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With Franc (Sri C"3- i FILING REJECTED County turned to K. C. Wernmark, Central Point, his $20 deposit and filing application yesterday afternoon. Wernmark at tempted to file for county judge but his candidacy application and filing fee were rejected on the basis that incumbent County Judge Rodney Keating holds his position until 1960. This is based on a recent attorney general's opinion. Wernmarkfs Filing For County Judge Is Not Accepted The filing for ' candidacy yesterday afternoon by K. C. (Swede) Wernmark, Central Point, Democrat, was not ac cepted by County Clerk Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins since the term for county judge is not up for this election year, she explained today. M r s. Hopkins presented Wernmark with a letter which read: ' "It is the opinion of At torney General Robert Y. Thornton that the term of the county judge of Jackson county is for six years from the time incumbent Rodney Keating was elected in 1954. It will not expire until 1960. We cannot accept your filing of candidacy for this office." Further Action Mrs. Hopkins said no fur ther action will be taken un til she is served with a writ of mandamus. James A. Red den Jr., chairman of the Jack Medford Youths Admit Money Theft Two Medford youths were arrested by city police on charges of larceny from a store after they admitted in signed statements to taking a total of S212 three different times from the Mode O'Day store, 11 South Central ave. Police said one- of the 14-year-old boys said he went Into the store between Feb. 1 and 10 and told clerks he was waiting for his mother. When the clerk's back was turned the youth reached into the cash drawer and took about' S80 the first time and $52 the second, police said. The third theft took place about Feb. 12 when the youth, accompanied by a friend, went into the store and at tracted the attention of the clfjk while his friend took about $80 from the cash drawer. Police said the youths were lodged in the Jackson County Juvenile Detention home pending action by ju venile authorities. Road Conditions Highway 99, Siskiyous 512 inches new snow, chains required. , Highway 6 6. G r t n Springs 4 inches new snow, chains required. Highway 101 near Garb rville closed because of slide; state police expect highway to be open Satur day. Highway 299, 35 miles east of Eureka, open to one way traffic with delays up to an hour because of silde. Oregon Starts 100th Year 100-Day World's Fair To Salem (IP) Oregon, the Valentine state, is 99 years old today. In marking the event, Gov. Robert D. Holmes said: "This is our final year in one century of progress to es tablish the foundation for the beginning on Feb. 14, 1959, of a bright new one." Centennial Scheduled National recognition will also come' today when Presi dent Eisenhower signs the Oregon Centennial proclama tion in Washington, D.C. Starting June 10, Oregon will mark its centennial with a 100-day western-style worlds fair at Portland that is expect ed to draw eight million tour ists to the state. There will be frontier towns, Indian villages and oth ' ,j ' Clerk Eereth P. HopKins re son county Democratic Cen tral committee indicated this would be done. Redden said he and William Deatherage would act as attorneys for Wernmark in the case. District Attorney Tom Reeder said this morning his office would disregard the "political . overtones" and handle the question "strictly as a legal matter." "As far as I'm concerned the attorney general's opinion is the law on the matter and I will proceed on this basis." Redden said yesterday he hoped to get an opinion from the state Supreme Court be fore the March 7 filing dead line for the May primary. Compulsory Auto Insurance Urged Salem (IP) Gov. Robert D. Holmes . today called for a law requiring compulsory lia bility and property damage in surance on every motor ve hicle registered in Oregon. He also called for, legisla tion setting up a pool of all casualty insurance companies to take care of drivers who cannot buy insurance else where. The compulsory insurance plan would be similar to laws now in effect in New York and Massachusetts. Gov. Holmes said he intend ed to ask for passage of the laws by the next session of the Legislature, adding that he expected "powerful oppo sition" from the insurance in dustry. Oil Firms Announce Fuel Price Cuts Two oil companies have an nounced a reduction in fuel oil prices, the first in nine years, it was reported today. The reduction will be effec tive as of today. -, The two companies who have announced the seven tenths of a cent per gallon cut are Shell Oil company and Standard Oil company of California. Officials in Medford said other major fuel oil dis tributors in the area are ex pected to announce the same price cut. The . reduction applies to furnace oil, diesel fuel, pre mium diesel and stove oil. Retail prices to homeown ers, which have been 19 cents a gallon, will drop to 18.3 cents, a check of several Standard heating oil distribu tors indicated. er scenes from Oregon history and the Atomic Energy Com mission has