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President Emergency U. S. News Center (U.PJ The wailing of air raid si rens signalling a make believe H-bomb attack sent President Eisenhower and other govern ment officials fleeing to safety in emergency secret hideaways today. Some 15,000 key government workers and officials and mem bers of the Cabinet fled by auto mobiles and helicopters to places where they could con tinue their work during "Opera tion Alert, 1955," the nation's biggest Civil Defense exercise. Besides Washington, other targets for imaginary enemy bombers were New York, Chica go, Boston, Pittsburgh, Los An geles, - Milwaukee, Cleveland, Seattle and 41 other cities. When the sirens whistled Annexation Offer To Areas Seen Part of 'Sanitation Solution (Editor's Not: Many questions concerning Senate Bill 434. commonly known as the "Metropolitan Sanitary Dis trict Bill." have arisen sine its passage during this year s session of tha Oregon state legislature. In an effort to' answer ihesa questions, A. D. Harvey, Medford engineer who originated tha plan, has prepared a series of three ' articles for Tha Mail Tribune concerning the bill. This is the third in lh series.) By A. D. HARVEY With an election on annexa tion to the city of Medford com ing up in the near future, resi dents of the area involved are faced with a question. It is this: "Should I vote to come into the city, or wait for this sanitary authority to be formed and avoid possible great er taxes due to being in the city?" These people must remember that they have to pay for every thing they get, and how much they buy depends generally on how valuable it is to them. That applies to sewers. If the area proposed to be taken into the city wants sewers and does come into the city, they will pe tition for them and pay for them just as the other residents of the city do. Sam Thing True If a sanitary authority is formed, the same thing will be true, and it is' doubtful that the costs will be much different, one way or the other. It does not appear that any body is being forced to yote to come into the city just to get sanitation. The area contem plated is one which can make use of, and seriously needs, many services offered by a city. These include police and fire protec tion, streets, zoning, and many others. One of the best things the city can offer is an already organized 'business" that takes care of many problems and which elim inates the necessity of organiz ing a separate group or board every time something is required for the benefit of the community. Also, it is without doubt going to take some time to get a sani tary authority organized, if at all. Meanwhile, epidemics can happen, and progress is halted. For these reasons, it is recom mended that they take advan tage of the city offer. Offers General Facts Finally, here are a few very ceneral facts about the local situation and the proposed sani tary measure. The man living in the hills around this valley is as con cerned and affected by the health of the valley as the man living along Bear creek or in the city. Likewise, the resident of the city, apparently well taken Neuberger Proposes Children's Payments Washineton A system of monthly payments to mothers of children under 16 years oi age has been proposed by Sen. Kicn arrf L. Neuberger (D-Ore.). Neuberger announced his plan at a press conference. He said he is proposing a senate study of the Canadian system of fam ily allowances, and added that such a program would be the "next great step forward in soc ial security legislation. In the Canadian plan, allow ances ranging from S5 to $8 are paid monthly to mothers of chil dren, to rich and poor alike. He estimated the cost of a similar program in the United States would be $3,500,000,000 annual ly. The senator said he expects criticism of his proposal, but argued that the financial burden of rearing children now falls on the earnings of only one- third of the population. Weather FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with showers early tonight. A few thnndershowers in mountains. Partly cloudy and a little waryner Thursday. Low to night 48. High Thursday 74. Temp. Highest Yesterday "I Lowest this Morninr 51 Prec .to 4:3 a.m. Today. Trace their chilling warning the Presi dent and a staff of 30 to 35 key White House personnel left the White House in a convoy of auto mobiles. Accompanying Mr. Ei senhower were Harold E. Stas sen, his assistant on world dis armament problems, and Nelson A. Rockefeller, White House ex pert on psychological warfare. Mr. Eisenhower's base of operations tonight will be in a mountainous wooded area. Its location is secret although de scribed as from 30 to 300 miles from Washington. This emer gency White House is patrolled by armed servicemen on orders to challenge any passerby no matter what his credentials. But even before the President fled the capital, work went on as usual. He signed five bills into care of by his sewer, is affected by the health pf the man along Bear creek and those in the hills. They eat in the same places, their children go to the same schools, and they congregate in the same churches and attend the same theaters. These things make it a valley-wide problem and responsibility, and not one to be handled by individual groups. ' Not New Idea Second, it should be pointed out that the idea for a metro politan district is not a new