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EfluishchGv I 4We Dirt far RECORD TOTE CAST FOR SCHOOL BONDS Two-Year Program Approved 3 to 1 in Medford District 1,699 VoUs Cf0t In$l,786,OX) Patrogof Medford school dis trict 49C yesterday approved, 3 to 1, a $1,786,000 feond issu to finance a two-yer building program. The vote wag; 1,170 in favor and 428 against. The total number of votes cast, 1,699, was the largest in ny prior school bWid ejection in the district, school officials said. Previous largest turnout was in 1953, wn 1,458 votes were cast on a bond issue. By polling places, the vote was: McLoughlin Junior High, 670 yes, 271 no; and Hedrick Junior High, 600 yes, and 157 no. One void vote was cast at Hedrick, officials said. Turnout Larger The turnout was much larger than expected, school officials said. Because of the turnout, voters had to wait as much as an hour and a half. The bonds will finance con struction of two new element ary schools, additions and reno vations at Medford High and other schools, and a new district shop for school buses and other vehicles. Planned for next year are a science, shop, homemaking and five or six classrooms at Med ford High school; one basic unit of probably 10 classrooms on the Grand ave. elementary school site; one basic unit of probably eight classrooms on the Siskiyou blvd. site; renovation and additions at West Side and Roosevelt schools; and a ware house and shop for school buses. Planned Program The building program was planned to relieve new class room needs in Medford's schools for several years. However, the school officials pointed out that if enrollments do not warrant additional space in 1959-60, con struction would be postponed un til it was needed. Bonds will be issued only as funds for work as needed. School administrators said plans for needed classrooms next year are being developed as rapidly as possible They in dicated that bids may be opened as soon as possible after the first of the year for some of the construction work. Eclipse of Moon May Nol Be Visible Here An eclipse of the moon early Thursday, during which time western scientists believe Russia might attempt to explode a hy drogen warhead on the moon, will probably not be visible to residents of the Medford area. . The eclipse is scheduled to start at 4:45 a.m. Thursday when the moon is low in the west, and is to be over about 6:45 a.m. The Medford weather bureau said a mild storm front is mov ing toward this area and the moon possibly could be obscured by clouds during the eclipse. Smoky conditions in the valley also are expected to interfere, the weather bureau said. If the eclipse is visible here, it will be for only a short time because the moon will disappear behind the western mountains shortly after the start of the eclipse, Meteorologist Robert Church said. Elections By UNITED PRESS Newark Gov. Robert B. Meyner defeats Republican Malcolm S. Forbes, who had President Eisenhower's back ing, in Democratic guberna torial landslide. New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner. Jr.. wins reelec tion in record-smashing plu rality over nearest opponent. Republican - Robert K. Chris lenberry. O Pittsburgh Democratic Mayor David L. Lawrence re elected to unprecedented fourt! term in Pennsylvania off-year balloting. Richmond J. Lindsay Al mond, Democrat segregation ist running on pledge to defy U.S. Supreme Court integra tion mandate, wins easy vic tory over GOP's Ted Dalton "Comrades, Statement Issued by Keating Concerning His Term of Office County Judge Rodney Keating today issued a statement setting forth his position on the dispute over when his term of office ex pires. Judge Keating has maintained it runs to 1960. Others, includ ing the Oregon Blue Book, be lieve it is up next year. District Attorney Thomas Reeder recent ly wrote the attorney general's office requesting an opinion on the matter. Judge Keating in his state ment pointed out that the Secre tary of State, not the attorney general, is the state's authority on election matters, and quoted a letter from Secretary of State Mark Hatfield in which he gave his opinion that Keating's term runs to 1960. Offices io Close On Veterans Day Federal, state and local offic es will be closed Monday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day, but Medford retail merchants plan to remain open. Veterans organizations are planning observances Monday, starting with a breakfast at 7 a.m. in the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, 42 North Front st. A parade is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Monday, with groups participating assembling at the library square at 10:40 a.m., ac cording to M. A. Beneka, parade chairman. Units participating in the parade should contact Bene ka before Friday this week by telephoning SPring 2-5877. The parade will proceed east on Main st. to Bartlett st., north on Bartlett st. to Sixth st., and west of? Sixth st. to Holly.