Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 25, 1958, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., May 25, 1958, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1958)

Page of 56 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (5.0 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 56 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextMAIJ 53rd Year Price 10 Cents ' Subscribers . Recommended 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 1230 ajn. Sunday. . If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. BFQRB X feature story about Lava Bf4 National monument south or Klamath Falls, Including a brief bistory of Indian wars ap- 1 pears on page 13 of today's Mail Tribune. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 5 FACES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1958 No. 55 Me c-ss'tyi "yr ' rv ii ii n 11 11 n 11 ? i. i u kid uim Sftydy to Police Testis Beam) Asked Hove to Break Impasse Noted in Letter to Soviet President Urges Speed in Meeting "Washington (IP) Pres ident Eisenhower, in a new move to break the disarma ment impasse, proposed Sat urday that American and Russian scientists meet next month in Geneva to study ways to police a ban on nu clear weapons tests. In a letter to Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khruschev, the president suggested that Brit ish, French and perhaps oth er scientists would be in cluded on the western side. He left the door open for Russia to include scientists from Communist Czechoslo vakia, Poland or even China. But the president insisted hat all representatives be chosen "on the basis of spe cial competence so as to as sure that we get scientific, not political, conclusions." Urge Great Speed Eisenhower ' also urged great speed in the talks. He said the Geneva session should make a preliminary progress report within 30 days after starting work, and ahould "aim at a final report within 60 days or as soon thereafter as possible." The letter emphasized that the scientific talks at Geneva vould not commit either side actually to agree to stop test ing atomic "weapons." But U.S. officials conceded hat any agreement by the scientists on feasibility of en forcing a nuclear test ban might generate irresistible pressures for a test-suspension agreement. Russia has insisted on such a ban and has unilaterally suspended further tests pend ing a decision by the United States and Britain. The Unit ed States so far has said it would agree to halt nuclear tests only under an interna tional disarmament agree ment providing also for a halt to manufacture of - nuclear weapons and cheat-proof in spection. Pressing Russia The United States and its Western allies have been pressing Russia to agree to technical talks on ways to check cheating on any dis armament agreement. Amer ican policy-makers felt that agreements by scientists on the technical problems might help break the years-long dis armament impasse. Bids Called for Trail Creek Bridge Bids will be opened at 10 ajn. June 4 by the bureau of reclamation at Camp White for construction of the Conde creek and Dead Indian collec tion canals in the Talent proj ect. The project includes earth work for two diversion dams and for about three miles of unlined canals with bottom widths of five to sixe feet. It also will include construction of headworks, walls, road crossings and gauging sta tions. Plans and specifications are available from J. A. Callan, construction engineer, at Camp White. , Pear Bureau Names Root Vice President Portland (HPT) The Ore gon - Washington - California Pear bureau Friday reelected Edwin R. Pooley, Hood River, as president at a three-day convention here. He was one of the founders of the bureau 27 years ago. " Other new officers of the biggest agricultural market ing group in the nation are J. A. Hodapp, Placerville, Calif., first vice president; D. G. Root, Medford, second vice president; George Jo seph, Yakima, third vice pres ident, and R. H. Prince, We natchee, fourth vice president. Richard A. Patterson, Port land, was renamed manager and secretary-treasurer. "Great System" Colored Planes Are Suggested to Help Prevent Collisions Washington (UPI) Sen. Charles E. Potter suggested Saturday that painting air liners orange or even polka-dotted or candy striped might help prevent mid-air collisions. ;-' He asked the Civil Aero nautics administration (CAA) what it thought of the idea. Eugene Student Drowns at Lake Ashland Gerald Charles Van Tassel, 20, Eugene Southern Oregon college stu dent drowned in , Emigrant lake near Ashland at about 6:45 p.m. Saturday, accord ing to Gordon Hays, Ashland, deputy- coroner. . He said Van . Tassel appar ently was swimming out from shore after a water ski. He started to floundes in the wa ter, and youths watching him thought he was clowning, Hays said. By the time help reached him, it was too late, the deputy coroner said. Bill Kuhlwein, Ashland po lice officer, who was off duty, found him after sheriffs dep uties, a state policeman and the deputy coroner located the spot when Van Tassel went under. The body was found about 8:45 p.m. The