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British Vessel
Uses Suez Canal;
Egypt
By UNITED PRESS
The British freighter
Breeze sailed through the
,
West'
Suez
Canal today, the first British
ship to do so since the invasion
of last October. The Egyptian
press was jubilant and predicted
an early end to any Westers boy
cott of the canal.
The situation in Jordan qui
eted down for the rnontes Wut
the new anti-Communiet pelicy
of the Amman government had
repercussions in Jerusalem to
day. Jordan border authorities
refused to admit three Russian
nusis because they carried Soviet
passports.
Balk at Pilgrimi
Jordan opened the border to
Russians only last Christmas but
balked at today's Easter pilgrims.
King Hussein of Jordan told
United Press Correspondent Joe
Morris earlier in an interview
that his country would fight all
"imperialism," avoid foreign
pacts and steer clear of such im
ported dogmas as Communism.
But he said Jordan would ob
serve "positive neutrality" the
course advocated by Egypt, Syria
and Saudi Arabia.
Banner headlines in Cairo
newspapers said the West Breeze
and the British freighter Poplar '
Hill had paid their canal dues in
Swiss francs to the Egyptian
Suez Canal Authority as de
manded by President Gamal Ab
del Nasser.
The Egyptian authority an
nounced in Port Said that the
American President liner Presi
dent Jackson would pass through
the canal next Wednesday, the
first American ship to do so. It
said the 9,2777-ton ship also
would pay its toll to Egypt.'
Iirael Concerned
Israel was reported increas
ingly concerned at the way the
Suez negotiations were going. A
Jerusalem distpatch said Pre
mier David Ben-Gurion also was
so concerned about recent state
ments by resident Eisenhower
Kiwanis Club Easier
Egg Ibsf Saturday
Medfortf Kiwanis club will be
host at 9 a. a. Saturday for the
annual Easaaer Egg hunt for
youngsters 6f the vicinity.
The evest will be staged in
Hawthorne park. Children will
hunt in three age grotps 1 to 3,
4 to 6 and 7 to 9 in separate sec
tions of the park. Thoe will fce
21 prizes, one grand prize and
six regular prizes each age
Kiwanian Jack VaSer will
fire a gun to signal the start of
the scramble for aawdy eggs
which will be packaged i aoUec
phane wrappers.
Washington U.P.) he feam
sters Union said that saae S.&68
members will strike at Midnight
Sunday against the Railway
Express Agency in seven cities
across the country. r
Employ Handicapped Award
Given 6 Groups, Individual
Six organizations and an in
dividual received awards from
the Jackson county conTmittee
for the Employment of the
Physically Handicapped on a
program" seen over station
KBES-TV last night.
Organizations receiving the
awards for "outstanding public
service in promoting the pro
gram for the employment of the
physically handicapped" were
the Mail Tribune, Bear Creek
Orchards. American Legion Post
15, Veterans Domiciliary at
Camp White, Chin Up club and
station KBES-TV.
The Veterans Domiciliary
award was presented because of
the Domiciliary's policy of hir
ing handicapped persons in ex
cess of their requirements. The
award went to the Chin Up club
for that organization's efforts
in helping to prepare the handi
DFORD
Jubilant
he asked his ambassador in
Washington to seek clarifica
tion,
The chief Israeli concern was
Eisenhower's statement that
American ships had been ad'
vised not to try to force their
way where they are "forbid
den." Israel feared this meant
the Americans were not living
up to promises to see that the
Gulf of Aqaba was open to inter
national navigation.
Bill Introduced
To Withdraw Water
For Industrial Use
State Rep. F. I. Bristol, (R)
Grants Pass, this week intro
duced House Bill 790, which
would permit water to be with
drawn, subject to strict safe
guards, from the Rogue river
for industrial purposes.
Bristol, in introducing the bill,
said it would remove the flat
ban on such use of Rogue water,
but that the safeguards would
not permit pollution, water tem
perature changes or other factors
to disturb existing values.
Water of the Rogue can now
be withdrawn for appropriation
for domestic, stock, irrigation
and municipal purposes only.
Bristol's bill would add indus
trial use to the permitted pur
poses.
