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Newspaper Page Textr3 rr 0 1 ASKED TO FEAR F Bar Members Prefer Judge Kelly, Main Heavy majorities" of attorn eys in the first judicial dist rict favor Edward C. Kelly and James M. Main for circuit judges, a secret preferential poll conducted by the Ore gon State Bar association showed today. Kelly, who is seeking to succeed himself as circuit court judge, Position No. 3, received 73 votes, and Walter D. Nunley, Medford attorney who is seeking the position, received 8 votes. Main, present district court judge, received 58 votes for circuit court, Position No. 1, in the poll, while Manville M. Heisel, Medford attorney who has since withdrawn from the race, received 22. Robert D. Dames, Medford at torney, received 5 votes. Bashaw Favored Medford City Attorney E. R. Bashaw got 52 votes in the preferential poll for district court judge, and Robert G. Danielson, Ashland, who has since withdrawn, received 6 votes. Attorneys throughout the state were eligible to vote in the poll on the two contested supreme court positions. George Rossman, Salem, who Is seeking position No. 7, re ceived 1,523 votes, and Jason Lee, Salem, who also is can didate for position No. 7, re ceived 182. For Supreme Court position No. 3, Gordon Neuberger Bill on Termination OK'd Washington (IP) The Senate Interior Affairs Com mittee today unanimously ap proved for passage the Klam ath reservation termination bill introduced by Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.). The bill includes an amend ment offered by Neuberger, with approval of the adminis tration, to write a $90 million ceiling into purchase funds authorized by legislation. Neuberger said following the committee meeting that "unanimous passage of this bill for purchase of Klamath tribal resources by either pri vate industry or the U.S. gov ernment is a triumph for ef fective bipartisan action." Neuberger said bipartisan action has been 'absolutely essential" in the best interests of the Klamath Indians and the entire regional economy of the Pacific Northwest. The measure would offer tribal assets first to private industry with the government buying the remainder. Sewer Committee To Meet Tonight A meeting of the Grand-view-Kenwood sewer district committee will be held in the Medford city council chamb ers at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Residents living on Spring brook rd., between Delta Wat ers rd. and Buckshot Hill rd., are urged to attend the meet ing, according to City Man ager Robert Duff. He said plans for construction of a main along the Springbrook rd. section will be discussed. Doff added that plans for the sewer are "fairly well along." Centennial Commission's Hardest Job Is To Sell Residents on Celebration The hardest job of the Ore gon Centennial commission is to sell the residents of Oregon on their own state, according to Chairman Anthony Bran denthaler, Baker, who spoke to the Roundtable group of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Monday noon. He said the job of selling the centennial to other na tions and residents of other states was not as hard as the selling job required by Oregon residents. He said the event is planned to be "state-wide," although the major attrac tion, an exposition and trade fair, will be held in Portland. Too Large He said the Stanford Re search Institute made a sur vey of the state and said a "world's fair" would be too large to be commercially pos sible, and a commemorative series of events would not pro duce the lasting economic boost to Oregon which a trade and exposition fair would. Brandenthaler said about eight to nine million people can be expected to attend the 100-day fair in Portland. He added this means other sec tions of the state could expect Sloan, Astoria, received 1,083 votes; Boyd R. Overhulse, Ma dras, 329; and Samuel M. Bowe, Grants Pass, got 290 votes. Lawyers living in the judic ial district of candidates for whom their preference was expressed were elgible, and in district court contests, only lawyers living in the county of the candidate were eligible. A total of 2,200 ballots were mailed, and there were 1,764 valid ballots. ille Heisel Withdraws from Judgeship Race Manville M. Heisel, Med ford attorney and candidate for Jackson county circuit judge, today confirmed re ports that he is withdrawing his candidacy. Since he filed for the non partisan position a number of business matters have come up which make it necessary that he leave the political campaign, Heisel explained. His withdrawal leaves Rob ert Dames, Medford attorney, and District Court Judge James Main as contenders for position No. 1 of the first judi cial district. Heisel stated emphatically that he is not throwing his support to either of the other two candidates. Heisel's name still will ap pear on the ballot, since it is too late for him to with draw "officially," but if he were by chance nominated, despite his withdrawal, he could refuse the nomination. GM To Terminate UAW Pad May 29 , Detroit (IPI General Mo tors today notified the United Auto Workers it wishes to ter minate its present ' contract May 29 when the contract ex