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Newspaper Page TextL 1 Medford 18 PAGES 24-Hour Battle Takes Toll of Dead, Wounded Fiercest Fight Yet In 10-Day Uprising Beirut (IF) Lebanon's pro Western government appeared today to have won a major victory in the northern port of Tripoli after a 24-hour battle which took a toll of anywhere from 20 to 85 dead and 250 wounded. A spokesman for President Camille Chamoun's admini stration said the battle fiercest vet reported in the 10-day-old uprising ended at noon Sunday with the "un conditional surrender" of the rebels entrenched in the city. Opposition sources confirm' ed that the fighting in Tripoli has ceased, but said it was the result of a truce rather than a surrender. Reports from the north indicated, however, that loyal troops control most of the city. Rashid Karame, rebel lead er in Tripoli, vowed that his men will continue the fight until Chamoun and his gov ernment resign. Southeast of Beirut, rebel lious Druse tribesmen drove loyal troops out of the village of "Batloun Sunday after a four-hour battle in which at least one soldier was killed. A U.S. amphibious task force, with some 3,500 cont- bat-ready Marines aboard, and warships of the British Medi terranean fleet were standing by in case it becomes neces sary to evacuate Western civi lians from Lebanon. The Soviet press, in an ominous warning that West ern intervention would create a "dangerous situation" to which Russia "could not re main indifferent," changed Sunday that "preparations are being made to land American Marines on the Lebanese coast." The charge was denied by the U.S. Embassy here and by the British Foreign Office. Senate To Quiz On Outbreaks Washington (IP) Senators 'called in top U.S. officials today to ask if anti-American outbreaks in Latin America, Lebanon and elsewhere are part of a Communist-inspired world plan. Allen W. Dulles, head of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert Murphy were slated to testify in secret be fore the senate foreign rela tions committee. The senators were expected to ask whether the govern ment had advance knowledge of the possibility of serious demonstrations against Vice President Richard M. Nixon in Peru and Venezuela. Today's session could lead to hearings by the foreign relations committee of its sub committees on various aspects of U.S. foreign policies. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) indi cated his subcommittee on Latin American affairs would hold public hearings on the Peru and Venezuela outbreaks if today's briefing warranted it. London (W Ernie Hill, 49, veteran foreign corres pondent of the Chicago Daily News, died here today of a heart attack. Republicans On Hatfield's Portland (IP) Republi cans are counting on the vote getting magic of young Mark Hatfield today to wrest the governorship from the Demo crats in November while Democrats point with confi dence to the big primary mar gin piled up by Gov. Robert D. Holmes as assurance he would retain the governor ship for a full four-year term. Hatfield, the 35-year-old secretary of state and Holmes, 48-year-old governor, rolled to victory by big margins in last Friday's primary over their party opponents. Hat field polied more votes than State Treasurer Sig Unander and State Sen. Warren Gill combined, while Holmes did the same in swamping Lew Wallace and Wiley Smith. Unander, who had piled up big victories in winning MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1958 WILSON SLATER Named School Clerk Slater to Replace Mrs. Jensen July 1 - Wilson Slater, -310 Mary st., Medford, has been named clerk of the Medford school district to replace Mrs. John Jensen, 508 Park st., Med ford, who has retired after being with the district since 1927. . Slater is now an account ant with John A. Graff, pub lic accountant , firm. He has lived in Medford" since 1946, and is a graduate of Stanford university- where he majored in education and business ad ministration. He will start with the school district July 1. Slater, who is married and has two daughters, was in the Air Force for 4V years. Mrs. Jensen plans an ex tended vacation with her husband to visit relatives in Denmark, she said. She came to Medford from Idaho where she had been employed in the school of fices at Jerome and Boise. She worked as ' secretary clerk to E. H. Hedrick until his retirement three years ago, and continued with the present superintendent,- L. B. Mayfield. ' r . j Frank Bash, chairman of the board, said Mrs. Jensen's work as clerk of the school district "has contributed Official Canvass of City Election Made An official canvass of votes cast in the city election Fri day has been completed by the Medford city council. Both annexation proposals were approved by margins of about 5 to 1, it was reported. The areas voted into the city were in the McAndrews road section, the old Phipps ranch, and another area between Bear creek and Highway 99, and north of a line running east from Stewart ave. Returns showed 5,204 yes votes for the McAndrews rd. section and 1,000 no. The area along Bear creek was approved by 5,004 votes for and 1,038 votes against. According to