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NOOK I M EDITION 3: 18 Pages BUCffliT Tribune EDFORD MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1958 No. 60 la Saiilli's Plus rarou Government Turns Tanks, Artillery Against Port City Rebel Leader Gets Message to Return ' Beirut, Lebanon (UPD Heavy fighting broke out to day in the port city of Trip oli, flashpoint of Lebanon's three-week-old revolt. ' Government troops used artillery and armored cars in an all-out attack on the an cient city where anti-govern ment feeling erupted earlier this month. Rashid Karami, leader of the rebel forces in Tripoli, was in Beirut at the time the army launched its attack. His lieutenants sent him an ur gent message to return. Lebanese Protest The new fighting occurred as a Lebanese delegation headed for Benghazi, Libya, to protest to the Arab League council against United Arab Republic interference in this strife - torn nation's internal affairs. ' ' A government statement to the heads of all diplomatic missions Thursday night said the U.A.R. intervention "en dangered not only Lebanon and the Arab countries but the entire world." In Beirut, Maronite Catho lice church patriarch Paul Meouchi said that President Camille Chamoun should take "a long vacation abroad" as the best way of solving the crisis.' Opposition Demands The opposition demands that pro - Western President Camille Chamoun resign are at the base of the current troubles. . Meouchi told newsmen to day that he thought Leba non's complaint to the Arab league and the United Na tions about U-A.R. interfer ence was "unnecessary." He said all the trouble could have been settled last week if commander in chief of the armed, forces Gen. Faud Chebab had been named premier. But now the only solution is for Chamoun to get out of the country for a while, he said. , Bids Opened for Highway Projects A Medford contractor and firms from Eugene and Al- turas, Calif., were apparent low bidders on three projects in Jackson and Klamath coun ties, when bids for 20 highway projects were opened Thurs day , in Salem by the state highway commission. Contracts on the 20 proj ects, totaling $7,600,000, will be awarded by the commission in Portland June 19 Durbin brothers of Eugene were apparent low bidders on the largest of the. projects in southern Oregon, at $206,345 for .77 miles grading, paving structure and stockpiling rock on the Crater Lake highway about 23 miles north of Med ford. M. C. Lininger and sons, Medford, bid $107,125 for 1.11 miles of grading and paving on Pacific highway in Ash land. Moyer Gravel company, Al turas, bid $34,560 for stock piling rock on the Crater Lake highway north and east from Prospect, in Jackson and Kla math counties. The apparent low bid for the largest project was sub mitted by Morrison Knudsen company, Seattle, Wash., for 3.21 miles of grading on the Oregon coast highway about 8 miles north of Brookings. Knudsen bid $2,544,395. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudi ness through Saturday. Risk of afternoon thunderstorms most ly over mountains. High today S3. Low tonight SO. High Satur day 80. TcnP. Highest Yesterday 80 Lowest this Morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise - 4:38 a.m. 7:40 p.m. 3:50 ajn. June 1 Sunset Moonset Saturday Full Moon PROMINENT STAR Deneb. low in northeast 9:07 p-m. Tbis is one of the most re mote of the bright stars. It is now estimated that Deneb is 1S0O light years from the Earth. UPI Sand Exempt (From Anti-Trust Washington (UPI) The Justice department has held that the consolidation of the United Press and Internation al News Service into the new United Press International was ' exempt from the anti trust laws because INS was in "failing circumstances." As a result, the department said, "We do not plan at the present time to move against Wreath Placed on Replica of Tomb of Unknown Soldier Placing a wreath on a repli ca of the tomb of the Un known Soldier climaxed Me morial day exercises -this morning in the city park " at West Main and Holly sts. High lights of the program were recitation of Lincoln's Gettys burg address, a talkby a Med ford. attorney and welcoming remarks by a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Robert Dames, who was principal speaker in place of the Rev. G. R. V. Bolster, who was unavoidably absent, traced the beginning of Me morial dayto a custom estab lished by a mother of Con federate soldiers, who deco rated the graves of "un known" Union soldiers, dur ing the Civil war,' in. Colum bus, Miss. Pride in Heritage ; Dames spoke of America's pride in its heritage of free dom of democracy, and