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'ArHaello CKi a ricl ia whola or in part it forbiddan
tpiihma wriliem authorixalion.)
I feiSfc f& lime hns come for the free nations of the world to
close rrto combat rwurent Russian expansionism in the face
of tiptf! ivJ ni Stalinism. We need bold and decisive
movo rcrrm effcctiv our grand strategy for common se
curity. C(t prttKvipation ith recent Middle East events has
tended $9 o&ar' th cxistanc of explosive conditions in other
slratcc ne ol tin world.
X fetor daal ith tha Russians, the more we realize
thatta cannot or will not thange their determination to domi
nate tit) fare-Id. It ukl be sheer folly for us to assume that we
can lnr o ft l arm other than our alliance of free nations for our
wcyV&y.
ru:i Vadfto&4:af Zqaally Important
The mt'r4 thi meek at Bermuda between the President
and lt& ftr.:. Ptima Minister I hope will bring about the restora
tion of Brith-Amrican aolidarity based on mutual understanding
and cloeXf t;jraUan. It is equally important that we also
achieve th fullest understanding and cooperation with the French,
and I m I'ii to see the President take the first step in that di
rec!n aith Prime Minister Mollct during his recent visit here.
ut it if my judjment that the meeting at Bermuda should be
follcBf 4 ft eonsultations with our friends and allies everywhere.
We slioult do thi for two reasons: First, we need to restore the
macbia.t7 of continuous, close consultation 10 that we do not risk
agai $t dangers of division among us. And second, we need con
giant! - review and re appraise our methods and measures for
dcaljf iWi international Communism.
P 'nt" to think how narrow was our escape from disaster in
the lita'lc Sast when we became separated from our allies. How
ever, t have gained a little time there, and United Nations emer
gency forces are on patrol. The Russians have been duly warned.
But, as yat, a.e have solved nothing fundamental, and the threat of
war still remains. Until the causes that led to the recent crisis are
prorot'y nd wisely dealt with, there will be no peace in the Near
East or elsewhere around the world.
The Russian Communists are skilled troublemakers and are
ceaselessly engaged in fomenting and exploiting fear and trouble
everywhere. ,
Must Be Especially Vigilant in Germany
I think we have to be especially vigilant in Germany. The
ruthless crushing of Hungary's bid for freedom shows that Rus
sia will not stop at mere intrigue, conspiracy and subversion but
will embark on military intervention in cynical disregard of its
obligations to the United Nations and world opinion. This points
up the danger that exists to the West in similar moves the Krem
lin can make at any time it suits its purpose in East Germany.
If the Russians should launch a military operation in East
Germany, similar to the one in Hungary, then the security of West
Germany and Western Europe will be immediately threatened.
I think there is a second danger zone in Africa. With all
Americans, I welcome the statesmanship which brought about th
establishment of the independence of Ghana. For Africa, where
there are many explosive situations, is a prime target for Russian
penetration and exploitation. Russian intrigue with certain politi
cal adventurers in Africa is already at work trying to exploit the
rising tide ef nationalism and growing racial tensions there. Rus
sia is after the vast resources of the African continent for its own
benefit.
(Continued cn Page 8)
Central Point Police Arrest
Driver After Sunday Crash
Central I i n t A Central
Point , Barry Eugene Baer,
21, wt ataiaad on $500 bail
jester's. r being charged
with ''.d-run" driving fol
owV.1 t tcciacnt at the corner
of Pirt ?.. tnd Higltway 99 at
2:15 a.m. landay, according to
Central Point police.
With him in the car was a
companion, Donald Dean Goy
Ctte. 18. lso of Central Point.
Who was charged with failure to
give information at the scene
of the accidtmt.
Hit Other Car
The Baer vehicle struck the
rieht side of car driven by
Mrs. Ethel Iae Bennett, Selma.
Payments fo Local
Hospitals Reported
Sacred Heart hospital Satur
day received a $17,000 check
and Rogue Valley hospital will
soon receive a $13,150 check as
final payments from a Ford
Foundation grant, it was an
n.winced today.
