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1RIBUNE
A Danish exchange student,
attending Mtdford High
school, rive hit impressions
of the I mted States In a story
n pas 12 of today's Mali
Tribune.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1957
No. 246
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BUILDING INCREASE IN MEDFORD
Graph shows steady increase in volume of
building in Medford from 1952 to 1936. For
the first nine months of 1956 building permits
increased in Medford 36 per cent over the
corresponding period in 1935. Increase for
the entire state of Oregon during that time
was only 8 per cent. Also during the first
nine months of 1956 residential permits in
Medford increased 12 per cent over the same
period in 1955. Volume of residential permits
in the state during the nine months period of
1956 decreased 9 per cent from the 1955
total. Although total valuations for new build
ings in Oregon, Washington and Idaho also
have increased from 1952 to 1956, figures
show the building trend in Medford has risen
at a faster rate, according to H. E. Mack e,
city building superintendent. Volume of resi
Chase Described by Police
Sergeant at Narcotics Trial
City Police Sgt. LyTe C. Per-i
kins, third witness In the nar
cotics trial of Donald LaVerne
Ambuehl. Friday afternoon des
cribed a high-speed, reverse-gear
automobile chase that ended
with a collision and the arrest of
Ambuehl on July 18.
Sgt. Perkins said he had been
assigned by Police Chief Charles
P. Champlin to observe activity
around the Plaza apartments,
235 South Oakdale ave., the
morning of July 18. He said he
was told to give State Police Lt.
Paul Morgan whatever assist
ance was needed. According to
his testimony, the sergeant had
not been specifically instructed
to watch for Ambuehl.
Unmarked Car
Sgt. Perkins said he arrived
with Lt. Morgan in an unmarked
state police car about 2 a.m.
About 4:30 a.m.. the police chief
ordered Sgt. Perkins to get into
a nearby city police car. He
said William Cruickshank Jr.,
who was affiliated with the
Burns Detective agency, joined
him.
About 6:30 a.m., Sgt. Perkins
testified, he saw Ambuehl come
out of the Plaza apartments and
approach his car, which was
parked a few feet in front of
the city police vehicle. He said
Lt. Morgan walked over to
Ambuehl rapidly got into his car
and started driving in reverse
gear in an "erratic manner."
Sgt. Perkins said he gave chase
to Ambuehl and was also travel
ing in a reverse direction. He
said Ambuehl traveled over
curbs on both sides of the street.
proceeded through an intersec
tion at 10th and Laurel sts
knocked down a mail box, climb
ed a curb and drove onto the
parking strip near Laurel st.
Perkins said he and Ambuehl
traveled as fast as 50 miles per
hour. He said he followed Am
buehl onto the parking strip,
then Ambuehl stopped his car
and threw a vial out of the win
dow.
Sgt. Perkins said he let
Cruickshank out of the car and
instructed him to stand guard
over the vial.
According to the sergeant.
Ambuehl then started his car
acain. By that time Lt. Morgan
passed Perkins' vehicle and was
in direct pursuit of Ambuehl.
Perkins said he followed Lt.
Morgan's vehicle until it collid
ed with Ambuchl's car and both
vehicles stopped.
Perkins said he then found
out that Chief Champlin. who
was riding with Lt. Morgan, had
placed Ambuehl under arrest.
Shots Fired
At least two shots were fired
during the chase, Perkins said.
He told the jury he fired one
shot into the air and also in
structed Cruickshank to fire his
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New Residential Pcrmits
Ofll Building, Permits.
dential permits in Washington and Idaho, like
Oregon, show a slight decline from 1954 to
1956. Meanwhile Medford has continued up
ward in the volume of new residences built.
Mackie pointed out that the decline of 1953
residences built in Medford was due to a
scarcity of vacant residential lots. Since 1953
there have been numerous annexations to
Medford where new buildings have been con
structed. Most conspicuous areas of new
building growth in Medford are the Garfield
school area and Wilson Park Addition in
southwest Medford and the Country Club
Manor area in southeast Medford. Mackie said
it can be anticipated there will also be a
growth in new buildings in the southeast
Medford area near Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital, now under construction.
gun, but did not know how j
many times the detective fired.
Sgt. Perkins said Lt. Morgan
took charge of the-vial Ambuehl
threw from the car and that he
next saw Ambuehl at the police
station. He said he used a fluor
stained with powder invisible to
buehl's hands and clothing,
which Sgt. Perkins said were
eained with powder invisible to
the naked eye.
