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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1957
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Fiery Object Said
Not Sputnik Rocket
Fairbanks, Alaska
The
Iierjf object, seen falling into
the confines of Ft. Greeley, Sun
day was not the rocket from
Sputnik 1, officials at the Uni
versity of Alaska Geophysical
Institute maintained Saturday
Ft. Greeley is 100 miles south
of here.
Scientists who saw the flash
mg object fall in the area of
County Tax League
May Form Here,
Meeting Scheduled
AUJackson county taxpayers
interested in joining or learning
about the Jackson County Non
Partisan Tare League ire invited
to attend a public meeting in the
Hedrick junior high school cafe
teria in RIedford on Monday
evening, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m., ac
cording to Russell DeForest, co
chairman of the local yroup.
Principal speaker of the even
ing will be Mrs. Josephine Kit-
tredge of Klamath Falls, chair
man of the Oregon Non-Prtiian
Tax League.
DeForest said that an outline
O of both the county and state
league activities Would be given
at the mjaeting and tht a gen
eral discussion of county and
state taxes wouI4 follow.
This will hs Mr Kittredge's
0 seoend visit to Jackson county
0in recent weeks; Htr previous
appearance beforjt the Jackson
county chamber of commerce
roundtable led a group of inter
ested taxpayers to begin forma
tion of a county tax Itegue, De-
Fofcct said.
One of the matters on the
agenda Monday evening will be
the selection of two persons to
represent the county at the first
meeting of the state tax league,
to beCBeld in Salem on Dec. 14.
DeForest stressed the fact that
the local chapter is still in its
preliminary stages, and that he
and his co-chairman, M r s.
Dwight Houghton, are serving
until permanent chairmen can
be named.
"We feel that it is improtant
to have as many taxpayers as
possible affiliated with our
league from the outset," he said.
. He said that the purpose of
the county tax league would be
primarily educational, with its
ultimate aim being recommend
ations of tax reforms and govern
ment economics both on the state
and local level.
DeForest said that he hoped
the Jackson county chapter
Qwould follow the pattern set by
others in the state, and have in
its memebrship representatives
of business, agriculture, labor,
education annd other economic
groups.
Presley Records
Restricted OhKBOY
Radio station KBOY, Medford
announced Saturday it would
restrict playing Elvis Presley's
Christmas album records to re
quest show's and on Saturdays.
The decision followed a poll
taken Saturday morning on
"Shall we continue playing rec
ords from Elvis Presley's long
piay Christmas album?
Station officials said there
were 1.490 votes, all by tele
phone, in the 3 V hours of the
poll. There were 857 voting in
ivo oT playing the records,
Snt tJT voting against playing
.tni, fficiais said. All votes
Oittrg tiKen on two telephones
between i m. and 12:30 p.m.,
t,tion officials pointed out
f f ifny Jdults voted in favor
ct trin4c" the records, and
rrtir.y youngsters voted against
them. They said the young peo-
pff) expressed a desire to hear
other Presley records, but not
the Christmas records.
They said there may have
Gbeen more than 200 requests to
hear Bing Crosby's "White
Thristmas but requests for
thfr Christmas songs were
few.
The poll is an outgrowth of a
dispute in Portland, where a
Hisr iockev was fired because
hp violated a radio station's pol
irv rder not to play records
from Presley's Christmas album.
Local station officials decided
to restrict playing the records
because they "were impressed
the negative attitude" of the
many votes.
London (IP) Actress Vivien
Leigh drove off with her ex
husband Friday while her pres
ent husband. Sir Laurence Oliv
ier, calmly waved goodbye. The
scene promptly set gossips to
gossiping again.
the Army post Sunday said they
are certain the object was a giant
fireball or meteor.
An aerial search was conduct
ed to locate the fallen object
without success. Officials said
there is no damage to trees or
brush in the area to indicate
anything crashing to the ground.
Skywatchers in three states
and Alaska reported Saturday
they saw something flash across
the northern horizon at the time
the Russian's claim their Spi.t
nik rocket fell to earth.
No Concrete Proof
But none of the reports provid
ed concrete proof of Commun
ist party boss Nikita Khrush
chev's charge that the rocket
came down somewhere in Alas
ka last Sunday and the U. S. is
refusing to give it up.
Several, sightings of a flam
ing object in the sky were re
ported in the Fairbanks, Alaska,
rea. They came withyi five
minutes of the time University
of Alaska officials had predict
ed the rocket would pass over
the area.
