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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1957
No. 44
Me
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Elkins, Clark Are
Found Guilty in
Wire Tapping Case
Jury Deliberates
More Than 3 Hours
Portland (U.R) James B
Elkins and his Employee, Ray
mond F. Clark, Saturday were
found guilty by a federal court
jury on seven counts of violat
ing the federal wire tap law.
Elkins, who was the star wit
ness before the Senate commit
tee investigating labor racket
eering, and Clark were charged
'with . illegally intercepting and
divulging telephone conversa
tions. The seven-man, five-woman
jury, after deliberating more
than three hours, returned a un
animous verdict against them on
all seven counts. ;
Oden Investigation
U. S. Judge William East ord
ered a pre-trial investigation af
ter both men declined the
judge's offer of immediate sen
tencing. Elkins is free on bail
of $5,000 and Clark dti $3,000
oom men iace a maximum
penalty of a year in prison and
$10,000 fine on each count.
Before the jury adjourned for
deliberations, Judge East in
structed then for more than an
hour. He told them that they
could return separate verdicts
on each count and against each
person.
The government in the 26
day trial submitted as evidence
five reels of tape as being the
alleged wire taps made by El
kins and Clark. The tapes were
first seized in a raid on Clark's
home by county officers and
later seized by the FBI as evi
dence. Among government witnesses
who appeared at the trial were
Mayor Terry Schrunk and ex
Multnomah county District At
torney William M. " Langley.
Langley was officially ousted on
Thursday when he was sentenc
ed on a neglect of duty charge.
Mayor Terry Schrunk is sched
uled to go on trial on a perjuiy
charge on May 22. He is accused
of lying when he told a grand
jury he did not take a bribe in
connection with a raid on a Port
land, Ore., night club while he
was Multnomah county sheriff.
Saudi Arabia, Iraq
Kings End Feud
Baghdad, Iraq, U.R) The
kings of Saudi Arabia and Iraq
met Saturday to end a blood
feud and ally their oil-rich lands
more closely with the west in
the face of Egyptian and Syrian
overtures to Russia.
American and other western
diplomats predicted the meeting
would herald a shift of Midde
East powers into a new align-
m on f
King Saud of Saudi Arabia
and a retinue of 80 flew to Bagh
dad for conferences with Iraq
Feisal aboard three special plan
es. The trip was the first by a
Saudi monarch to Iraq and sym
bolized the end of a bitter quar
rel that stemmed from the fact
that Saud's father ousted Feisal's
grandfather from Arabia after
World War I.
Both monarchs made a cere
mony of their meeting. Saud, in
flowing white Arab robes, was
greeted by Feisal and crown
Prince Abdul Ilah wearing field
marshal uniforms at Baghdad
airport.
Seven Children Perish
In Connecticut Fire
Stratford, Conn. (U.R)
Seven children perished in a
fire which destroyed a two-story
frame house here Saturday.
Fire department officials said
five children died when trapped
in the building. Two others died
at a hospital. 'Five of the chil
dren were believed to be of one
family.
The building was destroyed.
The cause of the fire was not
immediately determined.
Sports Bulletins
Portland .U.R) The Port
land Beavers made it two in a
row ever the league leading
Los Angeles Angels ai ' they
knocked off the Angels last
night, 7-4.
Seattle UR) With iev
en of their runs unearned be
cause of five Seattle errors
the San Diego Padres defeat
ed the Rainier 9-4 here last
night in a Pacific Coast league
baseball contest.
Vancouver. B.C. 'U.R)
right-hander Charles Beamon
celebrated his return Jo Van
couver with a two-hitler last
night as the Mounlies hammer
ed the San Francisco Seals
12-1.
'It's Easier If You Keep Your Eyes Closed"
Tax Bill Voted Out
J State Committee
Salem (U.R) House bill 1,
representing the heart of the
Democratic tax program, was
voted out favorably Saturday by
the Senate Taxation committee.
The vote was strictly on party
lines, with the four Democrats
on the committee voting in fa
vor of the measure and the three
Republicans against. .