The two Medford hospitals are
among 3.399 in the 48 states. Al
aska. Hawaii and Puerto Rico
receiving grants totaling $200
million in the Ford Foundation
program to improve and extend
community hospital services.
Fwlal payments were sent out
on March li. Total grant to Sac
red Heart twital was $34,000.
and atoiil jprant to Rogue Val
ley hojpHal a $28,300. Pre
vioijs patanvats were made sev
eparmttrj ay",
(j'lfesv :'. included in the pro
gram orMprofit. non-govern-,-rnenitl
Institution! listed by the
AmerietJt Hospital association as
of nee. li. 1933. or hospitals
whict) t& applied for listing by
t'(tt data emd.were approved
before) March U. 195S. Grants
to iniidei Vpitls. ranging
betwt 10.fJO and S250.000.
were comKS on the basis of
patient iiy f service and num
ber of irth in each hospital.
Missitg ftof Scout
Found ?Afte6ae
Gatlinburf. Twen. (U.P.)
Three ty 8ta.it. missing since
late 'fXindY in the picturesque
Great Smofy Mountains, were
found safe but shivering cold to
day. Rangers of the Great Smoky
Mountain National Park found
the boys huddled beneath a shed
outside a small lodge atop tower
ing Mt. Leconte, one of the na
tion's most picturesque natural
sights.
Ore., after tailing to stop at a
red light, according to police.
Injured were Mrs. Bennett's
daughters. Daisy Lee, 15, Mar
gie, 11, Donna Sue. 9, and Ju
quetta, 4 months. The Bennett
auto was thrown 101 feet from
the point of impact, police said.
The Bennett children were
taken to Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital yesterday for treatment.
Margie Bennett will lose several
teeth as a result of the accident
and Donna Sue is to be checked
for possible skull fracture, ac
cording to officers.
The Baer auto was overtaken
three miles from the scene of
the accident by a Central Point
night patrolman when the car's
radiator went dry.
Baer and Goyette were both
held in the Central Point jail
prior to their release.
Central Point police are meet
ing with the district attorney to
day to determine if Baer is to be
charged on a felony or a misde
meaner. If he is to be prosecut
ed on a felony his trial will be
held in the Jackson county cir
cuit court, and if he is to be
charged with a lisdemeanor he
will be tried in the Central Point
municipal court, police said
Four Teamster
Off icals Indicted
Washington iU.R A federal
grand jury today indicted four
Teamsters Union officials, in
cluding Western Conference
Teamster Chief Frank W. Brew
ster, on contempt of Congress
charges.
Indicted with Brewster were:
Einar O. Mohn. executive vice
president of the Teamsters union;
Nugent La Poma, secretary
treasurer of a Seattle Teamsters
local, and Harry Reiss. adminis
trator of welfare funds for Team
sters local 227 in New York.
Weather
tonight with valley fo Tuf
dv morning. Mo&tly sunny
and warm Tuesdav afternoon,
low tonight 34. High Tuesday
TFMPFR ATLRE
Hicnrtt Yesterday 5
Low r st This Morning . 11
PRECIPITATION
To ! a.m. Today lft
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
. 6:1 a.m.
Sunset
1oonris .,
Last Qnartrr
PROMINENT STAR
Sirius. due south
VIS1RLE PLANETS
... S:2'! p.m.
,.. :S9 p.m.
.. March
. 7:08 p.m.
Jupiter, low in east
. C:4S p.m.
Mars in the west :34 D.m.
Saturn, rises 1:04 a.m.
President of' I
III Explosion,
51st Year
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Israel Runs Test
Through Aqaba
Egypt Newspapers
Warn Hostilities
May Be Resumed
Vessel Reported To
Have Reached Open Sea
Washington (U.P.) The
United States promised Israel
today "to use its influence in
seeking the objective of peace
and tranquility" in the Mid
dle East.
