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Newspaper Page TextWealher Recommended BFORD FORECAST: Patchy foe or low clouds Sunday morninf, otherwise fair through Mon day. High Sunday 70; low to night 40; high Monday 75. Temp. Highest yesterday 7 Lowest yesterday morning 40 Prec To 11 pjn. Yesterday trace A feature story on Jxckson connty'i part in the state civil defense program appears on Pace 12 of today's issue of The Mail Tribune. United Press rull Uwstd Wire United Pre full Leased Wire 50th Year 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER" 18, 1955 A 4 S S " 6 jl Me : : Price 5c N No. 152 : i '. ,. ... M-T QUIZ WINNER nO. v ivhs. C. K. Mortimer, 1.143 inomas rd., is shown above receiving a free one-year subscription to the (ijail Tribune from Rural Circulation Manager Wyatt Rosborough. -Mrs. Mortimer's husband is station agent for. United Air lines and is a part time builder. They live in an attractive home which took them several years to build. The Mail Tribune's 13 motor routes cover 743 miles each day in Jackson and Josephine coun ties. The 69 other carriers in Medford and outlying towns cover -an additional 257 miles, totaling 1,000 miles covered daily by Tribune carriers. Monday marks the last day of the Bargain Days events. In order to avoid a last minute rush to take advantage of a savings of $2.50, yearly subscriptions may be mailed so that they will be received no later than Monday, September 19. Mayor Gives Report On Conference Over City Freeway Route The state highway department I still favors the Genessee-Tripp- Cottage sts. route for a freeway through Medford, but no final decision will be made until after public hearings early next year, it was reported Saturday, Mayor Earl Miller, City Man ager Rcort Duff, and Public Works Director Vernon Thorpe were in Salem Friday afternoon to confer with State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock, and brought back the report. Awaiting Hearing The city officials had hoped for a committment as to a Jxjse way route, so that city planning of streets, sewers and zones could be made with assurance they would be permanent. But Baldock pointed out to them that public hearings, at which all sides of the problem would be discussed, must be held before a final decision is reached. There have been three officially-proposed routes suggested. These are an elevated down the route of Bear creek, a by-pass east of town, and the one now favored by Baldock. Mayor Miller's report on the conference with Baldock fol lows: In order that a clarification of the present status of the pro posed freeway or by-pass of U. S. Highway ,99 could be obtained to aid in the future planning of the city of Medford, so that the planning of streets, bridges, an nexations and sewer lines might be correlated with the highway program, it was my suggestion to the council, which approved, that we obtain an audience with Mr. R. H. Baldock, chief engineer of the Oregon state highway de; partment at Salem. Mr. Robert A. Duff, city man ager, and Mr. Vernon Thorpe, traffic engineer of the city, ac companied me to Salem. We had a conference with Mr. Baldock and Mr. W. C. Williams, assist ant engineer. We found Mr. Bal dock to be most cooperative in answering our questions. Not to Criticize I wish to make it clear that our trip to Salem was not to criticize the highway engineer ing department or to endorse any of the three possible routes, but merely to clarify in our minds and to report to the people ofjMedford our findings in order that a better understanding might be had by all. Mr. Baldock stated there are no secrets involved and it has been his policy, and is in this case, to make these surveys and recommend to the highway com mission the route he feels most practical to serve the greater number of people with the low est possible cost and for durabil ity for the state of Oregon in years to come. With that think ing in mind, he stated he was favoring the proposed Genessee route on the basis of information available. This he based on the serving of the best interests of the city of Medford in regard to its economic values and because the cost of the building would be approximately $1,00Q,000 less than the Bear Creek proposal. He also stated the type of struc ture proposed would be the most beautiful in the state of Oregon and would enhance valuations of property instead of decreas ing