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5 FACES
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1958
No. 55
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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.