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OP De gates Opeis aeeir as Everybody Happy? Roar of Assent Greets Question Welcoming Speeches At Opening Session San Francisco (U.R) Republl 51st Year Price 5c Medfokd United Press Full Leased Wire Tribune United Press Full Leased Wir MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1956 16 Pages r , ' "'( v " "."'ty J ' ' ' Forks Or Spit no if LkA-- ft vyv tM f t . ; CROWD AT "FORKS" A few of the 100 or more persons who attended the "biggest celebration in years" at Forks of Salmon, Calif., are shown in the picture above, taken late Saturday during a visit of 19 Jackson County Chamber of Local People Feted In Forks of Salmon Forks of Salmon, Calif. This tiny mountain community put on "the biggest celebration we've had in years" last week end, for visiting members of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, Medford. The event, planned for more than a year and postponed last JIMMY DUNLEVY Seeks Council Election Dunlevy in Race For City Council Seat From Ward 4 James J. (Jimmy) Dunlvey, 44 of 408 Ardmore ave., today an- nounced his candidacy for a city council seat from Ward IV. His nominating oetition was filed this morning. Other candidate for the Ward IV seat is Jack Fitzgerald, 1728 Woodlawn dr., who is seeking reelection to a second four-year term. Dunlevy's filing means that there will be contests for at least three of the four council vacancies this year. Only in Ward II is there no contest as vet. with Tony Manno, 646 South Hollv st.. the only announced candidate. Candidates Listed In Ward I. candidates are Ed Hall. Robert Mclntyre and Gran. vil Brittsan: in Ward III. Mrs. Marina Gates and R. L. Sickle, and in Ward IV, Fitzgerald and Dunlevy. Aug. 31 is the deadline for filing candidacies. Ward I is the area of the city east of the railroad tracks and north of East Main st. as far as Black Oak dr., and north of Hill- crest east of Black Oak; Ward II is the area west of the tracks and north of West Main st.: Ward III is the area west of the tracks and south or West Main St., and Ward IV is the rest of the city, east of the tracks and south of East Main and Hillcrest. Native of Ohio Dunlevy. who has been man ager of radio station KYJC since 1930, is a native of Akron, Ohio, and attended the University of Akron. He came to the Rogue valley in 1942 with the Army, and was stationed at Camp White, where he served in pub lic relations, as a radio program director and editor of the post newspaper. After leaving the service in 1946. he was manager of radio station K.MED until 1950. He is married and the father of three children. Patrick. 13. Judy. 10. and Mary Elizabeth. 8. The candidate is a past presi dent of the Medford Rotary club, and his memberships in clude the American Legion, the Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital board, the Salvation Army ad visory board, the Boy Scout area council board, and the board of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. - . - ' September by forest fires, was the result of long planning and enthusiasm. Residents of the area were returning the hospitality that Medford people showed last year when a group of Forks of Salmon grade school children visited a "big city" most of them seeing for the first time such things as elevators, street lights, milk shakes and fire truck. Notices Posted Notices announcing the cele bration had been posted in Forks of Salmon for the past two weeks, and virtually the entire community, including miners and loggers from the far back country, joined in. The Jackson county party started arriving at about noon Saturday, to be greeted by Miss Delia Brown, a schoolteacher whose letter to the Chamber of I Commerce started the whole story. A camp site had . been prepared m.n.ng tia.m u.e owns on the Salmon river, and food-laden tables had been set up. The afternoon was spent in "loafing," getting acquainted, and some mostly-unsuccessful fishing for the Oregonians. Later they were taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Carsner, where they were entertained at their spectacular home which has hand carved interiors, wide lawns. trout pond and an independent hydro-electric and water system, Banquet Held In the evening, the group met at the Forks of Salmon school for a banquet dinner of baked salmon. Some 100 persons, in cluding those from Jackson coun ty, attended. Candy and ice cream sent down by Snider's dairy supplemented the home made cakes of the hosts. After the dinner, tables were cleared away and the entire community joined in a dance with a local volunteer orchestra playing, which lasted until the wee hours. Most of the Jackson county group slept out in sleeping bags at the mining claim, retiring about midnight or 1 a.m., while the dance was in full swing. But the Forks of Salmons hosts ar rived at about 7:30 a.m. to serve a breakfast of ham, eggs, home made biscuits, jellies, jams and coffee until about 9 a.m. By noon most of the visitors had started the long, dusty trip back over the mountain roads Friendly People Several of the trippers declar ed that they "just couldn't be lieve it. They were the most friendly people we ever ran across." And there is some talk of making the exchange of visits an annual affair. Those making the trip includ ed Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barker, Clyde Fichtner, Mr. and Mrs. Berle Stevens. Don McNeil, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pree, Mr. and Mrs. Vic Milnes, Ray Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Russ Jamison, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snedden, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Abbott and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Balk, several of the couples also taking their chil dren with them. Weather FORECAST: Afternoon and vr nine thundrrstormt. Othr wi(? fair through Tuesday. Low tonight it. High Tues day 93. Temp. Htrhett TstrdaT Lowest this mo mint 9 pTer. To 4:3t am. today . 