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TORNADOES RIP
OVER 2 STATES
By UNITED PRESS
A string of winter tornadoes crashed through Louisiana and
Oklahoma today. Oklahoma twitters killtd at least light persons,
along with 10 or 12 injured, and demolished six homes. All of the
dead were in the Cant region, a few miles west of the Arkansas
border. '
State police said a tornado had "practically wiped out" the oil
field communities of Bellevue and Princeton. La. One fatality and
many injuries had been reported. Police said several children were
missing and "apparently they had been blown away."
OLCC Opens Hearing
On 'Law Violations'
Final disposition of about
$080 allegedly contributed for
election campaign purposes by
several Jackson county tavern
proprietors was still a mystery
when an Oregon Liquor Con
trol commi5sion hearing was re
cessed at noon today.
The hearing started at 9 a.m.
in the courthouse auditorium
and was to be resumed at 1 p.m
It is being held to determine
whether or not about 21 OLCC
licensees actually made contri
butions to the Jackson county
general election campaign in
violation of OLCC regulations.
First Witnesses
Lt. Don C. Church of the
OLCC. the first to testify, said
he had been assigned by a su
perior to investigate reports to
the OLCC that political cam
paign contributions had been
made by licensees here. He in
troduced into the record written
statements made by Christian
Schempp, proprietor of the .Un
ion Club, and Aubrey Miles, an
Ashland OLCC licensee.
Schempp's statement said he
had received the contributions.
Miles' statement said he had
been contacted by Schempp last
October and invited to make a
contribution to the campaign of
District Attorney Thomas Reed
er. Miles said he refused to make
a contribution.
Lt. Church declined to reveal
the original source of the report
to the OLCC. However, he said
the commission had had some
correspondence on the matter
with Walter D. Nunley, former'
district attorney.
Receives Contributions
Schempp testified he began
receiving contributions for Reed
er after Nunley made a televi
sion appearance in October and
called tavern owners "a group
of gamblers."
Schempp said he took an
envelope containing the money
he had collected to the office
of Paul Haviland, Medford at
torney. He said he and Haviland
had no conversation as to how
the money was to be used.
Haviland, who later took the
witness stand, also stated no con
versation took place when the
money was brought to his office.
He said he did not know where
Schempp got the money and did
not actually know it was intend
ed as a campaign contribution.
Haviland said he gave the
money to two attorneys whom
he did not -identify and that he
gave no specific instructions as
to how the money was to be
used.
Ask Affidavits
Hearing examiner, Henry J.
Detloff, hearings supervisor for
the OLCC, asked Haviland to
obtain affidavits from the two
attorneys showing whether or
not they had received the
money.
Nunley testified that he wrote
a letter to the liquor commission
on Dec. 6, stating he had re-
"Darnedest Game I Ever Saw"
cived information about political
contributions being made by
local OLCC licensees. He said
he called the matter to the com
mission's attention as an "inves
tigative lead".
He added that he had talked
with Schempp about the report
and quoted Schempp as saying,
"I figured you'd find out about
it, but I didn't figure you'd find
out so soon."
Miles was also called to testify
and described his' conversation
with Schempp on the matter of
political contributions. He added
that he knew nothing about any
funds being collected if they
were collected.
Other Witnesses
Other witnesses included Rob
ert Boyer, chairman of the Ore
gon Democratic Central commit
tee; A. Eugene Piazza, treasurer
of the Jackson county Republic
an committee; Reeder; John
Dellenback, chairman of 4he
Nunley for District Attorney
committee; Miss Noreen Kelly,
treasurer of the Reeder for Dis
trict Attorney committee; and
William Deatherage, campaign
manager for Reeder.
Each denied knowledge that
any OLCC licensees had made
contributions to any Jackson
county political campaign.
Campaign expense statements
of both Reeder and Nunley were
introduced as evidence ana
neither showed contributions by
OLCC licensees. Also introduced
as evidence was a $50 cheek by
Paul Haviland and made out Ux
Reeder's campaign. Haviland
said the check, dated Aug. 14,
1956, was a personal contribu
tion. Reported to have made the
contributions are proprietors of
the Union club. Otto's, the Vet
erans club, Wilson distributors,
Holland Hotel, The Highway,
Barkley's tavern, the Bohemian
club of Medford, Brown's cafe.
