Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 18, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textami ma; n 1 Orv n u mm ? 'Q LZ BOOSTER CROW A record high attendance wag noted Saturday at the fourth annual Rogue River Rooster Crowing contest. A total of 229 roosters competed in the event, includ ing three Irom Medford. Medford entries in cluded one from the Kiwanis club, one from the Greeters committee and one from the f Rountable of the Jackson County Chamber CATFISH DERBY Hundreds of people at the 20th annual national Catfish derby are shown while waiting at TouVelle State park Sunday for coronation of Queen Myda Mc- William Edwards Takes National Derby's Sweepstakes Award Here William Edwards, Medford, took the sweepstakes award in the Medford 20-30 Club's 20th annual National Catfish Derby at TouVelle State park yester day. An estimated 4,300 persons attended. Edwards caught the largest catfish and teamed up with his son, Carl, to win first in the fa ther and son three-legged race. The award for the smallest catfish went to D. T. Ferguson, Ashland, and one for the larg- Officials To Visit Detention Homes County Judge Rodney Keat ing, Commissioner C. H. Wendt, and William Seibert will leave Tuesday to visit several state de tention homes. Included in the trip will be McLaren at Woodburn and Hill crest near Salem where they will confer with officials regarding ideas for incorporation into plans for the proposed Jackson county juvenile detention home. Seibert, Medford architect for the $65,000 detention home which will also include a $25,000 administrative wing, also has visited many of the Bay area de tention homes for ideas. Prospect District To Receive Payment Sen. Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon said today Eagle Point (school district 9 has been award ed tentative entitlement of $2,698 by the office of education ' of the department of health, edu cation and welfare. The district was certified for an immediate payment of $2,423. A treasury check for the amount has been sent to the district. The funds are distributed to school districts under the pro gram to provide financial assist ance for schools in federally af fected areas. Missing Plane Hunt Shifts to Cascade Lake Bend U R A report that wreckage of an airplane was seen in a central Oregon lake caused searchers today to shift their attention to an area west of here in the hunt for a private plane missing with its two pas sengers. The plane has been missing since Thursday when it left Leb anon. Ore., heading east over the Cascades. Hollywood (U.R) Dean Mar tin and Jerry Lewis, one of the most famous teams in show busi ness, have confirmed they are breaking up after a farewell nightclub, tour in the lajU f!.sr- 4; j,-.-4rsi.n.- jwh aii i yt nia ill y ) -Li :iL.0iilMdL est number-of catfish to Jack McQuigg, Medford McQuigg had a string of 130 iish. ... . -. Oldest Fisherman Oldest fisherman at the derby was Jules Paudois, 87, of Jack sonville, and the youngest was Joe Recder, 10, of Medford. One hundred feet of film were taken of events during the day. The moving pictures were taken at the request of 20-30 Interna tional which chose the derby as one of four outstanding 20-30 club projects in the nation. The film will be added to a public relations movie being produced by the International. Other prizes and awards went to Gary Spafford, Medford, first in sack race for boys under 10 Late News Briefs AMERICAN NAMED Tel Aviv, Israel (U.R) Moshe Sharett formally resign ed as foreign minister today and was replaced by Mrs. Golda My erson, a former Milwaukee schoolteacher. STRATEGY MAPPED New York (U.R) The United Steelworkers of America today mapped plans for a stra tegic divide and conquer cam paign aimed at speeding settle ment of a new contract for 650, 000 basic steelworkers. POLITICS SEEN Washington (U.R) Rep. Hamer Budge (R-Ida.), said to day that if the House Interior committee votes out the Feder al Hells Canyon bill tomorrow it will be "solely for political reasons primarily the U. S. Senate race in Oregon." AIR FORCE MONEY Washington (U.R) The Senate Appropriations commit tee, overriding administration recommendations, today voted an extra $1,600,000,000 to ex pand the Air Force. Polls Open Today For District Voting Polls will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. today for voters in first class, rural and non high school districts of Jackson coun ty to elect new school directors in the annual election. Polling place in the Medford district is the girls' gymnasium of Medford Hich school, and vot ing in other districts will be in various schol buildings. Residents of the Lone Pine school district also wi.U vote on a $12,000 tax levy for purchas ing a school bus. Previously it was reported that voters in the Lone Pine and Howard areas would cast ballots on the pro posal, but the bus lew is in the Lone Pine district only, accord ing to school official. of Commerce. The roosters were escorted to the Rogue River city park by Police Chief Charles Champlin and Mayor Earl Miller. Mayor Miller, one of the judges, is shown above with a group of judges rating rooster cages shortly before the crowing contest started. Cabe. Also featured at the program were numerous contests and award presentations. The Derby was sponsored by the Medford 20-30 club. years of age; Bud Pinz, 18, Med ford, youngest father present; W, H, Kmg-,-39, Medford, young est grandfather present; Mr. and Mrs. John