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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1957)
California, (Battle To San Francisco Of! California and Arizona have called a tem porary truce in their legal battle over Colorado river water rights and joined forces to meet the threat of "squatters" and "es crow fndians." The two states temporarily halted their squabble before Su preme Court Master Simon Rif kind Tuesday to protest the leas ing by the Department of the Interior of 65,000 acres of reser vation near Parker, Ariz., to "es crow Indians." Northcutt Ely, California chief counsel, said the states will "con test any rights to use water here which would leapfrog over prig appropriations in California and Arizona." Ely also announced that "high level" conferences are being con ducted in Washington in an at tempt to stop squatters from "il legally taking" water from the river's already overdrawn sup ply. Fertile Land Leased The "escrow Indian" affair came up when Ely produced an announcement by the Interior Knowland, For Military Aid To Yugoslavia Washington (if) Senate GOP Leader William F. Know land today headed a drive to block administration plans to resume shipments of major mili tary aid to Communist Yugo slavia. Knowland called the decision a "mistake." Chairman Styles Bridges (N.H.), of the Senate GOP Policy committee said it was a "great mistake." Eisenhower Approves The State Department an nounced plans late Tuesday to resume the shipments, including jet planes. It said it had the specific approval of President Eisenhower. The department said the ac tion was in the interest of the United States and in line with established U.S. policy "of lend ing support to those countries seeking to withstand Soviet pressure." "I am not in favor of taxing the American people to suppo"-t Duncan to Speak At Portland Meeting Portland Robert B. Duncan, Medford representative to the state legislature, will discuss "A Life for a Life Reexamined," here at the annual meeting of the Oregon Prison association, according to W. J. Jones, presi dent of the United Fund mem ber agency, Portland. The noon luncheon meeting will be held Wednesday, May 22, at the Benson hotel, Port land. Duncan, of Duncan, Brophy, Wilson and Duhaime, Medford law firm, introduced .a bill, passed in the current legislative session, abolishing capital pun ishment in Oregon. Oregon vot ers will vote on the issue during a special election in 1958. Duncan recently served as chairman of the Jackson county juvenile court advisory commit tee. He tolds a BA degree from Illinois Wesleyan and an LLB from the University of Michi gan. 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Attorneys for the two states said they were concerned whether the government would claim "prior and superior water rights for the Indians," or whether Indian and non-Indian rights to water on the lower Colorado were equal. Ely said the "squatter" confer ences were being held by sen ators from California and Ari zona with Assistant Secretary of Bridges Protest Plan Ithe economic and political sys tems of Communist countries abroad," Knowland said. He said there "are many of our allies" who are in desper ate need of jet planes and are more deserving of aid than Tito who has no commitment even to be neutral "if the U.S. should come under attack." Bridges, who joined Know land in a futile fight against the program last year, said he has not changed his mind. "I am absolutely opposed to it," he said. Halted Last Summer The military aid program for Yugoslavia was halted last sum mer when Congress voted that the program should be suspend ed unless the President ruled that it was vital to U.S. security. Eisenhower subsequently rul- Governor Presents Trophy to Company Salem Oregon members of the Armed Forces and the state's various active and re serve military units are honored in a proclamation signed Mon day by Gov. Robert D. Holmes setting aside this week as Armed Forces week. Governor Holmes and his two assistants are scheduled to par ticipate in Armed Forces week events. Tne Governor presented the Eisenhower trophy to Ore gon City's Heavy Mortar com pany of the 162nd Infantry, Ore gon National Guard, during a special program Tuesday night at Oregon City at which Gen. Thomas E. Rilea also was hon ored. On Wednesday night Assist ant Harry Swanson Jr., a Naval reserve commander, will pre sent the Governor's pennant to the outstanding squadron of Willamette university's air re serve training unit. As a mem ber of the Army reserve, Assist ant Tom Wright, a field artillery captain, will participate in Sa lem's Armed Forces Week pro gram Friday. n Special $60 Down, $28 Month IHIalt iftiver the Interior Fred G. Aandahl. He pointed out that no one had a right to the water except by government contract and that the Interior Department has refused further water contracts until the present lawsuit is decided. Ely said that the Bureau of Reclamation has estimated that as much as 100,000 acre feet of water a year is being used by the squatters who have placed pumps in the river on a stretch from Parker Dam, near Parker, Ariz., to a point on the river be low Yuma, Ariz. Other estimates have placed the figure as high as 300,000" annual acre feet. Protests Expected "We have repeatedly asked the department to take some action on the situation," Ely said, "but so far nothing has come of our requests." Any action by the government, however, was expected to bring the scores of squatters out in howling protest, some of them threatening to hold their parcels at the point of a gun if neces sary. Meanwhile the Colorado River J ed that economic aid should con tinue but ordered suspension of military shipments pending an investigation of whether Tito was moving back into the Mos cow orbit. The State Department an nouncement said "intervening events have confirmed the Pres ident's basic finding that Yugo slavia is and firmly intends to remain independent." Timber Sale Bids Called for May 22 Cave Junction Three salv age timber