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52nd Year
Medford
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Holmes Will" Visit
Medford Armory,
Discuss Industry
Public Is Invited
To Present Ideas
Gov. Robert D. Holmes will
be in Medford next Wednesday,
U' conduct one of a series of
meeting in the state on plan
ran e for industrial development.
The meeting will be at 10
a.m. at the Medford armory, and
sevarel local groups, including
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, are expected to give
presentations of their ideas of
how new industry can be at
tracted to Oregon.
The public is invited and
there, will be a period for those
attending to give their own
ideas.
At 12:15 p.m., the governor
will attend a public luncheon
at the Jackson hotel, where
there will be additional discus
sion of the problems of indust
rial development. At both meet
ings Julius Jensen, recently
appointed director of the new
Oregon department of planning
and development, will also
speak.
Reservations are necessary to
attend the luncheon, and can
be made by calling Don McNeil,
Aianager of the local chamber,
at SP 2-6293.
, Ti.e governor will arrive by
plan at 9 a.m., and then will
inspect the armory and meet
with commanders of local Na
tional Guard units. He will con
fer with McNeil, who made ar
rangements for the meeting, be
fore it opens.
From here the governor and
Jensen will go on to other Ore
gon cities to continue the series
of meetings.
Fire Near Lake
Tahoe Contained"
. Fallen Leaf Lake, Calif. KB
A crew of forest service fire
fighters hoped today to have
under control a fire that routed
residents of a tract of 150 sum
mer homes near Fallen Leaf
lake.
The fire fighters reported
late Thursday night that the
blaze was "contained." Winds
were gentle all day Thursday
decreasing the danger.
The fire blackened 65 acres
before the fire fighters could
throw a line around it.
Fifty persons were forced to
spend Wednesday night at the
Fallen Leaf lodge after fleeing
their cottages. Another group
was taken to the American Le
gion hall at Bijou on Lake
Tahoe.
The fire broke out late
Wednesday night in a house be
tween Fallen Leaf lodge and
Highway 89.
More than 200 forest rangers,
firemen and volunteers helped
fight the blaze Thursday. Three
tanker airplanes . helped by
dumping chemicals.
94 Cases of Polio
Reported Last Week
Washington HP Ninety four
new cases of paralytic polio
were reported throughout the
U.S. last week, the Public
Health Service announced today.
During the same week last
year, 375 cases occurred.
Total polio cases, paralytic
and nonparalytic, recorded this
year climbed to 3,610, compared
with 8,017 at the same time last
year.
Sources Say U.S. Holding
Lead In Missile Program
Washington W Authorita
tive sources said today the
United States is holding its lead
over Russia in development of
long-range missiles.
They said there is no cut in
the overall sustained effort to
perfect the missiles, capable of
knocking out a city when armed
with a hydrogen bomb warhead.
Defense officials made the
statements ss two Democratic
senators charged the administra
tion is cutting back on its
missiles plans for economy rea
sons at the same time that Rus
sia is forging ahead in the
missile field. Russia announced
this week it has successfully
tested an ocean-spanning rocket.
MEDFORD,
COURT
FINAL DAYS Children frolic in the Haw
thorne park swimming pool during the lat
few days the pool will be open. Park officials
said the attendance this year will not be as
high as in the past. Cool weather was blamed.
Oregon State Fair
Starts 92nd Year
In Salem Saturday
Salem The 1957 Oregon
State Fair opens here tomorrow.
As is true every year, the
fair's management promises the
'biggest and best event in its
92-year history. The fair grounds
have been spruced up and reno
vated, parking - for 21,000 cars
is ready, and a line of entertain
ment will enliven the displays
of agriculture, mining, forestry,
fishing, industry, business,
schools and other Oregon inter
ests. Gov. Robert Holmes says it is
"the great show window for dis
play of our wealth of natural, re
creational and educational re
sources.
Goreinor's Day
Saturday is "Governor's Day,"
Sunday is "Go To Church Day,"
and the other days in the eight
day event have been designated
as Labor Day, "Farm Organiza
tion Day," "Salem and Visiting
Mayors' Day," "Childrens Day,"
Oregon Pioneers Day," and
'Oregon Day."
Among the features of the fair
this year will be a rodeo and
horse show each day; horse rac
ing daily except Sunday; free
band concerts twice daily; an en
tertainment review headlining
the Ames Brothers each eve
ning; and the traditional dis
plays of all sorts, an art show
and garden and flower show,
and many other attractions.
