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AIR FORCE'S NEWEST Undergoing tests over Fort Worth, Texas is America's first
supersonic bomber, the delta-wing Convair B-58 "Hustler." Slung beneath her wings
are four powerful J-79 turbojet engines. The Hustler carries a crew of three. It is
about 95 feet long, and its delta wing spans about 55 feet.
Hearing on Bills
To Repeal Surtax
Delayed by Vote
Salem U.R; Immediate con
sideration of two bills to re
t!Ml the 45 per cent surtax ap
peared unlikely today after the
House Taxation Committee
voted against immediate discus
sion of the bills 5-3.
Rep. Wayne Giesy, Monroe Re
publican, led the move for con
sideration. He was joined by
Reps. Fayette Bristol, Grants
Pass Republican, and Ben Evick
Madras Democrat.
Chairman Clarence Barton
Coquille, said he had not yet
scheduled the surtax bills.
The Democratic surtax repeal
contains provisions for amend
ing the personal income tax law
while the Republican-backed
bill provides for repeal only.
Two Bills Get OK
The committe late yesterday
voted out two bills with a do
pass recommendation. One
would allow a farmer to deduct
Izpm his income taxes as ex
Jy rises money paid by him for
soil or water conservation op
farm lands or to prevent, soil
wrosion.
SJ The other bill would amend
the corporate excise tax law to
permit the corporate excise tax
law to permit corporations en
gaging in farming to deduct not
more than 25 per cent of gross
farm income for soil or water
coftervation purposes.
Postponed pending tax com
mission research was a bill to
give persons over 65 a $600 a
year exemption on their person
al income taxes. This would cost
the state $1.4 million a year In
revenue.
Rep. Giesy recommended that
the bill be limited to persons
making less than $3500 a year.
Action in the House saw a bill
introduced to abolish the State
Board of Control and transfer
its functions to the governor
and other agencies. It also would
provide for a director of pub
lic institutions.
India Assumes Role
Of Algeria Mediator
United Nations. N.Y ;U.R!
India jumped into its favorite
U.N. role as "mediator" today
and sought to work out a com
promise resolution on Algeria
that theWest as well as the
Arab states would accept.
An Indian spokesman said the
rhicf of his delegation, V. K.
Krishna Menon. had conferred
with U. S. Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. and French
Foreign Minister Christian Pin
eau on the draft.
The Ar.'W) states have demand
ed Algeria be given the right
of self determination through
free elections. The United States
has urged that France and Al
gerica be given a chance to work
out the problem without U.N.
inte'erence.
Planning Commission to Request $9,700
Medford's Participation in
A request for $9,700 wil be
submitted to the city council by
the Medford planning commis
sion for financing the city's par
ticipation in a federal aid pro
gram for planning municipal
improvements.
Under the program, which is
available to cities with popula
tion less than 25.000, the federal
government would match the
city in funds to carry out city
improvements. One - fourth of
the city's participation may be
in scr.ce. it was pointed out at
a commission meeting last night,
and the remainder in cash.
Estimated Cost
City Manager Robert Duff
said S9.700 is estimated as the
cost to the city for obtaining a
land use program, zoning ordi
nance, house renumbering pro
gram, park and recreation pro
gram and services of a full-time
technician who would work with
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Planners Recommend
SE Area Zone Change
The city planning commission
last night recommended to the
city council that seven acres In
southeast Medford be rezoned
from single family (class 1A) to
limited commercial (class IIIA).
A public hearing will be held
at the next meeting concerning
a proposed addition to the rec
ommendation. The proposal calls
for a 4-to-l parking ratio in the
area. If adopted, the proposal
would require setting aside four
acres of parking area for each
acre of building.
Recommended for rezoning
were five acres south of Barnett
rd. and east of Black Oak drive,
and two acres south of Barnett
rd. and west of Black Oak drive.
Construction Listed
If the city council adopts the
commission s recommendation,
construction of commercial ser
vice facilities, such as grocery
stores, doctors offices, service
stations and similar establish
ments, will be allowed there.
City planners agreed on the
recommendation after 4 public
hearing in which FrankVaa.
Dyke. Medford attorney appear
ing on behalf of several-downtown
businessmen, voiced pro
tests against the proposal.