Proposal Examined
But before such a withdrawal
could be made, under the bill,
the proposal must be examined
by the state sanitary authority,
the state engineer, the state air
pollution authority and the state
game commission. They in turn
must make a finding that the
proposal would not be contrary
to the public interest, nor ad
verse to fish life in the Rogue.
Bristol said that, with these
stringent safeguards, it is hoped
the bill can receive widespread
approval.
The measure was the out
growth of studies being made
in the Rogue valley seeking to
stimulate industrial expansion.
More and more, the legislator
said, industries are dependent
on quantities of water for their
operation, and his bill would
offer a chance to explore the
possibilities of an industrial en
deavor along the Rogue without
its being foredoomed to failure
because of a flat statutory pro
hibition. Lumber Prices Take
13-Cent Drop in 2 Weeks
Portland U.R) Prices in the
Pacific Northwest lumber indus
try took a 13-cent drop over
the past two weeks, according
to the Crow lumber price index.
Green fir took the biggest
decline in the industry, 28 cents,
while dry Douglas fir moved
up eight cents.
capped person for suitable em
ployment.
Similar awards had been pre
sented to radio stations KYJC
and KMED earlier in the day.
The individual award went to
Harry Chipman, wire editor of
the Mail Tribune, for outstand
ing individual achievement as a
handicapped person. He was
stricken with polio in 1937. Chip
man has been a member of the
Jackson county chapter of the
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis for 14 years, serv
ing as the county chairman for
the past seven years, is affiliated
with the Boy Scout movement
in Medford and is serving his
fourth term as a national direct
or of the Chin Up club. He also
served for two years as a mem
ber of the county Employment
for the Physically Handicapped
committee until his resignation
last month.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1957
KCESUO 'EKECna
luvcsn c io n
House Approval -Seen
Next Week;
Hearings Slated
Sweetland Calls Plan '
'An Excellent Base'
Salem (U.R) Despite some
opposition, the Democratic tax
program announced Thursday
should have a fairly easy time
getting through the Oregon
House. Its future in the Senate
was not so clear.
Rep. Clarence Barton said the
House Tax Committee would
hold several hearings on bills
embodying the program. If no
delays are encountered, the tax
program could come up for a
vote in the Democratic-controlled
House late next week and
be sent to the Senate.
A majority of the 37 House
Democrats are said to have
agreed to the tax committee's
program.
Some trouble may be encoun
tered in the equally divided Sen
ate, however.
Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Mil
waukie Democrat and a member
of the Senate Tax Committee,
called the House tax program
"an excellent base from which
to start."
But Sweetland added: "To
deliver the needed built-in prop
erty tax relief of our increased
state school fund we will need
to add to our total revenues by
repealing the federal income tax
offset. This change will certain
ly be proposed before the 1957
tax program is complete.
The House committee s pro
gram calls for increased income
taxes, repeal of the surtax,
restoration of personal exemp
tions and dependence credits
from $500 to $600, elimination
of the personal property tax
offset to increase corporate ex
pise taxes for businesses and
utilities and small increases
inheritance and gift taxes.
in
A hndset of about $270 mil
lion could be supported by the
program and Democratic leaders
have indicated they will try to
hold the budget to $265 or $270
million.
The proposed income tax
would raise about $75.5 million
....
a year by niKing rates irom t
per cent in the lowest range to
11.6 per cent on all income over
$8,000. Present rates run from
to 11.6 per cent.
Net effect of the income tax
and exemption increases would
be to give some relief to family
taxpayers in brackets below
$7,000 and slight increases in up
per brackets, according to Chair
man Barton.
Rep. Wayne Giesy, Monroe
F.epublican and a minority mem
ber of the House Tax Committee,
said the program "will do a great
deal to hinder the growth of Ore
gon in the next few years. He
called the proposed income tax
program "punitive."
I doubt the benefits to the
working man and woman of the
state of Oregon when the corpor
ate excise tax will be raised ap
proximately 25 per cent," Giesey
said.
