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Measure Goes
To Eisenhower
For Signature
Vote of 64 to 20
Approves Statehood
. Washington (UPI) Alaska
emerged onto the threshold of
statehood today to a sunburst
of predictions it will open a
vast new frontier for expan
sion of America's population
and wealth.
- Delirious statehood support
ers, their 42-year fight nearly
over, could hardly believe it
when the Senate passed the
statehood bill Monday night
by an overwhelming 64-20
vote.
Unprecedented celebrations
broke out in Alaska where a
river was dyed gold, bonfires
roared skyward and a beauty
queen astride a fire ladder
pinned a 49th star on a 40-by-
60 foot American flag.
Administration sources said
President Eisenhower is cer
tain to sign the bill, a major
triumph for one of the top
items on his legislative
agenda. The House previously
passed the bill and the Senate
vote sent it to the White
House.
The territory still must ap
prove statehood in a referen
dum this fall. But this was
labelled a "sure thing" by
statf hood backers. A procla
mation by the President after
the referendum will formally
complete the statehood proc
ess probably in December.
Alaska's prospective state
hood was seen as vastly en
hancing Hawaii's chances of
entering the Union as the 50th
state, although probably, not;
before next year at the ear-j
liest.
. Alaska will get two U.S.
senators and one representa
tive bringing the Senate to
tal to 98 and the House figure
to 436. Alaska now has one
non-voting delegate to Con-
prpss.
When the final vote was an
nounced Monday night after
' five days of debate, cheers
and a burst of applause rose
from the Senate galleries
where about 200 persons,
many from Alaska, had come
to witness the historic event.
Alaska's Governor Mike
Stepovich shouted' "Thank
God" and declared:
"I did believe we'll show
the United States of America
that we will be one of the
greatest states in the Union
within the next 50 years."
' Amid the wild rejoicing, a
sober note was sounded by
E L (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska s
non-voting delegate to Con
gress since 1944, who spoke
of it as a time of "great re
sponsibility and great oppor
tunity." "We regard ourselves as
custodians of a great trust,"
he said in a dispatch written
for United Press Interna
tional: "The untapped mineral
wealth of Alaska, the marve
lous natural resources and sce
nic beauty all these must be
used and preserved for the
benefit and security of fu
fore generations of Ameri
cans." . .
It marks the first time the
United States has added to
Itself since Arizona became a
state on Feb. 14, 1912.
(See Stories on Page 14)
Montana Man Finds It Easy to Find His
Friend, But Harder to Locate Hostess
'-' Spanning a forty year pe
.riod was easier than span
'ning a period of a few
hours for a Montana man
Jiere last week.
While visiting a niece in
Forest Grove, Ore., Axel
.Vigell of Helena expressed
the desire to find a friend
with whom he grew up in
-Sweden 40 years ago. He
knew the friend's first name
was Bernard, that he had
changed his last name since
coming to the United States,
and that he grew pears near
Medford.
' Vigell, along with his
niece, Miss Elsie Lundborg,
and a nephew, Allen Lund
borg, arrived in Medford
Saturday evening to try to
-trace Bernard.
'- County Librarian Miss
Helen Webster was called
24 Pages
SNIPER SEARCH Tank and troop carrier western President Camille Chamoun has
move through street in Tripoli, Lebanon, been reported. Armored cars and tanks are
where the heaviest fighting of the seven- being used against insurgent snipers,
week revolt against the government of pro- ,
$l,974,515Levy
Gets Certification
By Rural Board
The rural school board has
certified a levy totalling
$1,974,515.12, according to
County School Superintend
ent Alf B. Mekvold.
The total rural equaliza
tion levy included $1,957,685.-
12, plus $16,830 of the county
office budget for rural board
operations.
The levy is apportioned to
the various school districts
based on average daily at
tendance, Mekvold said.
The board recently consid
ered three final requests for
emergency funds for Lone
Pine district, Evans , Valley
district, and the Shady Cove
school district. .
