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Dulles Says U.S.
Has 'Open Mind'
On China Relations
Secretary of State
Addresses Lions Clubs
U San Francisco i? Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
said today the United States ij
keeping an "open mind" on
eventual diplomatic relations
with Red China.
But he said the Peiping re
gime would have to change its
ways drastically to win i.'. S.
recognition.
Confidtnt of Friendly T.rmi
Dulles said in a speech pre
pared for the 40th annual con
vention of Lions International
that he is confident the U.S. and
Red China mainland some da
would be on friendly terms
again.
Communism in China, as else
where, he said, is a "passing and
not a perpetual phase."
"We owe it to ourselves, our
allies and the Chinese people to
do all that we can to contribute
to that passing," Dulles added.
The secretary made it clear
that this country intends neither
to recognize nor trade with Red
China under existing conditions.
Warlike Regime
He reiterated the American in
dictment of the regime of Mao
Tse-tung.
"Internationally," he said,
",'the Chinese Communist regime
f'oes not conform to the prac
tices of civilized nations: does
j V't l've UP to 'ls international
f plications; has not been peace
ful in the past, and gives no evi
dence of being peaceful in the
future.
"Its foreign policies are hos
ile to us and our Asian allies.
"Under these circumstances it
would be folly for us to estab
lish relations with the Chinese
Communists which would en
hance their ability to hurt us
nd our friends."
Hop Held Out
The secretary, however, held
out hope that China will throw
off the shackles of Communism
ind "again be able to play a
constructive part in the councils
of nations."
But he said many changes are
needed on the part of Red
China.
"Nothing could be more dan
gerous," he said, "than for the
U.S. to operate on the theory
that if hostile and evil forces
do not quickly or readily change,
then it is we who must change
to meet them."
No Break With Moscow
Dulles said it would not be
advisable to provide for cultural
exchanges between the two
countries at this time. At no
point in his speech did he men
tion the question of permitting
American newsmen to visit the
Chinese mainland to report on
developments there.
Dulles also discounted argu
ments that U.S. recognition
would help the Peiping govern
ment eventually break away
from Moscow.
He conceded that the Chinese
Reds "might eventually clash
with Soviet Russia if their am
bitions are "inflated by success '
But he said this is an "intoler
able argument" like saying that
if the axis powers had won
World War II "they would have
fallen out among themselves."
Hiatt Lake Timber
Sold by County
Medford Forest Products,
White City, was successful bid
der today on approximately 735.
000 board feet of county-owned
timber at Hiatt lake.
A bid of S12. 280.75 by Elder
Logging company of Shady Cove
was rejected by the county court
because of failure to attach a
check to the bid. Other bidders
were Allev Lumber company of
Medford, and D. N. McCoy of j
Shady Cove. i
Communications, Radioactive Fallout
To Be Empasized in Defense
The Jackson County Civil De
fense agency will emphasize
communications and radioactive
fallout monitoring in Operation
Alert, 1957, scheduled July 12
14. The nationwide exercise is de
signed to familiarize Civil De
fense workers and the public
with meeting problems of an
atomic attack. It is conducted by
the Federal Civil Defense ad
ministration with the participa
tion of all federal agencies,
states and territories.
Oregon's two targets are Port
ed and Klamath Falls. Both
.-re selected by defense plan
's because of military installa
tions either in existence or being
built as well as other factors
such as population and industry.
Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks, head
ef fhe Jackson county Civil De
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jim Mcdonald
Elected at Convention
Medford Student
Elected President
Of National Group
Jim McDonald, a Southern
Oregon college junior, route 2.
box 246, Medford, has been
elected president of the Nation
al Student Education association
at the NEA centennial conven
tion in Washington, D C.
McDonald is a former national
vice president of the NSEA and
is state president of the Future
Teachers of America association
He was one of 80 student leaders
attending the convention He
has been active in teacher educa
tien activities for some time.
He is director of audio-visual
aid in the county school office
and has been appointed editor
of the college newspaper The
Siskiyou, for attending SOC,
producing "Fumed Oaks", a one
act drama during the past term,
and appearing in the cast of
the SOC players production of
"Kind Lady" last year.
