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Newspaper Page Texto 7 JlyJliV WIS asm ran GA HE MEDFORD 22 PAGES MIDPOID, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1958 No. 72 Ike ?fTO Down DefiiaBd To Fire Hi e r Jiiu s si Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower today re jected a congressional demand that he fire Shtrmta Adams, his top aide. White Houflp trNs Secre tary James C. Mgtrty made the President josition .clear in ansetr ft reporter's question. Hegerrf The reporter noted that Rep. Peter f. ct (D-Ill.) had said Eisenho-r should demand , Adams' resignation because of the presidential as sistant's actions in behalf of millionaire industrialist Ber nard Goldfine, from wkom he accepted favors. He then asked if Hagerty could say whether the President-had any 'intention of fir ing Adams. "Sure I can," he said. "The answer is of course not." Hagerty declined to answer further questions concerning Adams. "The governor sent a letter yesterday to Rep. Oren Har ris (D-Ark.) and that is all he expects to have to say," Hag erty said. "He is not going to have a press conference and I have not heard any talk about his going up (to Capitol Hill to testify." Influence Denied ' o This was Hagerty's answer to all further questions about the matter, including a report that Goldfine ' had given a $700 vicuna coat to Adams. Adams denied Thursday that he had used his position ip seek government favors for Goldfine, New England textile tycoon. He said he only made, or directed others to make, phone calls to get information or to arrange an appointment for him. Mrs. Holmer Wins Show Sweepstakes' Central Point Mrs. John Holmer, Central Point, was sweepstakes winners in both the horticultural and artistic divisions of the annual spring flower show of Central Point Garden club yesterday and to day in the gymnasium of Cra ter High school. Mrs. Holmer won six blue ribbons in the artistic divi sion, and the highest number of points in the horticultural division. Entries totaled 440. Of this, 229 were horticultural, 160 artistic and -51 in the junior division. Judges were Mrs. E. H. Card, Roseburg; Mrs. Will Blackburn, Mrs. Crystal Cheyne, Mrs. Noah Nyhart, all Klamath Falls; Mrs. He lena Overgaard, Sunny Val ley, and M5fe. R. T. Nichol, Medford. The show will be 'open until 7 o'clock tonight. ' Derailment Holds , Up Highway Traffic Derailment of a Medford Corporation log train car stapped traffic for about 20 minutes Wednesday afternoon at the Highway 9$ crossing. Long lines of motorists were held up on each side of the crossing while Medco em ployees put one end of a load ed car back on the tracks. Half of the 30-car log train had reached the Medco yard when a set of wheels on one car jumped the track, officials reported. House Committee Approves Omnibus Farm Bill With Sweeping Washington (UPI) The House Agriculture Committee today approved, 21 to 10, an omnibus farm bill. It provides for the most "sweeping changes in the operation of fedral farm programs since the New Deal came to power in 1933. Strong Opposition The catch-all bill contained several provisions favored by the administration, but the" administration is so strongly opposed to many of its pro visions that it would be al most certain to draw a veto if passed in its present form. There seemed little likeli hood it would win congres sional approval now. - Even Adams SHERMAN ADAMS Post Seems Secure Superintendents Evaluate Program Members of the executive committee of the Oregon Asso ciation of County School Sup erintendents met in the Jack son county courthouse Thurs day to evaluate last year's pro gram and to set up working committees for the coming year, according to Alf B. Mekvold, county school sup erintendent and association president. The working committees in clude those for educational testing, legislative, television, advisory committee for ele mentary school athletics, liai son committee for the Asso ciation of Oregon counties, professional librarians and others. Those attending the meet ing were Mrs. Rita H. Sim mons, Wheeler county, vice president; Mrs. Helen Baker, Benton county, historian; Miss Florence Beardsley, Oregon state department of education, secretary; and Mrs. Lois D. Kent, Columbia county, im mediate past president. The two members at large attend ing were Mrs. Anne Sprage, lake county, and William Dol myer, Lynn county. U.S. Must Dicker With East Germany Berlin (UPI) The Rus sians refused today to release nine t Americans held captive in the Soviet Zone of Ger many, insisting that the U.S. government must dicker with the East German regime for their freedom. U.S. officials had decided to negotiate with the East German "kidnapers," but for the sake of diplomatic appear ances they waited until the Russians replied to their re quest for the release of the nine prisoners. Today's Soviet rejection, after . the U.S. appeal ' had "been ignored for nearly a week, presumably opened the way for talks with the East Germans. U.S. authorities in sist that negotiations will not imply any measure of recog