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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
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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