Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 22, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextwrS Leaves- UMmi mDSS M 52nd Year Medford Lcfsed United Press Full Wire 24 Pages TOO OIL fans Creek Mishap Fatal fo Portland, Rogue River Men Car Falls Off Wood Bridge Into Creek Two men were killed and a woman - was injured yesterday afternoon when the car in which they were riding went off a pri viate wood bridge into Evans creek about three miles north of Wimer. Killed were Oscar E. Wilson, 79, of (315 North Crawford) Portland, and James David Montgomery, 74, of route 1, box 96, Rogue River. Montgomery's wife, Sarah Jane, suffered back injuries and was taken to her granddaughter's home between Wimer and Rogue River, 'state police said. Officers said Montgomery, driving the car, started across the bridge, but the vehicle's left wheel missed the left runway plank, causing him to lose con trol. The car jumped an 8 by 8 inch retaining timber along the edge of the bridge, and dropped 16 feet into the creek. Killed Instantly Both men apparently were killed almost instantly, police said. Mrs. Montgomery jumped from the vehicle as it went over the retaining timber, police said. Jackson County Coroner Car los Morris said autopsies prob ably would be made to deter mine the exact cause of death. The car landed on its. top in about three feet of water, he j said, but indicated death prob ably was caused by the crash itself rather than drowning. The accident occurred about 1:20 p.m. yesterday, Morris said. Montgomery owned a cabin north of Wimer off Evans Creek rd., and Wilson often visited the Montgomerys, who lived in the cabin during the summer months, the coroner said. The fatalities brought to 10 the number of persons killed in accidents in Jackson county thus far this year. Montgomery's body was taken to Hull and Hull Funeral home in Grants Pass, 'and Wilson's body was taken to Conger-Morris Funeral home in Medford. Three Appear in Circuit Court Today One man received a peniten tiary sentence, another received a county jail sentence and a third received a suspended sentence in circuit court this morning. Joseph George Mattey, 53, of 1546 North Riverside ave., was sentenced to one year in the county jail and his probation was revoked for larceny from a person. Albert Vernon Mills, 33, Lake hotel, Medford, was given a three-year sentence for forgery. Claude Julian Adams, 19, Mo desto, Calif., received a suspend ed three-year sentence for ob taining money by false pretenc es. Portland (IP) The Columbia nd Willamette rivers in the Portland area may reach their spring crests by Thursday morn ing. River Forecaster Elmer Fisher said. India Refuses Alleged Rossellini Friend Bombay, India I?I The gov ernment was reported today to have refused to give a passport to Sonali Das Gupta, the beauti ful Indian woman romantically linked with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini. Despite emphatic denials by both Sonali and Rossellini, re ports persisted-that the two were in love and that Rossellini in tended to take her with him to Italy. Influence Used The government action in blocking Sonali's passport ap parently resulted from action by the wife of noted Indian film director Bimal Roy. She was re ported to have gone to Delhi, where she has friends and rela tives in the central government who used their influence to hold up a passport which Rossellini has been making every effort to get for Sonali. The reported romance: be MB KCOSDO iuvi2eii GOVERNOR HOLMES Dedication Speech New Armory Will Be Dedicated Saturday Medford's new $376,930.23 Na- tional Guard armory will be de dicated Saturday evening, with open house at 7 p.m., formal de dication ceremonies at 8 p.m., and a public dance later in the evening. Gov. Robert D. Holmes will deliver the dedication speech. He and Mrs. Holmes will arrive in Medford by plane Saturday and will leave Sunday morning for Pendleton, where he is sched uled to deliver another speech. Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, adjutant general of Oregon, will be among military dignitaries attending. General Rilea is a vet eran of -the Mexican Border carnal paign, World War I and World War II. The open house will feature displays and demonstrations of military equipment, including two Army helicopters. The 234th Oregon National Guard band of Portland will fly here in a mili- Water Line To Be Turned Off Thursday The Big Butte Springs No. 2 pipe line will be turned off be tween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thurs day along Foothills rd. between 401 Ranch rd. and Capital ave. while a connection is made to another line, Robert Lee, city water superintendent, has an nounced. A portion