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PURCHASING AGENT Richard V. Hogan. above, assumed
duties Monday as purchasing agent for Medford. His chief func
tion will be to establish a central agency, through which all city
departments will submit orders and requisitions for supplies
and equipment. The water department and the library will con
tinue to operate independently. Later Hogan will be made air
port superintendent, a job which is now being done by Gilbert
Gutjahr, administrative assistant.
Hells Canyon Foes
Plan To Force Vote
Washington Ml Oppon- that we want this matter dis
ents of the federal Hells Can- J Pscd of next Wednesday," Mill
yon dam served notice today ' frsa.id' "We hve Ytc to
i Irill it niH -i r -in4 lira 11 ttl Unm
that they intend to force a final
vote on the measure before the
full House Interior committee
next Wednesday.
Rep. A. L. Miller (Neb ), rank
ing Republican on the commit
tee, said "we have the votes to
kill the project once and for
all."
Bill All But Killed
The committee's Irrigation
and Reclamation subcommittee
all but killed the Senate passed
bill Tuesday when it voted, 15
to 12, to strike out its enacting
clause.
Opponents of the federal pro
ject are determined, however, to
kill off any chance of reviving
it. Democratic supporters had
promised an all-out fight to keep
it alive.
Miller said the opponents
would have insisted that the
full committee vote on the mea
sure at a meeting this morn
ing. But he said he had made a
"gentleman's agreement" with
Chairman Clair Engle (D-Calif ),
that no move would be made
without at least four days' no
tice. "The formal notification will
be made Friday, but we're send
ing out the advance word now
Residents of CPRFPD
Pass Levy Increase
Central Point Residents of
the Central Point Rural Fire Pro
tection district voted two-to-one
yesterday to increase the levy
to five mills or S6.555.52.
Fifty-eight votes were cast in
favor of increasing the levy,
and 27 votes were cast against
It. Fire district officials said the
voter turn-out yesterday was not
considered as good as in other
years. '
The levy increase was sought
to offset loss of property in the
district resulting from the recent
annexation of the Berrydale area
to the city of Medford.
Weather
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Sunrise 4:39 m.
Suntrt 1:5- p.m.
loonsrt U:J9 P-m.
First Quarter Thursday 4:09 a.m.
PROMINENT STAR
Antares. due south 9:49 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 8:46 p.m.
Mars, south of Venus.
Jupiter, south of the Moon.
Saturn, above Antares.
Hugh Earle Appointed State Insurance
Commissioner; Also To Be Fire Marshal
Salem W Hugh H. Earle,
veteran state and federal gov
ernment official, was appointed
stare insurance commissioner by
Gov. Robert D. Holmes Tuesday.
He had held the position pre
viously for six years under two
Oregon governors.
Earle. a resident of Portland
where he served five years as
collector of internal revenue un
der the Truman administration,
will succeed Robert B. Taylor as
head of the state's insurance su
pervisory agency. Taylor's four
year term expired June 30.
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Positive of No Switch
Miller said he is "positive"
that none of the opponents will
switch in the noxt week. He also
said the Democrats have "lost
all hope" of picking up any
more votes for the measure.
Miller said he intends to have
full committee consider all
three pending Hells Canyon
bills. Two are by Reps. Gracie
Pfost (D-Idaho) and Al Ullman
(D-Ore.). The other is the Senate
version passed a week ago.
"We can take care of all three
of them at the same time," he
said.
Third Man Arrested
For Talent Robbery
William Lloyd Johnston, 32,
address unknown, was being re
turned to Jackson county from
Crescent City. Calif., today in
connection with the robbery on
Monday night of Grady Allen
Conner, 724 Victory St., Med
ford. Johnston and two other men
were arrested after Conner re
ported three men had robbed
him at the point of a gun about
9 p.m., then kicked him out of
a car on Suncrest rd., near Tal
ent. Conner said the trio took
between $300 and S700 in cash,
a wallet, ring and wrist watch.
Arrested about 11:40 p.m.
Monday by Grants Pass city po
lice were Glen Eugene Johnson,
36, Live Oak. Calif., and Willie
Woodrow Wolfe, 37, Fresno,
Calif. Johnson and Wolfe were
lodged in the Jackson county
jail and appeared in district
court yesterday for arraignment
on charges of assault and rob
bery while not armed with a
dangerous weapon.
