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iBMBT SIMMS BEP88T IF .SPACE MM iftoque Bill Chances Colled Slim By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The Rogue River public works bill, intro duced at the end of the last session of Congress in August, will probably be the most important single piece of leg islation affecting the Medford area in the upcoming session which opened today. Chances of the bill becom ing law during this session are slight. But hearings on the issues involved are expected to be held in order to bring the proposed development closer to the point of legisla tive action. Rep. Charles O. Porter (D- Ore.), sponsor of the bill, said he will press the government departments for reports of their views on developing the Rogue river for maximum flood control, irrigation and hydroelectricity. Would Share Project His bill would have the Bu reau of Reclamation and the Army Engineers share in the project, each building those facilities appropriate to their particular concern the bu reau with its concern for irri gation, the engineers with their concern for flood con trol. Sen. Wayne Morse has told Congressman Porter that he will sponsor a similar bill in the Senate. But Sen. Richard L. Neuberger has indicated he will keep a hands off attitude until he has a better chance to study the issues involved. The Rogue river project has been made controversial by the' criticism of sports fishing Interests who contend that dams, especially a high dam at Lewis creek, will be detri mental to the migratory fish runs and damage the recrea tion potential of the Rogue river basin. Neuberger is gen erally solicitous of the views of those seeking to protect migratory fish and wildlife. Another bill which will have wide local interest is the proposal , of Sen Neuberg er to prevent mining patent ees from getting title to timb er located on land they have staked ostensibly for mineral production. This issue was raised in the Al Sarena case, where the Alabama company that was granted patents in Rogue River national forest has since been selling the val uable timber on the land but not producing any minerals Neuberger's big problem would probably be getting any action on such a bill, for the chairman of the Senate In terior Committee Murray of Montana is usually out to promote the interests of the mining industry. The in dustry has in the past oppos ed the idea inherent in Neu berger's proposal, and similar bills have always died in com mittee. Another controversy will continue to boil over what to do about the Klamath In dian reservation and its $100, 000,000 pine forests. Neuberg er wants the government to Police to Receive New Patrol Wagons Medford police will start re ceiving six new patrol station wagons about Jan. 10, accord ing to officials. They said the department would receive about one car per day as the change-over of radios, lights, and other equip ment is completed. An un marked car will be delivered about the first week in Febru ary, officials said. Two Cushman scooter-type vehicles will be - delivered to the department for meter use about the first of the month. Hillary, Fuchs Feuding Over Future Course of British Expedition Across Antarctic Continent London (IP) Officials in England and New Zealand took sides in an apparent feud between Britain's Dr. Vivian Fuchs and New Zea land's Sir Edmund Hillary over the future course of the British Antarctic expedition. Suggests Quitting The London tabloid Daily Sketch summed up the situa tion in a headline: "One Hell uva Row Over Fuchs, Hil lary." The row broke out when Hillary radioed to Fuchs a suggestion that Fuchs call off isasiin buy it to assure sustained yield management, but theJ Interior Department report edly will recommend that pri vate companies be allowed to purchase it. Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. and International Paper Co. are both interested in the prospect of buying that timber. Against Porter's Idea Congressman Porter is planning to push his idea for easing the tight money condi tion for housing mortgages, as a stimulus to the lumber industry. His idea is. to have $1 billion from the railroad retirement fund "invested" by the retirement board in government - insured FHA mortgages. However, the Treasury Department has come out against the idea as "inflatinnanr " A . -. - j . Possibly second only to the debates over defense matters, this Congress is expected to have many a fight over funds for public works when the an nual appropriations bills come up. President Eisenhower is expected to reduce funds for many reclamation and power projects, and rule against most new projects, to trim civilian spending. Democrats are expected to take a "if Rus sia can ilo it, we can too" line in defense of continuing fed eral river development. Out come of this may determine the level of funds for such ongoing projects as the Talent division. Control of Space Vital, Johnson Tells Democrats -Washington- IIP) Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson asserted today that the nation which controls space will gain "total control over the earth." The United States must win that control, "for the service of freedom," he said, or Rus sia will exploit it "for the purposes of tyranny." Call for New Talks Johnson made the state' ments at a meeting of Senate Democrats shortly before the 85th Congress, its attention focused on the arms race, opened its second session He also issued an implied call for a new peace or dis