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iritis Air tastes;. At Least 27 rair :oses; Salem HP) Slowly improv ing lumber operations and mild weather have combined to ease downstate Oregon's heavy unemployment slightly during the past month, the State Unemployment Com pensation reported, today. However, an increase of nearly 5,000 in the Portland area lifted the total seeking work to 75,000 highest num ber si-iis the cold winters of 1949 aT&l 1950. Coastal areas made the best showing during the first 52nd Year 26 Paget Anti-Communist Junta Establishes Sumatra Republic Tokyo (IP) A junta of "young colonels" and former political leaders proclaimed an anti-Communist Indonesian republic on the island of Su matra today. The proclamation was read by Lt. Col. Achmad Hussein over Radio Bukittingi. The junta, wigry at what it termed the pro-Communist policies of President Sukarno and the Djuanda government at Jakarta, set up its own rev olutionary regime at Bukit tingi, historical capital of In donesia's struggle for inde pendence against the Dutch. Radio Reception Poor The proclamation was is sued by Hussein. Reception of the radio announcement at Singapore, 290 miles north of the rebel stronghold, was poor. But a spokesman for Lt. Col. Vjente Sumual, East In donesia rebel leader, who was in Tokyo on a secret mission for the Sumatra government, told the United Press 'this means a revolutionary gov ernment has been formed." Earlier, Indonesian rebels said in Manila that Sukarno's government plans to us Com munist arms and Japanese money to crush the rival re gime on Sumatra. Public Hearings Set by Council Two public hearings are on the agenda for the Medford city council at its 7:30 p.m. meeting today. One is on vacation of D'Anjou st. between Spruce and Cherry sts. and Spruce st. from an alley to D'Anjou st. in the Central subdivision. The other hearing is on con struct' of a water main on Siskiyou blvd. from Modoc ave. 1,020 feet east. Also on the agenda is con sideration of a ordinance amending the closed circuit television ordinance to clarify bonding provisions. An ordinance amending the traffic code requiring vehicle operators to maintain a prop er lookout also will be con sidered. Several other items also are on the agenda, including calling for bids on the sale of water main bonds, calling for bids for construction of the Siskiyou blvd. water main, and approving a contract with the University of Ore gon bureau of municipal re search for urban planning. " Medford1i Ample Supply of Wetcr Forecast in Rogue Area Rogue and Umpqua water sheds will have ample water supplies for irrigation this spring and summer if moun tain snow continues to accu mulate normally the next two months, according to W. T. Frost, snow survey supervisor for department of agriculture. Soil Conservation service and Oregon agricultural experi ment station. Snow cover is less than usual in the middle elevations but the soils in this zone have been well primed. Water content of snow at 13 snow courses is 120 per cent of the 1938-52 average and 164 per cent of last year. Most snow courses below 4500 feet elevation have less than month of the year, but the number of active jobseekers continued well over figures recorded a year ago. The metropolitan four county area counted 30,700 persons without work against 22,300 at last winter's peak. Downstate had 44,300 un employed, comparing with 41,500 in early 157. Many sawmills and logging operations w e t e re-opened after year-end shutdowns, but about 15,000 from this indus try were filing claims, slight MEBfQftD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1958 FACE TO FACE After 10 Orient, Commoek?e . M. Erman, of the President Cleveland, and Captain Joseph Co (left, of the President Wilson, get together on the bridge of the latter vessel in San Francisco. It was the first face-to-face meeting for the two American President Lines skippsi. who, heretofore, had only seen each other through btiifitklafs Pacific. , . 1 : FCC Commissioner Tells of Rejecting Check as Improper Washington OP) Federal Communications Commission er T. A. M. Craven rejected a check from a broacast in dustry group because he be lieved it was not proper for him to accept the Money, it was learned today. The check was aeat to Cra ven to pay him for his hotel expenses at a industry con vention he attended Ti a speech. Craven's actioa contrasted with those of that TCC mem bers, including CHifman John C. Doerfe, Tho have Police fet Second Patrol Vehicle Medfocf police report they acceti delivery on the second t tws "Jeep" scooters for rote jptrroi on Wednes day afte-Rooa. Th fist srewte ai put into operation last Friday afternoon. Polica reported the two units will have ths police department ieeals installed Friday afternoon. At the pres ent time ne plans Have been made for installation of radios, officials said. Red lights So th ehiel will b installed -when re ceived. Tht tcooters bow have siren, polica aA&tA. Delivery on thi rive mavked police station vtw till tart Tii day. normal snow water amounts, he said. The four Rogue watershed reservoirs ' hold less water than last year at this date but are well above average. Emi grant was reported spilling on Jan. 27 in anticipation of