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PLANE SMASHES HOUSES
Worcester, Mass. IP A jet plan crashed into a residential
Mction here today and fat iira to lix houiei. Tha pilot wai killad.
' Tha unidantifiad military jet circled low before plowing into
the houses.
The crash touched off flamei which engulfed the wrecked
houses. Fire apparatus from throughout the city sped to the scene.
The plane first hit the home of Mr. and Mrs. Verner W.
Nelson. The craft then slammed into the other houses.
Mrs. Joseph E. Hannigan, whose house also was hit by pieces
of the plane, said "tha shock of the crash stunned me."
"The whole house vibrated." she said. "I thought it was an
earthquake. I ran to the window and saw flames and smoke.
"I could not tell whether anyone was injured. Then a lot of
people came running from every direction."
Five New City Police
Officers in
Five new Yecruits are among
those taking a special three-week
city police training course, Capt.
Cyde C. Fichtner reported today.
The new offices who started
work Monday are Roy Lee
Thompson; Elvin Russell Ren
fro, Charles Preston Chisum,
Bruce Rodney Long and Garnet
Stoltenburg.
Four other officers who have
joined the department in recent
weeks are also taking the course.
Hiring of the five new officers
was authorized by the city coun
cil Friday night.
Tip five flew recruits are tak
ing The special instruction from
1 to 5 p.m. five days a week
and spending the remainder of
ifie eight-hour shift with experi
enced officers. Their practical
experience includes both foot
and car pngrols, Captain Ficht
ner explained.
Lecturers include those from
the police department and from
the outside. Among the later are
Don P. McNeil, chamber of com
merce secretary; Inspector Alvin
Council To Consider
Rezoning Property
The Medford city council at
its 7:30 p.m. meeting today will
consider a request for a change
of zone from single family to
lifiited commercial for 28.3
acres of land at the corner of
Jackson st. aJid Biddle rd.
The change has been request
ed for a pnaoosed 1 1 2 million
shopping center on property
now owned by Dr. I. D. Phipps.
A public hearing on the re
quest was held July 5, at which
time arguments for and against
rezoning were presented. Sev
v eral downtown businessmen op-
postM changing the zone and
several residents indicated they
favored the rezoning proposal.
The council also will consider
calling for bios en selling gen
eral objgation bonds for the
arterial street and storm sewer
programs. Both programs, and
a sanitary sewer program, were
O approved by Medford residents
in last November s election.
Bmr'fn County Court
9 Yisit in Jackson
hi ambers of the Marion county
axairt were to visit Medford this
tf'.rnoon. according to Jackson
jeinty commissioners.
Tie? visitors are to inspect lo
tl eounty shops and equipment
e get ideas for work planned
tK, Marion county.
Clam Chowder, Pretty Girls
Spotlight at Seaside This Week End
Seaside IP Clam chowder
and cheesecake are on the Sea
side menu far this week end.
The Miss Oregon Beauty Pag
eant here will feature for the
first time this year a clam
chowder feed that is expected
to draw as many as 3000 persons
on hand for the pageant.
Oregon's representative at the
Atlantic City Miss America con
An 111 Wind-
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Training
E. Hartley, Oregon Liquor Con
trol commission; Roy E. Bashaw,
city attorney; and Joe Dispen
zarie, local district parole of
ficer. The new course which started
Monday is the first of its kind to
be offered locally, Charles P;
Champlin, police chief, said.
This is the first time there have
been enough recruits at the
same time to warrant such a ses
sion, he explained.
Boat Trip, Festival
Beckon Gov. Holmes
Salem IIP A boat trip down
the Columbia river and the Ore
gon fish festival at Astoria beck
oned Gov. and Mrs. Robert D.
Holmes today.
The Holmes' were scheduled
to leave Portland today aboard
the "Blue Water" for the trip to
the mouth of the Columbia
where the three-day festival and
Astoria regatta get under way
at 3:30 p.m. on their arrival.
Later the governor will par
ticipate in coronation activities
and issue a special fisheries
proclamation for his home Clat
sop county area.
