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Parade, Initiation
By Legion Saturday
American Legionnaire! from
outhern Oregon posts will
parade in downtown Medford
Saturday afternoon, as part
of a Legion jamboree and in
itiation. Posts in Medford, Ashland,
Grants Pass, Cave Junction,
Roseburg, Klamath Falls and
Lakeview will be represented.
Parading with the Legion
will be the Grants Pass Cave
men, various high school
bands, Boy Scouts, the 40 and
8 locomotive, a 100-man unit
of the National Guard, a
Camp White poppy float, local
dignitaries and the Legion
auxiliary.
The parade will form at 4
p.m. at Ivy and Main sts. It
Mack Will Give
Consideration To
Demands To Quit
Washington (IPl Federal
Communications Commission
er Richard A. Mack said to
day he would "seriously con
sider" demands that he re
sign. Mack heretofore has insist
ed he had "no intention" of
quitting his FCC post in the
face of charges which he has
denied that he let money
and friends influence his
commission 'decisions.
But today he appeared
shaken in his resolve after
Chairman Oren Harris (D
Ark.) joined other members
of a House investigating sub
committee in telling the com
missioner he should resign.
"Used by Friends"
Harris, whose group has
been hearing Mack's testi
mony the past two days, said
the commissioner has been
"used by his friends." He told
Mack, "you are to be pitied."
But he said that if Mack did
not submit his resignation
President Eisenhower who
apopinted him to the FCC .
should immediately request
it. ,
Mack, obviously moved,
said he would "seriously con
sider" Harris' suggestion that
he quit.
With that. Mack asked that
the hearing he recessed until
next Wednesday, when, he
presumably will give his an
iwir. The subcommittee
agreed to the recess.
Wet Weather Stops
Construction Work
Construction work on 'the
Eighth st. couplet has been
stalled during the past week
because of wet weather, ac
cording to Jack McCormick,
state highway engineer.
He .said the contractor,1 M.
C. Lininger, has completed
about 80 per cent of the work
in connecting storm sewers
near Laurel st. with the city's
recently completed Eighth and
Vkth" st. "storm sewers. The
contractor has also started
work in clearing trees and
shrubs from a section of the
courthouse lawn and library
park for the couplet.
McCormick said Lininger
would have 100 work-days to
complete the project. Work
stoppage by wet weather will
not be counted, he added.
(SuflOetSn
Los Angeles (W Con-Tici-author
Caryl Chessman,
36, today lost his bid io es
cape long -delayed execu
tion when Superior Judge
Waller R- Evans rejected
his contention that a 1948
trial transcript was faulty.
Australian Tourist Activities
Director Interested in Sno-Cat
Harold . Best, secretary
and director of tourist activi
ties and immigration for New
South Wales, Australia, visit
ed southern Oregon Monday
and Tuesday.
He was a -guest of Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Tucker, Ashland,
and was en route to San
Francisco.
Best said he operates a
chalet in New South Wales
at the 6,000-foot level and
was especially interested in
the Tucker Sno-Cat manufac
tured here.
"It is not generally known
that in the southern Alps of
New South Wales, extensive
snow fields, as large as the
whole of Switzerland, exist
will start at 4:30 p.m. proceed
ing on Main st. to Bartlett,
right to Eighth St., and will
disperse between Eighth and
Ninth sts.
A buffet dinner and social
hour will be held at the Jack
son hotel from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. for legionnaires and
guests, including Gov. Robert
Holmes and his executive sec
retary, Harry R. Swanson Jr.
A 12-man color guard of
National Guardsmen will ac
company Post 15 Commander
Keegan Townsend, Medford,
and others to meet the gov
ernor's party at the Medford
airport at 6:45 p.m.
At the 8 p.m. meeting in
the armory, which will be
open to the public, Mayor
John Snider and County
Judge Rodney Keating will
welcome the legion. State
Commander Charles Huggins
will introduce the governor.
Commander Townsend will
preside.
Santiam Post 51 ritual team
will initiate Legionnaires.
Miss Laura York, Medford
auxiliary president, will in
troduce state auxiliary offic
ers. Pins will be presented to
auxiliary members who have
donated 50 hours of hospital
work.
