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PLAQUE PRESENTED Glen Snyder, Hills
boro, member of the Oregon Public Health
association awards committee, left, receives a
plaque on behalf of Curtiss M. Evarts Jr., state
sanitary engineer, who was unable to be pres
ent. Presenting the plaque during last night's
Construction Bids
For SOC Buildings
Due December 5
Bids will be opened at 11 a.m
Dec. 5 in Portland by the Ore
gon state board of higher educa
tion for construction of a
science-classroom building and a
central heating plant at South
ern Oregon college in Ashland.
The buildings are part of a
20-year expansion program pro-
posed by the college last year.
Estimated cost of the overall
program is between $2i and $3
million, college officials said.
The two -story science class
room building will be opposite
the present library near a fac
ulty parking lot, and the heat
ing plant will be to the rear of
the administration building.
Reinforced Concrete
The science building will
have a partial basement for
mechanical purposes, and con
struction will be reinforced con
crete vith concrete slabs at
horizontal levels. The building
will be heated from the. central
system."
The central heating plant will
contain two low-pressure boilers,
automatically oil-fired, with pro
vision for addition of a third.
Walk-in concrete tunnels will
carry the lines to key distribu
tion points on the campus from
which underground distribution
lines will extend to other build
ings on the campus.
About 1,500 feet of tunnel
will be required. Eventually, all
1 buildings on the campus will be
connected with the central heat
ing plant, and present boilers in
buildings will be adapted for
stand-by status.
Architect for the science
building is Robert J. Keeney,
Medford, and architect for the
heating plant is J. Donald Kroe
ker and associates, Portland.
General Strike
Cripples France
Paris (w A 24-hour general
strike by millions of workers to
protest the rising cost of living
crippled France today.
The walkout was calm, with
no incidents of violence report
ed by late afternoon. But, for all
its calm, it was a staggering
blow to the nation's economy.
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DEDICATE TREE Medford Mayor John Snider and Dr. Ralph
Victor, Seattle, representing the American Fields Service com
mittee, are shown distributing dirt from Canada and Mexico
around a United Nations tree at Hedrick Junior High school.
The tree was rededicated in ceremonies yesterday in observ
ance of United Nations day. The tree was planted in 1955, the
10th anniversary of the founding of United Nations.
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ceremonies at the Rogue Valley Country club
were Dr. and Mrs. John Waterman, right. Dr.
Waterman is psychiatrist with the state board
of health. The plaque was presented during
the association's banquet for "outstanding
contribution to Oregon public health."
Dr. Merkel Elected
President of OPHA
Dr A.. Erin Merkel, Jackson
county public health officer, was
named president of the Oregon
Public Health association during
its annual banquet last night at
the Rogue Valley country club.
Curtiss M. Everts Jr., state
sanitary engineer for the Ore
gon State Public Health associa
tion's annual plaque award for
the outstanding contribution to
Oregon public health.
Other officers named were Dr.
Harold T. Osterrude, Lane coun
ty public health department, vice
president; Mrs. Christie Corbett,
Oregon state board of health,
secretary; and John Graham,
Police Apprehend
ish Early Today
Lowell Allen Bish, 32, Med
ford. who recently escaped from
the Oregon state mental hospital
at Salem, was taken into custody
by a city police officer about
3:05 a.m. today after being
stopped for a routine checks-po
lice said. 1
Police said Bish was attempt
ing to start an older model car
stalled in the road at South Riv
erside ave. and Barnett rd. when
he was seen by a police officer.
Bish asked the officer to help
push his stalled car in an at
tempt to start it.
When Bish failed to produce
a vehicle registration, and his
driver's license was found to be
illegible because of ink smears,
he was ordered to place his hands
on the fender of the police ve
hicle where he was handcuffed
and placed under arrest.
Police later found the rifle
used by Bish in a chase on Roxy
Ann Thursday. The rifle was a
.22 caliber single shot. Several
rounds of ammunition were also
found in the car, which had 1955
license tabs painted to look like
1958, police said.
