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Ice mi n IFavoir If M rami 52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 24 Pages TORNADOES CONTINUE IN TEXAS Dallas Hardest Hit; 16 Known Dead, Over 800 Injured Fathers Go Berserk " On Return From Work Dallas, Tex. OJ.R) Killer tor nadoes whirled slowed through north Texas and southern Okla homa late Tuesday, crushing hundreds of homes, killing at least 16 persons and injuring up wards of 800 others. A new rash of tornadoes broke out at mid-morning in the Dal las-Fort Worth area. Four and possibly five tornado funnels were sighted in a 50-mile long section from Cleburn, Tex., to west and, north of Dallas. There were no reports of damage from the new tornadoes. At least two of them were be lieved to have touched the a ground. t Survivors of Tuesday's tor nado in Dallas rummaged through their homes today look ing for anything they could sal vage. Ten persons were killed in Dallas, the hardest hit area, and more than 700 others were in jured. An 11th person was killed in Texas 100 miles northeast of Dallas and black tornado fun nels swept on into Oklahoma. Five were killed in Oklahoma and 14 were injured there, bringing the two-state death toll to 16. An estimated 800 homes were destroyed in Dallas alone. At least 170 persons, many of them in critical condition, were injured enough to require hos pital treatment in Dallas. The Department of Public Safety es timated that 600 others were hurt, but not enough to go to hospitals. Five of the victims in Dallas were children, ranging from five years to one month old. Fathers returning from work went berserk when they found their homes wrecked and fami lies (jone and police had to hold them until they calmed down. A heavy thunderstorm hit Dallas agftin early today and a downpour of rain moving through with a squall line ruined what furniture was left by the tornado in the demol ished homes. "My wife and I saw it com ing," Robert Thurman, 31, bring ing his wife in to a hospital for treatment, said. "We had our children lie down on the floor. We just had time to do this when we looked out to see it coming on us. ' "It looked like the air was filled with blue smoke and fly ing tin. There was a big roar and our house fell in on us. "I heard my wife and children crying and I dug them out." Mercy Flights Granted Lease for Airport Space The Medford city council last night granted a 10-year lease to Mercy Flights, Inc., for two lots at the Medford airport provid ing additional hpngar space. Mercy Flights is now leasing one hargar from the city pro viding space for one plane. The additional hangar space will pro vide area for two other planes. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow.-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 478.31, up 0.76; 20 rail roads 145.21, up 0.78; 15 utilities 71.61, up 0.19; and 65 stocks 169.08, up 0.45. Sales today were about 2.160.000 shares compared with 2,300,000 shares Tuesday. County Representatives Discuss McAllister Road Nine Jackson county people left for Klamath Falls this morning to discuss a proposal which would designate the Mc Allister Springs -Lake of the Woods rd. as a forest highway. Participating in the discussion with the Klamath county court and a state highway department representative are Jackson Coun ty Judge Rodney Keating. Com missioners Chester Wendt and Ralph James, and County En gineer Paul Rynning. Jackson County Chamber of Commerce representatives at the meeting include Don Mc Neil, manager; Chet Habbard, j chairman of the chamber's high- way committee; David Holmes, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDN Y, APRIL 3, 1957 ' - if r ' " 4j 45 jib NEW DIRECTOR Gordon Wil liams, recently- of Springfield, Mass., has arrived in Medford with his wife, Patricia, to be cme physical director of the Medford YMCA. Williams, who resided several years in Myrtle Creek, attended Southern Ore gon college, graduated from Chico State college and has been doing graduate work at Spring field college in Massachusetts. Williams assumed duties today. The position was recently va cated by Donald E. Day, who has entered the insurance business in Medford. Williams' responsi bilities will be directing the gym nasium and swimming program of the Y for all ages. Several volunteers and part-time assist ants will work with Williams. Trial Dates Set For Bartenders Trial dates were set in district court Tuesday for two tavern opr erators and two bartenders ar rested in connection with alleged pinball machine payoffs last month. Dates for the trials will be: July 30 for Joseph Edward Strat man, bartender at the Medford hotel lounge, charged with op erating a game of chance; Aug. 1 for Lloyd Keller, operator of The Tavern, charged with pos sessing and operating a game of chance; Aug. 8 for Sam Prough, operator of the Talent club, charged with possessing, operat ing and displaying a game of chance; and Aug. 6 for Charles Will Gleim, bartender at the Tal ent club, charged with operating a game of chance. All