- A dance is scheduled at the Central Point American Legion hall Monday night at 7:30 p.m. All veterans, whether members of any organization or not, have been invited. Medford stores will be open until 9 pjn. Monday. Banks will be closed Monday, and the post office will provide regular Sun day and holiday service. CapsuOe for governor of Virginia. Bridgeport, Conn. Jasper McLevy, Socialist mayor of Bridgeport for 24 years, loses in bid' for 131h consecutive two-year term to Samuel J. Tedesco, Democrat. Little Rock Six of seven places on new city manager system board of directors won by candidates opposed by se gregationists in narrow race. Louisville Democrat Bruce Hoblitzell elected mayor to keep city Democratic organi zation, in power since 1933. in control of Louisville politics. ' New Haven, Conn. Demo cratic Mayor Richard C. Lee wins smashing third-term vic tory over' Republican Ediih Valet Cook. (Sea story on Page 5) A Toast ': Keating's statement follows: "In answer to the news story appearing in the Medford Trib une Nov. 5, regarding my term of office, I had not been inform ed of this request by Commis sioner James to the District At torney until late Nov. 4, and then by the District Attorney.. "It is my opinion, that under Oregon Laws 1957, Chapter 608, Section 2, The Secretary of State is the chief election officer of this state, and it is his responsi bility to obtain and maintain uni formity in the application, oper ation and interpretation of the election laws. Also enclosed is a copy of a letter from the Sec retary of State under date of April 26, 1957, regarding this matter, I am equally sorry that the Blue Book (prepared under my predecessor) has led to the surmise that you were elected for a four-year term. Although there is some conflict between Section II of the Original Arti cle VII (which specifies a four year term for county judges) and Section I of the Amended Arti cle VII (which specifies a six year term for all judges), the problem was resolved forty-three years ago. In State versus Hol man (1914) 73 Or. 18, 144 P. 429, it was held that the four-year term provision of the original Article VII was repealed by im plication. (See P. 1704 of the second volume of ORS annota tions). In other words, it is our understanding that your pres ent term is for six years. We have not yet tracked down the source of the Blue Book error. "This is obviously, in my op inion, a political maneuver. As stated in Section 2, the problem is definitely in the hands of the Secretary of State." Driver Improvement Class Starts Today The Medford driver improve ment school will begin its fall sessions at the city hall council chambers at 7:30 p.m. today, ac cording to instructor Police Capt. Clyde Fichtner.. Fichtner said the class will include seven students recom mended to the session by the municipal court judge. Anyone interested in attending the classes is welcome, he said. The second session of the cur rent series will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 13, Fichtner said. Anyone interested in at? tending either session of the school, which is not a penalty for poor driving but to improve attitudes in driving, should con tact Fichtner at the police sta tion. Salem (IP Oregon's county boards of equalization will meet here Thursday. DOW-JONES AVERAGES . New York HP) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 435.82, up 1.78; 20 rail roads 107.57, up 0.23; 15 util ities 64.36, up 0.02; and 65 stocks 147.11. up 0.44. Sales today were about 2,550,000 shares compared with 2,380, 000 shares Monday. 52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 20 Pages Final Action on Tax Reducf Changes Aw. Senate Expected To Get Bill Today y., Salem OP) The Senate Taxa tion Committee was expected to take final action on Republican amendments to the Democratic income tax reductions bill this afternoon and send it to the Sen ate floor for a vote. . . The 1 p.m. tax meeting was called after the Senate heard Sen. Walter Pearson, chairman of the Tax Committee, charge that the Republican amend ments would "endanger the economic future and credit rat ing of the state." Republicans, on the other hand, expressed surprise that Pearson "lay down"., without a fight in the Senate Tax Commit tee Tuesday by turning over dis cussion of the tax reduction measure to vice-chairman Ben Musa, The Dalles Democrat, who favors the Republican tax program. Approval was delayed pend ing computations by the State Tax Commission of what a 30 per cent tax reduction would raise in revenue. Originnal