ade quate flow later for final fill ing, he added. Average flow is forecast for all streams in the watershed area. The April-September flow on the Rogue above Prospect is forecast at 325,000 acre feet, which is 103 per cent of average. Flow of the Rogue at Ray-' gold during January, when some flooding occurred in the Grants Pass area, was 159 per cent of the 1938-52 average. ly fewer than a month ago. Payment for January broke all records with $6,884,704 going out in 200,801 weekly checks. The monthly total was S2 million higher than the former high of $4,801,113 for January, 1950. Washington (IP) More job less Americans are collecting unemployment benefits than ever before and the total is expected to climb further, the government disclosed today. years and 180 crossings to the their ships passed in the aeeepted industry fees for making speeches and per mitted industry groups to pay their hotel and travel bills. President Eisenhower told e news conference Wednes day federal law permits mem bers of federal regulatory commissions "to take rea- o n a b 1 e honorariums" for speeches or presentations to trade associations. A House subcommittee staff report charged Doerfer with accepting . industry-paid ex penses and charging the gov ernment for the same ex penses. Doerfer has defended his actions as legal and proper. . Washington ttB A Justice Department official said to day it was "customary and permissible" for government officials to accept travel ex penses from organisations which request them to appear oj speakers. But he said he knew of no instance where department of cials also claimed the same expenses from the govern ment. The official. was asked for the department's position in the light of charges brought against Federal Communica tions Commission Chairman John C. Doerfer. Highway Commission Opens Project Bids " Salem (IP) Bids on eight projeeta totaling more than S3 million were opened by the State Highway Commission toere today. ' Biggest project vas J. 93 miles of grading on the Ore gon Coast highway about five miles north of Brookings. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with oc casional rain and gusty southerly winds tonight. Partial clearing and show ery Friday. Warmer to night with low 43. High Friday 52. Temp. Highest Yesterday 49 Lowest this Morning 38 Our Skies Toniqht Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 01 Sunrise 7:20 a.m. Sunset 5:31 p.m. Moonrise 9:00 p.m. Last Quarter Feb. 10 At moonrise tonight Cassio peia, will be sinking in the northwest and Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) will be ris ing in the northeast. The Bowl of the Dipper is now above the Handle. imiploymeinrS Hioinit A Democratic senator intro duced legislation to increase the benefits. The Labor Department said in testimony published today 2,779,000 persons were draw ing unemployment insurance under state programs in the week ended Jan. 4. The fig ure was almost 400,000 higher than the previous peak in January, 1950. The department told the House Appropriations Com mittee the total was expected to rise to 2,900,000 this month Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 247 French Police Quiz Extremists On Explosion Paris (IP) Police ques tioned more than 20 right wing extremists and Alger ians today in an effort to find out who planted a bomb that exploded in the National As sembly building Wednesday night. A small fire was started when the bomb blew up in a washroom and one whole wing of the ancient "Palais Bourbon" was without heat ing today. The explosion touched off political indigna tion throughout France. Business as usual went on inside the chamber this mor ning, and police guards were withdrawn around noon. The group questioned today included members of the ex treme right-wing party head ed by Jean-Baptist Biaggi, a former war hero and once an attorney for Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Biaggi's avowed aim is to destroy the Fourth Republic. Police did not question him but swooped down on mem bers of his "Revolutionary Patriot Party" in their homes. Biaggi, a veteran of the Indo-Chinese fighting, founded his party last Autumn. It in cludes a large number of French youths. French papers speculated the bomb may have been set off to mark the anniversary of the great rightwing riots of Feb. 6, 1934. Corvallis Urged for Air Traffic Center Washington! (IP) Rep. Wal ter Norblad (R-Ore.) proposed Corvallis, Ore., as a site for a proposed test center of auto matic air traffie control de vices. The center is to be built by the Airways Modernization Board, an agency created by President Eisenhower in the interests of air safety after the collision of two airliners over the Grand Canyon two year? ago. Norblad said ha has learned that Corvallis and three other sites remain from 1600 origi nally considered by the board. He urged selection of the Oregon site because it offered an idle World War II airfield, the scientific and engineering and research facilities of Ore gon State College, and a SAGE (semi-automatic ground environment) installation at nearby Camp Adair. It was expected the pro posed center would employ some 250 persons. Breadline Forms in Steel Community t Lorain, Ohio (IP) The first bread line since