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rui Jl in jl fo)fo)flfpA i 52nd Year United Pre Full L 22 Pages i ayoui ii For Amended Rights Bill Speaker Calls on GOP Leaders To' Assist Passage Dixie Democrats Plan Stalling Moves Washington IW Speaker Sam Rayburn threw his support today to the Senate's amended civil rights bill. He called on Republican leaders to help Dem ocrats pass it. The veteran Texas Democrat, who heretofore has kept silent on the hot civil rights issue, said he will ask the House to concur in changes made by the Senate in the much stronger civil rights measure passed earlier by the House. He will not object, Rayburn said, if members want to make one additional change in the bill: To limit the Senate's controver sial jury trial amendment to criminal contempt cases arising ' under terms of the bill. That would limit the amendment's ap plication to voting rights case. Dixie Democrats in the House had planned stalling moves which they hoped would delay the civil rights bill until Con gress gave up and went home. Up To GOP Members' But Rayburn said it is entire ' ly up to the Republican, whether the right to vote measure is to be enacted. He said Republicans are in position to help pass the hill, or to block it, through their four-man representation on the powerful House Rules Com mittee. "We have reached this point," Rayburn told newsmen. "The people who are for a right to vote bill have an opportunity c get it now." 'Some Votes Necessary Rayburn said the votes of "some" of the four GOP Rules - members will be necessary to clear for a House vota motion either to concur in the Senate amendment or to concur in an amendment limiting the jury trial feature to voting cases. As the amendment now stands, it would i apply to any federal criminal contempt case. Rayburn declined at this time to speculate on what will happen if the Republicans do not co operate in the Rules Committee with supporters of the measure. Russian Mastermind Puzzles Intelligence Washington (IP) U. S. in telligence agencies have been asked to figure out the identity of a possible Soviet "Mr. X" who may be masterminding cur rent Russian foreign policies. President Eisenhower, Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles and other administration of ficials are puzzled by the my stery. So are officials in other Western capitals. Dulles and other officials have been admiring a succession of well written diplomatic notes and some clever diplomatic moves emanating recently from the Kremlin. They want to know who is behind them. ' Diplomats find it hard to be lieve that Soviet Foreign Min ister Andrei Gromyko is the foreign policy master mind in the Klemlin. lie is generally regarded ts a heavy-handed, dour technician. But so far no one has been spotted who could be think ing up the moves behind the scenes. Gunmen Take $10,000 From Chicago Office Chicago . ilT Five gunmen dressed as workmen locked a dozen persons into a vault to day and escaped with at least S10 000 from a store office just off the southwest corner of State and Madison sts., the "world s busiest corner." . The five were dressed in cov eralls, workmen's caps and - gloves. n MSKS buppon Nightshirt-Clad Prisoner Escapes Portland Hospital . Portland UP) A 19-year-old federal prisoner clad only in bis nightshirt escaped early to day from Physicians and Surgeons hospital here, and FBI agents joined other police in a search for him. Francis Ray Bennett of Mu lino was sentenced last week by Federal Judge Gus Solo mon to an indeterminate prison term for car theft. Police said Bennett was un der guard of a retired city police officer in one of the hospital's two security rooms when he escaped. - Porter Concerned . About Economic Plight in Oregon Portland (I?) Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.), home to speak to the American Legion conven tion in Eugene today, said Thursday night he was con cerned about Oregon's economic situation. Porter said he wanted to "in vestigate reports I get from the Lebanon and Sweet Home area of people leaving town, busi nesses closing up." He conferred with Julius Jen sen, Oregon's new planning and development department direc tor, whose job it is to help bring new industry to the state. Pulp Plant Considered Porter said he was keeping in touch with executives of a com pany he said is considering a pulp plant in the Grants Pass or Roseburg area. The fourth district lawmaker also said he planned to introduce next week a measure which could stimulate Oregon's lumber industry.' This bill, he said, would provide for use of railroad retirement act funds, now total ing some $4 billton, for Federal Housing Administration mort gages. He said he believed ending of restrictions on trade with Red China would be a boon to Ore gon's economy. He also criticized the rule of Rafael Trujillo in