A dance and fun fest at the
Jackson hotel Pioneer room
will follow the main program.
Governor Holmes will be at
the hotel until 12:15 p.m. Sun
day, Townsend said.
Air Force Thor,'
Carrying New
Cone, Launched
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IP)
A Thor intermediate range;
missile, carrying a new nose
cone designed to return a nu
clear warhead from space
and smash an enemy target,
was launched with a mighty
blast today.
The new technique, al
though perfected for military
purposes, also might lead to
licking the reentry problem
of a man-made satellite.
The trim missile, its blunt
and rounded nose cone glisten
ing in the bright morning sun,
blasted up from the Cape
Canaveral launching site a
few minutes after 5 ajn.
(PST). A great cloud of smoke
and fire boiled up from the
launching pad.
Success or Failure?
The missile slashed through
a layer of clouds after 40
seconds of flight but was visi
ble again for about 20 seconds
before it disappeared, trail
ing vapor, behind more
clouds.
The " Air Force announced
only that the Thor was fired
and said nothing about the
success or failure of the flight
or how far the Thor went.
In previous flights a Thor
is reported to have flown
some 2,600 miles, although
it is designed only as a 1,500-
mile range ballistic missile.
'Tell Understanding
McCormack Demands
Washington (IP) House
Democratic Leader John W.
McCormack (Mass.) renewed
his demand today that Presi
dent Eisenhower disclose his
secret "understanding" with
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon on taking over the
presidency.
Salem (W The State Emer
gency Board has appropriated
$30,000 for preliminary plan
ning on a new labor and in
dustries building in the Capi
tol Mall.
for four or five months of the I
year," .Best stated. jis
These snow fields are be
ing developed as sources for
hydroelectric power, the stor
age of water for irrigation
of the western plains and as
tourist resorts."
Guests at the" chalet must
be carried over snow from
five to 11 miles, from June
through October, depending
on snow conditions, according
to the visitor.
"Hence my 'interest in the
Tucker Sno-Cat which is be
ing used, apparently quite
successfully by the, British
Antarctic expedition," he
added.
"The Snowy Mountains Hy-i
CARLOS W. MORRIS
Seeks Reelection
County Coroner
Seeks Reelection
In May Primary
Coroner Carlos W. Morris,
48, of 128 Mistletoe st., Med
ford, announced today his can
didacy for reelection on the
Republican .ticket. Frank
Perl previously announced he
would seek the GOP nomin
ation in the May 16 primary
election.
Deadline for filing for nom
inations in the primary is
Friday, March 7.
Morris has been coroner
since 1954, when he was
elected by a write-in vote
after the previous coroner re
signed. Morris also served as
coroner between 1948 and
1952.
Partner in Home
He is a partner with Mrs
H. W. Conger in the Conger-
Morris Funeral home, Med
ford.
He has been associated with
the funeral home since 1939
He was born in Gold Hill in
1910, the son of a pioneer
family there.
Motris noted that Oregon
residents voted in 1956 to re
move the coroner s office so
revisions to bring the office
ud to date could be made
Under the present law, the
coroner is unable to conduct
inquests or autopsies without
a request from the district at
torney.
He said that many times
an autopsy is needed to clar
ify the cause of death, but tne
district attorney may not re-
auest one if no criminal ac
tion will follow, leaving the
cause of death obscure.
Morris, a member of the
Oregon State Association of
County Coroners, "has been
active during the past two
years working with the legis
lative, pathologists, district
attorneys and sheriff's asso
ciation committees and other
interested groups" to bring
about necessary changes in
legislation. He said he be
lieved such changes may be
passed in the next legislature,
Morris added that the cor
oner must investigate all
deaths that might be the re
suit of crime, self-inflicted or
accidental. "Only by complete
control of his duties in office
can the coroner properly pro
tect the rights of the public,"
Morris said.
Wishes of Family
At all times, of course,
when there is a death coming
under the jurisdiction of the
coroner's office, the wishes of
the. family are paramount as
to which mortuary will have
charge of the memorial serv
ices," he added.
