - burglars forced
entry at the Rogue River school
and pried open a safe in one of
the school offices.
Officers said a "considerable"
amount of money was taken
from the safe but the exact
amount had not been deter
mined. Unconfirmed reports
stated the amount was about
S716. The safe was extensively
damaged, officers said.
No details were available as
to how the building was entered.
The burglary occurred between
"IS and 11 p.m.. and was discov
ered bv the school janitor.
Gold Hill School
The Gold Hill school burglary
was discovered by a Janitor at
7:15 a.m.. and was believed to
have occurred late Wednesday
night or early this morning.
Entry had been gained
through a classroom window
which had been forced open.
Several classrooms and offices
were ransacked and an undis
closed amount of small change
was taken. A 38 caliber revol
ver, used by school officials as
a signal device at track meets,
was also reported taken.
Officers said they could not
determine how many individ
uals were responsible for either
burglary . The' two burglaries
were believed to have been per
formed by the same person or
persons and officers said the
same type of tools had been used
at the two buildings.
Talent Burglary
It was also reported by a local
detective agency that the Talent
Union Service station at Talent
had been forcibly entered early
Wednesday morning. According
to Joe Walsh, chief criminal
deputy sheriff, nothing was be
lieved taken from the station.
He said glass in a window at the
rear of the building had been
broken and removed and the lu
brication room of the station'
entered. From there, access was
gained to the office. .Service sta
tion representatives said no
money had been left in the
office.
Connection between this and
the schobl burglaries had not
' been established today. State,
county and Talent city police of
ficcrs arc working on this case.
Russia Promises To
Drop Road Restrictions
Berlin (U.RS The U. S. Army
announced tonight that Soviet
officials promised today to 4rP
new restrictions on Western Al
lied highway traffic between
Berlin and the West.
Tlie announcement came short
ly after a State Department
spokesman in Washington said
American authorities here were
filing a protes witti Saviet of
ficials over the -blocking of an
American truck convoy . travel
ing from Berlin to West Ger
many. The convoy was turned
back Wednesday.
Fribune
Hungary Refusal
For Hammarskjold
Visit Said Insult
Rejection Angers
Western Delegates
. United Nations. N. Y. (UP)
Cuban Ambassador Emilio
Nunez-Portuondo accused Hun
gary today of a two-fold "insult"
in rejecting Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold's request to
visit Budapest Dec. 18.
"First of all they turned down
the date after they led the Unit
ed Nations to believe they would
accept it, and then they did not
have the courtesy to notify the
secretary-general before making
it public," the Cuban delegate
said.
The rejection of Hammarr
skjold's plans to visit Budapest
for three days beginning- Dec.
16 was announced by radio Bud
apest, it quoted the Janos Ra
dar regime as saying such a vis
it was "not suitable" at this
time. No later date was suggest
ed. Refutes Comment
Hammarskjold refused to com
ment on the ' reported rejection
until he received . off icial :word
from- the Budapest regime:
The secretary-general . for
warded an official request for
permission to go to Hungary for
a first-hand investigation of the
situation through Imre Horvath,
foreign minister of the Buda
pest puppet regime. The two
met Tuesday night after Horvith
said his government was ready
to-discuss details of : Hammar
skjold's visit. '
Horvath, a- grey-haired mild
appearing man who speaks Eng
lish well; -' apperd' somewhet
embarrassed Wednesday when
newsmen confronted him with
the Budapest report that Kadar
had turned down the Hammar
skjold schedule. '
"I have not received reply
as yet," he said almcst apologet
ically. He said earlier he reconv
mended to his government ac
ceptance of the dates.' -; ' : '
Delegates of Western nations
were frankly ' angered at ihe
Budapest 'action.
U. S. Ambassador Henry Cab
ot Lodge Jr., said it was "an
affront to the secretary-general
and to the whole civilized world,
particularly after the attempt to
hornswoggle us last night." He
referred to Horvath 's announce
ment of his government's read
iness to talk about Hammar
skold's visit.
Morse Sees Columbia
Pact Utility Dominated
Boise U.R) Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) said last night
the Columbia Interstate Com
pact Commission was "private
utility dominated and directed"
and its compact had "no stand
ing" in Oregon.
Morse said the Pacific-Northwest
states, when the compact
commission was established in
1952, had Republican govern
ors who were "strong private
utility advocates and anti-Hells
Canyon." ' "
He addod that Oregon had re
fused to ratify the original draft
of the compact after it was com
pleted in late 1934.
The Oregon senator said the
proposed Pleasant Valley dam
on the Snake river is "unsatis
factory." Morse advocated a reappraisal
of the Columbia Basin needs and
potentialities by the Bureau of
Reclamation and Army en
gineers. Firemen Still Need
Toys, Usable Parts
Old and new tqys and usable
parts are still needed at the
central fire station. Front and
Third sts., to be repaired for
Christmas, according to Gordon
Barker, Medford fire chief. .
Several articles are still need
ed. Barker said, to 'complete the
distribution list of the Medford
Lady Lions. The Lady Lions will
distribute gifts through the local
Red Cross. .
