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munist party chief Nikita Khrushchev, addressing a joint ses
sion of the Supreme Soviet in Moscow (above) called again for
an East-West "summit.' conference. He rejected the NATO call
for a conference of foreign ministers and warned that countries
which accept nuclear weapons from the U.S. would "suffer" if
war comes.
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Washington Gunmen
Kill Two; Kidnap
Three During Escape
Washington (IP) Two men
killed a bar owner and a music
ian after an argument over their
bill early today and then fled
southward, kidnaping three per
sons and switching cars.
The killers, one wearing a red
carnation, made their getaway
from Washington after forcing
their way into a car in which
Pfc. Larry Montieth, 21, South
Fargo, N.D., and Miss Doris Mat
tingly, 19, were parked.
Girl Released N
They released Miss Mattingly
unharmed outside a bus terminal
at Richmond, Va. Then they
drove to Alberta, Va., about 15
miles north of the North Caro
lina line. There they locked Mon
teith in the trunk of his car,
stopped a black Cadillac driven
by a lone man and forced him to
drive them away.
(leavy Snow Stalls
Mountain Traffic
Heavy snows and wind in the
mountains throughout northern
California and southern Oregon
stalled traffic on Highway 99
over the Siskiyous and on the
Green Springs, state police re
ported late this morning.
A foot of new snow was re
ported on Highway 66 in the
Green Springs and chains were
"absolutely necessary," . police
said.
Traffic tieups halted motor
ists in the Siskiyous south of
Ashland, although snow had
stopped by 11:30 ajn. A state
police officer stationed there
reported chains were manda
tory. Heavy snow also was report
ed in Klamath county.
Highway 99 north was clear
and light snow was reported on
Oregon mountain on Highway
199.
Snow above 3,000 feet was
forecast through Saturday by
the Medford weather bureau.
More than normal precipitation
is expected throughout southern
Oregon for the next five days,
with amounts ranging from IVz
to 3 inches, locally.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (W Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 432.90, off 1.26; 20 rail
roads 97.39. off 0.78; 15 util
ities 63.65, up 0.59; and 65
stocks 145.28, off 0.23. Sales
today were about 2,620.000
shares compared with 2.280.000
shares Thursday.
Way May Be Opened for Eventual
CAedical Science's Victory Over Cancer
New York (W Dr. Jonas E.
Salk, in his search for a better
polio vaccine, may have opened
the way for the eventual victory
of medical science over another
fdread killer cancer.
Studies by the discoverer of
the polio vaccine at the virus re
search laboratory of the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine led to his discovery of
a mple technique to measure
the ability of anti-bodies to kill
test cells.
Results Disclosed
Salk disclosed the results of
his latest experiments Thursday
in an article in the Journal of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
. He stressed the inconclusive
Bess of his studies and the need
A general police alarm was
broadcast throughout the south
eastern states for the "armed
and dangerous" gunmen,
Police said the killers enter
ed the Jo-Del restaurant here
about 10 o'clock Thursday night
and drank two bottles of whisky.
An argument developed over
their bill, which came to $20.
The restaurant owner, George
P. Kaldes, 33, ejected them. But
the two men returned about 2
a.m. just as Kaldes was cldsing
up.
Police said the killers, one
about 22 and one about 45, shot
Kaldes to death at the restau
rant. Then they shot and killed Ken
neth Harlan Fisher, 38, a hill
billy guitarist and singer who
worked at the restaurant.
Blind Pianist Wounded
A bullet struck and, critically
wounded the bar's blind pianist,
Bernard J. Mainer, 28, who was
sitting on a bar stool.
Police found 11 expended .45
caliber cartridges at the scene.'
Miss -Mattingly's father said
his daughter, a student at Emer
son Institute, a prep school, is
a crime mystery fan.
He said she had been out on
a date before the kidnaping but
that her date left during the
evening on a trip to Chicago
and asked Monteith to drive her
home.
Monteith, due for discharge
shortly, is stationed at nearby Ft.
Myer, Va.
Three Reappointed
To Planning Group
The county court this morning
reappointed three members of
the county planning commission
for three-year terms, according
to County Judge Rodney Keat
ing. Those reappointed were Don
ald D. Whalin, Medford real es
tate man; David B. Lowry, Phoe
nix, orchardist and packing
house operator; and Edward F.
Bolt, Gold Hill, Homestead on
the Rogue motel operator. .
The Jackson county planning
commission was appointed two
years ago, Keating added.
