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o)fl7 Jim - :5B;i Ini e i P Ira lb e riyJilL llflULklgP fltb'T -irfhfM' . fell -j - - i v MARKS 40TH YEAR Eugene K. Ricker, right, manager of Camp White Domiciliary, was honored at a special cere mony yesterday afternoon in recognition of his 40th year of service with the Federal government. The ceremony, held in the Domiciliary theater, was attended by a farge number of hospital personnel. Above, assistant manager, Harold Jaffrcy, fastens a special "government service" pin to Ricker's lapel. Ricker began his 'career with the govern ment by enlisting in the National Guard at Washington, DC, in 1917 and has served continuously since then, in the capacity of supply officer, assistant manager and manager of various posts throughout the United States. Ricker was assigned to Camp White July 5, 1953. A letter from Dr. Sy Francis, medical director for this area, commending Ricker for his record of service, was read at the ceremony. New Switchboard Is Ready at Courthouse Jackson county offices switch over to a centralized telephone system at 6 a.m. Friday. "Installation of a Jackson county PBX and an increase in the number of telephones in county offices should mean sub stantially better service for cali pers,' according to Pacific. -Telephone Company Manager Jack Creager. New telephone number for all Several Shots Are Fired to Apprehend Man After Chase Several shots were fired by Chief Sheriffs Deputy Joe Walsh and Medford Policeman Jack Sanders Wednesday eve ning after a chase by sheriff s officers in an attempt to cap ture Lowell Allen Bish, 32, of Medford, who escaped from the state hospital in Salem recently. The chase ended at the XY ranch in the Little Switzerland area near Roxy Ann butte, where Bish got out of his car and escaped. Authorities were unable to locate him because of darkness. The chase started when Ash land officials notified Medford police Bish was traveling to ward Medford about 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Walsh, who was at the police station when the re port was received, and Sanders, who was also at the station, left to intercept Bish en route. Trailed on to Road Bish was trailed onto the road to Little Switzerland area, where he jumped from the car. Officers fired several shots into the ground behind Bish, who -jvas carrying a rifle, according to authorities. Darkness hindered the offic ers from locating Bish in the area, they said. Bish's car was towed from the Roxy Ann area to a local garage by county au thorities, deputies said. This is the third time Bish has escaped from the hospital, depu ties said. On one previous oc casion law enforcement officers fired 12 shots at Bish's car tires to apprehend him after he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a warrant by a state police officer. Final Steps Being Taken to From Rafters, Shaft in Loca Final steps are being taken to day to drive bats away from Sa cred Heart hospital. - Latest rcpellant chemicals are bring used by a local extermin ating service to keep the bats out from under the hospital rafters. The mouse-like winged ani mals became a problem about a month ago when they managed to swoop down through the ele vator shaft and glided throughout the hospital rooms and in one incident even entering surgery. county offices is SPring 3-6211. Creager explained that the PBX attendant, Mrs. Lulu Floux of Central Point, would anwer all incoming calls and complete them to the proper office. If necessary, incoming calls can be transferred from one office to another. Inter-Office Dialing Another feature of the new county telephone system is inter-office dialing. Calls can be made from one county office to another without the aid of the PBX attendant. Previously county offices had been served by some 30 indi vidual telephone numbers. There was no central answering point for directing incoming calls to the proper office nor way of transferring calls. Creager said the PBX attend ant will be on duty from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fri days. At other hours and on Sat urdays and Sundays emergency calls may be made to the court house by dialing SPring 3-2800 The calls will be routed directly to the sheriff's office. Creager suggested that Jack son county residents write down the new courthouse and sheriff's emergency numbers in the space provided on the inside front cov er of the current Medford direc tory. "The new telephone set-up for the Jackson county courthouse was planned to handle the vol- ' 1 1 m Ct nf folic t ry nMinlu f I efficiently," Creager said. Swiss-Italian Wins Nobel Prize for Medicine Stockholm, Sweden IIP) Dr. Daniel Bovet. a Swiss-Italian pharmacologist, won the 1957 Nobel Prize for Medicine today. The Caroline Institute, offi cial awarding body for the No bel Prize in Medicine and Phy siology, gave the honor to Bovet for his work in developing anti histamine drugs and for adapt ing the dangerous South Ameri can Indian poison Curare for medical use. Washington (IP) The Uni versity of Oregon has been listed as one of 27 educational institu tions which was allocated nu clear materials by the Atomic Energy Commission for use in training scientists and engineers. Sisters there were able to kill a number with brooms, but they persisted until the elevator shaft was sealed off at the top. The exterminators burned sul phur candles hoping the fumes would drive them away then held conferences with the Jack son county extension agents. Now Benzine Hexachloride will be used in hopes the Halloween-like animals will leave their new found roost. "We try to drive them away Ike, Macmillan Discuss Methods Of Cooperation Aides Directed To Draft Suggestions Washington OPi