Republican amend ments called for a 35 per cent reduction which some legislators felt might be a little high. Gov. Holmes proposed a 10 per cent tax reduction. . Passage of the bill as amend ed appeared sure with Musa's support. At one point, feeling ran high in a tax committee meeting with Democrats accusing Republicans of advocating "deficit financing" and Republicans countering that the Democrats were "planning a a surplus. , Figures Cause Commotion . ,. Figures presented the commit tee by State Finance Director John Richardson caused part of the commotion. Richardson said that tax com mission estimates indicated that if the 35 per cent tax reduction amendment were adopted, the state would have a $10 million surplus at the end of the 1959 biennium and a $74,803,000 defi cit at the end of the 1961 bien nium. $1,098,000 Damage Suit Filed Here Fre'd Argetsinger is seeking a total of $1,098,000 in damages from Lithia and Magnolia lum ber companies of Ashland, ac cording to a complaint on file in Jackson county circuit court. A spokesman for Magnolia lumber company explained that Lithia lumber company had pur' chased their sawmill and planing operation in 1952. However, the attorney for Argetsinger had filed a damage suit jointly against the two companies. Argetsinger was operating a lumber carrier for Lithia April 28, 1953, on Wightman st. near the intersection with East Main st. in Ashland when the vehicle overturned, severely injuring him, according to the complaint. According to the complaint, it is alleged that the defendant lumber companies were careless and negligent for not providing safety instruction, failing to test or inspect brakes, steering gear, tires and the mechanism, allow ing the brakes to remain de fective, allowine an inexper ienced employee to operate the vehicle, not providing approved headlights and tail-lights for the carrier when other means of il lumination were insufficient and failing to equip the vehicle with a cab or door. Argetsinger alleged he lost $20,000 in wages following the accident and will lose further wages, that his medical expenses totalled an estimated $28,000 and he has been informed further medical expenses will amount to approximately $300,000. WEATHER FORECAST: Clear tonight. In creasing cloudiness Thursday. Low tonight 28. High Thurs day 60. Temp. 60 24 Highest Yesterday Lowest this Morning Our Skies Tonight Sunrise :5l a.m. Sunset 4:59 p m. The Moon rises at .. 4:35 p.m. and will be Full Thurs day at 6:32 a.m. At this time a total eclipse of the Moon will be occurring which will begin just before the Moon sets in the western part of - North America. The eclipse will be generally visible in the Arctic, the Pacific Ocean, Australia and Asia. . - MEDFORD, 2fr 0 . i Photonic Liquid Superfuel Used To Launch Second Satellite Supercosmic Speeds Said Scientists' Goal London (IP) Soviet scientist Cyrill Stanyukovich said today the Russians are working on photonic rockets which theoret ically could approach the speed of light at 186,000 miles a sec ond. . Stanyukovich also reported in an article in the newspaper Trud: Russia used a liquid super- fuel and not nuclear energy to launch its second earth satel lite. Russian work on atomic en ergy "opens great possibilities in building' atom jet engines which would facilitate flights to other planets." Stanyukovich gave no details of the research into the photonic rockets except to say Soviet scientists were working on such rockets "which would develop supercosmic speeds approximat ing1 the speed of light." "Scientific success will even tually enable realization of this bold dream," he added. London Supports Claim In London, vBritish rocket ex pert Kenneth Gatland said "pho tonic" rockets would draw en ergy from light and theoretical ly at least would be capable of continuous acceleration approxi mating the speed of light. . - The Soviet union continued to poke fun at the American rocket and missile program. It said So viet scientists had worked out suitable techniques for space flights to Mars. Dr. Vitaly Romadin, identified by Moscow, radio as a "Soviet scientist," said Russian scientists already have created conditions similar to those that- would be encountered on a flight to Mars. The new series of Soviet state ments came as the Western world became edgy over reports of mysterious unidentified fly ing objects and speculation that Russia would unveil new secret weapons Thursday on the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. There still was no official in dications in Moscow that the Russians planned to fire a rock et to the moon Thursday as speculated by Western scientists. Boyer Says Regret Of Morse Not True Portland (IP) Robert A. Boy- er, Oregon Democratic chairman today branded as