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PROPOSED FEDERAL ARMORY Above is
an architect's sketch of a federal armory for
use of the armed forces reserve units similar
to one that may be constructed on part of the
Jackson County Housing Authority site. Ne
gotiations are in progress between Army engi
neers and the housing authority for acquisi
tion by the Army of a triangular area of about
four acres southeast of McAndrews rd. Gov
ernment surveys and test borings for founda
tion construction and other examinations
have started. If the property is acquired the
armory will be built under contract through
the Army engineers. Lt. Col. Frank M. Kehoe,
Army reserve unit advisor here, said the
training center will be constructed to permit
expansion as the strength of reserve units in
creases. He added training centers usually
Cold Temperatures
To Stay This Week
No relief from the cold
weather was in prospect today
after temperatures dipped to
record lows in several places in
Oregon yesterday morning.
The Medford weather bureau
forecast a low of near 10 here
tonight, and temperatures much
below normal for the next five
days. There will be a slow rising
trend in temperatures during
the five days.
Dips to II Degrees
Mercury in Medford went to
11 degrees yesterday, and this
morning's 17 - degree reading
equaled the all time low on Jan.
28, which was set in 1937. The
January record low is 3 below,
set in 1930, and the lowest tem
perature ever recorded in Med
ford was lQ below in December,
191S. Utner January lows were
1 above in 1950, 5 in 1949, and
9 above in 1952.
The cold snap caused a serious
power shortage in the Portland
area, froze water pipes through
out the state, and ice was re
ported on the Columbia and Wil
lamette rivers and other streams
throughout the state.
Prospect yesterday morning
reported 10 below and this morn
ing 2 below. It was 16 below
yesterday on the Green Springs.
Records were set at Eugene
where 4 below was reported yes
terday and at Pendleton where
it was 22 below Sunday.
Other Lows
Other low temperatures Sun
day included 25 below at Burns,
24'below at Baker and 22 below
at Redmond. Lows this morning
ranged from 17 below at Burns
to 31 at Brookings.
Bonneville Power administra
tion last night cut off all inter
ruptible power to 17 metals in
dustries after it had used power
from the Hungry Horse dam in
Montana to meet firm commit
ments. State police said highway con
ditions had improved over the
week end, although packed snow
was reported at Prospect and on
the Green Springs. Both high
ways were well sanded, they
said. The Siskiyous reported
spots of ice. No new snow was
reported in southern Oregon
yesterday.
Advise Chains
National park officials ad
vised chains on Highway 62
through the park, and from
Annie Springs to the rim. Total
snow depth at the park is 75
inches.
Unstable highway conditions
over the week end resulted in a
basketball game series between
Illinois Valley and Brookings be
ing postponed.
Medford Water Superintend
Weather
FORECAST: Clfar and fold to
night and Tuesday morninj.
Increasing floiidlnes Tuesday
evening. Low tonight near 10.
High Tuesday 35.
TEMP.
Highest Vesterda 32
Lowest thii Morning IT
Our Skies Tonight
Moon rise Tuesday
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New Mrmn
Jan. 30
PROMINENT STARS
RicH. due south 8:54 p.m.
B?telgeuet high
in south 9:34 a.m.
The three brithc stars between
them form a straitht line point
ing up to Aide ba ran and down
to Sinus.
ent Robert Lee has advised Med
ford residents to cover exposed
water pipes on outside porches,
garages and other unheated
areas of the house. Lee said some
water pipes split during the
week end, flooding several
homes.
Residents should also locate
shut-off water valves so they
can close them in case of flood
ing, he added.
Cily Council Mks
Position on Freeway
Members of the city council,
meeting informally for lunch
during an inspection of the main
fire station, indicated today they
may take a position opposing the
highway commission's decision
on the location of a freeway in
the Medford area.
It was pointed out by mem
bers that the council has never
taken a stand on the location of
the freeway, and it was indicat
ed that considerable opposition
to the Hawthorne park route has
been voiced to them both before
and after the highway commis
sion announced its decision for
that location.
No official action was taken,
but City Manager Robert Duff
was asked to gather additional
data regarding the through-town
route, and Highway Engineer
W. C. Williams may be invited
here for a conference regarding
the city's interest in the location.