19 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise -Sunset - 5:2 3a.m. 7:03 pjn- 6:24 p.m. Moon rise Full Moon Tuesday . 4:38 a.m. fKUMlMiM STAR: Vega, high overhead 8.49 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS: Mars, rise 8:50 p.m. Saturn, in southwest .. 8:54 p.m. Venus. ries 2:14 a.m. (All times Parlfte Mandard) Commerce members to the tiny community. The visit was a return of hospitality which arose out of the visit last year of school children of the community to Medford. FISHING ADVICE-Mrs. Jim 5 fMT, ".T son gets advice on fishing in the Salmon river from Miss Delia Brown, Forks of Salmon schoolteacher who instigated the ex change of visits between Medford and Forks of Salmon people last year. Trie local party camped on a mining claim she owns on the Salmon river. Dulles Reiterates West's Suez Demand London (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today i renewed the West's de mand that an international board be set up with absolute authority for "operating, maintaining and developing" the Suez Canal. Dulles and India's roving am bassador V. K. Krishna Manon drew sharp factional lines in to day's fifth session of the 22-na- tion Suez conference. Menon introduced a proposal which, in sharp contrast to the Dulles plan endorsed by the Un ited States, Britain and France, would give Egypt full rights to own and operate the Suez Canal. Under the Menon plan, a consul tative body made up of nations using the canal would have ad visory functions only. Dulles said that Egypt, would retain sovereign rights over the canal and be a member of the international board. But she would not have the exclusive operating rights over the strateg ic waterway which President Ga- mal Abdel Nasser has demanded and which the Menon plan would give her. Before the plenary session con vened at Lancaster House, there had been a series of hectic diplo matic maneuvers among the var ious delegations. Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov con ferred for 40 minutes with Dul Tydings Withdraws From Senatorial Race Havre De Grace, Md. (U.PJ Former Democratic Sen. Millard Tydings' withdrawal from the Maryland senatorial race has started a scramble for the Demo cratic nomination. The veteran senator Sunday withdrew from the race to re capture his old Senate seat from a long-time political foe Sen. John Marshall Butler (R-Md.) because of illness. Tydings. who has been suffer ing from shingles since last May, said he had ' not made the com plete recovery which a vigorous election campaign would neces sitate." This has been the most pain ful decision of my life and has been reached upon the unani mous advice of the finest doc tors, and after the entreaties of my family," he said, Js J A1 Pree (left) watches as Russ Jaini- les at the U. S. Embassy, and Prime Minister Anthony Eden met with key cabinet ministers at No. 10 Downing st. - There was immediate specula tion in diplomatic circles the barrel chested Russian was seek ing last minute changes in Dul les' Suez internationalization plan to make it acceptable to the Soviets. It was the third time Dulles and Shepilov had met alone since the opening of the Suez parley. Stevenson Will Help Sen. Morse in Oregon PortlandU.R) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D.-Ore.) said to day that Adlai Stevenson, Dem ocratic presidential nominee, had promised he would come to Oregon to help Sen. Wayne Morse in his reelection fight against former Interior Secre tary Douglas McKay. Neuberger, home for a few days rest, also said he and his wife, Maurine, would speak throughout the state in behalf of Morse, running for the first time as a Democrat. "We Can Say, Then, That You Don't Feel Moderate About This" cans kicked off their "Ike and Dick" reelection campaign to day with a mighty shout of happiness. Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall started the open ing session of the GOP s stream lined four-day convention with a question: "Is Everybody Happy?" The delegates responded with a great roar of assent. If any body in the mammoth . Cow A story on the Republican convention platform and a sur vey showing first ballot pos sibilities for renomination of Richard Nixon for vice presi dent appears on page 6. A story by Robert Dickey, Med ford. an alternate delegate to Ike convention, also appears on page 6. Palace, scene of the Republicans' 1956 meeting, was feeling sorry. it was Harold E. Stassen, seated in the "honored guests" section. His campaign to knock Nixon off the ticket had fizzled and the youthful vice president was certain to be overwhelmingly nominated for a second cam paign as President Eisenhower's running mate. The opening session was de voted to welcoming speeches music with television carrying the show to screens across, the land. The day's biggest burst of oratory