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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1957
No. 14
s5
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Congress Appears
Ready io Provide
Post Office Funds
Committee Schedules
Meeting Friday
Washington fU.R) Congress
Saturday appeared ready to
loosen the national purse strings
this week to keep Postmaster
General Arthur E. Summerfield
from drastically cutting postal
service.
' Summerfield has In effect giv
en the House .Appropriations
committee a week of grace to
give his department an emerg
ency 47 million dollars appro
priation or take responsibility
for causing the service cuts.
The committee, which only
wanted to' give him 17 million
dollars, was expected to capitu
latt under the mounting public
pressure. It scheduled meet
ing next Friday to decide what
to do.
Summerfield had been expect
ed to issue the orders effective
today to curtail service includ
ing a stop of all Saturday mail
delivers and Saturday post of
fice service. But late Friday he
scheduled the cutback for next
Saturday.
Denis "Week's Grace"
He insisted at a news con
ference that he was not giving
Congress "a week's grace' to
give him the money.
But he acted after the Ap
propriations committee decided
to give hirr the 17 million dol
lars and promised to consider
the other 30 million dollars next
Friday. He also said the cutback
would be called off if the com
mittee action is "favorable."
Committee member John J.
Rooney (D-NY) predicted the
committee would approve all or
almost all of the 47 million dol
lars. He said Friday's voting
Indicated that.
But Rooney indicated the hard
feelings against Summerfield
would not soon subside. Sum
merfield hag been accused of
"'sand-bagging" . congress and
"holding a gun" at Its head. 1
Summerfield has said he is
"confident" that if given the
opportunity Congress will sup
port him. He said the majority
of the Appropriations commit
tee stood with him on the mat
ter. But that excludes Committee
Chairman Clarence Cannon (D
Mo.) who has made It clear he
will put up a sharp fight next
Friday to hold new funds down
to the 17 million dollars recom
mended by the subcommittee.
Cannon would not predict the
outcome.
.American Tanker
Docks at Elath
Tel Aviv, Israel (U.R) A 16-000-ton
American tanker Sat
urday navigated the contested
Straits of Tiran and Gulf of
Aqaba and docked at the Israeli
port of Elath with a cargo of oil,
bypassing Egypt's Suez canal.
, It was the first vessel flying
the American flag to arrive at
the southernmost Israeli port
since the Mideast crisis began.
Officials would . identify it
only as "an American tanker fly
ing the American flag." They
witheld its name.
The ship's oil cargo will be
pumped northward to Bersheba
and then transported by rail to
a Mediterranean refinery at
Haifa. An Israeli goal has been
to make Elath a major port for
oil enroute from the Persian
Gulf to the Mediterranean and
thus by pass Suez canal.
Orchard Loan Fund
Proposed in Bi
Washineton Creation of an
orchard loan fund to aid fruit
men whose trees are damaged
by freezing weather has been
proposed in Washington, D.C.,
by three Oregon lawmakers.
The proposal was included in
bills introduced by Senators
Wavne Morse and Richard Neu
berger and Rep. Al Ulman, all
Democrats from Oregon.
If approved, the bill would
authorize a maximum loan pro
gram of $10,000,000 under con
ditions which would permit or
chardists to delay initial repay
ment until orchard production is
resumed.
The proposal is an outgrowth
of loses suffered by fruitmen in
Umatilla county during a freeze
late in 1955. .
Mahe, Seychelles Islands-rfiJ.R)
Greek Cypriote Archbishop
Makarios ended 13 months of
British exile on this Indian
ocean island Saturday and sailed
;for Madagascar on hi way to
Athens.
'Great Age We're Living In, Eh, Lady?"
Reorganization Bill
May Face Referendum
Salem 1U.R) A warning
that House bill 163 to reorganize
Oregon school districts would
meet with referendum resistance
if the compulsory features were
retained was served on the Sen
ate Education committee by sev
eral persons representing sever
al parts of the state.
The Senate committee, head
ed by Sen. Monroe Sweetland of
Proposal to Move
Research Station
Being Considered
A proposal to move the ag
ronomy-research department of
the Southern Oregon branch ex
periment station to a new loca
tion is being considered, it was
reported last week.
