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NATO .Meeting E Rids; Oomra agues Russia for iac oo Ar , ff m , iii .innii'H . ..-ww w , Wf-g. BUS o o i CHRISTMAS PROGRAM An the Hedrick Junior High school auditorium last night to see the Christmas musical program presented by students of Medford's secondary schools under the general direction of Vocal Music Supervisor Jerry L. Dyrud. The program fea tured the combined orchestras nd choruses of Medford High school and Hedrick and McLoughlin Junior High schools Christmas Reported Good Through Survey Christmas shopping in Med ford has been surprisingly good this year, according to many Medford merchants, although both fog and rain have slowed its tempo. Some firms reported sales even exceeding those of last year a near-record year but the majority report them to be about even or slightly under those of 1956. The survey of 20 retail firms was made Wednesday, compar ing retail volumes for similar periods in 1956 and 1957. Retail lines contacted included depart ment stores, gift shops, men's wear, ladies ready-to-wear, hard Most Medford retail stores . will remain open until 9 p.m. today and Friday, and again Monday, for the convenience of Christmas shoppers. The stores will close at their regular times on Saturday, ana on Tuesday, Dec. 24, to permit their employees to be with their families Christmas ware stores, variety stores, jew elry stores, drug stores, appli-j ance stores, furniture stores, and photography studios. Poor Showing Many stores reported poor shoirings in Christmas sales until after Thanksgiving, which was late this year. Monday was reported a very good day busi nesswise, with the sun shining for the first time in several weeks. Sales were reported good that evening but the rain Tues day night flowed business again. Several merchants said that buyers were doing more "care ful thinking" this year when making purchases with much less "panic buying." Firm spokemen reported that stores were packed with buyers while the sun was shining and one stated that since the fog had lifted customers were smil ing and wishing clerks a "Merry Christmas." General Sales Off Some stores reported general sales off from this period in 1956, but Christmas merchandise sales up from last year. A majority of the firms' spoke men thought that sales would continue climbing through the four remaining shopping days until Christmas. A few of merchants reported early Christmas shopping in their stores, which they credited to the Christmas parade, held, Nov. 16 this year. Others ex pressed opposite opinions, saying KVJ V7 XV&S Sk t - far rfet :Q DOUBLE TROUBLE Pictured above is rare pair of twin shepherd pups that are marked almost identically with a black patch on their left eye. The pups are full of mischief at that stage and look like they could make quick work of an old bedroom slipper. The Humane Society would like to place them in one home because, according to caretaker Mrs. Robert Garrison, it would be a shame to break up the set. In the picture, they both have their eye on a dog biscuit outside their cage. estimated 2,000 persons filled Shopping in Medford that the parade would have given a better boost to Christ mas sales had it been held im mediately following Thanksgiv ing. Several in the survey claim ed early Christmas shoppers had learned that the majority of the stores are ready for them in November and buy then when the stores aren't as crowded and have a better selection. Many merchants reported that dollarwise they are even with 1956 level but sales were below last year. Nearly all stores questioned reported good turn-outs on Mon day evenings, the regular night that downtown stores are open. It was reported that this held true in 1956 as shoppers are in clined to keep the same shop ping habits at Christmas as other times during the year. Grants Pass Area Christmas sales in the Grants Pass area were reported to be equal or better than last year, Pedestrian Struck By Car in Medford Philip Rock LeVeille, 65, of 51 North Oakdale ave., apart ment 3, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital about 11:25 a.m. today by Medford Ambulance after he was struck by an auto mobile at the intersection of South Riverside ave. and 12th st., according to city police. Hospital officials reported that LeVeille's injuries were not con sidered serious and had suffer ed slight injuries of the left arm and leg. Driver of the vehicle involved in ihe accident was Murray Star Gardiner Jr., 44, post office box 1148, Medford, police reported. Further details of the acci dent were not available at press time. Road Conditions Highway 