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Newspaper Page Textfftrt to nlisf mm p in TO Jl 0 52nd Year Medford Price 10 Cents Tribune 14 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1958 No. 258 trri1- o 10 2) InlUTOEIni Congress Warned If Foreign Aid Program Beaten Special Message Asks Speedy Action Washington (If) Presi dent Eisenhower asked an uncertain Congress today for $3,942,000,000 with which lo continue foreign aid in a world threatened by international Commu nism. House Republican leader Joseph W. Martin Jr., a strong supporter of the measure, conceded it faces "a pretty hard fight." Thomasville, Ga. (in President Eisenhower today . posed the prospect of higher taxes and heavier draft calls unless Congress approves his foreign aid program. The chief executive, from his vacation headquarters here, sent a special message to Congress, asking speedy action by the House and Sen ate "for the safety of our families." The President in his budget for fiscal 1959 requested near ly $4 billion for his mutual security program. Difficult Situation He warned the Congress to day in a sharply worded mes sage that failure to enact his program might lead to a high ly difficult situation with the Soviet Union. Without the foreign aid pro gram the President said there might be "a severe dislocation and basic impairment of Free World power." Eisenhower told Congress "it is my duty to make clear my profound conviction that the vigorous advancement of this program is our only logi cal course." Without the aid program, .the President said there would be "a certain crumbling . . . under Sino-Soviet pressures" of the strategic position of the U.S. Eisenhower also foresaw these other possibilities: "A massive increase in our own defense budget, in amounts far exceeding mutual security appropriations, neces sitating increases in taxes. Beleaguered America Feared "A heavy increase in induc tions of American youth into our own armed forces; and "Ultimately, a beleaguered America, her freedoms limit ed by mounting defense spending and almost alone in a world dominated by inter national Communism." He said the value of the mutual security program to the national safety is "many times greater than its cost." Eisenhower listed three major objectives of the for eign aid program in the nu clear war, preventing local Sino-Soviet aggression and forestalling Communist sub version or massive economic penetration of other nations. Salem (IB Leston W. How ell, 57, Marion county cor-j oner, died Tuesday. i 'Anyone Care About Old-Fashioned Open Space?" Student Government Activities Start Dr. Arthur Kreisman, pro fessor of English at Southern Oregon college, will speak at the 10th annual Student Gov ernment Day banquet this eve ning in the Medford Elks lodge Student Government Day activities got under way with registration at 1:15 p.m. to day, and oaths of office were administered to student of ficials at 2:30 p.m. by County Clerk Mrs. Bereth Hopkins and acting Medford Mayor Stanley Jones, president of the council. The banquet will start at 6:30 p.m. following a "get acquainted" meeting in the basement party lounge. Dr. Kreisman will speak at 8 p.m. James Dunlevy will be master of ceremonies, and Galen R. Knox, exalted ruler of the Ralph Cook Named To National Board Ralph L. Cook, Medford, has been named a national director of the American Poll ed Hereford association, rep resenting district 1, which in cludes Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. Cook, a breeder of Polled Herefords since 1944, also is a prominent pear grower in this area. He is a past presi dent of the Oregon Polled Hereford association and the Cal-Ore Hereford association. He is now a director for both organizations. There are more than 500 members of the association in the four-state district. He heads the district 1 drive to raise funds for a new Ameri can Polled Hereford associa tion headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. Reunion of Former NG Members Is Scheduled A reunion of all former i of the first battalion was or- Medford Elks lodge, will in troduce the speaker. Student officials were scheduled to appear on radio and television programs' this afternoon and evening. Tomorrow, students will work with their official coun terparts in local and county government offices, and to morrow night students hold ing city positions will conduct a council meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, tours are scheduled to city and county divisions. Among them are the city's disposal plant, fire stations, police depart ment, and the airport. County divisions include the county shops, the new juvenile de tention Home, and the county courthouse. Election Campaign Elective officials are se lected through primary and general election campaigns in high schools in 'the Medford Elks jurisdictional area. Elected student officials then appoint other officers. The program is conducted when students are studying govern mental proceedures in class. Schools participating in the program include Medford and St.. Mary's Highs, and Crater, Phoenix, Eagle Point, Jack sonville, Prospect and Butte Falls High schools. members of the National Guard in Medford will be held in connection