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. 14 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1958 No. '234
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TERROR IN THE STREET
scene in Arequipa, Peru, as an earthquake at the right. With dust clouds rising in the
that killed 24 persons struck. A commercial backgrounds, residents mill about in appre
sign at upper left underscores the grim hension.
Cache of Liquor,
Rifle Are Taken
From Area Youths
A large cache of liquor,
some cigarettes, a .22 caliber
rifle and ammunition were
discovered by Jackson county
sheriffs officers yesterday
afternoon, according to Joe
Walsh, chief deputy.
Three youths, a 16-ycar-old
Medford youth and two Jack
sonville youths, aged 15 and
16. were apprehended and are
being held in the Jackson
county juvenile detention
home, Walsh said.
The items were taken from
Coleman's hardware and
liquor store in "Jacksonville
about a month ago, Walsh
said. Now on display at the
sheriff's office are 22 bottles
of whiskey, 10 bottles of
vodka, about six boxes of
cigars, a few packages of cig
arettes and the gun and am
munition. The youths told officers
they sold approximately half
the stolen liquor. Total
amount reported stolen was
one case of vodka and two
cases of whiskey.
Liquor Buried
Walsh said the liquor was
found buried in two different
locations near Jacksonville
and the remainder was found
in the home of one of the
youths.
Apprehension of the trio
also cleared up other small
crimes, Welsh said. They ad
miited entering the Moose
hall in Medford twice and
taking about S40 from the
cash register there.
The youths also admitted
entering the premises of the
bca-Cola Bottling company,
600 North Grape St., Medford,
and taking dispensing ma
chine keys from various com
pany trucks. They used the
keys to rob 10 machines
around Medford, they said.
Officers found a map of the
city with numbers where the
machines were located. About
$90 was accumulated from
the machines. The youths told
officers a key to the Moose
hall was found at the Coca
Cola plant.
The trio also admitted to
entering a jewelry store in
Jacksonville and taking about
six eigarette lighters one time
and about 12 another time.
Portland OF) Three men
were injured Tuesday when
a bulldozer struck, a small
frame shack which then fell
on them during demolition
work at the Brooklyn yards of
Southern Pacific here.
Truck Rams
At Weed; 6
Weed, Calif. (IP! Lou
Sbarbaro, operator of Lou's
Lounge in the Genova hotel
here, told police he walked
into his establishment from
the kitchen Tuesday night to
find a truck two-thirds of the
way into the building and six
patrons lying injured on the
floor.
B. E. Bacon, 33, Portland,
driver of the truck, told offic
ers lie had parked the truck
in front of a service station
and entered a restaurant to
eat. J3onald Bergstedy, Port
land," was asleep in the sleep
ing compartment of the semi
truck, and trailer rig.
v Th truck then: Broke out
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This is a street story, as cracks
Investigation of
Licensing of Auto
Parts Firm Asked
A group of residents in the
Hilton rd. area near Highway
62 in the northern part of
Medford plans to continue ef
forts to eliminate an auto
parts business in the neigh
borhood, a spokesman said to
day.
Organized under the slo
gan "S. T. O. P. S. L. U. M. S."
(meaning "Save Those Old
Places Still Loved by U, Me
and Several), they are plan
ning meetings in the future to
determine what course of ac-
Court Considers
Zoning Request
Request for establishing a
residential zone in the Oak
Grove area west of Medford
was taken under advisement
by the Jackson county court
this morning following a pub
lic hearing.
About 32 residents of the
area were present. There
were no objections expressed.
The area includes about 103
homes and has an estimated
value of . $2Vi million. At
torney Ben Day represented
the petitioners.
Commissioner Chester
Wendt said the boundaries
will have to be approved by
the court and an election held
in not less than 30 days after
the order is signed. The
order approving the bound
aries will probably be signed
tomorrow, Wendt said.
A full court was not pres
ent today since County Judge
Rodney Keating was in Salem
on business for the county
board of equalization.
The area proposed for zon
ing is south of Jacksonville
highway, . along Janney lane
and Perrydale ave., extends
west from Perrydale ave. and
a quarter of a mile south of
the Jacksonville highway
A majority vote is all that
is required to establish the
zone, Wendt explained.