deputy coroner noti fied his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. Van Tassel, Eugene, and state police were trying to locate a brother, Thomas Van Tassel, a salesman for the P. Lorillard Tobacco com pany, who was reported to be in Medford. Ricker to Speak at Ceremonies May 30 Eugene Ricker, manager of the Camp White Domiciliary, is scheduled to give the ad dress at Memorial Day cere monies Friday, May 30, at Memory Gbrdens Memorial park, Medford. . The ceremonies will include the dedication of the newly installed flag pole and me morial plaque honoring this area's war dead. The plaque will be dedicated by represnt atives of the American Legion. The program will start at 3 pjn. in front of the admin istration building at Memory Gardens Memorial park, lo cated at the intersection of Bellinger rd. and Arnold lane, west of Medford. The public is invited to attend. Program chairman is Wil liam S. Ferris, manager of Memory Gardens, who will give the welcoming address and serve as master of cere monies for the program. Roseburg (UPI) Forest ers Friday battled a series of small' snag fires in Douglas county believed started by thunderstorms that swept through the Cascades Thurs day night. Potter (R-Mich.), is a mem ber of the Senate Commerce committee, whose aviation subcommittee has just com pleted a series of hearings on air traffic control. It plans to announce hearings this week on a bill to establish a new federal airways agency to exercise a traffice control over both commercial and military planes. Doubt Role of Color Aviation authorities doubt ed that bright or unusual col or combinations could play a significant role in reducing the collision hazard. They said the speed of an oncom ing plane is the crucial fac tor, rather than its color or shape. Congressional concern about air safety continued high in the wake of last week's commercial-military plane collision near Bruns wick, Md., which killed 12. Sen. Clifford P. Case (R-N.J.) said, in a statement, that the commerce committee should give the highest priority to' consideration of the air safe ty bill. . Case, a sponsor of the bill, noted that some 2,000 neaf misses have been reported in the last two years in addition to the series of "tragic collis ions." Insirumenl Flights The new regulations will require all military, jets to take off and land under in strument flight rules unless they intend to fly above 20, 000 feet or off federal air ways or unless the flight is authorized by the CAA. The White House said the new rules would not affect important military flights or practice alerts of the Air Force's Continental Air De fense command or Strategic Air command, which are re sponsible for defending against air attack and laun ching retaliatory flights. But the regulations will curtail non-tactical flights, including student pilot fly ing, and proficiency, admin istrative and itinerant flights. Mew Labor Reform Bill Predicted Washington, May 24 (UPI) Chairman John F. Kennedy predicted Saturday that his senate labor subcommittee will reach agreement this week on a new labor reform bill carrying out recommend ations of the senate rackets committee. The Massachusetts Demo crat told reporters he was hopeful the bill would steer a middle course between sup porters of restrictive legisla tion and those who are against any new federal regulation of unions. The senate Democratic lead ership has pledged to bring a labor bill to the floor next month. But chances of House action on any restrictive labor legislation in this election Lebanese Call for Volunteers to Join Military Forces Rebels Claim They Picked Up 500 Men Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) The Lebanese government Saturday called for civilian volunteers to join a militia that would help regular mili tary forces restore security in strife-torn Lebanon. The call coincided with a rebel claim that a "picked and heavily armed" force of 500 men were pushing across the mountains in an attempt to drive government forces out of all North Lebanon. Correspondent Russell Jones quoted rebel leaders at Baal bek as saying the rebel force left Friday under the com mand of Sabri Hamadi who already claims control of the area to the north and east of the city. Baalbek is in Central Lebanon about 40 miles east northeast of Beirut. The insurgent force was driving toward Halba,' north east of Tripoli, where govern ment units were containing a rebel band led by Rashid Karami. Chaleb Yaghi, a rebel spokesman, said that if the drive is successful it would bring all of Lebanon north of a line running from Baal bek Tripoli under control of the anti-government forces. Control Tripoli Rebel forces already con trol the city of Tripoli. Jones said that the last gov ernment forces on the road be tween Beirut and Baalbek were dug in at the American university of Beirut's experi mental farm 10 miles from Baalbek. The government issued the call for volunteers in a decree passed by the cabinet Satur day afternoon and promulgat ed over the signature of Presi dent Camille Chamoun. The pro-Nasser- - opposition- ele ments1 are demanding the resignation of Chamoun. Oil Refinery Fire Under Control 1 Long Beach, Calif .