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Dulles Believes
Big Four Parley
In Spring Timely
Secretary Warns
On Russian Efforts
Washington -JUPD- Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
aid today it would be timely
to have a Big Four foreign
ministers conference sometime
this sDrine on European and
German problems, including
Berlin.
At the same time, Dulles
warned that Russia is trying
hard to delude the United
States into thinking it wants
to end the cold war. Actually,
he said, the Soviet is seeking
military and political advan
tages.
As for a Big Four foreign
ministers meeting, he told his
news conference, there is al
ways a possibility of persuad
ing the Communists into mak
ing agreements which do not
give undue advantages or dis
advantages to either side.
Cites Past Agreements
Dulles cited the Korean
armistice, the Austrian peace
treaty and last year's Soviet
American agreement on cul
tural exchanges as evidences of
worthwhile agreements that
have been reached between
the East and West.
Dulles said the worth of a
Big Four foreign ministers
meeting would depend on
whether the Russians are will-
ins to discuss German and
European problems on a
broad basis or make the ef
fort, as they have in the past,
to restrict the talks to items
on which they alone are in
terested.
Dulles made it clear, how
ever, that the U.S. is willing
to settle for a generalized
agenda without insisting as
he sometimes has in the past,
that all items be listed in de
tail before the meeting.
Two Arrested for
Illegal Cutting
Stell Deloss Loney, 35, for
merly of Klamath Falls, was
arrested Jan. 21 in San Fran
cisco by federal bureau of in
vestigation agents for unlaw
fully removing Christmas
trees from the Rogue River
National forest between Lake
of the Woods and Four Mile
lake.
It was reported that Loney
and his partner, Gordon
Charles McKay, of Klamath
Falls, will be prosecuted in
federal court- for stealing
Christmas trees on land owned
by the federal government.
According to forest service
personnel, the theft in this par
ticular area concerns approxi
mately 600 Shasta fir trees.
Shasta fir brings $1 or more
per tree for Christmas pur
poses but, it was stressed,
many of the trees cut were
potential timber trees, and
therefore would have more
value than Christmas trees
Illegal cutting of trees on
government land also was re
ported last month on the
Butte Falls district where
about 1,000 Shasta firs were
cut and in the Green Springs
area where 500 trees were cut
on bureau of land manage
ment land. Other illegal cut
ting were reported on private
land in various parts of the
county.
Forest service and FBI of
ficials are still investigating
the Butte Falls and Green
Springs cuttings.
Ashland Chamber Hears
Talk on What Is America
Ashland - A total of 104
persons attended the annual
Ashland Chamber of Com
merce banquet at the Plaza
cafe last night.
Speaker was Dr. Orlo M.
Breese, public relations rep
resentative for the National
Association of Manufacturers,
who spoke on, "What is Amer
ica." He stressed the belief
that the government doesn't
owe anybody a living. Suc
cess, he said, depends on the
individual and the road to suc
cess is paved by failures.
Speaking on government in
general and inflation, Dr.
Breese pointed out that in
1917 the national budget went
over $1 billion. During the 42
intervening years, the nation
al population increased 74 per
cent and the federal budget
i -reased 7,100 per cent. The
"rn to a sound government
the financial aspect is
t": ? "trident on the people, he
noted.
Ed Singmaster, master of
ceremonies, reviewed the
"What Do We Do Now, Samson?"
DEte To Ask Change
fin Y-IK1 Labor Law
Washington -(DPD- President
Eisenhower will ask Congress
Wednesday to amend the Taft
Hartley Law to curb labor
racketeering. Republican con
gressional leaders disclosed
today.
Eisenhower outlined for the
lawmakers at a 2Vi-hour con
ference at the White House
the over-all labor legislation
program he will send to Con
gress. Senate GOP Leader Everett
M. Dirksen (III.) and House
Leader Charles A. Halleck
(Ind.) said the President felt
amendments were needed to
the Taft-Hartley Law to deal
with secondary boycotts and
extortionate picketing.
