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0 MM increased Senate Reverts To Leadership Problem House Committee Introduces Repeal Of Income Surtax Sen. Howard Belton Temporary Chairman Salem (U.P.) With Robert D. Holmes of Gearhart officially in augurated as Oregon's 28th gov ernor, the state Senate met today to return to the knotty problem of who will control that body. Both Senate and House ad journed their first session at 4 p.m. yesterday. Democratic Sen. Jean Lewis, Portland, led senators through yesterday's inaugural as tempor ary chairman in the Senate, but today temporary chairmanship was "turned back to Sen. Howard Belton, Canby Republican, who presided at Sunday night's cau cus. Committee Posts at Odds The marathon caucus lastea almost nine hours. Thirty-six bal lots failed to elect either Repub lican Warren. Gill or Democrat Walter Pearson president of the Senate. : Crux of the disagreement in the equally divided Senate cen ters on which party will control which Senate committees with chairmanships and majorities. Both parties have agreed that they will name whom they choose to all committees, but they are deadlocked over how control of the committees will be split between the two parties. Inaugural Ball Held The House also met at 10 a.m. under Speaker Pat Dooley, Port land. Dooley yesterday named Democrats to head all 19 stand ing committee. The lower House adjourned after approving 1955 rules with minor revisions. Gov. Holmes was inaugurated in a packed House chamber at 2:51 p.m., slightly behind the television schedule. He greeted several hundred wellwishers at a public reception in his office. The governor's inaugural ball was held in the Salem Armory last night. Surtax Repeal Introduced Gov. Holmes' legislative pro gram got under way today when the House Taxation Committee introduced its first bill to repeal the 45 per cent surtax on incomes established by the 1955 Legis lature. The tax committee, headed by Rep. Clarence Barton, Coquille Democrat, introduced the bill at the request of the new governor. The bill would repeal the sur tax starting Aug. 4. It also would increase personal exemptions from S500 to $600, repeal hard ship exemptions and increase the minimum taxable net income from S500 to S600. Tax committee members said the bill would not affect taxes due April 15. Would Leave Problem Passage of the bill would leave the state's tax structure where it was prior to the meeting of the 1955 Legislature. It also would leave House Democrats with the problem of finding a source of revenue to replace the surtax. Gov. Holmes has announced he intends to finance his legislative program chiefly with income taxes. The surtax was designed to raise $45 million. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York ill.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 484.75, off 4.54; 20 rail roads 154.28. off 1.40: 15 utilities 69.33. off 0.23. and 65 stocks 171.70. off 1.39. Sales today were about 2,370,000 shares com pared with 2,350,000 shares Monday. Pueblo. Colo. (U.R) President Eisenhower and Britain's new Prime Minister, Harold Macmil lan have exchanged messages of good-will recalling their "agree able" association during World War II. it has been disclosed. Number of Children 4 Through 19 Shows 7 Per Cent Increase in Jackson County The number of children four through 19 years old in Jackson county increased 1.361. or 7 per cent, last year, according to re sults of the a'nnual school census, the county school superinten dent's office has announced. The total number of children covered in the census, which was taken as of Oct. 25. 1956. is 20, 732. Since 1954. there has been an increase of 16.5 per cent, of ficials said. Schools showing the largest in crease in the 1956 census were Lone Pine, 15.9 per cent; Grif fin Creek. 10.8 per cent; Ruch, 9.9 per cent; Eagle Point, 19.3 per cent, and Evans Valley, 10.8 per cent. Other districts showing . LEAVING WAR BEHIND Bullet riddled windows of the lighthouse at Port Said frame the Norwegian tanker Eli Knudsen as she sails out of the Suez Canal into the Mediter ranean. The ship had been stranded in the blocked canal for over two months. The lighthouse was riddled with bullets dur ing the Anglo-French landing and occupation of Port Said. Recommendation Is Withdrawn for Study By Medford Planners The Medford planning com mission last night withdrew its previous recommendation to the city council that a tract of about 35 acres in southeast Medford be changed from single family to "limited commercial" and "mul tiple family" zones. ; The property is bounded by Black Oak dr. on the east, Mur phy rd. on the west, Barnett rd. on the north and a drainage canal on the south.Last Novem ber the commission recommend ed rezoning the area from class IB (single family) to class IIIA (limited commercial) and class II (multiple family) to