Darell Huson, city finance director, the areas will become officially annexed once they have been placed on the record of the secretary of state. Overseas Situation Reviewed by Ike Washington (IP) Presi dent Eisenhower reviewed for Republican congressional lead ers today the tense situations in France, Algeria and Leb anon. But the congressmen would not reveal anything that was said. Counting Magic races for state treasurer, said he would support all Repub lican candidates in November. Gill sent Hatfield a congrat ulatory telegram with - "best wishes for success in Novem ber." Wallace, who came close to Holmes' total in 1956, sent Holmes a telegram saying "the party has spoken in a de cisive way. As a good Demo crat I accept the party's choice. My best wishes to you." Rep. Walter Norblad, who faces Democratic Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton in November, got wishes of "luck in the fall campaign" from former State Sen. Phil Hitchcock who lost by a wide margin in the first district GOP congressional. A little mors than half of the register ed voters turned out. j' MRS. JOHN JENSEN Plans Vacation greatly toward making our school business management program one of the best in the state." Both Hedrick and Mayfield consider Mrs. Jens sen an outstanding authority on school budgetary proced ure and record keeping, they said. Belgian Airliner In Flaming Crash Kills 65 Persons, Casablanca, Morocco (IP) A Belgian airliner with 69 persons aboard faltered short of the runway during an emergency landing Sunday, ripped through an airport building and burned. Sixty-five perscns includ ing nine children were kill ed. It was the worst crash in Belgium's airline history. Four persons escaped through a . hatch from the flamingxeckageL'IhEee. -of them were reported in criti cal condition.' , Belgian- aeronautical of ficials and officials of the Sa bena Airlines flew here to investigate the wreck of the large Douglas airliner. Five airport firemen sleep ing in the firehouse at the air port escaped injury when the huge plane sheared through their dormitory, wrecking it completely. The plane's pilot, en route to Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo from Brussels and Lisbon, had radioed . Casa blanca's. Camp Case Airport control tower shortly before 6 a.m. that he was having en gine trouble and would at tempt a forced landing. vMost of the plane's passen gers were Belgians on their way back to homes in the Congo. - ; . Sabena officials later an nounced the names of Brit ish, Swiss and Portuguese passengers as well. Man Falls Off Cliff Near Rogue Gold Beach (IP) A 39-year-old Myrtle Point man, Carson Gray, was in "good" condition at a Gold Beach hospital today recovering from broken ribs and other injuries suffered when he fell from a cliff and spent the night in wild Rogue river country northeast of here be fore being rescued by a heli copter Sunday. Gray, a millwright, was in jured while on a week end gold prospecting trip with his son, Martin; Clarence Dawes of North Bend, and Donald Knight, Myrtle Point. Knight said Gray slipped off a cliff and plunged 15 feet. He suf fered four broken ribs, a back sprain and contusions. They were unable to bring him out of the rugged coun try and Knight walked six miles to a road where he drove to Powers for help.' Gray is 6 feet, 2 inches, and weighs about 210 pounds. Jury Selection Starts On Slaying Case Portland (IP) Selection of a jury to hear the trial of Harold Keith, 43, for the "body-in-a-well" slaying of Robert Holloway, 44, Port land cement finisher, began today. Lee Parker, 31, recently was convicted of second de gree murder in connection with the case. Holloway's body was found last Decem ber in an abandoned well near Vernonia. Tribune No. 50 Local Contractor Submits Low Bid On New Station Construction Will Start Late in Week A low bid of $59,720.30 for construction of three build ings at the new Southern Ore gon Experiment station was accepted by the Jackson county court this morning. Medford Contractor Don Jacobs submitted the low bid. Batzer Construction company, with $60,660 was second low Other bidders were H. C Goldsmith, $61,630.78; Myers D. Jones, $61,740; and Cum mings Construction, $60,842. Jacobs' low bid was well under the originally estimated cost of $69,200 made by Archi tect Robert Keeney. Construc tion is to begin within five days and completed in 100 days. Includes Offices The buildings, all of light weight aggregate block, will include offices and labora tories, a residence for the caretaker, and a 76-by-108 foot implement building, Keeney said. , Trusses for the implement building will be from the razed dance hall formerly on the county fairgrounds. The structures will be built on the 81.4 acres of land pur chased by the c6unty last No vember from Misses Martha, Clair and Mary Hanley, Jacksonville-Central Point rd. The new experimental farm will consolidate the old South ern Oregon Experiment sta tion and the experiment farm west of Talent, both of which will be sold as soon as ex perimental work can be moved to the new locations, according to Superintendent Harold White. Proceeds from the sale will be