Over
Little
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GOVERNORS
PLAN
Melhod To Ease
Little Rock Crisis
Given President
Withdrawal of Troops
Understood in Scheme
Washington HP) Four "mod
erate" southern governors pre
sented to President Eisenhower
today a plan for easing the Little
Rock school integration crisis.
Shortly before they went to
the White House for the crucial
conference. North Carolina Gov.
Luther Hodges, chairman of the
delegation, said:
"I have high hopes that we
ran come to some solution of the
Little Rock situation."
Hodges and Govs. Leroy Col
lins of Florida, Theodore R. Mc
Keldin of Maryland and Frank
Clement of Tennessee drafted
their "plan of action" at a mara
thon strategy meeting which
broke up two hours before they
went to the White House.
All four were "cautiously op
timistic." Withdrawal of Troops
They refused to reveal their
"plan of action," but it was un
derstood to call for withdrawal
of federal troops from Little
Rock coupled with a promise to
"sell" Arkansas Gov. Orval E.
Faubus on any compromise solu
tion and win assurance of his
compliance.
It was believed the four were
in telephone communication with
Faubus during their advance
strategy huddle.
Before the four governors
went to the White House, the
federal government took the first
step toward removing the irrita
ti n of what Faubus has called
"federal occupation" of Little
Rock. Paratroops of the 101st
Airborne Division were replaced
on guard at Central High school
by the federalized Arkansas Na
tional Guard.
Meanwhile, a dozen segrega
tionists, led by itinerant agitator
John Kasper, picketed the White
House before and during the
meeting, protesting against "po
lice state rule of Arkansas by
General Eisenhower. The seg
regationists, in turn, were pick
eted by two Negroes.
Kasper said the "scalawag"
governors were here to "sell the
white people generally and the
South in particular."
Hold Long Huddle
The four governors announced
after s four-hour, 20-minute
strategy sessirn before the White
House conference that they
would confine their proposals to
the federal-state clash in Little
Rock.
But Hodges said they did not
close the door on broadening
the area of discussion if Eisen
hower wants to bring up general
questions on southern racial
problems.
Train WredKilts
300 in Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan HP) A head
on colision between a passenger
train and an oil train in West
Pakistan Sunday has claimed
nearly 300 lives, according to re
ports reaching here today.
It was West Pakistan's fifth
major rail disaster in seven
years.
The passenger express missed
a loop that was to have carried
it around the oil train which was
stopped on the main line at a
wayside station at Gambar,
about 81 miles from Lahore.
The collision showered both
trains with oil and the resulting
fire reduced to cinders te first
four passenger cars. Four other
passenger cars were telescoped.
Biy Declared Emergency
Area as Result of Storm
Bly, Ore. UP! The Klamath
county chapter of the Red Cross
today was authorized to consid
er the town of Bly an emergency
area as a result of damage done
by a violent hailstorm Sunday
afternoon.
Roofs Damaged
The roof of virtually every
building in the community was
damaged by hailstones the size
of golf balls and roofs of 10 per
cent of the buildings were
wrecked.
The Red Cross disaster com
mittee of Klamath Falls visited
the stricken area today to assess
damages and to allocate aid on
the basis of need.
IF ACT 0
Wrong Toofh Yanked;
Patient Threatens
To Murder Dentist
San Francisco HP Police
rushed to the dental office of
Dr. Gerald T. O'Connor Mon
day lo quiet a patient who
threatened io kill the dentist,
berated him an hour, and told
all his patients to go home.
The patient, Nicholas Aor
lowsky, told police he had a
good reason for his action he
claimed O'Connor pulled the
wrong tooth.
Japan Elected To
Security Council
On First Ballot
United Nations, N.Y. ftp
Japan was elected to the U.N.
Security Council on the first
ballot over Soviet opposition to
day. Canada and Panama also were
elected to two-year terms. All
three countries take office next
Jan. 1.
The U. S. supported all three
successful candidates.