one. The same idea has been in existence for many years in the Oakland-Berkeley area with the East Bay Sanitary district, and similar organizations have long been in effect in the Los Ange les area and in the east. It has not been possible in these three articles to outline all of the actual advantages of such an organization, with the ' sell ing points for businesses, resi dents, and newcomers to the val ley. However, most people will appreciate the financial and pro motional .benefits ..of the . pro posed organization. Jackson County Sen. Philip Lowry and Rep. Al Littrell have worked hard to get this bill passed. It would be a shame to not give it at least a chance to become operative. Oil Lease Report Slated Monday in Sams Valley Area Sams Valley Findings of a committee which has been in vestigating proposed oil leases in a large area in the north part of the county will be reported Monday evening. AH landowners in the area are invited to attend a meeting at 8 p.m. that day at the Sams Val ley Grange. Investigation of the possibili ties of oil exploration' and de velopment in the Sams Va1 ; Beagle, Ramsey Canyon i.nd Meadows districts has been un der way for six months or more, and a Sams Valley-Beagle Land' owners committee was set up to look into the proposal. The com mittee s report will be given Monday. Oil Firms Interested Last January, when interest in the project was at its height, it was reported that two ma jor oil companies as welltas a promotional group were inter ested in the exploration of the area. It is understood that oil and mineral lease proposals will be discussed at the Monday meeting. Earlier reports indicated that some 15,000 acres of land may be involved. Spotty Rainfall Heavy In Some Areas of City Yesterday evening's heavy shower in the Medford vicinity brought at least .15 of an inch to the area ust south of Med ford, but only a trace was re corded at the U.S. weather bu reau station at the airport. The .15 was measured at the southern Oregon branch experi ment station properties on lungs highway south of Medford and a "good sprinkle was reported at the other station near Talent'. Heavy rainfall deluged Medford residents on two .occasions with in an hour and water was run ning Jiard in gutters. Some shower activity is ex pected here early tonight, the weather bureau reported. A few thunderstorms are likely in the mountains. Corvallis (U.R) Spencer Apple has been appointed head of the horticulture department at Oregon State college. Official's FIe '"Capital -in Big lefense -last law in the morning, and had several callers. Congress con tinued its sessions as usual dur ing the "raid." Many government press infor mation officers had long since departed to key communications points where the temporary flow of government messages and news will be carried on during the three-day operation. Medford united Hr -Fuil Leased Wire 50th Year 18 Pages Molofov's Arrival Backed by Massive Propaganda Plan Broadcast Sets Forth Aims at Big 4 Meeting New York (U.R) V. M. Mol otpv, stony-faced apostle of So viet foreign policy, arrived today from Moscow, backed by a mas sive Communist propaganda cam paign aimed at winning the Big Four talks. The Soviet foreign minister, making his first visit to the United States since 1946, disem barked from the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth one day before the western Big Three foreign ministers assemble in New York to reforge their united front. Coinciding with Molotov's ar rival was a major broadcast by Moscow Radio setting forth the Kremlin's aims at the forthcom ing "meeting at the summit" and blaming the United States in ad vance for failure should failure occur. Speaks for Peace Molotov, who remained aboard the liner with the other passen gers, spoke briefly in Russian be fore a battery of television and newsreel photographers and newsmen: "On behalf of the delegation of the Soviet Union I greet cor dially the people of the world famous city, of New York and with them all those in the United States who are in favor of lasting peace, international cooperation and consolidation of friendship among nations." Moscow's Program - I Moscow Radio's latest out pouring set forth what is ex pected to be the Kremlin's offi cial proposal for the Geneva con ference agenda. The broadcast, quoting the official Communist newspaper Pravda, listed four major topics: 1. "Reduction in the arma ments of states and the prohibi tion of atomic weapons." 2. "The creation of collective security in Europe." 3. "The safeguarding of peace and security in Asia and the Far East." Blunt Rejection 4. "The restoration of the le gitimate rights of the Chinese Peoples Republic (Communist China) in the United Nations." But with the simple listing of broad topics was a blunt rejec tion of United States hopes to discuss such matters as freeing the Communist satellite nations from bondage and a condemna tion of international Commu nism. Such proposals are "nonsense," Pravda said. Adenauer Sees Lafe Summer for Meeting Washington (U.R) West German Chancellor Konrad Ad enauer believes a meeting be tween him and Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin may be pos sible late this summer or in the early fall, a high diplomatic source disclosed today. That would be after the Big Four "summit" conference in Geneva in July. It also would give the West. German govern ment time