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President Makes 11th Hour Effort To Save Aid Plan Washington M President Eisenhower counter-attacked to day in an 11th hour effort to save the foreign ' aid program from what he considers crippling budget cuts. He held an unannounced breakfast conference with the speaker and Democtic leader of the House, Sam Rayburn, nd appealed for his help in re storing the 30 per cent economy cut made by the House last week. the same time he sent a task force of four top adminis tration officials to Capitol Hill to plead with the Senate Appro priations committee to put bck the 809 million dollars cut by the House. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles led the delegation of wit nesses. They warned that U. S. prestige and security are threat ened by a budget slash so large that it would change the basic nature of tue foreign aid pro gram. Gins Blunt Warning Adm. Arthur W. Radford, re tired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered the bluntest warning. The alternative to the size of military aid program asked by the administration is for the U.S. to increase its own defense strength and draft more men so that "nearly every able bodied young man of military age would spend several years of his life in military service over seas. Dulles said the House cuts are so severe that they will make the Free World wonder whether it can count on the U. S. as a de pendable friend. Hop Is Dim Outgoing aid administrator John B. Hollister said the cuts made by the House in the devel opment loan fund "would make it impossible to carry out the forward looking policy adopted by Congress in establishing the fund." Despite Dulles' pleas, the Sen ate was expected to restore little, if any, of the House cut. Repub lican leaders, however, planned to make a fight for at least some Increases. Senate Republican leader Wil liam F. Knowland said Sunday night he will urge the Senate to raise the aid total to about three Speaker Sees Vote On Civil Rights Bill Washington API Speaker Sam Rayburn predicted tenta tively today that the House will vote by this week end, despite the delaying tactics of its Rules committee, chairman, on a com promise civil rights bill. Rules Chairman Howard W. Smith (D-Va.), an uncompromis ing foe of civil rights legisla tion, refused today to convene his committeeto bring out to the House floor the Senate's heavily amended rights bill. His action forced northern and west ern Democrats on the committee to take a time consuming parlia mentary maneuver to by-pass him and call the committee into session despite his opposition. This will take until Friday, unless he relents and calls it earlier. Rayburn said he hoped to get a floor vote Saturday to accept the Senate's bill, with one House-imposed amendment lim iting jury trials under the law to voting rights cases in lower courts. Union Authorizes Strike at Merlin Grants Pass (W A strike against the Bate plywood plant at Merlin, Ore., nine miles northwest of here, was author ized Sunday by members of Local 3009, Lumber and Saw mill Workers union, according to Fred- Lynch, assistant busi ness agent for the union. Lynch said the strike is not yet in effect and the union will negotiate as long as possible before calling the strike. He de clined to ennumerate on the grievances of the union but said that one of the five items under discussion is wages. If called, the strike will not involve the sawmill operations. Bate is the largest single lum ber operation in Josephine coun ty employing more than 500 persons. Pendleton Elevator Fire Under Control Pendleton W Fire that swept through three grain elevators north of here Saturday continued to burn today but Farm company workers are con trolling the blaze. Medford Stores Will Be Open Until 9 o clock Tonight billion dollars. This is a little more than half way between the S2,524,760,000 voted by the House and the $3,367,000,000 originally authorized by Con gress and- approved by President Eisenhower. Even if the Senate votes close to three billion dollars, it must adjust its final figure to the House total and the final com promise is likely to be at least half a billion dollars below the President's minimum figure. Series Of Thefts Reported Locally By City Police A series of three thefts took place in Medford during the week end and one man was ar rested for shoplifting by city police. Officials are investigat ing two thefts. Alfred Harold Alfred, 18, a transient, was - arrested by city police Sunday at 2:25 p.m. on a charge of shoplifting. Alfred was observed taking a number of small items from the Groceteria Super market at 200 West Sixth st. by an employee, police said. He was held after leaving the store with the items by em ployees until police arrived, they said. The Big "Y" Market on High way 99 reported to police Satur day afternoon that a portable transistor radio, valued