turned back to the county to offset purchase and de velopment of the new farm. Another county experiment al farm, the Medford branch on Kings highway, will be re tained to continue research on mature trees and. the heavy adobe-type soils, White said. Area Man Escapes Drowning in River Wally Larson, 20, of 1301 Murray st., narrowly escaped drowning Sunday afternoon while swimming in the Apple gate river above Ruch. The former Medford High champion hurdler was report ed in good condition today at Sacred Heart hospital, where he was taken about 5:30 p.m. yesterday by Medford Ambu lance service. Larson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Einar Larson, apparently suf fered cramps while swimming in the current near the Can trail swimming hole and was carried down the river, friends reported today. Others in the party were Linda Luman, Judy Kaiser and Jack Foster, all of Med ford. They said they were un aware of Larson's difficulty until he failed to return to shore after about 30 min utes, according to. Miss Lu- man's father, Bill Luman, op erator of Luman's market, who was called to the scene. The trio found Larson downstream during a search of the river bank. He was un conscious and covered with mud and lying on a sandbar, partly submerged m tne water. Foster moved him out of the water, Luman said, and covered him with blankets while Miss Luman called her fatheiv . Luman arrived at the scene shortly after Larson's parents and just before the Medford ambulance.; Renton (IP) A Seattle couple, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schaitel, both 27, were killed Saturday when their light plane crashed south of here near Lake McDonald. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy and warm through Tuesday. Low to night 50. High Tuesday 88. TEMP. Highest Yesterday . ; 87 Lowest This Morning 56 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset .. 4:47 a.m. 7:30 p.m. uMoonset 8:30 p.m. First Quarter Sunday Night VENUS, low in east at 3:44 a.m., is now the last "star" to fade out in the morning twilight. It will be rising a bit further north on the horizon each morning for the next two months. (All Times Pacific Standard) Ships Recover Jupiter Cone After Firing Defense Men Report Complete Success' Washington flP) The Army today chalked up a new victory in the . inter-service misisle-shooting contest and hoped the success would win favor for its Jupiter inter mediate range rocket. The Army fired a full-range Jupiter from the Cape Canav eral, Fla., test center early Sunday and Navy ships re covered its rounded nose cone a few hours later in the At lantic somewhere to the south east. A defense department spokesman said first exami nations indicated "complete success ' of the nose cone's re entry, meaning it apparently was not damaged by the heat generated by its plunge back through' the earth's atmos phere. First Recovery The spokesman said it was the first time a full-scale in termediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) nose cone had been recovered after success ful re-entry. A scale model cone re trieved after a Jupiter firing last Aug. 8, was shown by President Eisenhower during a television speech.- The spokesman declined for security reasons to say exact ly how, far Sunday's missile traveled. The normal range of an IRBM 'is at least 1,500 miles. Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy last December chose the Air Force to operate the nation's, missile squadrons. But he told both' the Air Force and the Army to begin producing their respective IRBM's the Air Force Thor and the Army Jupiter. McElroy recently said there still was not enough informa tion to justify choosing one of the weapons and dropping the other. .Safe Taken from Candy Company A safe containing between $400 and $600 in cash and checks was taken from the McDonald Candy company, 333 South Front st., sometime between 6:25 arid 11:58 p.m. Saturday, according to city police. The safe was discovered missing by a city patrolman on a routine patrol about mid night. The safe was found at Naumes orchard at 9:30 a.m. today by an employee. Reports show that the build ing was entered through a small window in a skylight. The thief apparently walked along a narrow beam to some cardboard boxes and then to the floor. The 400-Dound safe was draseed to a loading dock from the office and loaded into a vehicle on East 11th st.', it was reported. Company officials said that comDanv ledgers and miscel laneous papers were also in the safe. The safe had been forced open, police said, and the money was missing. Papers were well scattered through out the area in the orchard where the safe was discov ered Police said that company officials were checking the contents to determine the amount taken. , Wilson School Job Held Up by Strike Work on the new Wilson Elementary school has been halted since last Wednesday as a result of a strike by hod cfrriers, it was reported to day.. ' ' E. W. Dillon, masonry con tractor on the school, said that 20 to 25 men are off the job as a result of picketing by the hod carriers. He said at the moment that his is the only job that is being pick eted in