Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 29, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto 1 u My Pan Li. , .-.el. i.njS - - SEEK CHAMPIONSHIP After a rousing pep rally at Med ford High school early this morning the Black Tornado foot , feal.1 team was in high sph-its as they boarded a bus for Port land where Jhey will meet the Marshfield Pirates in the state chanfpionship football game in Multnomah stadium tomor row night. Shown above are, at bottom from left, Halfback Gafy Riley, End Dick Copple, and Guard Tom Merton; in middle. Quarterback Dick McLaughlin, left, and Guard Bob Apple: and at top. End Mike Stearns,, left, and Tackle Larry Slesslr. Kadar Won't A"ow UN Observers in Hungary, Radio Says .United Nations, N.Y. u.R nesday demanded 'the se'eretary A radio, Moscow broadcast said! general give it "forthwith." But today Sovietbacked Prerr'ier Ja- os Kadar had refused Ut permit s te entry jf UN observers into engary.' g J"h broadcast quetcd Kadar i,sayirig he rejected the UN raqu5t "because many people' ! longer atse 'clear about the difference between American s id VN Oforces." . - i VTht Is why the arrival it " ''UN rtpreserrfaUVes in Hungary Ould, throw the people into con--j fusion, Kadar said, according to the broadcast monitored in London. Kadar' s statement cairje in as interview with the Soviet Cotn munist Party newspaper Prav da. He also defended Soviet arm ed intervention. Raport Hangs Far Sources here said Secretary Cencral Dag Hammarskjolcf def initely had decided V report to' the General Assembly on his. efforts to persuade the Kadar regime to allow UN observers to Investigate the situation1 in revolt-torn Hungary. Mis report has been hanging fire for sever al days. a Jhe sources said Hammar e skjold would o before the Gen eral AsBmbly today with a re port on his negotiations regard less of whether he receive; for mat reply from the Soviet-puppet Budapest regime. . s Western delegation have been 9 pressing Hammarskjold for the report. Cuba and Amcntin Wed- Cbarles Holbrook Submits Resignation 9 Ctiarles Holbrook. Jackson county 'veterans service officer, has submitted, his resignation to the Jackson county court. It will become effeetiwe Jan. 1. Holfcrosk stated in his letter his reason for resigning is "to better myself financially." He added that the financial return as out of proportion with the amount of work necessary for such a job. e Holbraok, who has held the post for nine years. has been commander of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars post, pesldent and secretary of Jackson County Tetcrans' Allied council, anj urrently commander of Med ford Post. 1 of the American Legion. He has also boon active in other veteran's affairs-and organizations in the county and state. Former Medford Man Found Innocent by Jury Oliver Scrugs Fox. formerly of Mdford and now of Oakland, Calif., was found innocent by a diStrict court jury Tuesday on charges of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was arrested by state po lice Aug. 12 represented himself at the trial. Bonn. Germany U.R) Au thoritative reports from Sofia said today pwerful new Rus sian Army units have moved into Bulgaria to prevent a pos sible uprising against Commu nist strongman fodor Shivkofl. Hammarskjold held off in hopes of receiving a reply from Buda pest. " The Kadar regime, .according to J3test report here, was still "considering" the request. Ham marskjold conferred briefly Wednesday' wfth the Hungarian delegate. Irnre Horvath, but de tails -.of the conversation were wiihheld-. Rat Problem Shows Increase in City Jackson county sanitation of ficials reported today that the rat problem in Medford has in creased with cooler weather. Ro dents are reported numerous in some- areas, they said. Sanitation officials said rats are drawn 'to homes and areas closer to town during cooler weather for food. During the slimmer months they get food from fields. Rat control measures recom mended by officials include re moving the food supply. This would include chicken feed left in- the open, dog food and gar bage. Places which could be used for nests, such as rubbish and wood piles, and other col lected ' objects left in the open also should be removed. Officials recommended war frin poison, which may be pur chased at feed stores, mixed vj'ith a suitable attractive bait, for killing rats. Sanitation officials added that it is almost impossible to completely eliminate rats but the number can be controlled by checking food supplies. Portland !U.R) Mrs. Charles Nerh, 95, a native of Oregon and a descendant of an early day Lane county medical doctor, died here Wednesday. "I Think Maybe I'm No Information Seen To Indicate Outbreak of War Hagerty Sees Crisis Materially Eased Augusta, Ga. U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower conferred early today by telephone with Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. on the international situation. After the telephone confer ence, White House Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty said there was no incoming informa tion from abroad to indicate that the tense Mideast situation might explode into a general war in that area. Crisis Seen Eased Hagerty said Wednesday that fn his opinion the grave Suez Canal crisis had eased materially in the last two weeks. The Presi dent's spokesman refused, how ever, to appraise the recently disclosed shipment of Russian arms into Syria. Mr. Eisenhower left his lux urious cabin on the edge of the Augusta National Golf course and went to his temporary of fice at 8:30 a.m. to receive over night intelligence reports from his staff secretary, Col. Andrew Goodpaster. Urges Generosity After the President's morning in the office, Hagerty had these news announcements: 1. Mr. Eisenhower urged all Americans to contribute gener ously to a special American Red Cross disaster appeal for $5 mil lion to aid in emergency relief in Hungary and for Hungarian refugees in Austria. 2. The chief executive called for "organized citizen support" in all states and communities for the accident prevention possi bilities of the highway moderni zation program passed by the last Congress. 3. Hagerty confirmed that Mr. Eisenhower recently sent a per sonal letter to French Premier Guy Mollet expressing the Pres ident's hopes and desires that Franco - American relations would continue in the spirit of friendship and cooperation of the past.. Hagerty saidthe. note .tW- Mollet was in' response ttf 'a message from the Premier con gratulating the President on his reelection. Big ThrM Meeting 4. Asked about a statement at tributed to Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.), that the retiring chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee expected a meeting between the President, Mollet and British Prime Min ister Anthony Eden early next year, Hagerty said, "I haven't got anything on that." Egypt Says Troops Strafed by 'Enemy' London U.F) Egypt re ported that two "enemy" air craft strafed Egyptian troops in the Sinai Desert today, and there were increasing signs the uneasy cease fire might explode into a general Middle East war. Israeli sources accused the Soviet Union of conspiring with Syria to wreck the Baghdad pact and overthrow the government of Iraq. Moscow retorted thai Israel was "digging its own grave" by preparing a new con flict in the Middle East. The threat to the Baghdad pact was so grave that a top level Turkish mission flew to London to seek means of coun teracting the rapid buildup of Soviet arms in Syria which Tur key saw as a threat to it and its Baghdad pact partner, Iraq. Going To Enjoy This" U1-- nk Puppet kirfie Decides Against More Passports Soldiers Laying Mines on Frontier Vienna (U.R) The Hungar ian puppet government returned all the way today to hard line Stalinism. A government announcement said the Cabinet of Premier Janos Kadar had decided not to issue any more passports or exit visas. At the same time, refugees reported that Russian soldiers were laying minefields again along the Austrian frontier across which 96,000 Hungarians have fled to freedom since Oct. 28. The new rigid ruling on- pass ports and exit visas represented a return to the inflexible Stalin ist line which the East European satellites had hoped was gone forever. After Stalin's death, the Hun garian government lifted the Iron Curtain for thousands of elderly citizens who had rela tives in the West. Mass Arrests Loom The return to the hard line inside Hungary was signalled by the government earlier this week with indications of mass arrests and preparation of show trials for leaders of the rebellion. A Moscow dispatch today de nied news agency reports, not carried by United Press, that the Kadar regime was receiv ing advice on its new tough line from former Russian Premier Georgi Malenkov. A spokesman in the press department of the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Mos cow said the reoort that Malen kov was in Budapest was "pure fabrication. Refugees reported the Russian mine-layers most active in the Tegiit:;TO3lecIiiat2i;0: miles- southeast of Vienna. Shooting Protested It was in that region that Aus trian- frontier police shot and killed a Russian infantryman who chased and molested a flee ing Hungarian girl inside the flag-marked Austrian frontier. Russia Wednesday night formal ly protested the Nov. 23 shoot ing, charging that the Austrian police "virtually murdered" the Russian. Already Russian patrol activ ity was so intense that only 3,700 refugees crossed into Aus tria during the past 24 hours. A week ago the 24-hour total aver aged 10,000. Hunter Shot When Mistaken for Deer Albert Floyd Johnson. 