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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1958)
Bissau To luspeetiM Pan I W ff (7h y ITSISa ' i ...... P WAITING LINES About 3,000 people vis ited the new Rogue Valley Memorial hospi tal during the open house Sunday and many had to wait in line to be conducted on a tour of the buildings. Hundreds of cars fill U-m4Mxhsr4 t Elk 1 v CUTS RIBBON Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpen- Rev. Benjamin O. Dagwell, president of the ter, above, cut the ribbon to officially open ' board of directors, read the. dedicatory ad- the new $2,800,000 Rogue Valley Memorial dress. About 5,000 and 6,000 persons attend- hospital in dedication ceremonies held Sat- ed the ceremony and about 1,000 persons urday afternoon. Master of ceremonies, toured the new building afterward. Patients right, was Otto Frohnmayer, a member of will riot be moved into the new hospital un- the hospital board of directors The Right til May 1, according to hospital officials. Elmo Smith Plans To Speak Friday Former Governor Elmo Smith, state chairman for ihe HattieJd for Governor com mittee, will speak in Jackson county Friday, May 2, at 7 p.m. at the Tally Ho restau rant. He will speak on Oregon state taxes. Mrs. Frank Bash, chairman of the Jackson county Hatfield committee, reported that the dinner is open to the public. Tickets are available by con tacting her at SPring 2-4319 or at the Frake and Smith Paint store, 315 East Main st. She said that the former governor will discuss the tax situation in the state and analyze the position of the va rious gubernatorial candidates on matters of taxation. Historical Sites Group Plans First Annua! Meet First annual meeting of Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation will be held at 8 p.m., May 5, in the little theater room of the Medford high school, according to President Albert W. Gandt, Medford. Purpose of the meeting will be to elect officers for the organization, founded here a little over a year ago, Gandt said, and to present the annual report and other ' reports. The public and especially those interested in historical sites in southern Oregon and northern Califor nia are invited to attend, Gandt added. "Aim of the organization is preservation for posterity all historical sites of the general area," the foundation presi dent explained. "Andther purpose is to interest people in the pioneer sites by mark ing them by special plates or markers and indicating them on a tourist map. The founda tion hopes to preserve all such historical sites either through acquisition or by en couraging others to do the same thing." The local organization is ed to capacity Crowds See Hospital On Saturday, Sunday An estimated 5,000 to 6,000 1 people visited the new Rogue Valley Memorial hospital Sat urday and Sunday, during and after dedication ceremonies, hospital officials said today. About 1,000 persons toured the new building on Barnett rd. after Saturday's dedica tion, and about 3,000 went through it Sunday- An addi tional thousand or more peo ple came out to the building, DOW -JONES AVERAGES New York Iff) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 454.51, off 0.41; 20 railroads 110.58, off 0.94; 15 utilities 77.35, off 0.03, and 65 stocks 157.01, off 0.36. Sales today were about 2,400,000 shares com pared with 3,020,000 shares Friday. associated with the Society of Architectural Historians and the National Trust for His toric Preservation. The latter organization has its headquar ters in Washington, D.C. It cordinates programs for de veloping interest in histori cal sites. It has helped to de velop such sites as colonial Williamsburg in West Vir ginia and Mt. Vernon in the Washington, D.C, area. First project of the local organization is marking the site of the small railroad which ran between Jackson ville and Medford at one time, it was reported. This was known at various times as the Rogue River Valley railroad and the Medford-Jacksonville railroad. Present officers of the or ganization are Albert W. Gandt president; Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, Ash land, vice president; Mrs. Dwight W. Houghton, Med ford, secretary; Archie Freis, Ashland, treasurer. Dr. L. T. Haines of Southern Oregon college, is historian and Frank Van Dyke, Medford attorney, is legal advisor. the parking areas and vehi cles lined both side of nearby streets for sev eral hundred yards. Many people drove by the building without going inside. The pic ture above was taken about 3 p.m. Sunday. but didn't stay to go through. Through a misunderstand ing, both Friday's and Sun day's Mail Tribune indicated tours of the hospital would be made "all day," although the