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DIGNITARIES MEET Mayor John Snider
was one of a number of local people on hand
to congratulate Michigan governor G. Men
ren Williams, left, after his speech at the an
nual Roosevelt dinner at McLoughlin Junior
high school Saturday. Also pictured above
are City Judge Noreen Kelly, who was pro
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PRESENTS TIE Gov. G. Mennen Williams
of Michigan, right, presented Congressman
Charles Porter with a green and white polka
dot bow tie at the annual Roosevelt dinner
Jackson County Music
Get 11 Superior Ratings
Jackson county music groups
received 11 superior ratings
Friday and Saturday at the an
nual Southern Oregon Music
contest for elementary, junior
high and high school music stu
dents. Judges directed such com
ments as "best we've heard,"
"thrilling performance" and
"'performed with musical taste"
toward Medford groups parti
cipating in the contest, accord
ing to I. A. Mirick, supervisor
of instrumental music in Med
ford public scchoois.
2.000 Participate
About 2,000 participants rep
resented Oregon schools as far
Byrd Raps Wrife-Oii
To Idaho Power Co.
Washington U.R) Sen. Har
ry F. Byrd (D-Va.) said today the
administration's grant of a $29,
250,000 tax write-off to the Idaho
Power Co. is "utterly indefen
sible." He said the Senate Finance
Committee, which he heads, may
try to cancel the write-off "on
a retroactive basis."
Other congressional Demo
crats protested the move, charg
ing that it was a "subsidy" to
Idaho Power to develop power
lesources in Hells Canyon.
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), a
leader in the losing battle for a
federal Hells Canyon dam, call
ed it a "shocking betrayal of
public trust."
"It is time a few men had the
guts to say this administration
is honeycombed with corrup
tion." he said. "... This adminis
tration is so rotten it stinks to
high heaven."
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FORECAST: Clrr lonipht. ln
rrrasinx r!udine Tuesday
with isolated howr nd
rhanrr of thunderstorm vn
mountain' durini afternoon
and evenint. Low tonisnt 46.
High Tuesday "S.
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Hiht Y'5tray SJ
lowest This Momint - i
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
.1:11 a.m.
7:09 p.m.
Sunset
New Moon 3:45 p.m.
Ae annular eclipse oi ine sun
be taking place at this
time. It will be seen s a partial
eclipse in Alaska and the north
western part of the Inited
States and Canada, beginning a
little before sunset.
at McLoughlin Junior hign school Saturday.
The tie is used as a campaign symbol by
Governor Williams. Congressman Porter was
master of ceremonies at the dinner.
east as Lakeview and as far
west as Brookings.- Contests
were held at Medford Senior
High school and Hedrick Junior
High school.
Groups entered under classi
fications of AA, A. B, C and jun
ior high. Classifications are
Phone Operators
Having Busy Day
Telephone operators at the
Medford Central office were ex
periencing an unusually busy
day, Manager Jack Creager re
ported Monday.
"In addition to an extra heavy
load of calls," Creager said,
"The operators are getting a lot
of questions about the new local
calling areas that went into ef
fect Saturday night."
He added, "The towns that
telephone users can dial directly
without the assistance of an
operator are listed in the front
pages of the new telephone di
rectory," Calls can be dialed directly
from Medford to Ashland, Cen
tral Point, Gold Hill, Jackson
ville, Phoenix-Talent and White
City; Ashland to Medford and
Phoenix-Talent; Central Point to
Medford, White City, Gold Hill
and Jacksonville; Gold Hill to
Central Point and Medford;
Jacksonville to Central Point
and Medford; Phoenix-Talent to
Medford, Ashland and Jackson
ville, and White City to Medford
and Central Point.
"In dialing these calls from
one city to another," Creager
pointed out, "It is important to
dial the first two capital letters
and numeral of the prefix and
the following four numerals."
Now that the new local call
ing area system is in use it is
no longer necessary for persons
in Central Point and Jackson
ville to dial the directing code
"7" when calling Medford. Med
ford telephone users no longer
have to dial the code "30' when
calling Jacksonville, and the
code "3" when calling Central
Point and White City,
Dow-Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 493.95, up
2.45; 20 railroads 148.38, off
0.60, 15 uliliiies 72.96. off 0.03,
and 65 stocks 173.18, up 0.32.
Sales today were about 2.290.