The measure passed with only
a few minor amendments of an
administrative nature, but with
no substantive change. And once
the measure passes the Senate
as observers believe it will the
Berlin Students
Strike in Protest -
Berlin (U.R) A student
strike last night forced East Ger
man Communists to back down
on an order suspending 122 vet
erinary students who boycotted
classes after their dean fled to
the west.
The Communists alerted their
militia to prevent-student dem
onstrations from growing into
a lull-Hedged anti-government
outburst.
The reds first expelled 122
veterinarian students at Hum
boldt university in East Berlin,
then reinstated them when the
entire student body began a pro
test strike.
Some 122 students the en
tire junior class of Humboldt
veterinary school refused to
attend lectures Thursday given
by professors substituting for
Dean Guenther Scheutzer. The
dean fled to the west last week
when the Communists threaten
ed his with disciplinary action
for supporting a student anti
Communist movement.
Mayflower Passed
Near Canary Islands
London U.R) Norwegian
tanker radioed Friday night it
had passed the Mayflower II
about 500 miles southwest of the
Canary Islands.
A message received here from
the 1,524-ton tanker Barli said
it had passed close to the tiny
Pilgrim ship Friday shortly af
ter noon. The Mayflower was
scudding along before a gentle
breeze in a calm sea the message
added.
Mayflower Skipper Command
er Alan ViHiers reported late
Friday night the tiny ship had
sailed 2,500 miles in 20 days.
In a radio message received
here he said, "The third week
finds the ship bowling along in
the north-east trade winds skirt
ing the tropics edge and making
steadily westward."
"We must be nearer Colum
bus' track than the original May
flower but we are going nicely,"
it said.
Polish Politburo Will
Be Increased to 13
Warsaw (U.R) "Liberal"
Communist party leader Wlady
slaw Gomulka will further bal
ance the Stalinist and Titoist
elements in Poland by enlarging
his politburo to 13 members, in
formed sources said Saturday.
The sources said the independent-minded
party chief would
bring defense minister Marian
Spychalski, one of his keenest
supporters, into the policy-making
group. It also would include
deputy premier Zenon Nowak,
an avowed Stalinist.
House is expected to concur
quickly in the Senate amend
ments and send the measure to
the governor's desk for signa
ture. Rough Passage
Even so, indications were the
measure would find rough pass
age in the Senate. Republican
senators on the committee, Phil
Lowry of Medford, Lee Ohmart
of Salem and Rudie Wilhelm Jr.
of Portland, all indicated they
would give their reasons on the
floor for being against the mea
sure. '
And Sen. Ben Musa, The Dal
les Democrat, while voting to
bring the measure out favorably
said he reserved ' the right to
vote against it on the floor if he
saw fit.- Musa had submitted al
ternate proposals for assessment,
starting at 2 per cent on the
first $1,000 of taxable income,
and rising to a maximum of 8
per cent on all taxable income
in excess of $5,000. His amend
ments were voted down at Fri
day's meeting of the Taxation
Committee.
Claims Surtax Included
Lowry called HB1, which is
designed to take the place of the
"rather detested" surtax, a "su
per built-in surtax that will cost
the taxpayers more money. It
makes the stop-gap surtax per
manent." Wilhelm said "instead of a 45
per cent surtax we now have a
51 per cent surtax- permanent
ly written into law."
Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Mil
waukie Democrat, retorted that
the Republicans "would be op
posed to any program short of a
sales tax."
Here are the rates under
House bill 1:
On the first $500 of taxable
income or any part thereof, 4
per cent.
On the second $500 of taxable
income, 5 per cent.
On the third $500 of taxable
income, 6 per cent.
On the fourth $500 of taxable
income, 7 per cent.
On the third $1,000 of taxable
income, 8 per cent.
On the fourth $1,000 of tax
able income, 9 per cent.
On all taxable income in. ex
cess of $4,000 and not in excess
of $8,000, 10.2 per cent.
On all taxable income in ex
cess of $8,000, 11.6 per cent.
