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Flood Waters m .Eastern Oregon Moines Receding mm k vaemat o o f , - WHAT, NO SKIS? Frolicking in the soft white snow at Sun Valley, Idaho are Hollywood actresses Martha Hyer (left) and Mara Corday. With nothing like this around Hollywood, the girls didn't wait to don skis for their first time in the snow. New Proposals Raise Israel Deadlock Hope Washington (U.RI An appar ent new approach by the United States and Israel raised fresh hopes today for a solution to the Middle East deadlock. - Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Abba Eban, Israeli mbassador to Washington, were closeted for 3 hours and 10 min utes Sunday to discuss the ques- -str!) ol Israeli troop withdrawals from the Gaza Strip and Gulf ot Aqal. Hop Voiced They issued a joint statement at the end of the meeting voicing hope for a solution "consistent with the principles of the United 0.'atitfns." . Apparently both sides have eased tWeir stands on guarantees for protecting Israel against pos sible future Egyptian attacks. Israel had demanded ironclad guarantees before pulling her troops out. The United States had promised to seek such guar antees after the withdrawal. Informed sources in Israel said one of the new proposals that Eban took with him to Wellington was that Israeli war ships ptrol the Gulf of Aaaba j to assure fiacedom of navigation mew. , Tl sources said1 this "would end nsjessity that American Hedri A Students Receive Gold Keys Two Hedrick Junior High school students have been named winners of gold key awards in the Scholastic Art awards com petition for Oregon students last week in Portland. Hedrick gold key winners are Nickie Mears and Gerald Boyd, both eighth grade students. Entries winning gold key awards will be sent to the na tional high school art exhibition . at Carnegie Institute in Pitts burgh May 10-June 2. It will also be shown at an exhibit at Lipman-Wqlfe in Portland from Feb. 27 through March 9, along with othePwork which received honorable mention. Seven Medford High school students and six Crater High students were also among gold key winners from Jqckson county. Residents May Get Salk Shots Tonight Jackson county residents un der the a;e of 20 may receive free Salk vaccine shots between 7 and 9 p.m. today in the base ment of the Elks temple in Medford. A special vaccine station is being established there for the benefit of those who were un able to receive their shots dur ing the regular rounds in the county schools. First, second or third shots ir the three-shot series will be administered tonight. Those re ceiving their first or second shots tonight may obtain their subsequent vaccinations at the health department clinic ' next month. State Police Arrest Californian Here Norman Eugene Cobb, also known as Raymond Jet Logan, 30. Santa Cruz, Calif., was ar rested in Medford by state po lice early this morning while operating a vehicle reported stolen five cfitys ago from the Sacramento. Calif., area. Police said the vehicle, a 1955 Ford, had been reporting miss ing from a used car lot within 15 miles of Sacramento. The license plates, according to of ficers, had been taken from Roseville. Calif. Cobb was lodged in the Jack son county jail. He will be re turned to Sacramento by Calif ornia authorities. ships enter the gulf to guarantee free passage as proposed by Pres ident Eisenhower. Would Share Control A second Israeli proposal, the sources said, was that Israeli not evacuate the Gaza Strip, but in stead share control with the United Nations. But they said there was noth ing hard and fast about the two proposals and that Israel would remain flexible concerning them. 450 Boys Tested So Far in Special Research Program Second in a series of tests to determine development of chil dren as they grow was given last week in Medford schools to male students between the ages of 7 and 15, Lee Ragsdale. super visor of physical education in Medford schools, reported this morning. The program is sponsored bv the University of Oregon, South ern Oregon college, the Athletic Institute of Chicago and the Medford school system. Included in the program are 50 strength measurement, a n t h r opometric measurement, social adjustment, aptitude, intelligence quotient and scholastic achievement tests. Both athletic and non-athletic students are included in the pro gram. 450 Tested A total of 650 students will have taken the tests by the end of this school year. To date, 450 have already been tested and the remainder will be tested in May, Ragsdale said. Students whose birthdays occurred within two months of Oct 22, were given the tests last October. Last week, tests were given to those whose birthdays