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Btcommended Price 10f Subscribers Tribit To report Improper or rlbn-deliv- ery of the Mail Tribune in Med ford phone SP 2-6141, Ashland MTJ 2-1021, Yreka 841W before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10:30 a m Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify of fice thus eliminating special mes senger service. Turkey tnnnmiri are given an intimate look into the op erations of a Jackson county turkey farm and processing plant in a feature story which appears on Page 12 of today's Mall Tribune. DFORD 6' United Pres Full Leased Wir- Unit Wir 66 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1957 No. 178 52nd Year Me C3 G KILLED IN CRASH William J. Dunlap, 18, of Butte Falls, was killed when his car (above) collided with a pickup truck about 11:20 p.m. Friday evening near the Jackson ville city limits. State Police said the Dunlap Butie Falls i n Auto Crash Friday William J. Dunlap, 418, of Ea gle Point star route, box 154, Butte Falls, was killed almost instanly when the car he was driving collided with a pickup truck on Highway 238 just east of the Jacksonville city limits Jbout 11:20 p.m. Friday. Comber Wreckage found In Alaska, lour Men Survive Anchorage, Alaska (IF) The wreckage of a B-29 which crash ed into a 6,900-foot mountain peak about 70 miles northeast of here Friday , night was found Saturday and the Air Force said six of the 10 men aboard were killed. Dead are: Maj. Robert A. Bup ler, Kane, Penn.; Richard Sea men, Toledo, Ohio; Capt. Erwin Stolfich, Alaska (no other ad dress given); Capt. Edward A. Bailent, Baltimore, Md.; 1st Lt. William J. Schresler, North Cumberland, Penn. One other man is dead. His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Survivors of the crash are: Tech. Sgt. Manuel Graza, Mid west City, Okla.; Staff Sgt. Rob ert McMurry, East Berlin. Conn.; 1st Lt. Claire Johnson, Crosby, qfcinn., and Staff Sgt. Calvin K. Campbell, San Antonio, Tex. ' Officers at Elmendorf Air Jorce base said .the plane was (Attached to the 5040th Radar Evaluation squadron. O The surivivors were being re ! turned to Elmendorf AFB by helicopters attached to the 71st, Air Rescue squadron. The bomb er left Elmendorf Friday morn ing on a round-robin flight. It was returning to Elmendorf and last radio contact shortly after 6 p m. (Anchorage time) (12 mid night EST) while over Talkeet na about 100 miles norht of here. The wreckage was found 35 miles southeast of the plane's last reported position. A brief attempt to locate the B-29 Friday night was frustrat ed by poor weather conditions, d " Former Local Man Found Dead In Calif. Long Beach, Calif. The body of M-Sgt. Russell E. Bara clough, former Medford man, was found Friday floating in water adjacent to the Long Beach naval shipyard. Baraclough was attached to the 2347th air reserve training center at Long Beach municipal airport. Friday was said to be his 42nd birthday. Police scheduled ajj - autopsy for Saturday. The airman was last reported to have been seen aboard the hospital ship USS Haven Nov. 6. He was scheduled for a minor operation, but hospital attaches said he never checked in. The body is being forwarded to Conger Morris funeral home for services. Sergeant Baraciough was a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Baraclough of 1114 West 10th st. Medford. gussia Builds Town On Scientific Basis Moscow (IP) Russia is build a "scientific town" of 20,000 in habitants in the heart of Siberia, Moscow radio said Saturday. The town will contain 10 large research institutes, a new uni versity and housing Youth Dies State police said the driver of the truck, Clarence Butterfield, 56, of Jacksonville, suffered chest injuries and cuts. He was treated by a Jacksonville phy sician and released, they said. Traveling East Dunlap was traveling east, po lice said, when he apparently crossed the highway center line on a slight curve. The vehicles met almost head-on, police said. The fatality was the 24th in Jackson county this year. Dunlap was born in Medford Sept. 2, 1939 and graduated from Medford high school last year. He was a menber of the U.S. Naval Reserve and was to report for duty the first of next month. Survivors include his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. William Dunlap of Butte Falls; two broth ers, Kenneth, Butte Falls, and Donald, Jacksonville! also his grandmothers, Mrs. Clara Kent, Butte Falls and Mrs. J. O. Bray of