them. Mr. Baldock also said there would be a scale model of the project built in the near future and it would be placed here for : a: i a ai AiwA inspection about the same time as the hearings are held. By state statute, hearings must be held by the highway commission before approval is obtained and Mr. Baldock said it is planned to hold possibly a series of three hearings on the over-all project. The first hearing would involve the beginning at Seven Oaks, north of Central Point, to the point of the . Medford inter change just north of Crater Lake highway. The second hearing would involve the proposed route through Medford, and the third from the South Medford in terchange at about Stewart ave., east of the present Highway 99, to the Ashland junction near Southern Oregon college. The first of these hearings, Mr. Bal dock stated, would be held in January, 1956, the Medford sec tion to follow sometime in March, 1956. I would like to state, however, that the proposals are subject to many changes, and possibly sev eral changes will be made before final adoption by the highway department. I believe the three of us feel that every consideration will be given every citizen's . problems, as well as keeping in mind the welfare of Medford. Hearings Helpful Mr. Baldock also stated that when these hearings are held it is very helpful to the commis sion for all sides to be repre sented in strength on the pro posals involved. This apparently is the present status of the proposed freeway to date and at the conference's conclusion, Mr. Baldock in formed me that if any major changes develop, we will be ad vised. A conference was also held with Mr. Bruce Crandall, state traffic engineer, and Mr. Al Head, assistant traffic engineer, relative to modification of the Medford street survey and vari ous other traffic matters that have been considered problems in the city. Additional studies may be requested from the high way commission as a result of this conference for alternate one way traffic couplets. Moscow (U.R) Soviet Com munist Party Chief Nikita S. Khrushchev warned Saturday night the smiles of Russian lead ers since the Geneva conference do not mean they have aband oned Communist policy. . Fresh Bread to For Wandering Elephant Charlotte, N. C. (U.R) A vet eran circus trainer arrived here by plane Saturday and asked for an elephant on which to ride into the woods in search of errant Vickie," the misunderstood pachyderm. Louie Reed, 65-year-old head trainer for Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey circus, ar rived at the scene of Vickie's jungle retreat and asked for sev eral hundred loaves of fresh bread for Vickie. He also want ed assurances that police will guarantee him privacy while he tries, to lure Vickie from her woodland fortress. Arrangements were immed iately made to bring in one or more elephants from the King Brothers circus now encamped Catholic Bishop, American Pilot Released by Reds Italian Cleric Weak, Emaciated Hong Kong, Sunday ttJ.R) Three more American Priests crossed the border from Com munist China to Hong Kong today. They were the Revs. Fred erick A. Gordon, Somerset, O. Joseph E. Hyde, Lowell, Mass., and James G. Joyce, Clinton, Mass. All are members of the Dominican order. Hong Kong (U.R) Lawrence Robert BuoL an American civil ian pilot, joyously held his wife in his arms Saturday and told of five harrowing years that ended with his release from a Red Chinese prison. Buol, of Stockton, Calif., crossed the border with Italian Roman Catholic Bishop Alfonse Ferroni. Buol, chewing gum and wearing slacks, a sport shirt and faded tennis soes, looked in good condition. Cleric Carried The 63-year-old Ferroni had had to be carried across the border. Dressed in a brown cape and slippers tied to his sockless feet, the emaciated bishop was delirious and was rushed to St. Theresa hospital.. Ferroni was the second cleric released in the past two days. The Rev. Harold W. Rigney of Chicago, Rector of Catholic un iversity in Peiping until his ar rest in 1951 as a spy, was re leased earlier with - Walter A. Rickett of Seattle, Wash., a Fulbright scholar who praised his Communist captors. .Buol, a pilot for . Gen. Claire Chennaulf's Civil Air Transport and a wartime flying Tiger und er Chennault. said he was ar rested on Jan. 16th, 1950 at Mentzge in the interior. After two and a half months in house arrest he was jailed in