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Newspaper Page TextM JVI uvu W M MmlA : : : ; S3) Waste Toe's Majof hmt in 1al tfffiwce Nucleaf Pvr Said Intimtif fe Paris (x5pl) General Charles de Gaulle reaffirmed France's sold front with the United States and Britain in the cold war today but left no doubt that France intends to be a major partner in the alliance. The West had feared the new French Premier might try to make some sort of set tlement with Moscow on his own, but in talks with British Prime Minister Harold Mac mAlan he reaffirmed France's "role in western solidarity. Agreements Dangerous Macmillan flew here Sun day for a 22-hour visit after warning in London that the "blatant perfidy" of Com munist leaders made agree ments with Russia dangerous. An official communique is sued this afternoon said De Gaulle and MacMillan had covered a "whole range of problems facing them" and had reached "complete agree ment on the paramount nec essity of the defense of the Free World." Macmillan's brief visit end ed at midday, but on July 5 he and De Gaulle ;all meet with Secretary of State John Foster Dulfcs on further ex tension of western talks. De Gaulle goes to Algiers Tues- ji?) . ., . - uay uii anuuier visit assign ed;) to bring that area under firmed control from Paris. Nu cissy: BWer Intended In the present talks, De Gaulle made clear France intends to become a nuclear power along with Russia, the U. S., afid Britain. An official spokesman dis closed that the two premiers wartime friends in N o r t h Africa had agreed to strengthen the western fense organizations and build up NATO. de- to Tucker Resignation Effective Today The resignation of W. B. (Ben) Tucker, county exten sion agent, becomes effective as of 5 p.m. today. Tucker has been Jackson county extension agent since 1947. He and Mrs. Tucker will continue to live in Medford. Tucker has been chairman of the extension office here, a position which Clifford B. Cordy, county horticulture agent, will occupy. Gene Winters, now tempor ary extension agent in Clat sop county, will replace Tuck er effective Aug. 15, Tucker said this morning. Winters will serve as county agent in soils and agronomic work along with County Agent Earle Jossy. Salem (UPI) Bob Frank lin Biggs. Eugene florist and TV entertainer; will again be on the program at the floral show of the Oregon State Fair, opening here Aug. 28. July 10 Tentative Date For Hearing July 10 has been tentative ly set as the date for a hear ing by the Veterans Affairs committee to determine the administration's policy con cerning the expanding of hos pital facilities at Camp White. A. Eugene Orr, Medford, rehabilitation executive com mitteeman of the American Legion, was notified of the date by Congressman Charles O. Porter. The hearing is one of several scheduled by the committee starting July 3. QChairman of the committee is Olin Teague, Democrat, from Texas. JOHN FOX Couldn't Hear Every Word Medford Is Among Safest Cities in Nation This Year Medford and Portland, Ore. were among the nation's saf est cities for driving during the first five months of this year, the National Safety Council in Chicago announc ed today. Medford ranked with Kingsport, Tenn., and Napa, Calif., as the safest in the 10,000 to 25,000 population group with no fatalities. ' Portland ranked with Memphis, Tenn., and San An tonio, Tex., as one of the three safest cities in the 350,000 to 500,000 popula tion group. Portland had 1.8 deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles. Last Fatality The last fatality nere oc curred Dec. 11, 1957, when John Arthur Marshall, Kalis- pel, Mont., was struck by truck on North Pacific high way. There were four fatal ities in the city last year, ac cording to city police. Police reported that so far this year 45 persons have been injured in 282 automo bile accidents within the city. Traffic fatalities within the county so far this year run far behind the 1957 fig ure. Six persons have been killed in three accidents com pared to 12 on July 1, 1957. No traffic fatalities occur red in Jackson county July 4, 1957, but state police re mind holiday drivers to drive carefully this week end when many vehicles are expected to take to the nation's high way on the long holiday week end. Hearing Scheduled By Council Tonight The Medford city council will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. today, to withdraw three recently annexed areas from special districts. They are the Earhart area, the Phipps area and Douglas ad dition No. 1. The three areas are in the rural fire district. Their with drawal would relieve resi dents from paying unneces sary taxes. on Hospital In April, Orr, Medford mer chant, received