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Newspaper Page TextT tasidir tela! IF la tmmM ouse Mew 52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 22 Pages House Committee flashes Commerce Budge! Requests 26 Per Cent Cut Made In Fiscal Year Funds Washington (U.R) The Jfcnuse Appropriations Commit fee today slashed 26 per cent 9kom the budget of Commerce fccretary Sinclair Weeks who Gem! "dared" Congress to cut it. if approved by the House, the deduction will push over the $1 Sllion mark the total cuts made Wy the House in President Ei- pinower record peacetime Sending budget of $71.8 billion. The committee approved $591,- 387,060 to run the Commerce department in the next year in stead of the $803,709,000 re quested by Weeks. It also trimmed the budget for a group of independent com merce agencies from $50,075,000 ' to $45,649,400, and for the Pan ama Canal from $17,648,000 to $16,648,000. All the cuts added up to $217,- 827.940. They pushed to $1,039,245,740 the total reductions imposed ?o far by the committee or by the Hous- itself in acting on admin istration appropriation requests totaling $14,302,812,601. The total cuts amount to about 7.3 per cent of the amounts sought. The deep committee cuts in the Commerce budget followed House passage Thursday night of a lightly cut S2.8 billion ap propriations bill for the Labor and Health"," Education and Wel fare departments. Weeks Asked To Explain The committee acted after closed door hearings by a sub committee at which Weeks was asked to explain remarks he made about budget cutting on March 17. - Weeks was quoted as saying that "if Congress wants to start cutting," It could take $50 mil lion out of his budget. The committee voted to reduce the Maritime Administration's funds for ship construction from $94,500,000 to $3 million dollars, leaving only enough to replace some ships and for research. Salk Vaccine Supply Reported Low Here The Jackson county health de partment's supply of Salk anti- polio vaccine has dwindled down to one bottle, Dr. Erin Merkel, public health physician, report ed today. ' " Dr. Merkel said the supply is sufficient to innoculate eight or nine people. He added private physicians in the county have also reported low vaccine sup plies. When the next vaccine ship ment will arrive in Jackson county isi not yet known. Dr Merkel explained Oregon gets a monthly shipment of 50,000 cc's. Of this total, 40,000 are devoted -to commercial use and about 10, 000 for free distribution provid ed by public taxes. The county's share of the state's free vaccine would be just a "drop in the bucket," Dr. Merkel stated. $1,272,560 Budget for Rural, Schools Tentatively Approved by County Board A budget of $1,272,560.69 has been tentatively approved for rural schools in the county for the 1957-58 school year by the Jackson County Rural School board. ' Glenn W. Smith, chairman of the rural board, announced the tentative grant after the board concluded the first audit of school district budgets Wednes day. This summary includes the operational budgets for the rural school districts, the rural school board's operational and emergen cy budget, and the non-high op erational, tuition and transpor tation budget. If the proposed $1,272,560.69 budget is adopted, a county levy of 69.9 mills would be required. Total originally requested prior to the first audit was $1,413,749. 94. These figures represent the amount to levy after other re ceipts have been deducted, Smith explained. The 1956-57 budget is $1,176,887.09. This re-, MEDFORD, OREGON, School Plan Strategy of Delay Four Men Sought for Bombing Los Angeles Bar; Six Persons Die Los Angeles (U.R) Four angry men who had been ejected from a . cocktail bar tossed an oversized homemade gasoline bomb, into the crowded cafe saloon shortly before midnight Thursday .night, killing six per sons and injuring three others. Police called it "mass murder" Bar Association Protests Closing Marshal's Office The Jackson County Bar asso ciation yesterday protested clo sure of the United States mar shal's office in Medford, and has asked that it be reopened im mediately. Copies of a resolution protest ing the closure have been for warded to Chief Judge Claude McColloch, United States dis trict court, Portland; Senators Wayne Morse ' and- Richard L. Neuberger, and Congressman Charles O. Porter. Paul Hanlin, deputy marshal in Medford, said he received no tice that the office was closed as of March 7. Notification came from the U.S. marshal's office in Portland. This is the second time with in two years the office has been closed. In October, 1955, the of fice was closed, and Hanlin moved to Portland, where he served one week before return ing to reopen the Medford office after protests from the bar asso ciation here, and other groups. Hanlin has ben deputy mar shal for 20 years, receiving his appointment May 1, 1937. He has been in Medford since his appointment. The bar association, in the resolution, noted that , "the clo sure has and will require all services of process in civil and criminal cases to be made from the Portland office, which is in excess of 300 hundred miles and