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Stevenson, Butler Precede Democrats San Francisco U.RJ Adlai I. Stevenson and National Chair man Paul Butler were to arrive here today in the vanguard of nearly 1,00 Democratic leaders from all parts of the country who are planning to attend the week end meeting of the Demo cratic National committee. Stevenson was exacted to go Into seclusion to work on the speech he will deliver Saturday night at the banquet in the Sheraton-Palace hotel. The meeting opens Friday morning. After lunch, the com mittee will split up for panel discussions on various subjects. uch as tight money and civil rights. A reception will take place Friday night, to be fol lowed "by a resumption of panel debates Saturday morning. The National committee will Jieet again on Saturday after noon. On Sunday morning. Dem ocratic leaders will announce the polices on which they have agreed during tbyj two previous day. - Record Number of Vim Given in Year Kfashington (U.R) The State Department reported Monday that a postwar record of 828,586 visas were issued during the year which ended last June 30. This a 13&.677 more than in the previous fiscal year. Visas issued for immigrants totalled 332.499, also a postwar record. Scott McLeod, State De partment administrator for se curity and consular affairs, said the increase was brought about y the refugee relief act which expired last Dec. 31. O Of the immigrant visas, some .200 went to Hungarians under the Refugee Relief Act. The greatest number of visas rH to Mexico whose citizens recived 85,570. Other nations Itetting big numbers of visas ere Germany with 33,456, Can rl 30,769 and Britain, inclufl inf her colonies, 23,220. Jinifra Agrees To o Reimburse Promoter Hollywood (U.R) Crooner F?nk Sinatra agreed last night to pay Australian promoter Lee Gordon about $75,000 as reim bursement for the Australian j tour the singer cancelled at Honolulu in a dispute over air-, jine seating. The settlement was, announced by Gordon, who was left holding the bag last week when Sinatra cancelled his three-week tour of Australia and the FarJSast after getting onlv as far as Honolulu. Gordon fonowed the crooner here M an attempt to make him go through with the trip. When asked how much the settlement might involve, Gor don said it could be "in excess of $75,000." He claimed he was left holding the bag for $200,000 In advance ticket sales. Sinatra said the airline mixup over sats 8rew off his sched ule and that he has to be here In March for the start of a new Ml tilL. Li 'r. RELEASING GUARDS held as hostages, noting Utah State Prison convicts returned to cells after Gov. George D. Clyde agreed to study demands. Inmates Billy Randall (left) and Joe Valdez, wearing dark glasses, are making live television presentation of griev ances following outbreak. Inmate Alwin Straus, beaten during riot, is being removed from prison. He led 1951 riot at same institution. (International Soundphoto) Air Force Plane Crashes In Japan; No One Hurt Tokyo U.P.) A U.S. Air Force C47 transport crashed near Tachikawa Air Force Base to day shortly after taking off on a training flight. The four men aboard were not injured. One of the men, who were flown to Tachikawa by helicop ter for routine physical check up, was identified by the Air Force as Lt. Col. James H. Fost er of Spokane. Four Persons Injured In Mishap Near Redmond Redmon U.R) Four persons, including two members Of the Redmond high school wrestling squad, were injured in an auto mobile accident yesterday. Injured were Leo Seal, 17; his brother, Clarence, 15, their mother, Mrs. Mary Seal, 45, and their grandmother, Mrs. Myrtle Lacy, Palisade, Colo. Police said the car in which they were rid ing struck the back of a flat-bed truck. Tuesday, February 12, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Morse Demands View Poor Visibility as On Forestry Programs Washington (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse yesterday demand ed that consultants cf the Bur eau of Land Management pre sent their "complete views" on the agency's forestry programs. He called for the report prior to scheduled hearings on mar keting areas of the O&C lands next month. The Oregon senator said he was concerned with reports that O&C counties in Oregon may have lost as much as $4 million under present timber sales pol icies of the Bureau of Land Management. He said the views of BLM con sultants should be known now so that residents of the state can consider the entire situation after a period in which the In terior Department has been "op erating increasingly without full consultation with local