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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.