word from Congressman Porter that it would be a "difficult job" to convince the Veterans admin istration of the need for ex pansion at the Camp White domiciliary. In his letter Porter stated that since most cases now be ing treated in VA hospitals are nonservice connected it will be a difficult job in at tempting to justify the pro posal to rehabilitate the' ex isting unused buildings. Earlier, Porter reported that there is no intention of tearing down the - unused buildings at Camp White. Fox Says Adams Told Goldfine To 'Keep Mouth Shut Remark Said To Follow Boast Washington (UPI) Bos ton promoter John Fox swore today he heard Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams tell Bernard Goldfine to "keep his mouth shut" after he boasted that Adams was "taking care' of his troubles with federal agencies. Fox gave further testimony to back up his charge that Adams was present when the boast allegedly was made, Adams has denied that any such incident took place. Said Admonished "Adams," Fox said, "took Goldfine to a far corner of the room and quite obviously ad monished him." Fox said he could not hear every word spoken but that "from snatches" he caught, it was "quite obvious he was telling Goldfine to keep his mouth shut." Fox, under sharp question ing by Rep. .Joseph P. O'Hara (R-Minn.) about his earlier charges against Adams, also testified that Goldfine told him on "at least two dozen: occasions that he had helped Adams "financially and very materially," especially during the period when Adams' chil dren were in school. Other Witnesses v On some of these occasions, Fox said, others were present. Specifically he said his secre tary and Mrs. Mildred Paper- man, bookkeeper for one of Goldfine's firms, had heard the Boston industrialist make this statement. Adams also has denied this charge. Fox renewed his testimony in open session under strict orders from Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark.) to confine his remarks to ground already covered, and to open no new line of allegations. Smarting Under Charges Harris obviously was smart ing under charges that the subcommittee had acted reck lessly in hearing Fox's contro versial testimony first in pub lic session. In ,an opening statement he defended the subcommittee's action on the ground it was trying to de velop "all the facts." . The subcommittee chairman conceded that the group had no evidence to back up some of Fox's charges. Specifically he mentioned in this category the allegation denied by Adams that Goldfine told him he had bought a house for Adams in Washington. Statehood Foes Again Defeated Washington (UPI) The Senate rejected today another attemDt by. Sen. James O. Eastlund to declare the terms of Alaska's admission to the union as unconstitutional. The vote was 62 to 22. It turned down the Missis sippi Democrat s xontenxion that a section of the Alaska constitution providing for the initial election of one short term and one long term sena tor "does violence" to the U.S. Constitution. The vote was the third ma- ior defeat suffered by state hood oponents. The Senate last week rejected another of Eastland's legal objections . to the bill and also defeated a proposal by Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D-Okla.) to make Alaska a commonwealth in stead of a state. Elgin Boy Injured By Power Lawn Mower La Grande (UPI) Bobby Snyder, 4, Elgin, was injured critically today when he got his leg caught in a power lawn mower. He .was rushed to Grande Ronde hospital here where doctors were fighting to save the leg. Lebanese Use Rockets in Attack On Rebel Forces British Forced To Evacuate School , Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Lebanese air force fighter planes today launched a rocket attack on rebel forces in the mountainous country only seven miles from Beirut In ternational Airport. The attack was believed to be the first made with rockets in Lebanon's crisis which is now well into its second month of hostilities. No further details were im mediately known of the aerial assault on the rebels. Citizens Evacuate Earlier in the day, rebel forces attacked the village of Shemlan, forcing British citi zens there to evacuate their government school of Oriental studies. , . Fighting also was reported in the port city of Tripoli for the fifth straight day, but a U. S. Embassy spokesman in Beirut said a truce had gone into effect under which both sides are sparing the Ameri can Presbyterian hospital. There were no reports yet of casualties from either side in Lebanon's mixed up civil war, but neither the battles in Tripoli nor. Shemlan repre sented a major rebel offen sive. Shemlan is about 15 miles southeast , of Beirut. Unconfirmed