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CLOTHING SHIPPED Boxes of clothing for
Hiisarian relief are checked by Virgil Rose
O (risJll and Art Davis at the Pierce Freight
Lines ompaiiy before loading it on a truck
for SmD francisro. Approximately a ton of
O clothing reported in unusually good condition
Copcoio Receive
Reserve Award
"he Califomi Oregon Power
rompanj? Thursday will receive
O S department of defense re
serve award at ceremonie in
Meriord. o
OBrig. Gen. Sam Maileius, com
mafjt of Mather Air Force
3iise, Sacramento,- will present
tle award, vlifch. is in recogni
tion of anr outstanding record
O is igipcration with reservists
und Reserve activities of' the
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president of
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A. S. '-Cummins
Copco. will receive
the award'
ind citation o behalf of the
compiy. o '
award is made to employ
ers who have hen unusually ce-
ORerWive with"' reservists and !
tlreir mii.tury activities. Duense
departmeit ofiiciais puinted .Out
that the aard to Copco was ihe
Jyvjit of the company's policy
O ff stl-inj? militry leave lo re
0jt.ts oncactive duty tours,
pursuing po;"i"n:jrl policies fa
vorable to feservisfs. providing
space andiacilitics for re
serveo tivities, and allowing
tine off for-i-csr?visls to attend
O special twining events.
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Pretnier Says
Return Gaza
Jerusalem vUR) Premier
David Bera"iurion tol the Knes
set (parliament) today Israel will
not retflrn the disputed Gaza
trip to Egyj.
O The white-maned Premier, in
a speech to apacked session of
the Knesset, cautiously refused
to comment on reports Israeli
Ambassador to Washington Abba
Enag, said Tuesday Israel does
not want thGaza Strip.
"But I wou'a like to stress
immediately that no one is en
titled on behalf of the govern
ment to say anything regarding
the 4uture of the Gaza Strip ex
cept that in no circumstances
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, D'
Sees Tc
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Hearing Galled on
Annexation Proposa
The Medford city council will cents per month per water con
decide on the annexation of the nection, the council was told last
Kenwood-Grahdview district to night by City Manager Robert
the city following. a public hear- Duff,
ing next Jan. 15, members de- Balance Each Other
cided last night. The cost of new city services
Voters, in the area approved , to be furnished the area, and
annexation bv a vote of 342 to the added income coming to the
283 at the general election in
November. But before the an
nexation becomes effective it
must be approved by the city of
Medford. either bv the council
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afldr a nnh if. hoarina nr hv an
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BltLUUIl.
In effect, the cost of annexa
tion to present residents of the
citv. would amount to about 18
MFs Missing Comics
Arrive in Mail Today
The Mail Tribune's missing
comics arrived today, but too
lte for inclusion in today's is
sue. The three sequences will be
brought up to date in tomorrow's
edition.
Tiie comics presumably were
casualties of the Christmas mail
rush. The mats from which they
are ' reproduced were mailed
from New York on schedule on
Dec. 7.' and arrived 12 days la
ter. .
The missing-strips are "Buzz
j Sawyer." who is now having
troubles with his rocket plane.
"Blondie. and "Snuffy Smith.
Also missing has been Jimmy
Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every
Time" panel.
Israel Not To
Strip To Egypt
will Israel agree to its return to
the Egyptian invaders," Ben
Gurion said.
The Gaza Strip is a finger of
land that juts into Israel from
Egypt along the Mediterranean
coast, and some 200.000 Arab
refugees are jammed into the
area.
Israel won the Gaza Strip in
its push into the Sinai Desert
last month. Since then Israel
said it would give up its con-
quests in Sinai but has been ad-
amant it retain control of Gaza
and the refugees who have lived
there since they left what is now
Israel during the 1948 Palestine
war.
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JoP
was collected last week bv the Medford chap
ter, Oregon United Nations association, for
Hungarian relief. The 30 cartons were made
ready for shipment last Friday and taken to
San Francisco by the freight lines without
charge.
city as a result of annexation,
almost balance each other, he
said.
The added cost would come
through water department serv
ices, where added costs would
exceed increased income of
some SU.UUU per year, ihis
could be paid in several ways,
Duff said, and he suggested
either a general water rate in
crease throughout the system
totaling about S2.18 per connec
tion per year (or about 18 cents
per month), or a levy of 0.41 of
a mill on all city property.
