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Newspaper Page TextFollows' (Ml mm if J. OP IS Medford 18 Pages MEDPOID, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1958 No. 82 Goldfine's GOP . Status May Hove Been Told To SEC - Payment 08 Bill i For Judge Disclosed Boston (UPI) Federal '. Judge William T. McCarthy '- taid today the fact that mil - lionaire industrialist Ber nard Goldfine paid his hotel ! bills in New York City "in ; no way swayed or preju diced my impartial judg ; ment in any case ... be- fore me." Washington (UPI) Con gressional influence investi gators were told today that White House counsel Gerald Morgan may have told a Se curities and Exchange official that Bernard Goldfine was a member of the Republican party. The testimony came before a House3 subcommittee inquir ing into the SEC's handling of a legal case against the East Boston company, con trolled by the family of Gold fine. ' millionaire friend of Presidential Assistant Sher man Adams. Morgan made inquiries of the SEG about the East Boston case at the behest of Adams. A ctiKnnmmltJP ctnff attni". ney, Joseph T. Conlon, testi fied he was told of the inci dent in an interview with Thomas G. Meeker, SEC chief counsel. Conlon said Meeker told him that Morgan "may have stated" Goldfine was a Repub lican during a meeting at the White House when the SEC official was giving the presi dential attorney a report on the East Boston case. Conlon said Meeker's mem ory was hazy on the incident. Later in the interview, Con Ion testified, Meeker said he wasn't sure whether Morgan t iiciu indue uie smicaiciu. As the hearings continued, it was disclosed that Gold fine, who paid large hotel bills for Adams, once picked up a $60 hotel bill for Federal Judge William T. McCarthy of Boston. Seattle Firm Low On Talent Project Cherf Brothers, Sandkay and Birch of Seattle, Wash., submitted the low bid of $165,579 for construction of the Conde Creek and Dead In dian collection canals in the Talent project. Three bids were opened by the bureau of reclamation at Camp White vesterdav. Other bidders were River Bend Contractors, Inc., Port land, at $211,312; and M. C. Lininger and Sons, Medford, $275,735. Engineers estimate for the project was $162,349. Bids will be forwarded to the chief engineer in Denver, Colo., for awarding. The project includes earth work for two diversion dams and for 3.1 miles of unlined canals with bottom widths of five to six feet. Completion time is 200 days. Omnibus Farm Bill Clears House Group Washington (UPI) The House Rules committee by a 5 to 4 vote today cleared for House action can administration-opposed omnibus farm bill. It will be called up for debate Thursday. Increased Enrollment Noted at Southern Oregon Ashland Regular summer session enrollments at South ern Oregon college jumped 14 per cent over last year. Mrs. Mabel Winston, regis trar, today announced a total enrollment- of 547 students. Last summer Southern Ore gon college had 479 students at the enft of the seventh day of Jugular session registration. Percentage increases of 30, 39, 52 and 60 per cent for graduate, veteran, freshman and secondary education stu dents were recorded respec tively. A 71 per cent increase in enrollments from other in stitutions in the Oregon state system of higher education also was noted by Mrs. Wins ton. Registration from Ore gon colleges outside the state system and from out-of:state "colleges mounted 78 per cent. 'How Come, Tearing Off the Porch? You're Only a TENANT Here!" (Herbloch Is on Voters Defeat 2nd School Budget in Evans Valley Area Evans Valley school district voters for the second time voted down a proposed school budget for the district in an election held Monday. The proposed $44,160.17 levy was slightly lower than Contract Awarded For Road Work Virgil Anderson, Medford contractor, was awarded a contract to complete the road way and street adjoining Wil son school at a meeting of the school board yesterday. Anderson was lowest of two bidders at $9,908.32. The other bid was submitted by Tru-Mix Concrete company, Medford, at $14,600. A contract to install two basketball backstops and mounts at the new Wilson ele mentary school was awarded to Frank Conn company, Portland. Cohn bid $298 each for the work. Cohn is in stalling similar backstops in the new Hoover' school gym nasium. In other action, the board elected two new teachers. They are Mrs. Dorothy Morris, elementary grades; and Mrs. Joanne Sousa, elementary grades at West Side school. The clerk's bond for Wil son Slater, who will assume duties as school district clerk July 1, was approved, and