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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1957
No. 92
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SNOOPY This curious doe, lurking around just outside the
(glow of a camp fire, gave herself away by stepping on a twig
and ended up in getting herself "shot" over the Fourth of
July. The picture was taken near Foster creek forest camp,
jorth of Union Creek, by Mail Tribune Photographer Bob
Vroman. Deer often visit campsites in search of salty morsels,
ke scraps of potato chips, but usually not until after the
campers have left.
Girard Attorneys Ask
High Court to Upset
Country's Agreements
Washington HP Attorneys
for GI William S. Girard have
asked the Supreme Court to
take the far-reaching step of
overturning this country's status
of forces agreements with Allied
nations.
The attorney argue the
agreements which allow fore
ign governments to try U. S.
servicemen for certain off-duty
crimes committed in their coun
tries are both unconstitutional
' and "morally wrong."
To nullify the U. S. Jap
anese agreement also would
overturn similar U. S. agree-J
monts with European allies. Ad
ministration leaders have said
this would endanger America's
overseas bases program.
No Jurisdiction
The government contends that
foreign nations would not allow
American troops on their soil if
they had no jurisdiction over
such crimes as rape, robbery
and murder.
. One of Girard's lawyers, Day
ton M. Harrington, told the Uni
ted Press it was not the official
concern of the attorneys as to
what mieht happen to the bases
if the court finds in Girard's
favor.
"If any nation won't have our
troops on its soil except on its
own terms," he said, "maybe
we will bring them home."
Girard's attorneys said in a
brief filed with the Supreme
r-ourt Friday that U. S. service
men were stripped of "every
vestige of constitutional right"
by status of forces agreements.
Girard's Answer
The brief was Girard's answer
to the government's demand that
the GI be tried by a Japanese
court on manslaughter charges
for killine a Japanese woman on
a military firing range. The
court will hear oral arguments
In the case Monday.
Th case was carried to the
high court by the government
ftpr a federal district court or-
ArrA a U. S. court martial for
Girard and ruled that the mili
tary's ecision to let Japan iry
him was illegal.
The lawyers said Congress
San Jose Man Missing
Southwest of Eureka
Eureka, Calif. IT1 A fisher
man suffering from diabetes was
missing from his fishing party
Saturday and believed lost in
the rueced country arouna me
Little Vanduzcn river 60 miles
southwest of here.
K. W. Sparks, 35, of San Jose,
was reported missing Friday
night when he failed to meet
the other two members of the
fishing group.
Sports Bulletins
Medford Cheney Studa trip
ped the Seattle Cheney Studs
S to 2 here last night in the
opener of a two-game week
end semi-pro baseball series.
Jerry Droscher smacked a
three-run home run for Med
ford and Gene Leek socked a
two run roundtripper for
Seattle.
Sacramento, Calif. (W
Left hander Roger Bowman,
normally a solon relief pitcher,
gave up only four hits last
night while leading Sacramen
to to a 7-1 victory over Seattle
la a Pacific Coast league gam.
t
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fit
alone "has the power to deter
mine jurisdiction in cases involv
ing the military forces." They
asked the court to order Girard's
release from custody "forth
with." Medford Man Wins
Bull Dogging Even!
Reno, Nev. (IP) "The World's
Richest Rodeo" moved into its
final 1957 performance Satur
day at the Reno rodeo grounds.
Just before the cowpokes
begin the last day of competi
tion, Washoe County Sheriff C.
W. (Bud) Young will present Rod
Cameron with a Nevada silver
"State Trooper's Badge." Com
eron stars in a television series
based on a Nevada background
and entitled "State Trooper."
Then, the chutes will open and
the various champions and all
around cowboy champions of the
1957 Reno Rodeo will be determ
ined. Results of Friday night's com
petition included:
Championship bull dogging:
Earl Morgan, Medford, Ore., 5.9
seconds, and Lawson Fore,
Riverside, Calif., and Homor
Pettigrew, Chandler, Ariz., 8.5
seconds (tie).
