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HELLS RilCT 0 re o Jl 3 0 5 3 53 o Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 22 Pages Man Holding Deed To Chicago (U.R) James T. Man gan, who has a deed to all of outer space, has protested to De fense Secretary Charles E. Wil Rsn the government's plans for launching a manmade satellite. "He should have consulted me first," said Mangan, self-styled fduJider of Celestia, " otherwise known as the Nation of Celes tial Space. "Anybody who launches a satellite without my permission (T trespassing." Mangan, a public relations man, said he wrote Wilson last (5eek and enclosed a copy of the Dke Wdald Combine Dsormomeinift Planus Bulganin Told 01 Willingness In Private Chats Washington (U.R) United' States officials said today Presi dent Eisenhower's surprise offer to combine American and So viet arms inspection plans leaves it up V Russia to make the next move toward world disarmament. (Officials said the combina tion offer may be included in (i)ew formal U. S. disarmament proposals to, be made to Russia anrD other major powers during the next 10 weeks. Would Broaden Offer President Eisenhower made , public Thursday for the first time that he had told Russian leaders during the Geneva con ference of his0 readiness to S broaden his own unprecedented ' offer to exchange military blue prints and aerial photo facilities with the Soviet Union. He made the statement at his news con ference a short time after So viet Premier Nikolai Bulganin called the President's proposal s not as realistic as the Soviet one. Mr. Eisenhower said he had , (fcld Bulganin, during private chats at Geneva, that the United States would be willing to add Russia's' May 10, 1955, inspec- s tion system proposal to his own plan. International Agency The Russian plan would set up an international control agency to check against danger- ous concentration of troops and supplies at big ports, railway iunctions. roads and airports. iv "Speaking informally at Ge neva, I said if they trusted that kind of an inspection system it was all right with us we would adopt both," the President said, "and I proposad, let's take them both." The President's words prompted some optimism that Se Russians still might agree t-wed the two proposals despite Bulganin's statement that the "effectiveness" of the Presi dent proposal on blueprints and photos "would not be great." Moscow (U.R) Soviet Pre mier Nikolai Bulganin told the Russian Parliament today that he has not slammed the door on President Eisenhower's proposal 0 for mutual military inspections in the interests of peace. Qe told the final meeting of the two-day parliamentary ses- j sion that Russia is prepared to examine the American chief executive's plan, even though, as Bulganin said yesterday, he feels it could have "no great, real effectiveness." Today the Soviet Premier charged that certain news- papers, presumably Western, had "erroneously" drawn the conclusion that this meant the Soviet Union would refuse flat ly to even consider the Ameri can proposal. Stratocruiser Crashes Fence in Landing Effort Chicago (U.R) A Northwest Airlines Stratocruiser from Min neapolis crashed through a fence on landing at Midway Air port today and came to rest in m street. The airline said there were no injuries to passengers or crew. i Ms. MEDFORD, OREGON, Celestial charter. "Your announced plan for putting a man-made satellite into space suggests that you will be trespassing illegally in territory of the Nation of Celestial Space," Mangan wrote. "As a manufacturer, Mr. Wil son, you would not build a fac tory on ground you did not own or had not leased. "As a believer in the system of individual enterprise you might concede it possible that legal- rights to all space have been taken. If you cannot imagine such a possibility you a Or MiS JUB$ SO NEAR And yet so far as Shirley Campbell, 19, of Fergus, Ontario, is pulled, exhausted, from waters of Lake Ontario. She failed in her attempt to swim the lake from Youngstown, N. Y., to Toronto, a distance of 32 miles. She had been in the water over 20 hours and was within two miles of her goaL Annual Jacksonville Jubilee Set To Open With Parade, Concert Jacksonville The eighth an nual Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubilee will get under way at 10 a.m. tomorrow with a wel come address by Major John Imlah's Sentence Commuted To Life Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L. Patterson today commuted the death sentence of Donald Dwaine Imlah to life imprison ment. Imlah was convicted of slay ing Bruce Houck, 30, Hood Riv er rancher, on July 8, 1953. Houck had taken Imlah into his home after securing his parole from the MacLaren School for Boys. In a statement, the governor said that "the record in the case discloses facts as to leave a doubt in my mind that the un animity of judgment by the jury contemplated by the spirit of the law actually existed in this case." "I do not feel that society should exact its highest penalty if there be any doubt that the required