Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 01, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti 52nd Year Me Unitsd Pre' Full Leased Wir 22 Pages "Now, Panel, What's My Line' iifcjHrl't TMr eeeeiie Powell Sedition aCase Ordered Dismissed San Francisco (IP) U.S. Dis trict Judge Louis E. Goodman today ordered dismissal of the 18-month-long Powell sedition case after 30 days unless the State Department permits gath ering of evidence for the defense in Communist China and North Korea. The defendants are John W. Powell, 38, his wife, Sylvia, 36, San Francisco, and Julian Schu man. New York, who are charg ed with publishing charges in Shanghai that the U.S. engaged in aggression and germ warfare in the Korean war. 100 Prospective Witnesses Goodman, in an opinion on a defense motion for dismissal of charges, noted the defense has named 100 prospective witnesses in Red China and North Korea, who allegedly could testify about j the truth cf magazine articles prepared by the defendants. He said those countries are the "most likely sources of de fense evidence . . . the necessity for defense council to travel to China and North Korea in prepa ration for trial has become manifest." Goodman previously appoint ed defense counsel A. L. Wirin an officer of the court so he could travel to the Orient under the court's protection in spite of State Department policy of refusing to issue passports for travel to these countries, However, Goodman said he could not order the State De partment to issue Wirin a pass port and the Red Chinese gov ernment has indicated it would not admit the attorney unless he has one. 1 Goodman said he does not question the wisdom of U.S. policy but said the defendants have a "constitutional right" to present evidence. U.S. Has Choice "So the U.S. has its choice,' Goodman said. "It can choose to adhere to its policy of non-issuance of such passports. Or it can decide it is more important to prosecute this criminal case. ' Mrs. Bash Resigns GOP Chairmanship Mrs. Frank Bash, 1325 Bundy " ave., Medford, has resigned as chairman of the Republican Cen tral committee of Jackson coun ty, chairman of the Fourth Con gressional district organization, and as a member of the Oregon State Republican Executive com mittee. Her -resignation is effective today. Mrs. Bash said she resigned be cause of personal responsibili ties. She submitted her resigna tion in time that a new chair man may become familiar with the organization prior to the 1958 elections, she said. No date has been set for a committee meeting at which a new chairman will be named. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair throush Sat nrday except for fog and smoke in valleys Saturday morning. Low tonight 28. High Saturday S5. Temp. Hizhest Yesterday 2 Lowest this Morning 30 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset Moonset Saturday 6:45 a.m. 5:05 p.m. 2:03 a.m. Nov. 7 Full Moon Highlight of the phenomena in the skies above this month will be the increasing brilliance and prominence of the planet Ve nus. It sets here tonight at 6:56 p.m. DFORD Powell owned and edited the China Monthly Review, a Shang hai publication founded by his father. The defendant was born in China, educated at the Uni versity of Missouri, and served in China during World War II with the U.S. Office of Informa tion. Mrs. Powell, the former Sylvia Campbell, Portland, Ore., mar ried Powell in Shanghai in 1947 when she was an employee of the U.N. Relief and Rehabilita tion Agency. She served as asso ciate editor of the Review, as did Schuman. $100,000 Damage Suit Filed Here Theodore R . - Donner' ' Cen tr al Print, has filed a suit in circuit court asking $100,000 general damages, $945.57 special dam ages, plus compensation and at torneys fee from Frank Rich ardson, Central Point, and Doris L. Oaks, Camp White, for in juries received in an automobile accident Nov. 26, 1956 at Camp White. Donner, a passenger in - an automobile driven by Richard son, suffered permanent injuries to head, brain and neck and other injuries when he was violently thrown about the in terior of the car and onto the road as a result of the accident, the complaint states. The accident occurred on Hospital rd. at Camp White about O7:50 a.m. when the auto mobile driven by Richardson collided With a vehicle driven by Doris L. Oaks, i' states. The complaint charges Doris Oaks with negligent and careless op eration of her automobile, claim ing that the windshield of her car was covered with frost. Rich ardson is charged in the com plaint with operating his ve hicle in a reckless, careless, and negligent manner and failing to keep a proper lookout for an other vehicle. The plaintiff is represented bv the law firm Neff, Froh- mayer and Lowry of Medford. CONGRATULATIONS Kelly Somers, right, is being congratu lated by his father, F. L. Somers, 36 Glen Oak st., after receiv ing his eagle rank in a Boy Scout Troop 3 ceremony held at Roosevelt school earlier in the week. It is the highest rank avail able in the scouting movement. The award was presented by J. A. McDougall, Crater Lake area council commissioner. Troop scoutmaster is Jack Thompson and assistant scoutmaster is Carl Olson.