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Newspaper Page Textlay Break Senate 51st Year Price 10c Medford United Pren Full uasea Wire Tribune United Press Full Lasea Wir 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1957 No. 262 NEW DETENTION HOME Above is the architect's sketch of the proposed $90,000 Jackson County Juvenile Detention home, scheduled for construction in March. Bids for con struction will be opened at 10 a.m. Feb. 15, according to William H. Seibert, architect. Plans call for a combined detention home and administrative wing on a location at the county fairgrounds near the new National Guard armory. The detention portion will accommodate eight boys and four girls. The building also will include a juvenile court and juvenile department offices, living quarters for an attendant, kitchen and dining facilities, and a recreation room for prisoners. The building will be on concrete slab. The detention portion will be reinforced concrete construction and will have a Court Awards Bids For Gas, Diesel Fuel for County The Jackson county court yes terday awarded contracts for gas, diesel fuels and grader blades for county road depart ment equipment, and oil for county furnaces and stoves from Feb. 1, 1957, to Jan. 31, 1958. Tidewater Oil company, with a bid of $55,173.20, was awarded the contract for furnishing gas and diesel fuels. Other bids considered were from L. G. McLaren, Shell Oil company, $55,689.20; Standard Oil company of California, $55. 940: and Union Oil company of California, $59,065. Other bids were received but not consider ed because all specifications were not included, it was re ported. Furnish Grader Cal-Ore Machinery company, with a net bid of $5,003.88, was awarded the contract to furnish grader blades for county road equipment. Other bidders were Balzer Machinery company, $5,274.50; Rogue Equipment Sales, $5,555.50 Contractors Equipment Corp., $5,857; Clyde Equipment company. $5,274; Columbia Equipment company, $5,797; Haupert Tractor company. $5,270; Electric Steel Foundry, $7,226; Loggers and Contractors Machinery company, $5,385; Howard Cooper Corp., $5,048; and Crater Lake Machinery com pany, 5,125. Contract for furnishing furn ace and stove oil to the county went to Faber's Farmers Supply company, who submitted a bid of S872. Also submitting bids were L. G. McLaren, Shell Oil company. $887: Union Oil Company of California. $898.50: Richfield Oil Corp., $926: and Medford Fuel company, $976. Five thousand gallons of furnace oil and 500 gallons of stove oil will be furnished. Polio Fund Drive Lagging, County Chairman Declares The current March of Dimes drive in Jackson county to raise funds to combat polio is about 50 per cent behind the same time last year, according to Jerry Gastineau, county drive chair man. "Last year large contributors played a big part in the overall campaign while this year money from that source amounted to only a trickle." he said. The chairman also pointed out that card mailers have been unusual ly slow in coming back and many of those that have been returned are far from full. "At the present rate, Jackson county may not be able to fully care for the patients already on DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York iU.R) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 481.30, up 1.37; 20 railroads 150.19, up 0.02; 15 ut ilities 70.35. up 0.06, and 65 stocks 170.43 up 0.31. Sales to dav were about 1.910.000 shares compared with 1,920,000 shares "Wednesday. Inch of Snow Falls In Medford Vicinity The Medford viqinity had its Traces of snow fell during the heaviest snowfall of the month 1 night but the heavy portion of this morning when the weather station at the airport reported a fall of "a little over one inch." One inch was the greatest snow depth on the ground. 6,301 Children Get Salk Vaccine Shots Total of Jackson county youngsters receiving Salk vac cine in the current county-wide campaign climbed to 6,301 yes terday when 881 youths received the anti-polio vaccine at Jack- VACCINE SCHEDULE Friday, Jan. 25, 9 a.m. to noon: Rogue River Academy. Pinehurit school, Oakgrove ichool, Bellview school. Inocu lations also available at the health department in the coun ty courthoust from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. sonville. Lone Pine, Prospect, Lincoln and Briscoe schools, ac cording to Dr. A. Erin Mcrkel. public health physician. At Jacksonville school, 222 were vaccinated, including 91 students and 31 others: Lone Pine, 124, including 98 students and 26 others: Lincoln school in Medford, 159. including 136 stu dents and 23 others; Prospect. 