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Tighter Federal Supervision
Over Airline Flights Requested
Washington U.Pj House
investigators looking into last
week's fatal plane crashes in
California and New York called
today for tighter federal super
vision of airline flights.
The government within the
last 48 hours had already issued
a series of new safety regula
tions governing airline flights
and plane tests.
But members of the House
Commerce Committee said they
want the government to go
further.
Civil Aeronautics Board repre
sentatives Wednesday gave the
committee preliminary reports
on the collisfcn of a jet fighter
and airliner at Pacoima. Calif.,
Thursday and the crash of a
Northeast airliner the next day
at New York City. The crashes
killed a total of 28 persons.
Rep. Stephen B. Derounian (R
N.Y.), said he and other mem
bers of the committee were "dis
turbed" by the reports.
Controls Suggested
"I feel we need a general
tightening up of everything,"
Derounian said. "One idea is to
have several roving bands of
inspectorsoto step in any place
and give planes a going over,
grounding those that are not up
to standard."
Rep. Kenneth A. Roberts (D
Ala.) suggested that the govern
ment control both takeoffs and
landings at air.ports. Rep.
Charles A. Wolverton (R-N.J.),
charging that the airlines are
"carrying people in a rather pre
carious way," suggested that the
government take over the job
now performed by the airline
dispatchers.
Oscar Bakke, director of the
CAB's Bureau of Safety, said
some of the suggestions would
require a "very, very large tech
nical staff" by the CAB to be
come effective.
Rep. Peter F. Mack Jr. (D
111.) called some suggestions by
fellow committee members im
practical But he said the CAB's
staff of inspectors should be in
creased. CAB investigator Gordon Mat
thews told the committee that
the Northeast Airlines pilot
whose .Miami - bound plane
crashed in New York took no
unusual risk in taking off in a
snowstorm.
He said other planes were tak
ing off and landing at LaGuardia
Airport without any trouble be
fore the Northeast plane took
off and crashed in a matter of
seconds. He also said the North
east plane was not overloaded
and was reported in good me
chanical condition.
Bakke testified the DC7B air
liner that collided with the jet
fighter while both were being
tested was operating under a
permit banning test flights over
congested areas.
New Regulations
But Bakke said it had not
been determined whether the
airliner which crashed into a
schoolyard violated the permit.
The CAB late Wednesday
issued new regulations to pro
mote greater .air safety by creat
ing special "high density air
traffic zones" around major air
ports where flight traffic is
heavy.
The regulations, effective
March 15, set a speed limit of
180 miles an hour within the
zones. In addition, all radio
equipped planes must obtain ad
vance clearance from the local
control tower before entering
the airport traffic zone.
The Commerce Committee
planned to resume its hearings
Friday.
National Guard Has
Control of Armory
Administration
Administrative responsibility
for the new Medford armory
lies solely with the National
Guard, and the city and county
governments will have only an
advisory voice in its operation.
O This was made clear today.
following an inspection of cor
respondence with the military
department at the time the
armory negotiations were first
started, o
The $400,000 building is be
ing built by federal, state, coun
ty and city funds. Members of
the citv council this week indi
cated they were under the im
pression that it would be admin
istered by a board including a
representative of the military
department, and members rep
resenting The city nd county.
Article Published
Their comments followed
publication of an article in the
M;y1 Tribune last Monday in
which Capt. S. J. Fagone, sen
ior officer of the National
Guard units in Medford, said ap
plications for use of the armory
are being- ttceptgd, and those
interested in renting it should
contact him.
The board which the council-
men had itt, mim? a0parently
was an advisory Board. Admin
istration of 'he armory, under
which the original understand
ing, rests with the armory board
Court Records
William Victor Kidaon. violation of
basic rule. 51"- , .,
James Charles Stewart, failure to
stop at red light. $5
Victor Arlie Frost, violation of ba
sic rule. $10.
Herbert Ray Chapman, violation of
basic rule. S10.
William Earl Peterson, violation of
Bertha An Bursell. failure to stop
at rert iiKnt. v
Robert William S Darks, failure to
stop at red light. So.
Bettv Jean Davis, violation of basic
rule $10. ....
Charles Bret McQuigg. violation of
basic rule. $10.
Otis Davis Swisher, violation of ba
sic rule. $10.
Duane Richard Halsey. wrong way
on one wav street. $10.
Beverlv Jean Himmeiman. failure to
vield right of way. $10.