signature cards for three Med ford banks, changing the au thority for checks from Mrs. Rebecca Jensen to Slater, also were approved. At the board's next meet ing, July 11, bids for the high school addition will be opened. Engineers Nominate Philadelphia Man Portland (UPI) Francis S. Friel , Philadelphia, was nominated Tuesday for presi dent of the American Society of Civil Engineers at their na tional convention here. Friel -. has been vice presi dent since 1956. Nomination is tantamount to election. Salem (UPI) Mrs. Robert Campbell, Eugene, has been appointed to the Board of State Library , Trustees. Male enrollment totals jumped from last year's 142 to the present mark of 208, a rise of -46.4 per cent. The in creased enrollment is partial ly due to the state board of education's recent decision to allow Southern Oregon col lege to grant master's degrees in secondary education as well as those it already is granting in the elementary field. Adding to the reasons for increased enrollment is the current building program at SOC. In the past two years a new gymnasium and a new student center have been con structed. A new men's dorm, a common and ' a new sci ence building are slated to be completed in time for this coming fall term, according to Don Lewis, the college's bus- iness manager. Tribune Vacation) the budget originally present ed. A third election will have to be scheduled, officials re ported, as the district does not have a tax base. According to unofficial returns the vote was 76 against - the budget, 75 for. Other school district elec tions Monday in Prospect and Elk-Trail and Eagle Point ap proved various measures, ac cording to unofficial returns. Favor Consolidation ' Eagle Point school district voters unanimously approved by a vote of 47 to nothing to consolidate with the Elk-Trail school district. The vote on this issue in the Elk-Trail dis trict was 55 yes, 10 no. County school board of ficials reported today that the Jackson county school bound ary board will meet Friday to canvass the votes and de cide on the date for consoli dation. It was reported that both school districts had re quested that the consolidation be effective July 1. Voters in Prospect district approved by a vote of 27 yes, 4 no, to establish a tax base in the school district. The measure had previously been approved by the district but an error was discovered in the amount voted, making the election void. Geddes Plans Tour . In Two Counties Paul E. Geddes, Roseburg, Republican nominee for Con gress from the Fourth Con gressional District, will be in Jackson , and Josephine counties today and Thursday. Geddes will be the prin cipal speaker at the Jackson County Republican Central committee meeting Thursday evening. He also will be a guest at a number of service club meetings and - will visit friends throughout the area, he said.. i According to the candidate, he will spend the greater part of his time from now until the November election carry ing his campaign into the seven counties which make up the Fourth District. 'By November, . I am sure that every registered voter in the district will know where I stand on all issues important to us in western Oregon," he said. The Roseburg attorney, formerly a member of the Oregon house of representa tives and the state senate, said that his major interest was in "full-time representation for the Fourth District in Con gress, since this is the first step toward improving eco nomic conditions in our area." University of Oregon Given AEC Contract Washington (UPI) A $10,000 contract has been awarded to the University of Oregon medical ' school in Portland for an investigation into use of radioactive sodium in cerebral edema, brain tu mors and epileptic manifesta tions, the Atomic Energy com mission said today. Salem (UPI) Reappoint ment of Randall Grimes, Har risburg, to the State Soil Con servation Committee for four year term has been announced. U.S. Hospital In Tripoli Target Of Rebel Attack Note From Rebels Warns Army Guards Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Lebanese rebels attacked the American Presbyterian hos pital in Tripoli today. The hospital's American staff had left. The attack started shortly before U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, out wardly optimistic about his Middle East peacemaking mis sion, left for New York. Note Gives Warning The rebels sent the army guards at the hospital a note telling them to "Get out or we'll blow it up." The hos pital's staff moved to Beirut six weeks ago. It was the first direct at tack on U.S. property in Leb anon since the