McDonald will be moderator
on a special panel which in
cludes Sen. Richard L. Neu
bergcr July 4 on the national!
televised program, "College
News Conference." Ruth Hagy
is mistress of ceremonies for
the program.
McDonald is married to the
former Miss Dara Turner of
Eagle Point, and the couple has
two children, Jimmy, age 5, and
Johnny, one month. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R Mc
Donald of Eagle Point.
Bill to Repeal Fee
On Machines Loses
An ordinance to repeal city
license fees for pinball ma
chines was defeated by the Med
ford city council last night.
The proposed ordinance would
have retained regulatory meas
ures over the machines and eli
minated the license fees, which
bring in about S4.500 annually.
The ordinance was presented
for consideration after some
thought was expressed previous
ly that the city was "sanction
ing" the machines. Councilmen
pointed out that in defeating the
ordinance, the city still was not
sanctioning the machines, but
seeking to retain revenue from
licensing.
The question has been raised
whether pinball machines are
classed as recreational or gam
bling devices. City officials
noted that if classfied as gam
bling devices, the city should
not participate in their operation
by collecting fees.
The possibility of banning
such machines within the city
has been mentioned, but council
men indicated that any consider
ation of banning them probably
will be deferred until after the
constitutionality of such a ban
is determined. A case is now in
the Portland area courts in
which the constitutionality prob
ably will be determined.
The Dalles ilfl The rebuilt
Oregon Trunk railway bridge
across the Columbia- river at
The Dalles has been opened.
fense organization, said radio
active fallout monitoring teamj
will work in the valley peri
meter to check simulated radio
active fall out. Teams from
Shady Cove and Central Point
are equipped with both monitor
ing devices and radios.
The teams will report their
findings via radio to other com
munications stations. Radios will
also be manned at the Civil De
fense control center near Camp
White. Central Point. Shady
Cove and Rogue Valley and
Sacred Heart hospitals. Lt. Col.
Arthur M. Savard. head of the
Red Cross mass care organiza
tion, and Dr. James C. Luce will
also operate radios in Medford
Radio operators will exchange
information on general pro
gress and effects of the simulat
ed atomic attack.
General Hicks mentioned
One Basic Issue
For Schrunk Jury,
Prosecutor Says
Attempt Said Made
To Confuse Issue
Portland W A states attor
ney told the jury in the pre-jury
trial of Mayor Terry Schrunk
today that the defense had tried
to confuse the issue by attempt
ing to try persons other than
the defendant.
Assistant Attorney . Genera
John Pickett said the jury hac
ore basic issue to decide, wheth
er Schrunk "perjured himsell
before the July, 1956, grand jury
when he denied" picking up a
package near the 8212 Club.
Defense Counsel Edwin Hicks
prefaced his closing remarks to
the jury with a quotation of the
scriptural injunction, "Thou
shalt not bear false witness."
He cited the criminal records
of the Mayor's chief accusers,
particularly Racketeer James El
kins. Hicks said those men were
not immoral but that they were
amoral. The defense has contend
ed Schrunk was the victim of a
frameup. The jury of nine wom
en and three men was expected
to get the case this afternoon.
Elkins. Clark 'Tried'
Pickett told the jurors it was
fundamental in a criminal case
for the defense to raise confu
sion. He charged that the defense
had attempted to try others in
eluding Elkins and Raymond R.
Clark.
Pickett, former Coos count?
district attorney, recited points
he contends the state proved in
its case against Schrunk.
He referred to the handling of
the September, 1955, raid on the
8212 Cjub as "the most unique
in Multnoman county nisiory.
He said Patrolmen Merlin Tiede-
niann and Lowell Amundsen
testified positively as to what
they saw and the defense never
explained why they would per
jure themselves. Both said tney
saw Schrunk pick up sometning.
"They hated to testify but they
are honest young men doing a
job," Pickett said.
Drill Teams, Drum
Corps to Compete
Drill teams and drum and
bugle corps participating in the
Oregon state Eagles convention
here will compete for trophies
starting at 7 p.m. today at the
Medford High school stadium.
