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ajWBOREE LEADERS These Scoutmasters
from the Crater Lake Area Council have been
-aking local preparations for the Boy Scout
Jamboree held every four years at Valley
Jorge. About 70 boys from this area will
make the trip, although less than half the
number have indicated they plan to attend.
The Scoutmasters are, left to right, seated,
ob Church. N. H. Gladfelter and Jack
Thompson, all of Medford; back row, left to
Indonesian Mobs
Destroy Indian
f mbassy Building
Jakarta, Indonesia (U.R)
!obs defied a proclamation of
martial law and sacked an In
dian Embassy building today
while top army, commanders
were meeting here to decide the
future of this rebellion torn re
public. The Indian Embassy said 200
Indonesians attacked the dining
hall and "destroyed everything
after stealing all the money they
could." The embassy could give
no reason for the attack.
Landlady Blamed
However, other sources said
the attacks were masterminded
bv a landylady who wanted to
"viet the embassy and build an
apartment house.
The mob arrived in trucks and
e
on bicycles, cut telephon
wires and sel lo worn sysic-
maticaUy destroying the build- j
ing. The;- slashed the walls, roof, i
. anrl hmisrhnld eoods I
with axes and crowbars and
escaped before police arrived.
One Indian
official said he
was robbed during the two hour
orgy of destruction.
Official Imprisoned
The mob wrecked furniture,
tore away building tiles and loot
ed other property. One Indian
official was imprisoned in his
home throughout the raid
Maj. Gen. Abdul Haris Nasu
tion, army chief of staff and one
of the most powerful men in
the nation, presided over the
group of generals who gave
President Sukarno the emer
gency powers of a dictator dur
ing the crisis. The army meeting
Is to last four days.
Groups to Establish
Honor Scholarship
A scholarship in memory of
the late Mrs.Marjorie (Laurence)
Butler is being established by
Medford Teachers' association
and Una B. Inch chapter, Future
Teachers of America, it was an
nounced today. Other organiza
tions wishing to honor Mrs.
Butler may join with these two
groups in the effort, it was
stated.
Mrs. Butler was on the faculty
of Medford High school and dean
of girls for several years until
illness forced her resignation.
She was founder of the FTA
chapter at Medford High school.
Claire Gurwell, advisor for
the FTA chapter, states that
further announcement concern
ing the scholarship will be made
when all details are completed.
Radio Contact
With Group of Boy Scouts
Radio contact was established
last night with the group of Boy
Scouts on "operation icicle ,
who are camped in the snow
several miles west of the Ump
qua divide on the road to Abbott
butte.
The 25 boys, along with six
leaders, met in Prospect yester
day at 7:30 a.m. where they
were transported by trucks ana
pickups to a point on the Wood
ruff meadows rd. Here they put
on skis or snowshoes and start
ed up the mountain towards Ab
bott butte.
Radio contact was established
by Sam Taylor of Elk Lumber
company, w-ho drove some dis
tance up the Woodruff rd. in
order to receive the signal from
a small hand radio carried by
the group. If necessary it would
be possible to relay the message
directly to Medford with the mo-
Defense, Veterans
Budget Funds Pared
Washington (U.R) The
House Appropriations Commit
tee today whacked $516,993,000
off President Eisenhower's re
quests for funds to operate 18
government agencies, including
Civil Defense and the Veterans
Administration.
It ordered a general belt-tight
ening by public servants, calling
for fewer new cars, less travel,
stabilized payrolls, reduced of
fice space and fewer frills of new
public buildings.
The 8.7 per cent bite out of
the $5,923,195,000 requested to
run the so-called independent of
fices was in line with the an-
Two SOC Buildings
Okayed; Research
Project Planned
Ashland The state board of
higher education this reck ap-
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two new buildings totaling $705
000. a scholastic research proj
ect for $15,620, and the purchase
of more than two additional
acres of land for Southern Ore
gon college, according to. Dr.
Elmo N. Stevenson, college
president.
A men's dormitory housing
144 students and a Commons
building for feeding 350 students
were approved. Dr. Stevenson
said. He added that architects
had been urged to proceed on fi
nal plans in order that both
structures would be completed
by the. fall of 1958.
Ratearch Project
The scholastic research proj
ect will be financed from a grant
by the health, education, and
welfare department of the fed
eral department from a million
dollar fund allocated for the pur
pose, and will involve approxi
mately 100 -students in a core
curriculum experiment with an
other 100 to be used as a control
group.