would thereby result in unneces sary expenses, not only to liti gants but also to the govern ment ... "The office has been main tained in Medford for over 40 years, during which period the population of this area has great ly increased and many projects have been and now are under construction, including the Tal ent project." The bar association noted that the office has been and is "ex tremely important to this area." The office is on the second floor of the post office building near the federal court room. quired a rural school levy of 54.1. Smith pointed out that during 1955-57, Eagle Point school dis trict became a first class district and voted out o fthe rural levy. Oak Grove and West Side schools consolidated with the Medford school district and with drew from the rural levy. With the withdrawal of these districts, the rural school dis trict suffered a loss of property valuation totaling S6,830,096.42. Smith also pointed out that if these districts had withdrawn last year, the rural levy for the current school year would be 61.1 mills instead of the 54.7 mills levied. Smith emphasized that these figures are budget summaries only, and would be subject to action taken by the legislature now in session, and could be altered during hearings with dis trict school boards April 15. According to Smith, the larg est increases in the budgets were KCEEUO SK2Eu3 xuvtzsn c- jo n FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1957 Bill Supporters and broadcast an all points bulle tin for the four men who were removed from the establishment twice during the evening, once during a fracas involving a wom an customer, and then returned "to get even" by hurling the gasoline through the front door. Bar Stools Melted One of the four ignited the fuel, which reacted like a bomb by blasting out doors and win dows and melting bar stools among the terror stricken pa trons. The coroner's office reported five men and one woman died in the explosion that demolished the Mecca Cafe and created a panic. At mid-morning, police arrest ed two suspects and held them for questioning. Detectives also examined a car they believed had been used as a getaway ve hicle. Witnesses said patrons stum bled from the flaming cafe with their clothes on fire. Police Inspector Thomas Red- din said the four men had been in the bar earlier but were order ed to leave by Larry Finton, the bartender, because they couldn't produce proper identification. California law requires a person to be at least 21 years old in order to be served liquor. Three Shots Fired Officers said Vernon Waggy, a customer in the bar who escaped injury, fired three shots at the fleeing suspects but each bullet hit a parked car. Officers said ' the bodies of the seven victims were badly charred. They said it would be some time before positive identi fication could be made. Police said the patrons in the cafe trampled over the dead and injured in a mad scramble for safety It was believed the seven victims were knocked 'to the floor in the scramble and then were burned to death. Adenauer Demands Tactical A-Weapons Bonn, Germany (U.R) Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer today demanded tactical atomic weap ons for West Germany. He im plied his nation also might de mand heavy atom bombs rather than be left behind in the world's nuclear arms race. The chancellor told a news conference that tactical atomic weapons today are "nothing but a further development of artil lery" and that West Germany's armed forces must have the new est types of arms. Asked whether this included heavy A-bombs too, Adenauer did not reply directly. in the general area of instruc tion. This includes all salaries f principals, supervisors, teach er and librarians, all library supplies, teaching supplies, text books, tuition to other districts and other expenses of instruc tion, such as audio-visual aids and similar materials. The re quested increase was $121,848, 59 over last year's budgeted amount. School districts participating in the rural school levy are Pros pect, Butte Falls, Howard, Shady Cove, Elk-Trail. Griffin Creek. Ruch, Applegate, Jacksonville, Lone Pine. Rogue River, Evans Valley, Talent and Pinehurst schools. Members of the rural school board present at the Wednesday night meeting were Smith, Wil liam Starzinger, Paul Gasparotti, Lyle Van Scoy, Clarence Hol dridge and Alf B. Mekvold, county school superintendent and secretary of the board. Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire No. 13 Better Chance of Passage Seen in Face of Cutbacks Eisenhower Continues Construction Campaign Washington (U.R) Support ers of the $2 billion compromise school construction bill today planned a strategy or delay to win passage despite the con gressional economy drive. They all but openly acknowl edged that otherwise the bill faced death. President Eisenhower Thurs day night continued his cam paign for a federal school con struction program in a fighting speech to the National Education association. Schools More Important The president said "our schools are more important than our Nike batteries, more necessary than our radar warning nets and more powerful than even the energy of the atom." But, he said "our educational plant is not ample to cope with the enormous burden of present and future enrollments.". He said federal -help is needed td overcome the "emergency short age of classrooms." Mr. Eisenhower spoke only a matter of hours after a House Education Subcommittee ap proved 6-1 the compromise five- year school program. However, ne did not specifically mention the compromise bill. To Wait Until Summer Backers of the bill said their strategy of delay would aim at holding up the bill until early summer. They feel that by that time: The economy drive will have at least partly subsided. The House may have acted on a civil rights bill. That would ease pressure to include an anti- segregation clause in the school program, a clause that helped kill it last year. The proposed bill would pro vide the following amounts to Western states for one year on the basis of their 1953-54 out lays for school construction: Cal ifornia, $21,615,000; Oregon, $3, 874,000, and Washington, $5,- 612000. Wells Resigns from Juvenile Office Post LeRoy G. Wells, counselor in the Jackson county juvenile of fice since January, has an nounced his resignation'effective April 12. In a letter to Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna, Wells said he was re signing in order to accept em ployment offering better finan cial security. He will return to the Ashland police department, where he was employed prior to accepting the position as juvenile counselor. Mrs. Kay Crowell, director of the juvenile department, said no replacement for Wells has yet been hired. She said several ap plications for the position have been received. Wells' resigna tion was submitted Thursday. Medford Youth Held In Theft Connection A 15-year-old Medford boy is being held by juvenile authori ties after admitting participating Saturday in. the -theft of a 14 foot outboard motorboat and a new 35-horse outboard motor. Two 16-year-old Medford boys were lodged in jail yesterday after admitting their parts in the boat theft. Owner of the boat is Robert L. Peebler, 1871 Marsh lane, Medford, according to sheriffs deputies. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones averages: 30 industrials 477.61, up 0.18; 20 railroads 145.44, up 0.23; 15 utilities 71.61, off 0.05, and 65 stocks 168.99, up 0.071 Sales today were about 1,830,000 shares compared with 1,820,000 shares Thursday. srae Pro-Soviet Groups; Declared About To Grab Jordan, Syria Partition of Jordan By Arab Group Feared Br UNITED PRESS Israel received reports today that overwhelmingly pro-Soviet elements were about to seize control of Jordan and Syria in moves that could touch off an other major, crisis in the Middle East. Premier David Ben-Gurion was studying the reports closely for Israeli sources have said any Washington (U.R) Israel has advised the United States that it plans to try to exercise its "rights" to use the Sues Canal, even if this means new trouble in the Middle East. such drastic change in the gov ernments of Israel's neighbors would be a major new threat to its security. Moderate Pro-Western In Syria the dispute was be tween President Shukri El-Ku-watly, considered moderately pro-Western, and Lt. Col. Abdel Hamid Serraj, Syria's 31-year-old mystery "strongman" who is pro-Soviet and and anti-American. In Jordan the dispute was be tween pro-Western King Hussein and Premier Suleiman Nabulsi who is staunchly pro-Egyptian and who called only. Thursday for Jordan to develop its ties with the Soviet Union. Israel also has' expressed fear that Saudi Arabian troops which moved into Jordan with Syrian troops at time of the Sinai Desert campaign would gartition Jor dan and take over the port of Aqaba just across the top of the culf from the Israeli port of Eilat. , . , . New Warning ' A new warning came from Syria Thursday night that the Gulf of Aqaba was "Arab terri torial waters" and that no ships could pass through without Egyptian and Saudi Arabian permission. 1 The new situation in Syria and Jordan almost outweighed the current diplomatic maneu vering over Egypt's plans for running the Suez Canal. Egypt delayed publication of its "final memorandum" sched uled for Thursday night and began a hasty round of talks with U. S. " Ambassador Raymond Hare. Tornadoes Continue Damage in Southland By UNITED PRESS Tornadoes and windstorms heaped more damage and death on the South today while the blizzard in the upper Midwest blew itself out. The storm in Dixie was aggra vated by flood threats develop ing along scores of rivers and streams. Two Negro children were kill ed early today when a tornado hit near Ellaville, Ga. Wind storms and twisters struck else where in Georgia -and the Caro linas. A United Press tally showed at least 39 persons killed and nearly 1,000 injured in a dozen states since the vast spring storm moved out of the West Tuesday. Rights To Be Explained To Court Defendants An explanation of "rights in court" advising " defendants of their rights when appearing be fore the Medford municipal court has been prepared by Municipal Judge Noreen Kelly. The explanation which will be made available to municipal court defendants starting Mon day April 8, explains to those charged their rights and duties in court, implications of their actions and plea in court and their right of appeal. Weather FORECAST: Occasional light rain tonight. Showers and occasional sunshine Saturday. Low tonight 42. High Friday 60. Temp. Hiehest Y5lrdar - Lowest this Morning . 