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Newspaper Page TextLin Sn Intervention in Hungary Uprising Said Well Planned Soviet Troops Said Not Asked To Help United Nations, N. Y. TP A United Nations special com-nn!t-e reported today that last year Hungarian revolution was a spontaneous nationwide up rising crushed by the brutal in tervention of Russian troops without invitation. It wai the most sweeping in dictment of Soviet Communism e.rr iisued by the UN. iJO.COO Word H-port A five-man committee ap pointed last January to conduct a tull and objective investiga tion of th revolt announced its findir.es in a 150,000-word re port. Its conclusion was based on evidence taken from 111 wit nesses, some of them still loyal to the Communist party, in hearings held here in Vienna. London, Rome and Geneva. Keith C. O. Shann, Australian ambassador to the Philippines, who prepared the report, said the revolution was "not an anti Soviet revolution as such" and was not fomented by outside agencies, as for example. Radio Free Europe. No Outside Assistance The. three mam conclusions of the committee, comprising also representatives of Denmark. Tu nisia, Ceylon and Uruguay, were these, Shann said: 1. There was, in fact, intcr--ention by force by the Soviet Union to crush the uprising and to overthrow "a legal and pop ularly supported government." 2. The revolt was "a spontan eously national uprising not as sisted from outside and not a counter-revolution to restore an old fovernment." 3. Tie present government of Premier Janos Kadar "did not at the time of its installation, and does not now have popular aupport." Ciasrlr Written Report The committee's report, writ ten in a lucid narrative style so rare for a diplomatic document ft u forecast it would become "beat aeller," gave a detailed account of events leading up to tha fighting which erupted Oct. J, the usurpation of power by Kadar in ousting the regime of Imre Nicy, the brutal repres sion, by the Soviet - dominated cret police, the aims of the insurgents and the effect of the strife-torn country of the re imposition of Soviet domina tion. Committee testimony showed that without Russian interven tion order would have been re stored in a day or two in Buda pest and Hungary possibly spar ed the blood bath of its October uprising. Interventioa Planned The report stressed that no legally constituted Hungarian government called in the Rus sia rt troops. The report also stressed that while the revolution itself was spontaneous, the Russians had planned well in advance to in tervene. The disorders began the night of Oct. 23 24. But the five-member ip.vesti Ifcitinf committee found that floating bridges had been as asmblcd on the Hungarian-Russian frontier on Oct. 20 to transport troops and that on the following day. Hungarian-speak-ir officer! on leave in Romania were recalled. Th Russians were observed moving toward Budapest Oct. 22. the day before the revolt erupted. Salem OP The State Emer gency Board meets here next Tuesday to pass on recommend ations for py raises for state o workers approved by the last o Legislature. Hungary Expels American Air Attache in Vienna 'TP The Commu nist Hungarian government to day ordered the expulsion of Col. Welwyn F. Dallam. United States air attache in Budapest, on charges he photographed Hungarian military objects. Dallam was given six days to lrnve Hungary. Note To Legation Dallam. San Francisco, told the United Tress by telephone that the Hungarian government handed a note containing the demand to the U. S. Legation at Budapest. He snid it contained no further details. Dallam said the Hungarian charge was "ridiculous." Report Indicts Russia "jr"' M United P 26 Pages UN Command Calls Communists To Panmunjom Meet Reports Say UN To Nullify Agreement Seoul. Korea T The Un ited Nations Command today summoned the Communists to a meeting of the military armis tice groups at Panmunjom Fri day. Persistent reports said the UN command would nullify the 1953 armistice agreement. The U. S. military announced it was flying 20 American cor respondents from Japan to Pan munjomto cover the meeting but would not confirm the Al lies were ready to end the agree mcnt, repeatedly violated by the Reds in building up a massive striking force in North Korea. Signed in 1953 The armistice agreement was signed in Panmunjom on July 27, 1353. by North Korean Gen. Nam II for the Communists and Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr., of the U. S. Army as senior delegate for the UN command It was not known here exact ly what the ramifications of such a move would be. But dip lomatic sources suggested one in tention might be to replace the outmoded Korean war material of the United Nations forces. Leaders of the UN command said the Communists brought in modern jet planes into North Korea in violation of the armis tice, built up major air bases within easy striking distance of Japan, and revamped the once- defeated North Korean army with the latest heavy armor. Declared Voided South Korea repeatedly has declared the armistice agree ment voided by the massive Communist build-up while com plaining that the ROK forces were limited to such weapons as those in use at the end of the fighting four years ago. South Korea also has appeal ed for the introduction of Am erica n atomic weapons to coun ter those it said Russia has sup plied the Red forces in North Korea. The United States al ready has weapons with atomic capability in Japan, Okinawa and Formosa. OC Timber Sales See Upturn in May Portland TP Timber sales on O and C lands in 18 western Oregon counties recorded a sharp upturn during May but the spurt was not enough to bring the 1957 fiscal year sales up to 1956. the Bureau of Land Management reported today. Virgil T. Heath. Oregon su pervisor for the BIM, said May sales of green and salvage tim ber totaled 121.746.000 board feet valued at S3. 