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CALLING FOR HELP, friend of newsboy killed instantly in
Beirut, Lebanon, during anti-government rioting, kneels be
side body, arms outstretched. (International)
Ceremonies, Parade
Planned for May 30
A Memorial day ceremony
and parade commemorating
America's war dead, will be
held Friday, May 30, accord
ing to M. A. Beneka, chair-
mand, and M. E. (Bud) Fisher,
co-chairmen for the Veterans
Allied Council of Jackson
county.
- The ceremony will be held
in the City park at West Main
and Holly sts. at 9:45 a.m.
with the parade following at
10:45 a.m.
Veterans organizations and
the public will march from
Birk east on Main st. to Bear
reek bridge.
The program, with Ray Hu-
n as master of ceremonies,
fill include an address by
the Rev. George Bolster of
St. Mark's Episcopal church;
organ music, Mrs. Dorothy
McOuat; welcome address,
Col. W. H. Paine; invocation,
the Rev. John Reynolds, Pres
byterian church; music, Med
ford High school triple trio;
music, Marion choir of St.
Mary's school directed by
Richard Cooper; "Taps" by
Robert Sheldon; benediction,
the Rev. Carl Mai.
Recite Address
Frank Buchter of the Med
ford Footlighters club will re
cite Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress. A wreath will be
placed on a replica of the
tomb of the unknown soldier,
U.S. Academy
Receives Threats
Beirut, Lebanon (IP)
Anti-government terrorists to
day threatened the 440 stu
dents at the American
Academy with "extinction" if
the United States does not
start showing sympathy to the
opposition cause.
The threat was delivered in
an anonymous letter to the
school principal, Clarence
Schultz, San Francisco.
Schultz said it looked like a
threat to burn the school.
He immediately requested
a security guard from the
Lebanese government for the
full academic and dormitory
buildings.
The letter, in Arabic and
signed "Opposition," said, "If
you don't change your atti
tude toward the Lebanese
people you'll be sorry. You
will face extinction if you
, !c'i start showing sympathy
toward our cause."
California Youth
Sentenced to Jail
James Paul Donis, 19, San
Bernardino, Calif., was sen
tenced to six months in the
county jail on a charge of as
sault and battery, when he ap
peared in district court yes
terday. Donis is' already under a
circuit court sentence of lYz
years in the state prison. He
was jailed by state police
March 4, after he was involved
in a teen-age fight at a drive
in restaurant.
Judge James Main sus
pended the jail sentence with
the understanding that Donis
would be in the penitentiary
during the period of the short
er sentence.
The prison term was given
him on a charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon in
connection with the beating of
an 18-year-old boy at a Gold
Hill dance hall.
Argentine Navy Attacks
Submarine Oft Patagonian Coast
Buenos Aires IP! Presi
ent Arturo Frondizi told a
ress conference today that
he Argentine navy attacked
an unidentified submarine off
the Patagonian coast May 21.
Frondizi said the subma
rine was believed sunk or
damaged.
The Navy department in
JVashington said "no Ameri
can submarines are missing
in South American waters or
elsewhere.
The British Admiralty in
with Miss Laura York in
charge for the ladies' auxil
iaries. Music for the march to the
bridge will be provided by
the Junior Drum and Bugle
corps of the Cavemen aeria
of Eagles lodge. The Rev.
E. S. Tollefson of the Ascen
sion Lutheran church will
lead the ceremonies there and
the auxiliaries will strew
flowers on the water. Beneka
will be parade marshaL
The Camp White firing
squad and color guard will
give the salute.
Sweet Home Firm
Low Bidder on Two
Projects at Park
Norquist Brothers Con
struction company of Sweet
Home was apparent low bid
der for grading and paving a
utility area and reconstruct
ing a road intersection at
Annie Spring in Crater Lake
National park.
Five bids for the two proj
ects were opened by the Na
tional Park service here yes
terday afternoon.