Petitions from Lone Pine
and Evans Valley were de
nied based on a study of
budget and cash status. The
petitions had been presented
earlier when the districts felt
they would need emergency
funds and before it could be
determined whether they
would remain within ; their
budgets, Mekvold explained.
The petition from Shady
Cove was approved. A total
of $908.08 budget deficit had
been carried, over from the
previous year. Deficit for the
present school year is $1,225,
Mekvold said. . The district
was allowed to draw $2,133.18
from emergency funds.
The superintendent explain
ed that the deficit was car
ried over since the rural
board wanted to make a com
plete study.
Salem (UPI) A county
school superintendent is not
an appointive officer with a
fixed term, Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton has ruled.
into the search. After sev
eral phone calls in the seem
ingly fruitless search, Cliff
Cordy, county extension
agent was contacted. Cordy
named the man as Bernard
Ekholm and gave clear in
structions for finding him,
since he had no telephone.
The friends were soon
united and in deep conversa
tion about boyhood days in
Sweden. Believing the men
would enjoy their visit more
if left by themselves, the
women returned to Miss
Webster's residence.
There they waited and
waited for the return of the
rest of Miss Lundborg's
party with her car and her
suitcase. They finally, re
tired for the night, believ
ing the men had decided to
stay over with Ekholm.
Sunday morning passed
MEDFORD, OREGON,.
Ballet Celeste Sets
Ashland Appearance
, Ashland The Ballet Ce
leste will make its initial Pa
cifie Northwest appearance as
one of the extra attractions of
the . 18th annual Oregon
Shakespearean Festival . in
Ashland with matinee per
formances Aug. 22 and 23.
The company, highly suc
cessful in its coast to coast
tours of the United States,
was formed through public
Adams Hearing
Violation Denied
Washington (UPI) -r-
House influence investigators
today unanimously rejected a
Republican charge that they
violated House rules by hear
ing in public sensational
charges against Sherman Ad
ams. Chairman Oren Harris (D
Ark.), told reporters the mat
ter was discussed at a closed
meeting of the investigating
subcommittee and "there was
unanimous agreement that the
committee was right in hold
ing public sessions."
Today's discussion came on
the heels of a demand by Rep.
Thomas D. Curtis (R-Mo.),
that a special three - man
committee be set up to inves
tigate the Harris subcommit
tee. Washington Searchers
Seek 11 -Year-Old Boy
Pomeroy, Wash. (UPI)
Some 150 volunteers and two
helicopters were scheduled to
resume" the search today for
Bobby Meek, 11, Clarkston,
lost since Sunday in rugged
Tucannon river country near
here.
with no further word from
the men and finally Miss
Webster and Miss Lund
borg returned to the Ek
holm farm only to find no
one there. They could learn
nothing of the men's where
abouts. However, about noon the
weary pair of travelers
drove into the Webster
driveway. They explained
that after searching half the
night and all morning they
had gone to the police; con
fessing that they had no
more idea of the last name
of their hostess than they
had had earlier of the friend
they came to find.,; '
; The Medford police soon
straightened out the mixup.
It took one hour to locate
Ekholm, and 16 to relocate
Miss Webster.
TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1958
lipiiil;tl;
KIilllSfiiillSll..i'Sfc,.... s
auditions eight years ago in
San Francisco. It has been
trained and directed in its
choreography by Merriem
Lanova, a former soloist with
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
The group currently has
more than 20 ballets in its
repertoire, ranging from clas
sics such as "Swan Lake,"
"Coppelia," and "The Nut
cracker," through several
numbers choreographed for it.
The original company of 10
persons' has been expanded
to more than 30 through an
nual auditions of talented
young people in San Fran
cisco. Auditions will be held
in Ashland in connection with
the performances to give tal
ented young dancers from this
area a chance to join the
company. '
Tickets for the Friday and
Saturday showings are avail
able in Medford at Mann's,
14 North Central ave., and
in Ashland at the Festival's
central box office. Both per
formances will begin at 3
p.m. in Churchill hall at
Southern Oregon college.
There will be no reserved
seats.