hours actually were be tween 1 and 5 p.m., and many people arrived at times other than those. The hospital offi cials and the Mail Tribune regret they were put to this inconvenience. Delegation Views City Airport A delegation of Klamath county people arrived at the Medford airport about noon today, to inspect Medford's municipal airport terminal. They were welcomed by City Manager Robert Duff and Richard Hogan, purchasing agent and airport manager. Hogan said they are here be cause the city of Klamath Falls is considering a new air port terminal there, and they wanted to inspect Medford's which is acknowledged as the best small-city airport in the state. Explosions Rock Schools in Florida Jacksonville, Fla. OP) Explosions rocked a Jewish center . and a Negro school within a period of three to four minutes early today, ap parently set off by a group identifying itself as "the Con federate underground." One blast broke out win dows at the rear of a com bination synagogue and com munity center in an old res idential section of the city. It partially buckled the metal side of a nearby garage and broke out windows in an apartment house. The other charge was set off in an arcade entrance way at James Weldon Johnson Junior High School, about four miles from the synagogue. Police said there was evidence of a connection between the two bombings. Schweitzer Urges Immediate End to Nuclear Blasts Conference Urged By Atomic Powers Oslo, Norway (IP) Dr. Albert Schweitzer, 83, in a series of three lectures made public today, appealed for an immediate, and uncondition al suspension of nuclear test explosions before the world's atmosphere is poisoned fatal ly by radioactive pollution. The Nobel peace prize win ner, humanist and philosoph er, also urged the United States "in this hour of fate," to abandon atomic and hyd rogen weapons as the only way to prevent a nuclear war. Calls for Conference In a third lecture, written at his jungle hospital at Lam barence in French Equator ial Africa and broadcast over the Norwegian State Radio, Schweitzer called for a top level conference of the world's three atomic powers the U.S., Britain and Rus sia to agree on abandon ment of nuclear tests and weapons. Schweitzer said it is he "particular duty" of women, as mothers, to demand a final halt to tests. Future Said Menaced "Mankind is imperilled by the tests," he warned. "Man kind insists that they stop, and has every right to do so. ' I The lectures were being broadcast at Schweitzer's re quest on three consecutive evenings here, starting to night. Radio stations in many other countries also were broadcasting them at the re quest of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize committee. The aged philosopher warn ed that radiation from test explosions is a menace to the future of the human race. "Generation after genera tions, for centuries to come," he said, "will witness . the birth of an ever-increasing number of children with men tal and physical defects. "It is the particular duty of women "to prevent this 5in against the future . . to raise their voices against it in such a way that they will be heard." Air Route Okayed For West Coast Washington A West Coast Airlines service extension from Klamath Falls east to Boise, Idaho and south to San Francisco, Calif., was recom mended Friday by civil aeron autics Board Examiner Wal ter W. Bryan. United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Southwest "Airways company and Bonanza air lines are all affected to a lesser degree, and subject to the board's further approval. Bryan proposed that the carrier be given Sacramento as an intermediate point. All flights serving either Sacra mento or San Francisco should originate at or north of Klamath Falls, he suggest ed. However, no non-stop ser vice should be scheduled be tween either Medford, Eu gene or Salem; and either San Francisco-Oakland or Sacramento, or between Med ford. Eugene and Portland; or between Boise and eith er Sah Francisco or Sacra mento. The extension of the Port-land-Klamath Falls route would be by way of Burns and Lakeview, he added. Hoover Boofc Says UN Wilson Monument New York (IPI The Unit ed Nations is a monument to the ideals of Woodrow Wilson which survived his own trag ic political failure at ther end of World War I, former Pres dent Herbert Hoover says in a book published today. WEATHER " FORECAST Partly cloudy through Tuesday with a threat of afternoon showers in moun tains south and east. Low to night 35. High Tuesday 70. . TEMP. Highest Yesterday '. 68 Lowest This Morning 34 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:12 a.m. Sunset 7:07 p.m. Moonset Tuesday 2:43 a.m. Full Moon Saturday PROMINENT STAR Betelgeuse, low in west 9:02 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, in the southwest .. 