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CROWD SEES DERBY A crowd esti
mated at 2,000 people watched the annual
Cat Fish Derby at TouVelle State park
Sunday. The derby finished just ahead of
Drownings Claim
Six Oregonians
During Week End
By United Press International
Creeks, rivers and the sea
shore claimed the lives of at
' least six Oregon residents
over the week end as temper
atures in the state hovered
in the nineties.
There were five victims
Sunday. Two Portland men,
Albert Chatman, 28, and An
drew L. Walton, 34, drowned
in the surf at Seaside during
a swim shortly after lunoh
They were in a party of six,
including their wives, when
they disappeared Ijeyond the
breakers. The bodies were
not immediately located.
Albany Girl Drowns .
Joyce Brenda Mathews, 8,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Mathews, Albany,
drowned in the Willamette
river about one-half mile west
of Albany while wading with
a girl friend, Jan Vale, also of
Albany. . The girls stepped in
to a deep hole and disap
peared beneath the water.
Two. men who were docking
their boat nearby saw tnem
eo under and managed to save
.Tnvrp's body was re
covered shortly afterward,
but efforts by the Albany
fire-department to save the
girl were unsuccessful.
A 13-year-old Ranier girl,
Diane Philbrook, and Bobby
Watson. 18. Delena, drowned
in Beaver creek Sunday after
noon about five miles east of
Clatskanie while swimming.
Gail Haakinson, deputy cor
oner for Columbia county,
said; apparently there were
no witnesses to the accident.
The bodies were recovered.
Grappling operations re
sumed at dawn Monday for
- the body of William D. Wink
ley, 39, Oregon City, who fell
into the Willamette upstream
from the old Wilsonville ferry
Saturday after a boat he was
riding " in capsized. Three
other passengers in the boat
clung to the overturned craft
and were saved.
Woman Injured
In Car
Mishap
Miss Patricia Blanche Irwin,
39, of 329 West Jackson street,
was injured slightly Sunday
noon when the automobile in
which she was riding hit a
parked vehicle owned by Kay
Fong Lee, 619 South Central
ave., on South Central ave.
Miss Irwin was taken to
Rogue Valley hospital by Med
ford Ambulance and released,
according to police reports.
Charles Elmer Lindgren, 945
Gibbon rd., operator of the
car in which Miss Irwin was
a passenger, was cited by po
lice for failure to maintain
proper lookout.
MEDFORD,
CATFISH CHAMPION John Bowman, 14, of Ashland,
Sunday, received a trophy from Luke Dyatt, Grants Pass,
first winner of the annual Cat Fish derby in TouVelle state
park. Wyatt won the derby in 1936 and 1937. This is the
second straight championship for Bowman. He was pre
sented a spinning outfit later as his other prize, '
John Bowman Wins
Derby Second Time
, John Bowman, 14, son of
Mr. and 'Mrs. John D. Bow
man, proprietors of the resort
at Hiatt lake, successfully re
tained his crown as grand
champion of the Catfish Der
by held at TouVelle State
park Sunday afternoon. He
was also 1957 grand cham
pion. Other winners were Mike
Compiunisls Ask
Money for Captives
Berlin (UPI) The East
German Communists are de
manding $3,095 "room and
board" money, as well as dip
lomatic recognition, for the re
lease of nine American sold
iers held prisoner since June
7, diplomatic sources said
today.
The U. S. is willing to pay
the money, the sources said,
but is determined not to take
any step that could be inter
preted to mean that the U. S.
recognizes East Germany as a
free and independent state.
The sources said the Com-
munists demanded 13,000
marks ($3,095) for expenses
during talks between U. S.
Army and East German gov
e r n m e n t negotiators . last
week.
Salem (UPI) Needed
changes in dairy laws will be
discussed here Tuesday at a
meeting of the State Agricul
ture Department's dairy rela
tions advisory committee.
OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1958
the storm which struck the Rogue Val
ley. After the derby, rain sent the crowd
running for their cars.
Hilkey, 8, Medford, with 250
for the most fish caught; Mar
vin Hilkey, 3, Medford,
youngest catfisherman; Jules
Paudois, 83, Jacksonville, old
est catfisherman, and Grant
Bailey, 12, Jacksonville, for
the smallest catfish caught.