of a 24-inch water line extending from the Capital hill reservoir to Barneburg hill will be connected to the Big Butte Springs line, Lee said. About 30 water customers will be affected by the temporary shut-down, he said. The 24-inch line will be ready for service connections in about 45 days, Lee added. Morse Refuses Apology For Eisenhower Remark Washington (IP) Senate Re publicans demanded today that Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) apol ogize for describing President Eisenhower and Teamsters Pres ident Dave Beck "two of the same kind of immoralists." But Morse refused to back down. "In my book," he told the Senate, "the President of the United States is guilty of politi cal immorality." Passport To tween the fiery Rossellini. who is married to film star Inerid Bergman, and Sonali, mother of two has greatly upset the Indian beauty's family. Her husband's younger brother, on hearing the news that scandal had been connected with his family's name, was reported to have jumped from a window on the third floor of his Bombay residence in a suicide attempt. Pressure Exerted Sonali's uncle, who was chief minister of Benares State, and her father, former surgeon gen eral of Lucknow, put consider able pressure on her to leave Rossellini. But up to now. they have not succeeded. Other members of her family and her husband's family rushed to Bombay from their homes in Calcutta and Lucknow to try to break up the reported romance. Sonali and Rossellini occupy adjoining rooms in the swank Taj Mahal Hotel. 3N3Dn3 o do n AY 22, 1957 GEN. THOMAS RILEA Among Digniiariet tary transport plane to play for the ceremonies and the public dance to be held after the dedi cation ceremony. The new armory will house the two Medford Guard units. Headquarters c o m p any, and Company A, rifle unit, both part of the 1st battalion, 186th infan try regiment, 41st division, Oregon-Washington Guard division. The building replaces the orig inal armory on Bartlett st., .which was heavily "damaged by fire during the night of Sept. 27, 1951. Soon after the fire, the late Diamond Flynn, then mayor of JHedford,. began . soliciting; -local support tor obtaining a new ar mory, which would also provide facilities for civic activities. Construction Approved In 1954 the federal govern ment approved construction of a new armory. A city bond is sue for $40,000 was passed on June 19, 1954 to support con struction costs. The Jackson county court then deeded to the state property at the fairgrounds and donated $50,000 for the proj ect. Architects Robert Keeney and Jack Edson. were engaged in 1954 to design the building and plans were completed in 1955. Contract was awarded to Wiley company and L. C. McLaughlin, Ashland, on April 20, 1956. Work' was immediately started. Building costs were estimated at $347,683; architect fees, $20, 860.98; and sewer and water con nections, $8,386.25. Jack son county contributed the land as well as $60,000; city of Medford, $40,000; federal government, $143,707.04; and the state of Ore gon, $133,222.19. Slate Water Resources Board To Meet Here Portland (IP) The State Water Resources Board decided Tuesday to hold its next meet ing at Medford July 1. The board also set August 26 as a date for a hearing on appli cation for Idaho Power Company for preliminary permits and a license to construct three dams on the Snake river. Robert Root, Medford, is a member of the Water Resources Board. 403 Calls Made by Firemen on Inspection City firemen made 403 calls Monday and Tuesday as part of its annual home inspection' pro gram, according to Fire Chief Gordon Barker. A total of 196 inspections were made, and in 178 no one was at home. In 23 dwellings the offer of inspection was declined, fire ment said. At the residences in spected, 165 recommendations were issued for correction of haz ards. Weather FORECAST: Showers this eve ning. Cloudy tonight and Thursday moraine. Clrarinr partially with few scattered showers in afternoon. Low tonight 40. High Thursday 65-67. Temp. Hichest Yesterday Lowest this Morning - 46 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:44 a.m. Sunset J:33 p.m. Moonrise Thursday 1:26 a.m. New Moon May 29 PROMINENT STAR Spica. in the south .... 