The Oregon Shakespearean
Festival is offering a six-week
show this season, opening
July 28 . with the comedy
"Much Ado About Nothing"
and continuing with "King
Lear," "The Merchant of
Venice," . and "Troilus and
Cressida" on the "next three
evenings.
Continental Bus
Drivers on Strike
Lincoln, Neb. (UPD
Drivers for the Continental
American Bus Lines walked
off the job today, joining a
walkout begun last Friday
agamst Continental Central
Lines. Both firms are. divi
sions of the National Trail
ways Bus' system.
Drivers are asking an in
crease of lVz cents per mile,
compared with a company of
fer of V4 cent per mile.
The strike of Continental
American halted bus runs on
east-west routes from New
York to San Francisco, New
York to Los Angeies, and
New York to Dallas.
The Continental Central
strike has shut off service
from here south.
Dalles TB Hospital
Closure Recommended
Salem (UPI) The Ore
gon Tuberculosis and Health
association today recommend
ed to the Board of Control
that The Dalles TB hospital
be closed or used for some
other institutional purpose
and that the Salem TB hospi
taUse kept open.
Tribune
No. 87
Pro-Western
Forces Beat Back
Rebels in Lebanon
Thrust Toward
Airport Repelled
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI)
Government forces beat back
a rebel thrust toward Beirut's
International Airport today.
There were rebel-inspired re
ports that new compromise ef
forts were under way to end
the seven-week-old revolt.
Government sources claimed
more than 150 rebels had
been killed or wounded and
more than 200 captured in the
last 40 hours of fighting out
side Beirut and in. the north
ern port city of Tripoli.
Pro - western government
forces firing mortars, rifles
and automatic weanons and
spear-headed by armored cars
regained four miles of terri
tory lost Monday to rebel
Druse tribesmen of Chieftain
Kamal Jumblatt. .
House-To-House Fighting
They retook the village of
Ain Nab in house to house
fighting. The fight regained
for the government strategic
heights overlooking the Beirut
airport and for the moment
stymied rebel attempts to take
Chamlane, just outside the
Beirut city limits. ... ; - .
The government Monday
sent rocket-firing . jet planes
to beat back ' the first rebel
thrust toward Chamlane.
United Press International
Correspondent Larry Collins
watched today's fighting and
reported a force of 500 pro
government partisans and
gendarmes slugging it out
with the rebel tribesmen.
First report of a compro
mise settlement of the-rebel
fight against the government
of President Camille' Cha
moun came from rebel leader
Jumblatt.
No Details
Jumblatt told UPI Corres
pondent Wilbur G. Landrey
in his Chouf Mountain strong
hold that new eforts were
under way to end 'the revolt
but gave no details. However,
informed sources in Beirut
said the plan involved setting
up a neutral provisional gov
ernment without Chamoun to
prepare for new parliamentary
elections in six or eight
months after tempers have
cooled. .
Oregon Marshal
Gives Up Office
Portland (UPI) Harold
Sexton today announced his
resignation as U.S. marshal
for Oregon to "enter private
endeavor."
Sexton, 65, became marshal
on Aug. 5, 1953, after his ap
pointment by President Eisen
hower. He was reappointed to
the $9200 a year job recently.
Before becoming marshal
he" served for many years as
Wasco county sheriff.
'After 29 years in public
office it is my desire to retire
and enter private endeavor,"
Sexton said.
Salem (UPI) Labor Com
missioner Norman O. Nilsen
has appointed Donald Bar
tosch, Portland, as chief of
the boiler and pressure vessel
division of the Bureau of La
bor. WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
il I K 11 1 ino ireujieuj "
chance of a few scattered show
ers. Mild temperatures. Low to
night SO. High tomorrow TS.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 72
Lowest this Morning .
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today
2
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:52 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:31 a.m.
Moonrise today .. S:0S p.m.
Moonset tomorrow 6:23 a.m.
Last Quarter July S
Highlight of the celestial phe
nomena this month will be
the prominence of Jupiter and
Saturn, the two largest planets,
in the southern sky.
