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Angered Democrat Stalks Out Of 51st Year United Presi Full Leased Wire 16 Pages "Lie Down Don't You i MEDFOEDSfflTRIBUNE Above Normal Runoff Forecast During Year Above average water-year run' off is forecast for the southwest ern Orrgon area because of a high carry-over and rainfall-runoff to date, the weather bureau reported this morning in the first water supply forecast summary of the year. The water-year is between October and September. Seasonal runoff, between Jan uary and September, is expect ed to be about normal. The sea sonal runoff for Rogue river be low south fork is forecast at 1.040.000 acre feet, or 99 per cent of normal. The Upper Klamath Lake net inflow is forecast at 1.340.000 acre feet, or 146 per cent of normal, the weather bu reau said. Runoff forecast for the water year. Oc'ober. 1956. through September, 1957, on Rogue river below south fork is 1-450.000 acre feet, or 109 per cent of nor mal; on the Umpqua river below Lake Creek. 336.000 acre feet, 112 per cent of normal; and Up per Klamath Lake net inflow, 1.780,000 acre feet, 146 per cent. Fall Precipitation Fall precipitation over south western Oregon was 95 per cent of the 15-year average. The aver age was taken from amounts which fell during the years be tween 1938 and 1952. Most of the precipitation occurred in October, when precipitation was generally 200 per cent of the average. September and November were dry, the weather bureau said, so the overall falltime pre cipitation was slightly below the 1938-1952 average. December precipitation was below average at lower elevations, but above Crater Lake Park Gets Season's Heaviest Snow Crater Lake National Park had its heaviest snowfall in a 24-hour period this season yesterday when 16 inches fell. The new fall brought the total snow depth at the, park to 45 inches, compared to 105 inches at this time 'last year. Chains were required for travel on Highway 62 through the park. Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower will not hold a news conference this week. Berrydale Sanitation Group Resumes Work; Meeting Set Th Berrvdale Sanitation committee, which recessed its activity over the holiday sea son, is resuming work toward solution of the problems of the area, it was announced today by Nick Gier. chairman of the group. A public meeting has been scheduled tentatively for Mon day, Jan. 21, at Howard school to hear talks on ways and means of solving the sanitary problem in the Berrydale district, he said. Arrangements for the meeting were completed at a committee session last night at the home of M. J. Swing. Speakers will be Kenneth Tollenaar. execu tive secretary of the legislative interim committee on local gov ernment, who will discuss what present legislation might ecret Meeting IV It ZA I I MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1957 Know What a Body I?" S-A. I average at higher elevations. Since most of the precipitation to date has been rain, snow ac cumulation is below average, the forecast noted. Total fall precipitation for south-central Oregon, was slight ly above the 15-year average. Heavy precipitation during Octo ber which was 240 per cent of normal, combined with 50 per cent for September and 12 per cent for November, produced about average fall precipitation for the area. Runoff in streams in the south- central area will be about 80 per cent of the 15-year average, the weather bureau said. State in Path of 'Heavy Snowfall' By UNITED PRESS Jupiter Pluvius' aimed a one two weather punch at Oregon today which forecasters said could result in a "very heavy snowfall." It also could result in only a little snow or even rain. The weather man said a frigid arctic air mass was moving south from British Columbia. This morning it was near the British Columbia - Washington border. At the same time, a storm was moving into the Gulf of Alaska. This was expected to swing south-eastward to the Washington and Oregon coasts by tomorrow afternoon. But, said the weather man, storms don't always follow their ex pected path. This is why he list ed the various weather possi bilities. ' If the storm moves as expect ed, it will furnish enough mois ture for an inch or two of snow as it moves by Oregon. The arc tic air mass is expected to then follow behind the storm, bring ing lower temperatures. If the storm moves inland over Washington tomorrow, tem peratures in northwest Oregon" are expected to rise and rain will falL But, if the storm swings in land over northwest Oregon, "a very heavy snowfall" could re sult, the weather man said. be of assistance, and Medford City Manager Robert Duff, who will discuss taxes and construc tion costs. The committee served by Tol lenaar recently completed a two-year survey of local gov ernment, including the prob lems of the "fringe areas" such as the Berrydale district. Pts recommendations will be pre sented to the legislature which meets next week. The Berrydale Sanitation committee was formed last fall after a proposal to annex the area to Medford was defeated at the Nov. 6 general election. It has since been proposed that a smaller area seek annexation to the city, but before a renewed attempt is made other possible solutions are being explored in a series of meetings. State May End Case In Narcotics Trial The state's case against Don ald LaVerne Ambuehl, 31-year-old former Y club manager charged with illegal possession and control of