Ccaonyoini
co D Oil
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men
Israel-Syria
Border Situation
Declared 'Grave'
Soviet Union Said
Urging Syria Attacks
Jerusalem, Israel W Is
rael officials described the Sy
rian border situation today as
"grave" and there were reports
the Soviet Union was urging
Syria on to further attacks on
Israeli villages.
But the officials said it was
unlikely Tuesday's 10-hour ar
tillery duel would precipitate an
all out war; observers though it
more likely Israeli troops might
attack, occupy and destroy the
Syrian positions, then retire
across the border into Israel.
Each Blame Othtr
Syrian and Israeli troops bom
barded each pther for 10 hours
Tuesday across their mountain
ous farmland frontier. The fight
ing did not end until United
Nations truce observers ordered
a sixth cease fire. Each side
blamed the other.
Israeli sources said the battle
started when Israeli police at
tempted to investigate a strip of
no man's land illegally plowed
up by Syrian farmers last week.
They said Syrian troops opened
up with artillery and mortars
and that Israel was forced to
reply.
Syrian Version
The Syrian account was dif
ferent. A spokesman in Damas
cus said the duel started when
an Israeli force equipped with
armored cars entered Syrian
territory. He said Israel ignored
a UN cease fire after the Syr
ians obeyed it and that Syrian
troops were forced to resume
firing in self defense.
The Israeli army reported one
Israeli civilian killed and seven
wounded in the fighting. A Sy
rian spokesman in Damascus
said there were no Syrian mili
tary casualties but that two Arab
women and two children were
wounded.
Thompson Named
CPRFPD Director
Central Point Claude Thomp
son, who resides on Scenic ave.,
was appointed last night to the
board of directors of the Cen
tral Point Rural Fire Protec
tion district.
Thompson succeeds Bert
Smith, whose resignation was
accepted by the board also last
light. Smith gave ill health as
is reason for resigning.
The new director is considered
well acquainted with the opera
tion of the rural district. He has
fceen chairman of the district's
budget committee for the past
mo years.
Thompson is the second ap
eintee to the board in recent
efeeks. B. Sam Taylor was
earned recently to replace Al
0 eYohannon, whose residence was
peaced out of the district by an
nexation of the Berrydale area
Medford.
Both Thompson and Taylor
will serve until the fire protec
Aon district's annual election in
0 December.
Smith was a former chairman
of the board.
Survey of 077
Facilities Approved
Salem HP) Hiring of a Port
land consulting engineering firm
to make the survey of physical
plant facilities at Oregon Tech
nical Institute at Klamath Falls
has been approved by Gov. Rob
ert D. Holmes.
The Department of Finance
and Administration, which was
directed to make the engineer
ing survey by the 1957 legisla
ture, has retained the firm of
Stevens and Thompson, Port
land, the governor reported.
Cost of the survey will be
$9,000.
Washington ilfi President
Eisenhower has nominated Don
Paarlbergto be a director of
the Commodity Credit corporation.
Teen-age Scooter Travelers
Arrive in Medford Tuesday
Two teen-age motor-scooter
travelers arrived in Medford at
about noon yesterday on a tour
of the seven western states.
The travelers. Bill Arnold. 16,
and Kevin McDonald, 17, both
of San Francisco, expect to
leave about Friday on a pleas
ure trp which they hope will
take three weeks. While here
the youths are seeking odd jobs.
Money earned will be used to
finance at least a part of then
trip. The pair left San Francisco
July 3 after obtaining sponsor
ship of a motor scooter firm,
an oil company, and a television
station in San Francisco.
Most distance made in one
52nd Year
United Press
22 Pager
UN Glull RIGHTS BILL
South Assured of
No Expedition
Of Punishment
Major Compromise
Agreement Lacking
Washington HP) President
Eisenhower assured the South
today that the administration
has no intention of launching a
"punitive expedition" under its
proposed civil rights law.