000 shares compared with 2,380,
000 shares Friday,
gram chairman at the dinner, and Oregon
Gov. Robert D. Holmes, extreme right. The
two governors, as well as other state and
local Democratic leaders, were present at an
informal reception held later in the evening
at the Medford hotel.
Groups
in Contest
based on school enrollment, Mi
rick explained.
Jackson county ' groups re
ceiving number 1 or superior
ratings in the contest were
Marian choir, St. Mary's of Med
ford, Class C; Medford High
school girls' chorus, class AA;
Hedrick Junior High orchestra,
junior high division; Talent High
school band, class C; Central
Point Junior High band, junior
high division; Medford High
school orchestra, Medford High
school choir and Medford High
school band, class AA; McLough
lin Junior High school band,
junior high division; Hedrick
Junior High band, junior high
division; and McLoughlin Jun
ior High A band, junior high
division.
Other Ratings
Receiving number 2 or excel
lent ratings were Jacksonville
High school chorus, class C;
Oak Grove grade school band,
junior high division; Jackson
ville High school band, class C;
Howard grade school band, jun
ior high division; McLoughlin
Junior High school cadet band,
junior high division; and Crater
High school band, class B. The
Ashland High school orchestra
performed at the contest for
cirticism only and did not com
pete. Sheriff's Deputies Get
Call to Unload 1849
Revolver at Museum
Do you know how to unload
, an 1849 single action cap and
ball Colt revolver? If so, the
Jacksonville museum and the
Jackson county sheriff's depu
ties would have been interest
ed in knowing it last week.
Last week the sheriff's of
fice received a call from Miss
Mary L.tianley,-curator of the
Jacksonville museum. She
asked for assistance in unload
ing an antique firearm that
had been a pari of the Emil
Britt collection, and is now
on display at the museum.
Deputy Glen Wright and
Chief Deputy Joe Walsh at
tempted to unload the antique
cap and ball gun. Later, Dr.
Edwin Sickles of Medford,
who collects antique weapons,
stopped at the museum and,
since the gun was in' very
good condition, suggested fir
ing it.
Sheriff's deputies reported
that the firing proved lo be
successfuL
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Taxation Problems
No Counter Proposals
Immediately in Sight
Salem (U.R) The Oregeon
Legislature, launching the 15th
week of its 1957 session, concen
trated today on two of its main
chores taxes to finance the
state government for the next
two years and appropriations to
keep its institutions and its agen
cies going.
Measures proposed by the
House Taxations Committee
would revise the income tax
schedules. It would take out
what some have come to call
the "naughty word," surtax. But
it would wind up with a sched
ule not much reduced from- the
surtax level.
It also would impose taxes de
signed to raise some $6 million
more from corporations and util
ities. Special Order Of Business
The two measures, House bill
1 relating to personal income
taxes, and House bill 796, relat
ing to corporation excise taxes
and corporation income taxes,
were made a special order of
business for House floor action
at 2 p.m.
No counter tax plans were im
mediately in sight, and with a
strong Democratic majority in
the House, the measures by the
Democratic controlled House
Taxation Committee were ex
pected to pass that chamber
without too much difficulty.
But the long look at the tax
program was expected to be tak
en in the Senate. The Senate
Taxation Committee is headed
by Sen. Walter J. Pearson, Port
land Democrat and has a 4-3
Democratic majority.
- : But the Senate- itself is split
down the middle, 15 Democrats
and 15 Republicans, and the pro
gram is not expected to get past
that chamber until it is in a
shape that, as they say, the Re
publicans as well as the Demo
crats "can live with."
Up for final action in the Sen
ate was Senate bill 301, which
would empower the public utili
ty commissioner to regulate min
imum rail rates as well as max
imum. The Senate also had before it
several appropriations bills," in
cluding appropriations for the
next biennium for the Oregon
State hospital in Salem and the
Eastern Oregon State Hospital in
Pendleton.
Sunday Hottest
Day This Year
Medford vicinity experienced
its hottest day in 1957 yesterday
when an official high tempera
ture of 87 degrees was registered
at the airport station of the
weather bureau.
Forecasts indicated duplica
tion of that temperature this
afternoon but cooler weather is
in prospect. Cool air is expected
to move into the valley on Tues
day. The 87-degree reading yester
day is still nine degrees under
the all-time high for April 28.
