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HEAVY SMOKE For the second time this season, Rogue valley
orchard ists were forced to heat orchards as temperatures dropped
to 27 to 28 degrees in the coldest orchards just before dawn this
morning. Residents of the valley awoke to a heavy pall of smoke
and the while blossoms of the pear trees stood out in contrast to
the blackness. The amount of damage to the fruit, if any, will not
be known until later, according to C- B. Cordy, county horticul
ture agwit. ' '' " ""
Fruit Growers Heat
Orchards as Mercury
Dips Under 30 Degrees
Low temperatures Sunday eve
ning forced most Rogue Valley
fruit growers to heat their or
chards for the second straight
week end this season.
General heating was started
around midnight with tempera
tures falling below 30 degrees
in the coldest orchards
Lighter Firing
Temperatures are expected to
be slightly warmer this evening
with much lighter firing neces
sary in the colder orchards.
Any fruit damage resulting
from last night's cold has not
been determined, according to
C. B. Cordy, county horticulture
agent. He said damage would
have been considerable if the
orchards had not been heated
Won't Hurt Crop
The county agent stressed that
any damage occurring would not
be sufficient to reduce the over
all crop.
The first heating of the sea
son was conducted during the
early morning of Sunday, April
Homemade Bomb
'Explosion Reported
A homemade bomb exploded
Saturday morning in a vacant
lot behind the residence of
Charles Hobbs, 311 Ashland ave.,
Mcdford, giving off a large
amount of blue smoke, accord
ing to city police.
According to officers, the
bomb was made similar to others
found recently by Medford resi
dents. Most of the bombs have
been made from empty shot gun
shells and wrapped in black fric
tion tape with six-inch fuses, po
lice said.
The bomb was the sixth dis
covered in Medfcrd during the
past two weeks. Police are con
tinuing an investigation.
Idaho Student Given
25-Year Prison Term
Moscow U.R) Paul D. Mato
vich, former University of Idaho
journalism student, was sen
tenced to not more than 25
years in the state penitentiary
today for setting a fire uhich
killed three fellow students at
the university last falL
Sentence was pronounced by
District Judge Hugh A. Baker,
who said the 20-year-fld Kel
logg man would be eligible for
parole in 100 months unless he
is transferred to a mental institution.
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7, when temperatures dropped
to about 25 degrees in some of
the colder orchards.
A few dead buds resulted
from the low temperatures last
week end, according to Cordy,
with the majority of the dead
buds in the apricot and peach
trees.
Verdict of Innocent
Clears Man of Charge
John Edward Schuster, 44, of
319 Jeanette st., was found in
nocent by a circuit court jury
last week of possessing stolen
property.
The charge developed from
the alleged theft of two chain
saws, which Schuster was ac
cused of possessing. Schuster
was never formally charged with
theft of the saws, as was erron
eously reported in the Mail Trib
une last Friday. The Mail Trib
une regrets publication of the
incorrect report and any em
barrassment it may have caused.
About 15 witnesses testified
during the three-day trial which
started Tuesday. Schuster was
represented by Attorney O. H.
Bengtson.
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'RIBUNE
15, 1957
No. 21
More Reductions
Effective Today;
Money Vote Seen
House Scheduled To
Work on Appropriation
Washington (U.R) More re
ductions in postal service went
into effect today, but congres
sional leaders expected normal
service would be restored by
next Saturday.
The service cutbacks by Post
master General Arthur Summer-
field brought charges by the
House Democratic leader that
Summerfield is an "arrogant,'
man who's "trying to make him
self a knight on a white horse.
The House was scheduled to
begin work on a $41 million
emergency appropriation for the
Post Office department to per
mit a return to full service.
House Democratic Leader
John , W. McCormack (Mass.)
predicted both houses will clear
the measure in time for restora
tion of service by Saturday, al
though he declined to forecast
its approval by the House today.
Members of Congress might be
off to a baseball game, he said.
He charged Summerfield with
being "arrogant," "domineer
ing and "guilty of contempt of
the American people" for not
cancelling the cutbacks last Fri
day. A Post Office Department
spokesman said full service can
be restored "within 24 hours"
after the money bill is passed by
both houses and signed by Presi
dent Eisenhower.