the Domini can Republic, whom he blames for the death of Lester Murphy, a Eugene flier. Porter plans to return Washington, D. C. Saturday, to Oregon Labor Council Reelects McDonald Klamath Falls HP) J. D. (Rosy) McDonald was reelected president of the AFL-CIO Ore gon Labor Council at the annual convention here today. Also, reelected for another two years were James T. Marr, exec utive secretary-treasurer; George Brown, political director, and 20 board members. New York OP) Billy Gra ham will definitely close his New York crusade Sept. 1. Heroic Pilot Praises Calmness of Passengers Flight Over Pacific Ocean With Two Engines Hilo, Hawaii HP) A hand some pilot refused today to take any personal credit for nursing his , crippled plane more than 1.000 miles over the choppy Pac ific to a" safe landing with 67 persons aboard. Instead. Maj. Samuel Tyson, 37, of . Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Vacaville, Calif., insisted his passengers, including 10 wo men.'deserved all the praise for their determination to stay calm. "They suffered untold miseries and discomforts with no com plaint," Tyson said after landing his four-engine Boeing C97 at Hi lo's Lyman Airport Wednesday on its two starboard engines. "They watched their baggage being thrown overboard and T A T T MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1957 $600,000 Federal Loan Approved for SOC Construction Dormitory, Dining Hall Among Projects Ashland The Community Fa cilities administration in Wash ington, D.C., has approved a S600.000 federal loan to the Oregon state board of higher education for use by Southern Oregon college. The loan, along with $61,113 from state funds and additional monies from the SOC reserve fund, will finance construction of a $230,000 Commons dining hall and a $475,000 men's dormi tory. . Congressman Charles O. Port er today informed the Mail Trib une of the federal approval by telegram. The two structures are part of a 20-year expansion program instituted by SOC last year, ac cording to Donald E. Lewis, as sistant to the president. Two other buildings, the Britt stu dent center and the physical education and health plant, were completed recently. The student center was remodeled from the old Memorial court building. . Construction on the Commons and men's dormitory is "to begin in September and completed by August, 1958. Additional Structures Two additional structures, a science building costing $460,000 and a central . heating plant, S200.000, financed by legisla tive appropriation, will be built between November, 1957, and September, 1958. Lewis said the , Commons dining hall will serve 500 per sons cafeteria-style and seat 350. Future plans call for enlarging the service to serve 300 more and seat an additional 300. Low bidders for the new structures announced today by the state board's building com mittee after bids were opened yesterday, were Steeck Electric company, Medford, $25,900 for electrical work, lowest of five bias; McLaughlin Plumbing and Hesting company, Medford, $96, 590, mechanical work, low of seven bids; Losli Sheet Metal Works, Portland, $14,149, kitch en equipment work, low of three bids; and Graff and James, Medford, $368,192, dormitory and Commons general work, low of four bids. All were base bids, with al ternative bids submitted for pos sible variations in construction. Bids will be let at a special meeting of the state board's building committee Tuesday, Aug '13, Lewis said. The Ashland city council Tuesday night took steps to change water mains, vacate sev eral streets and alleyways and to make other improvements in preparation for the college construction. Washington (IFI President Eisenhower has nominated Wil liam Francis Quinn, Honolulu attorney, to be governor of Hawaii. they were fully aware of the situation and they remained calm," he said. Tyson himself gave an inspir ing exhibition of courage and nerve. But the strain of holding his aircraft aloft for nearly six hours on only two engines told on him. "I snapped my watchband straining at the wheel and I was soaked with sweat when we finallly landed," he said. Tyson had 30 minutes of gas remaining in his tanks enough for three more passes at the air field had he failed in his inital attempt to land. Air Force officers said Tyson's decision to drop his plane to al titudes ranging between 50 and 'I'd Rather See You Dead Than Compromised' MSBMSSMHlMSSt- -1 ! ' I I 1 1 1 1 . a Accused Soviet Spy Requests Attorney; Soble Gets Sentence New York (IP) Accused Rus sian spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, 55, was ordered held without bail today for a federal court hearing next Tuesday. He asked for the delay so he could secure an attorney. Abel appeared this morning before Judge Matthew Abruzzo who. granted his. request -for a poslpiiemerrtSTjesktngtaCCBntn ed " English in a