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Mil TEST CRASHES:
All Boord Pie;
Too lister Ships
SeHJew Records
tfwmn Among
(CrqX Victim
.lioTir AFB, Mass.
(Ufl) 4 Vitnt ' jet strato-
tanger crashed end exploded
on tgfctof early today, killing
all 15 ma eboerti. Two' sister
ships 8trakA across the At
lantic ftnfl i new speed
records.
f Six ne9mn were among
the victim aboard the S3 mil
lion plan vhicA snapped two
115,w)0 - volt power lines.
bounced or ekided across a
superhigh vty end landed
with a burst of flames m
cornfield.
. The other victims included
seven crew members and two
representatives of the Nation
al Aeronautics Association.
' Chicopee Policeman Rich
ard Haslam, one of the first
persons on the scene, radioed
his headquartershat "there is
ho need for any ambulances.
Nobody on - botrt had
chance."
j While tragedy mrred the
start of the transatlantic flight
triumph crowned the finish
The other two strato-tankers
sparmed thg ocean in record
times. ,
' The planes vera dubbed
Alpha. Bravo. Cocoa and
Delta for the mission designed
to thump U. S. fir might.
Cocoa crashed. A result of
the accident, Delta never took
off.
Set New Record
Alpha thundered across the
Atlantic in five hours, 27 min
utes and 42.8 seconds an
average speed of 630.2 miles
per hour. Bravo trailed Alpha
by about two ojinutes,' making
it in five hours, 29 minutes,
37.4 seconds an average
speed of 626.5 m.p.h. Both
planes broke the old record
set in 1955 by a British Royal
Air Force Canberra jet
bomber.
Within seconds after take
off from this Air Force base
at 12:30 a.m. (EDT), the third
plane in the flight crashed
and disintegrated in a brilliant
ball of fire thaj turned dark
ness into daylight?
"It was brighter than day
light. It was tha most awful
thing I ever saw,' said farr
Kazimierz F. Machowski,
whose three-acre corn field
was set ablaze by the flaming
plane. ,
The only newsmen on one
of the two planes that success
fully completed the flight was
Sam Kuczun, Springfield,
Mass., bureau manager of
United Press International.
The Air Force opened an in
vestigation into the crash but
a spokesman said it probably
would be "a week or. more"
before the causg was known.
Names of the air force per
sonnel, newsmen and National
Aeronautics Association men
who were killed in the crash
are listed on pige 9.
SMOG ALARM 1
A report of smoke in the
Medford downtown area was
investigated by firemen about
10:25 pjn. yesterday. Firemen
said that no blaze was found
in the business district, and
that smoke was drifting into
the city from awmills.
New Contusion Added To
Nuclear Arms Conference
London (UPI) The
Soviet Union dited new con
fusion to th Geneve scien
tific conference today by an
nouncing the nomination of a
top Romanian expert to par
tpate in the talks on con
trol of nuclear weapons tests.
Still Might Attend
The announcement indicat
ed the Communist bloc still
might attend next week's con
ference despite a previous
threat to boycott the talks un
less the United States agrees
in advance to negotiate for
mal suspension of all nuolear
weapons tests.
Moscow Radio Thursday
T0WTO-TMI9RER
HOWARD PRAIRIE Three members of
the 70-member tour party are shown gazing
out over the Howard Prairie reservoir site.
Some of the water now in the site is shown
below the cliff on which they are standing.
The tour, sponsored by the county court,
Administration of
Recreation
To Be Decided Soon
The county court will meet
in about two weeks with rep
resentatives of various federal
agencies to determine, whether
Jackson county should admin
ister possible future recrea
tion sites in the Talent irriga
tion project, it was decided
this morning. , ..
Following this morning's
meeting, the choice of admin
istering agencies seemed to
narrow down to Jackson coun
ty alone. , '
However, the Talent Irriga
tion- district board of directors
is to meet July 8 when the
possibility of administration
by the district will be dis
cussed. Also, the county court
will meet with Ashland city
officials to see if Ashland
could or would take over ad
ministration of a future recre
ation site on Emigrant reser
voir near Ashland. But legal
barriers apparently will pre
vent either of these alterna
tives.