Safe Vaccine Shots
Available Tonight
Salk vaccine shots will be giv
en tonight to anyone under the
age of 20 who has been unable
to receive the shots at the regu
lar stations in the basement of
the Elks club. North Central
ave. and Fifth St., from 7 to
9 p.m.
Second round of shots wil be
gin on Monday, Feb. 11, accord
ing to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, pub
lic health physician.
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Just Like That, Are You?"
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have a floor space of 11,000 square feet to ac
commodate offices, classrooms, supply rooms
and other requirements. In addition, he said,
a separate maintenance building of about 2,
600 square feet for storage and maintenance
of unit vehicles, trailers and other heavy
equipment probably will be provided. Such
installations accommodate up to 200 reserv
ists. It will be of concrete construction with
brick facing and landscaped - to harmonize
with local surroundings. An off-street surface
parking area will be provided for reservists
attending meetings. Since negotiations for the
site have not been completed, no date has
been set for. start of construction. However,
Kehoe added, if negotiations progress as ex
pected, the facility should be in operation by
the summer of 1958.
Michel Arraigned
In District Court;
$10,000 Bond Set
Clarence Edward Michel III,
23, of Dillard, was arraigned in
district court this morning on
charges of assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
Michel waived counsel and
preliminary hearing and was
bound over to the grand jury.
Bond was set by Judge Rawles
Moore at S10.000 on the basis of
district attorney's information
that Burse H. Cathey of Eagle
Point still was in a serious con
dition. Michel was arrested by state
police late Friday night near the
Eagle Point junction of Highway
62, and admitted shooting Ca
they, a highway maintenance
crewman, with a .22 caliber re
volver, about nine miles north
of Tiller on the Tiller-Trail high
way, state police said.
Car Overturned
According to state police re
ports Michel's car had over
turned and Cathey and another
highway department employee,
Charles A. Cearley, Eagle Point,
arrived at the scene with a snow
plow a short time later.
The highway department em
ployees said Michel ordered
them to pull the car back
on its wheels and when
they expressed reluctance, they
said Michel shot Cathey. After
the car was righted, Michel left
the scene.
Cathey was taken to Rogue
Valley hospital by state police
and was described as in a satis
factory condition Saturday aft
er a three-hour operation. Hos
pital officials reported today
that his condition had improved
slightly.
CALLED TO CRASH
Medford Ambulance service
liwas summoned about 1:20 p.m.
today to an auto accident in
front of 261 North Fourth st. in
Central Point. The collision re
portedly involved two cars with
a man being thrown from one
vehicle.
51st Year
Medford
United Press Full Leased Wire
16 Pages
Egypt Said Being .
Forced Into Action
Against Israelis
Unconditional
Withdrawal Asked
United Nations, N. Y. (U.P.)
Egyptian government sources
said today in Cairo that Egypt
will be forced to "take action
on its own" unless the United
Nations succeeds in forcing
Israel out of the Gaza Strip.
The sources said unless there
is an unconditional Israeli with
drawal from all Egyptian terri
tory Egypt will take action rang
ing fraom, closure of the Suez
Canal as a first resort, to a mili
tary counter-offensive against
Israel as a last resort.
The Egyptian position was
made public in Cairo shortly aft
er Israel announced plans to de
velop the Gaza Strip in defiance
of United Nations demands it
quit all territory captured from
Egypt, and after Israel denounc
ed Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold's approach to the situ
ation. Egyptian sources said today's
General Assembly debate in the
U.N. on the Middle East would
prove a crucial point in the
worsening Middle-East crisis.
Both Egypt and Israel expres
sed disappointment in Hammar
skjold's report which called for
complete Israeli withdrawal
from the Gaza trip and from the
Sinai shore on the Gulf of
Aqaba.
Reacts Angrily
Israeli Foreign Minstry spokes
man Moshe Leshen said in Jeru
salem that Hammarskjold want
ed to return to "the very state
of affairs which brought about
the present crisis." He described
Hammarskjold's view on Gulf of
Aqaba navigation a "masterpiece
of obscurity."
Egypt reacted even more
angrily. Government sources ex
pressed disappointment and said
Egypt is prepared to go along
with the U.N. only if the U.N. is
ready to restore pre-invasion
conditions.
