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rui IM in www Ike's lefense Reorganization FlanS Washington (IP)- Presi dent Eisenhower sent to Con gresi today a sweeping de fense reorganization plan that would give the defense secre tary full control over all mil itary operations and defense money. The President's plan was aimed at greater unification of the armed services to pre pare them better for fighting a modern war, he said. 'Gone Forever' "Separate ground, sea, and air warfare is gone forever," the President said in a 7,000 word message. "Strategic and tactical plan ning must be completely uni fied, combat forces organized into unified commands, each equipped with the most effi cient weapons systems that science can develop, singly led and prepared to fight as one, regardless of service." The President asked Con gress to approve changes in the law which would give De fense Secretary Neil H. Mc- Elroy undisputed authority to carry out these responsibili ties. Present System Cumbersome Oders to unified military field commands would go di rectly from the President, as commander-in-chief, and the defense secretary. The secre taries and chiefs of the indi vidual services would be by passed in operational control of the nation's armed forces. The President said the pres ent chain of command through the individual services was "cumbersome and unreliable In time of peace and not usa ble in time of war." He asked for repeal of all provisions of the present de fense law which "vest respon sibility for military operations in any official other than the secretary of defense." He also asked for greater authority for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The President did not, how ever, ask for elimination of the joint chiefs system and substitution of a general staff system with only one chief. He did recommend that the Bids Called For Couplet Lighting Deadline for bids on equip ment and installation of traffic control signals on the Eighth st. couplet will be April 17 at 10 a.m. in the of fice of the state highway com mission, Portland. The project calls for 40 steel poles, 12 controllers, 37 nedestrian signals, 29 signs and several thousand feet of wire, according to bid specifi cations. The contract on the ' project will be awarded at the May 8 meeting of the commission. Installation will cover the portion of Eighth and Sev enth sts., from Riverside ave. to Hamilton st.. according to Vernon Thorpe, city public works director. He said the city is furnish ing 25 per cent of the cost for the one-way couplet which includes the signal costs. City share of the pro ject is $56,000 which was de posited with the highway commission last fall. I i 4 1 ' 1 hi ubmitted j chairman of the joint chiefs be given authority to assign tasks of the present joint staff. Administrative Duties He recommended that the service members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff the chiefs. of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines be relieved of the major part of their adminis trative duties as to their indi vidual services. The President said that he had ordered that the Joint Chiefs of Staff "advise and as sist the secretary of defense in respect to their duties and not to perform any of their duties independently of the secretary's direction." North, South Air Service Expanded By United Airlines Air service between Med ford and both Portland and San Francisco will be ex panded by United Air lines on April 27, by two daily flights, K. W. Cook, station ground services manager here, announced today. The spring schedules will bring to four the number of daily round trip flights be tween Medford and Portland, and to three those to and from San Francisco. Flights to Portland will de part at 6:20 and 8:05 a.m., and 3:15 and 7:05 p.m. Return flights will leave Portland at 6:45 and 10:15 a.m., and 3:45 and 6:10 p.m. Same-Day Service Flights to San Francisco, including same-day commuter service, will leave Municipal airport at 9:05 a.m., and 12:30 and 6:10 p.m. Returning, United service will -depart from the Bay City at 7 a.m., and 1:15 and 6 p.m. Also on April 27, new re turn daylight service from Chicago and all the East, the fastest ever offered, will re duce flight time from the Mid west to Medford by almost two hours. Connections can be made at Portland from an inbound nonstop DC-7 flight from Chicago to a Convair trip department from Port land at 3:45 p.m. for arrival here at 5:54 p.m. Travelers leaving Medford at 8:05 a.m. on a Convair flight to Portland will be able to connect at Portland with DC-7 Custom Coach service departing at 10:35 a.m. for Chicago, New York and Boston. Tornadoes Batter Wichita Fails, Texas Wichita Falls, Tex. P Twin fornadoes "bouncing up and down like yo-yo's in slow motion" rammed through Wichita Falls and a nearby vil lage late Wednesday, killing one mand and injuring a doz en. The two tornadoes rumbled along the Wichita River, tak ing 15 minutes to traverse their course and missed the downtown section, packed at the rush hour, by three blocks. 