conditions for that pen alty exist." Ike at Gettysburg For Week of Relaxation Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Pres ident Eisenhower arrived here after a 30-minute flight from Washington to spend the better part of a week relaxing and working. As he stepped from his plane, he remarked: "It's hot." The temperature was 99 degrees. A. TT FRIDAY, AUG' All Outt jpace Protests Rockets might at least be thorough enough to have -someone make an accurate investigation. "There is a seven-year history of the legality of space owner ship and your State Department as well as the United Nations knows what this history is. "I am sure that after you have checked into this matter you will recognize the rights of the Nation of Celestial Space and acknowl edge that 'the use of its space without permission is . . . pub licly forbidden to any artificial thing, project or activity not commanded entirely by natural Keaveny from the judge's stand in front of U.S. Hotel Jubilee headquarters. Scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to morrow is a Kiddies Parade down California st., and a con cert by Bliss Heine's baton corps in front of the judge's stand. Coronation Planned Coronation of Jubilee Queen Connie Caton will be at 11:20 a.m. at the judge's stand. Miss Caton is sponsored by the Crater Lions club and was selected on the basis of number of Jubilee tickets sold. An art exhibit in the city hall and flower display in the IOOF hall will open at noon, and gold panning will be held" at the judge's stand starting at 12:15 p.m. Special Events Afternoon . events include greased pole climbing, log buck ing, ax throwing, chopping, watermelon eating and pie eat ing contests, in addition to per formances by Forest Chapman Guitar studio, Miss Pat's dan cers, Mrs. Alexander's Hawaiian band, Colleen Hope's dancers, Eve Prentice Accordion band, and Jim Pierce Modern dance band. The latter events will be at the judge's stand. William A. Miller, district governor of Lions clubs, will speak from the judge's stand at 2 p.m., and special entertain ment will be provided at 6 p.m. A pageant will be presented at the school house at 8:15 p.m. following drawing for the grand prize at 8 p.m. at the judges' stand. Dancing will start at 9 p.m. in the community hall with Jim Pierce furnishing music until 1 a.m. Sunday. , .-d Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 117 v design or need'." Mangan said that last quote was from the Celestial charter. He first filed claim to outer space Jan. 4, 1949, but the Cook county recorder's office refused to accept the document. Mangan's lawyers took the matter up with the state's attor ney, who in a 2,000-word opin ion held that the recorder should issue Mangan a deed. This was done Jan. 18, 1949, and Celestia came into official being. Mangan said that as an Amer ican citizen he "naturally" would favor the United States over Four (People IKIurt M Blast. Blaze; Fire Hazes Home Two fires hit the Medford area yesterday afternoon and early this morning, leaving four peo ple burned, two of them serious ly, and one family homeless. Ruby Johnson, 50, of 819 South Central ave., is in critical con dition, and her husband, Glenn H. Johnson, 53, is in poor condi tion, as the result of an explosion and fire yesterday afternoon. The blast occurred at about 5:30 p.m: in a small shop at a Trucks To Carry Mail for Medford; Improves Delivery New mail service between Ashland and Portland which goes into effect tomorrow will pro vide better delivery service to Medford and extend mailing deadline in late afternoon by about 30 minutes, post office officials said today. The new service will be by trucks. Service by railroad will be discontinued. The combina tion highway post office and truck service will arrive in Med ford at 7:10 a.m. each morning, and leave here about 8 p.m nightly. Earlier Deliveries Otto W. DeJarnett, assistant postmaster here, said the early arrival will make business de liveries about four to five hours earlier than present deliveries, and rural and residential de liveries will be about an hour earlier. Business mail will ad vance one delivery. Deadline for dispatching Med ford mail will be extended from 6:08 p.m. to about 6:30 p.m., De Jarnett said. The evening mail will leave Medford at 8 p.m., will arrive in Portland at 7:15 a.m., and probably be delivered that morning. . , Will Process Mail The truck, will arrive in Ash land about 8:45 a.m. and leave there about 6 a.m. daily. The van will be equipped to process mail en route similar to processing being done in railroad cars now. The trucks will serve commu nities along Highway 99 between Ashland and Portland, and ar rangements have been made to serve communities off the high way. Southern Pacific railroad, which has been carrying the mail, is seeking to discontinue passenger train service between Portland and Ashland. Hope Held for Five On Missing Airliner Vancouver, B. C (U.R) Hope for the safety of five men aboard a missing Pacific Western Air lines plane along the upper Brit ish