99, Siskiyous Spots of ice, Vi-inch new snow, nine inches roadside, chains not required. Highway 66, Green Springs Spots of packed snow, chains not required Highway 62, Prospect Road to Crater Lake open, narrow, chains required from Prospect north; 15 inches new snow. Rim road closed. Highway 199, Oregon Moun tain pavement bare. Highway 2 3 0, Diamond Lake highway Road closed. as well as other music groups and soloists. About 800 students participated in the program, which was the first of its kind to be undertaken here. The cooperation of the faculty mem bers and students was largely responsible for its success, ac cording to Dyrud. The picture above was taken during the "Adoration," the second half of the performance. according to a survey made by the Grants Pass Daily Courier. The sales picture there was reported to be surprisiong in view of Josephine county un employment which is among the most severe in the state. Several firms in Medford mentioned un employment as a reason for slow sales, but the majority placed the balme on the weather. Several Items on Council's Agenda The city council st its 7:30 p.m. meeting today will consider a recommendation from City Manager Robert Duff that $56, 800 be forwarded to the state highway commission for the city's participation in the Eighth st. construction. The amount is the city's 25 per cent share of the cost. Eighth st. will be made into a one-way street to form a couplet with Main st. under the city's arterial street program. The state shares expenses since Eighth st. will serve as state Highway 238 through Medford. The money would come from the arterial street fund. Also on the council agenda tonight is consideration of four planning commission recommen dations, a report on the fence ordinance, an informal hearing concerning a wrecking yard at Crater Lake highway and Hilton rd. and consideration of a trans fer from the emergency fund and award bids for purchasing new police vehicles. Planning commission recom mendations include calling for a hearing on a change of zone in the Narregan addition from single and two family residence to heavy industrial, and calling a hearing on vacation of D'Anjou st. from Spruce to Cherry sts. in the Central subdivision. Missing K.F. Rancher Located at Eureka Klamath Falls (IP! "Walter "W. Watkins, Klamath county ranch er missing since Dec. 7, turned up today in Eureka, Calif., ap parently the victim of tempo rary amnesia. He was to be ex amined by a physician when he returned here later today. New York (IP A federal jury resumed deliberations to day in the wiretap case against Teamsters President-elect James R. Hoffa. LUCKY This young dog, that is part shepherd and part samoyed, is lucky to be alive. He was picked up in the brushes of a Medford street sweeper while he slept in a pile of leaves in the street one day this fall. After finding him in the hopper the sweeper operator took him to the Jackson County Humane society, where he is waiting for someone to give him a real home. There are a number of dogs available at the kennels which would make fine Christmas presents for youngsters. r 4 Killer Tornadoes Baiter Missouri, Southern Illinois Murphysboro, 111. OPl A wave of killer tornadoes rolled across parts of Missouri and southern Illinois toward Indiana Wednesday night . and rescue workers today reported a rising toll of death and damage. At least 12 persons were kill ed, according to reports from city and town officials and the Illinois National Guard in the stricken area. More than 200 were injured. Damage here still was diffi cult to estimate. At Mt. Vernon, Mayor Virgil T. Bailey estimat ed damage at $1 million. Town Without Power Eight of the dead here were identified, four of them in one family. Gen. Edmund O'Neill of the Illinois Adjutant General's office reported at Springfield that two more unidentified dead were found today. The National Guard's 130th Infantry head quarters at Carbondale sent 50 officers and men into the Mur physboro area. The town was without power. O'Neill said the little town of .Gorham, (447 population) was completely wiped out." Jack' son county deputies were search ing it for dead and injured. He reported the town of Sand Ridge was also damaged badly. Mayor Joe Williams, in re porting on the' casualties, said that more than 150 were injured here, although the guard put the total at 135. Diamond Lake Road Closed by Snow Today Highway 230, the Diamond Lake highway, was closed for the winter becanse of snow at 10 a.m. today, according to state police. New snow totaled 25 inches, bringing the total roadside snow to 55 inches, police said. Snow also closed