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BEFORE FIRE The original stockade-type Upper Applegate
Grange halj is shown above before the fire which destroyed it in
September, 1955. The hall was dedicated in 1933, about three
years after the Grange was chartered. The original building was
near McKee bridge.
General Assembly
Endorsement of
Arms Plan Sought
United Nations, N.Y. (IP)
The United States and 20 other
countries today called for Gen
eral Assembly endorsement of a
disarmament plan based on
western proposals including a
joint study of outer space
objects.
The resolution, submitted for
consideration in the U.N. Main
Political Committee, provides,
for suspension of nuclear tests,
cessation of fissionable produc
tion, reduction of stockpiles of
weapons, cutbacks in conven
tional armaments and an air and
ground inspection. These steps
would be effective when a dis
armament agreement comes into
force.
The proposal actually re
peats the suggections put before
last summer's five-power dis
armament talks in London,
hich ended in failure when
Russia rejected the western
position.
Thor Missile Tested
From Base in Florida
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (W The
Air Force fired its 1,500-mile
Thor missile out over the Atlan
tic today.
The firing, apparently sue- i
cessful, was the latest in a series
of tests to determine whether
to concentrate U.S. efforts in
the intermediate range ballistic
missile race on the Army's Jupi
ter, the Air Force Thor, or a
combination of the two.
The Defense Department re
fused to comment on today's
test, except to say that a missile
was fired. However, another
source in the capital confirmed
that the missile was a Thor.
The Thor has been fired suc
cessfully only once before today.
There were four failures, in
cluding one last week in which
the Thor exploded on its launch
ing pad.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
nicht and Saturday. Shallow
fnt in lurr valleys early
Saturday, dissipating by mid-mormne-
Increasing cloudi
ness and rhance of showers
Saturday nitht. Low tonight
Z. High Saturday 68.
Temp.
Hishest Yesterday 73
l owest this Morninc 40
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
6:19 a.m.
5:37 p.m.
.... 7:14 p.m.
Last Quarter Oct. 16
Venus, the brightest planet,
has now moved into the con
stellation. Scorpio. Tonight and
tomorrow night it appears quite
near lschuhha. one of the
thrre slars forming the front
of the Scorpion s head.
Rackets Group Continues
Probe of Teamster Records
Washington (W The Senate
Rackets Committee dug deeper
today into the records of the
Teamster convention that boost
ed James R. Hoffa to the union
presidency. The committee pre
dicted the convention's "scanda
lous" events will wind up in
the courts.
Documents Studied
The committee staff is study
ing documents it subpoenaed at
about the time the Miami Beach,
Fla., convention was electing
Hoffa president of the union
the nation's largest.
The records were delivered to
the committee earlier this week.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1957
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New Upper Applegate
Grange Hall Will Be
Dedicated Sunday
The new Upper Applegate and tonight's program are open
Grange hall will be dedicated in
ceremonies at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 13. Oregon State Grange
Master Elmer McClure will con
duct the ceremonies.
Open house in the new hall,
located about four miles south
of Ruch near the Frank Preston
ranch, will be held starting at
8 p.m. today. A booster night
program has been scheduled and
refreshments will be served.
Both the dedication Sunday
Two Named fo New
Rural School Board
Ben Lombard, and Elwood
Hedberg, Medford, were elected
additional members-at-large of
the Jackson county rural school
board at a meeting last night
in the Medford High school cafe
teria. Lombard was elected for a
two-year term and Hedberg was
elected for a one-year term.
The meeting and election are
required under the terms of the
revised -rural school law. Glenn
Smith, chairman of the rural
school board, acted as chairman.
The revised rural school law
was discussed at the meeting.
The law provides for two major
changes in the operation of the
rural 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 opera
tional costs at the county level.
Romulo's Son Killed
In Airplane Explosion
Manila (W The Philippine
News service said a plane blew
up in the air over Batangas
province tonight, killing four
persons including Carlos P.
Romulo Jr., son of the Philip
pine ambassador to the United
States, and several Americans.
The PNS report said the ex
plosion apparently occurred
while the plane was flying over
Barrio Bulong on a flight from
Mindanao to Manila.
