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Lofts irdeir im Cvpiroofe Leader London Observers Expect Macmillan To Obtain Pact Non-Aggression Treaty Possible Londo n (UPD Belief in creased here today that Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will pull some dramatic gim mick out of his white fur hat before he returns from Mos cow. Speculation in London was that he would come up with an Anglo-Soviet non-aggression pact. Diplomatic sources in Paris told UPI Correspon dent Elie Maissi a non-aggression pact between NATO and the Communist Warsaw Pact might result. Bead Between Lines The British Foreign Office refused confirmation or even comment on the report but officials pointed out that a careful reading of the record backed up reports Macmillan planned some such gesture. They recalled that he hint ed at such a possibility in his Kremlin dinner speech Satur day night when he declared, "It is the duty of statesmen to gee if it is possible to estab lish some basis of confidence or treaty or in some other way to reduce this" danger of war." Observers said renewal of a non-aeeression pact offer would be just the sort of dra matic gesture Macmillan with his keen eye for the dra matic might be expected to make. Might Do Good' He has been toying with the idea of a non-aggression pact for more than a year, iirst . mentioning it publicly in a radio broadcast Jan. 4, 19DB, on the eve of a tour of the commonwealth. He said such a pact would do no harm and ."might do good." ! The idea was welcomed quickly by the Soviets. Then Premier Nikolai Bulganin sent a personal lettter expressing support and recalling the So viets often had proposed such a pact between NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations. While House Waits 'Reasoned Reply' Washington-OIPD-The United States called on Russia today to submit a "reasoned reply" to the Western proposals for a Big Four foreign minister's conference on Berlin and Ger many. State Department Press Of ficer Lincoln White by infer ence branded as "polemics" a speech earlier today by So viet Premier Nikita Khrush chev rejecting the idea of such a conference and calling for a summit meeting. Khrush chev's speech, hite said: "I have no comment on a speech by Mr. Khrushchev at a Mos cow political rally. We are awaiting a reasoned reply to our note of Feb. 16." House Ratifies 15th Amendment Salem - IUPD - The Oregon House today passed and sent to Gov. Mark Hatfield a reso lution ratifying the 15th amendment to the United States constitution. The amendment, which grew out of the Civil War, provides that there shall be no restric tion of voting due to race, color or previous condition of servitude. Three-quarters of the Unit ed States ratified the amend ment in the 1870s and it be came part of the U.S. consti tution. At that time, Oregon had large populations of Chinese and Indians and some south ern sympathies and turned down the amendment. Bid For. 35-Hour Week Unlikely To Get Action Washinsrton-CPD-The AFL- CIO's call for a 35-hour work week appeared unlikely to day to get an answer from Congress this year. Even congressional backers of the proposal conceded that there was little chance of it winning approval in 1959. But they said that the new de mands might pave the way for action in the future. Demand S1.25 Per Hour . The AFL-CIO executive council demanded Monday that Congress revise the Fed eral Wage and Hour act to provide a seven-hour day, 35 hour work week for about 20 million workers covered by the law. Organized labor also is re newing a drive to extend cov r;f .OTA ' A - fit ..'I ' if QUEEN CROWNED Ellen Callaghan, Eagle Point High school student, was crowned queen at the March of Dimes farewall dance at the National Guard Armory Saturday night. Crownng her was Art Gardner, senior class chairman at Eagle Point High school. Miss Callaghan was crowned as the senior class princess of the high" school raising the most money of the three senior classes participating in the fund drive. Eagle Point High school collected $3.66 per capital from its senior class members., Medford, Crater and Eagle Point High school senior classes participated. The dance was sponsored jointly by the 20-30 club and the Jackson County TAP committee. (Kenn Knackstedt photo) Ike Alone On Future Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower made it clear to Republican congressional leaders today that he alone will decide whether ailing John Foster Dulles will re main on as Secretary of State. Eisenhower himself brought up the cancer-stricken secre tary's future at a -weehly meeting with GOP House and Senate leaders. Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen (111.) said the President noted that he had visited Dulles Monday and was staying in close touch with him by telephone., , His Responsibility Dirksen quoted Eisenhower as saying "things are going along in good style and "what eventuates in the fu ture is certainly my respon sibility." "And that's where he left it," Dirksen added. White House Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty's pro test that some Democrats were headline-hunting in urg ing Eisenhower to appoint a successor to Dulles drew a sharp rejoiner from Sen. Hu bert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) Humphrey said Hagerty "ought to be ashamed of him self." Hagerty reacted to state ments by .Humphrey and other Democrats urging President Eisenhower to appoint a suc cessor to Dulles immediately by telling newsmen: "It is re markable what people will say to get their names in the newspapers." Humphrey said Hagerty "knows better than that." Speedy Recovery Wished "The decision as to the secretary of state is distinctly in the hands of the President as I (initially) said," Hum phrey declared. "No one could wish Dulles a more speedy recovery." Sen. Stuart Symington (D- Mo.) was the other top Demo Timber Inventory Measure Introduced Salem-(UPD-A bill directing the State Tax Commission to inventory all timber and tim berlands subject to property taxation was introduced in the Oregon House today. It was sponsored by Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Roseburg). erage to eignt minion more workers and to boost the min imum wage from $1 to $1.25 per hour. Members of the House La- bor committee gave these two reasons for doubting that Con gress this year would consid er shortening the work week: Heavy Agenda -Labor committees of both the House and the Senate al ready have a heavy agenda, including labor reform legis lation, proposed amendments to the Taft-Hartley law, the higher minimum wage pro posal, and school aid bills. -Reductions in working hours historically take time to achieve, and there is a lot of opposition in Congress now to shortening the work week. To Decide of Dulles crat calling for the naming of a successor to Dulles. Hum phrey said he was asked a question about what Syming ton had stated and "I replied in kindness and in a reason able manner." Both Humphrey and Sy mington are considered can didates for the ,1960 Demo cratic presidential nomina tion. Three Children Hurt In Medford Accident Three children and a teen ager, en route to school suf fered minor injuries this morning in a three-car acci dent at 10th and Ivy sts., Med ford police reported. Mrs. Addie Anita Corliss, 1564 Myers lane the child ren s mother, was cited for failure to yield the right of way, police said. The automobile was struck by one operated by Ronnie Herbert Miller, 18, of 2762 Corona ' ave., and in turn struck a parked auto regis tered to E. F. Cronin, 226 West Sixth st., according to the report. . Her children, Kenneth Ran dy, 11, Dorian Francis, 9, and Phillip Michael, 7, all suffer ed bumps on the forehead, police said. Bill Earl Richard son, 17, of 2133 Crater Lake ave., a passenger in Miller's car,' reportedly suffered a forehead abrasion. The teen-agers . were en route to Medford High school. The children were being tak en to St. Mary's school. Lease for Prison Farm Approved Salem -(UPD- A three-year lease under which the state penitentiary will continue op eration of the Williams and Hart ranch located on the Newberg highway north of here was approved by the State Board of Control today. The property was purchas ed by the state several years ago as part of a plan for a U.S. Air Force base in the area, but the plan was aban doned. . Warden Clarence Gladden said that under the lease the state would receive some $9, 000 a year from the 410-acre farm. In other action, the Board formally accepted a girls' cot tage at Hillcrest school for girls here and approved spend S20,000 for furnishing a dormitory at the school. Bids, to Be Opened For Army Reserve Bids for the S250,000 U.S. Army Reserve Center to be erected here are scheduled to be opened tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Army Engineer's office, Seattle, Wash. The center's site is in the triangle bounded by West Jackson st., McAndrews rd., and the proposed extension of Columbus ave. It will re place the presetit facilities at 33 North Riverside ave. West's Soviet Premier Renews Request For Formal Talks Hopes for New Approach Blasted Moscow - (UPD Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khruschev turned down today the West's proposals on Berlin and nu clear test suspension. Speaking at an election ral ly, Khrushchev flatly reject ed last week's Western call for a Big Four foreign minis ters conference on Berlin and Germany. He said that it would be "unbusinesslike" and "unacceptable." He called anew for full- and formal summit talks to decide the German question, nuclear test bans and the whole field of East-West dispute. The speech appeared to blast hopes of a new ap proach to the German stale mate just when Khrushchev's "little summit" talks , with Prime ' Minister Harold 'Mac millan of Britain had created fresh hopes. Khrushchev scored the Western stand at the Geneva nuclear conference. Will Continue Bomb Tests "To accept the Western proposals on inspection and control would mean full ca pitulation," he said. "We regret it but we shall have to continue with our (nuclear) tests too," he said. Khrushchev said a confer ence of foreign ministers as suggested by the West to thresh out the problems of Berlin, Germany, and overall European security could ,lasu for many months or years. "It would be more expedi ent if the