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'EDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 19J7
No. 10
52nd Year
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United Press FuM Leased Wir -
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Iran Government
To Quit Wednesday,
Official Declares
Move Seen Result of
Slaying of Americans
Tehran, Iran (U.R) iran-
lan Foreign Minister Ali Gholi
Ardalan told the United Press
today that the government will
resign Wednesday. The move is
believed to be a result of the
slaying of three Americans.
"The government has not yet
resigned," he said. "We are hold
ing our final meeting Wednes
day afternoon, after which we
will tender our resignations to
his royal highness, the Shah."
Bandits Believed Slain
Gendarmerie sources reported,
meanwhile, that three of the
bandits believed to have killed
the Americans have been slain
in a fight with federal police
hear the Pakistan border in re
mote southeast Iran.
Although the slaying of the
three Americans last week is
considered the triggering action
which set off the resignations.
the underlying reason is the
Shah's dissatisfaction with the
nation's economic progress un
der Premier Hussein Ala.
Memorial Services ,
Ala is scheduled to attend a
memorial service at midday
Wednesday for the three Amer
ican victims of the brigands.
They are Mr. and Mrs. Kevin
M. Carroll, Issaquah, Wash., and
Brewster A. Wilson, Portland.
They and two Iranian drivers
-were ambushed and slain while
on a trip through the mountains
of remote Baluchistan, 800 miles
southeast of Tehran, a week ago
Sunday.
Meanwhile, sources in Wash
ington said American officials
in Iran have received an infor- F
mal offer of willingness to pay
an indemnity for the deaths of
the three Americans. So far,
there has been no official offer,
the sources said.
Medford Population
Listed at 22,232
The population of Medford is
now estimated at 22,232, includ
ing about 1,553 in the recently
annexed Kenwpod - Grandview
district, according to City Mana
ger Robert Duff.
An officiale numeration in the
Kenwood-Grandview area was
completed this week. Gilbert
Gutjhar, administrative assist
ant, directed the enumeration.
An earlier estimate showed
about 1,300 Kenwood-Grandview
residents.
This is an increase of about
2,139 from the official popula
tion of Medford at this time last
year, which was certified at 20,
083 by the state board of census,
Duff said.
The 1,553 figure estimated for
Kenwood-Grandview will be for
warded to the census board this
week.
City officials throughout the
state make estimates for their
cities, which are then certified
by the census board, and are
used as the basis for distribuiton
of certain state funds on a per
capita basis.
Training Classes Slated
For Forest Fire
Training classes for fire fore
men will be held in Medford
Wednesday and Thursday, April
17 and 18, and in Grants Pass
Friday, April 19, according to
L. L. (Doc) Simpson, forester
manager of the Southern Oregon
Conservation and Tree Farm
association.
The school is sponsored jointly
by SOCTFA. the" state forestry
department, the U.S. forest serv
ice and the bureau of land man
agement. The school is the result
of a survey of the serious fire
situation of 1955, when it was
determined that there was a
lack of adequately trained per
sonnel to act as foreman and in
other supervisory capacities.
Originate in Medford
The training classes for fire
foremen and other types of
overhead originated in the Med
ford area last year.
Classes will .be divided into
two phases. Two basic courses
will be conducted and one ad
vanced course.
The first basic course will be
held in Medford at the state for- j
estry department headquarters I
"We Vrt Te fen & Bfe k Tfesr.
Wt'i ft"
: :
Airport Grant Will
Be Used for Lights
The $48,750 grant-in-aid fund
released today by the Civil Aero
nautics administration for the
Medford municipal airport ten
tatively is planned for a high in
tensity lighting system, accord
ing to City Manager Robert
Duff.
The amount is part of a $87,
785 request made by the city of
Medford last August under the
1958 Federal Aid Airport pro
gram. The remaining $39,035 of. the
request was cut by the CAA be
cause of ineligibility and low
priority of some of its items,
Rep. Charles Porter (D.-Ore.) re
ported today. Duff said the re
quest will be resubmitted for ap
propriation under the 1959 pro
gram. Under the Federal Aid Air
port program 75 per cent of the
Hospital Files Lien
Against Workman
Rogue Valley hospital officials
have filed a $238.85 lien against
Lawince Alvis Workman, 25,
Seattle, Wash., seeking payment
for care of Jack Engler, 25, Se
attle, on March 24.
