Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 27, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto -iMl,ril.,i!i1,, f I will I III ' hum II I u i enr rt--w w?"' 'ff f m''A zWmZtit I United Press Full ' &;B -ifflLLj jKBBSbm A r UNDER SCRUTINY-This i general view of the Senate cacus room as the Senate Pre paredness subcommittee investigates the na tion's defenses. Dr. Edward Teller, regarded as the "father" of the H-bomb, is on the wit ness stand, lower right, in this picture. At the committee table, left to right, are Democratic Senators John Stennis. Miss., and Estes Ke fauver, Tenn., and Cyrus Vance, assistant STREAMED MISSILE Intelligence Head Called Back Behind Closed Doors Today Authority in Program Questioned at Hearing Washington TP) Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson called today for a streamlining of the nation's mis sile and satellite programs as a necessary step in bettering Russia In space weapons. The Texas Democrat told ripwsrnpn the Senate Trepa red ress subcommittee which he heads "will have to inquire very carefully into who is running what." The subcommittee called back n Central Intelligence Director aides for further questioning be hind closed doors on what they know about Russia's missiles. Sputniks, war industry and over all military power. Johnson said the "one clear pattern that has emerged" in the first two days of the broad Investigation is "the extreme dif ficulty of pinnins; down lines of authority, in the missile and sat ellite program." "I do not believe in shaking everything up and turning things upside down" he said, "But we will have to find out how to streamline the organization." Several scientists testifying so far also have criticized the mis sile and satellite programs for weaknesses in organization and line of authority. Dr. John P. Hagen, director of the U. S. satellite project "Van guard, Tuesday called for imme diate creion of a single govern ment agency to control all satel lite and space ship programs. Hagen also revealed that de fense officials in 1955 refused to fjfive the U.S. satellite a top prior ity. If this had been done, he said, he was sure the Russians wouldn't have been first with O their Sputniks. The scientist agreed with John son the United States "took a calculated risk and we lost." Allen Dulles reported Tues day that Russia "is encountering growing difficulty" in maintain ingQits high level of military spending and at the same time improve living conditions of the people. Acreage Purchase. Okayed By Council The Medford city council ap proved the purchase of about 30 acres of land on the north end of the airport property during a special meeting yesterday after noon, according to city officials. This completes the purchase (St land on the north side of the airport for a safety zone of one quarter mile long and 1,000 feet wide, required by the Civil Aeronautics administration. The sfluth safety zone has two small plots of land still to be pur chased, Robert A. Duff, city manager, said. The land purchased is owned by Marshall Day. It will be sold to the city for $24,000. Duff said. He said the council and Day had arrived at the price by negotiation rather than by con demnation suit. He said the runway lights would be extended onto the land. No buildings or signs will be permitted on the land under CAA rules, he said. Sultz and Biddle rds., which run through the zone, will remain open, Duff added. Salem tlP) The State Board of Control today approved giv ing Asian flu shots to all patients at the state hospital who have not yet received them. Atlas May Saturday, Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IP) Informed sources said today that the Atlas intercontinental bal listic missile would be fired Sat urday if scheduled ground teste today are successful. The Air Force, however, refus ed to confirm or deny the re ports. The big projectile has fiz zled in its only two previous tests, leaving the U.S. still with out a missile to match Russia's continent-spanning ICBM. In today's expected "static test" the huge, 90-foot rocket would be bolted to its launching pad and its powerful engines rev ved up. Committee Leaves Meanwhile, Rep. George Ma hon (D-Tex.), chairman of a House Appropriations subcom mittee investigating the missile program, termed Tuesday night's unsuccessful launching of the Army Jupiter rocket as "spac tacular, but disappointing." The committee left this morning after a two-day inspection of the big missile launching site here. To observers watching from nearby beaches, the 3,000-mile range Jupiter appeared to take off without a hitch. But the Defense Department issued a statement shortly after the missile was triggered saying the Jupiter "failed to complete its programmed flight because of technical difficulties." The announcement did not elaborate on the difficulties, or Testing Finished On Cily Water Pipe Chlorination of the city's number two water supply pipe has been completed, according to Robert L. Lee, city water superintendent. Lee said the pipe needed only six days of the treatment to complete the flushing action. He said the pipeline flow had in creased more than 10 per