Western powers agreed on a conference of heads of governments which could make decisions," he said. Objects to Exclusion Khrushchev objected to the exclusion of Poland and Cze choslovakia, which he de scribed as "the first victims of German invasion (in World War II) and Germany's neigh bors from any talks on Ger many." He noted that the West's latest '.notes called for East and West Germany to have "consultative votes" at an East-West conference. . "Thus they admit the exist ence of the two states," he said. He said that once this is conceded it is only logical to "admit their right to decide their own destinies." The West does not recog nize East Germany. Woody Smith May Oppose Neuberger Hood River -(UPD A Hood River service station operator who was unsuccessful in his attempt to defeat Sen. .Wayne Morse for the Democratic nomination in 1956 wants to run against Sen. Richard Neu berger. ' W. W. (Woody) Smith said Monday he would seek the Democratic nomination in 1960, the year Neuberger's current term expires. He said, "One of the rea sons I have decided to become a candidate for senator is that I believe that I have a better idea of what Oregonians want than anyone else has shown so far." Fishing Boat Sinks In Strait of Georgia Vancouver, B.C.-IUPD-A Se attle fishing boat, the North ern Light, capsized and sank in the Strait of Georgia to day. Three of the four crew members were rescued by the tug U.S. Captain. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Wednesday, except patches of fog in early morning hours. Low tonight 25. High tomor row 58. Temp. Highest Yesterday 53 Lowest this Morning 28 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:54 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:55 a.m. Moonrise tonight - 7:56 p.m. Last Quarter March 1 PROMINENT STAR Regulus will be in the east and Betelgeuse will be high in the south at moonrise tonight. the yellowish white star about halfway between them in Pro- cyon. 53rd Year Medford No. 289 Van of History Schedules Visit In Area in March The Oregon Van of His tory, with exhibits from the Oregon Historical society, will be in Jackson county be tween March 26 and April 3, according to F. Sidney Burt, coordinator for the van. The van is being sponsored by the Oregon Historical so ciety, the State Centennial commission and the Oregon Trucking associations, . Inc. 'fflMWL. The latter organization is fur nishing tractors, drivers and fuel. ' Exhibits were selected by Thomas Vaughan, director of the Historical society, from the museum in Portland. Printing Press Included . Included are the first print ing press in the Oregon coun try, the one used at the.Lap wai," Idaho, mission; the tom ahawk which was used to kill Dr. Marcus Whitman; a dis play of 10 pictures showing by decades' highlights of the state's history, and others. An exhibition case is set aside for showing pioneer ar ticles or historic objects in the locations visited. Such exhibits will be borrowed from museums or private in dividuals, according to Harry Paget, captain of the van. The van is touring the state to advertise the Oregon Cen tennial. It is scheduled to be in Jacksonville March 26 and 27; in Medford March 30, 31, and April 1, and in Ashland April 2 and 3. , Lower Payments on Housing Approved Washington-(UPD-The House Banking Committee stamped its approval today on a plan that would permit lower down payments for middle range and higher-priced h-o uses under FHA. The higher priced homes would be those most affected. The legislation would' permit lenders to offer terms where by a $25,000 house could be bought under FHA with a down payment of as little as $2,605. The present minimum is 86,980. For a $16,000 home, the down payment 'under the legislation would be $655 in stead of $780. The committee action came as the group began voting on a controversial $2,106,000,000 catch-all Democratic housing bill. The measure calls for $340,000,000 more in long- range federal outlays than proposed by President Eisen hower. Portland Not To Give Eighth Grade Diplomas - Portland -(UPD- Eighth grade diplomas will be a thing of the past in Portland. The school board Monday night approved recommendations of elementary school principals that the diplomas be dropped. Portland-(UPD-Pickets again will be sent to most Weyer haeuser Timber company op erations in Oregon, and Wash ington unless the firm makes an "honorable settlement" with the North Bend, Ore., local of the International Woodworkers of America, ac cording to a union spokes man. Washington-(UPL-Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), has invited the Oregon con gressional delegation break fast Thursday to report on his recent illness and to be brought up to date on hap Denines during his absence from the Senate. Call for MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1959 "You Didn't Bring Pinball Machine Pay-Off Case Opens , A pinball machine pay-off case involving Willie Wong, owner of Chungking Inn, and Mrs. Louella Lee . Browne, Central Point, is "a comedy of errors," Defense Attorney Warren Lesseg told a district court jury this morning in his opening statement. Gordon H. Wright, Med ford policeman, who