Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 10, 1958, Image 1

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CaLaiismem Captured
Jail Escapees
Nabbed Following
Machine Gun Fire
Five Cars Taken in
Flight Across Oregon
caKer Two jail es
capees who stole five cars in
cfviding two belonging to state
police in a bullet-spattered
flight across Oregon were cap
tured in an isolated area east
of here Thursday night after
they took a dead end roa'd.
Wesley Earl Davis, 30, and
Jack Norman Gibb, 18, both of
Portland, were brought to the
Baker city jail. They escaped
from the Anacortes, Wash.,
jail Monday night and began
their wild ride across Oregon
Wednesday night.
The two were captured by a
group of state policemen in
the Rye Valley country about
40 miles east of here. Gibb
urrendered after a burst of
machine gun fire and Davis
was captured about two hours
later after he fled into the
brush.
Found on Side Road
State Police said extra pre
cautions were taken after the
two were chased into the Rye
Valley country for fear hos
tages would be taken. The cap
ture came after officers Vern
Kirkland and Roger Arm
strong came across the pair
on a side road. Davis and Gibb
turned on their lights when
they saw the police car ap
proaching and headed down
the road. The officers turned
around and gave chase.
Davis and Gibb picked one
of two side roads. was a
d?ad end going to a ranch.
The escapees drove the car
through a fence, took the keys
and fled on foot. They left
their guns in the car.
Kirkland got between the
men and the ranchhouse and
turned the lights on the mea
dow where they fled. Arm
strong then sprayed the brush
the men fled into with a ma
chine gun. Gibb surrendered.
Davis was pursued for
bout l'i miles on foot, cir
cling the ranch house. He fi
nally was found hiding under
a rock and surrendered with
out a struggle.
Cattlemen Help
The chase began late
Wednesday night when State
Patrolman Donald Gore stop
ped a car which was reported
stolen in Portland. Gore was
overpowered and his police
car was taken. The police car
was found abandoned Thurs
day morning near Boardman
and a car belonging to Royal
H. Rands, 63, justice of the
peace at Boardman, was
stolen. One shot was fired
when Gore was overpowered.
Later Thursday, State Pa
trolman Roy Barnes stopped
the car stolen at Boardman
about seven miles east of Bak
er. A gun battle ensued and
Barnes, who was working
alone, emptied his gun. He
vas then overpowered and the
two fugitives fled in both the
police car and in the other
stolen vehicle.
Veteran Ranger Promoted
To Position in Alaska
Promotion of Robert L.
Cooper, veteran ranger for the
Klamath district of the Rogue
River National forest, was an
nounced today by Supervisor
Carroll E. Brown.
Cooper, who has been dis
trict ranger for the past 10
years, will become personnel
officer for Region 10 of the
Forest Service, with head
quarters in Juneau, Alaska.
Cooper's headquarters have
been in Klamath Falls, but he
Is well known to many Jack
son county people through his
work -each summer at Lake of
the Woods and in other parts
of the forest visited frequent
ly by people from this area.
He was in charge of adminis
tration as well as other for
estry activities in the Klam
ath district. Brown said that
under Cooper's administra
tion, timber sale activity has
been maintained at the an
nual allowable cut each year
in the district, and the recre
ational resources, including
the lake, have developed to
about 10 times what they were
10 years ago.
Native of Illinois
A native of Elgin, 111., Coop
er arrived in Oregon in 1930
to attend Oregon State col-
iege, and during his years
Year
DEFENSE HEARING Defense Secretary Neil McElroy
(right) enjoys laugh with Representative Harry R. Sheppard
(center, D.-Calif.) and Errett P. Scrivner (R.-Kan.) at a hear
ing at the House Military Appropriations subcommittee in
Washington as Congress sailed into President Eisenhower's
first post-sputnik request for
New Operating Unit
Slated for
By Phone
A new long distance oper
ating unit will be put into
service by the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph com
pany Monday, Jan. 13, in its
recently enlarged building at
502 North Central ave., Jack
Creager, manager, announced
today.
Eighteen new switchboard
positions have been installed
in the unit, which has been
designated as long distance
unit 2. Addition of the unit
Local Man Killed
in Logging Mishap
Yreka, Calif.--lW Edmond
Virgil Budden, 38, of 1657
Kings Highway, Medford, was
killed Thursday afternoon in
a logging accident on Bark
house creek in the Klamath
river area near here.