plans for the larg est exhibit of its kind in the U.S. Groundwork for the centen nial celebration has been go ing on since the state Legisla ture gave the go-ahead to the project in 1955 and appropri ated $800,000 in 1957. Foreign Exhibits Expected A nine-member centennial commission headed by An thony Brandenthaller is spear heading the world-wide effort from headquarters in Port land. , Engineering studies are now under way on the Pacific In ternational livestock exhibi tion grounds for renovations to house some 36 foreign ex hibits expected at the West Crewmen Work Throughout Night To Build Detour Northern California Gets Heavy Rainfall By UNITED PRESS A 300-foot section of High way 101, which runs along the California, Oregon and Washington coasts, collapsed into the Eel river in north ern California late yesterday. The break occured about a half-mile north of Piercy near the Mendocino-Humboldt county line. Fifty highway crewmen worked under floodlights throughout the night to build a detour. However, new rains hampered them and a spokes man said the section may not be reopened for three days. A Highway Department spokesman said the river had been undercutting the high way for several weeks. Momentary Relief Fair skies today gave mo mentary relief to rain-soaked j Northern California. The Eel, Russian, Sacramento and Feather rivers spilled over into lowland areas Wednes day but were back within their banks today. Rain began falling in North ern California again today with heavy amounts predict ed for Saturday. Several families had been evacuated from their homes in the -Eureka area Wednes day and Thursday but were expected to return today. Ranchers in the Red Bluff and Oroville areas had been advised to move cattle to higher ground as the Sacra mento and Feather rivers con tinued to rise. The heavy rains predicted for Saturday could - increase the danger, weather officials said. Police Investigate Ashland Burglary State police today are in vestigating the burglary of O.K. Rubber - Welders north of Ashland last night. Officers reported, as far as can be determined, only tires and tubes were taken. En trance was' gained by shatter ing a wodden bar across the back door, police reported. Ashland police reported several attempted break-ins in that area. Thieves attempted to pry the back door open on the Ideal Drugs andknock ed the knob off the back door on the vacant building next door, they reported. The night before they attempted to break into the Ideal Super market by prying on the back door, officers said. An attempt to take gag was made by breaking the pump at a truck barn on Walker ave., Ashland police said. This morning, thieves broke a section out of a window on the side door of the Market Basket, but failed to break out a large enough section to enter, officers said. Jordan, Iraq Linked In Federal Union Amman, Jordan (IP) Jor dan and Iraq today officially linked themselves in a federal union with a central govern ment and parliament, one army, one foreign policy and one economy. as State; Mark Event Coast's first international trade fair. Around the main building, 54 acres will be set up, Dis neyland fashion, with scenes from Oregon history. Commis sioners hope to find the larg est tree in the state and make a shrine of it. The commission also hopes to have Oregonian Johnny Ray introduce a "hit song" about the centennial. Before Oregon was admit ted to the Union in 1859 it was known for 11 years as the Ore gon Territory. Before that, the mountain men knew it as the "Oregon Country." Oregon shares its Valen tine's day celebration with Arizona which observes its 46th birthday today as the youngest of the states. sidlbedl ci$ M. 20 PAGES h . iif ? ROBERT D. DAMES Announces Candidacy Medford Alforney Seeks Nomination As Circuit Judge Robert D. Dames, 46, of 33 North Barneburg rd., Medford attorney, announced today his candadacy for nomination for circuit judge position No. 1, J a c k s o n-Josephine judicial district. Dames will oppose James M. Main and Manville Heisel, both of whom have an nounced they will seek the po sition, which is now held by Judge Hv K. Hanna, who has announced his retirement. It is a non-partisan office. He received his pre-law training at the University of Minnesota and has a bachelor of law degree from St. Paul college of law. At the present, he is Rogue River city attor ney. Serves in Navy. Serving in the Navy during World War II, he was promot ed from seaman to lieutenant. He participated' in the inva sions of Saipan, Leyte and Okinawa while attached to amphibious units in the Pa cific. After the war, he practiced law in North Dakota, and was a member of the board of gov ernors of the state bar asso ciation and a U.S. commis sioner while there. He also served as assistant state attor ney and was a part-time in structor at Jamestown college, teaching business law. Dames has been practicing law in Medford since 1949. He is a member of the board of directors of the Med ford YMCA and is on the ves try of his church. He has been chairman for the Boy Scout fund campaign in the Big Pines district, a division chair