said that it is important for young people in this country to learn more about science and bolster patriotism, in order to keep pace with the potential Rus sian enemy. Col. W. H. Paine, who gave the welcome, quoted from an address of a southern -general, and said that the cornerstone of man's prosperity and honor is man's courage and fortitude. Women's auxiliaries of lo cal patriotic groups were in charge of the tribute to the Unknown Soldiers of three wars, and the wreath on a replica of the tomb of the Un known Soldier of World War I in Arlington cemetery, was placed by Mrs. Victor Eakin, of Gold Star Mothers. Vocal music was presented by the Marion choir of St. Mary's school, the triple trio from Medford High school, and . Mrs. Gregory MacDou gall, soloist from First Metho dist church. Mrs. Dorothy Mc Quat played organ music. Colors Posted . ' The colors were posted and retired by a guard from Camp White. The Rev. John Reyn olds of First Presbyterian church gave the invocation and led in prayer, and the Rev. Carl Mai of Sacred Heart Catholic church gave the benediction. Frank Buchter of the Footlighters, local little theater' group, recited the Gettysburg address, wearing a suit of the Lincoln era, and armroDriate make-UD. Mrs. F; A. Daugherty read General John A. Logan's orders call ing for genera observance of Memorial day. Robert Shel don, Medford High school, played taps. j Services also were held at Bear creek bridge, where the Rev. E. S. Tollefson of Ascen sion Lutheran church led the ceremonies, and members of women's patriotic groups cast flowers on the water in mem ory of the dead of all wars. Participants in the program and patriotic groups marched from the park to the bridge, with the junior drum and bugle corps of Cavemen aerie, Loyal Order of Eagles, lead ing the parade.' - . Del Norte County Stages Celebration Crescent City (UPI) Del Norte county this week is commemorating the 130th an niversary of the coming of the white man to California's scenic northwest. Being honored is the name and memory of Jedediah Smith, the first explorer to reach the Del Norte area where arrived June 1, 1828. . San Francisco. (UPI) Evangelist Billy Graham led 16.000 persons in the San Francisco Cow palace in a prayer for the people of France Thursday night. I this acquisition" under the . anti-trust laws. Assistant Attornev General 'Victor R. Hansen, chief of the Anti-Trust division, reported the department's findings in a letter to Frank H. Bartholo mew, president of United Press International. He said the department had concluded after extensive in vestigation that the consoli dation of the two press asso ciations "falls squarely" with in the "failing corporation section" of the Clayton 'Anti Trust act. The supreme court has con strued that section as mean ing that a business which can show that it is in bad finan cial shape does not have to stay in operation. Began Inquiry Immediately, Hansen noted that the de partment embarked on its in quiry immediately after learning of the United Press Internation News Service consolidation. He wrote Bartholomew that the Anti-Trust division "mov ed promptly to secure those facts relevant to any determi nation of legality under Clay ton act, section 7." v A justice department spokesman, who said he had been briefed by Hansen, said "The INS had showed' the Justice department that it has been losing millions of dol lars for the past 14 years." The 'department spokesman added that t'The United Press showed the Anti-Trust divi sion that on foreign service it was making money and on domestic service it was losing money." He added that "on the balance the situation was not particularly favorable." The Supreme court "deci sion cited i. by Hansen , was handed down by'the Supreme court on January 6, 1930. Jacksonville Vote Set for June 18 Jacksonville Voters in the Jacksonville school district will vote on a levy for oper ating 'the three Jacksonville schools at a special election Wednesday, June 18, instead of Thursday, June, 5, as pre voiusly reported incorrectly in a Mail Tribune story. Polls will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. in the music room at Jacksonville High school. The school board has ap proved a total levy of $141, 322.21 for operating costs. A budget calling for a levy of $153,404.40 was defeated in an election earlier this month. , v Reduction of the levy by $12,082.19 was made possible by cutting the transportation allowance and the reserve to cover unpaid taxes, and by reducing the. proposed, total for salaries, according to John Crabb, school superintendent. Because the district has no tax