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FLAMES Four Medford city firemen are sil
houetted against the flames from the fire
wh.ch destroyed the Eruce Bauer Lumber
company early Sunday morning. Stock was
A spectacular fire early Sun
d a y morning destroyed the
Bruce Bauer Lumber company,
765 South Riverside ave., and
damaged stock at the S-W Floor
Covering store, next door.
The extreme south wing of the
lumber company, containing the
retail store, and a frame storage
building in the southeast corner
of the lot were not damaged, ac
cording to Fire Chief Gordon
Barkpr.
Th fire was reported to city
police by Henry Courtney at
12:44 a.m. City police dispatched
a patrol car which reported a
trash fire at the lumber com
pany yard to firemen.
Send All Equipment
Barker said that one pumper
was sent to the scene which ra
dioed for all general alarm
equipment at 12:52 a.m. It was
reported that the majority of the
building was on fire by that
time. City police shot the lock
off the cate of the lumber yard
so firemen could get to the fire.
A high southeast wind, Barker
said, caused the fire to spread.
The south wall of the S-W Floor
Covering store was badly
scorched and fire burned
throush the roof in the rear of
the building into a store room.
Although firemen extinguished
the fire before the front part of
the building was damaged, about
one half of the stock was report
ed destroyed. Heat from the
flames made it necessary for
firemen to be covered by a fog
spray when they moved in close
to the fire.
Barker said a quantity of dy
namite and caps owned by the
California Oregon Power com
pany stored in a nearby shed
Eisenhower Observes
Birthday With Work
Washington ? Presi
dent Eisenhower observes his
67th birthday today in apparent
good health and spirits despite
the continuing stress of domes
tic and world problems.
It was slated to be mostly a
day of work for the Chief Ex
ecutive. He had a busy schedule
of appointments before a mid
afternoon birthday visit by a
group of Republicans including
Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
Queen Elizabeth Presides
Over Canadian Parliament
Ottawa. Ont. OP Queen
Elizabeth II wears her corona
tion gown today for the most
important occasion of her visit
to Canada the opening of Par
liaments It will be the first time a
reigning monarch has presided
over Canada's governing body.
For the solemn event the blue
eyed Queen brought along her
coronation gown a fabulously
jewelled and embroidered white
satin with sweeping skirt and
slight train. It was designed by
one of her favorite dressmakers,
Norman Hartnell of London.
Privy Council Meets
The historic day for the
Queen and her 16 million Cana
dian subjects began with a meet
ing of her Privy Council, or
Cabinet. Among them was
Prince Philip, who was appoint
ee. Sunday by the Canadian
prime minister.
Sunday night. Elizabeth made
her first "'live'' television speech,
an informal chat in which she
confessed that life, even for a
were removed through the rear
of the lumber yard by employ
ees of the company. It was
moved to the power company
magazine near Camp White and
the Pierce Freight lines ware
house. The fighting of the lumber
company fire was complicated
by an additional supply of dyna
mite caps in the office which ex
ploded as well as several drums
of oil, cans of paint, and other
explosive materials, Barker said.
Spot Fires Halted
One spot fire was reported on
the roof of Anderson Thrift
Market, south of the lumber
yard, which was put out imme
diatelv bv firemen. Power and
Three Arraianed
On License Charge
Hearings were set for three
Medford businessmen this morn
ing by Municipal Judge Noreen
Kelly after they were arranged
and chargged with conducting
business without a city license.
Two other businessmen told
the court they would Kay the
license fee after talking with
the city attorney. The fees have
been overdue since Sept. 1, ac
cording to City Treasurer Darell
Huson. The city council voted
adoption of the license ordinance
cn August 15.
A hearing was set on Nov. 5
for Ray's Barber Shop, 139
North Central ave.. owned by
Ray DeMarrs, 708 West Second
st. Hearings for Richard G.
Shafer, 60 North Quince st.,
owner of the Shafer Electric,
142 North Front st., and for the
Tic-Tok Time Shop, 34 North
Bartlett st., owned by M. J.
Olson, Arnold lane, were set
on Nov. 7 and 12.
All three men posted 25 bail.
City Attorney E. R. Bashaw
said that each case would be
separate because, "the ordinance
should be determined to each
individual that raises the ques
tion." According to Huson. the aver
age city license fee is S19.50 per
business. This is slightly less
than last year, he said. All three
men questioning the tax are as
sessed less than the average, he
added.
queen, has its dull side.
