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During tl-.o2-$ hiirs 3e7dng gt midnight Iat nitfij. j -fl inch fell at the Mrlford air Inrt. ad up to 10a.m. today inch jinre frlR igne rljver at Grants Pass reached a crest of 12.8 feet at -Jl p.m. yeslrdSy. The reading this rayrning (jvas 10 Bfeeto tiw 'MM(ir bureau safSt. A reading Oof S3 feet wf s recorded at Dnde Sridje shout 7:30 p m. yestrrflny.o shortly before th "ei,v ss reaied. Q At Gold Ray damfe tl le?el cornered a reading of ft. 5 fc-etat 9 p m. yesterday. The Triver ivas receding this morn ing, o CJ 0 aVea-obu-au officials nid itreamf are ngj expected to risoo substaiuially trow recurring rains iirltig tl next five days. They warned. htvever, that if extremely heavy amounts fcS. there nffjht cje danger of local flooding in low Oareas along iit-ems. o o o o Heavy mountain ain earli Qesterdny fillcdsmall tributaries of Rogue river. Most of the flfoding was g-potied ?rom the Elk creek areao The mSs of vaftt air pushed the freezing level tV about lir 000 fret this iirning. Mixed snow and rain wa reported at Crater Lake NaTiorpl park. ' a o Directors Elected, In Fire Difrid3 Rogue 'v" Four directors were circled in $e Rogue Rncr Rura Fire Protegtio district- yesterday. The election waj held at Jims Frm store.oHighway 8 Roeue Rivcf) q - u 0 Elcttcd were Edward Lilly, (y.ho rcriyja n votes oien T"" ri- j X i r li ofnors designate oiooa lor re- Birdse-ye 13. ClcphaR oss 1 K placement, the donor should pro aivg Joe Allison 10. .lhson wasevide the name of the physician, the onlv cumbent among the -candidates. FollvinjPthe electio. direc iirs decided the Iftigth of terms each willofill. Liliy will serve a five-year tcrm.Birdseye four, Voss and Allison t. Onlv other c&idiite for di- rector0 was Carl Cliristenson, who received eight votes. Bus Passenger Slain lnoCafe at Newport Newport, Ore. U P A bus . was followed by the shooting. coffee stop at this coastal town erupted in a wo.-hootmg fp.ee late vestrrdav afternoon as the passenger? sat horrified when one of their number shot down a companion. Three other persons were wounded in the incident that took ie life of a Southern Pa cific railroad employee. Held on Murder Charge Police said John Willi Hong, 33. of Dayton. Ohio, was being he on a murder charge. Killed was C. J. Huff. Port land, a friend of Long's for 15 years. He also carried identifi cation listiftc a SToquille address. Howard Burpee, Portland, a passenger on the bus, said Lang walSd up to Huff an.? demand ed: "(Si-ve me that S100 or I'm Jjing to shoot you righj in the iace." M-Ji't cUrcgard ol th thxsat .. wher pre'cLpitation in the past 24 hours has totaled 1.69 inches. About 33 inches of snow on the ground has melted to 22 inches during the past couple of days. No extensive damage was re ported ti county roads, all of Equalization Board Agrees to Deadline The Jackson county board of equalrzation has agreed to re establish the Jan. 1, 1958. dead line for submission of a study on assessments for orchard trees in the county. A special committee was ap pointed a vear ago to review or chard tree assessments in 'the county and make recommenda tions for revisions in the assess ment formula. Results of the studv and the recommendations were originally scheduled for submission to the board of equal ization on Jan. 1, 1958. but the board later changed the dead line to Jan. 1, 1957. Reestablish irtent of the 1958 deadline was recommended to- the board in Appointments for Bloodmobile Made Only 20 appointments have been made for the regular visit of the Bloodmobile at the Med frd Elks temple Tuesday, Dec. 18, Red Cross officials said to day. TJie quota is 250 donors, they said, arid 200 pints of blood. A greater number of donors is needed to offset possible .rejects, officials noted. The Bloodmobile will be at the Elks temple be twpt'8 1 ?id 5 p.m. , The Crater Lions is assisting in recruiting donors and publicity, the Red-Cross said. Several of the appointments aircany niaue are lor repiHce- I mcnts and officials urged that already made are for replace- lf ,iors designate blood for re- patient and the ospital. TIk Bloodmobile will be in Ashland Wednesday, Dec. 19, and the hours and quotas are the same. The Bloodmobile will be at the Ashland Elks temple. Appointments may be made by telephoning Mcdford 3-3813 or j Ashland 7221, the Red Cross 5 id. j Passengers on the bus said , that Lon? had fone asieep and when he awoke contended money had been taken from his person. Thomas Edgar Sanders, 54, Molalla, was struck in the hip by one of the wildly flying bul lets. Dniel Clancey. 40, of Neo tsu was struck in the back by a bullet. Dallas Coats, Portland, a companion of Long and Huff, was wounded in the face by lead fragments. Hed Been Arguing Passengers aboard the bus said the two men had been argu ing for some time after they boarded the bus at Reedsport en route north. About 30 persons were in the Bayway cafe, the Greyhound terminal here, at the time of the hooting. w,... ... ..