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Newspaper Page Texti r7smnr n3 IM IM in ul JVI AS j - - JFp " f' v - ft FUNDS FOR SCIENCE Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Marion B. Folsoin is shown as he told re porters in Gettysburg, Pa., that one billion dollars over the next four years will be asked for science education. At left is Press Secy. James Hagerty. Sputnik I Expected To Plunge To Earth In Next 48 Hours Cambridge, Mass. (IP) The Soviet Union's Sputnik I, whose launching nearly three months ago turned the world's attention to science, may plunge to earth today in a fiery finish. Dr. Fred L. Whipple, direc tor of the Smithsonian Astro- Washington hVel Fire Fatal To Three Northport, Wash. ilP Three persons were killed and six escaped today when fire destroyed a hotel in this northeastern Washington community. Towi Marshal Grady Lael aid the fire broke out about 4 a.m. and swept through the two-story frame building as volunteer firemen tried vain ly to halt it. The victims, all Canadians, were identified tentatively as Mrs. Andy Anderson, 45, B.C.. Alec Honeyman, . 35, Trail, and a man known only by the first name, '"Ray." They were trapped when flames destroyed the New Zealand hotel which occupied the second floor. A cafe and bar were on ihe first floor. The six who survived climb ed down a fire escape. Trees Damaged by Mice in County A few young fruit trees In ; the county have had bark I oWA.aA Viv mirp arrnrdin? to ' rdy' county horticuI He stressed that orchardists j should poison tne rodents since damage could become severe if the valley should have a heavy snow. The sur face cover is ample at the present for food, he explain ed, but added that tree trunks would be eaten if the other food supply was cut off. Poison is available com mercially at local supply houses, Cordy said. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York i Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 439.27, up 3.58; 20 railroads 99.89, up 2.93; 15 utilities 68.94. up 0.36, and 65 stocks 147.41, up 1.70. Sales today were about 1,800.000 shares com pared with 5.070.000 shares Tuesday. Mothers En Route To Visit Sons Red China Los Angeles OPi Three mothers of Americans held as "spies" in Communist China left for the Far East today, carrying their love and food and warm clothing to their imprisoned sons. To Stop At Honolulu The three boarded the Pan Amedican World Airways flight 805 at 9 a.m. (p.s.t.) and were due in Honolulu in about nine and a half hours on the second leg of their mission. They left New York City Wednesday. "I feel wonderful," said Mrs. Hush F. Redmond of Yonkers, N.Y. "1 can't wait ; physical Observatory, said that latest calculations by American scientists showed that the world's first man made satellite would prob ably expire within 48 hours, sometime today or Friday. Like Bright Flare Whipple said the 184-pound satellite will probably look like a bright flare as it speeds into the earth's atmosphere and disintegrates. He added there was a possibility that some parts oi tne moon will reach the earth, escap ing the terrific friction of the atmosphere. Moonwatch teams through out the world were alerted for the possible death plunge two days ago and scientists were hoping that at least one of the sky watching teams would catch a glimpse of the satellite. The rocket which launched the history - making sphere into space on Oct. 4, 1957 from an unknown site be lieved to be somewhere in Russia, apparently crashed to earth Dec,. 2. The wreckage, if any ever reached the earth, was not recovered. Sputnik I was followed a month later by a second, more spectacular satellite contain ing a small dog, the world's first space traveler. Though the animal is now dead, Sput nik II, or Muttnik as it was dubbed by scientists, is still whirling about the earth. Its end is not expected for some time. State Taxes Higher, Report Discloses Chicago IIP) State taxes climbed in 1957, the Com merce Clearing House report ed today in its annual review. In one of the busiest years on record legislators of 46 states met in 59 regular and special sessions which result ed in thousands of changes in tax laws, the CCH said. Kentucky and Virginia were the only states reporting no tax legislation during the year. Total state tax collections rose to $14,400.00.000 in 1957 and the CCH said the trend was to continue upward in 1958. Of all the increases, gaso line, cigarette, sales and in come taxes were most affect ed. Twenty-one rate increases were reported in these major revenue areas. Leave Los to see my son. Mrs. Redmond said she and the two other mothers, Mrs. Mary V. Downey, New Brit ain, Conn., and Mrs. Philip G. Fecteau, Lynn, Mass., would leave Honolulu Friday, stop over in Tokyo for 11 hours and then, go to Hong Kong, arriving there Monday. Will Split Up Once in Red China the three will split up and travel under direction of the Chinese Red Cross to where their sons are