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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1957
No. 134
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TAKEN FROM MEDFORD ARRESTS Med
ford City Patrolman Gene DePay points out a
few of the many weapons taken during ar
rests made in Medford over the past few
Town Country Show
Goes Into
The first annual Town and
Country Holiday shows swings
into its final day of activities to
day when the doors of the new
Medford Armory open at noon
Booths exhibiting products.
displays of hobbies, all types of
food, free samples, a stage show
arfd several other activities are
included in the show.
Eddie Peabody, "King of the
Banjo," heads the list of enter
tainers featured in two shows
this afternoon. Local amateur
entertainers will wind' up their
competition for . a . chance to
compete at the Oregon State
fair. .
Crowd Estimated
Russ Jamison, the holiday
show's program chairman, esti
mates the opening night crowd
at 1,250 and Friday evening's
attendance at 1,500. He, praised
the "community participation"
that the show has brought .the
Rogue Valley area. Only people
in the Medford area are running
the show and taking part in it,
he added.
A portion of the area in front
of the armory contains a num
ber of new cars, trucks, farm
equipment and other displays
too large to house in the Ar
mory proper.
The show, -which Kiwanis
club members, hope will be-
Mismanagement Is
Admitted by U. S.
Washington HJI The defense
department Saturday admitted
wholesale mismangement and
waste of supplies at Harmon Air
Rorce base in Newfoundland.
Chairman John L. .McClellan
of of the Senate Investigating
subcommittee said he will hold
hearings on the case despite yes
terday's frank public admissions
by Assistant Secretary of De
fense Perkins McGuire..
McClellan said the hearings
would go into handling of mil
lions of dollars worth of sup
plies at bases in Greenland, Lab
sador and Newfoundland.
Sports Bulletins
Portland itn The Metro
politan All-stars upset a fav
ored Stat squad 28-7 in the
10th annual Shrine Oregon
All-star football gam in Mult
nomah stadium her last
night.
Metro wasted littl time in
scoring as they look the open
ing kickoif and traveled 70
yards in 12 plays to push over
the first touchdown with 6
minutes. 33 seconds left in
the period.
Medford's Dick Copple, end.
kicked th conversion after
Stats's Gary Grill of Albany
scored their only points in th
first quarter.
Seattle HP Th Port
land Beavers cam up with a
singl run in th top of th
tenth inning to edge Seattle.
3-2. in a Pacific Coast league
series' opener here last night.
Sacramento Itn Veter
an first baseman Frank Kel-2-rt
slammed out two homers
for three runs last night to
lead San rancisco to a smoth
ering 10-4 win over Sacra
mento in a Pacific t Coast
League gam.
Final Day
come an annual event to help
raise funds for the organiza
tion's charitable programs, was
held in conjunction with . the
Jackson county 4-H and Future
Farmers of America fair. The
fair, which started Tuesday,
ended yesterday at the fair
ground adjacent to the new
Armory grounds.
Land Exchange Is
Near Completion-
The exchange of land between
the water department and the
Mont Crest Development' com
pany for location of a 450,000
gallon water standpipe is now
in final stages, according to Rob
ert L. Lee, city water, superin
tendent. All work on the city section
of the agreement is 'complete
and the only remaining thing
is signing deeds by the develop
ment company. The land involv
ed is a 130 by 180 foot section
on Black Oak dr. and Neito way
owned by the city and a 'section
90 by 150 feet owned by the
company. .......
Date of construction , of the
standpipe will be ruled 'by'the
starting date for Rogue Valley
manor, a proposed .retirement
home. The pipe must be com
plete before manor construction
can start, according .to Lee.
A booster pump will be used
to get water to the big SO foot
diameter by 30 foot high stand
pipe on the crest of Barneburg
hill.
Development Plans
For PI Area Told
Portland IP Pl,ans .for de
velopment of the Pacific Inter
national Livestock Exposition
building and 54 surrounding
acres into a "wonderland of ex
hibits for Oregon's 1959 centen
nial were announced Saturday."
Anthony Brandenthaier; chair
man of the governor's nine-man
centennial commission,- said the
terms had been accepted for a
two-year lease for the PI- build
ing which would give the com
mission rent-free use' of the
400,000 square-foot building. The
use will be in return for major
interior and exterior' renovation
planned by the commission to
adapt the building to centennial
use. - -
Major construction- n the PI
building and improvement of
surrounding areas .will . start
shortly after next Jan. 1.