The bill raises the exemption
of a single person from $500 to
$600 and of a married couple,
from $1,000 to $1,200. And it
increases the credit for each de
pendent individual from $500
to $600.
Bids Will Be Called This Spring for
Several Work
Camp White Bids on sev
eral additional work phases in
the Talent project will be called
this spring and early summer,
the bureau of reclamation has
reported.
Expected to be invited Tues
day will be bids for construc
tion of government community
facilities at Howard Prairie dam
in the Cascades southeast of Ash
land. This will consist of install
ing trailers, a two-stall garage,
a shop and warehouse building
and a washouse: and grading
and graveling one central street
and parking area. Included will
be installation of a generator
and constructing sewer, water
and lighing facilities.
Bid call will be issued about
May 24 for removal of timber
and brush from 870 acres in the
Howard Prairie reservoir, locat
tci about 20 miles from. Ashland
Colombia President
Leaves for Exile
After 4-Day Revolt
More Than 100 Are
Killed in Violence
Bogota, Colombia U.R)
Colombian mobs beat, choked,
kicked or burned to death scores
of supporters of President Gus
tavo Rojas Pinilla in the final
hours of violence accompanying
his ouster and flight toward ex
ile in Spain, it was learned Sat
urday. The death toll in four days of
mounting revolt totalled more
than 100, including 70 "Rojistas"
killed in rioting Friday in the
southwestern provincial capital
of Cali.
Elsewhere in the country, 34
deaths were reported. ..
Mobs in Cali also destroyed
the plant of two pro-Rojas news
papers, "El Pais" and "Diario
Del Pacifico."
Doused with Gasoline
In Cali two pers6ns were dous
ed with gasoline and turned into
flaming torches.
The country remained divid
ed Saturday between jubilation
at the overthrow of Rojas and
fury at his supporters. But no
new incidents of major violence
were reported.
The five-man military Junta
which succeeded the President
appealed to the .United States
and other nations for diplomatic
recognition.
Government offices and the
property of Rojas supporters in
various cities were destroyed by
mobs celebrating the "revolu
tion." The ex-president, accompanied
by nine relatives, left Bogota
secretly Friday night in a special
Air Force C-54. The Army de
tailed a strong guard to escort
him to the airport.
Brig. Gen. Juan B. Cordoba,
chief of the government press of
fice, told newsmen . the Junta
government , urgently . needs for
eign recognition to holster its
"de facto" status.
OLCC Suspensions
Effective May 20
License suspension for two
Jackson county liquor outlets
will become effective on Mon
day, May 20, the Oregon Liquor
Control, commission reported
Friday.
License of the Veteran's club,
42 North Front st., Medford, was
ordered suspended for ,10 days
by the OLCC for serving non
members. Service permits of two
employees, John Schuster and
Mary Mathias, also were order
ed suspended for two days. The
Commission said they allowed
persons other than members or
guests to enjoy club privileges
and to 'purchase and consume al
coholic liquor.
Licenses issued to private
clubs provide that sale or serv
ice is for members only, and not
the general public. Guests must
be in the company of a member,
the OLCC explained.
License of Paulsen Thrift Mar
ket, 126 Pine st., Central Point,
was ordered suspended for seven
days. The suspension order fol
lowed review of a hearing at
whith Martin J. Gates, one of
the licensees, was found to have
contributed to a candidate for
a political candidate or party.
Wesf European Nations
Accept U.S. Invitation
London (U.R) Virtually
all West European nations Sat
urday planned to accept an Am
erican invitation to send obser
vers to a series of atomic test
explosions in the Navada desert
next summer.
Phases of Talent Project
in the Cascades,
During June and July, five
bid calls are expected for con
struction of the 67-foot-high
Keene Creek earth dam and ap
purtenant structures; the six-foot-diameter,
2,000 - foot - long
concrete-lined Cascade Divide
pressure tunnel; about 150 feet
of 60-inch diameter monolithic
concrete pressure conduit; a
wasteway turnout structure, and
about 8,000 feet of 24-inch-dia-meter
precast concrete pipe
wasteway.