- (Photo by-Dick Clark) MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1957 Russian For Public London HP) Two top viet publications started prep, ing the Russian people today fc the public disgrace of Red armj hero Marshal Georgi Zhukov. The Soviet naval organ Red Fleet called for "decisive con demnation" of "exaltation of in dividual . . . swaggering . . military leaders." Crushing Rebuff The Soviet party newspaper Pravda printed an article noting the "apostates and renegades, right or left wing schismatists and fractionaries" in the party have "invariably met with crushing rebuff." Dispatches on both articles cleared meticulous Soviet cen- Syrian-Egyptian Armed Forces Chief Goes To Moscow By UNITED PRESS Maj. Gen. Abdel Hakim Amer, chief of the joint Syrian-Egyptian armed forces, left Cairo to day by Soviet jet airliner for Moscow and important talks with Soviet military leaders. United Press Correspondent Wilbur G. Landrey reported from Cairo there was specula tion another arms deal was in the making to supplement the planes, submarines, tanks and rockets already received from Russia. His departure to attend the 40th anniversary celebration of the Bolshevik revolution was an other bit of evidence the Turco Syrian "crisis" was over. The celebrations are Nov. 7. Press Banners News Egyptian newspapers ban nered news of his departure and said he would participate in "im portant talks" while in Moscow with the Egyptian officials who accompanied him. There was no hint whether his visit would end in closer ties with the Soviet which has supplied both Egypt and Cairo with military equip ment. Although the crisis appeared over, Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Syria's Presi dent Shukri El Kuwatly issued statements today anniversary of the end of the Suez invasion declaring any "imperialist ag gression" against Syria would meet the same "shame and de feat" as the attack on Egypt. The only suggestion that the crisis had not died down came from Kuwatly who said, "today imperialism is launching a new round. But our stand will be the same as that of a year ago, with a deeper faith in the justice of our cause and the strength of our brotherhood and solidarity." DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (IP) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 434.71, off 6.33; 20 rail roads 108.03, off 2.91; IS utili ties 65.54, off 0.21, and 65 stocks 147.25, off 2.20. Sales today were about 2,060.000 shares compared with 2,170, 000 shares Thursday. Jf"fj S People - re former . Paris newspaper ..ieur" said the Kremlin nolding up announcement of Zhukov's fate because he re fuses to sign a "confession of errors" at party chief Nikita S. Khrushchev's command. Decision Said Made None has come although in formed sources said the Commu nist Party's 133-member Central Committee had made its deci sion on Zhukov Wednesday. Westerners still expected the an nouncement within the next few days or even hours. POLE SHEARED Pranks played by Halloween hobgoblins last night were mild compared to the damage done when the car above, drive by David Hess Griffiths, 114 Almond st., Med ford, left the road, tore out a section of fence, broke a water meter,, sheared off a telephone pole and snapped three 220 volt wire circuits leading to residences. Police said the accident occurred about 2 a.m. in the vicinity of the Grandview mar ket on Crater Lake ave. Griffiths, who suffered head injuries, was taken by Medford Ambulance service to Rogue Valley hos--"pital, where his condition was listed as fair this morning. Cali fornia Oregon Power company maintenance men are shown above steadying the pole while a wrecker pulls the damaged car from the ditch. Community Hall, Post Office Are Dedicated Talent The community of Talent dedicated a new post of fice and a remodeled and ex panded city hall-community building last night. The ceremonies, in the large assembly hall of the community building, which was once a school, were marked by num bers from the orange and black clad Talent High school band, introduction of a number of guests, a talk by a postal offi cial, and the noise of children celebrating Halloween in the new downstairs youth center. The project was a community wide one. The Lions club gave financial assistance, the Garden club helped, city officials, led by Mayor Frank Christian and Police Chief William Young, did most of the actual work, and the several young people's groups also pitched in where they