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Increased Costs
- listed as Reason
for New Rates
Bills Would Be
2Vi Cents More
Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company today filed
new rate schedules with Ore
gon Public Utility Commis
sioner Howard Morgan that
will mean increases in month
ly telephone bills averaging
about 2V2 cents a day per
telephone throughout the
state.
However, J. H.B Creager,
Medford manager for the tele
phone company, said that fed
eral income and other taxes
would take about 114 cents of
the increase sought.
The company's position was
summed up in a statement is
sued in Portland by Vice Pres
ident and General Manager F.
A. Dresslar.
Undermine Earnings
8 "Higher state and local
taxes, increased wage pay
ments as well as rising con
struction costs have combined
to undermine Pacific Tele
phone's earnings on its oper
ations in Oregon," Dresslar
said. "And the trend is down
ward."
Under the new schedules
tfile with the Commissioner,
Meiford, Central Point, Jack
sonville and Phoenix-Talent
telephone users would pay in
creases ranging from 15 to 50
cents a month for residence
seivice. Business service rates
would go up from 25 cents to
Jl a month. 1
The proposed increases for
Ashland and Gold Hill range
from 30 cents to $1 a month
for residence service, and
from 50 cents to $2.25 a
month for business service.
This results because of a re
cent modification in the state
wide policy of the telephone
company for extended service
over longer routes.
Higher Costs
"Our experience shows,"
Creager said, "substantially
higher costs than anticipated
where extended service is
provided over distances great
er than 10 miles. I
The extra costs result from
the longer distances involved,
the greater amounts of plant
needed as well as the greater
loss to the company in long
distance revenues.
Q Creager said the schedules
also include increases in in
o)f Y
r II in
stallation charges and in some
o long distance charges on calls
within the state.
Creager gave as an exam
pie the charge for the first
three minutes for a day, station-to-station
call from Med
ford to Klamath Falls which
would go up from 50 cents to
55 cents, not including federal
tax.
Baccalaureate for
MHS Set Sunday
Baccalaureate services for
the Medford High school
graduating class will be held
Sunday, June 1, at 8 p.m. in
Hedrick Junior High school
auditorium.
The Rev. Richard M. Jones
of Eastwood Baptist church
will be the speaker, and the
Rev. Clynton Crisman of
Friends church will give the
invocation and benediction.
The high school orchestra,
under the direction of John
Drysdale, will play "March of
Peers," as the processional,
and the march from Verdi's
"Aida" as the recessional.
Under the direction of Lynn
Sjolund, the high school choir
will sing Morton's arrange-
.nt nf "Psalm 150," and as-'J
sitted by the girls' chorus,
"Laudamus Te," by Meuler.
The congregation will join in
sin-in- "Faith of Our Fath
er," arranged by Walton.
WEATHER
VOKECAST: Partly cloudy to
iht and Thursday with a
lav shower in the mountains
rrsday afternoon. Low to
aukt SO. High Thursday 76.
Temp.
Sifhest Yesterday "
(.west this Morning SI
fnm. 10 a.m. Today 23
Our Skies Tonight
4:39 a.m.
7:38 D.m.
ka irnnn ,im in the early
st
KlVtrMon and will be due
91 8:48 p.m.
its left appears the planet,
itr. and right below Jupi
ter is the star, Spica.
oBset Thursday .... 2:27 a.m.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1958
Ml Causes Some
Damage to Pears
A thunderstorm yesterday
afternoon caused hail damage
to pear orchards south of
Medford, started two small
forest fires and resulted in
few scattered electric power
outages in southern Oregon.
Hail stones measuring up
to one-half inch in diameter
caused heavy damage to pear
orchards between Medford
and west or Phoenix Tuesday
afternoon.
Anti-hail cloud seeding
from the ground which was
carries on by stations of the
Water Resources Development
corporation, failed to fore
stall the heavy downpour.
Some effect of the cloud seed
ing was believed evident, how
ever, in the slushy and cloud
ed hail stones which fell in
some areas.
Ashland School
District Voters
Approve Budget
Ashland Voters in Ash
land school district 5 narrow
ly passed their first million
dollar budget Tuesday. The
vote was 418 for to 376
against. There were three void
ballots.
The new school budget total
is $1,002,377.83 whicn ex
ceeds the 6 per cent limitation
by $446,389.99. It is an in
crease of $128,859.19 over the
current budget.
