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GREETING is given China's Mao Tse Tung (left), as he
in Moscow, by Soviet Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev.
arrives in Moscow, by Soviet
Mao will participate in celebration of fortieth anniversary
of Bolshevik revolution. (International).
India Pians To Go
To General Assembly
With Conference Plan
United Nations, N. Y. W-
Indian delegation sources said
today they would go directly to
the General Assembly with their
plan to expand disarmament con
ferences despite western opposi
tion, o
The plan, designed as a "com
promise" between the East and
West, was not presented Wednes
day to the main Political Com
mittee which gave substantial
backing the western disarma
ment proposals.
U. S. Surprised. Pleased
The U. S. delegation was sur
prised but pleased at the top-
heavy vote'.
It also was gratified at the
heavy votes against Soviet pro
posals to expand the member
ship of disarmament conferences
and to call an unconditional
five-year moratorium on the use
of nuclear weapons.
The General Assembly's main
political committee, by a vote
of 57-9 with 15 abstensions, Wed
nesday endorsed the 24-nation
resolution supporting th West
ern disarmament plan worked
out in London this year.
The resolution called on the
12-member Disarmament Com
mission's five-p o w e r subcom
mittee to resume discussion of
it "as soon as feasftle."
Soviet Opposed
Only the Soviet bloc voted
against it. The abstentions came
mostly from the Afro-Asian
group, including India.
Western experts said the 48
vote plurality was the result of
Two Hearings Set
For Council Today
Qrhe Medford city council will
hold two public hearings at its
(7 7:30 p.m. meeting toaay. une is
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a zone cnange uuiu tiasa
single family, to class IIIA. com
mercial, for property on Crater
G Lake highway at Delta Waters
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The (other hearing is on vaca
G tion of an aljey adjacent to and
south of S5ars, Roebuck and
company property at 10th st.
Therouncil also will consider
an ordinance proposing a closed
circuit television system fran
chise in the city, and on a pro
posed amendment to the city or
dinance on firearms. The latter
would make a license from the
police chief necessary before
any firearms could be dis
charged within the city.
Council consideration of the
- city's proposed subdivision ordi-
nance is not expected tonight,
W -according 1 city hall sources.
The proposed ordinance was
discussed at an informal meet
ing of thcouncil and planning
commission recently, and sev
eral relatively ittjnor changes
were suggested.
Date For Argumwits
Set in Nunn Appeal
Oral arguments for the appeal
of the vEilly Junior Nunn mur
der case before the state su
preme court have been sched
uled for Wednesday, Nov. 20, at
2 p.m. in Salem. A. Allan
Frankze, deputy) district at
torney, will present the state's
case.
Nujmj 'was found guilty in
Jackson county circuit court
Aug. 1, 1956. to the first degree
murder of Alvin William Eacret,
14rof Klamath Falls. There was
norecommendation rit leniency
by the jury so h received the
mandatory sentence p&eath in
the gas chamber.
Gal!i0rd launches Crash Program To
Rescue Tottoring Economy of France
Payis (IP) Premier Felix
Gaillard launched a crash pro
gram today to save the French
enconomy with a $600 million
loan from the Bank of France.
He was expected to get ap
proval of his emergency stop-gap
measure from both the National
Assembly and the Senate today.
Gaillard lost no time in secur
ing authorization from his cabi
net to borrow 250 billion francs
(S600 million) from the bank to
meet France's domestic and for
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irffrnilTUn
Party
reaction against Russia's threat
to boycott arms talks with the
West unless more nations par
ticipate. India sought to meet the Sov
iet '"ultimatum" by proposing
that the Disarmament Commis
sion be expanded from 12 to 21
nations.
The United States and France,
in private conversations, turned
the idea down. Britain was luke
warm and was understood to be
willing to talk about adding two
or three nations. Canada was re
ported in favor of it but the four
nations presented a united front
in rejecting it.
Apportionments of
Funds Being Made
Salem Oregon State High
way Engineer W. C. Williams
has been advised by Congress
man Charles O. Porter that ap
portionments are now being
made of forest highway funds
for the fiscal year 1959-60. Ore
gon' allocation is about $4,300,
000. he said.
The figure represents an in
crease of about $173,000, more
than anticipated because of new
regulations establishing the ra
tio for apportionment. The ap
portionment is now made on the
basis of 75 per cent for the area
and 25 per cent for value. The
previous basis was 50-50.
It is anticipated that funds be
ing apportioned will be allocat
ed to various sections of the
forest highway system in Ore
gon before the end of the year,
Williams said.
