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Newspaper Page Text52nd Year Subscribers To report Improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune in Med Tord phone SP 2-6141. Ashland MU 2-1021, Yreka 841W before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10 JO a m Sunday. If regular delivers arrives short ly after you call please notify of fice thus eliminating special mes senger service.) Recommended IViEDFORD RIBU A feature story about moun tain climbing by John nv. Rogue valley rancher, this sum mer appear on page 1 of to day'! Mall Tribute. United Prex Pull Leased Wir United P' 32 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1957 No. 130 n Crisis Possible Due To Terrorism Diplomats Predict Jordan Army Loyalty Considered Big Hope Washington OP Well in formed diplomats said a new Middle East crisis may be touch ed off in Jordan by Syrian-inspired terrorism and impending home-front political decisions. External and internal chal lenges to King Hussein's author ity were causing anxiety here and in other Allied capitals. But officials said trouble may be averted if the British-trained ar my remains loyal to the king. These diplomats see some sta bilizing factors in the uneasy situation, including the king's determination to stand up to in ternal opposition as well as Syr ia and Egypt, the merchant class which fears Syrian pro-leftist control and the steady flow of paychecks to the Jordanian ar ras : But the overall outlook is said officially to be uneasy and will continue to be so for a long time. Tail Will Coma Recent delivery of American arms was designed to discourage Jordan's political opportunists. A test of the king's popularity, however, will come next month when the Jordanian parliament must be called into session or dissolved. The United States has a heavy political and strategic stake in Jordan's future. This country is providing Jordan with 10 mi. lion dollars in military aid, and 20 million dollars more in eco nomic aid. The total is more than one-third of Jordan's budget. Syria's trouble-making in Jor dan and Lebanon as well was reported to be well-documented here and in other western capi tals. Experts said Egypt also is known to be behind some of Jor dan's internal trouble. This in tereference is regarded as a dan gerous by-product of Russia's ef forts to stir up trouble in the Middle East through, arms dclivr eries. Via the underground, some arms and dynamite shipments are reported moving from Syria into Jordan. Terrorist attacks have been made on Jordanian communica tions lines. And on the United States Information Service (USIS) building and the Turkish embassy in Amman. The USIS building was shaken earlier this month by a charge of. jellied dynamite attached to the build ing's water meter. Salem (IP Job placements by the State Employment Serv ice held up to previous levels last month despite increased summer time unemployment. Sports Bulletin Portland, Ore. UP Power ful Oregon State, before the largest crowd ever to see a football game in Oregon, roll ed up an easy 20-0 victory over Southern California as the Beavers opened defense of their Pacific Coast conference title Saturday night in Mult nomah stadium. Football Scores PACIFIC COAST Washington St., 34, Nebras ka 12 Hay,'" 40, Lewis & Clark 6 Stanford 46. Kansas St. 7 Oregon 9, Idaho 6 Southern Methodist 13, Cal ifornia 6 MIDWEST Bradley 13, Butler 8 Detroit 14. Marquette 0 Iowa St. 10. Denver 0 Wyoming 12. Kansas St. 7 SOUTHWEST Texas A&M 21-, Maryland 13 Texas Christian 13. Kansas 13 Arkansas 12, Oklahoma State 0 Baylor 7. Villanova 0 SOUTH Clemson 66, Presbyterian 0 Georgia Tech 13. Kentucky 0 North Carolina St. 7, North Carolina 0 George Washington 7. Wil liam and Mary O Duke 26, South Carolina 14 Vanderbilt 7. Missouri 7 Rice 20. Louisiana State 14 Texas 26. Georgia 7 Florida Stale 27. Fuman 7 Mississippi Southern 7, Lou isian Tech 0 EAST Navy 46. Boston College 6 Oklahoma 26, Pittsburg 0 West Virginia 6. Virginia 6 Classroom Predicted Leonard B. Mayfield, superin tendent of Medford public schools, said Saturday a "critical schoolroom shortage will exist in the Medford district beginning in the fall of 1953." He based the statement on the first permanent enrollment fig ures, which "indicate that the exisiting overcrowding in sev eral elementary schools and the senior high school will be much increased next year to a point where the school program will be greatly impaired." Figures Show Increases Enrollment figures show that 1,090 students have registered at the high school, a 