Engler died at the hospital the
night of March 24, about 3Vi
hours after he was struck by a
car as he was pushing his stalled
vehicle north on Highway 99 at
Talent. Workman was identified
as driver of the vehicle which
struck him.
Workman was charged with
negligent homicide in connection
with the accident. District Judge
Rawles Moore dismissed the
charge for lack of evidence dur
ing the preliminary hearing last
Wednesday.
The hospital claims the $238.85
bill incurred in care of Engler
represents surgical, laboratory,
anesthetic, drug and dressing ex
penses. The lien was filed on
Wednesday, March 27.
Fighters
April 17 and the other will be
at the Grants Pass headquarters
April 19.
The basic course will consist
of both lectures and field dem
onstrations and will cover large
fire organizations, radio proce
dures and practices, fire be
havior, proper use of water, time
keeping and safety practices.
Advanced School
The one-day advanced school
for fire foremen, a new course
offered this year, will be avail
able only to those men who at
tended the basic course last year.
It will be held at the depart
ment's headquarters in Medford
April 18. Included in the course
are fire behavior, fire line con
struction by hand and with
heavy equipment, water mop
up, dry mop up, proper use of
water and safety practices.
Sponsoring agencies have re
quested both mill and logging
operators to send personnel to
the training schools since mill
crews are needed to supplement
logging crews in the event of a
fire of any magnitude.
The classes will start at 8 a.m.,
Simpson said.
. ....
cost of the high intensity light
ing system is borne by federal
funds and 25 'per cent by the
city, Duff said.
Medford's participation in the
new lighting system will be
$16,250. The present lighting
system on the east and west run
ways of the airport, which is
medium intensity, will be used
on the cross runway after the
new system is installed, Duff
said.
The high intensity lighting
system is a portion of a compre
hensive improvement program
planned at the Medford airport
over the next several years. To
tal cost of the overall proposed
project will be $134,730, of
which $46,945 will be Medford's
share and $87,785 the CAA's, if
the 1959 funds are approved.
Other Improvements
Other airport improvements
planned include a paved parking
area, landscaping, resurfacing
of the east-west runways, con
struction of additional tie downs,
resurfacing of taxiways along
the ramp and old hangar site,
seal coat of asphalt at the west
end of taxiway No. 8, resurfac
ing of taxiways No. 5A, 7A, and
10A, construction of a taxiway
in a private hangar way, .con
struction of an approach road,
and wider taxiways along the
concrete ramp.
The CAA is scheduled to re
lease grants-in-aid funds for
Oregon airports totaling $1,074,
477 today, Rep. Walter Norblad
(R.-Ore.) reported yesterday.
The largest grant, $821,557,
is scheduled to go to Portland
International airport. Also
scheduled to receive grants are
Grants Pass, $56,611; Eugene,
$137,403; and Pendleton, $10,
356, Norblad said.
County Purchases
Land in Applegatt
Members of the Jackson coun
ty court today reported the coun
ty has purchased a 4.3-acretract
of land located near the south
approach to the Cameron bridge
in the Applegate area.
The county purchased the
property from Joe and Mary
Farrand, route 1, box 46, Jack
sonville, for $500.
A county road maintenance
building will be constructed at
th site and stockpiles of road
building material will also be
kept there. The building will
contain county equipment fteing
used for road improvement proj
ects in that area.
Ike Says Peace More
Important Than Tax Cuts
Washington UR President
Eisenhower, in a speech indirect
ly aimed at Congress, said today
that achieving would peace is
"far more important" than cut
ting taxes.
"As much as we hate taxes."
the President said, the high
price of running the government
must take second place behind
the "overriding objective for
peace."
Portland ;U.R) Corvallis Ply
wood Corporation has asked
Federal Court for permission to
reorganize under terms oi tne
federal bankruptcy act.
