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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1958
No. 73
ME
I
SEARCH RIVER Che body of DeWayne
L. Miller, 39, head of the Surface Water
Division of the U.S. Geological Survey,
Medford, was found in the upper Apple
gate river about 2 p.m. Saturday, just
downstream from where this picture was
taken. Skindiver Lon 'Skinner, Medford,
who searched holes along a six-mile stretch
of the stream, is shown coming out of the.
Geologic Surrey
Man Cheeking
Speed of Water
The body of DeWayne L.
Miller, 39, head of the Surface
Water Division of the U.S.
Geological Survey in Med-i
ford, was found about 2 p.m.
Saturday in shallow waters
of the Applegate river.
Sheriff's deputies headed a
search by about 20 volunteers
who sought the engineer in
the waters and along the
banks of the river about three
miles below Copper after he
was reportedomissin Friday
afternoon. The body was
found about 2V2 miles below
the station.
Deputies sid Miller was
believed drowned about 9 a.m.
Friday when he went into
the river to measure water
speed at the survey's station
near the J. H. Mapston resi
dence, Upper Applegate rd.
Reported Missing
He was reported missing in
the early afternoon after the
Mapston's found his shoes on
the river bank and then saw
his lunch in his truck.
Miller had parked his truck
at the residence about 8:30
a.m. and the readings usually
take about an hour, deputies
were told. The station is
checked, about every six
weeks.
Volunteers and deputies
searched until, dark Friday
night and continued the
search morning. Skin diver
Lon Skinner of Medford hunt
ed in the deeper pools.
Miller, who is survived by
his wife and seyen children,
oaort ft to 19 years, had been
with the Medford office for
more than two years ana ran
the department of interior
for lSVz years. The family
home is on Fowler lane near
Camp White.
Klamath Favors
Sharing Assets
Portland (UPI Nearly 78
per cent of the 2,133 enrolled
1 nt rir icon's Klam-
ath Indian tribe have elected
to withdraw from the tribal
organization and receive a
cash payment for their pro
portionate share 0 the tribal
assets, accorums
partment of the erior.
i cootarv nt the In
terior Hatfield Chilson made
the annWncemeui, x j
api-ottf of the final results
ar tnihal election.
& final results, Chilson
aia differ only slightly from
ws?3 .inarv returns an-
1 fi59 dV tne em u"cu .n....
iishio- elected to withdraw.
WashinlFon-(U-?ecre-'
. Tnhn Foster
arv 01 otakc
Tnlies says
SStl Khrushchev's latest
'f to President Eisenhower
seems to be an effort to "push
us pidly" toward an East-
at River
I-
Two AFS
if Live in
Two students from foreign
countries will be attending
Medford High school under
the auspices of the Medford
committee of : the American
Field Service, according to
Mrs. H.-D. Christensen, presi
dent of the local AFS group.
Miss Sissel Frogner, a jun
ior in high school from Skien,
Norway, will be sponsored by
the Crater Lions club and will
lives with Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam J. Williams, 116 Black
Oak dr., Medford.
Williams is a vice president
of Bear Creek Orchards and
Play Casting to
Start Late Today
Ashland Casting for four
plays to be presented in the
18th annual Oregon Shakes
pearean Festival here July 28
through Sept 4 will get under
way tonight after play-read-throughs
are completed.
Auditions for the 1958
plays started Friday after
noon, and continued through
Friday night. Complete read
throughs of each play started
Saturday morning by the 80
member company. The com
pany personnel was selected
Thursday from more than 400
applicants.
The "director's call back"
session is scheduled late to
day, after which Producing
Director Angus L. Bowmer
and play directors, Robert
Loper and James Sandoe, will
select members of the casts
for the plays. The 'cast list
will be posted on the theater's
call board at dawn Monday.
Rehearsals will start Mon
day afternoon. Monday night
the Tudor Guild will be host
to the company for the "cast
ing blues" dinner.
Plays scheduled this jear
include "Much Ado About
Nothing," "The Merchant of
Venice," "King Lear," and
"Troilus and Cressida." The
latter, play is the only one
which has not been staged at
the Ashland theater pre
viously. Keating Back From
Trip to Portland
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing returned yesterday from a
three-day trip to Portland to
attend a meeting of the roads
committee of the O and C as
sociation. Keating said the group dis
cussed possible federal aid
for construction of the Quartz
ville road along the Green
Peter dam in Linn county.
The road would give access
to large holdings of private
and federal timber lands.
water to change oxygen tanks. Other men
in the picture are Sergeants Paul Bettiol
and Dean DeBerry of the Jackson county
sheriff's office and volunteer Lowell Henry.