McKenzie pass and the Sun mountain sec ondary road, the state highway department reported. Heavy rain fell in western Oregon today with snow flurries in some areas east of the moun tains. The weather bureau predicted "moderate to substantial" rises in most rivers of northwest Ore gon in the next two days with some flooding in the lower reaches of tributary streams. The Santiam river at Jefferson was expected to reach 14.5 feet, 1.5 feet over flood stage, by 8 a.m. Friday. Medford 28 PAGES MEDFORD, Jupiter Fails To Complete Flight; Thor Thought Next Liquid Oxygen Poured Into Missile Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IB The Air Force's entry in the intermediate range missile field, the Thor, was fired suc cessfully today, vanishing from sight into a clear blue sky. In Washington, the Defense Department announced the landed in the selected impact area. Cape Canaveral, Fla. (W The Air Force prepared to fire a Thor missile today in the wake of Wednesday night's launch ing of the rival Army Jupiter, flight because of "technical dif ficulties." When a heavy shroud of fog cleared from the cape this mor ning, observers saw the slim, white Thor standing outside its gantry. Liquid oxygen was al ready being poured into the in termediate range missile. Wednesday night's spectacular Jupiter apparently was either destroyed in flight, or fell into the sea when its engines failed. Scientists gained valuable in formation from the test, how ever, even though the 1,500 mile range Army missile failed to complete its flight for the second time in less than a month. The Jupiter has been success fully fired a number of. times and flew 3,500 miles in one test. The , missile was sent up a few minutes after 7 p.m. (EST) and the Defense Department an nounced shortly afterward the launching was successful. But a second statement announced that "the missile did not complete its full flight because of techni cal difficulties.":-- Usually missiles are destroyed by remote control from' the ground when they have malfunc tions. Registration Set for Winter Term at SOC Ashland Registration for winter term will start Jan. 6 and continue through Jan. 20, ac cording to Mrs. C. L. Winston, registrar of Southern Oregon college. Mrs. Winston said applica tions from 27 students antici pating enrollment for the first time have been received. Dr. Alvin Fellers, director of student affairs, will conduct an orienta tion session for new students at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6. Robes, upperclasswomen's honor society and Tri Zeta, service group, will assist with registration . and orientation. Salem OP! The entire field staff of the valuation division of the state tax commission met here today for a two-day in service training school. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (IP) Dow-Jonet final slock averages: 30 in dustrials 431.26, up 5.08; 20 railroads 97.37. up 1.41; 15 utilities 67.32, up 0.37, and 65 stocks 144.63, up 1.60. Sales today were about 2,740. 000 shares compared with 2.750,000 shares Wednesday. THOROUGHBRED This purebred black collie, x named Shadow, doesn't feel at home behind the wire fence at the Hu mane society kennels, but will have to be content until some one gives him a home. The collie is an ideal ranch dog and has an inherent friendly nature. According to law, unless a dog can be placed in a home within a certain length of time, they have to be destroyed. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1957 No. 206 The Very Generous Santa Strauss (Herblock Is President Sees Less Likelihood of War Paris (W President Eisen hower haid today at the conclu sion of the NATO summit con ference that he thought the de cisions it reached made "war less likely, peace more sure." The President said he also felt that the four-day meeting had made for "a stronger North At lantic alliance." . .... . .. .. Addressing his NATO col leagues in the closing phases of the final NATO council meeting in the Palais de Chaillot, Eisen hower said he recognized there were certain differences of de tail among the 15 member states that could not be "surmounted completely." . The President's own attend ance at the conference had done much to dispel the gloom that preceded it among Western Euro pean nations in the face of So viet rocket and Sputnik suc cesses. The President, looking fit de spite the heavy pace he set him self after his arrival last Satur day, boarded his personal plane, Columbine III, for an overnight flight back to Washington. He was scheduled to land at Wash ington about 6:30 a.m. (e.s.t.) Fri day, with one brief refuelling stop at