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Ml mi A WWII WW O" tsi &nrriri o u CO Sm II Cour O o O Oferrurtf Banks; Families Evacuate Crtco Crv Savt f igh! Stranded Mtn O c5 O oSy USfTED PRESS o G Streams in weiiern 3 Oregon & Cbc&n rising $iday with scattered flooding repor'ed as a new storm lasii-ijj th5 coast witic wind-up to dO (tulcs an hour-o Sliies f Oblockcd somecijiutes. O In Douglas county, California 2 w Oren Power company sotit a crew with alyle gun to shnpt a "'o rescue Bne to eight men stranded on pg of a truck whcj ffte ve hide" was ei f jlfcd by Waters of O the tjouth Umpqua river? 3The Forest Service Hid it was Qmpossible to reach them byn boat. (-Water had reached the top of the truck cab when rescuSrs arrive with the Lyle gun. Strcaip Three eet P, The :outh Umpqua ww at 20.5 ft' et at 130 a.rrnd had risen three feet since 9 a.m. to j-each the same level as last winter's floods. he Douglas ocounty flood warning system was put into operation and arfrised farm ers to remoi0cattle from vul O nerible d'y'o land. The middle fork of th Co ( . lille river overran it.e banks, forcing three families to evacu ate. The water was still rising and covered the floors of some horrvev". 0 Highway 4Z between Remote and rvrtnston Junction, was q(JiI IWlg-d by a big slid 'about eight miles ca.- of Remote in nuthern Coos county. 0rhe South Sitiam highway gras closed by a lide nine miles vre of its junction with the NoRh ntiam; tlfc Coos river &jidarv road was closed two miles fr8m Allegany; Oregon highway 58 was open to one-way Olraffic after being tlockei by a Ud at the east enirruice to Salt Cfeek tunnelP 0 3 (pne-Wav traffic qO (Gne-wao traffic was repotted ner B'ljichly on the Eugene Jlorence highway. O wcalhec btareau predicted tft JcKeinzie rier at Coburg bridge wojild crest at 13 feet,, O two ftt (S"v flood staeUat 10 S,m. The Willamette river was GO expecid i crest at 8.5 eet it Eugene, nearly six feet below (itfind stage. S . u The lidge across the McKen 7i river0 a the own of. Blue O River was closed to traffic be cause If hijho water. The Mc OK?nzie ehool on the McKeri O zifhigoay 3 as closed because of ang5r0of small bridges on O tide roads going out. o O lyHokingsj on tbe extreme southwest coast got 3.61 inches O i$ain in the 24-hour period e'nd ing at 4:30 a.m. toi. Newport O.ad N.othCBead l.lg; Eu gene 1.11; J.siia .93 andPort land .62. o O . O Salm Plant Study oi . Wat&r System Expansion Salc iU.Ri Salcr city " cisjl will appoint m special r(3nT)ittce of about y citizens to study ,-Jhe fate ant rates of a proposed $3.7.000 water sys tem Opansion. o Mayor Robert F. iVhite' said J) e commi.ee -ild decide if Orates dnp:ed0JuI:rl were fair, if the rstesHvoO'.d he sufficient irPfina(3e a big water bond issue W. t V. . ft nri :-. i K nwithJt?ells than with city water1. Md O o- O Portland Jt.R' A clirge of periiiry ajinst Da-tad 6 Sance. 65-fs;ar-l Portfilnd orestaurant rpei'Bler, hat been dismissed. o e ft cT 15-Yedfo:Old Central Point Gift Is Fourth Polio Case n O A lfryear-fltl Central Point girl suffered an at'ck ofoli about two months ago sod hir a partially paralyzed right foot as a result. Dr. A. Erin Merkel. county rfcnlth offOer, reported today He ssid the rftiort was delay- ed until laboratory test results could be obtained. Two other members of the gal's family were suspected of having polio, but tests showed they did not have it. O According to Dr. Merkel. the girl had received no Salk vaccine shots before contracting the dis ease. Her case was described as th spinal paralytic variety. She ft it racrr "I Shot An Arrow Polisli Students Riot Against Communism Warsaw (U.Ri Anti-Russian demonstrators brake into the Soviet Consulate in the west Polish nnrt ritv nf Sfpttin Mnn- , day njgnt 8mashed windows and furniture and fought street bat ties with workers militia and the Polish Army. Poland apologized to Russia Weather Hampers Search for Plane Vancouver, B. C. M.P.I Bad weather kept search planes grounded today, preventing a renewed hunt for a Trans-Canada Airlines plane which vanish ed in the British Columbia mountains Sunday night with 62 persons aboard. . Four planes that took off to check weather conditions around 8.500-foot Silvertip Mountain, where the plane disappeared from radar screens, were forced to return to base. The crews of the main search armada of 11 planes stood by for takeoff if a break in the weather occurs. Dulles Indirectly Raps Britain, France Paris (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, in an 'indirect bu forceful