Dip .in Treasury
Neal Butterfield, Portland
National Park Service, said
the Talent Irrigation district
would probably have to dip
into its treasury to pay ad
ministration - costs on both
Howard Prairie and Emigrant
reservoirs recreation sites
Butterfield said he doubted if
any recreational pr o c e e d s
would ever meet the admims
tration costs for recreation
sites on the two reservoirs.
Walter Hoffbuhr, TID man-
ager, said tne district wuum
. . , i - j u
not be allowed to use its irri
gation proceeds for anything
but irrigation maintenance
and development. This, he
said, is according to state law.
Harry Skerry, Ashland city
attorney, said this morning it
is- a legal question whether
the city parks commission
could accept administration as
an independent agency.' An
other question is if such ad
ministration must be accepted
jointly by the city of Ashland
and citv narks commission, if
it can be at all, he added.
Not Administer Sites
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing said he was informed to-
night broadcast a report from
the official Soviet news
agency Tass that the name of
Romanian professor Horia
Hulubei had been submitted
to the United States for ap
proval as a conference partici
pant. No More Light Shed
(The Tass report did 'not
throw any more light on Mos
cow's threat Wednesday night
to pull out of the conference.
The conditions set by the
Kramlin at that time would
virtually doom the talks since
the United States has said re
peatedly that it would not
agree beforehand . to an end
to nuclear tests. a
Sites
day that the' state parks com
mission will definitely not
take over . administration of
any recreation sites in the Tal
ent project.
It has not been the policy of
the bureau of reclamation or
the "bureau of .land manage
ment to administer recreation
sites, representatives said this
morning.
Butterfield said the Howard
Prairie recreation sites would
draw many more people than
Lake of the Woods does now.
Official attendance figures for
Lake of the Woods in 1955
show 14,000 used facilities
there and 15,000 used them
in 1956.
Butterfield estimated each
tourist spends $6V a day. He
urged the county court to take
over administration of the rec
reation sites.
Two Home Sites
Howard Prairie, according
to present plans, would have
two home site areas one in
the north central shore of the
reservoir, and at the" west end
of the lake. The bureau of
land management would nan
die home site leases.
Two recreation sites would
also be located on the reser
voir. One park site would be
located on the east shore. Cost
of operating or administration
of this area is estimated at
$3,500 a year. The other site
would be on the west side.
This morning's meeting fol
lowed a tour by approximate
ly 70 people of the Talent
project and possible recrea
tion sites yesterday by repre
sentatives of interested fed
eral and state agencies, Port
land and local chambers of
commerce.
Weather Observer
Receives Award
V. L. Quackenbush, weath
er observer at the Talent Ex
periment station, recently
was presented a pin for 10
years service as a voluntary
cooperative weather observer.
Quackenbush became an
observer Feb. 18, 1948, al
though he cooperated in the
program for several years
prior to that time. The work
includes taking daily maxi
mum and minimum tepmera-
tures and 24-hour amounts of
rain and snow.
There are between 250 and
275 voluntary observers in
Oregon, and about 6,000 in
the country.
Church Membership
Shows Rise Here '
Church -' membership in
Medford has risen 5.18 per
cent during the past year,
according to a survey con
ducted by the Mail Tribune.
Details of the growth are
given in a story by the Mail
tribune's church editor,.
Miss Peggyann Hutchinson,
appearing on Page 6 of to
day's paper.
yesterday examined proposed recreation
sites on Howard Prairie and Emigrant res
ervoirs. Representatives of Portland and
local chambers of .commerce, the county
court and other interested agencies made
the tour.