Stall Thousands
By UNITED PRESS
4 new blizzard howled into the storm-battered Great Plains
ttday and weathermen warned it may be "very similar" to last
Veek's disastrous snowstorm. '
Blizzard and. heavy snow warnings were issued for a six-state
area as strong northerly winds swept thej storm out of the Rockies.
Snow was reported from Montana to the Texas Panhandle.
The blizzard was expected to slam into western Nebraska and
est and central South Dakota today. Heavy snow warnings were
out for western Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle and provi
sional warnings were issued for eastern Wyoming and eastern
Colorado.
The disturbance began Mon
day in southern New Mexico. It
dumped 5 inches of snow at Lan
der, Wyo., during the night, 3
inches at Colorado Springs,
Colo., and 2 inches at Cheyenne,
Wyo.
Moterist Killed
The storm already was blamed
for one death in Colorado. A mo
torist was killed near George
town, Colo., when his car skid-
ed into a snow plow. .
Weathermen said spring's sec
ond major storm could rival the
snowstorm that paralyzed trans
portation in 13 western states
last week and caused at least 48
deaths.
The storm isolated scores of
Colorado communities from
highway traffic and cut dozens
more off from all forms of com
munications. Airports Closed
Thousands were stranded as
the depths piled to more than
two feet with drifts much high
er. Lower but still paralyzing
depths were reported in "other
areas.
Airports were closed. Bus
schedules were cancelled. Trains
were running hours late.
But Weather Bureau officials
said the new storm, in the wake
of the killing blizzard of 10 days
ago, would not carry the punqh
of its predecessor.
Graund. blizzard conditions
prevailed over much of the
plains area from Southern Wy
oming to Northern New Mexico.
Heavy snow was reported in the
mountains. Roads over most of
the Colorado passes were packed
solid with snow and visibility so
poor travel was hazardous, if
possible at all.
By the hour, the Colorado
Highway Department was order
ing more roads closed.
The snow was continuing
throughout the region. Busi
nesses were closed in some cities,
particularly Colorado Springs.
Schools also were shut down in
Colorado Springs, and in the
suburban areas near Denver.
Almost all trunk highways
through Colorado were closed at
some places.
Homemade Bomb Is
Found Early Today
A small homemade bomb in a
jar containing "putty like" sub
stance with a fuse in one end
was found by an employee of
tne city street department about
8:50 a.m. today at Niantic and
Maple sts., according to Medford
police.
According to officers the fuse
had -been ignited but had failed
to burn. The "putty like" sub
stance could have come from a
child's chemistry set, police said.
Explosive capacity of the
bomk wae not known by police.
They said the bpmb has been
turned over to the California
Oregi Frwer company where
exjpleeivs xgerts wiu detonate
it.
BOW-JOJEES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 industri
als 477.55, up 2.57; 20 railroads
144.43, up 0.67; 15 utilities 71.42,
off 0.U; and 65 stocks 168.63,
up 0.64. Sales today were about
2,300,000 shares compared with
1,620,000 shares Monday.
Portland U.R) The State
Board of .Health has warned
against careless handling and
storage ct pesticides by home
gardeners.
Weather
FORECAST: Variable cloudiness
ftmieht and Wednesday.
Warmer. Low tonight 35-38.
Low tonight 35-38. High
Wednesday 65.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 58'
Lowest this Morning . 34
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset
5:53 a.m.
6:38 p.m.
9:24 p.m.
Moonset
First Quarter
April 7
MARS, setting at 10:59 p.m.
is now a dim evening star in
the constellation, Taurus. Last
Fall it outshone Jupiter as it
will again in November, 1958.
Main Switchboard
Being Planned at
County Courthouse
Preparations are under way at
the county courthouse for a cen
tral telephone- switchboard sys
tem and information center, ac
cording to Chester Wendt, coun
ty commissioner and courthouse
building superintendent.
Construction started last week
for a room in which telephone
equipment for the new system
will be installed. The room is lo
cated in the courthouse base
ment near the exit facing the
rear parking area. The switch
board and information desk will
be located on the main or sec
ond floor of the building.
