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C.5-:- V o OS,"?'' o ;" o o o o o fckJI mm ; o o O J Former British Colony of Ghana lances With Joy at Independence Accra, Ghana t.UP.i Africa gave birth today O Ip it f-rt native Ntfro nation, Ghana, a former &ritiab colony that won freedom through broth erhrod. M by f uns. q Th T million people of the new state sang, danced, prayed an shouted in celebration while their premier wept with joy in a ceremony that mingled brass bands and Jungle drums. At the last stroke of midnight the British Union Jck was lowered and the Ghana flag a jold and red-green standard with a single black ar was raised in its place. American-educated Premier Kwame Nkhru mah missed the flag ceremony to attend the dis solution of the last British Gold Coast colonial Portlander To Take Lie Test In Senate Labor Racket Probe Washington (U.R) Nate Zus man, dapper Portland night club operator, will take a lie detector test today on his denial that he encouraged a madam to set up a call house. The Senate Labor Rackets Committee took up Zusman on his repeated demands for a lie detector test. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) said it would be adminstered later today by the Secret Service and the re sults made a part of the commit tee's record. Zusman first insisted that the tst be Riven also to "Big Helen" Hardy, a portly Portland madam who swore he offered to finance her call house and assured her that District Attorney William M. Langlcy would not molest it. Willing To Accomodate McClellan said he could not order Zusman to take the test, but since the witness asked for it he was willing to "accomo date" him. He said he did not know if Helen Hardy would vol- untcer to take the test also. , Zusman, who sputtered, "that's i a lie wnen coniruiuuu wun u.e madam s testimony, hesitated. to captain. Rollie x. peanj 26, He conferred with his attorney. from scrvices sergcant to lieu McClellan remarked that if thejtenant; 0rlo w. McGee. 32. from test showed Zusman was not j piatoon sergeant to platoon lieu lying and Helen Hardy refused j tenant; and Jack E. McMillan, to tane it, men . ,- i "I'll take the test. Sir," Zus man broke in. One member of the commit tee. Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. (D N.C.) served notice immediately that he puts no faith in a lie detector Ust. McClcllan offered and Zusman j accepted, the lie detector test after the chairman announced that he was sending the conflict ing testimony of Zusman and Helen Hardy to the Justice De partment for possible perjury prosecution. Zusman admitted he had been to the ritzy call house operated by Big Helen and Little Helen. But he said he was delivering barbecued spareribs and sand- Jackson School . Bill Called Back Salem (U.R) The Oregon Senate yesterday recalled Sen ate bill 6 from the governor's desk to take another look at it to see if it complied technically with the requirements of bond ing firn. The measure was enacted by Senate and House with a mini mum of debate to correct a tech nical deficiency in the issuance of bonds for a school district in Jackson county. The bonds, it was found, had been advertised one day short of the require ments. The measure was re-referred to the Senate Education Conv mittee w-ith indications it would the Oregon State Dental Asso get speedy attention. Iciation. Travel Ban To Gets Administration Study Washington (U.R) The Eisen hower administration is taking a "new look" at the question of whether to ease its ban on travel to Red China by American re porters. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles hinted Tuesday the ad ministration would like to find some way to let some newsmen enter Communist China. Previously Unyielding Tlve hint came as a surprise. T u'les previausly had been un .eldina on the question, even "after three American newsmen entered Red China late last year in defiance of the State Depart ment. Dulles, departing today ior Australia, was expected to study ,the problem whenever possible; I wiches and knew only by "hear say" that the place was a call J house. I Zusman conceded that on one ; of his sparerib deliveries to the i call house he took along Thomas j E. Maloney, a Seattle gambler 'iHpntifipH in oarlinr iojimnnv as a friend of West Coast Team sters Union boss, Frank W. Brewster, who had sent him to Portland to organize vice and gambling. Zusman said he took the spareribs into the kitchen Police Titles Change In Reorganization A r e o r g a n i za tional plan amending the city's personnel 1 ordinance and changing titles of several officers in the police do- j , . . partment was passed last night j by the Medford city council. Thn nlin wrtient- (hn ..nU , ej. h, ci ,k.e oficcrj. d . offirrrs nromntnd wnro rurtt. r Fil.h,nr 4o fr, i:-,, .. f rom Dlatoon screeant to Dlatoon lieutenant. Others Affected Other officers affected were Lyle Perkins, from detective ser gcant to detective lieutenant; Ground Party Seeks Airplane Wreckage Hamilton AFB, Calif. (U.R) A ground party of eight men from Hamilton Field left today for the remote High Sierra to in vestigate wreckage believed to be that of a missing Air Force T33 