the de pression days of the 1930s formed today at City Halls in this recession-hit steel town where one of every nine residents is receiving unem ployment checks. Day-old bread contributed by bakeries in the city was passed out to members of the 175 families on the relief rolls and to other families strug gling to survive on compen sation checks. The city's largest employer, National Tube Division of U. S. Steel, already has furlough ed 2,500 workers and plans 2,000 more layoffs. Last week 1,650 new claimants were added to the 4,000 already on unemployment compensation rolls. Jbs and then start a moderate downward movement in March. To take care of this "emer gency" the department asked Congress for an extra $76,- 400,000 to defray rising costs of its employment security program between now and July 1. Sen. John F. Kennedy (D Mass.) offered a bill to boost the size of unemployment benefit payments to meet the threat of recession. CHESTER WENDT Announces Intentions Chester Wendt to Seek Reelection As Commissioner Chester K. Wendt, Jackson county commissioner, today announced his intention to file for reelection to that posi tion on the Republican ticket. Wendt is completing a four year term. He first assumed his present office on Jan. 1, 1955. . ' " 'A native of Jackson county', Wendt and his wife live on a dairy farm on the Old Stage rd., north of Jacksonville, where . he raises pure-bred Guernseys. He has one daugh ter, Mrs. Lon Skinner, Med ford, and one son, Warren C. Wendt, an engineer for Con vair Aircraft company, San Diego, Calif. Committees Named Wendt served on the county Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation committee for three years. He also served on the advisory committee for the Farm and Home Adminis tration . and as a director of the Grange Cooperative at Central Point for several years. Wendt has served for the last two years as presi dent of Jackson County Civil Defense. He has served on the Medford National Guard armory advisory committee. The county commissioner is now on the special roads com mittee for the Association of Oregon Counties. This com mittee works as a liaison group with the engineers and general contractors. It is com posed of six members select ed from the county courts in the state. : Other, organizations to which Wendt belongs include active membership . in the First Presbyterian church, the Medford Kiwanis club, the Elks lodge and the Cen tral Point Grange. Leopold Awaits Results of Plea Joliet, 111. OP) Thrill killer Nathan Leopold, term ing himself once an "intelli gent savage" but now a "middle-aged dub," may know within two weeks the results of his latest plea for freedom his fifth. The paunchy, baldish -convict at Stateville Penitentiary appeared late Wednesday be fore the Illinois Pardon Board with an appeal that could be his last hope of dying outside prison walls. Author and poet Carl Sand burg, who called Leopold a "struggler for the light," and other witnesses supported the 52-year-old slayer's plea. However, Cook County State's Attorney Benjamin Adamowski bitterly opposed freedom for Leopold and said "there can be no punishment too severe for this man." Portland (IP) The board of governors of the Oregon State Bar has recommended that Robert M. McKechnie, Al bany attorney, be suspended for six months for profes sional misconduct. Drive To Explore Space Beginning To Take Shape Projects Studied by Defense Department Washington (IP) The House completed congres sional action today on an emergency defense appro priation providing an extra $1,410,000,000 to speed up missile and space projects. Minutes later, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a resolution to set up a spe cial Senate committee to recommend whether the government's space pro grams should be under ci vilian or military control. Washington (IP) A mam moth U. S. drive to explore space began to take shape to day. It was learned that half a dozen concrete projects are now under study in the De fense Department. They are forerunners of a vast new program that eventually may take man to the moon and planets. A group of scientists and industry experts comprising the Pentagon's special Capa bilities Panel analyzed the various proposals and win nowed out "half a dozen solid projects," that are now under intensive study. No go-ahead has been given on any as yet. ' High officials disclosed that the spacemen are now casting about for another satellite launching site capable of shooting moons into a north south orbit. The Cape Canav eral, Fla., range is reported unsuitable for launchings other than in a general east west direction. A more north southerly orbit presumably is needed to probe additional areas of space. The new Navy missile range being readied at Camp Cook, Calif., is reported un der consideration as'a second satellite hoisting ground. The range of military pro posals is from a 300- pound satellite fairly soon to a huge 20-ton satellite, presumably manned, . perhaps , .10 years from now. But all such long-range pro posals are being held for es tablishment of the Defense Department's new advanced research projects agency. De fense Secretary Neil McElroy said he was nearing a decision on who will head the agency and set it up. Congress