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HI rvn EhaL rvr J IV SEGSATE DAY - - 52nd Year MEDFORD United Preca Full LeaMd Wire 24 Pages School District Expenses Listed At $2,329,165.89 Election Will Be Held ln Girls Gym June 4 The Medford school district budget committee last night ap proved a budget totaling S2, 329.765.89 for the next school year, and called an election for Tuesday, June 4. - The election will be held in the girls gymnasium at Medford High school between 2 and 3 p.m. The total general operating fund budget approved is $2,129, 439.01, and the amount for bond interest and sinking fund is $200,326.88. Estimated receipts next year are $709,229 for the general fund and $140,665.90 for the bond interest and sinking fund, or a total of $849,394.90. Raised by Taxation The amount to be raised by taxation is $1,479,870.99, budget committee members noted. How ever, an estimated $48,297.09 in taxes will not be collected, mem bers said, and brings -the total to be raised by taxation to $1, 328,163.08. A total of $428,072.95 is with in the 6 per cent limitation, leav ing $J. 039, 091. 80 more than the 6 per cent limitation. With an estimated assessed valuation Of $32,649,800. com mittee members noted. -the mill levy would be 46.8, an increase of 3.1 mills more than this year. The present 43.7 mill levy in the district is among the lowest in county,-"and one of "the lowest in state for school districts of comparable size, members noted. Included in the budget is $22, 630 for construction of new class rooms for. physical education nd dressing rooms for boyi at McLoughlin Junior High school, and other items such as improv ing lighting and finishing floors. New Construction The committee recommended that $107,500 which was sug gested for new construction be included in a proposed .bond issue for new schools and addi tions. The school board probably will consider the proposed bond issue this fall. Consideration was deferred from earlier this year so needs this fall could be based on enrollment at that time, school officials said. Dr. D. Kirkland West was elected chairman of the budget committee, and Kirs. Sara Fay Puhl was elected secretary. Voter registration deadline for the Medford school district budget election is Saturday, May 4 election department officials reminded residents. Registrations may be made at the court' use until 5 p.m. to day and at any fire hall Satur day. Klamath Falls Group Visits City Officials , A four-man Klamath Falls delegation to study the city man ager form of government were guests of the city of Medford Thursday. They were appointed by the Klamath Falls city council to study operation of the city man ager plan in Medford. Yesterday they conferred with Medford City Manager Robert Duff, other, city officials and Medford busi ness men concerning the system. Acting as host for the city of Medford was City Councilman Jimmy Dunlevy. Reprimand Due Contractors On Migrant Labor Foul-Up Gresh a m (U.R) Oregon La bor Commissioner Norman Nil sen said here today that two labor contractors would be repri manded for bringing two bus loads of migrant workers to Ore gon from Arizona when there were no jobs waiting for them. Forced on Relief Nilsen blamed labor contrac tors H. J. Harmon and E. J. Honeycutt of Eloy- Ariz., for the plight of the farm laborers 'who were forced to go on relief in Clackamas county because there was no work for them in Oregon berry fields. The la bor commissioner absolved El don Snider, the Boring area farmer who attempted to employ lev . , - - & 5 I -! s- K 'ii I 1-MmJ &v&rh LmM l ..in. I I DR. CHARLES SCHLEICHER Topic Is 'UN Today MRS. HAZEL ROBERTSON To Speak on Mid-East NATO Forging Front Against Expansion Bonn, Germany ifU.R) The North' Atlantic Alliance, formed to guard Western Europe against Russian aggression, today began forging a united front to resist Soviet expansion in the powder keg Middle East. The Ministers Council Qin- posed of the foreign ministers of the 15-nation alliance, plung ed into a secret session to draft a joint policy line on the Mid East and on German reunifica tion. At the same time Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul - Henri Spaak began drawing up the communique of the three-day session here.. It was expected to include a warning of the NATO nations united determina tion to -resist Soviet pressure in the Middle East and a strong new promise of NATO support for Germany's drive for re unification. Plumbing, Heating Group Confab Opens Factors to increase the home remodeling market was among subjects being considered today at the annual convention of the Oregon Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors. The conference, which is being held at the Medford hotel, will end Saturday. Among speakers is George Abrahamson of As toria, vice-president of the state association. Other speakers in the