New Equipment
Wendt said the new phone
equipment will be installed in
September and the system prob
ably will be in operation by late
September. Cost of equipment
and training of the switchboard
operator will be assumed by the
Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company.
The county will pay $600 to
$700 for construction "of
equipment' room, $240 for mis
cellaneous equipment such as
counters, and $2,600 a year for
the operator's salary.
The funds will be provided
in the 1957-58 county budget.
Wendt said construction is being
started now while carpenters are
available and to provide space
for the equipment when it ar
rives. Expresses Confidence
' Wendt expressed confidence
that the new system would prove
more efficient thant he present
telephone system, whereby each
telephone is connected to an out
side line. He said the county
court has interviewed adminis
trators of other large establish
ments, including the Douglas
county courthouse, where a cen
tral telephone system is in oper
ation. Administrators of the
buildings reported they were
well satisfied with the system.
The building superintendent
also commented there has long
been a need for an information
center at the courthouse.
All-Day Trip Planned
On McAllister Road
The Jackson county court,
County Engineer Paul Rynning
and a delegation from the cham
ber of commerce will travel to
Klamath Falls tomorrow for an
all-day meeting on the proposed
McAllister Springs rd.
The road would extend from
Eagle Point to Klamath Falls by
way of Lake of the woods. Dis
cussed tomorrow will be a pro
posal that the route be desig
ngted as a forest higl?way, the
first step in a proposed recon
struction and improvement proj
ect for the route.
Also present at the meeting
will be members of the Klamath
county court and a resident state
highway engineer from Bend, ac
cording to County Judge Rodney
Keating.
Market Roads Are
Slated for Repaying
The state highway depart
ment is expected to call for
bids sometime this week for re
paving projects on Table Rock
and Central Point Market rds.,
Paul Rynning, county engineer,
said today.
Each project involves lVa
mile of paving, Rynning said.
The road improvements are a
federal aid project, for which
the county will pay 20 per cent,
state 20 per cent, and federal
government 60 per cent.
Bids will be opened at Salem
April 19, according to a report
Rynning said he received today
from the highway department
office. - -
Plan Would Raise
State Income Tax
In Lower Bracket
$4,000-$ 10,000 Class
Would Gain Something
Salem (U.R) House Speaker
Pat Dooley, Portland, said Mon
day he favored increasing taxes
on incomes of about $4,000 to
$10,000 to make up for removal
of the 45 per cent surtax.
Dooley -was the first Democrat
to detail a plan for meeting a
budget of $265 million or more.
Under Dooley's plan, persons
in the $4,000 to $10,000 class
would gain. something by having
personal exemptions increased
from $500 to $600.
Concerned With Property Tax
The House Tax Committee
headed by Rep. Clarence Barton,
Coquille Democrat, is occupied
currently with proposals to take
the state out of the property tax
field and hasn't yet talked about
hiking income taxes.'
Dooley's plan would lower
taxes on higher incomes slightly
but, when figured with the fed
eral income tax, would actually
remain about the -same as at
present.
Rates in Dooley's plan would
be 5 per cent on the first $1,000
of taxable income, 6 per cent
on the next $1,000, 8 per cent on
the next $2,000 and 10 per cent
on all above that rate.
Would Be Enough
About the same amount of
money as is now collected with
the 45 per cent surtax would be
raised by his plan, Dooley said.
He added it would be enough to
finance a budget of $265 million.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes said
he had heard Dooley's plan dis
cussed, but said he hadn't studied
it enough to comment. He said
e' would not have a specific tax
program of his own to announce.
Five Are Sentenced
On Liquor Charges
Five men, one a 17-year-old
Phoenix youth, appeared in dis
trict court Monday and Tuesday
in connection with charges in
volving liquor.
Enterfng pleas of innocent yes
terday, but changing their pleas
to guilty today, were Jack
Thomas Rose, 19, of 3612 South
Pacific highway,. Medford,
charged with . illegal possession
of intoxicating liquor; James
Wayne Lick, route 1, box 409,
Medford, charged with furnish
ing liquor to a minor; and Myron
Wentworth Fultz, 18, of 125 Nut
ley st., .Ashland, .charged with
illegal possession of intoxicating
liquor.