The report said the bodies of
the victims were burned beyond
recognition.
Recruiting Under Way
For Labor Conciliator
Salem iW State Labor Com
missioner Norman O. Nilsen an
nounced today the Bureau of
Labor is recruiting to fill the
newly-established position of la
bor conciliator.
They had been retrieved for the
committee after being tossed
into the otel waste chute.
Chairman John L. McClellan
(D-Ark.) said Thursday, on the
basis of a preliminary examina
tion of records of the convention
credentials committee, they re
vealed a "shocking sitation."
Some records were missing, he
said, and those furnished were
"inadequate."
Evidence of Beck Instructions
"Furthermore, we have found
several instances where Mr.
Dave Beck, the international
president, instructed the creden
tials committee to disregard the
Teamsters constitution.
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NEW BUILDING The new Upper Applegate Grange hall, shown
above, will be dedicated at ceremonies Sunday afternoon. Open
house and booster night are scheduled tonight. The new hall is
about four miles from Ruch. The site was selected because
members believe it is more centrally located.
to the public,
The new hall replaces one
which was destroyed by fire of
undetermined origin Sept. 9,
1955. The original stockade-type
structure was dedicated June 18,
1938. about three years after
the Grange was chartered.
The oid building was con
structed chiefly with volunteer
labor and material. Grangers
were assisted by 10 Civilian Con
servation Corps men from the
Applegte camp near Copper.
The building was described as
one of the most unique and beau
tiful Grange halls in the state.
After the fire, Grange mem
bers held meetings in the Ruch
school cafeteria, and decided to
obtain a new site more centrally
located instead of building on
the old site. Much of the con
struction of "the new building
was done with volunteer labor
since construction bids ranged
between 527,000 and 830,000 and
there was only about 516,000
available.
- Under the direction of Wil
liam Nostrand, construction was
started in October, 1956, but be
cause of bad weather and other
delays, it was not completed
until recently.
The structure is reinforced
pumice block roofed with cedar
shingles. The new hall is equip
ped to serve large groups in the
dining room. It also includes a
stage arid dressing rooms, is
heated by two gas furnaces.
Water is furnished from a near
by well.
Several of the 45 charter mem
bers of the Grange are expected
to attend open house and dedi
cation ceremonies. Menno Bach
mann is worthy master of the
Grange.
Hofef Lobby Fills With
Smoke After Explosion
Lobby of the San Louis hotel,
33 South Front st., was filled
with smoke about 2:30 p.m. yes
terday when an explosion
knocked the pipe off a wood
stove.
Firemen said that a hotel room
had been cleaned and the debris
placed in the stove. Debris ap
parently included six of more
cartridges, they said.
There was no damage other
than smoke, according to firemen.
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Absence in Medford
Schools Slightly
More Than Normal
Absence from Medford schools
is between 1 and 2 per cent
more than average, school offi
cials said today.
They attributed many of the
absences to slight colds, and
"over-sensitiveness" to the in
fluenza situation. They indicated
that many children were kept
home because parents appear to
be more sensitive about slight
colds. ' .
School officials said there
were 512 absenses reported in
Medford schools today, repre
senting 9.2 per cent of the total
of 5,554 students. Average at
tendance is about 92 to 93 per
cent, they said.
Greater in High School
Absences are. greater -at Med
ford High and McLoughlin Jun
ior High schools. There were
182 absent front Medford High,
which is 15 per cent of the total
student enrollment of 1,160. Mc
Loughlin Junior High reported
100 absences, or 12 per cent of
the total enrollment.
At Hedrick Junior High
schools 37 absences, or 7 per cent
of the students, were reported.
Absences in other schools this
morning were Jackson, 42; Jef
ferson, 24; Lincoln, 22; Oak
Grove, 3; Roosevelt, 49; Wash
ington, 47, and West Side 4.
School officials noted that ab
sences in two schools Medford
High and McLoughlin Junior
High are more than normal at
this time of the year, but that
in other schools, attendance is
good or more than normal.
Absences reported today were
fewer than those reported yes
ter, they said.
