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ke Brand MM ob Pay. Plan 'Lewis Strauss Says That To Stop Nuclear Tests Would Be a Fourteen Students To Participate in YMCA Program Fourteen Medford students will leave tomorrow for the annual YMCA Youth and Government program in Salem. Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Area Council of YMCA's, Youth and Govern- Paratroopers Die In Windy Jump ' Ft. Campbell, Ky. (IP) Five paratroopers were killed and an unknown number in jured today during a mass paradrop in high winds, of ficials said. The public information of fice said most -of the- deaths , apparently were caused by Vio winH Hracrcrint trip nara- w -00 O " c troopers along the ground after they landed. . "I personally saw no mal functions of parachutes," said Maj. L. A. Breault, informa tion officer. Breault was in the drop zone. The mass drop involved about 1,300 men and tons of equipment. It was part of op eration "Eagle Wing," a prac tice war . game in which the 101st Airborne Division is taking part. Officials said the wind was "within allowable safety reg ulations" when the drop be gan. Officials said an "unknown number" of paratroopers were injured. The drop zone was being searched to see if there were any other casual ties. The men jumped from C119 planes, Breault said. The whole operation in volved 86 carrier aircraft. lake Road May Be Open by May 15 Probable date for opening the Lake V the Woods rd. will be May 15, Klamath county officials told the Jackson county court yester day afternoon. The lake is now covered with three feet of ice and the area has 42 inches of snow, the Klamath county officials reported. Salem (IP) The Oregon Supreme Court has affirmed a Multnomah County Circuit Court decree restraining the American Newspaper Guild from forcing the Oregon Journal to break its dealer ship contracts. Deported Finn Free To Return To U.S. Unless Hold Orders Received Helsinki (IP) The U.S. Embassy here said today Wil liam Heikkila, Finnish-born draftsman deported from the U. S. for past Communist ac tivities, was free to fly home Thursday unless Washington specifically orders his return held up. To Catch Flight A consular official said Heikkila couTd leave without waiting for specific instruc tions from the U.S. govern ment. "He can leave unless we get orders from Washington to hold him back," the official said. The step was taken to let Heikkila catch an early morn ing Finn-air flight to London Tragic Mistake" J7i i . n ""ry ment provides Oregon boys and girls with an opportunity to learn processes of govern ment by actual participation. The delegation from Med ford will represent three YMCA clubs. They are Kappa Tri Hi-Y, Theata Rho Iota Tri Hi-Y and Rogue Hi-Y. Four members will assume duties as offioers at the legisl ative sessions. They are Miss Joyce Gilinky, senate read ing .clerk; Miss Joan Laurila, reporter; Larry Anderson, legislative committee chair man, and Miss Dwanda Win chell, legislative committee chairman. Other Delegates Other delegates are Miss Caron Leffler, Miss Sandra Mason Miss Sylvia Baker, Dale Foresee, Harold Sexton. Ronnie Miller, Miss Barbara Risner, Miss , Karen Sloniger, Miss Barbara Stamper, and Miss Marion Elkins. The purpose of the Youth and Government program is to acquaint youth with the methods by which public policy is determined. The Medford clubs will be participating with other Y and Tri Hi-Y clubs, from throughout Oregon. Each club has submitted a bill and will process it through the regular legislative "channels." Lodging In Homes All delegates- will be given lodging in homes of Salem citizens. The sessions will be held all day Friday and Satur day. One of the highlights of the program is the Governors ball Friday night with a queen and king coronation. All funds for the event have been raised by the clubs through fund raising projects. Housewives Join Boycott of Fresh Meats in Portland Portland rP) Effec tive Thursday morning, Portland housewives will join their southern Califor nia sisters in an organized boycott of fresh meats un til the prices drop. When Mrs. George Ad ams learned of the fresh meat boycott in southern California she immediately launched a campaign of her own by telephone and re ports 'that the movement is snowballing. Each house wife contacted agrees to tell her friends and urge that no fresh meats be pur chased until the slacken ing demand . forces the prices down. to connect with a Pan-American Polar flight leaving Thursday direct to San Fran cisco. He was expected to ar rive in San Francisco at 10:30 a.m. Friday. The consulate had not re ceived official instructions as to what help it could give him but it expected authorization to advance him $11 a day for expenses until his return. Still Finnish Citizen Heikkila was followed by newsmen and photographers from his hotel to the Finnish police passport office and after that ' to the consulate. He still holds Finnish citizen ship. Heikkila, 52, was over joyed when he was told U.S. authorities have decided they Cost of Living Reaches Another