Russia, claiming under the
"gentleman's agreement" of 1946
the seat wen by Japan belonged
to Eastern Europe, waged a vig
orous campaign for Czechoslova
kia on the council.
52 Votes Necessary
In the secret ballof, Panama
received 74 votes, Canada 72, Ja
pan 55, Czechoslovakia 25.
Single votes were cast for Argen
tina, Brazil, Chile, the Domini
can Republic, Italy, India and
Sudan. Fifty-two votes were
necessary for election.
Panama .will replace Cuba,
Canada takes over from Austra
lia, and Japan assumes the seat
now held by the Philippines next
January.
The Steering Committee voted
Monday to include on the Gen
eral Assembly agenda two items
proposed by Russia, peaceful co
existence and suspension of nu
clear tests.
Young Men Arrested
On Larceny Charges
Two young men, one reported
to be from Gold Hill and the
other from Portland, are in the
Jackson county jail charged with
grand larceny.
Sheriff's officers said they ar
rested Gary, Lee Pyle, 21, Gold
Hill and Ervin Frederick Grubbe
Jr., 22, Portland, yesterday at
Kane creek near Gold Hill. They
are charged with taking two
1956 Chevrolet cars from Port
land recently. One car was found
in a shed in the Kane creek area
and the two drove up in the sec
ond car while the officers were
investigating.
Officers said they were cheek
ing the possibility that Jackson
county men were involved in
three burglaries reported in
Grants Pass recently.
Serial numbers had been filed
off the engine blocks of both
cars and license plates switched,
the officers said.
Three Children Die
In School Bus Wreck
Los Angeles 0?) Three chil
dren were killed and 25 others
injured Monday when a paroch
ial school bus went out of con
trol down a steep grade and
plunged into a 35-foot ravine.
Police said brakes on the bus
apparently failed as the vehicle
was halfway down the three
block hill. The bus, travelling
at an estimated 70 miles an
hour, crashed through a guard
rail at the end of the street and
overturned in the ditch.
Parked cars were damaged
and shop and home windows
shattered by the storm centered
over the city. The stones fell
over a 30-minute period.
The melting hail built up tc
three inches of water over the
floor of the Sycan store and
owner Larry Svensgaard esti
mated damages at S2500.
Oat Crop Lost
Rancher William Tucker said
his entire 300 acres of oats, just
ready for harvesting, was lost.
The General Adjustment Bureau
of Klamath Falls dispatched Don
Tullis of San Francisco, a spec
ial adjustor, to Bly to estimate
crop damages.
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Political Crisis
Grips France as
Government Falls
De Gaulle May Be
Summoned To Duty
Paris (IF. France was plunged
today into its most difficult
political crisis since World War
II. There was speculation Gen.
Charles De Gaulle might be
called from political retirement
to save the Four'.h Republic.
The government of Premier
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury fell
on a vote of confidence shortly
before midnight. The issue was
his proposed law to give more
home rule to rebellious Algeria,
and the fight against it was led
by fiery Conservative Jacques
Soustelle.
Deeply Divided
Never since the war has
France been split so deeply on
an issue as on Algeria. A solu
tion appeared impossible and
the influential Paris newspaper
La Monde warned that the crisis
may be so big there may even
be a "call to De Gaulle."
De Gaulle retired from active
politics in 1952 after helping
form the Fourth Republic at end
of World War II and twice serv
ing as premier.
France's splintered National
Assembly voted 279-253 against
Bourges - Maunory's "framework
law" for Algeria and the 109-day
government fell with a crash,
triggered by Soustelle's declara
tion the plan would lead Algeria
to independence.
It was the 23rd postwar gov
ernment. Man Arrested After
Accident, fight
City police arrested Tommy
Carlyle Natwick, 34, of 616
Palm st., Medford, on charges of
disorderly conduct and cited him
for failure to leave information
at the scene of an accident last
night.