Stolen Portland Safe
Found Near Mulino
Oregon City IP A safe
stolen! from the Babies and
Children's Medical building
in Portland early last Satur
day was found in a field near
Mulino Tuesday. Sheriff's of
ficers said it contained checks
and papers but more than
S1200 in currency was miss
ing. Into Lounge
Persons Hurt
of gear, rolled over a curb,
through a six-foot metal
fence, went through the ser
vice station lot onto another
street, rolled 500 yards down
the street, crossed the main
intersection, knocked down a
flood light pole at another
service station, knocked down
an eight-foot retaining'wall at
the Genova hotel and finally
came to rest inside the lounge
of the establishment.
Bergstedy was not injured.
Mr$. Neal Evans, 24, of Ft.
Jones, Calif., was taken to Mt.
Shasta hospital with a broken
leg. Other patrons injured
were treated at the hospital
and released.
Tribune
begin to appear in the walls
tion to take, and plan to in
vite other interested residents
of their area and elsewhere in
Medford.
Members of the group are
among those who protested
when the city- council recent
ly voted to recommend that
the parts business be licensed
for operation in 1958. Their
views were set forth in a tele
gram sent to the state depart
ment of motor vehicles re:
cently, . the agency which is
charged by law with issuing
such licenses. f
The telegram said: , . ,
Request Investigation
"Request investigation and
hearing with representatives
your department regarding
1958 licensing Speedway
Auto Parts, 1395 Hilton rd.,
Medford. Approximately 300
acres fine residential proper
ty here, and 96 ' per cent of
residents object to this opera
tion. Petitions in hand signed
by over 85 neighborhood resi
dents objecting to noise, burnr
ing, street congestion, drive
way blocking and devaluation-
of property. Residential
restrictions on surrounding
properties made public rec
ord in April, 1952. Consistent
protests to licensing this
operation since 1952. We feel
your department should be
apprised of history of area."
The reply pointed out that
the department has no choice
but to issue such a license
after a recommendation has
been issued by a local gov
ernmental body. Earlier this
was the county court, but fol
lowing last year's annexation
jurisdiction went to the city
of Medford.
The area is one now being
studied by the city planning
technician and planning com
mission, which hopes to have
a comprehensive land - use
study and overall plan for the
area prepared, probably this
year.
Teamsters Charged
With Bogus Records
Washington HP) Senate
investigators f charged today
that union officials in San
Francisco tried to cover up
withdrawals of $26,500 in
union funds by planting bo
gus records in the files.
They made the charge after
Patrick William Clancy,. pres
ident of Local 3 of the Oper
ating Engineers Union, testi
fied that he piloted the local's
plane on a cross-country junk
et to cash $10,000 in union
checks.
Clancy told the Senate
Rackets committee that he
and Local Treasurer Porter
E. Vanderwark turned over
about $9,500 of the proceeds
of their check-cashing junket
to Victor E. Swanson, the
local's business agent and
one-time member of the San
Francisco Public Utilities
Commission.
Clancy said he was told
Swanson used the money to
campaign for several candi
dates running for union of
fice. Portland (W Funeral ar
rangements are pending here
for Clarence E. Francis, pro
minent Portlanda utomobile
dealer who died Tuesday at
Palm Springs, Calif. He was
69.
Heavy
fisHf
m GEi AOS
Washington (IP) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dul
les today warned the Middle
East that Russia is trying to
add that area to the Com
munist bloc.
Dulles' warning came after
a conference with President
Eisenhower. The secretary of
state leaves this afternoon for
Ankara, Turkey, to attend a
meeting of the anti-Communist
Middle East nations in the
Baghdad pact.
Earlier today the State De
partment branded as "totally
false" Soviet charges that the
U. S. is going to force the
Baghdad nations Iran, Tur
key, Iraq and Pakistan, plus
Britain to accept American
missile bases.
The official statement ac
cused Russia of "incredible"
arrogance and warned of Rus
sia's "imperialistic aggressive
designs" in the Middle East.
Dulles Supports Pact
Dulles said "the President
has authorized me to express
the deep concern of the Un
ited States for the security
and economic development of
this part of the Free World,
and our constant and unwav
ering support for the princi
ples of collective security sym
bolized by the Baghdad pact.