It was a slightly nervous
queen who made her debut, but
before her informal, eight-minute
talk was over, she again
was poised royalty.
Speaking part-time in English,
part in French, she told Cana
dians she hopes to return to
America in 1959 to open the
St. Lawrence Seaway and that
she will make a trans-Canada
tour at the time.
The Queen added that "one
day'' she would like to bring
her two children. Prince Charles,
and Princess Anne, to North
America.
Looks Forward to Parliament
Looking to the historic appear
ance before Parliament today,
she observed:
"There are long periods when
life seems a small dull round,
a petty business w-ith no point
and then suddenly we are
caught up in some great event
which gives a glimpse of the
solid and durable foundations of
our existence. I hope that tomor
row will be such an occasion."
also damaged at the S-W Floor Covering store
and spot fires were reported in the area. A
crew ot 40 men and four trucks fought the
blaze foi the majority of the night which was
reported at 12:44 a.m.
telephone poles on both sides of
the street were set afire by the
heat and were reported to have
been extinguished several times
by firemen.
A 60,000 volt circuit in the
area also caused a proble,m to
firefighters before power com
pany officials cut off power.
Four trucks, including two
1,000 gallon per minute pump
ers, one 750 gallon and one 500
gallon, were dispatched to the
scene of the blaze. Reserve
equipment and six men were
left on duty at the fire station,
Barker said. Fighting the blaze
were 14 on-duty firemen, 15 off
duty firemen, and 11 volunteers
plus the chief and his assistant.
Stock Destroyed
A large lumber stock was de
stroyed in the fire and three
trucks and a passenger car were
also badly damaged. No estimate
was available today as to the
amount of damage caused by the
fire. Lumber company owners,
Paul Bauer, Medford. and Bruce
Bauer, San Carlos, Calif., were
reported hunting in eastern Ore
gon over the week end. They are
expected to return to Medford
this evening.
City police routed northbound
traffic onto Barnett rd., Keene
Way dr., and down Main st., po
lice spokesman said. A crowd of
some 1500 people gathered at
the scene of the blaze in spite of
the high wind. Police officials
said that the crowd was orderly
and did not interfere with the
equipment in any way. Approxi
mately 12k police officers were
at the scene.
Remains at Fire
Fire equipment remained at
the fire until 4 a.m. Sunday
when a small utility unit with a
four man crew and two hose
lines checked throughout the
day for sparks. A, few spot fires
were reported in the area Mon
day morning.
Part of the area in which
the blaze was fought was inside
the city limits, and part was out
side. Unattended fires are not
allowed within the city limits
nor is the storage of dynamite,
City Manager Robert Duff said.
Planning Group
To Hold Hearing
A Medford Planning Commis
sion Rearing will be held tonight
at 7:30 p.m. in the city council
chambers, according to City
Manger Robert A. Duff.
Hearings will be held on re
quest to change property from
zone class IA, single family to
IIIA, limited commerical. The
property is located on Crater
Lake highway and Delta Waters
rd. It is owned by L. P. Older
who plans a service station on
the site.
A hearing will be called for a
petition on change of zone from
class IA, single family to class
II. multiple family. The location
of the property is on Berrydale
ave. at the Big Y Market.
A tentative sketch of the West
wood subdivision extention will
be submitted to the commission
at tonight's meeting. The com
mission will also report on Laur-sen-Gregg
subdivision request.
The commission will give
their report on vacation of an
alley in the Consolidated addi
tion and present the proposi
tion for a sanitary sewer in the
South Riverside ave. area. ,
The Meeting is open to all
interested people. Duff said.
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BLAZING UPRIGHTS A lone fireman sends
a stream of water on some of the blazing
uprigh-s, all that remains of the Bruce Bauer
Lumber company, at the early Sunday morn
MedfordTribune
MEDFORD,
Hitchhiker Dies
In 3-Car
Pileup
On Highway 66
One person was killed and
six were injured, but none criti
cally, in three separate auto ac
cidents Sunday in the Medford
area. '
Killed at' approximately 3
p.m. Sunday was a hitchhiker
tentatively identified as Willard
Ratliff,. Los Angeles. He , was
involved in a three-car collision
on Highway 66 near Emigrant
lake, five miles southeast of Ash
land, state police said. His age
is yet unknown.