with "Operation Muster" Sunday, Feb. 23, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Medford National Guard Ar mory, according to First Lt. Donald M. Ivie. Ivie said all former mem bers of A company or head quarters company, first bat talion of the 186th infantry are asked to visit the armory between 2 and 4 p.m. Sunday. About 100 former Guardsmen living in this area are ex pected to attend, according to Ray Shoemaker, a former Guardsman. A company was first organ ized before World War I and saw action in both world wars. Headquarter company ganized in Medford in 1939 and saw action with the 41st division during World War II, according to Shoemaker. "Operation Muster" will be the final event of Oregon's National Guard week. It will feature an open house of local units at the armory and a re cruiting drive for member ship, according to local offi cers. - The public is invited to view the new building with displays of the units' equip ment, supply rooms and the building's kitchen, according to the local unit commanders. For information on "Oper ation Muster" or on the Na tional Guard Reunion, call Shoemaker at SPring 3-4437 or the Armory at SPring 2 4323. i Churchill Suffers Bronchial Condition Nice, France (IP) A phy sician reported Winston Churchill was suffering from a ""chronic bronchial condi tion" today. But the 83-year- old statesman was well enough to smoke two of his beloved cigars. "The only reason for con cern is his age," said Dr. David Roberts, the local phy sician who treated Churchill. A formal medical bulletin was expected later based on the examination by Lord Moran, one of Queen Eliza beth's physicians who flew here especially to treat the ailing Churchill. Washington (IP) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) favors, five-cent postage on Out-of-town regular letters as one way of helping better pay for government workers and new post office construction. DOW- JONES AVERAGES New York IP Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 443.06, up 0.35; 20 railroads 106.54, off 0.44; 15 utilities 71.92, off 0.44, and 65 stocks 151. 26, off 0.07. Sales today were about 2.070,000 shares compared w i t h 1,680,000 shares Tuesday. Spring Weather Touches Oregon; More Rain Seen Rain Continues Heavy in California ' By UNITED PRESS Oregon got spr inglike weather today while Cali fornia got wet and much of the nation shivered. Temperatures in the high 60s were commonplace Tues day and rainfall slacked off considerably from Monday. The weather man said a storm 900 miles off the coast would bring light rain to Oregon again Thursday but today the state was getting only show ers from a storm which hit California. Rain at Brookings Heaviest rainfall in Oregon in the 24-hour period ending early today was .51 of an inch at Brookings, near the Calif ornia border. By comparison, the 24-hour measurement at Pt. Arena, Calif., was 3.91 inches. San Francisco had 1.74 inches and Los Angeles more than an inch since Tuesday night. Rivers in northern Calif ornia began rising and some flooding was reported in low land areas, especially near Santa Cruz from the San Lor- e n z o river. Shasta dam re leased a record flow into the Sacramento river as rainswol len streams poured into Shasta lake. . Portland Nears Record Portland had a high of 65 Tuesday, three degrees short of a February record set in 1901 and 1932. Elsewhere, Astoria had 67, Pendleton 66, Roseburg 64, North Bend 62 and Medford 61. The weather man said it would be cooler Thursday but that the extended outlook called for mild temperatures with recurring rains. Major Oregon routes were open and River Forecaster Elmer Fisher reported the Willamette was going down at Corvallis and Salem. The warm temperatures caused flowers to bloom and also caused some fear among farmers that plants might grow too fast and result in damaging losses should a freeze occur later. Winter still has more than a month to go. Bad Intersections Reported to MSC Numerous reports on haz ardous intersections in this area were presented to the Medford Safety Council at the February membership meet ing here recently. The bulk of the complaints. from interested members of the council, were centered on that section of Highway 99 between Medford and Phoe nix. Coming under special criti cism "of the safety committee of the Jackson County Medi cal society were the Bear Creek Orchards intersection and Voorhies crossing. Lack of adequate marking and illu mination of the separator strips was the chief complaint. A full report of their find ings, with supporting dia grams, will be forwarded to the state highway department by the medical group, accord ing to Dr. M. J. Fowler, a member' of the traffic com mittee of the Medford Safety Council. Correspondence Shows Applicant Sought Assistance Nixon Refuses To Comment on Report Washington (IPl Con gressional investigators dis closed today tW an effort was made to enlist the aid of Vice President Richard M. Nixon on behalf of an unsuc cessful applicant for. a hotly disputed Miami TV -channel. Rep. Oren Harris (D-Ark.) produced correspondence showing the effort was made in October, 1955, on behalf of Col. A. Frank Ketzentme, former mayor of Miami Beach, by Downey Rice, for