Russia Not To
Make Test Ban
Issue at Talks
Scientists Seek
Detection Scheme
Geneva (UPI) East
and West opened . a crucial
technical conference, today
to seek foolproof means of de
tecting nuclear explosions.
Russia promptly promised not
to bog the conference down
with the question of nuclear
tests.
Scientists from four west
ern countries prepared a
"watertight" scheme for de
tecting bootlegged ' nuclear
test explosions before meeting
with scientists from four Com
munist bloc nations.
Chief Soviet delegate Prof.
Y. K. Fyodorov told the con
ference in his opening state
ment the meeting was not to
decide whether to suspend nu
clear tests. ,
"That is a question for gov
ernment," he said.
But he added that it was
the Soviet view that the tech
nical talks "must facilitate
the cessation of test explos
ions on the part of the west
ern powers too."
Russia already has an
nounced suspension of its nu
clear tests, conditioned on the
western powers doing like
wise.
U. S. Chief Delegate Dr.
James Brown Fisk also said
in his opening statement that
the conference was for" the
study of the "technical prob
lems involved in the detection
of nuclear test explosions."
"It is most important to have
a common understanding of
the "technical problems which
are involved in this question
as a basis for further con
sideration by our governments
of the important issues on
which future decision will be
required," he said.
Last week the Russians
threatened to withdraw from
the conference unless the Un
ited States gave advance as
surance it would lead to west
ern suspension of nuclear
tests.
Adams Bound Over
To Grand Jury
' Allen D. Adams, 52, of
Grants Pass, was bound over
to the grand jury yesterday
afternoon on bribery charges
after appearing before Dis
trict Court Judge James Main.
He had waived a prelimin
ary hearing and statement and
was released after posting
$2,000 bail.
Adams was arrested June
18 by Jackson county sheriff's
officers and postal authorities.
He is believed to be the sender
of an anonymous letter June
10 to Circuit Court Judge H.
K. Hanna offering a $500
bribe for a favorable decision
in a civil case.
Second in Series of
Classes Set at Park
Registration for the second
and final series of swimming
classes at the Hawthorne Park
pool takes place this week,
Darell Huson, city recorder,
announced today.
The classes are scheduled
to begin Monday, July 7, and
run daily, Monday through
Friday, for . two weeks. Cost
for the 10 lessons is $20.
Registration, according to
Huson, will be held at the
pool Wednesday through Sun
day this week, from 2 to 8
pjn. ......
Robert Sutherland, head
lifeguard, will supervise the
classes. Beginners, intermed
iates and accomplished swim
mers will be eligible for Red
Cross certificates on finish
ing the course successfully.
The first series of classes
was completed last Friday.
Classroom Teachers
Elect Pendleton Man
Cleveland (UPI) Ewald
Turner of Pendleton, Ore., has
been elected national presi
dent . of the department of
classroom teachers of the Na
tional Education association.
Turned is an industrial arts
teacher at Helen McCune
unior high in Pendleton.
(Herblock Is on
Dulles Sees Threat
To Security of U.S.
Washington (UPI) Sec
retary of State John Foster
Dulles said today that the
House Appropriations Committee's-
$872 -million cut in
foreign aid funds "is a grave
threat to the security of the
United States."
If the action stands "'it will
doom the Free World to grave
losses," ' Dulles told a news
conference. .
Appeal by Ike Planned
President Eisenhower is ex
pected to go on radio and TV
to persuade Congress and the
country of the necessity to re
store the funds, Dulles said.
Earlier, Senate Republican
leaders William F. Knowland
said after a White House meet
ing that the President feels
the House - committee cuts
would "jeopardize" handling
of U.S. foreign affairs. He said
the President expressed hope
that "at least a substantial
part" of the cut will be re
stored by the House.
The President asked for
$3,942,000,000 for the mutual
security program in the new
fiscal year starting today. The
House committee voted $872
million less than he requested
The White House said short
ly after Dulles' news confer
ence that the President will
make a special plea at his
Army Moon Rocket
Given Green Light
Fort Bliss, Tex. (UPI)
Army Secretary Wilber M.