rebuke to Britain and France, told the 15 nation NATO Council today the United States still believes force is not the way to solve world problems. He reiterated U.S. support of U.N. setlement of all interna tional disputes. Qulles made his remarks in a 50-minute speech to the open ing private session of the NATO jroyp this" morning. It was re ported, in outline afterward by a NATO spokesman. Wljile expressing his faith in iwal force, Dulles warned the ves it still must maintain its i,rnili1aryfj strength I that end, informe To further formed sources said outside the council chambers ihat the United States was ready to pour more "millions into Europe. is expected to regain sorr.e use oi her foot. This is the fourth polio cas discovered in Jackson county to date in 1956, Dr. Merkel said. The totaj is considerable- under , the 1955 record, when 16 polio cases were discovered. One of these resulted in death of a 5- year-old boy. Two cases previ ously diagnosed this year as polio were removed from the list when f test results were received. Dr. Merkel said he believed Salk vaccine had been respon sible to a considerable degree for the decline in polio cases here. He added that this year's record is the best Jackson county ha's bad lor seven or eight year.. act ten c do n Into The Air- for the incident today and said it was prepared to compensate for the material damage suffer ed at the consulate. Many Arrested A Stettin newspaper spokes man said that some 100 persons were arrested after the out break which Polish authorities described as the work of "hooli gans." This afternoon, the Polish Foreign Ministry sent a note to the Soviet ambassador in War saw expressing "regret." The Soviet ambassador was informed that "energetic in quiries" were being made into the riot and that those respon sible would be punished. Militia Beaten Off Warsaw Radio said workers militia at first tried to quell the rioters but they were beaten off and the Army finally was called in to end the trouble. The students overturned street cars as barricades as they fought off the militia. Moscow (U.R) The Hungarian revolution encouraged "reaction aries" in Soviet Lithuania and they "have begun to raise their heads," the senior Communist party leader of Lithuania de clared in a speech reported to day. Archie Pierce Plans South Pole Trip A. C. (Archie) Pierce, Med ford. plans to leave next week for San Diego. Calif., where he will board a Navy ship for the South Pole. Pierce, who will represent the Tucker Sno - Cat corporation, Medford, of which he is a direc tor, will obtain information re garding mechanical and general performances of the Sno-Cat in the International Geophysical Year, according to company of ficials. The ship will leave San Diego about Dec. 25. Pierce will be gone about 21. 2 months on the expedition. Eleven Tucker Sno-Cais are under the jurisdiction of the Navy and are either at the South Pole or en route, company offi cials said. Besides the United States, Sno-Cats have been built for England and France for use in the IGY, which starts early next year. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow - Jones' final stock averages: 20 indus trials 490.36, off 2.82; 20 rail roads 135.10, off 1.14; 15 utilities 67.69. up 0.11 and 65 stocks 172.30. off 0.80. Sales today were about 2.210.080 shares compared with 2.600.000 shares Monday. n Coast; ris Flood Crew Working To Save Bridge in Elk Creek Area Showers Forecast Tonight, Wednesday Warm heavy rains in the mountains last night caused small streams in Jackson coun ty to flood early today, but weather bureau officials said major streams are not near the danger stage. Showers were forecast for to night and Wednesday, with heavier rains tomorrow after noon and night, the weather bu reau said-. The rains are expect ed to keep rivers high, but be low the consequential flood stage. Amounts ranging up to 1.63 inches of rain fell at Prospect during the night melting be tween four and five inches of snow. Since the storm -started early Monday, .99 inch of rain has fallen at the Medford weath er bureau station. Rapid Rises Rapid rises were reported ear ly today on Elk creek, and Mrs. Evelyn Watson, Mail Tribune correspondent at Shady Cove, reported that high water endan gered the bridge across Sugar Pine creek, up Elk creek, and county crews were working to save it. Water was flowing across Dodes creek and Squaw creek bridges, where abutments had washed out, she said. Mrs. Watson said water rose 16 inches in one hour on Elk creek, and was across the road in