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PROPOSED FREEWAY ROUTES Proposed route for a new Highway 99 freeway are shown in the above map. The pro posed locations include the Hillcrcst route east of the Medford limits: Gencssee route just cast of Bear creek within the city limits: Hawthorne park (Bear creek) line, following Bear creek through Medford: and the West Side route. Estimated "That's The Breaks For You If The Election' Was Being Held April 15 Instead Of November 6 " Its Hi uu - . IXH HCL United Nations Week Being Observed Here United Nations week, pro claimed by President Eisenhow er for Oct. 21-27 and Wednesday, United Nations day, are being observed locally by several groups. Mayor Earl Miller has also issued a statement asking citizens of the city to observe the special day and week. The purpose and accomplish ments of the United Nations are being reviewed this week by in terested citizens. Thursday, Oct. 25. at 3:45 p.m. Medford schools will present a play over KBES TV on "The Declaration of Hu man Rights." The play will be performed by pupils of Wash ington school directed by J. W. Akerill. Ai Fair Medford chapter, Oregon Un ited Nations' association, will have a booth at the candidates' fair Saturday, Oct. 27, at Mc Loughlin Junior High school un der the sponsorship of Medford League of Women Voters. Posters are also displayed throughout the city. The chap ter has provided speakers, in cluding Miss Mary Davenport and Mrs. George Rhode, for groups such as Medford Business and Professional Women and the Medford Council of Church Wo men, seeking information about the UN. Coming after the close of the special week but considered im rvirtant by the chapter is the jjint sponsorship by the Rogue Valley council. Camp Fire Girls, and the chapter of a special Hal loween ''trick or treat'' program during which local children will collect money to help hungry and sick children throughout the world, rather than candy and treats for themselves. Also planned by the chapter is an open house Thursday, Nov. 8, for new members and inter ested citizens. Speaker for the Government On Some Insecticides Following Tests Washington (U.P.) The ! government today announced ! cals singly rather than in com stiffer safety controls on some Ibination. insecticides because of ' new ev idence" that they are sometimes far more poisonous to man than had been suspected. Dangerous in Joint U Food and Drug Commission er George P. Larrick said his scientist have discovered that organic phosphates, used to pro tect food crops, can be more dsngerous when employed aether than singly. The government, sets rigid limits on the amount of insecti cide which can be left in foods without endangering the public. EST LINE ( ''CENTRAL"- EimWK 7 wuifw event will be Paul Johnson, for mer director of social and tech nical assistance of the American Friends Service committee in Jordan for four years. Plans Being Made For Nixon's Visit Arrangements are being made today to house Vice President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon and a party of about 20 staff mem bers and 20 newsmen in the Medford hotel. Nixon is scheduled to arrive from Walla Walla, Wash., in a chartered plane about 5:30 p.m., Friday. He will speak at a Re publican rally at Hcdrick Jun ior High school at 8:15 p.m. Friday. Harry Watson, manager of Medford hotel, said the Nixon party has reserved an entire floor, but no special changes are being planned by the hotel since the rooms were all recently re modeled. Nixon will go directly to the hotel from the airport by motor cade. Medford police, state po lice and sheriff's deputies will assist secret service personnel during the motorcade. Nixon's Medford appearance will be his last in the campaign swing through the northwest. His talk will be confined largely to campaign issues vital to the northwest and major national issues. Salem ;U.R) Washington county has become the 24th Ore gon county to contract with the State Tax Commission for a country-wide reappraisal pro gram which calls for a complete inventory of all real property, homes, farms, business property and timber. Tightens Safety Controls But it has alwavs tested chemi Larrick said scientists suspect ed that one organic phosphate might actually increase the tox icity of another when used to gether. Experiments bore them out. It takes 50 parts per million of the Phosphate EPN to pro duce a poisonous effect. It takes 250 parts per million of Mala- to-,thion to do the same. But the I experts found in tests on dogs it took only 20 parts of EPN and 100 parts of Malathion when the chemicals were used together. "The FDA has been careful 'WEST MtDFORD-OAK cost of the Hillcrest line is $18,343,000; Genessee route, $18, 295.000: Hawthorne park (Bear creek) S18, 723,000; and the West Side route, S22,497,000. Highway department officials will conduct a public hearing on freeway location at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Craterian theater. A hearing was scheduled last spring, but was postponed pending completion of the RUSS P Autopsy Indicates Weimer Death Due To Natural Causes Carl Everett Weimer, 47-year-old Camp While domiciliary resident whose body was found in a downtown Medford alley Sunday, died from bronchial pneumonia brought on by a weakened condition resulting from a ruptured ulcer, it was re ported