Oregon's centennial exposi
tion and international trade fair
is planned to run from June 10
to October 10, 1959. It is hoped
that some five million persons
will attend.
Coqu7e Bride Killed 4
In Accident Friday
Coquille tP Mrs. Charles
Edward Reed, 18,' Coquille, a
bride of three weeks, was kill
ed Friday afternoon when a car
in which she was riding struck
a bridge and she was thrown
into the Coquille river, striking
her head on a rock. ' .
Mrs. Reed was a passenger in
a convertible driven by Clare
raont . Matthew Hannevold.
There were three other passeng
ers in the car, Reed; Darvin
Teper and Mrs. Hannevold.
years. The police booth is one. of several at
the annual Town and Country Holiday show
at the National Guard armory. Today is the
last day of the show which will open at noon.
Petitions Filed
Seeking Change in
Ordinance Proposal
Petitions filed with the coun
ty court riday brought to 266
the number of -names on peti
tions requesting revision of the
proposed county subdivision
ordinance.
Two petitions bearing a total
of 210 names were given the
court Friday. A previous peti
tion with 56 names was filed
Aug. 15. , .,;
Pe-ifeonerj. .ak. Jliat the pro-
posed ordinance be changed to
permit small land owners t6T"uel"Vuu8e- DUt " ne ""P00
sell land or develop it for build
ing. They ask: . - ,
,. Deletion of sections requiring
subdividers to complete and pay
for all improvement work and
requiring filing of performance
bonds for cost of improvements.
Modifications of sections de
fipihg "minor subdivision" to
exclude landowners dealing
with fewer than four parcels of
less than five acres each.
Revision of requirements for
maps for subdivisions to mini
mize the' expense of obtaining
planning commission approval
prior to sale or development.
The petitions claim that the
proposed regulations are "un
necessarily restrictive of build
ing development and oppressive
and discriminatory to owners of
small 'and medium sized tracts
of land and small businesssien."
President Flies Plane
To Gettysburg Farm
Gettysburg, Pa. IW Pres
ident Eisenhower took the con
trols and piloted his light plane
Saturday' during a flight from
Washington to his Pennsylvania
farm. He is believed to be the
first president to do so.
, Eisenhower qualified as a
pilot about 20 years ago when
he was an army officer station
ed in the Philippines, but he
has not flown a plane for years.
' Jerusalem, Israel (ffl
Jordanian marauders shot and
killed two Israeli civilian
watchmen , Friday night at a
settlement 20 miles southwest of
Jerusalem, it was announced
last night.
Truman Says Middle
By HARRY
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.
Cfpyricht, 1957, by Harry g. Truman
(Reproduction of this -article in whole or in part is forbidden
without written authorization.)
. The new crisis in the Middle East brought on by what is
happening now in Syria was clearly foreseeable, and therefore
shocking and disturbing, because
stop it The events in Syria, together with the second rearming of
Egypt by Russia, threaten the security of our friends and Allies,
and, consequently, our own security is endangered.
- Itis my opinion that all this Communist subversion in that
strategic area could have been stopped if the United States had
taken the necessary action, and it should have been stopped.
There is still time to check this Russian threat to the free world,
if we act vigoriusly with full understanding of the many factors
involved and in close coordination with our Allies.
A policy of "wait and see" in the conduct of foreign affairs,
where survival may be at stake, is perilous.
Nothing Mora Misleading
There can be nothing more misleading than reliance upon a
"Doctrine" behind which there is hestitancy to invoke leadership
until help is requested by the victim. Events may move so swiftly
that the victim is likely to be turned into a satellite through sub
version or by a sudden coup.
A doctrine can be effective only as the leadership behind it
is decisive and ready to back up
w hen the Monroe Doctrine was
knew that the Doctrine would have been hollow indeed if it had
not been for the assurance of British naval support to make it
1 immediately eifectiv.
Southern Senators
Abandon Filibuster
Threat on Rights
Clears Way for Bill
Sometime This Week
Washington iff! Southern
senators abandoned filibuster
threats Saturday, clearing - the
way for enactment this week of
the first civil rights bill in 82
years,
The decision virtually assured
early adjournment of Congress,
probably some time this week.
Only a House-Senate com
promise on the size of the for
eign aid appropriation and a
possible 11th hour drive for a
bill protecting the secrecy of
FBI files stand between Con
gress and a holiday.
President Eisenhower's talk
of calling a special session this
fall to increase the foreign aid
appropriation was being taken
with little seriousness on Cap
itol Hill.
