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Ifffers to -iriEuuinmuuuii 52nd Year Medford 18 PAGES TEffiMSTS II Official Canvass Of Votes Completed By Clerk's Office The official canvass of votes cast in Jackson county in the primary election May 16 was completed this morning by the county elections department. Only the votes for precinct committee men and women remain to be tallied. The canvass verified the re sults reported by the Mail Tribune's unofficial tally im- Escaped Convicts Caught by Police Near Pendleton Pendleton (UP I) Two convicts who e scaped from the Washington State peniten tiary Saturday were captured by an Oregon state policeman about 8:25 p.m. Sunday as they walked along railroad tracks 13 miles west of here, police said. The fugitives, James Fraz ier, and Ray C. Carlson, were booked into the Umatilla county jail here as "fugitives from justice" and held for Washington authorities. Police said the men insist ed they were from Boise and were not fugitives, but offic ers identified them from pris son photographs, tattoos and other identification. Lewis Berlin, lieutenant of guards at the Walla Walla' prison, id entified the pair late Sunday but the men refused to waive extradition to Washington. Chang Clothing Frazier was wearing GI dungarees and a white shirt and Carlson black pants and It was not known immediate ly how the men obtained the clothing. They were wearing denim uniforms when they State policeman Bob Shan non, who took the pair into custody, said he took a six inch knife from Frazier. Sfrannon was patrolling old Hif fcway 30 when he receiv ed a call from Mrs. James "suspicious" persons walking along the Union Pacific rail road tracks between Yokum and Echo. The woman told the officer the two men at tempted to hide when she 0 gated and arrested the men a short while later. Warden Bob Rhay said Frazier, who was doing life considered "very dangerous." Rhay said the. inmate was charged with 'and convicted of leading the 1955 riot at the prison. - Carlson was serving 20 years on a burglary charge. The two men escaped Sat urday morning by hiding in a truck. ' Yrekv Youth Arrested For Tatting Hubcaps City police arrested two youths from Yreka, Calif., one 16 and one 17, early Sunday morning on charges of larceny from a motor vehicle. They were confined in the Jackson county juvenile detention home pending hearings. Theft of hubcaps had been reported by a witness who no ticed activity behind the'Med ford Mail Tribune building, ' on North Fir st. The automo bile from which hubcaps were taken is owned by Ronald Kent Anderson, 1187 Morrow rd. WEATHER FORECAST: Wrra and moder- with a continuous threat of thunderstorms. Low tonijht 55. High Tuesday 90. XE i Highest Yesterday Lowest This Morning 52 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset ' Moonset Tuesday Full Moon -.-iVi' tnn...rc KT STARS 4:41 a.m. 7:37 pjn. 1:18 a m. June 1 rftU.TlIilt" w ArcturuJ, high in south - ,.M im. will be in the west 2.33 Alphecca, high in oh "1i:07 am. will be in thtt E.p,i- of ihe Alpheeca is the rrl Crown." mediately following the elec tion. In the race for nomination for governor on the Demo cratic ballot, Robert D. Holmes received 4,480; Lew Wallace, 2,136; and Wiley W. Smith, 633. Republican ballot, Mark Hatfield, 4,531; Sig Unander, 2,715; Albert Eichman, 299; Warren Gill, 2,613; George Livingston, 79; and Orval Rasor, 47. Congressman Nomination for congress man, fourth district Demo crat, Charles O. Porter, 6,439. Republican, Paul E. Gaddes, 7,527. Nomination for commission er of the bureau of labor Democrat, Norman O. Nilsen, 6,192. Republican, Lyle E. Mc Cauley, 7,832; Nomination for state senator- Democrat, Gordon Hud son, 6,305. Republican, Edwin R. Durno, 5,830; John Snider, 4,336: Nomination for state repre sentatives (top two elected) Democrat, Mrs. Marijane Dun can, 5,101; Robert Duncan, 6,360. Republican, Mrs. Eve lyn Nye, 6,241; Melvin J. Lattie, 4,328; and O. H. Bengt son, 4,024. County Clerk Democrat, Ernest Marvin Madden, 3,965; Mrs. Nita B.'Zumwalt, 2,576. Republican, Mrs. Bereth P. j Hopkins, 5,511; Mrs. Anna R.J Scott, 4,437. Commissioner County c o m m i ssioner Democrat, . Frank Christian, 5,808. Republican, Chester H. Wendt,' 8,559. County Judge Democrat, C. Scott Hamilton, 