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Newspaper Page TextI 3 I With Stgl Move Would Boost Hussein's Prestige In Middle East 'Crisis is Ending King Tells Newsmen By Unittd Press Diplomatic officials m Wash ington reported today that Syria was prepared to withdraw its troops from Jordan within a week in a move that would strengthen King Hussein' pres tige throughout the Middle East. r Hussein also appeared to be strengthening his hold on Jor dan although western diplomats expressed fear the end of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan today might bring new disor ders in the country. Says Crisis Ending Hussein told newsmen Tues day the "crisis is ending" in Jor dan after his strong steps; to put down Communism there and to "oust the destructive elements" that caused trouble there. Hussein today visited Am man's Grand Mosque, protected by his army which sealed off the building and searched the thous ands of early church-goers. Hus sein traveled to and from the mosque in a heavily armed con voy while troops stood by with rifles and machine guns on ev ery rooftop and balcony along his way. There were no inci dents. Moscow Revising Strategy United Press Correspondent Donald J. Gonzales reported from Washington that Syria's expected action in withdrawing troops could be linked with in creasing signs Moscow may be having second thoughts about its previous warm support ior Egypt and Syria during the Mid East emergency. The decision may have grown out of Hussein's conversations this week end with King Saud of Arabia. There was no official indications, in any of the Arab countries, but western diplomats have detected a cooler relation between Jordan and Syria and Egypt. Welcomes Sixth Fleet In Beirut, Lebanon, Foreign Minister Charles Malik told the United Press he welcomed the appearance of the United States Sixth Fleet in Eastern Mediter ranean waters and said he hoped U. S.. determination to resist Communist penetration in the Mid-East would bear fruit in the near future. Word of American determina tion to keep the peace in the Mid-East came from Vice Adm. Charles H. Brown, commander of the fleet. He said in a U.P. interview he was ready for any thing there "from a Brush fir te all-out war." Highway 101 Bill Adopted by House Salem (U.R) The House to day defeated a minority commit tee report recommending' that the House not pass a bill calling for a $12,600,000 bond issue ior a new section of Highway 101 be tween Gold Beach and Brox- The majority repert the highway committee tnat Mouse ill 802 do pass was then adopted the House. A similar bill, Sen ate bill 308, has already passed the Spnate. Rep. Thomas McClellan, Ne otsu Democrat and chairman ef the House Highway Committee, cairi Hip onlv wav the crooked stretch of U.S. 101 irom the California border north could be improved would be to build j ter-level highway. The new road would shorten the distance between Gold Beach and Brookings from SS Miles te about 28 miles. Tornado Cuts Yakima; Oust Yakima (U.R) A tornado tut a swath through Yakima's west end Tuesday night,' ripping the roof off of one garage and moving another garage more than 20 feet off its foundation. The rare twister accompanied a general storm which raised heavy clouds of dust that c?eat ed a traffic hazard in the Yak ima valley. No injuries were re ported. Like Box Being Crushed George -Pickard said be heard a sound "like a berry boK being crushed' when the rosf was torn off C. S. Ashman's gar age. The tornado lifted the gar age roof more than 35 ieet in the air and sent it crashing into the yard of Vie Herbert StoMK home 50 feet away.wheje it damaged a fence and gee shrubs. 3 . I II . ' " - Z-r i n m--ni . ,MJLL FIRE DAMAGE Shown above is damage caused when fire swept through the historic Britt residence at Jacksonville Monday night. The upper story, including the first photo graphic; studio in southern Oregon, was de stroyed. The blaze started from a flue fire. Former Resident Of Valley Killed In logging Mishap Dale Howard Job, 33, Red ding, Cali., a native ef Talent and formerly of Ashland, was killee yesterday in a logging ac cident Bear Hayfork, Trinity county, Calif., according to word received here this morning. De tails of the ftccidetit were not available. - Mr. Job, son of Ow and Maude Job, was born in Talent Feb. 17, 1922. He. lived m Tal ent for: two years and ia Ash land for five years. He was a veteran of World "War II, serv ing in the chemical -warfare branch ef the U.S. Army, with three year's duty in th South Pacific theatre. . He was married in Medford in 1947 to L'Marie Drake, who sur vives. Also serviving is one son, Wayne Lee Job. Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Edna Allen and Mrs. Erma Beck, both of Rich mond, Calif.; and two aunts, Mrs. Ella About, Santa Crut, Calif., and Mrs. Ada Bell Well born, of the Ada Ball cafe, Med ford. The 'body is being brought from Redding to Medford for in terment in the Phoenix ceme tery. Graveside services in the Phoenix cemetery are tentative ly scheduled for Friday after noon, with the Chapel Mortuary in charge of local arrangements. Miav$hlin Orchestra ftecwvs Super for Rote The McLoughlin Junior High school orche.tra last week re ceived a superior rating in the annual Southern Oregon ' Music eonteat for . elementary, junior high and high school music group.. The contest was held, in . Med ford Friday and Saturday. The McLoughlin A band alio receiv ed a superior rating and the ca det band received an excellent rating. The orchestra was emit ted from the Mail Tribune in a previoue listing of superior rat ing winners. Vancouver, Wash. U.F) Re ports circulated here today that the miltary storage depot at the old Vancouver shipyard here op erated by the Tumpane Com pany may ehut down. Path Through Makes Hazard Pickard said the funnel of the tornado, which he described as "the moot terrifying thing" he bad ever seen, headd toward his bouse and he. called to his wife te get their baby end seek cover. But tbe twister changed its course and missed the Pick ard home. It then moved a garage et tfce Dale Switzer home more thsn 20 feet into s neighboring tield. &st Oae In 19 Tornadoes are ' very - fare i this area. The last time such storms oceurred here was ' in 198, when four twisters of varying degrees of intensity wee sighted within - 20 days. However, all those twisters were in thinly populated sections aad sgij&ed littis a jut dasaag. 'Leak' Brings Quick Stock Market Profit, Subcommittee Hears Washington (U-R) The Re publican national committeeman from Georgia testified today that ! he and his wife made -a quick $2,500 in the stock market on the basis of a "leak" of a secret government decision. I But the GOP official, Robert (R. Snodgrass, swore to the Sen ate Investigating Subcommittee that he did not know the infor mation was leaked in violation of government regulations. He said if ha had knows this, he would not have bovrjjht the stock.' . . " Acting Chairman Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) told newsmen that a Washington attorney, Robert Oliver, would . testify later today that he received the ie?k from an anonymous caller. 8ctt Secisiea The leak of infbrmataion in volved the Civil Aeronautics Board awarid of a lucrative New York-Miami air route to North east Airlines instead of to Delta Airlines, the other leading eon 'tender. Robert Griffith, assistant to the president of Delta Airlines, testified that Oliver telephoned him news of the secret decision about two hours' and 40 minutes after it was made. Griffith said he passed the information along to Snodgrass. Several persons, including Snodgrass and his wife, bought Northeast stock en the day after the secret decision and made a quick killing. -Lied To Investigator Jackson said the secret CAB decision was made about 9 p.m. last Aug. 2. It was not announced until Aug. 10. Jackson said CAB employees leaked the secret and later lied to investigators. ... Griffith said such leaks were not unusual. '' Snodgrass swore Griffith did not tell him the award went to Northeast. He said he figured Higher Education Budget Gets Approval Salem (U.R) A $44,216,386 budget for the state system of higher education was approved 46-9 by the House today and sent to the Senate. Rep. Allen Tom, Rufus Re publican, said the Joint Ways and Means committee cut a to tal of 8600,000 from the recom mended budget, but managed to include more than $2 million for academic salary increases. Tom said' the budget repre sented an increase of 27 per cent over the current biennium. Rep. Keith Skelton, Eugene Democrat, praised .Ways and Means for the salary increases which will run between 20 and 25 per cent. Skelton had advo cated 30 per eent increases in salaries. Western Alliance Said Deterrent To Aggresson Bonn, Germany (U.R) NATO's retiring Secretary-general Lord Ismay said today the 15-natkm western alliance "is wow a pretty good deterrent" to Soviet aggressioa. - j The veteran British military leade? and statesman arrived here for Thursday's opening of the North Atlantic Treaty Oj gfusatioa eouacii aessieu. TV Water and smoke damage was extensive on the lower floor. Most of the valuable antique items owned by the Britts had been removed prior to the blaze. Damage to the structure was estimated at 50 per cent. Ithat out for himself. Pan Ameri can and Capital 'Airlines were also seeking the route. 