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Repeal of State Anti-Pscketing Lav Discussed at Hearing TRAGEDY BRINGS DEMAND FOR AIR TEST REGULATION Pacoima, Calif. U.R) Irate parents and congressmen de manded today an end to test flights over congested areas be cause a collision in air sent a luxury transport ripping through a school playground, killing five airmen and two children. More than 50 boys were play ing kickball Thursday when suddenly a $1,950,000 Douglas DC7B ploughed through ' the playground after colliding near ly 25.000 feet above with a F89D Scorpion jet interceptor. On Killed Instantly One boy was killed instantly and another di?d within minutes of the crash that also brought death to the transport's crew of four and the pilot of the jet. At least 71 children were in jured in the crash. Of this num ber, 23 still were hospitalized this morning. San Fernando valley hospitals treated more than 40 youngsters Hearing Scheduled On Abolishing O&C Area Restrictions A public hearing on proposals to abolish marketing area re strictions on the sale and proc essing of timber from revested O and C l&.ids in western Ore gon will be held in Portland March 1, Secretary of Interior Fred A. Seaton has announced. The hearing, which will start at 9 a.m. in the Interior building auditorium, Portland, will be conducted by James F. Boyle. bureau of land management area administrator. Hearing Requested The hearing was called by BLM directt r, Edward Woozley, in response to several recom mendations from the lumber in dustry, communities and county governments in the 18 O and C counties. Twelve marketing areas were established in 1946 and 1947 with regulations restricting the primary manufacture of all O and C timber to the area of origin. More complete utiliza tion of forest products within each of the 12 areas was the primary purpose, BLM officials said. Restrictions were modified July 7, 1956, to permit the manu facture of O and C salvage tim ber regardless of origin of the timber. Written briefs, statements, or documents intended for presen tation at the hearing should be submitted prior to March 1 to the area administrator, bureau of land management, 1001 NE Lloyd blvd., Portland, Boyle said. Rescue Operations Nearing Completion Chama. N.M. -(U.R Weasels and a helicopter movea out to day to complete the hazardous task of rescuing 49 train crew men from atop 10,022-foot Cum bres Pass where they hage been snowbound for almost a week. Two of the (Weasels, wide tracked snow vehicles, broke down Thursday after six of 39 trainmen had been brought here from Coxo Station two miles from the top of the pass. Rescue conditions were de scribed as excellent" today by R. B. Norwood, assistant super intendent for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. He said he expected all the men to be brought down by tonight. The helicopter flew five of the 21 train crewmen, "stranded atop the pass in a sectiSh house since Saturday, to Alamosa, Colo. One of the five. Earl Gilbert, was re ported to have symptoms of pnuemonia. Saud Always To Stand by America in What is Right, He Pledges at Dinner Washington (U.R) U. S. offic ials took heart today from King Saud's statement that he always will stand with Asnerica "in what is right and just for the common good of humanity as a whole." The visiting king ofHjil-rich Saudi Arabia made the pledge gt a state dinner given in his honor Saturday night by Secretary of "tatc'John Foster Dulles. Conferred Earlier Saud. one of the Arab world's top leaders, and Dulles had con ferred earlier in the day in the continuing effort to win Saud's support of the anti-Communist Eisenhower Doctrine for the Mid dle East. and others were attended to at the scene for minor cuts and shock ad released to their par ents. Others of the injured were taken care of by persona! physi cians, including a six-year-old boy who was struck by flying debris while playing in front of his house, and a man who suf fered minor injuries at a church which was hit by a piece of one of the falling planes. One Crew Member Survives A radarman in the jet plane managed to bail out shortly be fore the twin-engined S990.000 interceptor crashed into a hill side six miles away from the school. The big transport began fall ing apart after the collision as it streaked directly toward the Pacoima Junior high school and the adjacent Terra Bella Ele mentary school. The crippled plane struck the playground as terr fied children attempted to fief to safety. James Mitchell, 13, said, "I ',aw the plane flying over. Then I saw the plane heading toward the school. I ran into sorftone and fell and just kept rolling Pieces of plane were flying everywhere. There was a lot of screaming. I got hit in the legs." When asked how he managed to get nis ciotncs otl alter Ihe crash, Richard Berger, 12, said, "I didn't take them off. They were burned off." Sick To Stomach "I saw kids lying on the ground, crying and screaming." said Patrolman Harry T. Kowal sky, who sped to the scene. "It made me sick to my stomach." Both planes were on test flights. The transport was under going a final test prior to de livery to a major airline and the jet crew was testing the plane1 radar equipment for Northrop Aircraft. Angry parents here immedi ately launched a mass protest against test flights