Cook's Reception, Hunter's tav
ern, 90 and 9 tavern. North
Riverside tavern, Sy's place, Owl
club. Pioneer Tavern and Cafe,
Siskiyou Lodge cafe. Tally Ho,
Tabu and The Tavern.
Representing many of the
tavern operators at the hearing
are Warren Lesseg, Paul Havil
and James Main.
Medford Man Fined
On Driving Charge
Melvin Northey. 60. of 6141a
West 11th St.. Medford was
fined $255 in district court Fri
day when he pleaded guilty to
charges of driving while under
the influence of intoxicating
beverages.
He was also given a 30-day
suspended jail sentence by Judge
Rawles Moore and had his driv
er's license suspended for 90
days.
Seattle (U.PJ Roland Eugene
Miller, 44. publisher and editor
of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin,
died of cancer Monday.
H.Meade Alcorn
01 Connecticut
New GOP Chairman
Election Comes ,
As No Surprise
Washington (U.R) H.
Meade Alcorn Jr., of Connecti
cut today was elected Republi
can national chairman.
Alcorn was elected unani
mously, without contest, by the
GOP National Committee after
he was given the personal en
dorsement of President Eisen
hower. Succeeds Leonard Hall
He succeeds Leonard W. Hall,
who is retiring Feb. 1 after al
most four years as chief of the
party organization. '
Alcorn, 49. former speaker of
the Connecticut Assembly and
one-time district attorney for
Hartford county, was Hall's sec
ond in command last year for
handling arrangements for the
GOP National Convention.
His election as national chair
man came as no surprise.
Favored by President
-The President's support for
Alcorn was reported to a GOP
National Committe meeting by
former Sen. Harry DaTby, Kan
sas national committeeman. Dar
by headed an eight-man sub
committee which conferred with
Mr. Eisenhower earlier this mor
ning. "He made it clear to us
that he would like Meade ,A1
corn to be chairman," Darby
said. -
Any latent opposition to the
Alcorn ' election vanished at
once and representatives of var
ious states scrambled for recog
nition to second the nomination
made by Darby.
Break in Senate
Deadlock Said
To Be Imminent
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
Senate recessed at 11:45 a.m.
until 2 p.m. today, amid whisp
erings ' among both Democratic
and Republican senators that a
break in the deadlock for Senate
president was imminent.
The noon recess came after
the 219 ballot for Senate presi
dent had failed to produce the
necessary 16 votes for election.
Quiet Predictions
From both sides of the floor
came quiet predicitions that the
break might occur during the
noon recess that could result in
election of a president, giving
the Senate, after more than a
week of .protracted meetings, a
chance to organize its commit
tees and get down to the law
making business.
The Senate balloted a record
80 times yesterday to bring to
193 the ballots taken in an at
tempt to find a candidate who
could take 16 votes to gain the
presidency. Vote after vote, it
was 15-15.
At times it was 15-14-1, Re
publicans voted for Warren Gill
of Lebanon and Sen. Gill, wno
has already released his Repub
lican pledge, voted in turn for
Senators Howard Belton, presid
ing as temporary chairman, or
some other Republican.
Republican Votes
Republicans otherwise cast
their votes in turn for Democrat
Senator Phil Brady, Ward Cook
or Harry Boivin.
Democrats in general cast 15
votes for Sen. Walter J. Pearson,
Portland Democrat. But, oc
casionally, when there was no
16-majority vote possible. Sen.
Cook would cast a complimen
tary ballot for fellow Democrats
including Sen. Monroe Sweet
land of Milwaukie and Sen. Ben
Musa of The Dalles.
Israel Pulls Troops
Out of Sinai Desert
Jerusalem (U.PJ Israeli
troops pulled out of the Sinai
Desert today. They withdrew as
far as the Gaza Strip and a
180-mile long coastal region
guarding Israel's shipping route
through the Gulf of Aqaba.
Weather
FORECAST: MoitlT eloudy to
night and Wednesday witn
showers beginning tonight or
rarlv Wednesday. Low t
nijht 34, high Wednesdav 4X.
TEMP.
fflchtt Yesterday
Lowest this Morning 24
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrte 7:35
Sunset J;12
Th Mon, at Last
Quarter 1:4
Rise Wednesday 1:28
PROMINENT STARS
Pleiades, hizb in south 7:46
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, low in west .... H:52
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51st Year
Medford
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OFFICERS PROMOTED Three promotions
in the Medford police department have been
announced by Chief Charles Champlin.
