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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
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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.
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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.
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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.