150 Expected al Elks Youth Day Some 150 people are expect ed te attend the annual Med ford Elks lodge Youth Day pro gram Thursday night, May 2, !tthe 'EHcs'temple.- ' '.: v -y K Students who took part in- the Elks Student Government Day in February have been invited to attend the Thursday night celebration, according to Galen R. Knox, exalted ruler of the Medford lodge. Also present will be winners in the two contests sponsored by the lodge, the Most Valuable Student contest and the Leadership contest. The win ners will receive . their awards during the program. After the program in the lodge hall, students will be en tertained in the Elks party lounge with refreshments and dancing. The. national lodge started Youth Day in 1950. Knox said it is a nationwide salute by the Elks to the nation's junior citi zens for their constructive ach ievements. About 2,000,000 boys and girls - will participate in Youth Day celebrations over the United States. California Man Held In County Jail Clarence Lionel VanAlstine Jr., 24, Mira Loma, Calif., is being held in the county jail here for California authorities in connection with the suspect ed theft of a car. State police stopped VanAl stine about 3:10 p.m. Tuesday as he was driving on Highway 99 south of Talent. Officers said they "suspected something was wrong" about the car he was operating. VanAlstine was taken to the local state police office, where officers said he admitted taking the car near Redding, Calif., about 7 a.m. Monday. Police were attempting to get in touch with officers in Cali fornia " this morning to check on reported car thefts. Pasco (U.R) Roy N. Woodin, 43, Kennewick aerial crop spray er, was killed Tuesday when his single-seat plane crashed about 30 miles northeast of here. Astiria (U.R) Dave White, Milwaukie, Ore., fishermen suf fered a fatal heart attack today aboard the trailer Roland Foss. Weather FORECAST: Raia tonigftt. Var . tial cleariu u sfeswriv Thursday. Lew tmigiit - 4 J. Kigfe Thursday (S. Ttmp. fKshK Yesterday St Low st this Morsif 49 Ouf Skies Tonight Swtrise ! S:0T a.. SvtMet .. 7:11 f.m. Ttv Mom mts at 0:17 P.M., afHeariP spar the star, AM haran. Highlights of th prn mna in the skin above this month WIU be the transit ( : the planet. Mercury, over the dssfc ot the Sun on the Sth, and the return of Venus as an eve ning Mar later in tbe month. again 'sotwis u, Russia Steals Jump With Ratification (Off Atom Peace IPDan Washington (U.R) The Soviet Union has stolen a march on President Eisenhower's atoms-for-peace program, the United Press has learned. An official announcement has not been made. With no fanfare at all Soviet Ambassador Georgi N. Zareubin has called at the State Department to deposit the Soviet govern ment's approval of the international atomic energy agency statute. This is the outgrowth of Eisenhower's famous Dee. 8, 195S, pro posal for promoting peaceful uses of atomic energy. Administration officials said the Soviet Union's speedy action on the atomic statute is "awkward" for the' United States. After first condemning the President's atomic proposal the Soviets did a turn-around when they saw world opinion was in favor of the project. Senate Action Pending Eisenhower submitted the atomic energy statute to the Sea ate March 21 with hopes for speedy action. The administra tion now hopes the Senate For eign Relations Committee can start hearing May 9. 1 Zaroubin and his Moscow su periors apparently decided not to make a big propaganda play out of. their quick action on the atoms-for-peace plan. The Soviet Embassy tele phoned the State Department's treaty division on the morning of April 8 and said the ambassa dor would be in that day with the Soviet ratification. Zarou bin called later in the day and deposited Russia's ratification, along with that of Byelorussia. Three Red Sackezs Guatemala was the first nation to deposit its ratification. Switz erland was the second. Then came the Soviet Union, Byelo russia and Romania, on April 12. Thus thr-se of the first five rati fications, have been by Commu nist countries. .The agency will come into being when 18 of 80 signatory nations have depos ited their ratifications. Plans already have been made to hold the first general confer ence of the world atomic agency in Vienna Aug. 19. . The agency eventually will serve as a world atomic bank or pool of basic nuclear fuels such as U235 and Plutonium, which are used in research and power reactors. These fuels would be allocated to peaceful projects in member countries. The agency also will encourage exchange of information on peaceful uses of atomic energy, and exchange and training of scientists and ex perts. ' Officials Inspect Roseburg Equipment Four county officials went to Roseburg yesterday- to' inspect equipment for possible purchase for the county road depart ment. Looking at the equipment were County Judge Rodney Keating, Commissioner Ralph James, County Engineer Paul Rynning and Equipment Super intendent E. L. Cooper. Keating and James later visit ed the Douglas county court and discussed proposed salary raises for county employees in the 1957-58 budget. . (Baseball! NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee 1... 