governments." Crash Cause Denied Chicago (U.R) The Air Lines Pilots association today denied a report that it blamed the recent collision of a military jet and a DC-7 on poor visibility from the airliner's cockpit. C. N. Sayen, organization president, said the ALPA al ways has been "bitterly critical of organizations or individuals who immediately announce the cause of an air tragedy." He said a thorough investiga tion was being conducted into the crash which claimed seven lives, including two chool chil dren, when the planes crashed over a Pacoima, Calif., element ary school Jan. 31 . Sayen said the cause of the accident is not yet known. He said the ALPA was conducting its own investigation and help ing other agencies, including the Civil Air Board, with their investigations. AN INSIDE JOB East Lansing, Mich (U.RV Four hollow telephones set off a police search today. A thief stole the "inner workings" of the phones which had been in stalled at Michigan State Uni versity, but left the phona casings. PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY CYCLONE FEME! DIRECT FACTORY PtlCIS NOTHING DOWN-EAST TERMS For hM estimatea pheiM Phone Z-S4S9 J14 East 6th Strt Medtord, Oregon only mitfb mm steil comuTiaa BMUMCimiS CYCLONE FENCE Senate Committees Start Work To Revise Eisenhower Doctrine Washington (U.R) Two com mittees began drafting the Sen ate version of President Eisen hower's Middle East resolution today with leaders in both par ties predicting approval' of a plan acceptable to the President. Chairman Theodore Francis Green (D-R.I.) called a closed door meeting of the combined Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees to begin work on proposed amend ments to the President's resolu tion. Some changes in the House- approved resolution were" in prospect. But Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-N.J.) predicted the committee would approve a proposal "defi nitely" acceptable to the Presi dent. He said he did not believe "any more than 20 senators will go on record against it. 'Substantial' Changes Loom Sen. John Sparkman (D-AIa.), like Smith a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said he believed "substantial" changes would be made in the proposal submitted by Mr. Eisen hower. But he said he thought Democrats Suggest Voting Law Changes Coos Bay (U.R) Several rec ommendations recarding elec tion laws were made here during Ihf week end by the State Demo cratic Central Committee, in cluding amendment of the cor iipt practices act. Democrats asked that the cor rupt practices act be strength ened to provide that adequate records be kept and reports made. The committee also said it be lieved the chief election official in Oregon should be an appoin tive officer. Also . recommended were amendment of laws governing registration to provide "ade quate fairly distributed regis trars" and that voting procedure be simplified, a printed chal lenge be used and one uniform jcount procedure adopted. About 46 per cent of all the privately owned automobiles in the- U.S. are parked outdoors on streets or in yards overnight. Drag Pacing Rapped By Safety Council Chicago. ;U.R) Drag racing was condemned today by the Na tional Safety council which urged "hot rodders" to seek oth. er activities for their "energy and enthusiasm." The council reached its deci sion after a questionnaire poll of more than 1,500 city and state traffic officials, school authori ties and local safety councils. Many "hot rod" clubs were en gaged in worthwhile activities promoting traffic safety and good citizenship, the council said. But it added that the poll also revealed that more than 80 per cent of the clubs were pri marily interested in racing. The council said it could not "condone speed even in the name of competition since speed violations are so often involved in traffic accidents.' Coffee Break May Be Frazzling Nerves New York U.R) A physi cian editor told Americans today that the traditional "coffee break" may be frazzling more nerves than it soothes. Dr. J. Dewitt Fox, writing in Life and Health, of which he is editor, said the amount of caf feine in one cup of coffee is equal to the dosage given by doc tors "to stimulate a patient who has been in a coma, is intoxicat ed, or is otherwise in danger of collapse." That's a strong dose, multi plied several times a day, for the average man or woman, Fox said. Persons with storgach ulcers and high blood pressure are es pecially warned against exces sive use of coffee. Fox said. the result would be "substan tially agreeable to the adminis tration." As submitted, the resolution would let the President use troops, if