Morris is married, and they
have three children. One spn,
Steve, is a senior at Medford
high school; another, Brad, is
a University of Oregon stu
dent, and ' their daughter,
Judy, works for Pacific Tele
phone ana .telegraph com
pany in Sacramento, Calif.
droelectric authority, which
carrying out the work of
building dams "and power sta
tions in the area, is also inter
ested in securing additional
Sno-Cats for suitable snow
transport for its workers as
they continue construction
work during the whole of the
year.
"My visit to Medford has
been made (after my attend
ance at Santa Barbara for the
annual conference of the Pa
cific Area Travel association)
to investigate the suitability
of the Tucker Sno-Cat for
general use in our Southern
Alps," he said. A demonstra
tion of the vehicle was given
at Crater Lake this week.
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Many Children
Drown as School
Bus Leaves Road
12 Others Saved in
Kentucky Tragedy
Prestonsburg, Ky. (IPl A
loaded school bus plummeted
over a 50-foot bluff into the
Big Sandy river today. Eight
een to 24 children and the
driver apparently were killed
or drowned. 1
Twelve children escaped
from the bus and were res
cued. The tragedy occurred on
U.S. 23 about three miles
south of here when bus driver
John Derossett, 22, tried to
avoid an automobile wrecker
and a half-ton truck which
had skidded into a ditch on
the side of the road.
Kentucky State Trooper
Bill Lycan said the school bus
glanced off the left rear cor
ner of the wrecker and ca
reened across the highway,
striking the shoulder of the
road and a parked car.
Teeters, Then Falls
The bus teetered sickening
ly on the edge of the .bluff
for a moment, then rolled
over and down into the Big
Sandy, swollen some 20 feet
above normal stage by recent
heavy rains.
Lycan said the bus did not
sink immediately, and some
of the students escaped
through the emergency door,
which Derossett apparently
was able to open.
Derossett and Donald Horn,
driver of the wrecker, got on
top of the bus and helped sev
eral children get out until the
bus sank out of sight in the
swirling .water... :
23 Believed Dead
James Green, chairman . of
the Floyd county school board
said he believed 23 children
and the driver were dead.
Prestonsburg High School
Principal James B'. Volen is
sued a list of 16 high school
and four grade school chil
dren unaccounted for and be
lieved to have been on the
bus.
It was possible that some
may have missed the bus, and
also possible that others not
listed were on it.
The river was being dragged
and diving equipment was
sent to the scene, but the bus
had not been located several
hours after the accident.
GP Man Charged
With Letter Theft
Robert W. Craig, 51, Foot
hill blvd., Grants Pass, was
arraigned Thursday morning
before U.S. Commissioner
Frank Van Dyke in Medford
on charges , of theft of four
letters containing money
from the U.S. Postal service
Craig, a postman in Grants
Pass for 11 years, was ar
rested Thursday by postal in
spectors. It was charged that
he had taken the letters from
corner mail boxes.
Craig was released on
$1,000 personal appearance
bond and is scheduled to ap
pear before the federal grand
jury in Portland. He was also
removed from duty by the
postal department.
It was reported that Craig
had been under surveillance
for some time by postal in
spectors.
Huge Blizzard Stalls
Traffic in Midwest
By UNITED PRESS
One of the worst Midwest
blizzards of the winter raged
with undiminished intensity
today, stopping traffic in its
tracks and virtually isolating
communities in parts of Ne
braska, Kansas and the
kotas.
Da-
Five Cent Postage
Said Still in Trouble
Washington Pi The ad
ministrations five-cent stamp
was still in trouble today
even though it has twice been
approved by the Senate.
There were indications it may
take a licking in the House.
Manila (IPl The recall of
Maj. Gen. John B. Ackerman,
top U.S. Air Force command
er in the Phhilippines for liv
ing too luxuriously at gov
ernment expense shocked of
fical American and Philippine
quarters today.
Year
MEDFORP
Co'
Cottage Grov -sheriffs
raid on a lo. al -ardroom
Thursday night resulted in a
scuffle between a deputy
sheriff and an assistant police
chief and in parking tickets
being placed for a time on
sheriffs' cars. .. ,
Lane County Sheriff Ed
Elder said he and nine dep
uties took part in the raid on
the cardroom and arrested
four persons. He said three
deputies had been inside the
Talent Man Dies
Of Injuries from
December Mishap
Clifford Carl Nicholson, 54,
of 203 Gibson st., Talent, died
at Sacred Heart hospital
Thursday from injuries re
ceived in an accident Dec.
