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lit sore In SMS RUSSIAN SATELLITE LAUNCHED Russia has won the race into outer space by successfully launching the first earth satel lite. The radio "beep" of the satellite signaled to the world that man had crossed the threshold into the age of space travel with an 184-pound, 22.8-inch globe now orbiting the earth 560 miles up at 18,000 miles an hour. Newsmap shows the approximate orbit of the Russian satellite by the black line. The proposed orbit of the satellite the United States will launch will follow the white line. V ? . 4 i'v Kit Mir kJ& v1 " DRAWING OF SOVIET SATELLITE Cross section of interior of Russia's earth satellite is revealed in this drawing, taken from Moscow magazine. Radio photo was received in New York via London. ' (International) Satellite -Missile Proposal Rejected Washington (IF The United States today rejected Soviet boss Nikita Khrushchev's proposal for a separate U.S.-Soviet agree ment on earth satellites and pilotless missiles. The State Department declar ed that the U. S. will continue to support an agreement on sat ellites and other out-space de vices only as a part of a larger 'California Girls Apprehended in City Three juvenile runaway grls from southern California were turned over to Jackson county juvenile authorities early Tues day morning after city police stopped a car on North Central ave. for a routine traffic citation, according to police reports. Police said they stopped a car operated by William James Dar rah, 22, of Salmon, Ida., to cite him for permitting four people more than 12 years old in the front seat. They said the three girls matched a description fur nished of the runaways. Darrah, told police the car be longed to his brother-in-law. sta tioned at McClellen Air Force base, Calif. He said he left his brother-in-law at the base, saw the girls in a parking lot, and offered them a ride, according to police reports. Police said Darrah told them he was trying to get to Reno but got "lost and ended up in Ore gon." He is serving a five-day sentence for permitting four peo ple more than 12 years old in the front seat of a vehicle, police said. Stitzer Reported Improving at Hospital Sacred Heart hospital officials have listed the condition of Harry Lewis Stitzer, 44, as "improving". Stitzer was injured in the city jail two weeks ago when another inmate attacked him, he told police. Both were confined on charges of drunk in public at the time, police records show. J SOUTH tOll 4 disarmament agreement support ed by" many nations. Khrushchev, in an interview with the New York Times, pro posed that the satellite and other scientific devices be controlled as part of an American-Soviet agreement on the question of peaceful coexistence. State Department Spokesman Jameson Parker noted that U.S proposals on controlling earth satellites and other devices were put forward as a "package plan" at the recent London Disarma ment conference. He said the U. S. "will stand on the propos als" made Aug. 29 at London and supported by Canada, France and the United King dom. Parker emphasized that this Aug. 29 proposal was "multilat eral," and not just between the U. S. and the Soviet Union as Khrushchev now proposes. Khrushchev Tells Of Soviet Weapons Moscow (W Soviet party chief Nikita Khrushchev said to day the intercontinental ballis tic missile is "only one of the many things we have." He had described the ICBM earlier as a "terrible and pitiless weapon." "The age of bombers is over," Khrushchev said. "Our ICBM shows it is no good to send hu manly controlled machines against missiles. "This all points to the fact we have even more things up our sleeve. You cannot send hu man flesh and blood to fight things like that." Khrushchev warned the Unit ed States and Turkey to watch their step in the Middle East be cause it will be too late "once guns begin to fire and rockets to fly." Chiloquin, Ore. ' (IP) Bar ney Hooper of Midland, Ore., and E. H. McEwen of Eugene have won two Bureau of Indian Affairs contracts for construc tion of roads and bridges on the Klamath Indian reservation here. -5 Afc, Jt- Retiring Defense Chief Not Alarmed By Russ Satellite Navy Sees Threat To Western Bases Washington (If) Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson said today that Russia still does not have an intercontinental ballistic missile in its arsenal and has not jumped ahead of the United State in the arms race. The retiring defense chief told newsmen after a farewell con ference with President Eisen hower that Russia's successful launching of a 18,000-mile an hour satellite has "not alarmed" him. At the same time, however, the Navy said Russia's "known possession" of ' a 1,500-mile in termediate range ballistic mis sile poses a