53rd Year Medford 26 Pages Morse Sees Need For Tax Cuts To Fight Recession Neuberger Favors Expanded Program Washington (IP) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Wednesday a tax cut is need ed as soon as possible to stim ulate the economy. He warned the nation to "beware the prophets who gleam and beam." , But Oregon's other Demo cratic senator, Richard L. Neuberger, lined up on the side of an expanded public works program, rather than tax cuts, as a means of com batting the recession. The two senators issued statements on the issue as President Eisenhower raised a go-slow warning on tax cut proposals and big federal spending programs at his news conference. Morse said critics of the administration's "reckless eco nomic dogmatism" have been branded as "prophets of gloom and doom." . But under this "gleam and beam" leadership, he said, "we are scraping the rocks and heading for the economic reefs." He said a tax cut would be "the most effective single means of stemming, the present economic slump." Neuberger noted that the Canadian Conservative party, which advocated expanded public works, won a recent landslide victory over the Liberal party, which advo cated a tax cut. He said this "holds significance for us in this country." Permits Issued For New Schools Two building permits for the Medford school district were issed this morning, for a total of $689,174 for con struction of two new elemen tary schools. A permit for $372,000 was issued for construction of Wil son school, Corona and Grand aves., and a permit for $317, 174 issued for construction of the Hoover school at 2323 Sis kiyou blvd. School officials hope for completion of both units by October. Preparation for foundations began this morning at the Wil son school site while work be gan on the Hoover school sev eral days ago, officials said. Hampton Piatt Construc tion company, Salem, is gen eral contractor for the Wilson school and Loren Ritchie com pany of Medford for the Hoov er school. Mrs. Slafen Said Still Unconscious Mrs. Rosemary Slaten, 33, of Gold Hill, was reported still unconscious at Sacred Heart hospital this morning and in noor condition, accord ing to Jackson county sheriff's deputies. Mrs. Slaten is under indict ment by the Jackson county grand jury on a charge of embezzling $12,000 from the Rogue Valley Physicians service. She was found collapsed early Wednesday morning at her home by sheriffs deputies when they attempted to serve a warrant for her arrest. Authorities reported that samples of the contents of a cup of coffee near her when she was found and the con tents of her stomach have been sent to the state crime laboratory for analysis. Federal Reserve Board Asks New Legisiati in Washington (IP) The Federal Reserve Board asked Congress today to enact new credit - easing legislation. It would release about $2 billion of reserves held by member banks of the Federal Reserve System. PLEADS GUILTY Donald Glen Robertson, 33, Phoenix, pleaded guilty in circuit court this morning to a charge of grand larceny be fore Judge H. K. Hanna. Sen tencing wa9 continued pend ing completion of a pre-sentencing report. - MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1958 Highway CDeors !Hy Rapid Approval Predicted During Senate Session Anti-Billboard Provision Included Washington (TP) Con gress completed action to day on a $5,500,000,000 an-li-recession highway pro-' gram after a predicted House battle over billboard control fizzled. The Senate approved the final version of the bill by voice vote and senl it to the White House soon after the'3 House passed it by a roll call vote of 300 to 28. Washington (IP) The House today passed a compro mise $5,500,000,000 anti-recession highway bill contain ing a controversial anti-billboard provision. House passage came on a roll call vote of 299 to 28. Opposition to the bill col lapsed after members reject ed, 222 to 109, a motion to send the measure back to a House-Senate conference com mittee for further study. Came as Surprise. The lopsided vote on this crucial test came as a surprise because Democratic and Re publican leaders had passed the word that they were not pleased with the bill. They had expected the bill to be recommitted. - House passage sent the com promise bill back to the Sen ate where it was expected to win fast approval, clearing the way for 'members to de part of a 10-day Easter recess. House Democratic leaders who had been pushing for fast action on the anti-recession measure, lost their ardor for it when Senate-House ne gotiators unexpectedly in serted the controversial anti billboard provision. . Republican leaders opposed the measure's big spending features. But rank and file members of the House, many of them with their bags al ready packed, apparently de cided it wouldn't look good to the voters back: home to block passage of the measure just before starting then Easter vacation. The controversial section would give states an extra one-half of 1 per cent in fed eral funds if they agreed to accept federal standards for restricting billboards on the new interstate highway sys tem. The standards will be set later by the secretary of commerce. Water Forecast Set For Friday Night W. T. (Jack) Frost, state snow survey supervisor for the Soil Conservation service, will oresent the water supply forecast for southern Oregon at a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Fri day in the Jackson county courthouse auditorium. Irrigation district manag ers, engineers and others hav ing information concerning the stream flow and reservoir storage supplies, snow pack and other factors that may contribute to a forecast are urged to attend. Water supply forecasts for the Rogue and Umpqua watersheds will be given. WEATHER FORECAST: Partial clearing to night. Cloudy with occasional showrrs Friday. Low tonight 34. High Friday 53. Temp. Hichest Yesterday 53 Lowest this Morning 34 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise' . 