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Moscow IP Marshal
Georjzi Zhukov Saturday was re
lieved of his post as Soviet de
fense minister. An official an
nouncement said he would be
succeeded by Marshal Rodion Y.
Malinovsky, hero of the World
War II defense of Stalingrad.
There was no immediate ex
planation of the announcement
that the presidium of the Soviet
Union had "relieved Marshal G.
K. Zhukov of the post of U.S.R.
minister of defense."
A dispatch by the Soviet news
agency, Tass. was beamed to the
west by radio Moscow at 8:40
p.m. (2:40 p.m. EJ.D.T.). Forty
minutes later, it was announced
on broadcasts for home consump
tion. Surprises Sovitt Capital
The announcement came as a
surprise to the Soviet capital.
At the time of the announce
ment, Bulganin and Soviet Com
munist party chief Nikita S.
Khrushchev were attending a re
ceptipn at the Iranian embassy
in honor of the birthday of the
Shah of Iran.
Zhukov, 61, had served as de
fense minister since Feb. 9, 1955.
He returned to Moscow Satur
day from a tour of ' Yugoslavia
and Albania.
His successor, Malinovsky, a
Red army marshal, is a "hero of
the Soviet Union." He won ac
claim for his defense of Stal
ingrad in 1942 and is a career
j soldier.
The change of status for Zhu
i kov wag as sudden to the public
a higher one, his promotion was
announced at the same time as
hii release from his old job.
MalinovsKy, 59, was elected a
deputy of the supreme Soviet
(or parliament) in 1956. Zhukov
was elevted to the presidium in
the shakeup last July.
Western observers wondered
why the announcement had not
been held until the eve of the
celebrations for the 40th anniver
sary of the Bolshevik revolution
on Nov. 7.
accept an invitation to visit
ashington. The suggestion was
received coldly in Washington.
(Correspondence between Ei
senhower and Zhukov ceased re
cently after a flurry of letters
between them. The writing drop
ped off after Zhukov made sev
eral nuclear disarmament pro
posals. He also attacked Eisen
hower in a speech during a vis
it to India last winter).
The announcement followed
by several weeks the disclosure
of a program for more party dis
cipline among the military
branches.
Recent editorials in army and
party publications have critic
ized the educational program of
the armed forces. They noted
"many shortcomings," and have
stressed that the party is the
leading and guiding factor in So
viet life.
It could be that the Kremlin
was preparing for Zhukov's dis
missal. Both Zhukov and his success
or, Malinovsky, are profession
al soldiers of the old school.
Both started their careers in the
turbulent days touched off by
World War I. Both held high
rank during World War II and
both were spectatcularly suc
cessful as field commanders.
(Zhukov and Eisenhower met
at the Geneva Summit confer
ence in 1955. After that, there
were reports that Zhukov would
at the dismissal last July 3 of
the "Molotov" trio of Georgi
Malenkov, Vyacheslav Molotov
and Lazar Kaganovich for "anti
party activities."
The announcement could
mean that Zhukov was on his
way up or down.
Observers noted in the past
that whenever a Soviet official
was elevated from one post to
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"Oh, We Think Of This As Just A Launching
Platform"
D. A. Sends Letter
Asking for Inquiry
The board of control might
investigate why Lowell Allen
Bish. 32, Medford has been al
lowed to escape from the state
hospital in Salem twice. District
Attorney Thomas J. Reeded sug
gested in a letter to Gov. Robert
D. Holmes.
Reeder said Friday afternoon
he is sending the letter to see
if steps can't be taken to keep
Bish under maximum security.
The letter, written before
Bish was caught early Friday
morning, stated, "Last night and
today there has been a man-hunt
All Building Needs
For U.S. Offices
Now Being Studied
The federal government is
making a study of federal office
space needs to determne wheth
er a new federal building is
needed in Medford, Congress
man Charles O. Porter reported
to Mayor John Snider Friday
afternoon.
