Icy Temperatures
Plague Midwest
In Coldest Spring
By UNITED PRESS
Icy temperatures gripped the
nation today and plunged close
to the zero mark in the northern
Midwest in one of the coldest
springs in history.
Arctic blasts from central Can
ada moved east from the Mid
west into the Ohio Valley and
sbuth to Texas Thursday night
and April snow blanketed the
country from the lower Great
Lakes to Texas.
Highways Treacherous
The winter-in-spring flurries
also hit in Colorado and North
and South Dakota and mingled
there with freezing rain to give
highways a treacherous coat of
ice.
Temperatures near zero, 30
degrees below normal, were fore
cast today for parts of North Da
kota and Minnesota. Freezing
temperatures also were expect
ed to hover over northern Illi
nois and Indiana, as well as
southern Missouri and northern
Oklahoma.
The grim remains of winter
followed a pattern of continuous
spring snow storms which have
whipped across the Great Plains
. into the east and given vent to
devastating tornadoes in the
South. More than 100 deaths
have been blaamed on this year's
weather-vicious spring and the
threat continued.
Welcome in Drought Areas
. Gray skies with rain and pos
sible snow also were expected in
the East. Snow blanketed north
eastern New York Thursday
night.
Farmers in the drought
stricken Southwest and Plains
States were not entirely glum
about the weather, though. Re
ports said there was hope the
spring snows would give the
necessary precipitation for the
blight areas to "bale themselves
out" with heavy crops this year.
Senate Discusses
Bills To Improve
Coast Highway
Salem U.R) Two measures
looking toward eventual im
provement of the Oregon coast
"Tourist Haven" highway, U.S.
101,: were back on the floor of
the Senate today with a favor
able recommendation from the
Senate Highway committee.
One measure. House bill. 297,
would authorize the State High
way commission to enter into
negotiation with Washington
state authorities to explore the
feasibility of building a bridge
across the Columbia between
Astoria and Megler, Wash.
Would Authorize Bonds
The other measure. Senate
bill 308, would authorize the
commission to issue $12,600,000
in bonds to finance the straight
ening and modernizing of the
coast highway between Gold
Beach and Brookings.
The Columbia river bridge
bill passed the House unani
mously March 26, and was ex
pected to have little trouble on
the floor of the Senate when it
comes up for final action, prob
ably Monday. The bill already
carries the signatures of 16 sen
ators, and the votes of 16 sena
tors would put the bill on the
government's desk.
Would Pay for Surveys
The measure would direct the
highway commission to start at
once on surveys, plans, designs
and cost estimates, in consulta
tion with Washington state and
federal officials. It also would
authorize the commission to
spend up to $100,000 or one-half
the actual cost, whichever is the
lesser figure, with Washington
state putting up the other half
The effect of Senate bill 308
would be to authorize the com
mission to issue the bonds to fi
nance the work on the most
winding section of the coast
highway, between Gold beach
and Brookings.
Tax Reduction Bill Presented To
Force Cut in Federal Spending
Washington (U.R) A h i g fa
ranking Republican today
jumped the gun on would-be con
gressional tax cutters by offer
ing his own bill to cut taxes
$15 billion.
Rep. Richard M. Simpson,
third-ranking Republican on the
tax-writing Ways and Means
Committee, introduced a bill
Thursday to lower both individ
ual and corporation taxes as of
Jan. 1.
The bill was put forward at a
time when belief was growing ip
Congress that the Democrats
were playing a waiting game be
fore introducing their own tax
reduction bill later this year.
Would Force Economy
Simpson said his bill would
"force the spenders in govern
ment" to economize. His measure
would increase to $650 from
$P00 the smount of tax-exempt
income allowed a taxpayer for
himself and each dependent.
It also would make an across-the-board
reduction of 5 per cent
in income tax rates on individ
uals and corporations. The maxi
mum tax on capital gains would
Oregon Civil Rights
Would Be Extended
By Bills in Senate
Salem (U.R) The Senate
had ready for first reading to
day bills extending Oregon's ci
vil rights .statutes to trailer
i parks and housing projects fi
nanced by public money.