armament talks with Russia: "The conference table is more important now than it ever has been, and we should wel come to its chairs all men of all nations." The Texas Democrat blamed President Eisenhow er's emphasis on a balanced budget for the U.S. lag in the space weapons race with Rus sia. Must Control Space Budget considerations have "again and again reappeared as the prime limitation upon our scientific advancement," Johnson said in briefing fel low Democrats on his Senate Prepardness Subcommitee's missile-satellite investigation. Johnson termed control of space an "ultimate position" much more important than any single weapon. "Our na tional goal and the goal of all free men must be to win and hold supremacy in outer space, he said Bulletin Munich, Germany (IP! The Communist Albanian radio said tonight Albanian planes had forced a U. S. Air Force jet plane down on Albanian territory today. his attempt to make the first crossing of the Antarctic con tinent, a suggestion that came after Hillary had made his own headline -making dash from Scott Base to the South Pole. Regarded As Challenge Fuchs clearly regarded his chief lieutenant's message as a challenge to his authority, and replied he would go through with the journey. He was backed up by the London- headquarters of the Com monwealth Antarctic Expedi tion to which both the Brit ish and New Zealand parties President Briefs Republicans on Coming Messages Ike Visions Better Year Economically Washington IP) The sec ond session of the 85th Con gress plunged headfirst today into the greatest issue before its survival of America in the age of space. Before the new session con vened at noon, President Ei senhower briefed House and Senate Republican leaders on the program he will present to , Congress Thursday for combating "Communist .im perialism." Sounds Warning At about the same time. Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson sounded a warning that the nation which controls space will ex ercise "total control over the earth." The President began his of ficial day by attending spec ial prayer service for the new session of Congress. Then for two hours he went over with his legislative leaders his forthcoming State of The Un ion and Budget messages. The President was quoted as forecasting that 1958 will be a better year economically for America than 1957 was. Says Challenges Met Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland said after the White House con ference that the State of The Union Message will be a state ment of "the position of the United States today and how to meet the threat of Com munist imperialism." Knowland gave this impres sion of the program to be presented - to Congress: "I believe that the recom mendations being made by the President of the United States will meet the challenges that confront us in the world to day." Await President's Message The new session scheduled no major business for its first day. A number of committee investigations already were rolling or projected. Several bills were introduced. Three new House members took their seats. But Congress was marking time until Thursday to hear what the President proposes in his State of The Union Mes sage. Again the nation was con fronted with government con trolled on the executive side by Republicans and on the congressional side by Dem ocrats. Knowland said that in this context "we should put the interests of the country above narrow partisan interests." He hoped the basic issues would not be subject to carp ing criticism." Speaking for Senate Dem ocrats, Johnson said the new session of Congress faces many grave issues besides the battle for space supremacy. ."However urgent these mil itary problems may be we are faced with the unchang ing problem of building a strong country, not a strong military force alone," John son said. Montgomery , Ward Strike May Spread Chicago OP) Members of the Retail Clerks Union, on strike against three Montgomery Ward and Co. stores across the nation hinted today the strike may spread. Spokesmen for the clerks said the walkout was called Monday because negotiations with management of the retail and mail order firm had reached an impasse. are attached. U. S. Rear Adm. George J. Dufek, leader of the Ameri can Deep Freeze operation, announced he had cancelled plans to meet Fuchs at the U.S. South Pole station. "I've got no work to do there and anyway things are getting too hot around that area," he was quoted. Suggestion Supported New Zealand's Prime Min ister Walter Nash supported Hillary's suggestion that Fuchs abandon his "fool hardy" attempt to lead the first overland trek across the j i . i Price 10 14 Pages Macmillan Goes On Tour Despite Cabinet Crisis Treasurer, Two Aides Quit Posts London (IP) Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan left to day on a six-week common wealth tour despite a stagger ing Cabinet blowup over the Treasury's demand for cuts in welfare state socialism. He turned the other cheek to an the opposition Labor party, expected triple onslaught from the opposition Labor party, his own Conservatives and world financial circles and left a caretaker in charge of the shaken Cabinet. Stock Market Effects The cabinet crisis and the resignation of Chancellor of the Exchequer Peter Thorny croft and two aides had an immediate effect on the stock market when it opened this morning. The exchange was dumb founded and trading was para lyzed while dealers waited to see how the pound sterling stands up to the disclosure the .government had split over financial policy. In the first hour ol trading the foreign exchange market was unsettled. Sterling lost ground all arourid, with the spot on the New York - rate 532 lower at 2.81 332. It had closed Monday at the highest rate since 1954. , Thorneycroft resigned with two Treasury ministers be cause Macmillan would not sanction a $140 million cut in the new fiscal year's budget. The cut would have been at the expense of Britain's cradle-to-grave welfare system. The resignation hit the un suspecting British public without warning and British newspapers termed it a "sen sational blow" to the Conser vative government. Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Labor party opposition, launched an immediate attack on the Conservatives. "The Tory government is visibly crumbling," he said. The Prime Minister . . . leaves behind him a confused Cabinet and a divided party. Surely the time has come for a change . . . there is only one answer Mr. Macmillan's gov ernment must go." Macmillan Optimistic Macmilan nevertheless pre sented an optimistic front when he boarded his plane for a 38-day tour of Asia and the Far East. He told newsmen the Cabi net crisis, apparently the worst since Suez, "is now re solved and the government is going forward quite firmly upon its path." Copco Again Plans Seeding for Snow Klamath Falls (IP) Cloud seeding in an effort to provide an increased snow- pack over some 1200 square miles in Klamath and Jack son counties has been ar ranged again this year by California Oregon Power Company. The area extends north and south some 60 miles from Lake of the Woods to Copco's Toketee Falls power plant and is about 20 miles in area east and west. The work is being, started this month and the weather modification pro gram will end about April 30, whole of Antarctica. Nash said he was convin ced Hillary, the conqueror of Mt. Everest, would, at no time do "other than, the correct thing and the best thing for all parties concerned." Long Way To Go Hillary reached the South Pole Friday and became the first person to make the over land trip since 1912. Fuchs, slowed by treacherous ice crevasses, still had about 300 miles to go at last report and then another 1,200 miles to reach Scott Base on the oppo- site side of the Antarctic, O' v.c MEDFORD, 'Maybe You'd Better Start Out With A Funny Story" Postal Receipts at Medford Office in 1957 Show Increase Postal receipts at the Med ford post office in 1957 show ed a gain of $10,750 more than the receipts of 195 6, Postmaster Moore 11 Hamilton announced today. Receipts for the calendar year 1957 were $576,027, compared to $565, 277 for the previous year. The Three Crashes Are Reported in City Medford police reported three accidents in which one person was injured and three citations issued Tuesday morning. The accidents were caused by cars sliding on icy roads, they said. Eileen Madge Doherty, 803 West 11th St., Medford was treated for a sprained wrist at Sacred Heart hospital after a car she was driving was in volved in a collision with a car operated by William How ard Naylor, 3499 New Ray rd., Central Point, at Fifth and Bartlett sts., about 7:50 a.m., according to police. Po lice said Naylor was cited for failure to maintain proper lookout. ; George William Theis, 1905 Orchard Home dr., was cited for failure to maintain proper lookout after a truck he was driving was involved in a col lision with a truck operated by Joseph Heinzer, 347 North Second st., Central Point, at South Riverside and Stewart aves., about 7:10 a.m. today, police said. Heinzer was cited by police for no Oregon driv er's license. Cars operated by Elmer Al len Hicks, 1308 Mount Pitt ave., and Don Eugene Vassey, 1424 South Whitman st., were involved in a collision at West Main and Orange sts., at 7:45 a.m. today, police said. They said no citations were issued. Two Men Arresled After Man Robbed Two Medford men, arrested on charges of robbery, have admitted, in a signed state ment, to assaulting and rob bing Earl Elton Jones, 58, of Trail, about 12:45 a. m. today behind the 90 and 9 Tavern, 1234 South Riverside ave., ac cording to Medford police. Police said David Lee Wade, 25, of 1014 East 11th St., and Stanley Carlton Schoen, 21, of 936 Grant st., were lodged in the county jail. They were arrested about 1 a. m. in the Timber room, 3 South Riverside ave., police said. City police said Jones was leaving the 90 and 9 when he was knocked down and robbed of the contents of his pockets. Jones was treated and released at the Rogue Val ley hospital for lip cuts, police added. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1958 1957 receipts were the high est on record, he noted. The increase, according to the postmaster, was due to a' general increase in volume of business, and not to rate increases. Mailing Volume Mailing volume during the Christmas season was slightly larger than in previous years, but was handled with less ef fort because of the coopera tion of the mailing public, Hamilton said. Early mailing and spnaratine and Tvinrilinff , i -tiers anH rards makp it. Tins- ! sible for the post office -to j handle the mail at a greatly reduced cost The district manager in Portland reported that the Medford office has the lowest man-hour cost for the amount of mail handled of any of the 10 larger offices in the dis trict. The report shows the Med ford office has a cost of 88 cents per 100 equated pieces of mail, the department's method of determining effi