nition of the East Berlin regime. Vancouver, Wash. (UPI) City Manager Robert D. Clute of Oregon City", Ore., has been named city manager here. some of the committee's Dem ocratic leaders refused to pre dict flatly that the measure would clear the House. The bill would revamp, in varying degrees, price sup port programs for cotton, wheat, dairy production, corn, grain sorghums and rice. Most of the new programs provided by. the bill would go into force only if approved by growers of the affected com modities voting in a referen dum. The bill would provide for a new price support program for wheat that would shift the cost from the taxpayer to the consumer. It would provide If v f t u v J lf Tribune Russian Letter To Eisenhower Being Studied Summit Meeting Believed Topic Washington (UPI) The State Department today studied a new Russian letter to President Eisenhower be lieved to deal with the long discussed summit meeting. A State Department spokes man said the letter ran to about 18 pages, plus another 20 pages of annexes. It was delivered to the State Depart ment Thursday night by Sergei R. Striganov, number two man at the Soviet Em bassy here. The spokesman said the let ter "apparently" dealt with a summit meeting. Near Agreement British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan said Wednes day that he and Eisenhower were "fairly close" to " an agreement on their terms for a summit conference with Soviet leaders. Macmillan, -who concluded three days of talks .here, said they agreed they did not want a summit meeting that "is a farce:" .. . . . The President and Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev have exchanged a series of notes recently, but none dealt with a summit meeting. A note from the President to Khrushchev Tuesday con cerned the forthcoming Ge neva technical talks on ways of policing a nuclear test ban. U.S. officials believe the disarmament issue poses the most hopeful subject for a summit conference. Phoenix Festival Slated Saturday .. Phoenix Festivities of. the annual Phoenix Festival start at 10 a.m. tomorrow with the queen coronation in front of the Community club build ing, according to festival offi cials. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, South ern Oregon college president, will speak at the exercises. The flag raising ceremony will be performed , by Boy Scouts of Troop 15. 'A special float constructed by the Phoenix Garden club will carry the queen during the parade at 11 a.m. Following the parade, booths containing games, foods, and commercial dis plays will open at the Com munity club grounds. (See Story on Page 5) Force Seen Needed To Protect Lebanon Beirut (UPD Ma j. Gen E. L. M. Burns, U.N. ''police chief" in the Mideast, believes it would take 5,000 men with planes to seal Lebanon's bor ders against infiltrators and arms smugglers, it was re ported today. Informed sources said the Canadian general mentioned this figure to U.S. Ambassa dor Robert C. McClintock when, they met Thursday to discuss the mission of the "watchdog" commission the U.N. is setting up to halt re ported intervention by Egypt and Syria in the Lebanese revolt. Burns was quoted as saying he probably could spare the necessary men from the U.N. emergency force patrolling the Gaza and Aqaba strips, but that he would hesitate to do so without specific or ders from New York. Changes for the simultaneous opera tion of two levels of price sup port for cotton. Dairy farmers would be given a chance to vote into operation a program that would impose unprecedented government controls over their production in an effort to raise their prices. , Penally Tax t A similar opportunity would be provided for growers of corn and grain sorghums. If the program is adopted, grow ers would be given a market ing quota. Those who ex ceeded their quotas would be subjected to $1.00. a bushel penalty tax. Hem at a Glance Trujillo Denied Diploma Washington (UPD Lt. Gen. Rafael Trujillo Jr., play boy son of the Dominican dictator, has been denied a diplo ma from a U.S. Army Staff school, the Army revealed today. Rep. Charles B. Brownson (R.-Ind.) said the Army had reported to him that the young Dominican general "did not successfully complete the course" at the Command and Gen eral Staff college at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. Barrier Set' Up on Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus (UPD British security forces threw up a barbed wire barrier between Greek and Turkish quarters of Nicosia today and announced plans to fly in a paratroop battalion of 700 soldiers Saturday to end Greek-Turk rioting which has killed 12 persons. Civil Service Hike OK'd Washington (UPI) The Senate today approved a com promise bill providing 10 per cent pay raises for an estimated 1,021,000 federal civil service workers. Marines Oppose Arms Cut i Washington (UPI) The Marine- Corps lined up with the Army today against administration-proposed cats in mili tary manpower. i Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, Marine commandant, said the 175,000-man Marine corps budgeted by the administration would leave Marine striking forces at "about three-quarters effectiveness." Ike Proposes Air Agency Washington (UPI) President Eisenhower proposed to day creation of a new federal aviation agency to make air travel safer. 