One of the witnesses, Victor
Carrado, said the object swoosh
ed down, ricocheting between
trees and forcing him to duck
for safety.
The university's geophysical
institute, however, said it doubt
ed the object sighted was a rock
et, judging on its direction and
short visibility, a spokesman said
it probably was a giant fire ball
or meteor.
Russia said Saturday night the"
burned and broken remnants of
the Sputnik I rocket fell "in the
territory of Alaska and the West
coast of North America" last
Sunday. Soviet scientists "re
quested" the return of the pieces.
(In Cambridge, Mass., Dr.
Fred L. Whipple, director of the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob
servatory, said he still believed
the rocket fell outside North
America. He said scientists in
Alaska told him the flaming ob
ject last Sundayrwas a fireball,
a rare natural phenomenon.
British scientists also said they
were "very suspicious" of the
Russian report.)
The U.S.S.R. Academy of Sci
ences asked that the pieces of
the "not completely burned out"
rocket be returned.
"The analysis and examination
of the not-completely burned out
remains of the carrier rocket
and the establishment of the site
of their fall are of great scientif
ic interest," a communique is
sued by the Soviet. Tass News
agency said.
13-Year-0ld Girl
Wins DAY Contest
Kathleen Classick, 13. won the
seventh annual Disabled Ameri
can Veterans amateur talent
tournament at the Medford High
school auditorium Friday night.
She won with a novelty num
ber which included acrobatics,
dancing and baton twirling.
Other winners included Judy
Stewart, a student of Mrs. Eva
Prentice, in the vocal classifica
tion; Robert Heide, member of
the Junior High school band, in
strumental music number; the
five Marsettes, of the dance
school of Mrs. Ethel Mars,
Grants Pass, won the division
for groups. Members of the Mar
settes are Dianne Mars. Sheryle
Miller, Gail Bowden, Peggy Al
len and Beverly Moffit.
Marcia Jo Miller, 6, won the
junior division twirling the ba
ton. She is a student Jf the
Thurston school of dancing.
The grand prize winner was
selected through audience ap
plause from the winners of each
division.
More than 30 acts were en
tered in the show.
Basketball Scores
COLLEGE GAMES
Southern California SI, St.
Mary's 46
Califronia JV 53, Cal Aggies
36
Idaho st. college 46, Denver 33
Air Force 68, New Mexico 50
College of Pacific 56, Sac
ramento st. 45
Utah 72. Baylor 4S
Oregon 78, Utah st. 49 .
Pepperdine 88, Arizona st.
(Flagstaff) 62
Washington 63, B r i g h a ni
Young 52
Oregon state 64, Portland 46
Chico st. 65, Alameda Air 53
San Francisco 73, Texas st.
45
Southern Oregon 61, Hum
boldt st. 52
Loyola 65, Arizona sL (Tem
P) 51
PREP SCORES
Ashland 61, Eureka 47
Crater 43, Forluna 40
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SETS UP STREET TREE PROGRAM Ed J. Parsons, 2212 Ruhl
way, looks over one of about 40 to 50 trees planted on Ruhl way
recently. Parsons said he helped in organizing the street into a
tree planting program under the city ordinance passed last spring.
The ordinance sets up a formal program for tree planting on city
property in Medford. Trees planted on Ruhl way are tri-colored
Beech trees.
Tree Planting Work
In Preliminary Stage
Preliminary work has started
on planting of trees on O'Hara
place on the west side of Med
ford, according to Mrs. O. A.
Eden, one of a committee of
three working with the Medford
Action Postponed
Gil Subdivision Law
-The Medf or d city council
Thursday night postponed action
on a revised subdivision ordi
nance for the city, and Mayor
John Snider vetoed a new fire
arms ordinance.
. Action on the subdivision or
dinance was postponed until the
Dec. 19 meeting. Mayor Snider
said council members just re
ceived copies of the revised or
dinance and desired more time
to study it bef ore" voting. The re
visions have been studied and
suggested by the planning com
mission. Action on the ordinance was
postponed last month, and
changes were discussed at an in
formal council-planning commis
sion meeting. Several changes
were suggested and have been
included in the revised version.
A section requiring a contour
map and one providing a penalty
have been omitted, and there
were several changes in wording
for- clarity purposes.
Mayor Snider, in returning the
new firearms ordinance unsign
ed, said he compared the new
ordinance with the previous one,
and felt the older one would give
better overall protection to Med
ford residents.
The council did not override
the veto. Councilmen said they
felt the mayor acted in good
faith and felt his decision was
sound.
