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r f A 52nd Year 4J Price 10c Power lis Hong BattW State Legislature Turns Attention To Tax Problems Property Tax Bills Up Before Committee Medford Tribune United Press hull Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 16 Pag es MEDFORL rr57 No. 9 Auto Smashup South Of Coquille Takes Lives of Three Portland Pedestrian Dies When Hit by Car Portland (U.R) Eight per sons were killed over the week end on Oregon highways and a ninth died Saturday of injuries suffered when struck by an auto- mobile Thursday night. Three persons lost thsir lives in a two car collision on High way 101 five miles south of Co quille Saturday. Killed were Victor O. Newton, 50, of Gold Beach; Leslie W. Moench, 38, of coquille, and Mrs. Mona Barnes, Eugene. The crash occurred dur ing a heavy rainstorm and both vehicles were demolished. SwervM Into Truck Killed in a car-truck crash near Medford Sunday , were Lee Riggs, 19, of Fort Lewis and Lila M. Gunter, 24, of Tacoma. Riggs died instantly when his car swerved into the path of an oncoming truck and Miss Gun ter died three hours later in a Medford hospital. Two lost their lives when their car failed to negotiate a turn at Lime near Baker. Dead in the accident were Mary Jean Howe, 24, Baker, and Beryl Ham, 39, of Summerville near La Grande. A third person, Jack Arnold Whitbread, 36, Baker, was in "serious" condition at Holy Rosary hospital in Ontario. A fourth passenger, Robert Gor don, 23, of Baker, is in "fair" condition in the same hospital with a fractured hip. Porilander Killed A Portland man, Mortimer H. Hartwell, 72, was killed Satur day when he was struck by a car driven by Dr. Werner E. Zel ler. Mrs. Maude F. Hamburger, 79, Portland, died Saturday night of injuries suffered when hit on ' Thursday by a car driven by Kenneth R. Cook, 18, of Fossil. Medford Airport To Receive Granl Medford's municipal airport is scheduled to receive a Civil Aeronautics administration grant-in-aid of $48,750, Rep. Wal ter R. Norblad (R-Ore.) ' an nounced today. The CAA is scheduled to re lease grants-in-aid funds for Ore gon airports totaling $1,074,477 on Tuesday, Norblad said. The largest grant, $1,074,477, is scheduled to go to Portland International Airport for instal lation of sewer, water and elec tric systems, supplies, acquisition of land to build taxiways and aprons and to light them and to provide parking facilities for automobiles. Also scheduled to receive grants are Grants Pass, $56,61,1; Eugene, 5137,403; and Pendle ton, $10,356, Norblad said. Mobile Therapy Clinic Plan of Oregon Group Portland U.R) A mobile therapy clinic is on the planning boards of the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults. The mobile unit would travel around the state offering to teach parents and others how to apply physical and occupa tional therapy to crippled chil dren and adults. The unit would make periodic checks on the progress of its pupils and advise on new ap proaches. Sentence Suspended For Medford Woman Mrs. Hazel Annette Farmer, 18, of 1110 East Main st, Med ford, was given a two-year sus pended sentence in circuit court today on a charge of forgery by endorsement. Mrs. Farmer, who pleaded guilty to the charge March 13, was sentenced by Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 474.98, up 0.17; 20 rail ; roads 143.76, off 0.29; 15 utilities 71.53, up 0.06, and 65 stocks 167.99, off 0.01. Sales today were about 1,620,000 shares compared with 1.650,000 shares Friday. Crasoes Kill Pre-Dawn Crash Sunday Claims Lives of Young Couple The Helicopter Era Aswan Offer Cancelled To Gall Soviet Bluff, Book on Dulles Says Washington (U.R) Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles "brutally" withdrew a U. S. of fer to help finance Egypfs As wan dam in a calculated risk "to call Russia's hand" in the cold war, a new book reported to day. "... The decision was . . comparable ... to the calculated risks of war taken in Korea and Formosa," the book said.. It was "a truly major gambit in the cold war." The statements were "contain ed in a new book, "John Foster Dulles: A Biography," by John R. Beal, diplomatic correspond ent of Time magazine. Beal said his book "benefits from person al interviews" with Dulles. . Would Defend Islands Beal said "the 'brink' in For mosa" was reached three years ago. He said President Eisen hower wrote a letter at that time to Nationalist Chinese lead er Chiang Kai-shek which con vinced Chiang the- United States would help repel any attack by Red China on the islands of Quemoy and Matsu. The Communists also became convinced this country would defend the islands, Beal said, "and this was the knowledge that deterred them." The book said Dulles deter mined to force a showdown with Russia over