ciency. Other offices run as high as $1.15, the report showed. The ratio of revenue to ex pense for the Medford office was 386 per cent, compared to as low as 127 in other post offices. Two Youths Fined In District Court Two youths and -one 19-year-old girl, all of Jackson county, pleaded guilty in dis trict court yesterday to charges involving liquor and were each fined $25 plus costs. Appearing were Patricia M. Day, 19, of 417 King st., Med ford, illegal possession of in toxicating beverage; Gary Wilber Hadsell, 20, illegal pos session of intoxicating bever age, and a 16-year-old Med ford boy, drunk in a public place. A 16-year-old Medford boy was arrested Saturday outside the county courthouse by sheriff's officers on charges of being drunk in a public place. However, after appearing in district court Monday, he was given time to get an attorney. Myrna Mae Lillie, 19, of Central Point, and Glenda Gene Morris, 18, of 220 South Grape st., were both arrested Saturday night by sheriff's of ficers at a Jacksonville dance hall with the others, and are scheduled to appear in district court tomorrow, sheriff's offi cers said. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York flP Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 447.79, up 5.23; 20 railroads 103.28, up 0.89; 15 utilities 69.82, up 0.50; and 65 stocks 150. 48, up 1.54. Sales today were about 2,220,000 shares compared with 2,500,000 shares Monday. Tribune IKE WILL ASK SOIL BANK END Washington (IP) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said today the administration will ask Congress to abolish the controversial soil bank plan of paying farmers for taking certain crop land out of production. Benson told a news confer ence the President will recom mend that Congress terminate the acreage reserve program at the end of the 1958 crop year. But he said the adminis tration will seek approval of a stepped-up conservation re serve program. Under Criticism The acreage reserve pay ments already have come un der strong criticism from Con gress. The House voted last year to kill the plan, but the Senate voted to continue it. The two houses compromised by agreeing not to appropri ate more funds for it after this crop year. Critics of the plan assert that the acreage reserve has failed in its purpose of reduc ing crop production substan tially. Farmers have grown more on fewer acres by using improved production ' tech niques. The conservation rgserve, which has been more favor ably received by congress, differs from the acreage re serve in these important re spects: Four Vehicles Are Involved in Crash Icy road conditions resulted in at least one four-car acci dent just outside Medford this morning, state police reported. Cars operated by Melvin Don Sweet,- 40, of route 1, box 479, Talent; Eugene Hen ry Boalman, 38, of 693 East Valley View, Ashland; and William Arthur Richey, 18, of route 1, box 24, Talent; and a truck driven by Gordon Billy Nichols, 29, of 303 North Fir st., Medford, were involv ed in an accident at the Stew art ave.-Highway 99 junction about 6:55 a.m. today. Police said all three cars were stopped at the traffic signal. The truck approached, applied its brakes, and sua into Richey's vehicle, pushing it into the Sweet car. The truck swerved into the Boal man car, which was in the left turn lane. The other vehicles were in the inside northbound lane, police said. Richey told police he was going to a hospital for a check up. Police said no citations were issued. Fire Destroys Barn On Kirtland Road Central Point Fire de stroyed an onion storage barn owned by Wilton Whitel Kirt land rd., about 4:52 p. m. Monday, causing an undeter mined amount of damage, ac cording to the Central Point Rural Fire department. The department said the fire started when an oil stove overheated. The department, out on another call, arrived at the fire as flames burned through the roof, officials said. The fire was kept under con trol but the building and con tents were destroyed, firemen added. , White said about 200 sacks of stored onions, 1,200 gallon tanks, a hoist and pump were lost in the fire. WEATHER FORECAST: Fog in valleys, otherwise variable high clouds through Wednesday morning. Fog clearing Wed nesday afternoon. Chance of occasional light rain In mountains Wednesday. Low tonight 26. High Wednes day 40. Temp. Highest yesterday 33 Lowest This Morning 25 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise .... 7:41 a.m. Sunset 4:55 p.m. Moonrise 7:40 p.m. Last Quarter Jan. 12 MORNING STARS Mars, rises 5:35 a.m. Saturn, rises 6:12 a.m. lupiter. due south .. 6:52 a.m. In a few weeks Mars will be seen quite near Saturn. 52nd Year No, 221 Farmers must put crop land taken out of production into grass or trees or convert it to other conservation uses. They must work with the land rather than getting gov ernment payments for doing nothing as under the acreage reserve. The conservation reserve is a long - range operation, whereas the acreage reserve operates on a year to year basis. t The conservation reserve is open to all farmers; the acreage reserve, only to those growing basic crop eligible for federal price support. County Receipts 1 Per Cent Less In First 6 Months County government miscel laneous receipts for the first half of the present fiscal year totaled $2,152,305.29, County Treasurer Karl Janouch has announced. The total is 12.26 per cent less than was collected in the tirst six months last year, when $2,453,100.76 was col lected, he