Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 14, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto o O Youth d Hina Iravi iefy on Ira Is H 7 is f 3 &( III ---. 7 I ,.4 vr 1& jtr. CtMm&Z7i BAREFOOT BEAUTY This is the pretty "nature girl," Dorothy Brown, 16, discovered in a re mote woodland near Mooresville, N.C., by a newspaper reporter looking for a moonshine still. His story led a group of anony mous businessmen to donate money for her education and clothes. One of nine children living in a two room cabin, Miss Brown left school at the age of 14 because she. had no shoes or clothes to wear publicly. Authorization for Foreign Aid Gels Approval in House Washington (1P Presi dent Eisenhower in a suddenly called news conference late to day told reporters he is pre pared to call Congress into special session late . this year if it does not pass a foreign aid bill sufficient to meet na tional security requirements. Washington (IP) The House today completed congres- J 1 li 1 1 r 1 HUEHUVHl 1 1 7 k; imh miii authorizing a $3,366,000,000 foreign aid program for the cur rent fiscal year. It passed by a vote of 226 to 163 a compromise bill which the Senate approved Tuesday night. This cleared the way for a new and possibly bitter congres sional fight over appropriating the actual cash. Sent To White House The bill authorizing the pro gram was sent to the White House for President Eisenhow er's approval. Although it was S428 million less than the $3, 864,000,000 asked by Eisenhow er, the President was believed certain to sign it. Immediately after passing the authorization bill, the House gave permission to its Appropri ations Committee to bring the foreign aid money bill to the house floor as early as Thurs day. The approtpriations measure was almost sure to be less than the total authorized in today's bill. Speaker Sam Rayburn said before today's action that the House would provide "sufficient monev" to carry on the foreign aid program. But he wouldn't predict precisely how' much. Klamath Authorities Study Shooting Case : ' Klamath Falls W Author ities today tried to decide what action should be taken in the case of Bernie B. Kurtz, 13, who admitted killing Johnny Morris, 11, his hunting companion, on Bly mountain Sunday. :. The boy was being held in the sheriff's office. ; After long questioning, the youth finally admitted shooting Jiis campanion because he was afraid the younger boy would tell about guns taken to go on a hunting trip. He led officers to the Morris boy's body. - Neither boy had any record of juvenile delinquency. Portland - (W The newly- " discovered comet Markos was visible in the evening sky here Tuesday night. ; Salem (IP Purchase of the Miles Linen mill plant here has . A.,nraH hv thl Or20n net ii. emu"""-- " National Guard. Western Experts Will Map Disarmament Tnrfrm (W western perts met today to map future CIT3 V w" lament talks here which ap ... have been doomed to failure by Russia's rejection of the West's latest proposals. U S Delegate Harold E. Stas sen'who is said to have been severed shaken" by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister V A. 7orm's attack on him and his ? will deliver the western SEr at Vhursday s session of mediate clue Postal Rate Boost Seen Headed for Storage in Senate Pay Increase Expected To Be Vetoed by Ike Washington OP) A House passed administration bill boost ing the cost of mailing a letter one cent today hadead for al most certain cold storage in the Senate. The House passed the $500 million a year bill on a 256-129 roll call Tuesday night with al most solid GOP support. Veto Predicted But the Senate was expected not to act- on it this year al though it appeared certain to pass bills boosting the postal pay and other federal workers. Republicans have predicted President Eisenhower will veto the pay raise bills. The postal rate bill would raise the cost of first class mail one penny, requiring a four-cent stamp on regular letters, a seven-cent stamp on air mail and a three-cent stamp on post cards. Send, third and fourth class mailrates also would be raised, increasing the cost of mailing newspapers magazines, adver tising matter and books. Amendment Adopted The House also adopted an amendment to limit the second class mail "subsidy" received by any publication to $100,000 a year. It was approved by a tell er vote of 171 to 147. Some members said the pro posal would have a crippling impact on many national pub lications since second class rates traditionally have been far be low actual mailing costs. 