Bish is being held at the Jack
son count jail pending action by
the state.
Chapman Planning To
j Attend Special Session
Coos Bay ilPi State Sen.
R. F. Chapman, local Democrat
who suffered a heart attack last
week, has returned home from
the hospital and said he planned
to attend the special session of
the Legislature opening next
Monday.
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Multnomah county public health
department, treasurer.
Glen Snyder, Hillsboro, and
member of the OSPHA awards
committee, received the plaque
in place of Everts, who was un
able to be present. The presen
tation was made jointly by Dr.
and Mrs. John Waterman. Dr.
Waterman is psychiatrist on the
Oregon state board of health.
Both were winners of the pre
vious year's award.
During the presentation Dr.
Waterman related the accom
plishments of Everts for which
he was awarded the plaque.
He was instrumental in setting
up the State Sanitary Authority,
air pollution authority, develop
ing the division of sanitation and
engineering, certification of wa
ter and sewage plant operators.
He developed the present food
sanitation program in the state
board of health, shellfish certifi
cation. He has also influenced
enactment of such state laws
pertaining to public health as:
fringe area sewage disposal, new
sanitary district laws, shellfish
certification and sanitarians, reg
istration act.
"His . reputation in the field
of public health engineering and
environmental sanitation is nation-wide,"
Dr. Waterman con
tinued. He is chairman of the
pollution control council of the
Pacific Northwest. He served as
head of the nation's new $500
million water pollution control
program during its organization
al phases.
Continuing, Dr. Waterman
said. "This morning Dr. Blank
enship (Dr. Charles F. Blanken
ship, western regional medical
director, U. S. public health
service) gave the keynote ad
dress. Also, after our scholarly
and most informative discussions
on the atom and its relation to
health it should be apparent to
all who listened that the world
can no longer be ruled by one
man."
Well-Defined Goals
The need for well-defined goals
in public health and the em
ployment of principles to reach
these goals outlined .by Dr.
Blankenship was never more
urgent. Dr. Waterman said.
"In this newand complicated
atomic age, health, its presenta
tion, its principles and philoso
phies are everybody's business
and responsibility," he continued.
"No one health officer, sanitar
ian, nurse, social worker or
health educator can afford to
ignore the techniques so clearly
emphasized by Dr. Blankenship."
These, Dr. Waterman enumer
ated, are incorporation of help
and advice of all people, accept
ance oi the responsibility to in
terpret scientific aspects and
needs of public - health in
language everyone can under
stand, adoption of an attitude of
humility and the frank and soul
searching realization that as a
professional . worker in public
health, he is truly a servant of
the people.
Committee Congratulated
"The awards committee i to
be congratulated for its selection
of a recipient of this year's
OPHA award who closely exem
plifies these ideals," Dr. Water
man concluded.
This morning's general session
of the association included a talk
by Curtiss M. Everts on "New
Developments in Water Pollu
tion Control." "A Legislator
Looks at Public Health" by State
Senator Carl Francis, Dayton;
and a panel on "Single Greatest
Obstacle or Problem to Over
come in the Next Five Years
Except Money," and a discussion
entitled. "Leveling Public
Health."
The session was scheduled to
adjourn at 3 p.m. following sec
tion meetings during lunch and
a fourth general session which
included a conference summary
by Dr. Blankenship, and a busi
ness meeting.
Ike, Macmillan
Set To Seek Free
World Alliance
Science Fold Would
Include 40 Nations
Washington (U1 Presi
dent Eisenhower and Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan
announced today the forging
of a U.S.-Brilish brainpower
alliance for the rocket era.
Ending-three days of "sum
mit" conferences, they issued
a communique which outlined
plans for closer Anglo-American
pooling of resources and
sharing of defense tasks.
Washington OP) Presi
dent Eisenhower and British
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan were reported ready to
day to seek a scientific alliance
of 40 or more Free World na
tions to counter Russia's new
challenge.
