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Newspaper Page Texto House Dnivestiigatioiir tmgU HMii Wbfr , rrTI Ms o B I ta sat . Iwisi ft?5 - FIREWORKS BLAST JSrLLi CJ Fire and shattered windows as far as 22 blocks inspectors (background) rfnt scene cf way. At least one person, a little girl, was fireworks warehouse axf loaiew i Pottlaad, killed ajid more than 20 injured. See story Ore., which razed sdttril tBtffcf home en page 3A, second section. beat)) fiobat on MSghways Running By United Press Inrrteftagl Americans died at thiPjate of slightly less than fve an hour in traffic accidents dur ing the three-day Fourth at July week end, a Uhitpt Press International oi showed today. Eugene Orr Leitef For Washington A. Eugene Orr, MedfdrS merchant, is schefluled to leave Medford today for Washington, D.C., where he will testify before the Veter ans Affairs committee con cerning the expanding of hos pital facilities at Camp WhjtS. Orr, national rehabilitation executive committeeman q ,the American Legion, will represent both the American Legion and the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce afr the hearings scheduled to be held Thursday, July 10. - He will contact William Williams, chairman of the in dustrial committee of the chamber of commerce, in Washington, D.C., prior to the hearing, it was reported. Financial assistance for the trip by Orr will be paid from the budget for the industrial committee of the chamber, officials aid. The proposed plans for expanding facilities at Camp White falls in the category of valley payroll de velopment, chamber officials explained. Chairman of the House of Representatives committee is Olin Teague, Democrat, from Texas. Cubans Free Three More Americans - Havana (UPI) The Cu ban rebels released three more Americans today. They land ed at Guantanamo Naval Base in a helicopter after a flight from a secret rebel - encamp ment. The U. S. Embassy hera an nounced their release. All three are civilians. They are: James P. Stephens Jr., d mond, Okla., assistant superin tendent . of the United Fruit Company of Cuba. Sherman Avery White, gen eral manager of the U. S. owned Nicaro nickel installa ,tion. r James A. Toll, Grand Rap ids, Mich., assistant general -manager at Nicaro. Porter Evokes Reservoir Of Venezuelan Good Will By ROBERT A. SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent - Washington The visit to Venezuela of Rep.. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) over the week end has evoked "a vast reser voir of goodwill toward the United States," the New York Times reported today. Banners of Welcome In a dispatch from Caracas where Vice President Nixon was stoned recently, the Times reported that Congress man Porter was "met at dawn at the airport Friday by 200 persons. They included all editors of Caracas daily news papers as well .as political refugees from Cuba and Do monican Republic. The greet ers carried banners of wel come." . The Times added that Porter received an "ovation Sunday at a meeting of 20,000 sup porters of the Action Demo- Qebifid Estimates I count showed 373 traf fic death between 6 p.m. on Thursday and midnight Sun day night, toeal time. With 179 drownings, dead in pjant crashes, and 81 in mis ctUaneoua accident, the Wftjy ToHtQi death toll stood fat CO. The National Safety Coun cil had predicted the traffic deaths "would total 410 by the Ltime fl report for the 78- haur uenod were in. This wonld have been an . hourly 4eath rate of 5.2, compared to tbe 41 counted today, and In the early hours of the holi day it appeared this estimate wqyld be conservative. California led tfte nation with 31 highway deaths, fol lowed by Texas with 24. New York w third with 21, and Wet Month in Area Bepoflei h lane Jue in Medford this year was wet compared to 1957 wo ci UiifiEu . me weauier uuieiu icui i i today. ttain, including that from seven thunderstorms, totaled 2.72. inches. Last m year the figure was .03 inches, with only one thunderstorm report ed. Mean temperature was 66 degrees last month with a high of 99 and a low of 44, compared to a mean of 67 with, a high of 94 and a low of 41 in June, 1957. Two Burglaries Reported to Police Two cases of breaking and entering were reported to Medford police over the week end. ' ' Burglars, who broke into the Physicians and Surgeons