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Recommended A rolorful pageant depict in the life of Christ in pre sented by th many rhurrh windows of stained glass in Medford. The windows of these rhnrrhrs and others In the area form a reverent barkdrnp to the religion reremoniei thi Fatter. See Paie M of today' Mall Tribune. 53 rd Yeaf Price 10 Cents Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-fiHl. Ash land MU 2-1021. Yrfeka 84 1W before 6:45 p.m. daily and 12 JO a.m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. MEDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 52 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1958 No. 13 j Fir ii 1 1 MoreScholarships Awarded Students By Elk Lumber Co. Three High School, Students Get Awards Three additional scholar ships have been awarded by Elk Lumber company, Riley Cook, chairman of the schol arship committee, has an nounced. Scholarships were awarded Miss Marjorie Edens, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wil liam Edens, Jacksonville; Thomas Jay Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Judson Morris, 240 Sunrise ave., Medford; and Lynn Hales, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Taylor, 1548 South Ivy st., Medford. Miss Edens received a $300 "freshman scholarship to Lew - is and Clark college, Portland. A member of the Jacksonville Presbyterian church, she has , served as church pianist, and accompanist to the church choir. Activities at Jackson ville high school include ac companist to the chorus and girls' sextet, clarinetist in band, a member of the Torch Honor Society, International Relations club. Arrow staff, Pep club, Junior Red Cross and Girls' Athletic . associa tion. Places First in Contest t She placed " first in the "Voice of Democracy" speech contest at Jacksonville, and .-participated in class plays. She plans to take a secretar ial course at Lewis and Clark, and to participate in -music ; activities. - , Morris, a member of St Mark's Episcopal church of Medford, was awarded a $300 freshman scholarship to Wil lamette university, Salem. He is a senior member of the 'Acolyte Guild, and has served as lay reader at the Feast of Lights service and at church school services.' " His activities at Medford high school include football, wrestling, student body treas urer, junior representative to the student council, and prom committeeman. He plans to major in mathematics at Wil lamette. Hales,- also a senior at Med ford high, received a scholar ship to Willamette university. A. member of the Ashland has served as Outreach chair man and president of the Methodist Youth Fellowship. He also has served as presi dent of the Rogue subdistrict of MYF, president of the sen ior institute pmd a member of the Oregon council of MYF. High school activities in clude participation in debates, second vice president of the studerit body at Ashland high, president of Bi-Phy-Chem club, vice president of Inter national Relations league, member of the Honor society, and tennis team. He has been active in the Ashland YMCA and Boy Scouts. Hales plans to enter Willamette as a pre law student. Cook said there are schol arships available to both Lew is and Clark and Willamette university. Students interest ed are asked to contact Cook at post office box 606, Med ford. Adelaide, Australia HP! Eight men were burned to death today while fighting a fire in a government pine for est 300 miles southeast of here. Donald, 'You Say She fllj ' ft 1 '' ' ''if it -;!''.'...... "v - " .- ",- .. .-'--:v-:V- ' ::X : "-.": :- . -r v:-:.v::t.:i.:o:-:::vi,-:-i:vv.. ? --:" ff. w ift ILsinastsHtiw TALLY EGGS The annual Kiwanis club Easter egg hunt took much planning and preparation but was over in a matter of minutes when about 3,000 youngsters swarmed Hawthorne park at the sound of the opening gun at 9 a.m. Saturday. About 30 Kiwanians were out of bed at 6 a.m. to hide the 10,000 candy eggs and to rope off the sections for the three different age groups. Children who showed up a few Mighty Atlas Zooms In Successful Test Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IPi The Air Force successfully fired the nation's biggest mis sile the mighty Atlas hundreds of miles over the Atlantic Saturday in a spec tacular seventh test flight. - The gleaming black and silver missile soared some 600 Southern Pacific Lowers Charges On State Lumber Portland The Southern Pacific railroad has approved a reduction in existing freight rates on lumber products points in Oregon served by Southern Pacific to California and " Arizona, according to E. C. Ordway, freight office manager, Portland. Rates on existing minimum loads will be cut, in addition to new minimums of 60,000 and 70,000 pounds, each with lower rates, have been ap proved for lumber, plywood, box and crate material, lath and shingles. Some of the new rates will result in reduction approximating 30 per cent of exisiting rates, he said. Southern Pacific is prepar ing to publish new tariffs and it is anticipated they may be come effective late in May, Ordway said. As an example of the