occurrd within twoe months of Feb. 22. All schools in Medford, with the exception of Lincoln school, are included in the testing program. At the completion of this year"s tests, development of the boys included in the program will be traced by further testing as they continue in school. The program will not be extended to students other than those tested this year. Administering the examina stion here last week were Dr. H. Harrison Clark, research pro fessor at the University of Ore gon and general director of the research program: Kay Peterson, graduate assistant at the Univer sity of Oregon and general di rector of the research program; Kay Peterson, graduate assistant at the University of Oregon and official in charge of the program for Medford students; Ted Schopf, Southern Oregon col lege professor; two SOC students and six University of Oregon students. Heart Association Still Counting Funds Officials of the Medford Heart association today said more than SI. 500 was collected yesterday in the association's Heart Sun day door-to-door drive to col lect funds for the 1957 Heart Fund. Mrs. Manville Heisel, chair man of Heart Sunday, said con tributions were still being counted this morning. She said it appeared unlikely the 33,000 goal established for the Heart Sunday drive in Medford would be reached. However, she noted, $1,500 counted so far from the campaign exceeds last year s Heart Sunday contributions by S200. Results of the final count will be announced Tuesday, she said. Mrs. Heisel commended vol unteer fund solicitors for their door-to-door work despite un favorable weather conditions. She also commended residents for their "warm reception" to volunteer workers. Ike Cau Broadcast Tells 01 Communism's Threat To Region Resolution Designed To Bring Stability Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower warned the people of the Middle East to day to stand clear of the "men ace of international Commun ism" lest it "smash all their hard won accomplishments over night." Designed to Bring Stability Mr. Eisenhower reiterated in a special shortwave broadcast beamed overseas that his Mid east resolution, now pending in Congresses designed "to help bring stability" to the troubled areas. "We must face that fact, that, while we are trying to help build a world of freedom and justice among sovereign people, the President said, "the masters of international Communism are working constantly to tear down this kind of world." The President spoke as U.S. officials voiced hope that the Israeli troop deadlock may be broken. New U.S. Approach Israeli Ambassador Abba Eb an conferred for'three hours and 10 minutes Sunday with Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles on the issue of withdrawal of Israel's troops from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba. Apparently a new American approach was being worked out to the question of guaranteeing Israel against future Egyptian attacks. Israel also was said to have modified its demands for safeguards before pulling out of Egyptian territory. Joint Statement After their talk, Dulles and Eban issued a joint statement expressing hope for a "solution . . . consistent with the princi ples of the United Nations." The Presidents speech mark ed the 15th anniversary of the Voice of America. It was deliv ered from the overseas broad cast studios here and was relay ed by short wave around the globe. City Gets Second Heaviest Rainfall The Medford vicinity had its second heaviest rainfall of the year yesterday. Total precipita tion measured at the weather station at the municipal airport was 1.1ft inches. Saturday and Sunday rainfall amounted to 1.35 inches and brought the monthly and season totals to more than normal. Oc casional rain is expected through Tuesday, weathermen said. Rainfall Sunday compared to 1.41 inches on Jan. 19, heaviest for one day so far in 1957. Feb ruary total up to midnight last night was 2.02 inches, .28 above normal and the amount since the agricultural year began on Sept. 1, 1956 is 14.26, or 1.65 more than normal. Grants Pass rainfall was 2.03 inches in the 24-hour period up to 4:30 a.m. today. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 466.90. off 0.03; 20 railroads 141.26, off 0.96; 15 util ities 70.53, up 0.19, and 65 stocks 165.21, off 0.16. Sales today were about 1,710.000 shares com pared with 1.680.000 shares Thursday. Gunmen Turn Home Into Torture Chamber To Learn Hiding Place of McKecsport, Pa. U.R) Po lice today sought four gunmen, led by a "sadist," who turned the home of .a local meat packer into a medieval - like torture chamber to learn the where abouts of hidden money and jewelry. Manacled to Post The gang manacled Frank Rendulic. 