Also scheduled is construction
of the six-foot-diameter, 5,000-feet-long
concrete-lined Green
Springs pressure tunnel :' and
about 300 feet of six-foot-diameter
monolithic concrete pressure
conduit. Site of the work is
southeast of Ashland.
Bids also will be invited for
construction of the Green
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FOREST FIRES Light rain in New England
brought some respite to an outbreak of forest
fires in the northeastern states, but officials
said heavier rains were needed to end the
Eighth Annual Safety
Patrol Banquet Will
Be Held Next Friday
The eighth annual school safe
ty patrol banquet will be held
in the Pioneer room of the Jack
son hotel Friday, May 17, accord
ing to Aubrey Loper, president
of the ' Medford Safety council.
The banquet, sponsored by the
council, will honor more than
100 boys and girls who comprise
the school safety patrols of the
Medford public schools and St.
Mary's school.
Arrangements for the dinner,
which will start at 6:30 p.m., are
being handled by John ChilderS,
chairman. Robert Baccus, Elliott
Becken and Ed Anderson . arc
assisting. - '
Program Highlight ,
The program highlight will be
an address by Medford Police
Capt. Clyde Fichtner, a member
of the safety council and one of
the school safety patrol organ
izers in Medford.
Captain Fichtner has been a
member of the Medford police
iorce lor years ana nas Deen
active in youth work in the com
munity. His talk, "Leadership for
Safety", will trace development
of the school program and show
the importance of this activity
in development of the school
patrol program and show the
importance of this activity in
District 9 Election
Scheduled Tuesday
Eagle Point Residents of
Eagle. Point school district 9
will vote Tuesday, May 14, on
the district's proposed $415,029.
72 budget for 1957-58.
Polls will be open in the high
school gymnasium from 2 to 8
p.m.
The proposed budget is $105,
867.64 more than the current
budget, which is $309,162.08
General operating budget . for
next year is $374,947.22 and the
amount for bonds and interest
is $40,082.50.. .
Estimated receipts for. ' next
year are $142,479.27. The am
ount to be raised by taxation is
$272,550.45. A-total of $52,720.-
67 is within the 6 per cent limi
tation, leaving $219,829.78 more
than the 6 per cent limitation.
With an estimated assessed
valuation of $4,658,935.41, the
mill levy would be 58.5 of 1.8
mills less than the present op
erating budget.
Springs pressure conduit, which
will include about 4,200 feet of
60-inch-diameter monolithic concrete-precast
pipe, modified pre
stressed concrete pipe, or coal
tar enameled steel pipe.
Also to be called are bids for
construction of about eight mil
es of the Howard Prairie deliv
ery canal, including about three
miles of reinforced concrete rec
tangular flume section, a 48-inch
concrete pipe siphon about 1,200
feet long, and the earth and rock
fill Little Beaver creek diver
sion dam.
Final bid call will be for re
moving a 42-inch wood-stave
pipe siphon, and construction of
a 54-inch monolithic concrete or
precast concrete steel cylinder
pipe siphon about 1,600 feet
long. This will be the Bear
Creek siphon on the Talent lat
eral near Medford.
ft
developing leadership qualities
in boys and girls.
Mayor John Snider of Medford
will be introduced by Russ Jam
ison, chairman of the public in
formation committee, and will
present individual awards to the
school safety patrols.
The banquet will be open to
the public and tickets may be
obtained from members of the
banquet committee. Tickets will
also be available at the door on
the night of the event.
Five Are Killed
In Oregon Mishaps
By UNITED PRESS
Five persons died in accidents
in Oregon Friday and early Sat
urday. Four were killed in high
way mishaps and an eastern Ore
gon farmer was crushed by his
tractor.
Edward A. Shirtcliff, 50, Myr
tle Creek, was killed about 1:20
a.m. Saturday when his auto
mobile collided with a pickup
truck driven by 16-year-old Ger
ald . Wayne Anderson of Rose
burg, on Highway 99 about a
mile south of Roseburg. Ander
son and two passengers in the
Shirtcliff care were injured.
