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yesterday, is shown how a bottle is opened
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Bar, Calif., who visited Medford yesterday, in Medford the same day. It was the first
are shown above having refreshments at a circus the children had attended. (Kenn
local drive-in. They attended a movie, the Knackstedt Photo).
Sotnes Bar Children
Visit in Medford
Seventeen school children
and three adults from Somes
Bar, Calif., a small commu
nity in the Trinity Alps
Marble Mountain area of
northern California, visited in
Medford yesterday.
It was the first time the 17
had attended a circus. They
went to the Carson-Barnes
circus at the Jackson County
Sheriffs Posse grounds. The
tour also included a movie,
watching television, with
which the youngsters were
particularly impressed, and
Air Force Snark.
Receives Test
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
(UPI The Air Force sent a
swept-wing Snark, the nation's
only operational long-range
guided missile, on a 5,000 mile
test flight over the ocean
Wednesday night.
Two solid fuel boosters
hurled the Snark into the
sky with a splash of orange
flame and a loud roar. A few
seconds after it was airborne,
the sleek missile dropped off
the boosters and its jet engine
took over.
The Snark, a subsonic but
extremely versatile missile,
vanished in the dark flying
low over the Atlantic. A jet
chase plane accompanied it.
The Snark, which has been
launched scores of times in its
development program at the
test center, was reported
aimed at a target area near
Ascension Island, about 5,500
miles southeast of Cape Ca
naveral. WEATHER
FORECAST: Chance of after
noon showers in mountains;
otherwise fair through Friday.
Low tonight 51). High Friday 82.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 77
Lowest this Morning 48
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:39 a.m.
Sunset 7:39 p.m.
The Moon, in Perigee tonight,
set Friday . 3:07 a.m.
Full Moon , June 1
PROMINENT STAR .
Reguius, in the west 10:52 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, due south .... 9:07 p.m.
Saturn, rises 9:08 p.m.
Mars, rises 2:02 a.m.
Venus, rises 3:15 a.m.
using dial telephones, which
also rated high in interest.
One of the group said Med
ford was the only city from
which they received a reply
to a letter written to several
cities inquiring about arrange
ments for such a tour.
One of Three
The Somes Bar group is
one of three northern Calif
ornia groups which have or
are planning to visit Medford.
The elementary school safe
ty patrol boys of Mt. Shasta
will visit Medford May 30, 31
and June 1. The visit is being
sponsored by the Mt. Shasta
police department and Med
ford will serve as headquar
ters for trips to Oregon Caves,
Crater Lake National park
and the House of Mystery
near Gold Hill.
Eight youngsters and four
adults from Forks of Salmon
plan to visit here June 17.
Forks of Salmon people have
visited in Medford on two
previous occasions.
They' plan to stop overnight
in Grants Pass June 16 and
visit Oregon Caves. On June
17, after an overnight stop
in Medford, the Forks of Sal
mon group plans to visit Cra
ter Lake and board a train in
Klamath Falls for Dunsmuir.
The train ride will be the
first for most of the young
sters. The tours and accommoda
tions are being arranged
through the chambers of com
merce in the areas.
Air Line Pilots
To Resume Flights
Los Angeles (UPL)
Western Air Lines today noti
fied its 263 pilots, who left
their jobs Feb. 21 in a dispute
over a new contract, to report
for duty Sunday.
The airline said that al
though no date has been set
for resumption of service the
recall notice was issued under
terms of a mediation agree
ment and back to work mea
sure reached May 24 between
the company and the Air Line
Pilots association.
No reservations are being
accepted by Western at the
present time. The company
announced last week that ser
vice could not be restored for
at least 10 days or two weeks.
they stayed overnight. The Somes Bar
group is one of three which have visited
or do plan to visit to visit in Medford
within a month. (Kenn Knackstedt Photo).
Jury Returns Two
Verdicts in Cases
In Federal Court
A jury returned verdicts in
favor of the defense Wednes
day at noon in two cases
tried in U. S. District court
at the post office building in
Medford. The , cases started
Tuesday morning. Presiding
is U. S. District Court Judge
Gus J. Solomon, Portland.
The two complaints were
filed in U. S. District court,
Portland, Oct. 16, 1957, by
Nina Riggs and Elizabeth A.
Weber, both Medford, against
James William Sullivan, Eur
eka, Calif.