Sen. Richard B. Russell (D.-
Ga.) leader of the southern fight
against the -controversial rights
bill, took the opposition's case
to the White House today.
i He apparently failed to win
Eisenhower's agreement to any
major compromise. But he said
the President's mind; is "not
closed" to a "clarifying" amend
ment. "I found no intention of pur
pose on his part to go to any
punitive expedition against the
South," the Georgia senator said
after the 50-minute hearing.
Long Debate Expected
The Senate moved into the
third day of debate on a motion
to bring the bill up for imme
diate consideration, by-passing a
heavy backlog bf other legisla
tion. Key senators predicted the
vote on this motion will not
come before next Tuesday or
Wednesday. After that, a mara
thon civil rights debate of four
to eight weeks was predicted.
Russell declined to go into de
tails of what kind of amendment
the President would consider.
Senate Republican Leader Wil
liam F. Knowland said after a
White House session Tuesday
that his party would oppose con
fining the bill to a simple pro
tection of voting rights.
Better Understanding
Russell requested the meeting
with the President after Eisen
hower told h(s news conference
last week that he did not under
stand certain clauses in the ad
ministration's civil rights bill.
The President also has said he
could not understand Russell's
fears about the bill.
"We both have a much better
understanding of the other's
views," Russell said after the
conference.
But he refused to say whether
a civil rights compromise now
is more likely.
(See Story on Page 16)
OBJECTING to appointment
of Rev. Nelson B. Higgins
as pastor, congregation of
former all-white Normandie
Ave. Methodist Church, Los
Angeles, resigns from insti
tution. (International)
day so far was 195 miles. Only
mishap occurred south of Eu
reka when Arnold's sleeping
bag bounced off the back of his
scooter.
Yesterday they appeared at a
meeting of the Medford Junior
Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary club They also visited
District Attorney Tom Reeder
at the request of a California
friend of Reeder's.
Various Jaycee clubs along
the route have been asked by
San Francisco Jaycees to help
the youths obtain jobs and tem
porary housing. The lengthy itin
ery includes California. Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada and Utah.
V ' iDLurf-'- 1
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OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1957
"T.."::
"I Got A Good Mind
D
Mrs. Eve Nye Named
Chairman of Board
The Medford school board last 1
night appointed a new chair
man, approved educational spec
ifications for two proposed ele
mentary schools, approved the
school calendar for 1957-58, and
hired five new teachers.
Mrs. Eve Nye was appointed
Woman Injured in
Accident in Medford
Mrs. Elaine Carol Hardin"
suffered bruises, abrasions and
a broken wrist Tuesday when
the car she was operating, col
lided with another car at West
14th and Newtown sts., accord
ing to city" police. '
Mrs. Harding, whose address
was not immediately learned by
officers, was taken by Medford
Ambulance service to ' Rogue
Valley hospital, where she was
treated and released later yester
day. The accident occurred when
Mrs. Harding's car collided with
a car operated by Robert Alan
Foster, route 3, box 238A, Med
ford, turning her car over on its
side, police said.
As a result of the collision
the gas tank cap on the over
turned car was broken off and
a Medford fire truck was sum
moned to flush gasoline off the
street at the scene.
No citations were' issued,
police said.
Boys, Girl Aid
Office Closes Here
The Boys and Girls Aid Soc
iety of Oregon has closed its
branch office at Medford because
it could not obtain money to
staff it, according to Seymour
Coblens, president.
Southern Oregon children will
now be cared for through the
state headquarters in Portland,
Coblens said.
The office, opened four years
ago, has been operating at a sub
stantial deficit, he explained.
Jackson Welfare
Leader Reappointed '
Salem HPi Appointment
of 20 new members of county
public welfare commissions and
reappointment of eight others
was announced today by Gov.
Robert D. Holmes.
The governor appoints four
public members of each of the
36 county welfare commissions
for four-year terms. The new
appointees will serve until June
30, 1961.
Included is:
Jackson: Mrs. Frances L.
Hamilton, Central Point Demo
crat, reappointed.
