Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 12, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSpeech 3 raw Fir g s a iA t Fa fe4 jpi 4i-vrr .! VISITING IN NEW YORK, nine interna tional beauties are bound for "Miss Uni verse" contest in Long Beach, Calif. From left: Belgium's Lucinne Auquier, Sweden's Ingrid Goude, Canada's Elaine Bishenden, Southern Oregon Jjumane Society fo Continue Operation Southern Oregon Humane So ciety will continue operation for the remainder of this year. The society's board of trustees made the decision today follow ing a public hearing at which A. K. Woody) Morse, of Morse Motors in Medford, guaranteed payment of the society's deficit for this year Attending the hearing, held to consider dissolution of the so ciety, were seven local residents including Morse, and seven trustees of the society. Insufficient Funds The trustees stated there was not sufficient money to continue operation. While the society has in the past received limited aid from the state, county and city, further funds from these sources will not be forthcoming. They also explained the so ciety has experienced consider able difficulty in obtaining funds since organization of the United Medford Crusade. The humane society has applied for member ship in the UMF, but was re jected and contributions from the UMF have been only those which were specifically desig nated for the society. Morse and others at the hear ing expressed belief that many southern Oregon residents rec ognize the need for such a so ciety and would contribute if they were contacted. The trust ees, however, said concerted ef forts in soliciting money had produced only discouraging re sults. At least $1,000 more would be necessary, they indicated, to sustain the program for the re mainder of this year. They also said the financial problem would be greater next year since funds alloted by the Jackson county dog control board would not be renewed. From Jan. 1 to May 31 income totaled $3,407.75 and routine ex penses were $3,000.75. Net bank balance on May 31 was 1.018.95. The society, originally the Jackson County Humane So ciety, was organized in 1928 as a non-profit corporation for pro tection and care of animals. This morning's hearing in the courthouse auditorium started at 10 a.m. and ended about 10:30 a.m. Chairman of the board is R. W. Frame and president of the society is Mrs. Robert Keeney. Nasser Will Confer With Tito and Nehru Belgrade. Yugoslavia (U.R) Egyptian President Gamal Abdel 'Nasser flew here today for three- way talks with Yugoslav Presi- dent Tito and Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru. : Nasser and Tito will meet for a week before Nehru joins them. The subject of their talks secret, although there have been reports that they would consider xormation or ineir countries iniu a so-called "third force" between the Communist East and cap italist West. Field Trip Set By Irrigation A field trip into the Bradshaw drop and Lake Creek areas will be held by the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation districts Saturday, Jack Hoff buhr, secretary manager of the Medford district, reminded wa ter users today. The trip will start at 8:30 a.m. from the intersection of Crater Lake highway and Antelope rd., at Camp White. Hoffbuhr urged water users interested to con .ct their respective irrigation "trict offices. Cars will convoy water users Bradshaw Drop, where the .,ater is divided between the two districts. The convoy will go to Lake Creek to inspect the proposed Wyant Wash siphon, the existing Lake Creek flume Response To Polio Vaccination Declared 'Gratifying' A check of local doctors and drug stores today showed "ex cellent" results from the current campaign to encourage Salk anti-polio vaccinations, it was reported today. The campaign, sponsored by the Jackson county chapter of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, is being con ducted to encourage all persons up to age 19, and expectant mothers, to receive the first of the three-shot series before the polio season arrives. Polio inci dence here usually takes an up- 100-Mile An Hour Chase Ends With Arrest in Yreka A 100-mile an hour auto chase from Ashland over Siskiyou sum mit ended at Yreka, Calif., last night with the arrest of Stephen Basey, 21, address unknown. Basey is being held in Yreka i on a concealed weapons charge, A search of his car and Basey revealed an automatic pistol on a clip underneath the dashboard and two switch knives, Ashland police said. According to police. he has refused to waive extra dition. The chase began about 7:15 p.m. yesterday. This is the story according to Ashland police: Cars Parked An off duty patrolman noticed two cars parked on a boulevard in Ashland. He called police headquarters, thinking the men in-the autos might be drinking Kenneth Barger, a lieutenant was sent to investigate. Barger approached the cars and recognized the man in one of them as Basey, who is wanted on