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n o o c-, o O O o O O ouo O O o o o o o 0 " O o o o O o GO P3 C C o pi ) z P3 O S U k a 3 O 3 G rui la oo Traffic decide 21 G o o o O o Hungary Freedom Fight Said Blow To Communism - Nixon Convinced Mre Help Needed Washington U.R) Vice President Richard M. Nixon said o toda Hungary's fight for free rdom he handed internationar o Communism "a mortal blow irom "which b cannot recover." Nixon made the statement to reporters at Washington Nation al airport on his return from Austria wHere he personally tn gspected the plight of Hungarian refugees. If retimed convinced that America "must do more" to help the refugees. Mrs. Nixon and their two dughters were on hand to give him a joycejs Christmas Eve "vufco'fVie home." "We hear a great deal of talk Snday to tie effect that the Hun- garian refugees pose a difficult problem for the United States and the Free World," Nixon S.&1 in his prepared arrival statement. Problem for Sori 'I am convinced, as a result of a first hand study of tt situ ation, that tie courageous peo ples who fought for freedom in Hungary should be considered a problem only to the Soviet Union. . 0"Ai a result of their sacrifice, international Communism has suffered a mortal blow from which it cannot recover. It has been exposed as a gigantic fail ure. F- 10 years the Commu nis jd complete control of Higary. They concentrated their efforts on the intellectuals, students andQthe workers. How ever, it was these three groups (jhco led the revolt against mem. Nixon said he ill make spe - cific recommendations to Prcsi dent Eisenhower before Jan. 1 onQway in which the United States can o its 'ofull share" in helping the refugees from Hun gary find new home Later White House Press Sec retary James Be Hei lifter, head of the International Cooperation administration, and Deputy At torney General William P. Rog ers, who accompanied Nixonon the trip will sec the President J at the me time. To Make Recommeadatfions He said Hollister will report on the economic aid side of the refugopicture. Rogers will re port on the movement of refu gees too the United oStatcs and suggested amendments to the immigration law, andj thatNixori will report np the overall situa tion. Nixon 0)5 expected Dto recom mend tlt the United .States sharply increase $s present quota of admitting 21,500 refu gees to America. . Mild Weather Que ' State Through Tuesday Br united press A mild Christmas wcatljer- wise was in store for Oregorfians today although Santa and his regdeer probably will Jiave to grope their way tSrough the fog tonight in many sections of the state.0 0 The weatuer ""bureau saw no precipitation for the state through Christmfe) d8y but night and morning fog and low clouds were forecast for both eastern and western Oregon. Night time temperatures will remain aftove freezing in western Oregon, he said. . Today, one of the $h$rtest en the calendar but one of the long est in the mind o a four veer-old saw most stores on until early evening foiothe throng of last minute shoppers. . Washington -U.R Presi dent Eisenhower will hoid his next news conference after Jan. 1 because he wants to consult, first with congressional leaders, the White House has an nounced. Pope Appeals Unite Against Vatican City iU.PJ ?ope Pius XII appealed to the world in a Christmas message Sunday to unite against Soviet threats. He warned agajnst the "fatal errors" on the eve of World War II when each sought his nwrt. safetv at the expense .of others and "in the end all together were engulfed in the holocau..". Not Calling 'Crusade' The Pontiff said he was not calling a "crusade;- but "reality forces us tse forth the terms of the struggle" in dear language ... if we kwt silent, we would have to fear tK judgment of God.' e . The white-clad Pope, speaking from a golden trone, rebuked the '-sterj powers far their timid approach fb Soviet actions 51st Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 16 Pages Tallahassee Negroes End Transit Boycott Tallahassee, Fla. ;u.P.) Negroes sat where they pleased on near empty city buses during early runs today in an attempt to integrate the long boycotted transit line without benefit of a court decree. Police and city officials await ed the outcome of heavier travel later in the day before announ cing whether they would chal lenge this second mass desegre gation of a city bus line in the Deep South. The Tallahassee City Commis sion went into closed session New Snags in UN Efforts To Begin Clearing Canal Port Said U.P.) New snags developed today in United Na tions efforts to begin clearing the Suez canal. Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheel er, the U.N. salvage chief, had hoped to begin actual clearance today but was faced with Egyp tian refusal to accept British salvage crews. Wheeler, after conferences with Egyptian officials, ordered one group of salvage vessels to- day to El Quantara through a passage already cleared by Anglo-French salvage workers. Need Further Negotiations But actual work appeared to 'depend on further negotiations with Col. Mahmoud Younes, head of the Egyptian Suez Canal authority and Tewfik El-Dib, di rector of the Suez Canal author ity in Port Said. United Nations -sources said Secretary General Dag Hamar skjold remained in close' touch the situation. He stayed at his office all day Sunday in hopes of straightening out the snag over use of the British salvage vessels. The UN sources said that Wheeler had run into a scries of delays and .was anxious to use the Bfitish salvage vessels to make up for lost time, but they thought the issue would have to be solved by Hammarskjold and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. City Happy The city of Port Said was de liriously happy with formal takeover by the Egyptian army and the beginning of the with drawal of United Nations Emer gency Forces from the area. Plans called for the U.N. tfoops to be removed within 48 hours but the Egyptians said they could spend Christmas in Tort Said if they wished. Some already have begun withdrawing to the Sinai peninsula after the Israeli forces, but about 1,800 remain. Texas-To-California Pipeline Not Necessity Washington (U.R) A House Armed Services subcommittee s"aid Sunday night that an in vestigation failed to prove that a proposed oil pipeline from Texas to California is a military necessity. The subcommittee made its findings on the basis of hearings on the government's refusal to provide direct financial help in building the line. MO PAPER TUESDAY In order that its employees nay observe the holiday, the Mail Tribune will not be pub lished Tuesday, Christmas Day. To World To Soviet Threat in Huniary and endorsed a Unit ed Na.tions .force to keep the peace. He said any nation refusing to admit UT observers as did the Communist Janos Kadar govern ment of Hungary should be "denied the exercise 6f their rights as UN members." Should Adopt Sanctions An authoritative - Vatican source said today the Pope felt the United Nations should adopt sanctions against Russia as well as the Hungarian government for this refusal. The source said what the Pope had in mind was a temporary sanction rather than outright expulsion of Russia from the United Nations as sug gested recently by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano. MEDFORD, OREGON, early this morning, apparently to decide on what if any action to take. The Rev. C. K. Steele, local president of the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, boarded one bus and took a front seat. He was unchallenged by the driver or by police who witnessed the in cident. There were no white riders on the bus when Steele came on. Hold Mass Meeting First buses returning to mid town from runs into Negro resi dential areas brought in hand fuls of Negroes, sitting in the front, middle and rear sections. They had no white passengers, however. The Negroes decided at a mass meeting Sunday night to end their five-month boycott and to try to ride as equals of whites on the basis of a court order ending bus segregation four days ago at Montgomery, Ala. Bus travel was far below nor mal because 3.700 Florida A&M Negro students and more than 6.500 Florida State university White students were away for the holidays, along with many of the 5.000 or so state em ployees. Tallahassee has a population of about 40.000. Won't Fool With It When the buses rolled. Police Chief Frank Soutamire was still awaiting instructions which he expected to receive from the City Commission at an informal breakfast meeting. "Unless there is any trouble some white or colored people ask for assistance or it looks like some law is being violated " Stoutamire said, "we'll let things rock along." Stoutamire declined to say what he would consider to be the "law" in the event of any dispute over seating, but said, "unless there are any complaints I'm not going to fool with it." Stoutamire added, "I don't predict any trouble." Mills Close Down During Holidays Most lumber mill companies in the Medford area closed for the Christmas holidays Satur day and will remain closed for varying lengths of time. Elk Lumber company, Olson Ross and Kogap will reopen Wednesday, and Medford Cor poration will open Thursday. Many smaller mills will be closed for longer periods waiting for better marketing conditions, it was reported. Lumber production this week continued at a two-year record low and mills are taking ad vantage of supply and demand conditions by selling only when prices appear acceptable. A Eugene lumber market let ter reported a slight buying flurry resulting from the recent announcement of railroad freight rate increases effective on Dec. 28. Local lumbermen said the effect of this announcement has been almost negligible here and has not been comparable to simi lar rate changes in past years. One company reported a small amount of speculative buying be fore the new rate becomes "ef fective. However, it was pointed out that not much lumber could be shipped on such short notice. Local lumbermen generally agreed with the market letter re port that pine mills are "treading water" for the balance of this year. Detroit Police Seek Mysterious Sniper Detroit U.R A mysterious sniper was sought by suburban Royal Oak police today in con nection with four shooting inci dents, including the wounding of a young girl. Chief of Detectives Edward Lictzau said he planned to meet with Police Chief Ray Hayward to plot a course of action based on "several new pieces of im portant information." Cash Reported Taken From Service Station An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from Pantcr's Richfield Service Station, 250 North Pacific highway. Central Point, Dec. 21 at 9:40 p.m., ac cording to Central Point police. Sheriff's officers, who are as sisting in the investigation, said entry is believed to have been made through a window. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1956 5" " Hit.: : -; Robert Boyer Attacks Smith's 'Lame Duck7 State Appointments Portland U.P.) A leader of Oregon's Democratic party yes terday criticized Gov. Elmo Smith for making "lame duck" appointments in the state gov ernment and termed the prac tice a "breach of civic proprie ty." Robert A. Boyer, Medford, Oregon Democratic chairman, in a letter to the governor, specifi cally singled out the governor's announced intention of appoint ing' a successor to the late Su preme Court Justice Walter L. Tooze. Matter Regrettable 1 Boyer said he regretted bring ing up the matter so soon after the death of Justice Tooze but added that he believed that it was necessarry to raise the issue in the public interest. "You, yourself, do not hold office by the vote of the people," Boycr's letter said. "You have failed to consult the man chosen by the people to replace you," he continued. The Democratic official said the appointment to the Supreme Surprise Reunion Brings Happiness Salem (U.R) It should be a merry Christmas at the Sher wood K. Ellis home here. Mrs. Ellis' four servicemen sons will be together for the first time in five years. She hasn't seen three of them in more than three years. Home for the holidays will be Airman 2-c Raymond Ham mond, just back from Germany; Airman 2-c John Hammond, en route from Guam to Washing ton, D.C.; Airman 3-c Robert Hammond, Cheyenne, Wyo.; and Army Pvt. Aldred Hammond, Ft. Lewis, Wash. The boys' stepfather also was home from the Veterans hos pital in Portland where he was being fitted for braces. Mrs. Ellis said the Christmas reunion was not arranged. She said the boys were just as sur pried to see each other as she was. Empire Man Oregon's First Traffic Victim Florence (U.R) Robert Lewis Brunette, 68, of Empire, became Oregon's first highway death of the long Christmas week end when he was killed near Florence Saturday. State police said the accident occurred about 20 miles east of here on highway 36. They said he apparently lost control of his car on a curve. Officers said the car hit the guardrail, bounded back, struck a large rock and overturned. A passenger, George Nelson, 25, Eastside was treated for a minor knee injury. Boise U.R) Harold T. Nel son, regional Bureau of Recla mation director, says the value of crops grown on Pacific North west reclamation projects this year were expected to exceed the 5242.309,525 worth pro duced in 1955. i ice 10c United Press Full Leased Wit No. 236 S5 in r V vtm -!r court was more important than other appointments made by the governor since the November election because "it involves va cancy in office that would ordi narily be filled by a vote of the people." Boyer said he also was asking Wendell Wyatt, his counterpart in the Republican organization, to join him in making the re quest that Smith not fill the vacancy. U.S. Court Upholds Death Sentence For James Jensen James Norman Jensen, 28, Larkspur, Calif., has lost his last chance to avoid death in the state penitentiary gas cham ber, District Attorney Walter D. Nunley reported today. The district attorney said he received notice this morning from John T. Fey, clerk for the U.S. supreme court, that his mo tion to dismiss Jensen's appeal to the highest court was granted. Nunley based his motion on want of substantial federal question to warrant a new hearing. The order granting the motion was filed Dec. 17. Convicted in 1354 Jensen was first convicted in October, 1954, of the first de gree murder of Mrs. Fern Hile, a Medford housewife. He received the death sentence. Since then his attorney, Edward Kelly, has taken the case through every possible legal channel to save his client's life. The case was first appealed to the state supreme court. That court failed to find error in the trial and denied a new hearing. Jensen was subsequently re turned to Jackson county for re sentencing and was scheduled to die on Sept. 21. Stay Granted Kelly then appealed the case to the U. S. supreme court and won a stay of execution for his client until the U. S. court in vestigation could be completed. Nunley said he expected Jen sen to be returned to Jackson county to receive the death sen tence for. the third time from Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna. Portland (U.R) William D. Conner, 51, a retired police of ficer from Detroit, has been ap pointed director of the Port land Traffic Safety commission. Weather FORECAST: Tog and low cloud iness tonight and Christmas morninr. clearing partially during afternoon. Low to night 30. High Tuesday 38-40. Temp. Highest yesterday 42 Lowest this morning 3 Prer. To 4:30 a.m. today 01 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise , 7:39 a.m. Sunset 4:43 p.m. Moonrise Tuesday .... 