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Mm Pay BUK0 Mm Wreckage of U.S. Navy Plane Believed Sighted Second Turkish Air Crash Fatal To 42 Ankara, Turkey - (UPD - Wreckage believed to be that of a missing U.S. Navy plane with 16 persons aboard was sighted today in the snow decked Taurus Mountains of Turkey. The sighting was reported by the Coordinated Rescue Center on Nicosia, Cyprus There was no immediate re port on either signs of life or bodies near the wreckage. In Mountain Valley The crash site was in a high mountain valley, at about 8,000 feet altitude. Royal Air Force and American mountain rescue teams headed for it immediately. The missing plane, a Martin Mercator twin-engined patrol craft, was on a flight from Naples, Italy, to Adana, Tur key. If the wreckage is that of the missing plane, it will mean two major plane crash es occurred in Turkey Tues day night with the possible loss of 58 lives. Third Air Disaster A Scandinavian Airlines Caravelle jet crashed at An kara airport in a fog, killing 42 persons, including an American. Officials were re ported checking the possibil ity that the Turkish control tower and the plane crew made twin errors to cause the crash. Crash of the Navy plane would be the third disaster in two days, bringing the toll to a possible 108 lives. Fifty persons were killed Monday night in the crash of a Cap ital Airlines prop-jet Viscount near Holdcroft, Va. Wing Snagged The twin-jet SAS Caravelle, banking for a gentle, curving approach to Esenboga airport, snagged its right wing on a low hill within sight of the airport and exploded on im pact with such force the clothes were ripped from the victims. The plane caught fire immediately. Some officials said the crash may have been caused by a navigation error abord the plane. There may also have been faulty control tow er instructions, they said. Spots of Ice Are Reported in Area Spots of ice were reported on mountain highways in southern Oregon today. Highway 99 over the Sis kiyous, Highway 66 over the Green Springs, and Highway 62 at Prospect all had spots of ice, state police said. No new snow was reported in southern Oregon during the past 24 hours, but the weath er forecast called for rain in the Medford area tonight and Thursday. Crater Lake National park reported 53 inches of snow on the ground this morning, compared to 33 inches at this time last year, and 100 inches in 1958. The accumulative snowfall at Crater Lake this year is 148 inches, compared to 135 inches at this time last year, and 265 inches in 1958. Twenty-five inches of snow is reported at roadside on the Green Springs, 16 inches on the Siskiyous and 7. inches at Prospect. First State Income Tax Refunds Mailed Salem-flJPD-Electronic equip ment turned out the f 100 state income tax ind checks today several oeks ahead of the first refunds for 1958. Gunnar's Speech Says Mautz Not Candidate Oregon Republican Nation al Committeeman Robert T. Mautz of Portland will not seek reelection to the office this year, according to State GOP Chairman Peter Gunnar. Gunnar said in a speech prepared to be delivered to Jackson county Republicans at the Rogue Valley Country club tonight that Mautz "def initely will not be a candi date for reelection." He said there was "keen disappoint ment" on learning the deci sion. Mautz, a Portland attorney, has served on the national committee since 1956. He would have to stand election in the May primary. Mautz was out of state this LEWIS P. CRUTCHER Banquet Speaker 'Cifyscape' Is Topic of Chamber Dinner Speaker Lewis P. Crutcher, Portland architect who initiated a move which resulted in deco rative trees being placed in downtown Portland, will speak on "Cityscape" at the annual meeting of the Jack- j son County Chamber of Com merce at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Rogue Valley Country club. Crutcher is chairman of the design zone committee of the Portland city planning com mission. He also is consulting architect for a new citizen's organization, Downtown Port land, Inc. Included in Saturday's dis cussion will be the results of his talks with St. Helens and Hood River citizens concern ing shade trees, muted signs, minimized utility poles and control of automobile traffic. Discussed Items These are among the items which he discussed with Port land groups when he present ed proposals for restoring the city to its former famed beauty more than a year ago. He proposed to restore Portland's former beauty by "returning the city to the people" by improving the heart of the city for the en joyment and use of the' pe destrian. Downtown Port land, Inc., was formed to plan for the restoration of the city's beauty. The design zone committee of the planning commission is in the process of setting up initial standards to insure ap propriate development of new construction in strategic areas. Crutcher is a member of the Portland Art commission and a trustee of the Portland Art museum in addition to other civic activities. He received his bachelor