over populat ed areas. Mayor Norris Poulson of nearby Los Angeles made a direct appeal to President Eisen hower asking that such tests over populated areas be banned. In Washington, President Eis enhower asked Edward Curtis, his special assistant for civil aviation matters, to look into every possible way So prevent air collisions such as that over Pacoima. Three More Arrested For Entering Cabin Three more Shady Cove boys, two 15 years old zrd one. 14, have been arrested in connec tion with a break and entry last fall at a cabin on Indian creek in Shady Cove, Sheriff Howard Gault reported today. The cabin is owned by John J. Leaden who has been a pa tient at the veterans' hospital in Vancouver, Wash for several months. Four other teenage Shady Cove boys were arrested earlier in connection with the break and etjjry. Six of the youths have been charged with mali cious destruction of property and the seventh was charged with trespassing. According to the sheriff, the cabin was thoroughly ransacked and contents of drawers scat tered over the rooms. Pictures and other household items were damaged and the youths admit ted taking several items from the building. House Resolution Calls For John Day Dam Funds Salem (U.P.) The Oregon House of Representatives unani mously passed a resolution today falling on "Congress to appro priate funds for ths construction of John Day dam on the main stm of the Columbia river. President Eisenhower planned to neet with Saud again this afternoon in a final conference about the doctrine and other Middle East problems. Dulles indirectly referred to the threat of Communism in the Middle East when he toasted Saud ffl orange juice at the bril liant state dinner at the Pan American Ujiion Building. At Time of Crisis The secretary said Saud came to America "? a time of crisis" when "turbulent vaves" that have beat first upon one part of the world and then another "would seem to beat upon the Arab lands.'! In his answering toast. Saud spoke of what he called the tra-O Cabinet Members' Wives Disagree Washington (U.P.) The wives of two Cabinet members dis agreed today with an opinion of Mrs. Charles E. Wilson that many Cabinet heads want to go home. Mrs. Wilson defended, her hus band, the secretary of defense, against President Eisenhower Thursday when she said Mr. Ei senhower's statement on Wilson's remark about the National Guard was "uncalled for." The President said the secre Mansfield Takes Issue With Ike on Mid-East Doctrine Washington (U.R) Senate Democratic whip Mike Mansfield today took issue with President Eisenhower's statement that Democratic critics of John Fos ter Dulles have offered flo spe cific proposals of their own for keeping peace in the Middle i East. The Montana Democrat, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said "I don't want to get in an argu ment with the President, but I can't accept that suggestion." Mr. Eisenhower said at his press conference Wednesday that the Democrats have not offered "constructive alternatives" when they criticized the secretary of state and the administration on foreign policy. Specific Suggestions Mansfield said his own pro posed substitute for Mr. Eisen hower's Middle East "doctrine" resolution makes "specific sug gestions." The combined Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee recalled Dulles to a closed meeting today for a sixth day of questioning on the Presi dent's resolution. The resolution already has I passed the House, but key Dem ocrats said they did not think the Senate committee would fin ish hearings on it before some time next week and that it prob ably will not be sent to the full Senate until the middle of the month, despite the President's urgings for haste. Committee Slashes Drought Aid Request Washington (U.P.) The House Appropriations Committee today slashed S26 million from the administration's proposed $76 million emergency aid program for farmers and ranchers in the drought-ridden Great Plains states. The congressmen said in an official report that S20 million of the amount they cut is not needed now. They said President Eisenhower can get it later if it is still needed. The President's $76 million program, based on findings dur ing his recent tour of the drought region, called for im mediate soil conservation pro grams and for rushing feed grains to the stricken area. Mothers Collect $4,357 For March of Dimes The Mothers' March phase of the March of Dimes campaign collected $4,367.61 in Jackson county last night, according to Mrs. Lew Miles," county coordi nator. Medford led county collec tions with $3,383.68. Ashland was next with $555. Others were Eagle Point $156.23. Central Point $143. Jacksonville $48.70. Phoenix S44 and Butte Falls $27. iRelative Responsibility Repeal Up Before House Salem (U.R) Sen. R. F. Chapman of Coos Bay introduced a bill yesterday which would re peal the law requiring relatives to cgntrigute to the support of indigents receiving state public welfare funds. The measure would leave intact a prior claim law which gives th state prior claim to the estate of a deceased welfare fund recipient. ditional friendship between the United States and Saudi Arabia. He said this friendship was based on frankness and a love of per manent peace. G o Washington (U.R) A leg brace and special shoes were be ing