(UPI) The multi-million dollar Han cock Oil company refinery on Signal Hill was officially con trolled Saturday, almost two full days after it erupted with a series of explosions Thurs day. Frank Sandeman, Long Beach fire department chief, said the fire was controlled about 10 a.m. yesterday. How ever, a large crew of men re mained on the scene to guard against further outbreaks. , Two men died in the fire, which consumed from 300,000 to 400,000 barrels of oil and destroyed facilities "for ap proximately two-thirds of the oil which can "be handled at the 25-million refinery. Smoke covered the entire Long Beach area and flames were visible from 20 miles away in downtown Los An geles and vicinity. Whole com munities were covered with grimy smoke which left its mark on buildings and cars. Tentative loss was placed at $15 million by a spokesman Thursday. However, W. T. Hancock, executive vice presi dent of the firm, said the figure might be nearer $8 million, although actual amounts won't be known for some time. ' Leonardo, N. J. (UPI) ' The Army has announced a nation - wide suspension of modification work on Nike anti-aircraft missiles as a re sult of an explosion which took 10 lives. year are generally considered slight. K e n n e d y's subcommittee Friday completed three weeks of public hearings on labor bills, mainly aimed at curb ing abuses exposed by the rackets committee. The rackets group in its in terim report recomended leg islation in five fields which would: regulate and control pension, health and welfare funds; regulate and control union ; funds; insure union democracy; curb activities of middlemen in labor-management disputes, and?, clarify the "no man's land" in -labor-management relations. , ' . The. senate already : has passed a' bill to require report ing and disclosure of welfare if no pi n J P IruUS Battle Starts As French Try to Get Past Barricade Tunisian Troops Are Being Reinforced Tunis, Tunisia (UPI) French and Tunisian troops battled at a roadblock south of Remada in southern Tunisia early today. French sources said Tunisian troop reinforce ments were en route to the scene. A government communique said violent fighting broke out last night when French troops attempted to smash through a barricade set up by Tunisian troops four miles south of the French encampment there. One French soldier, was re ported wounded in the only casualty report thus far. How ever, French sources said the battle continued into the early morning hours. . Soldiers Open Fire "French soldiers opened fire on . the Tunisian forces guarding the barricade," the Communique said. The Tuni sians returned the fire and the fighting soon spread to the Tunisian guard , post ' at Re mada. Tunisian forces there also returned the fire, it said. First reports of the fighting reached the Tunisian capital shortly after it started, and president tHabib Bourguiba immediately called a cabinet meeting at Dar El Bey palace. The political bureau of the ruling Neo Destour party urged general mobilization oi the entire country. There was no immediate official action, however. French military sources said Tunisian army units, esti mated at 300 to 400 men, be gan encircling Remada yester day morning. They said a Tu nisian officer approached the French troops charged with guarding the airport there ana asked them to pull back. Thev said that at the same time a ; nearby French truck was shot at and a French sol dier wounded. The sources said the French troops then were ordered to retaliate. ;asebaOD Sacramento (UPI) The Sacramento Solons pounded out 12 hits last night and defeated the Salt Lake City Bees 10-4 behind the five hit pitching of Marshall Bridges. Phoenix, . Ariz. (UPI) Catcher Tom Haller and pitcher Paul Giel led the Phoenix Giants to a 5-3 vic tory over the Seattle Rain iers in a Pacific Coast League baseball game here last night. Spokane (UPI) A dou ble by first baseman Jim Gentile in the bottom of the seventh inning scored short stop Maury Wills from first base to give the Spokane Indians a 2 to 1 victory over the Vancouver Mounties in the seven inning opener of a double header Saturday night. funds. In .the process, it shoved labor legislation into the foreground of this year's political campaign. Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland (Calif.) and a band of other GOP sen ators maide a determined ef fort to amend the bill to cover other areas mentioned in the rackets report. Kennedy and senate Demo cratic Leader Lyndon B. John son (Tex.) lined up an almost solid Democratic front to de feat the move. But there were strong pressures from both parties for another opportu nity to vote on broad-guage labor legislation at this ses sion of congress. Kennedy said he would meet Monday with Sen. Irving I'A' f I BARBECUE SCHOOL About 30 people at tended a special school at Jackson bounty fairgrounds Friday to learn the fine points of barbecuing large quantities .of chicken to a golden brown. The , school was con ducted by Charles Fischer, poultry market specialist from Oregon State