Nevada amateur bronc riding:
Jim Lewis, Golconda, Jim Dor
rance, Elko, Mickey Melindy,
Fallon, and Lindsay Rogers, Yer
ington. Calf Roping: Marlin Stephen
son, Big Lake, Tex.; Norris Pat-
ton, Austin, Tex., and Bud Cor-
win, Bakersfield, Calif.
Championship team roping:
Dick and Kenneth Jones, Fresno,
Calif., 14.2 seconds; Vern Castro,
Livermore, Calif., and Bud Gin-
jiochio, Antioch, Calif., and
Marion Vincent, Porterville,
Calif., and Jim Rodriques, Cast
roville, Calif.
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Medford Council Defers Action on Rezoning
Rezoning of 28.3 acres of land
at the corner of Jackson st. and
Biddle rd. from single family to
limited commercial was debated
pro and con Friday night.
The Medford city council, af
ter an hour-long public hearing
on a request for the zone
change, deferred action until the
next regular meeting, July 18,
on a suggestion by Councilman
Stanley Jones. He said that a
decision should be made as soon
as possible, but the council
should first consider arguments
presented at the hearing.
The change of zone was re
quested for a proposed SIVi mil
lion shopping center on prop
erty now owned by Dr. I. D.
Phipps. The center would in
clude a Sears, Roebuck and com
pany store, Safeway store and
other establishments. The land
has been optioned to J. E. Mc
Clellan, of Buttress and Mc
Clcllan. Los Angeles, and assoc
iates McClellan is developing
the shopping center.
Attorney Robert Duncan, rep
resenting several downtown bus
inessmen opposed to the zone
change, stressed that business
men he represented did not op
pose Sears, Roebuck and comp
any coming into Medford, but
did oppose rezoning the 28
acres.
Duncan pointed out that by
recent legislation, cities of Med
Filipinos Led By
Manila Mayor Stage
Big Demonstration
Demand Return of
American Sailor
Manila HP) Angry Filipi
nos led by the mayor of Manila
staged an anti-American demon
stration Saturday over the Phili
ppine counterpart of Japan's cel
ebrated Girard case.
The demonstrators demanded
the return and trial of a former
U. S. sailor who was sent back
to America and discharged after
auto accident charges were lodg
ed against him here.
Student Demonstrations
About 2,000 demonstrators
most of them students, gathered
in downtown Manila plaza, a
mile from the U.S. embassy, for
an orderly rally that at times
sounded more like an all-out
Philippine political meeting than
an anti-American protest.
Manila Mayor Arsenio H. Lac-
son is running for president of
the Philippines in the November
elections. He was the chief
speaker at the rally, and he
turned his oratorical guns as
much on President Carlos P.
Garcia as on the U. S.
The reason for the rally, how
ever, was the case of George E
Roe of Clio, Mich. While serv
ing as a sailor at the Sangley
Point Naval Station near Manila,
Roe was charged with injuring
Filipino woman in a traffic
accident on Jan. 1, 1956.
Roe Sent Home
In a note of protest to the
U. S. last Sunday, the Philippine
government complained that the
Navy sent Roe back to the U.S.
and gave him a discharge des
pite the fact he had been in
dicted. The Roe case has gained new
prominence here since the ar
rest in Tokyo of Specialist 1c
William S. Girard of Ottawa, 111.,
on a charge of killing a Japanese
woman while she searched fori
empty shells on a U.S. firing
range.
The F 1 1 1 p ino demonstrators
want Roe returned for trial be
fore a Manila court for injuries
caused to Roman Ortiz through
tlleged "reckless imprudence."
Segment of Storm
Sewer Plan Approved
The first segment of Medford's
six-year storm sewer program,
approved by voters in laet No
vember's election, was author
ized by the city council Friday
night.
The council approved an
agreement with Southern Pa
cific Railroad for an easement to
construct and operate a 42-inch
storm sewer under the 10th St.
crossing.