The mayor had asked Porter
to check with the general serv
ices administration, the govern
ment's "housekeeping" agency,
' pointing out that federal offices
are now housed in a number of
different locations, and paying
substantial rents. He felt a sur
vey should be made to deter
mine the feasibility of consoli
dation of some of these in a new
federal office building.
Porter recently recived a re
port from the GSA, which said
a survey has been made, and its
results are now being studied
in Washington, and that when it
is completed, it should be pos
sible to evaluate the most feasi
ble manner of satisfying Fed
eral space requirements. It add
ed: "Should the need for new
Federal construction be indi
cated . . . you may be assured
that it will be given early and
most careful consideration."
The congressman also report
that he has been assured by
Forrest Cooper of the state high
way commission that the Crater
Lake highway will be adequate
ly maintained by the state until
a determination of a new route
along the Rogue has been made.
Reconstruction of some of the
i route has been postponed by the
possibility of dam-building along
the Rogue, and some people have
expressed fears that the exist
ing road would not be main
tained properly. Cooper told
Porter that, if the basin plan is
approved, the new route of the
highway may go along the
north side of the reservoir, al
though the routing is not defi
, nitely determined.
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in the county with the result
someone may be shot and possi
bly killed."
"It's all go unnecessary and
expensive to the taxpayer,"
Reeder continued in his letter.
Authorities Warned
Reeder pointed out in his let
ter that he has warned state hos
pital authorities three times by
letter that Bish "is dangerous
and should be kept under maxi
mum security." The first letter
was written after Bish was or
dered committed to the state
hospital on June 20, 1957, Reeder
said.
The district attorney wrote
that the first time Bish escaped
he "merely walked away." He
was apprehended and returned
and another warning letter writ
ten to the hospital authorities.
The head of the state hospital
has now been warned a third
time, Reeder said. A file of the
correspondence with the hospital
is enclosed with the letter to the
governor,
"I'm informed that when he
escaped recently he was given
ground privileges and just walk
ed away," Reeder wrote.
When people suffer such men
tal disorders, under our laws
they are committed to the state
hospital, Reeder continued.
"I have felt this was the hu
mane and proper thing to do
with mental cases of this type.
However, if the hospital is not
going to assume responsibility
of keeping people in custody I
am almost forced to send per
sons like this to the penitentiary
to protect the public. I urge you
to look into this matter and take
the necessary steps," Reeder con
cluded.
Several Shots Fired
When Chief Sheriffs Deputy
Joe Walsh and Medford Police
man Jack Sanders were chasing
Bish Wednesday evening they
fired several shots to halt the
escapee.
After being notified by Ash
land officials he was headed to
ward Medford, Bish was trailed
onto the road to Little Switzer
land area, where he jumped from
the car. Officers fired several
shots into the ground behind
Bish, who was carrying a rifle,
according to authorities.
On one previous occasion law
enforcement officers fired 12
shots at Bish's car tires to appre
hend him after he was charged
with assault with a deadly weap
on on a warrant by a state police
officer.
Bish was committed originally
after he was arrested for a traf
fic violation. His actions then led
to a mental hearing, Reeder ex
plained. The fugitive was apprehended
early Friday morning at South
Riverside ave. and Barnetl rd.
when city police conducted a
routine traffic check.
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Pre-Election Calm
Settles On
Istanbul, Turkey, OP) A
pre-election calm settled on Tur
key Saturday night despite shrill
Soviet insistence that the ballots
to be cast tomorrow will turn
to bullets the day after.
All interest appeared to be
centered on the presidential and
parliamentary elections today
rather than the ' "war" charges
by the Soviet Union and Syria.
The Soviets have charged that
"immediately" after the election
Turkey will attack Syria.
Indicate No Aggression
So far, the Turkish people and
their leaders have shown no in
dication that Turkey plans any
military action against neighbor
ing Soviet-armed Syria. Most
military leaders have resigned
their commissions temporarily
to stump for candidates in the
leading Democratic and Peoples
Republican Party.