untrue reports that Democrats in this state re gret Sen. Wayne L. Morse switch ing from the Republican to the Democratic party. Boyer, in a press release, also described as "profoundly silly," reports that Morse and Rep. Ed ith Green (D-Ore.), were plotting against Sen. Richard L. Neuber ger (D-Ore.). Boyer said, "In areas where Sen. Morse has differed with other members of the Oregon delegation, he has done so out of the profound convictions of his own professional judgment. We are proud of our elected Democratic officials and we of fered them to the electorate not as rubber stamps but as forceful and independent candidates who can think for themselves. They all maintain close links with their party." League Follies Open At Cralerian Today Medford Junior Service league will present their "Around the World" Follies for 1957 tonight and Thursday at the Craterian theater at 8:30 p.m. The program, will aid in the support of the league's kinder garten for deaf children which prepares the children for special education in schools for the deaf. The; Follies consists of two acts of 24 scenes. Included are skits entitled "Roaring Twen ties," "Arabian Nights," "Paris! Paris! Paris!," "Caribbean Cap ers," "Paradise Isle," "Snow Scene by Currier and Ives," and many others. United WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1957 n n a sciqci worscing 1 IT'S A WHATNIK MSgt. John Campbell in Van Nuys, Calif., examines a cone-like metal object that was found near Angeles Crest highway. It is about three feet long and weighs about 10 pounds. Col. Dean Hess of Armed Forces Information said the -Object had "foreign-writing, possibly Russian," on it. He said that if was h'is' personal opinion that the object' was" "99 per cent hoax." - ' Explanation Sought For Various Reports Of Flying Objects By. UNITED PRESS An apparently sober citizen said he saw and talked . Tues day night with the ordinary- ap pearing occupants of an appar ent space ship in Nebraska; "un identified flying objects, round, cigar-shaped - and star-like were reported over vast areas of the United States and some were tracked by radar; an object de scribed as "not of earth" came down with a whistle and a thump in an English schoolyard. Many Said Tricks of Vision Many of the UFO (unidenti fied flying objects) sightings were attributed by scientists to tricks of vision in persons who actually saw the bright planet Venus and other stars. The di rector of Harvard University's observatory, Dr. Donald H. Men zel, said many seeming "flying saucers" were really mirages caused by natural weather phen omena. But some sightings ap peared to defy all such explana tions. ......... At " Kearney, Neb., Reinhold O. Schmidt, 48, ' Bakersfield, Calif., a grain buyer who once served a prison term for em bezzlement, came into town white faced and shaken and ask ed to see a minister. He told of talking with six occupants of a transparent "space ship" park ed for repairs outside town, and stuck to the story through re peated questioning. Boy Sees Spaceship A somewhat similar sighting by a 12-year-old boy said to be "not given to telling stories" at Knoxville, Tenn., this morning. The apparently terrified young ster, Everett Clark, said he was alone in his home about 6:30 a.m. when a "long and round spaceship" landed in a cow pas ture across the road. . Everett said two men and two women stepped out of the ship talking "like German soldiers in war movies" he had seen on tele vision. The boy said one of the men grabbed at his dog, Frisky, who backed away. He then pick ed up another dog, Everett said. This dog growled and appeared to be about to bite, and the man put him down, the boy said. Everett said, the ship took off "without a sound. It climbed ra ther sharply, like a helicopter." He said that when the men and women entered it, "it looked as though they were walking through glass." Price 10 Cents Tribune Press Full Leased Wire No. 169 n n Sockets Reporter Carson Brewer and photographer Bill. Dye of . the Knoxville News-Sentinal accom panied the youngster to the pas ture after he told his. story to them, the sheriff and school au thorities. Imprint in Grass "I saw something which nearly made me jump," Brewer said. "About 10 feet from where Everett was standing I saw a peculiar imprint in the thick grass. Everett did not point . it out. Dye and I saw it first. It was in the shape of a fat cigar or a slender egg. I stepped off the length of the thing as about 24 feet. It probably was about five feet wide at the thickest por tion. Jacksonville Voters Defeat Bond Issue Jacksonville Residents of Jacksonville yesterday defeated a proposed $200,000 bond issue to. finance construction of a sewer system here. The vote was 87 for and 133 against. Jacksonville