175, including 146 students and 25 others; and Briscoe school in Ashland, 201, including 128 stu dents1 and 73 others. A polio vaccine station will be set up in the basement room of the Elks club. North Central ave., and Fifth St., Monday, Jan. 28. and Feb. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. for those who have been unable to get it at the schools during the regular program. Only those under 20 years of age will be eligibly at the Elks station, it was reported. its rolls," Gastineau said "We can expect more cases during the coming polio season in spite of the availability of the Salk vaccine. More money also is needed to perfect the vac cine, now 75 to 80 per cent ef fective," he declared. 'Then there is the need to educate the public to use the vaccine and to finance vaccinations for those people unable to afford them." He pointed out that across the nation there are some 80.000 polio victims for whom the vac cine came too late and the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has budgeted $16,000, 000 for their care. The National Foundation plans to build five new respirator cen ters across the nation during the next year to care for old patients as well as new ones, he said. "If the Lions club's TV auc tion Monday night and the Mothers' March on Jan. 31 go over the top, we still have a chance to come up with the bad- ly needed money, Gastineau said. metal roof deck, metal joists and a built-up roof. The living quarters portion will have concrete block exterior walls with wood joist and sheathing and built-up roofing. The non detention portion will have wood stud and plaster interior with some plywood paneling. Separate contracts will cover jail and kitchen equipment except that steel kitchen cabinets are included. Accoustical tile will be used in the recreation and office areas and plaster elsewhere. Radiant floor heat is planned. Lighting is about evenly divided between incan descent and fluorescent. Prison-type plumbing fixtures will be used in the detention area and conventional fixtures else where. Chain link fencing will enclose a yard area. the storm went through, this area about 6 a.m. Some snow is forecast for to night and Friday but not so heavy a fall as recorded this morning. The forecast is for partly cloudy weather with a few snow flurries. Previous Snowfall Heaviest previous snowfall this month occurred on Jan. 7 and 8. One-half inch was record ed during the two days.- Chains were required or ad vised on most mountain passes leading from the valley, and state police reported snow fall ing at all passes. Two inches of snow on the Siskiyous brought the roadside total to 28 inches, and state po lice advised carrying chains al though highway department plows were plowing. Carrying chains was advised on the Greet) Springs, where one inch of new snow brought the roadside total to 17 inches. Snow was falling in Cave Junction, Grants Pass, Prospect, on Oregon and Sexton moun tains,, and throughout Siskiyou county in California, police said. Plows Operating Prospect reported six inches of new snow with 10 inches roadside. Plows were operating, but chains were required, police said. Three inches was reported at the quarantine station near Oregon mountain and chains were required. Chains also were required on Sexton mountain, where five inches of new snow was report ed. Plows were operating and the highway was covered with packed snow, police said. Ten inches of new snow was reported at Crater Lake Na tional park during the past 24 hours bringing the total depth to 76 inches. Last year at this time there were 129 inches on the ground and two years ago today there were 66 inches. Park service plows were oper ating on the south and west roads, and chains were advised. Chains were required from Annie Springs to park head quarters, and the road closed from headquarters to the rim. Holmes Presides Over Control Board Meet Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes presided today over his first meeting of the State Board of Control, an agency he would like to abolish. However, he told his fellow board members. State Treasurer Sig Unander and Secretary of State Mark Hatfield. that he hoped they would work well to gether, and do the best possible job for the state. Hatfield assured the governor it was his wish that the board could work in harmony and Unander suggested the three members jointly inspect various state institutions. " P. J. Squier, new superintend ent of the state's correctional in stitution, told board members that working plans for the first two phases of the institution were virtually complete. 