9:31 p.m. (Next year at this time. Jupi ter, the planet seen in the outhwejt. will appear dlrecUy lbove Spica Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Win No. 53 No Tax Cut Until Surplus Bigger, Eisenhower Says Budget Declared In Precarious State Washington (IK President Eisenhower told his news con ference that federal budget is now in what he called a precar ious state of balance. He said vehemently that we are not yet at the point where we can even talk about tax reduction. He said spending in some gov ernment departments is running seriously over, budget estimates in spite of all the administration can do to hold down expendi tures. Will Do His Best He said he will do his best to keep the current fiscal 1957 budget and the budget for fiscal 1958, which ends July 1, in the black. But he said he would never agree to tax reduction when the budget is in such a state. Other news conference high lights: He sharply criticized the $2,586,775,000 cut in defense ap propriations voted by the House Appropriations Committee Tues day. The President said about half of the reduction was nothing but a bookkeeping operation that wilt'not reduce fiscal 1D58 spend ing by one cent. But he warned the other half of the cut will di rectly affect key defense pro- gSfWi, including.: aircraft .pro curement and guided missile de velopment. He said he is very hopeful Congress will restore this part of the cut beceuse na tional security will sufflr if it stands. Public Response Changes He reported that White House mail, which was running heavily against his budget pro posals early this year has grad ually swung around in sentiment and today is very much in favor of his stand against crippling economy cuts. He said he as sumes his speeches to the nation such as Tuesday night's broad cast defending his foreign aid proposals may have had some thing to do with this shift in pub lic sentiment. He said he will continue tak ing his budget case to the nation. As long as he is in a fight, he commented grimly he will never rest until the United States gets what he thinks is necessary for waging peace, protecting the na tion and operating the govern ment. (See story on Page 15) Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland ; 0 4 0 Boston 11 12 0 Daley, McLish (5), Pitula (6), Tomanek (8) and Nash; Brewer and White. Kansas City . 8 12 J Washington 6 13 0 Kellner, Burnettt (7), Trucks (9) and Smith; Abernathy, Kemmerer (3), Clevenger (5). Byerly (6) and Fitzgerald. IE 'It' Real Private Enterprise He Takes Your Money To The Bank All By Himself GONE! EVERYTHING IS GONEI This un identified woman nearly collapses as she views the rubble of her home in Ruskin Heights, Mo., after a tornado leveled it and Dulles Says Cut In Foreign Aid Would Be Folly Washington HP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told Congress today it would be "folly" for the United States to cut foreign aid spending and weaken the Free World's system of collective security. Dulles, formally launching the administration's bid for congres sional approval of President Ei senhower's scaled down $3,856, 000,000 foreign .aid program, joined Eisenhower in warning against any further cuts. Would Be Spending Blood -Under questioning by Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R Iowa), Dulles said he felt that "if we were not spending dollars, we would be spending blood and I ..think the -money is" -much preferable to the blood.": . Eisenhower charged in a TV radio speech to the . American people Tuesday night that those seeking to cut the program fur ther are "reckless" gamblers with the nation's security. Seeking Soviet Agreement Dulles put it this way in testi mony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "It would be folly now, in the absence of a safeguard . agree ment for inspected reciprocal re duction of armaments, to weaken in any mannr the collective se curity system which provides the greatest deterrent against aggression at the least cost." He said the United States is seeking to reach an agreement with Russia, and is making some progress, . but must be certain there, are "adequate means to verify performance and to gain increased protection . . . against surprise-attack . ..' -Promises Not Enough' "We do not and will not rely upon Soviet promises' alone . . . experience has demonstrated that agreements with 'the Com munists are not dependable so long as they are merely based upon paper accords." Therefore, he said, "the - free nations cannot safely reduce their military strength merely in reliance upon promissory agree ments by the Soviet rulers to re duce correspondingly." Washington (in Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) wants fines or jail sentences imposed on persons giving, or receiving, unauthorized information from government regulatory agencies. Longest Legislative Session Adjourned Salem flP) The 49th Ore gon Legislature, longest in the state's history, adjourned sine die at 11:42 p.m. Tuesday after 128 days. The session, 12 idays longer than the previous record Legis lature of 1951, passed an in creased personal income and corporation tax schedule to pro duce enough revenue for a budg et for the two years starting