Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 22, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextRecommended I lULAXT y I Subscribers yff'r' rePOrt llPOPeT n'd'v --"iCmrsi Lejj w.r SSsS L;ri United Prss Full Leased Wir. 31t Year 23 Pages fr' x.. tA - JULY 22, 1956 Price 5c No. 104 i v :f v " . ,:"" : 1 n fa fi n n l.i -,v i ..,. - V ' - m- - i It - - - feel - 11 - H 1 A - t i 1Z ' ' 4 v- 1 6 ET" firllftmiMr t ii EVACUFES' REPORT A total oi 650 "evac-uer- ' reported for "shelter, food and medical attention'' Saturday morning at Crater High achool as a result of a simulated nuclear attack in Portland Friday morning. Seated at table is Miss Voda Brower, Copco employee GIVING INVITATION Deputy Sheriff Paul Bettiol hands a card to a motorist, inviting him to register as an "evacuee" at the welfare center established for the civil defense training 'exercises at Crater High school in Central Point. Officers estimated about one out of every 10 motorists stopped at the school to register before proceeding. County's Part in CD Exercise 'Gratifying' .Tackon rountv'x part in the national Civil Defense Opera tion Alert Fr",y and Saturday wan "very grat if yinz." civil de fence workers reported Saturday afternoon. Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks. Jack son county civil defense director, said participation in the train ing exercise by volunteer work ers and the general public was better this year than previously. Welfare Center A total of 650 people regis tered Saturday morning as "evacuees" at the welfare center hi Crater Hieh school. Motorists on Highway 99 were s'pped hv law enforce ment offu-ers. who handed cards to travelers explaining the ex ercise and inviting them to reg ister at tiie welfare center. Cof fee was served after "evacuees" had registered. Hicks said cooperation on the part of motorists was "very en couraging" and only one driver complained about being stopped. It was estimated one out of every 10 cars stopped by offic ers turned into the Crater High school driveway and registered before procredin;. Among vehicles stopping at the school. Hicks said, was a log truck and a car operated by a man who had j-jst had ail his teeth removed. Eager to Assist Officials reported most people seemed eager to assist in the exercise and all wer aware that the program was being conduct ed and were familiar with its purposes. "Our communication system operated well and we were able to make satisfactory contact with Salem." Hicks commented. "But one we;iknc- we noticed and reported to the s'..i!e headquar ters was a shortage of radio sets tn form a 'net' around the coun ty." H:cks said plans are under way to obtain about Army surplus two-meter wave length radio sets in the near future. He also said he had reported to Salem Jackson county had an "excellent potential" for hand ling "evacuees" and could have taken about 1.000 more than were scheduled here if more equipment, including beds, were available. Nuclear Attack After !: sirvfivd 9.SI1 a ni. dtielrar a't.sck in Portland repor-.-i. a message was received Senafe Delays Action On Foreign Aid Bill Wa'-.incton t!.S The Senate Sat'iiV 'y del-yc-d until Tuesday '"tl-er ac inn on President . rnoufr's embattled S4 bil lion foreign aid money bill. It agreed unanimously to com plete action then with a time limit on rieha'.e and a ban on amendments not already oifered x. . I niifitoTi'mir - itf I i' . ' Wn - i 5 here that 33,000 "ev acuees" and j 1.500 "casualties" were due to arrive in Medfnrd. j ne nicccst nanrncap el all. Hicks said, is the lck o( civil ford and Ashland. He explained j mat anaoy c ove. ttoeue iuver. Central Point. Gold Hill, Jack sonville, Applegate and Eagle Point all have active civil de fense groups, which he said were largely responsible for the suc cess of yesterday's exercise. Officials See Weak Spofs in CD Alerf Emergency Press Heardqtiar ters, Operation Alert U.Ri Officials announced Saturday that Operation Alert has dis closed "a number of rough spots" in the government's plans for getting the nation back on its fet after an atomic attack. Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson sent word to emer gency press headquarters that he is "mitally pleased" with the way the huge exercise has been going. Defense Mobilizer Arthur S. Flemming issued a statement say ing the alert this year "is far ahead of last year." But he added that the test is "nevertheless . . . bringing to light a number cf rough spots which we are in the process of ironing out." He did not elaborate. The operation began at 11 a.m. EDT Friday. Imaginary nuclear j air and sea attacks laid "waste" I nearly 75 target areas on the U. i S. mainland and territories. ! Federal workers, who "fled" j to ,-ccret government headquar I ters Friday will return to Wash- ington Monday. The nationwide exercise will formally end late , Werinesdav. Sports Bulletins Pitcher Noel Aronson threw a four-hit shutout as the Drain Black Sox evened their South ern Oregon league baseball se ries with the Medford Cheney Studs in a rhubard-spiced con test here last night. Score favoring the Sox was 2 to 0.' Drain scored in the second frame on a walk and two hits and in the eighth on an error and a two-bagger. Finale of the three-game stand is set for 2 p.m. today at the fair grounds. Sacramento .Li.R' The Seattle Rainiers pushed across an unearned run in the fourth inning last night when right fielder Wally Westlake mis judged a fly ball and dropped it for an error to give Seattle a 1-0 win over the Sacramen to Sclsns. l , - ,1 - tJ ."S iMWiTnitMii" and volunteer civil defense worker, who with Mrs. Marian F. Wood of the veterans adminis tration at Camp White, received "evacuees." pictured, but also helping at the information table, was Miss Margaret McGee, Business and Professional Women's club president. President Arrives In Panama City for Three-Day Confab Panama City (U.Rl Presi dent Eisenhower joined the pres idents of 18 other American re publics Saturday for the biggest inter-American conference in history. The trip here, an eight-hour, 47-minute flight from Washing ton, was Mr. Eisenhower's most strenuous undertaking since his operation for ileitis June 9. After airport introductions, he drove through streets lined with cheering crouds to the United States embassy where he will stay during his three-day visit. Later, with the other visiting American presidents, he called on Panamanian President Ri cardo Aris and drove through the rain for a wreath-laying cere mony at the grave of Panama President Jose Remon, who was assassinated in 1955. Only absentees among the 21 new-world republics for the meeting were Colombia's Presi dent Gustavo Rnias Piniila and Honduras' "Supreme Chief of State" Julio Lozano. An informal meeting of the chiefs of state followed a mass courtesy call on President Ri cardo Arias. Mr. Eisenhower was seventh to arrive, traveling in a special "bubble-topped" Lincoln, escort ed by several carloads of secret service agents. Other U. S. agents stood guard around Arias' resi dence. After the meeting. Costa Kican President Jose Fieueres told newsmen that the chiefs of state devoted the first day's session mainly to an "exchange of pleas antries." He said they will buckle down to serious work to day. Directors Accept New Hospital Bid The board of directors of Rogue Valley Memorial hospital have accepted the bid of A. V. Peterson company for construc tion of the new hospital at 1he corner of Barnett and Murphv rds. Ground breaking ceremonies probably will be scheduled in the near future. Founders of the organization and members of the board of directors are making arrangements. The directors accepted Peter sen's bid after modification. The original base bid was S2.040.404, and in an agreement between the company and the directors, Petersen's bid came to SI. 937, 425. Washington :u.R; Farmers in 3fi commercial wheat states voted to grow the 1957 wheat crop under strict government controls. Gary Hankins 11th Birthday Gary Hankins, who has been confined to Sacred Heart hos pital for five months as the re sult of an accidental gun shot wound, is reported to be "eptting along real well" and is 11 years old today. Gary, whose family lues at Dairy. Ore., has regained r.e of his onee-paralyzed left hand and now travels about in a wheel chair, though he hasn't tried walking yet. The wound occurred Feb. 27 while he and three brothers were playing in an attic and one picked up a .22 caliber rifle. The rifle fired and the bullet struck Gary, chipping his spinal column, from which paralysis resulted. Gary was transferred here by Mercy Flights. Court Holds Closed Session in Trial A closed court session, called at 2 p.m. Friday to consider admissability of statements by Billy Junior Nunn as evidence in his first degree murder trail, ended at noon Saturday, but no announcement was made as to Judge H. K. Hanna's decision in the matter. It was indicated that both written and tape-recorded state ments reportedly made by Nunn after his arrest in Alturas, Calif., were under considera tion. Nunn, 