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles told Israeli Foreign
Minister Golds Meir the Unit
ed States "stood firmly" by
the and expectations it had ex
pressed for the troubled area
in connection with withdrawal
of Israel troops from Egyptian
territory.
Israel ran a test ship into the
Gulf of Aqaba today.
Tel Aviv reports said it was
believed the vessel already had
passed through the Arab-claimed
Strait of Tiran and to have
reached the open sea safely.
With Finnish troops of the UN
Emergency Force stationed at
Sharm el Sheikh, which controls
passage through the Strait of
Tiran, the movement of the
Freighter Queen of Sheba was
not expected to be much of a
test of Egyptian and Saudi Ar
abian claims that the Tiran
Strait lies in Arab territorial
waters from which Israeli ship
ping is barred.
Earlier, Egyptian newspapers
warned that "hostilities may be
resumed at any moment" be
cause of Israeli demands for in
ternationalization of the Gulf
of Aqaba and the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Ralph Bunche, assistant
UN secretary-general, and Maj.
Gen. E. L. M. Burns, head of
the UN Emergency Force, left
Cairo for hurried inspection trips
to Gaza and Sharm el Sheikh on
the Gulf of Aqaba as the situa
tion once more become tense.
In Washington. Israeli Foreign
Minister Golda Meir was meet
ing Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles. Jerusalem sources
said she would seek pledges that
American assurances of free pas
sage of the Gulf of Aqaba will
"not go down the drain."
Israeli sources claimed assur
ances on Gaza had disappeared
when the UNEF turned over ad
ministration of the strip of
Egyptian police and civilians
and when the Egyptian Army
moved into El Arish. their Sinai
Desert fortress at entranc to
the Gaza Strip.
Four To Appear
In District Court
The two bartenders and two
tavern operators, who were ar
rested in connection with alleged
pinball machine pay-offs in a
Friday night raid by Medford
police officers and sheriff's
deputies, were scheduled to ap
pear in district court this after
noon. Arrested were Joseph Edward
Stratman, bartender at the Med
ford hotel lounge, charged with
operating a game of chance;
Lloyd Keller, operator of The
Tavern, charged with possessing
and operating a game of chance;
Sam Prough, owner of the Tal
ent club, charged with possess
ing, owning, operating and dis
playing a game of chance; and
Charles Will Gleim. Talent, bar
tender at the Talent club,
charged with operating a game
of chance.
All four were lodged in the
county jail and
released after
posting S100 bail each. The raid
was done at the request of the
district attorney and coordinated
through that office, it was re
ported. DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 472.30. off 1.98: 20 rail
roads 141.89. off 0.98: 71.34, off
0.24. and 65 stocks 166.86. off
0.78. Sales today were about
1.450.000 shares compared with
1,600,000 shares Friday. -
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1957
"I Think I Begin
Rackets Committee
Authorized
Income Tax Returns
Washington U.R Presi
dent Eisenhower today armed
the Senate Rackets committee
with authority to examine in
come and other tax returns of
Teamsters President Dave Beck
and others it is investigating.
The authorization did not
specifically name Beck or any
one else. But it did give the
special committee broad power
to look into the tax returns of
anyone it is investigating. Be
sides Beck, this could include
Mayor Terry D. Schrunk of Port
land. District Attorney William
M. Langley of Multnomah coun
ty, and many others.
Accused of Taking Bribe
Senate investigators are look
ing into the personal finances
of Beck and other teamsters of
ficials. Schrunk has been accused of.
but has denied, taking a S500
bribe. Langley invoked the Fifth
Amendment when asked if he
took payoffs from gamblers.
The authorization, covering re
turns since 1945. was granted by
the President under regulations
governing the inspection of re
turns by congressional commit
tees. The White House said the au
thorization was requested by the
special senate committee investi
gating alleged links between the
Teamsters Union, racketeers and
politicians in Portland.
The authorization covers in
spection of income, excess prof
its, estate, gift, and capital stock
returns.
