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Beck To Mm peas pj , Macmillan Sees Talks With Ike as Valuable Prime Minister Reaches Bermuda; Eisenhower Due Elaborate Welcome Ceremony Planned Tucker s Town, Bermuda (U.Ri British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said today he was sure his top level talks with President Eisenhower here "will be valuable in helping to build up the strong tradition of Anglo American friendship upon which the whole life of the Free World depends." Macmillan arrived by plane from London this morning. Mr Eisenhower was due this after noon. Looks Forward to Meeting "I greatly look forward to the opportunity of meeting the Pres ident of the United States with whom I have worked and whose friendship I have had for many years," Macmillan said. "We have a great deal to get done in a few days." Wet, windy weather which had covered this semi - tropical vacation region for the past few days turned clear and fine early this morning, with cloudless skies and balmy temperatures. The poor weather earlier had threatened to wash out elabo r a t e welcoming ceremonies planned for Macmillan's arrival. It led British Colonial Secretary J. W. Sykes to make alternate plans for receiving Macmillan and Mr. Eisenhower on their ar rival here for talks aimed atj firming up the strained Anglo- American alliance. The President was scheduled to arrive in Bermuda waters aboard the USS Canberra, a guided missile ship on which he has been taking a sunshine cruise for his health. His physician, Maj. Gen. How ard Mc. Snyder, told newsmen aboard the Canberra Tuesday the trip has helped the Presi dent throw off many effects of his lingering winter cold but that he still has a cough, al though it is diminishing daily. The meeting, designed to heal the bruises received by the Anglo-American alliance following as a result of the Anglo-French invasion of Egypt last fall, starts Thursday morning at the plush Mi-Ocean club. Britain on Initiative It is expected to end Saturday evening. An official communi que probably will be issued Sat urday night or Sunday morning There weje signs that Britain intends to take the initiative in the talks generally and to mount a diplomatic drive to establish joint Anglo-American long-term policies on all major world is sues. Britain will make a strong bid to align the Eisenhower Doctrine fcr the Middle East as closely as O possible with the Baghdad Pact. Macmillan also will seek to line up the two nations in common policies on the Soviet Union, the United Nations, NATO and Red China. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 473.93, unchanged; 20 rail roads 142.65, off 0.02; 15 utilities 70.93. off 0.37. and 65 stocks 167.19, off 0.19. Sales today were about 1.830.000 shares compared with 1,540,000 shares Tuesday. "You Aren't The Only errydcale Argument OGntifiiues Controversy on a proposed Bcrrydale annexation continued last night when two Medford at torneys appeared before the Contract Extended With California Consultant Firm The Medford city council last ! night extended the contract of i Hahn. Wise and Associates, plan-ision ning consultants of Redwood City, Calif., to one month, which includes services rendered by the planning firm for March. The Medford planning com mission recommended to the council earlier this month the city renew its contract with the firm witiiin the limits of the firm's budget appropriation. One month's service from the plan ning firm costs about $324.64, it was reported. A suggestion of Councilman Stanley Jones that the council review benefits the city has re ceived from the planning firm before another six-month con tract is signed with the firm was approved. Motion Approved The council approved a motion of Councilman Don Hansen that services of the firm be suspended during April, May and June for budgetary reasons and to permit further council study of the firm's services. The motion stip ulated that the planning com mission consider the matter be fore the council takes final ac tion in suspending the firm's services. City Manager Robert Duff said services of the consulting firm are necessary at this time be- j wuse ox zoning ana umer prob lems facing the city as a result of annexations and growth. Hobart (Art) Pritchard, the firm's consultant, has been meet ing with city officials and the planning commission two days a month for the past six months. He also spends one day a month on Medford planning problems while away from Medford. The planning consultant firm also has been retained by the Jackson county planning com mission. Couniy Court Says Dead Dogs Buried The Jackson county court said today that dead dogs left on property about two miles south of Jacksonville had been buried. The carcasses of the dogs had been dumped