at $73, was taken from the appliance section. Charles Earnest Bennett, 820 Marshall ave., reported to police that a loader tractor and unit shovel owned by him was broken into while parked on a dirt road west of Highway 62 and north of Bear creek. A battery and a number of small tools were taken in addi tion to several small windows on the vehicles being broken. Bennett placed the value of the tools at $125, according to police reports. Cyclist Injured By Hit-Run Car Melvin Clinton Minor, 24, route 3, box 65, Croker Butte rd., suffered a broken arm and lacerations about the head when his bike was hit by an un identified car Sunday evening, according to city police. Minor was on his way home from a drive-in movie when the accident occured. Police were called to the scene when a pass ing motorist saw Minor laying on Highway 62, near Hilton rd. He was taken to the Rogue Memorial hospital by Medford Ambulance service where he is being held for observation, ac cording to police. House Democrats Want Rights Bill Out Washington (in Confident House Democrats planned to take steps today to get their modified civil rights bill onto the floor for a vote. Their strategy was to pry the measure out of the House Rules committee,-w h o s e chairman, Rep. Howard W. Smith (D-Va.), an all-out opponent of any rights legislation, has refused to call meeting to clear the Senate passed bill for House action. The Democrats predicted that once the bill reaches the floor it will be approved with only one major change a limitation in the jury trial provision to vot ing rights cases. They were con fident the Senate would agree to the change and that President Eisenhower would sign the measure. Foundation Man Inspects Shakespearean Edward F. D'Arms. New York, representative of the Ford Foundation, visited the Shake spearean Festival in Ashland last week end. Bill Patton, festi val general manager, said today. "D'Arms saw 'As You Like It Saturday and 'Othello' Sunday and seemed quite pleased with the productions," Patton said. "From his remarks he seems to feel that this festival has more to offer than any other more in the sense of Elizabethan stag ing." Patton emphasized that the visit was as yet entirely unoffi cial. v Bob Bannister, artist for Ford publications, was also visiting the festival last week end, Pat 52nd Year Me United Pre Pull Leased Wir Pages Military Purge Parra Identified As 'Latin Lover' During Confidential Trial Hollywood API The "Latin lover" of actress Maureen O'Hara was identified today as a married Mexican businessman who once figured in a child custody suit brought by her ex husband. The identification was made by defense counsel Arthur Crowley as the criminal libel trial of Confidential magazine resumed after a week end re cess. Crowley said he was prepared to call to the stand a "well to do" man he identified as Enric Para. He said his witness will "prove" Confidential's spicy article about Miss O'Hara neck ing with a "Latin lover" in a Hollywood theater. As the trial resumed to begin again spreading the alleged sex- capades of Hollywood across the court record, Superior Judge Herbert V. Walker made a rul ing that could bring sighs of re lief from most of the more than 100 movieland luminaries sub penaed to "tell the truth" about their intimate lives. Blocks Defense -Move All have been seeking some legal means of avoiding sessions on the stand under oath. Walker refused to permit the defense to read into the record articles about the sex-misbeha-ior of Hollywood stars other than those 12 articles already entered in evidence by the prosecution. This will limit the parade of stars, if the judge follows this ruling In every such case. ' Walker, however, told a con ference of attorneys at his bench that he would rule individually in each case as it arose. Crowley told the United Press before today's session that Par ra, a businessman of Mexico City was the man involved with Miss O'Hara. Miss O'Hara's ex husband accused Parra in 1955 of being the "other man" in his former wife's life with whom she was "openly living and con sorting" in the presence of their daughter. Another Witness Another witness, Michael Mordaunt-Smith the London agent for Confidential, took the stand for the defense and told of a conversation he had with the usher whom Confidential says witnessed the "affair" in row 35. Parra was named in a suit Leabo Dies Camping At Elk Creek Site Barney Leabo, Shady Cove resident, died of a heart attack Saturday n'ght while on a camp ing trip at Elk creek. It was reported that he and his wife were camping at old homestead at Elk creek when he was stricken. She went eight miles for help, but he had died meanwhile. Leabo was a resident of Shady Cove for approximately. 