-i , downstream from Bybee brid; sign that reads "no camping" minutes the river rose about yesterday afternoon. Receding; which were passable, according to County Engineer Paul Ryn ning. Dead Indian road at Frog creek was narrowed because of a plugged culvert, Rynning said. Debris was removed from other county roads where high water yesterday inundated them. a letter from Sam B. Stewart, state tax commissioner. It was also agreed that values, classifications and similar rec ommendations of the state tax commission appraisal staff he adopted by the board if the re port is not submitted on ths ap pointed date. Direct Alienor Board members also decided to direet the county assessor to use values agreed upon for 1956 57 in making orchard assess ments for 1957-58. Motion for this action was made by E. H. Singm aster. Philip Lowry, attorney for the Fruit Growers League of Jack son county, commented he was pleased with the board's approv al of the 1958 deadline. He said the committee studying orchard assessment has been working steadily on the project and mem bers have felt the additional time was necessary. The committee is comprised of tax commissioners, a represent ative from the assessor's office and fruit growers. The original committee has been divided into sub-committees to study various factors which have bearing on orchard value. Keeney Named to Plan New SOC Building Robert J. Keeney, Medford architect, has been retained by the state board of higher educa tion to plan a science classroom building at Southern Oregon college. Estimated cost of the building is $460,000. Construction funds will be asked of the 1957 state legislature. Keeney was one of three architects retained by the board to prepare preliminary drawings for three projects, two of them Portland firms. Gilchrist School Closed By Flooded Furnace Room Klamath Falls (U.R) The Gilchrist school about 90 miles north of here was closed today after the furnace room was flood ed because of warm rain on the snowpack. County School Super intendent Carrol Howe said it was hoped the school would be open tomorrow. Government Seeks To Block Steel Merger Washington -;U.P.) The gov ernment went into court today to try to block the proposed mer ger of Bethlehem Steel Corp. and Youngstown Sheet Si Tube Co. The Justice Department filed a civil anti-trust suit against Bethlehem in New York federal court. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 487.51. off 2.85; 20 railroads 152.91, off 2.19: 15 util ities 67.26. off 0.43. and 65 stocks 170.69. off 1.34. Sales today were about 2.180.000 shares compared with 2,210,000 shares Tuesday. r..,.; - I ranWnb f i . i ;e, and lapped at the base of a at TouVelle State park. In 45 eight inches at this point late ion to Dismiss Murder Indictments Appealed by Kelly A motion to dismiss outstand ing murder indictments pending against Hugh D'Autremont has been appealed to the Oregon Su preme Court by Edward Kelly, Medford attorney lor D'Autre mont. The motion for dismissal was denied in Jackson county circuit court Oct. 12. It was based on provisions for failure to prose cute and the denial of the right to a speedy trial. D'Autremant, along with hib brothers, Roy and fiay, were sentenced June 23, 1927, alter conviction on murder charges groing out of a Southern l'acnic train holdup in a tunnel in the Siskiyous on Oct. 11, l'J23. Roy and Ray were allowed to plead guilty to second degree murder charges. Hugh was convicted of first degree murder. Agreement Made An agreement was made at the trial that the brothers be sentenced to life imprisonment and that the remaining indict ments against them would not be prosecuted. The indictments, however, would be kept pending to assure that they would remain in the penitentiary and not be eligible for parole consideration. The agreement, however, did not show in the record. An affi davit was obtained earlier this year from Tennyson Jefferson, then postal inspector assigned to the case, who was present at the sentencing, and the record was corrected to include the agree ment. The affidavit showed that the D'Autremont brothers waived further prosecution in 1927 and the right to a speedy trial. In recent years, Hugh has made three attempts to gain pa role. The motion filed by Kelly seeks dismissal of the remain ing indictments so Hugh D'Au tremont would be eligible for parole consideration. Missing Patient Is Returned to Physician A 39-year-old woman mental patient, reported missing from Saced Heart hospital early this morning, was returned to the care of her physician about 9:10 a.m. according to Medford po lice. Sister Helen Yvonne of Sac red Heart reported to police that the woman left the hospital about 6 a.m.. She was wearing a bath robe and a hospital night gown. She is reportedly suffer ing from a nervous condition. After leaving' the hospital she apparently went to her home in east Medford to change clothes. She was returned to the physici an by employees from the place where she