28-year-old Klamath Falls millworker, is accused of murdering 14-year-old Alvin William Eacret, Klamath Falls, after sexually assaulting him at Tub Springs state park April 19. Nunn Questioned Investigating officers prev iously reported they had in termittently questioned Nunn in the Modoc county jail at Alturas on May 3. At one point in the questioning, they said, Nunn asked for a pencil and paper and wrote a statement confess ing the murder. Officers also said they had recorded portions of the conver sation with Nunn. Nunn entered a plea of in nocent to the first degree murd er indictment returned against him May 11 by a Jackson county grand jury. Trial Opens When the trial opened Tues day morning. .Nunn's court-appointed attorney, Sam Harbison, requested postponment of the trial until another psychiatric examination of Nunn could be conducted. Judge Hanna denied the request. Nunn was examined ence prior to the trial by Dr. Harry Danielson. Selection of jurors was com pleted early Friday and was followed by the opening state ment by District Attorney Walt er Nunley. Nunley told the jury he would prove the defendant was guilty of vicious, deliberate, premedi tated homicide. He said the de fendant was strong and added that Nunn had been a weight lifting instructor, swimmer and lieht weight wrestling cham pion. Harbison told the jury in his opening statement the state would not be able to prove its case. He added that removal of life while sodomy is in progress constitutes second degree murd er. First state's witness Friday was Mrs. LaRae Middaugh, 18-year-old Klamath Falls house wife, who first discovered the body near a trial at the park. Second Witness Second witness. State Police Sgt. Thomas Eaton, described events as he recalled them from the time the body was discover ed until Nunn was arrested. In the afternoon session, Eaton brought to court the clothing found near the Eacret boy's body April 29. Nunley interrupted Eaton's testimony to ask for a closed conference. The judge, official courtreporter, clerk, both at torney's, defendant and Eaton immediately left the room. They returned about an hour later and ordered the jury, newspaper reporters and spectators to leave the room. Shorty before 4 p.m., Nunley told jurors Judge Hanna had dismissed them until 9:30 a.m. Monday. Three investigating officers, who also witness for the state, Will Observe in Hospital hile winning his battle for life, Gary also won the affection of hospital personnel. Today at 2 p.m.. the staff is holding a party for him and his family. Mr. and Mr?. Hankins have five other children besides Gary, ranging in ages from 5 to 14. Nurses at the hospital have ordered a large sheet cake and a large supply of ice cream. The party will be both a birthday and a "getting better" celebra tion. Though the actual party is mostly for the family and staff, officials at Sacred Heart have invited Gary's many friends to visit him between 2 and 3:30 p.m. He is in a third floor ward now, room 327. . Sgt. Eaton. State Police St. Earl Tichenor, Klamath Falls, and Chief Deputy Sheriff Joseph Walsh, appeared individually be fore the official court group. McKeon's Attorney On Weekend Trip; Trial Is Recessed Parris Island, S.C. (U.Rl The lawyer defending Staff Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon said Satur day "something like 99 per cent" of 27,250 marines survey ed thought marine "boot' train ing methods were all right or could be improved only by making them tougher. New York trial lawyer Emile Zola Berman said before leaving the Marine Recruit Depot here on a weekend trip concerning "vital issues" in McKeon's court martial that a team of eight men had completed a study of the questionnaires at Marine headquarters in Wash ington. Sent by Commandant The questions were sent by Marine Commandant, Gen Ran dolph McCall Pate, to 27,250 of ficer enlisted men and reserv ists. Berman had obtained a ruling earlier in the week from the presiding law officer. Navy Capt. Irving N. Klein, making the questionniares and their evaluation by the Marine Corps available to the defense. Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas turned down a pre trial request by Berman for the questionnaires and their an swers. The trial of McKeon, 31-year-old Worcester, Mass., junior drill instructor who lost six members of his first platoon by drowning during a night disci plinary march, recessed until Monday. McKeon is charged with manslaughter, oppression of troops and with taking "two or three" drinks in barracks. Contract Awarded For Mechanical Work Stuart Mechanical company of Medford was awarded the con tract for mechanical work in rennovation at Medford High school and Hedrick Junior High school Saturday. In a special meeting, the board of school district 549C awarded the contract on a low combined bid of SI 6.000. Stuart bid S7.690 for work at Medford High, and S8.590 for work at Hedrick, individually. Work is scheduled to start Monday. Other bidders included Brownie Plumbing and Heating, McLaughlin Plumbing company, and Modern Plumbing company. Woody Morse Takes Humane Society Job Robert W. Frame has resigned as a trustee of the Southern Ore gon Humane Society. His resig nation was accepted by the board of directors at a Friday meet ing. The board appointed A. K. (Woody) Morse to fill the va cancy. Frame said his business kept htm from devoting as much time as he would like to humane society activities. Morse said the group is at tempting to establish a public information program about the society's activities. Weather FORECAST ronMnnd fair hot through Mnndav. Hilh Tmp Hichtit picrnv 9 Lowest ypsterday 51 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:54 a.m. Sunset . 7:41 p.m. Moonrise ":23 p.m. Full Moon 1:29 p.m. Tonight we will see the smallest full moon of the year as our sat ellite is in Apnce fat its great est distance from the earth for the month). "I Can Do It For Flash Floods Leave Six Dead; 3 Missing In Reno, Baltimore Reno, Nev. U P) Police re ported at least three persons were missing Saturday in a flash flood which swept down the mountains and inundated a resi dental section of the city. A four-foot high wall of water, fed by two earlier cloudbursts, swept over the banks of Galena creek Friday and washed three cars from the Mt. Rose road link ing Reno with Lake Tahoe. Missing were Mrs. Matt Wa chowicz. Siicramento, and two of her children, aged 3 and 5. Wachowicz, also feared drown ed when the family car was swept into a deep ravine, was found alive on the banks of the creek about five miles down stream. Another son, Fred, 10, escaped with minor injuries. Minor Injuries Four occupants in the other two cars were treated for minor injuries and shock. Although there were no injur ies reported in Reno proper, dam age from the flood waters was estimated in the thousands of dollars. Baltimore, Md U.Ri Flash floods raged through a wide sec tion of Maryland Saturday caus ing widespread death and de struction and leaving hundreds homeless. Six persons were drowned and seven others were killed in vehi cle accidents on rain-swept high ways. Five persons drowned in two automobiles trapped in Seneca creek flood waters and a Rock ville, Md., fireman died vainly trying to reach a car in which he feared a motorist was trapped. The car was empty. Seven Inches Hagerstown, soaked by seven inches of rain, was hard hit. Two factories were forced to close Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower has asked Con gress for S22 million to finance an atom-powcred merchant ship. Candidate for To Speak at Demo Picnic Robert D. Holmes, Democratic candidate for governor, will be ROBERT HOLMES Principal Sptixtr i V .. You Wholesale' and the little community of Dan iel, near Ellicott City, counted home 500 persons whose homes were under water from at Pat apsco river. Death Valley, Calif. 0J.R) Flash floods tied up traffic for several hours on Wild Rose Can yon road into Death Valley Fri day afternoon. Ed Jar'M's. park service em ployee at Wild Rose Station, re ported several inches of water al so covered Highway 212 in Poi son Canyon as a result of the freak cloudburst. Escaped Prisoner Captured Friday Theodore Jasper Daily, 19. 544 Effie st., was back in the city jail Friday evening after escaping while being led from the municipal court room to the jail Friday afternoon. Daily escaped from a police officer who was taking him to the jail about 1:45 p.m. Friday. The prisoner had just pleaded innocent to a vagrancy charge in municipal court and had a hear ing set for July 25, 9 a.m., with S100 bail. The court room is on the second floor of the city hall. The police received a tele phone call from an unknown person about 8 p.m. the same day. Two patrol cars went out to check the area around Wa bash ave. and Stevens st. in northeast Medford where the person said Daily had been seen. Patrolman Jack Sanders turn ed his patrol car east on Spring st. and spotted Daily walking beside the road. He brought him to the police station without a struggle. Daily was again placed in jail where