Winners of the competition,
w-hich is open to the public, will
be announced at a joint meeting
of the Eagles and auxiliary at 4
p.m. Saturday at the Holly
theater. At the "'same time, win
ners of ritualistic competition
will be announced.
About 15 units are expected
to compete in the drill team and
drum corps competition. The
units will participate in a parade
in downtown Medford Saturday.
The parade will start at 1 p.m.
after forming at the corner of
Ivy and West Main sts. It will
proceed east on Main st. to Bart
lett St., north to Sixth St., then
west to Ivy St., south to Main st.,
and will disband in front of the
Eagles hall.
The three-day convention got
under way yesterday moriiing,
and will end tomorrow evening.
Business sessions have been
scheduled each morning, and
Saturday afternoon at the Holly
theater. The Eagles auxiliary
business sessions are held in the
Knights of Pythias building.
Officers for the coming year
will be elected tomorrow .
Ashland Loop Road Open
For Traffic for Summer
The Ashland loop road is open
for traffic, the Rogue River Na
tional forest office has reported.
The road leaves from Ash
land and runs along the summit
of the Siskiyou. on the south
side of Ashland, Wagner, and
Dutchman peaks, into the Apple
gate area.
Operation
there is a great deficiency of
monitoring instruments and
radios in Jackson county. He
pointed out 15 teams are trained
to operate monitoring instru
ments and radios, but only two
teams are completely equipped
at this time.
During last year's Operation
Alert, about 600 "evacuees"
were received at Crater High
school and given "emergency
care and accommodations."
Hand bills explaining the pur
pose of the exercise were hand
ed out by law enforcement of
ficers to hundreds of motorists
at Jackson county traffic control
points.
General Hicks said the Civil
Defense staff has decided it is
not necessary to repeat that
phase of the exercise here this
year.
Cameron
Editor", not?: Marie Dauplaite, staff
reporter of the Houston Press, flew
over itorm-desolated Cameron, La.,
today. Here ls ber story.
By MARIE DAUPLAISE
Staff Reporter. Houston Press
Houston, Tex. tpi I found
the small Louisiana town of
Cameron an isolated island of
death and disaster today.
Among the rubble, a few
dazed figures moved and poked
at broken sticks they once
called home.
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Council Annexes
Cityr County Land
South of Medford
The Medford city council last,
night annexed about 40 acres
of property in the old fair
grounds area, withdrew parts of
five special service districts an
nexed in the recent Berrydale
election, and adopted a plumbins
code for the city.
The property south of Med
ford annexed includes city own
ed land west of the new Na
tional Guard Armory site to
Pear creek and county ownea
land. Included are the Girl
Scout day camp grounds and the
county shops.
No one appeared at a public
hearing on the proposal.
Special Districts
, Parts of five special service
districts were withdrawn as a
result of the recent Berrydale
annexation. The districts are
Elk City Water, Midway Water.'
Berrydale Sanitation, Central
Point Rural Fire Protection dis
trict, and the Medford Rural
fire protection district.
The ordinance adopted re
moves the parts of those dis
tricts which are now within
the city from any future levies
or indebtedness which may have
to be made for operation and
maintenance of the districts.
Residents of those areas still-will
be responsible for their propor
tionate share of indebtedness at
the time of withdrawal.
The council adopted an ordi
nance relating to plumbing.
ventilating and drainage of
buildings, and for the registra
tion of plumbers in the city The
council voted against adopting
the code at a previous meeting
because some members of the
council did not completely un
derstand it. The code was recon
sidered and referred to the ex
ecutive committee for study be
fore action was taken on it.
State Regulation
The code encompasses all state
regulations as well as setting
standards for plumbing connec
tions within the city.
The council called a public
hearing at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
July 12, on a request from L
E. Juniper of Pacific Machinery
company requesting a change of
zone from single family to light
industrial for four lots west of
Highway 99 in the Berrydale
area. The change was recom
mended by the planning com
mission earlier this week.