Brucker disclosed today the
Army has received a "tenta
tive green light" on a specific
plan for shooting a rocket to
the moon.
He said the Army is "work
ing day and night" on the plan
and hopes to be "ready early
and get the. final nod" for
for what may be the' nation's
first first lunar probe launch
ing. The secretary coupled his
statement with an announce
ment that the Army's Nike
Hercules missiles, the first
anti-aircraft rockets with
atomic warheads, are " now
mounted in the defenses of
Washington, New York and
Chicago. -
Areas Withdrawn
From Fire District
The Medford city council
last night withdrew three re
cently annexed areas from
special districts so residents
of those areas would not be
subject to double taxation.
The areas, Earhart, Phipps
and Douglas addition No. 1,
previously were in the rural
fire district. Had they not
been withdrawn, residents
would be subject to taxes by
the rural fire district as well
as the city for fire protection.
The council also approved
the appointment of Robert L.
Baccus, principal of Jackson
school, as councilman from
Ward III effective . July 3.
Baccus will serve out the
term of Stanley C. Jones Jr.,
who resigned recently because
he moved from the ward.
Portland Weather
Wettest, Warmest
Portland (UPI) If was
wetter than normal in Port
land i n June. It also .was
warmer than usual. - .
The weather bureau said
rainfall during the month was
3.14 inches or 1.52 inches
above normal for the month.
Record for June here is 4.24
inches in 1913.
Monthly mean temperature
for June was 66.6 degrees
compared to a normal of
63.8.
Salem (UPI) Multno
mah County Circuit Judge
Frank J. Lonergan spent
$1,631 in campaign contribu
tions for the May primary,
reports show,
Vacation)
weekly news conference
Wednesday for restoration of
the amount cut by the House
committee.
Dulles said the foreign aid
funds are vital in the battle
against an intensified cold
war campaign being waged by
the Communists around the
world.
Fourth Displays
Slated in Area
Fireworks d i s p 1 a ys and
Fourth of July celebrations
are planned Friday.
One of the largest fireworks
displays between Portland
and San Francisco will be
featured at the YMCA's an
nual show at the Medford
High school stadium. The
show will include 20 special
displays such as the Niagara
Falls scene, in addition to the
usual candle batteries, foun
tains, wheels, and bombs.
In " Ashland, the Junior
Chamber of Commerce has
planned a show at the speed
way. Preliminary events there
will begin at 7 p.m. with the
two-hour fireworks .show
slated to' begin "at 8:30. """
Tickets for the YMCA show
here will go on sale at the
stadium at 6 p.m. with the
pre-show activities scheduled
to begin at 7 under the direc
tion of Dr. Frank Wilson.
Mrs. Lanell Wilkes, con
cession chairman for the
event, has announced that re
freshments will be sold by
club members beginning at
6 p.m.
The .American Legion in
CrescentJCity has also planned
a July 4 celebration. Activ
ities in that city will begin at
10 a.m. with a parade andi
carry on through to a fire
works display after dark.
Short Circuit
Results in Outage
A short circuit in a trans
mission line pole on the south
side of Phoenix resulted in
power failures in Medford,
Ashland, Talent, Phoenix and
Fern Valley this morning,, ac
cording to Frank Benesh, dis
trict manager for California
Oregon Power company.
The 5 a.- m power failure
caused power outage in south
west and southeast Medford,
Ashland, and Phoenix for 28
minutes, he reported. Normal
service in the area was . re
stored within 46 minutes of
the breakdown.
Benesh said that cause of
the short circuit has not been
determined.
Passenger Trains '
Collide in Virginia
Alexandria, Va. (UPI)
Two passenger trains collided
at the Alexandria railroad
station today, the dispatcher's
office reported. First reports
said a number of passengers
were injured. - '
Porter Hurls
In Gerald Mu
Washington (UPI) Rep.
Charles O. Porter accused
New York Attorney Morris L.
Ernst today of "c h a r act e r
assassination for a fee" in his
investigation of the De Galin-dez-Murphy
case.