re ductions, Ordway said the present rate from Medford to Los Angeles, based on regular minimum of 40 thousand pounds for closd cars, is 80 cents per hundredweight. It will be cut to 67 cents. New special rates on 60,000 pounds will be 55 cents, and 70,000 pounds, 50 cents. ' Klamath Fall, Ore. (IP! Prisoners in the Klamath counnty jail Saturday submit ted a list of "two special re quests to sheriff Murray Brit ton. The sheriff said he would grand the request for a com plete Easter dinner Sunday with ham and all the trim mings. But he denied a re quest that jailers stage an Easter egg hunt for inmates. Five-Month-Old Goes by Every Day' miles to an "impact area' in the ocean southeast of here, sweeping through the sky 70 or 80 miles above the ground at the peak of its trajectory, it was reported. The Air Force announced shortly after the launching at noon, EST, that the "limited range test of several hundred miles appeared normal throughout the entire flight." This indicated the trouble with the control system which caused the last two Atlases launched to blow up before completion of their flights had been solved. Convair builds the 5,500-mile range missiles. . Watching from the central control building .not far -fFomfoTctTon-as-areas - served by the launching pad as the 100 ton sky giant thundered up into a layer of clouds was Gen. Thomas D. White, Air Force Chief of Staff. He saw a good show. The 10-hour ' countdown leading, up to firing reached zero evidently without a hitch. But the Atlas did not budge from its launching stand at' first. It took about 17 seconds for enough pres sure to build up inside the 70-foot missile.. Then the fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer streamed into the combustion chamber at the bottom of the missile. Refer To Be Grand Marshal in Parade Ray Reter, president of the International Apple associa tion and owner of Reter Fruit company, Medford, has been selected as grand marshal for the fifth annual Pear Blos som parade Saturday, April 12. Reter also will present awards to winners of parade competition . at ceremonies which will be attended by county officials, civic leaders and Oregon state dignitaries, Festival spokesmen said. This is the first year that powered commercial floats will be allowed in the parade. Previously, youngsters who entered floats had to pull them. -(See Story Page 10) 'Take minutes' late for the event didn'i find any eggs left but were given some that were saved out for the purpose. The four little girls in the picture above did pretty well for themselvts and before they went home they stopped to count up the eggs they found. They are, left to right, Micky Hiser, 7, Adel Chisum, 7, Judy Chisum, 6, and Sharon Hiser, 8. Water Supply Up, Over Average For Most Local Areas The water supply forecast for the Rogue and Umpqua water sheds is above average for most areas and at least normal for others, according to W. T. (Jack) Frost, Portland based snow survey supervisor from the soil conservation service. Frost gave' the annual fore cast at a meeting in'the Jack son county courthouse audi torium Friday night. Several irrigation district managers, engineers and others were present. Frost added there would be several exceftions to this- ore? streams fed by lower elevated mountains do not have the amount of snow this year as last year. He said most hills below the 4,300 foot level do not have the snow they nor mally would at this tim& He noted that although the lower hills do not contain the amount of snow as in a nor mal season, the higher eleva tions have a larger amount than normal. Frost said that the average snow cover in the Rogue and Umpqua water sheds is about 119 per cent of average or 146 per cent of last year. He noted the above average rainfall in the areas had not resulted in an above average runoff and said the water must still be in- the higher elevations. .Stream levels have been about average with the exception of February, he ex plained. Applegate Predicted High He told the group the Ap plegate would be the highest above normal this year with a prediction of 42 per cent above normal for the six month period which started on April 1. He added that most other streams which are used for irrigation are con sidered excellent to average for the same period. Sports Bulletin Boston (IP) The Bos ton Celtics downed the St. Louis Hawks, 109 to 98 here Saturday night to even the best of seven playofi at two games all. Son of Plenty Off the Top' Assessor Explains County Tax Base And New Proposal Misunderstanding Noted By Officials A tax base is the maximum any taxing district may levy in its budget year without a vote of the taxpayers, the Jackson county assessor's of fice pointed out Saturday. The assessor's office said there apparently seems to be considerable misunderstand ing of the meaning of a tax base. v The Jackson county court recently placed on the May 16 primary ballot a proposal to establish a new, permanent tax base for the county. The proposed new base is $652, 386.68. The amount was de termined by taking the pres ent tax