to sound out the real intentions behind the Soviet in vitation. Adenauer is not convinced that the meeting necessarily would be in Moscow, the source said. He may propose that the Soviet leaders come to meet him in some other city after prelim inary behind-the-scenes contacts between West German and Sov iet officials during the Geneva parley. Dr. Dierdorff Heads Osteopathic Association Portland (U.R) Dr. G. A. Dierdorff of Medford yesterday was elected president of the Ore gon Osteopathic Association at the group's annual convention in Portland. Other new officers include: Dr. H. W. Merill, Tigard, president-elect; Dr. John Wood, For est Grove, vice president; Dr. David Reid, Lebanon, secretary treasurer. - Portland (U.R) The price of haircuts in Portland will jump to $1.50 on July 1. While Mr. Eisenhower hastily left the capital with other offi cials, Mrs. Eisenhower remained at their farm home at Gettys burg, Pa. Peoria, 111., a city on the list of communities which might be "attacked" by the enemy bombers, ignored the alert. Pe oria Civil Defense Director Mar vin L. Merritt said he just MEDFORD, OREGON, Baseball AMERICAN Kansas City 6 8 1 Boston 9 11 2 Herbert, Harrington (8) and W. Shanti; Parnell. Herd (9) and Whit. Six Traffic Lights Going Up in City Along Highways Six new traffic lights are be ing set up on state highways through Medford this week, ac cording to Vern Thorpe, ' city public, works director. The lights will be situated at the Manzanita and Riverside, Edwards and Riverside, Court and Manzanita, Eighth and Cen tral and Ninth and Riverside intersections, and where Court, Edwards and Central come to gether. The state highway department and the city of Medford will share half and half the total cost of $18,200, Thorpe said. The cost includes the contract price, an interconnecting signal system, and engineering. The lights will begin opera tion within two weeks. The state highway department will set the timing: Thorpe indicated that one of the main reasons for the new traffic lights is speed control. The signals at Manzanita st, are necessary because the dis tance from Edwards st. to Mc Andrews rd. is too great to main tain the necessary control, he said. The signals at Ninth and Central and Court and River side were also placed to prevent excessive speed. The lights will be on an inter connecting system for maintain ing a progressive speed. If for any reason, one light should go out, when put back into opera tion it will still be synchcronized wilh the other lights. ' Plans to inter-connect the sig nals on Main st. between River side to Oakdale ave., is now be ing studied by city and state engineers. , . Petitions Request Steelhead Fishing Gold Hill Petitions request ing winter steelhead angling on the Rogue river above Grants Pass have been signed by more than 2,000 people, according to H. D. Force, Gold Hill, tempor ary chairman of a group inter ested in the plan. A meeting of interested sports men will be held Friday June 17, at 8 p.m. at the Gold Hill Grange hall. During the meeting a representative will be elected to present the petitions to the state fish and game commission. "Anyone interested in winter steelhead fishing is invited," Force said. A permanent chair man will be elected at the meet ing. The petitions have been circu lating for more than two months in Shady Cove, Ashland, Central Point, Gold Hill and Medford. Train) Civilian Defense Units Assemble Within 30 Minutes During Test Alert Here Today Medford and Jackson county civil defense units were assemb led within 30 minutes after re ceiving a "lemonjuice" alert that Portland would be attacked in the nation-wide test alert today. Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Hicks, county director of civil defense, said the alert was received at 8:20 a.m. today and personnel was assembled at defense head quarters at the Federal Building, 33 North Riverside ave., within 20 minutes. ' However, the Radio Amateur Emergency service and other temporary offices were not set up until after 9 am. because couldn't see "lots of people run ning around with arm bands. The most dramatic events, however, were centered in Wash ington, where Mr. Eisenhower and the cabinet led the way in making the exercise a complete ly authentic preview of the measures that would be taken to keep the federal government functioning if real war comes. 'nited Pre WEDNESD jtnocrafic Chu .man Named By State Leader Boyer Appointed To Executive Group Robert Boyer, Medford attor ney and chairman of the county Democratic central committee, has been named to the executive committee of the state party .by Chairman Howard Morgan, it was announced today. Morgan made the appointment at a state Democratic central committee meeting in Portland, held last week end in connection with the annual Jefferson-Jackson day dinner. Praises Chairman In announcing the appoint ment, Morgan said he was add ing to the number on the execu tive group to- make it more rep resentative of regional interests, and to utilize skills Boyer has demonstrated " as a county leader. He praised Boyer's or ganizing abilities, and the spirit of the county committee. Former President Harry S. Truman, who spoke at the an nual dinner, made an un expected appearance at the com mittee meeting, and spoke, in formally forabout:20 minutes. He said he may run for precinct committeeman in Missouri next year. Boyer's