According to school offi
cials, the voter turnout was
about average." A reported
751 votes were cast in the
1957 election.
Two of the main items re
sponsible for the increase. are
$60,000 for construction of
six new classrooms at the
Walker school and $50,865 for
salary increases for teachers.
The second figure also in
cludes salaries for four new
teachers.
Smaller Increases
Smaller increases occur in
several other budget items to
make up the bulk of the pre
dicted increased expenditures
Some decreases in the budget
are relatively small.
Also approved by the vot
ers was a levy of 19.4 milts
for the Ashalnd district. The
combined rural and Ashland
districts levy is estimated at
43.2 mills or 4.3 mills less
than the 'straight levy of the
Ashland district last year.
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
larger amount of basic state
aid, and the county-wide levy
by the rural schol board.
Of the total budget $945,-
660.33 is for the general fundi
to operate the school district,
and $56,717.60 is for bond
interest and sinking fund.
Bert Peck to Retire
From Commission
Central Point Bert Peck,
Central Point, foreman of the
fish screening plant here for
the past eight years, will re
tire from Oregon State Game
commission employment at
the end of this month.
Peck, who has been . with
the commission 17 years, said
that he ' plans ' no extended
trip when he completes his
service this week. He will
catch up on work in his gar
den and will do some hunt
ing, fishing and vacationing.
A resident of Central Point
since 1917, Peck was an auto
mechanic and operated his
own garage. He also did car
pentry work before starting
with the game commission as
a conservation aide. His first
assignment was at the Gold
Ray dam fish, counting sta
tion. - Kenneth A. Goebel will
succeed Peek as foreman at
the screening plant. He trans
ferred here recently from
John Day, where he was in
charge of screening work.
Washington (UPI) Sen.
John F. Kennedy planned an
other attempt today to liber
alize the jobless pay extension
bill passed by the House.
County Horticultural Agent
C. B. Cordy said the . heavy
damage to pears was mainly
in bruising, with some skin-
breaking, and would reduce
the valley's pear output this
fall.
Not In Center &
Peaches and other fruit
were not in the storm's center.
A more accurate estimate of
damage will not be possible
until, later in the season,
Cordy said.
It was believed that fruit
in orchards north and east
of Medford suffered some
damage also.
Two lightning fires on state
forestry department protected
land were reported.
One was near Anderson
butte in the Little Applegate
area. It spread from a tree
into grass and covered 4.7
acres. A crew was sent to the
scene.
A blaze at King mountain
in the Rogue River vicinity
was being handled by the
Grants Pass unit of the for
estry department.
No new forest fires have
been spotted in the Rogue
River National forest, S. T.
Moore, fire control officer,
said today. Yesterday s storm
was general in the high coun
try, and lookouts have been
posted.
Power Outages
Power outages were report
edly the California Oregon
Power company during the
storm Tuesday afternoon in
the Fern Valley, 401 road, and
West Side school areas.
Transformers and fuses
blown by lightning were re
ported to have caused the
blackout. No major circuits
were reported out, otticiais
said. Individual customers
were reported without power
for varying lengths of time, it
was reported.
Precipitation at the Med
ford office of the weather bu
reau totaled .23 inch during
the storm. Most of it fell be
tween 4:28 and 4:37 p.m., and
there was some rain later in
the evening, and last night.
Four-Cent Stamp
Set For August
Washington (UPI) The
four-cent stamp for local and
out-of-town letters definitely
goes into effect Aug. 1.
' President Eisenhower
signed a bill Tuesday which
raises both postal rates , and
wages., First class letters will
be increased from 3 to 4 cents.
Air Mail will be hiked from
6 to 7 cents. It will be the
first increase in first-class
mail rates since 1932.
The President said the bill's
"public interest", features out
weighed its objectionable pro
visions. But he said several
provisions caused him "grave
concern," including one which
wouldassess the Treasury for
an "excessive amount of post
al services costs" instead of
levying them against users of
the mails.
The penny boost in letter
charges is the main item in
the r,ate increase package, big
gest in history and expected
to bring in an extra 550 mil
lion dollars annually when all
its provisions take effect.
The new law also gives pay
raises of 265 million dollars
a year to 520,000 postal work
ers .retroactive to last Jan. 1.
Dr. Pianka To Be
transferred June 15
Camp White Dr. Wallace
Pianka, Veterans administra
tion Domiciliary chief medi
cal officer for the past 2V4
years, will be transferred
June 15 to the VA center in
Fargo, N.D., where he will be
director of professional serv
ices, E. K. Ricker, manager,
has announced.