Keflavik, Iceland. BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS HELP FIGHT TBf9 Tribune OoDRiCbt, Wl. The Pun we r PumishicK Co.: St. Looii Post-Dimtdi on Vacation) Monday at 8:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) (5:30 p.m. p.s.t.) Eisenhower and Dulles will make a joint radio and television report to the American people on the xesults of the NATO meeting. CP Post Office Building Construction of a new buil ding for the Central Point branch of the Medford post of fice probably will start soon af ter Jan. 1, according to S. G. Schwartz, regional director, Portland. Schwartz also announced that city delivery service will "be ex tended to Central Point Jan. 11, 1958. Central Point Mayor Donald E. Faber suggested the depart ment build a new facility. The department selected a site di rectly across the street from the present post office. The new building will have 2,656 square feet of inside floor space, and 2,475 square feet of asphalt parking . and maneuver ing area, which will include 63 square feet for a concrete load ing apron, Schwartz said. Quarters will be equipped with fluorescent lighting, as phalt tile floors, accoustical tile ceilings, fans, separate lock box and finance lobby, and a forc ed air heating system. Other im provements are scheduled for the new building, which will assure better working conditions for employees and more efficiency in handling mail, he said. George L. Evans is superin tendent of the new branch, which is now classified a branch of the Medford post office. T -V' X y HOMELESS This young beagle-type dog looks sad as she peers through the fence of her pen at the Jackson County Humane Society kennels on Table Rock rd. She is one of several dogs the society would like to place in homes before Christmas, according to Secretary Mrs. Perry Duncan. The beagle is an energetic dog and a fine companion for children. The Humane society telephone number is Spring 2-8222. President, Dulles 'Highly Pleased' At Parley Outcome Americans Expected To Endorse Decision Paris (IP) The 15 NATO na tions today concluded an historic summit conference that agreed to convert NATO to a missile age alliance while offering Rus sia a new chance to negotiate disarmament under international control. President Eisenhower, ac knowledged leader of the four day session, told French Presi dent Rene Coty just before de parting on his return flight to -Washington that: ' "I think we are just a little bit closer to the ideal of peace, and I think this group has done a lot to make the chances of war a little more remote." A 4,000-word declaration and fnal communique issued at the concluding session placed on Russia the whole blame for the present world armament race and failure to reach any sort of disarmament. Eisenhower Pleased Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles were "highly pleased" at the meet ing's outcome. It showed on the face of the President who "beamed smiled and waved his arms as he boarded his plane ' and flew home. Eisenhower said he was con fident the American people would endorse the decision to arm Western Europe with nu clear warheads and 1,500-mile intermediate range ballistic mis siles as insurance while seeking new disarmament talks with the missile-armed Soviets. At the final session of the NATO council, the President said there were certain differ ences that could not be sur mounted completely." But these, he said, could be "accommo dated." But, the President said, there was a "fundamental unity" that kept the NATO allies moving forward- together. The Soviets have announced their agreement to hold East West conferences at a high level preferably at the summit. But their reaction to today's NATO communique was, as expected, violent opposition. Radio Moscow said the confer ence was intended to "camou flage the nature" of the talks. A broadcast said the western na tions gave further evidence of a plot to undermine peace." Russian Republic Premier Demoted London (IP) Premier Mikhail Yasnov of the Russian Republic, largest in the U.S.S.R., has been demoted and replaced by his deputy, Radio Moscow said to night. WEATHER FORECAST: Rain tonight. Showers Friday. Little tem perature change. Low tonight 37. High Friday 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 44 Lowest this Morning 3? Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .09 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:36 a.m. Sunset 4:41 p.m. Moonrise Friday 6:52 a.m. New Moon Friday night PROMINENT STARS Altair, low in west 7:28 p.m. Aldebaran, high in south 10:49 p.m. Venus, low in south west 6:13 p.m. Jupiter, rises 2:52 a.m. Mars, rises 5:42 a.m.
