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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1957
No. 138
52nd Year
fflj. FOREST FIRE'fTfiftteii
" DANGER TODAY fWm' S i
-If- KEEP OREGON GftEEN T fg
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NEW SIGN A colorful new sign board with
a moveable pointer to indicate the day-today
forest fire danger in this area, as re
lated to humidity, was erected early this
week at State department of forestry. South
western district headquarters on Table Rock
rd. The sign was contributed by the Keep -Oregon
Green association to help make resi- .
dents of this area more forest fire conscious.
The forestry department recently installed a
Little Work Set
During Holiday
Here On Monday
Monday, Sept. 2, is officially
titled "Labor Day" but few will
do much "laboring'
day.
Medford businesses will close,
according to Gene Orr, chair
man of the retail merchant's
committee. The stores, normally
open on Monday evenings, will
skip this week and resume their
normal schedule on Sept. 9.
The Mail-Tribune will not
publish Monday, but will resume
publishing on Tuesday.
All available officers will be
called by state police to serve
during the three-day week end.
Special patrols will operate on
the highways to hold down 'ac
cidents and violations.
Medford city police announced
they have not planned special
precautions for the week end.
Capt. Clyde Fichtner expects the
holiday week end to be quiet
because "most residents spend
a quiet week end at home or
will leave town."
The criminal division of the
sheriff's office will remain open,
according to Sheriff Howard
Gault. He stressed that over the
holiday residents should not
only be alert to prevent accl
dents while driving but also
while boating and fishing.
Four Appear
In Circuit Court
Four men appeared in circuit
court Wednesday afternoon be
fore Judge Edward Kelly.
Sentenced were James Wal
lace Edwards, 59, Portland; Jo
seph W. Rawhauscr, 46, St.
Louis hotel, Medford: and Rob
ert Gale Corbett, 516 Liberty
St.. Medford.
Edwards pleaded guilty to a
charge of obtaining money "by
false pretenses. He was given a
five year suspended sentence to
run concurrently . with proba
tion he is serving on an Oregon
City charge.
Rawhauser pleaded guilty to
a charge of forgery and was con
tinued pending Federal Bureau
of Investigation reports. Carl
Brophy was appointed as his at
torney. Corbet was sentenced to three
years int he Oregon State peni
tentiary on a charge of grand
larceny with execution of sen
tence suspended.
The fourth man who appear
ed in court was ordered to the
state hospital for 30 days ob
servation. Registration Times
Set For High School
Junior high and High school
students of Medford are remind
ed hat registration must be
made from 7 to 9 p.m. today
and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow.
This applies to those planning
to attend McLoughun or Hed
rick Junior high school and Med
ford high school, school officials
said. Student counselors will be
on duty during these times, they
said.
Weather
FORECAST: Decreasing thun
derstorm activity tonic h-t.
Kair Frlriav. Low tonight 46.
Hich Friday 8 J.
Temp.
Highest yesterday
Lowest this Morninf 4C
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset
...5:3J a.m.
(:51 p.m.
Monnset 5:1 P.n
Firt Quarter - Au. 21
PROMINENT STARS
Deneb. hirh overhead 1:1 p.m.
Mrtebaran. rises ll:J3 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, sets ': P -
Venus, sets P-m-
Saturn. low ill south-
west -
e .
Russia Offered New
Disarmament Plan
London Ml The West today
offered Russia the prospect of
an indefinite end to nuclear
testine in return for full acceDt-
during the!anrA of narkaP(, ripal in dis
armament.
The detailed . blueprint of
such an "inseparable" package
was handed to Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin
at the London Disarmament
Conference.
u includes tjie JJuJIes open
skies plan, East-West troop cuts,
conventional weapons reduc-
London (01 Russia this
afternoon flatly rejected the
West's package deal on dis
armament. The West, formally laying
down its complete proposal, of
fered the Soriets the prospect
of an "indefinite" end to 014
dear testing in return for full
acceptance of the disarmament
plan contained-in a 10-page
document.
., Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Valerian Zorin received
the plan and promptly turned
it down.
tions and tight limitations on the
testing, and use of nuclear
weapons. '
A key point was that nuclear
testing may never . be . neces
sary again if the Soviet Union
accepts a total ban on future
production of A-bomb fuel and
enough inspection to guarantee
it.
This was not spelled out in
the 10-page document presented
the five-power conference after
more than five months of prep
aration. ,
Try To Sway Russia
But a "guide" to it prepared
by British officials said:
"If the cut-off of production
of fissionable material for wea
pons has taken place, nuclear
testing may remain suspended
indefinitely."