July 1 of some $272 million. Down-To-Wire Hassle Final adjournment was pre ceded by a down-to-the-wire hassle over adoption of a confer ence committee report on House Bill 378 which would have pre scribed more definite procedures for surrendering guardianship of a child to the State Welfare Com mission and other agencies for foster home care. - Reps. "Don VWillner, Portland Democrat, and Vernon Cook, Gresham Democrat, tried to get the bill considered but ' were ruled out of order by Speaker Pat Dooley. : Last bill to actually pass the House before the resolution to end the session was accepted was House Bill 397 increasing sal aries of district attorneys and prohibiting private practice if they make more than $10,000 a year. , - Final adjournment of the col orful session came after a long day of whipping important legis lation into shape for final pass age and appointing conference Bids Called on Job At Reservoir Site Camp White Bids will be opened at 10 a.m. June 18 at the bureau of reclamation office at Camp White for, construction of community facilities at Howard Prairie damsile, according to J. A. Callan, project construction engineer.- Site of the work, which is part of the Talent project, is on Grizzly creek about 27 miles east of Ashland. ' The work will consist of clear ing, grading, furnishing and placing 300 cubic yards of gravel surface, construction of a two stall garage, shop and storage building and laundry and. toilet building. Other segments of the work will be placing 15 trailer units, blocking, furnishing and install ing an outside sewage and wa ter system, installing an electric system, construction of a gen erator shed and installing gen erators, and furnishing and in stalling a gasoline tank, pump and compressor. Reuther Warns Teamsters To Replace Dave Beck -Washington (IT) Walter P. Reuther said today that if the Teamsters Union fails to oust Dave Beck as president it will be "kicked out" of the AFL-CIO and replaced by a "clean union." Reuther, president of "the United Auto Workers and an Ar LrLU vice-president, told a National Press Club lunch that "we don't intend to compromise with' corruption" in the labor union movement." Knowland Lists Allies Deserving of Help New York (IT) Senate Re publican Leader William F Knowland said today that the United States has "many good and stout allies" in -Asia and elsewhere who are far more de serving of military aid than Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia. The California senator listed them as Nationalist China, Ko rea, Turkey, Pakistan, Vietnam, Thailand and The Philippines, all the other houses in the neighborhood. At least 35 lives were lost and 219 were injured when the terrific wind hit the Kansas City suburb. committees to iron out differ ences between the two Houses. The House re-passed and sent to the governor the bill hiking basic school support $15 million from $80 to $95 per census child. Rep. John Mosser, Portland Republican, said he was not en thusiastic about Senate amend ments which wrote a property tax relief formula into the bill. but said it was too late to do anything about it. Mosser said the tax relief formula would be hard to administer, particularly in rural districts. (Continued on Page 8) Edward Kelly Seen Appointment of a new circuit judge for the first judicial dist rict (Jackson and Josephine counties( probably will not be made for at least a week or 10 days, it was reported today. me mil creating the new judgeship passed the legislature late last week, but in the last minute rush of measures passed as the session adjourned, an en grossed bill will take some time to prepare before it is ready for the governor's signature. After that, it would be up to him to make the appointment. Meanwhile, informed Demo cratic sources report that Ed ward C. Kelly of Medford is a likely candidate for appointment to the new position. Sentiment of many members of the bar, both locally and throughout the state, as well as of leaders of the Democratic party, favors Kelly. Judges now serving the first judicial district are H. K. Hanna, Jacksonville, and Orval J. Mil lard, Grants Pass. - ; If Kelly were to be appointed, it would result in the unusual situation of two judges in the same family. His daughter, Noreen. is Medford municipal judge. About 62 People Cast Ballots in Berrydale About 62 people had voted by 11:20 a.m. today ,at Howard school in a special election in which Berrydale residents will decide an annexation -proposal. The poll opened at 8 a.m. to day, and will close at 8 p.m. Bal lots will be counted after the poll closes. Boundaries of the annexation area run generally north from the Big Y junction along High way 99 to Gore st., west to Lynn