At Gaziantep, Turkey, U. S.
Col. Harvey J. Jablonsky, com
mander of a 20-man U. S. Army
training detatchment, said the
only trouble he saw on the bor
der was an attack last month by
bandits on an American oil crew.
Deep In' Arguemenis
The Turkish people were deep
in internal political arguements
which would be resolved at the
Football
Scores
EAST
Penn si. 20,'Syracuse 12
Navy 35, Pennsylvania 7
Lehigh 40, Columbia 6
Yale 20, Colgate 0
Dartmouth 26, Harvard 0
Buffalo 15, Alfred 0
Dayton 24. Xavier (Ohio) 13
Boston U. 35, Holy Cross 28
MIDWEST
Notre Dame 13, Pittsburg 7 .
Michigan it. 19, Illinois 14
Iowa 6, Northwestern 0
Ohio si. 16, Wisconsin 13
Purdue 37, Miami (Ohio) 8
Indiana 14. Villanova 7
Texas Christian 26, Marquette
7
Michigan 24. Minnesota 7
Kansas st. 14, Iowa st. 10
Cincinnati 7. College of Pa
cific 2
Missouri 14, Nebraska 13
St. Vincent 14. Baldwin-Wal-lac
0
Grinnell 8, Cornell college 6
Drake 21, Bradley 13
Iowa Tchrs 27. North Dakota
20
WEST
Oregon 24, California 6
Washington 19, Oregon st. 6
SOC 21, OCE 19
Utah 23, Wyoming 15
Lewis 8c Clark 19, Pacific U.
14
New Mexico Highlands 41,
Adams St. 13
Eastern Washington 16, Pa
cific Lutheran 0
Washington Si. 13, Southern
California 12
Stanford 20, U-C.L.A. 8
Idaho St. 34. Colorado college
7
Idaho 20. Freeno Si. 6
Central Washington 25, Puget
Sound 7
Pomona 13, Badlands 12
SOUTH
Florida 22, Louisiana si. 14
Florida st. 20, Virginia Tech 7
Army 20. Virginia 12
North Carolina 14, Wake For
est 7
VMI 26, George Washington
20
Mississippi St. 25, Alabama 13
Arkansas 12, Mississippi 6
Georgia 33, Kentucky 14
Citadel 18. Furman 14
SOUTHWEST
Teaxs A&M 14. Baylor 0
Oklahoma 14, Colorado 13
Texas Tech 28, Arizona 6
Marshfield Iff) South
Eugene High school snapped
the long winning streak of
Marshfield Saturday night
with a 9 to 0 victory. Spring
field High came close to break
ing the Pirate siring last week
after a disputed safety was
finally ruled void.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1957
Bur key
polls tomorrow.
The election campaign which
ended Wednesday was based pri
marily on domestic issues. Both
leading parties support the West,
NATO membership and the Eis
enhower doctrine. Their main
arguement is on the methods of
industrializing the country. 1
The Democratic party of Pre
mier Adnan Menderes and Presi
dent Celal Bayar was expected
to, win over the Republican for
ces head by .former President
Ismet Inonu.
The ruling party in parliament
then will pick the president who
will name the premier and cabi
net. Peferson Transfers
To Portland Office
As Area Assistant
Eugene K. Peterson, District
Forester for the bureau of land
management at Medford for the
last 12 years, will be promoted
and transferred to the Portland
area office as assistant area for
estry officer, effective Nov."17,
Area Administrator James F.
Doyle announced today.
At the same time Virgil T.
Heath, Oregon state supervisor,
announced that Ross A. Young
blood, presently district forester
at Coos Bay, will transfer1 to
Medford to replace Peterson.
Boris T. Vladimiroff, who is now
on the BLM forestry staff in
Washington, D.C., will go to
Coos Bay as district forester.
