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Newspaper Page Text- A, i. . t n ii r - t Mm o o Congressmen Give Generally Cool Response To Call Knowland Says Views Unchanged WashiiWonU.R) President Ei senhower call for U.N. "pres sure" to force Israel out of Egypt drew a generally cool response in Congrest today. Senate leaders of both parties, and many influential members of both houses, made it plain they still oppose any U.N. sanc jtis against Israel. There was, however, some support for the President's position. Senate GOP Leader William . Knowland of California said pithing in Mr. Eisenhower's ad ffress Wednesday night changed (Jis view that no U.N. punitive measures hould be taken against Israel unless also taken against others who defy the world organization. Senate Democratic Leader 4,yndon B. Johnson of Texas oiced "regret that the adminis tration feels that there ft no choice but to bring pressure on one side In a two-sided dls- gute..." The attitude of Congress does not bind the government in its U.N. stand, although the admin istration will undoubtedly give considerable weight to the views of such men as Knowland, a member of the U.S. delegation to the assembly, and Johnson, ma jority leader of the Senate. Toe assistant Senate GOP leader. Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (R-Mass.), said Mr. Eisenhower O "emphasized that as friends of Israel we want the issues in the Middle East to be settled peace Rep. A. S. J. Carnahan (D Mo), second ranking Democrat on the Ijpuse Foreign Affairs Committee, praised the Presi dent for making the speech but found it "not definite enough to inspire very enthusiastic sup port." Carnahan said he thought the speech "rather indirectly im fSird there might be different! standards applied to small and large countries." Sen. J. William Fulbright CD Ark.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Israel should be guaranteed fair treatment by Egypt before withdrawing its troops. Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.), also a Foreign Relations Com mittee member, said "the Presi- O dent seems to have made his ex- tremcly difficult decision, and we ill do our best to uphold him. q (Kenwood-Grandview Residents to Meet Residents of the recently an nexed Kenwood-Grandview area will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the Medford city hall council chamber to determine the spe cific are9 within the district for which (jewers will be requested. The meeting was called by Roy S'ilkes, one of the leaders thesuccessful annexation ef fort of th district. City Manager Robert Duff. Pubjjc Works Director Vernon hogpe and City Attorney E. R. ashaw will discuss the topogra ph rfiy Of the area, Oidicate possible locating for trunk sewers, and Qssi.nt) in answering questions Q residents of the area may ask (Jbout the project. O Wilkes urged all residents to atft-nd Qie meeting. Decisions reVied at the meeting will de (Jjrmjne tie portion of the dis trict tor which petitions will be submitted for severs at this time, he said. O 2 o Storage Life of Fruit May De Expanded by Six Months Attempts to prolong storage life vi pears and reduce handling costs tfirough search were re ported Wednesday by Henry Hartman, pregon State college professor of o horticulture, at a noon lncheongOf the Northwest Perishable Loss Prevention short course. 0 Convcrs$n of standard refrig erated storage into "controlled1 atmosphere" plants have shown that storage $fe of certain fruits could be extended Sy four to six months beyond the normal life in standard cold storage, Pro fessor Hartman pointed out. Purpose of such storage is to maintain low oxygen and high carbon dioxide content of atmos phere. Construction of such plants require air-tight compart ments with recommended 10,-000-box capacity, lined with sheet metal to make them from 90 to 95 per cent gas-tight. Oregon State college research with pear varieties that resist costly friction damage has ur 1 Usroell Soys IMIp- 11 51st Year Medford United Press f ull tressed Wirt 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957 No. 286 IKE'S BUDGET FEELS AXE "What IS Modern Anyhow?" Federal Suit May Be Filed Against Copco The U. S. department of the interior may bring a civil suit seeking up to S259.551.54 against the California Oregon Power company for double damages to O&C and public do-' main lands resulting from the 1955 Sykes Creek fire, it was re ported today. Virgil T. Heath, state super visor for the bureau of land management, said about 1,677 acres of O&C and public domain lands were damaged in the blaze. Total damage was estimat ed at S129.775.77, he said. Ore gon law provides that double the amount of damages' may be collected by a civil action if a fire occurs through violation of a state law. According to the BLM, the fire started on Sept. 4, 1955 from