Fish Commission
Appointments Told
Salem HP) Appointment of
three new members of the Ore
gon Fish commission in a reor
ganization move was announced
by Governor Robert D. Holmes
today.
The governor said the reor
ganization was designed to step
up the pace of rehabilitating the
state's valuable fisheries.
New members are Harold-T.
Johnson, Astoria; Charles W.
Mahaffy, Coos county dairyman,
and Omar C. (Slug) Palmer,
Portland.
$1,786,000 Would
Finance Two-Year
Building Program
November 5 Is Date
For School Election
The Medford school board to
day called an election for Tues
day, Nov. 5, on a $1,786,000 bond
issue to finance a two-year, build
ing program.
The action was taken following
a series of meetings to discuss
building needs to provide facil
ities for an anticipated continu
ous increase . in school enroll
ment. A survey and study of
needs was started more than a
year ago.
Money from bonds, if they are
approved, will be used for addi
tions to present buildings, reno
vation of present facilities, and
construction of two new ele
mentary schools. Bonds would
be sold to finance construction
and other work only as needed,
Mrs. Evelyn Nye, chairman of
the board, said.
Largest Enrollment
The board pointed out that
Medford High school has the
largest enrollment in the school's
history. There are 206 students
more than the standard rated
capacity of the building, and
surveys indicate that by next
school year there will be 341
students more than the rated
capacity.
A large increase in junior
high school enrollment is ex
pected next year when the larg
est fifth and sixth grade classes
in the district's history move
into junior high grades. Board
members noted, however, that
most of the increase may be
handled if fifth and sixth grade
classes now using 10 rooms and
other facilities at Hedrick can
be moved to another school.
The elementary enrollment ex
ceeds classroom space by 439
students this year if the fifth
and sixth grade students were
moved from Hedrick facilities,
board members pointed out. The
shortage of elementary school
space is anticipated to increase
to 616 by 1962-63.
Increase of 2,240
The board pointed out that
since 1947, when there were
3,314 students enrolled in Med
ford schools, there has been an
increase of . 2,240 students in 10
years to the present 5,554 pupils.
Based on children now living
in the district, enrollment will
increase to 6,394 in the next five
years, board members said. This
does not take into consideration
additional children who may
move into the district as they
have in past years.
For the first time in the dis
trict's history, there are more
than 500 students enrolled in
each grade this year, and there
axe 278 seniors who are expected
to graduate.
The building program includes
construction of elementary
schools at the Phipps site and
on Grand ave., costing S324.500
each: renovation and addition to
Medford High school, costing an
estimated $898,000: addition to
West Side school, $24,000: addi
tion to Roosevelt school, $22,000;
construction of a district bus
stop, warehouse and general
shop, $52,000; and renovation at
McLoughlin Junior high, $14,
000. Equipment and legal fees
will cost an additional $127,000.
Planned Next Year
Planned for the 1958-59 school
year are elementary schools in
the northeast and southeast areas
and additions to West Side and
Roosevelt schools: renovation of
science, shop and homemaking
rooms at Medford High, and ad
dition of five or six classrooms;
and the district shops.
The board said the financial
condition of the district is ex
cellent when compared to other
school districts. The valuation of
the Medford district is S34.555.
728.22, and the district is bonded
only about one-fourth of its
limit.
Medford school district has one
of the lowest school tax rates
in the state, the board added.
Architects working on plans
have been instructed to design,
select and use economical con
struction material which will re
sult in a low cost building with
all non-essentials eliminated.
Board members pointed out
that if enrollments do not war
rant additional space in the 1959
60 school year, construction
would be postponed until it was
needed. They stressed that tax
payers would be paying only for
those buildings renovated or con
structed. Little Rock, Ark. (W Gov.
Orval E. Faubus estimated that
it will cost the government S24
million to keep nine Negroes
protected in Central High school
for the rest of the year.
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WINDOWS BROKEN The picture above shows some of the
estimated $500 damage that was done by vandals to stained
glass windows in the IOOF cemetery mausoleum in Medford
last night. One of the rocks used to break the panes can be seen
on the window sill. Other damage was done to an outbuilding
near the mausoleum and a grave marker was removed from the
cemetery and placed on the lawn of a' resideice on Tripp st.
