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U.S. Diplomats,
Families Huddle
Amid Debris
Apartment House
Q)mes Under Attack
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI)
The heaviejt firing of the
Lebanese revolt swept Beirut
Tuesday night and early to
day. Coming under concen
trated attack was an apart
ment house where two Am
erican diplomats, their wives
and children huddled amid
shattering glass, chipped ma
sonry and flying bullets.
President Camille Cham-
oun's oldest son, Dory, helped
beat off the attack on the
apartment house, o
Huddle in Nighlclothes
U. S. Embassy political
counsellor Francis Boardman,
Washington, his wife, Ann,
and their daughter, Pamela,
2V2, huddled in their night
clothes in a loer hallway
during the battle.
Three flights up where the
firing wasomore concentrated,
Point Four counsellor Steven
P. Dorsey, Washington, his
wife and their two daughters,
Gwenn, 14, and Charlotte, 11,
took refuge. ,
The steady chatter of rifle
and ! automatic weapons fir
was broken frequently by
the heavier thud of exploding J
rifle grenades and 75-millime
ter shells from.' tank and
armored car guns.
There were no reliable re
ports of casualties, although
unofficial reports said 25 per
sons were wounded.
Fighting in Tripoli
Heavy fighting was report
ed meanwhile in the northern
port city of Tripoli.
Officials of the Ir5q Petrol
eum company said the amy
used tanks and armored cars
to beat off a determined rebel
attack on the company's pipe
line terminus eight miles
north of the center of Tripoli.
They said it was the heav
iest rebel assault on their in
stallation to date, but they re
ported no damage. 0
Evans Creek Area
To Join Distric
Residents of the Evans
Creek drainage area yester
day voted 109 to 17 to join the
Rogue Soil Conservation Dis
trict, according to C. W. Jen
sen, Rogue River, chairman of
the district.
Jensen said it was one of
the heaviest voter turnouts
for such an election in recent
years. ,
The area favoring inclusion
in the district compres about
142,000 acres, bringing the
total area in the Rogue Soil
Conservation district to about
900,000 acres.
The area approved for in
clusion yesterday was the only
area in Jackson County which
was not in a soil conservation
district.
7 railways Bus
Service Not Affected
Local bus service by Conti
nental Trailways has not been
affected by the strike of
drivers in Los Angeles, San
Francisco and other western
cities, local company officials
said today.
The strike began Tuesday
over wages and other con
tractual issues, it was stated.
WEATHER
Forecast clear through
Thursday except some chances
oi thundershowers mostly over
mountains Thursday afternoon
and evening. Today's high 94.
Low tomorrow 55.. High tomor
row 97. TEMP.
POur Skies Tonight
Highes Yesterday 91
Lowest This Morning 52
Sunset today 7:50 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:44 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 12:16 a.m.
New Moon July IS
PROMINENT STAR .
Mars, seen south of the Moon
tonight, is now in Perihelion
or at that point on its path
through the heavens nearest to
the Sun.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1958
IF
FORCED DOWN Eugene F. Burrill, 38, tude and one engine failed to start. He was
Prospect, yesterday landed his Piper practicing flying with one engine. Burrill
Apache on a field off Highway 62 in the and a passenger, J. M. Wright, Medford,
White City area after it failed to gain alti- were uninjured.
One-Engine Flying
Forces Plane Down
A twin-engine Piper Apache
owned and piloted by Eugene
F. Burrill, Prospect, made a
forced landing yesterday aft
ernoon in an open field near
Highway 62 about four miles
northeast of Medford airport.
Both Burrill, 38, and his
passenger, James M. Wright,
25, of 825 South" Central ave.",
Medford, walked away from
the damaged plane unhurt.
State's Case Being
Presented in Court
Presenfation of the state's
case against Roger Smith,
106 Crater Lake highway,
charged with burglary is ex
pected to continue through
today's jury session here, it
was reported.
The circuit court jury was
selected yesterday. City police
officers testifying for the
state were Roy Thompson,
Keith Gildesgard and Ronald
Clawson, all of the Medford
city police.
Expected to testify today
are Police Chief Charles
Champlin, Lt. Lyle Perkins,
Jack Sanders, Robert Wright,
Raymond Seely and Keith
Van Horn, all of the Medford
Lpolice force.
Smith is charged with re
moving a safe from Southern
Oregon Distributors, 710
South Grape st., on March 30.
Tax Commission
Hearings Continue
Salem (UPI) State Tax
commission hearing on the
valuation of timber in Ore
gon continued herd today
with representatives from
Coos county appearing to tes
tify. Coos County Assessor C. G.