President Eisenhower and British Prime, Minister Harold Macmillan di rected their aides today to draft immediate recommendations for pooling British and American resources in developing missiles and atomic energy. The President and the Prime Minister, flanked by their chief foreign policy advisers and at omic experts, met for 70 min utes this morning in the Cabin et Room of the White House. A joint statement issued after the meeting, said two special study groups , were set up on "nuclear relationship and coop eration" between the United States and Great Britain and the "field of military defense, par ticularly those problems dealing with missiles and rocketry." White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said that lead ers of both nations realized that in some of the fields under dis cussion legislation might be needed to authorize closer co operation. This was an apparent refer ence to the U. S. Atomic Energy act which prohibits exchanging this country's top nuclear sec rets with other nations. Hagerty said if the American British discussions indicate a need for action by Congress, the President will submit recommen dations to congressional leaders. The joint statement said the principal aim of the Eisenhower Macmillan talks was "to study ways in which our two countries can be of greater service to the free world and towards that end, how our joint resources can be pooled and realized to maximum efficiency." The two study groups are ex pected to submit recommenda tions by Friday. 150 Register for Health Meeting Registration for the Oregon Public Health association's an nual two-day meeting at the Jackson county courthousehow ed about 150 persons attending from throughout the state at noon today. Dr. Charles F. Blankenship, regional medical director, U.S. Public Health service, San Fran cisco, was first speaker at the 10 a.m. general session today. Dr. Jack C. Halderman, chief of the division of general health services. Public Health service, Washington, D.C., led the after noon session. The annual banquet, at which the annual OPHA award will be presented, will be held at 7 p.m. today at the Rogue Valley Country club. New officers will also be introduced and dis tinguished guests recognized. Topic for the meeting is Atoms and Health. Sanitarians Elect Officers for Year Officers were elected Wednes day evening for the Oregon sec tion of the National Association of Sanitarians at their annual business meeting in conjunction with the Oregon Public Health association meeting now in pro gress. William Bower, Oregon state board of health, Portland, was installed president. Other offic ers elected for the year were Irville Reierson, The Dalles, president-elect; Raymond Ruff, Portland, vice president; John Stoner, Eugene, secretary; Al Wesfall. Bend, treasurer; and Victor Morgan, Eugene, director. A discussion of sanitarians problems was held, during the meeting. Drive Bats I Hospital instead of kill them," a represen tative of the exterminating firm said, "Since we realize that they are beneficial in their insect hunting." Southern Oregon college at Ashland also had trouble with bats not long ago when the ani mals started roosting behind a blower in one of the buildings. Being the size of mice the ani mals can squeeze through holes about an inch-wide, an extermin ator said. United Press Full Leased 28 Pages Electricity industry's Firsi Atom Power PEau Pleasanton, Calif. (IP) Electricity powered by U.S. private industry's first nuclear power at the Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory. The General Electric Company Company joined forces in producing 5,000 kilowatts of electricity that represented the first commercial use of atomic power in the United States. The power was produced at General Electric's Vallecitos Laboratory, 40 miles east of San Francisco. Samuel Untermyer II, manager of the GE reactor installation, withdrew the reactor control rods which permitted nuclear generated steam to be fed to PG&E's turbine generator. What Industry Can Do With 'Peaceful Atom' The electricity flowed into Pacific Gas and Electric's trans mission system covering Northern and Central California. Norman R. Sutherland, president of PG&E, hailed the feat as an example of "what this nation's private industry can do with the peaceful atom." "It is the first of a great many nuclear-electric stations the in dustry is building throughout the nation," he said. Sutherland said that at present it costs more to produce atomic electricity in America than power from oil, gas or coal and falling water. "But the ultimate depletion of known deposits of fossil fuels is inevitable," he said. "This project will hasten the day when A-plants become more economical in America." The Atomic Energy Commission on Aug. 31 issued General Electric power reactor license No. 1 for the "furnace" it built to supply steam to the PG&E's turbine generation installation. Use As Pilot Primary Purpose Primary purpose of the Vallecitos project is to use it as a pilot for the 180,000 kilowatt Dresden nuclear power station which General Electric is building near Chicago for the Commonwealth Edison Company. An association of companies known as the Nuclear Power Group has joined in the Chicago project which will be the largest all-nuclear power station yet scheduled in this country., The privately-financed plant is to be completed in 1960. Jury Awards Eugene Man Damages in Suit A circuit court jury returned a verdict at 10:30 p.m. yesterday, awarding Robert L. White, Eu gene, a total of $10,045.15 for special and general damages in a suit against Gerald L. Butler, Medford city patrolman. White had asked $50,000 gen eral damages and $874.65 spe- Dr. Victor to Speak At