319.604. In May of 1956, sales reached only S2.853.347. For the fiscal year, however. 1957 was lagging more than S6 million behind the same 11 months of the 1956 sales year. 2,373 Use Hawthorne Park Poo This Week The swimming pool at Haw thorne park has been used by a total of 2.373 swimmers this week, Sunday through Wednes day, according to City Treasurer Darrcll Huson. Figures include Sunday 485. 1 Monday 716. Tuesday 690, and Wednesday 482. Budapest He said he and his wife would leave Budapest for Vienna next Tuesday. He has been there two years. "I cannot say much on the Hungarian charges presently." he said. "In any case, they arc ridiculous." Another Expelled He recalled that another U.S. Army officer was expelled from Hungary recently on similar charges. Capt. Thomas R. Gleason, as sistant U. S. military attache, was charged with "open espion age" by the Hunsarian govern ment April 9 and had to leave the country within 48 hours. KCE2UC 'r;K2En3 auvueit c jo n MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1957 GIRARD APPEAL Washington "P The government appealed directly to the Supreme Court today to reverse a court order preventing it from surrendering GI William S. Girard to Japanese authorities for a manslaughter trial. A petition filed with the court by Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. asked the court to reverse last Tuesday's decision by Federal Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy. McGarraghy ruled that a Japanese trial for Girard would vio late his constitutional rights. The government petition said McGarraghy's decision is "clearly wrong" and "public interest in an early disposition of this case" is very great. Brownell asked the court to accept the case for review, and urged that it schedule oral argument "if deemed necessary, at an early date convenient to the court." He also suggested that Girard's attorneys be required to reply to his petition within two days. 1 The court now is scheduled to East Gets Relief; West Continues To Sizzle From Heat By UNITED PRESS A cool air mass cracked the eastern heat wave with death dealing violence Wednesday night, but there was no relief in sight for the sizzling West Coast. The cooler air rode into the East on the heels of a wide spread storm front that claim ed at least five lives, including two National Guardsmen killed by lightning on bivouac at Fort Bragg, N.C. Hundreds of Fires In the Far West, firemen and volunteers battled hundreds of brush fires in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles Wed nesday as the mercury soared to 95. In the plains states, flood wa ters began receding slowly, leav ing behind a soggy trail of dam age estimated at S17 million in southwestern Minnesota alone. The United Press counted at least 168 weather deaths since last week end. There ,were 117 hot weather drownings. 32 deaths caused by floods, 7 by heat prostration and 12 by light ning. 102 at Bakersfield In the West, weathermen pre dicted scattered showers from the plains states to the Pacific Coast, except for California where continued fair and hot weather is expected. The mercury hit 102 at Bak ersfield. Calif., and 110 at Thermal, Calif., Wednesday. Police Arrest Five Illinois Valley Boys One 18-year-old and four ju veniles from the Kerby-Cave Junction area were arrested by city police last night and charged with illegal possession of alcohol. They were released to their parents and told to ap pear in municipal court at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Police officers stopped the car in which the group was rid ing between Fourth and Fifth sts. on North Central ave. about 11 p.m. yesterday. Police said they found several bottles of beer in the back seat. Included were Robert Alvin Harrison, 18, and a boy aged 17, from Cave Junction: a 16-year-old and 17-year-old from Kerby, and another boy, aged 17, from O'Brien. High School Students Will Attend Council Salem HP Fourteen Oregon high school students will at tend the 21st annual conference of the National Association of Student Councils opening Sun day in Roswel. N.M. Advisors will be Mrs. Amelia Auld. Portland, and Orville Bailey, Reedsport high school principal. Students attending include Jack Tobiason, Ashland, and Gary Meredith. Illinois Valley. Sly Youth Killed os Auto Leaves Highway Klamath Falls ilP Buddy Ken Weiser, 22, Bly. was killed shortly before midnight Wednes day when his car left the high way on Bly mountain about 15 miles east of here and struck a tree. CASE FILED adjourn for the summer recess next Monday. However, it could extend the term for any period it chooses. The court meets Friday morn ing for its routine consideration of cases and undoubtedly will consider the Girard case at that time. Brownell's petition said. "We firmly believe that, des pite the district court's ruling, Girard's case is totally without merit and that the court can so decide promptly." It addfd that the government is prepared to file a brief on the merits of the case "if that is deemed desirable," within the next few days. Cite International La-.