"The United States is fully
conscious of the threat to the
area which comes from the
north," he said. "Formerly it
was the threat of Czarist im
perialism. Now it is the threat
of Communist imperialism,
again expressed only yester
day . by the Soviet Union,"
Dulles'said. ;-
Russia Tuesday had warn
ed that acceptance by Bagh
dad pact nations of American
missile bases could drag them
into the horrors of nuclear
war. That warning was
coupled with a call forTrea
tion of a missile-free "zone of
peace" in the Middle East.
Western diplomats consid
ered that proposal a propa
ganda move aimed at upset
ting the Baghdad pact meet
ing. The U. S. is not a mem
ber of the pact but partici
pates in several of its com
mittees. ' ' ' ;
Border on Russia
The Baghdad nations are
pledged to resist aggression
and to strengthen their mutu-
Eagles to Discuss
Pians for Building
Plans for construction of a
new lodge hall will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles,
Crater Lake Aerie 2093, here
during its Thursday meeting,
according to Louis Parker,
secretary.
The lodge owns about five
acres on Biddle rd., near Jack
son st., part pf which will be
used for; the site of the new
lodge building, Parker ex
plained. The property was
purchased in January, 1957,
he said. No definite plans or
cost estimates have been
! made.
Construction of the pro
posed lodge building would
probably be financed from
sale of the present building
owned by the lodge at 217,
219 and 221 West Main st.
Any other expenses would be
met by sale of part of the
property on Biddle rd. and
from club funds, he said.
A full initiation also is
planned for Thursday night,
Parker said.
Gaiiher Report
Said Refused by Ike
Washington (IP) Senate
Democratic leader Lyndon B.
Johnson said today that Pres
ident Eisenhower has refused
flatly to give Senate prepar
edness investigators the sec
ret Gaither report on the na
tion's defenses. .
Johnson, chairman of the
Senate Preparedness Subcom
mittee, made public aletter
from the President saying
that "I cannot properly" fur
nish the so-called Killian and
Gaither reports to the sena
tors or release them for publi
cation. '
The Gaither report is un
derstood to have warned that
the U.S. is in the gravest dan
ger in its history.
Smws
n AO 0 1!
al defense. All of them except
Britain lie along Russia's
southern boundary.
Besides attending the pact
meeting, Dulles will hold "sol
idarity" meetings in Morocco,
Iran and Turkey before re
turning here Feb. 1.
Russia's warning to the
Mid-East allies about allowing
U. S. missile bases on their
soil followed reports from
London that the Soviets
themselves are building seven
missile bases in Bulgaria and
Albania.
Donald S.Clark,
Rancher, Dies of
Heart Attack
Donald Stewart Clark, 71,
one Ox the early arrivals in
the historic Big Red Apple
migration of half a century
ago, died at his ranch home
on ,fThe 401 Road," from a
sudden heart attack early todays-He
had been an active ran
cher ' ever since his arrival
in 1909 until a few years ago
when he retired, and with
Mrs. Clark has lived since
then on a portion of the orig
inal Clark 'property. As he
had enjoyed .robust health
practically all his life and
there was no illness or warn
ing preceding the seizure,, his
death came as a severe shock
to his" family " and" - many
friends.
Mr. Clark was born Aug.
26, 1886, jn Evanston, 111. and
at the age of 23 came to the
Rogue .' River valley with
many others of the "college"
generation' of the , Chicago
area, "to enter what was then
so commonly called the "fruit
game." From that time until
only a few years ago he was
both a ranch owner and a
ranch worker, directing oper
ations but doing a major
share of the manual work
himself. .
Active Competitor
He was for many years a
member of the board of direc
tors of the Rogue River Irri
gation company. He was also
a charter member of and ac
tive competitor in both the
original and the present Val
ley Golf and Country clubs,
as well as one of the charter
members of the Medford Uni
versity club.
In 1916 he married Mabel
Burke, whose family had also
joined that Big"Apple migra
tion from . the Chicago area.