Norquist bid $15,227.50 for
paving a utility area at park
headquarters, and $9,423 for
reconstructing the Annie
Spring rd. intersection. The
low bid was slightly below
engineer's estimates,, park
service officials said.
Hughes and Dodd, Medford
contractors, bid" $27,132 for
the two jobs; $16,154 for pav
ing the utility area, and $10,
978 for reconstructing the in
tersection. Other bidders, with their
bid for utility area paving,
road intersection reconstruc
tion and total bid, in that,
were:
Asphalt Paving company,
Klamath Falls, $22,681.50,
$12,664, and $35,345.50; Bab
ler Brothers, Portland, $30,
509, $16,747, and $47,256; and
John Bostwick, Eugene, $20,
269.25, $11,709, and $31,
978.25. Bids are being reviewed,
and the contract is expected
to be awarded within a few
days. The worK will be com
pleted before winter starts.
The work is part of the Mis
sion 66 program by the Na
tional Park service to restore
deteriorated park facilities
and to expand and improve
services and facilities to meet
an increasing demand by visi
tors. Bids on other projects at
Crater Lake National park
will be opened later this
spring.
Historical Society
Sets Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Southern Qregon Historical
society will be held Monday,
June 2, in connection with a
6:30 dinner in the dining
room of the Masonic temple
at Jacksonville.
After the dinner and a short
program there will be a visit
to the Jacksonville museum
to view improvements made
in the past year.
Persons who wish to at
tend are asked to make reser
vations as soon as possible by
calling , the museum, TWin-oaks-
9-1322 or the society
secretary, Mrs. T. J. Gifford,
SPring 2-6487. ' ' '
London said none of its sub
marines had been operating
in the area at the time of
the reported attack.
Western naval sources in
London speculated that the
unidentified submarine re
ported by Frondizi may have
been from behind the Iron
Curtain. , . t
Soviet submarines are
known to be operating in
Western Hemisphere waters.
Red China, Poland, and East
Germany also number subma
MEDFORDfeFRIBUNE
22 PAGES
Fires, Outages
Caused by Storm
In Rogue Valley
No Damage to Pear
Crop Reported
An electrical storm early
last night caused at least three
forest fires in southern Ore
gon and knocked out several
power : lines for periods
ranging up to several hours.
Two small forest fires were
spotted by John Croner, look
out at Tallow Box lookout, ac
cording to Curt Nesheim, dis
trict warden for. the state de
partment of forestry. One is
on Forest creek near Ruch
and the other is on Williams
creek in Josephine county.
, A . lightning strike was re
ported near Butte Falls. There
have been other reports of
strikes, Nesheim said, but they
have not all been checked out
as yet. Two-man crews were
sent to the fires near Ruch
and on. Williams creek.
'Slpr Fircc
Nesheim and H. G. Hop
kins, of the Rogue River Na
tional forest, said "sleeper"
fires may be reported within
the next few days as a result
of the ; storm, which moved
into southern Oregon shortly
after 7 o'clock last night. ,
Planes were being used this
morning in reconnaisance op
erations to locate more pos
sible iorest fires.
High winds and lightning
also caused widespread power
outages throughout southern
Oregon, according to the Cali
fornia Oregon Power conv
pany, but no damage to the
fruit crop in the Rogue valley
was reported by county ex
tension agents. .
The west business district of
Medford was without ' power
for , about three hours when
wind fclew lines together near
the courthouse. Power outages
also were" -reported in' White
City, Eagle , Point, Prospect
and the Wimer-Bybee Springs
area. .;
Short in Duration
Most power outages were
short in duration,, except in
the Wimer area, where a
transformer was knocked out
by lightning. The outage was
not. reported until this morn
ing, Copca officials 'said.
Trees were blown down in
the Union Creek area, state
police . said. A power line be
tween Prospect and Medford
was believed s t r u c k by
lightning.-
Rainfall at the Medford air
port during the storm totaled
.31 inches, weather bureau of
ficials said. . i
RciV 'Work-Out .