Other members of the commis
sion are Chairman John Pletsch,
Jackson County Savings and
Loan company; John Nieder,
meyer, Medford, farmer; Lloyd
Selby, vice chairman, Ashland
car dealer; Stuart S. McQueen,
Medford lumberman; Edward S.
Strother, Shady Cove; Edwin W.
Gebhard, Central Point Orch
ardist. for further experimentation
"It is apparent that consider
able further study is required
before any conclusions can be
drawn," he said.
Salk chanced upon his most
recent discovery while search
ing for a better tissue in which
to culture polio virus used in the
anti-polio Salk vaccine induc
tions. Interest Expressed
Cancer researchers have ex
pressed interest in Salk's new
technique which Salk claimed
would be an aid in the investi
gation of "continuously propa
gating cell" believed to be akin
to cancerous growth.
Other recent animal tests have
suggested that cancerous growths
may carry within themselves the
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Corvallis (IP! Rep. Walter
allis Chamber of Commerce Thursday that establishment of
guided missile base at nearby Camp Adair is a possibility. ,
Norblad wrote that he had been advised by the Department of
Defense that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had been making
a study of the World War II infantry training site at request of the
Air Force.
He said the study was being completed, and data developed by
the engineers would "be made available to the Air Force in the
near future for their guidance." Norblad added that it would be
up to the Air Force to decide ultimately whether or not a guided
missile installation would be made at Camp Adair.
Col. P. W. Stephens, Air Force installations officer with Army
engineers in Portland, said he was
firm or deny" Norblad's report.
United States Moves
To Back Agreements
Of NATO Conference
Washington OP) The United
States, moving to back up agree
ments at the Paris conference,
today planned long consultations
with its allies before replying to
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulgan-
in's "peace" proposals.
In a second step to carry out
Paris decisions, Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles sched
uled a conference with 20 Latin
American ambassadors today to
seek closer ties between the At
lantic Pact and other regiqnal
defense groups.
Closer Methods Agreed
At the recent Paris North At
lantic .Treaty Organization
(NATO) "summit" meeting, the
Luxury Barge Burns
In River Thames
Maidenhead, England (IP) A
luxury barge belonging to Den
nis Hamilton, 32, estranged hus
band of actress Diana Dors, 24,
caught fire in the River Thames
near nere early today snortiy
after police received a warning
that "something might happen to
the boat."
The 56-ton barge, the De Bruis,
was moored on the Thames next
door to Diana's Hollywood-style
country-home.
Berkshire police termed tne
case "possible arson" and asked
Hamilton, who was spending
Christmas with friends in Sus
sex, to come to Maidenhead to
help in the investigation.
Officers said that Thursday
night they received a telephone
warning and watched the -boat
for several hours. It was some
time later, early this morning,
that the boat caught fire. Its cen
ter section was gutted.
Hamilton bought tie barge for
his wife when they were still
together.
Part of Connecticut
To Be at Gates School
Manchester, Conn. (IP) There
will be a little bit of Connecti
cut in Gates, Ore.
Manchester High School ar
ranged to send a white oak seed
ing to a Gates school which is
planting state trees from all 48
states.
In turn Manchester school of
ficials said they will ask Oregon
for a Douglas fir to plant on its
grounds.
seeds of their own destruction.
Salk experimented on monkey
heart cell tissues that had been
maintained in artificial nutrient
solutions in test tubes tissue
cultures. He found that the "con
tinuously propagating" lines of
monkey heart cells were differ
ent from fresh monkey heart
cells.
Exceptional Potency
He also discovered that the
continuously propagating cells
produced antibodies of excep
tional potency.
In test tubes these anti-bodies
killed cancer cells, but they also
killed normal cells.
Salk indicated he would con
tinue his experiments in cancer
research.
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MEDFORD,
Adoic
Norblad (D.-Ore.) advised the Cor-
not in a position to either
con-
15 member nations agreed to set
up closer consulting methods .to
avoid policy differences and
clashes such as the Suez Canal
split.
These methods, to be followed
in drafting the U.S. reply to Bul
ganin, will probably delay the
reply to Moscow until mid-January.
The reply, when sent, will
likely reject Bulganin's proposal
for an East-West heads-of-govern-ment
conference to try to settle
world ills. . .- -
The United States Is now
drafting its reply to Bulganin.
When ready it will be sent to
the permanent NATO Council in
Paris for study and suggestions
at its meeting early next month.