"All leaders in the state have
recognized the need for more in
dustry and for keeping and ex
panding our present industry in
a healthy climate. This program
eliminates some 12,000 to 15,000
taxpayers from our tax base. I
think this will be the greatest
blow to the progress of the state
for several . decades," he con
cluded. Cloudy Weather Seen
For Easter Sunday
Cloudy weather with a cpol
morning is predicted by the
weather bureau for Medford
Easter Sunday. Possible showers
are forecast for the afternoon
and evening
Some hope was expressed that
sunny conditions might come to
sections of Oregon Sunday as a
clearing trend was possible late
Saturday which may last through
Sunday morning, forecasts said.
A new Pacific storm is due some
time Sunday.
The five-day forecast called
for showery periods late Sunday
or Monday in Oregon.
Portland !U.R Otto J. Runte,
76, Oregon liquor administrator
from 1936 to 193b, died Thurs
day night.
'See Any Other of Us 'Modern Republicans'
Around?"
Three Local Youths
Admit Making Bombs
Three Medford youths, one I The three youths were re
age 15 and two 16,-have admit-1 leased to their parents yester
ted making six home-made ! da with instructions to appear
bombs in Medford during the
past three weeks, according to
city police.
The youths were. takuAMnto
custody Thursday after an
anonymous telephone call. The
party told police the boys were
responsible for the bombs and
had been throwing them from
car windows recently, police re
ported. Officers said the juveniles ad
mitted making about 40 or 50
bombs during the past month.
Most of them were exploded, by
the boys near their homes.
According to police the boys
said they made the bombs from
explosives in v a chemical set.
Dynamite caps and about 10. feet
o' fuse were purchased from lo
cal stores by the boys, officers
reported.
Bombs Discovered
During the past three weeks
six bombs have been discovered
by several Medford residents, in
cluding small children, in street
gutters and back yards: No in
juries have been reported or
damage has resulted from any of
the bombs.
Valley Woman Named
To National Group
Mrs. Hanley Heffernan of Ross
lane has been appointed to the
advisory committee of the Na
tional Rivers and Harbors con
gress on the nomination of Con
gressman Charles O. Porter.
Mrs. Heffernan said she would
attend a meeting of the Con
gress May 17 and 18 in Washing
ton, D. C. She will be accompa
nied to Washington by her moth
er. Mrs. E. B. Hanlev.
. Mrs. Heffernan is serving her
second term as a member of the
board of the Rogue Soil Conser
vation district. She has been ac
tive in the soil conservation pro
gram since its founding in this
area. She operates ranch land
on Ross lane, where the Hanley
family settled more than 100
years ago.
Congressman Porter's nomina
tion of Mrs. Heffernan went di
rectly to William' H. .Webb, ex
ecutive vice president of the or
ganization, who confirmed the
appointment in a telephone con
versation with the congressman.
Weather
FORECAST: Scattered ihoweri
through Saturday. Outlook
Sunday cloudy and cool in
morning. Showers in after
noon and evening. Low to
night 38. High Saturday 63.
' Temp.
Highest Yesterday ........ 58
Lowest this Morninc 45
Free, to 4:39 a.m. Today .17
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
5:25 a.m.
Sunset
6:57 p.m.
Moonrise Saturday 12:32 a.m.
L43, vuarier jipiu (. a
PROMINENT STARS
Sirius. in the south
west - 7:59 p.m.
Arcturus. in the east 8:04 p.m.
Betelegeuse. low in
west 9:3 p.m.
Procyon, low In west 11:31 p.m.
RIBUNE
eeim
ram
before Jackson county juvenile
authorities, police said.
Two 14-year-old Medford boys
also were questioned by city po
lice Thursday in connection
with the explosion of a home
made bomb near Sacred Heart
hospital last week end.
According to police the boys
said they, found the bombs
earlier in the street nearby.
They were released to their
parents'.
Attempted Burglary
Reported to Police
some small cnange irom a
candy vending machine was
taken last night in an attempted
safe burglary at Modern Plumb
ing and Sheet . Metal company,
613 East Jackson st., according
to Medford police'.
Police said two unidentified
men were surprised in the build
ing about 10:45 p.m. Thursday,
a night watchman, Eugene Ed
ward Bibey, of the Forest Green
Detective agency.
ine two men were opening
the safe, which contained an un
disclosed sum of money, when
the watchman discovered them,
They ran from the building be-
iore ponce arrived, ponce re
ported. .