cent after the treatment started on Thursday morning. The depart ment had planned to operate the unit about 10 days, he said. The equipment operated sat isfactorily during the six-day period, he said. The machine, which is installed at the head works of the system, was used on the .number two pipe. None of the .'treated water was used in tlie Medford system, Lee said. The water was run into a city reservoir where it was then run off into nearby Bear creek. Lee said only about 25 families, mostly on farms, had received the water which was treated with about four times normal 'strength of chlorine. Though stronger than normal, this amount was not harmful, Lee said. Lee said each of the city's wa ter supply pipe's chlorination machines receive a test once every two years. The test next year will be conducted on the number one pipeline, he added. Lee said that Medford is per haps the biggest city in the United States which does not have to put chlorine into the water system. He said the un derground system made this possible. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York JF) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 446.03. up 10.80; 20 rail roads 103.01. up 3.08; 15 utili ties 67.58, up 0.89, and 65 Slocks 149.10, up 3.43. Sales today were about 3.330.000 shares compared with 3,650,000 shares Tuesday. counsel, Edwin Weisel, chief counsel, and Democratic Senator Lyndon Johnson, Texas, GOP Senators Leverette Saltonstall, Mass., Ralph Flanders, Vt., Margaret Chase Smith, Maine, Francis Case, S.D., Prescott Bush, Conn., and Frank A. Barrett, Wyo. The sub committee went into closed door hearings to day in its investigation. Be Fired Some Say say whether the missile had been detonated from the ground by gemote control. Appeared To Explode Observers said the projectile seemed to explode in a distant ball of flame just before disap pearing from view high in the sky. The Atlas, capable of deliver ing a nuclear warhead 5,000 miles, has been on its launching pad here for some time being readied for a third test flight, which may come near the end of this week. The Atlas was tested twice previously, in June and Sep- j tember, both times unsuccess fully. Formal Dedication Slated Next Month For Student Center Ashland Dr. John R. Rich ards, chancellor of the Oregon system of higher education will deliver the main address at the formal dedication ceremonies in the Britt Student Center build ing at Southern Oregon college on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 2:30 p.m. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, presi dent of the college, will extend greetings following the invoca tion, to be given by the Rev. Peter Barker, Tector of St. Luke's Episcopal church, Grants Pass. The ceremonies will also feature a welcome from the stu dents by Herbert H. Colley, president of the senior class, and greetings from William E. Walsh, Coos Bay, a member of the state board of higher educa tion. Dr. Arthur S. Taylor, chair man of the social science divi sion, will introduce guests, and Frank Van Dyke, president of the Western Inter-state Commis sion of Higher Education, will speak briefly. Dr. Alexander Petersen Jr. will announce the program for the half-time observ ances in the physical education and health building to be held that evening with Dr. Roy Mc Neal as the principal speaker. Dr. McNeal was the first coach at SOC. The program will con clude with a benediction by the Rev. Mr. Barker. Following the program, a tea and open house under the direc tion of Miss Seri Scanlon, SOC director of dining services, will be held in the new student cen ter. Pouring will be Dr. Dorothy Stolp, Miss Marion Ady, Mrs. Alvin Fellers, and Mrs. Alex Pe tersen Jr. Incidental music will be provided by Mrs. Herbert Cecil. Invitations have been sent to alumni, friends of the college, state board of higher education members, and state and local dignitaries. Noted Mothers London (IP) Two of the world"s best known mothers got together for lunch t o d a y Queen Elizabeth of Britain and Princess Grace of Monaco. The Queen, whose first baby was a boy, issued the invitation to Grace, who has a girl, Prin cess Caroline, and hopes for a boy in March. They met for lunch at Buck ingham Palace with Prince Rai nier of Monaco and the Queen's husband, Prince Philip. It was understood Grace and Rainier were guests of honor at a regular weekly luncheon ses Medford 14 PAGES Vah -cs Set Special jemces For Thanksgiving Sermons Scheduled For Tonight Also Many valley cnurches have scheduled Thanksgiving services tonight and Thursday. Union Thanksgiving services in Med ford and Ashland will be spon sored by the Ministerial associa tions. The Rev. George A. Trobough, associate pastor, First Methodist church, will speak at the 10 a.m. Medford union service to be held at the First Assembly of God church, 1108 West Main st. Ser mon topic will be "Thanksgiv ing Unto God." Other Medford pastors will participate in the service. The Ashland service will be at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist church with the Rev. Wendell O. Herbison, First Church of Christ, speaker. Other Ashland pastors will