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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANM"'
No. 231
Stassen On Way Out
Capitol' Sources Say
Washington IP) Admin
istration officials said Satur
day that Harold E. Stassen,
who has been feuding with
Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, is definitely on
his way out as presidential
disarmament adviser.
They Indicated a final de
cision on his departure has
not been made yet and de
clined to predict how soon it
would come. But they left
little doubt the one-time "boy
governor" of Minnesota has
outjived his usefulness to the
White House.
Stassen himself said in
Philadelphia that there is "no
date set" for any announce-
Outlook Favorable
On Farm Program,
Benson Insists
Washington (If), Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Benson was brightly optim
istic Saturday about the fu
ture of President Eisenhow
er's farm program, but some
GOP farm leaders said blunt
ly that its central feature is
all but dead.
Benson, buffeted but un
bowed by one of the roughest
hazings given a cabinet mem
ber by the senate agriculture
committee in recent years,
predicted congress will
"eventually" come around to
the administration's way of
thinking.
He told reporters he feels
that Republicans are behind
his program and that it would
be approved if the GOP con
trolled congress.
Three of the senate's GOP
farm leaders Sens. Milton R.
Young (R-NJ).), Edward J.
Thye (R-Minn.), and George
D. Aiken (R-Vt.) said there
is little chance for a basic
feature of the administration
plan the request for broad
er "discretion" in pegging the
level of farm price supports.
Specifically, Benson asked
that he be given authority to
set support levels for basic
crops at between 60 and 90
per cent of parity instead of
71 and 90 per cent as at pres
ent. Parity is calculated to give
a farmer a fair cash return in
relation to the things he must
buy.
"His proposals to lower
price supports just won't get
anywhere," said Young.
"The chances , . . Have
been pretty much elimin
ated," said Aiken.
"There isn't a chance of a
change," Thye chimed in.
Olson-Ross Co.
Get Timber Bid
Oison-Koss dumber com
pany of White City was the
only bidder for a tract of tim
ber offered for sale by the
Medford district of the Bu
reau of Land Management on
Jan. 16.
The tract, which contains
an estimated 5,605,000 board
feet of Douglas-fir and other
species, is located on Wasson
canyon near Little Butte
creek.
Bid prices were $22.85 per
thousand bd. ft. for the Douglas-fir;
$29.90 for the pond
erosa pine; $46.45 for the
sugar pine: $9.35 for white
fir and $6.75 for incense
cedar. The total bid was $135,
737.35. The district manager also
announced the next sale is
planned for Feb. 13, when a
tract containing an estimated
9,047.000 bd. ft. located near
the Ulrich rd. near Prospect.
Additional i n f o r m a tion
about this proposed sale may
be secured from the office of
the district manager in the
Medford city hall.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Mostly lunny
with lomt high clouds
todav, incerasing cloudi
ness tonight. mostly
cloudv with the chance
of a little rain Monday,
high today sn. low to
night 34, high Monday
48.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 40
Lowest this Morning .... 39
Prec. to 10 p. m.
Testerday Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunday, Jan. 1!)
Sunrise 7:37 a.m.
Sunset 5:08 p. m.
New Moon 2:08 p.m.
Prominent Constellations
Orion, in the
southeast 7:31 p.m.
Well above Orion is Taurus
(brightest star Aldebaran)
and above Taurus is Per
seus (brightest stars Mar
fak and Algol).
ment by him or his future
plans. As of now, he said,
there is "nothing new" on the
question of his quitting.
Presumably, when he steps
out it will be to make a bid
for the Republican nomina
tion for governor of Pennsyl
vania, his present legal resi
dence. Stassen has notified
county GOP chairmen
throughout the state of his
interest.
Quarrel en Disarmament
The Stassen-Dulles feud has
centered on approaches to be
made to the Russians for pos
sible new negotiations on dis
armament and other matters.