monotone, the Russian said he wished to ob tain a lawyer. ' Abruzzo remanded him to jail without bail after Assistant U.S. Attorney William F. Tompkins described him as "a colonel in the Soviet internal security sys tem who headad a most elabor ate and intricate espionage sys tem." ' 'There is every indication that this man will flee the coun- Khrushchev Promises Devastating Counter Berlin (if) Soviet Commu nist party chief Nikita Khrush chev said tonight that if any Communist country is attacked, the enemy would be hit with "a devastating counter-blow." Addressing a Communist rally at Leipzig in East Germany, the Soviet leader boasted that Com munism eventually would sweep the world. "Reactionary circles rattle the saber and want to frighten us," he said. "That is dumb. We are not cowards and will give them the proper answer. "Any agression will receive a devastating counter-blow, no matter which nation of the so cialist camp they attack. "We are not afraid of capital ist competition and we are con vinced we can beat them in all competition." This statement was met with a roar of applause. Then Khrush chev added that the Communist world had no aggressive inten tions. ? dalem (ffl The State Water Resources Board will meet m the Portland State Office build ing Aug. 27. - 100 feet was what enabled him to make land. By dropping so low, he picked up a 20-knot tail wind that spelled the difference between a safe landing and a ditching on empty tanks. In Washington, Lt. Gen. Jos eph. Smith, head of the Military Air ' Transport Service, said he will recommend a Distinguished Flying Cross for the heroic pilot. Smith sent Tyson a telegram to advise him of the recommenda tion. The MATS C97, military coun terpart of the double decked Boeing Stratocruiser, had taken off from Travis Air Force Base, 50 miles north of San Francisco, early Thursday fro Honolulu. Aboard were 39 servicemen Price 10c United Pres Full Leased Wire No. 119 try if he is released in bail," Tompkins said. A grand jury has indicted Abel of three counts of master-, minding a spy network that transmitted American defense and atomic secrets to Russia. If convicted of actual espionage, he could receive the death pen alty, under, the .so-called Rosen- berg- peacetime espionage- lawr-- New York (IB Federal Judge Richard H. Levet , sen tenced confessed Russian spies Myra Soble and Jacob Albam today to five and one-half years in prison. He postponed sentenc ing of master spy Jack Soble un til Sept. 18 at the request of the government. Informed sources said that the government's request was made because Soble, -a naturalized U.S. citizen, is still testifying be fore a Federal grand jury about his operations as a top agent in America for the Soviet intelli gence agency. ' The Sobles and Albam had been indicted for actual espio nage but pleaded guilty to a less er charge of conspiracy. The maximum penalty could have been 10 years in prison or a ,$10,000 fine, or both. Commission Plans Couplet Construction Official notice has been re ceived here that the state high way department plans to proceed with construction of a one-way couplet in downtown Medford as part -of the city's arterial street plan. The couplet will include West Main and West Eighth sts., be tween Columbus and Riverside aves. West Main st. will be one-way west bound and West Eighth st. is to be one-way east bound. Co lumbus ave. will be made one way south bound between West Main and West Eighth sts. Anyone desiring a public hear ing on the proposed construction must request one from the Med ford city council on or before Aug. 23. and 18 civilians, including 10 women dependents and two babies. There were 10 crewmen. The plane had just passed the point of no return on its 2,400 mile flight when the outboard port engine began running wild. A few moments later, it flew off. striking its companion en gine on the same wing and putting it out of commission. Another part of the broken prop hit the housing of the in board engine, making it diffi cult later on to lower the land ing gear. The crew had to use hand jacks to get the left gear down while flying over talo. Mrs. Vicki Grote, Los An geles, said she Was "petrified" until Tyson calmly and matter of factly told the passengers Louisiana Coast In Path of Storm As Tides Rising Inland Havens Sought by Thousands New Orleans (IP) A gulf hur ricane packing winds up to 90 miles an hour bore down on the Louisiana-Texas coast today and thousands of persons fled to in land havens to avoid a repetition of the hurricane Audrey dis aster. Rising tides along the. same stretch of coastline that was bat tered mercilessly in June her alded the approach of the new hurricane, named Bertha. Hur ricane-force winds were un officially reported about 55 mjles south of the Louisiana shoreline shortly before 10 a.m. (p-s.t.) Residents Flee Again