assist. Services Include Services scneduled for this vice at 8 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Thanksgiving service of valley Friends churches at 7:30 p.m. at the Medford church, corner of Merriman and DeBarr sts. Pas tor A. Clark Smith, Talent church, will speak. Also scheduled will be a ser at 8 p.m. at Zion Lutheran church with the Rev. G. Herb ert Hillerman speaking on "Wherein Shall We Give Thanks?" The choir will sing the anthem, the old Welsh hymn, "For the Blessings of Our Days." In Central Point tonight the Rev. Jean M. Shelley, pastor of Church ot Christ, will speak at the community prayer and praise service at 7:30 p.m.' while the Rev. Robert T. Bridge, First Presbyterian church, Jackson ville, will be assisted by several young people of the church at the 8 p.m. service there. The pastor will speak on "IfAThere Were No Harvest." Two masses for Thanksgiving day will be held at 8 and 9 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Cath olic church. Holy communion will be served at 10 a.m. Thurs day at St. Mark's Episcopal church while a service with ser mon and holy communion will be held at 10 a.m. at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church. A Thanksgiving service will be held at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Thursday at 11 a.m. The service will include a sermon entitled "Thanksgiv ing?" which will be read in all Christian Science churches that day. White City Services Berean Baptist church, White City, will hold a Thanksgiving day service at 10:30 a.m. The Thanksgiving meditation at Camp White theater will be giv en by Chaplain Perry Ml Johnson tomorrow at 10 a.m. Included in the service will be several selec tions by the Camp White orch estra, the Camp White quartet, and guest singers from groups in Medford. The proclamation of Thanksgiving given by George Washington in 1775 will be read. Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. the Thanksgiving service will be held at First Baptist church, Phoenix. Combined service for the Church of Good Shepherd and St. Martin's Episcopal churches in Prospect and Shady Cove will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Prospect church. The service will be conducted by the Rev. W. Bruce MacHenry, vicar. All of the union Thanksgiving day services are open to the public and visitors are welcome at the majority of the other serv ices. sion presided over by the royal couple. The Queen has been holding such affairs for leaders of vari ous walks of British life as part of a conscious effort to get closer to persons outside the im mediate court. Grace ana Rainier arrived Tuesday on what they had planned as a strictly incognito visit. They travelled under a pseudonym on the plane from Monaco, but were met by many reporters and photographers here. It is customary for the Queen RD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1957 "What Do I Hitch J 4 A Weather May Hamper Thanksgiving Events Residents of the Rogue Valley area will sit down to Thanksgiv ing dinner tomorrow with per haps a few family get-togethers delayed possibly by fog settling down over the valley. The U. S. weather bureau fore casts considerable fog through out the valley tomorrow with partial clearing in the afternoon. Federal, state, and local of fices, retail stores , and banks will be closed tomorrow in ob servance of Thanksgiving day. On normal working schedule, of ficials report, will be law en forcement agencies in the city and county and fire depart ments. The post office will provide More Gifls Needed For Needy Children The number of toy donations are about the same as last year at this time, according to Gor don Barker, Medford fire chief. Barker said proceeds from the Firemen's Ball on Thanksgiving would Tae put into the toy repair fund of, the department. An .open house to see the toys re paired by the department will be held in mid-December, he said. About 350 families received toys from the firemen and Lady Lions during the 1956 Christ mas season with about 670 chil dren receiving toys, Barker said. He said that donation of toys started slowly this year but picked up within, the past few weeks. Deadline for donation of toys for this year's project will be Dec. 12, he said. The operation of repairing, painting and turn ing them over to the Lady Lions to be distributed will need about two weeks for processing, he added. At the present, toys are being repaired at the cen tral fire station with the east and west side fire stations painting the toys. Dolls are turned over to the Lady Lions who dress and repair them. Barker said gifts for boys and girls in the 10 to 14-year-old age class are still needed. Girls of this age like costumed jewelry and boys wallets, he said. He said they seldom get items for the age group by do nations. Lunch to entertain visiting royalty, even when they are incognito. But today's get-together, in a private dining room, was consid ered extra special. There had been considerable talk when the former Grace Kelly of Philadelphia and Holly wood was wed to Prince Rainier because no member of the Brit ish royal family attended the ceremony. This was the first visit