All-Time Record Food Prices Push Cost Index Ahead Washington (IP) Living costs hit another all-time high in March, the government je- portea today. The Bureau of Labor Sta tistics reported that record high food prices pushed liv ing costs ahead by seven- tenths of 1 per cent during March. The bureau said it was the largest monthly advance in the consumer price index since July,' 1956. Soaring costs of fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and eggs San Francisco (IP) West Coast housewives found food prices at a new all time high during March, it was announced today by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Increases ranged from 1.6 per cent for March over February in Los Angeles to ' 1.4 per cent in Seattle and 1 per cent in Portland. The rises were caused by higher prices for meats and fresh produce, the bureau said. pushed the indent to 123.3 (the 1947-49 average equals 1.00). That was 3.7 per cent higher than a year ago. Wages To Be Increased More than a million work ers whose wages are tied by contract to the government index will receive pay boosts up to 4 cents an hour. About 750,000 railroad workers will receive increases of 4 cents an hour. Another 150,000 employees in General Electric and Sylvania plants will get increases of IV2 per cent. Other workers will re ceive 2 to 3 cents more an hour raises in the chemical, metal working and transit in dustries. Recession Worse The index hit a new record in the very month that the business recession got worse, with unemployment reaching the highest level since World War II. Ewan Clague, commissioner of labor . statistics, said food prices should begin levelling off in May and June. . Government officials con tended it's not unprecedented for prices to go up while the economy is on the skids. They pointed out food prices are governed - largely by supply and demand. When crops are ruined by storms and freezes it costs more to visit the super-market. Roofing Contract Let by County A contract for roofing the extension to the county shops was awarded - Ace Roofing company, Medford, at a bid price of $644 his morning, the Jackson county court re ported. . Ace Roofing company was low bidder. Ekerson Roofing and Paint store, Medford, was the only other bidder at $728. In other business, the county court signed an order taking three . roads in the Parkview subdivision into the county road system. The roads, located west of Central Point, are Carlton ave., Sun land ave., and Tulane ave. They have been graded, drained and surfaced at the expense of abutting property owners under the county en gineer's specifications, County Commissioner Chester Wendt said. They will be maintained by the county roads depart ment. were wrong to deport him so swiftly because of his past Communist associations. "This is the most wonder ful thing that ever, happened to me in my life," he said. Arrives Without Baggage The deported Finn arrived here by air Tuesday night, hatless, coatless and without baggage in freezing weather. He checked in at a hotel while he pondered his future in a strange country whose lan guage he does not speak. He was born in Finland but left the country at the age of 10 weeks. In San Francisco his wife, Phyllis, 38, said she was "elated" at news her husband would be returned to San Francisco. NORBLAD DIRECTED HITCHCOCK MAILING; UNAWARE OF LAW Salem mU. S. Rep. Wal ter Norblad has telegraphed his headquarters here that he directed the mailing of cam paign material that drew pro tests from his GOP opponent, Phil Hitchcock of Oswego. The Marion county district attorney's office said it was investigating Hit ch co ck's Local Candidate Seeks Opinion on Weather Forecast Carlos Morris, local morti cian and candidate for county coroner, is awaiting an opin ion on whether or not his weather forecast program on KBES-TV can be considered a political broadcast, he said this morning. He was notified by the tele vision station that the Feder al Communications' commis sion has ruled his program is a political broadcast. The FCC regulation states that when ever a political candidate ap pears before a microphone that broadcast constitutes a political broadcast. . . Limited Expenses Morris explained that he is limited to $250 in campaign expenditures by state law. That means that he must drop his daily program, costing about $60 a night, if a broad er interpretation cannot be applied. Through County Clerk Ber- eth P. Hopkins, he has re quested ,the elections divis ion of the secretary of state's office in Salem to look into the matter. The secretary of state's office will probably request a ruling from the state attorney general's office, Mrs. Hopkins explained this morning. Morris said this morning that he has had the program for four years so doesn't see how it would be a political broadcast. No political cam paigning is done on it. The weather broadcast is a public service, he added. Mrs. Slaferi Given Until May 2 to Plead Mrs. Rosemary Slaten, 33, Gold Hill, has been given un til May 2 to enter her plea to charges of larceny by em