Oregon Birth Rate
Lowest in Nation;
Deaths Set Record
Portland (UPD Statisti
cians for the State Board of
Health today released some
curious figures for 1957, show
ing that in the year Oregon
had the lowest birth rate in
the nation and more deaths
than in' any other- yea1rTnfgetM'y" -Salmonsony-Portland,
its history
The low birth rate was
blamed on slow economic con
ditions and the fact that Ore
gon's population is "somewhat
older than the national av
erage." Highest in Multnomah
The statisticians were also
puzzled by figures which
showed that Multnomah coun
ty outside Portland had the
highest Oregon birth rate last
year while Portland residents
had the lowest
The' study showed 37,828
children were born in the
state last year for a rate of
21.8 births per thousand popu
lation. That was the smallest
number since 1951 and the
lowest rate since 1945. Esti
mated .national birth rate for
1957 was) 25. The Oregon
birth rate has declined stead
ily since 1952 for a total drop
of 12 per cent during the last
five year's.
9,961 Weddings
The marriage rate last year
was 5.7 per thousand ' popu
lation, lowest since 1940, with
a total of 9,961 weddings.
There were 5,261 divorces for
a rate of 3 per thousand popu
lation. That is" the lowest in
50 years. TJhe ratio of 52.8
divorces per 100 marriages
was the lowest since the 52.6
per 100 in 1950. Slightly more
than 20 per cent of the di
vorces occurred prior to the
second anniversary of the
marriage and more than half
the divorces involved families
with one or more children.
The 15,633 death in the
state was the largest number
ever reported but the rate of
9 per thousand was ,just a
little higher than in 1956.
Commonwealth for
Alaska Defeated
Washington (UPI) The
Senate rejected today a pro
posal to make Alaska a com
monwealth instead of a state.
In 'the first vote since the
Alaska statehood bill was sent
to the floor last Monday, the
Senate turned down a sub
stitute measure offered by
Sens. A. S. Mike Monroney
(D-Okla.), George Smathers
(D-Fla.), and J. W. Fulbright
(D-Ark.).
The vote was 50 to 29.
Acting Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield (Mont.) an
nounced that the Senate
would hold another late ses
sion tonight and a Saturday
session, too, in an effort to
drain off surplus debate on
the issue.
Supporters had no hope of
final vote before next week.
Medford.
22 PAGES
cubaRebeisSeizeiFox Claims GoDdKFoime
ill M M A UtmlHa
mne Hiiienidiij,
Two Canadians
Food, Medical ,
Stores Stolen
Havana, Cuba (UPI)
Cuban rebels" kidnaped nine
Americans and two Canadians
today from a small American
construction colony on the
isolated north coast of Oriente
Province. "
The heavily armed band of
200 rebels invaded, the Moa
Bay mining properties Thurs
day night after fighting in
the nearby village of Moa
during which they killed
three Cuban soldiers. They
spent the night in the Moa
Bay mining properties con
struction colony, occupied by
less than a score of American
supervisory workers and
some of their families, and
left this morning with their
hostages and all the colony's
food and medical stores.
Word Telephoned
Word of the raid was tele
phoned to the outside world
by Clinton Breads, engineer
tor a construction contractor,
who managed to reach the
project's tugboat communica
tions center after the rebels
departed.
The Moa Bay Company, a
subsidiary of Freeport Sul
phur Company of New York,
is constructing a nickel and
cobalt concentration plant.
Asked To Secure Release
The American Embassy in
Havana ordered Consul Park verse of prosperity," Congres
Wollom to so to Mna im. hsional Candidate Paul E.
mediately from his post at Geddes said here Thursday
Santiago de Cuba. In .Wash- evening.
ington, the State Department "If there is a recession, and
said it 'had asked the Cuban there probably , is, it should
government "to make every go by its true name Demo
effort" to secure release of cratic recession. The Demo
the prisoners crats have a way of taking
The kidnaped men included credit for good things the Re-
ure. balmonson was said to
be 40 to 45 and to have a wife,
believed in Portland.
Four Persons Hurt
in Accident on
Butte Falls Road
Four persons were injured
in one of two one-vehicle acci
dents reported to state police
yesterday.
. Robert Randell Lanham, 38,
and Dennis Lee Lanham, 13,
both of Whittier, Calif., were
taken to Ashland General hos-
pital by Medford ambulance
service. Police said Lanham
suffered facial lacerations,
and young Lanham suffered
possible back injuries.