Howard Beal, chairman of
the Derby reported that 2,000
persons attended the event
with only 10 entries in the
contest. Miss " Pat Newbry,
Medford High school sopho
more, reigned as queen of the
event.
Young Bowman was pre
sented with a trophy and spin
ning outfit. Luke Wyatt, win
ner of the first two derbies in
1936 and 1937, presented the
trophy and prizes.
Swimming Classes
Said Popular Here
Children from Central
Point, Gold Hill, and Eagle
Point have been attending the
swimming classes currently
being given at the Medford
municipal pool, according to
Darell Huson," city park di
rector. The children attending the
classes for two weeks Mon
day through Friday, come to
Medford by school bus. So far
24 have registered from Cen
tral Point, 1 from Gold Hill,
and 26 fron Eagle Point.
Huson reported that during
the 16 days that the pool has
been open nearly 8,000 per
sons have taken advantage of
the facilities there.
Tribune
Arab Republic
Declared Waging
Actual Warfare
Situation Said
To Be Deteriorating
Beirut, Lebanon (UPD
Lebanese Prime , Minister
Sami Ee Solhi accused the
United Arab Republic today
of waging "actual war"
against Lebanon and said he
"does not exclude" a call for
Anglo-American military in
tervention. Solh made the statement to
UPI correspondent George Bi
tar while UN Secretary Gen
eral Dag Hammarskjold was
in Cairo for talks with Presi
dent Gamal Abdel Nasser of
of the Egyptian-Syran repub
lic. "
Seeks to Prevent Clash
Cairo reports said Hammar
skjold was concentrating on
preventing a clash between
the United States . and the
UAR which has been accused
of supplying rebels who seek
to overthrow pro -Western
President Camille Chamoun.
Solh warned today the Leb
anese situation is "deteriorat
ing very rapidly" and said he
might call for American and
British military assistance of
the UN is not successful in
quickly halting the rebellion.
Solh indicated , Lebanon
would ask for another session
of . the (UN-Securi
shortly after Hammarskjold
returns to New York. He said
the "least" request would be
for a UN cordon sanitaire to
seal off the borders.
Auto Accidents Occur
During Week End Here
Two automobile accidents
were reported to city police
at the intersection of Eighth
and Hamilton sts. during the
week end. -
Saturday morning two ve
hicles, operated by ; Delbert
Leon Harvey, 613 Newtown
st., and Lee Roy Hancock Jr.,
744 Beall lane, collided at the
intersection. No citations were
issued by police.
Sunday at 12:16 p.m. auto
mobiles operated by Maxmil
lian Arthur Larson, 1423 Eu
clid ave., and Donald George
Adams, 1405 West Main st.,
collided at the same spot.
Adams was cited by police for
failure to yield the right of
way.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Warm and humid
through Tuesday. Afternoon and
evening thunderstorms in moun
tains, occasionally moving into
valley. Low tonight 60. High
Tnesday 90. TEMP..
Highest Yesterday 97
Lowest This Morning 66
Prec. to 4 a.m. Today .80
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:52 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:35 a.m.
Moonset tonight 11:54 p.m.
First Qtr. tomorrow 1.44 ajn.
PROMINENT STAR
Antares, in the south 10:29 p.m.
There's Still Bad Blood Between the Hatfield
And McCoy
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Price 10 Cents
No.
Eastern Oregon
Rancher Slays
Brofher-in-Law
Right of Way Dispute
Climaxed by Duel
Canyon City, pre. (UPI)
An Eastern Oregon rancher,
Robert Sproul, 43, was being
held in the Grant county jail
here today on an open charge
following a blazing gun duel
Saturday in which, his. neigh
bor and brother-in-law, Har
lan Link' Williams, was killed,
Grant county Sheriff Ray
H. Brisbois said Sproul will
appear at a preliminary hear
ing Tuesday in Justice Court
here. .
Climax of Argument
The shooting occurred at a
line fence separating the two
ranches, at the climax of an
argument over right of way on
a road on the Williams prop
erty.
