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o O fte ei!5-a . , ,., -, JL - ' - 'If 52nd Year Price 10 Cents Medford United Press Full Leased Wire Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire 22 PAGES MEDFORD, C v '0 " NOVEMBER 28, 1957 No. 188 Noon Edition SECOND FLOOR GUTTED Medford fire men battle flames which gutted the second floor of the two-story Oscar Chinn residence, 1827 North Riverside ave., yesterday after noon. Firemen said the blaze originated from a defective flue installation in a vacant second-story apartment. Mrs. Clyde Beding ton, daughter of the owner, noticed fire in the attic and turned in the alarm about 12:30 King Mohammed Ends Official State Uisi Washington (m Kinj Mo hammed V of Morocco ended his state visit to Washington to day and began a 16-day coast to coast tour to gain first hand impressions - of Americans at work in factories, farm and offices. Vice President Richard M. Nixon bade the North African monarch farewell at National O airport as he left for Williams burg, Va. A forrfal guard of honor rendered the departing King full military honors. Mohammed, who hopes to meet "typical Americans in small towns as well as in big cities" and visit their homes on his tour, planned to observe a traditional American custom this ,fternoon. He accepted an invitation to a typical Thanksgiving dinner complete with Turkey, cran berry sauce and all the trim mings at historic 'Christiana Campbell's tavern in . Williams burg. - In seeing Mohammed off, Nixon, acting on behalf of his oldest daughter, gave the King a doll to present to his 3-year-old daughter, Lalla Amina, on his return to Morocco. Mohammed said on his de parture that he left "this capitol very happy with what we have done and seen in it." The King's formal state visit here, which was marred by President Eisenhower's illness, officially ended Wednesday night with a dinner he gave for American dignitaries. He had held top level conferences with U.S. officials for three days on matters of interest between the o countries. .lohammed met with Presi fcerlt Eisenhower briefly at the White House Wednesday. The two heads of state exchanged o WEATHER Forecast: Considerable amounts of low cloudiness this after noon. Foe; tonight and Friday. High todav 43. Low tonight 30. High Friday 40. Temp. Highest Yesterday 39 Lowest This Morning 28 Prec. to 4 a.m. Today Trace Our Skits Tonight Sunrise Sunset 7:17 a.m. 4:41 p.m. 11:52 p.m. Moonset First Quarter 10:57 p.m. The constellation of Orion will be well up in the southeast at moonset tonight. Its two bright est stars are orange-red Betel geuse and bright, white Rigel. LINE CAGE These three pups (a fourth in the pen is not shown) line the front of the cage at the Humane Society quarters at-2910 Table Rock rd. The appealing look on all t 'gifts and "reaffirmed the close ties and high mutual respect" bgtween their two peoples. The two countries Wednesday night issued a joint communique which contained a U.S. pledge to continue economic aid to Mo rocco. The communique also said the ftvo governments agreed to . make 'appropriate adjust ments" for continued stationing of American troops at bases in Morocco pending final agree ment on the matter. Cloudy Skies Fail To Hamper Flights Overcast skies made Thanks giving day in the valley a gray day but good visibility at the air port made flight schedules nor mal according to spokesmen for United, West Coast and South west airlines today. No interrup tions in flights were expected to day, officials added. Motorists were . warned of ground fog tonight and Friday and state police advised evening drivers to use extra caution while driving home. They men tioned that many people are still using parking 'lights for driving in foggy weather when the regu lar lights should be used. Services scheduled by the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches on this day set aside for giving thanks were reported very well attended by church of ficials at noon today. Wednesday evening services, held in some of the county churches, also re ported good crowds in spite of the crisp weather last evening. Downtown Medford was quiet this mjorning with federal, state and local offices, retail stores, and banks closed for the day. Normal activities were reported at the city and county law en forcement agencies and the fire department. The annual firemen's ball will be held today at 9 p.m. at the National Guard armory. The dance will feature Jerry Van Hoomissens' orchestra from Port land. Proceeds from the event will be used for the toy project fund of the fire department, ac cording to Medford Fire Chief Gordon Barker. About 350 fami lies received toys from the fire men and the Lady Lions during the 1956 Christmas season. three puppy faces seem directed at those people who might want to give their children a dog for Christmas. p.m. Upper portion of the dwelling was in volved in flames' when firemen arrived. Two trucks and 10 firemen were dispatched to the scene and fire fighters and equipment were on hand for 5 V hours. Considerable water damage occurred to the lower portion of the house, firemen said. A second apart men upstairs was occupied by Kenneth Striplin. NATO Allies Agree To Go Ahead With December Meeting Paris (IP) The NATO allies agreed unanimously to press on with next month's "summit" con ference and give Vice-President Richard M. Nixon his first oppor tunity as a world leader. Nixon will stand in for Presi dent Eisenhower at the Dec. 16 18 session called to marshal the Western resources against So viet scientifio