the trials are scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. District Court Judge Rawles Moore said the trials were not set for an earlier date due to the court's heavy trial docket. The four men are represented by Edward Kelly. Stale Fair Budget Approved by House Salem (U.P.) The House to day passed a $974,627 budget for the State Fair Commission 44-13 after a motion to re-refer it to the joint ways and means com mittee for further study failed. Rep. Glen Stadler, Eugene Democrat, and others objected to the budget on grounds it was an increase 'of $120,000 or IS per cent over the current budget. Stadler's motion to re-refer the bill failed by 10 votes. "Rep. R. E. Schedeen, Gresh am Republican, said the budget was "going in the wrong direc tion" and "showed why the State Fair should be put back under the State Department of Agriculture." chairman of the chamber's trans portation division; M. M. (Hug) Huggins, chamber president; and Glentt Jackson, member of the board of directors. The McAllister Springs rd. would extend from Eagle Point to Klamath Falls by way of Lake of the Woods. Discussion of the proposal to designate the route as a forest highway is the first step in a proposed recon struction and improvement pro ject for the route. W. C. (Dutch) Williams, state highway engineer, was invited to the Klamath Falls meeting, but stated he would be unable to attend. He said a resident state highway engineer from Bend would attend in his place. Anita Carroll's Killer Said Dead Tehran, Iran (U.R) Iranian federal police announced today that the slayer of Mrs. Anita Carroll was one of the Dad Shah bandits killed in a gun battle with loyal tribesmen in Balu chistan Monday. But the leader of the bandits, the legendary Baluchistan bad man known as Dad Shah, appar ently had escaped a police net with most of his gang and now may be hiding out in Pakistan. Killer Identified A government official an nounced that Dad Shah's brother-in-law, Ghader Dad, has been identified as the gunman who shot pretty Mrs. Carroll March 24, shortly after the gang killed her husband, another American and two Iranian employees of the American Point 4 program in Iran. Ghader Dad and two other bandits were killed Monday in a skirmish with a posse of loyal tribesmen armed by the govern ment for the Dad Shah man hunt. Despite this early success against the killers, the Dad Shah incident sparked a long brewing government crisis that brought about the resignation of Premier Huessein Ala. Americans Cut Off Rain and floods which com plicated the borderland man hunt, apparently had cut off a number of the Americans who had joined Iranian police and tribesmen in the search for the killers. One of the Americans believed cut off in the region 800 miles Boat Theft Reported To Sheriffs Office Robert L. Peebler, 1871 Marsh lane, Medford, reported to sheriff's deputies Saturday the theft of a 14-foot outboard motor boat and a new 35-horse-power outboard motor from his home earlier that morning. Peebler said the boat was on a metal trailer parked in the car port at his home when it was stolen, according to sheriffs de partment reports. The boat was described as having a green bottom, white sides and three small diamonds painted on each side. It had a glass windshield and mahogany deck. The boat and trailer were covered with a white canvas. The motor was blue and white with a red gas tank. Miscellaneous items inside the boat also were taken, according to c .ficers' reports. A reward is being offered for information leading to the re covery of the boat and motor. Information should be directed to the Jackson county sheriff's office or Peebler, the sheriff's office indicated. District Attorney of Douglas County Resigns Roseburg (U.P.) Douglas County District Attorney Rob ert Stultz today resigned effec tive May 1. Stultz, who was elected to the post last November, said he was going to enter private law prac tice. His resignation was sent by letter to Gov. Robert Holmes today. -::---.:-: -Jk. - " - T FOB THE SECOND TIME in two years, Sally, a grizzly bear in the Chicago Zoo, has had triplets. Here she brings her cube (and the family wash) out for public inspection. They were bom January 16. (IvUrnttioiua SmdPhoU) . - f Price 10c IRIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire No. 11 southeast of Tehran is Lt. Col. William Webb, Oklahoma City, a survivor of the Bataan Death March in World War II. He is attached to the U. S. military mission in Tehran. The Americans were not be lieved in any danger. Democrats Retain Senate Control By Vote in Texas Dallas, Tex. (U.R) The Democrats retained control of the U. S. Senate today on the hard-fought victory of liberal Ralph Yarborough in a Texas special election. Yarborough torpedoed his Democratic opposition and Re publican hopes in his first sue cess in five tries for high office He previously had lost three bids for the governorship and one for state attorney general. Democrats Keep Control His election meant that the Democrats will continue to