to London by the Monacan couple since the wedding and the Queen greeted them with an al most immediate invitation to Buckingham palace. LAIT United My Wagon To?" regular holiday service, postal authorities report and the Mail Tribune will publish a noon edition. Services, Dance Scheduled .The annual American holiday locally will be highlighted by Thanksgiving services and the annual Firemen's ball at 9 p.m. in the National Guard armory. The Union Thanksgiving serv ices will be held .in Medford .at the First Assembly of God church, 1108 West Main st., and in Ashland at the First Baptist church. The services in both cities are sponsored by the two Ministerial associations and are participated in by most churches. The weather appears to be the only dampening factor on a day when Americans throughout the United States and the world will set aside Nov. 28 as a day for giving thanks. Any flights which are divert ed by fog from the Medford mu niciple airfield will go into Yre ka or Klamath Falls, airlines of ficials said this morning. Both West Coast and Southwest air lines said their normal alter nates are Yreka, Calif. United Airlines officials said their flights landed at Klamath Falls yesterday when visibility was estimated at one-eighth of a mile at the airport here. A spokesman said United flights are expected to land locally this atfernoon. Both West Coast and Southwest expected flights in this after noon. State police are advising all Thanksgiving day drivers to use extra caution while driving to morrow. Too many people are still using parking lights when the regular driving lights should be used, they warned. So far, they said, drivers are doing "very well" in the difficult road conditions. "We will make every effort to cut down the number of acci dents which might occur, through strict law enforcement," a spokesman said. "This applies particularly to rules of the road." The spokesman reminded the driving public again that no warnings are now being issued on violations of the basic rule. The annual firemen's ball at the new National Guard armory tomorrow .night will feature Jerry Van Hoomissen's orches tra from Portland. Proceeds from the dance will be used for the toy project fund of the fire department, according to Med ford Fire Chief Gordon Barker. About 350 families received toys from the firemen and the Lady Lions during the 1956 Christmas season. Probably more people will be eating turkey tomorrow because of the lowest price since 1941, according to a turkey raiser here. Normal price for hens has been 52 cents to 55 cents a pound and this season is 49 cents a pound. Toms, the large male birds, usually sell for 45 cents a pound and up and are now 40 cents a pound, it was re ported. Salem (IP) No new snow fell in Oregon overnight but spots of ice continued to be a highway hazard. re Price 10 Cents Tribune Press Full Leased Wira No. 187 Air Force Planes Make Run Between Coast, New York Three-Hour, 10-Minute Trip Made Early Today New York (IP) Two Air Force F101 Voodoo reconnais ance jets today laid unofficial claim to breaking the Los An geles to New York air speed record. An Air Force spokesman said the two jets passed over Floyd Bennett Naval Air station at 10:13.29 a.m. (pst) and at 10: 15:02 p.m. on a flight from On tario International Airport, Calif. Capt. Robert J. Kilpatric, 32, Bristol, Conn., pilot of the first plane, made the trip of 2,445.90 statute miles in an unofficial fly ing time of three hours, 10 min utes and 11 seconds, shaving 10 minutes and 39 seconds off the record set July 16, 1957, by a Navy F8U Crusader. Another Voodoo piloted by Capt. R. W. Schrecengost Jr., 31, Kittaning, Pa., also broke the old record, making the flight in 3 hours, 14 minutes and 12 sec onds. Return To California The jets flew over Floyd Ben nett field at 500 feet and headed back for California in an attempt to break the round trip record, also set by the Navy. The flight times and unofficial claims to the record were made by the Air Force, pending re lease of the official report of William Zint, National Aero nautical timer who clocked the ships in " over ' Floyd Bennett Field. - In Kansas City, it was reported that one of the four F101 Voo doos attempting to smash three transcontinental speed records broke the sound barrier twice over the city, sending the town into a case of explosion jitters. Swamped With Calls Police, wire service and news paper telephones were swamp ed with calls from citizens re porting explosions. The planes took off at inter vals from Ontario starting at 6:57.58 a.m. (pst). The first jet, piloted by Schre cengost, was followed in "Operation Sun Run" by two others within 10 minutes to make up a group of three, one plane to act as alternate should either of the others encounter difficulty. Couple Appointed For Juvenile Home Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swan have been appointed superinten dent and matron of the Jackson County Juvenile Detention home it was announced today by Cir cuit Judge Edward C. Kelly. The Swans succeed Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bjornsen, who re cently resigned effective Dec. 1. The Swans will take