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AT 4-H MEETING Four delegates from Oregon to the 4-H
meeting in Washington, D.C., are shown outside the nation's
capitol. Left to right, they are Phil Krouse, Jackson county;
Dona Ebert, Marion county; David Schaad, Union county,
and Susan Amundsen, Clatsop county. (UPI Telephoto)
North Korea Reds
Said to Seize on
Political Turmoil
Seoul -(UPD- The chief of
staff of the Republic of Ko
rea's army said today "un
usual" activity among Com
munist troops north of the
38th Parallel accompanied re
cent disorders here.
Lt. Gen. Song Yo Chan said
also that the Rsds had seized
on South Korea's political
crisis as an occasion for in
creased espionage and subver
sive activities.
Song emphasized, however,
that U.S. and South Korean
troops in the front line are in
peak combat readiness.
Forces on Alert
Assistant Secretary of State
J. Graham Parsons said in
Washington Thursday that the
forces holding the truce line
are on a "super alert."
Acting President Huh
Chung and his caretaker cabi
net met today to discuss
means of straightening out the
tangled situation in South Ko
rea, and decided immediately
to fire all of the nation's nine
provincial governors.
The cabinet also ordered a
reshuffle of police chiefs
throughout the nation.
Alleged brutality by South
Korea's nationally-appointed
police, more than any other
single factor, triggered the
bloody rioting that overthrew
85-year-old Syngman Rhee.
Rhea in Solitude
Rhee, who handed in his
resignation earlier this week
and moved out of the presi
dential mansion Thursday,
spent today in solitude at his
Hungary Travel
To Be Permitted
Washington (UPD The Slate
department announced today
it will permit American citi
zens to travel in Hungary
again.
The announcement said
that travel restrictions im
posed by this government
Feb. 3, 1956, are being lifted
at once.
The department no longer
will place in all American
passports the warning that the
document is not valid for trav
el in Hungary.
State Department Press Of
ficer Lincoln White, who
made the announcement, was
unable to offer any explana
tion for lifting the restrictions
at this time. He said there was
no political motive for the an
nouncement. Salem mpn At least 28 of
Oregon's 36 counties have
completed tabulation of voter
registration for the May 20
state primary.
Sen. Chapman Charges Error in Voter
Pamphlet; Appling Denies
Coos Bay-WPC-State Sen. R.
F. Chapman (D-Coos Bay)
charged today there was an
error in the Voter's Pamphlet
which might result in defeat
of a May 20 measure to in
crease pay of Oregon legis
lators. He said Secretary of State
Howell Appling should rectify
the error.
Error in Argument
Chapman, author of 1 bill
to hike pay of Oregon's law
makers from $600 to $2,100
year, said the error appeared
in the argument for the pay
Increase measure.
1 He said it stated California
legislators art paid $600
home in northeastern Seoul.
He was said to be in mourning
for his adopted son, Lee Kang
Suk, son of Vice President
elect Lee Ki Poong, who
killed himself and his family
Thursday in a mass suicide
pact.
Davidson Speaks
To Demos Here
C. Girard Davidson, Port
land, candidate for Democra
tic national committeeman,
last night discussed the na
tural resources program adop
ted by the 13 western states
which will be presented to
the Democratic national con
vention in July. He spoke at a
meeting of the Jackson Coun
ty Democratic Central com
mittee. Davidson, former assistant
secretary of interior during
the Truman administration, is
chairman of the natural re
souces committee for the Dem
ocratic Advisory council.
Commenting on the natural
resources program, Davidson
said that it would give the
country a "progressive-positive
plan which would put
the natural resources' pro
gram back on the schedule in
effect prior to the Eisenhower
administration."
He also mentioned unem
ployment, the need for low
cost power to attract more in
dustry to the Northwest, low
er interest rates to encourage
construction, and the develop
ment of scenic and recrea
tional areas.
Davidson has served four
years as committeeman. He
plans to return to Medford for
the Roosevelt Memorial din
ner. Bottle Throwers
Sought in Ashland
Ashland - City police today
are trying to track down van
dals who last night threw beer
bottles through windows of
two automobiles, a service
station and a elding shop.
