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52nd Year M EDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire e 22 PAGES Two Die on Oregon (Highways During Thanksgiving Day Four Others Die From Crash Injuries By UNITED PRESS Oregon counted at least two persons dead from highway ac cidents Thanksgiving day. Four other persons died Wednesday from traffic accident injuries. Mrs. Julia R. Berg, 44, Cres cent City, Calif., was injured fatally Thanksgiving evening in an accident near Lebanon. She died in a hospital a short time after a car went d?f a road. Her nephew, James Garrett, 26, Leb anon, was injured. Sharon Hedberg. 14, was killed Thursday night when the car in which she was riding turned over on a country road near Riddle in southern Douglas county. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Herdberg of Riddle. A. R. Osborne of Pendleton was found dead at the wheel of his car Thursday after the ve hicle jumped a curb in front of the Pendleton junior high school and crashed into a tree. An au topsy was planned to see wheth er he died of a heart attack. Earlier Accidents In earlier accidents, Mary Mc Mullen, 65, Seaside, died Wednes day night three hours after she was struck by a car while cross ing a street wearing dark cloth ing during a rainstorm. Lester Ollen Ping Jr., 3-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester O. Ping of Malin, was killed Wednesday in a head-on collision about 25 miles east of Oakridge. His parents were hospitalized in Eugene. Arlie Deshon, Woodburn, died Wednesday in-a Salem hospital from injuries suffered in an ac cident.' Deshon's son, Harold, died in an auto accident last July. " '- ' ' ' ' Forest Glenn McDonald, 66, Silverton, died in a McMinnville hospital Wednesday from in juries suffered in a traffic acci dent Sept. 30. At least seven persons met death on Washington's highways in Thanksgiving holiday mishaps. Two of the victims were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Woodring of We natchee who were killed while on their way to Milton-Free-water Ore., for the holiday. Their car was struck by a freight train near Mesa, Wash. World War II Mine Starts Ticking Ostend, Belgium (W A 2,000-pound World War II mine suddenly began ticking in the middle of Ostend Harbor today shortly after fishermen towed it in not realizing the danger. People swiftly emptied build ings and vessels near the dock involved while the Belgian navy studied how to get the apparent ly live mine away from the har bor, one of Belgium's major ports. Fishermen aboard the trawler "P-132" netted the mine during the night. It wasn t until drawn that they recognized the object ensnared in their nets. In the meantime, the "P-132 had returned to port. When the first light of morn ing revealed the mine, the fish ermen hastily left their small trawler and summoned army ex plosives experts. A defusing squad started work, and it was then the mine started ticking. The army experts retreated. They asked the navy to con sider towing It back to sea. Truce Line, Korea OP) - American soldiers today spent their fifth post-armistice Thanks giving in positions along the still uneasy Korean truce line. Thieves Get Bird For Thanksgiving Someone in the valley had something io be 'thankful for' yesterday, sheriff's depu ties reported. A woman and iwo men in a late model car avoided sheriff's deputies, Ore gon state police, and Talent and Ashland police earlier this week after sheriff's officers were notified by Mrs. Calvin Briley. 722 Hartley rd.. Talent that someone had stolen one of their turkeys and killed it in their driveway. The Brileys were returning to their home when they no ticed the automobile leave, of ficers said, and then discovered the area where the turkey was killed. The vehicle was last seen driving toward Highway 99. report showed. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY,, h' T Moroccan ..uials Say Spanish Attack Section Around Ifni Rabat, Morocco - Moroc can officials said today Spanish warplanes repeatedly bombed Moroccan territory around the embattled enclove of Ifni. Spain is using planes to sup port reinforced ground troops in the battle against irregular Mo roccan forces seeking to capture the tiny territory. Crown Prince Moulay Hassan announced Thursday he had or dered ths 300,000-man strong Moroccan royal armed forces to fire on any aircraft that vio lated Morocco's air space. Ifni, on the southern coast of Morocco, has been held by Spain for nearly 100 years under international treaties. Moroccans have been demanding