Van Dyke said establishment
of a business zone in -that' area
would result in "diluting the
economic milk Of the area." He
148 Appointments
Made by Donors
Officials at the Red Cross
Bloodmobile headquarters today
said they were hopeful at least
175 more people would make
appointments to donate blood
from 1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow,
when the Bloodmobile unit will
be at the Elks Temple in Med
ford. By noon today, 148 prospec
tive donors had made appoint
ments. Quota for Medford is 290
pints. Officials said at least 300
donors would be necessary to
meet the quota.
Appointments will be received
until 5 p.m. today and from
8:30 a.m. until noon Wednesday.
Prospective donors may make
appointments by telephoning
the Bloodmobile headquarters,
3-3813. Drop-in donors will be
welcome during the Bloodmobile
visit, officials said.
Medford's quota this time has
been raised 40 pints because of
increased blood usage in this
atea it was pointed out. Blood
will be received from 'donors
who have had malaria or jaun
dice and will be used in plasma
for the Civil Deiense program.
Portland OI.R) The Colum
bia County Labor Council has
announced it would maintain its
boycott on Kaiser Gypsum's two
Fir-Tex plants at St. Helens, Ore.
the city administration and Art
Pritchard, member of Hahn and
Wise and Associates, planning
consultant firm.
The program would have to be
completed in one year in order
for the city to be eligible for
federal funds, Duff explained.
Originally, Duff and Pritchard
suggested the commission ask
the city for S9.200. which would
cover all phases cif the proposed
program for this year, except
park and recreation develop
ment in next year's federal aid
program.
Need for Program
However, commission mem
bers emphasized need for an im
mediate park and recreation pro
gram and suggested its impor
tance might exceed that of the
house renumbering plan. Duff
declared the need for renumber
ing is critical here and indicated
it should not be postponed. He
said the commission should not
encourage business development
in southeast Medford until all
areas in the downtown business
district have been utilized.
"Businessmen are now paying
the largest share of the tax bur
den . . . people opening busin
esses in these outer areas would
not have an equal burden. The
competitive element would be
unfair and we feel establishment
of a business area there would
be detrimental to both areas."
He added that the southeast
district has 'not grown substan
tially to justify that type of de
velopment. "Commercial devel
opment of these outer areas
might be sound when Medford's
population grows to about 50,-
000, but we feel it would not
be sound now."
Members of the planning
commission contended advance
planning is essential to devel
opment of the city. They also
said designation of the southeast
Medford area as a limited com
mercial district does not mean
business establishments will go
in immediately. They noted bus
inessmen do not build in an area
until there's enough population
to support it.
) Art Pritchard, California plan
ning consultant hired to assist
in Medford planning, called at
tention to an ordinance under
consideration to provide four
acres of parking to each area of
commercial building.
Few Businesses
He pointed out that this ord
inance, if adopted, would mean
only a few business establish
ments could be constructed in
the seven-acre southwest Med
ford area.
"If that ordinance is enforced,
rezoning of the area might be
more pallatable to my clients."
Van Dyke said. "We're 'against
rezoning of the area under any
circumstances, but would look
upon it more favorably if there
was a restriction of that type,"
he added. 1
It was suggested that the re
zoning issue be delayed until
the city council takes action on
the parking ratio ordinance.
However, the commission indi
cated there had already been
considerable delay on the issue
and expressed reluctance to fur
ther postpone action.
May Go To Court
"It is very important to my
clients to find out how much of
that area is to be used for bus
iness," VanDyke said. "If nec
essary, we will go to court to
block action on it until the ord
inance is passed."
After considerable discussion,
commission members suggested
the rezoning recommendation be
submitted to the council and a
hearing be called on the parking
ratio issue. The commission will
subsequently consider recom
mending the parking ratio re
striction as an addition to the
rezoning recommendation.
(See Story On Page 10)
Federal Aid Program
said park and recreational de
velopment could be included in
this year's program at an added
cost of $500.
After considerable discussion,
the commission agreed to re
quest funds for the park and rec
reation program as well as the
renumbering program.
Pritchard explained the land
use program w-ould involve a
land use survey, which would
be recorded on a property lines
map. Distribution of population
as well as a projection of future
population distribution would
also be recorded on the map.
Field work, printing and similar
work would also be needed,
Pritchard said.
The zoning ordinance would
involve preparation of maps,
which could overlap somewhat
with maps prepared for the land
use plan, printing, hearings and
meetings.
Russia's Proposal
Seen as Move To
UndermineDoctrine
President, Dulles
Confer About Note
Thomasville, Ga., (U.R) The
White House called Russia's
'hands off" proposal for the
Middle East today an effort to
'discredit the Eisenhower doc
trine.
