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o) IMS iII3il Me United Preaa Full 20 Pages MOSCOW EXHIBITION This is an archi tect's drawing of the buildings planned to house the American National exhibition to be held next summer in Moscow, under terms of a recriprocal agreement which also will permit Russia tostage a cultural and Hugh D'Autremont Free After 31 Years for Part in Robbery Salem -0PD- Hugh D'Autre mont, 54, one of three broth ers convicted of murder in Oregon's 1923 Siskiyou train robbery attempt, walked to freedom today after 31. years in prison. D'Autremont was hustled out the front gate of the prison by a parole officer and was taken to the state office building where he was to be given an all-day briefing on life in the second half of the 20th century. He wore a light tan suit. D'Autremont won parole late last year and underwent a period of pre-release train ing. He will work outside the state of Oregon. ' The slightly built D'Autre mont was convicted of mur der along with his older twin brothers, Ray and Roy, in con nection with an attempt to rob Southern Pacific mail train number 13 south of Ash land in October of 1923. The older brothers still are in cus tody. ' Crime Recalled The engineer, fireman and brakeman of the, train were shot and killed and the mail clerk died when the mail car was dynamited. The brothers were not apprehended until 1927 and all received .life terms after being convicted of murder. H. M. Randall, state parole director, said D'Autremont Medford Seeks Parks Director Medford is definitely in the market now for a parks and recreation director, City Man ager Robert A. Duff said to day. The salary scale is to be in the $490-$590 a month bracket, or one rung below the $590-and-up scale pro posed by Dr. Lynn" Rodney at the park and recreation commission's December meet ing. Dr. Rodney, chairman of the University of Oregon's recrea tion and outdoor education curriculum, said on that oc casion that the minimum salary Medford could offer would have to be around $540. Duff said today the deci sion on wages resulted from a meeting Tuesday of a spe cial committee appointed from the commission. Members of this committee include Mrs. Edith Eden, chairman, Miss Colleen Hope and Verl G. Walker. - This decision was consid ered the main stumbling block to active recruitment. "We are paying for experi ence," Duff commented on the proposed salary, "which we particularly need now as we get started." 53rd Year DFORD Leased Wlr scientific exhibit in New York. The alumi num geodesic dome in the foreground will be the science building, cultural and tech nological exhibits will occupy the fan-like building behind the dome, and the amphi theater at rear is for the performing arts. hoped to get out of, the glare of publicity, so he could live a quiet life. D'Autremont had nothing to say to reporters. . There ;was i no indication as to" where the 'job might "be. D'Autremont has worked as a printer since he has been in prison. When asked if D'Autre mont would change his name, Randall said: "If it was me, I would give it serious thought. School Bus, Car Involved in Crash A schoolbus and car col lided head-on this morning on a blind curve on the Mud Springs rd., 3 miles east of Medford, but nobody was re ported injured, school authori ties said today. The Griffin Creek school bus driven by Bob Dean, part time worker in the county school superintendent's office, received comparatively minor damage, according to avail able reports. , The front end of the car was said to be "somewhat damaged." The car was driven by a youth identified by school of ficials as Max Stockford, route 4, box 410, Medford. His car came down a hill and col lided with the front end of the bus, it was reported. Both vehicles were moved and a report made to state police an hour later, state po lice said. Myrna S. Frink, elemen tary school principal, warned all motorists using the Mud Springs rd. that the school bus is on the road from 7 a jn. to- 8:30 ' a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 5 pjn. each week day. The bus driver honked his horn several times when he saw the youth coming down the hill, but Stockford was going too fast to stop, the principal said. Spanish Village Inundated by Flood Waters When Dam Overflows; 100 Dead Zamora, Spain - (DPD -Rain-swollen waters surged over a huge new power dam and cascaded a wall of death onto the village of Ribadelago early today while its 600 in habitants slept. First sketchy reports said 100 or more persons may have been killed. The disaster struck at 4 ajn. in northwest Spain near the Portuguese border. The Zamora provincial gov ernment said in a statement that torrential rains of the past few days overflowed the reservoir of the two-year-old Vega de Tera dam and "spill ed over, inundating the village of Ribadelago." Down rushed the waters of MEDFORD, However, he has a fierce fam ily