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SAINT NICK Even more popular with the younger set this..
time of year than -Wild Bill Hickok or Hopalong Cassidy is this
legendary old gentleman with the white whiskers, who is
shown above talking with Sylvia Jean Foster, 6, in Mann's
Department store. Sylvia told Santa Claus what she wanted for
Christmas after assuring him that she had been a good girl
r-most of the year. She thought it was pretty funny that Santa
should get a crick in his knee after bending down to talk to her.
Sylvia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Foster, Ashland.
S3400 Transferred
From Emergency Fund
For Police Vehicles
A transfer of S3.400 from the
emergency fund to cover un
expected replacement costs of
the city police vehicles was ap
proved by the Medford City
council last night.
City Manager Robert A. Duff
Mid $7,418.17 was firt allotted
for the replacement, but rising
car prices and figures based on
Small Daughter on
3Way fo Join Parenls
Little Abby Frankenfield, 7-week-old
daughter of Mr. and
Jkfrs. Clinton Frankenfield. form
erly "of 1001 South Holly st.,
and now living in Bellingham,
Wash., left by plane t noon to
day to join her parents for
Christmas.
At the time o! her birth on
Oct. li. at Rogue Valley hospital,
She weighed 2 pound, 13 ounces.
Abfcy now weigh 6'i pounds.
Since the baby' birth, Frank
,riltelJ. employed by Parke,
Davis Pharmaceutical company,
v.9 transferred to Washington.
"Accompanying the baby will
be a family friend, Mrs. Clara
Cleveland, 210 Portland ave.,
Medford.
Council Approves
Eighth St. Payment
Deposit of S56.800 to the state
highway commission as the city"s
share of the Eighth st. construc
tion V-as approved by the city
council last night.
City Manager Robert Duff rec
ommended payment of 25 per
cent of the cost of making
Eighth st. into a one-way east
bound traffic street as part of
the city's 10-year arterial street
program. The money was taken
from are arterial street fund.
Main st. will serve westbound
traffic in the one-way couplet.
The city recently was granted
permission by the Public Utili
ties commissioner to construct a
railroad crossing at Eighth st.
The state shares construction
Oosts because the project is on
State Highway 238, the Jack
sonville highway.
Firemen Complete
Christmas Project
City firemen yesterday com
pleted their annual Christmas
toy repair and painting project.
They reported that they have
enough toys on hand for 700
youngsters of needy families in
the community.
The toys, stored in the Frank
lin warehouse, Third and Fir
sts., were to be displayed to the
public at an open house this
afternoon held by Lady Lions,
who will distribute them.
Body of Man Found in Abandoned Well
Near Vernonia; Police Study Foul Play
Vernon ia W Authorities
said today a man whose body
was found in an abandoned well
seven miles southeast of this com
munity may have been taken for
a ;'one-way ride."
Tentatively Identified
The man was tentatively iden
tified as Robert E. Holloway, 44,
Portland, who had been missing
more than six weeks. The body
had clothing like that worn by
Holloway. a Portland cement fin
isher, police said.
"
last year's bids resulted in low
estimates for next year's
vehicles. Duff said the dealer
supplying this year's vehicles
made an error in figuring which
amounted to several thousand
dollars and this year's replace
ment budget was figured on last
year's, he said.
Awarded Controls
Crater Lake Motors was
awarded the contract for five
marked police station wagons at
$12,147.50 less S5.500 trade-in on
present vehicles.
Courtesy Chevrolet was award
ed a contract to furnish an un
marked police sedan for S2,
233.33. The White Cycle shop.
Medford, was awarded a contract
for two Cushman scooter-type
three-wheel vehicles for 51,400.
White Cycle shop allowed S600
trade-in on present vehicles,
Duff said.
Duff said he felt station wag
ons would give better service for
the city because they would
have fire extinguishers and res
cue and fiijst aid. equipment. The
cost of the station wagons,
which could be used as emer
gency cars, is about S140 more
per unit than sedans. Emergency
equipment will cost about S500
for the six police cars. Duff said.
Maintenance costs will be con
siderably less for Cushman ve
hicles than for the present three
wheel motorcycles, Duff said. He
told the council other depart
ments of the city are now using
the scooter-type vehicle and
have found them capable.
County Schools
Close for Holidays
All Jackson county schools
close for the Christmas holidays
this afternoon, according to
county school officials. Vacation
periods will vary widely this
year. Most schools will reopen
Thursday, Jan. 2, although some
will open at other dates.