8:44 p.m Saturn, rises 11:17 p.m. Venus, rises 3:52 a.m. Mars, in the southeast at sunrise. 53rd Year Medford 16 Pages Kuss Industrial Produc Poses Washington (IP) Allen W. Dulles, chief of the Cen tral Intelligence Agency, said today that Soviet industrial progress threatens, to outstrip the United States and poses "the most serious challenge" ever faced by this country in time of peace. Expensive Luxury Dulles described the cur rent American recession as "an expensive luxury" which has given the Russians a pro paganda target as damaging to U. S. prestige abroad . as the first Soviet Sputnik. Dulles spoke at a lunch held in connection with the annual meeting of the Unit ed States Chamber of Com merce. He made these points about the current state of the Soviet economy: In the first quarter of Group To Check Tourist Housing For Centennial The Oregon Centennial commission met here this morning in the Medford city council chambers in one of nine meetings scheduled throughout the state. Eric Allen Jr., chairman of the Governor's regional advi sory committee, reported on the progress of the Jackson and Josephine county com mittee. He said one organiza tional meeting of the group had been held. A subcommittee of the group was appointed to inves tigate the tourist facilities in the area and a report would be made at the group's next meeting in about two weeks, he said. Use of the Oregon state seal and the Oregon centennial seal on toothpick packages by the Pik-Pak Toothpick company of Medford was ap proved by the commission. The firm plans to sell the packages through Junior Chamber of Commerce groups in the state. The package, which is simi lar to a package of matches, has a yellow cover advertis-,1 ing the centennial and a short message on the inside cover which tells of local events taking place during the cen tennial. Discuss Concessions In other business the com mission discussed the opera tion of the concessions at the Portland Exposition and In ternational Trade fair. An opinion was expressed that one firm should be granted a contract which would cover most concessions and subcon tracts be granted by that firm. A request for financial aid for the Frank Branch Riley tour was turned down by the group. They noted that the limited funds available would not permit them to take part in the request but expressed their gratitude to Riley for his work. The commission also dis cussed making Astoria the site of first day cancellations for the centennial stamp. The Astoria site is the location of the first post office in Ore gon, they noted. Commissioner Tom Vaughan reported on the history com mittee. Commissioners a 1 1 e nding were Anthony Brandenthaler of Baker, chairman; Mrs. Mon roe Sweetland of Portlnad; Morrie Sharp of Portland; Jack Lively of Springfield; Bruce Bishop of Portland; and Vaughan of Portland; Floyd Maxwell of Portland, execu tive director of the centen nial was also present. City Spokesmen To Talk Planning " Representatives from incor porated cities in the county have been invited to attend the meeting of the Jackson county planning commission tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the planning commission office in the county courthouse annex. Plans will be .discussed for future cooperative planning between the county and cities within Jackson county. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1958 GhoEieeiae To 1958, Soviet industrial pro duction rose 11 per cent high er than a year ago, while in dustrial production in this country declined 11 per cent. For the first time in his tory, the Soviet bloc (includ ing satellites and China) pro duced more steel than the U. S. during the first quarter of 1958. Russia alone pro duced 75 per cent as much as the U. S. did. Tools Output Double Russian coal production is running about 70 per cent of the U. S. rate, and Soviet machine tools output is about double that of the U. S. , The rate of growth of the Russian economy, as mea sured by gross national pro ducts, is increasing at a rate about double that of the Am erican economy. Dulles said he does not ex Trouble Is, There's Too Damn Many Summits Around Here" County Clerk Gives Absentee Vote Rules County Clerk Bereth P. Hopkins has announced rules for absentee voting, including a definition of those who are eligible to vote in this man ner. All registered voters who are students, members of the armed service, bedridden or hospitalized patients, anyone who for business or other reasons may be absent from the county on election day, those who by ' reason of oc cupation must be absent from the precinct during voting hours, or anyone who because