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Utah Convicts Conclude 11 Clous'
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CLEAN UP JOB STARTS Looking north
on Virginia Jtrcet in Reno, Nevada, the scene
takes on the aspects) of a war-torn city the
- day after gag explosions rocked the down
U town business section. Completely destroyed
' Two Men Senlenced
o
To Penitentiary
In Circuit Court
Two men received penitentiary
sentences and another man re
Uceived a suspended penitentiary
sentence in circuit court Wed
nesday alternoon.
Andy Bible, 50, Pasadena,
Calif.,' was sennced to one
year in the penitentiary after
pleading guilty to a charge of
possession of stolen property.
Kenneth Edwin Douglas, 51,
Rich fund, Calif., was sentenced
to l',2 years in the penitentiary
after pleadingguilty to a charge
of obtaining money uoder false
pretenses.
Jimmy Howard Day, 19, of
417 King st., Medford, received
a two-year suspendend peniten
tiary sentence after pleading
guilty to a charge of burglary.
Cases were continued pend
Qing receipt of FBI records on
Clarence Edward Michel III, 23,
Roscgiirg. charged with assault
Qwith a dangerous wepon, and
Mrs.OMillie Yates, 42. Prospect,
t) arced with attempting to pur
chase narcotics illegally. Michel
also entered a plea of guilty
ednesday.
, Sentencing of Jim Carl Dun
Obar, 52, Albany, charged with
obtaining moifey by false pre
tences, was continued pending
receipt of a pre-sentence report.
Jcph George Mattey, 52 of
503 East MfcAndrews rd., enter
ed a plea of innocent Wednes
day to a grand jury indictment
charging grand larceny. William
Mbuhaime was appointed by the
irt to represent Mattey. -
O
Court Turns Down
Jensen Appeal
The U. S. Supreme court has
turned down the appeal of James
Norman Jensen, 28, Larkspur,
Calif., convicted of the first de
gree murder in 1954 of Mrs.
Fern Hile, Medford housewife.
Officials of the state supreme,
court today said the Jackson
county circuit court will have to
set a new date for Jensen to go
to the state's gas chamber.
Jensen was first convicted of
ftrst degree murder in October,
1954. Edward Kelly, Jensen's at
torney, then appealed the case to
the state supreme court. The
state supreme court upheld the
sentence before Kelly appealed
the case to the U. S. court.
Information was not available
today as to when Jensen will be
returned to Medford for re-sen--
fencing.
Eisenhower Nominates
Gray Defense Mobilizer
Washington U.R President
Eisenhower today formally nom
inated Assistant Defense Secre
tary Gordon Gray to be defense
mobilizer.
Mr. Eisenhower announced at
hU news conference Wednesday
that he would name Gray, a
Democrat, to Succeed Arthur S.
Flemming, resigned.
Appointments Being Taken
For Visit of Bloodmobile
Jackson county Red Cross of
ficials reminded residents today
that appointments are being
takart for the regular visit of
the Bloodmobile at the Medford
Elks temple between 1 and 6
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13.
The quota for the visit is 290
pints, an increase of 50 per
cent more than the quota last
tlrne. officials noted. The in
crease is due to an increase in
the amount of blood used in
Juckson county recently, officals
said.
A total of 350 donors will be
necessary to meet the 'quota,
since some donors probably will
be rejected, officials noted.
Donors mav designate their
blood for replacement of that
used in local hospitals, officials
$8 Million Highway
Bond Issue Receives
Approval in House
Salem
U.R) An $8 mil
lion bond issue to enable the
state to participate fully in the
federal interstate highway pro
gram passed the Oregon House
51-4 today.
Rep. George Annala, Hood
River Democrat, opposed the bill
on grounds the State Highway
Departmenth ad provided only
four commercial access points
on U. S. Highway 30 between
Troutdale and Hood River. He
said he felt such situations
would worsen "When Uncle
Sam comes in."