Columbia coast remained high today although poor weath er hampered search operations. The plane, a Mallard amphib ian, disappeared Wednesday aft ernoon on a 35-mile flight from Kemano to Kitimat, site of the Aluminum Co. of Canada's giant smelter. Three prominent Vancouver businessmen were aboard the plane. Missing are D. Milton Owen, 52; Col. MacGregor Macintosh, 58: Al Gorman, 43 and two crewmen, Pilot Edward Bell and Co-Pilot Kendall R. King, 23. Weather FORECAST: Continued fair and hot through Saturday. Low tonight 58, high Saturday 97. Temp. Highest Yesterday 97 Lowest this Morning 57 Russia in the race to launch a satellite. But he said that if both Russia and United States asked him for permission simultaneously he would have to remain neutral. "After all," he said, "'Celestia was founded with the primary aim of maintaining peace." So far, Mangan hasn't sold any of his space property. Walter H. McKeown, a real estate man in suburban Evergreen Park, took an option to buy 10,000 worlds at SI per world a year ago, but let the option lapse in June. trailer court at 1832 North River side ave. State police said Johnson was burning a hole with an acetylene torch in an old 50-gallon drum containing a small amount of oil, which Johnson thought was water. When the drum was burn ed through, it exploded. ' Mr. and Mrs. Jonnson were taken to Community hospital, where attendants this morning said they were suffering from third degree burns. Gerald Raymond, of the North Riverside address, and T. R Iaux, ban Diego, Calif., were treated at the hospital for hand and arm burns suffered when they tried to extinguish the blaze. " All were taken to the hospital by Medford Ambulance service.' " - t-ity firemen, who sent one pumper truck to the blaze result ing from the blast, said the small fire damaged tools and a boat The second fire was reported at about 2:37 a.m. today when a neignDor discovered me nome of Mr. and Mrs. Roger G. Smith, 2495 Happy Valley rd., envelop ed in flames. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were awakened by the barking of the family's small dog, a dachshund. Smith said he heard the dog bark, got up and opened a slid ing door between the bedroom and living room. Smoke poured into the room, and he retreated into the bed room. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their two youngsters, Stevie, 2Vz years old, and Larry, IVi, escap ed through a bedroom window, wearing only their night clothes. Smith later returned to rescue the dog. Home Short Time Smith had returned home at 1:15 a.m. from Southern Oregon Planing mill, where he is em ployed. The blaze, which apparently started in the rear of the build ing, had completely enveloped the house and an attached ga rage, when firemen arrived with two pumper trucks. The build ings, which were partly insured, were a complete loss. Cause of the fire is undetermined. The Smith family is ' staying with Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Max Wimmer, 1115 West Sec ond st., temporarily. Many offers of assistance to the young couple were being made this morning, for which they said they were extremely grateful and would accept, al though they are not asking for help. A third fire, reported at 12:25 p.m. yesterday, burned over about 1,000 square feet of grass in a vacant lot in the 1100 block of North Riverside ave. There was no other damage. Two pump er trucks were dispatched to the fire. Three Offices Next Week; Remodeling Work Under Way Three offices are expected to be moved into the new Jackson county courthouse annex next week, members of 'the county court -said today. Other Moves Slated The county engineer, water master and school superinten dent offices probably will be moved sometime next week, with the county clerk and agricultural stabilization and conservation committee offices moving in -the near future. A wall in the present recorder Two Men Fatally Injured in Auto, Mill Accidents William Pendley, Louis Ford Dead Two men died of injuries re ceived in Jackson county acci dents yesterday and early this morning, according to state po lice and Coroner Carlos Morris. They were Louis Ford, 83, Camp White, fatally injured when struck by a car, and Wil liam Arvil Pendley, 28, of route 1, box 519, Gold Hill, who died as the result of injuries received in a mill accident. Struck by Car Ford was struck by a car operated by Wilbur G. Fehl, 45, Box 222, Prospect, at about 10:37 p.m. yesterday while he was crossing Crater Lake high way at the Camp White en trance. A witness told state police that Ford walked directly into the path of the approaching northbound car.. He suffered compound fractures of both legs and one shoulder, and other injuries. Ford was taken by Veterans Administration ambulance to a local hospital, where he died at about 2:25 a.m. Pendley was fatally injured at about 12:30 a.m. at Stage Coach Lumber mill on Galls creek, where he was employed. Investi gating officers said Pendley was working on an edger, pushing 2-by-12 pieces of lumber through the machine. A two-by-six went through the edger and came back through a safety guard, .striking Pendley just below the ribs on his right side, pushing him back against a guard rail and causing him to strike the back of his head, police said. A doctor was summoned, and was able to revive Pendlev briefly. The injured man died at about 1:15 a.m. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments for both men. Changes in Armory Plans Are Advised The county court and city council have recommended changes in specifications for the proposed Medford armory to provide a $70,000 cut in con struction costs. The proposals are being forwarded to state and federal officials for their ap proval. Largest item pared from the original plan was $20,000 for a basement. The city also "infor mally" withdrew its require ment for a $1,200 city building permit, as state inspectors will handle inspection duties. The changes were presented and approved at a meeting of the joint armory committee yes terday afternoon. Funds for construction in clude $154,000 from the federal government, $80,000 from the state restoration fund, $60,000 from the county, $40,000 from the ciy, and $27,500 from sale of the old armory property. Lowest bid received on the building last month exceeded the $364,500 in available funds by $70,380, necessitating trim ming of the plans. Four Suffer Minor Injuries in Mishap Four people suffered minor injuries at about 10:50 p.m. yes terday in a two-car accident on Highway 66 just east of Ash land, according to state police. Investigating officers said a vehicle drivdn. by Sarah Belle Bussell, 65, of 2030 Highway 66, Ashland, was struck from the rear by a car operated by Jackie Glen Lyon, Klamath Falls. The Bussell car was turning at the time of the accident, and both vehicles went into a ditch. Injured were Mrs. Bussell and Lloyd Davis, 13, same address, who was a passenger in her car; Lyon, and Harold Everett Lyon, Klamath Falls, a passenger in the second car. Both cars were heavily dam aged, police said. To Move Into and clerk's office on the second floor has been removed to ex tend office facilities into the an nex, and remodeling work has started on the third floor to pro vide a hallway into the annex. Relocating Wall The hallway will be between the circuit court room and the juvenile office, where a wall is being relocated. Work on a lower hallway will start soon and will extend from across from the ex tension office to the first floor of the annex. DECISION SAID RIGGED IN FAVOR OF COMPANY Washington (U.R) The National Hells Canyon Association said today it will "fight by every means possible, politically and through the courts" to prevent private hydro-electric develop ment of Hells Canyon by Idaho Power Co. A spokesman for the association said the Federal Power Com mission's decision yesterday to license Idaho Power to build three dams in Hells Canyon on the Snake river between Idaho and Ore gon was "rigged" in favor of the company. The association advo cates development by the federal government. George H. R. Taylor, a member of the association's board of directors, said preparations are underway to file an application for rehearing with FPC. No formal decision will be made until the board meets in Portland Aug. 15, he said. , If a rehearing is denied, Taylor said, the association undoubt edly will file a petition for review with the Circuit Court of Appeals. Morse Deplores Permit Granted To Idaho Power Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), one of the strongest supporters of a high federal dam at Hells Canyon, today deplored the fed eral power commission's action in granting a permit to the Idaho Power company to build three smaller dams at the Snake river site. He pledged a continued fight for the bigger federal structure. In a wire to the Mail Tribune, Senator Morse said: "The FPC's action comes as no surprise. The FPC quite ob viously waited until congress adjourned to issue these licenses in the attempt to scuttle the high dam at Hells Canyon. "It is remarkable that the commission could act so speedily. The FPC heard oral argument on July 6. It is incredible that since that time it could have reviewed the voluminous record of testimony and exhibits which took its examiner over a year to assemble. That record con sisted' of over 400 documents and almost 20,000 pages of testi mony. "A majority of the federal power commissioners were hand picked by the' Eisenhower, ad ministration to do this job, and they have done it wit hot and unseemly haste. "The Hells Canyon fight is far from over. The people of the Pa cific Northwest and the nation deserve the fullest development of their natural resources for defense purposes and economic progress. Without the federal Hells Canyon dam, that develop ment would be impossible. "When this battle is over, the people's interests will prevail.' (See Story on Page 7) Floyd Hart Fund Established at OSC Salem (U.R) A scholarship fund in the memory of the late Floyd Hart of Medford, one of the state's best known lumber men has been established