a power line right-of-way belonging to the power com pany. It was caused by the wind blowing a tree through the pow er line. Timber Logged Heath said much of the fire- killed timber has been logged from the area. "It is ftoped that all the fire-killed timber can be sold but even if all the merchan table timber is sold, much dam age will still remain," he said. "This damage will consist of merchantable timber consumed or rendered worthless, stands of young trees destroyed, or refor estation cost and reduction of soil productivity." The-case is being referred to the soliticor of the department of interior in Washington, D.C. If it is approved in the solicitor s covered three varieties, Golden Doyenne, Grand Champion, and Nye Russet Bartlett, which show promise for commercial scale de velopment, he said. Professor Hartman said the college is not recommending plantings of the varieties except on experimental scale until tests are conducted on market accept ance. Plantings to provide suf ficient quantities of the varieties to guage market acceptance are scheduled this year in the Hood River valley. Professor Hartman believes the three russet varieties sched uled for testing could be packed without wrapping and could be stored loose. Handling pro cedures would be comparable to the lower-cost methods of pack ing apples. Also, these varieties could probably be put in con sumer packages after extended storage periods. Second session of the two-day course began at 9:30 a.m. today in the courthouse auditorium. (See story Page 5, 2nd Saclion) office, it will be referred to the department of justice for suit in federal court, the supervisor said. Heath added that it is the pol icy of the BLM to collect, when possible, for damages caused O&C and public domain lands. The value of fire damages col lected in Oregon by the BLM from fires between 1950 and 1957 totals approximately $680, 000, and other causes are pend ing, he stated. Other litigation, arising from fires the same week, against Copco, is also pending. The case. originally filed in circuit court here by the state department of forestry, seeks repayment of fire fighting costs attributed to the blazes. Reports Given a! Board Meeting Members of the Medford school board heard three reports at their monthly cirriculum meeting this week. Elliott Becken, assistant city school superintendent, outlined an evaluation study made last November in Medford's schools by a state team of evaluators. Superintendent Leonard May field reported on preliminary meetings concerning next year's budget and staff salaries. Mayfield also reported on a study under way concerning building needs in the Medford school system. It was pointed out that the student loss since the beginning of the school year has been lower than normal this year. He said there were 5,363 students enrolled Nov. 9; 5,333 Jan. 2; and 5,299 Feb. 15, show ing a student loss of 64 students so far this year. Mayfield said the normal annual student loss is 70 to 75 students. No action was taken on any of the reports. The next regular business meeting of the school board will be Tuesday, March 5, and the next cirriculum meeting will be March 12. Weather FORECAST: Generally cloudy with occasional lirht show ers tonight and Fridav. Low tonight 40. High Friday 50. Temp. Highest Yesterday , 4 ft Lowest this Moraine 42 Prec. to 4:3 a.m. Today .23 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:00 a.m. Sunset 5:51 p.m. .'he Moon rises Friday at 2:15 a.m. almost simultaneously with the planet. Saturn. Since 1953 the Moon has been appeartne near er Saturn each month. This will he especially noticeable tonirht. w Maoh March 1 Price 10c Tribune United Press FUJI leased Wir Interior Money Request Reduced By 12 Per Cent Park Service Gets Less Than Sought Washington U.R) The House Appropriations Commit tee chopped $60.8 million today out of President Eisenhower's budget request for the Interior Department. The 12 per cent cut, the second approved by the commit tee so far in Mr. Eisenhower's record $71.8 billion peacetime spending budget, would give the department and minor related agencies $454.4 million ,for the 12 months starting July 1. The President asked for $512.2 million. All Along lh Line Economy-minded committee members told the House that "substantial reduction" must be made all along the line to re lieve the drain of federal ex penditures on the taxpayers of the nation." Ihe House Wednesday ap proved the committee's first ef fort at budget cutting, passing a bill, which cut $30.3 million, or 9 per cent, in the nearly $4 bil lion requested to run the Post Office and Treasury depart ments and the U.S. Tax Courts in fiscal 1958. Metal Subsidies Cut The deepest cut in the inter ior bill came in the committee's outright rejection of a request for $40 million to continue gov ernment subsidies