26, 1957, at the .Jackson coun
ty gravel pit. He was em
ployed by the Jackson county
roads department and had
been a patient at the hospital
since the accident.
Nicholson was reported to
have suffered multiple hip
and pelvis injuries in the ac
cident, according to Jackson
county sheriff's deputies. He
was pinned between a truck
and a support pillar for the
rock crusher hopper.
At the time of his death
Nicholson was a member of
the Talent city council, a po
sition he held for several
years.- He was a member . of
Talent Methodist church and
the Gideons.
Born in Colorado
Nicholson was born April
10, 1903, in Snowmass, Colo.,
and moved to Talent in 1951
from Gooding, Ida.
He is survived by his
widow, Ruth E. Nicholson,
Talent, four children, Roger
Nicholson and David Nichol
son, both Talent, Mrs. Dale
Knight, Gooding, Ida.; and
N e a 1 Nicholson, Hillsboro',
Ore.: four grandchildren; and
four brothers' and one sister,
John Nicholson, Medford; Hod
Nicholson, Clarence Nichol
son, and George Nicholson, all
of Colorado, and Mrs. Katie
Eib of West Virginia. One son,
Richard Nicholson, died in
1940 in Idaho and a brother,
Jim Nicholson, died in 1949
in California. r
Funeral services will be
held Saturday, March 1, at 2
p.m. at Litwiller's Mountain
View chapel, Ashland. Miss
Alice Mae Woolley, pastor of
Talent Methodist church, will
officiate. Private graveside
services will be held Monday,
March 3, at Mountain View
cemetery.
Two Nominations
Filed With Clerk
Two men seeking Republi
can nominations in the May
primary have filed this week
with the elections department
in the county clerk's office.
Filing today was Joseph D.
Walsh, candidate for the of
fice of sheriff. He had pre
viously indicated his inten
tions to run after Sheriff
Howard Gault stated that he
would not seek reelection.
Walsh, 31, lives at 473
Freeman rd., Central Point,
and is chief criminal deputy
in the jacKson county sher
iff's office.
Chester Wendt, Jackson
county commissioner, filed
Tuesday for reelection to that
position He is completing a
four-year term having first as
sumed his present office on
Jan. 1, 1955.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair through
Saturday. Valley foj again
early Saturday, clearing by
midmorning. Cold again
tonight with low 28. High
Saturday 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 48
Lowest this Morning 2g
Prec. to 4 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
6:50 a.m.
Sunset 5:59 p.m.
ine noon sets Satur
day 3:35 a.m..
In the constellation, Gemini, '
and will be Full ....March 5
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, rises 3:07 a.m.
Jupiter, due south .3.35 a.m.
Venus, rises 5:01 a.m.
Mars. low in south
east . 5:40 a.m.
A Y, FEBRUARY 28, 1958
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Scuffle by Police
n
establishment as under-cover
agents.
Elder said the scuffle took
place between Charles Rob
erts, assistant police chief
here, and Deputy Sheriff
Wayne Dillon.
Elder said Dillon was guard
ing the entrance to the card
room to prevent anyone from
leaving or entering when Rob
erts came up and tried to
enter. He said the deputy
tried to block the entrance
CHARLES O. PORTER
Plans To Run Again
Porter To Seek
Reelection From
Fourth District
' Washington Rep. Charles
O. Porter (D-Ore.) filed, for re
election today. Porter said
that he had filed for the Dem
ocratic party nomination by
mail to the Secretary of
State's office in the state cap
ital at Salem. He has been in
volved this week on the floor
of the House with supplemen
tal appropriations for 1958
and in the Post Office and
Civil Service Committee, of
which he is a member, with
postal and classified pay leg
islation.
"I like the job," Porter
said, "and I hope very much
that the voters decide to let
me keep it."
Elected U.S. Representative
from Oregon's Fourth Con
gressional District in Novem
ber 1956, Porter is the first
Democrat to represent south
western Oregon in three-quarters
of a century. He tried un
successfully for the position
in 1954.
