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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
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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
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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."
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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.