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Assembly Puts
French Premier
On Firmer Ground
Given New Powers
For Military Effort
Paris (IP) The French
National Assembly today ap
' proved the government's ex
tension of powers bill for Al
geria in a vote which rejected
Gen. Charles de Gaulle's bid
for power.
the vote , was 475 to 100,
living the government of
Premier Pierre Pflimlin an
overwhelming victory in its
bid to press the war to a fin
ish against Moslem rebels in
Algeria and again solidify the
French nation.
Unexpected support from
th Communist wing helped
thp government in the vote.
G The majority was greater
than the 462 to 112 vote that
HOimlin won on emergency
powers for the whole of
France and Algeria Friday
night.
.It came after the Premier
hajd delivered a grim warn
ing that France faces civil
war unless it keeps intact its
9 crumbling ties with Algeria.
De Gaulle's- name was not
tiormal issue in the vote. But
it eame up repeatedly in the
debate that preceded it. And
Tlimlin had warned that his
gvrnment will "fight all ex
pamists," right or left.
yariSj flP) Premier Pierre
3Pflimlin sought today to ap
)sas the- French insurgents
j Algeria before their open
eWfience forces the govern
ment's surrender to Gen.
Charles 'de Gaulle.
There was ntounting pres
sure for the return of De
Gaulle. although his statement
Monday that he was ready to
take over power deepened the
rift in France and may have
brought a greater risk of
bloodshed..
Pflimlin goes before the Na
tional Assembly this after
noon to seek special powers
a renewed military effort
ttgainst the Moslem rebels in
Algeria.
failure' to grant these pow
ers would mean the fall of
1 Pflimlin government with
fiimoct no alternative except
ia turn the nation over to
XM Gaulle.
Meanwhile rese'rves were
$ing called back to the colors
3 fill out special "flying
f lftotns" of gendarmerie
throughout country districts.
Algiers (IP) -- Algeria's in
surgent ruling junta, still de
fiant despite lukewarm sup
port from Gen. Charles de
Gaulle, pressed plans today to
ganize a rival government
to that of Premier Pierre
pflimlin.;
The group gave wide pub
licity to an unprecedented of
fer by Gen. Raoul Salan, the
Algerian army commander, to
five a full pardon to any Mos
im rebel who lays down his
arms and surrenders.
The two actions strongly in
dicated the French settlers
and army generals leading the
revolt against the Pflimlin
government were prepared to
go it alone even without ma
jor support from De Gaulle.
Belief in De Gaulle was
still strong, however. Ray
mond Dronne, a former Gaul
list deputy in the National
Assembly, cabled Pflimlin
Monday night asking him to
step down in favor of De
Gaulle.
Mevfcerger Pushes
Industrial Sites
Washington (IP) Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
Monday introduced legislation
to open the banks of the Co
lumbia river in the McNary
and John Day reservoirs to in
dustrial sites. He said the leg
islation had the endorsement
of port commissions.
Stepped-Up Enforcement
Saves Lives, Says Holmes
Miami Beach, Fla (IP)
Stepped - up enforcement of
traffic laws in -Oregon is buy
ing lives, limbs and automo
biles, Gov. Robert D. Holmes
told a highway safety discus
sion at the National - Gover
nors' conference here today.
Increases in traffic viola
tion convictions have been
paralleled by decreases in the
number of accidents for com
parable figures of 1957 and
1958, the Oregon governor
reported.
The enforcement program
has resulted in a 16 per cent
SPUTNIK III ORBITS Russia's Sputnik III is pictured in
orbit. This is Russia's third earth satellite, a cone-shaped
vehicle weighing about IVi tons. It is nearly 12 feet long
and over five feet in diameter at the base. Its orbit is higher
than previous Spuniks. The new satellite contains nothing
but instruments, Russians say.
3,700 Signatures
On Petitions Are
Checked by Clerk
More than 3,700 signatures
of Jackson county residents
were checked by clerks in. the
county elections . department
during the past several weeks,
according to County Clerk
Bereth P. Hopkins.
The signatures were on cop
ies of petitions circulating
throughout the county. The
majority of the signatures
were on petitions concerning
the eligibility of teachers to
serve in the state legislature.