4 The new agency would absorb the Civil Aeronautics ad ministration and the Airways Modernization board which have been taking emergency measures to stop collisions of planes in flight. Governor Defends Real Estate Head's Hiring Son-in-Law Salem (UPI) Gov. Rob ert D. Holmes today defended his real estate commissioner's action in hiring-the commis sioner's son-in-law to perform services for the commission. Commissioner Clarence Hyde, a Holmes appointee, paid the son-m-law $2,287 for services in the past six months, his former education director, Burton Dunn, said Thursday. "I have complete faith in the judgment of Mr. Hyde," the governor said. "I think his Health Officers as Coroners Suggested " Portland (UPI) A pro posal to give duties of the county coroner to the county health officer was presented to the Legislative Interim committee studying coroner qualifications Thursday. The proposal, one of two submitted at the meeting, was presented by District Attor ney Max McMillan of Jose phine county. Another, suggested by Mult nomah County Deputy Coro ner Earl Shea, would create a position of state coroner medical examiner with the of fice held by a pathologist. He would be appointed by the governor and paid on a part time basis to assure uniform ity in conduct of the county coroner offices. Carlos Morris of Medford, secretary of the Oregon Coun ty Coroners association, said coroners should have author ity to order autopsies but only in cases where crime is indi cated and not for determining whether there is a threat to public health. --' Japanese Government Feels Out Washington Tokyo (UPD Japan's new government, in office less than a day, lost no time in feeling out Washington to day on prospects for greater economic "cooperation." Premier Nobusuke Kishi, who formed his second cabi net with whirlwind speed Thursday night after the na tion had drifted for three days without a government, put out the first feeler this morning when he suggested U.S. as sistance for his ambitious Southeast Asia plans. ; - Senate Heeds Appeal In Labor Reform Bill Washington (UPD The Senate, heeding new appeals to reject major changes in its pending labor reform bill, to day rejected a proposal to au thorize states to outlaw pub lic utility strikes. decision to hire the son-in-law was made with the state's in terest and not family interest in mind. " - v "I do not feel that a depart ment head should be inhib ited in the hiring of a rela tive if he feels that person is the one who can do the best job," the governor said. Hyde fired Dunn earlier this week in a move to save Dunn's $6,000 a year salary. . , Hyde s son-m-law,. Gordon Burbee, a Eugene real estate appraiser, was paid for giving lectures at real estate clinics in Pendleton, La Grande, Med ford, Ontario, Coos Bay, Till amook and Lincoln county, Dunn said. 'Highly Qualified' The regular fee for lectur ing for the department is $75 a night. Hyde said his son-in-law was "highly qualified" for the speaking assignment and that he also was available days to consult with brokers and salesmen about their individ ual problems. The commission has hired numerous speakers this year, Hyde said. The commission has from $18,000 to $22,000 a year to spend on education. The money comes from : a fee charged brokers and salesmen for their self improvement. Money Spread Around-. . Hyde said it was his idea to save $6,000 of this money by firing Dunn, taking some of his duties on himself and spreading the money around among various speakers. Burbee also has been hired as an outside appraiser in the Lane county area by the De partment of Veterans Affairs. Dunn said he was directed by Hyde to hire the son-in-law and ttiat Burbee was the third highest paid speaker this year. Michigan Adopts Compensation Plan Detroit (UPD The stalled auto labor negotiations got a big push forward today when Michigan became one of the first states to . adopt the Eisenhower administration un employment c o m p e n sation plan; WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Saturday. Low to night 50. High Saturday 75-80. Temp. Highest Yesterday 70 Lowest this Morning SO Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:3 a.m. Sunset 7:49 p.m. Moonrise Saturday 2:53 a.m. New Moon June lt . The 'orbits of Saturn and the Earth have been carrying them nearer -each other since last December. Tonight these two planets are 839,900,000 miles apart, the closest approach of the year. . Bill lb Assist Railroads Seems Certain To Pass Halting Passenger . Service Included Washington (UPI) Con gress appears certain to pass legislation this session to aid the nation's financially ailing railroad industry. The House Commerce Com mittee Thursday approved a five-point bill less than 24 hours after the Senate passed a generally similar -measure. Both