With Saturday postal deliv
eries cancelled and post offices
shut down on Saturdays until
the money is voted, these two
new cutbacks went into effect
today:
Post Office windows were
reduced to 8Vz hours a day serv
ice everywhere. They normally
are open 10-11 hours in most
areas and up to 24 hours in some
of the biggest post offices.
Deliveries in business dis
tricts were reduced to no more
than two a day from the usual
three deliveries.
Chief sufferers in. the Satur
day cut-back in postal service
appeared to be rural subscribers
to daily newspapers, Postmaster
Moore Hamilton said today.
In instances where they re
ceive their copies by mail, Fri
day papers would not be deliver
ed until today, he pointed out.
But he said daily papers are
being given the same priority as
first class mail, and all such sub
scribers should receive both Fri
day and Sunday papers today.
Hamilton noted that there
were "no violent complaints"
about the curtailment in service,
largely because the public knew
what to expect due to news
coverage in the press. He said
the Medford post office can re
turn to full-scale service at any
time it is given a go-ahead from
the post office department.
Until Saturday, only change in
regular operation is an 8V-hour
day for windows a,t the post of
fice, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Want To Save Money?"
New Government
In Jordan Appears
To Check Crisis
Power Struggle
Outcome Unclear
By UNITED PRESS
Pro-Western Hussein Khalidi
succeeded in forming a new gov
ernment in Jordan today. It in
cluded ousted leftist former Pre
mier Suleiman Nabulsi.
The ouster of Nabulsi by
Young King Hussein last Wed
nesday set off a domestic crisis
in Jordan that threatened to
erupt into a new Mid-East war.
But Khalidi's success in es
tablishing a new government ap
peared to be the result of a
compromise between the pro
Western policies of King Hus
sein and the pro-Soviet and pro
Egyptian policies of Nabulsi.
Apparently it eased the do
mestic crisis in Jordan, although
the ultimate outcome of that
struggle for powei still was not
clear.
Warning to Israel
Shortly before this develop
ment, there were these other
events in the Mid-East:
Hussein ordered the with
drawal of Syrian troops from
Jordan; they entered that coun
try to bolster its defense at the
time of the Israeli invasion of
Egypt.
A Damascus radio report
said Jordan warned Israel that
"any act of provocation or ag
gression" would be met by force;
Israel long has coveted the bulge
of Jordan territory west 'of Jor
dan river and north of Jeru
salem seized in the 1948 war,
and it was feared any Syrian
military action against Hussein's
regime might prompt Israel to
move.
Measure Threatened
The Jerusalem, Israel, radio
reported that the Iraqi govern
ment had warned Syria it would
take "strictly military measure
ments" if Syria intervened in
Jordan; King Hussein and Iraq's
King Feisal are cousins and al
lied, as members.jpfthe.Hashe
mite dynasty with a natural fear
of aggression from pro-Soviet
Syria.
Family of Five
Dies in Car Crash
Oceanside, Calif. U.R) A
Los Angeles family of five was
burned to death Sunday -in a
flaming automobile crash eight
miles north of here.
California Highway Patrol of
ficers said the dead were David
L. Nieto, 33; his wife, Leonore,
29; and their three children, An
drea, 5 Arturo, 10 months and
David Jr., 2.
Officers said Nieto apparently
had slowed down because of a
flat tire and his car was struck
from behind by another vehicle.
The car carrying the family im
mediately burst into flames and
spun into a ditch.
The victims were trapped
when the gas tank of their car
exploded. Their bodies were
burned beyond recognition.
The driver of the second car,
James Edward Dringenberg, 18,
of Anaheim, Calif., and a pas
senger, Donald Wayne Voght,
19. of El Monte, Calif., escaped
with minor injuries.
Freeway Construction
Date Not Scheduled
Construction on the Highway
99 freeway in the Medford area
is not scheduled to begin in
1957 or 1958, Highway Engineer
W. C. (Dutch) Williams reported
today.
He confirmed earlier esti
mates of the date for construc
tion to start in a letter to the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, received this morn
ing. Previously he had estimated
construction could start early in
1959.