36, of 2877 Springbrook rd., Medford, suffered a shoulder wound when his hunting companion, Scott Leonard Atkinson, 22, of 910 West 11th St., Medford, mistook him for a deer early yesterday afternoon, according to state po lice. The men were deer hunting near the Blue Moon ranch north of Central Point. Atkinson was using a 30-30 rifle, police said. Johnson was shot in the left shoulder. He was taken to Rogue Valley hospital by Medford Ambulance service, which met state police on Highway 99 and transferred Johnson from a patrol car. The special deer season in the northern part of Jackson county and parts of Josephine county along Rogue River will end Dec. 2. Start Proceedings Against Stumbos Salem (U.R) The State High way Commission late yesterday filed condemnation proceedings in Douglas county court against the Stumbo brothers of Wolf Creek to obtain a title to a 16V4 foot stretch of the Pacific high way. Robert L. May Jr., assistant chief counsel for the commis sion, said the fact that the Stum bos were selling four-square-inch tracts of the busy roadway property made it necessary for the commission to act quickly before they had to sue hundreds of property. Property under condemnation cannot be sold. May said. Salem-UR) Public Utilities Commissioner Charles Heltzel has filed a petiton before the In terstate Commerce Commission protesting increased rates re quested by eastern and western railroads. '5 1st Year Medford i'uu incased Wire 26 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1956 No. 215 , jh M i-,-. j,u i whm i. . w ! ivj.!uyj iim.'"iii....j i ''...'i ww in 'i mm tt i 1 WINNING FLOAT Shown above is the Medford Jaycettes float that won the grand sweepstakes award in the Christmas parade yesterday. The float depicted a Christmas dream. Because of fog only nine floats en tered the parade, which was about half of what had been planned. Winner of the youth division was the First Methodist church float, and in the adult division the Medford Public library float took first place. About 9,000 pieces of candy were distributed by Santa No Relief From Smog In View, Bureau Says A high pressure area, extend-' ing from northwestern British Columbia to 500 miles west of San Francisco, has created smog conditions in Pacific northwest jsallejtsV including Rogije, yalley. Weather bureau officials at Medford said the condition will exist until a severe storm front forms in the Pacific and creates high winds to carry the smog to sea. For about two weeks the stag nant condition has kept smoke and other particles from leaving the valley, and as the moisture content of air in the valley in creased, it was attracted to small particles, causing dense fog, or a non-toxic smog. Caused Condition The condition is caused when cold air settles in the-valley, and is held there by warm winds aloft. Bob Church, meteorologist at the Medford weather bureau office, said the temperature about 700 feet above the airport. or the upper edge of the smog, was 43 degrees early this morn- New Traffic Light To Start Operating The new traffic signal at Oak dale and Stewart aves. will be gin operating at 8 a.m. Friday according to Vernon Thorpe, city public works director. The light, with a semi-actuated control signal, is set so it will remain green on Stewart ave. The light will change to red only when vehicles approach the intersection on Oakdale ave. and trigger a magnetic detector under the pavement. For pedestrians crossing Stew art ave. two push button con trols are available to stop traf fic. They are located on the traf fic signal posts on the west side of Oakdale ave. and on each side of Stewart ave. and will control the walk-wait signal. No push buttons are required for pedestrians crossing Oakdale. Friday a city policeman will be at the intersection the ma jority of the day as well as Jef ferson school patrol members. Greyhound Bus Drivers Halt Salt