City Manager Robert Duff
recommended approval of the
agreement because the city an
ticipated that the cross-town
storm sewer system will be
ready for contract in the near
future-
The sewer will be the first of
several segments planned in the
$95,000 program. Voters ap
proved issuing general obliga
tion bonds for the storm sew
ers. The first segment planned
is from Lincoln St. to Bear creek
on 10th st.
ford's size can condemn land
to rehabilitate downtown areas
subject to deterioration.
He noted that "there is enough
deteriorated property in the
downtown area to provide
enough land" for Sears, Roebuck
and company. Duncan added
that under the urban renewal
program, federal funds are av
ailable. The attorney mentioned sec
tions along Front St., Riverside
ave., and Jackson st. among those
locations in which enough land
could be made available for a
Sears store.
"The council can rebuild de
teriorating areas," Duncan said,
"by condemnation before some
downtown areas become
blight areas."
A business center in the
Phipps property area woujd re
sult in competition which
'would destroy" either the
downtown business area or the
proposed shopping center, Dun
can said. "We need to preserve
our downtown areas," he said.
The businessmen he represented
would like to see Sears build
downtown, "where it would be
an asset," he added.
He also pointed out that with
the anticipated population
growth in Medford, Hawthorne
park should be expanded to pro
vide facilities for additional peo
Lightning Boh Kills
7 7 Registered Cows
Bellefoniaine. Ohio 101
A bolt of lightning coursed
down a tree on the Joe Buck
farm near here Friday and
struck a herd of 20 registered
Holstein cows, killing II of
them.
An eyewitness said the en
tire herd was knocked flat by
the bolt.
Russia Says U. S.
Threatening Peace
With Korean Arms
Moscow W Russia last
night accused the United States
of threatening peace in the Far
East by its decision to bring
modern arms and planes into
South Korea. ,
Government statement de
nounced the decision of the Unit
ed Nations command in Korea
last montn to scrap the ban on
importing new weapons to Ko
rea. Decide to Build Up
The U. N. command said it de
cided to build up its armed
forces because the North Ko
reans and Chinese Communists
had illegally brought new weap
ons into North Korea in viola
tion of the 1953 armistice.
In Washington, state depart
ment officials said the statement
was obviously propaganda. They
said the Russians apparently
were stung by repeated American-Allied
charges that the Com
munists long ago violated Ko
rean truce terms by sending
modern weapons into North Ko
rea. The Soviet statement asked
what situation would arise if
the Communist side "on its part
also started ' to introduce into
northern Korea new types of
armaments.
No Doubt Seen
'There can be no doubt that
as a result of a situation fraught
with most dangerous consequen
ces could be created," the state
ment said- The statement denied
western charges of a Red build
up in North Korea.
It charged that the United
States military authorities "have
been systematically pursuing a
policy of undermiing the armi
stice in Korea."
The stateirent reviewed the
U. N. command decision to can
cel paragraph 13-D of the armi
stice agreement under which
both sides agreed not to increase
or modernize their armaments
in the divided country.
Heat Wave Sweeps
European Countries
London (IP) A furnace-like
heat wave swept over Europe
Saturday, sending the mercury
shooting to 116 degrees in parts
of Italy.
Weathermen blamed it on a
mass of African air that moved
northward over the Mediterran
ean. They saw no relief in sight
for today.
In Austria temperatures shot
up to 104 in the shade, and
Vienna city authorities said they
recorded 133 inside city street
cars.
A polar bear in Bologne, Ger
many, suffered a heat stroke
when the temperature hit 100.
He fell into his pond and
drowned.
ple, and the most logical expan
sion would be in the direction
of the proposefd shopping center.
He noted that the area could
be used for development of a
new civic center, including per
haps a new city hall.
Duncan asked the council to
consider also the location of the
proposed Highway 99 freeway
in deciding rezoning. He said the
location has not fully been de
cided. Another factor which the
council should consider, he said,
was that Safeway stores joined
in plans for a shopping center
on a tract south of Medford
early in 1955, when it was indi
cated the center would be com
pleted in late 1955 or early 1956.
The center has not been devel
oped, he noted.
W. P. Sullivan, Pacific north
west zone manager for Sears,
said the company "envisions a
ereater Medford than some res
idents here," and that the firm
would not consider building
here if it did not think it a good
idea.