Injured in the same accident,
but not critically, were: Donald
G. Stewart, 28, of 210 Laurel st.,
Medford, driver of the car in
which Ratliff was riding; Haskell
Lee Stewart, 22, of route 2, Med
ford, also a passenger in the
Stewart car; Milo G. Barnes, 55,
of 626 Catherine st., Medford,
driver of another car; William
Deward Jennings, 38, of 340
High st., Ashland.
Driver of the third car in
volved was Louis Marsillius
Westby, 64, of 646 Pine st.. Cen
tral Point. He was reported not
injured.
Car Careens
State police reported the Stew
art car spun oa the wet highway,
struck the westbound Westby
car, then careened across the
highway, hitting another west
bound car driven by Barnes.
Stewart, Barnes and Jennings
were all taken to Sacred Heart
hospital and were described in
fair condition today. State police
said all three cars were badly
damaged.
Mrs. Clara A. Harris, 64, of
Central Point, was reported in
fair condition in Sacred Heart
hospital, following a collision
with a Southern Pacific engine
about 3:35 p.m. Sunday at the
Scenic ave. crossing north of
Central Point.
State police said Mrs. Harris
had pulled up and stopped her
Volkswagen, then pulled out
onto the track. The front of the
train hit the car in the left side,
between door and' fender, and
shoved it 13 feet up the track,
officers said.
The attending physician said
she has a broken bone in her
hand,- bruised leg and possibly
a broken rib.
Six Car Accident
A six-car accident at the inter
section of Main st. and Central
ave. on Sunday about 1:30 p.m.
caused a traffic jam that lasted
about 30 minutes, according to
city police.
Police said only one man was
injured in the large accident,
Liburn Victor Peterson, 821
West 10th ave., who told police
he was making a turn at the
intersection when he suffered a
epileptic attack and blacked out.
He said he remembers nothing
until awakening at the hospital
where he was treated for head
lacerations, police said.
Police said Peterson's car col
lided on the side with one driv
en by David Bruce Shaffer, 932
Stewart ave. Shaffer's car hit
the rear of a car driven by Dean
Harold DeBerry, 56 Bigham rd.,
No. 149
OREGON
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Hoffa, Others Barred
From Taking Office
In Teamster Union
Washington On A federal
judge today temporarily
barred James R. Hoffa and
other newly elected officers of
the Teamsters union from tak
ing office.
Hoffa was elected president
of the union to succeed Dave
Beck at the recent Teamsters
convention in Miami Beach,
Fla.
Federal Judge F. Dickinson
Letts signed a temporary re
straining order, in effect sus
pending the convention's deci
sion and set Monday, Oct. 21
for a hearing.
The judge acted on a plea
by 13 rank-and-file Teamsters
who charged that 80 per cent
of the convention delegates
were illegally selected to in
sure victory for Hoffa and his
slate.
Merrill Man Slays
Middle-Aged Couple
Merrill, Ore. (IP) Baxter Hig
nite, 27, Merrill, was to be ar
raigned in Klamath Falls today
for the slaying of a middle-aged
Merrill couple Saturday night.
The couple had been shot with
a .32-caliber rifle.
Dead were James E. Flaugh,
about 54 and his wife Pearl,
about 51.
Merril Chief of Police Dal
Reed said Hignite admitted
shooting the- Flaughs after they
refused to let him take his
daughter, Cheryl Ann, 2. Hignite
and his wife, Oeta Rae, about
25, are reportedly estranged.
Reed said Mrs. Hignite and the
child had been living with the
Flaughs.
The woman was not at home
when the shooting occurred.
Central Point. DeBerry's car was
pushed into a car driven by Ron
ald Lavon Glazier, 602 North
Riverside ave., by the impact
of Shaffer's car.
Police said that Peterson's car,
still traveling after hitting Shaf
fer's car, then collided w-ith a
car driven by Elgan Eugene
Amidon, box 136, 112 Ajax st.,
Camp White. Amidon's car was
hurled into the sixth car in
volved in the collison, driven by
Joe Whipple, 1946 Delta Waters
rd., city police, said.
Police said no citations were
issued.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy this
evening, becoming low over
cast or fog in valleys tonight.
