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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1957
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POOL OPEKS Ovrr 400 Medford younsstcrs were on hand
v.M'n li-e public S'Aimmina pool nperird at Hawthorne parit
jrstrrdnv. airnrding to Ed Knapp. swimminc po"l manager.
Above. Mrs. Don Bradshaw, lifeguard, watches while a rrowd
of younz .swimmers "whoop it up" at the shallow end of the
pool. Other lifeiuards are Bob Sutherlin and Herb Bowman.
Girard's Brother
Plans To Appeal
To Eisenhower
Ottawa, III. i." The brother
of CI William Girard will try
to get President Eisenhower to
keep the Japanese from trying
Cirard today.
Louis Cirard lrft here for
Washington with petitions
mgnrd by almost 7.000 persons.
They protested the United States
derision to turn over Armv
Snriahst 3P William r:,rrH nf
... 'On Ninth Petition
Ottav.a to the Japanese courts! The sprcmc Court action
fnr trial on manslaughter came on Chessman's ninth peti-
chargrs. He is accused of the tion to the high tribunal.
fatal shooting of a Japanese Justice John M. Harlan wrote
woman j ",e P'nion for the Supreme
Can't Fetreat Now
The United Press Irarnrd that
even if the brother does get in
to see Mr. Eisenhower, the
President will slicrf to his guns
that the I'niied States can't go
back on its promise to Japan
now.
The Girard case also mav be
headed f'r a major court test in
this country over confidential i
government documents. The!
United Press was told the gov-1
rrnment will move in federal
district court in Washington j
Tuesday to quash subpoenas ob
tained by Girard's defense at
torneys. They call for produc
tion in court of all written
records in the case.
Girard told the United Press
in Tokyo by telephone from the
base where he is being held that
"It sure helps to know I got
some good people on my side."
Asked how he was feeling, the
GI replied: "About as well as
you w o u 1 d if you were up
against what I am."
Girls State Starts
At Willamette U.
Salem 'If A week-long
training - in - gov ernment course
for some 250 girls opened here
today under sponsorship of the
American Legion auxiliary.
The biggest Girls State con
vention in the past 16 years
with registrations today at Wil
lamette University.
The girls all high school jun-ii-rs,
will set up city, county
and state government units and
elect officers during their meet
ing. Gov. Robert D. Holmes and
other state, city and county of
ficials will participate in the
activities.
Linda Thompson. Astoria. last
v ear's cirl state governor, will
address the group tonight.
Eugene IP Dr. Charles G.
Howard, professor of law at the
University of Oregon, has been
named recipient of the first an
nual Erstrd award, for distin
guished teaching.
Knowland and Nixon Clash
Over Issue of Polish Aid
Washington IP Vice Pros-1
ident Richard M. Nixon and Sen-1
ate GOP Leader William E. i
Knowland. potential Republican i
rivals for the presidency, clash
ed today on the issues of U.S.
aid to Communist Poland. j
Strongly Favors Decision
Nixon, in a speech in East '
Lansms. Mich.. Sunday, came
nut s'mncly for the administra
tion's decision to send Poland
?15 million worth of surplus
f irm products and machinery.
"If because of our action the
movement toward independence;
and freedom is enabled to re-'
mam alive and grow in Poland." ;
he said, "the other satellite conn-'
tries will have an example which
they, in turn, can follow." 1
New Court Hearings
Due Caryl Chessman
Washington ip The Su
preme Court today ordered new
state court hearings for doomed
convict-author Caryl Chessman.
He claims the court record of
his trial was fradulently prepar
ed Chessman is in the death house
at San Quentin Prison in Cali
fornia. The high court ordered the
new hearing to determine wheth
er Ihere were any inaccuracies
in the trial court reporter's rec-
rd nf the ,ri;,l
i Court, which split 5 to 3 on the
ca.-:e. Chief Justice Earl War
ren, former California governor,
did not participate. .
Chessman, once known as the
Red Light Bandit" of Los An
geles, was convicted in 1943 on
17 counts of kidnaping, robbcryj
ana sexual assuit. tie drew two
death sentences and 15 prison
sentences.
While holding off execution in
California's gas chamber by var
Juvenile Internee
Sought by Police
Portland -IPi State
local police throughout
and
the
northwest were on the lookout
for Dorothy LaVerne Burns. 17.
Rainier, who reportedly escaped
from the Multnomah county
juvenile home a month ago.
The girl had pleaded guilty at
St. Helens to manslaughter in
the death of her father, Robert
Hollis Burn. 37. Dorothy had ad
mitted to Columbia" county of
ficials she entered her father's
room last November late at night
and shot him. She had said her
father reprimanded her for be
ing out late at night.