Porter said he would run
on his record of "effective
work for the people of the
Fourth District." The record,
he said, includes his work,
during the first session of the
85th Congress, to get more
than half a million dollars for
the north jetty of the Siuslaw
Harbor, the first Federal
money obtained for the proj
ect in 40 years. The congress
man also noted that the funds
sought for Fourth District
public works projects and sur
veys in the fiscal 1958 budget
had been approved following
his testimony before the
House Committee on Appro
priations. -
Keith D. Skelton, Eugene,
is chairman or tne re-eieci
Porter for Congress com
mijtee.
Damage Slight by
Valley Frost Today
Only slight agricultural
damage, if any, resulted from
this morning's frost, accord
ing to Don Berry, assistant
county horticultural agent.
The .temperature dipped to
28 degrees at the Medford air
port this morning, and Berry
said in the coldest spots the
mercury probably got to 25
degrees. '
He said pears can stand
temperatures as low as 23 de
grees at present, and peaches
showing color can stand 25
degree temperatures. Apricots
near full bloom can stand
temperatures of 28 degrees,
he said. , v '
William J. Rogers, meteor
ologist from Pamona, Calif.,
is expected in the valley early
in March for the orchard heat
ing season.
Tribune
Card Etaom iaid
with his night stick and that
a brief scuffle occurred.
Elder said Roberts told Turn
he was going to place tickets
on the sheriff's cars which
were doubleparked outside.
Elder said he told him to go
ahead with what he thought
was his duty in the matter
and that the tickets were
placed on. the, cars. Later, the
sheriff said, Roberts ap
proached him and said he was
voiding the tickets.
Benson Critics
Described as
Ignoramuses'
Washington (IP) A group
of Republican Congressmen
today labeled critics of Agri
culture Secretary Ezra Taft
Benson "ignoramuses" who
will live to see his policies
vindicated.
The counterattack by Ben
son supporters was the strong
est in many months. It came
after . President Eisenhower
reiterated his backing for his
embattled farm chief and
Benson himself denied he was
a political liability to Midwest
Republicans.
Knowledge in Trying
Rep. Thomas B. Curtis (R
Mo.) told the House the secre
tary's critics are "ignora
muses and don't even want to
know about" the economics
of the farm problem. He said
Benson's "solutions may not
work but at least he is lead
ing from knowledge in trying
to solve the problem."
Rep. Charles M. Teague (R-
Calif .) said Benson was trying
to put the iarm program on a
sound economics basis "God
bless him and more power to
him." Rep. Henry A. Dixon
(R-Utah) promised "we'll live
to see the day when Benson's
policies will be vindicated."
ti. ti. uross (K-iowa;, one
of about 40 anti-Benson Mid
west Republican lawmakers,
said Benson had outlived his
usefulness.
Public Hearing on
Naming Roads Set
A public hearing on naming
two roads in the Sams Valley
area has been set by the coun
ty court for 1:30 p.m. March
10.
The hearing follows receipt
of two petitions submitted re
cently by residents of the area
requesting names for the
routes. "Sams Valley rd." and
"Perry rd." were proposed in
the petitions.
The court expressed doubt
as to the advisability of the
name Sams valley rd., in
asmuch as the Sams Valley
highway was in the immedi
ate vincinity.
Youths Arraigned
On Arson Charges
Two Rogue River youths
were lodged in the county
jail today following arraign
ment in district court on a
charge of first degree arson.
Larry Baker, 18, and a 17-year-old
youth are held un
der 52,500 bail each. A 14-year-old
also charged with
larceny in -connection with
the case was released to his
parents, officials said. They
were arrested Thursday night
by state police.
They were charged with
setting fire to a small house
owned by Ada and Donald
McAlmond on Pleasant Creek
Jan. 30.
Juvenile authorities here
who talked with the 14-year-old
and his parents said the
boy admitted they set fire to
the home to hide evidence of
a burglary.
The older youths were
bound over to the grand jury.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IPl Dow
Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 439.92,
up 2.12; 20 rails 102.95. up
0.25; 15 utilities 72.49,
up 0.48; 65 stocks 149.86, up
0.71. Sales today were about
1,580,000 compared with
about 1470,000 Thursday.
