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TOUHTZEJf MEDfORD fOHEGOlf) MAIL TRIBUNE Wtdnndsy, January S, 1S57 Atlanta Negro Ministers Attempt To Break Georgia's Bus Segregation Laws Atlanta (U P) Twelve Negro terial Alliance, Negro group, ministers boarded an Atlanta ! sa'd petition will be presented city bus today and sat in front seats in an apparent attempt to to the president of the New Or leans Public Service Commis- break down Georgia's bus segre-I?10"' ajk'n that bus segregation ihn anAnA anH that Omp ri . gation laws. The public vehicle, an electri cally operated trackless trolley, appeared to develop power trouble just after the Negroes boarded and two mechanics were called to repair it. All but one of the five or six white passen- groes remained. gomery integration drive. He Tl. . ,,, , u ;,. I said it was the first time he had be ended and that Negroes be given equal job opportunity by the bus company. Gorernor Hints Action One of the Negro ministers who sat in the front of an At lanta bus this morning was the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr., father of the leader of the Mont- gralion in the Georgia capital city ocurred at a busy downtown intersection. The Negroes, mem bers of the "love, law and liber ation'' movement, held a prayer meeting this morning and then went downtown to board buses. Gov. Marvin Griffin promptly blamed "outside agitators'' for the integration attempt end said the "Negro bus riders should be jailed. Plan General Strategy The integration move in the Georgia metropolis, a bedrock of Deep South segregation prac tices, was made on the eve of a meeting of bus integration lead ers from other Southern states, including the Negro ministers who led movements to end seg regated seating laws in Mongom ery, Ala., and Tallahassee. Fla. father of the leader of the Mont- The group plans to map south wide strategy to implement the Supreme Court decision declar ing segregated bus seating un constitutional. A Negro organization in New Orleans announced today it will seek racial integration on city buses by "peaceful" means. The Rev. W. Scott Chinn. a spokes man for the New Orleans Minis- ever sat in the front of an At lanta public conveyance. Gov. Griffin hinted at quick action to nip the integration at tempt in the bud. He said that his powers under Georgia riot statutes are very broad and added, "I am charged with the responsibility of preventing trouble." "I would call on these people to disperse and if they did not I would put them all in jail," the governor said. Montgomery To End Curfew In Montgomery, Ala., where court ordered bus integration has been in effect for some three weeks, a night-time curfew on bus operations will be lifted this Egypt Said Slowing Clearance of Suez Through Restrictions Ragweed Declared Out of Control In Two Counties Portland OI.R) Ragweed is out of control in Umatilla and Josephine counties and the State Board of Health reported today that some 100,000 Oregonians can expect to suffer from al lergic reactions unless the pest is controlled. The board said the Legisla ture would be asked for funds to put the stale's four-year-old ragweed control act into opera tion. Dr. N. E. Irvine of Lebanon, president of the board, said the Milton-Free water area and por tions of Josephine county are now too heavily infested with ragweed for practical control. Jackson Infested Fairly large infestations also were reported in Marion and Clackamas counties and smaller concentrations in Polk, Benton, Washington, Yamhill, Columbia, Morrow and Jackson counties, according to Dr. Irvine. The board estimated that S50, 231 would be required to en force the eradication law which puts the responsibility for elim inating ragweed on landowners. Dr. Irvine said ragweed is one of the most vicious of the pollen-producing plants and con stitutes a health menace to many persons not affected by other plants. Driving Snow Makes Hazardous in State Salem (U.R) Snow over many parts of the state made driving hazardous today, the State High Department reported. Motorists were advised to . carry chains for travel at Gov-l-ernment Camp. Warm Springs junction. Detroit. Prospect. La- jpine, Lakeview, Meacham, John 7 Day and Austin. Icr spots were reported at r Sunset summit, Tillamook, Cor ;vallis. Grants Pass, Cave Junc ; tion. Carpenterville. The Dalles. Z Brothers. Baker, and Seneca. V Four inches of new snow was -reported at Government Camp, j three inches at Warm