several places. The Elk-Trail school bus did not run this morning because of the high water. The weather bureau said that small streams were expected to subside slightly during the day today, but larger streams and Rogue river will rise sharply. Weather bureau officials advised farmers to remove livestock from low areas along the river where flooding occurs the most often. Tapers Off Rain tapered off this morning, but the ground was soaked, the weather bureau said, and ex pected rains tonight and tomor row will be runoff. Rivers and creeks will remain high and fluctuate rapidly, the weather bureau said, but no ma jor flooding is expected. County Engineer Paul Ryn ning began an inspection of county roads this morning to determine whether or not the rain had damaged any of the roads. Log Jam He said a log jam was partial ly responsible for high water in the vicinity of the Elk creek bridge. Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks, county civil defense director, said peo ple in the Shady Cove area who have cattle grazing on low fields have been urged to move live stock. He emphasized the situa tion is not considered serious at this time and that low fields in the shady Cove area are flooded periodically. Farmers Voting on Government Controls Washington (U.R) Some three million farmers in 34 states vote today to determine the kind of government controls they want on 1957 crops of corn, cot ton, rice and peanuts. At least two-thirds of the farmers voting must favor the base acreage program for it to go into effect. If more than one- third favor acreage allotments, that program will be used. Malenkov's Absence Touches Off Rumors Moscow (U.R) Former Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov has been absent from public life for one month now, observers not ed todav. His name has not been mentioned in the Soviet press in that entire time. Malenkov's absence has touch ed off endless rumors, but there has been no official comment on his whereabouts. Klamath Falls l).R) A search for Harold Allen David, 24-year-old service station oper ator, was called off today after Sheriff Murray Britton said David's wife received a call from her husband in California. Salem (U.R) Distribution of 33.800 new telephone directories is under way here. 51st Year Medford United Prems Full incased Wir 26 Pages MEDFORD, a tf; : ? , HOMEMADE INCUBATOR When their baby, Jerald Scott, was born prematurely and was destined to slay in a hospital incubator for at least six weks, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nikodym of Dark Hollow road agreed that it was a poor arrangement and that it would be much better if the baby was home. Nikodym, a sheet metal worker, solved the problem last week end by building an incubator him Big Bus Overturns at Tangent 20 Persons Hurt, 12 Hospitalized As Aulo Dodged Albany, Ore.-(U.R) A south bound double-decker Greyhound bus overturned in a ditch at Tanget, south of here early to day injuring at least 20 of the 31 person aboard. Twelve of the injured were hospitalized here. None was re ported in critical condition but several were suffering from broken ribs, lacerations and oth er injuries. Eight others were released from the hospital after treatment. The accident occurred during a rainstorm about 12:20 a.m. in Tagent, which is seven miles south of here on Highway 99E. Car Continued On Walter Metzger, Portland, the bus driver, said the accident oc curred as he tried to avoid hit ting a car which stopped sud denly in front of him. The bus landed on its side down a six- foot embankment on the east side of the highway. Metzger said the car continued on. Most seriously injured was Eric Chan, Eugene, who suffered a possible broken back. Also se riously hurt was Mrs. Anne Cu- sack, Olympia, Wash., who suf fered head and chest injuries and shock. Julian Carrizales, proprietor of a roadside cafe directly across the highway, said he and his wife watched as the Los Angeles express Greyhound skidded across the road and toppled down , the embankment. "My wife ran to phone for an ambu lance," he said. "I went over to the bus to help them. The wom en and kids were screaming. It was awful." Injured Taken to Cafe The injured were taken to Carrizales' cafe where they were treated while awaiting arrival of four ambulances which took them to Albany General hospi- taL Metzger, who suffered shock, said "I don't know what hap pened. That car stopped to make a left hand turn. I hit the brakes and then we crashed." None of the injured was from southern Oregon. Weather FORECAST cloudy and ihow ery tnnigtot and Wednesday with heavier rains Wednes day afternoon and nirht. Low tonight 40. High Wednesday 52-55. TEMP. Hichet YMterdav 3 Lowest thi Morninr 37 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . - 7:31 t Sunset 4:39 p.r Mnonit Wednesday 1:57 Full Moon Dec. PROMINENT STARS Betelceuse. low in east 7:14 p.i Veca. low in northwest 9:12 p.r VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, leads the Moon. Jupiter, hi?h in south 6:48 a. Venus, low in jouthwest 7:01 a.i OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1956 No. 225 t" " 1 fcv. .