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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) SLASHED SCHOONER SINKS Debris churns about the sinking bow of the lumber , schooner Howard Olson, cut in half in a collision with the freighter Marine Leopard - south of Monterey, Calif. The Marine Leopard survived the collision in good shape. At least three crewmen of the schooner were killed, two are missing and 23 were rescued. . Blame Sought in Ship Collision ' San Francisco (U.R) A .Coast Guard board of inquiry met today to determine who was to blame for the collision be tween the freighter Marine Leo pard and the lumber schooner Howard Olson. The Marine Leopard cut the Olson in two in the accident off Point Sur early Monday. Four crewmen aboard the Olson lost their lives. Twenty-five were saved. The Coast Guard ordered the skippers, mates and crew of both ships to the hearing. The Marine Leopard was be ing operated under . charter to the Luckenbach Steamship com pany. The Howard Olson was DEMOCRATS Alex M. Hamilton of Jackson County VOTE FRIDAY! and VOTE FOR ALEXM. HAMILTON . Candidate for DELEGATE Democratic National Convention The Only Candidate from Southern Oregon. Read your Voters' Pamphlet and ' com pare the platforms of Candi dates for the Democratic Na tional Convention. Then elect Alex M. Hamilton of Jackson County Adv. paid for by Alex M. Hamilton Don towards, District 414 E. Main Phone i 3S C MAIL TRIBUNE operated by Oliver J. Olson and Co., San Mateo, Calif. It appeared that fixing the blame would be a hard task. Crewmen of each ship blamed the other ship for the accident. Two facts were known: The accident took place in clear wea ther and on calm seas, and the two ships were within sight of one another for a half-hour be fore the collision. There was some speculation Most Severe Crisis In Higher Schools Said Near at Hand The latest and most severe crisis in higher education is al most at hand, with the shortage of educational leadership and college facilities far behind im mediately anticipated enroll ment, according to Dr. F. Her bert Smith, president of Willam ette university, Salem. He spoke at the Medford Ro tary club luncheon. Tuesday at the Jackson hotel. Dr. Smith recalled two other periods of crisis in higher edu cation in the U. S. One occured in 1929 when income for univer-j sities was sharply reduced, per sonnel salaries cut, students could not" afford to attend col lege and enrollment suffered. Second Crisis. .. . . The second crisis came during World War II in 1941 to 1945, when students were - called to the service, government de mands upon college staffs were great, and some institutions act ually closed their doors. The coming crisis, brought about by fast-growing popula tion, will be more severe and more difficult to meet, Dr. Smith said. Today this country's popu lation has exceeded 165 million. Full impact will hit higher edu cational institutions by ' 1970, with enrollment greater than previously anticipated by the year 2000, Dr. Smith said. Much has been said of this nation falling behind Soviet Russia in scientific education Dr. Smith commented. Higher education cannot compete fi nancially with business and in dustry in the salary field, so the problem of educational leader ship still must be solved. Private Colleges Private colleges are more ser iously affected financially, and must turn to business for assist ance. The recently established Oregon College Foundation, in which 10 private institutions participate, has already received generous support,, especially from the two leading banking organizations of the state. Closed circuit television tech niques in education help in some cases but fail to provide the personal instruction so essential to a superior teaching job,' Dr. Smith said. Frank J. Van Dyke, Rotary program chairman, introduced the speaker and Dr. Morgan Odell, president of Lewis and Clark college. Portland, who was a guest. 0 Ciit your cash outlay as much as 66 23 by paying premiums only a year at a time. Standard, Non-Assessable Policy costs less: Low rates plus fast claims service. 3 Pay Want? "money savtd is money eemed" Agent 3-5361 Wednetdey, Mar 18- 1958 ::.;,...... : ? that a maritime traffic jam was at fault. Heading south on eith er side of the Marine Leopard were another cargo ship, the jonn a. waterman, and an unid entified log raft in the tow of a tug. Maritime observers suggested this could have led to the same type of indecision that some times causes crackups on auto mobile ireeways. Yakima Warehouse Destroyed by Fire Yakima (U.R) The big Pyra mid Orchards fruit warehouse west of here was destroyed late yesterday in a $500,000 fire, Yakima Fire Department offic ials said. Both rural and Yakima city firemen were called on the scene but were unable to save the structure because of a shortage of water. Immediate Action Out in Pelton Case Portland (U.R) Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton said yesterday that no immed iate action is planned hv Jef ferson county District Attorney Warren H. Albright against the Portland General Electric Co. Thornton said that he and the Jefferson county district attor ney have been in communcation on the subject of PGE's con struction of Pelton dam on the Deschutes for the past two months. The district attorney has indicated that he wishes to confer with the attorney gener al before he takes anv leeal steps directed at the utility j company. Thornton in a reply to a query made by Gov. Elmo Smith, Mon day reiterated his opinion that the utility company was subject to criminal proceedings and was acting in violation of the state water laws. The company has obtained a construction permit from the Federal Power commission for construction of the dam. The U. S. Supreme Court has upheld the federal license. The utility company, started construction on the project two weeks ago, contending that the federal license, upheld by the high court, is final authority. FREE LIFE OVER Mo ments after - receiving two life sentences at Eaton, 17-year-old Kenneth Bow man pauses . for drink in corridor.. He was convicted of slaying his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bowman, last Labor Day weekend. He placed the bodies in an auto and -set fire to it in an attempt to pass the mur ders off as an accident far" uil lk I Market Sets X-Rays For Employees Here Ed Milne's Quality Market is the first of the food stores to provide chest ex-rays for the second year for all employees as a protection to customers, ac cording to the chest x-ray com mittee of the Jackson County Public Health association. Employees of Quality Market and several other local markets had chest .x-rays a year ago. Complying with medical advice of a chest ex-ray once a year, Milne made arrangements for employees to visit the clinic at Sacred Heart hospital Thursday. Three cases of active tubercu losis were found last year among those serving food to the public, and the association is again making an effort to urge every one in the food industry to have x-rays. Employers who wish to make arrangements for the- flims may call the public health depart ment in the courthouse. The x-ray clinic is open each Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. and the first Wednesday evening each month. Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Aviators Seattle ttJ.R Two men, miss ing since Monday on a flight from Seattle to Ketchikan, Alas ka, were rescued yesterday from Duke Island.. 40 miles south of their destination. The pair. Chris Dahl and John Lauc of the Kayler-Dahl Fish Co. in Seattle, told the Coast Guard in a radio message earlier yes terday that they crash landed their small private plane when they became lost in fog. The Coast Guard said the two men were picked up and taken to Ketchikan a few hours after the radio message was received. It was not known, however, whether they were injured. In County Eagle Point The Eagle Point High school senior class will present a three-act farce, "Headin' for a Weddin'," at 8 p.m. : Monday, May 21, in the school gymnasium. Participants in the play in clude Henry Conner, Marvena Nelson, Adrian Elrod, Linda Malloroy, Claudia Griffin, Don Copley, Lena Mae Tibbits, Lucy Gardnerer, Pete Jackson, Lois Farlow, Marie Walters, Patty Hall, Barbara Hopper and Rusty Clave. , , - The play originally was sched uled Tuesday night, but because the grade school PTA meets that night, the date for the play was changed to Monday night, according to Yetta Olson, direc tor. - . ' CERTIFI OF SINKING FUNDS Thi Is to Certify. that the 1955-56 Budget of Jackson -County carried only two Items designated as sinking funds, namely: Court House Construction, Improvement and Maintenance Fund $390,887.63 Armory Fund (earmarked) ' 60.000. 00 Total moneys budgeted in Sinking Funds " V - $50,887.63 . Dated at Medford, Oregon this fcth day of May, 1956 PLACE YOUR "X" AFTER Republican Ballot-Vote For MORTHUND for COMMISSIONER Paid Adv. Morthlanrf Proposal Would Ban Federal School Aid In Segregated Areas Washington (U.R) Ren Adam C. Powell said today that beginning next year he will at tempt to bar all federal school and educational funds to states maintaining segregated school systems. The New York Democrat said he would offer anti-segregation amendments to such existing fed eral aid programs as vocational education, school lunches and aid to areas whose schools are burdened by military and de fense installations. The federal government Portland Barbers Vote Against Higher Prices Portland (U.R) Union bar bers here ' turned down a pro posed increase in the nricp of haircuts from $1.50 to $1.75 and also decided to eliminate one of their own holidays. The nrorjosal to boost th nri of haircuts was trimmed 235 to 222. Barbers voted 277 to 176 to eliminate Armistice dav as a holiday. A union official said the move was made "because it seemed like the barbers were the only ones closed that day. Boy Scouts Pack 44 Lone Pine The last pack meeting of the school year for Cub Scout pack 44 will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Lone Pine school. The last awards of the season will be given to Cubs who have' earned them. Parents are urged to be present as a discussion of the summer . den meetings will be held. Schools McLOUGHLIN JUNIOR HIGH The eighth grade boys' tennis teams from the'junior highs split a match May 9. The McLough lin doubles team of Gary Cum mings and John Shaw defeated Jerry Anderson and Mike Par sons of Hedrick, 6-2, 6-2. The Hedrick team of Henry Olson and John Frohnmayer o u t played McLoughlin's duo of Don McCurdy and David Ryn, 6-2, 6-2. On May 11, the eighth grade boys of the two schools divided their singles matches, each school winning two. Winners for McLoughlin were David Ryn and John Shaw. Ryn won over Jerry Anderson, 6-3, 6-8, and 6-4, while Shaw's victory was with a 6-2 and 6-2 score. KE-EILECT L. G. "SHY" FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Those who know Shy know him to be capable, sincere, hard-working, but above all, they know him to be HONEST and a MAN OF HIS WORD. ED PtiTOF County Clerk, Oregon for County Commissioner Committee. spends millions of dollars each year on these programs. Would Deny Funds Powell said he would offer amendments to these programs similar to one he has proposed to the administration's $1,400, 000,000 school construction pro gram. Powell's amendment would deny funds under this bill to states that have not com plied with the Supreme Court's decision voiding public school segregation. Because of the bitter contro versy stirred by the Powell pro posal, the school construction bill has been put on ice in the House Rules committee. Powell, one of three Negro House members, told a reporter he does not plan to offer his amendment to a pending House' bill that would continue federal school aid to areas jammed by outside people as a result of fed eral activity. Extension Approved A House subcommittee Mon--day approved a two-year exten sion of this program. It would provide about $350,000,000 in federal aid to some 3,000 school districts in every state. Powell said he would not pro pose his anti-segregation pro viso to this bill this year be cause it is a continuation of a program begun before the Su preme Court's 1954 school de cision. However, he said he would do so in future years. only 63 ) minutes to NORTH BEND COOS BAY ' $60 plus tax Scheduled Local Serv'ct Jackson Cf 91 On The L G. Shy Tom R.Williami, Secy. fcnty. 117 S. CENTRAL TONIGHT 5 to 9 Specials! WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Reg. 4,98 WOMEN'S SLACKS 2.99 SPECIAL PRICE CLASSIC STYLED GABARDINES AND SHARKSKINS. 36 ONLY CREASE RESISTANT. LIGHT AND DARK SHADES. BELTED. v . 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