An additional 100 picnic ta
bles have been, added this year
for the convenience of those
wishing to bring their own
lunches.
Portland (If) Fourteen in
dictments returned by vice prob
ing grand juries were dismissed
today by Circuit Judge Charles
W. Redding. The dismissals
were asked by Arthur Higgs, as
sistant attorney general.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson CD
Wash.), chairman of an atomic
energy subcommittee checking
on missiles progress, said "there
has been a cutback in the num
bers planned for future produc
tion per month" for the Inter
continental Ballistics Missile
(ICBM) and the Intermediate
Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM).
Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D
Wyo.) a member of the commit
tee, declared that "we are rapid
ly becoming second best under
the narrow policies of the Treas
ury Department, which has
dominated the government and
which seems to be more con
cerned about profits for bankers
than about the adequacy of our
defense."
Adjourns
OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST
RETURNS ORDINANCE
AEC Scientists Fire
'Baby- Atomic Device ,
Atop-Angels',Peak, Nev. Of) jthe sequence timer.. Six Army,
Atomic Enerev commission sci- two Navy and " 16 Air Force
enlists early today unleashed . JjtawaOflBKLJnto the... test
"baby" nuclear blast believed
to be part of a safety test of
materials to protect human eyes
from flash blindness.
The small nuclear device was
detonated at 5:40 a.m. It was
the 14th atomic explosion of the
20-shot summer "plumb bob" se
ries at the Nevada proving
grounds.
The device, called "Frank
lin Prime,," was triggered from
a plastic balloon 750 feet over
the test site. The balloon was
anchored to the desert floor. -
There were 19 experiments on
Two Seattle Men
Arrested This Noon
Two Seattle men were arrest
ed by state police about noon
today after they were stopped
for a traffic violation, tben
jumped the officer and attempt
ed to run away.
Police said this afternoon they
expected to charge the men with
possession of marijuana.
A patrolman stopped the pair's
car on highway -99 north of
Medford about 11:40 a.m. The
car had only one license plate,
no registration, and the men
had no operators' licenses, police
said.
They "jumped" the officer,
one of them grabbed a bag in he
car, and they started running
across a field. The officer caught
one, and the other was appre-
Tiendd later, officers said.
The men gave their names
as William Jack Lessman, 27,
and Henry A. Foster, alias
"Lucky" Foster , and "Larry
Lynch," 25, both of Seattle, po
lice said. One gave his occupa
tion as plumber, the other as
waiter, they said.
Police said both men would
be placed in the county jail on
charges of possessing marijuana.
Roseburg Officer
Killed in Crash
Seoul iff) U.S. Army offi
cials today identified an officer
killed in a helicopter crash
Tuesday as Col. Terrance C.
Fitzgerald, of Roseburg, Ore.
The 39 - year - old Fitzgerald
was killed when the helicopter,
piloted by Robert A. Jones, of
Glendale, Calif., crashed near
Ascom City, 20 miles east of
here. Cause of the accident is
still under investigation, 8th
Army officials said.
Fitzgerald is survived by his
wife, Thelma, and two children,
who live in Roseburg, and his
mother, Mrs. Blanche Melchert
of Tarrington, Wyo.
Hfl
Tribune
30, 1957
Thi: pool will be open for the final time this "
year on Monday, Sept. 2. It will be drained
and cleaned for the winter during the next
few weeks.
training maneuver. The planes
also contained delicate instru
ments to register radioactive
material. '
8,000 Tons of TNT
Despite its small size, clear
skies resulted in the blast being
seen in Las Vegas and Los An
geles. Buildings in Hollywood
also were lighted by the blast.
It was estimated that the shot
uncorked a power equal to about
8,000 tons of TNT. The fireball
appeared in the sky for, about
30 seconds. It displayed a vivid
d color and then faded to
orange.
The experiment was closed
to reporters, so newsmen wit
nessed the shot from here, about
55 miles from ground zero. The
familiar mushroom cloud puffed
up to about 20,000 feet a minute
after the shot, was detonated.
The top of -the cloud was like
a ball of cotton.
Youth Hospitalized
Following Mishap
Seventeen-year-old Terry Lee
Tull, route 2, Box 6, Ashland,
is in -Ashland General . hospital
today being treated for a severe
cut . on his neck and possible
broken shoulder resulting from
a one-car accident yesterday on
Billings hill near Ashland, ac
cording to' state police.
