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Newspaper Page Textir . A FT Recommended At millloni of people cross the state line into California their first contact in that state Is with the inspectors of the bureau of plant quarantine of California department of agri culture. Read about the history of this station and the alms of the service. The story appears on page 12 of today's Mail Tribune. 53rd Year Price 10 Cents Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141 Ash land MU 2-1021. Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1220 a on. Sunday. . If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. IvlEBFORD United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 66 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY .18, 1958 No. 49 t rr Minnies, Matfteld Win Unander Fails fit Home County; Norblad Triumphs Jackson Voters Follow Statewide Pattern Portland, Ore Iff) Gov. Robert Holmes and Secretary of State Mark Hatfield Sat urday claimed commanding victories in every county in Oregon for nominations to op pose one another for governor in the November elections. Primary election voters Fri day night gave both men sweeping votes on confidence that swamped their challeng ers. Democrats gave Holmes 156,834 in near complete re turns. His opponent. Lew Wal lace drew 72,575 and was be hind throughout the ballot counting Friday night. Hatfield soundly defeated his widely-known rival and fellow board of control mem ber, Sig Unander of Portland. Even in his home county Un ander polled a smaller vote than the former Salem col lege professor. His vote was 132,981 to 80,487 for Unan der. Warren Gill, the Leban on attorney who jumped into the gubernatorial race late and enlivened the campaign with his forthright insistence on Oregon's need for a sales tax, trailed badly with 51, 382. The other two GOP can didates were not serious con tenders. Norblad Surprises Republican . congressman Walter Norblad surprised many . with the ease with which he defeated Phil Hitch cock, a dogged campaigner who accused Norblad of a do nothing record in congress. . NorMad, in November, will defend his 12-year record against Robert Y. Thornton, state attorney general who overwhelmed Brooks rancher Don Metheny- for the Demo cratic nomination in Norblad's district. 1 Incumbent justices fighting for their seats on the Oregon supreme court bench were re turned to office in non-partisan balloting. Justice George Rossman.the oldest candidate in the election, defeated Ja son Lee of Salem and Gor don Sloan, the newest mem ber of the court, won over state senate president Boyd Overhulse of Madras. In Jackson county, voters cast their ballots on the same pattern as did voters state wide, giving large majorities to Gov. Robert Holmes on the Democratic ballot, and to secretary of State Mark Hat field on the Republican. . Here is how the Jackson county vote went: Democratic Holmes, 4, 481; Wallace, 2,242; Smith, 671. Republican Hatfield, 4, 532; Unander, 2,715; Gill, 2, 609; Eichman, 294; Living ston 110; Rasor, 47. For congress, fourth dis posed). Congressman Charles trict (both candidates unop O. Porter received 6,430 votes for the Democratic nomina tion, and Paul Geddes recei ved 7,513 for the Republican nomination. For labor commissioner, Lyle E. McCauley received 7,- 827 votes unopposed for the Republican nomination, and Incumbent Norman Nilsen re ceived 6,176 , for the Demo cratic nomination, without op position. Chicago (IF) A jewelry salesman was robbed of $75, 000 to $100,000 worth of gems early Saturday aboard a crack New. York-to-Chicago train after he was overpowered and bound in his Pullman compartment. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy Sun day and Monday, possibly a few showers or thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon and , Monday. High today 88. Low tonight 4S. High Monday 83. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 94 Lowest this Morning 52 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:48 a.m. Sunset 7:29 pjn. New Moon 11:00 ajn. JUPITER, in the southeast, is now the first start" visible af now is the first "star visible after sunset. Due south at 9:54 p.m, it will be the brightest object in the sky until it sets at - 3:04 a.m. GOV. ROBERT HOLMES Receives Nomination Clerk, Judge and Sheriff Nominees In Friday's nominating elec tion, Republicans nominated Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins for county clerk; Carlos Morris for county coroner; Earl Mill er for county judge, and Joe Walsh for sheriff. On the Democratic ticket, winning nominees were Marv- Danielson Says Roy Bashaw Wins Judge Nomination Robert G. Danielson, for mer Ashland attorney now living in Klamath Falls, late Saturday said votes cast for him in Friday's primary elec tion will not count because he was ineligible at the time bal lots were cast. Danielson's name appeared on the non-partisan ballot for district court judge in Jack son county along with E. Roy Bashaw's. Bashaw is the Med ford city attorney. Danielson ceived 7,526 votes, and Ba shaw7,273. . . ' Danielson withdrew from the district "judgeship race after he .accepted a job as assistant district attorney in Klamath county. However, he was too