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Newspaper Page Textm 52nd Year M t-'ni1 Prm Full La 16 Pages Scientist Kills Self Rather Than Face House Committee Suicide Letter Tells Resentment Oyer Intrusion Hearing Said Threat To Life, Livelihood Pacific Grove, Calif. HP William K. Sherwood, a cancer research scientist, killed himself early Sunday rather than ap pear before a subcommittee of the House Un-Amcricari Activ ities committee. A committee spokesman said he may hav taken with him in death information "that would have been significant to the se curity of this country." He said Sherwood s testimony had been considered an "very valuable," that the committee planned to offer him immunity to prosecu tion in return for it. Scientific colleagues of Sher wood, 41, sid he was a "bril liant" scientist. He completed . paper Friday describing work through which he believed he may have established a link be tween cancer, schizophrenia and mmp kinds of heart disease. Sherwood was found dying at the Hopkins Marine laboratory by his wife, Barbara. He had taken poison. Threat of Publicity He had left a letter saying: "my Jife and my livelihood are now threatened by the House committee. ' "I will be in two days assas sinated by publicity ... I would love to spend the next few years in laboratories, and I would hate to spoul them in jail." A friend. Oakland attorney ertram Edises. made public a statement which he said Sher wood had intended to read to the committee. "The committee's trail is strewn with blasted lives and the wreckage of youthful car eers." the statement said. It said he resented "the intrusion of the House committee because it cau s me to lose precious time from work which is of import ance to humanity." Edises said Sherwood had be come very upset when he learn ed two days ago that the com mittee intended to televise its hearings. He wrote a colleague that he had "a fierce resentment of being televised." Sherwood had been called as a result of testimony at a Chi cago hearing in December, 1955. A witness. Allen Heald. told the committee that he had been in vited to participate in a "Com munist discussion group" in 1938 He said the original con tact for the group was Victor Perlo. identified by the commit tee spokesman as a "Communist party functionary." Heaid testi ficd that Perlo was succeeded by "Bill Sherwood The scientist Sherwood was! subpoenaed as a result of this testimony and "other informa tion we are not at liberty to di vulge" the spokesman said. Honolulu IP Japan's new Premier Nobusuke Kishi landed here for a brief stopover today oldest father, the youngest father en route to Washington for "aland oldest married couple. A frank and friendly exchange of views with President Eisenhow er on matters of common inter est and concern." Eastern Half of Country Sokes in 90 Degree Heat By UNITED PRESS The eastern half of the nation sweltered in the year's first ma r heat wave today in the wake of killer storms that caused flood disasters at St. Louis, Mo., and other points in the . Mid west. At least 20 persons were kill ed in week end storms that dumped record rains on the St. Louis area. Flash floods drove s.-irr 6.000 persons from their homes in the area, but many of them began returning Sunday as the racing waters receded. Swimmers Drown Swimming accidents also has claimed a heavy toll of lives as millions of persons thronged to parks and beaches Sunday in an effort to escape the 90-degree plus temperatures. Eleven persons drowned In 1 7 ' J T ' DERBY CHAMPION Johnny Mrs. John D. Bowman, of Ashland, was awarded the grand champion trophy for the best string of catfish at the 21st an nual catfish derby at TouVelle State park yesterday. Above, Derby Queen Nancy Picard looks over his catch. Johhny caught the fish, all of which measured more than a foot long, from Hiatt lake on night crawlers. The largest fish, entered by Elasha Warn of Medford, measured more than 17 inches. Catfish Derby Prize Won by Ashland Boy Johnny Bowman, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bowman, of Ashland walked away with the grand champion trophy at the 21st annual cat fish derby sponsored by the Med ford 20-30 club at Touvelle park yesterday. Other awards in the catfishing contest went to Doug Phaff for the most catfish; Elasha Warn, the largest; and Douglas Paine, Grants Pass, the smallest. Jules Pandois, Jacksonville, was awarded a prize for being the oldest fisherman. Several thousand persons were on hand to watch various con tests and activities during the afternoon. Entertainment c o n s i s ted of musical numbers by students of the Muzzioli School of the Ac cordion, and pupils of the Thur ston and Colleen Hope dance studios as well as a square dance performed on horseback by the Medford Trail Riders. Other Events Other events included