Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 18, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textn LlLI TomlDim Will A $795,000 Bequests Listed; Total Value Awaiting Appraisal Local Organizations . Aided by Late Rancher The bulk of the estate of John R. Tomlin, who died un expectedly Oct. 9 here, will go to charity, according to his will, which was admitted to probation this week. The Tomlin estate Is estimated to b far in excess of the $795, 000 shown in specific bequests. Appraisal of the estate has not yet been completed. Listed as recipients in the will were: Children's Home, Inc., Portland, $10,000; Medford Elks Lodge 1168, $5,000, to be used solely for charity purposes; Pres byterian church at South Holly and West Eighth sts., $10,000; St. Mark's Episcopal church of Med ford, $5,000; Sacred Heart hospi tal of Medford, $10,000, to be used for equipment for charity ward or for care of charity pa tients; Rogue Valley hospital, $150,000 for building construc tion and acquisition of equip ment; Medford YMCA $10,000. Remainder of Estate After other requests, charges against the estate and adminis tration costs are paid, the re mainder of the estate is to go to: one-eighth to Albertina Kerr Homes, Inc.; one-fourth to the Oregon Division of the Ameri can Cancer Society; one-eighth to the American Printing House for the Blind at Louisville, Ky.; one-eight to the American Foun dation for the Blind, Inc., New York City; one-eighth to the Cra ter Lake Area Council of the Boy Scouts f America and the Rogue Valley Area Girl Scouts Council, Inc. Other bequests listed include: to nephew Walter Lacy Tomlin, Oklahoma City, $150,000; to grand-nephew, John Clark Tom lin, son of Walter Lacy Tomlin, $150,000; to grand nephew Wal ter Trent Tomlin, Medford, $300,000. Grand Nephew Walter Trent Tomlin, according to the terms of the will, is to receive the property at 1053 East Main st. Vanguard Rocket Test Said Imminent Cape Canaveral, Fla. OP) The stage apparently was set to day for test firing of a Vanguard rocket in connection with the U. S. attempt to put an earth satellite in orbit to match Rus sia's Sputnik. Searchlights flashed across the sky from 1 a.m. until dawn and red-decked Air Force crash boats and retriever boats patrolled the "danger zone" near the top-se-' cret launching site. A red light, and later a red ball, were seen at the top of the 90-ft warning pole near the launching site. But observers on nearby beaches could not see the tell tale white plumes of the liquid oxygen used to fuel the missiles just before they are triggered. Indications were the long "count down" for firing of the Van guard test had been delayed. Pioneer Grants Pass Merchant Succumbs Grants Pass dP George R. Riddle, 89, a pioneer Grants Pass merchant, died at Josephine Gen eral hospital Thursday night. Riddle founded the Rogue River Hardware Store here in 1889 and managed it until his retirement in 1935. He was born at Canyonville In 1868, the son of Judge and Mrs. George Washington Riddle. The town of Riddle in Douglas county was named for an uncle, Glen Riddle. He was married in 1893 to Marguerite Casey and the couple had three children who survive. Weather FORECAST: Variable hi$h cloudiness through Saturday. Valley fog aeain tonight and Saturday morning. Low to night 32. High Saturday S. Temp. Highest Yestrrday J Lowest this Morning 32 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise ". Sunset 5:2S p.m. The Moon rises Satur day 216 a.m. Near it is seen the star, Regulus. .Sew Moon Oct. 22 Venus, low In south west at 6:12 p.m. Is now between the star. An- tares, nd the planet. Saturn. The planet is above Venus, the the star below it. 52nd Y' M. 20 Pages Ike Calls on Free Nations To Create Science Alliance Grouping Along NATO Lines Favored Washington (IP) President Eisenhower called free nations to create a super scientific alli ance that would far outstrip anything the Russians can pro duce in technological and mis sile achievements. ". . . We have the power," the president said last night. "The only thing to do is put it to gether." Eisenhower appealed specifi caly for a grouping of the scien tists of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nations. But he also had in mind the to tal scientific manpower and re sources of the free world. "NATO should not be thought of merely as a military alli ance," he said. "NATO is a way of grouping ability of our man hood, our resources, of our in dustries and our factories." Eisenhower issued the call for scientific study at a glittering White House dinner for Queen Elizabeth II. He also stressed the ties binding the United States and Commonwealth coun tries in these troubled times. Meanwhile, a high -ranking government scientist indicated the administration is in the proc ess of stepping up its missile and satellite programs. Eisenhower planned to meet with his cabinet at a regularly scheduled session today. The satellite-missile issue was almost certain to come up for discus sion. Council Adopls Assessment Bills , The city council last