Rep. Thomas McCIellan, Neot
su Democrat and chairman of
the House Highway committee,
said the bond issue would cost
$200,000 a year but would save
the state more than $1 million
a year in matching moneys. He
said the bond issue would be
paid out of highway funds.
Delay Feared
Rep. Robert Elfstrom, Salem
Republican, said that unless the
bond issue was passed, the state
might be delayed 2',i years in
its primary highway program.
He said the state needed the
money now in order to get two
years federal money now avail
able under the federal building
program.
A proposal to increase legis
lators' salaries from $600 to
$1,000 a year and give them
expense allowances up to $5
per day of the session was intro
duced by a resolution in the
House today.
The proposal, sponsored by
W. H. Holstrom, Gearhart Dem
ocrat, would also allow extra
per diem and expense allow
ances for performance of inter
im duties and would increase
from one-third to one-half of
annual salary the compensation
of presiding officers.
The president of the Senate
and speaker of the House now
receive S800 a year.
Of 24 bills introduced today,
Cave Junction Scout
Presents Gift To Ike
Washington U.P.) President
Eisenhower today exchanged
presidents and quips with 12
Eagle Scout Explorers on the
occasion of National Boy Scout
Week.
After the informal ceremony
in the conference room the
President invited the boys into
his office, and they came away
with knives, silver dollars, pens,
pencils and lapel golf pins.
The boys told reporters after
wards that the President "joked
with us." Mr. Eisenhower,
feigned dismay that there were
no boys from Texas, Kansas, or
Pennsylvania in the group.
Gary Meredith, 16, Cave Junc
tion, Ore., presented a silver
pedometer to the President to
"see how many miles you walk
around your farm." But the
President said maybe the gadget
would "make me stay out of my
golf cart" on the golf course.
said, but the donor must furnish
the recipient's name, his phy
sician's name and the name of
the hospital where the blood was
used. .
Of the 206 pints collected last
time, 38 pints were designated
as replacement.
One recent recipient of blood
st a local hospital pointed out
that he "never dreamed he
would be in position of needing
blood." Burse H. Cathey. state
highway department employee,
was shot on the Tiller-Trail high
way recently and received two
transfusions.
He said "people should, real
ize the necessity of stockpiling,
so blood will be there when
needed. Having the blood there
could mean a life," he noted.
building at left was Paterson' Department
store. Three buildings were destroyed and
a score of others were damaged. Two persons
were killed and 42 others were injured.
one sponsored by the Oregon
Livestock association would put
into operation the permanent
compulsory meat inspection pro
gram by appropriating $516,283
for the purpose. A pilot meat
inspection program .has been in
operation over the state.
A bill requested by the Ore
gon State Employees association
would eliminate consideration of
the state's financial condition In
determining pay rates for state
employees and would make it
mandatory to pay in accord
ance with rates in other public
agencies or private firms in the
area.
A prohibition against new or
used car businesses remaining
open on Sundays was contain
ed in a bill introduced by Rep.
Robert Elfstrom, Salem Repub
lican, and others.
Rice Assumes Job
As Foundation Head
E. Ron Rice assumed duties of
president of the Kiwanis Founda
tion of Medford at a meeting of
the Medford Kiwanis club yes
terday. Rice, a former president of
the club, former district lieutenant-governor
of Kiwanis inter
national and an organizer of the
foundation, succeeds Robert
Voegtly.
Other officers of the founda
tion are Dr. L. Paul Walker, vice
president; Jennings Pierce, sec
retary, and Dwight Houghton,
treasurer.
Life membership certificates
were presented at the meeting
for Mr. and Mrs. Les DeArmond
and announced for Ed Feldman,
Ernest B. DeVoe and Hugh Cole
man.. Life memberships in the
foundation are given for $500
contributions. Sustaining mem
berships certificates were given
out to Kiwanians who have con
tributed $10.
The foundation is a non-profit
corporation formed to promote
charitable and educational op
portunities through receipt of
money or property use of the in
come from the principal of such
funds.