Kunming, where the Flying Tigers had their headquarters during the war. Over-All Study of Tax Problems in Oregon Under Way Salem U.R) An over-all study of .Oregon's tax problems was begun Saturday by the Leg islative Taxation " Committee headed by Sen. " Rudie Wilheim Jr. of Portland. The committee named Thure Lindstrom, research director for the State Tax Commission, as its executive director at $10,000 a year. Wilheim expressed belief the committee, should work pri marily on revenues affecting the general fund. Lowry Notes. Revenues Sen. John P. Hounsell of Hood River suggested that the com mittee should concern itself with the tax problem at the local and county levels as well as at the state level. Sen. Philip B. Lowry of Med ford noted that revenues are running ahead of estimates at the time of the 1955 legislative session and said the state would probably run into no deficit as some had predicted, in the cur rent biennium. Lowry also said the committee should find out what the need is at the local and county levels as well as the state level. Bait Trap at nearby Gastonia, N. C. Reed said the keen nose of his elephant steed would lead him straight to the errant Vickie. What he intends to do with the bread; stacked in mountain ous piles at the entrance to Vickie's jungle, is his secret. Vickie, who has lived by her wits through a week of hectic freedom, was lurking peevishly in the deep haunts of her second private jungle. During Vickie's six days of freedom, she has eluded elephant traps, . hounds, airplanes, police and a whole crew of elephant trainers. She departed from the Amuse ment Park zoo last Sunday after being frightened by a calf which ran beneath her ponderous legs. Two Hurricanes He Storm-Battered U.S 125 Mile an Hour Winds Move Near Carolina Region Second Howler Raging in Gulf Miami (U.R) Two very se vere hurricanes, lone in the At lantic and Hilda in the Gulf of Mexico, pointed their deadly punches Saturday night toward storm-battered areas of the U. S. southeast coastline and Mexico only a few hours away. lone, a "very dangerous hur ricane" more severe than either devasting Connie or" Diane, mov ed with its 125 mile an hour vinds toward the Carolinas less than 48 hours away at its present rate of speed. East of Florida The Miami weather bureau's 15th advisory on lone at 11 p.m. EST said the center of that howler was located some 360 miles east of Melbourne, Fla., a position slightly less than 500 miles southeast of Charleston, S. C. Hilda, Ione's older sister, in creased its highest winds to 100 miles an hour last night after moving back out to sea. It had whirled over the Yucatan pen insula in Central America where it lost some of its punch and then back '. over open water to regain its fury. A-10 p.m; CST advisory:: from the New Orleans weather bureau said Hilda was moving about 10 miles per hour and its center was located about 280. miles east-southeast of Tampico, Mex ico. Planes Evacuated Hilda was expected to strike inland late today or tonight near Tampico while lone was less than 48 hours away from the south Atlantic coastline if it continues its present course. Military bases along the Car' olinas and Georgia coastline al ready began evacuating planes and ships from seashore bases. , Larges sections of the port city of Tampico still were under water after, hurricane Gladys sent the Panuco river boiling through low-lying districts earl ier this week. Some 3,000 in habitants fled their homes and still were housed in public buildings and temporary build ings. Action Postponed On Funds Request The Oregon state board of health Saturday postponed ac tion on Rogue Valley Memorial hosiptal's request for federal funds until further information on the hospital's plans can be obtained, according to the United Press. Rogue Valley Memorial hos pital, which plans construction of a $1,800,000 hospital on a 20-acre site on Barnett rd. southeast of the city, applied for $583,533 in federal Hill Burton funds ' to help finance construction. The application was made through the state board of health, which allocates construc tion funds as soon as congress makes them available. Federal funds are provided on a match ing basis.' The board approved a grant of $171,291 in federal funds for moderiation of the Hood River Memorial hospital, and approv ed a grant of $18,258 for Pa cific Communities hospital at Newport. Yreka Still