pride and I don't know what he would do." Hugh has worked for the prison publication "Shadows" and prison officials said he was alwaysa'bMsingryounger prisoners to go straight, .". The parole board said that D'Autremont's travel would be restricted and that he could return to Oregon only with permission of the parole board. ' The parole came after the remaining charges against D'Autremont were wiped off the books by guilty pleas. We won probation on a charge of assault on a mail clerk, the charge on which he originally was indicted in December of 1923. Hugh was located at the age of 19 in the Philippines. He had enlisted in the Army un der another name and was recognized through a wanted poster. The twin brothers were found living in Ohio. The 1923 robbery attempt was one of the last "great train robberies,"; but the ban dits fled without getting any loot. - Shakespearean Fund Total Nears $235,000 The iotal raised in the Shakespearean Festival building fund raising 'cam paign is just under $235,000. it was reported early this afternoon. This leaves $40,000 lo be raised to meet the $275,000 goal, and members of the fund-raising committee this noon were told that it would be possible to exceed the goal, now that the holiday season is over, and work ers are ready lo" resume the task. More than $5,000 was raised despite the holidays since the last meeting, it was said. The actual total reported today was $234,912. the Tera river along a deep mountain valley resembling a declined bowling alley. The full story of the de struction was yet to be told. In its steep plunge, the wall of water ripped out the only road leading to the village and bad weather made flying to the scene impossible. A joint military-civil mis sion led by Zamora Provincial Gov. Juan Murillo de Valdivia Martinez set out immediately from this provincian capital to aid the survivors. It had more than 30 miles to go overland through craggy mountains and by boat up through the surging Tera river. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1959 Ml Senate Adopts All Old Rules Except One on Filibuster Washington - (UPD - Compro mise forces led by Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson won a test vote today in the Senate dispute over filibuster rules. , They did so by tabling at Johnson's request a motion, backed by the liberal anti filibuster bloc, to readopt all of the old Senate rules ex cept the one applying to curb ing filibusters. The present rule provides for a two-thirds vote of all 98 members-or 66 votes-to cu off debate. The liberals want the rule changed to curb debate by a simple majority-or 50 votes. Johnson is willing to change the present filibuster rule to some extent, but not as dras tically as ' the liberal pro posal. Johnson's move carried by a 60 to 36 vote. Johnson's tabling motion was supported by 40 Demo crats and 20 Republicans. Op posing it were 22 Democrats and 14 Republicans. It signified that Johnson's compromise proposal on the filibuster issue probably will be adopted. ' Leaders Support Johnson ' Leaders of both parties thr'ew-;.'-their Weight ? behind Johnson's compromise propos al to require only two-thirds of those present and voting. This could be as few as 34 and as many as 68. It also would let the same two-thirds vote to limit debate on rules changes, on which cloture is now banned. The Senate went into ses sion two hours earlier than customary this morning with an agreement pending to vote on the Johnson tabling mo tion. The chamber was kept in session Thursday night by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) who spoke for four hours and six minutes on the evils of filibusters. Morse charged that the fili buster had reduced the Sen ate to "legislative imvotence." He challenged arguments that the constitution and the founding fathers had intended to give a Senate minority "an outright veto over the majority." He also criticized Johnson's tactics, accusing the Democratic leader of trying to gag other senators. Hubbard Elected Commission Head Chester A. Hubbard was elected chairman of the Med ford water commission at a meeting Wednesday. Dwight Houghton was elect ed vice chairman. New commissioners John Pletsch and Darrell Miller were sworn in. The commission agreed to meet henceforth at noon on the first and third Thursdays of the month, rather than in the evening on first and third Wednesdays as heretofore. The seemingly incessant rain and overcast bottled up U. S. Air Force crews at the Torrejon Strategic Air Com mand base outside Madrid. The section is one of the poorest in Spain, an area of primitive farming methods with sheep grazing on the arid tablelands and fruit and grapes grown in , t h e many river valleys. Most of the vil lages have changed little since medieval times. The Spanish government built the modern concrete dam to feed power into a na tionwide network. It held an estimated 247 million cubic feet of water behind its great wall. MVERS "Don't Go Getting Citizens' Group Plans Organization An informal citizens' group, so far unnamed, is being or ganized to serve as a force in civic and city government al matters, it was reported today.. vT!