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Newspaper Page Textcoap U OF O3S30S LIBItARt EUGENE, ORE. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS The latest on the Middle East: The West moves today ' Tues day toward a utrmit conference with Russia WITHIN THE UNIT ED NATIONS. Britain accepts Soviet Premier Krushchev's proposal for a summit conference on the Middle East cris is, provided the conference is held within the U.Ni Security Council. The White House calls this "an orderly procedure," and says the U.S. will go along if it is generally desired. All that remains is for Krush ehev to agree. Will he agree? That remains to' be seen. But in his original proposal he called for a five-power heads of state meet ing in Geneva OR ANYWHERE ELSE THAT MIGHT BE AGREE ABLE. We'll see what we'll see. ' Why is this interesting? Well, what we want is a solu (inn that will allow British and American troops to withdraw from the Middle East without loss of lace. That would calm the tension. It would get the fuse farther away from the powder keg. That prompts this question: Why did we send troops into Lebanon in the first place? . That question makes this dis patch, which came over the wires several days ago, rather interest ing: "West German intelligence offi cials say the landing of American troops in Beirut (Lebanon's capi tal! MAY HAVE DISRUPTED SO VIET PLANS TO SEND VOLUN TEERS to bolster rebel forces in Lebanon. "Officials said Russia began or ganizing the volunteers late last month. The Czech army (Czecho slovakia is a Russian satellite) re portedly was told by Russia that satellite army olunteers were wanted to accompany Soviet .vol- unteers possibjy to Lebanon." That is to say We BEAT RUSSIA TO THE PUNCH. And- No shooting followed. West Accused Of Talk Delay LONDON AP The Soviet Un ion accused the Western Allies to day of trying In delay a summit conference on the Middle East as long as possible," and, perhaps, even frustrate it altogether." The Soviet newspaper l.vestia said Washington's stand that Mid dle East issues should be settled In the United Nations was a sub terfuge to avoid a direct reply to Premier Khrushchev's proposal for an immediate five - power meeting of government chiefs. The Izvestia editorial broadcast by Moscow radio was based on news reports describing Ihe draft reply being studied by the United States, Britain and France. Izvestia said Khrushchev's pro posal in no way excludes the pos sibility of a settlement in the U.N. "But it must not bo overlooked," Izvestia continued, "that, as shown by the session of the Secu rity Council, the U. S. A. and the countries that follow it are striv ing to inveigle the U. N. into be ing an accessory to aggression and to cover up the crime of in tervention with Ihe flag of this international organization." -In the Security Council the So viet Union has vetoed a U. . pro posal to send a U. N. military force to take over from the Amer ican Marines in Lebanon and also opposed a Japanese resolution to enlarge the V. N. observation group in Lebanon. Led by the United Stales, the Council voted down a Soviet demand for imme diate withdrawal of U. S. forces from Lebanon and British troops from Jordan. k -...'. . ALVIN NELSON, world i champion saddle brone rider of 1957, has entered the Klamath Basin Roundup, thwilcs to special permission of the Army, with which he it now serving. Ha will compete in (he July 25-27 rodeo against George Menltenmaier and Enoch Walk- r, who occupy first and second place, respectively, in (he current world's champion, ship brone riding competition. Nelson it shown here riding Frightful Mack t Pendleton in 1954. (See story inside.) ) Prire Five Cents 14 Pages Withdrawal - Of Lebanon Forces Seen BEIRUT, Lebanon, (API One of the leaders of the opposition to President Camille Chamoun said Tuesday he believes Amer ican troops will be withdrawn from Lebanon soon. Former Premier Hussein Ow eini, leader of the National Front, said he based his view on talks he had Monday with Robert Murphy, President Eisenhower's special diplomatic troubleshooter who has been thrust into the role of mediator in this little country's politics. Oweini said he thought the Amer icans would soon withdraw be cause the Iraqi situation is now "stabilizing." U. !. Marines, sent here to as sure Lebanon s independence. were in the midst of a lot of noisy shooting again Monday night. opposition elements, many of them pro-Nasser, continued ,their 74-day rebellion. "There was a lot 'of commo tion around the whole area," a Marine officer said. No bullets hit leatherneck posi tions around the airport, how