This country's draft, and those
of other nations that received
similar Bulganin letters, then
will be returned to their home
governments for final drafting
and transmission to the Kremlin.
More Extended Process
This is a more extended con
sultation process than normally
followed in such international
diplomatic exchanges. It presum
ably is intended to meet criti
cism by NATO members that
this country, and other members
as well, failed to -take into ac
count the "iews of all the allies
in dealing with Russia and other
crucial issues.
Eight Wedding Ring
Sets Gone From Store
Eight sets of wedding rings,
valued at $800, were reported
missing from Andy's Jewelry
store, 15 North Central ave., Dec.
23, according to Medford police.
Police said the theft report
was not turned in until Thurs
day afternoon. Alton M. Ander
son, 2607 Eastover terrace, told
police he first noticed the rings
missing about 6 p.m. Dec. 23 and
called his insurance company,
assuming they would notify po
lice officers.
Anderson told police the theft
took place between 5 and 6 p.m.
during the Christmas rush sea
son. He said someone apparently
had reached behind one of the
counters and slid open the door,
taking the tray of rings.
Ornithosis Found in
Hillsboro Turkey Fiock
Salem (IP! Ornithosis has
been diagnosed in a turkey flock
at Hillsboro, the State Agricul
ture Department reported today.
The flock of 1,150 breeders
has been quarantined while fur
ther tests of the pneumonia-like
disease are made by Oregon
State College.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy throufth
Saturday. Rain in valleys and
snow above 3,000 feet. Low to
night 35. High Saturday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 44
Lowest this Morning 34
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .20
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset 7:40 a.m.
Sunset 4:45 p.m.
The Moon, in apogee tonight,
sets -.11:34 pjn.
PROMINENT STARS
Sirius. rises 7:53 p.m.
Regulus, rises 9:31 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, in the south
west 5:51 p.m.
Jupiter, rises 2:27 a.m.
Mars, rises 5:40 a.m.
OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1957
President Leaves
For Gettysburg To
Work on Messages
Rest Also Slated
For Week on Farm
Washington (IP) President
Eisenhower left for his Gettys
burg farm at 10:32 a.m. (p.s.t.) to
day for a week of rest and work
on his State of the Union and
budget messages to Congress.
The President was accompa
nied by Mrs. Eisenhower on the
80-mile drive, which takes about
two hours. They probably will
stay on the farm until Jan. 2.
ine President took along a
heavy brief case packed with
papers dealing with domestic
and world problems for which
he must seek solutions.
Must Attend Meeting
According to present schedule
the President must be back in
Washington by Jan. 3 when the
new Civil Rights Commission
holds its first formal meeting.
The President has promised to
participate in" at least a portion
of the meeting of the commis
sion created by the last session
of Congress.
The President is taking a
small staff with him to Gettys
burg. This will be augmented
during the coming week by ad
ministration officials journeying
to Gettysburg for conferences
chiefly concerning the State of
the Union message. .
Press Secretary James C. Hag-
erty said work on the State of
the Union will be the President s
primary chore in Gettysburg.
But he also will devote some
time to his budget message for
fiscal 1959. that starts next July
1, working in consultation with
budget director Percival Brun
dage. ' - 1 '
Hagerty expects cabinet mem
bers to make quick trips to Get
tysburg between now and the
first of the year to confer with
Eisenhower as he goes over pre
liminary drafts of the message.
Doubt remained as to the man
ner in which the President will
put his State of the Union mes
sage before Congress which re
convenes Jan. 7. Hagerty said no
decision has been made on
whether the President will send
the message to Congress or de
liver it in person.
Talent Man Injured
At County Gravel Pit
Clifford C. Nicholson, 54, of
203 Gibson st, Talent, is report
ed in fair condition at Sacred
Heart hospital tec ay after being
injured in an accident at the
Jackson county gravel pit yester
day. . .
Nicholson was taken to the
hospital by Medford Ambulance
service about 1:45 pjn. Thurs
day. He is reported to have suf
fered multiple hip and pelvis in
juries, according - to hospital
authorities.
County sheriffs deputies said
Nicholson was pinned between
a truck and a support piller for
the rock crusher hopper. They
said Nicholson was standing on
the far side of the truck as it
backed up to the hopper. Depu
ties said the driver of the truck
apparently did not see Nicholson.
Christmas Decorations
Being Removed in City
City public works crews be
gan removing Christmas street
decorations yesterday according
to Medford city officials.