The governor will return to
his capitol desk Friday morning
to work on details of the new
development program for Ore
gon. He will return for Saturday
activities at the coast city.
Sunday he plans to confer
with leaders of the Oregon Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce ai
Salem.
Government Rests
In Segregation Case
Knoxville, Tenn. (IP The
government rested its case
against 15 segregationists today
admitting it could not convict
four of them and the defense
moved for directed acquittal of
the other 11.
The court overruled the dis
missal motions.
' Defendants Thomas Sanders,
Chris Foust, John Brown Long
and J. L. Coley were dismissed.
U. S. Attorney John C. Crawford
Jr. asked the court to take action
and U.S. District Judge Robert
L. Taylor agreed.
Robert L. Dobbs, Memphis,
chief counsel for the remaining
10 residents of Clinton, Tenn.,
charged with interfering with
school integration, then moved
for "dismissal verdicts against
these other defendants."
test will be chosen by a panel
of judges who will base their se
lections on the same criteria ?s
the Atlantic City judges, tal
ent, swim suits and evening
grnwns. poise and personality.
The 11 girls competing for
the state title, plus an impres
sive array of gifts and prizes,
will be: Judith Hansen, Miss A
toria; Nancy Wenman, M'.ss
Portland; Pat Hughey, Mits
News Coverage of
Communist China
Up for Discussion
Dulles, News Media
Representatives Meet
Washington HP) A com
promise plan for limited Ameri
can news coverage of Commun
ist China was up for discussion
this afternoon in a meeting of
news media representatives and
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles.
The meeting may produce a
long awaited breakthrough in
the 'Bamboo Curtain," which
was first created by the Chinese
Communists and later maintain
ed by a State Department ban
on all American travel to the
Chinese mainland.
Ready to Compromise
Dulles was said to be ready
to agree to a compromise that
would permit stationing in Com
munist China of one reporter
for each of about a dozen Am
erican news-gathering agencies,
newspapers, radio-TV networks
and magazines which had cor
respondents in China in 1949.
Nearly eight years ago, the
now Chinese Communist regime
in effect evicted American new
men by ordering them to stop
filing dispatches. The State De
partment prompetly denounced
the ban as the act of a dictator
ship fearful of "objective reporting."
"The Chinese order is not
based on military security or
censorship but solely on the
ground of non-recognition of the
recently announced Communist
regime, the State Department
said on Oct. 7, 1949. "It is evi
dent that this order constitutes
a crude effort on the part of the
Chinese Communists to force
ecognition of their newly es
tablished regime."
Position Reversed
When Red China offered last
August to open its borders to
American newsmen, the Stale
Department reversed its posi
tion. Dulles argued that to let Am
ericans newsmen or any otner
citizens ' enter Communist
China would weaken the U. 3.
policy of no contact with the
Peiping regime, enhance its pres
tige, expose tine State Depart
ment to demands of other Ameri
cans for passports to visit China,
and play into the Communists'
hands.
U S. citizens could not be as
fured protection in a country
that is still holding some Amer
ican prisoners on false espionage
charges, Dulles said.
Oregon City-LA Run
Planned by Indian
Oregon City (W Duncan
Seymour, 36, a Blackfoot Indan,
plans to run from here to Los
Angeles.
Seymour, a former bronc bust
er from Calgary, Canada, expects
to make the trip .in 24 days or
less, starting today.
He plans to follow U. S. High
way 99 to Sacramento, Calif.,
and then on to San Francisco.
From there he will take High
way 101 on to Los Angeles.
To toughen up his feet for the
grueling run, Seymour walked
from Calgary to Oregon City.
Rhee Warns Western
Leaders on Disaster
Soul, Korea (IPI President
Syngman Rhee warned today
that western leaders are invit
ing disaster by talking disarma
ment, relaxing trade curbs and
speculating hopefully the down
fall of the Kremlin's oldtime
Stalinists will lead to a friend
lier world.
"The relentless goal of Com
munism," Rhee said, "is still con
quest of the world and, accord
ingly, ultimate destruction of
America."