night adopted two assessment ordi nances, one zone change ordi nance, and called for two public hearings. The council approved a re quest for a zone change to class IIIA, limited commercial, for construction of a service station in block six of the Fruitdale addition. The zone was formerly class II, multiple family. The planning commission recom mended the request be denied. Ordinances were adopted as sessing property served by a new 12-inch water main on Cra ter Lake ave. from Saling to (Spring sts., and on property served by a new 24-inch water main on Black Oak dr. from Acorn way to Country Club dr. and on Country Club dr. from Black Oak dr., north, to Black Oak dr., south. A public hearing was called Nov. 7, on a request for zone change from class IA, single family, to class IIIA, limited commercial. The request was submitted by L. P. Older for property at Crater Lake high way and Delta Water rd. Nov. 21 was set for a hearing on assessing property for the lateral portion of a trunk water main on BJack Oak dr. from Barnett rd. to Juanipero way, Juanipero way from Black Oak dr., north, to Black Oak dr., south, on Black Oak dr. from Juanipero way to Argonne ave Adenauer Fails To Win Anti-Yugoslav Backing Bonn Germany OP) West German' Chancellor Konrad Adenauer failed to win parlia mentary support for his decision to break diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia today but gov ernment sources said he would carry out his decision anyway. Adenauer decided on the break because Marshal Tito rec ognized the Communist regime in East Germany. Danish Vessel Hits Iceberg Off Greenland Boston (IP) A Danish ship hit an iceberg off Greenland Thursday night and was report- ed "slowly sinking," the Coast Guard disclosed here today. The ship was identified as the 285-foot. 1,500-ton merchant shin Else Nielson, out of Copenhagen. Another Danish ship, the Disko, was reported giving assistance 0 n mcUFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1957 U.S., Britain Begin Talks on Washington (IF The United States and Britain began urgent talks today on the Middle East and possible closer scientific co operation. The talks were preliminary to next week's conference here between President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan. British Foreign Secretary Sel- wyn Lloyd, carrying a red dis- Truck Drivers Get Ammuition To Battle Hoffa New York OP) Thirteen rank-and-file truck drivers had new ammunition today in their attempt to unseat James R. Hof fa as newly-elected $50.000-a- year president of the Teamsters Union. The 13, members of the Team sters Union in New York, have waged a long legal battle, first to stop Hoffa's election and now to oust him!' Thursday, the Senate Rack ets Committee agreed to turn over to the rank-and-file group material which the committee originally subpoenaed from the Union. Contains Records The material contains records of the credentials committee which functioned at the Miami Beach election of the Teamsters Union on Oct. 4 which elected Hoffa to succeed Dave Beck. Committee spokesmen have indicated the records to be turn ed over to the rank-and-file show that "practically none" of the Miami Beach convention deleg ates were seated as the union constitution requires. Medford Firm Gels Fuel Oil Contract L. G. McLaren comDanv. Med ford, was awarded a contract by the city council last night to suddIv fuel oil for the city. McLaren bid 13.88 cents per gal lon on 300 oil and 15.4 cents per gallon on 200 oil. The bid included an offer to provide free labor maintance of equipment and to charge costs for replacement parts. McLaren's bid on the 300 oil was the lowest, but his bid on the 200 oil was more than other bidders. City Manager Robert bid because of the small percent age of 200 oil used, and the offer to provide free labor on maintance of equipment. Other bidders were General Petroleum, Faber Fuel com pany, Western Oil and Burner, and Standard Oil company. Lumber Official Here A letter to President Eisen hower from a Medford lumber executive, explaining concisely current economic difficulties in the industry and asking federal action, has attracted nationwide attention during the past two weeks. George Flanagan, vice presi dent and general manager of Elk Lumber company of Med ford, wrote the letter Oct. 3, and sent copies to men in the lumber field throughout the United States. He has received dozens of replies, all of them favorable. At least one recipient had the letter duplicated and distributed to a group of his associates. Receives Letter Yesterday, Flanagan received a personal acknowledgement from the President, which said: "Dear Mr. Flanagan: "Thank you for writing me re garding the difficulties being en countered by smaller lumber I companies in the Pacific North United patch esse, called at the State Department at 10 a.m. (EDT) to discuss planning for the Eisen- hower-Macmillan parley which starts Wednesday. Middle East Discussed Lloyd and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles concentrated on Middle Eastern