A temperature of 96 was record
ed on that day in 1926. Today's
expected maximum of 87 com
pares to the 88 all-time high for
this day of the year, also occur
ing in 1926.
Weather is expected to be
clear tonight but ' increasing
cloudiness is predicted for Tues
day with isolated showers and
possible thunderstorms in moun
tains during afternoon and eve
ning. Maximum forecast for
Tuesday is 75.
Granfs Pass had a high tem
perature of 91 degrees yester
day. Lee to Attend Meet
In To co ma This Week
Robert Lee, city water super
intendent, will attend a three
day convention of the Pacific
Northwest section of American
Water Works association in
T a c o m a, Wash., Wednesday
through Friday, he reported to
day. Lee will discuss cathodic pro
tection of water pipe lines at a
technical session of the conven
tion. The Pacific Northwest sec
tion is composed of Oregon,
Washington, Alaska, British Co
lumbia and Idaho.
Washington (U.R) AFL
CIO President George Meany
has given the Teamsters Union
a "take it or leave it" chance to
defend itself against corruption
charges next Monday.
ALA1T
3RD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1957
1 Find I'm Not Just Thinking of Egypt"
Warm Weather Lures
Throngs To Beaches;
Five Persons Drown
By UNITED PRESS
Five persons drowned in Ore
gon during the week end as the
state basked in the warmest
weather of the season. Three of
the ' victims were fishermen,
.riaking a total of four fatalities
since opening of the trout sea
son Saturday. ;
Four of the' drownings occur
led Sunday a. the thermometer
hit the 80s throughout most of
The state...- $-.. - -- -Powerless'
To Help
The other drowning was Sat-
Porter Promises
Immediate Action
To Obtain Funds
Immediate action . to' obtain
sufficient funds for the Corps
of Engineers to continue their
study of Rogue river flood con
trol needs has been promised by
Congressman Charles O. Porter.
At a meeting with local peo
ple here Saturday, Porter re
vealed that the corps has ex
hausted funds allocated to the
local studies.
A statement from Sen. Wayne
L. Morse was read at the meet
ing, reinforcing Porter's stand
that the work should be re
sumed as soon as possible.'
The engineers discontinued
their work here approximately
two months ago when funds be
came exhausted.
Request Funds
Morse noted in his statement
that the engineers last Thursday
requested $50,000 for their study
through their north Pacific head
quarters. He attacked the Eisen
hower administration for the
engineers' failure to obtain the
money. "This is another example
of the failure of the present adT
ministration to provide sufficent
funds for such projects," Morse
said.
Porter said he had not been
promptly informed the engineers
had discontinued their work. He
said he was "shocked and sur
prised" to find out about it and
planned to "say something"
when he returns to Washington.
The congressman said delay
in obtaining funds for the study
is another reason why his flood
control bill should be introduced
now.
In Favor of Bill
William Frohnmayer, repre
senting the- Medford Realty
board, told Porter his group Fri
day unanimously voted in favor
of immediate introduction of the
bill.
Pqrter was asked to giv spe
cial attention in any flood con
trol bill to straightening,- clean
ing and revetment of stream
channels. It was noted that soil
erosion caused by floods has
been a major problem in the
valley.
Porter said he would return
to Oregon' next fall for about
10 weeks and will be available
at that time to talk with any
group concerning flood control.
He added that the Rogue Basin
Flood Control and Water Re
sources association, as well as
other groups, would receive
copies of his proposed bill be
fore it is introduced.
urday when Henry Nielson of
Seaside was washed off a cliff
near Cannon Beach while fish
ing. Fred S. Carlson of.Beaver
ton said he and his 9-year-old
son saw a wave hit Nielson and
wash him into the ocean but
they were powerless to help the
victim.
Jerald Anderson, a 16-year-old
Willamina high school student,
fell 75 feet to his death over a
cliff Saturday while on a fish
ing trip to the Nestucca river.
Anderson apparently slipped on
some rocks and fell over tne cliff
about six miles east of Blaine in
Tillamook county.
Ivan Haddix, 39, Coquille, and
Henry Jeske, 56, Eugene,
drowned Sunday in fishing acci
dents. Other victims Sunday
were John Rathman, 13, Trout-
dale, and Larry McDonald, 16,
Sandy.
. Thousands of persons .headed
for the mountains and . beaches
Sunday as the temperatures shot
into the 80s. Roseburg was the
warmest spot with 88.