hold a 49-47 edge in the U. S. Sen. ate. The Republican party went all-out in an effort to get a GOP candidate elected and win a 48 48 tie in the Senate. With Vice President Richard M. Nixon's tie-breaking vote, this would have given the Republi cans control of the Senate. But Thad Hutcheson of Houston, upon whom the Republicans had pinned their hopes, never was in the running. AH told, there were 20 men in the race 18 Democrats and two ' Republicans. The Republi cans, concentrating on Hutche son, had hoped that the Demo- cratice majority would split its vote so widely that a Republi can minority would be enough to elect Hutcheson. Fills Daniel Vacancy ( Yarborough will fill the 21 months remaining on the term of Price Daniel, who resigned from the Senate to become gov ernor "of Texas. When the election bureau quit counting Tuesday night, Yar borough had 310,842 votes to 255,016 for Dies and 202,721 for Hutcheson. A total of 184 of 254 counties had been heard from with 78 complete. (See Story on Page 4) Portlander Killed On The Dalles Job The Dalles (U.R) A Port land construction worker fell 25 feet to his death today while working at the Harvey Alum inum company plant under con struction here. The victims was identified as Frank I. (Mickey) Hinman. Hinman died about noon from injuries received when he fell from a roof truss at the "plant, located at the west city limits of The Dalles. The accident oc curred about 9:35 a.m. He never regained consciousness. It was the first fatality at the plant which has been under con struction for about eight months. Troutdale (U.R) Reynolds Metals Company has re-opened potlines which had been inoper ative since Jan. 27 because of a power shortage. ", t. .vJ3PB6i6SiSS? . 1 Negotiations With Egypt To Continue While Hope Lasts President Says UN Support Continued Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower said today serious negotiations with Egypt on the Suez Canal will continue as long as there is any prospect of reach ing a satisfactory solution. He made the news conference statement shortly after the United States received Egypt's reply to a U. S. proposal to give a definite international charac ter to Egypt's plans for opera tion of the canal. The President said the United States continues to support the United Nations in its efforts to keep peace in the Middle East. -Said the United States contin ues to support the policy of en couraging the satellites to be come independent of Moscow not all at once, but through a series of steps. It is continuing to study how Poland might be helped through economic aid. Denied that he asked former British Prime Minister Sir An thony Eden and French Premier Guy Mollet to come to the United States last election day to an nounce a cease fire in the Middle East. There had been a lot of discussion about the wisdom of a Big Three meeting, presumably after the election, but the de cision was to hold two-way talks. In response to questions, Mr. Eisenhower drew a careful line between American commitments to Israel on the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gaza Strip on the one hand, and the Suez Canal on the other. Egypt, he said, contends that Israeli ships are barre'd from the canal because Egypt has bellig erant rights. The President said he did not know how this matter would be settled. He added that the United States is pledged to use its good offices to back Is rael's rights in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gaza Strip. 16 Inches of Snow Piles Up in Denver By UNITED PRESS A second giant blizzard in two weeks dumped more than 16 inches of snow at Denver and piled vp to an unofficial depth of 48 inches in the Colo rado Mountains yesterday and today. A United Press count in the twin storms showed at least two killed in the blizzard. In addition, three persons were reported missing in the eastern Colorado snowstorm, in cluding a pregnant woman en route to a hospital. The snowstorm blanketed sec tions of Texas, New Mexico, Col orado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyo ming, South Dakota and Mon tana. Hardest hit were Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico where more than two feet of snow stalled transportation, is olated communities and disrupt ed power and communications. Winds up to 40-miles per hour whipped the snow ' into huge drifts and sent the storm racing toward the Kansas and Nebras ka plains today. All major western Colorado highways were closed. 10,000 Drivers Convicted In Oregon During March Salem (U.R) Failure to obey state traffic laws resulted in court convictions for more than 10,00 drivers in March, the Oregon traffic safety ' commis sion reported today. The commission also noted that 721 driver licenses were sus pended during the month by the department of motor ve hicles. Some 270 of the suspenT sions were for driving while in toxicated. Indictment Dismissal Against Elkins Denied Portland (U.R) Federal Judge William East today denied a motion to dismiss the indict ment aeainst Portland vice czar James Elkins and his employee. Raymond Clark, on a federal wire tapping charge. Trial on the charge is sched uled for April 16. Weather FORECAST: Fair through Thurs day. Low tonight. 