Miller, handicapped by chest-high waders,
apparently drowned when he lost his foot
ing in swift water and was swept into a
deep pool, sheriff's deputies said.
Students
Medford
the father of two daughters,
Marcia, who will be a junior
in high .school this year, and
Laura, who will be a student
at the University of Oregon
-Dave ""IrvihgV -president ;of
the Crater - Lions, reported
that this marks' the first spon
sorship of an AFS student for
their club.
From Portugal
The other student is An
tonio Tittel from Portugal.
His foster parents, while at
tending Medford High school,
wil be Dr. and Mrs. Brandt
Bartels of Medford. The Bar
tels have two daughters.
Tittel will be sponsored by
the Medford Rotary club, ac
cording to president Chris
Christensen. "
The Medford Rotary club
has sponsored an AFS student
two years previously and was
instrumental in establishing
the program locally.
This year's Rotary spon
sored AFS student, Margareta
Aulin, from Falun, Sweden,
was honored last week as
speaker to the club and" pre
sented with a remembrance
gift. She recorded a special
overseas program with offi
cers of the Rotary club. It
will be sent to her hometown
to lend publicity to the ex
change program.
Miss Aulin will leave Med
ford about June 24 for a bus
tour of the United States with
other AFS students and will
sail from Montreal,, Canada,
July 26, for Sweden.
Left Thursday
Miss Roberta Sleeter, daugh
ter of Mrs. Robert Sleeter, 37
Berkeley way, left last Thurs
day from Portland with a
group of American AFS stu
dents who comprise the sum
mer exchange program.
This group sailed from
Montreal June 11. Roberta
will spend the summer with a
family in Oslo, Norway.
Prior to her departure she
was presented with a check
for $100 by the Medford High
student body to demonstrate
their interest and enthusiasm
in the student exchange pro
gram. Clubs, organizations or
firms desiring information
concerning ways they may
participate may contact Mrs.
Christensen.
Bear-Like
Katmandu, Nepal (UPI)
A strange creature with a
bear-like face and human
feet believed to be a close
relative of the "abominable
snowman" was tracked
down and killed by huntsmen
in a rugged 14,000-foot adti
tude mountain pass in north
western Nepal, it was report
ed Saturday.
There was speculation that
the beast possibly was the
fabulous and elusive Yeti
or "snowman" itself.
The Raja of Mustang, whose
High Court Asked
To Reconsider Its
Opinion on Judge
Petition Filed by
Medford Law Firm
A petition asking the su
preme court to reconsider its
opinion which limited the
term of County Judge Rodney
Keating to four years was
mailed to the Oregon Supreme
Court clerk late last week by
the law firm of Roberts, Kel-
lington and Branchfield.'
The petition was filed on
behalf of County Clerk Ber
eth Hopkins, who received a
writ of mandamus from the
supreme court Feb. 28 direct
ing her to allow Democrat K.
C. Wernmark, Central Point,
to file for nomination for
county judge, in the primary
election May 16.
She had refused to accept
Wernmark's filing Feb. 13 on
the grounds that the office
was not open for election this
year.
Wernmjark, who was defeat
ed by Scott Hamilton, Central
Pointf in, the Democratic race
for nomination, filed for elec
tion bn the ground that the
term of county judge should
be for four years, rather .than
six, since it is not a judicial
position.
District Attorney Thomas
Reeder first1 issued the opin
ion that the term should be
for four years, but Attorney
General Robert Thornton re
versed, Reeder's opinion, stat
ing that Keating was serving
a six-year term. ;
The term was again ruled
to be four years when the su
preme court isued the writ of
mandamus to Mrs. Hopkins.
The Medford law firm,
which was hired by the coun
ty court in March as the
clerk's legal representative,
announced Saturday that it is
seking the supreme court's re
consideration on its nwn init
iative after asking for Mrs.
Hopkins' approval.
No charge is being made by
the firm, which received
$1,000 compensation for the
earlier supreme court appear
ance. Twelve counties in Oregon
which have npn-judiciarcoun-
ty judges would be affected
by any change in the supreme
court ruling.
Hearing Slated
On Adams Charge
. Washington (UPI) The
White House stuck by embat
1 1 e d presidential assistant
Sherman Adams Saturday as
a congressional investigating
subcomitte prepared to open
the most politically-charged
hearing of the Eisenhower Ad
ministration. Chairman Oreri Harris (D-
Ark.) of the house subcom
mittee on legislative oversight
told a news, conference the
erouD. in looking into charges
that Adams misused his high
position to gain favors for a
rich friend, was not seeking
to "smear" the chief presiden
tial aide.