Duff said costs chargeable to.
the water department shpe up
this way:
There would be an annual
cost of S10.568.75 for debt serv
ice on S153.000 worth of out
standing district bonds, plus
S3. 190 per year net loss in reve-
i n"e and in additional mainlen
ance costs, for added annual
costs totaling S13.758.75. Also,
over the next few years, about
i - S20,300 . would be needed for
capital improvements in the
district for fire protection and
water service.
Expenses Handled
These costs could be handled
either through the small in
crease in water rates, or in the
small property levy, Duff said.
General city services to the
area, including street mainten
ance, lighting, police and fire
protection, street signs, building
inspection and drainage, would
total about S52.550 annually,
Duff estimated.
But added income created by
the annexation would come
within a few hundred dollars
of offsetting this cost, he said.
The added income he estimated
at S41.670, and it would come
from city taxation of the area
on its assessed valuation of Sl,
002.003, state assistance paid
from gasoline and liquor taxes
on a per capital basis, business
licenses, and franchise fees.
The original petition for an
nexation submitted by residents
i of the area was based on the
need for sewase facilities there,
which they say has become criti-
cal. and could be solved only by
annexation,
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No. 232
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People in Russia
Believed Unhappy
Oyer Hungary
American Policy
Found Not So Rigid
Washington (U.RS Indian
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh
ru concluded his formal talks
with President Eisenhower today
with a prediction that their
meeting will make a definite
contribution to world peace.
To Be Host At Dinner
Nehru told newsmen as he left
the White House after talking
with the President for one hour
and 40 minutes:
"I think India and America
Radio Highlights
A presi conference by In
dian Prime Minister Jawahar
lal Nehru wil be heard over
station KYJC (1230 kc) at 9:30
tonight.
will get along very well in the
future in international affairs."
The Indian Prime Minister
will be host to Mr. Eisenhower
at a state dinner tonight but his
visit to the White House today
was the last man to man secret
talk with the President on his
schedule.
Nehru also told a news con
ference that he believes "the
people in the Soviet' Union are
not very happy about events in
Hungary, to put it mildly."
Nehru also said he found in
his talks with President Eisen
hower that American policy "is
not so rigid as I had thought."
In explanation, he added, "the
general approach to problems ap
pears to be governed by appreci
ation of the changing world."
American Prisoners
Nehru said he has talked with
Premier Chou En-Lai about re
leasing the 10 Americans still
held prisoner in Communist
China, and will again. He said
he "very much" wants them
released and hopes they will be
freed soon.
The Prime Minister expanded
his schedule to talk with Sec
retary of State John Foster Dul
les and with Harold E. Stassen,
the President's disarmament ad
viser, this afternoon.
Presidential News Secretary
James C. Hagerty said he did
not know what Stassen and Neh
ru planned to discuss but it was
"mutually agreed to have Stas
sen call on Nehru."
Chinese Complaints
Nehru said he had not deliver
ed to Mr. Eisenhower any for
mal message from Red Chinese
Premier Chou En-Lai with whom
he met before coming to Wash
ington. But he said he conveyed to
Mr. Eisenhower Chou's view
point on Asia, and explained
Red China's thinking r'jout some
Far East problems.
Asked to give details of his
report, Nehru said Chou had
made "certain complaints."
He said Chou's position is that
Red China has "gone several
steps forward" while there have
been no comparable moves to
improve relations by the United
States.
Wore Familiar Clothing
The 67-year-old Indian leader
faced 300 newsmen from all
parts of the world at an early
morning news conference at the
National Press Club auditorium
in downtown Washington. He
wore his familiar white Gandhi
cap, white jodphurs and a tight
fitting, brown coat.
In a radio-TV address to the
nation Tuesday night, Nehru
said the "forces of peace are
strong" and world opinion no
longer will permit "powerful
countries to revert to old colon
ial methods or to impose their
domination over weak coun
tries." That, he said, is the lesson to
be learned from the "tragedies
in Egypt and Hungary.
Nixon in Austria
To Study Problem
Of Moving Refugees
Russia Denounces
Trip as Interference
Vienna (U.R) Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon arrived
in Austria tonight to take a first
hand look at the problems in
volved in the great mass refu
gee flight from Hungary.