Juvenile authorities made pub
lic the disapperance of the
Burns girl Saturday. They said
she escaped about May 10 while
at a swimming pool off the juve
nile grounds. Siie had been com
mitted to the juvenile home pend
ing a pre-sentence investigation.
North Dakota Man Dies
On Sandy Fishing Trip
Portland IP A heart at
tack apparently caused the
death of Dan Power, 56, of Lang
don. North Dakota legislator,
while he was fishing along the
Sandy river about three miles
upstream from Viking Park.
Power, who was visiting Dr.
Frank Spaulding. Troutdale, a
brother-in-law, went fishing
alone Saturday and did not re
turn. Dr. Spaulding notified sher
iff's deputies and they located
the bodv after a two-hour search.
But Knowland. a bitter critic
of Polish aid, said he did not
think the free world could win
the battle against Communism
'if we tax the American people
to support Communist economic
and political systems."
Would Amend Bills
He indicated he would try to
prevent such aid in the future to
Soviet-controlled nations by
amending appropriations bills
carrying aid funds. Knowland is
a member of the Senate Appro
priations Committee.
The two Californians are con
sidered two of the leading pos
sibilities as candidates for the
Republican nomination in I960.
with Nixon regarded the front-;
runner. j
Registration for swimming instruction will begin Thursday,
June 13, and classes will start on ?.Ionriay, June 17, Knapp
said. The classes, oppn for children over eight years of age
as well as adults, will include 10 lessons over a tw-o-week
period. Instructors will be Sutherlin and Mrs. Bradshaw.
ious legal maneuvers. Chessman
w rote
"Cell
the best-selling novels
1455 Death Row" and
"Trial By Ordeal." He is now 36.
Sorry Chapter
"All we hold," Harlan said,
"is that, consistent with proced
ural due process, California's af
firmance of Chessman's convic
tion upon a seriously disputed
record, whose accuracy he
(Chessman) has had no voice in
determining, cannot be allowed
to stand.
"Without blinking the fact that
the history of this case presents
a sorry chapter in the annals of
delays in the administration of
criminal justice, we cannot
allow that circumstances to fet
ter us from withholding relief
so clearly called for."
Hearing June 26
jOn Right-of-Way
The Public Utilities commis
sioner will hold a public hearing
in Medford June 26 on the city
council's request to acquire a
right-of-way for a railroad cross
ing at Eighth St., it was reported
today.
The hearing will be held at
9:30 a.m. in the city hall.
Announcement of the hearing
date was received from the PUC
today, in an acknowledgement
to a request for the hearing filed
in March by City Manager Rob
ert Duff. The action was author
ized by the city council.
The crossing is one phase of
the SI. 656, 100 arterial street im
provement program approved by
Medford voters last November.
Eventually, Eighth st. is planned
to form a one-way couplet with
Main St., from a junction in the
Hawthorne park area west to
ward the city limits.
Proceeding through the public
utilities commissioner's office is
necessary to obtain a grade cross
ing right-of-way at Eighth St.,
Duff said.
The Eighth st. project has a
high priority in the overall 10
year street program, according
to the city manager.
Body May Be That of
Missing Commander
London itp The discovery
of the decomposed body of a
swimmer in a British harbor has
touched off a government inves
tigation. A London newspaper said the
body may- be that of Commander
Lionel Krabb, a wartime frog
man hero who mysteriously dis
appeared a year ago last April.
His disappearance became an
international incident after Rus
sia protested that her sailors had
spotted a frogman swimming be
tween two Soviet ships on the
same day Krabb disappeared.
The ships were the ones carrying
Premier Bulganin and Party
j Chief Khrushchev on their Lon
don visit.
Carnival Accident
Injures Ten Persons
Davenport, Iowa 'W Ten
persons were injured Sunday
night when a man and girl
whirled out of a carnival 1 fly-a-plae"
ride into a crowded
midway.
Authorities said Ruth How
ard, 16, and Edward Eberle. 23.
both of Davenport, were riding
in a whirling plane when the
door came open. They wcr?
flung 30 feet through the air
and lanced in a crowd walking
through the midway. Eight other
persons were injured when the
couple fell on them.
Elderly Couple,
Grandson Die in
Fire at La Grande
La Grande IP Fire last
night took the lives of an elder
ly La Grande couple and their
six-year-old grandson who was
visiting here with liis parents.
Dead were Joseph L. Crab
tree and his wife, Elizabeth, 75,
and Ronnie Darcangelo, 6, son of
the Crabtree's daughter, Mrs.
Bonita Darcangelo.