Stassen has been represented
as far more hopeful than
Dulles that such talks would
produce beneficial results and
therefore has held a more lib
eral attitude.
Dulles, supported by other
powerful administration of
ficials, wants additional evi
dence of Russia's good faith
in advance of new talks with
the Soviets. He is known to
be frankly skeptical about
making any headway with
Moscow now and is fearful of
engaging in a new East-West
summit conference that could
end up in nothing more than
a propaganda session.
Stassen carried the iss.ue to
showdown at a recent meet
ing of the National Security
Council. He is reported to
have challeneed the basic ten-
ents of Dulles' foreign policy
and blamed Dulles' firm atti
tude toward Russia for con
tinuing world tensions.
Fire Breaks Out
In Dance Hall
On West Main St.
A Saturday night general
alarm fire at the Walker's
Dreamland building. East
Main st. at the Bear Creek
bridge, caused minor damage
to the building walls and an
undetermined amount of
smoke damage, according to
Medford fire department offi
cials.
The officials said the alarm
wag first turned in by an un
identified person about 6:23
p.m. Trucks arriving on the
scene found a second alarm
would be' needed and a gen
eral alarm was sounded about
6:28 p.m., according to the de
partment.
Firemen said the flames
were confined to under the
Bear Creek bridge at Main
st. A small amount of dam
age was caused by the fire to
the building wall and by fire
men who were forced to
chop a portion of the wall to
reach the fire.
The fire was confined to
trash, consisting of paper,
boxes, lumber and other
items under the bridge, fire
men said. Cause of the fire
is undetermined but it is be
lieved small boys or transi
ents had left an untended fire
under the bridge during the
afternoon, officials noted
Amos Walker, owner of the
building, said one person re
ported seeing two youths in
the area earlier in the day.
Walker said this was the
third time a fire has taken
place under the bridge, the
last being about three years
ago. He said the smoke from
the fire forced him to cancel
a scheduled dance in the ball
room. This was the first time
a Saturday dance has not been
held in 30 years, he explain
ed.
Landis Elected
By Pro Lensmen
Portland (IP) Frank Fish
er of Albany has been elected
president of the Professional
Photographers association of
Oregon.
Other new oficers include
Ron Myron, Portland, first
vice president; Carl Landis,
Medford, second vice presi
dent; Ray Weber, Hood Riv
er, secretary, and Forest
Brown, North Bend, treasu
rer. Directors elected to two
year terms include Carl Hol
man. Baker; Ray Conkling
and Gladys Gilbert, Portland;
Vern Giles, Redmond, and
Hans Running, Hillsboro. Jer
ry Warren, Myrtle Creek, was
elected to a one-year term.
Last year, Landis was treas
urer of the organization.
Others from Medford who at
tended the meeting included
Dwaine Smith.
Missile Defense
Now Coordinated
Under Director
Dual Role Assigned
Army And Air Force
Washington (IP) The defense
department, in a move to head
off new inter-service rivalry,
announced Saturday that mis
siles director William M. Hola
day will coordinate air force
building a defense against en
emy missiles.
The statement followed pub
lication of a memorandum by
Defense Secretary Neil H. Mc
Elroy which assigned the air
force and army dual responsi
bility for detecting and knock
ing down 15,000-mile an hour
rocket bombs.
McElroy's directive ordered
the air force to work out a
system for spotting the invad'
ing missiles and the army to
develop a missile capable of
destroying them.
Holaday will coordinate the
services' work until the newly
Advance Research Projects
agency (AKrA) starts oper
ating, the statement said.
The pentagon said the air
force will "continue as a mat
ter of urgency to concentrate"
on development oi its wiz
ard" radar detection system.
The army "is to continue its
current development effort1
on its Nike-Zeus anti-missile
missile.
The pentagon said the army
also is to concentrate on de
veloping a system to "demon
strate the feasibility of achiev
ing an effective defense
against the ICBM."