Facing Water Restrictions Yreka, Calif. U.R) Act ing Mayor James Cummings said Saturday water- starved Yrekans must continue to observe- stringent restrictions on demoestic use of water despite recent rains which drenched Sis kiyou county. Cummings said the town's wa ter reserves were slowly being replenished and "there are hope ful signs that the restrictions may be taken off sometime be fore Nov. 1." Sports Bulletins Salt Lake City (U.R) Ore gon combined a speedy hard driving ground game with tal ented kicking here Saturday night to beat University of Utah, 14 to 13. Fullback Jack Morris 'converted after both Oregon touchdowns to give the Ducks, their winning mar gin. Morris also scored one of the Oregon touchdowns. Ashland Southern Oregon college, trailing 15 to 6 going into the final period, handed Linfield college of McMinn ville a 19 to 15 defeat here last night. SOC scored its winning touchdown, with a minute, 15 seconds left, on a 63-yard pass play from Bill Seymour to Walt McCoy. St. Mary's High school foot ball team defeated Illinois Val ley 21 to 0 in a game played here last night. Six People Hurt In Three Mishaps On Valley Highways Wayne Alvin Wilson, 43, of 2021 West Main st., was termed in fair condition at Ashland Gen eral hospital Saturday after suf fering face and throat cuts in an auto-truck accident early Fri day. Wilson's cousin, Clarence Ed ward Wilson, 43, of 43 North Peacb st.,- was -in good -condition. Truck Skidded The Wilsons were in a station wagon travelling south on the Greensprings highway about 10:30 a.m. Friday when the acci dent occurred. A stake truck driven by Guy Otto Gillaspey, 42, of route 3 box 173, rounded a corner heading north and started to skid on the wet pave ment. The Wilson auto was struck by the truck's trailer, and knocked over an embankment. The trailer unhitched from the truck and slid down the bank, landing on top of the station wagon. Three other people involved in Jackson county auto accidents were reported in good condition yesterday in Community hospi tal: About 10 a.m. Friday state police were called to a one-car wreck on Highway 62 two miles south of Prospect. Apparently the right front wheel of a vehicle operated "by Kathryn Elizabeth Beecher 56, ' of Burlmgame, Calif., had gone off the road. Mrs. Beecher applied the brakes, the car skidded 120 feet, and fell into a 22 foot deep culvert, land ing on its wheels. Sumner Beecher, 69, a passenger, . and Mrs. Beecher were both injured. Viola Chapman, 21, of 4335 Hillsinger rd., was hurt in a two- car crash on Highway 99 in front of the Ever Shady auto court about 8:30 p.m. Friday. A car driven by William Ray mond Warden, 55, of Yucaite, Calif., attempting a left turn heading south, collided with, a second auto, driven by Dean Wright Chapman, 25. Heavy damage was done to the front of the Warden vehicle and the side of the Chapman car. Chap man was treated and released at Community hospital Friday night. IBulietin An automobile accident one mils south of Shady Cove was reported to state police at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Blood found in the car indi cated one or more persons had been injured, and an accident victim reportedly had been taken to Sacred Heart hospit al by private car. Names and other details were not avail able. Attorney for Turncoats Charges 'Police State' San Francisco U.R) At torney George T. Davis for three "turncoat" prisoners said Satur day he was seeking their immed iate release to determine by what authority the Army has used .' "police state tactics." to hold them in "solitary" confine ment at Fort Baker. d for Coast Salk Vaccine Use In Oregon Called Complete Success State Health Board Releases Findings The Dalles U.R) The State Board of Health has an nounced that the public Salk anti-polio vaccination program has been completely successful in Oregon to date. ' State Health Officer Dr. Har old Erickson, at a meeting of the board here, said figures re cently compiled showed no par alytic polio among children receiving three shots in the pro gram, and no polio of any kind among children receiving two shots. ' ' Only Three Cases . Of the 40,000 first and second graders who had been given one innoculation of the Salk vaccine, three cases of polio had broken out. Dr. Erickson pointed out that one inoculation was not ex pected to give full immuniza tion. Within the same 5-9 age group the health