today. District Attorney Waller D. Nunley described circumstances leading to Weimer's death as "a tragic skid row situation which the average citizen would not believe exists on Medford's Front st." Weimer's body was found at 3 p.m. Sunday in a tool shelter at the end of an alley near Main St., between Central ave. and Front st. The body was in a sit ting position, partially covered by a door and some .lumber. Sev eral bruises on the body and cir cumstances under which it was found suggested a possibility of foul play and an autopsy was ordered Monday afternoon. Owners Interviewed Meanwhile, investigating offi cers interviewed tavern owners, tavern customers and about five domiciliary residents. It was learned that Weimer had been sent to Camp White in 1953 after hospital treatment for a service-connected liver ail ment. At Camp White he was a "section leader" and was highly regarded both among domicil iary personnel and the men who worked with him. However, on July 12 of tliis year he was given a "forced six-month furlough" for an infraction of domiciliary regulations. On Oct. 15, he was reported seen by the wife of a tavern owner. He was not reported seen again until his body was found Sunday, Nunley said. Officers theorized Weimer had crawled into the crude shelter in which he was found either on the night of Oct. 15 or 16. It is believed he covered himself with the wooden door and the lumber to shut out an overhead leak. Stayed There Nunley said he probably stayed there "half-alive until his death (probably sometime Fri day) and no one happened to find him there. The pathologist said the man was suffering from a ruptured duodenal ulcer, which had eroded into an artery. Bruises on the body were found to be super ficial, probably caused by falls. Ralph. H. Ruffin, domiciliary officer, indicated that something would have been done on Wei mer's behalf if his condition were known to veterans author ities. "Any veteran is always eligible for hospital treatment," he said. He would have been el igible' for emergency care, re gardless of the fact that he had been suspended from the domi ciliary, officials said. in establishing tolerances," Lar rick said. "There is no indica tion that the tolerances now in effect for any of the organic phosphates constitute any haz ard to the public health. But to be sure that we continue to safe guard the consumer adequately, we are going to require more evidence of safety in dealing with this type of compound in the future." Other Tests Expected Although Food and Drug' did not say so. it is expected that tests also will be run to deter mine whether the same increase in toxicity results when other insecticides are used together. GROVE LINE 51s United Press Full Leased Wire 20 Pages Group To Study Doctor Crisis at Mental Hospitals Salem (U.R) The Oregon Stale Board of Control today authorized a special group to study a "doctor crisis" in the state's mental hospitals. The group was instructed to come up with a program to protect the new residency program and to recommend ""a more .realistic schedule for top doctors. On the group will be mem bers of the State Finance De partment, the Civil Service Com mission, Oregon State hospital and Eastern Oregon State hos pital. Dr. Russell Gciss, assistant superintendent at Oregon State hospital, told the board that since the hospital was recently ac credited for a two-year psy chiatric residency program, two out of three certified psychi atrists had left the institution. Morale Problem Created Dr. Geiss said that increasing doctor turn over was creating a morale problem and that by the end of the year the hospital staff would be down from 21 to 16 doctors. Previously, the board had ap proved the psychiatric residency program in the hope that it would increase the hospital's prestige and make recruiting of doctors easier. However, Dr. Geiss told the board that the present salary scale was "not competitive with California and far behind Wasn- ington." He said Oregon lagged from S1.000 to S2.000 behind its sister coast states in com parable doctor ranges. The chief concern of the hos pital. Dr. Gciss said, was to pro tect the new training program which has drawn about half of the present 10 residents at the hospital. Railroad Crews Start Crossing Repairs The south half of Main st. at the Southern Pacific rail road crossing was closed to traf fic today while SP crews re pair the crossing there, accord ing to Vern Thorpe, public works director. Work will continue on the south half of Main st. until Fri day, Thorpe said. SP rews are relaying and retying tracks ai the crossing. Repair work at the 11th. Fourth and Jackson st. crossings is planned. City police posted "no park ing" signs on the north half of Main st. this morning to in sure two lanes of traffic. Work will begin on the north half of the Main st. crossing some time next week. Thorpe added. Repair work on the SP rail road crossing on Stewart ave. was completed Monday he said. It consisted of placing heavy rails at the crossing and repaying the section. The crossing still is closed to traffic. Springfield. 