pharmacy, 902 East Main st., took $15 from a refrigerator but missed $350 elsewhere in the store, according to police. E n t r a n ce was gained through a skylight, the report stated. An inventory was to be taken today to see if any narcotics or medicines had been removed. Approximately $230 in gro ceries was reported taken from the Grandview market, 2330 Crater Lake ave., some time Saturday night. Items missing includeed 75 to 100 pounds of ham, bacon, -coffee and about 60 cartons of cigar ettes. According to the police report, the market was en tered through the attic. cratica party and was greeted by warm editorials in news papers. The story added: "Mr. Porter took advantage of his prestige in Venezuela today to warn against the dangers of Communism and to emphasize United States friendliness, in a television speech. "I am against all dictator ships and tyrannies," he said, "but we must not forget that tyrannies include Commu nism." He applauded the three major political parties that have come out against Com munism in Venezuela. Porter is expected back Tuesday. He was accompanied on his trip over the holiday week end by Mrs. Porter and an interpreter, Mrs. Rickie Bennet, of the Library of Con gress. They were guests of the Venezuela Press Association. after it came Missouri with 20. Ohio with 18, Louisiana and Georgia with 16 each and Michigan with 14. Only eight states had un blemished traffic records and only five of the eight got through the holiday without any type of fatality. The eight without a high way death were Delaware, North Dakota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ore gon, "Vermont and Wyoming. Only Delaware, North Da kota, Nevada, Wyoming and Vermont had perfect slates. fugitives May Be in Medford Area Two fugitives wanted for murder in California may have fled-to this area, accord ing to local police' who dis covered an abandoned vehicle on Fifth st. Friday. A check with police in zureu, tain., riaay reveai- ed that Robert Dennis Mc- Carthy and his wife, Ethel Lorraine . McCarthy, were known to have been operating the vehicle found in Medford. They -were wanted on war rants for auto theft . and de frauding an' innkeeper as well as for murder, police said. McCarthy wa described by police as white, 39 years old, 5 foot, 11 inches, 165 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. His wife was said to be heavyset, weighing about 200 pounds. Both were known to use aliases of "Pattison" and "Patterson." The vehicle, a 1946 Buick found on Fifth st. between Grape and Holly sts., was re portedly stolen May 31 from Fortuna, Calif. Local police believed it had been aband oned for "a week or more." Local FBI agents are also in vestigating the case. Powder Puffers Completing Flight Charleston, S. C. (UPI) Powder puff fliers were buzz ing into Charleston Airport today on the last leg of the famed trans-continental air race that winds up Wednesday with announcement of the na tion's top woman light plane pilot. Fourteen of the 60 women pilots entered in the 12th an nual Powder Puff Derby ar rived Sunday with a steady stream expected at the airport throughout today. The flight began Friday in San Diego. Many of the 2,177 miles to Charleston were flown through cloudy skies. ' The first planes arriving here, however, may not carry the winners. The top pilot is chosen on the basis of a handi cap system that takes into ac count the planes' flight ca pacities. " . Identification of Plane Wreck Sought Seattle (UPI) The State Aeronautics commission an nounced today it was trying to make a positive identifica tion of .the wreckage of a crashed plane --.which was found last Thursday in the Cascades about halfway be tween Snoqualmie Pass and Stevens Pass. Beaverton, Ore. (UPI) New construction here in 1957 will reach $2 million, ac cording to City Superintend ent Robert O. Malsey, 53rd year Medford 20 Pages Oregon Chalks Up 16 Accidental Week End Deaths Water Claims 14; No Highway Deaths By United Press International The accidental death toll in Oregon for the 78-hour Fourth of July holiday week end stood at 16 today, but not one of these was' a traf fic fatality. State police in Salem said records showed no previous death-free three - day week end in Oregon highways. Riven and seashore claim ed at least 14 lives, and two more victims died