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Supreme Soviet
Summoned To Meet
On February 5
. Way Claimed Paved
For Possible Shakeup
London (U.R) Russia's parli
ament, the Supreme Sovieti was
summoned today to meet Feb. 5
The announcement coincided
with authoritative reports that
Nikita Khrushchev may be shitt
ed from his job as head of the
Soviet Communist party to that
of Soviet Premier.
Such Cabinet changes usually
are announced before the Su
preme Soviet. An official an
nouncement carried by the So
viet news a;cncy Tass said a de
cree summoning the parliament
was published in Moscow today
He Confirmation
There was no confirmation or
authoritative comment from
Moscow yet on strong reports
from WarMW Dnlrl w-,
Khrushchev is considering tak
ing over as premier.
These reports said Communist
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai,
who is visiting Warsaw after con
ferences in Moscow, gave the
wiormation to Polish Commu
nist leader Wladvslaw Gomulka
! A series of closed meetings
wunin the Kremlin hierarchy al
ready has paved the way for a
possible shakeup.
Promotion for MltnVn
' Authoritative reports reaching
here from one Eastern European
capital said the shakeup, if it
comes, probably would include
a uig piumuuon ior ex-rremier
Georgi Malenkov.
The reports said that Khrush
chev rnniiilt! uitK esfalHu
leaders on the switch during re
cent conferences.
Mercy Flights, Inc.
Takes 611th Patient
; A Mercy Flights. Inc., air am
bulance plane this morning
flew the 611th patient carried
by the non-profit service since
it began operating seven years
ago this week.
'. The patient was Paul Hoffard.
507 South Oakdale ave., who
was taken to a Portland hospit
al for surgery. ,
The air ambulance service, j
organized In late 1949 and
atarted with funds donated by
people of Jackson county, has
been operating continuously
aince the middle of January,
1950. It began service with one
aircraft, and now operates
three, all twin-engine planes
equipped with stretchers, and
radios and instruments which
enable them to fly in all but
the worst weather.
The service is financed by
flight charges to non-subscribers,
and by pre-paid subscrip
tions held iy more than 5.000
county residents.
Three Sentenced
In Circuit Court
Three men received sentences
in circuit court Friday from
Judge H. K. Hanna.
' Sentenced to three years in
the Oregon State penitentiary
was David Walker Laflin, 1032
Cherry St., and sentenced to
three years probation was Jack
Taylor Stallsworth, 106 Lincoln
at., Medford. Both men were
charged with grand larceny Nov.
26. 1956, at Cubby's Drive In
Nov. 19, 1956.
Also sentenced to two and a
half years in the state peniten
tiary at Salem was LeRoy Julius
Jones, Suncrest rd.. Talent, for
robbery of an Ashland taxi cab
driver on Dec. 19, 1956. He was
charged with assault and rob
bery while not armed with a
dangerous weapon.
"I'm Not Leaving"
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HUMPHREY BOGART
Funeral To Be Thursday
Humphrey Bogart
Dies of Cancer at
Hollywood Home
Hollywood (U.R) Actor
Humphrey Bogart, 57, veteran
movie tough guy and one of
Hollywood's most colorful char
acters, died at home of cancer
today with his wife, Lauren Ba-
call. at his bedside.
The Academy-Award winning
actor, who had been operated
upon a year ago for throat can
cer, succumbed 'during a coma
at 2:10 a.m. (PST), Dr. Maynard
Bransma said.
Funeral Thursday
A spokesman for the family
said funeral services will be con
ducted Thursday.
His sole immediate survivor
is his sister, Frances Rose Bo
gart. "Bogart was still talking to
everybody Saturday night." Dr.
Brandsma said. "Sunday morn
ing he went into a coma. He
went to sleep and just didn't
wake up."
"Early this morning he look
a deep breath and died."
The doctor said Bogart was a
victim specifically of Carcinoma,
a general spread of the original
cancer.
"Bogev." as the actor was
nicknamed, had turned 57 last
Christmas Day.
In Pain Recently
The end for the lovable. Acad
emy Award-winning actor came
at his Holmby Hills home where
he had been recuperating from
a hospital stay he took last
month in an effort to alleviate
pain from scar tissue formed aft
er an operation for throat can
cer a year ago.
His doctor said he had been
"in some pain for the last few
weeks."