Police said an electric drill,
several hammers and other tools
were found near the safe.
Two other stores,' Mike's Seat
Cover Center, 621 East Jackson
St., and the Ekerson Paint and
Roof Store, 619 East Jackson st.,
also were entered last night, ac
cording to police reports.
An undetermined amount of
property was reported stolen
from Mike's Seat Cover Center,
and nothing was reported taken
from the other store, police said.
Entry was made by a ladder to
the roof from where the burglars
got into an upstairs attic from
the roof skylight, police said.
Khrushchev Warns
Western World
Moscow (U.R) Soviet Com
munist party boss N i k i t a
Khrushchev warned the Western
World today not to stir up any
revolt in East Germany lest the
Soviet Union "rap your
knuckles."
Khrushchev made his remark
at a reception at the Polish Em
bassy for Polish Premier Josef
Cyrankiewicz, who is passing
through Moscow on his way
back from a visit to the Far
East.
Facing foreign ambassadors,
Khrushchev said:
"Don't joke with us. Don't try
to test us as you did in Hungary.
Or are you thinking of doing
it not only in Hungary but also
in East Germany, for example?
"Be careful, for we ,are not
saints. And if necessary we can
rap your knuckles,"
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No. 25
Controversy Oyer
Promotion of Home
Show Develops
First Public Event
Scheduled May 30
Whether the Medford Home
and Auto Show, the first public
event scheduled in the new Na -
tional Guard armory, now near-
ing completion, would be locally
produced or by Johny Walker
Attractions, a Portland firm, was
not known by early this after
noon. Controversy over who would
promote the show developed this
week when the National Guard
armory board, headed by local
National Guard officers, leased
the armory to the Portland firm
for a home show starting May
30.
At an armory board hearing
last night, however,' Capt. S. J.
Fagone, board president, in
formed representatives of the
Medford Kiwanis club that the
board had been instructed by
Col. Paul Kleiver, director of
Oregon National Guard arm
ories, Salem, yesterday that the
Kiwanis club had a prior con
tract for the armory.
Ron Rice, representing the
Kiwanis club, noted that in 1955
the Kiwanis club had secured
an agreement with Col. Kleiver
that the first home show to be
produced in the new armory
would be a Kiwanis project.
Fagone , stated that Kleiver
earlier in the week had approved
the board's action in leasing the
armory to the Portland firm. He
apparently did not realize at the
time the agreement with the Ki
wanis club was in conflict with
the lease for the Portland firm.
Fagone told the group the con
tract with the Portland firm was
in the process of being termi
nated. He added that Attorney
General Robert Thornton had
agreed to the cancellation of the
contract with the Portland firm.
Representatives of Johnny
Walker Attractions this morning
indicated they were going to
contest the armory board's ac
tion. They added they would
consider cosponsoring the home
show with the Kiwanis club.
Boxer Poisoned
By Strychnine
A boxer doe owned by Dr.
M. L. Vorheis, 2679 Eastover
drive, Medford, was reported in
critical condition this morning
irom strychnine poisoning, ac
cording to Medford police.
The dog was taken to Siskiyou
Animal hospital, Medford, about
6 a.m. today after being dis
covered by its owner suffering
from symptoms of poisoning, po
lice said. Poison was put in raw
meat they said.
Veternarians said late this
morning amounts df strychnine
had been pumped from the dog's
stomach. They, added it was not
known if the dog would survive,
Police said the dog was the
fourth in that neighborhood to
be pomsoned by strychnine
Owners of three dogs who live
in the Hillcrest rd. area reported
to police April 4 their dogs also
had been poisoned by strychnine,
All three died.
Officers indicated the poison
ing had been done "purposely.
Police Chief Charles Champlin
reminded residents that presence
of the poison constitutes a dan
ger to small children. He said
most of the strychnine was in
serted in balls of raw hamburger
and placed on yards where they
can be easily found.
Oregon Wheat Acreage
Allotment Announced
Washington U.R) Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben
son today announced state
shares of the national wheat
acreage allotments.