Classes will resume in Med
ford, Jacksonville, Griffin Creek,
Ruch, Phoenix, Ashland, Apple
gate, Prospect, Evans Valley,
Butte Falls, Howard and District
6C, on Thursday, Jan. 2. District
6C includes Central Point, Sams
Valley and Gold Hill schools.
Classes resuming Jan. 6 are
Eagle Point, Lone Pine. Rogue
River, Elk-Trail, Shady Cove and
Pinehurst schools.
Talent school students will re
turn to classes Monday, Dec. 30,
school officials said.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York ilF Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 427.20, off 4.06; 20
railroads 96.92, off 0.45; 15
utilities 67.95, up 0.03. and 65
stocks 143.67, off 0.96. Sales
today were about 2,500,000
shares compared with 2,740,
000 shares Thursday.
Police in Portland said thev
had reason to believe Holloway
was struck on the head with a
bottle in a Portland fight and
then taken to the lonely, nearby
uninhabited section of Columbia
county and thrown into the well.
Woman Reports Absence
The body was hauled out of
the well Thursday after investi
gation sent officers of Multno
mah. Washington and Columbia
counties to the scene.
Police said the possibility that
Cosi of Living
Hits Record High
During November
Consumer Prices Up
.4 of One Per Cent
Washington TP The
living resumed its rise
cost of
in No-
vernier.
The government reported to
day that consumer prices bounc
ed up four-tenths of one per
cent to a new record high.
The Bureau of Labor Statis
tics said its consumer price in
dex for last month soared to
121.6 per cent of average 1947
49 prices after having levelled
off in October for the first time
in 13 months.
New Car Prices Up
The index has hit record peaks
in
14 of the last 15 months. It
was
6.1 per cent higher today
than when the spiral began in
February, 1956.
Most of the November in
crease was attributed to an 11
per cent rise in the price of new
cars over the month, the bureau
said. The hefty jump in the cost
.of new autos more than offset
a three-tenths per cent drop in
the price of food.
The increase means wage in
creases of four to five cents an
hour for 900,000 workers in the
steel, aluminum and meat pack
ing industries. About 100,000
aircraft and other workers will
receive one cent an hour raises.
Little Change Expected
Ewan Clague, commissioner
of the Bureau of Labor Statis
tics, said he expects the index
will show little change when
December prices are calculated.
He said the index should show
a downturn in January in re
flection of the downturn in busi
ness activity.
In a separate report, the La
bor Department said the pur
chasing power of factory work
ers' take home pay declined by
0.7 per cent because of the rise
in consumer prices. Purchasing
power slid 3.3 per cent com
pared to last November. The
take home pay of 13 million
manufacturing workers dropped
by 20 cents because of fewer
working hours.
Crawford Named
Heart Fund Head
John G. Crawford, Medford,
has been named chairman of the
1953 Jackson county Heart Fund
drive, according to Dr. Oscar
Heyerman, director of the Ore
gon Heart association and head
of the Medford Heart council.
The Heart Fund campaign
starts Feb. 1 and continues
through Feb. 28. It will be con
ducted here by the Medford
Heart council and the Oregon
Heart association, an affiliate of
the American Heart association.
The campaign will be highlight
ed on Heart Sunday, Feb. 23,
when a door-to-door collection is
scheduled.
Crawford is a past director of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, and a member of the
Kiwanis and Rogue Valley
Country clubs. He lives at 835
East Main st.
Last year, S5,000 was collect
ed in Medford and Ashland, a
major portion of which was re
tained in the state for research
and local heart programs, Craw
ford pointed out.
Larry Horton was last year's
Heart Fund chairman, and John
Billings was in charge of the
Ashland drive.
Tornado Warning Issued
In Georgia, Carolinas
By UNITED PRESS
A tornado warning was issued
earlv today for northcentral
Georgia and northwest South
Carolina as twister-spawning air
masses moved eastward leaving
death in their wake.
At least 14 persons were
known dead in the weather on
slaught which hit Illinois, Mis
souri, Arkansas and Alabama.
Portland w An increase
in auto insurance rates that could
add as much as S15 million a
year to insurance costs to Oregon
motorists was predicted here to
day by Herbert A. Ballin Jr.,
president of the Oregon Associa-
l tion of Insurance Agents.
Holloway met with foul play had
been under investigation since a
woman friend reported he had
been absent for an unusually
long time.
