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Washington (IP) Rep. John
B. Bennett (R-Mich.) today
called on President Eisen
. hower to fire or Congress to
impeach FCC Commissioner
Richard A. Mack.
Bennett, 'a member of a
House subcommittee investi
gating Mack's finances, said
evidence so far has shown
that Mack's dealings were
"grossly improper."
He told a reporter that Ei
senhower should remove
Mack from his post.
To Siart Proceedings
Bennett said that if Eisen
hower does not have the legal
authority to remove Mack,
the House should impeach
Mack and thus remove him
from office.
Bennett said that he would
start proceedings to try to im
peach Mack if the President
does not remove him from
the FCC.
The president was asked
about the Mack case at his
news conference this morning.
He pointed out that the Jus
tice Department, through the
FBI, is looking into the mat
ter. He said that pending a re
port from the attorney gen
eral, he had no judgment to
make at this time as to
whether Mack should be
ousted.
Tangled Finances
Bennett made his statement
after the subcommittee heard
new details of the tangled
web of Mack's financial deal
ings in Miami, his home town,
wth Thurman A. Whiteside,
a Coral Gables attorney and
life-long friend.
"The hearings have shown
without any doubt Mack's un
fitness to be a member of the
FCC," Bennett said.
Whiteside testified that be
fore the award of channel 10
one of the National's rival ap
plicants, Col. A. Frank Kat
zentine, threateaed business
reprisals if he continued to
urge Mack to support the air
lines.
He said Katzentine threat
ened to withdraw insurance
business from an insurance
France Warned on
Use of Weapons
Washington Pt The
United States has given
France a blunt warning
against using any more planes
or, weapons supplied under
the military aid program on
Tunisian targets, it was dis
closed today. '
At the same time Sen. J. W.
Eulbright (DArk.), a member
tT the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee, called for
withdrawal of the planes from
France "if they can be."
Use of American - made
planes in a bloody Feb. 8 at
tack on the Tunisian border
town of Sakiet Sidi Youssef is
expected to be brought up by
the committee in hearings
slated to start next month.
Sen. Homer Capehart (R
Ind.) said VI don't think we can
follow every little detail and
every act of our allies and be
responsible for all of their
acts." He said he did not think
the incident necessitated any
change in the foreign aid program.
Substantial Amounts of
Snow Measured in Area
Substantial amounts of
snow at Fourmile and Fish
lakes were reported by Jack
Hoffbuhr, manager of Med
ford Irrigation district, who
took snow measurements yes
terday. He reported 28 inches of
snow at Fish lake, with a wat
er content of 13 inches. There
was no snow there at this
time last year. The lake has
about 6,074 acre feet of water,
about 2,000 less than capacity,
he said. It was full at this
time last year.
Sixty-eight inches of snow
was measured at Billy creek
yesterday, compared to 10
inches last year. Water con
tent was 26 inches, Hoffbuhr
said.
Fourmile lake is about 6,000
acre feet short of being full,
he reported, but snow is 83
inches deep with a water con
tent of 33 inches. Last year at
this time, snow was 32 inches
52nd Year
Leased Wire
company, in which Whiteside
owns one-third of the stock,
if the attorney did not "cease
and desist" from pressure on
Mack to vote for another ap
plicant, National Airlines.
Received Insurance Money
Mack owns one-sixth of the
insurance firm, the Stembler
Shelden agency of Miami,
and has received $13,000 from
it in the past five .years.
He and three other com
missioners voted for National
Airlines, which got the con
tested Miami channel last
February.
Subcommittee Chair man
Oren Harris (D-Ark.), said on
Tuesday that the investiga
tion has shown a "very bad
situation" that may lead to
jail sentences for criminal
violations of the federal com
munications act.
Two Groups Are
Named io Study.
Parks Program
Two subcommittees to ev
aluate and make recommen
dations on Medford's park and
recreation program have
been appointed by Mayor
John Snider. The action is
the first step in an organized
plan for a city-wide parks and
recreation program, the may
or said.
