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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1957)
rOUSTTCtf ttZDTORD (OREGON) MAIL THIBUKE Sunday, July 7, 1957 Harry Truman Library Dedicated Saturday Independence, Mo. TP The Harry . Truman Library, built to preserve a detailed history of great and small events in the life cf a man and a nation, was .dedicated here Saturday before 0,000 home folks and visiting dignitaries assembled on the rol ling grounds of Slover park. A full list of the nation's lead ers in nearly every field and from both polilical parties paid tribute to the amateur historian from Missouri whose dream of years was being fulfilled. Chief Justice Earl Warren of the United States Supreme Court, a Republican, spoke of the many momentous decisions Truman made in an era of cris is. Warren described the former president as a man of action, "tireless, fearless and decisive." Center of Study The library, he said, was "des tined to become a midwestern center of study and research, not only for the period of Mr. Truman's presidency, but also for the whole complex period of events surounding it." Warren followed to the pod ium a long list of dignitaries in cluding the nation's only other living former president, the wid ow of Truman's predecesor in the White House, House and Senate leaders of both parties, and the heads of two universities. Hoover said that the history of the American people "is being 1 brought closer and closer," and that it was a good idea not to concentrate the history of the nation in Washington, D. C. Immeasurable Value Mrs. Roosevelt said the 11- i brary "is going to be of immeas- j urable value to education and . particularly to the young." "I wish my husband could be here to extend to you. President I Truman, his congratunlations and best wishes," she said. Truman, obviously. happy but often solemn, expressed the hope that Congress would "make up its mind to have all presi dential papers indexed and fil- I led." "I want to sea the Land Grant colleges take care of the papers, he said. Walks With Hoover Wearing a dark, single breas-' ted suii and Panama hat, Tru man walked with Hoover into the air-conditioned library when the ceremony ended. It was hot out there, Mr. Truman commented, echoing the feeling of the thousands who had stood for nearly two hours in the torrid sunshine. One thousand invited guests toured the new library at the completion of the services. To day it will be opened to the : public but thereafter will be , closed indefinitely while the Former President H e r b e r 1 1 building is being completed. Mysterious Balloon Still Not Identified A large, shiny balloon floated over southern Oregon and north ern California Thursday night, but no one seems to know5exact ly what its purpose was or who released it. The balloon, with a rope dan gling underneath it, was ob served by many Medford-Ash-land residents about 6 p.m. It was also reported seen as far south as Red Bluff, Calif., and as far north as Redmond, Ore. Theory Refuted The common theory seemed to be that the balloon had been re leased by the weather bureau to gather data. However, weather men at the Medford airport sam it was not one of their balloons and the balloon they had re leased at 3:30 p.m.. was back on the ground before "the stranger" was first reported seen. Local weathermen received a request for information about the balloon from the Klamath Falls tower shortly after 5 p.m. They saw it in Medford about 6 p.m., and received a large number of phone calls from resi dents after that time. One Barnett rd. resident re ported seeing the object as early as 2 p.m. High Altitude The balloon was visible In Jackson county, Klamath Falls and Redmond, Ore., and Mon tague. Calif., at the same time. This indicates it was traveling at considerable height, weathermen said. One unofficial reading fixed the balloon's height at 150, 000 feet. Weathermen said the object appeared to be the type of device frequently released by the Army, Navy and some universities. These balloons, it was explained, are made of plastic and are sent into space to obtain information Frogmen Search for Missing Trainmen Edenton, N.C. TP) Navy frog men Saturday renewed a search for the bodies of two railroaders presumably drowned when two diesel engines plunged into the water after a 50-year-old wooden bridge collapsed. The 6-mile bridge, one of the longest in the country, snapped in two under the weight of a 77-car freight train pulled by two engines. One Engineer remained in the front riicset cab Dut nis fireman leaped to safety and was saved. The conductor in the second cab was also lost and two other men escaped by climbing out of the submersed cab and clinging to driftwood and debris. Navy frogmen were scheduled to begin a search at dawn for the bodies of engineer W. M. Munden of Norfolk, Va.. and conductor Shirley Bray of Raleigh, N. C. Both were veteran railroaders, who along with the three survi vors, had made the same trip across the bridse 24 hours earlier. The accident happened when the Norfolk Southern train cross ed the bridge at a 25-mile-an-hour .speed early Friday. The survivors were fireman C. E. Jones. 41, of Pantego. N.C: train roads foreman John G. Lowery, 60. of Raleich and fire man Burt Rankin of Norfolk. Jones and Lowery said they managed to get out of the win dows when the second engine hit the bottom. Rankin apparently leaped to safety and was later found wandering near a Marine base mumbling to himself. on cosmic ray and other ele ments. Guesses Ventured ' Meanwhile, curious observers ventured a variety of guesses as to what the balloon was. One suggested it might be a General Mills experimental balloon, and others submitted the theory that it was in some way connected with the current series of atomic tests in Nevada. Although police departments in Asnland and Yreka reported receiving large numbers of phone calls from inquiring residents, the Medford police department said they had no calls Thursday or Friday in regard to the mys terious balloon. Daring Rescue Saves Life of Seaman Washington OJ) A daring ship-to-plahe rescue has saved the life of a 22-year-old seaman stricken aboard the Swedish mer chant ship Kirribilli. The Navy said the seaman, Rolf Axel Berglund of Ocklbo, Swed en, suffered a strangulated hernia aboard the Kirribilli in the Paci fic Ocean. The Swedish mer chant ship radioed for help, and the USS George, a destroyer escort on the way to San Diego, answered the call. Berglund was transferred to the George by means of a small boat during rough weather. 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