college, who was assisted by D. D. Stewart, manager of United Press, INS Join to Create New U. P. International New York (UPI) The United Press associations and International News . Service joined forces Saturday .around the world in the creation of a single news agency named "United Press International." This is the first dispatch tof the new service which will embrace the largest number of newspaper - and - radio clients ever served simultan eously by an independently operated news and picture agency. Agrements covering the consolidation of services were signed by both sides on May 16, and the announcement was delayed until the physical change over could be worked out. Frank H. Bartholomew, of United Press, will be presi dent of the new global agency and Kingsbury Smith, of In ternational News Service, will be vice president and associ ate general manager. The board will be enlarged by the addition of William Randolph Hearst, Jr., editor-in-chief of the Hearst news papers; J. D. Gortatowsky, chairman of the board of Hearst Consolidated Publica tions, Inc.; and G. O. Marku son, vice president and trea surer of the Hearst corpora tion. . Frank Bartholomew, presi dent of United Press Interna tional, stated that: ' "The consolidation of the two services will assure a stronger competitive news and pictorial-news report to newspapers, radio and tele vision stations throughout the entire civilized world. "Economics was an import ant factor in the creation of the great new news network. Costs of covering the world news fronts have risen stead ily with rapidly improving means of transmitting both news and pictures by leased wires and electronic process es."' . M.' Ives (R-N.Y.), ranking GOP subcommittee member, tor go over a draft of a bill. He said the subcommittee would con sider it Wednesday and Thurs day, with approval expected before Friday. This would enable the full committee to work on the bill the following week and still get it to the senate floor be fore the informal June 10 deadline. Kennedy said , he believed the committee would veer away from such highly contro versial issues as secondary boycotts and right - to - work proposals. Action on organiza tional picketing and the no man's land" he classified as uncertain. the Oregon Fryer commission. In the rack above are about 70 halves of chicken which are being cooked over charcoal and basted with a melted butter and hickory smoke mixture. When the instruction session was Over the class sat down to eat the results of their mornings work. , Key personnel of INS will be retained and wili reinforce the present U.P. staff, accord ing to Earl J, Johnson, .vice president and general news manager. "United Press was created in 1907 by E. W. Scripps to insure that at any time in the future any existing news paper .or any person seeking to start a newspaper could obtain an adequate national and international news ser vice. ' The INS was established in 1909 by William Randolph Hearst for reasons closely par alleling those motivating the organization of U.P., and since its inception has been noted for its news enterprise and exclusive feature cover age of important world -wide events. Bids Called on Jobs In Talent Project Two projects in Jackson county ,and one in Jackson and Klamath counties are among 20 for which bids will be received by the Oregon state highway commission May 29 in Salem. The 20 pro jects in the state are esti mated to cost $7,600,000. The Jackson county pror jects are for widening of 1.11 miles of Siskiyou blvd. "be tween East Main st. and the Green Springs highway junc tion in Ashland, and for the grading and paving .77 mile of the. Crater Lake highway near Trail, including construc tion of a bridge over Trail creek. x The Pacific highway pro ject is scheduled to be com pleted by this fall; the Trail creek one in the late fall of 1958. t The joint Jackson and Klamath county project calls for the furnishing about 9, 000 cubic yards of crushed materials in stockpiles for later use by the state in con nection with maintenance op erations, on the Prospect Park boundary section of the Crater Lake highway. WEATHER FORECAST: Continued fair and mild today and Monday with some afternoon cloudiness and chance of showers in the mountains Doth days. High todav near 85. Low . tonight 48. High Monday 88. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 79 Lowest Yesterday 52 Our . Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:42 a.m. Sunset . 7:36 pjn. Moonset Monday 12:44 a.m. First quarter 8:38 p.m. PROMINENT STAR Regulus, near the Moon VISIBLE PLANETS upiter, due south ........ 9:24 p.m. Saturn, low in south east 10:18 p.m. Mars, rises 2:12 a.m. Venus, low in east 3:58 ajn. Cardinal's Heart Muscle Weakens; Condition Worse ' Rome4 (UPI) Samuel Car dinal Stritch of Chicago suf fered heart damage Saturday less than a week after a cere bral stroke. A doctor said, "There is not too much hope." Friends and relatives gath ered at the bedside of the American prelate to recite the prayers for the dying. A medical bulletin issued at 8:10 p.m. said: ."The general condition of - his excellency Cardinal Stritch is becoming grave by reason of complica tions brought on by an insuf ficiency of the cardio-circula-tory system." 