-r Girard's attorneys, it said, probably can prepare a brief quickly from those they submit ted to McGarraghy. "If oral argument is believed necessary," the petition added, "the government is ready to pre sent it at the eariest date, con venient to the court ... we have no doubt that Girard's counsel are equally ready and able to do so." The petition said the govern ment's position in the case "is simple." "It rests on the international aspects which the district court has totally ignored," it said "Under international law, Japan is sovereign within its own coun try. "In the absence of express or implied agreement to the con trary. United States officials within Japan would be obliged by Japanese and international law to make Girard available to the Japanese authorities for trial there. "Thus, if the international ar rangements between the U.S. and Japan are invalid. Girard is plainly subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Japan and has no claim whatever in American courts." Rogue River Youth Accidentally Killed Rogue River Larry Horn, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Horn, 4073 South Pacific highway, Rogue River, was killed Tues day in a hunting accident near Tulclake, Calif. Reports received here said the youth's gun accidently dis charged while he was hunting rabbits. He was a sophomore at Rogue River High school. Young Horn was a member of the Med ford Gun club and was Oregon State handicap champion in 1956. Survivors, besides his parents, include a sister, Laurie Ann Horn, at home, and several uncles and and aunts in Cres cent City. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Weirt's Fu neral home in Crescent City. Weather FOR Ff AST: Fair and mild to night and Friday. Outlook look Saturday fair and warmer. Low tonight VV Tf mp. flichrct Yesterday 1 l.owfst thi Morning ... . SO Prec. to 1ft a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise :H a.m. Stin! p.m. Moonru Friday 13:21 a.m. New Moon June 27 PROMINENT CONSTEL LATION" Sagittarius, in the south at moon rise VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets R:41 p.m. Mars, sets 9:10 p.m. Saturn, in the smith .10:4 p.m. Jupiter, low in west 11:35 p.m. Price 10c .Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire No. 73 Schrunk Condoned Illegal Activity, Elkins Testifies Something Picked Up, Policeman Tells Court Portland Of) Racketeer James B. Elkins, whose disclos ures touched off Portland's vice probe more than a year ago, testified Wednesday at the per jury trial of Mayor Terry D. Schrunk and said the ex-sheriff of Multnomah county condoned illegal activities. He also said Schrunk at one time told him he could reopen the 8212 Club, an after hours spot. Another witness. Policeman Merlin Ticdemann. testified that he saw Schrunk pick something up from behind a telephone pole across the street from the 8212 Club after Clifford O. Bennett, operator of the club, had placed it there minutes before. Sire of Envelope Ticdemann said the "some thing" looked about the size of an envelope. The prosecution claims Schrunk lied when he told a Grand Jury last summer that he did not accept a bribe from Ben nett in exchange for not closing down the after hours spot. In Elkins' testimony, he said that he found the 8212 Club's ?1,500 bankroll short S500 when he got it back from Bennett on the night in 1955 when Schrunk allegedly pick up the envelope. Virginia Jenkins, a hat check girl in the club, testified that she saw Bennett leave the club with a "manila colored envelope," on that same night. , Enrollment Increases Al Southern Oregon Ashland Summer session enrollment at Southern Oregon college shows an increase over last year's figure with 479 reg istered as of June 17 against a total of 442 an a comparable date a year ago, according to Mrs. C. D. Winston, registrar. There are 142 men enrolled. t ..At.', r.