Adams himself evaded
newsmen, leaving unanswered
newspaper reports that he ac
cepted a $2,400 oriental rug
and a $700 vicuna wool coat
from Bernard Goldfine, mil
lionaire New England textile
manufacturer who was in
trouble with the government.
Two Republican senators
seeking re-election this fall
said Adams may have become
a political liability. .
Democrats stoked the politi
cal fires with an eye to this
fall's elections. Some likened
the Adams-Goldfine relation
ship to the Truman Adminis
tration deep freeze and mink
coat "mess in Washington"
which the Republicans made a
major issue in 1952.
Creature
riflemen slew the creature, is
sending the skull and hide to
Katmandu for examination by
scientists, according .to re
ports. The man-beast was describ
ed as about four and one-half
feet tall and incredibly strong.
It was said to have run nearly
a mile on its two hind legs
carrying a yak the size of a
full-grown steer in its arms.
The creature was spotted
about three months ago when
it seized one of the Raja's yaks
and carried it off. The Raja
California Couple
Finds Inch of Water
On Returning Home
' Bell Gardens, Calif.
(UPI) Mr. and Mrs. B. G.
Plenvmons returned home
Friday night io find an inch
of water covering the floors
in their home.
It seems their pet mon
key, Mickey, had forgot to
turn the water off after
taking a shower.
Prime Minister
Driven from Home
By Beirut Rebels
. Beirut, Lebanon (UPI)
Rebel troops drove Prime
Minister Sami Es-Solh from
his home and stormed his resi
dence Saturday in the fiercest
battle in the capital. since the
start of the rebellion six
weeks ago.
Casualty -reports were con
fused,, but conservative esti
mates said at least 20 persons
were killed and 25 wounded
in Beirut. Reports from the
northern port city 'of Tripoli
said from 15 to 20 persons
were killed and 35 were
wounded when V the rebels
opened fire on army head
quarters there.
The insurrectionists, carry
ing the fight outside the city's
Moslem quarter for the first
time, launched the battle with
an attempt to storm the city's
central prison to free prison
ers there before United Na
tions observers, could interro
gate them. ' ,
The rebels launched their
attack on the prime minister's
home with bazookas, mortars
and machine guns. Solh and
his family fled before the
fighting broke out in full
force. 1
The army rushed to defend
the residence, but abandoned
the position as untenable- aft
er four soldiers were killed.
Reports said the rebels
swarmed into and looted the
prime minister's residence,
which is located on the edge
of the Moslem quarter.
The victory ' ended the or
ganized fighting in Beirut and
the fighting dwindled to spo
radic firing by late last night.
It was the fiercest day of
fighting in the 36-day-old reb
el effort to topple the U.S.r
supported government of
President Chamoun. Reports
said the rebels ' in Tripoli
fought for three hours before
giving up their attempt to
storm ..'army headquarters
there. ;
Crash Injuries
Fatal to Youth
, Gary'Eldon Scratcher, 17,
of Sheridan, Ore.; died in a
locat hospital Saturday morn
ing of injuries received in a
motorcycle, accident near
Grants Pass June 5.
. The Grants Pass state po
lice office said it did not have
a report on the accident, and
that an investigation of the
accdent is planned. '
Scratcher was born at Ar
cadia, Kans., Aug. 3, 1940,
and had graduated from high
school this spring.
Survivors include his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oscar
Scratcher, Sheridan; five sis
ters, Barbara Joanne Scratch
er, Sheridan, Mrs. Dolores
Frances Beasley, Troutdale,
Mrs. Lois Virginia Hines,
Sheridan, Mrs. Donna Dean
Johnson, The Dalles, Mrs.
Bonnie Jean Broyles, Pitts
burgh, Kan., and one broth
er, Ronald Maurice Scratcher,
Portland.
The body will be forward
ed to Sheridan for services
and burial. Perl Funeral home
was in charge of local arrangements.
Shot in North Nepal
sent a squad of riflemen in
pursuit in the area near the
border of Northwestern Nepal
and Tibet.
The Nepalese huntsman
who led the party said they
followed "what looked like a
human footprint" into a crag
gy pass walled in by 50-foot
boulders.
"The animal was cornered
with its prey,", the huntsman
said. "We tried to crush it by
throwing down boulders but
we only injured him. He made
a strange, whistling sound
when hurt. He tried to get
Local Man Elected
State Commander
Of Disabled Vets
Auxiliary Also Names
Officers for Year
Pat Graham of Medford,
chairman for the 37th annual
convention of the Department
of Oregon, Disabled American
Veterans, was elected state
commander Saturday.