Peter E. Eliason, 47, Forest
Grove, died when he drove off
Highway 26 at Cherry ville. He
was driving an old Army am
bulance vehicle.
Levi Francis Trudell, 63, of
Albany, was killed in a two-car
head on-collision two miles south
of Albany. Mrs. Bertha Watson,
61, Florence, was in an Albany
hospital with serious injuries.
State police said Mrs. Watson's
northbound car apparently went
out of control and spun on the
highway, colliding with Trudell's
southbound car.
Betty Jean Shimek, 11, of
Portland, was struck by a car
driven by Ruby Neola Pfenning
who was pulling out of a restaur
ant parking lot. The driver said
she was not aware that she had
hit the girl on a bicycle until
a passenger in the car shouted
at her to stop.
Frank John, 80, a farmer who
lived four miles south of Adrian
in Malheur county, was pinned
by a tractor . he was cranking
when it started in gear. He was
crushed against the inside wall
of his barn.
Ceremonies Slated
For Memorial Day
Memorial Day ceremonies
will be held at the Camp White
cemetery on Thursday, May 30,
starting at 1:30 p.m.
Master of ceremonies will be
E. K. Ricker, manager of the
domiciliary.
Representative of veterans
organizations and auxiliaries
will perform massing . of the
colors in front of the speaKers
platform. Caesar Muzzioli ac
cordianists will play the Nation
al anthem and Chaplin Law
rence Eskay will give the invo
cation.
Ricker will introduce County
Judge Rodney Keating as main
speaker for the ceremony.
Ricker will lay the memorial
wreath, after which the audience
will stand at attention for one
minute of silent prayer. Bene
diction will be by Chaplin Al
bert S. Feller. The Camp White
rifle team will fire a salute
and a recording of Taps by Lax
Iry Findley will be played.
HitTexa
fire threat. The fires above are in the Ply
mouth, Mass., vicinity, where damage was
estimated at $1,500,000.
Light Rain Brings
Relief to Forest.
Fires in Northeast
Boston (U.R) Light rain
brought a respite Saturday from
a multi-million dollar outbreak
of forest fires in New England.
But officials warned that a
drenching downpour was needed
to end the fire threat.
Gov. Foster Furcolo appealed
to President Eisenhower to de
clare Massachusetts a disaster
area. (
Governor Furcolo said in a
telegram to the president that
cities and towns had thrown all
their resources into the fight
against forest fires and govern
ment "logistical support", was
needed. -Order
Operations
' Although more than an inch of
rain had fallen in Boston since
Friday morning, Furcolo ordered
cloud-seeding operations begun
in all all-out effort to bring more
rain to the state's parched wood
lands. .
National Guard rain-making
teams moved through the state
spraying silver iodide crystals
skyward. The crystals from the
nuclei of artificial snowflakes
which could turn to rain
About 1,000 firefighters pa
troled the the outskirts of his
toric Plymouth, Mass., in the
wake of a fire that ate through
20,000 acres of forest and threat
ened for a time to burn show
place homes preserved from the
Pilgrim era. Damage in that
section alone was estimated at
$1,500,000.
14 Plead Innocent
In Cairo Spy Trial
Cairo (U.R) Fourteen of
16 persons facing possible .death
sentences as "spies" including
two of four Britons on trial
pleaded innocent in a heavily-
guarded courtroom here Satur
day. The other two British citizens
reserved their pleas.
Eleven Egyptians and a Yugo
slav ex-colonel, in addition to
the fpur Britons were present in
court when the biggest spy trial j
in Egyptian history finally got
under way. Four other Britons
named in the indictment are still
at large.
AEC Sending Experts
On Special Mission
Washington (U.R) The at
omic energy commission an
nounced Saturday it is sending
a team of experts in the peace
ful uses of atomic energy on a
special mission to Japan, Na
tionalist China, and the Philip
pines. The five-man team will par
ticipate in a conference on peace
time uses of the atom opening in
Tokyo May 13. The 13-day con
ference is sponsored by the at-
. - . r U
omic industrial ioruius i me
United States and Japan.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy this
morning and early this after
noon. Increasing cloudiness
with showers or thundershow
ers late this afternoon and
evening. Rain Monday morn
ing. Slightly warmer Sunday
and Monday. High, both days
75, low Sunday night 4.
