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TEN MErOH (M5N) MAIL TRIBUNE Federal Hells Canyon Dam Project Dead; Mourners Merely Delaying Its Funeral Washington tfl The Federal Hells Canyon dam project is dead. The mourners are merely delaying its funeral. Its death is a victory for the administration in the Public vs. Private Power battle, with the administration the private side. The victory has been assured from the time two Southern Democrats lined up with the solid front of Republicans in the House Interior committee against a Senate-approved gov ernment "high dam" project. Maneuvering by Democrats has prevented a final negative committee vote. But even if the committee and the House itself should pass the bill, it would face a certain presidential veto which its boosters lack the votes to override. Supporters ofo the Federal Hells Canyon project were not ready to admit complete defeat They were sure to propose an other government hydroelectric and conservation project else' where in the Northwest. Drtam Dissolving But their dream of a gigantic federal power plant in the Snake river gorge near the Ore gon-Idaho border was dissolv ing. In its place will be the three Idaho Power Co. dams, spon' sored by the Eisenhower admin istration, licensed by the Feder al Power commission. They are the Oxbow, Brownlee and Low Hells Canyon units on the Mid dle Snake sites which would have been flooded out if the high dam had been built. Two of the private dams already are being constructed. The end of the Hells Canyon battle came shortly after pro ponents of the high dam had achieved their greatest victory. On June 23 the Hells Canyon bill passed the Senate, causing public power advocates led by Sen. Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.) to predict equal success in the House. But opponents of the federal dam, uniting in one of the most concentrated efforts to kill legis lation ever seen in Washington, lined up the votes needed to nail the lid on the Hells Canyon coffin. Although Idaho Power ac quired the original Oxbow site in 1916, the Hells Canyon story actually began 11 years ago. A big government dam on the Snake river was first proposed in a 1946 report by the director of the Reclamation bureau. Apply for Permit In June, 1947, within a month after the Corps of Engineers an nounced hearings on plans for 73$! - "Jf . fx QUICK EXIT Dick Clemens, animal trainer with the Shrine circus, slips quickly out of the cage in which he puts jungle beasts through their paces. The circus will be at the Medford High school stadium Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2 and 3. Shows will be given each day at 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Edmund E. Hass Vice-President Heme Northwest Compaxt Saca 1911 HOTEL MEDFORD LOBBY Phone SP 2-8379 Consult With Mr. Hass on INVESTMENT and RETIREMENT Programs Using th Securities of ... . Utilities Banks Insurance Industrial Investment Company Shares. Dependable Incomes of 5 to 6?a Can Be Obtained. 'Other offices in Portland, Salem, Eugene. Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Aberdeen, Bellingham, Yakima, Wenatchee and Walla Walla. developing of the Middle Snake, Idaho Power applied to the FPC for permission to start a new project at Oxbow. The company subsequently sought approval for private de velopment of the Brownlee and Little Hells Canyon sites. The Truman administration's Interior department, headed by Oscar L. Chapman, opposed granting the private licenses. But Chapman's successor, Doug las McKay, an Eisenhower ap pointee, withdrew the depart ment's objections on May 5 1953. The FPC granted the licenses to Idaho Power on Aug. 4, 1955. The Democrats seized on the Hells Canyon case as a political issue. The controversy played a part of unknown dimensions in the sweeping political changes in Idaho, Oregon and Washing ton in the November, 1956, elec tions. McKay Resigns McKay resigned his post and although armed with White House backing, failed to win Morse's Senate seat. Frank Church, a public power advocate, won a surprise victory over Sen. Herman Welker (R. Ida.) a long-time opponent of the federal Hells Canyon dam. Refreshed by these and other political victories, the Demo crats launched new efforts on behalf of the federal high dam when the 85th Congress opened last January. They were given another boost in May when the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly sub committee, headed by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D.