town. Dillon reported that the union is asking $3.10 per hour, plus 10 cents health and wel fare benefits. T,hey now re ceive $2.85 plus the fringe benefits. The hod carriers are mem bers of the laborers' union, which last week' settled a strike against heavy construc tion throughout the state. Salem (IP) - The seventh annual institute for parents of mentally retarded children will be held here Friday and Saturday. HIGH WINDS When a freak wind storm hit the Rogue River valley about 4:30 p.m. yesterday, flying sparks set several small fires in the Camp White industrial area. One of them was in dry duff along the edge of the Oregon Veneer company pond, which is being extinguished, above, by Jim Scott, assistant chief of the Central Point Rural fire department. Another fire along' the highway near Norton Lumber company had just been brought under control. The wind Canvass Of Friday's Votes Starts by Clerk Attorney Robert G. Danielson, former Ashland resident now living in Klamath Falls, was legally elected district judge in Jackson county, according to Freeman Holmer, state chief of elections. Danielson. who defeated Medford City Attorney E. Roy Bradshaw, will appear on the November general election ballot unless he noiif ies the j:lerk. that he. rejects the nomination. County Clerk ' Bereth Hop kins announced. Bashaw's name will not appear- on the November ballot unless- he files again for the office, according to Holman's ruling. Candidates for the non partisan offices have from July 26 through Aug. 25 to file for office in case a vacancy exists following the primary.' The official canvass of votes cast in Friday's primary elec tion is underway by the elec tions department of the coun ty clerk. , Election results published so far are unofficial returns, compiled by the Mail Tribune as rapidly as possible. They have been largely accurate in the past, but as they are compiled in a hurry, some mistakes are inevitable. Only in a few instances were the results close enough so that the official canvass may change the results. One of these is the county tax base proposal, where unofficial totals show it being defeated by only 25 votes. County Clerk Bereth Hop kins called Freeman Holmer, chief of elections in the sec retary of state's office, Salem, this morning for his decision on the outcome of the elec tion of district judge. In the district judge vote, Attorney Robert G. Danielson, formerly of Ashland and now living in Klamath Falls, re ceived more votes than E. Roy Bashaw, Medford city at torney. Danielson, who did not formally withdraw from the race through the clerk's office, received 7,526 .votes and Bashaw 7,273. Danielson announced that he believed himself ineligible at the time the ballots were cast. Mrs. -Hopkins said she re ceived no word of Danielson's moving from the county until reading it in the paper. "He had not notified the clerk's office of his withdraw al before the deadline . . . nor did he' at any time indicate to this office he wished to have his name withdrawn." Word from the elections chief was expected later to day. Another election .question was cleared up today with the unofficial tabulation of write in votes for the office of coro ner on the Democratic ticket. The incumbent, Carlos Mor ris, who defeated Frank Perl in the race for the Republican nomination,, received 1,740 write-in votes compared with 910 for Perl. The results will leave Morris unopposed in the November general election. Stomids , .4 j" 150 Register for Crime Conference Approximately 150 mem bers of law enforcement agencies of the 14 western states, Alaska and Canada, had registered by noon today for the ninth annual Western States Crime conference be ing held here through Wednes day. At least another 100 offic ers are expected to register before the end of the confer ence being held at the Elks' Temple, Fifth st. and Central ave. The group was welcomed by-City Manager -Robert Duff and Otto Frohnmayer, presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce, this morning and also heard Medford Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin. The rest of the morning ses sion was conducted by Vayne M. Gurdane, captain of Ore gon state police, and secretary-treasurer of the confer ence. - H. G. Maison, Salem sup erintendent of Oregon state Lightning Sets Fires In Woods By UNITED PRESS Lightning touched off at least five fires in Oregon Sun day. Guy Johnson, national for est fire dispatcher, said one blaze was reported in the Sis kiyou National forest and four in the Umpqua National for est. Hot weather has slowed logging operations in Oregon as the humidity dropped be low 30 per cent. Cooler weath er with possible showers or thundershowers was forecast for western Oregon. A detachment of 350 sold iers from Fort Lewis was ex pected to join firefighters battling a, blaze in the Sno qualmie National forest in the state of Washington. A change in the weather gave firefight ers a chance to contain the blaze in most areas. Medford Man Dies At Emigrant Lake Paul Dwight ' LeClair, 37, of 1320 Thomas rd., Medford, died yesterday afternoon while aqua-lung diving at Emigrant lake east of Ash land, according