over the posts Dec. 10, and move to the detention home at the fair grounds from their present home at 916 South Holly st. Judge Kelly, who has been handling juvenile matters in the circuit court, stated the Swans have had some five years of ex perience in operating a shelter home for dependent and delin quent children, both for the ju venile department and the wel fare department. He has been an employee of the Bruce Bauer Lumber company. The detention home will be placed in use in mid-December after public dedication ceremon ies and an open house. Three-Way Contest Develops in State Baker OPi A three - way contest for a state Democratic chairman to succeed Robert Boy er of Medford shaped up today as Pat Davis, chairman of the Baker County Democratic Cen tral committee, announced he is a candidate for the post. Others include Dave Epps of Lebanon and Richard Groener of Milwaukie. Boyer, who has announced his resignation, has sent letters to members of the state committee asking for their suggestions on a date for the meeting at which a new chairman will be named. President Confers With Nixon, Signs Official Documents Ike Has Restful Night, Hagerty Says Washinton (IP) - The White House announced today that President Eisenhower is making ''excellent" progress. Press Secretary James C. Hag erty said the President still is suffering from a slight impair ment of his speech "but improv ing greatly" from the cerebral at tack he suffered Monday. At 9:53 a.m. PST, Hagerty said on behalf of MSj. Gen. How ard McC. Snyder, the Whit House physician: "The President rested quietly throughout the night and slept well. He has spent the morning painting, talking with Mrs. Ei senhower and other members of London (IP) Two London newspapers predicted ioda? that President Eisenhower would resign because of his latest illness. "President Eisenhower's lat est illness almost certainly means that, he will quit the White House, both for his own sake and for his country's sake," Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express said in London. ' The News Chronicle's Wash ington correspondent report ed, "It now seems to me in evitable that he will resign." his family and holding brief meetings with the vice presi dent, the assistant to the Presi dent and with the staff secretary. "His progress to date has been excellent." The brief mid-day medical bul letin referred to Eisenhower's morning conferences with Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams who saw him for about 15 minutes while the chief ex ecutive was painting in his small studio on the north side of the second floor of the White House. Lunches With Brother The President also scheduled a lunch meeting with his brother, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, presi dent of Johns Hopkins univer sity. Earlier the President signed his name 12 times on official documents, initialed one other and discussed "White House busi nesses" for about 30 minutes with Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Good paster, the White House staff sec retary. The White House had an nounced "that the President awoke "refreshed this morning," showered and shaved himself, and ate "a normal breakfast" featuring chipped beef on toast. Under repeated questioning by reporters, Haggerty said attend ing physicians "quite advisedly" had not described the brain oc clusion suffered by the President as a "stroke." Hagerty said the word "stroke" was not a medical term. He said it normally was associated by the public with paralysis or brain hemorrhage. Impairment of Speech Asked if partial impariment of speech did not involve paral ysis Hagerty said, "I would not think so." , Private specialists here and throughout the country contend ed that Dr. Snyder was quib bling in refusing to use the word "stroke," insofar as laymen's language is concerned. The White House announced Tuesday that Eisenhower suffer ed "an occlusion of a small branch of a cerebral vessel that has produced a slight difficulty in speaking." Hagerty said today that there was, still some trace of loeech impairment; that the President was having difficulty pronounc ing certain words, but that Eis enhower found it "amusing." Hagerty was asked whether the physicians, including a group of neurologists brought in on the case, had been able to determine whether the occlusion was caus ed by a blood clot or a spasm. Hagerty said he could not an swer this question and would have to check back with the physicians. Hagerty said there had been no cancellation of the scheduled meeting of Republican and Dem ocratic congressional leaders next week, but he did not know whether the President would be able to attend. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable val ley fog through Thursday with partial clearing in after noon. Low tonight 30. High Thursday 40. Temp. Highest Yesterday 39 Lowest this Morning 30 Our Skies'Tonight Sunrise 7:1 a.m. Sunset 4:42 p.m. Moonset 10:54 p.m. First Quarter Nov. 28 PROMINENT STARS Altair, low In west .... 8:55 p.m. Procvon, low in east 9:44 p.m VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 7:21 p.m. Jupiter, rises 4:02 a.m. Mars, rises 5:51 a.m.