-Tenn.) started an investigation into rapid tax amortization certificates issued Idaho Power for construction of the low dams. The special privilege, award ed on grounds that the power projects were importants to U.S. defense industry, would have permitted Idaho Power to write off, as a deduction from its tax able income, part of its invest ment over a five-year period. Fast Write-Off ' Democrats on the subcommit tee charged that the company would save up to $85,000,000 by its use of the fast write-off as compared with the normal 50 yeai tax amortization plan. Oi the eve of the Senate vote, Idaho Power returned the tax certificates to the Office of De fense Mobilization in order to "clear the air" so the Hells Can yon issue could be "settled on its merits." The move failed to sway Son ate Democrats, who voted June 23 for a federal high dam, in 1 1 Tueiday. July 23, 1937 stead of the private develop ment. The story was different in the House Interior committee where two Democrats joined the Re publican minority to block the 'Missing Witness1 in Sheppard Murder Case Telephones Florida Deland, Fla. If Dr. Sam uel R. Gerber, Cuyahoga Coun ty. Ohio, coroner, declared to day that Donald Joseph Wedler did not tell lha truth when he confessed to tha 1S54 murder of Marily Shappard. Deland, Fla. (lf A sheriff's deputy said today that a widely sought "missing witness" in the Sheppard murder case tele phoned to Florida early today from Waterloo, Iowa. The call came as Cleveland authorities began grilling bushy haired Donald Joseph Wedler, 23, here about his "confession" in the 1954 murder of Marilyn Sheppard. Three Ohio officials who helped prosecute the victim's husband entered Wedler's jail cell. They were Coroner Samuel R. Gerber, Detective Dave Yettra and James McArthur, retired homicide chief. Gerber, who has been doubt ful of Wedler's "confession," was asked about a report he al ready has made up his mind in the case. "If 1 had already made up my mind, I wouldn't be down here," he snapped. Sheriff Rodney Thursby said the call came during the night. He said it was taken by a Day tona Beach deputy and the caller identified himself as merchant seaman trnest James Kololol- ias, Long Beach, Calif. Nervous Motorist Kolofolias told investigators in Cleveland three years ago that he was picked up by a man there who acted nervous and bore stains that might have been olood. It was about the time the wife of Dr. Samuel Sheppard, Cleveland osteopath, was slain. Sheppard is serving a life sen tence for the crime. In Columbus, Ohio, mean while, mystery writer Erie Stan ley Gardner, active in the Shep pard case in an unofficial capac ity, said he has a "very import ant new clue" in the case. He refused to give details. Gardner and his associates have been in Deland where they said after a test on Wedler that he was telling the truth appar ently when he said he probably killed Marilyn Sheppard during a robbery attempt. Thursby said he did not per sonally take the call from Water loo and that he was now await ing further word from the caller. By mid-morning nothing Plum Varieties Showing Promise Buffalo, N. Y. W Fruit breeders at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station here have developed several su perior varieties of plums that show promise for the fruit-growing industry. The varieties, being planted by growers in New York state, include Stanley, Albion, Hall and American Mira belle. Stanley, which is replacing Italian Prune, is the most widely grown so far. Italian Prune figures in the parentage of two other selections. unnamed to date, that show promise and are available on a restricted basis for trial by in terested growers from the New York State Fruit Testing Asso ciation here. One is a large, reddish-blue freestone plum that ripens early and may be of value for road side stands or for local fresh fruit markets. The second is a late season prune that has good quality, is self-fruitful and may have value in prolonging the sea son for prune-type plums. Other varieties also are under test in the Station orchards that may prove of value to New York State growers in the future. They include an early prune-type plum from Oregon and a very productive late selection from the Vineland Station in Ontario, Canada. Grants Pass Man Found Innocent of Manslaughter Grants Pass OP A Circuit Court jury late Monday found William Lewis Chapin, 82, inno cent of a manslaughter charge in connection with the fatal shooting June 12 of Wyatt R. Swisher, 32, at a motel here. The jury deliberated an hour and 45 minutes. Chapin had pleaded self-defense. BIRD OF PARADOX Paterson, N.J. (If Even Sol omon would have had a tough time solving this one. A news paper report of a stray parakeet flying into a local hospital brought 30 letters and phone calls from persons each claiming the bird as his own. bill. The federal dam's supporters will have to wait for two more years until the 86th Congress to reintroduce