imprisoned. Their pass ports are good for two weeks. Mrs. Redmond's son, Hugh F. Redmond Jr., 38, was im New Year Traffic Leaves 175 Dead; Overall Toll 213 South Dakota Crash Kills Nine Persons By UNITED PRESS The nation's motorists be gan the new year with a death toll in holiday traffic that made, a grim mockery of advance estimates and warnings. Shortly after 9 a.m. (p.s.t.) the United Press toll showed 175 dead in traffic between 6 p.m. New Year's Eve and midnight Wednesday. A plane crash killed one person, 17 died in fires, and 20 in other accidents for an overall toll of 213. The National Safety Coun cil had estimated that 130 persons would die in traffic during; the 30-hour period. When the final count soared above this estimate, Council President Ned H. Dearborn said: Jolting Reminder "This toll is a jolting re- minder that along with the threats of war from overseas and of new and bigger Sput niks from outer space, this nation faces a relentless ene my from within that is mak ing a mockery of our claims to leadership in civilized liv ing." In the worst single acci dent of the holiday, nine per sons were killed in a head-on collision between two cars near Eureka, S. D., Wednes day night. The dead included six members of one family. New York had the highest traffic death total with 24 killed. California reported 14 deaths, New Jersey 13, South Dakota 10, and Texas 9. Only last week 223 traffic deaths marred the Christmas holiday, a total well above the Safety Council's advance es timate of 180. By UNITED PRESS Three persons died in Ore gon traffic accidents on New Year's day. A Creswell man was kill ed in an accident near Flor ence and two Oakland, Ore., teen-agers died in an accident south of Harrisburg. Edwin Applegate, 41, Cres well, was killed when his car skidded while rounding a curve on Highway 36 and struck an unoccupied parked truck. Kenneth W. Jones, 17, and Larry J. Baird, 18, Oakland, were killed when their car plunged down a river bank near Harrisburg after crash ing through a guard rail. Loss in Ketchikan Fire Said $250,000 Ketchikan, Alaska (IP) A block-long downtown water front building was destroyed by fire here 7.7?dnesday causing damage estimated at $250,000. The fire started in a dress shop in the middle of the Ferris Block and burned a dozen businesses and a num ber of private apartments. An explosion, believed to have been in the dress shop, preceded the fire which spread rapidly through the two-story wood frame struc ture. Occupants, of nine private apartments in the building escaped unharmed. Cook Didn't Know Onions; 5 Hospitalized Birmingham, England (IP) Mrs. Muriel Bennett, her parents, a daughter and the family dog were in hospitals today because Mrs. Bennett didn't know her onions. She cooked her husband's daffodil bulbs in the New Year's stew. Angeles prisoned near Shanghai after receiving a life sentence in 1954 on charges of spying for the United States. The other two prisoners, John Thomas Downey, 27, and Richard George Fecteau, 30, were U.S. Army civilian employees when they disap peared on a flight between Japan and Korea in 1952. Among Six Known Held They were captured by the Red Chinese and sentenced as spies, Downey for life and Fecteau to 20 years. The three are among six Ameri cans known to be held by the Communists. i Dke T He1- Budget, Answer To Russia Slated For Discussion President To Return To Farm on Friday Washington (IP) Presi dent Eisenhower interrupted a vacation at his Gettysburg farm today and returned here for conferences on the budget and a decision on how to answer Russia's bid for top level East-West peace talks. The President arrived at the White House by car. Returning To Farm He spent the past week at the farm, resting and work ing on budget problems and his State of the Union Mes sage to Congress. He will go back to the farm Friday for the week end. During his 24 hours at the capital, Eisenhower will con fer with Secretary of Slate John Foster Dulles on a reply to the peace conference pro posal made by Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin just before the President went to Paris for the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit meeting. Eisenhower also will pre side Friday at a Cabinet meet ing and attend an organiza tion meeting of the newly created Civil Rights Commis sion. Budget Approval Expected The Cabinet is expected to give final approval to the budget the President plans to submit to Congress for the fiscal year starting July 1. The new budget will exceed this year's $72 billion spend ing program as a result of in creased funds for defense and education in the light of Rus sia's advances in science -and technology. It is expected to total about $74 billion. Public Hearings On Council Agenda Two public hearings will be held by the Medford city council at 7:30 p.m. today in the city hall. One will be held for a change of zone from class" IB, single and two family, to class VI, heavy