Dr. Panka has been at the
VA hospital in Reno, Nev.,
during the past month to be
come familiar with his new
responsibilities.
Dr. Ernest G. Everett is
acting chief medical officer.
While associated at the
Camp White Domiciliary, Dr.
Pianka made several adminis
trative changes and estab
lished liaison with the medi
cal profession in Medford for
special treatment and diagnosis.
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Unknown Soldiers
Return to U. S.
For High Honors
Flags at Half Staff
In City to Honor Dead
Washington (UPI) The
nation's two new "Unknown
Soldiers" returned to their
native shores today to receive
reverent honors seldom
equaled in the capital city's
long history of pomp and
parades. ,
After their official arrival
from the destroyer Blandy,
the bodies of the unidentified
warrior heroes were sched
uled to receive the highest,
most solemn tributes of all
officialdom and all the peo
ple before their reburial
Friday in Arlington National
cemetery.
One was a veteran of
World War II. The other died
in the Korean fighting. They
will flank a World War sol
dier in the hallowed Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier at
Arlington, "in honored glory,
known but to God."
A third "unknown" also
from World War II was bur
ied at sea off the Virginia
Capes with full military hon
ors Monday after the final se
lection phase of the ceremony
was completed.
Federal agency U.S. flags
arc flying at half-staff to
day, tomorrow, and Friday,
Memorial day, under pres
idential proclamation.
President Eisenhower has
also requested all other
flags to be flown at half
staff during the three-day
period, in honor of the two
additional "Unknown Sol
diers" arriving in Washing
ton today. .
Lt, Col. Frank -Kehoer
Army reserve advisor here,
has notified federal agen
cies of the proclamation,
and has requested non-federal
agencies to comply. .
Orders called for body
bearers to slowly bear the
caskets, led by the World
War II unknown, down the
gangway of the ship and
place them in two hearses for
the ride to the Capitol. As
the cortege starts to move,
the saluting battery will fire
a 21-gun salute.
The bodies will lie in state i
in the Capitol rotunda until
Friday afternoon, when Pres
ident Eisenhower will lead
the nation in paying tribute
at Arlington.
Officials estimated that the
number of visitors filing
through the rotunda during
the three-day period might
run into the hundreds of
thousands, especially during
this heavy period of Wash
ington's tourist season.
Oldtime Firemen Set
Annua! Dinner Meeting
. Annual dinner meeting of
Medford's . oldtime firemen
will be held at 6 p.m. Friday
at the west side fire station.
Gene Amann, who retired
as fire chief in 1914, will pre
side at the dinner. He arrived
in Medford today from Oak
land, Calif., where he now
makes his home and is a
guest at the central fire station.
Cordy Receives Superior Srevice Award
Clifford B. Cordy, Jackson
county extension agent, has
been honored with a Superior
Service award by the U.S.
department of agriculture, it
was announced Tuesday in
Washington, D.C.
Cordy was one of two Ore
gon State college extension
workers cited for outstanding
contributions to agriculture
and home economics exten
sion teaching. Cordy and Miss
Esther A. Taskerud, OSC
state extension agent, were
among 26 federal, state, and
county extension workers
throughout the United States
to receive the honor this year.
Helping Farmers .
The Jackson county agent
was cited for helping farmers
"develop a multi-million dol
lar fruit industry, giving guid
ance to community better
ment,, and building under
standing between farm and
city."
Cordy has been Jackson
&ounty extension agent since
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No. 58
Vanguard Fails
For Second Time;
New Firing Set
Appeared Successful
In First Observation ,
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
(UPI) The Navy reported
early today that the full-scale
satellite launched Tuesday
night with the Vanguard rock
et shot 2,000 miles into space
but at an off-angle which
caused it to plunge back to
earth and burn.
It was the second consecu
tive failure of the Vanguard
to blast a fully instrumented
20-inch satellite into orbit, the
satellite President Eisenhower
talked about in 1955 when he
first announced this country's
space program for the Inter
national Geophysical Year.
The vanguard was fired at
8:46 p.m. p.d.t. It pierced a
puff of clouds and in about
two minutes was no longer
visible.
At first it appeared the
launching was successful and
that the satellite would join
in space the 6.4-inch Vanguard
test moon-put. into orbit last
March 17, the two Explorers
and gigantic Sputnik III,
which weighs VA tons.