Orville B. Yokom, SprouFs
attorney, gave this version of
the duel. Williams had a 25
35 rifle and two pistols, one in
his belt and another in his hip
pocket. Sproul carried a rifle
and a pistol in a shoulder hol
ster. The two walked along
the fence and the road in dis
pute as they talked."
Holster Shot
Sproul said Willliams sud
denly pointed his rifle at him
and threatened to fire. Sproul
said he threw himself side
ways and as he did he gripped
his Luger pistol, twisted it in
the shoulder holster and fired
without pulling the gun free
from the holster.
Williams was ' hit several
times in the chest and died in
stantly, "v the ' sheriff said.
aioLwm;ams, arexting.
rifle once and that a bullet
zipped past him as he fired
his shots. Brisbois said an ex
amination of Williams' rifle
showed one' bullet had been
expended. '
Sproul had been using the
road in his . ranching opera
tions. Yokom said the two had
also quarrelled about other
matters.
Ike Urged To
Uphold Integration
Washington (UPI) Four
Negro leaders urged President
Eisenhower today to pledge in
a special pronouncement that
he will vigorously", uphold
school integration "with the
total resources at his com
mand." The Negroes also urged the
President at a White House
meeting to direct the Justice
Department to intervene in an
appeal from a federal judge's
suspension of school , integra
tion in Little Rock, Ark.
Eisenhower made no com
mitments or promises on these
matters or others included in
a nine-point program of pro
posed presidential action
which the Negroes submitted
in a 45-minute conference.
Detroit- (UPI) A .wildcat
strike by United Auto Work
ers has forced a partial work
stoppage at the Army's Red
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REPLACE POLES A string of 13 high
tension power poles on Biddle rd. were
snapped off like match sticks during the
storm that struck the Medford area late
yesterday afternoon and a crew of about
60 California Oregon Power company
employees were up all night repairing
the damage. Above, Marvin Cooley, As
sistant Superintendent of the Copco
Transmission department and , Working
Foreman Maynard Atterbury (by, car)
Mrs. Edith Davis,
Eagle Point, Dies
In Highway Crash
Klamath Falls (UPI An
Eagle Point, Ore., woman died
and at least five others were
injured south of here' today in
a pileup of four vehicles, one
of them a Greyhound bus, in
a driving rainstorm. ,
Dead on arrival at a Klam
ath Falls hospital was Mrs.
Edith Davis, 72, Eagle Point.
Loses Control
State police said the "chain
reaction" . accident occurred
just north of the Oregon-
fialifrrrnia border at ,5:23 a.m.
when Mrs. William Spangler,
40 believed to be from San
Francisco, lost control of her
pickup truck on the wet pave
ment. The woman had as pas
sengers in the truck her son,
William Spangler, 16, and two
small - children. Injuries of
Mrs. Spangler and the chil
dren were not considered se
rious.
A station wagon and house
trailer operated by L. L. Da
vis, 71, stopped to give aid.
With Davis was his . wife,
Edith, his daughter, Dorothy
Waltz, 35, Shady Cove, and
her daughter, Judy Ann,, 8.
Truck Jackknifes
Davis, his daughter and
his granddaughter crossed the
highway toward the pickup
and left Mrs. Davis in the sta
tion wagon. At that moment
a freight truck approached
through the blinding rain and
its' trailer jackknifed when
the driver, Lawrence Thorn
hill of Tracy, Calif., applied
his brakes. '
The trailer struck the dis
abled pickup. Mrs. Waltz
then saw a Greyhound bus
approaching the crash scene
and ran to get her mother out
of the station wagon. She was
struck by the bus but hospital
attendants here said her in
juries appeared not to be se
rious. It was not known whether
Mrs. Davis died of a heart at
tack when she saw her . daugh
ter struck or. whether the
truck trailer might also have
struck the station wagon. Po
lice, said they were continu
ing their investigation.
Fire Damages Truck
loaded With Machines
'- Phoenix Fire Saturday
night did considerable dam
age -here -to a load of IBM
machines in . a '' Bekins Van
Lines semi-trailer on-a trip
north-bound to Portland from
San Jose, Calif.' " r
v The fire,"which' apparently
was caused - by friction be
tween the pads ' and the po
lyethylene sack covering the
machines, was discovered by
the driver as he was going
through town. He stopped the
van between the Triangle
market and Norton's market
and turned in the alarm about
11 p.m. to the Volunteer
Phoenix Fire department. A
truck and crew were imme
diately dispatched to the scene
and put the fire under control,
according to Fire Chief Leo
Furry.,
Seattle (UPI) . Einar
Mohn has officially taken
over the - presidency of .the
Western Conference of Team
sters. .