reports from the north spoke of a widescale battle between 2,000 insurg ents and pro-government army forces m which "scores were reported killed. , . Keating, Ashland Council To Meet County Judge Rodney Keat ing will meet with the Ashland city council at its regular meeting tomorrow night to ex plain recreatianitcj?ossibili ties in the Talent project. Keating said this morning the county court expects to reach a decision by July 11 on administration of possible rec reation sites in the project. The Talent irrigation dis trict board of directors will consider possibility of the ir rigation district assuming ad ministration of the recreation sites at its meeting July 8. It was suggested during Fri day morning's meeting be tween the county court and various federal agency repre sentatives that the city of Ash: land might be able to adminis ter a recreation site on Emi grant reservoir near Ashland. At Friday meeting, the choice of administering agen cies seemed to narrow down to Jackson county; , Walter Hoffbuhr, TID manager, said the district would not be al lowed to use its irrigation pro ceeds for anything but irriga tion maintenance and develop ment, according to state law. Fireworks Display Slated in Ashland A fireworks cele bration is scheduled at the Ashland Speedway Friday evening by the Junior Cham ber of Commerce here. ' Stunts and games for chil dren are planned to begin at D.m. with the fireworKs show set for 8:30, General Chairman Bob Boyce an nounced. The display is timed to run nearlv two hours. Boyce re ported, . and will include a large number of ground dis plays and set pieces such as Niagara Falls, Tower of Mys tery, Cave , of Jewels, and Blazing Sun. Committee chairmen wont ing under Boyce are Claude Wrieht. Phil Windsor, Del Hackert, and Don Nimrod. Poultry Exhibit at Fair To Be Large Salem (UPI) Advance inquiries indicate this year's poultry, pigeon and rabbit show will be the largest in the history of the State Fair. Kenneth . Jennings, . sup erintendent oi tne poultry di vision, said approximately $4,250 will be awarded for premiums. Oregon Speed Law To Be Meeting Topic Salem (UPI) . Oregon's speed law will come under study of the Oregon Traffic a f e t y Commission here Wednesday. I Medford 20 Pages United States To Formally Demand Release of Fliers Border Violation By Crew Denied Washington (UPI) The United States was expected to formally demand todav that Russia promptly return nine U. S. airmen forced to land on Soviet territory in their unarmed transport plane. The State Department said U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson probably would deliver the demand to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro- myko in" Moscow before the day was over. Appointment Sought A Moscow dispatch said Thompson asked Gromyko for an appointment today soon after he had received orders from Washington to negotiate the release of the airmen. The Defense Department de clared there was "no basis whatever for Russian charges that the plane's crew deliber ately violated Soviet air space. If the DC 6 type trans port actually flew over the U.S.S.R., the Pentagon said, it was-Ueeause' of "arrovercast sky. Forced to Land The Soviets announced Saturday 'night that two Red fighter planes forced the U.S. aircraft to ' land after it flew about 149 miles inside the Soviet Armenian . frontier. They said the plane "burned up" after landing but all nine crewmen, were safe. The fliers ! involved were among scores of U.S. citizens in foreign hands after a re cent series of incidents. U.S. diplomats were also seeking to win freedom for nine American soldiers held in East Germany and 42 servicemen and civilians kidnaped by rebels in Cuba. Opinion on Judge Expected Shortly District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said an opinion on the nomination of. Robert G. Danielson for district court is expected "very shortly." Reeder said this morning he- had. conferred with At torney General Robert Thorn ton while in Salem for a state conference of district at torneys. , Danielson, who drew the majority of votes for the of fice of district judge in the May 16 primary, has request ed a certificate of nomination from County Clerk Bereth Hopkins. , Danielson received 7,526 votes in the race. However, he was believed to have with drawn from the contest when he took a position with the Klamath Falls - district at torney's office. His opponent, Medford City Attorney E. Roy Bashaw, received 7,273 votes." ". Honolulu (UPI) Coast Guard vessels and aircraft are searching for the San Francisco-based yacht, Millilou, with three men aboard. WEATHER Forecast Considerable cloudi ness with scattered light show ers tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 50. High Tuesday 0. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 71 Lowest This Morning 45 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today: Sunrise tomorrow Moonrise today Moonset tomorrow Full Moon tonight ... VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, in the southwest .......... Saturn, due south Mars, low in east Venus, rises .. 7:53 p.m. .. 4:38 a.m. 7:20 p.m. 5:20 a.m. ..10:04 p.m. 9:34 p.m. .10:58 p.m. .12:51 a.m. , 2:55 a.m. mtiu Will Jim MEDFORD, OREGON, He's Got the Whole World in His Hand -7 (Herblock Is on Vacation ) Ike Signs Of Tax on Washington (UPI) Presi dent Eisenhower today signed a bill repealing the 3 per cent federal tax on freight ship ments and extending, for one No Progress Told In Lumber Talks Portland (UPI) Spokes men for employers and the AFL-CIO Lumber and Saw mill Workers Union today re ported no progress in settling wage dispute involving 80,- 000 union members in " nine western states. ,, The union and representa tives of three employer or ganizations met here last Thursday in a resumption of talks about a 31-cent hourly pay increase package sought by the union. Bpth sides said there was nothing significant to report. No date has been set for a future meeting. The union members in May authorized their executive board to call strikes where and when it deems them necessary. Earl Hartley, ex ecutive secretary of the LSW Western Council, said every step was being taken to avoid strike action. No strikes have been reported. New York (UPI) The World "War II carrier Enter prise has been sold for $500, 000 for scrap metal. Baseball Kansas City v6 13 4 Detroit 7 14 1 Ubran, Gorman (6), Dick son (9) and House. Chiti'(4); Susce., Moford (4). Hoeft (7K and Wilson. 1:5 COMING IN FOR LANDING It was quite a tafce-off for Lord Elroy, five-month-old Bassett hound belonging to Rex Allen, when he breezed in as winner at the third an nual meeting of the Malibu- Bassett Hound and Glider Fanciers, in Los Angeles. Lord Elroy has a wing-span of 26 inches. , MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1958 Repeal Freight year all other corporate and excise levies. , ' The' measure also ended a tax of 4 cents a ton on trans portation of coal and 4Vfc per cent on pipeline shipments of oil and gas. Repeal of the freight levies will go into effect Aug." 1. It will cost the Treasury an esti mated 'fifTmniion a year. Without the extension of the other taxes, corporate and excise rates would have been automatically reduced at mid night tonight, the end of fis cal 1958. That would have cost the Treasury about $2,- 600,000,000 a year in lost revenue. The maximum tax rate on corporations would have dropped from 52 to 47 per cent. Other scheduled reduc tions were: from $10.50 per gallon to $9 on distilled spir its; 8 to 7 cents a pack on cig arettes; $9 to $8 a barrel on beer; 10 per cent to 7 per cent on the manufacturer's price on automobiles; and from 8 per cent to 5 per .cent on the price of auto parts and acces- sories. Burglary Reported In Central Point Central Point A Sunday morning burglary at the vet erinary offices of Dr., E. M. H a n a w a 1 1 and Dr. J. N. Stearns, 418 East Pine st., was reported to Central Point police. Approximately $20 in coin was taken from a desk. Entry was gained some time between 3:30 and 7:35 a.m. by removing a glass pane from the rear door, according to police, Tribune No. 86 Policing Tests Meeting Opens in Geneva Tuesday West Agrees on Joint Program Geneva-KUPI) Both Rus sia and the West said today they are ready to open talks here Tuesday on policing of nuclear tests. Their announcements made it a near certainty the confer ence in doubt until the last minute because of Soviet stall ing will open on schedule. Officials Confer Prof. Y. K. Fyodorov, chief of the Soviet delegation, vis ited the conference site, the Palais des Nations, this after noon and conferred with Unit ed Nations officials in prepa rations for the meeting. Asked whether he expected the meeting to take place as planned, Fyodorov replied: "Yes, .1 am certain of it.!' A Soviet delegation spokes man said earlier that of course" the Russians would at tend the technical talks. "That is why we are here," he said. Meantime, the western dele gations met and agreed on a joint western, program for controlling suspension of nu clear tests. U. S. delegation chief Dr. James Brown Fisk said the West is ready to meet with the Soviet group Tues day morning, even though western members had not yet had any direct contact with the Russians. 