Residents who only recently moved back into such stricken areas as Cameron and Pecan Is land, La., left their homes for in land cities. The Coast Guard said high tides at San Luis Pass, 25 miles south of Galveston, Tev., strand ed several persons in a car and house trailer. Rescue units were sent to their aid. The Weather Bureau, using strong language to warn the threatened areas, said in an ad visory that "hurricane Bertha threatens the West Louisiana and upper Texas coasts from Galveston to Vermilion Bay." "Safety precautions should be started now," the advisory said Tugboat Caught A disabled tugboat, the Whit man No. 5, was reported caught in rough waters of Pass A Lou- tre in the Mississippi Delta with possibly three men aboard and a Coast Guard cutter went to its aid. The hurricane pushed three to six foot tides ahead of it with its strong winds. Oilmen manning offshore rigs had come ashore with first warn ings of the storm and all shrimp boats -were believed to have made port safely.' ' Express Agency Asks Rate Increase A public meeting to discuss a request to increase Railway Express agency rates has been scheduled by the Public Utility commission for Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 10:30 a.m. in the confer ence room of the Jackson county courthouse. Public Utility Commissioner Howard Morgan reported that the Railway Express agency has filed a petition with the Inter state Commerce commission re questing authority to increase all express charges by 15 per cent, applicable both for less than car load and carload rates. Morgan said "it is likely that this matter will be set down for hearing early this fall. Any in creases prior to the Christmas season will doubtless prove highly detrimental to express shippers of fruit." He said . the director of rail transportation for the PUC of fice will attend the Medford meeting and "discuss the situa tion generally." A spokesman for valley ship pers said that there has been much discussion of the proposed rate increases and that plans are being made to present their views at the Aug. 27 hearing. Beaverton Attorney Oregon Assistant Portland (IP) George E. Juba, 29, Beaverton attorney, was named today as an assistant U.S. attorney for Oregon. He suc ceeds Thomas Brand, who re signed several months ago to 'practice lawiin Salem. in Nerve-Wracking of Big Plane Disabled fuse what he was going to do. The passengers and crew help ed jettison all baggage and loose articles so as to lighten the plane. S-Sgt. J. D. Battles, Sumpter. S.C., said the crew was "the coolest and calmest crew I ever rode with, even when we thought they were going to ditch They just told us what to do and we did it." The passengers took their shoes off and passed the next six hours trying to make jokes as they peered through the win dows at the water. only a few feet below. - . At Hilo's Lyman field, the nearest landfall, city fire trucks, ambulances and several other emergency vehicles raced down Outgoing Union Official Called In Racket Pro Washington UPl The Senate Rackets Committee called for testimony today from an official, of the union which Johnny Dio used to become reputed kingpin of New York s labor racketeers. The committee sent the tight lipped Dio back to the jail from which it borrowed him, after he invoked the Fifth Amendment about 140 times, and tabbed as its next witness Earl Heaton, outgoing president of the Allied Industrial Workers of America. The group is a catch-all outfit formerly known as the AFL United Auto Workers. The committee charg-jd that Dio roosted his racketeers in this union's locals, then trans ferred them into seven member less "paper locals" of the Team sters Union in order to help his U.S. Delegation To Youth Festival Plans China Trip Moscow (IP) The U.S. dele gation at the Communist Youth Festival announced today that at least 15 and possibly 40 young Americans will travel to. Com munist China from here in defi ance of the State Department travel ban. The junket, at the invitation of the Peiping government, will be the first organized American tour ever conducted behind the Bamboo Curtain. Chinese Communist authori ties here invited the Executive Committee of the American fes tival delegation to send 15 on a free trip.