base, the entire, levy is considered to be in excess of the 6 per cent limitation land therefore must be submitted to the voters. Crash Victim Praises Town Fresno (UPI) Band leader Bruce Davis who sur vived a light plane crash with his wife last month ' returned home Thursday ' night with high praise for the people pf John Day. "They were wonderful to us," said Davis, 'who had struggled through snow for three days after the crash to get help for his wife, Patricia, who stayed at the wreckage site in central Oregon.. - , Mrs. Davis still is under treatment in a John Day hos pital where "her left foot and toes on her right foot were amputated because of frost bite she suffered during the ordeal. , Davis said she prob ably will remain " there for about two months. Davis plans to return to John Day Wednesday, taking with him their two children, Scott, 10, and Kim Elizabeth, 12. ' - Hayward (UPI) Twenty five aircraft took off from Hayward municipal airport today bound for Las Vegas, Nev., in the fifth annual 20-30 club light plane race. FRANK H. GRAY Retires After 50 Years Manager of Western Union Office Here To Retire June 1 Frank H. Gray, manager of the Medford Western Union office for 25 years, will re tire June 1 after-completing more than 50 years of tele graph service. He will be replaced by Har ry Hyder, present manager of the Corvallis office, as soon as a replacement is arranged for Hyder. Meanwhile, the local office management will be as sumed by Robert L. Griffith, present night manager. Air Force Denies Air Lines Pilot's 'Buzzing' Charge Washington (UPI) The Air Force today denied a United Air Lines pilot's charge that a B48 jet bomber "deliberately buzzed" his com mercial airliner over Kansas Thursday. v Acting Air Secretary Mal colm A. Mclntyre said, "there is absolutely no justification for the allegation and it must be considered ah irresponsible statement impugning the in tegrity of Air Force pilots, who are mature, dedicated conscientious officers." Mclntyre, in a written state ment issued at the Pentagon, said the B47 pilot was oper ating "in accordance , with CAA (Civil Aeronautics Ad ministration) procedures and current rules of the air." The bomber pilot, the state ment said, was Maj. Eugene Mathis, "a veteran Strategic Air Command pilot, with 5,500 hours of flying experience, flying out of Schilling Air Force Base, Kans. .' ! The Schilling AFB public information officer, Capt. J. W. Hinds, told newsmen there that "We dra have planes in the.air at that time, but none was in the immediate vicin ity." The Air Force said Mathis was flying ''on an approved CAA IFR (instrument flight rule) flight clearance." Eugene (UPI) Orrin H. Perry, 26, of Leaburg, drown ed Thursday in the Willam ette river about 300 feet be low the Eugene Water and Electric board's power dam at Leaburg. i 'Consistently Cold Year' Recorded A "consistently cold year," requiring 21 nights of orchard heating in the Rogue valley, ,was reported in the seasonal summary prepared by Frost Forecaster William J. Rogers. The meteorologist made his final regular frost forecast last Friday evening and will return to Pomona, Calif., this week end. He is spending this week packing 20 .sets of in struments while on a stand-by frost-warping basis. ' "The 1958 season had more cold nights. than have been recorded since the first dis trict reports were issued in 1926, and. the 21 nights of fir ing equals a record set in 1929," he reported. Marginal Nights Many nights were marginal, with temperatures just under 32 degrees. None was unusu ally cold, and on many nights only a few growers fired. General firing occurred on1 only five nights. Rogers characterized the season as "one with a large number of mildly cold nights, with a few cold nights of greater intensity sprinkled through the season." Gray completed his tele graph training in 1906 and went to Alamosa, Colo., as manager. Later he was man ager of the Ft. Collins office. He recalls hearing the news of the San Francisco earth quake while studying Morse telegraph in the Ft. Collins of fice. Prior to coming to Medford in 1933, Gray served as office manager in Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California. . Extends Wishes Walter P. Marshall, West ern Union president, extended best ' wiches to Gray along with a "certificate of honor able retirement in recognition of more than a half century of loyal and conscientious serv ice." Gray also was presented a life-time "frank" authoriz ing him to send and receive telegrams anywhere in the country without cost. Hyder, who is 37, began service with Western Union in 1938 as a. messenger at