he is awaiting hearing July 25. The area in which Daily was captured is near his home on Effie st. Governor principal speaker at the annual Jackson county Democrat picnic starting at 12 a.m. Sunday, July 29, at TouVelle state park. The public has been invited. The picnic will be potluck and will be served buffet style. All people attending are requested to bring fried chicken and other picnic foods. Coffee, soft drinks, table service and dessert will be furnished by the picnic com mittee. Charles Porter, Democratic candidate for congress, Fourth district, and Robert A. Boyer. state Democratic chairman, will attend along with all local Dem ocratic candidates. Other Demo cratic candidates for state offices will be present. The picnic will be family type and games are planned. Ar rangements for the picnic are being handled through Jeanne Brown and Thomai 1. Reeder, co-chairmen. ? Central Point Boy Drowns; Ashland Man Dies in Crash Logging Incident Fatal to GP Man Four persons died in accl ents in Jackson county Friday and Saturday. About 8 p.m. yesterday, Mich ael Elmer Hanshew, 8 weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Hanshew, 2 1 1 2 North Calumbu ave., Medford, was fatally in jured when the car in which ha was riding was involved in an accident on Highway 99 at the Mason-Ehrman rd. Bobby Burdette Ashley, 28, of 112Va Nutley St., Ashland, was killed almost instantly about 10:29 a.m. Saturday in a one car accident on Avenue G in the Camp White area. James Richard Kercher, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kerch er, route 1, box 286. Central Point, drowned in an irrieation pond in the Willow Springs area about noon Friday. Logging Accident Frank Lee Vaughn, 61, of ' Grants Pass, was killed instant- ly about noon Friday when he j was crushed by a 'log in the , Savage creek area between nogue River and Grants Pass. State police said the Hanshew jeep was struck from behind by a car operated by Carl Wallace McMillen, 50, route 2. box 816, Central Point. Hanshew, 28. sufl fered minor cuts and bruises, and his wife. Betty Ann, 23. was in serious condition at Rogue Valley (Community) hospital. Extent of her injuries was not available last night. They were taken to the hospi tal by Medford Ambulance ser vice. State police, who are investi gating, .caid both cars were trav eling south on Highway 99. The impact threw occupants of the "a"'"lc venicje onto the pave ment. The jeep overturned in the highway. Both were in the outside lane, police said. McMillen was accompanied by a man known only as "Donnie,'' police said, and asked that tiie man contact state nnliVe i, as pcsible. They said he left the scene before he could be ques- uuiita. State police said Ashley's car was traveling west on Avenue G. the drag strip. The car failed to make a right angle left turn at the end of the quarter-mile strip, police said, and crashed into a pile of dirt from a ditch. Jackson County Coroner Car los W. Morris said Ashley was testing the car when he lost con trol of it. The car was demolish ed. He was alone in the vehicle. The accident was witnessed by Fred Walters, 8.9 Vashti Way, Medford, who was driving his car on a side road near the drag strip, police said. Ashland Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. Swimming at Dam The Kercher boy was swim ming with a brother and sister and two friends at Wilson dam west of Old Stage rd. and west of a place known as the old slaughterhouse, according to sheriff's deputies. Harley Archie Elanchard, 13, of route 1, box 277, Central Point, told deputies the Kercher boy was hanging onto a small log when he apparentlv acci dentally rolled off. He could not swim well, and called for help, deputies said. The Elanchard youngster said he tried to save Kercher, but could not because he was too heavy. Sylvia Blanchard, 10, and Rose Kercher, brother and sister of James, also witnessed the accident. Body Recovered State police and sheriff's depu ties said the body was recovered in between 10 and 12 feet of water near the west end of the dam. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Slnle police said Vaughn was bucking a felled tree when an other felled tree rolled on him crushing him. The accident hap pened about 3'j miles south of Highway 99 between Rogue River and Grants Pass. Funeral arrangements are pending in Grants Pass, accord ing to county coroner Morris. Warsaw, Poland ;u.R) A delegation of Russians headed by Soviet Premier Nikolai Bul ganin arrived here Saturday for Poland ! National Day celebra-Uom.