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Newspaper Page Texto o hi Nor distent fsamsters' Funo Magsajsay's Body Arrives in Manila As Crowds Mourn Filipinos Fight Cordon of Poli ce Manila U.R The body of President Ramon Magsaysay came home to sorrowing Manila today and thousands of Filipinos fought through police lines at tempting to touch his flag draped casket. Later the near hysterical crowds broke down the gates of Malancanang palace, named by Magsaysay "the palace of the people." in a desperate attempt to see the remains of their be loved president. Plan in Slow Circle As new President Carlos P. Garcia and Magsaysay 's beauti ful widow Luz wept, the "Bula can," a C47 transport plane car rying the remains of the late president, flew in a low slow circle over the quiet, city. Its un derside was painted black in mourning. The plane brought the re mains from Cebu City, where Magsaysay and 25 of his retinue died in a flaming crash Sunday. A crowd -estimated at 100, 00U persons broke through police lines when the plane touched down. They surged around bat talions of massed troops toward the plane. This was the way the people had always greeted popular President Magsaysay. It was no different in death. The flag-draped casket was re moved from the plane amid the booming of a 21 gun salute. Crowd Gives Way Only after an official pleaded desperately over a loud speaker for the crowd to move back "in respect to our beloved presi dent" did the crowd give way. i As the procession moved slow ly through the mourning city towards Malacanang, hundreds ran beside and behind the hearse? Magsaysay's closed casket will lie in state at Malacanang pal ace until noon Friday. Then a high mass will be held in Lune ta park, a public area in down town Manila. The President will be buried in Manila's Old North cemetery. The nation started an official 30-day morning period Monday. While the nation mourned, in telligence, security and air force experts continued their exhaus tive investigatioi of possible causes of the plane crash. Donat's Death Is Found Self-Inflicted A self-inflicted explosive force caused the death of Arthur Cyril Donat, 75. of route 1, box 235D, Rogue River, March 6, accord ing to County Coroner Carlos Morris. The verdict was reached yes terday afternoon after an in quest at Wimer in which seven witnesses and three law enforce ment off t)ials testified. About 50 people were present at the in quest. Testifying were Joe Walsh and Dean Duberry, sheriffs dep uties, and Robert Wievesiek, Ore gon state police, who were called to the scene. Seven residents of the Wimer area who heard the explosion also testified. Mrs. Florence M. Little, for whom Donat was employed, said Donat had been despondent re cently, and had threatened to take his own life on two other occasions. Morris conducted the inquest at the Wimer Grange hall. London U.R Queen Eliza beth and Prince Philip will ar rive in Jamestown, Va., Sept. 9 to begin their North . American tour. Khrushchev Says War Not 'Fatalistically Inevitable7 Moscow (U.R) Soviet Com munist party chief Nikita S. Khrushchev said Monday night that Russia does not think war is "fatalistically inevitable." He said that world peace would be maintained and strengthened if the west were willing to pursue a policy of peaceful coexistence. The Soviet leader called for im provement of Soviet-American relations which, he said, would favorably affect the entire inter national situation. Raphes To Questions Khrushchev made his state ments in reply to written quest ions submitted by Managing Ed itor Charles L. Clapp of the Grand Rapids. Mich., Herald. It was the second interview re leased by Khrushchev Monday. Earlier he told Japanese journ alist Masuhary Hatanaka that Russian would not unilaterally discontinue nuclear test explo sions, contending that such a "Now, In This Case, Government But We Don't rrf- 0( Vb JO) , .V' () Ford Plant Explosion Kills One, Hurts 25 Detroit 'U.R) An explosion ripped through a huge paint dry ing oven at the Ford Motor com pany's Rouge plant late Monday j night, fatally injuring one work-1 er and burning 25 others, five critically. John Goodwin, 56, a final in spector in the frame plant, died Bids Called for Three Reclamation Jobs in County Denver The bureau of're clamation has issued bid calls for three projects in Jackson county. One is part of the Talent project, and the other two are rehabilitation work in the Med ford Irrigation district system. Bids will be opened at the bureau's Camp White office at 10 a.m. April 25. for work on the Howard Prairie Delivery canal and Soda Creek Feeder canal. The work is southeast of Ashland. The job involves about 11.8 miles of canal with bottom widths varying from two to six feet with concrete lining. About one-half mile of 48-inch precast concrete pipe siphon will be in stalled, a 400-foot long diver sion dam averaging 13 feet high will be provided, and concrete structures and a timber bridge are required. Completion Timt Completion time for the Tal ent project work is 660 days. Bids are due at 10 a.m. April 9 for earthwork, pipe lines and structures on the Yankee Creek and Antelope creek siphon and wasteway in the Medford Irri gation district. Construction will be done be tween irrigation seasons. The season is from April. 