Thornton Rules on
County Purchasing
Salem HP County purchas
ing must be done through the
county court or county commis
sioners as the purchasing agency
of the county. Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton said today.
The opinion pointed out that
authority to purchase is vested
in the county courts or commis
sioners and may not be dele
gated by them to others.
Will Hold
Yamhill county; Charlotte Shad
ity. Miss Columbia county; Shir
ley Ann Statham. Miss Coos Bay;
Darlean Jean Ward, Miss Lin
coln county; Doreen Luella Mor
asch. Miss Eugene; Doris Eileen
Pilaczynski. Miss Springfield;
K.-.'.ileen Schnieder. Miss Park
rose; Judith Gayle Hensley. Miss
Roseburg, and Janet Darlene
Sanderson, Miss Hermiston.
SP BRUSHES ASIDE PORTER'S SUGGESTION
FOR DIESEL UNIT ON EUGENE-ASHLAND RUN
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The president of Southern Pacific railroad has
brushed aside a suggestion from an Oregon congressman that the
SP experiment for a year with diesel car passenger service
between Eugene and Ashland. He indicated he thought the rail
road couldn't afford the experiment.
Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) asked SP President D. J.
Russell to try out the type of diesel car which many other railroads
are employing for short passenger routes. Each car has a self
contained diesel power plant and can accommodate up to 90
passengers each. Other models are available for less seating
capacity along with space for baggage, mail and express cargo.
"It is my opinion that, not only would you be doing your
duty under your franchise, but you would develop a profitable
service and, even perhaps more important to you, you would
change the opinion of many people about the policies of the
Southern Pacific," wrote Porter to the SP executive.
Makers Tried To Persuade Southern Pacific
Porter pointed out that SP already has one car of this type
but has never used it on any operation except the run from Sacra
mento to Oakland. When the railroad discontinued its passenger
service from Eugene to Ashland in 1955, the Budd Co., maker
of the diesel cars, tried to persuade the SP to try one on this
western Oregon run, observed Porter, but was told that the rail
road figured there wouldn't be enough travel to match costs.
Russell said SP dropped its passenger service because it was
costing the companv $466,000 a year due to declining patronage.
He added:
Russell Visions
Death of Part
Barring Pressure
Washington (IPI Sen. Rici
ard B. Ruusell predicted today
that Senate will kill the most
controversial section of the civil
rights bill unless "some unusual
pressure is brought."
The Georgia Democrat, leader
of the southern bloc fighting
the bill, apparently meant White
House pressure.
He referred to Part III of the
administration's four- point
rights bill. Part III would em
power the attorney general to
seek federal court injunctions to
prevent threatened violation of
any civil rights. President Eis
enhower , indicated Wednesday
he does not favor extending this
power to school segregation cas
es unless local authorities ask
for federal intervention. . .
Amendment Debate Continues
Russell's prediction was made
to newsmen as the Senate head
ed into the second day of debate
on an amendment "by Sens.
George D. Aiken (R-Vt.), and
Clinton P. Anderson (D-N.M.), to
knock out Part III. It is the 10th
day of overall debate on the
knotty civil rights issue.
Removal of that section would
make the legislation mainly a
voting rights bill. But it would
not guarantee jury trials in con
tempt cases involving voting
rights. Other sections would
create a bipartisan commission
to investigate voting rights vio
lations; establish a new civil
rights division in the Justice De
partment, and authorize the
seeking of injunctions in voting
cases.
Lie Tests Continue
In Sheppard Case
Deland, Fla. (IB A lie detec
tor' expert, unsatisfied after a
three-hour session, resumed tests
today to determine if convict
Donald Joseph Wedler was in
volved in the sensational Shep
pard murder case in Cleveland
in 1954.
"The results last night war
rant additional tests," Alex
Gregory of Detroit said just be
fore starting another session
with the 23-year-old convict, the
latest of 25 "confessors" in the
murder of Marilyn Sheppard.
When asked if Wedler had
"passed" the test, an associate
of Gregory replied, "We are try
ing to determinewhether he is
telling the truth. You don't 'pass'
or "fail' on the polygraph."
