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ill 1MB ULA Traffic (Death Toll Said 'On Schedule' Br UNITED RESS The nation's Memorial Day holiday traffic tflll climbed slow ly trfciay toward whit safety ex perts leaped will be a total of 0120 deaths on the highways by midniaht. A United Press eount from 6 .jj.m. local time Wednesday to It a.m. today showed at least 36 persans killed in traffic acci dents. Three drowned, and four died in a variety of accidents, including two in plane crashes, lor a totnl accidental death count of 43. Tofl on Schedule Calfrorriia "reported eight traf fic deaths. 'for the worst record in the nation. Indiana was next Lebanon Rioters Trade Shots With Police and Troops By UNITED PRESS Mobs'ripting against the Leba non government traded shots with police and troops today and stoned the automobile of a Unit ed States Embassy official. Official sources said six were killed and 16 wounded in the fighting which raged for 90 min utes on Beirut's main street. U.S. Military Attache Robert C. Works said one of a gang of young demonstrators approached his car and demanded: "Are you an American?" Anti-Americanism When Works replied that he was the youth threw a rock at the rear of his' car and fled. "The youngster could have thrown the rock at me," Works told the "United Press,' "but he mostly wanted to express his anti-Amencanism by throwing it at the rear of the car, where it did only about S10 damage." The rock-throwing incident came near the end of what was supposed to have been a one day general strike to protest Lebanese government policies. The strike fizzled, partly because this was Ascension Day. The mobs," which included a former premier of Lebanon, were broken up by police and troops. Late today, government sources reported the situation "well in hand." Young Bicyclist Jumps to Safety Central Point An eight-year-old boy escaped injury Wednesday at 8-15 p.m. when he jumped from his bicycle on North Second st., seconds be fore it was hit by an automo bile, according to Central Point police. The boy. Johnnie James Mc- Gee, 312 Maple St., Central Point, was riding his bicycle in an alley and turned onto North Second st., Between Maple and Morrow sts., police said, in the path of an oncoming car. The car, driven by Mrs. Viola Ifarie LeRty of 123 Maple St., Central Point, was traveling at less than 10 miles an hour, ac cording to police. One, fender of the bicycle was dented. No cita tions were issued. COMMANDER TO VISIT Heidelberg. Germany HP) German Lt. Gen. Hans Speidel. new commander- of Allied land forces in Central Europe, will pay his first visit to U.S. Army European headquarters here Fri day, it was announced today. Dr.Morle Foland Named To Position With Crusade Dr. Merle Foland has been chosen to head the professional division of the United Medford Crusade again this year, accord ing tg R. A. Johnson, general chairman.- Kent Blackhurst is assistant chairman, of -the division. Sec tion heads are John Watkins, ac counting; William Seibert, arch itects; William Duhaime, attor neys; E. Jacobson, chiropractors; Dan Chamberlain, dentists; Trank Perl, funeral directors; R. J. Utie, optometrists; Dr. Mil ten Snow, osteopathic physi cians; Dr. Robert Casterline, physicians; and Jim Bayliss, vet erinarians. Second Year Dr. Foland. who is serving his second y.ear as professional di vision chairman, is second vice chairmaa of the crusade - and also is on the board of directors for his second year. His division vaj first to reach Its goal last year. Active in the fund raising cam paign for the Rogue Valley Me morial hospital. Dr. Foland is a Xiwanian and Elk and secretary of the staff and board member of the hospital. He was an Army captain in the coast artillery in the South Pa- with four, and three each were reported in New Mexico, Penn sylvania, and Wisconsin. Ned II. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, said the death toll was "tragically on schedule." The council had es timated 33 million cars would be on the road today and that the resultant traffic jam would kill 120 persons "unless the ex tra dangers oi holiday traffic are met with extra care and caution." Many states acted to keep down the slaughter by ordering extra police patrols and supple menting them in some cases with National Guard troopers. Faar Long Holiday The 30-hour holiday period of ficially ends at midnight tonight but since many workers have the day off Friday, safety offic ials feared the death toll would continue at an accelerated pace throughout the long week end, killing more than 430 persons by midnight Sunday. The estimate of 120 dead for the official Memorial Day pr jod is 45 deaths greater than the average of 73 for a non-holiday. Thursday in May. Weather Contribute Generally fair weather con tributed to the crush of holiday travelers and added the more sombre observances of the day throughout the nation. A wreath from President Eis enhower was placed at the tomb at the Unknown Soldier in Wash ington, D.C., at a ceremony in which Air Force Secretary Don ald A. Quarics spoke. Parades and memorial obser vances were held in cities across the nation, after which picnics, doubleheader baseball games or just relaxing were the order of the day. Forest Service Calls Tower Bids Bids for construction of a look out tower on Cinnabar mountain have been called by the U.S. for est service. The' planned structure is to replace the existing tower and is to be a pre-fabricated, pressure-treated wood tower with catwalk and lightning protec tion, according to the forest service. Cinnabar mountain is in the Applegate district about 35 miles southwest of Medford. The gov ernment will provide all mate rials permanently included in the house and tower project, ex cept concrete for the footing?. 