Salary Measure
Passes House
Salem (U.P.) The Oregon
House passed its first bill today,
appropriating $775,000 from the
general fund to pay mileage
and salaries of senators and rep
resentatives and general legisla
tive expenses.
The bill traditionally has been
the first one through the House.
It passed unanimously.
A second bill, also passed un
animously, would enable a per
son buying a motor vehicle on
contract to drive it across a
county line without written per
mission of the vendor.
Dr. Freeberger Hurt
When Plane Crashes
Dr. Frank A. Freeburger, 312
East Main St., Medford, suffered
slight cuts in the crash landing
of his Piper Tri-Pacer airplane
southwest of Grants Pass this
morning, according to a report
received here by state police.
No injuries were listed for a
passenger, David Buchanan,
route 1, Gold Hill. The plane
was damaged slightly, police
here were told.
The plane came down along
Foothill blvd., about 4V4 miles
from Grants Past about
11:40 a.m.
Dr. Freeburger said the acci
dent happened while they were
en route to Medford from Grants
Pas. The engine stalled, he said,
and the plane nosed down while
he was trying to avoid cattle in a
field where he was landing.
County Planners Will
Meet Here Tonight
The county planning commis
sion will meet at 7:30 p.m. to
day in the conference room of
the county courthouse annex.
County planning develop
ments in general will be discus
sed. John Pletsch is president of
the planning commission.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow
Jones final stock, averages: 30
industrials 474.59, off 3.75; 2(K
railroads 147.58, off 1.38; 15
utilities 70.57, off 0.11, and 65
stocks 168.50, off 1.17. Sales to
day were about 1.700.000 shares
compared with 2,010,000 shares
Friday.
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WHEELBARROW RACE The Medford Kiwanis club won
over the Medford Lions club in a wheelbarrow race for the
March of Dimes Saturday in downtown Medford. Nick Gier,
above, representing the losers, pushed Bill Singler, a member
of the winning team, down Central ave. to the U.S. National
bank. The two milk cans hold a total of S434.86 which the two
groups collected between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. With one or
ganization working on one side of the street and one on the
other, they advanced. one foot for every dollar collected, cov
ering about a block and a half during the course of the. race.
Referees were Medford High school coaches Fred Spiegelberg
and Paul Evensen. The Kiwanians woa by 21 feet.
orthern,
California
San Francisco (U.R) : The
weatherman predicted it would
be a little less cold today and
tonight in many areas of North
ern California.
Even so, he forecast tempera
tures of freezing and below in
inland and coastal valleys dur
ing the night. He cautioned mo
torists in suburban areas to
watch their automobile radia
tors. The frigid weather of the
week end came as the result
of a storm that brought with it
a mass of arctic air. The storm
deposited snow in many areas
of Northern and Central Cali
fornia. Motorists Jam Roads
Snow drifts of as much as two
feet were reported on Mount Di
ablo in Contra Costa county
and thousands of motorists in
the San Francisco Bay area
drove up the mountain Sunday
to see it. A low of 27 was re
ported at the top.
Mt. Hamilton, east of San
Jose, reported four inches. Icy
conditions forced closing of the
road half way up. The mercury
fell to 16 at the 4,200-foot sum
mit, the coldest of the winter
there.
King City, 140 miles south of
San Francisco, had eight inches
of snow Sunday, while snow
ranged up to four inches in the
hills around San Luis Obispo
and Paso Robles.
Coalinga on the west side of
the San Joaquin Valley, had al
most six inches of snow, while
the ridge route between Bakers
field and Los Angeles was clos-
Loggers Reminded
To Renew Permits
Loggers in Jackson and Jose
phine counties have been re
minded that all operating per
mits, must be renewed for the
calendar year 1957.
Curtis Nesheim, southwest dis
trict warden of the state board
of forestry, said permits may
be renewed by making applica
tions at the district headquar
ters on Table Rock rd., Medford;
the Grants Pass headquarters,
761 NE 12th St.; Pleasant Creek
Guard station north of Rogue
River; and at the Cave Guard
station, Cave Junction.
