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Sefense Chiefs
ihe To liscuss
Satellite Plans
Washington IP President
Eisenhower confers with his de
fense chiefs today, presumably
on plans for speeding U.S. missile-satellite
research. The meet
ing followed an official admis
sion this country cannot hope to
catch up with Russia soon in
earth satellite development.
The President scheduled a late
afternoon meeting with Defense
Secretary Neil H. McElroy and
. Deputy Defense Secretary Don
( aid A. Quarles.
'Purpose Not Announced
While the purpose of the meet
ing was not announced, it was
expected to deal with plans for
feeding U S. missile and satel
lite work.
Quarles said Sunday night out
er space control is going to be
"increasingly important and I
think that we must undoubtedly
move energetically into this
area."
Asked whether this country
would be "up with" Russia by
March when the first fuly in
strumented U.S. satellite is
slated fori aunching, Quarles re
plied: "I would expect we will not.
Dog Aboard Sputnik
Generally Believed
Dead, Moscow Says
London (IF Moscow dis
patches said today the space dog
aboard earth satellite Sputnik II
was generally believed to be
dead.
United Press Correspondent
Henry Shapiro said Moscow sci
entific circles believed the little
dog' had been given a sleeping
draught, to .make death painless
'tit the power supplies failed
Vboard the satellite.
'Eternal Sleep'
The Italian Communist organ
pskiyous Combed
for Car Thieves
Q search is underway by state
police officers in the Siskiyous
for two men who stole an auto
mobile in Medford during the
night and abandoned it early
this morning on Highway 99,
two miles south of Blue Star
Memorial park.
Q The 1957 automobift was dis
covered by state police at 2:24
(a.m. parked on the shoulder of
the highway with the front dOors
open. Officers believed that the
occupants had left the vehicle
only shortly before as the motor
was still warm.
The car is owned by Curtis
Butterfield, 813 Minnesota ave..
Bedford. It was left parked at
his residence Sunday evening
with the car keysoin the igni
tion, police said. It was reported
that approximately S500 worth
of antibiotics were in the car
,t the time of the theft. Reports
Uvere not available whether the
contents was still intact when
the car was discovered.
The search this morning, po
' lice said, was centered in the
Southern Pacific railroad tun
nel number 13 area where sev
eral strangers were reported
seen early today.
County Jail Death
Results in Autopsy
An autopsy has been sched
uled for Tuesday, according to
sheriff's officers in an attempt
to determine the cause of death
of James Vear Spicer, 44, of
319 Jeanette st., who was found
dead in the Jackson county jail
Saturday afternoon.
The man was lodged in the
county jail Friday evening on
charges of issuing a false check,
officers said, by the Medford
city police. Spicer is reported to
have a previous police record
involving similar charges.
Wreath Laid at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
In Last Rites
Arlington, Va. OB Wreaths
v,cre to be laid at the tomb of
the Unknown Soldier in Arling
ton National Cemetery today in
the last Veterans Day ceremony
honoring solely the dead of
World War I.
Bv next Nov. 11. remains of
unknown soldiers of World War
because I would expect they
would do other things in the
meantime along this general
line." He did not elaborate.
Quarles said, however, he did
not consider Russia's space ad
vances as serious a threat to U.S.
security as some leading Ameri
can scientists and rocket experts
claim.
He also said this country has
rockets as powerful as the mis
sile apparently used by Russia
to launch its second Sputnik,
and predicted the two coutries
will not be far apart in attaining
"operational capability" of "very
long-range" ballistic missiles.
Ahead In Electronics
He said the United States is
ahead of Russia in military elec
tronics, atomic weapons and
much of its aviation.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles was due back this after
noon from a "working vacation"
at his Duck Island, Lake Ontario,
retreat. He was expected to have
ready a tentative blueprint for
following up the President's call
for wider military-scientific co
operation with the nation's Free
World allies.
l'Unita which previously report
ed Laika had been poisoned said
later the animal had been given
a sleeping draught and is now
"sleeping an eternal sleep."
The Stockholm Communist
daily Ny Dag said today many
persons in Moscow believed La
ika had landed in Russia but had
not yet been found-by search.
parties. It reported an "extreme
ly strong interest in Laika s fate
in Moscow."
The belief Laika was dead was
generally confirmed by a Mos
cow announcement the "medical
and biological observations had
been completed" and that obser
vation now would be by sight or
by radar.
Energy From Sun
Moscow said last week the dog
would live only as long as radio
signals were emitted from Sput
nik II.
