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Newspaper Page Texto o of u Ike's Proposed Reply to Russian Letter Studied Khrushchev Wants Summit Conference Washington (LTD The White House said today Presi dent Esienhower has drafted a proposed reply to Russia's call for an emergency summit meeting on the Middle East and that it is being studied by European Allies. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said a draft of Eis enhower's answer to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was sent Sunday night to members of thevNorth Atlan tic Treaty Organization for their approval. Mo Hint on Contents Hagerty gave no hint as to the contents of "the President's reply. He said he would not expect the reply to be sent to Moscow and made public today. In London, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told the House of Commons that Brit ain and its allies are "urgant lv reconsidering . . . the best means by which to arrange for a meeting which heads of government could attend." Macmillan did not elabor ate. Khrushchev had proposed that the meeting be held Tues day in Geneva between the heads of government of the United States, Britain, France, Russia and India,- plus U.N. Secretary-general Dag Ham marskjold. Wants Soviet Agreement The delay in answering ob viously ruled out any chance that such a meeting would be held Tuesday, or probably in the immediate future. Eisenhower was expected to offer Russia the possibility of a summit meeting later if the Kremlin would agree to effec; tive U.N. action in L.eoanon that would permit withdrawal of U. S. troops there. In Paris a government spokesman said. France agreed to a summit meeting "in principle" but not if the western Big Three are to be considered 'aggressors in the Middle East. Khrushchev in his letter on the conference had referred to U.S. "aggres sion" in Lebanon and British "aggression" n Jordan. Hagerty said the position of the U.S. still was that the work of the U.N. Security Council on the Middle East crisis should continue. Middle East At a Glance By United Press International Amman King Hussein of Jordan severed diplo matic relations with the United Arab Republic of President Garrfal Abdel Nasser: the United States lent him $12 million to help him retain his shaky throne. Cairo Nasser returned from talks in Damascus where the UAR announced it was signing a military treaty with the new rebel government of Iraq. Ob servers said this put the formal stamp on Iraq's ad O herence to the Nasser bloc. Istanbul Turkish news papers reported, Turkish troops near the Syrian and Iraqi frontiers had received standby orders. But there still was no sign of alarm at large scale Soviet troop ma neuvers near the Turkish border and Bulgarian ma neuvers. Khartoum The govern ment of Sudan expelled a UAR consular official and protested to Cairo and Mos cow, against radio broad casts labeling the govern ment an agent of "imperial ism." . Moscow The govern ment newspaper Izvestia said Soviet Moslem leaders are calling on Moslems throughout the world to help in the Arab "struggle for independence." Western ob servers have speculated Russia might send Moslem "volunteers" to the Mid east. Malpractice Insurance At University Urged Portland (UPD The State Board of Higher Education's Insurance Committee has rec omended general liability and malpractice insurance for more than 9,300 employees of the University of Oregon. PRESENTS WATCH Arnold er, presents a wrist watch to county extension agent. The watch was given Tucker on be htlf of the Jackson county farmers in appreciation of the work Tucker had done while in office. During the Sunday picnic at TouVelle state park in Tucker's honor, Ward Spatz, Medford pear shipper, read a letter from Robert J. Steward, of the state department of agriculture. Frank Ross, of Ore gon State college, presented greetings from Frank Ballard, head of the extension service. Approximately 200 people attended. Dress Rehearsals Start at Ashland Dress rehearsals started this week at the Ore gon Shakespearean Festival, which opens a week from today. Producing Director Angus L. Bowmer said all depart ments have been able to in crease their tempo without difficulty. Tighter schedules were necessary because the season this year has been ex panded eight days. Each of the four plays will have two complete dress re hearsals during an eight-day period. Full afternoon run- Drowning Caused Death of GP Man Grants Pass Drowning caused the death of Charles Willisffii Ogle, 18, Grants Pass, it was reported this morning. Saturday evening an autopsy was performed at the request of the boy's family by Dr. Robert H. Buck, Medford pathologist, who also signed the death certificate. The boy, a freshman at Southern Oregon college, Ashland died at Twin Plunges in Ashland iriday. friends told Ashland authorities that Ogle went to the pool early to attend a swimming class and was seen at the edge of the pool. No one saw him go into the water, pool officials said. Ashland firemen and police attempted to revive the boy after he was pulled from the bottom of the pool by two college students. The boy is the son of Mrs. C. L. Ogle, Grants Pass, and the late Dr. Ogle. Funeral services were held today in Grants Pass. It was impossible to deter mine whether