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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1958
No. 31
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LAKE CROWDED An estimated 5,000
persons, were on hand bright and early
Saturday morning at Willow reservoir for
the opening day of trout season. The array
of boats in the picture, which lined the
shore north of the resort was only a
fraction of the total number on the water
and bank. Fishermen in other sections of
the lake were just as numerous. A number
of limit catches were made with fish aver
HEFTY STRING-A nice catch of trout
taken at Fish lake Saturday is being dis
played above by Joe Wolf, Medford, who,
like 500 or so other anglers at the lake
braved chilly early-morning wind to try
their luck. Fish were biting unusually good
In some spots on the lake but were slow
in others. They averaged from 10 to 12
Inches in length and were taking cluster
North Central Texas
Gets Water Deluge
Dallas, Tex. (IP) Black
skies poured tons of rain and
hail on Texas Saturday, send
ing the Trinity river surging
out of its banks as death-
dealing flash floods raced
through Dallas.
The storm claimed at least
three lives. A car driving
along a service road on U.S
80 near Mesquite, a suburb
of Dallas, drove into a creek
that had washed across the
road. The driver apparently
thought it was shallow.
The car submerged and
Centennial Group
To Meet Locally
The Oregon Centennial
commission will hold a dis
cussion about plans for the
1959 event at the Jackson
County Chamber of Com
merce Roundtable meeting
Monday noon in the Jackson
hotel.
Officials said the public is
invited to attend. A public
meeting is also scheduled by
the commission in the Mod
ford city council chamber at
9:15 a.m. Monday.
Concessions, financial re
quest for Frank Branch Riley
tour, the stamp cancellation,
the history committee's rec
ommendation for the official
ly approved history and the
Governor's state advisory
committee for Jackson and
Josephine counties will be the
topics. '
WEATHER
FORECAST: Clear to partly
cloudy this afternoon through
Monday, chance of showers in
the mountains during after
noons, high both days 62 to
4, low Monday mornin? 36.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 62
Lowest this Morning 39
Our Skies Tonight
(Times below are Pacific Stand
ard) Sunrise 5:13 a.m.
Sunset -...l 7:06 p.m.
Voonset Monday 2:08 a.m.
PROMINENT STARS
Reguius. follows the Moon.
Aldebaran, sets 8:58 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, due south .. 11:25 p.m.
Saturn, low in south
east 12:14 a.m.
Mars, rises 3:12 a.m.
Venus, rises 3:54 ajn.
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Wr ir i r SSBSSigA
or single eggs and worms as well as flash
ing lures. One fine catch of Eastern Brook
trout was reported yesterday, with the
largest measuring 20 inches, according to
Fish lake pesort manager Lloyd Morris.
A few limits of 30 fish were also taken,
Morris said. The limit of 30 has been al
lowed in Fish lake this season because the
lake will be poisoned this fall.
sheriff's deputies found the
bodies of a Negro man and
his wife in it. They were look
ing .for a child reported to
have been in the car.
A woman was killed in a
headon collision near Fort
Worth in a driving rain,
The storm was felt from
Dallas and Fort Worth south
xo Austin ana east to near
Marshall.
At least ii persons were
evacuated in Dallas Saturday,
a year to the day from the
time last year's tremendous
floods hit
The Trinity river shot into
a flood stage of 30.75 feet
and flood gates at Mountain
Creek lake had to be opened,
which U.S. weather bureau
forecaster Robert Bland said
would send the river to 33
or 34 feet by Sunday morn
ing. This stage poses no threat
to Dallas but floods lowlands
below the city.
Hail Reported
Hail an inch in diameter
and winds up to 55 miles an
hour were reported near Mar
shall, and heavy hail fell
north of Austin. Four inches
of water was reported across
Highway 79 near Thrall, in
the Austin area.
Motorboats chugged along
downtown Dallas streets and
a police car in Haltom City,
a Fort Worth suburb, was
swept into Fossil creek by a
surge of water.
Eleven homes were evacu
ated in Dallas and an unde
termined number in Pitts
burg, Tex., in CamD countv.
which received 10 inches of
rain in the last 24 hours.
Highway 11 from Pittsburg
to Daingerfield was blocked,
stranding nightshift workers
at the Lone Star Steel Co.
plant at Daingerfield.
