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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.