'Work is to commence within ten days after notification ' to proceed and must be completed within 60 days. Sealed bids will be received by the forest service, 729 North east Oregon St., P.O. Box 4137, Portland, until 2 p.m. June 11. Weather FORECAST: Fair through Fri day except for rhanc of aft ernoon and evening thunder storms over mountains. Low tonight 55. High Friday .-. Temp. fli chest Yesterday 90 Lowest This Morning 55 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:3 a.m. Sunset 7:40 p.m. Moon rides high and sets 9:01 p.m. First Quarter June 4 Denebola. high in southwest 9:00 p.m. VISIBLE PLAN FT S Venus, between the Sun and the Moon. Jupiter, below De 1 nohola. Saturn, low in south rrt p.m. Mars, sets . 9:54 p.m. DR. MERLE FOLAND Professional Division Head cific during World War II, is a graduate of the Kansas univer sity medical school. '''he Folands and their three children reside at 109 Highland dr. 52nd Y Mel United Press Pull Leased Wire 20 Pages Navy Jets Collide As Memorial Day Observers Watch Minneapolis 0LP1 Two Navy Panther jets, flying a Memorial, Day salute over a cemetery here collided before the horrified eyes of hundreds of persons, and crashed into a residential area. One pilot was killed and at least nine civilians injured. One of the injured is reported to be in "poor" condittion. Killed was Cmdr. Newell F. Olson, about 26, liaison officer of the Minneapolis Naval Air statitdn. The second plane plunged into an open field 150 yards from a playground filled with children. The pilot was not injured ser iously. The field was the only emptyarea, -wi.tliia..iniles. Unoccupied Auto Hit The planes fell to earth about four blocks apart in North Min neapolis, near Sunset Memorial Park cemetery One of the planes smashed an unoccupied automobile and hit five homes, two of which were demolished. Debris was scattered over a large area. Spot fires broke out in several places. Five of the in jured were burned. One man was hit by a piece of the plane. Three other persons suffered shock." The plane piloted by Cmdr. Olson came down "like a bomb," blew out a hole 50 feet in dia meter and 15 feet deep. Olson attempted to parachute. The chute opened partially and caught in a tree. Olson's body dangled from the parachute,' 30 feet above the groundv More Fair Weather Predicted Today "It's just perfect spring wea ther." That was the comment of officials at the weather bureau station here today as the. third straight day of 90-degree tem perature was forecast. The 90-degree reading was an-' ticipated this afternoon after similar maximums on both Tues day and Wednesday. A fine day for picnicking was foreseen for those who selected valley retreats. Those who head ed for the mountain areas faced a chance of afternoon and eve ning thunderstorms. Fair weather is predicted through Friday except for the thunderstorm possibility over mountains in the afternoon and evening. Prospect Youth Injured in Accident Delmar Gene Maloy, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ma loy, box 51, Prospect, was in jured at 8:30 a.m. today in what was believed to be a one-car accident at Prospect. Medford Ambulance service said he is believed to be suffer ing from broken ribs, cuts and possible back injuries. He was taken to Rogue Valley hospital. The accident occurred near the Rogue river bridge at Pros pect. State police officers were investigating the accident late this morning. bulletin Indianapolis, Ind. HI Sam Hanks, Pacific Palisades, Calif., won the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 500-mile Memorial Day Race today. Acvusn c ic n MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1957 ' ' " NEW CITIZENS The group of newly-naturalized United States citizens shown in top photo are giving the pledge of allegiance following a final naturalization hearing in circuit court Wednesday. With the group is Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini, (front, far right) who conducted citizenship classes for adults in the group. Youngest of the new citizens are Brenda Louise Graff, 9, and her brother, Raymond Richard, 17, shown with their parents,' Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Graff, 619 South Oakdale ave. The group was presented American flags by the Medford Elks club in cooperation with the Daughters of the American Revolution. Young Brenda (lower photo) stands by the flag of her new country after receiving a "derivative" citizenship. Her parents were naturalized some years ago. The Graffs formerly lived in Canada. Forgetfulness Marks History, Speaker Says "The history of America is marked -with , forgetfulness," Sam Harbison, main speaker at Memorial day ceremonies this morning, told a crowd of about 50 people at Hawthorne park. Harbison, a Medford attorney, referring to the small crowd at the park, added "People often forget there