Dr. Arthur Kreisman, chair
man of the SOC humanities divi
sion, is serving as coordinator of
the project. Dr. Stevenson stat
ed, and has been instrumental in
obtaining the grant which is the
first of its kind in Oregon. Both
the humanities and the social
science divisions will coordinate
on the project.
Purchase of the Payne-Jordan
property behind Omar's restau
rant and extending south along
Highway 99 was also approved
by the board. Dr. Stevenson said.
Total area of the campus is now
65 acres.
Established
I bile radio in the
Elk Lumber
company vehicle.
John Gartman, leader of the
group, reported that there have
been no difficulties, "not even
a blistered heel," and that at
the time contact was made the
boys were busy making shelters
out of white fir boughs and
getting ready to eat their evening
meal.
He said they were making a
permanent camp at this point
and the group would hike in to
Abbott butte today. Heavy snow
in the area early in the week
prevented them from getting in
as far as Abbott butte the first
day.
The group will participate in
several winter camp training ex
ercises and will watch a snow
survey operation, conducted by
Paul Pearson of Prospect, today.
They will return tomorrow
night.
right, William Clary, Grants Pass, Gene
Pulley, Cave Junction, and Bob Laverty, Mt.
Shasta. The six leaders will accompany the
boys on the trip, which will include a visit
to United Nations, a tour of the Ford plant in
Detroit and various other sightseeing trips
along the way. The group will leave Wednes
day morning, July 3, and will be gone
through July 27.
nounced determination of the
committee and of the House to
trim a substantial amount off Mr.
Eisenhower's record $71.8 bil
lion budget.
The committee's action fol
lowed a budget-cutting move by
the administration itself. Tederal
housing chief Albert M. Cole
Thursday recommended a $200
million cut in funds for govern
ment housing programs.
The House committee made
its biggest reduction in funds for
the Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration. It allowed only
$39.3 million of the $130 million
requested, a cut of $90.7 million.
As its authority for so doing,
the committee, in a report to the
House, cited ihe President's own
remarks at a press conference
on Feb 7. Mr. Eisenhower said
then that the likelihood of any
nation's using atomic weapons
in an attack "grows less, I think.
every year. He said atomic war
would be "just another way of
committing suicide."
Veterans Compensation Cut
On veterans compensation and
pensions the committee lopped
$149.5 million off a request of
$2,840,500,000 overall, the com
mittee chopped VA's budget
from $4,889,363,000 to $4,682,
705.300, a cut of $206,657,700 or
about 4 per cent. Funds for hos
pital and medical care were not
touched.
Budgets for the other 17
agencies were reduced altogeth
er by more than 30 per cent.
The committee said it had de
nied all requests for new cars.
It urged all agencies to rely on
motor pools.
The Civil Service Commission,
which handles government em
ployment, was trimmed from
S22".924.000 to $21,091,000. The
committee said this was in line
with announced plays to level
off government payrolls, this
year and next, at 2,390,000 per
sons.
The General Services Admin
i s t r a t i o n, the government's
housekeeping agency, got $127
464.000. a cut of $14,536,000
from the request.
Funds for stockpiling of stra
tegic materials were cut from
$130 million to $19 million on
the ground government stock
piles will total $3.4 billion by
July 1.
Other agencies covered, and
cut, by the bill were Federal
Communications C o m m ission,
Federal Power Commission, Fed
eral Trade Commission, General
Accounting Office, Housing and
Home Finance Agency, Inter
state Commerce Commission, Na
tional Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, National Science
Foundation. Selective Service,
and the National Security Train
ing Commission.
Medford Corporation
To Resume Operations
Medford Corporation will re
sume full operations Monday,
after a three-week annual re
pair and maintenance shut-down,
according to B. L. Nutting, man
ager. About 500 men are employed
at the big lumber firm. Nutting
said that many of them were
kept busy during the shut-down
period in repair work, and some
of the woods crews were at
work part of the time.
Salem U.R) The House has
indefinitely postponed action on
House bill 346 which would
have made the offices of county
school superintendent, coroner,
surveyor and assessor appoint
ive rather than elective.
Washington vU.Ri The Air
Force denies that it has "leaked"
military secrets deliberately to
Life magazine or any other
publication.
Israel Warships
Declared Ready To
Shoot Way Through
Egypt Taking Over
Gaza Administration
By UNITED PRESS
Egypt renewed its claim to
the Gulf of Aquaba today despite
a warning by Israeli Foreign
Minister Golda Meir that Israeli
warships would shoot their way
through if Egypt tried to reim
pose a blockade.
At the same time Egypt began
taking over administration of
the Gaza Strip from the U. N.
