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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1958
No. 258
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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.