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Compromise on Aid To Distressed Areas Eyed mi iiiijii;iwiwy 1 Washington (UPI) Chairman Douglas three times has sponsored legislation to pro vide federal help for areas troubled with high and con tinued unemployment One bill died in the House Rules committee in 1956. Two others were vetoed by President Ei senhower, one in 1958 and the latest in May. Eisenhower last week urged Congress to enact the admin istration's proposal, which would channel $180 million into stricken areas. Douglas and McNamara presidential nominee John F. Wednesday beat down two at same tactic today, the House would have to meet Wednes day. Labor: Sen. Harry F. Byrd, (D-Va.) attacked the Democra tic platform pledge to repeal the Taft-Hartley provision per mitting states to enact "right-to-work" laws. Byrd said in a prepared Senate speech the pledge would run counter to "individual liberty and states' rights." Twenty states now have laws outlawing the union shop and similar contracts. Paul H. Douglas, (D-Ill.) called contend the President's bill was unrealistic and would be of no real help. Douglas' own measure called for $250 million in federal grants and loans. But he said he would "negotiate" if the administration would approve an "effective" measure and help line up Republican votes in Congress to guarantee its passage. Minimum Wage: Democratic Other congressional news: $1.25 minimum wage bill to Senate passage by nightfall.! But the heated election-year squabble could run over until Friday. There were reports that even supporters o.' Ken nedy's proposal to hike the wage floor from $1 to $1.25 an hour favored making some concessions to get the bill past strong opposition from Repub licans and Southern Demo crats. . The Kennedy forces tempts to trim the bill. House: Democratic leaders hoped to adjourn the House until Monday before Rep. H. R. Gross, (R-Iowa) could continue his one-man battle to get the chamber to start work. Gross forced the house to quit immediately after the opening prayer Monday, Tues day and Wednesday because a majority of members were not present. If he used the a meting of his Senate bank ing subcommittee today in an effort to work out acorn pro mise plan of federal aid to distressed areas. Commerce Secretary Fred erick H. Mueller and Sen. Pat McNamara, (D-Mich.), were scheduled to testify. The aim of the session, Douglas said, was to "explore with the ad ministration the points of dis agreements. 5 VtKTl7 - ,j EXPLOSIONS ROCK HOME Hamilton county, Tenn., patrolmen look over the wreckage of the garage of Chattanooga real estate salesman N. Ross Walker after two explosions rocked the expensive suburban home. Walker's name appeared in a com- pany advertisement in local papers offering property in a white section to Negroes. Walker's wife and small child were home with him at the time of the blasts but no one was injured. (UPI Telephoto) Dominican Republic Punishment Expected Latin American Nations Indicate Vote Readiness San Jose, Costa Rica - (UPI) -Latin American nations indi cated today they were ready to vote overwhelmingly to punish the Dominican Repub lic for intervening in the in ternal affairs of Venezuela. A large majority of the delegations from the 21 Amer ican republics present at the sixth Consultative Assembly of Foreign Ministers express ed willingness to apply col lective sanctions against the Dominicans as an aggressor nation. U.S. May Agree In the face of mounting Latin American support for the Venezuelan demand for political and economic sanc tions against the Dominicans, short only of armed force, the United States was expected to agree to collective severance of diDlomatlc relations. Secretary of State Christian A. Hcrter prepared to express U.S. views on the controversy at today's session of the con ference. Venezuela's Ignacio L. Ar eaya formally charged Wed nesday night that the Domini cans were implicated in a mis directed leaflet raid early this year, in April's abortive re volt in Venezuela and in the June attempt to assassinate President Romulo Betancourt. Used A 'Scapegoat' The Dominican Republic's Porfirio Herrcra Bacz denied the charges, saying Venezuela was using his country as a "foreign scapegoat" to distract attention from its own "deep- sealed political and social problems." Argentine's Diogenes Tabo ada, Mexico's Manuel Tello and Honduras' Andres Al vnrado Puerto sided with Venezuela in the debate. Their endorsement of Ar caya's charges was taken as a sign that their governments would support the Venezuelan demand for the imposition of every diplomatic and eco nomic sanction short of armed attack on the Dominican Republic. Burton Act Participation OK'd Portland - (UPI) - The Stute Board of Health Wednesday voted approval for Oregon's participation in the 1861 Hill Burton Hospital Act after dis cussion on a proposed revision that would grant the federal funds to only a single facility in a community. The revision was recom mended by the Advisory Council on Hospital and Med ical Facility Survey and Con struction. Those opposed to the revision said it might be possible that a community could wind up with a hospital providing poor service and a staff closed to some commun ity physicians. The revision was approved after it was rewritten to per mit exceptions to be granted by the board if evidence from the particular community showed the exceptions were necessary. Hospital projects totaling over $50 million have already been built in Oregon with aid of Hill-Burton