257 Pints of Blood Donated Yesterday A total of 257 pints, 33 short of the 290-pint quota, were col lected during the regular visit of the Red ' Cross Bloodmobile here yesterday. Red Cross officials said 295 persons volunteered to donate blood, and there were 38 re jected. Officials blamed the shortage of volunteers on summer vaca tions and the fruit harvest sea son. There were 8 new donors lur ing yesterday's visit, an unusual ly, high number of new volun teers, officials said. Usual num ber is 30 to 40, they added. Elk Lumber company made appointments for 49 of their em ployees, the Red Cross office said. During the Bloodmobile visit the Rogue Valley hospital re quested and received two pints of A negative blood for a sur gery case yesterday. Commission Issues Withholding Slate Salem (IB A new state in come tax withholding schedule intended to come close to- pay ing the actual tax of each tax payer was published by the State Tax Commission today. The new withholding rates which are based on a taxpayer's salary and number of depend ents, will apply to all paychecks starting Sept. 1. Tax Commission Chairman S. W. Horn pointed out that the Vates were raised from one to two per cent in 1956, but virtual ly complete witholding had to wait legislative action in 1957. Instructions also are given in the new schedule for employers preferring to use a percentage system for their own con venience. Man Working on Boat, Dies of Electric Shock Portland lift Joseph Grimes, 35, died, apparently from elec tric shock, Tuesday night as he worked on his boat with an electric drill while standing in Blue lake, sheriff's deputies re ported. His fiancee. Iris Henneman, pulled Grimes from the water and received a shock as she took the drill from his hand. Talk Strategy to the western attitude toward continuation of the talks, which already have lasted past the or iginal deadline. Zorin apparently torpedoed western hopes of agreement on Tuesday when he said Russia will not accept conditions for the reduction of East-West troop strength Stassen made it clear that the West will continue to insist that demobilization be contingent on the reunification of Germany and the settlement of other world problems. 52nd Year MEDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire 20 Pages Polish Transport Strike Ended by Federal Seizure Investigation of Demands Promised Lodz, Poland API Poland's greatest strike since the Poznan rebellion ended today with gov ernment seizure of a strike-bound streetcar depot and a promise to investigate transport workers' demands for a living wage. Buses and streetcars were run ning for the first time in two days but with "workers militia'' guarding the drivers. Militia Occupies Depot Polish army troops and mil itia occupied the suburban Doin broaski Depot today and evicted the sit down strikers there. Newsmen arrived . at the scene after the action was over but saw two ambulances and a po lice wagon leaving the scene. This action indicated that some workers attempted to hold out for a third day and had to be removed by force. The back of the walkout had been broken earlier when about 80 per cent of the strikers agreed to return to work. The government rushed in re inforcements of troops and mil itia from Warsaw Tuesday when the situation became tense and ugly' but not major outbreaks of violence erupted. There were a few scattered clashes in addition to this morning's action. Service Erratic An estimated 88 per cent of the city trolleys were operating today, but service appeared slow and erratic. Each motorman was accom panied in the driver's compart ment by a burly guard with a red and white armband show ing he was a member of the so called "workers -militia," T the Communist Party's . muscls. squad.' County Schools to Open in Early Sept. Jackson county schools will start opening Sept. 3, the coun ty school superintendent's of fice announced today. Three schools, Elk-Trail, Pine- hurst, and Shady Cove, all ele mentary, will open Sept. 3. Lone Pine and Butte Falls grade and high schools open Sept. 4, followed by Rogue Riv er High school and grade school and Evans Valley grade school on Sept. 5. Prospect schools open Sept. C. All other schools open Sept. 9. They include Jacksonville, Griffin Creek, Ruch, Phoenix Ashland, Central Point, Eagle Point, Talent, Medford, Howard and Applegate districts. Teamsters Union Gets Stiff Warning Chicago (IP) The AFL - CIO handed the Teamsters' Union a stiff warning today; show up for a showdown on corruption charges or be judged without further hearings. AFL-CIO President George Meany issued the ultimatum by setting Sept. 5-6 as new dates for Washington hearings where the Teamsters will have their last chance to reply to AFL-CIO ac custations. Even if the Teamsters fail to appear at that time, Meany said, the federation's executive coun cil will meet about Sept. 23 or 24 to make its long-awaited rul ing in the Teamsters' case. The council could order the 1,400,- 000-member trucking union, the largest in the nation, to clean up or face ouster from the united labor movement. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 4 15 2 Boston 6 6 1 Ford, Larsen (2) and Berra; Brewer, Fornieles (9) and White. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 7 14 0 New York 6 9 1 McDevitt, Labine (7), Roe buck (7) and Walker; Crone. Constable (7), Grissom (8) and Thomas. St. Louis 16 0 Chicago 3 9 0 Mizell. Muffett and Land rith: Drott (11-9) and Neeman. HR Moryn, Banks, Chi. IVU iivil Demo Foes of Two Ike Nominations Said To Lack Voles Kuykendall, Paarlberg Showdowns Awaited Washington (IPl Demo cratic opponents aimed heavy at tack at two of President Eisen hower's most controversial nom inees today but apparently lacked the votes tob lock Sen ate confirmation of either. Showdowns were expected be fore nightfall on the long stalled renomination of Jerome K. Kuy kendall to the Federal Power Commission and the nomination of Dr. Don Paarlberg to be as sistant secretary of agriculture. Backed by Administration Although both were in for heavy criticism for their views and policies, there were no signs that the opposition was strong enough to defeat either nomina tion. The Eisenhower adminis tration stoutly defended both. Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) led off the attack on Kuykendall Tuesday night. But the former Washington state public utility commissioner was defended by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) and the Senate postponed a vole until today. Blamed for Falling Prices Paarlberg, a n agricultural econ omist. fr oxa- West-Lafayette, Ind.j has been chief economic adviser to Secretary of Agricul ture Ezra T. Benson. Democratic critics contend his policies and philosophies have contributed heavily to the drop in farm in come. Kuykendall, a resident of Olympia, Wash., served on the FPC and was its chairman from 1953 until his term expired June 22. He was renominated by Ei senhower for another five-year term on May 1, but went off the federal payroll June 22 because the Senate faileu to act on the nomination. Ousted Americans ' Get Out of Syria Damascus, Syria (IPi Three members of the U. S. Embassy ordered out of Syria for con nection with an alleged plot to overthrow the present govern ment left the country today. The Syrian government de clared the three Americans un welcome after accusing them on Tuesday of complicity in a plot to bring down the regime of President Shuki Al-Kuwatly. The U. S. Embassy here and the State Department in Wash ington both termed the accusa tion a "complete fabrication." But there was no alternatvie to withdrawing the American officials. Diplomats remain in a foreign country at the pleasure of the host nation. United States, Poland Complete Aid Program Washington (IP) The United States and Poland today com pleted action on a S95 million American aid program for the "independent Communist na tion. It calls for loans and the sale of surplus American farm pro ducts for Polish currency which will be spent by the U. S. in Poland. The arrangement re duces the drain on. Poland's for eign exchange. Communist Churchmen At Lutheran Assembly Minneapolis, Minn (IP) The appearance of several Luth eran churchmen from Iron Curtain countries at the third assembly of the Lutheran World Federation has been protested by a church leader. Dr. Carl Mclntire, Collins wood, N.J., president of the In ternatkml Council of Christian Churches, said the delegates "do not represent spiritually the dear Christian people suffer ing behind the Iron Curtain." Salem W Evangelist Oral Roberts will open a 10-day cru sade here Friday. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1957 Cm SHORTAGE TO -GET ED HATE STUIY BY POO 'We're Giving Him a fesr mt Contract Awarded for McLoughlin Addition Don L. Jacobs construction company, Medford, was awarded a contract to construct physical LejciucaUpjv healJtjnsteutiUon and dressing rooms at McLough lin Junior High school last night. Jacobs' bid was $21,206. Five other firms submitted bids. They were Batzler construction com pany, $25,821; Minshall Con struction company, $24,277; Ar min Richter and associates, $25, 976; Loren Ritchie, $28,791; and Southern Oregon Construction company, Grants Pass $24,989. The contract was awarded by the Medford school board last night. Bids for fence materials for Hedrick Junior High, Medford High and West Side schools are being considered by the board, and a bid for asphalt pavement for parking and playground lots at Jefferson, Hedrick and Oak Grove was, accepted from Ted Florey. Bids will be opened at a spec ial school board meeting Aug. 28 for fuel oil for Linclon, West Side Oak Grove and the ad ministration building. A letter from Griffin Creek school requesting consolidation with the Medford district was referred to Medford School Superintendent Leonard May- Improvement School Plans Near Complete The Medford Driver Improve ment school is undergoing for mal organizing, according to Municipal Judge Noreen Kelly. Judge Kelly expects the school to open Sept. 1. Capt. Clyde Fichtner of the city police will be instructor. Also working on improvement school plans are Mayor John W. Snider and Chief of Police Charles Champlin. Air Force Orders Bomarc Guided Missiles Seattle HP) The Air Force has ordered $139,315,444 