Today's official Soviet Comm
unist organ Pravda meanwhile
hinted the Soviets were working
on a satellite which would pick
up energy from the sun.
One of the exhibits at the cur
rent Moscow industrial exhibi
tion is a solar transistor. Pravda
said scientists were "perfecting
techniques wherein this will
serve as a powerful instrument
for extraction of electricity by
the satellites.
The Moscow correspondent of
l'Unita also said the value of ex
periments on the space dog
would have been more valuable
"if it had been possible to re
move Laika, but this was prac
tically impossible to fulfill."
Man Admits Slaying
Of Teen-Age Girls
Dayton, Ohio OP) A 31-year-old
father of four surrendered to
police Sunday after the bodies of
two teen-age girls he murdered
tumbled from his auto.
Police said Robert Crites
phoned from his mother's home
and told them of the shooting and
where the girls' bodies could be
found.
The victims were identified as
Mrs. Deanna Jean Fouch, 16,
separated from her husband, and
Beverly Eldred, 17, both of Day
ton. Crites told cheriff's deputies
that he killed the two because he
"didn't know how to get out of
the mess." ,
He said he had promised to
marry Miss Eldred but was in
love with Mrs. Fouch. Crites said
he was "afraid" his wife would
find out about the affair.
Solely For War I Dead
II and the Korean war will have
been laid to rest alongside the
World War I unknown.
Gov. Joe Foss of South Dak
ota, a Medal of Honor winner
and a World War II and Korean
war ace pilot, was to be in
troduced by Maj. Gen. Melvin J.
Maas, USMCR (ret.).
Veterans Administration chief
52nd Year
Medford
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Eisenhower 'Fine'
After Checkup
At Walter Reed
To Speak Wednesday
At Oklahoma City
Washington (IP) President
Eisenhower today completed his
overnight medical check-up at
Walter Reed Army hospital and
pronounced his own condition
as "fine."
Before returning to the White
House for lunch, the President
stopped to greet a group of medi
cal consultants to the armed
services.
The President was escorted
out of the hospital by Maj. Gen.
Leonard D. Heaton, the Walter
Reed commanding officer; Maj.
Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, the
White House physician, and
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty. Says He Feels Fine
As he came down the hospital
steps a reporter asked, "How do
you feel?"
"Fine, fine," Eisenhower re
plied. The President ' entered" the
hospital Sunday afternoon for
his first full scale physical
examination since October, 1956.
Larson's presence at the hos
pital this morning was not ex-,
plained, but he is assisting in
preparation of a speech Eisen
hower will make Wednesday
night at Oklahoma City as part
of his "chins-up" campaign to
bolster confidence in U.S. scien
tific and military strength.
Eisenhower was scheduled to
confer late this afternoon at the
White House with Defense Sec
retary Neil- H. McElroy and
Deputy Defense Chief Donald A.
Quarles presumably about the
stepped-up missile and satellite
program.
He also planned to take time
out to see an old friend from
Abilene, Kan., Charles A. Case,
and his son, Charles Jr.
Eisenhower went to Walter
Reed Sunday after taking his
grandson, David, to services at
the National Presbyterian
church.
Planners To Meet,
Discuss Ordinance
The Medford planning com
mission will consider suggested
changes in the proposed subdivi
sion ordinance at a meting in the
city council chambers at 7:30
p.m. today.
The suggestions were made at
an informal meeting of the coun
cil and commission on Oct. 30.
The changes are relatively
minor, according to city hall
sources.
Other items on the commission
agenda include reviewing a ten
tative plat of the Earhart Park
subdivision and a zone change
request from class IB. single and
two family, to class VI, heavy in
dustrial, in several lots in the
Narregan addition at Clark and
Cedar sts.
The commission will also con
sider a zone change request from
class IA, single family, to class
V, light industrial, for property
south of the intersection of Crat
er Lake highway and East of
Biddle rd. An offer by the Med
ford school district to dedicate
the extention of Siskiyou blvd. is
also on the agenda.
Autopsy To Seek Cause
Of Truck Driver's Death
The Dalles (IP! An autopsy
was scheduled today to deter
mine the cause of death of a
Portland truck driver whose
body was found near his truck
this morning off the Warm
Springs Junction highway about
nine miles north of Madras.
Wasco County Coroner Ken
neth Libby identified the man
as Max A. Hutchens, 48, of Port
land. Libby said it appeared that
Hutchens had died of natural
causes.
Harvey V. Higley was chairman
of a joint committee of all vet
erans organizations sponsoring
the Arlington program, highlight
of Veterans Day ceremonies
across the nation.