of distance from the polls has a transportation problem, may vote by absentee ballot, she reported. Should Mail Application A written application or form, signed by the elector in his own handwriting, should be mailed to the office of the county clerk, election department, or a p p 1 ication may be made in person and vote cast in the clerk's office anytime through May 9. From May 10 through May 15 ap placation accompanied by a sworn affidavit to the effect that an emergency makes it impossible for the elector to vote in person on election day may be filed in person at the election department and vote cast in the clerk's office in the Jackson county courthouse. If illiness occurs on elec tion, day, the elector may ap point an agent of hischoice to transmit his application for an absentee ballot together with a doctor's certification of his illness to the county clerk. All absentee ballots must reach the county clerk's of fice by 8 p.m., May 16, elec tion day. Absentee ballots must be pect Russia to use its great military might in a manner that would risk a general war because of the western retal iatory capability. Such a war would develop, in his opinion, only if mili tary application of Russan science and technology pro duced a sufficiently important breakthrough to change the balance of military power. A senate Republican said that a tax cut on top of big defense and anti-recession spending might plunge the na tion $20 to $24 billion into the red during the next "14 months. Sees Big Deficit He cited Senate testimony by government officials that heavy federal spending would produce a deficit of from $10 to $12 billion for this fiscal year and the next one end validated by various persons, it was reported, depending on the reason for the absentee ballot. Service personnel must sign the affidavit on the back of the sealed envelope con taining the ballot in the pre sence of any person author ized by armed forces, Merch ant Marine, federal or state law to administer oaths. Stu dents may sign before any one authorized by law to ad minister .oaths or before the county clerk where he is located. Other civilians temporarily absent from the county may sign before anyone author ized by law to administer oaths or before two competent persons who are registered voters or property owners in Jackson county. Witnesses must write their signatures and residence addresses on the back of the envelope bear ing the absent voter's signature. ixon Arrives in Uruguay To Start 18-Day Tour Montivideo. Uruguay (IP) Vice President Richard M. Nixon flew in here today to start an 18-day tour of eight Latin American countries. He promptly praised Uruguay as a "laboratory of democracy." Enthusiastic Reception Nixon received an enthusi astic reception from 500 per sons at the airport and from crowds in the city, 11 miles away, until the motorcade passed the University of Mon tivideo. There several hun dred students booed and passed out handbills denoun cing him as the representative Price 1 0 Cents Tribune No. 32 ing June 30, 1959. Additional spending, plus a tax cut, could double the deficit fig ure, he said. Bennett said the nation faces "a buyers' strike in some areas" he mentioned automobiles specifically in a still minor revolt against high prices. Prices Out of Hand He said consumers "have the money" but are "just choosing to do something dif ferent with it." He said of the sharp drop in auto sales that "the people have decided that the prices of automobiles have gotten out of hand and they are using the ultimate weapon of free men they choose not to buy." Bennett told the delegates he is not "happy or hopeful" about chances of a speedy business upturn. Troops Rushed To Liberate Official, Native Soldiers Aden (IPI British troops and planes raced today to res cue a lone British official and about 40 loyal native soldiers besieged in a mud and brick fort by rebel Arab tribesmen, Government officials said an estimated 300 fanatical reb els surrounded the fort at As sairir and had sworn to kill or capture British political ad viser Ritzroy D. B. Somerset, 35. The fort is located 70 miles north of here, 12 miles from the troubled Yemen bor der. Bounty Said Offered Unofficial reports said the rebels had been offered 1,000 pounds ($2,800) bounty for killing Somerset, who came here recently as adviser to the Emir of Dhala. Dhala is one of 17 tiny sheikhdoms and states that form Britain's West Aden Pro- j tectorate. The Emir is now a fugitive in the Yemen. The reports said the same price has been put on the heads of all other British ad visers and a half-price on Brit ish military officers. Said Still Alive Somerset was reported still alive early today. A column of British troops