Hearings Reopened
Meanwhile, the Senate
Rackets committee reopened
hearings on ' labor misdeeds
with the spotlight again on
the teamsters. ,
William J. Rumminger, a
commission agent for the
Douglas Trucking Lines of
Highways Glazed
By Eastern Storms
By United Press International
A storm belt girding the na
tion's midsection glazed high
ways with freezing rain, snow
and sleet from the Southern
Plains to the mid-Atlantic.
However, the precipitation
produced no further flood
threats to Ohio and Pennsyl
vania where swollen rivers
continued to drop.
Flood refugees were return
ing to their water-damaged
homes and states of emer
wnpv were lifted in most
o
stricken communities.
The treacherous ice storm
broke ouUMonday night in a
band stretching from Kansas
to Oklahoma across Northern
Arkansas- and Missouri and
into the Ohio Valley and the
mid-Atlantic states.
Bill Permits Job
By Convicted Person
Salem-UPD-A bill introduc
ed in the Oregon House today
would permit courts to re
lease a person convicted of a
misdemeanor and sentenced
to jail to continue his employ
ment while serving time.
The bill authorizes county
sheriffs to collect wages of
the prisoner and pay his bills
including board.
year's accomplishments by
the chamber, which included
active support of the recrea
tion areas on the Howard
Prairie and Emigrant reser
voir sites and support of an
Ashland economic develop
ment commission.
Ashland Mayor Richard
Niel spoke on the city's ac
complishments which have in
cluded development of better
traffic control, new highway
work and new lighting.
Members of the Ashland
chamber 1958 board of direc
tors recognized during the
dinner were Clarence Bell,
president; Dr. Bill Sampson,
Graam Dean, Eldon Scrip
ter, Jim Osburn. Harold
Buck, Bill Slack, Elliot Mot
schenbacher, Phil Windsor,
Herschel Scott, E. E. Mc
Laughlin and Ernest Tischau
ser. New president Motschen
bacher was recognized with
the new board of directors
which include Gene Leidigh,
Fay Greenwade and Emmet
Whitham.
Detroit, testified that he paid
$19,711 in commissions to
teamster official Roland Mc-
Masters, for helping him in
crease his business. Rumming'
er testified after McMasters,
business agent of Detroit Lo
cal 299. invoked the Fifth
Amendment to. avoid answer
ing questions.
Committee counsel Robert
F. Kennedy said McMasters
was one of a number of Mid
west teamsters who had truck
ing company interests, raising
a question about enforcement
of union contracts.
Other congressional news:
Defense: ' Gen. Thomas D.
White, Air Force chief of
staff, told the Senate Armed
Services Committee that abil
ity to destroy the Soviet war
machine is the only deterrent
to limited Soviet . aggression
and a "devastating nuclear at
tack upon the United States.
His second in command, Gen.
Curtis E. LeMay, told the
House Armed Services Com
mittee that any all-out nu
clear war would be decided in
two or three days.
Draft Said Needed
Draft: Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor, Army chief of staff,
said the Army cannot mam-
tain a strength of 870,000
men without a four-year ex
tension of the draft requested
by the administration. The
Navy, Marines and Air Force
told the House Armed Serv
ices Committee they need the
draft law to stimulate volun
teers.
Depressed areas: Thirty
nine senators of both parties
challenged the President's
economy campaign with a bill
calling for a $375 million pro
gram of aid to depressed
areas. The administration has
recommended $55 million.
Hatfield Asks Poll
On Circuit Judgeship
Salem -UPD- Gov. Mark Hat
field, today said he has asked
for a Bar Association poll
naming at least three persons
for consideration for the Cir
cuit judgeship to be vacated
in the Crook-Deschutes-Jeffer
son district.
Circuit Judge Ralph S
Hamilton has announced he is
resigning.