Nine of the homes evacu
ated were on Bar-433 street,
which bore the brunt of every
Dallas flood last year. Streets
were barricaded in 90 places
during the height of the
storm, police said, and water
reaching to the windows of
cars caved in streets in two
places.
aging from 10 to 17 inches and children
seemed to be having as much luck as adults.
The crowd was about one-third greater
than opening day last year, according to
resort manager Bert McConochie. The pic
ture was taken about 10 a.m. when a lot
of the anglers, who had been out since
daylight, were coming in for a "second"
breakfast.
Nixon Plans Visit
To South America
To Boost U.S.
Washington (IP) , Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
wil try to counter a resurg
ence of anti-United States
feeling and a growing Soviet
trade and diplomatic offen
sive during his 18-day visit to
South America which begins
today.
Nixon particularly will
search for ways to help a
number of this nation's "good
neighbors to the south" out
of severe economic crises.
Brazil, Colombia and Chile
already have warned that un
less the United States assures
them more stable markets for
their mineral ahd agricultural
exports their entire political
and social structures may be
threatened.
Nixon will limit his tour
to eight nations Argentina,
wljere he will represent Presi
dent Eisenhower at the in
auguration of a new presi
dent, and Uruguay, Paraguay,
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Co
lombia" and Venezuela. But
he will get first-hand accounts
of problems that beset South
America generally.
Among the experts accom
panying him will be President
Samuel C. Waugh of the Export-Import
bank, Assistant
Secretary of State Roy R.
Rubuttom, and Maurice Bern
baum, chief of the State De
partment division of South
American affairs.
A deterioration of eco
nomic conditions brought on
largely by a dip in raw ma
terial prices resulting in part
from the U.S. business re
cession. Increasing Soviet pres
sure to gain a broader trade
and diplomatic foothold in
the Southern Hemisphere.
Russia evidently is trying to
exploit the economic crisis by
offering to purchase such sur
plus commodities as coffee,
copper and wool in return
for a resumption of diplo
matic relations. Many Latin
American republics severed
relations with Russia after
World War II.
Russia Turns Down
Joint Meeting Idea
Washington (IF) Russia
Saturday rejected a western
demand that Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko
meet jointly and immediately
with the United States, Brit
ish and French ambassadors
to break the East-West dead
lock on a Summit confer
ence.
Officials said the rejection,
ananounced by the state de
partment, added to doubts
here that Russia is interested
in a heads-of-government con
ference that would lead to
fruitful negotiations .
The Soviet action came as
Democratic Party
To Send Leaders
For Dinner Here
Sen. Wayne L. Morse,
guest speaker at the eighth
annual Roosevelt Memorial
dinner to be held at McLough
lin Jr. High next Saturday
evening beginning at 6
o'clock, will arrive in Ore
gon Friday evening, spending
the night at his home in Eu
gene, according to his Ore
gon Administrative assistant,
Charles Brooks of Portland
who called the local commit
tee.
Present plans call for
Brooks to drive Morse to
Medford, arriving around
noon, he said. Request for
the senator's appearance on
radio, TV and before other
local forums are being re
ceived by the committee, ac
cording to Robert A. Boyer,
general chairman for the din
ner. He explained that the ad
vent of daylight saving time
(affect ing communications
scheduling) as. well., as pres
ent uncertainty of the sena
tor's arrival here makes it
difficult for the committee to
make any definite promises
for additional appearances
this early.
Oregon's new Democratic
State Chairman David Epps,
Democratic National Commit
teeman C. Girard Davidson
and members of Governor
Holmes' official family have
tentatively accepted invita
tions to attended the dinner,
in spite of its conflict with
a large Portland dinner at
which the three Democratic
governorship candidates are
speaking.
Centennial Secondary Theme
Officials from the forth
coming Oregon Centennial
commission are also expected
to attend. The 100th state cn
niversary celebration will be
a secondary theme through
out the dinner. Decorations,
program and even costumes
on the part of the head table
committee will accent the
centennial.
As in years past the pro
gram, presented early in the
evening, will' be staged as a
complete unit of the eve
ning's entertainment. This
will be under the direction of
Mrs. Stan Zapell, program di
rector. Featured in spoken
portions will be Mary LaBar,
narrator and Dennis Barr,
senior high school speech
students. Centennial and me
morial theme music will be
furnished by the senior high
school choir directed, by Lynn
Sjolund.
