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Ike's Proposal
For Higher Rate
Draws Rejection
SummerfieJd Sees
Plans Scuttled
Washington (IP) Congress
appeared today likely to put
Its seal of approval on a four-
cent postage rate for both
local and out of town letters
A Senate-House conference
committee rebuffed President
Eisenhower Wednesday by re
jecting the administration's
proposal for a five-cent rate
for out of town letters.
Would Scuttle Program
Postmaster General Arthur
E. Summerfield issued a
statement saying the penny
cut in the administration pro
posal "would scuttle President
Eisenhower s proposed i on-
lion postal modernization pro
gram" that would provide
jobs for thousands of workers.
He said the action was "a
-temporary victory for the
large business users of the
mails" who have benefitted
by low postal rates. "The fight
to stop this unconscionable
raid in the treasury will con
tinue," he said.
The conference committee
was to meet again today, to
attempt to complete work on
the long-delayed bill. Final
Senate and House action
would follow, presumably
within a few days.
P.ar Increase Opposed
The President had opposed
a pay increase of more than
6V2 per cent for the nation's
500,000 postal workers. The
Senate bill provided for an
average 12V per cent pay
boost, based on a 7Vz per
cent permanent raise plus
temporary cost of living ad
justments. The conferees Wed
nesday agreed on a VA per
cent raise plus temporary in
crease on a percentage basis
for the first seven classifica
tions of postal workers.
Soviet Boss Seen
Holding Position
Washington OF) Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
apparently is holding fast to
his desire for a summit con
ference without careful prepa
ration on an ambassadorial
level.
That interpretation was
placed today on a new letter
from Khrushchev to President
Eisenhower which asserted
Russia never will explode an
other atomic weapon "unless
the United States or Britain
compels it to."
Khrushchev's letter, which
was disclosed Wednesday, was
delivered to the State Depart
ment late Tuesday. The letter
rejected the main point of
Eisenhower's April 8 letter
to Khrushchev which pro
posed preliminary talks on a
fool-proof disarmament plan.
The White House said the
letter contained nothing new.
S-Cein)ti Postage
Israel Observes 10th
Anniversary
Jerusalem, Israel (IP)
Israel celebrates its tenth an
niversary of hazardous state
hood today with a massive
display of military might that
could touch off a new border
clash with uneasy Jordan.
Both Nations Warned
Jordan has accused Israel
of a "serious intended breach"
of the 1949 armistice agree
ment by bringing in heavy
armor and troops for the
parade, and matched the Is
raelis gun for gun and man
for man.
The United Nations warned
both nations against any inci
dent that could touch off an
other of the border shooting
scrapes that have threatened
Year
MEDFORD,
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PLANT TREES Jacksonville Cub Scout
Pack 35 recently planted several Chinese
Elm trees as part in the Cub's national
theme of "Keep America Beautiful." The .
Voters Pamphlets
Being Processed
By County
Voters pamphlets have been
received at the county clerk's
office and addressing will be
gin Friday. Mailing will start
immediately and all pamph
lets should be in the hands of
voters by May 1.
This is the first time any
county has handled the service
at local level. The purpose be
hind the move is twofold: a
substantial saving will result;
and a greater percentage of
Voters Pamphlets will reach
the voter, according to County
Clerk Bereth Hopkins.
If it is successful, efforts
will be made to require local
addressing and mailing
throughout the state
Duplicate records in the sec
retary of state's office have
required clerical help, sup-
olies. and filing - facilities
which have been estimated to
have cost between $35,000 and
$50,000 per biennium, Mrs.
Hopkins said. Most of the cost
could be eliminated, she noted,
if addressing and mailing
were done locally.
Cost of Addressing
Cost of addressing of Voters
Pamphlets is offset by the fact
that the county clerk would
no longer be required each
week to send lists of cancella
tions and new, or reregistra
tions to the secretary of state's
office where a duplicate file
has always been maintained
for the sole purpose of address
ing Voters . Pamphlets. The
cost of clerical help for main
taining the duplicate record
and addressing the pamphlets
will be eliminated at state
level. The state will reimburse
the county for the cost of
of Statehood
many times to flare into open
warfare.