competition between t,he Xko countries in supplying economic aid abroad. Called Russia's Hand It said: "For Dulles, a moment of cold war climax had come. It was necessary to call Rus sia's, hand in the game of econ omic competition. It was nec essary to make the demonstra tion on a grand scale. . "Nasser (Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser) combined the right timing, the right geo graphy and the right order of magnitude for a truly major gambit in the cold war." C. D. Jackson, former presi dential adviser on psychological Weather FORECAST: Fair tonight and Tuesday. I.ow tonir,ht 33. High fucsday 62. TEMPERATURE Hichpst yesterday M Lowest this morninc , IS PRECIPITATION To 4:39 a.m. today Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset . 55 a.m. 6:37 p.m. Moonset p.m. First Quarter April 7 PROMINENT STAR Arrturtis. in the east . 9:15 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, in the west at moonset. Saturn, due south -4:31 a.m. Jupiter, low in west 4:32 a.m. warfare and now an editorial official of Time magazine, also said last month the Aswan aid offer was withdrawn "to call the Soviet bluff" on its economic aid offers to Mid-East nations. Critics of Dulles have charged that his abrupt withdrawal of the offer brought on the Suez crisis last fall. Bermuda Conference Rapped by Russians Moscow U.R) A Soviet statement that the United States and Britain used the Bermuda conference to plan "atomic war fare" heralds an increased Soviet diplomatic offensive in the Middle East and Europe, Western diplomats said today. A statement by the Soviet For eign Ministry attacking the Ber muda conference followed a series of attacks during the past week against Norway and Den mark, new attacks on Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia and warnings to Israel and France against new military action against Egypt. Western diplomatic sources said the Soviet moves appear de signed to keep the West off bal ance in the diplomatic struggle for influence in key areas, to encourage "neutralist" sentiment Eastern Europe against "imper ialistic intrigues." This Boy Swallows Hook, Line and Sinker Hollis Center, Me. lU.R) . Ronald Berude, 13, was prac ticing casting Sunday. The hook landed in his mouth and Berube, startled, gulped and swallowed ererylhing hook, line and sinker. He was recovering in a hsv piial. Ted Williams Tells of Attempted Pressure in Effort To Avoid Being Tabbed for Duty During Korean War New Orleans-(U.R) Ted Wil liams of the Boston Red Sox in en outburst against former Pres ident Harry Truman, the late Sen. Robert Taft and the Marine Corps said today he tried to use political pressure to avoid being recalled to service during the Korean war. The temperamental outfield er, vho played an exhibition game with the Sox against the New Orleans Pelicans here Sun day, said in an interview with the New Orleans States he was far from being the proud serv iceman that legend had made Mm. . Eight Ft. Lewis Soldier, Woman Passenger Die in Accident Auto, Truck Collide On Highway 99 Sunday A 19-year-old Ft. Lewis, Wash., soldier and his 23-year-old bride or fiancee died Sun day in a pre-dawn auto-truck col lision about one mile south of Medford on Highway 99. State police said Army Pfc. Lee Roy Riggs was killed out right when his northbound car crossed the highway center line- and struck the left front of a southbound truck. Mrs. Lila Mae Gunter, Madrin, Wash., only pas senger in the car, died from in juries at 3 a.m. in Rogue Valley hospital. Officers said evidence indicated Riggs apparently fell asleep while driving. The accident occurred near the secretary of stale's branch office at 5:45 a.m., during a heavy downpour of rain. Robert Roes Faubion, 23, Rath drum, Ida., driver of the truck trailer, and 'Edward Allen Knight, 32, Spokane, Wash., al ternate driver, were reported un injured. Police said Knight was in the truck sleeping compart mcnt ' when the accident oc curred. The couple was believed en route to Ft. Lewis from the home of Riggs' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Riggs, Coachella, Calif. Papers among Riggs ef fects showed he was on leave from March 15 to April 1. Of ficers also found a letter from Riggs' father giving his permis sion for the young man to marry in California. Whether they had been married was not yet deter mined by authorities here. A birth certificate listed the woman's maiden name as Lila Mae Shoemaker. Other papers indicated she had been married previously and her last name was Gunter. Officers reported the impact of the crash spun the Riggs ve hicle around and it came to rest in the middle of the highway, about 10 feet from the point of collision. Riggs was thrown into the back seat, and his passenger was pinned in the front