410 Deaths Feared During Holiday Chicago (UPI) With an expected 45 million cars traveling 12 billion miles, the National Safety Council painted a grim picture of the coming Fourth of July week end. The. council expects a pos sible 410 deaths resulting from traffic mishaDS durine the 78-hour holiday period. Those figures compare with a similar non-holiday week end death rate in the summer months of 330 traffic deaths, the council said. Besides the deaths, the council anticipates 12,000 dis abling injuries will be inflict ed on the nation's highways. Albany Man Slashed By Fall on Own Axe . Albany, Ore. (UPI) Mal colm Harper, 41-year-old log ging contractor, was slashed by his own axe while suspend ed 90 feet in the air on a spar pole at Waverly Lake Sunday afternoon. ..' He climbed down without help and was taken to a hos pital, treated and released. Harper said he would de fend his title as world's cham pion speed climber at the car nival July 3. Few Orchards Suffer Blight From Hail Storm A few orchards have suf fered infection of blight in the hail-pecked pears, accord ing to Clifford B. Cordy, county horticultural agent. The county agent said the infections are just starting to appear following hail damage from the storm June 22. Spurs and the infected fruit should be removed promptly, he suggested. These sections of the tree should then be sprayed with a copper solution twice a day, Cordy said. Trees that have been thinned in the morning should be sprayed in the aft ernoon. Those which have been thinned in the afternoon should ' be sprayed the next Hopes Dashed for Early Release of Cuban Victims Total Reaches 42 Known in Rebel Hands Havana (UPI) Cuban rebels . kidnaped two more Americans in Oriente Prov ince this morning, the U. S. Embassy was informed. The lates victims brought to 42 the number of Americans known to be in rebel hands. Two Canadians also . are held and there are uncon firmed reports that another American and a Canadian have been seized. Victims Identified The . latest victims were identified as Sherman Avery White, General manager of the U. S. government-owned Nicaro nickel plans and his assistant, J. Andrew TolL The new kidnapings dashed hopes that the rebels soon would release all their vitv tims, seized in retaliation for the alleged refueling of Cuban warplanes at the U. S. Naval Base at Guantanamo. Today's kidnapings occur red at 8:30 a.m. and were in the same pattern as others beginning last Thursday. Thought in Common Camp All have occurred in the rebel hotbed of Oriente Prov ince within an area of 10 by 15 miles, indicating that all might be held in a common camp. ( An embassy spokesman in Havana said that U. S. Consul Park Wollan in the Moa Bay area of the kidnapings was in touch with the rebels "higher headquarters," but had nothing to report on the probable release of the kid nap victims. The reference ' to 'Tugner headquarters" was taken -to mean that Wollan was in touch with rebel leader Fidel Castro himself. ; Lower Standard of Living Threatened Portland (UPI) Dele gates to the Northwestern Regional Conference on Ag ing were warned today that the stepped-up exodus of old er persons from the labor force threatens to lower the nation's average standard of living. Mrs. Betty Morris, Palo Alto, Calif., research director for the National Association of Manufacturers' western di vision, told the group, "every means of obtaining the great est utilization of competent older workers must be stud ied; not for sentimental rea sons, but because our econ omy cannot yet afford the loss of their productivity." She said the problem grows as an increasing num ber of older workers retire and stop producing, but con tinue consuming. Tuesday Will Mark 100th Anniversary Of Darwin Theory July 1, 1951, is the 100th anniversary of the day Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was placed before a startled and to this ' day partly disbelieving world. United Press Interaction-. al has obtained an exclusive dispatch written by Sir Charles Darwin, grandson of the famed theorist, in which ' Sir Charles recalls the circumstances of that historic day a century age and discusses the impact it has had since on mankind. Sir Charles' dispatch will appear in the Mail Tribune tomorrow. morning, he added. Cordy emphasized that the infected j)arts should be re moved immediately so as to prevent further infection spread. , , Pear trees having new sprouts in the centers of the trees should be carefully ex amined to see if blight has in fected the new growths, the county agent suggested. Only those 'infected shoots should be removed. Following remo val the "wounds" should be sprayed with the copper solu tion to prevent further spread of the infection. Cordy added that pear crop estimates remain the same. A normal crop of about 2V& mil lion boxes has been estimated.