Outlines of the big two "grand
concept" were ixpected to be
revealed, at least in part, in the
final communique slated for
issuance at the close of the Ei-senhower-Macmillan
talks late
today.
The President and Prime
Minister were slated to hold the
last of their three-day sessions
at the White House this after
noon. Their communique will con
tain an "extensive report" on
"measures to increase Anglo-
American scientific-military co
operation, officials said. It also
will condemn Russian sabre
rattling in the Mid-East and urge
new steps toward peace in the
explosive Bible lands.
May Sound Optimistic
The communique was almost
certain to sound an optimistic
note on U.S. and Allied scienti
fic and weapons developments.
The President and Prime
Minister held their fourth meet
ing Thursday night an in
formal supper and conference
at the White House. Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles and
British Foreign Secretary Sel
wyn Lloyd were present.
Committees Created
The President and Macmillan
have already set in motion plans
to step up cooperation in nuclear
and military fields. Two top
level committees composed of
senior officials of both countires
were created Thursday to study
and make recommendations
one in the nuclear fields and the
other in the military field with
emphasis on "missiles and
rocketry."
Informed sources said today
the Anglo-American partners are
considering spreading the bud
ding new scientific entente in
some degree to nations belong
ing to the 15-nation North At
lantic Treaty Organization, the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza
tion, the Baghdad Pact, the
Western Hemisphere Treaty and
ether defense arrangements.
Managi
er Denies Bats
In Hospital Rooms
Glenn Keyes, general man
ager of Sacred Heart hospital,
emphatically denied this morn
ing that bads had ever flitted
through any hospital rooms
there.
"There were bats in the attic
and some had entered the
chapel," he explained. "At no
time, however, did they enter
any of the rest of the hospital
the surgery or rooms. The ex
terminator worked ' on them
from above the laundry and
powerhouse."
Keyes said he had received
"from 30 to 40 calls" since an
article on the bat problem at
the hospital appeared in last
night's Mail Tribune. Prospec
tive patients and relatives of
prospective patients .were in
quiring whether the baft had
been cleared out and if it was
safe to be admitted to the hos
pital, the administrator said.
Last night's article, from a
news source believed to be re
liable, related how bats had
been flying through the hospital
until means of access had been
sealed off. The liews story also
reported that the exterminator
was working on a means to
keep them out of the hospital.
Oregon Ranks Fifth
In Aged Assistance
Portland (IP) Oregon now
ranks in fifth place among other
states and possessions of the
United States in its old age as
sistance rate, State Welfare Ad
ministrator Jeanne Jewett said
today.
Salem itP) An outbreak of
Asian flu at Fairview home ap-
peares to have leveled off.
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oared
Exact Altitude
Not Yet Figured
By Scientists
Mission Described
As Successful
Washington (IP) The Air
Force announced today that its
Project Farside rocket apparent
ly soared more than 4,000 miles
straight up seven times high
er than Russia's Sputnik.
Exactly how high the rocket
went in its record-setting leap
away from the earth last Mon
day has not yet been calculated.
But preliminary study indicates
that it "successfully" accomp
lished its mission of rising 4,000
miles above the earth's surface.
The project's director said.
Col Eugene C. Lavier, who di
rected the rocket firing Monday
at Eniwetok atoll, said the
rocket could have exceeded the
4.000-mile mark, but he still
isn't sure.
He told a news conference that
scientists still are completing
their exhaustive study of data
collected from the rocket by
radio.
Signal Faded
But he said Dr. Morton- Al
perin; who is in charge of this
effort at Los Angeles, was
quoted as saying the rocket's
radio signal ' faded away eight
minutes after it was fired, and
came back 75 minutes later.
"Dr. Alperin's statement of
75 minutes indicates it would
have exceeded 4,000 miles," La
vier said.
"... One could conclude it
had completed its mission suc
cessionfully. Its mission was
4,000 miles." .
Asked to guess how far it
could have topped that altitude,
Lavier, said "a few . hundred
miles perhaps."
He said he expects precise
figures on the rocket's perform
ance "momentarily."