His actress-wife said she pre
ferred that no flowers be sent to
the funeral but that contribu
tions be made to the American
Cancer Society instead.
Planning Commission
To Meet This Evening
The Medford planning com
mission will reconsider several
zoning proposals for the south
east Medford area at 7:30 p.m.
today in the city hall.
The commission will also
rnnsl drr further study of sub
division regulations and rezon
ing the corner of Highland ave.
and Siskiyou blva. lor a gro
cery store.
Salem 'UP.) The Oregon
Commission on Interstate Co
operation said it would recom
mend that the 1957 Legislature
act to define the boundary be
tween Washington and Oregon.
Eisenhower Tours
Drought-Stricken
Area of Southwest
Talks To Farmers
In Western Texas
En Route with Eisenhower
(U.R) President Eisenhower, who
is seeing for himself what one
of the greatest droughts in his
tory has done to the Southwest,
went into the barren West Texas
countryside today to talk to
farmers who haven't had a de
cent crop in seven years.
Mr. Eisenhower is on a plane
and automobile tour that will
cover some 4.500 miles of
drought stricken land in Texas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Ari
zona, Colorado and Kansas. San
Angelo, Tex., was the first ,stop.
Briefing From Leaders
After spending the night at
Goodfellow Air Force Base at
San Angelo, Mr. Eisenhower got
an off the record briefing from
40 agricultural leaders at break
fast. Then he climbed into an
automobile for a 22.6-mile drive
through the dusty farmland
southeast of San Angelo.
D. W. Williams, vice chancel
lor of the Texas A&M College
system, and County Agent Ed
S. Hyman of Tom Green county
rode with him to introduce
farmers and ranchers to the
President and to explain their
plight.
It has been 1950 since farms
Mr. Eisenhower saw have pro
duced a decent crop and 1949
since they produced a good crop.
The rainfall last year was 7.41
inches, compared with a 50-year
average of more than 20 inches.
Polio Vaccination
Gets Under Way
At County Schools
Free inoculations with Salk
anti-polio vaccine got under way
in schools of Jackson county to
day and will continue for the
next two weeks, with second
shots in the three-shot program
to be given during the last two
weeks of February.
Members of the Jackson Coun
ty Medical Society are donating
their services to give the free in-
Vaccine Schedule
Tuesday, Jan. IS, 9 a.m.
until noon. Gold Hill school.
Rogue River school; Phoenix
high school. Medford Senior
high school. Jackson County
courthouse (health depart
ment). 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
jections. The program was set up
by the Jackson County riealtn
Department with cooperation by
the county chapter ot the .na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
Persons suffering from acute
illness, running fever or recover
ing from, recent surgery are ad
vised by" doctors to wait until
fully recovered before receiving
the shots.
The vaccine for the local pro
gram was obtained from the fed
eral government, which, had pur
chased it with a congressional
appropriation for immunization
of children of underprivileged
families. These families have not
taken advantage of the free vac
cine and since it must be used
before a specified time or be dis
carded, the government has
made it available free to coun
ties for free vaccination of those
19 years old or younger. J
Persons who are out of school
but are still under 20 years of
age may go to the school nearest
their home to receive the vac
cine or may receive it at the
health department at the county
courthouse. Parents of pre-school
children may follow the same
schedule.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30 in
dustrial 489.29, off 4.52; 20 rail
roads 155.68, off 1.65; 15 util
ities 69.56, off 0.06, and 65
stocks 173.09, off 1.38. Sales to
day were about 2.350,000 shares
compared with 2,40,000 shares
Friday.
Weather
FORECAST: Snow shower in
mountains and rain showers
in valievs throuch Tuesday.
Low tonight 35. Hib Tuts day
43.
Temp.
BiCht yesterday Si
Lowest this morning 36
Our Skies Tonight
Stuirfie
7:29 a.m.
Sunset
5:03 p.m.
3: p.m.
S:M a.m.
MnonrHe
M nnntl Tiiffv
Full Moon Tuesday night
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, low in west 11:13 p.m.
Saturn, rises . 4:57 a.m.
Jupiter, high in SW K:35 a.m.
Venus, rises 6:37 a.m.