pires. The nation's biggest auto company took the unusual step in an apparent effort to block the union's strategy in carrying bargaining through the summer on a day to day basis without signing a new contract. . General Motors and Ford Monday turned down the union's deal for a three-month contract extension, and coun tered with proposals to extend the present contracts for another two years. Just before the companies rejected the temporary union extension offer, UAW Vice President Leonard Woodcock had told newsmen that "It's all right with us if they don't take our offer. We can rock and roll through the summer with thisthing if that's what they want." Thornton Rules on Delegation of Power : Salem (IP) The Legisla ture can not delegate to the Board of Control the power to discontinue or abolish state institutions located outside Marion county by a special vote of the people, Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton said today. to receive a number of addi tional tourists and should have some events scheduled to at tract them. Commissioner Mrs. Monroe Sweetland of Portland told the group her job as head of the fine arts, education, re ligious and women's activities was to take an inventory of the "fine things" of Oregon. She noted that plans might be made to bring the Ashland Shakespearean festival to the fair in Portland as part of a traveling show. Many Problems Commissioner Bruce Bishop of Portland reported to the group of the many problems of the Portland municipal par ticipation in the centennial year. Bishop is in charge of labor, science, engineering, health, welfare and for the Portland municipal participa tion. Commissioner Jack Lively of Springfield is in charge of the state planning, counties, military, civil service and fraternal groups. He said a great deal of the state and county planning is being han dled by Ted Hallock, state coordinator. Third Stage of Navy's Rocket Fails To Ignite Another Launching Soon Being Planned Washington (IP) The Navy today blamed a faulty wire for the failure of its Vanguard satellite to go into orbit Monday night af ter reaching a 300-mile al titude. Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IP! The Navy flung its Vanguard into space Monday night, but the rocket's third stage failed to ignite and crashed back into the ocean still clasping the hoped-for third U. S. satellite. The Navy is now pushing plans for launching another Vanguard in less than a month carrying a similar 20-inch arti ficial moon. "We will go right at it," said John P. Hagen, Vanguard Project director for the Naval Research Laboratory in Wash ington. He admitted, however, that the unsuccessful flight "was a great disappointment." All Started Well Spokesmen said prelimi nary data received during the Vanguard's flight indicated all went well for about 10 min utes until the crucial instant some 300 miles above ground when the solid fuel third stage was scheduled to ignite and kick free of the second stage. What went amiss would not be known until data received here and at the Air Force's downrange tracking stations was sorted through by tech nicians of the Naval Research Lab and the Martin company, prime contractor for the Van guard. Plunged Into Sea .The third stage evidently never separated from .ihe-sec-ond stage and plunged like a ballistic missile into the At lantic some 1,500 miles south east of the launching ' site, dooming the "chirping" sound of the satellite's radio voice to the silence of the sea. . The second stage was sched uled to land about where it did, but not with the third stage still attached. The Defense Department said there was no chance of recovering the rocket's re mains. Gold Hill Youth Places in Contest David Mack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Mack, Gold Hill, and a senior at Crater High school. Central Point, placed second in the Future Farmers of America regional public speaking contest in Helena, Mont., last night, according to word received here. Mack represented Oregon at the contest, which included contestants from 11 western states. He is president of the Cra ter chapter of FFA, and was accompanied to Helena by George Gillman, treasurer of the Crater chapter. Commissioner Thomas Vaughan of Portland is in charge of historical, research, design, decorations and na tionality groups. He urged members of the Roundtable to write out-of-state friends and tell them about the activities planned for the centennial year. Floyd Maxwell, managing director of the Portland fair, said the event would be the first of its kind" west of Chi cago. He said the fair would cover 65 acres with addition al land to be rented for park ing. Reserve Space Twenty-two counties have reserved space for the trade fair, he said. He expected several additional counties to take part. A display of atoms-for-peace also will be at the fair, this being some of the equipment now on display at the Brussels World fair. Other things planned for the Fair are a complete lum ber boom town,, an Indian vil lage and a Lewis and Clark village, he added. The commission held a reg ular meeting here in the morning. 