40. to a cellar post with handcuffs and chains, then beat him with blackjacks and burned him with a heated meat hook to make him tell where his money was hidden. Rendulic finally gave in. three hours after the torture started, when the gang threatened to burn out the eyes of his four a 1st Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 16 Pages GUY MOLLET 'Things A Utile Better' Nolle! 'Hopeful; Arrives for Talks With Eisenhower New York (U.R) French Premier Guy Mollet said after whispered conversation with his ambassador today that he had "just been told things are going a little better," in Mideast ne gotiations. Mollet said he was "hopeful" that a solution to Arab-Israeli difficulties will be found. - ' The French Premier arrived by plane from Paris for confer ences with President Eisenhow- , the first between chiefs of state of the United States and its Big Three allies since the Suez crisis. He will leave later today for Washington in President Eisen hower's plane, the Columbine. He was met at Idlewild Air port by French Ambassador to the United States, Harve Al phand, who give him a whis pered briefing on the Middle East situation after newsmen asked for comment on it. He had said earlier that he preferred to make no "declara tion on the crisis until after he sees Mr. Eisenhower. The Eisenhower - Mollet talks start a round robin series of "summit" conferences . among the Big Three chiefs of state on the breach in the Western alli ance. The French Premier will be in Washington for two days be fore returning to New York and Canada. His visit will clear the way for Mr. Eienhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to begin work on another "sum mit" conference next month with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at Bermuda, starting March 21. James Redden Begins Pro-Tern Judge Duties James Redden, Medford attor ney, assumed duties this morn ing as pro tern municipal judge in the place of Miss Noreen Kel ly, regular municipal judge, who is on vacaton. Redden will replace Miss Kel ly for about three weeks. He was appointed to the position earlier this month by the Med ford city council. He is a mem ber of Roberts, Kellington and Branchfield law firm. children with a heated poker. Earlier, a similar eye-gouging threat failed to break Rendulic's silence. The robbers got away with about $5,000 in cash and 55,000 worth of jewelry. They left Ren dulic's back, legs and face a mass of bruises. His right eye was swollen shut. Bound and Gagged Rendulic's terrified wife, Jo sephine, 39, and the couple s two sons and two daughters were left bound and gagged in an upstairs bedroom but were not harmed otherwise. Mrs. Ren dulic freed herself after the men left and called police. Rendulic, who operates a " IV:.'- rHjf V 1 L lL pie of Middle East MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1957 Legislature Opens 7th Week; 21 Bills Wait Final Action Capital Punishment Proposal Considered -4Salem U.P.) The Oregon legislature started its seventh week today with 21 bills set for final action and the House Judi ciary committee scheduled to consider a proposal to ban capi tal punishment. Gov. Robert D. Holmes asked the legislators to prohibit capi tal punishment in Oregon as "unenlightened and uncivilized" in his inaugural address. New Bills Introduced Nine new bills were intro duced in the House in a heavy work day today including one by Rep. Ole Grubb, Bend Demo crat, to permit a school district or districts to set up two-year community colleges throughout the state. Also introduced in the House was legislation appropriating $350,000 to the State Board of Control to build a centralized water and heat system for sev eral state institutions in Salem and to make building improve ments at Fairview home. . Would Add Barbiturates '- ' - Rep. Winton J. Hunt, Wood burn, introduced a bill that would add barbiturates to nar cotics and liquor as an offense while driving. Under the bill, if a person accidentally killed someone while driving under the influence of barbiturates he would be subject to manslaugh ter charges. Also relating to drivers was a bill providing that failure to appear within 30 days would presume a conviction for pur poses of driver license suspen sion in all traffic citation cases except illegal parking. Ex-Grants Pass Man Said Missing A former Grants Pass man. Army Capt. Paul Omann, 33, now residing in Sacramento, Calif., has been reported missing since Saturday in an Army T-33 believed down" in the Sierra mountains. . , Reports indicated the flight originated in Cheyenne, Wyo. The plane was scheduled to land at McClellan Air Force base, Sacramento, Saturday, but was not heard from after radio con tact was made