Witnesses John and Daryl
Wheeler and Raymond C.
Wyant, all of Medford, told
the California Highway Pa
trol that Budden was setting
chokes and was watching two
D-6 Caterpillar tractors pull
a load of logs up a hill when
a log slipped off the load and
crushed him against a tree.
Budden was employed by
the John Wheeler Logging
company of Medford.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Conger-Morris
Funeral home.
Blue Crutch Day
In Medford Saturday
Saturday will be blue crutch
day in downtown Medford.
The event, in which small
lapel fixtures in the shape
of crutches will be sold, is
an annual fund-raising event
for the March of Dimes.
R. L. Palmer, Medford MOD
chairman, said the sale will
be sponsored by the 20-30
club of Medford.
there he worked for the Army
engineers, and the Forest
Service in the Wallowa and
Whitman National forests.
In 1938 he joined the Uma
tilla National forest at Pen
dleton, first Is foreman of a
CCC camp, and in . 1939 was
named assistant ranger. on the
Tonasket district, Colvillc Na
tional forest in Washington.
In 1942 he was named dis
trict ranger on Snoqualmie
National forest, and in 1948
was transferred to his present
assignment in Klamath Falls.
Cooper has been active in
community affairs, including
the Red Cross, the joint Camp
fire and Girl Scout board of
directors, the Boy Scouts. Ki
wanis club and Elks club.
Last year he was a represen
tative from this region to the
annual meeting of the Soci
ety of American Foresters in
New York i state. He was
chosen for the trip as the re
sult of his good work on the
Klamath district, Brown said.
Mrs. Cooper is a teacher in
Henley High school south of
Klamath Falls. Cooper plans
to report to the Juneau office
about Jan. 27, and Mrs. Coop
er, the couple's daughter, Su
san, and son, Kent, will join
him at the end of the school
year,
nLA XT
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1958
Jin f?'
$1,260,000,000.
Service
Company
will provide more space to
handle future long distance
growth in the Medford area,
Creager said.
Cost of placing the new
unit in operation totals about
$160,000, he added.
Replace Dial
Adding machine-like keys
at the new positions replace
the familiar rotary dial and
enable operators to "key
pulse" long distance calls fast
er across the country.
Present plans call for in
stallation of 10 more positions
in the new unit bv the end of
June,- Creager said. With the
22 positions in unit 1 a total
of 50 switchboard positions
will be in use by the company
here, he added -
Miss Myrta Ottcrdale, who
has supervised operation of
unit 1 at 145 North Bartlett
st. for several years, has been
assigned chief operator for
the new unit. She will be as
sisted by Mrs. Beverly Bead-
nell, recently appointed eve
ning chief operator, and Mrs.
Barbara Norcross, assistant
dial chief operator.
Promoted to chief operator
of unit 1 is Mrs. Valerie Per
due, former assistant chief
operator. Miss June Meredith
continues as evening chief
operator there, Creager said
Copco, Reynolds
Sign Term Contract
The California Oregon Pow
er company has announced
the signing, of a long - term
contract with Reynolds Metals
company to supply power to
its Troutdale plant near Port
land. The firm said in a'bulletin
to shareholders that company
power would supply through
facilities of Bonneville Power
administration which has an
interchange agreement with
Copco.
Reynolds has contracted to
buy power at the rate of 65,
100 kilowatts through June
30, 1959, and 95,200 kilowatts
from July 1, 1959 to June 30,
1973.
Carrier Explosion
Kills Three Sailors
Yokosuka, Japan rtPt
Three American sailors were
killed and two others critical
ly injured today in a catapult
explosion aboard the attack
aircraft carrier Kearsarge.
Naval authorities did not
announce the names of the
dead and injured.
The accident happened
shortly before noon in the
starboard catapult room of the
41,000-ton carrier while it
was preparing to launch its
planes.
The Kearsarge was operat
ing on a routine training exer
cise off the south coast of
Japan when the explosion oc
curred. Authorities said a board of
investigation would meet to
determine cause of the explo
sion. -
PLANS VACATION
City Manager Robert A.
Duff will leave on a two-week
vacation to California starting
Saturday. Public Works Di
rector Vernon Thorpe will act
as city manager while Duff
is on vacation, according to
an announcement.
s-und Request Sail
(Pared 40 Per Cent
Washington (IT) Senate
Democratic leader Lyndon B.
Johnson reported today that
Air Force requests for missile
funds for the current fiscal
year were cut by about 40 per
cent.
