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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was revoked for larceny from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
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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.
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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
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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.
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'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.