Tull was reported travelling
south on Highway 99 when his
car hit a slick spot, spun off the
highway and rolled over in a
ditch on the west side of the
highway
State police reported another
accident occured earlier yester
day when cars driven by Evelyn
Ruth Shefler,. 30, 1239 Spring
St., Medford. a'nd Heinrich Tee
ter Thiesen, 66, route 1, Gold
Hill, collided on Highway .99
near the Rogue River junction.
State police reported no in
juries resulted and only minor
damage to "the two cars. Thiesen
was'cite'd for having a defective
signaling device . and Evelyn
Shefler for violation of basic
rule. .
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
nleht and Saturday. Low to
night 48 High Frida 85.
TKDip.
Hirhrst Yesterday 81
Lowest this Morning 48
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 5:34 a.m.
Sunset ; S:4S p.m.
Moonset 10:00 pjm.
First Quarter .... SaturCaj night
PROMINENT STARS
The Square of Pegasus, seen
in the east at moonrise. will
be hieh in south 1:0 a.m.
Alpheratz U the Brightest of
the four stars that make up
this figure.
Price 10'
United P TuU Laid Win
No. 13?
Planners Asked To
Revise Proposed
Subdivision Bill
Keating Says Court,.
Commission to Meet
The Jackson county court
unanimously voted today to re
turn the proposed county subdi
vision ordinance to the Jackson
county planning commission for
further study and revision,
Judge Rodney Keating said to
day. V
The decision was made in
regular session today, Keating
Eta ted,- after due deliberation
and considerable study was
made by the court of the pro
posed subdivision ordinance.
The court, he added, will prob
ably meet with the planning
commission at a later date.
The ordinance, which was ap
proved by the planning commis
sion and referred to the county
court at the July meeting of the
commission, would make it un-
lawful for anyone to sell or
contract to sell any subdivision
until all the requirements list
ed in- the ordinance are com
plied with.
Three petitions have been
filed with the county court re
questing revision of the proposed
ordinance. The petitions contain
ed some 266 names. The peti
tions asked that the proposed
ordinance be changed to permit
small land owners to sell land
or. develop it for building.
Stassen Returns
FronfConference
Washington iff) Disarma
ment negotiator Harold E. Stas
sen said today that he still
belfeves the Russians are nego
tiating seriously despite their
scornful replies to the western
first step disarmament proposals.
Stassen "flew here from Lon
don today to report to President
Eisenhower and Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles on the
disarmament talks. They were
scheduled to confer at the White
House.
Key issues still separating
East and West on disarmament,
Stassen said, are very difficult
problems.
But he told .newsmen at
Washington National airport
that he believes the Russians
are still negotiating seriously,
and that the two sides are closer
to a first step arms agreement
than at any time in the last 12
yerts.
Soviet disarmament delegate
Valerian Zorin denounced the
latest package disarmament plan
Thursday. :
Beck Posts Bail
With U. 5. Marshal
Seattle (ID Teamsters Union
President Dave Beck, . indicted
Wednesday by a Federal Grand
Jury for income tax evasion,
posted $25,000 bail with the U.S.
marshal here late Thursday.
Beck was indicted Wednesday
for the second time in less than
four months by the grand jury
in Tacoma. He was charged in
a seven-count indictment with
evading payment of $184,000
federal income tax on $254,000
the government said was unre
ported income in the years 1951,
1952 and 1953. -
Beck posted his bail shortly
after his arrival from Los An
geles where he had attended a
three-day meeting of the Team
sters Union Executive Board.
Portland Bank Held
Up This Morning J
Portland (IB A robber-held
up the First National bank at
Sixth and Morrison in down
town Portland shortly before
10:30 a.m. today and escaped
with an estimated $3,800.
Mrs. Alice Oppertshauser, a
teller, told police the bandit ap
proached her window and dis
played a gun tucked in the
waistband of his trousers. He
handed her a note, got the mon
ey and fled.
Dean Quinlan, assistant cash
ier, said estimate of the loss was
"preliminary
Compromise Aid
Bill Is Included
In Final Minutes
Senate Adjourns Early
This Afternoon
Washington (W The weary
85th Congress adjourned its
history-making first session to
day, one month behind schedule.
Adjournment until next Jan.