Bottles were tossed through
windows of a car parked on
Granite st. and one parked on
Palm ave. One bottle was
thrown through a plate glass
window at Vern's Shell serv
ice station, 275 C St., and an
other through a front door
glass at OK Rubber Welders,
1407 Highway 99 north.
Ashland police said the van
dalism was similar to that of
Feb. 24 when beer bottles
were thrown through win
dows of 14 cars in Ashland.
year when actually they are
paid $6,000 a year. Since the
argument points out that legis
lative pay in other Pacific
Coast states is much higher
than in Oregon, Chapman
said the error could result
in the measure being defeated.
Appling, he said, should
see that all persons receiving
the Voter's Pamphlet are noti
fied of the error.
Appling Denies Error
In Salem, Appling denied
his election d'vision made an
error in the printing of the
pamphlet.
"The statement to which
Sen. Chapman refers is iden
tical to the copy filed with us
School Elections
Set Monday in All
County Districts
School elections in all Jack
son county school districts
will be held Monday, May 2,
between 2 and 8 p.m.
The nunmber of ballots
which school district patrons
will receive at the polling
place will vary with the dis-
Appropriations
Committee Adds
To Space Budget
Washington-dTD-The House
appropriations committee
added about $1,500,000,000 to
day to President Eisenhower's
budget proposals for missiles,
planes, submarines and satel
lites. It offset the sum by cut
ting almost as much from
what it considered less essen
tial or wasteful military
spending for administration,
travel, procurement and other
items.
The $39,337,867,000 defense
appropriation bill the commit
tee approved for the fiscal
year starting July 1 was a
net of $121,967,000 over what
the President requested.
Payroll Cut Ordered
In ordering a 10 per cent
cut in the civilian headquar
ters payroll and barring new
Pentagon assignments totaling
more than the staff on hand
last Dec. 31, the committee re
ported to the House there are
so many defense adminis
trators that no one knows the
exact number.
The committee ordered a 10
per cent reduction in travel,
ordered the service to quit
hauling so much family furni
ture and automobiles around
the world, and cut back on the
amount of flight pay to be al
lowed. It also alleged "enor
mous waste" in military buy
ing and ordered a flat 3 per
cent cut in purchasing funds,
at a saving of $400,473,000.
Cancer Crusade Set
Tuesday Evening
More than 1,200 volunteers
of Jackson county will dis
tribute educational material
for the American Cancer So
ciety and accept voluntary
contributions on "C" Day,
Tuesday, May 3, Dr. L. Paul
Walker, Jackson county unit
crusade chairman, reminded
residents today.
Dr. Walker said he expect
ed the volunteers to reach
more homes than in previous
years.
He urged that residents ac
cept the volunteer workers
when they call since their ob
jective two-fold - "to control
and lessen the tragic waste of
life from cancer, and to con
quer the disease for future
generations."
The United State National
Bank, Medford branch, will
have its annex on Main st.
open and under police pro
lection Tuesday evening for
volunteers to turn in funds
collected, Dr. Walker said.
Volunteers will visit homes
in the county between 6 and
8 p.m, Tuesday.
No 'Stop Kennedy'
Drive Said Going
Potland UPD State Demo
cratic Chairman Robert
Straub said he has written
presidential hopeful John
Kennedy the Oregon Demo
cratic organization is not in
volved in any movement to
"stop Kennedy or to stop any
one else during this historic
presidential primary race."
Klamath Falls (UPD State
Department of Agriculture
shipping point supervisor
Ross Aubrey will retire Sat
urday after 34 years on the
job here.
Mistake
and certified by the citizen's
committee who prepared It.
There was thus no error what
ever by the Elections Di
vision in the printing of it
in the Voter's Pamphlet."
"Upon Inquiry, however,
we find that the citizen's com
mittee made an apparent mis
statement of fact in stating
that the salary of California
legislators is $600 per year."
Urges Support
"Having consistently sup
ported the proposal for more
adequate pay for Oregon legis
lators, I join with Sen. Chap
man In hoping that Oregon
voters will support this measure."
trict in which the voter lives.
In all cases each voter will re
ceive at least three separate
ballots, and in some cases pa
trons will be required to
mark four separate ballots.
Ballots which patrons will
receive include those for:
1. Board members for the
district in which the voter
lives.
2. The rural school district
levy.
3. Rural school board posi
tions. School District Budget
4. School district budgets
(the vote will be on the
amount of the budget exceed
ing the 6 per cent limitation,
not the total budget, or any
increase over the present gen
eral fund budget for school
district operation.)
5. A bond issue in the Phoenix-Talent
district only.
Rural school board mem
bers will be elected by zones.