confer ence include Frank Burfitt, state association secretary; Thomas H. Hammond, national association director; and Walter Widmer, state association president. Salem (U.R) House biU 618 reorganizing the State Board of Forestry passed the House without opposition today and sent to the Senate. the workers. Nilsen said Snider was a victim of circumstances. Snider evicted the workers from his farm after they com plained they were not getting the pay or accommodations promised them in Arizona. Employment Sought Meanwhile, Nilsen said, every effort is being made to find employment for the migrants now temporarily housed in a Portland hotel. He said the incident was symptomatic of a situation not receiving enough attention - in Oregon. He called attention to proposed legislation that would create an interim committee to study the problem of migrant workers in the state. "T V FRIDAY, MAY , DR. CAPPER-JOHNSON Presides at Convention Two Speakers Are Scheduled at State UN Convention Speakers for the annual con vention of Oregon United Na tions association here tomorrow and Sunday will be Mrs. Hazel Robertson of the Ford Founda tion and Dr. Charles Schleicher, Eugene, professor of political sdence"-,ltt-fheTJ University of Oregon ! Dr. Karlin -. Capper-Johnson, Portland, member of the faculty at Lewis and Clark college, and OUNA president', will pre side for convention sessions. Dr. Schleicher will speak Sat urday Jrt - a; ftoon luncheon in the Pfojieer'T6ora Jackson hotel,; This will be a joint session of Medford League of Women Vot ers and the UN convention. His topic will be "UN Today." To Speak Saturday . Mrs. Robertson will speak Saturday at a dinner in the Pioneer room on "The Change less Middle East Changes." She recently returned to the United States after spending a consid erable period living in various Middle East countries. Sunday . Dr. Elmo Stevenson of Southern Oregon college will moderate a panel discussion of United Nations' needs following a luncheon at the Jackson hotel at 12:30 p.m. All three meetings are open to anyone interestered and res ervations may be made by call ing Mrs. Herbert Sampert, SP 2-4328. Arab Interference Charged To NATO By UNITED PRESS ' The - state - controlled Cairo radio attacked NATO today as an "imperialist-Zionist" alliance and accused the NATO Council of Ministers in Bonn of interfer ing in Arab affairs. A series of broadcasts warned Arabs to beware of plots against them and linked the western al liance with the Baghdad pact and the Eisenhower doctrine. The Eisenhower doctrine it self came in for new attacks as United States special envoy James P. Richards finished up his last day of talks with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem before re turning to Washington. Informed sources in Jerusalem said Richards and Israeli leaders were expected to issue a joint communique expressing a desire for peace in the Middle East but not committing Israel to sup port the doctrine. Value of Building Permits Is $282,275 Face value of building per mits issued during April totaled $282,275, compared to $206,712 in April, 1956, and $158,000 for April the year before,, according to H. E. Mackie, city building superintendent. . . Included in last month's per mits were the new $85,000 Jack son county juvenile home, now under construction on a site at the' old county fairgrounds, and a $22,000 addition to the St. Mary's school gymnasium. Permits also were issued for 11 new residences, $112,000; 13 residences remodeled, $26,625; two new duplexes, $20,000; one new business establishment, $3,800; and four businesses re modeled, $3,430. Tribune 3, 1957 IcaftedK Beck Posts $5,000 Bond on Charges Of Tax Evasion $56,420 Said Due For Taxes in 1950 Washington U.R) Team sters President Dave Beck sur rendered voluntarily to the United States marshal today and posted $5,000 bond on fed eral income tax evasion charges. Beck was indicted Thursday m Tacoma on charges of evad ing payment of $56,420 due in federal taxes for 1950. Appear in Court Beck and his attorney, Gerard Treanor of Washington, appear ed briefly before Federal Dis trict Judge Edward M. Curran here this morning. Then they went to the clerk's office, where. Treanor posted a cashier's check from the American Security and Trust Co. The bond is for Beck's ap pearance either here or in Tacoma. In answer to reporter's ques tions as to what was going on, Beck said: "I - wouldn't say one .; word about-it because I don't- know no more about it than you do now." Fingerprints Taken Beck was fingerprinted and otherwise processed in the mar shal's office before . his court appearance. . , Beckalreadyis in.5, trouble with "the SenateTilackets ACqm. mittee and AFL-CIO officials on charges that .he converted Teamsters .Union funds to his own use. Beck had planned to go ' to Atlantic City,- N.J., today for a Teamsters Union meeting. He is