Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 22, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto for Prospects ck Acton by o o o O o o o O O 0 G O f 1 .1 o o t O Slsf Year Medford United rgii Full Lused Win 20 Paes "" o nolle! Summons - o ,iKnef Meeting; Tiflil Appeals Brilia !king (Chprmis Solution " irrTrn PHf.ss Br,jjain and France split today with theUnited States over the question of reprisals against Israel, and Britain was reported seeking a Ocompromise solution Qo prevent an open break. Premier Guy Mollet of France called an emergency cabinet Qieting on the Mideast and his forthcoming talks with Presi dent Eisenhower. Reliable sources said he would demand a strong declaration of support for Israel. At Ihe same time" authorita tive) sources in London said EriUgi s Conservative govern ment was not prepared to" go along with reprisals winch the Un.& States may now demand. The two developments came as Israel appealed to the world and especially Ihe United States fir "understanding" in its re fusal to quit Egyptian territory withouit) firm guarantees. W 1 h rael Expects Sanctions ut Israel prepared for the worst, nd Jerusalem news D,iDers varned that sanctions and OacuieJ) hardship may lie ahead q as re&lt of Premier David Ben e0Gurion' '"hp'' to President Ei- O scnhotr' cll for unconditional withdifll. O GiU ieTMH Parliament post poned 9 vote on Ben-Gurion's "no ithrawal" speech pend ing jyiotbjgr diplomatic try at ne fvtiJtiMs by Ambassador Abba Lban ho lft today by plane for th Unitd States. . McSt f th speakers, with ex ception r$ th Communists, sup pornfeS Hen-Gurion during to- d?y-f and insisted that ther?nut lm guarantees against ,Esyptin gttcks or there will Orno Withdrawal under any circumstances. & BUg of Wa 9 high French government of ficial tol the United Press "frnis fcelieves the withdrawal c-9 iargtli troops from Aqaba and Ga? without guarantees would ly fail to assure peace but incrteje the risks of a new war." art sure there would not he g tv-third majority in the Unitizations to approve any roVct of nti-Israeli sanctions," the iiirc said. ?re5ir grew on both Mollet Britfsh Prime Minister Har old Icmillan to avoid sanc tion against Israel. 0IriJbrmed sources in London aid M;$miHn was hoping to Jvoi3 tn open break with the Uni1S States by finding a com "promise plan acceptable to Is rael. th rab nations and the otlr numbers of the United atior O rortIa)d (U.R) t- Reported lig cancer deaths In Oregon O have increased 375 per cent since 1940. 1V E3BEI3B ..-gr . E f v. J ' vjV'' : h R nd $$yr p- 3 m. iff? - r m Q vfBPON'S CLASS Second Lt. Russell F. Torbcck, Company affweapon's platoon leader, conducts a class in adjustment of (mortar fire using a terrain table. Muster Day activities will be climaxed by a two-hour drill assembly by both units Sunday morning, after which Guardsmen will conduct a house-to-house canvass designed to inform youths and parents of advantages of the Guard. Goal for new members is 100 men, according to First Lt. Levi G. Monroe, of headquarters company, and Second Lt. Jack C Phillips, of Company A. (Baker's photo) - o WILLIAM FRAKE Selected Winner "tn - t J lm. Crater, Medford High Seniors Win Awards Miss Grace Allyn Gail. Crater High school senior, and William (Bill) Frake, Medford High school senior, have been selected winners of the Medford Elks lodge Most Valuable Student scholarship awards, according to Police Sfarf Looking For Woman Officer " The Medford police depart- j ment today started looking for its first woman officer. In the advertising section of Sunday's Mail Tribune the job is advertised, the first time the de partment has ever sought to hire a uniformed woman officer. It now has two feminine civilian employees a traffic clerk and a records officer but the new position is for a full-fledged of ficer with powers of arrest. She will also serve as a jail matron, and in juvenile cases, as needed. The vacancy is for desk work, which will keep male officers free for beat and patrol work. The vacancy was created by re cent promotions in the depart ment. The successful applicant must meet the same general qualifications necessary for em ployment as masculine officers, and will take much bf the same training they receive, according to Police Chief Charles Champ lin. Weather FORKCAST: rlnndv with orra sional rain tonicht and Satur day morninjs. showprs Satur day afternoon. Possible gusty south winds tonicht and Sat urday morning. Loir tonicht 40-42. High Saturday S2-55. Temp. Hlchest Yesterday .12 l owest this Mornin; 45 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 01 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 6:5 a.m. Sunset 5:52 p.m. The Moon rides low and rises Saturday at 3:05 a.m. EVKM.XG STARS Jupiter, low in east S:22 p.m. lars, in the west 9:30 p.m. The small cluster of Stan known as the Pieiades or Seven Sisters is now seen in the west almost directly above Mars. 1UARY 22, 1957 wee ver Reprisals 9 - " MISS GRACE GAIL Wins Elks Award Dick Woodcock, exalted ruler of the local lodge. Miss Gail, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Norman Gail, Gold Hill, was named first