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n m mm 52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 16 Pages Italy Road Racer Blows Tire; 12 Persons Lose Lives Spanish Nobleman, American Victims Brescia, Italy U.R) Italian road racing appeared doomed to day in the wake of the deadly finish of the Mille Miglia (1,000 mile) race, which claimed 12 lives, including Spanish noble man Alfonso de Portago and his American co-pilot, Eddie (Gun ner) Kelson of Beloit, Wis. The Spanish marquis Ferrari suffered a blowout near the fin ish of the classic road race Sun day, struck a milestone and a telegraph pole, and then cata pulted into a group of the three million spectators who formed a "human corridor" along the dangerous course. Fire Children Killed In addition to De Portago and Nelson, who was a merrfber of the United States' four-man bob sled team in this years world championships . at St. Moritz, Switzerland, five children and four me,n also were killed in. the accident. It was the worst automobile racing catastrophe since 1955, when 82 persons died in the flaming crash of a Mercedes car during a - race at Le Mans, France. In the 24 runnings of the Mille Miglia. 30 persons have been killed and more than 400 injured. Because of its bloody history, the road rally became known as "the race of death" in recent years. And all over Italy today news papers joined in an editorial chorus calling for its end. Even the race's staunchest mipporter. Brescia mayor Bruno Bon.i, said it looked like the end. "The race," he said, "will now probably be called off for good." Death on Straightaway Death came to the 27-year-old Marquis de Portago, who raced ears "for the fun of it," on a strip of straightway one mile from the tiny village of Guidiz zolo. It was his first Mille Miglia. He told a United Press reporter before starting Sunday that all he wanted to do was "finish the race." He was 25 miles away from doing it when his left front tire burst as he hit an estimated 125 miles per hour on the straight away. In the crash. De Portago's body was cut in half by the car's hood, the official Italian police report said, and Nelson's head was crushed. Another Driver Killed Another driver, Dutchman Josef H. Goettgens, died in a Florence hospital of injuries re ceived when his Triumph skid ded off a wet road in a second, unrelated accident. Piero Taruffi of Italy, driving a red Ferrari similar to De Por tago's death car. won the race with a winning time of 10 hours, 27 minutes and 47 seconds. Ger many's Wolfgang von Trips was second. Equalization Board Considers Requests The Jackson county board of equalization met this morning to consider three requests by prop erty owners for revisions in tax rates. The board, which is scheduled to meet for a two weeks period, will meet until all requests that have been received have been considered. At the present time there are only two other re quests pending before the board. British Shippers Receive Permission To Use Suez London U.R) Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan " today gave British shippers permission to resume use of the Suez canal. Macmillan said the permis sion was given in view of last week's decision by a majority of members of the Suez Canal Users' association to let member governments make their own choice on whether to use the Egyptian nationalized water way. Received with Silence The Prime Minister's long awaited announcement was re ceived with total silence in the crowded house. Macmillan confirmed that ar rangements had been made for MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1957 The Prodigal Father Beck Loaned $175,000 By Trailer Builder, Rackets Probers Told Washington 'U.R) Trailer builder Roy Fruehauf testified today that he "indirectly" loan ed SI 75.000 to Teamsters Union President Dave Beck in 1954 when . Beck was under tax in vestigation by the Internal Rev enue Service. But he said he did not know Beck was having tax troubles and that the reason the ' labor leader wanted the money was never discussed. Installation of New Main Due Tuesday City crews will start installa tion Tuesday of about 700 feet of six-inch water main that will provide water service for the new $85,000 Jackson county de tention home. The home is now under con struction on a site near the county fairgrounds. . The S3.800 water main will run from Highway 99 about 700 feet to the detention home site, according to Robert Lee, water superintendent. Two fire hydrants will be in stalled on the water main pro viding fire protection for the de tention home, the new $400,000 National Guard armory, Foot lighter's building, and other fair ground buildings, he explained. The water superintendent said the water main will be in stalled with new rubber gasket joints intended to reduce labor costs and property assessments five per cent. Crews of Everett Den Herder, Medford contractor, started in stallation last Thursday of a eight-inch water main on Grape st. between Melrose and Ste wart aves., according to Lee. Cost of the project will be $6,308.96. Lee said the project, which will include about 22 water con nections, will be completed later this week. . Radio Highlights President Eisenhower