said. Receipts from the state were 4.63 per cent less; from the federal government they were 15.58 per cent less; while county offices, including dis trict and justice of peace courts, contributed 20.8 per cent more than what was col lected in the same period last fiscal year. Principal Loss Janouch said the principal loss in state receipts was in the motor vehicle fees and li censes, which were $4,029.12 less than last year. The loss in receipts from O and C re ceipts amounted to $329, 865.02. A total of $1,671,279.19 was paid out for county govern ment expensees during the first six months, Janouch noted. This is $216,413.43, or 14.88 per cent more than was paid out last year. The treasurer's office col lected $6,401,942.06, includ ing taxes, in the past six months. This, added to the balance on hand July 1, 1957, made a cash acount of $8, 988,807.22, Janouch said. The cash account was cred ited to schools, 45 per cent; county, 41.5 per cent; cities 6.6 per cent; irrigation dis tricts, 4.4 per cent; fire, water and sanitary districts, 1.3 per cent; and individual organiz ations, 1.2 per cent. The cash account for the first half of this fiscal year was .8 of one per cent less than last fiscal year, he said. Brooks Farmer Files For Congressional Post Salem (IP) Don Metheny, Brooks farmer, has filed for the Democratic nomination for Congress, from the 1st con gressional district. Metheny, 45, ran for the same nomination two years ago, but was defeated by Ja son Lee, Salem Democrat. Establishing Service in CP Establishment of foot car rier and city " motor vehicle route carrier service at the Central Point post office has been delayed until Feb. 8, Medford Postmaster Moore Hamilton announced today. The delay in numbering residences along roads in the area resulted from illness and the Christmas rush, he said. Home numbering is again progressing, he said, and should be completed well be fore Feb. 8. Several roads in the Cen tral Point area have been given permanent names, and the addresses to be given pa trons will be a road name and number where the city motor Possibility of Failure Hinted Through Rumors Russian Officials Join in Skepticism By UNITED PRESS An official of the Soviet Committee for Cultural Re lations said in Moscow today that "as far as we know, it Washington (IP) The While House said today it does not know whether re-. ports of a Russian manned rocket flight are "true or not." "We have no knowledge of the truth of these stor ies," Press Secretary James C. Hagerty lold reporters. Hagerty persisted in his Refusal to comment on tha reports "because I don't 1 know whether the story is true or not." is not true" that Russia has launched a rocket containing a man. "If it is true, it will be pub lished," he said. The committee is a Soviet clearing house for press in formation. Skepticism about the rumors, which began cir culating in Moscow Monday, also was expressed by a spokesman for the secretariat of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Science. Attempt May Have Failed The possibility seemed to remain, however, that some such attempt might have been made and failed. In Washington, officials said the U. S. Embassy in Moscow had not even relayed the rumors to the State De partment. The Central Intel ligence Agency in Washing ton labeled the story as com pletely unconfirmed. United Press correspondent Henry Shapiro reported from Moscow that Western diplo mats were inclined to dismiss the whole thing as "uncon firmed rumors by foreigners." Reports Monday night, un confirmed by any official source, said the Soviet Union, had sent a man 186 miles in to space and brought him back alive. Today the Russians, usually not reluctant to boast ef scientific achievements, con tinued their silence. Moscow Radio, usual outlet for im portant official news, and the newspapers failed to mention the report. World scientists viewed the rumors with reserve and said "remarkable if true." TJ.S. Received Reports Informed sources in Wash ington said the Joint Chiefs of Staff received word ot tne Moscow rumors several hours before they were made public The reports came from Cen tral Intelligence agency, the informants said. Ike Asks Money For Space Missiles Washington President El senhower today asked Con gress for an additional $1,260, 000,000 'to develop space mis siles and strengthen defense of the Strategic Air command. The money would be in ad ditional appropriations for the current fiscal year ending June 30. The President sent his re- f quest to Speaker Sam Ray burn. The White House said the extra money would send the total defense budget for this fiscal year to $38,900, 000,000. 1 The President asked; for the additional money to accelerate and expand missile develop ment, build "dispersal and alert facilities" for the Stra tegic Air command, and bring a number of new scientists in to the government. Carrier Delayed vehicle route carrier service will be established. The old rural route "and box number will be abandoned. Hamilton said ome addresses in areas a distance from Central Point will retain the rural route ad dresses until such time as the city motor vehicle route serv ice can be extended. A representative from the county engineer's office and one from the post office will call at each residence to give the new number, and written information will . be left in each case so there will be no cause for misunderstanding, Hamilton said. The Centrol Point post of fice was incorporated into the Medford system recently.