As Nixon's special plane from
Washington landed at Vienna's
Schwechat Airport, almost the
first persons he saw were 72
Hungarian refugees from Com
munist rule waiting to take off
for a new life in America.
They were the latest group
of more than 11.000 Hungarians
already in or en route to the
United States under President
Eisenhower's plan to admit a
total of 21.500 victims of Com
munist terror.
The vice president and his
party finally landed here after
a thick fog over Central Europe
had caused hours of delay.
Tile vice president will tour
several refugee centers and con
fer with officials on the scene
in an effort to determine Ijpw
the United States can help clear
up the refugee problem.
President Eisenhower Asked
Nixon to determine how Ameri
can doors can be opened for
even more refugees and how
the Austrian government can be
helped in taking care of the
more than 60.000 persons still
jammed into makeshift camps in
this overburdened country.
Even before he landed Mos
cow Radio was denouncing his
trip. It broadcast a dispatch in
the Soviet Communist news
paper Pravda accusing him of
flying to Austria to organize
Hungary's ebbing fight for free
dam and said he was jeopardiz
ing Austria's neutrality.
The official Soviet newspaper,
in a dispatch broadcast by Mos
cow radio, said Nixon's trip was
"gross interference" in the af
fairs of other nations and vio
lated U. S. pledges to respect
the permanent neutrality of Aus
tria. Bloodmcbile Quota
Exceeded by 6 Pints
The quota of 200 pints of
blood was exceeded by six pints
Tuesday afternoon when the
Bloodmobile was in Medford. ac
cording to Red Cross Bloodmo
bile officials.
Of 242 donors, there were 83
drop-ins. Thirty-six were reject
ed, the officials said.
Blood designated as replace
ments for those who have need
ed transfusions was greater than
usual, with one person named
by 21 donors.
Red Cross officials said that
the success of the drive this
month was aided by the recruit
ing of donors by members of
Crater Lions club.
The Bloodmobile will return
to Medford in February.
Red Hungary To Ask
West for Big Loan
Vienna (U.R) Hungary's
Communist regime is preparing
to ask the free world for a S400
million loan to stave off eco
nomic disaster, reports from
Budapest said today.
The reports said Hungary had
no hopes of receiving such a
huge sum from the Soviet Union
or other Communist nations and
was being forced to turn to the
United States and other Western
countries.
The appeal for funds would
go through the United Nations,
the reports said, and the puppet
regime of Premier Janos Kadar
would be "broadened" to in
clude a number of non-Communists
and "Titoists."
Children Calling Santa
May Get Wrong Party
Niles Smith, 31S South
Groveland ave., Medford,
wishes he had as much to of
fer as Santa Claus when chil
dren call him wanting to talk
with St. Nick.
Smith said he has received
about 25 calls during the past
two evenings from children
calling Santa through ar
rangements by the Medforl
Kiwanis club. His telephone
number is 2-4178. and the
number to be called to talk
with Santa is 2-6173.
More than 1.000 children
from southern Oregon some
as far away as Glendale
have called Santa through the
Kiwanis project, Kiwanis offi
cials said.
"Merry Christmas. To You, Sir"
Cf" lwrm er TT-- Q
Zone Change Proposal
Referred to Planners
A proposal to rezone property
in the area near the Rogue Val
ley Memorial hospital construc
tion site was referred back to
the planning commission for fur
ther consideration last night.
Frank Van Dyke, attorney rep
resenting 14 residents, said the
group was opposed to recommen
dations made by the planning
commission recently. The com
mission recommended that prop
erty be rezoned from Class 1A
(single family) to Class IIIB (lim
ited commercial).
He told the city council the
group desired an opportunity to
be heard by the planning com
mission before the council con
siders the commission's recom
mendations. Hearing 'Not Fair'
Van Dyke added that the in
itial planning commission hear
ing on the zoning change last
month w-as "not fair" and that
there was not adequate notice
for the hearing.
The council asked the plan
ning commission to submit a
recommendation on the zoning
change before Feb. 5. when the
council again considers the mat
ter. The council tabled an ordin
ance proposing reduction of buil
ding permit fees for structures in
which construction costs exceed
S500.000. The present ordinance
provides a S3 fee for each $1,000
of construction costs.