will speak in defense of his budg et in a program to be heard over radio station KYJC 1230 kc) Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. British ships to pay canal tolls to Egypt in pounds sterling. Egypt previously had refused to accept British currency. The Prime Minister spoke af ter Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd told the house that Brit ain rejects Arab claims that the Straits of Tiran leading into the Gulf of Aqaba are Arab terri torial waters. To Settle Dispute Lloyd also told parliament that the dispute over Israeli use of the Suez canal should be "le gally" settled "as quickly as pos sible." He said the British gov ernment feels Israeli ships "are entitled to go through the canal." Fruehauf denied that he felt in making the loan that Beck's economic power in relation to the trucking industry represent ed "a pistol" at his head. Once Aided by Union He said he aided Beck because the Teamsters Union had earlier put up $1,500,000 to help him win a proxy fight in his firm, Fruehauf Trailer Co. Fruehauf made his statements in testimony before the Senate Labor Rackets Committee. He was the day's first witness as the committee resumed its study of Beck's forays into business and finance. The loan, he said, was made by the Teamsters Union to the Roy Fruehauf Foundation, "a charitable fund." and carried 4 per cent interest. Committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy asked Fruehauf wheth er Beck asked "any favors" after the loan was granted. Fruehauf replied "oh, yes," and explained that the following year Beck asked him for a $200,000 loan. Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) asked Fruehauf what would have happened if he had not made the loan to Beck. No Pressure Goldwater asked if he "feared the consequences" if not mak ing the loan; if he felt there was ."a pistol at your head?" Fruehauf said there "was no pressure. It was in appreciation for the help in the proxy fight. I would have been glad to have loaned it personally if I hadn't been involved in the proxy fight." Also called to testify before the committee was A. M. Burke, head of the mortgage loan de partment of the Occidental surance Co. In- Canadian Airliner Wreckage Located Vancouver, B.C. U.R) Wreckage from a Trans-Canada Airlines North Star aircraft missing since December with 62 persons aboard was found in the mountains 50 miles from here, an airline spokesman said today. Search for the plane was post poned during the winter because of heavy snows and low-hanging clouds over the mountains where the plane disappeared while on a flight from Vancouver to Win nipeg. A spokesman said the wreck age was found Sunday by a group of mountain climbers. They sighted debris strewn on the side of Mt. Slosse, in the rugged Coast Range 50 miles east of here. Duff to Attend Meet In Victoria, B.C. City Manager Robert Duff is to attend a Northwest City Man ager's association meeting this week in Victoria, B. C, it was reported today. Duff left Medford over the week end and will resume his duties next Monday. Vern Thorpe, public works di rector, is acting city manager this week and will assume Duff's position this Thursday at the city council meeting. ! Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Win No. 45 State Legislature Tackles Job With Closing in Sight Calendars Bulging In House, Senate Salem (U.R) The Oregon Legislature went to work with a rush today on what it hoped would be the last week of the record-breaking 1957 session. All hands were hopeful of winding up the precedent-shattering session by next Saturday, although Senate President Boyd Overhulse said he hoped for an orderly closing even if it meant going into next week. The Senate had 37 measures up for final action, including House bill 163, relating to the reorganization of school districts. It was made a special order, of business for 2:40 p.m. The Sen ate Education Committee has revamped this one extensively so that it will have to go back to the House if it passes the Senate for concurrence in the amendments. Also up for action were House bill 796, the controversial cor poration tax bill of the House tax program; compromise labor bills, dealing with unemploy ment compensation, reported out by the Senate Committee on Labor and Industry; compulsory state meat inspection; higher salaries for elected state officials; and a proposed new youth build ing at the state fairgrounds here. - College Bill Waiting Also up for final action is House bill 594, the so-called community college bill, which would authorize the establish ment, of junior colleges in sev eral parts of Oregon. The only such olieglirTW !J, Jl'UWHI. The Senate had before it sev eral House approved appropria tion bills, including those pro viding budgets for the Depart ment of Education, Oregon Na tional Guard, public utility com missioner, secretary of state and state treasurer. Up for final action in the House were several appropria tion bills, including those pro viding budgets for the Depart ment of Justice, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, Portland State hospital and the State Tax Commission. David Frohnmayer To Go to Germany David