Clifton Lacy, who was at that
time connected with Burns De
tective agency, earlier testified
that he and two police officers
had dusted the powder on two
paper sacks believed to contain
marijuana. The sacks were in
the closet of one of the Plaza
apartments, which had been
rented bv Mrs. Wilma Scott
First Witnesi
Mrs. Scott, a waitress and
partner in Stan's Y club at the
same time Ambuehl was man
ager of the establishment, was
the state's first witness m the
trial. She said Ambuehl had paid
one month's rent on her apart
ment during June and had stored-
drug there over her protests.
The woman, now a resident of
Los Angeles, said she refused to
use the apartment other than as
a place to change clothes and
slept in the home of a friend.
Mrs. Alice Dell. She said she
told Mrs. Dell that Ambuehl was
storing narcotics in her Plaza
apartment and Mrs. Dell contact
ed Lacy. Lacy said he relayed the
information to state police and
under Lt. Morgan's instruction
obtained a sample of the alleged
narcotics. He said Mrs. Scott
and Mrs. Dell had cooperated in
obtaining the sample, which he
turned over to state police.
Mrs. Scott said she had gone
to her apartment to change
clothes on July 18 sometime be
tween 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. She
testified that while she was there
Ambuehl came in and refused to
let her leave. She said she left
without him and upon leaving,
encountered Lacy, who searched
her purse. According to Mrs.
Scott, Lacy then instructed her
to go to Mrs. Dell's home and
remain there.
Under Surveillance
During his testimony, Sgt.
Perkins commented that the 31-year-old
former Y club manager
had been under surveillance for
about two years in connection
with narcotics activities. Defense
Attorney Edward Kelly object
ed to this phase of his testimony.
Circuit Judge Orval Millard sus
tained the objection and instruct
ed the jury to disregard the
statement.
Since Judge Millard has com
mittments in Grants Pass Mon
day morning, the trial will re
sume at 1:30 p.m. Monday; Spec
tators filled the courtroom near
ly to capacity Friday.
- The trial of Ambuehl, charged.
with illegal possession and con
trol of narcotics, was originally
scheduled for Jan. 8, but was
rescheduled for Jan. 2. District
Attorney Walter D. Nunley has
been representing the state at
the trial. He will leave office
Monday, but has agreeed to fin
ish the case as a special deputy
district attorney.
Nunlcy's successor. Thomas
Reeder, Saturday made the fol
lowing statement:
"Unfortunately, Mr. Nunley
saw fit to have the Ambuehl case
moved up on the trial docket.
Since he has begun the trial of
this case, the only sensible and
proper thing for me to do is to
let him conclude the trial. There
fore, I shall request that he be
appointed as special deputy
without compensation for the
sole purpose of completing the
Ambuehl case. Propriety and
ethics of the legal profession
dictate that this course of action
be followed."
New Airlift Slated
For Hungarians
Washington 'U-R The
United States Saturday set up
a two-flight-a-week airlift to
bring Hungarian refugees to
freedom in this country.
A spokesman for the Military
Air Transport Service first an
nounced that two planes a day
would begin carrying the ref
ugees under operation Safe
Haven II. He announced later
that the number of flights
would be two a week. He said
the exact days of the flights
had not been determined yet.
But he said one or two flights
might be made Sunday.
Marie McDonald Found in Desert After
Being Beaten; Claim, of Rape Refuted
Indio, Calif. (U.R) Marie
(The Body) McDonald, bruised
and with two teeth broken ap
parently from a beating, told
police Saturday a harrowing
tale of 24 hours in kidnapers'
hands, threatened by a sawed
off shotgun.
Then Los Angeles police add
ed their own twist to the most
bizarre case in the history of
movicland by first calling a
press conference to announce
she told them she had been
criminally assaulted and then
refuting that announcement aft
er a doctor's examination show
ed no evidence of such an as
sault. The beauteous native of Ken
tucky told of being held captive
from Thursday night until Fri
day night shortly before mid
Pensioner Charged
With Murder Of
Welfare Chairman
Cramer Held Without
Bail for Grand Jury
Klamath Falls Ore. (U.R)
Guy E. (Bill) Cramer, 87, Bon
anza pensioner who shot and
killed the Klamath County wel
fare commission chairman Fri
day, was held in Klamath coun
ty jail without bail Saturday,
charged with first degree mur
der. Cramer, who police said
fired point-blank at Fred Pe
terson, 75, the welfare chair
man, and wounded two others
in a shooting spree before he
was overpowered in the Klam
ath County courthouse, was ar
raigned before District Judge
D. E. van Vactor late Friday
and was ordered held without
bail for the grand jury.