4 f '1 Porter, Neuberger Ask Investigation In Case of Airman Washington '.U.R) An Ore gon senator and a representative today asked the State Depart ment to investigate what they believe may have been a politically-motivated "cover-up" slay ing of a former Eugene man. Gerald Lester Murphy, a Do minican airline pilot, vanished Dec. 3. His parents are Mr. and Action Demanded Sen. Wayne Morse and Rep. Charles O. Porter, both Oregon Democrats from Eugene, de mand that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles order imme diate action to solve the "puz zling and tragic case." They said a cloak of secrecy had suddenly been thrown about the case. Porter said he had reason to believe that Murphy had been slain because he suspected that a fellow pilot had been involved in the mystery disappearance last March of a Columbia Uni versity professor in New York. Gl Housing Interest Rate Boost Debated .. Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower's agency chiefs be gan trying today to talk a dubi ous Congress into boosting mort gage interest rates to 5 per cent on GI housing. The Administration's drive col lided with demands from Demo crats that Congress, instead, pump up to $1 billion in govern ment funds into the GI mort gage market to help hold the interest rate at 4.5 per cent. The House Veterans Affairs Committee set the stage for a clash over the government "tight money, high interest" policy by opening six days of ex ploratory hearings on the GI housing program. Youth Gets 15 Years For Police Car Theft Roseburg, Ore. (U.R) Harvey Lee Eubanks, 18, of Bragg City, Mo., today was sentenced by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly here to 15 years in the state penitentiary. Eubanks was charged with burglary and armed robbery in connection with the robbery of a state policeman's car at gun point and the burglary of a Tri City school. Weather FORECAST: Tartly rloudr with a few snow flurriei tonight and Fridav. Continued cold. Low tonight 20-25. Hish Fri day 40. T?mp. HiRhnt Yesterday Ah Lowest this Morning 3t Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .09 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:33 a.m. Sunset 5:14 p.m. The Moon rises Friday 3:28 a.m. and forms a triangle with the star. n tares, and the planet, Saturn. Saturn, on the left, is now about 9fi9 million miles away. It will trow brighter this Winter and Spring as it moves nearer the Earth en its orbit around the Sun.; Statute Violations 21 Tavern Owners From County Take Stand in Hearings OLCC Examiner to Make Recommendation Lloyd Keller, owner of The Tavern, Medford, Wednesday told an Oregon Liquor Control commission' examiner he gave no money last October to Chris tian Schempp, proprietor of the Union Club, in Medford, for any type of campaign. Keller is one of 21 local tav ern owners charged by the OLCC with contributing money for the Jackson county general election campaign in violation of Oregon statutes. He testified at an OLCC administrative hear ing held here Tuesday and Wed nesday. Receipt Book Don C. Church, lieutenant in the commission's enforcement division, stated a receipt book he had obtained from Schempp showed Keller had contributed S25 to a political campaign. Kel ler said Schempp had approach ed him and asked for a $25 con tribution, but he refused to give Schempp any money. Schempp was called to the witness stand and said it was possible Keller had not made the contribution despite the receipt, that had been made out. Keller was not represented by an attor ney at the hearing. Although the other 20 tavern owners admitted giving varying amounts of money to Schempp when he called on them last October, they pleaded innocent of the statute violation during the two-day hearings. They de nied definite knowledge pi how the "money was finally used, though nearly all said they were under the impression the money was to be used in some sort of political campaign. Some indi cated they thought it was to be used in support of District Attor ney Thomas Reeder. How the money was finally used was not established during the hearing Gives Money Schempp testified he collect ed approximately $980 for Reed er's campaign but gave the money to Attorney. Paul Havi lrnd without telling him how it was to be used. Haviland said he gave it to two other attor neys whom he did not identify. Names of the two attorneys were not asked during the hearing, though Examiner Henry J. Det loff requested affidavits be ob tained from them showing final disposition of the funds. Several representatives from both political parties testified they had no personal knowledge of money being accepted from any OLCC licensee On behalf of any candidate. Lieutenant Church said he had been assigned to investigate reports to the OLCC that licen sees here had made contribu tions to