--- - '' -'---! Spokesman for the group is Ray O. DeMarrs, a barber, whose shop is located on North Central ave. near the city hall. He said a group of repre sentative individuals from all four wards of the city, in cluding business and profes sional men and property-owners, has been meeting for some time, and now plan to proceed with a more formal organization. They will form a non-profit corporation, he said. The group would be con cerned with all city matters. Its first project, DeMarrs re ported, is to formulate an off street parking plan wlfich members believe would be acceptable to voters of the city. Members of the group were active in campaigning to defeat the two off-street park ing proposals voted on in 1956 and 1958, and now feel an obligation to present a con structive plan, DeMarrs indi cated. The group generally is op posed to the city manager form of government, DeMarrs added, and plans to seek a charter amendment which would return the city to the mayor-council system, with a city superintendent rather than a city manager, and paid councilmen and mayor. Parking Plan Outlined The parking plan which DeMarrs outlined would call for a series of five or six small parking lots, holding 25 to 50 cars each, in the down town core area. The lots would be located and an ac curate cost estimate prepared first, then the support of core area merchants would be sought to pledge 50 per cent of the cost, which DeMarrs and his associates estimate at some $300,000. . Once this is accomplished, he said, a vote of the people would be sought to ob.tain authorization for general ob ligation bonds, for the other 50 per cent of the cost, or some $150,000 DeMarrs said he believes that such a plan, more mod est in cost than the two de feated proposals, and spelling out in detail in advance what the project would be, would have a good chance of voter approval. The group's spokesman said the organization members plan to be as constructive as possible in their approach to city problems, and that while some city projects have been opposed by members in the past, they will now be in a position to make positive pro posals. Other projects will be form ulated and proposed as time' Price Tribune United Press Any Ideas, Son' goes on, DeMarrs said. He in dicated that members of the group do hot wish to be iden tified as yet, and had asked him to serve, as the spokes man and informal leader for the time being. Ashland-Talenl Fund Hits Goal Ashland-The Ashland-Tal-ent United Fund drive has gone over the top with a total of $22,125 assured, it was reported at last night's victory banquet ih Ashland. Goal for the drive was $22, 125, according tp Sidney E. Ainsworth, Ashland attorney, and drive chairman. The total money assured includes $694 yet to come in from pledges which has been underwritten by Ainsworth and his associ ate, Sam Davis, another Ash land attorney. This year's goal was 10 per cent higher than last year, Ainsworth said. This is to allow for uncollected pledges and administration ex penses., Nothing was set aside for expenses, he explained. This is to assure recipient agencies receiving their full budgets. First division, over the top was Division 5, chairmanned by Dominick Provost with $838 collected. Division bring ing in the most money was the unit division consisting of firms employing five or more people. This division headed by Stanley Jobe, Ashland school superintendent collect ed $12,364.04 which is about 35 per cent more than it col lected last year. The victory banquet was given at the Plaza Cafe in Ashland with G. R. (Spike) Durhan, executive director of the Oregon United Appeal, as featured speaker. Safety Banquet Set For Jan. 16 Sgt. William Colbert, Ore gon state police, will be the main speaker at the annual awards banquet of the Med ford Safety Council at 6:30 p.ni., Friday, Jan. 16, in the Jackson hotel, it was announc ed today. ' Sergeant Colbert was the first recipient of the safety council's distinguished citizen safety award while he was stationed in Medford. He is now in charge of district head quarters of the state police at Newport. ." Elliott Becken, chairman of the dinner planning commit tee, said officers of the safety organization for 1959 will be installed during the meeting. C. D. (Swede) Larson will be installed as president of the Council. He succeeds B. B. Bigham, 1958 president. -, 10 Cents Full Leased Win No. 250 Drenching Rains Boost Streams to Near Flood Stage By United Press International Western Oregon streams, fed by drenching rains which totaled more than three inches in 24 hours along parts of the coast rose sharply today. More rain was forecast. The Coquille . river rose seven feet in 24 hours at Co quille in southwest Oregon and the Marys, Luckiamute, Yamhill and the headquarters of the Tualatin were at or above flood stage today. Rains loosened a big earth slide over Highway 101 about 10 miles south of Coquille Thursday, blocking the route for nearly 12 hours. State po lice said it was opened at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Willamette Streams Up The Coquille river was 19.8 feet at Coquille this morning, compared to 12.9 feet at 8 a.m. Thursday. It closes High way . 