Charles Jones heads the
parks evaluation committee
which will "study existing
city-owned properties suitable
for park use and determine
the necessary "distribution of
areas to give best service to
all parts of the community,"
Mayor Snider explained.
Dick Knight was named
chairman of the recreation
committee, which will analyze
immediate and long range
recreational needs of the
community.
Efforts of Both
"The efforts of both sub
committees will be coordin
ated to put into action an or
ganized plan for the leisure
time growth and develop
ment in the community," Sni
der stated.
Long range planning will
probably include areas for
model planes, boats, lighted
baseball diamonds and tennis
courts, family picnic areas
and supervised playground
activities, according to the
mayor.
Parks committee members
include Mrs. O. A. Eden, Mrs.
Fred Lorish, Mrs. Wilbur
Tucker, Glenn Linn and F. E.
Bowman.
Members of the recreation
al committee are Miss Col
leen Hope, James Zack, Mrs.
D. L. Flynn, Dr. Ernest Duce,
Mrs. Earl Miller, Ve'rl Walk
er and Dick Knight.
Mayor Snider said service
clubs, churches and other in
terested groups will be in
vited to participate as the pro
gram expands.
Salem (IPi John. i. Ker
bow, Klamath Falls, has filed
for the Democratic nomina
tion for state representative
from Klamath county.
deep. Hoffbuhr said both
lakes probably will fill this
season.
He said snow below the
5,000 foot level is melting
rapidly, but he . noted that
there was more snow 6n the
ground there earlier this
month.
Walter Hoffbuhr, manager
of Talent Irrigation district,
said Emigrant lake has been
full since mid-January, but
Hyatt lake has only 11,320
acre feet. Capacity of Hyatt
lake is 16,000 acre feet.
There were 14 inches of
snow at Hyatt lake with a
water content of 5.8 inches,
he said.
Jack Hoffbuhr made the
trip yesterday in a Tucker
Sno-Cat owned by Marshal
Bessonette and Neil Collins,
and operated by Glen Besso
nette. He reported blizzard
conditions at the higher elevations.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1958
Rackets Group
Opens Hearing on
Kohler Dispute
Reuther Statement
Charges Defiance
Washington OP! The
Senate Rackets Committee's
long delayed hearing on the
Kohler Co. strike finally
began today with a second
ary witness on the stand and
the principals fighting a bat
tle of statements.
In one statement to news
men, President Walter P.
Reuther of the United Auto
Workers Union charged that
the Kohler Co. "is in defiance
of the law" and does not want
to end the marathon strike at
its Wisconsin plumbing fix
ture plant.
President Accused
Reuther attacked the "im
morality" of the company and
accused its president, Herbert
Kohler, of "a campaign of
villification and misrepre
sentation" against the UAW.
He said the company forced
the strike and has prolonged
it through nearly four full
years.
The company in turn ac
cused the union of more than
800 "acts of violence and
vandalism" against it and said
it has b e e n the victim of
"UAW-CIO violence and in
timidation." Reuther's charges were con
tained in a 26-page statement
prepared for presentation be
fore the Senate's Rackets
Committee.
Plan Junked
The statement was released
to newsmen as the committee
finally opened its hearings on
the Kohler strike, but junked
at the insistence of Republi
can committee members a
plan to hear Reuther and a
company . spokesman as lead
off witnesses.
Despite the committee's de
cision, Reuther and the com
pany released mimeographed
statements shortly after the
hearings began. - ;
Budget Procedures
Topic oi Meeting
An instructional meeting
on new school budget pro:
cedures and the use of new
budget forms will be held at
8 p.m. today in the Jackson
county courthouse auditorium,
according to Alf B. Mekvold,
county school superintendent.
School clerks, administra
tors, and school board mem
bers of first and second clas
districts have been invited.
Karl Janouch, county treas
urer, will discuss the debt
service levies and the use of
new forms in connection with
bond, interest and sinking
fund". ' ;
George Stacy, certified pub
lic accountant under contract
with the boundary board to
audit the books of second and
third class districts, will ex
plain the five-year audit
which recently was completed
for all second and third class
districts.