12.6 in crease more than last year, and Dixie Governors Open Conference, Nerves On Edge Atlanta (IP) Dixie's chief executives gathered in Georgia Saturday for the annual South ern Governors Conference which opens today in an atmosphere of disputes on segregation, the states rights issue and bickering within the Democratic Party. Gov. Orval E. Faubus, who temporarily abandoned his fight to prevent integration of Little Rock, Ar., schools, was expect ed to be a central figure in the summer resort of Sea Island. The southerners were expect ed to talk either publicly or privately on the events leading up to the recent turmoil in the Dixie school integration prob lems. Observers speculated the conference may get off to a hot start when the governors take up a touchy subject Monday, "Can a southerner be elected president?" Three Democratic governors on hand for the conference dis counted any outright split in the party's ranks. Gov. Luther H. Hodges . said - he - hoped - North Carolina would stay In the party. "We have nowhere else to go," he said. SP Officials Agree To Study New Run Congressman Charles O. Por ter said Friday Southern Pacific railroad officials have agreed to make a study of the possibility of operating a diesel-type pas- senger train between Eugene and Ashland. Congressman Porter was in Medford Friday to attend the annual convention of the Oregon State Bar association, which con cluded yesterday. He said he discussed the SP passenger service in this area with railroad officials in San Francisco last week. The study would include costs of operating a diesel-type service and what intereference such service may have with present freight sched ules. Previously Porter suggested the railroad operate passenger service on the Ashland-Eugene line on an experimental basis for a year. Porter said SP officials indicated they may consider the proposal, which would pro vide service to connect with the Shasta Daylight. The train would go one way each day under the proposal. Congressman Porter said rail road officials would notify him of the results of the study. Southern Pacific discon tinued passenger service on the Siskiyou line between Ashland and Eugene more than a year ago.' Fall Into Water Ditch Fatal to Medford Man A Medford man. Royal Wat kins, 63, of 702 Welch st., died after falling into an irrigation ditch about 2:15 p.m. Saturday, according to city police reports. He apparently suffered a heart attack while standing on the bank of the ditch, located at 24 Lewis st., and fell into the water, they said. The Medford fire department was called to give artificial respiration. An autopsy will be performed by the Jackson county coroner's office on Monday to determine if Watkins died of the heart at tack or drowning after falling into the ditch. Miami (IP) Tropical storm Frieda blossomed with 60 mile an hour winds in the Atlantic some 875 miles east of the Flor ida coast Saturday night and headed toward the general di rection of the United States coastline. Shortage for City the first time in the school's his tory there' has been more than 1,000 students. Mayfield said ad ditional students still are work ing in the fruit harvest, and will further increase enrollment. The smallest senior class in several years, 254, will graduate next spring, he noted, but class es advancing are the largest in the school's history. There are 366 juniors this year, 470 sophomores and 503 ninth graders who will be ad vancing next ; year, Mayfield noted. The potential total enroll ment at Medford High school next year will be 1,339 students, he pointed out. The difference between this year's senior class and ninth grade enrollments is indicative of the record high enrollments anticipated for the fall of 1958 59, he said. "The expected in crease is particularly significant when related to the determined school capacity of 920 students," Mayfield stressed. Enrollments at Hedrick and McLoughlin Junior High schools experienced a small drop from last year's all-time high registra tions. There are 1,285 enrolled this year compared to 1,346 last year, a drop of 4.5 per cent. The present sixth grade is the beginning of the post-World War II children, school officials not ed. The peak figure continues through the first six grades and pre-school age groups as deter mined by the school census and state board of health birth rate figures. Elementary enrollments in grades one through six are at an all-time high, totaling 3,112 compared to 3,050 last year, a 2 per cent increase. Serious over crowding exists in several grade