The council also adopted an
ordinance transferring several
budget items within various
city departments.
Second Swimming
Class Series Set
Registration for the next
series of swimming classes at
Hawthorne park pool will start
Monday and continue through
next week, Darell Huson, city
finance director, has announced
Classes will start Monday,
July 8, and are for children 8
years old or older as well as
for adults. There will be 10
lessons in the two-week period.
Bob Sutherlin and Mrs. Don
Bradshaw, life guards at the
pool, will instruct.
Huson reported today that a
total of 3,442 swimmers have
used the pool this week, Sunday
through Thursday. In the last
three days, with the tempera
ture over 90 each day, more than
700 have visited the pool each
day.
Fire in Howard, Not
Lone Pine School Room
The Mail Tribune erroneously
reported yesterday that a fire
was started Wednesday by a 12-year-old
boy in Lone Pine school.
The fire was in Howard school.
2801 Merriman rd.
The boy put a match to some
papers on the floor of the class
room and the fire slightly dam
aged a cupboard and the floor,
city police said. The boy was re
leased to his parents by city po
lice to appear before juvenile
authorities.
Left In Millions Of Pieces
The skies overhead were
filled with the whirring of the
rescuing Army and Air Force
"grasshoppers."
But for many scores, and per
haps even thousands, there could
be no rescue. For them hurri
cane Audrey had left no sanctu
ary but the grave.
I flew over Cameron in a one-
engine plane piloted by Jim
Horn.
As we banked and dipped!
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1957
Three Heroic S
Climb Tower T
Deadly Nuclear
Short Circuit
Halts Explosion
In Nevada Test
Atomic Test Site, Nev. OF
An atomic device short-circuited
and failed to fire today, forcing
a three-man team of scientists
to climb a 500-fo'ot tower and
disarm the deadly dud.
Atomic Energy Commission
officials experienced a tense
hour as they were forced to
commit five men, two at the
base of the tower, to the task
of pulling the firing pin. None
of the five could be sure but
what the slightest jar would
activate the nuclear fission that
would vaporize the tower and
them.
The five heroes of the disarm
ing party were Walter Arnold,
Livermore, Calif., and Edward
R. Tucker, of the firm of Edger-ton-Germhausen
and Gricr, both
of whom stayed on the ground,
and Forest Fairbrother and
Bernard Rubin, both of Liver
more, and Robert Burton, of the
Sandia Laboratory, Albuquer
que, N. Mex. The latter three
were the climbers. They made
the exhausting and terrifying
climb rung by rung, laden with
heavy equipment.
Pull Circuits Loose
It took them the better part of
three-fourths ff an hour to make
the climb but only minutes to
disable the device by pulling
its circuits loose. They started
up at 7:30 a.m. and reported "de
vice disarmed" at 8:15 a.m.
It was to have been the sixth
atomic experiment of the 1957
test series. But the misfiring at
3:45 a.m. (PST) threw the AEC
into a tizzy.
American and foreign corres
pondents were on the scene to
watch at first hand from News
Nob, 14 miles from the blast
tower. Some newsmen were in
trenches along with 2,000
Marines approximately two
miles from ground zero. A group
of 17 radiation experts were in
a steel dugout little more than
a mile from the base of the
tower.
All but the men in the dugout
had to be hastily evacuated.
Second Misfiring
Then the AEC had to choose
its team from among the volun
teers for whom such a con
tingency is "part of the job."
It was the second misfiring in
the history of the Nevada prov
ing Grounds experiments where
50 other blasts have been trig
gered. On Oct. 19, 1951, a me
chanical fault in a key electrical
circuit caused a non-detonation.
Drain Logger Killed
In Industrial Accident
Roseburg (IP Stokely Jacobs,
30, of Drain, Ore., was crushed
by a log today while working
on Yellow creek for the Woolley
Logging company. He died en
route to a Roseburg hospital.
Veather
FORFCAST: Partly rloudv to
nirht and Saturday, slitht
rhanr of afternoon thundr
ntnrms in th high moun
tains. T,ow lenient 56. High
Saturday near 90.
