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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
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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.
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, 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.
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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.
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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