serious threat to western bases ringing the Soviet Union. The Navy statement was made in a one-line comment by Capt. H. L. Miller of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, in a briefing for the National Secur ity Industrial Association here. "The known Soviet possession of the IRBM at present seriously prejudices our tenure of any base within 1,500 miles of Soviet launching sites," Miller said. He did not elaborate. The U. S. has not yet perfect ed or put into operation its IRBM. If the Navy statement meant that Russia has operation al IRBMs, it could mean a ser ious shift in the balance of mili tary power. The statements came as con gressional critics took the first steps toward forcing a complete reappraisal of U. S. defense spending. 4 There ' were these develop ments in the mushrooming con troversy over whether the U. S. is falling dangerously behind Russia in the arms race: Senate members of an Arm ed Services Subcommittee be gan gathering information from Pentagon officials on the status of U. S. and Russian rockets, missile satellite and related pro jects. Eisenhower summoned and defense leaders to the White House for a secret conference on the same questions. Two more Democratic sen ators called for action to make the U. S. competitive with or reassert its superiority over Rus sia in missies and scientific achievement. -Wilson said Eisenhower had not given him any instructions to speed up the U. S. space sat ellite and rocket-launcher pro ject. Wilson told newsmen he stood by his earlier statements that the U. S. is not lagging behind Russia in over-all military strength, including missiles. A complete reappraisal of the U. S. defense program in the shadow" of the Russian earth sat ellite appeared to be in the mak ing. Blue Mountain Hunt For Two Continues Pendleton (IP) Umatilla county sheriff Ray Johnson said Monday a search is continuing for Lillian Hodges, 16, and Bar ney Blackwell, 35, both of Ken newick, Wash., even though the pair vanished in the Blue moun tain area over six weeks ago. Johnsons aid he hoped the Oregon deer season might result in the finding of a new clue to the disappearance. Last Aug. 24, during a picnic, the girl disappeared while on a hike. Blackwell was reported missing about an hour later. Capital Punishment Is Capital punishment should be abolished in the state of Ore gon was the panel discussion topic this morning at the Med ford Ministerial association meeting at the First Presbyter ian church. In favor of the abolishment were Robert Duncan, Medford attorney and state representative and the Rev. Thomas McCam ant, pastor of Congregational church. Against the abolishment were the Rev. Kenneth Korby, pastor of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church, and- Walter Nunley, former Jackson county district attorney and Medford attorney. The question will be voted on by residents of Oregon in Nov ember, 1953, when a constitu tional amendment will be pre sented to eliminate any mention of the death penalty from the state constitution. The law will include death for treason against the state, and when a person while serving a life sentence commits first degree murder. Compares Persons Mr. McCamant compared the person serving a life sentence HAROLD JAFFREY Accepts Chairmanship Jaffrey Accepts Chairmanship of Great Decisions Harold Jaffrey, assistant man ager of the Veterans administra tion domiciliary at Camp White, has accepted the chairmanship of the coming "Great Decisions . . . 1958" program in Jackson county, it was announced today. He will head a temporary committee which will direct the foreign policy study program for the third year in this area. Emphasis in the Great Deci sions program is on informal discussion groups which are formed to study areas of United States foreign policy, using ma terial prepared by the Foreign Policy association. More than 200 persons took part in last year's program in Jackson county. The statewide program is headed by Mrs. Mabel Mack of the Oregon State college exten sion service, and is assisted by the extension service, the gen eral . extension division, and several civic groups, such as the National Junior Chamber, of Commerce and the Parent Teacher associations. Among those . who will work with Jaffrey this fall, preparing for the-study groups which will meet for eight weeks in Febru ary and March, are Ron James, national director for the Junior Chamber of Commerce; Bruce Metzger, principal of Oak Grove school; Don Geren, Eagle Point dairyman; Mrs. John Ouster hout, last year's chairman; At torney William Trout, house counsel for Bear Creek 'or chards; Dr. Clifford Miller, Southern Oregon college; Mrs. Roy Elmgren and Miss Mary Pat Lucy, who will represent home extension units; Prof. Richard H. Byrnes, Southern