Mayor John Snider will
welcome the guest speaker on
behalf of the city of Medford
and Rep. and Mrs. Robert B.
Duncan, running as a team
for the state legislature will
act as joint masters of cere
mony during the evening.
Rev. Thomas McCamant, past
or of the Congregational
Church will deliver the invo
cation. A gift to the honor guest
will be presented by Legis
lative Candidate Gordon Hud
son in a special ceremony.
The dinner, served buffet
style will start promptly at
six o'clock, according to Mrs.
W. D. Werner, foods chair
man, so that the audience will
be quietly in place by the
time the tightly scheduled
program starts at 7 o'clock.
Those planning on attending
are urged to cooperate with
this plan as nearly as possi
ble to facilitate service she
said.
Tickets are available at
Lamports and Walt Youngs,
as well as from members of
the committee . headed by
Stan Zapell. The public, in
cluding candidates of both
parties are cordially invited
to attend, he said.
diplomatic sources reported
this country told its allies it
will decide by May 5 wheth
er it will agree to a modifi
cation of the western disarm
ament plan.
The big question is wheth
er the United States is ready
to split the western package
plan and agree to halt nu
clear testing without insisting
on other disarmament steps
at this time.
State department press of
ficer Lincoln White said Rus
sia's rebuff of the west's
latest Summit proposal was
contained in a note deliver
ed to U.S. Ambassador Llew
ellyn E. Thompson in Mos
cow aSturday morning.
The United States, Britain
and France asked Gromyko,
in effect, in a terse note de
livered Thursday to quit stall
ing on Summit preparation
talks. ;
Urge Joint Meetings
It called on him to start
holding joint meetings with
the three western ambassa
dors. He has been calling
them in individually for "sep
arate interviews." j
The Big Three also demand
ed an immediate start of the
joint meetings and said the
preliminary discussions
should concentrate on mat
ters to be included in a Sum
mit conference agenda.
Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles held an extra
ordinary two-hour meeting
with top advisers at his home
Saturday to discuss the dis
armament issue. "
The state department said
the meeting was designed "to
carry forward the continuing
review, of our disarmament
policy." '
Dulles told a news confer
ence March 4 that the West
would accept bringing Russia
satellites into the. Summit
meeting itself- provided Brit-"
ain and France were not put
on the same level with such
Communist nations as Ro
mania and Bulgaria.
Diplomatic sources said
May 5 is a target date for a
U.S. decision on modifying
its disarmament stand be
cause that is when a meeting
of the 15-nation north Atlan
tic treaty organization
(NATO) will begin. That ses
sion, to be held at Copenhag
en .will consider both disarm
ament and Summit confer
ence moves.
Legion Buys Land
For Clubhouse
American Legion Post 15,
Medford, has purchased two
acres of land on Crater Lake
ave. on which a new building
is planned, according to Kee
gan Townsend, Post com
mander. The land is between Austin
King Trucking company and
Grandview market. Construc
tion of the building is planned
within the next few months,
Townsend said.
The building will be about
50-by-75 feet with additional
rooms in a wing to provide
kitchen and restroom "facili
ties.
The post negotiated with
the county on property south
of the Armory in the past few
months, but Townsend said
the negotiations were not suc
cessful. Bids for construction are
expected to be called in the
near future, Townsend said,
and tentative plans are to use
pre-fabricated material.
Medford Couple
Hurt In Crash
Grants Pass -r- Robert L.
Doty, 65, and Alice M. Doty,
62, of route 1, box 306, Med
ford, were reported suffering
from undetermined injuries in
Josephine County General
hospital Saturday night after
their car was involved in a
collision Friday night, accord
ing to state police here.
The Doty vehicle and a
cement truck operated by
Harry F. Shaw of Grants
Pass collided on Highway 99,
near the southern city limits
of Grants Pass, police said.
State police said they are
investigating the accident.
Tunis (LP) Ten French
soldiers accompanied by dogs
crossed into Tunisia from Al
geria Thursday and searched
two villages, a Tunisian
source said Saturday.
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EXAMINES PAMPHLETS County Clerk
Bereth P. Hopkins examines the huge pile
of about 33,000 voters pamphlets which she
and her staff were preparing Saturday
for mailing. The pamphlets show pictures
Senate Downs Bill
ByKnowland
On Labor Rights
Washington HP) The Sen
ate batted down another of
Republican Leader William F.