The proposed location, he said,
would be an extension of the
downtown area. A Sears store
in the proposed center would
help downtown business, Sulli
van declared, because it would
draw shoppers from as far south
ai Dunsmuir and from the
Below Normal Rise
In Traffic Deaths
Noted Third Day
May Not Reach 535
Predicted by NSC
" By UNITED PRESS
Safety experts noted the be
low normal rise in traffic fatal
ities as the third day of the
Fourth of July celebration near
ed its end across the country
Saturday and looked hopefully
toward a continuation of the
trend.
A spokesman for the National
Safety council said the highway
deaths thus far were "running
well behind" the rate required
to fulfill the council's predic
tion of 535 by midnight Sun
day.
Mixed With Caution
The council's hopes were mix
ed with caution, however, and
it warned that added caution
would be required of drivers in
the homeward rush Sunday.
At 11 p.m. (EDT) the United
Press registered 270 deaths on
the nation's roads. Added to
them were 153 deaths by drown
ing, two caused by fireworks,
nine in plane crashes and 42 in
miscellaneous accidents to boost
the total fatality count to 476.
California counted 24 high
way dead, the worst figure in
the tally by states. New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio had 20
traffic, deaths apiece, Texas 18,
Michigan 15, Oklahoma 13, Il
linois 11 and Indiana 10.
Non-Holiday Toll
"The toll still is running at
approximately the rate of a non-
holiday toll for the same number
of hours at this time of year,"
Ned H. Dearborn, president of
the Safety Council, said.
A normal four-day period at
this time of year, the council
said, would account for about
465 traffic deaths. For the first
60 hours of the period, a coun
cil spokesman said, about 250
persons would have lost their
lives in the nation's roads.
Worst highway disaster for the
Independ2nce Day holiday oc
curred near Copemish, Mich.,
wh-re seven persons were killed
and three. others injured in an
auto-truck collision.
Search Continues
For Audrey Victims
Lake Charles, La. J (W Wor
kers carried on their search for
the dead under a scorching sun
Saturday in Cameron parish,
where 311 bodies have been re
covered in the wake of Hurri
cane Audrey.
The June 27 hurricane killed
nine more in the Texas area and
four in Vermilion parish, Loui
siana. But the grand total of
324 is expected to rise because
110 persons are unaccounted for
in Cameron parish.
However, J 12 bodies are still
unidentified and many of these
may be included in the missing
list. Some estimates placed the
missing total at more than 400.
Sheriff Henry Reid of Lake
Charles and Sheriff O. B. Car
ter of Cameron sent helicopters
and "marsh buggies" intot he
Sacred Heart church cemetery
at Creole, La., where 20 auto
mobiles smashed tombstones.
Grants Pass area.
He said the property Sears ob
tained, between Central and Riv
erside aves., near 10th st. be
came too small between 1947,
when it was purchased, and
1955, when another survey was
made. By 1955, he said, surveys
showed the Medford area had
grown to a point where previous
surveys by the company were
out of line.
McClellan said after needs
were resurveyed, the company
increased the size of the propos
ed building here from 60,000
square feet to 74,000 square
feet.
Sullivan said Sears does not
favor condemnation. McClellan
commented that "to the individ
ual concerned, it (condemnation)
appears that something is taken
away from him."
Sullivan said that "sometimes
local opinion has not had the
experience we have in areas
where business is moved from
the downtown area." It does not
have an adverse effect, he said,
"it helps."
McClellan said the proposed
shopping center "will enhance
business downtown." He com
mented that he knew of property
outside the city which would be
available for such a center, but
"we want to be in the city lim
its." Councilman Donald Hansen
tfirusf jv Denounces
All Ousted Stalinists
"How Do We Put Down Thii Upri.ing?"
Seven Persons Drown,
Three Others Killed
In Traffic Accidents
By UNITED PRESS
Seven persons .were drowned
in Oregon waters during the In
dependence Day week end as
thousands sought relief from a
heat wave that flared briefly.