there several weeks ago, ,the county court said. It is not known who buried the animals. The court said previously that dumping of rubbish, animals or anything of that type along any public road is against the law. The violation is punishable by a fine of $100 and imprisonment of 30 days in the county jail. One Coming Home" Medford city council represent ing groups of Berrydale residents opposing annexatior to Medford "as its boundaries now are pro posed." As a result the council will continue its study of the proposal. A. E. Piazza, Medford attorney, said he represented Berrydale residents in a section bounded by McAndrews rd. on the south, Riverside avc. on the west. Bid die rd. on the east, and Crater Lake highway on the north. The district was excluded from the proposed annexation area re- vised by the planning commis- earlier this month. Commission Recommended The commission last week rec ommended that an election be called in the Berrydale area on annexation. "If the proposed Berrydale area is annexed." Piazza said, residents he represented would be surrounded by incorporated Medford land. This would permit the city of Medford to annex that portion of Berrydale without consent of the area's voters, he said. Piazza cited a recent decision by the Oregon Supreme Court in the Thurbcr vs. McMinnville case where it pointed out cities do not have authority to extend their boundaries without consent of the residents being annexed. Piazza said annexation of the Berrydale area would do "in directly" what could not have been done if the excluded por tion had been left in the "annexa tion proposal. He suggested City Attorney E. R. Bashaw study the legal implications of the pro posed annexation. Alloted Time Since the Berrydale annexa tion proposal was only consid ered by the council last night because of the large number of Berrydale residents attending, Mayor John Snider allotted Pi azza and two other. speakers for and against the proposal five minutes in which to present their cases. Mayor Snider indicated, be cause of new information provide ed the council by Piazza, the an nexatidn proposal would be re ferred to the council health com mittee for further study. The health committee constitutes all members of the council. James Redden, another attor ney, represented several Berry dale residents living on Merri man rd., who oppose annexation. He stated the only reason the proposed annexation area was revised was to eliminate portions of the area which are against annexation so a "yes-v o t e" would be assured. Sanitation Facilities He said it would be one or two years before the city could pro v i d e sanitation facilities for Berrydale and suggested if the area was not annexed "the state could order it cleaned." City Manager Robert Duff said after the meeting that sanitation facilities probably could be pro- viaea me area in about a year. Nick Gier, chairman of the Berrydale Sanitation committee and a proponent of the annexa tion proposal, tolri the council the sanitation situation in Berry dale has been bad for the past eight years. At this point, he said, "what we are fighting is delay." Gier added that the Berrydale area "has to be cleaned up, and it can enly be done through annexation." (See story on Page 7) Dinner (or Foreign Students Is Today Twenty-nine University of Oregon foreign students will be guests at a public potluck dinner and meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at the Iedford YMCA. The group was to arrive in Medford about 11 a.m. today through arrangements of the University Foreign Student Friendship foundation, and are to be overnight guests in local homes, according to Bob Jones, executive secretary of the Y. A panel discussion of their countries' relations with the United States will be held at 7:30 p.m. following the dinner. The students also will talk in formally later with those attending. 51st Year Medford United Press Pull Leased Wire 22 Pages Women's Groups Rally To Support State Institution Warden's Budget Includes Building Salem (U.R) Women's or ganizations rallied to support a $1 million state women's insti tution separate from the state prison at a hearing before the House Health and Welfare com mittee here last night. Warden Clarence T. Gladden of Oregon state penitentiary said he included $750,000 in his budg et for a women's building on prison grounds for reasons of ec onomy. Could Share Facilities Gladden pointed out that he felt the women's' - facility was needed now and that it could share heat, light, power and sewage facilities if it were lo cated near the men's prison.' Claire Argo, executive secre tary of the Oregon Prison asso ciation, said most women's or ganizations were willing to build near some state institution to share some facilities but did not want