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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. !
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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.''