Dr. John P. Hagen, director
of the Vanguard Project who
came to this launching base to
observe the event, said the 72
foot rocket "appeared to
Junction well through the' fir
ing of all three stages but still
did not result in an orbit."
In Washington, Dr. Richard
W. Porter, chairman of the
IGY satellite iprogram, issued
an identical statement to
newsmen who had kept a vigil
with him.
Porter said another Van
guard would be fired next
month.
According to initial calcu
lations the satellite reached a
peak altitude of about 2,000
statute miles at its zenith and
fell . back to earth," Hagen
said.
On April 28 the Vanguard
was launched for the JEirst
time witna" fully instrument
ed satellite in its nose, but it,
too, failed to go into orbit be
cause of failure of the third
stage to ignite. The Vanguard
on March 17, however, put a
6.4-inch test satellite into the
highest orbit so far achieved
by this country or Russia.
Hagen said a large quantity
of "telemetry data which was
received Tuesday night will
provide much valuable scien
tific information."
Discussions on
Salaries !o End
Discussions between the
county court and county de
partment heads concerning
the proposed salary schedule
for county employees are ex
pected to end today with
talks with the sheriff, health
officer and veterans service
officer.
All department heads have
met with the court this week
to compare existing salaries
with those proposed in the
compensation plan prepared
for Jackson county by the
State Civil Service commis
sion. Further discussions are ex
pected with some of the de
partment heads before all
problems are ironed out.
Members of the court said
they hope to set up the sched
ule according to recommenda
tions of the civil service com
mission and will encourage
the county budget committee
to accept the schedule when
it meets next week.
1935. He was graduated from
Oregon State college in 1930
with a degree in horticulture,
received his M.S. degree at
Michigan State college in
1934, and has taken advance
study at the Universities of
Florida and California. ,
Prior to his present assign
ment, Cordy was USDA jun
ior plant pathologist in Ore
gon; superintendent of the
USDA experiment station at
Sitka, Alaska; and research
assistant, Michigan's branch
experiment station at Grand
Rapids.
Advances of Crop
The county agent is credit
ed with leadership in scientif
ic advances of the Rogue Riv
er valley's $15 to $18 million
pear industry. He has helped
guide community ' beautifica
tion programs through land
scape projects for homes and
municipal lands, and was cit
ed as a "stabilizing force in
building understanding be
tween farm and city people
BE GAULLE CHOSEN
FRENCH 'PREMIER'
House Beats Down
Attempts To Kill
Statehood Bill
Now Goes To Senate;
Outlook Said Good
Washington (UPI) The
House today passed a bill to
admit Alaska to the union as
the 49th state.
It approved the hotly con
tested measure after defeat
ing two attempts to send it
back to committee.
The bill now goes to the
Senate where it was expected
to have a good chance of pas
sage. The House roll call vote
was 208 to 166. Two members
voted "present."
The House acted over the
opposition of' Republican
leaders and southern Demo
crats. Top GOP members had
voted previously to recom
mit the measure to the House
Interior committee despite
President Eisenhower's per
sonal pleas on behalf of the
bill. .'
Tuesday, the coalition of
GOP leaders and southern
Democrats succeeded in get
ting the House to tentatively
kill the measure by striking
out its enacting clause. But
today this action was revers
ed. Opponents then concentrat
ed on trying to send it back
to committee.
Just before the bill won
approval, the House on a roll
call, vote defeated the final
effort to recommit it to com
mittee a move that almost
certainly would have meant
the bill's death at this session
of Congress.
The voteagainst this mo
tion, made by Rep. John R.
Pillion (R-N.Y.), was 201 to
172.
Before final passage,' the
House approved 91 to 8 an
amendment to reduce from
182 million acres to 102,550,
000 the amount of unreserved
public lands in Alaska the
federal government would
turn over to the new state.
Cattish Derby Set
At TouVelle Park
The 22nd annual National
Catfish Derby will be held at
TouVelle State park along
Rogue river Sunday, June 22,
Medford 20-30 club members
have announced.
A queen and her court,
picked from the sophomore
class at Medford High school,
will be announced later, and
various activities are planned
for all age groups, sponsors
said. Loren Soderlund is
chairman of the queen selec
tion committee. ,,
The Catfish Derby started
in 1936 because of an argu
ment between Frank Perl and
the late Delroy Getchell over
fishing abilities. Frank De
Souza and Kenneth Anthony
also were associated with the
original Derby. The 20-30
club took over sponsorship in
1941.