it be re turned to their newly-independent nation. Two Villages Bombed According to authorities at Agadir, port town 55 miles up the coast from Ifni, Spanish planes bombed two Moroccan villages close to the enclave's western frontier Thursday morn ing. Deputy Foreign Minister Ab delkrim Benjeeloun Thursday told newsmen that the fighting in Ifni was touched off last Sat urday by a Spanish bombing raid against the population of Agadir Province. The province borders the Ifni enclave on three sides. In Madrid, authoritative sources emphatically denied either planes or troops had violated the frontier. They maintained air and ground operations were con centrated on clearing out the Moroccan irregular forces from Ifni., . Spaniards were reported an gered at Hassan's "shoot on sight" orders and his charge that pute over the 528-square mile territory. , Morocco's ambassador to Spain, Mohamed Auad, returned to Madrid by plane Thursday Freighter Under Tow Off Eureka Fnreka. Calif. (IP) A Coast Guard cutter took a distressed freighter under tow off the California-Oregon coast early today and headed for Eureka. The freighter was the 7,216 ton Olympic Pioneer, owned by the Olympic Steamship com pany of Seattle. Wash. She was bound from Seattle to San Francisco with a crew of 37 aboard. Her captain is Leif Han sen of Grays Harbor, wasn. The shiD messaaed Thursday night she had lost a propeller about seven miles ou cape Blanco. The Coast Guard sent the cut ter Bonham from Coos Bay, Ore., to help the vessel. The cut ter shot a line aboard the Olym pic Pioneer but it broke. The cutter radioed San Francisco that the 422-foot freighter was too big for her to handle. The Coast Guard then sent the tuff Avovel from Eureka. She arrived by the side of the freighter shortly before 2 ajn. and had the vessel in tow an hour later. The rendezvous took place about 65 miles north of Eureka. Thp Coast Guard said that the freighter and the tug should reach port this afternoon. Mice Still Prevail In Jackson County Fruit growers were reminded today by Clifford B. Cordy, county horticulturist, that mice are still prevalent in the county and orchards should be checked for the rodents. Cordy said that mulch placed near the base of fruit trees made excellent areas for mice bur rows. Once housekeeping has been set up in these places by the mice, he explained, the only food supply is the tree trunk. Poison wheat is available for killing the mice, he said, and added that young trees could be girdled easily by the mice, caus ing the trees to "die. Mice will also nibble at the older trees, he explained. Tokyo (IP) The procurator general's office will decide Mon day whether to appeal the sus pended three-year sentence of U.S. Army Specialist William S. Girard. 0 night after urgent consultations with Moroccan government offi cials in Rabat. two Moroccan women were kill ed in Spanish air attacks. The reports from Madrid said there was still guarded optimism that the fighting would soon be ended and that Spain and Mo rocco could work out their dis- Europe Expresses Relief At Reports Of Ike's Health Paris (IP) Western Europe expressed relief today at reports President Eisenhower was im proving but there was skepti cism he would be able to attend the NATO summit conference Dec. 16-18. French newspapers, convinced the United States would be rep resented by Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon, devoted many columns to introducing him to their readers. Eisenhower is a household word on this side of the Atlantic but the almost incredible fact is that in Europe Nixon is un known. He is merely a dim and distant figure in American politics. The NATO Permanent Coun cil of Ambassadors' met for two hours Thursday and decided un animously to go ahead with the summit conference and give Nixon his first chance as a world leader. Washington Reports Since then there were reports from Washington that the Presi dent was able to attend Thanks giving church services and a statement, he would attend the NATO meeting if his doctors thought him well enough. In London, American ambas sador John Hay Whitney was cheered Thursday night when he told a group of Americans in cluding New Jersey Governor Robert Meyner there was a "pos sibility" Eisenhower would at tend the Paris meeting. European skepticism was re flected in the press. Paris' right wing newspaper L'Aurore said "all the health bulletins orches trated and trumpeted by the White house have failed fully to reassure public opinion." The independent Leftwing Combat even speculated that