Flames engulfed most of the
interior of the Crablree home by
the time it was discovered by
neighbors who heard Mrs. Dar
cangelo and her husband Angelo
screaming in the front yard.
The Darcangclos escaped from
the burning house through their
bedroom window apparently
after a vain attempt to rescue
their sleeping son from a daveno
in the living room.
Both were burned and hospi
talized. Darcangelo suffering
cuts from broken glass and Mrs.
Darcangelo with internal inju
ries suffered when she wai
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Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree appar-'
ently died of heat and suffoca-j
tion in their bedroom. The boyi
body was badly burned.
Cause of the fire had not yet
been determined but firemen
said a short circuit was probably
responsible.
Drain Woman Indicted
On Charge of Murder
Roseburg, Ore. ilPi Mrs.
Irma Myrtle Miller, 57, Drain,
Ore., was arraigned on a charge
of first degree murder before cir
cuit Judge Carl E. W'imberly to
day. Defense attorney. Dan Dimick
presented a motion asking the
court to appoint one or more ex
perts to examine Mrs. Miller and
report on her medical condition
and to determine her mental con
dition. She is accused of shooting
Garrett A. Maupin. 62, of Drain,
early Sunday, May 26, as he was
sleeping in his home.
Mrs. Miller was released from
custody Friday upon the order
of district judge Warren Wood
ruff because he said the state
did not present sufficient evi
dence to link Mrs. Miller with
the crime.
Just after her release, a Doug
las county grand jury rctruncd a
secret a indictment against Mrs.
Miller charging her with the
murder of Maupin.
Planning Commission
Jo Discuss Ordinance
The Medford planning com
mission tojiight will decide
whether to call a public hearing
on a proposal to recommend to
the city council adoption of a
new subdivision ordinance.
The meeting will be held at
7:30 p.m. in the city hall.
Other business will include a
report from Commissioners Paul
Selby and Mark Goldy regarding
change of property setback for
A. W. Adams. 13th and Hamilton
sts., a report by Goldy on the
Edgemont subdivision plat and
a request from Alvin C. Lucas
for change of property setback
on the southeast corner of Oak
and Clark sts.
City Firemen Aid
Entangled Bird Sunday
City firemen we.-e dispatch
ed on another mission of
mercy last night. A bird, spe
cies not reported, was the
beneficiary. The firemen were
sent out with the aerial lad
der truck to free the bird
which had become entEngled
in a string hanging fro-n the
J. C. Penney company sign at
Sixth it. and Central ave.
Pro-Wsierners
Win Parliamentary
Vote in Lebanon
Egypt-Syria Axis
Further Isolated
By UNITED PRESS
Premier Sami Bey Solh of
Lebanon and his pro-Western
government won a major parlia
mentary election victory today
that further isolated the
Egyptian-Syrian axis from the
other Arab nations.
Election of nearly all the gov
ernment candidates in the Sun
day balloting was seen in
Lebanon as a rejection of Left
ist political attempts to tie
Lebanon to Syria and Egypt.
God's Guidance Asked
Belief that Lebanon was mov
ing away from Syria and Egypt
was heightened by a message
from Lebanese President Camile
Chamoun to King Hussein of
Jordan and King Saud of Saudi
Arabia in Amman asking God's
guidance in achieving Arab aims.
The Saud visit to Jordan was
expected to wean Hussein further
from Egypt's President Gamal
Abdel Nasser although there has
been no official statement that
the old Arab alliance had been
broken or badly bent.
Worsening of Relations
Egypt's semi-official Middle
East News Agency indicated a
worsening of Egyptian-Jordan
relations today with a dispatch
from Beicut accusing Jordan of
expelling two Egyptian officials
in a "military plot."
The agency said the Jordanian
government had expelled the
Egyptian military attache in
Amman and the consul general
in Jerusalem in a "Jordanian
government conspiracy."
Forest Industry
Expansion Planned;
Rogue Area Named
Portland ttF The Oregon
Development Commission an
nounced here yesterday a pro
gram for expansion of Oregon
forest industries through devel
opment of the use of wood resi
due promising "the creation of
an estimated 3100 new jobs" and
.in additional state payroll of $15
million.
The study, the commission
said, was based on research by
Sandwcll and Co., a nationally
known firm of consulting en
gineers who blue-print plans for
conversion of wood waste into
"payrolls and jobs."
ODC chairman Joseph W.
Smith said the Sandwell firm
found three areas of Oregqn
"particularly" suited to the es
tablishment of wood composition
board industries. They are South
ern Lake county. Grant county
and Curry county.