levels at Roosevelt,' Jackson and Jefferson schools where state standards as to numbers are greatly exceeded, Mayfield said. By schools, the figures are Jackson, 580 this year, 567 last; Jefferson, 369 this year, 347 last; Lincoln, 356 this year, 359 last; Oak Grove, 179 this year, 177 last; -Roosevelt, 931 this year, 912 last, Washington, 615 this year, 626 last; and West Side, 82 this year; 62 last year. Enrollment Figures By grades, enrollment figures are first grade, 544 this year, 539 last year; second grade, 510 this year, 544 last; third grade, 512 this year, 539 last; fourth, 494 this year, 512 last year; fifth grade, 520 this year, 431 last year; sixth grade, 484 this year, 397 last year. An additional 48 students are in specials this year compared to 38 last year. Mayfield pointed out that lasjt spring the school administration made a careful study of school building needs coordinated with a detailed analysis of the high school plant and program by a team of educational authorities from the University of Oregon. Evidence then pointed to the need for additional classrooms. However, in view of the local depressed economic conditions, the board of education decided to wait for fall enrollmens to see what the effect was on the student increase. Board members noted that any effects on fall enrollments from the depressed lumber economy was slight. The school board has instruct ed Mayfield to determine the minimum school building needs to be achieved by the fall of 1958 and 1959 in order to provide necessary classrooms for increas ed enrollment. The matter of ef ficient location of school facili ties to meet the needs also will be studied for recommendation to the board. Editorials Not Read, Editors Informed Timberline Lodge (IPI Charles Sprague, editor of the Salem Statesman, told a gather ing of Oregon editorial writers here Friday that newspaper read ers are not reading the editorial pages. Sprague, keynote speaker at the two-day editorial conference, cited editorial campaigns for wa ter fluoridation as an example of the failure of Oregon editorial pages to influence voters. Another speaker, Charles Stanton, editor of the Roseburg News-Review, singled out four editorial writers in Oregon who have achieved reputations as editorialists beyond the limits of circulation of their newspapers. He asserted that fame could not have been won if those writers had concentrated on readership targets. Praised by Stanton were Sprague, Frank Jenkins of the Klamath Falls Herald and News, George Putnam of the Salem Capital Journal, and Robert Ruhl of the Medford Mail Tribune. Not Running Yet, Hitchcock States While in Salem Expresses Concern For Campaign Funds Salem (IP) Portland Repub lican Philip S. Hitchcock said here Friday he does not plan to use a congressional seat as a stepping stone to the United States Senate. Rep. Walter Norblad. Stayton Republican whom Hitchicock might oppose for the Republican congressional nomination next May, had said earlier this week that Hitchcock sounded "more like a man wanting to run for some other office than wanting to do a job of representing his district in Congress." Not Committed Hitchcock emphasized he had not committed himself to any campaign yet and that he was concerned with campaign fi nances. Hitchcock was in Salem for a statewide Republican executive committee meeting at which plans were discussed for a state Republican newspaper. Republican leaders were urged to set . up active party programs. Secretary of State Mark Hatfield told the executives "many with in the party rank and file eager ly are awaiting assignments." State Treasurer Sig Unander said the party "must put aside personal and policy friction to work for "EDay, election day of 1958." Meeting Scheduled For Crusade Report A meeting at 12 noon tomor row in the YMCA social hall will hear the first report on the progress in the 1957 United Med ford Crusade. Crusade chairman Bob John son has announced that Elk Lum ber company and Griffin Creek school have become the first or ganizations to receive bronze plaques under the new "fair share" program. Elk mployees contributed on the fair share basis of one hour's pay per month and sub scribed over $6,000, Johnson re ported. This is the seventh year they have done so. Griffin Creek school's staff of 20 turned in fair share donations also. Plaques are awarded to com panies of 20 or more permanent employees when at least 80 per cent of the employees contrib ute to the fund and at least 50 per cent contribute as fair share givers, according to plaque