bezzlement, according to the Jackson county district at torney's office. Her attorney, A. E. Piazza, had requested more time in which to make his investiga tion into the charges. Mrs. Slaten appeared in circuit court this morning. The Gold Hill woman is charged with embezzling $12,000 allegedly taken from the Rogue Valley Physician's service. ' She had been granted more time previously in which to enter her plea. She was re leased ' earlier this month from Sacred Heart hospital where she had been taken after being found unconscious in her home April 2. Pumice Hopes High On Indian Land Klamath Falls (IP) A rich source of new income may have been discovered for the Klamath Indians on the reser vation north of here. The Cascade Block com pany of Grants Pass submit ted a firm bid of 10 cents per cubic yard for pumice, depos its on the reservation. Geolo gists estimated roughly that at that rate the Indian pumice beds would be worth about $600 million. A recent appraisal of In dian resources by the Federal government did not take min eral deposits into considera tion. A spokesman for manage ment specialists said that if mining of pumice should prove commercially feasible it could have a - significant effect on present termination proceedings before Congress. 24 Rescued As Fishing Boat Sinks New Orleans (IP) The Coast Guard said a 123-foot fishing vessel sank today,, in choppy gulf of Mexico waters. All 24 fishermen aboard were rescued in two separate opera tions. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York TO Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 450.11. up 0.56; 20 railroads 109.66, off 1.10; 15 utilities 76.59, up 0.16, and 65 stocks 155.53, off 0.11. Sales today were about 2,720,000 shares com pared with 2,440,000 shares Tuesday. complaint to see if there was any ground for legal action. Hitchcock protested to Sec retary of State Mark Hatfield Tuesday that "anonymous mailings" unfavorable to his candidacy in the 1st congres sional district were being mailed to Marion county Republican workers. 53rd Year Medford. 20 Pages Cooler Weather Eases Threat 1 Near Pendleton By UNITED PRESS Cooler temperatures eased the flood danger on ; McKay creek near Pendleton today but at the same time brought a return to winter-like condi tions in parts of Oregon. The inflow at McKay dam, about five miles south of Pendleton, dropped consider ably due to less melting snow. The cooler temperatures also held down the swollen Uma tilla river. Acting Mayor Jack Howard of Pendleton said 44 families who evacuated their homes in the Moritee addition area near Pendleton were advised not to return until McKay creek dropped further. Mercury Goes Down Temperatures tipped below freezing in eastern Oregon during the night. Bend had a low of 16, Redmond 22, Klam ath Falls and Burns 26 and Baker 32. No frost was re . posted west -of. -the r)Cascades in Oregon although some tem peratures near freezing may have occurred' in agricultural sections at ground level, the weather bureau said. A cold air mass which moved into Oregon from the interior of western Canada dropped the freezing level at Salem -early today to 2,600 feet and at Medford at 3,500 feet. Continued cold tempera tures are in prospect for Ore gon through next Monday, with lighter precipitation than during the past few days fore cast. ' Power Poles Burn Lightning Tuesday evening struck the Keeler-Tillamook substation and knocked out power service for more than half an hour in the Vernonia-Timber-Elsie area, Bonneville Power Administration report ed. The lightning strike set fire to three wooden poles and severed the 115,000-volt line about IV2 miles from Tilla mook. , " The Santiam river at Jei ferson had dropped half foot from its Tuesday crest near flood stage while the Willamette was up slightly, but still far under the flood mark in the valley. The Co lumbia river at Vancouver, Wash., -was nearing its 15 foot flood stage with a 14.6 reading today. ' Major Crime in 1 Portland Increases Washington P The United States Justice Depart ment reported today that the number of major crimes in Portland increased by 8.5 per cent in 1957. The national in crease average was 9.1 per cent. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of In vestigation, said 11,637 major crimes were "known to po lice" in Portland last year. Across the Columbia river in Vancouver, Wash., there were 607 major crimes, a decrease of nine from the previous year. Portland had a 100 per cent increase in the number of murders, from 10 to 20. WEATHER FORECAST: Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Continued cool. Low tonight 32. High Thursday 60. Temp. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning 35 Precip. To 10 a.m. Today, .02 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset 5:19 a.m. 7:02 p.m. Moonset .11:25 p.m. The Moon rides high tonight and is seen between Betel geuse and Elnath. It is a little near Betelgeuse, the brighter of the two stars. Hatfield said Oregon elec tion law prohibits anonymous mailings and forwarded Hit chcock's protest to-District At tory Hattie Bratzel for in vestigation. Norblad said he did not know of the requirement that material should contain the name and address of the send MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1958 1 . KILLS COUGARS L. N. Maurer, Illinois Valley rancher who hunts as a hobby, is shown with two cougars he killed last Fri day in the Althouse creek area near Cave Junction. Both animals, which weighed be 56 Students Are Enrolled at 50C Ashland As of today, 956 students have enrolled for spring term in Southern Oregon college, according to Mrs. C. H. Winston, registrar. This is a 17 per cent increase over last spring term. Men students number 620 and 336 women are enrolled. There are 57 new students, and 11 entering from high schools for the first time. Freshmen total 310; sopho mores 250, juniors 170, sen iors 111, and graduate and other students 115. The ma jority is in education, 342 in elementary and 216 in sec ondary. Indo Loyalists Report Successes Singapore (IP) The Indone sian government reported ma jor successes against the reb els in five areas today and said there were widespread rebel defections and surren ders. Lt. Col. Rudy Pirngadie, the Jakarta army spokesman, said none loyal column was moving up an island road from the south toward Solok, the new rebel military head quarters 12 miles inland from Padang. A government column pushing east . from Padang split into two forces. One cap tured a bridge a few miles from Solok and the other pushed north toward the reb el capital of Bukittinggi. He said 44 rebels had sur rendered in these operations with machine guns, mortars, Sten guns and 15 Bren car riers. Pleven Considers New Government Paris (IP) Moderate ex Premier Rene Pleven arrived by air today to consider pick ing up the job of forming a new government where right ist ex-Premier Georges . Bi dault dropped it Tuesday night. President Rene Coty sent his personal plane to north western France to pick up Pleven, who had been cam paigning in local elections in his home district of Dinan. Pleven is a member of the small UDSR Party. It was not immediately cer tain that Pleven, 57, will ac cept Coty's invitation to try for a new term as Premier, but it appeared likely that he will take part at least in pre liminary negotiations. er. He said he had directed that all future mailings com ply with the requirement. Hatfield expressed regret over the incident and remind ed candidates of the law's requirement. The material Norblad mail led to Marion county Repub lican women with the request Nunn's Execution Put Off At Least Another 60 Days Salem (IP) Execution date uled to die March 28. On Feb. for convicted slayer Billy Junior Nunn was put off at least another 60 days by Gov. Robert D. Holmes today be cause the case "is still, in ef fect, in -the courts." Parents of Nunn's victim, 14-year-old Alvin Eaeret, Kla math Falls, were plaintiffs in a court action to bar the gov ernor from commuting the sentence. Their action was dis missed by Marion County Cir cuit Court, but Eacret's par ents have threatened to bring the matter to the State Su preme Court. Guilt Upheld The high court has upheld the guilt of Nunn, but has not ruled on the question of the governor's power to com mute sentences. "It would be improper either to permit the execution to go as scheduled or to com mute Nunn's sentence while the case is still, in effect, in the courts," the governor said. He granted Nunn a reprieve until June 27. Nunn had been scheduled to die in the state prison gas chamber April 28. Nunn was originally sched- Budget Committee Sets Tentative Date The first meeting of the Jackson county budget com mittee has been tentatively scheduled at 9 a.m. next Tues day, the county court an nounced yesterday. Court members said at that time they would consider some of the county budgets which are now complete. The compensation section of the recently conducted job classi fication survey should be ready by May 25, court mem bers said. County office budg ets are being held up pend ing possible readjustment of pay scales based on this sec tion of the survey, it was explained. A report on the various job classifications has been sub mitted to the' county court and letters sent to county employees. Washington (IP) The House defeated i overwhelm ingly today an attempt to in clude an antisegregation rider to legislation continuing fed eral aid to schools crowded by children of miMtary and government workers. that they mail it to other per sons consisted of reprints of an editorial from the Sandy Post and an article from the Oregon Voter. Hitchcock's complaint was lodged with Hatfield through Thomas Brand, Salem, chair man of the Marion County Committee for Hitchcock. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 28 tween 75 and 80 pounds, were treed by dogs and killed within one hour. During his 17 years of hunting in the Illinois Valley area, Maurer has killed 31 cougars. 