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Ashland 3-1021 ca 84 1W before 6:45 p.m. daily 10 JO a.m. Sunday. regular delivery arrive short After you call please notify office is eliminating special messenger rvice. 1RIBUN United Preu Full Ltaied Wire United Press Full f 34 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1957 No. 282 O c 9 'Cr- imj' r STEERING COMMITTEE Student mem bers of the Student Government day program steering committee, are shown above left to right, (seated) Dennis King, Beverly Frazier, Jay Walker (chairman), Pat Leek and Josette Area Students To Take Oaths Monday for City, County Jobs Students of Jackson county high schools will have first-hand opportunity to learn how county and Medford city governmental bodies are operated Monday and Tuesday during the annual Stu dent Government day program. sponsored By the Bieatoro mks lodge. They will work during the day witn regular officials and will also tour city and county spots of interest including the county shops, airport, disposal plant, city hall, county courthouse and fire station. They will also hold a separate 'fcity council session Tuesday night. Begin Monday Studt Government day ac tivities will begin at. 1:15 p.m., Monday, when students will reg ister in the basement lounge of the Elks temple. At 2:30 p.m., oaths of office will be administ ered. Stud&it leaders will be featur ed from 3:30 to 4 p.m. in pro grams at radio stations KMED and KYJC. Greg Milnes of Med ford High school will serve as moderator. They will appear from 5 to 5:30 p.m. on station KBES-TV. A "get acquainted" mseting for students, their parents, city and county officials and distin guished guests will be held in the Elks-lub basement party lounge at 6 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., the young lead ers will be honored at a dinner 3n the Elks temple. Master of ceremonies will be Jimmy Dun levy, city councilman and man ager of radio station KYJC. Banquet Program The banquet program will in clude pledge to the flag, invoca tion by the Rev. John Ilg of Sa cred Heart Catholic church; and organ music by Abby Green of the Rogue Valley Country club. At 7:30 p.m., Dick Woodcock, exalted ruler of the Elks lodge, will introduce distinguished guests. At 8:30 p.m., Mrs. Edith S. Green, congresswontan of Ore gon's third district, will give the main address. Benediction by the Rev. "Mr. Ilg will be given at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday's schedule will begin at 9 a.m., when students will re port to offices of the officials with whom ehey will work for the day. Guests at Lunch Officials and their student counterparts will be guests at a lunch in the Elks club party lounge- and from 2 to 5 p.m., students w.illour city and coun ty interest spots. The students Mock Bombing Raid Staged Qn Medford by Two B-29s Hamilton Air Force Base. Calif. (U.R) Two B-29 bomb ers executed a mock bombing run against Medford, Ore., Sat urday and finally were inter- cepted about 100 miles from here with te aid of civilian sky watche, the Air Force an nounced. The maneuver starterf at 9:30 a.m. (PST) when the two Super Fortresses took off from Hamu li n Air Force Base, headed out to sea to avoid radar installa tions nd made a "sneak pene tration'' at Cape Blanco on the southern Coast of Oregon. After making their run over Medford. the planes flew at a low altitude along the coastal mountains and evaded radar j will also attend a regular city council meeting in the city hall. and will hold their own council meeting immediately afterwards. Members of the student steer ing committee for the program are Jay Walker, chairman, Den nis King, Beverley Frazier, Pat Leek, Josette Harris, Brenda Barrell, Connie Caton, Barbara Cox, Phil Mongrain, Eldon Fran cis and Art Putney. Youth activities committee members of the Elks lodge, spon sors of the program, include El liott Becken, chairman, Dr. Au gust Glutch, Charles Meyer, Oregon Legislature Winds Up 5th Week Salem (U.R) The Oregon Legislature has wound up its fifth work week with 768 bills in the hopper and the Joint Ways and Means committee cons'ider ihg appropriations bills totaling S311 million. Former Gov. Elmo Smith's budget totaled $260 million. Latest appropriation to pass ways and means was 599,800 for the Oregon Historical Society which will have a hand in the 1959 Oregon centennial celebra tion. The budget passed over the protest of Rep. Robert Duncan, Medford. Committee action late Friday saw the House Fish and Game committee conduct a hearing on a bill to permit emergency open Fire Protection System Installed A new automatic fire protec tion system, financed by the Ford Foundation, was recently installed and has been in opera tion since Jan. 30 at Sacred Heart hospital. The system was installed by