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52nd Year Medford United Preu Full Ltascd Wir ' Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1957 Pages 1-6 Medford Police Clear 39 Per Cent of Major Cases City police cleared 40 of 10: or 39 per cent of the major of fenses reported during June ac cording to the department's monthly report. Miscellaneous offenses report ed last month totaled 506. Of that number 491, or 81 per cent J9 Repo Cases of Measles rted Last Week Nineteen measle cases were reported during the week end ing July 5 which continues the decline in the number of cases reported. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county public health physician, has reported. This is a decline from the 36 and 42 cases reported weekly this winter, a health department spokesman said. However, the measles epidemic continues throughout Oregon, the spokes man noted. Of the 19 cases. Medford re ported seven, Ashland seven. Phoenix four, and Shady Cove one. Other cases communicable dis eases reported in Jackson county during the. week were: German measles (three day), Medford one, Ashland one; chicken pox, Medford three. Ashland four; influenza, Medford, two cases; strep throat, Medford, one case. Talent one case and Ashland one case; impetigo. Jacksonville, one cr.se. Gold Hill one case; trench mouth, Medford, one case. The third world-wide cooper ative attack on the earth's enig mas since 1883. is being made in the current International Geo physical Year. were closed. Grand total of all reports, including miscellaneous services rendered, was 1,175 with 1.057 or 90 per cent clear ed. Last year during June 95 per cent of the total cases were cleared Major offenses rep orted in June included burglary 35, eight cleared; larceny of S50 and over seven, two cleared; larceny under $50, 57, 26 cleared; auto theft four, three cleared: and one case of rape cleared, according to the report. Miscellaneous Reports Reports of miscellaneous of fenses included other assaults two, one cleared: forgery and counterfeiting, three with three cleared; embezzlem ent and fraud, eight with one cleared: offenses against family and children, two with two cleared: sex o f f e nses. 1 four with one cleared; liquor laws, six with six cleared; drunkenness, 33 with 33 cleared: disorderly conduct, six with five cleared; vagrancy, one with one cleared; driving while intoxicated, three with three cleared; violation of road and driving laws, 52 with 52 cleared; traffic and motor vehicle laws, 305 with 303 clear ed; all other offenses, 77 with 38 cleared; and suspicion, four with two cleared. Miscellaneous services rend ered included 66 money escorts, two parades, 96 open windows, 95 open doors, three open safes, three open gates, 83 night lights out, four open sky lights, 18 vacation house checks, eight public talks, one city hall tour, 118 bicycle licenses sold, 45 re cord checks eight fingerprinting, and 59 miscellaneous services. AS-, i, " f ' i COOLIDGE'S WIDOW DIES Mrs. Grace Goodhue Cool idge (above), widow of for mer President Calvin Cool idge, died at her home in Northhampton, Mass. She was 78. Famed Cellist Said Showing Improvement San Juan, P. R. (If) Doc tors attending Pablo Casals ex pressed satisfaction today at the famed cellist's rate of recovery from a heart attack April 16. Casals visited an exhibit at the University of Puerto Rico Monday night, his first appear ance at a public affair since the attack. The 80-year-old Span ish musician now practices the cello daily and takes- walks along the seashore. Bids Called for New Lookout Tower Portland Bids will be open ed at 2 p.m. July 19 in Portland by the forest service for con- struction of a lookout tower at Hall Point in the Rogue River National forest. The forest service plans to build several other lookout tow ers in Oregon and Washington, it was reported. Towers will be perfabricated treated timber for structures of 20. 30 and 41-foot heights and approximately 1 5-foot square dimensions. Prefabrication, how ever, is not complete and some furnished materials will have to be cut at each site, the forest service said. Maureen O'Hara Sues Over Magazine Story Knights of Columbus Install Officers John Hockstattcr was install ed grand knight of Rogue Valley council 1594 Kniehts of Colum bus Monday night. 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