gains, unless doc tors tell the President he can go. It would be the first time the 44-year-old Nixon has taken part in the highest councils of the Western alliance. The decision to proceed with the summit talks despite the President's illness was an nounced here after a two hour conference of the NATO Perma nent Council of Ambassadors headed by Secretary General Paul-Henri Spaak. Expressed Regrets The NATO Permanent Coun cil expressed regrets that Presi dent Eisenhower himseHTproba bly will not attend the confer ence by unanimously welcome Nixon to the unprecedented gath ering of the 15 chiefs of state. The council published this communique: "The council, having learned with regret that President Eisen hower will be prevented from at tending the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in December, decided that the meeting should take place at the level originally planned. Expresses Wishes "It learned with satisfaction that Vice-President Nixon would be leading the U.S. delegation. "The council expressed its best wishes for President Eisen hower's speedy recovery." High NATO sources said all delegations heartily agreed with Nixon's nomination. ' The delegates already had agreed that the Dec. 16 meeting was too important to be post poned or to be changed' into a meeting of the 15 NATO foreign" ministers. Many called it the most important session in the eight year history of the alli ance. United Nations, N. Y. (IP) The U.N. Security Council sat for 27 minutes in a Thanksgiv ing Day meeting today on the Indian - Pakistani dispute con cerning Kashmir and adjourned until next Monday. United Press Count Shows 73 Killed in Traffic Accidents Fatalities Show Continuous Increase By UNITED PRESS Thanksgiving Day was a day of prayer prayers for President Eisenhower's early and complete recovery, prayers for world peace, prayers of gratitude, and prayers that the nation's travel lers return to their homes un hurt. Long before American famil ies sat down to the traditional feast, religious services had been held by many denominations. Re flecting the mood of clergymen across the country, the president of the Church Federation of Greater Chicago, The Rev. Paul M. Robinson, urged "all church es, not only here but every where,," to pray for the- Presi dent. Traffic fatalities rose slowly as millions of cars thronged the highways on trips to family ga therings. A United Press count at 9 a.m. (PST) showed 73 persons killed in traffic accidents since the start of the four-day week end at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Three oth er deaths from miscellaneous causes brought the overall total to 76. New York turned in the worst early record with seven dead in traffic accidents. Amopg. oth er leaders were Ohio with six and California, Connecticut, Il linois, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and Texas with five each. The National Safety Council, although it gave no estimate of how many persons would lose their lives over the holiday week end, pointed out that a non-holiday four day count for Novem ber would approach 500 fatal ities. Normally, the council's safety experts said, about 40 million motorists crowd the roads on a Thursday. They predicted the figure might be less because in dustrial drivers, such as truck ers, were taking a day of rest with their families. NATO Flu (Herbloek Is BOXER TYPE PUP This young part Boxer is considered an ideal gift for children. Dog authorities say it is also a good dog for the house since it doesn't shed hair and fleas won't stick to it. This type of dog is used extensively in Europe as a work-dog and for police work. P Reds u Wipe Out Coast Cities, Investigators Told Subcommittee Ends Three-Day Hearing Washington (IP) Senate in vestigators have heard that Rus sia could wipe out much or all of a seaboard city like New York with a missile fired from a sub marine 500 miles at sea, it was reported today. According to one informant, this was one of the pieces of secret Central Intelligence Ag ency testimony which jarred the members of the Senate Prepar edness subcommittee investigat ing U.S. missile and satellite de velopment. The subcommittee completed three days of hearings shortly before midnight Wednesday night and recessed until Dec. 13. Staff members will evaluate this week's testimony in the in terim and interview prospective future witnesses. j One source said the subcom mittee how believes it has a "good overall picture" of this country's position in the scien tific-military race with Russia. The next round of hearings will be designed to get down to de tails of what the individual ser vices are doing and procedures for weapons production. Formal Report Due The committee will ultimately embody its findings and recom mendations in a formal report. Much of the CIA testimony Tuesday and Wednesday dealt with Soviet development of an intermediate range ballistic mis sile (IRBM) with which Russia could hit Western Europe, or from submarines, American cit ies on or near the coast. Is Bad Too I Copyright. 