Beck's Finances
"Any information obtained by
the committee is confidential,"
Sheridan Resignation
From OLCC Requested
Portland VP.) Thomas J.
Sheridan, assistant administrator
of the Oregon Liquor Control
Commission, said today he had
been asked for his resignation.
Sheridan said that he was
called to meet with Joseph A.
Nance, administrator of the corn-
mission Saturday at which time
he was told the OLCC felt his
"service to the state and liquor
commission is of no further
value."
Sheridan said he would ap
peal the matter to the State Civil
Service commission.
The assistant administrator
was a recent witness before the
Senate Rackets committee in
Washington.
Sheridan was once suspended
for 30 days for accepting a small
gratuity from a distillery repre
sentative. ""
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the White House said, "but the
committee may report informa
tion pertinent to its investiga
tion to the Senate."
The special committee head
ed by Sen. John L. McClellan
(D-Ark.) has not disclosed why
it wants to use the tax informa
tion. Meanwhile, Senate investigat
ors indicated that they have
much more information about
Beck's "loans" from teamsters
funds than Beck has disclosed.
Driver Arraigned '
Following Hit-Run
Accident Saturday
Ted Vinson Roberts, 19, Klam
ath Falls, was arraigned in dis
trict court this , morning on
charges of failing to stop at the
scene of an accident involving
bodily injury.
Preliminary hearing was set
for March 25 at 10 a.m. by Dis
trict Judge Rawles Moore. He
was released on $1,000 cash bail.
Arrested Saturday
Roberts, who is represented
by Ervin B. Hogan, was arrest
ed by city police early Saturday
morning at the intersection of
East Main st. and Riverside ave.
after running several red lights
and hitting another automobile,
according to police reports.
The driver of the other ve
hicle, Marvin Dwayne Proehl,
16, of 303 Boardman st., Med
ford, was admitted to Sacred
Heart hospital and released Sun
day, according to hospital of
ficials. Also injured in the accident
were three passengers in the
car and two girls who were
previously reported to be pass
engers but later discovered to
be pedestrians.
Others Hurt
Treated at the hospital and re
leased Saturday were Richard
Allan Bourne. 17. of 510 Haven
of 816 North Riverside ave..
Doin passengers. Another pass
enger, Keith Arland Branson,
18, of 710 Palm st., was released
from the hospital Sunday.
The two pedestrians, Wilda
DeAnn Abbott, 16, of 1212 Wash
ington st., and Georgia Fern Mer
ton. 18. of 1820 Kings highway,
were reported in good condition
at Sacred Heart hospital this
morning.
According to city police Rob
erts, who was not injured in the
accident, did not stop at the
scene but continued several
blocks before being stopped by
officers. -'
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No. 307
Eisenhower Sees
Terrier Missiles
Blast Drone Plane
Demonstration Given
On Get-Well Cruise
Aboard Eisenhower Escort
Ship (U.R) President Eisen
hower saw supersonic Terrier !
missiles from the cruiser Can
berra knock down a high flying
drone target plane off the Ba
hamas today.
The President was given the
d e m o n's t r ation of America's
guided missile might as the
Canberra took him on a leisurely
get-well cruise in tropical waters
prior to his Bermuda conference
later this week with British
Prime Minister Harold Macmil
lan. Two Terriers Fired
The Canberra fired two of its
27-foot terriers at a World War
II Grumman Hellcat fighter
piloted by remote control. The
target plane was directed by
three escorting control planes.
The cruiser and escorting de
stroyers Wood and Barton re
mained in Exuma Sound in Ba
haman waters for the firing ex
ercise. The practice shoot was
originally scheduled as a regu
lar training operation last week
but was delayed, the Navy said,
by preparations for the presi
dential voyage.
Watches Firing
Mr. Eisenhower and members
of his staff watched the firing
from a small deck area near
huge radar direction finders
which control movements of the
missiles. -
The seas were bright and calm
and the temperature was in the
high 70s.