Reeder's campaign. He declined to reveal the source of the original report, but said the commission had received some correspondence on the matter from Reeder's election oppon ent, Walter D. Nunley, former district attorney. Nunley Testifies Nunley testified he had call ed the matter to the attention of the commission as an "investi gative lead." He said he had re fused to give money to Schempp when Schempp contacted him and asked for a contribution for Reeder's campaign. The hearing also revealed letter soliciting money for Nun ley's campaign had been sent to Alvin C. Leighton. proprietor of Brown's cafe in Medford. John Dellenback, chairman of the Nunley for District Attorney committee, identified the letter as one of several sent on Nun ley's behalf. He stated, however, he was not aware of willful at tempts on the part of Nunley's campaign workers to solicit funds from OLCC licensees. Admit Contributing Two local licensees admitted contributing money for a write in campaign to draft O. H. Bengtson as district attorney. They were Kenneth G. Hamner, owner of the Holland hotel, and Hugh Lappin manager of Colony Restaurants, Inc., doing business as Tabu Dinner House in Med ford. Lappin, who was represent ed by Bengtson, a Medford attorney, said he had given $10 (Continued en Pag 13) NT 5 gL . I -"I I BANQUET SPEAKER Mark Hatfield, secretary of state, will speak at the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce distin guished service award banquet Friday at the Rogue Valley Country club. The distinguished service award will be presented to one of six finalists selected. The award is presented to the man between 21 and 35 years of age who has been outstand ing in community leadership and service. See story on page 10. Leilani Owner's President To Probe Report of Unrest San Francisco U.R Elmer J. Martin, president of the Ha waiian Steamship Co., flew to Acapulco, Mexico, today to board the cruise ship Leilani and investigate reports that many passengers were disgruntled with the voyage. Forty-four of the nearly 600 passengers left the ship' at the Panama Canal, complaining about overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and insolence of crew members. In addition, 17 other passeng ers suffered food poisoning and were treated at a hospital. The 18,500-ton Leilani, scheduled to enter West Coast-Hawaii tourist service next month, was quaran tined for several hours at Balboa while health officers investigat ed sanitary conditions. - "We are shocked to think that any passenger has not received full satisfaction from his voy age," Martin said before his de parture this morning. "I intend to talk personally with every passenger aboard and determine just how serious the situation has been." Egypt May Disrupt Suez Salvage Work United Nations (U.R) West ern observers speculated today on the possibility Egypt would react to Israel's refusal to give up the Gaza Strip and Aqaba Gulf by halting salvage oper ations in the Suez Canal. It was recalled Cairo news papers have voiced warnings Egypt will stop UN clearance of the 101-mile waterway unless Israeli forces are withdrawn completely from the territories they seized in the October in vasion. 1 UN resolution gave Israel un til Thursday midnight to com plete the evacuation. Medford Man Fined on Driving Charge Today Eino Edwin Kangas, 47, of 525 Palm St., Medford, was fined $255 in district Court today after he pleaded guilty to charges of driving while intoxicated. His driver's license was sus pended for 90 days and he re ceived a suspended 30-day jail sentence. Kangas was. arrested Tuesday on Highway 62 by state police. . , Weed Control Meeting Scheduled Friday A public meeting, on weed control will be held at 1:15 p.m. Friday in the courthouse audi torium, Earle Jossyr county ag riculture agent, reminded resi dents today. Speaker will be Rex Warren, Oregon State college farm crops specialist. New weed control chemicals and their use will be 1 discussed at the meeting. Denied Doctrine Involves Open War 'Risk' Gruenther Asserts Resolution Would Make Position Clear Washington (U.R) Gen. Al fred M. Gruenther has told Congress that President Eisen hower's doctrine for the Middle East involves the "risk" of open war with Russia. . But Gruenther, recently re tired allied supreme commander in Europe, said the dangers to world peace are greater if Con gress fails to give the President power to use U.S. military forces if necessary to block Communist aggression in the Middle East. Would Make Position Clear Such a congressional resolu tion, Gruenther said, would make clear the U.S. position arid perhaps prevent Russia from miscalculating how this country would react to Commu