a warrant for a felony charge in Josephine county. Basey saw the policeman and "took out at 80 or 85" miles per hour Barger stopped him after a short chase. Bothcars pulled to the curb and Barger got out to talk to Basey. The latter waited until the lieutenant was walking up to the car, then started his car and headed south on High way 99. Resume Chass Barger resumed the chase, and radioed police to alert stations down the line, for the fleeing car. Basey ran a highway depart ment roadblock, and went past the California checking station. A Siskiyou county sheriff's deputy ran Basey off the road with a pickup truck after Yreka city police had "fired three or four shots" into Basey's car. He was arrested by. the sher iff's officers there. He is being held for possible extradition to face charges in Josephine county. Apcording to Oregon state law, a police officer "in fresh pur suit" of a person or persons wanted on a felony charge may cross a state line. . . . . Saturday Districts and the site of the proposed re placement, the existing South fork flume and the replacement site, and the new Culbertson flume, which is operating for the first time this season. Officials of the bureau of re clamation and from the county agent's office are expected to participate on 'the field trip. The trip was scheduled to ac quaint users of water with the upper system structures which are scheduled for replacement this fall. Another trip is plan ned next year to allow users to see new structures. Bids for the rehabilitation work will be op ened in the near future by the bureau of reclamation. Hoffbuhr pointed out that cars will travel close to the scheduled sites on the field trip. . Eigland's Iris Waller, France's Anita Trey ens, Germany's Marina Orschel, Iceland's Gudlaug Gudmondsdottir, Italy's Rosanna Galli and Turkey's Can Uysal. Contest starts today. (International Soundphoto) Campaign swing during, August, Septem ber and October. One doctor reported two to three vaccinations being made weekly before the campaign started. They now have jumped to 10 to 15 a day, his office said. Another reported a big increase in the younger age group but said response by teen-agers has been slow. Response 'Gratifying' Still another doctor said the teen-age response has been "very gratifying" while another said "we can't keep the phone an- swered, people are making ap pointments all day long." Drug stores generally reported a sharp increase in sale of the vaccine. Harry Chipman, chairman of the county chapter, said the vac cine supply for the county now looks better than at any time since its release. A total of 216, 361 cc's of the vaccine are now available for use in Oregon, he said. Each shot in the three-shot series contains one cc. Current national production schedules in- dicate that Oregon can expect upwards of 200.000 cc's of addi- tionaL vaccine each month from now on, Chipman said. Use Must Increase Unless Oregon is to lose part of its supply to other states, the current rate of use must be in creased sharply, the chairman pointed out. Rough estimates indicate slightly over half of the eligible age group in the county had received the vaccine up to the first of this week. Doctors in the county are gen erally agreed that a charge of $10 for the complete series of vaccinations will be made. This barely covers the doctors' cost of the vaccine and administering expense. Verdict Favoring Copco Returned A Jackson county circuit court jury yesterday returned a ver dict in favor of the California Oreeon Power comDany in a damage suit resulting from the Blackwell hill fire last Labor Day week end." The suit was brought by the Rev. and Mrs. D. W. Casey, who live on old Highway 99 south of Gold Hill. They sought to recover damages for the loss of certain personal property de stroyed in "the fire. The Rev. Casey is pastor of the Church in the Pines. Mr. and Mrs; Casey claimed that Copco was responsible for the fire because of a portion of a dead pine tree blew through the air and hit one of its distri bution lines. The Blackwell hill fire started from a broken power line which ignited dry grass between old and new Highway 99 near the Church in the Pines. High winds and low humidity caused the fire to spread rapidly. The trial lasted five days with Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna pre siding. Mr. and Mrs. Casey were represented by George W. Rode and Copco was represented by Roberts, Kellington and Branch- field Weather FORECAST: Afternoon and eve ning thunderstorms over high mountains. Otherwise fair through Friday.