it to be near the men's prison. Gladden said present women's facilities at the prison were com pletely inadequate. He said wo men were forced to sleep four to six to a room in cramped quarters of the second and third floors of the prison administra tion building. The women's building contem plated for the prison would house about 65 women while the separate institution advocated by women's groups would house about 100 inmates and also would take women sentenced to more than 90 days in the coun ty jails. Col. William Ryan, state co ordinator of institutions, told the committee that he felt the $1 million provided for in House bill 507 to build the separate facility was "entirely inade quate." Medium Security Institution Rep. Grace Peck. Portland, chairman of the committee and sponsor of the women's institu tion bill, said she envisioned a medium security institution, perhaps of cottage type construc tion, with emphasis on rehabili tation. She said she felt it might be built for between $1 million and $1,500,000. At present 27 women are housed in the women's section of the state prison. Mrs. Argo said that in 1956 some 64 wom en were sentenced to three months or more in county jails and that they could be taken care of in the new institution. Application lor Hearing Approved A resolution to file an appli cation for a Public Utilities com mission hearing to acquire a right-of-way for a railroad cross ing at Eighth st. was approved last night by the Medford city council. The crossing is one phase of the $1,656,100 arterial street im provement program approved by Medford voters last Novem ber. Eventually, Eighth st. will form a one-way couplet with Main st., from a junction in the Hawthorne park area west to ward the city limits. Proceeding through the pub lic utilities commissioners of fice is a procedural phase for a grade crossing right of way at Eighth st., according to City Manager Robert Duff. "If the development of Eighth st. as an arterial street is to be undertaken this year," Duff said "the necessary legal require ments and acquisition of rights of way must be undertaken with in a very short period." The Eighth st. project has a high priority in the overall 10 year street program, the city manager said. Weather FORECAST: Partial rtnrinr and colder tonirht. Partly rloudy with srattertd hrmer Thurs day. Low tonight 12. High Thursday 30. Temp. Hichrtt Yeiterday SS Lowest this Morninc 41 Prec. to 1 a m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 3:31 a.m. ...):5.T p.m. . 8:44 p.m. April 21 Moon rise Last Otiartcr VISIBLE PLANETS Mercury, sets 8:flfi p.m. lupiter. hieh in south 10:13 p.m. Mars, settinc at 10:47 p.m. is now about as bright as the star, Elnath, seen directly above it. Saturn, rises 11:12 p.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARf SECRETARY-titiOAL TO TALK WITH NASSER GARCIA ASSUMES PHILIPPINE PRESIDENCY Vice President and Foreign Secretary Carlos P. Garcia (dark suit) takes the oath of office as president of the Republic of the Philippines at Malacanang Palace in Manila, suc ceeding President Ramon Magsaysay who was killed in a plane crash on the Philippine Island of Cebu. Council Authorizes $9700 for Part in Fe d e ra I Ai A resolution that Medford pro vide $9,700 to finance the city's participation in a federal aid program for planning municipal improvements was approved last night by the city council. An application requesting par ticipation in the federal urban renewal program will be filed with the bureau of municipal research at the University of Oregon. . Under the program, which is available to cities with popula tions less than 25,000, the fed eral government matches city funds to carry out city improve ment planning. One-fourth of the city's participation may be in service, it was explained. Total Cost ' Total cost of the planning pro gram would be about $17,150, about half to be financed by fed eral funds. City Manager Robert Duff said the $9,700 is the estimated Two Districts Get Total of $10,041 . Jackson county school district 4 and Jackson county non-high school district have been award ed tentative entitlement of a total of $10,041.10 by the office of education and welfare under public law, 874, Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, reported today. School district 4 has been awarded tentative entitlement of $2,415.26 and the non-high dis trict has been awarded $7,625.84, according to the report. District 4 has been certified for immediate payment of $1,932 and the non-high district $6,100, Senator Neuberger said. Public law 874 provides for federal assistance to school dis tricts where federal holdings in crease the district's financial burden. Central Point Man Is Arraigned in Court Barry Eugene Baer, 21, of Central Point, was arraigned in district court this morning on a charge of failure to stop at the scene of an accident involving apparent bodily injury. Baer was arrested by Central Point police Sunday after the car he was driving allegedly failed to stop at a red light and struck a car driven by Mrs. Ethel Mae Bennett, Selma. Mrs. Bennett's four daughters were injured in the collision, police said. Baer waived having an attor ney and a preliminary hearing. He was bound over to the grand jury. District Court Judge Rawles Moore set bond at $1,000. 