Higher Postal Rate
Approval Expected
Washington OP Sen. A. S
Mike Monroney predicted to
day the Senate will approve
higher postal rates and pay
raises for postal employees
by nightfall after a "big
fight" on a key provision.
The Oklahoma Democrat
said there probably would be
a "fairly close" vote on his
amendment to knock out a
proposed five-cent stamp for
out-of-town letters.
"If the Republicans all
stand together," he admitted,
"we can lose." .
Monroney, a member of the
Senate Post Office Commit
tee, is a leader in the fight
to hold any postal raise to a
four-cent stamp for both lo-
cal and out-of-town first class
mail. It now requires a three-
cent stamp. He expected the
support of all but a handful
of Democrats.
47,119 Passengers Use
United Planes in City
More passengers flew in
and out of Medford via Un
ited Air lines in 1957 than
in any previous year, accord
ing jto K. W. Cook, 'station
ground services manager here
In the year, 47,119 passeng
ers, equivalent to more than
twice the population of Med'
ford, boarded or deplaned
from United planes at Muni
cipal airport, an increase of
5 per cent over 1956.
cr ftiimmoKLTRY
Complaint Says
Action Would Be
Violation of Oath
Suit Against Holmes
Brought by Eacrets
Jackson County Circuit
Judge H. K. Hanna has issued
an order temporarily restrain
ing Gov. Robert D. Holmes
from commuting or attempt
ing to commute the death sen
tence of Bill Junior Nunn un
til after court action is taken
on a complaint filed here this
week.
The complaint asks that the
court order Governor Holmes
to appear and show cause why
such an order should not be
granted pending final deter
mination of the suit. No date
has been set for the governor
to appear.
The suit was brought by
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Eacret,
Klamath Falls, in an attempt
to stop the possible commu
tation of the death sentence
of Nunn. They are the par
ents of Nunn's murder victim.
Filed By Nunley
The suit was filed by Med
ford Attorney Walter D. Nun
ley, former Jackson county
district attorney representing
the Eacrets. Nunn was re-sentenced
Monday to die in the
state's lcthcl gas chamber
March 28 for the murder of
Alvin William Eacret.
Nunn was convicted of the
murder in May, 1956, and the
sentence was upheld by state
supreme court, Jan. 31.
The complaint declares that
any attempt on Holmes' part
"to commute the death sen
tence of Billy Junior Nunn
upon the grounds of the al
leged personal conscientious
scruples of said defendant or
from personal motives or in
pursuance of mere private
views is an arbitrary and ca
pricious abuse of the power
and discretion vested'' in the
governor by the constitution.
Violation of Oath
Such an action, it continues,
constitutes a violation of the
oath of office" taken by the
governor, and constitutes an
attempt on Holmes' part 'to
usurp and to exercise the
functions of the judicial and
legislative branches of the
government."
The complaint notes that
Governor Holmes "publicly
stated that he would im
mediately begin to consider
the commutation of the death
sentence" the day the Su
preme Court affirmed the con
viction and sentence. It also
noted that Governor Holmes
indicated he would make an
announcement concerning the
case about the time Nunn was
returned to Jackson county
for re-sentencing. No such an
nouncement has as yet been
made. '
The Eacrets, in the com
plaint, point out that it is
common knowledge that Gov
ernor Holmes "is opposed to
capital punishment upon the
basis of his alleged personal
conscientious scruples, and
takes the position that the
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'"I'll Have The
REFUELING One of eight Army helicop
ters is refueled at Medford Municipal air
port this morning. The eight are part of a
flight transferring from Ft. Riley, Kan., to
Ft. Lewis, Wash., for duty. They are part
of the 75th Transportation company. Three
helicopters crashed, killing six crewmen,
near Red Bluff Saturday morning. Five
Landscape Clinic
Set March 10,11
A landscape clinic to assist
owners of modest homes with
yard plantings will be held
March 10 and 11 in the coun
ty courthouse auditorium, ac
cording to Clifford B. Cordy,
county agent in charge of
horticulture.
The clinic has been an an
nual 'service planned by his
office.
Landscape architects who
will work ,; with interested
home "owners include" "Mrs.
