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E mmsm mm i P3 C CJ o K O R 3 TO - ,. : ,", - : - 1 1 , . ' - - . ' ' ' , GRADUATES Medford High school seniors who received diplomas at commencement exercises at Hedrick Junior High school last night are shown on the stage of the auditorium. Frank B. Bennett, extreme right, president of Eastern Oregon Columbia Utilities Installing Direct Distance Service Direct long distance dialing by subscribers of the Columbia Utilities company's Jackson county telephone exchanges will be Inaugurated in the near fu ture. according to D. O. Hood, president of the company. Four installers are . now in operation at the company's White City exchange, where master equipment for the new service is being installed. Hood said installation and testing should be completed about July 15. Nw Servic The new service will permit subscribers in Butte Falls, Eagle Point. Prospect, Shady Cove and White City exchanges to dial each other directly. Direct dialing also will be available to Medford and Central Point sub scribers of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company with out the assistance of an operator, Hood said. Long distance dialing will be accomplished by the subscriber dialing his own number first for identification, then an access digit to connect with automatic toll dialing equipment, followed by a code" digit for connection to the distant exchange, and the telephone number of the party called. "Electric brain" equipment establishes the connection. , counts the minutes talked, com putes the charges which art reg istered on a magnetic tape, and fed into an electric typewriter at the White City office, where a completed typed toll ticket is recorded. Hood said the process is done without the assistance of an operator. Exchange Prefixes Installation of the service will require the addition of exchange prefixes to present four-digit numbers in Butte Falls. Prospect and Shady Cove. The prefix system was established at Eagle Point and White City exchanges in 1954. Prefixes selected for ex changes are for Butte-- Falls, TOwnsend 5: Prospect. UNion 9; and Shady Cove. TRinity 8 After PT and T-exchanges are converted to full prefix opera Commission Rejects Bids for County Work Portland The Oregon State Highway commission has re jected as too high bids for oiling and paving projects on highways in Jackson county and three other counties. The commission rejected bids for oiling projects on highway near Pinehurst, Ashland, Med ford, Grants Pass, Canyonville and Union Creek. The project called for 33.63 miles of road way oiling and 4.78 miles of shoulder oiling. Bids for Torrent Creek em bankment repair project on Pa cific highway about six miles south of Ashland also was re jected as too high. . The commission awarded a bid to the Steeck Electric com pany, Roseburg, of S7.840, for illumination of the Ashland in terchange section. The project involves installation of 21 mercury-vapor luminaires on 13 stetl poles. Completion date is October 31, 1956, for th project. tion In the Rogue valley early next year, Columbia Utilities subscribers will be able to ex tend direct dialing to Ashland. Grants Pass, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Rogue River and the new Phoenix-Talent exchange, Hood explained. Columbia Utilities equipment has been designed for ultimate integration with the nation-wide direct long distance dialing sys tem of Bell telephone and other independent companies. Sub scribers will be able to dial station-to-station direct to almost every station in the United States and Canada. Hood said. - . Bids To Be Invited For Rehabilitation Project on Canal - Bids will be invited about June 26 for one canal rehabili tation job in the Rogue River basin project and are scheduled to be invited on two other proj ects later this summer, the bu reau of reclamation "has an nounced. Bids will be for work about 25 miles from Medford on the main canal between Browns- boro. Lake Creek and Bradshow Drop. Work on the canal in cludes constructing a 60 inch buried monolithic concrete pipe siphon 325 feet long at Wyant Wash, and a 54 inch buried mon olithic concrete pipe siphon 1,- 100 feet long at Osborne Wash. Other Work Other work on the canal eludes removing five wood-heat metal flumes and constructing two 5!'2 by 5li foot reinforced concrete bench flumes and a cantilever retaining wall and spillway. Completion date will be 230 days. July and August planning schedules list several jobs on which bids