for future foresters at Oregon State college. The Floyd Hart Scholarship Fund will be directed by a com mittee for contributions, com posed of Albert Powers of Coos Bay, chairman; State Forester George Spaur of Salem; Dean W, F. McCulloch of the OSC forestry school; and Charles E. Ogle of Associated Forest Industries in Salem. M6ney contributed to the fund will be used to aid deserving for estry students at Oregon State. Hart was a pioneer flyer and a' decorated veteran of two world wars. He served as a member of the Oregon State Board of For estry and 'was instrumental in development of many of the pro gressive forest procedures in use today. Boy Scout Missing From Spirit Lake Camp Longview. Wash. (U.R) A boy scout was reported missing today from the Spirit Lake scout camp near Mt. St. Helens. The state patrol here said the scout, who was not immediately identified, was reported missing last night. An officer here said searchers were reported to have found his tracks this morning and hoped to find him before too long. New Annex Work on the annex will not be completed for several weeks, members of the court said. Vault Installed Office space in the first and second floors will be occupied, with the basement being used for storage space. A large vault has been installed in the base ment for records. The third floor will not be occupied until needed. A snack bar with coffee facili ties will be installed on the first floor. Meanwhile; Taylor said, the association will seek, when Con gress reconvenes, to get con gressional action to authorize federal construction of a single high dam. Public power advocates have pushed for a single high dam to be constructed by the govern ment while Idaho Power applied 15 years ago for a license to construct three lower dams in the Hells Canyon area. Meanwhile, some Democrats said that the FPC's decision to license private dams will ex plode into another Dixon-Yates controversy. They were warned that the 15 year fight between public and private power interests over hy droelectric development of the deepest .river gorge on the North American continent is not over. Three Dams Authorized The five-member power com mission yesterday unanimously authorized the Idaho Power Co. to build three dams on the Snake river in the rugged canyon di viding Idaho and Oregon. The aecision climaxed one of the biggest public - private nower fights of the decade and came as a bitter blow to public power ad vocates who wanted a single federal dam to supply the power. The canyon is one of the last big undeveloped natural power sites in the United States. It is a 7000-foot chasm passing through wild and sparsely-inhabited country. The 10,000-foot Wallowa Mountains 'are on the west and the "He Devil," "She Devil" and five lesser Devjjs peaks on the east. 19.000 Pages Studied Public power interests ha) argued -for a government - con?-, structed single high dam which would cost twice as much as the three dams proposed by Idaho Power. After hearings lasting longer than a year, FPC Examiner Wil liam J. Costello went through 19,000 pages of printed testQ mony and recommended giving Idaho Power authority to build a single cdam, the Browalee Project. But he withheld the n other two, Oxbow and Low Hells Canyon, pending future needs. O The commission went farther than Costello and authorized 50 year licenses for all three. Communist Mailings Bog Civilian Release Geneva (U.R) U. S. efforts to win the early release of 40 American citizens held by the Peiping government were r ported bogged down today by Communist stalling. Informed sources said Commu nist envoy Wang Ping-nan was trying to skip over the civilian repatriations problem and take ap the second item of the agenda problems of common interest. The meetings themselves were in adjournment until Monday while Wang consults with his government in Peiping on the latest hitch. O Wang and U. S. Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson have met to gether a total of three hours and 15 minutes, half of which time was taken up by transla tion. Informed sources said they had made little progress. Gold Hill Woman Hurt n Fall Down Enbankment Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman, 58, of Box 182, Gold Hill, suffered back injuries at about 8:45 p.m. yesterday when she fell down a teep embankment north of Rock Point bridge on Rogue river. It was necessary to use a stretcher and ropes to get her from the rocks where she had fallen, according to Medford Ambulance service attendants. Neighbors helped in the rescue operation. Mrs. Hoffman was taken by the ambulance service to Com munity hospital. (Attendants there this morning listed her condition as fair, and said she spent a fair night. The extent of her injuries was not known. this morning. Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Fed eral District Judge Richard M. Duncan has levied a maximum fine of $5000 against the Kansas City Star for monopolization and fined the newspaper's advertis ing director, Emil A. Sees, $2500 for attempted monopolization.