Caughell, Coquille, told the
commission he accepted most
tax commission recommenda
tions on valuing timber, but
changed the recommended
20-year depletion allowance
by splitting the county into
15-year and 40-year depletion
areas.
Caughell said he did not
consider who owned the (land
when he divided the county
into areas. He added that
most smaller operators would
cut their timber in 15 years
or less.
Medford Woman Hurt
When Jars Explode
Mrs. Helen Graves, 806
North Riverside ave., suffered
burns and lacerations Monday
night when nine jars of rasp
berries being canned in her
oven exploded. Glass and hot
raspberries spewed from the
oven door, striking ' Mrs.
Graves and covering the
kitchen walls.
. She said she had taken the
proper precautions, but that
the oven must have been hot
ter than indicated.
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Dim raft
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Burrill, owner of a White
City lumber company, and
Wright, charter pilot who
used to fly. bombers for the
U.S. Air Force, had been in
the air about an hour and a
half. Shortly after noonr Bur
rill said, he feathered one en
gine in order, to practice one
engine' flying.
Main Proficiency
He said pilots with licenses
for twin-engine planes did
this regularly to maintain
their proficiency in case of
emergency, and that he him
self had done it often. This
time it turned into a real
emergency. .
Powered by one engine, the
plane began losing altitude.
Normally, Burrill said, there
should have been enough
power to stay up. He blamed
high temperatures for thin
ning the atmosphere, thus
causing the plane to descend.
- When the plane went be
low 3,500 feet he tried to
start the other engine again,
Burrill continued. He was un
able to get it started. He
headed for Medford airport,
but, realizing he could not
make it, decided to land in
the field instead. . '
Lowers Landing Gear
He started lowering the
landing gear, he said, and
guided . the . plane below a
power line. The Apache
touched ground, going about
70-75 miles per hour, before
the gear had fully descended.
It bumped across the field
about 100 yards, hit a ditch
and went over forward.
"I've been flying for "20
years," Burrill said, "and this
is the first time anything's
happened." B o th ' he and
Wright had flown for Mercy
Flights, Inc. ". '
Both the plane's engines
were damaged, and one pro
peller was knocked off. A
rock the size of a softball was
imbedded in the right wing,
and the left wing was twisted
out of line. The lower part of
the nose was buckled. Burrill
said the plane was fully insured.
Use of Military Planes by Ike's
Draws Fire From Top Wisconsin
Wausau, Wis. (UPI) A
top Wisconsin Democrat said
today he wants to know who
ordered the. three military
planes that picked up vaca
tioning Dr. Milton Eisenhow
er, the President's brother.
Suggests Tourist Methods
Former Wisconsin Demo
cratic Party Chairman Philleo
Nash said he hoped the next
time Eisenhower visited Wis
consin he'd "use the same
means of transportation as
thousands of other tourists."
Two of the three planes,
single-engined Army craft,
flew from Ft. Sheridan, 111.,
Price 10 cents
Tribune
No. 94
Smith River Lady
Dies of Injuries
Suffered in Crash
Oregon has lost its death
free Fourth of July holiday
week end on the highways.
Mrs. Sophie McClung, 78,
Smith River, - Calif., died in
Ashland General hospital
Tuesday from injuries suf
fered in a one-car accident
Sunday evening on Highway
66, near Lincoln on the
Green Springs., -
State police said it1 would
be counted as a holiday traf
fic death. ' v
Mrs. McClung was a pas
senger in a car of her daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Wilcher, Klamath
Falls, when it crashed into a
utility pole, police said.
Mrs. McClung is the sev
enth traffic fatality in Jack
son county this year. At this
time last year 12 persons had
been killed in .traffic acci
dents. According to Ashland hos
pital officials, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilcher were released from
the hospital Monday.
Conference With
Airmen Postponed
Wiesbaden, German y
(UPI) The U.S. Air Force to
day postponed indefinitely a
scheduled press conference
for nine airmen whose un
armed transport plane was
shot down in flames by two
Russian MIG jet fighters.
Officials said the confer
ence was postponed "on ad
vice of medical .officials and
for additional debriefing op
portunities." The men had
been ' described as extremely
fatigued and exhausted when
they arrived here Tuesday.
Washington (UPI) The
State Department has charged
Russian airmen with "inhu
man attacks" and the Soviet
foreign minister with not tell
ing the truth in the shooting
down of an unarmed U. S.
Air Force transport over Sov
iet Armenia June '27.
to pick up Eisenhower and his
daughter, Ruth, at Land
O'Lakes, Wis., Tuesday.