Salem ilPi V. B. Kenworthy,
The Dalles, has been reappoined
to the State Civil Service Com
mission by Gov. Robert D.
Holmes.
To Cut You Adrift"
to her second term as chairman
of board of education, succeed
ing Otto Ewaldsen, and Frank
Bash was .named vice chairman J
Mrs. Rebecca Jensen was reap
pointed clerk.
Educational specifications for
architects working on two pro
posed elementary schools were
approved and will be presented
to the architects for use in pre
liminary planning.
School Calendar
Teachers in the district will
report to an in-service training
period, Sept. 3 through 6, and
students will report for classes
Monday, Sept. 9, the board de
cided last night. The early start
ing date was set because offi
cials said it appears that the
fruit harvest will be early this
year.
School is scheduled to close
June 6.
The five teachers hired are
Keith Robert Carr, who will
teach science and physical edu
cation at McLoughlin Junior
High; Carroll L. Graber, who
will instruct vocal music at
Hedrick Junior High; Eugene I.
Helm, physical education and
health at McLoughlin; Cornelius
M. Janzen, intermediate at Jef
ferson school; and Otis D. Swish
er, social studies at Hedrick.
The resignation of Nancy
Speight, primary teacher at Jef
ferson, was accepted.
Joint Meeting Set
The board decided to hold a
joint meeting with the Phoenix
school board Aug. 13 to consider
possibilities of changing bound
ary lines between the districts.
The board also approved a
resolution authorizing the coun
ty treasurer to transfer $12 from
the school district 59 building
fund to district 549C bond fund.
The transfer was necessary to
conform with legal require
ments. Weekly Lumber Output
183,747,000 Board Feet
Portland OP) The weekly
average of West Coast lumber
production in June was 183,747.
000 board feet, Harris E. Smith,
secretary of the West Coast
Lumbermen's association, said
today.
Smith said the production
amounted to 100.6 per cent of
the 1952-1956 average.
Second Prison Inmate
Dies After Drink Binge '
Walla Walla OP) A second
Washington State penitentiary
inmate died Tuesday as a result
of a ditto-fluid binge Saturday.
Warden Bob Rhay said Charles
Miller, 45, Tacoma, died about
48 hours after, his brother, Clar
ence, 48. Three more prisoners
were back in the prison hospital
complaining of headaches and
other minor ailments.
Washington OPl The Agricul
ture Department forecasts a 1957
corn crop of 3.011,912,000 bu
shels and a wheat crop of 940,
093,000 bushels.
jjf
Price 10c
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
No. 95
File Claims Shot
Fired Over Head
Buddy's Statement
Claims Direct Aim
Washington (IP! The secret
Defense department file on Wil
liam S. Girard shows that the
Army specialist third class
claimed he fired from the hip
and over the head of the Japa
nese woman he killed.
Girard also said he did not be
lieve the empty cartridge he
fired would hurt anyone even if
it hit them.
Knew Accuracy
He acknowledged he knew
the grenade launcher he used to
hurl the cartridge like a missile
was accurate and that it would
fire an empty shell "quite a
ways."
But the file also contains a
sworn statement by Girard's
Army buddy, Specialist 3-c Vic
tor M. Nicke, that Girard fired
from the shoulder' after aiming
directly at the woman.
Nickel, who was with Girard
when Girard fired the fatal shot
also said he and Girard first
coaxed the woman and other
Japanese civilians close enough
so Girard "could take a shot at
them."
Copy Made Available
A copy of the secret Defense
department file 10 pages in
all was made available to the
United Press today.
Other copies were given to
the Supreme court as part of the
evidence on which it could base
its decision on whether Girard
should be tried by a U.S. Army
court martial or a Japanese
court.' """"
Eight Supreme court justices
conferred for two arid a half
hours on the case Tuesday morn
ing and another two hours in
the afternoon. There was no in
dication when the court will
rule. The ninth justice, William
O. Douglas, is on a tour of the
Near East.