Higginbottom, Rogue River, couple married the longest time, 68 years; Richard Griffin, Medford, bubble gum blowing contest; Paul Harmer, Medford, pie eating contest; 1923 Ford owned by Earl Kurtz, Med ford, oldest car present; John Nelson, Central Point, and Roy Magness, Ashland, tie for the baldheaded man contest; and Roger Sharp, 16-months-old, Medford, readhead contest. Entertainment Entertainment was provided by the Swingin' Star square dance group; Rusty Howard and his Western musicians, a Colleen Hope dance troupe, and Mrs. Richard Schuchard, organist. Miss Myda McCabe ruled over the day as she was crowned queen of the derby. Members of her court included Lelani Kunk el, Jacque Bates, Patty Hilton, and Dana Ragsdala. The queen and court are students at Med ford High school next year. Attorneys, Seeking Release of Cahill Salem (U.R) Defense attor neys for Otto Cahill, convicted Nelscott water official, today asked the State Supreme Court to have Cahill released from the state penitentiary on grounds they planned to appeal his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney Richard Anderson, Newport, said Cahill was hurried off to prison Saturday without notice to his attorneys or bonds men. Appeal will be based on a claim that the due process of law clause of the 14th amendment was ignored in the case, Ander son said. Cahill was convicted of em bezzling some $750 while com missioner of the Taft-Nelscott- Delake water district. He was taken to prison from Portland Saturday by Air Force ambu lance and is under observation to determine whether a heart condition will prevent him being placed with other convicts. Residents Called to Jury Duty Not Needed Residents who have been called for jury duty in federal district court Wednesday need not report after all, it was an nounced this morning by district officials. All cases on the docket for Wednesday have been settled out of court, and no jurors are needed. Federal Judge Gus Solomon, Portland, has been presiding at sessions of tea court hre. Medford -Full leased Wire 51st Year California Searched Girl, 15, Knifed; Dumped in Ditch Near Sand Creek Identity Established By Immigration Card Klamath FalU (U.R) Cali fornia authorities today ar rested Salvador Suaret Galan. 38, wanted as a suspect in tha Taping and knifing of a 15-ytar-old girl her. Galan was arrested this aft noon in a railroad shed naar MacDoel, Calif. Klamath Falls, Ore. (U.R) A posse of sheriff's deputies and law officers searched a 100 square mile area along the California-Oregon border today for a man suspected of raping and knifing a 15-year-old girl. The suspect is Salvador Suarez Galan, 38, alias Luis Garcia Ra mos, a Mexican who worked as a railroad section hand for the Southern Pacific. He lived at Keg Pitt, Calif., a railroad sid ing about 32 miles south of Klamath Falls. Oregon State Police said the girl, Dorothy Jackson, identified Galan as her attacker from a picture on his immigration card. She was in critical condition from four knife wounds near the heart. When officers "wenttto arrest him, Galan fled through a rear door and lost himself in the brush-covered country surround ing the area. Miss Jackson told police she was raped behind a fUamatn Falls lumber yard Saturday morning. Then, she said, her as sailant stabbed her four times. He threw her in the rear of his car and drove her to the end of a lonely mountain road SO miles north of Klamath Falls. There, near the Sand Creek area, he dumped her into a road side ditch. She lay unconscious and half-hidden under a blanket for nearly seven hours. An uni dentified passerby found her in the afternoon and called police. Elliott Names Dickey As Confab Alternate Robert A. Elliott, delegate to the Republican National con vention from the state at large, has named Robert Dickey, Med ford attorney, as his alternate, he has announced. Dickey was among candidates for District 4 delegate to the convention. 1 Elliott and Dickey and Rodney Keating and Ed G. Boehnke, Eu gene, the latter two District 4 delegates, and Keating's ' alter nate, Mrs. Kathleen Bash, will be among those attending an or ganizational meeting of the Ore gon delegation in Salem Wed nesday. Delegates will elect their chairman and vice-chairman at the Wednesday session. Tfie Dalles Girl Dies After Fall From Car Hood River (U.R; A five- year-old The Dalles girl, Kathy Ann Sojblom, died early today at a Hood River hospital of injuries suffered when she fell from the rear seat of a moving automobile yesterday about a mile west of here. Weather FORECAST: Cloudy with light rain tonight; semi-cold and oc casional sunshine between showers Tuesdav. Low to night, 59; high Tuesday . Temp. Highest yesterday 82 Our Skies Tonight Sunrie 4:31 am. Sunset 7:51 p.m. Moonset Tuesday . .. 1:59 a.m. Full Moon Friday night MERCURY is making an ap pearance as a morning star this week and may be seen low in the east for a few min utes each moraine A little be fore sunrise. 