- Low tonight 55. High Friday S8. Temp. Hiehrst Yesterday SI Lowest this Morning 52 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise d-45 a.m. Sunset 7:48 p.m. Moon set tTioonsei ! p. First Quarter -July 14 .iu:za p.m. Arcturus. in the west 11:28 p.m. Vega. hUh overhead ..11:22 p.m. PROMINENT CONSTELLATIONS Ariadne's Crown, above Arctu rus. Sairitarrius low in the south below Vega. Medforp United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 24 Pages Administration Looks To Senate To Up Foreign Aid House-Approved Bill Studied by Committee Washington (U.R) The Eisen hower administration today looked to the Senate to make a sizeable increase in the $3,400, 000,000 appropriation voted by the House Wednesday for the foreign aid program. The Senate Appropriations Committee was called into closed session this morning to consider the House-approved bill. The committee hoped to finish its deliberations late today or Friday.- The House approved the $3, 000,000,000 figure by a vote of 284 to 120, over the pleas of President Eisenhower. Despite the taunts of Democrats and the pleas of GOP leaders, no effort was made to increase the total in line with President Eisen hower's expressed wishes. Approve Aid Study Administration leaders de cided such an effort would have little chance of success in the House. In another development the Senate Wednesday approved a $300,000 study of the foreign aid program. It would be conducted by a special 19-member commit tee, including all 15 members of the Foreign Relations Com mittee, plus the ranking Demo crat and Republican on both the Appropriations and Armed Services Committee. The House total is $1,500,000. 000 less than the $4,900,000,000 originally asked by Mr. Eisen hower and $600,000,000 less than the $14,000,000,000 authoriza tion ceiling voted earlier by the House" and - Senate. Mr. Eisen hower hoped the appropriation woild at least match the authori zation. Nixon Scores Cuts In the Senate, efforts were expected to both cut and raise the $3,400,000,000 figure. The outcome is uncertain. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, returning from an Asian tour, said Wednesday that cuts in U.S. aid could be "disastrous" in some of the areas he visited. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles told a news confer ence Wednesday a $1,500,000,000 slash made by the House would seriously undermine the defense programs of U. S. Allies, includ ing such countries as Formosa, Korea and Viet Nam. Baseball NATIONAL , , (1st Game) Pittsburgh 2 10 1 Chicago 16 1 Kline and Shepard; Kaiser, Lown (8). and Landriih. Home runs: Virdon. Pittsburgh; Banks, Chicago. Unemployment Taxes Fail To Close Deficit Salem (U.R) Employer contributions increased to more than a million dollars during the second quarter of 1956, but fail ed to overcome a deficit tnat rearhed S3 711.070 for operation of the entire laaa-ob iiscaa year. The State UnemDlovmeni com pensation commission reported that unemployment taxes am ounted to S13.281.358 tor me 12 months iust ended, while payments to those without jobs were S18,342,963 slightly un der the annual average tor uie last five years. Bieeest improvement over 1QSS came from the metropoli tan area of Portland where 3,500 fewer unemployed were reported under last vear. Eugene, Medford and Klam ath Falls also had considerably shorter claims lines than in com- narative periods. Toledo and Coos Bay reported more persons seeking work than either the month of the year before. Three in Jail for Robbery at Roseburg Roseburg (U.R) Three men were in Douglas county jail here today, charged with robbery by force and violence. Lester Labonte, 23, Glide: James Eaves, 28, Roseburg; and Marvin Harris, 27, Roseburg, were accused of taking Joseph Altschaffel of Artesia, Calif., for a ride in the country and beating and robbing him. .oDAY, JULY 12, 1956 V ; ' ,.ihoverGo do Accept Nixon 'Definitely' No. 2 on Ticket, Hall Declares Halleck To Make Nominating Speech Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower will go to San Francisco in August to accept the Republican nomination as head of an ','Eisenhower and Nixon" ticket, GOP National Chairman Leonard W. Hall an nounced today. Hall said after a one-hour con ference with Mr. Eisenhower that Vice President Richard M. Nixon "absolutely" would have the No. 2 spot on the 1956 GOP ticket. Hall said Mr. Eisenhower will be present at the GOP National Convention after he is nomin ated, probably on Wednesday, Aug. 22. He also announced that Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R-Ind.) will make the speech nominating Mr. Eienhower for a second term. Vigorous Campaign Hall said Mr. Eisenhower will take part in a "vigorous,, hard hitting campaign." Asked to predict the outcome of the election, Hall said it would be "very very good and better than in 1952." Hall was asked whether the president made clear that he still wants Nixon as his running mate. ' - "Absolutely," Hall replied. "I think it's Eisenhower and Nixon that's it;" He also predicted that the Re publicans will recapture control of Congress. No Whistle Stops Hall said Mr. Eisenhower him self will not engage in a whistle stop campaign, but will rely mainly on modern media, such s radio and television. He indi cated that Nixon, however, would do the whistle stopping along with key members of the Cabinet, Senate