UN Dinner Today Dr. Ralph Victor, United Na tions specialist on India, will discuss UN problems at a dinner meeting at the Medford hotel at 7 p.m. today. He will be intro duced by Medford Mayor John Snider. The dinner is part of cere monies this week observing the 12th anniversary of the found ing of the United Nations. Dr. Victor recently returned from two years on the staff of the Barpali Village service in India, a 10-year experimental social and technical assistance project of the American Friends Service committee. After receiving his doctor's degree at the University of Rochester school of medicine in 1943, he served as instructor in medicine at the University of Chicago, was a captain in the Army, and later assistant secre tary of the International Stu dent service in New York City Bomorc Missile Hits Drone Over Atlantic Washington (TP) The Air Force reported today that a Bo' marc anti-aircraft missile launch' ed in Florida Wednesday knock ed down a "drone" bomber more than 100 miles out over the Atlantic. The Bomarc is a long range interceptor missile which can carry a conventional or an atom ic warhead. It is reported To have a range of 250 miles. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy and mile with rain late tonifht and Fryfiay. Low tonight 48. High Friday 60. Temp. Hishrst Yesterday K2 Lowest this Mornine 43 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today .15 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise R:35 a.m. Sunset 5:15 p.m. Moonset 6:30 p.m First Quarter Oct. 30 PROMINENT STAR Sirins. due south 4:43 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, low in south west 6:23 p.m. Saturn, sets R:5? p.m. Jupiter, rises S:50 a.m. 52nd Year rVlA I Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, THUR-C' Fro1 station went "on the line" today and Pacific Gas and Electric cial damages in a suit that in volved an accident of the car he was driving and a Medford city police car driven by Butler. The accident occurred March 15, 1957, at the intersection of Court and Manzanita sts., Med ford, at approximately 9:30 p.m. According to court records the city police car was traveling south on Court st., when Butler received a call to investigate a disorderly conduct complaint. The policeman reported that he proceeded with red light on and siren sounding to the intersec tion where he proceeded through a red traffic light, when the ac cident occurred. Reports indicated that White's car was traveling between 10 and 15 miles per hour and the patrol car was traveling at a speed of approximately 30 miles per hour. Following the accident White denied he was injured, reports showed, and, refused a medical examination. He later reported that several days following the accident he was hospitalized at Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene for . six days suffering from in juries received in the accident. Robert Duncan, Medford at torney, represented White. Stan ley Jones was defense attorney. No Change Seen in Justice Department Washington (IP) President Eisenhower's choice of William P. Rogers to, succeed Herbert Brownell Jr. as Attorney Gen eral portends no change in the Justice Department's firm civil rights policy, informed sources said today. But the surprise White House announcement had Wash ington buzzing and speculation as to the possible significance of the shift. Brownell, who will bow out : as the administration's top law enforcement officer around the j second week in November, dis avowed any political ambitions. He said he will rejoin his for mer law firm of Lord, Day and Lord of New York City. (See . story on Page ) Bing Crosby Marries Actress Kathy Grant Las Vegas, Nev. HFi Croon er Bing Crosby was married to day to 23-year-old Kathy Grant at St. Anne's Catholic church. Crosby has been a widower since the death of his wife, Dixie five years ago, and Miss Grant is a Texas-born actress. 5 v United Press Full Leased Wire S- V .11 I V No. 158 PUTS AWAY BROOM Cecil Morgan, left, who has been Medford's only full-time street sweeper for nearly 10 years, will no longer be seen pushing his two-wheeled cart along downtown streets. Morgan recently retired, in accordance with state law, after reaching his 70th birthday. He is shown above getting his last city check from Street Department Fore man L. V. Anderson. Morgan figures he has swept debris from more than 25,000 miles of Medford streets and has worn out 80 brooms since coming to work for the city in January, 1948. He said he has probably found about $50 in small change on the streets and sidewalks since that time. No replacement will be hired to fill Morgan's position, Ander son said. Instead, one of the regular shop employees will clean downtown streets with a small mechanical sweeper now owned by the city. Changes Ordered in Train Speed Limits Oregon's Public Utilities Com missioner Howard Morgan has ordered changes in maximum speed limits for trains at six street crossings in Medford, and has ordered more ". adequate warning signs and devices and lighting to be erected. The orders -were received late Wednesday afternoon by Mayor John Snider. City Manager Rob ert A. Duff said the city would need more time to examine the orders but on the surface they appeared "reasonable." The orders of the commission, resulting from an investigation and public hearings held Aug. 20, will change speed of trains on six of the nine Medford cross ings and set the speed on the planned Eighth st. crossing. Three crossings were not changed by commission orders. Set By Agreement The last train speed limits were set by the commission in 1955. However, current train speeds were set by an agreement between the city and Southern Pacific in May, 1956, with