Johnson, presiding at hear
ings of the Senate Prepared
ness subcommittee, expressed
dismay over the reduction.
The cuts, made by the admin
istration itself, applied to the
Air Force budget for the cur
rent fiscal year that started
last July 1.
Johnson disclosed the cuts
at a public hearing of his sub
committee. Some Money Restored
Sen. Stuart Symington, (D.
Mo.) asked Johnson how
much of the deleted Air Force
funds would be restored by
the $1,300,000,000 supplemen-1
tal budget request which
President Eisenhower sent to
Congress this week.
Johnson replied that It
would be a small amount,
perhaps 5 to 10 per cent.
Johnson also said Air Force
requests for funds for bomb
ers, tankers and supporting
units were substantially re
duced. He did not indicate
whether the trimming was
done by the Defense depart
ment or by the Budget bu
reau. Urges Reorganization
Johnson's statement came
as the subcommittee ques
tioned Nelson A. Rockefeller
about the somber report is
sued on the nation's defense
recently by the Rockefeller
Brothers fund which he
heads.
The report called for an ex
tra $3 billion a year in de
fense spending and reorgani
zation of the Defense depart
ment top military command.
Rockefeller repeated the
report's warning that the
U.S. is "rapidly losing" its
military advantage over Rus
sia. But he said it is "empha
tically not too late" to regain
it.
He also testified that the
nation has "no single, overall
plan of defense." He said the
armed services are operating
under three separate strate
gic concepts.
He strongly defended the
Rockefeller report's recom
mendation that the chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
be made the principal adviser
to the secretary of defense.
Inier-iervice Competition
Johnson asked Rockefeller
if his group had been able to
find out why "so little atten
tion" was paid to -Air Force
requests for missiles that the
money pleas were cut by 42
per cent.
Rockefeller said he believes
the military budget shows
the "anachronisms" of the
present defense set-up in
which three services try to
develop weapons that may
conflict with one another. He
blamed the "system" and said
he does nqt believe the De
fense Department was "de
linquent."
"I haven't charged any
body with being delinquent
yet," Johnson replied.
Johnson asked Rockefeller
whether his panel had access
to the so-called Gaither re
port on the nation's defenses,
another dim view of the na
tion's future defense posture.
The report is being kept sec
ret by the White House al
though it has been widely de
scribed in the press.
Rockefeller said his group
did not have the report but
was briefed on its contents.
He said that, as a "staff of
ficer" for the President he
did not think he should dis
cuss the findings.
Johnson said his commit
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly clondy
tonight with a few mow
shower in mountains. In
creasing cloudiness Saturday
with rain late Saturday or
earlv Sunday. Low tonight
30. High Saturday 45.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 59
Lowest this Morning 44
PRECIPITATIOX
To 10 a.m. Today .11
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:40 a.m.
Sunset 4:58 p.m.
Moonrise 11:15 nm.
Last Quarter Jan. 12
PROMINENT STARS
Spica. rises 1:20 a.m.
Antares. rises 5:34 a.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 6:55 p.m.
Jupiter, follows Spica.
Saturn, rises :02 a.m.
Mars, between Saturn and
Antares.
Price 10 Cents
IRIBUNE
calkeir
.ssile
tee still thinks it should have
the report. He said he held
"t w o additional conversa
tions" recently with repre-
sentatives of the President
and believes a decision may
be forthcoming early next
week.
Chiefs of Staff Change
Rockefeller said his group's
recommendation that the
Joint Chiefs of Staff system
in the Pentagon be overhaul
ed and that the chairman of
the joint chiefs be made prin
cipal adviser to the secretary
of defense deserves urgent
consideration.
The proposal. has been at
tacked as a step toward
"Prussian general staff" and
a threat to civilian control
over the military establish
ment.
But Rockefeller said such
"catch words" should not be
allowed to becloud the need
for a change. There is "a tre
mpndous ureencv to do it
ndw," he told the senators.
The Dalles Man
Named Deputy
District Attorney
Gerald J. Scannell Jr., now
of The Dalles, will assume du
ties as deputy district attor
ney here Feb. 1, according to
Tom Reeder, Jackson county
district attorney.
Scannell will move into
the position to be vacated by
Jim Anicker, who will be pro
moted to fill the position soon
to be vacated by A. Allen
Vranzke.. Reeder said.. Fran-
zke, now first deputy, plans
tn move to Portland some
time this month to assume a
position on the Multnomah
county district attorney's
staff.