Knowland's "labor bill of
rights" amendments Saturday
and moved toward final ac
tion early next , week on a
less controversial democratic
measure to protect union wel
fare funds.
The 53 to 28 vote came at
an unusual Saturday session
after five hours of talk devot
ed largely to whether the Sen
ate should try to convert the
fund-safe guarding bill into a
broad labor reform measure.
After the vote the Senate
recessed until Monday morn
ing. No Democrats voted with
Knowland on the final test,
although Sen. Frank J. Lau
sche (D-Ohio), who had sup
ported the GOP leader's prev
ious amendments, was paired
in favor of the proposal.
A total of 13 Republicans
the greatest defection yet on
the Knowland proposals
joined 40 Democrats in de
feating the amendment.
The GOP senators included
five who previously had voted
with Knowland. They were
Sens. Thomas H. Kuchel
(Calif.), Charles E. Potter
(Mich.), W. Chapman Rever
comb (W.Va.), Edward J. Thye
(Minn.) and Milton R. Young
(N.D.).
Knowland and his GOP sup
porters argued that there was
little or no hope for passage
of general labor legislation
this election year unless the
Senate acted now. Democrats,
with some Republican help,
replied the Senate could and
would act this summer and
that Knowland's and similar
proposals were too complicat
ed to be adopted without
thorough study by the labor
committee.
Defeated on four roll calls
Friday night, Knowland took
another defeat Saturday on
his amendment to require a
union to give equal rights to
all employes it represents. He
said no union should have
"class B" members who are
denied a vote and voice in
its affairs.
Knowland prefaced his arg
ument for the amendment
with a speech reiterating his
belief that Congress has an
"urgent public repsonsibility''
to legislate this year to guar
antee democracy in unions.
He also made a free-swinging
attack on the political ac
tivity of organized labor, some
of which is directed against
his party- and specifically
against Knowland in his cam
paign for governor of Cali
fornia. Saturday's vote came after
the Senate agreed unanimous
ly to put itself under debate '
limitations starting Monday
on the welfare fund bill. Sen
ate Democratic Leader Lyn
don B. Johnson voiced hope
the measure could be put to
a final vote Monday night or
Tuesday.
PITA
Voter Registrations
Show Gain of 3,288
Total voter registration of
Jackson county is 33,841,
County Clerk Bereth P. Hop
kins noted Saturday as she
and members of her staff,
made final preparations Sat
urday to mail out the voter s
Damnhlets. '
This is an increase of 3,338
registrations over the total of
May, 1956, which was 30,-
453, she said.
Breakdown by party affil
iations show 17,167 Republi
cans registered as compared
to 15,946 Democrats, or a dif
ference of 1,221 registratioas.
Miscellaneous or independent
voters total 728.
Both Republicans and Dem
ocrats shsow a gain in regis
trations since the last count
was made March 5. Then Re
publican registrations totalled
16,486 and Democrats 14,908.
Republicans show a gain of
681 voter registrations and the
Democrats a rise of 988 vot
ers. Independents registra
tions remained about the
same.
6-25 Lands Here
With Bad Engine
Engine trouble while en
route to a California air base
from Portland forced an air
Force B-25 to land at the Med
ford airport about 11 a.m. Sat
urday.
An Air Force repair crew
was expected tnis morning
from California to fix the
trouble -which is apparently in
the oil system of one engine.
The Medford fire depart
ment was called to stand by
while the plane landed and
later stood by at 12 noon and
at 3:30 n.m. Saturday when
the crew attempted to start
the engine. Fire department
officials reported both at
tempts failed.
''Don't Get Hysterical I'm Watching
'All The Time"
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1 ' ' I II HI 114
DEDICATE
of. each of the candidates in the primary
election May 16 and their political plat
forms. The picture was taken in the elec
tions department of the Jackson county
clerk's office.
' The final spurt in registra
tions was probably due to the
active campaign to get voters
out to register by representa
tives of both parties.
Party workers are forbid
den by state law to make
house to house registration
canvass but are allowed to
set up central registration lo
cations.
Courthouse Parking
Lot To Be Enlarged
The Jackson county court
has taken an option to pur
chase for $76,000 a 24,700-square-fobt
area of land with
in the city of Medford. The
strip of land is 100 feet wide
on , West Eighth st. and 247
feet on Laurel st. to within
153 feet of West Main st. '
The land would be used by
the county as a public park
ing area, according to County
Court Judge Rodney Keating.