Sides of the well had been
splattered with lime and police
said it may have been thrown
there in an effort to speed de
composition of the body.
An autopsy was scheduled to
determine cause of death.
Police said they would ques
tion several persons.
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EDFORD
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United States Claimed in Grave Danger
rom Military Might
Washington 'W A super - se
cret report prepared for the
White House warns that Russian
military might poses so grave
a threat to the nation that noth
ing short of an all-out defense
buildup can stave off "catastro
phe," it was reported today.
The Washington Post and
Times Herald said the Gaither
Committee report pictures the
nation "in the gravest danger
in its history" and "moving in
frightening course to the status
of second-class power."
In a copyrighted story, the
newspaper said that even with
Price Tag
Medford Council
Suggests License
For Business Here
The Medford city council last
night recommended to the state
department of motor vehicles an
application from A. Ray Forbes,
owner of Speedway Auto Parts,
Crater Lake highway and Hilton
rd., to conduct an auto wrecking
business.
An informal hearing was held
by the council. A council recom
mendation on such applications
is necessary before the state
grants a license. The department
is not bound by the council
recommendation, according to
City Attorney E. R. Bashaw. Ba
shaw said in his opinion only a
failure to give any recommenda
tion could stop the state from
granting a license.
In recommending the applica
tion the council voted to forward
results of the hearing to the de
partment of motor vehicles and
to refer the matter to the city
planning commission for pos
sible rezoning.
A representative of the area
said parking problems and nar
row streets in the area make it
a poor place to conduct such a
business. The main objections
expressed by residents centered
on loss of property value and
noise. However, a resident liv
ing next to the firm said he felt
his property was more valuable.
Several informal hearings
were held by the county court
while the area was still in the
county. County Commissioner
Chester Wendt "discussed reasons
for granting the license before
the area was annexed at last
night's meeting.
Some Dog Licenses
To Be Increased
Some dog license fees have
been raised for the new calendar
year at the request of the Jack
son county dog control board, ac
cording to the county court.
Fees for female dog licenses
have been revised upward from
S1.50 to S2.50, County Judge
Rodney Keating said. Penalty on
delinquent dog licenses has been
raised from SI to S2, he added.
License fees for male dogs and
spayed females are the same this
year as last year, $1.50, Keating
said.
The dog control board paid
more than S2,400 for damages
to stock and poultry during the
current year, according to the
report made by the board to the
county court. More than 55,000
was collected in the county for
license fees and more than S800
in penalties.
The license fees were fixed at
the recommendation of the dog
control board, Judge Keating
emphasized.
The 1958 dog licenses can be
obtained after the first of the
year at the county clerk's office.
The deadline for purchasing
them without penalty is March 1.
Middletown, Ohio (IrV The
Armco Steel Co. and the Na
tional Supply Co. of Pittsburgh
have merged.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
HELP FIGHT TB
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1957
the enormously more expensive
military buildup recommended
this country cannot match Rus
sia's missile might before 1960
or 1961.
At the same time, it said, the
report shows that America lies
exposed "to an almost immedU
ate threat from the missile-bristling
Soviet Union."
The report was ordered by
the White House last year at the
time it was considering what
kind of civil defense shelter
program the nation needed and
could afford from possible nu
clear attacks. The committee,
On
"Isn't There Some Other Way?"
(Herblock Is
Ike Returns
Working on Report
Washington (W President
Eisenhower returned from the
Paris NATO summit conference
today and immediately began
spade work on his report to the
nation next Monday outlining
the spending and sacrifices neces
sary to meet Russia's missile
age challenge.
A White House aide said the
President "looked very good"
and "seemed cheerful" as he
buckled down to work. He said
the President did not appear
tired, despite the ordeal of a
flight of 21 hours and 19 minutes
from Paris, some of it in the
teeth of 80-mile an hour head-
Soviet Scientist Raps
Antiquated Equipment
Moscow HP) Russia's chief
scientist today criticized anti
quated equipment in appealing
to the Soviet parliament for in
creased research and develop
ment appropriations.
Alexander Nesmeyanov, presi
dent of the U.S.S.R. Academy of
Science warned that it "would
be most harmful to overestimate
our scientific achievements."
"Great efforts still are needed
to surpass the United States on
all scientific fronts," he said.
Hoffa Conspiracy Trial
Ends With Hung Jury
New York HP) The fed
eral wiretap conspiracy trial of
Teamster chief James R. Hoffa
ended in a hung jury.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy through
Saturday with occasional
rain. Snow level 5.000 feet,
lowering to 3.500 feet on Sat
urday. Low tonight 38. High
Saturday 45-48.