1:24 a.m. New Moon lec. 31 PROMINENT CONTELLATION The Northern Cross, in the northwest at 8:60 p.m. The figure is now upright; the top of the Cross is formed by Den eh; the foot by dimmer Al-biren. VMM ',vvVV Dulles Sees Soviet Troubles Dangerous Washington (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today that the difficulties now besetting Soviet rulers may lead them to take risks and that this is a "vista of danger" to the Free World. But Dulles said in a copyright ed interview in U. S. News & World Report that the Free World also has entered the sec ond postwar decade with a vista of hope" for peace. Same Circumstance Both alternative possibilities stem from the same circum stance, conditions in Russia and its satellites, Dulles said. "When a despotic regime, pos sessed of great military and ma terial power and subject to no moral inhibitions, encounters such difficulties as now beset the Soviet rulers, they may take risks in hope of gaining external successes ... to offset their frus trations." Dulles said. This is the threat that may make the next decade "another decade of danger," Dulles said. On the other hand,Dulles said, the demands for more personal security, intellectual freedom and better living within the Soviet Union and rising rebel liousness in the satellites have opened up "a vista of hope." Other Leaders' Views If the United States and its al lies maintain their "moral offen sive" and "military defensive, the promise of peace . . . will, I am convinced, become reality," Dulles said. Other world leaders also were included in the copyrighted interview by U. S. News & World Report. Here are the views of some of them on the possibilities for peace: President Synghman Rhee of the Republic of Korea: "The situation is more dangerous than ever before. The Communists know ,.that the Free World is alerted to the danger of their conquest of weak nations. Nev ertheless, for reasons both of in ternal opportunities, the Com munists' pressure for expansion is not less but greater." French Foreign Minister Chris tian Pineau: "If the West, which is in the process of reinforcing its unity, behaves with realism and composure, and if the Soviet Union is given no reason to doubt our resolution, war will be avoided." Unite for Feedom Prime Minister David Ben- Gurion of Israel: "I believe that . . . that peace of mankind can be maintained if the free forces of Icy Spots Major Oregon Road Hazard Salem (U.R) Icy spots on mony Oregon roads was the major hazard to holiday travel, the State Highway Department reported today. Highway officials in their morning report of road and weather conditions warned mo torists to beware of slick spots at Warm Springs junction, Sun set summit, Siskiyou, Santiam pass, Sisters, Brothers, Lapine, Willamette pass, Chemult, Pen dleton, LaGrande, Baker, John Day, Seneca and Burns. Fog also was slowing traffic slightly near Portland, Tilla mook, Salem, Salmon river, Medford, Coquille, Lapine, Klamath Falls and Seneca. One inch of new snow was re ported at Austin and highway department plows were operat ing. American Newsman Starts Tour of China Hong Kong TU.R) Ameri can newsman William Worthy Jr., defied a State Department ban today and boarded a train for Communist China immediate ly upon his arrival from the United States. Worthy, who said he was a correspondent of the Afro-American weekly news magazine pub lished in Baltimore, told news men he was going to China for a month's tour. He said if the Stale Depart ment tried to take action after he comes out he is willing to make himself a test case. In Washington, a State De partment spokesman said the de partment would make "no im mediate comment" on the mat ter. Terry Schrunk Names Administrative Aide Portland (U.R) Philip D. Lane, former state policeman, today was named administrative assistant to Terry Schrunk when Schrunk takes over as mayor of Portland at the firt of the year. Lang will serve as liaison be tween Schrunk and the police department and will have the responsibility of research work for the mayor's office. the world effectively unite and organize themselve ..." Dag Hammarskjold, Secrelaijv general of the Uifited Nations: "We (the United NatiiSis) are seeking to cope with world issues of great difficulty but equally of high challenge. The hope of find ing peaceful, jusfc and construc tive eolutions of these issuo rests upon our ability to foster the growth of understanding, cooperation and mutual accom modation of interestsj among all the nations." Medford Humming0 o With Lasl-Minule Christmas Activity Downtown Medford was bus tling with last-minute Christmas shoppers today before the quet of the holiday descends this eve ning. Most business establish ments will close at 5 or 30 p.m. today to permit their em ployees to spend Christmas eve with their families. Most federal employees, ex cept those in the post office, were not at work today, the result of a ruling giving them an extrt day off this week end. But postal personnel were busy sorting and delivering the last of the Christ mas rush of cards and packages. Final deliveries of parcel post packages will be made Christ mas morning. Officer! on Duty With the exception of private parties, church services and po lice activity, the county will be quiet tomorrow. All available police officers are on duty keep ing a close check on traffic con