Their case was ordered con
tinued until 10 a.m. today when
they were to appear in district
court with counsel. Their ap
pearance was delayed, however,
and District Attorney Thomas
Reedcr was conferring with
them this morning. Reeders aid
the two men had not obtained
attorneys.
Johnston, who is being return
ed by Deputy Sheriff Glenn
Wright, is expected to arrive
here later today.
Salem 1P Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton said
today it would not be proper
for him to answer "persecution"
charges regarding Mayor Terry
Schrunk of Portland while in
dictments remain before the cir
cuit court in Portland.
The new commissioner served
in that post previously as an ap
pointee of Democratic Gov.
Charles H. Martin. He continued
as commissioner for two years
under Gov. Charles A. Sprague,
a Republican.
In .addition to his duties as in
surance commissioner. Earle
will also serve as state fire
marshal.
Earle, a native of Wisconsin
where he was born March 6,
1879. came to Oregon in 1905.
He went to work for the Inter
nal Revenue department in 1920
PRAVDA HINTS AT MAJOR SHAKEUP INSIDE KREMLIN
London (UP) Radio Moscow tonight an
nounced the dismissal of Georgi Malenkov, Lazar
Kaganovich and V. M. Molotov from the ruling body
of the Soviet Communist party.
Dmitri Shepilov was fired as a secretary of the
party Central Committee, but remains on the Pre
sidium, the ruling body of that group, the broadcast
said.
It accused all four men of "anti-party" policies.
London UP) The Soviet
Communist party newspaper,
Pravda, hinted today that a
major shakeup may have taken
Secretary Named
In Reorganization
Of Tax Comission
Salem W Reorganization of
the Oregon State Tax commis
sion was announced today in
line with suggestions from Gov.
Robert D. Holmes when he ap
pointed commissioners Samuel
B. Stewart and John Horn last
month.
Biggest cnange involves ap
pointment of Richard Eymann
Lane county representative, to
the executive secretary post to
relieve the commissioners of
many administrative details.
Rep. Eymann, Mohawk Demo
crat, was vice-chairman of the
House Taxation committee dur
ing the 1957 session.
Changes Policy
The reorganizational change
ends the policy by which each
commissioner was responsible
for one division, adds the execu
tive secretary as a coordinator
and raises three employees to
director status.
The division directors, all
coming from inside the depart
ment, will be W. E. Bass Jr.
accounting division; Harry Log-
gan, valuation division; and
Thure Lindstrom, income divi
sion. Both Bass and Loggan held
similar posts under the old or
ganization. Lindstrom had- pre
viously been research director
A fifth personnel change will
see Dale Mallicoat, formerly of
the valuation division, become
administrative assistant in
charge of education, information
and publications.
More Time for Appeals
The change is designed to give
the three appointed commission
ers more time to consider tax
payer appeals and to provide a
continuity of organization. The
three commissioners will admin-
lsier all tnree divisions as a
group through the secretary and
division directors.
Eymann will coordinate and
compile information for the at
tention of the commission, pre
pare and estimate a single budg
et for the commission and coor
dinate internal administrative
operations previously handled
by the separate divisions.
Registration to End
For Swimming Classes
Registration will end this week
for the series of swimming
classes at Hawthorne park pool
which will start Monday. Darell
Huson, city finance director, has
reminded residents.
Classes will start July 8. and
are for children 8 years old or
older as well as for adults. There
will be 10 lessons in the two-
week period. Bob Suthcrlin and
Mrs. Don Bradshaw, life guards
at the pool, will instruct.
The lessons will be held dur
ing the morning hours while the
pool will be open to the public
from 1 until 9 p.m., Huson said
The hours will remain the same
July 4, he said.
Senate Passes Budget
For Armed Forces
Washington flPi The Sen
ate has handed President Eisen
hower a resounding budget vic
tory by unanimously passing a
$34,534. 229.000 to run the armed
forces for the next year.
The action would restore near
ly all of the House cuts which
the President had labeled a
threat to national security.
and served as division chief in
Eugene until he resigned in 1923
to go into the insurance business
in Eugene.
He was appointed insurance
commissioner by Gov. Martin in
1935.
During World War II he
bought and operated the Reeds
port Fish Packing company
which he sold at the end of the
war. In 1948 he was appointed
collector of internal revenue, a
position he held until he retired
five years later.
place in the Kremlin leadership.
The indication of trouble in
Moscow came in a Pravda edi
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First Non-Military
Use of New Armory
Scheduled by Club
The first r.on-military use of
the Medford National Guard
Armory has been planned for
Aug. 22 through 25, according
to Dr. Tom Anderson, publicity
chairman of the Medford Kiwanis
club.