53rd Year 16 Pages Senator Morse to Speak at Jaycee Awards Luncheon 700 Deleaates Are Expected in Medford Sen. Wayne Morse i is ex pected to speak briefly at a special awards luncheon Sat urday noon, which will be a highlight of the 1958 Oregon State Junior Chamber of Com merce convention here Fri day, Saturday and Sunday, ac cording to John Gustafson, convention chairman. The luncheon will be held at 12:15 p.m. in the Elks' club basement. The state winner of the "Speak Up, Jaycee" contest will speak also. The luncheon will feature broiled chicken by the Oregon Broil er's association. Registration for the approxi mately 700 delegates and their wives expected here will start Friday afternoon at the Medford hotel, convention headquarters. Committee meetings -will begin early Friday evening to be followed by a Friday night mixer and dance at the former Acme Hardware build ing at 3 West Sixth st. A buffet dinner will be served at 7:15 p.m. and continue throughout the evening. The Tunesmiths will provide dance music starting at 10 p.m. Informal Breakfast Saturday morning an in formal, breakfast will be serv ed at the Medford hotel and will be followed by business sessions at the Holly theater. Welcoming the delegates Sat urday morning will be Mayor John Snider, . Police Chief Charles Champlin and Med ford Jaycee President Gardner. Saturday night the installa tion banquet and inaugural dance will be held at the Med ford Armory. . The banquet will start at 7:15 p.m. Guest speaker will be Ervin L. Peterson, assistant secretary of agriculture, who will talk on "People, Re sources and Government." The tourist industry of southern Oregon was promot ed by the Medford Jaycees through 10 billboards placed throughout the state. The theme was "Have Fun in the Sun." A special issue of the Jaycee newspaper also used that theme. More than 4,000 copies of the newspaper were distributed throughout the state, according to Gustafson. Crane Vill Seek Custody of Cheryl Hollywood BP) Stephen Crane will try to win full custody of Chryl Crane, 14, who was made a ward of Ju venile Court and placed in her grandmother's temporary custody after the teen-ager killed the boyfriend of her mother, actress Lana Turner. Crane's press representa tive said today that Crane would appeal the ruling of last Thursday which sent Chryl to live for the next two months with Mrs. Mildred Turner pending further dis position of the case. "He feels he should appeal on grounds that she was made a ward of the court,", the rep resentative said. "He's ready, willing and able to exercise full parental needs. He does not feel she should be a court ward. "Crane isn't mad at Lana or Mrs. Turner. He just feels that this is the right thing to do." WEATHER FORECAST: Chance of after noon showers In high moun tains; otherwise fair and warm through Wednesday. Low to night 40, high Wednesday 78. Temp. Hichest Yesterday J4 Lowest this Morning 37 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:10 a.m. Sunset 7:08 p.m. Moonset Wednesday 3.18 ajn. Full Moon May 3 Mars, rising at 3:09 a.m., is moving into the constella tion. Aquarius. It is now as bright as Altair, the star high in southeast at 3:32 a.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY; APRIL LEW WALLACE Visits In Medford Lev Wallace in County Monday; Campaigns, Visits . Lew Wallace, Portland, can didate, ior "the " Democratic nomination for governor, visit ed . in Jackson county Mon day. While here he was enter tained at the home of Mrs. J.. W. Barnard, 47 Renault ave., discussed his campaign while visiting the Medford downtown area and visited friends here. Wallace said he is basing his campaign on a construc tive platform: to reduce taxes by drastic economy in spend ing the taxpayers' money. Wallace said he plans, if nominated and elected, to revalue and analyze the budg ets submitted by the various state government depart ments. Through competent administration he said . he hopes to eliminate waste and duplication. Representative Citizens A committee of representa tive citizens would be used to assist in the government study, he added. Wallace said he is cam paigning for the best teachers at the best salaries and elimi nation of the frills on the modern school buildings. Wallace has served as Dem ocratic representative from Multnomah county in 1935, state senator in 1938, 1941, 1943, 1945 and 1947. He has run for governor on the Democratic ' ticket twice before, once against Earl Snell in the general election of 1942, and in the general elec tion of 1948 against Douglas McKay. No Charges Slated in Beating of G. Pass Boy Salem OPl No charge will he filed concerning the beat ing of 17-year-old Charles White, Grants Pass, at Mac Laren school for boys, Marion County District Attorney Hat- tie Bratzel said today. The decision came after a meeting with school officials to study the incident which involved three other MacLaren boys. The injured boy received kidney surgery last week at a Salem hospital and will return to school in a few days. Barbara Burns' Marriage Disclosed Los Angeles OP) Bar bara Burns, 20, daughter of the late comedian Bob (Ba zooka) Burns, has wed David J. Mack, 24, film technician accused of supplying her with heroin. Marriage of the couple was revealed Monday in Superior Court when the red-haired Miss Burns appeared to show cause why she should not tes tify against Mack. iMLATT OTI Instructors Believed Victims Of Asphyxiation Klamath Falls (IP) Three instructors at Oregon Techni cal Institute who had been reported missing on a week end fishing trip were found dead today, apparently of as psyixiation, state police re ported. A state patrolman radioed his headquarters here, that the bodies were found in a vehicle near the Little De schutes river about. 