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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1957
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Motorcycle Riders
Taunt California
Town; Three Killed
Angels Camp, Calif. W This
historic mother lode town set
tled down to its quiet ways again
today with the departure of
more than 3,500 m'HorcyclisU
who staged a carnival of noi.e
and death during th week
end.
Three persons died . the re
A'. of motorcycle crash and
another 20 or an were hurt.
Twenty-three persons eri to
appear in court on drunk and
disorderly charges.
Residents Star Ham
It took nearly 80 peace of
firers to bring some semblance
of order in this town of 1.250.
Bonneville Act
Change Proposed
By Sen. Neuberger
Washington M Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) to
day proposed a change an the
Bonneville project act to "au
thorize a higher priority for in
dustrial power users and main
tain fair and equitable distribu
tion" of federal power through
nut the Columbia Basin.
Amtndmatt t Clauaa
In a speech prepared for de
livery in the Senate. Neuberger
introduced an amendment to the
act s preference clause which,
he said, would result in a '"re
turn to progressive and con
structive Bonneville power poli
cies" The senator called for adop
tion of two new marketing cri
teria as "policy guide posts" in
the distribution of basin power.
Separata Schedule
Neuberger said his proposal
would make "specific provision"
for the administrator of the act
to establish a separate schedule
of priorities for industrial use
of low -cost Bonneville power
"where it will make the great
est contribution to the diversi
fied economic growth of the
basin states."
He said the amended prefer
ence clause also would "recog
nize the desirability of having
diversified industrial and eco
nomic development distributed
widely an equitably throughout
the several states."
Real Contributioa
"My purpose u to establish
definitely and beyond doubt the
discretion of the administrator
to channel low-cost power gen
erated at federal projects into
industries which will make a
teal contribution towards di
versifying the economies of the
states," Neuberger said.
Missing
Instrument
Found Sunday Night
A thermograph, stolen some
time last week from a U. S. Wea
ther Bureau shack at Bear Creek
orchards property on Old Stage
rd , was recovered Sunday night
""according to sheriff's deputies.
The termograph. valued be
tween SI 00 and $230. was used
by Meteorologist William Rog
ers for recording temperatures.
The instrument was turned
over to authorities by Phillip J.
MiCormtck. 1800 Myers lane,
after it was recovered on a dead
end road in the Bear Creek or
rhard property by your young
p'ple returning from bacca
laureate services Sunday eve
ning. One of the young people.
Miss Mary Kay McCormick, told
her father about finding the in
strument in the middle of the
road.
Weather
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The residents stayed In their
homes for moit of the week end.
It was worth their lives simply
to cross the street.
The trouble began Friday
night when cyclists from Cali
fornia. Oregon. Washington and
Nevada began arriving for the
annual "Gypsy Tour" of the
American Motorcycle Associa
tion. The principal events were to
be a motorcycle parade down the
main street of Angels Camp on
Saturday night and a race pro
gram Sunday at the "Frog Town
fair Grounds," scene of the an
nual jumping frog contest.
The program attracted some
1,200 registered members of the
association, who were absolved
from blame in what subsequent
ly happened. The others were
members of "outlaw groups"
bearing such names as Vampires,
Scavengers and Hell's Angels.
Police Chief Joe Spinelli said.
"Some of these fellows started
using the main street for a drag
race. That s when I called for
help."
TaTerns Shut Down
Spinelli swore in six extra of
ficers, bringing his force to
eight. The Calaveras county
sheriff's office sent 14 men and
the California Highway Patrol
sent another 40. Sixteen private
patrolmen came from Stockton,
Three of the four taverns in
Angels Camp shut down as the
officers tried to halt the wild
racing through the streets. The
unruly cyclists gunned their ma
chaines up and down main
streets in wild drag rares. litter
ing the sidewalk with beer cans
and bottles.
Khrushchev Ups
Western Hopes
London OP) Russian boss
Nikila Khrushchev's expressed
readiness to take "some small
step'" toward disarmament bol
stered Western hopes today for
an agreement of sorts in the five
nation disarmament talks now
underway in London.
Khrushchev said in an inter
view broadcast over a U.S. tele
vision and radio network Sun
day that the Soviet Union would
be agreeable to a gradual ap
proach to world disarmament
similar to the plan reportedly
brought here by Harold E. Stas
sen. Stassen. disarmament adviser
to President Eisenhower, goes
before the U.N. Disarmament
subcommittee today with the
NATO-approved plan he hopes
will break the years-long dead
Jock on disarmament.