Dr. Anderson said the Kiwanis
club would produce the first an
nual Town and Country Holiday,
which will run concurrently with
the 4-H Future Farmers of
America Fair at the Jackson
countv fairgrounds south of
Medford.
The event will feature home and
farm exhibits, daily-stage shows,
rides and concessions, agricul
ture and forestry displays and
several special events, Dr. An
derson said.
Named as general chairman
was Vic Milnes of Medford. He
will be assisted by Bob Voegtly,
vice chairman.
The Armory was dedicated
recently by state officials and
representatives of the National
Guard. The building houses two
Medford Guard units, and re
places the original Armory ex
tensively damaged by fire Sept.
27, 1951.
Fair.Yeather Seen
For Fourth of July
Fair weather is forecast for
Independence day tomorrow and
the state forestry department
cautioned those planning holi
day outings to be exceedingly
careful of fire in forested areas.
Weather bureau forecast is for
fair and warmer weather Thurs
day and for low humidity in the
afternoon. Expected maximum
temperature is 90 degrees.
Most retail stores and state,
federal and local public offices
will close tomorrow. The Mail
Tribune will publish a noon edi
tion.
Activities planned in the valley
tomorrow include a fireworks
display at the Medford High
school stadium sponsored by the
Medford YMCA. The display will
get under way after dark fol
lowing preliminary events which
start at 7:45 p.m.
A parade will be held in Ash
land starting at 10 a.m. tomor
row. It will be followed Dy a
band concert.
Floods, Tornadoes
Plague Midwest Area
By UNITED PRE5S
Floodwaters raged across sec
tions of Southern Nebraska, Kan
sas and the St. Louis, Mo., area
todav. forcing hundreds of per
sons to flee and blocking roads
to Fourth of July holiday travel
ers. Tornado funnels swarmed
across Southern Nebraska Tues
day night, smashing several farm
buildings near Curtis. utner
twisters were sighted near Grand
Island, Neb.
The storms tore down com
munications and inundated roadi
in the Curtis area, and no re
ports on damage or possible cas
ualties were immediately avail
able.
Your Shore of National
Debt Now Only $ 1 ,580.72
Washington IB The treas
ury reported today that the gov
ernment slashed more than two
billion dollars from the public
debt during the past fiscal year.
When the fiscal year closed
June 28, the debt averaged
$1,580.72 for each man, woman
and child in the country. This
was S41.56 less than a year ago.
The debt stood at S270.527,-
171.896.43, compared with $272,
750.813.649.32 at the same time
last year. The dollar reduction
was $2,223,641,752.89.
torial which made a firm de
mand for "unshakeable unity"
among Soviet leaders. It particu
larly referred to past errors Pre
mier Georgi Malenkov and for
mer Foreign Minister V. M. Mol
otov, but it mentioned no names.
Malenkov succeeded the late
Josef Stalin as premier. Both he
and Molotov have been advo
cates of continuing the Stalin
policies denounred by the Krem
lin group led by Communist
party boss Nikita Khrushchev
and present Premier Nikolai Bul
ganin. This week Bulganin and
Khrushchev suddenly postponed
a trip to Prague, Czechoslovakia,
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1957
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Vote on Civil
"When Do You Think The Preliminaries
Will Be Over?"
Head-on Crash Near
Ontario Kills Four
Ontario (IPl A head-on colli -
sion 20 miles north of here to
day killed four persons outright
and critically injured two oth
ers.
Two of the victims were iden
tified as Charles M. Baker, dis
trict supervisor of the Railway
Express agency at Salt Lake
City, and Olaf M. Berg, Seattle
The other two victims were
women, one of them believed to
be Berg's wife. A woman about
20 years old was not identified
immediately.
The cars collided about 6 a.m.
2V2 miles north of Olds Ferry on
Highway 30. Hospitalized with
serious injuries were Alfred
Johnson of Vancouver, B.C., and
Richard Newlan, a Payette, Ida.,
bartender. Neither was able to
ive details of the accident.
There were two other fatali
ties in separate accident on
Highway 30 east of Boise, Ida.,
Tuesday night.
Charles Head, 28, Boise, died
from injuries suffered, when his
car rolled over four times about
10 miles east of Boise. Police
said that he was trying to pass a
truck.