Twelve southern senators,
headed by Sen. Fiichard B. Rus
sell, (D-Ga.) met behind closed
doors this morning and apparent
ly conceded defeat in their bat
tle against passage of any civil
rights legislation.
They -already had won major
changes in the original adminis
tration bill.
Russell told newsmen after
the meeting that while the Dixie
senators remained "unalterably
opposed to the so-called leader-
sip compromise on the heavily
amended bill, there was no col
lective agreement ... to talk
this -proposition to death.
He referred to a Democratic-
Republican agreement reached
by the two parties' leaders Fri
day on a compromise jury trail
provision, it guarantees a jury
trial to defendants in major
criminal contempt of court cases
arising out of violation of court
injunctions to protect voting
rights,
Minor contempt cases dealing
with denial of voting rights
could be tried with or without
f- Jry ; ue. aiscreuon ol . a
a penalty higher than 45 days
in jail or a $300 fine, the de
fendant 'could demand a new
trial, this time with a jury. In
a jury trial, his penalty- could
be as severe as six months in
jail and -a $1,000 fine. ,
Russell said the southern bloc
considers this compromise pro
vision clearly unconstitutional."
He predicted it would be fought
out in the courts if it became
law.
Transport limps ;
Back to San Diego
San Diego, Calif. 0ft The
Navy transport U.S.S. Wantuck,
which lost "a man in a collision
with another transport while
maneuvering in a convoy early
Friday, limped into the harbor
with the aid of a Navy tug last
night.
The collision occurred during
the maneuvering in a convoy
which was bound for Pearl Har
bor. Three men were injured,
not seriously. " ;
The missing man, presumed
lost at sea, was identified as
machinist's mate fireman L. D.
Tenniston, of Argyle, Wise.
The Wantuck made the 180-
mile trip here partially under
its own power. The Navy said
the collision occurred when the
U.S.S. Lenawee struck the Wan
tuck, cutting a laige hole- in
the latter, which resulted in
flooding of her forward engine
room. The Lenawee received a
10-foot gash in her starboard
bow.
S. TRUMAN
nothing effective was done to.
the doctrine with adequate force.
enunciated, President Monroe
State
Attempt to
Troubleshooter Is
Sent to Turkey;
Discussing Syria
Henderson May Confer
With Other Nations
Istanbul, Turkey OR U.S.
Diplomatic troubleshooter Loy
Henderson Saturday began con
ferring with Syria s worried
neighbors on ways to counter
the Syrian drift into the Soviet
orbit.-
Henderson, a Middle Eastern
affairs expert and former U.S.
ambassador to Iran, rushed di
rectly from his plan to meetings
with Turkish officials. He also
was expected to confer here
with Kings Feisal of Iraq and
Hussein of Jordan both of whom
preceded him to Turkey.
Turkish sources said Hender
son's discussions with Turkish
leaders also would be concerned
with how far developments in
Syria could be expected to go
and what .threat they posed to
Middle Eastern security.
Russia Reports Meeting
Radio Moscow, in an Arabic
language broadcast heard in Lon
don, reported another confer
ence in the making. It said pro
western king Saud of Saudi Ar
abia has invited Egyptian Pres
ident Gamal Abdel Nasser and
Syrian President Shukri El Ku
watly to his capital at Riyadh to
"discuss the Syrian situation."
A United Press dispatch from
Cairo said authoritative Egyp
tian sources said no such meet
ing was anticipated for the near
future. The sources said the Mos
cow radio report would not even
be published in Egyptian news
papers today.
In Washington, officials said
the United States is counting on
Syria's neighbors to take the
lead in any joint action to dis
courage Syria from becoming a
Red satellite. One possibility
would be banding together the
Arab . nations around Syria to
impose a political quarantine.
No Specific Plan
However, Henderson, a deputy
undersecretary of state, did not
bring any specific plan of action
to Turkey.
Turkey, a NATO and Baghdad
pact member already flanked by
Russia and Red Bulgaria feared
it would be -enclosed on three
sides by potentially hostile na
tions if, the Communist coup in
the Syrian army extended to the
Syrian political system.
More Russians were flying to
Damascus, the Syrian capital,
where press dispatches Friday
said thousands of Soviet techni
cians had been pouring into the
country during the last eight
months.
Twenty-seven Russian civilians
including wives and children,
stopped over in Athens Saturday
en route to Damascus from Sof
ia, Bulgaria. The Athens press
described the men as "Russian
experts."