The ceremonies marked the
first appearance of the new Air
Force Academy's 120-voice
choral group.
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Movements Call
For Emergency -Cabinet
Session
Unrest in Jordan
Continues To Grow
By UNITED PRESS
A new war scare swept through
Syria today with reports of large
scale Turkish maneuvers along
a wide stretch of the border.
All Syrian army units along
the border were alerted. The
Syrian cabinet held an emer
gency session after midnight.
The Foreign Office in Damas
cus said Turkish troop massing
took place at four points' on the
frontier early today.
Troops Move in Dark
The points were said to be in
the general area of Bab El Hawa
north of Aleppo. Extensive troop
movements were said to have
been carried out under cover of
darkness.
The Syrian Foreign Office said
an estimated 300 Turkish ve
hicles including tanks were seen
moving along the border through
the darkness of early morning.
Villages and border posts on the
Turkish side of the frontier were
reported blacked out.
The maneuvering of troops
and vehicles was said to have
lasted several hours. No inci
dents were reported. .
'"Informed sources in Damas
cus said it appeared the Turkish
military activity was related to
reported growing unrest in Jor
dan, where there was said to be
more outspoken opposition to
King Hussein.
The reported Turkish "show
of strength" was felt in Damas
cus to be a veiled warning to
Syria not to interfere in Jordan.
Students March
Officials in Damascus said
they had no intention of inter
ferring with Jordan's affairs.
Meanwhile, some 5,000 Pales
tinian Arab students and school
children marched through the
streets of Damascus today chant
ing anti-Hussein slogans, includ
ing "Hussein must go" and "Hus
sein is a traitor."
Three Children Found
Hanged in Home
Toronto (IP) Three little
girls were hanged in the base
ment of their fashionable home
today. An infant sister, found
barely alive, was rushed to a
hospital and revived.
Police charged their mother,
Mrs. Melville O'Donohue, 30,
with murder.
Dead were Maureen, 4; Eileen,
3; and Kathleen, 2. Mary Jo, six
months, was. hanged with her
sisters but was revived by arti
ficial respiration.
The children were hanged
with ropes tied to cellar beams.
Police said artificial respira
tion was applied to all four after
their bodies were cut down but
only the youngest, apparently
hanged last, responded. Doctors
at the Toronto hospital for Sick
Children said Mary Jo was still
in serious condition.
Benson in Portugal
En Route To Paris
Lisbon, Portugal UP) Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben
son arrived here today from Ma
drid for an 11-hour visit to Port
ugal before leaving for Paris.
He was accompanied by his
wife and two daughters, and five
members of the Department of
Agriculture.
WEATHER
Forecast Considerable cloudi
ness through Tuesdav with
occasional rain beginning late
tonight or Tuesday. Low to
night 42. High Friday 52.
Temp.
Hiehest Yesterday 52
Lowest This Morninr - 2
Prec. to 4 a.m. Today 10
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 6:47 a.m.
Sunset 4:54 p.m.
Moonrise 8:41 p.m.
Last Quarter . Thursday
Saturn sets earlier each eve
' ning and will soon be lost in
the rays of the setting sun. It
will return as a morning star
late in December, appearing be
low Mars.
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Turkish Troops On
"Never Mind About Already Having A Book"
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1.92 Inches
Dumped on
Willamette
By UNITED PRESS
The Oregon Coast and the Wil
lamette valley were struck by a
storm overniglit that dumped
1.92 inches of rain on Brook
ings and around half an inch on
Willamette valley points.
The storm had power com
panies hopping to maintain ser
vice. Parade Highlights
Veterans Holiday
A large number of spectators,
lining the streets of downtown
Medford, viewed the parade at
11 a.m. today which formed the
highlight of Veterans' Day activi
ties here.
The parade followed a vete
rans' breakfast at the VFW hall
and included marching groups of
various local veterans' organiza
tions, the Medford High school
and junior high school bands,
men and equipment from head
quarters and Headquarters com
pany of the National Guard Unit
and the Army, Navy and Air
Force color guard.
Also in the parade were the
Eagles and Auxiliary drill team,
Girl and Boy Scout groups, the
Medford Trail Riders and others.
The parade started at civic cen
ter park and went east on Main
st. to Bartlett st., returning on
Sixth st.
Parade chairman M. A. Bene
ka expressed his appreciation to
the various groups participating.
A dance in observance of Vet
erans' Day is scheduled for 7:30
p.m. today at the Central Point
Legion hall.
Schools were closed for the
day, as were most city, county,
state and federal offices. But
business continued much as
usual, with most stores and re
tail establishments remaining
open.