1 to Sept. 30. Completion time is 280 days the bureau said. Bids will be received at 10 a.m. next Sept. 13 for work on the Osborne Wash siphon and for removingt hree metal flumes ande recting bench flumes and concrete retaining walls in the Medford Irrigation district canal system. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 473.93, up 1.63; 20 rail roads 142.67, up 0.78; 15 utilities 71.30. off 0.04. and 65 stocks 167.38. up 0.52. Sales today were about 1.540.000 shares com pared with 1,450,000 shares Monday. move would be interpreted as a sign of weakness. Khrushchev told Clapp that "recent events in Egypt have re affirmed that forces coming out for maintenance of peace can curb aggressors and avert war." He said the Soviet Union rea lized that capitalist and Com munist countries could live side by side despite different social systems. 'Open Skies' Accepted "If the Wetern powers, and primarily the United States, would also adhere in their policy to the principle of peaceful co existence, it could be said confi dently that peace would be maintained and strengthened." Khrushchev said. Khrushchev's remarks coincid ed with a Moscow radio report that Russia has "accepted" the Eisenhower "open sky" disarma ment plan during the secret five power disarmament conference now underway in London. We Recognize the See The Machine Gun" BL. K today at Henry Ford hospital of burns suffered in the blast, which rocked the giant plant in suburban Dearborn. About 2.000 employees were in the plant when the blast went off. It wrecked the paint drying oven and part of a conveyor line and blew out a section of the building wall. The explosion was followed by a fire which was quickly put out by company firemen. Some of the injured men were working atop catwalk platforms near the oven when the blast occurred, hurling the workers to the ground. Fir Damage Minor The oven in which the blast occurred is used to dry paint on auto body frames. The blast was believed to have originated in a paint drain tank running be neath the giant oven. Ford officials said fire damage to the building was minor com pared with the damage caused by the Explosion. Production was not disrupted, according to a company spokesman. Foreign Students Due in Medford A public potluck dinner and meeting honoring 29 University of Oregon foreign students will be held Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the YMCA. The group will arrive in Med ford about 11 a.m. tomorrow through arrangements of the University Foreign Student Friendship Foundation, and will be overnight guests in local homes, according to Y Director Bob Jones. They also will visit Roscburg, Grants Pass, Ashland and Klamath Falls. A panel discussion of their countries' relations with the United States will be presented at 7:30 p.m. following the din ner. The students also will talk informally later with those at tending. Jones said residents have been invited to the dinner and dis cussion. Each should bring his own table service, he said. Those taking part in the "Great Decisions . . . 1957" pro gram which ended last week have been extended a special invitation. Frost Forecasts Set On Regular Schedule Frost Forecaster William Rog ers is now broadcasting frost warnings to fruit growers in the valley on a regular basis over three radio stations in the county. Broadcasts are made at 8 and 10:15 p.m. over KMED, 8 p.m.. 9:15 p.m., 10 p.m.. 11 p.m. and midnight over KWIN, and 8 p.m and at intervals later in the eve ning over KYJC. Television sta tion KBES-TV will be carrying frost warnings later in the rea son, it was reported. County Horticulture Agent C. B. Cordy said there has been no orchard heating here to date. Ruch School District Awarded $1,280 Ruch school district 3C has been awarded tentative entitle ment of Sl.280.95 by the office of education of the department of health, education and welfare under public law 874. Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger, reported to day. The district has been certified for immediate payment of Sl. 024. according to the report. Public law 874 provides for fed eral assistance to school districts where federal holdings increase the district's financial burden. West Coast Boss Says Money Spent For Contributions Brewster Can't Recall $4,000 House Payment Washington (U.R) The Sen ate Labor Rackets committee said today nearly $100,000 was ! withdrawn from Seattle Team- j sters Union local for a "special j fund" which does not exist. But West Coast teamsters boss Frank W. Brewster swore the fund did exist once. He said it was used for political contribu tions. Asked whether S4.000 of it was used as a down payment on his house, he said he could not remember. Indicted for Contempt Brewster, president of the 11- state Western Conference of the giant Tamslers Union, was in dicted Monday on charges of con tempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions last January before another Senate commit tee. He was being quizzed today by the new Senate Rackets com mittee to pave the way for later questioning of Teamsters Presi dent Dave Beck. Committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy said $99,999.65 was drawn from Sattle's big team sters Local 174 from June, 1950, to November, 1953. Brewster said he was secretary-treasurer of the local at the time. Kennedy said the checks were made out to "Local 174 special fund" in the Seattle First Na tional Bank. No Such Fund "We have checked and found there is no special fund," Ken nedy said. Brewster said there was such a special fund for 10 years before 1953. "It was a political fund, to be spent on candidates that Claude O'Reilly was in favor of, with approval of the Executive Board," the teamster leader said. O'Reilly, once president of Lo cal 174, died April 14, 1952. Brewster said he could not ac count for how the money was spent. He said O'Reilly spent it. Kennedy asked if Brewster ever got any of the money. I have not received any of that money for my personal use." Brewster said. Chairman John L. McClcllan (D-Ark.) showed Brewster a pho tostatic copy of a S4.000 check to the "special fund," signed by Brewster and O'Reilly and dated Feb. 27, 1951, on the First Na tional Bank of Seattle. He then showed him a $4,000 cashier's check purchased by O'Reilly from the same bank the same day, initialled "F.W.B.", and made out to the Palm Desert Properties Corp. Brewster con ceded he had a house in Palm Desert, Calif. Forger House Payment "I don't recall this trans action," said Brewster. "I'll have to refresh my memory." "Did you make a down pay ment of S4.000 on a house in March. 1951, to Palm Desert Corp?" Kennedy asked. "I don't remember," said Brewster. "I don't recall the transaction." To Kennedy's blunt question whether the $4,000 had not "ended in your home in Palm Springs" Brewster replied: "I'm not too positive that wasn't paid back . . .That prob ably has been corrected." Kennedy said records of the Springs, show Brewster made a $4,000 down payment March 7, 1951. McClellan said nearly $100, 000 was a lot of money from working people to go into politics. "It sounds like a big figure, but spread over everybody that knocks at your door it isn't so much," Brewster said. (See Story on Page 10) Council to Consider Aid Application The Medford city council to night will consider filing an ap plication to the bureau of muni cipal research at the University of Oregon for possible federal aid on an urban planning assist ance program for Medford. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall. The council also will consider renewing a contract with Hahn, Wise and Associates, planning consultant firm in Redwood City. Calif. Hobart (Art) Pritch ard has been the firm's consult ant with the city of Medford for the past six months. Public hearings will be held on construction of a water main on South Grape st. from Melrose to Stewart aves. and a sanitary sewer in block 4, South Sea ad dition. Washington (U.R) Post master General Arthur E. Sum merfield told Congress that if it does not raise postal rates, it will be nullifying much of its effort to reduce President Eisen hower's S71.8 billion budget. 