At least one highway project
in southern Oregon, the Medford-
Klamath Falls highway by way
of Lake of the Woods, may well
be benefitted from this alloca
tion of funds, it is believed here.
Final decision on its inclusion
in the forest highway program
is scheduled for the near future,
according to reports from Salem.
Radar Equipment
To Be Discussed
A proposal to secure radar
speed checking equipment for
the city will be discussed at a
meeting of the Medford Safety
council Friday noon at the Jack
son hotel.
Police department representa
tives will attend to answer ques
tions regarding the merits of
radar in reducing the toll of ac
cidents caused from speeding
and to discuss various types of
equipment available.
Other business will include a
report on the Southern Oregon
Safety Fair scheduled Nov. 16
in the National Guard Armory
here. William Bell, of the state
industrial accident commission,
program chairman for the Fair,
will give the report.
Those planning to attend the
luncheon are asked to telephone
Miss Josephine Swayne, SPring
2-6504 for reservations.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
Dow-Jones final slock aver
ages: 30 industrials 438.91, up
3.09; 20 railroads 108.55, up
0.98; 15 utilities 64.97, up
0.01. and 65 stocks 148.03. up
0.92. Sales today were about
3.510.000 shares compared
ilh 2.550,000 shares Thurs
day Portland OP) The 62nd an
nual Oregon Wool Growers con
vention opened here today.
eign obligations. Approval was
given at the first meeting of the
cabinet following Gaillard's in
vesture by the National Assem
bly early Wednesday.
The Assembly planned to vote
on the stop-gap loan this after
noon. The Senate then will meet
to confirm the ratification.
With the pressing financial
problem out of the way, Gail
lard will be able to turn his full
attention to other priority legislation;
52nd Year
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Eisenhower Urged
To Be Frank in
Science Address
Humphrey Urges
Congress Be Called
Washington (IP) Congress
men of both parties urged today
that President Eisenhower tell
the nation frankly in his radio
television address tonight where
the United States stands in the
missile race with Russia.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D
Minn.), a member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
said "much more is needed" than
Radio-TV Highlights
President Eisenhower's ad
dress on science and security
tonight will be heard over
station KMED (1440 kc) and
KWIN (1400 kc) at 5 p.m..
over KYJC (1230 kc) at 7:30
.p.m. and over KBES-TV at
8 p.m.
a 'generalized pep talk by the
President." He urged Eisen
hower to summon a special ses
sion of congress.
Sen. John Keeney (D-Mass.),
another member of the Foreign
Relations Committee, demanded
that Eisenhower "tell us square
ly where we stand" and with
hold the "pious beatitudes of
faith and hope."
The president is expected to
give as frank an appraisal as pos
sible, within the bounds of se
curity, of this country's current
missile progress and to call for
new programs to increase scien
tific and engineering manpower.
But it was not known whether
he would announce any dramatic
new scientific achievement to
take away some of the propagan
da edge gained by Russia with
its two Sputniks.
Rep. Walter Rogers (D-Tex.)
said the President should "let us
know what the score is. . .if we
have slipped behind the Rus
sians, the sooner we know it, the
better.
Among Republicans, 10 first
term GOP House members sent
a telegram to the President say
ing: "The people want and must
have the facts about our missile
program and the effect the Rus
sian achievements have on our
national security."
Ask Ike To Give Facts
They called on the Chief Exec
utive to lay the facts "on the
line regardless of how serious or
unpleasant these facts may be,"
Rep. Henry S. Reuss (D-Wis.)
commented that "the time is past
when the President can get by
with generalities." He said Ei
senhower should "tell the people
what we are up against and the
sacrifices we are going to have
to make."
A similar view was taken by
House Speaker Sam Rayburn.
He said in a statement issued
from his Bonham, Tex., home
Wednesday that Americans are
"troubled and distressed" by re
cent world events and "feel cer
tain that Russia has taken the
leadership in science and espe
cially in the ballistic missile
field."
County Tax Payments
Taper Oil Slightly
Payment of county taxes has
tapered off slightly, according
to tax officials today Lines were
reported earlier this week in the
tax department at the county
courthouse, but today not wait
ing was reported.
A steady return of the some
33,000 county tax statements
mailed out last month was also
reported being received by mail.
Deadline for payment is Nov.
15. If payment is made before
then a 3 per cent discount will
be given, officials reminded res
idents. Renewal of emergency pow
I ers to fight the rebellion in Al
! geria.
A recovery act designed to
give the French executive wide
authority to intervene in the na
tional economy.
Passage of a new revised
"home rule" bill for Algeria.
If these measures can be
pushed through the parliament,
the government is expected to
open a drive for constitutional
reform and revision of the elec
toral laws.