will come in the early evening session when Washing ton Gov. Arthur B. Lanelie de livers the keynote address. This is the speech each four years which is supposed to sharpen tne party's lust for Democratic blood in the forthcoming cam paign. But Gov. Goodwin J. Knieht of California got the delegates roaring in advance with a wel coming address which predicted that, anf.i'tospired,. .determined, and ..unified" - GOP will win overwhelming" victory in No vember. Mr. Eisenhower is comine here Tuesday. Knight described him as the tallest of "the tall men" the world needs to keep it on the path of peace. He de scribed the President's policy as one of constructive "modera tion." Knight Cheered Knight said Mr. Eisenhower has given the nation "a new. vital and vibrant ingredient" which he defined as "the politi cal humanities," a "new dimen sion designed to serve the cause of good will among men." The governor said Mr. Eisen hower's efforts in behalf of the enslaved and downtrodden and backward and his deep apprecia tion of man's yearning for peace and prosperity have "created a column of credit" that will never be destroyed by oettv detractors." Knight alluded to the North- South clashes in the Democratic party and departed from his pre pared text to say "There will be no South against the North, or East against the West with us." The convention cheered. Stassen was given a seat in the convention's VIP guest sec tion. He is a member of the Pres ident s Cabinet as disarmament adviser. He is on leave from that post, however, while he campaigns against Nixon here. Baker U.R) Congressman Sam Coon, Oregon Republican, has announced appointment of Mrs. Ronald Johnson of Pendle ton as vice chairman of the Coon for Congress committee. STRAY TRAILER The reech bolt on the log truck driven by Charles Blankenship, 870 Sunrise ave., broke while the truck was rounding the corner from 10th st. to South Central ave., this morning sending the trailer and logs into a parked unoccupied English made station wagon. The accident occurred at approximately 10:10 a.m. and blocked traf Lightning Storm Starts Fires; Pover Difficulties Reported Nature staged a spectacular fireworks display for Rogue Val ley residents last night as light ning darted across the sky for more than an hour, touching off several small forest fires and causing numerous brief power shortages. Fruit growers, who had an ticipated extensive pear damage from winds reported as strong as 37 miles per hour, were great ly relieved today. C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent, re ported only a minor scattering of pears blown from the- trees throughout the valley. The agent said suiprisingly little wind drop was evident in Bartlett or chards and only slightly more damage was apparent in D'Anjou orchards. Although a few branches were blown from in dividual trees in residential areas, no other fruit varieties were reported harmed. Extinguish Fires Forest service fire fighting crews extinguished 11 spot fires and were looking for two more this morning. Fire control of ficer T. S. Moore of the Rogue River National forest reported that some of the fires were in the Applegate district and a few others in. the Ashland district. All of these were small spot blazes caused by lightning strikes. Three smoke jumpers were dropped to each of two of the Applegate fires and ground crews were dispatched- to the rest. Mom Expected Moore said the forest service expected other fires from last night s storm and more yet from a storm predicted for today. The state forest patrol report ed a few others north of Jack sonville and some in the Ante- lone area. Patrolmen said 19 fires were spotted last night and 16 this morning. They said about half of the blazes were under control but added that new "smokers" are being spotted all the time. Fire combat crews are reported adequate at this time. No reports were available this morning as to total acreage af fected by the various blazes. A Saturday evening fire caused by a logging operation reported ly destroyed about two acres oi brush about ivz miles soutneasi of Moon prairie in the Dead In dian area. Theater Darkened Frank Benesh, district man ager of the California Oregon Power company, said several transformer lines were affected by lightning ' last night and breakers on each end "relayed" several times. One strike was reported at the north Medford sub-station, which serves the in dustrial area north of McAn drews road. A tree also fell on a line somewhere between Med ford and Rogue River. Ashland's Shakespearean fes- Court Decision Gets GOP Platform Pledge San Francisco (U.R) Republi can platform drafters today pledged their party to carry out the Supreme Court decision out lawing segregation in public schools. Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (Il linois) said, in effect, that the White House had intervened to get the subcommittee's orig inal draft softened as demanded bf Southern delegate.' tival theater was plunged into total darkness by a bolt of light ning which struck near the the ater transformer. The audience lingered about half an hour but when it became evident that technicians would be unable to repair the lighting system, re funds and ticket exchanges were made. Officials stated that the audience was "sympathetic and cooperative." Phone System Out The theater phone system was also put out of commission and service was not yet restored this noon, the boxoffice reported However, all lights are in readi ness for tonight's performance of "Cymbeline" it was said. Benesh said about 150 trans former fuses were blown, caus ing small blocks of customers to be without power for periods ranging from a few minutes up to an hour. Five transformers were reported burned out. Jacksonville service was in terrupted for about three hours early this morning when two of four circuit lines went down and all power had . to be shut off while repairs were made. Sev eral men were out all night mak ing repairs and a general "mop up" operation was' under way today, Benesh said. He added, "This, in general, was about the roughest electrical storm we've Talent Irrigation District Election Slated Wednesday An election at which land owners of the Talent Irrigation district will vote on a Talent pro ject repayment contract will be held Wednesday. A poll will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the TID office in Talent. Calls For Repayment The contract, which has been negotiated between the district's board of directors and officers, and the bureau of reclamation, calls for repayment to the feder al government of some $5,800, 000 in project construction costs over a period of up to 60 years. It represents a little over one quarter of the overall cost of the project, and is about half the amount allocated to irriga tion benefit costs. The Talent project, which has been authorized by congress and has received an initial construc tion appropriation of $2,400,000 for work this fiscal year, is a reclamation, irrigation, power, flood control and recreation job designed to bring more irriga tion water to some 10,000 acres of TID land plus enough to put an additional 5,000 acres under irrigation for the first time. Subject to repayment Only these irrigation benefits are subject to the repayment contract. Power revenues will pay for the rest of the reimburs able features of the project. To tal cost is estimated at some $20 million. Landowners eligible to vote must, under state law, own four or more acres of land in the dis trict, and meet other voting re quirements. An attempt is being made to reach all those eligible prior to the election to remind them of their right to vote. fic until about 11:30 a.m., according to city police. The station wagon belongs to Alfred L. and Thressie May Tye, route 1, box 432, Medford. Trie truck is owned by Grant R. Day, route 1, box 231, Central Point. Blan kenship was taking the logs to the Kogap mill, south of the city. (Brainerd photo) had in a long time." Fires Reported Central Point Rural Fire de partment reported a tree fire and a fence fire along Old Stage rd. last night, both minor and apparently caused by lightning strikes. A power pole caught fire on 401 rd. Sunday afternoon. Transformer trouble was listed as the probable origin of the blaze. There was no particular connection betweeYi this fire and the electrical storm then in the mountains. The weather bureau .recorded .19 of an inch of rain up to mid night. Only noticeable damage attributed to rain in the Med ford area was water leakage in a fuse box, resulting in a fuse box fire at 302 Maple st City firemen investigated the blaze, reported by the occupant, Lydia Huff. No further fire damage to the house was reported. River Rises A heavy downpour of rain fti northern California caused the Klamath river to rise rapidly, and it washed out several sec tions of road in the Beaver Creek area. Two Medford couples, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pree and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Balk, barely escaped being trapped as one section of road went out ahead of them, and after they turned around, another section went out just after they passed over it. They were returning from Forks of Salmon, and had to re turn by a different route. Rain Over Normal Weather bureau officials said last night's storm conditions represented "just a normal sum mertime situation." The storm was caused by warm, moist air and winds from California which were squeezed over the moun tains. The same type of storm is expected in the Medford area this afternoon and evening. Last night's precipitation brought the August rainfall total above normal for the first time. August rainfall total is now .09 above normal. County 4-H, FFA Fair Starts Tuesday The Jackson county 4-H and Future Farmers of America fair will get under way tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the fair grounds in Medford. Yesterday the exhibits were brought to the fair grounds be fore 8 p.m. to be eligible for the class competitions. Today judging, style review judging, exhibits began and will continue through tomorrow. Tuesday schedule includes, other than the home economics judging, style reviw judging. senior division, 9 a.m.; clothing judging contest, 10:30 a.m.; style review judging, junior division, 1 p.m.; rabbit judging and con test, 1 p.m.; poultry judging and contest, 1 p.m.; food and food preservation judging contest, 3 p.m.; showmanship contest, poul try and rabbits, 4 p.m. The fair will last for five days. In charge of the awards pro gram will be Francis Krouse, Phillip Krouse, Carolyn Tiegs, Charlies Elmore, Truman El more, and Norman Ditsworth. The market livestock auction. a regular feature of the fair. will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the fair grounds arena. ,