14 Pages MEDFORD, . (, JUNE 18, 1956 Price 5c No. 76 - 7 - - n i MEDFORD, - Dreg,. Jorder Vicinity for Klamath Rape Suspect "Mutations, Sh mutation A Long As You're Healthy" Sen. Morse Campaign Camp Greyback," Illinois Val' ley Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D. Ore.) promised a campaign "on the issues" when he spoke here yesterday at the annual picnic of the Illinois Valley Democrat ic club. An estimated 300 per sons heard the senator speak. "I will leave the smear tac tics to others," Senator Morse said in promising not to "de scend into the gutter for person ality attacks." He said he will talk on all the issues, and that he feels if "we take the issues to the people, we will win." Social Security A considerable portion of his brief talk dealt with social secu rity legislation, and he declared that one cannot be liberal in human relations if he supports a reactionary economic policy against the general welfare. He stated that he prays for the immediate and complete re covery of President Eisenhower from his present illness, but that he does oppose him on certain issues, including some ' of the administration's' attitudes on so cial security legislation. The senator said his faith in the capitalistic system convinces him that the social security age limit could be lowered to 60 for both men and women, and that there should be no age limit on disability coverage. He also fa vors improvement in veterans' legislation, he said, including a uniform pension for World War I veterans. Power Generation He also explained his philos ophy with regard to power gen eration, saying he has no objec tion to private utilities building low-head dams on sites suited to that purpose, but would have no part of "scuttling" all-purpose dam-sites by private utilities. "Public power dams should be built on sites suitable for multi purpose development," he de clared, and private power dams on sites suitable for that pur pose. "We will be cheated out of a great economic ally if Idaho power company is allowed to build three low dams on the Snake river, just as they tried to cheat us out of Grand Coulee dam," the senator stated. He discussed his objection to the initial version of the anti narcotics bill, explaining that he obtained deletion of the wire tapping provision which had been slipped into the bill. Such a provision is dangerous, he de clared, and he said he "struck a blow in defense of every man, woman and child in the coun try," when he got the clause out of the bill. Greeted by Friends benator and Mrs. Morse ar rived in Medford by air Sunday morning, and were greeted by a considerable group of friend TRIBUNE V Unlud Prcsa full leued Win . f ATOMIC ErttKGr GOOP News COMMISSION Promises on 'Issues' and supporters, many of hwom attended the picnic. He returned here by car in the late after noon, and was seen off by an other group of friends. ' Dave Shaw, Gold Beach attor ney, introduced the senator, and pledged his support to the full Democratic ticket including Charles Porter, Eugene, who de feated Shaw for the Democratic nomination for Congress from this district. Porter, his wife and two of his children attended, and Robert Holmes, Gearhart, Democratic candidate for gov ernor, and Mrs. Holmes, also at tended. Among those attending from Medford was Bob Boyer, chairman of the Jackson County Democratic Central committee and a candidate for the legisla ture, i Equalization Board Completes Reviewing Jackson county's board of equalization finished reviewing more than 200 petitions for prop erty assessment corrections at 11 p.m. Friday, according to County Judge Rodney Keating, chairman of the group. Judge Keating said several changes in assessments were made. The board expects to make a more detailed report early next week. Two men from the state tax commission assisted the board with reclassification and land adjustment problems and two deputy assessors, one from Josephine county and the other from Klamath county, spent a few days here making new ap praisals of residential, commer cial and farm property. Washington (U.R) French Foreign Minister Christian Pin- eau conferred with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today on his ideas for channeling East- West foreign aid programs through the United Nations. Seattle Boy, 12, Unable To Give Reason For Strangulation of Four-Year-Old Girl Seattle, Wash. MM A 12 year-old boy confessed to police Sunday night that he killed four-year-old Kathryn Lane Ruoff and buried her battered, nude body beneath the wood floor of a garage. - Walked Into Garage Capt. Victor Kramer said Ray John Barker, who lives across the street from the home of the murdered girl, confessed that he strangled. Kathryn, one of four children of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ruoff. Ruoff w a Washington state representative and an in surance Kan. British Soldiers Die in Fire Set By Greek Cypriots Forest Ignited To Halt Hunt for Leader . Nicosia, Cyprus (U.R) Ten to 15 British soldiers were reported dead today in a forest fire set by pro-Greek Cypriots to halt a search for the leader of EOKA, the anti - British underground guerrilla movement on Cyprus. Scores of soldiers were in jured in the fire that swept down on them at 30 miles an hour as they closed a security ring on EOKA leader George Grivas in operation "Lucky Al phonse." Hospitals throughout the island were filled with burn ed men. American Wounded British doctors worked to save the life of an American, Jack Bane, 38, of Chevy Chase, Md., seriously wounded in a bombing attack Saturday night that killed an American vice con sul and wounded two other Americans. William Boteler, 26, of Wash ington, D.C., the vice consul, was killed when terrorists threw a bomb into the little Soho res taurant where he was dining with Bane, James Dace,. 33, 'of Los Angeles and James Coleman. 