or not medical factors entered into the youth's death, although by standers noted he looked pale while at poolside earlier. Stathos Defeated By One Vote for Post Salem Don Stathos, Jack son county chairman of the Republican central commit tee, was defeated by one vote for the position of KepuDiican narty state secretary during the state meeting of the com mittee in Salem. He was de feated by Mrs. Frederick Young, Portland, who re ceived 20 votes. Other officers elected by the committee were James F. Short, Salem, chairman; Mrs. Helen Daughtrey, Portland, state vice chairman; and Otto j; Wilson, Salem, treasurer. During the Saturday meet ing the committee declined to censure Sherman Adams, presidential assistant, for con duct involving Bernard Gold fine, Boston industrialist. Medford Man Still Reported Unconscious Donald Glenn Schrag, 27, of route 4, box 477B, Med fqrd, was reported still un conscious and in critical con dition this morning by Rogue Valley hospital officials. Schrag was the driver of a car involved in an accident Friday, July 11, on Culver rd., a half mile from Phoenix. Four other persons were in jured in .the two-car accident. Bohnert, Central Point farm Ben lucker, recently retired throughs and evening dress rehearsals are set this week. Rehearsals Open The first round of dress re hearsals is closed to all visit ors, Bowmer said, but Festi val association members, by presenting membership cards, may attend the second round, which starts Thursday night. Plays this year are "Much Ado About Nothing," and "King Lear," both directed by Robert B. Loper, and "The Merchant of Venice," and "Troilus and Cressida," both directed by James Sandoe. Advance ticket sales are the highest in history, accord ing to William Patton, gen eral manager. Starting Thurs day, July 24, and continuing throughout the season, the central box in Ashland will be open from 9:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily and from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays. About 750 people are ex pected to attend the opening night banquet in Lithia park Monday night. Paving Progressing On Dead Indian Rd. Paving operations on Dead Indian rd. are p0rgressing fa- vorably, according to Ralph A. James, county commis sioner. 4 James reported that he and County Engineer Paul Ryn ning inspected the road Fri day after the county court re ceived a complaint that there was a bad place in the road. The current operation in cludes resurfacing the road where it is necessary, and paving the last four miles of the road in Jackson county.. Red cinders are being used for the first time in Jackson county, James reported. He said that although the cinders are more porous, and conse quently absorb more oil than conventional gravel, cheaper transportation costs are ex pected to offset the additional oil costs. In other areas red cinders have been used consistently, and indications are that roads built with them stand up just as well as roads built with other gravels, James said. 92 Americans Flown Out of Iraq Rome (UPD A giant DC6B airliner arrived here from Baghdad tonight with 92 Americans, the first group to be brought out of Iraq since a military coup overthrew the government there seven days ago. , a , The airliner touched down at Rome's Ciampino Airport with 36 women, 54 children, 2 men and a pet Dachshund. The flight was the begin ning of an airlift shuttle to bring about 1,500 Americans from Iraq, officials said. Many of the Americans were expected to stay in Rome, hoping for the Middle East situation tp cool down so they could return to Iraq safely. Canada Prime Minister Urges Summit Meeting Ottawa (DPD Canadian Prime Minister John Diefen baker today called on west ern leaders to follow . up Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev's offer of immediate summit talks. Jopoouese Resolution Would Make Possible Troop Withdrawal Russia Expected To Oppose Plan United Nations, N. Y. (UPD The United States said to day a compromise Japanese draft resolution before the U, N. Security Council would make it possible to withdraw American forces from Leb anon. The Japanese resolution au thorizes Secretary - General Dag Hammarskjold to make arrangements for strengthen ing of the U. N. observer force in Lebanon "to insure the ter ritorial integrity and political independence of Lebanon so as to make possible the with drawal of U. S. forces from Lebanon." Ready to Withdraw U. S. Ambasador Henry Cabot Lodge reiterated that the U. S. stood ready to with draw the 10,000 American forces in Lebanon as soon as possible and said the "Japan ese resolution is a construc tive proposal which would help the U.N., through the secretary-general, carry out its responsibilities." British Ambassador Sir Pierson Dixon also supported the Japanese measure. But Russia served notice in advance it would oppose Tokyo's plan as a "rehash" of earlier American pro posals. Other Western powers ap peared to be lining up in sup port of the Japanese proposal, Summit Talks Possible There had bwrrtpeculatioid previously that Russia might go aloi with the Japanese proposal with the understand ing that details would be worked out at an East-West summit meeting. There were reports that the Western Big Three might seek a "summit" meeting on the explosive