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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
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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
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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.
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"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
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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."