mer chief counsel of the Sen ate Crime committee. There was no immediate in dication whether the report ed effort ever came to Nixon's attention. Nixon is now' on a West Coast speaking tour. Nixon, in Los Angeles for his first visit since 1956, re fused to comment on the statement that he had been approached by Rice. The vice president was scheduled to attend a meeting this after noon of the President's com mittee on Government Con tracts, which he heads, before flying to the Capitol tonight. Unsuccessful Bidder Katzentine was an unsuc cessful bidder for the Miami channel, which went to a subsidiary of National Air lines. Katzentine had said in an affidavit, dated Feb. 15, 1957, that a friend told him that Col. George Gordon Moore, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Ma mie Eisenhower, "was engin eering the application for Na tional Airlines and that they were sure to win." Harris said the record shows that "both sides were bringing all kinds of pressure or influence from any source" on the FCC. Today, Harris confronted Katzentine with correspond ence at a hearing of a .House Commerce subcommittee in vestigating-the Federal-Corn' munications commission and other federal regulatory agen cies. Harris produced an -Oct. 13, 19r5, letter from Katzentine's own files. It told of a meet ing at which Robert King, a former Nixon aide, was in formed of Katzentine's con cern that influence was being exerted on behalf of Nation al Airlines. The letter, written by Rice, said that King took notes at the meeting. "Obviously," Rice wrote, "they can't afford to risk, ex posure by Democrats of an influence deal." 'Nixon Right Man' , - Katzentine himself was not present at the conference. It was attended by some Kat zentine supporters at which it was agreed that "the place to 'cry wolf is . . . high up" in administration circles, ac cording to the levels. "I agreed," Rice wrote, "that Nixon was the right man but that we might get the story over more satisfac torily through Bob King . . ." The letter was addressed by Rice to Daniel Sullivan, the chairman . of the " Florida Crime commission with a copy marked for Katzentine. In producing it, Harris said the subcommitte was "in terested in what pressures or undue influences" were brought by "other applicants" as well as National Airlines. There was no indication whether King had actually taken the matter up with Nixon. In any event, Katzen tine lost out on his bid for the station 16 months later when the FCC, overturning a strong recommendation that Katzentine be given the chan nel, handed it to National Airlines. ' 1 WaS - 1 -' PLENTY OF SHOVELING confronts this sanitation crew as snowdrifts cover Capitol steps in Washington following worst snowstorm since 1942. (International Soundphoto) 32,103 Registered Voters in County Total voter registration in Jackson county to date is 32, 103, according to figure com piled by the elections depart ment of the county clerk's of fice. Final date for registration to vote in the May 16 pri mary election is April 15, County Clerk Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins reminded residents today. Of the total, 16,462 are Re publicans and 14,907 are Democrats, a difference of 1,555. . Miscellaneous voters total 734. Both the Democrat and Republican totals show a slight drop from October, 1956.' Then the Republicans had 17,964 and the Democrats -1 6,420,- a- difference of -1,544. Miscellaneous registrations to taled 812. Total Population Acording to figures provid ed - by the Oregon State Health department, as of July 1, 1957, Jackson county had a total population of 71,750 The total registration of 32,- 103 represents about half the total population. An official of the county elections department explain ed the drop between 1956 and 1957 is due, at least in part, to the "weeding out" of those who are dead- or other wise not qualified registrants. Registration figures for 1946 through 1952, on the whole show a general in crease, according to the elec tions department figures. In 1946, 18,978 registered and 14,029 voted, for 74 per cent. In 1947, 19,057 regis tered and 10,607 voted, for 56 per cent. In 1948, 27,757 registered and 19,496 voted, representing 70 per cent. In 1950, 28,695 registered and 19,746 voted for a percentage of 69 per cent. In 1952, 36,037 registered and 28,138 voted, or 78 per cent voted. Pair Arrested for Counterfeiting Coins Portland (IP) The Fed eral secret service office here arrested two persons Tuesday ou charges of counterfeiting rare coins. The arrests were the result of a tip by Noel Zimmerman, a 15-year-old newspaper boy who collects rare coins as a hobby. Frank J. Kenney, special agent in charge of the Port land office of the secret ser vice, identified the suspects as Edwin C. Woodward and Mrs. Leone E. Montgomery. Salem (IP) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton has accepted an invitation from the Western Governors' Con ference to make a speech at Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 25. Bids Called for Ashland Building Ashland Bids will be opened at. 8 p.m. March 3 for construction of an adminis tration building and for in stallation of tennis courts for the Asland school district, ac cording