Scannell, 31, is now on the
staff of the Wasco county dis
trict attorney in The Dalles
Reeder said. Previous to that
hp was adjudicator for the
bureau of land management
with the General Exchange
Insurance corporation, Wor
rPKtPT. Mass.; and the Gen
eral Motors Institute Flint,
Mich., and Allstate Insurance
company, Portland.
Scannell is married, has a
4-year-old son and a 1-year-old
daughter. He was born in
Hartford, Conn. He attended
public school in Springfield,
Mass., American International
college, and Boston College
law school.
875 AlEnroTed
For Winter Term
Ashland Third day en
rollment at Southern Oregon
college for the winter term
totaled 875 today, the admis
sions office reported The total
is 15.7 per cent more than the
number enrolled on the third
day last year.
So far there are 562 men
and 313 women enrolled. Of
the total 330 are freshmen,
241 sophmores, 143 . juniors,
112 seniors, one graduate stu
dent, 18 special graduate
students students, and 30 spe
cial undergraduate students,
the office reported.
On the third day of enroll
ment for the fall term there
were 866 enrolled. The last
day of enrollment for the
winter term is Jan. 20.
Venezuela Cabinet
Gives Resignations
Caracas, Venezuela (W
The government early today
announced the resignation of
the entire Cabinet and the
governor of the Caracas Dis
trict to give President Marcos
Perez Jiminez a chance to
reorganize his regime.
A government communique
described the resignations as
routine but the heaviest con
centration 'of troops and tanks
since the New Year's Day
rebellion was thrown around
the Presidential Palace. '
Observers here speculated
the resignations meant Perez
Jimenez had yielded to mili
tary demands for the dis
missal of Interior Minister
Laureano Valenilla Lanz and
Secret Police Chief Pedro
Estrada.
No. 224
President Would
Expand Defense
Chiefs Powers
Senior Military
Staff Possible
Washington (IP) Presi
dent Eisenhower wants to ex
pand the powers of his de
fense secretary and possibly
give him a senior military
staff to help push spaceage
weapons development and end
inter-service disputes, it was
reported today. . i
An administration source
said Eisenhower was person
ally directing studies for
overhauling defense policies
and organization.
Never-Ending Problem
The President in his State
of the Union message said he
had underway a "s p e c i a 1
study" of what he called the
never-ending problem of im
proving military unification.
If the President decides to
seek a military staff for De
fense Secretary Neil H. Mc
Elroy and to enlarge the al
ready immense powers of the
Pentagon chief, he will have
to seek legislation. A military
advisory staff is barred by law
now. The secretary has to rely
for help upon the staffs of the
military departments and the
joint chiefs of staff.
The President's announce
ment of impending defense re
organization caught the Pen
tagon by surprise. There was
no comment from McElroy.
Eisenhower's speech quickly
became a "best seller" in and
out of the joint chiefs organ
ization.
Many Curious
One top-level defense offi
cial told a reporter "you are
not the only one" curious
ab.out the President's plans.
He said there were thousands
in the Pentagon.
There has been a lack of
enthusiasm for reorganization
among military men, who
think that increased money
and decreased redtape are
more likely answers to the
problem of speeding weapons
output in the face of Russian
challenges.
'Not-True Bi
Returned by Jury
Three Medforr' men will be
released today from charges
that they raped an 18-year-old
Oklahoma Cty, Okla., girl
last Aug. 24, District Attorney
Tom Reeder said this morning.
Following the submission of
new evidence, the grand jury
returned a "not-true bill on
the case involving Leonard E.
Steege,"24, of 401 East 12th
st.: Darrell Johnson, 26, of
619 Palm st.; and Larry Wil
liam Irvin, 26, of 215 Willam
ette ave., all of Medford. All
three are free on bail.
Reeder said the Oklahoma
City girl involved in the case
was invited by .his office to
appear before the grand jury,
but failed to do so. Reeder
said he presented her sworn
testimony given in the pre
vious preliminary neanng.
New evidence introduced dis
credited certain portions, the
district attorney said. All evi
dence available was present
ed, Reeder said.
The three men had entered
pleas of innocent when ar
raigned on the indictment
SeDt. 6. Trial dates were set
for January, then continued.
according to the county
clerk's office.
Democrats Ask Ike
For Instructions
Washington (IP! Skepti
cal Democrats in Co n g r e s s
called on President Eisen
hower today to tell how to
carry out his eightpoint "se
curity and peace" program for
1958 and line up his own
party to support it.