Eighty Children Escape -From
Burning Hospital
Waltham, Mass. (IP) Eighty
frightened children, some hy
sterical with terror, escaped
without serious injury Friday
night when a fire swept through
one wing of a state mental hos
pital.' : r .
East Crisis
When, in 1947, we made it clear
and Turkey against Communist penetration,' we had many divi
sions in Italy, Germany and elsewhere nearby, and we kept the
Mediterranean Fleet in full strength. This policy was then re
ferred to as the Truman Doctrine much against my desire, since
I preferred to regard it as an American doctrine, a part of the
foreign policy of the United States. What did make the difference
was the fact that Russia knew we were not bluffing and that, in
fact, we were ready to back up our policy with force, if it became
necessary.
Russian Designs Slopped
Russian designs on Western Europe and the Middle East thus
having been stopped, the Kremlin then sought expansion in Asia
by trying to conquer Korea fortise as a springboard to Japan.
We knew then, as some have learned since, that we could not
permit the imperia'lists of the Kremlin to get away with it. The
transparent device of using Chinese satellite volunteers did not
fool the free people of the world, nor deter them from their re
sponsibility and duty.
In unison with the United Nations we acted and we acted
swiftly and at that we were almost too late. Our people, eager
to return to the ways of peace, and wanting quick demobilization,
had brought about a sharp reduction of our military strength.
Russia, on the other hand, not having to deal, with public opinion
at home, retained powerful military forces and, by deception, dis
tributed part of her war machine among her satellites. ,
In this way Russia was able both to intimidate her satellites
and, at the same ime, to employ them for purposes of imperialistic
aggression, under the guise of giving support and recognition-of
nationalistic aims and under-developed and neglected nations.
(Continued en Fag 6)
Pepcid:
"A Couple Of Holes
Even
Relatively Cool, Dry
Summer Recorded
A relatively and dry summer
to date has prevailed in the
Rogue valley this year, bringing
a few complaints from sunbath
ers but mostly smiles from agri
culture and forest people.
A check with the U.S. weather
bureau at the airport Saturday
revealed that up to Friday, Aug.
23, only three days in August
have -been warmer than the
established "normal." July of
fered the same number of warm
er than normal, and six just
normal.
' July's average monthly temp
erature for last year was 73.2,
whereas this year it was 69.3.
Less Rainfall
uuring July, the valley re
ceived .01 of an inch less than
normal rainfall for the month,
and up to Friday in August it is
.01 of an inch below the norm.
C. B. Cordy, cdunty horticul
tural agent, reports that -max
imum temperatures in the 80's
and low 90's have kept horti
cultural crops at "about peak
production capacity" for the
Support Builds Up
For Foreign Aid
.Washington (W Support
built up in the Senate Appropri
ations committee Saturday for a
substantial but by no means
full restoration of heavy
House cuts in foreign aid money.
The committee is expected to
act Monday on the aid measure,
the last appropriations bill be
fore congress, and send it to the
Senate floor for action.
President Eisenhower's plea
for the Sentate to put back mon
ey cut out by the House received
a hefty boost Friday when Sen
ate Democratic Leader Lyndon
B. Johnson (Tex.) announced his
support for a "substantial in
crease." However, Johnson, a
memoer of tne appropriations
group, warned the White House
that it cannot muster enough
votes to restore all of the cuts.
Foreseeable
that we would stand by Greece
meots
et Money"'
In The Bottom Won't
Show"
growing process.
Partly as a result of cooler
temperatures,' pear sizes are
larger this year than average.
Cordy described the summer as
"real good growing weather.1
Since the opening of fire sea
son, about April. 1, crews at the
southwestern district office,
state - department of forestry,
have answered only 85 fire calls,
eight of them lightning fires.
Last year the department of
fice had 80 to 90 lightning fires
in the month of August alone,
and 206 fires the entire season.
The season closes with sufficieht
fall rains, , generally between
the middle of October and first
of November.
Fewer fires have also been re
ported on national forest lands,
according to the Medford office
of Rogue River . National forest.
Perjury Charge
To Be Studied
Washington lift Sen. John
L. McClellan (D-Ark.), announc
ed Saturday he will . ask . the
Justice department to determine
whether Teamster Union leader
James R. Hoffa should be
charged with perjury for testi
fying that his memory was
faulty.
McClellan, chairman of. the
Senate Committee investigating
labor racketeering, told news
men he had ordered the testi
mony of Hoffa sent to the de
partment for study.