will be invited. They include construction of 10.3 miles of open canal includ ing a half mile of concrete pipe siphon, a small diversion dam and other work, 15 miles east of Ashland, and. constructing a 60 men concrete culvert pipe si phon about 375 feet long and re placing a 48 inch wooden siphon with a 57 inch cylinder or 60 inch concrete siphon about 1, 970 long in the Medford canal near Medford. Bids for construction of the Deadwood tunnel will be opened July 2, and bids for the Bear Creek siphon July 10. Bids will be opened at bureau of reclama tion offices in Medford. Weather FORECAST: Partlr cloudy to night and Saturday. Chance . of llht showers Saturday afternoon. Low tonight 4S. High Saturday 75-16. Terap. Highest Yesterday 77 Lowest this Morning 4 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset . 4:3 a.m. 7:7 p.m. . 1:29 p.m. New Moon A total eclipse of the Sun wiU he occurring at this time and it will he Tisthle Bier an area in the South Pacific Ocean. The last eclipse of this series, in May. 1st, was total also and seen over the Souttt Atlantic Oeeea. college, LaGrande, was principal speaker. Ceremonies were held at Hedrick because of unsettled weather recently. School officials considered holding exercises at Medford High school stadium. A total of 270 seniors received diplomas. ( Brainerd photo) Diplomas Presented Graduating Seniors At Medford High Diplomas were presented 270 graduating seniors from Med ford High school at the 63rd an nual commencement ceremony at Hedrick Junior High school auditorium last night. Frank B. Bennett, president of Eastern Oregon college, La Grande, was principal speaker, and Edward Branchfield, chair man of the Medford school board, presented diplomas. Ben nett was introduced by Superin tendent of Schools Leonard B. Mayfield. Exercises were held at Hed rick Junior High school because of unsettled weather conditions th past week". School officials originally considered holding the ceremony in the Medford High school stadium. Presents Awards Lester D. Harris, high school principal, presented scholastic and "other honors. Meredith Foote received the valedictorian award and John Van Dyke the salutatorian award. Carol Denman was nam ed outstanding senior girl and Monte Hoist outstanding senior boy. Senior class officers last year included Sandra Robinson Coo per, president; John Bellack, vice-president; David Drum mond, secretary; Ed Retaking, treasurer, and Robert Durante, student council representative. Advisors have been Mrs. Alice Kovenz and DeVere Taylor. Medford Man Injured In Accident at Elk Alva Reed, 34. of 1357 Lawn ridge dr., suffered serious chest and head injuries this morning while working at Elk Lumber company, according to a report from Sacred Heart hospital. He was taken to the hospital by Medford ambulance attendants. According to reports, a loaded lumber carrier fell over injuring Reed. Portland (U.R) J. E. Parker of Corvallis won the top award of the American Rose Society's 1956 show In the Portland Audi torium. Twenty-nine Will Participate in Beaver Twenty nine delegates from Jackson county will participate in the 20th annual Beaver Boys state at Oregon State college starting Sunday, June 10. Beavers Boys state is sponsor ed by the American Legion to train boys in citizenship, and boys attending are sponsored by local service and community groups. Elections Scheduled Elections wijl be held to de termine city, county and state officials with each boy holding an office. The boy elected gov ernor and one other representa tive will attend Boys Nation in Washington, D.C., later this sum mer as Oregon's delegates. The boy's met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dames re cently to receive instructions. Alex McDonald of Medford High school was elected as sen ior counselor to accompany the boys to Corvallis. He is the first senior counselor from southern Oregon. Handling arrangements for the ediofd boys were Darnel, CoL Late News Briefs AL SARENA REPORT Washington U.R The Demo cratic majority, of a House gov ernment operations subcommit tee was disclosed today to have approved a report calling for cancellation of the controversial Al Sarena mining claim rights in Oregon. The report still must be ap proved by the full House Gov ernment Operations committee and a Senate subcommittee which made a joint investigation. NEW RECORD SET Salem (U.R) Wages paid by nearly 19.000 Oregon employers covered by unemployment com pensation last year reached a new record of Sl.390,065, the State Unemployment Compen sation ..Commission reported to day.