Temp.
H'ehet Yesterday 4
Lowest this Morninc 40
Prec .to 10 a.m. Today 02
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:37 a.m.
Sunset 4:41 p.m.
New Moon 10:12 p.m.
Algol, the variable star, will be
high overhead 9:18 p.m.
It fades out tonight, reaching
its minimum of brilliance at
8:04 p.m. and then slowly grows
brighter.
Posed by
however, expanded its survey
to cover the whole range of the
Russian threat.
The measures called for in
its report are listed as "first
and second priority."
Of first priority, the report
recommended a rapidly rising
military budget through 1970,
reaching in the years 1960 and
1961 a peak of about S8 billion
above the current defense out
lay of S38 billion.
The group recommended for
second priority a bomb shelter
program costing another S5 bil
lion a year for the next four
eternise
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st. Vault P03t-Dljptch
on Vacation)
Home;
winds which delayed his arrival
here by three hours and necessi
tated two refueling stops.
The presidential plane, Colum
bine III, landed here in a drizzle
at 9:33 a.m. (e.s.t.)
Budget Conference
Within a half hour after his
arrival at the White House, the
President was at his desk, keep
ing a morning schedule of ap
pointments. He swore in former Lt. Gov.
Sumner G. Whittier of Massachu
setts as veterans administrator
and then conferred with Budget
Director Percival Brundage.
Increased defense spending to
meet Russia's challenge and to
rush development of a chain of
European missile bases were
fore-shadowed in the decisions
reached at the Paris conference.
The President may disclose in
his radio-TV report to the nation
Monday night the scale of spend
ing as well as the sacrifices he
sees ahead. His meeting with
Brundage this morning was
viewed as part of the prepara
tion for his report.
City Attorney Suffers -Cardiac
Attack Today
City Attorney E. R. Bashaw
was taken to Sacred Heart hos
pital this morning by city police
after he apparently suffered a
cardiac attack.
According to Rogue Valley
hospital authorities he was treat
ed and released to go home and
rest. Police said Bashaw had
complained of the attack when
talking with police officers
about 10:15 a.m.
Road Conditions
Highway 99. Siskiyous Rain
pavement bare, 7 inches road
side snow.
Highway 66, Green Springs
Rain, pavement bare, 4
inches roadside snow.
Highway 62, Prospect Rain
pavement bare, 3 inches road
side snow. Crater Lake traffic
should carry chains.
Highway 199, Oregon moun
tain Pavement bare.
Highway 230. Diamond Lake
highway Closed for wintei.
Tribune
No. 207
Russians
or five years to protect the
population against radioactive
fallout.
Wayne Hawks, acting White
House press secretary, said it
is up to President Eisenhower
whether the top secret report
is released. He said he did not
know what the President would
do.
Asked if there was any reason
why the report should not be
released now, Hawks said he
did not "know a thing about it"
and refused to be drawn into
any further discussion on that
point.
Administration To
Seek $1 Billion
For Fiscal Year
Washington IW Defense
Secretary Neil H. McElroy dis
closed today the administration
will ask Congress for about $1
billion extra to finance stepped
up defense spending in the cur
rent fiscal year.
McElroy said the additional
money for the year which ends
next June 30 will be needed be
cause of an increase in spending
for missiles and in other defense
fields.
If Congress approves the sup
plemental appropriation when it
convenes in January, total de
fense spending for the year will
rise to close to 839,500,000,000.
This request for extra funds is
in addition to an expected in
crease of about S2 billion in the
defense budget for the fiscal
year beginning next July 1.
McElroy made the disclosure
in a planeside news conference
held in the rain at National Air
port on his return from the
NATO summit conference in
Paris.
He said the defense of the
NATO powers had "been
strengthened at least prospec
tively" by the meeting.
Medford Man Found
Dead in Trailer Home
Robert Alexander Maggerell,
77, of 322 South Riverside ave.,
was found dead in his home
made trailer yesterday afternoon
by Medford police. They said
he apparently suffered a heart
attack.
Police said he had been dead
about four days when found
lying on a clothes hamper. Resi
dents of the area told police
the lights have been on for
several days and the radio
playing.
District Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder said he had ordered an
autopsy because of the unusual
position of the body. Funeral
arrangements will be announced
by Conger-Morris Funeral home.