28, of Scranton, Pa., employees of a U.S. government radio station. The forest fire broke out Sun day night as 2.000 British troops neared an end of the operation they believe broke the back of the guerrilla organization. Gri vas, known as . Dighnis, es caped capture by a matter of seconds. Grivas was surprised by a pa trol as he sat beside a stream with some companions. A sol dier fired at him but the 58-year-old guerrilla leader sprint ed into the scrubby undergrowth he knows well. He was' thought to be surrounded. Injured Removed An airplane circled overhead with a loundspeaker exhorting him to "Come out. The game is lost." Troops and .civilians fought the flames throughout the night Helicopters took the injured to hospitals where blood plasma was flown from the capital city of Nicosia. An army chaplain, black with smoke, told reporters the flames "came at us at about 30 miles an hourj Some of the soldiers who were burned had been fighting the fire, others were taking part in the operation against Grivas. It was all over in three minutes, and some of the men managed to escape by running up the hill." leak on Target Miss Said Sought by FBI Honolulu U.R! The FBI is seeking the serviceman or serv icemen who disclosed that the re cently air - dropped hydrogen bomb missed its target, the Hon olulu Advertiser said today. The informant also said two servicemen were blinded by the blast. The newspaper said authori ties consider it "imperative to find the leak on Eniwetok and plug it, no matter what service he belongs to. She walked into the garage and I took hold of her and chok ed her. I don't know why," the boy told Kramer.- Kramer said he had no reason to doubt the confession of the Barker boy "who has had prob lems before." Admitted Slaying The police captain aeid the boy admitted the slaying when first questioned about the crime upon his return from a picnic with a group of other boys in the neighborhood. "Wi had no partieuiar iceeoa Nothing Revealed On Eisenhower's Future Intentions Dulles in Separate Private Meeting Washington U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower conferred pri vately with Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon for 15 minutes to day at Walter Reed hospital. Nixon told reporters that "th question of the President' fu ture political actions was not discussed." Mr. Eisenhower also held a separate private meeting with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and a brief joint meet ing with Nixon and Dulles. It was his first visit with Nixon since the President's emergency operation June 9 to relieve an intestinaUblock. Stitches Removed Later in the morning, doctors removed the superficial skin stiches from the President's sur gical incision. White House Press Secretary James C. Hag erty said the "deep, through and through wire sutures" of the operative wound wera left in place. A midday medical bulletin said Mr. Eisenhower was contin uing to "progress very satisfac torily." Reporters besieged Nixon on ' his departure from the presiden tial suite with questions about Mr. Eisenhower's political in tention. After denying "categorically" that the question was discussed this morning, Nixon said that the question of whether tha President will reconsider his de cision to run for election is one that the "President alone" can answer. . . Proper Time and Place He said Mr. Eisenhower will make the decision and select hi own "time and place" for an nouncing it. He said it would not be "proper" for him, Nixon, to speculate on when or what the decision will be. Nixson said Mr. Eisenhower himself knows best tha require ments of leadership, both in na tional and international fields, and knows the burdens of the office and his own physical capacity. Nixon said he is sure that the President will "weigh" all the factors involved and make the "proper decision." Asked if he might reappraise his own decision to seek reelec tion as vice president because of the President's current ill ness, Nixon said that "until" the President announces any change in his decision "none of us" who made decisions based on his will change. Nixon arrived at the hospital and saw Mr. Eisenhower alone for 15 minutes. The two were then joined by Dulles for five minutes. Then Dulles conferred alone with the President for 10 minutes on "State Department matters." The President had been up and had taken his daily walking exercises before his visitors ar rived. He was back in bed when he conferred with them. Later, Mr. Eisenhower spent 25 minutes with his chief assist ant, disposing a batch of White House papers.' The President signed 10 bills, vetoed one, approved five nomi nations, issued a proclamation of Citizenship day, approved two supplemental appropria tions, accepted a resignation, sent nominations of 136 postmas ters to the Senate, and signed routine lists of Air Force pro motions. Oregon Auto Accidents Claim Lives of Two By UNITED PRESS Highway accidents in Oregon over the week end claimed the life of a 27-year-old Corvallis father of two small girls and of a Eugene man. The victims were Norman E. Doty, Corvallis, and Edwin Ray Shelley, 25, Eugene. to suspect him," Kramer said. "He just emerged during our process of questioning everyone in the district. Analysis Confirmed King County Coroner John P. Brill's autopsy confirmed the analysis of police that Kathryn called Jamie by her family and friends, had been sexually as saulted before her death. Kramer said after the' boy confessed, "He was very re morseful and could offer no co herent explanatoa ot why be did it."