Medford. Funeral services will be held at the Perl funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. George S. Roseberry of the First Metho dist church officiating. Inter ment will be in the Butte Falls cemetery. Football Scores WEST Oregon 16, Southern Calif ornia 7 Oregon st. 24, Stanford 14 Washington t. 21, Idaho 13 Washington 35, California 27 x Utah 34, Air Force 0 Humboldt st. 39, Southern Oregon 14 UCLA 21. College of Pacific 0 Arizona st. 53, Montana it. 13 Arizona 51, Texas Western 14 EAST Boston College 19, Marq uette 14 Williams 39. Amherst 14 Brown 33, Harvard 6 Pennsylvania 28, Columbia 6 Yale 20, Princeton 13 Syracuse 34, Colgate 6 Penn st. 14, Holy Cross 10 Dartmouth 20, Cornell 19 Army 20, Tulane 14 MIDWEST Ohio st. 17, Iowa 13 Michigan 27, Indiana 13 Michigan st. 42, Minnesota 13 Purdue 27. Northwselern 0 Wisconsin 24. Illinois 13 Iowa st. 33, South Dakota 0 Colorado 27, Nebraska 0 Kansas st. 23, Missouri 21 SOUTH South Carolina 13, Virginia 0 North Carolina 12. VPI 0 Duke 7, Clemson 6 William and Mary 38. Rut gers 7 Florida 14. Vanderbilt 7 Kentucky 27. Xavier 0 West Virginia 27. Wake For est 14 Navy 52. George Washing ton 0 Auburn 6, Georgia 0 Mississippi 14. Tennessee 7 Georgia Tech 10. Alabama 7 Mississippi st. 14, Louisiana st. 6 SOUTHWEST Notre Dame 7, Oklahoma 0 Texas 14, Texas Christian 2 Rice 7. Texas A&M 6 Southern Methodist 27, Ar kansas 22 Wyoming 20. New Mexico 13 vehicle apparently crossed the highway center line on a slight curve and struck the truck almost head-on. Dunlap's vehicle was hurled 125 feet from the point of impact. Allegiance Oath Set For New Citizens Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna will administer the oath of allegiance Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m. to a group of persons who will become naturalized citizens. The ceremony will be held in the circuit courtroom following an examination given by a representative of the Im migration service, Portland. The last group of 15 persons to become naturalized citizens in Medford was on May 29. Democrats Urge Special Session Washington (IP) The Demo cratic advisory council said Sat urday 'night President Eisenhow er should call a special session of congress because our military and-research programs are being held back because of lack of funds. It charged that U.S. air-atomic superiority over Russia "is rap idly being lost" "and that the Western Alliance "is seriously weak" from years of neglect" under the Eisenhower adminis tration. The Democrats called on the administration to "develop a greater sense of urgency about these matters." "We have fallen behind in . . . weapons of tomorrow," the council said in a statement. "We must do more than merely catch up. We must become and stay so strong that the Communists will not start an atomic war or allow one to start." "If our military and research programs are being held back because of .lack of funds, a spe cial session of congress should be called, requesting the neces sary additional appropriations and,if required, the raising of the debt limit which is today ar tificially holding back the ex penditures of money already approved." (The debt limit set by congress is 275 billion dollars. The debt now stands in excess of 273 bil lion.) The council also said it be lieved rivalry between the arm ed services "is delaying our pro grams and causing unnecessary expense." It said "this rivalry should be put to an end and uni fied action taken within the de partment of defense." New Signals Set For Operation Soon The first of three traffic signs authorized by the city council recently will go into operation at Main st. and Keeneway dr. Monday morning, according to Vernon Thorpe, public works di rector. The light, which will be to assist children from Hedrick Junior High school and Wash ington grade school crossing East Main st, will be the "push button" type with 24-hour per day operation. The light will flash yellow on the Main st. side with a red flashing light facing Keeneway dr. until the cycle is started when the button is push ed, he said. When the button is pushed, the yellow light will show a steady caution for five seconds facing Main st. The walk signal will last for 12 seconds and another 12 seconds of wait sig nal before the light facing Main st. again turns green to permit cars to move. Thorpe said installation of two other lights approved by the council is under way and com pletion is expected within a few weeks. Report