industrial, for three lots in the Narregan addi tion. A hearing also will be held for , the vacation of an alley in the Consolidated ad dition. The Medford subdivision ordinance may be considered. Action on the ordinance has been postponed from Dec. 5 to allow council members time to study recent changes, according to Mayor John Snider. Snider also will make ap pointments for committees and commissions for 1958. Slander Suit by L.A. Police Settled Los Angeles HP) Los An geles Police Chief William H. Parker disclosed today he has settled his $2 million dol lar slander-libel suit against the American Broadcasting Co. over remarks by ex-mobster Mickey Cohen for $45,975. The settlement was an nounced jointly by attorneys Howard M. Binford and By ron Halverson representing Parker, and attorney Robert P. Myers for ABC. The announcement also said that Capt. James E. Ham ilton, head of the Los Angeles police intelligence squad, ac cepted t settlement of $22, 987 on his $1 million suit against the broadcasting com pany. Oregon Bankruptcy Petitions Total 2,416 Portland (IP) A record total of 2416 individuals and businesses were granted bank ruptcy petitions in Federal Court here in 1957, compared to 2100 in 1956. Esther Davis, deputy court clerk, said records showed that in 1929 there were 1595 bankruptcy petitions granted. The number declined until 1946 when only 216 petitions were granted. Since then the number has risen steadily, she said. r-rear MEDFORD 18 PAGES Britain Demands Albania Release Captured Plane London (IP) Britain de manded today that Albania release a British freight plane and six crew members forced down by jet fighters, but the tiny Communist nation did not reply. The four engine DC-4 Sky master, flying to the Far East with freight, was forced down by Soviet-built jet fighters Tuesday near the Albanian coast on a route over the Ad riatic. Britain was handicaped in that it has no diplomatic re lations with Albania, but the French legation reported the six crew members, one of them a stewardess, were "safe and well." Air Space Said Violated The Albanian government said the plane violated that country's air space at 10:38 a.m. on Dec. 31. A broadcast from Tirana Radio said it crossed into the Seman area and was over Albanian terri tory for 30 minutes. The plane was being held at Valona, a key Soviet air base ringed with fighter bases and one of the most sensitive corners of the Iron Curtain. Valona is a -ioi'mer Nazi sub marine base and is reported to be a major . Soviet U-boat base. Seizure of the plane was witnessed by military observ ers in Italy on their radar screens. They saw the big freight plane as a large blip and then two smaller ships converging rapidly on it. The big plane veered away from a collision course and headed inland over Albania. Nothing was heard until the French legation at Tirana re ported its safe landing. Contract Awarded To Convert Elevator A contract to convert the elevator in the Medford post office to "automatic opera tion" has been let by the General Services administra tion to the Oregon Elevator company, Portland, accord ing to word by telephone to day from Congressman Charles Porter. The conversion will cost $28,765, according to the con tract, and may begin within 15 days. Bids for the work were opened in Seattle Dec. 26, ac cording to Glenn Herdman, General Services superinten dent in Medford. Reward Offered for Return of $800 Ring A reward has been offered for the return or information of an $800 eight-diamond ring taken from Andy's Jewelers, 15 North Central ave. before Christmas, according to Med ford police. Police said the J. P. Tobin company, insurance adjust ers, have offered a substan tial reward toward recovery of the ring. They said the ring was taken during the Christ mas rush when someone ap parently reached behind the counter, slid open a door andj removed the ring from a tray. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy this evening, becoming cloudy with patchy val ley fog Friday morning. Cloudy with rain late Fri day. Low tonight 32. High Fridav 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 61 Lowest this Morning 39 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today.... 27 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:11 a.m. Sunset .. 4:."ifl p.m. Moonet Friday 5:26 a.m. Full Moon Jan. S PROMINET STAR Aldebaran, near the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 7:ig p.m. Jupiter, rises 2:08 a.m. Mars, rises 5:3X a.m. Saturn, rises g:2S a.