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
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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.
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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
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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.