Meanwhile, Aviation Age
magazine reported that four
missiles designed to knock
down long-range missiles are
under development. In addi
tion to the army's Nike-Zeus
and the air force Wizard, it
named the Plato and the Bo
marc III.
It said Boeing Airplane Co.
is working on a faster version
ofits'Bomarc interceptor mis
sile which has just started
coming from the assembly
line. While the present Bo
marc is rocket-boosted and
has two Ramjet engines, the
anti-missile version will be
driven by solid propellant
rockets.
Meeting Planned
On Traffic Safety
Salem A series of meet
ings to iscuss state-wide traf
fic safety programs with city
officials has been scheduled
this week by the state depart
ment of motor vehicles' traf
fic safety division.
Meetings are scheduled
Monday in Pendleton, Tues
day in Portland, Wednesday
in Salem, Thursday in Eugene
and Friday in Medford.
The meetings were sched
uled in keeping with the ac
tion program adopted recent
ly by the Oregon Traffic
Safety commission. ,Repre
sentatives of the state's 26
cities with populations of
5,000 or more have been in
vited to attend the session
most convenient for them.
Briefings will be held on
the state's traffic safety pro
gram, the annual inventory
of traffic safety activities and
the AAA pedestrian protec
tion program. Meetings will
be conducted by Edward J.
Warmoth, manager of the traf
fic safety division and execu
tive secretary of the commis
sion. Sacramento (IP) California
hunters and iishermen set a,
new record last year in bag
ging game law violation cita
tions, the state department of
fish and game said Saturday.
BASKETBALL
COLLEGE
Colorado st. 84. Utah st. 62
Hardin Simmons 75. Ari
zona 73
Sacramento it. 37, Cal Ag
gies 43
California 61. Oregon ct. 51
DePaul 79. Portland 76
(overtime)
College of Puget Sound 87,
Whitworih 69
Whiltier 76, Pasadena 70
Oregon 57, Washington 53
Idaho 67, Washington si. 58
St. Marys 74, Fresno si. 63
Central Washington 63,
Western Washington 56
Regis 83. Pepperdine 70
Air Force Academy 83,
Washington (Mo.) U. 41
PREPS
Grants Pass 52. Klamath
Falls 46 -
Chapman 88. Occidental 15
DITCHED An accident at the junction of Ehrman rd. and
North Pacific highway, near the Medford city limits, put
this car in the ditch about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, but injured
no one, 'accorrding to city police. The vehicle, operated by
Jim A. Kempster, 3410 North Pacific highway, struck the
back of a pickup truck driven by Elmer Gren, route 2, box
167, Central Point, as the pickup turned north out of Ehrman
rd. onto the highway, police said. Gren was cited for failure
to maintain a proper lookout.
Whooping Indians
Fall on (Clansmen
Maxton, N. C. (IP) Hun
dreds of enraged Indians, fir
ing guns and teargas and
shouting war whoops, fell up
on an outnumbered band of
Ku Klux Klansmen Saturday
night and routed them in
wild disorder.
At least four persons were
reported wounded. One was
a Ft. Bragg paratrooper,
struck in the forehead by a
shotgun pellet. Another was
a newspaper photographer
struck in the face by pellets.
The battle was over almost
before it started as the In
dians scattered the Klansmen,
who had gathered for a ral
ly, with a teargas and gunfire
volly. Many Klansmen drop
ped their own arms as they
fled for their automobiles and
carried out a ragged retreat.
United Press reporters esti-.
mated that between 500 and
600 persons took part in the
melee on a battleground that
became almost pitch dark
when the Indians shot out the
Klan floodlights: The Indians
had a superiority of at least
10 to 1.
A force of 16 highway pa
trolmen which had been on
standby duty moved in swift
ly and cleared the field where
the rally had been scheduled.