Morse, Neuberger
Bid for Plane Stop
Washington U.R Ore
gon's two Democratic senators
made a strong bid yesterday to
elude Portland as a stop on the
proposed polar air route from
the West Coast to Europe.
Sens. Wayne Morse and Rich
ard L. Neuberger appeared at a
Civil Aeronautical Board hear
ing to protest the board's appar
ent intention to authorize the
stop at Seattle.
Morse took issue with Exam
iner Edward Madden, who rec
ommended Seattle, on the CAB
official's claim that the poten
tial traffic at Portland fails to
justify direct service to Europe
on an equal basis with Seattle.
'"Portland and Seattle," he
said, "have equal schedules to
New York on present transcont
inental service which carries
current European - bound traf
fic." Traffic Safety Trophy
Surrendered To Portland
Portland (U.P.) Seattle sur
rendered its traffic safety trophy
to Portland here yesterday in
recognition of the Oregon city's
1956 record of only 43 traffic
fatalities.
Portland had a fatality rate
of 2.05 per 10.000 registered
vehicles while Seattle's rate was
2.48.
The gold cup for which the
two Northwest cities compete
was donated by the Teamsters
Union and will become perm
anent property of the city win
ning it for three years.
51st Year
United Pri
26 Pages
Steps To Inuease
School Support
Fund Kicked Off
300 Hear Leaders
Ask for Increase
Salem flJ.PJ Opening guns "Ot
a big push for increasing basic
school support from $80 to $120
per census child were fired at a
hearing of the House Education
Committee last night.
About 300 persons jammed
the state capitol hearing room to
hear education leaders and rep
resentatives of large and small
school districts ask for the in
crease. Now Paying 30 Per Cent
Superintendent of Public In
struction Rex Putnam said it
had been his department's policy
to try to meet 50 per cent of the
cost of school operation, but
that the state was now meeting
less than 30 per cent of the cost.
"The $120 figure is a reason
able figure," Putnam said. "The
people want the program and
will make financial arrange
ments to pay for it."
The 50 per cent ipcrease in
basic school support called for
in House bill 171 would cost
about $38 million for the bien
nium. This year the state pro
vided $36 million or 27 Vi per
cent of basic school operating
needs.
Tax Relief Said Possible
No one appeared in opposition
to the bill.
Cecil Posey, executive secre
tary of the Oregon Education
Association, said the state "can't
do anything less" than provide
the funds recommended by Gov.
Robert D. Holmes in his inaugu
ral address.
Most witnesses appearing for
the bill felt that it would pro
vide badly needed relief to
property tax payers.
. . Most witnesses .also ielt- that
increasing basic aid to schools
should be coupled with bills to
reorganize school districts and
to equalize state aid to the ad
vantage of the poorer districts.
Portlander 'Satisfied'
However, Clifford Zollinger
of the Portland school board
said he was "satisfied" with the
current distribution formula. He
said the board had taken no of
ficial position on the distribu
tion problem.
The closest to a neutral posi
tion was taken by Tom Scanlon,
Oregon Labor Council represent
ative. Scanlon said that higher
education needs should have
priority over increasing basic
school support because of long
neglect in that field. He said
state employees also should have
raises.
Reno Workmen Poke
Through Blasted Area
Reno (U.P.) Crews of work
men poked their way gingerly
through a section of blasted
downtown Reno today in a search
for hidden gas pockets waiting
only a spark to touch off anoth
er castastrophe.
The workmen were from the
city of Reno and the Sierra
Pacific Power company, both of
which agreed to check the gas
explosion' potential in a six
block area.
The area included the site of
Tuesday's destructive explosions
and ifre that killed two persons,
injured 42 others, destroyed five
buildings and damaged a score
of other structures in varying
degrees.
Early today, a block and a
half of large business buildings
remained evacuated lest an un
detected pocket of gas suddenly
ignite. Martial law was pro
claimed in the area.
