Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 22, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto 52nd Year Recommended Price 10 Subscribers To report improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune in Med ford phone SP 2-6141. Ashland MU 2-1021. Yreka 841W before 6:45 p.m. daily and 1030 ajn Sunday If reeular delivery arrives short Iv after vou call please notify of fice thus eliminating special mes senger service o IVIEDFORD RIBUNE A tnrr ht the Christmas tre. its origin and the develop ment of t r r r plantations throughout the rountrv as well as !n southern Oregon appear on naffe l of today's Mail Tribune. Vitad Pres Full Leased Wir- United Press Full Leased Wire 62 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1957 No. 208 G o. O Two Year Delay Considered Likely In Arming Bases Havy Spending Said Not Easy Solution Washington V U. S. of ficials cautioned Saturday against hopes that bigger spend ing for missiles will quickly produce a new European de fense line bristling with long range American-made missiles at Russia. They Mid it will take 18 months to two years to trans late iato reality the Paris NATO decision to base nucleac-armed 1,500-mile missiles in Western and Southern Europe. There were reports in West ern diplomatic circles here that President Eisenhower is ready to call for a "crash" program to move up the deadline now set for mid-1959. They were not officially confirmed although a major effort to speed sproduc tion of the intermediate-range ballistic missiles Jupiter and Thor was hinted Friday by De fense Secretary Neil H. McEl roy. ilcElroy said Mr. Eisenhower will ask Congress next month for a one billion dollar special defense appropriation, for im mediate use, apart from the ex pected big increase in the 1959 fiscal year defense budget. In backgrounds talks, admin istration officials emphasized the delay-producing problems that must be solved rather than the speed they expect in matching Ruttia's missile threat. Neither the Army's Jupiter jtor the Air Force Thor have completed tests although they have been ordered into produc tion. "Bugs" still must be re moved from their complex mechanisms. At best, production will be slow. w Negotiation of agreements with Allied nations to base the missiles and nuclear warheads on their soil is expected to be time-consuming. It is hoped, however, that a pattern being es- iVKcVmrl ir tVio TT R-'RritUh agreement can be followed. Selection of actual base sites and construction of the bases, including special rocket fuel and maintenance facilities and oth er novel, elaborate equipment is not likely to proceed without hitches. Toughest hurdle of all may be working out arrangements on exactly when and how the mis siles will be used. This means, who will pull the trigger, and when. Intrastate Rales In California Rise Intrastate freight rates in Cal ifornia will be increased be tween $1.50 and S2 per thousand board feet on lumber Dec. 30, ac coding to a recent Interstate Commerce commission order. Based on a 30-thousand-board-feet carload, the increase will be between $45 and S60 per car, ac cording to dumber industry spokesmen here. The order was issued earlier this month as a result of a com plaint filed by four major rail roads, with the Southern Ore gon Conservation and Tree Farm association as an intervener. The complaint charged discrimina tion in the matter of interstate s. intrastate freight rates in Cal- O ifornia. Intrastate rates in California kat been lower than interstate rate?, and shippers of lumber 3rfn Washintgon and Oregon Jial to absorb the freight differ ential, resulting in taking a cut .jn lumber prices. Railroads filing the complaint included Southern Pacific, San- U F. Western Pacific and Un ion Pacific, and all subsidiary railroad companies in California. The case was spearheaded by the traffic committee of the South ern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association, which was established several years ago. Sports Bulletins Gresham Southern Ore yon college broke even in a two game series here Satur day night by dumping the Lwis and Clark' Pioneers, 97 to 78. Bill Hollingsworth of the Raiders tied the OCC scor ing record by durping in 45 points, 16 field goals and 13 for 20 at the foul line. Eugene Oakridge and Crater high schools traded the leads several times in the first half of their basketball game here Saturday night but Oak ridge pulled away to post a 51 io 39 win. Education Subsidies Opposed By GOP Men Washington opt Two high ranking Republicans on the House Education committee Sat urday opposed President Eisen hower's new plan for federal aid for scientific education. In separate interviews. Rep. Ralph W. Gwinn (N.Y) and Clare E. Hoffman (Mich.) contended the project would give the gov ernment too much control over the nation's school system. Gwinn is senior Republican Friday's Listing Given On Houses In Light Contest Thirty-six entries were receiv ed by Friday