Mrs. Clark . survives, as well
as their daughter, Mrs. George
Martin of Bronxville,N.Y.,and
the latter's two daughters,
Virginia and Katharine Mar
tin. The only other survivor
is Marshall Clark, an older
brother, 1 iv i n g in Winter
Park, Fla.
Funeral arrangements
await the arrival of Mrs. Mar
tin which is expected tomor
row. The services, however,
will be private. - 1
Ashland Schedules
United Fund Parade
Ashland Ashland will hold
a United Fund victory parade
starting at 6:30 p.m. today in
celebration of going "over the
top" with more than $20,000
in contributions to the Ash-land-Talent
United Fund.
Participating in the noise
parade will be boys and girls
from member agencies and
Ashland and Talent High
school bands. The parade will
form at the Plaza, go south on
East Main st. to the fire sta
tion, then north along Lithia
way to the Plaza.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Gyierally cloudy
through Thursday. Some
fog in valley again to
night. Chance of light rain
Thursdav afternoon and
night. Low tonight 32.
High Thursday 48.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ' 4S
Lowest this Morning 28
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
7:35 a.m.
Sunset
5:12 p.m.
The Moon sets at 8:25 p.m.
and at that time Castor and
Pollux (the Twins) will be
well np in the east. Castor
is the higher of the two
stars; Pollux is the brighter.
First Quarter Jan. 27
New England,
New York State
Get Freezing Rain
49 Deaths Blamed
Directly on Storm
By UNITED PRESS
The worst storm of the win
ter continued its march east
ward today, bringing freezing
rain and gale-force winds to
New England and New York
State after dumping up to 18
inches of snow in the. Mid
west. The death toll from trie
three-day midwestern storm
rose to 49.
Kansas City, Mo., was
caught in a 15-inch snowfall.
Seven deaths in the Kansas
City area were attributed to
the storm, the worst in near
ly 50 years.
Traffic Snarled
The snow, piling 18 inches
deep at Odessa, Mo., snarled
air and ground traffic in
many midwestern cities.
Some schools and businesses
closed.
With the shift of the storm
center northeastward, the
Weather Bureau warned in
terior New England and Up
per New York State of freez
ing rains that would coat
some areas with a dangerous
glaze. -Heavy
Rains Arrive
A rush of warm air lifted
warnings of eight-inch snows
in New England. Boston ex
pected a 50-degree reading
during the day..
Rains were heavy and
widespread. At Nashua, N.H.,
flooded streets forced schools
to close.
In the Midwest, a pulse of
cold air followed the snow
storm. The temperature drop
set off light snows from
Michigan and Illinois through
the1' Ohio - Valley into - Ken
tucky.
The mercury fell below
zero in snow-covered Iowa
and Nebraska.
Another surge of cold air
also spread light snow near
the Canadian border from
North Dakota to Michigan.
Many Heart Attacks
A United Press count since
the start of the storm Monday
showed many deaths resulted
from heart attacks induced by
exertion and stress during
the storm.
Illinois reported 11 weather
connected deaths; Indiana 6;
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and
Missouri 5 each; Kansas, Iowa
and Nebraska 4 each; New
York and Oklahoma 2 each,
and Michigan 1.
BLM Forester Gets
Transfer, Promotion
Wilson Bioree. 843 West
Jackson St., unit forester with
the local district of the bureau
of land management, was no
tified this week of his appoint
ment as district forester for
BLM in Ukiah, Calif.
The appointment will be
come effective Jan. 25, accord
ing to Ross Youngblood, dis
trict forester. Bioree has been
employed by . the' BLM since
1948 and was with the uena
district prior to his transfer
to Medford three years ago.
Youngblood said a replace
ment has not heen named but
hoped that a promotion would
be made within the local dis
trict. He left for Portland to
day where he will meet with
the regional forester regard
ing the vacancy. Youngblood
will return to Medford Mon
day. Rep. Smith of
Wisconsin Dies
Washington OP) Rep.
Lawrence H. Smith, 65, (R
Wis.), died of a heart ettack
today after collapsing in the
House restaurant.
The congressman, who ap
parently had recovered from
a heart ailment suffered a
year or so ago, fell across an
empty table in the restaurant
as he reached for a chair to
sit down.