2,715; Franklin Jere Girard, 1,205; K. C. Wernmark, 1,906; and C. L. Hockersmith, 617. Re publican, Earl Miller, 5,905; Rodney Keating, 4,049. Coroner Republi can, Carlos Morris, 6,025; Frank Perl, 4,211. Sheriff Democrat, Earle E Fichtner, 2,926; Laurence J. Sheehan, 2,336; and Raymond R. Koch, 1,435. Republican, Joseph Walsh, 4,677; Verne Smith, 4.270; and Ralph A. Larson, 1,071. Official results in the non partisan races were announced last week. UN Armistice Leader Dies in Border Clash Jerusalem, Israel (UPI) A sniper's bullet killed the Canadian chief of the Israeli Jordanian mixed armistice commission today as he made a vain attempt to halt a bor der clash between forces of the two nations. Col. George Flint died on top of Mount Scopus, the Is raeli enclave in Jordanian ter ritory just outside Jerusalem as it came under fire today in a sudden flareup of border warfare. With him died two Israeli policemen wounded earlier in the clash. Flint was shot while trying to rescue them from Jordanian fire. Flint was the highest U. N. truce official slain in the Israeli-Arab struggle since Sweden's Count Folke Berna dotte was killed on Sept. 17, 1948. Atomic Submarines Stay Under 30 Days Groton, Conn. (UPI) Adm. Arleigh A. Burke dis closed today that the atomic submarines Seawolf and Skate made a new endurance record by remaining more than 30 days submerged during ex tended training exercises held recently in the Atlantic. - Burke said the two subma rines operated separately and "the mark set by the two fleet submarines was not an artificial test of man's ability to exist without dependence on the earth's atmosphere. This was a real test under actual operating conditions upon which the very lives of the personnel involved depended." MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1958 nnra 15) jdleS IS Eight Are Killed, 15 Injured When Time Device Fires Arab League to Consider Troubles Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Anti- government terrorists set off a time bomb in a pack ed Beirut street car today. Six to eight persons were killed and 12 to 15 injured, according to early estimates. Meanwhile a movement was understood to be afoot within the government to postpone Tuesday's Lebanese-requested UN Security Council meeting on this country's troubles un til after the Arab league has a chance to act in .the mat ter. Foreign Minister Charles Malik was said to be plan ning to postpone a trip to the UN in New York for the council session so he could be present at the Arab league meeting in Tripoli, Lebanon, to discuss the issue Wednes day. League Decision A satisfactory Arab League decision for a solution would make UN action unnecessary, it was said. At the same time, sources said, the government also was moving in the direction of a domestic compromise - solu tion to tension paralyzing this small nation. . . ' The new violence came in the midst of a growing gov ernment crisis, with several Cabinet ministers threatening' to quit unless President Ca- mille Chamoun abandons his hopes of running for a second term in September. The dissi dent group is reported put ting pressure on Chamoun to accept a compromise solution that would permit him to re main in office only until a new election. - The cabinet crisis was coupled with reports of. a worsening military situation for the government both north and south of the capi tal. A dispatch from Nicosia said British troops" on Cyprus were alerted to be ready to fly to Lebanon at a moment's notice should . British prop erty or citizens be jeopardiz ed. Work to Resume On Wilson School An agreement was reached this morning , between the striking hod carriers on the Wilson Elementary school project and the contractor, ac cording to information re ceived today. Union' officials reported that the carriers would re ceive $2.95 per, hour, plus 10 cents health and welfare ben efits. They were receiving $2.85 plus the fringe benefits. The raise will be retroactive to May 1, it was stated. It is anticipated that the hod carriers on the new Wil son school project will return to work tomorrow. It was reported earlier by E. W. Dillon, masonry con tractor on the school job, that 20 to 25 men were off the job as a result of picketing by the hod carriers. The strike was called May 