This was one of several bigj
concessions offered in an at
tempt to sway Russia from the
advance rejection delivered
earlier this week by Zorin in
bitter speeches to Uie confer
ence. Another offered a way around
Soviet objections that the Dulles
open skies plan would still
leave Russia threatened by sur
prise attach from bases not cov
ered in the plan.
This is how the western plan
would take the first steps to
ward disarmament: '
Military forces would be
reduced in three stages, the first
to be a ceiling of 2,500,000 men
for the U.S. and Russia- and
750,000 for Britain and France.
In two subsequent stages, the
bigger powers would cut to
1,750,000 men, and Britain and
France to 650,000 men, provided
"there has been progress to
ward the solution of political is
sues such as German reunifi
cation. Armaments Reduced
Non nuclear armaments
would be reduced in similar
stages, the first calling for moth
balling such items as planes,
ships and artillery under inter
national inspection in line with
lists to be negotiated separately.
Oregon Senators
Introduce Resolution
Washington OP Sen. Richard
Neuberger (D - Ore.) Tuesday
night introduced in the Senate
a resolution asking President
Eisenhower to proclaim 1959 as
the official centennial year for
Oregon.
The resolution, co-sponsored
by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.)
emphasized Oregon's historical
background dating from Capt.
Robert Gray and Lewis and
Clark.
"1
similar sign at Cave Junction guard station,
and" next year others may be erected at Mc
Leod, Prospect and Lincoln, according to
District Warden Curtis Nesheim. Steadying
the sign, above, are left, Larry Dupray and
Assistant Warden Doyle Stockton, while
Larry Brown throws rocks in the hole
around the post. Dupray'. and Brown are
stand-by firemen employed by the depart
ment.. .
In the latter stages, "armament
i limitations will be in agreed re-
lation to the armed forces" al
lowed each country. In other
words, there would be only as
many guns as the allowed man
power could use.
The' powers would agree
"that all future production of
fissionable materials will be
used at home or abroad, under
international supervision, exclu
sively for nonweapons purposes,
including stockpiling . . ."
Nuclear tests would be
halted for tvo years. They
would be resumed after the first
year if inspection is not operat
ing "to the satisfaction of each
party." They could be resumed
after the second year "if the
cessation of production of fis
sile material for weapons pur
poses has not been put into
effect."
Separate Hearings
Held On Rape Case
' Separate preliminary hear
ings were granted three Med
ford men held on rape charges
in district court this morning
by District Judge James M.
Main.
The three men, Leonard Eu
gene Stege, 24, of 401 East 12th
St.; Larry William Irvin, 26,
of 215 Williamette ave.; and
Darrold Lewis Johnson, 26, of
619 Palm st., were arrested by
sheriff's deputies Saturday
afternoon on Roxy Ann rd.
The trio were arraigned in
district court Monday morning
and each were held in the coun
ty jail on $5,000 bond.
The men were represented in
court by James A. Redden, A. E.
Fiazza, and G. W. Kellington,
local attorneys.
The first hearing this morn
ing was for Johnson.
According to sheriff's depu
ties an 18-year-old Oklahoma
City, Okla., girl was assaulted
in the Sterling Creek rd. area
Saturday afternoon. After
the girl is reported to have
stopped a motorist on the Jacksonville-Phoenix
highway who
drove her to the Medford city
police station. The' city police
notified sheriff's deputies.
The suspects were arrested
later.
Salem (IP) Secretary of
State Mark Hatfield said today
he would ask the State Emer
gency Board for an appropria
tion to cover first costs of the
special session of the state legis
lature. .
Sports Bulletin
Results in women's cham
pionship flight first round
matches today in the Southern
Oregon Golf tournament at
Rogue Valley Country club
.were:
Mrj. Marje Fillis. Salt Lake City,
Utah. def. Susan Small. Corvallis,
4 and 2; Mrs. Helen Davies, Med
ford, def. Mrs. Corrine Miller. Med
ford,' 5 and 3; Sue DeVoe. Medfod,
def. 'Mrs. Helen Cavilli, King City,
Cali., 4 and 3: Mrs. Mary Scott,
Rose City, def. Mrs. Nan Wheelock,
Columbia, 1 up: Elaine Porritt,
Eugene, def. Mrs. Pat Eidswick,
Ashland. 9 and 7: Shirley Sieg
mund, Fugene. def. June Robin
son. Tillamook, 2 and - 1: Mrs.