Jerry Rajnus was critically
injured and Mrs. Altha Urqu
hart, county welfare adminis
trator, was also wounded.
On Critical List
Hospital attendants said Mrs.
Uhquhart was recovering sat
isfactorily after surgery. They
still listed the condition of Raj
nus as critical.
The shooting occurred when
Cramer, described as a chronic
complainer, demanded an in
crease in his state welfare pay
ments during the regular meet
ing of the commission in the
Klamath county courthouse.
Peterson, former county school
superintendent for whom a
grade school near Klamath
Falls is named, died minutes
after reaching the hospital.
Police said Cramer later in
jail, asked whom he had hit,
and when informed .three, ..in
cluding Mrs. Urquhart, said:
"Well, when you go into a den
of coyotes, you might as well
get them all."
The officers said Cramer had
a prison record. He served
year in Oregon State Prison in
1934 after he stole a cabin
from the Jerry McCartie ranch
in Bonanza and moved it away.
Earlier, in 1926, he served six
months for assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
Ships Slated To
Move in Canal
Port Said, Egypt (U.R) Thir
teen merchant ships marooned
for two months in the blocked
Suez Canal were scheduled to
start moving out of the water
way early today.
A United Nations source said
the ships would move under
Egyptian control.
Orders to get the ships under
way were suddenly cancelled
Saturday until it could be settled
whether Egypt or the UN canal
clearing force under U.S. Lt.
Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler would
control the operation.
The announcement by the UN
source early today indicated the
Egyptian Suez Canal Authority
had won UN concession for its
stand that only Egypt had the
right to control navigation in the
formerly international water
way. Columbus, O. (U.R) Gov.
John W. Brown has turned
down a defense request to grant
clemency to Dr. Samuel H.
Sheppard, now serving a life
term for the second degree
murder of his wife, Marilyn.
night when her two abductors,
whom she described as two Latin-type
men, threw her out of
their car in the desert. She said
one of her abductors was a
"pachuco-type" Mexican with an
Elvis Presley haircut.
While she was telling from
her hospital bed here this story
of bejng held blindfolded with
a sack over her head, Sgt. Alex
Chambreau of the Los Angeles
police department called in the
press at Los Angeles city hall,
some 125 miles from here, and
related what he said was her
story of rape and indigities.
He quoted Sgt. Ernest John
ston of the Valley Envision of
Los Angeles police, controlling
the area where Miss McDonald's
565,000 home sits in the San
Fernando valley, and from
where she disappeared Thurs
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Medford District Is
Faced With Need for
Additional School
The Medford school district is
faced with the need for one
and possibly two new schools
by the 1958-59 school year, the
board of education was told last
week.
School Superintendent Leon
ard Mayfield discussed the situa
tion with the board at the first
of a series of meetings held
specifically to discuss education
al and curriculum problems, as
distinct from administra'tive and
business problems. The latter
will be considered at the second
meeting of each month.
Children Increasing
Mayfield pointed out that the
number of children in the school
system has been increasing at a
regular rate equal to about 10
or 12 classrooms each year, and
that provision must be made to
accommodate them. At present,
preliminary discussion is center
ing about the need for one or
two schools on the east side of
the district.
It may be possible that only
one new school will be needed,
the board was told, although
census figures tend to indicate
it would be wise if two were
erected, one in the northeast
part of the district on a site at
Grand and Corona aves. already
owned by the district, the other
on a site in the southeast area
now under negotiation.
If a second new school were
built, it probably would be a
plant containing basic units for
administration, heating and so
on, with a minimum number of
classrooms, more of which couio.
be added later.
Preliminary Data
At next Tuesday's business
meeting of the board, prelimin
arv data submitted by architects
interested in the projects will
be considered by the board, May'
field said.
The rest of the meeting was
devoted to a discussion of cur
riculum considerations in the
schools, including a "general
philosophy of education," a state
ment of which was presented to
the board for study and possible
adoption. It was drawn up as a
result of discussions and propos
als on the part of teachers and
administrators of the district
day about midnight.