Research in agronomy is cur
rently being conducted near
Phoenix. It has been reported
that a site on the west side of the
valley is being considered as a
future location for the agronomy
farm.
Harold White, superintendent
of the experiment station, Fri
day said "We are now in the pro
cess of trying to make the right
kind of decision." He declined
further comment.
Agriculture Council '
The county court said a
change of location for the de
partment has been under con
sideration for about a year, and
has been promoted by local farm
ers. The county agricultural
council, at its recent planning
meeting, made the following ob
servation:
"It has been established that
the site now being used for re
search in agronomy is poorly
adapted for that purpose. Soils
on the present agronomy farm
contain a high concentration of
lead arsenate, an accumulation
of spray residue from an old ap
pie orchard located on that site
for many years.
"Lead arsenate, in the concen
trations found in these soils, is
highly toxic to many crops. This
affects the reliability of the data
obtained and frequently makes
necessary its complete discard."
NATO' Military Group
Holds Secret Session
Washington (U.R) The mili
tary committee of the North
Atlantic Treaty organization
held a secret discussion Satur
day on long-range plans ' for
strengthening western defenses
with guided missiles and other
modern weapons.
City Police Receive
Complaints of Crows,
Buzzards at Airport
City police sped to the Med
ford airport at 1:30 p.m., Fri
day, after receiving complaints
that a flock of buziards was
hovering over runways, en
dangering landing and take-off
of planes.
Officers found a dead phea
sant on one of the runways,
where it apparently had fallen
after being struck and killed
by a plane Thursday night.
Buzzards and crows were col
lecting in the vicinity of the
carcass.
Sgt. Raymond Seely borrow
ed a shovel from airport of
ficials, removed the carcass
and shooed away the birds. His
work apparently was effective
because no further complaints
of intruding .buzzards were received!.
Milwaukie, held a four-hour
hearing Friday afternoon on the
measure which passed the House,
46 to 10, Feb. 28. Sweetland in
dicated the committee would
giye the bill further intensive
study before voting on it.
Proponents of the measure said
the reorganization plan would
simplify the system of school dis
tricts, cut down on administra
tive costs, and give children
through-out the state more equal
opportunity for education.
One Section Opposed
Opponents objected mostly to
section 22 of the bill which
would compel one district to con
solidate with another if the ma
jority of the two districts com
bined favored consolidation, ev
en though the one district voted
against it.
Objecting witnesses said that
if this section was not amended
to make the consoliation per
missive instead of compulsory,
an effort would be made to re
fer the measure if it should
pass to a vote of the people.
They said similar proposals had
been defeated before at the polls.
Among those speaking for the
measure as it stands were Mrs.
Charles Ford, of the 'Oregon
League of Woman Voters; Bert
Tousey, of the Oregon School
Boards Association; Tom Scan
Ion, of the AFL-CIO; Harold Mc
Abee, of the Bethel school dis
trict, Lane county; L. G. Rood,
Clackamas county -superintendent
of schools, and Mrs. Thomas
Churchill, of the Oregon Asso
ciation of University Women.
Among those speaking against
the measure were Ernest Jern
stedt, of the Oregon Farm Bu
reau Federation; J. L. Brown, of
the Redmond school district;
Carl Rhoda, Madras, Wally John
son, Yamhill; L. N. Fisher and
Fred Schwab; Mt. Angel; Mrs.
F ed Thompson, Nehalem, and
Mrs. Helen Niemi, Rose Lodge,
Lincoln county.
Weather
FORECAST: Generally clear to
day and tonight. Variable
hlch cloudiness Monday. Hieta
today 58. Low tonight 32.
High Monday 62.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday .. S3
Lowest Yesterday !. 37
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
5.44 a.m.
6:44 p.m.
Sunset
The Moon, at
First Quarter
12:32 p.m.
1:53 a.m.
Sets Monday .
and will be Full
April 14
MERCURY, the planet nearest
to the Sun, is now beginning to
appear low in the west in the
evening twilight.
Senate Committee Gets Letters
Washington (U.R) The
Senate Rackets Committee has
received more than 20,080 let
ters 80 to 90 per cent of them
from union members contain
ing complaints or tips about
some form of racketeering in ev
ery major union in the nation.
