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
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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.