late to have his name removed from the ballot. Becomes Ineligible The former Ashland attor ney said he believed he be came ineligible when he moved to Klamath county about May 3, and that he was ineligible at the time ballots were cast Friday. "Therefore," he said, "all votes cast for me will not count, and that in my opin ion, Roy Bashaw won the nomination, and should be placed on the general ballots in the1 November elections." Danielson continued: "This situation further points out the necessity for revision of our election laws whereby a candidate cannot" have his name removed from the bal lot prior to printing thereof unless it is done within seven days after the deadline for filing. Tn my case, had I been able to withdraw my name from the ballot, this situation would not have arisen, and my name would not have been before the voters." ' Danielson said he felt the voters of Jackson county would have a fine district judge in Bashaw. - Army Successfully Launches Missile Cape Canaveral. Fla. (in The Army successfully launched the first interme dials) range Jupiter missile in five months early Satur day and aimed it some 1.900 miles over the Atlantic in a full-scale nose cone re entry test. Boats were waiting in the impact area southeast of the launching site to spot the nose cone as it para chuled into the ocean pro vided all went well in the flight. , , The Army announced a few minutes after the 12:05 . a.m. (EST) launching that preliminary reports indi cated the missile's rocket engine functioned normally and "the flight appeared successful.'' MARK HATFIELD To Oppose Holmes in Madden' for county clerk; Scott Hamilton for county judge, and Earl Fichtner for sheriff. Chester Wendt won renom- ination unapposed on the Re- publcian ticket for county commissioner, and Frank About 5312 per cent of Jackson county's voters of the two major parties voted in Friday's primar election, voter totals indicated Sat urday. This is considered a fait; ly light turnout for a pri mary election. ' Republicans did rather better than Democrats' in voting, with some 58 per cent of the GOP voters cast ing ballots, as opposed to 1 about 45 per cent of the Democrats. There are 33.856 voters of all parlies registered in the county. More than 17, 400 of them went to the polls. Christian was unoppsed for the Democratic nomination for the same post. No Demo crats filed for coroner. Closest Race The most closely-contested of these races was the one for the ' GOP sheriff's spot. Walsh, now chief deputy sher iff, ran ahead in most of the balloting, but Ashland, home town of candidate Vern Smith, gave him a solid vote, and at one point during the count ing he was ahead. However, returns from elsewhere in the county put Walsh back in the lead. The final count was, Walsh, 4,673; Smith, 4,314, and Ralph Larson, Eagle Point, 1,099. Fichtner, a former deputy sheriff, received 2,922 votes for the Democratic sheriffs nomination. Other candidates were Larry Sheehan, Rogue River, 2,333, and Raymond Kock, Central Point, 1,442. Hamilton received '2,761 votes to wiri the Democratic nomination for county judge, compared to 1,891 for K. C. (Swede) Wernmark, Central Point; 1,204 for Franklin Girard, Ashland, and 673 for C. L. Hockersmith, Phoenix, Ex-Mayor Winner Miller, former mayor of Medford, easily outdistanced Connty Judge Rodney Keat ing for the Republican nom ination for that post. Miller's total was 5,871, Keating's 4,044. In the races for county clerk, Mrs". Bereth P. Hop kins, a Republican, easily de feated, for the second time, Mrs. Anna Scott for the nom ination. The two ran against each other four years ago, The totals were, for Mrs. Hop kins, 5,566, for Mrs. Scott, 4,336. In the Democratic county clerk race, Marvin Madden, Phoenix, defeated Mrs. Nita Zumwalt, Medford, 3,959 to 2,573. 1 In the contest for county coroner, incumbent Carlos Morris built up a comfortable margin over his opponent, Frank Perl, to win the Re publican nomination. The tot als were, Morris 6,026; Perl, 4,261. This is the only contest in which write-in votes may have some significance. If Morris receives more Democratic write-in votas (and indications are that both candidates re ceived several; the total of the write-ins will npt be known for several days), he would also receive the Demo cratic nomination. Tax Base Proposal Edged Out; City's Annexations OK'd Jackson county voters Fri day defeated by a narrow margin a proposal to estab lish a permanent tax base for the county. The unofficial total showed 6,935 yes, 6,960 no. The proposal, placed on the election ballot by the county court, would have set up a permanent tax base of $652,- 386.68, the same as the coun ty's existing tax base. This would have meant the county would need to have levied taxes only in years when they were needed, and would not have lost its base by not levying a tax. , . Arguments against it were that such a base is not needed in the county at present, and if the need arises, it can be voted later. Not Decided Whether or not the county will levy to the maximum this year to protect the base for another three years has not been decided by the coun ty court and budget commit tee. There is speculation that if it does, it will increase the county