He reported that the proposal
will be presented to the coun
ty budget committee for con
sideration sometime prior to
July 1.
The land is located in block
two of the Galloways addition
and is behind the county
courthouse.
Owners of the land are
Donn V. and Fidelis M. Piatt,
Roland A. Smith and Amy K.
Smith, and J. Verne and Ruth
Shangle.
New York (IP) Former
President Herbert Hoover
continued to show imDrove-
ment Saturday in his recov
ery from a gall bladder oper
ation. Salem, Ore. OP). A
controversial 2 per cent sales
tax bill was killed in the
house of representatives at
the annual UMCA Youth
Legislature here Saturday.
1
Move of Patienls
Scheduled For .
May Deadline
Plan Guided Tours
Throughout Today
The dedicatory sentence of
the new Rogue Valley Me
morial hospital was said at
about 2:35 p.m. Saturday by
the Right Rev. Beniamin O.
Dagwell, president of the
Doard of directors for the
hospital, to officiallv onpn the
$2,800,000 structure.
Although several denart-
ments of the new building are
now in operation and several
others planning to move with
in the next few days to the
in the next few days. Patients
will not be moved until May
1, according to Miss B. J T.ar.
son, hospital administrator.
Other speakers at the cere
mony were Mayor John Snid
er of Medford, Dr. Harold M.
Erickson of the Oregon state
board of -health, Dr. E. R.
Durno who is chief of the
medical staff at the hospital,
A. S. V. Carpenter who is
24-year member of the board
of directors and J. P. Rowan
who is president of the found
ers group. Chamber of com
merce president and board
member Otto J. Frohnmayer
introduced the speakers.
Mrs. A. S. V. Carpenter cut
the ribbon which officially
opened the building. Benedic
tion for the event was given
by the Rev. George R. V.
Bolster of the Medford St.
Mark's Episcopal church. Also
present at the opening cere
mony was A. V. Peterson of
A. V. Peterson company of
Portland who was the general
contractor.
Guided tours of the build
ing were held following the
formal dedication ceremonies
and will also be held all day
Sunday. Visitors will be
shown the solarium, nursery,
obstetrical suite with prep
room, four labor rooms, two
delivery rooms, formula
rooms, doctors' quarters, pose
room.
Three major operating
rooms, instrument sterilizing,
nurses' quarters, recovery
room, surgical suite with a
multiple - pur - Cystoscopic
room, chief surgical nurses'
station with facilities for x
rays, frozen section; radium
and anesthesia storage; cen
tral supply, nursing station
and observation nursery.
All Furnilur New
All furniture in the build
ing is new with motorized
beds. Patient rooms in the
hospital are plaster and wash
able wall-paper with Venetian
blinds.
Every room contains a
clothes clospt toiipt
howls haths in Vi
9 u Mil A UUllli),
showers in five rooms, night
ngnio,. mgn iignis, oxygen,
suction, nowor "nutlot tola.
phone, television antennae
and a two-way call system to
nurses.
Officers of the board of di
rectors include Dagwell, Eu
gene Thorndike. vice Dresi-
dent; Leon Boomer, secretary:
and Dwight Houghton, treas
urer. Board members are Otto
Carpenter, Charles Crary,
Bohnert, George R. V. Bolster.
John Crawford, Ernest De-
Voe, James Dunlevy, George
Flanagan, Frohnmayer, Mrs.
William Fluhrer. Walter G.
Garner, Mrs. Chester Guches,
Glenn Jackson, Martin Luth
er, John Niedermeyer, R. M.
Sorenson and Shelby M.
Tuttle.
Other officers besides Dur-.
no on the medical staff are
Dr. M. L. Vorheis, president
elect; and Dr. Malcolm S.
Byers, secretary.
Rogue Valley hospital ad
ministrative staff members
are Miss Larson, Mrs. B. W.
Nims, director of nurses; P.
M. Huntley, office manager;
Mrs. Tom MacLeod, dietitian;
Mrs. M. Eastwood, housekeep
er; and W. Groleau and R.
Ebbe, engineers.
Sports Bulletin
Portland, Ore. (IP) -The
Portland Beavers
bounced back Saturday
night to defeat San Diego,
5-4, after the Padres won
the first game of a Pacific
Coast league day - night
doubleheader 9-4 in Mult
nomah stadium. 4-
t