the President may have acted coun ter to his dostors' advice in at tending church and said public opinion is disturbed." London newspapers also re ported the belief Eisenhower would come here next month. Many of them suggested he had gone to church to end rumors he was about to resign. Water District Vote Scheduled Monday Jacksonville highway water district will hold an election at Oak Grove schoolhouse Monday, Dec. 2, from 2 to 8 p.m. a spokes man said. A director to serve a three year term ' will' be elected at that time. Roscoe Hopfer is run ning for reelection, a water dis trict' spokesman said. Other members on the water district board of directors are Lyle B. Thurman and Charles Hoppe. The Jacksonville highway wa ter district is the first water dis trict to be established on the outskirts of Medford, a district spokesman said. Scientists Predict Sputnik's May Fall to Earth Sometime Cambridge, Mass. (IPl Scien tists predicted today the rocket of Sputnik I will phjmmet to the earth Sunday, pbssibly in the U.S. either at dawn or sun set. Dr. Fred L. Whipple, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysi cal Observatory, said he prob ably will be able to make a rough calculation of the time and place of the death plunge later today. Whipple said the rocket "very likely will come down north of the equator between the equa tor and 45 degrees latitude on a northerly path." This means the death site could be anywhere within a 3,500-mile band around the Price 10 Cents Tribune -Full leased Wire No. 189 Overall Total of 241 Reported Up To This Morning Four Crashes Take 19 Lives in Nation By, UNITED PRESS Highway deaths across the na tion edged past the 200 mark today as the fatality count from Thanksgiving holiday traffic con tined to roll in. Four separate accidents took 19 lives Six died in an Arkansas collision, five in another crash at Darien, Conn., four in crashes in Illinois and Iowa. At 11 a.m. (PSX) a United Press count showed that since 6 p.m. Wednesday there were 203 traffic deaths. Three persons died in plane crashes and 30 in other mishaps for a total of, 241.' Leading States Leading among the states was California with 19 traffic deaths. Others with high totals included Ohio, 18; Michigan, 13; New York and Texas 11 each; North Carolina, 9; and Illinois, Mis souri, and Pennsylvania with 8 each. Although the National Safety Council declined to give an esti mate of how many people would be killed during the week end, officials pointed out that a normal four-day period in No vember would claim 500 lives. As late fatalities continued to pour in, the Wednesday night and Thursday death total sur passed the count made by United Press last year when 150 persons died in traffic during the one day holiday period. The number was almost double the normal highway count of a non-holiday period of similar length, to 80. The worst holiday tragedy happened near Corning, Ark., when a car carrying six May wood, 111., residents crashed into a truck-trailer while passing an other auto. Two of the six Ne groes killed were children. Neuberger to Work Toward Trade Plan Portland (IP) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today he would work for renewal of this country's reciprocal trade program. Speaking to the Portland Transportation club; Neuberger said a continuation of the ex change of goods which results from reciprocal trade agree ments is essential to strengthen the free world economically. He warned against "a recent tendency" to impose high import tariffs and other trade barriers. "If foreign nations cannot obtain through trade the dollars needed to buy American products, they will be forced to seek other markets, perhaps within the So viet Union," he said. Crusade To Hit Goal By Mid-December The United Medford Crusade is about 10 per cent away from its goal, according to Bob John son, campaign chairman. He said he expects the fund to reach 100 per cent of the goal about mid-December. More than $110,000 has been collected in the campaign so far, he said. National reports show United Fund and Community Chests campaigns will set a new record high this year, he said. Funds collected are about seven per cent more than last year at the same time, he added. More than 5379,000,000 was collected na tionaly in last year's campaigns, he added. world north of the equator. That area includes most of the U. S. and heightens the possibility the rocket will fall in this country. Whipple said the death Will come somewhere in this band because . 