measures would au thorize the Interstate Com merce Commission to permit hard-hit railroads to discon tinue unprofitable interstate passenger services. Government Loans ( They would also set up a program of government-guaranteed loans to the carriers to buy new equipment, facili ties and depots. . The Senate voted to impose a $700 mil lion ceiling on the loans, but the House bill would set no ceiling whatever.. Several railroad companies have warned Congress they face bankruptcy unless the government comes to ' their aid. Sponsors of the aid leg islation have - said that the only alternative would be for the federal government to take over and operate the in dustry. Under both bills, the rail-: roads would be authorized to seek ICC permission to aban don costly interstate passen ger services that have been consistently losing money. 'Club' Against Taxes Railroad executives empha sized that they would not use this feature to curtail passen ger service indiscriminately But they said it would give them "a club" to combat what they called discriminatory taxes by state and local au thorities. The provision would apply only to passenger . traffic across state lines. Passenger service strictly within a state's borders would remain the responsibility of the state government and its regula tory agencies. 195 Delegates at DAV Convention ;A total , of 195 Disabled American Veterans from chap terss throughout ; Oregon are in Medford for the 37th an nual convention of the Depart ment of Oregon. Pat Graham, Medford, is convention chah man. ; DAV delegates and mem bers of the women's auxiliary held a commanders and past commanders breakfast in the Jackson hotel this morning. Business session followed. A conducted tour of the Camp White Veterans admin istration domiciliary was to be held later: today. A ban quet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Medford hotel. The Annual Rendezvous will be held at 8:30 p.m. in the VFW hall. Business sessions at the Moose hall and election and installation of officers will be held Saturday. """ GOOSE ROCKET First picture of the Air Force SM-73 GOOSE missile released by the Department of Defense shows the GOOSE being launched at the missile test center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The GOOSE is a diver sionary missile intended to serve as a decoy to draw the fjr$ o engay feism systej&s,. . , Man on Campaign Expenses For Area Candidates Listed With Clerk Major political campaign contributions made during the recent primary election cam paign have been listed in the Jackson county clerk's office. The largest contribution for the successful Republican Candidate Joe Walsh for the sheriff nomination was one from Carleton M. Bismark for $250. Other contributions to Walsh's campaign were Alan B. Holmes $45, J. P. Tobin $25, Jim Sheldon $40, H. Looper $25, A. E. Piazza $45, Ralph Pierce $25, James Ash er $45 Delores Walsh $33.10 and .Rowean Holmes $25. Major contributions to the campaign of Vern Smith for the Republican nomination for sheriff were $230,90 by Fred E., Robinson, $112.35 by Smith, $29.34 by Paul Ryn- ning, $25 by E. W. . Brown, $50 by W. B. Brill, $25 by B. L. Nutting and $25 by Ray Reter. .eju. wr Larson Campaign William H. Manning con tributed $64.20 for the cam paign for Sheriff .Candidate Ralph A. Larson and Larson contributed $249.11. Those contributing to the Frank Perl for county coro ner campaign were W. H. Har old Reichstein $140, C. M. Litwiller $291.37, Frank Mor gan $291, and Harold Snod grass $291.37. ' Major contributions listed for the Carlos Morris for county coroner campaign were Morris $254 and $253.93 from E. H. Thomas. Alfred Carpenter was list ed as largest contributor, to the campaign for Rodney Keating for county judge. He contributed $500. Other ma jor contributors were Mike Loftus $25, Jim Busch, $25, Mrs. Hanley $25, Steve Nye $25, Martin Luther $25, and Lucy Keating $50. ' ' Miller's Campaign Those contributing to the campaign of Republican Can didate Earl M. Miller for county judge were Thomas Culbertson $25, L. G. (Shy) Horseback Morthland $25, C. Buffington $50, C. Haupert $25, Frank Blaar $50, Ray Reter $50, Bob Root $25, Larry Hull $46, A. K. Morse $44, Steve Nye $25, Joe Naumes $25, A. A. Laus- mann $50, C. C. Clemens $45, George Joseph $25, Linn Mills $50, Howard Bush $50, Paul Culbertson $50, Dave Lowry $50, L. C. Taylor $45, R. Beatty $37.50, Elmer Hull $25, H. B. Murphy $50, G. Fields $25, Etavid Brown $25, and L. W. Newbry $50. . In the campaign for county clerk, successful candidate for the Republican nomination, Bereth Hopkins, contributed $139.80 toward her campaign. Unsuccessful candidate, Anna R. Scott, contributed $145.05 to her campaign. K. C. .Wernmark contribut ed $285 for the campaign in opposition to the county tax base. . Miscellaneous contributiojis listed were Allen E., Gebhard, $50 for. Edward Kelly's cam paign for circuit court judge, position No. 3; Bernard Kelly $25 for Kelly, $25 for James Main for circuit court judge, position No. 1; Noreen Kelly $50 for Kelly and $25 for Main; Paul W. Haviland $100 for Main, $125 for Kelly, $20 for John Snider for senator and $50 for Warren Gill for governor. 