14. Nuclear Test Fired At Eniwetok Sunday Washington (UPI) The Government announced today that a nuclear test was staged at Eniwetok Atoll at 7 p.m. Sunday night. There was no immediate in dication of the type of test involved. It was the third nuclear blast in the current series in the Pacific. The first took place May 11 and the second the next day. - Communist Czechoslovakia today " rejected an invitation to observe an explosion of a "clean" U.S. H-bomb to be set off in July or early August. Russia previously had turn ed down the same invitation. "Goodness. I Wouldn't Think Of Using Force" Six Drown in Texas Trying to Rescue Small Girl in Surf Rockport, Tex. (UPI) A little girl drowned when she walked too far into the surf off a beach here Sunday,- and six persons who rushed into the -water-to save her alsoJostt their lives. The child, Janice Bailey, 9, sank into an unmarked 15 foot ditch in shallow water. Her mother was among the six would-be rescuers who died. Four other rescuers sur- Cardinal Sfrifch Growing Weaker Rome (UPI) Samuel Car dinal Stritch, unable to take substantial nourishment, grew steadily weaker today. Hopes were all but gone that he could recover from two circu latry attacks and a weakened heart. Mser. James C. Hardiman, the cardinal's secretary, said the 70-year-old prelate had a "very restless night." Msgr. Hardiman spent the night at the cardinal's bedside. "He has had no nourish ment since yesterday but . he still is very much aware ol everything that goes on around him," Msgr. Hardiman said. The Rev. Antimo Boerio, an Italian priest who visits the cardinal each morning, gave him Holy Communion this morning before Dr. Ralph Bergen of Chicago arrived to take up the day-long vigil. Bids Called for Road Construction The bureau of public roads has advertised for bids on grading of approximately 16 miles of road and construction of four reinforced concrete bridges in Jackson county, ac cording to the regional en gineer ; Deadline for receiving bids is 10 a.m. June 9. This is a bureau of land management timber access road. Construction will extend along the west fork of Evans creek and is located approxi mately 15 miles north of Gold Hill. The bridges will be 120 feet, 110 feet, 80 feet and 60 feet long. Residents Reminded Of Burning Permits Central Point Fire Chief. L. C. Lisenbee issued a re minder today that permits must be obtained for trash and debris burning in the Central Point Rural Fire Pro tection district.. He said that there has been some burning without perrnti. Residents of the district may telephone the rural fire sta tion at Central Point for per-riSission. Price 10 Cents Tribune vived the mass catastrophe. The drownings occurred on a seldom-frequented portion of the beach; which the Bailey family used because of the - crowds along-the:main' line of the heat-wracked little town on ihe Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi, Signs Washed Away V The : ditch,' , dredged two years ago, originally was sur rounded by warning signs but they had washed away. Janice walked unsuspectingly into the pit and then, began threshing around in the water. Many persons on the beach saw her plight, and 10 of them rushed in to save her. One bypne, the treacherous waters swallowed up six of the rescuers--Mrs. Bailey, four children, and Leonard Berry, 40, a military chaplain from Syracuse, ' N. Y., who was visiting the Baileys. Manuel' Gomez, who was driving by in l?is. car, , .saw Janice's struggles and leaped out of his auto and into the water. . He ' was rescued and revived without injury. An other man was pulled out be fore he reached the ditch. All told, 10 persons tried to res cue Janice. ' Standing Near Father. The editor of the Rockport Pilot,! Jack Baughman, was standing beside Janice's father as firemen pulled the bodies of the seven victims out of the hole. He said Bailey, an air man from Victoria Air Force Base, was talking to a Rock port priest and he quoted the flier as saying: . "Father, that is " Father Berry hey're bringing out." Firemen came with - more bodies, wading up to the sand. "Father, that is my. wife. Oh my God, Father, that is my little girl." - Sheridan (UPI) Death came today -to Patrick .J. O'Reilly, S. J., 86, one of the last of the early day. mission aries in the