- X mil iifciin ilT ii----ia School Board to Hold 2 Meetings Monthly 0 The Medford school board last night decided to hold two board meetings a month during the remainder of the school year. Sacramenfo Bank Robbed by Gunman Sacramento (U.R) The American Trust Company bank in downtown Sacramento was robbed of an undetermined am ount of money by a gunman to day. James Higgins. vice president of the bank, said the gunman approached a teller's window and shoved a note to her, read ing "give me $5,000 and you won't be hurt." Higgins said the teller gave him all the money in her top drawer but didn't know how much it was. The robbery occurred about 35 minutes after the bank open ed for business. The gunman was unmasked and apparently entered the bank alone, Higgins said. Sacramento police said they had arrested two suspects for questioning shortly after the robbery was reported. One Sentenced In , Circuit Court Today One man was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary and three others entered pleas of guilty this morning when they appeared before Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna. Berkely Wayne Keller. 35, Trail, was sentenced to a three year penitentiary term aiter pleading guilty to a charge of probation violation. Joseph J. Jones, 39, Roseburg, pleaded "guilty to a charge of -non' support and was released on his own recognizance. Wal lace L. Hambrick, 30, Sutherlin, pleaded guilty to a district at torney's information charging uttering and publishing a false check. He will he sentenced at a later date. Wiley Stewart, Ashland, plead ed guilty to a charge ef assault .and battery and his case was continued until Monday. Planning Commission Meeting Canceled A meeting of the city plan ning commission scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday was cancelled for lack of a member quorum. Only item on the agenda was consideration of proposed sub division regulations. City Manager Robert Duff said illness of some members and conflicting meetings ac counted for the absence of a quorum. This was the first plan ning commssion meeting in sev eral months to be canceled for , this reason. . Price 10c Tribune o United Press Fiftl Leased VS ix if J ... . . y iv.srss f )? i , Til' B . J self, complete with heating unit, humidifier and oxygen supply, which was hooked up, somewhat skeptically at first, by Meflford Ambulance service. With their doctor's appro val, the baby was moved into the apparatus and has been doing fine. Above, Andrea Slid Tommy, Jerald's brother and sister, look in at him through his private "picture window." The board will meet the fir? and second Tuesdays each month starting in January. The first meeting next month will be Thursday, since New Year's Day is the first Tuesday. School officials planned to consider school policies, build ings and curriculum and other related problems at the first meeting of each month. The second meeting will be the regu lar business meeting. Regular business was reaching a point where it was difficult to pVesent and consider it at one meeting, school officials said. School Census Leonard Mayfield, Superin tendent, reported that school census reports are expected to be completed before Jan.. 3. The census was conducted recently in the district to-help determine future needs of the district. George T h a n o s, Medford, graduate of Southern Oregon college, was appointed t rclace Ronald Andreasbn as mathe matics instructor at Hedrick Junior High school. Andreason resigned to accept a business position at Kent, Wash. School officials reported that new classrooms at Medford High school are being used, and that new classrooms at Hedrick Jun ior High are expected to be ready for use after' Christmas vacation, which starts Dec. 21. Letters of Appreciation Letters of appreciation from St. Mary's school students for use of the football stadium anfi facilities and from the YKCA board of directors expressing ap preciation