base and increasing it by 6 per cent as allowed un der the state constitution. ' County Judge Rodney Keat ing said it is the same total which automatically would have been estbalished for the new fiscal year under the law. Subject lo Laws The assessor's office noted that "budgets" regardless of tax base, are still subject to the provisions of the budget laws, requiring advertising and public hearings." . Prior to a constitutional amendment which became ef fective December, 1952, a tax base was accumulative from year to year with 6 per cent increase allowable. The high est levy in the last three levies became, the district's tax base, and if no levy was made in any three-year period, the dis trict, lost its tax base and any budget requiring a levy would have to be voted upon, the office noted. "This restriction in . some cases," the office pointed out, 'caused taxing districts to make a levy to hold its base, building surpluses, or advanc ing some needed improvement or services, were the results of this law." ... With the enactment of the constitutional a m e n,d m e n t "all districts formed after the date of enactment, or exist ing districts wanting to es tablish a maximum tax base, could at any primary or gen eral election, or other election allowed under law, vote upon a tax base for the district. This tax base, if approved by the voters, could be held in definitely without levy, or ad justed by a vote of the people when needed. Gold Hill Woman In Improved State Mrs. Rosemary Slaten, 33, Gold Hill was reported in an "improved" condition Saturday night but still un conscious, according to Sac red Heart hospital authori ties. Mrs. Slaten has been con fined to the hospital since early Wednesday morning when sheriff's deputies found her unconscious in her Gold Hill home. They were attempting to serve a warrant charging her with the embezzlement of $12, 000 from the Rogue Valley Physicians' service. Jackson county sheriffs said contents of a coffee cup found near Mrs. Slaten have been forwarded to the state crime lab with samples of the contents of her stomach. Melvin LA O j GOV. ROBERT HOLMES To Address Democrats Here Holmes To Speak At Demo Dinner Here On May 3 Gov. Robert D. Holmes has accepted the invitation of the local Democratic committee to be this year's guest speaker at the Eighth Annual Roose velt Memorial dinner to be held Saturday evening, May 3, at McLoughlin junior high, according to Democratic County Chairman James A. Redden. Selection of the Oregon governor as this year's speak er is in line with the Memori al dinner committee's decision to cooperate with the Oregon Centennial program in herald ing the state's approaching 100th anniversary. Redden said. This theme will be car ried out in both program and decorations at the dinner, he said. Governor Holmes will be accompanied here by Ore gon's first Jady and top. rank ing state and national-figures as rwell as' Democratic party officials and candidates from upstate. Former State Chairman Robert A. Boyer is ' general chairman of this year's event, with StantZapell serving as ticket chairman. Arrange ments chairman will be Mrs. Moore Hamilton,; assisted by Mrs. Robert B. Duncan. Mrs. W. D. Werner, as in years past, will head the large foods committee. . N Decorations are being planned by Mrs. Lewis Ul rich, assisted by Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth Jr., Mrs. L. G. Miles, Mrs. Marvin Madden and Mrs. Neva Clark. Robert B. Duncan and Clyde Ficht ner will head the reception committee and William V. Deatherage will act as chair man of the social committee. Hank Wilson, assisted by Art Lusk will be in charge of foods transportation. WEATHER FORECAST: Partial clearing and showers Sunday, decreasing clouds Sunday night and early Monday morning, partly cloudy Monday, low tonight 32, high today 55, high Mon day 58- -..r. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 58 Lowest thist Morning 32 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:46 a.m. ! 6:42 p.m. Sunset . Mnonrise 10:13 p.m. JUPITER, the largest planet, rises 7:54 p.m. and will he In the southeast at moonrise. It will be brightest "star" in the sky until 4:16 a.m. when a brighter planet rises, which will be Venus. Amaros, Gets-His First to; l f .-, h -lu LiWIH 'This is moider . . ' Fresh Flooding Threatens Hew. Fresno Farm Areas San Francisco (IPI It's raining again in northern California Saturday night. - Just as the. weartherman wearily predicted Friday the skies opened up at nightfall with a steady downpour which promises to add to the woes of thousands already weary from struggling against the ravages of the deluge earlier this week. The latest storm was mov ing in on the water-logged state like a lamb compared to the lion-like squalls which sent normally tranquil coast al streams rampaging over their banks Wednesday. In many places it was a steady drizzle. In others it was show ers. But the man who has been maddenly correct in his "You Think This Nuclear Stuff Really Produces Changes In People?" w-n ufV4Tw rrM Star's Daughter Stabs Mothe r's Boy Friend Hollvwood (IP) , Pale. tearful Cheryl Crane, 14-year-old daughter of film star Lana Turner, was placed in the custody of juvenile authori ties Saturday to await a de cision on whether she must face a murder charge, for the butcher knife slaying of her mother's gandland boy friend. Dapper Johnny Stompan ato, 32, friend and escort of glamorous stars, was' stabbed to death at the actress' Bev erly Hills home Friday night. The tall, dark-haired girl said she stabbed Stompanato to "save mother." Cheryl, daughter of Miss Turner and the star's former husband, Stephen Crane, was in a state of near shock at noon Saturday when transfer red from the Beverly Hills police station to juvenile hall in downtown Los Angeles. 