-l mac 190 the in- jtni a ium . Kcrease is 9.3 per cent. The in crease in women enrollees is a little less, 7.7 per cent, it was reported, with 337 enrolled and 3-3 attending last summer. There were 54 veterans a year ago in contrast to the 38 now enrolled. Nine high school stu dents from Oregon and from other states are in attendance this year and six during the previous summer. From other colleges and universities in the state there are 34 enrolled, a year ago, 39. Out of state students current ly enrolled have swelled the to tal from the last session's 40 to this year's 57 on the comparable date. Victim of Fall Near Brookings Recovering Crescent City, Calif. W Mary Winifred Hapenstall, 73, Lovelock, Nev., was reported in good condition at a local hospi tal today where she is recover ing from injuries suffered in a fall down a bluff 10 miles north of Brookings, Ore., Tuesday. The woman fell on an isolat ed section of beach and was spotted hours later by a youth who brought rescuers. .Mrs. Hapenstall had been staying at a ranch. She told rescuers she had been looking for gold when she fell. Hoffmans Arrive To Assume Farm Home Jobs Mr. and Mrs. William W. Hoffman, who will assume duties as superintendents of the county farm home July 1, ar rived in the county Wednesday, according to members of the county court. The Hoffmans are formerly of Portland where he was a far mer and rancher. His experi ence in employee supervision came through operation of a commercial laundry and cafe. He is a business administration graduate and at one time worked for two eastern hospi tals. Mrs. Hoffman, a nurse, re ceived her training in New Jersey. City School Children Rank Above National Averages, Tests Show Children in the Mcdford ele mentary schools ranked above national norms in all sections of achievement tests taken this spring, the school office has re ported. Tests were given in grades one through six in Jackson, Jeffer son, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Washing ton, Oak Grove, and West Side schools. The scores are class medians in Dr. Heatheringfon Named Group Head Dr. J. Scott Heatherington of Medford was selected president lect of the State Osteopathic as sociation Wednesday at the state convention recently in Portland Dr. Heatherington will assume duties as president for the yar 1958-59. He was president of the association in 1952-53. He will succeed Dr. John Wood of Forest Grove. Dr. Heatherington has prac ticed in Medford since 1945 and is planning to move to Oregon City in August to enter practice in partnership with Dr. E. L. Burnham. He is a member of the house of delegates of the American' Osteopathic association and will attend the national convention in Dallas, Tex. next month. Dr. Heatherington is active in several civic organizations and is a trustee of the First Metho dist church, on the board of the Salvation Army, and a trustee of Rogue Valley Manor. At the convention Dr. W. W. Howard of Medford was award ed a life membership in the as sociation for his more than 40 years of service with the organ ization. He has practiced in Med ford since 1912 and is one of the founders of Medford Osteo pathic hospital. Japanese Minister Addresses Congress Washington W Japanese Frime Minister Nobusuke Kishi went before Congress today to pledge his country's continued parnership with the United Stat es in the struggle against Com munist expansion in Asia. The 60-year-old Japanese lead er was expected to speak again of Japan's desire for a greater voice in the operation of the Mu tual Security Pact and other co operative arrangements between the two countries. Earlier, Kishi was scheduled to hold a 2' i-hour "brass tacks" meeting at the State Department with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and other U.S. of ficials. Washington ilPi Sheldon F. Sackett, publisher of the Coos Bav Times of Coos Bay, Oregon, has announced a forthcoming change in the name of the eve ning daily newspaper, it win be rechristcned the World of Coos Bay and North Bend. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 17 0 Baltimore 4 8 0 Fischer. Staley (3). Der ringion (5). LaPalme (8) and Lollar; Loei and Ginsberg. Kansas City 4 7 1 Washington 9 12 2 Urban. McDermott (6), Trucks (7). Host (8) and Smith: Ramos, Clevenger (8) and Courtney. terms of subject grade scores: Grade one. Gates primary reading test, national norm 1.85; Medlord system, word recogni tion 2.60; paragraph reading 2.60. Grade two. Gales advanced primary reading, national norm 2.85: Medford system, word rec ognition 3.46, paragraph read ing 3.75. Grade three, Stanford achieve ment tests, elementary level, na tional norm 3.8 Medford sys tem, paragraph reading 4.4, word meaning 4.4, spelling 4.3, lan guage 4.6. arithmetic reasoning 45. arithmetic reasoning 4.5, arithmetic comprehension 4.5. Grade four, Stanford achieve ment tests, elementary level, na tional norm 4.8; Medford sys tem, paragraph reading 5.9; word meaning 5.6. spelling 5.6, lan guage 6.1, arithmetic reasoning 5.6. arithmetic computation 5.3. Grade iive, Stanford achieve ment tests intermediate level. national norm 5.8; Medford sys tem, paragraph reading 6.3, word meaning 7 1, spelling 6.2, lan guage 6.9, arithmetic reasoning 6.3, arithmetic computation 5.7. Grade six, Standford achieve ment tests, intermediate level, national norm 6.8; Medford sys tem, paragraph reading 7.4, word meaning 7.8, spelling 6.8, language 7.7, arithmetic reason ing 7.3, arithmetic computation 7.2. Education Leaders Forceast 'Bright Dayr Portland (IP) Top Oregon education leaders Wednesday forecast a "bright new day" in higher education for the state as a result of