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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.