Sports Bulletins
Phoenix Phoenix guard
Jim Stout, who scored 20
points, led the Pirates to a 54
to 47 victory over the Yreka,
Calif., high school basketball
team here Saturday night. The
Pirates were behind 34 io 35
at the end of the third quarter
but came blazing back to score
20 points in the final frame.
Eugene, Ore. OP The Ore
gon Webfoots used all three
strings Saturday night as they
coasted to a 78-49 victory over
Utah Slate in a non-conference
basketball game at McArthur
court.
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DETENTION HOME Pictured above is the new Jackson
county juvenile detention home, located east of the Medford
armory on the old fair grounds site, which will' be dedicated
at a special ceremony later this month. The structure is of
planning commission in selection
and planning of trees.
Residents of the area can plant
trees along the street which com
ply with the city tree ordinance
anytime trees are available, she
said. The ordinance permits res
idents to plant any type of tree
they want on their property but
if trees are planted along the
street they must conform to the
city's program. -.:...
T r e e s have been recently
planted on Ruhl way. and Valley.
View dr.-About 40 to 50 trees
were planted in the area, ac
cording to Mrs. Eden., The trees
planted on the streets are tri
colored Beech.
The first step in planting trees
is for the city engineers ' to es
tablish a property line on the
street. A contact is made with
the planning commission to find
which kind of tree is best for
the area. Stakes are then driven
into the parkings at the required
distance and trees are planted by
the property holders at the
stakes.
Other Rules Given
Other rules by the city for
planting trees require they must
be planted at least 25 feet from
the curb line at intersections, no
trees may be removed from the
parkings or from city property
without permission of .the city
manager and selection of a tree
name for a street would-5 not
mean that this type of tree must
be planted instead of existing
trees but would replace older
trees because of their condition.
The landscape committee has
studied each street to find which
type of tree would be correct,
taking into consideration archi
tecture, lot landscaping, contour
of land, view and soil condition.
This time is donated by the com
mittee members.
Mrs. William Tucker assisted
by John Gribble are now taking
an inventory of all existing trees
in Medford. A1 map is being kept
which tells the ' size, condition,
spacing, location and identity of
the trees.
Paul Jorgenson, 324 South
Groveland ave., last spring -was
the first person in Medford to
organize his street for tree plant
ing under the city ordinance
which was adopted in mid-February.
A few days after Jorgen
son organized his street Mrs.
James Dunlevy, 4C8 Ardmore
ave., organized her street and
Lynnwood ave. Under the pres
ent street tree planting program
South Groveland and 'Ardmore
aves. have he most complete
plan in Medford, Mrs. Eden said.
Freight Rate Boost
To Benefit Oregon
Lumber Shippers
New Order Effective
In Period After Jan. 1
The , Interstate Commerce
commission recently issued an
order to the California Public
Utilities commissioner in in
crease intrastate freight rates.
The order, which will become
effective after Jan. 1, will in
crease California freight rates
to a more favorable competitive
basis for lumber industry ship
pers from Oregon to southern
California markets, according to
lumber industry spokesmen
here.
The action reseulted from a
complaint filed by four major
railroads, with the Southern
Oregon Conservation and Tree
Farm association as an interven
er, with the ICC charging dis
crimination in the matter of in
terstate vs. intrastate freight
rates in California.
Intrastate rates in California
were lower than interstate
rates and shippers of lumber
from Washington and Oregon
had to absorb a $3 to $3.50
freight differential which meant
a cut in lumber prices.
William Sweeny, examiner for
the ICC, found in favor of the
railroad companies and SOCTFA
San Francisco last March. Th
after a week-long hearing in
ICC sustained the ruling.
Besides testimony by railroad
officials and representatives,
William Adams, Portland attor
ney retained by SOCTFA, pre
sented the association's case,
along with Paul Hochelle, Port
land, rate consultant,, who also
was hired by the association. Wit
nesses for the association includ
ed Russell Hogue, Medford cor
poration; James Pack, Moore
Timber products. Grants Pass;
Al Beals, Klamath Basin Pine
Mills, Klamath Falls; and Art
Quirin, general sales manager of
Willamette Valley Lumber com
pany, Dallas, Ore.
L. L. (Doc) Simpson, secretary
manager and forester for SOC
TFA, said the Willamette Val
ley Lumberman's association and
individual companies as far
north as Tacoma, Wash., contrib
uted time and financial backing
in the case.