has tentatively put . the Defense Department in charge of all space projects for one year. President Follows Shielded Schedule ' Washington (IP) President Eisenhower followed a shield ed abbreviated schedule to day in attempting to shake off a sore throat that made' him sound like a mournful fog horn. Members of his staff would like him to leave Washing ton's chilly damp weather and head south for healing warmth and sun. Since Flor ida and Georgia have been having an unusually cold win ter, the President might pos sibly seek another place in the sun such as the Bahamas or the Caribbean. The Chief Executive had originially planned, to start this Thursday by attending a prayer breakfast with mem bers of Congress but decided Wednesday night the break fast was too early 8 a.m. and might put an undue strain on his throat. Morgan Fails To Get Warrant for PTC Man Portland HP) Oregon Public Utilities Commissioner Howard Morgan today failed in an attempt to obtain a bench warrant for the arrest of Charles Bowen of Portland Traction company. Morgan had sought to have the San Francisco official of the firm arrested for halting trolley service between Port land and Oregon City and Bellrose and for defying a writ of mandamus issued in circuit court ordering the ser vice restored. Salem OP) Captain Walter Lansing, training and safety officer for Oregon State Po lice, will retire at the end of the month. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (W Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 453.13, off 1.78; 20 railroads 110.22, off 0.63; 15 utilities 72.80. up 0.24, and 65 stocks 154. 73. off 0.44. Sales today were about 2,210,000 shares compared with 2,480,000 (hares Wednesday. "We're Not Up Yet" Jacksonville Youth Brings En At SOC to Ashland Enrollment at Southern Oregon college reached 1,000 when Dealous Cox of Jacksonville enrolled Saturdav mornins. Two more students enrolled this week, bringing the figure to 1,002, for the first over-1,000 enroll ment at the college. , Enrollment is up 12 per cent from last year, with a total of 645 men and 357 women. According to Mrs. C. L. Winston, registrar, the class with the greatest in crease is the senior, with 27 per cent. New Students New students number 147, a 33 per cent increase over a year ago. The figures are supported by the fact that new students from high school are up 90 per cent. Of the 147 total, 58 are directly from hiffh schools, according to Mrs. Winston. She said apparently some freshmen who were not able to enter fall term because of jobs or other considerations have found it possible to en roll winter term. According to fields of study, elementary education shows the greatest increase, up 20 per cent with 334 siuaenia enrolled. A total ei zai .are enrolled in secondary and 140 in general studies. Mrs. Winston said return ing students are back in larger numbers than last year. A totaj f 854 of the present en rollment attended SOC previ ously. Veteran enrollment is nnwn sliahtly. numbering 215, which is in line with the pat tern of most colleges, Mrs. Winston said. Expansion ef Facilities Alone with the growtn in onrnllment. expansion of col lege facilities is taking place rapidly with four new Duna- Syro-Egypf Union Talks Yemen Entry By UNITED PRESS The Svro-Eeyptian union moved today to add Yemen to the new United Arab Repub lie in a development that could affect the balance of power in the oil-rich Arabian peninsula. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser began formal talks in Cairo with Yemeni Crown Prince Seif el Islam el Badr to work out details of Yemen's entry. The Egyptian and Syrian parliaments unanimously ap proved plans for the new re public Wednesday while other Arab states looked on with mingled interest and appre hension. Nasser would become pres ident of the joint state in what Middle East observers said was furtherance of his ambi tion to become head of a state that would include all Arab nations. Hearing To Stop Tox Structure Study Set Salem OP) Hearing on a suit to stop spending of S35, 000 for a study of Oregon's tax structure has been sched uled for 10 a.m. Monday be fore Marion County Circuit Court Judge Val D. Sloper. The suit 'was filed last month by Wiley Smith, Mult nomah county assessor and Del Buckman, Portland apart ment house owner Pendleton (IP) A profes sional fund raiser has been re tained to conduct a , public subscription drive for an ad dition to St. Anthony's hos pital hers. 1 ings unier construction for classroom and housing pur poses at the present time. Recently, in line with the increased enrollment, the state board of higher educa tion announced that Southern Oregon college will have a program for a master's degree in secondary education. The fifth year program for secondary teqehers in the broad fields of social sciences, humanities, and science-mathematics will be available qualifying for admission to eandidacy for the degree. Architect Named for Hew Theater Jack A. Edson, Medford architect, has been awarded a , contract by the Oregon Shakespearean Festival asso ciation to work out plans for a proposed new theater build ing, it was reported today. -Idson will work . closely with Richard Hay, festival de signer and art director, who has been