7 came after a final burst of
legislating and oratory that was
as speedy and at times as hectic
as any of the eight-month ses
sion. The House quit at 12:57 p.m.
(p.d.t.) and the Senate then
closed up shop at 1:22 p.m.
In quick succession, the House
passed and sent to the White
House for presidential signature
a bill to safeguard the secrecy of
FBI files in criminal trials and
a compromise $3,434,810,000
foreign aid bill.
FBI BUI
The vole on the FBI bill was
315 to 0. On the foreign aid bill
it was 194 to 122.
The Senate had stamped its
approval on both measures in
the final hour of a marathon
session which had ended at
12:59 a.m. today. It also had
achieved an epic milestone in
legislative history by passing
the first civil rights bill in 82
years, and sending it on to the
White House for President Eisen
hower's certain signature. The
Senate came back on duty at 9
a.m.. and mostly listened to
speech-making.
By noon the House had
wrapped up all its business and
was ready to call it a year. Then
it also ran out of talk, so, at
12:45 p.m., Speaker Sam Ray
burn recessed the chamber to
wait on the talkative Senate.
Last Measures.
One of the last measures acted
on by the House was a compro
mise bill to extend until June 1,
1959, the President's authority
to organize executive depart
ments. The bill then went to the
Senate for final congressional ac
tion. .
Speeches were the order .of the
day in; the Senate as members
prepared to go home until next
Jan. 7.
. . The Senate cleaned up most of
its last minute business Thurs
day night and early this morn
ing at the tail-end of a mara
thon session - marked bv . Sen.
Thurmond's record 24-hour-plus
filibuster against the civil rights
Dill.
Neuberger Takes
Issue With Morse
Washington (IB Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger of Oregon
took issue today with Sen.
Wayne L. Morse of Oregon for
charging that Neuberger was
"sucked in" to support the Civil
Rights bill.
"I do . . . regret that Sen.
Morse has been quoted in the
press as charging I am one of
the liberal Democrats who has
been 'sucked in' concerning sup
port of the Civil Rights bill,"
Neuberger said in a statement.
Neuberger said he was "dis
appointed" with some features
of the measure passed by the
Senate Thursday night. Never
the less, he said, the bill was
"a forward step."
Neuberger noted that on sev
en "key" rollcall votes during
Senate consideration of the
Civil Rights legislation he voted
against Southern opponents of
Civil Rights. On five of those
votes, he said, Morse voted with
the southerners.
"This bewilders me all the
more concerning Sen-. Morse's
claim that I have been 'sucked
in by the Dixiecrats," Neuberg
er said. .
; arms
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Central Poin
fjl ajcj;- n
rosL urnce
Be Reorganize
The U.S. post office depart
ment is contemplating convers
ion of Central Point post office
to a classified branch of the
Medford post office, according
to a telegram sent the Mail
Tribune yesterday by Sen. Rich
ard Neuberger.
A saving of approximately
$5,000 a year in government
expenditures and more conveni
ent service is expected with the
proposed reorganization, accord
ing to John A. Eidswick, postal
inspector here.
"We are planning to give Cen
tral point residents city deliv
ery serVice and a hook-up with
air-flight mails from Medford,"
Millions Head Into
Final Big Week End
Of Summer Today
By UNITED PRESS
Americans by the millions
headed into summer's last big
fling today, the 'Labor Day
week end holiday, and most
states planned to leave it up to
the motorists themselves to get
back home safely.
Encouraged by the relatively
good traffic records posted dur
ing the Memorial Day and
Fourth of July holidays, a few
states planned extra police mea
sures during the long week end.
However, police forces in all
states were prepared to go into
action at full strength if the
highway toll mounted sharply.
Predict 420 Deaths
The National Safety Council
predicted 420 traffic fatalities
during the three-day week end,
which begins at 6 p.m. today
and runs through midnight
Monday.
But the council said if motor
ists maintain their records of the
past two holidays, the toll could
be held to ' 375 or fewer, the
average for a non-holiday period
at this tune of year. . .
The United Press counted 437
highway . fatalities during the
Labor Day holiday last year.
Among the states planning
special - safety - measures was
Pennsylvania where Gov.
George M. Leader ordered state
plainsclothes officers in un
marked cars to supplement nor
mal patrols. Leader said the
order was designed to give
Pennsylvania its safest Labor
Day holiday in motoring history.