President Eisenhower con
ferred early today by telephone
with Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles about the note de
livered to the American Embassy
in Moscow Monday.
Asks 'Hands Off Policy
The note, from Soviet Foreign
Minister Dmitri T. Shepilov, sug
gested that the Big Four powers
declare a "hands off" policy in
the Middle ast. Similar notes
were delivered to the French and
British Embassies.
Shortly after the President
finished playing golf this morn
ing at the Glen Arven County
club here, his press secretary,
James C. Hagerty, made the fol
lowing statement on the Russian
note:
"Obviously this is a move to
try to discredit or to stop the
Eisenhower plan in the Middle
East."
Hagerty said the President
and Dulles, who is in Washing
ton, conferred by telephone for
about 20 minutes. Dulles had a
digest of the Shepilov note, but
not the full text.
Shepilov called for a four
power "hands off" declaration
for the Middle East, saying Rus
sia, Britain, France and the
United States could guarantee
peace there by "peaceful negoti
ation." Doctrine Not Mentioned
The Soviet foreign minister
did not mention the Eisenhower
doctrine but told the Supreme
Soviet that the Big Four could
join together to give guarantees
of sovereignty in the Middle East
without interference . in the in
ternal affairs of Mid-east na
tions. Shepilov also has called on the
Western nations to halt what he
regarded as their efforts to "roll
back Communism."
Hagerty said that in addition
to thg Rusian notes, the Presi
dent and Dulles conferred again
on efforts to get Israeli military
forces out of Egyptian territory.
The White House also an
nounced that Vice President
Richard M. Nixon will pay a
state visit to Liberia in March.
Dulles Incompetent,
Sen. Morse Declares
Washington ,'U.R) Demo
cratic senators Monday accused
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles of lying and evasiveness.
Republican senators promptly
defended Dulles as the Senate
Armed Services and Foreign Re
lations committees ended pub
lic hearings on the Eisenhower
doctrine.
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) ac
cused Dulles of "complete in
competence and deception."
"There is no more deceptive
person in public life," he said.
He also accused Dulles of
putting forth an "unadulterated
lie" in saying he was being jocu
lar when he testified that U.S.
troops in the Middle East might
be better off without British and
French troops at their side.
Morse said he would check the
clock if he were present, when
Dulles was asked the time of
day.
Sen. Russell Long (D-La.) said
he never questioned a "more
evasive witness" than Dulles.
to Finance
The house renumbering pro
gram would necessitate survey
and drafting of the existing num
bering plan, analysis and report
of the existing program and set
ting up a new system which'
would facilitate numbering
changes. Pritchard said the pro
gram would not involve renum
bering of every house in Med
ford but would provide for re
numbering of houses in areas
where confusion exists.
Pritchard said hiring of a full
time technician would be neces
sary . in order to complete the
project in time to be eligible for
federal . funds. He emphasized
importance for taking advantage
of the federal aid program im
mediately. He noted the program
is offered to cities with popula
tions under 25,000. Medford's
population is about 20.000 at the
present time and is steadily
growing, he said.
51st Year
Medford
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MEDFORD,
Conditions in Lumber
Industry Declared Grim
Lumber, Sawmill
Conference Hears
Concern Voiced
No Great Hope for
Immediate Recovery
Seattle (U.R) The Western
Conference of Lumber and Saw
mill Workers heard the governor
of Washington and a Labor De
partment official express con
cern yesterday over slumping
prices and employment in the
lumber industry.
Daniel L. Goldy, northwest re
gional director of the Labor De
partment Bureau of Employ
ment Security, told 350 delegates
to the organization's 20th annua
convention:
"You are meeting at a time
when conditions for your indus
try are grim."
Great Hope Not Held
Goldy said that despite boom
ing construction in some lines,
the specific lines in which the
lumber industry is interested do
not hold great hope for im
mediate recovery.
7He saidTTewhousing'was down
400,000 units last year and ad
ded that the 1957 total is ex
pected to decline another 100,
000 from last year's 1,000,000
new starts.
Goldy said sawmill workers
should demand employment
equal to 50 per cent of their
regular wages.
Should Boast Benefits
He said that in Washington
this would mean an increase
from S35 to S55 in maximum
weekly payments. Oregon also
should boost its benefits from
$35 to $55, he said.
Gov. Albert D. Rosellini of
Washington also expressed con
cern over the situation in the
lumber industry.