Permits are required to har
vest any timber for commercial
purposes and to operate power
driven machinery within one
eighth mile of forest land, Ne
sheim reminded loggers.
for
Central
Has Snow
ed by the heaviest snowfall since
1949. Nearly 4.000 autos piled
up at either end before the high
way was reopened four hours af
ter it was ordered closed.
Sierra Coldest Spot
U. S. Highways 40 and 50
and other major mountain roads
were open, but icy. Motorists
were advised to carry tire
chains.
The coldest spot in California
Sunday was Blue Canyon in the
Sierra where it was 9 below.
Other lows Sunday were
San Jose, 23, Redwood City 29,
Novato 18, Livermore 29, Rich
mond 32, San Francisco 39,
Oakland 33, Fresno 27, Stock
ton 27. Sacramento 31, Red
Bluff 32.
Rogue Basin Group
Schedules Meeting
Grants Pass A. M. Browne,
regional project development
engineer for the bureau of rec
lamation, will report on pro
gress of the bureau s revised
Rogue basin project at a meet
ing of the Rogue Basin Flood
Control and Water Resources as
sociation at 8 p.m. Tuesday at
the Josephine county courthouse
annex.
H. F. Norwood of Rogue Riv
er said Ross Hatch of the Army
engineers also will attend the
meeting and discuss current
studies of the Rogue by the
corps of engineers.
Norwood said nominations for
16 directors will be accepted by
the secretary of the association,
Wally Martin, post office box
307, Grants Pass, until Feb. 5.
Suspected Accomplice Quizzed in Death
Of Chicago Girls; Man Makes Confession
Chicago (U.R) A man sought
as a skid road dishwasher's sus
pected accomplice in the slaying
of two teen-aged sisters turned
up in custody today on another
charge.
Police said they were already
holding on a disorderly conduct
charge William Willingham Jr.,
26, Richmond, Va., a self styled
hill billy singer and photogra
pher's salesman.
Man Identified
Mrs. Minnie Duras, skid road
restaurant proprietor, identified
Willingham as the man who was
with dishwasher Bennie Bed
well and the Grimes sisters, Bar
bara, 15, and Patricia, 13.
Price 10c
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United Press Full Leased Wlra
No. 265
Program Would
Provide 159,000
Needed Classrooms
Congress Asked To
Vote $2,220,000,000
Washington U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower asked Congress
today to vote $2,200,000,000 in
federal aid over the next four
years to help states overcome a
"most; critical shortage' of
schoolrooms.
In a 2,000-word special mes
sage to tl House and Senate,
the chief executive appealed for
quick passage of an "emergen
cy" program designed to over
come the nation's present "defi
cit" of about 159,000 classrooms.
Appeils to Congress
In an effort to head off the
fight over school segregation
rider which blocked action on a
similar school program last year,
Mr. Eisenhower appealed to
Congress to enact the measure
"on its own merits, uncompli
cated by provisions dealing with
the complex problems of inte
gration.
The president proposed:
1. Federal grants of $325 mil
lion annually for the next four
years, a total of $1.3 billion, to
help build public schools in "fi
nancially needy" school dis
tricts. The federal money would
be distributed under a complex
formula taking into account the
number of school-age children in
a state and the state's average
income per school-age child.
Must Match Funds
2. During the first year of the
program, 1957, the federal aid
would have to be matched by
outlays from either state or local
school district funds. After the
first year, the matching funds
would have to come solely from
state iunds, a requirement aim
ed at states which now make lit
tle or no contribution to school
budgets.
3. The matching funds would
be calculated on a formula based
on the state's income. The poor
est states would put up 50 cents
for each $1 of federal aid, the
richest states $2 for each $1 of
federal aid.
4. Any state which falls below
the national average in the pro
portion of its income devoted to
schools, or in dollar expendi
tures per -pupil, would have its
federal aid grant "reduced pro
portionately." Would Buy Bonds
5. The federal government
would spend up to $750 million
over the four years to buy bonds
issued by local school districts
which have been unable to mar
ket their bonds commercially at
"reasonable" interest rates.
These bonds would be purchased
at an interest rate equal to the
rate paid by the U.S. treasury
on its own long term securities,
plus one half of one per cent.
6. Federal advances of $150
million over four years to help
state agencies build schools
which would be turned over to
local school districts on a "lease
purchase" plan. It was estimated
that this federal nest egg would
enable such state agencies to
float bond issues of their own,
bringing in a total of $6 billion.