There was not much senti
ment among the Democratic
majorities of the House and
Senate to quarrel with the
generalgoals set forth in the
President's State of the Union
message Thursday. Except for
some of the more aggressive
spokesmen for the New Deal
wing of the party, Democratic
criticism was muted.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York ' OP) Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 438.68, off
4.56; 20 railroads 100.16,
off 1.71; 15 utilities 69.94.
off 0.22, and 65 slocks 147.
78. off 1.51. Sales today
were about 2.010.000 shares
compared with 2,180.000
shares Thursday.
Atlas Missile Firing
From Base in Florida
Termed
"Yeah
V X. "v -V. X.
New Bulganin Notes
Pressure West for
Summit Conference
Washington (IP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
today rejected Soviet Premier Nicolai Bulganin's call for an
East-West summit conference within two or three months.
Paris (IP)
A" new bar-
rage of notes by Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai Bulganin put
pressure on the West today to
hold a "summit" meeting
much sooner than it had
planned.
The permanent council of
NATO ministers from each
of the 15 members already
had called a meeting for to
day to try to answer Bul
ganin's series of notes sent
last December.
Now they were faced not
only with the necessity ..of
reaching quick agreement on
thp December notes but on
notes sent Thursday by Bul
ganin to 19 nations including
all members of NATO.
Sent To Warsaw Members
Thursday's barrage also
was sent to members of the
Communist "W a r s a w" al
liance," the anti-NATO group
of satellite nations, calling for
a summit conference, a non
aggression pact and an im
mediate cessation of nuclear
tests.
Bulganin's earlier offers,
made on the eve of the NATO
conference here Dec. 16-19
attended by President Eisen
hower, indicated a desire for
more restricted talks, per
haps with the United States
alone.
The West has been cool to
such a proposal. It was re
ported planning counter pro
Dosals asking for extensive
diplomatic preparations that
would include a conference oi
Extension of Lane
Sought by Residents
Madrona lane extension
will be resurveyed by the
Jackson county engineer's of
fice, according to the county
court.
Twenty residents of an area
., , T-i : n
a mile souin oi jacKsuiivme
highway petitioned to have
the county take over Ma
drona lane as a county road
and have it extended through
to Arnold lane for a distance
of a mile, the county court
said. The extension already
has been surveyed, but peti
tioners requested the line be
moved five feet south.
No decision will be made
on extension of the road un
til after the survey has been
made, the county court said.
In other business, the coun
ty court yesterday set Jan.
22 as the date for a public
hearing on forming an Oak
Grove residential zoning dis
trict. The petition was signed by
14 persons living around the
Oak Grove school. They in
clude Robert A. Hubbard,
Clark Thomas, P. A. Hepfer,
Florence D e a 1 1, Katherine
Farley, Edith Connell, Esther
Turpin, Vern E. Rose, Mabel
Dykestra, Nora Battfier, John
L. Burpee, Roy C. Elmgren,
L. C. McLaughlin, and Lyle
B. Thurman.
Everett, Wash. (IP) Wil
liam Van Duren, 82, former
Oregon accountant, died here
Thursday. He was the wid
ower of Klondike Kate', the
famed queen of the Alaska
gold rush.
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STATE
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PIVISIOM Jg.
foreign ministers before any
heads of state get together.
May Have To Hold Off
The NATO council met
Wednesday to coordinate . the
replies but ran into delay and
a second meeting was called
for today. Now the new series
of notes probably will force
the delegates to hold off on
any action until they can con
sult their own governments
again.
Bulganin's note, In addition
to putting more pressure on
NATO M ' an immediate
meeting, apparently dismiss
ed the idea of a foreign minis
ters conference on grounds
there was no certainty it
would lead to "positive" re
sults.
U.S. National Bids
Low for Bonds
The United States National
bank of Portland was low
bidder on $600,000 worth of
bonds to finance construction
in the Medford school district.
Bids were opened at a special
meeting yesterday.
U. S. National's bid was for
a .3280 per cent interest rate.
The only other bidder was
the First National bank of
Portland for .3331 per cent.
The money will be used to
build two iew elementary
school units, and an addition
to the high school. Construc
tion on the elementary schools
is expected to get started
about March 1, school board
members said.
More than $13,4 million in
bonds were approved by
voters in the Medford dis
trict last November to finance
a two-year building program.