Shown above, left to right, are Orlo W. Mc
Gee, promoted from patrolman to platoon ser
geant; Rollie T. Pean, promoted from platoon
Sanitation Problems
Discussed at Meeting
Kenneth Toenaar, executive
secretary of the state legislative
interim committee on local gov
ernment, discussed ways of
solving sanitation problems ... at
a meeting of the Berrydale San
itation committee last night.
Toenaar explained that there
are only two ways now avail
able for areas to obtain sanita
tion service. One, he said, is
for the area to receive the ser
vice from a nearby organiza
tion such as a city or another
sanitary district.
The other way is for the area
to organize a sanitary district
itself and construct its own re
ceiving and disposal plant, he
said.
Completes Survey
He noted that the interim
committee recently completed
a two-year state-wide survey of
County Population
Totals 70,840
Jackson county had a popula
tion of 70,840 last July 1, ac
cording to the latest state board
of health estimate, released yes
terday. The increase is a 21.1
per cent gain over the 58.510
persons counted in the 1950
census.
Josephine county showed a
20 per cent population increase,
and Klamath county showed a
decrease of 0.7 per cent during
the same period.
Jackson county's estimated
population on July 1, 1955 was
65.790.
In Josephine county estimated
population was 31,850 on July
1, 1956, as compared with
29.990 on the year before and
26.542 on April 1, 1950.
Estimated population of Klam
ath county was 41,830 on July
1 1956, as compared with 42.
540 on July 1. 1955 and 42,150
on April 1. 1950.
During the same period the
beard estimated that the popula
tion of the state increased l
per cent, to 1,734,650.
Cincinnati (U.R) Edwin
Frederick Smith. 38, told police
he blasted his wife with a shot
gun because she "got the rock
'n' roll jag" and neglected their
two children.
Hatfield Asks Ruling
On Pay for Senators
Salem iU.R) Secretary of
State Mark Hatfield has asked
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton whether he should
dock Oregon senators' pay for
failing to organise on time.
The Oregon constitution
provides "if either house fail
to effect an organisation with
in the first five days . . . the
members of the house so fail
ing shall be entitled to no
compensation from the end
of the said five days until an
organisation shall have been
effected."
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1957
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conditions similar to those
in
the Berrydale area, and that
recommendations have been
made to the legislature. He
stressedthatthe jeoom men da
tions are yet to be considered by
the state legislature.
Proposed legislation includes
a method by which a county
service district could be organ
ized to operate directly under
the jurisdiction of the county
court.
Medford City Manager Rob
ert Duff discussed taxes and
construction costs for sewage
lines after an area is annexed
to the city.
Using individual property tax
statements for the current year,
Duff explained the present tax,
and what the tax rate would be
with property inside the city.
He said the average increase in
taxes in the Berrydale area, if
it were annexed, would be
about 25 mills.
The Berrydale Sanitation
Committee was organized late
last year to study possible ways
of solving an unsanitary con
dition in the area after reside
of the district voted against an
nexation to the city.
1,018 Youngsters
Given Polio Shots
A total of 1,018 youngsters in
five Jackson county schools re
ceived Salk Vaccine shots yes
terday, according to Dr. A. Erin
Merkel, public health physician.
Monday's total brought to
4,611 the number of children
who have received the anti-polio
vaccine since the current county-
wide campaign started Jan. 14.
The vaccine was administered
Monday to 217 youngsters at Tal
ent elementary school, including
171 students and 46 others; 90 at
VACCINE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Jan. 23, S a.m.
until noon: Jacksonville
school. Lone Pine school. Pros
pect school, Lincoln grade
school, Medford, and Briscoe
grade school, Ashland.
Shady Cove elementary school,
including 60 students and 30 oth-
ers; 336 at Ashland Senior High
school, including 304 students
and 32 others; 296 at Crater
High school, including 292 stu
dents and four others; and 79 at
Jefferson elementary school in
Medford, including 59 students
and 20 others.
Members of the Jackson Coun
ty Medical society and registered
nurses from throughout the
county are donating their serv
ices to carry oat the program.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 477.49, up 1.59; 20 rail
roads 149.50, up 0.05; 15 utilities
69.51. up 0.24, and 65 stocks
169.12, up 0.45. Sale today were
about 1.920.000 shares compared
with. 2,740,000 shares Monday.
