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I Local and Flue Fire Firemen at 1:25 p.m. Monday stood by while a flue fire burned out at the Glenn L. Rader residence, 1428 Crown A: No damage was reported. Flue Fire A flue fire at 8:20 p.m. at the E. E. Stezler resi dence, 2114 East Jackson st., re sulted in no damage, Medford firemen said. Inspection! City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson inspected one office building and two busi ness occupancies yesterday and issued three orders for correction of fire hazards. Square Dance Square danc ers interested have been invited to attendo a dance Thursday, March 22, from 8 to 11 p.m., in the Medford YMCA. Doug Fos- bury will be the caller. Return Mr. and Mrs. G. A. 0 Koellner and children, Carl, Sheryl and Eric, Sams Valley rd;, have returned from a week's motor trip to San Francisco. Koellner is sales manager at Big Pines Lumber company. Card Party A card party, open to the public, will be spon sored by Roxy Ann Grange mem bers at the hall Saturday, March 24 at 8 p.m. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments served. Cited Robert Lewis Fergu son, 21, Hilt, Calif., posted $25 bail with Medford police Satur day night following his arrest for reckless driving on Central ave., between Main and Eighth st. Police said the. youth was participating in a drag race. Garbage Truck Fire Firemen . were called at 10:45 p.m. yester day when garbage in the city garbage truck ignited while it was parked behind 1184 Court st. The truck was unloaded and firemen extinguished the blaze. Origin of the fire was not known. Coupe Damaged A coupe owned by Harry Eckman, Seat tle, was damaged some time Monday or Tuesday when struck by an unidentified vehi cle while it was parked on Ha ven st., according to Medford ffl city police. A door of the coupe was damaged, police were told. Accident Vehicles operated by Charles Edward White, 26, Rogue River, and Frank L. Spangler, 60, of 325 Ardmore ave., Medford, collided at the junction of old Crater Lake highway and Buckshot Hill rd. about 4:30 p.m. yesterday, ac cording to state police. White was cited for failure to yield the right of way, police said. Jeans and Janes A dance will be held by the Jeans and Janes Square Dance club Saturday, March 24 beginning at 8:30 p.m., at Grants Pass in the Double J barn on Gordon way. Potluck re freshments will be served. Miss Ruth Stillion of Coos Bay will call. Miss Stillion has written numerous square dance tunes including "Somebody Goofted," and "Little Shoemaker." From Meeting Mrs. Betti Boyle, manager of the Jackson hotel, arrived home Monday night from Seattle, Wash., where she attended a northwest region al convention of the Hotel Greet ers. Mrs. Boyle is vice-president of the Oregon group. She visited her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Adams, while in Seattle. She also visited in Portland and Salem. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks to the Central Point Rural Tire Dept. and to our many friends for their help and generosity when we had our recent fire. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Finnell www. NOMINATED FOR 6 ACADEMY AWARDS! togt KEITH Tom TULLT II Ut ZUAl PLUS ANOTHER AWARD NOMINEE IN AN EPIC IN SCREEN MADNESS! MU. II Personal Chest X-Ray The chest x-ray unit will be open at the Sacred Heart hospital Thursday be tween 2 and 5 p.m., the Jackson County Public Health associa tion has announced. Orchestra to Rehearse The Philharmonic Society of South ern Oregon will rehearse at 7:30 p.m. today in Washington school gymnasium. Director R. D. Wer ner urged members to attend. Marshal Inspects Medford fire marshal inspected three business occupancies and one of fice building Monday. Eight rec ommendations and orders for correction of hazardous condi tions were issued. Visit Mail Tribune Four members of the Cub Scout Den 9 Pack 15 visited the Mail-Tribune plant Tuesday afternoon. Den mother is Mrs. Noweta Ven cill. Members making the trip included Roger Biddle, John Barker, Stuart Vencill and Dale Tompkins. Business Names Carl A. and Norma C. Morgan have retired the assumed business name Woodland Heights Market and Lyle and Essie Barret have as sumed the name. Bert R. and Delia Hughes have retired the assumed name The Motel Cafe and Dorothy M. Weaver has as sumed the name, according to records in the county recorder's office. Visit Disneyland Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Tilley and son Allen, 16, box 453, Jacksonville, were among guests recently at the American Dairy association ex hibit in Disneyland. The Tilleys own and operate a 60-acre farm stocked with 123 Herefords and 27 Jersey cows. Milk from the herd is marketed through Sni der's Dairy, 154 Bartlett st. The Tilleys are on a month's auto trip. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Vinson, Eugene, are visiting their parents this week. Mrs. Vinson is the former Miss Cheryle Cody, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Herb Cody, 820 Penn sylvania ave. She is a former office staff member of the First National bank here. She now is employed in the Eugene branch. Vinson is a senior in predental school at the University of Ore gon. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. C.'J. Vinson, 1204 Niantic st. The couple arrived Monday and plan to leave this week end. Taking Trip G. O. Sanden, 304 South Central ave., left March 13 to visit friends and relatives in several parts of the United States. He has been visiting in Los Angeles, Comp ton and Riverside, Calif., and attended the National Orange show at San Bernadino, Calif. He will go to San Diego, Calif., to visit his son, Gage, and fam ily. Sanden plans to see friends in several Texas towns and to visit his daughter Eunice at Laredo, Tex. He will also visit friends in Houston, Minn., Mis souri, Wisconsin and in Dunn county, North Dakota where he was county assessor before mov ing to Oregon. Sanden will re turn to Oregon via the northern route, some time in May. Navy Secretary Received By President of Cuba Havana, Cuba (U.R) Presi dent Fulgencio Batista received U.S. Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas Tuesday. Thomas stopped here briefly en route to the American naval base at Guantanamo where he will participate in exercises of the Navy's latest atomic war fleet units. I rtiotoyophed m EASTMAN COLOR tun UP BABY mm News About Servicemen ATOMIC DEFENSE SCHOOL Cpl. Loyal D. Severson, son of Simon P. Severson, 303 Garfield st., graduated recently from the atomic, biological and chemical defense school at the El Toro Marine Corps Air station, Santa Ana, Calif. COMPLETES BASIC A3c William James White, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. White of Eagle Point, completed his basic training at Parks Air Force Base March 5. He left March 16 by plane for Amarillo, Tex., where he will attend jet me chanic school for 15 weeks training. REENLISTS Sgt. 1c Jack L. Patterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Patterson, 626 West Second st., recently reenlisted for six years in the regular Army while serving at Fort Mason, Calif. Patterson originally entered the Army in 1943 and is now a photographer with the area service unit. His decorations include the bronze star, purple heart, good conduct medal and the European, Afri can, Middle Eastern campaign ribbon. His wife, Lilly, lives in Marin City, Calif. GRADUATES Jack W. Gardner, mechanic construction apprentice, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Gardner, 1730 Camp Baker rd., recently graduated from the Navy's con struction mechanic's school at Port Hueneme, Calif. He has been assigned to Mobile Con struction Battalion 11 at Kwa- jalein, Marshall Islands. Before entering the service in July 1955 he graduated from Phoenix High school. IN LONDON Navy Lt. Ben R. Schmidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Schmidt, 3490 South Pacific highway, Medford, is serving as exchange officer at headquarters of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterran ean Naval forces in London. Pre viously, he served as logistics and supply officer of a mine squadron at Charleston, S. C. Mobilgas Cars Move For Grand Junction Salt Lake City U.P.) Nine teen new stock cars left Salt Lake City before dawn today on the next to last leg of the 1956 Mobilgas economy run. The 19, led by Mel Alsbury of Hollywood in an Imperial South ampton, were due in Grand Junction, Colo., 288 miles away, tonight. The run is scheduled to end tomorrow noon in Colo rado Springs. Trie number of cars was pared down by one yesterday as heavy traffic brought one car into Salt Lake City two minutes after the deadline. Four other drivers missed being dropped from the run by squeezing in with less than a minute's time left. Alsbury posted a gasoline consumption figure of 21.48 miles per gallon and a ton-mile average of 62.67 for the 888 mile trip from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. Illness Postpones State Graft Hearing Salem (U.R) A grand jury investigation of charges of graft in state institutions will be postponed at least until to morrow due to "the illness of a grand juror. District Attorney Kenneth Brown said the delay precluded an end to the investigation this week. Testimony has been com pleted on Fairview home and a probe of the state hospital will continue when the grand jury reconvenes. Law does not provide for an alternate juror in cases of ill ness. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 6:24 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 6:12 a.m. Medford and vicinity: Cloudy and mild tonight and Thursday with chance of occasional light showers. Low tonight 38. High Thursday 55. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy to night and Thursday. Scattered show ers tonight. Continued rain likely Thursday afternoon. Continued mild but slightly cooler coast section to night. Low tnight 40-46. High Thurs day 48-58. Northern California: Cloudy in north portion. Occasional rain Ukiah and Redding northwestward tonight and a few showers Thursday. Cooler northern interior Thursday. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 44: below normal 4. Record high this date 82 in 1939. Record low this date 24 in 1912. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month 1.29 inch, .21 inch above normal. Total since Sept. 1. 27.76 inches, 13.72 inches above normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 475J, highest this a.m. 95. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 52 50 Crater Lake 33 27 Grants Pass 64 38 T Klcmath Falls 57 39 MEDFORD 57 33 Portland 47 44 .48 Seattle 45 43 .44 Spokane 44 35 .09 Yakima 50 38 .11 Eureka 61 52 Red Bluff 65 45 Sacramento 69 44 San Francisco 60 43 Los Angeles 71 54 Phoenix 80 50 Denver 53 32 Chicago 45 28 Miami , 65 44 New York 39 29 Washington, D.C. 41 29 Anti-Morse Reply Expected Friday Salem UP.) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton said to day an answer to the summons calling for elimination of the name of Sen. Wayne Morse from the Democratic party primary would be filed in Marion county Circuit Court here by Friday. The complaint and summons was turned over to Thornton by Secretary of State Earl T. New- bry and Gov. Elmo Smith on whom it was served yesterday. Woodrow Wilson Smith, a Hood River Democrat who op poses Morse in the primary, charged it was his "information and belief Wayne Morse is not in fact a Democrat in good faith but is instead a Republican." Smith asked either that Morse's name be withheld from the ballot or that the governor and secretary of state appear in court to show cause why the name should not be withheld. Smith will act as his own attorney. Reductions of Load Limits Are Listed Load limit reduction which went into effect on Highway 66 between Ashland and ( Klamath Falls recently was 50 per cent on the maximum gross load only, according to J. G. Brom ley, in charge of highway main tenance for Jackson and Joseph ine counties. The maximum gross load on the Green Springs highway now is 36,000 pounds, compared to 72,000 pounds previously. Other reductions were from 16,000 to 11,000 pounds gross on any sin gle axle, and from 32,000 to 20, 000 pounds gross on any pair of tandem axles. The reduction is between mile post 34.3, at Klamath county line, east to mile post 59.08, at the junction of Highways 66 and 97. Load limits were reduced because freezing and thawing weather caused considerable damage from heavy traffic, ac cording to state police. Potato Marketing Agreement Displeases Bakersfield, Calif. (U.R) Governors of two potato-growing states disagreed over the de sirability of a proposed federal potato marketing agreement now before Congress. Gov. Robert E. Smylie of Idaho, a Republican, said grow ers should not rush into the agreement without first consid ering what effect government controls would have on the in dustry. Democratic Gov. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, Idaho's chief competitor on the nation's Rus set potato market; said the pro posed legislation would benefit his state. He said the agreement would result In better market quality. The two chief executives yes terday addressed 2000 delegates attending the final session of the 12th annual Kern County Potato Growers association convention. Smylie said he doubted that Congress could write a law which would impose the same controls on the potato industry in all states without penalizing some states to the advantage of others. Defense Attorneys Wage Alabama Fight Montgomery, Ala. (U.R) A battery of Negro defense at torneys began efforts today" to counter the state's case against the Rev. M. L. King, first of 90 accused Montgomery Ne groes to be tried for violating Alabama's anti-boycott law. The Negroes, indicted as a re sult of the mass 14-week boy cott of Montgomery city buses, are to be tried separately be fore Circuit Judge Eugene Car ter for violation of the little used 1931 statute. They waived jury trial. The prosecution completed its1 case against King today and Carter overruled a defense mo tion to throw the case out of court. Death Takes OSC Assistant Dean Corvallis U.R) Laurence E. Darlington, 55, assistant dean of men at Oregon State college, died today in a local hospital. He had suffered a heart attack March 11. Darlington was known as "Sarge" to thousands of OSC graduates. He was sergeant in structor in the Army ROTC pro gram here from 1921 to 1940. National KRAUT and TnD MftTrU r -net i'a NLRB Starts Hearings On Election at Salem Salem U.R) The National Labor Relations board started hearings today to determine if an election should be held on making an independent union the official bargaining agency for workers of the Valley Motor company here. Budget Move Creates Canada Gold Market Ottawa (U.R) A free market for gold became wide open tu Canadian mines today if they want it. Surprise changes in Finance Minister Salter Harris' budget last night created the free mar ket. They also would allow hoarding by individuals, but the government's experts expected little of that sort of thing. Any mine agreeing to forego its aid under the emergency gold mining assistance act will be able to sell its gold wherever it wants to. It will be subject only to reporting its production and sales to the Finance depart ment. The return to a free market, on an elective basis, means the first free sale of gold by Can adian mines since 1931. Fi nance Department experts told reporters, however, that they would be "surprised if this makes any great change in the present situation." Wall Street New York (U.R) Stocks en countered their first real opposi tion to advance today since Pres ident Eisenhower said "yes" on Feb. 29. The industrial department, best gainer, was the hardest hit. The rails lost only a shade, and utilities advanced a few cents. Westinghouse opened on a half-point rise. Later it sold off to a loss of IVi and then regained a bit of the loss. Elsewhere the market ranged between a loss of nearly three points in Du Pont to a gain of 3Vz in Zenith Corp. Many spe cials gained. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 184V4 Anaconda 82V4 Chrysler 77 Curtiss Wright 3034 General Electric unquoted General Motors unquoted Montgomery Ward unquoted Penn R R v 24 Penney J C 97 Vz Radio 49 Southern Co 22 Southern Pacific 57 S Oil of Calif 98V4 Transamerica - 39 Tri-Continental 27 United Aircraft 70 U S Rubber 58 U S Steel .'. 58 Youngstown 101 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 450. Choice 1028 lb. fed steers S20; 1243 lb. most lv choice steers S19; good steers S18 18.75; choice 857 lb. fed heifers $18.65. 796 lb. S18.50, sorted S17; good S16.50 17.50; utility-commercial heifers S10.50-16; canner-cutter cows S8-10; utility $10.50-13 with commercial potato 'fed cows S14. Calves 50. Good vealer $20-24 with choice to S28. Hogs 300. U.S. 1 and 2 180-235 lb. barrows and gilts $16-16.50; No. 3 around $15.25; individual 380 lb. sow S12.50. Sheep 150. Choice fed wooled lambs $19-19.25; good-choice slaughter lambs mostly $17-18; cull-good ewes $2.50-6. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 55c; A large, 52 53c: A medium, 50-52c; A medium, 50-51c; A small, 38-41c; cartons, 2-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; A prints, 66c; cartons, 67c; B prints, 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 40 ',-!-45V2C; 5-lb. loaves, 46 ',2-49 "ic Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39-41c lb. Farm Market - One load of Wenatchee Delicious apples moved out from a "local- whole sale house at $550 a box today; onion sets packed in one pound cartons were offered retailers at 2.45 a dozen. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 qualitv f.o.b. Portland!: Fryers. 21,i-4 lbs., 23c; at farm. 22c; roasters, 23c lb. f.o.b." Portland; light hens, 18-20c; heavy hens, 5 lbs. and up, 21-23c; old roosters. ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 36 37c lb.; whole drawn, 41-43c; cut up, 45-49c; hens, light type, New York style, 30-31c; cutups. 