One plane took the Eisen
howers to Wausau. The other
took their baggage.
At Wausau, they were met
by an Air-Force C-131 Convair
for the trip to Washington.
Requested by Aide
Col. T. J. Ryan, 5th Army
public relations officer, said
the two planes were sent from
Ft. Sheridan at the request of
a presidential aide when the
Eisenhowers' car broke down.
"It's a simple matter of
courtesy to provide transpor
Architect Asked
To Prepare Plans
For Valley Manor
Trustees Authorize
Action Last Night
The board of trustees of
Rogue Valley Manor last
night authorized John W. Ma
loney, architect of Seattle, to
complete plans and specifica
tions for the $5V$ million re
tirement home here. .
Bids will be called after
plans and specifications have
been completed, Manor offi
cials said.
Walter Higgins, executive
director, told trustees that
half the apartments . in the
Manor have been sold.' The
structure will be built . on
Barneburg hill southeast of
Medford.
Plans for the retirement
home were first started "here
in September, 1955, and re
ceived endorsement by local
churches. Trustees were ap
pointed, and officers elected
later in 1955. The Manor was.
incorporated as a non-profit
corporation in November,
1955. '
Apartment Sales Start
Apartment sales started in
March last year under the di
rection of Higgins, M. N. Ho
gan, president of the Manor,
and other Manor officials.
Members of the Manor who
have purchased apartments
came from 15 states, and Ha
waii. Of the total, 50 per cent of
the members now live in the
Rogue valley, Higgins pointed
out, and another 10 per cent
are Oregon residents.
Hogan noted that it took
15 months to sell enough
apartments to crocked with
plans and specifications for
the local Manor, compared to
several years for similar type
retirement homes in other lo
cations. ,
Higgins, prior to moving
here, was assistant adminis
trator of the Willamette View
Manor of Portland. He was
there during the- latter, part
of its construction and during
the first year, of operation.
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County Heads to
Submit Petition
A petition signed by county
department heads will be pre
sented the county budget
committee tonight requesting
that it create a budget item
to make adjustments in job
reclassifications, an adminis
trative committee said today.
The petition will be present
ed during the budget hearing
at 8 p.m. in the courthouse
auditorium, it was announced.
"We request- that your
committee create a , budget
item to handle adjustments in
equity on employees request
i n g reclassification and
granted them by a review
board (to be set up in the fu
ture). Any adjustments made
to be retroactive for the 1958
1959 budget.
"Many of the employees
are dissatisfied with their new
job classifications and if some
consideration is not given
now we face the possibility of
losing these trained persons
and the cost to the taxpayers
of training new employees
would be in excess of salary
adjustments due them," the
petition pointed out.
Beaverton's Lady
Justice To Marry
Salem (UPI) Beaverton's
lady justice of the peace is
resigning for the same reason
a good many people have ap
peared before her to get
married.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes an
nounced today appointment
of James W. Taggart, Beaver
ton, to succeed Mrs. Frances
Cook as justice of the peace
for the Beaverton Justice
court in Washington county.
tation for . a member of the
President's . official household
any time he happens to be in
an Army area," Ryan said.
"We didn't think - the re
quest, out of order at all," he
added.
Asked Secrecy
Lloyd Arnold, chief of the
Civil Aeronautics Administra
tion's Wausau office, said the
Convair pilot told him the
flight was "not for public in
formation." .
The flight eventually was
revealed by a newspaper pho
tographer who happened to
be at the airport when the
Eisenhowers left.
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E. GEORGE SIEDLE
Banquet Speaker
200 Registered
For Postmasters
Convention Here
E. George Siedle, assistant
postmaster general in charge
of transportation, Washington,
D. C, will arrive in Medford
tonight to attend the 24th an
nual convention Thursday eve
ning at the Medford hotel. ' '
Siedle, member of many in
dustrial groups dealing with
transportation, was general
traffic manager for Armstrong
Cork company, Lancaster, Pa.,
for 37 years.
Registration for the conven
tion is nearly 200 as the group
continues its second day of
the three-day meeting. Mrs.
Hope Brader, Chemult, state
president, has been presiding
at the meetings. ,
Election of officers will be
held Thursday morning. Ses
sions so far have consisted of
morning meetings at Medford
High school auditorium and
classes at the high school. Con
ducting the classes are field
officers of the post office de
partment. Postmaster Thomas
Palmer, Albany, is educa
tional director for the asso
ciation.