Frohnmayer, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Frohnmayer, Medford, who was chosen to go to Europe this summer under the American Field Service youth exchange program, will oe sent to Germany, according to C. Weldon Kline, chairman of the organization. Although Frohnmayer was notified in April that he had been selected, the country to which he would be sept was not known until recently. He is one of over 400 American youths that will leave for Europe un der the AFC program in July and is the first ever to be se lected from this area. Frohnmayer will live with one or more German families during his three month's stay. Portland jiU.R A special re port recommending that the $1 million Corvallis Plywood Cor poration be permitted to reor ganize under terms of the fed eral bankruptcy act ha been ap proved by U. S. Judge William East. City Firemen Rescue Kitty Who Forgot Rule of the Whisker Medford city firemen, who have a reputation for skill and resourcefulness in rescue work as well as for extinguishing fires, were called on another mission of mercy yesterday. This time it was to "unstick" a eat which forgot to go by the rule of the whisker. The kitty got his head stuck in a hole in a garage wall at 228 South Ivy st. The fire department log did not go into details. It simply indicated that the mission was accomplished. Further investi gation revealed, however, that firemen removed a board and split it in order lo free the fe line victim. ' Firemen were called at 5:30 p.m. yesterday. They listed Mary M. Whitney as owner of the residence at the. South Ivy st. address. Saudi Arabia-Iraq Talks, Jordan's Shift To tifest Pvilay Bring (Soup in Syria By UNITED PRESS Israeli sources predicted to day in Jerusalem and Baghdad talks between King Saud and King Feizal and Jordan's move toward the West might lead lo a new coup by anti-Communist political leaders in Syria. The sources said increased ac tivities of the Russians in Syria could be expected to show the rightist groups the "suicidal tendency" of the present regime and produce another coup and another about face in Syrian foreign policy. Leadership Reported Shaken Reports reaching Jerusalem strongly indicated the left wing Syrian leadership was badly shaken by Jordan's decision- to accept $10 million in 'United States aid even if it did not ac cept the Eisenhower doctrine as such. Indications increased that the Baghdad talks between King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Republican People of 0 Albany (U.R) A "recalcitrant Republican minority is betray ing the people of Oregon," Gov. Robert D. Holmes told the state's Young Democrats Saturday night at their annual convention here. Gov. Holmes said the Repub lican party which "won too easi ly for too long . . . never learned to be responsible and it has not now learned to be responsible." In spite of what he caleld Re publican obstructionist tactics, Gov. Holmes said the Legislature is making "a good start on our basic programs." . Kelerring to llie'evenly divided Senate with its 15 Republicans and 15 Democrats, Gov. Holmes declared: "Fifteen Republican senators who think they are stop ping the governor's program are actually betraying the people of this state. "They are trying to stop a tax program ' not because it is a bad tax program but because it is our program and not a sales tax program. They are impeding the business of the courts of Oregon not because we do not desperate ly need two more Supreme Court justices but because they are de termined not to give a Democra tic 'governor an opportunity to appoint possibly two Democrat ic judges. They are blocking the bill to get rid of the Board of Control not because they have changed their minds about the little Hoover report which rec ommended this action, nor be- Former FBI Man Said Trujillo Agent Washington !U.R) A federal Grand Jury today indicted John Joseph Frank; a Washington lawyer and a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, for failing to register as an agent for Generalissimo Raphael Tru jillo and the Dominican Repub lic. The four-count indictment was returned in district court here. Frank, also known as John Kane, was accused on two counts of representing Trujillo's Do minican regime. The other two charged him with failing to reg ister with the attorney general under the foreign agents regis tration act of 1938. The indictment said the 42-year-old lawyer has collected in formation for the Trujillo regime and has been "soliciting and ac cepting compensation" from the Dominican Republic. House Votes Waiting Period on Marriages . Salem (U.R) The House vot ed 48-9 today to restore the three-day waiting period requir ed before marriage. The provi sion was voted out of the law in 1953. The bill now goes to the Senate. Rep. Grace Peck, Portland Democrat, argued that the wait ing, period would help prevent foolish marriages and give cou ples a chance to evaluate the medical examination also requir ed by law. The measure provoked some light-hearted debate including a comment from Hep. Shirley Field, Portland Republican, that if she found a man she didn't think she'd want to wait three days. Feisal of Iraq were isolating the Syrian-Egyptian axis more and