This was disclosed to news
men Saturday by committee
staff employes.
One committee aide said most
of the complaints allege misap
propriation of union funds,
which, if proved accurate, would
run "welL-into the millions" of
dollars. In nine out of 10 of these
cases, he said, ( the writers
charged some racket tieup was
involved.
Committee Chairman John L.
McClellan (D-Ark.); commenting
on the disclosures, told newsmen
the "magnitude" of the commit
tee's investigation "is just be
ginning to appear."
Committee aides said 80 to 90
per cent of the letters received
General Orchard
Heating Expected
In Rogue Valley
Temperatures Drop to
25 in Coldest Spots
General orchard heating was
expected throughout the Rogue
valley' last night as cold air drop
ped temperatures to near 25
degrees in the coldest orchards,
according to William J. Rogers,
frost forecaster with the weath
er bureau.
Rogers said firing was expect
ed in lower sections of the val
ley about midnight last night,
and was expected to become
general throughout the area be
tween 2 and 3 a.m. today.
First Firing
It was the first time this sea
son firing has been necessary.
Rogers said the temperature
at the key station would be
about 30 degrees, with the mer
cury going down to 27 in the
average orchard and to 25 in
the coldest, low areas of the
valley.
Orchard heating started this
year about the same time it did
last year. Firing was necessary
in some orchards on April 3,
last year, and was general
throughout the valley on April
6.
Pear blossoms are near the
full stage, according to county
horticulture agents, and Pear
Blossom Festival officials indi
cated Saturday that blossoms in
most valley areas would reach
a peak about mid-week. A tour
route has been arranged by
Festival officials for interested
valley residents to follow to
view orchards in bloom.
The Festival will be held
April 27 and 23 in the valiey,
although blossoms are nearly in
the full stage now, officials not
ed. This is because warm weath
er caused buds to develop faster
this year, they said. .
Freezing Temperatures
; The Medf ord weather bureau
station forecast a warming
trend, but pointed out that trrri
peratuies are expected tc. drop
to about freezing in ihe valley
tonight. Rogers said the cold air
tonight will not be as severe as
last night's expected frost.
Generally clear weather was
forecast today and tonight with
variable high cloudiness Mon
day. The high today was expect
ed to be about 58 degrees, and
the high tomorrow will be about
62, weather bureau officials said.
RebelsKHHTin
Indonesia Revolt
Jakarta, Indonesia (U.R)
Rebels in . the in the Celebes
jungle killed 31 persons Wednes
day in the first outbreak of
bloodshed reported in Indon
esia's, recent wave of rebellion,
it was announced Saturday.,
Riflemen and machinegunners
firing from ambush riddled two
trucks of an army convoy in
the Kapping hills, 40 miles south
of Makasar in the South Celebes.
Twenty-nine soldiers and two
civilians a man and a woman
were killed.
The Celebes, a stronghold of
the Darul Islam rebels, was the
scene of the most recent of the
series of uprisings that forced
Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo to
resign last month. .
Salem (U.R) The Easter bun
ny can legally go ahead with his
egg laying now he's poultry.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes signed
Senate bill 117 into law Friday
with among other things legally
designated rabbits as poultry.
The bill deals with voluntary in
spection laws on chickens, tur
keys and the like, and rabbits,
the unlike.
come from union members. Ev
ery major union has been the
subject of at least one complaint,
they added.
The Teamster's union, the na
tion's biggest, is the largest sin
gle source of complaint, the
committee experts said. In five
weeks of drama-packed hearings
the committee has concentrated
its inquiry on that union.
Teamster President Dave
Beck used his constitutional priv
ilege against self incrimination
more than 100 times to refuse to
answer committee questions aim
ed at determining whether he
took S320i000 from union funds
for his personal use.
Arrives in Chicago
Committee Counsel Robert F.
Kennedy arrived in Chicago Sat
urday to question. Nathan W.