Fred C. Lorish and John
Adams, Medford; Professors
Ben Solberg and George Fre
deen, Oregon State college;
and Chester E. Corry, Ash
land. Cordy said appointments
may be made now by calling
the agent's office in the court
house. Scale drawings or pic
tures of the home should be
brought to the clinic, and the
more material made available
to the architects, the better
the advise they can give, he
said.
There is no obligation to
follow instructions and no
charge is made for the help.
Samples of shrubs will be on
display during the clinic.
Boy's Body Found
On Watseco Beach
Tillamook (IP) The
sheriff's offke here today re
ported recovery of the body
of a boy about six years old
on 'the sands at Watseco beach
about 14 miles north of here.
Authorities expressed be
wilderment about the identity
of the body since the only re
port of a prson that age miss
ing in the Pacific is that of
five-year-old Ted Meservey
drowned 20 miles up the
Rogue river on Feb. 1. The
sheriff's office said it was dif
ficult to believe that the body
could have been swept so far
north at least 250 . miles
when prevailing ocean cur
rents are in the other direc
tion. Law On You'
Price
RIBUNE
United Press
'copters which stopped in Medford over
night Friday left for Ft. Lewis Sunday
noon. The helicopters landing here today
were delayed in Red Bluff because of the
weather conditions. The cargo type heli
copters plan to leave Medford when weath
er conditions permit,
Pacific Coast Storm
Moves Into Plains;
Sacramento Floods
By UNITED PRESS
A Pacific storm that caused
a n estimated S5 million dam
age in California whipped
across the plains into the Mid
west today, its punch weaken
ed but still windy and wet.
Clearing skies Tuesday and
today eased the threat of fur
ther serious f lbodirigin water-logged
California, but au
thorities continued their
watch along levees burdened
by high waters.
The storm system, which
hit California Monday, push-
Trouble Shooter
Discusses Crisis
Tunis (IPI U. S. Deputy
Undersecretary of State Rob
ert Murphy conferred hur
riedly today with American
officials over Tunisian deter
mination to turn the Franco
Tunisian crisis into a full
scale inquest of the Algerian
war.
Murphy spent the morning
conferring with U. S. Ambas
sador Lewis Jones at the am
bassodar's Carthage villa. Of
ficials said no new meeting
with President Habib Bour
guiba had yet been arranged.
Although official silence
has been thrown over the
"good offices" talks well in
formed sources said Murphy
was surprised by the strength
of Tunisian determination to
press for a settlement of the
Algerian conflict.
American Bases in
Britain Opposed
London (IP) Opposition La
borites prepared today to at
tack the government for au
thorizing the United States to
set up missile bases in Bri
tain. A two-day defense debate
began today with the Socialists
expected to concentrate their
fire1 against the U.S.-British
agreement under which U.S.
medium-range Thor guided
missiles with nuclear war
heads will be stationed in the
British Isles.
' The first missiles are sched
uled to reach Britain by the
end of the year. They would
be capable of hitting Moscow
and other major Soviet tar
gets in the event of war:
WEATHER
FORECAST: Clearing and
colder tonight with valley
fog. Variable cloudiness
Thursday. Low tonight 28
30. High Friday 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 47
Lowest this Morning 35
Prec. to 4 a.m. Today .79
Our.Skies Tonight
Sunrise . 6:53 a.m.
Sunset 5:57 p.m.
The Moon, at First
Quarter .12:51 p.m.
sets Thursday 1:52 a.m.
The star seen near it this
evening is Aldebaian in the
constellation, Taurus. Next
year at this time Mars, now
a morning star, will be seen
in the evening sky near
Aldebaran.
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Full Leased Wire
No. 264
ed eastward Tuesday, draw
ing mild temperatures into
the midlands.
Ail-Time Highs
Record high temperatures
were set at Fargo, N.D., which
hit an all-time February high
of 66 degrees, and at Minne
apolis, where a 55-degree
reading was' a new high mark
for the date.
A United Press count since
last week end showed at least
21 persons killed in floods
or traffic accidents on rain
washed highways. There were
14 victims in Texas, six in
California and one in Oregon.