place girl, and Frake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam E. Frake, 22 Richmond ave.. Medford, was adjudged first place boy. Honorable mention went to Sue Donna Doolen and John Hceder of Medford Senior High school, and to Lary Smith, Cra-1 ter High school. Miss Doolen is the daughter of Mrs. Barbara Doolen, 612 West Second St.; Reeder is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Reeder, 306 Willam ette st.; and Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Smith, route 2, box 434-A. Miss Gail and Frake will com pete for $50 cash awards for the top boy and the top girl in south district of Oregon judging Sun day, March 10, at the Medford Elks lodge. The district judging includes Coos Bay, Coquille, Brookings, Roseburg, Myrtle Creek, Grants Pass, Ashland, Klamath Falls, Lakeview and Medford. Winners in district competi tion will be judged at the state level and an $800 scholarship will be given to the first place boy and the first place girl. State winners will compete for more than $30,000 in cash awards at the national level. Student applicants are judged on the basis of scholarship, 60 per cent; financial need, 10 per cent; extra curricular and out of school activities, 10 per cent; perseverence and resourceful ness, 10 per cent; and personality and leadership, 10 per cent. Candidates from all local lodges in the district will meet at the Medford Elks temple for din ner at noon March 10. Following the dinner, students will be in terviewed by the district com mittee. Paul Deller of the Klam ath Falls Elks lodge is district chairman. Tokyo ill.R) The government of ailing Premier Tanzan Ishi bashi decided tonight to resign en masse just two months after it was formed. NEW GUARDSMEN Leaders of Company A. Oregon National Guard, Medford. are shown assigning recently enlisted Nation al Guardsmen to military job positions in the company. From left to right are MSgt. Bill Matejka, first platoon sergeant; MSgt. Don Vessey, company first sergeant; and 1st Lt. Bert W. Riebe, company commander. After the open house Saturday resi dents have been invited to visit the Armory, at Third and Bart lett sts.. on Sunday. Muster Day activities will begin at 8 a.m. and continue all day. (Baker's photo) Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wir No. 287 Split Grandview Area Residents to Start Action for Sewers Petitions May Start Circulating Saturday About 100 residents of the re cently annexed Kenwood-Grand- view area last night unanimous ly agreed that petitions be circu lated in the entire district re questing city sewer facilities. Roy Wilkes, one of the leaders of the successful annexation ef fort of the district, presided at the meeting held in the city hall. He pointed out fringe areas in the district not desiring sewer facilities can be excluded. The Lone Pine' area is an example, he added. Wilkes indicated petitions would start circulating in the district Saturday and be com pleted in time to submit to the city council at the meeting March 5. Explain Area City Manager Robert Duff and Public Works Director Vern Thorpe explained topography of the area, using an aerial map and pointing out natural drain age areas, showing probable lo cations for trunk sewers and in dicating regions where provid ing service would be difficult. Cost estimates for the project were not available from present data. It. was pointed outr'iiai estimates for assessment on simi lar sewers recently installed in Southeast Medford were $65 per acre for the trunk sewer and $2.73 per front foot for laterals. Thorpe said engineering on the project could be completed in about three or four months. Actual construction of sewers could start in about six months with the whole project complet ed sometime in the spring of 1958, according to Thorpe. Georgia Completes Impeachment Action Atlanta U.P.) The Georgia Legislature completed action to day on a resolution urging the impeachment of six U.S. Su preme Court justices, including Chief Justice Earl Warren. Portland (U.R) The Ore gon Journal has announced an advertising rate increase of two cents per agate line, effective May 1. C124 With 159 Men Aboard Crash-Lands; Scores Hurt Seoul, Korea (U.R) A U.S. Air Force C124 Globemaster with 159 persons aboard crash landed tonight on a tiny island ip the Han river near Seoul, in juring scores of persons. There were no immediate re ports of fatalities but many pass engers were reported seriously injured. By midnight, more than four hours after the crash, 56 injured had been evacuated by Army helicopters to a hospital 2Q miles Army Expected To Compromise on Guard Training States Opposition To Postponement Washington (U.R) Rep. Over ton Brooks (D-La.) predicted to day that the Army will agree to a compromise plan to require more training for national guardsmen. The Army, after a quick look at press reports of the compro mise, turned it down as unwork able. But it carefully kept the door open for further negotia tions. Brooks, chairman of a House Armed Services Subcommittee which has studied the Army Guard controversy,, said he was confident a "mutually satisfac tory agreement" will be