Oregon college, and Mrs. Justin Smith, Medford High school faculty member. Jaffrey, who has been at the domiciliary for two years, is ac tive in Rotary, the Masonic lodge, the state and national hos pital associations, the Eagle Point Parent - Teacher associa tion, and is also attached to the local Air Force reserve squad ron. An early meeting of the Great Decisions . . ., 1958 temporary committee is expected to be held soon to make preliminary plans. GERMAN AWARD Frankfurt, Germany (IP1 The German book trade award ed its annual peace prize Sun day to American dramatist Thornton Wilder for his works based on "spiritual power in our confused age." Seven previous winners of the prize included Dr. Albert Schweitzer and German-Swiss novelist Hermann Hesse. to "lost sheep" saying that Jes us was concerned about those persons who were rejected by society. The majority of the men who are put to death for capital crimes, the minister said, are those without money and friends. It has been said in many cases that the wealthy are able to appeal, eventually having the sentence changed to life impris onment. . "The only argument for capi tal punishment," Mr. McCam ant stated, "is that it saves the state money. But relatively few of the persons convicted of capi tol crimes are executed." Executing Punishment "Responsibility of executing of capital punishment is some thing that should not be left up to society," he concluded. "Capital punishment has ob viously failed as a deterrent when a murder is committed," Nunley explained. "We can num ber the failures but not the suc cesses of capital punishment as a deterrent, for we have no way of knowing how many people have refrained from murder be cause of the fear of execution." 52nd v IP .eased binmittee Named or Reorganization Nine members and five alter nates were selected here last night in the county courthouse to form a committee to act on the reorganization of school districts. The meeting and the resulting organization is mandatory under the law enacted by the last state legislature. Purpose of the committee will be to study reorganization of the county on the basis of what is considered to be the most effi cient district according to Jim McDonald of the county school superintendent's office. The com mittee's recommendations will be submitted to voters in the school districts Members Listed The nine members elected last night were D. H. Barber, Trail; Archie C. Fries Jr., Ashland; Glenn W. Smith, Jacksonville; J. A. Hoffbuhr, Medford; Wil liam H. Prentice, Medford; Otto H. Bohnert, Central Point; Keith N. Hockersmith, Medford; Doug las B. Finch, Butte Falls; and R. C. Gail, Gold Hill. Alternate members selected, ranked according to eligibility, are Dr. J. Robert Tolle, Apple gate; Dr. F. Lee Mellish, Med ford; Cecil Kee, Shady Cove; Arthur MacKintosh, Phoenix; and Dale S. Collins, Gold Hill. The alternates will serve when and if a vacancy occurs on the committee. Within 10 days, according to law, the county superintendent must notify each officially of the selection. Members have 10 days in which to notify him of accep- School Girl Denies Charge by Faubus 'Little Rock, Ark. OP) Gov. Orval E. Faubus' charge that paratroopers have invaded the girls' dressing room at Central High school was denied today by a girl student who said she may have been the original source of the charge. Catherine Craighead, 16, an orphan who is a sophomorel at Cental High, told reporters she believes Faubus' charge may be an "exaggerated" version of something she said. 1 Faubus made the allegation Monday. School officials termed it "ridiculous." The White House said it was "completely untrue and completely vulgar." The governor retorted' that "we will prove it when the time comes." Jim McDonald Leaves For. Georgia Meeting Jim McDonald, of the Jack son county schools superintend ent's office, was scheduled to leave today for a meeting of the Georgia Educational associ ation in Atlanta, Ga. McDonald, president of the student division of the National Education association, will ad dress the students attending the convention. He will return Mon day, he said. Salem (IP) The State Agri culture department condemned 1,775 milk cans during the first eight months of this year com pared with 3,168 . cans for the same period last year. Discussed He added that in the United States an average of one mur derer in 85 has died. "There is too much gushing sentimentality over prisoners," Nunley continued. "Society has taken the view that everything must be pleasant." Power, Right, Duty He1 concluded that the power, right and duty under law has been given by God to govern ment, to kill if necessary, in or der to suppress resistance to law, and in order to maintain individ ual security under law. Many New