Emergency Force in a move that
brought anxiety to Western capi
tals and alerted Israel for
trouble.
Nasser Urged to Slow Down'
U. S. Ambassador Raymond
Hare conferred in Cairo Thurs
day night with President Gamal
Abdel Nasser and informed
sources said he was trying to
slow Nasser dawn.
Egypt's semi-official and gov
ernment owned Middle East
News Agency restated Egypt's
claims today to the narrow Gulf
of Equaba which Israel hopes to
use to bypass the Suez Canal.
"Egypt and Saudi Arabia will
strongly oppose1 attempts which
are now being made by Britain,
France and Australia to enlist
the support of the United States
for active measures designed to
give the Straits of Tiran at the
mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba an
international character," the
agency said.
. "Egypt will stand firmly on
her right to exercise control over
her territorial waters."
Could Block Ships
UNEF forces still were sta
tioned at Sharm el Sheikh, evac
uated only this week by the
Israeli forces which captured it
in the swift Sinai campaign. But
Egypt was expected to ask the
UNEF to leave at any time.
Sharm el Eheikh is a fortress
guarding the narrow Straits of
Tiran across from Saudi Arabia.
Israeli officers have said even
large machine guns could pre
vent shipping from passing
there.
The Middle East News Agency
statement came only a few hours
after Mrs. Meir stated in Jeru
salem that "Israeli warships will
ensure the passage of Israeli
ships" through the Gulf of
Aqaba.
But she added she expected
the "great powers will support
out rights to free navigation."
Headquarters Set Up
United Press dispatches from
Gaza said Egypt's new governor
of the Gaza Strip already had
set up headquarters in a private
villa and was expected to de
mand return of the UNEF head
"quarters soon.
Israeli Foreign Minister Golda
Meir is flying back to the United
States today to appeal to the
United States to support Israel
in Its fight against Egyptian ad
ministration of the Gaza Strip.
Shortly afterwards, the United
Nations announced in New York
that U.N. Secretary-general Dag
Hammarskjold has postponed' a
scheduled trip to Cairo. He was
due to leave Saturday.
Cuban Government
Alerted lor Rebels
Havana, Cuba (U.R) The
government was alerted today
for new attempts by revolution
ary "suicide squads" to assassin
ate President Fulgencio Batista
or other high officials of his re
gime. Military sources said the anti-
Batista student movement still is
very much alive despite th
deaths of two of its principal
leaders in Wednesday's abortive
attack on the presidential pal
ace. Intelligence sources said it has
been known since last week that'
arms have been distributed re
cently to an estimated 300 mem
bers of the government opposi
tion in Havana.
Sacramento, Calif. U.R
Federal Judge Sherill Halbert
has continued until March 22 a
motion for dismissal of a grand
jury indictment against R. Drew
Lamb, Ashland, Ore., accused of
stealing federal timber.
Sports Bulletin
Eugene (U.R) Klamath Falls
and McMinnville advanced to
the finals of the consolation
bracket in the Oregon Class
A-l high school basketball
tournament here this morning.
They will meet at 1:30 p.m.
tomorrow for fifth place in the
tournament.
Klamath Falls got off lo an
1M first quarter start and
were never headed in down
ing Astoria, 54 to 46. Klam
ath's Glenn Moore led the
scoring with 22 points.
McMinnville went on a sec
ond half splurge to down Al
bany. 68 to 51. with Gene
Carlson netting 27 points. John
Wilton got 15 for Albany.
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"We're Still Wrestling With It"
05
29 Foreign Students
Plan Medford Visit
Twenty-nine foreign students
attending the University of Ore
gon will visit southern Oregon
next week through arrangements
of the university and the Med
ford YMCA.
The group will be guests at a
public meeting and potluck din
ner Wednesday night at the
YMCA. They are scheduled to
arrive here at 11 a.m. Wednes
day, according to Bob Jones, ex
ecutive secretary of the "Y,"
and will attend the noon meet
ing of the Medford Kiwanis
club.
Wednesday afternoon they
will visit high school classes as
guests of the Medford High
school International Relations
league. The foreign students
will meet their overnight hosts
at a tea at the "Y" at 3:30 p.m.
Mrs. H. P. Bosworth is in charge
of housing.
Panel of Students
A panel of the students will
present views of their own coun
tries' relations with the United
States at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
following the potluck dinner at
6:30 p.m. The guests will talk
New Trial Motion
Denied by Judge
Circuit Judge Orval Millard
of Josephine county yesterday
denied a motion for a new trial
in the case of Donald LaVerne
Ambuehl, 31, of Medford, con
victed by a Jackson county cir
cuit court jury in January of
illegal possession and control of
narcotics.