3i. High Thursday 68. Temp. Hithpst Yestorday J Lowest this Morning 38 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 5:51 a.m. Sunset . , :33 p.m. Moonset 10:25 p.m. First Quarter April..7 PROMINENT STARS Spica. rises 7:48 p.m. Regulus. high in south 9:27 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, between Spica and Regulus. Mars, due west 8:0S p.m. Saturn, rises at midnight "Who Gave Him the Additional Study of Kenwood-Grandview Sewer Is Scheduled Further study by city officials and residents of the Kenwood Grandview district oh a pro posed sanitary sewer system for the area recently annexed to Medford is necessary before the proposal can be decided by the Medford city council, the coun cil indicated last night. City Manager Robert Duff said the proposed sewer is now planned for some areas of Kenwood-Grandview that are sparse ly settled. Sewer assessments in those areas would be "exorbi tant," he said. s - Roy P. v Wilkes, one of the leaders of the successful annexa tion effort and member of the citizens' budget committee, said the $378,450 estimated cost of the sewer system also was abovo earlier estimates. He taxi Kenwood-Grandview planners had anticipated maxi mum cost of '.he overall sewer project at about $250,000. Preliminary Report Last night the council- accept ed a preliminary report pre pared by city officials on the sewer proposal. No action was taken. Petitions signed by 410 Ken wood - Grandview residents re questing construction of a sani tary sewer in the area were ac- Israeli. Forces Pursue Commandoes By UNITED PRESS Israeli officials announced that "large security forces" moved almost to the Jordan bor der today in pursuit of Feda yeen (Arab commandoes) who ambushed an Israeli police pa trol. Israel announced several new outbreaks of Fedayeen terror ism and Col. Nehemiah Brosh, the Israeli military spokesman, reported a 20-minute border clash between Syrian and Is raeli troops Tuesday night. In other incidents raising ten sion in Israel, Jordanians stoned a Israeli patrol in Jerusalem it self from the walls of the old Jordan-held city and an Arab farmer was killed by. a mine near Taibeh village Tuesday on the Israeli-Jordan border. Medford Student Hurt In Eugene Accident Eueene 'U.R) William Frank lin Smith, a University of Ore gon student from Medford, was reported in 'fair" condition to day by attendants at Sacred Heart hospital here from injur ies suffered in an auto accident early Tuesday. Smith was hurt when his car struck a concrete guard rail on River road near here. Attend ants said Smith suffered leg in juries. ' ' State Rail Transportation Director Charged With Misleading Statements Salem U.R) Charges that Clifford W. Ferguson, director of rail transportation for the state public utility commissioner, cir culated misleading . statements concerning Northwest shippers were maoe Deiore ine oenaie Committee on Commerce and Utilities late yesterday by Nel son M. Hickok, traffic manager of the Western Paper Converting Co. of Salem. Hickok said statements pre pared by Ferguson and circulat ed among legislators by Public Utility Commissioner Howard Morgan "had shamefully dis credited"' the Pacific Northwest Advisory bord, of which Hickok Do-It-Yourself Kit?" cepted by the council early in March. Duff indicated the council may call for a vote on a revised sanitary sewer system for Kenwood-Grandview at its April 16 meeting. The council passed a resolu tion terminating . a Grandview water district contract with the city of Medford for the installa tion of a water main in the area. City Attorney to Prepare Annexation Election Ordinance City Attorney E. R. Bashaw was instructed by the city coun cil last night to prepare an ord' inance calling for an annexation election in the Berrydale area. The council will consider the ordinance at its April 16 meet ing. The proposal includes the same annexation boundaries recommended for vote by the Medford planning commission last month. -Proposed Boundariei , Boundaries of the proposed annexation area run, roughly, north from the Big Y junction along Highway 99 to Gore st., west to Lynn st., then parallel to the Pacific Highway to a point north of Mace rd., east and south across the Crater Lake highway, then west to the highway again, and south along Riverside ave. to McAndrews road. Action on the annexation pro posal was deferred last month when two Medford attorneys ap peared before the council rep resenting groups of Berrydaie residents opposing annexation to Medford "as its boundaries now are proposed." Annexation of a larger area in the Berrydale district was de feated in November's election. Since that time, the Berrydale Sanitation committee has con ducted a series of public meet ings, and its members believe that annexation is the only pos sible way to obtain sanitary fa cilities. (See Council Story Page 15) . Building Permit Value Shows Decline in City Face value of building permits issued in Medford during March totaled $173,737, compared to $285,448 -issued during the same month for 195.6, according to H. E. Mackie, city building superintendent.