Doctors worked over him
immediately, but Dr. George
Calver, Capitol physician, re
ported there was no heart
beat. '
Adrenalin was injected and
artificial - respiration was
tried.
With an oxygen mask fit
ted over his face, he was tak
en to the Walter Tippd Armv
Medical center where he was
pronounced dead on arrival.
"Think There's Been
Minds
Russia Will Settle
Only for Larger
Meetings
London fW : Communist
diplomats said today Russia
will settle for nothing less
than a "broad summit" con
ference, representing lessen
nations as well as the Big
Four powers, in any future
international negotiations.
The authoritative Red
sources said this attitude ap
plies to further- talks on the
deadlocked disarmament is
sue as well as ' to any other
question of world importance
The statement apparently was
inspired today by the Krem
lin. In Numerical Minority
. "Russia is tired of pro
tracted negotiations in which
it finds itself in a numerical
minority," they said. "It
wants a wider international
forum for future discussions."
The Kremlin's minimum
demand for a conference,
these sources said, would be
a meeting of leaders of the
Big Four, plus the member
nations of the Atlantic and
Warsaw pacts and such "neu
trals" as India, Egypt, Yugo
slavia and Afghanistan.
For disarmanipent in par
ticular, the Communists said,
the Russians favor a confer
ence representing many more
nations something on the
order of the proposed 82-na-tion
meeting rejected by the
last U. N. General Assembly.
The diplomats said Russia
is mobilizing the entire re
sources of its massive, world
wide propaganda machine for
Russian Submarine
Warning Issued
Washington (IP) Sen.
Henry M. Jackson said today
that missile-firing Russian sub
marines could devastate much
of America. '
The Washington Democrat
said the administration is
"virtually ignoring" the need
for a radar network to give
warning of such an attack.
Jackson issued his state
ment as the House debated
President Eisenhower's emer
gency request for $1,260,000,
000 in additional cash for mis
sile development and defense
measures.
Passage ,of the appropria
tion measure is expected
Thursday.
Warehouse Destroyed
In Fire at Portland
Portland Wi Fire early
today destroyed a warehouse
and its contents at the Carl M.
Halvorson Construction Com
pany plant at 10626 South
west Pacific highway with
loss to the building estimated
at $12,000.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York IIP) Dow
Jones final stocky averages:
30 industrials 445.70. off
0.94; 20 railroads 106.23.
off 0.29; 15 utilities 71.54,
off 0.11; and 65 stocks 151.
56, off 0.33. Sales today
were about 2,390,000 shares
compared with 2,160,000
shares Tuesday.
V.
flfaast
Enough Meeting Of
Yet?"
in Future
an all-out effort to impose its
terms on the West.
The Russians will accept
nothing less than unqualified
acceptance of their demand
for a "broad summit" meeting
as the first step toward new
talks, the Communist sources
said..
After that, they said, the
Kremlin might be willing to
consent to negotiations by
experts, acting through diplo
matic channels, to work out
formal agenda for the meet
ing'. Under no circumstances, the
Reds said, would the Russians
agree to the foreign ministers'
conference proposed by the
West as a preliminary to any
summit meeting.
Democrats Jump on
Money Relaxation
Washington (IP) Demo
crats jumped on the govern
ment's newest relaxation in
its "tight money" policy to
day as showing the business
recession is "more serious"
than the administration ad
mits. .
Some members of Congress
said the Federal Reserve
Board's reduction of the in
terest rate on loans to mem
ber banks from 3 to 23A per
cent should1 be followed up
by more anti-recession moves.
The new rate went into effect
today in Philadelphia and
other Federal Reserve banks
were expected to follow suit.
Gold Hill Man Is
Sentenced in Court
David Regan, route 2, box
517, Gold Hill, received a
suspended sentence of five
years in the state penitentiary
after pleading guilty in cir
cuit court yesterday to charges
of grand larceny.
Sentencing of William Kay
mond Dyer, of the same ad
dress, and on similar cnarges
was postponed pending addi
tional information. .
Both men were charged in
connection with the theft of
two wheels and tires from
Parsons Motors, 315 East Fifth
st., Medford,: Nov. 23.
Fourteen Directors Are
Elected to YMCA Board
Fourteen ' directors were
elected to the Medford YMCA
board at the organization's
annual meeting last night.