jet trainer with two men aboard. ' The ground party departed from Skyline Lodge near Donner Summit in a snow weasel bor rowed from the Forest Service. It was expected to take about two days to reach the scene of the reported wreckage. The wreckage was spotted in the Sierra between Placerville and Donner Summit, about five miles from where a jet-type cockpit canopy was found. Believed aboard the T33 jet trainer which is missing in the high Sierras are Capt. Paul Omann of Sacramento and 1st Lt. J. C. Sutton, Craig Air Force Base, Ala. Omann formerly liv ed in Grants Pass and has sever al relatives living in Medford. Portland (U.R) Dr. Paul W. Kunkel Sr. of Portland has i been installed as president of Red China during his 11-day trip to the Southeast Asian Treaty confer ence in Canberra. Dulles was embroiled in con troversy over the China ban even before William Worthy of the Baltimore Afro - American and Edward Stevens and Phillip Harrington oi Look magazine entered Red China without State Department permission. Complaints Registered Members of the press. Con press and others complained re- peatcdly against the ban. There h;ive been pleas that no action be taken against the three Amer icans who have since left Red China. AVorthy already has applied for a passport renewal. The State j Department has taken no action on his application. parliament. The first parliament of independent Ghana took its place. U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon and his wife, Pat, were among the delegates of 72 nations who were on hand for the historic occa sion. As the parliamentary ceremony ended, jubi lant followers hoisted Nkrumah to their shoul ders and carried him through the tens of thous ands of natives that thronged the streets and the polo grounds. The premier, who worked his way through Pennsylvania's Lincoln university like many an American college boy, spoke to his people: "At last the long struggle is ended. Ghana is forever free. The black man has come into his own in Africa." and didn't hear what Maloney and the two Helens said. "Big Helen" testified that both Zusman and Maloney promised her that Langlcy, elected with the teamsters' help, would not close a call house, .which she described as a more exclusive operation than an ordinary "walk-in" brothel. But Zusman denied Helen Hardy's testimony that she gave him S120 for referring two big spending customers to the house. Leo A. Mitchell, from patrolman to platoon sergeant; Raymond V. Secly' from Patrolman to platoon T , - gard, from patrolman to platoon sergeant. Officers Fichtner. Pean and T f" 1 . 1 January. Fichtner lioined the dcoartment in 1937 and Pcan and McGce started with the force in 1953. McMil lan has been with the depart ment since 1952. Perkins, who has had about 10 years with the department,! joined the force a second time in 1950. Mitchell started with the department in 1953, Scely in 1949 and Gildcsgard in 1952. New Sergeants New sergeants under the plan will receive an additional $10 per month. Salaries of the other officers will not be changed by the new classifications. Police Chief Charles Champ lin said purpose of the reorgani zation is to invest officers who previously acted as sergeants with more authority and com pensation for added responsibili ties. Under the previous system, he said, certain patrolmen assumed the duties of platoon sergeant when the regular sergeant was out on call or on his day-off. In effect, the chief said, the change merely recognizes a departmen tal situation that already has been in operation. Champlin noted that under the old system the Medford police-department had fewer offi cers than most police depart ments in cities with a compar able population and was not stocking the force with "too many officers." SGD Students May Be Invited to Meeting Students who participated in last months Student govern ment Day program as Medford elected and appointed officials may be invited to the next city council meeting when several of their recommendations are considered. Mayor John Snider, announced last night. Mayor Snider said some of the recommendations made by stu dent officials at the Feb. 19 mock city council meeting had merit and are now being studied by city officials. The mayor in dicated the council may take ac tion on some student proposals. Among recommendations of the student council were an off street parking program for Med ford. restriction of solicitation by itinerant salesmen in Med ford, a teenage center in Med ford and a program to beautify and reinforce banks along Bear creek. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 474.84, up 1.99; 20 rail roads 143.32, off 0.82; 15 utilities 71.41. up 0.13. and 65 stocks 167.79, up 0.25. Sales today ' were about 1.840.000 shares 'compared with 1,860,000 shares J Tuesday. Communist World Gels Notice U. S. Ready To Fight Doctrine Approval Serves as Warning Washington (U.R) The Com munist world was on notice to day: Don't attack any Middle Eastern nation or t h e United States stands ready to meet Red force with American force. Senate approval of the Eisen hower Doctrine Tuesday put both Houses of Congress on record as favoring use of U. S. force to combat any open Red aggression in the Middle East. Must Adjust Wording The differing House and Sen ate wording must be adjusted before the doctrine resolution goes to President Eisenhower for Signature. But regardless of the final language. Congress now has made its intention clear, by overwhelming majorities in both houses, or joining with the Presi dent in a stern warning to Com munist nations to stay out of the Mideast. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles underscored this fact Tuesday night after the Senate acted. Free Nations Assured He said Congress now has joined the President "to assure the peoples of the free nations in the Middle East that the United States stands ready to join with them to build up their strength and if need be to help them to defend their national integrity and independence against Communist armed aggression." Committee Named To Negotiate With State on Freeway A committee to negotiate with the state highway commission to seek its agreement on several conditions in plans for a High way 99 freeway along the Bear- Creek-Hawthorne park route was named last night by Mayor John Snider The committee, composed of City Manager Robert Duff, Councilman Robert Van Sickle and Mayor Snider, will meet with the highway commission representatives Thursday, March 14, in Salem to study proposed freeway plans. A resolution conditionally co operating with the highway de partment in its decision to con struct the proposed freeway through the center of Medford was passed by a 6-2 council vote Feb. 19. Stipulations The resolution stipulated the highway commission agree to provide access roads, decelera tion lanes, parking facilities, re placement and preservation of public recreational facilities and landscaping along the route be fore the council gives the free way final approval. City Attorney E. R. Bashaw has pointed out the resolution is not binding and can be reversed at a future meeting. W. C. (Dutch) Williams, state highway engineer, said in Feb ruary if the council does not ap prove the agreement, the con struction schedule would be dis rupted, and it would be impos sible to determine when that portion of Highway 99 would be rebuilt under the federal 13 year program. Ashland Publisher Buys Paper in New Mexico Artesia, N. M. (U.R) Graham Dean of Ashland, Ore., yesterday purchased the Artesia, N. M.. Daily Press from Lincoln O'Brien, owner of New Mexico Newspapers Inc. Dean said James K. Green will continue as publisher of the newspaper. The sale price, which docs not include the Daily Press building, was listed at $138,500. Dean publishes the Ashland Daily Tidings in Oregon. Weather FORECAST: Occasional cloudi ness wiUi an occasional light shower threw ch Thursday. Mild temperatures. Low to night 42. High Thursday near 50. . Temp. Hichect VesterdaT 5(1 Lowest thi Morninc 4 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. today .13 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise a.m. Pnnet fi:7 p.m. Mnonst . 1 1 p.m. Ftrt Quarter March 9 BRIGHTEST STAR Strut, due south 7:55 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mar, above the Moon. Jupiter, high in south east 10:5)1 p.m. Saturn, low in south east 2:ss a m. 51st Year Medford United Preu FuU 16 Page Educatk its Due Cons -w.anon j In House Chamber Three Other Bills Tabled for Study Salem (U.R) Three educa tion bills, including House bill 267 providing for revocation of a teachers' certificate for sex crime convictions, were ready for consideration by the Oregon House today. Three other bills were tabled by the House Education Commit tee yesterday for further study. House bill 249 providing that probationary and substitute tea chers automatically come under the teacher tenure law after three years employment was vot ed to the floor of the House with a do pass recommendation. Debate Expected The bill was expected to raise a debate on the floor and both Reps. Allen Tom, Rufus, and Shirley Field, Portland, reserved the right to file minority reports. Before receiving a do pass recommendations, the sex crime bill was amended to take out provisions or revoking a certifi cate for committing a felony. Under the bill, a teacher whose certificate was revoked for sex crimes could not be rein stated. Provision 'Too Broad' Committee members fell that revoking a certificate for felony convictions without reinstate ment privileges would be too broad as it would include crimes involving negligence like invol untary manslaughter. Jim Turnbull. State Depart ment of -Education - representa tive, said the department could not afford to gamble on teach ers who had been convicted of sex crimes. He said the education depart ment had power now to revoke certificates but that it wanted to be sure the certificates re mained revoked. Police Report Nine Fictitious Checks Nine fictitious checks cashed in Medford during recent weeks totaling $354 were reported Tuesday, according to Medford police. Buford Thomas John Johnson, 132'2 Tripp st., Medford, report ed five checks payable to him totaling about $325 have been returned to him marked "unable to locate," by Medford and up state branches