The zones, the area included
in the zone, and the candidates
are:
Zone 1, Rogue River and
Evans Valley, one three-year
term with William A. Star
zingcr, incumbent, the only
candidate.
Zone 2, Medford district,
one-year term with Glenn W.
Smith, incumbent, the only
candidate.
Zone 3, Prospect, Eagle
Point and Butte Falls, one
two-year term with James H.
Grieve the only candidate.
Zone 5, Ashland and Pine
hurst, one one-year term with
George W. Nichols Jr. and
Harold Buck the candidates.
Residents of Zone 4, Phoe
nix, will not vote on a zone
representative since Mrs.
Jeanette Grove's term will not
expire until 1962.
Member ai Large
All districts, regardless of
zone, will vote for one mem
ber at large for the rural
school board. The only candi
date is John Spangler.
All residents of the county
also will vote on amount
of. the rural school district
budget exceeding the 6 per
cent limitation. Details on this
aspect of the election, as well
as board members who are
seeking election and school
district budgets will appear
in Sunday's edition of the
Mail Tribune.
Residents of the Phoenix
district also will vote on a
$107,000 bond issue for con
struction of an addition to the
high school.
Search Continues
For Klamath Flier
Klamath Falls-OJPD-Search-eds
planned to look again to
day off the northern Cali
fornia coast for a missing ra
dar observer, lost from a jet
fighter plane when its canopy
blew off Wednesday night.
Missing was 1st Lt. Clar
ence E. Peoples, 25, Winston,
N.C. He was ejected from the
F-101 fighter plane about 9
p.m Wednesday when the su
personic jet's canopy blew off
while about 50 miles west of
Crescent City, Calif.
The pilot, Capt. Coleman
Baker, said he was not aware
Peoples was missing until he
returned to base.
Peoples' parachute carried
a one-man raft and survival
gear. Search in the rainy area
was conducted without suc
cess Thursday.
The plane was based at
Kingsley AFB here.
"You Go On
Regional Edition
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TURKISH
TO-BE'PUNISH
Students, Police
Continue Battle
In City Streets
14 Reported Dead
In Past Two Days
Istanbul -(UPD- Anti-government
students battled police
in the streets of Turkey's ma
jor cities for the second day
today and Premier Adnan
Menderes promised "swift
punishment" for those respon
sible. Fourteen persons have been
reported killed in two days.
Ankara Students Killed
The heaviest fighting was
reported in the Turkish capi
tal of Ankara. Three students
were reported killed there to
day when police fired into
their midst in a wild melee
outside Ankara University
that resembled the anti-gov
ernment riots in Korea.
Thirty persons were report
ed injured today in the An
kara riots which began when
students armed with chair
legs and pieces of broken
desks charged out of the An
kara University compound
and attacked police who fired
warning shots.
Many Students Arrested
Witnesses said many stu
dents were seen carried away
in ambulances, and that many
students were bleeding . pro
fusely. Scores of others were
rounded up by police. Men
deres said "many of the cul
prits have been caught and
we have begun to apprehend
and establish the identity of
others."
The rioting In Istanbul to
day involved several hundred
students who battled police
in defiance of martial law
and finally were subdued with
tear gas. Another 3,000 stu
dents were surrounded inside
Istanbul University by heavily
armed troops.
Silence Observed
Both riots began when stu
dents met to observe a minute
of silence in memory of those
who were killed Thursday.
Menderes, Turkish strong
man, issued a statement prom
ising swift punishment for the
small group of "certain par
tisans" he said caused the two
days of rioting.
Protest of Renaming
County Road Heard
Ray Vogel, Willow Creek
rd.. Central Point is the only
person to officially protest re
naming a portion of Willow
Springs rd., according to the
Jackson county court.
However, Vogel appeared
Thursday, after the public
hearing Wednesday. Nobody
appeared Wednesday to pro
test renaming that portion of
Willow Springs rd. from the
intersection of Scenic ave. to
Baldwin st.
Back, Now"
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1960
HOUSE DAMAGED The residence at 1002
South Holly St., Medford, the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James O'Brien, was extensively
damaged Tuesday afternoon when hit by a
car operated by Jerry Lee Jarman, 4712
Table Rock rd., according to city police.
Above, John Hoskins and Clay Morrison of
Hoskins and Morrison Construction com
pany, prepare to rebuild the damaged wall,
the cost of which will be covered by Jar
man's insurance, Mrs. O'Brien said. Mrs.