111. (U.R) Agri culture Secretary Ezra T. Ben son has announced ah agree ment for United States sale to Spain of $49.6 million worth of farm commodities. West Side route survey requested by several residents. The city planning commission last spring conducted a hearing on the Genessee and Hillcrest routes, and, in a split vote, went on record as favoring the Genessee line. The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce board of directors, in an almost unani mous vote, went on record as favoring the Hawthorne park PS MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1956 Hungary Students In Demonstrations Budapest, Hungary (U.R) Mora than 10,000 Hungarian univer sity students demonstrated today fqr a new government and the immediate withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary. The demonstrations came as Hungary's Premier and its Com munist party leader returned from friendly talks with Yugoslav President Tito in Belgrade. A communique issued in the Yugoslav capital said the Hunga rian and Yugoslav leaders had agreed in two weeks of talks on close coopeartion to "prevent the repetition of past mistakes which inflicted serious harm upon the workers movement." ' The Belgrade communique did not spell out'these "past mis takes," but this phrasing generally is taken to refer to the errors of Stalinism. Cold Air Mass Brings Snow, Rain into Area Snow measuring UD to 10 in ches fell in the wake of a cold air mass which moved across southern Oregon late yesterday and last night. Chains were reauired on Hinhwav ns and 66 south and west of Medford early today, but state police said highways were clear by midmorning. Snow, visible on Roxy Ann Two Medford Youths Arrested lor Thefts Two 15-year-old Medford boys were arrested and lodged in county jail Monday in connec tion with the theft of two cars Sunday, according to Medford police. Police said the boys admitted both car thefts. They were re leased to the custody of their parents today to appear before juvenile authorities. Alan James Beaton of Beat on's Used Car lot, 534 North Front St., Medford, reported Monday that a car from his lot had been stolen Sunday, officers reported. The car was found later Sunday in Gold Hill, they said. James McKester, Jacksonville, of Parson's Used Car lot. 817 North Riverside ave., Medford, reported Monday that a car registered to Chester and Kath erine Dickinson, Eagle Point, was stolen Sunday, police said. The car was found Monday near Grants Pass. The doors of the stolen cars were unlocked, according to Police, and the motors were started by crossing wires. Weather FORECAST: Clearinf tonight. Valley for: Wednesday morn lnj, clearing by noon. In creasing and thickening clou diness Wednesday afternoon and evening. Low tonight 32, High Wednesday 50. Temp. Highest Yesterday .... 49 Lowest this Morning 3 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today .26 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 6:3 a.m. Sunset 5:17. p.m. The Moon rises 8:29 p.m. and rides high. Last Quarter Friday PROMINENT STAR Betelgeuse, low in east 10:27 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, sets 6:23 p.m. Mars, due south ... 9:08 p.m. Venus and Jupiter, rise 3:37 p.m. (Venus Is the brighter of the two) butte and surrounding moun tains, ranged from a trace at Prospect to 10 inches at Crater Lake National park, where the highway between park head quarters and the rim was closed temporarily. The Medford weather bureau reported .26 inch of rain in the 24 hours ending at 4:30 a.m. to day. Between midnight last night and 10 a.m. today, .32 inch fell at the airport. The forecast calls for clearing skies tonight with fog in valleys tomorrow. Increasing and thick ening clouds are expected Wed nesday afternoon and evening for the Medford area. National park officials said the west and south entrances and the road as far as park head quarters were open. There were 10 inches on the ground at 8:30 a.m., all of which fell during the past 24 hours and it was snowing this morning. Park officials, advised motor ists to carry chains. California Oregon Power com pany reported from three to four inches of snow at Union Creek, and the weather bureau said it received a report of nine inches at Diamond lake. Weather bureau officials said the freezing level about 7 a.m. today was 3,500 feet. The cold air mass is the first in a series of storm fronts mov ing in from the Pacific which are expected to bring recurring rair: to western Oregon during the next few days. Morse Challenges Opponent To Debate Salem (U.P.) Sen. Wayne Morse today challenged his op ponent, Douglas McKay, to de bate campaign issues at any time or place. "I have never been able to get my opponent to debate the issues with me on a platform and here in Salem once more, I challenge him to debate and he can select the time and place," Morse told an audience at a Willamette University convoca tion. Defense of his opposition to the Formosa resolution and de nial that he had ever advocated recognition of Red China into the United Nations, occupied the greater part of Morse's talk. He said that on four different occasions he had voted on the Senate floor against admission of Red China to the United Nations. (Bear creek) route. The hearing was moved to the Craterian theater from the Jackson County courthouse because of the anticipated crowd expected to attend. Detailed maps, not suit able for reproduction, are available at the Medford city coun cil chamber, Jackson county courthouse and at the Chamber office in the D'Anjou building on South Central ave., Medford. hit