chair man Jim Rowan. This year's .campaign began Tuesday, Sept 17. Indictments Dropped Against Assistant DA Portland (IP) Two perjury indictments against Oscar D. Howlett, assistant Multnomah county district attorney, were dismissed here Friday by Cir cuit Judge Martin W. Hawkins. They were the only indictments remaining against Howlett. Assistant Attorney General Arthur Higgs asked for the dis missal on grounds there was in sufficient evidence on which to base prosecution. Roseburg Man Elected George W. Neuner, Roseburg, was announced as president of the Oregon State Bar for 1958 at the final luncheon of the 23rd annual meeting of the bar here Saturday. ' Other officers were Bert S. Gooding, Portland, vice - presi dent; Earl F. Bernard, Portland, treasurer; and John H. Hollo way, re-appointed as secretary. About 350 lawyers finished four days of convention activi ties last night at the annual tent show, featuring talent from the Jackson County Bar association. Board Introduced Yesterday, four incoming members of the board of gov ernors were also introduced at the luncheon. They were Otto R. Skopil Jr., Salem, first con gressional district; T. Leland Brown, The Dalles, second con gressional district; Clarence D. Phillips, Portland, third congres sional district; and C. S. Em mons, Albany, fourth congres sional district. Outgoing members of the board included Frank J. Van Dyke, Medford, who served the past year as bar vice-president. At the final business meeting Saturday morning bar members approved only three resolutions. One recommended construction Mil Outsiders From Little Dave Beck Declines Reply to Charges Of AFL-CIO Group Fires Off letter To AFL-CIO Head Miami Beach HP) Teamsters President Dave Bech refused Sat urday to answer the powerful AFL - CIO excutive council's charges of corruption in his huge union until they are reviewed by the Teamsters convention here. In a letter to AFL-CIO Presi dent George Meany, Beck denied charges by the ethical practices committee of the AFL-CIO that the Teamsters Union is dominat ed by corrupt influences. But he declined an "invitation" to ap pear before the council about the matter. Fires Off Letter Beck fired off the letter as the teamsters prepared for their convention starting here Sept. 30. The convention will be high lighted by election of a new president to succeed Beck, who is retiring. Midwest vice presi dent James R. Hoffa is consider ed the top candidate, despite charges by the ethical practices committee that he promoted the interests of labor racketeers. The AFL-CIO executive coun cil, meeting in New York next week, "invited" Beck and other teamster officials to appear be fore it on Wednesday to reply to the charges. But Beck said he would not go. He said the members of the teamsters excutive board, which unanimously approved Beck's letter, "believe that a situation having such great significance to the ' entire labor movement should not be the subject of pre cipitated and hurried action." "We shall present the entire matter to our International con vention," the letter said. "Con sistent with our democratic tra dition, we shall be guided by the wishes of our members as expressed by the delegates to that convention." Beck said whatever action is taken on the AFL-CIO charges "will depend entirely" on what the convention decides. Monte Carlo (IP) Most Monagasques said Saturday they hoped Princess Grace and Prince Rainier's new baby would be a brother for Princess Caroline. Weather FORECAST: Fair through Mon day, high Sunday 92. low Monday 48, high Monday 94. TEMP. Highest Yesterday .'. 90 Lowest this Morning 43 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:59 a.m. Sunset 6:10 p.m. Autumn will begin and Summer end tonight at 11:27 p.m. as the Sun enters the Sign of Libra. The Moon' rises Monday S:5S a.m. and is in Perigee. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets T:1J p.m. Saturn, low In south- west 7:43 p.m. Mercury, low In east 4:56 a.m. of a new supreme court build ing at Salem. The second approved resolu tion expressed bar approval of a proposed amendment to supreme court rules which would allow any civil action, upon agree ment of the parties, to be heard before a panel of three supreme court justices and two circuit court judges. Third Resolution A third resolution expressed thanks to organizations helpful in staging the convention. Early in that part of the meet ing during which resolutions were considered, a slight debate was provoked by thtree resolu tions introduced by Eugene C. Venn, Lane county district