Hungarian Troops
Seize Hidden Arms '
Vienna U.R Hungarian gov
ernment troops raided a factory
in suburban Budapest and seiz
ed "great quantities" of hidden
weapons, Budapest press reports
reaching here said today.
The raid was the second of the
week in the Communist govern
ment's hunt for "counter revolu
tionaries" and weapons.
Informed sources here re
ported the Hungarian govern
ment also may be laying the
groundwork for an attempt to
seize uncooperative Roman Cath
olic Josek Cardinal Mindszeny
from his sanctuary in the U.S.
Legation in Budapest.
The sources said this might be
behind the charges made against
Mindszenty by the official Hun
garian newspaper Nep Szabad
sag Wednesday.
-oUN, THURSDAY,
Man Says Money Stolen To Make
Investments and Return Profits
Miami (UP.) A "thrifty" young Pennsyl
vanian has admitted several sneak thefts amount
ing to thousands of dollars so he could invest in
the stock market and then return the profits to
his victims, police reported today.
The 27-year-old stock market "whiz," identi
fied as Michael Codula Jr., Pittsburgh, was "dis
covered" earlier this week when officer investi
gated a traffic charge against him.
$10,000 Found in Apartment
Detective John Heywood said officers found
$10,000 in his apartment here which Godula
admitted he '"borrowed" from several food mar
kets and stores without their knowledge so he
could invest in the stocks and bonds. Godula
told Heywood he planned to return the money
with a profit.
In fact, he said he did the same thing in
Pittsburgh, McKeesport, Pa., and Los Angeles
and returned the money with profits. Miami
detectives said a check with authorities in these
cities confirmed Godula's story.
"From what we've been able to learn," Hey
wood said. "He always comes out on top in the
stock market. Then he brings his profits to the
RUSSM EXPELS TWO
YANKS FOR S
Pair Said To Be
Falsely Accused
Of Spy Activity
Washington U.P.) Russia
has expelled two more Ameri
can embassy attaches in Moscow
on "false" spy .charges, the State
Department announced today.
The department said it has
just been notified that Capt.
Paul R. Uffelman and Lt. Wil
liam S. Lewis, both assistant
naval attaches in Moscow, have
been expelled.
Two Others Expelled
Just eight days ago the So
viet Union ordered the expul
sion of two. U. S. assistant mili
tary attaches on what the de
partment described as "equally
spurious espionage charges."
The new Russian action fol
lowed on the heels of a Kremlin
accusation Wednesday that the
United States is waging a "secret
war" of espionage and sabotage
against Russia. U. S. officials la
beled those charges as another
effort to divert attention from
Russia's own "difficulties."
This government recently ex
pelled two Russian officials. And
more recently, three Lithuanian
born persons were arrested and
indicted in New York City on
charges of committing espion
age for Russia against the United
States.
Physical Assault Charged
Expulsion of Uffelman and
Lewis from Russia was an
nounced by State Department
Press Officer Lincoln White. In
a long statement White disclosed
that Uffelman and Lewis had
been "physically assaulted" on a
Leningrad street Jan. 26 while a
Soviet policeman stood by.
This incident, he said, has
been protested by the U. S. Em
bassy in Moscow. Lewis suf
fered lacerated hands during a
struggle for his camera, but Uf
felman apparently was un
harmed. ,
"These officers have been
falsely accused by the Soviet
government of engaging in spy
ing activities," White said.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.P.) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 468.71, off 2.10; 20
railroads 145.10, off 1.28; 15 ut
ilities 71.23, up 0.33, and 65
stocks 166.93, off 0.64. Sales to
day were about 1,840,000 shares
compared with 2,110,000 shares
Wednesday.
Weather
FORECAST: Variable cloudi
ness with a few widely scat
tered light showers. Low to
nirht 32. High Friday .50.
Temp.