the National Automatic Sprink ler company, who contracted the job for S24.500. The system was inspected by the Oregon Rating bureau and was placed in operation immediately after wards. A new call-light system is cur rently being installed at the hospital by Trowbridge and Flynn Electrical contractors. The new system is expected to be in operation in a few weeks, hos pital officials stated. networks at several locations. However, members of the Civilian Ground Observer Corps relayed enough information to the radar sites so that four F-80 jet fighters from Hamilton were able to intercept the bombers over Point Arena. Brig. Gen. Monro MacClosk ey, commander of the 28th Air Division, said the raid was con ducted to test effectiveness of the Ground Observers Corps. Sam Price, radio station an nouncer in Medford, and Sgt. Clifford Paulson, Air Force rep resentative with the Medford Ground Observer Corps, accom panied, the flight Saturday. They are expected to return to Med- ford today. Harris, and (standing) Brenda Barrell, Connie Caton, Barbara Cox and Phil Mongrain. Not pictured are committee members Eldon Francis and Art Putney. Jack Thompson and William My ers. Student Governmnt day orig inated in the Medford Elks juris dictional area several years ago, and since has received national recognition. New to the program this year are observers in both city and county governments. Observers in county government are from city schools, and observers of city government are from coun ty high schools. A complete list of students participating in Student Govern ment day appears on page 11 of today's Mail Tribune. season on game animals who are damaging agricultural land.' Grange Backs Measure The bill has the backing of the Grange and the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation. Game commission officials testified before Chairman W. H Holmstrom, Gearhart, that the, commission would like flexible authority to set up controlled lo cal hunts to deal with specific area problems. They said the deer and elk damage problem existed in every county in the state except Multnomah. Further study will be given to the problem before the bill is passed out. Fish Bill Discussed Also discussed was a bill which would do away with the necessity of re-establishing fish commission regulations every year where the regulations in volved agreements with Wash ington state. Major legislative action Fri day saw nine constitutional amendments repealing obsolete material in the Oregon constitu- tion introduced in the Senate by Sen. Rudie Wilhelm Jr., and Rep. Shirley Field, Portland. Under one of Wilhelm's pro posed amendments, the Legisla ture would have the powers of a constitutional convention to make major changes in the con stitution. Two thirds of the Leg islature could revise all or part of the constitution and then sub mit the changes to the people for a vote. Youngster Killed in Parking Lot Mishap Albany U.R) A three-year-old boy was injured fatal ly Saturday when struck by a backing car in a food store park ing lot here. Police identified the victim as Stephen Lee Farmer. Carlton Eastburn, - Albany, told police he backed his car from its parking place when he "felt a bump." The boy died shortly after he was admitted to a local hospital. Eisenhower Accepts McCardle's Resignation Thomasville. Ga. U.R) President Eisenhower last night accepted the resignation of Carl W. McCardle as assistant secre tary of State for Public Affairs. McCardle was Washington bureau chief for the Evening Bulletin of Phildelphia before he joined the State Department Jan. 30, 1953. Stumbling Block To Settlement of Strike Removed Union Members Agree On United Front New York (U.R) The chief stumbling block to settlement, of the five-day Atlantic Coast dock strike was removed Saturday when the striking union's squab bling members voted to forget their differences and try to seek a settlement restoring the nation's vital overseas com merce. A total of 45.000 members of the Independent International Longshoremen's a s s o c i a tion went on strike Tuesday on the expiration of an 80-day Taft Hartley injunction that inter rupted a nine-day strike last November. Tie Up Ports Ihe longshoremen tied up every port from Maine to Vir ginia. The strike, combined with a walkout by 4,000 tugboat wor kers in the port of New York, forced ships to dock without tugs and unload passengers without stevedores. The New Dutch passenger lin er Statendam arrived here on her maiden journey to a gala welcome by fireboats, but. the usual bevy of tugs was absent. The jhip docked in Hoboken, N.J., unaided and her 877 pass engers carried their own lug gage ashore. - Negotiations between the Longshore Union and the New York Shipping association, rep resenting 178 of the nation's ma jor shippers, broke