st., then parallel to High way 99 to a point north of Mace rd., east and south across Crater Lake highway and west to Pa cific highway. North Bend Soliciting Law Declared Unconstitutional Salem Of) An ordinance of the City of North Bend reg ulating and licensing solicitors was held unconstitutional by the Oregon Supreme Court today as imposing special burdens upon some persons which were not im posed upon others engaged sub stantially in the same business. Irvin Fricke, "a resident of North Bend and ttfe plaintiff, so licited orders for wares made by the Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company. In his suit brought against the City of North Bend, he said he kept no stock, but or ders which he obtained were shipped directly from the com pany's plant in Pennsylvania. Fremont Virtually Destroyed; Other Towns Damaged Weather Continues To Threaten Area Fremont, Mo. (m The death toll stood at 14 today in a swarm, of tornadoes that swept through Eastern Missouri and virtually destroyed the little town of Fre mont Tuesday night. The Red Cross reported the verified dead included three at Bonne Terre, four at Desloge, six at Fremont, and one at Van Buren. There were four unidentified dead in Carter and St. Francis county. There were at least 70 injured. The latest victims brought to 52 the number of persons killed by a series of tornadoes striking Missouri and Kansas in the last two nights. Thirty eight died when a massive tornado ripped through suburban Kansas City Monday night. Weather continued to threat en the area today. High winds hit Dexter and uprooted trees and demolished cars. Farmer Is Lucky A heavy thunderstorm struck at Fremont today, a town of 207 population that was virtually leveled Tuesday night. Rains hampered salvage work and most of the evacuated popula tion remained in Winona, 11 miles west. A. G. Coleman, 75, a Fre mont farmer, was up and about today despite a three-inch "Z" shape cut on top of his head. Coleman said he saw the twister coming and rushed his wife and son to the storm cellar. Before he could get in, the winds picked him up and hurled him into a a drainage culvert. Some object flying by cut his head. He doesnt know what it was. The Fremont tornado raced down a hollow along U.S. 60, tearing apart the community built along both sides of the high way. Only three buildings were left standing, a church, the post office, and one store. Every home in the town of 207 population - was levelled to the foundation. One witness said that outside of the three build ings spared, by the twister, "nothing over three feet high was left standing." The twister then smashed into nearby Van Buren and slammed into the town square before dis appearing. The twister missed a court house building in the square, but destroyed a number of business places and homes. . Refugees from the Fremont storm, all of them homeless, were taken to Winona, 11 miles away, where they were housed in temporary quarters with the help of the Red Cross. Fifty pints of blood plasma were relayed by highway patrol units to the injured at the Bonne Terre Hospital, three miles north of Desloge. Damage 'Tremendous' - Authorities described property damage at Desloge as "tremen dous." Thirty homes were de stroyed and much of the business district was reduced to twisted debris. , Four Red Cross station wagons from St. Louis brought cots, blankets and food to the city of about 2,000 population. ' AH telephone communication was knocked out in the stricken area, and the state highway pa trol was hampered by atmos pheric conditions that garbled its radio network. - (See Picture on. Page 16) Medford Woman Injured When Gun Discharges Mrs. Gordon Burton Hibbard, 19, of 1034 North Central ave. Medford, was reported in satis factory condition ' at Sacred Heart hospital this morning after suffering an accidental bullet wound in her left, shoul der Tuesday evening. According to police reports the .22 calibre rifle discharged when Mrs. Hibbard removed it from a rack on the wall while cleaning the room. The bullet passed through her shoulder and lodged in a bed, police said. The city ordinance required solicitors to obtain a city license unless they should be associated with a local dealer or merchant for a period exceeding four weeks. Fricke was arrested and threatened with prosecution in the Municipal Court. The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice George Ross man, said that Fricke's constitu tional rights could not be well determined there and that a court of equity had jurisdiction to enjoin the city from proceed ing under an invalid ordinance. The case was sent back to Cir cuit Court which had previously sustained a demurrer to the plaintiffs complaint.