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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.
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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
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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
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United Press full Lxasea Wire
No. 297
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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