over Reno, Nev. Capt. Omann has several rela tives in the Rogue valley, in cluding his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Omann Sr., Grants Pass; one brother, Norbert Omann, 211 sisters, Mrs. Lewis Buckley, 630 South Holly St., Mrs. Chester McQuigg, 533 Austin St., Mrs. L. K. Stevenson, 618 Victory st., and Mrs. Howard Fry, Grants Pass. Other relatives include his wife and son of Sacramento. Salem (U.R) The Central Oregon Highway was closed from Juantura to Cair junction and the John Day highway was closed at Vale, the State High way Department said today. Money and slaughter house behind his home said that he and his wife were watching television Saturday night when their doorbell rang. He answered it and four men pushed their way in. Thought It Was Gag "Three had socks pulled over their faces and the fourth had on a white mask. Each one had a gun," Rendulic said. "I thought right away it was some of my friends playing a gag." Three of the men forced him into the cellar while the fourth ordered his wife upstairs where their two sons, Fred, 5, and Frank, 8, were in bed. The couple's daughters. Joan, 13, and Janet, 11, returned 'Man, You Must Be Knowland Asks Russia To Lift Iron Curtain United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) Sen. William F. Knowland (R Calif.) called upon Russia today to permit free access to Eastern Europe so the world can learn the facts of the Soviet "myth of U.S. intervention" there. Knowland spoke for the Unit ed States in the U.N. Special Two Chinese Red Prisoners Claimed Intelligence Agents Washington (U.R) An ousted official of the U.S. Information Agency has charged that at least two of the 10 Americans impris oned in Red China are agents of the Central Intelligence Agency. The former official, Charles Edmundson, suggested Sunday that the State Department may have banned American news men from visiting Communist China to cover up the true activi ties of some of the prisoner. 'Agents' Identified Edmundson, who was fired from his USIA post in Korea for publicly criticizing U.S. foreign policy, said that "certainly" two of the men he identified only as "Downey and Fecteau" were CIA agents. The State Department has identified two of the impris oned AmericaVis as John T. Downey, New Britain, Conn., and Richard Fecteau, Lynn, Mass. Known To Communists Edmundson said the fact that some of the prisoners are CIA agents is known to the Chinese Communists and the CIA. He criticized the administration for picturing these men as "simple, innocent Americans.". He said they may be innocent of the Red charges "but they are CIA agents." Such distortions "create tensions of a type that lead nations to war," he said. Jewelry shortly from a skating rink and also were taken to the bedroom. In the cellar, the three gun men handcuffed Rendulic's arms around a steel post and chained his legs. Then they took turns beating him with blackjacks and singeing his skin with a heated meat hook. Money Belonged to Children "You'd better tell where the money is. This guy's a sadist," one thug said, pointing to a man who acted as leader. He said about $1,000 of the money taken by the men be longed to his children, who had held a lucky number in a church I lottery. Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire No. 289 Out Of Your Mind" Political Committee. He denied Soviet charges that Washington seeks to establish American "colonial domination" in the Middle East and elsewhere through the Eisenhower doc trine. Defeat Expected Soviet Deputy Foreign Minis ter Vastly V. Kuznetsov asked that the assembly "condemn subversive activities of the Unit ed States against other states" and call upon Washington to "stop the. subversive activities against and interference in the internal affairs of other states under any pretext whatsoever." Kuznetsov's resolution was expected to be defeated by the 80-nation committee. knowland called Kuznetsov's charges "a disagreeable old story brought up to date" and said the United States was con fident they would be "recog nized as false by this General Assembly and by the whole Free World." "The - very- term, 'Soviet item,' " Knowland said, "has be come a synonym to U.N. delega tions for a propaganda offensive against the United States. Trying To Divert Attention "By reviving these charges, Ihe Soviet Union is merely try ing to divert world attention from its own year in and year out program of using foreign Communist parties to subvert and undermine the government of free countries all over the world. "Also, no doubt, the Soviet Union would like to obscure the truth revealed; in recent discus sions by the assembly of the situation in Hungary and for that purpose produce its own