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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.
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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
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Thursday. Lew tmigiit - 4 J.
Kigfe Thursday (S.
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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.