the approval of the PUC. The 1956 agreed-on-speeds were set some what slower than the 1955 limits. Crossing speeds at Third, Fourth and 11th sts. will remain at 15 miles per hour, according to the commission. The planned Eighth st. crossing will be 15 miles per hour. Main and Sixth sts. crossings, formerly at 10 MPH, will be increased to 15 miles per hour under the ruling. McAndrews rd., Clark st. and Stewart ave. have been de creased to 20 from 25 MPH. Jackson st. was decreased to 15 from 25 MPH. The commission also ordered a study of each crossing to de termine if additional changes in the speed are necessary. The study will be conducted by the PUC, the city and Southern Pacific. The city will install and main tain additional or proper light ing on McAndrews rd., Stewart ave., Jackson, Third, Fourth and Clark sts., according to the com mission. The Third and Clark st. crossings are to have 30-inch Christian Fashion Czar, Dies Montecatini Terme, Italy (IP) Christian Dior, the mild-mannered fashion czar whose merest whim could change hemlines for ten million women died of a heart attack shortly before midnight Wednesday night. The 52-year-old bachelor rose to his greatest fame shortly after the war when he unveiled the long-skirted "new look" that substituted what he called the "peacetime grace and charm of a woman in a long skirt" for the knee-length dresses of World War II. Price 10 Cents Tribune " ' red stop signs installed by the city at its expense...,.., Flashing Light Signals Installation of two flashing light signals at the McAndrews rd. crossings have been ordered. The cost will be shared by the railroad and the city provided that if the city will close the Clark st. crossing, the railroad will bear the total costs of the McAndrews rd. lights. Studies were ordered for the Jackson st. crossing as to the possible replacement of the wig wag signal with a flashing light signal and the possible closing of the 11th st. crossing. If the city does not close the 11th st. crossing, it must install addi tional lighting at its own ex pense. Movement of the wigwag sig nal at Stewart ave. from the northeast corner to the south west corner must be done at Southern Pacific's expense. The Fourth st. crossing must have two flashing light signals in stalled at a shared cost between the city and railroad. Additional Study 1 An additional study must be made on the Stewart ave. cross ing when the establishment of a by-pass road is completed, ac cording to the PUC. The ' com mission also ordered that costs of maintenance of all track circuits and the various signals and standard crossing signs at all of the crossings must be paid by Southern Pacific. Duff said he was unable to give the cost of complying with the orders or at what dates the city's share would be installed. He said time would be needed to study the orders. 'Ik 1 Eniwetok Firing May Have Reached 1,000 Miles High Possibly Two Missiles Fired Washington OP) The Air Force may have fired two rock ets, instead of just one, to rec ord - breaking altitudes more than 1.000 miles above Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific, it was learn ed today. The Air Force officially con firmed Wednesday night that one rocket was launched from a balloon-supported platform 20 miles above Eniwetok Monday. It said the operation was a success. This was taken to mean that the rocket reached an altitude of 1,000 to 4.000 miles, the goal of operation "Farside." Today. Air Force sources re ported there had been a previ ous firing of a rocket from a gondola carried aloft by a bal loon over Eniwetok within the past two weeks. May Have Been Failure It could not immediately be -learned whether scientists run ning the project who now are on the West Coast; regarded this firing as a success. Other sources said the first rocket zoomed off its platform but its telemetry equipment re portedly failed to function properly. - Precisely how high the slen der multi-stage missile probed into the" unknown won't be de termined until calculations are completed, possibly Friday. But Air Force scientists believe it soared 1,000 to 4,000 miles or more, easily out-distancing Rus sia's earth satellite or any other known projectile ever sent aloft by man. To Escape Atmosphere The rocket, it was disclosed Wednesday night, was triggered Monday by the Air Force opera tion from a balloon-supported platform 20 miles high over Eni wetok Atoll in the Pacific to help it escape the earth's atmosphere. While a considerable feat, ex perts said today Farside ranks distinctly below Russia's achieve ment in hurling a satellite into the orbit around the globe. Neither does it mean necessarily the United States has leaped in front in the race to develop long range missiles carrying H-bomb warheads. Data Received Monday It was expected the rocket would disintegrate along with all its instruments upon reenter ing the earth's atmosphere. Its fate was not known, however. Meanwhile data from its instru ments was radioed to earth in coded "telemeter" messages Mon day. This is what scientists are now evaluating on the West Coast. Tfjor Missile Launched Successfully in Florida Washington OP) The De fense Department announced that a 1,500-mile range Thor mis sile was launched successfully today at the test center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. A defense spokesman said no details of the firing were avail able immediately, but were ex pected shortly. County Receives Check For Beverage Revenue Karl Janouch, county treas urer, reported that he has re ceived a check for $9,250.23 from the Oregon department of state which represents the amount due . Jackson county of the revenues collected from tax on alcoholic beverages. el i - oifc