41-44c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 36c; whole drawn, 44-47C. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weights, 27c rb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers nom inally A grade young hens, 55-56c lb; eviscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): Live white, 33,i-4",i lbs., 23-26c; 5-6 lbs.. 18-21c; colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 58-61C lb.; cut up, 62-65c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land, S43-46 ton; some sales higher. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service; Wheat, No. 2 soft white. S74.50 ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, S53.50-55; No. 2 Western barley, S49.50 ton, f.o.b. Portland Coast de livery; soybean meal. S75 ton deliv ered Portland: standard millrun S40.50-41 ton: No. 8 yellow corn, East ern shipments f.o.b. Portland, $66.25 ton. ! and it's better at the Top Notch A EC Next to Craterian Beauty Shop Wednesday, March 21. 1958 Man Sentenced to Year in Penitentiary Kenneth A. Sheldon was sen tenced in circuit court this morning to three years in the Oregon state penitentiary on a sodomy charge. Sheldon was returned to Jack son county Friday from Oregon state hospital to face sentencing. He earlier pleaded guilty to the charge. Paul Leon Jacks, 21, Gold Hill, pleaded innocent to a charge of burglary not in a dwelling, and Frank Close, Grants Pass, pleaded innocent to a charge of grand larceny. Earth Satellite Appropriation OK'd Washington (U.R) An extra appropriation of 5795,768,823 breezed through the House today without a record vote. It included 829,262,000 for work on a dozen Earth satellites and funds to carry other govern ment functions through the pres ent fiscal year to June 30. A demand for a roll call de layed its passage yesterday. When it was called up today the demand was not repeated and the measure was'passed by voice vote. The bill now goes to the Senate. Terrific Blast Rocks Plant in Schenectady Schenectady, N.Y. (U.R) A terrific explosion rocked a four-story chemical building at the General Electric company plant here today. One man was killed and another was still missing 12 hours later. Thirteen persons were injur ed. Fire followed the explosion and wrecked the interior of the structure. Damage was estimated at S7, 500,000. 8,000 Japanese Homeless As Fire Destroys Homes Tokyo (U.R) A raging fire destroyed 1,482 homes in the Japanese sea coast town of Noshiro today, leaving an esti mated 8,000 persons homeless. The flames, fanned by brisk winds, spread rapidly and razed the city's business section. There were no reports of deaths, but 12 were injured. 'Noshiro is a city of 50,000 population in northern Akita Prefecture. $700 000 Authorized For Oregon Flood Relief Washington '(U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today author ized the Civil Defense adminis tration to spend" $700,000 for new flood relief in Oregon. The President previously authorized $650,000 for the same purpose. TONITE Widmark ISSHOI WAS THE SIXTH MAN THE SECRET TO THE FIVE EMPTY GRAVES? il The answer il Print by St-Umf IB . fill ft ffi . A RICHARD WIDMARK DONNA REED eotterini WILLIAM CAMPBELL JOHN MclNTIRE S PLUS fflplib MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Obituary HAZEL SAMUELSON Mrs. Hazel Samuelson, Brook ings, died last night in a local hospital. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. Survey of Denfal Health Planned A dental health survey among first, third, fifth and seventh grade students at Ashland and Medford schools will be con ducted between April 9 and 20,. public health officials have an nounced. The survey is designed to give objective data concerning the extent of dental health prob lems among the children here and to determine the extent of dental care the children have received. The survey is under joint sponsorship of the Southern Oregon Dental society, Jackson county health department, County Public Health associa tion and Ashland and Medford schools. Dr. David Witter, dental con sultant with the state board of health, will work with local dentists in conducting the ex aminations. Data concerning the number of missing teeth, filled teeth and decayed teeth will be noted. Decision to conduct the sur vey was reached Monday after noon at a meeting of representa tives from the sponsoring groups called by Dr. Earl C. 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