Portland (U.R) Damage esti
mated at $17,000 resulted today
from a fire at the Lincoln House
restaurant here.
Bedwell has already confessed
beating the sisters and tossing
their nude bodies into a snowy
ditch on the city's outskirts. He
said he was accompanied by a
man he knew as "Frank."
Denies Taking Part
Police said Willingham told
them he knew Bedwell but de
nied any part in the deaths of
the Grimes girls.
"I don't known anything about
this and I never went out with
those girls," he said.
Willingham said he had not
seen Bedwell since before Nov.
28, when Willingham was sen
tenced 1o 30 days on a previous
minor charge.
Asks
Schools
Mishandling of
Mid-East Problem
Cited by Foes
Pennsylvanian
In Outright Demand
Washington (U.R) Some
Democrats were suggesting to
day that Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles resign for what
they termed his mishandling of
the Middle East problem.
Freshman Sen. Joseph S.
Clark (D-Pa.) made an outright
demand that Dulles give up his
post on grounds that he has "lost
the confidence of our Allies and
Congress.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-
Minn.) and Sen. J. William Ful-
bright (D-Ark.), both members
of the powerful Senate Foreign
Relations committee, hinted in
directly that they also want
Dulles to quit
Dulles went back before the
combined Senate Foreign Rela
tions and Armed Services Com
mittees today for more question
ing this time in secret on the
Eisenhower Doctrine" for pro
tecting the Middle East from
Communism.
He was subjected to a blister
ing Democratic attack on his
handling of the Middle East situ
ation during four days of public
testimony last week.
The committees also planned
to act on Fulbright's demand
that the Senate conduct a sweep
ing review of administration for
eign policy before voting on the
President's request to use money
and troops, if necessary, to pre
lect me Middle East from Com
munist aggression.
Fulbnght conceded in advance
of the committee session that
he would lose his fight to force
such a review prior to action on
Mr. Eisenhower's Middle East
plan. But he predicted he would
succeed in getting such an in
quiry later.
The administration turned on
the pressure to prevent the for
eign policy inquiry. Senators
were being told that such a re
view might cause a new breach
in U. S. relations with Britain
and France when it touched on
those nation's Suez attack and
U. S. opposition to it.
Clark's demand for . Dulles'
resignation was the first to be
heard from a senator since Sen.
W. Kerr Scott (D-N.C), made a
similar demand on Jan. 9.- Clark
said Dulles' retirement would be
a step toward clearing up U. S.
policy in the Middle East.
Humphrey did not flatly call
for Dulles' resignation. But he
said the secretary "may very
well have outlived his useful
ness in serving the vital inter
ests of the nation." He said "a
large number of congressmen"
just don't have confidence in
Dulles.
New Councilmen Tour
City Departments
New members of the Med
ford city council were taken on
an inspection this morning of
the police department, fire sta
tion and other city departments
in the city hall.
Purpose of the tour was to
give councilmen background in
formation on the functions and
operation of city departments.
New councilmen are Jimmy
Dunlevy, Al Bradford, Robert
Van Sickle, and Ed Hall. City
Manager Robert Duff accompa
nied the councilmen.
SP Worker Reports
Assault to Police
Candido E. Hernandez, South
ern Pacific extra gang worker,
reported to Medford police that
he was assaulted by two men in
an alley on Front st., between
Seventh and Eighth sts. and rob
bed of $160 Sunday.
Police said Hernandez report
ed the money was all he had left
from an SP check he had cashed
during the week end. Police ad
ded Hernandez told them the
only person who knew of the
money was a woman he had
been talking with in a Medford
tavern Sunday. Police are inves
tigating the theft.
He said he never went under
the name of Frank, and express
ed a willingness to cooperate
with authorities.
Police awakened Bedwell from
a deep sleep and showed him a
photograph of Wilingham. Bed
well told them it bore a "close"
resemblance to "Frank," but he
couldn't be sure.
May Have Been Alive
Authorities planned to bring
the two together face to face lat
er today.
In his confession Bedwell in
dicated the girls may have been
alive when he stripped them and
tossed them into the ditch be
side German Church Road.