Paul Hawkins, 14, Mayfield.
was killed instantly when the
car in which he was riding
crashed head-on into one driven
by Wayne Berger, 21, McCall.
The accident occurred about
eight miles east of Boise.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 0 9 0
Cleveland 6 9 1
Maas. Aber (7) Lee (7). Slea
ter (8) and Wilson; Mossi and
Nixon.
Boston 0 3 1
New York 10 10 0
Brewer. Susce(2)and White;
Turley and Berra.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 5 12 2
Chicago 4 6 0
Jackson. Wilhelm (9) and
Landrith, H. Smith (9); Pohol
sky, Brosnan (4). Littlefield
(9) and Nmidu.
scheduled to start last Monday.
It, now is supposed to begin
July 8.
A Moscow dispatch reporting
the Pravda editorial underwent
unusual delays at the hands of
Soviet censors. The Moscow cen
sor broke the connection when
United Press in London at
tempted to call the U. P. bureau
in the Soviet capital.
"There are not and there can
not be individuals in the party
who by virtue of their high posts
would be protected from criti
cism of their mistakes and in
sufficiencies," Pravda said.
"The Central Committee bold
ly discusses and criticizes any
f A T T
pposed
1 Hawkins' mother, Mrs. Elsie
McConnel, 36, was injured criti
cally and her eight-year-old
daughter, Sharon, was treated
for minor injuries. Berger was
listed in fair condition.
Civil Rights Fight
Due in Senate Monday
Washington OPI The Senate
cleared its decks today for one
of the biggest civil rights fights
of the century. Republicans and
liberal 'Democrats are hopeful
this time they will beat a south
ern filibuster and pass a racial
rights bill.
With the big defense money
bill passed, the Senate planned
to recess tonight for the Fourth
of July holiday. Its next business
day will be Monday. That is the
day the big battle is likely to
begin.
Britain, France Warn on
Red China in Arms Pact
London W British and
French officials warned today
the Soviets could build a hydro
gen bomb stockpile in Commu
nist China unless the Peiping
regime is included in any first
step disarmament proposals.
Red China's exclusion from
any such pact, they said, could
provide Russia with a means of
circumventing any East-West
agreement on ending nuclear
bomb production.
Medford Man Is Fined
In District Court
Onie Dale Franks, 26, of 3154
Dark Hollow rd., Medford, was
fined $105 in district court Tues
day after pleading guilty to a
charge of petty larceny.
Franks and two otner men
were arrested in connection with
the theft May 29 of a tire and
wheel from the trunk of a
wrecked car. Franks was also
given a suspended six month
county jail sentence.
Klamath Falls W A crowd
of 3000 persons today watched
the Air Force rededicate Klam
ath Falls municipal airport as
Kingsley field.
leaders of the party and gov
ernment regardless of who they
are if they commit errors in their
work.
"And the Central Committee
takes decisive measures against
any individuals if their actions
and deeds contradict the party's
line."
Western experts immediately
interpreted the blast as a sign of
acute differences in the Kremlin
leadership and said it appeared
a change is under way.
Independent information from
authoritative Communist sources
in London said a major an
nouncement was expected from
Moscow shortly.
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To
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No Provision
In Constitution
For Referendum
Washington W Presi
dent Eisenhower today opposed
a national referendum on his
proposed civil rights program.
Eisenhower told a news con
ference that he does not know
of any provision under the Con
stitution for such a referendum.
He also, said he presumes that
the question submitted to the
people would have to be the ex
act language of the bill.
Eisenhower said he did not
think that would make a very
good subject for a referendum.
The idea of putting the admin
istration s civil rights bill to s
national refendum was advanc
ed Tuesday by Sen. Richard B.
Russell (D-Ga.), leader of the
southern bloc opposing the bill.
Open Nuclear Test
Eisenhower noted that the
Constitution places responsibil
ities for enacting legislation into
law on federal officials, obvi
ously meaning Congress and the
executive branch of the federal
government.
In other news conference
highlights, Eisenhower:
Proposed inviting all for
eign countries, including Russia
to send representatives to the
next. U. S. nuclear test to find
out with their own instruments
the size of nuclear weapons this
country is testing '. and how
'clean" they are. He said that we
are trying to make small and
"clean" (free of radio-active fall
out) nuclear weapons.
Said he would make public
later today a statement about
this government making avail
able, both at home and abroad,
considerably more U-235 for
peaceful purposes.