man of the Rogue Valley hos pital campaign and a division chairman in the United Med ford Crusade. Past President Dames is past president of the Medford Lions club, a for mer zone chairman and dep uty district governor of Lions international. He has been active in Red Cross, and has taken an ac tive part in youth work in cluding Boy Scouts, YMCA, and American Legion Boys State. He currently is on the Boys State commission for the Legion department of. Oregon. He has been instrumental in organizing several groups of boys who have attended Boys State training at Oregon State college. Dames is a member of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Knights of Pythias, Lions, Ma sonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and is an associate member of the Medford Realty board. Dames belongs to the local, state and American bar associations. He is married and has three children who are attending Medford schools. Eisenhower Hopes For Weather Break Thomasville, Ga. (IP) President Eisenhower' hoped today for a break in the weather that would allow a round of golf or a shot, at some Georgia quail. v nn ... wf 1 QijliJp ' OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1958 No. 254 Mack Asks Early Opportunity To Answer Charges Commissioner Has No Plans To Resign Washington (IP) Fed eral Communications Commis sioner Richard A. Mack re quested an early chance to day to appear before House investigators and answer the "unsubstantiated charges, ac cusations, innendos and dis tortions so recklessly made" against him. Mack, accused of accepting $2,650 in a contested televis ion channel case, said in re sponse to a question that he had no thought of resigning. Reveals Letter Mack made public a brief letter he sent to Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark.) of a House investigating subcom mittee asking for a chance to present his side. The charges were made against Mack Thursday by Bernard Schwartz, ousted chief counsel for the subcom mittee "I am confident that when all the facts are presented to your committee, you will con elude that the accusations of Bernard Schwartz are with out foundation," Mack tola Harris. Reckless Charges' . Mack . requested ''an early opportunity to appear before rommittee and answer the unsubstantiated cnargeS; accusations, innuendos ana distortions so recklessly made bv Bernard Schwartz. Mack said he informed the office of FBI Director J. Ed gar Hoover this morning that he would cooperate with the FBI "at any time in every wav nossible." The FBI was ordered by Attorney General William P. Rogers Thursday to investi gate the case. Just before Macs ieuei . : J was releasees, ne amveu at his FCC office ana posea smiline for .photographers. Mack said he did not Know yet when he would be called to testify before the subcom mittee. , (See story on page 1Z) District Ranger Is Named for Prospect Appointment of Douglas H. Baker as district forest rang er in charge of the newly or- sanized Prospect district of o - the Rogue River . National forest has been announced by Forest Supervisor Carroll E. Brown. The new district was formed out of the southern and west ern portion of the Union Creek district and the north ern end of the Butte Falls dis trict. Baker, prior to his appoint ment, was assigned to the Union Creek district as tim ber management assistant. He had served in that capacity since June 1956. Prior to that time he was assigned to the Oakridge district of the Wil lamette National Foresf as forester. Baker received his profes sional training at Michigan State university school of for estry, graduating in 1951. He served in the army infantry during 1944 and 1945. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with in termittent rain through Saturday. Low tonight 40. High Saturday 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 49 Lowest this Morning 38 Prec .to 10 a.m. Today .. .54 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:10 a.m. Sunset - 5:42 p.m. Moonrise Saturday 5:05 a.m. New Moon Feb. 18 Jupiter rises 11:32 p.m. and appears several degrees from the star Spica. It is now beginning a westward movement among the stars that will continue about four months and bring it much nearer Spica. 2)S Tribune FRANK PERL Hat Rotation Plan Frank Perl Seeks County Coroner's Job on GOP Ticket Frank 'Perl, partner with his father, John A. Perl, in the Perl Funeral home, 426 West Sixth st., Medford, an nounced his candidacy for county coroner on the Re publican ticket today. Perl, who has been asso ciated with Perl Funeral home since 1928, attended Medford. public schools, grad uating with the Medford "High school class of 1924. He was born in Jennings, la., Nov. 14, 1904. The Perl Funeral home was established here in March, 1908, by John A. Perl. He attended Oregon State college, where he was affil iated with Delta Upsilon fra ternity, and College of Mortu ary Science, Cincinnati, Ohio. Perl's Statement "If I am elected," Perl said todays "and it is agreeable with the other funeral estab lishments, I will operate the county coroner's office on a rotation basis. This method has been