permit con struction of stores or apart ments. The recommendation was withdrawn for further consid eration. The commission renewed an earlier recommendation for zon ing a portion of property from class IA (single family) to class II (multiple family). The prop erty is bounded by Murphy rd. on the west, the city limits on the east, Barnett rd. oh the north and the irrigation district canal on the south. Also recommended was rezon- Senafor's Billfold, Money Being Mailed; Found fay Sfafe Police Stale Sen. Philip B. Low ry will get his billfold and money back. He left it behind in a serv ice station in Albany while en route to the opening of the Oregon legislature. The at tendant gave it, by mistake, to a southbound couple in a car with Illinois license plates. On Sunday, a slate police officer stopped the Illinois car near Gold Hill. The couple was traveling in two cars, the husband in one, the wife in another. They had the. bill fold, all right, in the glove compartment of the wife's car, and the money, in the husband's pocket. They said they intended to look up Sen ator Lowry in Medford to re turn them to him. The stale officers saved them the trouble. They mail ed them to the Senator. gains included Phoenix. 8 per cent; Talent. 6 per cent; and Butte Falls 9.6 per cent. The Medford school district had a natural increase of 11.5 per cent, or 693 children. How ever, with annexation and con solidation of surrounding dis tricts, the Medford district showed an over-all increase of 1.076. or 29.3 per cent. The actual increase in school children during 1956 was 962. the report showed, representing a need for 38 additional class rooms and teachers, based on state standards of 1 to 25 pupils pei teacher, including adminis trative personnel. Officials of the superinten if jr ' if v' ' ' - ing property bounded by Mur phy rd. on the west, the city limits on the east, the irrigation canal on the north and Alameda st. on the south from class IA (single family) to class IB (two family). In other business, the commis sion authorized Art Prichard, member of Hahn and Wise plan ning consultants. Redwood City, Calif., to proceed with plans for an urban development program utilizing federal participation. Participation Program The federal participation pro gram to further urban develop ment calls for one-fourth city participation in cash, one-fourth in services, and one-half by the federal government in the project. Prichard explained first proj ects for consideration in the ur ban development program should be the land use plan and zoning ordinances. He said the land use plan would include a three-mile radius of the city in the northeast, east and south west areas. Mark Westling and Lloyd An derson, planning consultants from the state board of higher education biircau of municipal research, also were introduced. Prichard said he discussed the urban development program with them during the day. In addition to the land use plan and zoning ordinances, Prichard said they considered -a park and recreation program and house renumbering plan among projects needing early attention. He said the four . projects should be included in the first year of the urban development program and such projects as public buildings and street ex tensions might be considered the second year. New members of the commis sion introduced were Paul Sel by and Hugh Coleman. Mayor John Snider assured the group the city council would show an active interest in the commis sion's work. Portland iU.R) County police said today a telephoned bomb threat caused a basketball game at David Douglas high school to be cancelled last night. dent's office said the need for 38 additional classrooms is a minimum figure when consider ing that in smaller high schools it is difficult to maintain a 25 pupil-teacher ratio because of specialized subject matter. The largest census increases were noted in the 4, 5. 9, 10, and 13-year-old age groups, the re port showed. The 9-year-old group gained by 22.6 per cent, and the 10-year-old group by 24.fi per cent. The annual census is taken by individual school districts and compiled by the county school superintendent's office. The re port is forwarded to the state department of education,. 