Price 10 Cents
No. 266
Elder' said the sheriff's of
fice acted after receiving
complaints from Cottage
Grove citizens about poker
games in the cardroom.' He
said Calvin C. Hand, 30, was
charged with operating a for
bidden game and that three
others, Philip C. Cantonwine,
27; Clifford A. Bush, 29, and
William G. Van Riper, 70,
were charged with playing
forbidden games. They were
to appear in District Court
today.
RETIRES William P. Tuck
er, Jackson county employee
for 25 years, has announced
his retirement as of March 1
He has served as constable
the past seven years and was
a justice of peace and worked
in the clerk s office prior to
that.. . . .
Vets Hospital Is
Still Possible
A veterans general medical
and surgical hospital at Camp
White is still a possibility, ac
cording to A, Eugene Orr,
Medford, a member of the
executive committee of the
National Rehabilitation com
mission of the American Leg
ion. Orr, who appeared yester
day at a house veteran affairs
committee meeting in Wash
ington, D.C., sent a telegram
to reegan lownsend,- com
mander of American Legion
Post 15, in which he said the
hospital is still a possibility.
Orr said he held a confer
ence with Congressman
Charles O. Porter and Veter
ans administration officials.
He added that Sen. Wayne
Morse's office and Porter said
they would introduce neces
sary legislation as soon "as
we secure additional informa
tion." The hearing with the house
veterans' affairs committee,
Orr said, was successful, and
the American Legion was as
sured that funds for veteran
programs would not be cut
during this session of con
gress.
Portland (IP) Georgia - Pa
cific Paper Company's new
Kraft paper and pulp mill at
Toledo will be opened offici
ally March 6.
"By The Way, Who Appoints Those Fellows?'
Mandamus Issued
By High Court in
Wernmark Case
Opinion Will Ba :
Announced Later
Salem (IPl The Oregon Su
preme Court today issued a
writ of mandamus directing
Jackson County, Clerk . Mrs.
Bereth P. Hopkins to allow
K. C. (Swede) Wernmark,
Central Point, to file for Jack
son county judge.
The court said an opinion
would follow.
Wernmark asked for the
writ on -grounds the post of
county judge was not a judi
cial one and should run for
only four years like other
county offices.
Rules on Post
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton had ruled that the
post should run six years.
Rodney Keating, current
county judge, would run for
election this year if the post
were four years, but would
continue in office until 1960
if Thornton's opinion were
followed.
Twelve' Oregon counties
where county courts have no
judicial functions are affect
ed by the high courts deci
sion. Mrs. Hopkins, notified of
the supreme court's action,
said she had no comment at
this time. She noted that the
opinion would come later. .
Order Issued
An order naming the law
firm of Roberts, Kellington
and Branchfield legal repre
sentatives for Mrs. Hopkins
was issued by the county
court .Thursday afternoon. .
The firm argued in Supreme
Court against a temporary
writ of mandamus.
Mrs. Hopkins earlier re
fused to accept Wernmark's
filing since, she said, the terra
for county judge is not open
for election this year.
Also in Salem to observe
the hearing is Keating. t
Represent- Wernmark i -
William Deatherage, Med
ford attorney, represents
Wernmark.
In petitioning the county
court for legal representation
by the local firm, Mrs. Hop
kins stated that "the county
court is authorized and em
powered to employ counsel
in addition to the district at
torney of the county to aid
me m asserting my defense
against the February, 1958,
writ of mandamus issued out
of the supreme court of Ore
gon requiring me to file a
declaration of candidacy for
the democratic nomination of
county judge or in the alter
native defend myself against
said writ ..."
The court order allowed for
$1,000 compensation for the
legal representation of the
firm to aid the clerk. -
Maps of Precinct "
Boundaries Made -:
Maps of Jackson county
and the city of Medford,
showing precinct boundaries
and numbers, have been pre
pared by the1 Democratic
party organization, it was an
nounced today.
K. C. Wernmark, 'Central
Point, candidate for county
judge, prepared the maps in
cooperation with James Red
den, Democratic party county
chairman."
The maps will be posted in
various parts of the county!
and a few will be available to
interested individuals, Wern
mark said.