of architecture at the University of Washington, and his master of fine arts in architecture at Claremont Graduate school, California. Farm Groups To Ask Chemical Study Washington (UPD Eleven farm groups, concerned by the government method of cracking down on possibly un safe food, prepared today to ask President Eisenhower for a speical study on the use of chemicals in agriculture. The farm organizations, whose chief target is Arthur S. Flemming, secretary of health, education and welfare, want Eisenhower to name a fact-finding commission. They said it also could look into the administration of federal laws dealing with farm and food chemicals. Ther move was disclosed in the wake of the government's order Tuesday banning use of a widely employed farm pes ticide, Heptachlor, under con ditions found to leave a pois onous by-product on food and feed crops. week attending an insurance council meeting in Arizona. Gunnar said "many prom inent Republicans from all sections of the nation have urged him to run again, but Mautz says that his decision is final." The state chairman said that while there are no an nounced condidates for the post at this time, former Gov. Elmo Smith "has publicly stated interest in the post if Mautz did not run." Rep. Walter Norblad (R Ore.) and Don Chapman of Portland said earlier they would not be candidates, al though both had been mentioned. Cuban Editor Takes Refuge in ited States Favorite Target Of Government Miami, Fla. IUPD - Cuban newspaper editor Jorge Zayas fled to the United States from Havana today. He was the first newspaperman to go into exile in a year of the revolu tionary Castro government. Zayas was hurried through customs here and taken to the federal building where U. S. government officials began questioning him about his flight from Cuba. Zayas, a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism and member of the Press Freedom Committee of the Inter-American Press Association, sought asylum in the Ecuadorean Embassy Tues day. Free To Leave Zayas' departure followed by less than 24 hours a Cuban State Department announce' ment that he was free to leave the country when he wished. As a result, his diplomatic status in the Ecuadorean Em bassy was changed from that of a political exile to a house guest of the ambassador. Zayas, managing editor of A v a n c e, leading afternoon daily, has been a favorite tar get of the government and the controlled press for the past six months. He fled to the Ecuadorean Embassy for safe ty when Prime Minister Fidel Castro made a personal attack on him in a radio broacast Monday night. TO VISIT HERE - State Sena tor Robert W. Straub, above, Democratic state chairman, will speak at a meeting of Jackson county Democrats at 8 p.m. Thursday, at the Medford Labor Temple, 24 Vz South Grape st. This will be Straub's first visit to this area since he was named state chairman. (UPI Telephoto) Three Burglaries oanM,0j in r; iwpui IVU III VII J About $350 was taken in three burglaries Tuesday night in Medford, city police reported today. The burglaries, at Hawkin son Tire company, 1112 Court St., Jay Allen company, 1078 Court st., and Medford Con crete Construction company, 1320 North Riverside ave., were similar to a Monday night burglary .at the Tally Ho Dining Inn in Talent, officers said. Approximately -295:86 was taken from a cash drawer, fil ing cabinet, and desks at the concrete company. Some -50 in currency and "change was taken from a cash tegister at Hawkinson Tire company, ac cording to officers. Glass doors or windows were broken at each of the buildings to gain admittance. The safes in the Hawkinson Tire company and Jay Allen buildings contained no money, both were forced open. Papers and other loose objects were reported scattered by the burglars in all three build ings. Also pried open at Hawkin son Tire company ere several candy and cigarette machines. The two burglaries at the Hawkinson and the Jay Allen companies were discovered at shortly, after 9:30 pjn., city police said, while the third entry was not reported until 7:45 a.m. today. City police and Jackson county sheriff's deputies are investigating the burglaries. Salem-ttJPD - The board of Control has asked for an ac counting of funds of the hog farm programs of the State Cottage Farm and at Eastern Oregon State Hospital at Pendleton. Dke Urges Economic Report Carries Appeal To Hold Line Unprecedented Prosperity Seen Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower, rallying the na tion to a new battle against inflation, today urged some industries to cut prices and labor to keep wages in line. The President did not speci fy what industries, but a White House source said he had steel and autos in mind. He sounded the anti-inflation battle cry in a generally optimistic annual economic report to Congress. Combined Effort Needed Eisenhower foresaw a de cade of unprecedented pros perity. But he cautioned that it could be achieved only through the combined efforts of businessmen, labor, con