appointed to serve as theatrical consultant. Tentative plans call for con struction to begin immediate ly after the end of the 1958 season of Shakespearean plays, which this year will run to Sept. 4. Site surveys of the Festi val's property on the edge of Lithia park have been com pleted, and the design of the new theater building, to re place the stage-house at one end of the old Chautauqua shell which surrounds the outdoor theater, is in tenta tive form. The architectural problems " involved are to create a well-built, high-standard building, which still re tains an Elizabethan flavor, and a stage as nearly as pos sible a duplication of those of Shakespeare's day. The work is part of a long- range program oi improve ment and construction under taken by the Festival associa tion. A drive to raise the necessary funds is now being planned, and will be under taken in the near future, board members said. Radio Highlights. Edward R. Murrow's in terview with Former Presi dent Harry Truman, "From Precinct lo President." will be heard over radio station KYJC (1230 kc) at 9 o'clock tonight. State GOP Chairman Asks Neutrality in Salem rtPt Republican State Chairman ' James F. Short, Salem, said today he has officially requested all county central committees to maintain "strict neutrality" toward all GOP candidates in the primary election contests. Resignations Accepted Short told the county lead ers "I am accepting the resig nation of members of state wide committees on policy and action, information and candidates assistance in cases where these appointees of the State Central committee have aligned themselves publicly with one or the other- Re publican candidates by ac cepting positions ori their campaign committees, or have themselves become candi dates." Affected by this move were Twin-Engined Plane Plunges Info Buildings Soccer Players, Diplomats on Board Munich, Germany (IPl--A British airliner carrying Eng land's top professional soccer team home from a victorious championship match in Yugo slavia crashed and exploded today in a Munich suburb. Airline officials said at least 27 persons were killed. They said 18 bodies have been recovered but nine were feared lost in the .blazing wreckage of a building hit by the plane. Two hospital reported re ceiving 17 survivors, includ ing a mother and two children ' said to be in critical condi tion. Police reported the inhabi tants of houses struck by the plane or showered by flam ing gasoline escaped unin jured. The twin-engined Elizabethan-class airliner carried 38 passengers and a crew of six. It was taking off from the Riem Airport in a snowstorm when it suddenly faltered and plunged into a big .building. A customs official at the air port said one engine appeared to catch fire while the plane was making its take-off run in the heavy snowstorm. t; The plane hit the building and exploded, huriing blazing gasoline onto surrounding houses and homes. Police reported several buildings caught fire. - In addition to the members , of the Manchester, England, United Soccer team, the plane carried several British news papermen and two diplomats from the Yugoslav embassy in London, assistant press at tache Gavrilo Vucinic and consular official Nebojsa Ton- asevic. ' The airliner had been char tered from the British Euro pean Airways to bring home the team which defeated Bel grade's Red Star team on points in a two-game Euro pean Cup series. Teachers Meeting Scheduled Today About 50 teachers from Medford elementary schools and instructors of social stu dies are expected to attend meetings this afternoon and evening at a program which will include discussions on the significance and effects of the International Gecfp h y s i c a 1 Year. Leonard Hunting, Portland, regional representative of the Rand-McNally Map company, who will be in charge of the program, also will present ma terial and methods of better correlating geography wifli science and'mathematics. - The meetings are scheduled between 4 and 6 p.m. and 7 and 9 p.m. today in Jefferson school. Officials Study New School Plans The Medford school board studied for approval final plans for the new Wilson Ele mentary school on "Corona ave. at a special meeting this noon. Board members met with Wayne Struble, architect in charge of the Medford office of James L. Payne, architect,-. to go over plans. Bids for con struction are expected to be called next week, school offi cials said. .1 The school is one of two new buildings authorized by school district patrons in ar special election at which at1 two - year building program was approved. Counties two GOP candidates for gov ernor State Treasurer S i g Unander and Secretary of State Mark Hatfield, both of whom held positions on the state policy and action comr mittee. , .Z Former Gov. Elmo Smith7 Albany, and Mrs. Georgia Patterson, Hillsboro, members of the same committee, also are stepping down. f Little Time To Advise Smith is campaign - chair man for Hatfield while. Mrs.' Patterson is vice-chairman for the Unander campaign. Short said "although I value highly the opinions of such outstanding Republicans, it is apparent that during the com ing primary campaign they will have little time to advise' and help in the work of the State Central committee.