Army Plans To Fire
Moon Rocket Feb. 28
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-dTD
The Army plans to fire its
second moon rocket Feb. 28
in another attempt to send a
J 3-pound payload skimming
past the moon like Russia's
Lunik, it was learned today.
Durno Receives
Ovation in Senate
Salem ICPD Sen. Edwin
R. Durno (R-Medford), was
given an ovation by the
state Senate Monday on the
the occasion of his 60th
birthday.
WEATHER
FOREC AST: Cloudy with rain
through Wednesday. Occasional
gusty southerly winds and pe
riods of partial clearing. Low
tonight 40. High Wednesday 54.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 49
Lowest This Morning 43
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, .10.
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
5:18 p.m.
7:30 a.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonrise tonight .
9:02 p.m.
Last Quarter Saturday
PROMINENT STARS
Square of Pegasus, in
the west 7:28 p.m.
Alpheratz, the highest and
brightest star of this figure, is
90 light years away.
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Price 10 Cents
Medford
14 Pagej MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1959 No. 265
Work Starts on
Clearing Site for
New Sports Center
Bowling Alley To
Be First Building
Work started this week on
clearing an 18-acre site along
Highway 99 south of Medford
for a sports and recreation
development. .
The center, which will in
clude a bowling alley, roller
skating rink, and other recrea
tion facilities, is being devel
oped by a corporation of
Medford. men who are provid
ing financial backing, accord
ing to John Weisbrod, Med
ford realtor who handled the
transaction.
The site is across the high
way from the department of
motor vehicles building. The
corporation has 445 feet of
highway frontage, and the
state highway department last
week approved proposed ac
cess roads to the development,
Alley To Be First
Weisbrod said the bowling
alley will be constructed first.
The initial investment in the
center is expected to be about
$175,000, with additional in
vestments added in the future,
In addition to the bowling
alley, the corporation also
plans a roller skating rink,
and possibly a swimming pool,
tennis courts and dance hall.
Earlier Weisbrod said the
corporation planned to invest
about $350,000 in the site
within the near future.
The property formerly was
owned by Clyde C. Pittenger.
Prizes Offered
In Mothers' March
Occupants of three resi
dences in Medford, to be se
lected at random, will receive
gifts Thursday night during
the Mothers' March, it was
announced today by Mrs. H
L. Gilbert, city March chair
man.
Gifts are being contributed
by Gilman's Dairy, Quality
Market and Robinson Broth
ers Men's store. Winning resi
dences will be selected by
members of the city police
department, who will select
houses at random and, if when
arriving, they find a porch
light burning, the occupants
will receive the gift.
A burning porch light or
a candle in a window will
indicate desire to have
marching mother call at the
home for a contribution to the
March of Dimes. The march
will take place between 7 and
8 p.m.
Persons who are missed by
the marchers may call
SP 3-3111 and a messenger
will be dispatched to pick up
the contribution, Mrs. Gilbert
said.
Washington-ttJPD- Sen. Estes
Kefauver (D-Tenn.) said to
day the administration's pro
posed airport aid program
does not approach what is re
quired to bring the nation's
airports up to date.
ACTOR AFIRE Real life excitement and
bedlam occurred on the set of "Solomon and
Sheba" in Madrid, Spain, when Spanish ac
tor Luis Santana's clothing caught fire when
he bumped against a hanging brazier (left)
during attempted assassination of Gina Lol-
State Centennial
Budget Approved;
Has'D
Salem-(UPD-By a unanimous vote of members of the
Joint Ways and Means Committee, an appropriation of
$1,790,000 for the Oregon Centennial was approved and sent
to the House today as a committee bill with a "do pass"
recommendation. '
Just before Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eugene), co-chairman
of the Committee, called for a vote on the bill, he read a
joint statement by Gov. Mark Hatfield and the co-chairmen
of Ways and Means approving the Centennial appropriation
and urging support of the centennial by all Oregon citizens.