ever, and the Marines did not shoot back. One Marine was killed before dawn by a Marine sentry. An of ficer said the dead man had failed to answer a challenge as he was returning from a mission. In the heart of Beirut, a number of heavy explosions shook build ings early Tuesday and automatic rules chattered. The nightly noise usually means the rebels are exploding dynamite , "' 'forces are replying with rifle fire. A Marine oflicer said, that clos- liaison with Lebanese army units had stopped some of the sniping that has been going on around the Marine positions. Lebanese forces have moved in to previously unprotected high ground around the airport, forc ing snipers farther hack. The Ma rines have manned rooftop posi tions around the dock area. Priests Land On Home Soil SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Two American Catholic priests one hardly able to speak and the oth er speaking in a whisper set foot on home soil here yesterday for the first time since leaving a Red Chinese prison. The Rev. Joseph P. McCormack of the Maryknoll order and Fa ther Cyril Wagner, a Franciscan. released after five years imprison ment, flew here from Shanghai where they had gone after leav ing Red China. Father McCormack, 65, New York City, said that for those five years "we weren't allowed to talk or even move our lips as if to speak. But, of course, we did. He spoke barely above a whis per because, he said, prison con ditions had robbed him of normal voice tone. Father Wagner, suf fering from asthma, was appar ently too fatigued to speak with newsmen. The priests' convention for "the flavor of espionage" and for be ing imperialistic tools. Father McCormack said, was ridiculous. LOST TIRE . BALTIMORE (AP) Officer Paul Wade saw several children rolling the equivalent of $800 down an alley. The kids said they found it on a street. The officer took it in tow and Southwestern Dis trict police are looking for the owner of an almost new, ton pound, 30-inch high airplane tire :--'W.'ff&(- KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, Red Rewrite Of Jap PlanjAide Says No Delays Showdown A Day s UNITED NATIONS.v N.Y. (AP A Soviet attempt to rewrite a Japanese Middle East peace plan threatened Tuesday to delay a showdown vole for at least 24 hours. In a surprise move. Soviet Dele ate Arkady A. Sobolcv handed the 11-nation Security Council a series of amendments, including a new demand for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from Lebanon, i He suggested strongly he would use the veto to kill the whole Japanese resolution if his amend ments were turned down. The council already has rejected a So viet resolution calling on Ameri can troops to get out of Lebanon. The new Soviet move "brought a quick adjournment of the coun cil until 3 p.m. EDT. But some delegates said later they would have to get new instructions from their governments, and doubted I hey could do so in time to vote Tuesday. U.S. sources said some of the amendments obviously were un acceptable. The delay in the U.N. gave more time tor big power ex Chief Agrees To Red Meet WASHINGTON (AP)-Presidenl Eisenhower yielded to British in sistence Tuesday and agreed to go along with a Summit meeting of the United Nations Security Council if that is generally de sired by the Western powers and Russia. A While House announcement to this effect shortly after noon apparently ended a dispute with Britain over whether the Western Big Three should move openly and directly toward a U.N. sum mit 'session or merely indicate indirectly in notes lo Moscow that such a meeting might be possible. About an hour earlier British Foreign Minislcr Selwyn Lloyd had told the House of Commons in London that Prime Minister Harold Macmillan would altend if a special meeting of the Security Council were aranged. The purpose of the meeting. Lloyd said, would be to discuss Ihe Middle East crisis but it would not act on any resolution unless there was a general agreement that such action should be taken. Press secretary James C. Hag- erty said at the White House: "A United Nations Security Council meeting of the character suggested by Foreign Minister Lloyd is clearly within the con templation of the IU.N.) charier. If such a meeting were gen erally desired, the United States would join in following this order ly procedure." Meanwhile, it was learned, sec retary of State Dulles had revised a proposed United States note lo Soviet Premier Khrushchev In bring it more into line with Brit ain's insistence that the Western powers should open the way clear ly and unmistakably for heads of government lo attend an extra ordinary session of the Security Council. Khrushchev proposed on Satur day a five-power emergency sum mit conference at Geneva com posed of the government' chiefs of Ihe three Western nations, plus himself and Prime Minister Nehru of India. He also asked the at tendance of U.N. Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold. France objected to Ihe hostile tone of the Khruschcv note sent to India and Uie Western Big Three but generally favored ac ceptance of the idea of a summit conference. TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1958 changes on possible high level alks either in the U.N. or out side. In this morning's brief de bate, however, there was no men tion of these talks or of the pro posed emergency meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. The Soviet move came after Lebanon had removed one import ant question mark by announcing it would accept the Japanese plan. Until Lebanese delegate Karim Azkoul spoke there had been some fears that Lebanon might balk. Sobolev told the council his gov ernment could not support the Japanese resolution in the present form. He said it would amount to U.N. intervention in the inter nal affairs of Lebanon and would be a violation of the U.N. charier. The Soviet" amendments would completely alter the meaning and intent of the Japanese proposal. The Japanese resolution pro vides for a beefing up of the pres ent U.N. observer group in Leban on to such an extent that it would uarantee the political independ ence of the strife-torn Middle East country and permit the with drawal of U.S. forces. The Soviet amendments would uunuenKi u.e umieu aiauiur in- tervention in Lebanon and demand the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces. The amendments were sure to be rejected, opening the way for the expected Soviet veto. At the suggestion of Sweden, the council adjourned until 3 p.m. EDT to permit consultations. Defeat of the Japanese plan may result in in emergency ses sion of the U.N. General Assem bly. Diplomatic efforts to settle the latest Middle East crisis held most attention as the tense area generally remained outwardly quiet. The chief military develop ment yesterday was the assign ment of U.S. Marines to Lebanese army antisniper patrols in Beirut The Western Big Three planned lo tell Soviet Premier N i k i t a Khrushchev that the proper place for settlement ellorts is the U.N. Only Indian Prime Minister Neltiju and U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold had accept ed Khrushchev's bid for a summit conference, beginning today, on the crisis, and Hammarskjold in his acceptance insisted that such meeting be closely linked with the U.N. The Western reply opened the possibility that Khrushchev might come lo U.N. headquarters to turn Security Council meeting into a summit session. Sentry Slays U. S. Marine BEIRUT (API - A U.S. Marine was killed before dawn Tuesday when he failed' '.o answer a chal lenge from a sentry at a Marine outpost near Beirut Airport. An otticer said the Marine was returning from a mission. He was challenged three limes by the sentry." the officer said. When he failed to answer, the sentry fired and hit him in the stomach." The wounded man was taken to an American warship by helicopter but died before an operation could be performed. It was the second fatality among members of the American force in Lebanon. Last Saturday a Navy fighter pilot died in crash in the mountains nearbv. The name of Ihe dead Marine was withheld until his lamily was notified. Armed Service Committee Begins New Adams Inquiry WASHINGTON (API-A House armed services subcommittee starts taking testimony behind closed doors today on the role of Sherman Adams in a $41,284 pen alty refund to a New England lex tile firm. The White House says Adams. President Eisenhower's top aide. did no more than relay queries and information on the matter in a routine fashion. Former officials of the now defunct company, Ray- laine Worsteds, Inc., have denied any White House pressure was in volved. , Subcommittee Chairman F. Ed ward Hebert said several days of closed-door testimony will be tak en before any public hearings are called. The group spe.it yesterday studying the background without calling witnesses. The new investigalinn follows lengthy hearings hy another sub committee ol Adams' relations with Bernard Goldfine. a Boston textile manufacturer and real es tate owner who dcniPd Adams pulled strings in his behalf. Gold fine is not involved in Ihe current inquiry. Telephone TU 4-8111 jciii iu n WASHINGTON (API - Under Secretary of State Christian Her- ler