to County Coroner Carlos Morris. Morris said there may be an autopsy to determine cause of death. He indicated LeClair may have suffered a heart at tack. The accident happened about 2:30 p.m. yesterday. . LeClair called for help, sources said. Litwiller's Am bulance took him to Ashland General hospital. Forest Warden School To Start Tuesday School for forest wardens and lookouts of the southwest district : of the state forestry department will open on Tues day at the headquarters' on Table Rock rd. The school will be in ses sion for three days with some field training planned. About 150 people will attend. k i howled through high tension lines and clouds of dust, along with the smoke, made it look as though the whole area was ablaze. No damage was done by the fires, according to Central ' Point Rural Fire Chief L. C. Lisenbee. The wind carried off hundreds of sheets of plywood stock at one plant. Note the whitecaps on the mill pond and the smoke blowing straight out from the stack in the picture above. police, spoke at a noon lunch eon, and a general session will be held throughout the after noon. Tuesday's schedule includes another general session, with luncheon sponsored by the Josephine county sheriff's of fice. Chief Champlin will be featured speaker at the event. Tuesday evening the ban quet will be held at the Rogue Valley Country club. The conference is a busi ness meeting to discuss safe burglars, their methods, past records, and means of trans portation. Chairman of" the event is Lieutenant of Detect ives Lyle C. Perkins, Medford police department.. World Famous Ronald Coleman Bows Out of Life Santa Barbara, Calif. (IP) Suave British-born Ronald Coleman, 67, veteran stage and screen actor whose ro mantic roles won him world wide acclaim, died today in St. Francis hospital. Coleman succumbed at 5 a.m.v with his actress . wife, Benita, and Dr. George Ulrich at the bedside. -Death was attributed to a virus lung infection from which he had suffered recur rently since early last year.' The white-haired and hand some Colman, whose career spanned three decades on American and English 'stages and brought fame as the star of some 100 motion pictures, was taken without fanfare to the hospital from his suburban Montecito home Sunday when his condition became critical, Dr. Ulrich, said. His body was taken to Welch.; and Ryce Mortuary pending funeral services Wednesday afternoon and at All Saints by The Sea chapel in Montecido. "I'm Pulling Will Obey Wish Of French People; Against Force General's Entrance Deepens French Crisis Paris IP! Gen. Charles de Gaulle declared , today he is ready to head a French government "if the people wish it." But he condemned the idea of "a solution by force." De Gaulle made his state ment before a news confer ence summoned to answer a government challenge that he say whether he intended to take over leadership by force. The powerful Communist Labor Union had ordered its workers to stop work at 3 p.m. in a massive reply to De Gaulle. While the general's press conference iwas still under way, the workers responded. Subway workers pulled the switches and halted all traf fic on the city's lines and the city's big green buses began returning to their terminals. Last Thursday De Gaulle. breaking a silence of more than four years, announced that he was "ready to take over the powers of the Re oublic." With France already on the verge of civil war as a result of a take-over of power in Algiers by rebellious , army officers, De Gaulle's sudden re-entrance on the political scene only deepened the cris is. The government asked for and received emergency pow ers and challenged De Gaulle to clarify his stand. Today before 1,000 news men and De Gaulle support ers jammed into a reception room of the Palais d'Orsay, the general explained his po sition. In a prepared statement he condemned the weaknesses of past and present French gov ernments and then replied to questions. 1 ' 'Republican Liberties' Asked what he would do if given powers, the general re plied amid loud applause from his supporters: "I would re establish republican liber ties." In an outspoken tribute to the rebellious Algiers gener als, he said: "These people have seen for some time that this politi cal policy-was leading to a" political Dien Bien Phu" a reference to the loss of the key battle in Indochina sev eral years ago that led -to French withdrawal from In dochina. De Gaulle said that ?'if things ""continue in this way, we know that the present re- gime, such as it is will find no result. It will work out a multitude of solutions with out achieving any result." De Gaulle admitted he could not take power in ac cordance with established forms. Then he denied that he would become a dictator. Long before De Gaulle ar rived in Paris the government took steps to prevent disord ers, mobilizing 35,000 armed police and security guards. The' number of gendarme reserves called up was not known. This move by Pre mier Pierre Pflimlin to boost police reserves which are not under army control would enable quick formation of mobile platoons of gendar merie, the chief security force in rural districts. Against Him"