budget action by the 1957 Legislature. John R. Richards, chancellor, said the budget and building allocations of the Legislature was a "culmination" of a deci sion made in 1955 that "we would have to reach a higher plateau of public spending for higher education. R. ' E. Kleinsorgc, chairman of the board, said "We didn't get all we asked for and are going to ask for it again, but it is certainly graiifying to know that the people of Oregon want a good educational system and are willing to pay for it." The Legislature approved money for building as well as faculty pay raises. Some $7,715, 000 will be spent on building during the upcoming biennium. Smith Named Chairman Of Republican Committee Salem (in Former Gover nor Elmo Smith today was named chairman of a newly organized committee to draft a plan of Republican policy and action in Oregon. Escaping Steam in Carrier FDR Accident Claims Tvo Jacksonville, Fla. W Live steam set loose by an exploding high speed pump aboard the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt killed two seamen and seriously burned five others, the Navy said today. Heriosm Told The Navy said 29 other sea men were treated for heat pros tration or exhaustion from being trapped or from heroic rescue work as the steam letted through deck after deck of the 45,000 ton carrier Wednesday. Capt. T. W. Hopkins, skipper of the big flattop, told newsmen a harrowing account of the tragedy and a stirring account of Cut" Reduction To 2,500,000 Men Put To Conference Cut Would Be Mads Within One Year uuiiuuil iij i A lie uiiiiru States proposed today that the u. a. ana soviet armea lorccs be cut to 2,500.000 men each. It said the reductions should be made "without any political preconditions" as part of the first step disarmament plan. U. S. Delegate Harold E. Slas sen made the proposal at today session of the five-power Lon don Disarmament Conference, sources disclosed. Part of Agreement The cut, to be carried out within one year of iiie sicnir.C of a disarmament treaty, woultf be part of an over-all agreement including the future of nuclear tests. The U.S. now has 2,800.000 men in its armed forces. Rut sia is estimated to have a mili- -tary manpower of about lout millions. Conference sources said Stai sen also agreed to Soviet de mands that control of nuclear tests be included in the f.r1 step toward disarmament. Stassen also told the confer ence the U. S. was prepared iO consider further substantia armed forces reductions in ordL er to meet Russia half-way. He indicated the U. S. would consider the cutting of forcA to a figure substantially lowe than the proposed 2,500.0ilQ level, depending on the solution of political problems. Depends on Settlement Conference sources said thJJ while the U. S. offer of a 2.5(i). 000 man reduction was mcft without any prior political coie ditions, further cuts below thaj level would depend upon tin progressive settlement of out standing East-West political is sues. Stassen pointed out that thet8 envisioned further reductions would also form part of a firaf step disarmament agreement. The long awaited America proposal touched off a general discussion in which Soviet dele gate Valerian Zorin, British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and Canada's David Johnscf took part. Council To Hold Td Public Hearings Todiy Two public hearings will be held by the Medford city coun cil at its 7:30 p.m. meeting to day in the city hall. One hearing is on amending the zoning ordinance to permit church construction in resident ial districts, and the other is on an appeal from downtown pro perty owners regarding fire code basement sprinkling require ments. The fire code requires that "approved automatic sprinkler systems shall be installed in all basements having an sr c ceeding 3,500 square feet." Also on the agenda is cmsieS eration of rescheduling i publi hearing on the city budgt from July 5 to July 12. City officials said necessary publication of no tices were impossible in tim to have the hearing July a. State Highway Truck Burns After Accident A state hichwav denartmrnt pickup truck operated by Vir gil Jr . Baldwin, io, 01 saicm, was destroyed by fire about 2:30 p.m. yesterday about three miles north of Prospect on Highway 62. State police said the left rear tire of the truck blew out. and Baldwin lost control. The truck went into the right ditch where it turned over. Several cans of gasoline in the pickup truck caught fire, police said. A trailer carrying a welder was removed from the over turned truck, and was not dam aged. Baldwin was not innired. police said. heroism in an interview after the FDR docked this morning. "The casualties were due to live steam," Hopkins said. "Both men who were killed apparently were on their way to help the two men on duty in the pump room at the time of the explos ion." Investigation Planned The carrier, about 100 miles off the Florida coast at the time, was brought to the Navy car rier basin at Mayport, Fla., near here. A Navy board of investigation was convened immediately to de termine the cause of the explos ion and the extent of the dam age to the huge carrier.