Three persons died in traffic for
a total of 10 holiday deaths
through noon Saturday.
Latest victim was 13-year-old
Vernon Womack of Wallowa. He
was drowned Friday in swift wa
ters at the confluence of the Mi
nam and Grande Ronde rivers
in Wallowa county.'He had been
on a fishing trip about 30 miles
northeast of La Grande and was
attempting to wade to shore from
a small island when he slipped.
Body Recovered
Robert Berry, a companion,
also 13. tried twice to reach the
Womack boy but the water was
too swift. The body was recover
ed. The holiday also saw a triple
tragedy on the Fourth when
Rosemary Brown, James Good
rich and Joseph Bradley were
drowned in the Columbia river
off Sauvies isl-nd-
Lawrence Patrick Johnson of
Alaska, visiting in Oregon while
on leave from Selfridge Air
Force Base in Michigan, was
drowned Thursday above Rock
creek powerhouse west of Ba
ker. Anthony Markowski drown
ed in the Pacific off Cannon
beach and Lester Keith of Rid
dle was drowned in the South
Umpqua river near Canybnville.
Traffic accidents claimed the
life of Mrs. Gerald 3enton, Se
attle, who was killed in a three
car crash on Highway 30 cast of
Baker. Her husband and two
Phipps Property
asked if rezoning about 12 acres
of the property would help the
company. Sullivan said the com
pany would like it all rezoned.
"We're positive that the area
would be a business area in a
few years, anyway," he said.
McClellan said if the area is
rezoned, development of the cen
ter would start within 30 days.
Attorney Edward Branchfield,
speaking as a citizen and repre
senting no one, said the area is
no further from downtown than
the new center in Salem where
Meier and Frank built. "If you
don't look forward," he said,
"these centers will go outside
the city."
He said the urban renewal
program would take too long,
and as a citizen he would like
to see the property taxes go to
the city rather than some other
area. "If it goes in, it will help
meet the tax problem in Med
ford." The council, he said,' should
look ahead many years in the
future, not just a few.
Branchfield requested that
Councilman Fred Robinson ab
stain from voting on the rezon
ing, since Robinson was repre
sented by Duncan as one of the
downtown businessmen opposing
rezoning.
Mayor John Snider said that
could not be done, because as a
citizen. Councilman Robinson
children were hurt. Swan Dahlin
71. Klamath Falls, was killed
Friday night when he was struck
by a car. Police said he was
walking in the center of the
road.
John Malo, 60, of Troutdale
was killed in a motorcycle mis
hap on Highway 30 east of
Troutdale.
Nine-Year-Old Girl
Reported 'Doing Fine'
Cynda Lou Kesler, nine-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Kesler, 5054 South Pacific
highway, was reported "doing
fine" at Ashland General hos
pital Saturday.
Cynda was accidentally shot
through the stomach Friday
morning by a bullet from a .22
caliber rifle. State police and
sheriff's deputies said the girl's
12-year-old brother, Stephen,
picked up the gun and, not know
ing it was loaded, fired at her.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair and warm
through Sunday with rusty
winds in the lat afternoon.
Partlv rloudy. High today X0,
low today 52, high Monday
92.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 5
Lowest Yesterday 54
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:41 a.m.
Sunset 7:51 p.m.
Moon set Monday 2:04 a.m.
PROMINENT
CONSTELLATION
Scorpio, follows the Moon.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars & Venus, set 11:45 p.m.
Saturn, due south 9:36 p.m.
Jupiter, low in west 10:34 p.m.
had as much right to counsel as
anyone else.
Roy Wilkes, 1863 Crater Lake
ave., Medford, who was one of
the several residents favoring re
zoning, said "the way the coun
cil handles this matter will in
dicate whether the city wants
to expand or not." He said he
had heard that some citizens are
opposed to establishment of new
industry or business in Med
ford. Donald Herried, 108 Black
Oak dr., said "if we don't re
zone for Sears, we may lose
them." McClellan indicated,
however, that Sears would build
in the Rogue valley whether the
area is rezoned or not. If it i3
jiot rezoned, he indicated, a
shopping center would be built
outside the city limits.