The Israeli sector of the
divided city of Jerusalem was
in a holiday mood and the
winding streets were filled
with thousands of tourists
who turned main streets into
a public carnival.
Celebration continues
The singing and . dancing
which started Wednesday
continued through the night
under the starry canopy of a
brilliant fireworks display.
Israel proclaimed itself a
state on May 14, 1948, accord
ing to the western calendar.
The celebration falls on Fri
day but it is being celebrated
today because of the Jewish
sabbath.
OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1958
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Clerk
postage and local mail permit,
she added.
In addition to a saving to
the tax payer, voters are as
sured of getting the pamphlets
if they have maintained a cur
rent address on their registra
tion record- Late registrant
and reregistrant cards could
not be processed in time to
allow corrections or additions
to the state file in former
years, thus making it impos
sible to furnish pamphlets to
those several thousand voters.
Mrs. Hopkins said she be
came interested in working
toward legislation to require
local ' addressing and mailing
of Voters Pamphlets in 1950
and 1952 when a survey dis
closed that 13,400 pamphlets
had been destroyed at Jackson
county post offices because of
wrong addresses in one elec
tion year.
Since that time, ' every ef
fort has been made by the
clerk's office to correct rec
ords and maintain current
addresses. -
Present legislation . is only
permissive and Jackson county
and one eastern Oregon coun
ty are the only ones in the
state giving this service, she
said.
Fred Meyer Ordered
To Cover Drug Signs
Portland P The State
Board of Pharmacy has order
ed Fred Meyer, Inc., to cover
up or dismantle its signs
which advertise the firm's
drug outlets, as long as phar
macists are on strike and
drugs cannot be sold. Some
of. the signs are big, outdoor
displays but the company
compiled with the order by
striking the "D" from the
word drugs.
Ike Submits Plan
For Defense Merger
Washington (IP) Presi
dent Eisenhower sent Con
gress today a plan to merge
the Office of Defense Mobili
zation and the Civil Defense
Administration into a new of
fice of defense and civilian
mobilization.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York IIP) Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 453.42, up
3.31; 20 railroads 111.00,
up 1.34; 15 utilities 77.13.
up .54, and 65 stocks 156.
81, up 128. Sales today
were about 2.870,000 shares
compared with 2,720,000
shares Wednesday.
Tribune
trees were planted near the Jacksonville
elementary school. The job was supervised
by Cubmaster Ed Hinkle and several Den
Mothers.
Air Force Quits
Search for Nose
Cone of Missile
Cape Canaveral Fla. (IP)
The Air Force today called
off its search for a' new ICBM
nose cone fired far out over
the Atlantic last night on the
tip of a combined Thor-Vanguard
rocket.
An official statement re
leased at . Patrick Air . Force
Base said "the Air Force con
firmed reports that efforts to
recover the nose cone of the
missile launched Wednesday
night from Cape Canaveral,
Fla., have been discontinued."
No Comment on Failure
There was no comment con
cerning reasons behind the
failure to recover the small
hemisphere designed to pre
vent missiles from burning
up on re-entry into the atmos
phere. Earlier in the day, Maj.
Gen. Bernard A. Schriever,
Air Force missile chief, told
the House Space Committe
in Washington he doubted if
the nose cone would ever be
found. "
Schreiver said it would be
a couple of days before there
is a complete evaluation of
the combined Thor-Vanguard
missile test firing but that "as
of now we have not recovered
the nose cone and doubt that
we will."
Fired Wednesday Night
The Air Force blasted the
towering forerunner of its
moon rocket into the sky here
Wednesday night, primarily
to try out a new idea for get
ting a nose cone back through
the atmosphere from space.
Preliminary unofficial esti
mates were that the rocket,
aimed at a target area in the
ocean 6,300 miles (statute
miles) may have gone only
about 3,600 miles.
Lendinara, Italy HP)
Mimi Rossetto, aged queen of
one of Europe's wealthiest
gypsy tribes, died today.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Clear to partly
cloudy through Friday with a
few afternoon showers in
mountains. Low tonight 32.