and House. As for the President s health, Hall said "nothing has been kept from the American people. The health issue, he said, had been met "by candor and frank ness" on the part of the Presi dent, and White House aides who have kept the people in touch through the press with the "daily condition of the Presi dent's health." Congressional Outlook Hall predicted that the Re publican party will pick up more congressional seats and more electoral votes from the South. He said he did not anticipate any trouble" on the farm issue. Asked which Democratic can didate would be the "hardest to beat," Hall replied sharply: "Oh, I don't care which one Hall said the congressional picture looks "good" in both houses for the Republicans. He particularly singled out the Sen ate candidacy of former Secre tary of Interior Douglas McKay in Oregon, Gov. Arthur Langlie in Washington and former Am bassador tolndia John Sherman Cooper in Kentucky. Hall said the overall Republi can budget for the campaign is $7,000,000. Man Pleads Innocent In Circuit Court ' Edward J. Fogel, 42, of 826 West 12th St., Medford, pleaded innocent in circuit court this morning to a charge of writing a bank check with insufficient funds. Trial date for Fogel will be set later. Cases were continued for pre sentence reports on Bernard William Johnson, 24, of 217 South Riverside ave., Medford; George Sidney Smith, 19, Lan sing, Mich.; and Gale E. Alle man. 18. Lansing, Mich. Johnson previously pleaded guilty to writing a check with insufficient funds and Smith and Alleman pleaded guilty to charges of grand larceny. Salem (U.R) L. H. Hagen of Oregon City and Clayton Fox of Imbler have been re-appoint ed as members of the Chewings Fescue and Creeping Red Fescue Commission. . . ' N 'Don't Mind Dickie In Practice For Hospital at Defends on Profit Irregularities Portland U.P.) Operators of Morningside hospital today de fended themselves against charges of financial irregular ities in their bookkeeping con tained in a report of the federal General Accounting Office. Henry Coe, manager of the hospital and son of its owner, Wayne W. Coe, declared that the internal revenue made by the hospital and the Coes for in come tax purposes. The GAO had reported the hospital s earnings were twice those shown on its books. Responsibility Placed Wayne Coe, reached on vaca tion at Gearhart, said "Psychia tric hospitals don't lend them selves readily to evaluation . by accountants. Henry Coe said GAO criti cism of the state at Morningside and of the funerals given de ceased patients was not connect ed with money and was not "per tinent." He laid the responsibil ity for both matters at the door of the Department of Interior. Morningside cares for mental ly ill patients from Alaska under contract with the Department. Coe said the department could provide any staff it wished un- 1,950 Cars Counted On Roxy Ann Road The numbers of cars going to Prescott park on Roxy Ann was 1,950 in the three weeks from May 21 through June 10, accord ing to a report of a traffic coun ter installed on the park road. The counter registered only 107 cars for the week July 2 through 9. Because the number was low, city officials believe the counter was not working properly. For the week May 21 through 27, cars numbered 347 on the weekdays, and 197 over the two days of the week end; for May 28 through June 3, weekday cars were 337, week end 236; for June 4 through 10, weekday count was 392, and week end 441. For the most recent week, July 2 through 9, the counter registered 60 cars Monday through Friday, and 41 Saturday and Sunday. Powell Butte Man Hit By Bolt of Lightning Redmond (U.R) Archie Mustard, 45, a farmer in the Pnwpll Butte area nine miles east of Redmond, was struck by lightning about 5 p.m. yesterday and was still on the critical list in the Redmond hospital today. Portland (U.R) Operators of Timberline Lodge announced tnHav that the resort hotel on the slopes of Mt. Hood would be r-l nsoH from Oct. 5 to NOV. 13 this year for extensive main tenance and remodeling work. Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 96 ingtoSIF emanation He's Just Getting The Campaign" Portland Charge of der the contract and that addi- tionar"saflthg would cost the hospital nothing. He also assert ed that the department could spend as much as $500 for fun erals under the contract if it wanted to but that it had chosen to provide $75 funerals. Coe said the important mat ter to consider in evaluating the hospital was its success in treat ing mental disease. Damage Payment Ordered by Jury A federal jury last night or dered Howard DeSully Hodson, Seattle, to pay $33,002.23 to Claude Easton Bird, Salem, and $9,794.35 to Bird's wife, Juanita, for damages suffered when cars operated by Bird and Hodson collided Jan. 26, 1955. The court, which has been holding sessions in the federal court room at the Medford post office for the past several weeks, adjourned indefinitely last night after completing