of the U. S. Na tional bank. Police said the checks bore the name of Charles V. Beck ner of Salem. Beckner is now be ing held by Salem police on an other charge, they said. Three of the checks which to taled S50, appear to be forger ies, officers reported. The other two, which totaled $275, seem to be cases of obtaining money un der false pretenses, officers said. Leo " Barnard Hamm, 147 Keeneway drive, Medford, re ported to police four checks to taling $29 cashed at the Casino Tavern, 17 South Front st., Med ford, payable to his wife, Edna mae Hamm, have been returned to him marked "unable to lo cate'' by branches of the U. S. National bank. Officers reported all four checks had the name Victor H. Spaulding forged as signer of the checks. Spaulding, a resident of Camp White, has been clear ed by police, it was reported. Police are continuing their in vestigating. School Administrators Discuss Scheduling Administrators of class A schools in southern Oregon dis cussed policies relating to sched uling competitive activities be tween the schools at a meeting here this noon. Attending were superintend ents and principals from Med ford, Klamath Falls, Ashland, Grants Pass and Crater High school. Purpose of the meeting was to attempt to schedule all ac tivities, including athletic con tests, so they will interfere as little as possible with regular class schedules during the day. Salem (U.R) Promotion of William Hughes, training and safety official for the State For estry Department, to executive assistant has been announced by State Forester Dwight P. Fhipps. JAY, MARCH 6, 1957 Who's Coming Petitions Submitted For Kenwood Sewers Petitions signed by 410 Ken- wood - Grandview residents re - questing construction of a sani- . , . tary sewer m the area recently annexed to Medford were accept - ed last night by the Medford city council. The petitions were submitted by Roy P. Wilkes. 1836 Crater Lake ave., Medford. one of the leaders of the area's successful annexation effort and a mem ber of the citizen's budget com mittee. He was appointed ' to that position last month. Wilkes pointed out the sign ers represent 296 of 400 prop erty owners in the area. He add ed that the Lone Pine portion of Kenwood-Grandview is ex cluded from the request because only 20 per cent of the residents contacted in that area desired city sewage facilities. Preliminary Estimates City Manager Robert Duff told Wilkes the council could not take action on the request until preliminary estimates and studies on the project by the city engineering department have been completed. He indi cated the reports would not be complete for several weeks. The council also accepted a petition from 145 Berrydale res idents protesting an annexation proposal of that area to Medford. Mayor John Snider stated the Young Man Confesses Slayi ing of Girl, 15 Hackensack, N. J. (U.R) Edgar Smith, 23, father of one child, confessed today to the bludgeon slaying of 15-year-old Victoria Zielinski, whose body was found in a Mahwah, N. J., field Tuesday. Smith's confession came after 30 hours of questioning by agents of Prosecutor Guy W. Calissi. Calissi said Smith, who holds a medical discharge from the Marine Corps, had been ac quainted with the slain girl through "mutual friends." Smith, who lives in Rahway, has no previous criminal record. He was scheduled to be arraign ed for murder here later today. (See Story on Page 15) Two Men Sentenced to 90 Days in County Jail Ernest Clayton Taylor, 22, of 211V2 Vancouver ave., Medford, and James Seth Cunningham, 22, of route 2, box 209N, Medford, were sentenced to 90 days each in the county jail in district court this morning. They pleaded guilty to charges of petty larceny. They were charged with the theft of 11 steel mining riffles from the Quercus corporation Sterling mine, Feb. 20. Bulletin State police reported early lhit afternoon a dynamite ex plosion killed a man near Wimer late this morning. Iden tify of the man was undeterm ined by early afternoon. Police had no further details. T. Price 10c Tribune United Press full Lxasea Wire No. 297 Or Going?" council could not take action, on tlle proposal until the Medford ?.lanni"? commission completes i its studies of the proposal and ,submits a recommendation to 1 the council. Monday the planning commis sion at a special meeting defer red action on the matter when several Berrydale residents voic ed opposition to proposed boun daries of the annexation. The commission will reconsider the proposal at its March 11 meet ing. 