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Newspaper Page Text52nd T ear Price 10 Cents Recommended Subscribers , To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141, Ash land MU 2-1021. Treka 841W before 6:45 p.m. daily and 12 JO ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. A featura story en a eounty-wide dental clinic service offered for needy youngsters appears on pe 10 of today's Mail Tribune. This revives a ervlc of fered prior to World War 11 here and Is sponsored by the Medford Kiwanls club. RIBUNE United Press Full' Leased Wir United Pre Full Leased Wire 56 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1958 No. 261 " s I, l.JIIIMlinH-i ''I ,iri-y,-.,v tt. -fl PAIRING THE PEARS Tom Iorio, deputy sergeant of arms in charge of pairing the votes in the U. S. House of Repre sentatives, (left) was called in by Congressman Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) to pair some 1,100 pears from the Medford Pear Shippers association. The fruit was distributed to each member of the house and senate. Arguments Planned On Candidate Case Arguments as to whether the candidacy of K. C. Wern mark. Central Point, is valid for county judge will prob ably be presented to the State Local High School Presented Award . Medford High school is one of three Oregon schools which received the Valley Forge Freedom Library award from the -Freedoms Foundation ,-at Valley Forge, Pa. The awards were an nounced by Dr. Kenneth D. Wells, president of the found ation, at the ninth annual Awards program at special Washington's birthday cere monies at Valley Forge Satur day. The awards are presented for contributions in helping to bring about a better under standing of the American Way of Life during 1957. Other Oregon schodjs which received the library award are Monmouth Ele mentary school, and Rich mond Elementary school, Salem. Englewood school, Salem, received a distinguish ed service scroll and the prin cipal school award. Henry L. Slater, Burns, re ceived the second place award for his essay, "Let's Teach Americanism," and Dr. Mark A. Talney, Portland, re ceived a second place award for his sermon, "The Church anr? TJemneracrv" Locations Given r d i ! T - ror Duying idg County dog licenses may be obtained in various parts of the county through Fri day, February 28, according to county dog control offic ials. Starting March 1- the licenses may be purchased at the county . courthouse in Medford, and at the county dog pound, 2872 Howard ave., also Medfor'd. The price for the licenses will also increase at the end of February. Licenses will cost $3.50 and $4.50. Licenses through this week friay be purchased at the wo places in Medford, and at the police department or from the chief of police m Jacksonville, Ashland, Phoe nix, Talent, and Eagle Point, Mrs. Kizzie Edmondson, city recorder, Butte Falls, will sell dog licenses there. They may be purchased also at Gail's Market in Gold Hill or at the city hall in Rogue River as well as the Rogue Feed store. In Shady Cove licenses will be available at the Cove Valley supply and at the Dewey Hill hardware store in Prospect. Cincinnati, Ohio W The Delta Queen the last of the nation's overnight river passenger steamboats was saved Saturday from an un certain fate. The Pacific Net work, a Muzak organization out of Los Angeles, Calif., made a S5.000 down payment to Mrs. Letha Greene, owner of the Delta Queen. Supreme court in Salem at 10 a.m. Thursday, William Deatherage, Medford attor ney, said Saturday evening. Deatherage said he had the sheriff serve an alternative writ of mandamus on County Clerk Bereth Hopkins Satur day noon while she was at tending a luncheon of the Medford League of Women Voters at the Rogue Valley Country club. The writ was issued by the clerk of the State Supreme Court instruc ting Mrs. Hopkins to accept Wernmark's filing or state the reasons . why she -will not by Tuesday. Questioned Saturday eve ning, Mrs. Hopkins replied. "I plan to consult with the district attorney's office be fore making a decision." 9 Attorneys "Hired The county clerk added she has obtained the services of the Medford legal firm of Roberts, Kellington and Branchfield to assist the dis trict attorney's office. Wernmark attempted to file his candidacy for coun ty judge on the Democratic ticket Feb. 13 and was re fused. In stating the reason for her refusal to accept it, Mrs. Hopkins quoted from an opinion of Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton that the term of the county judge does not expire until 1960. Deatherage said the State Supreme court is anticipating the county clerk will refuse to accept Wernmark's filing so has set the Thursday date for a hearing on the case. Justioe Hall S. Lusk of the State Supreme court had or dered the court to take juris diction, Deatherege explain ed. This means the court will determine