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MCI JI1 O 51st Year Medford United Prew Ml Leased Wire 0 P age .. Nixon Travels To Refugee Camp Near Border of Hungary Massive Security Escort Provided , CO o Vienna U Pj Vice-President Richard M. Nixon journey ed today with a massive security escort to a camp for Hungarian refugees onl 11 miles from the Communist frontier. 0 The trip from Vienna to Neu siedl, where thousands f led to frecdoin from the Red terror in Huwary last mdtith, teok Nix on Qtnd his entourage slightly more than an hour. From NtSsiedl, Nixon's 30-car O jnjotorcade bumped oner a deso late marsh road to Andau,. less than half a mile from the Iron Curtain border. Talked With Refugees lie spent 90 miiutes et the nclau refugee camp talking with (Hungarians who had crawled eto safety through the swamp nearby. One was a leg lessoman who had been carried ' from Hungar b friends. The refugees lined the streets to chear the vice-president as he left. More than 500 police were deployed in ftie frontier region in a massive security operation. Nixon did not go all the way to the border canJ, but the dread Hungarian secret "police watihtowers that formerly- seal e3 6ff the feorder with machine guns coulg be sec from Andati through a gray'mist. Firit Sep on Tour O Neusiedl was Nixon's first stop on tur of Austrian rcfu-g-, camps thatnay lead to a new U? S. open dor policy qn refugees. Q He was shown J map of the" bofiriry area pn Ahich m were marked the escape routes used by the refugees from "Commun ism. 0 " " D Nixon shook hands, wrth 'local rfcstrictaifficials at Neusiedl. who 0 welcomed china to the border toui. O ''Thg 0vice-president c arjied to Austria a message from Prsi dent0Eisenhowe(" to Chancellor OJulii Raarj'praisiaa Austria for opfin: its borders to the heavy inflow of refugees. Ambyehl Case Reset In Circuit Court-. ' Denald La Verne Ambuehl, 31, of q16j5 Crater Lake ave., chargfd ith unlawfully dealing in aarcotics. wili appear in cir Ocuit coffjt Jan. 2. instead of Jan. 8 as originally scheduled. 0 Ambuetil was arrested by city and stCle police July 18 after a (reverse gear vehicle chase. Offi- rs finally halted him by ram- rQng a state police car into Am' fiuchlj veh?cle. , District Attorney Walter D. Nunle said Arpbuehl's case w.as rescheduled, so it could be 4ried Jieforehe leaves office Jan. 7. T"he request to change the date us made by jiolice officers, Numev said. a O o Ainbuehl will be represented by Ed RelJy, Medford attorney. in Doctors Alerted in Fear Of 'Killer Smog' in London London (U.R) Doctors stO'SS by in London hospitals to day for fear a "killer smon" was in the making. Beds Held Arailabl . Barfs Hospital ordered doc tors on an alert and held beds available tr heart and respira tory cases. The last 'killer smog'' was considered responsible for the deaths of about 3.000 peo ple, mostly from bronchitis, heart ojfease and pneumonia, in the London area in the fiveadays ending Dec. 13. 1952. o Old people already were on plaining today of difficulty in M edford Stores Open MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 195 Three Bids Opened On Delivery Canal Three bids were received by the bureau of reclamation for construction of the first section of the Howard Prairie delivery canal in the S22 million Talent irrigation and reclamation pro ject. Cherf, Sandkay and Birch Construction company, Ephrata, Wash., submitted a bid of Sl, 717,528; Vinson Construction company. Phoenix, Ariz., bid S2, 43,873.51; and John Delphia, Patterson, Calif., bid $2,479,718. Engineer's estimate was $1,122, 340, Bids Delayed B'ds were scheduled to be opened Tuesday, but only the bid from Vinson arrived in time California Man Held on Charges Of Armed Robbery Carl. Russell Campbell, 24, of .Oakley. Calif., arrested by stale police yesterday on a concealed wejpons charge, is being held here for Contra Costa county authorities on a charge of armed robbery. Campbell's 17-year-old broth er, Paul Edward Campbell, was arrested for having no opera tor's license, police said. Police and sheriff's deputies sa.id. the older Campbell has ad mitted in a statement that he robbed four or five patrons of a tavern in Byron, Calif. Rebbed of S60 Costra Costa county author ities said tavern patrons report ed they were robbed of ' about $60. The robbery occured about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Police and sheriff's deputies said Campbell told them that after the robbery, he went home and asked his younger brother if he would like to go to Port land with him. - The brothers were stopped near Rogue Valley ballroom on Highway 99 south of Medford for a routine check, state police said. Carl Campbell was carry ing a 32 caliber revolver in his belt when stopped, police said. The older Campbell has signed a waiver, police said, and is be ing held in Jackson county jail for extradition to Oakley. Officials to Discuss Use of Coyote Poison Don