42 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:48 a.m. Sunset 6:42 p.m. The Moon rides high and sets Saturday at 12:18 a.m. PROMINENT STAR Capella. low in northwest at moonset. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, high in south east 8:49 p.m. Mars, sets 10:57 p.m. Saturn, low in south- east . 12:58 a.m. ''Because I said S National Guard Units May Move into New Armory About May 1 Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea adjutant general of the state military department, Salem, said today Medford National Guard units may move into the new armory south of Medford" about May 1. Four representatives of , the state department toured the building and grounds yesterday before meeting with the local armory and armory . advisory boards last night. Representing the military de partment were Col. Paul Kleiver, supervisor of armory facilities in Oregon; Lt. Col. Hugh . Adams, . who represented the federal government; Maj. James Anderson, Kleiver's as sistant; and Col. Robert L. Irv; ing, supervisor of construction for the department. Nearing Completion '""Genera Rilea said the armory, which is nearing completion, will be available for public use after sewer lines have been connected. Installation of sewer lines is under way under a con tract let by the city, which will be reimbursed by the state. City Manager Robert . Duff said completion date for installa tion of the sewer is April 15, and construction is about 25 to 30 per cent complete. .. Military department repre sentatives said it will take about another month's work to finish the outside including painting. landscaping and providing park ing facilities. Bids will be opened next week on lumber for shelves in various rooms in the armory, and metal lockers will be installed in stor age rooms soon, they said. Keating Elected At last night's meeting, Jack son County Judge Rodney Keat ing was elected president of the armory advisory board. Other members of the board are Med Chiloquin Woman Victim of Shooting Chiloquin, Ore. 0J.R) Mrs. Frances Ball, 30, was shot to death here Thursday evening and police questioned three men they said here in the house at the time. Mrs. Ball died in an ambu lance en route to a hospital. Po lice 'said she suffered four .22 caliber bullet wounds. Being questioned were Mrs. Ball's husband, Osborn Ball,' 41; Francis Kird, 50, and Clarence Ohles, 62. Police Chief H. C. Smith said police and a doctor were called about 5 p.m. When officers ar rived they found Mrs. Ball lying unconscious on a sofa. Democrats' State Tax . Program Slated Soon Salem U.R) The Democratic tax program will be b- ught out within a week to 10 days. Rep. Clarence Barton, Coquille Demo crat and chairman of the House taxation Committee, told the House today. Barton's statement came after failure of a move by two Repub licans to remove two surtax re peal bills from the committee for a vote on the floor of the House. Forrester Delegate To Education Conference Pendleton 'U.R) A. W. "Bud" Forrester, Pendleton newspaper editor and member of the Ore gon State Board of Higher Edu cation, announced today he has been appointed delegate to the western regional conference of the President's committee on education beyond high school. -That's Why", ford Mayor John Snider and Capt. Roy Huson, former Med ford resident, now working in Grants Pass, who was appoint ed by the state military depart ment. The advisory board was established to assist in formulat ing policy because the county and city participated in financ ing construction of the armbry. The advisory board will meet with the regular armory board, which is composed , of repre sentatives of National Guard units in Medford. Members are Capt. J. S. Fagone, commander of Headquarters company and chairman of the board; Capt. Bert Riebe, commander of Com pany A: Lt. Donald Ivie, execu tive officer of Company A: Lt. Levi Monroe, communications officer of Headquarters com pany; land Lt Richard Greer motor officer of Headquarters company. Budget Committee To Meet Monday '. The county budget committee will again consider the proposed 1957-58 budget at a meeting Monday at 9 a.m. in the county courtroom. Members of the committee' in dicated an additional meeting will be held later next week. Work on the budget is expected to be finished in about 30 days. At a meeting yesterday, the committee tentatively approved budgets for three county depart ments. Total proposed budget for the county is $2,807,146.59. Russian Nuclear Blast Reported in Washington Washington-(U.R) The Unit ed States announced today that Russia conducted another nu clear weapons test last Wednes day. The announcement did not specify the size of the bomb or whether one or more bombs were exploded. Water Supply Area Is Fair, Frost