reportedly reassured senators Tuesday that the United States is not going to send troops into Iraq. Sen. J. William Fulhricht (D- Arki said he was glad Herter "re- aitirmed this decision in a 45- ininute secret briefing in the Sen- ale roreign Relations Committee. The briefing, inaugurating a new policy of keeping senators in formed daily of developments in the .Middle East, drew Ihe unim pressive attendance of 11 of the 96 senators. All bad been invited Fulbright said none of the sena tors asked Herter whether t h e United States has any plans for recognition of ihe new govern ment in Iraq which overthrew the pro-nest regime. "He said we don't know much about the new government," Ful bright, a senior member of t h e Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters. "He laid it is 'like an iceberg you can see a little on top, but you don't know what's beneath. Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Gal .nmnnwd TnntHaJ that ih it s negotiate directly with the revolu tionary regime m Iraq in an ef fort to "go to the heart" of the Middle East crisis. Trade Slate Passage Seen WASHINGTON (API Senate supporters of reciprocal trade concentrated their efforts today on defeating air effort to limit President Eisenhower's powers over tariffs. They spoke hopefully of passing by tonight a bill to extend Ihe 24-year-old trade program, leaving it up to a later Senate-House con ference committee to agree on more liberal terms than those rec ommended by Senate Finance Committee. The House had voted s,.bstanlially , what Eijsenliower asked. , The major Senate test shaped up over a committee proposal lo strip Ihe President of his power to overrule Tariff Commission rec ommendations for higher tariffs or import quotas. The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate and Chair- man.Harry F. Byrd (D-Val of the Finance Committee are sponsor ing an amendment to knock out this proposal. The Finance Committee voted only for a three-year extension instead of the five years voted by the House. But Senate leaders have worked lo prevent any floor fight on this. In Head, the Senate delegation may accept four or five years when the conference with Ihe House is held. Other changes also may be made then Candy Is Dandy; Likker Quikker Way To Bastille OLYMPIA. Wash. (API Two novice distillers were caught hov ering over a bubbling still fired by a hot plale yesterday. Juvenile Officer Rov Snyder said the culprits were 12 and years old and told him Ihey were just experimenting. Convinced they were telling the truth. Snyder said the boys could benefit by their studies. "The slill showed signs of expert workman ship." Fresh support lor Adams came from Secretary of Commerce Weeks, who described him as a "loyal . . . devoted . . . dedicated . honest" public servant. Weeks made public in i statement com ments he had plained as a speech. Weeks said Adams has been "whiplashed more brutally than any individual in public life in our generation," and has been "cruel ly smeared by vindictive hate mongers." "When Ihe whole truth on him is known by the public." Weeks added. "I believe my own high opinion of his rugged New Eng land character and service to the nation also will be the verdict of the fair minded American people, and Ihose who have been perse cuting him will be ashamed." The Raylaine company was pen alifed $49,784 for late delivery of uniform fabric shortly after Pearl Harbor In 1941. It appealed un successfully to the Armed Serv ices Board of Contract Appeals for a $25,000 refund, but in 1957 suc ceeded in having Ihe case re opened and the penally rut by $41,284. Woman Slain Husband Hospitalized; Employer Held A double shooting last night re sulted in the death of Edith At kins. 402'i South Fourth Street, ihe hospitalization of her husband. Thomas, and the arrest of Wil liam Thomaston, who is being held on a charge of first degree mur der pending arraignment. It was at 11:25 that Thomas At kins staggered into the city po lice station, bleeding profusely from the right chest and arm, and said that he and his wife had just been shot in their nearby home by his employer, William Thomaston. 47 Police went immediately lo the Atkins residence, summoning Peace Ambulance. They found Mrs. Atkins shot through the left hand and in the stomach. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Klamath Valley Hospital. Meanwhile, at 11:30 p.m. Ore gon State Police received a call from Thomaston's landlord, in forming them that Thomaston had Construction Fund Suffers Vast Slashes WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Appropriations Committee today cut more than half a billion dollars from Defense Department construction fund requests. It cit ed the new Air Force Academy as an outstanding example of "loose fiscal procedures." It slashed $511,838,000 from the si. 730. 