The first Derby was held at
Savage Rapids dam.
H. J. Veal is chairman of
this year's Derby.
and within segments of agri
culture."
Cordy has ' made notable
contributions to the area's
fruit industry in campaigns
to prevent crop loss from
pests and plant diseases. A
copper spray program in
which Jackson county led
other commercial pear-producing
areas of the nation,
plus an annual "preventive"
program of cutting out fire-blight-infected
wood, have av
erted outbreaks that plague
other districts.
Codling moth was once the
.scourge of the valley's pear
industry causing 10 per
cent of the pear crop to be
wormy with an estimated
loss of $lxi million annually
even though growers spray
ed five to eight times a year
with arsenate of leed.
Practice Use of DDT . ,
Cordy led the way in mak
ing this the first commercial
fruit area to practice wide
spread use of DDT for cod
BILL'
'You Fellows Go Right On Talking I'll Let
You Know When I Reach A Decision"
Six New Citizens
Are Naturalized
Six new United States citi
zens were administered the
Oath - of Allegiance to the
United States at a naturaliza
tion hearing this morning in
circuit court before Judge
H. K. Hanna.
They were Mrs. Marie
Christine Gass, 805 Pine st.,
Medford, who was born in
Canada; William Duncan
Keddie, 161 Fourth st.,. Ash
land; Scotland; Salvador Cas
tro Esquivel, route 2, dox
247A, Medford, Mexico; Mrs.
193 to Receive
Degrees at SOC
Ashland More than 190
degrees will be conferred at
the 32nd annual Southern
Oregon college commence
ment exercises in Lithia park,
Ashland, Sunday afternoon.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes will
speak. Exercises will start at
3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
the Butler Memorial Band
shell in Lithia park.
An alumni breakfast is
scheduled at 8 a.m. Sunday
in Susanne Homes hall, and
Baccalaureate services will be
held in Churchill hall at 9:30
a.m.
In addition to Governor
Holmes' address, the Rev. J.
Ross Knotts, pastor of the
First Methodist church, Ash
land, will give the invocation
and benediction. Allan Hart,
a member of the board of
higher education, will greet
graduates, and Dr. Elmo Ste
venson, college president, will
confer degrees.
Master's Degrees
Master's degrees will be
conferred upon 12 students,'
and bachelor's degrees will
go to 181 students. Of the
bachelor's degrees, 141 will
be in elementary education,
24 in secondary and 15 in gen
eral studies.
The Rev. John L. Thomp
son of the Ashland Episcopal
church will deliver the Bac
calaureate address.
ling moth that is now reduced
to the roll of a minor pest.
Other "firsts" he has help
ed the county develop include
use of hormone sprays on
pears to reduce fruit drop; a
new pruning method for pear
trees that has greatly in
creased yields; and this year,
the first commercial scale
testing of controlled atmos
phere storage of pears. He is
currently helping develop a
drainage program for the
county's shallow, heavy
soils.
During the past 12 years,
Cordy has helped organize
and promote the annual land
scape clinic for home owners
of Jackson county that per
mits individual consultations
for about 60 home owners
during the two-day tlinic.
Working with the Medford
Garden club and a special
civic committee, the county
agent has been keenly inter
ested in a civic beautification
program q tree plantings.
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Rosa Marie Palmquist, 627
Pierce rd., Medford, Sweden;
Lawrence Earl Sands, 1092
Scenic ave., Central Point,
Canada; and Mrs. Marie
Claire F. Buford, 811 Beach
st., Ashland, Canada.
Mallory C. Walker, natur
alization examiner from Port
land, requested that their
naturalization petitions be
granted.
Citizenship Class
The six earlier attended a
citizenship class conducted by
Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini,Tmaking
approximately 600 prospec
tive United States . citizens
who have attended her
classes. - .
Following the oath, Mrs.
D'Albini, representing the
Crater Lake chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, presented each
new citizen with a flag do
nated by the Medford Elks
lodge. Paul Hornbeck greet
ed them on behalf of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce.
David Frohnmayer,' Med
ford High school student,
who spoke to the group, de
scribed naturalized citizens
as among the best in the
country because "they show
they want to be citizens." He
declared that history shows
empires have fallen not be
cause of invading armies, but
because the people did not
care enough about their gov
ernment. Walker said that about 900
persons become naturalized
citizens in Oregon annually.