3 ' 10 1 New York 1 9 1 Spahn and Crandall; Bar cly, Grissom (8). Surkont (10). McCall (10) and Westium. St. Louis 9 11 1 Pittsburgh 2 9 1 Schmidt, R. Smith (7) and Landrith, Cooper (8); Purkey, Kusava (8), Hall (8), Chum (8) and Foiles. Kravits (8). Chicago 2 T J Brooklyn . 1 .9 8 Kaiser, Rush (3), Lown (7) and Neeman; Drysdal and Cempanella. AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 101 000 188 8 9 1 Chicago .... 101 200 41x 911 0 Loes, Cecnsuegra (7) Odell (7) Beamon (8) and Ginsbetg; Harshmaa, Howell (8) and Lol lar. Washington 000 018 508 6 6 1 Cleveland . 130 000 30x 7 9 0 Pascual, Clevenger (3), Shii flet (S), Brodewsky (6), Abet nathy (7), Byeriy (8) and Fiti gerald, - Courtney, Berbecet; Score, Mossi (5), Narekki (8) tad Nixon, Hegaa. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1957 Man Killed When Struck by Train At Main Crossing A man, tentatively identified by city police as Ivan W. Lath rop, 69, of Lake Hotel, Medford, was killed Tuesday evening when he was struclr by a north bound Southern Pacific freight train at the Main st. crossing Lathrop's last known address, according to police, was Riddle, Ore. The body was discovered at 8:22 p.m. by Lawton Leonard of Mountain View, Calif. It wa6 lying near the tracks approxi mately 30 feet north of Main st., according to city police. . Police stopped the freight train in Central Point where blood stains were discovered on the locomotive. . . - . - . -Walking Along Tracks Police believe that the man was walking on the tracks-when tbe accident occurred. Engineer George H. Walter, Ashland, told police the train bad stopped at the station in Medford and was traveling not more than, three miles an hour at the point of the accident. It was not until police stopped the train in Central Point that Wal ter realized the man had been hit. The body was taken to Conger-Morris Funeral Home. Police are continuing attempts to positively identify the victim. Jackson County Court Upheld in Dismissal Salem (U.R) An attempted appeal by Lamar H. Dodd from a decision of the State Industrial Accident Commission failed to day when the State Supreme Court held the Jackson County Circuit Court properly dismissed his complaint. Dodd claimed disability from inhalatiaon of hot tar fumes on his job over a period of several weeks. The claim was accepted but Dodd's later claim that his injury had been aggravated was not allowed. The Supreme Court said that since the time permitted under the workmen's compensation law for taking an appeal to the Cir cuit Court had long since ex pired when Dodd tried to appeal, the trial court was right in dis missing the appeal. KMED Man Elected By State Broadcasters Eugene (U.R) The Oregon State Broadcasters Association has elected Dave Hoss of Station KSLM in Salem te be new pres ident. Other officers elected by more than 130 delegates to the third annual conference here included Ray Johnson, KMED, Medford, secretary-treasurer. Ground Troops, Airmen To Have Fart in Tests Washington (U.R) The De fense Department announced to day that 4,600 ground troops and an unspecified number of airmen will participate in the nuclear tests starting May IS at the Nevada Proving Grounds. There will : be nine public "shots" during the teat series, running to Sept. 1. Portland (U.R) Daryl G. Calloway, 41, has beea named Portland city treasurer, succeed ing William J. Powers, 65, who retired. .- r Lima, Ohio (U.R) The Lima Newspaper Guild went on strike today a&akist the Lim N&ws. United Press Full Leased Wira No. .35 . Mi-tirae Paid Parole Board Gets Approval by House Fouf-Yeor Term fpr Representative Loses Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes' legislative program got a boost late Tuesday when the House passed 36-21 a bill to set up a full-time, paid parole board of three members. The bill now goes to the Senate. Rep. Norman Howard, Port land Democrat and a sponsor of the bill, said a full time board would he able to conduct more interviews at the prison and get more men out op parole more rapidly. Howard said it was much cheaper to supervise a man on parole than, to