Under a recent rule of the
supreme court, teachers in the
II Persons Die
In Mid-Air Crash
Af Airliner, Jet
Brunswick, Md. (IP) A
Chicago to Baltimore Capital
Airlines passenger plane and
an Air National Guard jet
trainer collided in the air near
here today.
All 11 persons sboard the
Capital plane, seven passen
gers and a crew of four, per
ished. ;.
The pilot of the military
plane, who identified himself
as Capt. Julius R. McCoy, was
taken to Frederick, Md. Mem
orial " Hospital with severe
burns of the face, hands, arms
and head. He parachuted from
his plane.
The pilot said one other man
was aboard the jet, but his
fate was not immediately
known. , .
McCoy was found in a field
near Doubs, Md., by a farmer
who rushed him to the hos
pital. Capital identified the pilot
of its liner as Kendall Brady
and the copilot as Paul F.
Meyers, both of Chicago.
Also aboard were two host
esses. It was the second collision
of a commercial jiir liner and
a military jet in a month.
On April 21, a United Air
Lines DC7 and an Air Force
jet collided over Las Vegas,
Nev.,' killing all 47 persons
aboard the liner and both pi
lots in the jet.
BasebaOD
AMERICAN LEAGUE V
Baltimore 6 12 1
Detroit 4 5 1
O'Dell, Zuverink (8),
Harshman (8), and Trian
dos; Hoeft, Aquirre (3),
Morgan (6), Shaw (9), and
Hegan.
overall decrease in the nnm-
ber of accidents in the state
during the first . quarter of
this year, Gov. Holmes said.
"The number of state police
arrests in the first quarter
went up nearly 60 per cent,
and the number of rural acci
dents in the area they patrol
went down nearly 20 per
cent," the governor contin
ued. .
He said the program, joined
in by traffic safety groups,
including the Oregon Traffic
Safety commission, was get
ting desired results.
public schools are ineligible
to serve in the legislature,
under the separation of pow
ers dictum. The initiative is to
amend the constitution to per
mit teachers to be elected and
terve in the legislature with
out having to resign their jobs.
2.070 Signatures "
Elections department rec
ords show a total of 2,070 sig
natures for this initiative in
the county on 132 petition
copies. .-
Another initiative petition,
for the establishment of an
Oregon power commission, to
date has 749 signatures, Mrs.
Hopkins reported on a total
of 22 petition copies.
. This initiative would estab
lish a three man commission
relative to the purchase, 'gen
eration, transmission, distribu
tion and sale of electric power
within the state, i
In addition to these two pe
titions signatures" were also re
quired on school board candi
date nominations, school dist
rict boundary changes and
consolidations. These totalled
an additional 656 signatures.
Checked With List
Mrs. Hopkins reported that
each signature had to be
checked with the registered
voter list in the elections de
partment and the petition had
to be sent on to the secretary
of state within two days. She
explained that due to the rush
in the elections department
prior to Friday's election
three clerks had to spend eve
nings verifying signatures to
make the deadline.
The county clerk reported
that this was four or five
times the usual number of pe
tition copies received by the
office in previous years.
Swimming Pool fo
Open Here June 7
Opening of the swimming
pool at Hawthorne park is
tentatively set for June 7, Dar
ell Huson, city finance direct
or said today. It will be open
seven days a week, from 1 to
9 p.m.,
. Personnel for pool manage
ment possibly will be the
same as last year, Huson said.
The staff of teachers and va
cationing college students will
include a manager, three life
guards, two basket checkers
and a relief worker. The play
ground supervisor will be in
charge of the free wading
pools for children up to 8
years. ,
There will be no .change in
the admission price, Huson
said. Fees are 20 cents for chil
dren under 25 cents for
students and . 40 cents for
adults. ' '
Snoqualmie Blaze
Nears Control
North Bend, Wash. (W
Crews battling the 1,500 acre
Camp Joy forest fire in "goat
rock country," in Snoqualmie
national forest were reduced
to about 530 men and a For
est Service spokesman said
the blaze might be controlled
today. -
Monday, a westerly shift of
the wind had slowed the ad.
vance of the west edge of the
fire to a crawl.- The east edge
of the fire was not an immed
iate threat because most of
that section was well burned
out.