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BICYCLE SAFETY Becoming bicycle own
ers for the first time at Christmas many chil
dien in the Medford schools lack instruction
in bicycle safety. A prograrn to. familiarize
them with basic safety rules was begun this
week at Washington school by Medford Police
Sgt. Clyde Fichtncr. After a lecture by Ser
geant Fichtncr, Mrs. John Hartsook, president
of the Washington school PTA, gave new bi
cycle owners pieces of reflective tape to place
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SARAH B. WING
Native Oregonian
Sarah Bleyins Wing
Dies at Ashland
At Age of 103
Ashland Mrs. Sarah Ble-
vins Wing, 103. one of the oldest
native Oregonians, died here
yesterday.
Mrs. Wing was born March
10, 1853, in the Tualatin valley,
the child of pioneer parents who
had traveled from Missouri in
1943 with the Applegate wagon
train.
She had lived in Ashland since
1901.
Mrs. Wing, who was six years
old before Oregon became a
state, had vivid memories of
those pioneer days. She often
related interesting stories con
cerning Indians and pioneer
settlers. With her husband, the
late C. C. Wing, the pioneer
woman lived on a ranch in
northern California in the 1870s.
After her husband's death in
1916, Mrs. Wing lived with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. McGee, in Ashland.
Attended Phoenix Church
The century-old woman was
active until recently. She attend
ed Phoenix Church of Christ for
many years when her grandson,
the Rev. Everett McGee, was
pastor -there;
Last March when the family
celebrated her 103rd birthday,
five generations attended the
Dartv. At that time, in addition
to her son and daughter, her
family consisted of four grand
sons, 13 great-grandchildren and
two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of Lijwiller funeral home
here.
nlvmnia (U.R) Gov. Art
hur B. Langlie will leave for the
east in 10 days to take a posi
tion in private industry.
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OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1957 No. 253
Dui(es Makes Plea for
iddle East
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
said today there is no evidence
"we know of" that Russia is
planning "direct aggression in
the Middle East." But he warn
ed that the Communists "will
take every risk that they dare'!
to win the oil-rich area.
He also said there is already
evidence on the "advance of
Communism" in the area. And
if the Russians do move with di
rect aggression, he added, "I
doubt that we would get any ad
vance notice."
The secretary went before a
combined session of the Senate
Armed Services and Foreign
Relations Committees with a
new plea for approval of the
"Eisenhower doctrine" for the
Middle East. He ran into critical
questioning and faced still more
later today and possibly Tues
day. Rep. Clement J. Zablocki (D-
Wis.) introduced two resolutions
to split the President's military
and ecnoomic proposals to help
the Middle East. Zablocki acted
without the endorsement of his
Democratic colleagues.
Dulles said the power struggle
for the Middle East "could well
Annual Student Government
Scheduled in
Plans for the ninth annual
Student Government Day pro
gram, in which eight county and
city schools will participate,
have been announced by Exalt
ed Ruler Dick Woodcock of the
Medford Elks lodge.
The project which is conduct
ed in conjunction with city and
county high schools in the Elks
jurisdictional area, has received
national recognition. ;
Schools Participating
County schools which will
participate include Crater High
school in Central Point, Jack
sonville High, Phoenix High,
Eagle Point High, Butte Falls
High, and Prospect High. Med
ford High and St. Mary's High,
of Medford, also will participate.
About 125 seniors and upper di
vision high school students par
ticipate in the program, accord
ing to Woodcock.
During the two-day period.
Feb. 18 and 19, students elected
or appointed to city and county
offices learn the jobs of their
counterpart officials. Also in
cluded in the activities are tours
of county and city installations,
such as the airport, disposal
plant, county shops, and other
departments.
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on their bikes. Demonstrating how to apply
the tape, above, is PTA safety chairman, Mrs.
Glen Grubaugh. Sergeant Fichtner and stu
dents Pamela Wyatt, Jim Travis and Don
Stewart, look on. Fichtner encouraged use of
hand signals. He discouraged riding double
on bicycles, riding on sidewalks, zig-zagging
and jumping curbs. He recommended that
riders carry flashlight if they must be on the
road at night.
Doctrine
be the decisive test in the
struggle between Communism
and freedom." If the Soviets win
it. he said, "international
Communism will have gained a
great and decisive victory."
Both the House and Senate
are considering Mr. Eisenhower's
resquest for standby authority
to use U.S. armed forces if
necessary to aid any Middle East
nation threatened by Commu
nism. Sen. Lowry Arrives
In Salem Without Cash
Albany (U.R) Sal Sen.