maintain him in the state prison. $11,008 a Yea Salary The three board members would be paid $11,000 each a year for four-year terms under House bill 722. Estimated cost of the parole and probation pro gram would be $40,000 a year. Objections to the bill were voiced by Rep. Winton J. Hunt, Woodburn Republican, who said he favored a full time board eventually, but thought it toe ex pensive to start this year. Hunt said he doubted the pro gram could be run for $40,000 when salaries alone would run to $33,000 a year. He said a full- time secretary would probably be needed to help conduct about 200 probation hearings a year either in Salem or in other parts of the state. Numerous technical points of the ' bill, .were . objected to by Hunt, but Rep. George Layman, Newberg Republicacn, said he was sure the bill was legally sound. Layman said the only is sue . was whether or not tbe House wanted a full-time board now. " - Four-Year Term Loses : Defeated by the House 37-14 was Senate joint resolution 22 which would have provided a four-year term for state repre sentatives instead of the present two-year term. The resolution passed the Senate by a narrow margin. Rep. George Layman, New berg Republican, said the ad- vantagee of a four-year term would be more continuity in the legislative propess, but said that it would also remove representa tives from control by the people. Prime Coating on County Road Starts . Crews are now-starting prime coating on main roads in Jack son county, Paul Rynning, coun ty engvneer, said" today. . Dust oiling of roads through out the county is expected to be gin soon. Road crews are also moving one rock crusher from Wimer to the North River rd., about two miles west of the city of Rogue River. The other rock crusher is being moved from Copper to a point about a mile north of the new McKee bridge on the Applegate river. "Uh Huh Up Here It Looks Like Thunderstorms" " J-- -a. 1 ' ilfr Proposal Would Prclure Two-Thirds Of U.S.. Alaska Diplomats See Possibility of Deal London 4U.R) Western diplo mats said today the West may be jatole to "make a deal" out of the new Soviet disarmament plan if the Russians drop their demand to photograph two- thirds of the United States in return for aerial photography of Siberia. The plan, submitted by Depu ty Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin at the five-power United Nations Disarmament subcom mittee conference Tuesday, ac cepted President Eisenhower's open skies proposal in principle but included a hitch. Covers Two-Thirds of U.S. The approximately equal sized open zones" proposed by Rus sia actually would cover two thirds of the U.S. and Alaska and only one-third of Russia be cause the Soviet Union is so much bigger. The Zorin plan-also called for immediate abolition of nuclear tests and banning of the use of atomic bombs but not their pro duction. It dropped Russia's previous agreement to permit interna tional observers at selected air baser to give the alarm against any surprise attack. Much in the plan was bound to be rejected by the West when the disarmament conference re sumes Monday. Diplomats said the western delegations would join in seek ing agreement on all the points where the Soviet and western positions are closest "to make a deal." Moves Long Way They said Russia appeared to have moved a long way in agree ing to open up the skies over the western third of its territory, including the Soviet Pacific coast opposite Japan , and Alaska. . There was hope the Russians would be willing to accept some give and take on the details of the ."open" areas as well as on other points of disagreement, they said ' , - i It was learned only after Zo rin made his proposal that U.S. delegate Harold Stassen previ ously had suggested a Pacific "open, skies" area including Alaska and an equal amount of Soviet territory opposite. This would have been in addi tion to a European zone. Zorin suggested this run through mid dle Europe from a north-south line passing through London to a line just west of Moscow. Body of Project City Man Taken from River Hornbrook The body of a 25-year-old Project City man, miss ing since March 4, was recover ed from the Klamath river Monday, five miles north of Yreka. The man, Charles V. Rowland, was one of five passengers in a car that plunged into the river near Camp Lowe. Two other persons were injured in the acci dent. Rowland's body was pulled from the river at the Klamath River bridge by Siskiyou county sheriffs deputies. The body was lodged in a pile of brush against the bridge foundations at the in tersection of Highway 99 and the Klamath river road. Identi fication of the victim was made by his parents.