Cable TV System,
Color Announced
By Local Station
Applications for f
Cable To Start Soon
A cable television system,
serving homes within Med
ford, and the start of color
broadcasting in the near fu
ture , were announced last
night by television station
KBES-TV. .
Vice President Everett Fa
ber and Manager Jerry Poul-
us, on the "TV Question Box"
program over the station, said
applications for cable service
will be taken immediately at
a downtown office. The system
will be called KABEST, they
reported, and will carry up to
three channels to bring pro
grams from all three net
works. The station is also equip
ping itself to broadcast in col
or, they reported. - (While it
was not announced, the sta
tion has already sent out ex
perimental broadcasts in col
or, which were picked up by
a few of the color TV sets in
town.)
Cost of subscriptions to the
cable TV system was not an
nounced. Commercial Programs
Poulus and Faber empha
sized that the station would
continue broadcasting com
mercial programs, as at pres
ent. But they said this seryice
would be supplemented by , a
subscription, or "pay," system
as soon as it can be set up. It
will also carry color pro
grams, they stated.
KBES-TV was granted a
franchise for 'such a system
last week, at the" same time
that one was granted to Trim
ble Television, Inc., for a com:
munity antenna system, to
bring Portland channels here
via microwave and telephone
company cable. .
Earlier, the city council, ap
proved a franchise to Oregon
California - theaters for -still
another system of cable TV, to
carry new movies and other
events.
Each firm has a two-year
period in which to set up the
systems they propose. If it is
not done by then, the fran
chise will lapse. .
None of the . systems ' pro
posed would be broadcast.
They would be carried' by
cable,' and thus are not sub
ject to regulation of the Fed
eral Communications commis
sion. . . ;
Lebanon Promises
Rebel Punishment
Beirut, Lebanon W
Premier Sami el Solh said to
day the government will pro
secute leaders of the Lebanese
uprising and make them pay
for "innocent bloodshed" once
law and order have been re
stored. Solhj in an interview with
United Press, said there would
be "no compromise ' whatso
ever" with opposition forces
who have kept this half-Christian,
half-Moslem country in a
turmoil for nearly two weeks.
Political sources in Tripoli,
spawning ground of the upris
ing, said Chamoun's ambition
to succeed himself was a major
point of contention. . , ,
Solh called the Cabinet in
to session today to discuss
again whether to lay charges
before the United Nations Se
curity Council that the United
Arab Republic fomented the
Lebanese trouble.
Morse Criticizes
Nixon's Tour
Washington (IP) Sen.
Wayne L. Morse said today
that Vice President Richard
M. Nixon should ' not have
completed his South Ameri
can tour because advance in
telligence reports showed
that "we knew there -would
be trouble."
The Oregon Democrat told
reporters Nixon should have
gone to Argentina for the in
auguration of President Ar
turo Frondizi and then re
turned to the United States.
Nixon and his wie were
stoned and spat upon at Car
acas, Venezuela, last Tuesday.
Mofse said testimony be
fore the Senate foreign rela
tions committee Monday by
Deputy Undersecretary of
State Robert D. Murphy gave
the "inescapable conclusion"
that Nixon's tour "couldn't
possibly be a good will tour."
Medford
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Solons Consider
Anti-ULS. Fury
Washington (IP) A Senate
committee will decide .behind
closed doors." today whether
to continue its inquiry into
the seriousness of anti-Amer
ican outbursts abroad.
The Senate Foreign Rela
tions committee must make
the- decision. President Eisen
hower's foreign aid bill was
sidetracked by the committee
in order to probe the recent
disorders in Latin America
Division of ICC
Suspends SP
Rate Reductions
By A. ROBERT SMITH .
Washington A division of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Tuesday suspended
the proposed lumber freight
rate reductions which' South
ern Pacific railroad "planned
to put inta effect Wednesday.
. The result of this action is
that the ICC will go into the
matter thoroughly, weighing
arguments pro . and . con be
fore rendering a final decision
on the proposal.