a bub ble gum, pie eating and balloon blowing contests and prizes were awarded for the youngest mar ried couple, the person with the reddest hair, the most freckles and to the owner of the oldest car at the derby. There was also a fat man and fat lady contest, and awards were given to the boys and girls sack race was al so held. Richard Schuchard was master of ceremonies and Queen Nancy New England and one died in s ooaung accident, six person? each drowned in Michigan and i Wisconsin, four each in Indiana and Illinois, and two in New Jersey. At Scranton, Pa., three golf ers were killed Sunday and three others were injured when a bolt of lightning struck a tree where they had taken shelter during a rainstorm. A physician at the Scranton Country club said ail three men died instantly. 8.72 Inches Of Rain A total of 8.72 inches of rain swamped St. Louis in little more than 13 hours during a record downpour Friday night and Sat urday. Belleville, 111., south east of St. Louis, was flooded with a 13.75-inch rainfall. Am ounts up to 10 inches and more were common throughout the area. 3, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE Bowman, 13, son of Mr. and Picard and her court reigned over the Derby, assisted by Frank Perl. Princesses included Sylvia Baker, Caron Lcffler, president, Paul Morris; first vice president. Jack Veal; second vice Sharon Blickenstaff and Vickie Palmer. Officers of the 20-30 club are president, Loren Soderlund. and secretary, Murray Smith. Derby chairmen were Bert Restel, John Watkin and Don Wells. Officials of League To Meet Here Tonight Action taken by the last state legislature concerning city gov ernment will be discussed at i meeting of city officials from Jackson and Josephine counties and representatives of the League of Oregon Cities here tonight. The meeting will be a no-host dinner at the Jackson hotel be ginning at 6:30 p.m. An open forum discussion will be used to clarify possible effects recent legislation will have on municipal government and de velopment. In addition, reports will be given on budget and fi nance problems, annexation and city service to fringe areas, cities and the federal highway pro gram, and the federal planning assistance program. A series of 19 similar meet ings are scheduled by' the League of Oregon Cities in the state. Attending the Jackson ho tel dinner will be League Presi dent J. W. Barney, city manag er of Hillsboro; Herman Kehril. executive secretary. League of Oregon Cities and director, bur eau of municipal research and service, University of Oregon, and A. M. Westling. planning and public works consultant. bureau of municipal research and service. Railroad Passenger Rate Hearing Completed Salem 'V Hearing on a five per cent increase on first class passenger fares for railroads was completed today by the Oregon Pubhr Utility Commission. C. W. Ferguson, who conduct ed the hearings, said no opposi tion tc the increase was made at the hearing. Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railways filed the peti tion for the increase. Fefrguson said a recommenda tion will be made to Commis sioner Howard Morgan within 30 days. Tribune 17, 1957 Morse Quits Move For Speedy Action On Civil Rights Fellow Liberals Warned Of Possible Boomerang Washington (IP Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) reversed him self today and pulled out of a campaign by Senate liberals to speed up floor action on the civil rights bill. Morse's unexpected move came as the House prepared for a final vote late today on President Ei senhower's civil rights bill. Sponsors were confident they could ward off a last-ditch drive by southern opponents to weak en the bill- with eight or more amendments. If the House passes the bill, as expected, the fight then will shift to the Senate Tuesday. In the House, southerners staked their main hope of se? curing a roll call on an amend ment to require jury trials for persons accused of violating court orders against denial of voting or other civil rights. The proposal was rejected Friday on a 199-167 non record vote. Says He Was Wrong Morse told the Senate he was "wrong" when he agreed to join a liberal move to by-pass the Ju diciary Committee and have the House civil rights bill placed on the Senate calendar as soon as it is received. He warned his fellow liberals that such tactics could boome rang against them by prompting their opponents to use the same procedure to speed action on measures the liberals oppose. The Senate Judiciary Commit tee has been considering its own bill for several months and there is no present indication when it will act. Morse said he would offer a motion to discharge the committee from further consid eration of the bill if it does not act within a "reasonable time." McKay Named to Alaska Highway, Rail Commission Washington