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High Court Upholds
Refusal to Dismiss
Five Indictments
D'Autremont Case
Opinion Is By Lusk
The state supreme court Wed
nesday upheld a Jackson coun
ty circuit court refusal to dis
miss five indictments pending
against Hugh D'Autremont.
D'Autremont was convicted
on a sixth indictment for first
degree murder' following the at
tempt by him and his brothers
to rob the mail car of a Southern
Pacific train in a Siskiyou tun
nel south of Ashland Oct. 11,
1923. The first degree murder
charge carried the recommenda
tion for life imprisonment.
D'Autremont's two brothers,
Ray and Roy, were permitted by
the court to enter pleas of guilty
to second degree murder on one
of the outstanding indictments
and be sentenced to life in the
state penitentiary. This was done
with the agreement by the three
D'Autremonts that they would
spend the rest of their natural
lives in the penitentiary and
that the remaining outstanding
indictments against them would
not be prosecuted.
The indictments would be kept
pending to assure that each of
the three men would spent the
rest of his life in the peniten
tiary and thus- not .be eligible
for parole consideration.
Hugh this year claimed the in
dictments have been used to pre
vent him from receiving consid
eration for parole.
The brief for appeal by the
state was prepared by Deputy
District Attorney Allan Franzke.
D'Autremont's attorney is Ber
nard Kelly, Medford.
The opinion was written by
Supreme Court Justice Hall S.
Lusk.
Business License
Hearing Postponed
The hearing for Richard G.
Shafer, 60 North Quince st., who
is charged with conducting busi
ness without a license at Shafer
Electric shop, 142 North Front
st., was postponed in municipal
court this morning pending court
action on a similar hearing on
which briefs were submitted
Tuesday.
Shafer is one of three Med
ford businessmen charged with
conducting business without a
license. City officials indicated
that the hearing for M. J. Olsen,
Arnold lane, owner of Tick-Tok
Time shop, 34 North Bartlett
st., will be postponed. The hear
ing is scheduled Tuesday.
Briefs were filed by the city
and Ray DeMarrs, 708 West
Second st., owner of Ray's Bar
ber shop. 139 North Central ave.,
on Tuesday.
At the arraignment of the
three men DeMarrs said he did
not mind paying the license fee
but felt the ordinance was un
constitutional. A third brief was
filed in the DeMarrs hearing
Tuesday by Jeannette Marshall
who represents a group of Med
ford businessmen who believe
the ordinance is unconstitution
al. Crash in Fog Fatal
To Eugene Man, 20
Corvallis (IP) A Eugene
man was killed 10 miles south
of here today when his car crash
ed into the rear of a school bus
stopped on the highway in dense
fog.
Bobby Jess Helton, 24, of Eu
gene, was pronounced dead on
arrival at a Corvallis hospital.
None of the 20 children aboard
the school bus was hurt.
Police said Helton was en route
to Corvallis where he was em
ployed as a ticket clerk at the
Greyhound bus depot. The
school bus had stopped to pick
up two children and was just
starting up when Helton came
upon it from the rear in the fog.
He swerved to the right and
struck the rear of the bus. His
car was badly smashed.
ME
SDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1957
4GDXDUsly AwCSltS
Mck
Chins
Basic School Support
Bill Passes House,
Sent To Gov. Holmes
Salem (IP) Debate on House bill 1. amended to cut slate in
come-taxes 30 per cent instead
Oregon Senate this afternoon.
Up to noon, 10 senators had
hour and a half of debate.
The Democratic bill originally called for a 10 per cent lax
cut as it passed the House.
Salem (W The House today
concurred in Senate amend
ments to the $10 basic school
increase bill and sent it to the
governor for signature.
Vote on the measure was 48-7.
Seven of the negative votes were
cast by Republicans and two by
Democrats.
The h.ill raises basic school
support from $95 to $105 per
census child. Senate amend
ments put the extra $10 in a
property tax offset fund so that
100 per cent of it would be used
for property tax relief.
Duncan Sees Further Work
Opposition to the bill was cen
tered in Portland and- smaller
eastern Oregon districts.
' Rep. Robert Duncan, Medford
Democrat, said the bill was about
the best that could be enacted
during the special session. He
said that further work could be
done on the school apportion
ment formula during the regular
1959 session if all were not satis
fied with it.
Duncan said that under the bill
every school district in the state
would receive a flat grant of
$11.88.
Rep. Allen Tom, Rufus Repub
lican, said the bill would not act
ually reduce taxes as it was de
signed to do. He also maintained
that because of the formula of
Woman Suffers First
Degree Burns in Fire
Opal L. Silva received first
degree burns on her hands and
face in a flash fire about 6:10
p.m. yesterday in a trailer house
at 833 West Jackson st., city
firemen reported.