for use of schogl facili ties were read. Bwrd members were remind ed of staff elections early next year. Principals will be "elected February and teacners will be. elected in March. o Policies wer reviewed and disputed concerning teacher salaries nd other budgetary items for the 1957-5 school year. Puppet Hungary Walks Out Of UN .To Protest Agenda United Nations. N. Y (U.R) o Puppet Hungary walked out of trie U. N. Assembly today. It said it v)uld stay out until the Hun garian question is taken off the agenda. Imre Horvath, foreign minis ter of the Russian supported Budapest regime, led his entire delegation out of the assembly at the start of this morning's session after a brief statement from the rortrum. Resolution Debated The assembly was debating a resolution sponsored by the United States and 18 other countries which would condemn Russia for its brutal suppression of the Hungarian revolt and call Ksdar Reported Hissing; Rumors , Continue To Fry oSoviet Tanks ock 0 Budapest in Steel o 0 Vnna (U.R) Hundreds of Russian tanks lockedP Budapest in a rig of Sg-1 today. All Hun gary ay paralyzed in the gripV oi one of te most Sfriplete strikes in history. Refugees rparhinff Ancfria saidathe finks sttftpedll move ment in or out of the capitai hen the Sjjflke starts offcilly at midnight There were no re ports of th tanks Hjng in tion jalthoitprij in many reyicB localizedociatties biks Ait be tween cfefiant workers and Hun The itravelersaalso brought ou) ruiors twit hateebpugpet Pre mier Janos KWar has disappr ed. They said one persistent ru mor sweeping Hungaryis tlfit Kadar has shot himself. nother is that he was whiskey fi8gi te scene by the Jissians as j5d denly as was" Jormer Premier Imre Nagy. However, tire oftly hard fact brought out by t!e travelers was dhat Kadar has not been seen offo heard from personally since last ( Friday, an that .eryone in Budapest is speculating about his fate. Tlic Russian ianks and armor ed cars sealed off theohugec-iron and steel crgnplex on Budapest's Csgpel Island. Paftiot picke C outside the plShts served nffice they woulti fightPang attempt by the Russians or pw.ice to pene trate into the factories. 000 Ration Paralyzed O Tne ggvernmAt gitrcdJed0 Budapest Raio indiJte clear 1 the strike was the worst to date0 in Hungaj makirffc it about th most complete walk- . dut of all ti9ne. The radio amitted: 1. Bail transport was aj a standstill. o 2. The postal service us par alysed. 3. Factories were iOe "be cause the w9rkers are afrd of cotsr revolutionary Tlementa on strike." o G$s and eleiricity services, however, continued toofunction. The broadcasts made no men tion of ftiaj-tial law scheduled to go into effect today. Announce ment f th decree first was made Sunday and was last men tioned in a broadcast Monday C At the same time, police con tinued their methodical search for hidden arms. Under tfte martial law decree, personsO caught wi?n weapons after 6 p.m. were subject to instant death. - Strike Ma$ Con1nu3 But there was no sign that the freedom fighters vg?re hand ing over their arns. Reports reaching Budapest in- r dicate th striking workers no longer consided it only a 48- hour walkout, o Workers in varrous parts of the country were quoted as say ing the strike woulgo on until tle hated puppet government of Premier Janos Kadar turned off the police state oppression. Meanwhile, on the Austro-. Hungarian f.jntier, the flood of refugees slowed to a trickle. The main highway was sealed ond only one Red Gjross convoy feeaqg) ed through to Buifcpest this morning. Guardingg Ba1totoBxes Part of Clerk'sDuties S$lem c'.R) o Attorney General jRobJrJo Y. Tnornton held toda that guarding b&.ot boxes during a recount of votes was pare o the cork's cgjcial duties and its cost could not be charged to persons demanding the recount. q Tift ojnion was requested by Clackamas County District Q torney Winston LPBra(jshw as the result ofca recour of a county race in the SovemheD 'jreneral election. J O on the Soviet Union to get irs trps out of Hungary under U.N. observation. Horvath told the assembly its "continued efforts to intervene in the internal affairs" of his country was "incompatible with the sovereignty" of Hungary. Not Leaving UN "The Hungarian delegation," he said, "came here to dicuss fundamental international prob lems." He made it clear that the Budapest regime was not with drawing from U. N. membership. But he said they would remain, out of the current 11th session of the General Asembly as long as the Hungarian situation is on the agenda. o o e o