has been employed, after she drove there in her car, police were informed. Police officers from two shifts of platoons were searching the city for her about two hours this morning. Warsaw, Poland (U.R) War saw Radio said today 83 persons were arrested in connection with the anti-Soviet demonstrations which erupted Monday night in Stettin. rwwwwwj ES"J I Crtelimp i .iim of t. ounty was re- pt . police at Coquille to- da. i,nd they said they were investigating the possibility of a third death. Edward L. St. Dennis, 43, a Weyerhaeuser Timber company employee at Allegany, is miss ing and presumed drowned in the Millicoma river at Allegany. Officials were dragging the river today for his body. At Myrtle Point, several per sons living near the middle fork of the Coquille river at the Spruce st. bridge reported hear ing calls for help along the swol len river about 4:30 p.m. yester day. Police began an intensive search but said no one had been reported missing. Yesterday. John McTeague, 41, apparently suffered a heart attack as he fled the rising Co quille river near Sitkum. Told To Boil Water Meanwhile, residents of Oak ridge were told to boil their drinking water today in the wake of flash flooding which struck widespread areas of west ern Oregon causing some evacu ation. Slides still blocked some high ways as the state braced for a new Pacific storm due to bring more rain. Rsin and melting snow were blamed for the flooding of tribu tary streams throughout Lane, Linn, Douglas, and Cons coun ties and other areas. Many of the smaller streams appeared to have reached their crest. But the Willamette below Corvallis continued to rise. Dikes Hold Residents of Willamette city near Oakridge were alerted last nisht for possible evacuation but Ray C. Rnmey, civil defense di rector there, said the middle fork of the Willamette river had stopped rising and that dikes held last night. Four families in the area were evacuated yesterday, In western Lane county the Siuslaw river crept into yards of homes at Maplclon. Flooding also was reported near Harris burg on the Willamette, near Co burg on the McKenzie and on the South Santiam near Leb anon. Livestock were marooned for a time in the Lebanon area but a herd of 16 animals was saved by farmers who came to the help of farmer Glen Brandel. Some wood-cutters near Waterloo also were stranded for a time by the stream and were rescued by boat late yesterday. The South Santiam flooded the Lebanon city park and sev eral homes were reported evacuated. Big Mill Closet Forest rangers at Detroit east of Salem had to battle for sev eral hours as water gushed down the hillside and threat ened to wash out homes, offices and maintenance buildings. They managed to divert the course of the runoff by scoop ing out a new channel with trac tors and bulldozers. Two sheds below the settlement were washed away. Officials of the Pope & Tal bot mill at Oakridge, employing about 425 men, announced clo sure of the mill for an indefin ite period after a spur railroad bridge over Salmon creek was damaged. Highways Blocked Four Oregon highways re mained blocked by high water and washouts, the State High way Department reported. Highway officials said the South Santiam highway was closed at Trout creek by a wash out. The Willamette highway was also closed by a washout 14 miles east of Oakridge. McKenzie highway was closed east of Finn Rock due to high water. The Coos Bay-Roseburg highway was closed by a road bed sink and a bridge out at Homes creek, three miles west of Camas Valley. Two SP Trains Halted By Weakened Bridge Oakridge, Ore. U.Ri Two Southern Pacific passenger trains were halted today because high water weakened a bridge over Salmon creek south of here. The Cascade, due in Portland at 8:35 a.m. from San Francisco, was held at Pryor near here. The southbound Klamath which left Portland at 10:15 p.m. yes terday, stopped at Oakridge Suspension of H-Bomb Tests Through '57 Told New York U.R) The New York Post said today that the United States has decided, to sus pend' further major H-bomb tests at least through 1957. MAILING HEAVY Though not expected to reach a peak until next Monday or Tuesdajf, Christmas mailing at the Medford post offic has been the heaviest of any year onrecord, according to Postmaster Moore Hamilton0To help handle the increased load eight extra Irish Nationalists j) Government Build in Belfast, Northern Ireland (U.R) Irish nationalists attacked army, police and government in stallations across Northern Ire land today in a gun-blazing at-c tempt to seize a fortress full of arms. Sentries and police patrols foiled the main assault on a Brit ish Army regimental headquar Savage Fighting ih Budapest Reported Vienna (U.R) Savage street fighting broke out today in Bud apest and the Hungarian prov inces. Reports reaching Vienna indi cated the Soviet Army was at tacking tne rebel patriots in a massive effort to end Hungary's nationwide strike against the puppet government. The Hungarians had prayed for