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sergeant to services sergeant; Champlin, and
Clyde Fichtner, promoted from services ser
geant to lieutenant. Fichtner's promotion
filled a vacancy created when Clifton Lacy
resigned last spring.
Fichtner Promoted
To Lieutenant in
Police Department
Three promotions in the Med
ford police - department have
been announced by Chief
Charles Champlin.
Clyde C. Fichtner, 43, was
promoted from services sergeant
to lieutenantfilling a vacancy
created when Clifton Lacy re
signed last spring. Rollie T,
Pcan, 26, has been promoted
from platoon sergeant to ser
vices sergeant, and ,Orlo W. Mc-
Gee, 32, was promoted from
patrolman to platoon sergeant.
Champlin said a patrolman
would be appointed as soon as
possible to fill the vacancy
created through promotions.
The appointment will be made
from the list of eligible appli
cants, he said.
Starts as Patrolman
Fichtner has been with the
department since April 2, 1947.
when he started as a patrolman.
Pean started with the depart
ment Jan. 7, 1952, and has been
in charge of the third platoon
from 4 P.m. until midnight. Mc-
Gee, who will be in charge of
the third platoon, joined the
department Nov. 12, 1953.
The lieutenant acts as an as
sistant chief and is responsible
for patrols, investigations, ju
venile division, traffic, vice in
vestigation and training. The
service sergeant, who also acts
as platoon sergeant for the day
shift, is responsible for mam
tenance of all equipment, the
iail. records, all evidence and
other property in custody of the
department.
The appointments were an
nounced at the departmental
sergeants meeting yesterday.
County Court Planning
To Attend Convention
Members of the county court
plan to leave Thursday for Chi
cago to attend the American
Road Builder's association na
tional convention.
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing and Ralph James will fly to
Chicago for the convention
while Chester Wendt ' accom
panied by Mrs. Wendt will travel
by train. The court will return
to Jackson county Feb. 4.
Youth Who
Arrested by
Roseburg, Ore. (U.R) An
18-year-old youth was captured
Monday night by a state patrol
man from whom he had stolen
a police car earlier in the day,
State" Police reported.
Caught at School
Patrolman Warren Demytt
was one of two officers who
captured Harvey Lee Eubanks,
Bragg City, Mo. He said Eu
banks was caught and arrested
without resistance at the Tri
City school about 24 miles south
of here while in the act of peel
ing a safe.
Monday morning, ,( Demytt
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No. 260
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Toolmaker Admits
Planting 16 Pipe
Bombs in New York
Police Told of
Revenge Motive
Waterbury, Conn. U.R) A
mild mannered 53-year-old tool-
maker confessed today that he is
the "mad bomber" who has
planted 31 homemade pipe
bombs in New York City in the
last 16 years.
George Metesky told police his
motive was revenge against the
Consolidated Edison company
for 25 years of semi-invalidism
he blamed on a 1931 plant acci
dent. Lathe Discovered
He confessed calmly and read
ily after police discovered in
the home he shared with two el
derly sisters the lathe on which
he prepared the bombs. Police
had pegged him as a "strong"
suspect on the basis of letters
found in Consolidated Edison
files.
'This is the man." New York
Deputy Police Commissioner
Walter Arm said. "We know it
through his own admission and
through analysis of his hand
writing." Newspapers Helped
Police had worked quietly for
16 years building a description
of the bomber whose explosive
pipes, usually encased in a red
rock, had injured 15 persons in
New York City. They took a cal
culated risk early last month
and asked news media coopera
tion in throwing the light of pub
licity on the bomber's activities.
The bomber paid off the gamble
by writing to the newspapers.
It was new evidence of his
grudge contained in those let
ters that finally turned up the
convincing evidence in the long
thumbed Consolidated Edison
files.
Didn't Mean To Hurt
Metesky told police he never
mean to hurt anybody but had
vowed to continue planting the
bombs until he died or was cap
tured. He made them, he told
police, from materials he bought
in dime stores in Bridgeport and
New York City. He mailed the
letters that accompanied his
bombs on his way from Water
bury to New York City, a fact
which had led police to concen
trate their search for some
weeks in nearby Westchester
county.
Apartment Damaged
By Fire Early Today
Shady Cove Fire damaged
an apartment attached to a ga
rage at the home of the Rev. D.
E. Millard early today. The
apartment was vacant and cause
of the fire has not been deter
mined, according to reports.