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Lowest this Morning 57
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrie
Sunset
4:36
7:53 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
..... July 4
Moonset
First Quarter
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 8:45 p.m.
Mars, south of Venus
Saturn, due south at 10:14 p.m.
is still movinr slowly westward
amone the stars.
Jupiter, low in st 1 1 p.m.
over the stricken marshland vil
lage it looked as though a giant
fist had smashed it into a mil
lion pieces.
Cars and giant trucks had
been tossed wantonly in several
feet of water. ,
Houses lay on their sides.
Barges lay on the ground.
Offshore oil wells, with bro
ken lines, gushed great geysers
of water into the skies.
The roads, railroads and air
o
"A Nice Point Here, Dr. Jekyll
Dr. Jekyll!"
Series of Thefts
Cleared With Arrest
Of Four Juveniles
A series of thefts from auto- had been alerted by a neighbor
mobiles between Feb. 17 and
June 21 was cleared by Medford
city police this week with the
arrest of four juvenile boys and
a 20-year-old accomplice.
Kenneth Lyle Tucker, 20, of
704 South Holly St., was fined
$50 and $5 court costs in district
court yesterday. Ha pleaded
guilty to charges of petty
larceny.
The other boys, two aged 15
and two 16, were released to
their parents to appear before
juvenile authorities. Two of the
boys are reported missing after
their release and police are
searching for them.
Clear 17 Cases
The arrests cjeared 17 cases
in which 40 hub caps, some
small tools, a dual intake mani
fold, a spare tire and wheel,
a car radio, and gasoline had
been taken. Most of the articles
have been recovered.
The first two juveniles were
apprehended about 10 p.m. June
21 shortly after they had been
seen cutting a length of hose at
an east side residence.
Police were called at 9:40 p.m.
by Mrs. Grace M. Pennington,
408 North Barneburg rd. She
National Guard Units
To Return Tomorrow
Medford units, Campany A
and Headquarters company, 1st
battalion, 186th infantry regi
ment, Oregon National Guard,
will return to Medford about
noon Saturday Hcr a two-week
training camp at Ft. Lewis,
Wash.
The guardsmen will arrive by
special Southern Pacific passen
ger train. They left by train
about midnight Friday, June 14.
More tharf 9,000 Oregon and
Washington troops were sta
tioned at northeast Ft. Lewis dur
ing the annual summer camp.
Their training included marks
manship and other field assign
ments. Highlight of the session
was the annual Governor's Day
Review Saturday, June22.
field runways were rivers of
water. They are impassible.
There is no way in, and no way
out, except by helicoper.
On the ground I could see
only a few people.
They walked in the very few
dry spots or waded or rowed
down the streets very slowly.
Cameron has a population
normally of about 750 people.
Today I didn't see more than
20 moving around in the town.
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cientists
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vice
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who saw the youths cutting a
section out of the hose on the
Pennington lawn.
Investigating officers radioed
the police station, and about 20
minutes later a patrol car picked
up two youths on Euclid ave.
They admitted the hose theft,
and gave officers information
concerning the other boys and
other thefts.
Two more juveniles were ar
rested the next day, and Tucker
was arrested Wednesday this
week.
PLEADS GUILTY
John Warren, 44, of 11672
North Main St., Ashland, entered
a plea of guilty in circuit court
this morning to a charge of
sodomy. His case was ordered
continued pending receipt of
FBI records.
Iranian Horticulturist
Visits In Jackson County
Ibrahin Kasrai, horticulurist
with a government operated ag
ricultural experiment station in
Meshed, Iran, is spending today
in Jackson county observing
local horticultural and agricul
tural practices.
Kasrai is touring the western
states, Michigan, New Jersey
New York and Washington, D.C.,
on a six-month government ex
change scholarship, which ex
pires Aug. 17.