51st Year Medfokd United Press Full Leased Wire 18 Pages Winds May Remove Topsoil in Drought Areas, Ike Hears President Continues Tour of Inspection With Eisenhower i (U.R) Agricultural experts told Presi dent Eisenhower today that the wind may rip the topsoil. from 10 million acres of drought stricken land soon and that ranchers are holding cattle which aren't worth the subsi dized feed they have eaten. The President, heading east after a drought tour Monday that took him as far west as Tucson, Ariz., was inspecting damage of one of the greatest droughts in . history today in Colorado and Kansas. At his first stop of the day at Pueblo, in Southeastern Colo rado, the state Drought Com mittee reported that many ran chers have run out of credit and the cittle they are holding are not worth the feed they have eaten under the feed subsidy program. After an auto tour, the President continued his trip with a flight to Garden City, Kan. A report prepared for him by farm extension experts in Kan sas said more than 10 .million acres of crop and rangeland are likely to lose their topsoil when the spring winds start ripping across them, unless it rains. Garden City, the second spot marked on his itinerary for stop today, was the hardest hit part of the dust bowl during the 1930s. The Kansas report said the . government i drought emergency feed program is not adequate. It also said that Kansas has had less rain in the past five years than in any similar per iod since., the .Weather Bureau, started recording rainfall 70 years ago. ' , 802 Given Salk Vaccine Monday A tnlal nf 802 Jackson county youths received anti-polio shots yesterday in the first day of a two-week campaign to mnocu late everyone - residing in the county under 20 years of age. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county public health officer, said he was pleased with the number taking advantage of the Free Salk vac cine program. Innoculations were Vaccine Schedule Wed., Jan. 16, 9 a.m. until noon: Eagle Point school. Griffin Creek school, Hedriek Junior high school, and Ash land Junior high school. given Monday at Jewett primary school in Central Point, Butte Falls school, Phoenix elementary school and McLoughlin Junior High school. A total of 92 students and .74 pre-school youngsters received the vaccine at Jewett school; 56 students and 26 others at Butte Falls; 225 students and 28 others at Phoenix school; and 250 stu dents and 10 others at McLough lin Junior High school.' Shots were to be given be tween 9 a.m. and noon today at Gold Hill and Rogue River ele mentary schools, Phoenix High school, Medford Senior High school, and at the health depart ment in the courthhouse from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m; Dr. Merkel said more than 400 Medford High students had registered for the shots. He requested that pre-school students who are to receive shots be brought to the schools by 11 a.m. Lowry on Committee For Disfribfutions Salem (U.R) Republican and Democratic leaders in the Ore gon Senate each appointed a committee of three to eet to gether today and attempt to work out a sausiaciory agree ment on distribution of com mittees. Walter J. Pearson, Democratic candidate for senate president, namcH Spns Harrv D. Boivin of Klamath Falls, and Ward Cook and Alfred H. Corbett, both of Portland as the Democratic con fprpnrA committee. Sen. War ren Gill of Lebanon, Republican nominee for president, namea Sens. Philip B. Lowry of Med ford, Lee Ohmart of Salem and Carl Francis of Dayton to con fer for the Republicans. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY -15, 1957 Senator Sees No Evidence Of Hasty Need for Doctrine "Darn Good Speech But Eisenhower Democrat Appointed To Succeed Daniel as Senator Austin, Tex. -(U.P.)- Gov. Al lan Rhivrc nf Tybe 9c hi lat 1 official act, today appointed Dallas attorney William A. Blak ley, a "loyal Democrat" though an Eisenhower partisan, to the U.S. Senate, succeeding Gov. elect Price Daniel. . Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon . Johnson (D.-Tex.) an nounced in Washington Blakley will vote with the Democrats, thus continuing 49-47 Democrat ic control of the Senate. ,. Hot Voting Time But Blakley at Dallas, re fused to say whether he will vote Democratic or Republican as interim senator from Texas. "It's not voting time," he said. "I don't think we ought to talk voting now." Daniel stepped down from the office, with two years remain ing on his term, to take his oath as governor of Texas at noon. The appointment of an Eisenhower partisan posed an immediate threat to the . slirfi Democratic control of the Sen ate. However,- there was no imme diate indication whether Blakley would challenge .the Democratic hold on the Senate by voting with the Republicans. This would result in a 48-48 tie. and throw control to the GOP as Vice President Richard M. Nixon could cast the tie-breaking vote. Announcement of the appoint ment came one hour and 47 min utes before Shivers was to leave Snowfall Hampers Portland Traffic: Br UNITED PRESS Portland, Baker and Bend to day' were on the southern fringes of a cold air mass that invaded the nation from Canada and coated northern Oregon with ice and snow. . Traffic moved at a snail's pace in Portland this morning where a light snowfall was accompa nied by below-freezing temper atures and streets were covered with glare ice. Most roads, how ever, remained open. A truck fire on one busy thoroughfare complicated the the traffic pic ture during early morning