Suggests Troop Withdrawal
Khrushchev, first secretary of
the Soviet Communist party,
hinted that such a first step
might be the withdrawal of U.S.
troops from Western Europe and
the withdrawal of Soviet troops
from Eastern Europe a sugges
tion almost certain to be reject
ed by the NATO powers.
But British observers said the
tone of Khrushchev's speech ap
peared to indicate a broad meas
ure of agree.vent between West
and East on th. question of con
vention disarmament.
Bloodmobile Due
Here Next Week
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be stationed at the Elks
temple in Medford Wednesday.
June 12, from 1 to S p.m.
Quota for this bloodmobile vis
it is 290 pints, for which 350 :
donors will be needed, it was ex
plained. Officials said donors
may start making appointments
Wednesday. June 5. by telephon
ing bloodmobile headquarters.
SP 3-3313.
Several weeks ago Red Cross
workers held a meeting at which
advisability of discontinuing
bloodmobile visits here was dis
cussed. It was explained that the
relatively small amount of blood
collected in the past did not just
ify expense of bringing the
bloodmobile here. Officials said
they later decided to continue
the program for a while "in
hopes t'at th number of dona
tions will increase.''
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NOT SO CRAZY This two-weck-old pet rac
coon, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stuart,
1010 South Grape St., Medford, has his own
method of beating the hot weather. He sleeps
all day, only waking up long enough to get
his ration of milk and egg formula out of a
bottle. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart have named him
"Jesse James," but so far he hasn't showed
enough spunk to get out of bed by himself, let
alone rob the larder. Jesse is one of a litter of
Three People Hurt
As Car Plunges
Into Cascade Gorge
Two women and a three-year-old
boy were hospitalized yes
terday with injuries received
when the car in which they were
riding went out of control on
Highway 62, traveled over a
steep embankment about 350
feet into the Cascade gorge.
The accident occurred about
1 p.m. Sunday a quarter-mile
south of the Cascade Gorge set
tlement. Injured were Gladys
Shultz, 21, Chico, Calif., driver
of the car. and her two passen
gers, Daniel Steven Shultz, 3,
Chico, Calif., and Shirley Ann
Phillips, 18. Grandview, Wash.
State police said the two wo
men are reported suffering from
leg cuts, possible pelvis fractures
and back injuries. The boy was
reported suffering from a leg
fracture and possible concussion.
All three were listed in "good"
condition this morning at Rogue
Valley hospital.
According to police, the car
was traveling south on the high
way when it went out of con
trol. It went onto the right
shoulder, hit a bank, veered to
the left, crossed the highway
and plunged 350 to 400 feet in
to the gorge.
Occupants Thrown
Police said the vehicle rolled
over several times and struck
several large boulders, a tree
and a log. The boy was thrown
from the car 70 to 80 feet above
the place where the car landed.
The two women were thrown
from the car at the time it came
to rest.
An unidentified man who wit
nessed the accident reportedly
told police no other cars came
to il.2 scene until abcut an hour
after the acident. A Shady Cove
physician was summoned and
treated the victims before they
were moved to the hospital. The
boy was taken to the hospital
by a private car. The women
were taken to the hospital by
Medford Ambulance service.
Coos Bay "Pi Vern Moore
of Klamath Falls has been elect
ed as president of Oregon Elks
at their annual convention here.
Po. Uand (IP An urgent plea
for strawberry pickers has been
ade by Willamette valley grow
ers.
Birdwatchers
Memorial Day
A group of 14 bird watchers
made a count of birds in various
parts of Jackson county on Mem
orial Day and came up with a
total of 84 species.
Areas covered included the
vicinity of Medford and Ash
land, mountain areas on Dead
Indian road out of Ashland, the
Applegate valley and adjacent
hills. Little Butte creek. Hoover
Lakes and Gold Ray dam.
Highest in Count
fhe birds rating highest in
tile count of individuals were in
the blaekbird family: Brewer's
blackbird. 289. tri-colored black
bird. 205: reri-winjed blackbird.
87 and rreadowlark, 186. Other
birds seen in large numbers
GfVl, DuPont Ruled
Illegally Linked in
Restraint of Trade
Washington-dP The Supreme Court ruled today that two of
the nation's industrial giants General Motors and the DuPont
corporation have combined in an illegal restraint of trade.
The court sent the case back to Federal District Judge Walter
J. Labuy in Chicago for more proceedings and the "relief neces
sary and appropriate" to eliminate the effects of violations of law.
Justice William J. Brennan Jr., wrote the tribunal's 4 to 2
majority opinion.