Lake Travel Sale Lake City (U.R) Some 40 drivers for Northwest Grey hound lines left their jobs early today, halting the company's bus travel between Portland, Ore., and Salt Lake City. ( Christ mAS FM7 ire 'Crfiiu s Bade To Staiiiism The low in Medford this morn ing was 25 degrees, compared to Crater Lake's low of 31. Med ford's high yesterday was 37, compared to 55 at Crater Lake. Ihe condition is known as a temperature- -irrversiort as where warm air rises, and cooler- air clings to the floor of the valley. Church said a warm wind yesterday blew from the south, through Ashland and into the central part of the valley, but failed to break the pocket of cold air settled there. Watch Pressure Area Church said weather bureau officials are watching a low pressure area in the Pacific. He said, however, the front probab bly will circle the Pacific north west high pressure area to the north, move south through cen tral Canada and result in winter weather in the mid - western states. Previous fronts have moved the same way, he said. The moist cold fog has caused icy conditions in some valley areas, and has caused several minor automobile accidents and closed the airport to traffic. Weather FORECAST: Clear above 2.000 feet mean sea level. Con tinned foggy in valley through Friday. Low tonight 25. High Friday 38 in tog, 60 in sun shine. Temp. Highest Yesterday 37 Lowest this Morning . 23 Our Skies Tonight The Sun rises 7:19 a.m. and sets 4:41 p.m. The unseen stars In Its back ground are now those of the constellation, Scorpio. Moonrise Friday 5:43 a.m. New Moon Dec. 2 PROMINENT STARS Alrlebaran, hifh in south 12:08 a.m. Capetia, hifh overhead- 12:54 a.m. Chamber Approves Suggestion for Jab Evaluation Survey for County' Employees The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce today approved a suggestion that the'eounty court obtain a job evaluation and pay rate survey for employees of the county. The action was taken by the board of directors in the recom mendation of , the chamber's committee on governmental op erations, which has conducted a year-long study of county gov ernment. The ''ommittee was au thorized to make the recom mendation to the county court, and if necessary to the budget committee, on behalf of the chamber. The committee's report, which was approved unanimously by the chamber board, follows: Honorable Occupation "Public employment is an hon orable, useful and worthwhile occupation. Public servants pro vide services for the community which can be obtained in no other way. If the public is to be well Price 10c Tribune. -Pull Leased Wir Claus and his helpers, to children watching the parade. Judges of the floats were Cather ine Fonkin, art instructor at Hedrick Junior High, and Steve Bayless, art instruoror. at McLoughlin Junior High. Other winners in the youth division were Roosevelt Girl Scouts, second; Griffin Creek Girl Scouts, third: St. Mary's Girl Scouts, fourth; Pilgrim Holiness church, fifth; and Roosevelt Girl Scouts (sec ond float) sixth. Pilgrim Holiness church took second place in the adult division. Emergency Fund Drive Set by RC For Hungarian Aid A campaign for emergency funds to aid Hungarians will be held in Medford Wednesday, Dec. 12, officials at the Jackson county Red Cross chapter said today. The one-day drive for $1,633 will be known as "Tag Day' Red Cross -officials and volun teer workers will ,be on street corners to accept Contributions. Donations also may be made a't the Red Cross office on tlie first floor of the county courthouse. The drive will be similar to the tag day held last year for benefit of eastern flood victims. Medford reached its quota in the one day that drive was con ducted. Nation-Wide Basis Mrs. Helen Wilson, chairman of the Red Cross chapter here, said the tag. day campaign is be-, ing conducted on a nation-wide basis and total goal is $5 mil lion. County Red Cross board mem bers will make final planS for the drive at a meeting Satur day, Dec. 8. Mrs. Wilson saifl volunteer fund solicitors are needed and requested those in terested in helping with the campaign to call the Red Cross office, 2-4405. Officials in the local office received first notice of tag day plans today in a telegram from national American Red Cross headquarters. The one-day emergency drive has been approved by the United Medford Crusade, .UMC officials- said this morning. Salem iU.R) Fog settled over southern and ' eastern Oregon again today as highway depart ment maintenance crews report ed icy spots on many routes. served, our