in operation for many years in the cities the size of Medford and larger, and has been proved satis factory. Any cases coming un der the jurisdiction of . the coroner's office, under the ro tation basis, will be handled on a montniy Dasis Dy eacn mortuary in the county. I firmly believe that the people of Medford and Jackson coun ty -will agree with me that this is the fair and proper ... r way in wnicn tne omce oi Jackson v county coroner should be conducted." Perl is a member of Med ford Elks, Medford Masonic lodge and other Masonic groups, Hiliah Temple of the Shrine, and is past president of Medford Kiwanis club. He is also a member of the Uni versity club, the board of di rectors of Mercy Flights, Inc., and Oregon State Alumni as sociation. He married the .former Miss Dorothy Brown of Med ford in 1928. They have two children, Mrs. Marianne Zun del, San Mateo, Calif., and William Frank Perl Jr., San Francisco, Calif.; and one grandchild, Robin Zundel. Ashlander Indicted By Portland Jury Portland (IP) a xeaerai grand jury Thursday indicted Randolph Dale Pearce, 26, Ashland, on a charge of trans porting forged checks in in terstate commerce. Federal of ficials said he was being held in San Francisco. Salem (IP) Norman O. Nil- sen. Uregon iaoor Lomrais- sioner, has announced candidacy for reelection. his DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York IIP) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 444.44, up 4.20; 20 railroads 107.70, up 1.65; 15 utilities 72.05, up 0.31, and 65 stocks 151. 92. up 1.45. Sales today were about 2,070,000 shares compared with 1,880,000. Secretary May Attend Debate In UN Council Knowland Urges Prompt Meeting Washington OP) Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles may interrupt his va cation in order to deal person ally with the French-Tunisian crisis, the State Department disclosed today." Department Press Officer Lincoln White said Dulles has been following the crisis "closely" and "is giving con sideration 'to returning to Washington Monday, at least for a few days." White was asked whether Dulles' possible return is linked to the French-Tunisian crisis. Security Council Debate "Obviously, yes!" he re plied. Dulles left Washington Tuesday afternoon for Atlan tic City, N. J-, for a rest. He told newsmen upon his de parture that he did not ex pect to return to Washington before the middle of next week. White acknowledged that a return Monday would mean a change in the secre tary's plans. The State Department an nouncement raised the possi bility that Dulles may go to New York for U.N. Security Council debate on the crisis touched off by the French bombing attack last week end on a Tunisian village. There have been reports mat tne Security Council may take up the issue early next week. White said he did not know whether Dulles would go to New York. Even as the department an nounced a probable early re turn, by Dulles, Senate Re publican Leader William F. Knowland urged that the secretary seek an immediate meeting of the Security Coun cil if there is another military outbreak between France and Tunisia. "The situation in Tunisia is highly inflammatory and could have the gravest conse- quences, is.nowiana torn newsmen.- ""France made a serious blunder in its attack on the Tunisian border town. It is time to rectify their action and not to amplify it." The California Republican, emphasizing that he spoke "only for myself, not the gov ernment," made his statement amid official reports that Rus sia's vicious anti - American propaganda on the Tunisian crisis has struck a hard blow at U.S. hopes for a "profit able" East-West summit con ference. Officials here said Russia's charges that this country "masterminded" France's air attack on a Tunisian village strengthened the position of policy-makers who feel Mos cow is not sincere in claiming it wants to ease East-West tension. ' Western Teamster Chairman Selected Miami Beach, Fla. UP) Teamsters President James R. Hoffa Thursday night an nounced the appointment of Vice President Einar O. Mohn as chairman of the powerful Western Conference of the Teamsters Union. Mohn will replace Frank W. Brewster, who was sen tenced to a year of imprison ment for contempt of Con gress last year for refusing to answer questions of a Senate Labor Rackets Subcommittee. Hoffa said no date has been set for Mohn to take control of the 350,000-member West ern Conference which em braces 11 western states, West ern Canada, Alaska and Ha waii. Delivery of Telephone Directories to Start Delivery of new telephone directories for the Medford area starts Feb. 19, Pacific Telephone Manager Jack Creager said today. Almost 18,000 directories will be delivered to the com pany's customers in Medford, Central Point, Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Phoenix - Talent and other nearby communi ties. Locally hired employees of Products Development corpo ration will deliver the new directories and collect . the old ones, Creager said. ( The cover of the 1958 di rectory has a picture on it of Rogue River Valley or chards. The cover is repro duced in green