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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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