The motion was filed by Am-
buehl's attorney, Edward Kelly,
and was based on alleged errors
at law by the court, alleged mis
conduct of the prosecuting attor
ney and a juror during the trial
and similar points.
Judge Millard ruled there was
not sufficient cause for a new
trial in the case.
Ambuehl is now serving a sen
tence of three years in the state
penitentiary. He was also fined
$500.
Chains Not Needed on
Highway Passes in Area
State police this morning said
chains were not needed on the
Siskiyous or Green Springs, but
it was snowing on both moun
tain passes. Packed snow was
rpnnrtprl on both hiehwavs. hut
state higfiway department crews
had sanded.
It was snowing hard this
morning at Crater Lake National
park, where seven inches of new
snow was reported, bringing the
total on the ground to .130
inches. Highway 62 through the
park was open, but the travel
lane was reported narrow. The
road from headquarters to the
rim was temporarily closed,
park personnel reported.
Municipal Judge
Returns from Vacation
Noreen Kelly, Medford mu
nicipal judge, returned to her
duties today after about a 2Vi
week vacation.
Miss Kelly was replaced dur
ing the period by James Redden,
Medford attorney. Redden, a
member of Roberts, Kellington
and Branchfield, was appointed
pro tern municipal judge in Feb
ruary by the city council.
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informally with the public fol
lowing the panel.
Members of the group repre
sent Pakistan, India, Iraq, Korea,
British Guinea, The Netherlands,
Formosa, Nepal, Indonesia, Aus
tria and Malaya.
The visit, planned by the Uni
versity Foreign Student Friend
ship foundation, will include
Roseburg, Grants Pass. Medford,
Ashland and Klamath Falls
They will leave Medford at
a.m. Thursday for Ashland.
Those planning to attend the
Wednesday night dinner are to
bring their own table service,
Jones said.
Medford Officials
Return from Salem
Further negotiations with W.
C. (Dutch) Williams, state high
way engineer, will be necessary
before the Medford city ouncil
takes final action in approving
the proposed Highway 99 free
way along the Bear Creek-Hawthorne
park route, Mayor John
Snider said today.
Mayor Snider was among
three city officials who started
negotiations in Salem Thursday
with Williams to seek agreement
on several conditions in plans
for a Highway 99 freeway route
through Medford.
The committee, composed of
Mayor Snider, City Manager
Robert Duff and Councilman
Robert Van Sickle, is preparing
a full report on the Salem nego
tiations which will be submitted
to city council March 19.
The council is negotiating for
agreement from the commission
on providing access roads,
deceleration lanes, parking fa
cilities, replacement and preser
vation of public recreation fa
cilities and landscaping along the
route before it gives the freeway
final approval.
Eisenhower Heading
For Southern Waters
Aboard Eisenhower Escort
Ship U.R) President Eisen
hower headed into warm south
ern waters today on a leisurely
cruise that he hopes will clear up
the last of his bothersome cold.
The president was bunked
sumptuously aboard the guided
missile cruiser Canberra as it
slowly traveled down the Atlan
tic Coast between the destroyers
Wood and Bartin in anti-sub
marine formation.
The small flotilla cleared the
Virginia capes about 9 o'clock
Friday night. The President re
tired shortly afterward as the
ships headed into open seas
under a bright moon.
Eisenhower Considers Amendment Giving
Temporary Powers To Vice President
New York IU.R) President
Eisenhower is seriously consider
ing a constitutional amendment
that would authorize the vice
president to exercise temporarily
the powers and duties of the
President during any disabling
illness of the nation's chief
executive, the New York Times
reported today.
A news story by James Res
ton, chief of the Time' Wash
Burton W. Abbott
Pays for Slaying
Of Berkeley Girl
San Quentin, Calif. (U.R)
Convicted kidnap-slayer Burton
W. Abbott died in the San Quen
tin gas chamber today while
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight tried
vainly to telephone the prison
and order the execution stayed.
A telephone call to the San
Quentin death chamber failed by
only a minute or two from pre
venting the execution of the
slayer of 14-year-old Stephanie
Bryan.
Gov. Knight's clemency secre
tary, Joseph G. Babich, said in
Sacramento that Knight had
phoned him from the aircraft
carrier Hancock off the Cali
fornia coast to "hold it." Knight
had previously received a last
minute plea from Abbott's at
torney, George T. Davis.
Call Comei From, Ship
The execution was scheduled
to start at 11:15 a.m. (PST), and
one minute later the call came
from the ship to Babich.