51st Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 16 Pages Egypt Assures U.S. No Plans To Send Troops Into Gaza Plans Outlined on Operation of Suez By UNITED PRESS Egypt has assured the United States that it has no present plans to send troops into the Gaza Strip, along whose borders Israeli sources reported new minor violence today. Cairo dispatches also reported that Esypt has assured the Unit ed Nations it has no intention of pushing the U.N. Emergency Force out of the disputed strip. At the same time, Cairo has outlined its views on future Egyptian operation of the Suez Canal in a memorandum handed to representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, India and the United Nations. The three moves eased the tensions in the Mid-East, where officials feared the minor Gaza border incidents might mush room into maior trouble. Threats Are Reduced Israel has warned against the return of a "belligerent" Egypt to Gaza and the United States and other nations have been working in secret to slow down Egypt's moves in that direction. Cairo already has a general in Gaza acting as civil governor and the UNEF command was re ported moving its headquarters from the area. But President Gamal Abdel Nasser's assur ances that he has no intention of sending Egyptian troops into Gaza at the moment reduces the chance of any new military activity by Israel to protect its interests in that region. Position Kept Secret The Egyptian position on the future operation of the Suez Canal was kept secret, although Nasser already" 'has announced that all tolls must be paid to Egypt and not shared with any international agency as suggest ed by the West. The new Egyp tian memorandum is Dcuevea to re-emphasize this stand. One report said it also stated that Egypt will insist that all ships obey Egypt's laws and regula tions governing use of the canal and that Egypt, will brook no interference from any nation in operating the waterway. Arraignment Slated Fcr Barry Baer Barry Eugene Baer, 21, Cen tral Point, is scheduled to be ar raigned in district court at 10 a.m. Wednesday on a charge of failure to stop at the scene of an accident involving bodily injury. Baer was arrested by Central Point police Sunday morning after the car he was driving al legedly failed to stop at a red v,ht nnH struck a car driven by Mrs. Ethel Mae Bennett, Selma, at the corner of Pine st. and Highway 99. Mrs. Bennett's four daughters, who were passengers in her car, were all injured in the collision, police said. Baer's auto was overtaken three miles from the accident scene when the car's radiator went dry. Baer's 18-year-old passenger, Donald Dean Goyette, Central Point, originally charged with failure to give information at the scene of an accident, is to appear in district court tomor row on a charge of being drunk on a public highway. Elkins, Clark Seek1 90-Day Trial Delay Portland (U.R) A delay of at least 90 days was sought today by James B. Elkins and Raymond Clark in their trial on charges of violating federal wire tapping laws. Federal Judge William East said he would hear arguments on the motion Wed nesday. The trial has been sched uled for March 26. Weather FORECAST: Inereanlnr hlih cloudiness tonicht and Wednesday. Chance f show f n ttednesdav afternoon. Low tonicht 33-34, high to morrow 55-58. Temp. Highest Yesterday fiO Lowest this Morning 32 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise fi:! a.m. Sunset fi:23 p.m. Moon rise ..11:05 p.m. Last Quarter Friday night PROMINENT STARS Rieel. in southwest 8:11 p.m. Brtelcense. hieh above RigeL VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, high in south east 0:no p.m. Mars, sets 11 :1 l.p.m. Saturn, low In south east .... 2:05 a.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1957 Advisory Council Discusses increasing Juvenile Problem About 48 per cent of larceny, car theft, rape, aggravated as sault and similar charges han dled by the Medford police de partment last year were juvenile offenses. Police Chief Charles Champlin said last nights He added that about half the juveniles involved in these cases were less than 15 years old. The advisory council of. the Jackson county juvenile court discussed "The Increase in Ju venile Delinquency in the Coun ty" at a meeting last night. The panel included Mrs. Kay Crow ell, chief juvenile officer for the county, moderator; Joseph Walsh, chief deputy sheriff; Champlin; and Russell Brendle, state police sergeant. Held in Jail Walsh said 217 juveniles were held in the county jail during 1956, in addition to about 67 runaways from other areas who were apprehended here. Chief Champlin cited "a break down in the American home" as the biggest problem of all in juvenile delinquency here and everywhere. He said some Jackson-Douglas Joint District Discussed Salem (U.R) A move to add one member to the Senate and one member to the House to avoid such a deadlock as the choice of Senate president at the start of the 1957 session was given a hearing today, with most witnesses favoring the proposal. Senate joint resolution 