narcotics, was expected to end today, Walter D. Nunlcy, former district attor ney, indicated this morning. Cross-examination of State Police Lt. Paul Morgan, seventh witness for the state, was to begin at 1:30 p.m. Nunley said he would call one more witness before concluding his case. Requests Sample Lt. Morgan testified he had requested Clifton Lacy, former ly connected- with Burns Detec tive agency, to obtain a sample of contents of two paper bags in"1 the Plaza apartment of Mrs. Leona (Loma) Scott. Lt. Morgan said he sent the sample to the federal narcotics bureau for analysis. After the report of the analysis was received here, Lt. Morgan testified he arranged to have the paper bags dusted with invisible powder. He also sought assistance from the city police department in maintaining watch over the Plaza apartments, the AmbuehJ home, the Y club and other places where Ambuehl was fre quently seen. He then testified as to events leading to the arrest of Ambuehl on July 18. His testimony was similar to that given earlier in the trial. Earlier Testimony Testifying earlier this morn ing were Mrs. Alice Dell, 1121 West 10th st, a friend of Mrs. Scott's and former Y club wait ress, and State Police Officer Robert Wievesiek. Mrs. Dell described her seven- year acquaintance with Mrs. Scott and stated Mrs. Scott had stayed at her home for brief periods in June and July: Officer Wievesiek described four trial exhibits, and the search of a car operated by Ambuehl the morning of his arrest. He said the exhibits contained material taken from the door panel, floor mat, the driver's seat and ash trays of the car which Ambuehl was driving. Another exhibit contained the contents of a vacuum cleaner which was used inside the car during Wievesiek's search of the automobile. Completes Testimony Cross-examination of Charles P. Champlin, city police chief, was completed this morning. During the testimony, Champlin said the appearance of Am buehl' eyes, and his general appearance showed possible symptoms of the influence of narcotics. He said that when he talked with Ambuehl at the police sta tion later that morning, Am buehl's mental capacity did not show symptoms of being under a narcotic influence. Champlin Monday afternoon said Ambuehl admitted to him that he had smoked some mari juana in Mrs. Scott's apartment a short time before his arrest. Champlin quoted Ambuehl as saying he had used marijuana off and on for about five years. He said Ambuehl told him, "I made a mistake. I shouldn't have had it with me." He was refer ring to the time he left the Plaza apartments, then fled from State Police Lt. Paul Morgan who was waiting with Champlin and oth er officers outside the building. According to Champlin, Am buehl said the marijuana be longed to Mrs. Scott. Champlin added when he asked the origin of the drug, Ambuehl replied, "I can't say because I don't want to get some other people in trouble." Trial Delayed The trial was delayed more than an hour yesterday while the state ironed out difficulties aris ing from expiration of Walter D. Nunley's term of office as dis trict attorney. He earlier agreed Knowland To Introduce Anti-Filibuster Bill Washington (U.R) Senate Re publican Leader William F. Knowland of California will in troduce a resolution Wednesday seeking to make it possible for two-thirds of senators present to curb filibusters. Present rules require a two-thirds vote of all senators 64. Knowland predict ed the senate will approve his plan. Northern Democrats will seek a greater relaxation of the filibuster rule. 4 With Price 10c United Press rFull Leased Wiro No. 248 to continue representing the state in the case as a special deputy to the new district attorney, Thom as Reeder. Reeder said he would request Nunley's appointment on a tem porary basis without financial compensation. The county court, however, passed a resolution Monday authorizing that Nunley be paid for his work on the Ambuehl case. Defense Attorney Edward Kel ly said at least eight witnesses would be called for the defense at the conclusion of the state's case. He declined to specifically state whether or not he would put the defendant on the witness stand, but commented, "I usually do." Kelly predicted the case would not go to the jury before Thursday afternoon. Eisenhower Agrees With GOP Leaders On Legislation Washington (U.R! President Eisenhower agreed with GOP congressional leaders today on a list of priority legislation for the new Congress. The list was headed by the new Mid-east res olution and continuation of pres ent corporation and excise (sales) taxes. It included measures dealing with Hungarian refugees, school construction and civil rights. The agreement was reached at the first regular meeting this year between the .President and House and Senate Republican leaders. The GOP leaders conceded their priority list will have to be discussed with the Democrat ic leadership which controls Congress. . But the Republicans felt there would be a measure of agreement between the two parties on items picked out for early action. No Tax Cuts Current excise taxes on many items and higher corporate tax rates expire April 1. The Presi dent and his leaders agreed to day there must be early action to extend these levies. House Republican Leader Jo seph W. Martin Jr. said the ad ministration will seek an exten sion of one year in the tax rates. Extension of excise and cor porate levies has been taken for- granted as