nist aggression in the Middle East. Gruenther gave the testimony in closed session last Thursday before the House Foreign Af fairs Committee. The committee made the testimony public to day. , . Gruenther told the committee "we must bear in mind that the Soviets are liable to mis calculate." But, he continued. "they would lose a war if they started it now." Heavily Censored The committee made the testi mony public as it went into another secret session to vote on the President's proposed Mid dle East resolution. . Gruenther' testimony was heavily censored to delete se curity matter. The four-star general, who now is head of the American Red Cross, also urged the com mittee to give Mr. Eisenhower authority to spend up to $200 million more in economic aid j to bolster Middle East econ omies "Of course, $200 million is a lot of money but it may re quire a lot of money to meet this challenge," he said. "And we must meet it. Compared with the possible dangers, $200 mil- ion is not a high price." (See Story en Page 16) Snider Expresses Confidence in Police Mayor John Snider, speaking as a representative of the city council, last night expressed, complete confidence in the Med ford police department and its officers. Appearing briefly at a regu lar meeting of departmental per sonnel, the mayor complimented Chief Charles Champlin and his men for maintaining a high level of law enforcement in the city, and caHed for continued efforts to provide impartial, efficient and consistent police services. He said 'the city council is solidly behind the department in its efforts, and would remain so as long as the department continued to function as "one of the best police departments in the state." "No More Tranquilizers?" Members To Vote On Secret Ballot Plan for Solution Proposition Made Order of Business Salem U.R) The Oregon Senate made it a special order of business at 2 p.m. today to vote on a proposal by Sen. War wen Gill, Lebanon Republican, to taKe a preferential secret bal lot for president, to break the 11-day-old deadlock for the post. Under Sen. Gill's proposal, the senators would take a secret ballot, then be bound by its re sults when the' voice voting ac tually came to the Senate floor. To Mark Choicas He proposed that each senator mark his first, second and third choices for president. Each first choice would get three points; each second choice, two points, and each third choice, one point. The candidate getting the larg est aggregate number of points would be the one the senators would then agree to elect. After Sen. Gill made his pro posal late yesterday, his motion was laid on the table temporar ily when Sen. Harry D. Uoivin of Klamath Fails one of three Democrats the Republicans have been supporting for president said the proposal was new to him and he would like to study it overnight. Order of Business Shortly after the Senate con vened at 10 a.m. today, the mo tion was taken off the table and made a special order of business for 2 pjn. at which time Sen. Andrew J. Naterlin, Newport Democrat who was absent for the morning session, was ex pected to be present. Earlier, the Democrats had switched their tactics and of fered the name of Sen. Jean Lewis, Portland Democrat, for president in the hopes of luring at least one Republican vote to produce the 16 necessary for election. Previously the Demo crats had been voting for their original choice. Sen. Walter J. Pearson of Portland. Republicans Agreed But the Republicans continued to vote in turn for Democratic Sens. Ward Cook and Phil Brady of Portland; Sen. Boivin, and Gill, their original choice. Gill, in proposing the prefer ential vote, said the Republicans had agreed that a Democrat should be president. Jefferson School Entered Last Night About J75 cents in -change, some ice cream and milk were taken from the Jefferson Grade school Tuesday and Wednesday nights, according to police. Medford police said entry Tuesday night was made through a door leading to an open fuel bin used for storing sawdust. Money was taken from a vending machine and pry marks indicated an attempt was made to enter the cafeteria, po lice said. Police said muddy footprints were evident in several parts of the building. Police reported today the building was entered again last night. Entry to the building has not been determined, police said, but entry to the school cafeteria was made through a window. Several ice cream bars and two small cartons of milk were reported taken. Robert Steven Rukovina, plant superintendent at Rogue' River Packing corporation, reported to police today someone attempted to enter the plant. Pry marks were visible on a door leading into an office, according to police.