Clearing by noon Tuesday.
Fair Tuesday afternoon. Low
tonight 33. High Tuesday fi5.
Temp.
Highest Yesterdav 60
Lowest This Morning 46
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 14
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 6:23 a.m.
Sunset 5:32 p.m.
Moonrise 9:45 p.m.
Last Quarter Oct. 16
Venus, low in southwest at 6:06
p.m.. continues to move east
ward among the stars of Scor
pio and now forms a triangle
with Antares. its brightest star
and Saturn, the planet above it.
mm
ing fire. A high southeast wind fanned the
fire causing it to spread throughout the lum
beryard and into nearby buildings. A crowd
estimated at 1500 persons gathered at the
scene.
ER 14, 1957
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Fresh Tracks Spur
Search for Killer
In Paisley Holdup
Paisley (IP) A report of
fresh tracks today spurred the
search in the rimrock country
north of here for the man who
gunned down John Troy Law
son, 65, during a post office rob
bery here last Thursday.
"We intend to keep search
ing until we are sure one way
or the other whether he is or
isn't in there," Lake County
Sheriff Thomas Elliott said.
Object of the search is a man
identified as Jesse Thurman
Hibdon, 30, Marced, Calif. El
liott said Hibdon is believed to
be carrying a rifle and possib
ly a German luger. He said the
fugitive, a former Paisley mill
worker, probably is familiar
with the rugged area into which
he escaped.
Partner Captured
Donald Lee Ferguson, 32,
Hibdon's partner in the holdup
and slaying, was wounded and
captured shortly after the pair
abandoned their getaway car on
Thursday. He was being held in
the Lake County jail in Lake
view. Elliott said tracks were found
Sunday which had been set
since it rained Saturday night.
The tracks were located near
the top of the 7,000-foot ridge,
where nights have been cold.
Hibdon was believed to be dres
sed only in a light shirt and
slacks.
Douglas Fir Sawmill
Production in Decline
Portland (W Douglas fir
sawmill production, orders and
shipments for last month were
approximately 17 per cent below
the 1952-56 average, Secretary
Harris E. Smith of the West Coast
Lumbermen's Association said
today.
"It's a Nice Trick But
By UNITED PRESS
Some of the Egyptian troops
and tanks which landed in Sy
ria were reported moving up to
the tense Turkish border today
in a development that heighten
ed fears of an explosion in the
Middle East.
Egyptian sources in Cairo
warned that Egypt "will take
military action if necessary to
defend Arab nationalism against
big power moves" a warning
that caused new uneasiness in
Israel and Jordan. Cairo news
paper pictures showed tanks ac
companying the troops.
King Feisal of Iraq met with
King Hussein of Jordan Sunday,
and there were reports in Am
man that Iraq, a Baghdad Pact
all of Turkey, might send troops
into Jordan to defend it against
any threat.
Danger Termed Serious
Israeli Foreign Minister Gol
da Meir said in New York the
Syrian build-up was a "serious
and grave danger to Israel."
And official sources in Jerusa
lem said the Egyptian "publicity
stunt" could provoke the Arab
states into some new action.
But Israeli sources said the
Egyptian move may alert the
United States and NATO once
more to the military threat to
Turkey.
The Egyptian troop movement
came against a background of
Syrian and Soviet charges that
Turkey and the United States
planned aggression against Sy
ria, and a solemn warning by
the United States that it stood
by its commitments to help de
fend Turkey.
Jets Fly Overhead
The initial group of Egyp
tians landed in Syria at Port
Satakia, only 20 miles from
the Turkish border, while Sy
I Scout Fund Drive
Kicks Off Tonight
Central Point First Boy
Scout finance campaign in over
three years will be kicked off
at 7:30 p.m. today in the Cen
tral Point Junior Chamber of
Commerce building, according
to Jerry Gastineau, district fi
nance committee chairman.
Gastineau pointed out this
campaign is one of several to
be conducted in Jackson county
outside the Medford and Ash
land United Fund campaign
areas. Approximately $6,000 is
the total goal for the outside
area, it was explained. This will
affect 650 Boy Scouts, Cub
Scouts and Explorers, in the
areas outside of Ashland and
Medford. Central Point has 125
members. The 56,000 is part of
the over-all goal of $40,000 for
Josephine, Jackson and Siski
you counties.