-- -. - -, - - 20 Donors Sign for Bloodmobile Visit About 20 appointments have been made to donate blood June 13 when the Bloodmobile will be at the Elks club between 1 and 5 p.m., Red Cross officials an nounced today. At least 250 donors will be needed to meet Medford's quota Wednesday. They pointed out that a total of 162 pints of blood were used in Jackson county during May. At the April Blood mobile visit, residents donated 198 pints to supply needs over a two-month period . ' Donors may make appoint ments at the Red Cross office in the basement of the county courthouse or by telephoning 3-3813, Bloodmobile hours will be extended another hour, to 6 p.m., if appointments are re ceived. Red Cross workers said they recently received a report that someone did not. want to give blood because he had heard the blood is sent to Portland and he did not approve of "all that blood going out of the county." It was explained that it is ne cessary to send the blood to Port land because it must be pro cessed before it can be used, and the nearest laboratory is lo cated in Portland. As blood is needed to replenish the Jackson county supply it is sent back Jackson County Delegates W. H. Paine and Carl Olson. Emil Kroeger made arrange ments for Ashland American Legion post, and Jerry Blanconi made arrangements for Central Point. Boys sponsored by the Ash land Post, and individual spon sors are Jim Sinko, Elks lodge; and Jim Busch, American Legion. Central Point Delegates Central Point boys, and their sponsors, include Warren Strang, Legion post 129; Allen Kinney, Cheney Studs; Randy Campbell, Panter and Jim Glen; John Neal, Central Point Merchants associa tion; and Gerald Kime, Central Point Lions. Delegates from Medford and their sponsors include: Dick Puhl, route 2, box 254, Medford Lions club; Tom King, box 267, Jacksonville, Jackson ville Lions; Bryan Schroeder, 413 North Columbus ave., Crater Lions; Errol Tresham, box 716, Eagle Point, Eagle Point Lions; Charles Swingle, route 3. box 233A, Medial d. Phoenix Linns; 28 Pages Medford 51st Year MEDFORD, Seaton Takes Oath Washington U.R) Fred A. Seaton took the oath of office today as the nation's 37th secre tary of interior. Chief Justice Earl Warren ad ministered the oath to Seaton at the White House. Seaton, who was serving as deputy presidential assistant, succeeded former Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay. Niagara Gorge Wall Falls Smashing Big Power Plant Workman Swept to Death as Gigantic Boulders Tumble Niagara Falls, N.Y. (U.R) The wall of the lower Niagara gorge tore loose late Thursday, thundering hundreds of tons of rocks down on a huge hydro electric plant and shearing two thirds of the building from the face of the cliff into the Niagara river. One workman was swept to his death in the rapids when he was trapped in the roaring rock slide. However, 39 other work men scrambled to safety as gi gantic boulders crashed down on the Schoellkopf Hydroelectric company, a quarter mile below the cataract along the Ameri can shore. The missing workman was tentatively identified, as. Richard Draper of Lewiston.fl.Y. He and the others had been repairing water seepage in a -canal-tunnel which funnels water to the sta tion's dynamos from above the falls. The men were warned of the coming slide when windows in the plant started cracking like rifle shots. Escape in Elevator ' Those who escaped fled to a safe section of the plant and ascended to the top of the 220 foot precipice in an elevator. A few scrambled up the cliff. Sev eral were struck by rocks but none was seriously hurt. Two of the men said they saw the missing man being trapped by the rock slide but were pow erless to help him. Another man cut off from the elevator by the slide was hoisted up the face of the cliff by rescue workers using ropes. Hundreds of sightseers on the rainbow bridge on the Canadian side of the falls opposite the power plant saw the cliff give way. Two more rock slides fol lowed at five-minute intervals. Largest Stat Plant The plant was the largest of more than 80 hydroelectric pow er plants in the state. Six gener ators with a combined capacity of more than 250,000 kilowatts were wrecked in the slide. All electrical power iq the city of Niagara Falls, N.Y., was cut off. Power was partially restored later. Damage by the rock slide was said to be approximately $100,000,000. Boys State David Spangler, route 1, box 364, Talent, Talent Lions; Larry Al bright, 1654 Orchard Home dr., Kiwanis club; Walter Humphrey, route 2, box 417, Rotary club; James Corum, 30 Willamette ave.. Elks lodge; Charles Robert son, 1023 West Ninth St., Med ford Legion post; David Espey, 619 Park st., St. Mary's Parents association. Gordon Fleming. 