McClellan noted that the pro
posed center would employ a
minimum of between 250 and
300 persons. Sullivan pointed
out that "business will be there
(in the area of the Phipps prop
erty) whether it is planned or
sporadic."
Some concern was expressed
that the proposed shopping cen
ter would further divide the
city. Some businessmen noted
the city already is divided by
the Southern Pacific tracks and
Bear Creek, and the shopping
center would further divide it.
(See Story Pag 7)
Party Chief Says
XunningSchemers'
Opposed Progress
Claim They Hampered
Kremlin Peace Moves
Moscow IW Soviet Com
munist Party Chief Nikita Khru
shchev Saturday accused former
premier Georgi Malenkov of be
ing a "chief organizer" of a
1949 criminal conspiracy and de
nounced all the ousted Stalin
ists as "cunning schemers" op
posed to Soviet progress.
In his first public speech on
the disgraced party and govern
ment officials, Khrushchev char
ged that they refused even to be
lieve that Russia could overtake
the United States in farm pro
duction.
He and Premier Nikolla A.
Bulganin told an audience in
Leningrad celebrating the 250th
anniversary of the city that Mal
enkov, Vyacheslav Molotov, La-
zar Kaganovich and Dmitri T.
Shepilov hampered the Kremlin
in its campaign for peace, eat
ing of international tensions and
domestic improvements.
Fiarea Atiackt -
Khrushchev accused them of
fierce" attacks on the party and
singled out "Malenkov at being
one of the chief organizers of
the so-called Leningrad case"
who was "afraid to come to you
here in Leningrad."
His words and those of Bulga
nin were echoed with rising fer
rocity in the Soviet Press and
in resolutions by Soviet organi
zations which accused the Molo
tov group of "criminal methods."
However, Radio Moscow la
broadcasts beamed for home at
well as foreign consumption de
nied that the disgraced Stalin
ists were under arrest. It said
they had been seen "walking
in Moscow" and had attended a
party meeting Friday in the cap
ital where they were denounced.
It appeared, however, that
they faced further punishment
of loss of party membership if
not trial.
Principal Organization
Khrushchev accused Malenkov
of being the principal organizer
of the 1949 "Leningrad case, one
of the scandals of the Stalin era
in which many party members
were executed.
The case included the trial and
execution in 1954 of former se
curity minister V. S. Abakumov
for "criminal conspiracy." A
number of party and government
workers were falsely arrested
and, accused of anti-state crimes.
Khrushchev dealt at length with
the conspiracy in his original
denunciation of Stalinism in
February, 1956.
As for former foreign minister
Shepilov, he proved to be a
"most shamless, ' double-dealing
individual."
Molotov, who had served ' as
foreign minister during the Stal
in era, "impeded in every way
the carrying out of measures of
easing world tension and streng
thening peace throughout the
world."
Khrushchev said the Stalin
ist group "wanted to lay its
hands on the key positions in
the party and the state in order
to change the political line of
the party."
Three Men Bound
Over to Grand Jury
Three men;accused of robbing
Grady Allen Conner, 724 Vic
tory st., Medford, of cash, a wal
let, ring and watch at Talent
Monday night were bound over
to the grand jury Friday after
noon in district court.
They are William Lloyd
Johnston, 32, Huron, Calif.,
Glen Eugene Johnson, 36. Live
Oak, Calif., and Willie Wood-
row Wolfe, 31, Fresno, Calif.
Johnson and Wolfe were bound
over to the grand jury after ap
pearing for preliminary hear
ings at 1:30 p.m- Friday. John
ston, who was returned to Jack
son county from Crescent City,
Calif. Wednesday, was arraigned
at 2:50 p.m He waived counsel
and preliminary hearing.
The trio, charged with assault
and robbery while not armed
with a' dangerous weapon, are
being held in the county jail on
$5,000 bail each.
Algiers HP) A French in
fantry patrol crushed a band of
rebels just outside of Dublineau
Saturday, killing 22 in a brief
clash under a blazing sun.