Pacific Northwest. Eisenhower Names Felt Commander Of U.S. Forces in Pacific, Far East Washington--(UPI Presi dent Eisenhower today named Adm. Harry D. - Felt 'Com mander in chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific and Far East. Felt, 55, is now vice chief of naval operations. He will succeed Adm. Felix. Stump who will retire Aug. l. As commander in chief, Pa cific, Felt will direct U. S. Army, Navy," and Air Forces from headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii The largely American"U.N. command in Korea continues to report directly to Washing ton, however, and is not a part of the Pacific command. The president nominated Vice Adm. James S. Russell, now deputy commander in No. 56 Ashland School District to Vote First Million Dollar Budget in History : Ashland Ashland school district residents" tomorrow will vote 'on, whether the school board shall be .author ized to exceed the 6 per cent limitation by, $446,389.99. The new school budget total is $1,002,377.83. The new school district bud get is an , increase of $128, 859.19 over the current bud get. When that was1 approved a year ago it was the largest ever voted for. the Ashland school- district, according to officials. , . 1 One of the two .man items responsible for the increase is $60,000 for; the construction of six new classrooms t the Walker school. The current budget, covers $30,000 for capital expenditures to cover the same purpose. Salary Increases -' Salary increases for teach ers and-provision for four new teachers comes 'under the sec ond largest item in the bud get $50,865. , Smaller increases occur in several other budget items to make up the bulk of the pre dicted increased expenditures. Some decreases in the budget ar relatively small. "; Also, this year the rural school board has been author ized to make a levy of approx imately 23.8 mills. From this levy the: Ashland school sys tem: will receive $313,781.69. - The combined levies of the Ashland and rural board will provide $530,495.28. This does Budget Tuesday jhw4fl0mcrud-rthe $101,134-due from basic state aid.- -. ' Following these credits and adjustments, the J-A's h land board will levy, if voters ap prove,' a tax of 19.4 mills which ..will raise $21 $,7 13. 59. Combined Levy ' ': The combined., rural' and Ashland 'district levy is esti mated at-43.2 mills or,' 4.3 mills less .than the ' straight levy of the ' Ashland- district last year.' " ;: - ; V 'School officials point out that the property owner will pay, slightly less in actual property taxes although the proposed' "Ashland budget is the highest in the history of the school system. This is due to more property being placed on the assessment rolls, a larg er amount: of .basic state aid, and the county-wide levy by the -rural-school board. - Of , ; the , million-dqllar-plus total - budget, $945,660.33 is for the general fund, to oper ate the school district, and $56,717.50 is for bond interest and sinking fund. Two Liquor Outlets To Close Next Monday Two Jackson county Ore gon liquor control commission outlets will have their privi leges.' to ' sell and dispense liquor; suspended starting Monday, June 2, instead of May 26 as previously an nounced by the. commission, it was reported today. The suspensions, both for seven days, are for Kim's' res taurant, Medford, and Omar's restaurant, : Ashland. Kim s was 7 suspended because of charges involving minors, and Omar's was suspended for per mitting intoxicated persons to remain on the premises, ac cording to. the Liquor com mission.' chief and -chief of staff of the Atlantic fleet, to be vice chief of naval operations, succeed ing Felt. His nomination must be' confirmed by the Senate. '. Russell would be promoted to the rank of full admiral. Felt, a native of Topeka, Kan., is a naval airman.' He was graduated from the Na val academy in 1923. i . He headed the U.S. mili tary mission to Russia in 1944-45 and the Navy's Mid dle East forces in 1951. ."At the outbreak of World War II he was commander of the dive bomber squadron of the aircraft carrier Lexing ton. He was air officer of the Carrier Saratoga 1942-43 and commander, of the carrier "IF THE PEOPLE WISH IT," General Charles de Gaulle, above, said to newsmen, "I am ready" to take supreme power in France. The announcement produced greatest crisis in France. (UPI Telephoto) Monopoly Raised in ' Washington (UPI) Frank Bartholomew, president of United Press International, confers today with representa tives of the Justice Depart ment concerning an inquiry by the Antitrust Division on the consolidation of the Unit ed Press - and International News Service. On Saturday Bartholomew sent the following telegraphic reply to a telegram from the Department of Justice inquir ing into the details of the cre ation of United Press Interna tional: "Hon. Victor R. Hansen, As sistant Attorney General, An- Five Airways In Planning Stage Washington .