appointment to the state executive committee fol lows by only a few weeks the appointment of Mrs. Frank C. Bash, chairman of the county Republican central committee, to the executive committee of the state GOP organization. Blood Collection Total Near Quota The blood collection program here yesterday fell short of its quota by 19 pints, but did bet ter than was expected on the ba sis of advance appointments. Twenty-nine of the 210 donors who showed up were rejected, so 181 pints were collected. Donor appointments were far short of the number needed, however, and it was "drop-in" donors who brought the total up to a number not far short of the goal of 200 pints. One of the donors yesterday was sent to Community hospital to act as a "walking donor" for an emergency case, it was re ported. Since the last visit of the bloodmobile, 10 such walking donors have been provided for similar cases. There were twice the usual number of replacement donors yesterday, those who, come to give blood to make up 'that used by friends or associates in local hospital cases. IN GOOD CONDITION Terry Neilson,. 18 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Neil son, Ashland, is reported in good condition today at Sacred Heart hospital after being . treated about 8 p.m. yesterday .after he drank a poison, attendants said today. the custodian of keys for the building was delayed when his car broke down enroute. The Emergency radio service, headed by Dwight Albright, started communications about 9:30 a.m., but contact with head quarters was delayed until 10:15 a.m. because of a radio break down in Salem. Eight jeeps and 22 special sheriff deputies assembled with in 24 minutes after receiving the alert. Sheriff Howard Gault said he received the alert at 8:33 a.m. and the first deputy arrived nine minutes later. Deputies control traffic, guard public utilities and are used for v . . The H-hour plan called for kev officials of 31 federal depart ments and agencies to drop their work the moment the sirens went off and to scatter, by limousine, private car and helicopter, to 31 previously designated "emergen cy relocation centers" dispersed over the eastern seaboard within a radius of 30 to 300 miles from Washington. Tribune -Full Leased Wire A 55 Price 5c No. 74 f - IS- I 7 HE'S PRETTY RUGGED Lee ffibbs, 78, lost for four days in the Three Sisters Wilderness area of the Cascade moun tains east of Eugene, Ore., rests in Eugene Hospital. He is being , comforted by his wife Alma (right) and daughter, Mrs. Dan Piper. Hibbs only food during the four days was three fish he caught. He credited his experiences as a fish erman and hunter for his survivaL Second in Shots, Makeup Clinic, Scheduled in County . More than 1300 first and sec ond graders in Jackson county will receive their second anti polio vaccine shots starting Mon day, June 20, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, announced today. Those who received their first shots the week of May 23-27 will be given second inocula tions next week at the Jackson county health office, at city grade schools, and at Central Point, Ashland and Phoenix. Makeup July 12th Dr. Merkel said those children who missed the first series and took make-up shots will receive their second shot July 12 at the courthouse. Those who miss the second shots next week also will receive make-up inocula tions July 12. The incubation period for con tracting polio averages 7 to 18 days, Dr. Merkel said, and that period has passed for those who Wholesale Food Prices Highest in Eight Weeks New York U.R) Wholesale food prices as measured by the Dun & Bradstreet Index in the week ended June 14, rose 12 cents to $6.51, sharpest price in crease in more than esven months, the agency reported to day. y . i The latest price, highest in eight weeks, marked the great est price fluctuation since a simi lar 12-cent increase in the week ended Oct. 26, 1954. security work during an air raid. General Hicks said the import ant phases of the alert were well organized and personnel assemb led in good time. Radiological teams with equipment to deter mine radioactive fallout, and Red Cross Disaster crews were at the federal building within 30 minutes. Personnel to register evacuees from Portland were assembled in about an hour. Evacuees would be sheltered clothed and fed through desig- nated places under the Red Cross Disaster program, headed by J Mrs. Edith Eden. The various relocation centers are linked by an elaborate com munications system, including closed-circuit television that would enable Mr. Eisenhower to hold "face-to-face" conferences or even a full cabinet meeting with his top advisers. All of the centers in turn are linked to this emergency news center, located more than 100 miles from Washington. Through this center, where about 100 press, radio and television rep resentatives are on hand, news of the exercise will be funneled to the public, just as in real war news of draft calls, rationing or ders and similar measures would be disseminated. Voluntary censorship forbids received shots in May. Thus far this year, there have been no cases of polio reported in the county. There had been three cases at this time last year. Schedules Given Shots Monday will be given at the health office in the court house. Children from Jackson ville and West Side will receive shots at 9 a.m.; those from Sams Valley and Howard at 10 