prenared at a U.S. Army hos pital today to correct the limp whicS afflicts Prince Mashur Ibn Saud, 3V2-year-old son of vis iting King Saud of Saudi Arabia. The young prince suffers from a partial paralysis of the right arm and leg. Doctors who ex amined him Thursday at the re; quest of President Eisenhower believe the paralysis resulted lrom brain damage, suffered at Birth, it was report. ;d tary of defense made "a very un wise statement" in saying that the National Guard had been a haven for draft dodgers during the Korean war. ''i know I shouldn't say any thing," Mrs. Wilson said. "I'll just get him in more hot water. "I think you need a little pat on the back once in a while. Mr. Wilson has been trying to do a good job and I think he has done a good job," she said. 51st Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wir- 16 Pages FLO! Dragging Halted Temporarily (or Grants Pass Man Dragging operations for the (J)ody of Charles J. Howe, 60, of Grants Pass, along the Rogue river near Miller's gulch were suspended temporarily today by state police. , Howe is believed to have diowned when the station wagon he was driving went into the river near the Miller's gulch bridge Monday night. The ve hicle, unoccupied, was recover ed from the river late Tuesday morning. May Resume Dragging State police said dragging op erationsoprobably would resume in a couPle J- During the three days of dragging, state police, sheriff's deputies and sporsment from along the river concentrated their efforts be tween Miller's gulch and the bridge at Rogue River, with some dragging extending some distance downstream from the Pbridge, police said. Police noted that cold water causes a body to remain near the river bottom rather than to rise . to the surface. Police said dragging operations prob ably will be more effective when the body rises toward the sur face. There are several compara tively deep holes in the river bottom in the area, police said, and it is likely the body may be in one of them. Dragging also had been hampered vby ice along the river bank and silt on the bgttom, they said. United Air Lines Asks Fare Increase Chicago U.R) United Air Lines announced today that it will seek approval of the Civil Aeronautics Board for a fare in crease of 6 per cent above exist ing first class, coach and excur sion rates. Formal filing will be made with the CAB at Washington March 1, the company said. W. A. Patterson, president of United, said the rate increase would affect both domestic and Hawaiian operations and "is one that we take wfth much reluc tance but of necessity." Patterson said higher wages and costs made fhe requested fare increase necessary. In creases in the price of gasoline will cost United $2.1 million this year, he said, and "we have no assurance that this is the end of increased gasoline prices." AFL-CIO Orders Unions. To Kick Out Gangsters Miami Beach (U.R) The AFL-CIO today ordered its unions to kick out suspected gangsters or Communists with out waiting for them to be brought to trial. 0 The announcement was one of the strongest pronouncements by the powerful labor group against racketeering in many years. Tugboat, Bargemen Strike in New York New York0 (U.R) A strike of tugboat and barge crewmen today crippled the bulk of traf fic in New York harbor and threatened to create a serious shortage) of oil, coal and other vital materials within a week. A union pokesma3 said the strike had spread to other major U.S. ports, but a check failed to bear out his claim. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock - averages: 30 indus trials 477.22, off 1.94; 20 rail roads 148.47, off 0.32; 15 utilities 71.31. up 0.38. and 65 stocks 169.61. off 0.30. Sales today were about 1.680,000 shares com pared with 1.920,000 shares Thursday. 'I think the President should have stood back of Mr. Wilson instead of spending his time commenting on how wonderful Foster Dulles has been. I think Foster Dulles is a good man, too, but I don't think he hai done any better than a lot of other men." Mrs. Wilson also said she thinks her husband "has earned the right to take it easy now" 3 AO d0 II 'As If Things Weren't Bad Enough" ' O Past Presidents of Chamber Recognized Bronze plaques were present - ed to past presidents of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at its annual round up buffet last night. Plaques were presented to Karl Janouch, who was presi dent in 1943 and 1945; C. A. Hubbard, president in 1950 and 1951; Jennings Pierce, president in 1953; and John Pletsch, 1955 president. Wives who received plaques for their husbands who were unable to attend were Mrs. Jorgen Jorgensen. Mrs. Walter Garner and Mrs. Otto Ewaldsen. Jorgensen was president in 1952, Garner in 1954, and Lwaldsen in 1956. Wives received a bou quet of roses in recognition for their assistance to their hus bands while serving as president. Unable To Attend o Arrangements are being made to present plaques to four other past presidents or their sur vivors, since 1941 who were unable to atlend last night's buffet. They are Glenn Jackson, president from 1941 through 1949; Tom Wray, president in 1944; Herb Grey, president in 1946; and the late William H. Ashland Men Fined, c Sentenced in Court Two inland men were fined and given jail sentences in dis trict court this morning after pleading guilty to charges of as-.