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c..r ,. Cv.V Martial Law tolared Throu hout ridonesia 51st Year Medford UniKd Preis Full Least Wir 28 Pagi British Airliner Rms1n1o Homes; Aboard Killed fof Monoea To Mf School buildings fraOte.',-, Ireland (U P: A J5nSW ?ropsan Airmays Vis count rr rtshe into row of hcffus ta burst into flames today, filling 1 J J persons on board. pk & pilot mtnsjod to miss tfo arhul fcuilflings filled wit hunSrfls of children. );ntrs n4 crewmen abir"' tht ongined turbo prop trn;i)t were killed. A mother gnd hr tinal son were trapped fn tilled in one of the hotcs. Another woman res ident was injured. T Avoid Scbeels The to schools were crowd ed with pupils when the strick en pine lurched over them. "It locked as if the plane was trying to avoid the schools and landin field." a spokesman at Manchester International Air port said. The plftne was carrying 15 pas sengers 'aid a crew of five on a flight from Amsterdam, Hol land. It crashed a quarter of a mile short of the runway at the Rinway International Airport on the outskirts of Manchester. The crash site was a mile from the schools. Oldest Viscount The Airways said the plane was its oldest Viscount. It went Into epp ration, in January, 1953 and had logged 6,000 flying hours. Cyril Barnet. a gardener who was working in a nursery some 500 yards from the demolished homes, said the engines "revved up as though something was wrong ... it leaned over to its right and seemed to be trying , to avoid the houses.". j "Then there was a terrific ex-1 p.osion as it crashed into the i houses, followed by a terrible' blaze of lire." he sail. Midgets Request Lower Plane Fares Reno, Nev. UP.) The Mid gets of America asked the Civil Aeronautics Administration to day for "relief from excessive tariffs" charged little people who ride airlines. Billy Barty, the 3-foot-9 or ganizer of the world's first mid get convention to be held at the Riverside hotel here April 3-4, said full fare for midgets is "discriminatory and illogical." "Air lines charge, for example 79 cents a pound for excess lug gage from New York to Reno, but take nothing off for a per son who weighs, say, 75 pounds instead of the average 155," Barty said. Barty weighs "4 pounds. The petition was signed by Barty and Jerry Maren. vice president of the organization. It charged that both major airlines coming into Reno had refused to give midgets special considera tion for tScir convention. It de manded ona of these alterna tives: Half fftn. Twi in a seat for half-fare Fre rides in "big people's" laps, ifthy are willing Fre rides in th overhead rack in Exchange for entertain- tng other passengers DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 473.93, up 1.40: 20 rail roads 143.21, up 0.29: 15 utilities 71.41. ud 0.22, and 65 stocks 165.57. up 0.46. Sales today were about 1.580,000 shares compared with 1. M0. 000 shares Wednesday. Dgfch and Italian Vessels Collide in Mid-Atlantic Lan8s Ind, England (U.R) The 9,177-to Dutch ship Water man, carrying 100 emigrant in cluding 912 Hungarian refugees to Canada, collided with the It alian ship S S. Merit in mid Atlantic today. In No Immediate Danger The Waterman radioed it was in no immediate danger and said the 7.174-ton steamship Merit also was okay. le collision happened 566 miles west of the Bishop's Rock lighthouse in the Scilly Islands, off the southwestern tip of Eng land. The Air 4Iintry said a Roy MEDFORr Tei Cla. j. i; llld In Bribery Charge Washington U.R Team sters Vice President James R. Hoffa replied to government bribery charges today with the declaration that he is innocent "of any wrong-doing." "I will fight this case until I am cleared," he said. The chunky HofXa, regarded generally as the crown prince of the giant Teamsters Union, made the declaration to reporters a few hours after the government accused him of bribing his way into the secret files of the Senate Rackets Committee. Freed on $25,000 bail in to day's small hours, the muscular Front Expecied to Bring Showers to Area Later Today A storm front is expected to move across southern Oregon this afternoon bringing rain to the Rogue valley and snow to high elevations. Rain spread along coastal sections this morning and ex tended as far inland as Eugene and Salem. The storm was cen tered about 200 miles off the coast near Seattle about mid morning, weather bureau offi cials here said. Snow Level The snow level today is ex pected to be about 4.500 feet, of ficials said, and drop to about 3000 feet tonight and tomorrow auer the front moved across this area. Showers are expected to (Continue into early Friday, with some clearing tomorrow after noon, they indicated. State police this morning re ported highways on mountain passes in this area in good con dition with bare bavement at Prospect and on the Green Springs. Spots of 'ce were re ported on the Siskiyous. Light snow was falling at Prospect early this morning, and light snow was reported at Cra ter Lake National park. Park officials reported three inches of new snow in the past 24 hours, bringing the total on the ground to 125 inches. Chains were advised on High