$18,000 Found
In Patient's Home
About 518,000 in cash was
found in the residence of an 83-year-old
Medford woman recent
ly committed to the state mental
institution in Salem while her
legal guardians were making an
inventory of her belongings, it
was reported today.
Mrs. Ora Lee Adams, 245
North Oakdale ave., Medford,
was judged mentally incom
petent by Circuit Judge H. K.
Hanna March 7 after a hearing
in which she was examined by
county physicians. She had been
living alone since the death of
her husband several years ago.
Her guardians, Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Adams, Jacksonville,
no relation to the 83-year-old
woman, discovered about $17,
700 of the money March 11 in a
fish and tackle box that was
hidden among the woman's be
longings, according to Walter
Nunley, Mrs. Adams' attorney.
Nunley reported the money, as
well as about $325 found in the
residence earlier, was taken to
the Medford branch of the U.S.
National bank where it was
counted. All of the money has
been put into a guardianship ac
count in the bank to be used for
the woman's benefit, Nunley
said.
Nunley added that a 1926
Grah.-'.m-Paige automobile with
only 20,000 miles on its speedo
melef had been found in her
garage where the auto had been
covered. He indicated an auction
may be held for some " of her
other belongings.
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower has nominated
Fred A. Bantz, Pawling, N. Y.,
to be an assistant secretary of
Navy.
Senate Committee Will Investigate
Disappearance of Eugene, Ore., Flier
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee
has started an investigation into
the disappearance of American
aviator Gerald L. Murphy in the
Dominican Republic.
Aired in Closed Session
The committee's subcommit
tee on American affairs met in
close session Friday and dis
cussed the case for an hour and
a half with administration of
ficials. The United States yesterday
formally demanded that the Do
minican government "reopen
and vigorously pursue" investi
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B.AMON MAGSAYSAY
Body Found in Wreckage
Hearings Slated
On Assorted Bills
Before Legislature
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
Legislature moved into its 10th
week today with 14 committee
hearings scheduled during the
week and final action set today
on 31 assorted bills.
City, county and suburban
leaders gathered for two hear
ings today on suburban prob
lems. The House Local Govern
ment committee was to consider
House bill 531 for formation of
a new type county service dis
trict: The bill would enable resi
dents of suburban areas to vote
to form a district administered
by the county court which would
provide services such as sewage
disposal, water, police and fire
protection.
Up for public hearing tonight
before the same committee was
House Joint Rcsclution 22,
known as the county home rule
resolution.
Under the home rule plan, vot
ers of a county could decide on
their form of government and
draw up a charter. The Legis
lature would then approve the
charter.
No Legislative Authority
imow. county courts have no
legislative authority but can car
ry out certain administrative
acts by state law.
With a charter, counties could
enact such things as zoning reg
ulations which are now provid
ed for in city charters.
Both the home rule resolu
tion and the county service dis
trict plan are sponsored by the
Interim Committee on local gov
ernment. On Wednesday, the
Senate Education committee will
consider the "key district" bill
to change the formula for distri
buting basic school money. At
the same time, Portland's answer
to the key district plan will be
discussed. Portland schoolmen
claim they would lose some S4
million in" state money should
the key district bill be enacted
into law.
U of 0 President
Dinner Speaker
Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, presi
dent of the University of Ore
gon, will speak at the United
Medford Crusade's fourth an
nual dinner at 6:30 p.m. Thurs
day, March 21, in the Hedrick
Junior High school cafetorium.
Title of his talk will be, "The
Advantage of Joining Hands."
John R. Dellenback, Medford
attorney, will be master of cer
monies at the dinner. Dr. Merle
E. Foland, chairman of the
UMC dinner committee, has an
nounced. Foland has urged all those
who are attending the dinner
to make reservations at the
UMC office not later than Tues
day morning, March 19.