He said he would work with
Washington's congressional dele
gation to bolster lumber and ply
wood prices. He also promised
support for higher employment
compensation nenefits.
Legislator Honors
Memory of Lincoln
Salem U.R) The memory of
Abraham Lincoln, the great
emancipator, was honored in
song and speech at a joint ses
sion of the Oregon Legislature
today.
Present for the formal ob
servance of the 148th anniver
sary of Lincoln's birth were Gov.
Robert D. Holmes, members of
the State Supreme Court, high
state officials and private citi
zens. Howard W. Runkel, chairman
of the speech and drama depart
ment of Willamette University,
said that Lincoln would prob
ably be more impressed with
tributes in the form of action,
rather than diction.
But he said the eulogist must
note at least three aspects of
Lincoln's extraordinary person
ality: His humility of spirit, his
rare understanding and his gen
erosity of spirit.
"" ''More than one writer has
linked the American Civil War
president with Jesus and Socra
tes as the three transcendently
great figures of all time," Run
kel said.'
Weather
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rlnudintss through Wednes
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TEMP.
Blcht Yest'rdav 5.1
Lowell thii Morning 23
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:13 a m.
Sunset 5:39 p.m.
Moonset Wednesday :07 a.m.
Full Moon Feb. 14
PROMINENT STARS
Cape I la. hitch overhead 7:56 p.m.
Sirius. due south 9:26 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, hich in south
west 6:41 p.m.
Jupiter, low in east 9:05 p.m.
Saturn, rises 3:12 a.m.
OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1957 No. 278
"How Dare You Disregard Our Instructions!"
Further Erosion of
Stock Prices Seen
New York '(U.R The floor
under the stock market caved
in and the experts predicted to
day that prices would erode fur
ther before support developed.
That so-called floor was the
460 level in the Dow-Jones indus
trial average. Last year, the
stock market made its low on
Jan. 23 at 458.21 in the average
and then rose to its record high
at 521.05 on April 6.
Consolidation of
Districts Assured
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
Senate today passed with only
two dissenting votes a bill de
signed to assure the legality of
the consolidaation of the Med
ford, West Side and Oak Grove
school districts in Jackson
county.
Sen. Philip B. Lowry of Med
ford explained that Medford had
voted for the consolidation, but
through an oversight, the per
iod of advertising the election
was one day short of the period
prescribed by law. Under the
bill passed today the election
is declared legal.
Sen. Lowry explained the leg
islation was needed so that a
bond issue could be sold to fi
nance construction of two new
school buildings. He said the
measure had been approved by
the State Board of Education.
Only senators voting "no"
were Carl Francis of Dayton
and Walter C. Leth of Mon
mouth. The bill now goes to the
House, where Reps. Robert Dun
can and Al Littrell are co-sponsors,
with Senator Lowry.
Dr. William Jones
To Speak at Banquet .
Dr. William C. Jones, vice,
vice president and dean of ad
ministration at the University
of Oregon, will be principal
speaker at the annual Lincoln
Day banquet Wednesday, Feb.
20. according to Lincoln club
officials.
The dinner, which is sponsor
ed by the Lincoln club of Jack
son county, will be held at the
Jackson hotel.
Bob Root is president of the
club.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 454.82, off 2.62; 20 rail
roads 139.23, off 0.05; 15 utili
ties 69.39, off 0.86, and 65 stocks
161.71, off 0.96. Sales today were
about 2.550,000 shares compared
with 2,740,000 shares Monday.
Uniteo Fresa -uil Leased Wir
THE WAY I
, TRANSGRESSOR
A series of declines for the re
mainder of the year brought the
average to within touching dis
tance of that low level and each
time there was a swift rebound.
The market touched 463.89 on
eb. 14; 463.85 May 28; 463.83
on Oct. 1, and 460.41 on Nov.29.
This floor was considered al
most a part of the market. But
Monday when the list started
down selling increased at the
floor instead of support.
When that happened the
traders dumped stocks and the
market touched a low at 456.01
and closed at 457.44, a loss for
the day of 8.85 points, widest
break since the Eisenhower drop
of October, 1955, when it fell
13.27 points on Oct. 10.
Immediately word went around
Wall Street: "The bull market
is dead."
Some - market men said the
bull died last Aug. 2 when the
industrials touched 520.95 with
in 10 cents of the April 6 top.
Some said he died Monday.
There s as much difference on
his birthday. Many traders say
it is June 13, 1949, when the
industrial average stood at
161.60. Others put the date back
to April 28, 1942, when the
average cjosed at 92.92.
