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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.
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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
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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
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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.