Middle East sit uation in the Security Coun cil. Such a meeting would bring President Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikita Krush chev and British Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan togeth er at the conference table for face-to-face talks. Prineville Sheriff Hospitalized Here Crook County Sheriff Jesse Wooldridge of Prineville is hospitalized in Medford with a multiple jaw fracture suf fered when struck by a base ball Saturday night. Wooldridge, in addition to the jaw injury, lost several teeth when struck in the face by a baseball thrown by a warming-up pitcher while he was in the dug-out. Wooldridge is business manager of the Prineville American Legion Junior team which lost to Medford 3-1 Sat urday night. The sheriff ' is expected to remain in Medford for several days. His son, Ray, a star pitcher -for Prineville, missed Saturday night's game. He was confined to his room with a sore throat. Two Men Stranded on Rocky Bluff Brought Down In Dramatic Operation Tillamook (UPD Two young German immigrants stranded for 21 hours on a rocy bluff overlooking the Pacific ocean at Cape Look out state park, were rescued early today. Sheriff Hallie Ireland of Tillamook county reported that both Willie Sahlman, 26, and Hans Dahms, 24, appear ed to be in good condition de spite their frightening ordeal, i Ropes Lowered The rescue was made about 7 a.m. today after ropes were lowered from the top of the bluff. The two had climbed up the face of the cliff Sun day and were unable to go higher. One of them was about 25 feet higher on the cliff than the other.- Sheriff Ireland said rescue was impossible without help from below and that high tides late Sunday along with darkness, hampered efforts genves 53 rd year Medford 16 Pages Callan Optimistic About Completion Of Work This Year James A. Callan, construc tion engineer for the Talent project, stid today he is "still optimistic" about the outcome of the current work stoppage on the project.' v Over the week end, a fed eral mediator reported "sub stantial progress," at meetings between the Associated Gen eral Contractors and the strik ing Operating Engineers and Teamsters unions. The AGC had ordered contractors here to stop work in reply to strikes elsewhere in the state. ' ' "I'm still optimistic," Cal lan said. "If they clear it up this week, we'll still try to get our program completed on schedule." Affect Program Otherwise, he admitted, "it will certainly affect our pro gram quite a bit. ; , "A lot depends on the wea ther," he added. Adry fall, he explained, would allow workers to make up for time presently being lost. Approxi mately $6,750,000 in construc tion work has been halted by lour major contractors com plying with the AGC order. Leroy Smith, the federal mediator, tentatively schedul- fd anothermeeting . in . Port- IdllU UCIWCCI1 U1C UlilUUS CU1U the AGC for today. House Committee OKs Klamath Bill Washington .(UPD The House Interior Committee to day approved a bill providing for the sale of Klamath In dian land after the federal government terminates its, su pervision over the Oregon tribe. Under the measure, which already .has passed the Sen ate, the Klamath property first will be put up for sale to private interests and then will be offered to the federal government. The senatebill was. amend ed in the House Indian affairs subcommittee to provide for a new appraisal of the "fair market value" of the Klamath land. ., The measure also provides that the federal government, through the Agriculture De partment, would spend no more than $90 million in the purchase of Klamath prop erty. Commerce Secretary Defends Sherm Adams Washington (UPD Secre tary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks strongly defended Presidential Assistant .Sher man Adams today and said no public figure "has been whip lashed more brutally in our generation." to get to the men He said a companion of the pair, Gerhard Stuberbeck, 24, talked to them through a loudspeaker to reassure them. He said fear had been felt for Dahms, who had only a nar row ledge to stand on with hardly enough room for both feet. Sahlman had room enough to lie down. Afraid to Leave Ireland said Sahlman would have been able to come down earlier but was afraid to leave his companion alone on the bluff., Stahlman was about 60 feet up the bluff and Dahms was about 85 feet. ' This morning Gene Bur gess, a Tillamook, policeman, climbed up to Sahlman but was unable to reach Dahms, who was above and to the right of Sahlman. P. F. Tay lor, police chief of Garibaldi, got a rope to Dahms who tied UIM y.s. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1958 Make It "Well Done" While You're At It (Herblock Is on Highway Accidents Kill Nine in Oregon By United Press International Bridal Veil early Saturday. At least nine persons died Robert F. Bangs, 38, Bea in highway accidents in Ore- verton, and Emma Williams, ? . , . '30, Portland, died m a two- gon during the week end. rar HrW r. twi Mrs. Carolyn Nicholas, 38, Newport, was killed Sunday evening in a two-car accident about two miles south of De- poeBay., , --. -..... Phillip Ray Pfeiffer, Van couver, Wash., was killed in a two-car collision near Boardman Sunday evening. His wife, Mary, was hurt crit ically. - . Warren Dale Cassal, 31, Pi lot Rock, was killed early Sunday when his pickup truck failed to make a curve and crashed into a lumber truck, then careened into a service station at Pilot Rock. Alta Mae Davis, 40, Hepp ner, was killed Saturday when her car overturned sev en miles southeast of Hepp- ner on Basie canyon road. Percy Everett Heinz, 46, Crane, died in Harney county hospital at Burns late Friday from injuries .suffered when a station wagon struck a wooden bridge five miles east of Burns. Multi-Death Crashes .Four persons perished in multi-death accidents. .. Robert Edward Sinclair, 51, and his wife, Bernice, 46, Portland, were killed ' in a three-car accident just east of WEATHER FORECAST: Chance of evening nlng thunderstorms over moun tains. Otherwise fair through Tuesday. Low tonight 55. High Tuesday 95. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 5 Lowest This Morning 55 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:54 a.m. The Moon sets 10:32 p.m. tonight and is in Perigee. . First Quarter July 23 Mars, low in east at 12:52 a.m., is now as bright as the star, Vega. Its orbit has now carried it to within 91 million miles of the Earth. (A litUe nearer than the Sun.) . - it around himself. Then, the sheriff said, Burgess got a rope to Dahms and managed to get the frightened youth to where Burgess and Sahl man were. Burgess helped Dahms down. Sahlman managed to climb down himself with the aid of a rope thrown from above. Two Coastguardsmen had to scale the bluff to where Sahl man was to hold the rope into the cliff. The sheriff said it was cold and foggy in the area this morning. He said tides drove out rescuers from below Sun day night. The sheriff said ' the pair was advised to "take a show er and go to bed." The rescued youths are em ployed by a telephone com pany in Vancouver, B.C., the sheriff said. The pair climbed the bluff about 10 a.m. Sunday. Proposal Syppo" Vacation J late Saturday. Two Lightning Fires Reported Two more lightning fires from thunderstorms last week were reported over the week end. H. G. Hopkins, staff officer of the Rogue River National forest, said one lightning fire was reported late Saturday, and a crew reached the scene late Sunday. The fire, covering about a quarter of an acre, still was manned today, but under con trol. It was southeast of Mt. Thielsen north of Crater Lake National park. Hopkins said there still is a possibility more "sleeper" fires will be spotted. A plane was to check the forest again today. The southwest district of state department of forestry reported 46 lightning strike fires from thunderstorms last week. The total includes one found yesterday near Grants Pass. It was suppressed by a forest patrol crew. Another half-acre fire near Grants Pass yesterday also was reported by the forestry department. Information on its exact nature was not avail able this morning. Early Summit Talks Opposed Washington (UPD Top government sources said to day the administration is firmly opposed to an early summit conference that would deal only with the Mideast crisis. It also is discouraging all intervention in Iraq. The administration, be lieves, it was stated reliably, that such a summit meeting outside the United Nations would kill the UN and place the United States and Britain before the world as "defend ants." This government is not con templating any intervention in Iraq and is discouraging Turkey and Jordan from try ing by force to restore the Fei sal government. Small Business Ta Relief Wins Approval . Washington (UPD The House approved' by over whelming voice vote today a $260 million program of "fringe benefit" tax relief for small business. Hollywood (UPD Come dian Joe E. Lewis is reported in satisfactory condition at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, where he is recovering from abdominal surgery. Price 10 cents Tribune No. 104 Armed Services Subcommittee Discusses Adams Washington (UPI) A H6use armed services subcom mittee called a half-dozen wit nesses behind closed doors to dy to decide whether to hold public hearings on. a case in volving Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams. Chairman F. Edward He bert (D-La.) said the witnesses would be quizzed to see if their testimony might "tend to defame and degrade" any one. The House has a rule against making committee sessions public if such testimony is likely to be presented without supporting evidence. Case Taken Over. The Louisianan's committee took over the new Adams case last week from House influ ence investigators who had probed the affairs of Boston textile millionaire Bernard Goldfine and his gift-giving to Adams and other government officials. - The influence-investigating subcommittee is considering contempt charges against Goldfine. Goldfine is not involved in the new case, which concerns the refund of $41,284 in gov ernments penalties assessed against Raylaine Worsteds, Manchester, N.H., for failure to make prompt delivery of Army cloth under a World War II contract. Refund Decided , The company originally was penalized $49,771 but appeal ed for a $25,462 refund. This was turned down by the Army and the comptroller general in 19l42. Raylaine reopened the case in 1953 and the Armed Forces Board of Contract Appeals de cided last Nov. 27 to make the $41,284 refund. It