-m,h ir,j HiaHorv prnwinff out of an altercatidh at the Valley View Inn north of Ashland Wed nesday afternoon. Philip Tecomseh Stewart. 58, Ashland, was fined $205 and re ceived a 30-day jail Sentence, and Wilbert Michael Shiltz, 46, Ashland, was fined $100 and $e- : i . Air i -l -1 ctinlonrp ceiveu a u-uoj j t,il . -. - They wege charged with bejt HarnlH Samuel Bixler. 47, route 1, box 55, Ashland, the complamtant in the case. Weather FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with . showers tonitht. DecreaMm cloiidine and showerj Sat urday with precipitation oc casionally rain and snow mixed Saturday. Low tonlcnt 32-34. Hilh Saturday 3-1. Temp. Hichent Yesterday . . fnrnlnr 3.1 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today Our Skies Tonfght Sunrise 7:26 a.m. Moonset First Quarter , 7:37 p.m. Feb. 7 aturn, low in southeast 4:57 a.m. Venus and Mercury, low in southeast at -sunrise. (These two will return as evening stars In the Sprint: Mercury In April and Venu late in May) Hubbies Want To Quit although she said , she had not asked him to resign. "A good many of the Cabinet feel the. sa,me way," she said. "They think the time has come to turn things over to others now." Mrs. Ezra T: Benson, wife of the secretary of agriculture, told the United Press that "as long as the President wants my husband to remain in Washington and can be of service to the country Y, FEBRUARY 1, 1957 1 Fluhrer, president in 1947. Dwight Houghton, who served undej- all the presidents since 1941, presented the recognition plaques, briefly outlinging proj ects started or continued by the presidents during their tenure of office. Principal speaker at the buf fet was Dr. Frank O. Mclntyre, director of public relations for the California Teachers associa tion. His talk, "How To Build a Better Mousetrap," centered on the theme of maintaining morale in a community through pride for progressive action by the Chamber and residents of the city. Pendleton-La Grande Road Blocked by Snow Pendleton (U.R) Traffic on Highway 30 between Pendleton and La Grande was disrupted today by a heavy snowfall and a stranded logging truck. A highway department snow ploHv was clea.ing away some 18 inches of snow on Emigrant hill east of here and state police advised motorists to stay off the route. It was expected to be cleared by early afternoon. The logging truck turned sideways in the highway at Glovers crossing about 14 miles west of La Grande at 11:30 p.m. yesterday. Ashland Man Being Held For Attempted Murder San Francisco Dale Nicker son, 27, of Ashland, Ore., and Harvey Olson, 39, of Sacramen to, Calif., have been arrested here on charges of suspicion of attempted murder. Both ere lodged in the San Francisco city jail. Their arrest followed the shooting of John Van Horn, 31, San Francisco printer, eajjy Wednesday. Van Horn was shot in the back, but not seriously hurt. Available Jackson county3 di rectories do not list a Dale Nickcrson. Road Crews Start Work On Concrete Bridges County road creOs have staff ed work on five small cconcrete bridges to replace wood bridges over irrigation canals in the vicinity of South Stage rd., ac cording to Paul Rynning, county engineer. Rynning said the work started about a week ago. The project is expected to be finished in two or three weeks. I will be happy to stay here and help him ig every way I can." Mrs. Fred A. Seaton, wife of the secretary of interior, said she endorses "Mrs. Benson's sentiment." Mrs. Dulles declined to discuss Mrs. Wilson's statements. Nor would she answer any questions about how long she and her hus band plan to remain in Washing ton. Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wita No. 269 Virginia Third Slate Declared As Disaster Area By UNITED PRSS President Eisenhower today declared a flood disaster in a third state Virginia. Four other states were suffering from rav ages of the mid-winter floods. Parts of Kentucky and West Virginia were designated a dis aster area Thursday. The President -declared an emergency in six southwestern Virginia counties that are part of a broad seven-state area where the floods have spread death, misery and destruction. Deaths Reach 13 The death toll in the flood lands rose to 13 and the home less numbered high in the thous ands. The toll stood at seven dead in Kentucky, four in West Vir ginia, one in Virginia, and one in Tennessee. A eighth state. South Caro lina, received a warning of "mod erate" flooding upstream on the Saluda, Broad and Catawba rivers. The broadening lood belt reached the Tennessee metrop olis of Chattanooga this morn- mg, forcing some evacuations. In western North Carolina, evac uation alerts were cancelled at mid-morning for lowlying towns when streams that had gushed out of their banks during the night began falling. Tennessee Overflows The Tennessee river, key stream of the vast Tennessee Valley Authority, sloshed over into lowland areas at Chat tanooga and rescue workers began preparing for duty there. A city relief crew evacuated a family of nine from low ground near Chattanooga. The National guard sent three am phibious trucks and 200 litters from Nashville. The Red Cross and some 100 volunteer national guardsmen stood by In anticipa tion of a possible flood crisis. Families Evacuated 1 Water tumbling