The Army Corps of Engi
neers estimated flood and
wind damage in California at
$5 million. The figure includ
ed damage to roads, downed
utility lines, inundated farms
and cropland, and flooded
homes and businesses.
Sacramento Tops Levees
The Sacramento river in
California topped its levees
Tuesday north of Hamilton
City, but damage was con
fined to farmlands.
The Plains and Midwest
warmup touched off minor
flooding as snows melted and
ice packs broke up in rivers
and small streams.
Rivers rose in Southwestern
Minnesota, Southeast Wiscon
sin and Northeast Iowa.
Flooding was reported in
Iowa on the East Nishnabotna
river near Shenandoah, the
Racoon river near Des Moines
and the East Maquoketa river
north of Dubuque. .
Heavy rains caused road
washouts in Southern Idaho
Tuesday and sent the Portneuf
and Blackfoot rivers climbing
rapidly.
Pomeroy, Wash. (IP) Elgin
Kuykendall, 87, father of
Federal Power Commission
Chairman Jerome Kuyken
dall, died here Tuesday.
Telephone Company Men
In Oregon on $2,300,000 Program
Telephone men are work
ing in the hi'ls of Oregon this
winter as part of a 52,300,000
program to provide more cir
cuits for long distance tele
phone calls.
In Jackson county, accord
ing to Pacific Telephone Man
ager Jack Creager, Western
Electric installers are work
ing at microwave relay cen
ters on Baldy mountain, Sis
kiyou summit and Chestnut
hill.
Relay Equipment
The men are installing radio-telephone
relay equip
ment for the new Medford
to Klamath Falls microwave
relay system, and for addi
tion of a long distance tele
phone channel to the existing
Portland - Sacramento relay
system.
Microwave radio relay sys
tems, Creager pointed out,
beam long distance messages
isenhover
Asks Maooo
For Faith
Washington 0? Presi
dent Eisenhower said today it
will take some time to stop
the business recession but he
advised the nation to abide
in his confidence that there
will be an upturn by mid
year. The President said the de
velopment of an upturn natur
ally would be a slow, gradual
process. He remained confi
dent that basic improvement
in business and employment
conditions would be evident
by the middle of the year.
In a newi conference the
President made these other
major points:
He strongly defended Ag
riculture Secretary Ezra T.
Benson and said he had no
intention of asking Benson to
resign. He said it is his busi
ness alone not congress-
Ike's Invitation
Doesn't Include
i
Top Soviet Brass i
Washington HP! President
Eisenhower said today his re
cent suggestion that influen
tial Russians visit the United
States did not include Soviet
Premier Nikolai Bulganin or
Communist boss Nikita Khru
shchev. The President told a news
conference that he meant to
suggest that Russian leaders
of thought and influence, not
Soviets in official govern
ment positions.
If officials of the Soviet
government visited this coun
try, he said, it might be con
strued by some as a summit
meeting between the U.S. and
Russia.
On another foreign policy
ppint, the President took issue
wth a suggestion of Harold E.
Stassen, his former disarma
ment adviser, that the U.S.
negotiate a two-year trial
agreement with Russia calling
for a halt to nuclear testing.
One Difficulty
Stassen did not link the
suggested agreement to a ban
on production of atomic ma
terials as the U.S. has insisted
upon in the past. A reporter
asked the President how he
felt about .that.
Eisenhower replied that,
without going into details, he
would say there was one very
great difficulty involved in
making a flat agreement for
cessation of testing, even if
the U.S. could detect every
nuclear test. That obstacle, he
said, involved America's
NATO allies.
The President said some of
these nations are in various
stages of producing weapons
that require testing. The U.S.,
therefore, would have a diffi
cult time making any agree
ment on a test ban which
would be binding on them, he
said.
Kapers To Open
At MHS Tonight ,
"Krazy Kapers of 1958,"
Medford Kiwanis club's pro
duction of songs, skits, gags
and dancing, opens at Med
ford High school auditorium
this evening. Curtain time is
7:30 p.m.