the same legislation. further had been heard, how ever. Test Called Off Gardner's so-called Court of Last Resort had planned to give Dr. Sam a lie detector test in Ohio Penitentiary, but Gov. C. William O'Neill, who had au thorized it, ordered it postponed until he is convinced that Wed ler's story is true. Gardner insisted when he ar rived in Ohio Monday night that the investigation would go one. But after talking the matter over with his associates he said "we may and we may not in vestigate." Kolofolias was supposed to have been hitchhiking in Cleve 'Curious' American Says Chinese Smiles Changed To Hostility Seattle (If) A curious American who sneaked into Red China three months ago says Communist smiles changed to hostility when they found out he was a businessman and Ko rean war veteran. Donald K. Blackwood, 24, his Korean wife, Junv Sukrhee, 23, and their son Robert, 10 months, landed here Monday night aboard a Northwest Orient air liner from the Far East. Curious About Nation Blackwood said he took his family with him when he crossed Car Runs Info Truck Killing Portland Man Portland 'IP A car crashed into a gasoline truck on High way 30 near Rooster Rock state park Monday night, killing one Portland man and critically in juring another. Killed was Harry Edward Bix ler, 64. Taken to a Portland hos pital with pultiple injuries was Roscoe J. Loveland Jr., 24, Port land. The truck driver, George H. Rowe II, 42, Portland, was not injured. Police said the truck was not loaded with gasoline but that it caught fire from the impact. The volunteer fire department at Corbett put out the blaze. It was the 18th traffic death of the year in Multnomah county outside of Portland. Dental Personnel Attend YA Courses Chicago KB More than 100 career dental personnel from all over the nation have taken post graduate courses at the Veterans Administration Dental Training Center during its three years. The training prograrn pro vides instruction in special prob lems encountered by VA field stations and a review of the basic principles and latest de velopments of dentistry .Enroll ment is drawn from dentists and auxiliary personnel employed by the Veterans Administration dental program. ' Courses are designed to meet VA requirements and include geriatrics, psychiatry and anes thesiology. Novice dental assist ants and technicians are offered shorter courses. Among the participating fac ulty members are officials from the American Dental Associa tion, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and profes sors from the University of Chicago. Seattle (IPi The body of An ton Boyke, 23, Victoria, B.C., was found in the Pacific Ocean 20 miles west of Grays Harbor Monday after he fell from the sailing yacht Saturn, the Coast Guard reported. At OK MARKET... SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS! At: MEDFORD MUFFLER CO. fJL DOODY'S RICHFIELD SERVICE STATION JOHNSON'S MODEL BAKERY A BAKERY LUNCH Earthquake Probably In Aleutians Recorded , New York UK A "fairly strong" earthquake probably centered near the Aleutian Is lands was recorded today in seismograph readings ,at , Ford ham University. The Rev. Joseph Lynch, chief Fordham seismologist, said the temblor had a magnitude of 6.5. The world premiere of Puc cini's opera, "Tosca," was in Rome on Jan. 14, 1900. land on the day of Marilyn's death. At the time Sheppard was con victed for his pregnant wife's death no other suspect who might have been the motorist could be found to confront Kolo folias. There was the possibility that the merchant seaman might identify Wedler as having been in the Cleveland area. McArthur, retired chief of the Cleveland homicide squad who directed the Sheppard murder investigation, promised a thor ough study of points of conflict between Wedler's story and the way police believe the murder was committed. into Red China from the Portu guese territory of Macao April 26 "because we did not want to become separated." The young American from Cin cinnati, Ohio, said he left Ko rea, where he was a clothing salesman, for Communist China because of "curiosity" about the nation. He said they sought out the Red checkpoint to report their entry and the "why fors." "At first the Reds seemed to like it," Blackwood said. "But then they changed their atti tude, apparently because they found I was in the armed forces during the Korean war and was a businessman." Blackwood was discharged from the Air Force as an Air man 1C in October, 1954. Had 'Companions' The Blackwood family was taken to Canton where they were kept under house arrest in two different hotels. "We didn't have armed guards, just what the Reds called 'com panions'," he said. The Reds expelled the family from Communist China two weeks ago, and