Police said Natwick was trav
eling at high speed on Central
ave. when he lost control of the
car and went onto a lawn be
tween Court and Clark sts.
where he hit two trees. The car
continued with one tire flat,
witnesses told police.
Police went to the area, and
the Medford central fire station
reported that a car matching
the Natwick car's descriDtion
raced along West Third st..
crossed the tracks and parked
near the Grape st. intersection.
Police said hubcaps and
headlight parts found at the ac
cident scene matched those
missing on the car. A man was
seen leaving the car and head
ing south along the Southern Pa
cific tracks, firemen told police.
Natwick was arrested later
after police received reports of
a fight at the Yellow Cab com
pany stand at Fifth st. and Cen
tral ave. Police said Natwick at
tempted to take the keys of a
taxi from the driver. c;
Police arrested Natwick - on
charges of disorderly conduct
and then cited him for failing
to leave information at the scene
of an accident. He was released
this morning on S50 bail, police
said.
Little Girl's Body
Discovered in River
Bellingham, Wash. OP) The
body of 2-year-old Yvonne Rus
sell was found in the Nooksask
river today, ending a 22-hour
search in which more than 600
persons participated.
The search party combed the
area about 15 miles northeast of
here Monday and resumed the
search after the girl's mother ex
pressed fear her daughter had
been kidnaped.
The river winds through a for
est near the Canadian border and
flows within 300 yards of the
Russell home.
Registration Figures
Show Increase atSOC
Ashland Fall registration
at Southern Oregon college in
Ashland is approximately the
same as in 1956, Mrs. Mabel W.
Winston, registrar, said today.
Total enrollment this fall is
740 compared to 733 for the fall
term of 1956. she said. Freshman
enrollment is up 3 per cent, she
added. The distribution is about
equal between men and women.
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CALVIN SMITH
Receives Forester Post
Association Names
District Forester
In Southern Oregon
Calvin L. Smith has been ap
pointed district forester for the
Industrial Forestry association
at Medford, according to W. D.
Hagenstein, executive vice pres
ident of the association.
Smith will handle the associ
ation's tree farm ' program in
Jackson, Josephine and Curry,
and parts of Douglas and Coos
counties, Hagenstein explained.
Smith is a graduate of the
school of forestry, University of
Minnesota. He has five years of
industrial forestry experience in
the Douglas fir region in west
ern Washington and northern
California.
Starts As Logger
Starting as a logger, Smith
has , had experience in forest
production, engineering, cruis
ing, scaling and forest manage
ment. He served in the U. S.'
Navy in World War II and is
a membor of the Society of Am
erican Foresters.
Smith will work directly un
der H. R. Glasscock Jr., the as
sociation's district Jorester at
Eugene. The two men will work
as a team to aid private land
owners and the forest industries
throughout southwestern Ore
gon in tree farming and other
forestry matters.
Smith's headquarters will be
in the Goldy building and he
will share offices with the
Southern Oregon Conservation
and Tree Farm association.
Though the forest products
market is currently soft, tree
farming must continue right
along to assure an adequate
timber supply, Hagenstein con
cluded. White Man Terrorizes
Negroes in Oklahoma
Stillwater, Okla. (IP) Charges
of assault with a deadly weapon
were to be filed today against a
22-year-old white laborer who
terrorized a Negro family with
a shotgun and butcher knife
after listening to a tavern dis
cussion of the events at Little
Rock.
David L. Ventris said "I must
have been nuts to do something
like that." He said he had been
drinking and couldn't remember
anything about breaking into
the home of Louis Johnson,
dressd in Ku Klux Klan style.
Johnson, 46, overpowered
Ventris and took away the shot
gun and knife and bashed him
unconscious with a vacuum
cleaner tube.
The Negro said he would have
killed Ventris had his wife not
calmed him.
27 Asian Flu Cases
Confirmed in Oregon
Portland OP New laboratory
reports confirming three more
cases of Asian influenze were
disclosed today by the State
Board of Health.