Auxiliary generators at the
new Rogue Valley hospital re
ceived a "work-out" last night,
according to hospital officials.
The 'generators worked
"beautifully,"' it was reported.
No operations were report
ed in progress' during the
power outage by hospital of
ficials at the three local hos
pitals. Auxiliary . units and
other lighting equipment were
put ' into use at the various
hospitals during the blackout.
. Auxiliary power generators
at the Oregon state police of
fice here failed: to function
during 'the power, outage
Thursday from 7:25 until 8:45
pjn.j" officials reported. Dur
ing the outage the office was
without teletype or police
radio service. .
Portland (IP) Pacific
Power and Light company re
ported a severe .electrical
storm over the Cascade moun
tains disrupted service . in
parts of the state from 1:30
to 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
Prineville had no power
for 31 -minutes due to light
ning, and . service" in 'Madras
was halted 'for 20 minutes
when lightning struck a trans
mitter line. There was a se
ries of short power failures
in the Bend area.
Mystery
rines in their small fleets.7
The President said a squad
ron of A Argentine warships
sighted a submarine northeast
of Puerto Cracker -in the
Golfo'Nuevo Gulf on May 21.
After fruitless attempts at
recognition signals, four depth
charge attacks were made. ,
He added that ; the war
ships searched the. vicinity
without - finding the subma
rine, which was believed to
have been sunk or damaged.
F RE
MEDFORD, OREGON,
rages
Dke Gives irdeir
IFor Air
Washington (W Chair
man James R. Durfee of the
Civil Aeronautics Board said
today a single federal agency
should supervise both mili
tary and commercial flights
to insure safety.
Durfee testified at Senate
Aviation subcommittee hear
ings on recent air collisions
and near misses.
The hearings continued as
federal officials worked out
details of President Eisenhow
er's order placing some mili
tary flying under civilian con
trol. Some military flying
may have to be curtailed tem
porarily to carry out the Pres
ident's orders.
Durfee said Eisenhower's
City Budget Group
Suggests Parking;
Recreation Funds
The Medford budget com
mittee last night recommend
ed to the . 'city council that
sinking funds be created for
of fstreet parking" and recrea
tion purposes.
The-of fstreei parking fund
would be $7,000, and the re
creation fund ; $5,000. The
money is part of $14,264
available from an increase in
the city's tax base because' of
annexations approval in an
election, May 16, and from unT
appropriated funds.
Budget committee men
pointed out that although the
two funds recommended do
not have what some members
feel is sufficient money, they
will provide enough for a
start.
Suggest Allocations
Medford Mayor John Sni
der, who is not a member-of
the committee, suggested the
allocationsbe made-Jor off
street parking and recreation
purposes. Some budget com
mittee members believed the
$12,000 should all go toward
off street parkng, but Snider
pointed out that a start to
ward developing some recrea
tion facilities is badly needed.
The committee also added
$1,000 to the budget for land
scaping . at the Medford air
port, an item-suggested by
City Manager Robert -' Duff.
Funds for airport landscaping
were' deleted from the budget
for the current year..
The committee authorized
Duff, who also serves as budg
et officer, to recommend mis
cellaneous allocations for the
remainder of the available
unappropriated funds.
Preliminary work on the
budget is expected to be com
pleted and" presented to the
city council at the June -3
meeting. A public hearing on
the budget will be held by the
council later.
Warning Given
Chinese Reds
: Taipei (IP) Nationalist
China warned tonight it would
"take whatever actions neces
sary" if the Chinese Commu
nists send troops or "volun
teers" to intervene in the In
donesian rebellion.
Foreign observers regarded
the warning as a definte war
threat against the Chinese
Reds." '
The Nationalist Minister, of
National Defense . said in a
formal statement that the
government "would reserve
its freedom to take whatever
actions necessary to interdict
the movements of such
Communist troops or 'volun
teers.' " - ,
. An Indonesian spokesman
said this- week that the gov
ernment might be forced to
accept aid from foreign vol
unteers "if worst comes to
worst." ' .