Hichest Yesterday 4S
Lowest this Morning 28
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 1
Sunset 5
:!9
a.m.
p.m.
5:33
The Moon . at First
Quarter ..3
sets Friday 1
t .33
p.m.
a.m.
1:39
PROMINENT STARS
Rerulus. in the east 8
8:02
0:25
p.m.
p.m.
Arcturus, rises .10
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, in the west 10:09 p.m.
Saturn. low in south
east 4
Jupiter, in southwest 5
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FEBRUARY 7, 1957
"By Ginger! We Might Even Try Negotiating
With The Oil Potentates Of Texas"
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Israel Will
Sanction in
; United Nations, N.Y. (U.R)
Israel indicated today it would
risk economic sanctions by the
United Nations before withdraw
ing 'from the Gaza and Aqaba
strips without non-agression as
surances from Egypt.
A dispatch from Jerusalem
said Israeli Premier David Ben
Gurion told his .cabinet in a
closed meeting that Israel can
not accept a request to "com
mit suicide" by unconditional
withdrawel.
Hammarskjold Heart Cas
Israeli Ambassador Abba S.
Eban presented his country's
case to Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold here at UN head
qaurters after the cabinet meet
ing in Jerusalem Wednesday.
Informed Jerusalem sources
said Eban was instructed to tell
Hammarskjold that freedom of
navigation on the Gulf of Aqaba
and security from raids from
the Gaza Strip, were questions
of "life or death" on which Israel
could not yield. its position.
A report from the Sinai Penin
suta today said Israeli forces
withdrew from parts of the Gaza
and Aqba stripe earlier this this
week but moved back into posi
tion within 24 hours.
Follows Resolution
United Press Staff Correspond
ent David Bishai reported from
El Arish that UN observers said
the brief 'drawback occurred
shortly after the United Nations
passed its latest resolution Sat
urday night. It called for im
mediate withdrawal of Israel
San Francisco U.R) The De
partment of Defense has ap
proved plans to construct more
than 2,000 housing units for
military personnel and their
families in the West.
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victims of his thefts."
The detective described the youthful looking
Godula as a "whiz . . . absolutely brilliant."
"He seems just like a nice kid ... a little
more intelligent than most, but a nice, well man
nered young man," Detective Heywood said.
"We're amazed at the knowledge he has about
the stock market."
Heywood said Godula was booked for his
previous "investments" in California and Penn
sylvania but had never actually served time for
his offenses.
How Many 'Contributed?'
He was being held here in city jail until the
investigation is completed. Then he will be
charged, Heywood said. Officers are trying to
determine how many business establishments
"contributed" to the $10,000 found in Godula's
apartment.
Heywood said that for all Godula's knowl
edge with stocks and bonds he is still thrifty
with the dollar. When he appeared in court this
week, on the traffic charge, he refused to pay
a $30 fine. He said it was "excessive" and walked
out of court.
PYIR6
Risk UN
Gaza Area
from Egyptian territory.
UN observers told Bishai the
Israelis even blew up military
installations at Rafah, at the
western edge of the Gaza Strip,
in preparation for withdrawal
but held their positions when
Ben Gurion rejected the UN
demand.
Motorists Reminded
Of Prohibited Parking
Motorists" have been remind
ed by Public Works Director
Vern Thorpe that parking is pro
hibited between 4:30 and 6 p.m.
in front of the Medford post of
fice on Sixth st.
The space has been made
available for use for the drive
up mail box, Thorpe explained,
and that parking will be prohib
ited there Monday through Sat
urday. There have been 15-min-ute
parking spaces provided on
North Holly st. along the post
office building. Thorpe added.
U.S., Saudi Arabia Near
Air Base Use
ed States and Saudi Arabia to
day were reported near twin
agreements on a new U.S. lease
on the Dhahran Air Base and,
American arms for Saudi
Arabia.
Diplomatic informants said
the -only apparent question is
whether the agreements will be
signed while King Saud is visit
ing in Washington or later in
Saudi Arabia.