reached. The subcommittee has author ized Brooks to seek a compro mise along lines of his proposal to delay for 15 months an Army order requiring six months ac tice duty for Guard recruits be tween 17 and I8V2 years old. Army Opposed The Guard accepted. But the Army said the postponement put the added training "so far in the future" as to make the plan urir workable. Brooks was asked whether he might agree to a shorter delay than 15 months, if the Army per sisted in its stand. He did not reply directly, but said "we'll work it out." "The Army is not going to be so insistent about everything that they incur the opposition of the whole country," Brooks said. "I think you can say the Army is going to be reasonable, and we will expect them to be reasonable." Recruiting Problem The Army wants to put the six-month plan into effect April 1. The Guard opposed the Army plan on grounds that the addi tional traning would make it more difficult to recruit new members for the Guard. It pro posed that active duty for re cruits between 17 and be limited to 11 weeks. Prospect School Gets Federal Aliofment Prospect School' district has been awarded tentative entitle ment of $10,823.49 by the office of education of the department of health, education, and wel fare under public law 874. ac-J cording to Sen. Richard L. Neu berger. The money, is allotted under the public law to districts where federal activities or property have added a new burden to the school area. The Prospect school district qualifies because of the Rogue River National forest and O and C lands. Senator Neuberger said the district was certified for immedi ate payment of $8,658. The money is sent directly to the state and from there to the school district without any fed eral restrictions as to its use other than for operational costs. away. A hospital spokesman said most of them suffered burns and fractures. Far East Air Force Headquar ters said the big transport was carrying 10 crewmen and 149 pasengers, most of them service men flying to Japan for rest and recreation leaves. Officials said the plane ap parently developed engine trou ble and made the emergency landing about 20 miles after tak ing off from Kimpo.- PINPOINTING ENEMY Intelligence section of Headquarters company plots enemy movements on "command post" map as reported by lookouts at an outpost. At left is Pfc Maury Butts, scout observor, who watches while MSgt. Paul J. Blair, section leader, records situation at the front. An open house will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday, when regimental commander, Col. Rob ert L. Irving, will discuss the Guard with parents of youths in terested in the Guard. Activities are in connection with "Nation al Muster Day." (Baker's photo) . i "They Don't Like Medford High Wins Valley Forge Award Medford High school has been named winner of a "Freedom Library" of books, films and other teaching aids, together with a George Washington honor medal from Freedoms Founda tion at Valley Forge, the founda tion announced today. Medford High was among 42 public, parochial and private elementary and secondary schools in the nation receiving the Valley Forge Freedom Li brary award, second highest classification of the foundation's Benjamin Franklin Awards pro gram. Based on Programs Selection of award winners was based on superior programs conducted during 1955-56 on citi zenship or economic education. Medford High win its award on the 1956 countywide Student Government Day program, spon sored by the Medford Elks club. " In 1954,' Medford High was among winners of principal school awards, highest of the Benjamin Franklin Awards classifications. The award that year was based on the Student Government Day program which was then conducted on a city wide scale. ' As recipient of that award, the school was entitled to select one teacher and one student to participate in the "Valley Forge Pilgrimage" in the spring. Mrs. Joanne Smith, head of the MHS social studies department, and Planners May Hold Special Meeting City officials indicated today that the Medford planning com mission would hold a special of ficial meeting in the near future to make a recommendation to the city council concerning an nexation of a section of the Ber rydale district. At a special meeting Tuesday night witli the Berrydale Sanita tion committee, the planning commission met as a committee, and for that reason could not make an official recommenda tion to the council. The planning committee and the Berrydale committee agreed on revised boundaries for a pos sible special annexation election in the Berrydale district The planning commission indi cated it will recommend to the council that a special annexation election be called in the district at a special meeting prior to the next council meeting, city offic ials indicated. To Be Disturbed" V n . Mrs. Carol Denman Hoist, then a student at MHS, received the all-expense trip to Valley Forge. Foundation policy prohibits any school from participating in the pilgrimage in consecutive years. Medford High was among five Oregon schools to receive the Freedom Library awards. Other winners were Bush, Keizer and Richmond