Shefferman, labor consultant
who already has admitted that
he purchased almost $85,000
worth of shirts, ties and luxury
item for Beck and found later
Cairo--' Paper Say ypt'
Agrees to Sues meeting-
Third Major Storm
Moves Into Plains
States Saturday
Threatens to Push
Into Panhandle Area
By UNITED PRESS
The third major storm of
.spring mushroomed over the
northern Rockies and western
plains Saturday, blanketing a
six-state area and threatening to
push into the Texas and Okla
homa Panhandles by Sunday
night.
Strong northerly winds accom
panied the fast-sweeping storm
which rolled into the Rockies
full blast. Deep windswept
drifts piled up, threatening trav
elers and livestock of the area,
which already was hardhit by
earlier storms.
Snow ranging from four to 13
inches blanketed Montana, Ida
ho, .Wyoming, Colorado, Neb
raska and South Dakota. Weath
ermen warned an additional
three to eight inches of snow
would fall ' over the intermoun
tain and plains area throughout
Sunday.
Mixed rain and snow preced
ed the movement of the storm
eastward and southward. North
eastern New Mexico also would
probably be hit by the new
storm Sunday night, weather
men said.
A 13inch blanket of snow was
reported at Lander in western
Wyoming, while six inches of
snow fell at Crawford, Neb.,
four inches at Chadron, Neb.,
and three inches at Cody, Wyo.
Meanwhile, a devastating
slrni that caused damage in the
millions "of dollars, eased over
the east. Blustery winds and
much colder, weather continue'd,
however, over the east in the
wake of the storm which creat
ed tornadoes, floods, heavy
rains and snow and accounted
for 45 weather-caused deaths, 19
of them in tornadoes:
Storm-swollen streams and
rivers receded slowly in scat-.
tered sections of the nation.
Melting snow and the runoff of
heavy rain caused other streams
to continue to rise.
Parts of North Carolina, Ohio,
Tennessee, New York, Missouri,
Illinois and Indiana were inun
dated.
Lumber Market Below
Seasonal Levels
The lumber market through
out Oregon generally is still be
low usual seasonal levels, des
pite increases in both prices and
production in the past two weeks
according to two industry report
ing services.
Crow's lumber market news
service, .Portland, said the mar
ket last week moved "on a plat
eau," with most of the gain in
prices occurring the week pre
vious. But it did report the lum
ber price index it uses as a basis
for comparison shows the in
dustry average up considerably,
although still far below a year
ago.
Random Lengths, Eugene mar
ket report letter, said the green
lumber market ha returned to
slow tempo following a brief
flurry several weeks ago, but
that prices are holding firm. It
said several mills intend to close
unless the market shows imme
diate improvement.
that he was being reimbursed
with Teamster funds.
Earlier, in New York, Ken
nedy said the committee's in,
quiry there involves four sepa
rate phases, including the grant
ing of charters for so-called "pa
per" locals by the Teamsters
union. .
New York hoodlum John Di
oguardi (alias Johnny Dio) fig
ures in that inquiry. He is under
indictment in connection with
the acid blinding of labor col
umnist Victor Riesel.
Other phases of the New York
inquiry, he said, concern the
Operating Engineers and Car
penters union on Lon Island, the
Public Carting Field and the Au
tomatic Vending and Coin Ma
chine industry.
Kennedy said the committee's
Chicago investigation involves
"management more than labor,"
including the "improper activi
ties" of certain firms in relation
to union organizing attempts.
Suicide Attempted by
Hungarian Refugees
Vienna (U.R) At least 48 Hungarian, refugees have attempt
ed suicide in Austrian camps after hearing reports that immigration
to the United States would be halted April 15, it was announced
Saturday.
Officials of the Caritas Relief agency.who disclosed the suicide
attempts said most of those who tried to take their lives were stop
ped by campmates. Eight refugees, officially listed as "missing,"
are believed to have killed themselves.
Camp authorities predicted there will be further attempts at sui
cide over the week end.
Some 43,000 of the 173,000 Hungarians who fled west after
Russia crushed their country's bid for freedom last year -are living
in Austrian camps. More than 15,000 of them hope to go to the
United States.
In Washington, the state department denied that Hungarian im
migration will end April 15. Officials indicated, however, that ad
missions after that date probably will be limited to refugees with
relatives in the United States.