101 south of Coquille when it reaches 23 feet. . State police said upper reaches of the Coquille still were rising slowly this morn ing, although there had been no flooding in the valley. The forecast of more rain caused forecasters to predict moderate to substantial rises in Willamette valley streams. ' In the 24-hour period end ing at 4 a.m. today, Newport had 3.29 inches of rain, North Bend 3.02 and Brookings 3.17. Inland, Eugene had 1.93, Sa lem 1.68, Roseburg 1.67 and Portland 1.14. Astoria got 1.33 inches. There was little pre cipitation in eastern Oregon but more gusty winds were forecast for that area. Small craft warnings continued to fly on the coast. Santiam Coming Up 'The outlook for the next five days called for an esti mated five to six inches of rain along the coast and one to three inches in interior val leys of western Oregon. The Santiam river at Jef ferson was up two feet from Thursday but was 3.5 feet under the 13-foot flood stage this morning. The Willamette at Corvallis and Albany rose 3.5 feet in 24 hours but was still more than 10 feet under flood stage. The weather bureau said the Willamette would continue to rise as rain-fed tributary streams poured muddy water into the river. The rain, combined with warm weather, left most Ore gon routes free of ice and snow. Vernon Brophy Dies In Local Hospital Vernon D. Brophy, 66, of 749 Weat 14th st., Medford, died this morning at a local hospital. He was a rancher and farm er for many years prior to his retirement several years ago. He formerly owned much of the land on which Camp White is located. Mr. Brophy is a former president of the Southern Oregon Production Credit as sociation here, a member of the JacKson county and Ore gon Cattlemen's associations and the Elks lodge. Among survivors are his wi dow, Mrs. Marguerite Brophy; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Squires, Bellingham, Wash.; two granddaughters; a broth er, Leland Brophy, and a sis ter, Mrs. Charles R. Greene, both Medford. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York N.YCPD-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 592.72, up 4.58; 20 railroads 163.58. up 0.78; 15 utilities 91.77, 0.22; and 65 stocks 206.27. up 1.26. Sales today were about 4,760,000 shares com pared with 4,030,000 shares Thursday. President Dnvotes IDtemo Congress to Pave Way tor fort Washington (DPD President Eisenhower invited the new Democratic-controlled Congress today to work with him in reducing government spending to pave the way for a future tax cut, yet provide a "sensible" long-range defense against Communism. The President, in a State of the Union message delivered in person to a joint session of Congress, predicted that America will achieve all-time record prosperity in the com ing 18 months. In a broad, sweeping look at the world, as well as the state of the nation, Eisenhower also sharply criticized Russia for welching on international agreements and twisting treaties. And he promised that the United States would stand firm behind its promise to protect the freedom of the people of West Berlin. His message hammered hard at the importance of eco nomic stability and government economy. Can Afford What We Need "We can afford everything we clearly need, but we can not afford one cent of waste," the President said. "We must examine every item of government expense critically. To do otherwise would betray our nation's future." Eisenhower thus admonished the opposition-dominated Congress, many of whose new members he has branded as big spenders, to adopt his $77 billion balanced budget. Surveying the troubled world scene, the President de nounced, the Soviet Union for regarding solemn treaties as "mere scraps of paper." "The most recent proof of their disdain of international obligations," he said, "is their announced intention to aban don their responsibilities respecting Berlin." As a consequence, he said, 'we can have no confidence in any treaty to which Communists are a party where such a treaty provides within itself for self -enforcing mecha nisms." - The President strongly defended his proposed budget, which calls for about three billion dollars less in spending than the current one, as "realistic ... with wholly attain able objectives." No Tax Cut Seen This Year He said he will have the treasury prepare proposals to overhaul the tax structure "at the proper time." He made it clear that tax cuts, if any, will not come this year. The President also said: Some of Russia's recent space accomplishments, "are indeed brilliant," but he pointed up our gains in the nuclear, space and missile fields. He will name a committee of "selfless and devoted Indi viduals outside the government" to draw up a broad range of national goals for the next five years and possibly, 10 years. He said such goals fot high living standards, better health and education, greater individual opportunities "could help us see our current needs in perspective" and "will spur prog ress." ' He will ask Congress to amend the employment act of 1946 "to make it clear .that government intends to use all appropriate means to protect the buying power of the dollar." . He called for resolute action by government, business and labor "to curb the wage-price spiral" and prevent fur ther declines in the value of the dollar. To Send 'Comprehensive' Bill ( He will send to Congress a "comprehensive" bill aimed at corruption in labor unions. Among other things, it would protect the public from secondary boycotts and "blackmail picketing" and provide for secret elections of union officers. He will ask Congress for new farm legislation that would reduce government spending on farm programs by giving farmers greater freedom to manage their own farms and markets greater freedom "to reflect the wishes of pro ducers and consumers." The President felt it was possible to maintain "a sensible posture of defense" and still have a less expensive federal government, even with such high-priced weapons as missiles at $35 million a shot and space-age bombers that "cost their weight in gold." He told Congress that national security will cost more than $47 billion a year roughly 60 per cent of the total budget. This estimate covered the armed forces, the Atomic Energy commission and military aid to other nations. In warning against unwise and too-extravagant spending on defense, Eisenhower said "we must guard against feverish building of vast armaments to meet glibly predicted moments of so-called 'maximum peril.' " He said that we must not be swayed by either "groundless fear or by complacency." (Continued on Page 9) Morgan's Successor To Decide SP Case Salem (DPD Howard Mor gan's successor as public util ity commissioner will have to wrestle with the problem of Southern Pacific's abandon ment of passenger service be tween Eugene and Ashland, the commissioner said today. Morgan said he had in formed former State Sen. Phil Lowry, Medford, co-complainant with Gene L. Brown, Grants Pass, and Paul E. Geddes, Roseburg, in the case against the railroad that: "In the short time remain ing at my disposal I am un able to render a decision." Morgan's resignation a s commissioner is effective Jan. 12. Gov.-elect Mark Hatfield, so far, has not named a suc cessor. Morgan inherited the con troversial case from former Commissioner Charles H. Helt zel. Morgan said it was "phy sically impossible" to com plete the necessary review WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly cloudy and showery through Saturday. Oc casional gusty winds and a few clearing periods. A little cooler. Low tonight 40. High Saturday 48. TEMP. Highest yesterday 59 Lowest this morning 47 PRECIPITATION: To 10 a.m. to day. .23. in. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:57 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:40 a-m. Moonset tonight 6:02 p.m. First quarter Jan. 16 VENUS, seen near the moon this evening, travels around the sun at a speed of 22 miles per second on an orbit that is more nearly circular than that of any other planet. and analysis of the volumin ous transcript of the proceed ings now. It is one of the few matters "of any considerable importance" which will re main on the docket, he added. The original complaint in the case was filed Sept. 26, 1955 on abandonment of serv ice on the Siskiyou line. Hearings were held at Med ford, Roseburg and Salem dur ing the next two years. The case was kept for re ceipt of proposed findings from Sen. Lowry which were received late in 1958. Service for passengers on the Siskiyou line halted in the fall of 1955. Hearing Planned For Overcrossing A hearing before a public utilities commission officer concerning construction of the Rogue River overcrossing project near Rogue River has been set for 9 ajn. Jan. 23 at the Jackson county court house, according to word re ceived by the county court. Representatives of the Ore gon state highway department and Southern Pacific railroad are expected to appear before the commissioner. The hearing concerns au thority to construct a struc ture ' over the tracks and across the right-of-way of Southern Pacific. It is part of the construction of the new Pacific highway approximate ly one-half mile west of Rogue River, according to a highway department spokesman. -