'the rocket's big drag comes at the equatorial bulge of the earth. At that point, its peri gee (low point) is pushing it down and the earth's atmos phere is pushing up." Whipple said the rocket is now circling the earth every 89.7 minutes and speeding up all the time. When it cuts another 42 seconds from that time, he said, it will enter the "critical period" which will bring it down. The Smithsonian, said today that if the rocket is still in orbit 20 Pros dent. Visits Dag Hammerskjold Flies to Mid-East To Ease Tensions . o UN Secretary Will Visit Many Nations United Nations (IP) U.N. Sec retary General Dag Ham marskjold leaves tonight on a trouble shooting mission he hopes will ease the growing ten sion in the Middle East. His visit will take him to Jor dan, Syria, Lebanon and Israel, and . he is to decide in talks to day with Egyptian Foreign Min ister Mahmoud Fawzi whether he will visit Egypt. Hammarskjold agreed to make the trip at the request of Jordan, which accused Israel of kidnap ing a Jordanian farmer and of carrying out other border inci dents. These developments were re ported from the Middle East as the secretary general moved into a last minute round of confer ences: Another Flareup Reported Damascus: A Syrian military spokesman said Israeli troops opened fire on Syrian positions and a 30-minute exchange of automatic fire resulted. No cas ualties were reported. Israel complained to the UN against new Israeli "aggression" and called this "preparation for com mitting further anti-Syrian pre meditated aggression." Jerusalem, Israel: An Israeli spokesman said six Syrian sol diers entered Israel near Kfar Szold, attacked two workers and fled when the workers returned the fire. Another Israeli worker was reported wounded Thursday when he stepped on a mine near the Jordan border. Cairo: The semi-official Mid dle East News Agency reported that Egyptian army and air force units held combined desert man euvers Thursday. -Burns Talks With Press United Nations: Maj. Gen. E L. M. Burns, head of the UN Emergency Force, told a . news conference the ' force would . be strengthened if Israel obeyed a UN directive and permitted UNEF to station men on both sides of the Israeli-Egyption line. Hammarskjold was flying first to Beirut, Lebanon, arriving at 9:10 p.m. Saturday, Lebanon time. His most immediate concern was reported to be the Israel Jordan situation in which Jordan accuses Israel of a kidnaping and Israel accuses Jordan of illegally halting convoys bound for the Israeli enclave of Mount Scopus in Jordan territory. A foreign ministry spokesman in Jerusalem said Thursday night the Jordanian blockade could de velop into a "critical position." Bill Mickle Trial Should End Today The circuit court trial of Wil liam Mathew Nickle, Gold Hill, is expected to end this afterT noon, district attorney deputies said today. Nickle, 21, is being tried on a grand larceny charge. He was arrested July 30 for the assault of John J. Araway, 39, Port land. Araway was treated at Sacred Heart hospital from in juries suffered in an altercation on Highway 99 near Willow Spring junction, according to sheriff's deputies. Nickle, who is being repre sented by the law firm of Kelly and Kelly, was released from county jail on bail Aug. 26. Al lan Franzke, deputy district at torney, is arguing the state's case. Circuit Court Judge Orval J. Millard, Grants Pass, is pre siding at the trial. Moscow (IP) The Supreme Soviet parliament of the Soviet Union will meet Dec. 19 for its second regular meeting of the year, it was announced today. The parliament is expected to take up the budget for next year and discuss a new economic plan. Rocket Sunday Sunday morning its last visible pass over earth may come about 3:40 a.m p.s.t. A spokesman said "it would be well worth any one's while to look for it -at that time." "There is a rough possibility it may come flaming in on its death plunge at that time,": the spokeman said. Portland (IP) The Grout school moonwatchers today were placed on an alert by the Smith sonian Astrophysical Observa tory to spot the Soviet Sputnik rocket as It makes its final or bits around the world. Both sunrise and sunset obser vations were scheduled for the moonwatchers beginning Satur day morning and continuing through next Tuesday. Goal Beyond The Missile Race (Herblock Is Area Fruit By New Polar Flight The first of two product samples from southern Oregon will leave by the first polar flight out of Portland Monday for London, England, according to Don McNeil, Jackson County Chamber of Commerce manager. The sample shipped by local flight to