5:52 a.m. 6:39 p.m. 6:35 p.m. Sunset IIC 1UWJI ..J-J h. dill 7:45 n.m. IIIU w . This is the largest Full Moon we will see in 1958 as the Moon is also in Perigee and onlv 221800 miles from the Earth today, the nearest it will he this year. WHEELLESS CAR This sketch shows the "Glideair," a new wheelless vehicle developed by the Ford Motor Co., which is expected to be capable of speeds from 200 to 500 miles per hour. Unlike conventional autos, the Glideair uses wheels only for starting. Once it is moving, it rides on "levipads," devices that lift it off a rail and support the car on streams of , air. Hearing Held Today On Building Road A hearing was held in thel Jackson county court this morning by members of the county court, and representa tives from the bureau of Rec lamation and bureau of land management regarding road construction into the Howard-Prairie recreational site. The county and bureau of reclamation agreed to build IV2 miles of a 3V4 mile sec tion of the highway to be constructed from Dead Indian rd. to the Howard Prairie recreational site. According to County Judge Rodney' Keating, construction on the IV2 mile segment would begin immediately. This segment will replace that part of the present road that will be covered by water when the dam is completed. Judge Keating reported the project will cost an estimated $75,000. It is slated to be com- Public Hearing on Zone Change Today A public hearing on a re quest for a change of zone from class IA, single family, to class IIIA, limited commer cial, for the Grandview mar ket will be held by the Med ford city council at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The property is now non conforming, and the market has requested thehange to make improvements. Also on the agenda is con sideration of an emergency fund transfer to replace a fire truck which was damaged in an accident recently,- an amendment to the fire code to remove conflicts with the building code, and authoriza tion of plans and specifica tions for paving Eastwood dr. from East Main st. to Keene Way dr. Ike Expected? To Veto Flood Control Measure Washington (IP) Some congressional Repu b 1 i c a n s said today President Eisen hower probably will veto a bill authorizing the spending of $1,578,812,000 on river, harbor and flood control pro jects. The omnibus measure was approved by the Senate 52 to 11 Wednesday night and sent to the White House. It cleared the House in the same com promise form Monday Salem IIP) Bids on $4 mil lion in highway projects will be received by the State High way Commission here April 17. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 11 pleted prior to the end of the road building season in 1959. . It was reported that the surveys have been completed and the ground cleared for the road project, construction will start with the completion of slash burning, he said. Man Sentenced to Jail for Theft Royal Weldon Calkins, 28, of 130 West Main st., Med ford, was sentenced to one year in the county jail and fined court costs this morning in district court after enter ing a plea of guilty to charges of petty larceny. Calkins was arrested by Medford police about 4:05 o'clock this morning after he was observed by an officer loading several pieces of scrap steel into his vehicle at the Moore Steel company, 228 East McAndrewi rd. Po lice said the value of the steel was listed at about $75. Calkins told police in a signed statement he was tak ing the steel in the hopes someone would buy it from him. Police added Calkins said he needed money for payment of back rent. Two Arraigned in District Court Peter Sparr Johnston, 64, of 2737 Howard ave., Med ford, and his son, Lavern Wil liam Johnston, 37, of 928 West Second st., Medford, were arraigned in district court this morning before Judge James M. Main. The two men requested an attorney and the case was continued until 4 p.m. today Peter S. Johnston, charged with driving while under the influence of intoxicating bev erages, -was lodged in county jail with bail set at $255 Lavern W. Johnston, charged with drunk on a public high way, was also lodged in coun- tv jail with bail set at $00. The two men were arrested by sheriffs deputies early this morning at South Riverside and Stewart aves. . DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (IT) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 440.50, off 0.71; 20 railroads 101.43, off 0.76; 15 utilities 74.06, up 0.02, and 65 stocks 150.22, off 0.35. Sales today were about 2,130,000 shares com pared with 2,390,000 shares Wednesday. , 0 Knight Proclaims Entire State Disaster Area New Breaks Noted In Palisades Cliffs San Francisco (IP A sav age storm roared over Cali fornia today, turning placid streams into torrents, forcing thousands to flee and destroy ing homes and crops. The storm, worst in a half century, was blamed for at least five deaths as it raked the length and breadth of the state with squalls, torrential downpours, heavy mountain snows and gale winds. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight proclaimed the whole" state a disaster area. Northern California had the worst of the storm Wednesday but the weatherman predict ed occasional squalls today along with heavy snow in the mountains. The storm buffeted South ern California today, causing innumerable landslides and power failures and felling trees throughout the area. Three inches of rain fell dur ing the night at Lake Hughes near Newhall. , The floods routed thousands of householders, at least 5,000 by conservative estimates, in Stockton, Palo Alto, South San Francisco, various parts of Alameda, Contra Costa and San Joaquin counties, along the Carmel river and in the Alviso area of Santa Clara county. New breaks in the rain- soaked . cliffs of the Pacific Palisades, near Los Angeles, threatened expensive homes atop the bluffs. Street crews put up wire fences in the threatened area and warned sightseers to stay away. In the Central Valley, streams rose ominously as the storm front passed, over the area. Minor flooding was expected on the Tule river and in local areas of Merced county, as well as the Fresno Irrigation district. The Chow- chilla and Fresno rivers were expected to crest slightly be low flood stage. A- flash flood sent water into parts of the city of Pat terson during the night, forc ing about two dozen families to sandbag their homes. U.S. 99 in the northern sec tion of Modesto was closed for several hours by water. A thick blanket of snow mantled the Sierra Nevada, closing Highway 40 from Au burn to the Nevada line and stranding hundreds of motor ists in lodges along the way. Also closed were U.S. 50 over Echo Summit, from Pla cerville to he foot of Meyers Grade, and U.S. 40A, the Feather River Highway from Greenville Wye to Hallelujah Junction. Meanwhile, the Southern Pacific pulled its crack streamliner, the City of San Francisco, back to Reno with its 97 passengers after it was stalled overnight at Norden by a wreck. A mail train ran into a snowslide 38 miles east of Colfax Wednesday, blocking all rail traffic on the single track east-west main-line. The City of San Francisco, along with three other west bound passenger trains stalled at Reno, were to be routed into Oakland today over West ern Pacific Roalroad's tracks. In San Francisco, families were evacuated from four terrace apartments on the northwest side of Mt. Sutro as a torrent of mud gushed down the slope. (See story on Page 3) Good Friday Services Scheduled by Ministerial Association Tomorrow The annual Good Friday services sponsored by the Med ford Ministerial association will be held Friday, April 4, from noon to 3 p.m. at the First Methodist church. The three-hour period will be divided into 25 minute seg ments so people may come and go during the different peri ods. Each period will include a scripture reading and a speaker as well as music. Clynton Crisman, pastor of the Medford Friends church and president of the Medford Ministerial association will be moderator for the entire three-hour service. Ministers Named Ministers who will read the scripture and speak will in clude, starting at 'noon: the Rev. Escil Hiser, scripture, and Dr. George G. Roseberry, who will speak on the first word, followed by the Rev. R. H. Mathewson, the Rev. James W. Neely; the Rev. Heavy Wind, Rain Squalls in West Oregon Reported Portland (IP) April showers, mixed with some J thunderstorms and sunshine, were on Oregon's . weather menu today along with snow in the mountains. Heavy winds and rain squalls struck western Ore-i gon Wednesday and-one gust knocked down a tree here which injured a woman. Mo torists were advised to carry Highway 99 Open; Snow Forecast for in Areas Hiehwav 99 between Weed and Dunsmuir was open for traffic today, but weather con ditions in northern California and southern Oreeon are not expected to improve during the next 24 hours. The weather forecast for northern California calls for heavv snow in the mountains. The snow level is expected to be about 2,500 feet in the northern portion, and . 