way 62 through the park, and rangers said the road from head quarters to the rim was expected to be open this afternoon. Bodies of Fliers Found in Wreckage Ukiah tU.R) A ground search party Wednesday found the bodies of two men in the wreckage of a light plane which had been missing since Saturday on a flight from Cloverdale. The victims were Gordon Bar rows and Ralph Potter, both of Cloverdale. The search party, led by Louis Giumelli, Navarro, found the wreckage in a dense Redwood grove one mile west of Navarro near Highway 128. Medford Construction Firm Gets Bridge Job Yreka. Calif. U.R) The Cali fornia Division of Highways has awarded a $26,756 contract to Keith Brothers Construction Co. of Medford, Ore., for improve ments to the Klamath river bridge on Highway 99. The bridge is located at the junction of the Klamath river road and Pacific highway. al Air Force Schackleton plane was standinng by at an airbase near Plymouth but had not tak en off since neither ship appear ed to be in immediate danger. No Caualties Reported It was reported the collision took place at 2 a.m. (PST). The Waterman, which belongs to the Dutch government, was under charter to the Holland America line and left Rotterdam last Monday. There was no immediate re port of any casualties. Several ships in the Atlantic were reported heading for the collision scene. The sea was mild and the wind about 20 knots. rafeTRIBUNE U, 1957 iO ft I lal ten innocence little unionist said this "is not the first instance when a labor leader has been unjustly ac cused." FBI agents arrested Hoffa at a swank hotel shortly before midnight after working with the Senate committee for a month to lay a trap baited with specially prepared committee documents. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) said at today's commit tee session that he expects the rackets investigation to "en counter other obstacles . . . other difficulties." He told any "who plan such a course that we will try to meet them and accept such a challenge and deal with them accordingly." Hoffa met with reporters after conferring with is attorney, Ed ward Bennett Williams. He read a brief statement but refused to answer any questions. He said he does not want "to try my case or present my defense in the news papers." 'Bait' in Possession The FBI said it found the documentary "bait" in his pos session. The agency also arrested a former congressional commit tee counsel, Hyman I. Fisch back in Coral Gables, Wla., and Hoffa's secretary, Mrs. Fred Do brescu in Detroit. It charged Fischbach with bribery and held Mrs. Dobrescu as a material wit ness. The assets sent a powerful shock throughout organized la- (bor. Hoffa, midwest czar of the 1.4 million-man Teamsters Union, is heir apparent to Presi dent Dave Beck. Will Give Black Eye A h i g h 1 y-placed AFL-CIO source said the Teamsters Union now is almost certain to be hailed before the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee. The official said there was "no question" the Hoffa case would give labor a black eye. Beck said in Seattle, Wash., that he could "scarcely bring" himself to believe Hoffa was charged with bribing a Senate investigator. (Sea story on Pag 9) Apricots Coming Into Full Bloom Apricots are now coming into full bloom and should be spray ed immediately to control brown rot blossom blight, according to C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent. Cordy recommended Hi pound or two pounds of captan for con trol of the blight. For trees where there has been trouble with twig miner. which causes wormy fruit, Cordy advised adding Hz pounds of 40 per cent DDT to the ziran or captan spray. Since DDT is harmful to bees, the county agent suggested application of the DDT solution early in the morning or late at night when bees are not working. Road Crews Clearing Antelope Road Slide County road crews today are attempting to clear a slide block ing the upper end of Antelope rd., according to County En gineer Paul Rynning. The engineer said trees and drift had washed into Antelope creek at the site of the slide, causing the creek's channel to change and hindering workmen's efforts. The slide was discovered yes terday, Rynning said, and the road is expected to be open sometime today. Two Are Sentenced on Petty Larceny Charge Bennie Gilbert Neel, 25, of route 2, box 129, Central Point, and Joseph Hughey VanHorn Jr.. 41, of route 2, box 128, Cen tral Point, were sentenced to 30 days in the county jail yes terday after pleading guilty to charges of petty larceny. The two men were arrested by sheriffs deputies Monday and charged with stealing scrap metal belonging to David B. Winningham, Jacksonville, on Feb. 12. Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower has nominated John Clifford Folger retiring chairman of the Republican Na tional Finance Committee, to be I ambassador to Belgium. Price 10c United Press Full Leased Wii No. 304 Sports Bulletin Eugene (U.R) Klamath Falls and McMinnville ad vanced in the consolation round of lha Oregon class A-l high school basketball tourna ment her lhis morning. Klamath Falls eliminated Ontario with an easy 55 to 32 victory to move into tomor row's consolation semi-finals against Astoria. They meet at 9:45 a.m. McMinnville dumped Red mond. 72 to 43. and will meet the winner of In Medford Albany game, played this afternoon, at 11 a.m. Friday. Kutch Kimpton scored 26 points against Ontario, high for this year's tournament. Terry Hants was top man for McMinnville with 15 points. Arrangements Are Being Made for Railroad Crossing The city of Medford's legal department is proceeding to make arrangements to acquire property and rights of way for a railroad crossing at Eighth St., according to City Manager Rob ert Duff. The crossing is one phase of the $1,656,100 arterial street im provement program approved by Medford voters last November. Eventually, Eighth st. will form a one-way "couplet" with Main St., from a junction in the Haw thorne park area west toward the city limits. The railroad crossing is cone of two barriers in the way of the Eighth st. extension. Bear Creek is the other. Preliminary Conferences The city will have to proceed through the state public utilities commisioner s office for a grade crossing right of way, as well as negotiating with owners of prop erty in the way of the street, in cluding the Southern Pacific railroad. Preliminary confer ences with railroad officials have already been held. Duff said. The Eighth st. project has a high priority in the overall 10 ycar street program, the city manager said. The arterial street plan also calls for a number of other proj ects, including cutting through of 10th st., to form a one-way couplet with 11th St.; improve ment of Jackson st.; a Grape Holly st. couplet; and a number of others, many of them on the periphery of the business dis trict. The city manager discussed his plans to proceed with the Eighth st. project with members of the city council at a luncheon meeting yesterday noon. Eisenhower Sails For Bermuda Meeting Washington '.U.R) President Eisenhower, hitherto a dry land and blue skies president, set out to sea today in hopes balmy southern breezes will waft away his winter cold. Mr. Eisenhower, in his first voyage aboard a warship since becoming president, was sched uled to sail southward tonight from Norfolk, Va., aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Can berra. His eventual destination, after a leisurely, six-day cruise, is Bermuda where he will ar rive on the afternoon of March 20 for a four-day meeting with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Accompanying the Canberra, the nation's second guided mis sile cruiser, are two escorting destroyers the William M. Wood and the Barton. A group of 24 reporters, radio-TV men and photographers will travel aboard the smaller vessels. A small presidential staff will be aboard the cruiser. Weather FORECAST: Showery tonicht and early Friday. Snow level about 4.50H feet, lowering to ahoul 3. ft 00 feet during the night, f learint Fridav after noon. Low tonight 36. High Friday 50. Temp. Hichett Yesterday 50 Lowest thii Morning 38 Our Skies Tonight Snnrie . a.m. Sunset fi:I7 p.m. The Moon Hes 5:0S p.m. nd et.s Friday 5:48 a.m. In Perigee, it is ??1.!00 miles from the Earth tonight. Full Moon Fridav night PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Orion, high in south at sunset, will he in the southwest at 3:33 p.m. Egypt Announces Plans For 'Full Cooperation' Sudden Turnabout Relieves Tension In Middle East Israel Continues To Press Campaign By UNITED PRESS Middle Eastern tensions dra matically eased today. Egypt, in a sudden turnabout from earlier hostility, announc ed it would give "full coopera tion to U.N. Emergency Forces in the Gaza Strip. In Jerusalem, in the United Nations, in Washington and other interested capitals, Israel con tinued to press its diplomatic campaign against Egyptian re entry to the -explosive strip. No Military Involvement But an authoritative Israeli source in Jerusalem made these points in a summation for Unit ed Press Correspondent Eliav Simon: Israel does not plan anything resembling military involvement in Gaza now. Premier David Ben - Gurion's government is not interested in possession of the Gaza Strip with the attendant problem of feed ing its 300,000 residents. Israel will not bother with legal interpretation of big power "promises"' if its day to day life is not interfered with. U.N. Forces Must Stay The apparently calmer Israeli view of the Gaza situation, how ever, did not include any re treat from the Israeli position that U.N. Emergency Forces must remain in the strip and that Egypt must never again be allowed to use the strip as a springboard for Fedayeen raids against Israel. The Israeli source told Simon that if the UN EF leaves Gaza or its control becomes ineffec tive, Israel will step in even be fore Egypt has managed to take over. History Would Repeat Another high Israeli source made it even clearer when he said "recent history" would be repealed if Egypt moves in and uses the area for military opera lions. Egypt's right to administer the strip is recognized both by the United Nations -and the Untied States. Only the timing of the take over operation has not been made clear. In