Babich told the governor, "The
pills are dropping right now, but
we'll do everything we can."
On another line. Babich got
through to San Quentin and
asked, "did it start?
The answer was "Yes."
And Babich said, "You can't
stop it then?"
The answer came, "It's too
late."
Execution of the 28-year-old
college student climaxed a morn -
ing of dramatic last-ditch ap -
peals -by Davis, including a plea
to Knight over television.
Abbott went to. 4Palh calmly
He spoke a few words as guards
seated him in the steel chair of
the apple green gas chamber and
fixed straps to his chest and
arms.
Slapped on Shoulder
One of the guards slapped him
on the shoulder and the con
demned man's lips formed the
words, "All right," as the men
stepped out of the chamber and
clanged the door shut behind
them.
Abbott, who maintained to the
end that he was not responsible
for the brutal slaying of the shy
Berkeley school girl, died calm
ly as the cyanide gas reached the
one lung left him after a siege
of tuberculosis several years
ago.
He was pronounced dead at
11:25 a.m. (PST).
Lines Kept Open
Gov. Knight, speaking from
the ship, told reporters that the
call from Davis did not come
through to him until 11:14 a.m.,
and that he had kept two lines
Beck Asked To Tell
When Papers Coming
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate Rackets Committee demand
ed that Teamsters President
Dave Beck tell it today when
he would surrender his personal
financial records. It said the rec
ords will be subpoenaed if he
does not give them up voluntar
ily. Committee Chairman John L.
McClellan (D.-Ark.) said he had
heard nothing directly from
Beck since the portly union
president returned from Europe
Sunday and announced his will
ingness to testify.
(See story on Page 3)
Ashland Man Fined on
Driving Charge Today
Lester Warren Alwine, 35, of
136 North Second st.. Ashland,
was fined $255 and given a sus
pended 30-day jail sentence in
district court this morning after
he pleaded guilty to a charge of
driving while under' the influ
ence of intoxicating liquor.
. Alwine's driver's license also
was suspended for 90 days. He
was arrested early this morning
by state police.
ington bureau, said the Presi
dent is expected to support the
proposal which he received sev
eral days ago from Attorney
General Herbert Brownell. The
proposed amendment and . the
President's recent heart and ilei
tis attacks, the Times said, are
merely coincidental and have
nothing to do with is physical
condition.
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BURTON W. ABBOTT
Message Too Lata
open all morning for such a rail.
He said Davis had requested one
more hour's delay to make a
final plea to Federal Judge Louis
E. Goodman, who had already
rejected pleas for a stay this
1 morning and yesterday.
l lnc governor said he told
a Davis. "It s a little late, but wp U
try to get through and hold it
up if we caiii''."
The governor said Davis ad
mitted he was late in making the
call.
Davis was not immediately
available for comment.
Forestry District
Boundary Changed
Major changes in the south
west Oregon district protection
boundary will become effective
July 1 this year, according to
the state forestry department.
The change is a result of the
forest service and O and C ad
ministrative boundary change of
last year.
Affected by the boundary
change is a large area in the
Little Applegate which is being
added to the southwest Oregon
district. Smaller portions of the
district will be dropped These
are located throughout the dis
trict along the present boundary.
Present plans call for placing
a crew and pumper in the Little
Applegate area somewhere near
Ruch, department officials said.
Under the boundary change
the forest service lookout on
Tallowbox will become a state
lookout. The change adds about
480 acres to the district.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 374.28, up 0.35; 20 rail
roads 142.87, off 0.34; 15 utilities
71.58, up 0.17, and 65 stocks
167.64, up 0.07. Sales-today were
about 1.600,000 shares compared
with 1,580,000 shares Thursday.
Weather
FORECAST: Cloudy with show
ers tonight. Partly cloudy
with isolated showers Satur
day. Continued cool. Low to
night 35. Hi ch Saturday 52.
, Temp.
Hi chest Yesterday 54
Lowest this Morninc 41
Prec. to lfl a.m. Today. 02
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
6:24 a.m.
Sunset
6:18 p.m.
6:21 D.m.
Moon rise
Full Moon 6:22 p.m.
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, rises 8:01 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, near the Moon.
Mars in the west 8:41 p.m.
Saturn, rises 1:15 a.m.
The amendment would pro
vide for, the temporary assump
tion of presidential authority by
the vice president during the
duration of any disabling illness,
the Times said, and it would also
probably authorize the President
himself to declare his own dis
ability and then summon the
Vice President to take over tem
porarily the "powers and duties
of the presidency."
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