Peterson's transfer to the area
office will strengthen its forest
ry staff in its work in Califor
nia, Oregon and Washington,
Doyle said The area office is
charged with overall supervision
policy formulation, programming
and inspection of BLM activities
in the three states.
Peterson, a graduate of Oregon
State College with a degree in
Forestry started his federal ca
reer with the U. S. Forest Serv
ice in 1937. He joined the Ore
gon and California revested lands
administration at Medford as as
sistant district forester in 1938.
He has been district forester
in Medford since 1944, except
for two years in Roseburg dur
ing World War II.
Saud Drops Efforts
To Mediate Dispute
By United Press
Syria announced Saturday
that Saudi Arabia's King Saud
had abandoned his efforts to me
diate the Turko-Syrian dispute
through personal diplomacy.
The issue now becomes solely
the property of the United Na
tions, which will debate in pub
lic Syrian and Russian charges
that alleged Turkish troop con
centrations on the Turkish Bord
er with Syria threaten Syrian
security and could lead to World
War III.
The U.N. resumes debate on
the issue Monday, following Fri
day's gloves-off speech by U.S.
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge.
Lodge accused Russia of creat
ing an "artificial" war scare
along the Turkish-Syrian border.
323 Cases of Flu
In Jackson County
A total of 323 cases of in
fluenza were reported in Jack
son county for the week ending
Friday, the Jackson County
health department has reported.
Of the total, 238 cases were
reported in Medford, 39 in Ash
land and 46 in Phoenix.
Other communicable diseases
reported last weeks included
four whooping cough in Med
ford, one case of measles in Ash
land, and one case each of scalp
ringworm, scarlet fever, strep
throat, mumps and tuberculosis,
all in Medford,
Plans Now Rushed
For 'Summit' Meet
Of Western Powers
Announcement Set
For Early Next Week
Washington HP) The West
ern Allies, united again by Rus
sian threats, rushed plans Sat
urday for a "summit" confer
ence to modernize their alliance
for the rocket era.
A White House announcement
that President Eisenhower will
attend the mid-December NATO
council meeting in Paris is ex
pected early next week. ,
The NATO standing commit
tee' first must meet and get ap
proval of the 15 member na
tions, for a top-level conference.
Until that formality has .been
completed, the White House and
state department said, there will
be no announcement.
Paul-Henri Spaak, NATO sec
retary general, told newsmen at
Norfolk, Va., that he should be
able to announce the summit
meeting early next week.
Russia's launching- of the
earth satellite, he said, has
"brought NATO nations close
together." He urged a halt in
the reduction of armed forces
pending the top-level confer
ence.
Canadian Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker did not wait
for this, hower. He said in Ot
tawa that he will attend the
"gathering of NATO leaders at
the highest level."
This statement, coming after
the arrival there of British
Prime Minister Harold Macmil-
lan, confirmed diplomatic re
ports that a summit meeting to
reappraise the West's defense
needs will be the next move in
meeting Russia's new challenges.
Attendance of the chiefs of
state would dramatize the re
vived spirit of western unity
in repsonse to Soviet rocket-
rattling.
American officials emphasized
that the renewal of wartime
Anglo - American cooperation
was the historic result of the
Eisenhower - Macmillan confer
ference. Officials said the NATO meet
ing probably will produce agree
ments on defense efforts and
information and weapons shar
ing geared to the age of rocket
missiles. Recent scientifc advances have
virtually destroyed the assump
tions on which western Europe's
defense was based, one official
said.
Hearing Scheduled
On Bus Route Halt
A hearing will be held at 10
a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the
public service building in Salem
on a request from Continental
Pacific Trailways to eliminate
its route through Gold Hill.
The company operates
through Gold Hill on Highway
234. It would maintain its route
on Highway 99 between Port
land, Salem, Albany, Eugene,
Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford
and Ashland.