seat. The truck, registered to Ar thur Chantry, Post Falls, Ida., continued south for 75 feet and came to rest against a curb. Heavy damage resulted to the left side of the truck, and thn Riggs auto was totally wrecked, pohce said. Funeral arrangements for Riggs and Mrs. Gunter are pend ing at Conger-Morris Funeral Home. The Sunday crash brought to five the total of- traffic fatalities in Jackson county since Jan. 1. Charles J. Howe, 60, Grants PafS, was killed when his station wagon left Highway S9 and plunged into the Rogue river near Miller's Gulch, on an. 31 Mrs. Lssna Pearl Eskue, 39, lympia, Wash., was killed Feb. 4 in an accident oa High way 238 about .2 ef a mile from Medford'. Jack Evertt Engler, 25, Seattle, Wash., was killed on Sundfay, Ma-reh 2$, when he was itruck by a. car a-s he was push ing his stalled auto R.8?t.!a Ga Highway S;9 i a-kfit. He exploded and spat on the floor at the mention ef Mr. Tru man's name. In the interview, Williams said he had resentment against the Marine Corps which recalled him for the Korean war. Has Resentment "You're damned right I have resentment against the Marine Corps and the whole damned governm.ent," he said.'. While being interviewed he jumped from his' car at Moisant International airport and strode into the lobby. Williams talked freely of his attempts to stop the Marine Salem (U.R) The Oregon Legislature entered its i::th week today with taxes back in the spotlight if they ever really left it. The House Taxation Commit tee today buckled down to three bills that would take the state out of the property tax field. Would End Property Tax Senate bill 92 sponsored by Sens. Harry Boivin Klamath Falls Democrat, Warren Gill, Lebanon Republican and G. D, Gleason, Portland Democrat, provides that the state cannot levy or collect a property tax after July 1, 1957. TJnder pres ent law the state can levy a tax up to 6 mills if other state funds are not adequate to meet ex penditures. House bill 399 is similar to the Senate measure and provides that no state property tax can be levied without approval of the Legislature. It also provides that the state treasurer must set aside enough money to cov er payments on bonded indebt edness from general state funds so that "a state property tax will not be necessary. Republican Reps. Eddie Ahrens and Robert Elfstrom, Marion county, spon sored this measure. Legislature Must Approve A companion House bill, 130, also provides that the state can not levy a property tax without permission of the Legislature except for payment of bonded indebtedness. It is sponsored by Republican Reps. Edwin .Cone, Eugene; Wayne Giesy, Monroe; Allen Tom, Rufus, and Sens. Phil Lowry, Medford, Lee Ohm art, Salem, and Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Portland, and Democratic Sen. Ward Cook, Portland. Thirty-six bills were sched uled for final action in both houses today. Highlights of last week's ac tion saw the Senate approve the controversial key district plan for distributing basic school sup port money and pass it along lv the .House where amendments will probably be made. Senators also voted to retain the anti picketing law on the statute books, but to set up a State Con ciliation Service to aid settle ment of labor disputes. The House squelched the 11 million dollar Korean bonus pro posal and approved both the Klamath river basin compact with California and the bound ary compact with Washington. Israel Plan Calls For Suez Showdown By UNITED PRESS Israel plans to force a show down on the question of free passage of the Suez Canal, Jeru salem dispatches said today. A Dutch trade delegation in Israel quoted high government sources as saying a ship flying the Israeli flag will join a con voy soon m a major test cf Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's intentions. "We know what will happen," the Israeli officials were quoted as saying. "Our ship and cargo will be seized and the crew will be arrested. What 'will happen then will be of considerable sig nificance." O&CTimberMarkeling Restrictions Lilted Portland (U.R) Marketing area restritcions on timber cut from O&C lands in western Ore gon were abolished today by Un dersecretary of Interior Hatfield Chilson. Also affected by the order were reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands of west ern Oregon. The order, effective immed iately, will permit timber cut on the O&C lands to be' process ed anywhere. Marketing restric tions imposed in 1947 had-required that the timber be pro cessed only in the marketing area where it, was cut. Corps from recalling him. "You think Sen. Taft was a great man?" he said. "Well, here's what I think of him." He spat on the floor of the air port waiting room. Taft Said Afraid "He was afraid to do anything for me," he said. "He