whether or not the county judge had a term of four or six years. This deci sion will affect 12 counties in Oregon whose county judges do not actually serve a judicial function. Lane and Multnomah counties are the only two of the 36 Oregon counties which nave a coun ty commission form of gov ernment. Deatherage had served a petition for mandamus pro ceeding with County Clerk Bereth P. Hopkins on Wern mark's behalf Thursday. The State Supreme court acted on the petition on receipt of the petition Friday. Benson Optimistic Over Office Term Washington (IP) Two close associates of Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Ben son said Saturday Benson is convinced he will not be "bumped" by President Eis enhower as an election-year political liability.- These sources also told the United Press Benson firmly believes his embattled "flex ible" price supports policy actually is good political med icine for both the country and the Republican party. Benson was said to feel that his resignation under pressure by nervous farm state GOP congressmen would be a po litical disaster for his party as well as a death blow to the Eisenhower-Benson farm program, Study Scheduled On Lake Of Woods Road Project County Delegation Told Of Possibility A study on further develop ment of the Lake of the Woods road will be made "as soon as possible,? officials of the Bureau of Public Roads and the Forest Highway sys tem said Friday. The statement was made to representatives of Klamath and Jackson counties during a meeting with Regional For ester Herb Stone, said Jack son County Commissioner Chester Wendt, who attended th meeting. "The Bureau and the Forest Highway system people are still much interested in this program and are going to make a study of the road in regards to traffic on. the old road," Wendt said. Funds Explained . The improvement would in elude 9 and six-tenths miles in ackson county and 5 and four-tenths miles in Klamath county, Wendt explained. The project would be paid for out of forest highway funds with $416,000 allocated to Klamath county and $836,000 to Jack son county. Decision on the proposed improvement will be made by the Bureau of Public Roads, Wendt said he understood. It would take at least three years to complete the project due to lack of funds in any one year, the delegation was told. According to the proposal the stretch of road from Little Butte creek, just above Lake creek, to Lake of the Woods would be graded and paved. This would provide a through connection with the Crater Lake highway and the Lake of the Woods-Klamath Falls highway, it was explained. Improvement of this road would open access to valuable timber ,traets and open up a large recreation area around Fish lake and Lake of the Woods, County Engineer Paul Rynning had stated. Access To Lumber Approximately 35 million board feet of lumber would be brought in over this road, according to U. S. Forestry Service estimates, Wendt said. The road improvement was considered in 1948 but was placed on a low priority list since it wasn't felt at that time the road was necessary, Wendt said the group was told. First request for the im provement came in 1956, how ever, but nothing came of it since not enough public inter est was shown, the delegation was told. "Now the Bureau and For est Highway people feel this would be an important link in the highway system," Wendt said. "The whole thing de pends on whether an appro priation can be obtained." It would cost as much to re build the Green Springs Mountain highway as it would if the entire Lake of the Woods rd. should be con structed, Wendt said he was told. Members of the Jackson and Klamath counties! courts, engineers from both counties and Chester Hubbard, of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and Klamath County Chamber of Com merce representatives were among those attending the meeting Friday. Guatemala Head Tc Arrive Today Washineton (IP) Gen. Mi- sruel Ydizoras Fuentes. Presi dent-elect of Guatemala, ar rives today for a three-day state visit that will include meetings with President Eis enhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The United States is try ing, through Ydigoras' visit, to strengthen anti-Communist leadership in Guatemala. A pro-Communist regime gain ed control of Guatemala but was thrown out in a revolu tion in 1954. The President-elect, accom panied by his wife and other Guatemalan officials, will fly to Washington from Houston, Tex. Dulles will greet Ydigor as at Washington National airport at 6 p.m. (EST). Sacramento (IP) A pro- j posal to exempt new ships from personal property taxes will be the subject of a joint legislative committee hearing March 5 here. , HELICOPTERS A crowd gathered at Medford airport Friday afternoon to view Army helicopters which were scheduled to remain overnight and refuel on their way to Fort Lewis,, Wash. Five