made the arrest, "actually bungled it, if he was entitled to make an arrest," Lesseg said. The crux of the case is, where is the book in which Mrs. Browne, acting as a waitress in the restaurant, allegedly wrote down the sum of the pay-off, Lesseg declared. Wong, 825 North Central ave., was charged Dec. 15 with possessing, displaying and operating a game of chance. The complaint was signed by Wright and includ ed charges against Mrs. Browne, 106 Vilas rd., Central Point. Arrested in Restaurant Mrs. Browne was arrested by Medford police Dec. 13 in the restaurant on charges of illegally paying off on a pin ball machine. Deputy District Attorney Gerald Scannell in presenting the case said, "This is not a case involving free play. The state alleges that a payoff for each game won is illegal." Scannell said Wright went into the restaurant while in vestigating a telephone tip, played the pinball machine, won, and received money from Mrs. Browne. The sum was marked down in a book. How ever, the book cannot be found, he admitted. In his opening statement, Lesseg said that on the night of the incident, Mrs. Browne went into the restaurant to visit Wong, whom she and her husband have known for some time. While she was there, a waitress asked her to substi tute for her for a short time, the attorney said. The wait ress, whom Mrs. Browne tem porarily replaced, had already given Wright some change, Lesseg stated. When Officer Wright com pleted his game he asked for 50 cents from Mrs. Browne, and receiving the money, he turned off the machine and placed Mrs. Browne under ar rest, according to Lesseg, who added that no other officers were with Wright to act as DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York -0,'PU- Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 602.91, up 0.70; 20 rails 164.52, up 0.13; 15 utilities 91.92, up 0.18; 65 stocscs 208.70, up 0.25. Sales today were about 4,340,000 shares com pared with 4,190,000 shares Friday. an Umbrella?' -terER-Stoe ic witnesses as ,thete should have been, Mrs. Browne did not know actually, what the 50 cents was for and did not realize she was making a payoff, Lesseg said. She thought it was pos sibly change which the wait ress she had replaced owed Wright, he added. Bar Association Votes Resolutions Chicago -4IPD- Resolutions questioning Supreme Court rulings on accused Commun ists and recommending reme dial legislation by Congress were passed overwhelmingly today by the House of Dele gates of the American Bar as sociation. Principal criticism from the floor was on clauses referring to the Supreme Court of the United States but in each case motions to strike the clauses were voted down. The report, prepared by ABA's Special Committee on Communist Tactics and Strat egy, previously had been ap proved by the ABA Board of Governors but needed the vote of the delegates to be come association policy. Binford Appointed To Resources Board Salem (UPD Gov. Mark Hatfield today named L. C. (Jack) Binford, Portland at torney, to the State Water Resources board. Binford, a former member and chairman of the board, was not reappointed by Ex Gov. Robert Holmes. He succeeds Robert Foley, Bend, who resigned to ac cept appointment as a circuit judge. Ashlander Jumps Gun on Melrose'Ave. Railroad Crossing An Ashland woman "jumped the gun" on Med ford's arterial street pro gram last night when she attempted to negotiate the Melrose ave. railroad cross ing in a pickup truck, Med ford police reported. The Melrose ave. cross ing is not scheduled for construction until next summer at the earliest, ac cording to plans at city hall. Furthermore, these plans call for its location one block south of last night's adventure. The woman's truck was hung up on the rails, and the services of a tow truck were required to extricate it. policy said. Price 10 Cents Tribune 16 Pages Budgets Before Ways and Means Ordered Returned Salem - (UPD - All budget reports before the Joint Ways and Means Committee today weer ordered returned to sub- comittee with instruction to attempt to reduce them to the level of the present biennium. Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu- gene), co-chairman of the com mittee, first advocated elim ination of all merit raises for state employees, but did not insist . that his idea be in cluded in the motion to send the reports back td commit tees. Four Republicans Opposed Sen. Ward Cook (D-Port- land) said while he was not in favor of any reduction in state salaries, he felt that the state department budgets for the 1959-61 biennium could be cut back to the same level on which the departments have been operating during the present biennium. Four Republican members of the committee voted against the motion. The action was taken after the committee had voted to limit the state real estate budget to $248,000 and the real estate collection' account to $12,087, the same total fig ures allowed for the present biennium. May Recall Bills CcHchairman Alfred Corbett (D-Portland) said that steps would be taken to recall any budget bills now in the gov ernor's office awaiting sig nature. State Finance Director Freeman Holmer said that should the committee adopt