Justice Harold H. Burton wrote a 47-page dissent, in which
Justice Felix Frankfurter joined.
Justices Tom C. Clark, John M. Harlan and Charles E. Whit
taker did not participate.
Police, Firemen Free
Porcupine From Water
Heater at Residence
Medford firemen and police,
the city's jacks of all trades,
were called on another xion
firefighting mission Sunday
morning.
Their help wai enlisted in
removal of a porcupine from
behind the hot water heater
on the back porch of Mrs.
Claudia Lowd's residence. 703
Sherman st.
Just when the prickly ro
dent crawled behind the heat
er wasn't known but Mrs.
Lowd said she thought the
"visitor" had been on the
pofch two or three days.
The animal was retrieyed
alive and taken away in a
box by Police Sgi. Raymond
Seely. who "disposed" of the
rodent. He said he did not col
lect the bounty.
Eisenhower Promises
Support for Backers
Washington W President Ei
senhiwer told Republican House
members today he stands 100 per
cent on the 1958 GOP platform.
He promised support for all those
who join him in such a stand.
The President, speaking brief
ly at a "unity" lunch in the
House Caucus Room, discounted
talk on a rift in the Grand Old
Party. He said he doesn't believe
this talk.
Among those to shake the
President's hand was Rep. H. R.
Gross, Iowa, who had said in ad
vance he would be there only if
his presence was not needed in
the House.
Count 84 Species During
Tour of Jackson County
were mourning dove. 194. and
house finch. 127. These birds
might not be more numerous
than other species, but only more
easily seen, it was pointed out.
The tri-coloed blackbirds were
all in one flock feeding along
Foothill rd. They are like the
led-winged blackbird except the
red shoulder patch is edged with
white instead of yellow.
Unusual Birds
Among the more unusual birds
observed were a calliope hum
mingbird, smallest bird found in
the United States, which was
seen near Dead Indian rd. A
pair pf the graceful, long neck
ed we-tern grebe were found
cn one of the Hoover lakes.
raccoons orphaned when their mother was
killed by dogs owned by a Medford hunter.
According to Mrs. Stuart, raccoons make fine
pets but she is apprehensive of what will hap
pen when he first comes face to face with a
neighborhood cat. Jesse, now only about
eight inches long from his nose to the tip of
his ringed tail, gets a violent case of hiccups
after every meal.
Scaled-Down Version
The case that reached the Su
preme Court was a scaled-down
version of the huge civil anti
trust suit largest ever brought
in this country initiated by
the government in mid-1949.
Originally, 186 DuPonts figured
as defendants, many of them mi
nors. The government charged that
E. I. du Pont De Nemours & Co.
bought stock in General Motors
in 1917 with the idea of obtain
ing a sure market for Du Portt
paints, varnish and other prod
ucts. It also sought to exploit GM
chemical discoveries, the com
plaint said.
DuPont has at all times owned
at least 23 per cent of GM's
stock. Holdings now are carried
at a book "value of $700 mil
lion. Many Board Members
In addition many individuals
over the years have been board
members of both corporation si
multaneously. Earlier, Labuy had found that
the government failed to make a
case.
But Brennan said the test of
illegality is "whether at the time
of suit there is a reasonable
probability that the acquisition
is likely to result in the con
demned restraints."
"The conclusion upon this rec
ord is inescapable that such like
lihood was proved as to his ac
quisition," Brennan said.
Wheeling, W. Va. in Vice
President Richard M. Nixon said
Sunday the Eisenhower adminis
tration must oppose union offic
ials who "depend upon trickery"
but does not want to penalize
"good" labor organizations.
This is the first time any of
these observers had found this
species in the county. Black
tern were also seen in the same
area. Among the brighter and
more attractive birds found
were numerous Bullock's ori
oie. black headed grosbeaks,
western tanagers and 36 of the
dainty little Lazuli Buntings.
Observers taking part in the
count included Ralph Browning,
Mrs. Howard Bush, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. J. H. Hicks, Betty Jo
Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hub
bard, the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
McCamant. Dr. John Reynolds,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Richardson,
Dr. Elmo Stevenson and Tom
Turpin.
Air Force Captain
Keeps Peak Height
For About 2 Hours
Breakdown Forces
Flier To Descend
Minneapolis IW An Air
Force captain soared a record 18
miles into space in a balloon
flight Sunday. He remained at
that height for nearly two
hours.
Capt. Joe Kittinger, 28. of
Holloman Air Force base, N.M.,
said he could see the eastern
shore of Lake Michigan more
than 300 miles away when he
hit the record altitude for a bal
loon ascension.