Portland this morning consisted of two packages in fancy wrappings for the Ameri can chamber of commerce of fice in London. One package in cluded an assortment of jams and the second package was Rogue valley pears. These two packages will be placed on dis play with other Oregon prod ucts at the American chamber office, McNeil said. ' The polar flight by Pan Ameri can Airways plane leaves Port land at 10:50 a.m. Monday fol lowing inaugural ceremonies, McNeil said. It stops in Seattle, re-fuels at Frobisher bay in Can ada with the next stop in Lon don. This will be the first of weekly polar flights from Port land, McNeil said. Doghouse To Leave Scheduled for the second polar flight from Portland on Monday, Dec. 9, is a small dog-house now being constructed by Parson's box factory in Ashland. Built of wood from southern Oregon trees, it will also advertise south ern Oregon products. It mea sures approximately 18 inches square and 15 inches high. Mc Neil said. "It will be the first wooden model satellite ever to cross the top of the world," the county chamber manager said. "The dog house will be carried on the lap Local Man Arrested On Bad Check Charge Ernest Charles Klatt, 1005 West Main st.t was arrested Thursday afternoon by Medford police ' on a bad check charge, according to city police. Police said they acted on a tip that' Klatt was staying in Medford. A warrant had been issued for his arrest by .the dis trict court. Police added that Klatt was also wanted for. questioning on several other cases. He recently escaped from a county jail in Nevada where he was serving time on a check charge, police said. Medford police said Klatt was lodged in the county jail. He was arrested after officers found him hiding under a bed, police re marked. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York IP) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 Industrials 449.87, up 3.84; 20 railroads 103.97, up 0.96; 15 utilities 67.73, up 0.15, and 65 stocks 150.23, up 1.13. Sales today were about 2,740.000 shares compared with 3,330, 000 shares Wednesday. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable high cloudiness this evening. Val ley fog tonight and Saturday morning. Clearing partially in afternoon. Low tonight 25. High Saturday 36. Temp. Highest Yesterday 49 Lowest this Morning . 21 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:18 a.m. Sunset 4:41 p.m. The Moon sets Satur. dajr 12:49 a.m. and is in Apogee. Full Moon Dec. 6 VISIBLE PLANETS (Their approximate distances from the Earth tonight) Venus 55 million miles Mars 228 million, miles Jupiter 570 million miles Copyright. 1957. The Pulitzer Publishing Co, St. Lcuis Post-Dispatch on Vacation) To Leave of a Portland chamber of com merce official." A number of dignitaries will ride in the second flight, Mc Neil added, with only a few on the first flight. Soviet Ship Sinks With 1,500 Aboard Copenhagen (IP) A 23,000 ton Soviet battleship sank in the Black Sea two years ago with a loss of 1,500 lives, a Danish newspaper said today. . The Bonn West Germany cor respondent of the Danish paper BerlinskyTidende said this was disclosed by Red Navy Capt Lev Predtschevski who defected to Western Germany recently. The ship was the Novorossiisk, formerly the Italian Guilo Ces sare, the paper said. The disaster occurred when the ship was entering Sevastopol Harbor after the autumn maneu vers in 1955. i An explosion tore a huge hole in her side and the ship's com mander was about to let the crew abandon the ship, when the de puty commander of the Black Sea navy ordered all officers and hands to stay aboard. Two tugboats tried to ground the sinking warship on a sand barrier outside the harbor, but, still in tow, the ship suddenly capsized and sank within four minutes, dragging 1,500 officers and crewmembers, who were caught below deck, to the bot tom. An investgation committee soon established that the ex plosion was caused by a German mine from World War II. Offer Rejected to Mediate Rebellion - Paris (IP) Premier Felix Gail lard today rejected an. offer by Morocco and Tunisia to mediate the Algerian rebellion. He said France will not accept the idea of independence for Algeria. Gaillard made his announce ment in explaining his views to the National Assembly prior to two votes of confidence on his handling of Algeria, where he plans to institute limited politi cal reforms. Thanksgiving As Safe And Thanksgiving day appears to have been both a safe and hearty-eating holiday, according to reports received this morn ing. All law-enforcement