for domestic producers of certain minerals, tungsten, asbestos, fluorspar, and columbium-tantalum. The National Park Service got $77,580,000, an increase of $9,560,000 over the current year although $1,071,000 less than the President' asked. Included was $20 million as requested, for so-called Mission 66 con struction program to meet pub lic demands in the parks by 1966. Forest Service Cut The Agriculture Department's Forest Service got $93,570,000, a budget cut of $3,730,000 al though an increase of $16,609, 250 from the current year. For the Bureau of Indian Affairs the committee allowed $59,560,000, the full sum requested. Ambuehl, Michel Are Taken to Penitentiary Donald LaVerne Ambuehl, 31, of 1615 Crater Lake ave., Medford. and Clarence Edward Michel III, 23, Roseburg, were i escorted from the Jackson coun-! ty jail to the state penitentiary today by Chief Deputy Sheriff Joe Walsh and Deputy Glenn Wright. Ambuehl was sentenced Jan. 18 to three years in the peniten tiary after a circuit court jury found him guilty of illegal pos session and control of narcotics. He was also fine $500. Michel was sentenced to 10 years m the penitentiary last Monday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the serious wounding of a state highway maintenance crewman on Jan. 25. Ashland Man Sentenced In Circuit Court Today Mertie Manley, 30, Ashland, was sentenced in circuit court this morning to one year in the state penitentiary on a charge of probation violation. No other sentences were given in court today, according to Dis trict Attorney Thomas Reeder. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow- Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 466.93, off 2.07; 20 railroads 142.22. off 0.52; 15 util ities 70.34. up 0.22. and 65 stocks about 1.680.000 shares compar ed with 1,790,000 shares yester day. Premier Rejects Demand Without Assurances Ben-Gurion Hopes Door Still Open Jerusalem U.R) Premier David Ben-Gurion tonight reject ed any demand that Israel with draw from the Gaza Strip or the Gulf of Aqaba "without assur ances." But he told parliament that he hopes the "door to further dis-' cussion" with the United States is still open. He said that Israeli Ambassa dor Abba Eban is returning to Washington to "relay to the United States the position of the government of Israel." The 70-year-old Premier met for 52 hours with his Cabinet in an effort to frame an answer to President Eisenhower's de mands for Israel's immediate withdrawal without conditions from the disputed areas. Shortly before he addressed Parliament, he eonferred with his country's top military lead ers. In his address, he said that Egypt for years had been tram pling underfoot the 1949 armis tice agreement "for the purpose of re-establishing the Gaza Strip base for aggression, murder and sabotage against Israel." "No matter what happens," he added, "Israel will not submit to the restoration of the status quo in the strip." Ben-Gurion reiterated his de mands for guarantees of freedom of Israel shipping through the Gulf of Aqaba. Meanwhile, in New York it was learned that Israeli Foreign Minister Mrs. Golda Meir has been instructed to seek postpone ment of Friday's UN "General Assembly session pending Eb ban's return. Earlier reports from informed sources said the Cabinet was split on future policy and had been unable to reach agreement on Mr. Eisenhower's call for withdrawal, causing postpone ment of a reply to Washington. 777 Children Get Salk Vaccine Shots A total of 777 Jackson county boys and girls under 20 years of age received free Salk vac cine shots yesterday, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health physician. Of the total receiving vaccine Wednesday, 56 were receiving it for the first time, 639 received their second shots and 67 re ceived the third or "booster' shots, Dr. Merkel stated. Shots were to be given this morning at Howard, Applegate. Central Point Junior High and Jackson schools. They will be given tomorrow, between 9 and 11 a.m., at Rogue River academy, Pinehurst school. Oak Grove school and Bellview school Those who are unable to re ceive their shots during regular ly scheduled hours may obtain them Monday, Feb. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the basement of the Elks club, Dr. Merkel said. Those who did not receive their first shots during the regular round last month, may obtain them now and get their second shots at the health department clinic next month. Menon Defies Advice To Return To Debate United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) Indian Minister V. K. Krishna Menon defied medical advice to day and planned to return to the U.N. Security Council to re sume a debate of the Kashmir question cut short by his col lapse Wednesday. Menon told Dr. William H. Hitzig that he would attend the Security Council meeting be cause "nobody else can dJ the job I must do." Hitzig had or dered Menon to bed for two weeks after a thorough examina tion of the Indian diplomat at' the physician's private clinic to day. "I'm beside myself," Hitzig said. "I've sent word to the gov ernment in India that I am not taking any responsibility. He is a very ill man, but he doesn't want to accept it" Roseburg (U.R) Hugh A. Fisk, about 45, Roseburg, has been returned to his home here after being lost for two days in the Coos river area. PRESIDENT 'United Nations Planners Recommend Annexation Election The Medford planning com- vember, when residents defeat- mission last night recommend ed to the city council that a special election be called in the Berrydale district for annexa tion. The area agreed upon by the commission and the Berrydale Sanitation committee is much smaller than the area proposed in the general election last No- Holmes Supporting Firmer Control of Public Utilities Salem Gov. Robert D. Holmes strongly supports the principle of firmer state control over pub lic utilities, he said this week. His comment was with regard to two bills introduced Monday by State Sen. Philip B. Lowry and State Rep. E. A. Littrell, both of Medford, which would give the public utilities commis sioner greatly strengthened au thority over rates and services provided by railroads. Governor Holmes was not familiar with the two bills. Sen ate Bills 274 and 275, in detail, but said that if they carried out the principles of state regu lation in which he believes, he would give them his support. Great Confidence He said he has great confi dence in Howard Morgan, his recently appointed public util ities commissioner, with whom Senator Lowry conferred be fore introducing the bills. If Morgan supports them, he will do likewise, the governor said. In submitting the bills. Sen ator Lowry said they were an outgrowth of the Southern Pa cific's abandonment of rail pass enger service south of Eugene in 1955, as well as similar in stances in the state where both passenger and freight service have been cut down or aban doned, and where the PUC has had insufficient authority under. Oregon law to order the service restored without long-delayed hearings. The governor also said he "definitely hopes" to be able to make an appointment to a major state board or commission from the southern Oregon area. He said he has had the area "very definitely in mind" in seeking for able people with which to staff the important state offices over which he has the appoint ing authority. Legislature Studies Forest Products Tax Salem (U.R) Another tax problem in the form of how to get fair tax revenue from Ore gon forest products and at the same time promote reforestation and good cutting practices was before the Oregon . Legislature today. The House Taxation Commit tee tackled House bill 152 at a hearing here yesterday. The bill provides that all lands suitable for growing forest crops may be placed under a yield tax rang ing from one per cent to 12Vi per cent after 50 years. Sen. Lee Ohmart, Salem Re publican and a member of the interim Committee which studied the problem, said the bill was a complete rewriting of the 1929 forest fee and yield tax law. EISENHOWER Has No Choice' ed an annexation proposal, The planning commission held a special meeting with the com mittee last night in the city hall. The revised boundaries of the proposed district are acceptable to both the commission and Berrydale committee, Nick Gier, chairman of the commit tee, said. New Area The new area proposed for annexation eliminates three parts, the northern end of a "neck" along Table Rock rd an area south of Merriman rd., and Beall lane, all of which were included in the annexation proposal last fall. Gier said the Berrydale com mittee has made a thorough study of all practical solutions to the sanitation problem in the area during the past few months. Open meetings were held with speakers from the Jackson county health depart ment, the county school superin tendent's office, city officials and the secretary of the state legislature's interim committee created to study urban and fringe area problems. The committee concluded that there were two solutions to the sanitation problem, Gier said. One was formation of a district to finance construction of neces sary facilities including a dis posal plant or contracting with an existing utility to handle treatment of the district's sew age. Financing Impossible The committee decided that financing construction of a dis posal plant and other facilities would be impossible because the area's assessed valuation was not sufficient to provide neces sary bonding capacity, Gier said. The other solution, the com mittee decided, was annexation to Medford, and appeared to be the only practical answer to the problem. The council is expected to consider the planning commis sion recommendation at its meeting March 5, Gier said. 