The company also asked to
eliminate its route along High
way 99E between Portland and
Salem and substitute a route
along the Baldock Freeway. '
Dublin, Ireland (IP) Lord
Dunsandy, one of Ireland's most
renowned men of letters, died
Friday night. He was 79.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fog evaporating
by late morninr. fair this
afternoon and evening, and
arain Monday morning, he
rominr fair Monday after
noon. High today S5. low to
night 42, high Monday 2.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 2
Lowest this Morning it
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
6:38 a.m.
5:12 p.m.
Sunset
Moonset
9:12 p.m.
First Quarter Oct. 30
MARS, soon to be seen in the
morning sky, is now passing to
the east of Spica in the con
stellation. Virgo. Well below
Jupiter, Mars is now only ahout
a brirht as the North Star.
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RELIEVED OF POST Marshal ; Georgi Z.hukov . (pictured
above), Saturday was relieved of his post as Soviet defense,
minister, according to an official announcement Saturday.
Zhukov . was a ; wartime friend ... of President; Dwight D.
...'Eisenhower, , No ; immediate . official explanation of the an
nouncement has been made.
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Orga n izarion U rged
For Basin Promotion
"Immediate organization" of
local people in support of de
velopment of the Rogue Basin
was called for Friday night by
Congressman Charles O. Por
ler. ,
Speaking to a group of some
30 Grange members and others
interested at the Live Oak
Grange hall in Rogue River, the
Eugene representative discuss
ed putting emphasis on the flood
control aspects, and the need for
local support.
"This isn't 'my' project as
much as it is the project of the
people of the Rogue Valley who
will benefit by it," he declared,
pointing out that the bill he has
introduced calling for develop
ment is multi-purpose in object
tive, including not only flood
control but also irrigation, pow
er generation and extensive re
creational benefits.
The congressman gave a quick
survey of the history of the pro
ject, and how when proposed
as "Plan A," it was defeated by
what he believed was an "organ
ized and vocal minority" of the
people, who believed it would
damage recreational values.
The congressman, while point
ing out that detailed knowledge
of the overall benefits would
have to await the outcome of
current resurveys, said he be
lieves the damage it would do
to recreation and fishing have
been overestimated.
He cited numerous experi
ments in the propagation of fish
life, including current ones on
artificial spawning beds, and
stated his belief that, rather than
damaging the Rogue fishery, it
would actually improve it.
"We don't really have a fish
problem, what we have is a fish
erman problem," he said, refer
ring to the opposition of some
fishing and outdoor organiza
tions.
Congressman Porter said his
mail, and his personal contacts
with many local" people, have
convinced him that informed
people in the valley support a
development project by 95 per
cent or better. But he warned
that a complacent majority can
lose its fight for what it wants
and needs.
"A determined and well-organized
minority often can get
its own way, simply because the
majority is "unorganized or apa
thetic,", he said.
Criticized For Bill
He said he had been critic
ized for introducing his $66 mil
lion Rogue development bill
when he did, but explained that
this was done for two reasons:
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first to "get something started"
by talk and discussion of a con
crete proposal, and second, to
give governmental agencies in
volved a means and. a reason to
speed up their work in studying
the project.
During a question and answer
period following his remarks,
the congressman gave a possible
timetable for the project, "if ev
erything goes just as well as it
possibly could." This would have
the surveys now being made by
the, Corps of Engineers com
pleted in July, a public hearing
in August, the public hearings
in the area by members of Con
gressional committee about a
year from now.
If successful, the bill amended
in - conformity with the Engi
neers recommendations, could be
passed authorizing the project
in the session of Congress open
ing in January of 1959, with the
first appropriation bill the fol
lowing year. Construction would
take an estimated two to four
years, he said, indicating that at
the very best it would be 1962
to 1964 before a completed pro
ject would start providing its
benefits.
One questioner, citing thou
sands of out-of-state signatures
submitted on petitions in oppo
sition to the project at the 1948
hearing, asked if these are ef
fective as far as congress is con
cerned. Porter said this depends
on "how they are interpreted."