burning of two U.S. Information Service li brairies early in the rebel lion. ' It coincided with a state ment by President Camille Chamoun that he would call for military aid under the United Nations charter if his. pro-western government needs help to cope with the rebels. Attack Expected U.S. Ambassador' Robert G. McClintock promptly ap pealed to Chamoun for assur ance the hospital would get adequate protection. Chamount told newsmen at a press conference this morn ing he expected a heavy rebel attack to start within 48 hours. Grants Pass Firm Submits Low Bid For Buildings Ausland Construction com pany, Grants Pass, was low bidder on construction work at Crater Lake National park, according to Tom Williams, park .. superintendent. B i d s were opened yesterday. , The bids have been sent to the 4 Washington, D.C., of fice of the National Park serv ice for contract approval, Wil liams said. The Grants Pass company bid was $296,600. Other bid ders were Salter and Klein, Grants Pass, $317,566, and H. Barnhart, Medford, $323,875. The bids called for construc tion of apartment buildings, comfort stations and miscella neous structures. . . Apartment Buildings The apartment buildings for park personnel will be constructed in the headquar ters area, Williams said. Two additional comfort stations will be erected at Mazama camp grounds near Annie Springs. Part of this area will be open for public use today. Sixty camp sites are avail able, the park superintendent said. The rest are now under construction. Miscellaneous structures in clude a covered entrance to the administration building, which will eliminate erection of a makeshift tunnel every winter, and a new entrance station, at Annie Springs. The construction program is part of the work being done, under the Mission 66 program. County Road Paying Starts on Murphy The Jackson county paving unit started work on Murphy rd. near Rogue Valley hospital ysterday, according to Paul Rynning, county engineer. About a half mile will be paved on-Murphy rd., he said. The county roads department is three weeks late starting the paving unit for this sea son's work because of bad weather, Rynning explained. Last year it was started June 3. Approximately 25 miles of county roads will be paved during the season, he said. The county court and Ryn ning inspected three roads in the Ashland area "yesterday and found them in good con dition, Rynning said. They were Yank Gulch rd., Pioneer rd. and Dark Hollow rd. Rivers and Harbors Bill. Sent to President Washington (UPI) Con gress completed action today on a compromise bill author izing $1,566,600,000 in new rivers and harbors and sent it to President Eisenhower for his expected signature. The bill replaces two oth ers vetoed by Eisenhower in 1956 and again this year. IFirinrD Soviet Russia's Secret Police Strengthened Sinister Figure In Prominence London (UPI) Soviet Russia's dread secret police is being strengthened with top jobs going to trusted lieuten ants of Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev, diplomatic dis patches reported today. The sinister figure of Sec ret Police Chief Ivan Alex androvich Serov has stepped into ominous prominence in recent months, they said. Serov was a collaborator of Khrushchev's in the Ukrain in purges of the 1930s. It was he who helped crush the 1956 Hungarian rebellion. Linked to Security Observers on the spot linked these- disquieting de velopments directly to the tightening of security within the Soviet camp and the end of collective leadership as Khrushchev gained greater power. The secret police were al most smashed with the execu tion of Lavrenti Beria, its leader, and Khrushchev's "de Stalinization" program two years ago ' weakened it fur ther. Without a chief the ap paratus was ineffective and dormant. , Diplomatic reports said the latest signs of its resurrection did not. point to a complete revival of the old secret po lice. Nor has it affected the average Soviet citizen. Future Needs The reported buildup ap parently was designed to pre pare for future needs of the leadership but ostensibly to guard " againsfwreVisionism" and "imperialist Western in fluence." The most significant indica tion of Serov's growing influ ence was his inclusion in the Soviet official mission during the recent exchange of visits of the Finnish and Soviet presidents. Keating to Attend Interstate Meeting County Judge Rodney Keat ing plans to attend an inter state meeting of public land committees July 20 and 21 in Glacier National park, he said today. The meeting will represent public land committees of eight western states. Washing