Johnston, he said, got a story
from Miss McDonald that she
was forced to submit to assaults
and to "unnatural sex acts." The
story spread quickly to Indio
where reporters clustered around
Coachella Valley hospital, a few
miles from where she had been
found wandering dazedly and in
coherent along a highway.
But hospital physician Dr. Al
lan Fisher disputed the story.
The hospital, as part of normal
routine in kidnap cases where
women are involved, had taken
a vaginal smear.
"There is no evidence whatso
ever of a criminal attack," said
Dr. Fisher.
Approximately two hours
later, Lt. Herman Zander of the
Los Angeles detective squad re
futed Chambreau g statement.
How It Ends?"
and spells out the objectives of
the educational program in the
Medford school system, including
citizenship, basic schools and ap
preciations, health, economic life.
moral and spiritual values, fam
ily life and aesthetic values.
The hoard aiso heard reports
on the operation of the junior
high school plan (the so-called
6-3-3 system of grade, junior high
and. high school years) as com
pared-, with the 8-4 system . ot
grade and high schools only; on
the development of extra-curncu-
ar activity periods in the schools.
and a list of subject areas to
be taken up for consideration at
later similar meetings.
State Convention
Slated for- Medford
The Oregon State Bar associ
ation will hold its annual con
vention in Medford next Septem
ber, it was reported Saturday
The meeting is tentatively
scheduled for Sept. 18 to 20, and
more than 1,000 attorneys and
their families from all parts of
the state are expected to attend
according to Frank J. Van Dyke
Medford, vice president of the
Bar's board of governors.
Announcement of the selec
tion of Medford was made at the
annual election meeting of the
Jackson County Bar association
Thursday noon, according to
Paul Haviland, outgoing presi
dent of the association.
New officers of the local bar
include G. W. (Bill) Kellington
president; Harry Skerry, Ash
land, first vice president; James
M. Main, second vice president;
Miss Noreen Kelly, treasurer,
and Ervin B. Hogan, secretary.
A social gathering of the as
sociation, at which time the new
officers will be installed, will be
held later this month, Haviland
said.
Sports Bulletins
Medford high made it two
straight over Crater in the
Southern Oregon conference
basketball chase by waxing
the Comets 63 to --5 here last
night. The Black Tornado led
51 to 36 at the end of three
quarters. Crater crept up to
51 to 43 before Medford moved
out in the final canto. Dick
McLaughlin scored 18 points
for the Tornado and Don Goy-
ette 16 for the Comets.
Ashland Southern Oregon
college evened its series with
Eastern Oregon college here
last niSht with an 80-66 Ore
gon Collegiate conference
basketball win. SOC led at
halftime 37-30.
Grants Pass Grants Pass
high evened its Southern Ore
gon conference basketball
series with Ashland here last
night by nudging the Grizzlies
43 to 41.
California 61, Washington
Slate 51.
UCLA 69, Idaho 68.
Stanford 60, Oregon Slat
58.
Proposal
Calculated Bisks
Washington CUP)"
asked Congress Saturday for power to use U.S. aimed
forces, on a moment's notice, to defend any Middle
East nation which seeks American protection from
Communist attack.
Addressing a joint session of the House and Sen
ate, he said the "best insurance" against getting in
volved in a war in the Middle East is to "make clear
now our readiness" to fight if necessary to defend the
oil-rich area from the aggressive designs of Russia's
ambitious despots.
He acknowledged that
which diplomats have labelled the "Eisenhower doc
trine' involves calculated risks because Russia "will
not like" it.
But he said the greatest risk
that power-hungry Commu
nists may miscalculate our in
tentions and launch a territory
grab that would "gravely en
danger all of the free world."
The troop request highlighted
3,200- word speech in which
he also asked congress to vote
a big economic and military aid
program to help stabilize the
trouble-torn area.
He asked for $400 million dur
ing the next two fiscal years,
plus an unstated amount of im
mediate aid from already-appro
priated funds.
Mr. Eisenhower pledged that
he would not send U. S. troops
into action in the Middle East
except at the desire of the na
tion attacked."
Special Mission
He also disclosed he will
"promptly" send a special mis
sion to the Middle East to ex
plain the cooperation we are pre
pared to give.
These statements answered
Communist propaganda blasts
that the Eisenhower Doctrine is
an attempt to impose U. S
colonialism" on unwilling Mid
dle East nations.
The President also promised
that if a situation arises which
calls for U. S. military action
he will "maintain hour-by-hour
contact" with congress. If a
crisis develops while congress
s in recess, he said, he win
lat once" call it into special
session.