George Calderwood. Eugene, def.
Betty Martin. Longview. Wash.. IS
holes: Mrs. Rose Bunch. Medford,
def. Mrs. Maxine Hammond, Med
ford. 2 np.
In the senior division tiUe flight
results were:
M. L. Hallmark. Roseburg, def.
Larry Butler. Medford, 1 up; Ted
Porterfield, Medford, won by de
fault from Bob Crossman. Medford;
Marvin Clark. Grants Pass, def.
Charles Braden." Grants Pass. 4 and
3; Ralph l.omax, Portland, def. - R.
F. Bxter. Salem, 7 and 5; Medford
Ingram. Salem, def. Glen Fabrick,
Medford, 2 and 1; Robert Fox,
Portland, def. Dick Bourns, Coos
Bay, 3 and 2; Dr. Roy Reynolds,
Salem, def. Bob Henningston, As
toria. 3 and 2: I. eland Clark. Med
ford. def, Georca Stacey. Medford.
2 and 1.
Weapons Experts
Asked to Answer
Before Committee
Group Claims Missile
Program Slowed Down
Washington (IP) The ad
ministration's experts on Amer
ican and Russian weapons were
called before a congressional
committee today to answer
claims that the U.S. ballistic
missile program has been slow
ed down.
A subcommittee of the Joint
Congressional Committee on
Atemic Energy also wanted De
fense Department and Central
Intelligence Agency evaluations
of Russia's claim to have tested
successfully an "intercontinen
tal mult-stage ballistic rocket."
Claim Embarrassing
The Russian claim came at an
embarrassing time for the
Pentagon. It was reviewing U.S.
missile programs as a part of
the current economy drive to
see whether any savings could
be realized through better man
agement and efficiency -in the
multi-billion dollar effort.
However, Acting Defense
Secretary Donald A. Quarles
was expected to deny the gener
al contention that there has
been a missile slowdown. Sen.
Henry. M. Jackson (D-Wash.)
has ' made that claim on the
Senate floor and has been sup
ported by Sen. Stuart Syming
ton (D-Mo.).
Quarles was expected to tell
the closed door committee ses
sion that the Atlas intercontin
ental! ballistic missile program
is on schedule and is being
pushed at high priority.
Slowed Program
There were reports at the
same time tnai tne reniagon
has somevhat slowed the Titan
program. The Titan is an inter
continental bassistic missile de
scribed as more advanced in
concept that the Atlas, but about
3 year ucumu m cvcivutim.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IB
Army , Secretary. .Wtlbi
ErucKer .said today the 1,500-
mile grange ... Jupiter, missile,
which was test-fired again here
Wednesday has "encountered
spectacular success." .
Brucker told a news confer
ence in. Miami Eeach, where he
sDoke before " the Veterans of
Foreign .Wars convention, that
work on the intermediate range
I Jupiter is "ahead of schedule."
PUC Sent Letter
Requesting Action
A letter requesting the Public
Utilities Commissioner' of Ore
gon to assign a man to take
action "in the interest of the
public" and ' southern Oregon
fruit packaging and shipping in
dustry was sent Monday by Dan
Hull, packaging' department
manager for Pinnacle Orchards
and Packing company.
Fruit packing and shipping
men are opposing a 15 per cenl
freight rate increase requested
by Railway Express Agency. .'
The Interstate Commerce
Commission is expected to take
action on the request sometime
this fall.
National Safety Council
Challenges Motorists
Chicago OP) The National
Safety. Council today challenged
the nation's motorists to make
the organization's traffic death
estimate of 420 for the Labor
Day week end "ridiculously
high."
'Be Sure To Give Mine Special Attention"
ECriowland
May Adjoyro Tonight
BRUSH FIRE Flames that could have
spread easily into-a full-fledged forest fire
burned more than an acre within Jackson
ville city limits late yesterday afternoon.
Burning in dry grasajand brush, and fanned
by a steady breeze, the fire raced up the hill
southeast of town and firemen had to work
Forest Fire Creeps
Near Summer Homes
Fallen ' Leaf Lake, Calif.
, m forest fire crept today
along the base of 9,800-foot Mt.
Tallac towards a tract of -150
summer homes. .