Sheriff's Deputies
Arrest Two Men
Sheriffs deputies arrested
Jack Downey, 56, box 66,
Talent, Tuesday night on. a
charge of petty larceny. He
is being held in the county
jail under $500 bail in con
nection with the theft' of a
wooden door belonging to
Ida 'Troop, deputies reported.
. Robert Earl Lewis Jr., 37,
Ashland Mine rd., was jailed
by . deputies Thursday on a
fugitive warrant , from Ari
zona. He is wanted for al
legedly removing mortgaged
property, they said.
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1958
refihery
Safety
directive will enhance" air
safety. But he added that
there is no immediate pan
acea for the problem.
CAB. safety director said
there have been fewer colli
sions recently involving civil
aircraft than at any time with
in the last 10 years. It was
said, however, that studies
show a higher percentage of
near misses and collisions and
demonstrate the need for a
"positive control - system."
Durfee told Monroney that
military planes now have ex
clusive access to the area
above 25,000 feet because oth
er planes cannot now operate
there. Within a year, how
ever, commercial jets will be
cruising in the 35,000-feet
neighborhood and any such
rule, if made, would have to
be changed, he said.
The President's orders rais
ed the possibility that some
military planes will be tem
porarily grounded.
Civil Aeronautic Adminis
trator James T. Pyle told the
United Press the CAA might
not be able to handle all the
flight plans military ' planes
would be required to file un
der the President's order..
Eisenhower late Thursday is
sued immediate orders putting
some military flights under
civilian control and tighten
ing flight restrictions on
others. '
The President directed that:
All military jets, flying
from one base to another
must file flight plans in ad
vance with the CAA in both
good and bad weather.
Jet planes making opera
tions flights over civilian air
ways will be under civilian
control and will be required
to fly under instrument flight
rules. .
Jet planes flown by stu
dent pilots on civilian air
ways must be under CAA
control, and under, instrument
flight julesrather than visuat
flight rules.. .
-Jet pilots making profi
ciency jf lights must stay off
civilian airways. ' - ?
All jets coming from a
higher to a lower altitude
must : be off civilian airways.
When crossing civilian air
ways, jet pilots will come un
der civilian control if under
25,000 feet.
Officer Installed ,
SOPOA President :
Officer Duane D. Franklin
of the Medford police depart
ment was installed as presi
dent of the Southern Oregon
Peace Officers association at
a meeting this week .at the
Dardanelles. ,
; Others installed were Ford
HagerT, ' parole officer, vice
president; Miss Joan Sorg, ju
venile office, secretary; Sgt.
Dean DeBerry, Jackson coun
ty sheriff's deputy, treasurer;
Oran C h a s t a i n, assistant
Grants Pass-police chief, ser
geant at arms; and Sgt Loy
Cole, Grants Pass state police,
Deputy Robert Gheysen,
Deputy Lester Tythcott and
Chief Deputy Joseph D.
Walsh, members of the board
of directors.
Walsh is the past president.
Hospital Purchases
Ventalung Machine
Osteopathic hospital
purchased a ventalung
has
ma-
chine, according to hospital
officials. The machine will .be
used to apply positive pressure
for the expansion of lungs,
they said. '
The machine, which can ad
minister both oxygen, and
medicine, will be used mainly
for asthmatic and .congestive
illnesses. Officials said that
the ventalung is portable and
may be used in cases of emer
gency as a manual resuscita
tor. : .....
WEATHER
-FORECAST: Partly cloudy this
evening with a few-showers in
mountains. Clear tonight. Part
ly clondy Saturday. Low to
night 50. High Saturday 82.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 8
Lowest this Morning 54
Prec. to 4 a.m. Today ; .31
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise -'- a.m.
Sunset 7:34 p.m.
Moonset 11:32 p.m.
First Quarter .... Sunday night
MARS, rising at 2:17 a.m.