and native Aden levies raced to the area under cover of rocket-armed Venom jet fighters. One guard was reported killed. The Royal Air Force sent Valetta transports to - drop food, water, ammunition and medical supplies into the be leaguered fort. Wallowa Mill Workers Approve Negotiations Wallowa, Ore. (IP) borne 271 members of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union in Wallowa county have given a vote of confidence for the union to negotiate with em ployers for a 31-cent hourly package wage hike. Salem OP) More than 500 persons went through Oregon State hospital here Sunday during the annual open house. tion U of Latin America Nations of the "North American op pressor of Latin America."' Nixon and his wife, Pat, re ceived a 21-gun salute as the plane touched down at Car rasco International airport. Infantry in Review Uruguayan air force planes flew overhead, an airport crowd applauded and cheer ed and an infantry regiment marched in review. It was a beautiful, warm fall day and both the vice president and his wife re marked about it before the airport microphones. After his radio speech, Nix Step Would Be Move To Reduce Tensions, Fears Letter Renews Plea On Control of Tests Augusta, Ga. (IP Presi dent Eisenhower today urged Russia to join in a military control inspection system for the Arctic zone as "a signifi cant first step" to help "re duce tensions and the mutual fears of surprise attack." In a letter to Russian Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev, the President also renewed his appeal that -Russia agree to East-West technical studies on control or suspension of nuclear tests and general dis armament. Arctic Zone System Eisenhower noted that the United States had proposed in the U.N. Security Council that there be set up an inter national inspection system for the Arctic zone. "Your, support of this pro posal and subsequent coopera tion would help to achieve a significant first step, the President said. ' "It would help reduce ten sions, it would contribute to an increase of confidence among states, and help to re duce the mutual fears of sur prise attack." Declaring that the U.S. "is determined that we1 will ulti mately reach an agreement on disarmament," the President noted that he had proposed the technical studies in an April 8 letter to Khrushchev. Would Facilitate Agreement "You say that we might first reach a final political agreement before it is worth while even to initiate the tech nical studies," Eisenhower said. "But such studies would, in fact, facilitate the reaching of the final agreement you state you desire." . The President said solution of the technical problems nec essarily would take time. He bluntly added that he was "unhappy that valuable time is now being wasted" by the Kremlin's refusal to agree to such studies. The technical studies, the President said, "would in clude the practical problem of supervision and control which, you and I agree, are in any event indispensable to dependable disarmament agreements." The U.S. offer on the tech nical studies "still and always will remain open," the Presi dent said. The President's 750-word letter was made public here shortly after it was delivered ' to the Soviet Foreign Office in Moscow by U.S. Ambassa dor Llewellyn Thompson. Some Damage Hits Pear Trees Both dead buds and mark ing of pears probably resulted from the "low temperatures in the Rogue valley early Sun day and this morning, accord ing to Clifford Cordy, county horticultural agent. The mercury dropped to 26 degrees Sunday morning and to 29 degrees this morning, the county horticultural agent said. Cordy added that it is impossible to tell the extent of fruit damage yet. Orchard heaters were fired up throughout the valley or chard areas both mornings. Firing started at midnight Sunday and about 3 a.m. to day. Heaters were put out shortly after sunup both morn ings, Cordy said.' The bulk of the colder or chards were heated, the hor ticultural agent said. Dam age was probably scattered throughout the valley in those orchards not protected by or chard heating, he added. Sun day, heating was widespread. Monday, a cloud cover protect ed the east side. The north and , west sections received the colder temperatures, Cordy said. on and his party drove with Uruguayan officials in a cara van toward the city. The streets were lined with cheer ing Uruguayans and the U. S. and Uruguayan flags flew side by side on many build ings. First Official Stop The vice president made Uruguay the first official stop on his tour before going to Buenos Aires to attend the in auguration of Dr. Arturo Frondizi as Argentina's first democratically elected presi dent since the ouster of dicta tor Juan D. Peroru