4,500 feet in the extreme southern section, the weather bureau reported. Winds un to 30 miles per hour are expected in squalls. Shower activitiy will dimimsn Friday, the bureau forecast. Western Oregon Occasional showers are forecast for western Oregon, with brief clearing periods to night and Friday. The local forecast is for partial clearing tonieht and cloudy with oc casional showers Friday, the weather bureau said. Oregon state police report erl Hishway 99 between Mt Shasta and Yreka had icy spots, and it was snowing this mominff between Weed and Dunsmuir. Chains were ad vised on most highways, in cluding Highway 97 south of Klamath Falls into uainorma. Chains also were required on Oregon -mountain on High way 199 this morning, police said. Traffic was moving over the Siskiyous and Green without chains, but snow was reported on both highways. One inch oi new reported on the Siskiyous and five inches of new snow on the Green Springs. ,- One-Way TraHic nn several sections of Highway 101 south of Cres cent City was one-way only, police said. Exact locations of the one-way traffic were not available. Crater Lake National par reported" five inches of new the nast 24 hours, ami" r , bringing the total depth on the ground to 192 mcnes, an even 16 feet. The total compares to 122 inches last year, and 166 inches in 1956 on this date. " Chains were advised on roads leading to park head quarters. The road to the rim was closed, but park service personnel expected it to be open by noon today. Salem (IP) Don Chapman, Portland, has been named chairman of the newly-formed statewide Republican commit tee on organization. Robert E. Cull, the Rev. Sher man Moore; the Rev. George Trobough, Capt. William Rick en; Dr. D. Kirkland West, the Rev. John Root; the Rev. Lawrence Krause, the Rev. John O. Reynolds, and the Rev. Claude Miller, the Rev. John McCamant. Good Friday services for Medford High school students will be held at First Christian church with the Rev. William C. Piper moderator. Speaker will be the Rev. Raymond W. Hum. Junior high school students at McLaughlin will attend services at the First Church of the Nazarene with Lee W. Mansveld moderator. The Rev. Darold Jones will speak. Stu dents at Hedrick school will attend Good Friday services at Eastwood Baptist church with the Rev. Richard Jones moderator and the Rev. Mel vin Dixon speaker. Services for the students chains if they were travel ing in the mountains. Coast Gets Rain More than an inch of rain . fell Wednesday at several coastal points with precipita tion elsewhere relatively light. Mrs. Leon M. Amato, 41, Portland, was struck by the limb of a falling tree in the northwest part of the city. The tree crushed one car, damaged another and struck the roof of an apartment. An other tree also fell here and damaged a car as the wind reached 50 miles per hour. Snow fell heavily in the mountains s outh of Klamath Falls and the Southern Pac ific Cascade, normally due at 8:15 a.m. was rescheduled due for'an 11:45 a.m. arrival. Buses from California were reported arriving on time this morning. Routes Sanded Mountain routes were sand ed. Five inches of new snow were reported at Green Springs pass and Chemult had three inches. Small craft warnings were flying on the coast and the weather man said afternoon thundershowers were expect ed today. Services Slated In Churches Today Moundy Thursday services will be held tonight by many churches in the valley. Al though some congregations plan special services the ma- Ijority of the churches will ob serve holy communion at var 4 : - . 1 : . iuus Limes uuiuig inc evening. Churches which have sched uled services at 7:30 o'clock include First Presbyterian, Medford, Church of. the Breth ren, First Christian church, Eastwood Baptist church, and First Methodist church. At 8 o'clock, services will be held at St. Peter Evangelical Luthern church, 1020 East Main st., Zion Lutheran church, Ascension Lutheran church, 2501 Barnett rd., and Congregational church. Ashland First Presbyterian church will hold their service starting at 7:45 while the First Methodist church, Ashland, and Grace Lutheran church, Ashland, will observe com munion at 7:30 p.m. The Church of the Good Shepherd, Prospect, will cele brate communion at 8 o'clock tonight. ' . Medford Man Bids High for Brewery Ashland Gordon Logan, route 1, box 421A, Dark Hol low rd., Medford, has sub mitted a high bid of $101.80 for the old brewery building on the Peter Britt estate in Jacksonville. , - Bids were opened at South ern Oregon college yesterday. There were two other bid ders. The estate was willed to the college by the late Am- alia Britt, daughter of Peter Britt, pioneer photographer in southern Oregon. The brew ery is about 100 years old, and is to be removed as a safety hazard. will be held from 2 until 3 p.m. Friday. Other Good Friday services scheduled in Medford include services from noon to 3 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal church Ascension Lutheran church, 2501 Barnett rd., and St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church, 1020 East Main st. Zion Luth eran church has scheduled its service at 8 p.m. Friday. Ashland Ministerial associa tion will hold services from noon until 3 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal church there. Community Good Friday services in Jacksonville will be held at the First Presbyter- -ian church at 1 p.m. The Rev. W. D. Turnbull, Assembly of God church, Jacksonville, will speak assisted by Dick Merri man and Mrs. Robert T. Bridge. Prospect communify will observe Good Friday services at the Church of the Good Shepherd from 7 until 10 p.m.