administration policy since the GOP leaders announced Dec. 31 Mr. Eisen hower's plans for fiscal 1958 anticipated no reduction in rev enues. The excise taxes; applying primarily to liquor, cigarettes and automobiles, yield about $1 billion annually and the current corporate tax rates yield about $2 billion. Items on List fc The rest of the list in the order announced was: Extension of excise and cor porate tax rates. Extension of the refugee bill to clarify the status of Hungar ian refugees admitted to this county on "parole" status. A possible change in corn legislation. School construction. Civil rights. Establishment of a $3 million federal fund to encourage a federal-state-local study of juven ile delinquency and explore the need for possible legislation. Suayies Island Turkey Flocks Quarantined Salem (U.R) The State Agri culture Department has quar antined a turkey flock on Sau ,n island for ornithosis. The flock includes 3,400 hens and some toms for breeding stock. Agriculture officials said the flock, on the Triple B. turkey farm, was being treated with an-ti-biotics. The birds were ex pected to be cured in time for the spring market season. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 493.86, off 1.34; 20 rail roads 157.11. up 0.67; 15 utilities 69.20. - up 0.16; and 65 stocks 174.23. off Q.03. Sales today' were about 2.230.000 shares compared with 2,500,000 shares Monday, j Dulles Attempt Charged To Tie Hands of House Committee People Believed Entitled To Testimony ' Washington (U.R) A Demo cratic member of the House For eign Affairs Committee stalked out of a closed door Middle East meeting with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today charg ing that the administration was trying to "tie the committee's hands" with confidential .infor mation, if Rep. Wayne L. Hays (D-Ohio) said he left the session in pro test against taking secretly testi mony which he believed the American people are entitled to have about President Eisen hower's request for authority to send troops to the Middle East if necessary to keep Russia out. Hays said Committee Chair man Thomas S. Gordon (D-Ill.) declined to recognize him to make a formal protest against taking Dulles' testimony in se cret. "So I just said what I had to say anyway, and left," Hays told reporters. President Urges Speed "I don't believe Dulles ought to be allowed to hide behind closed doors to answer embar rassing questions. It's a clear case of trying to tie the commit tee's hands. Even if you get the answers you can't use them be cause the information was given in an executive session." Hays' walkout came as Presi dent Eisenhower urged Republi can congressional leaders at a White House legislative confer ence to put his Middle East reso lution at the top of their priority list for early action. Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland of California said after the White House ses sion he expects the Mid-East resolution to clear the Senate Foreign Relations Committee within two or three weeks. Pre sumably this included action by the Senate Armed Services Com mittee which will start joint hearings with the Foreign Rela tions group next week. But Chairman Richard B. Rus sell (D-Ga.) of the Senate Armed Services Committee said that Congress will not ' be "stam peded" into hasty action on the proposal. Want Time Limit There also were mounting de mands in congress for putting some time limit on the Presi dent's request for authority to use U.S. funds, and if necessary, troops in the Middle East. While most congressional re action to the "Eisenhower doc trine" has been favorable, there were some rumbles of opposi tion. Rep. Noah M. Mason (R-Ill.) said today he could not conscien tiously vote to give the Presi dent military authority which Mason contended was given by the Constitution to Congress. Hungarian Patriots Fleeing Into Forests Vienna (U.R) Hundreds of Hungarian patriots facing arrest and possibly death under the new Red reign of terror are flee ing into the trackless forests, swamps and mountains to join die-hard freedom-fighter bands, refugees said today. Hungarians who risked their lives to cross the Austrian fron tier to escape the return to the "proletrian dictatorship" in their homeland also reported renewed fighting between partisan bands and Russian troops. Clashes between Hungarian patriots and Red army troops have increased in the past 24 hours, according to the newly arrived refugees. They said the heaviest fighting took place in the rugged country centered around Pecs. Pecs on the Yugo slav frontier was a rebel- strong hold in the revolution crushed by Soviet steel. Weather FORECAST: Cloudy with oc casional snow flurries or showers of rain and snow In the valley, and snow in the mountains through Wed nesday. Partial clearing and much colder Wednesday night. Low tonight 27, high Wednedav 40-42, TEMPERATURE Hlrhect Yesterday 4 Lowest Yesterday I.........,.. 