at torney. One resolution in particular, dealing with the way in which grievances against lawyers should be handled by the bar, aroused feeling. Venn said he felt "the bar as a whole has failed to live up to the expecta tions of the public in policing its own members." All three resolutions were re ferred to the board of governors for further action, as were the other four resolutions heard. About 500 persons gathered in the National Guard auditori "Leave Something County Enrollment Shows Slight Rise Jackson county schools have a total enrollment of 14,731 stu dents to date. This represents a 2.1 increase over last year's figure of 14,421, according to Jim McDonald, Public Relations director for the county school su perintendent's office. McDonald said the 2.1 gain represents a 310-student increase in school enrollment. However, these figures are just an indi cation of enrollment trends in the county schools, and no qffi-. cial gains or losses in enroll ment can be made until the first Democratic Dinner Set For Portland Portland (IP) "Pennies from Heaven" is the theme of the an nual Jefferson-Jackson dinner Saturday night, Sept. 28, at the Masonic temple in Portland. Guest speaker will be Gov. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine. All Oregon's top elected Democratic officials, except Sen. Wayne L. Morse who had a previous en gagement, plan to attend ac cording to Mrs. Sylvia Nemer, general chairman. Tickets for the dinner, which is open to anyone regardless of party affiliation. May be ob tained in Medford from Mrs. Ed ward C. Kelly, 906 West 4th st.. or from Larry Sheehan of Rogue River, Democratic chairman of Jackson county. They are also available at the State Democrat ic headquarters, 1201 Loyalty building, Portland. - San Francisco (IP) . Demo cratic National Chairman Paul Butler Saturday disclosed details of a planned "adult education" course for party precinct work ers. President um Fridav evening to hear A. Cecil Snyder, former chief jus tice of the supreme court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, speak at the annual bar dinner meeting. Snyder, speaking with a slight Texas accent, described theh po litical status, economic progress and judicial system of Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans enjoy United States citizenshop, free trade, common currency, common de fense and international laws with citizens of the United States. Federal laws, except the tax laws, also apply, Snyder said. Operation Bootstrap Bv "Operation Bootstrap," the commonwealth has been able to "offer new industries a complete tax holiday for ten years, includ ing income taxes." This has brought a $3 billion investment in 450 new factories to the com monwealth. Puerto Rico buys $600 million from the United States annually, and "per capita is its best cus tomer in the world," Snyder de clared. A "unique provision" in the Puerto Rican constitution has "created a judicial system under which a case can no longer be war mm Hook Gfligh School For Me, Charlie" quarterly attendance report is in the office, he stated. Largest Gains Schools showing the largest gains are the Medford Senior High school wjth an increase of 12.6 over last year at this date. The total enrollment in crease for the Medford schools is 2.3 with 5.487 pupils in at tendance. District 6C which com prises Central Point, Sams Val ley and Gold Hill schools shows the largest .increase, of any dis trict with 3.27c. Enrollment is up to 2,080 students in the com bined district. Crater High school is up in enrollment about 7 this year and has 635 stu dents . in attendance. Ashland schools are up 2.2 in enroll ment with a total of 2,337 stu dents. Other school districts in the county remained about the same with small gains, according to McDonald. Two Areas Decline Only two areas have shown a decrease in attendance with Prospect schools down 40 stu dents and Rogue River down about 50. The reasons for this decrease, McDonald ;said, are a migration of population within the valley and a noted decrease in employment in these areas which directly affects the school enrollment, Soon after the September quarterly reports are in, a more complete and accurate tabula tion of enrollments can be made by this office, at that time, en rollment figures will be released for each school, he said. Seeley, Calif. (IP) A nine-dog brawl outside his window early Saturday wasn't bad enough, carpenter Claude Parker said. The blankty blank dogs some how managed to break a water pipe on the house and cause a small flood in the