The : triumphant . Indians
Depressed Lumber Market
By Timber Sales Revenue
Portland Revenue from
timber sales in 1957 reflected
the depressed lumber market
and was below that of 1956,
Virgil T. Heath, state super
visor of the bureau of land
management in Oregon, has
reported
Records show that 771,281,-
000 board feet were offered
for sale by the BLM and 674,-
421,000 were sold. The sales
returned $19,230,329.87 for O
and C counties and the fed
eral treasury.
The 1957 figures compare
with 569,779.000 board feet
sold in 1956 for $20,372,
634.66, he said. The per thou
sand board feet average in
1957 was $28.71, and in 1956,
it was $36.34, he added.
Manages, Protects Land
The bureau of land man
agement manages and pro
tects about 16 million .acres
of federal land in the state.
The area is divided into 10
districts. Principal jobs of the
BLM include timber sales, ac
cess road construction, refor
estation, and forest inventory
in five O and C forest dis
tricts in the 18 western coun
ties. It also handles range
management, develo p m e n t
and protection in five grazing
districts in eastern Oregon.
Sales of timber from public
domain lands in grazing dis
tricts and on the fringes of
O and C districts totaled 37,
961,000 board feet and
brought $717,180.06, an aver
age of S18.70 per thousand,
during 1957. . .
Heath said that during 1958,
the BLM plans to offer for
sale 833,000,000 board feet in
278 separate tracts. The
amount represents the annual
allowable cut on the lands,
plus salvage timber and tracts
which did not sell in 1957.
Annual Report
In his annual report, Heath
said good progress was made
in other activities. Road proj
ects completed included 91.4
miles of surfacing, 20.6 miles
of grading and two major
bridges. Under construction
were 13.2 miles of grading,
4.1 miles of surfacing and two
i a illtlli
captured a truckfull of Klan
paraphernalia including , a
loudspeaker, record player,
generator and a six-foot wood
en cross the Klansmen had
planed to burn.
One Indian wore a head
dress with painted feathers
and the legend "Chimney
Rock" (a tourist attraction)
printed on it.
The Indians used the Klan
loudspeaker to announce that
James Cole, self-styled grand
wizard of the Klan in this
section, was to be burned in
effigy at the Indian town of
Pembroke'.
The battle was found in this
southeastern North Carolina
section where some 30,000 In
dians, members of the local
Lumbee tribe, dwell in Robe
son county. The Indians went
on the warpath against the
Klan because two cross burn
ings earlier this week were
reported to have been warn
ings to Indians not to' mingle
with whites here.
San Francisco (IP) A demon
stration of various dental tech
niques on closed" circuit tele
vision will highlight the 62nd
annual meeting of the Univer
sity of California dental alum
ni association which opens
here today.
major bridges. Emphasis was
placed on the timber rem
ventory to have the job com
pleted before 1960.
Results of the 1957 inven
tory boosted the Kannual al
lowable cut on O and C lands
by 31.5 billion board feet, he
noted.
Contracts last year were
awarded for planting 9,690
acres of cutover or burned
over forest land, and for
aerial seeding of 4,300 acres.
Some of the contracts will
not be completed before
spring, Heath noted, and addi
tional contracts for planting
and seeding will be let in the
near future.
Contracts for Seedlings
The BLM has contracted
for about 16 million seed
lings from the forest service
and a private nursery, which
will be delivered for planting
during 1958 and 1959, he add
ed. During the year, a decision
was made to discontinue the
controversial marketing area
requirement of O and C tim
ber sales. The action followed
public hearings at which lum
bermen and other interested
persons expressed opinions.
The regulation had been in ef
fect for several years and re
quired that stumpage sold in
the marketing area must be
at least manufactured into
rough lumber before it could
be transported from the area.
Microfilming of the survey
field notes for the 13 north
western Oregon counties was
finished last year, Heath
noted, and the project will
be completed for all Oregon
counties during 1958. Oregon
thus will become the first
state in the union to have its
entire land surrvey on com
p a c t, permanent microfilm.