5 d P rog ra m city cost for obtaining a land use program, zoning ordinance, housing renumbering program, park and recreation program and services of a full-time tech nician who would work with the city administration. The progranv would have to be completed in one year for the city to be eligible for federal funds, Duff explained. The program would include a land use survey, which would be recorded on a property lines map. Distribution of population as well as a projection of future population distribution also would be recorded on the map. Field work, printing and simi lar work also would be needed, city officials said. Preparation of Maps - The zoning ordinance would involve preparation of maps, printing, hearings and meetings. The house renumbering pro gram would necessitate survey and analysis of the existing pro gram and setting up a new sys tem which would facilitate num bering changes, according to Duff. The program would not in volve renumbering of every house in Medford but would pro vide for house renumbering in areas where confusion exists, Duff said. Oregon Given Damp Introduction To Spring By UNITED PRESS Oregon got a damp introduc tion to spring today. Winter ended and spring ar rived at 1:17 p.m. (PST) and showers were forecast through tomorrow over much of the state. The weather man said the front of a Pacific storm system was crossing the state today. Rain is expected to become showery tonight with some sun ny periods tomorrow. Key Figure in Said Mysteriously Missing Portland (U.R) A Portland newscaster reported to his listen ers last night that John W. Vance, a key figure in the Port land . phase of . the Senate Rackets Committee's probe, is mysteriously missing. Disappeared From Hotel Pat Wilkins. KEX newscaster, said Vance disappeared from his Portland hotel last Friday, leaving behind clothing and other personal effects. Wilkins reported that a note written to the hotel's desk clerk thanking the establishment was not in Vance's handwriting. Sgt. Hank Kaczenski of the Price 10c IBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire No. 308 Hammarskjold Flying To Cairo To Discuss Suez War-Proof Buffer Zone Possibility By UNITED PRESS United Nations Secretary-Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold was fly ing today to the Middle East in hopes of ending what he called the long, drawn-out situation of crisis. He arrives in Cairo Thursday for talks with President Gamal Abdel Nasser on thi future of the Suez Canal and the possibil ity of establishing a war-proof buffer zone between Israel and Egypt. He may go on to Jerusalem for talks with Premier David Ben-Gurion, but his immediate tasks was talks with Nasser in his move to allay the atmosphere of fear and distrust that has the Middle East close to war. Situation Still Tense Though the situation was still tense, recent conciliatory state ments by Egypt eased the imme diate threat, including one that Egypt would not fire on Israeli ships using the Gulf of Aqaba. The Israeli-chartered freighter Pandora, formerly the Queen of Sheba, was reported to have left the port of Eilat early today for run through the Gulf of Aqaba en route to Massawa, Eritrea It was to pass the crucial Straits of Tiran sometime to night, but no trouble was peeled. In Suez, the Egyptian Suez Ca nal Authority announced today the waterway is now open to 2,000-ton ships. It opened it Tuesday to 1,000-ton vessels. Basis for Agreement UN sources in Cairo predicted Hammarskjold would have dif ficulty in setting up any buffer zone because of Israeli reluc tance to station UNEF troops on jits territory. Israel also was said to feel that the UNEF would not be able to stop Arab infiltrators, but could halt Israeli forces bent on revenge. Ben-Gurion, in statements to villagers in border settlements near the Gaza Strip, told them Tuesday he believed there would j not be a recurrence of major Fe dayeen attacks such as touched oil me israeii invasion 01 last October. Mayor Is Elected To Festival Post Mayor John Snider today was elected treasurer of the Pear Blossom Festival committee. The mayor attended a breakfast meeting of the committee this morning at the Holland hotel. Dorothy Snedden was named assistant treasurer. She is May or Snider's secretary. Route