sumers, and government at all levels. In a direct appeal for some price cuts, he told industry that "price reductions war ranted by especially rapid productivity gains must be a normal and frequent feature of our economy." Steel and Autos And he told labor that wage increases should remain "within the limits of general productivity gains." A White House source, dis cussing the President's price cut appeal, said Eisenhower specifically had steel and autos in mind. The battle against inflation and emphasis that it is not government's war alone high lighted the Chief Executive's annual economic report, a massive document prepared with the help of the Council of Economic Advisers. Eisenhower said that "there are good grounds for confi dence'" that the nation? eco nomic advance of 1959 can be extended through 1960 and, with appropriate action, well beyond the present year." Consumer Responsibility "Government policies must be supplemented by appro priate private actions, espec ially with respect to profits and wages," he said. "In our system of free competitive enterprise and shared respon sibility, we do not rely on government alone for the achievement of inflation-free economic growth." The President said the American consumer would have to be just as responsible as industry and labor for keeping the nation on the road to higher economic standards. He called on the consumer to be alert and opposed to arbi trary attempts "to establish prices or wages at levels that are inconsistent with the gen eral welfare." No Flu Epidemic Reported in State Portland -(UPD - The State Board of Health reported to day that influenza cases have increased slightly but there is no indication yet of an epi demic. A total of 810 flu cases was listed by the Board com pared to 793 for the previous week. "That Gives Us A Surplus Of Four Tires, Right There. And If We Take Out The Engine " Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages De Gaulle Calls Algerian Head For Showdown General Accused Of Harsh Criticism Paris (UPD- Paratroope Gen Jacques Massu issued a care fully worded communique to day pledging his loyalty to the chief of the French army in Algeria but not directly to President Charles de Gaulle. An angry de Gaulle abrupt ly summoned the major gen eral to Paris Tuesday night for a showdown on whether the paratroops' hero was plot ting an army-backed anti-de Gaulle uprising in Algiers. Massu was accused of harsh criticism of de Gaulle at a moment when unrest in Al geria was increasing every hour, both among the army and the right - wing French settlers who fear a de Gaulle "sellout." Led 1958 Revolt It was Massu, 51, the lean and hawk-faced head of army and civilian affairs in Algiers that led the May 13, 1958, re volt which swept away the Fourth French Republic and brought de Gaulle to power. He was quoted this week by a German newspaper as say ing the army was wondering if it had made a mistake in backing de Gaulle, hinting at the use of force and accusing him of becoming a leftist. Later he denied making the statements. Today ' after a long confer ence between ' Massu- and Armed -Forces Minister Pierre Guillaumat, Massau again de nied the story and affirmed his loyalty to the Algerian commander - in - chief, Gen. Andre Challe. Condemnation Suit Starts in Court A state highway condemna tion - suit involving property owned by Richard H. and Genora Long near Rogue Riv er continued today in circuit court. The Longs are asking $39, 250 for 3.8 acres of property to be used for the new High way 99 freeway right-of-way. The land is located near Evans Creek and between the rail road tracks and the Rogue river. The Longs have based their determination of prop erty value on river front foot basis. Estimates made by real es tate appraisers who have tes tified so far ranged from $35 to $50 a front foot. Long, the property owner, w,as the first to take the wit ness stand yesterday follow ing selection of the jury. E. L. Bartholomew, real estate man and appraiser, followed Long and, Ben Allen, real es tate broker from Gold Hill, was on the witness stand late yesterday afternoon and most of this' morning flrofcfam MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1960 Petition Filed by Grocery Clerks in Area for Election Grocery clerks of this area will have a chance to vote on whether they would prefer to join the Retail Clerks union or remain with the Teamsters union in the near future, ac cording to Dan Parker, Se attle, Wash., international rep resentative of the Retail Clerks union. Parker received a telegram from Charles J. Kelleher, . in ternational vice president and director of organization for the clerks' northwestern di vision, this morning stating that a petition for, an election was filed with National Labor Relations Board yesterday. The NLRB will send rep resented to hold hearings, after which an election for grocery clerks in Grants Pass, Medford, Ashland, and Klamath Falls will be calledi Now, the retail grocery clerks in Klamath Falls