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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
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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.
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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
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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.