Deadline for receiving toys is
Dec. 10. 'and must be painted
and packaged by Dec. 20.
The Lady Lions said th dead
line for receiving dolls and doll
clothing is D6c. 10. Greatest need
now. according to members, is
gifts for children", in. the 10 to
1 6-year-cdd bracket, . especially '
boy. , .
Price 10c
United Press Full Ltjsed Wire
Ho. 221
Mass Air and Sea
Shuttle Planned
For Refugees
Movement Tp Start
In Matter of Days :
i . ' . .
Augusta, Ga. OJ.R) . The
White House announced today
that within a matter of days
this country will begin a mass
airlift and sealiff to bring 13.000
Hungarian refugees to. America
by the end of the year or shortly
thereafter.
The refugees, in addition to
the 6,500 "now"being moved by
air through the. Intergovernmen
tal Committee-on European Mi
gration, will be moved irom
Bremerhaven and Munich, sub
ject to the expected approval of
the West German government. .
The White House ' said the
combined air and sea lift will
be the largest peacetime move
ment of its kind in history. Plans
for the combined lift will be
handled by the Defense Depart
ment.. , ;
Sailing Schedule , .
Of the 15,000 refugees, about
5,000 will be brought to . this
country aboard three Navy trans
port ships. . The first vessel is
scheduled to sail from the Ger
man port of Bremerhaven be
tween Dec. 18 and Dec 21. the
second ship about a week later,
and the third ship a week fol
lowing. About 10,000 refugees will be
sped to the United States by
Air Force and Navy planes op
erating through the Military Air
Transportation . Service,, which
also may contract with private
companies lor additional airlift
flights. . ';
The. White House said the air
lift from Munich would begin
within the next few days at the
rate of 200 a day, ..with the num
ber progressing by about 100 a
day until it reaches about 500
a' day.
The White House reiterated
today- that' . immediately after
Congress convenes next month.
President Eisenhower will sk
that refugees admitted under the
parole provision will be granted
permanent residence in this
country.
Eden Expected To
Win Confidence Yoie
London 'UFO The House of
Commons sends two days of for
eign . policy - debate tonight
(about-2 p.m.-PST) with a vote
on a Labor party motion censur
ing 1 what it called "the dis
astrous consequences of the gov
ernment's policv in the Middle
East" .
The Conservative party of Sir
Anthony Eden was expected to
win the vote of confidence
easily. But Eden's -stock as party
leader was- dropping, and the
usually pro-Eden Daily Express
said today, "In the- minds of
many he has already ceased, to
be prime minister."
The conservative newspaper
took note' of .growing demands
for a major cabinet reshuffle
and said, "Whatever happens in
the next few weeks, he (Eden)
can never return to the Com
mons with his old authority."
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New Vork U,R) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 492.74 up 4.19; 20
railroads 157.36, up 4.04; 15 ut
ilities 67.59, up 0.08; and 65
stocks 173.30, up 1.90. Sales to
day were about 2.470.000 shares
compared' with 2,360,000 shares
Wednesday.
"Nice Little . Kitty"
SovietTanks
Hurt Many
In Hungary
Budapest U.) Russian tanks and Hungarian police opened
fire today .on Several thousand anti-governmer) demonstrators
massed in front of Budapest's
demonstrators fell before the pbint-blank fire.
It was a bloody climaXoto a eay of rrffiunting tension which
first exploded af 2:3p JJ-rn. on Lenin blvd. An-government
marthers cjashed with pro-government ferces and attempted to
wrest rom hern the redo flags of Communisrf? they carried.
There was no immetiiese indication of the numljgf of casualties
in the two clashes. Q
Hungarian Army militia supporting the biggest force of Soviet
tanks' and armored cars to appar in the city since theSftussian
onslaught of Nov. 4 arrested dozens of men and women.
The hew bloodshed followed two jays gyf demotrations by
the. women of. Budapest. Leaflets scattc;d0in the streets had
called for "mighty' new demonstrations and another "total" strike
today against the regime of Soviet backed Premier Janos Kadar.
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United States
Protests' Sovief
o
Military Action
Washington 'OP.) The
United States today, protested
"unwarranted Soviet military
action" in stationing tanks in
front of the American Legation
in .Budapest during demonstra
tions by Hungariansthis week.
The United States also said it
is "deeply concerned" by Rus
sian military mores in Hun
gary. .
T.he protest was delivered by
Deputy 'Undersecretary of estate
Robert Murphy to Soviet Chargei
d' Affairs "Sergei R. .Striganov.'
who was summoned .to the State
Department. Striganov is the
ranking Russian official here'
while the. ambassador is attend
ing the U.N. General Assembly'
session. o
On Hungarian Territory .
State Department Prest Offic
er Lincoln White said Murphy
told Striganov that Tuesday and
Wednesday there were peaceful
demonstrations i Hungarian
civilians, mostly women "in frost
of various legations. Murphy em
phasized that the American Le
gation was on Hungarian terri
tory, not Soviet territory. ,
"The lives and safety of-these
demonstrators were- endangered
by the intervention of tagks ot
the Soviet Army, Murphy tow
Striganov; according to White.