The trailer park bill (HB646)
passed the House 41-16 Thurs
day after extended debate, but
the housing bill went through
47-10 with little vocal opposi
tion. Under House bill 646, a person
disciminated against by reason
of race, religion, color, or na
tional origin in trailer parks,
camp grounds or places offering
personal and public services like
barber shops could file a com
plaint with the labor commis
sioner. Could Initiate Action
The attorney general also
could initiate action with the la
bor commissioner if he thought
discrimination was taking place.
If discrimination were proved
following a hearing, the offend
ing businesses' license would be
revoked.
The bill, sponsored by Rep.
Shirley Field, Portland Repub
lican, and .others also would in
clude discrimination in places
offering public entertainment,
recreation or amusement.
It would extend the public ac
comodations act of 1953 which I
covered discrimination in mo
tels, hotels and restaurants.
The housing unit bill (HB647)
would prohibit discrimination in
any housing unit benefiting
from public aid, according to
Rep. Don Willner, Portland
Democrat and a sponsor of both
bills.
Opponents said the civil rights
bills all said they were for civil
rights and against discrimina
tion in principle.
Hard on Trailer Parks
Rep. John D. Goss, Portland
Republican, said that the trailer
park bill was itself "discrimina
tory against the White race." He
said it would make it hard for
trailer parks to get rid of "un
desirable" tenants because own
ers would have the threat of a
suit over their heads.
Goss said that the legislation
was not needed because since
1954 the labor commission had
considered only one motel dis
crimination case, two in tourist
camps and three in hotels.
be cut in half from 25 per cent
to 12Vi per cent.
Other congressional news:
Norman: The Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee said it
has not agreed nor been asked
to let the State Department
censor testimony about foreign
officials. Subcommittee counsel
Robert Morris said there' is "no
change in subcommittee policy
or procedure" as a result of the
furor over the suicide of E. Her
bert Norman, Canadian ambas
sador to Egypt, whom the sub
committee accused of Commu
nism. Postal: The House Appropria
tions Committee scheduled a
closed session to take up Post
master General Arthur E. Sum
merfield's emergency request for
more money to run his depart
ment through July 1. Summer
field ordered postal services cut
at midnight unless the money is
forthcoming beforehand. But L.
Rohe Walter, Summerfield's spe
cial assistant for public rela
tions, said it was "conceivable"
that "something might be work
ed out" to prevent the cuts from
going into effect on schedule. ,
Lands: The House has passed
and sent to the Senate a, bill to
put a halt to military "grabbing"
of public lands. Rep. Clair Engle
(D-Calif.), sponsor of the bill,
said the practice has reached
staggering proportions. The mea
sure would require the services
to get prior congressional ap
proval before they could with
draw 5,000 acres of public land
for their own use.
Agencies? The House has ap
proved $250,000 for a broad in
vestigation to determine whether
federal regulatory agencies are
carrying out the law as original
ly intended by Congress. Demo
cratic congressmen have' said
they are getting numerous com
plaints that some of the agencies
are not meting out fair treatment.
Friday, April 12, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THHEE
Faith Credited in
Restoring Eyesight
Los Angeles U.R) A man
who was blind for three months
following an auto accident has
credited his wife's strong reli
gious faith for the "miraculous"
recovery of his eyesight.
Bob Nail, 24, said his .sight
suddenly returned to him last
April 4 after he had gone blind
three months previously. He
blamed his blindness on a se
vere concussion suffered in an
Illinois auto accident six months
ago.
Nail's eyesight returned to
him after he came here with his
wife, Doris, to the Braille In
stitute. He said doctors had of
fered him no encouragement and
he had presumed his sight was
permanently gone.
"But on April 4 I got the odd
est sensation," he said. "I sud
denly saw shifting shadows and
color sensations. Things slowly
took shape. I could see clearly."
He said he started yelling "like
a cyclone had hit."
Nail credited faith for his eye
sight recovery.
"I thinR the thing that kept
me going was that my wife has
a lot of faith and I have some
and both of us had enough be
tween us to see me through," he
said. The Nails are Lutherans.