Is now mving into-the con
stellation, Pisces. It has become
brighter than Altair, the star
low in the east at ....10:30 p.m.
No. 54
Two People Dead,
Several Missing
As Blaze Spreads
Residents Evacuated
1
From Long Beach Area
Long Beach, Calif. (W A
15-million-dollar oil refinery
fire which claimed two lives
continued to send flames and
dense black smoke skyward
today, but firemen hoped to
bring it under control by 6
p.m. p.d.t. .
The blast - ripped Hancock
installation fire was being
permitted to burn itself out.
Firemen said they had con
tained the blazes "within the
tank farm area of thie lO-acre
plant of the 25 million dollar
refinery.
Water pressure dropped
briefly , this morning, but a
defective pump was repaired
quickly; and firemen were not
hampered..
Smok Sprtads Filth
Control of the fire, tonight
depends on wind and water,
according to Fire Chief Lloyd
Colson of Signal Hill,- where
the refinery is actually lo
cated. He said the flames prob
ably would continue to burn
into Saturday Some of themf
shot 300 to 500 feet in the air
as the tanks exploded.
Two men" were dead and
three to seven reported miss
ing as a result of a series of
explosions, and . - the ensuing
fire.; which raced through1 the
$15 million Hancock Oil com
pany refinery.
At least seven , were report
ed injured.
' Flames towered, hundreds
of feet into the sky and a
huge cloud of smoke covered
the fire scene and several ad
jacent' communities, "
The! refinery was. almost
destroyed by the -fire; which
broke , out . Thursday ' af ter-
noon. Flames were " carried.
from. tank to tank by rivulets
of burning oil, .
. ; Firemen .from" Signal Hill,
Long Beach, , Lot Angeles
county,' the Air Force, Forest
Service and nearby communi
ties so far had succeeded in
containing the fire to the re
finery area. . -Fir
Sean for Mili
Firemen threw up a curtain
of water around the perime
ter of the blaze and soaked
down unmolested gas and bu
tane tanks.
Authorities said that a leak
which dripped crude oil on
steam coils probably was the
cause.
Woodward H. . Langf ord,
about : 45, Los Angeles, was
trapped by flames as he ap
parently attempted to close
control valves. - James Ed
wards, 66, Fullerton, Calif.,
tried to rescue his car and
was turned into a human
L torch.
Signal Hill Police Chief
Buck Oltman said at least
seven persons ; were . missing,
according to his records.
More than 100 cars parked
near the - refinery . were de
stroyed by the- flames. One
hundred patients were evacu
ated from Long Beach Gen
eral hospital nearby. -
Many residents in the area
were ordered to leave "their
homes; ,
MletiDBD
Lincoln, Nb. (W Man
killtr CharUs Starkweather
was conricted of murder to
day and ordered sent to the
electric chair. .
The case went to the jury
late Thursday after closing
arguments by the prosecu
tion and defense and in
struction by District Judge
Harry A. Spencer.
Anti-Submarine Device
For
Honolulu m The United
States was . expected to trig
ger a nuclear anti-submarine
device, today at the Eniwetok
test site, informed sources re
ported here. '
The sources said the un
derwater test was scheduled
to begin at 2:15 pjn. (EDT)
and that five warships would
be used as "guinea pigs" to
study the . effect of the blast.
The ships included three de
stroyers, a transport and a
submarine. 1 -
The Senate authorized the
FSepfoiic's efeai
'Ha! An Un-American Tendency
Toward Free Speech!'
' "
-ri-oric- '
Suspension Ordered
On Missile Work
Washington (W -The Army
announced t b-d a y a nation
wide, suspension of modifica
tion work on Nike-Ajax mis-
5f
It said the explosions at
Leonardo, N. J., Thursday in
which seven persons :. were.
State's Largest
ect
Set for Ceremony
, Madras- W) Pelton dam,
called the most extensive hy
droelectric project ; built en
tirely within the state of Ore
gon; - will be formally dedi
cated'., Saturday - ; .