Two Big Range Fires
Scorch 12,000 Acres
In Eastern
By United Press International
High fire danger which has
prevailed over most of Ore
gon caused a rash of blazes
over the week end, including
two huge range and sageland
fires that blackened some 12,
000 acres in the" eastern part
of the state. '
8-Mile Swath . '
. The; biggest .f fire, which
burned 8,000 acres about 10
miles, northeast of Heldman
in.. Juniper Canyon country,
broke about 3 p.m. Sunday
and cut an, eight-mile swath
along the Columbia river. At
one point the flames jumped
a road. Farmers in the area
expressed concern that, the
fire would reach nearby
wheat fields, richest in .Uma
tilla county, but winds sud
denly changed the fire's
course and it headed away
from the Juniper crop.
About 30 men were fight
ing the blaze with bulldozers,
tractors and. water : trucks.
Fire Controlled ;
The second fire, which flar
ed up about the same time,
was finally controlled late
Sunday after scorching about
4,000 acres of rangeland on
the west end of the Army
bombing range at Boardman.
The fire originally broke out
one week ago and had been
Humphrey Named
Lions Governor
Eston Humphrey of the
Medford . Lions club was
named governor of District
36E of Oregon Lions, and Mrs.
Frank Christian, Talent Lions'
auxiliary, director of the same
district for the auxiliary at
the annual convention which
closed- in Eugene Saturday
night. District 36E is made up
of southwest Oregon coun
ties and one California club.
.About 40 men and 20 wom
en attended the convention as
delegates from Jackson coun
ty clubs and auxiliaries. ;
The men voted, to sponsor
A.. L. Hawn, Eugene, a past
international director, for the
office "of third vice president
of Lions'. International at the
coming . convention in Chicago
opening July 10.
The women 'approved a
budget of 83,675 . for the an
nual institute for parents of
blhuh children -sponsored by
the auxiliary, and gave $500
in scholarships to help train
teachers of the blind.
Robert Chrisman, Enter
prise, is the new state chair
man of Oregon Lions clubs,
and - Mrs.- Vernon Conwell,
Milwaukie, was elected head
of the state auxiliary.-
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 1 - 7 1
Detroit 3 10 0
Portocarrero, Johnson (S)
and Triandoi. . Susce and
Wilson.
direct part of the crew as they remove
the tangled wires-along the road. A' top
from one of the poles is in the fore
ground. The new poles, installed during
the night by the crew, are on the left
hand side of the road in the picture.
Lightning struck one of the poles in the
center of the string and the high wind
and the weight of the wires pulled the
others over, according to Cooley.
Oregon
alternately controlled until
rising temperatures Sunday
caused ' the smoldering mass
to burst into flame again.
John Hunt, regional fire
control officer for the Bureau
of Land Management, report
ed that a 600-acre range fire
near urowmee dam was in
the mopping-up stage Sunday
The fire was believed caused
by - a .careless smoker,
Radio Personality
Visits Festival
Ashland Frank Heming
way, the noted radio news
caster, was a recent visitor at
the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival. -. Hemingway who
owns ranch property on "the
Rogue river, has long been in
terested in the Festival and
has given it generous mention
on past programs.
While at the theater, Hem
ingway was given a tour of
the facilities, introduced to
several members of the com
pany, and entertained as the
Festival's guest for lunch.
Hemingway spent part of
the afternoon watching a re
hearsal of "Much Ado About
Nothing." He hopes to attend
a performance during the Fes
tival's production, season ex
tending from July 28 through
September 4. His news broad
casts "Twice ' a day with
Hemingway" are heard in
the West on the facilities of
the Mutual Broadcasting
system. .
Portland Youth
In Detention Here
A 17-year-old Portland boy
was lodged in Jackson county
juvenile detention home this
morning by city police on a
charge of vagrancy.