Musas Accuse Holmes
of 'Missing the Boat'
Salem OP) Sen. Ben Musa
and Rep. Katherine Musa, the
husband and wife Democratic
legislative team from The Dalles,
today accused Gov. Robert D.
Holmes of "missing the boat in
his Sunday TV speech when he
accused some of those who dif
fer with him of political dis
honesty." "If the governor wanted to be
honest with the taxpayers," the
joint statement said, "He should
have suggested a reduction in
the 1955 surtax rates to the ex
tent of fiscal safety; rather than
increase the 1955 rates and then
discount the higher rates with
the intent of fooling the people
that they got a whopping tax
cut from this special session."
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of Rain
Brookings;
Soaked
Newport registered .74 of an
inch of rain. Portland had .39,
Eugene .48 and Roseburg .63.
Hot Line Falls on Roof
. In Portland a hot line fell on
the roof of Mrs. Robert McfcDon
ald's home and cut off light and
power, in the area.
Stucco blown from a nearby
apartment punched a hole in
the roof of Refrigerating and
Power Specialties in Portland.
The wind howling down the
Columbia gorge blew a rooster
through a window of the Trout
dale Security bank. Multnomah
county police, investigating a re
ported "break-in," found the
rooster in fine feather, except
for minor cuts on his legs.
The Portland weather bureau
said periods of rain and wind
would continue through the
week, with a succession of Pa
cific storms dumping two to
three incheferof rain on the area.
Two Youths Held
On Weapon Charges
Two 1 5 - year - old Medford
youths were arrested on charges
of carrying concealed weapons
Sunday evening, according to
city police.
Police said the boys were ar
rested on a citizen's complaint
signed by Lester Wayne Mar
shall, 19, of L. B. star route, box
230, Eagle Point. Several lengths
of chain and a pocket knife were
in the youths' possession when
taken into custody, according to
police. '
Police said Marshall and Mary
Alice Colley, 18, of 1063 Court
st., were in the Greyhound bus
depot trying to make a phone
call Sunday evening, when one
of the boys attempted to get
into the phone booth with Miss
Colley. She shoved the boy out
of the booth, police said. '
Marshall and Miss Colley then
left the depot, police were told.
The boys followed and when
Marshall turned .around, the
boys held a knife and a length
of chain, as they advanced, he
told police.
A police patrol passing the
group noticed the incident and
stopped. The -boys were ques
tioned, and Marshall told the
officer he wanted to sign charges
against the youths. They are be
ing held in the Jackson county
jail pending action by juvenile
authorities.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York IIP) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 in-
. duslrials 434.94, up 0.82; 20
railroads 107.48, up 0.29; IS
utilities 64.84, off 0.01; and
65 stocks 146.86, up 0.25.
Sales today were about 1,450,
000 shares compared with 2,
140,000 shares Friday.
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No. 173
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March
Committee Still
Seeks Compromise
On Tax Reduction
House Takes Recess
After Motion Fails
Salem (IT) Gov. Robert D.
Holmes put his signature to
day on House Bill 2 raising
slate basic school support
from $95 to $105 per -census
child.
The signing took place on
the first day of Oregon's ob
servance of Education Week.
Salem (W The second con
ference committee trying to find
a compromise on Oregon's tax
reduction needs started work
again at 11 a.m. today.
The committee has been work
ing since last Friday afternoon
on amended House bill 1 which
provides for a 30 per cent re
duction in state income taxes.
Democrats were understood to
have agreed to a cut of between
15 and 20 per cent.
House Meets Briefly
The House met for just 20 min
utes today and recessed util 2
p.m. after a motion to take Sen
ate bill 11 from committee fail
ed. The bill, sponsored by Sen.
AndrewNaterlin. .Newport Dem
ocrat, cuts ' the tax on shrimp
from 3-4 of a cent per pound to
1-1 0th of a cent. The bill pre
viously passed the Senate.
Other House action saw veto
ed Senate bill 470 laid on the
table. It would expand functions
of the state police bureau of
criminal identification and pro
vide for forwarding fingerprints,
photographs and daily crime re
ports from local police agencies
to the state police.
Accident Victim
Leaves Hospital
Carol Ann Heavilin, 20, of 33
South Front st., was released
from Rogue Valley hospital Sun
day afternoon after being treat
ed for a concussion and bruised
leg suffered in a Sunday morn
ing accident, according to city
police.'
Police said Miss Heavilin was
a passenger in a car operated by
Leslie Richard ' Combs, 21, of
route 1, box 387, Talent. Combs
suffered a cut lip in the acci
dent, police said.