Skelton requested that the
bill be expedited to final
passage by action in the House
and Senate without return of
the bill to committee.
The Centennial Commis
sion requested $2,046,313 but
the subcommittee to which
the bill was referred reduced
this to the $1,790,000 figure
after being assured by Cen
tennial officials that the dif
ference between what was
asked and the actual appro
priation could be raised by
private subscription.
Fire Protection
Moreover, the legislators
were assured that $60,000
would be spent to provide
adequate fire protection as de
manded by the state fire mar
shal and that the Centennial
Commission would pay the
costs of a natural resource
exhibit.
In the joint statement is
sued by Hatfield and the two
cochairmen, Skelton and Sen.
Alfred Corbett, it was pointed
out that the Centennial is be
ing carried forward with
modest appropriation from
state funds.
"This is possible, thanks
to the unselfish efforts of
counties, cities, communities,
businesses, farm and labor
groups, as well as other citi
zens, working without com
pensation," the statement said.
Any monies left in the Cen
tennial fund at the conclusion
of the celebration will revert
to the general fund.
Orr Elected to
Legion Position
Eugene Orr was elected re
gional vice chairman for the
11 western states of the Amer
ican Legion National Rehabil
itation commission at a meet
ing in Long Beach, Calif., last
week end.
At the meeting, Orr was dis
cussion leader on the Veter
ans administration budget,
and on management and in
formation services. He said
the new VA budget is re
ported to be the most favor
able in several years from
the standpoint of providing
veterans hospital care, patient
care and staffing funds in
creased.
Orr plans to attend the na
tional meeting of the rehabili
tation commission in Wash
ington in March, at which
time findings of the regional
meeting will be presented
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Tribune
o Pass' Tag
Measure To Tax
House Trailers
Found Favorable
Salem - (UPD - A proposed
trailer tax under study by the
House Tax Committee drew
generally favorable comment
from various groups at a hear
ing here Monday.
The tax would be 2 per
cent of 85 per cent of the
wholesale, value of the trailer.
A $6 registration fee also
would be required.
State Sen. Monroe Sweet
land (D-Milwaukie) told the
Committee he estimated that
less than half the trailers in
the state were now located by
assessors and on the tax rolls.
Said Too High
There are some 70,000 trail
ers in the state.
Rep. Clarence Barton (D
Coquille), chairman, said the
object of the tax was to put
owners of mobile homes on
an equivalent basis with other
home owners who pay prop
erty taxes.
Richard Firman of the Ore
gon Mobile Home Owners As
sociation said he thought the
tax should be IV2 per cent
rather than 2 per cent.
Tax Commission Secretary
Richard Eymann said the
yearly tax on a $10,000 trail
er would run about $120, con
siderably less than the amount
collected on a $10,000 home,
if the bill passes with the 2
per cent figure.
Most Are Homes
Oregon county assessors gen
erally favor the bill with the
exception that they think the
depreciation schedule is too
rapid.
The committee promised to
study this problem.
About 85 per cent of Ore
gon's 70,000 trailers are
homes rather than travel
trailers used only occasion
ally. The travel trailers now
have to pay a $15 license fee
and committee members said
they thought the new bill
would not increase this
amount too much.
Portland (DPD The city
council has approved logging
of about $480,000 worth of
virgin timber on Portland's
Bull Run water reserve.
background). Gina drew back
another actor sprang forward
blazing robes. Santana was
minor burns. The scene will
picture.
Direct Challenge
For Peaceful
East-West Battle
Victory Over
Capitalism Aim
Moscow -(UPD- Premier Ni
kita S. Khrushchev launched
the Soviet Union today on an
economic offensive designed
to overtake the United States
before 1970.
He aimed at a victory of
Communism over capitalism
by industrial might alone. But
he also disclosed the Soviet
Union is militarily strong
with "massive production of
intercontinental ballistic mis
siles" underway. He did not
explain what he meant by that
phrase.