for the April 27 festi val parade will be the same as last year, Jay Pierce, committee president, announced. The par ade, whose theme Is "Nursery Rhymes," will start at 1 p.m. at Ivy st., and continue east on Main st. to Hawthorne park, where three $50 sweepstake prizes will be awarded winning floats. -Deadline for entering candi dates for king or queen of the Pear Blossom Festival is March 24, Pierce said. Candidates must be between 2 and 6 years old. Entrants in the festival parade can be no older than 12. There is no entry fee for the parade. Portland Rackets Probe Oregon State Police said, how ever, that Vance's sister at The Dalles saw her brother over the week end and reported he was en route to Las Vegas. Kaczen ski has been trying to serve Vance with a subpoena to appear before the Multnomah county grand jury. Worked for Elkins Vance, who has a record in Arizona and California, had testi fied before the Senate Rackets Committee that he worked for Portland racketeer James Elkins at the 8212 club in Portland to see that operator Clifford Ben nett did not mishandle club Boss of Teamsters To Bring Personal Financial Records No Advance Look Due for Committee Washington (U.R) The Senate Rackets Committee to-, day called Teamsters President Dave Beck to testify next Tues day. Beck had announced he would testify "voluntarily" and bring personal financial records sought by the committee. The committee had given Beck until noon today to decide whether to submit records of his personal finances. Before the deadline, Beck sent a tele gram from Seattle saying he would appear at the committee's convenience and bring the records along. Committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) sent Beck a reply telling him to appear Tues day and produce "all your per sonal financial books and records." Beck's telegram, addressed to McClellan, had made it plain he did not intend voluntarily to give the investigators a look at his record in advance of his ap pearance. Mar Duck Questions Beck also said that his appear ance would be "without preju dice to my rights under the Con stitution and Bill of Rights." The Fifth Amendment protecting against self incrimination is a key part of the Bill of Rights. That seemed to hold the hint that he might refuse to disclose some data on grounds of pos sible self incrimination. McClellan's telegram advisee! Beck that the committee "re quires" that he appear next Tuesday. It said he is to produt the records "then and there." "Please confirm by wire promptly that you will comply," McClellan said. Puzzled By Telegram McClellan said he was puzzlei by Beck's language that he would bring the requested re cords "without prejudice" to hia constitutional rights. The chairman said it wasn't clear to him whether Beck in tended to make the records available to the staff or merely have them here physically. McClellan said he hoped Beck meant he would make them available for checking by the committee and its staff. But the chairman said only Beck could clarify the matter. Earlier, the committee re vealed that West Coast teamsters boss Frank W. Brewster got a $5,000 year salary from his union's insurance broker and a 540,000 profit from a racing stable they operated. (Se story on Page 5) Hearing Thursday On Palrol Budget Annual budget hearing for the southwest district of the Ore gon state department of forestry will be held at 2 p.m. March 21, at the district headquarters on Table Rock rd. north of Med ford. Budgeting for fire protection and suppression of district lands and private. lands in Jackson and Josephine counties within the boundaries of the Rogue River and Siskiyou National forests will be discussed at the hearing. A copy of the proposed budget is available at headquarters. Anyone who wishes to protect the budget has 30 days from the date of hearing to submit a written statement before the board of forestry. Purpose of the hearing is to give forest land owners subject to forest patrol assessments op portunity to make suggestions and objections, according to the forestry department. Following the hearing the budget may be revised and will be submitted in June to the board of forestry for final con sideration, forestry officials said. At that time the board fixes the forest patrol assessment for the year. From Hotel funds. But Bennett's statements notarized and sworn to yester day said the club's payroll had been "padded" with Vance's name. Vance had told Senate in vestigators he would tell the truth because he is dying of cancer. Scene of Alleged Bribe It was the 8212 Denver ave nue club at which Mayor Terry Schrunk, then sheriff, was al leged to have picked up a $500 bribe from Bennett. Bennett has sworn he never tried to pay off Schrunk. The mayor called the bribe story "fantastic."
