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A Job's daughters conven tion and the Crater Lion's First annual Sports Fair at the Medford armory, com bined with the Pear Blossom festival activities are making this weekend one of the busi est that Medford's old-timers can recall. An estimated 12,- 000 persons were on hand to watch the parade, according to parade chairman Dick Walsh. Prizes of S50 each for the three best floats in the pa rade went to the Medford Garden club, the Medford Lady Lions and to individuals Mr. and Mrs. Dan Haas and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hord, who went in together on a float. In the Commercial division first prize of $25 went to the Siskiyou Janitor Service and second prize of $15 went to Siskiyou Hardware co. A $25 first prize in the Or ganizational division went to the Loyal Order of the Moose and Women of the Moose, second prize of $15, went to the Central Point Garden club and third prize, $10, was won by Brownie troop 127. In the Individual division Ex-Ashland Man Gels New Pcsf The appointment of Leith Abbott, former Ashland resi dent, as assistant to the pas senger traffic and public re lations manager for Southern Pacific, Portland, was an nounced Saturday. Abbott has- been Pacific Northwest manager for the international advertising firm of Foote, Cone and Belding since Oct., 1946, where he had charge of SP's advertis ing and press relations. He is M frequent Medford visitor. PARADE POOPER This young man, dressed in fancy cowboy duds, found the green lawn at Hawthorne park in viting after the parade yesterday. Using a bass horn for a headrest he grabbed a little snooze in the warm sun while waiting for the ceremonies to begin. He is Jamie McCanni son of Mr. and Mrs. James D. McCann, 123 Black Oak drive, Medford. - PRIZE WINNER This foot-powered repli- "Pears Arrow," and its riders were Victor ca of an old - fashioned automobile was Haas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Haas, and awarded sweepstakes winner for the best Krista Hord, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob comic design in the Pear Blossom festival Hord, Medford. parade yesterday. The car was called a i Geneil Spruill was awarded S25 first prize, Steve and Diane Shinn won $15 second prize and Mrs. George Hol- berton got $10 third prize. Winner of the costumed walking group division was Mark Milne and Fred Haup- ert, who got a $10 first prize Brownie troop 40, $5 second prize and the Talent Blue birds, $2.50 third prize. In the vehicle decoration division Mary Cheny and Martha Bullard won first prize of $10 with their entry and Robyn Lyn Davis and Su san Bullard took $5 second prize. Third prize of $2.50 was won by Sharon and Linn Fletcher. Bands Add Music - In addition to the floats, the parade consisted of the bands of Medford High school, Mc Loughlin, Hedrick and Cen tral Point Junior High schools, and Crater and Phoe nix High schools. Although there were only 100 floats in this year's pa rade, as compared to about 150 last year, the quality and workmanship was generally better, Dick Walsh said. Prizes were awarded at a ceremony at Hawthorne park after the parade by Pear Blossom Festival association chairman Fred Beck. Music for the ceremony was fur nished by the Central Point Junior High school band under director Harry Meyers. Master of ceremonies was Russ Jamison, who introduced guest speaker Raymond Ret er, Medford, president of the International Apple Growers association. A number of boats, decked with children and pretty girls added 'interest to the parade and served to advertise the Sports Fair which opened about noon Saturday and will run until 10 p.m. today. - Float - judges- were Otto i Wilda, Jack Peters, Hazel dean Hohensee. Warren Wolf, Dell Weber. Bill Stoughton, Margaret Nesheim, Eleanor Hamilton, Laura York, Mar jorie Blaar and Bertha Has-kins. Over 200 Folks Present At Party For 50 Plus Club Attendance Higher Than Anticipated Over 200 persons, twice the number expected, attended the first "50 Plus" party of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging Friday afternoon at the Red Cross auditorium. The most optimistic plan ners on Dr. Frank - Roberts' recreation committee had not expected the large number, those in charge reported. Twenty-two members of the council, which sponsored the party, helped with the welcoming of the. guests. Short talks were given by Council Chairman, Frank Glonning, Dr. Roberts, and Mrs. Edith Rankin. The group enjoyed community singing and recreational games fol lowed by refreshments served on the patio. Glonning explained the scope of the councils pro gram, which is concerned with housing, employment, health and recreation of the valley s older population. Roscoe Roberts, master of ceremonies, announced fol lowing a poll of guests that there was an enthusiastic re sponse in favor of formation of a Golden Age club in Med ford. Suggestions were made for club