Last of Powder Puff
Contestants Lands
Philadelphia 0PI The 11th
annual Powder Puff Derby came
to an end today with the last
of the 49 planes landing three
hours before the 1 P.m. (PDT)
deadline set lor completion of
the 2,567-mile cross country
flight from Sah Mateo, Calif.,
to North Philadelphia airport.
Thirty-six planes in the all
women race had arrived by
Tuesday, 10 more landed this
morning and the last three this
afternoon.
The final three to arrive were
Betty Clinton, Menlo Park,
Calif., and Mrs. Marilyn Ander
son, San Carlos, Calif.; Margaret
Farkas, North Highlands, Calif.,
and Thelma Syrek, Parks Air
Force Base, Calif., and Mrs. Bar
bara Reithmaier, Florissant, Mo.
CANADA'S CHOICE Eigh-teen-year,-old
Gloria Noakes
of Toronto is the Canadian
choice for Jthe Miss Universe
contest at Long Beach, Calif.
Gloria wears a "MounHe's"
uniform in which she will
make one of her appear
ances before the judges and
in the Miss Universe parade.
Lack of Quorum
Forces Delay of
Interior Session
Backers' Strategy
Brings Postponement
Washington (IPl Propon
ents of legislation for a federal
bigh dam at Hells Canyon took
advantage of absenteeism today
to win at least a one week re
prieve for the embattled meas
ure. "The House Interior committee
was scheduled to meet this mor
ning to vote on the measure. Op
ponents claimed in advance that
they had enough votes to kill
the bill.
But a combination of circum
stances, some of them apparent
ly planned in advance, resulted
in postponement of committee
action for lack of a quorum.
The strategy of proponents ap
parently called for a boycott
of the meeting and counted on
absenteeism or tardiness by op
ponents. The strategy worked.
Short of Quorum
Promptly at 10 a.m.,. Chair
man Clair Engle (D-Calif.), a
backer of the measure, ordered
the committee clerk to call the
roll. Only 12 members, one back
er and 11 opponents, were pres
ent. Sixteen are needed for a
quorum.
Engle called off the meeting
over the strong objections of
Rep. A. L. Miller (Neb.), ranking
Republican member. '
One of the GOP leaders in
the fight against the measure,
Rep. John P. Saylor (Pa.), arriv
ed too late because of an ironic
set of circumstances.
Miller, realizing the import
ance of having all of the anti
Hells Canyon committee mem
bers there on time, called Say
lor's office shortly before 10
a.m. to make sure he would be
at the meeting.
Saylor said he was in the
hallway en route to the commit
tee room when he was called
back to answer the telephone.
By the time he got to the com
mittee the meeting was called
off.
Hints at Reprisals
Saylor.. .obviously- angered,
said the Democrats had "out
smarted themselves." He pre
dicted Hells Canyon "will die
on the vine.
He also hinted that the Re
publicans could use the same
tactics at future meetings and
prevent the committee from act
ing on other bills.
"This sort of thing could kill
the House Interior committee,"
Saylor said.
Miller protested to Engle that
the rules of the House require
at least two roll calls before a
committee can be adjourned.
But Engle banged down the gav
el after the first call and walk
ed out.
Hypnosis May Work
To Give Up Smoking
. Singapore HP) Doctors here
agreed today that hypnosis may
be the answer for the smoker
who wants to give up cigarettes
but lacks the will power.
A demonstration of the effect
iveness of post-hypnotic sugges
tion was given before a gather
ing at the American Club re
cently. The hypnotist used a veteran
smoker as his subject. Whjle the
smoker was under hypnosis, the
hypnotist told him he could not
smoke because he would feel a
flame in his chest and a lump of
fire in his throat.
After he was awakened, the
smoker lighted a cigarette,
puffed once and dropped it like
a hot coal. He tried again 10
minutes later with the same re
sult. The hypnotist said it would
take about 10 sessions to make a
chain-smoker give up cigarettes.
Roseburg Man Dies
After Fall From Horse
Bend (IB-rDeath of J. E.