Oregon was alloted 819.060
acres in 1957; will get 816,443
in 1958.
Firepower Demonstration by National
Guard Units
A National Guard firepower
show will be held as scheduled
at 6 p.m. tomorrow, barring
heavy rains, officers announced
today.
Weather forecast ' for the
Rogue valley is high cloudiness,
which would have no- effect on
the Vz hour demonstration.
The show will be held at the
Camp White rifle range, located
about two miles east of White
City, on the first major road to
the right off Antelope rd.
Approximately 75 riflemen,
automatic riflemen and machine
gunners will present the simu
lated battle fire mission withi
$721,965 Budget
For City General
Fund Presented
The Medford budget commit
tee last night received a proposed,
general fund budget totaling
$721,965 for the fiscal year
starting July 1. It shows an in
crease of $103,807 more than
the $618,158 general fund bud
get this year.
The total is $3,074 less than
the amount of levy allowable
under the 6 per cent limitation.
Budget Officer and City Man
ager Robert Duff noted.
Estimated receipts in 1957-58
total $394,969. The estimated
balance June 30 this year will
!Je $52,365. The $447,334is esti-
iiioiea luiai revenue, including
the balance, leaves $274,631 to
be levied as taxes for the general
fund,
Allowabla Levy
The allowable levy is $277,705
for 1957-58. The figure is deter
mined by adding 6 per cent to
$247,027, the levy for 1956-57,
plus an estimated $15,857 in
crease in the tax base because of
the Grandview Kenwood an
nexation, Duff said.
The $277,705 allowable levy
total, Duff noted, is $3,074 more
than the amount necessary for
the proposed general fund bud
get. An adequate levy within the
Employee Salaries,
New Research Site
Set for Discussion
Salaries for county employees
and a new site for agronomic
research will be among discus
sion topics at the next county
budget committee meeting.
The committee will meet at 9
a.m. Wednesday, April 24. in the
county courtroom. Last Wednes
day's scheduled meeting was not
held. The group expected to
complete work on the budget
late this week, but now expect
to- hold at least two more meet
ings. Committee members said near
ly all county department heads
have requested salary increases
for personnel. Salaries in sev
eral departments have been con
sidered, but no final action has
been taken on any , of the re
quests..
Recommend New Siia
The county 'court will recom
mend at the Wednesday meet
ing that funds be appropriated
for purchase of a site near Jack
sonville for agronomic research
by officials of the southern Ore
gon' branch experiment station.
The proposed site consists of ap
proximately 90 acres at the Han
ley ranch near the Jacksonville
Central Point rd. The property
is owned by Clair, Mary and
Martha Hanley and purchase
price will be between $600 and
$650 per acre, the county court
said.
The present, agronomic re
search farm has been declared
inadequate because of high con
centrations of lead arsenate, an
accumulation of spray residue
from an old apple orchard lo
cated on that site for many
years. This concentration of lead
arsenate has been fpund toxic to
many crops and affects reliabil
ity of date obtained in research
programs.
The county court said this
property would be listed for sale
aftef- the new site is purchased.
Eisenhower Tells of
New Appointments
Augusta, Ga. U.R) ' Presi
dent Eisenhower today announc
ed a series of new diplomatic
appointments, . including new
United , States envoys to Mexi
co, Sweden and Colombia.
When Congress returns from
its current Easter recess, the
President will nominate:
Robert C. Hill, now assistant
secretary of state for congres
sional relations, to Mexico.
Francis White, now the am
bassador to Mexico, to Sweden.
John M. Cabot, envoy to Swe
den, will be shifted to Colom
bia, replacing Philip W. Bonsai
who recently was named to Bolivia.
Scheduled Saturday Night
live tracer ammunition fired si
multaneously.
An attack problem will be
staged by a platoon from Com
pany C of Grants Pass as they
move against a defensive ma
chine gun emplacement manned
by members of Company A.
Medford Guard unit. Smoke gre
nades, flares and other pyro
technics will be used in the
problem. Blank ammunition
will be used for this portion of
the show.