a.m.; children from Ruch and Apple gate at 10:30 a.m.; and those from Butte Falls at 11 a.m. Chil dren from Griffin Creek will start receiving their shots at 1 p.m.; those from Gold Hill, at 1:45 p.m.; and those from Rogue River and Evans Valley at 2 p.m. On, Tuesday, shots will be giv en at Central Point Elementary school gymnasium between 9 and 10 a.m., and at St. Mary's school during the same hours. Shots also will be given at the courthouse Tuesday for Lone Pine children at 9 a.m.; Eagle Point at 9:30 a.m., and Shady Cove and Rogue River Academy at 10 a.m. In Ashland Second shots will also be given in Ashland Tuesday morning. Children from Brisco school, where inoculations will be held, will report at 8:30 p.m., students from Lincoln at 9 a.m., Bellview at 9:30 a.m., and Walker at 10 a.m. Shots will be given at - the health office in the courthouse Tuesday afternoon for Oak Grove children at 1 p.m., for Elk Trail at 1:30 p.m., and for Prospect at 2 p.m. Clinics will be held for second shots at Medford's Lincoln school cafeteria, and at Jackson school's gymnasium between 9 and 10 a.m. Wednesday. Thursday Schedule Thursday's schedule includes shots given at the Washington and Roosevelt school gymnas iums between 9 and 10 a.m. Phoenix and Talent first and second graders will receive sec ond shots in the east entrance of the Phoenix old grade school between 9 and 10 a.m. Thurs day. Notices are being sent to par ents of children who received the first series of shots the week of May 23-27, and Dr. Mer'iel said those parents who do not receive notices by Monday should contract the Jackson county health department office in the courthouse. publication of the actual sites of any of the 31 secret relocation centers. But at least some of the offi cials will go underground liter ally. It is a well-publicized fact that the military's alternate headquarters, the so-called "Un derground Pentagon," is deep inside a mountain in western Maryland. Portland (U.R) Portland civil defense officials today joined in a nation-wide "Oper ation Alert" exercise, starting shortly after 8 a.m. , There was no public partici pation in the exercise in which simulated atomic attack and evacuation occurred. The exer cise lasts 26 hours. Crewman Killed, Nine Injured in Colorado Mishap Communication Trouble Delays Word of Wreck Fort Morgan, Colo. (U.R) The Union Pacific railroad's streamliner Challenger was de railed at a bridge washout six miles northeast of here early today killing a crew member and injuring nine others, includ ing four passengers. The train, en route from Chi cago to Los Angeles and carry ing 309 passengers and a crew of six, was detourning off the Union Pacific's main line and through the Colorado section be cause of - other washouts "in Wyoming when the accident oe curred about 2:30 a.m. (PST). Word of the accident was de layed over an hour because of knocked -down communications. The dead crew member was identified as electrician George F. Hobusch Jr., Sandy, Utah. His body was crushed between two cars and he died instantly. Taken to Hospital The injured included at least three women and a child among the four passengers, i At nearby Brush, Colo., the hospital reported threa -victims had been admitted from the ac cident. They included Mr. and Mrs. Clyde M. Campbell, East Lansing, Mich., . and a porter, Stanley Murrell, Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Campbell was believed to be suffering, from a back frac ture the hospital said. At Fort Morgan, another wo man passenger, Mrs. Milton A. Barlow, 33, Silver Spring, Md., and an expectant mother, was admitted for observation. She suffered only a gash on the leg. Of her five children with her, only one, 10-year-old Allen Bar low, was hurt. He had- a gash on the forehead. Engineer Injured The injured included engineer Harold H. Johnson, 60, Chey enne, Wyo.; fireman Willis Green, 41, also of Cheyenne, and road foreman Everett E. Mc- Graw, North Platte, Neb. i Union Pacific headquarters at Omaha also reported, another passenger, Constance Addaway, 62, Long Beach, Calif., among the injured. Johnson told Mrs. Helen Cud worth, editor of the Fort Mor gan Herald and United Press correspondent, he saw the wash out ahead and began slowing the train. Otherwise, he said, the accident could have been much worse. Heavy Rain Falls All but the last two of the Challenger's 18 cars went off the tracks. The three - unit dies el locomotive was jack-knifed and overturned; a baggage car lay across the track behind it, and two Pullmans were off on their sides, one in four feet of water and a foot of water inside it. Downpours estimated up to three, inches had fallen in the area during the night and a flash flood had swept down Wildcat creek, where the train was derailed, washing out its trestle and a portion of the tracks on both sides. Bramblett Receives Fine and Probation Washington U.PJ Former Rep. Ernest K. Bramblett (R Calif.) today was fined $5000 and put on probation for a year for padding the payroll of his congressional office. Appellate Judge Walter M. ; Bastian first sentenced the for mer congressman to not less than four months or more than 12 in jail, and then suspended the sentence and put Bramblett on probation for one year. Bramblett was convicted on seven counts of padding his pay roll. He could have received five years in prison on each count and a $10,000 fine on each.