Testament references recog nize the divine appointment of government, but the right to kill has been denied the individual by God, he said. "Protect society by isolation, not by death," Duncan advised, "society can not assume the guilt of committed individuals. Rec ords show that innocent persons have been punished." Many capital crimes, Duncan continued, have been committed as crimes of passion or are pre meditated. In these crimes, cap ital punishment did not act as a deterrent. He added that in states which have abolished capital punish Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1957 tance. The committee must hold its first meeting Nov. 7, or with in 30 tlays after the first meeting to plan the group organization. Thursday Meeting Compliance with another new law relating to the rural school board will start Thursday night with a meeting of members of the rural school board and boards of first class districts in the county. The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. in the Medford High school cafeteria with Glenn Smith, chairman of the rural board, in charge. The purpose of the meeting will be to elect two temporary additional members-at-large to the rural board. The revised rural school law provides that two major changes in the operation of the rural school board. They are to create a county-wide educational board to deal with all educational mat ters at the county level, and to provide partial equalization of tax levies for school operational costs at the county level. The revised law will be ex plained at the Thursday meeting UMC Contributions Behind Those Last Year At This Time Contributions to the United Medford Crusade are behind last year's donations as the campaign goes into its fourth week, UMC officials reported yesterday. Workers at yesterday's lunch eon reported contributions total ing about $11,000, to bring .the total to $40,177, or 32.7 per cent of the $123,130 goal this year. Last year, $42,670, or 36 per cent of the goal, had been reached by the third week. Robert A. Johnson, campaign chairman, praised Ed Chavis, chairman of the public works section of public employees, who reported an increase of 800 per cent in contributions; and Charles Hill of the retail divi sion who reported completing all but one account in the office section. Hill's section showed an increase of 120 per cent more than last year. Commercial Division . The commercial division, head ed by Emmett Bullard and Bert Wright, received the UMCky, a monkey presented to the group which reports the lowest amount each week. Last week, the mon key went to Bob O'Sullivan's distribution division. The public employees group, of which Elliott Becken is chairman, reported 74.4 per cent of the group's total. Other re ports were from the professional group, 52 per cent; lumber work ers group, 34.4 per cent; retail division, 33.8 per cent; service division, 31.5 per cent; and spe cial gifts, 67.3 per cent. bulletin New York (IP) The Brook lyn Dodgers announced today Ihey are shifting their fran chise to Los Angeles. By Panel ment the capital crime rate in many cases is far lower than in those which still have the law. Explaining the constitutional amendment that will be voted on next year, Duncan recom mended that all voters study the proposed amendment. Speaking against the abolish ment of capital punishment, Mr. Korby said "murder is the taking of life which belongs to God. Therefore, God takes the life of the murderer. The law is a law of retribution." Protects Life He continued tjhat in an or derly society which protects life and executes justice, man as an executor merely puts divine law into effect. Justice, Mr.- Korby stated, as used by government, is return ing to man a comparable portion to his deeds. The remaking of men's lives and motives is the work of the Gospel, he stressed, the government is not committed with the task of preaching the Gospel. Delayed justice is no justice, according to Mr. Korby, this has often been the terrible weakness in dealing with murderers. United The Arkansas Traveler Investigators Wait Teamster Records Washington (IP) Senate In vestigators waited . impatiently today for delivery of teamsters convention records to see wheth er they are getting evidence or ashes. i Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), of the Senate Rackets committee said a union attorney reported Sunday night that doc uments subpoenaed by the com mittee "had been thrown down the incinerator." The attorney blamed a night maid at the Eden Roc hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., where the recent teamsters con vention was held, McClellan said. , , . . .. - , . . 