ton, California and New Mex ico do not belong to the group, Keating explained. Increased returns to ' the counties from public domain lands will be among the topics discussed, Keating said. Rep resentatives probably will ask for 25 per cent allocation of revenues, the same as now re ceived from lands under the jurisdiction of the forest serv ice, he said. Alaska Statehood Stirs Sharp Debate Washington (UPI) The Alaskan statehood bill stirred up a sharp Senate dispute .to day between southerners and leaders of both parties. A pro longed debate seemed to be in the making. The argument flared when Sens. A. Willis Robertson (D Va.) and James O. Eastland (D-Miss.) contended that- giv ing Alaska statehood would "open the flood gates" for ad mitting other American pos sessions. ( Southerners generally op pose the admission of .Alaska as a state because they believe Alaskan senators would be come part of the northern bloc and dilute southern influence in Congress. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 55. High Thursday 88. Temp. Highest Yesterday '6 Lowest this Morning 53 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:53 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:35 a.m. The Moon, about 230,000 miles from the Earth tonight, appears near the planet, Jupiter, which -is 468 million miles from the Earth tonight, and the star, Spica, nearly two million times as far away as Jupiter. " Moonset tomorrow 1:05 a.m. Full Moon June 30 -Moiidl'edir Tolks km at a Stance Russia Ignores Demands Washington (UPI) The State department is demanding the release of nine American airmen imprisoned in East Germany but Russia has not replied to its latest note. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge (D.-Ga.) has accused the de partment of "incomprehensible timidity" in its efforts to get release of the men. State department spokesman Lincoln White said Tuesday the department, "continues to insist that the Soviets honor their responsibilities." Cambodia Claimed Invaded Pnom Penh, Cambodia (UPI) Outgoing Premier Sim Var charged today that South Viet Namese troops have "in vaded" Cambodia's northeastern province of Stungtreng. There was no immediate confirmation of the report from South Viet Nam. De Gaulle Calls Advisers Paris (UPI) Gen. Charles de Gaulle called in his top advisers today to complete his still secret plan for ending the war in Algeria. The Premier's North African strategy also will be studied tonight when he meets with Gen. Raoul Salan, supreme commander in Algeria who is flying in from Algiers to get a final okay on plans for De Gaulle's visit to Algeria next week. Unander's Plan Rejected Salem (UPI) State Treasurer Sig Unander Tuesday re ceived by way of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D.-Ore.) an ad ministration rejection of Unander's plan to finance forest access roads through revenue bonds. Unander some time ago urged the Eisenhower adminis tration to consider his plan for formation of a corporation under the Department of Agriculture that could issue reve nue bonds for road construction. The Unander plan would have called for a road use charge to retire the bonds. Redstone Rocket Launched Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) The Army sent another of its short-range Redstone rockets, blazing high and' far into a clear Florida sky Tuesday night. The 62-foot missile thundered up about 10:37 p.m. (e.s.t.) and was visible for. some four minutes speeding through the starry sky. i 8th Anniversary of Communist Attack On Korea Republic Tokyo (UPI). Today is the eighth anniversary of the Communist attack against the Republic of Korea. . And on this anniversary of the surprise attack in the Far East, U.N. troops once again face the possibility of making another stand against aggres sion this time in Lebanon. The Korean war began at dawn, June 25, 1950, when N o rlt h Korean Communist troops . and tanks smashed their way south across the 36th Parallel. It ended July 27, 1953, when the armistice was signed after Communist "volun teers" from Red China had poured into the battle in much the same way Communists threaten to enter the Middle East trouble zone today. Many Nations To meet and turn back the Communist threat in Korea, the United Nations sent man power and machines to bol ster the brave but poorly trained and ill-equipped Re public of Korea forces. The countries contributing armed forces to the U.N. army in Korea included the United States, United King dom, Canada, Turkey, Aus tralia, Thailand, Philippines, France, Greece, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Colombia, Belgium, Ethiopia, Union