The boy was arrested at
4:10 a.m. on ' North Central
ave.. by police when the ve
hicle he was operating was
discovered to have been stolen
in Portland.
Salem (UPI) Gov. Rob
ert D. Holmes has proclaimed
this week as 'Xivil Engineer
ing Week" in Oregon.
Oregon AA1A
Curb on Holts Program
San Francisco (UPI) The
Oregon delegation . to the
American Medical Association
today expressed "grave con
cern" over Creswell, Ore.,
farmer Harry Holt's program
to 1 bring Korean orphans to
the United States. .
The Oregon physicians in
troduced a resolution before
the AMA House of Delegates
urging it to call upon Con
gress to amend the law to bar
sick children. ...
Many Diseased
They complained that these
children, many of whom are
illegitimate offspring of Amer
ican servicemen, sometimes
have tuberculosis and intes
tinal diseases, and some have
died en route.
Power, Telephone
Lines Blow Down;
Crops Damaged
Fear Crop Said in
Generally Fair Shape
A powerful electric storm
hit the Rogue valley Sunday
afternoon.
In its wake it left power
and telephone lines out of or
verely damaged in spots,
buildings wrecked or dam
aged, and a few isolated for
est fires.
More than two-thirds of an.
inch of rain fell in less than
45 minutes.
The. temperature dropped
from a high of 98 degrees at
4 p.m. to about 72tfat 6 p.m.
Hailstones the size of marbles
fell.
Overall storm damage to
the valley pear crop was
slight, Clifford B. Cordy,
county horticulture agent, said
this morning.
Pear damage from Sunday
evening's hail storm centered
in the area west of Medford.
However "not too many or
chards' are located in this
section, Cordy said. Damage
there was reported as heavy.
The whip-like . wind and
rain which accompanied the
storm, Cordy warned, will
scar some of the fruit and
"bruise new. tender crowth.
He advised that bruised
growths will be extremely
susceptible to blight bacteria
and farmers with blight in
their orchards should snrav
as soon as possible.
Damage . to hay and grain
crops was not serious, accord
ing to County Agent Ben
Tucker.
Power outages occurred
throughout Medford and
and around the cit,y Cali
fornia Oregon Power com
pany officials here reported.
Telephone service in the Med
ford area was hard hit with
11 cables out 'and 1,000 cus
tomers out of service for vary
ing lengths of time, according
to Jack Creager, manager of
the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company office
here. -
Both Oregon State Forestry
Service officials and those of
the Rogue National forest re
ported a lightning caused lire
apiece as a result of yester
day's storm.- Neither strike
was serious, however.
Emergency power was used
by the hospitals in the area,
city police and state police.
Robert Lawrence States,
Holland Hotel, was trapped
in his car at 10:40 p.m.
Sunday when a 2400-Tolt
wire fell from a power pole
across his car while it was
parked in the alley behind
the hotel between Grape sL
and Fir st.
Staten jumped from the
rehide, police reported,
when it was noticed that the
sparks from the.wixe were
near the car's gasoline tank,
power company crews ar
rived and removed the wire.
The storm extended as. far
north as Eugene, east to Kla
math Falls and South to Red
Bluff, Calif., according to VS.
Weather , Bureau officials at
the Medford municipal air
port. Hail and rain covered a
good part of the valley, they
said, but no hail was noted at
Eagle Point nor at Lake
Creek. Varying reports stated
the haiL occurring mostly be
tween 5 and 5:30 p.m., meas
ured from 1 inch to IVi inches
in idameter.
Gusts ' of wind up to 42
miles per hour were reported
by the weather bureau. Offic
ials said rainfall during the
main part of the storm meas
ured .70 inch and total rain
fall including last night's was
recorded as .75 inch.
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Envoys Ask
Holt, 58, and his. wife have
adopted eight Korean orphans
themselves and have arranged
for adoption of nearly 700
others.
The resolution noted that
the youngsters are admitted to
the United States "without
having to meet the provisions
of the Immigration and Natur
alization act as far as they re
late to aliens afflicted with
tuberculosis."
The Oregon delegation
asked the AMA to "petition
the Congress of the United
States to amend the latr so as
to control, in the interest of
the public health and welfare,
the admission of children with
severe communicable dis
eases into the United States
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