:State Sen.' Boyd Overhulse
of Madras; acting- governor;
will give the principal dedi
catory address . in ceremonies
starting at 3 p.m.
The project is located nine
miles from here on the . De
schutes river. .
The Central Oregon Cham
ber of Commerce has built, a
nearly all-day program around
the official dedication cere
monies for the 120,000-kilc-watt
plant, which was con
structed by the Guy F. Atkin
son Co. of Portland General
Electric. '
The day's events will open
with selection of the Sisters
Rodeo queen at noon. A
marine show, including a
water-ski . show .and hydro
plane -exhibition, is scheduled
at 1, p.m. Other activities in
clude a western style "chuck
wagon" dinner, with beef
barbecued in a long open pit,
a fire works display, Indian
dancers and a war canoe race.
Don Lehman, Central Ore
gon chamber committee chair
man predicted a turnout of
"at least 5,000."
Local Retajl Stores
To Close on May 31
The majority of retail stores
west of the Southern Pacific
railroad tracks pIanto close
the Saturday following ' Me
morial Day, 3j representative
of the group has announced.
Some stores in other down
town areas also plan to close
May 31. . :
' Most retail stores, including
the state liquor commission
store, and local, county, and
federal offices will be closed
Friday, Memorial Day.
, A spokesman for retail out;
lets vwest of ' the tracks said
many, of the merchants feel
they should give their em
ployees the Saturday after
Memorial Day off, since gov
ernmental : offices will be
closed. '
Testing
use oi tne vessels Monaay,
and the Armed Services com
mittee reported that the tests
would consist of "newly de
veloped weapons for under
water detonation"
The Atomic Energy com
mission has so' far reported
two nuclear explosions in the
"operation hardtack" - series
which started last month. But
there was ho indication
whether the AEC would an
nounce today's expected un:
derwater detonation.
Electric Proj
killed, "apparently occurred''
while modification of the
antiaircraft weapons was un-.
derway.
- The Army said - in a state
ment that such modifications
have been completed on "hun
dreds of other , missiles'. In
other parts of the country
"without incident."
It said the suspension will
remain 'in force until., cause
of the New Jersey explosion
has been determined.
Leonardo, ' N.J. .' (Dl . A
crack team of Army inspec
tors opened an investigation
today into the explosion of
eight " supersonic Nike : Ajax
missiles that killed between
seven and 10 persons and in
jured three others at a "safe
at a gas station' Nike base
near here. ''7
Thursday's disaster - came
only, three days after - Army
inspectors had . rated the in
stallation "superior" in over
all, safety. " :. '. . ,
. At least seven men were
killed in the thunderous ex
plosion, according to Brig.
Gen. .Charles F. Duff, com
mander of the 52nd "Anti-aircraft
Brigade at Fort Wads
worth, N.Y.. Three were miss
ing and feared blown, to bits.
Three men were injured; one
seriously.
Army pathologists were
called in to try to identify
the dead.
All the casualties, including
civilians and soldiers, were on
the base: Damage to the base,
about the size of a baseball
field, as estimated unofficially
at $150,000.
No one was reported in
jured off the base, 30 miles
south of New York City at
the ' southern edge of New
York bay.
The explosions, which eame
in rapid succession about 1:30
p.m. (EDT), caused deep re
sentment among municipal
officials of the area. .
The explosions sent chunks
of missiles flying several miles
through the air, ' landing in
yards, field and forests. Win
dows were shattered, founda
tion were cracked and houses
trembled as though they were
being shaken by an earth
quake. . The blasts knocked
down one woman a mile and
a half from the" scene..
Bridge on Applegale
To Be Replaced
The last of the wooden
bridges on the Upper Apple
gate - road will . be replaced
soon, ' according to County
Engineer Paul B. Rynning.
Crews will begin work next
week on a reinforced concrete
bridge on Squaw creek, mak
ing the sixth permanent bridge
constructed by the county in
that area in the ' past few
years.