Springs ; junction, two inches at Detroit, I four inches at Prospect, one -inch at Ochoco summit, one - inch at Willamette pass, four , inches at Meacham and three 1 inches at John Day. Former Editor ot :ColIier's Succumbs Lcs Altos. Calif. ,U.R Pri Tvate funeral services were held t today for James Marshall, for--mer Pacific Coast editor of Col Jlier's Magazine who died Mon ;day in Palo Alto hospital after a long illness. He was 65. A native of England. Marshall ; began his American career as a ; reporter with the Scripps-How - London (U.R) Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler said today Egypt was slowing down clear ance of the Suez Canal by im posing restrictions on the num ber of salvage vessels he could use. The retired American general who is in charge of the United Nations salvage job said in Port Said as result of the Egyptian "quota" he was sending home the British salvage .essels Spencer and Upliftcr. Negotiations Avoided Another indication of growing Egyptian toughness came from Cairo where the government an nounced it would not enter di rect or indirect negotiations with Britain and France over the fu ture control of the canal. However Abdel Kader Hatem, director of the Egyptian Informa tion department, said Egypt was ready to discuss the question of navigation in the United Nations. Hatem based Egypt's refusal to talk with Britain and France on charges that the two nations vio lated the 1888 Suez Canal con vention when they attacked Egypt and Occupied Port Said. "All of this took place after the Security Council's Nov. 13 appeal for a peaceful solution of the question of canal navigation which Britain and France ac cepted," he said. Wheeler Tuesday disclosed an other restriction placed on the Gasoline Fumes Linger in Sewer Fort Morgan, Colo. aU.R Ex plosive fumes from 600 gallons of gasoline lingered in Fort Mor gan's sewer system today, but the city accepted the remote danger calmly, The gasoline was pumped ac cidentally from a city supply tank, and flowed into the sewer system through a ground-level drain. Fire Chief Vic Edwards had fire hydrants throughout the city turned on immediately, to help flush the gasoline from be neath .the city. But he said ex plosive fumes would remain in the air spaces of the sewer pipes for "two or three days." The chance that the fumes might be ignited appeared slim. But Edwards and police were worried that if the story got out. rumors soon would exaggerate the danger and cause panic. Fort Morgan radio stations did not broadcast the story Tues day night. Networks To Carry Eisenhower Address New York (U.R) Spokes men for ABC, CBS and NBC said today their networks will carry President Eisenhower's State of the Union address Thursday, both on radio and television. Mu tual announced it would broad cast the speech by radio. Girls Apprehended For Attempted Theft Two 13-year-old Medford girls ii'ftc apprehended Tuesday after admitting an attempt to take several articles from the Perl Funeral home. 426 West Sixth St.. Medford, and the garage of Dorothy P. Winchester. Ill King St., Medford, according to police. Police apprehended the girls after Dorothy Winchester re ported she observed two young girls run from her garage when she drove into the driveway, po lice reported. They were released to their parents with instructions to ap pear before juvenile authorities, police said. U.N. salvage operations. He said Egypt insisted the Anglo-French salvage fleet working in Port Said harbor, get out at the end of January. Ambassador -to Report Egyptian leaders have been conferring with both Arab and Russian representatives over the plan. A U. S. Embassy spokesman in Cairo announced that American Ambassador Raymond Hare would report on Egyption reac tion to President Eisenhower's proposed Middle East doctrine. There has been no official Egypt ian reaction to the plan but newspapers have been cool to the idea. , afternoon. The curfew was im . posed during the Christmas hol idays in an effort to stop a wave of shootings which wounded one Negro bus passenger. At Knoxville, Tenn., segrega tionist John Kasper warned that a suit to integrate Knoxville schools may lead to more "race riots" and "possible bloodshed." Kasper. who figured in the Clinton. Tenn., integration riots last fall, called a White Citizens Council "strategy" session to plan demands on the Tennessee legislature now in session. . The suit filed last Monday by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will