Cairo, the Egyptian gov ernment newspaper Al Goum houria said Gen. Hassan Abdel Latif, newly appointed gover nor, may go to Gaza today. Court to Sign Home Contract Friday Contract for construction of the proposed county juvenile de tention home will be signed at 2:30 p.m. Friday by the county court and Bessonette and Graff, who were awarded the job yes terday. Their original low bid of $92, 868 was reduced after negotia tions with the court to $84,560. Total cost of the structure is esti mated at $89,636. Total allocation- for the project is $90,000. The building is to be com pleted in 180 working days from the date the contract is signed, according to County Judge Rod ney Keating. The detention home is to be constructed on a county-owned site near the fair grounds. Portland Youngsters Targets in Salk Drive Portland (U.R) More than 45.000 Portland youngsters who still are without the full pro tection of Salk anti-polio vac cine will be targets of a city wide inoculation campaign in the city beginning April 1. At least 120 schools and about 50 individual clinics will partic ipate in the drive sponsored jointly by the Portland Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Oregon Journal. Dulles Leaves Australia; To Rest in Honolulu Canberra, Australia U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles left today for the United States after attending the four day conference here of the South-east Asia Treaty Organ ization. Dulles planned to spend one or two days resting in Honolulu before returning to Washington Saturday or Sunday. Salem (U.R) David O'Hara, head of the State Elections Di vision and a public servant in Oregon for 42 years, observed has 70th birthday today. 'Okay Possibility of New Federal Building in Medford is Discussed The possibility of construct ing a new federal building in Medford sometime in the next five to 10 years was discussed yesterday by David M. Sens mcier, real estate division, public building service, general service administration, Seattle, and H. E. Mackie, city building superin tendent. Medford is one of several cities on the west coast in which government surveys are being made in connection with pos sible new federal buildings. Scns meier also plans inspection sur veys in cities in Idaho, Alaska, Montana and other "western areas. The government official was here oniy on a "fact gathering basis and a new federal building in Medford will not even be con sidered for three or five years, Don McNeil, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, pointed out. Analyze Data Sensmeier will analyze build ing data gathered in Medford from which a ' trend will be projected of the "building situa tion" here, according to McNeii. His findings will be forwarded to Washington where building bureaus there will eventually consider programming new buildings in the northwest, Mc Neil said. The chamber manager said any government buildings in Medford probably would be foot ed by private funds, which Inquest Scheduled Monday in Wimer An inquest into the death of Arthur Cyril Donat of Rogue River, who was killed in a dyn amite explosion near Wimer on Wednesday, March 6, will be held at the Wimer Grange hall at 1 p.m. Monday. March 18, Jackson County Coroner Carlos W. Morris, and the district at torney's office haye announced. Law enforcement officials said evidence indicated Donat, 75, of route 1, box 235D, Rogue Riv er, had taken his own life. Ac cording to reports, dynamite had been tied about his body with a manila rope, and evidence in dicated it had been lighted with a carbide lamp. Morris requested that anyone in the Wimer area having knowledge of the facts involved in the case attend the inquest. Orchard Thermometer Testing Is Completed Frost Forecaster William Rog ers has completed testing the first series of orchard thermome ters and they may now be re claimed, it was reported today. Frost warnings broadcasts were made Tuesday and Wednes day nights and will continue on an emergency basis until Mon day, when regular broadcasts wiil begin. So far there has been no need for orchard heating in the valley, Rogers said. Corvallis U.R) Army Engi neers in the Seattle district have announced plans to purchase a site for an Army reserve armory in Corvallis to serve the mid Willamette valley. Now Scram" would be paid back by the gov ernment with interest over a several-year period. Speed with which building of ficials in Washington consider construction of a new federal building in Medford probably will depend on the "continued growth of the area," McNeil I said. Boyer Replies to ; Charges by Pearson Robert A. Boj'er, state Dcmo- I cratic party chairman said to- "ojf t-iiai indue Welling ton columnist Drew Pearson against the Oregon party were motivated by desires to create friction within the ranks of Ore gon Democrats." Boyer referred to a column written by Pearson March 12 in which he attacked the Ore gon Democratic party. "Pear son's charges were neither cor rect nor original," Boyer said. Boyer declared, "Pearson's column showed the same degree of accuracy as was displayed when he pictured the 1956 pres idential campaign visit to