said he wouldn't mind going to bat for some other guy. But not me. I was too 'important." Williams said the effort to prevent his recall may have gone as far as former President Truman. "And the same goes for Harry Trurrian," he .said as he. spat MRS. ANITA CARROLL No Mercy To Be Shown Killers ' Body of Iran Kidnap Victim Located; Aid Operations Suspended Tehran, Iran 'iU.R) The Iranian government is expected to fall as a result of the murder of three Americans by bandits, in formed political sources said tonight. Premier Hussein Ala probably will hand In his resignation to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi Wednesday, the sources said. The resignation has been brewing for some time, the sources said, but it is being forced at this economic aid has been suspended bandit gang is caught. Fair Weather Due; Rain Sets Record AVith a forecast of fair weather tonight and Tuesday, the Med ford vicinity drew at least a brief respite from the week end rains which brought to 5.54 inches the total precipitation for the wettest March on record. Medford station of the weath er bureau reported .83 of an inch of precipitation for the last three days of March, bringing the rain fall for the month to 4.02 more than normal. Precipitation Sunday amount ed to .52 of an inch and included hail in some parts of the valley. C. B. Cordy, county horticul tural agent, said no damage to fruit from hail was reported. He stated that fruit buds are not damaged by hail unless the stones are very large and ac companied by rain. A telephone company pump was used to remove an estimated 2,000 gallons of water from the track it Medford High school stadium Sunday. The 5.54 inches of rain for March compares to the previous high of 4.19 for the month in 1940. Precipitation from the be ginning of the agriculture year, last Sept. 1, through March amounted to 19.99 was 5.58 more than normal and compares to 18.15 which is normal for ' an entire agricultural year. While fair weather is predict ed for this vicinity, the five day weather forecast indicated pos sibility of rain in parts of west ern Oregon and western Wash ington tonight and Tuesday. SOC Enrollment Said Over Last Year's Total Ashland Tentative total en rollment for spring term at Southern. Oregon college is 756 students, 7 per cent over the total last year for spring term, SOC officials reported today. Thirty-one new students enrolled this term: The total includes 273 fresh men, 196 sophomores, ua jun iors and 105 seniors, it was re ported. Among SOC's enroll ment are - eight graduate stu dents, 35 ' special students and 187 veterans. again. "And the whole damned thing is phony," he said. Williams was a Marine flier in World War H. He was re called from the inactive reserve duririg the Korean war. Not Now in Reserve Asked if he were still in the reserve, Willaims said: "Boy, you know I'm not. When I got out this last time and they gave me a chance to pick up that paper (discharge paper) I grabbed it.' Williams ended the interview by leaving the reporter and walking into the rain. time because American Point 4 in southeastern Iran until the Tehran, Iran (U.R) U. S. officials today suspended Amer ican Aid operations in southeast Iran as a safety measure against the bandit gang that kidnaped and killed Mrs. Anita Carroll. Point Four Director Clark Gregory announced the decision and said U. S. officials would stay out of the wild countryside until the- brigands were captur ed. The gang also "killed two Point Four officials and two Iranian assistants. To Show No Mercy Iran already had pledged to "Show no mercy" on the band its led by the notorious Dad Shah who was reported close to the Pakistani border in a des perate race to elude police. Latest reports from the Raz orback mountains of Baluchistan indicated Dad Shah had picked up reinforcements and was with in a day's forced march of the thinly-guarded frontier. Moun tain folk said they spotted the hated bandit lord only 20 miles from Pakistan. Body Found Sunday The mutilated body of Mrs. Carroll, 35, of Issaquah, Wash., was found Sunday 10 miles from the ambush scene. An Iranian Air Force plane flew her white draped coffin back to Tehran on Sunday night where the Shah paid his last tribute with a wreath of carnations. She had been shot with a shot gun and stabbed and her body was partially stripped of cloth ing. She apparently suivived the ambush only to be. slain later when the bandits discovered she had left a trail for the National Gendarmerie. Maj.. Ali Qoli Golpira, head of the Iranian Gendarmerie (fed eral police), stepped up his search for the bandits, and pro mised no mercy. Rains Impede Search Torrential rains handicapped the. search and the flight of the bandits. Only camels could get through some of the wild