Boat Overturns
, Haddix drowned in Siltcoos
lake when his boat overturned.
A fishing partner, Walter
Combs, also of Coquille, clung
to the boat and drifted to shore
about an hour after the acci
dent. .
Jeske was lost when a boat
capsized in Lookout Point reser
voir near Lowell. Jeske's wife,
Lillian; Joseph P. Richards, op
erator of the boat, and Richards'
daughter, Patricia, escaped.
Young Rathman drowned
when, he fell into a deep hole
in the Sandy river near Trout
dale. McDonald was drowned when
he slipped off a log raft in a
pond. His compainion, Dave Har
rington, 17, dove in after him
but was unable to hang on to
ihe McDonald boy.
McCarthy in Serious
Condition in Hospital
Washington :(U.R)' Sen. Jo
seph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin
is in serious condition at Bethes
da Naval Hospital with acute
hepatitis, a liver ailment, the
hospital said today.
McCarthy was admitted to the
hospital Sunday. A spokesman
there said "his condition is con
sidered serious."
Five Members
May Quit Soon, GOP Circles Declare
Washington (U.R) Five
members of President Eisen
hower's cabinet may resign
soon, according to informed
GOP circles.
t Secretary of Defense Charles
e! Wilson and Treasury Secre
tary George M. Humphrey, pre
viously have been reported ready
to return to private life.
Three Others Named
The GOP circles said the three
other cabinet members who may
bow out soon are Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles, Sec
retary of Commerce Sinclair
Weeks and Postmaster General
Arthur E. Summerfield. -
Wilson and Humphrey were
expected to stay on until after
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No. 33
Hussein Talk With
Saud Could Lead
To New Alignment
Arab Conference
On Policies Expected
By UNITED PRESS
Jordan's King Hussein return
ed today to his capital of Amman
from talks with anti-Communist
King Saud of Saudi Arabia that
could lead to a new alignment
of power in the Middle East.
An Amman dispatch said a
"major announcement" was ex
pected there later in the day,
possibly an agreement for a new
four-power Arab "summit" con
ference to try to reunify Mid
East policies after Jordan's up
heaval. But whether the four-power
solidarity of Jordan, Egypt, Sy
ria and Saudi Arabia could con
tinue in the same form as before
appeared doubtful. A Jerusalem
dispatch said that only Saud's
intervention saved Jordan from
oeing carved up by its neighbors.
Syria, Egypt Warned
The Jerusalem dispatch said
informed observers there believ
ed King Saud had warned the
Syrian and Egyptian delegates
which visited him in Mecca this
week end that the United States
intended to intervene militarily
if they tried to tear Jordan
apart.
Syria was reported apprehen
sive that Jordan reach an agree
ment with the West a move
that could encourage the pro
Western elements now suppress
ed in Syria. Cairo dispatches
said Egypt and Syria were very
jnxious to keep Jordan1 within
their neutralist fold despite Hus
sein's move toward the West.
Hussein flew Sunday to Riy
adh, a . political center of Saudi
Arabia, for talks with the king
whose Saudi troops backed up
Hussein at the height of Jordan's
crisis and even helped maintain
order in the troubled area on
the west bank of the Jordan
river.
Jordan Stability Favored
Throughout the Jordan crisis
the threat of military action by
Israel hung over the Arab na
tions. An Israeli foreign office
spokesman said Sunday Israel
would still take action if the
Arab states try to change Jor
dan's boundaries.
But Israeli Ambassador Abba
Eban said on a television broad
cast at the same time Jordan
'ieed have no fear of an attack
from Israel that Israel favors
the "preservation of .-Jordan's
integrity and stability."
Congress Returns To
Work After Recess
, Washington U.R) Congress
came back to- work today, after
a 10-day Easter recess with fresh
signs of a growing revolt by Re
publican leaders against Presi
dent Eisenhower's legislative
program.
The lawmakers returned to
the capital over the week end
with little evidence that the'ir so
journ among the grass roots
abated - the economy fever Con
gress has been running this year.
A number of the leading eco
nomizers promptly began beat
ing the drums f gain for a cut in
federal spending and renewed
their appeals for tax reductions.
The second half of the session
began with the split apparently
deepening between "modern"
and "conservative" Republicans.
The Democrats were engaged in
their own tug of war over the
civil rights issue.