An ICC spokesman said that
the exact procedure would
probably not; be known until
next week, but that very like
ly public hearing would not
be conducted so the case can
be expedited. He estimated it
would take a minimum of
three months to dispose of the
case. ' "';:
Immediately Appealed
TuesdaiiSL.suspension of Jthe
rate cut was immedately ap
pealed by Southern Oregon
Conservation and Tree Farm
association, and Williamette
Valley Lumbermen's associa
tion but the ICC denied the
appeal.
Until a final decision is
reached by, the ICC Southern
Pacific, must stick with; its
present tariffs. The suspension
of lower rates is good for a
maximum of " seven months,
unless the ICC acts to lift the
suspension before that time
has "expired. If the ICC fails
to act, the railroad can put
the lower rates into effect aft
er the 7-month period has
elapsed, the spokesman said.
The expected procedure for
handling' the case will be to
permit the railroad to file a
brief in support of its reduced
rates within 440 days. After
that the protestants will have
30 days in which to reply, and
the railroad can have 10 days
to have the last word. The
commission will then reach
its decision on this record, the
spokesman said.
Last week SP's new rates
were approved by the ICC's
suspension board, but barge
lines and -truckers appealed
the ruling to division two of
the ICC. It was on this appeal
that the division Tuesday sus
pended the reduced rates on
lumber shipments from ore
gon to southern California.
Slash Fire Reported
On Pleasant Creek
A two-acre fire in logging
slash on Pleasant creek north
of Rogue River was reported
under . control this morning,
according to the state depart
ment of forestry.
Three men from the depart-1
ment are assisting the Oheg
logging , company in exting
uishing the blaze.
Department personnel ex
tinguished a small fire on
Blackwell hill Monday after
noon between the old and new
highways. ..- Children playing
with matches were believed to
have caused the fire, they said:
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudi
ness through Wednesday. Low
tonight 55. High Wednesday 88.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday L ... 85
Lowest this Morning :.1.5J
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:48 a.m.
Sunset 7:30 p.m.
The Moon, riding high tonight
between Betelgeuse and Elnath,
sets 9:22 p.m.-
First Quarter .... Sunday night
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, due south 9:45 p.m."
Saturn, rises 9:4C p.m.
Mars, rises 2:22 a.m.
Venus, low in east 3:46 ajn.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
and elsewhere.
The senate internal security
subcommittee today -released
a report on its hearing con
cerning the 1956 Hungarian
uprising. It indicated the use
of Russian troops to 'stamp
out he rebellion was dictated
in large part by Hungary's
position as a key Soviet base
against the West.
All action in the Senate to
day centered in committees.
The Senate did not plan to
convene and was in recess un
til Wednesday.
In", the House, Democratic
Leader John W. McCormack
shaid today his space commit
tee has given the administra
tion an agency that can sur
pass the Russians in space
achievements if if is run
properly: :
McCormack's c o m m i ttee
Monday night unanimously
approved a bill that would
create a powerful National
Aeronautics and Space ad
ministration. Final House
passage of the bill was indi
cated for the . end of the
month.
The bill would place all of
the nation's space programs
except those considered pri
marily, military under the
civilian administration.
Nobody Sure Yet
Of Nominee for
District Judge
Nobody seemed quite sure
today who will be the nomi
nee for Jackson . county dis
trict judge if anyone..
Yesterday, Freeman Holmer.
head of the state election de
partment, said it was his opin
ion that Robert G. Danielson,
Klamath Falls, who received
a majority of the votes, was
eligible for the nomination de
spite the . fact that he had
moved from this county
and announced his withdrawal
from the race.
This morning, District At
torney Tom Reeder, at the
request of County Clerk Mrs.
Berdth P. Hopkins, said it is
his opinion that the other can
didate, Medford City Attor
ney E. Roy Bashaw, should
receive the nomination. .
And also this morning,
Holmer, ' in a discussion with
Reeder, indicated his opinion
of yesterday will need revi
sion. Requesting Opinion
Reeder said he is requesting
an opinion from Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton,
the state's chief legal officer,
to clear up the various inter
pretations given to the perti
nent sections of Oregon law.
Thornton's decision wjll be
final, unless the matter is ap
pealed to the courts.