Report Said "Whilwih'
The Oregon Democrat, in a
soeech Dreoared for delivery
in the House, dismissed as a
"smear" and "whitewash"
Ernst's report absolving the
Dominican Republic of any
blame in the 1956 disappear
ances of Jesus De Galindez
and Gerald Lester Murphy.
De Galindez, an anu-Tru-
jillo scholar and lormer Co
lumbia University lecturer,
disappeared in New York.
Apprehension
Grips Families
In Eastern Cuba
No Progress Made
To Win Freedom
Havana (UPI) Hnha
els kidnaped four and per-
naps seven more Americans
today, sending a wave of ap
prehension through trio nMrlw
100 American families ia
Eastern Cuba.
The new kidnarjings brniiur.
to 48 or 51 the number of
Americans.- and Canadians
seized in bold nighttime raids
by rebel leader Fidel Castrn'
men in Oriente Province.
Hopei Dim
Castro's rebels a I r e a H v
were known to be holding 42
Americans and three Cana
dians. Hopes for the prisoners'
immediate release were dim.
A band of eight rehels
swooped down on the United
Fruit Co. Sugar and Agricul
ture . school at . Guam
midnight.
They seized A. F. Smith
of New Hampshire, the agri
culture superintendent; J. P.
Stevens of Oklahoma, the as
sistant superintendent; and
two district suDerintendenfj:
A. F. Sparks of Indiana and
J. G. Ford of South Carolina.
An official at the installa
tion said the rebels also cut
telephone poles in the area.
The other three kidnapings
could not be confirmed im
mediately.
Though alarmed, the Amer
icans in Oriente Province
where Castro's rebels -have
their stronghold were under
no special guard. They stayed
indoors, though, and did not
venture out of their homes
after dark.
The three Americans whose
kidnapings had not yet been
confirmed were identified in
reports from Santiago as ex
ecutives of the Ermita sugar
mill which is about 25 miles
northwest of the U.S. Naval
Base at Guantanamo.
'"American negotiators ap
peared to be making no prog
ress toward winning quick
freedom for the prisoners de
spite U.S. government guar
antees, which were demanded
by the rebels, that Nayal Base
facilities would be denied the
Cuban ait force.
Stayton Man Enters
Plea of Innocent
Salem (UPD Daniel Cole,
60, of Stayton, Ore., Monday
entered a plea of innocent in
Salem District Court on a
charge of assault and battery
against his aged father.
District Judge E. O. Stadter
Jr. said he would set trial
date later for Cole. Eugene
Coie, 88, is now in a nursing
home after he was taken by
sheriff's officers from behind
an electric-wire enclosure be
hind the Daniel Cole home
in Stayton. Hospital authori
ties said the man was suffer
ing from malnutrition. !
Two Local Men
On Pear Committee
Washington -(UPD The
Department of Agriculture to
day announced new members
of the Oregon, Washington,
California winter pear control
committee which controls the
marketing and handling of
winter variety pears grown in
the three states. ' , . :
Members announced today
are: Paul Culbertson and R.
W. Gray, Medford; Ross R
Collie and W. J. Bryan, Hood
River; Robert D. McDougall,
Wenatchee; G. C. Crossland,
Cashmere; F. E. Freshwater
and Ray Forman, Yakima; L.
W. Veerkamp and J. A. Ho
dapp, Placerville; Walter W.
Brown, San Jose, and M. Aw
Nielson, Santa Clara.
New Charge
rphy Case
Murphy, a Eugene, Ore., flier,
disappeared in the Dominican
Republic.
Porter claims there is evi
dence De Galindez was spirit
ed out of the United States by
agents of Generalissimo Ra
fael L. Trujillo, Dominican
dictator, aboard a twin-engine
plane flown by Murphy. The
evidence, he said, indicates
that Murphy in turn was
liquidated because he ' knew
too much.
The congressman demanded
a congressional investigation
to ;, include questioning of
Ernsi, Sydney Baron, a New
York public relations execu
tive, and John Joseph Frank,
former FBI agent.