to the Medford office of Architect James L. Payne. The building will be at the corner of Siskiyou blvd. and Iowa st. and will contain about 2,600 square feet of floor space. Construction will be of concrete slab with vsome block masonry. Interior fin ishes include cedar paneling and plaster. Ceilings will be acoustical tile. Gas-fired warm air heating, air conditiong and iiuorescenr ligntmg are re quired. Bids -will be open at the same time for two tennis courts adjacent to Ashland High school. They will be pav ed with, asphaltic concrete. Plans for both items may be obtained - from Wayne Struble of the Payne office m Medford. They also are on file with: the Cal-Ore Build ers Exchange, 246 South Cen tral ave., Medford. WEATHER Forecast Mostly cloudy with occasional light rain to night and Thursday. Low tonight 40. High Thursday 52-55. Highest Yesterday 61 Lowest this Morning 46 PRECIPITATION To 10 a.m. Today 05 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:03 a.m. Sunset 5:48 p.m. Moonset 7:14 p.m. First Quarter Feb. 26. PROMINENT STAR Aldebaran, high in south at moonset. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, in the southeast 1:30 a.m. Saturn, low in southeast 4:33 a.m. Mars, low in southeast 5:45 a.m. Venus, rise 5:24 a.m. Young Republicans Elect Officers Ren Taylor of Medford was elected president of the newly organized Jackson County Young Republican club at a meeting at the Medford hotel this week. Other officers elected were Mrs. Charles A. Madsen, vice president; Mrs. Joe Walsh, secretary; Chuck Foley, treas urer; and John H. Foster, ex ecutive council member-at-large.. All are from Medford. The group was formed for the purpose of education, in formation and political . par ticipation for all young Re publicans in Jackson county, a spokesman said. ij Two Fugitives Arrested in Area Two men arrested by state police on a minor traffic vio lation early this morning turned out to be fugitives from justice wanted on charges of armed robbery in California, state police said today. Charles Edward Fullerton Jr., 29, originally from New York City, and Ronald Rich ard Sadosky, 25, Minneapolis, Minn., were arraigned in dis trict court this morning and committed to the county jail for 30 days on fugitive charges. Bail. has been set at $1500 for each of the two men. They waived the right to have an attorney . and to make a statement. State police said they were halted near Central Point when Sadosky failed to stop for a traffic light at the high way intersection there. A check of personal belongings and the car showed the men had five loaded pistols, and several hundred dollars on their persons, officers said.' . San Leandro, Calif., author ities are expected to arrive here today to pick up the pair. They have waived extra dition. Sacramento, Calif., law enforcement officials have notified state police here that they also are want ed in connection with an armed robbery there last night. They are accused of entering an elderly couple's home in Sacramento, robbing them at gun point Rombn Catholics Start 40-Day Lenten Period, Vatican City (IP) The Roman Catholic church start ed the annual penitence and fasting period of Lent today. Today's Ash Wednesday celebrations ushered in the 40 day pre-Easter period of Lent. gypti Claim Tyrmiedl Dowdd ly Sdfldamiese Khartoum (IP) The' Sudan rejected Egypt's claim to dis puted areas on its northern border today and moved troops north, "hoping for peace but prepared to fight" if necessary. Bushy-headed "fuzzy-w u z- zies" of Kipling fame patrol ed some sectors of the border, while motorized troops with mortars and light artillery guarded other areas. Crack infantry and camel corps units were held in reserve. The troop movements back ed up by the "Sudan's protest against the sending of an Egyptian "plebiscite commit tee" into the "disputed Haleib area to organize its people for voting in Friday's Egyptian referendum. 'Firm Action Promised "Unless Egypt reverses its aggressive attitude, we will have to take firm action," Social Affairs Minister Ahmed A. Sin. "We still hope things will come oil peaceaDiy. u u comes to fighting, I can as sure you it will be no fault of ours." Intelligence reports said Egypt is moving troops into the Aswan area, in the vicinity of another disputed border zone. A communique described the presence of Egyptian forces on the border as "a flagrant trespass and an un mistakable infringement on the sovereign and administra tive rights." In Cairo, an Egyptian spokesman dismissed the bor der dispute as an "election stunt" designed to insure vic tory for the pro-government Al Umma Party over its pro Egyptian opponents in next week's voting. The spokesman pointed vut when a similar dispute arose between the Sudan and Ethi opia some years ago, Su dancese authorities surrender- ed the disputed territory with out a murmur. Meets With Nasser Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohammed A. Mahgoub, who flew to Cairo Tuesday, met Egyptian President Gamal A. Nasser today for a conference which could settle the border dispute. . . . Mahgoub't appointment with Nasser deferred his re turn to Khartoum, where he was to have reported to a special cabinet meeting late today. Government sources said Egyptians are present in the disputed area only in token numbers, scattered small groups of "army officers, rang ing up to colonel in rank, which have carefully avoided Sudanese frontier posts. So far, these sources said, Sudan has taken no action against the "trespassers" be cause it hopes a settlement can be reached without violence. 