Rose was fined $10 plus $5
court costs, Lick was fined $30
plus $5 court costs and Fultz
was fined $5 plus $5 court costs
and sentenced to three days in
jail. .
Pleading guilty in district
court Monday were Melvin Ray
Jolls, 19, of 662 B. st, Ashland,
and a 17-year-old Phoenix youth.
Jolls was fined $5 plus $5 court
costs and given a seven-day sus
pended jail sentence. He was
committed to the county jail in
lieu of fine payment.
The Phoenix youth was fined
$25 plus $5 court costs and was
given a seven-day jail sentence.
The five were arrested Satur
day night at Eagle Point by sher
iff's deputies. They appeared in
court before Alan Holmes, dis
trict judge pro tem.
Ted Williams
Attributed To
Sarasota, Fla. (U.R) Ted
Williams apologized publicly to
day for remarks attributed to
him in a New Orleans newspaper
interview. "I have too many
friends and have spent too much
time in the Marine Corps not to
know that that organization is
tops," he said.
Contained in Statement
The apology by the Boston
Red Sox slugger was contained
in a mimeographed statement
handed to newspapermen at the
club's hotel headquarters. Wil
liams, who had telephoned his
remarks to a club spokesman,
did not appear in person.
The statement said:
"For the first time in my car
eer I am concerned about publi
cation of alleged remarks I made
at the airport in New Orleans
last Sunday night.
"I have too many friends and
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
called on Egypt today to disclose
within the next 24 io 48 hours
whether it is willing to enter
into' serious negotiations for op
erating the Suez Canal..
Dulles also reiterated that the
United States does not propose
to shoot its way through the
canal, or to call for boycott of
the international waterway.
Certain Weaknesses
Dulles - told a news confer
ence that Egypt's recent plan
for operating the canal has cer
tain weaknesses and shortcom
ings which should be corrected.
Because of its wording, Dulles
said the Egyptian plan may in
fact be only a unilateral state
ment subject at any time to
Egypt's unilateral action.
The secretary left no doubt
that the United States still de
sires some form of international
control and operation of the
Canal.
UN Principles Ousted
He pointed out that the Egyp
tian plan does not include the
six principles approved last Oc
tober by the UN Security Coun
cil for operating the canal.
These points, he recalled, includ
ed provision for free and open
transit of the canal and an agree
ment between Egypt and canal
users for fixing tolls.
Dulles repeated his previous
statements that the United States
believes every country, includ
ing Israel, has the right to send
its ships through the canal. But
he said this government, so far
as he knows, has not been offic
ially advised that Israel plans
to send a ship through the canal.
No Secret Assurances
On other subjects, Dulles:
Said that the United States
has given no secret assurances
to Nationalist China that it will
help defend Quemoy and Matsu
islands in event of a Communist
attack. The only U. S. commit
ments, he said, are those public
ly known and approved by Con
gress, namely that the United
States shall defend Formosa and
the Pescadores Islands and re
lated areas. A new book on Dul
les by John R. Beal of Time
magazine says that Nationalist.
China received a personal letter
from President Eisenhower that
satisfied Chiang Kai-shek that
the United States would help
defend Matsu and Quemoy.
Permits To Newsmen
Said the administration is
still actively studying the ques
tion of whether to permit Am
erican reporters to go into Red
China. While this problem has
been under very active consid
Council to Hear
Report on Sewer
A preliminary report on the
proposed sanitary sewer system
for the Kenwood- Grandview
area of Medford will be consid
ered by the Medford city coun
cil at 7:30 p.m. today in the city
halL
Petitions signed by 410 Kenwood-Grandview
residents re
questing construction of a san
itary sewer in the area, which
was recently annexed to Med
ford, were accepted by the coun
cil early in March.
The council also will consider
a proposal to terminate a Grand-
view water district contract with
the city of Medford for the. in
stallation of a water main in the
area.
Other council business in
cludes consideration of institut
ing condemnation proceedings
against property in the north ap
proach area of the primary run
way at the .Medford municipal
airport for an airport clear zone
and a public hearing on the an
nexation to Medford of prop
erty owned by Wesley Coffeen
on west side of South Holly st.,
330 feet south of Stewart ave.