'See Story on Page 5) Barneff Road Will Be Closed Thursday Barnett rd. between Murphy rd. and Black Oak drive will be closed all day tomorrow while the P. S. Lord Construction com pany constructs a portion of the southeast Medford trunk sewer line across Barnett rd. to Court try Club Manor, according to Vern Thorpe, public works director: The street will be closed starting at 8 a.m. and remain closed until late tomorrow after noon, Thorpe said. The work is being done adjacent to the new Rogue Valley hospital, now un der construction. City crews tomorrow will in stall four-foot high boundary markers at road crossings in the recently annexed Kenwood Grandview area of Medford to indicate new city limits of Med ford, Thorpe said. Teaching Reading Topic Of Special Meeting Mrs. Edamae Adamson, first grade teacher at Jackson school, Mrs. Percia Medley, fifth and sixth grade teacher at Jackson school, discussed teaching read ing in Medford schools at a special meeting of the school board last night. Emphasis of the discussion was on methods and techniques, including the use of phonics, in schools in the district. Prospect School Officials Drop Special r-rospeci scnool omcials in the Prospect school district have decided to drop a' proposal to levy a special tax to provide salary increases for Prospect teachers. Registered voters in the dis trict were to express their views on feasibility of levying the spe cial tax at a meeting here Mon day. The meeting was held but the proposed tax was not dis cussed. Bills pending in the state legislature were- discussed in stead by attending residents. Kenneth Vannice, superintend ent of Prospect schools, said the proposal was dropRed because school district taxes will in crease 21 mills this year without the special tax. Reason for the large millage rate, according to Vannice, is to retire bonded indebtedness of the district totaling $36,000 and to build up a reserve for the district in the county treasurer's 'Copters Patrol Borders as U. N. Forces Move Up Votes of Confidence Given To Ben-Gurion By UNITED PRESS Israeli forces are withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. The last Israeli civil and mili tary administrators were to be out by 11 a.m. PST, bringing to a virtual end the four-month-old invasion of Egypt. Helicopters of the U.N. Emer gency Force patrolled the Israeli-Egyptian border as lor.g con voys of Indian, Swedish and Columbian units moved ud to take the place of the departing Israeli forces. It was the climax to weeks of painful negotiations which even until this morning remained in doubt. Israeli Premier David Ben Gurion had promised the with drawal as an "act of faith" in the United States and the United Na tions, but it was not until this morning that the Knesset (parlia ment) gave him three votes of confidence which officially per mitted the withdrawal. There still was no official word on the withdrawal of oth er Israeli forces from Sharm el Sheikh along the coast of the Gulf of Aquaba. Israeli flags still flew from gulf coast posi tions but heavy equipment al ready had been loaded and final withdrawal was only a matter of giving the word. Official sources said the much more complicated withdrawal from Gaza would be completed "within several hours." They said the withdrawal was being accomplished without difficulty. A strict curfew was clamped on the Gaza region in the wake of a series of ambush attacks on Israeli forces there during the night. One Israeli soldier was killed and two wounded. An Arab resident of Gaza also was killed. The Arab world fell in line with peaceful moves as Israeli forces left the last segments of Egyptian territory taken during the invasion of last October. In Damascus, the Syrian gov ernment gave permission for re pair of the vital oil pipelines which were blown up during the Anglo-French attack on Egypt. The Syrians thus gave the co- ahead to the Iraq Petroleum Company, which operates the pipelines across Syria from Iraq' to Lebanon, to repair ihe pump ing stations which were blown up. This was the first break in the Arab's unofficial blockade of oil from the Persian Gulf to Europe. The next step apparently will be an okay by Egypt for a U.N. salvage force to complete clear ance of the Suez Canal. There was no word on this as yet, but Egypt had delayed reopening the vital waterway until Israel com pleted its pullout from Gaza and Sharm el Sheikh. In another conciliatory move. Egyptian President Gamal Ab del Nasser decreed an end to his country's general mobilization which had been ordered at the time of the Suez Intervention last year. Canadian Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, conriander of the UNEF, flew to the borders of the Gaza Strip to supervise the takeover. County Court, Engineer Tour Roads for Program Members of the county court and engineer toured Jackson roads Tuesday. They inspected county roads and collected data for the three year road -building program to be set up by the county. Tax Proposal office that has been exhausted- Other factors also are con tributing to th"e district's high millage' rate, he said. Vannice pointed out O and C funds that previously were allocated to Prospect school district have been consumed and district resi dents must make up the differ ence. Rural school district residents also must fill a gap in rural revenue created recently by the Eagle Point school district when it became a first class school dis trict, Vannice added. Purpose of the proposed spe cial levy was to provide addi tional incentive to bring teach ers to Prospect schools. The school superintendent said the district has been faced with prob lems in competing for teachers with Medford area schools. The present salary schedule in the district is reported to be similar to or the same as that in the Medford area. 'A