3(1 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:41 a.m. Sunset 4:56 p.m. Moons et Wednesday 12:44 a.m. First Quarter 11:06 p.m. MARS, seen near the Mopn tonight, is now about 104 mil lion miles away. Continuing t move eastward among the stars. Mars will soon be seen in the constellation, Aries. A v 12? -! ?, - WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND Colleagues Stunned Knowland Not To Be Candidate for Senate in 1958 Washington (U.R) Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland's decision to retire from the Senate prompted spec ulation today, that he will make a bid for the presidency in 1960. The 48 - year - old Californian stunned his Senate colleagues and caught California political leaders by surprise in announc ing Monday that he will not seek reelection when his current term expires in 1958. Governor Race Seen Some senators quickly con cluded that Knowland, a vet eran of 11 years in the Senate, will try to win the California governorship in 1958 and use it as a stepping stone to the White House in 1960. Knowland had planned to seek the Republican presidential nomination last year before Mr. Eisenhower announced his inten tion to seek a second term. After the President made known his intention, Knowland withdrew. The constitutional prohibition against presidential third terms will prevent Mr. Eisenhower from running again. Puis in Bid In California. State Comtrol ler Robert C. Kirkwood, a Re publican, said he would run for Knowland's Senate scat in 1958. He said his political philosophy is "wholly in accord with the great Eisenhower movement." Knowland, a conservative on most issues, has sometimes been at odds, as Senate GOP leader, with the President's views. But Senate Republicans again picked him as their leader for the new session of Congress which open ed last week, and Knowland said he would retain the post un til his retirement from the Senate. Knight Surprised California Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, whose term expires at the same time as Knowland's Senate term, exclaimed, "I must say I'm surprised" when in formed of Knowland's decision. Knight said he expected to discuss the development with Knowland when he comes here for President Eisenhower's Jan. 21 inauguration. Six Prison Inmates Continue Food Strike Salem (U.R) Only six inmates of the Oregon state prison segre gation ward continued their hun ger strike into its ninth day to day. Two more convicts gave up and had breakfast this morning while four tossed in the towel at dinner time last night. . The six who are still holding out missed their 25th meal this morning. The strike began a week ago Monday with 20 segregation in mates participating. The rest of the prison's 1500 inmates were unaffected by the strike. Ingrid Bergman To Make 34-Hour Visit To N. Y. New York (U.R) Actress Ingrid Bergman will make a 34 hour visit here beginning Jan. 19, her first return to this coun try in seven years, it was an nounced today. , - She will come here to accept the New York Film Critic's award honoring her as the best actress of the year for her per formance in "Anastasia." Dovntown Projects Planned In March of Several downtown projects are planned for Saturday to raise money for the March of Dimes, it was announced today by Dick Knight, Medford chair man. .' ' Knight has designated Satur day as Blue Crutch Day, during which the little blue lapel tags symbolizing a crutch will be sold by the Medford 20-30 club. The project is under the chair manship of Doug Rehder. ' Fraternal Order of Eagles will again conduct their "milk bottle states" campaign in which passersby are asked to drop a coin in one of the 48 - bo'tles representing the state 91 which Coating of Money Pili Big Problem For Legislators Salem (U.R) It's the prob lem of how to coat the pill 'that gives Oregon legislators such long faces these days. The pill money will be the overriding problem of the 49th legislative assembly which con venes here Monday. Insurgent Democrats and Re publicans may disagree over who will break the 15-15 state Sen ate tie, but both parties are equally eloquent when it comes to tile shortage of cash. Because of the money prob lem and the resulting tax prob lem, the things to keep your eye on in the upcoming session will be r.he things that cost most in the new budget: Basic school money, S77 million; higher edu cation, $44 million; institutions, $32 million; and buildings funds, S20 million. Some Tax Due Both schools and institutions are under terrific pressure from the state's growing population and both have urgent building and staff needs. The demand for all state services is constantly in creasing. Tie cold facts seem to be that unless the present 45 per cent surtax on income or some equally profitable and unpleasant tax is imposed by the 1957 Legislature, part of our capital improvement or education program may go down the drain. Take your choice: The surtax, a general sales tax, a beefed-up income tax, a state property tax or a combination. Gov. Elmo Smith last week submitted a 1957-59 "balanced" budget of almost $260 million for consideration by the Legis lature. But he was quick to point out that the budget swallowed whole the state's surplus of some $30 million. Holmes To Have Say Gov.