Close Scrutiny
The Democratic controlled
congress v is expected to ap
prove the program, but only
fter long and close scrutiny oi
the details.
Reaction of congressional
leaders was generally favorable
after Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles outlined the main
points to Senate and House For
eign Affairs committees.
The President -received a
noisy standing ovation when he
strode to the rostrum of the
House chamber promptly at
12:30 p.m. (EST) to deliver his
historic address in person.
The tone of urgency which
ran through his speech was un
derlined by the circumstances in
which it was delivered. Rarely
if ever, before has a President
addressed a new congress on a
specific issue in advance of his
State of the Union message.
Review Situation
Mr. Eisenhower told the law
makers he will review the over
all world situation in the State
of the Union message, which he
will deliver in person next
Thursday. But he said he did not
want to wait until then to call
attention to the "grave" situa
tion in the Middle East.
That situation is a power
vacuum resulting from the col
lapse of British and French in
fluence following their attack
on Egypt.
Mr. Eisenhower assured Rus
sia that it has "nothing whatso
ever to fear, from the United
States in the Middle East, or
anywhere else in the world, so
long as its rulers do not them
selves first resort to aggression."
He said this country has no
intention- of using the Middle
East "as a base for aggression
against Russia." Its only goal is
peace, stability and the tun
sovereignty and independence
of every nation" in the area.
Three Facts
Mr. Eisenhower said his pro
posals were made in the light of
three "simple and indisputable
facts":
"1. The Middle East, which
has always been coveted by
Russia, would today be prized
more than ever by international
Communism.
"2. The Soviet rulers continue
to show that they do not scruple
Involves
President Eisenhower
his far-reaching proposal
to use any means to gain their
ends.
"3. The free nations of the
mideast need, and for the most
part want, added strength to
assure their continued inde
pendence." Any wishful thought that Rus
sia had changed .'ts ways since
the death of Stalin, he said, dis
appeared "in the aftermath of
the Hungarian tragedy."
'We have lust seen the sub
jugation of Hungary by naked
force and it would be lolly to
doubt Russia's readiness to
swallow up the Middle East if
Communist leaders should eith
er falsely or correctly estimate
that the Middle East is inade
quately defended.
"I am convinced that the best
insurance against this dangerous
contingency is to make clear
now our readiness to cooperate
fully and freely with our friends
in the Middle East in ways con
sonant with the-purposes and
principles of the United
tions."
Na-
Bus Crashes Into
Truck Killing Six
Lexington, Va. U.R) A
Greyhound bus carrying 39
passengers smashed into a dis
abled trailer-truck -near here
Friday night killing six persons
and injuring 32 others.
Rescuers using acetyline
torches and wrecker hoists
worked for nearly two hours
to free the passengers some
of them seriously injured
and remove the dead from the
twisted wreckage of the glass
domed "Scenicruiser."
Police said the bus, en route
from Memphis. Tenn., to New
York, crashed into the rear of
the parked cross-country trucK
shortly after 7 p.m. EST on the
rise of a small hill. The truck
had pulled to the side of the
busy, divided highway because
of motor trouble and the driver,
who was slightly injured, had
just set out emergency flares.
Ambulance and wreckers
from four nearby communities
rushed the injured to hospitals
here as they were freed from
the twisted steel and the jam
med seats of the bus.
Arab League Group
Schedules Meeting
Cairo UR) The Arab
League Political Committee
meets here today, to map a
joint Arab policy on events
growing out of the buez crisis,
including president Eisenhow
er's proposed Middle East doc
trine. Authoritative sources said to
day the Eisenhower doctrine
will be one of the main items
on the agenda. The stand the
Arab league takes will have an
important bearing on how the
president's plan will be accept
ed here.
Weather
FORECAST: IOff overcast
and smoky in valley through
Monday with partial afternoon
clearing. Fog Sunday night
and Monday, lifting during
midday. Little change In tem
perature. Hi;;h hoth days near
3.1. Low tonight 27.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 32
Lowest Yesterday' , ,, 25
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset .
. 7:41 a.m.
4:54 pan.
Moon set
10:43 p.m.
Prominent Constellations
Orion, high in south 10:42 p.m.
Leo, high in south ... 3:21 a.m.
PROMINENT STARS
Altalr. low in west 6:20 p.m.
Betelf ense, low In west