down Fri day when an intra-union battle broke out. The fighting between mem bers came at a time when the union and management negoi- ators were nearing agreement. But some union members op posed reconsideration of what the shippers called their "final offer," while leaders favored re consideration. :' 'AT.ii Saturday the union voted to reconsider the "final offer and present a solid front to manage ment. Union and management rep resentatives then returned to joint negotiations supervised by the Federal Mediation and Con ciliation service. In the National Maritime Un ion's tugboat strike, which has been under way since Jan. 31, both sides met once again under the watchful eyes of federal me diators. The tug workers want a is cent waae increase over their present $1.76 to $2.80 and other contract changes. AF Abandons Base At Woodburn, Ore. Washington (U.R) The Air Force has abandoned plans to build a $40 million base at WnnHhnrn (Irf.. ReD. Walter NnrblaH (R-Ore.) said Saturday. .Norblad said Air Force becre- arv nnnalrt A. Ouarles inform ed him the Woodburn base was being called in favor of a ten tative plan to spend $5 million to improve facilities at Portland. Norblad said Quarles told him it was possible the Air Force mioht rpronsider Woodburn again later, but for the present it felt Portland would De - ade quate" with some improve ments. Norblad said he was informed the decision was in line with an Air Fnrpp nollcv not to build new bases. He said Quarles cited the cancellation oi proposed oas es at Kalkaska, Mich., and near Pittsburgh, Pa., as other ex amples of this policy. Tho Kaw'i nnsitinn in licht of the Air Force's change in plans was not immediately known. The Navy had earlier abandoned nlans for a reserve training facility at Hillsboro in favor of joining with the Air Force in its woodburn area Dase. Rabat, Morocco (U.R) The official newspaper "Al Alam" said Saturday U. S. vice-presi dent Richard M. Nixon will vis it Morocco at the end of the month. Weather 'ORFCAST; Clear today, vari able cloudiness tonight and Monday. High today fi. low tonight 36. high Monday 65. TigheU Yesterday 7 Lowest y e ste r d ay : 3 0 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset The Moon rises.. 7:06 im. 5:46 p.m. 10:02 p.m. The stars in its background are now those of Virgo. Another prominent constellation, Ursa Major, is seen in the north east at moon rise. Its" brighter stars form the Big Dipper. Affection Displayed by Queen, Duke in mm M Lisbon; Start Their 'Second Honeymoon' Lisbon (U.R) Queen Eliz abeth and the Duke of Edin burgh began their "second honeymoon" Saturday with an unprecedented public display of affection that belied the rumors of a royal rift. The radiant Queen flew to Montijo Military airport at Lis bon for the reunion with her blond husband after a four month separation that was the longest since their marriage in 1947. They had two minutes alone together behind the drawn blinds of the Queen's special turboprop Viscount Airliner. Then they ap peared on the gangway, all smiles. The Queen lightly strok ed the arm of her husband, de spite the British royal tradition that the monarch never display personal feelings in public. Both appeared eager to get Carl W. McMillan Found Guilty by Circuit Court Jury A circuit court jury yesterday afternoon returned a verdict of guilty against Carl Wallace Mc Millan. 50, Central Point, charg ed with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor McMillan was arrested July 21 after the car he was driving collided with a jeep, operated by Arthur Hanshew, 305 North Fir st., Medford, on Highway 99 near the Mason Ehrmann rd Hanshew's eight-week -old son, Michael, was killed in the acci dent and Mrs. Hanshew serious ly injured. McMillan was-found guilty of the charge last August by a dis trict, court jury. McMillan's at torney, Edward Kelly, appealed the case to circuit court and tne appeal was granted. The circuit court trial began Wednesday. Testimony was given by four state's witnesses and about 20 defense witnesses, including the defendant. Rebuttal Witnesses District Attorney Thomas Reeder called State Police Offic er Robert Wieveseik and Han shew as rebuttal witnesses. Attorney's closing arguments concluded about noon Saturday and the jury began deliberating about 1:10 p.m. The verdict was announced at 3:50 p.m. Circuit Judge Orval Millard of Josephine county, who pre sided at the trial, will pronounce sentence at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26. McMillan's bail was ordered continued until that time. Kelly said he was undecided as to whether or not he would fight the case further. McMillan was indicted by a Jackson county grand jury last fall on a charge of manslaughter and is scheduled ot face that charge later. John C. Anicker, deputy