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British Airliner
Rms1n1o Homes;
Aboard Killed
fof Monoea To
Mf School buildings
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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
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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
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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."
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