Weapons which will be shown
and demonstrated will be pis
tols, carbines, M-l rifles, Brown
ing automatic rifles, 30 caliber
constitutional budget limitations
is possible, Duff told the commit
tee, for several reasons. They in-
elude increased tax base as a re
sult of annexations; propor
tionately higher returns from
state shared revenues from state
gas and liquor revenues because
of an increased population; pay
ment of engineering charges
from capital improvement proj
ects; and high returns from other
revenue sources.
Evaluating Budget
Duff said "in evaluating this
year's budget requests as com
pared to previous years it should
be noted that the area of the city
has increased over 116 per cent
to 7.82 square miles since Jan.
1, 1956. The population increase
has been approximately 9.5 per
cent during the same period."
The latest certified state census
for Medford is 22,222.
The budget was prepared on
the basis of a 1954 job classifica
tion and pay plan for city em
ployees, ' Duff noted, and no
change has been made in the
basic rate schedule since that""'
time.
"A recent comparative anal
ysis indicates that the city's pay
schedule is lagging in compari
son to the amount of wages be
ing paid by other jurisdictians,"
he said. "The present wage scale
in the engineering and other de
partments has failed to attract
any applicants even though
strenuous recruitment has been
conducted," he added.
Adjusting Schedule
He urged the committee to
consider adjusting the pay sched
ule when working on the bud
get. A plan to provide $50,000 for
off-street parking facilities was
suggested. The proposal would
include adjusting meter time op
eration from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to
8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and changing
the rate of 51 12-minute meters
to 5 cents per 30 minutes. The
changes will become effective
May 15. Rates on 66 other 12
minute meters will be changed
to 5 cents per 30 minutes later
this summer, Duff said.
.Estimated increased revenue
from this source will be some
$15,000 annually, Duff said. An
other $35,000 will come from an
increased business license.
Duff proposed establishment
of an off-street parking fund into
which . revenues from the two
proposals would be deposited1 for "
acquisition for parking facilities.
Final Action
Duff suggested the committee,
take no final action on the bud
get until after the Berrydale an
nexation election May 22. He
said both revenues and expendi
tures may be changed by the
election. . ,
Proposed expenditures for
1957-58, with the 1956-57 budget
figure and the increase or de
crease are:
Airport, $27,673 proposed,
$25, 284 this year, anjncrease of
$2,389; building jaUffinspection,
$27,517 proposed, $21,982 this
year, an increase of $5,535; city
hall, $15,040 proposed, $15,430
this year, a decrease of $390;
emergency, $10,000 proposed,
$16,000 this year, a decrease of
$6,000; engineers, $87,398 pro
posed, $53,859 this year, an in
crease of $33,539.
Finance Department
Finance, $24,439 proposed,
$25,368 this year, a decrease of
$929; fire maintenance, transfer,
$78,293 proposed, $64,504 this
year, an increase of $13,789;
general administration, $95,119
proposed,, $85,078 this year, an
increase of $10,041; legal, $11,
685 proposed, $9,620 this year,
an increase of $2,065; .
Library, transfer, $9,818 pro
posed, $3,564 this year, an in
crease of $6,272; mayor and
council, $1,465 proposed, $2,275
this year, a decrease of $810;
park aid swimming pool trans
fer, $1,857 proposed, $2,717 this
year, a decrease of $860; plan-
ning commission, $9,106 pro
posed, $2,300 this year, an in
crease of $6,806; police, $194,
579 proposed, $171,223 this year, .
an increase of $23,356;
Streets and sewers, $57,572
proposed, $55,952 this year, an
increase of $1,620; sewage treat
ment, $35,899 proposed, $31,207
this year, an increase of 54,692;
and traffic engineering, $34,505
proposed, $31,813 this year, an
increase of $2,692.
light machine guns, 57mm re-
coilless rifles, 60mm mortars,
and the Sniperscope, which al
lows riflemen to deliver accu
rately aimed fire in total dark
ness. Lt. Richard Montague, pla
toon leader from Company C,
will be in charge of the attack
problem. The live fire demon
stration .will be in the hands of
Lt. Jack Phillips, Medford, who
is coordinating officer for the
demonstration.
Children will be allowed to
attend the demonstration if ac
companied by parents. All pos
sible safety precautions are be
ing observed, officers said.
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