However, in Columbus, Ohio,
Gov. C. William O'Neill was in
formed that the lie detector test
showed Wedler told the truth.
(See Story on Page 11)
Dutch Girl, Principal
Will Marry at Salem
Salem HP The romance of a
20-year-old Dutch girl with her
56-year-old high school principal
will be culminated in marriage
here at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Susen E. W. Ginnebrugge and
her fiance, Rudolph G. Arentsen,
first met when she was a pupil
nd he the director of the G. P.
Thysse school in The Hague,
Netherlands.
Congressional Groups
Favor Pay Increases
Washington 'IP Two con
gressional committees, overrid
ing President Eisenhower's oppo
sition, voted today in favor of
pay increases for the govern
ment's 950.000 civil servants.
The President has urged
against this and other federal
pay increase proposals on
grounds they would aggravate
tha inflation.
O,
jcECay Named To
Joint Commission
Former Interior
Secretary To Head
US-Canada Group
Ncskowin, Ore. HP Former
Interior Secreteary Douglas Mc
Kay said today he would be in
Washington, D.C., July 30 to
learn details of his new job as
chairman of the U.S.-Canadian
International Joint commission.
President Eisenhower appoint
ed McKay to the S20,000-a-year
position earlier today. The six
member commission has juris
diction over all boundary water
questions between the U. S. And
Canada.
.McKay said he had not been
a candidate for the job.
Had Hoped To Retire
"I had hoped to retire right
here in Oregon, but when the
vacancy occurred and the White
House called, I agreed," McKay
raid.
McKay, also a former gover
nor of Oregon, said the commis
sion job was very important to
the people of both the United
States and Canada, and particu
larly to the people of the Colum
bia Basin.
"The job will offer me a
chance to serve both the people
of the United States and the
Pacific Northwest," McKay add
ed. McKay, who said he was fam
iliar with the commission's work
said he would take a furnished
apartment in Washington where
the commission is headquar
tered. May Resign Alaskan Post
McKay has been living in Sa
lem. Ore., and his Neskowin
beach home since his unsuccess
ful attempt to unseat Oregon
Democratic Senator Wayne
Morse last year.
He said he had to be in Wash
ington anyway on July 30 for
a meeting of the Alaska Railroad
and Highway commission from
which he will probably resign.
Vacancy on the commission
occurred when Len Jordan, for
mer governor of Idaho, resigned.
Slight Earth Temblors
Reported in Damascus
Damascus, Syria OP Two
slight earth tremblors hit Da
mascus just before noon today
but no damage or casualties
were reported.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair tonirht and
Friday morning. Partly cloudy
Friday afternoon with possi
bility of a few scattered thun--derstorms
over mountain.
Low tonight 46. Hlth Friday
SO.
Temp.
Hirht Yesterday ..- 1
Lowest this Morning 47
Our Skies Tonight
. 4:59 a.m.
Sunset
7:45 p.m.
..10:5 1 p.m.
July 19
Moonrie
ast Quarter
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturtis. htrh in the south
west at sunset, will be In the
west at mnonrise. The sixth
brightest star, it is 36 light
years from the Earth.
"Before the decision was reached to discontinue these opera
tions, we appraised the feasibility of rail diesel car service. It
was our considered judgment that public patronage would be
negligible and that substantial losses would be experienced. There
has been no change in conditions which challenges this conclusion."
Russell said "in view of our narrow margin of earnings,
evidenced by a return of 2.9 per cent on net investment last year,"
the SP can't afford losses "without ultimately impairing our
ability to provide essential services which the public actually
needs and uses. This is a matter of concern to freight shippers
of Oregon, who have a vital interest in continuance of our car
acquisition program and in improvements of service which will
"result from such capital expenditures as are being made in the
Eugene yard. It also concerns those who have provided capital
already invested in the Southern Pacific and the thousands of
loyal employees whose interests in the long run are so closely
related to those of the company."
Russell Says Obligation It Clear
Russell added that "with these considerations in mind, it
seems to me that our obligation is clear, namely, to discontinue
the limited resources available to us on furnishing the improving
services which are responsive to a real public need."