more. Israeli sources hoped frankly a Syrian coup would leave Egypt on a limb by itself. Egypt moved today to try to strengthen the neutralist bloc. President Gamal Abdel Nasser was receiving Premier Lemar E' Ali Mohammed Daud of Afghan istan, a strong pro-neutralist who offered Afghan "volunteers" to Egypt during the Suez invasion. Rain Cancels Parade In Baghdad, Feisal had hoped to show Saud the western sup plied military might he recently placed at the disposal of Jor dan's King Hussein during the recent crisis in . Jordan. But rain caused cancellation of the parade. Diplomatic sources pre dicted Hussein would go to Iraq this week for three-power con ferences. A Damascus dispatch said King Saud later would invite Hussein, Nasser and Syrian President Shukri El Kuwatli to Minority Betraying regon, Holmes Asserts cause they thought Republican Sen. Rudie Wilhelm's bill to dis solve the board of control in 1955 was a bad bill, but because a Democrat happens to be gov ernor in this year of 1957. . Salem (U.R) republicans to day took issue with Gov. Robert Homes who hurled "obstruction ist" charges against members of the GOP. Holmes spoke Saturday night to Young Democrats, in Albany. Sen. Lee Ohmart, Salem Re publican, answering charges that the Republicans ..were trying to stoplhe Democratic tax program, said he joined with four Demo crats to help in moving HB1, which provides for a new perso nal income tax, to the floor for final debate. Sen. Warren Gill, Lebanon Re publican,, answered charges that Republicans were "impeding the Eagle Point School Budget Vote Tuesday Eagle Point Residents of Eagle Point school district 9 will vote . on a 1957-58 school budget Tuesday, May 14, from 2 to 8 p.m. at the high school gymnasium. Budget to be voted on totals $415,029.72. The budget for the present year is $309. 162.08. Glenn Hale, superintendent of Eagle Point schools, said that the main reasons for the increase are because of increased student enrollment necessitating purch asing more books for both the high school and grade school li braries and the addition of two more teachers. In addition, O&C funds used for indebtedness payments are not available for this purpose this year. The budget is posted on the school house door, at Ashpole's Hardware and at Putman's Cold Storage in Eagle Point. Ashland Senior Among Scholarship Winners Portland OI.R) Three $500 scholarships have been awarded by the Oregon State Labor Coun cil to high school seniors gradu ating this spring. Receiving the scholarships were Edward J. Haasl, North Bend; Timothy Keating, Ash land, and Gary Clark, Washing ton high of Portland. Receiv ing $100 alternate awards were Jane Anderson, Wilson high in Portland; Dale Mohensen, Wy' east high in Hood River, and Carrie Mae Kreutzer of Willam ette high in Eugene. Salem !U.R) Gov. R ob'ert Holmes says he expects the 1957 Legislature to wind up its work in the middle of next week. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday with iso lated showers. Low tonight 43. High Tuesday 68. TEMPERATURE Lowest this moraine 4 PRECIPITATION To 4:30 a.m. today 1? Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:52 a.m. Sunset lit P-- Moonrise ..7:31 p.m. Full Moon 2:34 p.m. The total eclipse of the Moon toriav ends here at 4:17 p.m. This eclipse will be seen over most of Asia, the Indian Ocean. Africa, Europe and the AUantic ocean. . a four-power meeting when he returns home. But Baghdad dis patches have hinted for several days the old four-power alliance was almost a thing' of the past. Another indication came from Jordan Radio which accuses Egypt Sunday night of plotting against the royal regimes of Jor dan, Iraq, Libya and Saudi Ar abia with the aid of the Soviet Union and international Com munism. Assassination Plot The radio said the plot was aimed at overthrowing the rul ers and establishing "republi can" regimes in all four coun tries and that Syria was ready to intervene militarily in Jor dan if necessary. - The Amman radio report said an Egyptian officer " had given former Army Commander Maj. Gen. Ali Abu Nuwar money to finance an assination plot against Hussein. A similar plot was reported against King Saud last week. . business of the courts of Ore gon." Gill said "the facts are the Democrat - dominated and con trolled Ways and Means Commit tee is holding up a bill which would provide two commission ers to assist the Supreme Court." He said these commissioners were unanimously requested by the high court. Ruch School Bus Stolen. Wrecked A bus owned by the Ruch school . district was stolen from the Elray . Ranney garage at Ruch and found wrecked near the Star Ranger station Sunday night,, according to state police. Officers said the bus was be lieved taken between 5 and 6:30 p.m. It was driven seven miles before being wrecked. Damage to the vehicle was re ported minor. A 22-year-old man, Ray D. Lunceford, Tigard, Ore., was re ported injured in the bus acci dent. He was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Am bulance service, and was re leased after treatment by the hospital. State police said no arrests have been made in connection with the bus theft. Officers are still investigating the case. Box