officer said, there had been 17 cases of, polio among children who had not been given anti-polio vaccinations. Dr. Erickson also announced that an additional 25,530 cc s of: the- .vaccine- had - been, allocat: ed Oregon from the Eli Lilly company, bringing to about 100,000 cc's the amount of vac cine available for distribution through private doctors. Seek More Vaccine The board of health drew up a plan to make Oregon eligible for 280,000 cc's . which, under the federal polio vaccine assist ance act nassed this year, would be distributed to those unable to afford to get it from their doctors. The physicians would charge for their services, but the vaccine would be' free. Dr. ' Erickson said that with increased production of the Salk vaccine Oregon's allocation could total 665,820 cc's by next February, in which case the board would consider lifting the present ban which confines inoculations to the 5-9 age group. . , Wave of Terrorism Sweeps Morocco Paris (U.R) A wave of ter rorism swept Morocco in protest against the French delay on a solution to the crisis and French Resident, General Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin hastened to Paris Saturday to help overcome an 11th hour obstacle to the peace plan. ' The precarious calm which has existed since the bloody Au gust riots which claimed over 2,000 lives in North Africa was shattered Friday. Three persons were filled and 20 wounded in shooting and bombing attacks by terrorists in the protectorate. Premier Edgaure summoned de Latour to sit in on urgent talks aimed at selecting a "coun cil of the throne," to succeed Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa in the first step toward granting home-rule to Morocco. Lost Uranium Found Alive by Searchers Spirit Lake, Wash. (U.R) Two elderly uranium prospec tors, missing since last Sunday in rugged country around Spirit Lake., were found alive about 3:30 p.m. yesterday .according to radio reports from the Washing ton state patrol. Friday night, searchers thought they had located the grave of Charles Dickens, 70, San Diego, Calif., and C. H. All ger, 85, Tacoma Wash, when they discovered tracks and a fresh cave-in at the ' Common wealth mine, near Meta lake. . The Lewis county sheriffs of fice said the condition of the two oldsters was not known, but SATURDAY SCORES WEST Oregon State 33, Brigham Young 0 Stanford 33, COP 14 Montana State 7, Lewis and Clark 6 USC 50. WSC 12 Washington 14, Idaho 7 SOUTHWEST . Houston 54, Montana 12 Arkansas 21, Tula 0 -Texas Christian 47, Kansas 14 Texas Tech 20, Texas 14 MIDWEST Maryland 13, Missouri 12 Hawaii 6, Nebraska 0 Denver 19, Iowa State 7 Wyoming 38, Kansas State 20 Wittenberg 28, Olivet 0 SOUTH Wake Forest 13, VPI 0 Fla. State 7, N.C. State 0 Ga. Tech 14, Miami (Fla.) S So. Carolina 26, Wofford 7 Fla. 20, Miss. State 14 Tulane 20. VMI 7 LSU 19. Kentucky 7 Clemson 33, Presbyterian 0 Miss. 26, George 13 EAST Pittsburgh 27. California 7 Nixon Pledges Bold Action to Halt Sag In Farmers' Income Wabash, Ind. (U.R) Vice President Richard M. ' Nixon Saturday promised "bold imag. inative government action" to halt sagging farm income and spike Democratic charges Presi dent Eisenhower has broken his pledges to the farmers. ...Nixoii- swung liar & -in. defense of the administration's embattled farm policies as the troubles of the farmer boiled up into the big gest issue of the 1956 general election campaign. Demand Benson Quit Even as he spoke, farmers in Iowa called non-partisan meet ings to demand the resignation of Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson. And the Democrats scheduled a huddle in Chicago Monday to map new strategy on the issue. In Washington, Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Okla.) said Benson should be fired because of the farm price decline. He told re porters Benson was "either ig norant or wholly without judg ment or guilty of bad faith" and that "either disqualifies him for his job." But Kerr said he didn't think the President would fire Benson "because I think the present farm program has been brought about by the will of Eisenhower." - Nixon, the administration's top trouble-shooter, jumped into the controversy with a major speech at the National Plowing contest here. . - 91 Acres of Camp White Land Scheduled for Sale Aooroximately 70 acres of agricultural and 21 acres commercial-residential land the Camp White Veterans