9 by Sens. Rudie Wilhelm Jr. of Port land and Howard Beltori of Can by would provide for a referen dum on a constitutional amend ment to create a new Senate and House district jointly in Jack son and Douglas counties. That would make the Senate member ship 31 and the House member ship 61. Favored by Lowry Sen. Philip Lowry of Medford told the Senate Elections and Privileges committee that he felt the joint district would work in well because the two counties have similar economic interests. Belton said he thought the ad dition of one member to each House would be the best method to avoid any such similar tie in the future because he didn't think there was enough activity yet to justify creation of a lieutenant governorship in Ore gon. Voicing similar sentiments were Sen. C. A. Cameron of Grants Pass and Rep. E. A. Lit trell of Medford. Bartenders, Owners To Enter Plea Four men arrested in a Friday night raid in connection with al leged pinball machine pay-offs are scheduled to enter pleas in district court at 3 p.m. Wednes day. Arraigned In district court Monday afternoon were Joseph Edward Stratman, bartender at the Medford hotel lounge, charged with operating a game of chance; Lloyd Keller, opera tor of The Tavern, charged with possessing and operating a game of chance; Sam Prough, owner of the Talent club, charged with possessing, operating and dis playing a game of chance; and Charles Will Gleim, bartender at the Talent club, charged with" operating a game of chance. All four were lodged in jail Friday and were released later that night on $100 bail. Edward Kelly, Medford attorney, is rep resenting each of them. Trading Stamp Bill Tabled by Committee Salem (U.R) A bill to author ize redemption in cash of trad ing stamps was tabled today by the Senate Stale and Federal Affairs Committee. The bill had been introduced by Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Mil waukie Democrat, and Rep. Sam Wilderman, Portland Re publican. It would have provid ed that trading stamps have the cash value printed on them and that they would be redeemed either in merchandise or cash with no redemption for less than SI. The tabling action in effect kills the bill. parents are hostile when their children are brought to the po lice station and refuse to ac knowledge their youngsters' guilt even after the youngsters have admitted it. Champlin added, "Many parents expect teachers, police officers and ministers to rear their children." Walsh said there are only one or two cells in which to quarter juveniles at the jail and com mented, "There have been few occasions when damage to the cell or equipment didn't occur."' Attitudes of Juveniles Walsh stated the attitude of juveniles lodged in jail here is worse than the attitude dis played at McLaren school at Woodburn. He suggested this has been because the McLaren school does not so strongly re sAnble a jail. The handling of felony cases out of court, and principles of "informal probation," or strengthening of parental super vision over youngsters who have been in trouble, also were dis cussed. Chief Champlin said station- Also speaking for the resolu tion were Robert McKean of Co lumbia Empire Industries and Judge F. L. Phipps of The Dalles representing the County Judges association. James T. Marr of the Oregon State Labor Council spoke against the resolution, express ing belief that if a resolution now before the Legislature to refer the matter of a lieutenant governor to the voters does not pass, the people themselves will initiate a constitutional amend ment necessary to create the post. Two Seattle Men Arrested Monday Elbert Arnold Ometh, 26, and his brother, Donald Harry Om eth, 32, both of Seattle, Wash., were arrested by state police south of Ashland about 12:30 p.m. yesterday after police found two revolvers, two rifles and two shotguns in the vehicle they were operating. Police said the men were stopped in a routine check after an officer became suspicious of their actions. The officers cited the driver of the vehicle for hav ing no operator's license, then searched the car, police said. The revolvers, complete with holsters and belts with shells, were concealed under the front seat, police said. The officer also found two rifles and two shotguns, but none of them were loaded, police said. During questioning, police said, the Omeths admitted bur glarizing a Seattle establish ment, where they obtained the guns, and some payroll checks. Police said the establishment was burglarized about March 14 or IS, and that some of the checks had been cashed. The men had about $1,080 on them when they were arrested, police