The complaints charged
the defendant with negligence
in a collision between the
vehicle he was driving and
one operated by Elizabeth
Weber at the intersection of
Fourth and Grape sts., Med
ford. ,
Request Damages
Nina Riggs, a passenger in
the Weber vehicle asked
S37,500 damages and Eliza
beth Weber requested S57,
500 damages.
According to pre-trial re
ports the Weber vehicle was
traveling west on Fourth st.,
and the automobile operated
by Sullivan was northbound
on Grape st., at the time of
the accident. Sullivan charg
ed that Elizabeth Weber was
careless, reckless, and negli
gent in the operation of the
Weber vehicle.
Nina Riggs was represent
ed by Kenneth A. Poole, Port
land attorney; Elizabeth A.
Weber by O. H. Bengtson,
Medford attorney; and Sulli
van was represented by W.
E. Duhaime of Duncan, Bro
phy, Wilson and Duhaime,' in
Medford.
Taking the stand during
the trials were the two plain
tiffs, the defendant, two doc
tors, and a Medford city po
lice officer.
Seven persons were chal
lenged and excused by the
court during jury selection
Tuesday.
Washington (UPI)
Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D
Wash.), said today "now is
clearly the time for action"
on the bill to make Alaska
the 49th state.
Disagreement
Seen on County
Salary Schedule
Discussions Bring
Recommendations
Disagreements were appar
ent today between members
of the county court and de
partment heads concerning
the proposed salary and wage
schedule recently prepared
by the State Civil Service
commission.
Talks between the court
and department heads this
week, to compare existing
salaries with those recom
mended in the study have
brought some recommended
pay adjustments, both up and
down.
For the most part, how
ever, employees and depart
ment heads are asking for
full compliance with the
recommended schedule which
court members' estimate
would cost the county be
tween $60,000 and $70,000
per year.
The court said it had
"studied the schedule with
the taxpayer's welfare in
mind" and after working out
a compromise, presented the
court's recommendations to
department heads for ap
proval. Copies to Schedule
Copies of the civil service
commission's schedule will
go to department heads im
mediately so that they can
make their own recommenda
tions for salary changes to
the budget committee.
The major differences be
tween the court and other
county employees fall into
two categories:
Where the recommended
starting range is considerably
more than the employee is
now getting and where the
long-time employee should be
getting a great , deal more
than he now receives.
The court said it will
recommend to the 'budget
committee that employees re
ceiving less than the recom
mended starting range be
given a substantial " raise.
Where the employee because
of his length of time with the
county should be getting the
maximum range) the court
will not recommend the full
increase" because it would
be too great a jump for one
year."
"The court is trying as
nearly as possible to take
length of service into consid
eration and give as much of
a salary increase as the
budget will allow," it was
said.
Some salaries would raise
as much as $117 per month if
the recommended schedule
went into effect all at once.
In many cases, especially
in the roads department, sal
aries have been frozen be
cause they are above the
maximum schedule recom
mended. Working out the compensa
tion plan may be hard on
long-time employees, court
members explained, because
of their reluctance to make
large salary jumps, but it is
hoped that the plan will be
put into full effect as soon
as the budget warrants. It
was estimated that it would
take two or three years.
The time it would take an
employee to reach the top of
the pay scale would depend
on economic conditions, as
well as his ability and record.
Express Opinions
The court said it hoped
county- taxpayers would make
their opinions known as to
the speed with which the
county should comply with
the recommended schedule.
Both the court and the de
partment head recommenda
tions for salaries and wages
will be studied at the county
budget committee second
hearing Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Hearings are late this year
due to the late arrival of the
compensation study from the
civil service commission.
Bids Called for
Leasing 421 Acres
Bids will be opened -June
24 in the Army Engineers
district office in Seattle,
Wash., for leasing 421 acres
of government-owned grazing
land within the Camp White
rifle range about eight miles
north of Medford.
Thel and may be inspected
by contacting Charles Myers
at the National Guard's depot
on Table Rock rd at Camp
White. Invitations and bid
forms may be obtained from
Myers.
The lease will be awarded
to the highest acceptable bid
der for a term of five years.
Medford
14 Pages
Danielson Asks
For Certificate
Of Nomination
Opinion by Reeder
Forwarded to Clerk
Attorney Robert G. Daniel
son, who drew the majority
of votes for the office of dis
trict judge in the controversial
May 16 election, today re
quested his certificate of
nomination from County
Clerk Bereth Hopkins.