The forest service flew in a
tanker plane from ; Willows,
Calif., to squelch' hot spots in
4-H Agents Travel
To Act As Judges
Glenn Klein and Miss Mar
jorie Hatfon, Jackson county
4-H agents, left today lor Salem
where they will be officials for
the Oregon State Fair which
begins Saturday, Aug. 31.
Klein will be in charge of the
4-H dormitory at the fair
grounds, and serve on the poul
try and the internatienal night
program committees. Miss Hat
ton is superintendent of the
judging contest, co-ordinator of
the style review, and chairman
of the health interview com
mittee.
The majority of the local 4-H
and FFA members attending
will leave 'for Salem Friday,
and will return to. the county
after their activity, has been
judged. The agents will remain
until Sunday, Sept. 8.
Exhibits or contests will be
entered by 127 county 4-H mem
bers, Miss Hattan said, which
will include some 172 exhibits
or contests. She. reported that
several hundred ' . relatives and
friends of the exhibitors, and
leaders will also attend the fair
from the county. No figures
were available on the FFA mem
bers and exhibits that would be
entered.
! the wall of flame that was mov-
ing : slowly towards the new
Spring Creek tract in which the
homes were located.
... Jhe-or.est.service said -there
was no danger to populated
areas and a fire line isolating
the blaze was expected to be
completed- by noon. About 60
acres had burned. '
The manager of Fallen Leaf
Lodge, Mrs. H. T. Craven, said
50 persons spent the night in the
lodge - after being evacuated
from their summer homes in the
area where the fire started from
a stove explosion in a cabin
above the road.
Residents Evacuated
Spring Creek tract residents
were evacuated to the American
Legion Hall at Bijou along the
shore of Lake Tahoe, Mrs. Crav
en said.
Mrs. Craven said the fire
wen', a distance up the moun-
tainside and was well under
control on the most heavily
populated side of the lake, a
popular vacation spot, south
west of Lake Tahoe.
The fire broke out late Wed
nesday night in a two-story
house between Fallen Leaf
Lodge and Highway 99. The
house is located in a tract in the
Anita Baldwin area above the
lodge on the northwest side of
Fallen Leaf Lodge.
Two boys, Peter Stern and
Billy . Means, both 13, ran
through the area, shouting the
alarm to residents.
In the first hour, the fire
burned over five acres of timber ,
and destroyed at least three cot
tages. A half-hour later, it had
raged to within a half-mile of
the lodge. . However, the wind
died down shortly after and
the blaze turned toward Mt.
Tallac.
Lightning Strikes
Possible For Area
State forestry department and
federal forest service personnel
were alerted by the weather bu
reau today for the- possibility
of lightning strikes in mountain
areas east and south ol tne
valley.
Thunderstorms were building
un and were expected early this
afternoon. But the possibility of
precipitation with them some
what eased iire . danger, it s
hailing, snowing and raining all
at the same time at t-raier
lake," the weather bureau re
ported this morning.
Thunderstorm threat was
greater- today than for several
days, since clouds began build
ing up earlier. Decreasing thun
derstorm activity is the predic
tion for tonight.
Water Resources Development
Corporation was operating silver
iodide ground generators in an
attempt to prevent hail, which
damages the fruit crop. They are
under contract to the Medford
Pear Shippers association .
ays
fast to get water out ahead of it. Several
frame houses along Stage rd. were endan
gered as well as others further up the hill.
Above, fireman Bruce Matheny, Jackson;
ville resident, stands in a grove of fire-blackened
trees and plays a stream of water on a
section of wooden fence still smouldering.
Volunteers Battle
Threatening Fire
In Jacksonville
Flames that could have
spread into a full-fledged forest
fire and possibly wiped out a
number of homes within the
city limits of Jacksonville, were
brought under control yesterday
fternoon by firemen and
number of the town's citizens
wielding gunny sacks.
Burning in dry grass and
brush, and fanned by a steady
breeze, the fire raced up the
hill southeast of town and fire
men were barely able to get
ahead of it with fire hoses. If
the alarm had been turned in
a few minutes later and the fire
had spread into a timbered area
not far away it could have be
come a holocaust according
to, Jacksonville Police Chief
Frank Carter.
The fire originated in dry
grass behind one of the resi
dences on Stage road, within the
city limits of Jacksonville, and
spread quickly into a brushy
area 'nearby.
One truck and four- firemen
from the Medford fire depart
ment were sent' to the scene
when the Jacksonville fire de
partment asked for help in con
trolling the blaze.