1957. The Pulitzer Publishing Co.. St. Lculs Post-Dispatch on Vacation) Mmi ' FIT TO EAT This hefty torn turkey struts his best on the Richard J. Savage turkey farm near Central Point. He and many of his brothers and sisters by now have been properly processed and delivered for today's Thanksgiving - feast. Such a bird will dress out to approximately 35 pounds. The picture was taken about 10 days before Thanksgiving when the bird was being finished out on a special fattening diet. Procurator Retrial for Maebashi, Japan OP) The Maebashi District procurator's office, dissatisfied with the sus pended sentence given Illinois G.I. William S. Girard, decided Wednesday to seek a retrial and prison term for the blond Army truck driver in the Tokyo ap peals court. District Procurator Kaname Watanabe.was to go to Tokyo today to consult the Tokyo high er procurator's office and the of fice of the procurator general and recommended an appeal against the Maebashi district court decision No. 19 which a spokesman' termed "must too lenient." . . The deadline for an appeal is Dec. 1 just two weeks after the Maebashi tribunal convicted Spl-3 Girard of "inflicting bodily injury leading to the death" of Mrs. Naka Sakai on the Camp Weir firing range Jan. 30. Chief Judge Yuzo Kawachi sentenced Girard to three years at hard labor but suspended the prison term on the condition of his good behavior for four years. The judgment would, in effect, permit Girard to return to the United States where he would be outside the jurisdiction of Japanese courts in the future. A spokesman for the Maebashi procurator's office said, "The court recognized our argument that Girard enticed and killed Mrs. Sakai while he was off duty but gave him a sentence which was tantamount to setting him free. This is much too lenient." A final decision will be made by the procuratorial authorities after the meeting with Watanabe today. 8? v ' jj rfe I WANT A HOME This part Cocker pup wears a dejected look following a meal at the Humane Society quarters. This and other dogs now in the pound may be purchased Sairws to Seek Girard Under the Japanese court sys tem, both the defense and the prosecution can appeal a court judgment. If the decision is to appeal, Girard must stand . trial again in the Tokyo high court. Meanwhile, a left-wing group led by Socialist Diet member Shigemitsu Akanegakubo dis closed plans to mobilize ' public opinion in Tokyo against the Maebashi district court's judg ment. Akanegakubo said that a mass rally demanding an appeal against the judgment would be held in Maebashi on,Dec. 2, the day before the appeal deadline expires. Car Hits Gas Pump; Blaze Results A car, operated by James Paul Teets, 3788 Hilsinger rd., struck two gas pumps at the Fortune station, South Central and Riverside aves., about 10:50 a.m. today causing" a gasoline fire, police said. Police said Teets told them he had been forced to turn into the station when a truck crowd ed onto his side of the street. One pump was knocked over while another was bent off center, police said. A fire was started by electric wire shorting against the metal of the pump housing, according to station officials. They said no estimate of damage was avail able. The Medford fire depart ment extinguished the fire be fore -additional damage was caused, police said. for a nominal fee. Prospective owners may call SPring 3-2621 or visit the pound on Table Rock rd. The law requires disposal in five days. President Leaves White House First Time Since Attack Eisenhowers Talk With Church Pastor Washington HP) President Eisenhower, making an "excel lent" recovery from his slight stroke, left the White House to day and attended Thanksgiving services at National Presbyterian church. It was the first time the Presi dent had been out of his quar ters at the executive mansion since he was stricken with a cerebral attack Monday. He was up and about in his rooms the day following the attack, but the trip to church was his first ven ture out of doors. The sky was overcast and the temperature a mild 60 degrees. The President and Mrs. Eisen hower sat through an hour-long service. The church was filled almost to capacity. At the close, the President and his wife chatted briefly with the Rev. Edward L. R. Elson, church pastor, and then motored back to the White House for Thanks-, giving dinner. Smiles For Photographers Eisenhower appeared sober faced when he emerged from the church but mustered a smile for the corps of photographers wait ing to snap his picture. He was dressed in a dark suit and put on a dark overcoat and hat as he came out of the church. A good-sized crowd gathered across the street from the church to watch as the President emerg ed from the church. As he did so, the crowd applauded. Inside the . church, the Presi dent sat in the fifth row of pews on the left of the center aisle. Directly in front of him was Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. During the service Rev. Elson prayed that Eisenhower would be surrounded "with healing ministry." He also asked that Eisenhower be "restored to com pleteness of health and strength so that he may carry on in his calling and service to mankind." Evidence of Recovery The President rose quickly from his pew with the rest of the congregation for hymn sing ing. Eisenhower's attendance at church was a surprise and dram atic evidence to back up White House claims of his speedy re covery. Shortly after his attack Monday, physicians had said he would require a long period of rest. To further brighten the pic ture, Press Secretary James C. Hagerty; although he disclaimed doing so, left open the possibil ity in a statement to reporters that Eisenhower may be able to attend, as he had planned before his illness, a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion in Paris starting Dec. 16. THANKSGIVING DAY BABY Up to noon Thursday only one Thanksgiving day baby had been reported. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wolff, 321 Palm st., Ashland, were the parents of a 7-pound, 4-ounce baby girl, ac cording to Ashland General hos pital reports.