Donahoo, newly appoint ed U. S. fish and wildlife service supervisor for six southwestern Oregon .counties, was to be pres ent at a meeting in the county courtroom this afternoon on the use of coyote poison. Also planning to attend were members of the county court, di rectors of the Jackson County Stockmen's association and rep resentatives of the Southern Oregon Hound Owners associa tion, as well as others interested in obtaining an effective coyote control program here. Donahoo, whose headquarters are in Roseburg, was appointed supervisor for this district on Nov. 1. He succeeds Gene Al bert, who resigned after serving in this district for several years. Donahoo was fish and wildlife service supervisor in the north west Oregon district for six years prior to coming to south ern Oregon. Paris ,U.R) The French gov ernment has lifted automobile travel restrictions for the Christmas holidays. breathing and the meteorological office said tha fog, now in its second day, seemed certain to last at least another 24 hours. Airports Closed Fifty ships were fogbound in the Thames, all London's inter national airports were closed to traffic and sirlirrrrs flying in from the Middle East and Far East were being diverted. .Trains also wye slowed. Among those hit by the fag wer .Louis (Satchmo) Arm strong, whose scheduled flrght to New York was postponed. at the Camp White bureau of reclamation office, but the oth er bidders notified the bureau that bids had been mailed. Bureau of reclamation officials said one bid was received late Tuesday and the third yesterday morning. They believed the Christmas mailing rush delayed them. The bids will be forwarded to the Denver, Colo., office for con sideration. The contract prob ably will not be awarded for about 30 days. The first section of the de livery canal will extend from the Howard Prairie dam site on Beaver creek north of Little Chinquapin mountain to Little Beaver creek, a distance of about 10 miles. Opened Earlier Bids for construction of the dam were opened earlier this year. Howard Prairie reservoir will hold about 60,500 acre feet of water behind the 940-foot long earth-fill dam. The reservoir will provide ad ditional water for the Talent Ir rigation district and increase to more than 17,000 acres the total acreage which will benefit from the project. Bids on the second section of the delivery canal, the Keene creek diversion dam. Green Springs tunnel site, road reloca tion and the Green Springs pow er plant will be opened about next June, bureau of reclama tion officials said. The road relocation will be at Klamath junction on Highway 66 where increased capacity of Emigrant reservoir will inun date the present road. Child Kidnaped In Summer Found Crcston, Iowa (U.R) A Utah child kidnaped last summer has been' located unharmed at a farm home near here, authori ties announced today. Sheriff J. R. Ewing and the FBI said Dennis Carter, 19-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Carter, Sandy, Utah, was found Wednesday night. Two persons were held by au thorities for questioning. The child was taken by Ewing and his wife to a juvenile home at Des Moines to await his parents. Ewing said police arrested Mrs. Maxine Radford, Dcs Moines, at Des Moines . Dec. 12. Her husband. Leland, was lo cated in jail at Oskaloosa. Authorities said the child was found at a farm home in Union County, but the Radfords were not there. They declined to name the family which was car ing for the child. Authorities said Mrs. Radford told them the Carters "gave"' her the baby "because they couldn't afford to support him." Dennis disappeared from his home July 18, Ewing said, but kidnaping charges weren't filed until Nov. 28. One Man Near Death In Ontario Accident Ontario (U.R) One man was near death in an Ontario hospital and nine others were less seriously injured in a six car pile-up on Highway 30 one mile north of here today. Cars driven by Pierce Parker, 29, a Salt Lake City geologist, and by Robert Beck, 20, of Clarks. Neb., collided head-on in the fog and the other four cars crashed into them minutes la ter. Critically injured and given only slight chances to survive was 23-year-old Bobby Lee Backus of Belle, Mo, Hospital at tendants said he suffered head and chest injuries. Parker had head and leg injuries and Beck suffered head injuries. Backus and Beck were enroute to their homes after being discharged yesterday at Ft. Lewis, Wash. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York :U.R) Dow-Jones fina lstock averages: 39 indus trials 4-90.44. off 3.37; 20 rail roads 152.20. off 1.6,3: 15 utili ties 67.26. off 0.01, and 65 stocks 171.38, off 1.09. Sales today were about 2,060.000 shares com pared with 1,990,000 shares Wednesday. J Wire Wo. 233 JOSEPH K. CARSON Prominent Democrat Joseph Carson, Former Portland Mayor, Succumbs Portland (U.R) Joseph K. Carson, former mayor of Port land, state senator, and ex-member of the United States Mari time Commission, died in his sleep here today, the day follow ing his 65th birthday anniver sary. Carson was long prominent in Democratic party affairs and in 1954 was the Democratic nomi nee for governor of Oregon. He was defeated by the late Paul Patterson. Recently he had re sumed his Portland law practice. Widow Survives Survivors include his widow, the former Myrtle Cradick, and two children, Joan, 18, and Lu cian, 17. Carson was born Dec. 19, 1891, in McKinncy, Ky., the youngest of 12 children. The family moved to Hood River, Oregon, in 1903. Carson worked his way through the University of Ore gon law school and enlisted in the Oregon Coast Artillery two weeks after he was admitted to the bar in 1917. He served over seas in World War I and reached the rank of captain. He maintained an interest in veterans affairs and in 1941 was state commander of the Ameri can Legion. In World War II he was recalled to the Army and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, spending 28 months in Europe in staff positions. Elected in 1924 He first entered politics as a candidate for the Oregon Legis lature in 1922. He lost that year but was elected in 1924. In 1926 he was the Democratic nominee for Congress, losing to Maurice Crumpacker, the GOP incum bent. In 1930 he was elected sec retary of the Democratic State Central Committee and won his first race for mayor of Portland in 1932. Carson was appointed to the Maritime Commission by ex Prcsidcnt Harry Truman in 1947 and served until 1950. He spent the next 18 months in New York as secretary of the Propeller Club of the United States. Winter Comes To Oregon At I p.m. Tomorrow By UNITED PRESS Winter arrives in Oregon at 1 p.m. tomorrow and the weather bureau says it will be a mild day. Friday and Saturday will be the two shortest days of the year but Friday is the day the sun reaches a point farthest south of the equator, bringing winter to the northern hemis phere and summer to the south ern hemisphere. From then on, the days will start getting long- Weather FORECAST: Inrrrantnn elourli nrss tonight. Chance of x lw liRht showers. Fojc and low nvercast again Friday. Low tonight 34. High Friday 4?. Temp. Higheit Yesterday 38 Lowest this Morning 33 Prec. to 430. a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise - :37 i.m. Siinsrt P-m. Mnrtnrie 8:41 p.m. l.al Quarter Hec. 2 Tonight a smlll telescope searrhint rhe sky a few decrees north of the Moon would show tis Uranus.' This planet, now near the Beehive in Cancer, foes around the Sun every SI years. !yi.f . Until Inside Today Section On Woman's News . 2 Editorial 4 Sports 11. 12, 13 Locals, Markets 15 Section Two Radio, TV 10 Comics 9, 10 Classified Ads 12, 13 U.S. Proposes Private Talks on Disarmament Five-Power Meeting In March Suggested United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) The United States proposed to day that the five great atomic powers resume private talks on disarmament next March. U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. told the U.N. Disarma ment Commission that later in the General Assembly he would move formally that the subcom mittee comprising the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Canada start a new round of secret talks. The talks would begin after the current assembly session ends. No Hint of Proposals He gave no hint of proposals the United States might be pre pared to make at such a meeting. There has been hints leaked out of Washington concerning new American disarmament propos als and at least one delegate, Yugoslavia's Joza Brilej. said to day the latest U.S. position was awaited with interest. Soviet Ambassador Arkady A. Sobolcv, who had requested to day's brief meeting of the 12 nation commission spoke only four minutes and referred but passingly to the latest disarma ment suggestions of Russian Pre mier Nikolai Bulganin. The General Assembly was meeting at the same time to de bate a proposal by 19 Latin American countries and Spain to add two non-permanent seats to the 11 -member Security Council. Add New Members The Assembly added Iraq, Co lombia and Sweden to the Se curity Council Wednesday as the latest of the six non-permanent members. The 20 powers sought to break down Soviet opposition to ex pansion of the council by pro posing a charter guarantee of one non-permanent seat for East ern Europe. Demos Won't Get Vote From Francis Dayton, Ore. U.R) State Sen. Carl Francis, Dayton Re publican, said yesterday he would answer "no" to a request that he vote with the Democrats to organize the evenly-divided Oregon Senate. The Yamhill county Demo cratic Central Committee re solved Monday night to ask Francis to vote with the Demo crats on Senate organization. "I am sure I would not be re warded with honor," Francis said. Asked if he might change his position before the Legisla ture meets next month he re plied "I'm not going to commit myself. You can't tell what might happen in a month." Meanwhile, three Republican state senators met here yester day and decided to wait for sug gestions from the Democrats on what to do about organizing the state Senate next month. The Senate is evenly split with 15 Democrats and 15 Republicans. The GOP committee of Sens. Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Howard Bel ton and Lee Ohmart decided not to make another offer. Ashland Cab Driver Robbed of $13.85 Douglas H. Wall, Ashland cab driver, reported to Phoenix and state police last night that two voting men had robbed him of $13.85. The robbery occurred on the Fern Valley road about 10 p.m. yesterday. Wall told police the two men were about 18 or 19 years old. He said he believed one of the men had a gun, al thought he told police he did not see it. He said the men threat ened to kill him if he did not give them his money, police said. After the robbery, the men told the taxi driver to stop, got out and indicated theyhad a car parked a short distance away, and started walking, Wall re ported. Wall said they drove away in the opposite direction. He con tacted Phoenix police, who called state police and the sher iff's office. POW Exchange With Anglo-French Command Dropped New Delays Seen In Canal Opening London (U.R) Egypt accused France today of "deporting 156 Egyptian officers and men and called off a scheduled exchange of prisoners of war with the Anglo-French command. Tlie accusation came amid in dications of new delays in U.N. assignment to open the blocked Suez Canal and get badly needed oil supplies flowing again to Western Europe. Authoritative sources in Cairo said Israel's refusal to give up the Gaza Strip may throw a major block in the negotiations for clearing the vital waterway. Postponement of the prisoner exchange scheduled for today was announced by an- Egyptian government official in Cairo. He said the transfer of troops captured by both sides in the recent fighting was called off "because we have been inform ed that the French have deported six Egyptian officers and 150 soldiers." The U.N. Emergency Force Command was to act as the intermediary. Unconfirmed Reports Reports circulated in Egypt earlier this week that the French and British planned to take Egyptian hostages when they pulled out of Port Said. The report said the British would hold civilian and military prisoners in reprisal for the kid naping of a 26-year-old British lieutenant in Port Said a week ago. The reports were not con firmed. France, Britain and Israel have complained at the U.N. General Assembly over the al leged mass deportation and mis treatment of their nationals by the Egyptian government. Eden Party Wins By Slim Margin London (U.R) Prime Minister Anthony Eden's Conservative party today won a slim victory in a by-election that was almost a shaky vote of confidence in his Suez policy. Conservative candidate Miss Mervyn Pike, director of a pot tery firm, gained a thin majority of 2.362 votes over opposition Laborite E. J. Masters in a by election at Melton Mowbray in the hunting county of Leicester shire 100 miles north of London. The previous Conservative ma jority was 10,780 votes, but that was in a general election and heavy fog cut down the voters turn out Wednesday to a little more than 56 per cent of the electorate. The Melton Mowbray seat was left vacant by the resignation of Minister of State Anthony Nutt ing, who represented this dis trict before he walked out of the government in protest over Eden's Suez attack. Hungarian Puppet Head Hints at Political Talks Vienna (U.R) The Hungarian puppet Communist regime hint ed it will open preliminary talks with non - Communist political leaders today in an attempt to appease Hungary's still-defiant millions by broadening the cabinet. Soviet-imposed Premier Janos Kadar frankly admitted the po litical struggle for the allegi ance of Hungarians who saw the fight for freedom from Mos cow's domination crushed by Russian armed might was an all-important one. Washington U.R) The Post Office promises to see that "no Christmas mail remains unde livered in post offices on Christ mas Day." Eisenhower and Nehru Declare Talks Confirm 'Broad Area of Agreement' Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India said today their "full and frank talks" confirmed a "broad area of agree ment" about world problems. Leaves for New York In a joint communique issued by the White House as Nehru left for New York at the end of his four-day state visit here, the two leaders predicted tht their meeting of minds will speed 'achievement of "peaceful and friendly relations among al nations of the world." "The Prime Minister a.rsd the President are convinced that the greater understanding of their o'clock Through ''I'd Like To See Sale of 140 Board Feet In Medford Plans to advertise for sale about 140 million board feet of timber in 1957 have been an nounced by the Medford district of the bureau of land manage ment. The total