'Klondike Kate' of Gold Rush Days Dies Sweet Home, Ore. (U.R) Mrs. W. L.-Van Duren, about 76, bet ter known as "Klondike Kate" during the Yukon gold rush days, died at her home here early today. Mrs. Van Duren had lived quietly in recent years after her marriage to Van Duren in Van couver, Wash., in 1948. Before that she lived many years in Bend. Muster Day Activities to m Include Armory Open House An open house will be held Saturday evening and Sunday at the old National Guard armory at Third and Bartlett sts., Med ford, in connection with the sec ond annual "Muster Day" Sun day. Goal for new members is 100 men, according to First Lt. Levi G. Monroe of Headquarters com pany, and Second Lt. Jack C. Phillips of Company A. The Armory will be open starting at 8 p.m. Saturday, and residents have been invited to visit the Armory Sunday. Mus ter Day activities will he cli maxed by a two-hour drill as sembly by both units Sunday U.S. Support of Pressure Brings Angered Reaction 'Interest of Peace Leaves No Choice' Washington (U.R! Israeli circles today condemned Presi dent Eisenhower for throwing U. S. support behind a QUN move to "exert pressure" on Is rael if it does not withdraw its troops from Egypt. The initial angry reaction sug gested that Israel does not plan as the President had hoped f? would, to give in on the with drawal issue as a result of the U. S. stand. O Mi Eisenhower discussed the "fateful" Middle East crisis in a nationwide radioiTV address Wednesday night. He reiterated his hope that "Israel will see that its best immediate and long term interests" lie in complying with a UN order to Dull out of the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba areas of Egypt. Believes Pressure Needed But he said that if Israel con tinued its refusal, "I believe in the interests of peace the United Nations has no choice but to ex ert pressure upon Israel to com ply." To give Israel a last chance to reconsider, the United States succeeded in gaining one more and final postponement of a UN showdown on applying sanc tions against the Jewish nation. The UN session, originally sched uled for today, will be held Fri day instead. The United States hoped that Mr. Eisenhower's declaration of U. S. support for some form of UN action against Israel would convince the Israeli cabinet to accept UN demands for a troop withdrawal. Main Points Misleading Those hopes dimmed, howev er, when highly placed Israeli sources in Washington early to day made a strong attack on the President's speech. They labeled as "completely misleading" the main points of the President's address. , Mr. Eisenhower carefully re frained from spelling out what sort of "pressure" the United States would support against Is rael in the United Nations if it continued to defy the world or ganization. But he indicated he was thinking more in terms of "moral pressure" than military or economic sanctions. Discusses Refusal In discussing Israel's refusal to withdraw from Egypt, the Presi dent said that if the United Na tions "does nothing, if it accepts the ignoring of its repeated reso lutions calling for withdrawal of invading forces, then it will have admitted failure." "This failure would be a blow to the authority and influence of the United Nations in the world and to the hopes which humanity placed in the United Nations as the means of achiev ing peace with justice." This failure, he said, "would, in addition to its injury to the United Nations, jeopardize the prospects of the peaceful solu tion of the problems of the Mid dle East." "This could bring incalculable ills to our friends and indeed to our nation itself. The United Na tions must not fail." Guided Missile Said Down in Colorado Alamogordo, N.M. !U.R A Matador guided missile carrying research equipment broke away from radio control today and soared untracked for hundreds of miles before it reportedly fell in an uninhabited mountain area of Western Colorado. The missile was launched from Holloman Air Development Cen ter. The center said it lost "ra dio contact" with the missle. which was to have landed about 100 miles away on the White Sands, N.M., Proving Grounds. Portland (U.R) Mrs. Lucy Alexander, 102, died Tuesday. morning, after which Guards men will conduct a house-to house canvass designed to in form youths and parents of ad vantages of the Guard. Other activities included school assemblies this week at Medford and Crater High schools and television appear ances. Lts. Monroe and Phillips said the 186th regimental com mander. Col. Robert L. Irving, of the Salem office, will be in Medford Saturday, and will ap pear on a television program. They said they hope to have Colonel Irving available Satur day night to discuss the Guard with parents of youths interested in the Guard.