Accuracy Said Proven
Khrushchev declared that
the Soviet success in launch
ing the cosmic rocket proved
the U.S.S.R. can launch rock
ets accurately to any point on
earth. .
But the main point of
Khrushchev's major address
to the 21st congress of the
Soviet Communist party was
a direct challenge for a peace
ful economic battle between
East and West, which he
seemed certain the Moscow
camp would win.
With military forces of both
sides cancelled out by nuclear
stalemate, the Soviet Premier
indicated economic power
would be enough to insure the
eventual triumph of Commua
ism over capitalism.
Urges Peace Treaty
Khrushchev also:
-Keiterated Russia s posi
tion on Berlin without indi
eating he has budged at all
since Nov. 27 when western
withdrawal from the city was
demanded.
-Expressed utmost priority
for a German peace treaty be
cause he said Western Ger
many is being turned into a
nuclear rocket base.
-Predicted Deputy Premier
Anastas Mikoyan's American
tour can lead to improvement
of Soviet-American relations.
-Said disarmament and ces
sation of nuclear tests remain
major goals of Soviet foreign
policy.
-Said there are ideological
differences between the Sov
iet Union and the Middle East
countries, particularly the
United Arab Republic, but
added both sides have a joint
interest in the struggle
against "imperialists."
Southern Pacific
Reports Income
. San Francisco -(DPD South
ern Pacific Transportation
System reported today that
net income for the system and
solely controlled affiliates last
year amounted to $55,767,313,
or $6.16 a share. This compar
ed with 154,507,686, or $6.02
a share in 1957.
Donald J. Russell, SP presi
dent credited the gain, in the
f?ce of the first-half year busi
ness recession, to increased ef
ficiency resulting from the
railroad's substantial capital
improvement programs, a di
versity of services to attract
business and cost conscious
ness throughout the system.
He said SP was looking for
ward to 1959 with "cautious
optimism."
TODAY
In Oregon History
(A Centennial Feature)
JANUARY 27. 1921
' Anna Pavlova more than
justified the announcements
that she is at the top of her
career in her appearance to
night at the Heilig in Port
land, and her performance
in company with the Ballet
Russe was loudly acclaimed.
College Student Shoots
Dispute With
Hubbard, Ore. - (UPD - A
brown - haired, brown - eyed
psychology major at UCLA
was in jail today following
the shooting of her father, a
Hubbard area motel owner.
Admits Shooting
State police said the girl,
21-year-old Moira Jean Sweet
en, admitted critically wound
ing her father with a .22 cal
iber rifle following an argu
ment. The father, James J. Sweet
IT'S ALL OVER NOW Jose Tavarez is trying to comfort his
wife, Doraliza, in a New York police station after their 23-day-old
son, John, had been kidnaped by his baby sitter. The
infant was found alive and well toGay, five days after the
kidnaping.
!ew York Bnfan
Found Alive, Well
New York (DPD Police
found 28-day-old Johnny Ta
varez alive and well today
and arrested a young mother
of three, who had a recent
miscarriage, as his kidnaper.
Johnny's jubilant parents
said they were "very, very
happy" to have their baby
back after more than four
days of pleading and praying
for his return.
Found Near Home
The child was recovered in
a basement apartment only
seven blocks from the scene of
the kidnaping as the result of
a tip from the Spanish-language
newspaper, El Diario, po
lice said. Johnny was abduct
ed last Thursday afternoon
from the Tavarez apartment
on Manhattan's West Side.
Work Starts on
Culvert Cleaning
Jackson county road crews
started cleaning and clearing
culverts on Anderson creek
rd. today, County Judge Earl
Miller reported.
Friday the county court re
ceived a petition from 11
property owners of the An
derson Creek rd. area asking
that the work be done. The
county court inspected the
condition Friday.