back yard. of State Bar dismissed because the court has no jurisdiction ... If no one objects, a case is tried where filed," Snyder explained. He said the judicial system was ad apted from the New Jersey sys tem. Trial judges must make week ly reports of the hours spent on the bench. Snyder drew audience applause when he told the gath ering" . . . judgest . . . must re port the reasons why cases tried on the merits have not been de cided within 45 days after sub mission." Snyder resigned from the court recently to enter private law practice. Some bar officials estimated that he spoke to the largest crowd ever assembled for an annual bar dinner. Roberts Toastmaster George Roberts, Medford at torney, acted as toastmaster. Out going bar president Alan Davis of Portland thanked the Jackson County Bar association for its work as host organization. G. w. Wellington is president of the local association After Saturday's luncheon, the convention schedule called for an afternoon of recreation at the Elks picnic grounds on the Rogue river. Violence Possible At Little Rock As Negroes Enroll Guard Ordered Off After Court Action Little Rock, Ark. (IP) The Little Rock school board, con cerned by the possibility of vio lence Monday if nine Negroes start classes at Central High school, told all outsiders, includ ing working newsmen, to stay out of the building. Gov. Orval E. Faubus ordered the National Guard away from Central High Friday night, three hours after Federal District Judge Ronald N. Davies en joined him against interfering with Central's desegregation. School Superintendent Virgil E. Blossom, after a meeting Sat urday of the school board, said that he wanted no adults, includ ing newsmen and photographers, and excepting only employes of the school, inside the building for the first few days next week. He said an hour after school opens Monday, he will hold a news conference at his office and disclose how the 1,800 white stu dents at Central High receive the Negroes, if they appear Mon day. The Negroes have not an nounced whethehr they will go to Central Monday, although they are already registered. Judge Davies temporary in junction was formally filed Sat urday with the clerk of U. S. District Court. It amplified his brief verbal order yesterday. i Forbids raubus The injunction,, as filed, for bade Faubus, Adjutant General Sherman Clinger and Lt. Col. Marion Johnson of the National Guard to obstruct the integra tion of Central High with troops, threats or coercion, or from dis couraging the Negroes by any other means. Blossom said Central High is open to the Negroes and they can start attending classes when ever they want to. Newport, R. I. (IP) Presi dent Eisenhower stepped into the Little Rock school integra tion dispute Saturday with an appeal to the city's white par ents to vigorously oppose any violence by "extremists" seek ing to keep Negroes out of the city's Central High school. He said removal of troops from Central High last night was a "step in the right direction" and called for peaceful integra tion of the school. The President also outlined the events of the last 24 hours in Little Rock and called for "sympathetic understanding" to ward the nine Negro children who have been barred from Cen tral High since the opening of the Fall term Sept. 3. In Washington it was learned on good authority that the FBI will have observers on hand Monday when the Little Rock school opens. They will be on the alert for civil rights viola tions but are not expected to do more than report back to the department of justice. In his statement, the Presi dent said: "The sincere and conscientious efforts of the citizens of Little Rock prior to Sept. 2 show that they are persons of good will and feel a responsibility to pre serve and respect the law whether or not they personally agree with it. Eisenhower began his state ment bv cting what he called three events of major impor tance that have occurred in Little Rock. These he said were: The Governor of Arkansas withdrew the troops from Cen tral High. The school board announced its intention to carry out its plan for integration by inviting nine Negroes to enroll at Central High school. The local law enforcement agencies have announced they are prepared to maintain law and order in the place of Na tional Guardsmen. Gov. Orval E. Faubus Satur day dumped Little Rock's inte gration problem into the hands of local and federal authorities and disclaimed responsibility for any violence that ' may occur Monday when unguarded white schools will be opened to Negroes.