His letter arrived soon after
the clerk received District
Attorney Thomas Reeder's
opinion that Medford City At
torney E. Roy Bashaw should
be considered to have won the
nomination.
Danielson, who was be
lieved to have withrdawn
from the race when he took
a position with the Klamath
Falls district attorney's office,
received 7,526 votes in the
tace. Bashaw received 7,273.
Danielson wrote, "Although
there seems to be considerable
controversy over my receiv
ing the nomination in the re
cent primary election for dis
trict judge, I trust you will
comply with the provisions of
Oregon Revised Statutes. . .
wherein you are required to
immediately certify the
nomination and enter in the
register of nominations the
name of each candidate hav
ing the highest number of
votes.
". . .You know there has
never been a withdrawal filed
by me in your office and you
should not believe the papers
which have taken upon them
selves the determination of
my intentions. I have at all
times known the law regard
ing withdrawal and had I in
tended to.avail myself of such
provisions of law, the same
would have been effected."
With Reeder's opinion,
which had been requested by
the, county clerk, was .the
statement that' "we deem it
advisable that you await the
attorney generals' opinion be
fore issuing, a certificate of
nomination to either candi
date." (Continued on Page 9)
Air Corridors
Set By Experts
Washington (UPI) Gov
ernment aviation experts to
day were assembling detailed
technical regulations that will
govern three transcontinental
air corridorsintended to min
imize the danger of midair
collisions.
Immediate creation of the
nation's first super skyways
was authorized Wednesday
by the Civil Aeronautics
board.
Effective June 15, all flight
operations between 17,000
and 22,000 feet on three 40
mile wide transcontinental
corridors linking Los Angeles
and San Francisco with New
York and Washington will be
conducted under absolute
ground control and separa
tion regardless of weather.
"Each flight," the CAB said
"will be in a cocoon of its
own air spaoe protected by
ground monitoring with a
separation from other air
craft of at least 1,000 feet
vertically and 10 minutes fly
ing time horizontally."
The new regulations were
prompted by two tragic air
collisions between military
jets and commercial airliners
which took 61 lives in April
and May.
Control of all planes in the
sky corridors, both military
and civilian craft, will be en
trusted to Civil' Aeronautics
administration ground con
trollers.
Agreement Reached
With Weyerhaeuser
Portland (UPI) The
AFL-CIO International Wood
workers of America has
reached an agreement with
the Weyerhaeuser Timber
company for extension of
present contracts covering
some 8,000 employees, it was
reported today.
The agreement was said to
be virtually the same as that
reached earlier by the IWA
with the rest of lumber in
dustry employers. It waives
any , wage increase at the
present, calling for a reopen
ing of wage talks next Sep
tember. . '
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1958
RECEIVES CITATION Clifford B. Cordy, right, Jackson
county extension agent, is congratulated by Charles W.
Smith, assistant director of Oregon State college extension
service, after his selection earlier this year as Oregon candi
date for the U.S. department of agriculture's superior
service award which Cordy received in Washington, D.C.,
this week. Twenty-six federal, state and county extension
workers in the nation received the citation.
Memorial
Scheduled
Memorial services in the
Rogue valley will highlight
Memorial Day activities
tomorrow. 1
City, county, state and
federal offices will be closed
Friday and Saturday, and
most retail stores will close
Friday. Some retail stores in
Medford also plan to close
Saturday, but the majority
will be open.businessmen in
dicated. Union barber shops will be
closed both days to give em
ployees the long week end
vacation, according to Al
Bradford, secretary of the
Jackson - county -Barbers
Union.
Ceremonies Scheduled
Memorial Day ceremonies
will be held at 9:45 o'clock
tomorrow morning in the city
park at West Main and Holly
sts. followed by a parade from
the park east on Main st. to
the Bear creek bridge at
10:45 o'clock.
Participating in ceremonies
at the city park will be the
Rev. G. R. V. Bolster of St.
Mark's Episcopal church; the
Rev. John O. Reynolds, as
sistant pastor of First Presby
terian church: the Rev. Carl
Mai of Sacred Heart Catholic
church; Col. W. H. Paine,
Frank Buchter, Ray Huson,
Mrs. Dorothy McOuat, Robert
Sheldon, and the Medford
High school triple trio and the
Marion choir of: St. Mary's
school.