problems, highlighted by Moscow's angry talk, and ways to step up scien tific cooperation in the wake of Russia's earth satellite suc cess. Lloyd was " accompanied by Sir Harold Caccia, British am bassador. Dulles called in As sistant Secretary of State Wil liam Rountree, his top adviser on the Middle East. The session lasted for 90 min utes. Lloyd told newsmen the con ference was "really about ar rangements to be made when Mr. Macmillan comes over what the nature of the discussion is to be, and the organization of our work." He gave no further details. He said he had to hurry off to a meeting on different matters with Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. The White House said Mac millan's visit will be a "work ing" affair and there will be "no official entertainment-- as such" during his three-day stay. Eagle Point School Bonds Are Sold Eagle Point Southern Ore gon Bank of Grants Pass was successful bidder on $120,000 worth of bonds to finance con struction of a new wing to Eagle Point Elementary school and to purchase property for play ground area. Bids were opened last night at a school board meeting here. Associated with Southern Ore gon bank is Rogue Valley State Bank of Medford, which will purchase part of the bonds, ac cording to Clarence Young, exe cutive vice president of Rogue Valley. Other bidders were the First National bank of Portland, and Blythe and company, Inc. Funds will be used to con struct a six-classroom wing to the new elementary school, and to purchase equipment for the school. Playground property will be purchased, and is re quired under the standardization program. Influenza Epidemic Reported in Russia Washington (IP) An outbreak of influenza has reached epi demic proportions in the Soviet Union, it was learned today. Many schools in Moscow, Len ingrad and other Russian cities have been closed because of the J flu, according to reliable in- lormauon received nere. west. I shall ask one of my asso ciates in the Administration, to U11 you more fully than I what steps we are taking in the situa tion you describe, but I did want personally to assure you of my appreciation of your thoughtful letter. "With best wishes, "Sincerely, "Dwight D. Eisenhower." Flanagan's letter follows: "My dear Mr. Eisenhower: "Here in the Pacific North west our economy is all too closely tied to the wood-using industries. THe Government owns most of the remaining tim ber. A relatively few large com panies own the rest. "Most small to medium-sized mills are dependent i4on Gov ernment timber. The price of Government timber sales always lags behind, whether the market is rising or falling. Just now it is falling. Price 10 Cents Tribune Press Full Leased Wire No. 153 Queen Elizabeth Visits Hospital; Thrills Children Ike Presents Medal To Prince Philip Washington OP) Queen Eliz abeth II, showing all the com passion of a mother, visited Chil dren's Hospital today and brought a story-book moment to the lives of its little patents. One of them, seven-year-old Leroy Gooding, had been coach ed for hours to show the Queen his mechanical fire truck and shake hands with her. But he was so overwhelmed when his moment arrived that all he could do was sit and stare at the Queen, his mouth agape. Leroy has been suffering from pneu monia. The 31-year-old Queen, whose two children have received the Salk polio vaccine, also visited some young patients for whom the vaccine discovery came too late. Looking at a small bov In a warm pool doing leg exercises, she said, "I hope that's nice warm water She was assured it was. Frequently she paused to mur mur a greeting to children in the hosnital beds. The Queen and Prince Philip went separate ways this morn ing in their tightly scheduled series of visits and appearances. Elizabeth, exercising the queenly ad womanly prerogative of being late for the first time on her American tour stated this rainy day 10 minutes late at the National Art Gallery. Philio Gets Medal At the same time, a White Hnnse ceremony in which Presi dent Eisenhower presented the National Geosraphic's Gold Mpdal to Philip also started late The round of activities came "Thp morning after" a sumptu oiis White House banquet which ended after a gay songfest about 1 a.m. The Oueen rejoined her hus band at the White House before going to the Capitol for a lunch pnn given bv Vice President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon in their honor. The lunch was served in the old Supreme Court chamber. Kijowland Proposes UN Team Inspection San Francisco OP) Senate Minority Leader William i Knowland (R.