public servants must be of high caliber. If public service is to attract high caliber people, they must bo compen sated adequately and in terms comparable to the 'rewards both financial and otherwise available in other fields. "It is not within the province of this committee to conduct a survey of employment compen sation and conditions in the Jack son county government, but the contacts which we have had in recent months have convinced us that such a survey should be made. Recent resignations in de partments of the county indicate some dissatisfaction a con clusion borne out by other evi dence. Job Evaluaiioni "We believe that such a sur vey should include not only rates of pay, but also job evalu ations to go with them, provid ing county executives, taxpay ers and the employees them selves with an indication of ex-' Officials Await More Evidence of Traop Withdrawal Definitive Statemdt From Llcsd Awaited Washington (U.R) Ameri can officials said today they are jrepared 19 work out plans for emergency oil shipments to Europe as soon as they get more concrete evidence of British and French plans to withdraw from Egypt. The U.S. position was made known tg porters after a State Department spokesman said this country is awaiting a "defini tive statement" from London on Suez withdrawal plans. State Department Press Offi cer Lincoln White told reporters tlje United Spates is awaiting a more Retailed British statement tfian th ofie British Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd made to the. House 0ofCchmons today. Lloyd said Britain and France are still standing by flans jr a "phased , withdrawal" of their troops from Egypt. But h re fused o commit Arifcin to nur ried wflhdrawal pending new consultations with France. British Ambassador Sir Har old Caqcia called on Acting Sec retary of State HSrbert Hoover Jr. almwt simultaneously to ex plain that the Lloyd statement was designed oftly as "an inter im" report. Cuccia sait another statement' vactild be maie in commoos Monday. e While told rejjorters"we are awaiting Sis (LloytiS) definitive statement expected Monday." .French Foreign Minister Chris tian Pineau ivilf fly h$re Friday lor emergencS- talksoon lher imtrtank 'Yncitters " . jbe new Isu? of Sogiet inf il t(ation into .Syria w;. also on the a(;na far these talks. A top level delegation from Turkey arrived here thisnorninj? to dis cuss - the Syrian- 'situaftont-'wfti Woyd. 0 CevancMakes Debut O Left winger Aneurin Bevan. making his debut as the Labor party's official candidate for foreign secretary should it re gain control of the government, immefltetely attacked Lloyd's "sinmter -juxtaposition" of the three conditions or Ango FrencB withf rawal: Phasing of the pullout with fte arrival of U.N. police trops, clearance of the canal blckade, and a settle ment for its fute. "Is it not a fact that our in sistence of having a Aar declar ation of the future of the canal was one of the chief causes of dif ference between us and the United Statv?" B&an ated. "Was it not through our use of force that difficulties have arisen?" McKay ReturningVo Washington Next Month . Salem (U.R) Oregon's "for gotten man," Doug McKay, is going back t8 Washington ne. month. But on this trip, the former governor and interior secretary will just close up his Waftiing lon apartment and tien return to Salem. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Do Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 466.62, up 0.52; 20 railroads 150.44, off 0.71; 15 ut ilities 65.97, up 0.04;- and 65 stoks 165.45, off 0.05. Sales to day were about 2,440,000 shares compared with 2,190,000 shares Wednesday. pected terms of employment, both now and in the future. "Such a service was recently provided the city of Medford by the state civil service com mission, for a fee of S1.000. City officials say the resulting sched ule of duties, qualifications, rules, and pay scales has paid for itself many times over in employee satisfaction, in job se curity, in administrative con venience and in other ways. (It should be noted that while the new system is of a "civil service" nature, it docs not have the lim iting and complicated procedures of some other civil service or ganizations with regard to the discharge of sub-standard em ployees.) "Because of these findings, we most respectfully recommend to the county court that a job evaluation and pay rate survey, either through the state civil service commission or otherwise, be undertaken for the personnel employed by Jackson county."