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iA IT 53rd Year Recommended Price 10 Cents Subscribers -i To report improper or non delivery of the Mau Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141. Ash land MU 2-1021. Yreka S41W before 6:45 p.m. daily and 12 JO ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. A feature itory about pro gress and features of the Tal ent project appears on page 12 of today's Mail Tribune. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 50 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1958 No. 61 Khrushchev Visits Bulgaria for 7th Congress of Party Trip Unannounced By Reds Previously Moscow (TJPI) Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev left Moscow Saturday aboard a Soviet TU-104 jet airliner for a previously unannounced visit to Bulgaria. Khrushchev headed a dele gation of the Soviet Commun ist party which will attend the 7th Congress of the Bulgarian Communist party opening in Sofia Monday. It is Khrush chev's first visit to Bulgaria since he assumed the leader ship of the Soviet Communist party in 1953. , A Sofia radio broadcast heard in Viena said Khrush chev reached the Bulgarian capital last night. Greeted by Yugev He was greeted by Premier Anton Yugev, Bulgarian Com munist, party 'chief Todor Shivkov and other top of ficials. The report gave no clue to Khrushchev's reason for the trip other than the party congress. The visit to Bulgaria is Khrushchev's second to an east European ally since he took over as premier, succed ing Nikolai ' Bulganin, last March. He visited Hungary last month. ' Observers in London re garded Khruschev's" visit to Sofia as another slap at Mar shal Tito. The Soviet Union did not send an official rep resentative to the recent Yug oslav Community party con gress at which Tito reaffirmed his "independent" Communist policy. Khrushchev's trip to Bul garia had not been previously announced. First news of his departure from Moscow came in - brief announcement by. the official Soviet Tass News Agency. Ike's Letter to Soviets Answered Washington (UPI) So viet Premier Nikita Khru shchev Saturday sent presi dent Eisenhower v.hat was described as a favorable re ply to the President's pro posal for scientific talks next month on how to police " a nuclear test ban. Soviet sources said the re ply was favorable but they would not say whether it was a complete acceptance of the President's suggestion. Other sources also called Khrushchev's communication favorable. But they indicated it was not an unqualified agreement. They said he call ed for inclusion of 'neutral nation scientists in the dis cussions. It was understood Khru shchev did not propose a date for starting the technical con ference. Mrs. Kunkel Named To Subcommittee Mrs. Owen A. Kunkel, 21 Highland drive, has been ap pointed to a subcommittee on recreation of the governor's state committee on children and youth. Appointment was made by Mayor John W. Snid er at the request of Mrs. Wil liam Kletzer, state chairman of the committee on children and youth. Mrs. Kunkel will attend the first meeting of the subcom mittee Tuesday, June 3, at 10:30 a.m. at the state office building in Portland. Mrs. Kunkel, long active in youth work and other civic projects, is a member of the subcommittee on recreation set up by the Medford city council, and is president of the Jackson county council of Parent Teacher associations. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloud iness this mornins. becoming partly cloudy by afternoon to day and Monday. Scattered afternoon showers both days. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday 65 Lowest Saturday morning 52 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset 4:37 a.m. 7:41 p.m. 7:40 p.m. Moonrise l. H Li .MOUH PROMINENT STAR Spica, due south 8.52 p.m. aw X- E" T 1-55nm VISIBLE I" ' . Jupiter, right above Spica. :T" .iic the Moon. saiurn, i"-- .... Mars. n" Venus, rises " 3:12 a.m. We, &. 'f"' i CHARLES H. LORTON Dies in Hospital 100-Year-Old Resident Dies in Medford Hospital Charles Hopson Lorton, 100, Medford resident since 1928, died in a local hospital Fri day. He was born in Montgom ery county, Mo., Sept. 7, 1857 Mr. Lorton and his father raised stock for five years near Schell City, Mo., . after moving there in 1878. He was married to Berdelia B. Slav- ents on June 22, 182. In 1887, the Lorton family with some friends moved to Long Valley, Ida., and later Mr. Lorton helped build the irrigation canal system at Payette, Ida. Moving with his family in 1892 to the Old Oklahoma proper, he partcipated in the famous run when the Chero kee strip was opened to home steaders. Settling near Chel sea, Cherokee nation, Mr. Lorton bought and sold cattle for the St. Louis, Mo. markets. Moves to Medford iAfter jsvorking with the Sin clair Oil company until 1928, Mr. and Mrs. Lorton moved to Medford. Mrs. Lorton died in March, 1931, in Medford. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Letta Paris, Chelsea, Okla., Mrs. Winnie fred Reich, Medford, Mrs. Marie Dougherty, Tomball, Tex., Mrs. Ruth Cundiff, Bremerton, Wash., and Mrs. Lucille Hinson, Prague, Okla.; 31 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Perl Funeral home at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. D. E. Miller will officiate. Burial will be in the Med ford IOOF cemetery. Four Injured in Jacksonville Crash Four persons were injured Saturday afternoon when the car in which they were rid ing went out of control and went into Jackson creek, west of Jacksonville, according to reports. Injured were Bruce Harris, 14, cracked bone on his left leg; Mrs. Walter Harris, 38, broken right wrist, and Lor etta Terry, 19, facial cuts; Dennis Harris 10, a slight scratch on his leg. All live at 3628 South Pacific high way. All were discharged Saturday night except Mrs. Harris, Sacred Heart officials said. Walter Harris and another child also were in the car, but were reported not in jured. The car apparently ran off Jacksonville hill into the creek, according to the Medford Ambulance service attendants who took the acci dent victims to the hospital. Mail Tribune v i Vacafion-Pac A new service to Mail Trib une readers, the Vacation-Pac plan, will be offered by the newspaper starting June 1 and continuing through Au gust. The service will be free to all subscribers, to enable them to catch up with the home town news, sports, spe cial features, comics and the many other features in which they are interested, that an. peared while they were on va cation. Under the plan, the Mail Tribune will hold each issue while the subscriber is away and will deliver the Vacation Pac bundle" personally by carrier, when the subscriber returns home. The new service is offers because in past years, a large volume of vacation stops has Oe Gaulle Office as Paris (UPI) Gen. Charles De Gaulle won his bid for power Saturday. He was offi cially named premier-desig nate of France and will take office today with assurance of an overwhelming vote from the national assembly. President Rene Coty capped the crisis by officially naming De Gaulle. All but the Communists and some diehard Socialists were behind De Gaulle, who al ready was forming a cabinet and drawing up a program to strengthen the government reform the constitution and settle the Algerian war. The General went to the presidential Elysee palace for a 30-minute meeting during which Coty named him pre mier-designate. Emerge Smiling Both men emerged from the palace smiling and in cheer ful spirit. De Gaulle said noth ing, but. got into his black Citroen limousine and went to his headquarters to prepare a speech for an extraordinary Sunday assembly session. Thus the 18-day-old crisis that began with the .Gaullist seizure of power in Algiers May 13 entered its final phase. De Gaulle conferred day long with moderate party leaders who swung behind him, before he went to the palace. It was his second visit to the palace in as many days, and for the second time he again entered it by the Ave nue de Marigny side entrance reserved traditionally for heads of government. The assembly vote was ex pected to run roughly 400 to 190 in favor of De Gaulle the reverse of the vote against him "last Wednesday - morning when 'outgoing Premier Pierre Pflimlin sought to stem the Gaullist tide. f Then the Gaullists had only 165 votes. Today, the anti Gaullists, led by a hard core of 148 Communist votes In the 596-seat assembly were ex pected to muster little more than that number. Socialists Split ,- The Socialists were split. After hours in caucus, they decided to let the 96 Socialist members of the assembly vote as their consciences dictated , and accept or reject positions in the De Gaulle government as they saw fit. The 67-year-old World War II hero was expected to de mand: ' Constitutional reform to strengthen the executive branch. This would have to be approved by popular ref erendum. Bloodmobile Visit Slated Wednesday The Red Cross Bloodmcn bile wil be in Medford Wed nesday, June 11, at the Red Cross building at 60 Haw thorne ave. Quota for the visit is 350 pints, Red Cross officials said. Officials said Rich Maid Ice Cream company Tias of fered to give one pint of ice cream for each pint of blood donated. Bloodmobile of ficials remind persons be