in acci dents classified as miscella neous. One of the dead was Mary Beth Howe, 4Vfc-year-old girl who perished in the Portland fireworks explosion early Saturday. Crushed by Bauldar The other was a 17-year-old California youth, William David Delay Jr., who was crushed by a huge boulder during a picture taking out ing near Odell lake southeast of Springfield Sunday. He was dead on arrival at Oak ridge clinic. Richard Ray. Lander, 25, Riddle, drowned Sunday night while swimming' in the South Umpqua river near Myrtle Creek. The body was recov ered early today. Multnomah county sheriff's deputies resumed dragging operations today for the bodies of two Portland sis ters who apparently fell into a' hole while wading at Sau vies Island Sunday. Presumed drowned were Shelba Ann Scroggins, 15, and her sister, Connie, 11. Other drowning victims in cluded: Lewis Jackson Jr., 21, Seattle, a visitor in Portland who drowned in the Sandy river Sunday; Donald L. Cros by, 27, Portland; Walter Arvin Chaffee, 12, Veneta; Harry Allan Anderson, 15, a visitor from Lincoln, Neb., who drowned near Lebanon; William A. Young, 50, Ore gon City; Martin Leon Fisher, 49, -North Bend, and his 19-year-old son, Allen; Sally Jenkins, 14, Sweet Home, and three Eugene men, William Seavey, 38, Frederick Ort loff, 30, and Roger Branman, 20. (See Story on Page 13) Russia Threatens To Abandon U.N. Moscow '(UPI) The Soviet Union has. warned UN Secreteary General Dag Ham marskjold it will pull out of the United Nations if there are further demonstrations outside the Soviet delegation building in New York. The protest against the dem onstrations were made in a note to Hammarskjold deliv ered by Soviet UN Represen tative A. A. Sobolev on July 3 and published today in the Moscow press. The demonstrations came in New York two weeks ago when Hungarian students pro tested the execution of Hun garian former Premier Imre Nagy. Seven New York City policemen were injured in quelling the demonstration. Several Hungarians were ar rested. The Soviet protest said that those in the United States re sponsible for the June dem onstrations might possibly be trying to "create exactly such a situation" withdrawal of the Soviet delegation. WEATHER FORECAST Warm and rather humid through Tuesday. After noon and evening thunder storms mainly over the moun tains. Low tonight 56. High Tused.y 90. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 98 Lowest This Morning . 59 Prec to 19 a.m. Today 1 Our Skies Tonight Sunset :S1 P-m- Sunrise tomorrow 4:42 a.m. Moonrise tonight , .11:19 p.m. Last Quarter J"y 8 PROMINENT STAR t Arcturus. in the west 11:48 p.m. Comparatively speaking, this is a runaway star. Its position among the other so-called fixed stars changes about one-eighth of the Moon's diameter every 100 years. - - , - - - v- ..... , v. v' . - v : MEDFORD, OREGON MONDAY JULY 7, 1958 IKE SIGNS ALASKA BILL Washington (UPI) President Eisenhower today signed into law the bill to make Alaska he 49th state. ' The President put his signature on the historic legislation at 3:20 p.m. (e.d.t.) in his White House office. Photographers and reporters were called in to record the signature. A White House spokesman said a presidential statement would be issued later. After signing the bill, the President looked up and com mented to Terald Morgan, White House special counsel, "Now we have 49 states." But the President quickly added that "maybe we don't do it until the plebiscite." Morgan replied that "We don't do it until the plebiscite." They were referring to the fact that Alaskan voters still must approve the terms of statehood in a referendum to be held in December. Only after that will Alaskan statehood become a reality. A - A - A - A - A - C lltrblnch Is - v. X J rnment New Drive Against Excessive Smoking Washington (UPI) The government plans a new drive against heavy cigarette smok ing on the heels of a fresh re port linking smoking with lung cancer, a- high official said today. Dr. Leroy E. Burney, U. S. surgeon general and chief of the U. S. Public Health Serv ice, told United Press Inter national ."we have some ideas and plans" for strengthening the .. government's ' year-long campaign to reduce "exces sive" cigarette, smoking. He said officials of his agen cy would meet today to agree on the new drive, and he ex pected an