Said he does not have the
exact detailed knowledge nec
essary to make a judgment on
whether the recent steel price
increase of S6 a ton was fully
warranted. But he repeated that
the government alone cannot
maintain a stable economy. He
said it must have the aid of
statesmen-like action by labor
and management leaders on the
wage-price increases.
Fire Breaks Out Aboard
Carrier Lake Champlain
Marseilles, France W A
huge fire broke out on the 40,-000-ton
U.S. aircraft carrier
Lake Champlain here today.
Four persons, three of them
crew members and one a French
dock worker, were reported
killed.
45 Million Cars Take To
Highways For
By UNITED PRESS
A mass exodus of Americans
began today with an estimated
45 million cars hitting the high
ways for a long Fourth of July
holiday week end of fun for
some and, inevitably, pain and
tragedy for others.
Despite the best eltorts ot law
enforcement agencies and safety-
conscious motorists, at least 400
and possibly more than 500 hol
iday travelers are marsea ior
death on the highways.
Other holiday celebrants will
reach their destinations safely
only to join the long fatality list
in drownings at crowded beaches
and resorts. Still more will be
killed in airplane and miscellan
eous accidents.
Plan Governs
Contributions,
Expenditures
Spending Limit Would
Be on Vote Formula
Washington W The Sen
ate Rules committee approved
today a "clean elections" bill
which would rewrite laws gov
erning political campaign con
tributions and expenditures.
Chairman Thomas C. Hen
nings (D-Mo.), said the commit
tee voted 7 to 2 for the bill. He
said he personally regards it as
"too weak in some respects" but
that it is the best measure thai
stands a chance of being approv
ed. Would Repeal Limit
The bill would:
Repeal the $3 million limit
now in effect on spending by
each party in last fall's presi
dential election.
Provide similar "realistic"
per-vote limits on spending by
candidates for Congress.
Require congressional can
didates to publish a list of com
mittees "authorized" to raise
funds for them. Other commit
tees would continue to operate
but would have to report their
financial activities and make
public their lack of authoriza
tion. Would Require Reports
Require all campaign com
mittees, national, state and lo
cal, and congressional candidates
to file financial reports with
state authorities or the nearest
federal district court, with the
comptroller general and with
the secretary of the Senate or
clerk of the House.
Extend the terms of the
proposed law to federal primar
ies, a proposal which has pro
voked strong southern opposition.
Funeral Services
Set for GP Girl
Grants Pass Funeral services
will be held at 2 pjn. Friday in
Hull and Hull chapel at Grants
Pass for 5-year-old Cheryl Lee
Johnston, whose body was re
covered from the Rogue river
yesterday.
The girl, daughter of Mrs.
Maxine Johnston, Grants Pass,
and . Norman F. Johnston, Chula
Vista, Calif., disappeared while
playing near the river Saturday
during a family outing at Matson
state park.
Nearly 1,500 volunteers parti
cipated in the four-day search
for the child, including skin
divers, airplane pilots and boat
men. Bloodhounds owned by
Norman Wilson, Dallas, Ore.,
joined the search early Tuesday.
The body was sighted early
Tuesday afternoon by Dr. Frank
A. Freeburger, Medford optome
trist, who was an observer in a
plane piloted by Max Terzen
bach, also of Medford. The body
was about two miles downstream
from Matson state park. Virgil
E. Huddle, Josephine county
coroner, said it had been in the
river since Saturday.
100 Attend Auction
By Medford Police
More than 100 persons at
tended the city police auction
Tuesday morning at the airport.
Sold were hubcaps, two automo
biles, and bicycles which had
been found or turned in to the
police department during the
past several "years and had not
been claimed.
A total of $389 was made at
the sale which was added to
the city's general fund. Auction
eers for the evert were Chief
of Police Charles Champlain, Lt.
Lyle Perkins, and Lt. Jack Mc
Millan.
The sale lasted for about three
hours. Department officials said
today that it is planned to sched
ule an auction every six months
fo avoid an accumulation of
articles as in the past.
Long Holiday
Added to this will be the un
counted toll of injured in traffic
wrecks and the anticipated more
than $1 million lost in property
damage.
One Wreck Every 20 Miles
The National Safety Council
estimates there will be one traf
fic smashup for every 20 miles of
highway travel during the four
day week end.
The 102 -hour holiday period
begins at 6 p.m., local time, today
and ends at midnight Sunday.
The council figures these ac
cidents will kill 535 persons, or
70 more than the 465 who would
die in traffic during a non-holiday
period of the same length
in early July.