myth of U.S. intervention in Eastern Europe. Once again, we call upon the Soviet Union to permit free access to Eastern Europe, and thus to' the facts." Salem (U.R) Public Util ities CommissioneV Howard Mor gan has been appointed to the National Association of Railroad and Utilities commissioners' special committee to study rail road car shortages, it was an nounced here today. Weather FORECAST: Occasional rain through Toesday. Goaty southerly winds tonight. Low tonight 40. High Tuesday 50. TRMPFRATURE Highest Yesterday 51 Lowest this Morning 42 TD B-riPTT ATIHN To 4 JO a.m. Today .71 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise S:54 a.m. 5:5f p.m. 5:3 a.m. .March 1 Sunset Moonrise Tuesday New Moon PROMINENT STAR Cape 11a, high overhead 7:05 sunset. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, high in southwest at iron set. Jupiter, low In east Jt:09 p.m. Saturn, rises 2 :24 am. Two Grants Pass Foresters Killed By Falling Trees Heavy Rains, Winds Batter Entire State Jittery residents of flood rav aged Eastern Oregon kept their fingers crossed today and prayed for cold weather to halt the flow of mountain snow packs that turned streams into rivers and rivers into torrents yesterday. Heavy week end rains and high winds battered the entire state. Two men were ki'led near Grants Pass Saturday when trees fell on their jeep. Wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour were reported at the Columbia river lightship yesterday. Coffer Dam Washed Ot The coffer dam at Idaho Pow er company's Brownlee project was washed out about 4:30 a.m. today when the diversion tun nel could not handle the huge flow of water. Bernard Frost, area manager for Idaho Power, said the loss would set construction back about 30 days. Sheriffs officers reported that hundreds of acres of farm land in the Vale area were under water. More than 100 cattle have been lost and scores of sheep also were claimed by the swollen rivers. Water Recedes Residents along the flood line from Enterprise to Vale and west to Baker reported the wat er had receded this morning from crests late yesterday that sent several hundred people from their homes and flooded homes, business establishments and left washed out bridges and highway closures in its wake. States police at Vale reported today that waters which had stood nearly five feet dejp in many sections of the town had started to recede slowly. Between 700 and 800 residents of the town were forced efrom their homes and emergency quarters were set up in the high school and churches. Bridge Washed Out Most business buildings in the downtown section were flooded. Waters from Billy creek plunged over the creek's banks into the west side of the town while the Malheur river spilled over its banks into the east side of the city. A 100-foot bridge spanning the Malheur river on highway 201 was out, closing traffic on that route between Vale and Weiser, Ida. Highways between Vale and Burns were also cut. The town of Harper southwest of Vale was isolated by the waters. Prairie creek, swelled by fast melting snow, rushed into the town of Enterprise yesterday but officials said today that the river was holding its own and iad started to go back toward its banks slowly. Many Roads Out About 30 persons "were forced to flee their homes last night and about 18 inches of water stood in most of the town. Roads were out in nearly every direc tion with six bridges reported out. Hundreds of residents turn ed out yesterday to battle the rampaging waters with sand bags but met little success in holding the flood waters out of the town. The weather claimed two lives in southwestern Oregon over the week end when two wind-toppled trees crashed across a jeep. Two Grants Pass foresters, Wil liam R. Brinsfield, 33, assistant manager and chief forester of the Bate Lumber Company, and Fred Michelotti, 28, were crush ed in the wreckage of their ve hicle. Forecast Causes Anxiety Continued heavy rains and the forecast of more caused anxiety in western Oregon. The North and South Umpqua rivers in Douglas county were reported running high but were expected to remain in their banks. A slide near Anlaif resulted in one-way northbound traffic on Highway 99 about 10 miles south of Cot tage Grove. Another slide was reported 25 miles west of Drain on Highway 38. Automobile Safety Series Starts Today Are modern autos too fast and loo flimsy? Should your car b' equipped with seat belts for safety? Will new highway designs reduce traffic acci dents? Robert Serling, United Press writer, answers these and many other questions on the growing traffic problem on highways of America. The first in a series of five articles ap pear on page 6 of today's Mail Tribune.