Strong Winds Contribute
To Rash of Flue Blazes
Strong winds, which at
tained a steady intensity of
44 miles per hour with gusts
up to 53 mph, were thought to
have contributed to a rash of
flue fires in the area yester
day. They also intensified
flames of a house fire north
of Central Point.
Medford firemen were
called out on seven flue fires.
Three chimney blazes were re
ported in the Central Point
rural fire protection district
and two each in Ashland and
Central Point.
Fire, which appeared to
have started in the attic, dam
aged the upper and front por
tions of the two-bedroom Joe
Bodak residence on Upton rd.
Rural firemen were sum
moned about 6:15 p.m. and
two pumpers and two tankers
of the Central Point rural dis
trict were sent to the scene.
Exact cause was not known.
Firemen said that Bodak put
his daughter and playmates
through a window to safety.
Medford area flue fires
werp between 5 and 10:15 p.m.
They were at the residences
of Herman Mitchell, 3082
Buckshot -Hill rd.; Walter
M
Fourth Test of
Veapon Said To
Lack Full Range
Firing Strictly
Military Show
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (01
A slender Navajo pilot
less bomber was fired from
the Missile Test Center
here about 11:35 a.m. (PST)
today and roared out over
the Atlantic.
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-
The Air Force fired its thun
derous Atlas intercontinental
missile today and announced
the flight was successful.
The great, silver missile
was triggered from the test
range here at 7:48 a.m. (PST).
The missile, biggest and
mightiest in the nation't
growing ballistic weapon arse
nal, rose slowly from its pad,
enveloped at first by a cloud
of smoke and flame.
But after riding clear of
the initial blast, the towering
missile, which was coated
with ice due to the liquid,
oxygen in its fuel tanks, sped
straight up, then arched ma
jestically downrange over th
Atlantic test range.
The Air Force later an
nounced in Washington that
the test "which was not full-,
range, was successful." A
Pentagon spokesman would
not elaborate on the state
ment, but it indicated that
the full power needed to hurl
the 100-ton missile 5,500 miles
was not used. -
The only previous success
ful flight, on Dec. 17, also,
was of limited range, unoffi
cially estimated as 600 miles.
Military Show
The Atlas firing, strictly.,
a military show at this stage,
was the fourth test of the
Air Force's entry in the
ocean-spanning weapon cate
gory. There has been specula
tion that the U.S. could use
the Atlas, with some major
modifications, to launch an
earth satellite, but so far the
Navy's Vanguard still has the
moon launching assignment
here.
Cape talk is that a Van
guard is about ready for an
other satellite launching at
tempt, possibly as early as
next week.
The brief Defense Depart
ment announcement said only
that the Atlas was fired and
that "the launching was suc
cessfully carried out . . ."
Tremendous Roar
The missile was visible for
about three minutes to observ
ers watching from beaches
about five miles from the test
center. The gleaming Atlas
disappeared with a tremen
dous roar into a layer of
fluffy white clouds high in
the sky, trailing a jet of red
flame.
It was believed the missile
was only geared to fly about
500 or 600 miles.
Len Casanova Ordered
To Hospital for Rest
Eugene W University
of Oregon Football Coach Len
Casanova today was ordered
into a Eugene hospital for a
complete rest and treatment
of a lung congestion.
Tolle, 1065 Stewart ave.; The
odore Scott, 62 South Keene
Way dr.; Earl McQuigg, 224
Portland ave.; Alex Barnett,
470 DeBarr ave.; L. C. Wilson,
2568 Crater Lake highway,
and Arnie Odegard, 710 Penn
sylvania st.
Chimney fires to which
Central Point rural equipment
was summoned were at the
homes of Virgil McQuade,
5066 Table Rock rd.; William
Naylor, New Ray rd., and
Wayne England, Fir and Pine
hurst sts., of Table Rock rd.
Blazes in Central Point were
at the residences of E. F. Park
er, 98 Freeman rd., and Oscar
Swanson, 443 North Second
st.
Medford firemen also were
dispatched to put out trash
fires at North Columbus and
Second sts. and at the old
Rogue Valley ballroom site in
the fairgrounds area:
No damage was reported at
either of the flue fires in Ash
land Thursday. At 4:57 p.m.
the fire department was called
to the Walter J. Ross resi
dence, 630 Park st, and at
6:37 p.m. to the C. G. Berm
inghausen home on 498 Oak
st.
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