-Calif.) proposed today that Russia, Bulgaria Syria and Turkey permit United Nations inspection teams within their borders to check on any troop buildups. If military concentrations menacing peace are found Knowland said at a new confer ence, an international UN patrol should be set up similar to the UN Emergency Force manning the Egyptian-Israeli frontier. Describing the Middle East as a "tinderbox that could explode into a serious fire at any time,' Knowland urged an all-out ef fort by the UN to preserve peace. He said all countries in volved should cooperate. Gets Letter "After World War II there was a housing shortage, so the Government encouraged build ing with billions of dollars (VA, FHA, FNMA, HHFA). Hundreds of new sawmills were built and this shortage was gradually eliminated. Western mill towns boomed. The Government tim ber was committed to sustained yield so the small private hold ings were logged and relogged until there was nothing left. "Then it was1, discovered that this program was inflationary, so the rug was suddenly jerked out from under this new indus try. Building fell off. Lumber prices dropped. High priced Gov ernment timber could no longer be operated. Mills began to close. "Naturally, the big mills with fine stands of virgin timber, pur chased years ago at low prices, continued full scale production. The reduced demand hit the small to medjum producers and "Yeah, But Look At We've Mississippians Give Kennedy Ovation for Anti-Segregation Talk Jackson. Miss. (IP) Sen. John F. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) received a standing ovation from a Deep South audience Thursday night at the end of a speech in which he expressed his opposition to school segregation. The young New Englander, sometimes considered a possible Democratic presidential candi date in" 1960, addressed an over flow crowd of about 2,000 at a statewide rally of Mississippi Young Democrats. No Hesitancy In his talk he responded to a statement by State Republican Chairman Wirt Yerger Jr., that he should be put on the spot about how he feels on the racial issue. "I have no hesitancy in telling him the same thing I have said in my own city of Boston that I have accepted the Supreme court decision on segregation as the supreme law of the land," he said. "I know we do not 8gree on that but I think most of us do agree on the necessity to uphold law and order in every part of the land." Always Will Disagree He also said the North and South both will recognize "that what unites us is greater than what divides us" and that the Democratic party "always will have disagreements." "Now I invite the Republican Department Approves Eighth-Main Couplet Medford City Manager Rpb ert A. Duff has received word of the approval of the Eighth st. Main st. one-way couplet by the state highway commission. Duff said a hearing on the project probably will be called at the next city council meeting Nov. 7. The couplet will be the first segment of the city's 10 year arterial street program. Work is planned to start soon after council approval is grant ed, he said. The city's portion of the more than $185,000 con struction costs will be about $43,000. The state will prepare plans, obtain rights-of-way and over see contracts and construction, Duff said. The project should get under way within the next two months if no unforeseen problems occur, he added. Eighth st. will carry east bound traffic and Main st. will be for westbound traffic. from Ike those larger mills which were dependent upon high priced Government stumpage. Smaller Operalioni "Now these smaller operators find themselves caught in a squeeze between high Govern ment stumpage and a poor lum ber market brought on by Gov ment actions designed to curb inflation. Does the Government really want this to happen? Economists predict another hous ing shortage and building boom about 1960. ' Wouldn't it be a good idea to let some of these small companies survive until then? ' "I am not speaking for my self, as we have curtailed our output and we have sufficient quantity of good - virgin timber to see us through, but there are hundreds of companies, employ ing many thousands of workers, who are not . as fortunate. I plead for them." The Beautiful Safe Built" chairman to tell us his views and those of Tresident Eisen hower and Vice President Nixon," Kennedy said. He went on to lambast the ad ministration's foreign and do mestic policies and at the end of his brief talk the crowd gave him a standing ovation Kennedy said the Eisenhower administration nas adopted a foreign policy of "retreat and regret and retrenchment" and has not been frank with the pub lic on how we stand in the arms race with Russia Eugene Man Takes Stand in Court Robert L. White, Eugene plaintiff in a damage suit against City Patrolman Gerald L. But ler, took the stand this morning in Judge Edward C. Kelly's circuit court. He testified as to his employ ment status and his , physical condition before and after the accident involving a Medford patrol car March 15,1957. White was driver of a car involved in an accident with the Medford city police car at the intersection of Court and Man zanita sts., according to the complaint. The complaint states further the plaintiff suffered severe in jury in the accident. According to the city police reports, the patrol car was traveling south on Court st., when Butler received a call to investigate a disorderly conduct complaint. Reports show that the patrol car proceeded, with red light -on and siren sounding, to the intersection of Manzanita st. The patrol car proceeded through a red traffic light at the intersection where the accident occurred, according to reports. Stanley Jones is attorney for Butler and Robert Duncan is at torney for White. Portland Woman Files Suit in Circuit Court Mrs. Lee Ella Bennett, Port land, through her attornery James A. Redden Jr., has filed a complaint against Elvis C Arn old, Cenrtal Point, asking $28. 