dis trict attorney, assisted with the state's case and Miss Noreen Kel ly assisted with the defense case. Sports Bulletins Klamath Falls Klamath Falls defeated Medford here las Inight 59-53 in overtime in a Southern Oregon conference game. Medford's Tom Hamlin scored two last second free throws to lie ihe game. 51-51. The score also was tied at half time, 24-24. Dick Copple of Medford was high scorer with 22 points. Aihland Ashland High school evened a two - game series with Crater 48-34, here last night in a Southern Ore gon conference basketball game. Halftime score favored Ashland 48-34. - Glendale Phoenix High school defeated Glendale here last nigh. 52-47, in a Rogue League basketball game. Score at halftime was 32-19. for Phoenix. Rogue River Talent High school defeated Rogue River, 39 to 26, here last night, and St. Mary's of Medford edged Butte Falls, 59 to, 57, in a sudden death overtime. High scorers in the first game were Phil Combs, who scored 16 for Talent, and Bob Bigmn. who got nine for Rogue River. Jerry Flakus scored 25 points , for St. Mary's, which was trailing 39-19 at halftime. Don Ellis tallied 26 for Butte Falls. The score was tied 53-53 at the end of the regular game, and 57-57 at the and of the first overtime. CUMINS through the formalities of wel come and. drive off to the Royal Yacht "Britannia," anchored 20 miles away in picturesque Set ubal harbor for two days alone together. On Monday, they will begin their formal royal tour of Portugal. The Queen left five minutes early from London airport for the three hour, 50 minute flight to Lisbon. She left Prince Charles and Princess Anne be hind at Buckingham palace. They did not see her off at the airport because they have colds. The Duke, who had arrived at Lisbon earlier after his 125-day world cruise aboard the Brit annia, paced up and down, im patiently awaiting the arrival of his wile, who flew in Saturday for the reunion, two days ahead of the official schedule for the four-day state visit. 23 Youths Arrested For Burglary, Thefts Central Point Twenty-three Medford and Central Point boys, aged 15 to 17, were arrested here early Saturday morning in connection with two burglary charges and 33 thefts during the last h years in Jackson county cities including Camp White and Pinehurst, according to Police Chief Wallace Bowen, of Cen tral Point. Bowen said the arrests were made after three boys were questioned in connection with Russia Returns to Stalinist Line London (U.R) Russia opened a new divide-the-West campaign Saturday in an apparent return to the Stalinist line. Simultaneously, the Kremlin took the unusual step of inform ing the Russian people them selves that there was nothing wrong with the work done by Dmitri T. Shepilov during his brief term as foreign minister. Observers here took this to mean that Shepilov, supplanted Friday by old-line career diplo mat Andrei Gromyko, had been under fire at home. Evidence of the return to hard Stalinist thinking in foreign affairs was the revival Saturday of the old Soviet effort to split the Western allies. Radio Moscow for the first time in months stopped denounc ing Britain and told Britons theirs is the "most important country of Europe." It invited close Anglo-Russian friendship. Kenwood-Grandview Residents to Meet Residents of the recently-annexed Kenwood-Grandview area will meet at 7:30 p.m.. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the council room of the city hall to determine the specific area within the district for which sewers will be re quested. The meeting has been called by Roy Wilkes, leader in the an nexation effort for the district. Robert Duff, city manager, Vernon Thorpe, public works di rector, and Roy Bashaw, city at torney, will explain the topo graphic picture of the area, indi cate possible locations for trunk sewers and help answer ques tions concerning the forthcoming project. Doubt Raised About CSC Chairmanship Washington (UJ) ' The question of who will be named to chairmanship of the Federal Civil Service Commission was raised here Saturday with some representatives doubting that Harris Ellsworth, former Oregon congressman, would get the job. Some members of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee were quoted as believing the nod might go to Christopher H. Phillips, of Mas sachusetts instead. Ellsworth was named to one' of the three places on the com mission. Constantine, Algeria ?U.R) A rebel grenade killed one per son and wounded 12 others Saturday in a crowded shopping district of Constantine. Bm STOP One minute after the plane landed, the Duke sunburned and fit, although without the spade shaped beard he sported during his cruise, drove up in a lim ousine. He bounded out of the back seat and walked up and down, waiting impatiently for a stair way to be rolled to the plane's door. . Then he strode ' briskly aboard. Their first meeting since "Oct. 15 was shrouded from 100 newsmen and photographers by the blinds drawn across the win dows of the maroon and gray royal compartment. Up front, in another closed compartment. Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd and other British dignitaries waited quietly for the royal couple to leave before they clambered down from the plane. gasoline thefts from several Central Point cars Friday. The questioning led to the arrest of other boys who implicated still others, he added. All of them have admitted the charges, he said. Assisted By Officers The arrests were made by Cen tral. Point police assisted by Jacksonville and Medford offi cers. Four of the juveniles have been lodged in county jail on charges of burglary, police said. The other 19 were released to their parents with instructions to appear before county juvenile authorities, it was reported. Bowen said it was too early to determine if . the juveniles were organized, but that more arrests are expected. Most of the charges included thefts of gas oline, hub caps and bottles, he said. The four youths being held in county jail are charged with en tering a Medford retail store two months ago where $21 was taken and breaking into a Central Point service station in January. Three Polling Places Listed for Election Central Point Eligible vot ers in school district 6C will vote between 2 and 8 p.m. Monday on two bond election issues. One issue is for $150,000 for a classroom addition to Crater High school and one for $85,000 for completion of the athletic field. Three polling places will be open, district officials pointed out. Legal school voters of the regular election precincts in and around Gold Hill will vote, at the Gold Hill elementary school gymnasium at Hanby school. Legal school voters in the former Sams Valley school dis trict will vote at the Sams Val ley school and. those in and around Central Point, including voters in the Mound precinct, will vote at the Crater High school music room. Any legal voter who has re sided in the school district for the past six months and who has been registered for at least 30 days preceding the election is eligible to vote on these issues. "What Do You Egypt Threatens II Israel Doesn't Withdraw Troops 'Crucial Decision' Expected This Week Cairo flJ.R) Egypt may ha't clearance of the Suez canal in reprisal against Israel's re fusal to evacuate the Gulf of Aqaba area and the Gaza strip, well-informed sources said Sat urday. The "crucial decision" on the matter will be made in the next few days, these sources said. Egypt was reported by inform ants to have made a veiled threat to keep the vital 103-mile-long waterway closed to traffic if Is rael stands firm in refusing to withdraw troops from the two Egyptain-claimed areas. Hints of reprisal were made by Egypt to the United Nations, informants said. These sources said the Egyptains had made it clear to U.N. salvage officials that in any case, clearance op erations could not go full speed ahead until the question of Isra eli withdrawal had been settled. Target Date March 10 had been set as the target date for reopening the waterway to 10,000-ton vessels. One sunken vessel, the Akka, has been removed. Two others are due to be hauled away as soon as explosives can be taken off one of them. . Only Friday, Israel rejected United States proposals aimed at winning Israeli agreement to withdraw from Aqaba and Gaza unless Egypt promised to stay out of the Gaza strip. Egypt's president Gamal Ab del Nasser told Indian legislator Dr. Anup Singh early last week that resumption of canal traffic hinged on "certain conditions." Informed sources said Egypt had indicated to U.N. Secretary General Dag Hamrnarskjold that the Egyptain agreement to clear the canal would have to be re vised unless the Israelis got out of Aqaba and the Gaza strip fast. Alabama Grand Jury Returns Indictments Montgomery, Ala. U.R) The grand jury Indicted an un disclosed number of persons for integration violence Saturday, saying that if dynamiters go un punished la,w and order will col lapse. Names of those indicted were withheld pending their arrest. But seven white men previous ly had been arrested and charged with bombing Negro homes and churches. Police said some of the bombings were the work of the Ku Klux Klan. Circuit Court Clerk John Mat thews began processing arrest warrants as soon as the report from the Montgomery county grand jury came down. Coast Guard Seeks Cause for Explosion Florence U.R) The Coast Guard Saturday began hunting the source of an "explosion" heard by residents over a wide area Friday night. A spokesman said it was pos sible a mine had washed up on the beach and exploded. Make Of It?'