State department officials said it is necessary to limit immigra
tion because of congressional reluctance to grant permanent resi
dence to thousands of the refugees.
Otto Ewaldson Files
For 549C Reelection
Otto Ewaldsen, 20 Ross court,
Medford, has filed petitions for
reelection as director of Med
ford school district 549C, it was
reported Friday.
Election for a new director to
serve for a five-year term will
be held in each of Jackson
county's 19 school districts June
17. Deadline for filing petitions
Petition Calls for
Mass Labor Meeting
Portland U.R) ' A petition
calling for a mass meeting of all
members of the Oregon Joint
Council of Teamsters was refer
red Saturday to individual local
unions in Oregon and southwest
ern Washington.
The petition was submitted by
several members of the Team
sters union who want the mass
meeting to consider what action
to take regarding recent disclo
sures on handling of union funds
made before the Senate Rackets
Investigating committee.
M E. Steele, council president,
said that if the individual locals
favor such a meeting the joint
council would "consider the mat
ter." Steele said the matter "was
taken up by the council's dele
gates and discussed at great
length in formal session" at a
two-hour meeting Friday night.
He added that referring the
mass meeting request to individ
ual locals is provided for in the
international consitution and by
laws. Seven Teamster members ap
peared on a local television pro
gram, KGW-TV's 'Viewpoint,"
Friday night and urged such a
meeting.
One member said, "We might
have to hiro Multnomah Stadi
um." Newborn Calf Dies
After Attack by Bees
Applegate-JacRsonville A
newborn calf was killed and its
mother was seriously injured
last week in a raid by bees. ,
The tragedy occurred at the
Ed Flesher residence on the
Jacksonville - Ruch highway.
Hundreds of bees from nearby
hives were attracted to a new
born Guernsey calf and stung it
severely. Despite drugs admin
istered by. Dr. S. E. Phillips of
Rogue Animal hospital, the calf
died the following night.
The calf's mother was stung
on the head, and also required
treatment by the veterinarian,
but was expected to live. A
horse also received mild stings,
but found refuge in nearby
brush.
Sir Anthony Eden Flies
To Vancouver Saturday
Honolulu (U.R) Ailing Sir
Anthony Eden and his wife de
parted for Vancouver,' B. C,
Saturday aboard a Canadian Pa
cific plane en route to Boston
where the former British prime
minister will undergo a .medical
checkup.
- The Edens are scheduled to
arrive in the Canadian city at
10:30 p.m. (PST) where they are
slated to board a waiting Royal
Canadian Air Force plane for
the trans-Canada flight.
. ' i
for candidacy is June 10. School
officials reported that one other
nominating petition has been
taken out for the Medford di
rector position.
Other members of the Med
ford school board include Eve
Nye, vice chairman, Ed Branch
field, Frank Bash and Bill Bar
ker. Eligible' For Candidacy
Anyone who has resided in a
school- district for six months
prior to the election, and who
has been a registered voter for
at least 30 days prior to the elec
tion for candidacy,.
This is the first year that res
idents of the former West Side,
Oak Grove. Dewey and Kenwood
districts will be eligible to vote
or seek office in the Medford
school district election. All four
of these areas are now part of
district 549C.
Other districts holding direc
tor elections June 17 include
Jacksonville, Griffin Creek,
Such, Phoenix, Ashland, Cen
tral Point, Eagle Point, Lone
Pine, Talent,' Rogue River, Ap
plegate, Elk-Trail, Prospect, Ev
ans Valley, Shady Cove, Butte
Falls, Pinehurst and Howard.
Petitions for candidacy should
be filed with school district
clerks. .
Adequate Water
Supply Is Seen
Portland (U.R) An ade
quate supply of irrigation water
for the next six months is fore
casted for mugh of Oregon, ac
cording to W. T. Frost, of the
soil conservation service.
Frost said the supply will
range from "fair" to "excel
lent." He reported that "most ir
rigation reservoirs are iilled or
can be filled in the next six
months. Two-thirds of the 20
larger reservoirs are filled to ca
pacity. -
The soil conservation service
chief also reported that moun
tain and valley soils are well
wetted:
Only area that might have de
ficient irrigation water supplies
would be found in portions of
the Crooked River basin and in
some of the small watersheds
which head below the mountain
snow zones, Frost said.