announcement some time this week. Burney declined to detail the nature of the new cam paign except to say it would be from the ''primarily educa tional standpoint." New High in Smoking A year ago the Public Health Service launched its first effort to woo the public away from heavy cigarette smoking after finding "in creasing and consistent evi dence" that "excessive cigar- Dulles To Report On De Gaulle Talks Washington (UPI) Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles planned to report to President Eisenhower today on his meeting with France's "man of destiny," Premier Charles de Gaulle. Dulles indicated the nature of part of his report upon his arrival here by plane Sunday night from Paris. , He told, newsmen he had had "full, satisfactory, com prehensive talks" with the new French leader and thought De Gaulle would "do much to relieve the predica ments' 'that have - prevented France from taking a full role in international affairs. Dulles described De Gaulle as '"a man of wisdom and power." The secretary was silent, however, on one aspect of his conference with De Gaulle that has disturbed some American diplomats. De Gaulle is reported to have in sisted that France develop its own atomic weapons and to have declared France will test an atom bomb in the not too distant future. A - A Alaska! em V mention j ette smoking is one of the causative factors of lung cancer." - There has been no recent evaluation of the effect of the present campaign. Latest re ports from the Agriculture Department show cigarette smoking is expected to hit a new all-time high in the Unit ed States this year. A big shift to filter cigarettes seems the chief result of the drive thus far. Burney said the Public Health Service already has sent copies of its new cigarette-cancer report together with an analysis of its find ings to all state and territor ial health officers. Carries Weight The report, made . public Saturday, was conducted by the Public Health Service and covered 200,000 veterans. It showed that during a 2-year period there were 32 per cent more deaths among smokers than among non-smokers, and 58 per cent more deaths among cigarette smokers than non-smokers. Dr. Burney said in an inter view the new study added "considerable weight" to simi lar results of previous studies here and abroad. "I feel very definitely a re lationship has been estab lished between excessive and long smoking and lung can cer," Burney said. He added, however, that the "cause" of cancer in cigarettes still has not been discovered and isolated. Deadline .Wednesday For Camp Enrollment Deadline for registration for the Jackson county 4-H summer camp will be 5 p.m W e d n e s d a y, according to County 4-H Agents Glenn Klein and Marylou Garner. The camp at Lake of The Woods is open from July 14 to July 19 for both boys and girls from nine years old to 15 years old, the agents said. The older 4-H members will serve as counselors. The theme this year is "Hawaii." This will be featured in camp crafts and the menu, Klein said. Washington (UPI) The Senate has passed and sent to the House a bill making the government's mineral explor ation program a permanent activity of the Department of Interior. Price 1 0 cents Shots Exchanged Around Amentdrjl Offices in Beirut U.N. Observe Blasted by N?V Beirut, Lebanese iVPt) Rebel and government force exchanged gunfire today a half-hour elash around JWi rut's main square where U.S. business firms have offices. Elsewhere in Beirut, bomb exploded Sunday night nd this morning to usher ia tit ninth week of political citi in Lebanon. One bomb ex ploded shortly after outside the Beirut post oiiic but no casualties wx ported. & Casualties Jtepoitaf ( In the northern port of Tri poli, desultory fighting vftf on throughout the night. The new gun-fighting bofea out this morning around rut's Hiad Solh Square, vfeere Pan-American World Airway' and the First National CM bank of New York have iocai offices. . Ther wer tso. ports ef eulti i fcr shooting. Pro-government nevsf riw today blasted U.N. Secretary general Dag Hammarskjold and the U.N. observer groap for failing to confirm Leban ese government charges of "massive . intervention" by Syria. The Lebanese cabinet was called into session today to study the United Nations re ports on Syrian infiltration and to decide whether to