Authorities Search
For Gunman Who
Robbed Local Hotel
Medford police are looking
for a gunman who entered the
Grand hotel, 202 North Front
st., about 1:55 a.m. today, took
$17.50 from the cash register,
and then bound and gagged the
night clerk.
Police said the man entered
the hotel and asked the night
clerk, Richard Loyd Nelson, to
change a $5 bill. Nelson told po
lice that when he turned to face
the man after making change,
the man was pointing a silver
colored pistol at him.
Police said Nelson was told to
stand aside while the gunman
scooped all the money out of the
till. He was told to turn around
and place his hands behind him.
The gunman then bound his
hands with a wire clothes hang
er and attempted to gag him
with a dust cloth.
Forced at Gunpoint
Nelson was forced at gunpomt
to accompany the gunman to
the door where a light-colored
late model car was waiting with
another man in the driver's seat,
according to police. They said
the man ran to the car and got
in. The car then sped down
Front st., Nelson told police.
Nelson managed to arouse a
hotel guest and the police were
called. They sent teletypes to
alert Cave Junction and Yreka
authorities. Additional officers
were called to duty and police
are now investigating several
leads.
Nelson told police he could
not identify the driver of the
car but said the holdup gunman
was about 5 feet 6 inches tall,
about 150 or 160 pounds, had a
moderate Mexican accent, dark
complexion and black hair. He
was wearing a brown suit with
no tie or hat, police said.
Salem itPi Gov. Robert D.
Holmes has proclaimed Nov. 11
for the annual observance of
Veterans Day in Oregon.
OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER
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NEW SWITCHBOARD Replacing more than 30. individual
telephone numbers of the various offices at the Jackson county
courthouse, this newly-installed PBX unit was put into use at
6 a.m. today, giving county offices their first centralized tele
phone system. Operator Mrs. Gaston Floux, seated, and Mrs.
Robert Beadnel, service advisor for Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company, are shown above going over details of the oper
ation of the new switchboard. Mrs. Floux, who is employed by
the county, will also serve as courthouse receptionist. New tele
phone number for all county offices is SPring 3-6211. An emer
gency number for use after hours and on Saturdays and Sun
days is SPring 3-2800.
rficles Filed For
ew General Hospital
Articles of incorporation for
a general hospital in Medford
were filed this week in Salem
and Jackson county. Signed by
20 Jackson county residents,
articles name the organization
the Southern Oregon General
hospital of Medford.
According to Robert A. Boyer,
Medford attorney and one of the
incorporators, the hospital will
provide facilities where any per
son licensed by the state may
practice either medicine or sur
gery, or any other system or
method of healing . that is or
may be legal in the state.
The corporation is non-profit,
Boyer said, with all earnings
devoted : exclusively for charit
able, scientific or educational
purposes. Income for the hospi
tal will be from . donations, he
added, and said that a major
fund raising drive will be an
nounced in the near future. No
estimate of its cost has been an
nounced. Incorporators Listed
Incorporators include Dr.
Thomas C. Anderson, Richard
J. House, Alan B. Holmes, Dr.
Milton R. Snow, Dr. G. Scott Jen
nings III, Dr. Cleatis D. Lemley,
Boyer, Armond Richter, Robert
McNeil, Robert L. Jones, and
Robert A. Holmes, all Medford;
Richard L. DeArmond, Dr. Ced
ric T. Rambo, Dr. Edward V.
Chance, and David S. Blair, all
Rogue River; Dr. H. M. Fergu
son and Ed Strothers, Shady
Parade, Dance Set
For Veterans Day
A veterans breakfast, parade
and dance have been planned by
veterans organizations in this
area for Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
The breakfast is scheduled at
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
hall on Front st. between 7 and
10 a.m. All persons, whether con
nected with an organization or
not, have been invited.
The parade, in which all or
ganizations will participate, will
start at 11 a.m. from the library
park. It will proceed west on
Main st. to Hawthorne park,
where short .memorial services
are scheduled.