75 or 100 miles northwest of Klamath Falls. Coroner Dispatched A deputy coroner from Kla math Falls was sent to the scene. The instructors, John C. Roman, 47; George A. Harp er Jr., 40, and Roy Perkey, 49, left here on a week end fishing trip at . the opening.. of the season in a bus they had converted into a camping vehicle. The bodies were found in the bus at the foot of Odell Butte; off Highway 58, police said. They apparent ly died Saturday night. Families Alarmed ' The trio had been expected to return Sunday night. No immediate concern was felt but their families and friends became alarmed late Monday and a widespread search start ed today. Four planes from here had taken off, to help in the hunt. The three were instructors in the auto technology depart ment at OTI. ' Roman had gone to Oregon Tech from Astoria. Harper was a former Portland gun smith and Perkey formerly lived in Eugene. Mrs. Kunkel Named To City Committee Mrs. Owen A. Kunkel, 28 Highland dr., has been ap pointed to the city's subcom mittee on recreation, accord ing to Mayor John Snider. ' The committee is part of the overall ' committee on parks and recreation, which is studying these subjects and which will make recommen dations to .the city council. The subcommittee is meet ing at noon today in. Haw thorne park for further con siderataion of proposed recre ational programs. Pleven's Decision Undergoes Threat Paris (IPI Socialists and right wing Independents threatened today to wreck former Premier Rene Ple ven's decision to try to form a new government. Plevent agreed formally Monday night to make an at tempt to put together a coali tion cabinet and end France's two - week - old government crisis. To succeed in the attempt, he must have the support of both the Independents and the Socialists. The Independents control more than 100 votes in the 596-seat National, As sembly and the Socialists 96. The Socialists meet Friday to decide what to do, which means Pleven probably will not know until the end of the week just how much chance he stands. Big Three To Reject Demands by Russia Washington PI The West ern Big Three plan speedy re jection of Russia s demand that Poland and Czechoslo vakia be included in all pre summit negotiations in Mos cow, diplomatic sources said today.' Tribune 29, 1958 MAT H FALL "Well, Men, What'll Doing (Ml ii i i: iti -- -v in n i Bids Called for Experiment Station Bids will be opened May 19 in the county court office for construction of an office, lab oratory, refrigeration and rip ening .rooms -for fruit, storage and equipment, "and caretak er's home a the new South ern Oregon Experiment sta tion on the old Hanley prop erty near Jacksonville, accord ing to Superintendent Harold White. If the low bid is acceptable, he said, construction will start immediately. Meanwhile, the farm has been seeded except for trans planting tomato plants and corn for the fertilizer experi ments. White said that 25 acres will be levelled by the end of the week. A portion of this will be planted to fruit. The entire, property totals 81 and 410 acres. Other Work Other work expected to be completed by the end of the week includes installation of pumps to be connected with the sump pump to provide ir rigation water. Irrigation ditches for the horticulture experiment area are expected to be finished today. Sprink ler irrigation will be used on the area used for experiments in agronomy (growing of grain and similar plants). White said horticulture will occupy five to six acres of the land and the balance will be used for agronomy. As work progresses, horticulture will have additional plantings and Nasser Receives Welcome in Russia Moscow (IP) President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic arrived her today for an 18-day state visit and received one of the greatest welcomes ever ac corded a visiting dignitary. Huge bannerlines in the Moscow press hailed Soviet-U.A.R- friendship and edi torials said the visit was an omen of "fruitful coopera tion" between Russia and the newly founded Arab state. Soviet leaders gave Nasser a mamoth welcome when the sleek Russia TU-104 jetliner escorted by five Soviet fight ers rolled to a stop before a waiting delegation that in cluded president Kliment Y. Voroshilov and Premier Ni kita Khrushchev. Washington BP) Presi dent Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 6:30 a.m. (PST) Wednesday. rat Price 10 Cents No. 33 We Refrain From Now?" I EMI IBS the land will be made avail able. White added that two wells have been drilled, and the property now has two wells each capable of delivering 6,000 gallons of water per hour for