school fund to permit an offsetting decrease in school district taxes (as is be ing done in Josephine county this year) which would meanin effect no increase in taxes as a result of protecting the tax base. in Meatora, voters ap proved two annexation pro posals by considerable mar gins. The areas were m the McAndrews road section, the old Phipps ranch, and another area between Bear-creek and Highway 99 north of a line; running east from Stewart ave. - :- ; Incomplete returns showed the annexations being ap proved by margins of 6 to 1 or better. : ,- . Andren Family Boys Said Best Customers Of Ambulance Service Eight-year-old Valentine Emile 'Andren, 1037. Maple Park dr., Medford. is the third youngster of his fam ily to be rushed to the hos pital for injuries in an auto accident. He was taken to the Rogue Valley hospital Thursday following an ac cident at McAndrews rd. and Jackson blvd. He suf fered only minor injuries. His brother is reported to have been one of the first patients of Medford Ambu lance service. Two Girls Hurt lit Auto Mishap , Two Medford girls suffer ed minor injuries in a one car accident - on Saturday, about 6 p.m., when the car in which they were riding left the road near the Ross and Posse lanes intersection. Pat Newbry, 16, of 1009 West Main st., was treated and released and Julia Math ey, 17, of 1401 West 10th st., is reported in good condition by Rogue Valley hospital au thorities. Both were taken to the hospital by Medford Am bulance service. Further in formation on the accident was not available- at the . Mail Tribune's Saturday evening press time. . v ' Chicago (TO More than 2,000 persons gathered here Friday to. attend the two-day 48th annual convention of the Boy Scouts of America. Duncans, Nye, Lottie In House Race; Durno Named - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dun can, Democrats, will face Mrs. Eve Nye and Melvin Lattie, Republicans, in the house of representatives election . in the fall, and Dr. Edwin Dur no, Republican, will face Gor don . Hudson, Democrat, for the state senate seat, as a result of Friday's nominating elections. The Duncans, a husband-and-wife team, were unop posed for the double nomina tion for Jackson county's two house seats. . ' Mrs. Nye and Lattie were nominated from a field of three, defeating Medford at torney O. H. Bengtson. Mrs. Edward Kelly Wins Judgeship by Slim Edge Over Nunley Main Defeats Dames For Other Position Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly was , returned to office, and District Judge James Main was elevated to the cir cuit Dench in Friday's pri mary election. Kelly defeated by a slim margin an ex-district attorn; ey, Walter Nunley. The vote, was Kelly 12,314, and Nunley, 11,629 on unofficial returns JUDGE EDWARD KELLY . Leads Close Race JAMES M. MAIN District Judge Wins for Position No. 3 from both Josephine and Jackson coun ties. The winning margin was less than 6.00 votes out" of more than 23,000 cast in the two counties. Main, by winning a major ity of the votes cast in the election for Position No. 1, avoided a run-off election in the fall. He received 13,456 votes, compared to .7,094 for his closest competitor, Med ford attorney Robert Dames, and 2,527 for Manville Heis- el, who had withdrawn from the race, but too late to re move his name from the bal lot. County voters conformed with the majority through out the state in . voting for the two supreme court posi tions, giving substantial mar gins to the incumbents, vet eran Justice George Ross- man and recently-appointed Justice Gordon Sloan. N Here are the totals: For Po sition No. .3, Gordon Sloan 8,813; Boyd Overhulse, 3,852, and Sam Bowe,. 2,893. For Position No. 7, George Ross- man, 8,397, Jason Lee, 7,421. London (IP) A "very im portant" exhibition of works by San Francisco artists has opened in- Moscow, Moscow radio reported Saturday. Nye led the ticket by a sub stantial margin. Hudson was unopposed for the Democratic senate nomi nation. Dr. Durno won nomination by defeating 'John W. Snider, mayor of Medford. ; - Here is how the voting "went: , Republican: House of Rep resentatives Nye, 6,227; Lat tie, 4,344, : Bengston, 4,050. State Senate Durno, . 5,808, Snider, 4,340. : Democratic: (All candidates unopposed) House of . Repre sentatives Mrs. Duncan, 6,320; State Senate Hudson, 6,297. ' ' . pireineDu Transport Planes May Aid Stranded In Lebanon Area Military Aid Sent In Form of Supplies Washington HP! The United States Saturday sent 18 big C-124 transport planes to Europe for possible use in evacuating Americans from revolt-threatened Lebanon. Another 18 to 22 of the 200-passenger troop trans ports were standing by await ing orders to fly in a second wave to U. S. air bases in Germany for airlift use- if needed. The State Department also announced the United States is responding to an appeal by the Beirut government to ex pedite previously planned military aid shipments and in "some instances to augment these programs." "In making this request, to which the United States agreed, the government of Lebanon indicated that the integrity of Lebanon was threatened by persons acting under alian influence," the statement said. This presumably referred to President Camille Cham- oun's