The latest cases brought the
total of confirmed Asian flu
cases in the state to 27. Involved
were a teacher and a girl stu
dent at Lincoln High School in
Portland where the absentee rate
rose 25 per cent last week, and a
boy at Beaverton High school.
An outbreak of about 300 flu
like ailments is under, investiga
tion at Beaverton.
Dr. Samuel B. Osgood, state
epidemiologist, emphasized that
there is no general epidemic of
flu in Oregon now, but he said
a major outbreak could strike
I before next spring.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1957
Hoffa Stopped Lee Soys
Contenders Will
Discuss Coalition
To Block Election
Backstage Drive
Gains Momentum
Washington (IT) Chief
Justice Earl Warren refused
today to bar the Teamsters
Union national election sched
uled in Miami Beach, Fla., la
ter this week.
Miami Beach, Fla. OPl Wil
liam A. Lee of Chicago reported
today that he and other candi
dates opposing James R. Hoffa
for president of the Internation
al Brotherhood of Teamsters
have "got him stopped."
Lee huddled briefly with fel
low Chicagoan, Thomas J. Hag
gerty, also a candidate for presi
dent, on a possible merger to
block Hoffa's bandwagon. A
Haggerty spokesman said Lee,
Haggerty and the third contend
er, Thomas L. Hickey of New
York, plan to meet late today to
discuss a coalition.
Drive Gains Momemtum
The all-out drive to cut Hoffa's
big lead gained momentum back
stage while the convention was
tied up in a dull session on con
stitutional changes. The other
big developments during the
morning session were in the Cre
dentials Committee where chal
lenges to seating of more than
500 delegates were being con
sidered. Many of the brawny truck
drives are indignant over ob.iec
tionf. to their credentials. They
said they would let off steam
when the convention considers
the challenges at its second ses
sion. But Hoffa's lieutenants said
the credentials squabble will be
just a sideshow in the clash of
contenders to succeed departing
Dave Beck.
English Backs Hoffa
Old-time Teamster John F.
English, secretary - treasurer of
the union, struck a heavy blow
at anti-Hoffa forces by coming
out for the Midwest boss of tne
big union.
Haggerty, milk wagon driver
from Chicago in the presidential
race, was geared to fight against
accepting credentials of 177 del
egates, i He said most of them
were pledged to Hoffa.
The credentials committee, on
its own initiative, questioned 394
other delegates for the grand to
tal of 571.
Ashland Firm Fined
$20,000 on Charges
Sacramento OP) Magnolia
Lumber company, Ashland, Ore.,
was fined $20,000 in Federal
court here Monday for theft and
destruction of government prop
erty on about 60 acres of gov
ernment land near Pecwan
creek drainage in Humboldt
county.
The fine was levied by U.S
District Judge Frank McLaugh
lin after the firm was found
guilty last June of theft of logs
Judge McLaughlin issued the
highest possible fine on each of
the two proven charges S10.000
apiece. President of the lumber
company is R. Drew Lamb, also
of Ashland.
Man Crushed To Death
At Cougar Dam Site
Springfield (IP) Don A
Acord, 27, Twist, Wash., was
crushed to death by a rolling
tractor today. It was the first
fatality on the Army Engineers
Cougar dam site on the south
fork of the McKenzie river.
Weather
FORECAST: Generally cloudy
with occasional light showers
tonight and Wednesday. Low
tonight 50. High tomorrow 68
Temp.
Highest Yesterday "0
Lowest this Morning 54
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 12
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 6:05 a.m.
Sunset 5:54 p.m.'
Moonset Wednesday ..12:21 a.m.
Full Moon (Hunter's
Moon) Oct. 8
PROMINENT STARS
Vega, high overhead at sunset,
will he in the northwest at mid
night. Capella. in the northeast
it midnight, will be high over
head at 4:40 a.m.
United
"Later On, I'd Like To
Booklet Explaining
County Taxes Mailed
Small booklets explaining the
how's and why's of county taxes
have been mailed to about 30,
000 taxpayers in Jackson county
with their tax statements, Coun
ty Assessor Ray . Schumacher
said today. .