'Not Much Hope' Vatican physician Dr. Filip po Rocchi . told newsmen: "There is not much hope. He does not have much time." Shortly before Rocchi spoke to the reporters, Msgr. Angelo Dellacqua arrived at the San- atrix clinic with a special benediction for the Cardinal from Pope Pius XIL Father Vincent MacCor mick of New .York, the cardinal's confessor, visited Stritch, and said the cardinal had been very heartened by the papal benediction and was lucid enough to be aware of its significance. At 6 p.m., the cardinal was administered the Viaticum, the holy communion given to those near death. It is sepa rate and distinct from the last rite of extreme unction which the prelate received last Monday. -Bulletins Optimisilc The medical bulletins since last Monday when the Nashville-born cardinal suffered a stroke that affected his speech and left his right side para lyzed had been increasingly optimisitc, until yesterday morning. ... At 9:30 a.m., the Sanatrix clinic reported that there were "small signs of myocardiac disturbance." Dr. Ralph D. Bergen of Chi cago, the cardinal's physician, and Drs. Filippo Tocchi and Arnoldo Pozzi of the clinic is sued a statement: "There are signs of a slight weakening of the heart muscle." Later the announcement: "The cardinal has taken a turn for the worse He has suffered heart dam age and is under oxygen. Seven Fires Result From Recent Storm ' Seven fires were reported in the Rogue valley are Fri day night as a result of light ning strikes, according to the state forestry department. All seven were reported un der control Saturday after noon. Minor damage resulted, department officers said. Two of the fires were near Forest creek, two near Butte Falls and three in the Grants Pass area. Insurrection Goes To Corsica, Part Of France Proper Pflimlin Interrupts Music to Broadcast . Paris (UPI) The French' crisis suddenly exploded and' spread early today and Pre mier Pierre Pflimlin, in a dra matic early morning broad cast, warned that, "insurrec tionaries are trying to drag us downhill into civil war." As insurrection spread to the island of Corsica, a de partment of France proper, fighting broke out in Tunisia between French and Tunisian' forces and a rebel triumverate, in Algeria hurled new defi-: ance at Paris in hopes of top-, pling the republic and install-, ing Gen. Charles De Gaulle as leader of a new regime, Pflimlin, lighting to save the fourth republic and head off all)ut civil strife, re-dou-. bled precautionary .police measures in Paris and went on" the air at 2:15 a.m. with the warning that the country is faced with "insurrection aries who are trying to de stroy our civil liberties." , He referred to the seizure of government control in Cor sica uy pdx d u uujci -udtiea rightwing demonstrators, and organization of an Algerian style , "committee of public safety1 opposed-iai the Paris government. Pflimlin, interrupting a program of -dance music on Paris Radio for his desperate appeal for order, charged that "a handful of insurrection aries" were challenging the government in Corsica, an island 100 miles - south of France in the Mediterranean. Pflimlin said all taking part in the Corsican upheaval would be prosecuted. Civil and military authorities on the island were ordered to "disobey" the rebels and heed only the orders of the Paris government. Paris police prefects, fear ful of Communist or Gaullist riots and the spread of bomb ings that occurred Saturday in the Toulouse and Bordeaux areas,' redoubled security pre cautions on orders from , the government. It appeared that the Pflim lin regime was preparing for the worst just at the mo ment when the moderate pre mier had scored a success by winning a national assembly committee's approval of his program to strengthen the ex ecutive branch of government with special powers. The f lareup in Corsica brought the insurrection to France proper. Governor Holmes to Speak at Graduation Ashland Governor Rob ert L. Holmes will speak at . a 11 tsoumern i Oregon couege commencement Sunday, June 1, at 3 p.m. at the Butler Me morial band shell in Lithia park. Approximately 190 sen iors and graduate students will receive degrees. Baccalaureate services will be held June 1 at 9:30 a.m. at Churchill hall, with the Rev. John L. Thompson of Trinity Episcopal church, Ashland as speaker. The alumni breakfast will' be held preceding baccalau reate, at 8 o'clock in Susanne Tolriies hall. All graduating seniors are invited to attend. in addition to the governor, will include Allen Hart of Portland, representing the Oregon state board of higher education, and the Rev. Ross Knotts, pastor of First Meth odist church in Ashland, who will give the invocation. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, president of the college, will present the diplomas and awards. Los Angeles (UPI) The U. S. will launch another sat ellite into space within a short time, according to William H. Pickering, head of Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.