Porter said he plans to continue to press the SP to make the
experiment in diesel cars, which he said he rode on himself out
side Boston and found to be very comfortable and clean.
"Passenger service didn't work for the SP because it was a
dirty, slow train that traveled at a bad time. I say put in a diesel
car 01 a good schedule and try it for a year and see -what public
reaction is. If there aren't enough passengers, at least they will
have made the effort," said Porter.
OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY
Neuberger Says McKay
Choice 'Incredible'
Washington (IP) Sen. Rich-
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) today
termed the appointment of for
mer Interior Secretary Douglas
McKay to the International Joint
Commission by President Eisen
hower as "incredible."
Neuberger said the appoint-
Ammonia Fumes
Chase Residents
Red Bud, 111. (IP! About
1,500 of the 2,000 residents here
fled their homes today when
foul-smelling anhydrous am
monia gas enveloped the town.
Twenty five persons became
ill, but none required hospital
ization. Tree leaves, grass and garden
plants in the northwest portion
of the city, where the choking
fumes were concentrated, turn
ed black and will die. White
houses turned brown.
The gas escaped when a hose
broke as Claude Simpson was
filling a tank truck with the
fertilizer component at his bulk
station. He repaired the leak in
about an hour after finding a
gas mask.
Mayor Waller Schuchmann
said the night watchman at the
bulk station called to tell of the
leak about 5 a.m. Schuchmann
turned on the fire siren and let
it blast continuously.
He then went to the town tele
phone switchboard and answer
ed dozens of inquiring calls,
warning them to leave town.
Police Officer Henry Braun
raced up and down the street in
the hardest hit section to warn
the residents.
Wind Turns Fire
From Alaska Town
Anchorage, Alaska HP A
change of wind Wednesday night
turned a raging tundra fire away
from the little city of Bethel,
400 miles west of here.
. Thirteen bulldozers were able
to bring the fire under control
in the new direction after it had
threatened the town of 1,000 in
habitants and a native hospital.
Civil Defense Director George
Guilsher said further plans to
evacuate hospital patients by air
to Anchorage were suspended.
Bethel hospital was rebuilt in
1954 after being destroyed by
fire in 1950. The latest tundra
fire was one of several which
have raged in the Alaskan in
terior for weeks.
Washington OP Admini
stration forces in the House
fought today for restoration of
S200 million newly-slashed from
President Eisenhower's foreign
aid bill.
San Francisco HP The Ben
evolent and Protective Order of
Elks concluded its 93rd grand
lodge convention today.
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18, 1957
No. 102
ment confirmed the need for his
earlier recommendation that the
post be made subject to Senate
confirmation.1' - -Senator
'Dismayed'
Eisenhower appointed McKay
to the S20.000 a year job to suc
ceed ex-Gov. Len Jordan of
Idaho. The commission has juris
diction over boundary water
questions between the U.S. and
Canada.
Neuberger said he was "dis
mayed" by the appointment of
"another foe of public power" to
a commission responsible for ne
gotiation with Canada to in
crease the capacity of the fed
eral power system on the Co
lumbia river.
He charged that under Jordan
"our relations with Canada have
deteriorated to the point where
Canadians actually are consider
ing a diversion of water out of
the upper Columbia river."
Neuberger said Eisenhower
should have named an engineer
of "impartial standing" like Dr.
Paul Raver, former head of the
Bonneville Power Administra
tion, or Gen. Samuel Sturgis, for
mer chief of Army engineers.
Coloradoans Flee
Threat of Dam Break
Capulin, Colo HP Another
1.200 Southern Colorado resi
dents along the Alamosa river
were warned to "stand by to
evacuate" today below the crum
bling Terrace reservoir dam aft
er 400 residents of this commu
nity fled to higher ground.
Capulin was evacuated short
ly before 10 a.m. when officials
warned a wall of water would
flood the small community if
the dam gave way.
Warnings were out before
noon to residents in nearby La
Jara Sanford, and Manassa,
Colo., to "be prepared to evacu
ate on short notice."