Firemen who gave her first
aid said that the pilot light on
a gas oven had been on and the
door closed. The oven was turn
ed, on but did not ignite until
the door was opened, they re
ported. The injured woman was
taken to Sacred Heart hospital
for treatment.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudi
ness through Friday with
chance of a few light show
ers mainly in mountains. Low
tonight 35. High Friday 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday-.. 59
Lowest this Morning 27
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise - :52 a-m-
Sunset 4:58 p.m.
Moonrise 5:13 p.m.
Last Quarter Nov. 14
. VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, sets 6:03 p.m.
Venus, low in south
west 6:39 p.m.
Jupiter, rises 5:00 a.m.
Mars, rises 5:58 a.m.
(Late in January Saturn will
be seen near Mars)
Tribune
eft T
Up
of 10 per cent continued in the
spoken on the lax measure in an
distributing the money, all tax
payers in the state were not
treated alike.
Negative Votes
Voting against the measure
were Republican Reps. Robert
Bennett, Shirley Field, John
Goss, Graham Killam and Fred
Meek, all of Portland; Stafford
Hansell, Athena; and Tom,
along with Democrats Emil
Stunz, Nyssa, and Katherine
Musa, The Dalles.
The bill was one-half of Gov.
Robert D. Holmes' taxs reduc
tion package along with a bill
to reduce state income taxes 10
per cent.
Local Orchardist
Dies From Injuries
La Grande (IP) Rupert James
(Jim) Henry, 39. well known
Medford orchardist died early
today from injuries suffered In
a fall from a third story window
of the Grande Ronde hospital
here, police reported.
Authorities said Henry, a pear
orchardist, had been admitted to
the hospital Monday. Attendants
said he appeared very nervous
Wednesday night and that a
nurse had checked him 10 min
utes before a second man in the
ward summoned her at 10:45
p.m. She found the window and
Screen open and Henry was
found on the ground outside.
He died at 12:10 a.m.
Police said a note was found
in his effects.
Mr. Henry had been on a
hunting trip in eastern Oregon,
according to friends here. The
family home is at 1883 Cunning
ham ave. Survivors include a
wife, Lorraine, and a son, R. J.
Henry Jr. Mr. Henry was owner
of Sunnycliff orchard.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Perl funeral
home.
Dog in Sputnik II
Claimed Still Alive
London HP) Radio Moscow
said tonight that the dog in Sput
nik II is still alive.
The broadcast, quoting the of
ficial Soviet Tass news agency,
said:
"Surface telemetric equipment
continued registering the main
physiological functions of the
animal, observations of solar and
cosmic rays, and data on the
temperature of the surface and
inside of Satellite II.
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No. 170
AAini
Moscow Silent
As Speculation on
Attempt Continues
No Apparent Attempt
During Eclipse of Moon
London (IP) Will they do it?
The whole world wondered
whether the Russians would try
to fire a rocket to the moon to
day in celebration of the 40th
anniversary of the Bolshevik
revolution.
There was no comment from
Moscow which displayed today
Bulletin
Washington (W The De
fense Department Research
and engineering chief said to
day that the Russians now
are capable of launching a
man-carrying satellite.
a wealth of new rocket weapons
including field artillery rockets
50 to 60 feet long. But still the
world waited.
There also has been specula'
tion the Russians might already
have fired a rocket timed to hit
the moon with a hydrogen bomb
during an eclipse earlier today.
They apparently hadn't.
The New York Herald Tribune
quoted Soviet United Nations
delegate Arkady A. Sobolev as
telling a guest at a U.N. recep
tion Wednesday night in New
York Russia hoped to send a
rocket to the moon today.
Eclipse Televised
And the National Broadcast
ing Company televised the
moon's eclipse and was ready
to show the blast of any lunar
explosion.
In Washington Sen. Styles
Bridges (R.-N.H.) proposed the
appointment of a "missile and
satellite program coordinator"
to eliminate waste and duplica
tion and regain leadership in
the field.
Reports poured In from
around the world of new sight
ings of Sputnik II and with
them fanciful reports of myster
ious lights in the sky, of myster
ious objects flitting through
space and mysterious objects
falling to the earth.
Soviet scientists have stated
throughout the week they had
the capability of sending a
rocket to the moon with new
superfuels but they have steered
clear of outright predictions.
Moon Launching Soon
Dr. Fred L. Whipple, director
of the Smithsonian Astrophysi
cal Observatory at Cambridge,
Mass., predicted that either Rus
sia or the United States would
launch a sub-satellite to circle
the moon within a very few
years. One of Britain's top scientists
differed with the predictions.