1 Bus Schedules to Lake Announced Bus schedules to Crater Lake National park from Medford, . Klamath Falls and Bend have been announced by Pacific Trailways. They will be effective June 15 until Sept. 10 - The bus from Medford will leave at 7:15 a.m. daily and arrive at Crater Lake lodge at 9:30 a.m., making stops at Eagle Point, Shady . Cove, Trail, McLeod, Prospect, Union Creek and Annie Annie Spring, camp. It con tinues to Bend, arriving at 12:30 p.m. for connections east. Another .bus to the park makes stops daily at Klamath Falls, Algoma; Barclay Springs, Modoc Point, Ft. Klamath, Annie Springs camp, Crater Lake lodge and Bend. - The bus for Medford leaves the park at 4 pjn., arriving here at 6 pjn. daily."" Washington (UPI) Do mestic newsDrint Droduction reached an all-time high of 1,800,000 tons in 1957. Free Salk Vaccine Supply n Exhausted in State The state supply of Salk nolio vaccine furnished for use in counties has been ex hausted, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer. , , He added that in the future there will be no more state vaccine available to health de partments or private phy sicians. The doctor explained that due to the situation, the local county health department is now in a position that it will have to make selection as to who receives the vaccine at the health department in the future. Dr. Merkel - stressed the urgency of all persons under the age of 40 who have not had their vaccine to contact Rightist ReroU Said Gaining ft France, Algeria Must Take Place in World, Nation Told Paris (UPI) A right- 1 wing rebellion against Gen. Charles De Gaulle's moderate ' policies gathered momentum today in France and Algeria. De Gaulle told his country- men tonight that Algeria must be "body and soul- with France" and that France must ' take "the place which is oursv in the Western World. Nationwide Address But be warned that' "the whole future is closed to us if '.. France does not have to guide : her a state which is capable . of doing so." ' De Gaulle expressed his views in a nationwide radio and television address the first jeport to his countrymen since he took office as Pre mier with extraordinary pow ers two weeks ago. Mystery surrounded the' Paris visit of Jacques Sou-, stelle, the political brains of the rebellious "Committee of. Public Safety" in Algiers who was summoned to Paris by De Gaulle Thursday. There were reports De Gaulle might read him the riot - act for his Algerian activities and vice versa. Soustelle has been an .ardent Gaullist but Hie has agitated for De Gaulle to wipe out the Fourth Re public. Rightist Revolt Seen Several major develon- ments 'raised the specter of an outright rightist revolt against De Gaulle who has refused to bow to extremist demands he sweep away France's parlia mentary system and disband all political parties. Amone the storm warnings were: Gen. Raoul Salan, the French commander-in-chief in Algeria, refused to order army officers to withdraw from the insurgent "Committees of Pub lic Safety" which forced the downfall of Premier , Pierre Pflimlin. This was not out- right disobedience of a De Gaulle order, but it at least was a rebuff , to, the premier who told Salan to stay out of politics. 'Popular' Movement Air Force Gen. Lionel Max Chassin, one of the mys- -tery figures of the Algiers in surrection, told a news confer ence in Paris he was launch-. ing a "popular" movement to : help De Gaulle turn France into a non-party state. Many members of the Al gerian Public Safety Commit tee were reported in France drumming up support for the rebel movement Anti-tax crusader Pierre Poujade dissolved bis extreme right - wing parliamentary group and swung his shop keeper's party behind the pub lic safety committee move ment in France.. Second Largest Crop Of Strawberries Seen Portland (UPI) Oregon berry growers are producing the second largest strawberry crop of record, the United department of Agriculture said today. The Federal forecast said the 1958 crop would reach some 72 million pounds or about 21 per cent below, the 1957 output. Jet Tanker Sets Coast to Coast Record Westover AFB, Mass. -(UPI) A KC135 jet tanker has set a new - unofficial, - coast to coast record for transport-type " aircraft, the Air Force said today. The tanker flew from Los Angeles to New York Thurs day in three hours, 42 min utes and 45 seconds. their family physicians and get the series of three shots started, v The health officer said that since the vaccination program is so important and so effec-. tive, the county feels it has a responsibility for those who are financially unable to ob tain their Salk shots through . practicing physicians. He said that in the cases up to 40 years of age the health department' will be in the position to con tinue furnishing the polio shots.- The vaccine used during the past two years was made available through action of the . state legislature and distrib uted through the state board of health. 'S