The street decorations are
provided by the Retail Merch
ants association and the city
crews install and take them
down .each year. The decora
tions, which number about 65,
will be stored by the merchants
at the Davis Transfer company
until next year.
crews install and take down
each year." The decorations,
which number about 65, will be
stored by the merchants at the
Davis Transfer company until
next year.
Medford Department
Answers False Alarm
A false alarm at 12:30 a.m.
today was responsible for dis
patch of two pumper fire trucks
and the aerial ladder to the Med
ford post office.
Firemen said that the equip
ment was sent out in response
to a report of a fire in the post
office. , .
On arrival they discovered a
railroad flare burning on the
lawn but found no fire in the
building.
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Optimism Blossoms
In Threatened N.Y.
Transit Walkout
New York HP) City and
Transport Workers Union' nego
tiators entered their second
round of talks today with a feel
ing . of optimism that a threat
ened New Year's Eve bus and
subway strike may be averted.
Mayor Robert F.' Wagner said
Thursday that the City Transit
Authority and Transport Work
ers Union leader Michael J.
Quill had told him they .."feel
61 Per Cent of
Taxes Collected
About 61 per cent of the 1953
taxes have been collected to
date, according to Karl Janouch,
Jackson, county treasurer.
A The total is considerably more
than was collected by the sher
iff's office for the same period
last year, he said. The sheriffs
office turned over some tax
money to the county treasurer
Thursday.
Total collected to date this
year is $3,502,682.72 of a total
levy of $5,757,436.13. Last year's
total collected for the same pe
riod was $2,296,707.52 of a to
tal levy of $5,153,464.14.
Sheriff Howard Gault said
the taxpayers were probably a
little harder pressed this year
and needed the discount given
for paying early. By paying a
full year in advance by the
Nov. 1' deadline a taxpayer re
ceives a three per cent discount,
by paying three-quarters of the
tax bill he receives a two per
cent discount and one per cent
discount for paying half of the
tax biU.
Ashland Man Sentenced
To Penitentiary Term
Stanley A. McEvoy. Ashland,
pleaded guilty in circuit this
morning to' charges of. larceny
by bailee and was sentenced
to three years in the state pen
ientiary, accordi: g to District
Attorney . Tom Reeder.
McEvoy was charged with
taking a car from Stevens Auto
Sales, Inc., Medford. He had
signed an order for its purchase
then failed to pay for it, a com
pany spokesman said.
Florida Collegians Warned
Of Rabid Puppy on Campus
Lakeland, Fla. (IP) Florida
Southern College mailed 2,000
letters to its students today
warning them to see a doctor if
they had contact with a rabid
mongrel pup known to have bit
ten eight persons.
The college mailed the' letters
to its entire student body, now
scattered over the nation on a
Christmas vacation. Earlier, col
lege authorities contacted by
telephone 42 sorority sisters in
whose houses the dog was known
to have lived.
Dog Taken To Home
The dog, mostly Cocker Span
ial, was found to be rabid when
it died early this week at the
home of A. M. Hopson of Frost
proof. His daughter, Barbara,
had taken the dog to her home to
spend the holidays.
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certain" a contract can be
reached before the Tuesday mid
night strike deadline.
Adopts 'Get Tough Policy
Wagner made the statement in
a meeting with Quill and transit
officials in his office. He had
called the two sides in to tell
them before the first round of
bargaining talks Thursday that
he was adopting a "get tough"
policy toward the threatened
walkout.
He said New Yorkers, har
assed by two transportation tie
ups in the past month, were
"sick and tired" of such strikes.
"We just won't stand for a
strike," he said. He then de
manded a contract settlement.
" Following the session in Wag
ner's office, Quill and Transit
Authority officials retired to be
gin their negotiations.
No Progress
At the end of the talks Quill
said there had been no progress
and that his strike threat still
stood. The two sides met again
today in the offices of City Labor
Commissioner Harold A. Felix.
Quill and the Authority prom
ised Wagner they would negoti
ate down to the deadline in an
effort to reach a settlement. How
ever, it appeared unlikely that
any serious bargaining would be
gin before Monday, leaving only
48 hours in which to reach an
agreement.
30 Puppies Given
By Humane Society
More than 30 puppies were
given away by the Southern Ore
gon Humane Society during the
Christmas season, according to
society officials.
The society had offered 14
puppies but public response to
publicity was so great more than
twice the original number were
placed in homes, officials said.
They areTiow planning to make
the Christmas program an an
nual project.