This is the first, time Jackson
county taxpayers have received
such a booklet. Previously vital
tax information was mailed out
in separate sheets by the asses
sor's and the sheriff's offices.
"I've tried to publish main in
formation which taxpayers re
quest of this office during tax
time," Schumacher explained.
"This way I hope to save us
many man hours and give a
more complete, satisfactory ex
planation to the taxpayers."
Explanation of Taxes
The only thing new about the
booklet is the explanation of
taxes. Codes and summary of
the county taxes have been
mailed in previous years, he
said.
The small attractive booklet
explains why property taxes are
paid, what a property owner re
ceives for his tax money, what
a fair share is and to what pub
lic bodies the tax money is dis
tributed. On the back of the booklet
the county valuation and tax
system is charted.
"I feel anyone who really
wants to analyze the booklet
will find practically all the
answers to his tax questions, the
assessor said..
Schumacher said a few of the
larger counties have published
such booklets in order to ex
plain figures and summarize the
total values in cities and school
districts.
Booklet Explained
In the first few pages, the
booklet explains why the tax
payers guide is being furnished.
It .also explains how the county
provides such services as the
health department, agricultural
programs, county schools, rural
fire protection, veterans' serv
ice and welfare. City services
listed include parks, water and
sewer facilities, police and fire
protection, libraries, street
maintenance, airport, traffic en
gineering and planning commis
sion.
Under schools are listed such
items as management to save
Ike Urges Worldwide Plan
For Nuclear Development
Vienna OP) President Eisen
hower delivered a new atoms
for peace call today coupled
with a prayer "that the splitting
of the atom may some day unify
a divided world."
Urges Program
In a message read to the open
ing session here of the 55-nation
International Atomic Energy
conference, the President urged
a worldwide nuclear develop
ment program "whereby the fis
sioned atom will be transformed
into the means of proyiding rich
er, healthier and happier lives."
"May this conference," the
President added, "be inscribed
in history as marking the turn
ing point where man's fears of
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tax dollars, buildings and main-
t e n a n c e, teachers salaries,
books ancT supplies, buses and
transportation for children.
An explanation of the special
districts such as water, sanita
tion and irrigation districts is
included.
Why Property Taxes
A concise explanation is giv
en on why property taxes are
required: "Taxes are the results
of requirements of budgets of
taxing districts who give serv
ices or improvements to prop
erty owners requesting these
services or improvements. If
people did not request and vote
taxing districts, bonds, improve
ments and services, property
taxes would be a minor consid
eration in the life of the average
taxpayer."
The general method of assess
ing property is explained.
Work done in the county as
sessor's office is outlined.
Charts of figures such as the
classification of property as to
value, general summary of
taxes, other statistics such as
what the average appraised
value is inside and outside Med
ford, is included. The 1957-58
tax codes and levies are listed.
Thundershowers Add
To Florida Troubles
By UNITED PRESS
Thundershowers today fed the
rain-swollen waters of Lake Tal
quin, near. Tallahassee, Fla.,
which already have washed away
a dam and threatened to flood
Gulf Coast fishing, .villages.
While torrential rains caused
numerous lakes and ponds in the
Tallahassee area to swell over
their banks, the U.S.' Weather
Bureau promised no relief for
the region which has just finish
ed its wettest September in 30
years. . x
At some points, eight inches
of rain fell Monday, while at
Panacea, near the Gulf Coast,
well over a foot has fallen since
the week end began.
Cloudy skies and general rains
today were forecast for the
southeast portion of the country
from Virginia through Alabama,
Georgia and Florida.
the atom yielded to hope and to
the wider cooperation neces
sary to establish that peace
which is desired of all men."
The message was read to the
conference by Atomic Energy
Commission Chairman Lewis L.
Strauss.