Copies of the film will be on
sale by the BLM for inter
ested parties.
Grazing Report
In the 10 BLM districts in
Oregon last year, 2,175 live
stock operators grazed 371,
000 head of cattle, 4,317
horses, and 197,000 sheep.
Revenut from the crazing
esfs
... nearing Pole
Fuchs Radios In
Four Sno-Cat Tractors
In Use By British
McMurdo Sound, Antarcti
ca (IP) A British expedi
tion headed by Dr. Vivian
Fuchs rested 56 miles from
the South Pole Saturday be
fore making the final push
to reach the half-way mark
on its 2,400 mile trek across
Antarctica.
Dr. Fuchs, in a message
relayed to U.S. Navy opera
tion Deep Freeze headquar
ters from the South Pole, said
he hoped to arrive at the pole
at 6 a.m. Monday (1:30 p.m.
EST. Sunday).
Fuchs will be greeted at
the pole by Adm. George
J. Dufek, operation Deep
Freeze commander, and Sir
Edmund Hillary, who beat
Fuchs in an overland "race"
to the pole early this month.
Hillary planned to join the
Fuchs expedition for the re
mainder of the journey across
the continent to Scott Base
near McMurdo Sound on the
Ross sea. The New Zealand
explorer and conquorer of Mt.
Everest had advised the Bri
tish to abandon their expedi
tion at the pole, but Fuchs
rejected the recommendation
outright.
Fuchs' radio message, re
layed by New Zealander Pe
ter Mulgrew from the pole,
said the 12-man party now
was traveling with four Sno
Cat tractors and one weasel.
He said the group was forced
to abandon two weasels on
the route from Shackelton
base on the Wedden sea, his
starting point last Nov. 24.
Hillary and Dufek were fly
ing to the pole aboard two
Navy P2V Neptune planes on
what was scheduled to be the
last flights to the bottom of
the w;-rld before winter sets
in- '
Hillary took account of the
fast closing in of winter in
making his recommendation
that Fuchs stop for the winter
and continue his trek next
spring.
However, the New Zealan
der always has insisted that
if Fuchs intended to complete
the journey this year, he
would do all he could to help
him.
Revealed
for 1957
was $196,000, he said.
Several projects were un
der taken by the BLM last
year on public domain graz
ing lands to improve the
stock ranges and increase the
carrying capacity for live
stock and wildlife. Projects
included chemical brush con
trol on 2,134 acres; chemical
weed control on 1,634 acres;
sand dune control on 80 acres;
100 miles of range fence built;
60 'reservoirs, 20 springs and
six wells developed; 48 miles
of truck road constructed;
and three bridges and seven
cattleguards built on range
roads.
There were 7,750 acres of
BLM range seeded to crested
wheatgrass, and 21,830 bush
els of wheatgrass seed har
vested from 1,200 acres of
federal land. The harvested
wheatgrass will be used to
seed other areas of federal
range and will increase graz
ing capacity, Heath said.
Fire Conlrrol Report
John C. Hunt, BLM fire
control officef, said district
range managers, their staffs
and the per diem guards con
trolled 171 fires on federal,
private, state and county
lands last year. A total of 45,
000 acres were burned by the
107 man-caused and 64 light
ning fires. Cost of fire sup
pression and prevention in
the grazing districts was
about $186,000, he said.
Four . fires outside the dis
tricts on public domain lands
protected under contract by
the state and " forest service
burned six acres. Fire dam
age on BLM and private
lands was estimated at $96,
000, and the cost of replacing
burned improvements and re
seeding burned areas was es
timated at 3103,000.
In the O and C districts
there were 40 fires which
burned 1,100 acres of federal
land causing an estimated
$32,680 in damage. The forest
districts are all under con
tract protection to the Oregon
state department of forestry,
private forest protection asso
ciations, and the forest service.