10 years. He was a member of the VFW post there. He ran the Shady Cove garage before his retirement two years ago. Festival ton said. He made a series of sketches during Saturday night's production and left early Sun day. Prof. Marvin Rosenberg. Uni versity of California at Berke ley, will write the article to go with the paintings, Patton said. Both article and paintings are scheduled to be Teleased in the Ford publications some time next spring. The paintings will be placed in the permanent Ford collection on exhibit in Detroit and will also be sent on tour, Patton added. While here, Bannister told Patton that he made a series of paintings on Crater Lake last summer for the Ford publica tions, including the Ford Times and the Ford Mercury Times. DF0RD brought in June 1955 by tele vision director Wiliam H. Price, who was seeking custody of his daughter, Brouwyn Bridget Frice, on grounds Miss O'Hara was an "unfit mother." The Irish-born actress and Price i were divorced Aug. 11, 1953. Fatality Reported Near Shady Cove By State Police' Charles Embree Lawson, 29, reported to be a resident of Lake Tahoe, Calif., was killed early Sunday morning when the panel truck he was driving catapulted 223 feet off the highway a mile south of Shady Cove, state po lice reported. Officers said Lawson appar ently failed to make a sharp curve on Highway 62, his panel truck skidded into the right shoulder of the road, then left the highway. Thirty-nine feet of skid marks were discovered. His body was found about 44 feet from the truck, police said, and taken to Conger-Morris fun eral home in Medford. Residents of the area said they heard a crash about 2 a.m. A resident called the state pclice who found the body about 7:30 a.m. Hearing Scheduled On Train Safety David Don of the Oregon Pub lic Utilities commission, will hold a hearing at the city coun cil's chambers Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. to discuss the safety of trains operating inside the Medford city limits. Mayor John W. Snider, City Manager Robert A. Duff and City Attorney E. R. Bashaw will represent the city while L. R. Smith, Southern Pacific's super intendent from Portland, will represent the railroad. Top items on the hearing's agenda, which is open to the public, will be the speed of trains inside the city limits, grade crossings and the signal systems. Items concerning the railroad operation by any citi zen will be heard at the hear ing. Dave Beck's Top Aide Summoned by Group Washington (IPI The Senate Rackets committee summoned Teamster boss Dave Beck's num ber one assistant to the witness stand today to explain how thugs and hoodlums were im ported into Teamster unions. They also scheduled a mystery witness. Committee Counsel John F. Kennedy scheduled the Beck aide, Teamster Vice President Einar Mohn, as witness when the committee resumed its hear ings. Kennedy said at least one oth er witness "an important one" would testify today. He re fused to name him. Fishing Boat Fire ! Causes $2,000 Damage Newport flPi Fire aboard the commercial fishing boat Dorothy E. Sunday caused damage estimated at $20,000. The craft, which was moored in Yaquina Bay, is owned by Ronald W. Barnham, Newport. Coast Guardsmen said the fire may have ben caused by a short in the wiring. The . guardsmen and Newport volunteer fire de partment extinguished the flames in about 15 minutes arid prevented them from spreading to other vessels in the area. Paul Michmer, 17, an employee of Barnham, was treated at Pacific Communities hospital for burns, then released. ftLA XT MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1957 Rescue Attempted To Recover Bodies Of Blast Victims Explosion Kills Three In New York Tunnel Oswego, N.Y. row- A rescue party enters a 6,250 foot tunnel under Lake Ontario early today in an effort to recover the bodies of three men killed by an ex plosion. A fourth man died in an ill-fated rescue attempt Sun day night. Some 20 other rescuers were overcome by fumes after the blast Sunday and Oswego hospi tal said 13 of them were de tained for observation. Operations were suspended late Sunday night, police said, so that fresh tanks of oxygen could be brought in to help clear out the tunnel. Water Intake System The tunnel is part of a $2-mil-lion water intake system for Oswego. A team of five men had entered the tunnel about 1:30 p.m. (edt) Sunday to make final preparations to set off explo sives which would allow water to come in. The , workers were placing booster charges of dynamite be side other explosives when one of the charges apparently went off prematurely, a project engi neer said. Three men 5,000 feet inside the tunnel were killed. They were identified as Lynwood P. Heiston of Elkton, Va., Philip Aylor of Harrisonburg, Va., and Arthur La Goe of Oswego. The other two Horace A. Nunn of Newark, N.Y.and Joseph Ruckie escaped with minor injuries. They were closer lo the mouth of the tunnel. Rescuers found the three bod ies eight hours after the explo sion, but were unable to remove them. Rescue worker Lloyd