Improvement Week Scheduled Jacksonville The week be ginning Monday, May 20, has been designated as rural ma-1 box improvement week, and Jacksonville Postmaster Leon Matheny has urged patrons of star Routes 1 and 2 to check their boxes to see if repairs ar-2 needed. Matheny pointed out that there are many boxes on the two routes that are "sub-standard." In some cases a coat ot paint with the patron's name stenciled or painted on the side is all ' that is necessary to put the mail box in first class condi tion. For others, a new post is needed. The bottom of the box should be from 42 to 45 inches from the road, Matheny said. Individual notices will be mailed soon to patrons with suo standard mail boxes. Washington (U.R) Gen. Max well D. Taylor, Army chief of staff, says he "certainly would insist" that the United States use atomic weapons in any fu ture Korea-type wars. Crashes on Oregon Roads Bring Week End Toll To 6 By UNITED PRESS Two persons died in traffic ac cidents in Oregon Saturday and Sunday bringing the week end accidental traffic death toll to six. Floyd Gowen of Cushman was killed Sunday afternoon in a headon crash east of Florence on Highway 36. State police offic ers said the Gowen car and veh icle driven by Mrs. Doris Butler, 32, Myrtle Creek, collided when the Butler car apparently swerved across the center line. Mrs. Butler, her husband, Glenn, and their four children were in Business Section Of Lampasas Hit By 10-Foot Wall 50-Block Section of Residences Battered Lampasas, Tex. U.R) Sol diers, state troopers, national guardsmen and civilian relief workers pushed into Lampasas today and found 60 or 70 square blocks ravished by a 10-foot wall of water that burst into the town Sunday night from a brok en creek bank. Four persons were known drowned. Eight others were in jured. A woman was missing. Four hundred families were hit by the floods. A fifth person in Central Texas was killed by lightning today. Merchant Seek Stocks The business section of Lam pasas, through which the flood washed directly, was cordoned off today by national guardsmen so merchants could recover their stocks without interfence from curiosity seekers. " - Bright sun broke out today over the wreckage. "A 50-block residential area is in bad shape," Highway Patrol Capt. E. K. Browning reported by radio. He said 50 military policemen from Fort Hood had arrived to help order and help in rescue operations. 1 Five thousand persons live in Lampasas, a town in Central Texas where rains up to 8.34 inches fell in a few hours. New tornadoes were reported in Paris, Dallas and Waco, Tex. Rooft Torn Off The worst tornado was in Paris, 85 miles northeast of Dallas, where radio station KPLT's tower was twisted off, buildings were unroofed, a church partly wrecked and most of the city's telephones put out of commission. The Department of Public Safety reported garages unroof ed and a lumberyard wrecked in northwest Dallas. Residents of that district disputed the depart ment, however; they said there was no twister. A small tornado took away a carport in Waco Sunday night while Lamar Fite, 21, was stand ing at his backdoor and looking at it. The Brazos river in Waco stood at 26.13 feet. At 27 feet, the residents of 1,000 homes will have to start getting out. But, comparatively speaking, Lampasas appeared to have suf fered the worst among dozens of Texas cities and towns that have been hit by an unparalleled epi demic of cloudbursts, tornadoes and floods that bejgan April 19 and have continued with less than a week's letup since. Many Residents Trapped The town lost both its water supply and electrical power as water surged over homes and business houses. The Red Cross took care of 300 persons at a Baptist church. Clothing stores in the city of Temple donated clothing for the victims; 250 cots and 750 blankets wece rushed in from Fort Hood. Many persons were trapped in homes and stores at Lampasas. Warren Doolittle, 70, was swept away and drowned. Browning reported the body of a man nam ed "Gunterman," who operated a fishing camp, was recovered in the Lampasas area. Publisher Ward Lowe of the Lampasas Dispatch said Sunday night that "90 per cent of our town is as near completely de stroyed as could be." Planning Commission To Meet Tonight The Medford planning commis sion tonight will hold a public hearing on rezoning property near Crater Lake ave. and Delta Waters rd. from single family (class IA) to light industrial (class ' V). The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall. In other business. City Attor ney E. R. Bashaw will report on legal aspects of creating a special zone for churches in single fam ily (class IA) zones. The plan ners also will consider regula tions for a proposed subdivision ordinance. jured. Gowen's passenger, Lelo Winegar of Cushman, also was hurt. Mrs. Marie Metcalf, about 35, of Burlingame, died early Sun day of injuries suffered in an automobile collision Saturday night on Highway 99W, about four miles south of Corvallis. Mrs. Metcalf s husband, Paul, 38, and a passenger in the other car, Linda Gray, 15, of Corvallis, were injured. In other accidents Friday and early Saturday, four persons were killed on the highways.''