Andrew Hawver, president of
the society, said the project was
to find homes for animals slated
to be destroyed and to give pets
to children who would not other
wise have one.-
While in Frostproof, the ani
mal bit Hopson, Barbara, and
Hopson's son, Allen.
While still on the campus, it
is known to have bitten coeds
E. J. Saurman, Short Hills, N.J.
Jaquelyn Sierra, Tampa; Judy
Pereboom, Lake Worth; Sheila
Bryant, Atlanta; and Patricia
Laden, Teaneck, N.J.
All are presumably taking
antirabies serum.
Bought at Pet Shop
College officials explained
that the dog might have bitten
others and mailed out the letters
today in order to be certain
everyone who came in contact
with the "mixed breed" dog is
warned. ,
The dog was bought at a pet
shop in October, the college
said, and lived mostly in the
Alpha Omicron Pi house.
Timber Resources,
Water Described
Keys To Growth
Policy Changes
Could Be Vitamins
By GOV. ROBERT D. HOLMES
Written for United Press
Salem API, Oregon's econ
omy, shortchanged by national
policy makers -and subdued by
local gloom makers through
1957, appears to be on its way
to inspired, new growth again
in 1958.
Everything seems to point to
substantial recovery in out vital
lumber market. A multitude of
new diversified developments,
announced in the last several
weeks, contradicted, charges that
Oregon was discouraging to busi
ness and industry.
Oregon's vast resources of tim
ber, of ever-important water, of
power potential, of just plain
good living are the keys to our
economic growth and no artifi
cial deterrent will stand jn the
way. It is the availability of
lime deposits at Baker, of urani
um at Lakeview, of wheat in
Umatilla county, of electrical
power at The Dalles, of shrimp
off our coastline, of widespread
timber stands, of labor force in
Portland and Salem and Eugene
that will make Oregon boom
and bloom again in 1958.
Tight Money Hurts
Two possible changes in na
tional administration policies
could' furnish the vitamins for
an economic spurt for Oregon.
In one, the already mentioned
tight money policy, the adminis
tration has given some indication
of recognizing the errors of its
ways. The tight money policy
has damaged the state by several
million of dollars and hundreds
of unemployed, but an adequate
loosening of the credit strings
could see all this quickly re
couped. A new policy toward power
develpment in the Northwest
would be of major value in the
economic growth of the whole
area. Its affect if switched on to
morrow, would add little econo
mic light in 1958, but would
brighten the way for years to
come.
Of Major Importance
" These two are of major impor
tance to Oregon's , economic
growth, but there are heartening
indications that new pioneers in
the business and industrial fields
are out to move Oregon ahead
at any rate. A helping, support
ting and encouraging hand from
the state's vigorous new Depart
ment of Planning and Develop
ment, and from the research and "
advisory facilities of other state
agencies is turning the economic
tide in many areas.
A look ahead can easily see
major new developments inthe
use of our timber resources. One
could safely predict that Ore
gon would soon be' the nation's
No. 1 wood pulp producer, and
that the state could count on
many new particle-board and
hardboard plants. Developments
like these with the continuation
of heavy construction, new
buildings, new highways and
the apparent development of
many other diversified industries
in Oregon, help give the state a
bright new hope for the bright
new year.
Election Mentioned
In the background are some
other outside influences which
might mean important new gains
for the state in 1958. Defense
spending, inspired by the sud
den Russian prominence jn the
missile and satellite field, could
add priming dollars to the Ore
gon economy within the year.
Another influence, tied close
ly in effect to the tight money
policy, is that of election year.
Administration efforts will be
bent toward turning the whole
receding economy back to boom
again in time for the November
elections. This alone could make
the year the biggest in history
Returns From Advertising
Oregon could get some major
returns from advertising in the
year ahead. Imaginative adver
tising of the plans and prepara
tion for the state's 1959 Cen
tennial Celebration will put
Oregon on .the lips of more peo
ple than ever before all round
the world. It should make both
years boom years for tourists
and a big assist to the state's
third industry.
The greatest assurance for new
prosperity in Oregon, however,
lies in the fact that the people
of Oregon are not of a notion to
be talked into a depression. The
optimism of Oregon's people
even in those areas of the state
hardest hit by sagging lumber
prices will be the major source
of vigorous growth for the state
in 1958. '
Lima, Peru P Peruvian
tuna fishermen have accused the
Japanese government and fish
ing interests of dumping can
ned and frozen tuna on Ameri
can and European markets at
prices below cost, in unfair com
petition with Peruvian tuna.