Philip B. Lowry of Medford
arrived at Salem for the legis
lative session without his
money.
Lowry told state police he
left his wallet and an un
determined amount of cash in
a service station at the edge
of Albany on Saturday.
Officers contacted the serv
ice station operator and learn
ed he had mistakenly given
the wallet to the driver of a
southbound car with Illinois
license plates.
State police still were try
ing io locate the car today.
Jackson County Next Month
The steering committee this
year includes County Judge
Rodney Keating, County Com
missioners Ralph James and
Chester N. Wendt, . Medford
Mayor John Snider, Medford
Councilman James Dunlevy,
Mrs. Dorothy Snedden, the may
or's secretary, Mrs. JoAnne
Smith of Medford High school,
the Rev. John Ilg of St. Mary's
High school, Bruce Hitt of the
county schoolsuperintendent's
office, and Franklin Van Pelt,
Dr. August W. Glutsch, Jack
Thompson, Charles Meyers, and
Elliott Becken, all of the Med
ford Elks lodge.
Student officials last year
were headed by David Bosworth
of Medford High school, who
was mayor of Medford, and Ron
ald Hanson of Eagle Point who
was county judge.
Campaigns Slated
Students from the eight par
ticipating high schools will hold
political campaigns within their
schools to secure nominations
and elections to those county
and city offices apportioned the
schools by the steering commit'
tee. Officials practices relating
to regular primary and general
elections will be followed.
Student officials willke the
Holmes Pledges
forward look'
At Government
Salem '(U.R) Robert D. Holmes was inaugurated 28th gover
nor of Oregon shortly after 2:30 p.m. today in solemn and color,
ful ceremonies at the state capitol.
Salem U.R) Gov. Robert D.
new, forward look" at Oregon state government, minutes after he
was inaugurated.
The new Democratic governor
49th State Legislature that certain
ernment were neeaed to fulfill his program. He said he would
start selecting new key personnel "within 24 hours."
Holmes was sworn in 22 years
to the day after the last previous
Democratic governor, Charles H.
Martin, took the oath of office.
The ceremonies were broadcast
and televised.
Basic to a program Gov.
Holmes dubbed a "bold, imagina
tive, vigorous course" for the
state was his tax program.
He turned thumbs down on a
sales tax as unjust and called for
repeal of the 45 per cent surtax
and restoration of personal ex
emption and dependency deduc
tions from S500 to S600.
A tax system must be geared
to the concept of ability to pay.
In final analysis, net income is
the best measure of ability, and
that - fact alone provides suf
ficient justification for the use
of net income taxation as the
core of our state tax structure,"
the governor declared.
'Fair' Tax Asked
The governor said most of the
money to balance the budget
must come from "Oregon's tradi
tionally fair income tax struc
ture" combined with "realistic
withholding." This, he said,
would be a just, direct and con
venient tax system.
Also advocated was revision
of the corporation excise tax
law, repeal of the personal prop
erty tax offset and repeal of the
differential rate between util
ities and other business corpora
tions.
Gov. Holmes said he was op
posed to a state levy on real
property as particularly hard on
farmers.
For education. Holmes recom
mended raising basic school sup
port trom BU to 51 20 per census
child, ' raising public school
teacher salaries, a change in the
method of distributing basic
school aid, re-organization of
school districts and a fund of $5
million to be used for building
relief in distressed districts.
Legislators, were urged to fol
low recommendations of the
State Board of Higher Education
for new salary schedules to re
tain and recruit ' high quality
faculty and for $14 million in
building construction.
John Day Dam Urged
Power policies of private util
ities aided by a Republican ad
ministration were castigated by
Holmes for delaying needed con
struction four years. He urged
immediate construction of John
Day dam. the Hells Canyon stor
age project and small dams such
as Green Peter, Cougar and Hills
Creek in the Willamette basin.
He did not specifically men
tion federal construction of John
Day or Hells Canyon, but sug
gested that the state withdraw
from the Northwest Governors'
Power Policy committee and
cease working for an interstate
compact because they were not
sympathetic to policies he fa
vored. The governor called for these
changes in government struc
ture: A constitutional amendment
to provide for a lieutenant gov
ernor; abolition of the Board of
Control and formation of the
office of director of Institutions;
annual sessions of the state legis
lature; a full-time liquor admin
istrator appointed by the gov
ernor; a full time parole board
and a complete reevaluation and
regrouping of all - the state's
Day Program
oath of office the afternoon of
Monday, Feb. 18. Oaths will be
administered by Medford Mayor
John Snider and County Clerk
Bereth Hopkins, Tuesday, Feb.