Emerson, 49, Roseburg, Monday
afternoon was reported here to
day by hospital attendants who
said the man had been thrown
from a horse.
The report said Emerson was
brought to the hospital by a
companion who said he had
been thrown by the animal
while riding at the Hydspeth
ranch at Prineville. Emerson
died a short time later.
Court Judge
Portland's Miss Universe Contestant
Portland IP Presiding
Circuit Judge James W. Craw
ford today got the chore of
choosing Miss Portland in the
Miss Universe contest after the
beauty contest judges muffed
the job.
Judge Crowford said, how
ever, his decision would be
based on equity, not on the di
mensions of two elegantly-en
dowed beauties scrapping over
Bulganin Gives
Khrushchev Full
Credit for Purge
Prague UPI Soviet Premier I
Nikolai Bulganin gave Nikita
Krushchev full credit for "un
covering and destroying" the
Molotov-Malenkov opposition.
Bulganin, who arrived in
Prague with Khrushcnev on a
"friendly visit" this morning,
told a gathering of Czech and
Soviet leaders in the president
ial palace: "It is necessary to
emphasize especially that the
Beck Testifies .
Freely Before Ki
County Grand Jury
Seattle TO Teamsters Presi
dent Dave Beck testified freely
before the King County Grand
jury for 50 minutes today.
"Did you testify?" Beck was
asked afterwards.
"Very definitely," Beck re
plied. And then his attorney,
William Wesselhoeft said, "That
is no comment."
"That's right," Beck said. "No
comment."
Teamsters Investigated
The Grand Jury was called
specifically to investigate activi
ties of the Tamsters Union in
this area and Beck after the
Senate Rackets committee dis
closed possible improper activi
ties by Beck and other teamsters
leaders.
A ha If -hour after Beck went
into the jury room. Special Dep
uty Prosecutor Victor Lawrence
came out and said Beck had not
taken the Fifth amendment.
Grand Jury proceedings are
secret.
Four Men Apear
In Circuit Court'
Four men appeared for sent
encing in circuit court today by
Judge H. K. Hanna.
Sentenced to two years in the
Oregon state penitentiary was
Robert L. McCulloch, 22, of
Klamath Falls, for parole viola
tion. Julius Hagen, 126V4 South
Grape St., Medford, received a
three year suspended sentence
for charges of obtaining money
by false pretenses.
Sentencing of William Lloyd
Johnston, 32, Huron, Calif., who
pleaded guilty to charges of
larceny from a person, was con
tinued pending Federal Bureau
of Investigation reports. John
ston was one of three men ar-
resiea last week and returnea
from Crescent City, Calif., on
charges of assault and robbery
while not armed with a danger
ous weapon. '
John Warren, 45, 1167V4
North Main St., Ashland, was
ordered sent to the state hos
pital at Salem for 30 days for
observation. He w a s charged
with sodomy.
Ed Coss Reportedly
'Resting Comfortably'
Ed Earl Coss, 10-year-old son
of Earl S. Coss, 728V4 East Jack
son st.t was "resting comfort
ably" at Rogue Valley hospital
today, members of the family
reported.
Young Coss was injured when
the bicycle he was riding cross
ing the street collided with a car
operated by Mrs. Clara Mae
Smith, 115 Florence ave., on
East Ninth St., Monday, accord
ing to police.
Yeather
FORECAST: Variable cloudi
ness tonight and Thursday.
Chance of " thunderstorms
Thursday afternoon. Low to
niiht 55. High Thursday 90.
Temp.
Hirhest Yesterday 9
Lowest this Morning 34
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:44 a.m.
Sunset 7:49 p.m..
Moonrise fi:49 p.m.
Full Moon Thursday
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets . S:4S p.m.
lupiter, low In west 10:34 p.m.
Saturn, low In south-
wst 12:31 a.m.
!Mars will return as a morning
(tar in November)
Gets Chore of
the right to go to Long Beach,
Calif., for finals of the Miss Uni
verse contest.