An eastern congressman, not fa
miliar with the proposal, could
be impressed by the sheer vol
ume of signatures unless some
one is there to point out the fact
that many of them are from peo
ple with no personal interest in
it, he stated.
The congressman left early
Saturday for his home in Eugene.
On Friday, he visited the South
ern Oregon college campus, vis
ited a pear packing plant, and
conferred with a number of con
situtents on their problems. He
probably will not be able to re
turn to Jackson county until the
Easter congressional recess. He
plans to leave for Washington
within the next few weeks.
Swedish Coalition
Gives Resignation
Stockholm, Sweden (W
Premier Tage Erlander's coali
tion government resigned Sat
urday. 1
Erlander, a Social Democrat,
presented his cabinet's resigna
tion to King Gustav Adolf, who
asked the ministers to remain in
a caretaker cabinet until a new
government is formed.
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No. 160
Cops Trace Veapon
Used In Slaying
Albert Anastasia
Police Grill Hoods V
In Marathon Session
New York HP) Police traced
a gun used in the gangland slay
ing of Albert Anastasia to Chi
cago Saturday. The discovery
hinted that the killers were im
ported from Al Capone's old
battle-ground to commit murder
for hire. -
One of the two guns discarded
after the , 55-year-old Lord High
Executioner of Murder, Inc., was
shot down in a barber's chair
was traced to Chicago.
Police worked around the
clock to try to solve the city's
most sensational slaying since
Rubinstein was strangled In his
Fifth Avenue mansion
slayer has not been found.
More than 60 persons, many
of them drawn from a list of
"who's . who" in hoodlumism,
were questioned Friday ' night
and Saturday. .
Underworld czar Frank Cos
tello, c who narrowly , escaped
death from a would-be assassin's
bullet last spring, was at the
top of the list. But true to gang
land code, he refused , to talk.
Police said Costello was ques
tioned for 15 minutes at his home
but "passed hocomment on any
question" put to him about Ana
stasia; who was killed with five
of 10 shots fired by, the two si
lent gunmen in the barber shop
of the Hotel Park-Sheraton.
, Hours of marathon question
ing sessions still left police right
where the started on the two key
questions in the Anastasia case:
Who killed Anastasia and why?
Teamsters Apeal
Lett's Court Order
Washington Ofi , The
Teamsters union Saturday ap
pealed a court order barring
James R. Hoffa from taking of
fice as the union's president.
Union attorneys asked the U.
S. Court of Appeals to throw
out a preliminary injunction is
sued by Federal District Judge
F. Dickinson Letts. They also
asked that the legal dispute over
the union's election be taken out
of Letts' hands.
The lawyers claimed that
Juc'ije Letts has failed to ex
ercise "judicial discretion" and
has abused his powers in issu
ing the injunction.
The 82-year-old jurist granted
the injunction earlier this week
when he . held that Hoffa and
other Teamster officials rigged
the recent Miami Beach, Fla.,
convention which elected them
to office. He acted at the request
of 13 New iYork rank-and-file
Teamster members who claimed
that 80 per cent of the conven
tion delegates were handpicked
to guarantee Hoffa's victory.
The preliminary injunction is
to remain in effect until a hear
ing can be held on whether to
order the union to hold a new
convention and another election.
Mollet Threatens
To Quit Government
Paris " (IP) Premier - Desig
nate Gyy Mollet warned squab
bling political parties he would
quit unless they agreed to his
distribution of cabinet posts by
nightfall.
Mollet sounded the virtual
ultimatum against a background
of increasing public unrest and
resentment over France's worst
political crisis since World War
II.
He called on leaders of the
groups that promised to support
him to meet this afternoon (6
a.m. p.s.t.) in a "make-or-break"
round table conference, at . the
labor ministry building.
Mollet had been expected to
announce his cabinet lineup
Saturday. However, most of the
leading posts were still unfilled
at noon.
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