of South Africa and Luxem bourg; U. N. troops, fighting with the Republic of Korea forces, Yreka Man Shot; Mistaken Identify Yreka, Calif. (UPI) Harry Meek, local insurance man, was released from Siski you County General hospital late Tuesday after treatment for a flesh wound from a .22 caliber pistol. Yreka police said the shot was fired late Sunday night by a neighbor, James C. Baker, Meek told officers he returned a lawn sprinkler to another neighbor. Baker told police he saw a man in the yard of the other residence and in the darkness didn't recognize him. Police said they could find no evidence of ill feeling between the two men. suffered 151,728 casualties. These included 29,550 Amer icans, 717 Turks and 670 United Kingdom personnel killed. Other U.N. units also suffered many dead and wounded. U. S. Defense Department sources estimated the North Korean and Chinese Commu nist dead and wounded amounted to more than 1,400, 000. Property damage in both North and South Korea was great, with practically every thing destroyed. The U.N. "police action" in Korea bought peace but not total victory. Korea remained divided with many in South Korea and elsewhere bitter be cause the U. N. army had not fought to complete the job of unifying the country under the Republic of Korea which was created by, U. N.-super-vised elections in 1948. BPR to Inspect Proposed lake Road Bayard French of the bu reau of public roads, Portland, expects to inspect possible construction of the McAllis ter Springs and Lake of the Woods road in Jackson coun ty in the "very near future," County Judge Rodney Keat ing said today. Keating said he met with French in Portland Friday when he attended a meeting of the public lands commit tee of the Association of Ore gon Counties. As a result of the discus sion, Keating surmised the road would not be construct ed in the near future. The pro posed road would provide a "faster road'" to Klamath Falls from Jackson county, Keating explained. " Although of the same length as the Greensprings connec tion near Ashland, it would have lesser grades and would be a straighter road, he added. It would possibly open up a proposed winter sports area in the vicinity of Brown mountain for county residents, Keating added. - v . Salem (UPI) O. K. Beals, Salem, has been president of the " Western Association of Food and Drug Officials. Parley Feared To Be Means To Deceive People Diplomatic Move Draws Surprise Moscow (UPI) The So viet Union announced tonight it was. withdrawing from the July 1 Geneva conference on nuclear test suspension. - The Soviet Union previous ly had accepted the U. S. in vitation extended by Presi dent Eisenhower to send scien tists to East-West 'technical talks starting in Geneva next week. Move Told in Note The sudden and surprising diplomatic move was disclosed in a note to the U. S. The Ge neva conference was to have included scientific experts from the Soviet Union, the U. S., Britain, France, Czecho slovakia, Poland and Canada. "There are grounds for fear ing that the conference of ex perts would be turned into a means for deceiving the peo ples," the Soviet note said, "inspiring' a false illusion that some measures were allegedly being adopted for the purpose of ceasing nuclear weapon tests when in actual fact the matter is not making any progress whatsoever." Sees No Point The Soviet position was con tained in ' a communication from Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson. In it, the Soviet government said it saw no point in attending the conference since Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had publicly stated-that by going to Geneva the U.S. does not necessarily agree to cessation of nuclear tests. Russian Crowd In Demonstration Moscow (UPI) A placard carrying, jeering crowd of 2,000 Russians shouted insults but caused no damage or vio lence in an anti-American demonstration in front of- the U. S. Embassy today. The demonstration, staged in reprisal for last Sunday's riot by Hungarian refugees at the Soviet United Nations Em bassy in New York, appeared to be well ordered and well planned. It was the third crowd ac tion against foreign embassies in Moscow in a week, but it was far less hectic than the other two. Moscow mobs riot ed against the Danish and West Germany embassies pre viously, in both cases break ing windows and causing ex tensive damage. UN Police Action In Lebanon Favored Washington (UPI) Demo cratic and Republican sena tors, recalling the Korean in vasion shock of . just eight years ago, called today for United Nations police action to quench any similar spark in Lebanon. They brushed off as "fantas tic" and unreal the Soviet charge that any attempt to send a U. N. force into Leban on would amount to "aggres sion.',,' ... Senate GOP Leader Wil liam .F. Knowland called the Moscow charge "another case of extortion." 