With Extension Agents
He spent the morning with
county extension agents tour
ing orchards and fruit packing
plants. He planned to spend the
afternoon observing work at the
Southern Oregon branch experi
ment station
Kasrai noted that agricultural
and horticultural practices in
Iran and the United States differ
in many ways. He explained that
orchards in his country are
mixed with apricots, peaches,
apples and pears growing togeth
er in a single orchard. This
presents difficulties in irriga
tion and spray programs, which
Many Feared Losf
As Wind, Waves
Bring Destruction
Rescuers Pushing
To Battered Area
Lake Charles. La. 'IP Res
cue parties, pushing in boats to
the hurricane-battered Louisiana
coast, reported as many as 35
persons killed, many missini
and a whole town swept away
by 105-mile an hour winds and
huge waves.
The tragedy that hurricane
Audrey visited upon Louisiana's
defenseless coast Thursday was
not even suspected until hours
after it had struck and pushed
on inland. The full extent of the
tragedy may not be known fwr
days.
Camerom Take Boetie
The town that took the worst
of Audrey's battering was Cam
eron, 30 miles south of Lake
Charles and directly on the Gulf
of Mexico. The skipper of tug
that went aground tt Cameron
said he saw the whole town
vanish in the storm except fyr
its courthou.
Red Cross officii' in Lake
Charles estimate taflay that 35
were dead. They hid the names
of 12. Capt. Allen Iarshall,
whose tug eac atround t Cam
eron, radioed that he hd count
ed 100 dead. Q
Hundreds leperted Mif
Marshall quoted Sheriff O. B.
Carter, who told him that heo
could not account for 300 other
persons believed to have been
"in the immediate vicinity-' of
Cameron when the storm hit.
Carter told Marshall tht h
could not come to the tug' radio
himself to talk because h as
too busy.
"The sheriff said if you en
find any helicopters to com in
and help with the rescue org,
they are badly needed," Ir
shall said. "He elso bedly needs;
water containers."
Paul W. Cook, Lake Chirle
Weather Bureau official Sho re?
ported to his superiors in Wash
ington that 200 to 300 were
dead, said it ws his personal
opinion and be had nothing to
confirm it.
"It was emergency informa
tion," he said. "I didn't intend
for it to be quoted."
Telephone Lines Out
It was known that 18 persons
were killed and more than 100
injured in Texas and Louisiana
before reports of a major trag
edy began to filter in from" the
half-drowned Louisiana coaii.
As the. hurricane crushed
through the low-lying country
side along the Texas-Louisiana
border, it tore down communica
tions and power lines. Today, 24
hours after the storm struck, it
was impossible to telephone
many places in the storm area.
But reports radioed in from
the coast told of Cameron van
ishing in the storm, except for
its courthouse, and of survivors
waiting on rafts to be. picked
up by rescue boats rushing down
from Lake Charles and untouch
ed points along the coast.
"There was so much rain and
the wind ,was blowing waves
over my boat," Capt. Marshall
said. "I could hardly see land.
Then, in a slack, I looked out
and saw the courthouse" with
nothing between it and me. The
town had been demolished.
Water Covered Streets
"The water went up over the
streets of the town. I could see
just piles of lumber where
stores and cafes had stood.
Everything was down."
His tug was anchored in the
Calcasieu river. Cameron appar
ently was leveled by a storm
wave from the Gulf of Mexico.
Audrey had blown and rained
itself down to a 40-mile gale
today and was in Northern Mis
sissippi at last report. It set off
big rains over" most of the Mis
sissippi and Ohio valleys.
are not as evident in the United
States where spray programs
which are not as evident in the
United States where fruit varie
ties are separated.
The Iranian visitor also ex
pressed general admiration for
experimental work here, and
commented that irrigation pro
grams appear better developed
here than in his country. He
explained no sprinkling systems
are used in Iran and irrigation
there is mostly by flood system.
Some contour irrigation is also
used.
Well Impressed
Kasrai also stated he was well
impressed by fruit grading and
packing practices here. He said,
"Grading is unknown in Iran
and individual growers pack
their fruit just any way."
Apples, cherriees, pears, apri
cots, peaches, almonds, grapes,
olives and practically all deci
dious fruits are grown in Iran.
Much of the land in Iran is sim
ilar to Oregon, the visitor said,
and other parts of Iran are like
California. "