Dinner tickets will be SI. 50
per plate, he said. The UMC
office is located in the Lever
ette building.
gation into the disappearance of
the 23-year-old Eugene, Ore.,
youth.
Murphy vanished in Ciudad
Trujillo Dec. 3 after he boasted
of knowledge that the Trujillo
regime was involved in the
earlier disappearance of Colum
bia University Professor Jesus
De Galindez.
Explanation Rejected
In a note delivered by the
U.S. embassy in Ciudad Trujillo,
the U.S. officially rejected the
Dominican government's expla
nation for Murphy's disappear
ance and branded documents
Carlos P. Garcia
Takes Oyer Head
Of Government
Possibility of
Sabotage Investigated
Manila (U.R) Carlos P.
Garcia took the oath of office as
President of the Philippines to
night, succeeding President
Ramon Magsaysay whose char
red body was found today in the
smuldering wreckage of his pri
vate plane.
Reports of an explosion be
fore the crash of the plane carry
ing Magsaysay and 25 other per
sons led government officials to
fear the C47 transport carrying
the anti-Communist leader might
have been sabotaged.
Rushes from Australia
Garcia, the vice president and
foreign minister under Magsay
say, rushed here from Australia
where he had attended a meet
ing of the Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization. He went to Mala
canang Palace tonight, for the
ceremony after visiting Magsay
say s weeping widow.
loday the body of the Presi
dent was brought down from the
jungle covered mountains of
Cebu to Cebu City where 10,000
Dare-neaded Filipinos stood
silently under a blazing sun.
Many were in tears.
Two American Marine heli
copters brought down the char
red bodies of the victims of
Sunday's plane crash. Ther was
only one survivor, a Manila
newspaperman, Nestor Mata, a
reporter for the Philippines
Herald.
Logical Target
It was his report of an ex
plosion before the crash that
sent special investigators to the
scene. Magsaysay, a leading anti
Communist in Asia who was
able to stamp out the Red-tinted
Huk rebels, would have been a
logical target for assassination.
-. His body was taken to the
third military area'Tieadquar
ters to be embalmed.
Garcia took the oath before
Chief Justice Ricardo Paras and
then called an emergency cabi
net meeting to discuss funeral
arrangements for Magsaysay.
Education Secretary Gregorio
Hernandez Jr., one of the cabi
net members, was one of the per
sons who died in the plane.
Four Bodies Identified
Officials said bodies of the
President and three other per
sons were identified in the char
red and twisted wreckage of the
presidential plane and that the
bodies of 21 others were too bad
ly burned for immediate identi
fication, making a total of 25
dead. No official passenger list
was immediately available.
Magsaysay s death dealt a se.
rious blow to American policy
plans in the Philippines, and po
litical observers predicted a long
period of political unrest. He
had come to power with strong
American backing, and Ameri
can officials were deeply
shocked.
Messages of condolence poured
in from throughout the world.
President Eisenhower said the
anti-Communist leader "will be
greatly missed." Magsaysay had
planned to visit Mr. Eisenhower
this spring.
Bonanza Woman
Stabbed at Klamath
Klamath Falls (U.R) A 41-year-old
Bonanza woman was
stabbed in the chest, face and
arms yesterday in front of the
Klamath Valley hospital.
Police held Cruz Esqueda on
an assault with a dangerous wea
pon charge. The woman, Mrs.
Armenia Brown was reported by
hospital authorities to be in "fair
condition."
Police said that the slabbing
happened during an argument
between Mrs. Brown and three
others, including Esqueda. All
four were in a car parked in
front of the hospital.
supporting that explanation ap
parent forgeries.
Rep. Charles O. Porter, (D
Ore.) who represents Murphy's
home district, hailed the findings
as fresh reason for granting his
demand for a thorough congres
sional investigation of the Mur-phy-Galindez
mystery.
Said Linked to Conspiracy
Porter has charged on the
House floor that Trujillo agents
used Murphy in a conspiracy to
dispose of Professor Galindez
and then liquidated him because
he talked too much.