According to Sexton Carl S. Hoskins, considerable damage was
done about a year ago to the windows in the building. Hoskins
added that, beginning today, unauthorized persons trespassing
on the cemetery 'grounds will be placed under arrest.
Russia Expected To
Launch Second 'Orb'
Within Short Time
Washington (IP The State
Department said today it would
not be surprised if Russia
launched a second space satel
lite "at any time."
The statement, made in a
press briefing, came shortly aft
er President Eisenhower met
with his Cabinet and top defense
officials in the continuing reap
praisal of the U.S. and Russian
rocket-missile programs.
School District
6C Approves Bonds
Central Point Patrons olE
school district 6C, which in
cludes Gold Hill, Sams Valley
and Central Point, approved a
$160,000 bond issue yesterday
for construction of a high school
addition.
The votij was 478 in favor and
171 against. The vole by poll
ing places was Gold Hill, 100
yes, 46 no; Sams Valley 34 yes,
12 no: and Central Point 344
yes, 113 no.
Bonds will be used to finance
construction of seven general
purpose classrooms and an art
room. The addition will relieve
congestion at Crater High school
in Central Point, which has an
enrollment of more than 650.
Working capacity is considered
500 students.
School Superintendent H. P.
Jewett said the school board
expects to call for bids for the
addition in January. Architects
have started work on plans, he
added.
Neuberger, Morse
Again Given Blame
Bend (IP! Sens. Richard L.
Neuberger and Wayne Morse,
both Oregon Democrats, today,
for the second time in recent
weeks, were blamed for Ore
gon's economic slump.
Richard Lucke, vice presi
dent of Bullier &.' Bullier of
Portland, told the Bend Cham
ber of Commerce luncheon that
"our two U.S. senators are
economic liabilities of the first
order."
Lucke said "We can't have
our public officials making in
sinuating remarks about lumber
barons, business steals, money
lenders, power pirates, etc., and
expect to build any confidence
with investors and industry in
the business attitute of this
state."
Lucke said both Morse and
Neuberger customarily reply to
such charges that they will leave
it up to the voters.
"That is just the point," Lucke
said. "The fact that voters sup
port men who are baiting busi
ness is an indication enough to
most companies that we have an
unhealthy attitude toward busi
ness and industry."
Salem HP) Prychecks of
some 7.000 state employees will
be delivered in one-third the
time and at one-fourth te admin
istrative cost next payday
through a newly installed highT
speed electronic computer, Fi
nance Director John Richard
son announced today.
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No word of the two-hour
Cabinet discussion or an earlier
conference among the President
and defense chiefs was revealed
The meetings and the State
Department's cryptic comment
came on the heels of a Russian
promise to send another and
more advanced satellite spinning
around the globe next month
before the U.S. hangs even a
'small test -"moon" in-space.
Asked whether the U. S. antic
ipates a second Russian launch
ing soon, Press Officer Jameson
Parker replied, "We should not
be surprised by a launching at
any time."
Knowland Opposes Spending
He refused to reveal whether
the U.S. government has spe
cific intelligence reports indi
cating that another launching is
imminent. But he said his an
swer was not hypothetical or
a generalization.
Meanwhile, Senate Republi
can Leader William F. Know
land said he saw no need to
abandon the administration's $38
billion ceiling on defense spend
ing. Knowland said Russia had
demonstrated that she could
shoot a sphere into space with
rocket or missile power but that
being ahead in one phase of de
velopment did not mean she was
ahead in all.
John Snider Named
To League Committee
Medford's Mayor John Snider
has been appointed chairman of
a League of Oregon Cities com
mittee to study the problems in
volving both cities and the state
highway commission.
He was notified of his appoint
ment this morning by J. W.
Barney, president of the league
and city manager of Hillsboro.
Barney's letter pointed out
that with the increase in high
way construction brought about
by the federal construction pro
gram, cities are increasingly go
ing to be involved with highway
commission planning in matters
of highway access, lighting,
routing, traffic flow, and sim
ilar problems.
