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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.