Temp.
Richest Yesterday I1
Lowest yesterday 4S
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
4:53 a.m.
Sunset
7:23 p.m.
The Moon rises P-"1-
sets Monday 4:40 a.m.
and will' be, Full Monday after
noon. A total eclipse of the
Moon, coming at that time, will
not he seen in North America,
except, on the east coast where
It will end Just at or ihorUy
after moonrise.
Central Part of
State Drenched in
Cloudburst Rains
Undetermined List
Of People Marooned
Dallas, Tex U.R New
Flash floods, built up by sev
en-inch cloudbursts in two hours
time, struck central Texas last
night.
Creeks in the already satur
ated area swept out of their
banks, flooding highways and
leaving an undetermined num
ber of persons marooned at two
small towns.
The department of public safe
ty issued an urgent call for boats
with heavy motors for rescue
work.
A helicopter was requested
from the army to rescue three
persons who were swept away in
their automobile but - managed
to grab and hold on to a tree.
New Crisis
The new crisis developed in
central Texas as new and con
tinuing cloudbursts sent at least
six rivers charging to dangerous
heights earlier Saturday, wash
ing out a railroad track between
two approaching trains.
At least one person was kill
ed. She was Mrs. Monroe Miller,
66, who was swept from the
highway along with five women
in an automobile near Del Rio.
The flash floods last night
struck the same areas that un
derwent flash flooding on three
previous occasions since an un
paralleled seige of heavy weath
er struck the state April 19.
The creeks that went out o
the banks last night were the
Bullhide and Cow Bayou, about
15 miles south of Waco.
United Press correspondent
Ray Bell said at Waco that the
streams were moving with unbe
lievable swiftness. He said rain
fall at Waco only totaled 1.14
inches but it was still raining.
At Austin, the department of
public safety said a woman and
a patrolmen tried to rescue the
pair in a boat but the boat over
turned and left patrolman Rob
ert A. Knowles hanging to a
stop sign. The other patrolman,
John Dendy, managed to climb
the tree.
Bell said the heavieset rain
in the. area was at Moody, 30
miles south of Waco, which had
6.81 inches and heavy rains' were
still falling there.
United Press correspondent
Harry Gaines said five inches of
rain fell at Eddy, between Tem
ple and Waco, stalling 102 auto
mobiles or forced them off the
highway.' ,
Highway patrol Capt. Sam
Gardner issued the appeal for
boats. It was reported that resi
dents at Golinda, a town of be
tween 100 artd 150 people were
marooned. Fears were also rais
ed for residents of the little town
of Troy.
The weather bureau issued its
125th severe- weather forecast
for the year Saturday, warning
of the possibility of tornadoes.
One tornado did hit near Chan
ning, in the northwest corner
of the Texas panhandle, knock
ing down power lines.
Mail Tribune Gels
Certificate of Merit
The Medford Mail Tribune
Saturday received a certificate
of merit for its record in the
1956 safe driving campaign
sponsored by the American
Newspaper Publishers associa
tion and the International Cir
culation Managers association.
The Mail Tribune was one of
54 newspapers awarded a cer
tificate out of a total of 475
participants.
A letter from Cranston Wil
liams, general manager of the
ANPA, to the- Mail Tribune,
stated, "Our records indicate
your circulation fleet operated
a distance of 238,468 miles dur
ing 1956 without a single acci
dent." Official recognition was given
recipients of certificates at the
71st annual ANPA meeting held
in New York City on April 24.
Hawthorne Park Pool
Will Open June 9
The Hawthorne park swim
ming pool will open June 9 this
year, according to Darell Hu
son, city treasurer. The pool
usually opens during the first
week after school is out, he said
Before the pool is opened this
year it will be repainted an aqua
color, Huson said. The pool only
needs a few minor repairs this
year, he added.