The red-haired pilot ascended
to more than 96.000 feet and
remained aloft until he was or
dered down because of a break
down in radio communications.
He had been scheduled to stay
at that height for about six
hours.
Tops Old Mark
The previous record balloon
altitude was 76.000 feet, set last
Nov. 8 in a launching near
Rapid City, S.D.
Kittingers record was about
30.000 feet short of the highest
altitude man has ever reached.
The altitude record for manned
aircraft is 126,000 feet, set by
the Air Force rocket plane X2.
Kittinger made the ascent
sealed in a three-by-eight-foot
capsule-type gondola.
"The ascension was so smooth
I hardly knew I was airborne,"
Kittinger told newsmen Sunday
night after undergoing a medi
cal clieckup. Doctors said the
pilot's physical condition was
"every bit as good" as when he
left the ground.
Drops in Creek
Oxygen for the flight was sup
plied by a liquid oxygen con
verter, and carbon dioxide was
removed by a chemical air re
generation system, enabling Kit
tinger to breath in the rarified
atmosphere.
The balloon came down In a
creek near Weaver. Minn.,
about 70 miles southeast of Min
neapolis. The gondola skimmed tree
tops and utility lines in landing
but Kittinger was unharmed.
All told, Kittinger was in the
air for six hours and 34 minutes
Purpose of the flight was to
gather scientific data and to
conduct medical and psycholog
ical experiments for eventual
manned rocket tests.
Animals Examined
After Atomic Blast
Las Vegas, Nev. W Sci
entists today examined scores of
mice, pigs and monkeys exposed
to radiation in the Atomic En
ergy Commission's latest A-test
at the Nevada proving grounds.
They hoped their study would
lead to the development of a
practical shield to protect hu
mans from the "prompt" radia
tion which flares out when a nu
clear device is detonated.
The animals were anesthetized
and placed at varying distances
behind various types of shields
before Sunday's test of a "small"
nuclear device blasted off atop a
300-feet steel tower.
"Dosimeters" were surgically
inserted into the bodies of some
of the animals to count internal
as well as external dosages of
radiation.
Traffic Death Toll
Below Estimates
By UNITED PRESS
The nation's motorists and law
enforcement agencies won plau
dits from safety leaders today
for combining to hold the Memo
rial Day holiday traffic death
toll "well below" estimates.
Safety officials had feared the
four-day holiday death count on
the highways would hit 450, but
it appeared the final toll would
fall far short of that mark.
A United Pres count at 12
noon (e.d.t.) showed at least 411
persons were killed in traffic ac
cidents from 6 p.m. Wednesday
to midnight Sunday. Plane crash
es killed 21 persons, 139 drown
ed and 94 died in a variety of
other accidents for a weekend to
tal of 665 deaths.
Jury Trial Guarantee
In Civil Rights Bill
Washington W The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee today
wrote a guarantee of jury trials
into the controversial civil rights
bill.
The vote was 7 to 3.
It was interpreted as a victor
for southerners who have argu
ed that the proposed bill would
violate the right of trial by jury.
Washington OPI The Su
preme Court has ruled that fed
feral courts may compel em
ployers to comply with arbitra
tion clauses in collective bar
eaiping sereemcnts, regardles3
cf state law.
Top Sclent ists Asfi
End of Atomic Tests
Pasadena, Calif. W Two
thousand scientists, including
the nation's top geneticists and
the Nobel Prize winner who dis
covered that penetrating radia
tion affects animals offspring,
appealed today for a halt in
nuclear bomb testing.
A statement prepared bv Dr.
Li lus Pauling, Nobe' Prize-win
ning chemist, and signed, by
U. S. biologists, chemists and
physicists, warned that each nu
clear bomb test spreads an added
burden of radioactive elements
School Budge)
Election Tuesday
Residents of the Medford
school district will vote tomor
row on the proposed budget of
$2.3;9.763.89 for operation of
schools in the district in 1957-58
The election will be held
from 2 to 8 p.m. in the girls'
gymnasium at Medford
school.
The general operating
High
fund
budget is $2,129,439.01. Amount
for bond interest and sinking
fund is $200,326.88. Estimated
receipts for the next year total
$709,229 for the general fund
and $140,665.90 for bonds and
interest; ana sinning tund, or
a total of $849,394.90.