Many Dead From Train Crash In French Province All Victims Noted As French Citizens Chantonny, France (IP) A be hind schedule freight tr a i n rounding a bend rammed head on into a light two-coach diesel express Saturday, slicing open the lead passenger car for two thirds of its length. The state-owned French rail way system said the bodies of 25 passengers were found in the wreckage of the small commuter-type train. Two others died in hospitals, bringing the death toll to 27. Another 20 injured passengers were being treated in two near by hospitals. All victims identified were French. Most, of them had been headed for weekend holidays near here. All the dead were in the first passenger car, which was sliced down the middle so that its light steel-aluminum al loy sides bracketed both sides of the heavy steam locomotive. Invesigiations Made Railway officials said prelim inary investigations indicated the accident occurred because the express was dispatched from the station before the last freight train arrived. They said the stationmaster had left for lunch and the man who replaced him apparently saw another train in the station and thought the freight had ar rived and had been switched to a siding to allow the express to pass. The foce of the collision, the sixth major rail disaster in France this year and the second wreck this week, crumpled the two-car aluminum and steel pas senger train around the heavy engine of the freight. It was the second travel dis aster in Europe in 24 hours. Last night, 43 persons died in the flaming crash of a British flying boat on the. Isle of Wight. Collide On One-Way Track The passenger train and the freight colided on a oneway track while the passenger train was on a run from La Roche-Sur-Yon on the Atlantic coast to Bressuire in Vendee province. The impact of the light train and the heavy engine crunched the two light coaches into a heap of scrap metal. Rescue teams from the sur rounding villages and towns rushed to the scene. Bodies were hauled from the wreckage and brought to the Chantonnay town hall. Ambulances rushed he living to the Chantonnay hospital where physicians reported many of them were in critical condi tion. The state-owned French rail way (SNCF) sent investigators and officials to the scene. The railroad has been under fire for months with demands for greater safety. Carrier Steams Back With Crash Bodies Honolulu HP) The Aircraft Carrier Philippine Sea steamed for Long Beach, Calif., Satur day with all that was found of the ill-fated Pan - American Stratocruiser "Romance of the Skies" fire-scarred pieces of wreckage and the bodies of 19 of its 44 occupants. A weeklong search was called off on Friday afternoon when hope vanished of finding any survivors or picking up any more of the wreckage that might give investigators more clues as to what happened to the plane before it crashed into the sea Nov. 8. The Navy said none of the 19 recovered bodies had been posi tively identified and there was still no explanation as to what caused the double-decked luxury aircraft to plunge into the oc ean on a flight from San Fran cisco to Honolulu. However the fact that none of the recovered bodies wore shoes and that some of them wore life jackets indicated that the plane was in trouble, possibly afire, and was attempting to ditch when it crashed. The condition of the bodies, all of which had multiple frac tures, indicated that the plane slammed into the sea with great force, killing the eight crew members and 36 passengers al most instantly. Watches found on three bodies were stopped at 5:27 p.m. p.s.t. just 23 minutes after the plane had sent its last routine position report. . Stockton, Salif. (IP) A Navy pilot safely bailed out of his jet night interceptor Saturday minutes before it crashed in a pasture a few miles east of here. Important Meeting On New Defense , TRUCK DRIVER INJURED Clarence But terfield, 26, of Jacksonville, suffered chest injuries and cuts when his pickup truck (above) was struck by a vehicle driven by a Butte Falls youth Friday evening east of the Medford Defeated By Beaverton 19-0 In Saturday Game BY DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor Beaverton The Beaverton high school Beavers defeated the Medford high school Black Tor nadoes 19 to 0 at Beaverton Sat urday night. Beaverton advances . to the Oregon state "football Class "A-l semi-finals and will play Jeffer son high school of Portland next weekend. Beaverton scored