Two ; f i n a 1 naturalization
hearings are held in Medford
each year.
Italian Red Bid
For Popular Front
Rome (UPI) The Italian
Communist party made a new
bid for a "popular front" with
Socialists today aimed at crip
pling any government set up
by the Christian Democrats.
Communist Party Boss Pal-
miro Togliatti, playing on the
fears of the left-wing PSI so
cialists stemming from the
Christian Democratic election
gams, said the Communists
were ready to "reach an un
derstanding with all those
who move in the same direc
tion with us." :
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore .0 6 0
Cleveland 5 9 1
Harshman and Triandos;
McLish and Brown.
Washington 3 3 1
Chicago 13 12.. 1
Stobbs, Clevenger (1),
Griggs (2), Lumenti (8),
Byerly (8) and Courtney;
Wilson (5-3) and Lollar.
Boston .......1... 2 10 1
Detroit 4 8 0
Nixon (1-5) and Berber!;
Lary (5-4) and Wilson.
De Gaulle Called
To Paris Talk
With President
Resignation Tendered
By Premier Pflimlin
Paris (UPI) President
Rene Coty has decided to
designate Gen. Charles De
Gaulle as France's next
premier, a reliable ' source
at the Elysee palace said tonight.
Paris (UPI) President
Rene Coty will announce the
name of France's new premiere-designate
at 10 p.m., (7
p.m. PDT), an Elysee Palace
Spokesman said today.
President Coty today sum
moned Gen. Charles de Gaulle
to Paris possibly to take
over leadership of France.
Informed sources said Coty
had won agreement from the
Catholic Popular Republicans
andIndependent conservatives
for De Gaulle to become pre
mier. Together, the two
parties control 175 votes in
the 595-member National As
sembly. Premier Pierre Pflimlin
Wednesday tendered his resig
nation to pave the way for
the return of Gen. Charles de
Gaulle. President Rene Coty
appeared to be preparing to
rail the general to form a new
government in a matter of
hours.
Coty asked Pflimlin to
carry on as caretaker until a
new government is formed,
and Pflimlin, pale and. tired
after a two-week battle to pre
serve the Fourth Republic
and keep . De Gaulle out,
agreed..
General De Gaulle headed
at once for Paris from his
home at Colombey-les-deux-Eglises,
150 miles away. !
De Gaulle's apparent mo
ment of destiny arrived just
is an psrimnipn iiiij.ijiiii ipti-
istsand moderates marched
across Paris protesting his
rise toward power.
Roads Are. Blocked -
It would take De Gaulle's
chauffeur about two hours to
make the trip. It would prob
ably be several hours after
that before an anxious France
would know if De Gaulle's
time had arrived.
Police took elaborate pre
cautions at Colombey for ,
keeping newsmen from trail- 1
ing De Gaulle. Roads were
blocked for 15 minutes.
For the first time, an escort
car from France's FBI, the
Surgete General, accompanied
De Gaulle.
At that very moment tens
of thousands of anti-De Gaulle
demonstrators surged into the
Place de la Bastille where the
French revolution of 1789
erupted. Former Premier
Pierre Mendes-france, head of
the Radical moderate party,
was among them.
"Fascism shall not pass
the crowd chanted in a rolling
crescendo that drowned out
rush-hour traffic. "Long live
the Republic."
Coty' was ' acting with all
possible haste.
Earlier in the afternoon he
conferred for two hours with
leaders of three of France's
middle-line - parties.
Fear of Violence
Informed sources' said the
call to De Gaulle was issued
after the Catholic Popular Re
publicans MRP and independ
ents had assented to asking
De Gaulle to form a govern
ment. The Socialists, who have
opposed him energetically
were said to have delayed
their decision pending con
sultations with their parlia
mentary group this evening.
The Socialists have' 100 votes.
Coty was said to have ap
pealed to all three parties to
accept De Gaulle before the
nation is plunged into chaos
and possible bloodshed.
Mosquito Control
Equipment Shown
A new blower and mosquito
control machine was demon
strated for the county court
this morning, by County San
itarian Walter Sutherland.
The portable blower, which
can project any type of in
secticide, and will be used
on roadside ditches and other
spots of standing water, as
well as other mosquito-breed-"
ing areas which formerly
were inaccessible.
The county's mosquito-'
spraying program has been
underway for several eeks.