afternoon for the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas lighting contest, according to Jim Anick er, contest chairman. Deadline for those wishing to enter the contest is Dec. 23. No entry fee is required, Anicker said. Entry blanks are available at California Oregon Power com pany, Weeks and Orr furniture store, Home Appliance store, Montgomery Ward or by writing post office Box 251, Medford. More than $300 in prizes will be awarded for the best eight Medford entries, the contest chairman said. The local winner will be entered in the National General Electric contest which lists prizes and cash totalling $5,000. Entries in the Christmas light ing contest are as of Friday noon include F. C. Myers, 1665 Kings highway; Leonard G. Thompson, 308 Lindero ave.; Mrs. Earl M. Miller, 617 Park ave.; LeRoy J. Smith. 2201 Siskiyou blvd.; C. H. Williams, 902. Maple Park drive; Mrs. Jessie Ekman, 504 Pennsylvania ave.; Mrs. A. C. Pierce, Pierce heights; Lawrence E. Duff, 17 Windsor ave.; and Connie M. Harris, route 1, box 369L. Ralph Barclay, 425 South Mo doc ave.; Tommy L. ilendenhall, 603 Benson st.: A. G. Severson, 604 Plum st.; Wilbur L. Gardner, 323 South Peach St.; Edward C. Nave, 989 South Oakdale ave.; Mrs. J. J. Pyle, 2480 Roberts rd.; Virginia Flakus. 612 J st.; John W. Wubbels, 1965 Orchard Home drive; Charles G. Smith, 547 Haven st.; Thomas Reid, route 1, box 429F, Coleman Creek rd.; Mrs. Burr E. Tye, 102 Mistletoe st.; Hendrietta A. Medynski, 316 North Central ave. W. D. Mattson, 1036 Mt. Pitt ave.; Thomas Cardona, 224 Sagi naw drive; Mrs. Grace Fiero, 537 West 10th st.; Dr. O. A. Welsh, 1300 East Main st.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Boenig, 316 South Ivy st.; Mrs. . W. Hodgson, 391 Melrose ave.; A. M. Farfan, 723 South Newtown st.; E. L. Lenox, 2330 East Main st.; Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Gillispie, route 1, box 369 A, Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur E. Fish. 1757 Rob erts rd.; Mr. and Mrs. George W. Williams, 1216 Murray St.; Fred H. Graten, 1411 Euclid ave.: Gerald Darland, 922 Park St.; Bruce Moffatt, 2178 Spring St.; W. E. Hercher, 1608 Strat ford ave. BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS HELP FIGHT TB H v .'!.,:' ..... 4 - I .i.in M rui JgSrSKfctiii, NEW HOSPITAL The new Rogue Valley hospital, on a 20-acre site at the corner of Barnett and Murphy rds., in southeast Med ford, is expected to be ready for use some- and Hoffman third-ranking GOP member of the education com mittee which handles school leg islation. Last July both opposed the administration's federal aid for school construction bill which was defeated by a narrow margin. The White House is now con sidering a S300,000,000-a-year program for federal support for science education to put the na tion ahead of Russia in develop ing young scientists. It would include college scholarships for science students, grants to states for expanding science courses in the public schools, and, grants to colleges and universities to help handle increased enroll ments in scientific studies. Gwinn said he is against the government "mixing in school business." He added that the United States "ought not to imi tate the Russian plans." 'Get the government off our backs and let us educate our own kids," he said. Hofman said the plan would lead to federal control over the schools. "I don't go along with the idea of changing our system of education," he said. "We've done pretty well up to date." Both congressmen support pro posals to give parents a tax de duction or credit for part of their children's college expenses. Sev eral bills along this line have been introduced as a move to help educate more college stud ents. Gwinn called them a "move in the right direction." Hoffman said he is drafting a new bill to allow limited deductions for col lege expenses not only for par ents but, anyone who pays a student's bill. Ike Will Light Christmas Tree Washington OP) President Eisenhower will light the Na tional Christmas tree Monday afternoon and deliver a, Christ mas message to the nation and the world as part of the capital's "pageant of peace." The President and Mrs. Eisen hower will spend Christmas day itself at the White House. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Saturday he did not know about their plans beyond Wednesday but they may visit their Gettys burg, Pa. farm. The towering National Christ mas tree stands just south of the White House grounds sur rounded by Christmas displays from other nations of the world. In the White House itself there are eight brightly-lighted Christ mas trees in the first-floor public rooms. In addition, the Eisen howers will have a tree of their own in their private quarters upstairs. Last year the President personally passed' gifts to his grandchildren. He spent part of Saturday working on his Christmas mes sage and also on remarks that will go into a report he and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will make to the nation on television and radio Monday night on the just-concluded Paris NATO conference. He also handled some "staff work" Saturday morning and spent 30 minutes on the sun swept White House lawn prac ticing golf shots. El Monte (IP) A fire' which broke out early Saturday in a factory in south El Monte caused an estimated S40,000 damage. Stockton, Calif. UP) Dr. Felix A. Wallace resigned to day as chairman of the Depart ment of Engineering at College of the Pacific, a post he has held for the past decade. ' time early next year. Interior work needs to be completed, and landscaping done. The new hospital will replace the present Rogue Valley hospital on East Main st. Snow On Roads, Power Halt Occurs In Valley Saturday Chains Are Required For Many Highways A foot of snow in the Sis kiyous Friday night closed High way 99 about two hours and caused a 45-minute power out age in the Rogue valley Satur day morning. State police reported a 12 inch snowfall, and said the highway was closed about two hours because several vehicles became stuck along the high way when drivers attempted to go over the pass without chains. At noon Saturday, traffic was moving without chains and it was raining. ' Transmission Line Breaks A main 120 kilovolt transmis sion line of the California Ore gon Power company broke near the Siskiyou summit, and pow er went off about 8:30 a.m. Sat urday in the Medford and Ash land areas. Power in the north eru California area also was off. Frank Benesh, district manag er of Copco, said power was disrupted on the main 120 kilo volt transmission line between Medford and the Klamath river plant. Concurrently, he - said, high voltage equipment was damaged at the Medford, Lone Pine and Prospect No. 3 substa tions. "Fault finding equipment shows the transmission line break to be near the summit of the Siskiyous," he said. Repair crews were dispatched with four wheel trucks and Tucker Sno Cat. Saturday, it was snowing hard on Siskiyous, Green Springs and Oregon Mountain highways, ac cording to state police reports. Chains are required on all three roads, officers said. It was also reported snowing in Grants Pass and to the north on Highway 99. Officers said although the snow is sticking to the ground they don't know whether chains are needed on the Mount Sexton highway. Highway 230 (Dia mond lake) was reported closed for the winter and the Crater Lake highway closed because of snow and fallen trees. Officers advised motorists to carry chains on Highway 99 from Weed to Dunsmuir and chains are re quired on Highway 97 in the Klamath Falls area. First Snowfall First snowfall in Medford oc curred Saturday afternoon. The Weather Bureau officials said it was just a trace, not enough to be recorded. Other U. S. Weather Bureau figures show 6.53 inches of rain fell since Sept. 1 (.79 inch below normal) and 2.57 inches of rain fell since Dec. 1 (.28 inch below normal). Japan Threatened By Chinese Reds Tokyo (IP) The Chinese Communist party Saturday warned Japan that it would face missile attack in .another war if it accepts U.S. missile bases on its territory. The official party newspaper, To Kung Pao, said Japanese leaders "should soberly consid er the results of turning Japan into a U.S. missile base and equipping its self-defense forces with these weapons." . The editorial was broadcast from Peiping by the New China News agency which said it re ferred to the announcement Thursday that Japan would be supplied with U.S. "sidewinder" air-to-air guided missiles. "Japan could certainly store quite a number of missiles, but it could not withstand the ex plosions of even a few missiles," the newspaper said. EMo Conference According to Spaak, John Conference Gives 'Somewhat More' Than Was Expected Comment On Response By Russians Refused Washington (IP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said Saturday the United States got "somewhat more" than it hoped for in the NATO "summit" meeting's decision to accept U.S. long-range missiles. Dulles returned Saturday from the Paris conference and faced a spate of new Russian proposals for disarmament and cold war meetings, coupled with a rejection by Soviet leaders of the NATO offer to meet with Russia in a foreign ministers' conference. He refused to comment on Moscow's response to the NATO decisions. "I don't know a thing about it," he told newsmen at the air port. In a prepared statement he said, "we can now feel that peace is somewhat more secure" as a result of the NATO demon stration of unity and decisions. In his report to the nation with President Eisenhower on Monday night, Dulles said, he will emphasize that the Western Allies reaffirmed at Paris "our determination to remain united in confronting a common threat." Not Disappointed Reporters asked him whether he was disappointed by the terms of the NATO decision to accept "in principle" the basing of long-range U. S. missiles in Europe, leaving details for la ter negotiation. "No, no," Dulles