ask for a Security Council hearing. Hope Not Abandoned - Lebanese Premier Sami Es Solh told United Press Inter national in an interview the government has not given up hope of getting an internation al police force to seaJ its bor ders desp'ite U.'N. Secretary general Dag Hammarskjold's unfavorable report. Solh took exception with the observer group chief Galo Plaza, former president of Ec uador, who told newsmen he had seen no evidence of mas sive interference by Syria. Garage, Pumphouse Destroyed by Fire An old garage and a pump house burned to the ground Sunday on Hog Creek rd., according to state police and state department of forestry officials. ' Total damage was estimated at $1,200, state police said. The garage contained some tools, about $100 worth of commercial fertilizer and $500 worth of dairy type milking equipment, officers said. " Owner is Walter J. Powell, 11 South 8 st., Eagle Point. Cause of the fire is unknown, police said. Court, Ashland Council Schedule Meet Today Members of the Ashland city parks commission and the Jackson county court were scheduled to meet at 2:30 p.m. today in Ashland to fur ther discuss administration of a possible recreation site on Emigrant reservoir, according to County Commissioner Ralph James. . County Judge Rodney Keat ing discussed the proposition with the Ashland city council and members of the park com mission recently. However, it is believed a more definite de cision might be reached if all county court members are present, it was explained. Chiefs of Police Honor Nine States, 108 Cities Evanston, 111 (UPI) Nine states and 108 cities were honored today for police traf fic ' supervision activity in 1957 by the International As sociation of Chiefs of Police. Two states, North Carolina and California, received out standing achievement awards, Seven others, Arizona, Colo rado, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico and Virginia, were awarded cer tificates of achievement. Creta of Downed Aif farce Plane Mi' Captivity MiQ Appear Qwi Condition . 7e9a, Iran .. (UPI) JtuqjitEh Vfeyokeed nine crew iwMJMW f a U.S. Air Force WarKfmj lne after 10 days i ea4ivity in Soviet Armenia wise 4A tircraft was forced kv7 ufsian jets. All the JbtrtoMeqA appeared to be in 9094. iMon. . T w Air Force men arecw And over to U.S. iIXwy officials early this aiUMfc gt the town of As ca h Stoviet-Iranian horde. . f 9eran SVf y from the border Jrth, Van, and then were Oovaiato Cehran tonight. JeU tn men appeared to be iktnbl B1 in good shape vkei thy arrived in the baii capital, some 175 jAilK Km the border point tky vere returned to fetiteai by Soviet officials. M Americans refused to jaftt newfemen in Tehran. 'Wafcgve to report first to u commanding officer at w"iDle, Germany," one mi. . hey probably will fly usdy to Wiesbaden, head qutrffcr of fee U.S. Air Force in Juoi. Phe, ine Americans were erVnten fca C-118 transport Thicn thk Soviets claimed violated Russian air space over Armenia. -ymet June 27 The U.S. .aircraft . was forced down by two Soviet fighter near Erevan, Ar mania, June 27. A Soviet an nouncement said that the plana burned after landing but that the crewmen were safe and well." - - The plane , had been en route to Iran and Pakistan carrying supplies to U.S. fbrces there. It had come from West Germany and had touched down in Cyprus only a few hours before it was forced down at a Rusisan air field. - , The Soviets had twice pro tested formally against the aleged border violation. They charged that such violations of Soviet frontiers were fre quent and premeditated. The U,S. had sent a note to Moscow demanding the men be released and at the same time expressing regret if the plane had actually crossed the frontier. Four Injured in One-Car Accident Four persons arc being treated for injuries in Rogue Valley hospital today as a re sult of a one-car accident early this morning at Voorhies crossing and Highway 99, south of Medford, state police reported. Injured were Eugene Ray nar Benson, driver, 21, of Kel logg, Idaho; and . passengers, William Edgar Davis, 22, of Woodinville, Wash.; John Clif ford Nybakke, 20, of Hub bard; and James Reed Stewart,- 20, of Salt Lake City. Hospital attendants report ed all four were in fair con dition. State police said the 'driver apparently fell asleep as the car was - northbound on High way 99. The car went against an eight-inch concrete curb, continued for 189 feet and struck a building at -a corner of the crossing. The car was reported dam aged beyond repair and con siderable damage resulted to the building, state police said. Smokejumpers Sent to Whiskey Ridge Blaze Smokejumpers were dis patched to the Whiskey ridge area in the Applegate district this morning to extinguish a small spot fire caused by lightning yesterday, state de partment forestry officials said today. A ground crew was dis patched before dark last night and was expected to reach the first this morning. 