The committee, which will
include members from cities of
various size throughout the
state, will seek to assist the rela
tions of the cities and the com
mission in solving these prob
lems, Barney said.
Syria Accuses Turkey of
New Border Provocations
By UNITED PRESS
Syria disclosed today It had
formally accused Turkey of new
provocations along the border
and of interfering in the in
ternal affairs of Syria.
U.S., Russia Face To Face
It was the latest of a series of
moves that has brought tne
United States and the Soviet
Union face to face in the tense
Middle East.
The danger of a flare-up in the
Middle East led the State Depart
ment Thursday to warn Russia
that the U.S. will honor its de-,
Posse Scouring
Summer lake Area
For Two Gunmen
Postmaster Beaten;
Customers Lined Up
Paislev W Some 20 sfafi
police and a sheriff's posse of
about 100 men searched the rim
rnrk country north of Summer
Lake on both sides Qf Highway
31 today for two gunmen who
held up the Paisley post office
Thursday and shot and killed
the acting town marshal who
attempted to stop them.
The car in which the two gun
men and one other who was
later captured made their get- j
awav was found abandoned on
the highway north of here late
Thursday.
John Trov Lawson, 60, who
had turned down the paying job
of town marshal but still acted
as this small community's law
officer, was fatally shot when
he grabbed his rifle and at
tempted to arrest the gunmen
during their holdup.
Postmaster Beaten
Witnesses said the two gun
men who entered the post office
"pistol whipped ' the postmaster,
Mrs. Anita Bannister, and forced
several customers to line up
against the wall while they took
an undetermined amount of
cash. Mrs. Bannister, who ap
parently suffered only minor in
juries, said there was only a
small amount of money in the
post office.
State police said when Law-
son saw what was going on he
ran to his car. got his deer rifle
and entered the post office. He
had just entered the building
when one of the gunmen shot
him. He died a few minutes
later.
Witnesses said orye man stay
ed in the getaway car during the
robbery and shooting.
Gunman Shot
One of the gunmen, identified
as Donald Ferguson, 32, of
Bakersfield, Calif., was shot in
the shoulder and captured a
short time after the fugitives
had abandoned their car. Fergu
son was treated at Lakeview
hospital where attendants said
his condition was good.
Police said Thursday was pay
day at the Paisley mill, and in
asmuch as there was no bank in
the town of 208 persons, the
gunmen might have thought a
large amount of money would
be on deposit at the post office.
But there was only a small
amount.
The Dalles Youth
Killed in Car Crash
The Dalles OP) Kent Bies.
20, The Dalles, was killed about
midnight Thursday when his car
went off Highway 30 two miles
west of here.
Thrown clear of the car but
hospitalized with serious in
juries was Janet Marie Bonne
prise, 18, The Dalles.
State police said Bies, a Union
Pacific railroad clerk, apparent
ly went into a curve at a high
rate of speed and lost control of
his car. The vehicle skidded 335
feet on the pavement, slipped
sideways 283 feet, crashed into
a cement guard rail and then
skidded 167 feet along a four
foot embankment before coming
to rest.
One City Hall Walk
Scheduled for Good
Sweeping Saturday
Sidewalk in front of either
the Medford or Central Point
city hall will get a good sweep
ing Saturday.
Mayor John Snider of Med
ford and Mayor Don Faber of
Central Point have made a
wager on the Medford-Crater
High school football game to
be played here tonight. Loser
will sweep the sidewalk in
front of the city hall in the
rival community.
Snider said he has given
Faber seven points. He re
ported that the Central Point
official accepted the odds but
with considerable reluctance
since Faber is confident Crater
will win anyway.
fense commitments to Turkey.
Communist diplomatic sources
in London made it clear the
Kremlin expects the Middle East
to blow up somewhere near the
Turkish border, and the sources
repeated Moscow's warning that
Russia would assist Syria.
Dangerous Skirmish
Both Syria and Soviet Russia
have accused Turkey in recent
weeks of massing troops near the
border, and Monday there was a
45-minute and potentially dan
gerous border skirmish between
Syrian and Turkish troops.