Railroads filing the complaint
included Southern Pacific, San
ta Fe, Western Pacific and Un
ion Pacific and all subsidiary
railroad companies in Califor
nia. Railroad officials and attor
neys provided a large amount of
testimony at the examiner's hear
ing, Simpson said.
Tlie case was spearheaded by
the traffic committee of the
Southern Oregon Conservation
and Tree Farm association,
which was established several
years ago. Pack is chairman of
the group. Other members are
Hogue, Beals, Carl E. (Bud)
Wimberly, Western Lumber com
pany, Medford; E. B. DeVoe, De
Voe Lumber company, Medford;
and Walter Tomlin,
Holmes To Fly In
For Home Ceremonies
Gov. Robert Holmes will ar
rive in Medford by plane at 11:25
a.m. next Sunday, Dec. 15, for a
luncheon and dedication of the
new county juvenile detention
home.
Jim Redden, chairman of the
Democratic Central committee,
said Saturday the governor will
be met by a group of local Demo
crats, and will be guest of honor
at a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in
the Medford hotel, sponsored by
the county Democratic Social
club. The public is invited to at
tend, but should make reserva
tions by sending a card to the
E. M. Madden Agency, 103 First
st.. Phoenix, or telephoning
KEystone 5-1468.
Following the luncheon, the
governor will be taken to the de
tention home for the dedication
ceremonies, and will leave' to re
turn to Salem the same afternoon.
poured concrete and basalt and has a white gravel roof to
fit harmoniously into its surroundings. Open courts, enclosed
by high wire fencing, will serve as recreation areas for girls
and boys being held at the home. (Story on page 14)
Air Force
Short Of
Dangerous Gap
(Herblock Is
v
New Missile Age Pact
Planned By
Washington (OT The United
States and . 14 European allies
are drafting a new missile-age
pledge to fight back if the Soviet
Union attacks any member of
the Atlantic Alliance, it was
learned. " -
A renewed American promise
to come to the aid of the Western
allies is to be given personally
by President Eisenhower at the
Dec. 16-18 NATO meeting in
Paris. Only a strong stand by
his doctors next week will keep
the President away from the
Sanity Examination
Set For Seaver
Charles Wesley Seaver, 57,
who was arraigned on charges
of attempted bank robbery in
district court last Friday, has
been ordered to a 30-day sanity
examination at the state hospital
in Salem, according to District
Attorney Thomas J. Reeder.
Reeder said further action on
the case would be determined
when results of the examina
tion were received. Roy Ed
wards, Medford attorney, was
appointed by the court as Seav-
er's attorney.
Seaver was arrested by Med
ford police about 40 minutes af
ter he is said to have attempted
to holdup the Medford branch of
the First National Bank of
Portland on Thursday evening,
Seaver was seen walking on
South Central ave. by city po
lice and stopped for questioning
following the holdup attempt.
Police said a toy cap pistol,
similar to the one used in the
holdup, fell from his coat while
he was being questioned.
Police said the holdup failed
when a teller recognized the
gun as a toy and went to sum
mon the bank manager. When
he returned, the holdup man had
disappeared. Seaver made no
formal admission to the crime
but told police and FBI agents
he wrote the holdup note which
read, "I want the paper money
cr death for you me."
County sheriffs said Seaver is
being held in the Jackson coun
ty jail before being transported
to the state hospital in Salem.
Missle
Intended
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14 Allies
conference, administration of
ficials said.
The new pledge is designed to
strengthen allied unity under
the 1949 NATO treaty, which
provides that an attack on a
member will be met by such ac
tion as the signatory 'powers
deem necessary, "including the
use of armed force."
To Hear U.S. Offers
The NATO summit meeting
also will hear American offers
to stockpile nuclear weapons at
European bases for joint war
time use and a proposal to sta
tion 1,500 - mile intermediate
range ballistic missiles in Eur
ope
From British and Continental
bases, IRBM's could hit Russia
and counter-balance the Soviet
advantage in 5,000-mile inter
continental and 800-mile range
missiles.
Administration officials dis
closed Saturday that the United
States and Britain already have
agreed tentatively to begin build
ing bases in the British Isles
soon for four squadrons of
IRBM's. Three of the squadrons
would be British, and the fourth
would be American.
The estimated 84 million dol
lar cost of the base construction
would be shared by the two
countries.
There is assurance, however,
that Gremany, France or other
continental allies will permit
basing big U.S. missiles on their
soil. Strong political groups in
Europe 'argue that such bases
invite Soviet retaliation and
only aggravate the cold war.