706 South Holly st., Medford Mail Tribune; Wayne Breeze, 921 Murray St., Weeks and Orr Furniture; David Gifford, 2216 Ruhl Way, Fluhrer bakery; David Frohnmayer, 1656 Spring St., Barker's cloth ing; Bob Glover, 1162 James rd., Elk Lumber company; Stewart Schroeder, 39 North Columbus ave., Mann's Department store; Maurice Corcoran, 449 Fair mount, St., Conger-Morris mor tuary; Ken Kumasawa, 220 Cot tage St., Whitelaw Candy com pany; Dick Corum, 30 Wil lamette ave.. Dean and Taylor Pontiac; Bob Young, 727 Alder St., " Otto Frohnmayer; and Charles Finch, 794 Waverijr at,, CoL W. H- Paine, OREGON, FRlUAir McKay resigned in the spring to run as the GOP candidate against ,Sen. Wayne Morse (D. Ore.) in the November elections. Mr. Eisenhower nominated Seaton to head the Interior de partment last week. The Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote Wednesday less than 24 hours after it sailed "Look At It This Way Russia Challenges US To Cut in Manpower Washington (U.R) Soviet Pre mier Nikolai Bulganin challenged the United States in his latest letter to President Eisenhower to match Russia's 1,200, 000-man military slash, diplomatic circles reported today. President Eisenhower and U.S. military officials already have made clear they have no inten tion of matching the Soviet man power cut. Soviet Ambassador Georgi Za roubin delivered Bulganin's two page letter and an accompany ing 16-page document to Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles Thursday. Neither the State Department or the Soviet Embassy would disclose the message's subject matter. The text was expected to be made public late today or Saturday. Contains New Proposals However, diplomatic circles reported the message contained new disarmament proposals in cluding the manpower-cut chal lenge. Diplomatic sources said Bul ganin told the President that an equal manpower slash in U.S. forces would boost trust and confidence between the Soviet bloc bnd the free world. There has been speculation here and abroad for weeks that Russia would make the proposal. Russia fias beat its propaganda drums loudly about its cut ever since announcing it last month. Architect Submits Detention Home Plans William Siebert, Medford architect, Wednesday submitted to the county court his first drawings of the proposed $65, 000 juvenile detention home to be built on a two-acre site at the county fairgrounds. The architect also submitted sketches of the proposed ad ministration wing of the build ing provided for in the 1956-57 county budget. Also viewing the plans were juvenile department personnel and members of the advisory committee. Members of the county court, who recently visited juvenile facilities in California, plan trips soon to Salem and Woodburn to see Oregon state juvenile jjarilitiM. 3 Price 5c rRIBUNE 1956 No. 68 through the Senate Interior committee. The 46-year-old new cabinet member is a Nebraska newspa per publisher. He served in the Senate in 1952, serving out the unexpired term of the late Ken neth S. Wherry (R.-Neb.). He acted as a top presidential adviser in his former White House post. It's Great To Be Alive" But U.S. officials have eon tended that manpower is not the key to effective disarmament in the atomic age. Keep Present Level Dulles said the Soviet cut might even increase Russia's war-making potential by freeing men for industry. Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson said flatly the United States will maintain its armed forces at the present 2.850,000-man level for the indefinite future. Some officials pointed out that Russia merely appeared to be following the American "new look" program of cutting down and streamlining its armed forces. Stocks Dip on Ike's Illness New York U.R) A new sel ing drive hit the stock market in the early afternoon trading today when the White House an nounced President Eisenhower was taken to Walter Reed hos pital as a "precautionary meas ure." In this drive prices were forc ed down 52 to S5 a share, their worst decline since May 22. The year's lows were being threat ened. At the bottom of the decline the market showed a loss of more than $3,000,000,000 in value of all listed issues. The industrial average at 1 p.m. (EDT) showed a loss of 9.91 