W Presi dent Eisenhower today appoint ed former Interior Secretary Douglas McKay to be a member of the Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission. All 13 members of the com mission will serve without com pensation. It was set up by the 84th Con gress to study the economic and military advantages of rail and highway connections between U. S. and Alaska. McKay resigned as interior secretary last year to run, un successfully for the Senate seat of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.). McKay new lives in Salem. Ore. The other 12 members ap pointed today are: Sens. Frank A. Barrett (R Wyo.) and Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.); Reps. Leo W. O'Bri en (D-N.Y.); Russell V. Mack (R-Wash.) and B. F. Sisk (D Calif.); Louis S. Rothschild, un dersecretary of commerce; Liv ingston Satterthwaite, director of the office of transportation and communcations at the State De partment; Roger Charles Ernst, assistant secretary of interior; Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Browning, deputy chief of transporation, Department of the Army; Norton Clapp, Seattle. Wash.: Charles G. Burdick. Juneau. Alaska, and E. L. Bartlett. the delegate from Alaska in the House of Repre sentatives. School Directors To Be Elected Today Election for director to the board of edJcation of Medford school district S94C will be held this afternoon and evening. Can didates are Otto A. Ewaldsen and Francis I. Cheney. Polling place will be in the girls' gym of Medford High school, and will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. Elections for board directors are to be held at the same time in all county school districts. Price 10c United Press Full Ltastd W!r No. 75 v- 1 rtSi ii&l: JOHN L. STICKLY International President International Club President To Speak At Lions Meeting John L. Stickly, Charlotte, N. C, International Lions club president, will be main speaker at the Oregon Lions convention in Medford June 20 through 22. Stickly, his wife and daughter Nancy will arrive at the Med ford airport Thursday, June 20, at 10:40 p.m. They will be greeted by a large delegation of Lions as well as the Grants Pass Cavemen and Mayor John Sni der. He was elected president of the International Association of Lions clubs at the international convention in Miami, Fla., in June, 1956. He served the previ ous year as first vice-president of the association and has been active in Lions club work since 1938. He operates his own tex tile business, is an officer in a real estate and packaging com pany and is sole sales represen tative for a large textile corpor ation. 1,000 Expected More than 1,000 members of Lions clubs in Oregon and sev eral from Canada are expected to attend the 33rd annual state convention. Medford Lions club is in charge of arrangements as sisted by Carter, Ashland, Cen tral Point, Eagle Point, Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Prospect, Rogue River, Shady Cove-Trail, and Talent Lions clubs. The state Lady Lions conven tion will be held at the same time. Convention activities planned include an appearance of the Van couvcr, British Columbia, Lions bagpipe band, consisting of 25 girls, Saturday, June 22, at noon probably near the Cra terian theatre, club officials said. The band is on its way to the International Lions conven tion in San Francisco the follow ing weekend. Registration Scheduled Dr. Lee Mellish is general chairman of the event Registra tion will start at 10 a.m. Thurs day in the Jackson hotel. Fri day's schedule includes business sessions, a golf tournament, and airplane trip over Crater Lake. That evening the governor's banquet will be held at Hedrick Junior High school with Stickly as principal speaker. Saturday morning club presi dents and secretaries will be honored at a breakfast -which will be followed by a business session at the Craterian theatre. An award luncheon will be held at noon with a Variety show Friday evening which will pre cede the governors' ball at 9:30 p.m. at Hedrick Junior High school. Convention chairman for the Ladies Lions are Mrs. Ken Campbell and Mrs. Lee Mellish. Bulletin Washington HP A House appropriations subcommittee, in a move lo ward off a threat ened cutback in mail service July 1, today approved a 133 million dollar supplemental fund for the Post Office De partment. Weather FORECAST: Cutitirrahl rlnudm, mnttht and Tn fjsv. Low Tonipht 55. H!k Tuedav S". TFMFFR XTLFE piChtt veri1v 52 Lowest this mornini 47 Our Skies Tonight Sunruf 4:.14 a.m. Sunwt 7:51 p.m. Moonrise 11:01 p.m. Last Quarter June 20 PROMINENT STIR Arrtiirus. high In So. 8:39 p.m. Well below it In the southeast are seen the planet. Saturn, and the sur. An tare. The planet Is the brighter ot the two. V3t At Least 50 Die In Outburst of Week End Violence Political Prisoners