Matteson, 30, was overcome by fumes and pronounced dead at the hospital. Comet Mrkos May Be Picking Up Speed Portland (W Robert E. Mil lard, Portland astronomer, said today that a newly-discovered comet, named Mrkos, seems to be picking upi speed. The. comet has been visible in the northwest sky near the Big Dipper in recent nights. Millard reported that last Wednesday and Thursday the comet moved 1 degree, 24 min utes and by Sunday night had moved 2 degrees 48 minutes. He used a crossstaff, an instrument formerly used at sea for taking altitudes of celestial bodies, to plot the position and speed of the comet. Millard said he believed the comet was making its tight loop around the sun and soon would be off for outer space. He said it had not been determined if the comet belonged to this solar sys tem or was from some other system. If it should belong to this system, he said, it may have an orbit which will not bring it into view from the Earth again for 300 to 400 years. Shippers, PUC Men Consider Freight Rates Salem (IPI Oregon ship pers and industralists met with public utility commisison of ficials here today to consider impact of the overall 12 per cent rail freight increases which many regard as discriminatory to Portland and the state generally. The new rates were recently authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Weather FORECAST: Fair throuch Tues day. Low tonight SO. High Tuesdav 8?. TEMPERATURE Hi eh est yesterday fi Lowest this morning ...JS1 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 5:22 a.m. Sunset 7:07 p.m. , The Moon rises Tuesday 12:07 a.m. and rides high between Aldebaran and Elnath in the constellation, Taurus.. New Moon Aug. 25 VISIBLE PLANETS Venus and Jupiter, low in west jt:02 p.m. -Saturn, low in southwest, 9:51 p.m. SaBral RIBUNE "Children! Think Of The Example You're Setting For Your Elders" Judging Commences At 4-H and FFA Fair The -4-H and FFA Jackson county fair got underway this morning with a total of 800 4-H and FFA members making last mirute preparations for various activities and exhibits. - Judging started in the morn ing of home economics and for estry. Tomorrow morning the girls will be judged in the style review. After lunch activities will consist of rabbits and poultry and rabbits and poultry showmanship. Home economics judging starts at the same time. "We hope to have all exhibits officially placed and the ribbons on them so the people visiting tomorrow's public opening will be able to see the results," Glenn Klein, 4-H agent, said. Exhibits con Display Approximately 40 forestry and three or four crop exhibits will be on display, Klein said. The forestry exhibits consists of mounted specimens of trees or forest plants. Crop exhibits show samples of seed or sod for pasture crops with some barley displayed. Considered one of the most popular parts of the fair is the livestock judging which this year numbers 850 animals and a total of 450 participants. In the home-economics department clothing and cooking are most popular. Ninety youngsters are expect ed to participate in the beef fitting, and approximately 100 youngsters in the beef show manship. Entered again this Shots Wound Youth Of Central Point Rodger Kendall, 9. son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton D. Kendall, Kirtland Farm rd., ' Central Point, was accldently shot in the chest Sunday afternoon by his older brother, acocrding . to sheriff's deputies. The boy, who is reported in good condition at Rogue Valley hospital, was shot by his brother, Alex Kendall, 12, while in the barn at their home,, . deputies said. Reports show that Alex was shooting bats with a pellet gun and did not know that Rodger was in the barn at the time. Rodger" started down a ladder from the loft and stepped into the line of fire, they said. Fire Destroys Rich Ponderosa Pine Area Vale, Ore. 0P Winds fanned a 60-acre fire into a 600 acre holocaust late Sunday some 40 miles east and south of Klam ath Falls, destroying rich Pon derosa pine. R. C." Burgess of the bureau of land management said about 60 men were fighting the blaze, and that he was prepared to call in 100 fresh fire fighters today. Burgess said the fire was almost completely circled, and the chances of checking it were good. Ddi year will be Dale Smith, Central Point, champion beef steer showman and Joanna Malloroy, Antelope, champion beef female showman. Swine Divisilon Entries in the swine division also will be numerous this year with 80 youngsters entering 150 swine. Another popular section, sheep judging will feature 250 head of animals. Ray Hobson, Klamath county Guernsey breeder, . end Harold Ewalt, Oregon Sstate college dairy specialist, will judge the 200 dairy entries. ... Agriculture demonstrations consist of "beautifying beef, electrical safety and building and extinguishing campfires. or forest plants. Chop exhibits Body Discovered At Camping