Portland U.R) Arthur W.
Priaulx, public relations direc
tor for the West Coast Lumber
men's Association ha$ been nam
president of the Oregon Free
lance club.
of Eisenhower's Cabinet
the outcome of the congressional
fights over appropriations, de
fense and taxes.
Wilson's resignation has been
rumored, and , denied, for
months.
Rumors Spring Up
Reports that Humphrey is
leaving sprang up again last
week and the Treasury secretary
himself dropped a strong hint
that he plans to resign soon.
Humphrey said it was well
known that he had "been in the
cabinet much longer than I
originally planned."
Three names have been men
tioned as possible replacments
for Humphrey. They are Robert
B. Anderson, a Texas Eisen
Thunderstorms,
Rains Soak State
For Eleventh Day
At Least 15 Dead
As. Result of Weather
Dallas. Tex. U.R) At least
nine rivers and countless small
er streams poured their flood
waters out over cities, towns
and farms in Texas today and
new thunderstorms and rains
soaked the state for the 11th
straight day.
The worst flood danger now
was in the central and south por
tions of the state. Eight hundred
to 1,000 persons fled the Guada
lupe river at Victoria, a south
Texas city of about 45,000 per
sons. At Eaves of Homes
The river at Victoria was lap
ping toward the eaves of homes
in a 20-block section in South
Victoria and police steadily
evacuated residents of that area.
They expected to take out a to
tal of at least 2,000.
Houston, the state's largest
city, was hit by floods for the
first time. More than six inches
of rain fell in Houston over the
week end and water went into
perhaps 25 homes. The flooding
in Houston was local, however,
rather than from rivers.
Growing Death Toll
At least 15 persons have been
killed by the weather, nearly
all of them drowned by floods,
since an epidemic of tornadoes,
deluges and floods started in
Texas April 19. A 16th person
died of a heart attack in Mineral
Wells Sunday while digging a
drainage ditch around his home.
Two others are missing and pre
sumed drowned.
Damage totals many, millions
of dollars. Agriculture Commis
sioner John White estimated $25
to $30 million damage to agri
culture alone. United States en
gineers said Dallas suffered $6,
500,000 from a flood now sub
siding. "Every stream of any conse
quence from the Pecos (the
westernmost river in Texas) to
the Louisiana border is flooding,
and has been flooding' or is
bankful," R. O- Bland of the
weather bureau at Fort Worth
said.
"This is the greatest accumu
lation of water we have had at
this time in 35 years."
Crowd Helpless
Rivers carrying flood waters
now include the Trinity, Brazos,
Frio, Colorado, Guadalupe, Dev
il's, Upper Rio Grande, Cabine
and Nueces.
A crowd out looking at the
raging west fork of the Trinity
river near Dallas Sunday help
lessly watched Burnis Lee
Goodwin, 22, swept away and
drowned.
Continued thunderstorms and
rains were predicted through
Tuesday. A tornado hit Ray
mondville, near Edinburg in the
lower Rio Grande valley, early
today, but police said the only
damage was to power lines.
Importance of Tapes
Described by Schrunk
Portland U.R) Mayor Terry
D. Schrunk testified today that
he ordered copies made of seiz
ed tape recordings because he
decided they were "important."
Schrunk testified as a govern
ment witness in the federal wire
tap trial of racketeer James B.
Elkins' employee, Raymond
Clark.
The mayor, who is under state
indictment for conspiracy to ob
tain wiretaps, said he put the
recording in his safe when they
were delivered to him by Depu
ty Sheriff George Minielly.
About an hour later, Schrunk,
who was then sheriff, testified,
"there was so much concern
about the tapes- and so much
traffic around the place at the
time of the raid that I decided
they were important."
He said he decided to "pre
serve the evidence by making
copies of the tapes as soon as
possible and storing them in a
safe place."
hower Democrat and former dep
uty detense secretary; Under
secretary of Treasury W. Ran
dolph Burgess, and Lewis W.
Douglas, former ambassador to
Britain and one-time budget di
rector under President Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
Herter Likely Successor
Should Dulles leave, Under
secretary of State Christian A.
Herter, former governor of
Massachusetts, would be a likely
successor.
Deputy Defense Secretary
Donald A. Quarles, recently
moved up from secretary of air,
was described as Wilson's most
likly successor if the defense
chief departs.