High Friday 62.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 53
Lowest this Morning 34
Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
5:17 a.m.
Sunset
7:03 p.m.
Moonset Friday 12:11 a.m.
First Quarter April 26
PROMINENT STARS
The Twins, high above the
Moon.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, In the south-
east 9:02 p.m.
Saturn, rises 11:33 p.m.
Mars, rises 3:20 a.m.
Venus, rises. 3:57 a.m.
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Vesfern Allies
Call on Russia
To Speed Planning
Joint Talks With
Big Three Urged
London (IP) The West
ern Allies called on the Sov
iets again today to speed up
preparations for a summit
conference by holding joint
talks with the U.S., British
and French ambassadors in
Moscow.
In a new three-power note
handed over to the Soviet
Foreign Ministry in Moscow
this afternoon, the West:
Surprise Expressed
Expressed "surprise" that
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko had refused to
meet with the three western
ambassadors together.
Voiced "hope- that the.
Kremlin would agree after all
to joint meetings. -
Reiterated the earlier
stand that Moscow diplomatic
talks should deal not only
with the time, place, agenda
and composition of a pre-sum-mit
foreign ministers' confer
ence, but also should go into
the substance tif the main
East-West - issues ' likely to
come up at a summit parley.
Challenge To Soviets
Officials interpreted the
latest note as a challenge to
the Soviets to state squarely
whether they still want pre
paratory talks on a summit
meeting.
"The three governments,
the joint note said, "wish to
express their hope that the
Soviet government will feel
able to give favorable consid
eration to the above proposal
as offering a prospect of early
progress by means of a simple
and straightforward proce
dure."
Poor Judgment in
Deportation Voiced
Washington . (IP) Rep.
Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.) told
immigration officials today
they showed poor judgment
in their hasty deportation last
week of William Heikkila,
Finnish-born ex-Communist.
Walter, chairman of the
House Immigration Subcom
mittee and also head of the
committee on Un-American
activities, said Heikkila 's
abrupt deportation gave "aid
and comfort" to people try
ing to "embarrass" the gov
ernment. Heikkila was picked up by
immigration agents last Fri
day as he left his draftsman's
job in San Francisco and was
flown to Canada without a
hat or coat or a chance to tele
phone his wife. He was then
put on a plane and sent back
to Finland.
. Heikkila today left Helsinki
by plane for return to San
Francisco at government ex
pense. Orchards Heated
Last Two Nights
Orchards in the valley were
heated for a short period ''"both
Tuesday and Wednesday
nights, according . to Clifford
B. Cordy, county agent for
horticulture.
He reported that a cloud
layer moved in shortly after
firing started.
Cordy reported that . minor
hail damage was reported in
some orchards during a
storm Tuesday. He said the
majority of the damage to
fruit would result mainly in
surface blemishes.
Boy, 6, Confesses
Killing Texas Infant
Kingsville, Tex. (IP)
Police Chief B. D. Condron
said today that a 6-year-old
boy had confessed taking 5-week-old
Sandra Rose Car
rick out of her crib and
kicking her to death.
Condron refused to give the
boy's name and said the. boy
did not know Sandra Ann was
dead:
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CANDIDATE VISITS State Treasurer Sig
Unander (with glasses, in center) chats
with people attending a coffee hour in his
honor at the Jackson hotel .yesterday after
Polling Places in
County Will Be in
Public Schools
Polling places for the pri
mary election May 16 have
been designated by County
Clerk Bereth P. Hopkins un
der a new law passed by the
1957 Legislature, which pro
vides that "wherever practic
able" the clerk "may desig
nate as a polling place any
public building, including any
school house owned or leased
by the state, or any political
subdivision thereof, and such
building may be used without
expense to the county."
Polling places will be con
centrated in public schools
throughout the county, Mrs.
Hopkins said. Election boards
for each precinct have been
appointed. Counting boards
for precincts will be assigned
separate rooms in the build
ings and will begin counting
as soon as school is dismissed.