Apologizes for Remarks
Him in Paper
have spent t,oo much time in the
Marine Corps to not know that
the organization is tops.
"I. want to apologize to any
one who might have been offend
ed by remarks alleged to me by
a drinking reporter. I have
learned as a result of this so
called interview that I should
never again interview anything
with reporters who have been
drinking excessively or have a
gripe of some sort of their own."
Reporter Stands by Story
At New Orleans, Crozet Du
plantier of the New Orleans
States, who obtained the inter
view published in his newspa
per Monday, said he stood by
his story as "accurate and so
far Williams hasn't denied any
thing." "I think it's ridiculous to quar
rel about this thing," said Du
plantier. "He said certain things
eration for the last week or
two, he said he could not fore
cast a change at this time,
Said the United States
should not consider the Korean
armistice as void despite serious
violations of the agreement by
the Communists. Although there
have been some recommenda
tions that the armistice be de
clared void, Dulles said this ii
not something favored by the
United States.
Earlier, U. S. officials said
that lifting the ban on American
travel in the Middle East reflects
optimism that peace will con
tinue in that area.
U.S. Labor Leaders
Seek Policing of
Mexican Braceros
Nogales, Mexico (U.R) U.S.
Labor leaders today issued an
implied threat to withdraw their
support of the U.S.-Mexican mi
grant labor pact unless Congress
provides funds for adequate po
licing of the international agree
ment. The warning was contained in
a telegram to Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell from U. S.
members of the joint U.S.-Mexi-co
Trade Union committee which
opened its fourth annual confer
ence here this morning.
The threat to "re-examine" la
bor's position in support of the
agreement was coupled with a
commendation to Mitchell for
his fight to restore cuts in his
department's budget.
Seek Adequate Manpower
The Nogales conference is a
meeting of top labor leaders
from both Mexico and the Un
ited States to work for better
conditions for the some 400,000
Mexican braceros imported an
nually to work on American
farms under the international
agreement.
The U. S. section, headed by
Frank If. Noakes, Washington,
told Mitchell it would enlist the
support of the entire American
labor movement to back his ef
fort to restore congressional cuts
in the Labor Department .budget
in order to assure funds for a
more adequate compliance staff
for the Mexican contract pro
gram.
' American labor men have long
insistedt hat the bracero pro
gram could not be adequately
policed against abuses without
at least one Labor Department
compliance officer for each 2,000
field hands. At present, this La- .
bor Department staff, consists of
one officer for each 10,000 bra
ceros. Budget Committee
To Consider Requests
The county budget committee
will meet in the county court
room at 9 a.m. Thursday to con
sider requests for the 1957-58
county budget.
A proposed 1957-58 budget to
taling $2,807,146.59 was submit
ted to the committee last week.
This would exceed the 1956-57
budget by $161,877.52. The cur
rent budget is $2,645,269.07.
No tax levy will be required
during the coming year.
Local Man Receives
Suspended Sentence
Joseph George Mattey, 52, of
503 East McAndrews rd., Med
ford, was given a one-year sus
pended sentence in circuit court
this morning after pleading guil
ty to a charge of larceny from a '
person.
Mattqy was originally charged
with grand larceny. He pleaded
innocent to the charge and was
scheduled to stand trial. The
charge was changed this week.
He was accused of stealing
$700 from Grady A. Connor, 724
Victory st., Medford. ,
Interview
in the interview and I believe
they were substantiated in the
stories from Sarasota the next
day."
Duplantier declined to com
ment on the player's remarks
about "a drinking reporter" oth
er than to say, "sure, I had a
drink but that's not important."
Statement Distributed
Williams' statement was dis
tributed by Jack Malaney, assist
ant director of public relations
for the Red Sox. It was released
shortly before Williams and oth
er members of the club departed
for an exhibition game against
the Yankees at St. Petersburg.
In the published interview,
Williams was quoted as firing
blasts at the late Sen. Robert A.
Taft, the Marine Corps, and ap
parently at President Eisenhow
er, , (See Story on Pag 6)
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