O'Brien had just started to take a nap when
Minimum Down
Payments for
Housing Reduced
Washington - (UPD - Federal
Housing Commissioner Julian
H. Zimmerman today reduced
minimum down payments on
houses bought with govern
ment-insured mortgages.
The reductions will apply
only on homes costing more
than $13,500. The biggest cut
back would be $515, on dwell
ings costing $18,000 or more.
Congress gave Zimmerman
authority last year to cut the
down payments but he re
fused until now on grounds
that loan money was too hard
to get anyway. He told a news
conference the loan situation
did not begin to ease until
two months ago.
3 Per Cent Required
Under the new schedule, 3
per cent cash will still be
required on the first $13,500
of house price. The middle
bracket will be extended
from $16,000 to $18,000 and
the rate lowered from 15 to
10 per cent. On the portion
of price above $18,000, a rate
of 30 per cent down will be
required-trie amount which
has applied above $16,000.
Down payment require
ments of the federal housing
administration, which insures
home mortgages, apply both
to newly constructed and ex
isting houses,
Fire Damages Roof
Of Medford Home
Fire extended through the
attic and roof of the Stanley
Dalbec residence, 101 Western
ave., yesterday evening, fire
men reported.
They said a flue fire ex
tended through an unused
opening of the chimney at the
second floor and spread after
Igniting a will. Firemen were
summoned about 8:05 p.m.
Medford police, who were
at the fire directing traffic,
cited John Wesley Spencer
Jr., 825 Dakota St., for run
ning over a 2V inch fire hose
In his car.
According to police, the
Spencer vehicle ran over the
same hose three times while
going In and out of a drive
way. Firemen said the hose
will be tested for damage.
Grcsham -(UPD - State Rep.
Vernon Cook (D-Grcshnm) to
day urged legislative investi
gation of the University of
Oregon medical school's ad
mission practice!.
RIOT
Tillamook Woman
Receives Medal for
Act of Heroism
Pittsburgh -(UPD- A Tilla
mook, Ore., housewife and a
Kennewick, Wash., iron work
er were two of 26 persons to
be cited for acts of heroism
today by the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission.
Flora S. McKinley, 63, re
ceived the bronze star for sav
ing Johanna I. Smith, 33, of
Tillamook, from drowning
when her car plunged into the
Trask river Sept. 23, 1958.
Washington Man Honored
Another bronze medal win
ner from the Northwest was
John Osborn, 47, Kennewick,
Wash., who saved George Fos
ter from drowning in the
Clackamas river near Estaca
da, Orcg., Dec. 11, 1958.
Mrs. McKinley, although
not in good health, went to
the aid of Mrs. Smith who was
trapped In her coupe. The car
had plunged into the river 40
pimq agnjois lrjoq e Uioji io.ii
ing and slowly sank with its
front end 25 feet from the
step bank.
Fearing to jump because of
submerged rocks, Mrs. Mc
Kinley ran 400 feet to a float
ing dock, and although tired,
jumped into the water and
swam to the sunken auto.
Went Down Twice
After going down twice In
the eight-foot deep water,
Mrs. McKinley found the door
handle but could not turn it.
In subsequent dives, she man
anged to pull the car over,
swim to the other side and
removed a seat cushion.
Finally she was able to
stand on the river bottom and
reach in and grab Mrs. Smith
who was unconscious. Pulling
her through the car's door
way, she returned to the sur
face dragging the unconscious
woman.
Fallen From Cliff
In the other Oregon act of
heroism cited, Foster had fal
len from the top of a sleep
rocky cluf Into a pool In the
Clackamas river 22 feet deep.
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the accident occurred, and she said her first
thought was that the area was being bomb
ed. Mrs. O'Brien's neighbor had just started
across the lawn to return two eggs she had
borrowed, and witnessed the whole thing.
A few moments later and the two women
would have been standing In the front door
chatting like they often do, Mrs. O'Brien
said. Police cited Jarman for violation of
the basic rule and not maintaining proper
control of a vehicle.
He lost consciousness trying
to swim to the bank. Osburn
leaped from a 10-foot high
rock and swam to the other
man's aid.
Impeded by his heavy
clothes, Osborn could not
make it to shore, but grabbed
a plank thrown by a witness
and the two men floated
downstream to within three
feet of rapids before on
lookers could pull them from
the river.