Ad ministration Domiciliary reser vation are up for sale. Bids have been invited ,by the General Service Administra tion in Seattle, and will be re ceived until 11 a.m. Oct. 21 The property has been screen ed against the known defense and other requirements of the government. Further information and bid forms may be obtained at Gen eral Services Administration; Room .126, Federal Office build ing, 909- First ave.; Seattle 4, Wash. Prospectors that an ambulance and doctors had been dispatched to the scene. The Clearwater area where the men were reported found is south and east of the Mt. St. Helens region that was being combed before the. hunt was called off Saturday in the belief the men were dead. The men were about four miles from a road. Mrs. Josephine Lee of the Kid Valley store, 27 miles from here said searchers told her the two men would be brought out by stretcher today. She said a single searcher "stumbled" onto the old prospectors by accident Blackouts Imposed In Buenos Aires As City Blockaded Rebels Still Have Control fcf Port Buenos Aires, Argentina (U.R) The government claimed sweeping victories Saturday over army and navy forces revolt ing against President Juan D. Peron. But precautionary blackouts were imposed last night on parts of Buenos Aires and nearby En senada, the port for the city of Eva Peron. The Rebels had blockaded Buenos Aires and re torted a fleet was sailing on the city. , Resignation Demanded (The rebel radio at Puerto Belgrando, still in Rebel hands, Saturday night reported that Peron's resignation had been de manded. The broadcast was heard in Montevideo, Uruguay across the River Plate from Buenos Aires.) Government announcements said forces loyal to Peron had recaptured all but one of the major areas seized by the rebels at the start of the revolt Mon day. The latest claimed by the government was Cordoba, Arg entina's third largest city and the rebel headquarters. The government said it also had re taken military posts at Arroyo Cle and Curuzu Cuatia in the north and Rio Santiago in the south. ' ; The rebels still controlled the southern port of Bahia Blanca and nearby Puerto Belgrano. Claim "Liberation" . .. . The Government's biggest claim was that Cordoba had been , ".libera ted'Vand-all Rebel re sistance ceased." Brig. Gen. Dalmiro Videla Balaguer, Rebel Commander and Chief, of the Insurgent Miliary Junta, and members of his staff fled from the city, the broadcast added. - earner, a government com munique said loyal army troops supported by artillery and-war- TT- , i pianes recaptured me center or the Provincial capital and sent Rebel forces fleeing toward the higher northern suburbs. The government radio said forces loyal to President Juan D. Peron were marching on Bahia Blanca, the big southern grain port 350 miles southwest of Buenos Aires, which is the other mojor city seized by the Rebels. Nearing Objective The loyal troops marching Tin Bahia Blanca and the nearby Puerto 'Belgrano Naval base were "nearing their objective," the broadcast said. A Government broadcast at 6:15 p.m. said there was "abso lute tranquility" throughout the rest of the country. However, light Rebel Naval craft clamped a blockade on Buenos Aires. The Rebel Navy- was reported to have ordered all its warships to "converge on Buenos Aires" for what may be desperate attempt to snatch victory from the loyal forces. (See story on Page 2) Fourth Polio Case Reported in County The illness of a 39-year-old woman hospitalized in Ashland Friday afternoon was diagnosed as poliomyelitis, it was report- d by . the county health de partment. There was a slight paralysis present, the report indicated. The patient is the fourth re ported this year in the county, the second where the disease apparently was contracted in the county, and the first in which there was any paralysis, the department said. Reds Offer to Return Naval Base to Finland Moscow (U.R) Premier N. A. Bulganin,' apparently recov ered from his cold Saturday of fered to return the Soviet held naval base at Porkkala to its Finnish owners more than 41 years ahead of time. A foreign office spokesman said Bulganin told Finnish Pre mier U. K. Kekkonen Russia 'findsit possible ... to elimin ate the naval base and withdraw its troops from this territory." The Russians also offered to renew their 1948 friendship treaty with Finland, which is due to expire "soon," the spokesman said.