they went to Hong Kong to await transporta tion to the U.S. Smith Access Road Opens Timber Area Coos Bay Wl The Smith river access road, a 67-mile seg ment costing $7 million, makes timber valued at $90 million ac cessible, according to Ross Youngblood of the Bureau of Land Management here. The road, the last three miles of which are still being con structed, winds along the Smith on an easterly course starting in northwest Douglas county, 13 miles from the river's mouth. Youngblood said the valuable timber, mostly Douglas fir, cov ers about 100,000 acres. Florence Chadwick Sets Swim for Aug. 5 Weston - Super - Mare, Eng land OH Florence Chadwick today postponed until Aug. 5 her plan to swim across the 10 mile Bristol Channel because of high winds and rough water. The 36-year-old English chan nel champion hoped that tide conditions will be suitable at that time. Two Feet of Snow Falls in Argentina Buenos Aires W While much of the United States was sweltering in heat wave, parts of Argentina today had a cold wave with below-freezing tem peratures and heavy snowfalls. Points in the western part of the country reported two feet oi snow. Use A1-T Classified Ads For Best Results Also erh ROXY ANN MARKET I 'US US V VI If- BlTtBIAU BEAUTY SALON Suspect Arrested in Slaying of Policemen Venice, Calif. ilfi A suspect in the Monday slaying of two El Segundo, Calif., policemen was arrested today and booked on suspicion of murder after telling patrons of a bar that more police should be murdered. The suspect, John Phillip Petersen, 30, told arresting of ficers: , 1 "I guess you guys picked me up for the murder." A Lot of Talking A bartender called police to report that Petersen had been dcing a lot of talking about the murders. The bartender had a friend follow the suspect home, then called police. Officers surrounded the hohse and arrested Petersen! They said they found some clothing stuff ed in a closet that possibly con- Optometric Society To Meet Tonight The July meeting of the Southern Oregon Optrometric society will be held starting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, at the Rogue Valley Country club. Dr. R. L. Stephen of Grants Pass, president of the society, urged all optrometrists in the area to attend to discuss plans for the fall and winter public affairs program. v A report on the driver-vision screening program conducted recently by the Medford Safety Council will be presented by Dr. Robert Harland, secretary. State Optometric Group To Be in Safetyrama Portland The Oregon Opto metric association will partici pate in the Oregon Traffic Safe tyrama which will run from July 25 through Aug. 3 in the Meier and Frank auditorium in Portland. The general theme of the association's booth will be "Jt Takes More Than 2020." Dr. Don B. Chambers of Mil waukee is in charge of arrange ments for the booth. He says there will be a professional op tometrist present at all times. Interested persons may have their visaul acuity, color per ception, and depth perception checked if they so desire. The electrical energy required to light a single 150-watt lamp will operate an automobile's lights, ignition, radio and heat ing system. CO! I wmrar rr mart mtmas. (PACIFIC - IHDUSTRIAIr" 14 S. Cantrol Phoix SP3-S30I WILL THE FACE " V . 1.? . 'nnum Each week at least three Rogue Vail ley residents are flown to or from a hospital by Mercy Flights. It could be you. As a subscriber to Mercy Flights an emergency trip would be free. You can help both yourself and Mercy Flights (an Oregon non-profit corporation) by subscribing for your entire family at a cost of only $4.0G a year. Here is a unique service. 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Phillips, 29, were slain when they stopped the kill er for a routine traffic check. After shooting the officers, the suspect abandoned the stolen car and fled on foot into the beach area. A house to house search was carried on during the night by more than 100 officers who set up roadblocks in an attempt to corner the suspected slayer. Fed up with feeding a GAS HOG? TRY THE ECONOMY CHAMP RAMBLER 6 or U A Rambler 6 with overdrive just set a new all-time border-to-border official NASCAR economy record Canada to Mexico, at a fuel cost of li per mile. Rambler Sales Highest In History I Rambler sales in May and June broke all records as 2,000 a week switched to Rambler! Because only Rambler gives you big car room with foreign car economy and handling ease. Be smarter. Buy a smarter Rambler and save! AMERICAN MOTORS MEANS -jfe. MORE FOR AMERICANS Set Disneyland Great TV for oil the family met ABC Netuork. Go? w?CKmffitrnmnf LEA MOTORS Bartlett at Fifth OH THE STRETCHER BE YOURS! 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