Extra police help was assigned
in Texas and Ohio, and some
states were expected to use Na
tional Guardsmen and aircraft
to aid police in handling traffic.
Urges Safe Driving
Salem (IB Gov. .Robert D.
Holmes took the lead today in
urging Oregon drivers to ob
serve a safe Labor Day holiday.
The governor said he hoped
the state would be able to
achieve a much better record
than last year when four people
were killed and 165 injured irl
500 accidents during the three
day holiday.
State police will operate at
full strength during the holiday
period and will be especially
alert for excessive speed, driv
ing while intoxicated and other
accident-causing violations.
Board of Control to
Provide Free Vaccine
Salem (IB The State Board
of Control today decided to
make vaccine against Asian flu
available . free to employees of
state institutions. -
The board said it would have
Dr. Harold Erickson, state health
officer, consult with various in
stitution heads to determine
whether patients and inmates
also should be inoculated against
thi disease.
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Eidswick explained. "However,
all Central Point people will
keep their own addresses. The
Central Point post-mark will be
kept also."
To Motorize Routes
Under the new plan, postal
routes 1 and 2 from Central
Point will be motorized and ex
tended to cover 65 miles each.
Scattered deliveries between
Medford and Central Point
would be consolidated also un
der the Medford Post office.
People within Central Point
city limits wil receive daily foot
delivery, the postal inspector
said.
Mail from the Central Point
collection box would be gather
ed several times daily. Territory
around Central Point vill be
given street names and house
numbers plus rural route num
bers, Eidswick explained furth
er. "The Central Point office
would be a station under the
Medford post office," the postal
official addad. "This would
mean a centralized accounting
system. We are investigating
also the possibility of eventual
consolidation of all branches in
the Rogue River valley under
the Medford office accounting
department."
The postal inspector said con
gressional approval must be giv
en before reorganization
can become effective. Postal of
ficials here have been working
out the new plan for approxi
mately 40 days, he added. No
body will be thrown out of
work due to the reorganization,
he emphasized. A vacancy now
exists on Medford route 2.
The county engineer is work
ing on a plan, he said, to give
approximately 700 Central
Point area residents street num
bers. One Bound Over
On Rape Charges,
Hparinnc HpIH
Darrold Lewis ' Johnson, 26,
of 619 Palm st., was bound over
to the grand jury this morning
in district court on charges of
rape. He was lodged in Jackson
county jail with bond set at
$5,000.
Preliminary hearing for John
son started in district court
Thursday morning after defense
attorneys requested separate
hearings for three men arrested
Aug. 24 by sheriff's deputies on
the rape charges.
The other men being held are
Leonard Eugene Sieege, 24, of
401 East 12th st., whose prelim
inary hearing started this morn
ing, and Larry William Irvin,
26, of 215 Willamette ave. The
trio were arraigned in district
court Monday and each was
held in the county jail on $5,009
bond. '
The men were represented in
court by James A. Redden,
A. E. Piazza, and G. W. Kelling
ton, local attorneys. District Atr
torney Thomas Reeder is pre
senting the state's case.
According to sheriff's depu
ties, an 18-year-old Oklahoma
City, Okla., girl was assaulted
in the Sterling Creek rd. area
Saturday afternoon.
The legal proceedings in the
case this week, have been con
ducted in a crowded courtroom.
Several small children have
been noted in the audience.
Police Investigate
Youth's Injuries
Lewis Emil Barde, 14, is rest
ing at home today following a
concussion received sometime
Wednesday afternoon.
Lewis, who lives at 924 South
Ivy, fell off of his bike in front
of his home. Hearing the noise,
his mother, Mrs. Jean Barde
came out to find Lewis lying in
the street with blood coming out
of his mouth.
He was taken to Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital where he was
found to have a concussion. He
was also, treated for a black eye
and swollen face and released.
The Barde boy had gone bike
riding with a friend and when
returning home had fallen quite
far behind hfi; friend. He re
traced his route and found the
Barde boy injured. Police are
investigating the injury.
Two Children Killed
In Washington Blaze
South Bend, Wash. (IB
Flames that swept through the
upper floor of the William Peter
son home here today took the
life of Gerald Wayne Peterson,
20 months, and his 10-month-old
sister, Rochelle. .
Police said the mother, a
three-vear-nlH hrnthpr and a
cousin escaped the blazing build
ing. The fire occurred about
7:30 ajm
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