Tuesday afternoon the
group toured Bear Creek or
chards packing plant and the
Shakespearean . theatre and
Lithia park in Ashland.
Robert Karr, Portland, post
al installation manager, was
Tuesday evening speaker at
the dinner at the Medford ho
tel. Scheduled this afternoon
was a tea and tour of the gar
dens at Hanleylands with
hostesses, Mrs. E. B. Hanley
and Mrs. Katherine Hanley
Heffernan.
A. J. Tonsing, Portland, or
ganizations management offi
cer, will be principal speaker
at a dinner tonight at the
Rogue Valley Country club.
New officers will be in
stalled at the Thursday night
banquet with Harold Prestel,
Grants Pass, postmaster, as
master of ceremonies. Samuel
G. Schwartz, Portland, region
al operations manager, will
also speak at the final dinner.
Social Security
Boost Proposed
Washington (UPI) Sen.
Clifford P. Case (RJNT.J.) pro
posed a 10 per cent boost 'in
Social Security benefits today
as a fair shake for the aged
and an effective anti-recession
measure.
But his bill and similar leg
islation were given only a
slim chance of enactment at
this session of Congress.
The Senate Finance com
mittee, now considering the
House-passed reciprocal trade
bill, was seen as the key stum
bling block to fast action on
Social Security. Finance
Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D
Va.) has made it clear he
would expect thorough hear
ings on any "comprehensive"
bill.
n Washington (UPI) Allen
T. Ettinger has been nomi
nated as postmaster at Brook
ings, Ore. The nomination has
been sent to the Senate.
Brother
Democrat
In Washington, an aide to
Eisenhower said the Presi
dent's brother was flown back
on government aircraft be
cause his delayed trip to Cen
tral America had been re
scheduled at "a slightly ear
lier date" than originally
planned.
Not Acceptable
"We won't accept that ex
planation. We doubt if it will
stand up," Nash said.
On June 24, officials in
Washington had said Eisen
hower would leave for Central
America on July 12. The
latest announcement listed the
same date.
Goldfine Tells
Iff -''Requesting;
Buy
Washipgton UPI)
Bernard Goldfine and his son,
H. Maxwell, told House in
vestigators today . that they
turned to Presidential Assist
ant Sherman Adams for help
in a tangle with the Federal
Trade Commission, because
they did not trust the commis
sion. Goldfine and son were du
bious, however, about what
good their friend Adams did
them. :
Third Time on Stand
The morning session of the
House influence-investigating
subcommittee brought Gold
fine to the witness stand for
the third time.
Committee counsel Robert
W. Lishman took up most of
the session asked the Boston
textile tycoon and his son
about their mislabeling
troubles with the Federal
Trade Commission and about
technical problems in operat
ing the family's woolen mills.
Goldfine was ready with
what his aides said were the
complete records on $776,000
in uncashed checks, held by
Goldfine firms since 1941.
The subcommittee had threat
ened him with contempt if
he failed to produce them.
The subcommittee did not get
to this phase of the inquiry
before it recessed for lunch.
The - subcommittee counsel
has suggested some of the
bank checks might have gone
to federal officials who were
too timid to cash them but
were willing to use them for
collateral in business deals.
Goldfine has denied that any
thing like that ever happen
ed. Another Hotel Bill
Lishman brought up at one
point a previously undisclos
ed instance in which Adams
stayed at the Sheraton Plaza
hotel in Boston and his bill
was paid By Goldfine's Strath
more Woolen company. This
occurred Dec. 23-24, 1953,
when the FTC was investigat
ing nylon labels used by
266 Registered for
Swimming Classes
Swimming class registra
tions at the Hawthorne ,Park
pool for the second series now
in progress totaled 266, ac
cording to Bob Sutherland,
head instructor.
There were -225 registered
in the first series, including
162 beginners and 63 inter
mediates, Sutherland report
ed. Of these ,he said, 39 be
ginners and 32 intermediates
passed their courses. He ex
plained that many more begin
ners had made good progress
but were unable to fulfill the
distance requirement.
Sutherland said there were'
200 registered in the current
beginners course, about one
third of them trying a second
time for their certificates.
There were 52 intermediates
and 14 accomplished swim
mers, he added.
"We really appreciate adults
coming down here to ob
serve," he said. "It gives the
kids a chance to show off
what they've, learned." '
"I Thought Men
Adants
Northfield Mills, another
Goldfine firm. The elder
Goldfine said he had dinner
with Adams during that Bos
ton visit but didn't recall
what they discussed.
. Goldfine, on leaving the
crowded hearing room, told
newsmen that "Adams didn't
give us any help. .