Long Beacn,, Calif -r-where he-work-, ed up to Automatic operator. He served in the Army four years, two of them with the office of strategic services in the China-Burma-India, the ater. . After the war, he became delivery manager at Bakers field, Calif., and later became manager at Whittier and other California offices. He was transferred to Oregon in. 1956 when he became manager of the Corvallis office. ' Suit Settled Out Of Federal Court Mrs. Ruth Simmons, Crater Lake highway, received 'an undisclosed amount Wednes day night in an out-of-court settlement of a damage suit she filed against Oregon-Nevada-California Fast Freight, Inc. The case, which started Wednesday afternoon in U.S. district court before Judge Gus Solomon, resulted from a traffic accident in Medford in March, 1957, involving Mrs. Simmons' car and an ONC truck. She had sought $120, 000. Medford Attorney O. H. Bengtson and the Portland firm of Poole and Farris rep-; resented Mrs. Simmons. Neff, Frohnmayer and Lowry rep resented ONC. It was one, he said, in which the growers lost more sleep and did more worrying than they did heating." 32 Cold Nights . . v Ten cold nights occurred in March requiring 8 firings; 15 in April requiring 10 fir ings; and 7 in May requiring 3. The 32 cold nights were the most for any season on record, considerably more than the 19.6 cold night average. The 21 nights requiring fir ing compare with a 10.4 average. .' .. ' . , ' ' Warmest season on record was in 1940, when there were only six cold nights and only three firings. - Low night temperatures have required orchard heating only once in the month of June, according , to records, that occurring in 1952. ; .Blossoms Ahead Blossom development wis ahead of usual this year after mild daytime temperatures and above normal nights in February caused a much earli er break in dormancy, accord ing to Rogers. - Development by March 1 City Budget for 1958-59 Approved By Committee Includes $75,000 For Swimming Pool The Medford budget com mittee last night approved a general fund budget for fiscal year 1958-59. totaling about $882,224, an increase in the general fund of about $89,264 more than the preliminary proposed budget. -, The largest item approved in the increase is $75,000 in parks and . swimming pool. Other items in the increase, including $5,000 in a recrea tion sinking fund and $7,000 in an off-street parking sink ing fund, were recommended by the budget committee pre viously. The $75,000, which has been earmarked for construction of a swimming pool on prop erty now owned by the Jack son County Housing 'Author ity, will come from the Hous ing Authority on dissolution of the Authority. The amount is what the Authority esti mates will be available in money when the Authority is dissolved this summer. Letter To Committee In a letter to the budget committee, the Authority said that members of the housing authority committee agree to dissolve the' authority "if its monies and property would be used for the benefit of the people of the City of Medford and primarily of the westside area by the construction there on of a public swimming pool, park and other recreational facilities." '' The Housing Authority previously announced it plan ned to demolish and remove the remaining dwellings on the property. It is located at the corner of McAndrews rd. and Jackson- st. and includes about 13 acres. Three acres would be sold to. the Army if present negotiations are suc cessful. It would be used for a new reserve armory. The rest of the property, under Oregon law, would be come, property of the city when the Authority is dis solved. Increase in Base The $5,000 and $7,000 rec ommended for sinking funds for recreation and off-streeti parking is part of about $14, 264 available from an in crease in the city's tax base because of recent annexa tions and from previously un appropriated funds. Another $1,000 has been added to the . general fund budget for landscaping at the Medford airport. The rest, of the funds available were mis cellaneous allocations. , A public hearing .on the proposed budget will be held by the city council Jjlly 3. Prior to that, it will be pub lished. Bulletin Indianapolis, Ind. (UPI) Jimmy Bryan, Phoenix. , driving the car Sam Hanks ; piloted, in 1957, won the In dianapolis Speedway' 500 mile race today. was about three weeks ahead of normal, with earliest pears in the cluster bud' stage at that time. Lower tempera tures during March slowed de velopment, except for a rapid growth period about March 27. Full bloom for pears oc curred beginning about April 5, only two days " ahead of normal. Development of small fruits