Absentee Voting
Deadline May 14
Salem -(UPI1-Volprs In Ore
gon wishing to cast absentee
ballots in the May 20 primary
election may do so up to and
including May 14, election of
ficials said today.
Emergency cases occurring
after that date are handled by
special affidavit procedure.
Voters normally will ob
tain absentee ballots by ap
plying at the office of county
registrar of elections. Those
who are physically unable to
apply In person may vote by
mall, specifying their reasons
for wanting absentee ballots.
Tacoma-IUPIl-A State Patrol
truck weighing station on the
Puyallup River Road near
Clark Creek Bridge was
blown up early today. The
building and scales were dam
aged. An investigation was
underway In an effort to ap
prehend the dynamiters.
Alert Ordered
For Gluckmann
Son Francisco - (UPI) An omattur radio operator re
ported today h picked up a massage from Peter Gluckmann,
34, attempting to fly from Tokyo to New York, In which
Gluckmann said ho was down on a bench ISO miles from
Honolulu. Thert was no confirmation from other source.
San Franclsco-IUPD-The Coast Guard today ordered an
emergency alert for Peter Gluckmann, 34, unreported slnco
Wednesday morning on an attempted record flight from
Tokyo to New York.
A Coast Guard spokesman said Gluckmann's single-engine
Bcechcrnft plane was due to use up all of its fuel "pretty close
to noon." This estimate varies according to winds, he added.
The San Francisco watchmaker was last heard from about
7 VI hours after ha took off from Tokyo Wednesday.
Convict-Author
To Discuss Plan
With Attorneys
Approach To Court
Would Be 'Proper'
San Qucntin, Calif. UPD
Caryl Chessman, 38, was ad
vised by Gov. Edmund G.
Brown today to direct any
"last chance" appeals to es
cape execution Monday to tha
California Supreme Court.
Powerless To Act
Even as the convict-author
was reported working on a
new legal maneuver, Brown
insisted at a news conference
in Sacramento that he was
powerless to recommend clem
ency for Chessman because
the California Supreme Court
twice voted 4-3 against clem
ency. Brown said he told Rosalie
Asher and A. L. Wirin. at
torneys for Chessman, during
a conference Thursday that
the "proper place for you to
go would be to the state Su
preme Court." He said he
spoke both as a lawyer and
governor.
To Meat Attorneys
Meanwhile, the San Fran
cisco News - Call Bulletin
quoted a source close to the
Supreme Court as saying it
would be "altogether proper"
tor cnessmans attorneys to
approach the court again to
day in a bid for clemency. It
was pointed out that it had
been 60 days since the court
last voted on the matter.
Chessman was to meet with
Wirin and Miss Asher this af
ternoon to discuss how he
could obtain a ninth stay of
execution In his 12-year legal
fight. .
Brown has stated previous
ly that he Is unable to spare
Chessman under the state
Constitution. This is because
the convict had been convic
ted of felonies twice before
he was condemned to death
for kidnaping, sex perversion
and robbery. Under state law.
tne governor cannot commute
a death sentence without a
majority recommendation by
tne court.
No Indication on Voto
Today Brown said h had
no indication the court would
change its 4-3 vote against
clemency. But he said he
would "act immediately" if
the court takes action. He re
fused to say whether he
would commute Chessman'f
sentence if he could.
Meanwhile, foreign inter
est in Chessman was height
ened by an announcement
that under a new interpreta
tion of California law, for
eign newsmen would not be
allowed to witness the execu
tion. ,
Luncheon, Dinner
Planned for Morse
Sen. Wayne Morse will at
tend a noon luncheon for
Morse workers May 9 and a
public dinner that evening at
the Medford hotel during his
one-day visit to Medford.
According to Bruce Manley,
chairman of the Jackson
County Morse for President
Committee, the senator will
discuss Issues of the coming
presidential campaign.
Following the luncheon he
will speak at Southern Ore
gon college, Ashland, at 2 p.m.
The dinner in Medford will
be at 7:30 p.m. '
Tickets for the dinner may
be obtained at the Morse
Headquarters In the Medford
hotel or by telephoning
SPring 2-8451. The public is
invited to attend.
$375 Mssfng from
Local Service Station
Approximately $375 was
taken in a burglary of Jim's
Union Service station, 1601
West Main st., late last night
or early this morning, accord
ing to Medford police.
Entry to the station was
gained by forcing open a
door, police said. The money
was taken from a desk
drawer.