19, will be spent in various city
and county offices to which the
students were elected, with stu
dent city councilmen conducting
the regularly scheduled council
meeting that night.
Banquet Planned
The annual Student Govern
ment Day banquet will be held
in the Medford Elks Lodge at
6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18. Dun-
levy will serve as master of
ceremonies. The principal speak
er for the banquet has not yet
been named. Woodcock said,
A principal award was pre
sented by the Freedoms Founda
tions organization to Medford
High school in 1955 for its par
ticipation in the program. As; a
result Mrs. JoAnne Smith, head
of the social studies department,
and Mrs. Carol Denman Hoist,
also of the high school, visited
Valley Forge and Washington,
D.C. under the auspices of the
foundation. In addition, the
school received the Valley
Forge Freedom Library award
and the George Washington
honor medal.
Holmes pledged today a "fresh.
told the first joint session of the
structural changes in state gov
boards and commissions.
Other Points Listed
Other recommendations in
cluded: Economic development: Get
ting ' solid consumer industries
instead of being "content to
department:
Terminating the present Oregon
Development commission and
forming a development depart
ment in the state government
directly responsible to the gov
ernor. AgTicultiire: Investigate the
farmers' lot, including his prop
erty tax burden, by having the
State Tax Commission conduct
hearings throughout the state on
every agricultural commodity.
forestry: txpand research and
development in forest products
and try to secure more federal
funds.
Labor: Improve and modern
ize workmen's compensation
laws, unemployment compensa
tion and minimum waee stand
ards on a state level. Also estab
lish a realistic mediation and
conciliation service and reDeal
the 1953 anti-picketing bill.
General welfare: No general
recommendations yet except re
peal of the relative responsibility
law. Favors adding an adoptive
service io tne public welfare
commission.
Capital punishment: Should be
abolished.
Portland Democrat
Named Temporary
Senate Chairman
Salem (U.R) The Senate
pulled an O'Henry switch in
plot at 4:15 a.m. today and un
animously elected Democratic
Sen. Jean Lewis of Portland, the
only woman member of the Sen
ate, as its temporary chairman
lo preside at the inauguration of
Democrat Robert D. Holmes as
governor this afternoon.
After the inaugural cere
monies, Mrs. Lewis will turn the
temporary chairmanship bock
to Sen. Howard Belton, Canby
Republican and himself a past
president of the Senate. He will
continue to preside at the re
sumed caucus until a permanent
president for the 1957 Legisla
ture is elected.
Gill Versus Pearson
Until Sen. Harry Boivin,
Klamath Falls Democrat, arose
to make the surprise nomination
of Sen. Lewis, the only thing
the evenly divided senators
could agree upon were to dis
agree right down the line 15
Republicans to 15 Democrats,
until Sen. Stuart Chase, Eugene
Republican, became ill in the
s aall hours and was excused.
Then it was 14 Republicans to .
15 Democrats. It takes 16 votes
to carry.
The battle for the presidency
is between sen. warren LfIii,
Lebanon Republican, and Sen.
Walter J. Pearson, Portland
Democrat.
Housa Organized Quickly
During the course of the long
est Senate caucus session in re
cent years, 38 ballots were taken
with no decisive result.
While the Senate was holding
its long caucus, the House was
holding its shortest. In just 16
minutes the representatives
elected Rep. Pat Dooley, Port
land Democrat, as speaker, and
organized for the session.
Marine Plane Falls
In Industrial Area
Long Beach, Calif. (U.R)
A two-place propeller-driven
Marine photo reconnaissance
plane fell into an iron works
and a book bindery today kill
ing one airman and at least two
civilians in fiery destruction.
Police listed three dead and
two others, both employed in
the bindery, as missing alter the
single-engined craft apparently
had motor failure and nosed into
the industrial section, narrowly
missing a grade school filled with,
school children.
- Mrs. Margaret Willock, 58,
Long Beach, an employee of the
bindery, was burned over her
entire body and not expected to
live.
The Marine Corps announced
the dead airman was the pilot,
1st Lt. Dale Fortine, 26, Costa
Mesa, Calif. ,