Sonja Landsom was picked to
be Miss Portland from six final
ists who paraded before contest
judges at the Paramount the
ater. But Miss Lila Carlberg
cried "Foul" and hired an at
torney. He tried to get a restrain
ing order to keep Miss Landsom
from boarding a plane ior Loog
great merit in uncovering and
destroying the anti-party opposi
tion goes to the first secretary
of the Central Committee of
the Soviet Union, Comrade
Khrushchev."
Coincides With Reports
Bulganin's fulsome praise, the
first official Soviet identifica
tion of Khrushchev as the mov
ing force behind the recent Mos
cow shake-up, coincided with re
ports that Bulganin might be
on the way out.
There was speculation that
Bujganin had supported Georgi
Malenkov and V. M. Molotov in
the row with Khrushchev. No
information had emerged yet
from reliable sources, however,
and Bulganin's position in the
Kremlin hierachy appeared un
changed , when he and Khrush
chev reached Prague today.
Throngs of Czechs flooded the
downtown area to greet the vis
iting Soviet leaders.
The crowd in City Hall square
had been matched only once be
fore this year when American
Olympic athlete Harold Conolly
of Boston cut through the Iron
Curtain red tape to marry his
Czech Olympic sweetheart, Olga
Fikotova.
Crowd Packs Square
The globe trotting Soviet glad
handers arrived by train at 9
a.m. (midnight PST) at Prague's
Central station and were greet
ed by a crowd of 200,000 which
packed the square in front of
the station.
Czech Communist Party lead
ers including President Antonin
Zatopocky were in the reception
committee.
Czech and Soviet flags decor
ated the entire city. There were
huge banners proclaiming "Long
live Russian-Czech friendship."
Troops and police lined the Rus
sians' route.
Whistle-Stop Campaign
Bulganin and Krushchev ar
rived in Czechoslovakia from
Lvov in the Ukraine where they
had flown from Moscow. They
immediately set out on a whistle
stop campaign through the east
ern provinces like two election
eering politicians. They kissed
small girls received bouquets
and made speeches from railroad
cars.
At one point Khrushchev re
ferred to the Soviet purge of
last week of the Molotov trio:
We took the black sheep by
the tails and threw them out.
The Communist party of Czech
oslovakia fully supports us and
the decisions of the Soviet party
congress. That is friendship."
(See story page 8)
Firm Starts Paving
On South Front Street
Crews of M. C. Lininger and
Sons Construction company.
Medford, Tuesday started paving
South Front st. between 12th
and 13th sts., the first of six
streets to be paved during the
city's summer paving program,
according to Vera Thorpe, pub
lic works director.
A contract for the work was
awarded to the company last
month. Cost of the project will
be about $2,597.25, Thorpe said.
The construction company also
is under contract to pave South
Grape st. between Melrose and
Stewart ave. for $18,988. New
town st. between Belmont st.
and Stewart ave. for $7,822.50,
and Rose ave. from Pennsylvan
ia ave. to Fourth st for $3,725.
50. according to Thorpe.
The Rogue River Paving com
pany, Medford, was awarded a
contract to pave Lyman ave.
from Hillcrest rd. to Scheffel
ave. , ,
Thorns said bids will be op
ened at 11 p.m. Monday, July 15,
paving Marie st. from baling
ave. to Jackson st.
Completion date for all the
paving projects is- Sept. 30,
Thorpe said.
Caldwell. Idaho HP) Lee
Montgomery, 50, Boise, was re
Dorted in good condition at the
Nyssa, Ore., hospital today after
being pinned underneath his ov
erturned cattle truck for two
hours Tuesday.
Selecting
Beach. Judge Crawford denied
that request but granted a show
cause order that would bring the
dispute into court.
Lila .contends that the voting
by the contest judges was
'"rigged" because Chief Judge
Irving Rotenberg is Sonja'a em
ployer. Rotenb-rg said the vote
was a tie and that he broke the
tie by voting for Sonja.