Others injured were Patn-
"Q "ai"""'
Delap 44, of 749 Eagle Mill
loM a-;
nirknn wk invnlvpH who re.
ceived a possible broken nose
and facial lacerations.
Not Injured
Another passenger, Gloria
Hi. uuuva, xo9 ui. u yo& i
Ashland, was not injured, po-
lice said.
The accident happened
about three miles east of High-
way 62 on the Butte Falls
highway about 7:55 pjn. yes-
terday. Police said a tie rod
on the pickup truck broke
loose the truck went out of
control and struck an em-
bankment.
An accident involving a
loaded log truck operated by
William Franklin Allen, 27, of
350 Avery st,. Medford, was
reported to state police about
10:35 a.m. yesterday.
The truck, owned by C. J.
Bean, 902 Mary Jane ave.,
Medford. was traveling east
on Highway 238 about a mile viCe chairman; Otto Ewald
7t of Jacksonville. - The con Mpdfnrd. alternate to
driver swerved to avoid hit-
ting an approaching pickup
truck and went out of control.
The truck crossed the high
way" and went, into a ditch,
spilling its load of 10 logs. The
truck received extensive dam
age, they said. The driver was
not injured.
Judicial Council
OKs New Members .
Portland (UPI) A pro
posal to add two members
to Oregon's Supreme . Court
was approved today by the
judicial council composed of
Supreme Court and other
jurists.
The , State Supreme Court
presently has seven members.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
p
Isn't It Time To Untie
(Herblock Is
G
Stop to Business
Driven From State
Urged By Geddes
We must quit driving busi
ness from the state. Anti-business
is anti-labor . . . the re-
f pobrieans do and shoving
onto tne Republican snouiders
the bad things that they do,"
he charged
Geddes, . a Roseburg attor
ney who is the Republican
Congressional, candidate from
the fourth district, was ad
dressing the Jackson County
Republican Central commit
tee. "You," he said, "are the
most important persons in
Jackson county."
Start Down Road
He suggested that with the
1956 election the state started
down the road of regression,
"down the hill to the poor
house. In your hands lies the
decision of whether we turn
up or continue down that
roa(j ne warned,
The state senate is irretriev-
abl Democratic for the next
two years Geddes admitted,
but nhe house couid go Re.
publican and it is highly im-
ortant that we unseat the
nresent governor.
Referring to a tour of the
Talent project which he made
Thursday, Geddes remarked,
"I saw a living example and
lliusuauun ui wild i. tmo tuuu'
try can be if we work with
government agencies. The
Federal government in the
fourth district owns more
lt . .
tnan au per ceni w -i
and resources. We must co-
operate witn u.
Assisls in project
Senator Wayne Morse did
assist, a little, with the pro-
ject the speaker conceded,
but he charged, now the
Democrats, Hiciuaing xvepic-
sentative Charles O. gorier,
are "maKing doiq assei uui
that they are responsiDie ior
the Talent project."
Donald Stathos, Medford,
was reelected chairman of the
Jackson County Republican
Central committee during tne
business meeting.. Other ot-
ficers elected include ivirs.
Marina Gardner, Medford,
chairman: Mrs. Mary Rag
WEATHER
.snvACT flmiriv t n n I r h t.
ParUy cloudy Saturday with
widely scattered light showers,
low tonight 50. Highs Saturday
78-8i.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 9
Lowest this Morning 51
Our Skies Tonight
Pree. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Sunset today 7 :53 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:36 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow ..2:32 a.m.
Full Moon June 30
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Scorpio, follows the Moon.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, in the south
west 9:5 p.m.
Saturn, due south 11:11 p.m.
Venus, rises 2:56 a.m.
Mars, high in southeast at sun
rise. '
FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1958
A J
the Apron Strings, Ma?
on Vacation)
land, Medford, alternate to
vice chairman; Edwin Sing-
master, Ashland, secretary;
Gene Piazza, Medford, treas
urer; D. H. Barber, Trail, con
gressional committeeman; and
Mrs. Eleanor Bolt, Gold Hill;
congressional committeewom
an.