Under the proposed ordin
ance the fee would be S3 per
51,000 for the first S500.000.-S2
per $1,000 for the second $500,
000, and $1.50 per 51,000 for
more than S1,000,000.
Fees 'Excessive'
' Rogue Valley Memorial Hos
pital association representatives
said they believed the present
fees were "excessive" for the
new 52.000,000 non-profit hos
pital being constructed at Bar
nett and Murphy rds.
The Rev. George V. Bolster
and Eugene Thorndike of the
hospital association requested
the city to waive building fees'
"in exchange for the benefits
the hospital will bring to the
city."
The motion tabling the ordin
ance followed council discussion
that collection of building fees
might be deferred until comple
DOW-JONES A-VERAGES
New York (U.P.) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 industri
als 493.81, off 1.28; 20 railroads
153.8J. off 1.05; 15 utilities 67.27,
nff 0 12- and 65 stocks 174.47.
off 0.59. Sales today were about
1.990,000 shares compared wun
2,370,000 shares Tuesday.
Washington (U.R) .The Ag
riculture Department has esti
mated 624,953.000 bushels of
fall-planted winter wheat will
be harvested in 1957.
Weather
FORECAST: I.ornt ovrcnt and
poor vlslhility in vally;
therwise increasing cloudiness
tonight. Cloudy Thursday.
I.ittle temperature chance.
Low tonieht 34. High Thurs
day 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ... - 47
Lowest this Morninr 34
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
sunrise 7:34 a.m.
Sunset 4:41 p.m.
The Moon rises 7:2" p.m.
In Perleee, It IS about 23.',. 106
milrs from the Earth tnirht.
Last Quarter - Dec. 24
PROMINFNT STARS
Castor and Pollux, above th
Moon. (Castor Is the hifher of
the two)
tion of the hospital. Council
members suggested fthat fees
would then be collected only if
city inspectors had rendered ad
justments improving ths hospit
al construction. "
The ordinance will remain
tabled pending completion of n
analysis by the city manager of
hospital costs resulting from
building fees. o
100-Mile Per-Hour
Chase Ends With'
Crash at Phoenix -
. Mrs. June Kllen Liwson, 21,
of 51 North Oakdale ave., Med
ford. was arrested bv t.ato tio-
lice about 1:58 a.m. jtortay after
a 100-mile-pcr-liour automobile
chase which ended in a crash at
Phoenix. c
. Mrs. Lawson was arraigned in
district court today on. charges
of driving while intoxicated.
She was released on her own
recognizance and to her attor
ney, A. E. Piazza. She0 is to Ap
pear Jan. 2.
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Police said the chafe s,tated
on Billings hill nesr Ashland
when a patrolman signaled the
approaching ca to stop fiecafise
the driver did not dims the cat s
lights after the officer blinked
his lights several times.
100-Mile-Per-Hour
The officer5 turned arogndj, but
the northbound gar, a 1957 Pon
tiac, failed to stop. Police said
the car was clockedogoing about
-luu miles per hour near Lithia
drive-in theater,
; later0 slowed
down, then speeded ojp again.0
ine car was cnosKed goinjo
about 90 miles an hour on ca
curve near Phoenix here ?nere
is a traffio separator. o o
The far missed the cure, po
lice said, went gver the urb,
traveled about 112 feet, hut a
sign post and knocked it 4$ feel
northward. The -car continued
another 220 feet0coming to rest
facing nSrtk in the southbound
traffic lane. o
When the car stooped, the mo
tor caught fire. It was extin-
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guished by pfjolmen with anT
extinguisher from the patrol car.
The fire gutted the gicftor and
the back of the dash, they0saii.
Mrs. L,awson suffered a nose tor lire aaaio'mai rjsjpensev w n
injury in the accident, poUqf Iiams said in sorrej the
said. estate has hidlec, the engineer-
The enr was Registered tv her f'&ig partoof tljj construction by
husband. Leon Lawson, fifcos-the .it3s resident engineer sta
pect, police safd. ' tioned in the viciniQ.
Outgoing Mail in Medford
Sets New Record Jhis Week
Monday and Tuesday were
both record-breaking days at the
Medford post office, Postmaster
Moore Hamilton reported this
morning.