a general policy of holding down budgets for the next two years to present levels, he would make adjustments in budgets contained by the governor. He would do this through an allotment system employed by his department. Alaska Governor To Leave Hospital Seattle -(UPD- Alaska's Gov. William A. Egan will be re leased from Virginia Mason hospital here Wednesday at 11 a.m. Egan, 44, has been confined to the hospital since he under went an emergency operation on Jan. 20 to remove an in testinal block. Following the operation, the governor was given "less than 50 per cent" chance of surviving. However, he improved steadily and was taken off the critical list early this month. Doctors said Egan will need to spend another month re cuperating and should have no visitors for at least the immediate future. Portland -(UPD- Dr. Irvin B. Hill, 46, superintendent of Fairview home in Salem, was hospitalized here Monday suf fering from an asthmatic at tack and a mild case of pneumonia. Gov. Hatfield Reaffirms Nomination of Carter , Salem (UPD Gov. Mark Hatfield Monday reaffirmed his nomination of Sprague Carter of Pendleton to be state director of Selective Service and said he wanted Col. Francis Mason to contin ue on as deputy director. Wants Civilian Director Leonard Kallen and Holm es Ehrsam, Portland, spokes man for the Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington county boards, visited - the governor. Some local draft boards throughout Oregon have protested Carter's ap pointment. Hatfield said he wanted a civilian director of selective service but that both he and Archbishop Free To Return; May Take Presidency Britain Will Retain Military Facilities London (UPD The British government today lifted its exile order on Archbishop Ma karios and announced the Greek Cypriot leader was free to return to Cyprus. He is expected to become the first President of Inde pendent Cyprus. , Makarios was banished from Cyprus in 1956 and de ported to the Seychelles Is lands. He later was allowed to go to Athens. A spokesman for the arch bishop said "The archbishop is very pleased that he is aow able to go. back but has not yet made any plans for his date of return. He will not be going to Cyprus before Satur day." Will Accept Presidency The archbishop told United Press International Monday night that he would accept the presidency of Cyprus if it were offered to him, although he had no ambitions to be president. " x He is expected to negotiate with Sir Hugh Foote, gover nor of Cyprus, for the release of all EOKA prisoners still in jail in Britain and Cyprus. Publication of the Cyprus agreement disclosed that Bri tain will retain extensive mili tary facilities on the island after it becomes independent. in addition to its two existing bases. May Install Radar Two more areas will be held open for possible future use as British bases, and Britain also will have the right to in stall a number of radar sta tions on the strategic east Mediterranean island. Two other nations will have the right to station troops on Cyprus Greece with 950 men and Turkey with 650 and the island state itself will have a 2,000-man army, 60 per cent Greek in origin and 40 per cent Turkish. Although all three of the hai tions which are to maintain troops on Cyprus are members of the Atlantic pact, Makarios says it will not join the West ern alliance. Dulles Receives Massive Radiation Washington -(UPD- Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today received massive radia tion treatment of his entire lower abdomen under the million-volt X-ray machine at Walter Reed Army hospital. A medical bulletin said Dulles, who is being treated for abdominal cancer, show ed no signs of adverse reac tion to the radiation. This was the first time the entire abdomen had been ex posed to radiation. Dulles has been receiving daily radiation therapy. Hospital authorities had said that there would be a "gradual increase" in the area treated and in the time of exposure, building up from an initial dose of one minute to maximum of five minutes. Firemen Extinguish Blaze in Garbage! ruck A City Sanitary Service packer truck caught fire in downtown Medford this morning, but the driver, Wal ter Faux, 6006 Table Rock rd., managed to steer it to the city fire station, 402 North Front st. There he and his assistant, Joe Sutton, of Eagle Point, helped firemen extinguish the blaze. The hydraulic sys tem of the truck's tail gate was reported destroyed. Ob servers said the fire may have been started by hot ashes or a cigarette in the garbage the truck had "been picking up from downtown business establishments. Carter wanted Mason to stay on. He also said no politics was involved in Carter's ap pointment and that he had written local boards regard ing his position on Mason af ter receiving protests of what they heard was a plan to re move Mason. Writes to Porter Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu-gene), said he had written to Rep. Charles O. Porter (D Ore.), saying there has been "wide resentment" of the ap pointment by many draft boards and suggested the mat ter be brought to the atten tion of Lt. Gen. Lewis Her shey, national head of Selec tive Service. A