21 Helicopters Due At Airport Friday Twenty - one helicopters from the U. S. Army Base, Ft. Riley, Kansas are sched uled to arrive at the Medford Municipal ' airport Friday, Feb. 21, according to a tele gram received by city offic ials. - According to information received, the helicopters will arrive in three groups at 1:59, 3:39 and 4:49 p.m. and will leave the following morning. The city has been asked to provide overnight parking fa cilities for the helicopters and refueling arrangements. The i personnel, 42 officers and 21 enlisted men, will spend the night in a local hotel. The Rogue Flying Service will provide transportation for the personnel from the airport to downtown Medford as well as provide service for the helicopters. The telegram did not state the type of helicopters that would arrive or give the des tination or purpose of the flight. The flight plan is sub ject to a change in case of adverse weather, it was re ported. Grants Pass Firm : Submits Low Bid ; For Crater Work : Central Point Cummings Construction company of Grants Pass last night sub mitted the lowest of 13 bids for construction of a class room addition to Crater High school. H. P. Jewett, superintend ent of district 6C, said the contract was expected to be signed today. Construction is expected to start next month and be completed by August in time for school opening next fall. Cummings' bid was $94,890. Other bids ranged upward to $116,999. The addition will be at the east end of the present build ing and will form a wing par allel to the wings at the south end of the structure.' A $160, 000 bond issue was approved by district voters last October to construct and equip the ad dition, . which was deemed necessary by the school board because of, an increased en rollment in the present build ing. Construction will be of re inforced concrete with brick veneer on concrete slab. Glass block walls will have vision strip windows. Walls will be plastered, and the ceiling will be of acoustical tile. Asphalt tile will be used on the floors. Architects are Freeman. Hayslip, Tuft and Hewlett, the firm which was in charge of the original building. The buildings was first used in September, 1951. Other bidders included Clyde C. Hamilton, Grants Pass, $96,515; Ausland Con struction company, Grants Pass, $98,800; Lor en S. Ritchie, Medford, $101,296; R. J. Batzer Construction com pany, Medford, $102,934; Har old Salter. Rogue River. $105,721; Armin Richter ami Associates Medford, $105,987; Todd Building company. Rose burg, $107,397; C. W. and Willis A. Hill, Salem. $107,- 944; Albert Vik and Son, 'Eli gene, $109,662; Howard Wirtz. Grants Pass, $109,812; H. Barnhart, Medford, $116,300: and A. J. McMurry, Yreka, $116,999. Eight Grants Pass ; Youths Arrested Eight teen-agers, all of Grants Pass, were apprehend ed yesterday afternoon by Jackson county sheriff's dep uties and state police on charges of burglarizing Evans valley lockers at Wimer Fri day night. - The six boys and two girls are 16 and 17 years old, offi cers said. One is now in the custody of Grants Pass offi cials. The matter lias been re ferred to Jackson county ju venile authorities, officers re ported. Officers were assisted by the Rogue River police chief. The teen-agers are charged with breaking in a back door of the store and taking three cases of beer, three watches and a pocket knife. Tunisia Threatens To Bring Dispute With France Back To Security Council United Nations. N.Y. (IP) Tunisia threatened today to bring its dispute with France back to the U.N. Security Council unless, U.S.-British settlement efforts include the question of the Algerian war. Council Adjourns . The 11-nation council ad journed indefinitely late Tues day without action after a 63 minute session to await the outcome of the offer of Anglo American "good offices" in settling the dispute. Tunisian Ambassador Mongi Slim said he would demand a 1 new and urgent meeting of the , council if "the good offices seem not to be yielding good results" or if "differences in dependent -to the will of my government might arise." Differences Arising The differences already were arising. French Ambas sador Guillaume Georges Picot told newsmen the Al geria question was "outside the scope" of the good offices effort. He said "it is not a question of the overflow of the Algerian war into Tunisia, it is the other way around the question of the overflow of Tunisian activities into Al geria." Diplomats feared this dif ference in interpretation of the ground covered by the conciliation effort would wreck the American and Brit ish effort. Meeting Place Sought There still was no formal announcement where the Anglo - American conciliation efforts with France and Tu nisia would take place. One suggestion was Geneva or some such neutral capital. Re cently there has been a series of talks in Washington, Lon don, Paris and Tunis.