could. Hall Project The community hall project included flooring and expand ing the assembly and council room upstairs in the old build ing, renovation of the Talent branch of the Jackson county library, and the big youth cen ter room downstairs. Plans for other improvements are now being laid, according to Mrs. Christian, who has had an im portant role in the project. County Judge Rodney Keat ing presided at the ceremonies, and introduced visiting mayors and their wives, Miss Helen Webster, county librarian, and presented her with a key to the library branch, Postmaster Roger Smoot, and others. Mayor Christian introduced members of the city administration and others in the community who worked on the remodeling job. Postmaster Smoot introduced Donald Acton, Portland regional post office official, who talked about the new post office, the Simpson, Nutting Reelected to Posts Lewis L. (Doc) Simpson, secretary-manager and forester for the Southern Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm association, was reelected chairman of the advisory board to the district forester of the bureau of land management this morning. B. L. (Bud) Nutting, general manager of Medford corporation, was reelected vice chairman of the group. RIBUNE Being Prepared ce of Zhukov Possibiliy as part cf the groundwork for making the an nouncement, the Soviet News Agency Tass Thursday night distributed a Communist Chi nese statement giving unquali fied support to Khrushchev's in sistence on supremacy of the party over the army. Khrushchev's Fear Zhukov was commander in chief of the Red army as well as defense minister. Western as well as Communist reports have said his downfall was caused by Khrushchev's fear the army was getting more powerful than the party. The Tass report quoted Li Bo Chen, a Red Chinese military history of the postal service, and its plans for the future. He characterized the new Talent post office, which the govern ment is leasing, as one of the finest small nost offices in this part of the country. He pre-i sented an American flag to the postmaster for use at the new post office, and dedicated it to men who have given their lives in the service of their country, and to patrons of the postal service. Following the hour-long pro gram, both the community cen ter and the post office a block away were opened for inspec tion, and refreshments were served. Suit Expected To Go To Jury Late Today A condemnation suit brought by the city of Medford against Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Muir head, 2003 Hillcrest rd. was ex pected to go to a circuit court jury this afternoon, according to court attendants. City Attorney Roy Bashaw rested his case this morning. Testifying this morning were County Assessor Ray Schu macher, Earl Toomey and Muir head. Attorneys for the defendants, George Roberts and G. W. Kell ington, are expected to complete their case early this afternoon. The suit involves land be tween Barneburg rd. and Sun rise ave. The city is seeking the land to make Jackson a through street from Hillcrest rd. to Mc Andrews rd. in west Medford. Police Investigating Beating of Two Men - Walter S. McAlister, 53, and Earl Taylor, both of Camp White domiciliary are being treated at the Camp White in firmary after being beaten about the head and face Wednesday night, state police said. They said they are still investigating the incident. Camp White authorities said the two were in Medford Wed nesday evening when they were picked up by another man and taken to the camp. Somewhere en route to Camp White the two men were beaten, state police said. ' " " jjft Price lO United Press Full Leased Wire No. 165 official and politburo member, as saying in the Peiping daily that the first and basic principle of the army is "absolute leader ship of the party " Franc Tireur said that during the "bargaining" that has gone on this week between him and the army hero, Khrushchev has agreed to- reduce Zhukov's "faults" to modest proportions if he would accuse himself publicly. But Zhukov so far has re fused to have any part of the idea and that is why the Soviet announcement on his fate has been posponed twice t after re ports that it was "imminent,' Franc Tireur said. Coty Reported on Verge of Resigning Because of Crisis Paris (IPl Reports circulated in Paris today that President Rene Coty was on the verge of resigning in disgust at the month-old government crisis. Felix Gaillard was trying to form a cabinet but has run into difficulties becausa of the fence sitting tactics of the powerful Socialist party. He is the fifth man to attempt to end the worst political crisis since the end of the war. Message Said Drafted The rumors about Coty were so strong that the Paris leftwing "Express" said he already has drafted a message to the Nation al Assembly deputies warning he will quit