(UPI)' The government plans to cut. the threat of air collisions soon by laying ' out five airways across the country in which all pilots would have to fly under instrument flight rules. Civil Aeronautics Adminis trator James T. Pyle said Sun day he hoped to put the "lim ited access freeways" system into effect by Sept. 1. He indicated the program would be a steD toward event ually putting all planes on in strument flight rules, consul pred safer than visual rules Pvle said the airways would be set up in altitudes from 17,00.0 to 22,000 feet, witnin thpsp airwavs. Dilots would have to operate under instru ment flight rules and no one could cross them without clearance from the CAA. The program outlined by Pyle was the latest in a series of moves announced or dis closed- in the wake of recent air collisions or near-col lisions. . The Air Force and Navy agreed last Friday to drastic ally curtail jet flights under visual flight rules to reduce the danger of collisions with commercial planes. White House Says It's Against Cut Washington (UPI) The White House today came out against any tax cuts this year. At the same time, President Eisenhower renewed his rec ommendation that corporation income tax and excise taxes, which would be reduced July 1 automatically, be continued at their present rates. Chenango in 1945. Russell, also 55, is a native of Tacoma, Wash., and a grad uate of the Naval academy and the California Institute of Technology. He also is a naval airman. During World War II he served in the Aleutians and Alaska and in the Pacific campaigns of Palau, the Phil ippines, Iwo Jima and Oki nawa. From 1945-5J, he was di rector of military application for the Atomic Energy com mission. He joined the office of the Chief of Naval Operations in 1952 and became chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronau tics in 196. Question Merger titrust Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C: Signed Agreement "Your wire dated May 23 received today. On May 16, 1958, United Press signed an agreement with Hearst Cor poration' consummating the matter about which you in quire. The announcement had to "be postponed until various operational arrangem ents were made today. We, cannot see how this raises any ques tion under the antitrust laws. We,' of course, will be glad to have an opportunity to discuss the matter with you and to furnish you whatever data is necessary to demonstrate the validity of our point of view." Hansen's original telegraph ic inquiry read: . t - "I; have heard reports to the effect that United Press and International News Service contemplate a merger. It will be appreciated if you will in form, me whether or not this is true.. If so, such a merger may raise serious questions under the antitrust laws and I should like the opportunity to discuss the matter with, you before any such merger is consummated." Voters Wind Up Election in Italy Rome . (UPI) Voters in near -record. numbers turned out today to wind up a two day election expected to show a decline in Communist strength and to reaffirm Italy's close ties with NATO nations regarding the Medi terranean. , More than 77 per cent of the . eligible voters cast bal lots Sunday. Today's turnout is expected to push the total over the 90 per cent mark, perhaps setting a new record in a country always conscien tious about voting. The first returns will be available, this afternoon. The popular vote totals should be in by late Tuesday, but the distribution of seats in the new parliament will not be known until Wednesday at earliest because of Italy's com plicated proportional repre sentation voting system. The Christian Democratic