tween 18 and 21 years old who plan to give blood they must have the consent Jof their parents each time. '"' I A p p o i n t ments may be made by telephoning the Red Cross office at SPring 3-3813. to Start Proqram been noted when subscribers are on vacation, and many regular readers of the paper have said that they felt they "lost touch" with local hap penings while they were away. From time to time a re minder will appear in the Mail Tribune containing a handy form to be filled out by subscribers wishing the new service. The filled-out form may be given to the carrier of brought or sent to the Mail Tribune business office. For subscribers who will be on extended vacations of a month or more, the Mail Tribune will supplement the Vacation-Pac service with di rect mail service if the. sub scriber does not-have more than one address while he is away. to Take Premier Solution of the Algerian war by giving all Algerians equality. No parliamentary inter ference for six months, pos sibly a year. - Continued French mem bership in NATO, though with emphasis on equality with the U. S. and Britain. Restoration of civil liber ties, including an end to press censorship which has been in effect since the crisis de veloped. Election Tuesday On Local School District Budget Voters in Medford school district Tuesday will vote on a proposed budget for fiscal year 1958-59 totaling $2,525,- 441.17, an increase of $195,- 675.28 more than the present budget. Polls will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. at McLoughlin Junior High school for regist ered voters living west of Bear creek, and at Hedrick Junior High school for voters living east of Bear creek. The total estimated tax for fiscal year 1958-59 is $1,613, 763.54, $997,082.79 of which is outside the 6 per cent lim itation. Estimated receipts for receipts for next year total $1,007,035.85, making $1, 518,405.33 to balance the bud get. To the latter figure is added $95,358.21, the amount estimated not to be collected in taxes, for the estimated tax of $1,613,763.54. Factors Increase . J " ", Major factors for tfie '" in crease are larger enrollment, more teachers, rising costs of supplies and equipment, high er salaries of employees and increased transportation costs. Twenty-two new teachers will be needed next year to relieve excessive overloading and to staff two new elemen tary schools which are now under construction. They will be ready to use next fall. A story about an analysis of the budget which was pre pared by school officials, members of the district board and budget committee and of ficers of the local Parent Tea cher association appears on page 9 of today's Mail Trib une. Plans Being Made For DAY Convention The 37th annual depart ment of Oregon convention of Disabled American Veter ans and the women's auxil iary will be held in Medford June 11-14. Headquarters will be at the Medford hotel. Gov. Robert D. Holmes will be guest speaker, and Med ford Mayor John W. Snider wil welcome the convention- ers on behalf of the city. Wil liam H. Manley and Pearl Zeek, department comman ders, will conduct the ses sions for their respective or ganizations. Both men's and women's organizations will elect offi cers Saturday, June 14, and joint installation will follow before adjournment. Highlight event will be the joint banquet Thursday eve ning at the Medford hotel, and the annual rendevous of fun groups Friday evening at the VFW hall, followed by a smorgasbord. Registration and comittee meetings are scheduled for June 11, and the jomt open ing will be at 9:30 ajn. June 12 at Moose hall. Earthquakes Reported In South Pacific Honolulu (UPI) The Coast and Geodetic Survey station Saturday reported two large earthquakes about seven minutes apart believed to have centered in the New Hebrides group in the South Pacific. A spokesman for the Seis- mographic station at Batbers Point said the quakes were 'good sized ones, registering about 7.5 on the Richter scale." He said they occurred about 3,600 miles from here in a southwesterly direction, "probably near Santa Cru -island in the New Bebrides." 