of a contingent of 19 helicopters arrived here, but the other 14 were delayed overnight in Chico and Red Bluff, Calif., because of bad weather. Sports Bulletins Ashland Ashland walk ed away from the Medford Black Tornado basketball team Saturday, 56 to 43. High point men were Ash land's Bill Maurer with 19 and Albert Hartwell with 15 and Medford's Larry Brown with 11. Half time score of the contest was 23 to 16, Ashland. Ashland Southern Ore gon college made a second half comeback here Satur day night and scored a 57 to 45 win over Northwest Nazarene college of Nampa, Idaho, in a Saturday night basketball clash. NW Naz arene led at the half, 29 io 26. Terms Agreed To On Missile Bases Washington (1PI The United States and Britain agreed Saturday on terms for basing 60 U.S.-built' 1,500 mile nuclear missiles in Eng land and Scotland. At the British governments request, authorities tried to impose a 48-hour secrecy blackout on the agreement so that it could be announced to the house of commons Mon day by prime minister Har old Macmillan. They include what amounts to a veto power by both Brit ain and the United States over actual launching of the missiles in a war. Preliminary negotiations on a similar agreement with France already have begun. Four bases are planned One in Scotland and three on the English east coast. From them, Thor and Jupiter inter mediate range ballistic mis siles (IRBM's) could strike deep into Russia. BASKETBALL PREP.S St. Mary's 54, Jacksonville 48 Butie Falls 49, Prospect 34 Klamath Falls 79, Grants Pass 58. COLLEGE Stanford 69, Southern Cali fornia SI ' Oregon State 77, UCLA 61 Idaho st. 71. Seattle 68 (ov ertime) California 59, Washington St. 48. Idaho 85, Washington 63. Chico St. 62, San Francisco St. 58. Humboldt Si. 51, Cal Aggies 32. College of Pacific 57, Loy ola 53. Sacramento St. 75, Nevada 70. WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly clondy today and Monday, show ers today with rain this eveninr and continuing Monday, hizh today 58, low tonight 45, high Mon day 55. TEMP. Richest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning . 11 PRECIP. To 18 pm. Yesterday .12 Our Skies Tonight Snnda. Feb. 23 The Sun rises 6:57 a.m. and sets 5:54 p.m. The unseen stars in its back ground are now those or the constellation. Aquarius. The Moons sets .... 11:03 p.m. The dim stars in its bark ground tonight are in the constellation, Aries. AW Joint Mediation Planned For French-Tunisian Strife London (IP) U. S. and British diplomatic trouble shooters agreed Saturday to maj a joint mediation plan before asking France and Tu nisia to settle their explosive dispute in direct negotiations. U. S. deputy under secre tary of state Robert Murphy flew here from Washington and promptly started confer Arab Republic Announced After Nasser's Election - Cairo : (IP) Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser Saturday an nounced foundation of the United Arab Republic linking Egypt and Syria and pledged its Soviet-equipped armies to defend it against the "common enemy" which was turned back at Port Said. Russia was first to recognize the new state. ' Simultaneously, Syrian Pre mier Sabri Assali cabled his resignation and that of his cabinet from Damascus, thus formally acknowledging Sy ria's subservience to Cairo. The 40 - year - old Nasser, whose merger of Syria and Egypt with himself as presi dent won 99.9 per cent ap Operation Muster Set By Guard Unit "Operation Muster", a re cruiting drive by Medford Na tional Guardsmen, and a re union of former members of the National Guard in Med ford is being held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in the Medford Armory. Guard officials said all former members of A com pany of the 186th infantry and headquarters' company of the first battalion of the 186th infantry are invited to attend a reunion at the Armory be tween 2 and 4 p.m. According to Ray Shoemaker, former Medford Guardsman, about 100 former members live in the area. "Operation Muster" will feature an open house for the public. The building, kitchen, units' equipment and supply rooms will be open for inspec tion, according to the units' commanders. Info r m a t i o n about enlistments in the Na tional Guard is also available at the open house, they said." The all-day duty is a re quired drill for members of the units, officials said. The men will be organized into teams and contact local peo ple regarding enlistment in formation, they added. Churchill Recovers From Pneumonia Bout Roquebrune, Cap Martin, France W Sir Winston Churchill was all but out of danger Saturday in his bout with pneumonia and pluerisy. Physicians permitted him to resume his usual after-dinner cigars, brandy and conversa tion. A brief medical bulletin said: "The temperature has fallen and his grogress is sat isfactory." Oil f.n i- tSCwt- rv .AO H They were scheduled to fly to