He was Prof. Richard V. Wooley.
Britain's astronomer royal and
head of the Royal Greenwich
observatory.
"Why keep on filling kids'
minds with nonsense?" he asked.
"Getting to the moon just isn't
a feasible project in the near
future."
Automobile, Truck, House
Trailer Involved in Crash
An automobile and a log
truck collided on Highway 62
about four miles south of Pros
pect, state police reported. There
were no serious injuries.
According to police, an auto
mobile driven by Warren Dale
Govenor, 22, Prospect, was hit
by the log truck when the car
swerved to avoid hitting vehicle
stopped to make a left turn into
Nina's Cafe parking lot.
A passenger in the automobile,
Gladys Opal Govenor, Prospect,
received , a bump on her head
and a leg cut, police reported.
The truck with loaded trailer,
operated by Clarence Hedgepeth,
Trail, was traveling north when
it hit the automobile near the
right front door, knocking it
backwards through a fence into
'Mystery' Rocket
Included Among
Various Weapons
Western Observer
'Thunderstruck'
Moscow (IP) Soviet Russia
paraded its new armed might
through Red Square today, in
cluding a "mystery" rocket
which an informed American ob
server said he believed was an
intercontinental ballistic missile
(ICBM).
The official Soviet Tass news
agency commented indirectly on.
the huge 60 to 75 feet long
rocket, saying:
"Models were shown at the
parade of new types of artilJsry
weapons based on the principle
of jet propulsion. Jet artillery
and rocket artillery moved along
the square.
Have Necessary Rockets
"The artillery has been re
placed by rockets. We now have
all the necessary- rockets, long
range, medium range and short
range. The ICBM has been cre
ated. The country has a right to
be proud of its sons who created
and mastered such weapons."
The American, who cannot be
identified further, said he had
seen an American ICBM al
though it was under wraps with
a covering on it, and that the
configuration of the Soviet ver
sion was. almost exactly the
same.
Many New Weapons
He said he was "thunder
struck" that the Russians had
shown it in public.
Other Western observers be
lieved that the mystery rocket
was a single-stage ' overgrown
version of the World War II
German V2.
They believed it probably was
a rocket of intermediate 1,500
mile range.
The mystery rocket was hur
ried through Red Square as part
of a wealth of secret new weap
ons displayed in ceremonies
commemorating the 40th anni
versary of the Bolshevik Revolu
tion. Observers also noted a huge
200 millimeter cannon which
was believed capable of firing
an atomic shell similar to the
U. S. Army's "Atomic Annie."
The hour-long parade was the
longest since the war.
Top Dignitaries Present
The thousands watching In
Red Square were joined by the
top dignitaries of the Commu
nist world including Mao Tse
Tung of Communist China,
Wladyslaw Gomulka of Poland
and Ho Chi Minh of Communist
North Viet Nam.
Malinovsky, a former Czarist
sergeant who replaced Marshal
Georgi Zhukov as defense minis
ter, spoke from a terrace above
the Lenin - Stalin mausoleum
flanked by Soviet Communist
Party leader Nikita S. Khrush
chev and other members of the
Presidium.
Pea-Soup Fog Hangs
Oyer Northern Oregon
By UNITED PRESS
A soup-like fog smothered aJe)
and marine traffic from Vancou
ver, B.C., to Roseburg, Ore., to
day and highway traffic moved
with difficulty in some areas.
Portland International Air
port halted operations at 10:25
p.m. Wednesday but some flights
were able to clear through the
suburban Troutdale airport. Still
other flights were diverted to
Pendleton, Yakima and Spokane
where passengers were put on
trains and busses. Visibility was
zero, ceiling zero at nearly all
points west of the Cascades.
Several ships were fogbound
in the Willamette and Columbia
river and river pilots said some
ships were even unable to make
harbor moves in Portland.
Roseburg HP) In Roseburg,
citizens have refused to include
the Russian word Sputnik in.
their vocabulary. Here they refer
to the new space satellite as
"Little Orbit Annie."
a driveway.
The truck continued out of
control, police said, when the
front bumper became wedged
against a front wheel. The truck
went off the highway, knocked
down 50 feet of fence and tore
through a portion of a parked
house trailer before running into
a ditch and turning over. The
house trailer, owned by David
M. Chandler. Prospect, was un
occupied at the time of the ac
cident. Police said tSte right side
and transmission of the auto
mobile were damaged. The ex
tent of damage to the log truck
was not known.
Govenor was cited by state
police for failing to operate
on the right side ol the highway.