Danielson filed for the posi
tion while still a resident of
Ashland, but bowed out of the
race after the ballots had
been printed, so his name ap
peared on them along with
Bashaw's.
Voters of the county gave
Danielson a majority of their
votes. The questions which
must be settled are: (1) Is
Danielson eligible for the
nomination; (2) If so, who is
the nominee if Danielson re
jects the nomination, and (3)
Would Bashaw be eligible to
receive the nomination if
Danielson rejects it, or is de
clared ineligible..
Workers Leave
Missile Base
Cape Canaveral, Fla. HP)
About 350 construction work
ers walked off their jobs Mon
day in an apparent wildcat
strike, but the walkout was
not expected to hamper the
guided missile program.
The strikers are. electri
cians, plumbers and general
construction workers engaged
in construction of launching
pads for the Titan and Atlas
intercontinental ballistic mis
siles.
Authorities said today that
Titan and Atlas pads. are al-
readv in use and two others
being constructed would serve
on a standby basis.
Cause of the walkout was
not immediately known.
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1958
"Could You Put An Alarm Clock
In The Next One?"
New Methods To Be
Adopted by Police
Told at Luncheon
H. G.' Maison, superintend
ent of Oregon state police, Sa
lem reviewed the develop
ment of the state police force
and told of new methods to
be adopted July. 1 by the de
partment, at the luncheon
meeting of the Western State
Crime conference,' .'. Monday
noon at the Elks temple.
The annual conference Tbe
ing held in Medford will con
tinue through Wednesday.
Maison told of the steps the
state police .department is
making to furnish other law
D'Autremont to
Be Sentenced
Hugh D'Autremont, 54, who
pleaded guilty in U. S. district
court in Portland May 1 to
assault with intent to rob a
mail train, will be sentenced
at 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 23,
in Portland, according to re
ports from Portland.
D'Autremont is the young
est of three brothers serving
life sentences for murder for
the killing of train crew mem
bers during the attempted rob
bery of a Southern Pacific
mail car, near Ashland in 1923.
Sentencing on the federal
indictment, which was issued
in 1923, was postponed by
Judge Gus Solomon pending
receipts of pre-sentencing re
ports by the federal parole
and probation officer.
Earlier this year, D'Autre
mont . appeared -in Jackson
county, circuit court before
Judge H. K. Hanna and plead
ed guilty to one count of sec
ond degree murder and to
stopping a railroad train with
the intent of robbery. Three
pending first degree murder
indictments against him were
dismissed by the court.
Steel Plant Work
Set For Burbank
Pasco, Wash. (IP) Con
struction of a steel fabricating
plant at Burbank, across the
Snake river from here, is ex
pected to start within 30 days,
Columbia Basin Steel & Iron
Co., Inc. announced Monday.
When completed, the plant
will have an annual payroll
of $500,000.
Unmanned Moon Mission
Described By
Los Angeles (IP) Six types
of unmanned moon missions,
including establishment of
"space buoys" which " would
float at anchor in earth-moon
space, were described today
by, scientists of Air Force
project RAND.
In Air Force feasibility
studies, the researchers have
"shot" the forthcoming lunar
probes hundreds of times on
giant computers. They say the
first successful probe may be
a "boomerang" shot around
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No. 51
enforcement agencies more in
formation. He explained that
they had but "one product to
sell" service.
Enforce Law
He said that the state police
enforce all criminal law with
in ' the state but are specifi
cally concerned with highway
patrol and the enforcement
of game and fish laws, and
arson laws.
He added that the depart
ment dealt mainly :with the
direction of rural highway pa
trol in cooperation with other
law enforcement agencies.
The speaker reviewed the
central bureau of identifica
tion for the state which was
started in 1932. He said that
the bureau, now operating on
a five day a week, 8 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. basis, will switch
to a 24-hour, seven day a
week operation July 1.
He told of the new standard
crime report forms which the
department will begin using
July 1 and added that the
forms were available as sam-!
pies for the use of the agen
cies within the state as well as
other stages. """
Services Available
He added that the services
of this bureau were available
at state expense to all Ore
gon enforcement agencies. Re
quests for the services may
be made direct to the Salem
"headquarters or through the
local state police branch.