Police said Combs apparently
fell asleep at the wheel . of his
car and the vehicle hit a car
owned by Ralph Carl Moore,
816 South Riverside ave., which
was parked on South Riverside
ave. near Boyd st. The Combs
car then struck a telephore pole,
according to police. Both cars
were heavily damaged, police
said.
Senate Passes Bill
For Court Building
Salem -JlP) After an hour's
argument today, the state Sen
ate by a 17-13 vote, passed a
bill directing the state Board
of Control to prepare prelimi
nary plans and estimates of cost
of a new Supreme Court build
ing in the Capitol Mall.
Such information would be
ready for presentation to the
1959 Legislature.
'Character Assassins' Get
Blame for Space Race Lag
Welch, W. Va. (IP) Former
President Harry' E. Truman
charged today that one of the
main reasons this country lags
in the earth satellite program is
that "character assassins" drove
many leading scientists out of
government service.
No Reason for Lagging
In an address prepared for a
Veterans Day program here, Tru
man said, "there is no reason in
the world why the Russians
should be ahead of us in this
satellite program."
"It is all because of the at
tacks that were made on some
Hope Fading Any
Of 44 on Board
Will Be Rescued
Explosion in Flight
Possible Explanation
Honolulu (IP) Searchers
checked out a series of fruitless
clues to the missing Pan Am
erican Stratocruiser "Romance
of the Skies" today. Hope was
fading that any of the 44 on
board the plane would be found
alive.
There was considerable specu
lation as to the plane's fate, most
of which centered on the possi
bility that an explosion was re
sponsible for its sudden and my
sterious disappearance.
Radio Contact Lost
Earlier 36 planes and 23 ships
pressed the third day's search in
good weather. The aerial search
was spearheaded by 11 Navy
WV2 Super Constellations jam
med with radar gear.
Radio contact was lost nearly
72 hours ago after a regular,
routine check-in near the point
of no return between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu leading some
officials to theorize the craft
exploded in the air.
Admitting directors of the vast
air-sea search for the 44 surviv
ors had many theories to ex
plore, Capt. Sam Read, chief
press information officer at
Pearl Harbor, said the explosion
theory is receiving the priority."
Pan American revealed at San
Francisco the huge double-deck
ed Boeing craft had three separ
ate power systems, including an
emergency generator which
could operate radio, lights and
some instruments, even if the
others went out suddenly.
No Explanation
But the airline spokesman had
no explanation for the failure of
the Honolulu-bound flight to ra
dio a distress message on its reg
ular or emergency power supply-No
debris or authenticated ra
dio signals were turned up after
more than 60 hours search bol
stering the theory the plane met
its fate suddently and myste
riously. "We just do not know what
happened to it," the PAA
spokesman said. "To speculate at
this point would serve no pur
pose. Once we get something
concrete to go on we'll give out
the information."
Officers at search headquar
ters here believed a fuel explo
sion could have downed the
plane, but admitted they had no
real evidence to go on.
Ample Power Supply
Pan American said its Strato
Cruisers have a "split" electrical
system based on six generators,
two each on the inboard engines
and 'one each on the outboard
engines. Either side of the sys
tem located in the lounge area
amidship, can carry the full load
of power for the plane's instru
ments and lights.
State GOP Asks Time
To Reply To Holmes
Salem IIP) The Republican
State Central Committee today
protested to KION-TV, Portland,
that Gov. Robert D. Holmes,
"Report to the People" program
Sunday was biased. '
The Republicans asked for
equal time to answer the gov
ernor's report on the tax reduc
tion compromise now being
sought in Salem.
"A simple report of the action
of the Legislature in its handling
of his 10 per cent tax reduction
plan as contrasted with the Republican-backed
bi-partisan plan
for a reduction of 30 per cent
would not have been objec
tional," the Republicans wrote
to Program Director Ted Cooke.
"Gov. Holmes, however, did
not merely make such a report.
He requested that Oregon citi
zens appaly pressure to Repub
lican legislators in order to facili
ate passage of his 10 per cent
program," the central committee
said.
See story on Page 10)
of our great scientists," he de
clared.
Speaking before some 1,200
persons after taking part in a
Veterans Day parade, Truman
said he was addressing his. re
marks to the American Legion,
which sponsored his visit here.
He has been an active Legion
member for many years.
100 Per Cent Americanism
Truman saia the "100 per cent
Americanism" to which the Le
gion is pledged includes "protec
tion of freedom of speech . . . the
right of people to say what they
think regardless of how much
we may disagree with them."
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