did not explain why it awarded the company more than it had asked. Roswell M. Austin, chair man of the board, wrote a memorandum on ' the case questioning whether Adams ! was guilty of "highly unethi cal" conduct. He said he did this because of evidence show ing pressure had been brought to bear. Blight Continues As Serious Threat Blight cohtinueto present a serious threat in the county to both commercial and pri vate orchards, County Exten sion Agent Clifford Cordy warned today? The blight, a bacterial dis ease which spreads rapidly through the tissues of the plants, enters through young twigs and through damaged spots in the bark, Cordy re ported. Among the number of species it is hitting in this area, he said, are apple, pear, hawthorne, flowering quince, and pyracantha. Normally, the horticulture specialist said, a few straight days of hot, dry weather will clear up the undesirable growth. However, this year the hot, humid weather has made the blight threat parti cularly serious. Among the symptoms of blight, Cordy reported, are leaves , still clinging to a branch after the limb is dead. As the blight is running rap idly this year, to rid a plant of the disease it is necessary to cut away the diseased por tion of the plant 12 to 15 inches below any visible symptoms, he stated. WEIGHTY BIRD Whoever made off with a chicken from the front lawn of Leland Clare Young, 855 West Second st. over the week end might have thought it was a plymouth rock. The chicken, from what Young told city po lice, weighed 20 pounds and was made of concrete. No Specific. Nation Target Of Statement ' Radios Appeal for Death of Hussein Beirut, Lebanon (UPD The commander of U. S. forces in Lebanon reminded possible aggressors in the Middle East today that his land, sea and air forces have "atomic capa bilities." The U. S. commander, Vice Adm. James L. (Lord Jim) Holloway aimed his statement at no specific nation and he emphasized that all U. S. forces have such capabilities. Added Significance But his statement took on aaaea significance since it was issued through the U. S. Embassy here at a time of in creased saber-rattling in Mos cow and as Communist and Egyptian-Syrian United Arab Republic radios were building increased tensions through a stream of inflammatory broadcasts. The Damascus, Cairo and Baghdad radios appealed again today to the people of Jordan to assassinate King Hussein and overthrow his government. Hussein's government is under the protection of 2,000 British paratroops who came by massive airlift into Am man Thursday to join the U.S. in preserving Middle East peace in the face of the re volt in Iraq and serious civil strife in Lebanon. Shooting in Beirut The U. S. completed its buildup of more than 10,00 Marines and airborne infan try in Lebanon today, while the heaviest firing in two weeks was heard in the divid ed city of Beirut. A spokesman for rebel leader Saeb Salam said the fighting was between his men ana partisans of the pro-government PPS party. The fir ing, which included 13 explo sions that sounded like artil lery, was confined to the rebel-held Basta section near the city's race track. .- - A squad of U. S. . Marines was alerted shortly before midnight to rush to the Brit ish Embassy. However, noth ing materialized. Holloway's statement issued through the embassy said that "all combat forces including ground, sea and air forces have atomic capabilities." He did not enlarge upon the subject except to note: "Further discussion of the subject is a matter of military security." .However, it was known that the Marines in Lebanon were equipped with eight inch howitzers capable of fir ing atomic shells. Three U.S. jet planes scat tered more than one million leaflets over Lebanon today, telling the people that U.S. forces are here to "help main tain Lebanese independence." The leaflets were printed in Arabic and bore a picture of President Eisenhower. The U.S. Embassy reported that Lebanese rebels who have been sniping at U.S. military planes also fired at an Egyptian airliner attempt-' ing to land at Beirut Sunday. The statement denied a United Arab Republic statement that U.S. Marines fired on the plane. Meanwhile, Iraq's revolu tionary regime was going all out to win swift diplomatic recognition from the West. The new government pledged safety of western oil installations and promised friendship with western gov ernments. Mav Invite Diplomat Diplomats believed Brig. Abdul Karim Kassem, pre mier in the rebel junta, might invite U.S. Mideast trouble shooter Robert Murphy to fly from Beirut to Baghdad for talks on normalizing relations. The new Iraqi envoy to London - quoted Kassem as saying in a radio telephone conversation ' from Baghdad today: "For God's sake, make it clear to the West that we are still their friends." At the same time revolu tionary Minister of National Guidance Siddi Shanshal de clared in an English-language speech over Radio Baghdad: "I am glad to speak ... to all western people to say that we in Iraq want to be friend ly with you." In Washington, an Iraqi Embassy spokesman said the new government will honor all "economic, political and other commitments" made by the regime it overthrew. "The western oil interests in Iraq will be safeguarded and guaranteed and protect ed," the spokesman said.