The engineers also picked nine
other sites which all had basic
factors "conducive to the estab
lishment of pulp and paper in
dustries." They include the
upper Willamette valley, upper
Columbia river. Snake river.
South central coast, Deschutes
plateau. Rogue river valley,
Umpqua river valley, Klamath
basin. Middle Columbia river
and the northern coast of Ore
gon. Man Thought Suffering
From Poliomyelitis
A 25-year-old Medford man
is reported to be at Rogue Val
ley hospital suffering from non
paralytic poliomyelitis.
If the case is confirmed as
poliomyelitis, it will be the first
case of the illness reported in
Jackson county this year, ac
cording to Dr. A. Erin Merkel,
county health officer.
No further details of the case
were available today.
Weather
FORECAST: Fir throujrh T'js
dv. Low tonitht SO. Hiffh
Tllsdav R V
TEMPER TVRE
H'rbt vtrrd v
Lowest this morning 7
Sunri 4 :3( a.m.
SunM ? :48 p.m.
Th Moon np atfi:20 p.m.
and form a trianplf with Sat
urn and Antarpv rt ts Tow
dav at 4:06 a.m. and will be full
nn June 12.
PROMINENT STARS
The Twins. t at p.m.
Th dim rrd "Mar"' to th left
of them is the planet Mars.
"I'm Painting The Clouds With Sunshine"
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Lower Down Payment
On FHA Housing Help
For Lumber Industry
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribuna Correspondent
Washington Congressional
agreement to reduce down pay
ments on FHA insured housing
is "a major legislative achieve
ment" which will give housing
construction and the Pacific
Northwest's slumping lumber in
dustry a shot in the arm.
This is the view of the Na
tional Association of Home
Builders of the United States',
which is hailing the likely pros
pect of enactment soon of a
new housing bill. Both House
and Senate have passed differ
ent versions of a housing meas
ure, which must be compro
mised before it can go to the
White House.
Both houses agreed to reduce
the down payment requirements,
especially tor low and moderate
ly priced housing. Under the
present housing act, the Federal
Housing Administration will
guarantee a mortgage with no
less than 7 per cent or S700
down on a 510.000 house, and
10 per cent or $1200 down on
a $12,000 house.
Requirement Reduced
Under the bills now pending,
both House and Senate reduced
the down payment requirement
for a $10,000 house to 3 per cent
oi $300. For a S12.000 house,
the House chopped the require
ment in- half to 5 per cent or
S600. The Senate went even
further, to make it 4.2 per cent
or $500.
Lumber and housing trade
groups have been lobbying for
a number of changes which they
feel would stimulate the hous
ing market. Housing construc
tion has slumped to an eight
year low, according to the Home
Builders Association.
Some trade groups want inter
est rates on government insured
mortgages raised, arguing that
the trouble with housing is the
deficiency of mortgage money
because other forms of loans are
drawing higher interest rates
and are therefore more attrac
tive to banks and other lenders
than are mortgages.
Idea Turned Down
The Eisenhower administra
tion has supported this argument
by asking Congress to increase
the interest rate on G.I. mort
gage loans from 4'i to 5 per
cent. Congress, however, has
already turned this idea down
amidst criticism from Democrats
of the "hard money" policy.
The administration was able,
without going to Congress, to
raise the interest rate on FHA
loans to 5 per cent.
The action in Congress now to
reduce down payments "is the re
sult of a year-long effort to pro
vide a much needed and long
overdue redress of balance for
the housing industry, which has
lagged behind the rest of the
economy," the Home Builders
declared.
"It is a major legislative
achievement, made possible by
strong bi-partisan support, and
one which can again bring mod
erately priced new homes within
the reach of tens of thousands of
American families," the trade
association added.
Here is how the new housing
bill would reduce down pay'
ments on other prices of housing:
1 tWMPm
A $14,000 house now takes
$1700 down payment. House cut
it to S900, and Senate to $700.
A $16,000 house takes $2200
down payment. House would cut
it to $1200 and Senate to S900.
An SI 8.000 house takes S2700
now. House would cut it to $1800
and Senate to SI 500. A S20.000
house now takes S3200. House
would cut it to $2400 and Senate
to S21Q0. . ..
Harmony Must Come
The differences between the
two figures presented in each
case by the House and Senate
are what must be brought into
harmony before the new housing
bill can become law.
The new housing bill also lib
eralizes the secondary mortgage
market for the Federal National
Mortgage Administration to buy
additional mortgages. The House
increased FNMA borrowing
power by $1.25 billion, the Sen
ate by $350 million.
"It is hoped," said the Home
Builders, "that lenders can be
persuaded to make adequate
funds available for lower and
moderate income family housing.
