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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
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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.
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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.