said. Some checks were found in the car, they added. The Om'eths were lodged in county jail for Seattle authori ties. They waived extradition, police said. Sheridan Formally Notified Of Ouster From OLCC Post Portland (U.R) The Ore gon Liquor Control commission yesterday formally notified Thomas J. Sheridan, assistant state administrator, of his dis missal. Sheridan said he would appeal the dismissal to the State Civil Service Board. The commission's action came after Sheridan had declined a request to resign. Discredit Upon Service A letter of dismissal, effective March 31, said in part: "You are being dismissed from service because certain of your actions while employed by the commis sion have reflected discredit upon the service and in certain instances have been a hindrance to effective performance of your duties." Hugh Kirkpatrick, chairman of the three-man board, said Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire No. 308 ' ing of off-duty officers, who are paid by establishment proprie tors or school districts, at public dances - and school games has helped decrease delinquency of fenses to some extent. Officers said juveniles who are apprehended are released to their parents' custody and cited to appear later in court when ever possible. When this is not possible, the youths are lodged in the county jail or in a pro tection home pending disposition of their cases. The possibility, of handling all juvenile offenses, including traf fic violations and illegal pos session of alcohol in the juvenile office rather than in district court was discussed. Obtaining Records Mrs. Crowell pointed out the present difficulty in obtaining complete records for juveniles brought to her office is because such charges as traffic violations and illegal possession of alcohol are handled in district court. Other juvenile offenses are han dled in her office. Mrs. Crowell said in many cases the juvenile otlicers are unaware of other charges against juveniles brought to that office and advo cated complete jurisdiction of ju venile cases in juvenile court. It was also pointed out that lack of personnel and an exces sive number of cases would make such a plan impractical at the present time. Sergeant Brendle explained that most juveniles coming to the attention of the stale police are involved in traffic viola tions. When they are stopped, he said, officers occasionally find out they are involved in some crime. Walsh said the sheriff's office is confronted with the problem of " juveniles largely through complaints made at the office and to a lesser degree through traffic control and routine checking of teenage dances and late hour cafes. Referred to Court Chief Champlin noted the Medford police department re ferred 169 cases to juvenile court last year. "The juveniles in Medford are behaving about like everyplace else," he said. Champlin added that delinquen cy here is less than the national average and said this might be mostly because of the stable population here. Prior to the panel discussion, County Judge Rodney Keating described changes adopted in plans for the juvenile detention home. . Among those attending the program were representatives of police departments in Phoe nix, Talent, Jacksonville and Central Point, the county court, district attorney, Parent-Teacher association representatives, school officials, representatives of the American Association of University Women, and several Rogue valley churches. Driver Fined $255 in District Court Today Harry Clair Hewitt, 52. of 2347 Howard ave., Medford, was fined S255 in district court yesterday after pleading guilty to a charge of driving while un der the influence of intoxicat ing liquor. Hewitt was arrested by state police Saturday night after his vehicle was involved in a col lision with another car on High way 99 in north Medford. His operator's license was suspended for 90 days and he also received a 30-day suspended jail sentence. members voted unanimously at a special meeting last week to call for Sheridan's resignation. v Other members are Barney Lu cas and Martin Buchanan. All are recent appointees of Gov. Robert Holmes. Sheridan said he would defer until the civil service hearing any comment on the action of the commission. With OLCC Six Years Sheridan has been with the OLCC for the past six years and before that was a state police officer for 20 years. In 1954 Sheridan received a 30-day suspension after being ac cused of accepting a $41 gratui ty from a distiller's agent in part payment of a hotel bill three years previous. He recently ap peared before the Senate Rack ets Committee in Washington, D. C.