- --But considerably more than 50 volunteered that they were interested. As a result, the Chi nese said an additional 25 would te admitted if they paid "travel expenses" amounting to $160 for three weeks. , . Washington (IP) U.S. state de partment officals said today that trouble is in store for any American youths who go to Red China from Moscow in defiance of this government's ban on travel to Communist China. Officials pointed out that such a trip by any American would violate American policy. They voiced hope that the Americans would reconsider any decision to accept a free trip to Red China. Subcommittee Named For Home Furnishings A subcommittee of the juve nile court advisory council fur nishings of the new juvenile de tention home, the county court reported today. Members are Mrs. Clarence Drummond, chairman; Wayne Walty and Mrs. Ethel Tennant, all of Medford. The subcommit tee will work with the county court. Construction of the- home, on the old county fair grounds south of Medford, is nearing comple tion. The county court' said it hopes to have the building ready for occupancy sometime in Octo ber. Circuit Judee Edward C. Keny is acting as juvenile court judge while Herbert K. Hanna is on vacation. Washington (IP) The Agri culture Department has esti mated the 1957 corn crop at 3,065,771,000 bushels. the field as the plane came in for the landing. Tyson calmly asked for wind velocity and landing conditions, then swung in a wide circle. As the plane lost altitude, Tyson dropped his flaps and opened the cargo hatch doors under the tail. This was to get additional braking action for the short 6,500-foot strip. The wheels touched the ground, the brakes squealing. The fire engines and ambulances raced along behind the plane. A crowd of 500 persons, drawn by radio reports of the emergen cy, stood rigid. The plane slowed down. Then it stopped rolling.-The crowd sighed with relief. The plane taxied back to the terminal. , be friend James R. Hoffa, teamster vice president, win control of the Teamsters organization in New York.' Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy said ' the committee wouia asK neaion aoout a $16, 000 check made out to Dio, sign ed by Anthony Doria, secretary treasurer of the UAW-AFL. This ' check was dated in December, 1953, while Dio was the union's New York boss. The counsel said the commit tee also was curious about $80, 000 which the union paid Doria when he retired as secretary treasurer early this year. Didn't Seek Reelection Kennedy said Heaton did not run for reelection when the Al lied Industrial Workers elected a new t president Thursday. Ha said Heaton agreed to step down after "pressure was brought on him," presumably from the AFL-CIO which has ordered its affiliate to clean house. . Heaton replaced Lester Wash burn as president of the UAW- AFL in 1954. Washburn quit after his executive board over rode him when he tried to kick Dio out of the union. The board cleared Dio of racketeering charges but the case attracted so much publicity that Dio later resigned and on the surface at least left the labor movement. Round-Up Starts -At Posse Grounds Riding; roping, ' racing and drilling will hold attention at the Posse grounds on Sage rd. to night, with the opening show of the 14th annual Rogue River Round-up. ; " : , . , Two shows and a parade are scheduled today and tomorrow. Evening shows will be at 8 p.m. The Saturday parade will begin at 1 p.m., starting from the Med ford hotel. A total 'purse of $600 plus en try fees will go to winners of round-up events. The program includes "five major events, a wild " horse race, - two saddle races, kids' rolt riding, and drills by the Jackson County Mounted Sheriff's Posse and the Trail Riders Events are open. Glenda Forman, queen, and her court of four will reign over the two-day affair. Princesses are Tessie Fisher, Barbara Lick ess, Jean Estremado and Shirley Oswald. The round-up is sponsored by the sheriff's posse, with Captain Glen D. (Red) Martin in charge. Stock has been contracted through Don Miller of French Gulch. Milk Truck Overturns On Ashland Street Ashland A Jorgensen's Dairy milk delivery truck rolled down a hill and turned over here this morning when the brakes slipped while it was parked. Ashland police said the driver. Ira T. Bradford, 233 Mace rd., Medford, left the truck at the curb on sloping Roca st. as he delivered milk to a house about 9:15 a.m. today. The handbrake apparently failed and the vehicle rolled about 300 feet, overturning in a vacant lot at the corner of Ash land st., officers said. . Police said probably about a dozen cases of milk were broken in the accident. Foreign Products Said Hurting Plywood Market Washington (IP) The House Ways and Means Committee is standing idle while the domesr tic hardwood plywood market is being trampled by importation of foreign products, Rep. Jack V.'estland (R-Wash.) said today. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy through Saturday. Low to- night 52. High tomorrow S3. Temp. Highest Yesterday 82 Lowest this Morning , S4 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise : 5:11 .m.' . 7:22 D.m. Sunset Moonrise - 6:38 p.m. Full Moon Saturday... 5:08 a.m, VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, low in west at 8:11 p.m., is the brightest of them all. Jupiter, low in west at 8:40 P-m is the largest of them all. Saturn, low in south west at 10:J p.mv Is nearly as Urge as Jupiter.