worth of Bomarc guided missiles, Boe ing Airplane Co., manufacturer of the ground to air missile, an nounced today. Announcement of the contract was the first indication of how soon the long secret supersonic missile might be introduced as an operational weapon defend ing the United States. Old Nyssa Bridge Closed To Truck Use Nyssa, Ore. IW The old Nyssa bridge over the Snake river was closed to truck traffic Tuesday by officials of the State Highway department, following a recent accident when the top of a semi-truck and trailer was wrecked when it attempted to go under the low-clearance passage. Tribune Real Pasting This Time" field for study. Action was de ferred pending tht outcome of the study of the effect of a pos sible bond issue for., additional buildings this fall' and 'the effect of the new reorganization bill passed by the recent legislature Discussion on the possibility of a boundary change between the Medford and phoenix school districts was postponed until the September meeting. Review Plans 4 The board also reviewed plans for school opening this fall. Teachers will report for in-service training Sept. 3, and school starts for all classes Monday, Sept.' 9 Students working in the fruit harvest will be excused. Mayfield said arrangements have been made for those work ing in the fruit harvest to make up classwork. The school board will hold a special meeting Aug. 21 to con sider a report of building needs and recommendations made by Drs. Keith Goldhammer, Miles Romney and Arthur Hearn, all of the University of Oregon. Five teacher resignations were accepted, and nine teach ers were hired for the coming school year. " Resignations Accepted Resignations were from Miss Jean Brooks, who is going to Fresno, Calif., Curtis Kinney, who is going to Evansville, Ind.; Mrs. Ann McQuerry, who plans to return to Oklahoma; Jim Vin cent, who is going to Albany Union High school; and Mor ris Jimenez, who will continue his education under a scholar ship for an advanced degree. Teachers hired are Mrs. Jean, James, home economics at Med ford High; Miss Nancy Rutledge, who comes from Fortuna, Calif., to teach first grade at Oak Rrnve- Robert Anderson, who comes from Rogue River to teach vocal classes at McLough lin; Miss Mary Lou Hanke, who comes from Milwaukee, Wis., to teach first grade; Mrs. Jean Shepard, who will teach physi cal eduation and English at Mc Loughlin; Louis W. Mahar, who comes from Rupert High school to teach commercial art at Med ford High; Mrs. Ruth Crow, who comes from Roseburg to tpach intermediate classes at Lincoln; Mrs. Goldie Davidson, who comes from North Dakota to teach second and third grades at West Side;" and Mrs. Barbara Hanel, who will teach girls physical education and health. Navy To Drop 18,000 Civilian Employees Washington 'IIP) The Navy announced today that it will drop 18,000 civilian employees in the current fiscal year, the majority of them by Oct. 31. The economy order was the latest in a series of drastic mea sures to fit the armed forces into a $38 billion spending budget for the year which began July 1. Price 10c United Press Full Leased Wire No. 125 Southern Oregon Area Said Worse Than Other Places Study To Determine Full Share of Cars Salem (IP) The Governor's Transportation committee to day ordered an immediate study by the Public Utility commis sioner of the boxcar situation in California .and Washington to determine whether Oregon is getting its full share of cars. Committee Chairman George Brown, legislative director of the Oregon State Labor council, said the committee was making the study in an effort to find some new answers to the recur rent boxcar shortage problem in Oregon. 10 Per Cent Shortage Clifford W. Ferguson, director of rail, transportation for the PUC, told the committee there was a 10 per cent shortage of cars for agricultural and lum ber shippers in Oregon now. Ferguson said that unless ac tion was taken by the Southern Pacific, the situation could be come serious rapidly. August and September are usually months of peak car demand in Oregon. A surplus of 3,000 cars exist ed in Oregon about three weeks ago, .Ferguson said, but the rail road has let the supply dwindle until a shortage exists. Committee members from southern Oregon said shortages in their areas were more se vere than in other sections of the state. . ' c Complicating the car shortage problem was the fact that new higher rail rates will go into ef fect Aug. 26 by Interstate Com merce commission ruling. That was expected to bring on in creased demand for cars next week. National Surplus Ferguson said the Southern Pacific has contended that rail shipments were off in Oregon and that the company could not afford to keep bigsurpluses on hand. However, Fergusons aid there is a national surplus of cars and Oregon shipments for July were only off one car from July, 1956. J. W. Corbett of the Southern Pacific has said the Oregon car shortage problem was "receiv ing all possible attention!" The SP owns a higher percentage of its own cars than most other, roads. Weather , FORECAST: Fair tonight and Thursday. Low tonight SO. High Thursday 8. TEMPF.RATURE Hiehest Yesterday S Lowest This Morning 50 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset . 7:15 p.m. 8:55 p.m. Moonrise Last Quarter ..Aug. IS. The Square of Pegasus ap pears above the Moon as it rises tonight and above Pegasus is the triangle formed by Vega, Deneb and Altair. Vega it the highest bright star In the sky at moonrise. Gladiolus Festival Opens In Grants Pass Grants Pass The annual Gladiolus Festival in Grants Pass wil be held Aug. 16 through 18, Friday, Saturday and Sun day. Highlight of the three-day event will be the Pacific Inter national Gladiolus show which opens Saturday at 1 p.m. The show will include entries from growers throughout the United States, Canada, and Ha waii and will be exhibited in a tent in the city park. Special events for children and a fireworks display will open the festival Friday afternoon and evening with a carnival in the city park the entire week end. Square dancing also is planned. Water sports will be held Sat urday afternoon and the Gladi olus parade on the Rogue river will be that evening. The floats, portraying a Biblical theme, will 42 Leave Russian Railroad Station For 8-Day Journey Several Back Out After Night of Debate Moscow it?) Forty-one young Americans left Moscow for Red China aboard the "Peip ing Special" train today in open defiance of the State Depart ment's ban on China travel. . Several backed out of going at the last minute after a night of soul-searching and argument whether to defy Washington. The 41 who stood by their de termination to go left Moscow's Yaroslav station. The train will follow the Trans-Siberian line, arriving at Peiping in eight days. The hosts on this first organ ized American junket to Peiping are the Chinese Communists. Others To Go By Plane ' Three other Americans who attended the Communist Youth Festival here last week said they would go to Peiping by plane later to join the organized tour. The two Americans who drop ped out of the tour today were Richard Sherman, Chicago, and Stan Fukson, Los Angeles. Their reasons for dropping the trip were not known Immediately. Those planning to fly to Peip ing were brothers David and Albert Maysles, Brookline, Mass. and Jacob Rosen, New York City. Rosen was in Kiev attending a congress of the Organization of World Democratic Youth. Stern Warning Ignored The Americans had , met be hind closed doors at the Hotel Tourist in the festival village to make their final decisions on whether to go and ignore the stern warning of Undersecretary of State Christian Herter which was passed on to them Tuesday. Pletsch Clarifies Meeting Purpose John H. Pletsch, president of the Jackson County Planning commission, said today there has been some misunderstanding re garding a meeting scheduled Aug. 26 of the county court with Hobart O. Pritchard of Hahn. Wise and Barber, planning con sultants of Redwood City, Calif. The meeting was called to en able the court to obtain neces sary information it needs con cerning the proposed- subdivision ordinance, so the court may be in a position to make its decision prior to having a public hear ing, Pletsch said. - He said he was assured by Judge Rodney Keating that suf ficient notice will be given of a public hearing so those inter ested would be able to attend. Pletsch pointed out that the proposed subdivision ordinance is not a zoning ordinance, and does not control the use of land. Special Days Slated At Oregon State Fair Salem (IP) Oregon's 1957 State Fair, opening here Aug. 31, will schedule special days honoring various groups and in dividuals, Manager Howard Maple said today. The opening day will be Gov ernor's Day with Gov. Robert' D. Holmes on hand to cut the ribbon at the main entrance at 8 a.m. admitting the first visitor to the fair. Sunday will be ChurchDay, Monday will be Labor Day, Tuesday will be Farm Organiza tion Day, Wednesday will be Salem Day and also Mayor's Day and also Editor's Day. The fair closes Saturday, Sept 7. Elk River, Ida. (IPl Some 30 volunteers have renewed the search for Mrs. Rose H. Jewett, 95, Juliaetta, who has been miss ing since Sunday. Friday be made with gladiolus and lighted. During the float parade aerial fireworks will be dis played. Sunday morning an organ con cert will be held in the park and the prize winning blooms and floats will be displayed. General chairman ,for this year's festival is Ellsworth K. Anderson with other committee chairmen Carl F. Kennedy, floats; Paul Hoff, coronation; . Warren Thomas, treasurer; Dr. Don Smith, water carnival; Bob Nelson, secretary; and Herb Gray, carnival. Queen for the festival is Miss Sally Jo Thompson. Her court includes Miss Darlann Gauthier, Miss Linda Hardie, Miss Sharon Stevens, . Miss Kay Wilkison, Miss Judy Collman and Miss Karen Knutson.