programs, including cards, singing, dancing, dra matics, visiting and commu nity service projects. Two members of Golden Age clubs in other areas, Mrs. Pearl Morava, of San Antonio, and Mrs. Lizzie Williams of De catur, 111., described their clubs' activities. To Meet Friday The group will meet Fri day, April 18, to organize, elect officers and plan a pro gram. Dr. Roberts said tnat other clubs would be formed later in-other parts of the county if desired. Meetings are to be held in the Red Cross auditorium from 2-5 p.m. each Friday. Guests attending the party included 146 from Medford, 21 from Ashland and the rest from 2 to 5 p.m. each Friday, runtral Point. Phoenix, Eagle Point, Jacksonville and Ap plegate. Council members who serv ed as hosts included: Mrs. Earl Miller, Mrs. Jack Lynch, John Lunday, Miss Ruth Kil bourn, John Gribble, Roscoe Roberts, Mrs. Max Wimmer, Mrs. Amanda Farris, Mrs. Elizabeth Sheffield, Mrs. Rita Holmes, Mrs. Joyce Fuller, Mrs. J. R. Seiler, Edwin Eg gers, Glenn Kline, Miss Ag nes White, James Pullman, C. L. Williams, . Mrs. S. D. Earhart and Hans Jepson. Several others who could not be present sent cookies. Dr. Roberts asked the same committees to function for the second meeting of the new club next Friday. Glonning announced that the regular council meeting will be Thursday, April 17 at 3 p.m. at the Red Cross audi torium. All committees will be asked to report on their progress. (Sea Pictures on Page 6) Atomic Fission To Aid Mankind Washington (W The Atomic Energy commission has found a way to put the "black beasts" of atomic fis sion, deadly radioactive wastes, to work for mankind. This breakthrough conceiv ably could be atomic engery's biggest bonanza.. It is too early to tell what it will mean in dollar value, but some believe the boon will soar to millions of dol lars annually in years to come. Sputnik To Fall To Blazing Death, Scientists State Cambridge, Mass. (IP) Sputnik II will fall to a blaz ing death in the earth's atmos phere "sometime tomorrow,' scientists said Saturday. It will have traveled a distance comparable to a trip to Mars and back.- The Smithsonian Astro physical observatory said' it could not pinpont . the dog carrying satellite's demise any closer than today. Sputnik II went into orbit from somewhere in Russia last Nov. 3. Smithsonian of ficials said it had traveled some 69 million miles in its globe-circling swings around the earth. The planet Mars is approximately 35 million miles from the earth at its nearest point. Scientists at Jodrell obser vatory in England said they spotted the dying satellite making an "irregular, spiral ling" orbit over the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic today. Prof. A. C. B. Lovell, Jod rell director, said he expect ed it would "enter the atmos phere and burn up" early to morrow. " Russia announced several weeks ago that its second arti ficial earth moon would bow out before the middle of April. ' ' " ; Smithsonian officials said the satellite most likely would be "torn apart and melt" as it plumments through the atmosphere. However, some of it could survive and crash to earth, they said. Ideal Cement Co. Gets Storage Site Vancouver The Ideal Cement company, which op erates a plant at Gold Hill, has acquired a tract of land on the Columbia river at Van couver, Wash., for construc tion of a cement storage and distribution terminal. The deep-water site will en able Ideal to serve several of the fastest growing areas of the Pacific Northwest : by ship, barge, rail and truck, officials stated. , Engineering studies are now under way to determine the feasibility of building a terminal on the site. Auburn D Six men are reported snowed in but safe at a mining cabin on American Hill ridge east of here. KING AND QUEEN Pear Blossom king lined Medford streets. The royal court con Bobby McLean, right, and queen Ladonna sists of Ricky Shafer, Craig Flurry, Scott Lull, along with their court rode in a spe- Sundby, Michael Watkins, Sherry Giles, cial float in the parade yesterday and waved Kathy Nuich, Dawn Seiby and Nancy Tom happily at the thousands of people that jack. By converting the radioac tive waste products of atomic fission into powerful tools for medicine, industry, and re search, the commission simul taneously has found a safe way of "disposing" of some of the dangerous materials which until now were consid ered obstacles to development of a big-scale atomic power industry. , The commission disclosed this milestone of the atomic era Friday in an announce ment composed as though de signed for publication, if at all, in the back pages of news papers. ' The immediate news in the announcement was that the commission has cut the price of five once-scarce radioactive elements to less than 10 per cent of what they cost the day before. The more significant news was that a new plant at Oak Ridge, Tenn., for transforma tion of once-wasted fission products into precious materi als will start operating