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, ,1958 Tell You What We'll Help Some Of You Go On lo Overcrowded Colleges' Interior Department Said Ready to Sell Kla math Pine Forest By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The Inter ior department reportedly has decided to propose that the Klamath Indian pine forests valued at over $100 million be put up for sale to . pri vate timber companies under certain conditions. An informed administration source said the department is working on a plan which would allow the timber to be bought providing the pur chasers agreed to manage it on the sustained yield basis. This would provide funds which could be allocated to individual Klamath tribal members who wish to leave the reservation when federal supervision has been termin ated. ' The source said that an other condition would be that the tribe get the full apprais ed market value of the tim ber in any deal for private purchase. The department ap parently looks with disfavor on the proposal of Weyerhau ser Timber company that the federal government might make up the difference be tween what private operation would pay for the timber and. what the appraisal figure turns out to be. An appraisal not. made public reportedly Porter Jo Take Trip To New York Friday Congressman Charles O. Porter will be in New York Friday to talk with represent atives of the International Paper company concerning the possibility of placing pa per pulp plants in Western Oregon, his office reported from Washington today. The representative should have further information on such possibilities by the week end, a SDOkesman indicated by telephone. Russia Relieves Military Commander London OP) Moscow Radio anonunced tonight that Marshal " Konstantin Rokos sowsky has been relieved of his post as commander of the Transcaucasian Military Com mand. Warm Springs, Ga. W Officials dedicated the new Polio Hall of Fame here today at the opening of two-day ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the National Foundation for I n f a n t il e Paralysis. Seattle OH Heavy engi neering construction increas ed 21 per cent last year over 1956 in Washington. Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Alaska. Washiinigtoin Conferences l puts the liquidation value of the timber at well over $100 million. If these conditions cannot be met by private companies, the department is prepared to recommend that congress pass necessary legislation for federal purchase of the reser vation. Sen. Neuberger has intro duced such a bill as a means of preventing the forest from being clear cut and at the same time providing funds for distribution to the Indians under the termination act and an interior official said the department's plan has not yet been "finalized" but that officials hope to send it to congress soon after the law makers convene next week. Oregon Convict Asks Loss of Citizenship Salem U"l A 31-year-old convict at Oregon State pris on has petitioned Ihe U.S. District Court in Portland to relieve him of his citizenship. Ernest Edward Lee Mor row, serving a five-year sen tence for burglary from Klamath county said he had "lost faith" in the United States. He hopes to be released from prison in May- and wants to become a citizen of Mexico where he spent nine months at one time. "An ex-convict has no chance to adjust to civilian life in this country, Morrow said. "It's almost impossible for him to get a job. I know. I've tried before." Morrow said he was not bitter against the United States but that he just doesn't want to live here any more. Road Conditions Highway 93. Siskiyous Few slick spots, on inch of new snow. Thirteen inches roadside snow. Motorists advised lo carry chains. Highway 66. Green Springs. Two and one half inches new snow, lOVi inches road side. Packed snow on road. Advised to carry chains.. Highway 99, Sexton moun tain Clear with some rain. Northern California high ways Open with few icy spots. Highway 62, Prospect Clear with iniermitten rain showers. Highway 97. north of Klamath Falls Packed snow, with one inch new. Advised to carry chains. Price 10 Gents Tribune No. 217 Alan F. Eamesto Become Manager At Coos Bay Bank The appointment of Joseph A. Moore as assistant man ager of the Medford branch of First National bank of Portland was announced to day by C. B. Stephenson, bank president. Moore, an assistant vice president and business devel opment representative at the bank's Portland head office for the past four years, will replace Alan . F. Eames, who has been promoted to man ager of the Coos Bay branch. Moore has been with the First National since 1938, when he was employed at the Astoria branch. He trans ferred to Newberg branch in 1941, served three years in military service, and in 1910 was promoted to manager. He has been in his present post since 1954, directing business development activi ties for a group of First Na tional branches in western Oregon. Assistant Manager Eames has been assistant manager of the bank's branch here since May, 1956. He served five years, as assistant manager at North Bend branch and a year in a sim ilar positron at Coos Bay be' fore coming to Medford. Eames is a director of the United Crusade, and active in Rogue River Knife and Fork club and the Elks lodge. Moore is a native of As toria, and attended Rutgers graduate school of banking. He was , chairman of the fi nance committee of the Port land area United Fund and is an active committeeman in the Portland Chamber of Commerce and the Oregon Bankers association. Fast Plane May Take Nixon Abroad Washington M Vice President Richard M. Nixon may make his next long of ficial record breaking KC135 jet tanker-transport plane, his office said today. A spokesman said the 550 mile an hour plane had been offered for the vice president's use "when it is practical to do so." The plane will not be as signed to Nixon exclusively however, and no specific trip has been planned yet. In the KC135 Nixon could make long overseas or do mestic trips in half the time it takes in other transport planes of the military serv ives which are used for such travel. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Air Force vice chief of staff, flew the KC135 from Buenos Aires to Washington in November in a record 11 hours and 5 minutes. Elephant at Startles English Woman Nottingham, England IP) Mrs. Noreen Linley crawl ed out of bed the morning after New Year's Eve and shuffled to the front door to see who was making all that noise. She switched on the light and saw an elephant waving its-trunk through the front door panelling. Took Off To Neighbor's Mrs. Linley screamed, grabbed her two children and took off for her neighbors on the run. "We've got an elephant in the house," she reported. "Oh, go back to bed and sleep it off," the cross and sleepy neighbor answered. Mrs. Linley left the chil dren and ran back ., home where she saw what she thought were two elephant trunks, sparring. It was only Rebellion With Pre-Dawn Attack Rebels Captured; Some Scattered ; Carcas, Venezuela flPi Tha government announced today that a short-lived revolt by air force units had been crushed. Gen. Romulo Fernandez, chief of staff of the armed forces, said the rebellion by forces at Maracay 50 miles west of Caracas, was snuffed out in a pre-dawn attack by four columns of loyal troops. In a radio and television, appearance Fernandez said all organized resistance at the big military base had crum bled by midnight (PST), less than 24 hours after it started New Year's Day. Rebels Captured The rebels against the re gime of President Marcos Pe rez Jimenez were reported captured or scattered in all directions. The Venezuelan Embassy in Washington issued a state ment today which said the "senseless and absurd" at tempt of air force elements had failed. It added that lead ers of the movement fled in an air force plane and landed in Barranquilla, Colombia, . early this morning. Localized Revolt The Washington statement also said that Col. Abdel Ro mero, head of the Maracay base who had been taken prisoner by the rebels, was released by the rescue col ums. It said he proceeded to organise the air base pilots who had remained loyal and transferred 25 fighter planes to Maiquetia International Airfield at Caracas. The Washington embassy ? announcement also said the revolt was localized at Mara cay. with the government at all times in full control- of the situation throughout the rest of Venezuela. The Pan American Union short wave radio monitor in Washington reported that the government radio in Caracas broadcast . at midday that President Perez Jimenez's private DC4 plane landed at Baranquilla this morning with leaders of the revolt. ; Reasons for Revolt Meanwhile, in Mexico City, former Venezuelan President Romulo Gallegos said the re volt was the result of the "climate of oppression" and immorality" to which Perez Jimenez has submitted the country. Luis Hernandez, leader of the opposition Republican Democratic Union party, also an exile in Mexico, said the "brutal repression of Perez Jimenez has sown discontent among military officers, who organized the uprising to end such a state of things." The announcement about the end of the revolt came about seven hours after Jim enez announced that the four columns of loyal troops were marching to smash the rebel lion at Maracay. Paisley Man Injured As Auto Overturns Lakeview (ff) David Bailey, about 21, Paisley, re mained, unconscious in Lake view hospital today as a re sult of head injuries suffer ed when his car overturned about 1 a.m. Jan.' 1. The accident happened at Hunter's point about 60 miles north of here. State Policeman Nick Barry said the car left the highway and turned over several times. Front Door her husband trying to ward off the elephant with the hose from the vacuum cleaner. -- Linley seemed to be hold ing his own so Mrs. Linley sped to the police station. "We've got an elephant In the house," sine told the first bobby she saw. '-.I Bobby Took A Look "What color?" asked the bobby. "You come and have a look." The bobby did. He called reinforcements and eventual ly they persuaded the ele phant to leave the front door. It lumbered down the street, pushed an empty au tomobile 50 yards and tried unsuccessfully to uproot a lamp post. A hero arrived in the form of its trainer from the circus from which the elephant had escaped.