U.S. To
On Space Weapon
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PRESIDENTIAL DUTY Martin Luther Jr., (left) of Rogue
River orchards, and outgoing president of the Fruit Growers
League of Jackson county, helped Lyle Kinney (right), Bear
Creek orchards, newly elected president of the organization,
get underway with his first presidential duty Friday at the
Medford YMCA. The two men washed and dried the dishes
following the annual meeting of the fruit growers league.
Coffee and doughnuts had been served.
Lyle Kinney Elected
Head of Fruit League
Lyle Kinney of Bear Creek
orchards, was elected presi
dent of the Fruit Growers
League of Jackson county dur
ing Friday's meeting at the
YMCA in Medford.
Other officers elected were
Ron James, first vice presi
dent; Bob Minear, second vice
president and Fred Morlan,
secretary-treasurer.
Those elected to the board
of directors were:' Robert
Norris, Ed Ebhart, Ron James,
Several Activities
Planned for YM
Week Observance
Several activities have been
planned by the Medford
Young Men's Christian asso
ciation in observation of an
nual YMCA Week, Jan. 19
through 26.
- Bob Jones, general secre
tary, said all members and
guests have been invited to
visit the YMCA during the
week and participate in the
activities. .
Y week schedule calls for
beginning square dance les
sons Monday, Jan. 20. The
lessons will be under the di
rection of Mr; and Mrs. Doug
las Fosbury. Registrations
will be open until Feb. 3.
Annual Meeting
Tuesday evening, Jan. 21,
the annual meeting and elec
tion of the Medford YICA
will be conducted by. Carl
Brophy, president. Arrange
ments are being planned by
Robert Dames.
YMCA Diamond Lake camp
ers will meet Wednesday,
Jan. 22 for the annual camp
reunion. - Jim Rowan, camp
committee chairman, will be
in charge of the program.
Gym activities and square
dancing are featured Thurs
day, Jan. 23 with men's vol
leyball exhibition matches be
ing played under the direc
tion of Gordon Williams, Y
physical director. An adult
square dance special is being
planned under the direction
of Jake Toews.
Family Night
Family night will be held
Friday, Jan. 24, featuring
tumbling and "how to teach
it at home." Other game's and
contests will be held under
the direction of Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Chamberlain and Mr.
and Mrs. Curt Butterfield.
A Junior High Youth
council dance will be held
Saturday, Jan. 25. Miss Sheryl
Bratton will chairman the
dance.
Highlight of YMCA Week
activities will be the annual
open house on Sunday, Jan.
26. The open house program
will feature a sample of all
Y activities and will be open
to anyone. The program is un
der the direction of Dr. Lau
rel G. Case.
Los Angeles (IP) The state
AFL's Labor League for Po
litical Education Saturday
adopted plans for a $1,300,
000 fund to combat a proposed
right to work law.
Hammer
Orville Hamilton, Martin
Luther Jr., Cecil Clemens and
Tom Spatz.
Paul Culbertson led off on
committee reports with a
statement on the work of his
legislative committee.
With the support of his
group Senate Bill 311 has
now become a state law which
specifies trees are deemed
part of real property. Pass
age at this law-has eliminated
the hated tree tax and has
saved the pear industry "hun
dreds of thousands of dollars
each year," he said. Phil
L o w r y quarterbacked the
fight for the new law, Culbert
son said. Others in the battle
were Steve Nye and Howard
Bush.
An all metal barracks to
accommodate 100 men was
built in the league's farm
labor camp during the past
year costing $10,202, Chuck
Henry reported.
Of the 511 men brought
from El Centro, Calif., 418
were recontracted for to other
districts which saved the
league money on their return
transportation, Henry said.
(See story on page 5)
Crime Conference
Set For Medford
A western state crime con
ference will be held in Med
ford May 19, 20 and 21, ac
cording to Lyle Perkins, Med-,
ford police department de
tective lieutenant and chair
man for the event. .