- Permits issued last month were for seven new residences, totaling $77,000; 17 residences remodeled, $30,500; three new duplexes, $28,000; three new businesses, $11,200; seven busi nesses remodeled, $12,850; and one new apartment, $9,500. is immediate past president. In reply Morgan told the com mittee that he had been - asked by Sen. Philip Lowry, Medford Republican, to investigate the advisory board. F.ailroadi Said Dominating He said Ferguson was assigned to the task and ir. his statement said the railroads dominated the advisory board and intimated the board was a "front" organi zation for the railroads. Hickok said one of the main functions of the advisory board was to forecast the need for railroad cars. He told the com mittee: "We do cot subscribe to the No Reason Seen For Anyone To Doubt Integrity . Hope Expressed for Tax Cut Before 1961 ' Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today de nounced as rot. reDorts that he is preparing to step out of office and turn the reins of govern ment over to Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Mr. Eisenhower was asked at crowded news conference about reports that he was pre paring to quit the presidency when world conditions permit. Intend To Serve Term He replied that there is no reason for anvonp tn r)nnVt hie basic integrity and honesty, and that he ' fully intends to serve out his elected term of office. Other highlights of the conference: He expressed hope that a tax reduction would he nnssiHle before he leaves office in 1961. But he declined 'to estimate whether such a reduction would be possible next year. He said that from the Am erican point of view the Com munists are not keeninu the Korean armistice in accordance with its original terms. Defends Foreign Aid He denied a reDnrt that a. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of me joint Chiefs of Staff, had recommendeH a Tiniio build up in South Korea with tne aacmion of jet aircraft. tie said it is possible to achieve some savings in fnreion aid. But he said the administra tion still regards the $4.4 billion foreign aid request in the budget as the best estimate of a mini mum program if the United States is to achieve its objectives in the Free World. He said in response to a question that it would be pos sible to cut federal personnel a great deal without the operation of the government suffering un duly. But he said he has no spe cific plan. Denies Chiang Assurance He denied flatly that he had given Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek of Nationalist China assur ances that this country would, if necessary, come, to the de fense of Quemoy and Matsu is lands off the coast of Red China. The President said he had never given any assurances that went beyond Hhe American law and had not given China any private assurances. A biography of Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles by John R. Beal said Mr. Eisenhower had given Chiang such assurances in a letter. ; Despite some feelings in Congress to the contrary, the President did not regard the school construction bill as ,dead for this session of Congress. He asked the help of the na tion's newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations in behalf of the current Red Cross drive for funds which, he said, is lagging badly. Barry Baer Pleads Guilty in Court Barry Eugene Baer, 21, of Central Point, pleaded guilty in- circuit court this morning to charges of failing to stop at the scene of an accident involving . apparent bodily injury. Baer was arrested March 17 by Central Point police follow ing an accident at the corner of Pine st. and Highway 99, in Cen tral Poit. The Baer vehicle struck a car driven by Mrs. Ethel Mae Bennett, Selma, Ore., according to police. The four Bennett children were taken to Rogue Valley hospital for treat ment following the accident, they said.; Sentencing of Baer will be by Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna after receipt of a pre-sentence report. Baer is represented by O. H. Bengston. Salem U.R) Pavements were reported bare on all Oregon routes and motorists didn't need to bother about chains on any of them, the State Highway Depart ment said today. accusation of being called a 'front' organization, since in fact we are an advisory board, with all of the rights and privileges of assembly afforded citizens of Oregon and the United States." Hearing Draws Crowd Representatives of the railroad brotherhoods, many large Oregon concerns and individual shippers appeared before the committee at a largely attended hearing in opposition to Senate bill 301, which would provide for PUC suspension authority under rate reduction proposals as well as the suspension authority over rate increase proposals which the PUC now has. I. U W I V - i. i--