The highway department is
now working with the city of
Medford to perfect an agree
ment regarding details of plans
for the freeway, which is to
follow a line along the east
bank of Bear creek through the
city. The city has given tentative
approval to the route, provided
that certain specifications are in
cluded in the plans.
Langley's Attorneys
Will Seek New Trial
Portland (U.R) Attorneys
said today they would seek a
new trial for District Attorney
William Langley who faces oust
er from office after being con
victed of failing to prosecute a
gambling law violation.
Portland U.R Ofell H. John
son, beattle, has been named
president of the Pacific North
west Trade association.
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FATAL PLANE CRASH Two men lost their
lives when, this light plane crashed into Bear
mountain, about IV2 miles south of the Sis
kiyou summit, Saturday morning. The vic
tims were James B. Andres, 33, Prineville,
recks
Myrtle Creek Youth
Dies in Plunge
Over Embankment
By UNITED PRESS -
Seven Oregon residents died
in week end highway mishaps
and a California man was killed
near Klamath Falls Sunday.
Cedric Gale Stuempges, 17,
Myrtle Creek, was killed Sun
day when a car plunged down
an embankment ' near Myrtle
Creek in southern Douglas
county.
Lois Jean Brown, 11, was
killed . Sunday afternoon when
struck by a car while riding a
bicycle near Goshen, south of
Eugene.
Two Prineville girls were in
jured fatally Saturday when the
car . in which they"were riding
went out of control about two
miles east of Prineville. The
victims were Ardith Dodson, 15,
and Ethel Lorie Randle, 16.
Two residents of the Table
Rock district north of Central
Point were killed in a collision
five miles south of Dunsmuir,
Calif., Friday. The victims were
A. E. Tisch and his daughter,
Marjorie.
Eldon. A. Hanson, 21, Milton
Freewater, was killed Friday
night in a collision south of
Walla Walla, Wash.
Edward G. Gorman, Oakland,
Calif., was killed and his wife
and three young children in
jured Sunday when his car
crashed over an embankment
north of Klamath Falls.
Ground Breaking
Ceremonies Today
Public ground breaking cere
monies wece to be held at 1:30
p.m. today for the county juve
nile detention home near the old
fairgrounds.
H. Dewey Wilson, chairman of
the Jackson county juvenile ad
visory council, was to be master
of ceremonies and County Judge
Rodney Keating was to lift the
first shovel full of dirt.
Bessonett and Graff, contract
ors for the $89,626 structure,
planned to begin construction
immediately following the cere
mony. Budget Committee
Meets Wednesday
Members of the county budget
committee will resume meeting
with the representatives of in
dividual departments to discuss
budget requests on Wednesday.
No final action has been taken
on requested budgets from any
of the departments.
Committee members have in
dicated they expect to complete
work on the budget late this
week. Total requested budget is
S2,807,146.59, for which no levy
would be required.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U,R) Dow-Jones
final 'stock averages: 30 indus
trials 485.84, off 0.88; 20 rail
roads 146.20, off 0.31; 15 utilities
71.55, off 0.06, and 65 stocks
170.81, off 0.29. Sales today
were about 2,010,000 shares com
pared with 2,370,000 Shares Fri
day. Weather
FORECAST: Increasing cloudi
- ness tonight. Cloudy Tuesday
with occasional light rain.
Warmer. Low tonight 36. High
Tuesdav 63.
TEMPERATURE
Highest yesterday
Lowest this morninc
PRECIPITATION"
To 4:30 a.m. today
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Income Tax Return
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Must Be Postmarked
By Midnight Tonight
Washington U.R) The tax
collector is supposed to have
your return in hand by midnight
tonight. But Uncle Sam will
count you in safe this year if
you get it as far as the post of
fice by that deadline.
The mail situation being as it
is today, that's about all anyone
could ask of the nation's 60 mil
lion taxpayers.
Midnight Postmark
Technically the law requires
yearly income tax returns to be
in the office of the director of
Both federal and state income
tax returns must be postmarked
prior tb' midnight tonight to
avoid late filing penalties, tax
officials said.