Locked Up in Jails Porl-Au-Prince Hf Haiti was precariously quiet early today under the muzzles of the army tommyguns that killed at least 50 persons and wounded 200 in a savage outbreak of week end violence. The number of political pris oners clapped into Port-au-Prince's jails during the clash was estimated between 500 and 1,000. Breg. Gen. Antonio Kebreau, who ousted provisional Presi dent Daniel Fignole Friday, ap peared to be intent on stamping out opposition to his military junta regime quickly and at any cost. Fignole fled into exile. Most of the casualties of the week end outbreak were sup porters of Fignole, but a radio report said the prisoners includ ed at least one leading partisan of Sen. Louis Dejoie, another candidate for president in the deferred elections. Roadblocks Thrown Up Army roadblocks cut off travel and communication between Port-au-Prince and the prov inces, making it impossible to obtain first-hand reports on con ditions outside the capital. No large-scale violence was re ported. Unconfirmed reports that Do minican troops are massing along the border that bisects this tropi cal island in preparation for an invasion of Haiti were denied by Dominican Ambassador Por firio Basora. The junta officially acknow ledged only that 12 persons were killed and 20 arrested in the week end disorders, but the actual casualty figures wen; known to be much higher. The trouble started at mid night Saturday, a few hours after word of Fignole's safe ar rival in New York was received here. Roving bands of Finnol ists, defying curfew regulations, surged out of the slums to set fire to buildings and heave huge rocks into the streets. No Americans Hurt At least one tourist hotel was stoned by the mobs, but none of the handful of Americans vis iting Port-au-Prince was injured Shady Cove Man Killed When Car Rolls Over Sunday Garland Dale Winkle, 26 Shady Cove, was killed Sunday morning when the car he was operating went out of control on Highway 62 one mile north of Shady Cove and rolled over sev eral times. State police said the vehicle apparently was traveling at a high rate of speed before the accident occurred. The car went over a slight bank before it started rolling. Winkle was be lieved to have been killed in stantly. Three passengers in the car suffered minor injuries and were released after treatment in a Medford hospital. They are Da vid K. Holder, 28, Medford; Wil liam Vance Zimmerlee, 27. Gold Beach; and Kenneth.(Tex) Burn ett. 30, Shady Cove. Winkle's death brought to 1' the total of traffic fatalities in Jackson county since Jan. 1. His body was taken to Conger-Morris Funeral home, where services are pending. Play Directors All-Night Session; Rehearsals Start Ashland New names and well-known players took top hon ors in the casting for the Ore gon Shakespearean Festival's 1957 season. Producing Director Angus L. Bowmer met with directors Jam es Sandoe and Robert Loper in an all-night session last night to accomplish the task of balanc ing about 150 roles with the 36 members of the acting company. Such Festival favorites from past seasons as Richard Graham, William Oyler, David O'Brien, and Rosalyn Newport received key roles in this summer's sched ule. Among the newcomers, the husband-wife team of George and Margaret Vafiadis. from TP3E carnH cot-oral rhntro ml. a,,... i cj.ii t.- City, Mo., will make her Ash- land debut in three coveted parts. Here is a partial list of the casting, play-by-play: "As You Like it," directed by Bowmer. features Miss Randall as Rosalind, Vafiadis portraying Orlando, and last season's "Ju- liet." Miss Newport, in the role of Celia. O'Brien, who took the The Bird That Got Caught In A Badminton Game Salary Increases Am Discussed at Hearing Public hearing on the 1957-58 Jackson county budget of S2,- 900,446.72 was to resume at 1:30 p.m. today in the courthouse auditorium. The hearing started at 10 a.m. and most of the morning was spent with discussion of pro posed salary increases for em ployees in most county depart ments. About 60 people attend ed the morning session. Several county officials and others voiced support of the pro posed salary raises, while others. particularly farmers, spoke against the proposal. Much of the salary discussion appeared aimed at the sheriff's office. Proponents of raises for sheriff's deputies pointed out higher salaries are being paid elsewhere and there is danger of local deputies leaving in favor of higher salaries. They also noted difficulty in obtaining qualified men as sheriff's deputies. Basis for Feeling Opponents appeared lo base their feelings on fear of higher taxes if salary raises are grant ed. One man stated, "The gen eral farmer hasn't made a darn ed thing over his taxes. We're told that just over the hill deputies and others can get higher salaries and I can't figure out why they don't go over the hill. We can't afford to keep raising salaries. If this is going to continue as an agri cultural county, we're going to have to do something about taxes and start right here in the courthouse." Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, coun ty clerk who last week prepared a job classification and salary survey for key personnel in the county, pointed out there is additional expense to the coun ty in obtaining personnel re placements and training them. She also said salaries account for 45 per cent of the overall county operation, while salaries account for 70 to 75 per cent of the United States average. Getting More Service Mrs. Hopkins added if one person left each county depart ment it would cost the county S5.000 more to replace them than it would to grant the re quested salary raises. She further stated. "We are getting more service from the sheriff's office than the state police are furnishing the county . . . and their salaries should be com parable to those paid to state Complete Casting After title role in "Cymbeline" last year, will be Touchstone. Two first-year members of the company also earned top billing. Kenneth Geist of New York is cast as Jaques, and William Sharp, of Riverside, Calif., as Duke. Two veteran and popular play ers are slated for the key roles in Sandoe's production of "Othello." Graham will play the title role, and Oyler will enact Iago. Miss Newport, well-remembered by last year's audiences, will portray Desdemona, with Jerry Turner as Roderigo. Sandoe is also directing "Two Gentlemen of Verona." featuring i"'" " r,a'e' " ' as Julia, and Marcia Thayer do-1 inn T iiPoHa Tho lrev rninoHv rnl . " 6 , . ' n,i, , t Jackson, Walla Walla, Wash., as Speed. Loper directs the two plays that round out the season, and j both have large casts. "Henry VIII" will complete the Festival's chronological pre- ! sentation of the history plays on police officers." County Commissioner ChesC Wendt, also' a memer of tlp budget committee, spoke lo tl( group in regard to the job claaa fication survey which calls filF raises ranging from a few dol lars to about $300 a year tip many employees. He said the county court A of the opinion that it "doesn't give the entire picture'' and sail it Is proposed to have an outsidJJ professional agency conduct classification survey for the county. It was pointfd out tl survey would cost $6 per job classification. County Jude Rodney Keating said a similar survey in Lane county cost SI. 500. i x-xoiessionai ourvey Jerry Latham, representing the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Hopkins pointed out a professional sur vey has been urged previously and charged the budget commit tee with being "a little slow in acting on it. Considerable discussion was also held on the county health department budget. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health physician, said his proposed budget was S24 under his budget for last year when submitted to the bud get committee. However, he said the committee further cut it by $2,840. He said such a budget cut would seriously undermine ef ficient operations in his depart ment. Other representatives of local public health organizations supported Dr. Merkel's plea for more money and urged the com mittee to raise his salary to make it comparable to salaries offered to him by departments elsewhere. Suppression Crews Assume Stations Southwest district of the Ore gon state department of forestry was a't full strength for the fire fighting season today as suppres sion crew members came on the job. .Twenty crewmen had a train ing session this morning before assuming their stations. Nine have been assigned to the head quarters on Table Rock rd.. three each to McLeod, Pleasant and Lincoln and one each to Ashland and Butte Falls. the Ashland stage, with Graham in the title role. Making his first appearance with the group will be Michael O'Sullivan of Chicago playing Wolscy. William Crossett of Se attle will also debut locally, do ing the part of Norfolk. O'Brien is the show's Buckingham. Miss Randall will be Katherine, and Mrs. Vafiadis will appear as Ann Bullen. On August 23 and 29, Loner's staging of "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" will be offered, with Va fiadis in the title role, Ed Bru baker as Gower, Jerry Turner in the part of Pandar, Sharp doing Boult, Mrs. Vafiadis as Thaisa, and Jean Cartwright as Marina. Much doubling was necessary to fit the 36 members of the act- ir, m, :, nsn . I required by the five plays. Audi- I tions concluded about 10:30 p.m. Directors worked until 4 a.m. today on the cast list, which was posted for the company this morning. Rehearsals have al ready started, with blocking started on "As You Like It" this afternoon, and "Othello" sched- uled for 30 p.m. tonight.