points, its widest loss since Oct. 10. Paris U.R) Reports of Presi dent Eisenhowers illness today caused the black market rate for the dollar to drop 10 per cent. London (U.R) President Eis- enhower's health was bannerline news in London afternoon news papers today. "Eisenhower 111 Again," head lined the Evening Standard. "Doctor With Him Since 2 a.m.' Court Buys Drapes, Rugs for New Room The Jackson county ; court Wednesday purchased drapes and a rug for the new circuit court room in the courthouse an nex and a carpet for the jwige's rhurnhfai. I tf KRFh,m it. ; NlST Doctors Summoned For Possibility Of Operation Heart Condition Declared Unchanged Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower has a "partial ob struction" of the small intestina and surgeons have been sum moned to see if surgery k nec essary. A team of physicians reported that an electrocardiogram showed no change in the Presi dent's heart. As a "precaution," ' however, they summoned famed cardiologist Dr. Paul Dudley White from Boston for consul tation. This news on the President's condition as of 3:30 p.m. (EDT) was issued at Walter Reed Army Hospital, where the President was taken by ambulance early this afternoon. Mr. Eisenhower had become ill at the White House during the night. Confirm Diagnosis Dr. Howard McC. Snyder, the President's physician, earlier had diagnosed Mr. Eisenhower's ailment as ileitis, an inflamma tion of the small intestine. Following examinations at Walter Reed, Synder and the hospital's commander issued a communique confirming this diagnosis. But they added that they also had found "a partial obstruction in the terminal por tion of the small intestine." This presumably was caused by the intestinal inflammation. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty, who made public the medical report, said a group of civilian surgeons is being called in to determine whether the situation requires surgery. Dr. White said in Boston ther is a "possibility" that surgery may be necessary. He said he is leaving for Washington as soon as possible because the doctors "want me there." Whether surgery will b needed. Hagerty said, could not be determined at this time. "Is his condition critical?" a reported asked. "Certainly none of the doctors used such an adjective to me," Hagerty replied. Doctor Intercepted Hagerty said the three sur geons being called in as a "pre cautionary measure" are Drs. John H. Lyons, Washington, D.C.; Brian Blades, professor of surgery at George Washington University here; and Isador Rav din, professor of surgery at the Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia. Dr. Thomas Mattingly, Walter Reed cardiologist who has been a consultant in the President's case from the beginning, was intercepted by police in South Carolina after the Secret Serv ice had sent out an alert. He hurried to Columbia, S.C., to fly to the President's bedside. The attack occurred about X a.m. (EDT). Mrs. Eisenhower summoned Dr. Snyder. On his advice the President was taken to the hospital. He rode on a stretcher in an olive drab Army ambulance. The am bulance left the White House at 1:30 p.m. with sirens whining. The trip to the tiospital in the extreme northern part of Wash ington took 10 minutes. Carried on Stretcher Four hospital corpsmen, flank ed by two doctors, carried the President on the stretcher into the hospital. The President was bareheaded and clad in tan pajamas. Mrs. Eisenhower had arrived at the hospital a few minutes earlier with their son, Maj. John S. Eisenhower. She managed a faint smile for newsmen and then hurried into the spacious presidential suite on 'the third floor of the hospital. The intestinal upset created worldwide concern. The New York Stock Exchange had its worst break of the year. The White House notified Vice President Richard M. Nixon even before it first announced the President's upset, but in series of bulletins it emphasized its belief that the ailment was "no cause for alarm." Portland Woman Dies In Wreck Near G. Pass Grants Pass (U.R) Miss Mil dred Broun, 67-year-old retired Portland school teacher, died in a hospital here today from injur ies suffered in an auto accident yesterday afternoon. Miss was a passenger in a car driven by her brother, Wilbur Broun, who mistook a truck er's left turn signal as an indica tion that the road was clear for passing. Police said Broun took to a ditch to avoid collision. The accident occurred on Highway 99 at the Merlin road junction aiwut 5 miles north of here. .