unless a govern ment is formed soon. The "Express," which backs radical ex-Premier Pierre Men-des-France, was the only publi cation to carry the report. But observers already have antici pated such a move by Coty as the political deadlock worsened. Gaillard has made it plain he would scrap his efforts to form a government unless the Social ists agreed to participate. But he has also asked for the participa tion of the Independents, the po litical arch-enemies of the So cialists. New Decorations fo Be Installed Soon Installation of Christmas street decorations in Medford will be completed by Nov. 16, according to the Retail Merchants associa tion. Twenty new decorations have been added to the 42 which are still usable from last year. The new decorations will be 10-foot tall plastic candy lighted canes. The new decorations will be installed on lighting polls on Main st. and Central ave. in the business area. The older wreath decorations, will be placed on Sixth, Bartlett and East Main sts. 1 The 20 new decorations cost the association about $2,40), ac cording to Chairman Eugene Orr. The merchants hope to re place the rest of the eight-year- old decorations by next year,, he added. It would take about 46 additional canes to provide enough for the city, he said., Orr said the city public works department will start installing the decorations late next week. The merchants pay for the decor ations and the cost of lighting them, and city crews install them. Comparatively Quiet Halloween Night Reported by Law enforcement agencies in Jackson county reported a com paratively quiet Halloween this year. Jackson county sheriff's offi cers said the most serious dam age reported to them was a com pressor mounted on a two-wheel trailer dumped off the side of the road near Cascade Gorge on Highway 62. A ton of hay was spread across the Coleman Creek rd. and the Oregon orchards sign placed in the center of the road, officers said. Officers also reported that a number of county signs had been removed in the Coleman Creek and Houston rds. area. Wooden barricades were placed across three roads entering Eagle Point and set afire. Mail boxes and signs were smeared oiise. Senate-. Will tarn Debate Mofiitilay Salem (IP) Both houses of the Oregon Legislature stood ad journed until 10 a.m. Monday when the Senate concluded a 50 minute session today. In its brief meeting, the Sen ate approved six appointments by the governor. They were: LaSalle coles, Prineville; Vincent Ostrom, Eu gene; and Ben R. Little, Corval lis, to the State Water Resources Board; and Nadine Strayer, Baker; Lester R. Childs, Grants Pass; and Clinton Haight Jr., Baker; to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Indus tries. Haight will not serve as he has been appointed state repre sentative since his board ap pointment. He succeeded former Rep. Robert Steward who is now Oregon's agriculture department director. Committee To Meet The Senate Tax Committee will not meet until Monday when it resumes discussion of the Democratic bill cutting in come taxes 10 per cent. It voted out 7-2 the Democratic bill rais ing basic school support from $95 to $105 per census child. Both Gov. Robert D. Holmes' 10 per cent income tax reduction bill and his bill to boost basic school support $10 per census child as a means of providing local property tax relief passed the House Thursday. The Senate Tax Committee then voted to have some amend ments proposed by Republicans printed before the merits of the bill are discussed. The Republicans, along with Democratic Sens. Harry D. Boi vin, Klamath Falls, and Ben Musa, The Dalles, want to amend the governor's 10 per cent tax reduction to produce about $60 million in tax relief per bien- nium as compared with $18 mil lion through the Democratic plan. Back io 1953 Level . They would do this by reduc ing personal income tax rates to about the 1953 level, which, in effect, means repeal of the 45 Eagle Point Man Dies of Injuries Willie Clarence Ward, 48, of 324 South B st., Eagle Point, died in a local hospital Thurs day afternoon from injuries re ceived in a logging accident near Tiller, Oct. 29. Ward had been employed by the B. F. Nork Logging com pany, Shady Cove, for more than five years. It was reported that he had substituted for another employee Tuesday, and was caught in the high lead line. He was critically injured in the fall. He was brought to Medford following the accident by Med ford Ambulance service after being treated at the scene of the accident by a Medford doctor who accompanied the ambu lance. Among survivors are his widow, Mrs. Emma M. Ward, and two sons and a daughter, all of Eagle Point. Funeral arrangements are pending at Perl Funeral home in Medford. Mackie Resigns as Building Inspector Herbert E. Mackie, Medford building inspector, resigned yes terday after nine