More than 250 law enforce
ment officers from 14 states
are expected to take part in
the conference, he said. Perk
ins said the purpose of the
conference is to discuss and
exchange of information on
safe burglars, their associates,
methods and cars they use.
Jenson To Speak
On Development
Julius Jenson, director- of
the state development com
mission, will discuss duties of
the office at the weekly Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce of roundtable Monday
noon at the Jackson hotel.
Jenson also will speak at
the annual Ashland Chamber
of Commerce dinner Monday
night at the Plaza cafe in
Ashland.
Little Improvement
Seen in NW Market
Lumber market news serv
ices reported little or no im
provement in northwest mar
kets last week.
Crow's Lumber Market
service, Portland, said no im
provement has been noted at
the mill level although there
are indications of good de
mand for lumber shaping up
in several' sections of the
country. Cold and snow in
parts of the east and midwest
have been partly responsible
for the market's failure to
stiffen, it noted.
Russians
Ban
Peace Goal Asked
For Outer Space
Scientific Work
Summit Conference
Issue In Background
Washington (IP) President
Eisenhower and Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles have
decided to keep hammering at
Russia to accept or reject their
'call for a ban on outer space
weapons, administrat ion
sources said Saturday.
The Amercan proposal, first
advanced in the president's
letter to Soviet Premier Niko
lai Bulganin last weekend, al
so calls for a general agree- i
ment dedicating man's outer
space efforts to peace.
Russian reaction to the pro
posal will be taken as one test
of whether the United States
should agree to a "summit"
conference on all cold war is
sues. Reliable sources said the ad
ministration will, by diplo
matic negotiations and public
statements, keep the "ban the
missiles" issue alive and be
fore the world.
Preparations for behind-the-
scenes negotiations with Rus
sia on the issue will pick up
speed about Feb. 1, when am
bassador to Moscow Llewel
lyn E. Thomp'son Jr. returns to
Washington for 10 days of
conferences with Mr. Eisen
hower, Dulles and others.
Thompson is expected to be
gin his probing of Soviet re
action and intentions when he
returns to Moscow about Feb.
15. .
Early in these lower level
talks, this source said, the
United States may propose
shifting the outer space issue
to the United Nations and
separating it from other east
west issues.
President Eisenhower and
Dulles have voiced readiness
to consider summit talks with
the Russians if preliminary
diplomatic work at the ambas
sadorial and foreign ministers'
level shows a real chance of
easing east-west tensions.
The administration wants to
check the arms race and set up
controls on use of outer space
while rockets and missiles are
in their infancy.
Dulles, in a speech Thurs
day, proposed formation of an
international commission to
insure that outer space will be
used only for peaceful pur
poses.
Thorpe Will Talk
On Traffic Control
Vernon Thorpe, director of
public works and Medford
city engineer, will be a mem
ber of a panel on uniform
traffic control devices at the
11th annual northwest traffic
engineering conference at
Oregon State college Jan. 22
24. The conference is sponsored
by the Oregon state highway
department, Oregon State col
lege and the western section
of the institute of traffic en
gineers. The primary purpose of the
conference is to promote the
exchange of ideas in traffic
engineering and to keep traf
fic engineers abreast of cur
rent developments in the
field.
Sports Bulletins
Ashland The Southern
Oregon College Raiders
made it two straight over
the Portland Stale Vikings
Saturday night by waxing
the Tisitors by a 50 to 42
count. Norm Oliva of the
Raiders was high man for
the game with 19 counters.
The ball game featured
ball-control with a halftime
score of 21 to 17.
Ashland high, capitalis--Ing
on more free shot op
portunities in the final
quarter, nosed out Medford
40 to 37 here last night in a
Southern Oregon confer
ence basketball fracas. Med
ford led at all quarter rests
8 to 5. 21 to 18 and 31 to
27. Alvin Hartwell record
ed 14 points for Ashland
and Jack. Tobiasson 10.
Jerry Anderson topped Mad
ford with nine, d
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