1 Although the fire is small, such fires are potentially dan gerous in the comparatively dry section of woods of the Hotel Room of Gpldfine's Aide Said Ransacked Important Papers Declared Taken Washington (UPI) Th Bernard Goldfine case sur- denly turned into a cops-and-robbers drama today. In quick sequence: The chief investigator for the House influence investi gating committee was caught planting a "hidden micro phone" at the hotel door of one of Goldfine's aides. A spokesman for Gold. fine said that the hotel room of Mildred Paperman, Gold- nnes secretary, had been "ransacked" and that a num ber of important financial papers had been -stolen. Rog er Kobb, attorney for the Bos ton millionaire, said the pap ers had a bearing on Gold fine's testimony before the subcommittee investigatinff Goldfine's relationship with Presidential Assistant Sher man Adams. Can't Testify Goldfine sent word to th House subcommittee that he would be unable to testifv scheduled Tuesday. Robb asked Robert W. Lishman, counsel for the sub committee, for "at least" one day's delay in Goldfine's re turn to the witness stand. Robb apparently wanted a longer delay. , ' Lishman promised to talcn up the request with the com mittee. "Mr. Goldfine is in no shape to testify tomorrow," kodd said. - He explained that Goldfine got little sleep Sunday night following the discovery of the hidden microphone and was further disturbed this morn ing after discovery of the al leged theft of some of his papers. The sensational turn of events came a few hours after Goldfine and his entourage plus a new public relations adviser returned to Washing ton for the resumption of Goldfine's testimony Tuesday. Goldfine complained to the FBI, the U.S. district, attor ney's office, and the Washing tod police department, which sent detectives to the scene. . Check for Law Violation Goldfine complained to the FBI about secret recordings made in the middle of the night by subcommittee investi gator Baron Shacklette and Jack Anderson, an assistant to columnist Drew Pearson. ' The FBI turned the com. plaint over to the Justice De partment' for a determination whether federal " laws have been violated. -Chairman Oren Harris (D Ark.) called his investigating subcommittee into emergency secret sessions to consider what he described as the "very serious" incident in volving the ..hidden micro phone. He summoned Shac klette to appear before the group at ah afternoon session. Harris, shown a copy of a story about the "ransacking" of Miss Paperman's hotel room, said: , "The integrity of the com mittee is at stake here and we have simply got to find out about it." 7 Shacklette and Anderson were discovered early this . morning with a microphone at the bottom of the hotel room door of Goldfine's new pub licity man, Jack Lotto, former New York newspaperman. Harris said Shacklette. was not assigned to the Goldfine case and, in any event, was "certainly not authorized" to plant microphones at hotel room doors. He promised to "find out about all the facts." Ike Urges Congress To Nullify Decisions - Washington (UPI) Presi dent Eisenhower urged Con gress today to nullify recent Supreme Court decisions and restore the government's au thority to deny passports on grounds of Communist sym pathies. Applegate district, a spokes man said. The Cascade sec tion is still wet with some snow there, department offi cials said. - A firefighting crew also was dispatched at 6:50 a.m. today to a spot fire in the Imnaha area north of Butte Falls, an official said, A total of .16 inch of rain fell during Sunday's storm here, officials at the weather bureau office at the Medford municipal airport said. Winds were reported at an estimat ed 24 miles per hour.