50 People Plan to Tour Talent Project Tomorrow Some 50 people will tour the Talent project tomorrow to inspect possible recreation sites. Among those making the tour, sponsored by the county court, will be the Klamath countv court: the recreation and natural resources commit tee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce: A. T. Carlston, of the Portland office of Southern Pacific railroad; Neal Butterfield of the Na tional park service, - Portland office; Frank Folsom, assist ant regional forester, forest service; Phil Schneider, Ore- eon state game commission, Portland office; and represen tatives of the Jackson County and Ashland Chambers of Commerce. Gasoline Tanker, Freighter Smash. In East River Cries For Help Heard on Shore New York (UPI) A freighter and a gasoline tank er collided in the East river early today setting off a fiery explosion that engulfed the two ships and set the Man hattan Bridge afire. A- brilliant flash of ignit ing gasoline flared over the river seconds after the ex plosion. Almost immediately cries of help were heard on shore . from flame - swept waters where crewmen who jumped overboard struggled against the incoming tide. Tanker Sinks The Swedish freighter Ne braska moving south rammed the small American gasoline tanker Empress Bay, officials said, just south of the Man hattan Bridge spanning the East river between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Empress Bay sank about two hours later. Forty-nine crewmen from the two ships were rescued and most of them hospitalized for treatment of various in juries. A total of 44 out of 45 aboard the freighter were ac counted for and five of the seven crew membe of the tanker were" rescued. Three persons were missing. Two Ships Locked The ships struck so hard they were locked together. They floated north on the in coming tide sending a column of flame into the span of the bridge 135 feet overhead. ; Electric cables on the bridge caught fire, halting both auto and subway train traffic. Po lice also closed the historic Brooklyn Bridge to the south as flames spread over the water. ....... ' The Coast Guard banned all traffic for several miles along the river as dangerous gasoline fumes hung over the water'. i A flotilla of rescue and fire fighting craft sped to ; the scene. One fireboat, the Wil liam J. Gaynor, was damaged by the still revolving propel ler of the Nebraska as it took survivors off the burning ship. The locked ships were pulled apart after the fire was put out. The Empress Bay sank quickly as water flooded through the gaping hole in her side. The freighter was taken in tow, still afloat. Great Flash A witness to the collision and fire was Capt. Bert Dee ley, of the tub Dalzellera, who said he saw "one great big flash going up over the Man hattan bridge." "It seemed like the whole river was on fire," Deeley said. "The flames kept going higher and higher and it seemed to me it went on for an hour." From his hospital bed, one of the tanker's crew, Haakon Anderson, 42, of Riverhead, N.Y., said he was in his bunk reading when he heard seven blasts of the ship's whistle the danger signal. "I jumped out of my bunk and ran out on deck," Ander son said. "I saw that a colli sion was unavoidable. I leaped, overboard and started swim ming. "From the Water I heard the crash. Then it seemed both ships burst into flames." Only one death was report ed in connection with the col lision. William Finn, a veteran photographer of The New York Journal-American, col lapsed and died on a pier while covering the fire. Portland (UPI) Mrs. Irene House, 31, was injured fatally today when she 'fell from the second floor sun deck of an apartment house. Others planning to make the tour are James Bradley, engineer from the office of the assistant secretary of the interior, Washington, D. C possibly a representative from the regional headquarters of the bureau of reclamation, Boise, Idaho; James Callan, construction , engineer, - and John Hatch, assistant con struction engineer, both of the local bureau of reclamation office. The party will leave the Jackson county courthouse at 8 a.m. The group will inspect the Howard Prairie and Hiatt lake sections of the project in the morning and lunch at Hiatt lake. A tour of the re mainder of the project will b completed in the afternoon.