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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
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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"