be long to one Teamsters' local and the clerks of the other three cities belong to another. More bargaining power will be gained by combining all four cities under one local, Parker explained. Work on Switch Parker said a committee of 40 retail grocery clerks has been working on the organ izational switch from the Teamsters to the Retail Clerks union. The change effects 350 grocery clerks in the Grants Pass-Medford-Ashland district and 150 in Klamath Falls, Parker said. "Immediately following the election, organizers from Re tail Clerks International will move in to begin an organiza tional drive in the textile field," Parker added. "This will include all stores carry ing ready-to-wear, drugs and variety articles. We want to make southwest Oregon local one of the best covered locals in the Pacific Northwest." The Retail Clerks union is now preparing notices to all employers in grocery stores telling them the petitions have been filed. The general charter for new Local 265 al ready has been issued, Park er said. Until the local be comes more fully organized, union affairs from this area will be under Local 201 at Eugene. Parker has established an office at 425 East Main . st., telephone SPring 2-6600. ( See story an page 2) Kennedy Slates Oregon Speeches Portland (UPD Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, will make four major speeches in Oregon during a two-day visit Feb. 9 and 10, his local head quarters said today. Kennedy is scheduled to speak at a luncheon in Rose burg and a banquet in Albany on Tuesday, Feb. 9. On the next day he will speak at Oregon State college at 1 p.m. and at a dinner meeting in Newport at 6:30 p.m. Salem-dJPD-The number of telephones in use in Oregon in 1958 showed a 3.84 per cent, or 653,618 against 629, 453 in 1957- Morse's Attitude on Dunes Disappointing To Sen. Neuberger Washington (UPD Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today he was "keenly disappointed" that his Oregon colleague, Sen. Wayne Morse, (D-Ore.), has come out against the proposed Oregon dunes national seashore recreation al area. But Neuberger said he was "pleased" that Oregon's Re publican Gov. Mark Hatfield has "reversed his position" Execution of Funds Authorized Ashland The Ashland city council Tuesday night author ized Mayor Richard L. Neill to agree to execute a federal grant of $70,896 for enlarge ment of the city's sewage treatment plant. The city was granted the funds earlier this year. Coun cil's action Tuesday was a formality. The council also passed an ordinance annexing the site of the city's new junior high school, now under construc tion. The area annexed is at the west line of Walker ave. and the southerly line of the Southern. Pacific Rail road rfght-of-way. In other action, the council authorized City Superinten dent Elmer Biegel to call for bids on three cars and three pickup trucks which the city will buy. Biegel was also authorized to call for bids for the city's gasoline contract for next year. Glenn Revel was unani mously elected as council chairman. Mayor Neill reappointed Arnold Bauder and Gerald Wenner to the hospital board and Vince Baratti and Elliott MacCracken . to the planning commission. Only new appointment was that of Ned Mars, succeeding Dick Herndobler, to the hos pital board. Springfield Man Dies in Air Crash Springfield, Ore. - (UPD - Le land U. DeJean, 34, owner of McKenzie Aircraft Repair, was killed today in the crash of an airplane he had rebuilt from three other planes. It was the first flight for the Comanche type plane. Witnesses said DeJean got air sped and somewhere be tween 30 and 70 feet off the ground the plane banked right. The right wing and then the nose struck the ground. The plane came to rest on its back. DeJean was dead when, an ambulance ar rived. The crash occurred at the McKenzie Flying Service air port here about 8:55 ajn. A witness to the crash was R. L. Kagy, Medford, CAA in spector for the area. The cause of the crash was un known. Witnesses said the en gine did not quit. ' - DeJean had built the plane during the winter from three aircraft he purchased from in surance companies. He was well known for his work in rebuilding planes. Wob 54th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 255 and now is for the idea. Neu berger and Morse have fre quently been at odds. . Morse Doubts Need Neuberger said Morse's op position makes it "doubly im portant" that he and Hatfield work together on the dunes park bill "if possible." Neu berger said that while he had not seen all of Hatfield's ideas on the dunes proposal he was glad the governor has an "open mind" on the question Neuberger said Morse has been quoted as saying he doubts if there is any need for. the park.". "This attitude of Senator Morse is a keen disappoint ment, to me, but it heightens the necessity that the gover nor and I work together if ( the park is to have any chance of enactment," Neuberger, an ardent conservationist, said. Revised Plan The Oregon Natural Re sources Committee