was slow until the sec ond week of April. Pollenation weather for years was fair to good. , The first general firing this season, occurred March 6-7, just after the forecaster ar rived and before instruments had been set up. The last was May 12-13, when a low of about 27 degrees was record ed and a large number of blistered fruits were found in unheated orchards. About 20 per cent of the fruit was killed in the coldest orchard, Rogers said. ... . There was no frost damage "to speak of" in heated or chards this year, according to the meteorologist. Most of the damage in unheated orchards occurred the night of April 26-27 when Boso were . par "We Have A Report That A Newspaperman - Asked You What Time It Was And You Told Him" Housing Officials Home Construction By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Government and private housing officials here believe that the home construction industry, upon which the vitality of Oregon's lumber industry greatly de pends, is now making "a strong recovery" from the slump of the past year or more. ' They flinch at any sug gestion that another housing "boom" is getting underway, but they say builders are opti mistic. This is reflected in the rapid rise this month in ap plications for FHA and VA mortgage loan insurance and guarantees. It is reflected also in the private predictions of home builders themselves who gathered here for their an nual meeting recently. Emergency Housing Act. This spurt in housing activ ity this spring is pegged to the emergency housing act which Congress, passed in TMarch and which -President Eisenhower signed into law April 1. The, act authorized the Federal , National Mort gage association to buy $1 bil lion in government-backed Grand Jury Indicts 29 Oil Companies Alexandria. Va. (UPD A federal Grand July Thursday indicted 29 oil-companies on charges of consniring to vio late the anti-trdst laws by fix- ing prices or gasoline ana crude oil. - - , Companies reached .for comment categorically denied the charges and said- they werp confident their nosition would be sustained when they are brought to trial. - New York (UPI) Paul Miller, president Jpf the Gah net Newspapers, was named on the advisory board of the American Press institute July 1, it was announced today. ticularly susceptible to dam age. "While a few individuals suffered crop reduction from very severe to only slight," he reported, "crop reduction due to frost for the valley as a whole will be negligible." Practically all of the cold orchards are now adequately heated, preventing crop losses which could have been con siderable. Rogers issued frost warn ings each evening on local radio stations, reporting the expected -weather conditions during the night, and time firing was expected. Preliminary forecasts were issued each morning. Another service - to grow ers was the pre-season check ing of ' more, than! 500 ther mometers, which was dpne this year by County Agent Don Berry. . ' . Blossom counts were made in unheated orchards after each cold night to determine blossom kill. Twelve" survey stations throughout the valley record temperatures during the season. J i ry in home loans, thus freeing lend ing institutions to offer more mortgage money to builders and private individuals who wanted to build new homes. This relaxed the administra tion's "tight money" policy. This .week FNMA an nounced that its purchase of mortgages was running well above expectations. It had been given $300 million of its extra $1 billion in expectation that this amount would last until July 1. But $220 million had been used up by this week, so another $300 million was-released by the Budget Bureau. In addition FHA reported that applications for FHA in surance in April were 80 per cent higher than for April of last year. Figures for this month will probably reveal still further increases. Congress is considering an other housing bill which would increase the - total au thorization, for FHA insurance by $4 billion for each of the next four years. A Senate sub committee has . approved this Dill. FHA this week run into the ceiling on its insurance authorization of $25.7 billion and ordered its field offices to stop issuing more mortgage approvals until the housing bill has been enacted. The largest ; increase in home building appears to be in relatively low-cost hous ing, the $13,000 to $15,000 range. This is pleasing to the National Association of Home Builders which has made a survey of its 307 associations around the country and found that at least 200,000 housing units in this general price range could be sold this year. "We are shooting for fam ilies