js served by sep tic tanks only. Three councilmen were elect ed. They are E. O. Graham, who received 196 votes; E. D. Mc Intyre, 198 votes; and Robert Welch, 173. All three were unopposed. Officers Investigate Two Ashland Area Jackson county sheriff's offi cers are. investigating two bur glaries which occurred in Ash land some time Monday night. The Belleview school was broken into sometime Monday night, according to reports from school district authorities to sheriff's officers. Cans of tuna fish, a loaf of bread and $2 in change was taken, they said. The school janitor discovered the break-in early Tuesday morning. Officers said a bar had been used to force the outside door to the boiler-room. The thief or thieves must have en-1 tered several rooms, they said. The food was taken from a locked closet in the kitchen after the door was forced open. The change was taken from .a box kept in the teachers' lounge. Although a few things were Russian Leader Asks East-West Summit Meeting American Satellite Efforts Ridiculed Moscow (IP) Soviet Commu nist party leader N i k i t a Khrushchev pledged again today that Russia never would resort to war unless attacked, and called once more for an East West summit meeting to end present differences. Khrushchev made his new bid for peaceful coexistence in a three hour speech before a spe cial session of the Supreme So viet (parliament) called in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. . He broke his speech into two portions, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. "Wars are not needed for the victory of socialism," Khru shchev told a cheering audience which included Commuist lead ers from all over the world. "Relying on . war could be anti-moral and would be con trary to our Communist world outlook." Urges Ban on War He mentioned next month's Paris meeting of the North At antic Treaty Organization which will be attended by President Eisenhower and other Western heaSs of state. Then he called for a "high level meeting of representatives of capitalist and socialist coun tries so as to reach agreement on excluding war as a means of solving political questions." Khrushchev blamed the "im perialist" countries of the West for keeping the world on the brink of war. "We solemnly declare," he added, "that our people has nev er thought and does not think to use any means of destruction if our country js not subjected to an attack by imperialist states. "A new war would produce enormous devastation and .cap italism wo&d perish." Khrushchev ridiculed Ameri can efforts to launch a satellite. "Now our first Sputnik gill no longer be bored wandering around the universe," he said. " . . . Yes, two envoys 'of the' Soviet Union, two stars' of peace are making their flights around the earth." "Our Sputniks are circling around the earth and waiting for the American and other Sputniks- to join them and to form a community of Sputniks " "A community of this kind, a . competition of this kind, will be far better than the competi tion of the armaments race, or the manufacture of lethal wea pons. There was no sign of deposed Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov or the four former leaders who were disgraced last summer Georgi Malenkov, Lazar Kakan ivoch, Vyacheslav M. Molotov or Dmitri Shepilov. Officials Inspect New Detention Home City and state fire inspection officials reported the new Jack son county juvenile detention home is all right from the stand point of fire safety providing two alterations are made, it was re ported today. It was recommended that win dows protected by wire screens be placed in the fire doors and the fire alarm wires be placed on mouldings in the maximum se curity quarters to remove them from the reach of juveniles. Inspecting the building were City Fire Marshal Truman Nel son, and W. P. Roble and Mervin Gilson from the state fire mar shal's office. The inspection tour was made with County Judge Rodney Keating and County Commissioners Ralph James and Chester Wendt. Los Angeles (W Actress Mary Martin is in bed with the flu. Burglaries moved in other rooms, nothing else was taken, deputies re ported. School officials informed offi cers that the school had been entered a year ago and a pencil dispensing maching taken. How ever, the burglary was not re ported to the sheriff's office then. The second burglary occurred the same night in a trailer house owned by M.. C. Linninger and Sons Sand and Gravel com pany on Water st. in Ashland. A lock on the door was forced and a set of welding torches, Victor gauges, acetylene welding ma chine and 50 feet of rubber hose plus a recapped tire and wheel were among articles taken. A more complete report on the missing articles will be made later, Ashland police said.