A report on the air base, arms
and other agreements and under
standings will be made public
on Friday by President Eisen
hower and King Saud at the con
Hostages Released
Unharmed; Control
01 Cells Returned
Convicts Ordered
To 'Muck Out Mess' (
Point' of The Mountain, Utah
U.R) Some 500 convicts ended
an 11-hour riot at the Utah State
prison today, gave up .captured
weapons and released all hos
tages, and begrudgingly re
turned control of the battered
penitentiary to authorities.
Officers said at 8:30 a.m.
(PST) that "we now are in full
control of the entire prison."
The rioters gave up at 5 a.m.
and released 18 men whom they
had held since before 6 p.m.
Wednesday when the outbreak
started during a basketball
game between a church quintet
and a prison squad.
However, it took more than
three hours before officials,
moving slowly and carefully,
could get to all guard stations
and feel they were again in
command.
Convicts were ordered-, to
"muck out the mess" left by
their riot. Cellblocks B and D
were "pretty well torn up" with
plumbing damaged, windows
knocked out and litter strewn
over water-covered floors. Other
cellblocks were dafhaged, but
not as extepsively.
Hostages Not Hurt
A fire started in a basement
storehouse still burned at mid-
morning in stacks of mattresses
and in a newly arrived shipment
of uniform cloth. O
None of the 18 men released
at 5 a.m., seven of them from
the Latter Day Saints Church
basketball squad at nearbyO
Granger, had been injured.
The hostages were preceded
from the cellblocks by two con
victs, armed robbers Billj Ran
dall and Joe Valdez, who turned
over to authorities the weapons
they had taken from a captured
sentry turret. o
Randall carried a machine
gun. He handed it to a guard,
then gave the officer the am
munition clip for the weapon.
He turned to another guard,
calmly opened his jacket and
took a revolver from his belt.
The inmate opened the cham
ber ta- show theVe were Ifive
bullets in the pistol and then,
with a flourish, surrendered it.
Eighteen men, including seven
members of the basketball team,
came out behind Randall and
Valdez.
On Guard Slabbed
Earlier, 10 other men had
been released or made their way
to freedom after spending from
two to nine hours as hostages.
Only known injuries suffered
were stab wounds inflicted on a
guard when the riot started and
the beating given a convict who
was then tossed from the barred
corridors by his fellow inmates.
Several others suffered smoke
poisoning from fires started in
various parts of the prison.
Attorney General E. R. Canis
ter said the riot ended when the
convicts agreed they would let
the hostages go if the inmates'
list of grievances could be pre
sented publicly. This was done
half an hour before the release
when Randall and Valdez came
out and talked to newsmen.
In turn. Callister reported
that f5ov. Georce D. Clyde had
promised there would be no re
criminations if the nostages
came out unharmed.
Roseburg Girl Killed
In California Mishap
Merced. Calif. (U.R) A six-
year-old Roseburg, Ore., girl was
killed near here in a traffic ac
cident yesterday.
The victim was Trudy Eliza
beth Meyers, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Meyers.
Police said she darted from
the parked car of her parent
into the path of a pickup truck
near Highway 152 west of Mer
ced. The pickup driver, Elmer
W. Talley, 44, Dos Palos, Calif,
was not cited.
Portland :U.R) A four-story
addition to the Equitable Sav
ings & Loan Association build
ing here is scheduled to start in
early spring.
Agreements
clusion of their Washington,
talks. The king is expected to
leave Washingon on Saturday.
Mr. Eisenhower is delighted
at the warm response given by
Saud and two other visiting
Arab leaders Prince Abdul
Illah of Iraq and Lebanese For
eign minister Charleuk Malik
to his explanation of American
policies in the Middle East
Saud summed up the reaction of
all three Arab visitors when he
told a news conference Wednes
day that the Eisenhower doc
trine "is good; it is one that is
entitled to appreciation" by the
I Arab people.