scheduled . to ; answer charges Monday before - the AFL-CIO Executive Committee that his giant union is dominated by corrupt influences. Also Faces Theft Charges On Wednesday, the Senate Rackets Committee will 'resume its investigation into charges that Beck used $320,000 in un ion funds for his own benefit. Committee Counsel Robert Ken nedy said recently he felt the committee could prove Beck "stole" the funds. The indictment was handed down after "intensive investiga tions" of Beck's 1950 income tax returns, the Justice Depart ment said in Washington. . Weather FORECAST: Fair through Sat urday. Warmer in afternoon. Low tonight 38. High Satur- . day 76. Temp. Highest Yesterday 62 Lowest this Morning 36 Our Skies Tonight Free, to 4:30 a.m. Today 02 Sunrise 5:04 a.m. Sunset 7:13 p.m. Moonset .-. 11:07 p.m. First Quarter May S PROMINENT STAR Capella, low in north west 9:44 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, high in south S:5S p.m. Mars, north of the Moon. Saturn, rises 9:58 p.m. "We Don't Want You To Price 10c United Press full Leased Win No. 37 Rushes Meet Honduran Threat Situation Critical Despite OAS Pleas Managua, Nicaragua (U.R) Nicaragua and Honduras shift ed to wartime footings today and rushed troops to key points on their common border. There was no formal declara tion of war by either country. Jjut the situation was becoming mora critical by the moment de spite pleas by the Organization oi American States and the U.S. government for a cease-fire pend' ing a peaceful settlement of the centuries-old border dispute. The OAS was forming a five nation committee to rush to Cen tral America on a fact-finding mission. . Fighting Spreads Reports from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, said the fighting had spread from Mocoron in the dis puted territory near the Carir bean coast to Las Manos, a west ern border post about 80 miles from the Pacific Ocean. Informed sources here said some 20,000 Nicaraguan troops were converging on the border, supported by naval and air forces. Nicaraguan asmed forces chief Gen. Anastasio Somoza an nounced Thursday night that his troops recaptured Mocoron Thursday, less than 18 hours after Honduran forces took, it from a Nicaraguan patrorr r Informed sources said three Honduran P38s were shot down in the battle, but no casualty list was announced. Plant Overload Question' Denied Would t h e ' annexation of Berrydale to Medford . "over load" the city's, sewage disposal plant? A former mayor fears it might. City Manager Robert Duff said there is no danger that it would. - jTrr-'j.""-'-. The former, mayor, J. C. Collins, last night told the Med ford city council there is a possi bility the sewage disposal , plant at Camp White would be over loaded if the Berrydale area was annexed to Medford. Collins said capacity of the Camp White disposal unit was for 50,000 military personnel, or about 35,000 civilians. Present workload of the disposal plant is about 22,000, according to city officials. Collins said increased sewage at the plant from the Berrydale area would require addition of new disposal facilities at Camp White. - ; Duff said today there is no im .mediate danger that waste from Berrydale would overload Camp White facilities. He noted that eventually the Camp White unit would have to be expanded whether Berrydale is annexed or not. -. Collins was appointed mayor in February, 1948, following the death of Mayor C. A. Meeker. He was succeeded by the late Diamond Flynn in. January, 1949. Collins also served as a councilman for several terms. Albany (U.R) Young Demo crats of Oregon will hold their 26th annual state convention here May 10, 11 and 12. Feel Left Out Of This' Key District Bill, Three Democratic Tax Bills Passed House Makes Progress In Thursday Action Salem (U.R) The House made some major progress in fields of taxes and education Thursday by passing the con troversial key district bill and three bills of the Democratic tax program. The compromise key district proposal passed the House over whelmingly with only three negative votes after Ren. Tom Monaghan, Milwaukie Demo crat, moved to have the vote by which it was returned to com mittee reconsidered. No Further Changes A majority of House Edu tion Committee members told the House that no further changes could be made in the bill beyond the amendments made by Rep John Mosser, Portland Republi can. The bill changes the formula for distributing basic school aid so that poorer districts get more money. High schools also would get more than elementary schools and some money would be shifted from rural to first class districts. The bill was drastically amended from the version which passed the Senate and opponents of the bill in the House said they favored a compromise bill but thought the Mosser amendments did not provide for enough equalization. Equalisation of Cost Mosser argued that