agen cies in the county said the day was a quiet one. State police reported only one minor accident in Jackson coun ty during Thanksgiving day. A car driven by Myrle Wise, 50, of 117 6th st., Ashland, rolled over a bank on the Neil creek curve of Highway 99 near Ash land, state police said. The driv er was uninjured and only a fair amount of damage was done to the car, officers said. Wise apparently "hit the curve a little too high, got into loose gravel and spun-out over the 30 foot bank on- the west side of the highway," state po lice reported. Although the holiday contin ues through Sunday for many people, state police here were pleased with the driving record so far. Little traffic was noted on roads in the Jackson county area yesterday, they reported. Officers here said they had Fan Gettysburg Trip Further Indication Of Rapid Progress Family Accompanied By His Physician Gettysburg, Pa. (IPl Presi dent Eisenhower drove to his Gettysburg farm today to con tinue the "excellent" recovery his doctors .say he is, making from Monday's slight stroke. Accompanied by Mrs. Eisen hower, the President made the 80-mile trip in the first lady's Chrysler limousine. They planned to stay several days. The trip, approved by the President's physicians, was a further indication of the rapid progress he is making toward re covery. Thursday the 67-y ear-old President surprised fellow wor shippers by showing up with Mrs. Eisenhower at Thanksgiv ing' Day services in the National Presbyterian church. The only doctor accompanying the President was his physician, Maj. Gen. McC. Snyder. Takes Back Roads Shortly before the President and Mrs. Eisenhower drove into their farm gate, two of their grandchildren, David, 9, and Barbara Anne, 8, enjoyed a slow trot on horseback across the Eisenhower fields. On the trip from Washington, the President's chauffeur, Dick Flohr, drove leisurely on back roads when he could. There still was no definite word on whether the President would interrupt his farm so journ to attend next Monday's Cabinet meeting and Tuesday's administration conference with Republican and Democratic con-, gressional leaders. Nor was it certain he will not attend next month's NATO Summit meeting in' Paris. .The President left it up to Vice President Richard M. Nix on to do the spadework of plan ning next week's Cabinet and congressional sessions. Nixon spent the forenoon at the White House in conference, with Sherman Adams, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson, and Marion B. Folsom, Secre tary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Discuss Budget Matters Nixon said the talks were about "legislative and budget programs." He described them as a "hoe-down" to determine "what will be presented to leg islative leaders next week." 'As to whether he would pre side at next week's meetings Nixon said: "If the President has not re turned from Gettysburg, I will. Whenever the President is away, I preside." Nixon said tne midmonth NATO meeting "stands right where it did yesterday." The White House said Thursday that the President's doctors would decide whether he should make the trip. King Mohammed In Texas on His Tour Williamsburg, Va. (IP) King Mohammed V of Morocco flew to Texas today for a three-day visit to the Lone Star state. He was accompanied by Col. Moulay Hafid, chief aide of the King's eldest son, who flew here from Morocco Thursday to con fer with Mohammed on the fight ing in southern Morocco. The North African monarch, on a nationwide goodwill tour to learn more at first hand about American customs, will visit the famed King Ranch to take a look at Texas oil fields and cattle herds. Day Reported Quiet Holiday not heard of any fatalities in the southern Oregon area so far. Sheriffs deputies also re ported an unusually quiet Thanksgiving day in the county and commented that telephone calls to the department Thurs day were very few. City police also reported a quiet day. The one day closing of dis trict court crowded the docket this morning with traffic viola t i o n hearings, arraignment and a small claims court trial. Approximately 500 persons attended the annual Medford Foremen's ball last night at the National Guard armory. Exact net proceeds from the dance were not known today. Firemen will use the funds for their Christmas toy project. Music for the dance was pro vided by the Jerry Van Hoorhis sen orchestra. One turkey raiser in the county estimated he sold ap proximately 1,500 birds for Thanksgiving. All of these birds went to Rogue valley residents, he said. . -