24, Eacret's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Eaeret, were grant ed temporary injunction by Jackson County Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna barring the governor from using or at tempting to use the- constitu tional powers of executive clemency. Order Modified The case was heard by Cir cuit Judge Val D. Sloper of Marion county who modified this order on March 1 to per mit a one-month reprieve dur ing finaj determinations. Later Sloper dismissed the Eacrets' action and upheld the right of executive clemen cy by the governor. ' Gov. Holmes favors aboli tion of capital punishment.. Board of Appeals To Review Requests The Jackson county board of appeals on job reclassifica tion for county employees will review requests for kUCUlgC ill tldbSlilCclllUIl ell llie courthouse May 8, County Judge Rodney Keating has an nounced. Requests for changes in classification of jobs must be submitted to the board by county employees by Friday, April 25, he noted. Jobs were reclassified fol lowing a job survey by the state civil service commission. Members of the board are Dr." Marshall Woodell, South ern Oregon college; Walter G. Garner, Medford; R. A. James, representing the county court; and a representative of the state civil service commis sion who did not participate in the job survey. Russia Studies Ways To Reopen Bomber Charges United Nations, N.Y. (IP) The Soviet Union was consid ering today how and when to reopen its Security Council charges that American nu de a r bombers threatened world peace by flying toward the Soviet boundaries. Soviet Ambasador Arkady A. Sobolev told a news con ference Tuesday the issue still was before the council al though on Monday night he withdrew a demand for a vote on a resolution asking the United States to end such Veto Decision Withheld From News Conference Business Decline . Seen Flattening Washington ' (IPI Presi dent Eisenhower branded as a dole today a Democratic-sponsored plan for benefits to un employed workers. But he declined to tell a news conference whether he would veto the measure if Congress approved. He did say, however, that it has grave defects and would tend to be destructive to the whole sys tem of unemployment insur ance benefits as it now ex ists. Calls for 16 Weeki He said that he did not know how the Democratic plan could be handled admin istratively. The Democratic plan calls for the federal government to give idle workers 16 weeks of unemployment compensa tion, whether or not the idled workers are eligible under state unemployment insur ance programs. Other news conference highlights: He said recent economic statistics indicate that the rate of the business decline is flat tening out. But he added he was not going to try to be a Pollyanna and say that every thing is lovely. Wants Right Program He was asked about Democratic charges that the administration is going too slow and lacks courage and boldness in combating the re cession. He said his policy was first to determine what was the right thing to do and the right way to do it. Courage and boldness, he added, are fine things if you know you have the right plan. But the U. S. economy is too compli cated to follow the dictates of any individual, including the President. Charges Disputed He hotly disputed the charges of congressional critics that his defense reor ganization plan could open the way in the future for some in dividual to take over abso lute control of all the armed forces. He made the statement in reply to a question that Defense Secretary Neil H. Mc Elroy had conceded Tuesday that the Eisenhower reorgani zation bill could theoretically strip an individual service chief of command of every thing but his aide and orderly. (Continued on page 13) First Class of Driver School Set The first of two classes of the Medford driver improve ment school will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Medford city council cham bers, according to Capt. Clyde Fichtner, instructor. He said the second session will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the council chambers. Tonight's class will be on traffic safety in general but will contain special instructions on the dangers of speed. Fichtner said several stu dents have been assigned the lsCh00i by the municipal court judge. He noted several other drivers will attend, and he invited any others inter ested to take part. The pro gram is designed to improve driving habits to make safer and better drivers, he added. Portland Marchers Call End To Nuclear Jests Portland (IP) A delega tion carrying banners and placards calling for an end to United States testing of nu clear weapons marched in front of city hall today. The group represented the Oregon Federation for Social Action.' flights. Moscow radio backed up Sobolev's statements and said the United States and other nations opposing the Russian position showed that "far from wanting to ease inter national tension they want to heighten it." Sobolev said he withdrew his demand for a vote be cause U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Council presi dent for April, had "gagged" the 11 nation grouo a charge Lodge promptly denied. f