12 Reported Dead In Third Day of Tripoli Fighting No Reports Made Of Army Casualties Tripoli, Lebanon (UPI) At least 12 rebels were reported killed by small arms fire Saturday in the third day of fighting here between the insurgents and the Lebanese army. Reports said at least 20 rebels have been killed in the three-day period in this north Lebanon port city where tie revolt again:: pro-western President Camille Chamoun began May 8. There have been no reports of army casu alties here. Rebel sources said heavy fighting still was going on, with the army men "shooting at anything that moves." The sources said the soldiers now were using only rifles and machine guns, and were not using the tanks and mortars they put into action Friday. Rest of Nation Quiet Unofficial reports in Beirut said the rest of the country was quiet. Most of the action at this point was on the dip lomatic front. The Arab League council gathered in Benghazi, Libya, to consider Lebanon's com plaint that President G a m a 1 Abdel Nasser's United Arab Republic had stirred up the present trouble by "massive interference" in this country's affairs, a charge that Cairo has denied. The Maronite Pat riarch of Lebanon also dis counted the charge. Foreign Minister Charles Malik arrived in New York after a flight cloaked in ex treme security nieasures to carry Lebanon's complaint against the UAR through the United Nations Security coun cil. ' Malik' repeated Lebanon's charge that the UAR is "mag nifying, promoting and en couraging" dissatisfaction in the Beirut government. He said he is confident the Security Council debate on the charge which starts Tues day "will be of great help in the elucidation of our case and in . bringing a peaceful solu tion." Cool Air Breaks Up Midwest Heat By United Press International Cool air broke a Memorial Day heat wave over a wide section of the midwest Satur day, triggering howling wind storms and violent thunder storms. The storms erupted along the leading edge of cool air it slammed into warm, humid air borne on winds out of the south. Saturday evening the storms slammed into the Chicago area. A howling windstorm spread havoc across an Iowa state-owned lake crowed with holiday vacationers as thun derstorms dumped hail the size of baseballs" elsewhere in Iowa. At least one person drown ed when winds of 70 to 80 miles per hour caught boaters and swimmers by surprise at Rock Creek lake between Newton and Grinnel, Iowa. Weathermen also issued warnings of severe thunder storms and possible tornadoes in states ahead of the ad vancing cool front. ' Access Into Two Timber Blocks Will Be Provided Access into two large blocks of Rogue River Na tional forest timber will be Drovided bv roads to be built this year with Federal forest access road fuKds, according to Forest Supervisor C. E. Brown. Bids for the Imnaha acess road in the north end of the Butte Falls Ranger district will be opened June 6 at the bureau of public roads office in Portland. The job includes construction of about 5.5 miles of main line timber haul road and one 160-foot re inforced concrete bridge over the middle fork of Rogue river and the project will be the primary access to a block of about 400 million board feet of national forest timber between the Middle and South forks of the Rogue. It has been in the plans of the Butte Falls district for several years. Survey work was completed last summer Traffic Til Ctabs Fatalities Reach 221 on Highways Throughout U.S. Memorial Day Could Be Worst on Record - By United Press International Traffic deaths climbed steadily Saturday night and safety officials said this year's Memorial Day week end could end with the highest highway fatality rate on record. Early this morning United Press International counted at least 221 traffic fatalities since 6 p.m. local time Thurs day. In addition there were 74 drownings, 7 deaths in plane accidents and 41 fatal ities from miscellaneous acci dents for an overall total of 343. Texas posted 17 deaths to lead the nation's highway slaughter. Pennsylvania and New York had 16 each, Cali fornia and Illinois' 14 each, Ohio 13 and Alabama-10. Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Coun cil, said the national traffic death count was running about a consistent 30 fatalities on the hour higher than last year. Last year's total was 275 deaths, he said. The National Safety Coun cil appealed to the "good sense" of motorists to drive slower and halt . "needless death and destruction." "The toll has taken an alarming jump," the National Safety Council said. "Unless the current rate takes a turn for the better, we are headed for an all-time Memorial Day high;; - - The council had predicted 350 persons would die on the roads of the nation during the three-day week end. The toll was running ahead of the pre vious all-time high of 372 deaths set for the three-day Memorial week end of 1955. Multiple death accidents rapidly swelled the toll. In Texas, two separate auto truck collisions accounted for 11 deaths. Seven persons, in cluding six members of the seven-member family, were killed when their station wa gan collided with a truck on a bridge near Ranger, Tex. Ear lier, four