$5 Million in
Taxes Collected
A total of $5,497,765.84 in
taxes has been collected in
Jackson county during fiscal
year 1957-58, completing tax
collections for the year, Karl
Janouch, Jackson county
treasurer, said today.
Of the total, $624,520.43
was from delinquent taxes
for fiscal years 1949 through
1957, he said.
' Of the current taxes, 84.6
per cent was collected. Add
ing delinquent tax collections
to the current taxes brings the
total collected to an amount
equal to 95.4 per cent of the
total 1957-58 levy, Janouch
said. ,
Delinquent tax collections
include interest paid, which
amounted to 7.13 per cent of
the taxes due, he noted The
high interest rate results from
several months interest , paid
by taxpayers at the rate of
23 of 1 per cent per month,
Janouch explained.
The bulk of the taxes col
lected was for city, school dis
trict and special district use.
The county has had no gen
eral tax levy for two years,
and will have none during the
coming year.
Contract Awarded for
Table Rock rd. Paving
Salem Rogue River Pav
ing company, Medford, was
awarded a $45,533 contract
for 1.95 miles of paving on
Table Rock rd. about six
miles north of Medford, the
state highway commission an
nounced today. There was one
higher bid, the commission
said.
Sig Anderson,' North Bend,
was awarded a contract .for
a bridge over the north fork
of the Coquille river near
Myrtle Point.
Wage Demand by Seattle
Could Idle Western Truck
Seattle (UPI) In a
move which could result in
the shutdown of common
carrier freight operations
throughout the West, rep
resentatives of local pickup
and delivery drivers of the
Teamsters Union Thursday
voted to press for wage de
mands.
Want Escalator Clause
The drivers are demanding
a cost-oi-iiving escalator
elause and elimination of
wage differentials in addition
to wage increases already of
fered by employers.
Tentative agreements made
last, month between Western
Conferenijs Teamsters and
Tribune
No. 84
n n
Cash and Checks
Said Regularly
Sent To Adams
Presidential Aide
Denies Statements
Washington . (UPI)
John Fox swore today that
millionaire Bernard Goldfine
told him he had "bought a
house in Washington" for
Presidential Assistant Sher
man Adams. Adams denied
the statement immediately.
Fox also testified Adams'
friend Goldfine, a New Eng
land textile manufacturer,
once offered a vicuna coat to
the late Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Carthy (R-Wis.) and told Mc
Carthy, "I buy vicuna coats
for all the senators."
Often Talked Big
But he added that "Mr.
Goldfine often talked a good
bit Trigger than the facts war
ranted." The witness said Goldfine
claimed to have sent ' "cash
and checks regularly" to
Adams to help his children
before the family came to
Washington. Fox had given
similar testimony Thursday,
and Adams denounced it as
untrue.
It was Fox's second day of
testimony before a House
subcommittee investigating
the relations between Gold
fine and Adams.
Adams has conceded he ac
cepted a vicuna coat and
other favors from Goldfine
He has denied allegations that
in return he helped Goldfine
in his numerous difficulties
with regulatory agencies of
the federal government.
Tells of Purchase
The new charge by Fox,
former Boston investment
broker and promoter, came as
nouse investigators cross-
examinied him on accusations
he made Thursday that
Adams had "taken care of
his friend Goldfine's troubles
with federal agencies.
"After July, 1955," Fox
said, "in a heated discussion
with Goldfine, he told me he
bought a house in Washington
for Adams to live in."
The investigating subcom
mittee obviously had advance
warning of Fox's new charge
against Adams.
Reads Two Record
Rep. Joseph P. O'Hara (R-
Minn.) immediately inter
rupted to read two letters
into the record.
One was from O'Hara to
Adams saying that witness
from Boston was going to
testify that "Goldfine bought
a house" for .him and also
purchased securities for the
presidential aide.
The second letter was a
vigorous denial by Adams of
both accusations.
Adams wrote that Goldfine
neither directly nor in
directly purchased a house of
mine."
Adams Rents House
'The house I live in,"
Adams wrote, "I rent."