arouse legislative support of white demands for bolstering Tennessee segregation laws, Kas per said. Legislative Bills Expected - The legislatures of Tennessee and South Carolina, alio just be ginning its 1957 session were ex pected to receive packets of bills designed to keep schools segre gated regardless of court action. Gov. Frank Clement, address ing a joint session ofj the Ten nessee legislature, proposed seg regation of Tennessee schools on a "voluntary" basis saying any other plan, when challenged in court will be held unconstitutional. Oregon's Farmers Share in Prosperity Corvallis (U.PJ An Oregon State College agricultural econo mist said today that Oregon farm ers shared in the increased pros perity enjoyed by the nation's farmers during 1956. Economist Mrs. Elvera Horrell said sales of farm products in Oregon from January through September of 1956 showed an in crease of three per cent compar ed with the same months in 1955. She said farmers took in more money from both crops and live stock, with larger marketings of both more than offsetting the lower average prices farmers re ceived in 1956. Mrs. Horrell reported that na tionwide farm income turned up after four years of decline. Net income based on the first nine months of 1956 was up four per cent from 1955. She said soil bank payments had a part in the upturn. Union Office Robbery Claimed 'Amateurish' Seattle 'M P.) Police today termed as "amateurish" a bur glary at Teamsters Union head quarters here and said no rec ords were missing. In Washington, D.C., yester day, Robert F. Kennedy, chief counsel of the Senate investigat ing subcommittee, said that his aqents were questioning union officials about reports that someone entered Teamster's headquarters early yesterday and broke into the filing cabi nets. The subcommittee had previ ously subpoenaed the files. Frank C. Ramon, detective captain in charge of the Seattle police department's burglary de tail, said the burglary was "a very amateurish effort, probably by juveniles," and that no rec ords were missing from the Teamsters' headquarters. Cattlemen Will Jake Stand on Federal Aid Phoenix (U.R) .The Ameri can Cattlemen's Association con vention was expected to take a stand today with regard to fed eral aid in the face of the extend ed drought. The cattlemen were to hear reports of standing committee and adopt resolutions this after noon. Also on the schedule was election of officers anfl selec tion of a site for the 1958 meet ing. Spokesmen for the cattle in dustry earlier indicated opposi tion to federal subsidies and por tions of the soil bank program. Marie McDonald's Attorney Irked By Investigation Hollywood (U.R) Famed criminal attorney Jerry Giesler served notice today that he and his client, Marie McDonald, are dissatisfied with the way author ities are investigating the case of her kidnaping. "It is about time that the po lice start proceeding with the in vestigation of the kidnaping in stead of investigating Miss Mc Donald," Giesler said. "I only ask them to show the same dil igence hunting for the kidnapers that they have used in trying to prove her story a hoax." Offered To Take Lie Test Giesler said Miss McDonald has offered to take a lie detector test to support her story that she was kidnaped- by two Latin-type men early last Friday. He charged that "police have been subjecting Miss McDonald to an inquisition" instead of searching for evidence. Giesler hovered over Miss McDonald's shoulder Tuesday as she signed a formal police re port charging that she was ab ducted from her S65.000 home by two men and left wandering along a desert road near Indio, Calif. The report, however, made no mention that she had been assaulted and robbed, but merely described details of the alleged kidnaping. Haffield To Attend Holmes Inaugural Ball Portland (U.R) Mark O. Hatfield. Oregon's new Republi can secretary of state, said here today he would attend the in augural ball of Democratic Gov. elect Robert Holmes with com plimentary tickets that had been sent to him. Hatfield said 'I am in agree ment with former Gov. Spra gue, the last governor to hold an inaugural ball, that, in his words, 'partisan differences should blank out social amenities." 23 MORE HUNGARIANS Portland U.R) A group of 23 Hungarian refugees was scheduled to arrive here today, bringing the total number to come to Oregon to 145. Amherst, Mass. U.R) Alfred W. 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