A dance is scheduled at the
Central Point American Legion
hall starting -at 7:30 p.m. Re
freshments will be available,
veterans groups said.
Olympia (IP) Unemploy
ment in Washington may reach
100,000 early next year, the
State Employment Security De
partment predicts.
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Cove; Erie L. Klein, Ashland,
and Dr. A. A. Griffin; Jackson
ville. .Dr. Lemley has been serving
as chairman pro tern of the
group, Boyer reported. He said
that several meetings are held
each month and that the group
had been meeting for several
months to lay plans for the hos
pital. Porter to Arrive
In Jackson County
Congressman Charles O. Porter
was scheduled to arrive in Jack
son county today, and to speak
to members of Jackson and Jose
phine county Granges at 8 p.m.
at Live Oak' Grange in Rogue
River.
His talk will deal with various
aspects of basin development
plans.
Earlier, the Eugene represen
tative was to visit Southern Ore
gon college, tour a pear-packing
plant, and hold conferences with
a number of his constituents.
His arrival was delayed un
til early afternoon by engine
trouble on a morning airliner
from Eugene. He plans to re
turn to Eugene early tomorrow
morning. This will probably be
his last visit to Jackson county
before he returns to Washington.
"We'll Show
Vote of 25 To 4
Suspends Truckers
For Keeping Hoffa
Beck Calls Meeting
Of Executive Boad
Washington (IP) The AFL-
CIO Executive Council, in a
get-tough mood, called two more
scandal-scarred unions on the
carpet today following its su
spension of the mighty Team
sters Union.
The council prepared to deal
sternly with the corruption
clouded 160,000-mcmber Bakery
Workers and the 40,000-member
United Textile Workers.
The council voted Wednesday
night 25 to 4 to suspend the
1,400,000-member trucking
union for failing to give the gate
to President-elect James R.
Hoffa and a raft of other top
officials accused of corruption.
Only One Way
Blunt-spoken AFL-CIO Presi
dent George Meany made it
clear there was only one way
for the Teamsters to eet back
into labor's official family: Purge
Hoffa and the other marked of
ficials and allow an AFL-CIO
committee to supervise the
union's housecleaning.
If they refuse, the council
warned, it will urge that the
union, largest in the nation, be
expelled outright at the federa
tion's December convention.
Teamster headquarters here
announced that Dave Beck, the
out-going president, has called
a meeting, of the union's Execu
tive Board in Seattle, next Wed
nesday. The members are expected to
consider plans for fighting ex
pulsion and tactics to be em
ployed if the AFL-CIO sets up
a rival truck union.
Meany said there was no talk
among council members of set
ting up a rival truck union. But
he indicated such a move could
come later. - A
Hope To Escape Fate
The Bakery and Textile
Unions hoped to escape the
Teamsters fate by citing "re
forms" made in line with AFL
CIO demands. Textile workers
Secretary-Treasurer Lloyd Klen
ert resigned last week after hav
ing been accused by the AFL
CIO of misusing union funds.
But Bakery Workers Presi
dent James G. Cross has refus
ed to resign despite heavy at
tacks from Senate rackets in
vestigators, the AFL-CIO Ethical
Practices Committee and Bakers
Vice President Daniel E. Con
way. The council Thursday brush
ed aside a request by the Team
sters for a year's delay to give
the union time to conduct its
own clean-up.
Suspension deprives the AFL
CIO of about $80,000 in Team
sters' dues and roughly one
tenth of its 15,000,000 members.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partial clearing to
night with valley fog early
Saturday morning; becoming
partly cloudy during day.
Low tonight 45. High Satur
day 63.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 64
Lowest this Morning 50
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today .08
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 6:36 a.m.
Sunset i 5:15 p.m.
Moonset 7:20 p.m.
First Quarter Oct. 30
Saturn, the ringed planet, is
now one billion miles from the
Earth and is seen near the
Moon tonight. Its rings can
be observed with a three-inch
telescope.
Thoe Fellows"
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