schools in Salem, and Monmouth elementary school in Monmouth. Vaccine Given to 587 County Youths Free Salk vaccine inocula tions were given to 587 Jackson county boys and girls under 20 years of age Thursday, Dr. E. Erin Merkel, public health phy sician, reported. Thirty - one youths received their first shots in' the three-shot series, 508 received their second shots and 48 received their third. The inoculations were given at Howard, Applegate, Jackson and Central Point Jun ior High schools. Second round in the current county-wide campaign to pro tect youngsters from polio was to be completed today. Salk vaccine was to be administered at Rogue River academy, Pine hurt, Oak Grove and Bellview schools. Those who received their first shots in the current round may receive their second shots next month at the county health de partment clinic. A special vac cine station will be established in the basement of the Elks tem ple in Medford Monday, Feb. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m., for benefit of those who could not receive their shots during regularly scheduled times. Kiwanis Kapers Will End Saturday Night Medford Kiwanis Kapers pro duction, "Guy's 'N Disguise," will be presented at 8:15 p.m. today and the fourth and final performance is scheduled for the same hour on Saturday at Med ford Senior High school audi torium. The varied production of songs, gags, skits and dances played to a sizable audience at its second showing last night. All local talent is featured with professional direction. First act tells how a "ham" actor gets to be a "ham" and the second act has a minstrel theme. ESTABLISHING OUTPOST Radio section of the communica tions platoon of Headquarters company, Oregon National Guard, Medford, is shown' setting up its regimental radio net. At bot tom, installing radio antenna (from left to right) are Pfc. Ray Cox, Pvt. Kenneth, Jacks and Pfc. Dan Kellington, who is mov ing out to set up communications as an outpost. Top row (left to right) are Corporal Ron Negles, Pvt. Jim Crumley and Pfc. Don Blankenship. who is shown coordinating communications activi ties in the regiment. (Baker's photo) American Position Will Be Withheld Pending Meeting Dulles To Talk With Israeli Ambassador United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) The United States today killed prospects for a quick U.N. de cision on invoking sanctions against Israel. The White House announced that U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. would not put the American position beforf the General Assembly until Sec retary, of State John oste Dulles has concluded a new round of discussions with IsrU Ambassador Abba S. Eba o probably Monday. o Caucus Scheduled The 27-Viation A f r o-A s i a n group, a majority of which is ex pected to back the Arab de mands for sanctions against Is rael in reply to itS refusal to get its troops oyt of Egypt, scheduled a caucus just before the assembly meeting to decide whether to present a resolution today. Lodge and his delegation were silent, apparently leading dis closure of all developments to Washington. Lodge conferred with Egyp tian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi this morning but a U.S. delegation spokesman would only confirm that there was such a meeting and refused furgier details. The meeting was held at Lodge s request. Main Points Repeated The spokesman offered little information other than to repeat the main points of the announce ment made in Washington by White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty. Neither the United States which holds the key to U.N. ac tion, nor Israel intended to ask: for another postponement when the assembly, meets to debate the 0 Middle East again. The sugges tion, however, might come from one of the smaller powers, dip lomatic sources predicted. Washington (U.R) The While House said today the United Slates regrets Israel's refusal to withdraw its troops from Egyp tian soil but welcomes "further discussion" of the Middle East crisis. The White House statement, issued after a conference be tween President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, said this country will say nothing in the United Nations on the subject of sanction! against Israel until later, possi bly Moncjay. School Consolidation 6 Passes in Hous Salem (U.R) A senate bill validating past school district consolidations in Oregon passed the House yesterday and was ready for Gov. Robert D. Holmes. The bill provides that past school district consolidations shall be considered legal even though not all legal provisions for consolidation had been com plied with. The bill was introduced by Jackson county's three legisla tors to validate the consolidation vote last year of Medford, Oak: Grove and West Side school dis tricts. The measure passed the house without difficulty, but only after most members first voted against it as a means of "needling" Rep. Robert Duncan, one of the three sponsors, who explained it to the house. Portland (U.R) Lumber in dustry price averages in the Pa cific Northwest declined 26 cents in the past two weks. according to Croew's lumber price index.