653,000 requested by the ad ministration for construction pro gram at military bases in the United Stales and abroad. The Air Force was given the biggest cut, 300 million dollars from the $1,001,500,000 it request ed. 1 The Navy's bid for $368,253,000 !was trimmed hy $85,502,000, while Ihe Army's request for $340,900, 000 was pared by $126,336,000. Project alter project, including uch items as officers' swimming pools and elaborate housing ac commodations, was cut out com- plelely or sharply slashed as un desirable or "certainly not essen tial." The committee rapped the mili tary services for poor planning on construction programs and for having "little, if any, idea of Ihe cost, plans or the types of facili ties to be constructed." In too many cases, it said, re quests for money were based on "merely a dream in some plan ner' mind. ... It directed1 the secretary of de fense to take positive steps to cor rect the situation and to prevent Ihe individual services from seek ing new construction when Ihere are available facilities owned by but not used by another service The committee was especially critical of policies and practices relating lo construction of the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo. It called this proj cct "an outstanding example of costly and inadequate planning, loose fiscal procedures, and a dis regard for justifications submitted to the Congress. Many buildings at Ihe academy. the committee said, were in creased in scope and cost without congressional' approval until after binding contracts had been ap proved. A typical example ol me lack of realistic planning in connec tion with Ihe. academy, the com mittee said, was Air Force ap proval of floor-to-ceiling black boards on all four walls of class rooms. MOST ENJOYABLE TULSA, Okla'. (API A 5,250 mile ride with 70 women passeng ers and not one complaint about backseat drivers from bus drivers Glen Gray and O. D. Brown, who described the charter Irip lo Seat tle, Wash., as the most enjoy able" they've made. The women attended the National Business and Professional Women's conven lion. imf f li irii irn-i "1 Hm mitalni'lMiiMiiiii I nl iiiitrfm . lmawtvl REPRESENTATIVES OF THE Klamath County United Fund and he Klamath Basin chapter of the American Red Cross recently executed renewal of their partnership for the 1959 Klamath County United Fund-Red Cross Drive. Seated, left to right, are R. H. Gal lagher, chairman of the local Red Cross chapter; Rollin Centrall, president of the United Fund; and Virginia Dixon, executive director of the Red Cross ehapter. Rex Dye, execu tive secretary of the United 'und, is standing. y During Drinking just shot two people and wanted to surrender. State police officers picked Thomaston up at his resi dence. 849 Riverside Street. He was questioned immediately by District Attorney Arthur A. Bed- doe. Beddoe said this morning after also having questioned Thomas ton's wife, who had turned herself in as drunk at the city police sta tion at 12:45 a.m., and some of Atkins' neighbors that the two couples had apparently known each other for a period of at least News In Brief: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS Soviet de mand lor Americans to get oul ni Lebanon, threatened veto of Japanese plan for U. N. measures delays vote in Security Council WASHINGTON President Ei- senhoner yields to British Insist ence, agrers to go along with V. N, summit meeting on Middle East LONDON Prime Minister M 'cinillan ready lo attend U. N. summit talk, British - announce after British-American split de lays replies to Soviet suggestion for talks outside U. N.; Soviet ac cuses West of stalling. LONDON United States and Britain reported consulting Bagh dad Pact allies on question of recognizing new Iraq regime. WASHINGTON Secretary of Stale Dulles will attend Baghdad Pact meeting In London next week. UAMAHUS yrlan press says Kuwait and Iraq may soon; join iassar federation. BEIRUT Lebanese opposition leader says U. S. troops will be pulling oul soon because Iraqi si tuation Is stabilizing. U. S. envoy Murphy seeks political compro mise. One Marine killed by own sentry. HIS FAIR LADY NEW YORK, (UPI) Edward Mulhare, 35. Irish actor now star ring in "My Fair Lady," and Sara Tal, 23, Miss Israel of 1056, announced their engagement Mon day. The couple has been ac quainted for more than five years. They first met when Miss Tal played a bit