"Not only did - the taMks
threaten the demonstrators but
it is reported that they drew
up on the sidewalk directly ir
front of-the American Legation.
thus , endangering the lives of
helpless civilians in front of the
legation and interfering with
free access to and frona the
building," White said Muiphy
told Strigsmoy. "
U.S., Iceland Agree '
On Keflayik AirBase.
Washington (U.PJ The United
States and Iceland today reached
an agreement permitting Amer
ican troops to remain at strategic
Keflavik Air Base in Iceland.
The State Department said the
two governments agreed that
"the continuing threat "to the. se
curity of Iceland -ajid tlie North
Atlantic- community" calls for
the continu.ed stationing of U. S.
forces there. "
Therefore, the department
said, the two governments agreed
to end discussion about the with
drawal of American orces fromV
Iceland. The -negotiations had
been requested by the Icelandic
government in line with a reso
lution passed 'by tire Icelandic
Parliament last March calling
for withdrawal of U. S. feres.
The United States and th
the I
North Atlantic Treaty Council
had opposed withdrawal of U. S
forces . .
' McMinnville (U.P.) -j-R. E.
Kerr,-, Eugene, has beer elected
president of the OregoiiWash-
ington-Nut Growers society.
West Railroad station. Dozens of '
Anaer Mounts Over
Arrest of Workers
Ajiger mounted over reports
that 50 members of workers
councils in Budapest factories
were arrested Wednesday nijf&t.
At the Danubia textile factory
this mornincf some 3.000 work
ers ftere ringed off by Hungar
ian policcackgd up by the lat
est model Russian T54 tanks.
As the reports of these actiois
spresa through Budapest, the
city0beg8n to steam with anger.
tiy noon, knots of scowling
men had gathered in the streets.
Russiano tanks and armored
cars rushed from their barracks
to kexjspots around the city.
Then, at 2:3n p.m.. some 500
anti-governmenr demonstrators
carrying the Hungarian red
white and green tricolor met
hcad-i with the pro-goveraf)
ment group carrying the red
flag of oSommunism.
Tanks Open Fire
The ODro-irovernment croun.
bacSed by Russian tanks and
Hungarian police, shouted, "we
want peace."
The anti-government demon
strators replied with shouts of
"Out with Kadar . . . An end to
slavery . a . Russian troops get
out of Hungary."
The furious anti-government
marchers broke ranks and tried
to tear the red flag from the
hands of tljp opposition group.
A score of Russian tanks
promptly opened fire, apparent
ly aiming over the heads of the
crowd. But several of the anti
government demonstrators fell
pounded. They were rushed
away in Hungarian police ambu
lances. Tumble By Dozens
The anti-government march
ers scattered. They gathered
again in front of the Budapest
West Railroad Station. This
time, their numbers had swelled
to several thousand.
Here they grappled with Hun
garfan police who formed a
screen in front of a ring of Rus
sian tans.
Both the tanks and the police
started shooting. This lime the
demonstrators,, tumbled over in
dozens, with the wounded be-,
ingotakenoinside shops to awafr
the arrival of ambulances.
At the height of the rioting,
the arRi-bvernment demonstra
tors tried to helD Western rnr-
respWdents take pictures.
we want the World to
see what they are doing to us,"
one nemonstralor shouted.
After the Russian tanks fired
on Qthe crowd outside the West
Station, the floters scattered and
returned to their homes. But
scores were rounded up by Hun
garian police and carted off in
trucks.
Doty Nctgied Asfisfanf
Manager at U.S. Bank
Shirrfi R. Doty, 46 South
Keene Way drive, Medford, has
beefi appointed assistant manag
"S ofothe United States National
bank's MeSford branch. E. C.
Sammons, president, ' has an
nounced. The appointment be
came, effective Dec. 1.
Doty attended Howard school,
Medford High school and has
takcTi several (Jourses in the Am
erican Institute of Banking. He
joined the Medford branch in
f945 and since that time has
servej) i several departments,
lie was Oimed chief clerk in
15I. o O
HecKervijd in the Marine Corps
between 1942 aejd 1945. and is
activeoin the Southern Oregon
Bankers' associatigii. Boy Scout
work, cJnB, is a merr.ir of the
filks club. r,
Chicago jU.i Go. T-gpmas
B. Stafiley of Oirginia hasJ&een
elected president of the Council
of tate Governments to suc
ceed Goes Arthur Langlie of
Wasl91rton.
Bulletin
o.
CAA we a&ised tldiay that
an Idaho airplane, misting
sigce yesterday afternoon with
four rrteh aboajfd had 'eni th
night S'somewhere north of
Promontory Point at the
north endf Grea SaltLak
after making an emergency
landing in a snowstorm. The
p.lsn. ay occupants safe, re
poftedlvaook off from ili ha.
ran about noon today anrouta
I to'BflrMy, IHa. -
ewKjij on r3 iuj