were great sacri fices involved'in keeping Ameri ca a free republic." "The slogans of 'Our American Revolution' are paralleling ef forts of other countries through out the world now struggling for independence." The world "revolution" is a word of hope there, he said. Purpose of these revolutions, according to Harbison, is four dimensional: demand for inde pendence, insistence for human dignity, economic progress for the many as well as for the few and peaceful conditions in which to live. Discussing America's youth, Harbison declared "We have nothing but a hollow shell in which to place our faith and trust in the future." The talk was preceded by cer emonies on Bear creek bridge where local members of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars threw wreaths of flowers into the water in memory of the "war dead." M. A. Beneka, of the VFW, was in charge of ceremonies. Earlier, several hundred peo ple lined Medford streets to watch the parade, sponsored by the Veterans Allied council, pro ceed from the Medford Library park east on Main st. to Haw thorne park. The parade was marshalled by County Judge Rodney Keating, local Navy Re serve commander. Activities at the park included laying of the wreath at the base of flag pole by members of the VFW auxiliary, Lincoln's Gettys burg address by Jim James of Phoenix High school, General Logan's address by Mrs. Bessie Gott, president of the Daughters of Union Veterans, and readings by Mrs. Eva Frances Ware and Pat Graham. Benediction was by the Rev. Clynton Crisman, of the Friends church. Roy Huson was master of ceremonies. Marching in the Memorial day parade were Army and Navy re serve units, the Medford High school band, Daughters of Civil War Veterans, Colonel Sargent's auxiliary, American legion mem bers and the legion auxiliary, members of the Disabled Ameri can Veterans, Troop 40 of the Girl S-"outs, local members of the American Red Cross, Eagles and Civilian Air Patrol. CRASH KILLS EIGHT Valencia, Spain W Eight Spanish Air Force men were killed Wednesday when their German-built Junkers transport plane crashed into a mountain while flying from Valencia to Medrid, the Air Force announced today. Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire No. 60 Senators Promise Fight To Restore Cuts in Defense Washington (in Defense minded senators promised today to fight to restore at least half of the deep cuts voted in Presi dent Eisenhower's military budg et by economy-minded members of the. House. The President suffered a ma jor defeat Wednesday when the House, with Democrats in the forefront, turned down five Re publican attempts to put back funds Eisenhower said are essen tial to national security. ' The bill sent to the Senate car ried $33,562,725,000 0r $2,565, 275,000 less than requested, to run the Army,. Navy and Air Force during the next fiscal year starting July 1. Senate Republican leader Wil liam F. Knowland (Calif.) 'old reporters he believes there., is "some chance of an upward ad justment" in the bill. But he said it still is too early to specu late on how much of the House cut will be restored. There was no inclination among senators to restore the so-called bookkeeping cuts which Eisenhower has said he could live with, even though it was conceded that they probably will result in increased appropria tions in future years. But some key members said they are determined to put back funds the President has said would be necessary to forestall sharp cutbacks in such important programs as plane buying and missile developme.it. Helicopter Feature Due at Home Show A four-place helicopter, used extensively at fairs and celebra tions throughout the northwest, will be an attraction at the Med ford Home show which opens today. The helicopter will take show visitors for short rides pver the valley during the daylight hours of the event, producers said, and will be used to guide visitors to the show site. The home show opens for four days in the Crystal Springs ware house on South Fir St., at noon today. Jimmy Wakely, western recording star, is the main at traction in the variety program to be presented three times each day. Doors will be open from noon to 11 p.m. each day, except Friday when show hours will be 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Mayflower II Heads North for First Time London (in The Mayflower II swung about on a northerly course today and headed straight fo.- Plymouth, Mass., for the first time on its Atlantic voyage. After 38 days detouring to catch the southerly trade winds. Commander Alan Villiers switched course 300 miles east of the West Indies to begin the last leg of the long crossing. He radioed today that he was making north by west at five to six knots. He was about 1,600 miles from Plymouth. Ordered Deported Washsington 'IP) A Hun guarian refugee - discovered to have been a member of the Hun garian military intelligence has been deported with his wiie ana two children. Thp Hungarian. Samuel Gom- bos, 37, was admitted on a tem porary basis. Other Hungarian refugees apparently told United States officials about Gombos' Red connections while he and his family were at a refugee camp in New Jeraey.,, e Noon Edition Former Dominican Consul Asked To Face Questioning Trujillo Dodges Reply To U. S. Note Washington IIP) The United States