areas, a land of steep cliffs, and razor-sharp rocks. The Dad Shah bandit gang is reported to include at least four men and a number of women and children. " Kevin M. Carroll, 37, husband of the kidnaped woman, and Brewster A. Wilson, 35, of Port land, Ore., were killed outright with two Iranians who were ac companying them on their mis sion of aid. Both men were Point. Four officials the U. S. Inter national Cooperative adminis tratiton. Civil Defense Relay Time To Be Cut Down Washingtonj (U.R) Starting next month,'" the nation's civil defense fighters from Maine to California can be alerted to an attack by enemy hydrogen bom bers in a flat 60 seconds. The warning can be flashed to more than 200 civil defense cen ters across the land under an intricate new warning system go ing into operation May 1. It is the Federal Civil Defense Administration's new national warning system NAWAS, and will cut down the current 8 to 10-minute relay time to just one minute. Supreme Court Rules Against Public Interests Association Loses Appeal for Review Washington (U.R) Public power interests lost in the Su preme Court today their long legal fight to block develop ment of Hells Canyon in the Pacific Northwest by a private power company. The ceurt, in a brief order refused to review an appeal by the National Hells Canyon as sociation from a ruling against it last October by the U. S. Court of Appeals here. Decision Now Final The lower court affirmed Fed eral Power commission action in 1955 authorizing construction by the Idaho Power Co. of three dams across the Snake river at the Idaho-Oregon border. This decision now becomes final. Supreme Court Justice Wil liam O. Douglas thought the high tribunal should have considered the case. Public power advocates favor ed a single high dant built by the federal government as part of the overall development of the Colombia river and its tributar ies. Idaho Power already . has spent $15 million on building Brownlee dam, the first of the three now scheduled. It is 40 per cent complete. The others will be Oxbow, 11 miles down stream, and Hells Canyon, 25 miles farther down. The states of Washington and Oregon filed briefs in the high court urging review of the case. Idaho opposed review. Joining the Hells Canyon as sociation as appellants were the National Rural Electric Cooper ative association and eight Wash ington public utility districts. Design Said Undisclosed ' - - The association contended that two of the three dams ultimately approved were "never tested" in FPC proceedings. "The actual design of the third dam is still undisclosed," the petition said. "If the decision below stands," it . added "the Army Engineers must be ready at all times , to revamp their comprehensive plan to accommodate whatever conflicting individual projects the commission may see fit to license." The commission in its' reply brushed aside the association's arguments. It said more hear ings on revised drawings would be repetitive and unnecessary." Beck Back in Capital; Questioning Expected Seattle (U.R) Teamsters President Dave Beck slipped out of Seattle during the week end and today, was in Washington where he was expeted to- be questioned again by the Senate Rackets Committee. Beck had not been expected to leave h home here until the middle of this week. No explanation was available as to why he left during the week end. Sen. John McClellan (D-Ark.) chairman of the committee, said Sunday he expeeted Beck would be recalled to the witness stand in the near future. (See Stories on Page 7) House Bill Doubles Automobile Insurance Salem U.R) The House to day passed a bill doubling the amount of insurance required of motorists ' to insure their finan cial responsibility. The bill. House bill 773, would require motorists to carry $10, 000 for death or bodily injury to one person, $20,000 for death or bodily injury to two or more persons, and $5,000 property damage insurance. The law now requires $5,000, $10,000 and $2,000 respectively. Timber Access Road Fund Increase Asked Washington (u.R) Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.), to day asked the Senate Appropri ations committee to increase by approximately 50 per cent the budget for actual construction of timber access roads. He said he made the request for "the sake of economy and small business." He argued that' access roads enabled small oper ators to bid on National Forest timber, thus stimulating compe tition, which produced higher prices and brought more money into .the treasury than would go out to build the roads. He asked that the budget be revised to provide about $7,500, 000 more for access roads next year. This would boost from $15,- ouu.uuu io 523 million the total amount for actual construction. ia 1858. 'l; r. j ! I V 1 r W V . w i- V i