Officials still held out some
hope that bulldozers could save
the dam, but no official would
be quoted as saying the structure
would hold.
Representatives Discuss
Kiwanis Show, County Fair
Representatives of the Kiwan
is Town and Country Holiday
met recently with representa
tives of 4-H and Future Farm
ers of America clubs to gam
(heir cooperation in use of the
Medford National Guard Arm
ory next month.
Both the "Holiday" and the
4-H and FFA fair will be staged
at the same time. The fair opens
Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 20, and
will continue through Saturday.
Aug. 24. The Kiwanis Holiday
opens Thursday, Aug. 22, and
will close Aug. 25.
Ray Johnson, vice-chairman
for the event, told members of I
Eight Others Hurt
As Blast Occurs
During Test Work
Liner Queen Mary
Makes Doctor Available
New London, Conn. (IP A
2Vj-pound charge of TNT used
in experimental work exploded
on the deck of the escort vessel
Somersworth Wednesday night
killing three sailors and injur
ing eight others, four seriously.
The blast occurred on the fore
castle deck at 1:45 p.m. (PST)
when the ship was off Montauk
Point conducting "test opera
tions" with the submarine Tir
ante, the Navy said. The ship
was not damaged.
Investigation Started
First indication caused Navy
investigators to believe that a
time fuse on the charge may
have been defective, the Navy
said. A board of officers from
the New London base began an
investigation of the accident
when the ship arrived here short
ly after midnight (PST).
The charges are used In "in
vestigations ound transmission,"
in undewater work, the Navy
raid.
The four seriously injured
sailors were transferred to the
British liner Queen Mary, who
halted her eastward Atlantic
crossing to make her doctor
available.
Treated Aboard Ship
They were treated aboard the
passenger liner and then lower
ed to the deck of the Navy sub
marine rescue ship Sunbird
which had sped to assist the in
jured with two doctors aboard.
The dead were:
Anthony Focca, Pipefitter 1C,
Groton, Conn.
John R. Turley, quartermaster
1C. New London, Conn.
Francis P. Brophy, 18, seaman.
Maiden, Mass.
Critically injured were Nor
man C. Bradford, 19, seaman,
Columbus, Ohio; Irwin Zelanko,
20, fireman, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
Marlin K. Fisher, 21, Electronic
technician 2C, New London,
Conn., and Delbert Littlehale, a
civilian employed at the Under
water Sound Laboratory in Gro
ton, Conn. J "
Syrian Troops
Moving to Border
Beirut, Lebanon (IP High
ways leading to the tense Syria
Israeli border are clogged with
Syrian troop reinforcements
moving into the area, reliable
sources said today. Syria also
was reported to have cancelled '
all army leaves.
The same sources quoted Syri
an army officers as saying Israel
had massed artillery and men
at its border with Syria and
in the demilitarized zones where
Israel used tanks last week
against Syrian guns in a ten
hour border battle.
A report from Damascus said
an army alert was declared In
Syria at start of the troop move
ments, but it was not estab
lished here whether the alert
was regional or. nationwide.
The Damascus reports said the
Syrian government attitude was
to expect the worst another
Israeli attack and not to be
caught unprepared if a major
attack comes.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 4 13 2
Cleveland 0 3 2
Pascual and Berberet; Pitu-
la, McClish (7) and Nixon.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 2
New York
Klippstein, Sanchez (9)' and
Bailey; Miller, Griiiom (8)
and Thomas, Katt (5). Westrum
(8).
Chicago 5 11 0
Pittsburgh 6 13 1
Drott, Lown (7) and Nee
man: Purkey. Arroyo (8) and
Rand.
the Kiwanis club at a meeting
Wednesday that initial response
to solicitations of booth space
rental has been "very good."
The clule is contacting firm
and organizations to make space
reservations. The soliciting cam
paign will continue through July
27.
About 13.000 square feet of ex
hibit space will be available
inside the Armory and more
than an acre of outdoor display,
area is to be used.
Johnson reported that the
schedule of events will include
daily stage shows, rides and con
cessions, and agricultural, for
estry and military exhibits.
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