Hoffa; in line to suceed Dave
Beck as union president, spent
four days in the witness chair
before the committee last week
before he was excused. He testi
fied more than 150 times that
he could not "recall", or could
not "remember" when question
ed about incidents in which he
was allegedly involved. -
. McClellan said he had been
asked whether a witness could
be charged with contempt of the
Senate for a faulty memory. He
said a witness would not be
guilty of contempt "but 'if in
so answering he said he could
it would be perjury." .
Morse Criticizes
Investigators Friday
Washington (IPI Sen.
Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) criti
cized some congressional in
vestigators Friday for charging
witnesses with criminal offenses
before they are tried by the
courts.
Morse told the Senate he
would proprose changes in its
rules next year to protect wit
nesses charged with criminal of
fenses by investigating commit
tees. He specifically cited the re
tent acquittal of Mayor Terry
D. Schunk of " Portland, Ore.,
on a bribery charge which was
made before the Senate Labor
Rackets committee before his
trial. Mofse said he thought the
rackets group headed by Sen.
John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), is
performing a "very much need
ed job." " "
zRAcoy
Governor's Action
Brings Political
Response in Stale
Legislature Is Not
Limited to Length
Salem (IPI When the Oreson
Legislature meets in special ses
sion Oct. 28, it will find a long.
waiting line of state departments
hoping to get a part of the big
surpluses Gov. Robert D. Holmes
mentioned in his Friday news
conference.
While the Governor stipulated
that he wanted the Legislature,
to consider only tax reductions
to help erase part of the surplus,
he has no authority to restrict a
tree-wheeling Legislature. Nei
ther can the length of the special
session be restricted.
Many state agencies and insti- .
tutions who saw their budgets
slashed to the bone on the plea
the state had no money, are ex
pected to return to Salem in Oc
tober to ask for a new look at
their needs.
Blames Commission
Holmes blamed the tax com
mission in the preceding Repub
lican administration for inaccu
racies in revenue predictions. He
said he called the special session
to rectify those errors and to
give Oregon some tax relief.
The call brought- quick re-'
sponse from Oregon political cir
cles. .
TEx-Gov. Elmo Smith, a Repub
lican defeated by Holmes last
year, placed the blame fbr the
tax situation on Holmes and his
advisers. He said "Holmes ef
forts to put the blame on the old
tax commission places his call
for a special session to straighten
out the mess in the category of
pressure politics. The plain truth
of the matter is he now deems it
politically smart to call the Leg
islature back for an expensive
special session to erase the mis
takes his leadership helped the
1957 Legislature make during its
long session last spring."
Criticism from Musa
The special session call also
brought criticism from State
Sen. Ben Musa and his Wife.
Rep. Katherine Musa, both Dem
ocrats, from The Dalles. In a
wire to the governor; they said.
During the recent session you
and your advisers belittled our
comment that there would be a
general fund surplus of nearly
51 million dollars on June 30,
1957. Our amendments to your
tax bill could have given the
taxpayers of Oregon real tax re
lief . ..."
State Treasurer Sig Unander,
a Republican who has been men
tioned as a possible gubernatori
al candidate next year, said the
proposal for tax relief was fol
lowing a line he had already
proposed,.
"When an increase in surplus
was indicated last July," he said,
'.'it was my earnest suggestion to
the governor that tax refunding
be explored."
Cold Hard Look
Mark Hatfield, Republican
Secretary of , State, said, "We
should not raise hopes that taxes
can be reduced and services
maintained at their present high
level while predictions of wide
spread unemployment are made
right and left. The Legislature
must take a cold, hard look at
the surplus before spending it or
obligating it in any way," he
added. .
State elections officials said
they thought the special legisla
tive session would resume with
the same officers and commit
tees as at the regular 1957 ses
sion. Hatfield, however, said re
placements will be required for
four members in the House of
Representatives who served in
the 1957 legislative session be
fore the special session con
venes. Weather
FORECAST: Fir today and
Monday, windy Murine aitr-
- noons. Hich today SS, low
tonicht 48.
TEMP.
HichFt yeiterday M
' Lowest yesterday 48
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise -, 5:29 a.m.
. Sunset 6:58 p.m.
Moonset 6:51 p.m.
First Qoarter Autr. 11
VIS1BLB PLANETS
Jupiter, seta 7:46 p.m.
Venus, seta 7:55 p.m.
Saturn, iow in south
west - . 9:27 p.m.
'(Jupiter will leave the evening;
sky next week and return as a.
morning star In October)