replied. "We got everything we had hoped for in that respect in fact, somewhat more." He said in his written state ment that the NATO allies "re emphasized our strong desire to bring the Soviets back into the disarmament negotiations that they say they now have aban doned." Later he added that this ref erence was not a comment on Satuday's Moscow proposals. Report Released On Magarrell Death Robert Alexander Magarrell, 77, of 322 South Riverside ave., died of a heart attack, accord ing to an autopsy report made Saturday. Magarrell was found dead in his homemade trailer home on Thursday afternoon by city po lice. They said he had been dead about four days when found. An autopsy had been ordered by District. Attorney Thomas J. Reeder because of the unusual position of the body. Funeral services for Magarrell will be held on Monday, Dec. 23, at 3 p.m. Pastor James Neely of the First Baptist church of Medford will officiate at the services. Committal will be priv ate. Magarrell was born in River ton, Iowa, March 5th, 180. Sur vivors include two daughers, Mrs. Doris Tolin, Selma, Ore., and Mrs. Verta Berry,Norwalk, Calif. Three sisters Mrs. Jennie Chapin, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Anna Dreager, Sipulirda, Calif., and Mrs. Ruth Palm, Hollywood, Calif. Basketball Scores Stanford 77, Denver 70 Fresno St. 72, Sacramento St. 56 St. Mary's 68, St. Louis 60, Gonzaga 58, Pacific Lutheran 57 Oregon 63, Brigham Young 55 Southern Oregon 97, Lewis and Clark 78 Seattle 80, Army 51 Kansas 58, California 52 Evansville 83, UCLA 76 San Francisco 62, Louisville 55 Arizona st. (Tempe) 108, LA Loyola 60 Arizona 78, Southern Calif ornia 72 Kansas st. 70, Washington 63 Dayton 66, Utah State 47 Portland 59, Nevada 52 Utah 71. Washington St. 64 PREP Ashland 49. Tillamook 42 Oakridga 51, Crater 39 'Let Me See Now, Which white hoqsl (Her block Is Comments On Gaither Washington OP) The White House announced Saturday that government departments are sub mitting comments on the top- secret Gaither report to the Na tional Security Council for pos sible consideration Monday by President Eisenhower. The report, according to ver sions "leaked" to several news- Seedlings Secured For Douglas Fir Salem (Special More than 1,000,000 Douglas fir seedlings have been secured by the Ore gon state forestry department from California and Washington nurseries, which will go to meet the tremendous demands that have cut short the supply from the state nursery, according to Assistant State Forester Don Maus. With the new. supply of trees on hand the department will ad vise individuals whose requests were turned down that they may now reorder, Maus stated. In ad dition, he indicated that there will be sufficient stock to meet the requests of others who wish to carry on reforestation pro jects. "The state does not anticipate a tree shortage during the 1958 59 planting season," Maus stated, "since the current production of some 7,500,000 trees will be in creased torn ore than 20,000,000. This is made possible through a new nursery established near Elkton through the cooperation o the Douglas county court and the U.S. forest service. In addi tion, the production of the Cor vallis nursery will be brought up to 10,000,000 trees." County Court Gives Order On Ross Lane The county court issued an order Friday afternoon giving directional designations to Ross lane as requested by the post office. "That segment of Ross lane from Matlack store on Jackson ville highway to the commonly called Gilman corner is desig nated as Ross lane north," the order stated. "Ross lane will start at the intersection of Stage rd. and terminate at the inter section of the Military rd." "It is presumed the house numbers will remain the same," the court order stated. Members of the county court said a public hearing was held Thursday afternoon on giving directional designation to Ross lane, and believed no further investigation necessary. Other proposed name changes on a number of the county roads will be investigated further and an order will be issued probably the first of the week, the court said. Said Sueo One Is Missile Czar?" 'V. Copyrlftit. 1WT. The Pulitzer PobllahtaR Co St. LouU Poat-Dlspatca on Vacation) Submitted Report men, calls for a massive defense buildup, a 20 billion dollar civil defense shelter program, ex panded foreign aid and other "crash" measures to avoid the catastrophe of a-Soviet missile attack. It was said to paint a much darker picture of the U.S. lag behind Russia in military might than administration officials have conceded. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty read a brief statement which confirmed that the alarming report was under study but' he revealed nothing about its conclusion and recom mendations. He said it was "tOD secret" and that he did not know whether any parts of it would ever be made public. "The reDort is one of a num ber of advisory studies on na tional security matters which as you know the President from time to time requests and re ceives from many sources," the prepared statement said. "Defense and other security agencies of the government made available to the committee fac tual material and estimates in their prossession bearing on the committee s work and some o this is incorporated in the re port. "The report's main contents consist of analyses, views and recommendations of the commit tee members, who are eminent men drawn primarily from civil life. The report is, of course, a highly classified document. Trio Apprehended On Weapons Charges Medford police reported Sat urday they arrested three youths on charges of carrying concealed weapons about 3:30 p.m. Police said the weapons, hunt ing knives with overlength blades, were found on the youths during a routine check after they were seen in the Greyhound Bus depot, Fifth and Bartlett sts. Po lice said the youths, one 16-year- old and two 17-year-olds, were lodged in the county jail pend ing action by juvenile author ities. WEATHER FORECAST: Partial clearing this morning, increasing clouds this afternoon, rain beginning lat this afternoon continuing through Monday morning, snow in mountains and showers Monday after noon, high today 40. low to night 35, high Monday 45. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 4i Lowest this Morning 32 PRECIP. To 10 p.m. Yesterday .57 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:37 a.m. Sunset 4:42 p.m. Moonset 6:38 p.m. PROMINENT STARS The triangle of Vega, Deneb and Altair is in the west at moonset. Deneb is now the highest (and dimmest) of the three stars. Double Character Of NATO Alliance Said Underlined Cool Determination Preferred By Spaak By PAUL-HENRI SPAAK Secretary-General gi the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Written For United Press Paris HP) The NATO con ference has just ended. Has it been a success or not? I do not hesitate to reply in the affirmative. ' Why? Because the double character of the alliance: De fensive military effort, aggres sive diplomatic effort, was clearly underlined. There is now an Atlantic pol icy. It seems they are saying in the United States that a neutral ist current has shown itself in Europe. This is entirely inaccur ate. NATO has taken her mili tary responsibilities very firm ly. They were taken calmly. Is it reasonable to ask NATO to be enthusiastic about a policy that has been justly called the bal ance of terror? - I much prefer this cool deter mination to poorly-founded ex altation. Against Closed Door But the NATO powers do not wish to close the door toQcon versations with the Russians. In spite of all the disappointments of these last years, they afill want to miss no opportunity to lessen international tension. In conformity with solemnly reaf firmed principles, they are al ways ready to negotiate 6h a reasonable basis. G There is nothing contradictory in thpse twn aftitnrips On tlio contrary, they are complentary. O They form a policy. O The conference also has been a success because the geograph ical limits of political discussions at NATO were enlarged and be cause the preoccupations ,of the countries of the alliance are less and less exclusively military. From the treaty creating the alliance a powerful organiza tion was born. From this or ganization the Atlantic alliance was born. From this Atlantic al liance an Atlantic community now must be born. The challenge flung out by communism to the free world is not exclusively military. I am not even sure it is essentially military. Perhaps it is rather more moral, political, economic and social. Must Be Met This is not a task that can be accomplished in a day. An Atlantic community can only be a continuous creation. The con ference of Paris permitted us to see that we are agreed in principle on the essential ques tions. The future will tell whe ther these principles can be translated into reality. For my part, I see no reason to doubt it. Finally, I am astonisned that so much is said about the dif ferences of opinion that exist among the NATO partners. First these divergences are not num erous and do not affect the truly essential problems. Fur thermore, they are necessary be cause they are the proof of the atmosphere of real liberty which exists at the heart of the al liance. Lastly, it has never hap pened that they could not be overcome following a frank dis-Q cussion. Appointments Set For Forestry Board Salem (IP) Appointment of three Oregon lumbermen to the revamped state board of forestry was announced Frslay by Gov. Robert D. Holmes They were Robert E. Carrollo Tillamook, timber manager for the Oregon - Washington Ply wood Co.; Sydney Leiken, Rose burg, owner of the L and H Lum ber Co. of Sutherlin and presi dent of the Wilbur Co.; ind G Charles W. Fox, Portland, presi dent of Cascade Plywood Co., with mills at Lebanon and Reedsport. Q The men represent the first forest and third congressional districts, respectively. They take office Jan. 1.