Lishman had taken a much
different view. He said the
records show that Goldfine
received preferential treat
ment from the. FTC after his
appeal to" Adams.
Hungarian Boss
Joins Khrushchev
In East Berlin
By JOSEPH B. FLEMING
United Press International ,
Berlin (UPI) Hungarian
Communist boss Janos Kadar
joined Soviet Premier Nikita
S. Khrushchev in East Berlin
today, apparently for top
level satellite talks about the
Stalinist crackdown on Yugo
slavia and Poland.
Kadar's unexpected arrival
Was announced by the . East
German radio. Ostensibly he
headed the Hungarian dele
gation to Thursday's East
German Communist Party
congress. -Atomic
Weapons ;
It also was disclosed that
Marshall Rodion Malinovsky,
Soviet defense minister, had
joined Krushchev here. There
were reports Khrushchev was
planning1 to offer atomic
weapons to the East German
army:
' The reports tied in with a
speech by Krushchev Tuesday
night in which he derided
West Germany and Chancel
lor Konrad Adenauer for re
fusal to recognize the East
German government. .'
Krushchev also stated -in
his speech at Halle that Ade
nauer was counting on a pol
icy of strength that existed
only in his imagination.
Informed sources in Ber
lin said ' Krushchev brought
plans to arm East Germany in
retaliation for American
plans to gjve atomic weapons
to the West German army.
Cubans Indicate
Captive Release
Havana (UPI) The
Cuban rebels, indicated they
would begin releasing 30 kid
naped American sailors and
Marines today but a U.S. Em
bassy spokesman warned the
operation may take soma
time.. The Cuban government
said the rebels are stalling to
hold off an army offensive.
One more American civil
ian captive was flown out of
the rebel mountain stronghold
in Oriente Province to the
U. S. Naval Base at Guan
tanamo Tuesday night. He. was
Raymond Elmore, of Haynes
ville, La., assistant manager
of the Ermita Sugar mill. El
more was kidnaped June 26.
Didn't Go For That Sack Style'1
(Herblock Is on Vocation J
Warning Against
Losing Sight off
Cooperation Told
Russia Termed
Main Problem
' Ottawa, Ont. (UPI) Presi
dent Eisenhower said today
Canada and the United States
must never let their differ-.
ences result in ' their losing
sight of the imDortance of
Free World cooperation in,
winning the global struggle)1
against Communist imperial
ism. '
. In an address before a joint
meeting of the Canadian Par-,
liament, the President said he
was sure Canada and his na- '
tion could settle their relative
ly minor differences in a
friendly spirit.-
The main problem of th
two'neighbor nations was Rus
sia s "military threat and po
litical attacks, he said.
"Our system of free enter
prise is challenged throughout
the world by a state-directed,
state-controlled economic sys
tem," he said. 1
"Indeed this could well be
the area in which the comDeti-
tion will be most bitter and
most decisive between the
Free World and Communist
imperialism."
Occasional Differences
For this reason, he said, the
two North American nations
must not let bilateral economic
problems dominate their rela
tions. ,
The President saw no rea
son "to be surprised or dis
turbed to discover that occa
sionally differences arise . be
tween us."
"The distinguishing charac
ter of the peoples of the Free
WorM lies in the fact that dif
ferences between them can de
velop, be expressed and ami
cably resolved," he said.
"We in the United States,
have no more desire than you
to seek in our relations with
others the silent, sullen unity
that elsewhere has been'piuv
chased or imposed."
Public Highlight :
Eisenhower's address before
the Parliament was the public
highlight of his three-day in
formal visit here in an effort
to improve Canadian-U.S. re
lations which have deterior
ated sharply over economic
differences.
Before making the speech.
he laid a wreath at the Na
tional War Memorial honoring
Canada's dead in the two
world wars. He met with the
Canadian Cabinet before leav
ing the Parliament building.
The President and Prime
Minister John Diefenbaker
held their first discussion late
Tuesday five hours after Ei
senhower arrived here on the
presidential plane Columbine
III.
Arctic Inspection Zone .
Eisenhower saw in Cana
dian-U.S. cooperation on de
fense and projects such as the
St. Lawrence Seaway a les
son "that by mutual respect,
understanding and with good
will we can find acceptable
solutions to -any " problems
which exist or may arise be
tween us."
He noted both nations were
trying to get the Kremlin to
agree to an Arctic inspection
zone against surprise attack.
He expressed cautious opti
mism that Russia's latest note
to him indicated they will
eventually agree to such a.
plan.
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