780 Deaths Predicted
In Christmas Traffic
Chicago (IP) The National
Safety Council has estimated
that as many as 180 persons will
be killed in the 30-hour Christ
mas holiday from 6 p.m. Tues
day to midnight Wednesday.
Several Road
Needs
Are Suggested in County
The Jackson county court said
this morning an order will be
issued early next week authori
zing name changes on several
county roads as requested by
the post office department.
The court will investigate road
name changes where they are
opposed by residents affected,
members explained. No public
hearing is anticipated at this
time, members of the county
court said.
A. public hearing was held
yesterday afternoon in the coun
ty court room with residents of
Ross lane. Approximately 16
people attending said they op
posed giving directional designa
tions to Ross lane as proposed.
According to the proposal that
section of Ross lane running east
and west would be designated
Rose Lane and that segment
running north and south would
be renamed North or South Ross
Lane.
Farmers Urged To
Move Livestock
To Higher Ground
Eugene Gets 3.1 1
Inches in 24 Hours
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By UNITED PRESS
The Santiam and McKenzle
rivers went over flood stage in
western Oregon today and farm
ers along the Willamette were
urged to move livestock from
lowlands.
Heavy rainfall, measuring
more than three inches in 24
hours at some points, sent small
streams and rivers rising rapid
ly. The five-day outlook called
for more rainfall through Christ
mas day.
Eugene Rain Heavy
At Eugene, 3.11 inches of rain
fell in a 24-hour period ending
at 4 a.m. today. The nearby Mc
Kenzie river was expected to
reach a level of 14 to 15 feet
today, about 4 feet over the flood
stage. Lowlands are flooded at
this level.
The Santiam river at Jeffer
son whera flood stage is 13 feet,
was expected to rise to 20 feet
today.
Elmer Fisher, river forecaster.
said flooding also was expected
at Harrisburg on the Willamette.
He said stock should be moved
from bottom lands.
The South Yamhill river at
Whitson was due to pass flood
stage today.
Willamette Up
The Willamette river at Cor-
vallis was up 4.9 feet to 10.5
feet this morning, well below
the 20-foot flood level. Fisher
said steady rises would continue
in the stream.
Heaviest reported rainfall was
3.41 inches at Detroit, 2.13 at
Newport. 1.78 at North Bend,
1.58 at Salem. 1.36 at Roseburg
and 1.06 at Portland.
Judge Keating's
Term Ends in '60
Salem (W Attorney General
Robert Y, Thornton said today
that the term of office of Jack
son County Judge Rodney Keat
ing, who was elected in 1954
for six years, will not expire
until 1960."
He pointed out the state con
stitution provides: "The judges
of the Supreme Court and other
courts shall be elected by the
legal voters of the state or of
their respective districts for a
term of six years."
Thornton said that Keating
was elected for the six year
term notwithstanding the fact
that he no longer exercises judi
cial functions.
An opinion from Thornton
was requested by Jackson Coun
ty District Attorney Thomas
Reeder after some discussion
arose concerning Keating's term.
Cash, Stamps Taken
From Public Library
The Medford Public library
was broken into last night, ap
parently by juveniles, according
to Medford police. About $12 in
cash and $5 in stamps were
taken.
Police said entrance to the
building was made by knocking
out a window to the basement
in the front of the building.
Several doors were forced and
one door kicked in by tha
thieves, police said. They said
no damage was listed to books
or library facilities other than
offices being ransacked.
The cashbox, left in the
librarian's locked office, was
taken along with several sheets
of one-cent stamps from a desk,
police said. They said the break
in took place between 9 p.m. yes
terday and 8 a.m. today.
Name Changes
Other proposed changes In
clude Central Point Marketord.
east from Central Point to Ham
rick rd.; a portion of the Cen
tral Point Market rd. from Cra
ter Lake highway to the Foot
hill rd. to Vilas rd.; a portion
of the Central Point Market rd.
from the city limits of Central
Point east to Hamrick rd. to
Head rd.; Old Highway 9 near
Jackson Hot Springs to Jackson
id.; Jo-Jack rd. extending from
Ross lane west to McAndrews
rd.; Jacksonville-Central Point
rd. from the Jacksonville high
way to Central Point in a north
easterly direction to Hanley rd.;
Merriman rd. along the south
city limit of Central Point to
Hopkins rd.; and Merriman rd.
from Hopkins rd. south to Ellen
ave. to Bursell rd.
A new road into the fair
grounds from Highway 99
l would be called Armory drive.
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