Mrs. Hopkins pointed out
that by using the schools,
each precinct is assured a
known location, with ade
quate parking areas, well
lighted, properly heated
rooms for voting and count
ing, and that proper toilet fa
cilities and telephones are
available. Noon lunch will be
served in most school cafe
terias to board members.
Cost Less
Mrs. Hopkins noted that the
cost of equipping the polling
places would be considerably
less sihee the schools would
furnish all of the chairs and
most of the tables needed.
The delivery problem would
be less costly since the num
ber of locations to which poll
booths and supplies must be
transferred will be cut by two
thirds.
Anyone who by reason of
distance to a polling place,
15 miles or more, occupations
such as truck drivers, rail
road men, traveling salesmen
and the like, bed-ridden or
handicapped individuals who
anticipate . a transportation
problem on election day may
apply for and vote by ab
sentee ballot.
'Information on absentee
voting may be secured by tele
phoning SPring 3-6211, ex
tensions 200, 208 or 217.
"Think We'll Ever Get Up To 1958 Recession
Levels?"
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noon. Unander
campaign for
for governor.
Recession Offset
Is Top Problem,
Sig Unander Says
State Treasurer Sig Unand
er, candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for governor
was in Grants Pass today,
following a full day of cam
paigning in Jackson county
yesterday.
Unander spoke at Southern
Oregon college, attended a
coffee hour in his honor yest
erday afternoon, spoke on
television, and visited friends
and supporters in Medf ord
and Ashland. '
Petroleum Storage
Facilities on Fire
Newport News, Va. (IP) A
raging fire swept through a
mile-long Standard , Oil Co.
petroleum storage farm early
today, exploding six. 15,000-
barrel gasoline tanks like fire'
crackers and threatening 15
others.
The 60 -foot-high, tanks,
lined up along this port city's
waterfront, collapsed in flames
one by one between 11 p.m.
(EDT), Wednesday and 2 a.m
today. The flames were still
out of control hours after the
first explosion.
The Newport News fire de
partment said no deaths or
injuries had been reported
and no one was missing.
Business Session
Set by New Club
Officers and committee
chairmen of the newly-formed
"50 Plus" club will meet at
2 p.m. Friday in the Red
Cross building on Hawthorne
st. for a business session, ac
cording to Dr. Frank Roberts,
president.
Other members of the club
wishing to attend will be wel
come, Dr. Roberts said, but
he pointed out it would be
a business meeting, not a
party meeting. ,
Organizational problems of
the new club, formed of peo
ple aged 50 years or more,
will be discussed, he added.
Salem (IP) The State
Highway Commission will re
ceive bids on 23 projects to
taling about $4,600,000 in
Portland May 8 and 9.
facilities
i -r
was here as part of his
the Republican nomination
(Kenn Knackstedt photo.)
He said Oregon's No. 1
problem at present is to stim
ulate business activity, to off
set the recission trend in the
state. To do so, he said, will
require a number of activities
in which the state govern
ment can play a role.
As examples, he cited the
need for a higher allowable
cut for timber, to bring down
stumpage prices, and give
Oregon's top industry a more
favorable price structure.
Unander said that the first
steps in insuring more con
struction during the coming
year have been taken, in mak
ing credit more readily
available, and added that the
lumber market has nowhere
to go but up.
To take advantage of this,
he said, more timber at more
reasonable prices, . must be
available. He declared that
his plan for construction of
more forest access roads,
built through a" self-liquidat
ing bonding program, would
do much toward this end.
He also emphasized the
need for a well-balanced tax
program which would not
be punitive to industry, and.
which would retain indust
rial concerns already located
here, and help attract others
particularly year - around
industries to offset the large
ly seasonal nature of Ore
gon's industry today.
As an example, he cited
the increased use of wood
fiber, which now largely goes
to waste, in the manufacture
of new products.
Keating Returns
From O&C Meeting
County Court Judge Rod
ney Keating returned Wednes
day from Portland where he
attended a meeting of the
executive committee of the
O&C lands.
Major item discussed and
approved was the continua
tion of the three-year refores
tation program which is con
ducted by the bureau of land
management on O and C
lands. The group approved
$500,000 for the 1960 federal
budget for this surpose.