A state department spokesman
said the United States had
agreed at the Bermuda confer
ence in March "in principle to
furnish the United Kingdom
with IRBM bases and missiles."
At the NATO meeting, the
Allies also are scheduled to take
important new steps to coordin
ate and standardize weapons pro
duction, to set up a liaison sys
tem with other Allied defense
groups in the Middle East, Asia,
and Latin America, and to tight
en scientific and technical co
operation. The Allies are planning to set
up a new system of pooling
scientific information to exploit
the West's brainpower in the
technological race with Russia.
Safeway Agreement
Announced Saturday
Washington (IP) The Jus
tice Department announced Sat
urday .that Safeway Stores Inc.,
has agreed not to sell groceries
at unreasonable cut-rate prices
or below cost to destroy compe
tition. .
Attorney General William P.
Rogers said the agreement was
spelled out in a consent judg
ment entered in federal district
court in Fort Worth, Tex.
Under a consent judgment, a
firm agrees without trial and
without formal admission of
guilt not to engage in certain
practices the government consid
ers to be in violation of federal
law.
Falls
Target
Two Atlas Missiles
Scheduled For Test
By Air Force Crew
Examination Given
Vanguard Recordings
Washington (IP) The Air
Force announced Saturday night
the Thor fired at Cape Canaveral
Saturday had "landed short of
the intended target area." The
nine-word statement was issued
at 7 p.m. (EST) without elabo
ration. Earlier the Air Force had
announced that the test firing
itself had been successful.
The big military missile rose
slowly with a burst of flame and
a tremendous roar from a
launching pad near the Van
guard's and knifed upward
through a partial overcast into
clear blue sky..
The missile center made this
test of the 1,500-mile Air Force
missile while technicians were
scanning data from telemetering
tape to determine the cause of
the Vanguard's failure.
The Defense " Department in
Washington said the Thor test
was part of "a series of IRBM
and ICBM (Intercontinental Bal
listic Missile) tests."
Two Atlas missiles. Air Force
ICBM's which have never suc
cessfully been fired, also are
awaiting tests. During the day
launchers pulled gantry cranes
away from them, apparently to
do routine work on them.
The Thor has been successful
ly tested before and, with the
Army's Jupiter, -waPabout to go
into .production.
Saturday's launching, to the
newsmen from a distance, con
trasted with the advance tension
of the Vanguard attempt because
they were told nothing of the
"countdown" frustrations and
delays, if any.
The .huge white missile took
off with a brilliant flash Qnd
thunderous roar here from the
Vanguard's launching pad. O
The Thor, one of the most
spectacular of the missiles fired
here, rose slowly off the ground
over a bright orange flash of
fire at 5:15 p.m. (EST)
It accelerated slowly at first.
then gained momentum and shot
straight up for some five miles.
passing through two layers of
white clouds.
Nominations Asked
For Jaycee Award
Nominations are now being ac
cepted by the Medford Junior
Chamber of Commerce for the
anual Distinguished Service
Award, according to Hal Gard
ner, Jaycee president. This award
will be presented to the young
man, 21 through 35, who has
made the outstanding Contribu
tion to the community during the
past year as judged by a panel
of three senior citizens. Recent
winners have been Clifford Mc-
Ginty, Richard Henselman, Otto
Ewaldsen and John Dellenback.
Nominations may be submitted
by any person or organization
and official entry blanks may be
obtained by writing P.O. Box
251, Medford.
Entrants are judged on their
contribution to community wel
fare during the past year, leader
ship ability and personal or busi
ness progress. Nominations must
be in by Jan. 6, 1958 and the Dis
tinguished Service Award will
be presented at the DSA banquet
to be held late in January at
the Rogue Valley Country club.
Jack Flanagan, Pacific Motor
Trucking, has been appointed
Chairman of the DSA committee
and will be assisted by Brian
Mullin, Jack Foster, Ron James
and Don Carlon.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Valley for clearing
about noon, increasing clouds
with chance of few showers .
this evening, valley fog Mon-
day morning becoming fair
Monday afternoon, high today
52. low tonight 37, high Mon
day 46.
TEMP
Highest YesUrday . S2
Lowest this Morning 38
PRECIP.
To 10 p.m. Yesterday, trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
7:28 a.m.
Sunset
4:39 p.m.
6:32 pan.
Moonrise
EVENING STARS
Venus, low in south
west 6:33 p.m.
Mercury, low in southwest just
after sunset for the next few
nights, is now making its last
appearance of the year.