the amend ed bill did provide equalization of the cost of education through out Oregon. "Once the basic school fund get to $90, from then on every district will benefit proportion ately from any further increases in the school fund," Mosser said. . .?'Every district .will then have an JnterestJn getting more state aid for education and when the aid is supplied you 'will have a true key district bill," he added. Rep. Herman Chindgren, Mo lalla Republican, predicted that the key district bill would "re turn to haunt us , within two years.!' He also predicted that thCSenate would not concur-in amendments made by the House and would return to the original bill. Tax Billi OK'd The three tax measures pass ing were House bill 796 raising the corporation excise tax and repealing the 50 per cent prop erty tax. off set; House bill 797 ralslng..Tiriheritance taxes and House bill 798 hiking gift taxes. The three bills, along with House bill one which repeals the 45 per cent surtax and sets new income tax rates, comprise the Democratic program designed to meet a budget, of $278 million. Neuberger Pledges War on Oil Prices Portland (U.R) The Oregon Apartment House association here received assurances Thurs day from Sen. Richard L. Neu berger (D-Ore.) tlat he is doing everything he can to combat In crease in prices of fuel oil and other petroleum products. The OAHA met to protest the recent 15-cent-per-barrel increase on fuel oil. W. J. Wolverton, chairman of the association's spe cial committee to investigate fuel Oil prices, said last week's raise was the sixth in a series over the past 18 months by major oil companies. During that periodfuel oil prices have risen from $3 per barrel to $4.20, he said. Another Meeting May Be Necessary by Committee The Jackson county budget committee today said one more meeting may be necessary before work on the county's 1957-58 budget is completed. The committee, during its meeting this morning, was con sidering such items as salaries for county employees and re quests for new equipment in some of the departments. CAT POISONED ' Joan Brooks, route 1, box 63B, Central Point, reported to sheriff Howard Gault yesterday that her cat was poisoned sometime Wed nesday. The cat was taken to a veterinarian for treatment. Type of poison believed consumed by the cat was not known, deputies said. (Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 0 4 3 Detroit S 7 1 , Sullivan, Chekales (7) and While; Foytack and House. Washington 6 14 1 Chicago 11 13 0 Kimmtrtr, Ramos 3). Shif flett (4), Hyde (6). Brodow ski (8) and Berbertt, Kugu, Staler (2) and Loll sr. 1 jiiBilSiilr Joseph McCarthy Liver Ailment Fatal Council Rezones Five Acres Near New Hospital Site The Medford city council last night rezoned five acres near the new Rogue Valley Memorial hospital for limited commercial purposes. Rezoned was a five-acre site in the vicinity of Black Oak drive and Barnett rd. from single family (class IA) to limited com mercial (class IIIA). A public hearing on the mat ter was continued last month when the council heard a report that . there - was a possibility $340,000 in federal Hill-Burton funds allocated for the hospital would be withdrawn if the area near the hospital was rezoned for commercial purposes. . . The Rev. George R. V. Bolster, vij ;e .PJ&?ident .pfjthe Rogue Valley-hospital committee, told the council, last night federal au thorities have informed him funds allocated for the hospital would not be affected by zoning adjacent property for commer cial purposes. -, .. t v , Mr. .Bolster added he would not;bljjecttoj:estriuied com mercial development:. of, area near the new hospital, as long as an unpleasant atmosphere was not created. - The $2 million hospital at 2825 Barnett rd. is now under con struction on a 20-acre site. An argument ' favoring the zone change was summarized by Robert E. Mclntyre, of the Rogue Valley Land company! He is one of the developers of the five acres as well as a larger area in southeast Medford planned for about 1,100 single family dwellings. Mclntyre told the council the acreage he was subdividing, de scribed as about one-half mile from the Rogue Valley hospital, would not "detract" from order ly development of the area near the hospital. No opposition to the zoning change was voiced at the meet ing. . ' (Se council ltory, page 3) District Court Trial Gets Under Way Today The trial of a Medford couple and an Ashland man, accused of beating an Ashland woman sev eral weeks ago, got under way this morning in district court. Charged with assault and bat tery against Mrs. Johh Drager, 272 Orange st., Ashland, are Fred Whitham, 62, route 1, Ashland, Loren Cecil Keck, 42, of 2645 South Stage rd., Medford, and Keck s 31-year-old wife, Cleo. Mrs. Drager told police she was beaten by the trio in a car after they offered to' take her home from an Ashland tavern. She said they threw her out of the car and left her on a side walk in Ashland after the al leged beating. Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today . urged western Republicans to regroup their forces behind the 1956 GOP platform in their 1958 bat tle to regain control of Congress. Eisenhower Twice Defeated By Appropriations Group Washington U.R) President Eisenhower suffered a double defeat in the House today. ' The Appropriations Commit tee voted 19 to 14 to deny his request for $50 million to start a new federal program of flood insurance. . Plea for Barter Rejected And the Agriculture Commit tee turned down his plea for authority to barter surplus farm products to Soviet satel lite nations." The appropriations group, meeting behind closed, doors, affirmed findings by a subcom mittee that, the administration's flood insurance program was "too indefinite and costly." . Controversial Senator's Burial To Be in Appleton Wisconsin Republican Dies of Liver Ailment Washington U.R) Funeral services for Sen. Joseph R. Mc Carthy will be held at 11 a.m. (EDT) monday in the Senate Chamber Where he rose to fame and later was condemned by his colleagues. The Senate services will be preceded by Catholic mass at 9 a.m. at St. Matthews Cathe dral, where McCarthy was mar ried in 1953. The Senate will meet briefly at noon Monday and adjourn out of respect for McCarthy. A committee of senators will accompany the body from the Senate Chamber to Appleton, Wis., Monday. Burial . will be in - Appleton Tuesday. The decision to conduct the services in the Senate Chamber was announced after Senate leaders conferred with Mrs. McCarthy. The Wisconsin Republican died at Bethesda Naval hospital late Thursday of a little under stood liver malady called "acute hepatitis.". The immediate cause of death was "acute hepatitic failure", failure of the' liver to go on working. Mrs. McCarthy indicated a de sire that funeral services be held in the Senate itself. Death came to the controver sial senator, who made hosts of enemies and friends with his attacks on alleged Communists in government, with a sudden ness that shocked the capital. He had been ill for a number of weeks but did not enter the hospital until last Sunday. The hospital said he was "seriously" ill, but never publicly put him on the "critical" list Eisenhower Sends Condolences Mrs. McCarthy did not au thorize an autopsy, and .there will be none. Messages of condolence pour ed in to McCarthy's widow, the beautiful Jean whom he mar ried in 1953. . President and Mrs. Eisenhower and former President Truman voiced their sorrow, though the President and former President had been targets of his attacks. Others who had been his enemies in life availed themselves of the rule to' say nothing ill of the dead. . . Election for Successor His death could not affect con trol of the Senate, .which now lies with the Democrats by one vote. Gov. Vernor Thomson of Wisconsin was thought likely to call a special election to fill the vacancy. " He left enemies who at this time chose to follow the example of one of his hardest-hit targets, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Acheson said it in Lat in: "De mortuis nil nisi bonum" "Of the dead say nothing but good." Of McCarthy's death, Eisen hower said only that he had "just been informed of his sud den passing." Former President Truman, whose administration was bit terly attacked by McCarthy, said he was "very sorry" to hear of his death and would send con dolences to the family. - Adlai E.. Stevenson, two-time Democratic presidential candidate-who also was bitterly at tacked by McCarthy, said "I think I'd better not comment." Vice - President Richard M. Nixon called McCarthy a contro versial figure who must be eval uated by history but added, "his friends and many of his critics will not question his devotion to what he considered to be the best interests of his country." A close associate, Sen. William E. Jenner (R-Ind.), said Amer ica has lest a fighting patriot, a courageous man who has been willing to pay the price for his convictions and for his country." Maj. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker, once told by McCarthy that he was "not fit to wear that uni form," said through an aide in Japan where he is now stationed: "No comment." . (Sm stories on page 10) The Agriculture Committee approved a bill to extend until June 30, 1958, the administra tion's $1,300,000,000 program for disposing of surplus foods abroad. ' - Provision Eliminated ' But it eliminated a provision asked by Eisenhower to author ize barter of some of the food stuffs behind the Iron Curtain. The Senate has passed such, a bill. Committee Chairman Har old D. Cooley (D-N.C.) said a compromise might be negotiated to permit bartering with all Communist countries except Russia, Red China, Outer Mon golia, North Vietnam and North Korea. r