Cecil D. Moon, violation of basic
rule. $10.
Ralph Junine Matlack. turned left
on red light. $5
Shirlev Mae Cook, violation of basic
rule. $10
George John Holtzinger. violation
of basic rule. S10.
Theodore Henry Zahnow. violation
of basic rule. $10. -
DISTRICT COl'RT
Boh Glenn Ktnimel, overload. $29
George Albert Folck. overwidth. $10.
Lena Eldora Beal, failure to stop
at stop sign. $10-
Henry Elmer Sizemore. overwidth.
$25
George Bernard Gunn. excessive
overhang. SIS.
CIRCI IT COl'RT
Jack L. Bailey vs. Shirley Ann
Bailey, divorce complaint.
Douglas Earl Jones vs. Georgia Jean
Jones, divorce complaint.
of which Captain Fagone Is
chairman.
In a letter dated July 7, 1954,
Brig. Gen. Raymond S. Olson,
assistant adjutant general of the
state military department wrote
the late Diamond Flynn, then
Medford mayor, than an "advis
ory board" would be appointed
upon completition of the arm
ory. The board would be made
up of representatives ' of the
state military department, and
the city and county.
Advisory Board
General Olson wrote that
the advisory board "will have
advisory powers toward the
armory board at all times and
will make recommendations to
the best interests of all to the
armory board when a decision
is warranted toward use, oper
ation and maintenance of the
armory, properties and general
facilities other than strictly military."
The armory board, General
Olson said, is selected and ap
proved as provided by Oregon
law. Fagone said the board is
set up under National Guard
regulations.
The letter continued: "This
board . (the regular armory
board) will actively manage
and operate the armory with its
facilities for all military and
civil activities. They will fix
rentals and fees, collect same:
and deposit to the credit of the
armory fund. All revenues de
posited to the fund shall be used
toward the maintenance, up
keep, and general improvement
to or within the armory."
Fagone said when the new
armory is completed, the
armory board will automatically
change from the present loca
tion to the new structure. He
said he plans to establish a ten
tative calendar of armory ev
ents. The building will be rent
ed on a first-come, first-served
basis, he said.
Fagone indicated it probably
would be late summer before
the new building is ready for
dedication since the armory has
to be approved by both the fed
eral and state governments aft
er completion. He noted, how
ever, that events may be sched
uled in the building before the
Guard actually occupies it.
Klamath Commissioner
Returns To Court Post
Klamath Falls iU.R) County
Commissioner Jerry Rajnus,
who was wounded by a dis
gruntled pensioner last month
during a Klamath County Wel
fare Commission meeting, re
turned to his county court post
yesterday.
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Pakistan Resident
Discusses Country
At UN Meeting
Pakistan is definitely pro
western and pro-United States
according to Noel J. D'Alves,
citizen of Karachi, capital of
Pakistan, who spoke last night
for Medford chapter, Oregon
United Nations association.
D'Alves, communication of
ficer of the international airport
at Karachi, will leave Medford
Saturday for San Francisco after
spending a month here studying
communiaction ' methods at the
Medford airport.
D'Alves, who explained that
he spoke unofficially as a "com
mon citizen of Pakistan talking
to common citizens of the Unit
ed States," said that his nation
lias been anti-communist from
the very beginning. This is due
largely to the fact that the gov
ernment was established by
Moslems who believe in God and
therefore oppose any form of
government which is Godless,
he said.
Nation's History
The speaker traced the history
of his nation, first giving back
ground information about pre
paration events when India was
a colony of the British empire.
Pakistan has a parliament, sim
ilar to that of England, with a
president whose office is largely
titular and a prime minister
who is the actual executive, he
explained. There are several ac
tive political parties.
D'Alves spoke of the almost t
phenomenal progress of Pakis
tan since its establishment as
a sovereign nation, saying it .
has made great strides indus- i
trially, educationally and po-1
litically. Since defense is so im
portant in "this world of ten- :
sion," about 50 per cent of the
nation's budget goes for this, he j
said.
The speaker talked at consid-
erable length about Kashmir, j
explaining that at the time of
partition of India, the Kashmir i
people for the most part wanted
to be part of Pakistan, since
they are largely Moslem, but
that the head of the province
had been a Hindu who wished
Kashmir to accede to India.
After a period of open war,
the UN arranged a cease fire
and attempted to set up condi
tions for a plebiscite, he said.
Although nine different pro
posajs were made by the UN
in the nine years since, and all
were accepted by Pakistan, India
had rejected all, he declared.