rush hours. Temperatures dropped to 18 at Bend last night, 18 at Redmond and 19 at Pendleton. Building Permf Issued ' For New Hospital Here The first building permit in the history: of Medford to ever exceed SI million was issued to day in the Medford building de partment at the city hall. - The permit was issued for the new $1,937,425 Rogue Valley Memorial hospital at 2825 Bar nett rd., Medford, which is now under construction on. a 20-acre tit. I Didn't Catch All Of It" office. He served seven, years, six months and seven days, long er tha.n anyjehief executive in the history of the state. Public Hearing on Annexation Slated By Council Tonight . The Medford city council will hold a public hearing, for Med ford residents at 7:30 p.m. to day on the proposal to annex the Ken wood-Grand view dis tricts to the city of Medford. . After the hearing the council has the choice of voting the area into the city, voting to prevent it from becoming part of Med ford, or referring the matter to a vote of Medford residents for decision. . , In effect, the cost of annexa tion to present residents of the city would be equivalent to about 18 cents per month per water connection, according to City Manager Robert Duff. The cost of new city services in the area, and added income to the city as a result of annexa tion, almost balance each other, he said. The added cost would come through water department ser vices, where added costs would exceed increased income of some $13,000 per year. This could be paid in several ways, Duff said. ... Bob Lee, city water superin tendent, said increases proposed range from 15 cents in residen tial and commercial classifica tions to S2.50 per month, mostly for, institutions or major com mercial concerns. Most of the increases would be 25 cents per month, accord ing to Lee. Duff said costs chargeable to the water department would be an annual cost of $10,568.75 for debt service on $153,000 worth of outstanding district bonds, and $3,190 per year net loss in revenue and jn additional main tenance costs. The added annual costs total $13,758.75. During the next few years, about $20, 300 would be needed for capital improvements in the district for fire protection and water serv ice, he added. These costs could be handled through the small increase in water rates or in the small prop erty levy, Duff said. General city services to the area would cost about $52,550 annually. Duff estimated. He added income created by the annexation, estimated to be about $51,670. would come with in a few hundred dollars of off setting the cost. Voters in the area approved annexation by a vote of 342 to 233 at tht general election in November. , Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wu No. 254 Jackson Challenges Dulles' Assertion Of Russian Danger Secretary Recalled For More Questioning Washington (U.R) Sen. Henry M. Jackson said today the administration has produced "no evidence of any new Rus sian threat" in the Middle East to justify hasty congressional approval of the Eisenhower Doc trine. The Washington Democrat thus challenged ..Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' assertion Monday that the danger of Rus sia dominating the Middle East is so great that it poses "the most serious threat" the United States has faced in a decade. Threat Once Greater "So far there has been no evi dence presented that indicates any new threat," Jackson told reporters. "I think the threat was greater a while back." Dulles sounded his warning in testimony before the com bined Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees. He was recalled today for a sec ond full day of questioning on the President's middle East pro posals. Jackson was one of several Democrats ready to question Dulles today as to whether the United States has adequate mili tary forces to meet the threat he warned oL Congress Asked !o Approve Mr. Eisenhower has asked Congress to approve a resolution giving him standby authority to use U.S. troops, if necessary, to resist any Soviet aggression in the Middle East. He also re quested a $400 million two-year program of economic and mili tary aid to help Middle East na tions maintain their inde pendence. Dulles said Monaay there is no evidence "that we know of" that Russia is planning "direct aggression" in the Middle East. But he'warned that the Commu nists "will take every risk that they dare to take in order to win dominance of the area. And if the Soviets do decide to move with direct aggression, "I doubt that we would get any advance notice," Dulles said. Morse To Question Dulles on Doctrine Washington (U.R) Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) Sen. said today he plans to question Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles at length about the "Ei senhower doctrine" for the Mid dle East. "I'm so frightened by it I'm almost speechless." Morse