The fire burned over more
than an acre of the brushy tract
and spot fires, caused from
burning material being carried
by the wind, broke out in sev
eral places. These smaller fires
were being searched out by
volunteers, including several
youngsters, with . wet gunny
sacks.
By being able to get the fire
hoses ahead of the flames a
said. Jacksonville fire, depart
ment only recently purchased
an additional 200 feet of fire
hose. Without it there might not
have been enough hose to reach.
The area was checked atout
1 1 p.m. yesterday to be sure
that the fire would not break
out again. Carter said.
Morse Says Neuberger Was
'Sucked' In on
Portland Of) Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.), said today that
Sen. Richard Neuberger "was
one of the Democratic liberals
sucked in on the civil rights
bill."
Morse, who passed through
here early today en route to his
daughter's wedding in Eugene
Saturday, called the civil rights
bill a "hoax and a sham" and
said Dixiecrat senators were
"laughing up their sleeves" . at
the strategy they had engineer
ed. '
He said Democratic liberals in
the Senate had been "sucked
in" by the trial by jury compro
mise on the civil rights bill.
But he labeled reports of a
"feud" between himself and
Neuberger as "a lot of nonsense."
Filibuster Against
Civil Rights Bill
Staged by Senator
Knowland Prediction
Comes at Conference
Washington OPl Senate Re
publican Leader William T.
Knowland predicted today that
Congress may be able to finish
up its work and adjourn tonight.
Knowland made the predic
tion to President Eisenhower
during a conference at the White
House.
It was based on a belief by
Knowland 'that the one - man
filibuster in the Senate by Sen.
Strom Thurmond (D - S. C.)
against the compromise civil
rights bill would peter out and
that other southerners would
not join in the talkathon.
Starts Wednesday Night
Thurmond took the Senate
floor at 8:45 Wednesday night
Thurmond obviously was tir
ing as he passed the 15-hour
mark. His voice sank to little
more than a loud whisper most
of the time. He rocked slowly
from side to side as he rested
his hands on a lectern on his
desk and read from a book. At
intervals, he put a lozenge in
his -nouth. He was still talking
after 18 hours.
Thurmond was able to visit
the rest room once during his
lonj ordeal when Sen. Barry
Goldwater (R-Ariz.), interrupt
ed. Technically, . under Senate
rules, a speaker cannot leave his
place if he wants to hold the
floor. But no- one called the
rule "book on Thurmond.-
Not Uninterrupted
. His speech .was not an unin
terrupted one, however, so he
was not setting a filibuster rec-
ah j ,
, " . .... u .i i. viic gallic
during the afternoon when he
yielded the floor four minutes
to permit the swearing in of
William E. Proxmire, new Dem
ocratic Senator from Wiscon
sin. ." ' ,
Knowland's prediction also
assumed that Seyte and House
would . give quick approval to
the compromise foreign aid bill,
the only piece of major legisla
tion besides civil rights still
blocking adjournment.
The House already had passed
the compromise civil rights bill
and had been expected to act
on the aid bill today. But at 1:25
p.m. Speaker Sam Rayburn re
cessed the House subject to call.
Although, no explanation was
offered, it was apparent this
was strategy to keep a quorum
of members in town by holding
up action on a piece of major
legislation. The aid bill it ap
peared, was being ' delayed for
possible strategic use in the ,
civil rights battle.
Adjournment fever was run
ning high. Congressmen were
buying tickets for home and
for Paris, Rome, and the Orient.
A boom year for congressional
junketing appeared in prospect.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 4 9 2
Cleveland . 13 13 1
O'Dell, Zuverink (2), Cec
carelli (8) and Triandos.Zupo
8); Carcia and Hegan. Home
runs: Hegan, Cleveland; Cola
vito. Cleveland: Smith. Clava-
i land; Weriz, Cleveland.
Rights Bill
It just so happens that there
is a great chasm between Dick
Neuberger and myself on civil
rights and foreign aid," he said.
He said he wanted to ma'te it
clear that his vote against the
civil rights bill would be re
corded even though he was not
in Washington.
Morse's daughter, Judy, will
marry the Rev. Wade Eaton, a
young 'Episcopalian rector, on
Saturday. '
Morse, touching on other mat
ters, denied that Hells Canyon
was dead as a federal project.
"Hells Canyon is not dead," be
said. "The Morse bil.'. still is
alive in the House of Represen
tatives and if we can get it to
a floor vote next February it
will carry by a substantial ma
jority." The bill passed the Sen
ate. 1