He then charged that "India
waited until the UN was tied
up with another great problem
and then moved into Kashmir.
He closed by saying that in
Pakistan, the United States has
"a small but staunch ally."
During question period.
D'Alves compared the Kashmir
situation to the Israeli-Arab
conflict, and pointed out that
Kashmir is Nehru's homeland.
He was asked to comment on
the Israeli-Arab situation in a
number of questions, and said
"I think the Middle East nations
are all basically anti-communist
but they flirt with the Soviets
a little when it is expedient to
do so." He added that most of
the Middle Eastern people be
lieve Israel was brought into
being largely by the United
States' efforts and has attained
her present strength through the
cn of this nation.
D'Alves said the UN should
put more pressure on member
nations who fail to abide by its
decisions, and should use what
ever measures it can command
to force UN nations to obey UN
rulings.
The speaker was introduced
by George Rode, president.
Neuberger Questions
Unemployment Rate
I Washington (U.R) Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) today
urged the Navy Department to
reactivate three patrol vessels
from the Astoria reserve fleet in
Portlaid and lower Columbia
shipyards instead of Puget
Sound.
Neuberger said the Portland
and lower Columbia shipyards
"badly need work during the
present critical unemployment
situation."
The Oregon senator said he
was challenging the Labor De
partment designation of the
Portland area af lass C group,
saying it "does not reflect the '
serious unemployment situation
now prevailing ..." j
County Officials
Visit in Klamath
County' Judge Rodney Keat
ing, Commissioner Ralph James
and several other Jackson coun
ty residents traveled to Klam
ath Falls county yesterday to
discuss the porcupine eradica
tion program there and tour
areas where the program is in
effect.
Current method of controlling
porcupines involves use of
strychnine and salt compunded
in such a way that it will not
affect dogs or other large an
imals or crop birds. Judge Keat
ing said the mixture of one
part strychnine to 16 parts salt
is placed in small wooden boxes
with the poison covered by
paper. The porcupines, it was
explained, chew off the paper
and eats the poison. This pro
gram has been in effect in Klam
ath county since last October.
Among those form Jackson
county attending the meeting
and participating in the tour
were Ralph Cook, Sam Taylor,
Eugene K. Peterson, Glen Allen
and Jennings Pierce. Fish and
Wild Life service representa
tives, biologist forestry officials
and representatives of Weyer
houser Timber company, spon
sors of the program, were also
in attendance.
Legislative Briefs
Salem (U.R) A bill, to ratify
the Columbia Interstate Com
pact was introduced in the Ore
gon Senate today. -
The bill is designed to pro
mote the greatest, economically
justifiable development of the
region's water resources.
Salem (U.R) The shortest
bill of the 1957 Legislative ses
sion, Senate bill 27 making it
official and legal that the motto
of the state of Oregon is "The
Union," was up for third read
ing and action in the Oregon
Senate today.
The bill was introduced by
Sen. Francis W. Ziegler of Cor
vallis and others.
Two Convcfs Escape
Washington Prison
Walla Walla (U.R) Two con
victs hid in boxes in the hark of
a truck vesterdav anrl Kcanoi)
from the Washington state pen
itentiary here.
iney. were identified as Earl
Walter Pretzer. 38. and Carl Bre-
ban, 51, both sentenced for
armed robbery. They were dis
covered missing at a 4 p.m. pris
oner count.
There were 596,000 federal
civilian employees in 1929.
Salem (U.P.) A bill which
would except college living
groups from paying' back taxes
under the "omitted property"
law was approved by the House
Taxation Committee "yesterday.
Personal property of fraterni
ties, sororities and other living
organizations at Oregon and Ore
gon State had started to be as
sessed only recently. '
Salem (U.R) The Senate
yesterday passed a bill which
would give nurses immunity
from testifying in court about
patients in their care.
Sen. Jean Lewis of Portland
who introduced the measure
said a similar bill passed the
House last session but died in
the Senate in the adjournment
rush.
Salem (U.R) A bill that
would provide a 91-year-old re
tired Ontario, Ore., justice of
the peace with a $150 per month
pension for the rest of his life
was introduced in the Oregon
Senate yesterday.
Sen. Tony Yturri, Ontario Re
publican, said his bill was word
ed to aid 'former Justice of the
Peace Tom Jones who served for
24 years. The pension would be
paid by Malheur county if au
thorized by the Legislature.
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