On Monday, a total of ssne
111.000 pieces of mail eere can
celled here, he said, compared
to the previous record-high day,
in 1955, just before Christmas,
when 97,000 pieces .of mail went
through. On Tuesday, the total
dropped to 98.000, still over the
previous record high. These were
outgoing items of mail only, he
pointed out.
Monday was the peak day this
year. Hamilton said, and the
volume of outgoing mail can be
expected to taper off from now
on. The incoming peak volume
will also be sometime this week,
he indicated.
The post office has employed
Shepflov Said
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Shouted Down m
Attemptlo Speak
Police Rescue female
Member oi Politburo
Berlin (U. The West Ber
lin newspaper Telegrft said to
day a wave of strikes and anti
government demcstrations has
hit the Soviet Union.
The newspaper said reports of
strikes and worker anti-government
rallies extended from the
Donetz River Basin in the
Ukraine to thed'rals and to Mos
cow. It said students demonstrated
at universities of Mrgow,
Reval and Vilna and that Foreign
Mini.-er Drtri i'lepilov was
shouted down and hisscjwhen
he tried to speak at the liiver-
siUr of Moscow against counter
revolutionary tendency.
Escorted by Police o 0 1
It said oter party jiff0ials
were shoutad down inomeetings
at the universities of Revel and
Vifca.
The 9-gwspapor also repjtcd C
'that Mme. Ekatarina Fui4evay
woman candidate member of Oie
Communis, party pgtburo, h;3
to bcKortPd by police fronfythe o'
Moscow Kagaifcpvich ball bear
ing factory, o - q
A strike took place at the fac-
tory after the Hungarian, revc4)
staged an Madam rurtseya o
went there in an effort ?o
counter demands 3or 0higher q q
wges. the newspaper said. 0
Complete haos 0 o P
"The meeting hall turned rito
a Sjne of complete cns w!SVi
pin answer to a shout fromuti5
audience she had to admit she
earned 20,000 ruoles a mofitht?
($5,800 at ftie legal ratiO.-'Hne
newspaper said. o (
"Police only witf? eyorwifi
le to rescue her from the tfur-
lous workers. Q O
Itosaid reports of stories nd
spontaneous0 protest rallies of
workers had come from the Don
etz Basin and the runOi aidiA
"dissatisfaction is gpreadingSap
idly over theo entire Soviet
Unin"
"The
e movement is not org;a-
ized but breaks out sn'j6i.inenuslv-
fTn incident after incident. it
saicS "It has a foundation inhe
broad mses 10 tl Rus.OiC
worker and among the intelfcc-
luals.0 The events in Hungary0
pPdj? more tln a iUght rols, in
the movement." o
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State to Design 0
BearCekfolgeso
o State Highway Egir.fcr W?
C. Williams ha!0notf ied City
Iganager Robert )ufr,h.-i lha
state highway departienPCwill
fcsisto Medford oo design ?
bridges is tha. City's arterial
o5lrcei unaigg prognjm. q
o"-' str'si.
envelopment is
oije of ftiree segmi of a cap
ital omprnvement pi!grai ap
proved by voters Nqj-. 6.
Bie lij'iway department will0
alsist in designing Bejsj; creek O
brio's? at iryh and llh sg-. Ac
cording to Pie plan theity
supply ressar maps and otfi-
er engineering data ubn which
the Sate will base the desi
Theoftate e0 estimate the
cost of preparing the dctfcjn and
will require the gity ft deposit
the estinft cost with tfc state. e
Tnnn rnmnlpiiati thpKtalo - i
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- eturO the balance of ie depos-S?
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If Theyost exctfs the depos-
li'. the state will0bill iie gity
31 extra employees to help with
the Christmas ftail rush. Hamil
ton reported1, and the office has
borrowed 11 trucks and panel
trucks from other federal
agencies to help with the distri
bution. The fact that the peak volume
passed more than a week before
Christmas is attributable to the
cooperation of post office pa
trons in doing their mailing
early, Hamilton declared, and
he said that postal employees are
grateful for this cooperation.
The office will be open until
5 p.m. Saturday, he said, and
parcel deliveries will be made
on Sunday. He added that in
accordance with past custorr a
"cleanup" delivery of any un
delivered parcel post packages
will be made Christmas morn
ing. Friday
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