500 eeneral damages and $150 for medical expenses for in juries received in an accident July 4, 1957. Arnold was driver of a pick up that was involved in an ac cident with a car in which Mrs. Bennett was a passenger. The accident, according to the com plaint, occured near the Muir Creek Forest camp on Highway 230 near the camp road intersec tion. Mrs. Bennett, who was preg nant at the time of the accident, stated in the complaint, that she suffered fractures, severe shock to her entire nervous system, and bruises in the ac cident. Big Balloon Launched For Scientific Study Crosby, Minn. HP) A giant plastic balloon carrying two Navy officers in a sealed alumi num gondola was launched from an open pit iron mine at 7:15 a.m. today. The Office of Naval Research lifted the secrecy label from the flight after the 245-foot high bal loon had reached its 80,000-foot ceiling to begin an eight-hour session of scientific experiments. United States Said Taking Risk Of Starting War Wouldn't Escape Blows, Peiping Radio Warns By UNITED PRESS Communist China said today it would go to Syria's aid if Syria is attacked. A Peiping Radio broadcast heard in London said Chinese Communist leader Mao Tze-Tung pledged that the Peiping regime would "resolutely support, the joint struggle of the Syrian peo ples to defend their independ ence and peace. Peiping Radio warned the United States was "risking the danger of starting a war" and said "in the era of interconti nental guided missiles ... it would not escape heavy blows as it did during the last two world wars. "America's allies also may be the targets of these guided mis siles and this is sofiTething they should seriously consider," Peiping said. Turkey Assures Syria In Damascus a Syrian govern ment official disclosed that Tur key had given formal assurances it did not plan to attack Syria, but he said a Turkish note de livered yesterday was another example of "interference in our affairs." . The statement came from act ing Syrian Foreign Minister Khalil Kallas. He took exception to the wording of the note which said Turkey was "concerned" at the "Syrian attitude" and at "what is taking place in Syria." Regarded As Interference "We regard this as interfer ence in our affairs," Kallas said. New charges that the United States Sixth Fleet and Turkey were making "provocations" against Syria came today in Cairo from the six million strong International Federation of Arab Labor Unions. The federation said it cabled President Eisenhower asking him to use his "good offices" to avert a Middle East war and threatening to cut Western oil supplies if Syria is attacked. "Beware our wrath," the fed eration told Eisenhower. Appeal To UN It also appealed to U.N. Sec retary General Dag Hammarsk jold to take effective steps to avert a nuclear war and cited his efforts in the Egyptian in vasion. The Syrian crisis was expected to come before the U. N. General Assemblj' by Tuesday for a full fledged debate. Syria has re quested such a debate and the U.N. Steering Committee was meeting this afternoon to put the debate on the agenda. Absences Reach 910 in Schools Absences in Medford schools totaled 910 today, according to Assistant Superintendent Elliott Becken. The figure is 16.4 per cent of the 5,554 students en rolled in Medford public schools. Becken said absences are about double the normal for this time of the year. Average ab sence is about 8 per cent. Many absences, he indicated, are due to slight colds which ordinarily would not require ab sence. He said people seem more cautious now because of the in fluenza situation. Although absences are scat tered through the system, Beck en said, there are more out from secondary grades than from elementary grades. Absences from Medford High' school today totaled 224, or 19 per cent of the student total of 1,160. Absent from McLaughlin Junior High school was 18, out of a total of 850, and from Hed rick Junior High school there were 145 absent from a total of about 500 students. Roseburg Bowler Seeks World Record For Continuous Games Roseburg TP) A 35-year-old Roseburg truck driver to day was bowling at a six games -an-hour clip in an at tempt to set a new world's record for continuous games bowled. Miller Eaton, who started at midnight Thursday, had bowled 60 games by 10 a.m. today. His average was 178 per game. He was being served his meals by the man agement of the bowling alleys and a doctor was to be called in later in the day to check on his physical condition. National Bowling Associa tion headquarters at Milwau kee said the world's record was 261 games bowled in 6IV2 hours by Paul Garfield in 1931 in Si. Louis.