"This campaign, and the oth
ers, will go toward the total
budget of the Crater Lake Coun
cil, and is not to be miscon
strued as a fund campaign for
local Scout units," Gastineau
said.
A. D. VanHorn, chairman of
Central Point's Cub Pack 40 of
Central Point is serving as cam
paign chairman locally.
Local campaign workers in
clude Richard Stratton, William
Colley, Leo Cellura, Dr. Bruce
Turner, George Evans, Wallace
Bowen, John Croskell, Don Fa
ber, Rick Taylor, Robert Suth
erland, George Evans, Kenneth
Toner, Gay Hallett, and Chet
Ayres.
Any other persons interested
in the scouting program are in
vited to the kickoff tonight for
campaign workers, VanHorn
said.
It Has No Significance"
rian and Egyptian Soviet-made
jets flew overhead. One battal
ion was reported to have land
ed for immediate deployment.
Damascus Radio disclosed that
some Egyptian troops were be
ing deployed along the Turk
ish border when it said "the
arrival of Egyptian troops bol
sters Syria's defenses in both
the north (Turkey) and the
south (Israel)."
Informed sources in Cairo
said the Egyptian troops would
be deployed along the Turkish
border where the Syrians are
undermanned. Most of the Sy
rian army is concentrated on
the Israel border.
Supreme Court
Refuses To Reviev
Kaspen Sentence
Washington 1") The Su
preme Court today refused to
review the one-year jail sen
tence imposed on segregationist
John Kasper for interferring
with integration of the Clinton,
Tenn., High school last year.
Rejection of Kasper's appeal
means he must serve the one
year in prison meted out by a
federal district court in Tennes
see which found him guilty
of criminal contempt. Kasper has
been free on $10,000 bond pend
ing high court action on his ap
peal. Intervention Refused
Disposing of scores of cases
at its first working session of
the new term, the high court
also refused to intervene direct
ly in the eight-year-old effort of
Virgil D. Hawkins, a Negro, to
gain admission to the University
of Florida Law school. However
it did tell Hawkins to apply to
"an appropriate U. S. district
court" for help.
The court took these other
major actions today:
Agreed to examine the va
lidity of so-called "hot cargo"
labor contracts in the transpor
tation and building industries.
Reversed the convictions of
Communist leaders Claude M.
Lightfoot of Chicago and Junius
Scales of Greensboro. N.C. The
action was taken with the con
sent of the Justice Department.
It was based on the Jencks de
cision which the court handed
down last spring.
Camp Owner Cleared
Set aside the contempt con
viction of Willard Uphaus, op
erator of a summer camp at Al
bany, N.H., who refused to give
state subversive hunters the
names of guests at his camp in
1954 and 1955..
Agreed to take another look
at the eight-year-old legal battle
of a Swiss holding company to
recover stock control of Gener
al Aniline and Film corp.
Dismissed a challenge to the
constitutionality of a Connec
ticut law which permits anyone
who is injured by a drunk to
sue the person who sold the
liquor.
Upheld the right of the Fed
eral Trade Commission to sub
poena books of the Fireman's
Fund Indemnity Co. of San Fran
cisco, in connection with inves
tigation of charges that the firm
has put out "false and mislead
ing advertising" on health insur
ance contracts.
Ail-Night Search
Locales Lost Hunter
A. C. Brisbine, 76, of 1847
Stewart ave., Medford, was lo
cated this morning in the Lake
Creek area following an all
night search by Oregon state
police, sheriffs officers, county
highway employees and friends
and relatives of Brisbine.
Brisbine was hunting Sunday
with a friend, Claude Rector,
1220 Morrow rd., when they
became separated during the af
ternoon. After a search of the
area by Rector failed to locate
Brisbine, authorities were noti
fied. The lost man told officers that
he camped over night in an old
mill above the Lake Creek
store. He was tired when found,
but in good condition.
Brisbine was the second hun
ter to be lost during the week
end. Earl Lenz, 203 West Main
st., Talent, was reported lost
near Klamath Falls Friday mor
ning. He was located Saturday mor
ning by Klamath county sher
iff'.; officers and was reported
to be in good condition.
Washington opt Son. Henry
M. Jackson (D.-Wash.) said in a
statement released by his office
that budget cutbacks ordered by
the administration caused delays
in the U.S. missile program.
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