Party, dominant in Italy ever since World War IL is ex pected to poll the biggest vote. Local Man Named Carriers President Larry M. Rose, an employee of the Medford post office, was elected president of the Oregon State Association of Letter Carriers at a state con vention in Portland last week end. Mrs. Rose was elected vice president for the ladies auxiliary. Rose's election was the first time since 1934 that a Med ford member has been named president. Bob Newland, now retired, was elected at that time. . Rose, who has been with the Medford post office for 12 years, has been branch presi dent for three years and is past state secretary. Mrs. Rose has been a state officer for six years. Coulee Dam (UPI) The government-owned town of Coulee Dam was to be sold to day. The town will become a normal municipality after more than 20 years as a fed erally operated town. French Premier Undecided About Proposed Talks De Gaulle Remains Key Figure Today Paris (UPI) Reliable government sources today re ported Gen. Charles de Gaulle has offered to meet Premier Pierre Pflimlin for secret talks on France's steadily worsening crisis. They said Pflimlin had not yet decided whether to ac cept. De Gaulle nonetheless was expected to come to Paris to night from his country home at Colombey-les-deux-Eglises. Paris (UPI) Gen. Charles de Gaulle left his rural horn tonight appar ently for Paris and possible talks with Premier Pierre Pflimlin over the French, republic's steadily worsen- . ing crisis. All France watched De Gaulle's next move, while bitter defiance from the in- ' surreciionisis in Algeria and -Corsica heightened the sus pense. In a day of major develop ments on other fronts, De Gaulle remained the key fig ure. These were the develop ments: The Paris Defense Min istry denied rumors that France's powerful Mediter ranean fleet was defecting to the Algiers rebels. If this -as so, Pflimlin would be unable to cut sea communications of the insurrectionists in Algeria and Corsica. Reds Call Strike But the fleet was headed to Bone, Algeria, to pay "rou tine calls." Rebel chief Jac ques Soustelle also was at Bone. In a rally there he de livered a ringing defense of the rebels' aims. - The Communist General Confederation of Labor order ed its powerful unions to halt work across the nation after lunch Tuesday. The right-wing conser vatives independents in Par liament decided to ask Presi dent Rene Coty. to call in De Gaulle and mid-road party leaders for a round-table, stop the crisis meeting. The Chamber of Depu ties' Judiciary committee re jected a Pflimlin bill to strip parliamentary immunity from rebellious deputies. It was watered down to cover only the immunity of Pascal Arrighi, leader of the Corsi can insurrection. The com mittee passed this 27-6 and it went immediately to the floor for consideration. Remains Taut France remained taut with tension waiting for De Gaulle to take a step. . ' De Gaulle was said to have proposed a meeting with Pflimlin on "neutral" ground neither in the Premier's of fice nor. in his own office. The offer was said to have been made Sunday night through members of his staff who have been in touch with Pf limlin's office and several middle of the road party lead ers in Paris. . Hearing Scheduled On Bus Line Request A public hearing on a pet ition by Evergreen Bus lines to abandon service between Medford and -Jacksonville will be held at 9 ajn. Thurs day, June 19, in the Jackson county courthouse auditor ium, Howard Morgan, Public Utilities commissioner, has announced. Henry J. Huber, operator of the bus lines, petitioned that the Jacksonville service be discontinued because pat ronage no longer makes it a profitable run. Jacksonville service was established in Sep tember, 1945. The company has discon tinued service to Central Point, but still maintains serv ice to Ashland, Camp White, and several runs to provide transportation for school chil dren. Firemen Issue 383 Recommendations City firemen issued 383 recommendations for correc tion of fire hazards last week during their home inspection program. No hazards were found at 301 of the 551 houses they checked. Firemen stopped at 1,121 dwellings Monday through Friday. At 506 no one was at home and at 64 others the occupants declined the offer of inspection. t