ditions. The weather bureau ha fore cast fog and low temperatures for the holiday. Services will be held in sev eral local churches on Christmas day. Holy Eucharist will be cele brated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mark's Episcopal church. The service will be without music. The Rev. John Bright will give a Christmas meditation. Other Service! St. Peter's Evangelical Luther an church, 1020 East Main st., will hold services with sermon and Holy communion at 10 a.m. Chirstmas day, according to the Rev. Kenneth Korby, pastor. At this service two choirs will sing for the first time as well as the senior choir. Candlelight communjon serv ices will be held at 8 p.m. Christ mas day at the First Psesby- terian church in Phoenix. Music for the occasion will be by the adult and junior choirs. Program. Tonight Churches in the area planning Christmas eve programs include First Methodist church at 11 p.m.; St. Mark's E.p i s c o p a 1 church, 11 p.m.; Zion Lutheran church, 11 p.m.; and St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran churcei, which will hold a brief concert at 7:45 p.m., followed by "Jesus, Light, Liberator, Lord," at 8 p.m. . The public is invited to attend these services. Eisenhowers Plan . Quiet Christmas Eye Washington :U.R) President and Mrs. Eisenhower will sp.end a quiet Christmas Eve at the White House tonight and save most of their holiday celebration until their grandchildren arrive Tuesday afternoon. The President went to his o fice as usual this morning. But no official callers were sched uled and he planned to return to the White House family quarters this afternoon. Press Secretary James C. Hag- erty said Mr. and Mrs. Eisen hower and her mother, Mrs. John S. Doud, will "spend a quiet evening at home tonight." He said there would be no guests, but that the three might open a few gifts. One Accident Victim's Condition Still Critical Vernon Reh, 41, route 2,' box 393, Talent, was reported still in critical condition Monday morn ing at Sacred Heart hospital aft er undergoing emergency sur gery for a skull fracture sustain ed in an accident at the Medford Concrete Construction company plant Saturday. Hospital officials reported that he spent a fair night. William Roberts. 20, son of Dr and Mrs. William H. Roberts, 60 Rose ave., was reported in satis factory condition at Sacred Heart hospital Monday. He suf fered head wounds Saturday night when the motorcycle he was operating collided with a car on the Jacksonville-Central Point highway at Ross ane. California leads Fatality List 0 With 50 Dea!h$ Safety Council Sees Worst Christmas Toll o y United press The death toll on the iftlion's highways soared past the 400 maftt today andlimbed toward a new Christmas holiday record. Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National afety Council, said the toll was running ahead of estimates and it was "increas ingly evident" the council's fore cast of 660 dead would be ex ceeded. A United Press survey at noon (PSg) showed J40 persons killed in Igaffic. Another 26 perished in fires, nine died t$ planeO crashes and 60 died in n-?el-laneous mishaps, for an overall death toll of 35. California Worst Traffic deaths occurred on an average of one every 10 min utes. California continued to show the worst highway safety record, with 50 deaths. Illinois followed with 33, and lxas was third with 28. Three teen-agers were killed in a train-auto collision npr Louisvifte, Ky., Sunday night. Tte car masfcd into the sft ot a locomotive, was dragged 100 feet and hurled into a ditS. Two Fyes Kill 13 Two fires claimed Vic lives of 13 persc4 in Minneapolis and Meriden, Conn. Eight persons perished (jn a fi touched off by defective wiring oa Christ mas tree at Doctors Memorial hospital in Minneapolis. A moth er and four children iied in a Meriden tenement blazei The council said that a non- holiday peiod of the same length at this time r year would show 420 immediate trafffc- deaths. It said the hrisurfls toll always goes faro above oftnal because oi heavg trave regardless of weather, too much g?ecd for ,driving conditions and a sharp increase inodrinking. Bad weather contributed to the high week end traffic count, with fog, freezing rain and snow blanketing various parts of lie eastern half of the country. Mrs. ievr Miles on County MOD Staff Mrs."Lew Miles, 605 Highland dr., Medford, will be county chairman of the Mothers' Warch, a March of Dir?s fund-raising ac(evty, it was announced to day by Jrry Gitigeau, u9ty MOD chairman. Tne Mothers' March will take place through out the county on JarP 31. Mrs. Miles, who served as Medford qJ.Sirman of the event two years ago. ill coord: Ue the efforts of the one-night pro gramo throughout the county and wilt assist Mothers' March chairlnen in all county towns with their problems, Gastineau said. o THANK VOUc SANTA? The most exciti'.g time of the whole year is Christmas, specially for children. Nancy and Brian Rob erts, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Roberts, 2076 Roberts ,rd., reflect thrc thrill and evonder thousa0i of other children will display tonight as they take a nal bedtime peek at the Christmas tree. 0 a' Yr --"' :? ; J t . : - t-: '- ' vVeO ' i. " -,' , i ' ' . i i 1 O O at 0 0 00 o e