Chiloquin Man Held
On Murder Charge
Klamath Falls (U.R) Oscar
Bond Ball, 52, Chiloquin, has
been charged with first degree
murder for the shooting of his
wife Frances Ball, 35, Thursday
night in Chiloquin.
Preliminary hearing has been
set for next Tuesday before Dis
trict Judge D. E. Van Vactor.
Police said Mrs. Ball died of
gunshot wounds received during
the shooting affray Thursday
night. Mrs. died in an ambu
lance enroute to a Klamath Falls
hospital.
No apparent motive has been
found, police added.
Washington U.?J Assist
ant Defense Secretary Murray
Snyder indicated Saturday the
press will be allowed to cover
the launching of the first .U. S.
earth satellite if adequate ad
vance security arrangements can
be made.
"
Conference Would
Be Held at Neutral
Site, Paper Claims
Officials Fail to
Confirm Reports
By EUGENE McLOUGHLIN
United Press Correspondent
An authoritative Cairo news-,
paper reported Saturday that
Egypt has agreed to participate
in a 15 nation conference on
neutral grounds to thrash out a
Suez Canal settlement. '
The newspaper Al Gomhouria,
owned by v the government of
President Gamal Abdel Nasser,
said the conference would be
held in Geneva under the chair
manship of U.N. Secretary Dag
Hammarskjold.
There was no immediate con
firmation of this from Egyptian
officials ,or other interested cap
itals. Al Gomhouria said Israel
would not be invited to the con- '
ference. This would bring a loud
and strong protest from Jerusa
lem. Same Rights
Israel has insisted It be given
the same rights as any other na
tion in navigating the waterway
and has put out hints it will
test these rights soon. Officials
in Washington said this might
result in a major Middle East
blowup if Egypt barred arr Israel
ship.
U.S. Ambassador Raymond
Hare has been conducting top
level discussions in Cairo at
tempting to get Egypt to moder
ate its insistence on a "one
man show" in operating the
canal. ,
There was no immediate in
dication how much success he
was having.
The tiny Mediterranean na
tion of Lebanon yesterday be
came the first Arab state to give
parliamentary approval of the
Eisenhower Doctrine for the
Middle East.
By a 30-2 vote the Lebanese
legislature endorsed the March
16 action of its government in
whole-heartedly accepting the
U.S. plan to combat Communist ,
infiltration in Middle Eastern
countries.
The parliamentary action
prompted the resignations of
four members who protested
Lebanon was turning its back
on concerted action with other
Arab states.
But Lebanon, half Christian
and half Moslem, is the most
westernized of the Arab nations
and the protest was not likely to
have any great effect on the
government.
More Disunity Reported
Another report of disunity
among the Arab nations came
from Amman. Diplomatic sour
ces in Jerusalem said King Hus
sein of Jordan has served notice
bn Egypt, Syria and Saudi
Arabia that unless they honor
their obligations to replace Brit-
aih's annual subsidy he will ac
cept American aid. ,
On the other side of the ledger
a joint Egypuan-auaanese com
munique issued in Cairo said
Sudan had endorsed Egypt s
policy of "positive neutrality"
and non-alignment with either
the East or the West.
Bodies of Dead Dogs
Sent for Autopsies s
Bodies of three dogs, believed
t have been poisoned, have
been sent to a local veterinarian
for autopsies, police reported
Saturday.
City police received calls Fri
day from three Medford resi
dents, who reported their dogs
had died apparently from pois
oning. The reports came from.
Mary Belle Bessonette, 2607
Hillcrest rd., Edward W. Sickles,
2608 East Jackson st.; and Mar
jorie Cathleen Cummins, 2671
Hillcrest rd. .
Officers said reports on the
autopsies are expected in a few
days and investigations will be
resumed at that time if it is de
termined the deaths were caus
ed by poisoning.
The police department remind
ed residents to use care in the
placement of insect and rodent
poisons. Many of these poisons
can be fatal to humans and pets
as well as pests for which they
art intended, they pointed out.