once in the second quarter and twice in the fourth quarter. The first touch down was made on a pass good' for 11 yards, from Mike McGet tigan to Mickey Sinnerud, Steve Beguin kicked the extra point making it 7 to 0. In the 'fourth quarter the Beavers scored on a 33-yard run by Snnerud, and then on a 3 yard sneak by quarterback Mc Gettigan. Beaverton piled up a total net of 353 yards to 308 yards for Medford. In rushing and passing Beaverton had 250 yards and Medford 177 yards. In first downs, Beaverton had 11 to Med ford's eight. Medford posed a scoring threat near the end of the first half when the Tornadoes got down to the Beaverton 5-yard line where they lost the ball on downs. Pass interceptions and pen alties hurt both sides. However, Medford was hurt more severly than Beaverton. Beaverton had one touchdown run called back by a penalty. In the fourth quart er, John Jones, Medford, went all the way from the 15-yard line down the rigttt side line to the Beaverton goal but was ruled out of bounds on the Medford 31. Major Tax Bill Passed By Solons Salem KP) The 10th special legislative session in Oregon his tory adjourned sine die at 7:14 p.m. Friday after passing House Bill 1 which lowers state income taxes 20.03 per cent. The House passed the major tax bill 56-4 and the Senate con curred 29-1. Legislators hoped it would put a brake on the state's accumu lating surplus which has been estimated to reach as high as 74 million dollars by July, 1959. Forest Fire Season Closes Here Friday The forest fire season came to an official close at midnight Friday, according to District Wardne Curtis Nesheim of the sothwest Oregon district of the state forestry department. The end mea bnsurning per mits will no longer be required, and that equipment regulations for loggers are eased, he said. Sports Bulletin Eureka. Calif. The South ern Oregon Red Raiders fumb led their way to a 39 to 14 loss at the hands of Humboldt St. college here Saturday night. U.S. Defense Alerted To Check Red Threat Washington 1P) Ameri ca's aroused defense Saturday rushed plans to leapfrog Russia into solar space and at the same time counter their intercontinen tal ballistic missile threat. Scientists at Kirkland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N. M., indicated they soon may pos sess a nuclear anti-missile mis- Vets' Float Wins Grand Sweepstakes A float entered by the Veterans Administration Domiciliary at Camp White won the grand sweepstakes prize in the annual Christmas parade sponsored by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. The float included Santa Claus. Several thousand people lined downtown Medford streets and watched the 20-minute parade, which is held in conjunction with the Retail Merchants associa tion's formal opening of the Christmas shopping season. Winners , in the adult division included theMedford Jaycettes, first; Ladies of the Moose Lodge float, second; Pilgrim Holliness church, third; and Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority, fourth. Winners in the youth division included the Pilgrim Holliness church youth group, first; Meth odist Youth Fellowship, second; St. Mary's Girl Scout Troop 85, third; and Baptist Youth group, fourth. Awards will be presented at ceremonies broadcast over sta tion KBES-TV at 4:30 p.m. Tues day, according to Al Carpenter, parade chairman. Themes for the parade this year were "Biblical, "Christmas," and Fantasy." Judges for the parade were Jack Teeter of McLoughlin Jun ior High school, Robert Toomey, fjacred Heart Parents associar tion, and Mrs. Evelyn Polas of Phoenix High school. 'Hey Don't Forget Planned et Program Jacksonville city limits. The youth was killed in the crash after his car continued for 125 feet after colliding with Butterfield's truck. The death was the 24th in Jackson county this year. sile the "key to American de fense" against a sneak enemy at tack. Lt. Col. McPherson Morgan, head of a Kirkland special weapons division, said "we feel we have a way of destroying nu clear and non-nuclear rockets out in space." 