put the heat on the Dom inican Republic today in con nection with the disappearances of American pilot Gerald Mur phy and Dr. Jesus De Galindez. The State Department Wed nesday made public a note it sent the Caribbean government May 2 in which it said "suffic ient evidence" has been uncover ed linking the two disappear ances. The note requested that Brig. Gen. Arturo R. Espaillat, form er Dominican consul general in New York, shed his diplomatic immunity for questioning in the case. The Dominican Republic has not yet replied to the note. State Department officials said today the United States will send another note "in the near future" if no reply is received soon. However, the officials said the United States is not considering breaking off relations with the Dominican Republic. They said this would not accomplish any thing. The officials admitted, though that they were stymied at this point about what other moves to make if Espail'at refuses to en ter the United States for ques tioning. Life magazine said recently it had information that the miss ing De Galindez, a foe of Dom inican strongman Rafael Tru jillo, was kidnaped in New York last March and flown to the Caribbean nation in a plane piloted by Murphy. - State Dpnartment . officials I said their ' information is "ap proximately the same as that published by the magazine. Adenauer Sees Help For Reunification Bonn, Germany (IP) Chancel lor Konrad Adenauer returned home today from his Washing ton cold war talks and said he had won assurance of "decisive help for the reunification of Ger many." Adenauer's chartered plane touched down at Wahn Airport after a direct flight from Wash ington that brought him back to a new political storm. Adenauer's government mem bers planned a triumphal wel come for the 81-year-old states man who faces critical elections Sept. 15, and hailed the results of his Washington talks as an outstanding success. Swing Defends Border Patrol Pistol Matches Washington (IP) Immigra tion Service Commissioner Jo seph M. Swing defends as both "necessary and proper" the Bor der Patrol practice of attending rifle and pistol matches on gov ernment expense accounts, it was revealed today. In an official report to Comp troller General Joseph Camp bell, Swing said it had been de termined small-arms team ac tivities are "proper" charges against the Border Patrol's appropriation. 'I Forgot To Tell You The Schedule' Been Changed" Action Taken Despite Protest By United States Major Relaxations In Korean Embargo London (IP) Britain cleared the way today for substantial resumption of trade with Red China despite American protests. The United States immediately declared it was "most disappoint ed" with the move. Foreign Secretary S e 1 w y n Lloyd went before Parliament with an announcement of major relaxations in the Korean war embargo enforced up until now by 15 Western nations. Authoritative - sources s a British exporters would be per mitted to ship materials to Red China which are now shirked to Russia and the Eastern Euro pesn satellites. Informed in Advsica The U.S. had been informed in advance of Britain's go-it-alone decision. A protest state ment was released by the State Department and distributed through American embassies in Europe. It said the British decision prevented an allied agreement on continuing stiff restrictions on China trade. The U.S. and Britain and oth er North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization allies had been meet ing in Paris more than a month attempting to find a compromise on Britain's planned move. The talks broke down this week. The State Department said the U.S. "contemplates no change in its policy of total embargo on trade with Communist China." The Chinese embargo list wag agreed upon after start of the Korean war. It is much longer than the list of goods banned in trading with Russia. China got around the embargo in the past by re-buying some items from Moscow. Sharp Policy Split The issue raised the sharpest Anglo-American policy split since the Suez invasion. But dip lomats believed Washington and London had agreed to disagree and forecast there would be no drawn out controversy. Both governments apparently realized that public opinion dif fered sharply oa each side of the Atlantic. " ' ' Japan and Norway, which also attended the Paris trade confer ence this week, may follow Brit ain shortly in relaxing restric tions. France also may follow Britain once it ends its cabinet crisis. Two Cars Collide At Central Point Central Point Two cars were extensively damaged and a five-year-old girl was slightly injured in a collision Wednes day at 5:15 p.m. at the corner of Fifth and Manzanita sts.. Cen tral Point, according to Central Point police. Injured was Debby Taylor, passenger in a car driven by Mrs. Nola May West, 461 North Fifth st., Central Point, who re ceived a bump on the head. Mrs. West sustained a bruised foot. The other vehicle, police said, was driven by Miss Glenna Evon Heath, 17, of route 2, box 431, Medford, who was not reported injured. Several sections of fence on the property of Frank Richard son, 445 Manzanita st., and a street marker were damaged, po lice said. The intersection is hid den by shrubbery and buildings and neither of the streets has a stop sign, officers reported. No citations were issued.