part in a film star ring Mulhare and produoed in Is rael. Report Says Ponder fraqi LONDON (API Government officials reported today that Brit ain and the United Stales are con sulting the Baghdad Pact allies on the question of recognizing the new Iraqi republic. -The officials here said Washing ton and London lean in favor of some form of recognition for the revolutionary regime but that Turkey, Iran and Pakistan are cool to the suggestion. The informal exchanges on the question of recognition have as sumed special urgency because Ihe premiers of Ihe Baghdad Pact nations are scheduled to meet in London next week. Secretary of State Dulles will represent the United States, which is not a member of Ihe alliance but serves on its committees. The new Iraqi regime has not officially renounced membership in the pact, but its alliance with President Nasser's United Arab Republic was accepted as an in dication nf a new foreign policy line. Nasser is vehemently op posed lo the Baghdad Pact, of which Iraq was the only Arab member. Spokesmen for the revolutionary regime have insisted, however they want In be friends with the West. The United States and Brit ain apparently see some hope that a friendship can he maintained. Informants said there is a pos sihilily that next week's meeting will he postponed until about Sep tember, presumably lo allow the Party; two or three years. According to Beddoe, Thomas ton, who is a cement contractor, moved here slightly over two months ago and had a contract to do some work at Kingsley Field for which he asked Atkins lo come up from San Jose. The district attorney said that apparently the two counles began drinking together yesterday morn ing, starting off the day with a trip to Dorris to buy liquor, and stopping for drinks on the way back before having lunch at the Thomaston's place. Beddoe said the drinking party apparently continued on after lunch at the Atkins' home. He said Ihey were seen leaving there about 4:30. The two couples apparently re turned lo the Atkins' home be tween 7 and 7:30 Beddoe says, with Mrs. Thomaston deciding to sleep it off" in Ihe Atkins' back bed room. She apparently was unaware of the shooting which took place within a few yards nf her. Beddoe says that Thomaston ap parently left the Atkins' residence some time after 7:30, drove to his place and picked up the 300 Sav age rifle, returning to Atkins' resi dence where the shooting occurred. Beddoe said this morning that he was slill investigating the back ground of the shooting, hut that he was not satisfied with Thomas Ion's claim of self-defense. This morning, he had still not been able to question Atkins, nor had he been able to have a complete interview with Mrs. Thomaston. Atkins was described as being in "fair" condition at Klamath Valley Hospital this morning. Weather t FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Mostly fair through Wednesday except some thunder showers over mountains In late afternoon. Highs 82-88; low Tues day night 52-60. High yesterday .. .. 87 Low last night . 1 62 Prcclp. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 .-. 19.42 Same period last year 15.05 Normal for period 12.56 ' BULLETIN PHILADELPHIA (UPI) The Philadelphia Phillies today fired Mayo Smilh as manager and re hired Eddie Sawyer who piloted the team to the last pennant in 1950. Britain. U. S. Recognition Iraqi republic to make up its mind on its foreign policy intentions. As of now, the informants said. one school of American and Brit ish diplomatic opinion leans in fa vor of recognizing the rebels as Ihe de facto (effective) govern ment of the country. Full-scale de jure (legal) recognition, in the view nf these diplomats, should be withheld until the rebels show themselves ready and able to con duct their international relations and commitments in what Wash ington and London consider prop er fashion. Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, how ever, are reported strongly op posed to recognizing a regime that seized power by force and is po litically hostile to all the Bagh dad alliance stands for. Two key issues face the pre miers next week if Ihey meet without Iraq: . Can the alliance survive the withdrawal of its only Arab mem ber? 2. Will the allies have lo recast all Ihcir defense and political planning now that a potentially hostile power has seized the alli ance's headquarters in Baghdad and with it the group's secret pa pers? If the Iraqi representatives do show up at Ihe meeting, the al lies will have to decide whether Iraq's continued membership is compatible with her new mutual defense treaty with Nasser's U. A. R.