10 Minutes To Target The Defense - Department, meantime, has made rapid encir clement of the Soviet Union with ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads 1,500 miles in 10 minutes a priority goal. Defense Secretary Neil H. Mc Elroy outlined the U.S. military reaction to the : Communists' Sputniks and loud racket claims late Friday, in his first formal news conference since suceed ing Charles E. Wilson Oct. 9. He announced he wil set up a Pentagon ; super - organization, over and above the individual military services, to press re search and development of "new and novel weapons" in the mis sile and satellite fields. The or ganization's chief, to be named within a month, will have au thority over anti-ballistic mis sile missiles, outer space vehi cles and "some other very up stream types of weapon pro jects." Flu Cases Total 245 For Jackson County A total of 245 cases of influ enza were reported to the Jack son county department of health last week, according to Dr. A, Erin Merkel, county health phys ician. The total compares with 437 reported the week before, and 516 reported in the county dur ing the week ending Nov. 1. One non-paralytic polio case was reported in Jacksonville. Other communicable diseases re ported last week included one impetigo, four pneumonia, one mumps, one pink eye, three measles, and one tuberculosis. The Bottom Part, Too' Heavy Expenditures Reported Involved In Defense Budget McElroy Will Fly In To Augusta, Georgia Augusta, Ga. OP) President Eisenhower Saturday called his Defense Secretary to the vaca tion White House for an import ant meeting next week on the new defense budget which will involve a "very considerable" in crease in federal spending. Secretary Neil H. McElroy will fly from Washington to Aug usta for a meeting next Tues day. He will be accompanied by W. J. McNeil, Assistant Defense Secretary and the department's specialist on budgetary matters. Both McElroy and McNeil are on record as interpreting the president's remarks of last Wed nesday to mean that spending for an expanded missile, rocket and satellite program next year will result in "not too large an increase in the total defense budget." Cost Said Considerable The president said Wednesday night in Oklahoma City that the added cost of new weapons pro grams and the expansion of the Strategic Air Command to addi tional overseas bases would be "very considerable." But the president also said, "we must once more go over all other military expenditures with redoubled determination to save every dime that can possi bly be saved." Press Secretary James C. Hag erty said the Tuesday meeting would deal, as other similar con ferences between the - president and McElroy have done recent ly, with not only the new wea pons program but the search for spots in the military struc ture susceptible to stringent ec onomies. McNeil in a Washington speech earlier this week fore cast that the overall increase in the defense budget would be small on a "percentage" basis There have been reports that the budget might go up one billion dollars over the 1958 year figure of $38 billion. Hagerty Saturday, however, would not hazard a guess on the size of the new defense figure, saying that the conference here Tuesday would not complete work on McElroy's5 budget and additional conferences would be held in Washington. NATO Council Has Emergency Session Paris (IPI Nato's permanent council met . in emergency ses sion Saturday in an attempt to avert a major breach in west ern solidarity over Anglo-American arms shipments to Tunisia. Observers said the delgates would seek to work out a com promise which would mollify an angry. France. Premier Fleix Gaillard has hinted that unless a speedy ; solution is found, France might boycot the NATO "summit" conference Dec. 16. The Council of Parmanent Representatives to NATO's Paris , headquarters met at 4:15 a.m., est to take up the dispute -between France and its traditional allies, The United States and Great Britain. NATO General Secretary Paul-Henri Spaak pre sided over the closed-door ses sion. Gaillard told the French Na tional Assembly Friday that fail ure to find a "clear and unequiv ocal solution" before Dec. 16 would "jeopardize" the meeting of the NATO headso f state. WEATHER FORECAST: Fog this morning, becoming cloudy this after noon with rain possible this evening through Monday morning, becoming showery Monday afternoon, high today 45. low tonight 34, high Mon day 48. TEMP. Richest Yesterdav 51 Lowest this Morning 34 PRECIP. To 5 p.m. Yesterday trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 7:05 a.m. Sunset 4.48 p.m. The Moon rises Monday 3:36 a.m. andi s in Perigee. EVENING STARS Venus, which will he easily seen at sunset or shortly there after outshines by far every star and planet. Low in south west 6:44 p.m. Venus tonight is moving near the star Nunkl In Sagittarius.