recently submitted a revised plan for the Dunes park proposal. Earlier it opposed the plan sponsored by Neuberger. Hatfield said in Salem he was always glad to work with the Oregon congressional delegation on problems of mutual interest. But. he said he would not become a party to any hassle between Morse and Neuberger. He . said he "would object to Neuberger's suggestion that our natural' resources com mittee position has been re versed." He said the commit tee was in accord with the principle of national seashores "but only when the rights and interests of individual Oregon citizens were protected . . " He said the committee's re vised bill contained minimum standards "beyond which we cannot give approval." Morse Petitions Filing Delayed Salem - (UPD - E. G. Neal of Salem, head of a Morse-for-President drive, said today he will not be able to file the necessary petitions on Jan. 25 as planned and announced earlier. Neal, a retired logger, said some of the petitions farmed out to workers "are coming in too late" for processing through county clerks for certification. "I can's make it next Mon day after all," he said. Neal said earlier that he has "many more" tha nthe 1,000 signa tures , necessary to ' put the name of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) o nthe May ballot. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy tonight and Thursday with occasional rain tonight and heavier rain Thursday. Gusty wind dimin ishing Thursday. Low tonight 42. High Thursday SO. Temp. Highest Yesterday 59 Lowest this Morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:09 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:38 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow ..12:25 a.m. Last Quarter : tomorrow 7:01 a.m. PROMINENT STAR Spica, near the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus and Jupiter, rise . 5:29 a.m. Venns is now about to pass to the east of Jupiter. Mars, rises S:41 a.m. Issue To Go Before Voters In May Primary Court Acts on Chapman Test Case Salem (UPD The State Su preme Court ruled today that a legislative pay hike ap proved by the 1959 Legisla ture is unconstitutional. The act would have in creased salaries of legislators from S600 a year to S2.100. State Sen. R. F. Chapman (D-Coos Bay) filed the test case naming Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. de fendant. Appling had refused to put the increase through. To Go To Voters The high court said: "Where a state constitution in plain unambiguous language fixes the compensation of a state officer whether it can be a member of the Legislature or of the executive or judicial departments of the govern ment, the effect is to divest the Legislature of power to determine that the compensa tion shall be something dif ferent unless there are other provisions of the constitution from which a contrary inten tion can be drawn." The issue will still go be fore the voters in the May primary. Along with passing the bill for the raise, the Leg islature provided for a test at the polls. Right To Consider The opinion, written by Justice Hall S. Lusk, conclud ed that the people in adopt ing a 1950 amendment had the right to consider and must have considered that they were exercising and not surrendering their accus tomed and frequently in voked power to fix the com pensation of members of the Legislative Assembly. Chapman had argued that when the 1950 amendments was adopted, the words "not exceeding with reference to compensation were omitted and claimed that this intro duced an ambiguity. The court noted that the argument in support of the amendment in a Voters' Pamphlet con tained a. statement reading: "The constitution of Oregon has justly reserved unto the people the right to set the compensation of members of the legislative assembly." Among Lowest Paid The opinion said It is ap parent that the Legislative Assembly by seeking in 1954 the power to fix the compen sation of its members by sub mitting to the people in 1955, 1956 and 1959 a constitu tional amendment increasing their compensation and by the quoted statement in the Voters' Pamphlet has placed upon the 1950 amendment a construction contrary to which the relator rfow urges." Oregon legislators are among the lowest paid in the nation. Storm Loads Up Portland Hotels Portland- (UPD- While other businesses slowed down in the face of a snowstorm, Portland hotels were booming. Downtown hotels were fill ed to capacity when major downtown firms reserved blocks of rooms for employees who couldnt fight through snowdrifts Tuesday night. The Benson hotel reported capacity reservations. The Multnomah hotel said "prac tically every company in downtown Portland" had re quested space. The Sheraton-Portland was filled to capacity Monday night, but reported no block reservations. FILES County Assessor Ray Schumacher yesterday filed in the county elections de partment for reelection to a second four-year term. Dead line for filing a petition for the primary election is March 11. rr ;yif -