The department ended its
three-day convention in Med
ford yesterday with business
sessions and installation of of
ficers at the Moose hall.
Graham is a member of
district 8. Charles Poteet,
Klamath Falls, district 12, was
elected senior vice comander;
James Ollila, Clatskaine, dis
trict 2, junior vice command
er; Frank Barnes, Portland,
district 1, chaplain; and Arch
L. Brewster, Salem, district
6, treasurer.
Graham announced that he
is retaining Thomas L. Van
Lanningham, Oregon City, as
department adjutant at the
Portland headquarters, and
Medford Attorney Edward
Branchfield as judge advo
cate. Other appointments will be
announced soon, he said.
The convention passed a
resolution endorsing installa
tion of medical and surgical
facilities at Camp White.
Another resolution the con
vention passed favored reduc
tion of the required rate of
disability for homestead tax
exemptions for disabled vet
erans. A third resloution favored set
ting up a civilian court for the
purpose of hearing appeals
fro y Veterans Administration
decisions on claims for vet
erans benefits. It supported a
bill, HRG722, now before the
United States House of Rep
resentatives, Graham said.
Among activities during the
meeting here was a banquet
for members of the Lifers
clubj a social group composed
of veterans with life-long
membership in the DAV. It
was the only such group in
the country until the Washing
ton state DAV formed a sim
ilar group two years ago, Gra
ham reported. .
Delegates attending the de
partment convention of the
Disabled American Veterans'
auxiliary elected Mrs. Lloyd
DeLap, Klamath Falls, depart
ment commander yesterday.
She succeeds Mrs. Archibald
Zeek, Newport.
lso elected were Mrs.
Grover G. Raulus, Medford,
senior vice commander; Mrs.
Clarence Bartlett, Roseburg,
junior vice commander; Mrs.
Hugh Farnham, Forest Grove,
chaplain; Mrs. Thomas Van
Lanningham, Oregon City,
treasurer.
Mrs. Zeek was named deleg
ate to the national convention
in Louisville, Ky., in August,
with Mrs. VanLanningham as
alternate.
Bids Opened for
Dam Access Road
A low bid of $56,100 for
construction of the Howard
Prairie dam access road on
the Talent project was sub
mitted' by Glenn Dusky Con
struction company, Moses
Lake, Wash., according to the
bureau of reclamation at
Camp White.
The proposal was less than
the government estimate of
$97,684.
Other bids which were un
der the estimate were from
Ralph A. Bross, Medford,
$68,719; ,Q. L. Rufener, Port
land, $74,631; Joe Ollis, Cave
Junction, $91,062; F. L. Som
ers, Medford, $91,128, and G.
Frank King, Portland, $97,
285. Two bids higher than the
government estimate were
from Patton and Jackson,
Grants - Pass, $99,714, and
Riverbend Contractors, Inc.,
Portland, $112,186.
away but we finally shot it
down." .
The huntsman said he was
shocked when he got his first
real close look at the beast.
"It's face was like a; bear's.
But it feet were human. The
creature also was covered
with a long, fine hair,
less coarse than a bear's, he
said.
Nepalese mountaineers said
they had never seen anything
like the beast before. They
were definite that while it
looked like a bear, it was
some other kind of a beast.
HEBOTIATIOHS
TO
mm
LEONARD B.
To Receive
Mayf ield to Receive
Doctor's Degree
Leonard B. Mayfield, super
intendent of Medford schools,
was to receive his doctorate
degree in education at grad
uation exercises at the Uni
versity of Oregon today.
He was one of 18 candi
dates for doctorate degrees in
education. A total of 1,492
candidates are eligible for
various, degrees at graduation
ceremonies it 2:30 p.m. to
day at Hayward field in Eu
gene. Mayfield recently complet
ed requirements for his doc
torate, finishing his disserta
tion last week, and oral ex
aminations two weeks ago.
His dissertation was an ex
haustive study of the Oregon
public school transportation
program. His research into
the program of state aid for
public school transportation
played an important part in
the adjustment by the last
state legislature of the for
mula for reimbursement of
school districts in transporta
tion costs.
Prior to Mayfield's report,
and the legislative session,
Sports Bulletins
Vancouver, B.C. (UPI)
Relief Pitcher Charlie
Rabe singled and Buddy
Peterson scored the winning
run in the 9th inning at the
Vancouver Mounties de
feated the Seattle Rainiers
5-4 last night.
Phoenix. Ariz (UPI)
Jack Dittmer's bases loaded
single in the last half of the
10th inning gave the Phoe
nix Giants an 8-7 triumph
over the Salt Lake City
Bees in a Pacific boast
league game here last night.