The petition said the cul
verts fail to carry the volume
of water necessary during
rainy weather. Water floods
outside the stream channel
and results in severe damage
to nearby lands and proper
ties, the petitioners com
plained. Considerable damage
also has resulted to county
and private roads, it was
noted.
Petitioners also recommend
ed that the present structures
be replaced with concrete
bridges for a permanent solu
tion to the problem.
'War Criminal'
Guilty in Cuba
Havana -(DPD- Maj. Pedro
Morejon Valdes, second "war
criminal" to be tried here,
was sentenced to death early
today after an all-night trial
A three-man revolutionary
tribunal found Morejon guilty
of assassination, theft and
other crimes despite the fact
that only about a third of the
55 witnesses called against
him were able to offer first
hand testimony about his al
leged crimes or to identify
him as their perpetrator.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (I'PD - Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 594.66, up
2.23; 20 railroads 163.65. off
0.42; 15 utilities 91.58. off
0.08, and 65 stocks 20S.61,
up 0.33. Sales today were
about 3,480,000 compared
with 3,980,000 shares Monday.
Mother at Hubbard Motel
en, 46, suffered an abdominal
wound and was taken to Sa
lem General Hospital where
he underwent surgery.
The shooting occurred about
12:55 p.m. Monday following
an argument between Miss
Sweeten and her mother at an
auto court three miles north
of here, state police said.
Sgt. James Darby said
Sweeten returned home from
an errand and after learning
of the argument went into the
house to find his daughter. He
The confessed kidnaper was
Mrs. Ascuncion Ortiz, 25.
She told police she had been
pregnant since last May and
had lost her child by miscar
riage within the past 10 days.
Thus, she said, she was able
to pass off little Johnny,
as her own baby.
Mrs. Ortiz, a short, heavy-
set woman, said she fooled
her husband, her in-laws, and
her own relatives by telling
them the baby was delivered
by police while she was alone
in her apartment. A police
spokesman said her husband,
Angel Ortiz, believed her
story and never suspected that
Johnny was the kidnaped Ta
varez child.
Positive Identification
Johnny was positively iden
tified by his jubilant parents,
Doraliza Tavarez, 31, and her
husband, Jose, 30. The baby's
footprints proved to be iden
tical with those taken at Met
ropolitan Hospital when he
was born.
Chief of Detectives James
Leggett said Mrs. Ortiz would
be charged with kidnaping
but no charges would be
lodged against her husband
"because we have no reason
to suspect him."
Family Aid Bill
Offered in Senate
Salem -(DPD- State aid for
families rendered needy by
catastrophic illness or injury
is provided in a bill intro
duced today by Sen. Carl
Francis (R-Dayton).
The bill carries an appropri
ation of $500,000 to cover the
cost of making payments and
covering administration of the
act.
The bill defines "catastro
phic illness or injury" as a
case where medical care and
medicines consume one-half or
more of a family's annual in
come. Sens. R. F. Chapman (D
Coos Bay) and Jean Lewis CD
Portland) joined in introduc
ing a bill making it unlawful
to abandon a dog or a cat. Vi
olation of the law would re
sult in a fine of not less than
$25 or more than $500.
Animal Husbandry
Chief Quits Post
Salem (LTD- M. E. Knicker
bocker, chief of the division
of animal husbandry of the
State Department of Agricul
ture, announced his resigna
tion today to take an overseas
job.
Knickerbocker, head of the
division since 1946, will re
port Feb. 24 to Washington,
D. C, for a training course and
then leave to be a farm ad
viser in a South American
country.
Frank McKennon, director,
said he hoped to be able to
announce a replacement in a
few days.
Father After
was shot as he was about to
step into a bedroom.
The girl was held on a
charge of assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
Girl Said 111
After the shot was fired, the
girl called police.
Officers said the girl had
been home from school for
the past month because of ill
ness. She worked part-time as
a counselor for the Los An
geles County Juvenile Depart
ment while at UCLA.