'Protecting' Mother The girl said she was "pro tecting" her mother when she stabbed Stompanato, an as sociate of ex-mobster Mickey .Cohen. Miss Turner spent most of the morning at the Beverly predictions to dale said in the latest forecast from the U.S. Weather Bureau gale force winds and heavy show ers were yet to come. .Fresno, Calif. (IP) New farm land flooding was threat ened Saturday night as the San Joaquin river broiled with a deluge of tributary runoff waters toward the sea in advance of another storm headed for the slate. Scores of evacuations al ready have been made with authorities grumbling that "it was easier to get the cows out than the people" from inun dated areas. Damage was ex pected to be extensive in many areas. . f The U.S. Weather Bureau here predicted rain would Hills police station, but re luctantly yielded to the pleas of friends that she not ac company the girl to the juv enile hall. The star's attorn eys and advisors insisted there was nothing she nor Crane could accomplish there. The district attorney's .of fice did not indicate what its next step would be. No charge has - been filed and an at torney for Crane said an ef fort would be made to have the pre-detention hearing Monday instead of Tuesday the usual day for such pro ceedings. . Earlier Saturday the girl had told police .she stabbed Stompanato, her mother's al most constant companion, in recent months, because he had threatened to disfigure ' the film star. . Crane, a filmland restaura teur and first of the 38-year-old beauty's four husbands, immediately rushed; to the aid of his daughter and Holly wood's noted criminal attorn ey, Jerry Giesler, stepped into the case to represent the teen, aged girl. V ' k If v '"'s'" '''j4 s ' ' 1 f; I j 1- 1 'Watch That Ear, Mac' , commence in north portions of central California this eve ning, spreading southward during the night. Rain was anticipated up to 5,000 feet in the Sierra with the snow line dropping to about 3,500 under cold weather at mid night. Meanwhile, the reclama tion bureau boosted releases from Friant dam into the San Joaquin from 6,000 to 7,000 . second feet. There was slight ly more than 15,000 acre feet of storage space remaining in the dam's reservoir and the bureau attempted to conserve room for later runoffs. The increased releases, pos ing a threat along the swol len river from waslern Fresno county to San Joaquin coun ty, resulted in an immediate new sandbagging operation on levees near Firebaugh and Dos Palos. Other tributary streams which feed into the river dropped slightly, however. These included the Fresno, Chowchilla, Merced, Tuo lumne and Stanislaus rivers. Storage space was available behind dams on the latter three but the Fresno and Chowchilla are uncontrolled. The most serious flooding which occurred Saturday was in ' southwestern Stanislaus county where Hogin levee on the east 'side of the river broke at the same spot where in crumbled in the 1938 flood. The river spread over , a 15 square mile dairy farm sec tion with the water slightly below window sill level at the deepest points. The gap in the levee spread to about 80 feet in the after noon and there was no hope of closing it because the river rose again. The stricken area was expected ' to increase slowly to about 20 square miles which "contain some 200 farms. Upstream from the levee, the river undercut the Hills ferry bridge at the Merced Stanislaus county line, inun dating about 150 acres of farm land. Downstream past the Stanislaus junction, the San Joaquin broke its banks near San Joaquin City and sent water surging towara Ripon. President Eisennower de clared the region a disaster area Friday as the week-long toll stood at 12 dead ana property damage in excess ol 12 million dollars. Medford Dentist On State Board . Dr. John P. Dickson. Med ford dentist, has been named to the state board of dental examiners by Gov. Robert D. Holmes, it was reported Saturday by James A. Red den, Jackson county Demo cratic party chairman. Dr. Dickson, whose home is on the Old Stage rd., and whose office is at 117 East Main st., succeeds Dr. Arch Milligan, Portland, whose term on the board expired April 1. The term is for tnree years. Redden said Dr. Dickson s name was submitted to the eovernor. along' with 11 others, by the state dental society, and that the governor picked the Medford man. Haircut