charges that Lebanon's neighbor, the ' United Arab Republic of Syria and Egypt, has inspired and supported the attempted revolt and anti- Western riots in Lebanon. Earlier Saturday the State Department said it appears now that assistance by U. S troops will not be needed 'to safeguard American lives and property in Lebanon. DHvK!tif les U. S. airlift planes already are delivering rifles, gas masks and other "police type' equipment to Beirut under terms of a previous State De partment announcement. Tanks are to be provided soon. Officials indicated the in creased aid would involve chiefly more of the same type of equipment. The Air Force did not for mally specify the mission of the transport air fleet. But officials assured reporters that they would be correct in assuming the planes were to be used, if needed, in air lift operations into or out of Leb anon. Eighteen of the planes al ready have taken off for a U. S. base in Germany from Donaldson Air Force Base, near Greenville, S.C., the Air Force announced. 'The rest will be dispatched in later waves, a spokesman said. The action was taken . de spite a reassuring statement from the State Department Saturday that the pro-Western' Lebanese government ap pears to be able to maintain order without requiring the assistance of U. S. troops. Other Measures Taken However, other precaution ary measures were being tak en. Police-type small weapons were rushed by air to Beirut Saturday, and the State De partment announced that an undisclosed number of U.S. tanks will be sent to the small Middle East nation un der the regular U. S. aid pro gram. It was the third publicized U. S. military movement in a week to prepare for instant assistance to Americans in trouble areas. Earlier, ships of the U.S. Sixth Fleet were hurriedly shifted in the Mediterranean closer to Lebanon and Mar ines scheduled for return to the United States were held with the fleet. 1 In the Western hemisphere President Eisenhower sent Marines 'and Paratroops to U. S. Caribbean bases to be used, "if needed and invited, to. rescue Vice President Richard M. Nixon from Vene zualan mobs. Sports Bulletin Phoenix, Ariz. (IP) Leon 1 Wagner, number one neme sis of Portland all week, slashed a pair of three-run homers to lead the Phoenix Giants to their fifth straight Pacific Coast League vic tory. 10-7. over the Beav ers here Saturday night. ami 'By God, I'm Going To, Win A Victory Over Somebody" Lumber Rate Cut Allowed Railroad The Interstate Commerce commission's suspension board Friday ruled to allow South ern Pacific to reduce, its freight rates on Oregon lum ber shipments to California, according to Washington, D. C, sources. If the decision is upheld by the ICC's division two, which Parade Scheduled A! Phoenix Event Phoenix A parade will be held in Phoenix on Saturday, June 14, starting at . 11 a.m. as part of the celebration of the 10th annual Phoenix Fes tival. Several booths, entertain ment events and a dance also are scheduled that day, ac cording to officials. Several float entries al ready have been received, ac cording to Bob Cocks, parade chairman. He said the parade divisions will include youth, church, service and commer cial groups. . The line of march will start at Phoenix High school, go east on Bolz rd., south on Main st. and west on First st. to the community hall. Rib bons will be presented to win ners in each division with the best local float receiving a trophy, he said. Minors Drinking Hurls Local Bar Portland Two Jackson county Oregon liquor control commission outlets will have their privileges' to sell and dispense liquor suspended on Monday, May 26, the commis sion has announced. - Suspensions in Jackson county are Kim's restaurant, Medford, seven days and Omar's restaurant, Ashland, seven days. Kim's was sus pended because of charges in volving minors, and Omar's was suspended for permitting intoxivated persons to remain on the premises. Eight-Year-Old Boy Hit By Automobile Jack Raven Richey, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Richey, 1063 Court St., was reported in good con dition suffering from injuries sustained when he was struck by a car Saturday morning, according to police. They said the youth appar ently ran in front of a vehicle operated by Dorothy E. Gard ner, route 2, box 208, Central Point, at Jackson st. and the railroad tracks. The youth suffered a broken leg and head injuries, police said. Richey was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Ambulance service. No cita tions were issued, police said. Paris (IP) An overflowing gasoline tank exploded Sat urday ' with a blockbusting fury that killed at least 15 persons, including six chil dren who had run to the scene to watch the excitement. is composed of three ICC com missioners, lumber shipping charges from western Oregon producers . to ; the , southern Caalifornia markets will be reduced by some 37 per cent effective Wednesday. ' ICC officials said they ex pect an appeael will be filed with division two. The appeal has -to be filed by Monday, and the appeal ruled on Tues day. Lumber industry spokes men said the rate reduction would reopen the large Cali fornia market to Oregon Douglas fir lumber and ply wood, all but shut out by rate