Total amount to be raised by
taxation is $1,528,168.08 Amount
within the 6 per cent limitation
is $428,072.95, leaving $1,039,
091.80 in excess of the 6 per cent
limitation. Proposed mill levy is
46.8, which represents an in
crease of 3.1 mills over the cur
rent year.
School oficials explained the
increase in the proposed budget
is largely due to need for con
struction of additional class
rooms to accomodate anticipated
enrollment increases.
Massachusetts Hotel
Fire Kills 3, Hurts 9
Worcester, Mass- tpi A pre
dawn fire raced through the Ho
tel Pleasant today, killing three
women and injuring at least
nine other persons.
About 50 others were led to
safety, many lovrn fire ladders.
Four of ! injured were re
ported in critical condition at
City Hospital and at least one
was not expected to survive.
The dead were identified as
Mrs. Sadie Mason, Mrs. Anna
O'Brien, and Mrs. Mary Walton,
all middle aged.
Most of those staying at the
65-room hotel were permanent
residents.
75 German Recruits
Drown on Forced March
Kempten, Germany ilfi Fif
teen German Army recruits on
maneuvers drowned today when
ordered to wade across the swift
running Iller river in a case
similar to the U.S. Marine Corps
death march" at Parris Island,
S.C., early last year.
The sergeant in charge of the
Bundeswehr paratrooper unit
training exercises was arrested
and held for questioning in to
day's incident.
Japan Students March
On British Embassy
Tokyo W Japanese stu
dents marched on the British
Embassy again today to protest
the, hydrogen bomb tests, and
leaders threatened a "new Ta
pei" unless Britian halts its Pa
cific blasts.
Police were alerted to pxpect
an onslaught of about 5.000 stu
dents but only a handful of ban
ner-waving demonstrators turn
ed up at the embassy compound.
over the earth. They said thisjs
damaging the hoJth of people
around the world.
Among the signers is Dr. H. J.
Muller, of Indiana University, a
leader among geneticists in
pointing out th- dangers of fall
out radiation tc .he human race.
Muller's work o.' mutation
hereditary changes earned
him the Nobel Prize in 1956.
Noted Signers
Prof. L. H. Snyder of the Uni
versity of Oklahoma, an author
ity on human genetics and presi
dent of the American Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Science, signed the appeal as an
individual scientist, and not ai
a member of the AAAS.
Nearly all the members of the
scientific departments of Wash
ington University in St. Lfcuis,
Mo., 102 in all, signed the" bill
as did some 200 scientists in
Bethesda, Md.
Pauling said the 2.000 names
were collected in only 10 day
and that he was sure, "If more
time were taken we would have
had 10,000 names."
Will Appeal To Congren
Pauling said his statement wag
a "general appeal" and that he
planned to forward it to Rep.
Chet Holifield (D-Calif.), chair
man of a congressional commit
tee now holding hearings on rad
iation damage.
The scientists warned in a
statement prepared by Dr. Paul
ing that each nuclear bomb test
spreads an added burden of
radioactive elementi over the
world.
"Each added amount of radia
tion causes damage to the health
of human beings all over the
world and causes damage to the
pool of human germ plasma such
as to lead to an increase in the
number of seriously defective
children that will be born in
future generations" the appeal
said.
Dr. Pauling and his fellow
scientists called for an interna
tional agreement to stop testing
nuclear bombs now while only
three nations of the world hold
the secret, to unleashing the awe
some power of the hydrogen
bomb.
Election Set for
McCarthy Successor
Madison, Wis. HPI Gov. Ver
non Thomson of Wisconsin an
nounced today that he will call
a special election to name a suc
cessor to the late Sen. Joseph
McCarthy- He said he will set a
date by the end of this week.
Thomson ended weeks of spec
ulation with his announcement
He said that "conscious of the
responsibility placed in me by
the discretion given me by the
statute, I have carefully ap
praised the course which should
be followed to most completely
carry out the trust and confi
dence placed in me by the elec
torate." Former Gov. Walter Kohler,
former Rep. Glenn Davis and Lt.
Gov. Warren Knowles have an
nounced they would run in a
special election primary for the
GOP nomination. Rep. Alvin
O'Konski said he would be a
GOP candidate if an election was
held, but that he would prefer
appointing McCarthy's successor.
Sfiorfs, Tight Sweater
Claimed Safety Hazard
Boston 'IP A girl in shorti
and a tight sweater was
described today as just as
much a safety haiard as a
'bloul.' a drunken driver or a
speedster."
Philip C. Wallwork, spokes
man for lh Automobile Legal
Association, pleaded with
women to show "pity for tha
easily-distracted male motor-lsl."