-elect Robert D. Holmes, who undoubtedly will file a sup plementary fcudget, comes to of fice with the handicap, tax-wise. of advocating an increase in basic school support from $80 to $120 per census child. This gives him an additional $40 million over Gov. Smith's budget to raise for the next two years. He may have other, perhaps expensive, plans. Both Republicans and Demo crats say they are opposed to. con- tinuing the surtax which was passed by the 1955 Legislature and saved from referral to the people by the implication it was just stopgap legislation. Legislative Democrats also do not favor a general sales tax, al though it will undoubtedly come up again due to recommendations from the Legislative Interim Tax Study Committee for a sales tax comoined with higher-exemption income tax and some property tax relief. Possible Referral Seen Democrats, who will hold the whip hand in the House, will probably plump for a tax pro gram relying mainly on the per sonal income tax, although they have not made their plans ex plicit. They might repeal the surtax and make up some of the loss'by hiking regular income taxes while restoring dependency cred its and personal exemptions from $500 to $600. They also might consider elim inating the 50 per cent personal property tax offset in the corpor ation excise tax structure. But behind all tax proposals lurks the possibility that the final plan may be delayed for re Harrison Reelected District President Judge James Harrison of Coos county was reelected presi dent of district four of the asso ciation of Oregon counties at an all-day meeting here yesterday. Aliout 30 members of the leg islature and engineers, county judges and commissioners from Coos, Curry, Douglas, Josephine and Jackson counties attended the meeting. Among topics discussed by those attending the meeting was legislation which was brought up at the meeting of the associ ation in Portland last Decemb er. Matters relating to assess ments on property, and sales taxes also were discussed. Dimes Fund-Raising Drive they were bom. William Keever is chairman of the project. Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce members will be on the streets with tickets for their steer "giveaway," during which a steer will be given away. Art Van Leeuwen is chairman. Coin cards have been mailed to every Medford water user, Knight said, and he urged re cipients to fill them and return them as soon as possible. The cards were addressed by mem bers of the National Secretarial Association, under direction of Mrs. John R. Russell. Cc unter coin collectors have been distributed at places of ferral to the people at the next general election following the session. This stems from the fact that voters in November refused to allow an emergency clause to be attached to tax measures. Long Faces Should the Legislature's tax program be turned down by the people, it would require a spe cial session of the Legislature to straighten out state finances. A special session might be forestalled if Democrats could arrange a special election on their tax program while the Leg islature still was in regular ses sion, but this is speculative. Where does this leave us? With faces almost as long a the legislators'. Unemployment in County Dec. 3lr Estimated all, Despite unsatisfactory iumber prices and usual winter weather troubles, "employment held up surprisingly well" during De cember, according to John J. Patton, manager of the Medford employment office. He said there were no large layoffs during December, al though several employees in the lumber industry were "in and . out" of employment more than once during the month. Number of Unemployed The number of unemployed persons in the county Dec. 31, was estimated at 1,860, Patton said. The figure is about the same as the number of unem ployed Dec. 31, 1955, and is an increase of 30 per cent over November, 1956. The estimate does not include those people who work season ally and do not seek work during the rest of the year. New hires through the Med ford office of the state employ ment service were up 78 per cent over December, 1955, Patton said. Some of the jobs were tem porary, but a larger proportion than usual were in steady em ployment. There was a steady demand for pruners in or chards, he said. Christmas fruit box packing was completed last month, Pat ton noted. Further layoffs can be expect ed during January and February, Patton said, depending on the weather and market conditions. The employment picture is not expected to change materially before March, he said. Chains Required on Mountain Passes Chains were required on all mountain passes leading from the Rogue valley this morning after snow measuring up to 12 inches in some areas fell during the night. Although only a half inch fell at the Medford airport weather bureau station, heavier amounts fell in other sections of the val ley. Ashland reported depths ranging from about two inches in lower areas to between four and five inches in the down town area. Snow and rain showers are ex pected to continue throughout today, and another storm front moving in from the Pacific is expected to bring more snow to the Rogue valley tomorrow after noon, the weather bureau said. A foot of new snow was re ported on Sexton and Canyon- ville mountains, four inches fell on Oregon mountain, eight inches at Prospect, and six inches on the Siskiyous and Green Springs. Chains were required on all highways. Cooler temperatures early to day froze rain and snow on city streets and valley roads making driving hazardous this morning. By mid-morning, much of the ice and frozen snow had started to thaw. for Saturday business throughout the city by members of the Teamsters' Un ion. A "Bucket of Bucks" dance and floor show will be held at Rogue Valley ba" room Thurs day night at which modern and western bands will provide mu sic for dancing and popular local entertainers will be seen. Consent slips have been dis tributed throughout schools in the county by which parents may request Salk anti-polio vac cinations for their children through the Jackson County Medical Society's free vaccine program, to start Jan. 14.