years of city service. City Manager Robert Ai Duff said O. R. McNeil, now em ployed in the building depart ment, will assume Mackie's posi tion as the Medford building inspector-supervisor. Mackie, who is a registered architect, designed thewest and east side fire stations, and the municipal airport terminal. He plans to open a small archi tect's office in the Medical Cen ter building soon. ! Law Enforcement Agencies with paint near the Hillcrest- Roxy Anne rd., and a milk can platform was placed in the mid dle of a road near Phoenix, they said. Two bales of hay were set afire at Talent. Medford police reported they answered more than 30 tele phone calls and complaints made in connection with juve niles causing trouble in down town Medford. They said more than 15 cases were investigated "on-view" by officers in patrol cars. Lt. Jack C. McMillan said it would not be practical to make cases from the large number of complaints, but most of them , were cleared after questioning of juveniles. He said most trouble in down town Medford was caused by boys of junior and senior high school age who were throwing per cent surtax added by the 1955 Legislature and the com parative 51 per cent rate set in the regular 1957 session. Other amendments would ex empt taxpayers over 65 with in comes of less than $2,400 and give a double exemption to phy sically handicapped persons over 65. The program, in which Sen. Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Portland Re publican, has had a prominent part, also would provide an auto matic increase of 1 per cent in each tax bracket if tax collec tions fell below $60 million any year. Capitol observers were pre dicting that the suggested amend ments would be added to the governor's bill and that the final extent of tax reduction would depend upon the compromise which would then have to be worked out between the House and Senate. The adjournment of the House Thursday afternoon knocked Gov. Holmes' Saturday adjourn ment plans out of whack and also miffed some Republicans. President To Make First Science Talk At Oklahoma City , Washington HP) President Eisenhower announced today he will speak at Oklahoma City Nov. 13 in the first of several addresses to bolster public con fidence in U. S. scientific pro gress and economic power. The President has said the speeches, scheduled in the wake of Sputnik, will be designed to alert the nation to the need for pushing scientific developments. The chief executive will speak at the "New Frontiers Exposi tion" in Oklahoma City at the invitation of Raymond Gary, the state's Democratic governor. 'Science and Security The White House said the Pres ident will fly to Oklahoma City in the early afternoon of Nov. 13 and return ., to Washington either late that night or early the next day. It said the topic of his address will be "Science and Security . The speech will be at 7:30 p.m. (p.s.t.) and will be carried nationally by radio and televis ion. The President sent a telegram to Gary accepting the govern or's invitation to participate in a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of Oklahoma's ad mission to statehood. 200 Children Take Pari in Fund Drive About 200 children took part in the annual UNICEF Hal loween project last night, and collected $194.72 it was report ed this morning. This is the third year the project has been carried on in Medford and adjacent areas. The total collected was some what larger than last year when $120 was contributed. Camp Fire Girls conducted the campaign the first two years. This year it was handled by the Medford chapter, Oregon United Nations association. Participa tion by both adults and children is entirely on a volunteer basis. Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth Jr., chairman, said the chapter was gratified at the results of the project, even though such a small number had taken part. . Mrs. Bosworth said the chap ter was aided by service club members, who served refresh ments when children checked in their collections, by parent teacher associations and by the public schools. Many parents ac companied their children, she added. eggs, water-filled balloons, bags filled with oil, and other items. Warning signs at the construc tion site of the storm sewer on South Central ave. were moved, and caused traffic to jam for several blocks, they said. Signs also were moved from the Front and 10th sts. construction result ing in trucks driving into a deadend street. No major damage was report ed in either Ashland or Central Point by police departments. A sidewalk was painted in Ashland and trashcans were turned over, police said, while in Central Point a few stop signs were reported pulled up. Police reported the majority of the pranks did not constitute damage but would mainly re quire time on the part of the owners to place Items and signs.