this summer. All of these elements are comparatively long-lived pro ducts of the nuclear reaction that takes place in atomic bombs, power plants, ship en gines, and research reactors! They and other fission pro ducts haveb een the nastiest liability of atomic engery. How to dispose of them in such a way that 'they could never endanger living things has plagued scientists for more than a decade. So-called radioisotopes are used for hundreds of different purposes. The AEC estimates they already are saving U.S. industry half a billion dollars a year. As techniques im prove, these savings will rise into the billions. The AEC be lieves. Their value in research and medicine is incalculable. Sports Fair Open For Final Show A large turnout of Rogue valley residents is expected again when the First Annual Crater Lions' Sports Fair opens for the second day' at 10 a.m. today in the new Na tional Guard armory. The doors close at 10 p.m. at the end of the final show ing of over $100,000 worth of sporting equipment, includ ing boats, airplanes, skiing, camping and fishing equip ment. . Included in some of the more popular displays are skin diving and aqua lung demonstrations fn a large water tank and a trout pond in which children can catch live fish. - An estimated 3,000 people visited the Sports Fair Satur day, according to Chairman Dr. Frank Wilson. Sweepstakes winner for outstanding display was Reese Marine, Phoenix. Other prizes for displays went to Bill Brooks 'Ski Shop, Medford, first prize; Gibson's saddlery, second; Hubbard Brothers hardware, third and honor able mention to Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association. Charles Porter Says Rogue Study Late For Action Engineer's Opinions Will Aid Congress Congressman Charles Port er discussed his first term in the House of Representatives Friday night at a dinner meet mg sponsored by the Jackson County Democratic Social club. He dealt briefly with Rogue river legislation, the present business slumpiand the much publicized disagreements of Senators Wayne Morse and Richard Neuberger. He criticized the present ad ministration, United States foreign policy and nuclear bomb tests. The representative, who will oppose Roseburg Attorn ey Paul Geddes in the gen eral election this fall, is the first Democratic representa tive to be elected from this district. The Rogue Basin study now under way lay the Army engineers will be presented sometime in June or July and will be too late for action this year, Porter said. However, the opinions as to what the engineers feel should be done will facilitate a "clear" bill on Rogue flood control and water resources, he declared. Refers To Bill Porter spoke of his bill "to preserve the natural beauty of Oregon's Rogue valley" which he introduced in the House April 3. It would au thorize the exchange of land or timber within the Siskiyou National forest for private land adjacent to the forest to protect the banks of the low er Rogue. Turning to the Republican administratiton, Porter said the "present crisis is so bad I would rather see Nixon than Eisenhower as president," even though Nixon "did ,a dis-service to the whole elec toral process" by his disloy alty charges against cam paign opponents. He declared that with Nixon as president, "at least we would get some construc tive leadership at a time when We need it most." "We have a serious econom ic situation because ot what it could easily become," he said, charging that the presi dent has not presented any leadership in anti-depression measures. ' . Nixon, however, was said to have promoted many pro jects and done many good things, even though Porter expressed doubts as to his sincerity. Speaking of the political differences of Senators Morse and Neuberger, the represent ativ said he would not want one to be a "rubber stamp"! for the other. He added he' preferred "boistrous democra cy, not calm, orderly despot ism. On foreign policy, Porter said the United States faces two main problems. One is the failure of this country to stand up for democracy when another nation takes a step in that direction, and the other is the danger of war by accident from the large num ber of nuclear bombs through out the world. Voters Against Tax Cut 'You'll Note The Familiar Cave Painting Motif Question On Cheryl's Custody Hollywood (IP) Beauti ful Lana Turner, "too happy to cry," visited her teenage daughter, Cheryl, Saturday 24 hours after a coroner's jury ruled the killing of her other s gangland lover was "justifable . homicide." The blonde film star, whose staggering appearance during testimony at yesterday s in quest went a long way in in- Vandals Damage Second Cemetery Central Point Vandals pushed over seven large tomb stones and damaged grave markers in the Odd Fellows cemetery near Central Point sometime between Wednesday night and Saturday morning. It was the second such re port of grave-yard vadalism in the county in a month. Three 16-year-old Central Point