He also said that the depart
ment would process any re
ports submitted ,. on . major
crimes from other states.
More than 538,000 .finger-1
print cards, 1,000,000 -name
cards, and 30,000 photographs
are on file at the central bu
reau, he added. ' V
Introduced by Chief ,
The speaker was introduced
by Chief of Police Charles P.
Champlin. Police Lieutenant
Lyle Perkins presided at the
luncheon.
-More than 150 have regis
tered for the conference. A
banquet will be held at 7:30
o'clock tonight at the Rogue
Valley Country. club.. Speaker
will be Chief Deputy U.S.
Marshal James H. Chenoweth,
third judicial division, An
chorage, Alaska.
Wednesday morning's ses
sion will include the election
of a secretary and treasurer
for the conference. Following,
a noon luncheon and an after
noon general session the con
ference will close at 5 p.m.
Wednesday.
Air Force
the moon rather than one
which ' hits the moon. Such a
circumlunar flight. is basical
ly easier and could reveal
more data than one which de
stroyed itself by crashing on
the moon.. .
Simplest First
Drs. R. W. Buchheim, study
project leader, and Hans A.
Leiske, trajectory expert, list
the three simplest missions as:
A shot to escape from the
earth-moon system.
A circumlunar flights.
Dulles Answers
Red Warning On
Lebanon Crisis
Aid To County Not
Needed At This Time
Washington (IP) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
served notice on Russia to
day that the United States
will do what it considers is
right and proper in any area
of the world regardless of any
Soviet threats
Dulles' statement was a di
rect answer to weekend warn
ings by Russia that- it could
not stand idly by if .the. West
intervened in strife-torn Leba
non. Dulles told a news confer
ence he does not consider it
likely under present condi
tions that Lebanon will need
any ( help in putting down
threats from outside, the
country.
Dulles also indicated that
the administration feels it has
broader authority under the
so-called Eisenhower Doctrine
to help in the Middle East
than originally was under
stood Summit Conference
He refused to say flatly yes
or no when asked whether
the wording gave the admin
istration authority to go to
the defense of a Middle East
nation without further re
course to Congress under any
conditions.
The secretary ' also made
these other points at his press
conference:
The U.S. and its western
allies will not be swept into
a summit conference with
Russia on a wave of emotion.
The U.S. expects France
to find a solution to the
French crisis" in line with past
traditions of the country But
Dulles said it would be inap
propriate for him to comment
directly on France's troubles.
If the U.S. had foreseen
the violence of demonstrations
against Vice President Rich
ard M.. Nixon' on his South
American tour be probably '
would nt have gone.
Nuclear Test Ban .
' Despite the rash of anti
American outbreaks in the
world, there Is no need for.
basic . changes in American
foreign policy. But Dulles
said he has always maintained
that U.S. foreign policy should
constantly be adapted to
changing situations. He be
lieves that holds true now.
The U.S. and Russia and
perhaps other nations might
be able to begin talks by
technicians on methods for
policing a nuclear test ban. ,
Dulles said, however, that
there are still a number of
questions to be settled before
those talks by experts can be
set definitely.
Pay Raise Set
For Servicemen
Washington flB President
Eisenhower today signed into
law a 576 million dollar pay
raise for the armed forces.
The bill, passed by Con
gress May 12, increases the
pay of every serviceman and
officer who has served more
than two years. Each would
get a pay boost of at least six
per cent.
The main objective is to in
duce good men to remain in
the armed services, cutting
down the costly loss of highly
trained personnel.
Under .the act, second lieu
tenants and ensigns would get
the smallest percentage pay
increase six per cent. Their
basic monthly pay would go
up from $237 to $251.
Corporals and third class
petty officers would receive
a 14 per cent increase from
$140 to $160.
- A full general's or admir
al's pay would go up by 33
per cent from $1,276 to
$1,700. .
Types
Scientists
One which hits the moon.
The escape mission is listed
as the easiest Even if a probe
missed the moon by thousands
of miles, it could reveal much
vital data.
Third most difficult is a hit
on the visible face of- the
moon. Scientists could hit the
moon without knowing it
since a near-miss shot could
be pulled to crash on the far
side of the moon wmcn
never seen by earth.
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