necessary, to meet Communist aggression in the Mother Slashes Sons and Self Wood River, 111. (U.R) A young mother apparently slash ed her three young sons to death and then killed herself by cut ting her throat with a butcher knife, authorities said today. The bodies of Mrs. Pricilla Robertson, 25, and her children were found Monday night by Helen Andrews, 12-year-old sis ter of the dead woman. Mrs. Robertson's husband, Robert, 30, was at work in near by St. -Louis when the bodies were found. Police said Mrs. Robertson was found lying in the bathroom of her two-story suburban home with an eight-inch butcher knife lying beside her. Her throat had been cut twice, authorities said. The children, police said, also were slashed at the throat. Mark 6V2 months, was found lying face down in his crib. The other boys David, 4, and Eric, 3 were lying across a bed in an other room. No suicide note was found by police who said they understood the woman also made no last minute "farewell calls." Police said it was reported Mrs. Rob ertson had been a mental patient at a nearby hospital recently. Former Child Star Free on $100 Bail San Diego (U.R) Former child actor Scotty Beckett, 27, was free on $100 bail today fol lowing his arrest at the Mexican border on suspicion of possessing dangerous drugs. Beckett was arrested at nearby San Ysidro yesterday shortly after crossing into California from Tijuana, Mex. Sheriffs dep uty L. M. Erreca said he was carrying 250 stimulant pills and 30 stimulant capsules. The former child actor said the drugs had been prescribed by a Mexican doctor for his wife and that he purchased them legally. Becket was brought to San Diego county jail here and ar raigned in municipal court. Later he was released on bail but or dered to enter a plea to the charges before Friday. Middle East. It also would au thorize him to spend; $200 mil lion at his discretion on a pro gram of military and economic aid in the area. Apparently headed for approv al by the Senate committees was an amendment which would limit the availability of the $200 million in funds previously ap propriated to the present fiscal year which ends June 30. Would Junk Resolution Another strongly-favored pro posal would require the Presi dent to give 15 days notice to congressional committees of his plans to spend funds on specific aid projects. The administration has indicated that these changes are acceptable. A battle was shaping up over another proposal, backed by sev eral Democrats, to divorce the aid program from the President's plan and approve only its "fight if we must" military features. Another fight was in prospect over a drive by other Democratic critics to junk the President's resolution altogether in favor of a simple resolution stating that Congress supports the Presi dent's policiy of opposing Com munist influence in the Middle East. The proposed substitute would not have the force of law. It would meet some of the objec tions raised by senators who con tend that Congress cannot, under the Constitution, delegate its powers to declare war. Crop Prospects Said Improved Washington (U.R) The Agriculture Department said on Monday that 1957 crop prospects improved in most of the nation last month. But it said wheat growers in a drought area from Texas to Nebraska must have rains soon to revive hopes for their crops. Milk production in January was estimated 9,697,000 pounds. 1 per cent above last year and 15 per cent above the 1946-55 average. January egg production total led 5,369,000, 4 per cent above a year ago and 9 per cent above the 10-year average. Winter potato production was estimated at ,7,445,000 hundred weight. This was downs lightly from last month's estimate be cause of lower Florida yields. But it still was 42 per cent above a year ago and more than double the 1949-55 average. Growers of early summer po tatoes report intentions to plant 105,400 acres this year, 5 per cent above 1956, but 5 per cent below 1955. Contempt Term of Portlander Upheld San Francisco (U.R) The U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday confirmed a 10-month sentence given to Herbert C. Simpson, of Portland, Ore., for contempt of Congress. Simpson was sentenced by a Portland federal district court on Jan. 31, 1955. to a prison term and was fined S250 for failure to answer questions ask ed by a House Un-American Ac tivities committee. Simpson had invoked the fifth amendment on questions asking his residence and eduction background. . i The court held that answers: to these questions were not the j type that would tend to incrim-: inate him. 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