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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'
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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.
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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
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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
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Pros dent. Visits
Dag Hammerskjold
Flies to Mid-East
To Ease Tensions
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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. . -