pola Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wir No. 183 Moslems Protest Seizure of Five Algerian Leaders Paris U.R) Moslem youths demonstrated in Tunis and Casa blanca today against the dramat ic midnight seizure of five Alge rian rebel leaders snatched from their airplane while en route to a "peace conference" In Tunis. North African Jury boiled into violence over the Algerian situ ation even as a government spokesman here announced that France would accuse Egypt in the United Nations Security council of supplying arms to the rebels. The plane carrying the rebel leaders was en route from Mor occo to Tunis by a circuitous route when it was ordered di verted to Algeria in a cloak-and-dagger middle of the night oper ation. Whpn the aircraft landed at Maison Blanche airfield, French police with tommyguns sur rounded it and seized the rebel leaders. They had held confer ences in Morocco and were on their way to further talks in Tunisia with Tunisian, Moroc can and Algerian nationalist leaders. However, their surprise seiz ure by the French brought a comment from Tunisian Infor mation Minister Ben Yamedin that the planned "peace confer ence" in Tunis now "threatens to turn into a council of war." As he spoke, Moslem youths waving Algerian nationalist flags broke through police lines in Tunis, yanked Europeans from their care and burned the vehicles. The rioters wrenched the plas ter seal from the French con sulate, broke it up and threw the pieces at passing Europeans. Po lice reported "several" persons were injured. Dewey, Stevenson To Be Heard on KYJC Thomas E. Dewey will be heard over station KYJC (1230 kc) at 8:30 tonight and Adlai Stevenson will speak over the same station at 10 o'clock tonight, it was report ed today. These programs were inad vertantly mentioned in yester day's paper as being scheduled for last night. SOC Land Purchase Given Nod by Board Portland (U.R) The State Board of Higher Education plans an eventual three-block expan sions of Portland State College, an experiment in teaching by television and more buildings on three campuses. This was brought out yester day as the board met in com mittee sessions. Chancellor John R. Richards told members that a grant of S200.000 was "practically as sured" from a leading education al foundation for a classroom television experiment which would serve Oregon. Oregon State and Oregon College of Education campuses. The board's curriculum committee voted to apply for a permit to build a transmitter for channel 7, Cor- Vessels Withdraw Following Protest By Government Warsaw, Poland (U.R) A group of 26 Soviet warships withdrew from Polish waters off the Baltic seaport of Gdansk (Danzig) today after protests by the Warsaw government under scored anti-Russian demonstra tions. The warships had appeared in Polish territorial waters within the past 24 hours. But they with drew quickly today. The wave of anger at Russia's apparent attempts at interven tion in the current Polish up heaval spread to Poznan during the day, after having started last night in Wroclaw. But the latest demonstrations were without vi olence. However, their existence and the protest by the Polish com modore at Gdansk apparently were enough to convince the So viet commanders to withdraw their Baltic flotilla. Meanwhile, the new regime named Gen. Marian Spychalski as deputy defense minister ami army political chief in the first move toward easing Soviet of ficers out of the Polish armed forces. Spychalski, who was purged as a "Titoist" in 1949 and later rehabilitated, replaced Gen. Kaz imierz Witaszewski. Spychalski was elected to the Polish Com munist Party Central Committee last Friday along with the new party first secretary, Wladislaw Gomulka, with whom he had served time in prison. Vessels Bring Panic Appearance of the vessels al ready had brought panic to res idents of the area despite Sov iet assurances the ships were there on "routine maneuvers." Reports from Moscow that Russia had "recognized" trie new Communist leadership of Wlady slaw Gomulka was believed bas ed on Poland's agreement to re tain pro-Russian Marshal Kon- stantin Rokossovsky as defense minister. These reports were followed by Warsaw Radio's broadcast of the new "incidents." The official broadcast gave a few details but it said, "the wor king class and the population of Wroclaw has recognized to whom such incidents can bring advantages and condemns them with indignation." Reports reaching London said thousands of Polish students pa raded through the streets of Wroclaw (formerly Breslau) in an anti-Russian demonstration. The reports said the students chanted "Long live Free Po land" and shouied "Rokossovsky go home" and "Rokossovsky to Siberia." (See Stories on Page 12) of Education vallis, if the foundation grant is awarded. The board's building commit tee gave approval to preliminary plans for a $1,095,000 physical education building addition at Oregon, part of the funds to be asked of the 1957 legislature. Two eastern Oregon College buildings get committee nods. They include a S630.000 physical education building to be asked of the Legislature and a $508. 000 dormitory to be financed through self-liquidating bonds. Other building committee ac tion included purchase of four parcels of land at Southern Ore gon College for future develop ment and authorizing advance planning for a science-classroom building.