REMOVE WEATHER VANE
Firemen were dispatched
with the aerial ladder truck to
Rogue Valley Memorial hos
pital about 2:30 p.m. yester
day to remove the weather
vane from the flagpole. The
flag; was being damaged by
contact with the vane during
high winds.
'employers called for a 10-
cent an hour wage . boost.
Pickup and delivery drivers
in Washington and at least
three other bargaining areas
voted rejection on the 11
state master agreement.
Over-the-road t r u c k e rs,
voting as a unit accepted the
11-state contract.
To Propose Strike Vote
Homer L.' Woxberg, Los
Angeles, chairman of the con
ference's negotiating commit
tee, said a strike vote would
be proposed among the pick
up and delivery' drivers if
employers did not include the
cost-of-living and differential
demands.
Armored Cars,
Tanks Brought Up
By Lebanon Army
, Fighting Follows
Thursday Outburst
Beirut (UPI) Snoradi. !
firing broke out in Beirut and
Tripoli today and the Leb
anese army brought armored
cars and- tanks into action
against rebel snipers.
The new outburst of vio
lence followed a. night of
heavy fighting inboth cities,
timed by the rebels to coin
cide with the Moslem feast
of Aid AI Adha. Six persons
were killed in Tripoli Thurs
day. .
Reports from Merjeyoun.'
in bouth Lebanon, said shells
fired from the Syrian fortress
at Banias fell inside the town
Thursday night and seriously
wounded four persons.
Shoot From Rooftops
Rebels started sniping at
mid-morning in Beirut behind
the Defense Ministry. A few.
minutes later they opened up.
from nearby rooftops on army
positions.
The government soldiers
answered with rifle fire and
big armored car and tank
guns. There was no immediate
report on casualties.
Government troops re
mained at sand-bagged barri
cades in Beirut all day.
. A rebel spokesman report
ed three hours of heavy fight
ing in Tripoli during the night
when loyal troops attacked
the section of the city where
opposition leader Rashid Kara
has his headquarters. He said
the army had been forced te
withdraw from its initial foot
hold in the area.
Heaviest in Two Weeks
The fighting in Beirut was
the heaviest in two weeks.
Government sources ex
pressed apprehension that it
signaled the beginning of an
all-out rebel attempt to oust
the pro-Western government
of President " Camille ' Cha
moun before the United Na
tions could act.
The U. S. Embassy warned
all Americans in Beirut to
stay off the streets today be
cause of "possible adverse, de
velopments . . ."
This morning the streets of
the capital city were deserted.
Stop Signs Being . -Installed
on Eighth
Stop signs are being erect
ed on West Eighth st. between
Elm and Fir sts. by the state
highway department, accord
ing to the city manager's of
fice.
When the project is com
pleted' all traffic entering
Eighth between Elm and Fir
will be required to stop, and
four-way stops will be in ef
fect at Eighth and Holly and
Eighth and Grape. Several
of the signs, including those
at Eighth and Hamilton,
Orange, Oakdale and Grapej
will be superseded later by
traffic signals now - being
erected. -
According to information
received this morning, the
traffic signals being placed on
Eighth and on West Main are
expected to be in operation
soemtiem after Aug. 1. At
that time, the previously an
nounced one-way. traffic pat
tern on the two streets will
go into effect. v
Traffic will travel west on
Main be.tween Riverside and
Elm, and east on Eighth be
tween Elm and Riverside.
5P To Consolidate
Locomotive Shops
Portland (UPI) South
ern Pacific Railroad said to
day it planned to gradually
consolidate in Eugene the
heavy locomotive repair shops
now located in both Portland
and Eugene.
Drivers
Operations
Woxberg said the over-the-
road drivers would not take a
strike vote but would ask for
a cost-of-living escalator
clause if it is obtained by the
pickup and delivery' drivers.
Supported by Hoffa
He said the demands have
the support of Teamster Presi
dent James Hoffa as well as
the over-the-road and general
hauling divisions of the West
ern Conference,
Woxberg explained that a
strike in any local ara would
result in a shutdown of pick
up and delivery operations
throughout the West and
would in effect also shut
down over-the-road having.
0