represents a consid erable increase over plans for Shoppers Scurry As Police, Bandit Exchange Shots New York U.R) Hundreds of Christmas shoppers in the Bronx scurried for .cover Wednesday night during a run ning gun battle between police and an exconvict gunman. The ex-convict arid a cab driv er were wounded. More than two dozen shots were fired. One bystander was grazed by a bul let, o Tried Holdup The shooting spree began when the gunman and two ac complices tried to stick up the taxi driver, David Suro, 49. Suro got quick attention froan two radio patrolmen when he rammed their prowl car. Suro was shot twice by the gunman. The gunman fled theob, with two policemen in pursuit.' They! exchanged shots in a two-block chase in the crowded shopping area of Tremont and, Webster aves. . . Police felled the bandit with, five hits. He was identified as Leroy (Frisco) Keith, 42, on pa role from an .Ohio killing core viction and wanted iri Ohio1 in connection with two other killings. Woman Escapes His two accomplices, a man and woman, fled the scene in the I opposite direction. Police cap-' tured James T. Morris, 22, of Riverhead, N.Y. cowering under a .parked car. The woman ac complice escaped. Police said Keith was wanted in Ohio in connection with3 the killing of two grocery clerks in Uniontown, during a erobbery last Nov. 23 aud for killing an other man in Akron on Nov". 21. Both Keith and his victim, Suro, were in critical condition from their wounds. Suro was shot twice in the back. . London U.R) Prime Min ister Anthony Eden has emphati cally denied a-"unfrue" reports of British collusion with Israel in the Suez crisis. respective policies reached at these talks will facilitate th constant efforts of India and the United States" towards the achievement pf peaceful . and friendly jntercourse among na tions in accordance with dhe principles of 'the United tions." the communique said. Closer Bonds Seen Neiiru and, Mr. Eisenfiower conferred for somen 14 hours Monday in Uie secausion of the President's farm af (Jjettysurg, , Pa. they talked again at the White Hoise Wednesday0 and Wednesday night at a formal din ner at the Indian Embassy. Nehru told newsmen who saw Some Overalls" Million o e o Planned o BLM Area O o o n any previous year in the dislr&t, accord&ig to th$ district forest er's office. O The voluioe wiUobe represent- i ed in at least 0 Separate tractj throughout Uie 0 district. Sales are expeotedto ary from fcssO than 100,000 to about 9 nollion board feet with an avengge ol-O ume of bouf 3P million bijard Q feet persale, officialsosafil. o o Medford. District Q The Medford districtsCfcom possd of lnds administered ByO tile BLM in Jackson and J-.qse- pliine counties, fOuthwesi:n Klamath county? southern TirStig gas county:, and a snialPacreage in eastern Coos ndo oCurry .UlUlllt;3. Q Artificial reforesfilipn acfivi-O lies will be required on aogreat er "number of cutting areas dur ing She corning year t6an das been done iu the st, the an nouncement said.DThis lsot8 as. sur thCc fullestQpossilAe us or the forest lands wjh tlfe least posftJjle dely from the ftmeaf suiting. o Cj Funds for the inceed pro grair were made available.Jo the O bureau ty O and C coSsnties, Uwhich have agreed that some $1 J q minion ui uieir snarvs oi u ana o funds be vae for reforesSt&n. q Information rganing theQ timber f ale plan, the individual O tracts to be sgld, and other data, may.be obtained from the dist rict forester's office in the Med- -, fordocity- hall. ' IffaiffilieSFIee Frre at Coos Bf Coosj Bay (U.R)-e Fire Jast nigbt0drove 11 fanjiljes, numbejj0 ing srone 30c gersona, jrtfjrn their nomes i a two - siorf- trame apartment hoise here. oThe arcade., Apair.nenft wry. South Broaday v?as destroyed. The city lad attempted to Z3iv me building condemned afio it w agreement with te owner. t o gas to have been torn downonegt June. 0 Q oo r The flames spread rapidly gud ottie occupants barely escaped o wiyi their lives. Fime'n ftidP there was no Estimate f 8arrS3g bvl l're building ilsel was0oi o sidered amiost worthies 'Ad jacent biflftUngs were saedfcom? yie flames. 2 o ? ca San Francisco -ff.P.) TfieliO copter whic minut; befon had landed opera star Marf Gray a the Ferry Building heliport plunged iwsidg down rrto San -Francisco Bay today? killi? the O pilot? Roberi Lrjjjis Walfc, 27, Sn Leandro. o q him off Washington National) Airport that he is confidentQiis talks avith jMr. Eiannhower will cifead fo "close? bonas the min9, iftnds of unrstajaling and of friend?hip',between the world s two largest ffemocraciea Na-iCouched inoGeoeraliliet f o The oSe) -word co?riurnm was cotfthocc in generalities and did not purport to give details ofethe Eisenhower-Nehri--tliJ. , It was kownohoweve:, that thealiscussions ranged over Eas$ West relaOoigp, Far Eastern poli cies, including the stlcl issue of Rea China, .e Middle East, otearmameft, andoother crucial wcS-ld iisyft. Friday o O o oo O O o