Judge Keating reported
that'the reforestation costs ap
proximately $27 per acre and
a total of 165,000 acres in 18
counties are included in the
program to be reforested.
It was explained that the
money for this program is tak
en from the 25 per cent of to
tal O and C land receipts that
has been allotted by the coun
ties for access road construction.
Klamath Judge Indicts
Policemen for Contempt
Klamath Falls (IP) Circuit
Judge David R. Vandenberg
Wednesday held three state
police officers in contempt of
court in conection with their
arrest of unlicensed freight
line truck drivers.
Judge Vandenberg has is
sued an order April 1 re
straining the State Police and
the Public Utilities Commis
sion .for interferring with
operations of the Pioneer
Truck Rental Company of
Klamath Falls.
The PUC has contended
that the firm violates state
law by engaging in transporta
tion for hire while appearing
as a leasing opperation. Al
Vincez of Klamath Falls,
Injured Wife
Left at Scene;
Plane Spotted
'Copter Due To
Attempt Rescue
Dayville, Ore. cm A Cali
fornia pilot missing since
Monday in snowy country
near here made his way to
safety today and the wreck
age of his light plane where
his wife lay injured was re
ported seen from the air up
side down in four feet of
snow.
The Civil Air Patrol at Con
don, Ore., about 60 miles
north of here, reported that
two aircraft were circling the
wreckage.
Long Walk
Bruce Davis, 36, an or
chestra leader from Fresno
stumbled into the ranch home
of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Robert
son at 6:10 a.m. after three
days and nights of walking
in the rugged fossil bed coun
try of central Oregon.
Davis said there were no
provisions aboard the plane
except a candy bar and a
stick of gum. His wife had no
weapons, but residents in the
area said there was little
danger from animals.
Davis planned to accom
pany a helicopter to the scene
after getting some sleep at
the Robertson home this
morning.
Wrapped in Blanket
Davis, suffering from ex
haustion and exposure, told
search authorities his wife
was wrapped up in a coat and
blanket beside the plane.
There was no immediate re
port from the pilots as to
whether they spotted the
woman.
A helicopter was dispatched
from the Portland Air Force
Base. The Air Force station
at Condon reported it was
due here about 12:05 p.m.
after stopping at Hood River
to pick up skis and snow
shoes. A ground party also was
en route to the crash scene
from John Day.
The plane was. reported
down about 11 miles south
of here. The CAP said a
Beechcraft and a Cessna plane
were circling the wreckage.
Believed in Good Condition
Davis said he believed his
wife, Patricia, 35, was in
good condition. "I know I
can find her," he said. He said
he believed she would sur
vive.
The gritty , pilot said his
wife would not have been
able to walk out of the rugged
terrain which he termed as
impossible."
It was snowing in the
search area again today.
The Davises had been the
objects of a search since Mon
day afternoon but some of
the worst weather of the year
had hampered search opera
tions. They were last heard
from Monday on a flight from
Fresno to Spokane in a single
engined Cessna to visit Irv
ing Davis, the pilot's father.
Cooperation Plans
Talked by Planners
Plans were discussed
Wednesday evening for fu
ture cooperative planning be
tween county incorporated
cities and various planning
commissions at a joint meet
ing held at the city hall.
Approximately 15 persons
attended the meeting which
included representatives from
the county, Medf ord, and Ash
land planning commissions.
An invitation was extended
by the group to all incorpor
ated cities in the county to
send representatives to the
county planning commission
meeting Monday, April 28, in
the planning commission of
fice in the county courthouse
annex. The meeting will be
gin at 7:30 p.m.
owner of Pioneer, said his
trucks carried PUC private
carrier permits but had been
unable to obtain operating
plate's. The Pioneer drivers
had been arrested for failure
to carry operating plates.
No Arrest Warrants
Judge Vandenberg did not
issue arrest warrants for the
three state police officers but
cited them for contempt. They
were Officers Robert J. Boyle
of the Baker office; David L.
Witt, Albany, and Charles L.
McMillan of Salem. The
Judge also ordered H. G.
M a i s o n, superintendent o
state police", to show cause
why he should not be cited
for contempt.
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