Says Grants Pass Rain which ham pered farm and orchard opera tions in the Rogue and Umpqua valleys gave a much needed boost to the summer irrigation outlook, according to. W. T. Frost, Oregon snow survey su pervisor for the Soil Conserva tion service .and Oregon state college agricultural experiment station. Earlier forecasts were gloomy, and the water outlook still rates only fair, Frost said at the 22nd annual water forecast meeting in Grants Pass this morning. Late Shortages Frost said there will be some late summer shortages and that reservoir carryovers at the close of ,the irrigation season may be relatively poor. Snow packs on water sheds in terms of total water content measure 79 per cent of average for the Rogue, and 62 per cent of average .for the Umpqua, Frost said. Aver ages are based on the period from 1938 through 1952. . - Agricultural and irrigation of ficials cautioned that stream flow is likely to drop off earlier than normal in the area unless May rains are better than aver age. Jack Hoffbuhr, secretary-manager of the Medford Irrigation district, said he expects to draw from reservoirs by June 1, about 15 days earlier than last year. Frost forecast that the North Umpqua river as measured be low Lake Creek would discharge 146,000 - acre feet during - the Delay in Cutback Of Mail Service Plans Expected Hearing Scheduled For Next Friday Washington flJ.R) The House Appropriations committee today promised to consider next Fri day provision of funds to stave off a cut in postal service. Mem bers said they expect the Post Office to delay until then the cuts it planned to impose at mid night tonight. Rep. John J. Rooney (D-N.Y.) said a request for such a delay was inherent in a compromise move which e sponsored and the committee approved at a lively closed door session today. The committee after a series of deadlocks agreed finally to advise Postmaster General Ar thur E. Summerfield he will get at least $17 million of the $47 million he says he must have and that the committee will con sider next Friday whether to give him the rest. Department Must Decide Summerfield was not specific ally asked to delay the sched uled postal reductions. Commit tee Chairman Clarence Cannon (D-Mo.) said it is up to the Post Office Department to decide what to do. Rep. Pohn Taber (R-N.Y.), ranking minority member of the committee, said he believed a week's delay might be possible. However, he said if Summer field agrees to this, and then fails to get the extra funds, the necessary cutbacks to balance his budget will be even deeper than planned. The Post Office said Summer field would disclose his inten tions with a statement or at a new conference "later today." Superintendent Named for Home Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bjorn sen, 704 South Holly st., Med ford, have been hired as superin tendent and matron for the pro posed Jackson county juvenile detention home, it was an nounced today. . Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna, who is also judge of the juvenile court, made the appointment Thursday. Bjornsen, 51, Is a native of Norway and is a. naturalized citizen of the United States. Mrs. Bjornsen, 40, is a native of New Jersey. Bjornsen has been em ployed for the past three years for Carl Construction company. He is foreman for the courthouse annex construction project. The Bjornsens have four chil dren including a married son, an 18-year-old daughter, a 20-year-old son now serving with, the Marine Corps, and a 10-year-old son. . Their appointment was recom mended by Mrs. Kay Crowell, director of the juvenile depart ment, and the county court. ' Construction of the juvenile detention home will get under way as soon as weather condi tions permit, it has been report ed. Completion of the structure is expected to be within about three months from the time con struction starts. Outlook for April through September Irri gation season, or 89 per cent of average. Rogue Streams Flow The Rogue river as metered above Prospect, he said, is ex pected to flow 280,000 acre feet from April through September, or 88 per cent of average. Frost forecast stream flow on the Rogue below South Fork at 615, 000 acre feet with the flow ex pected to hit 775,000 acre feet at Grants Pass. This would be about 90 per cent of average, he said. The Applegate river stream, flow near Cooper is forecast for 100,000 acre feet, or 86 per cent of average. Flow of Illinois river at Kerby is expected to be 168, 000 acre feet, or 93 per cent of average for the next six months he said. Storage reservoirs were all reported full due to early run off. Hiatt lake is at capacity with 16,600 acre feet, and Emi grant lake is full with 8.300 acre feet. Hoffburh said Fourmile lake now at capacity has 16,600 acre feet, and Fish lake is only 400 acre feet short of capacity. Fish lake could be filled in a lew days, he said. Forecasts from below average snow packs on water sheds indi cate that supplies in both Fish and Fourmile lakes will be al most entirely depleted by the end of the irrigation season, Frost said. Both reservoirs ended the 1956 irrigation season with good carry overs.