youths were arrested for damaging the Jacksonville Pioneer cemetery early in March and later did much of the repair work on the graves. Central Point police, who are making ah intensive inves tigation of the crime, said the Odd Fellows cemetery dam age was discovered Saturday morning when lodge members and Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce mem bers arrived there to clean the cemetery. The vandals apaprently drove a car over the tomb stones and approximately 24 grave markers, many of which were damaged beyond recog nition and scattered from the graves they marked. Cement guards around some of the graves also were brok en. . Some of the repair work was completed yesterday by the volunteer lodge members and Jaycees, police said. GARDEN CLUB ENTRY Named sweep stakes winner for having the best theme of any float in the parade yesterday was this entry by the Medford Garden club. Sweep stakes winner for the best design was a Remains fluencing the coroner's jury verdict, paid a surprise visit to Cheryl in the juvenile home this morning. "Cheryl is looking fine and they are treating her wonder fully," said Miss Turner whose plans to visit the tall, quiet 14-year-old girl today were in definite. . Miss Turner's daughter ad mitted to police that she stabbed and killed Johnny Stompanato, ' a smalltime hoodlum who had a way with women, Good Friday night to protect mother." The cor oner's jury Friday almost im mediately - ruled the killing was "justifiable homicide, but Cheryl will remain in ju venile custody pending a hearing April 24 in Santa Monica. Cheryl will remain in ju venile hall until the private April 24 hearing in superior judge Allen T. Lynch's Juve nile court. , Cheryl's future rests in Judge Lynch's hands. Lynch has two broad choices: He can rule Cheryl fun- fit for handling" by a juve nile court and turn her over to authorities for presecution. The Los Angeles district at torney has indicated he would not press any charges. He can declare her a ward of the court and make the choice concerning her custody. It could : be Lana, but there was a widespread belief the child might be placed in some foster home for girls. Sports Bulletin St. Louis ftP) Boston's reign as national basketball association champion end ed Saturday night as lh St. Louis Hawks, with Bob Peitit blistering the nets for So points, pinned a 110 109 defeat on the Celtics. Quick Anti-Slump Tax Cut Opposed By Constituents Supports President On 'Wait And See' Washington .-(IP) Cong ress returns Monday from a 10-day Easter recess which convinced many members that the home folks are op posed to a quick anti-recession tax cut. Senators and House mem bers responding to a nation wide United Press survey re ported grass roots sentiment is running surprisingly strong against an income tax reduc tion at this time. The 50 congressmen questioned stood about 8 to 5 against hasty tax cutting. They found -"during visits to home states that the reces sion was the top issue in the minds of most voters. But the majority appeared to favor a cautious approach to pump- priming legislation. In general, the survey lent more support to resident Eisenhower's wait-and-see at titude than to the demands from some Democrats for im mediate tax cuts td put more money in the hands of con sumers. . To Consider Loans When the senate recon venes Monday, it will resume consideration of a bill to make a billion dollars available for loans to communities for pub lic works projects. The Demo cratic leadership wanted to pass this measure before the recess, but Republicans forced a postponement. The next anti-recession item on the House program prob ably wil deal with unemploy ment compensation. This is a topic which figured promi nently in reports by lawmak ers in the United Press sur vey." Congressmen found in their homefront political soundings that strictly local issues took precedence in some areas ov er such nationwide problems as unemployment, sagging farm income, inflation, space exploration and foreign poli cy. 1 Relatively few listed taxes as a major issue with their constituents, although most reported considerable discus sion of various proposed tax" cuts. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable clouds through Sunday night, chance of showers Sunday night, partly cloudy with a few scat tered showers mostly over the mountains on Monday, high today 72, low tonight 38, high "Monday 62. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 78 Lowest tills Morning ST Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:33 a.m. 6:50 p.m. 3:21 a.m. Sunset . Moonrise Monday Orion, setting at 9:00 p.m VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises 7:22 p.m. Saturn, rises 12:18 a.m. Mars, rises 3:43 a.m. Venus, below the Moon. float entered by the Medford Lady Lions, featuring two little girls sitting behind the frames of a large pair of glasses. All three sweepstakes winners were awarded a $50 cash prize. f;