Site Howard Granville Thomas, 80, 1902 Third St., La Grande, Ore., was found dead in his trailer house Sunday at the Union Creek park campsite by Rex Adrian Resler, forest ranger at Union Creek ranger station. Thomas, according to sheriff's deputies, had been dead for ap proximately a week. Death was due to natural causes. Reports show that Resler be came curious due to the lack of activity around the trailer and found the body. He notified sheriff's officers. The body was removed by the coroner to thfe Conger-Morris funeral home. A daughter, Mrs. Philip Sanford of Redmond, Ore., is expected. to arrive later today. Salem (IP) State Serf. Howard Belton, Canby Repub lican, today announced an or ganizational meeting of the legislative interim committee on administative reorganization for 10 a.m. Aug. '23 in the Senate lounge room of the state capitol here. Manned Balloon Sets New Record in Flight Today Brainerd, Minn. (IP) An Air Force doctor has soared to near ly 21 miles into the sky to set a new manned balloon altitude record. The large, frail balloon reached an altitude of 110,000 feet at 9:30 a.m. (p.d.t.). Two hours after take-off it had ex ceeded the old record of 96,000 feet. The balloon rose nearly verti cally from its take-off site in an iron mine pit near Crosby, Minn. At peak altitude, the bal loon was three and a half miles southeast of Garrison, Minn. Garrison is about 10 miles south east of Crosby. Inside a tiny capsule swaying beneath the bulky balloon, Maj. David G. Simons was sealed a few hours before takeoff. Sim ons, chief of the space biology Price 10 United Press Full Leased Wire No. 129 Fears Aroused in Israel of Middle East Explosion Leaders May Avenge Defeat in Conflict By WALTER LOGAN United Press Correspondent A Communist-backed coup that placed Syria under the iron control of a pro-Soviet military clique aroused fears today in neighboring Israel that a new Middle East . explosion was in the making. Responsible sources in Jerusa lem said grave dangers lay ahead for the Middle East and the world and that the new left-wing Syrian leaders may seize the earliest op portunity to avenge Syria's de feat in the Palestine war. Reports filtering through heavy Syrian censorship said a major purge was being carried out of neutral or pro-Western military officers and that the military clique would soon launch a drive against its politi- ' cat opponents, the weakened Populist Party. Tribesmen Plan Revolt , ' There also were reports that Kurdish tribesmen loyal to the ousted regime were preparing a revolt against the leftist leaders who are backed by Soviet guns, planes and tanks. One report reached Amman, Jordan, that Damascus was ringed with tanks and troop carriers and that mili tary camps had been set up near the border of pro-Western Lebanan. There were reports of arrests, 'retirements" and dismissals of leading Syrian army officers. Reliable sources said the police were in the" firm "grip of the army and that police would move soon against the Populist Party. ." Largest Group ' The Populists are the largest single group in parliament and with the conservative wing of the Nationalists have nearly 50 per cent of the total votes. But their organization has been dis organized and spiritless and the pro-Soviet factions have domi nated. The new Syrian military lead er was Gen. Afif Bizri, promoted from colonel to take over from the more moderate Gen. Tewfiq Nizameddine, long a stumbling block to the young officers clique. Bizri has been called a Communist party member. . The crisis began last week with Syrian announcement of an American led plot to over throw the government. This fol lowed a long series of border in cidents with Israel which Israel said was planned to divert mod erate military leaders from the brewing coup in Damascus. Road Worker Lock-Out Enters Second Week ' Pendleton (in Forty-two GrSnt county road workers began their second week of lock out today following a breakdown in negotiations between the Grants county court and the workers. The workers reported to work last Monday and found that new locks had been put on the doors and their equipment moved outside. The superintendent was also on hand With their pay checks. branch : of ' the Aero - Medical Spa Field laboratory at. Holloman. Air Development center, Ala mogordo, N.M., will be aloft ap proximately 32 hours. During that time, he will perform tests and conduct various observa tions relative to studies of man's e adaptability to space travel. The flight was expected to carry Simons from near Brain erd, in northern Minnesota, west ward about 500 miles near Niles City, Mont The previous manned balloon record was set last June 2 when Capt. Joe Kittinger soared to . 96,000 feet in an experimental flight launched near Minne apolis. The highest altitude man -has ever reached was 126,200 feet during the flight of the Bell X2 rocket plane Sept 7, 1956.