with a take home pay of $80 to $90 a week," a spokes man said. "We think there is a big market for homes for folks making around $5,D00 a year." The home builders organi zation is' pushing builders to respond to this need, and from all indications this market is now about to be tapped. Forecast Increase At its recent annual spring meeting, the home builders forecast a 10 per cent in crease in' housing starts this year over 1957. This would mean about 1-1 million. Last year housing starts numbered only 989,700, the lowest num ber in a decade. "We do not think this is a housing boom," said a spokes man for the home builders. "We're coming up off the floor. A steady recovery seems to be taking place now." He added that while a re covery in housing will affect lumber and many other manu facturing industries allied to building and equipping homes, "housing can't carry the whole economy on its ; back." His point . was that recovery in other . industries would be helpful to housing,, for it would likely mitigate the hesitancy of those with money who now may not buy a house because they are playing it cautious during this recession. A Housing and Home Fi nance administration official shared the feeling that hous ing is showing "a strong re covery but it's not a boom." Indicates Retreat From Prior Stand Of Opposition Ex-Premier Mollet Sent to General Paris (UPD rThe powerful French Socialist party, last remaining stumbling block to Gen. Charles de Gaulle's im mediate rise to power as head of a . "government of' public safety," asked today for a preview of his plans if and when he takes office. It was a further indication . of the Socialists' steady re treat from a previous stand of unyielding opposition to the former Free French lead er whom President ' Rene Coty has described as the only man who can save France from civil war. The Socialists sent former Premier Guy Mollet to see De Gaulle and to ask him about his plans to reform the constitution before- they place their final approval on him. Meanwhile, reliable sources reported that one of De Gaulle's first., acts after he takes office will be to visit , Algeria to restore the broken ties between the army there and France. Confers with General He will take the opportu nity also to straighten out re lations with' Gen. Raoul Sa lan, commander in chief of the 400,000-man French army in Algeria, and the all-Algeria "Committee of Puhlie Safety." Thursday night a minority of 20 held out against De Gaulle and the meeting with him today was decided in an attempt to swing unanimous backing for him. Mollet, who is sympathetie to De Gaulle, sped at once to Colombey-les-deux-Eglises to see ' him. Mollet was, ac companied on the flight by special plane by floor leader Maurice Deixonne. . Full Socialist support is es sential for De Gaulle to win a majority in parliament. The party hoped to give its definite reply as soon as Mol let and Deixonne return. Coty Works Tirelessly The 76-year-old Coty was working tirelessly to whip to gether solid middle-line back ing for De Gaulle. Pledge Full Support The generals and French settlers who began the De Gaulle-to-power movement in Algeria May 13 said they would accept whatever way the general chose to take over the government. There were no incidents this morning and police wore broad smiles as they watched several hundred demonstrat ors march around the arch of triumph at 3 a.m. shouting "Vive De Gaulle." - It probably was the - first time , in the nation's history that the head of state had acted so for a premier-designate. The negotiations - on De Gaulle's takeover, were ex pected to last .through Satur day. Thus he might appear before the national assembly Monday but only if absolute ly assured in advance 'of over whelming support from all non-Communist parties. Jobless Total Continues Drop Washington (UPD The fifth straight weekly decline in the number of unemployed workers drawing unemploy ment - compensation benefits was reported Thursday night by the Labor department. . The number dropped by 82,000 in the week ended May 17 and brought the number of. workers drawing jobless insurance down to 3,019,500. This still was sharply above the 1,364,200 listed a year ago. The decline was due in great part to the fact 55,000 workers exhausted their bene fits. The other main factor was a seasonal pickup in out door work, mainly construc tion. The department also said jobless claims by newly un employed workers reached, a six-months low in the week ended May 24 when such claims dropped by 34,700 to 324,500. New York (UPI) Singer Pat Boone will be graduated from Columbia university next Tuesday. -