Women's auxiliary mem
bers of veterans groups will
place a wreath on a replica of
the tomb of the unknown
soldier, with Miss Laura
York in charge of ceremonies.
Wreath Ceremonies
The Rev. E. S. Tollefson of
the Ascension Lutheran
church will lead ceremonies
at Bear creek bridge, where
veterans auxiliary members
will strew flowers on the
water. The Camp White firing
squad and color guard also
will participate in the cere
monies. The Veterans Allied Coun
cil of Jackson county is in
charge of arrangements for
the morning program. In the
event of rain, ceremonies will
be held in the courthouse
auditorium instead of the city
park, according to M. A. Ben
eka and M. E. (Bud) Fisher,
chairmen.
At 3 o'clock tomorrow after
noon, ceremonies are sched
uled at Memory Gardens
Memorial park to dedicate
the flag memorial and vet
erans' plaque. Speakers will
include the Rev. R. L. Corn
wall, pastor of the First As
sembly of God church, Ash
land, and Eugene Ricker,
manager of the Camp White
Domiciliary. Veterans from
Camp White will participate.
Others Participating
Others participating in the
ceremonies include Clark
Lambeth, .director of music
in the Ashland elementary
school; William S. Ferris,
manager of Memory Gardens;
C. W. Smith, president of
Memory Gardens; and C. R.
Schiffman, of the Army
A Reauiem mass is sched
uled . at the Jacksonville
cemetery, at 11 o'clock tomor
row morning. Mass will be
read bv the Rev. William
McLeod of Sacred Heart Cath
olic church, Medford. .
State law enforcement of
Services
in City
ficials warned motorists to
drive with caution over the
week end, and heavy traffic
is expected on highways, par
ticularly in recreation areas.
Local officials noted that the
National Safety Council has
predicted that 350 persons
would be killed on the na
tion's nighways this week end.
The Mail Tribune will
publish a noon edition Me
morial Day.
illeto
Vote Second Time
On School Budget
Jacksonville Voters in
the Jacksonville school dist
rict will go to the polls for
the second time Thursday
evening, June 5, to vote on
a levy for operating the three
Jacksonville schools in the
1958-59 school year.
The Jacksonville school
board has approved a total
levy of $141,322.21 for oper
ating costs. A budget calling
for a levy of $153,404.40 was
defeated in the first election,
May 20.
Reduction of the levy by
$12,082.19 was made possi
ble by cutting the transporta
tion allowance and the re
serve to cover unpaid taxes,
arid by reducing the proposed
total for salaries, according
to John Crabb, school super
intendent. Reduction of salaries by
$3,450.37 was accomplished
by working out an arrange
ment with Ruch school, in
the non-high district, for shar
ing a music teacher, and mak
ing replacements on the staff
from the lower salary brack
et, Crabb said. Three faculty
members who resigned after
the budget defeat have been
induced to stay, at the same
salaries as this past year, he
said.
Polls will be open in the
music room at the school,
from 2 to 8 p.m..
Because the district has no
established tax base, the en
tire levy is considered to be
in excess of the six per cent
limitation, and therefore
must be submitted to the vot
ers. The Jacksonville district
operates a high school, a pri
mary, school for grades one
through three, and a combin
ation grade and junior high
school.
Girl Struck by
Car Near Home
Six-year - old Peggy ,Arfn
Skaggs, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Skaggs, 643 Beall
lane, escaped serious injury
Wednesday afternoon when
struck by a car near her
home. ,
She was taken by Medford
Ambulance service to Rogue
Valley hospital, where she is
being treated for abrasions,
according to state police, who
investigated.
The youngster was struck
by a sedan driven by Dorothy
Lucille Burritt, 355 South
Fourth st., Central -Point,
when she jumped from a road
side ditch and ran across the
road, police said.
Tribune
No. 59
Alaska Faces
Serious Hurdles
For Statehood
Hawaii Amendment
Threatens Proposal
Washington (UPI) Al
aska's prospects of becoming
the 49th state appeared
brighter today than they have
in years. But the territory
still faced serious hurdles in
the Senate.
The House approved an Al
asken Statehood bill by a
surprisingly 'large 208-166
margin Wednesday and sent
it to the senate where it has
substantial bi-partisan sup
port. Alaska's bid to become a
full-fledged member of the
United States had at least one
major obstacle to overcome
in the Senate.