'Nothing Wrong' Hoffa Say But. President-elect James R. Hoffa said in Miami Beach on Monday-night . the - documents were on their way to Washing ton after being "temporarily lost." He said there was "noth ing wrong." Committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy in turn challenged Hof fa or any other teamsters of ficial to give assurances that the documents were intact. He said John F. English, union secre-trary-treasurer "could not give assurance that all the documents were there." It was not clear whether any of the papers actually had been burned. Hoffa's comment indi cated they had not, but Kennedy quoted the union attorney as saying the committee could see for itself the documents had been in the incincerator. McClellan said when the at torney was asked for the maid's name so that she could be in Diplomats Annoyed By Syrian's Attack United Nations, N.Y; (IP) U.S. diplomats expressed frank annoyance today at Syrian For eign Minister Salah El Bitar' slashing attack on U.S. policies and Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. noted that Bitar did not even mention the U.S. lead ership of the opposition to the invasion of Egypt last year by Britain, France and Israel. "This leadership, as well as the long history of American assistance in the Middle East, and elsewhere, to peoples seek ing independence, makes it in conceivable that we should now be guilty of the type of 'colonial ist' activity with which we are charged by the Syrian foreign minister," Lodge said. No Hasty Action Said Caused by Satellite Washington (IP) The White House made it clear today the administration is not being thrown into hasty action by- the Russian satellite now spinning around the globe. President Eisenhower plans to discuss the satellite with the Na tional Security Council Thurs day amid mounting pressure for a drastic reappraisal of U.S. de fense policies. But presidential press secre tary James C. Hagerty said Mon day there are no plans for the President to receive a special briefing on the Red satellite be fore the security council meeting. He said the President is being kept informed on developments, but regarded the launching as no surprise. Price 10 Cents Tribune Press Full Leased Wire No. 144 terviewed, he reported that she had suddenly died of a heart at tack. "The committee will be In terested in determining wheth er this incident is just another of the many strange coincidences that the committee has encount ered in trying to secure team sters records, or if it is in fact a wilful defiance of the commit tee's authority and an attempt to obstruct its investigations," he added. The documents in question are records of the convention's Credentials committee. The con vention seated hundreds of dele gates despite the Senate commit tee's statement it had evidence they had been chosen illegally. Election Thursday In District 6C Central Point Patrons of school district 6C, which in cludes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley schools, will vote Thursday on a $160,000 bond issue for additional high school classrooms. The election was called by the school board Sept. 16 to help relieve congestion at Cra ter High school here. If the bond issue is approved, funds will be used to construct seven general purpose class rooms and one art room. The construction also would provide needed space for more lockers, school officials said. Enrollment at Crater High, school this year reached 652 students, school officials noted. Last year there were 585 en rolled. Working capacity is con sidered about 500 students. Polling places will be at the Gold Hill school gymnasium, the Sams Valley school, and in the gymnasium at Central Point Junior High school. Polls will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. Satellite Pays First Scientific Dividend London (IP) The Soviet earth satellite paid man his first scientific . dividend today. Soviet scientists checking the satellite's flight through outer space said they have discovered "changes in the absolute in tensity of the electro-magnetic pole." A. broadcast by Radio Moscow heard here said this was learn ed "by means of the short wave transmitter" aboard the man made moon. "A device for research in the propagation of radio waves was used to obtain this information," the broadcast added. Weather FORECAST: Cloudy with occa sional light rain tonight and Wednesday. Gusty southerly winds tonight. Low tonight 48. High Wednesday 60. Temp. Highest Yesterday 62 Lowest this Morning 46 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 6:16 a.m. 5:42 p.m. 5:31 p.m. Sunset Mnonrnse - Full Moon fHlintjrc Moon) 1:42 p.m. PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Cassiopeia, in the northwest at sunset, will be high in north at midnight. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, low in south west '5:56 p.m. Saturn.' sets 7:50 p.m.