youths died when their auto smashed into the rear of a truck loaded with chickens at Nixon, Tex. Six persons also died in an auto-station wagon smashup near Mount Vernon, N. Y. Po lice said five persons in the station vwagon, enroute to a funeral, were burned beyond recognition. Near Lester Prairie, Minn., two man were killed when their light plane glided into a farmhouse in a heavy fog. Macmillan Favors Conference This Year London (UPl) Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told a Conservative Party rally Saturday that he wants a summit conference "this year." ' In a message sent to a party gathering at Kilmal colm, Scotland, Macmillan said "I am not without hope that if we handle it wisely we may obtain some advance, however modest." by Road Construction by BPR crews and plans were developed during the past winter, acording to Brown. Bids for a 5.7 mile exten sion of the Tolman Creek ac cess road across the head waters of the East fork of Ashland creek in the Ashland Ranger district will be opened June 11, also at the bureau of public roa"ds office in Port land. Brown explained that the BPR organization has done the detailed engineering job in connection with the two forest projects and will ad minister the road construc tion contract for the forest service. Copies of the engi neering plan and profile and bid invitations with quantity estimates and specifications are available for inspection at the forest supervisor's of fice in the post office build ing. A similar access road proj ect in the Applegate district "Howdy, Pardners" Preliminary Studies Made of Watershed Plan for Bear Creek Preliminary field studies of the proposed Bear Creek wat ershed project in Jackson county have been completed! , i , , - i .eT Dy watersnea specialists oi the U. S. Soil Conservation service and the state engin eer's office, according to C. H. Ault, local conservation ser vice representative. ; '.' .ky - Technical data gathered by the survey crew will be used in determining the cost-bene- Ford, Chrysler Contracts Run Out Detroit (UPI) Ford and Chrysler contracts with the United Auto Workers run out at midnight tonight and all three parties conceded there is almost no hope left for settlement. ' UAW President Walter P. Reuther will enter negotia tions at Ford today. But Reu ther was not expected to. be able to stop Ford and Chrys ler from joining General Mo tors in going to work without a contract Monday morning. Franiuy, notning is Hap pening, Ken Bannon, top union negotiator at Ford said, as bargaining ended after a morning session. At Chrysler, negotiations ran int? me aiternoon. .tsui Art Hughes, head of the UAW negotiators, said, "the comp any won't even give use' the opportunity to bargain." Ger ald Atkinson, guiding comp any bargaining, said he ex pected no progress. Both companies and the union expect to go' through the motions, however, and bargain until midnight. London (UPI) D i r e c,t pressure from Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan raised hopes Saturday for an end to the month-old London bus strike that is teaching Brit ons how to walk again. is now nearing completion. There, Harding Construction company is building 6.7 miles of road up Steves fork, a trib utary of Carberry creek. Harding's low bid on this job totaled $228,394. Each of the roads being built with federal runds has been planned by the forest service to make more nation al forest timber available for sale in smaller blocks. Brown estimates that the federal expenditure for the roads will be more than re paid to the federal treasury within a 10-year period by in creased stumpage value of timber to be sold in the areas tapped by the roads. These roads also will make it prac tical to salvage-log much dead and deteriorating tim ber that would otherwise be lost. The roads also open up the areas for better fire pro tection and resource management. x fit ratio and other informa tion needed in qualifying the project under the federal small Watershed act, he said. During the week-long sur vey, specialists viewed dam sites and flood problems along Ashland, Griffin and Jackson creeks, tributaries to Bear creek watershed. . Confer With Engineer In the Ashland creek area, survey "crews conferred with Elmer Biegle, Ashland city engineer , concerning flood control problems and the de velopment of dam sites for irrigation of additional land and municipal water for the city. . The survey crew included Ronald B. Elmes, watershed party chief; M. V. Penwell, state engineer; William Cof field, economist; Creighton Gilbert, hydrologist; Robert High, geologist; and Robert Morland, engineer of the Soil