In any case this bull market
outlived all others in exchange
history and some say he isn't
dead yet. If he died last Aug. 2,
the rise would have been in
progress for 80 months from
June 13, 1949.
Salem (U.R) The State
Highway Department today
warned motorists to carry chains
for travel over Santiam and Wil
lamette passes and at Ontario
and Austin.
,1-ra r"A
Berrydale, Residents Seek
Meeting With
The Medford planning com
mission will soon be asked to
meet with representatives of the
Berrydale and Elk City districts
to work out boundaries for a
new annexation election, it was
reported this morning.
Decision to make the request
was made at a joint meeting of
14 members of the Berrydale
Sanitation committee, and sev
en leaders of the annexation
movement in the Elk City area.
The meeting was held last night.
According to Nick Gier. chair
man of the committee, the Elk
City representatives conformed
the preliminary results of a
door-to-door canvass in their
area which showed that a ma
jority of the Elk City residents
want to join the city of Med
ford so they can obtain sanitary
facilities. On the basis of this,
Gier said, the Berrydale group
unanimously accepted the pro-
Conciliatory Tone
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Seen Marking New
Peace Offensive
Non-Interference
Policy Proposed
United Nations. N.Y. (U.R)
The Soviet Union countered the
Eisenhower doctrine of military
and economic aid for the Mid
east with a six-point "hands off"
plan of its own today.
U. S. officials in Washington
promptly labeled the proposal a
move designed to force the West
out of the area and leave the So
viet free to stir up more trouble.
Outlined by Shepilov
The Soviet policy was out
lined in a major speech before
the Supreme Soviet in Moscow
by Foreign Minister Dmitri
Shepilov.
In it, Shepilov adopted a con
ciliatory tone which seemed to
mark the start of a new peace
offensive. But he backed this
up with a threat of Soviet armed
might so long as Moscow's
"peaceful efforts" meet resist
ance in the West.
Shepilov's speech expanded
on Soviet proposals made Mon
day in notes handed to United
States, British and French am
bassadors in Moscow.
The plan calls for the four big
powers to join in settling Middle
and Near East problems by
peaceful negotiations only. It
proposes a policy of non-interference,
elimination of mijtary
blocs in the area, liquidation of
foreign bases and withdrawal of
foreign troops, renunciation of
the supply of arms and mutual
cooperation for economic devel
opment of the region.
Cautious Prediction
Shepilov's plan came as West
j em diplomats cautiuosly predict
ed that Israel would pull its
troops out of Egypt as a result of
U.S. support of its claim to free
navigation in the Gulf of Aqaba.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles promised a U.S. declara
tion to that effect if Israel with
draws now in accord with U.N.
demands.
Israeli troops still in the Gaza
strip and along the gulf of
Aqaba constitute the present
biggest threat to Mid-east peace.
But if they are withdrawn fol
lowing U.S. support of the Is
raeli demands for guarantees,
tension in the area will drop
sharply.
Shepilov made it clear in his
address that the Soviet would
continue with its present policies
of strength until its views are
accepted.
Vaccine Shots Set
At Four Schools
The second round of Salk anti
polio vaccinations will be given
between 9 and 11 a.m. Wednes
day at Eagle Point school. Grif
fin Creek school, Hedrick Jun
ior High school and Ashland
Junior High school, according to
Dr. A. Erin Merkel public health
physician.
Volunteer physicians and nur
ses today administered the shots
at Gold Hill school. Rogue Riv
er school, Phoenix High school
and Medford Senior High school.
About 7,700 youths under 20
years of age received their first
shots in the series last month
and will receive their second
shots by he end of February.
Health department .officials
reminded residents that anyone
under 20 who did not receive
his first shot last month emay
receive it during this round and
receive his second shot at the
clinic next month.
Commission
posal, and the two groups join
ed into a single unit to work for
annexation.
The decision was made after
2Vi hours of discussion, Gier re
ported. He added that, generally
speaking, the proposed annexa
tion area would be the same as
that originally proposed last
fall. (Later, the area was en
larged, and it was in the larger
area that annexation was de
feated in the November elec
tion). The combined committee will
ask the planning commission to
work with them in setting up
"logical, feasible and economi
cal" boundaries for a new an
nexation vote, acceptable both
to the city and a majority of the
residents involved, Gier stated
He said the commission has in
dicated it would be willing to
call a special meeting for this
purpose.
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