Ore gon as one in which the Presi dent suffered a mild stroke." He said another inaccurate Pearson statement was his charge that former Secreatry of Interior Douglas McKay was not invited to the Presidential in auguration. The "vicious attack" Pearson made on Mrs. Sylvia Nemer was unwarranted, Boyer said. He ap pointed Mrs. Nemer cochairman of the Stevenson campaign in Oregon and chairman of the in augural ball in Salem. Both ap pointments were excellent, he said. Oregon FHA Director Takes Over New Duties Portland -4U.R) A Portland realtor, Oscar Pederson, 50, be gan his job as Oregon director for the Federal Housing Admin istration today. The former executive secre tary of the Multnomah county Republican Central Committee was sworn in as the state FHA director in Washington, D.C., Tuesday and returned to Port land yesterday. Brief Cuban Revolt Said Ended in Death and Failure Havana, Cuba U.R) The Cuban army said today the at tempted assassination of Presi dent Fulgencio Batista ended in bloodshed, death and failure for the handful of revolutionaries who staged it. Said Communist Inspired Batista labeled the attack on his palace late Wednesday as Communist inspired. The youthful members of the tiny band were either dead, cap tured or fleeing for their lives before searching police and soldiers. At least 36 persons, including a U.S. citizen, were killed and more than a score wounded in the attack which reached ttuj President Assumes Sole Authority in Series of Revolts Cabinet Resigns Under Pressure Jakarta (U.R) President Sukarno declared martial law throughout Indonesia today and took over sole authority as the head of state and supreme com mander of the armed forces." Sukarno said the nation faced "life or death' struggle for survival. State of War Proclaimed The martial law decree fol lowed proclamation of a state of war and siege earlier in the day. Before that Sukarno accepted the resignation of the Cabinet of Prime Minister AH Sastroam- idjojo. The Cabinet resigned un der the pressure of a series of military-civilian revolts which have stripped the general gov ernment of control over almost every island in Indonesia, with the exception of Java. In a radio broadcast, Sukarno said that during the emergency "the government is temporarily vested in my hands as head of state and supreme commander of the armed forces." 'Must Finish Revolt' He said the rebellious prov inces must "finish the revolu tion." The series of revolts start ed late last year in Central Su matra and spread to East Indon esia. Tuesday, a revolutionary council was set up in Borneo. It was predicted Sukarno would announce shortly a new plan for the political future of the republic. His "guided dem ocracy" proposal ran into con siderable opposition from the major Indonesian religious par ties and the military. New Trial Motion To Be Considered Circuit Judge Orval Millard of Josephine county will consider a motion for a new trial for Don ald LaVerne Ambuehl. 31, of 1615 Grater Lake ave., Friday at 2 p.m. in circuit court here. Ambuehl was found guilty of illegal possession and control of narcotics by a circuit court jury last January. He was sentenced to three years in the state peni tentiary and fined $500. Edward Kelly, Ambuehl's at torney, filed the motion for the new trial Feb. 11. The motion was based on six points. They in cludeed alleged errors at law of the court in overruling the de fendant's demurrer to the indict ment and in denying the de fendant's motion for a mistrial. The motion for mistrial was based upon alleged misconduct of former District Attorney Walter D. Nunley in making a "derogatory statement" regard ing one of the defense witnesses within earshot of members of the jury while Ambuehl's trial was in progress. The motion for new trial also cites an alleged misconduct of a juror. Patrolman Joins Police Department Robert Ernest Wright, 24, of 1024 West 13th st.. Medford. as sumed duties yesterday as pa trolman with the Medford po lice department. Police Chief Charles Champlin reported to day. The new officer brings the department to its full compli ment of 33 personnel. Wright has been assigned to the first platoon and will handle general patrol duties on the mid night to 8 a.m. shift. He recent ly was discharged from the Air Force where he served four years with the air police. He is a graduate of Medford High school and is married. They have one child. . The police department still is accepting applications for a po licewoman, Champlin said. One probably will be retained in the near future, he said. second floor of the Presidential Palace before it was beatea back. At least 20 of the dead were members of the 100-man Palace Guard. Batista, who was in the palace at the t i m e, was un harmed. Four rebels were cap tured. Five were seen escaping. Havana Like Graveyard Scattered gunfire could be heard throughout the city until late Wednesday night, but early this morning Havana was like a graveyard. Batista told newsmen shortly before midnight the attackers were "poor mad fools paid by people who looted the national, treasury, carrying out directives of the Communist Party." O o