a miracle to save thera from another round of blood-letting in their struggle for freedom but the the miracle did not come and fighting resumed today. Soviet armed forces and Red Hungarian militiamen had been alerted for instant duty and needed only a word of command to launch a new massacre. Reports filtering through to Vienna from silenced Budapest said bloody clashes were taking place wherever the new Red po lice of puppet Premier Janos Kadar attempted to make the strikers return to work. Wells Appointed Juvenile Counselor- LeRoy E. Wells, 42, of 396 Bridge st., Ashland, has been ap pointed counselor in the city juvenile office and will begin his duties Dec. 2(5, according to Mrs. Kay Crowell, juvenile of ficer. Wells is a member of the Ash land police force. He has super vised boys at CCC and federal forestry camps and has served as president of the Ruch Parent Teacher association. Wells, who has lived in south ern Oregon since 1915, is mar ried and has two daughters, ages 18 and 12. He and his fam ily will continue to live in Ash land. He replaces Niles Smith, who resigned recently. Weather FORECAST: C'.oudr with inte rnment rain through Thur dav. Low tonight 42. High Thursday J2-53. Temp. Hirhut Yesterday 57 Lowest this Morning 45 Free, to 10 a.m. Today .23 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:32 a."i. Sunset . 4 :39 p.m. Moonset Thursday 3:01 a.m. Full Moon Dec. 17 The shooting stars seen tonight will mostly radiate from an area in the sky near the Twins. These Gemlnid meteors, white in color, move at a medium speed. They are more numer ous after midnight and more noticeable after moonset. ters at Armagh, but ttie rational ists seized 200 pounds of dyna mite in one of 12oraids. Ihey also destroyed a radio tansmitter andQ damaged bridges. The raids, carried out un4er cover of a battering northern gate, was th biggest single naign since Northern Ireland's-! six counties were separateofctrn But the reports indicated ther fighting had iot.ct reached the :ale of another all-out uprising. The crunch of mobile artillsvry and moriar fire kept tense Bud-j apest awak mrough rfios ol thg night. And in the hilis to the north, Russian infantry and tanks closed in on 10,008 partisans who began shooting even before a presidential committe dHaed martial law and outlawed0 the regional workers councils Sun day, o Machine gun fire rattled spo radically frm the Galert hills, a vill-speckd outcrop within the confines of western Buda-o! pest. It was believed Hungarian police and militia and not the Soviets ere attackfig theDfree-d dom fighters in this area. Martial Law in Effect Tiie elastic continued despite the heavy punishment y mili tary tribunal that is t e meted out under the martial law which went into effect last nigy. The martiI law provisions could be stretehed to affect anybody who did not actively jpport the, regime. The picture of fighting in the provinces was not clear. Buda pest still was cut off for the mct part from communication with the outside world and refugee reports were conflicting. "Pay No Attention To Rover. He Just Likes To Join In" employees have been hired and about 25 nN6 will be put on next week to Sd in distribu tion of incoming rrl. No plans have been made to keep the post office open fi&er 5 p.m. unless he volume warrants (I. Shown abotfj C ia typ$.I lie of postice usf? o aipage 30 Bridges' the rest of IrelftSd 34 yors ao Northern Ireland mohi!ed" Ls emerncy farce of 12.000 police aijgl policefsrves. In Britain itself lhe Horn Dffic aft-rted police and ATgy p6gts thrnuhoutothe cousro The iat:f attack rrnnrted wa9 cam-Oncar gnniskillen wherthe rpW- 7 , L ers. onerafin, in n of a ftr r coordinated raitfs, seizede20i" J pounds of dynnite stored in' quarry. A nearb? iinoccu;ed N. tiof?al Guard Irmory was blown f?p: Police jti llsointcH-cepjerl n- ot'ier rSidir squaeaded tr the Brlsh Rd?al Air Force radar station at Torr Head on one of Ireland's ft-lhernmdst points. o w 5 In tffis skirmish the raiders opened fire an police shot back. Three nationalists were cap tured. The edar station, one ml NATO's ma isj watchdogs against attack from the East, wasj!ot harmed. The $ain effort was directcSi at the full rrnned Iri ?usil- rs Regimental Headquar'rs at (Jriugh Barraeks, Armag, with the raiders trying a pincers ap- proacii. o This faileS wri police0inter- epted atuckload of National ists in Armagh an a sel!! sit the sVff-walled fortress heard prolers outsideeand clBl ed out the guard. ie headquar ters night patrol OsTned end drove off the aiders. ( Alert in London Scotland "Ard rslcd extrtf guards at government builrtfngs i Loi?don, mSpl of the fact that .a do74 IrsSh nationa'rtls captured five to?is of arms in a O 1955 raid on" a British Army clrpot. o o Or,p of this morning's natiojlr ali.sl sqids bri"ly bjctsl the p caretaker of Magh"afelt Court house. Se and hfc wife and tht boarder w)re driven thrt ftiles down a country road'ai re lea'Sjd. In the o.rJntime the raiders burned th courthouse. 3