Conservation service and Dan McLellan of the state engin eer's office. The Rogue Soil' Conserva tion district, sponsor of the undertaking, previously filed an application for technical and cost-sharing assistance under the small watershed act with the state engineer's office and Soil Conservation service. ' Elderly Man Found After Long Search Tillamo'ok ' (UPI) An all-night search near the head waters of the Nestucca river in Tillamook county for a 78-year-old Portland fisher man, Herbert Fawk, had, a happy ending Saturday. FawkJ was found yesterday morning beside -a small fire he had built for warmth. The smoke from the fire led to the man's discovery. Fawk told sheriff's deputies his "legs gave out" and he was unable to keep a rendez vous in the wooded area with his son, Dick. The elderly man had been missing since Friday afternoon. Carrier Pays Tribute To Men On Arizona Pearl Harbor (UPI) A group of 1,102 sailors stood on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bennington Sat urday spelling out "Arizona" as the huge flat top moved slowly past the sunken battle ship where another 1,102 men lay entombed. It was the Bennington's way of. paying silent tiibute to the men who died aboard the Arizona during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on the sprawling naval installa tion. Security Council to Hear Charges Monday United Nations, N. Y. (UPI) The United Nations Security council will meet on Monday to hear cross- charges between France and, Tunisia on a running dispute that nas broken out into violence three times in a week. Deaths in State ; Reach Eight, Six Are Drownings Traffic Accidents Claim Two Lives By United Press International Oregon's Memorial Day week end death toll rose to eight persons late Saturday with the recovery of the bod ies of three young brothers in, a Columbia river slough near. The Dalles. Oregon had three other drowning fatalities and two traffic deaths. Recovered were the bodies' of Sterling Ray Vowell, 12; Larry Dean Vowell, 11, and Rocky Vowell, 9, all sons of Mrs. Katherine Vowell of The Dalles. ' . Dragging operations for the youngsters began after their clothing was found at the riv er's edge. A fisherman later told police he had seen three boys on a raft on the Colum bia in the area where they were reported missing. Raft Tips Over Police said apparently the raft tipped over. Other drowning victims were James F. Smith, 16, Coos Bay; Holdreich Arndt, 21, Portland, and Orrm H. Perry, P.6, of Leaburg. Mrs. Margaret Ward of Portland, died of injuries Sat urday after her car spun on slippery pavement and crashed into a roadbank on the Banfield Freeway west of Fairview.' , A four-car pile-up Friday night on the Dallas-Fall City highway south of Dallas took the life of Sharon Marshall, 13, Valsetz. Seven others were hurt in the crash, five of them members of the Marshall family. The dead girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Verlin Leroy Mar shall, Sr., and two other Mar shall children were in a Dal las hospital, the mother in serious" condition. American Flyer May Get Trial Jakarta (UPI) An Amer ican flier, accused of pioloting a B-26 rebel bomber on raids in Eastern Indonesia, will re ceive a public trial if the Jakarta government decides to prosecute him, a govern ment spokesman said Satur day. . The airman, Allen L. Pope,' of Homestead, Fla., was cap tured May 18 after a B-26 rebel bomber was shot down allegedly while on a raid over Ambon. U. S. Embassy of ficials have not yet been per mitted to visit him. The embassy requested per mission earlier this week to send an official to see Pope who is under "detention" while recovering from a brok en leg suffered when he bail ed out of the plane. Foreign Minister Subandrio met for 90 minutes with U. S. Ambassador Howard P. Jones and said the Pope case "was brifely discussed." He said he assured the ambassador that any steps taken in regard to Pope will be in accordance with Indoenesian . law." Primary Voting to Offer GOP Clues Washington (UPI) Pri mary voting Tuesday will of fer clues to the future of the Republican party in the piv otal state of California . and of the ' Democratic party in Alabama and perhaps other parts of the south. Party primaries also will be held Tuesday in Montana and South Dakota. California will be watched not only for party trends but for what the vote may indi cate is in store for Senate Re publican leader William F. Knowland, unopposed candi date for the GOP nomination for governor. BASEBALL Sacramento (UPI) Hus ky right-hander Gordon Sundin pitched the Vancou ver Mounties to a 2-0 shut out over the Sacramento Solons last nigai.