sales have been set for oral bid at the Illinois Valley Ranger station, May 22. Two are on Page mountain, the other in the Grayback area. One of the Page mountain sales, is a tract of 54 acres with an unguaranteed volume, esti mated about 1,000 feet per acre. The second is for about 300,000 feet of cull peelers. Blowdown timber in the Gray back sale is estimated at 55,000 board feet. A sale of about 5 million board feet in the Grayback drainage is planned for July. More than a mile of access road will be con structed by the forest service be fore bids are called. Applegate 6th Grade Visits Mail Tribune Seventeen students from the fifth and sixth grades of Apple gate school visited the Mail Tribune plant Tuesday on a field trip. They were Bonnie Freeman tie, Bob Hill, Virgil Prowell, Arlene Tansey, Alice Kuitert, Shirley jNielsen, Tommy Her riot, Billy Hancock, Mary Free mantle, Mike Elmore, Jackie Stephenson, Jimmie Stephenson, Sally Herriott. The students were accompan ied by Mrs. Mary Overstreet, teacher; Mrs. Carl Herriott and Mrs. Nola Dietrick, parents, and Thornton Gapen. 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Damage Caused Nelson suggested that "it might now be possible to convince the Department of Interior that dam age has resulted and will con tinue to result from the unau thorized diversions" of water and that the government might bring action to enjoin the squatters "if as a matter of fact damage can be shown." The squatters, a group of rug ged individualists, have dropped on public land in the Mojave and Cibola Valleys and along the river and set up enterprises rang ing from vacation trailer and fishing camps to large scale agri cultural developments. Two-thirds of the group are in Arizona and one-third are in Cali fornia. ' Dulles Produces Court Decisions To Support Claim Washington (W Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has come up with a list of court de cisions to support his claim that the Constitution's guarantee of press freedom relates to publi cation and not gathering . of news." Relates To Publication Dulles raised the issue recent ly in a letter to Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher and chair man of the board of the New York Times. The letters, explain ing the State Department's ban on travel by U. S. newsmen to Red China, said freedom of the press relates only to publication of news. The .first decision listed by Dulles was ' a 1930 Supreme Court ruling saying, "It is the chief purpose of the guaranty to prevent restraints upon publi cation." The State Department said this decision was reaffirmed by the court in 1951. In a 1946 decision, according to Dulles' list, the Supreme Court said "the purpose of the Constitution was not to erect the press into a privileged institu tion, but to protect all person? in their right to print." Cites Other Rulings Dulles also cited rulings by the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court of that state, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He suggested during his new? conference Tuesday that Ameri can news organizations hire for eigners to cover news in Red China for them. He said this would not subject Americans to the mistreatment that has be fallen U.S. citizens in Commun ist China, while still providing Americans with news of Red China. Cave Junction State Highway Discussed Cave Junction If an 80 foot curb to curb highway is to be built through the city of Cave Junction, some 25 per cent of the expense for the $75,000 to $100,000 project probably will be assumed by the city. That is the word from State Highway department engineers who met with members of the city council and planning com mission here Tuesday morning. W. C. (Dutch) Williams, state highway engineer, pointed out that several Oregon cities now have requests in for state high way improvement work. In most instances, he said, the cities are prepared to pay for curbs and storm sewer lines, or about one fourth of the overall cost. Accompanying Williams to Cave Junction were Tom Ed wards, construction engineer from the Salem office, and F. D. Morgan, division engineer from Roseburg, who is in charge of this territory. START NOW Save OK TOUR GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD As President Eisenhower watches, British Field Marshal Viscount Mont gomery peers down the muzzle of a Civil War cannon, as the two World War II generals made a tour of the famed battlefield in Pennsylvania. Both the president and Mont gomery, who was a weekend guest at the chief executive's nearby farm, are students of the Gettysburg battle. Naval Air Station Halts Work for Fledgling Birds Chicago (IP) There'll be no more emergency drills at Glen view Naval Air station until a family of fledgling fliers earns its, wings. Bob Mohr, operator of the emergency crew's 80-ton steel crane, discovered a robin's nest tucked away in the steel beams two weeks ago. Tuesday, he re ported that one of mother rob in's five eggs had hatched. Mohr said the robins refused to leave the nest even when the huge, diesel - powered crane is moved. The operator tied a cheese cloth net under the nest to prevent an accident while the crane travels. Glenview personnel asked ex perts at Brookfield zoo if the nest could be transferred to a safe spot. But Carl Plath, the zoo's bird expert, warned, against it, saying the parents probably would desert the nest. So flight operators resolved the problem by directing Mohr to "roll only if there is a real emergency." In the meantime, daily emergency drills were cancelled until the baby robins TWO PAYMENTS Cambridge, Mass. (IP) While Chester Hill was waiting in line at the income tax window, a picpocket stole his wallet con taining $12. All New Spring Coats 100 Wool Vl PRICE AS LOW AS Shorrie Coats Whites, Pastels, Tweeds MANY Vl PRICE As $4 Low As I MEDRD'S Ni II Wednesday, May IS, 1957 reach flight status, expected in about -two weeks. '. "Guess we can go along," said Cmdr. Pat E. 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