with a leather ette design. "I've Told You Fifty Times Not At The Front Door!" City Police Catch Prison Escapee Here After Chase, Fight Medford police arrested an escapee from the Washington state prison last night after several block chase and fight in alleys, streets, back yards and over fences in the Dakota and 11th sts. area. Police said they arrested Vertis James Barrett, 30, of Walla Walla, Wash., in the al ley between 13th and 14th sts., and Newtown and Peach sts., about 6:20 p.m. Patrolmen Keith VanHorn was making a routine check of a man acting in an unusual manner in front of several houses on Park st. when the chase started. Asked lo Stop VanHorn said he asked the man to stop and flashed his light on him, but Barrett jumped over a hedge and started running. VanHorn said he managed to catch the for mer wrestler several times, but during the struggle Bar rett was able to get away be cause of several layers of clothing he was wearing. The officer managed to hold Barrett and get him to the door of 714 West 14th si. where he asked residents to call for assistance. Barrett broke loose again but was caught several yards away and was held until other officers arrived. Police said Barrett escaped from the Washington state pri son Nov. 14 last year after three unsuccessful attempts. Hatfield Approves Television Dates Eugene OP) Secretary of State Mark Hatfield said here today he has approved five possible dates offered by Eugene television station KVAL on which to debate State Treasurer Sig UnandeF in their campaign for the Re publican gubernatorial nomin ation. Hatfield early this week in vited Unander to accompany him on a series of debates around the state, but Unander suggested television appear ances. 'While I stand ready to meet my opponent before the television cameras, I shall in sist upon at least a few joint appearances before groups in which questions can be asked freely and openly," Hatfield said. Hatfield said it was impos sible to "achieve the full value of the debates of olden days" through television. The directory is divided into three sections. The first one contains 62 pages of al phabetical listings for Med ford, Central Point, Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Phoenix-Talent, White City and other , com munities. The second section is composed of 168 pages of yellow-page classified listings. The last section is 15 pages of alphabetical listings for Ashland. .Almost 10 tons of paper were used to reproduce the 6,440,000 pages for the 28,000 directories printed this year. Directories not used for the initial delivery are kept at the telephone company busi ness office for new customers and replacement of worn out copies. ' .. . He lost one arm below the el bow in one escape attempt they said. Barrett was serving time on charges of safe robbery when he escaped, police said,. They said he was lodged in" the Jackson county jail pend ing arrival of Washington authorities. . Medford Man Gets -Record Settlement Grants Pass (IP) A jury in the circuit court of Judge H. K. Hanna Thursday returned the largest personal injury damage judgment in the his tory of Josephine county. A total of $157,736 wa awarded to Harry "Glidden of Medford who filed suit through his ,wife and ..legal guardian Ma'rian Giidden. The award- was , made against ' William , C. Hurst, a former Grants Pass tavern operator whose present ad dress is not known. The jury was told that the accident oc curred July 12, 1954, when Giidden was struck by the Hurst car at the intersection of Pacific Highway and Fruit dale drive three miles south-, east of downtown Grant Pass. Klamath Falls Gets 7J4 Inches, of Snow Klamath Falls OP) Klam ath Falls reported 7V inches of new snow, on the ground today from a storm which began about midnight. The same amount was reported at Bonanza. Crater lake reported 8H inches of new snow last night making the total 166 inches, compared with 54 inches at the same time last year. . Rangers were able to keep Highway 62 open through the park with chains advised. Chains are required from Annie Springs to park head quarters. The road from head quarters to the rim has been closed for two days and prob ably will not open for the week end.' New Switchboard Is Installed in Hospital The installation of a new switchboard at Sacred Heart hospital has been completed. hospital officials reported to day. With the new telephone, in stallation the hospital's tele phone number has been changed. During the daytime the number will be SsPring 3-6611, it was reported. From 10 p.m. until 7 a.m. the hos pital .may be reached by dial ing SPring 2-5513. House Committee OKs Funds for Interior Washington nP The House Appropriations Committee to day approved almost mtact a slice of President Eisenhow er's budget, reflecting a slack off in the congressional econ omy drive. The committee sent to the floor for action next week a 5413,145,000 bill, carrying 99.7 per cent of the funds re quested by Eisenhower to operate the Interior Depart ment and related agencies in the fiscal year starting July 1. The over-all reduction amounted to only $1,339,000. , i i 7