Spokane (UPI) Spo
kane's Indians collected
four home runs, a triple and
a single to come up with
five runs and down the
Portland Beavers 5-2 in the
fifth game of a seven game
Pacific Coast league series
last night. "
Central Point Cheney
Studs American Legion
baseball nine smothered
Lakeview 29 to 0 here last
night in a district game.
Pete Stemple pitched a five
inning no-hitter for Central
Point. The Studs took ad
vantage of 24 bases on balls.
Stamped Envelopes
May Be Ordered Now
Business firms and profes
sional persons who use stamp
ed, printed envelopes, may
new order the envelopes with
the four-cent regular first
class postage, and the seven
cent airmail postage. Prices
per thousand may be obtain
ed by telephone from the fi
nance office of the Medford
post office. ' f
All firms having on hand
supplies of the three and six
cent envelopes after Aug. 1,
must add one-cent postage.
The three and six-cent post
age is good through July 31.
MAYFIELD
Doctorate
Oregon's transportation aid to
counties was based upon a
criterion of sparsity, or the
number of students within
the county in proportion to
the total area. Mayfield's re
search showed conclusively
that this basis could not be
solely used and had to be
conditioned with other factors
to such an extent that the ex
isting formula was inequit
able V
Other factors, which .May
field found related to t h e
problem, included road con
ditions, the distance school
buses had to travel, whether
or not they could make two
trips before and after school,
and the type of bus used.
Change in Formula
The change in the transpor
tation .aid formula' has result
ed in increased state, support
for many Oregon counties, in
cluding Jackson county.
Mayfield has been super
intendent of Medford schools
for the past three years. Prior
to that, he was superintend
ent of schools in Coos Bay,
and between 1939 and 1944
he served as principal at Med
ford High school. He also
served as high school prin
cipal at Grants Pass and Ore
gon City. I
Mrs. Mayfield and their
children, Karen and Michael
also attended graduation ex
ercises in Eugene today.
Ashland Baby Dies
Of Skull Fracture
Ashland James Dale Wil
son, 7-month-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Wilson,
Ashland, died of a skull frac
ture in Ashland General hos
pital Friday night, according
to Jackson County Coronor
Carlos Morris. '
Ashland firemen, who were
called and used a resuscitator
until the infant could be plac
ed in an oxygen tent, said they
understood the baby fell from
its crib at home.
"There's A Small Hotel
With A Wishing Well"
FAIL
a vie
lis Was
East German Reds
Refuse to Discuss
Matter with U.S.
'Authorization'
Reported Required
Berlin (UPI) The United
States Saturday sent an emis
sary to Communist East Ger
many for the first time to ne
gotiate for the release of nine
"kidnaped" American airmen.
The German Reds flatly re
fused to deal with him.
The Communists demanded
that American negotiators
must have formal "authoriza
tion" from the State Depart
ment. The demand bore out
Western belief the Reds were
holding the airmen as hos
tages in an attempt to' force
U.S. recognition.
The American action broke
a decade of precedent. It was
forced by the Soviet refusal
to live up to four-power
agreements and secure the re
lease of the airmen captured
when their heJicopter strayed
across the iron curtain last
Saturday.
Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles said Tuesday
the nited States would deal
with the East Germans as one
must, with "kidnapers" but
that it would not imply rec
ognition of the puppet Com
munist regime.
The Soviets for the third
time in a week - Saturday
disclaimed any responsibility
for the release of the airmen.
The rejections were made in
replies to two notes from theQ
U.S.' State Department and' a
verbal appeal from Gen. M. L
Hodes, American commander
in Europe.
The United' States and its
allies have refused to recog
nize the East German puppet
government since its forma
tion. . But, in view of the So
viet position, it had no other
choice but to deal with the
Reds. v
Hodes sent Col. Robert P.
McQuail of Bluefield, W Va.
to the East German govern
ment in East Berlin. McQuail
is chief fof the U. S. liaison
mission to the Soviet armed .
forces at Potsdam.
Deputy Foreign Minister
Otto Winzer received the col
onel but refused to discuss
the matter. He demanded Mc
Quail secure "formal authori
zation" from the State De
partment in Washington be
fore the negotiations could be
opened.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and warm
through Monday; high today
88, low tonight 54. High Mon
day 90.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday ; 85
Lowest Saturday 48
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
4:34 a.m.
Sunset
7:50 p.m.
4:19 a.m.
Moonrise Monday
PROMINENT STARS
The Big .Dipper, in the north
west at midnight.-
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, In the south
west .. 10:31.m.
Mars, rises l:23.m.
Saturn, low in south
west 3:15 a.m.
Venus, rises 2:59 a.m.
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