Medford Saturday morning for refueling before proceeding to Ft. Lewis. Bad weather in Medford Friday delayed the contingent's departure since the planes are not equiped for instrument flying. Four planes collided and crashed near Red Bluff yester day, killing six persons, the Sixth Army said. ences with British foreign of fice assistant secretary of state Harold Beely. After working out a joint plan, Murphy will fly to Paris and then Tunis. A dispatch from Tunis said Gen. F e r n a n d Gambiez, French commander-in-chief in Tunisia, flew Saturday to the southern village of Remada proval in Friday's plebiscite., stood on the balcony of the National Union building in the center of Cairo. In Damascus, where the Syrian cabinet met this morn ing under President Shukri el Kuwatly to dissolve itself, the streets were relatively quiet although Saturday was de clared a national holiday in both Syria and Egypt. Charges Listed Gn Administration Washington HP) Adlai E. Stevenson Saturday night ac cused the Eisenhower admin istration of deliberately con cealing the facts of national and international life from the American people. The two-time candidate for president told nearly 3,000 Democrats at a dinner honor ing ex-President Truman that the Republicans have set a "record of systematic and un blushing misrepresentat ion, concealment and half truths." "And. what makes it more offensive," Stevenson added, "is that it has all been con ducted in an atmosphere of such ostentatious piety." "I say that we have been misled from begining to end about our most vital concerns about our military strength, about the power of the Com munists, about our broad po sition in the world. "The Federal Communication! Seem To Be Terrific" n o P ie1 ifeMtsrs tosh which the Tunisians claimed the French had surounded. At the same time Jean- Pirre Benard, French charge d'affaires in Tunis called on Tunisian deputy foreign min ister Mohammed Mokkadem Object Not Clear The object of the two visits was not clear but they were oensidered here as efforts to keep the simmering crisis from getting any worse be fore the United States and Britain could enter the pic ture." -. J ! A Tunisian communique said an estimated 400 French troops equipped with machine guns and armored trucks had assembled at Ain Dkouk, 27 miles north of Remada. The charges suggested that French army units in the south of Tunisa were defying a Tunisian order prohibiting French troop movements within the country. The order was imposed af ter the French bombing of the twon of Sakiet Sidi Yous sef on the Algerian border two weeks ago. There has been trouble around Remada since Wednes day when a land mine went off at the doorstep of a French outpost, blowing up an army vehicle and injuring two two .French soldiers. In Paris, French foreign minister Christian Pineau told United Press that the suc cess of American and British intervention in the dispute depends on the good will of" Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba. TV Highlights An address by ex-President Harry S. Truman is scheduled to be shown tonight over tele vision station KBES-TV. The film, which will begin at 11:15 p.m., will also be car ried on two other; CBS sta tions in Oregon, KOTI, Kla math Falls and KOIN-TV, Portland. FOGGY WEATHER BLAMED BY ARMY The helicopters were en route to Medford for refueling before proceeding lo Ft. Lewis. A total of 21 left Ft. Riley, where the crewt were trained, but two were un- " able to continue after a stop in Texas. Five of the 19 arrived in Medford Friday afternoon... and the other 14 stopped in Chico and Red Bluff , .Calif.. " because of weather conditions, according to Command ing Officer Maj. Maurice Bone, who is in Medford. When the helicopters, which have a service ceiling of -7.000 feet, leave Medford will depend on weather eon- -ditions. Ma. Bone said, since the planes are not equipped ' for instrument flying. . Red Bluff, Calif. (IP) Four Army helicopters out of i formation of seven smashed into a fog-shrouded hillsid here Saturday, demolishing three of them and filling six crew members. The Sixth Army, which claimed to have no information . until hours after the crash, said that three-man crews of" two of the 'copters were killed and that the three men la another helicopter were slightly injured. The fourth whirlybird was damaged but managed to land safely and the Sixth Army said it could be repaired on the spot and continue to Ft. Lewis, Wash., the destination ; of the seven. Indonesia Planes Bomb Key Cities Of Rebel Chain Padang, Sumatra HP) U.S. - built Indonesian' Air Force planes Saturday bomb ed, rocketed and strafed key rebel cities and silenced the two rebel radios in the second dav of aerial raids that brought closer the threat of all-out civil war. The goverment in Jakarta admitted that in its' attack Friday on the rebel strong hold in Central