IV2 hours. Residence Necessary The experiment station su perintendent explained that the residence is necessary so a caretaker may watch over the equipment and field experi ments which "represent many thousands of dollars." The residence is a small two-bedroom cottage covering 974 square feet including the exterior walls. A carport and storage area is included. Esti mate for the residence and the carport is $9,295.60. White said he anticipates that the county health de partment will require installa tion of two septic tanks. Facilities for four house trailers have been provided for those graduate students who may work at the station during the summer, White concluded. IBasebaSfl AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 1.6 0 New York 5 13 0 Foytack. Shaw (4). Aguir re (8) and Hegan; Shaniz and Berra. 'Booster1 Banquet- Will Open Buy Now Campaign John I. Sell, Eugene, assist ant vice president of the First National Bank of Portland, will speak at a "booster" ban quet at 7 o'clock tonight at the Rogue Valley Country club to launch the 10-day cam paign to "Keep Medford's Economy Rolling You Auto Buy Now." The campaign, spearheaded by the Medford Automobile Dealers association and sup ported by other community groups, is designed to stimu late consumer buying. Entertainment Planned About 200 business leaders are expected to attend the din ner, according to Hugh Cole man and Darrell Miller, co chairmen of the campaign. Also on tonight's program is musical entertainment by the Medford High school orches tra, a special "automotive world" dance number and other events. Arctic Inspection Said Safeguard Against Invasion Gromyko Renews Demand on Flights United Nations, N. Y. (IP) The United States called upon the Soviet Union today to remove fear of massive sur prise attack by agreeing to a zone of inspection in the Arc tic. But both in Moscow and on the floor of the Security Council, Russia renewed its demands that the U. S. halt its H-bomb alert missions. In Moscow, Soviet Foreign Min ister Andrei Gromyko said either the U. S. must halt such flights or bear "grave responsibilities . . . for pos sible consequences." Said Diversionary Move Russia charged that the U. S. proposal was a diversion ary move to detract attention from H-bomber flights while seeking to spy on Soviet ter ritory. A Soviet resolution, placed before a UN council meeting which is overwhelmingly in . favor of the U. S. plan, de manded that the questions of safeguard be placed before a summit ' meeting. U. S. Bomber Flights U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, introducing a resolution calling for a north ern inspection zone, told the Security Council its session "could mark the turn in the road for which humanity has been looking." The Soviet charge and the American safeguard proposal arose chiefly from a dispatch by United Press President Frank E. Bartholomew de scribing alert missions of U. S. Strategic Air Command bombers and the "fail safe" system which prevented the bombers from proceeding on false missions. In Moscow, Gromyko said it would be "quite natural" under present circumstances for the Soviet Union to send its own H-bombers flying to ward the U. S. The U. S. proposal would place under international in spection Alaska, the Aleu tians, Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kurile Is lands, and all territory from the Arctic Circle to the North Pole. Referring to Gromyko's statement of last week, which referred directly to the Bar tholomew dispatch Lodge told the council: Question of Geography "If Mr. Gromyko's state ment represents a sincere concern no matter how groundless! surely the Sov iet Union will agree that the establishment of an accept able system of inspection would be desirable." "Geography makes ' it ap parent that inspection in the Arctic area can be at least the first line of approach to the problem of surprise at tack. We are loath to believe that the" Soviet government wants to deny its people the kind of safeguards which would make surprise attack virtually impossible." Porter Says Nuclear Tests To Start Friday Washington (IP) Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) says the spring-summer series of U. S. nuclear tests will be gin Friday at the Eniwetok Proving Grounds. The Atomic Energy Com mission has refused to reveal when the first shot will be fired. Porter left today for the mid-Pacific test center. The campaign will be dis cussed and reviewed. One of the features of the 10-day event will be a parade, a "confidence caravan," start ing at 11:20 a.m. tomorrow on Biddle rd. The parade will proceed into Medford on Court st.. Central ave., turn onto Sixth st. to West Main st., east on Main to Central ave., south to Riverside ave. and north to the Big Y junc tion. To Call Attention At the junction, one section will proceed to Central Point and Eagle Point by the old highway, and return to Med ford and disband. Another sec tion will continue to Beall lane and on to Jacksonville. It will continue to Phoenix and return to Medford and disband. The parade is planned to bring attention to values of fered by new car dealers in connection with the campaign.