money. MEDFORDtTRIBUNE Regional Edition Page 1 Stocks Generally Firm on Balance New York-flJPII-Stocks ruled generally firm on balance to day. American Motors featured mostly firm auto section, rising Vi to 23 after a 20,- 000 share stock opening that brought the issue up . The company looks for a 20 per cent increase in Rambler sales In its 1061 model year. GM added !4-poinl while Ford held steady but Chrysler eased round 'A. U. S. Steel firmed after an unchanged opening in a narrow steel section. Among the blue chips International Nickel, International Harvest er and American Tobacco all dropped major fractions. elected DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - IDI'll - Dow Jones final stock avaragei: 3U industrials 626.54, up Powers Trial SENDS CONGRATS Washington -UPD- President Eisenhower has congratulated the new African republic of Gabon on Its independence. In a letter to Leon M'ba, presi dent of the new republic, Eis enhower said Wednesday the government and people of the United States anticipated close and friendly relations with Gabon, Powers Declares Pistol Taken (or Strictly Hunting (Continued from Page 1) Powers had been advised he could question the state ment of witnessas, and he stood in his prisoner's box to speak. "Unfortunately, nobody but myself knows that I could not kill a person-even to save my own life," he said in a low voice. The pistol was given to me and I took it strictly for hunting." Prosecutor Roman A. Ru denko, 53, a veteran of the Nuernberg war crimes trials stared at Powers. "You are aware," he In quired, "that at 68,000 feet (the altitude at which Powers says the U2 was flying when hit) it is difficult to hunt game?" "Yes, I understand," Pow- ers said. "This was to be used only if I had a forced lnnding or something." Family Silt Teniely During the exchange over the pistol, Powers' family sat tensely In their marble box at the rear of the courtroom. The mother, Mrs. Ida Pow ers, came to the afternoon ses sion after staying in her ho tel this morning lest she "dis turb" her son. Mrs. Barbara Powers watched her husband through opera glasses. The pistol was among the U2 equipment brought from glass .showcases placed around the glided courtroom scene of the bloody 1D30 purge trials and prior to that the czars' music room. Voroshllov then introduced in evidence three incendiary devices and a round box which he said contained "py rotcchnicai substances' poduc ing orange smoke and a col ored flame. Asks For Translation Powers interrupted again to ask the Russian translator to read the directions on the side of one of the "fire start ers." The translator picked up o ne of the devices and read: "This is for starting bonfires with damp wood or substances that will not ig nite very fast." It was Powers' apparent in tention to show that the de vices were Intended for peaceful purposes. Wednesday's- nrlces siocks: Allied Chemical 54 Alum Co. Am 74 American Can 383ii American Motori 23 Vt AT&T 90",', Anaconda Copper .. 30 Armco bleel i4-?i, Bendlx Corp. 69 Bethlehem steel M,i Boeing Air 333,i uatcrpiuar uorp zo'.a Chrysler Corp 42 Vi Continental Can (xd) 374 Curtiss Wright 10 uow unemicai Havs Du Pont .... 10.1 f-asiman hoqbk ..........izj Firestone 31 General Electric H3'i General Foods 124',' General Motors 44-u Georgia Pacific .13 Greyhound 23 V, Gulf Oil 20 V. Homestnke Mining . 4144 J. a. M .D41 Int. Paper . 8814 Johns Manvllle . .in 14 Kcnnecott Copper 80 Lockheed Aircraft .... 24 Montgomery Ward 35 U Nat'l Biscuit S New York Central 21,4 Pnc Gas & Elec - 6.1 ',4 Penney. J. C 4014 Penn RR 13 Radio Corporation 62 ',4 Richfield Oil 78 Sears 17 Shell Oil 36 '4 Socony Mobil Oil 37i Southern Co 40i Southern Pacific 204 Standnrd California 434 Standard Indiana 30 Vi Standard N. J 41 i aim mines i Texas Co 7B1 Tex Pac Land Trust LIT Transamerlua 27 union uarniae ini',4 Union Pacific 27 V, united Aircratl 4.1 United Air Lines 11 u. a. miuncr ixai ni ,n U. S. Steel 8214 Youngstown S & T 0814 1.11; 20 railroads 139.92, up 0.53; 15 utilities 94.84, up 0.08, and 65 stocks 208.03, up 0.41. Sales Wednesday were about 3.09 million shares compared with 2.71 million shares Tuesday. Salem Elementary School Damaged Salem (UPD Timothy Mike Morris, 47-year-old bean picker sought for questioning in the shooting of a compan ion at a Salem area bean camp Monday night, surrendered to the Marion County district at torney's office Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff Denver Young said Morris would be charged in justice court with assault with a deadly weapon. Morris is charged with shooting Allan Scott Reed, 36, Portland, at the climax of a wine-drinking spree at the bean camp. Witnesses said Reed chal lenged Morris to shoot, threat ened to "clean up on him," and repeatedly taunted him with charges of cowardice. Reed, shot through the jaw with a .22 caliber bullet, re mained in fair condition at a Salem hospital. Body Sighted in Columbia River Portland - OJPli - A man's body, which authorities said may be that of a missing Port land minister, was sighted in the Columbia river this morn ing off Camas, Wash. But the body was not re covered immediately and dep uties declined to identify it. According to a report of the Multnomah county sheriff's office, the body was found by a man Identified as Bud Teb bets. The Rev. Willis Guy Ken nedy has been missing since last Saturday and presumed drowned. His personal effects were recovered at Sundail beach on the Columbia. 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