With the April 15 deadline
for returns the federal internal
revenue office here reported an
increase in the number of per
sons requesting aid. The state
tax commission has had' a man
at the courthouse auditorium to
help assist with the returns.
It was reported this morning
that more requests for the blanks
had been received than aid re
quested. At noon, approximate
ly eight persons were waiting
for help at the courthouse.
internal revenue, or his regional
directors, by midnight April 15.
An Internal Revenue Service
spokesman said, however, it has
been the practice in recent years
to accept all returns without
penalty that are postmarked not
later than midnight-
Otherwise those failing to
make the midnight deadline
would have to pay 5 per cent
interest a month on the money
they owe, starting Tuesday. Will
ful evasion of taxes, of course, is
another matter and subjects a
tax dodger to possible criminal
prosecution.
The spokesman said postal of
ficials have assured the Intern
al Revenue Service that despite
the postal curbs, all mail reach
ing post offices today will be
postmarked before the midnight
deadline. ''
Tax officials said returns have
been coming in at a good rate
up to now better than last year
at this time with about two
thirds of an estimated 60 million
Jackson County Man
Held in Sidney, Neb.
. Willis James Shanks, Talent,
who is wanted by Jackson coun
ty authorities on two check
charges, is being held by Sidney,
Neb., the Jackson county sher
iffs officers learned Monday.
Shanks, who was free on $2500
bond, jumped bail prior to his
trial date last year.
Winds With Gusts of 73 Miles an Hour
Lash Northwest; Portland Damage Heavy
By UNITED PRESS
The weather man threw a
Sunday punch at the Pacific
Northwest. .
Strong winds with gusts
clocked up to 73 miles per hour
in Portland broke power poles,
uprooted trees, disrupted tele
phone service and sent two ships
free in Portland harbor to crash
into the Hawthorne bridge.
Man Drowns in Lake
One man drowned. Spencer
Simons, 44, Seattle, lost his life
when his boat overturned on
Lake Cavanaugh in Skagit coun
ty, Wash. John W. Nevill, also
of Seattle, was rescued from his
registered owner of the plane, and Ronald
Gene Wilson, 20, Eugene, believed to be the
pilot. It was foggy and snowing lightly when
the crash occurred, shortly after 9 a.m.
(Photo by Wililam L. Birchfield)
returns already in the hands of
district tax "officers.
Big Surge Today
They said the remaining 30 to
35 per cent of returns pile in
during the last four or five days
before the April 15 deadline,
with the big surge flooding the
mails on the final day today.
Officials said that despite the
last-minute rush .there should be
no great delay in sending re
funds to those entitled to them
They said refunds should be in
the mail for the entire United
States by the end of April. New
processing centers have made
possible a. speedup, in . refunds,
they explained.
Three Youths Admit
Damaging House
Three Ashland youths Sunday
admitted to sheriff's deputies the
entering of an unoccupied house
on Buckhorn Spring rd. during
the last two months.
The house, owned by Elmer
D. Hopkins, 1200 Buckhorn, Ash
land; was entered by a side door,
according to sheriff department
reports, and windows and other
items in the house were shot by
.22 caliber bullets. Windows and
frames were kicked out of the
walls and rocks thrown into the
house, officials said.
The boys, two 15-years-old and
one 16-year-old, were released
to Ashland school authorities by
officers pending action by the
county juvenile department.
Crosby Libel Suits
Include Oregonian
Portland U.R) Clyde C.
Crosby, Oregon Teamsters union
representative, today filed three
libel suits in Circuit court ask
ing $900,000 damages against
the Oregonian, two of its report
ers and racketeer James B.
Elkins.
Crosby is under indictments
on several counts handed down
by vice probing Multnomah
county grand juries.
Beck's Retention as
President Predicted
Galveston, Tex. U.R) New
York teamsters chief Thomas
L. Hickey led the giant union's
bigwigs to Galveston today for
a top level strategy meeting that
could determine the union's fu
ture. Hickey checked in shortly be
fore noon with a prediction
that teamsters boss Dave Beck
will weather a "corrupt prac
tices" storm and will remain as
president of the biggest labor
group in the nation.
sinking trawler about five miles
off Grays Harbor, Wash.