ST. AGNES
Green Bay, Wis (U.R) The
children of Lt. Cmdr. Joseph
L. Agnes of St. Agnes Drive
here are enrolled at St. Agnes
School. Their father became
commander of the Green Bay
Naval Training Center Jan. 21.
St. Agnes Day, of course.
Negro Erronously
Invited To Banquet
Of Ranking Virginians
Richmond, Va. (U.R) The di
rector of Virginia's Chamber of
Commerce said today he was
"awful sorry" but an aide used
Who's Who to pick the guest list
of distinguished Virginians for a
fancy banquet and that's how a
Negro publisher happened to get
invited.
The invitation of Dr. Clilan B
Powell, publisher of New York's
'Soviet Union' Casts
Veto in Model UN
Stanford, Calif. (U.R)- The
Soviet Union, represented by the
University of California, has cast
its first veto during a security
council session of the 1957 Model
United Nations meeting.
During the second session
Thursday, the Russian delega
tion vetoed a resolution pro
posed by Egypt, represented by
the University of Washington,
which called for negotiations for
settlement of the Suez Canal
crisis.
The student council also took
up the Arab-Israeli dispute over
the Gaza Strip and free naviga
tion of the Suez Canal and the
Gulf or Aqaba. Earlier it dis
ussed such current problems as
the Hungarian question and ad
mission of the African State of
Ghana to the U. N.
The sessions will continue un
til Saturday when the General
Assembly, made up of students
from 58 western colleges and
universities, meets to consider
the proposals originating in the
various committees. .
FOREIGN STUDENTS
Ithaca, N.Y. (U.R) Cornell
University reports it has the
largest number of foreign stu
dents in its history. There is a
total of 540 ' foreign students,
5.3 per cent of the student body.
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Amsterdam News, caused no end
of confusion at the Statehouse
because it's against the law in
segregated Virginia for whites
and Negroes to eat together. The
consternation was compounded
in this capital of the Confederacy
when Powell refused to send
back the invitation unless Gov.
Thomas B. Stanley himself asks
for it.
Won't Disregard It
Stanley signed it, Powell, said
in New York, and "until I get a
withdrawal from the governor I
will not consider disregarding
the invitation."
Director Richard F. Gilis of
the state Chjfmber of Commerce
said his staff used Who's Who
to pick out names for the guest
list of a "dinner for distinguished
Virginians" May 17, . the 150th
anniversary of the founding' of
the Jamestown Colony.
"We're distressed as ' can be,"
Gillis said. .
Powell said he was so pleased
when he received the invitation
he immediately made reserva
tions at Richmond's John Mar
shall hotel for the anniversary
celebration. This was expected
to cause more reaction since Vir
ginia law also prohibits hotels
from racially mixing their
guests.
Course of Action Undecided ,
Gillis said he and other state
and Chamber of Commerce of
ficials had not decided on a
course of action in the light of
Powell's refusal tp send back
the invitation unless the govern
or asks for it.
Gillis sent Powell a telegram
asking that it be returned but
got the answer that the governor
would ha .re to ask for it.
Probe of Tax,
Credit Policies Due
Washington (U.R) The
Senate Finance Committee voted
today to undertake a sweeping
investigation of federal tax and
credit policies.
The action was announced by
Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D-Va..
He said the inquiry was ap
proved by a unanimous vote.
Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Okla.),
author of the , motion adopted,
said the investigation would go
into, among other things, the
cause of the "drastic increase"
in interest rates and their effect
on the national economy.
The proposed inquiry appear
ed broad enough to cover the
field which Presidident Eisen
hower proposed in his January
State of The Union Message. He
asked Congress to set up a com
mission composed of congres
sional aid presidential appoin
tees to make a broad study of
monetary and fiscal policy. -
Congress, however, has shown
no interest in the President's
proposal. The House recently
killed a plan to have a similar in
vestigation carried on by its
Banking Committee.
Byrd said the Senate Finance
Committee already had adequate
authority and funds to under
take its investigation without
seeking approval of the entire
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