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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1958
No. 19
11 i
Hot Spring Sun
Aids Fear Parade
Balmy, mid-summer weath
er in the Rogue River valley
was mainly responsible for
the large crowd that gathered
to watch the fifth annual
Pear Blossom festival parade
in Medford yesterday.
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;