The storm subsided Sunday
night after leaving widespread
damage in its wake. The vessels
Lewis A. Milne and Chateau
Thierry were ripped from their
moorings in the Willamette river
and crunched into the Haw
thorne bridge, causing thousands
of dollars damage to the span.
One ship was "pulled clear by
tugs Sundays and the other early
this morning. Both are to be
scrapped.
Pacific Power and Light Com
pany said 25 to 30 trees were ud
rooted and fell over lines in the
Private Aircraft
Wreckage Found
Sunday Morning
Plane Hits Mountain
During Fog, Snowfall
Two men died Sunday morn
ing when their private plane
crashed into Bear mountain,
about IV2 miles south of the
Siskiyou summit.
Victims of the crash were
James B. Andres, 33, Prineville,
registered owner of the pjane,
and Ronald Gene Wilson, 20,
Eugene, believed to be the pilot.
The accident scene was a quarter-mile
west of Highway 99,
about 15 miles south of Ashland.
Made Radio Contact
The plane was reported en
route from Red Bluff, Calif.,
to Eugene when the crash oc
curred, shortly after 9 a.m. The
pilot had made radio contact at
8:46 a.m. with the airport at
Montague, Calif.
State police said the gray and
maroon wreckage was discover
ed about 9:45 a.m. by Evan
Maupin, Hilts, Calif. He drove
to the State Line Service Sta
tion, located on Highway 99 at
the Hilts junction, and notified
police.
Officers said the plane was
demolished although the wreck
age was .largely intact. Wilson
was sitting in the pilot's seat
and Andres was seated beside
him. Both men had student pilot
licenses.
Plane Flying Low
Maupin said he had observed
the plane flying low at 7:30, "
8:30 and 9:15 a.m. He said it was
northbound, turned once and ap
peared to be attempting to fol
low the route of Highway 99.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trinca, -Hilts,
also said they had ob
served the plane flying low over
the State Line Service station
about 9 a.m. It was foggy and
snowing lightly in the vicinity
of the Siskiyou summit at that
time, it was reported.
Officers .theorized the plane
might have encountered a down
draft of air just before crashing
into the mountain.- -. . -
Maupin told police he htid
once seen a wrecked truck down
the canyon where he spotted the
plane and always looked as he
drove past there.
Bodies of the two men were
taken to Conger-Morris Funeral
home. Wilson's body was to be
sent to Eugene, and Andres'
body was to be sent to Prineville
today for services and interment
Ashland Youth Wins
State Speech Contest
Corvallis U.R) Winners of
the annual Oregon State high
school speech contest were an
nounced Saturday.
Tim Keating, Ashland high
school, won the impromptu
speech contest for the second
year. It was. the third year in a .
row an. Ashland high school stu
dent has won. By winning three
times in a row it retires the
trophy permanently.
Other winners included Dick
Corum, Medford, panel discus
sion; Hilton Graham, Grants
Pass, oratory, and Larry Neal,
Ashland, after dinner.
Eagle Point won the class B
division debate' contest.
State Penitentiary
Inmate Gets Away
Salem (U.R) Dale Edwin
Allred, 23, escaped from the
state penitentiary Sunday after
afternoon.
Allred, who was held on a for
gery count, was believed respon
sible for a burglary at Shedd
later.' His prison clothes were
found there. A .22 caliber pis
tol, .$66 in cash and civilian,
clothing were reported missing.
Allred was described as 5 feet
7 inches tall, 135 pounds with
brown hair.
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower will hold a news
conference at 7:30 a.m. (PST)
Wednesday.
Portland area. The trouble ex
tended "as far as Tillamook. A
57,000-volt Portland General
Electric Company line was down
ed southeast of Oregon City but
an emergency circuit was cut in
to take over the power load. '
Auto Races Postponed
The storm played havoc with
Salem's scheduled "Blossom
Day" observance and skiing on
Mt. Hood. Auto races were post
poned in Portland.
Some $6000 damage was
caused when the superstructure
of a supermarket under construc
tion just northeast of Portland
was flattened.
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