down moun tain streams of the Great Smokies forced the evacuation of 300 families from their homes at Sevierville, on the edge of the Smoky Mountain National Park. Businesses were forced to close and, for a while Thursday night, the community was isolated. Four Bandits Hold Up Credit Union Office ' (Toledo, Ohio U.R) Four bandits today robbed the Lib-bey-Owdens-Ford Co. Credit Union of $50,000. Police Capt. Marion Davey said all the robbers were armed. He said they escaped in a two tone green Chevrolet. Davey said it was believed police located the car four blocks from the plant shortly after the robbery. Bill Proposed School Bond Jackson county's legislators have introduced a measure de-( signed to remove any possible complication in the future .bond ing capacity of the Medford school district. The bill is SB 6, by Sen. Philip Lowry and Reps. Robert Duncan and Al Littrell, and m entitled "A bill for an act relating to tjie validation of school district or ganization and consolidation, and acts and proceedings related thereto; and declaring an emer gency." The situation requiring the legislation arose last spring after the April 10 election at which voters in the Medferd, Oak Grove and West Side schools approved consolidation, After the election, it was discovered that there was a minor technical flaw in the prescribed dates for the notice STATES New Conciliation Service Would Be Established Labor Committee Discusses Proposal ' Salem (U.R) Labor bills pro viding for repeal of the state' anti-picketing" or "right to work" bill and establishing a new state conciliation service were discussed at a hearing of the House Committee on Labor and Industry yesterday. No action was taken on either of the bills which are sponsored by Rep. Don Willner, Portland Democrat, and others. Chief proponent of the labor package was Don Richardson, an attorney for the Oregon La bor Council. He said the 1953 anti-picketing" law forbids or ganizational picketing except when authorized by a majority of employees of an employer. Richardson said the law had added to state labor strife and that it was expensive, unneces sary and restrictive. Section Ruled Void The Oregon Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional and void section 17 of the law which prohibited picketing by persons unless they were certified by the state labor examiner, the National Labor Relations Board or the employer. Richardson said that section 16 of the law which provides, that it shall be unlawful to compel a person to join a union also if restrictive. He said his organization favor ed returning to the Norris-La- Girardia act which was in effect before the 1953 picketing legis lation and which prohibits in junctions being issued in cases of peaceful picketing. He said court decisions under the Nor- ris-LaGuardia act would allow injunctions in cases of unlawful or monopolistic picketing. "The conciliation law would t also be a forward step," Rich ardson said. Bill Called 'Incomplete' Opponents of the bill repeal ing the anti-picketing law were led by Pat Blair of the Oregon Sand and Gravel Association. He argued that whether picket ing was unconstitutional or not depended on whether it was de signed just to publicize condi tions or to coerce employers or employees into joining a union He maintained that workers in small operations not covered by federal laws should have a "free choice" as to whether they would join a union. Blair said he thought the pro posed bill for a new conciliation service was "incomplete." He said provisions for a conciliation service should be written into the old law or a committee ap pointed by the labor commis sioner to draft a new law. Committee Chairman Robert Klemsen, St. Helens Democrat, said further hearings would be held on the subject. Cold Front Carries Moisture Overstate By UNITED PRESS A new cold front, this one carrying moisture, bore down on Oregon from the north today bringing forecasts of snow mix ed with rain. The weather bureau said it didn't expect te cold to last long or come near that of the past two weeks and added that heavy precipitation wasn't like ly. But much of the region's one-day grace from freeziM temperatures appeared to be over temporarily. Winds shifted" from west to east once again in the icebox known as the Columbia gorge. Lows .down to zero in north east Oregon and from 26 to 34 in western Oregon were expect ed tonight. Snow was expected east of the mountains and rain and snow west of the Cascades, with some clearing Saturday. Baker was the cold spot in Oregon last night with 12 above. to Remove Complications of election. This would make no difference in most instances, school authorities report, but they were advised by bonding Attorney John Shuler of Port land that it might prevent ap proval of future bond issues. Thjs bill carries the emergency clause (which would make it ef fective immediately upon pass age) because it has become ap parent to the school board that it will be necessary to call a bond issue election in the Med ford school district soon. The last school census has indicated the need for two new elementary schools in east Medford, and a surprising increase in the high school age population. Architects have been retained to make preliminary studies of needs, costs and plans for the proposed new schools.