Failure to do this during the
next year could well result in
congressional action next year
deliberately designed to channel
funds into this segment of the
economy."
Director Candidacy
Petitions Due Today
Deadline for the filing of
school director candidacy peti
tions is 5 p.m. today, according
tc school officials.
Two candidates have filed for
the single vacancy on the board
of education in the Medford
school district. They are the
present board chairman, Otto A.
Ewaldsen, whose term expires
this year, and Francis Cheney.
Election of directors in all dis
tricts will be held Monday, June
17. One vacancy in each school
district will be filled this year
for a term of five years.
Searchers Hunt Body
In North Umpqua River
Roseburg, Ore. Ut Dragging
operations were continued today
in an attempt to recover the
body of 26-year-old John Q.
Vickers who is presumed drown
ed in the North Umpqua river
above Rock Creek about 20
miles east of here.
Police Net Closes Quickly
On Two La Grande Robbers
l.3 Grande If Two men
who robbed a service station in
downtown La Grande Sunday
night, were in custody of state
poiice less than an hour later.
Asked for Change
Being held in Union county
jail were Eugene Russell Caton,
33, and Ralph Frank Orlando,
33, transients who had been
working in Athena, Ore.
State police gave this report
of the crime: The two men drove
into the service station run by
Bob Hill. One of the men gave
Hill a $5 bill and asked for
1 change. When Hill opened the
'Upset Stomach' o I
Beds President;
Said Satisfactory
Blueberry Pie
Believed Cause
Washington IP An "up
set stomach" kept President Ei
senhower in bed today. The
White House said he was re
sponding to treatment "very sat
isfactorily." Doctors attributed the attack
to something the President ate
Sunday night. Blueberry pie was
suspect.
Three physicians in attendancen
reported that pulse, blood pres
sure, temperature, respiration
were normal, and his heart un
affected. Sleeping Comfortably
The President became ill Sun
day night and vomited threa
times. Press Secretary Jarpcs C
Hagcrty said, however. h had
had "no nausea . . . Sinne, early
this mornin."
Hagcrty told nlwsirln at Sit
a.m. (PST) thkt the President
was "sleeping comfortably" ijl.
that hour.
Hagerty said repeatedly that)
there was no medical evidenoeri
to connect th President's litest
digestive upset with his ileitis,
operation of a year ao or hi)
earlier heart attack of 155. o
An electrocardiogram, he s i.
showed no change in tht rf
dent's heart condition.
The secretary's announcement
said:
"The President is progressing
very satisfactorily. He has had
no nausea from his stomach up
set since early this mornirue l9
is now sleeping comfortably.
No More Announcements
Barring any important change
in his condition, he said, there
will be no further announc
ments until 2 or 2:30 p.m. (PDT).
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon said he expected thfi
President would be back on th C
job Tuesday. Hagerty said this
will be up to the doctors to rieM
cide.
"When most of use have a co'4
or an upset stomach," Nixog)
said, " It is not news. When h)
(Eisenhower), does, it is."
Hagerty said Mrs. EisenhoSer
summoned the President's per
sonal physician, Maj. Gen. HBv
ard McC. Snyder, to the Whit
House Sunday night when hj5
complained of nausea.
Something He Ate q
Hagerty said the doctors at
tributed the upset to something)
the President ate although as of
early afternoon the physicianP
had not definitely identified th
food that caused the trouble.
Secretary of State John ?a
ter Dulles told a conrekjonJ
leader that blueberry pie caused
it. Hagerty said it wastrue that
the President ate blueberry pie
Sunday night, but the doctors
did not know yet that this was
the source of the upset.
Knowland Asks Russia
To Leave Hungary
Washington HP. Senate Re
publican leader William Know
land. (R-Calif.) has met Com
munist Chief's Khrushchev's TV
challenge with one of his own.
Knowland asked Khrushchev
to withdraw Soviet troops from
Hungary in exchange for the
neutralization of Norway. In a
television interview Knowland
said he had suggested making
Norway part of the neutral bloc
of Baltic nations in a letter to
Secretary of State Dulles.
Khrushchev recently said in
a television interview, that Rus
sia would withdraw its troops
from East Germany, Poland and
Hungary if the United States
would pull its troops out of West
Germany and France.
cash register, one of the men put
his hand into the register and
said. "We want it all."
Hill told police he thought th
man was kidding and told him,
"take your hand out of there."
Hit with Bottle
Then the second man hit Hill
over the head with a soda pop
bottle, stunning him. The men
took about $40 out of the regis
ter and ran to their car. Hill got
up just in time to get the license
number and notified police.
State police app-chended the
men a short timp later about 20
miles east of La Grande.