The new 32-foot span will
replace a temporary structure
erected when the old bridge
was damaged by high water,
Rynning said. The improve
ments are part of an over-all
road program in the Apple
gate. Firemen Inspect 1 06
Residences in Medford
City firemen inspected 106
residences yesterday. They
found no hazards in 64 and
issued 67 recommendations
for correction of conditions
which could cause or inten
sify fires.
Eleven residents rejected
the inspection offer.
Pflimlin Fights
For Agreement
With Insurgents
Public Safety Group
Formed In Algeria
Paris (IP) The Algiers
army t rebels called on the
French nation today to over
throw the Fourth Republic
and sweep Gen, Charles de
Gaulle to power. '
The challenge from the
army generals and their revo
lutionary "committees of pub
lic safety" for all of Algeria
was one of the most defiant
challenges ever flung at a
French government.
It came shortly after defi
ant generals, Moslems and
French colonials met in a gov
ernment building in Algiers
and publicly proclaimed their
all-Algerian committee.
Premier Pierre Pflimlin
still was struggling to reach
a "peace" settlement with the
Algiers insurgents but a series
of events made this plainly
impossible.
The rebels:
Proclaimed the new com
mittee is the "repository of
the popular sovereignty."
Appealed to all French
men in France to set up their
own revolutionary public
safety committee in defiance
of the government.
' Said they would fight un- .
til a government headed by
De Gaulle is set up in Paris.
.Gen. Raoul Salan, the defi
ant French commander in
chief in Algeria, presided to
day over the opening session
of today's fateful meeting in
Algiers. It was the most ac
tive part he has taken yet in
the: committees.
Perhaps- even more impor
tant, the "insurgents elected
firebrand - paratroops Gen.
Jacques Massu as copresi
dent of the Algerian commit
tee with . Moslem leader Sid
Cara. Massau has -been the
most outspoken leader of the
rebellion and formed the first
anti-government committee.
'The Algiers challenge ap
peared to knock the props out
from under Pflimlin's repeat
edly . proclaimed hopes of a
face-saving compromise. But
more ominous was the fact
that Salan took such an active
part in the meeting; he con
trols France's 400,000 troops
in Algeria.
Once again the prospect of
riots and disorder was raised
in , France, strengthening De
Gaulle's chances of gaining
powr and strengthening the
chances of a bloody counter
move led by the Communists.
. Salan's loyalty to the Paris
government had been a cor
nerstone of the Pflimlin gov
ernment. Today he openly
sided with the Gaullists and'
his loyalty to Pflimlin be
came a matter of great doubt.
Pflimlin actually was pre
paring to hand over to Salan
the exercise of emergency
powers voted by the National
Assembly by an overwhelm
ing margin Wednesday. Salan
sent his chief of staff, CoL
Michel de Juille, to France
for talks with the Pflimlin
government. Pflimlin was
sending his new chief of staff,
Gen. Henri LorilloL
But the action in Algeria
threw everything in doubt
even Pflimlin's decision to
risk his shaky government on
a demand for immediate con
stitutional reforms. And fail
ure therc would bring down
his government wthin a week.
The insurrection of Gaul
list army generals in Algeria
was rapidly getting out of
control and again the threat
of bloodshed . was rising in
France. Relations with Tuni
sia reached the crisis , stage
again and there was trouble
with .Morocco.
Dwelling Destroyed
By Fire Thursday
: A $5,000 dwelling owned
by Hillcrest Orchards and oc
cupied by an employee and
his family, was destroyed by
fire Thursday -morning. The
blaze was caused by faulty
wiring, according to the in
surance agent who is adjust
ing the loss. The property is
located on Meridian rd.
All contents of ; the house,
with the exception of some
articles of children's clothing,
were saved.
The fire was discovered by
the occupant A state forestry
patrol department crew kept
the fire from spreading to
other buildings,, assisted by
orchard employees, who used
a power sprayer to dampen
the area.