Thev are Girna Stanley,
Glenn Jennings, Dr. laurel
Case, C. E. Chamberlain,
Woody Morse, Larry Clark,
Walter Garner, Ray Reter,
Bill Williams, Cliff McGinty,
Ray Offord, E. B. Devoe, Mar
shall Bessonette, and Lowell
Chamberlain.
Directors will elect officers
at a meeting next month.
Carl BroDhy, president oi
the Y, called attention to the
nppris of the Y movement in
Medford. and stressed the im
portance of persons joining to
receive the organization s
benefits and giving assistance
to an expanding youth pro
gram.
Reports covering activities
Police Patrols
Control Riots;
Spread Indicated
Automobile, Bus
Traffic Picking Up
By UNITED PRESS
A nationwide rebellion
against the regime of Presi
dent Marcos Perez Jimenez of
Venezuela appeared to be
coming to en end today but
not until savage street fight
ing killed 30 persons in the
capital city of Caracas alone.
United Press Correspond
ent Joseph Taylor reported
from Caracas today that radio
and television stations had re
sumed their regular broad
casting. This meant the govr
ernment - imposed "network"
in force during an emergency
had ended.
Traffic Picks Up
A nightlong curfew ended
at 5 a.m. and it was not an
nounced whether it would be
continued. Automobile and
bus traffic was light in the
early hours but was picking
up rapidly. It was believed in
ternational airlines would
land in Caracas as usual to
day.
However a communique
broadcast by Radio Maracai-
bo and heard in Willemstadt,
N.W.I., warned the population
of Zulia State to "ignore false
rumors." It instructed all in
habitants to preserve- peace
and order there by carrying
out their normal duties, an
indication the strike might
still be in effect there.
Maracaibo, 325 miles west
of Caracas, is Venezuela's sec
ond largest city.
Spread Indicated
A government communique
issued in Caracas Tuesday
night said armed police pa
trols, secret police and nation
al guardsmen had brought the
riots under control, but other
sources indicated trouble was
spreading throughout the
country.
Reports received in Wash
ington said more than 100
persons were . injured and
approximately 1,000 arrested
in the Caracas street fighting.
They said the disorders were
still underway Tuesday night.
Rigid Censorship Imposed
A rigid censorship imposed
by the Venezuelan govern
ment masked most details of
the disorders, but a direct dis
patch from Caracas reported
30 dead in the fighting.
A Caracas dispatch also re
ported disorders in the cities
of Valencia, Valera, Valle de
la Pascua, Los Tigres, Los
Teques, Fijo and Pueblo
Nuevo. The disturbances were
described as "minor."
Some of these are import
ant oil towns on which Vene
zuela relies for one of the
highest federal incomes-in the
world.
Rogue River Man Is
Fined in Klamath
Klamath Falls Harold
Raymond Van Hoy, 37, of
Rogue River, was fined $100
by U.S. Commissiojier Bert
C. Thomas Friday after he
pleaded guilty for illegally
shooting swans in southern
Oregon and northern Cali
fornia. Tom Garrett, federal game
management agent here, said
Hoy was the third person ar
rested for illegally shooting
swans. He estimated that 40
swans have been shot this sea
son, about the same number
as last year.
403,258 Jobs Filled
By Employment Service
Salem BP) A record 403,
258 persons were placed on
jobs by the State Employ
ment Service during 1957, Di
rector Earl R. Lovell an
nounced today.
in the YMCA last year were
given. The memorials com
mittee announced that a pro
posed swimming pool specta
tors gallery at the west end
of the pool will be named on
behalf of the late D. Ford
McCormick, who served 12
years on the board of direc
tors. Friends of the family
have donated funds for the
gallery.
Awards for outstanding ser
vice were presented to Mrs.
Ray Wilkes, "Lucky" Heuer,
Don Dixon of Ashland, Wilson
Gilinsky, Don Gray, and
Heuer. Three - year service
awards were presented Dr.
William Roberts, S. V. Mc
Queen, Ray Offord, A. C
Pierce and Brophy.
Dr. Clifford Miller and Wil
liam Warren, representative!
of the Ashland YMCA, also
were present.