Hawaii, Too
Sen. William F. Knowland,
(Calif.), the Republican lead
er, told' United Press Interna
tional after the house vote
that he intends to continue to
insist that a Hawaiian state
hood measure be brought up
shortly after Alaska is acted
upon.
Knowland has predicted
that if the Democratic lead
ership does not give such as
surances, attempts will be
made to attach the Hawaii
proposal as an amendment to
the Alaska bill.
It was considered unlikely
Sen. Lyndon ' B. Johnson
(Tex.), the Democratic leader,
would promise to go along
with the Knowland approach.
Alaska's Democratic sup
porters, pointing to the de
feat1 of a joint Hawaii-Alaska
bill in the 83rd Congress,
have said the only way to in
sure statehood for either is
to keep the two measures as
far apart as possible.
Knowland's Position '
Knowland, who maintained
he is "emphatically for" state
hood for both territories, dis
agreed this was necessarily
true. He said he is opposed to
rushing Alaska through dur
ing this year and leaving Ha
waii "out in the cold" until
the next Congress.
Aside from this possible
roadblock, the Alaska bill en
joys considerable support on
both sides of the Senate politi
cal aisle, excluding the ex
pected 1 opposition of the
southern bloc.
Chinatown Tradition
Suffers Regulation
Portland (UPI) An
cient Chinese tradition ran
smack into modern American
sanitation here today and
dining habits in Portland
Chinatown may suffer some
radical changes.
The Portland Health bu
reau ordered six Chinese re
tail food stores to get rid of
live chickens and ducks they
keep in their basements and
back rooms.
(BuDDetin
Washington (UPI)
The Justice Department to
day said it plans no anti
trust action at the present
time against consolidation
of United Press and Inter
national News Service into
the new United Press International.
"Your Office Seems To Be On Fire'
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President Warns
France on Brink
OfCiyil.War,
Revolutionaries Set
To Topple Republic
Paris (UPI) It was of
ficially announced tonight
that Gen. Charles de Gaulle
has been asked to form a
government and he has
agreed.
Paris (UPI) Gen. Charles
de Gaulle rode triumphantly
into Paris tonight to form
a "government of national
safety" and save the nation
from civil war. Revolution
aries were reported ready to
topple the Fourth Republic
if he fails.
President Rene Coty sum
moned De Gaulle with a
warning to the National As
sembly that "we are now on
the verge of civil war." He
pleaded with the lawmakers
and the nation to rally be
hind this "most illustrious of
Frenchmen" who had led
France back to liberty in
World War II.
De' Gaulle answered the
summons with a-150-mile dash
by car to the capital. In ac
cepting Coty's call, the gen
eral warned before he left
his country home that the
French army may revolt
should he fail to win office
by legal, though exceptional,
means. :
And former President Vin
cent Auriol revealed that
revolutionary "committees of
public safety" already had
sprung up all over France,
ready to take action.
The Communists still were
adamantly against the general
but the Christian Democrats
were reported leaning toward
him.
After 16 days of stalemate,
the political log jam seemed
to be breaking. . .
Assembly Stands By
The appeals from Coty and
Auriol, and De Gaulle's re
sponse, were broadcast on a
bulletin basis throughout
France.
The news spread across
Paris. . The Assembly recon
vened briefly to handle rou
tine legislation, then adjourn
ed to stand by for an emergen
cy session.
The 76-year-old Coty indi
cated he would resign if the
bitterly divided and tempera
mental assembly failed to go
along with him."
Unprecedented Message
Coty said he also was ask
ing De Gaulle to see what
can be done toward a thor
ough reform of the constitu
tion which in the last 13 years
has enabled the assembly to
overthrow 25 French govern
ments. Coty made his stunning an- .
nouncement in an unprece
dented message to emergency
meetings of both houses of
the French parliament.
It came against a back
ground of open revolt in Al
geria and Corsica and an as
sembly so hopelessly divided
against itself that De Gaulle
seemed the only solution short
of a military dictatorship or
a Communist-controlled popu
lar front." ,
Coty's move unprecedent
ed in peacetime followed a
thinly veiled warning from
Algeria's restive generals that
further delay in bringing De
Gaulle to power might set off
open intervention by the mili
tary. When he finished reading
the message, there was a tre
mendous roar dissent from
the left and applause from
the right.
Communists and Socialists
sang the Marseillaise.