The show will be repeated
at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. ' .
Theme of the show is a
magazine revue. There will
be a variety of skits in the
first act and the second act
features the Kiwanis Kor
isters. The show has all local
talent with professional direc
tion. Proceeds mainly' will be
used for a Kiwanis sponsored
county-wide dental clinic.
through the air on a line-of-
sight To make unobstructed
line-of-sight transmission pos
sible, relay stations in such
systems are usually located
on hills or mountains and
spaced about 30 miles apart.
Despite Oregon's relatively
mild winter, travel to and
from many of Pacific Tele
phone's mountain-top relay
centers here and elsewhere
throughout the state has been
difficult, Creager said.
On several of the highest
mountain peaks in this area,
Sno-Cats have been used at
times to traverse access roads
covered with snow four to
six feet deep. At other times
the roads could be cleared and
four-wheel drive trucks have
been used for daily transport
of men and equipment.
New System
The new Medford-Klamath
Falls system will provide a
"telephone skyway" over the
men, who is in his Cabinet.
He denied a story pub
lished in Time magazine to
day, that the cumulative effect
of his illnesses since 1955 had
forced him to reduce his
workload by as much as 25
per cent. The President chuck
led and said he had never
heard of such a thing.
No Comment on FCC
He declined to express
an opinion on whether Rich
ard A. Mack of the Federal
Communications Commission,
should resign". The President
said that as long as the at-
torney general was in the pro
cess of investigating the con
troversy involving Mack, he
himself had no judgment to
pass at the present time.
He said he still believed
in the" basic merits of the
natural gas bill that he recom
mended last year, but that he
hoped there would be no
repetition of the recent fund
raising incident involving J.
H. Porter, Republican nation
al committeeman from Texas.
The proposed bill would ease
federal regulation of natural
gas prices. t
In discussing the'sagging
economy and possible methods
of pepping it up, the Presi
dent said a reduction in taxes
was still a possibility in event
of a deepening of the eco
nomic decline, but he said he
did not want to consider a tax
cut unless it proved absolutely
necessary to bring about an
upturn.
Increased Federal Spending
He said it is desirable to '
get as much money as possible
into the federal purse because
of the increased federal spend
ing expected this year.
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Eisenhower, Nixon
Have Understanding
Washington HP) Presi
dent Eisenhower disclosed to
day that there is a clear un
derstanding between him and
his Cabinet and Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon as to
what should be done in case
of the President's disability.
The President said Nixon
knows exactly what to do in
such a situation. He said the
people around him are privy
to his understanding with Nix
on. Eisenhower ' made the dis
closure in response to a press
conference question about
disability legislation. He said
this is something Congress
should take action on; that
he personally thinks it re
quires a constitutional amend
ment. Two Children Die
In Fire in House
Everett, Wash. (IP) Two
children were killed in a
house fire in a rural area)
southeast of here today.
The Snohomish county sher
iff's office said the victims,- a
two-year-old boy and a four-year-old
girl, were the chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Hauffle.
Salem HP) The State Agri
culture Board has suggested
the name "producers market
ing service" to replace the
term "commission" now used
to describe Oregon's com-,
mody groups. .
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York ttPI Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 440.42, up
3.53; 20 railroads 103.44;
off 0.26; 15 utilities 72.72,
up 0.21 and 65 stocks 150.01
up 0.75. Sales today were
about 1,880,000 shares com
pared with 1,920,000 shares
Tuesday.
Work in Hills
mountains starting in July.
It also will serve as an alter
nate route to connect eastern
Oregon points with western
Oregon, Washington and Cal
ifornia. Another new radio relay
system is going in service be
tween Portland and Pendleton
in May of this year.
Pacific Telephone is also
expanding its present micro
wave routes, Creager said."
Recently the number of voice
paths on the Portland-Spokane
system were increased.
In July, a second channel,
capable of handling 600 long
distance conversations at the
same time, will be added on
the present Portland-Seattle
route. At the same time the
first long distance telephon
ing channel will be placed la
service on the Portland-Sacramento
system that has been
handling network television
programs since August, 1953.
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