the Bird-Hod- son case. Hodson and Bird filed suits against each other, each claim ing the other was negligent in operating his vehicle when the cars collided on Highway 99 in front of the Laurel motel, 11 miles north of Medford. Bird suffered broken ribs, a broken leg and a broken arm. Hodson suffered broken ribs and lacerations. Bird testified he was unable to return to work be cause of liis injuries. Hodson received nothing from' his suit against Bird. The jury left the courtroom yesterday at 5:30 p.m. and returned at 9:45 p.m. Federal District Judge Gus Solomon presided over the cur rent term. Unidentified Objects Seen in Ontario Skies Ontario, Ore. (U.R) Unidenti fied flying objects that looked something like dirigibles but vanished apparently straight up m the sky in a matter of mo ments 'were reported 'to police here early today in three sepa rate phone calls. Oregon Meeting Called To Form Third Political Party Portland (U.R) Oregon may have a third national politi cal party if plans materialize for a meeting here Aug. 4. Chairman Dean Child said the party would be patterned after the "For Am erica" organization. Tuesday night at a meeting at the Benson hotel, Child was elec ted chairman of the Constitution Party of Oregon. The group will call a convention next month uj Lodge Assails Soviet Diplomat For Attack in UN Russia Agrees To Manpower Proposal United Nations, N.Y. AJ.R Russia today agreed to Western proposed manpower levels for disarmament, coupled with a nu clear weapons ban, and deliv ered to the United Nations a blistering attack on American foreign policy. Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko drew an immediate reply from U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. in the ujm. Disarmament Commission, Lodge told the Kremlin din- lomat that his hour-long speech was a "scurrilous attack on my country m the very worst tradi tions of Stalinism.", Misquote Charged He accused the Russian of misquoting Assistant Secretary of State Francis O. Wilcox that the Untied States was not i ested in disarmament. Wilcox actually said rpmnt1v in a Chicago srmvh that tva word "disarmament" was mis leading and the United States favored regulated reductions of disarmament. Gromyko claimed that the United States is to blame for lack of normal relations with Red China, the disunity of Ger many and preservation of the colonial system in Asia. He also assailed the Baghdad pact, backed by the United States and Britain, as a weapon of aggres sion in the Middle East. He said America and Britain have sold "enormous amounts" of arms to Israel and Arab nations. Largest Enterprise Gromyko charged, "certain circles in the United States are unwilling to embark upon the path of disarmament." He said American military aviation is the "largest enterprise in the world" buying annually pur chases of dollar value exceeding those of U.S. Steel, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Standard Oil of New Jersey, American Tele phone and Telegraph, and Gen eral Motors, taken together. "In order to 'justify the high profitable armaments race," Gromyko said, "the monopolistic circles make every effort to frustrate the settlement of urg ent political problems." Opposes All Proposals Gromyko's previous contribu tions in the two-week debate of the 12-nation Disarmament Commission had consisted main ly of unrelenting opposition to all Western disarmament pro- posals. He has accused the West of "sabotaging" disarmament talks, charged a Western-backed six point declaration of principles "sounded the death knell" of the arms reduction question, and flatly rejected President Eisen hower's "open skies" plan for mutual aerial inspection. Street Resurfacing Under Way in City Resurfacing of Sixth st. from North Central ave. to Front st. was completed by the Rogue Paving company and city crews yesterday. The paving company and city meh are working today on an other resurfacing job, two sec tions of East Main St., one from South Riverside ave. to Myrtle st., and the other from Wil lamette ave. to Eastwood dr. Two Men Jump From Truck When Brakes Fail . Ashland Two men reported ly escaped with bruises this morning when the brakes failed on a logging truck in which they were riding on Highway 99 in the Siskiyous. James Stan Pardee, 25, of route 1, box 412A, Medford, the driver, suffered elbow and wrist injuries, according to a report from Ashland General hospitaL Joe N. Mauldin, 22, of 153 North Second st., Ashland, bruised his elbows, hands and right knee. The hospital information indi cated that both jumped from the vehicle. The mishap occurred just north of the summit. der this name to name candidates for president and vice president and to choose a list of electors. No candidates will be up lo cally, Child said. He said the group, which wants to "halt the trend to socialism," will concen trate its effort solely on the pres idential scene. A meeting of 250 voters is re Quired to form a third party.