inequities which developed since 1954. The ICC sspension board ruling'was on protest filed by trucking and ocean shipping interests and by northern Cal ifornia lumber producers. - Since 1954 increases in in terstate rates on Oregon-California shipments have, not been accompanied by increas es on intrastate shipments within California, thus plac ing out-of-state shippers at a disadvantage, according to of ficials. ' As a result, shipments of Oregon lumber to California points have declined one-third to one-half, according to . a brief filect by Oregon, lumber interests in support of the rate inductions. , The Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm asso ciation has been seeking the reduction for several years. Such a reduction would mean about $200 difference in car load shipments for lumber men of the northwest. Congress May Drive For Broad Tax Cuts Washington (IP) Key law makers have warned the Administration that if it asks for a few selective tax cuts Congress is almost certain to respond with broad 'reduc tions it was learned Satur day. This appraisal of congres sional sentiment shared by both Republican and Demo cratic leaders has been re layed to Administration pol icymakers who have been considering whether the President should: Stand firm behind his bud get message recommendation that Congress should extend without change , the present rates on corporation income taxes and certain excise tax es which are automatically scheduled to drop to lower levels at midnight June 30. Ask Congress to include selective cuts in excise taxes on freight, automobiles and possibly relief for other re pressed business through lib eralized depreciation allow ances. 'Some Congressional sourc es believe the Administration as a result of the warning, will decide against recom mending changes in the cor poration - excise extension bill. The measure is relatively veto-proof since it must be Premier Requests Nation's Support Against Violence DeGauIle's Decision Promised for Monday Paris (IP) Premier Pierre Pf limlin Saturday night called on all Frenchmen" in France and Algeria to support his government against those who would "unleash violence" and the snowballing insurrection designed to bring General Charles de Gaulle to power. In a dramatic and hastily- arranged radio address to the nation, the embattled Premier denounced all "who have cre ated a situation menacing na tional unity" by establishment of a rival government in Al geria. He said 26 persons were arrested last night in central France before they were able to carry out plans to attack the prefecture of Saint Etienne. He spoke, after de Gaulle's righthand man, former North African Governor - General Jacques Soustelle, escaped po lice surveillance in France and flew to a triumphal wel come by 100,000 persons in Algiers, where he called for a French government headed by.de Gaulle. To strengthen his position against the burgeoning threat of seizure by de Gaulle and the collapse of. the fourth re public, Pflimlin's cabinet re shuffled the army high com mand and decreed that all civil and" military officials take orders only from his gov ernment. The time: for decision was close at hand. De Gaulle him- lself promised to state nis po sition in Paris Monday. Pflimlin, in the appeal which . also was televised, promised increased manpower and material support for the battle against the Algerian rebels. The Premier, who Friday was granted extraordinary powers under a state of emer gency to cope with the disor ders and the threatened at tempt to restore de Gaulle to the leadership he held in the latter days of World War II, said th military authorities were in control in Algiers by agreement with the govern ment to keep order. These authorities, however. while running . the country, support the de Gaulle faction. . Pflimlin vowed to use his emergency powers, which in clude, the right of search and seizure by police, "against all those who might attempt to rise up against the law. He said Algeria was the prime danger spot. Pflimlin thus committed himself to heading off by all means possible any attempt to smash the regularly-constituted republican government. signed into law by June 30 to avoid heavy loss of revenue from taxes on liquor and other consumer items. The White House, if it has not done so already, will have to make a decision soon. The tax-writing House Ways and Means committee plans to be gin work within two weeks on the extension. The issue is certain to be discussed when GOP leaders meet with the President Mon day to discuss the legislative program. While talk of income tax cutting has receded in Con gress, strong sentiment for reductions in the excises has been building up. Chances of holding the cuts to a mini mum are believed better if the Administration takes a no-relief stand. Adoption of such strategy would not foreclose the Ad ministration from recommen ding a program of tax relief later should it decide that the economic conditions war rant it. But prospects are dim for enactment of a program of relief for business through the liberalized depreciation allowances privately favored by top treasury officials unless the President is will ing to take with it a major cut in individual income taxes.