Mrs. Evelyn Watson, the Mail
Tribune's Shady Cove corres
pondent, reported that the fire
burned for some time before the
alarm was turned in because it
was not known who should be
called.
Mrs. Watson said firemen told
her that fires should be reported
to Ray Chubb at the Cove Vari
ety, whether day or night, or to
the Cove Valley Supply.
One truck from the Central
Point Rural fire department re
sponded to an assistance call.
The alarm was sounded in Shady
Cove about 3:30 a.m. today.
Stole State Policeman's Car
Victim At
stopped a Jeep on Highway 99
which was driven by Eubanks.
The officer said the youth pull
ed a gun on him and fled with
the police car.
The abandoned police vehicle
was found about noon.
Police Close to Him
Police said Eubanks told of
ficers he had hidden . along -the
South Umpqua river Monday
afternoon and that at times of
ficers were very close to him.
Eubanks told police he wait
ed until after dark before go
ing to the schooL Though arm
Package Would
Repeal Surtax,
Give Schools Aid
Rough Sledding Seen
From Demo Opposition
Salem (U.R) A package of 31
bills based on a three per cent
sales tax, repeal of the 45 per
cent surtax and providing prop
erty tax relief by earmarking
S20 million in sales tax money
for schools was introduced in
the Oregon House of Representa
tives today at the request of
the Interim Committee on Taxa
tion. '
The- bills were sure to run
into immediate tough sledding
due to Democratic opposition to
sales tax.
Speaker Pat Dooley, Portland,
was a member of the interim
committee and found himself
at variance many times with
State Sen. Rudie Wilhelm Jr.,
Portland Republican, and other
interim committee members ad
vocating the sales tax. .
Food Would Be Exempt
The three per cent tax, pat
terned after the California law,
would be a tax on the gross
receipts, less allowable deduc
tions, from the sale of tangible
personal property at retail.
Food for human consumption
and products of public utilities
such as water, electricity, nat
ural and manufactured gas and
transportation and communica
tion services would be exempt
Exemptions important to farm
ers would be feed, seed, fertiliz
ers, farm animals, poultry and
other farm items.
The interim committee recom
mended a four-phase program,
with the first step a repeal of
the 45 per cent surtax. A bill
to that effect already has been
introduced.
The second phase would be
passage of the three per cent
sales tax along with property
tax relief, and enactment of
higher personal exemptions in
the personal income tax law.
The third phase of the com
mittee' program calls for many
changes in the personal income
and corporation income and ex
cise taxes to make them conform
to the internal revenue code.
Final phase of the program
would be repeal of the state's
right to levy a six mill state
property tax. However, the prop
erty tax guarantee of repayment
of principal and interest on the
state's indebtedness would be
maintained.
The sales tax package would
allow double exemptions for tax
payers over 65 or blind, effective
on 1958 incomes. After the sur
tax was repealed on 1958 in
comes, refunds would be made
for overpayment.
Exemptions at $1,000
Under the bills, the sales tax
would be saved from referral to
the people by the calling of a
special election while the Legis
lature was still in session.
The personal Income tax law
would be amended establishing
personal exemptions at $1,000
and dependency credits at $500.
Of the $105 million expected
to be raised by a sales tax during
the 1957-59 biennium, $20 mil
lion would be set aside each year
for schools. '
Hearing Called on
Rezoning SE Sections
The Medford planning com
mission last night called a public
hearing Feb. 11 on rezoning
seven acres in southeast Med
ford. Planners will consider rezon
ing five acres south of Barnett
rd. and east of Black Oak drive,
and two acres south of Barnett
rd. west of Black Oak drive from
single family (Class IA) to com
mercial (class UIB).
Public hearings on rezoning
two areas south of Barnett rd.
near the new Rogue Valley Me
morial hospital will be held Feb.
5 by the city council.
The commission recommended
rezoning the areas from single
family (class IA) . to multiple
family (class H) and to two fam
ily (class IB).
Tri-City School
ed at the time of his arrest, the
youth offered no resistance.
Police said Eubanks told them
he had broken from jail at Ox
nard, Calif., and stolen the
Jeep at Grimes, about 75 miles
south of Redding.
Hitchhiker Present
Another youth, John Keith
Gardner, Ukiah, Calif., who was
present at the' time of the gun
incident, told police he was a
hitchhiker picked up by Eu
banks at Grants Pass. He said
he did not take part in the in
cident and denied knowing any
thing about Eubanks.