Sumatra one bomb accidentally was drop ped on the town of Jambi in Southern Sumatra, which still is loyal to the Jakarta regime The government promised to make restitution, but it did not mention casualties. The only known casualty in Sat urday's raids was a small dog in the Padang radio station In the attack today, three P-51 fighters and a B-25 bom ber, all of World War II vint age, bombed and strafed Pa dang and Bukittinggi in Cen tral Sumatra, seats of the rev- nintinnarv smrarnmont otaK-i lished last Saturday in opposi-tfd tion to President Sukarno in Jakarta. The planes came In low through bursts of rebel .50 caliber machine gun fire to concentrate on the cities ra dio stations. The planes concentrated on three installations1 in Padang. Flashing silver in the sun, they blasted the radio Padang transmitter and two telecom munications buildings which included the radio station proper about half a mile away. Jakarta broadcasts said the raids had severed bridges and road connecting central Sumatra with the southern part of the island. The . attack was part of Sukarno's announced cam paign to "crush" the revolt. Officials on both sides said there was danger of a bloody war. Until Friday, neither side had taken military ac tion. 'Heart' Canvass Starts In City ' A door-to-door collection of contributions to the Heart fund will be conducted by 150 volunteer Medford residents between 1 and 3 p.m. today. Mrs. Manville Heisel is chair man of Heart Sunday. Each volunteer will be identified by a circular lapel badge and will carry official printed envelopes in which contributions may be sealed. The amount of contributions need not be revealed, Mrs. Heisel pointed out. If the volunteer finds no one at home, he or she will leave a pre-addressed mail-in envelope in which contribu tions may be sent to Heart Fund headquarters. Mrs. Heisel asked residents to welcome Heart Sunday vounteers, and urged resi dents to contribue. Colorado Springs, Colo. (IP) Governors from .western states and Hawaii began ar riving today for their annual conference on common problem. The helicopters were in." flight two of three flights of seven craft each which left Ft. Riley, Kan., for Washing ton. , The Sixth Army reluctantly disclosed that the two death craft had burned when they" hit the hillside. Apparently the other crashed helicopter had not caught fire. The crash scene, 10 miles southeast of Red Bluff, was in an almost inaccessible area and the Tehama county sher iff's office sent a posse to the scene. Ran Into Fog The Sixth Army said that the helicopters had been fry-" ing in fairly good weather when they suddenly ran into a thick bank of fog during a rainstorm and crashed. The giant troop-carrier heli copters were the second sec tion of a squadron being trans ferred from Ft. Riley, Kan., to Ft. Lewis, Wash. They carried crews of three men each, but no troops were aboard. Sixth Army headquarters in San Francisco confirmed that six of the crewmen were killed, but did not disclose further details. However, a check with sheriff's officers and civilian pilots who flew . over the crash scene indicated crews i two of the choDDers Derish- when their craft exploded into flames. Herb Dennis, operator of -flying service in Chico, Calif., south of here, flew over the wrecked aircraft a few hours after they ploughed into the rugged hill country. "Two of the helicopters ap parently exploded when they hit the ridge," he said. "They were still smoking when I flew over. The third apparent ly made a crash landing, but it didn't appear to be too badly damaged." Three Load Dennis, said three of the undamaged craft had made landings nearby. A fourth helicopter with the flight com mander aboard was reported to have returned to Red Bluff although he was not avail able, to newsemen. Dennis said the crashed craft were several hundred yards apart, apparently ruling out the possibility they had collided in flight. "The two that burned were completely smeared," the pilot said. "It appeared they had flown full tilt into the steep face of the ridge. The third 'copter hit in a fairly flat area." The crash scene was in a remote area about 10 miles off the nearest road. A rescue party under the direction of Sheriff Lyle Williams, took off for the area as soon as the crash was reported, but by late afternoon they had not reported in by mobile ra dio. The helicopters took off from Chico about 10 a.m. The crashes were reported about 50 minutes later. "This was the second sec tion of helicopters ,to come through Chico," Dennis said. "The first section of seven came through yesterday en route to Ft. Lewis." The ill-fated flight was re ported conmmanded by Capt. Walter Jackson. Jackson re fused to discuss the crashea wiin anyone but his superiors. army Tokyo OPI Old Soldier Douglas, MacArthur Saturday faded out of the "Who's Who" of the country he conquered.