Worldwide Agency Goal
The conference was summon
ed to set up the. first worldwide
atoms - for - peace agency stem
ming directly from President
Eisenhower's historic call to the
United Nations Dec. 8, 1953.
At the start of the conference
the U.S. drummed up support
from wetern and neutral nations
to block any Soviet move to rail
road Red China into this organization.
3 YEARS h
Action Firs) Step
At Withdrawal of
Federal Troops
Faubus Undecided
On Special Session
Little Rock, Ark. OP) Na
tional Guards replaced the reg
ulars of the 101st Airborne Di
vision on daytime sentry duty
around Central High School to
day in the first step to vard with
drawal of federal troops.
An Army spokesman said
members of the federalized
Arkansas National Guard hence
forth will be in "comDlete
charge" of protecting Central
High around the clock.
Quartered Beneath Stadium
About 100 paratroopers of the
101st Airborne remained at the
high school, quartered in locker
rooms beneath the football sta
dium. Nearly 1,000 other para
troopers are being held at an
Army reserve training armory in
Little Rock and at Camp Robin
son, on the outskirts of the city.
Gov. Orval E. Faubus, mean
while, told a news conference he
still hasn't made up his mind
whether to call the Arkansas
Legislature into special session
to consider closing Central High
School. i
Faubus said "it is possible"
that the conference of southern
governors with President Eisen
hower today will have "some
weight" on his decision.
Makes Own Decisions
The governor said he would
"welcome any suggestion" from
the conference in Washington
"which will ease the situation
here." But he quickly added that
he will not feel bound by' any
agreements or decisions reached
in the White House talks.
His only comment on the
switch from regulars to guards
men at Central High was to riote
that "the 101st is still in Little
Rock." Asked whether he
thought there would be any dan
ger of mob violence now, if all
troops were removed, Faubus re
plied:
"That is something 'they (the
federal authorities) should judge
for themselves." -. . -
Walker inspected the guards
men this morning shortly after
nine Negro students were escort
ed into the school for their fifth
day of integrated classes. The
West Point trained general said
he was "impressed" with the
guard troops, and . satisfied of
their ability to keep order.
To Stay in City .
Military, sources intimated
that the paratroopers will stay
in Little Rock for several more
days at least, but will keep "in
the background" while the 153rd
Infantry Regiment of the Ar
kansas Guard escorts, the Negro
children to the school and keeps
order in the school area.
The nine Negro students drove
to school as usual this morning
in an Army station wagon pre
ceded and followed by Jeep
loads of troops. This time, how-
;ever, the troops in the Jeeps
("were Arkansas guardsmen rath
er than members cf the 101st
Airborne.
The Negroes walked up the
front steps of the high school
at 8:22 a.m., trailed by several
guardsmen. The usual crowd of
white students waited on the
steps to watch them enter.
There was a flurry of excite
ment when two white boys step
ped into the path of the Negro
students, and one of the Negro
girls, Melba Petillo, 15, dropped
one of her books. Guardsmen
raced up. But by the time they
reached the spots, Melba had
retrieved her book and all of
the Negro children had walked
on into the building.
Walk Around Whites
Some witnesses who observed
the incident from about 100
yards away on the sidewalk
opposite the school thought one
of the white boys had deliber
ately knocked the girl's books
from her arms.
But Lt. Col. Thomas Matthews
a regular Army public informa
tion officer who was on the
scene, said there was no jost
ling. Matthews said two boys
did step into the path of the
Negroes, apparently intending
to block, their entry, but the
Negroes walked around them
and went on in. He said the
girl's books fell accidentally
from her arms.
September Hoffesf
in Portland Records
Portland (IP) The weather
bureau said here today last
month was the hottest Septem
ber on record in the 55 years
that weather records have been
kept at the downtown customs
house.
The average high temperature
for the month was 80.1 degrees,
compared to an average of 13.4.
There was sunshine 74 per cent
of the daylight hours while nor
mally the sun shines onry 59
per cent of the time in Septem
ber in Portland.