said. His colleagues laughed, and no wonder. Morse is the Senate's cham pion talker. His 22-hour, 26 minute filibuster against the tidelands oil bill in April, 1953, set a record which still stands. No Relief in Sight From Cold Wave Gripping East By UNITED PRESS No relief was in sight today from a frigid cold wave that has gripped most of the nation, caus ing at least 16 deaths. While the East continued to shiver through zero and subzero weather, a new invasion of Arc tic air blew into the northern plains, whipping up fresh snow storms. Weather FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with & few light showers tonight and Wednesday. Patche of valley for tonight and Wednesday morning, low to night 34. High Wednesday 4S. Temp. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning 41 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:3 e.m. Sunset 5:04 p.m. 4:59 p.m. 10:2I pjn. Moonrise Full Moon PROMINENT STAR Proeyon. low In east at 6:34 p.m. will be hifh In south at mid night. This is the eichth brifht est fUT and nlfto one of the nearest, fit light years from the Earth) New Information On Imprisonment Of Yanks Lacking Austrians Fear New Wave of Refugees Vienna (U.R) The puppet Janos Kadar regime is bringing heavy pressure to bear on rebel lious Hungarian workers in an attempt to build up a new Com munist Party, reports reaching Vienna said today. There was no new informa tion from Budapest on the im prisonment by the Communists of two Americans,- Mrs. George Chapelle, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Richard Roraback, of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Informed of Arrest The Communist regime in formed the U. S. legation in Budapest Monday of the arrest of Mrs. Chapelle, a 35-year-old free-lance photographer who ap parently tried to smuegle her self into Hungary. Her where abouts had been a mystery since sne ten Vienna Dec. 4. Roraback, 26, and a Norwe gian companion were seized by Communist Hungarian border guards last Saturday while try ing to help Hungarian refugees across the Iron Curtain border, according to Austrian authori ties. The Kadar regime has made no mention of the incident thus far. Austrian officials feared the reimposition of the Stalinist po lice state in Hungary would set off a new wave of refugees to the West. The government ap pealed to the Inter-government Committee for European Migra tion for urgent help. Flow Increases Reports reaching Geneva said the flow of Hungarian refugees into Yugoslavia has suddenly in creased. The office of the U. N. high commissioner for refugees reported 950 refugees crossed from Hungary within the past 48 hours, raising the total in Yugo slavia to 4,800. A special delegate from the U.N. office was dispatched to Yugoslavia to survey the situa tion. Quick emigration is neces sary because of the "'limited ac-' commodations" in Yugoslavia, the office said. Unemployment Threatened According to reliable reports reaching Vienna, the Commun ists have started using the threat of unemployment as a weapon to coerce workers into joining the "Hungarian Socialist Work ers Party." Before the freedom revolt, the Communist Party masqueraded under the name of the "Hungarian Workers Party." The reports said the Reds were using the key Csepel Island steel and iron mills as the test ing ground for its new pressure . tactics. Workers in the huge in dustrial island complex in the Danube river have been among the toughest opponents of the Communist regime. The reports said the Com munists have let it be known that workers who joined the party will not lose their jobs under the regime's "black new year's" decree of mass dis misssals. Medford Man Fined in District Court Monday Harold N. Evans, 33, of 230 Beatty st., Medford, was fined $105 and sentenced to 60 days in the county jail Monday after pleading guilty in district court to a charge of driving while in toxicated. His drivers license was sus pended for 90 days. He was ar rested on Highway 99 Saturday by state police. Temperatures plunged to as low as 50 degrees below zero Monday in upper New York state. At New Sfork City, the mercury dipped to three degrees above zero at 4 a.m. today, mak ing it the coldest day since Feb. 3, 1955, when a reading of zero was recorded. Temperatures moderated over night in the north and central plains, the Mississippi valley and the Great Lakes, but still hov eved near the zero mark. The coldest overnight read ings, however, were reported in upper New York and in New England. Monday, Mountain View, N.Y., had 50 below; Massena, N.Y., 45 below; Albany 24 below and Syracuse 17 below. A reading of 20 below was reported at Bur lington, Vt. Six Deaths Reported New York Monday had a low of 7.8, the coldest since Dec. 31, 1955. Three deaths due to cold and exposure occurred in New York state, two in New England and one in Iowa.
